>> president cohen: welcome to the regularly scheduled san francisco police commission. sergeant reynolds, please call the roll. >> clerk: thank you, president cohen. [roll call] >> clerk: president cohen, you have a quorum. also with us today, we have a.c. mosier, and chief william scott will be joining us shortly from the san francisco police department and director paul henderson from the department of police

accountability. >> president cohen: excellent. thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, if you are able to join me, rise and place your right hand over your heart and say the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] >> president cohen: all right. good evening, everyone. we have a fairly light agenda, so let's go ahead and get started. we called the roll. sergeant reynolds, could you please call the first item. >> clerk: first item is general public comment. at this time, the public is now welcome to address the commission for three minutes on items that do not appear on tonight's agenda but that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the police commission. during public comment, neither

police or d.p.a. personnel, nor commissioners are required to respond. opportunities for public comment are available by calling 415-655-0001 and enter access code 2481-569-2462, then press pound and pound again. please press star, three to enter public comment. this will alert the clerk that you wish to enter the queue. please speak slowly and clearly and turn down any devices in the background. alternatively, you may make public comment in either of the following ways. e-mail the secretary of the police commission at

sfpdcommission@sfgov.org or 125 third street, san francisco, california, 94158, and it looks like we have quite a few callers. >> president cohen: thank you. >> clerk: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> sorry. just clicked away from my script. my name is susan buchanan, and [inaudible] last week during public comment, i asked you to consider the work that berkeley is doing around eliminating racial profile in traffic stops. i have heard people be dismissive of these efforts, saying they haven't operationalized it yet or they're doing it wrong. to be fair, berkeley has only had its fair and impartial

policing recommendations for eight months, but how long have sfpd had the d.o.j. recommendations and reports? surely, six years would have been long enough to operationalize those recommendations here in san francisco. one can almost say that you and sfpd are doing something wrong. and speaking of hypocrisy, it was rich to hear the president of the police union to call for the firing of commissioner hamasaki, when no sfpd officer or sheriff's deputy has not been accountable for any discriminatory social media

post? thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> in may 2018, a candidate for the police commission wrote the rules committee to apply for a seat on the police commission. one of the goals written in his application letter stated make the sfpd a model in transparency, accountability, integrity, and fairness. that police commissioner was john hamasaki. the same who flouts the incompatible activity by the police commission. the same who is bound by the general orders and yet violates them constantly. where is the transparency and fairness from john hamasaki with his animus and bias with

his twitter account? for a person seeking higher office as controller for the state of california, president cohen seems intent with allowing the status quo and turns a blind eye to allowing this conduct to continue. who will call for the dismissal of john hamasaki? there are a lot of checks and balances in place. time for someone to do their job. >> clerk: thank you, caller. >> good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi. my name is [inaudible]. i'm also with the core team of wealth and disparities in the black community. i just want to iterate susan's comment about the need to

eliminate racializing traffic stops, stop using racial bias as part of services, and we are long overdue for actually implementing that measure, and that's all. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. president cohen, we have -- oh, there's one more caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> good evening, police commissioners. i wanted to call in support of my police commissioner, john hamasaki. i think that his engagement in social media specifically has engendered trust in the policing establishment in san francisco and also the legal establishment in san francisco, so i wanted to thank him pretty much for his time and attention

to social outreach in his communities, and i think he's doing an excellent job showing that there is humanity still in our criminally unjust mass incarceration system. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you, caller. president cohen, it looks as if we have another -- we have one last general public commenter who has asked to have their public comment readout loud as a reasonable accommodation under the americans with disabilities act. i will now read their comment. last week, john hamasaki tried and failed to defend posting a video that appears to show someone kicking milk crates out from under an officer and commenting, quote, i fully support any cops who want to try this, end of quote.

while he says no one assaulted the officer, which is true, hamasaki did not know that when he posted the video, as evidenced by his response to the person who posted, quote, so that guy is going to end up with assault charges for kicking the crate out from under him? that was a shitty thing to do, end of quote. hamasaki responds, quote, yeah, that's not part of the challenge, end of quote. it's clear at the time that he posted the video, hamasaki thought the person intentionally kicked the crate. if hamasaki now claims he knew it was a joke, then why didn't he post the version of the video that showed it was a joke ? hamasaki is disgraceful.

maria h., and that is the end of public comment, president cohen. >> president cohen: thank you very much. i appreciate the public comment. please call the next item. >> clerk: line item 2, chief's report. weekly crime trends. provide an overview of offenses occurring in san francisco. major and significant incidents. provide a summary of planned activities and events. this will include a brief overview of any unplanned events or activities occurring in san francisco having an impact on public safety. commission discussion on unplanned events and activities the chief describes will be limited to determining whether to calendar for a future meeting. chief scott? >> president cohen: thank you. just real quick, chief, we are prepared to go with paul henderson if you need a few more minutes to collect yourself. >> thank you, president cohen. i'm actually ready.

>> president cohen: okay. perfect. all right. >> good evening, president cohen, vice president elias, commission, director henderson, and the public. i will start with crime trends this week. starting with homicide, we are up 9%, three over last year. we had 36 last year year-to-date. robberies are down 8%. in terms of robberies, that's about 130 fewer robberies than this time last year. rates are down about 30 from this time last year, and assaults are up, which is concerning because that number is increasing. we are at 1574 assaults compared to 1421 this time last year. human trafficking is up by one. that's 20 this year compared to 19 last year. in terms of our part one

property crimes, they remain steady with a 1% increase. we're up about 51 burglaries from this time last year -- 52 burglaries, i'm sorry, from this time last year. motor vehicle thefts were up 8%, and larceny and theft were starting to pick up a little bit. we're up from 18,243 last year to 18,508 this year, so that's just short of 300 crimes. property crime, we're up about 1%. that's about 400 crimes more than we had this time last year. specifically in property crime, i want to highlight auto burglaries, because they are up 18% from last year.

when we look back at 2018 and 19, we're now down 26% from 2018 and 2019, 36%. i would like to point out that the extra deployment in some of our tourism corridors continue to decrease the auto break ins in that corridor as we try to hold the other parts of the city from going up. we did make some pretty significant arrests in car burglaries, including one in

progress. gun violent homicides are 29, compared to 20 last year. we had two homicides this past week to report, and as i said, year-to-date, there's 36 total homicides. if there is any good news on this homicide picture, it's that our overall clearance rate on homicides are 97%. investigators have been working really hard to clear some of our cases, both this year's cases and previous year's cases, so i want to say a big thank you to our homicide team because they are working hard to solve these cases. in terms of our gun seizures, we are continually increasing our gun seizures from what we were last year. we've had 115 ghost gun recoveries this year.

we only had 116 for the entire year 2020, so that is something we'll continue to focus on working with our a.t.f. partners and some of our other partners in the region because we know that a number of these gun-related crimes are connected outside of the city, and that continues to be an issue we will work to try to make better. i want to talk a little bit about the homicides. the first homicide that was reported was on the 700 block of kirkwood in the bayview district. the victim, a 37-year-old male left his house to run an errand. his girlfriend heard a knock on her door and when she answered, she found the victim suffering from his injuries. he was transported to the hospital and succumbed to his injuries. we have not identified anybody

in this particular case as of yet, but the investigation is on going, and i will keep the commission and the public posted. if you have any information, please call us. you can remain anonymous at 415-575-4444. the second one, i actually reported on this last week, but i will -- i'll highlight it again because we do need the public's help on this one. there's been shots notification, and officered located a deceased 19-year-old male. he had been shot. it was on san bruno. the victim's friends noticed what had happened and that he had been shot and called 911. we do not have any suspects in this case, so if you know what

happened or have any information, call 415-575-4444. you can remain anonymous. we made a second arrest on a homicide that occurred on august 17 in the tenderloin district. the victim was a 48-year-old male who was privately transported to the hospital with life threatening injuries who later succumbed to his injuries. we later found out that the suspect had been assaulted in the 800 block of larkin, when one of the suspects shot -- that the victim had been assaulted in the 800 block of larkin by several suspect. a second suspect was booked on september 3 for imprisonment,

murder, and conspiracy. so there were others involved in this that we're still looking into. two of the suspects have been involved. a shooting on garrett and ingleside. officers responded and found 1444 caliber casings and car and residential windows damaged by gun shots, so that is another case where we need the public's help. if you know anything, call 575-4444. that still remained unsolved. another shooting, a victim advised he was riding a bicycle south on van ness at 12 street

when he heard three gunshots. he fell off his bike and realized that he had been shot. he saw a vehicle speed off eastbound on mission street and flagged a passer by down who took him to the hospital. in this case, i believe the gun shot may have been self-inflicted, so that investigation is still on going to determine the cause of that shooting. we had another shooting in the 400 block of jones street in the tenderloin. our victim, hispanic male 48 years old, advised he was banging on a door of an apartment to droo try and get his cell phone when a shot came through the door. he was transported to the hospital and is expected to survive. we know where the shots came from, so we just have to figure out who fire the shot and hope

to bring that to a resolution with identifying who the shooter was. the last case was an 18-year-old victim was out with friends when the subject opened fire and shot the victim in the face and head area. the witness observed the victim and his friends and attempted -- attempted to get in the bar -- the victim and his friends were attempting to get in the bar but some unsuccessful. the witness returned to the bar and observed that our victim and his friends were being chased by an unidentified subject who eventually fired at the group and suspect the victim. we did identify the suspect and served search warrants, and charges have been filed by the district attorney, so that case has been resolved. as far as the strategy, a little more detail, i mentioned what we were doing in the tourism corridors. that will continue to be a

strategy. 14 additional officers have been placed in the central district, and that is in addition to the central district officers that regularly patrol those areas. i am happy to announce that our ambassador program has reached its second phase, and you will remember you approved the ambassador program several months ago. we just hired another group of former sfpd members, and they have gone through their training and orientation, and i just saw some of them in chinatown, and they are very well received by the community. for the public who are not familiar with this, this is a program that we implemented actually during 2020, where we

hire, through the prop f program, retired and former officers, and they patrol neighborhoods on foot, and it will be expanded to chinatown and other parts of the city. got to talk with one ambassador, and he's glad to be back and doing that type of community engagement. additional strategies is, as a part of our tourism deployment plan, we have additional officers in golden gate park on bikes, and also, that allows for our district officers to focus more on the residential burglaries that have plagued that area, so that's on going, as well. we have brought them down a little bit, but a lot more work needs to be done.

the southern district is focusing on car break ins along [inaudible] street and harrison street and have support from our motorcycle unit to make sure we deter as much of these types of incidents as we can. and then, in the park district, we had deployed two additional officers. this is in addition to our regular foot beat officers, and they're working the haight street commercial corridor. we've had some issues with just quality of life issues. the [inaudible] team is working that area, also working with the department of public works to make sure that the streets stay as clean as they're able to keep them. also on a sad note and a way more serious note, we had a homicide there this morning along that block, and it's unsolved as to right now. it was a stabbing homicide.

i'll report further details on it at next week's report, but our investigators are trying to figure out who committed that homicide, and if the public knows anything, definitely, we need your help on that, as well. that is the chief's report. nothing to report on any domestic terrorism incidents, although, i will say on that note, saturday marks the 20 anniversary of 9-11. we're going to have, led by the fire department, a memorial service on saturday morning and also meeting with our federal partners on briefings on what's going on throughout the nation with that issue. sometimes on these anniversaries people that are prone to act out on these acts,

so that is my report this week, and i'm happy to answer questions. >> president cohen: thank you. first, i have a couple of questions for you, but first, thank you for recognizing the 20 anniversary of 9-11. i also appreciate you incorporating terrorist attacks in your report. also wanted to really get a better grasp of your understanding. so you report out the data, the violence, the shootings, the homicides. you read the statistics. i wonder if you could add a little context or color to those numbers. what are you seeing? what are your investigators telling you? what are some of the driving forces for these shootings that are happening or homicides that

are happening? >> yeah, thank you for giving me an opportunity to dig into this. so the data that we presented on the police commission on the victims still remain to be true. i have vast criminal histories on them, unfortunately. that is what we've seen, and that continues to be the case. one of the homicides that we reported on we believe to be driven by narcotics activity. some of people involved were known to be frequent narcotics traffickers, but the homicide itself we don't believe to be narcotics related. it's one of those conditions where we believe a separate dispute led to this person losing his life.

a lot of our homicides and shooting continue to be group dynamic involved. not necessarily gang related because it's not necessarily gangs. these people are tight because they are involved in this social network. they get into a beef, and it leads to a shooting. that is the biggest issue in our city, with the shootings and the homicide. the one that i reported this morning on haight street, we don't have suspects in custody. we know, unfortunately, that the victim was living on the street, but we have some evidence that we're looking into that indicate that's it might have been -- that indicates that it might have been some type of dispute. several of our recent homicides have been disputes that may have started from some other, you know, incident in the past

that led to gun violence. so some of what's happening the last three or four years are still happening. >> president cohen: so what happens to these cases when people are not willing to testify? >> fortunately, there's a lot of private individuals and private businesses that have videos, and we're getting very good cooperation from members in our community, so that evidence has been very, very

valuable. very valuable. the other thing i'd like to point out, and this goes back to the strategies that we presented to the police commission, trying to get in front of these shootings as much as we can. the identification of the people that are the most at risk is paying dividends for us. i can cite two examples from this week where officers were alerted to a victim that was either going to be involved in a shooting or a victim of a shooting. that led to officers contacting an individual who we believe was at risk of being a victim. long story short, we were able to intervene, and actually,

that individual, because he believed he would be targeted, he was walking around with a gun. we had to arrest him because he had a gun, but that's one of the things where we get in front of these violence confrontations. another san franciscan that we just released from prison, we were able to do some outreach on him because we felt he was subject to be at risk on either side of that equation, and unfortunately, our officers arrested him. he had several guns on him, and he was arrested for being in possession of handguns earlier this week. it definitely gives us a better

direction on where to focus our efforts on. >> president cohen: thank you. colleagues, are there any other questions for the chief today? thank you. don't see any indication in the chat and don't see any other hands, so turn it over to director henderson. >> good evening. >> clerk: president cohen? >> president cohen: yes? >> clerk: we need to take public comment before we go to -- >> president cohen: yes, thank you. >> clerk: if you would like to make public comment, please press star, three to be recognized. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hello, hi. this is miss brown.

i was just calling regarding my son, arbery, who was murdered august 6, 2009, and his murder remains unsolved. last meeting, i gave information regarding a person -- >> clerk: miss brown, can we -- >> president cohen: yeah, we're going to have to stop you from putting personal information on the record. >> okay. well, i gave information, and i haven't heard anything if anybody called or anything, and i'm sorry. so to this day, my son's homicide isn't solved, and i as a mother is still going through

that trauma. i thank the police for being there for the vigil this year and every day. i just wanted to say that his case is still unsolved, and for putting those pictures in the police stations, that maybe someone will come forth, but just hoping that someone will get in touch with the person that i named and go from there, and maybe i'll call my investigator, and again, i didn't know i wasn't supposed to do that. i was just trying to get justice for my child. i've been fighting for 16 years to get justice for my son's case. i don't know what else to do. all i know how to do, and i'm pretty sure i'm the only one probably doing it, so i just need help, and whoever gives me information, i should say

something, and i don't know what to say or who to say it to. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, miss brown, for your comment. for members of the public who may have information regarding the murder of aubrey, please call the anonymous tip line: 415-575-4444. once again, the number is 415-575-4444. and president cohen, that concludes public comment. >> president cohen: thank you very much. we'll hear next from director henderson. >> clerk: thank you. >> thank you. so i will start with the summary of cases.

we are currently at 575 cases that are open currently, and this year, we closed so far 590 cases. we have currently open cases, 312 cases, and we have 23 cases whose investigations have extended beyond the nine-month period. again, as a point of reference, that's still within the time frame of our 3304 deadlines. of those numbers for the current cases, 18 of those cases are tolled cases, and we have 25 cases that have been mediated so far. amongst the cases that are pending, there are 14 of the cases that are open with the

police commissioners, and amongst the cases that are awaiting chief's decision are 12. for the weekly trends, we received 18 new cases in the past week, 30% of those allegations were -- involved officers that behaved or spoke in a manner unbecoming of an officer. 15% required officers failing to take action. 4% were an officer displaying threatening, intimidating, or harassing behavior. another 4% where an officer provided incomplete accident or incident report. 4% the officer exhibited

spurious behavior, and 4% for the officer's discourteous behavior statements were related to ethnicity or race, as well. it's a total of 27 allegations. for the monthly statistical report, that information has been filed. i'll just present the summary there in the documents that have been previously provided and have been posted. d.p.a. received 58 complaints total in june, which was a decrease of 6% year-to-date. and in 2021, the total number of complaints received were 397. in 2020, the total number of complaints received were 421. i'm giving you the summaries of the information. in june, of the 58 cases

involved, 11 is were officered who failed to take action, 4% were officers displayed unbecoming behavior, 4% involved an officer who failed to properly investigate, and 3% involved an officer who demonstrated biased policing or discrimination. these are allegations, as a reminder, and that was a total of 112 allegations. for july, d.p.a. received 65 complaints in june, which is an increase of 3% from the same period last year but a decrease of 9% for year-to-date comparison. so in 2020, the total complaints received from july were 506, and in july, the

total number of complaints were 462. in july, of the 46 cases received in july, 12% involved an officer who based or spoke in a manner unbecoming of an officer. 12% involved an officer who failed to take required action. 6% involved an officer failing to properly investigate. 5% involved an officer who prepared an incomplete or inaccurate officer report. 4% involved an officer who knowingly engaged in false information or discrimination, and 3% were case referrals. typically, case referrals are cases that are referred to other agencies. that's a total of 147 allegations. in terms of audits, today, wednesday, september 8, the department of police accountability and the controller's office had their entrance conference with the sfpd, the police department, for their audit on how the police department has currently

handled officer's conduct. that is one of the items that d.p.a. is tasked to perform. there have been a number of virtual presentations in the monthly community meetings happening at the station, the police station, including mission station, tenderloin station, and the bayview station on various dates. also, on the second, d.p.a. participated with the megablack organization with the director from h.r.c., sheryl davis, focusing on the greenkeeper initiative fellowship as well as the mayor's budget office. tonight, d.p.a. has no cases that are in the closed session. also on the call with me are senior investigator chris shenau in case there are cases

that come up, and also on the call, staff diana rodenstein who would love an opportunity to chat with all of you. our website, in case folks want to get in contact with the organization, is sfgov.org/dpa. you can also contact the office at 415-241-7711, and that concludes my presentation. again, i'd like to -- there's more details in the documents that have been filed with the commission and are on our website, but i wanted to present a summary of them, and some of this information was catch up from the period where we weren't meeting in august, so all of these reports would be in. and just so we're clear, we continued maintaining our reporting obligations for weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually throughout the break.

that's just some of the information in case the public hadn't seen it or wasn't aware. it can be found on the new website we just launched in case folks want to see more of the details. that concludes my presentation. thank you. >> president cohen: great. thank you. so i'm going to ask you the same question that i asked chief. you have presented a numeric summary of what your caseload is looking like and the percentage of change. let me ask you, what is driving the increases, the changes, the decreases? tell me -- put a story behind these numbers. >> yeah. i think a lot of the stories -- that's why, in my numbers, i give you the actual allegations so you can see from month to month and now week to week that you can see a lot of the cases that are coming in. i believe they're influenced by what's happening in the city, and i believe a lot of those numbers are influenced greatly

by what policing is taking place on the streets during the pandemic. if you take a look at what was happening on the streets prepandemic -- and we've seen just from the reports that i'm given, week to week, how things have changed from the shelter in place, shelter at home rulings shifted, when people returned to work, when the delta variant came around, and the people went back home, you can see the shift in the complaints that we're getting. i just want to point out, the information that i'm giving is preanalysis before it shakes out into sustained cases, but it's an absolute allegation that the public is making both to my office literally individually and anonymously, so we can measure all of it

collectively. that's why i'm giving the numbers that i'm giving. i think it's hard to compare those numbers and those allegations against -- they stand for themselves, but they don't -- it's hard to compare them because we don't have another agency to compare them with, like internal affairs, if we were seeing the complaints they were giving side by side, it might give you a better touch point of comparison beyond just what d.p.a. is getting. >> president cohen: okay. all right. i guess that's -- >> i mean, it's hard to compare it -- >> president cohen: i guess i'm not asking for a comparison. well, you know, due to covid, people had less interactions with law enforcement, therefore, we saw a decrease in the cases. or maybe we saw a trend in the summertime with interaction with police officers. that's a lot more along the lines that i was thinking, not

a comparison between, like, other life agencies because we know that this is a premier agency that is leading the pack with oversight, so that doesn't really satisfy my question. the chief will say look, you've got the number of shootings because people are in life are becoming victims, so i just wanted to know what you're seeing, what your lawyers are seeing or your staff, what they're saying; what has transpired in your numbers. if i was a member of the public, i'd want to know, what does it mean on the ground in real-time? >> and this, honestly, i think

this presentation and the information that i've been given, these are the allegations and the interpretation of the raw numbers. this is what the public is saying case-by-case allegation by allegation so you hear all of it. you don't know what the trends are behind the story, but you know what's happening week by week based on the allegations that they're making. and you're seeing not just a one-month presentation but you can see more clearly the differences in officers, for example, failing to take required action. that's the allegation, and you can see on an evening like tonight where we're playing catch up from having been on a break, the difference from

those specific allegations from what was happening in june to what was happening in june to what happened in august. and actually, that's -- it might be a good comparison. i didn't look at them, and i'm doing it live when we're talking, but as that information was filed with the commission and in our papers, you can actually look side by side to hear or to see what the specific allegations are. and certainly, i think some of the answers to your question, which are more the overview of the trend, gets done in the annual report, and we can see the breakdown of where those allegations are coming from. like, it's shifting. this was during the summer in the bayview, but now, all of these allegations are taking place in the mission or chinatown. here, they're not broken out, but they will be in the annual

report. >> president cohen: got it. >> i hesitate to make conclusions -- >> president cohen: but it'll be prepared. perfect. i appreciate that. let's go ahead and take public comment, sergeant reynolds. >> clerk: for members of the public who would like to comment on d.p.a. director's report, please dial star, three. there is no public comment, president cohen. >> president cohen: thank you. no problem. okay. well, let's continue moving forward. >> clerk: line item 4, commission reports, discussion. commission reports will be limited to a brief description of activities and announcements. commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the issues raised for a future commission meeting. commission president's report, commissioners' reports, commission announcements and

scheduling of items identified for consideration at future commission meetings, action. >> president cohen: thank you very much. i will turn to my fellow commissioners. commissioner elias, we'll start with you. we'll start with leadership first. >> vice president elias: thank you. nothing to report this week. >> president cohen: okay. commissioner yee, what's been going on on the streets? i know you've gone to a couple of meetings. tell us what you're seeing. >> i just came back from the chinatown night out. i just came back, so i had a little longer haul, and the chief was there, as well. many of the community that -- i'm happy to say that they're out, enjoying themselves, and i want to thank our community leaders over there at chinese

chamber, and chinatown night was [inaudible] by our late rose pak and our deputy chief lozar, so it's great to see our community enjoying themselves and out in force, so thank all the elected officials who showed up, as well. the mayor, president wong, supervisor aaron peskin and matt haney, and all the officers who are now making it safe throughout chinatown, and hopefully, we can continue this and grow it throughout the city where we can focus focus all of our resources, as well, so i'm happy to report that all is well. >> president cohen: awesome, awesome. commissioner byrne, how is the

tenderloin doing? byrne. >> i should have something to report in a couple of months, other than the chief and i talked about it this afternoon. i believe there will be an evolution as to what's going on in there, but i should be able to report back in about two months. the other thing i'd like to report, i had the opportunity to go to the 50 anniversary -- i almost want to say the assassination and murder of sergeant young what i know as balboa station, but it's now known as ingleside station. and assistant chief mosier was there, and chief scott and captain jones, and also there, which was very touching was there is a civilian police

worker who was also shot. sergeant young was killed, and she showed up, and i thought it was important that she do that, given the murder of a police officer recently in chicago. i thought it was very good of the san francisco police department to remember one of their own, particularly someone who died tragically in the station in the manner in which he did in 1971. >> president cohen: thank you, commissioner. i appreciate that, and for my report, i just wanted to let people know that i'm still working to bring other elected leaders and policy makers to this commission to share what they're working on that impacts

the work that we're doing on this commissioner. last week, we had senator nancy skinner, so i've just been working on trying to get people to join us on our commission. also had a good touch-base conversation with miss felicia jones, head of the wealth and disparities, and that's all i have to report out. sergeant reynolds, could you please take public comment, and let's call the next item. >> clerk: if you would like to make public comment, please dial star, three at this time. president cohen, there is no public comment. >> president cohen: great. i appreciate that. let's call the next item. >> clerk: line item 5, presentation of the deputy's collection and analysis of sexual assault kid evidence and

reporting of results to sexual assault victims report, per commission resolution 16-28, adopted april 20, 2016, discussion. >> hello. >> president cohen: hello. >> good evening, president cohen, members of the commission, executive director henderson, chief scott, and members of the community. i am acting deputy chief raj baswani, and i will be covering resolution 16-28, which is analysis collecting and saeshl -- and sexual assault kit evidence and reports. i'll be covering january 1 to june 30, 2020. during this period, i'm not

going to go line by line into everything, but during this period, we collected approximately 110 kits that were done internally, and out of those, those were all submitted within five days within the requirement of the time it was collected by the trauma recovery and rape treatment center to the time it went to the crime lab. out of those four were submitted after that five-day period, and those were all outside jurisdiction submissions, which is normal for them to have a delay, so a total of 114 kits were tested. and all of those 114 were within the 120-day requirement. as far as them being collected,

tested, and results given, they were within the 120 days. our turnaround time is 14 days for the sexual assault kits, which is probably one of the lowest in the state. and none of the kits were sent for any kind of outsourcing. we processed all the kits locally. out of those 114, 43 were uploaded, and i'll skip down to item 10 for notification. we notified 91. that's the other part of the resolution. the second part of the resolution is a reporting requirement to the victim, and so we reported 91, and 15

victims did not want to be notified. and eight out agent note if i -- out of agency notifications were made so they could be handled in their policing jurisdiction. and then, i'll go onto page 2, on item 7. so we are currently working on 37 of the cases, and the rest of the 19 -- i'm not going line by line to every item because i did want to leave a little bit of time as to how this fits into our investigative work, so i picked out a really good case that was brought to our attention during this reporting period. and this was an august 2011

galileo high school student who was approached by a stranger. i won't go into the details because it's a very graphic and horrible crime, but she was the victim of a sexual assault at galileo high school by a stranger. at that time, we developed a d.n.a. profile. it was uploaded, and there's no hit. so what we do in those kinds of cases, we do a john doe warrant, so we did a john doe warrant for that d.n.a. profile. well, april of this year, april 2021, a subject was arrested with a firearm, and a d.n.a. profile was collected. that subject matched the subject that committed the crime back in 2011 at galileo high school, and he was

arrested for the crime. officers for the central district went out, located him, and arrested him. so that's just one example of how these cases fit in and how d.n.a. fits in in a sexual assault situation. and i have nothing else. if you have any questions for lieutenant o'connor or myself, we're here. >> president cohen: any questions? commissioner byrne has a question. please, sir, go ahead. >> when i was looking at the page, indicated that there were

61 inactive cases. so obviously, i don't want to hear about all 61, but what exactly does that 61 mean? >> that 61 means that the d.n.a. subject was uploaded but has not been identified, so kind of like what this example shows us is that 2011 case was inactivated. the profile was uploaded, and now that case is closed, so something to that effect. there are examples of when cases are inactivated. one is the subject is unknown and no d.n.a. was uploaded because there's no corroborating evidence. the other would be the victim becomes uncooperative or does not want further evidence collected, and this is usually relayed to the rape treatment center who then connects that wish to the investigators, and

then, the investigators contact the victim and either provide services or give resources to the victim on if they want to come back and reactivate the case. and on the -- on the other one, is -- is that there is no corroborating evidence or that we cannot prove that the suspect committed the crime. >> and the district attorney of san francisco only charged three people in that period of time and discharged four? >> yes, during this reporting period. >> i guess i'm surprised. number one, it strikes me as a very small number, both of them, but that would be the purview of the district attorney, not the police department. >> president cohen: thank you.

commissioner yee? >> commissioner yee: ah, yes. i have a question on the 61 inactive cases, and they're inactive cases where, i guess, the victim failed to respond back. was there any that spoke a second language, where they felt maybe uncomfortable in something on this who might be cultural or indifferences? i'm just wondering if there were any -- if you could break it down by ethnicity? >> i do not have the breakdown for you, but just personally, i can tell you from working in investigations for eight years, and i'll have lieutenant o'connor kind of elaborate on

this, but all the investigators do have access to language services, and all officers do have access to language services. we have investigators from all walks of life that speak multiple languages, so i will defer this question to lieutenant o'connor, if you want to expand on that. >> yes. so i think it would be important, yeah, 61 cases that have been inactive, and i can state that none of these survivors had any issue with relaying what happened to the investigators. there were occasions whether the officers had to use language services, whether it was phone line language services or an officer that was bilingual. if you'd like, commissioner, i can breakdown those numbers

regarding the ethnicity and the first spoken language of the survivors if you'd like, and i have access to that information, but none of the 61 were closed or inactivated because of issues with language. >> commissioner yee: the reason why i'm just asking is because when you've got sexual assaults, number one, it's very challenging for the victims to speak out on it, too, and for the investigators, it might be even doubly difficult for them, especially if they're limited english speaking proficiency. even if you don't have translators, sometimes they feel the shame that comes along with that, that that happened to them. i'm just trying to see if we can find out if it's --

inactive cases, for myself and jim byrnes, that's quite a bit. so if you can take it offline, that's fine. >> president cohen: all right. anything else? all right. seeing none, let's move forward. >> i think diana rosenstein had a comment. >> president cohen: okay. all you have to do is raise your hand or put her name on the chat or turn on her screen and wave. >> there you go, diana. >> i was just going to simply point out that our office works diligently to ensure that officers are properly trained with respect to handling

incidents such as the ones that you've been asking about, commissioner yee, with respect to victims that are of limited english proficiency, and we take any complaints that we make with respect to that. >> i'll piggyback on that and invite the new commissioners to come down to the d.p.a., as well. >> president cohen: so i think this concludes that portion of our agenda. >> clerk: public comment, commissioner? >> president cohen: public comment, yes. >> clerk: if you would like to make public comment, please

press star, three at this time. commissioner, you have no public comment. >> president cohen: okay. next item. >> clerk: next item is line item 6, discussion and possible action to approve revised draft department general or the 5.16, warrants, for meeting and conferring with the san francisco police officers association and the s.f. municipal executives association police as required by law. discussion and possible action. >> good evening, president cohen, vice president elias, commissioners, chief scott, director henderson, and members of the community. i'm jim ahern, and i'm joined by sfpd sergeant cara lacey.

we worked on 5.16, search warrants and are here to answer any questions. it was a true collaborative effort between the sfpd and the d.p.a. even with the collaboration of three attorneys, the input was difficult, and i'd like to have you think back to 1997, when this general order was last updated. think about all the advancements in technology and changes in search and seizure law that occurred over the last 24 years. kids weren't walking around on cell phones, social networking sites didn't exist. we still had pagers and pay phones. no one had video cameras on their houses. people had to develop film if

they wanted photos from their family vacation, and the internet was still on dial up. so as we worked to bring this general order out of the stone age, our main focused areas were no knock search warrants, the reporters shield law, california privacy act, the internal and external review process, and internal policies related to this general order. i and cara lacey are prepared to answer any questions that you have on this general order, and thank you. >> president cohen: thank you. i don't see any -- oh, here we go. hold on. commissioner elias, commissioner byrnes, commissioner yee. >> vice president elias: thank you, president cohen. thank you to all that worked on

this d.g.o. there were a few additions or suggestions that i wanted to make to the d.g.o. i reviewed them with the chief, so i don't know if, chief, you want to go over them because i think we're pretty much in agreement with some of the additions or how the best way to approach this would be. >> yeah. commissioner, if you don't mind, i can go over them, and if i miss anything, if you can help me out? >> vice president elias: yeah, sure, great. >> okay. president cohen, is that okay? >> president cohen: absolutely. >> okay. thank you. so as commissioner elias or vice president elias said, we talked this afternoon, and i'll just go over, i think there are a total of four modifications on the language. the first one being on page 4, and it's under section c, that

[inaudible] of a witness-victim or informant including bias. the recommendation is to include language in that bullet point or financial compensation provided by law enforcement or district attorney's office in connection with the search warrant. so in other words, the thought process behind this is there's an informant receiving compensation, a person receiving compensation for information, that that information should be disclosed to the magistrate who this warrant is being presented to.

>> okay. the second modification is on page 5, under section g, and that is [inaudible] shall be documented in the chronological of investigation [inaudible] is the name of the lieutenant who authorized exigency [inaudible] or an incident report. i'm sorry. and on the -- at the end of that, change the or to and, an incident report, if applicable.

the next one is on page 6, under 5.16.05. it's in section b. at the end of that paragraph, two modifications. change the member should to member shall still make a reasonable effort to announce their identity in person. and then, also add officers shall document such necessity to the chronological investigation if applicable. so this addition is just to document the reason for the deviation from not noticing the

chronological in the incident report, which is [inaudible] consistent with the other changes. and that is the issue -- president elias, did i miss it? was that correct? >> vice president elias: just so my fellow commissioners and the public know, the changes that i had suggested and the chief agreed, and he had some changes, as well, is an effort

to really be consistent with what our prior practice has been and what we're going to continue to do, which is kwoempl conforms with our basis, which is consistent with 503 and 501, so that's the reasoning behind these recommendations. >> president cohen: thank you. all right, colleagues. commissioner byrne, i think i saw your hand next. >> yeah. i wasn't aware that commissioner elias had gone

through it; so i'll pass on that. >> president cohen: okay. thank you. commissioner yee? >> commissioner yee: yeah, i'll pass, too. but i had one question, i guess, regarding the search warrant and regarding the amount of time for retraining, how much time will be allotted, if they have any idea, i guess, once we go through this legal brief? just want to make sure that all of our officers are up to date on it, and there's some

substantial changes on it, and it's very overdue. >> thank you, commissioner. i can answer that question. what we've asked for on d.g.o.s being significant, is the amount of time has been changed to 90 days. there's a lot of training coming down, so time to prepare this in the midst of everything else that's coming down, so 90 days after the process of meet-and-confer is what we're asking for from the commission, if we could have the 90-day period to set up the training schedule and have that in order so we bring this in the right way, which our members are clamoring for training.

>> vice president elias: so sorry, chief. one of the other things that i just realized, page 4, where it says or financial compensation, can we add or benefit. sometimes confidential informants aren't given financial benefit, but it's housing or other things that are being provided. i think if we say compensation or benefit, that's it. we can say or any compensation,

just take out financial. >> yeah, any compensation, whether financial or otherwise. >> vice president elias: okay. that's good. >> financial compensation or incentive. >> vice president elias: that's better. i think we have to figure this out so we can vote on it. >> the concern that i have is victims of crime often receive compensation and benefits from the victims compensation board that's done through the district attorney's office and our members would have no knowledge of this, and this puts a burden on them or a responsibility on them to disclose information as it relates to victims and benefits they might receive from the victims compensation board if they're not clear that we're talking fully about informants. >> vice president elias: well,

that's discloseable any ways. >> we wouldn't know about that if we're writing a search warrant. >> vice president elias: well, wouldn't they receive that after the fact, and wouldn't an officer want to know if they're receiving some incentive when he's taking the information that he needs in order to author a search warrant? wouldn't he want to know what kind of person he's interviewing, if they're a victim or informant and if there's any bias or anything that could effect -- [please stand by]

that don't go to credibility o testimony . these are victim assistance programs. so perhaps maybe language that calls out those type of victim assistance programs are expected. i thinkthat's what the spirit of this was .

not for that butfor the other day .information often times leads to search warrants and dispositions on cases. >> let me ask camera, the concerns of yourexpressing , thethought process . does it merely reflect your concern or have you flirted with other attorneys or folks that are also looking at this presentation ? not legislation butddo . >> i heard these additions for the first time also. they don't know if captain ahearn was familiar with homicide where we could see these situations unfold wants to weigh inon it also . i think we all agree that certainly any benefit or payment of an informant is receiving for providing any

information is absolutely exculpatory information that needs to be included in a warrants . i am in complete agreement that information should be included as some of these examples . i just worry about sort of these other, when were talking about victims compensation us not knowing about the information necessarily having an obligation toinclude information we might not know . >> one of the things i thought was important that we have this discussion in public about the ddo, we are a policy keeping body so it's clearly important. i know that commissioner elias spoke to the chief already and i asked her, asked the chief to have that conversation in full disclosure for the public

assumption and i know this is the first time you'rehearing all this . what i'm going to propose is perhaps we people are not comfortable voting on it right now and perhaps with this language we arediscussing , we can sit on it a little bit, anotherweek . fine tune and commissioner elias, i look to you as well for yourleadership on this . we can schedule it for a vote next week. that would allow commissioner hamasaki an opportunity toshare some of his thoughts on the legislation or if people are ready to , we can also put it to a vote but i wanted to you know, have full disclosure and get the conversation going for the record, knows where our options are. how are people feeling? are you guys ready to vote today? >> it i could because i want to give miss lacey an opportunity to go over this language

because we really do want to be right. friday when theschedule came out it's the first time i had looked at it . i know it was a little late to talk to the g soi don't want to jam anybody up . i hate putting things over but i think that again, we want to get the language right and my intention is that i think we're all on the same page with respect to the informants and if there's any benefit they are receiving obviously it be documented in the report. my votewould be to put it to a vote next week if you're okay with that and your staff . >> i think that what stacy brought up i think there needs to be broader language.

everybody agreeswith the intent on this . i don't think the intent was to disclose victims who get what they're entitled to. pacifically for what we talked about commissioner so i would like to move this forward. it seems to me 2 years in the making and i know there's a sense of urgency but 2 years in the making is very thoughtful. i'd really like to movethis forward because we got a lot on our plate and other policies waiting for the commission to approve . >> i'm fine either way >> . >> presidentcohen: how are you guys feeling ? >> what language are we going to useabout these benefits ? because if we're voting that's something we need to know. >> presidentcohen: we are sniffing it out now . they're probablyworking on it right now .

>> i realized miss lacey that what will ease your concern is if you look at paragraph eight it talks about a good faith mistake and the penalty that the affidavit is sign so your concern as to what was known by the office of the time of writing areaddressed in paragraph a . i don't think that language is going to cause any concern . i think it should ease your concern so i think it would be okay to have this language is for any compensationprovided by any law enforcement agency. that would be my suggested language . >> i would respectfully disagree. i think that exception fromthe attorneys should be clearly pointed out . it clearly doesn't go to, it really doesn't go to the bias of thesearch warrant . any victim can getit .

that should beenumerated . that specific, and then i agree with you mister president that the first part should get the other stuff in it. [inaudible] the victims restitution fund obviously should beexcluded . i don't see any point in ... in other wordsi agree with miss lacey . >> president cohen: okay. i want to interject also for the consideration and that is allowing the assistant chief to sign off on the ddo as opposed to ... instead of a commander

and anevent she . it would be good to change the approvalto assistant chief of operations as opposed to a commander and adeputy chief . i don't think that's controversial . >> on page 6, first paragraph . >>president cohen: that's right. does that seem unreasonable ? >> that's good because no knock warrants are something ... >> president cohen: it deserve a certain level of attention . chief, how do youfeel ? >> that's a good move. >> president cohen: okay. >> so on the other, if we can go back to page 4.

how do you all feel about language such as information that the informant is receiving any benefits that includes consideration oncases or money or any benefits or information ? hello? what happened tocindy ? >> i think we lost her. >> your back. >> say it again? okay. we've also got a weak signal. chief, could you repeat? okay.

>> so that sentence would be the suggestion is information that an informant is receiving any benefit including consideration incases, money or any benefits for information . >> what i think that my suggestion is that it just says information that an informant received any benefit or information including consideration on a case or financial benefit. because i think we want to encompass that sometimes informants might receive consideration and sometimes they might receive money so we want to be clear that we're talking about both of those situations. >> i thinkcynthia is frozen there but that's a good point . >> as commissioner elias said,

let's go ahead and look atdiana rothstein . i think she's got something to contribute . >> i wanted to point out that section is actually a list of examplesof exculpatoryevidence . it is not definitive . it is not close, it's just examples. i don't think there should be any concerns because it just gives you examples of situations where officers should be mindful of the type of information they put into a search warrant affidavit that a judge is going to need and use in order to assess credibility. the list is notadoptive . there's 1 million situations that occur in everyday life that may end up in a search warrant, that should end up in a search warrant and nobody's at fault. so i think that youguys are , it's an important conversation to have be mindful of the fact that that list is just examples

of situations that should be considered and it's not exhaustive. >> president cohen: okay. any feedback or comments? >> i agree. >> president cohen:okay, i agreed to .the mission or lis . >> i agree. >> sorry, i had to log back in, inoticed that . >> president cohen: if we lose you we lose for a period any further thoughts? i want to move this along. >> can you review the language and diane has made a point this is not an exhaustive listof

examples . but i know that's a point that wediscussed or discussed as important . you and other commissioners so carol, could you suggest language at that point and i'm comfortablewith if the commission is i'm definitely comfortable with it . >> thank you chief.my suggested language is a new bullet point that says information that an informant received any benefits for information including consideration on a case or a financial benefit because those are the 2 main areas where people receive assistance. >> what abouthousing ? >> i guess i didn'thear the last part, could you be the last part ? >> we could say information and informant received a benefit

forinformation including but not limited to consideration on a case for financial benefit . i would through training ensure that our members are well aware housing is a financial benefit. >> for some leniency towards their set sentence. >> that would be consideration on a case. >> that works. >> presidentcohen: looks like we're getting there. we're getting some agreement . ahern, lacey, are you getting allthese notes ? do we need to give you 10 minutes to get everything finalized we can take a break here ?>> it's up to you presidents: >> president cohen: i am here to serve. >> you have information correct from my previous email regardingthese changes . i think president cohen is

asking if we can make the changes and submit it so they can see the finished product. >> president cohen: that's exactly right. >> i thought there was a mystical theory out there making all these changes but it's not, it's just us. i mean, you. >> i might need to work with the commission office because i'm not sure that i have an electronic version of the document that weare submitting . >> president cohen: no problem. we're going to take a 10 minute recess. allowing you to connect with the commission office and we will check back in and see how the progress is going. everyone, 10 minutes so we'll see you at 7:30. goodbye.♪

♪ >> as it relates to the ♪ ♪ informant and exculpatory information and now says it information and informant receives any benefit, consideration or compensation . >> thank you . >> president: if i could ask miss lacey to just readoff the changes . carol, do youhappen to . >> do you still have them? it might be easier for you, just because my version has the full redline version so it's hard for me to see exactly where. >> okay. >> do you want me to do it or doyou have ?

>> you can do it. i don't think you sent to me and i want to read some of the documents commissioner elias if you could do it. >> i thinksergeant youngblood is sending it to you . >> i have, i'm looking at the redline version that was just emailed . it shows the change in section 5.160.3, subsection b. oh .2, reads information and informant received any benefit, consideration or compensation. that's change one. change 2 is section g. subsection 1. it's the last sentence. now reads the name of the lieutenant who authorized direct submission and reason for the exigency shall be documented in a chronological investigation and an incident report if applicable.

the next section and i apologize, i don't have page numbers because there's no electronic form . 5.1604, subsectiona . the second to the last paragraph of that section, the last sentence of the second paragraph to the last section will now be additionally an assistant chief approval is required prior to the service of theauthorized no knock warrant . the next change i have is section 5.1 6.05, subsection b. shall read the last session shall be members shall make reasonable efforts to announce their identity inperson . members shall document such a necessity in the chronological investigation if an incident

report is applicable. the next change is in section e 2. the first sentence shall read members shall provide a copy of a search warrant excluding the affidavit 2 that lists the three. in that same section the last sentence of that section shall be changed to reflect the following. if a search warrant is not provided the reasons for withholding shall be documented inthe chronological investigation and incident report if applicable . and i think that was it. that's all thechanges that i see. does that work ?>> yes ma'am. >> i'm glad we were able to read the changes intothe record prior to the vote . i don'twant to delay this

anymore . do we all concurwith the changes ? >> president cohen: okay. let's takepublic comment on this item and we will take a vote . thank you the attorneys who worked hard quickly to make this happen. >> clerk: if you'd like to make public comment at this time, please dial star 6 and madam president, note for the record i do not see commissioner hamasaki online but we still do stillhave his phone . >> president cohen: thank you. >> clerk: we have a caller for public comment. you have 2 minutes. >> caller: thank you police commissioners . i'm calling to ask that policy for search warrants not be decided in such a rush where

literally no one final version that can be taken to a vote and be negotiated with sfpoa. they've chosen to not behave honorably in regards to warrants and they have some specific desires to close on population so as we're looking to be a fair-minded city and it's concerning, one of our primary rights, i think there is time to take a moment and consider outside commentary and that at least get a version together that everyone understands and can see and is hopefully in my mind public and available for a more robust public comment than this short commentary. i think that the search warrant policy is very important to our city and i would hope to see such collars and commenters as

the aclu or the local protection and rights groups on this call and part of this conversation and that's clearly not the case . so while i see every one of these commissioners, then they don't know what the changes in policy are, i'm certain the aclu doesn't understand what changes you'remaking to our city . i'm asking you to reach a more robust public comment and slow walk what is in my opinion probably adestructive event to limit our rights . >> clerk: thank youcaller . that evening caller. you have 2minutes . >> caller: chief scott, executive director henderson, thank you to brian cox and i'd like to call out despite the rhetoric about militarization

as fpd seeks to engage in military like tactics. this authorizes sfpd to execute no knockwarrants . these warrants are dangerous and disproportionatelytarget black and brown people . as the most recent victim was murdered by cops lightly firing into her apartment. many jurisdictions have banned and republicans as you propose legislation to do the same . no knock relics of the war on drugs i appreciate the vga authorizes them for the preservation of evidence but sfpd must seek other means to collect evidence that by scaring innocent people and creating dangerous conditions . it's clear they will dothis on their own .the commission should exercise its power. i'm calling on the commissioner to vote no on this dgo and

provide additional time to consider this sothe public has a greater opportunity to review the changes proposed here tonight . >> clerk: thank you caller. good evening caller, you have 2 minutes. >> caller: thank you. good evening everyone, my name is danielle harris i'm managing attorney for the integrity of san francisco publicdefender's office and i appreciate all the hard work i know must have gone into drafting this new proposed order . but i have various concerns. i am concerned as someone who has litigated many, many search warrants over my 22 years as a public defender, i have serious concerns about the legal actress accuracy of parts of this order. i understand and sympathize this consideration has been

underway for 2 years but we have had it for less than three full business days and are asking for additional time to evaluate it. it is dense and an additional week or two is not a lot to ask. i also have concerns as did th previous caller about the procedure being followed here tonight . i'm not certain can be considered fair notice to the public where changes are made during this very meeting on which the vote is taken. i would urge the procedure that president cohen andvice president lis suggested , that this be delayed for at least one week so that all concerned parties can have a chanceto substantivelyweigh in . thank you . >> clerk: thank youcaller .

president cohen,that includes public comment . >> president cohen: all right. okay, so i'm prepared to vote today. this has been atwo-year process . i am not feeling the request to delay for one more week but if other commissioners want to delay, i will support that and we can let the members of the public comb through the dgo. i'm open to it however i think the process has been thorough . it'sbeen 2 years . there's been a lot of odds on this and i will also see you, commissioner elias. i think you've been the one working on this for the longest amount of time.

i've only been working on this last year . also for the record the dgo has been posted since august 5. so the general public has had more than a month to review. and the changes that we made today in my opinion arevery slight . not substantive in changing the nature of it but those are my thoughts and opinions. i wanted to seewhat the overall commission thinks .i think for the record we just posted the new changes to the changes our lives in addition to commissionerelias reading them into the record . any thoughts? if not i will call the vote. >> i agree with you in almost all you say but it's been

plenty of times but we have to give the appearance as well as substantial. i can understand audience members calling and it appears rushed. i don't like to dispute the chief but i think that for the appearance be done correctly. it's not just the substance. it's also in the hearing tonight, some people cansubmit questions . >> president cohen: any other comments? no? commissioner, can you take a motion to continue this item in one weeks time and mark. >> clerk: so they. >> president cohen: is there a second ? second and by commissionerelias . p please be prepared to vote o

it next week next item . >> clerk: president cohen, we need to vote on the motion. >> president cohen: you're right. sorry, i was thinking ... okay. emotion has been made and seconded. >> clerk: on motion to continue the matter on search warrants, commissioner byrne. [roll call vote] president cohen, you have 4 yeses. >> president cohen: thank you to the chief as well and also to thecommissioners thatworked

on this . we will pick this item back up quickly next week sergeant , what's next on the agenda ? >> clerk: line item 7, adjournment. >> president cohen: can we take public comment onadjournment ? >> clerk: know we do not. >>president cohen: iknow, it's a joke .we are adjourned . thank you verymuch. see you next week .

today we are going to talk about fire safety. we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. it's a wonderful display. a little house in the urban center exhibition center that shows what it's like in a home in san francisco after an earthquake. one of the major issues that we are going to face after earthquakes are fire hazard. we are happy to have the fire marshall join us today. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> we talk about the san francisco earthquake that was a

fire that mostly devastated the city. how do we avoid that kind of problem. how can we reduce fire hazard? >> the construction was a lot different. we don't expect what we had then. we want to make sure with the gas heaters that the gas is shut off. >> if you shut it off you are going to have no hot water or heat. be careful not to shut it off unless you smell gas. >> absolutely because once you do shut it off you should have the utility company come in and turn it back on. here is a mock up of a gas hear the on a house. where would we find the gas meter? >> it should be in your garage. everyone should be familiar

with where the gas meter is. >> one of the tools is a wrench, a crescent wrench. >> yes. the crescent wrench is good and this is a perfect example of how to have it so you can loosen it up and use it when you need it. >> okay. let's go inside to talk about fire safety. many of the issues here relate to fire, for example, we have a little smoke detector and i see you brought one here, a carbon monoxide smoke detector. >> this is a combination of smoke and carbon monoxide detector. they are required in single homes now and in apartment buildings. if gas

appliance is not burning properly this will alert you before the fumes buildup and will affect you negatively. >> this is a battery powered? >> this is a battery powered and it has a 10 year battery life. a lot of times you may have one or the other. if you put in just a carbon monoxide detector, it's important to have one of these too. every house should have a fire extinguisher, yes. >> one thing people expect to do when the power goes out after an earthquake about using candles. what would you recommend? >> if you have a battery operated candle would be better to use. this kind of a candle,

you wouldn't want it in an area where it can cause a fire or aftershock that it doesn't rollover. you definitely want to have this in a non-combustible surface. >> now, here we have our stove. after a significant earthquake we expect that we may have gas disrupted and so without gas in your home, how are you going to cook? >> well, i wouldn't recommend cooking inside of the house. you have to go outside and use a portable stove or something else. >> so it wouldn't be safe to use your fireplace to cook?

>> not at first. you should check it by a professional first. >> outside should be a safe place to cook as long as you stay away from buildings and doors and windows. >> yes. that will be fine. >> here we have some alternative cooking areas. >> you can barbecue and if you have a regular propane bark could barbecue. >> thank you for joining us. and thanks for this terrific space that you have in this exhibition space and thanks for helping san francisco stay safe.

>> i'm warren corn field and we are doing a series called stay safe, we are going to talk about staying in your home after an earthquake and taking care of your pet's needs. ♪♪

>> here we are at the spur urban ken center and we are in this little house that was built to show what it is like in san francisco after an earthquake. we are very pleased to have with us today, pat brown from the department of animal care and control and her friend oreo. >> hi. >> lauren. >> could you tell us what it would take after an earthquake or some other emergency when you are in your home and maybe no power or water for a little while. what it would take for you and oreo to be comfortable and safe at home. >> just as you would prepare for your own needs should an earthquake or a disaster event occur, you need to prepare for your pets. and i have brought with me today, some of the things that i have put in my disaster kit to prepare for my animal's needs to make sure that i am

ready should something happen and i need to shelter at home. >> what are some of the things that people should have in their home after an earthquake or other emergency to help take care of their tasks and take care of themselves. >> i took the liberty of bringing you some examples. it includes a first aid kit for your pet and you can also use it for yourself and extra meds for your pets. and water container that will not tip over. we have got both food, wet food and dry food for your pet. and disposable food container. and water, and your vet records. in addition, we have a collar and some toys. >> yeah. to keep oreo busy. >> he needs toys and this is san francisco being a fruity

city and come on oreo. this is your dinner, it is patte style chicken dinner with our foody seen here. >> what they say now is that you should have at least a gallon of water and i think that a gallon of water is small amount, i think that maybe more like two gallons of water would be good for you and your pet. >> does the city of animal control or any other agency help you with your pet after an emergency. >> there is a coalition of ngos, non-governmental organizations led by the department of animal care and control to do disaster planning for pets and that includes the san francisco spca. the paws group, the vet sos, pets unlimited. and we all have gotten together and have been getting together for over four or five years now to talk about how we can educate the public about being

prepared for a disaster as it involves your pets. >> a lot of services. i understand that if you have to leave your home, we are encouraging people to take their pets with them. >> absolutely. we think that that is a lesson that we concerned from karina, if you are being evacuated you should take your pet with you. i have a carrier, and you need to have a carrier that you can fit your pet in comfortably and you need to take your pet with you when you were evacuated. >> i am going to thank you very much for joining us and bringing oreo today.

>> as a woman of color who grew up in san francisco i understand how institutions can have an impact on communities of color. i think having my voice was important. that is where my passion lies when the opportunity to lead an office in such a new space came up. i couldn't turn it down. i was with the district attorney's office for a little over nine years, if you include the time as an intern as well as volunteer da, all most 13 years.

during the time with the da's office i had an opportunity to serve the community not only as the assistant district attorney but as director of community relations. that afforded the opportunity to have impact on the community in an immediate way. it is one thing to work to serve the rights of those without rights, victims. it is really rewarding to work to to further the goals of our office and the commitment we have as city employees and advocates for people who don't have a voice. i don't know of anyone surprised to see me in this role. maybe people have an impression what the director of the office of cannabis should be like, what their beliefs should be. i smash all of that. you grew up in the inner city of san francisco. my career path is not traditional. i don't think a person should limit themselves to reach full

potential. i say that to young women and girls. that is important. you want to see leadership that looks diverse because your path is not predetermined. i didn't wake up thinking i was going to be a prosecutor in my life. the city administrator reached out and wanted to have a conversation and gave me interest in the new role. i thought you must not know what i do for a living. it was the opposite. she had foresight in realizing it would be helpful for somebody not only a former prosecutor but interested in shaping criminal justice reform for the city would be the right person for the space. i appreciate the foresight of the mayor to be open how we can be leaders in san francisco. i was able to transition to the policy space. here i was able to work on legislation, community relations, communication and start to shape the ways our

office was going to reform the criminal justice system. it is fulfilling for me. i could create programs and see those impact people's lives. i am the change. it took truants youth to meet with civil rights movement leaders who fought to have access to education. being a young person to understand that helped the young people realize this was an important thing to give up. what we find is that young people who are truanted have a really high homicide rate in our city, which is a sad statistic. we want to change that. >> coming from a community we are black and brown. i don't reach out to other people. i don't think they feel the same way. >> i had the great opportunity to work on prison reform issues and criminal justice reform issues. we created a program at san

quentin where we brought district opportunities to lifers and talk about how we are all impacted by the criminal justice system. we brought over 40 elected das to san quentin for the situation. now we are inviting the police department. our formerly incarcerated group born out of this programming asked for the opportunity to work on a project where we could bring the men in blue on the outside to come speak to the men on blue inside to start the healing dialogue around how the criminal justice system specifically in san francisco impacts the community. i was attracted to the role. there was a component of equity that was part of this process. the equity community here in san francisco is a community that i had already worked with. before i took steps to visit cannabis businesses i thought it

was important my team have a chance to go inside and speak to men who had been impacted. that conversation needed to happen so we know how we are making an impact with the work that we are doing. the da's office as we were leading up to the legalization of marijuana in the state we started having conversations on the policy team what that could look like. the district attorney was really focused on the right side of history for this. we realized it would be quite a heavy lift for individuals who have been negatively impacted by the war on drugs to expunge the record. it was important to figure out the framework to make it seamless and easy. they put their minds to it after some time and many conversations the data analysts and other policy walk throughs on the team

came up with the idea to engage the tech community in this process. code for america helped us developed the rhythm to be used for any jurisdiction across the state that was important to create a solution to be used to assist all jurisdictions dealing with this matter. the office of cannabis is the first office to have a completely digital application process. we worked with the digital team to develop the online application. there are going to be hiccups. we are first to do it. it is one of the most rewarding parts to offer a seamless -- to offer a seamless approach. that is how they can find solutions to solve many of the community challenges. the best way to respond to prop 64 was to retroactively expunge 9,000 cannabis related records

for san francisco. it feels like justice full circle for my personal experience. in the past i was furthering the war on drugs just as my directive. really coming from a place of public safety. that was the mandate and understanding. it is nice to see that pass a society we are able to look at some of our laws and say, you know what? we got it wrong. let's get this right. i had the privilege of being in the existing framework. my predecessor nicole elliott did an incredible job bringing together the individuals super-passionate about cannabis. >> the office was created in july of 2017. i came in early 2018. i have been able to see the office's development over time which is nice. it is exciting to be in the space, stickily in thinking

about her leadership. >> looking for the office it is always we might be before my time when i was working for the forboard of supervisors. i learn new things every day it is challenging and rewarding for me. >> we get the privilege to work in an office that is innovating. we get to spearhead the robust exprogram. >> i am excited she came on board to leverage experience as a prosecutor 10 years as we contemplate enforcements but approaching it without replicating the war on drugs. >> i was hired by cam laharris. i haven't seen a district attorney that looked kind of like me. that could be a path in my life. i might not have considered it.

it is important that women and certainly women of color and spaces of leadership really do their part to bring on and mentor as many young people as they can. it is superimportant to take advantage of as many opportunities as they can when they can intern because the doors are wide open. plans change and that is okay. the way this was shaped because i took a risk to try something new and explore something and show that i was capable. you are capable, right? it was about leaning in and being at the table to say my voice matters. you find your passion adjourned.our passion >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shop & dine in the 49 with within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help

san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 my name is jim woods i'm the founder of woods beer company and the proprietor of woods copy k open 2 henry adams what makes us unique is that we're reintegrated brooeg the beer and serving that cross the table people are sitting next to the xurpz drinking alongside we're having a lot of ingredient that get there's a lot to do the district of retail shop having that really close connection with the consumer allows us to do exciting things we decided to come to treasure island because we saw it as an amazing opportunity can't be beat the views and real estate that great county starting to develop on treasure island like minded business owners with last

week products and want to get on the ground floor a no-brainer for us when you you, you buying local goods made locally our supporting small business those are not created an, an sprinkle scale with all the machines and one person procreating them people are making them by hand as a result more interesting and can't get that of minor or anywhere else and san francisco a hot bed for local manufacturing in support that is what keeps your city vibrant we'll make a compelling place to live and visit i think that local business is the lifeblood of san francisco and a vibrant community. >> a lot of water heater in san francisco look like this may be

yours doesn't too do you know it is the post earthquake problems we'll show you to brace our water heater hi, everybody i'm patrick director of quarter safety for the city and county of san francisco welcome to another episode of stay safe today, we'll talk about bracing water heaters water heater failure is a leading problem with earthquake fires you have a a single source you'll have in our home. >> how are you. >> so what are we looking here. >> this is a water heater 3 weighs from 200 to nine hundred pound during an earthquake that weight will try to move sideways

we need to secure is. >> we'll brace the water heater our model home in south of market we'll use a simple kit interest the hardware stores from $20 it the the clean up itself single thing to do what necessary look like. >> this is what you'll find in our kit a inch and a half wide strap to attach to the wall around the water heater and so you want to compare this in some garages around the city and state which is called plumbers tape innovate as strong and we need to brace the water heater if you find this you'll want to replace it with a streetscaping kit. >> we've put blocking so that

way we streetscape the water heater a nice fit it is important and important probation officer mention you need to move our water heater to strap is it talk about to a license plumber they'll come out with a firm once we streetscape those obviously we want to follow the manufactures instructions. >> typically the instructions will require the strap one strap be installed to fit the top third of the water heater and the bottom on the bottom 1/3rd away from the controls if it is above a certain size 50 gallons a third train e streetscape in the middle of the water heater. >> a lot of time i see older water heaters on the ground obviously explain why this is required and the mr. chairman is

required if you pa a water are hereto in the garage gas fumes can accommodate and the pilot light will ignite the fumes so you want to above the grouped level. >> so why not go ahead and he get started with the bracing. >> we're joined with peter from construction he'll help us

>> there you have it for not a lot of 340e7b in a short time we were able to reduce the risks as you can see secure and even in a big rumble bell not going to come losses thank you for watching we'll give is one more big push as you can see with i'm nicole and lindsey, i like the fresh air. when we sign up, it's always so

gratifying. we want to be here. so i'm very excite ied to be here today. >> your volunteerism is appreciated most definitely. >> last year we were able to do 6,000 hours volunteering. without that we can't survive. volunteering is really important because we can't do this. it's important to understand and a concept of learning how to take care of this park. we have almost a 160

acres in the district 10 area. >> it's fun to come out here. >> we have a park. it's better to take some of the stuff off the fences so people can look at the park. >> the street, every time, our friends. >> i think everybody should give back. we are very fortunate. we are successful with the company and it's time to give back. it's a great place for us. the weather is nice. no rain. beautiful san francisco. >> it's a great way to be able to have fun and give back and

walk away with a great feeling. for more opportunities we have volunteering every single day of the week. get in touch with the parks and recreation center so come

>> in 201,755.7 million passengers traveled through san francisco international airport. we have on average 150,000 people traveling through the airport every day. flying can be stressful so we have introduced therapy dogs to make flying more enjoyable. the wag brigade is a partnership between the airport and the san francisco therapy animal assistant program to bring therapy animals into the airport, into the terminals to

make passenger travel more enjoyable. i amgen fer casarian and i work here at san francisco international airport. the idea for therapy dogs got started the day after 9/11. an employee brought his therapy dog to work after 9/11 and he was able to see how his dog was able to relieve passenger's jitter. when we first launched the program back in 2013, our main goal was to destress our passengers however what we quickly found is that our animals were helping us find a way to connect with our pang. passengers. we find there are a lot of people traveling through the airport who are missing their pets and who are on their road a lot and can't have pets and we have come in contact with a lot of people recently who have lost pet. >> i love the wag brigade.

>> one of my favorite parts is walking into the terminals and seeing everybody look up from their device, today everybody is interacting on their cell phone or laptop and we can walk into the terminal with a dog or a pig and people start to interact with each other again and it's on a different level. more of an emotional level. >> i just got off an 11.5 hour flight and nice to have this distraction in the middle of it. >> we look for wag brigade handlers who are comfortable in stressful situations. >> i like coming to airport it's a lot of fun and the people you talk to are generally people who are missing their dogs.

>> they are required to compete a certification process. and they are also required to complete a k9 good citizen test and we look for animals who have experienced working with other organizations such as hospitals and pediatric units and we want to be sure that the animals we are bringing into the airport are good with children and also good with some of our senior travelers. i think toby really likes meeting kids. that is his favorite thing. he likes to have them pet him and come up to him and he really loves the kids. >> our wag brigade animals can be spotted wearing custom vets and they have custom patches. >> there is never a day that repeats itself and there is never and encounter that repeats

itself. we get to do maximum good in a small stretch of time and i have met amazing people who have been thrilled to have the interaction. >> the dogs are here seven days a week, we have 20 dogs and they each come for a two hour shift. >> there is a lot of stress when people have traveling so to from these animals around to ease the stress and help people relax a little bit. i think it's great. >> one of our dogs has special need and that is tristine. he wears a wheel around. >> he has special shoes and a harness and we get it together in the parking lot and then we get on the air train. he loves it.

little kids love him because he is a little lower to the ground so easy to reach and he has this big furry head they get to pet and he loves that. >> he doesn't seem to mind at all. probably one of the happiest dogs in the world. >> many people are nervous when they travel but seeing the dogs is just a wonderful relief. >> what i absolutely love most about it is the look on people's faces, so whenever they are stressed and flying is stressful these days you get these wonderful smile. >> i am the mom of lilo the pig and she is san francisco's first therapy pig. >> lilo joined the wag brigade as our first pig.

>> wag brigade invited us to join the program here and we have done it about a year-and-a-half ago. our visits last 1.5 to 2 hours and it does take a little bit longer to get out of the terminal because we still get a lot of attention and a lot of people that want to interact with lilo. >> i feel honored to be part of the wag brigade. it's very special to meet so many people and make so many feel happy and people that work here. it's been a great experience for me and a great experience for to toby. >> it's been an extremely successful program, so the next time you are here, stop by and

say hi. >> i love teaching. it is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. >> this really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. this is very enriching as an artist. a lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. >> there are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. that is a really big draw. >> this is a signature piece.

this is the bill largest darkroom in the u.s.. >> there are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. >> i think it is the heart of this place. you feel it when you come in. >> the people who just started taking pictures, so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography.

>> we get to build the community here. this is different. first of all, this is a great location. it is in a less-populated area. >> of lot of people come here just so that they can participate in this program. it is a great opportunity for people who have a little bit of photographic experience. the people have a lot, they can really come together and share a love and a passion. >> we offer everything from traditional black and white darkrooms to learning how to process your first roll of film. we offer classes and workshops

in digital camera, digital printing. we offer classes basically in the shooting, ton the town at night, treasure island. there is a way for the programs exploring everyone who would like to spend the day on this program. >> hello, my name is jennifer. >> my name is simone. we are going on a field trip to take pictures up the hill. >> c'mon, c'mon, c'mon. >> actually, i have been here a lot. i have never looked closely

enough to see everything. now, i get to take pictures. >> we want to try to get them to be more creative with it. we let them to be free with them but at the same time, we give them a little bit of direction. >> you can focus in here. >> that was cool. >> if you see that? >> behind the city, behind the houses, behind those hills. the see any more hills? >> these kids are wonderful. they get to explore, they get to see different things. >> we let them explore a little bit. they get their best.

if their parents ever ask, we can learn -- they can say that they learned about the depth of field or the rule of thirds or that the shadows can give a good contrast. some of the things they come up with are fantastic. that is what we're trying to encourage. these kids can bring up the creativity and also the love for photography. >> a lot of people come into my classes and they don't feel like they really are creative and through the process of working and showing them and giving them some tips and ideas. >> this is kind of the best kept secret. you should come on and take a class. we have orientations on most

saturdays. this is a really wonderful location and is the real jewel to the community. >> ready to develop your photography skills? the harvey milk photo center focuses on adult classes. and saturday workshops expose youth and adults to photography classes. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> so i grew up in cambridge, massachusetts and i was very fortunate to meet my future wife, now my wife while we were both attending graduate school at m.i.t., studying urban planning. so this is her hometown. so, we fell in love and moved to her city. [♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪] >> i was introduced to this part of town while working on a campaign for gavin, who is running for mayor. i was one of the organizers out here and i met the people and i fell in love with them in the neighborhood. so it also was a place in the city that at the time that i could afford to buy a home and i wanted to own my own home. this is where we laid down our roots like many people in this neighborhood and we started our family and this is where we are going to be. i mean we are the part of san francisco. it's the two neighborhoods with the most children under the age of 18. everybody likes to talk about how san francisco is not family-friendly, there are not a lot of children and families. we have predominately single family homes. as i said, people move here to buy their first home, maybe with multiple family members or

multiple families in the same home and they laid down their roots. [♪♪♪] >> it's different because again, we have little small storefronts. we don't have light industrial space or space where you can build high-rises or large office buildings. so the tech boom will never hit our neighborhood in that way when it comes to jobs. >> turkey, cheddar, avocado, lettuce and mayo, and little bit of mustard. that's my usual. >> mike is the owner, born and bred in the neighborhood. he worked in the drugstore forever. he saved his money and opened up

his own spot. we're always going to support home grown businesses and he spent generations living in this part of town, focusing on the family, and the vibe is great and people feel at home. it's like a little community gathering spot. >> this is the part of the city with a small town feel. a lot of mom and pop businesses, a lot of family run businesses. there is a conversation on whether starbucks would come in. i think there are some people that would embrace that. i think there are others that would prefer that not to be. i think we moved beyond that conversation. i think where we are now, we really want to enhance and embrace and encourage the businesses and small businesses that we have here. in fact, it's more of a mom and pop style business. i think at the end of the day,

what we're really trying to do is encourage and embrace the diversity and enhance that diversity of businesses we already have. we're the only supervisor in the city that has a permanent district office. a lot of folks use cafes or use offices or different places, but i want out and was able to raise money and open up a spot that we could pay for. i'm very fortunate to have that. >> hi, good to see you. just wanted to say hi, hi to the owner, see how he's doing. everything okay? >> yeah. >> good. >> we spend the entire day in the district so we can talk to constituents and talk to small businesses. we put money in the budget so you guys could be out here.

this is like a commercial corridor, so they focus on cleaning the streets and it made a significant impact as you can see. what an improvement it has made to have you guys out here. >> for sure. >> we have a significantly diverse neighborhood and population. so i think that's the richness of the mission and it always has been. it's what made me fall in love with this neighborhood and why i love it so much.

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roll at this time. president matsuda. >> here. >> commissioner black. >> here. >> commissioner foley. >> here. >> commissioner jones. >> here. >> commissioner nageswaran. >> here. >> commissioner so. >> here. >> commissioner wright. >> commissioner wright. i can see you are here, but i cannot hear you. >> here. >> can you hear me? >> yes. >> very good. first is general public comment. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. with respect to agenda items your opportunity is afforded when the item is reached. each member may address the commission for up to three minutes. if you would like to submit

comments on under general public comment press star 3. commission president matsuda, do you want to providely or two minutes? >> three minute is fine. >> when your line is unmuted begin speaking. >> linda chapman from rob hill. coming before you for the first time. usually i go to the planning commission to require when the sub stake has ever come before you. i was astonished when i read the thereport. those are usually not the ones that go deep into the strongest reasons why preservation should be done. it was astonishing, you know. i knew it was important to the q lbgq district where i live in

69, really. when it was at the time it was appropriate for gay rights and the place where people from knob hill went, where everybody went from the community we women would have not gone to the gay bars. it is still there. it was charming. we understood it hasomething to do with a railroad car. in 75 next door to it because there was the customers in the lbgq district at the time they added next door a charming dining room that is part of that era. the arguments made against -- by people opposed it the developer who bought it to teardown, obviously, were, number one, the dining room which was part of the lbgq era made the railroad

car not important. then it was a lunch car. when i read about that it goes back to 1950 in that district. it mist have come directly after the earthquake. moving to the location where it is now before world war ii, been there ever since in the neighborhood. there have been changes to the lunch car, which turned into our diner, you know, went from historic lunch carbs to the historic diner business, it changed things that any restaurant would happen. no restaurant has the same kitchen over 100 years of the same toilet equipment and minor changes like light fixtures at the top or things of that sort,

you know. a charming place. in every other district all of the lbgtq landmarks are proposed everywhere except nob hill. it is play to play. we have the operation where you pay to get recommendation. these people were told the $1,000 unit for the building they planned to build were not enough because there was too much opposition. they had to pay more, $40,000 was recommended. i don't know how much they paid or did not pay for letters from other organizations. you know, because this had been an lbgtq welcoming place. >> your time is up. >> hello commissioners, i reside in calhara.

i am calling about clay theatre built in 1912. the clay theater is one of the few remaining single screens in san francisco. architectural jewel original design from 100 years ago is intact today. supervisor catherine stefani who represents district 2 has introduced a popular land mark resolution for clay theatre cosponsored by supervisors press kin, safai and preston and chan. after winding through committees this legislation was approved by may or breed and sent to you on august 12th. i believe up 180 days to decide. let me say that i hope the historical commission will get to the great theater before that. the current owner of the building does not appreciate the historical value and considering

turning it into retail space. time is something of an issue. i wanted to make the commission aware. that is my comment. thank you very much. >> thank you. members of the public. last call for general public comment. press star 3 to be added to the queue. seeing no additional requests to speak. general public comment is closed. we can move on to department matters. 1. department announcements. >> hello. elizabeth gordon planning department staff. no matters today. >> thank you. commission matters. 2. president's report and announcements. >> thank you. since we now have a full commission, i think we are now able to have an election. i wanted to see if all of the

commissioners were okay by consensus to schedule this election of officers to take place at the next h.p.c. meeting scheduled for september 15th. it will be the election of officers. correct me if i am wrong. the president and the vice president. >> that's correct, commissioners. there is a little disagreement between myself and the city attorney's office, but to make them happy i think we should schedule election of president and vice president. new election of officers to fulfill this remaining term of 2021. because you have the vacancy of vice president. today if you all agree to set that date, we can certainly have it on the 15th. >> do we need a motion?

>> i don't believe we need a motion, vicky. if everyone agrees if there is no objection we will buy this announcement set that date on september 15th to hold an election of officers. >> so there is no question or uncertainty or anything, i move we hold the election at the next meeting of the historic preservation commission. >> second. >> third. >> on that motion, then to schedule elections of officers on september 15th. commissioner wright. >> yes. >> commissioner nageswaran. >> yes. >> commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> aye. >> commissioner johns. >> yes. >> commissioner so. >> yes. >> commissioner president matsuda.

>> yes. >> that passes unanimously 7-0. thank you, commissioner john. >> i have one more thing, if i can. it was presently brought to my attention by a member of the public about the status of the murals. you know that this issue came before us as an informationalin issue because u.c.s.f. is under the h.p.c. jurisdiction. to give you a summary last fall u.c.s.f. awarded a san francisco based firm to remove murals and preserve it. at the same time to create a task force for a new location. h.p.c. requested to be part of that and that was granted. h.p.c. also asked because a

member of the public was interested in seeing the task force be expanded to other members of the community to consider other names submitted. we still have not received a response from them. in the interim, a legal suit was filed, injunction was filed by various groups opposed to the expansion of u.c.s.f. what that means is that everything stopped. meaning any preservation, any plans to reuse the murals stopped. that will continue to be on hold. at the earliest the judge will determine whether just this part of the project can go forward at the next hearing in september. i wanted to bring that to all of your attention. >> okay. that concludes president's report. we can move on to item 3. consideration of adoption of

draft minutes for the august 18, 2021 hearing. members of the public this is your opportunity to address the admission on the minutes by pressing star 3. no requests to speak, public comment is closed. minutes are before you, commissioner. >> motion to approve minutes. >> second. >> thank you. on that motion commissioner wright. >> yes. >> commissioner nageswaran. >> yes. >> commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> yes. >> commissioner johns. >> yes. >> commissioner so. >> yes. >> commission president matsuda. >> yes. >> so moved. that passes unanimously 7-0. placing us on item 4. commission comments and questions. seeing no requests to speak from members -- i take that back.

>> commissioner nageswaran. >> i was listening to the public comment by mrs. chapman and the other person. i didn't get his name. i do know both buildings. i don't know the status of those two of the planning department, if they could give an update. i don't know if you know now or at the next meeting the status for the grubstake and clay theater. >> could we ask staff to provide a status report at the next meeting? >> absolutely. i think you just accomplished that. sorry about that. >> commissioner so. >> i have two announcements. first i wanted to and i think

everybody will know that september is the architecture and city arts festival. this year there is a lot of interesting events. i hope that everyone will participate a little bit more or just join in some of those conversations. it is packed with community interesting topics related to the city and architecture and preservation. my second announcement is that some of you may have heard that i became one of the committee members for the memoir -- memorial advisory commission on the arts and human rights commission and san francisco parks department. it is just advisory committee to look into how we addressed the

civic arts collections for the city. that is all my announcements. >> thank you. congratulations. >> any other members of the commission wish to make comments or questions? okay. i think we are ready to move on. >> okay. next item is consideration of items proposed for continuance. no items to be continued at the time of the agenda and still. right to the regular calendar for 5. 2021-006260pca state-mandated accessory dwelling unit controls. this is a planning code amendment. staff, are you prepared for the presentation? >> yes, i have a slide deck for

today as well. i am trying to load right now. can i just confirm, first, that the slide deck is up right now? >> yes, we can see it. >> okay. great. thank you. good afternoon, commissioners, planning department staff. the item before you is the state

mandated accessory dwelling unit for a.d.u. ordinance introduced by the mayor. today i am joined by our team manager and coordinatetor as well as peter from the city attorney's office. this is the same ordinance that appeared in front of you last year in november of 2020. some of the changes were referred to you that is why we are back today. the goal is to align our a.d.u. program with changes to state law which clarified the ministerial review process for a.d.u.s. the focus of the ordinance are things we are required to do to comply with state law. the ordinance now incorporates recommended modification moved by you and planning commission to retain the preference to the

objective architectural review standard. the ordinance now reduces the permissible site for a.d.u.s in response to planning commission concerns 1200 square feet would impact the space. lastly, this version of the ordinance includes clarifications for things required by state law. mainly one new bill requires the city to ministerially consider application to consider a.d.u. on a lot containing an existing or proposed single family home. last year before this applicants to only choose one or the other. additionally, the ordinance imposes a new 16-foot height limit on certain a.d.u.s. original ordinance listed

16-foot height limit for attached a.d.u.s. to emphasize the 16-foot height limit is still required by state law and amendment would list this requirement out similar to how it is listed for detached a.d.u.s. under state law there are two buckets of state mandated a.d.u.s rebranded since the last hearing. first, state a.d.u. program previously known as streamlined a.d.u.s. they also have the hybrid program previously known as ministerial. under this bucket we also have a new type of a.d.u. called junior a.d.u. which can convert 500 square feet of single family home. calling for each with a few highlights on the slide with different buckets in mind and our local program. property owner may qualify for

more than one type of a.d.u., and in that case the staff will work with the applicant to clarify what they qualify for. ultimately it would be up to the applicant to decide what type of a.d.u. they want to pursue. ordinance includes a few big picture changes on the slide and discussed in the staff record. the primary reason this ordinance is in front of you today is because it amends article 10 and 11 to explicitly say proposed state man datessed a.d.u.s in article 10 and 11 would be except from permits to review so long as they comply with state law. the change to article 10 and 11

is required. in this ordinance, there are three clarifications made to the local program not required by state law. these are all non substantive and clarifying of the code. the only change here that was not included in the original ordinance is that detached a.d.u.s located in the rear yard are measured from grade to the top of the flat roof or mid point of a pitched roof. state law did not define how high is measured. this clarification requires us to measure similar to other structures in the rear yard. after the packets per published the permit received one e-mail

which included general questions regarding the state law and urged support of a.d.u. construction within the rear yard. to close this ordinance covers the same item from last year which focuses on bringing our code in compliance with state law changes. staff recommends approval of the ordinance with modification and the modification is listed on the slide for you today. recommended modification relates to other local programs. for some context, the hybrid program understate lawal laws up to two detached structures up to 16 feet tall with 4-foot rear and side setbacks. they need to require with the required program. after the staff report was published we realized this would be difficult to construct two

detached a.d.u.s in the rear yard. the recommended modification today is to allow up to two detached a.d.u.s with the same height and set back parameters within the required rear yard. this proposed modification for the a.d.u.s under the local program to yield more rent controlled units. this concludes our presentation. i am available to answer any questions along with the rest of the a.d.u. team on the call today. thank you. >> thank you. >> are there any questions or comments from the commission? anyone? commissioner nageswaran. >> i really appreciated your summary of all of this in the packet and also your

presentation. it was very helpful. i think that the thing i am focused on it seems like between the state and the local programs there is the stipulation that the state does not allow for rent control. the other thing is the preservation part of it. this is sort of a question that i don't know and if any of you can answer that would be great. are there any ways in which cities can petition the state to address rent control and preservation concerns specific to sf? you brought that out in the text of the packet. then, you know, at the end of it

you said that you are thinking of things to incentivize the local program. i wondered and these are obvious. something related to property, taxes or, you know, promotion of property values with compliance, you know, the mills act for preserving properties to encourage multiple ways in which people can get something out of it. even though they may not be under the rule for the state for the a.d.u., maybe they would be encouraged to kind of fit whatever they wanted to do within the parameters within the mills act. obviously, the big thing is

streamlining the local program so that it can compete with the state program. i don't know enough about it to say that, but just putting those ideas out there. if you have any answers to those. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner. i will go ahead and start with general information for you. i will invite some of the team members to join shortly. i believe your first question related to if there are ways to petition or lobby for the state to accommodate more rent control aspects here. for that question, we are able to lobby for general restriction where the a.d.u. would be allowed or not allowed on the property or any other input on height or setbacks.

however for the rent control that is nonnegotiable for the state-mandated a.d.u.s. i will invite our city attorney to provide the technical response why rent control is not permitted then jump back in for the other questions. i will pause here for a moment. >> or even, you know, besides rent control, even petitioning for preservation aspects. >> thank you. just quickly. for the preservation aspects, part of the reason why we elected to include the reference to the objective architectural review standard that is more immediate input, and as we

described in the staff report the delegation agreement you saw earlier this month or last month, rather, incorporated those architectural standards applicable to a.d.u.s and other dwelling units really. the delegation agreement has resolved the conflicts between state mandated a.d.u.s and the state law. >> i don't mean to jump in. i am not sure if that answered commissioner nageswaran's question? i think it was more specific to related to preservation issues. how can this be challenged? how can our city preservation policies be clear about how to protect historic resources can

be in concert with what we are mandated by state law? >> i did understand what she said about the objective measures that were in the packet and how that was helping with preservation. yes, i mean i still, you know, would like to understand better how -- i don't know if heticiann is the right word -- petition is the right word. how we interact with the state for specific issues in the city different than other cities for what we are dealing with, but maybe the city attorney can answer that.

>> high, commissioner. commission hi,commissioners. do you want to address the general issue on this question of preservation and i can tackle rent control issue? >> sure. this is victoria wong from the city attorney's office. there is a general process whereby the city can lobby to the state for policy changes that it desires. there is a centralized process that can occur, and i believe often the mayor's office coordinates that. i don't think that is necessarily the only way. that is often the way the city makes its position known to the state. there are mechanisms in place to

make city views known on state legislation and requests for amendments, you know, where the city feels it is appropriate. that does occur. is that what you are getting at? >> yes. i don't know to what degree the city is willing to do that. that definitely addresses how it is done and, you know, if there is a possibility of it, that is good to know. >> staff can probably assist you and explain the process further if that is what you are interested in finding out more about. >> thank you. >> deputy city attorney. i will address the question of rent control imposed on a.d.u.s. the background is that state law the rental housing act generally

authorizes residential property owners to set the rental rates for their properties and prohibits local jurisdictions from imposing those rates or regulating them in many ways. there is an exception in the housing act for rental rates when there is essentially a contract entered into between property owner and local entity in exchange for direct financial contribution or some other benefit that the local entity is providing to the property owner. if that benefit is there, there is a contract, bargain between the property owner and local entity, then the local entity can impose rental rate restrictions on that property pursuant to that contract. in order for that to work, the

city has to have authority to deny or modify the proposed project. so they have something to bargain with with the property owner. otherwise it wouldn't be a valid contract between the property owner and local entity. that works in the context of the city local a.d.u. approval because that is discretionary. city has authority to deny or condition or modify construction of those projects. in the case of the state-mandated a.d.u. programs, the state is requiring the city in this case to approve these a.d.u.s. the city doesn't have the discretion to denay or -- to deny or modify those. the city doesn't havevally consideration to provide as part of the bargain on the housing act. that is why the city is limited

in its ability to impose rent control on a.d.u.s approved under the state-mandated programs. you can do so under the local program. >> thank you. i am still absorbing it. it was so helpful to get that background. it is really helpful. thank you. >> commissioner black. >> thank you. i just want to start out very quickly by giving a little shout out to staff. one of the challenges of being a planner in california is the every involving state laws that we are required to comply with. the process of compliance of each of these changes is complicated. you have seen several attorneys involved and there is this

roundtable or whatever departments in the city. this stuff takes a lot of staff time and takes them away from other important programs. in the past code and policy changes related to housing related every five to eight years as the housing numbers were to each city. in the past three or four years this stuff is coming in so fast and these are just housing changes. there are other state mandates staff have to manage. still they are cranking out routine applications and developing problematic changes. they took over a.d.u. review from the department of building inspection last fall to help during covid. having said that, it is what it is. we need housing and these changes are definitely needs especially in communities resistant to changing single

family laws. they really resist even a.d.u.s. i appreciate the pilot program for using state funds to add a.d.u.s. that is the target we should look at. i support a similar city-wide program to look for other funding sources as the state funds will deplete for. i support supervisor mandelman's proposal mentioned in the report. i like the junior a.d.u.s as a means of providing additional housing types for extended families. that works for lower income families and those who need caregivers and those who need to supplement their income. obviously, i share the disappointment concerning potentially inappropriate

modifications to landmark buildings. you know, with the intent of trying to get a lot of housing built and built quickly, matters like preservation take a back seat. it would seem to me based on the conversation we had with the city attorney and staff, it occurs there could be collaboration between san francisco city leaders and some other city leaders to lobby the state to address preservation issues. advocacy groups could get involved and use our local representatives to achieve that. you know, preservation is not a front burner matter, but it could be incorporated properly with smart people that we have coordinating with other smart people making it easier for the state to make this change.

just my two cents. >> thank you. commissioner so. >> thank you for the report. thank you for being so -- this is a long work in progress. it is amazing. thank you to everyone involved. i am sure there are more than one or two staff here today. it is a teamwork process. i agree with commissioner black's point and i want to focus on a few questions i have. noticing that like the state and the local a.d.u. allowed this to fast track. i wonder how about these local neighborhood guidelines that many of us are familiar with depending on which neighborhood you are in. are those -- if a homeowner has

to do something it won't trigger a specific of appropriateness. would they still need to ascertain all of those much strictter neighborhood design guidelines part of the planning code? i am pointing one as an example. there are a lot of different neighborhoods. that is my question. then the other question i have is that the second requirement. i wonder if and i am pretty sure everyone involved including the department of building and inspections and the fire department. don't they always like to do five feet set back to keep fire ratings? i am wondering. are we saying that now the planning requirement allows you

to do four feet set back. if anyone wanted to do four feet set back then the homeowner will need to know that also. if they need to do that they need to pay a lot more money to get everything fire rated properly and go through different hurdles with the building department and fire inspection. that is just one of the two discrepancies that we haven't discussed, maybe just on the public hearing. i am sure you had already been through it. i would like to hear your take on this. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner so. i will go ahead and respond to the more recent question regarding the setbacks. i want to emphasize that all of

these a.d.u.s are starting to comply with the required building and fire code so the fire separation or setbacks, whether it is three feet or five feet depending on the occupancy type, which planning we are not experts on. they would need to comply with those by setbacks. part of the more resent changes also include concurrent reviews for sister agencies that have their eyes on these projects at the same time and be that does help reduce that back and forth or potential added fees or just changes to the projects. it is four feet for these attached a.d.u.s under the state law but they will still need to comply with all safety

codes locally. then i believe your other question related to the design and guidelines and also i believe you mentioned preservation aspect. i want to go ahead and invite our manager, a.d.u. coordinator and preservation planner. we are lucky to have her available on the call today. thank you. >> thank you. good afternoon, commissioners. planning department staff. i would like to address some of the questions you have raised. in regards to the topic of preservation, since state law requires we approve the a.d.u.s in administrative process they are not subject to ceqa. state law does allow us to impose standards that prevent adverse impacts on any real

property listed in the california register of historic places. they are not required to go through the process they are required to comply with the standards, specifically for real properties listed on the california register. we also can recommend and often do the design modifications. even though applicants are not required to comply. we suggest recommendations to improve quality of the communities. we can recommend these to preservation standards. lastly, in regards to fire rating which was covered very well. state law does require at least four-foot setbacks which may be enough for fire rating depending

on occupancy. applicants can choose larger set back to eliminate the need for fire rating. thank you. >> thank you. to clarify you mean be the neighborhood design guidelines what they have more strict limitations onset backs with this ordinance with the a.d.u. programs and hybrid programs, the project sponsor allowed to actually do this without having to comply with those really strict neighborhood guidelines? >> yes. >> thank you. thank you for the clarification. >> thank you. commissioner wright. >> yes, thank you. i may be asking what some of the other commissioners have been

asking about. i am trying to wrap my brain around this. i was not on the commission last year, but i did go back and look at the resolution 1041. at the time it was the intent of this commission to have preservation protection. it seems that this change is stripping the preservation protection. even for article 10 and 11 properties and i want to point out that these are most significant resources. maybe i am restating or re-asking the same question in a different way. what options do we have for meeting preservation review and preservation standards? i just heard a little bit of

discussion about adverse impacts triggering something. maybe you could clarify that a little more. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner. specifically, state law allows us to apply standards to a property that is listed in the california register which most of the time article 10 and 11 properties are. it allows us to impose standards to mitigate add version im -- adverse impact. even though the applicant would not be required to apply for the certificate of apappropriateness t that is delegated to staff without submitting entitlement. we would make sure it aligns to make sure it can be approved.

what state law limits in this case is the fact these standards are specifically to mitigate adverse impact and limits ability to apply standards on real property listed in the california register, which i mentioned the 10 and 11 properties are listed so we would be able to apply preservation review at staff level. >> thank you. just to clarify. you said we can apply the secretary's standards but did i hear you say previously that we are still limited on design review? how does that work when we are reviewing a design for meeting the standards but not reviewing a design? >> sure, i can clarify. we are able to apply -- to do design review in terms of preservation access on these

properties. we are talking impacts and standards. we are talking design review not the regular design guidelines or neighborhood specific guidelines. we are only able to apply preservation standards in regards to the design limited to the qualifying property. >> thank you. >> i think the city attorney wanted to make a comment. >> this is deputy city attorney. i want to clarify for a.d.u.s approved under the state mandated programs the standards that the city can apply are related to architectural review or any other must be ministerial. those are projects the city must approve. the standards we apply are not

subject to insignificant discretion by the h.p.c. or staff or any other city decision-maker. the city's ability to impose standards and review on the state-mandated reviews. >> out of curiosity, city attorney. has any municipality, local town or city filed any kind of legal action against the state regarding this on behalf of particular issues that requires this new state mandate? >> i am not aware of any municipality or local entity that filed action against the state. the state hcd, housing community development, has issued letters explaining how the a.d.u.

ordinances are not in compliance with the requirements of state law. there may be litigation stemming from that sort of enforcement. i would certainly have to do a check to make sure i am presenting this accurately and if there are any lawsuits currently filed, i can check that. >> in your capacity, i was interested if somebody may have a citizens group or preservation group or other association challenging. this strips away a lot of local authority. i see a lot people not happy with this. >> there are none that i am aware of. maybe they are, but i am not aware of any legal challenges. >> thank you. commissioner foley. >> i would like to reiterate what commissioner black said about all of the work that staff

has to do for this, but i also and what you said about supervisor mandelman, but i think senator weiner and supervisor mandelman have taken a lot of heat for trying to get housing built. one of the reasons we are in the housing crisis and homelessness. as much as they can control local groups is not such a great idea this a.d.u. plan how they have laid it out is pretty well thought out. i think it will help solve the housing crisis or be a piece of it. i want to call out senator weiner and supervisor mandelman for taking the initiative to take a lot of heat. they take a lot of heat in sacramento to get this done and supervisor mandelman locally for what he is trying to do. we have to get away and figure out how to build housing, affordable, work force, at risk,

youth, everything. we need more housing. that is all i have to say. thank you very much for letting me speak. >> any other questions or comments from the commission? thank you. >> if there are no additional questions from the commission, we should open public comment at this time. members of the public this is your opportunity to address the commission on this item star 3. seeing no requests to speak from the public. public comment is closed. this matter is now before you. this is an action item. there is a request to adopted the recommendation for approval. >> adopt recommendation to approve. >> second. >> thank you. on that motion commissioner wright. >> aye, yes. >> commissioner nageswaran.

>> yes. >> commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> aye. >> commissioner johns. >> yes. >> commissioner so. >> yes. >> commissioner president matsuda. >> yes. >> so moved. that passes unanimously 7-0. i do see deputy city attorney requesting to speak again. >> sorry if i missed something. were there planning staff recommendations modifications included in the motion? >> there were staff modifications in the recommendation. >> planning department staff. there was that additional modification recommended modification that i shared with you today. it was not included in the

draft staff report for you last week, but i just wanted to reiterate that the modification does relate to allowing more a.d.u.s within the required rear yard and essentially mirroring the state mandated a.d.u. allowance for up to two detached a.d.u.s 16-foot high four-foot side and rear programs within the required local program. commission secretary i don't know procedurally? >> let me make the maker of the motion was your intent to include that staff modification? >> yes. >> seconder? >> yes. >> thank you. if there is no objection from any commissioner, i think we can include that staff modification.

is there any objection from any commissioner that voted yes? if not that motion passes unanimously 7-0. thank you for the clarification, deputy city attorney. commissioners that means we can move to the final item on our agenda. 2021-007060des. at 200 rhode island street landmark designation application. staff are you preprepared. >> i am a board member of the charitable foundation. i do not receive compensation i participate actively in the foundation. i need to recuse myself from this item.

>> motion to recuse. >> second. >> on that motion, commissioner wright. >> yes. >> commissioner nageswaran. >> yes. >> commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> yes. >> commissioner johns. >> yes. >> commissioner so. >> yes. >> commissioner. >> yes. >> i will log off. commissioner matsuda, there is no need to come back since this is the last item. i will remind you you need to file with the ethics commission. >> i filed this morning. thank you. >> thank you. >> alex. the floor is yours. >> thank you. good afternoon, commissioners. can you see my screen?

>> yes. >> alex westoff planning department staff. the item before you is community sponsored land mark nomination for 200 rhode island street also known as the trading company. it was prepared by architectural resources and the property owner supports the nomination. the light industrial property is located within a flat triangular parcel within the south of market neighborhood -- market neighborhood. the triangular parcel is bounded by 15th street to the north, road island to the east and former railroad line to the southwest. the subject property includes original building with three later additions all connected. the five story brick building

was designed by the architect g albert landberg. later additions by ownerships including the steel frame shed to the south. two sorry concrete warehouse and office building and three story brick buildingen casing the loading dock. in 1965, the subject property was purchased by japanese american entrepreneurs and philanthropists. following displacement from japan town due to redevelopment. the property served as headquarters for the takahashi trading company for products from japan. porcelain, pottery and folding screens for more for sale in san francisco on grand avenue and

geary boulevard in gee ardeli square and saw soily to in new york city. the trading company has been credited with introducing japanese goods. in 1985 the takahashi along with the sister established the henry charitable foundation. head quartered at the subject property. the foundation supported a variety of cultural organizations including the japanese wing of the san francisco museum, the museum in florida, documentary films on pbs. cherry blossom festival, stanford school, japanese cultural center of northern california. in 2010 they received the order

of rising sun gold and silver award from japan for their contribution. department staff agree with the sponsor's assessment the property is significant under criteria one, two, three. one, association with japanese american post war settlement and san francisco redevelopment. two, significant for association with the takahashi family as prominent japanese business people and three, it is an early example of the work of architect albert landberg and his warehouses. staff recommends adding the property. staff finding it closely meets two work plan priorities specifically it is located in a geographically underrepresented area as there are few other

landmarks in the nearby vicinity south of market. the subject property has a strong cultural association. only two existing landmarks strongly associated with san francisco's japanese american community, specifically the japanese ywca women's building. if designated the subject property would be the third association with san francisco japanese american community and first outside of japan town. i will pass it to erica shuttle for a -- for a presentation to answer any question. >> you have five minutes.

>> mute one device. you have an echo. >> we can hear you but you need to mute one of your devices. you are coming in through two different devices. is this your phone number 415602. >> yes. i unmuted your computer then. >> okay. >> good afternoon, commissioners, erica shuts with architectural resources group. the property sponsor could not be here today. i will present an overview. the property was first developed in 1912. the company commissioned albert land bury for the five-story building on the northwest corner of the property. it was a warehouse with offices

and showroom. he was an architect in public and private buildings. the warehouse is early project distinctive within his overall body of work. there are sharp concorners and details. it represents the early work of the master architect. next page. in 1965, henry purchased the property at 200 rhode island for offices for the trading company and charitable foundation. she and her sister were born and raised in san francisco. japanese festivals and events and graduated from the university of california in berkeley in 1937.

1941 she married henry and followed him to california with his family. he attended moda college he on o pamoda college and settled in san francisco. shortly after married they along with 120 japanese americans were in internment camps. it was the relocation center in utah. two children were born. upon being released they moved back to san francisco. in 1947 they purchased the building in japan town and opened the takahashi company. following the war. the company expanded importing

japanese goods and dishes. they elevated the status of japanese goods and helped americans develop appreciation for the goods. after the building was demolished they moved retail business to jackson square and new york. at the height of the business the trading company retail and wholesale goods across the united states. they also received elegantly designed housewares in 1945 seen on the left. several trading company items were included in the exhibition in new york. the warehouse property was

purchased in 1965 for corporate headquarters. they added the office building in 1968. seen here in the middle. three sorry brick warehouse and office building in 1976. they added signs to the building takahashi to signify their success. the sister joined the business and handled the finances. there by contributing to the success of the company. she later helped establish the charitable foundation for the culture in san francisco. 200 allen street it was the commitment to support the japanese community. the subject integrity given the long-term stewardship from 1965

do 2019, the brick building is unaltered exempt for the windows. in 1968-1976 they have not been significantly altered. video tails and the signage. that concludes my presentation. i am happy to answer any questions. thank you. >> great. thank you. members of the public. this is your opportunity to address the commission on this item. press star 3. no members of the public requesting to speak, public comment on this matter is closed. it is now before you. >> thank you. president matsuda is not here. i would like to say, first off, that family and what they have

done is truly amazing. in the 1960s what redevelopment did in the japan town answer western addition was tragic. i make a motion to approve. >> second. >> for clarity we are the motion is to add it to the landmark designation program. >> commissioner wright. >> yes. >> nageswaran. >> yes. >> commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> why he. >> commissioner johns. >> yes. >> and commissioner so. >> yes. >> so moved that motion passes unanimously 6-0. that concludes your brief hearing today. enjoy the rest of your afternoon. >> welcome back. >> thank you. >> good-bye everybody. >> thank you.

and, thank you for joining us. i am sister roma. a 34-year member of the san francisco sisters of perpetual indulgence. [applause] >> it says "hold for applause." thank you. thank you. i am truly honored to join you today for this historical

event. as your host, as we recognize the nation's first transgender history month right here in san francisco. [applause] >> i would like to begin by thanking our wonderful san francisco mayor london breed for hosting us today and your incredible support of the trans and lgbt community and also the transgender for making this historic month possible. thank you to all the city and elected official leaders who are here joining us including dccc chair honey mahogany. supervisor rafael mandelman, si

cilia chung and many more. so i moved to san francisco after graduating from college in one thousand nine hundred eighty-five and within two years, i met the sisters and sort of was propelled head first into the front lines on the war against hiv and aids and began fighting for civil rights and the thing that has impressed me most about san francisco is our community, we are intelligent, we are compassionate, we are creative and we are determined. the sisters of perpetual indulgence started here in san francisco. we are the first ever gay men's chorus. we fought for the right to serve. we have laid down and screamed i can't breathe and black lives matter and worked with women and gun control. so it's very fitting that san

francisco has celebrated this historic milestone. the birthplace of the transrights movement. this month markses the 55th anniversary that took place in august 1966 in the tenderloin. the riot was a response to the ongoing violence and police harassment of transwomen and transwomen of color. the incident was one of the first lgbtq up risings in protests perhaps the riots gang

on a against the ongoing attacks injustice, and discrimination. san francisco has come a long way in strong policies and innovative programs. the transcivil rights heroes whose shoulders we stand on. this includes legendary transleader who are no longer with us that we recognize in spirit jazzy collins, fe leash shall flames, bobby jean baker

many more one of our transelders and heroes. so thank you all. but also impressed me about hour we couldn't do any of this alone and we're very fortunate to have such an amazing powerful ally right here at this beautiful in this wonderful city, please welcome the amazing mayor of san francisco london breed. [ applause ] >> thank you so much, sister roma and thank you to everyone who is joining us here today. it's so good to see you, donna, you're always here at all these amazing events and we appreciate your work and advocacy over the years. i want to recognize commissioner chung and thank you for your work not on behalf of just the trans community,

but the city and county of san francisco. we're here today to celebrate an incredible milestone and supervisor mandelman, we appreciate you so much so work for your work here in city hall, but i want to take this moment to just reflect back and just realize our assess joaquin torres is joining us. joaquin, why are you sitting down, you should be standing up. standing up for the trans community, buddy. an incredible ally. i want to take this opportunity to really recognize two really incredible people who have been extraordinary leaders in san francisco. first, aria sayed who has been just really amazing in leading the transgender district and really advocating and pushing and coordinating and collaborating and bringing

people together to help push the city in a direction where we are doing incredible things. her leadership along with claire farly who is the director of the first transgender initiative. but i've got to tell you, it's women like this, who are the reasons why we have been able to launch extraordinary programs that no one ever thought of. it is because of their advocacy and many of you here today that we launched the first program providing universal income for

the transcommunity. so many gangs. but so much more work to be done. that's here in san francisco. it's not happening in other cities across this country and we know that this movement goes back to 1966 as sister roma talked about. everybody likes to talk about stone wall as the catalyst, but we all know here in san francisco that it started right here and it took three years before it catapulted into a movement that continued on and to support and uplift the transcommunity. i have a very dear friend that i truly in the past '60s, '70s,

'80s, '90s to allow your child to be who they are born to be would not have been possible. had it not been for the extraordinary advocacy of this community. so it is so that we honor that history, that we honor that legacy. that we make those investments. that we continue to push and san francisco continues to be that example. this past budget season thanks to supervisor mandelman and other members on the board of supervisors and i see supervisor matt haney. this year, we put forth $12 million to make sure that we are investing in the first

ever lgbtq museum in san francisco to highlight and document and maintain the history of this community in our city. because it's such a rich history. because it is where the movement started. because we continue to be leaders in advancing the goals that are necessary to be supportive and inclusive and to make sure this community is not forgotten is not discriminated against, is protecting and supported and uplifted. it all sounds good in san francisco, but the reason why we recognize these milestones and we highlight them is to continue to make sure people know that there is more work to be done because there are still women and men and mostly transwomen who are being killed

just because of who they are, and in san francisco, we recognize them, we honor their lives and we make sure that we highlight the need for justice and highlight the need for changes, policies, to hold people accountable who would attack this community. in san francisco, we pride ourselves on being inclusive. we pride yourself on being the first. we talk about all the great things that we want to do, but we also need to make sure that with those words, there are deeds, there are policy changes. there are investments. there are things that will show a difference in peoples' lives, and so i really want to thank you all for being here today to celebrate what we will continue to do in the month of august to recognize this community and

the person that i must credit for all of the knowledge and the understanding and the information about the transcommunity is felicia flames. my relationship with her started many years ago before i was even on the board of supervisors, her telling me they always forget the "t" in the lgbt movement and i'm not going to let them forget the "t." she had a lot of courage along with donna and others who just would not back down and were not afraid at a time when they were not treated with a lot of love and respect, but they still stood strong and you're still here with us today, donna, and we're so grateful to you and we're so happy to have you and we're so grateful to felicia and her

legacy and her work. she would be so proud of the many gangs that we've made. i know i'm proud of san francisco and i really want to take this moment too to recognize our former mayor ed lee who started this first office of transgender initiative as a way to highlight and support this community and, claire, as i said has done an extraordinary job of bringing the community together and helping to make sure that me as mayor and other policy makers do the right thing and put our money where our mouth is. and so today, we're going to sign this proclamation to declare it officially transgender history month in the city and county of san francisco. so aria, before you say a few words, the rest of you, sister roma, please join me.

[ applause ] >> that's a lot of whereas clause. are we ready? ready? let's do this. [ applause ] >> it's official. [ applause ] >> thank you, mayor breed. thank you everyone. this is so exciting. this is history. this is our history. [ applause ] >> i would also just like to recognize the mayor's

unprecedented leadership in this crazy time of the pandemic when who could have foreseen we would find ourselves living through this once in a century catastrophe and you have rose to the occasion. keeping us all safe. so, you guys, we really have to appreciate our mayor. many of the women who started here before her, she is destined for more. we need to thank her while we still got her because she's going places, baby. [ applause ] >> so as we mentioned, we have some amazing leaders in our community and this next person has proven to be absolutely outstanding in everything and looking good while she does it. please welcome aria sayed.

>> hi everybody. oh, no. that was a permission to respond. hello everybody. i get really nervous actually when i'm asked to publicly speak and, you know, during the pandemic, we had the luxury of zoom and so i was able to do these speaking things in a room alone and now it's even more nerve racking because this is family. thank you so much, mayor breed, if for this moment. it's such a beautiful day today that it is transgender history month. it is also marsha p. johnson's birthday, a mother of our movement who famously said i want my gay rights now. and so it's very special to not only be celebrating the 55th anniversary of the compton's cafeteria rights and the amazing incredible history that

we have as trans people. and so all my trans siblings in this space, i want us to know how powerful we are and how resilient we are and how we are more powerful than our minds can digest and it was harvey milk who actually advocated for san francisco pride. once upon a time it used to happen in golden gate park and he fought tirelessly before, you know, but he fought tirelessly for pride to actually happen at city hall every single year because he said that queer people and trans people deserve to be at the seat of power in the city. and so i'm so grateful that we have this moment and that we have mayor breed and the office of trans initiatives truly advocating for trans peoples'

history and our experience and culture and all the contributions that we've made to the world not just since 2007, but for the last hundreds and hundreds of years to be known. and i want to also acknowledge some very special people that were also going to be honoring today which is ms. talara chang who was at the compton cafeteria riots who has been fighting for over 55 years for trans people and ms. si cilia chung since the 80s and 90s. and ms. camille moran. and i'm just so grateful to be soaking up this moment so i don't want to hold al. i do want to introduce a very special lady. she's a trans latina advocate. she's also undocumented and a doca recipient and she is

actually a huge reason why today is happening. she has been fighting and advocating and harassing me and claire and everyone in between to make this moment possible and for trans people to be heard during this month in this way. and so i'm going to ask that the ladies of the trans district come up with ms. jupiter peraza who is the director of our social justice initiative. [ applause ] >> sorry everyone. very beautiful earrings, but very hard to navigate. can you hold these? thank you so much. thank you aria. thank you, mayor breed for this

wonderful opportunity. and, i just wanted to say that this is a step in the right direction. in order to understand our community, we must understand the history. and, in a society in which trans people are regarded with so many misconceptions, it is time that we alleviate those misconceptions with education, candor, and legitimacy. when we learn about others, we learn about ourselves. what we have here is an opportunity, an opportunity to embrace how similar we are from one another. an opportunity to deseminate and uncover how much my community, the trans community

has given up for the well being of all of us. trans people are my past, they are my present, and they are my future and they are yours as well. as we have proven, we are capable of transending what is imposed on us to attain a life in which we are authentically and exquiz italy us. i talk about us and being us because we should talk about that more. and with transgender history month, we will talk about that. the goal is to remind every single transperson whether you're thinking about transitioning or you've lived years as the person that you

were bound to be, how vital and how critical you are. you are a cornerstone. you are a beacon of progress. thank you to all the leaders in this room. to mayor breed for welcoming this proclamation. you always know what the best san francisco looks and feels like. thank you to claire farley and everyone at the office of transgender initiative. you are representing us with might and cleverness. to honey mahogany for spearheading and breaking down barriers and most importantly, an immense thank you to the

co-founder and president of the transgender initiative aria sayid for being the leader our community needs. you are brilliant, relentless, when it comes to what direction progress is. and, to the ladies that stand beside me, we have a very bright future ahead of us. happy transgender history month everyone. [ applause ] >> i'm so motivated and inspired today. we're going to if you're

following the program, we're going to change it up just a little bit. i would like to welcome -- it looks like she's being interviewed. sicelia, would you like to come up and say a few words? >> hello everyone. thank you, sister roma. interestingly, i think in san francisco 1985 i started college. so we just dated ourselves i think. it's really wonderful to be here to be able to talk about the rich history and all the stories that san francisco represents for the transcommunity. i still remember the first time when i got to the city, i came here because i know my community was here. and i could find someone to understand what i was going through. san francisco will always hold and is still holding a very special place in my heart.

this is the city where i began my transition. this is the city where i became homeless. this is a city where i found a way out and this is a city who gave me these communities, you know, to serve in this privilege to be on different commissions to lead by different positions. i was lucky enough to be appointed to the human rights commission and then the department of public health, the health commission, i really am grateful for the opportunity to serve and to show the world that transpeople can lead too. it's not an accident that we see such a big and beautiful community here in san francisco. it was because of all the

resilience we endure and all the fights we got into. by the way, i think we're also the first city that the community actually fought with and made the supervisors apologize to the community. and to be able to see the progress means a lot and i'm old in a grateful way because i get to see all the young leaders emerging. and also to celebrate some of the names that maybe you have never heard of or maybe you know such as ms. major and marilyn robinson who recently

just passed away. their leadership helped to save the movement today. without them, we wouldn't have so many, social justice organizations that are being led by these beautiful transwomen. that shows we're capable of doing more. or and maybe one day, we will see a trans president. you can be as big as you won't because of the rich history because of all the giants who paved the way for us and thank you for being here and thank you mayor and making the office of transgender history month.

[ applause ] >> so we've seen some great leaders, we've acknowledged that we have new leaders who are giving us all hope for the future. i think one of the talents of our community is we've been compelled to re-elect them. please welcome supervisor from district 8, rafael mandelman and omar runcon. oh, well, he's an important

person. sorry, rafael had to leave. i'm glad you're still here, mayor. thank you. should we do the awards? >> what would you like to do, ladies? i'm always happy to introduce ms. honey mahogany. i like to always watch her meteoric rise to leadership and power here in san francisco. please welcome honey mahogany. [ applause ] >> thank you mayor breed, thank you claire farley. one of my truly best friends and one of the reasons why we are all here today jupiter

peraza for her advocacy. i just want to say a few brief words about how we ended up here today. when we founded the transgender initiative, that have been serving the transgender community for decades here in san francisco. that includes organizations like t.j.i.p.. it includes organizations like st. james infirmary and it also includes organizations like the q foundation. we all banded together because we saw what was happening to our beautiful city of san francisco. there was rapid gentrification and development that was displacing so much of our community from our beloved venues to our residents. back then, i was actually working as a social worker and one of the most heart breaking things that i would see is the transpeople who are displaced from housing in the city to

places like pittsburgh and antioch who were displaced from resources, family, transportation, unwaebl to get jobs and i saw many of our clients evolve and self-medicate and some even attempting to that he can their own lives and create opportunities for transpeople where we have been for more than a generation. so i amex streamly proud of the work the transgender community has been able when it was just getting started. since aria has taken leadership it has become an organization that's been internationally

known. people are being housed, people are being given jobs, people are creating change in the physical environment of the tenderloin and fighting for a brighter future where we can all still be here. so i just want to give a shout out to the entire transgender team. an ally to the trans community. he's an honorary trans. and, of course, the leadership of our mayor, claire farley, and all the supervisors who invested so heavily in the transcommunity. thank you for believing in this vision for continuing to fight for what is right for not just trans people, but for san francisco. so thank you. it's an honor to be here. [ applause ]

. >> of course, honey is the first elected black transchair of the d.c.c.c. [ applause ] >> the first trans president. where do i vote. i'm ready. so i believe that concludes our program. do you have something? >> sorry everyone. we didn't want to leave here without giving certificates of honors to members of our community that have truly shown their dedication, resilience and tenacity making sure our community is advancing and progressing. we have required certificates of honor from supervisor

haney's office. we'd like to recognize and her monumental role in health equity and social empowerment spaces for and by transgender people over multiple decades as a transgender activist. cecelia chung. [ applause ] next, we would like to give this in recognition of the tremendous contributions that she has made to the transgender community making institutional strides for equity during a time where opportunity and change for transpeople were limited, socially challenging and fatal. we award this to camille moran. and, finally, in recognition of her role as a transgenderer and

queer freedom fighter at the cafeteria riots in august of 1966 and continued activism and public service for the transgender community spanning over 50 years, we thank tamara change for her advocacy in the community. thank you, honey. and, we meant to supply cecilia chung with a certificate of honor not just from supervisor haney's office, and we have omar rincon who is here also to extend his certificate of honors to these three lovely individuals. however, cecelia, you already heard from her. but we wanted to present these certificates of honor for all

they've done. >> that's wonderful. i'm glad you were able to do that. thank you all for joining us. let's mingle safely and if you are invited we will be doing the flag raising on the balcony outside the mayor's office. you're invited to watch it from below. happy transgender history month. [ applause ] >> all right. are we ready! [ applause ] [cheers and applause]

as latinos we are unified in some ways and incredibly diverse in others and this exhibit really is an exploration of nuance in how we present those ideas.

♪♪ our debts are not for sale. >> a piece about sanctuary and how his whole family served in the army and it's a long family tradition and these people that look at us as foreigners, we have been here and we are part of america, you know, and we had to reinforce that. i have been cure rating here for about 18 year. we started with a table top, candle, flowers, and a picture and people reacted to that like it was the monna lisa. >> the most important tradition

as it relates to the show is idea of making offering. in traditional mexican alters, you see food, candy, drinks, cigarettes, the things that the person that the offerings where being made to can take with them into the next word, the next life. >> keeps us connects to the people who have passed and because family is so important to us, that community dynamic makes it stick and makes it visible and it humanizes it and makes it present again. ♪♪ >> when i first started doing it back in '71, i wanted to do something with ritual, ceremony and history and you know i talked to my partner ross about the research and we opened and it hit a cord and people loved

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

what has happened are paper cuts, it's so hybrid. it has spread to mexico from the bay area. we have influence on a lot of people, and i'm proud of it. >> a lot of times they don't represent we represent a lot of cultures with a lot of different perspectives and beliefs. >> i can see the city changes and it's scary. >> when we first started a lot of people freaked out thinking we were a cult and things like that, but we went out of our way to also make it educational through outreach and that is why we started doing the prosession in 1979. >> as someone who grew up attending the yearly processions

and who has seen them change incrementally every year into kind of what they are now, i feel in many ways that the cat is out of the bag and there is no putting the genie back into the bottle in how the wider public accesses the day of the dead. >> i have been through three different generations of children who were brought to the procession when they were very young that are now bringing their children or grandchildren. >> in the '80s, the processions were just kind of electric. families with their homemade visuals walking down the street in san francisco. service so much more intimate and personal and so much more rooted in kind of a family practice of a very strong cultural practice. it kind of is what it is now and

it has gone off in many different directions but i will always love the early days in the '80s where it was so intimate and sofa millial. >> our goal is to rescue a part of the culture that was a part that we could invite others to join in there there by where we invite the person to come help us rescue it also. that's what makes it unique. >> you have to know how to approach this changing situation, it's exhausting and i have seen how it has affected everybody. >> what's happening in mission and the relationship with the police, well it's relevant and it's relevant that people think

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

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the county fair building. for any athletic fields and neighborhood parks, 831-5510. you can also write us. 501 san francisco, calif. 94117. or just walk in and say hello. and of course you can find more information and reach us at sfrecpark.org. >> he is a real leader that listens and knows how to bring people together. brought this department together like never before. i am so excited to be swearing in the next chief of the san francisco fire department, ladies and gentlemen, let's

welcome, jeanine nicholson. (applause). >> i grew up total tomboy, athlete. i loved a good crisis, a good challenge. i grew up across the street from the fire station. my dad used to take me there to vote. i never saw any female firefighters because there weren't any in the 1970s. i didn't know i could be a fire fighter. when i moved to san francisco in 1990, some things opened up. i saw women doing things they hadn't been doing when i was growing up. one thing was firefighting. a woman recruited me at the

gay-pride parade in 1991. it was a perfect fit. i liked using my brain, body, working as a team, figuring things out, troubleshooting and coming up with different ways to solve a problem. in terms of coming in after another female chief, i don't think anybody says that about men. you are coming in after another man, chief, what is that like. i understand why it is asked. it is unusual to have a woman in this position. i think san francisco is a trailblazer in that way in terms of showing the world what can happen and what other people who may not look like what you think the fire chief should look like how they can be successful. be asked me about being the first lbgq i have an understands

because there are little queer kids that see me. i worked my way up. i came in january of 1994. i built relationships over the years, and i spent 24 years in the field, as we call it. working out of firehouses. the fire department is a family. we live together, eat together, sleep in the same dorm together, go to crazy calls together, dangerous calls and we have to look out for one another. when i was burned in a fire years ago and i felt responsible, i felt awful. i didn't want to talk to any of my civilian friends. they couldn't understand what i was going through. the firefighters knew, they understood. they had been there. it is a different relationship. we have to rely on one another. in terms of me being the chief of the department, i am really

trying to maintain an open relationship with all of our members in the field so myself and my deputy chiefs, one of the priorities i had was for each of us to go around to different fire stations to make sure we hit all within the first three or four months to start a conversation. that hasn't been there for a while. part of the reason that i am getting along well with the field now is because i was there. i worked there. people know me and because i know what we need. i know what they need to be successful. >> i have known jeanine nicholson since we worked together at station 15. i have always held her in the highest regard. since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism.

she is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. i appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the fire department today. >> there is a retired captain who started the cancer prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. he started looking into it. in 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the san francisco fire department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. it was a higher rate than the general population. we were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didn't have to worry about the paper

work when they go through chemo. the turnout gear was covered with suit. it was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and helmet. the dirtier you were the harder you worked. that is a cancer causeser. it -- casser. it is not -- cancer causer. there islassic everywhere. we had to reduce our exposure. we washed our gear more often, we didn't take gear where we were eating or sleeping. we started decontaminating ourselves at the fire scene after the fire was out. going back to the fire station and then taking a shower. i have taught, worked on the decontamination policy to be sure that gets through.

it is not if or when. it is who is the next person. it is like a cancer sniper out there. who is going to get it next. one of the things i love about the fire department. it is always a team effort. you are my family. i love the city and department and i love being of service. i vow to work hard -- to work hard to carry out the vision of the san francisco fire department and to move us forward in a positive way. if i were to give a little advice to women and queer kids, find people to support you. keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep trying. you never know what door is going to open next.

you really don't. [cheers and