>> clerk: also present is deputy city attorney brad russi who will provide any needed legal assistance. i'm julie rosenberg, the board's executive director. we will also be joined by steven keller, san francisco public works board of urban

forestry. the rules of presentations are as follows. the appellants and department are given seven minutes for presentation and three minutes for rebuttal. members of the public who are not affiliated with the parties have three minutes to address the board. four votes are needed to grant an appeal or modify an order or determination. to enable public participation, sfgov is streaming this hearing live, and we will have the opportunity to provide public comment for each item on the

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okay. do you answer that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth and the whole truth? >> i do. >> clerk: okay. we're moving onto item number one, which is general public comment. this is an opportunity for the public to speak on any time in the board's jurisdiction than not on tonight's calendar. is there anyone wishing to speak in public comment? okay. i do not see any hands raised, so we will move onto item 2, commissioner comments and questions. >> president honda: none. >> clerk: okay. i don't see any comments or questions, so we will move onto item three. commissioners, before you for discussion and possible adoption of the july 28, 2021 minutes. >> president honda: unless i see anyone -- i see vice president swig's hand is up.

>> commissioner swig: i move to adopt. >> clerk: okay. is there any objection or public comment on that motion? seeing no objection or public comment -- [roll call] >> clerk: okay. that motion carries 5-0, so the minutes are adopted. we are now moving onto item four. this is martha corea-mason having san francisco public works bureau of urban forestry. this is appeal number 21-061 at 3718 mission street. this is appealing the issuance on june 17, 2021, to martha corea-mason, of a public works order, denial of the application to remove two

street trees with replacement of one adjacent to the subject property, the two existing identify tuesday trees are healthy, have been pruned and are the largest trees within a few blocks. mr. mason, we can't hear you. you're on mute. >> okay. can you hear me now? >> clerk: yes. welcome. >> hello. thank you for our opportunity to present our counter arguments. [inaudible] i submitted a number of photographs that i personally took that clearly shows the damage to the sidewalk. here, we see the uplift caused by these roots. if we can move to the -- yes, this is a business on the ground floor of the 3718 mission street. the door to the business cannot

open. we can see here the extent of cracking and uplift presenting a possible liability of injury to pedestrians and this is directly attributable to the tree roots. in addition, there's been extensive damage to the sewage pipes that are proximate to these roots, the 3718 properties. i submitted quite a few pictures that martha had taken when the roots punctured and ruptured the pipes that flooded the ground floor and also the two floors above. so it is our contention based upon the photographic evidence

and any other checks here that we can present that these trees have necessitated in the year 2021, that these trees are, in fact, not healthy, and they are impacting martha mason directly, her finances. she is on a fixed income. she is a latinx minority, and we feel that the board should overturn its initial ruling. >> clerk: thank you. does that conclude your presentation? >> yes, that's my presentation. >> clerk: looks like we have a question from president honda. >> president honda: yes, sir. so my question is, who planted the trees? are you aware of who planted the trees? >> no, we don't have that information. >> president honda: okay. and how long have you owned the

property? >> martha mason has owned the property for perhaps 25 years? they've been a problem as they've matured. now, i don't have the records of the correspondence between martha mason and the city on this, but this has been an on going problem, and that is actually why she's requested, to my knowledge, to have these trees removed. they've just become incredibly expensive. >> president honda: okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> clerk: okay. thank you. we will now hear from the department, the bureau of urban forestry. >> hello. how you doing tonight in steve keller, acting forester with department of public works. i'm going to share my screen. can you see my screen? >> clerk: yes, we can. >> okay. this is just a quick summary. the property owner, miss mason,

applied for a true removal permit -- >> president honda: hold on one second. vice president swig, do you have your hand up? >> commissioner swig: i will have a question after the presentation. >> president honda: okay. thank you. sorry to interrupt. please proceed. >> oh, it's fine. okay. is my screen still visible? did i restart the time? >> clerk: yes, please restart your time. >> okay. the summary of the permit, the applicant applied in march 2020. the reasons for the removal were the cost of maintenance of the trees, sidewalk damage and sewer issues. in june 2020, the bureau of urban forestry denied the tree removal permit on the basis

that they're healthy. they are some of the largest trees on the block in an area that lacks canopy coverage. and b.a.r.t. had also planned on doing a sidewalk repair at the site, so the bureau of urban forestry had spent considerable resources on maintaining the trees. we denied the permit in june, and we described to the applicant that the cost of pruning and the cost of sidewalk damages, that the bureau of urban forestry. this is just some photos from april 2020 showing the pruned trees, as we've stated. this is a record from our tree database, stating that the trees were pruned in october

2019, and that a sidewalk repair was performed on july 6, 2020, and again, the photo then just shows how the trees were pruned away from the side of the building. and this is a picture of what the sidewalk looked like when miss mason applied for the -- the tree removal permit. and then, when i spoke to her on the phone, when -- i had denied -- i was the one who did this permit, denied it originally, and i had spoken to miss mason on the phone several times. when i denied the permit, i agreed that the sidewalk was in that condition, and i would have it repaired after i denied the tree removal permit because it was public works' responsibility to fix that. this is just a photo showing the general grid, the parcel

outlined in red, the property in the area, and just showing there's not a lot of tree canopy in the area. and i just wanted to talk about the sewer line a little bit. the red line is the perceived route of the sewer line. after we had denied miss mason's permit, she had spoken to me on the phone and said they were experiencing sewer back up, but after i got that initial call, i had not heard from the applicant. and to my knowledge, the sewer knowledge has been resolved or not been resolved without digging up of the sidewalk or a full lateral sewer replacement. and we think as generally

sewers run perpendicularly to the sidewalk, they could do a full lateral sewer replacement and preserve the tree. additionally, we just wanted to point out that if both trees were approved for removal, only one tree can be planted at this site because of the sewer line, and the red zone on the curb is a bus line, so it is the illumination of a full planting site. and also, the city wants to reiterate the prior stance that the trees are not the primary factor in damaging the sewer

lines. typically, sewer lines will decay over time and develop leaks and that's what attracts the trees to go into the sewer line. it's uncommon that the tree causes the cracks. it exacerbates the leaking of the sewer, but it is not the primary reason the sewer is leaking. and then, i wanted to share one -- hold on -- one additional screen. >> clerk: we can pause the time. >> yeah, pause the time. i need to figure out how to stop sharing. >> clerk: okay. you stopped sharing. >> okay. i appreciate it.

okay. can you see the screen now? >> clerk: yes. >> i just wanted to -- the appellant said we had not fixed the sidewalk, and i wanted to say that is definitely not true. we did send a crew here to repair the sidewalk. this is a picture from february 2021, where you can see kind of -- right in front of the door, you can see new sidewalk matching kind of older sidewalk as when i did the original inspection of the permit, where you can clearly see uplifted sidewalk, a tripping hazard, and public works also uses green paint to mark damaged sidewalks. and again, just going back, this is a picture from february 2021 of this street, clearly showing that public works did

repair the street at this site. and here's the two pictures lined up next to one another. -- if the -- however long the salon door did have trouble reopening, and that was one of the reasons we wanted to get that sidewalk fixed, if that is still happening, we can go back and fix that, but i was hoping it would be resolved when we did the original repair, so i apologize for that. thank you. that is all. >> clerk: thank you. we have a question from vice president swig. >> commissioner swig: so it seems like many years ago, but it was only about five -- i think it was my second board of appeals meeting. maybe it was longer than that, and it was a house on fulton

street, and it was a tree like this, different kind, but it was much like this. i believe it was a pine tree, and again, this was my second meeting, so rookie season, for sure, and i was appalled at the fact that the claim was simply the same; that there was a tree, and there was a problem with a sewer line, and it was causing significant damage to a person's house, and i thought for sure that this tree was going to be a dead tree. and i was surprised to find out that -- that the tree was going to be saved because of the situation that you just described. so i think one of the issues,

when we have these -- these tree cases like this, is the clarity of, you know, what impact the rules are when it comes to trees and the public, and generally, the trees win. can you just confirm a couple of questions for me. if a tree is healthy, that tree is most likely not going anywhere unless there is a significant threat -- a significant, significant threat to human life or property, and maybe the property, i could leave out. is that true? >> yes. the bureau of urban forestry

generally denies tree removal permits if it is safe and healthy. that's the original basis of most denials. the only time that they're approved are, for instance, like, you have development related [inaudible] of healthy trees, and that happens. and then, sometimes, when a sewer line -- often, you have sewer lines, like, literally beneath a tree trunk or a foot off a tree trunk where it's impossible to dig it up. that would be an instance where you would remove a healthy tree. >> commissioner swig: and you indicated the sidewalk becomes the responsibility of d.p.w. to make sure that it's a safe place and there's no slip and falls, correct? it's a yes-no, please.

>> yes, that's correct. >> commissioner swig: okay. so anything else, if that tree grows and matures, and what often happens in nature is the roots grow and push and go in whatever direction that they want to, and if it impacts a home, if it impacts a sewer line, then that issue becomes not the issue for the tree but for the property owner or homeowner, as the case may be. >> correct. >> commissioner swig: so in this case, given that those situations are what they are, the only reason that the city

would consider taking down one of those trees is if the sewer line is directly under the tree or is so close to the tree that it is absolutely impossible for those two to coexist, and that would be the only time that the sewer line would beat the tree. >> correct. >> commissioner swig: okay. thank you. >> okay. thank you. we are now moving onto public comment. is there anyone here to provide public comment for this item? please raise your hand. mr. nolte, are you here for public comment? >> i just want to say that hearing the testimony from d.p.w., i concur with their decision to maintain the two ficus trees at that location. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you. is there any other public comment for this item? okay. i don't see any further public comment, so we will move onto rebuttal. mr. mason, you have three

minutes. >> first point of rebuttal, the supposition that the pruning of trees, that's a red herring. we're not talking about pruning of trees, with all due respect, we're talking about the damage that the trees have caused to the sidewalk and the sewage. number two, the position that the sewer problem has been resolved, so, it hasn't, and it's not upon a minority latinx senior to solve it. number three, we have a problem of aging versus the roots. well, the roots are causing the damage. as trees age, that's really something of a [inaudible] the repair has all been taken care of by martha mason, so the city is taking the position that it's all on the homeowner, quite literally. the tree always wins. i would ask -- that's a pretty

interesting supposition that the trees win over actual citizens of the city, and particularly citizens of marginalized communities. maybe we should review that. and the issue here about clarity and trees win, and in particular, this notion that martha mason could resolve the issue about the sewage, well, martha mason could move to forest hills, right? the point here again is that you're putting the onus upon this aging woman to solve this problem. i took these photos in june 2021, and it's clear whatever work was done back in february, that the uplift has occurred yet again, making martha mason potentially liable to anybody

who trips over that. the ground floor business is impacted once again, and i would present that the issue is not the pruning but the age of the tree. we've had some reports from the state that worked on doing at least temporary repair that yeah, the pipe was very much impacted by the [inaudible] so i don't have that paperwork with me because that would cost martha mason additional moneys, but certainly if we can get an extension on this, i would urge upon her to present this evidence. so those are my four points of

rebuttal that i would like -- >> that's time. thank you. >> clerk: okay. thank you. we have a question from president honda. >> yeah. >> president honda: so you've had sewage work done to the property in the past, sir -- repair? >> work done on the property based upon the damage of the trees. >> president honda: okay. so when you had that done, did you have a camera line taken? that's pretty common when you have supralateral -- >> i don't know. i was just brought in on this. >> president honda: the other thing is that building looks like it was build in the 20s or 30s. does it still have the clay pipes or was a supralateral done with cast iron? >> you think the building was constructed in the 30s? it's my knowledge the building was constructed much later than

that, probably as late as the 1980s. >> president honda: so do you know if it has the original clay pipes or cast iron? if it was built in the 80s, it would have cast iron, so are you aware of that? >> i am not aware of that. >> president honda: thank you. that was my question. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. we will now hear from the department of urban forestry. >> yes. i guess i would say that starting in july 2017, public works assumed the maintenance responsibility of all sidewalk trees, so that involves the -- that involves the liability for trip and falls on the sidewalk. so the property owner did not have any liability at this property when it comes to -- when it comes to sidewalk that is damaged by tree roots. if someone were to trip on the

tree roots, that is not the responsibility of the owner. the liability lies with the city, and it's public works' stance that trees are not the primary puzzle factor in a sewer line cracking. generally, lines can begin to decay or leak through [inaudible] and other things, and as that begins to leak, it will attract the fine nutrient seeking roots, and if those roots are allowed to grow, they can crack a sewer, they can significantly damage a sewer, but the tree will not damage the sewer line if the line is not leaking in the first place.

thank you. >> clerk: thank you. we have a question from commissioner lopez. >> commissioner lopez: thank you. we saw the evidence of the repair to the business. if the owner of the business was still having problems with that problem, can you lay out what the steps would be? >> yeah. likely, i would go to the door and see how it's preventing it from opening, and then, there's two ways to deal with it. we can either demothe adjacent squares closest to the door and then make sure that those are repoured and sloped correctly to allow the door to open, and then, we have a contract with a

concrete slicing company to where you can reduce the grade of flat concrete by several -- at least an inch, and that would allow the door to fully open, and that would be the first thing we would try. >> commissioner lopez: thank. >> clerk: thank you. we have a question from commissioner chang? . >> how does this get reconciled because it could potentially turn what could be an affordable fix into something that's incredibly costly, right? like, if there's a slight crack that's noticed over time versus

a crack that has then turned into a much more severe open or more severe damage to the line, does that fall [inaudible]. >> yeah, i don't disagree with you -- like i said, the tree will exacerbate a sewer issue, and it will turn an affordable repair into a much more costly repair. most repairs for a sewer lateral -- i think the quotes start at $10,000, so obviously, that's a problem. but i would say, like, you know, if the tree roots are attracted to a leaky sewer,

then the sewer laterals are leaking in the first place, and we don't want leaky sewage leaking into the soil and can you repeat the last part of the question? i don't think i understood. >> commissioner chang: [inaudible] does the city then take into account the damage that is caused or that is

exacerbated by the tree roots? >> no. the feeling is generally, if a sewer line can be repaired without removing -- without -- how do i -- if a -- if a tree -- if a sewer line can be repaired without drastically removing the tree, then we're going to say the sewer line needs to be fixed. the tree needs to stay and the sewer line needs to be fixed. we generally don't approve trees to be removed for future perceived sewer problems. we don't allow people to remove trees because they might damage the sewer line in the future.

>> commissioner chang: and my question wasn't about removal of the trees, it was the continued exacerbation of that damage. >> president honda: can i jump in? san francisco is one of the counties in the bay area that doesn't require a sewer lateral during the sale of a property. san bruno, oakland, all require it. >> okay. i would say -- but yeah, no, in general, when we're thinking about approving or denying a tree to be removed, the potential cost of sewer repair is not -- is not something we

take into account when removing. it's only whether or not we can safely repair without disturbing the tree's roots, and the cost is not really considered. >> clerk: okay. thank you. so commissioners, this matter's submitted. >> president honda: would anyone like to start first? >> commissioner swig: sure. >> president honda: you're first, rick. >> commissioner swig: well, i'll take my shot. as i said, at my second hearing, i was appalled that a tree could actually overrule a landowner, but i've come to learn on multiple occasions that that is the way it is, and if we have healthy trees, the

trees stay unless there are really significant circumstances, the trees stay. and i remember on the first case that i referred to, it was a hefty bill that the landowner had to face, and everybody was very sorry about that, but them's the rules, both fortunately and unfortunately if you're a tree. and unfortunately for landowner, fortunately for a tree. so i think we have to stay consistent with this. i'm sorry for the landowner. i'm sorry this situation involves a senior on a fixed income. that is a horrible coincidence, but that doesn't change the

law, that doesn't change the practice, and if we go in a different direction because of the circumstances, then we'll have to answer the same condition in a different case maybe next week or the week after, so i think we have to deny this appeal. >> president honda: thank you. i'll follow up, i guess. so a little bit different. i don't think that it becomes a contest between trees and property owners, and each case is individual and comes before us. i believe that the urban forestry are our tree stewards, and if the tree needs to be removed, they give

recommendations for removal. at the same time, if the tree is healthy, and the only issue is a potential sewer lateral issue, which, as the department mentioned, is still their liability and the responsibility of the property owner. these trees look to be healthy, and at this point, the city has, as they've stated, has put great effort into replacing the sidewalk, and if there's a door problem or malfunction, that should be addressed with the department and they'll come back and deal with it, i believe. but on this particular case, i do believe that urban forestry has given the direction on what should happen to the trees. i will make a motion to deny the appeal and that the -- that the -- >> clerk: the order was properly issued? >> president honda: thank you. the order was properly issued.

>> clerk: okay. thank you. we have a motion from president honda to deny the appeal and uphold the order on the basis it was properly issued. on that motion -- [roll call] >> commissioner chang: i am prepared to support this motion, however, i believe it would be good of us as servants of the public to explain maybe if there isn't clarity about, you know, the sewer issue, and mr. may have been, you know, i'm just surmising here that it might be helpful -- i don't know how regularly sewer inspections occur, but maybe it would be good to perform these more regularly. i -- this is something that is less familiar to me, but it sounds like it is something to

me that is supposed to happen more regularly. i wish that -- that the trees weren't exacerbating what seems to be a -- you know, damage to the sewer line, but i think that that is something that's worth looking into and to hopefully abate the damage to the sewer line and the property line as much as possible, and also take them up on their off to fix the sidewalk more regularly if that's necessary. so on that, i'm prepared to support the motion. >> clerk: okay. thank you. [roll call] >> clerk: okay. so that motion carries 5-0, and the appeal is denied. >> commissioner swig: okay. i have a --

>> okay. so i have a couple of questions. >> clerk: okay. so that concludes the hearing. if you have a couple of questions, staff will be happy to inform you about the process. okay. do you want to handle the adjournment? >> president honda: thank you for a long hearing this week. we are adjourned. >> okay. thank you. >> good night.

san francisco is surrounded on three sides by water, the fire boat station is intergal to maritime rescue and preparedness, not only for san francisco, but for all of the bay area. [sirens] >> fire station 35 was built in 1915. so it is over 100 years old. and helped it, we're going to build fire boat station 35. >> so the finished capital planning committee, i think about three years ago, issued a guidance

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

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

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

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

and a lifestyle. we're proud to serve our community. and we're willing to help people in any way we can. >> we worked very hard with the san francisco venue coalition, the independent venue alliance to advocate for venues. put this issue on the radar of the supervisors and obviously mayor breed.

the entertainment commission and the office of small business and we went to meetings and showed up and did public comment and it was a concerted effort between 50 venues in the city and they are kind of traditional like live performance venues and we all made a concerted effort to get out there and sound the alarm and to her credit, maybe breed really stepped up, worked with matt haney, who is a supervisor haney was a huge champion for us and they got this done and they got $3 million into the sf venue recovery fund. >> we have represented about 40 independent venues in san francisco. basically, all the venues closed

on march 13th, 2020. we were the first to close and we will be the last to reopen and we've had all the of the overhead costs are rent, mortgage, payroll, utilities and insurance with zero revenue. so many of these venues have been burning $1,000 a day just to stay closed. >> we have a huge music history here in san francisco and the part of our cultural fab lick but it's also an economic driver. we produce $7 billion annual' here in san francisco and it's formidable. >> we've been very fortunate here. we've had the department of emergency management and ems division and using part of our building since last april and aside from being proud to i

can't tell you how important to have some cost recovery coming in and income to keep the doors open. >> typically we'll have, three to 400 people working behind the teens to support the show and that is everything from the teamsters and security staff and usualers, ticket takers, the folks that do our medical and the bar tenders and the people in the kitchen preparing food for backstage and concession and the people that sell key shirts and it's a pretty staggering amount of people that are out of work as a result of this one verne you going tarkanian. it doesn't work to open at reduced capacity. when we get past june 15th, out of the into the blue print

for our economy we can open it it 100% and look at the festival in full capacity in october and we're just so grateful for the leadership of the mavor and dr. coal fax to make us the safest ♪ america and this is been hard for everybody in san francisco and the world but our leadership has kept us safe and i trust them that they will let us know when it's safe to do that. >> a lot of people know about america is military stuff, bullying stuff, corporate stuff. when people like me and my friends go to these foreign country and play music, we're giving them an american cultural experience. it's important. the same way they can bring that

here. it sounds comfy buyia, you know, we're a punk band and we're nasty and we were never much for peace and love and everything but that's the fertilizer that grows the big stuff that some day goes to bill graham's place and takes everybody's money but you have to start with us and so my hope is that allel groups and people make music and get together because without out, hanging together we'll hang separately, you know. >> other venues like this, all over the place, not just in the san francisco bay area need to exist in order for communities to thrive and i'm not just talking about the arts communities, even if you are here to see a chuckle bucket comedy show and you are still experiencing humanity and in specific ways being able to gather with people and experience something together. and especially coming out of the pandemic, the loss of that in-person human connection

recovering that in good ways is going to be vital for our entire society. >> it's a family club. most our staff has been working with us for 10 years so we feel like a family. >> what people think of when they think of bottom of the hill and i get a lot of this is first of all, the first place i met my husband or where we had our first date and i love that and we love doing weddings and i expect there to be a wedding season post 2021 of all the make up we haddings and i hope that many people do that because we have had so many rock ep role weddings. >> i told my girlfriend, make sure you stand at the front of the stage and i can give you a

kiss at midnight. at this got down on one knee at the stroke of midnight. it wasn't a public thing, i got down on one knee and said will you marry me and is he she had are you [beep] kidding me and i said no, i'm dead serious and she said yes. we were any time homicideel of the show. we just paused for new year's eve and that was where i proposed to my wife. this is more than just a professional relationship it's more than just a relationship from a love of arts, it's where my family started. we'll always have a special place in my heart. >> venues, you know, represent so much. they are cultural beckons of a city. neighbors can learn and celebrate and mourn and dance together.

venues and arts and culture are characterized as second responders to crisis and they provide a mental health outlet and a community center for people to come together at and it's the shared history of our city and these spaces is where we all come together and can celebrate. >> art often music opens up people to understanding the fellow man and i mean, taz always necessary and if anything, it's going to be even more necessary as we come out of this to reach out and connect with people. >> we can sustain with food, water and shelter is accurate and does anybody have a good time over the last year? no. >> san francisco is a great down. i've been here many years and i love it here and it's a beautiful, beautiful, place to

be music and art is key to that. drama, acting, movies, everything, everything that makes life worth living and that's what we've got to mow proteasome no san francisco and that's what is important now. [♪♪♪] shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain

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