they heard the address, and they jumped up, and they ran over. you can see next to the side there, the surf rescue, they jumped -- threw on their equipment and jumped on their bus and ran to the fire, and you can see there is a muni vehicle that ran right over our hose line, and that is unacceptable. we do on going training with the simulator, but that drive said he didn't know she wasn't permitted to drive over a fire hose. we are working to get information out about that. it is illegal to drive over a

fire hose, and it is illegal not to follow the directions of fire at a fire emergency. public information officer has been busy. built a cool kit here where you can go out in the community and do a presentation. he's always helping the community, educating the community to not have open flames. we've had a lot of fires in encampments, and we're teaching muni about fire scene safety, what they should do when they approach these things. we're doing the same thing with police, and we're having a great deal of success here. just wanted to highlight some of our members of our family that had particular hardships,

and members reached into their own pockets to help them get through the day. this sort of thing goes on all day every day in our department. the [inaudible] division has been busy, as well, with 19 crew members that tested positive for covid. using the fireboat, we brought resources to the ship, evaluated patients, and ultimately transported six by fireboat to a pier, where they were then put onto a m.a.c. casualty bus and distributed to hotels in san francisco. they all at last report were doing well. work picks up for our bureau of fire prevention and investigation. over 4,000 inspections, plan

reviews, 46. you can see violations are being processed, where we took in 60 violations, 218 were being processed. this is the result of the number of outstanding or open violations is going down through their hard work there. international airport is busy. they had an active shooter drill, something on going at the airport, and we brought 12 members down to the airport, and they were practicing live fire drills. when we have to close down the airport fast, and they fight fire in the fuselage.

these are just some of the meetings that chief brown have been responding in. we participated in a large nuclear training event. it went very well, and we've been looking at upgrading and improving the training for the mobile command unit. we had something happen in september that we mentioned that was extraordinary. on the third, we had a farrier at d.p.m. that took out the entire system. they were unable to take 911 calls for over an hour, and our members responded remarkably. chief cannon showed a tremendous amount of ingenuity to develop systems never been conreceived so we could capture

their -- conceived so we could capture their phone numbers and respond. there are after action meetings going on citywide, and there are many items that we are currently working on in our department. infrastructure upgrades are currently underway, and that system is remarkable. when we get past the covid fears, it would be worth it to take the commissioners around. i was around when it was first put in, and it was inconceivable that we could suffer this failure, but as we become reliant on technology and systems fail, you know,

this one failure of an uninterruptible power supply took out many systems, and there was a lot of meetings going on, one right after this, one which i'm looking forward to hosted by d.e.m. and that is the end of my presentation today. thank you for your attention. >> president feinstein: thank you very much. we appreciate it, chief rubenstein. madam secretary? >> clerk: there is nobody on the public comment line. >> president feinstein: all right. public comment will be closed, and i turn to my fellow commissioners. commissioner cleaveland, that your hand up? >> commissioner cleaveland: yes, madam president, and thank you, chief rubenstein, for your excellent report. i know it's preliminary, but do you have any ideas about the

cause of the 911 outage? do you have any sort of preliminary ideas about where it may have emanated from or started from? >> it's not confirmed, but we believe there were redundant power supply systems. one had experienced a failure, and when they were trying to fix it, they accidentally damaged another one. >> commissioner cleaveland: so this was basically repair work that was being done. >> and after that, damage done to the preliminary -- >> commissioner cleaveland: got it. it's better to know that we did it rather than somebody else did it. i noticed on the e.m.s. program that we continually have a problem finding beds to take our clients to when we pick

them up off of the street and whatnot. is there any way we can expand the number of shelter beds and any way we can expand the hours of operation for intakes? i notice that intakes are only 9:30 in the morning to 4:30 in the afternoon, and i'm sure there are a lot of problems that our e.m.s. folks are finding or happening are happening after those hours, in the middle of the night, and there's no place to take those people when they are facing their personal challenges. what can we do to expand those shelter hours? is that something the fire department has any kind of influence on? >> we are working with other agencies with the city. we don't control them, but i'll ask chief tong because he's the

subject matter expert. >> commissioner cleaveland: perhaps chief tong can weigh-in on this, or chief dewitt. >> good morning, commissioners. i actually will defer this to our new a.d.c. of community paramedicines [inaudible]. >> good morning, president feinstein, vice president nakajo, and commissioners. [inaudible] we've had several meetings with the department of homelessness and supportive housing about this. they are -- they recognize the problem, they are doing an analysis to see what it would take for increased hiring and staff so that they could indeed have longer intake hours, and they are also considering to

accommodate all of our new street teams, having one designated site, if not having one intake. we have had this conversation. >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you. i know that's an on going challenge, shall we say? thank you, and congratulations, chief may. >> thank you. happy to be here. >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you. that's all my questions. thank you. >> president feinstein: thank you, commissioner cleaveland. questions from any other commissioners. yes, vice president nakajo, please? >> commissioner nakajo: thank you very much, madam president.

a couple of questions of clarification, and i appreciate your follow up in terms of cause, and i know you're going to be informing this commission in terms of what's going to be the results. i don't expect it at this point, but when you talked about the fire department responding, but i think they would like to hear more in terms of concerns of the fire system in the county overall. i think a tour of the facility would be appropriate. several of us have been there

before, but myself and the commissioners, i think we would be interested in the cause of the breakdown of the system. never thought a breakdown of the community system would occur, but that really concerns myself as well as the other commissioners, as well. the other thing i wanted to comment on, and thank you, chief rubenstein, but most of my comments are toward chief tong and chief pang. i'll follow on commissioner cleaveland's questions and follow up. chief pang, i'd definitely like to hear and keep in touch in terms of what's going on in terms of the dialogue with the department of homeless and how

that applies. i appreciate the concept that you're looking at a -- i think you heard you say looking at a facility that's appropriate for 24 hours. i think i heard you say the department of homeless trying to accommodate our various crisis teams, and i think that's most of my concerns and my priorities in terms of city and county. we're doing the west we can with these reports, but obviously, if we don't have enough beds or resources, that's the problem. i'm looking at page 4, chief tong, chief pang, and i'll just generically refer to it.

it is very much appreciated, and again, the hours denoted by code from the time it was launched until they launch in the tenderloin, i count one, two, three, four, five, five in operation. six that's going to be tentative or july 2021 as occurred, so i believe we've got six teams out there. and i'm going to move onto page 17, chief tong, chief pang, and

comment the e.m.s. report from july 31 to august 29 is, again, very much appreciated with the number of encounters, and the types on the graph and breakdown. i'm going to refer to page 18, and i'm going to make some references to this page. i always have made -- commented, i really appreciate this page in terms of comments on successes. i'm referring to the comment that says team efforts, leading to emergency family shelter placement. what i like about this report is that it calls out the name of the paramedics and e.m.t.s that went and dealt with this

particular call. it talks about a mother, it talks about a four-year-old child. it talks about not having anywhere to go. i'm paraphrasing, but basically, in terms of our team, the testimony referenced that all of our members pretty much helped in terms of this family to be able to get their emergency care. i just wanted to point out that i appreciate that, as well. bottom of page 18, in emergency room -- in terms of challenges, with our crisis teams and units, as well. administrative burden, the last line on page 18, it talks about the need, but it talks about however, that position has not been filled. at this particular point, chief tong, can you address the point

that that particular position has not been filled? >> thank you, vice president nakajo. sandy tong, deputy chief. we are working on that, but i did defer to chief pang on that. >> hi, there. assistant deputy chief of communication, simon pang. the main thing i have been too busy to get a job description written. i did spend about two hours yesterday working on it. i hope to finish it today, and hope to have something by end of week to show deputy chief mark corso and get that the thing started. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you very much for the update, chief pang. for me, it's unreal that the

amount of time that you have is overwhelming just in terms of the work that you're doing.

-- the crew funded the hotel room for one night, which tells me that our members are definitely going above and beyond the call of duty. we know the patients and clients on the street, we know that our members have to deliver that, but what else is the care and professionalism and expertise of our members, to be able to go in and dig into their pockets and do that. there's some names that i want to be able to recognize, as

well. i'm at the bottom of page 20 that talks about [inaudible] again, it talks about a mother and a preteen who self-presented themselves to a fire station. the system works. our street crisis response team was requested. they responded. again, it talks about the accommodations that our members provided. it talks about school supplies, talks about providing some care. talks about responding to the child, and on the next page, on 21, it calls out these members, and again, there's a lot of members here, but member jason byrd went above and beyond to secure donations of clothing

and age appropriate school supplies to the child and hand delivered them last week. again, i just wanted to call this out. appreciate all the members of our department in terms of the work that they're doing, particularly chief tong and chief pang. not that everybody doesn't work hard in terms of fire suppression and everything that they're doing, but thank you, madam president. those are all of my questions and comments. >> president feinstein: thank you, mr. vice president. any further questions? i -- i have a couple that probably don't fit into this, but i'm trying to figure out

what we can do, and they're not in any particular order, but i'm going to start, chief rubenstein, with you. am i correct that we had a really serious injury to a remember. i can't remember where the fire was, but from muni running over a hose line -- and i should know the name of whatever the metal end of the hose is, basically incapacitating that person, and i think they were tired or were -- became disabled. am i correct about that? >> madam president, you are -- you are correct. the firefighter's name is matt dan. he's an athletic firefighter, station one, was in front of a

high-rise fire on state street, when a bus moved down the street and contacted a supply line, and all of that force burst the supply line. when that happened, it knocked him off his feet. fortunately, he was taken to san francisco general, one of the few hospitals in the area that could have saved his life. once then, they had to open his skull and perform additional treatment because he was not going to survive. i was very fortunate, he came to headquarters, and he walks with a normal gait, and he has great command over his language.

he's in rehabilitation constantly. that's the beginning of what was a promising career. he's struggling to rehabilitation. his desire is to one day come back, but that was almost a year ago. >> president feinstein: it was almost a year ago. oh, my. and what are the consequences? what does the m.t.a. do about this? i received the same alert that -- well, you probably received far more, but i know that commissioners receive alerts about various occurrences in the city, be they medical, fire, surf rescues, not -- about

drownings, and everything else. just this more than, i received an e-mail about a man attacked on a muni bus, ran to the driver -- this doesn't have to do anything with fire, but the driver kicked him off the bus where three more people attacked him. i don't know the particulars. this is just, you know, an alert, but what do we do to educate m.t.a. drivers that they can't run over a hose? that, to me, is so simple and

so basic, and an excuse that she didn't know the rules, that's not an excuse, and fortunately, we didn't lose anybody else. i don't know what the departmental relationship is with m.t.a., but it's not feeling very strong or good to me, and they seem to be running amok. i remember reading and, of course, getting briefed on firefighter dan when that happened, and if there's no enforcement, they're going to do it again because that's just how it's going to be. tell me what we're doing to try to work better with m.t.a.?

>> thank you for the question, madam president. >> president feinstein: i'm sure you just love it. >> i appreciate the question. so as i said, i was at that incident, and i was the one who observed the bus, and i was the one who called a muni supervisor and the p.d., and i told that bus driver to stop, to turnoff the bus, and they said they couldn't turnoff the bus. and i reiterated, don't move the bus, call your supervisor. after that, she proceeded to move the bus. as far as the consequences go, that driver was cited for two things: driving over the hose as well as failing to follow my direction, which is, again, against the law. our departments are communicating in the highest level. our chief and director tumlin

communicated about this incident as well as other incidents, and i can assure you that the fire department is as concerned as you are. we are currently involved in a training program development for their members. i think you can do more. i don't think you should be able to get on a bus and not know that you're not allowed to drive over a fire hose, so i think this will contribute to that message getting to bus drivers. chief nicholson is talking to director tumlin about that specific issue. >> president feinstein: all right. and i assume if this needs to come up at a commission level, commission to commission, that we will hear from chief nicholson or the prepare

members of the command staff because it's just, to me, unforgivable, and that muni drive faces discipline. they can't have points on their license and what-have-you, but until they crack down, this is going to happen again, i would predict, and it's just really tragic. my second question here is -- and again, i'm overlapping with m.t.a., and it's because of these alerts that i get, and i think it impacts e.m.s. more than anyone else. i could be wrong about that. [please stand by]

while the scotter was moving. i realize this isn't directly fire, but it was e.m.s. that had to come take care of everything. and i'm just wondering if --

chief, i don't know if this would involve chief pang as much, are you seeing an increase in scooters and do people who rent them or use them -- i mean, do you need to have a driver's license? do you need to take any safety courses? because they are abundant. i mean, there is one after the other after the other. and the injuries appear to be serious. >> well, madame president, e.m.s. is fire in san francisco. we're san francisco fire department handles fire and e.m.s., and that's my responsibility. and i do see a lot of bicycle and scooter accidents. people get on them, they're not properly equipped. i'm not aware of any licensing requirements to take those. and there are people -- and i knew exactly the one you were going to talk about. brought it up because that one -- you would think i would be

hard to surprise these days, but that was a terrible call. and as it further developed, it was reported to me that the child did have a helmet on. but, okay -- and a note for the public listening, if you're renting a bike or scooter, you need to be careful, be cautious and use the proper equipment. you need to use a helmet. >> president feinstein: am i correct in my perception that these calls are going up? >> i don't have the statistics on that. chief tong, are you aware of that? >> thank you president feinstein. i'm not aware there is any specific significant increase, we can certainly look and see whether we've had any increasing numbers of those kinds of responses. but i think because they tend to

elicit a page when we have those types of incidents, it might seem like a significant number and it may be that it's increased, but i don't know for sure. >> president feinstein: i'm aware that i may be falling into the, oh, no, not another one because that's what pings on my phone, but it sure seems like it. and that would be helpful to know. and my last question -- here is the last page of chief rubenstein's report. and this is san francisco fire department monthly response to medical calls, breaking it down first unit on scene, first als

unit, first ambulance on scene. in our last meeting we discussed concerns about increased traffic and response times. and i'm just looking at these numbers here and asking for a little bit of interpretation, or help interpreting how this is -- what direction we're going in. i hope that question made sense. whenever i see columns and columns of numbers, mr. corso can attest to, i can get a little bit boggled up here, but, you know, when you look at the, you know, percentages of on-time

presence and the 90th percentile, just to have a little bit more explanation about these numbers would help me interpret them better. >> thank you, madame president. chief tom? >> thank you, president feinstein. sandy tong. so you're looking at the monthly response to medical calls and you're asking about the 90th percentile, what that means? >> president feinstein: i'm just trying to understand the numbers, because, you know, first unit on scene seems to have lower -- or higher response times i guess i should say, versus first als on scene and first ambulance on scene. and i think our goal is 90%, am i correct about that?

>> yes. so each of these categories have a desired time that they want the first unit, the als unit, the first ambulance on scene. and then the o.t.p., the on-time percentage, is the percent of time that it falls within the time response that is desired. so for instance, on the first ambulance on scene, for code 3 -- let's go for code 2, 20 minutes. so 90% of the time, we are getting to the calls within 21 minutes, which is below the 20-minute 90th percentile, which is 87% of the time we're getting to the call in that 20-minute response time. -- time frame. does that make sense? >> president feinstein: yeah, that does make sense. that's helpful. i think that concludes my questions. thank you so kindly, everybody.

commissioner covington? >> commissioner covington: thank you, madame president. let's see, i just had a question for chief rubenstein. when you say that the driver was cited, can you give us more information about that? is that a parking ticket, or what is that? >> thank you, commissioner covington. i was on scene, police responded on scene, statements from myself and the driver, and they cited the driver for a moving violation of running over the hose and for a misdemeanor not following the direction of the firefighters at the scene of an emergency. >> commissioner covington: okay.

that's -- that's good to know. i'm thinking that in addition to the bus drivers getting this information, i mean, we do lots of videos in the department. it would be great to have a video that we could then give to m.t.a. and say, please show this to your bus drivers. but in the larger community, i think it would be helpful for us to have something on sfgovtv about taking directions from the fire department at a fire scene or any kind of emergency. because the people on the bus may have been complaining and so the bus driver said, well, let me go, whatever, so the more people that have the information, i think, the better things will be.

i was president last year when -- when the firefighter was injured and the chief called me to let me know. and she kept me updated concerning the surgeries that he had to go through. and it was gut-wrenching, absolutely gut-wrenching and so avoidable, you know? so avoidable. this is not your garden hose. there are serious consequences, you know. before you can even react. and maybe our pio can get involved. you know, send out some information to everybody that is on the list there. there are thousands of people on

that list. so the wider the information is spread, the more chance we have that this won't happen again. and i'm very keen on it not happening again. it's a very, very upsetting and -- and as for the scooters, you said wear a helmet. you want to encourage people to wear a helmet? >> absolutely. >> commissioner covington: i want to encourage them to not scooter on the sidewalks. [laughter]. >> and we'll tell you that a member of our own team here was walking home and she was struck by one of those scooters on the sidewalk and it took her out for a couple of days. >> commissioner covington: well, it took her out for a couple of days because she was probably in peak physical condition. old lady like me?

lights out. so stay off the sidewalk. >> stay off the sidewalk, you're absolutely right. >> get a word out, please. >> our p.i.o. has developed public service announcements about how to behave in fire scenes, specifically about not driving over a hose. i'll make those available to the commission secretary and we just need ways to get to broadcast them better, but the materials are being produced. it's ongoing with muni and, you're right, commission to commission communication are well taken and i will talk to them about it. >> commissioner covington: thank you. that is all. >> president feinstein: all right. i'm not seeing any further questions. we'll go on to item 5. commission report. report on commission activities since last meeting august 25, 2021.

>> president feinstein: let me first up, public comment? >> there is nobody on the public comment line. >> president feinstein: all right, public comment is closed. and, yes, vice president? >> vice president nakajo: i'm honored to report that i have concluded our evaluation on the department secretary and i will be finishing that product with an interview with the secretary within hopefully the next two weeks. and the cooperation of our fellow commissioners, and you, madame president, thank you. i wanted to report that progress and we'll report a final date when i do make that appointment and turn in the paperwork. -- to h.r. >> president feinstein: thank you and thank you for jumping right on that, vice president. greatly appreciated. any further reports?

>> commissioner covington: yes. i happen to have been at headquarters on friday when, you know, the systems failed us. and i was very pleased with how calm everyone was and i'm talking about the lack of communication on friday. and i really want to acknowledge chief rubenstein, who was trying to get this information out to the commissioners [laughter] under the most trying of circumstances. he did not falter. he did not waver.

and we got our materials. it just goes to show the stick to itness that the members of the department have. even though systems were not go, everyone at headquarters was, we're going to handle this, we're going to do this. and let's try that. and everyone was very agile. so, thank you, everybody. >> thank you very much. >> president feinstein: and i would only comment on your comment, commissioner covington, that chief rubenstein didn't break a sweat. all right. further comments? from my commissioners? no? all right. moving on then, madame secretary. >> item 6, agenda for next and future fire commission meetings.

>> president feinstein: any -- one second, any public comment? >> there is nobody on the public comment line. >> president feinstein: all right. public comment will be closed. and i saw commissioner covington, yes. >> commissioner covington: yes, thank you, this is just a point of information. i have a question regarding these voluminous materials we received some time ago and i wanted to know if this is going to be on a future agenda, because i keep shuffling it around my desk. this is the e.f.w.s. supply system. we got this in, i think it was august. and then all of this. fire following -- can you see that -- fire following earthquakes. and these materials are, you know, over 100 pages each. so, is there going to be a

presentation on these? because i have not read them. i won't read them until they are agendized, because i will forget what i read. -- if i read too far in advance. so just want to know. just future agenda item? >> president feinstein: my -- i can respond -- my understanding is that they were for our information and they provide tremendous detail and, you know, chief o'connor, i don't know if you want to make a comment on that or not. it wasn't -- i understood the intent that it be placed on an agenda and discussed, but it was for educational purposes for us as commissioners.

chief, sorry. >> thank you, commissioners. if the commission pleases, chief o'connor can present the items in a summarized version for the commission as a presentation. >> president feinstein: that would be good, chief. perhaps the notes. because we did get the materials and if chief o'connor can do that, that would be great. >> absolutely. at your pleasure. >> thank you. thank you, president. >> president feinstein: i would like to see agendized at the next meeting a presentation by the department physician as to the operations of her office and

what they have accomplished during this past year on -- since i've been on the commission, she has not appeared at any commission meetings. and we are preparing to begin her evaluation and believe that it should begin with a presentation by her as to what -- what's been going on up there. so, that would be -- that would be through you, chief biello. >> yes. and i'll make sure that happens. >> president feinstein: thanks. i just wanted to give a head's-up, a couple of weeks to prepare. >> thank you. >> president feinstein: all right. i'm not seeing any other hands go up. all right.

we have item 7, adjournment. >> so moved. >> does anybody want to second? >> yes, madame president, i second. >> president feinstein: all right, commissioner cleaveland. >> president feinstein, how do you vote? >> to adjourn. >> and vice president? >> vice president nakajo: thank you very much, commissioners, and command staff, to adjourn, thank you. >> president feinstein: thank you for a fine meeting. >> thank you, everyone, be safe. >> president feinstein: everybody be safe and well. thank you.

>> this is one place you can always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your san francisco history used to be. >> we hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought them here and down the line. >> even though people move

away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. and they tell us that. >> you're going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something that's very, very good. ♪♪ >> the legacy bars and restaurants was something that was begun by san francisco simply to recognize and draw attention to the establishments. it really provides for san francisco's unique character. ♪♪ >> and that morphed into a request that we work with the city to develop a legacy business registration. >> i'm michael cirocco and the owner of an area bakery. ♪♪ the bakery started in 191.

my grandfather came over from italy and opened it up then. it is a small operation. it's not big. so everything is kind of quality that way. so i see every piece and cut every piece that comes in and out of that oven. >> i'm leslie cirocco-mitchell, a fourth generation baker here with my family. ♪♪ so we get up pretty early in the morning. i usually start baking around 5:00. and then you just start doing rounds of dough. loaves. >> my mom and sister basically handle the front and then i have my nephew james helps and then my two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking. after that, my mom and my sister stay and sell the product, retail it. ♪♪ you know, i don't really think

about it. but then when i -- sometimes when i go places and i look and see places put up, oh this is our 50th anniversary and everything and we've been over 100 and that is when it kind of hits me. you know, that geez, we've been here a long time. [applause] ♪♪ >> a lot of people might ask why our legacy business is important. we all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry. our lineage and i'll use one example of tommy's joint. tommy's joint is a place that my husband went to as a child and he's a fourth generation san franciscan. it's a place we can still go to today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories of what was san francisco like back in the 1950s.

>> i'm the general manager at tommy's joint. people mostly recognize tommy's joint for its murals on the outside of the building. very bright blue. you drive down and see what it is. they know the building. tommy's is a san francisco hoffa, which is a german-style presenting food. we have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. you prefer it to be carved whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. you want your pastrami to be very lean. you can say i want that piece of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want it with some sauerkraut. tell the guys how you want to prepare it and they will do it right in front of you.

san francisco's a place that's changing restaurants, except for tommy's joint. tommy's joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from. tommy's is a place that you'll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco.

♪♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started

trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. the business really boomed after that. >> i think that the flavors we make reflect the diversity of san francisco. we were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it. businesses come and go in the city. pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and there's so much competition. so for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by the city has been really a huge honor. >> we got a phone call from a woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still owned it and she was so happy that we were still involved, still the owners.

she was our customer in 1953. and she still comes in. but she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that we're carrying on our father's legacy. and that we mean so much to so many people. ♪♪ >> it provides a perspective. and i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, you're missing the context. for me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. >> i just think it's part of san francisco. people like to see familiar stuff. at least i know i do. >> in the 1950s, you could see a picture of tommy's joint and looks exactly the same. we haven't change add thing. >> i remember one lady saying, you know, i've been eating this ice cream since before i was born. and i thought, wow!

we have, too. ♪♪

my name is doctor ellen moffett, i am an assistant medical examiner for the city and county of san francisco. i perform autopsy, review

medical records and write reports. also integrate other sorts of testing data to determine cause and manner of death. i have been here at this facility since i moved here in november, and previous to that at the old facility. i was worried when we moved here that because this building is so much larger that i wouldn't see people every day. i would miss my personal interactions with the other employees, but that hasn't been the case. this building is very nice. we have lovely autopsy tables and i do get to go upstairs and down stairs several times a day to see everyone else i work with. we have a bond like any other group of employees that work for a specific agency in san francisco. we work closely on each case to determine the best cause of death, and we also interact with family members of the diseased.

that brings us closer together also. >> i am an investigator two at the office of the chief until examiner in san francisco. as an investigator here i investigate all manners of death that come through our jurisdiction. i go to the field interview police officers, detectives, family members, physicians, anyone who might be involved with the death. additionally i take any property with the deceased individual and take care and custody of that. i maintain the chain and custody for court purposes if that becomes an issue later and notify next of kin and make any additional follow up phone callsness with that particular death. i am dealing with people at the worst possible time in their lives delivering the worst news they could get. i work with the family to help them through the grieving process.

>> i am ricky moore, a clerk at the san francisco medical examiner's office. i assist the pathology and toxicology and investigative team around work close with the families, loved ones and funeral establishment. >> i started at the old facility. the building was old, vintage. we had issues with plumbing and things like that. i had a tiny desk. i feet very happy to be here in the new digs where i actually have room to do my work. >> i am sue pairing, the toxicologist supervisor. we test for alcohol, drugs and poisons and biological substances. i oversee all of the lab operations. the forensic operation here we perform the toxicology testing

for the human performance and the case in the city of san francisco. we collect evidence at the scene. a woman was killed after a robbery homicide, and the dna collected from the zip ties she was bound with ended up being a cold hit to the suspect. that was the only investigative link collecting the scene to the suspect. it is nice to get the feedback. we do a lot of work and you don't hear the result. once in a while you heard it had an impact on somebody. you can bring justice to what happened. we are able to take what we due to the next level. many of our counterparts in other states, cities or countries don't have the resources and don't have the beautiful building and the equipmentness to really advance what we are doing. >> sometimes we go to court.

whoever is on call may be called out of the office to go to various portions of the city to investigate suspicious deaths. we do whatever we can to get our job done. >> when we think that a case has a natural cause of death and it turns out to be another natural cause of death. unexpected findings are fun. >> i have a prior background in law enforcement. i was a police officer for 8 years. i handled homicides and suicides. i had been around death investigation type scenes. as a police officer we only handled minimal components then it was turned over to the coroner or the detective division. i am intrigued with those types of calls. i wondered why someone died. i have an extremely supportive

family. older children say, mom, how was your day. i can give minor details and i have an amazing spouse always willing to listen to any and all details of my day. without that it would be really hard to deal with the negative components of this job. >> being i am a native of san francisco and grew up in the community. i come across that a lot where i may know a loved one coming from the back way or a loved one seeking answers for their deceased. there are a lot of cases where i may feel affected by it. if from is a child involved or things like that. i try to not bring it home and not let it affect me. when i tell people i work at the medical examiners office. what do you do?

the autopsy? i deal with the enough and -- with the administrative and the families. >> most of the time work here is very enjoyable. >> after i started working with dead people, i had just gotten married and one night i woke up in a cold sweat. i thought there was somebody dead? my bed. i rolled over and poked the body. sure enough, it was my husband who grumbled and went back to sleep. this job does have lingering effects. in terms of why did you want to go into this? i loved science growing up but i didn't want to be a doctor and didn't want to be a pharmacist. the more i learned about forensics how interested i was of the perfect combination between applied science and criminal justice.

if you are interested in finding out the facts and truth seeking to find out what happened, anybody interested in that has a place in this field. >> being a woman we just need to go for it and don't let anyone fail you, you can't be. >> with regard to this position in comparison to crime dramas out there, i would say there might be some minor correlations. let's face it, we aren't hollywood, we are real world. yes we collect evidence. we want to preserve that. we are not scanning fingerprints in the field like a hollywood television show. >> families say thank you for what you do, for me that is extremely fulfilling. somebody has to do my job. if i can make a situation that is really negative for someone more positive, then i feel like i am doing the right thing for

the city of san francisco.

>> thank you.n francisco. thank you, brothers and sisters of the san francisco building construction trades council for leading the celebration by providing these incredible instructions, demonstrations with our citybuild students cycle 35, so thank you, trade students, for being here. [applause] >> again, we recognized earlier this morning, the unions that were here, right, because without them, citybuild would not be here. thank you, and we have district council 16, laborers local 261, plasterers, local 266. masons in the front, local 300.

engineers local 3. local engineers 377, and we have our sheet metal, local 104, danny. thank you all for being here and welcome to our 15-year celebration of citybuild academy. it's truly an honor for me to be your emcee today. it's truly great to be here today after the last year with all the zoom meetings. for me, it's really been an honor to standup here, right, with my mentors, all the past citybuild directors that are here, we have chris rodriguez, chris iglesias, pat mulligan, joshua arce, and of course myself. without them mentoring me these last 15 years, i would not be

here, but of course, thank you, mayor breed. [applause] >> thank you for leading our city during these tough times. you saved lives, and you're leading the way for economic recovery, and we're going to be building stronger together, and a special personal thanks to you for appointing me to this position. thank you, mayor breed. [applause] >> and we have our president of the board, shamann walton. [applause] >> now i have a story to share with you all. him and i used to run up and down these hills, knocking on doors, inviting people to citybuild. supervisor haney, thank you for being here. [applause] >> all right? and with deep, deep gratitude, please join me in welcoming the honorable mayor london breed. >> the hon. london breed: thank

you, everyone, and i can't tell you how much today fills me with so much pride. this program, in celebrating 15 years, has an extraordinary history, and in fact, we're joined today by former supervisor sophie maxwell, who in 2006, with gavin newsom, started citybuild because as a former electrician, now semi retired, i guess, sophie maxwell, as supervisor, saw the need for the people of the bayview-hunters point and people in various communities to have an opportunity to be a part of building this city. and a.b.u. -- yes, because if we don't work -- [inaudible] . >> the hon. london breed: a.b.u. and other community organizations saw that they were being left out of what was happening in san francisco. and to make that connection, to make sure that people from these communities knew that it

was possible for them to be a part of the trades, a part of building our city, citybuild was founded. and so i want to thank many of our folks here. we've already mentioned a number of folks that were instrumental, but really, i've got to give it up to gavin newsom and to sophie maxwell and to the building and construction trades and to a.b.u. for everything you did as partners to address this need. and you see this partnership blossoming. we went from 300 participants a year to increasing that, to now, with this new space, 600, doubling the number of citybuild participants that will come out of this program because we need you, we need you. the president and the vice

president and congress just passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. $1.2 trillion, building roads and bridges and airports and other infrastructure. we need to make sure that people who want to be a part of these trades have an opportunity and are ready, are ready for these projects, are ready to make that money, are ready to do the jobs that he -- that we need them to do, are ready to build our roads and our bridges in our country. we know how critical having a job is, what it means for people's lives and livelihood. union jobs are so valuable. they are the reason why my aunt and uncle was able to help me get through college. they're the reason why people are, of course, able to pay their mortgage and take care of their kids and take care of

their families. that's all of any of us want, a decent living wage to be able to take care of our families and our lives, and in the process not to leave anyone behind who wants this extraordinary opportunity. so that's what citybuild is about. and as we celebrate these 15 years, everyone who has played a valuable role in helping to make this program a success, and to then take it to the next level, all the construction companies, all the folks who are donating and participating and actively engaged in the building and instruction trades that are really opening up the apprenticeship opportunities to make sure that folks are learning and able to go out there and build those high-rises in san francisco, build these roads in san francisco, and do what is best for our city, and everyone plays a role in that. and i want to just also say

thank you so much to city college for partnering with us on this project, to swimmerton, and there's a couple of other companies here -- i think clark construction and others -- that have been helpful in participating and donating materials and supplies. all the building and construction trades, the carpenters, the electricians, the -- i just learned to cut glass over here with the folks over here, the plasterers. there's so much that goes into building, and everyone can play a role. and there are more women in this program now, which i think is great. women not only leading project managers, like my friend, lori, here, who are actually running these projects and putting that finesse on fine of these

projects. so thank you all so much. a day is an extraordinary day, a day to be proud of, mazzola, jr., but we need to make sure that we are including citybuild in the fabric of what we need to do to move our city forward. and finally, i've got to say, i usually don't make commitments on the spot, but one of the things that's important to me, when we're asking people to participate in these programs, where do we think they're going to get money from? there's a small, very modest stipend, but they're here from -- someone told me 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., but they're learning and working. one of the things that we're

learning that is so valuable is money is not a barrier to their success. that they don't drop out this program because they have to take another job that conflicts with the time for them to participate. and in having conversations with joshua arce, and in having a conversation with sheryl davis today, we are going to increase the stipend, to increase the stipend. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: because it is so important that money is not a barrier to success. i want everyone that finishes this program to complete it and to get employed. we started off with about 82% of those who completed citybuild who actually ended up in apprenticeship programs and employed. we're at 95%. now it's time to get to 100.

we've got work to do. we're going to get it down, and so we're really going to see this program go to the next level so we are celebrating success with our graduates and those who are doing more to help uplift the next generation for people who will take over for you, many of you who retire in the building and construction trades. you're not going to be here forever because i know if you're like me, my knees are getting bad, so it's time to prepare the next generation for these extraordinary opportunities, so thank you all so much for being here to celebrate citybuild. [applause] >> mayor, thank you for those inspiring remarks and providing the support for our citybuild academy students. now, the next thing that i'm going to bring up is almost a

story, and that story is based on the four pillars, the foundation of what makes citybuild a success, and this is partnership. so the first pillar is our community, right? the history of citybuild is rooted in the community. before citybuild was even created, a lot of the city organizations were running apprenticeship programs with the help of the building and trades council. i want to give them recognition. we have a. philip randolph institute, young community developers, charity social services, anders and anders, our bright line defense, a.b.u., and expanded partnership with j.b.r., and 5gs has been helping us this year to build units for survivors of domestic violence.

graduates of the past class helped us come and rebuild that. so from this community, right, and of course, our commitment from commissioner maxwell and former supervisor maxwell, citybuild was created, right? so now, with leaders like don marcos -- where is he? don, right? 50 years at mission [inaudible] hall, and who's going to be coming after me from the roots of great community is one of your leaders that fights every single day, fight for equity, not just bayview residents but all san francisco residents. president of the board of supervisors shamann walton. [applause] >> president walton: happy birthday, citybuild. the mayor and director nim

really said a whole bunch of points that i was going to make, but one of the points that is important to remember is all the things that make citybuild possible. if it wasn't for the c.b.o.s fighting in the community, if it wasn't for members of our neighborhood that fought consistently to make sure that folks who were isolated, disenfranchised, had an opportunity to be trained to gain resources that would enable them to take care of a family, we would not have this program called citybuild. so i want to thank all of those partners. ken nim named most of them. i want to thank all of our partners who have been on the frontlines for a bunch of years. whether we talk about ramon hernandez from local 261,

whether we talk about a lot of the folks that i see in this audience that are doing this work, this is why we're able to celebrate 15 years of partnership. but i want everybody to know and understand that citybuild is a citywide program, and we love and are excited with that. citybuild has its rooted here in district 10. i want to thank former supervisor maxwell who's now the president of the san francisco public utilities commission for her work and her vision in making this happen. 15 years of not just giving people a fish, but teaching them how to fish so they will not able to have a career, be able to have a long lasting opportunity to raise families in this beautiful city is important. it's a legacy that continues, so i just want to thank everyone that supported this work for a long time. the people in the community who have been trained, who have these jobs, who now come up to

us on the daily and say thank you for the partnerships and collaboration, who are now training folks and teaching folks on how to become a member of the trades and participating in community activism, this is what this is about, and this is what citybuild was built for. i want to thank director arce who played a pivotal role even prior to coming over to the director of the office of workforce development. i want to say that this is a day that we can all celebrate for mr. james richards. i want to thank him for all of his work for making sure that young people are connected to opportunities in our community. so for the next 15-plus years, we need to make sure we continue growing this program, make sure that everyone has an opportunity to get connected to these amazing union jobs because we have so much work in this community, and the people

born and bred in this community need to be able to take advantage of these projects. thank you for being here, and thank you, citybuild, for 15 years. [applause] >> thank you, president walton. also rooted in that community our director of human services, sheryl davis. [applause] >> also, without the support from our construction business community, they would not be getting the jobs, so i want to give out a special thanks to both plant navy brothers, cayhill, we have silverado. ecobay. we have patrick ryan right there.

hilti tools, who donated a lot of the tools that you see in the back, and a special thanks to panko for providing breakfast, and webcor that's going to be providing lunch at the end. so without their support, our students wouldn't be getting the job, so thank you. in these challenging times, we need someone who understands the business community and match it with the needs of our residents to build back stronger. our office of economic and workforce development director, kate sullivan. >> good morning, and thank you. the sun does shine in d-10. thank you to all the previous folks who built this before me.

i'm hardly four months into this job, so i can't take credit, but what i can tell you is this program will also continue to be this shining beacon that it has become here in our city. when i think about economic recovery, which is part of my charter in this role that i'm in, i think a lot now about how we build back not just better, not just stronger, but more diverse, more interesting, more equitable on every level, and this program has become a model in a city and frankly for cities across the country for how to do it differently, how to create a partnership that is city government, that is our community, that is our unions, and to create an ecosystem that provides a platform for everybody to get on the economic recovery bus. whether you are a kid growing up in the fillmore, whether you

are prison involved and looking for your next chance to build your life back, whether you are a woman, a rosy the riveter who wants to weld -- and i know plenty of them -- and anyone who wants the right and dignity to support their families with their head and their hands and their hearts, this is for them. before i came to this job that i so love, and thank you to my mayor for the privilege of doing this, i came out of manufacturing. i came out of s.f. made and started my career 20 years ago in electronics manufacturing. i know how to world, and i always thought that making and building are kindred spirits, and when we built the first city's advanced manufacturing

training program, s.f. trade, we modelled that after citybuild. it's here, your little sister, and hopefully, 15 years from now, that program will be able to standup here and show you all the people that we've put in manufacturing. so at the end of the day, it really is all about partnership. i want to thank all the people that came here to make this happen. i especially want to thank all of you who have been working out in the field during this pandemic, building our houses, repairing our bridges, working with our major institutions to build schools and create the community that we all have the privilege to live and work in. thank you for being essential workers. thank you for making sure we didn't ever fall behind on our housing production, and i look forward to being here for the next 15 years. thank you. [applause]

>> thank you, director. so we listed two pillars, right? we have community, we have the business, and the next we're going to be talking about is our labor foundation. giving a special recognition to bowman, scott, for donating the concrete. 15 years, it's rooted in that tradition of labor, hands on, really getting the people the skills that they need prepare them, right? as was the carpenters that help started the first academy, right? bringing in the instructors. we have bo, we have sergio that are standing in the back somewhere, right? they provide the curriculum to really get us started, right? we also have the laborers, the laborers training center, as you saw, providing the safety, making sure the people on the construction job site that are actually getting the work done,

that they have percentage safety. now with us today is our president of the san francisco building and trade council and the secretary business manager for local 38 plumbers, larry mazzola, jr. [applause] >> thank you, ken. the tough part being going toward the end of the agenda is that everybody takes what you were going to say and uses it. so i might repeat some things, but i think some of the things that i'm going to repeat are worth repeating. so good morning. i'm honored to be here on behalf of the san francisco building and trades construction council in our beautiful city. while i typically thank our esteemed leaders and guests, i want to thank the students, alumni, and staff of citybuild.

let's please give them a hand. [applause] >> you're going to hear from ray guzman of local 104, and he is a living testament to the success of the partnership between the academy and the union apprenticeships. it's no surprise to us that he is so successful. it is by design, and with every job that he is dispatched to, opportunity is available to the next generation. in fact, for every three journey men working, one apprentice will see work. we bring in many citybuild grads to have as many opportunities as possible, one of the best being stacey provist. we appreciate mayor breed's and president walton's support for the president biden and vice

president harris' infrastructure funding because it will get us more work and bring more members to our unions. we appreciate the contractors that make project labor agreements work for our communities. the trades stand for quality craftsmanship and pride, and we pride ourselves delivering the very best workforce to our industry. that allows us to demand the very best wages, retirement, and health care security to our members. we are stewards and guardians of our city's working class. as such, we know that putting skilled workers on projects that build our city means we can keep the pipeline of good jobs flowing. that pipeline starts with partnerships like citybuild. the commitment and adherence to the multicore curriculum is key

to the success and partnerships we celebrate today. this training academy prepares you for a lifelong journey of honing and demonstrating the finest work in your trait under some of the most challenging and often dangerous conditions. the path you embark on with your citybuild cohort is one filled with promise and opportunity. apply yourself, and you will learn from the very best in the field. be they an electrician, a welder, or a plumber, they will teach you all they have so that you can pass it on one day to the next generation. i want to thank everyone here today, and i also want to recognize the president of the san francisco labor council who's here today, mike casey. mike? [applause] >> lastly, i sit on the p.u.c. joint administrative committee,

and we are proud that ben poole is here, and we are proud to report that under the project labor agreement, we have the highest number of local residents on city project. so i want to congratulate the p.u.c., and i want to congratulate citybuild, and i look forward to another 15 years of success. thank you all. [applause] >> thank you, everyone. we have our last speaker, a student graduate from cycle one, but before i call him out, we want to have a quick shoutout to citybuild president, and a couple of our funders. i saw bob liddy come in. there you are, bob. with us today, our first graduate from cycle one,

reynado guzman. [applause] >> i'm not very good at this, so i wrote something, too. [applause] >> okay. good morning. my name is ronaldo guzman, and i'm a graduate of the very first citybuild academy class. i am a journeyman sheet metal worker and proud member of the sheet workers union local 104. [applause] i am a native san franciscan, and i graduated high school in 2002. i'm currently working for control air north at the ucsfrab project at san francisco general hospital. thank you, bull construction. ken, raise your hand, for bringing me here today to celebrate this milestone. while it's been 15 years, an

incredible journey, when i started at the county way back. when mayor newsom welcomed us to our first-class 20 years ago, i could not imagine what the sheet metal class could provide for me and my family. i'm talking about sheet metal, heating, air conditioning, and ventilating industry. i earn good middle class wages, along with insurance and pension so i can retire someday. it's because of citybuild that gave me the opportunity to start my career as a sheet metal apprentice and work my way up. i have pride knowing i helped build some of the biggest construction projects in the last 15 years, such as the

golden state warriors chase arena, 181 fremont street, and san francisco general hospital. so to all of my citybuild classmates, you will be rewarded, and whichever construction trade you choose will be the most gratifying work you will do. thank you guys. [applause] >> all right. thank you, rey. one last shoutout to the san francisco giants. thank you for being here and hosting, and we're about to wrap up. >> hey, wait up, ken. something came in this morning, ken. >> this just came in from the governor, the founder of citybuild, our mayor at the time who created citybuild.

in 2006, when i joined together with supervisor sophie maxwell to form this program, it was with the vision that a community labor partnership to refer and train san francisco residents for public and private construction projects would be a boon for economic development. good paying jobs and social yo economic mobility. 15 years later, that initial vision has far exceeded our expectations. thank you, governor. [applause] >> so we're about to wrap up and lunch is about to be ready. just want to give a special thanks to our citybuild staff, chris, bettina, richard, anita, and the person that made this all happen, our citybuild academy manager, chase torres. and our citybuild instructors: bo, sergio, guillermo, and

faculty members stephanie and kristin. thank you all for being here. lunch is provided in the back. thank you all. enjoy.

commissioner tina chang and commissioner jose lopez. also our deputy attorney who will provide the board are any legal advice this evening. at the controls is and i'm julie rosenburg, the board's executive director. we will also be joined by city directors. representing the planning department phillip clana enforcement and affairs manager for the service division. jim emway, steven