budget, if you sign up for the regular green program, it's not going to change your bill at all. you can sign up online or call. you'll have the peace of mind knowing you're doing your part in your household to help the environment. >> clerk: good evening, everyone. this is commission on the environment and the time is 5:05p.-m. cell phones and pagers are prohibited. due to the covid-19 health emergency and pro detect commissioners, department staff and members of the public, the commission on the environment meeting room 416 is closed. however, commissioners and department staff will be

participating in the meeting. this is state wide stay-at-home order and all proceeding and proceeding local, state and federal orders declarations and directives. commissioners will attend the meeting through video conference or telephone and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. sfgov tv.org and each will be allowed three minutes to speak. comments are available via phone call by calling (415)655-0001. and entering access code 146 031 0364. when connected, dial star 3 to be added to the queue. if you do not press star 3, your virtual hand will not be raised and i will not call on up. call from a quiet location and turn down any other devices. alternatively, submit public

comment by e-mail to the department of commission affairs officer and environment at sfgov.org. if you submit public comment, it will be forwarded to the commissioners and will be included as part of the official file. i will now call roll. [roll call] >> clerk: we have a quorum. >> thank you, next agenda item. >> and this item is for discussion. >> good evening, everyone, i'm taking over for our president, president stevenson. we have the alone' peoples where the orange inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula we

recognize that the understand the interconnectedness of all things that maintained harmony with the nature and we honor the people during commitment to perth and the indigenous protectors of this land and in accord hans with our traditions and they have never seeded, loss or forgotten their responsibility for care takers as well as all people who reside in their traditional territory we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland and we affirm their sovereign rights as first peoples and wish to pay our respects to the ancestors, elders and as environmentalists we recognize that we must embrace indigenous knowledge and how we care for san francisco and all its people. thank you for your attention during that important acknowledgment. and i would like to start tonight's meeting by welcoming our newest commissioner austin hunter, who will be serving as

the and is on the board of the community organizations but i think it's better introduced in commissioner hunter's own words. if you have words you'd like to share with us, commissioner, hunter, now would be the time to do so. >> i'm very excited to step into the remainder of the former commissioner's term. i am proud to say i've been able to watch the fabulous work that this commission has been doing over the past year and watching you go through the budget is admiration and respect for every single one of you. that being said, i'll stop there and just say i'm excited to continue to work with you and the coming years.

>> clerk: we can open for public comment and also do we want to mention changes to the agenda. >> we will also reshuffle the agenda to allow the environmental ward, which is currently agenizeds items 7 and it will be item 5 instead. do we need to make that a formal vote? or are we fine doing it at my discretion? >> clerk: that's fine. and so i will share the comments. just a reminder for anyone who would like to call into comment press star 3 in order to raise your virtual hands otherwise we will not be added to the queue. and you will have three minutes to make your comments. give me one moment while i check our queue.

>> v.p. ahn: so, seeing no other callers, we should move onto the next agenda item. >> clerk: moving on to item 3 approval of the minutes of the may 25th, 2021 commission on the environmental meeting and it's may 25th, 2021 draft meeting minutes and it's for discussion and possible action. >> v.p. ahn: any discussion on this? if not, do i hear a motion. >> so moved. >> i second. >> was that commissioner bermejo who moved? and then second by commissioner

wald. so we have a motion and then if there's no other discussion or changes from other commissioners, we should open it up to public comment on this item. >> clerk: i'll put the instructions for making public comment on the screen for anyone who like to call into comment on the approval of the minutes and in order raise their hand to be added and i will not be able to view and you will have three minutes to make your comment. i don't see any callers and we'll take another brief pause. >> i'm not seeing any callers. please call the roll at this point. >> clerk: [roll call]

>> v.p. ahn: the motion passes. >> clerk: moving on to item 4. general public comment. members of the public may address the commission on matters that within the commission jurisdiction and not on today's agenda. give me one second. i'll put the instructions for making a public comment back on the screen for anyone like to call in. please remember to press star 3 in order to be added to the virtual queue and you will have three minutes to make your comments. it doesn't look like we have any callers in the queue but we'll take another brief pause.

>> v.p. ahn: next is the environmental service award and if you want to read it for us. >> clerk: sure. so, it's a presentation of the commission on the environment and environmental service award to jill and this item is for discussion. >> v.p. ahn: at this point, commissioner wald, if you wouldn't mind introducing the item. >> thank you, commissioner ahn and good evening, everyone. i'm honored to present this environmental service award to joe lacatta who has spent over 30 years leading innovation in the hospitality industry at hilton san francisco. joe exemplifies and the idea that we can have a healthy

environment and a great economy and using our sustainability goals to support community needs throughout the city. she has set up symptoms to ensure that working items such as coffee pots and linenning and were redistributed to homeless shelters and others in need. as the result of her efforts, joe has helped provide a second life to nearly 500,000 tons of supplies, furniture and equipment that was languishing in storage closets and slated for dumpsters. implemented general waste measures that support and the city's climate goals but model san francisco's commitment to visitors from around the world.

and donated to non-profit groups and neighborhood organizations. in addition, joe has partnered on a range of activities for local organizations such as allowing outward bound to use the hilton for its annual fund raiser. joe has become an integral part of our san francisco community and our impact on our residents and our environment will be felt for years to come. on a more personal note, i want to say that during governor brown's climate summit, i attended a panel that joe was on and i got to see firsthand her charisma, her activism, her commitment to sustainability as wells as the evident regard for her abilities and h

accomplishments and so, with that, i'm pleased to jin my colleagues in thanking joe for her outstanding work and in presenting her with this award. would you like to a a few words? >> you really said this well, i think, all of us, i'm the general manager at hilton and i've been at hilton for three years now and i met joe my first day and she made such an impact on everything i do and everything that the hotel does. i think we all strive to leave a legacy and i'll tell you, joe has left her legacy at the hilton and the park 55. nothing leaves our hotel without someone saying did anyone check with jill so make sure we couldn't donate it or recycle it

and send it to somewhere else or a non-profit and her passion and her goodness and and and for many, many years to come and i'm honored and thrilled that she received this award and i'm humbled by the work that she does and it's just to me it's just fills me with hope for the future and i'm just so very, very excited and recognized for this and thank you for doing that and i can't put into words how grateful.

>> would you like to say a few words? yes, i would. and you know, up with of the things first, first, first. right, joe has done all the of the staff at the hilton and she makes the city look good but she's also modeled this behavior for other hotels and other restaurants and other institutions in san francisco. she was one of the first people to do that in san francisco and i want to say, i was able to a

tend and joe won the peter goldman and nominated by the hotel council and i was able to attend at launch and there was hundreds of people there and she allows outward bound to do the fundraiser which is repelling down the side of the hilton hotel. so again, not sure a lot of people would do that and it's a

huge money maker for them and so we adore joe and whatever you ever need for us and we're there and and i'm so excited you are getting this award. >> thank you. >> you are sitting in a hotel room taking this all in and i'm so glad. so, the one thing i just want to add to all of the incredible things that you've heard, when i think about the issue of the scale and it's one thing for the hilton to lead by in san

francisco and and joe maz led them in this information sharing and you make a smile and you make us laugh and for me when i think of you, joe, i just think of the warmth that you give off and how truly happy you are to be space and i imagine you have bruises on your head but you never let it get you down or i

haven't seen you get it done and you are so determined and positive and the planet is lucky that you just decided to do this work and like hanne i'm just tick he had to be participating in this award for you tonight. >> now it's your turn, if you would like to say a few words. >> first of all, commissioner walls, debbie, i am so honored and it's remarkable that after all these years i have tried to think how best to express the relationship that we've had and you are right, it wasn't even a department, i mean, i remember

the bronze age david osmond and people like that when we were just starting the zero waste programs. but i never thought of it as a company and a association or organization relationship and i thought of it more as friends calling friends. because of the things that we shared and always so willing to to participate with hospitality events and meeting planner events but before i go any further, i want to talk about that repelling. i mean, i can talk about it but our general manager terry louis actually did it and i thought of

my positions that was creating for me by a very forward-thinking general manager. and each success i have general manager, i have been so fortunate because as i've always told people when they asked, well, how do you start a program like this? you need your management support because you can't get anywhere unless the people at the top are supporting of efforts and have their backing and that's always

been the case and this job is a grace and favor type of position and i am proud and humbled at the same time by the reception that i will cherish and i just hope to always be able to contribute something and i will continue to try to make you proud. that's the best i can do. all of you agree it's the work that you love and it's the doing of it. and seeing a result. yeah, hitting your head against the forehead against the wall. when you are told by a department in the hotel, we have 4,000 glasses in a storage area

and joe, if you can't find a home for it tomorrow, it will go in the dumpster. these are the types of things that motivated me and they gave me the challenge. again, thank you so much, everyone. i truly, truly am blessed to have had your friendship and you will always have mine. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you for your service, joe. there are no other speakers, maybe we should move on to public comment, then. >> clerk: great. give me one second. so i've put the instructions for making public comment up on the on thescreen for anyone who liko call in and the vinal service

award and please remember to press star 3 to be added to the virtual queue and raise your happened and you will have three minutes to make your comments. we don't have any callers in the queue but we'll take a brief pause. >> v.p. ahn: thank you and congratulations and we'll see you again. we'll move onto the next item, then. moving on to our next item, which is item 6, presentation on mobile crv pilot program and the sponsor is debra and the speaker is kevin drew and this item is

for discussion. >> wonderful. well, this item feels like it came on my plate. almost the first week of my role as director. as you may know, the state has a law that says that and it's a deposit and it's not a tax, opportunities a fee and so because it's a deposit, it means that you have the right to redeem it and get your money when you see it on a container. and we used to have many of these sites all around the city, where one could go get your money back when you brought your bottle and can.

but now, we are at a point where we have only one of such place and it hardly meets the standard of convenient access to getting your money back to redemption and our own supervisors who have been with us on this, there was money set aside in the budget as well as a law put in place to create a pilot program that allows some creativity for cities and for these redemption centers. our goal for the pilot, we applied for and got a pilot status and this is a pilot and we're figuring out things as we go and our intention is to make

the program available to everyone at the city no matter their location, no matter their preferred language, or their access to the entertainment or a small phone. we're building towards that. and and you will hear from the san francisco conservation core, recycling, and of course our own kevin drew. so, to present the pilot to you tonight and get us kicked off is kevin. kevin, take it away. >> this is a group effort. his friends calling friends even though it's taken us five years it's what we're ending up with is a really good collaboration and to make this pilot real and it's what i want debbie's outlined it well, what she is

here to see along with the rest of you is that we've gone from a representation that you see on the screen here, of what a truck would look like to we're actually getting them on the road and all the pieces are coming into play. basically this is a mobile system and go to your neighborhood and bottle and assemble into a special doug and you'll it will go off to the yards and help another one of our partners and staffing and it will be seamless and convenient and very accurate as well. go ahead to the next slide. this is the goals to make it more accessible as debbie said, and it's a city wide effort to reach every district and it

encourages everyone to do the recycling and they may have forgotten they were getting this deposit back. we think it will bring more connection to people to their environmental role. this is what people remember about recycling in the old days, it still is here and let's move onto the next slide and see what it's going to look look going forward and it's wald with a wr. you can see on the back right-hand corner, the instructions and a little qr code and we'll be deploying electronic means of teaching people how to do it and this is one of our first partners. this is a conservation core, three of our folks ta will be on the teamworking and they've been practicing there and loading and

unloading and setting up the tent that we have and getting ready for putting the technology that we're going to have and we'll tell you more about that in a minute, to make it easier and make sure you get that dime back for the container. i'll have our partners speak at end. we have the conservation core who i worked with for over 25 years and marily is here the executive and we have our planet recycling which is the last remaining recycling center who is the owner and operator there and and from oregon who have been doing this program successfully for a number of years and we're making sure we get it right there and and their

funding is continue to supply the program and the legacy stores all of whom are participating as beverage container retailers and they will benefit from the program and they are supporting the program. and just to go quickly over it, sign up or do at that time a tables and a a parking lot and you register and you will find the locations via a map you will see in a moment on the website and you will just sign up and get an identification number and you click that when you are at

site and the bag is registered and it's taken back and you will get we'll reach out across the city and in all neighborhoods and with different types of outreach and electronic and door-to-door and meeting and neighborhoods from chinatown to the bayview to the outer sunset learn about the program. and this is the our bags and the we just came off and laid out there on the right hand side is

what it looks like and you can't see it here but down along the bottom that have is a little qr code which is again the thing that you will scan either with your and make sure that you get your crv value. next slide. and these are the five sites that we have at the moment. from ranging from the west on the parking lot there and over to the top of market street at portola and we'll use their parking lots when they're and the civic. we'll add more sites around the city and as debbie said that, to get and show what it is so

people can see what it is and associate it proactively with a more convenient and a cleaner and neater system than what we have had in the past. next slide. we're almost out. this is just pictures from the different sites that the conservation core with their team and the tent that we have and this is what you will see when you know how to find us. that is under on vermont street under the freeway and this is out at sota up in the high school. we'll be using libraries, other places where people con agree congregateand it's a sign we'ved and recycle has approved and

we'll mail those out in august. and this is just our timeline. we're down to the fourth bullet on the right there where it says september. we think we'll get open. and we'll have a couple of years to get the pilot up and running and expand it. so we can see how it works and how people respond to it and whether it makes sense for san franciscans, and organize is one of the only other states and main in new york or two others and new york does in a small part of the state and so we're a much larger territory for this idea to be rolled out with and i think that the refreshing in order to get more people engage and this came out assembly member who helped fund it and a big supporter and he clicked the

qr code on the side of the truck and make sure it works so it went to the website and it's really important we've had the legislative support for the program the whole way. thank you. one more slide. i'm just going to introduce marily from the conservation core from our planet and eric, just to say hello and we're all here to answer any questions you might have and i wanted to give them a chance to give a quick shout out for their own organization. could you start? >> yeah, hi. i (inaudible).

there are 18 to 26-years-old and they're looking for opportunities to complete their education and get job training and really low wage job so this is a great opportunities and also the other piece of it is that we are facing a climate crisis and turning it over to the next -- >> finish your thought, if you can, go ahead. >> clerk: we might have lost her. >> v.p. ahn: let's if she comes back on we can grab her. i'd like her to finish that thought. do you want to just jump in?

>> she's back. >> >> i think we lost her again. >> go ahead and we'll let her jump in. >> ok, try that it's working fine. >> it's really important to get the next generations prepared to deal with this climate crisis that we're facing and this is one of the ways that it helps us and it's the conservation we're

helping prepare the younger generations to deal with the climate crisis and to take actions to reverse the negative impact of climate change. so that is another great piece of this project. >> thank you. go ahead if you can jump in here. from our plan et recycling i i heard you a moment ago. you may be muted because you are not hearing you.

>> we're hearing you. we are hearing you but you are not speaking. >> v.p. ahn: how about eric? eric, can we get you? >> i am here. >> v.p. ahn: we hear you. >> i'm trying to start my video but it's not letting me so i will just quickly say hello to everybody and i'm eric chambers the external relations districts or at the oregon beverage recycling co-operative. we are the operational stewards of oregon's bottle bill and we are excited to share our experiences that we've had with the bottle bill along the way and kevin also mentioned we run a bagged recycling program similar to what you are looking

at with the bottle program and we process 8.3 million bags last year and so we're excited to share bar expertise as a consultant and contractor with our recycling and part of the broader system providing some of our technology and processes for the county and also the materials separation authority on the back end. >> it's really critical that we have the experience of organize to help the conservation core and adapt to this new system and it's here managed to do a lot together even during this last year-and-a-half with covid. we have great things from our home and it reminds me what joe

said and i worked with joe and it's friends calling friends to make a difference and that's what we need to lash ourselves and how so solve these and it's ridiculous because we've put together a great team and to provide a positive solution. >> are there any questions? >> >> mellow commissioners, any questions? >> commissioner wald has her hand raised. >> thank you so much. that was a great presentation. i'm very excited that this

program is up and running and my question is the pilot assessment referred to on one of your slides, would you say a few words about the criteria that you are using for that assessment and how you all are going to be gathering that information over the next three years. >> thank you, yes, the point of the pilot is to try different systems within the crv realm and see how they work, sort of operationally, and then how much they cost if they cost more. we know that the system that they use in oregon does have a slight additional cost to having everybody voluntarily do it all and the balance of that is the convenience and the material in this source separated manner. they're getting, 80% to 90% of

all beverage containers are collected separately so they go right to market, they have markets that are strong for that and it joins with a curbside program that there are other materials that can be picked up in a co mingled fashion. having those materials separate, you maintain the value of it so it's a higher and better use and i think again what mayor lee talked b. the other piece of it is paying the money to have a stewardship program that works and it's what it's about and supporting a good recycling center like our planet is about and so much of our history has been a race to the bottom in the recycling industry to ground itt down and it's a short sided way of going about business. so, we are going to be keeping track of all the cost and benefits and filing them and

reporting them as part of the whole pile another and there's five other pile in the states and five beyond that and we think this is a real winner and we hope it will prove that out. >> may i jump in here. so, this is really important feedback, not just for us, in terms of the bottle bill is 35-years-old, everyone knows that it needs not update or something but we don't know what to replace it with? people have ideas and he we looked at oregon with envy and said wow, we would like a system as smooth and run by industries so it's not the responsibility of local government to run it and so, we can't just turn off the bottle bill that will we have in california and turn on an organize model so we have a

proof of concept for the large he have space. they're traditional in their approach and they're like the old bottle-bill system. so the state is incredibly interested in what is going on because what they're hoping is this is the future of the system for the whole state and we, being san francisco, are willing to take risks and make mistakes and learn from them and we love pilot and that gives us a chance to learn so a lot of eyes are us and a lot of hope too and that assessment is going to have incredible ramifications for the way the system will be designed and that's what kevin meant by the true costs of a program and how do we need to adjust the if

you put a quarter of a cent on that that's $2 million a year, if you put a half a cent on each of those, that's $4 million a year. it's what it may end up cost, it's not even a pretty penny, it's a quarter of a pretty penny, so build a system that actually does the job and creates a career path, solve the problem for the stores, solve the problem for the consumers, solve the problem in terms of materials return. that's what we want to prove out and again that will point towards the stores and the brands and everybody participates in a real fairway. >> v.p. ahn: yes, commissioner wald. >> it's really exciting. at one point, when we talk about

zero waste, we talk about can we have a mobile trash collection truck. so, i am really excited to see this mobile can bank that we can actually put there, especially where it's congested like chinatown. i hope this is just the start. at the same time, i also wonder, to make sure that when we have it on to the full launch plan, we'll cover a different neighborhood of the city, especially low income neighborhoods and make sure our outreach have it in language and work with all the folks who

needed help and make a program go. we see the same -- that's my history and that's what i intend to do and i look forward to working with you in chinatown and across the city really. we work with eric and gordon mar. i did when i was running it 30 years ago, we didn't get it right now. >> v.p. ahn: yes, commissioner hunter. >> kevin, i just want to echo to the other commissioner's points and say this is a fantastic program and i'm very excited to hear it. i was curious about the logistical aspects and thinking through the personas that would need access and where access is going. one of the things you said popped out at me was the requirement for smartphone unless you can sign up sat the mobile site as well as there

they sign up through public libraries? the other question, on receiving the funds back, because either unhoused or unbanked populations, would also need access and are there solutions in place to provide? >> we're oking on that. we have some solution and we're mostly falling back onto the existing system where you can ask o. p.r. at the out plan of recycling you can get cash there. so there's one outlet that still does that. we want to expand that and we're working with both stores and with private industry. i know there are social services that use cards. how transferable and unversally

acceptable they are. we want to maintain the simplicity of it. the master cards are expensive and it has something other i think and i think again, going back to debbie's point, we'll be and again, i worked with folks at redemption centers for over 35 years and i know everybody and i know how it works and i know what their concerns are so, we will pay attention to that and help, i think, grow a new methodology that is more compatible with those who may be unhoused or unbanked. and i have exciting developments in that area that i can tell you more about when we get further along. working with the treasurer too is helping to find that out as well as the services folks. >> v.p. ahn: seeing no other raised hands. maybe we should move on to public comment.

>> clerk: great. i will put the instructions for making public comment up on the screen. for anyone who would like to call into comment on this item, please remember to press star 3 in order to be added to the virtual queue otherwise i will not see your virtual hand be raised. and you will have three minutes to make your comments. i do see we have a caller in the queue and so i'm going to pull up my timer. and i will unmute our first caller now. >> caller: it's david pillpel, it's confusing because i'm monitoring three different meetings and for some reason the webex event on the screen doesn't allow me to raise my hand on the screen so i had to hang up and call in for public comment, if there's a way you can adjust the participant role sso i participate via webex then

i can save one device. it's confusing. plus, i can't figure out who all is participating. i can he see some people, but not others. it's just a limited participant role. it's different from how it's been set up in the past. ok, on this item, the mobile recycling program, i want to support all of the work that kevin has been doing, which is substantial to make this happen. lots of big concepts, lots of details trying to make it something for the public to use and also to bring greater awareness and connect it to other programs and climate and all of the urgency that i'm sure he spoke about. also, in reference to state secretaries of the relevant

agencies, there are jerred bloomenfeld and ray crowfoot, from san francisco, our people who understand this department and the environment and incredibly important and fundamental ways. so, we've got an incredibly narrow window of time to make as much happen as we can in the city and in the state while we have all of the things lined up while everything is on fire. literally and figuratively. i'm sure i could say more and i'm sure i'm running oust time. that's another thing we can do is show the time err on the screen in real-time. there you go. all right. still work on public participation here. i hope that helps. thank you, very much. >> v.p. ahn: thank you. thank you, drew, for your work. really appreciate it. if there's no other public

comment in the queue, katie, we should move on to the next item. >> clerk: all right. sorry, give me one second. here we go. all right. great. moving on to our next item, presentation on fix sf over vow and progress to date the sponsor is debra rafael and the speaker of ryan, climate program manager and karen yu senior environmental health inspectors and this item is for discussion. >> wonderful. thank you, katie and thank you president ahn or vice president ahn. tonight, we're going to hear a really interesting program that marries social justice and environmental justice that operates between the department and brings in the expertise and the experience of various city

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from a client standpoint and that's what we've been doing in thiprogram . of course you all know and remember how toxic a chemical that is . it is no safe level of leadin blood for children . the more we understand about blood more concerns we have on the impact of lead and other health aspects of a developing mind. it's very fortunate today you have another partnership to showcase for you. another partnership just like that the rvthat's at its early stages of development . so ryan ramos from our office will be talking about it. i will let ryan take it off >> thank you debbie. and so thank you commissioners

for the opportunity to present thiscollaborative initiative to promote lp communities and public action . the program aims at sf residences that have children. it's a collaboration among city departments including the apartment of the environment and the department ofpublic health andoffice of economic and workforce development . next slide please . first let's talk about lead, what it is and why it's a problem.lead is a heavy metal denser thanmost common materials . its increased durability and can maintain a fresh appearance and resist moisture that causes corrosion but led is a neurotoxin and ingestion can lead to lead poisoning. it's dangerousto children between eight months and six years old . it makes lead paintchips and dustwhich can more readily be ingested by children .

next slide . lead ingestion can lead to the following issues . damage to the brain and nervous system. learning andbehavioral problems. slowed growth and development inspeech and hearing problems lead-based paints were banned for residential use in 1978 . next slide . here's a map of the city showing the notice ofviolation for lead . blue dots indicate the number of lead and always or notices of violation. larger dots indicate more violations and cheating indicates the percentage of homes that are pre-1950 so the darker the shade the more homes that are pre-1950 the more likely they have to let. what this graphic is showing is the lead notices of violation or in whole older neighborhoods as well as disadvantaged communities and lowincome areas suchas under! and the mission . next slide please .

this leads us to the payoff. 10 cities and counties in california including the city and county of san francisco filed a case against lead paint manufacturers accusing them of knowingly selling a product that caused health issues. sherwin-williams and can aggregate grocery products companies all the manufacturers were held accountable for creating a publicnuisance in these cities and counties . as a result of a lawsuit eight manufacturers were ordered to pay for funding, to fund inspections for the abatement of lead paint and laying lead contaminant dust from homes and lead contaminant soil and these areas so manufacturers appealed this decision. in 2017 the court of appeals issued a decision upholding the superior courts decision that themanufacturer was liable . in 2018 the paint manufacturers

appealed to the california supreme court and the california supreme court confirmed the court of appeals decision that thepaint manufacturers were liable . in october 2019 the new suprem court rejected themanufacturers petition for review . next slide . so the timeline shows the film was decades in the making. the settlement was first filed in 2000 and the settlement was finally decided and funds paid out in 2019 so it took almost 20 years for the initial lawsuit and for the city and county to see a settlement of the lawsuit. san franciscans share of the settlement is $21 million. this would be the first over seven years . nextslide . the settlement provides funding

for the lead abatement program that we branded as assets. this is a citywide program that leverages the combined knowledge and experience ofthe department of environment , department of public health an office of economic workforce development . the main goal is to reduce lead hazards in san san francisco residential buildings both single-family andmulti family . the department of the environment are co-leads with department of health leading the technical and regulatory aspects department of the environment leading the program administration . the office of economic and workforce development will assist with developing a workforce requiredto mitigate these lead hazards . next slide. it's important to note the department of the environment's

role is informed by two decades of administering customer safety and energy programs. you can see my colleague paul gray who has been with the department for more than 12 years starting with the implementation ofthe san francisco energy watch program . prior to energy watch allthe licensed contractors . his experience as a contractor and an energy efficiency specialist brings unique insight into developing the fix lead sf program. it's emblematic that the watch store closes, the door to harm reduction opens. next slide. the department of public health leads on the technical side as they are experts in the public impacts of lead and the pathways which with lead and your children. they have experience in lead abatement in the city, a program run by the mayor's

office of housing and community development earlier in 2010, 2015 time frame. next slide.the city has a degree ofdiscretion on how to use the settlement money . the fix lead team has decided to prioritize funds toward assets inhomes with children and expected mothers . in order to target these holes with a higher likelihood of lead paint the projectwill focus on homesbuilt before 1950 .next slide . so the program design has been informed by thefollowing . i lead abatement efforts from the city and the program i mentioned earlier under the mayor's office of housing and community development was funded by a housing and urban development grants. it is also informed by existing department of public health lead poisoning cases and lastly the program conducted outreach to tenants, property owners and

led professionals these aspects sheet the programs implementation . next slide. the program has identified party zip codes as you can see on this map that take into account population of children, low income families and incidences of lead poisoning . these zip codes include 94110 which is mission heights, 94112 which is the outer mission at 94124 which iscenterpoint . next slide. the program will start with a pilot base to address the processes and procedures on a smaller scale and find any wrinkles before we roll out the phase of the program. participants in the final phase will come from existing dph lead poisoningcases . next slide.

the program will emphasize mitigation measures as part of reducing lead risk to children and these measures will focus on services that generate lead dust that present and ingestion hazards. these mitigation measures include windows, native wood, built in furniture and built in cabinets and wooden doors. the program will inspect outdoor areas that maycontain leadcontaminant soil . next slide . to guide an efficient implementation the fix lead sf team has developed the following structure. the overall program lead is the city and county of san francisco with dph, department of public health and department of theenvironment leading the program . we will be assisted by a third-party administrator is primary role will be handling administrative functions including contracting and payment to the lead service providers and relocation

service providers shown on the diagram in red . these entities will be completing the inspections and lead remediation work as well as relocatingapplicants of the units being remediated . the led professionals and relocation providers contract with property owners on services . the property owner then has complete theparticipation agreement with the city and agrees to terms and conditions of development . the structure of the third-party administrator is designed to disperse the settlement fundsand provide additional services as well as shield the city from unnecessary risk . next slide . fix lead sf speaks to the department's mission statement which is to provide solutions that advance protection and enhance quality of life are all san franciscans. to enhance the quality of life we need homes that are not only leniency but comfortable and

efficient . asdebbie mentioned , windows are a major component of our program. modern high-performance windows do not contain lead . these use a combination of insulating framesto reduce key locks and lower heating bills . additional insulation is noise and air filtration providing a more comfortable living environment . during the course of the project workflow, department of environment staff will identify opportunities for intervention primarily energy-related but also potentiallyrelated to other areas such as indoor air quality , innovative management and waste efforts. while we have an engaged audience for addressing lead hazards we like to leverage this opportunity to serve the participants with additional services . next slide. so from the inception theenergy

team hasn't been a project of opportunity involved with the times . this evolution is to that of the common lightbulb. like the incandescent lightbulb with a single filament the energyteam began as asingle program with san francisco energy watch . next , the ball became a more sophisticated product and similarly the energy team expanded to include bays and for us involved its given way to the led bowl, so much technology pipe in a small factor like the led energy team is packing a lot of programming and a full house retrofit experience to improve the fix lead sf programmaking the programmore effective at enhancing the quality of all san franciscans . next slide . in closing i'd like to acknowledge our partnership with the department of public healthoffice of economic and workforce development . my colleagues have been key

primaries in the development of this program. it's been a pleasure working with them and the program is benefiting from their experience and knowledge. also from the office of workforce development hasbeen instrumental in informing our collaboration . he's provided feedback and support when needed and will be a valuable resource as we develop the skilled workforce necessary toaddress lead hazards . finally we believe this program can deliver benefits. we have far more deserving applicants that we have budget to serve. locating additional funding to carry the project the on the existing budget would allow us to reach children and improve health outcomes . anyquestions related to the next slide ?switch to leave so i can seesome colleagues .

i have a question to start us off. i know we are prioritizing a couple of neighborhoods that are close to the southeast sector, outer mission. i'm wondering what are the extension plans beyond those neighborhoods afterwards ? i know they are to pump budget dependent as well 's we are planning on rolling out the program to those great priorities and codes and as we take in participants and enrollees we will begin to determine whether those areas have sufficient rates of participation and if we are reaching the target audience of units with children, units in low income areas and as we progress with more enrollees

and we see that we aren't seeing the participation we plan to expand to other zip codes. as the program rolls out but a this stage , we believe that prioritizing these three zip codes will allow us to take the most impact in the early stages of the program. class questions or comments yes, commissionerhunter . >> it sounds like the kind of work i love to see the commission doing. i'm just curious, i have two questions really. i understand the census data will be coming out soon and that will hopefully include some accounts by aging populations. do you think that would affect the prioritization areas in any way or the plans to include the new census data to evaluate if there are morechildren in certain parts of the city ?>>

thank you commissioner hunter. i believe we will look to that data to potentially kind of reevaluate some of ourpriority areas that we serve . given that we've had, we haven't had access to that we haven't been able to incorporate it but we will make efforts to do so if we do notice a significant shift in any of the demographics and the targeting priority criteria. that's certainly something that we will look at with our dph colleagues and make adjustments as necessary. i didn't want to ask karen, you, my colleague from the department of public health if she wanted to add anything additional to whati presented . >> you did a great job, thank you. some of the data we use in prioritizing these zip codes were from 2019.

wherever possible we incorporated data from 2019 as well . and i imagine the mission may be changing so we will take a look at that. there's no doubt we have had a lot of cases from the mission inthe last 20 years .so yes. >> just a quick follow-up to thatone . the outreach effort we're doing with the department of public health, are we doing any outreach to sf ust or working in any way to go into schools though children can just go home to their parents andsay i got thisflyer . i'm not sure if it's relevant to us . >> actually school will be a part ofour outreach efforts . except that by the time they get to school there almost passed the high risk age.

most kids get lead poisoning when they are abouteight months to about three years .because lead poisoning is due to a lot of hand to mouth behaviors which occurred during the age so by the time they go to kindergarten or preschool there be passed that age already but yes, school will be included and we had outreach for the last 20, 30 years though we're well-connected with schools and otheragencies who serve children and families . >> tank you for all your hard work,karen and ryan . >> anyone else? if not, maybe we can move to public commentthen . >> i will put the instructions for public comment on the

screen and i did just make them aware we might be having technical difficulties so i'm also going to read a public comment number instructions out loud so if you would like to call in tocomment on this item which is the presentation , please dial 415-655-0001. and then enter access code 146 031 0364. you will then need to press star 3 to be added to the virtual you . if you do not press than your virtual hand will not be raised and i willnot be able to see you in the queue . and give me one second while i checked that you. it doesn't look like we currently have any callers in the queue we will give it a brief pause in case anyone wouldlike to call in to comment on this item .

i'm not seeing anycallers in the queue . >> thank you katie. at this point, next item then and thanks again ryan and karen for coming up today and presenting. >> all right okay, moving on to our next item . review and vote on whether to accept the policycommittee's recommendation to approve the 20/20 annual reports . the speaker isjustine choi, city reduction analyst .the plan at the 20/20 by green report andthis item is for

discussion and action . >> sounds good. i'll be introducing thisitem today . this report comes from chapter 9 of the environment: the purchasing ordinance which requires commission to adopt an annual by reports each year so this report establishes alternative project list for certain categories requires the department. this list. policy meeting we got in the report last year the committee voted to recommend the commission approved this report after we hear from justine about the green purchasing programs accomplishments for 2020 i'm hoping we will move thisforward today after voting on it and with that i will turn it over to jesse . >> hey everyone. i don't know many of you but i am jessie ann choi and i'm

going to start with context. this is a much shorter presentation than the committee and i'll describe our efforts from 2020 and the percent the city spent on lesstoxic products in 2020. next slide please . so as you know part of the green products is contributing to climate change and climate change is already here and what i and many other people saw when we went from our disaster service work for wildfires last december. next slide please. now that we can buy green there are two ordinances for citywide purchases and bygreen ordinanc which is an ordinance for chapter 2 and the building green ordinance chapter 7 . next slide .

you do not have to read those laws or read the fine print if you just come to sf approved.org. that is where we tried to make it a one-stop shop for anyone especially city staff to see compliance product names and render contact info and city contracts. next slide please. so now i'm going to talk about one of our most important products for 2020. when covid happened we signed an increase in disinfectant use but most common disinfectants can cause asthma which made covid more dangerous so we helped by creating a list of less toxic disinfectants that do not have asthma causing ingredients and it's harder than you think you can go to our website and see that the list took a lot of work to create. next slide please. and so after 2020 we passed legislation for three new

product categories which include interior latex paint primer and updated six product categories. i'll go to the new product categories first. next slide please. new product category includes flooring that does not require toxic materials. next slide please. another category is upholstered seating. next slide please. we updated a lot of other regulations which include cleaning, a lot ofcleaning products can cause asthma . we also updated regulations for our flags which have this logo on the products. next slide please. we updated our regulations for it products which include things that looklike my desk and maybe yours too. next slide please .and we

also updated regulations for lighting such as energy star l ids, not just any leds. next slideplease . and the nextupdated regulations include a variety of office supplies . those were the regulations we worked on in 2020. and we also worked on other products such as refrigerants. this is the small side project but as you know refrigerants are in the top 10 list of pollutants and hydrofluorocarbons refrigerants have global warming potential that can emit carbon dioxide so we worked on ac and other products on our website. next slide. so also in 2020 since we could not meet staff in person to provide training, we created an

online training video that any city staff can find out today and we are going to require certain city staff so even it has music tokeep you awake and you will see that soon . next slide please . and as for otherprojects , we also are will be rolling out a new tool for city department directors called the buy green dashboard and it will show how well thedepartments are complying with our requirements . so city directors can dive into their data by year end product category. so in regards towhat this city bought last year , we often shared a few product categories and so this yearwe've got our

office papers and lighting . so currently the city buys copy paper from our members and the easiest way to buy compliance papers and other office supplies has been not display noncompliant products in the online store. the success of this approach has been inconsistent over the years because of changes in products or contracts and incorrect or incomplete product working. so because of this we chose the measure, the percentage of complaints or copy paper so for our written requirements on contacts for all copy paper that we by 30 percent is colored copy paperand 100 percent for white paper . the good news is that compliance was 92 percent in 2020 compared to 91 percent in 2017 and 87 percent in2015 . and so covid made things a lot

more interesting because there was a drop in volume and we were stillworking from home. next slide please .the other product category was lighting. this has been a challenging category because it's lots of kind of lighting. and alsodifferent uses for lighting in different places . so 2015 this city simplified our planning requirements to be led only. specifically the energy star and other energy efficient lens so this year we chose a similar definition of green lighting. also has a higher bar. so in these categories the leds are the green and everything else islike the orange color is not really . so overall 68 percent of lighting bought by the city was compliant.

this is a huge improvement from easiest lighting data is from 2016. next slide please. so also at the policy committee with what we present our annual report, this year next slide please. we gave the buy green team award to the office of contrac administration . which were represented by tara and we also gave the green team award to kevin baird and scott barlow at thedepartment of public works and we all went above and beyond . next slide please. so i just want to say we're from the government andwe're here to help . if you have any questions let me know. if you. >> at you jesse.

any other questions or comments on this. >> seeing no other questions o comments, can i have a motion to approve this report ? i see commissioner wald with her hands raised. >> i move that we approve this report. iq justin and all the other members of your team for all yourgreat work on this . >> is there a second that motion.commissioner, seconded. >> i would like to add that you are with the government and yo actually do help . >> now that we have a motion

and a second, let's open up this public comment right now, katie. >> i will be up instructions on the screen for anyone who would like to comment on this item and that will also lead out the number instructions. so if you would liketo make a public comment on thisitem please dial the phone number415 . 655 , 0001 .you will then need to enter access code 146 031. 0364. then you will need to pressáthree in order to be added to thevirtual queue . if you do not press for. i will not see your virtual hand raised and i will not be able to call on you. and we do currentlyhave one color in that you . let me pull up my timer. you will have three minutes to

make your comments and your time starts now. >> can you hear me now. . it's david filled out again, still don't have the functionality on webex so i'm juggling multiple screens and devices, very frustrating . of course i support the efforts of chris, jesse andjenny and the other staff to reduce city toxic use. are there otherexamples of doing better , worse or about the same with purchasing during the pandemic ? i know the city wore just lots of masks and lots of supplies all kinds of things i suspect that a lot of that bypassed some of the review that might have occurred so are there pandemic related supplies that we want to call out for things to be aware of? in terms of medical or other types of materials in the

future? i bet a lot of stuff was laminated for example thatcan't be easily recycled or reused . it's importantto be both fun and draconian . that's for jesse but i do think that we miss the big picture sometimes. mta for example that i follow closely for just new ticket vending machines in the way stations a few years ago and is replacing parking meter pay stations . both efforts can generate lots of metal and electronic waste for those supplies or materials can be reused or recycled.in some cases mta and other departments generate paper receipts that may have bpa in the paper or ink i don't know if that gets checked. bottom line is i think the part of the environment should be involvedin all city purchasing

efforts and construction contracts . it should be you are in until you decide that they're doing the right thing and your lockdown rather than you get consulted when you get consulted for your dealing with you know, these more routine things as opposed to some of the big procurement things that some of these other departments aren't thinking the environment as they concern. i hope that's clear. thanks very much. >> did you want me to respond? >> that's at your discretion jesse, i'll allow it. >> in terms of construction projects and the big purchases the city makes often construction projects have carbon regulation which is still new but that is pretty helpful because when people buy

carpet sometimes the competing manufacturers findout about it however they do and they're able to everyone be compliant . so that covers the big product category that's big volume with carpet. we wish we could cover many purchases and every person in real time if that's the situation but i don't know any organization that's been able to follow . >> had you jesse and to confirm noother public comment . >> there is no additionalcolors . >> in that case let's dothe roll call vote . >> president stevensonis excused, a vice president ahn . [roll call vote]

>> again chris and chairman jesse, it's good seeing you as always . next item. >> moving on to the next item department budget update . the speakers are joseph salem, finance and administration and charles sheehan, a public affairs officer . >> hopefully good news, director raffia. >> yes, oh my goodness. this isabsolutely a team effort . this is my seventh budget that i participated in and it is the budget process like no other. as you know, it was, this is the budget that's been before you multiple times.we brought it before we may even a special

commission meeting in march. to talkabout the challenges we were having. to engage with you about opportunities . to make the point that funding is inadequate and we need help to make the point that the general fund is potentially should not be a bright line for our department. and we came back to you again a second time in march and in may

so now i'm

>> a long history on this topic.

the number. access code 146 031 0364. you'll need to press star 3 to be addedto the virtual you . you will have threeminutes to make your comments . i do see we have acaller and if you .your time will start now. >> where is thepresentation? i don't see it posted on the meeting website . i can't scroll back on the web.

this is incredibly frustrating and i'mreally getting annoyed . the barriers to public participation that seem to exist here are significant and shame on you , shame on this process. i'm tempted to file a sunshine complaint about this meetingand you should convince me why i shouldn't do that .i'm really unhappy and i've been unhappy before but this is just over-the-top. i need to see thepresentation . it's not posted. you can't takpublic comment on anything with a presentation where the public doesn't have access to the presentation . it's ridiculous . i'm done on this item. thanks.

>> clerk: any otherpublic comment on this issue ? 's. >> i'm seeing no additional callers in the queue. >> clerk:typically the commissions policy is not to respond directly to public comment but i'm sure we can figureout a way to get those materials posted online . so seeing no other comments from other commissioners okay. well, next item than katie . 's. >> directors report, the document is thedirectors report and this item is for discussion . >> thank you and this will be quick.a couple of huge milestones. it feels like there's been a lot of milestones that we've beensharing with you all tonight . this next 2 are on legislation

that has been moved through the process. the first is the construction and demolition ordinance which we have been working on for 2 years with supervisor safai that will give the department significant new authority in terms of regulating the transportation of construction and demolition debris. it's very very significant. it's very wonky and yet what's beautiful about it is it codifies the partnership betweenpublic works, public health , the sheriff and the department of the environment. it gets us all working together in a consolidated and coordinated fashion to deal with both illegal dumping as well as the proper disposal or disposition really of construction and demolition waste.

so a huge percent of what'sin the landfill right now , we need to deal with it because this material should not going to landfill and this will give us real tools todeal with people who aren't doing the right thing that got moved out of committee , the land use committee unanimously and will go before the full board when they come back to recess in september. the second initiative, second piece of legislation moved out of land use that moved through the full board very quickly was chapter 9 of the environment code which is the city's goals for climate and as well as roles and responsibilities for citydepartments . boththose pieces of legislation

, both of those have resolution and support of the commission very much weighed in at u-shaped both of them significantly so i appreciate the partnership and support of the commission. the chapter 9 of the environment code out of the land use committee as a committee report which means it went directly from monday's committee meeting to the board the next day. it got voted on a second time today so hours earlier it was approved by the full board unanimously and will go to the mayor's office for approval . very very exciting. the mayor did a wonderful pres release chapter 9 of the . it really speaks edition to the importance of looking at housing as a climate action strategy so very very exciting news on both of those fronts. just to give you a heads up: is going to be that time of year where we will be looking to reduce riskpesticide list . that will be coming before you

for it comes to the policy committee and full commission we had a public hearing. public hearing will be tomorrow night at five for tomorrow afternoon at five. once we understand if there are any concerns of the public and what comments people have we will then agenda eyes this as a policy commission meeting where there will be recommendations and once there is and it will go before the full commission. so just know that that's probably comingyour way september . in terms of coming back to the office this feels likesuch a moving target to me personally with the delta variant . oh my goodness. in terms of commissionmeetings, i don't know when we are going to be in person . certainlynot in our next

september commission meeting . we will not be in person. we are supposed to come back to the office september 13 in a sort of hybrid fashion. some days in the office, some days telecommuting. we are still gettinginstruction about masks requirements . it's as you all know this is a time of breakthrough positives and people are concerned. as director i'm trying to be cognizant of the facts concerned and all the health and wellness of my staff. this is a journey and we are working closely with staff to make sure that people needs are addressed. the mayor doesn't want us back in the office in september and that's what we'reshooting for and we will only do that if it's safe . so one thing that the city does need form everyone is a declaration of your vaccination status. that applies tostaff as well as to commissioners . we have hundred percent of our

staff have declared. we don't have 100 percent yet of commissioners so we need you commissioners, katie has been reaching out to you and she will continue to do that to get everybody to go online and if you're having problems going online talk to katie and she can get you through it. sometimes it classes, sometimes it doesn't. it's one of those technology things but the city wants to know your status, it's not required that people be vaccinated. it's just require that youlet the city know .with that that's the end of my directors report. honestly i'm of what has happened the last three months in the department. i think it's a sign of maturity in the department. it's a sign of the coalitions that have been built and the fact that people are leaning in together on this really important issue.

so i feel really heartened and also feel a little over because there's a lot we need to get done in the lastyear and you willbe with me , i know . >> thank you foryour leadership . i said sometimes is good to see a? see a non-message a kind see nine always a to the directors i will be out the style 415-655-0001. enter access code 146 031 0364. you will then need to press star 3 to be added to the queue

and if you do not press star 3 i will not see your virtual hand raised and you will have three minutes tomake your comments . i do see we have a comment in this you so i will and your time willstart now . >> caller: can you hear me now? david once again. the directors report posted on the web has eight pages of the report and 15 pages of other extraneous meeting packet material so howeverthat was put together and scan in and posted, it is not correct .

can you please repost it correctly. it is important for the public. the meeting details correct. posted materials and webex setup. i'm not as upset withthe commission but i am upset with the staff . charles katie paid a lot of money to get this right i don't feel i'm just here i can only imagine once has is. and stats environmental efforts which continue to be significant in some cases and remarkable. it was an item at the public utilities commission about a clean power sf community food service energy efficiency program that may from the department of. perhaps that can be discussed a future meeting. that would be nice to. that sounds very and useful. the controller's office has set up a working group to review the issue of how we regulate

refuse correct collection and disposal in the 19 to 32 ordinance. the department is included in that at sea reference in the report this time the previous meeting during some and what our intentions are there. those are my comments for tonight . i'msorry that i'm not happy and hopefully somebody will do something about it . >> anyone else inthe queue, katie ? >> clerk: i'm not seeing any additional colors in the queue. >> next item please.

>> moving to ournext item, committee report this item is for discussion . >> i believe i first on deck with policy commission report. it seems like i've been speaking a lot tonight but i'll be brief. the last full commission meeting the policy that both on june 14 and july 12. on june 14 we already heard about the green report today and also heard about the department's building material reuse initiatives on july 12 we heard about updated recommendations from ssb ace congestion management initiative as well as the bay area regional energy networks progress and with that i conclude my report and maybe i'll pass it on to commissioner ahn to give us a report on recommendations. >> commissioner wan: we met last week on july 21. we had a presentation from polly on the apartments healthy child care project.

which included educational outreach. then we heard also from jen on the lessons learned from the departments audit that we very much look forward to looking at in the future. our next operationcommittee meeting will be on wednesday, october 20 . >> any other comments or questions fromother commissioners ? seeing none, let's go on to public comment, katie. >> clerk: i willthe instructions for public comment on the screen . anyone would like to comment on thecommittee report and also read out the instructions . please dial 415-655-0001 and enter access code 146 031 0364.

you will then need to press star 3 to be added to the queue and you will have three minutes tomake your comments . i'm not currentlyseeing any callers in the queue but we will take a brief pause . i'm not seeing any callers in thequeue . >> next item said. >> clerk: moving to our next item, announcement and this item is for discussion. >> any announcements? okay. seeing none, let's open it up

for public comment.>> clerk: i will put the instructions for public comment back up on the screen and read them aloud in case they are not appearing on the screen for anyone. please dial 415-655-0001 and enter access code 146 031 0364. you will then need to press star 3 to be added to the queue. give me one second while i check, we're not seeing any callers so we will take a brief pause in caseanyone would like to call it . not seeing any callers.

>> we will which is west of the newbusiness future agenda this item is . >> you katie. the next policy meeting tonight. the next meeting september 20 the next operation is october 20th. : for the next commission meeting we will most likely have approval of the reduced riskpesticide list . we also have a presentation on energy access as government and fiji and the meeting coming up for meetings, look at the record retention policy for

new. questions. >> to add on the public comment, the two items that ar actually good ideas agenda items . one of those is the ruling that san francisco pc just did today and a recommendation that the san francisco puc so when we talk about energy access san francisco we probably will also cover that there and the other with the refuse work because it that maybe the controller did a presentation on now they are approaching it. ismuch larger. those are things also the future agenda . >> any otheradditions from

other commissioners ? maybe we should move on to public comment then. >> clerk: i will put the instructions for public comment on the screen and read the instructionsfor anyone who would like to call in . please call 415-655-0001 and enter access code 146 031 0364. you will then need to press star 3 to be added to the queue and you willhave three minutes to make your comments . give me one second.i do see we have a caller in the queue so i will pull up the timeline.

>> caller: david philp again. i'm just tired. if you're going to discuss the department's record retention policy and schedule the whole commission. >> clerk: not seeing any other colors in the queue . >> seeing none, next item. >> clerk: moving on to our next item which is adjournment and with that the time is 7:0 7 pm. >> thank you. better.

san francisco department of environment is a place where climate hits the street. we know that we don't have all the answers. we need to support our local champions, our local community to find creative solutions and innovations that help us get to zero waste. >> zero waste is sending nothing to landfill or incineration,

using reuse and recovery and prevention as ways to achieve zero waste. the grant program is a grant program specifically for nonprofits in san francisco to divert material from landfill. it's important to find the san francisco produce market because there's a lot of edible food that can be diverted and they need positions to capture that food and focus on food recovery. >> san francisco produce market is a resource that connects farmers and their produce with businesses in the bay area. i think it's a basic human right to have access to healthy foods, and all of this food here is available. it's a matter of creating the infrastructure, creating jobs, and the system whereby none of

this goes to waste. since the beginning of our program in july 2016 to date, we've donated over 1 million pounds of produce to our community partners, and that's resulted in over 900,000 meals to people in our community, which we're very proud of. >> carolyn at the san francisco produce market texts with old produce that's available. the produce is always excellent. we get things like broccoli, brussels sprouts, bell peppers. everything that we use is nice and fresh, so when our clients get it, they really enjoy it, and it's important to me to feel good about what i do, and working in programs such as this really provides that for me. it's helping people. that's what it's really about, and i really enjoy that.

>> the work at the produce market for me representing the intersection between environment and community, and when we are working at that intersection, when we are using our resources and our passion and our energy to heal the planet and feed the people, nothing gets better than

. >> president yee: of the 26 neighborhoods we have in west portal, it's probably the most unique in terms of a small little town. you can walk around here, and it feels different from the rest of san francisco. people know each other. they shop here, they drink wine here. what makes it different is not only the people that live here, but the businesses, and without all these establishments, you wouldn't know one neighborhood from the other. el toreador is a unique restaurant. it's my favorite restaurant in san francisco, but when you look around, there's nowhere else that you'll see decorations like this, and it makes you feel like you're in a different world, which is very

symbolic of west portal itself. >> well, the restaurant has been here since 1957, so we're going on 63 years in the neighborhood. my family came into it in 1987, with me coming in in 1988. >> my husband was a designer, and he knew a lot about art, and he loved color, so that's what inspired him to do the decorations. the few times we went to mexico, we tried to get as many things as we can, and we'd bring it in. even though we don't have no space, we try to make more space for everything else. >> president yee: juan of the reasons we came up with the legacy business concept, man eel businesses were closing

down for a variety of reasons. it was a reaction to trying to keep our older businesses continuing in the city, and i think we've had some success, and i think this restaurant itself is probably proof that it works. >> having the legacy business experience has helped us a lot, too because it makes it good for us because we have been in business so long and stayed here so long. >> we get to know people by name, and they bring their children, so we get to know them, also. it's a great experience to get to know them. supervisor yee comes to eat at the restaurant, so he's a wonderful customer, and he's very loyal to us. >> president yee: my favorite

dish is the chile rellenos. i almost never from the same things. my owner's son comes out, you want the same thing again? >> well, we are known for our mole, and we do three different types of mole. in the beginning, i wasn't too familiar with the whole legacy program, but san francisco, being committed to preserve a lot of the old-time businesses, it's important to preserve a lot of the old time flavor of these neighborhoods, and in that capacity, it was great to be recognized by the city and county of san francisco. >> i've been here 40 years, and i hope it will be another 40 yeararararararararararararararr

>> now, i know we think this is normal, to be out here on a parklet, to see some incredible musicians playing and