>> (speaking foreign language.) >> i wanted to wish you a best

wishes and congratulations the community has shifted a lot of when i was growing up in the 60s and 50's a good portion of chicano-american chinese-american lived in north beach a nob hill community. >> as part the immigrant family is some of the recreation centers are making people have the ability to get together and meet 0 other people if communities in the 60s a 70s and 80s and 90s saw a move to the richmond the sunset district and more recently out to the excelsior the avenue community as well as the ensuring u bayview so chinese family living all over the city and when he grape it

was in this area. >> we're united. >> and growing up in the area that was a big part of the my leave you know playing basketball and mycy took band lessons and grew up. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> allergies welcome to the community fair it kicks off three weeks of celebrations for the year and let's keep everybody safe and celebrate the

biggest parade outside of china on february 11th go best wishes and congratulations and 3, 2, 1 happy enough is enough. >> i grew up volley ball education and in media professional contrary as an educator he work with all skids whether or not caucasian hispanic and i african-american cumber a lot of arrest binge kids my philosophy to work with all kids but being here and griping in the chinese community being a chinese-american is important going to american school during the day but went to chinese school that is community is important working with all the kids and having them exposed to

all culture it is important to me. >> it is a mask evening. >> i'd like to thank you a you all to celebrate an installation of the days here in the asian art museum. >> one time has become so many things in the past two centuries because of the different did i licks the immigration officer didn't understand it became no standard chinese marine or cantonese sproupgs it became so many different sounds this is convenient for the immigration officer this okay your family name so this tells the generations of immigrants where they come from

and also many stories behind it too. >> and what a better way to celebrate the enough is enough nuru with the light nothing is more important at an the hope the energy we. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> relative to the current administration it is, it is touching very worrisome for our immigrant frames you know and some of the stability in the country and i know how this new president is doing you know immigration as well as immigrants (fireworks)

later than you think new year the largest holiday no asia and china those of us when my grandparents came over in the 19 hundreds and celebrated in the united states chinese nuru is traditional with a lot of meaning. >> good afternoon my name is carmen chu assessor-recorder i want to wish everything a happy new year thank you for joining us i want to say. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm proud to be a native san

franciscan i grew up in the chinatown, north beach community port commission important to come back and work with those that live in the community that i grew up in and that that very, very important to give back to continue to work with the community and hope e help those who may not be as capable in under serving come back and give

♪ >> welcome to hamilton recreation and aquatics center. it is the only facility that has an integrated swimming pool and recreation center combined. we have to pools, the city's water slide, for little kids and those of you that are more daring and want to try the rockslide, we have a drop slide.

>> exercises for everybody. hi have a great time. the ladies and guys that come, it is for the community and we really make it fun. people think it is only for those that play basketball or swim. >> i have been coming to the pool for a long time now. it is nice, they are sweet. >> in the aquatics center, they are very committed to combining for people in san francisco. and also ensuring that they have public safety. >> there are a lot of different personalities that come through here and it makes it very exciting all the time. they, their family or teach their kids have a swim.

>> of the gem is fantastic, there is an incredible program going on there, both of my girls have learned to swim there. it is a fantastic place, check it out. it is an incredible indication of what bonn dollars can do with our hearts and facilities. it is as good as anything you will find out why mca. parents come from all over. >> there are not too many pools that are still around, and this is one-stop shopping for kids. you can bring your kid here and have a cool summer.

>> if you want to see some of the youth and young men throughout san francisco play some great pickup games, come wednesday night for midnight basketball. on saturdays, we have a senior lyons dance that has a great time getting exercise and a movement. we have all the music going, the generally have a good time. whether it is awkward camp or junior guard. >> from more information, visit

thank you all so much for coming. i'm very excited about today's programming and i'm so grateful that you all came out for this important event despite the much needed rain. i am deeply honored to be here. my name is jeffery tumlin and i'm the executive director to have the san francisco municipal transportation agency. before we begin, it's also important to acknowledge where we've come from. the geary corridor was muni's first transit line. the b. geary electric streetcar ran down here in 1912 and has long been one of the highest

ridership service transit lines in north america. this neighborhood has also long been one of the most and interesting neighborhoods anywhere in the world and home to very strong populations of japanese and african americans. this is also a place where japanese americans were expelled from, were sent forcibly to internment camps during world war ii. also the area where post war era the redevelopment agency demolished of blocks displacing thousands of residents and businesses in the name of urban renewal. geary street used to be one lane in each direction lined with businesses owned by japanese and african americans and all of that was destroyed to make way for the eight-lane geary expressway. and so though we're so proud of this project, we also must acknowledge the project area's

history and to acknowledge that this is a very small token of appreciation for what these neighborhoods have suffered and a start of healing. the geary expressway was intentionally designed to exclude, to separate these neighborhoods from one another. and so this project and working with the community and understanding the historic suffering, this project is designed in a small way to help with the healing and help restore the connectivity between japan town and the filmore. we're partly cloudy of the work that all of our teams have done, listening to community members to understand their stories and also to acknowledge the past and to also begin the healing. we've also learned a lot from past projects and delivery of this project. unlike certain other projects that have continued to drag on for year after year, we built this project very differently.

we broke the work up into many different contract segments allowing for more and more diverse contractors to be able to do the work. we collaborated with half a dozen city agencies skillfully in order to get all kinds of work done while we were here including utility replacement and paving and pedestrian safety projects and, of course, the transit priority treatment. we also did much of the work in what we call quick build style allowing us to move more quickly and efficiently minimizing negative impacts on the community and its businesses. it's also meant that although is this project has moved incredibly quickly, we're already delivering a 20% improvement in speed and reliability to the 38 geary bus line. [ applause ] and i'm so proud of my team for just fine tuning all the details that allow for

safer passenger loading and unloading and speedier departure, the changes to the traffic signals to allow the buses to be delayed at red lights, but particularly to these pedestrian crosswalks which were the first out here in five decades that allows peds could walk across the street into the square. simple changes, the changes that mean so much to community. so i am so thankful as well to the way my teams worked together with each other. i really want to thank liz bryson who led this project. dan pricen.

michael carlin from the sfpuc. public works who is here and all of their construction management and design team who work together. i'm grateful to the sfcta who helped us fund and get this project through the environmental review. i'm grateful as well to our contractors who work together seamlessly together and with the project teams to deliver all of this work on time and on budget. who helped us figure out how to deliver this project for minimum disruption.

and so a special to the benefit districts, the japantown task force. the filmore merchants and neighborhood collaborative. st. francis square cooperative. rosa parks elementary school. the tenderloin district. the union square alliance. the geary community advisory district and so many others. there are way too many people that i need to thank. thank you to all of you and thank you for showing up here today. and i would like to introduce our mayor london breed. please come up, mayor london breed. >> when i think about this project and what it's actually

going to do to bring the western district and the japantown community together in a different kind of way, it really fills my heart with so much joy because i can tell you as someone who grew up here. i have some witnesses here because i know jada, pia, you toeia, you remember what it was like when we would come from this area of buchanan. we would stop at every park. we'd hop the fence and hang out in the playgrounds there and then we'd cross this very dangerous street. this is not anything i would advise anybody to do or any kid to do, but this is why this was so important to me. this crossing right here was so important to me because i wanted people to be safe. i wanted to make sure kids who are at the ymca, rosa parks who are in the square.

who are apart of this community and who want to be apart of j-town and all the great activities and things to do here that they felt safe. so the field trip. i'm sure they probably just used the crossing here today to come over. so we're glad to have them and we're glad to see geary improve for pedestrian safety to meet our vision 0 goals to keep our people safe and to ensure that our transit system is working more efficiently. i see my folks from j-town, the folks who have been involved for so many years including sandy moory, ben nakasho. these are extraordinary leaders in j-town. and whenever there's a problem that they want fixed, you know, usually i get the phone call from sandy. so when this bridge was being threatened through this project of being torn down on on

webster. to and what it meant for safety and the community and so many of the kids and families from rosa parks elementary school fought to keep that bridge there and so i'm so glad that the city listened to the community and that bridge is still there along with making the crossways a lot more safe. but as jeff tumlin talked about before geary boulevard, this was a community of mostly african americans who live in harmony. i used to wonder when i hung out no matter how badly we behalved we were responsible for one another. we took care one another and we

built relationships and there was a real divide. and so what we are trying to do and correcting the mistakes of the past and build those bridges and make them stronger both with the people, but also with the infrastructure. and this project along with so many of the other improvements that are happening around geary boulevard to improve the ability for people to move around the city safely and also using public transportation and making it more efficient so that people use public transportation is critical to really also addressing climate change because 50% of the emissions, the green house gas emissions that go into the air and impacting our environment comes from private vehicles and so getting people to use public transit to continue to be an environmental leader. making muni more efficient.

making our streets more safe, building bridges, this project did it all and did it did it all while working with so many people in the tenderloin, in the richmond, the avenues and out there in that area in the western addition filmore connecting the city like never observer r before and i want to thank all of you all, the contractors, the kids, everyone that had a role to play in making this project. i see you having a role to play and making this a great project for san franciscans and starting to move our city forward. we have so many challenges and so much work to do. it is always nice to be somewhere where something incredible happened for the people of san francisco that puts a smile on your face. so thank you all so much for being here. congratulations on this wonderful project. [ applause ]

. >> thank you, mayor breed for your strong support. i'd also now like to introduce our state senator scott weaner who is also providing very strong support for us at the state level senator scott wiener. >> these are community that is need more transit and this is a great step forward. you know, as san francisco continues to wake up from our covid cacoon, we need to make sure people can get around. people want to be in cities, people want to be in san francisco and we need to make sure that the city is able to accept the people who want to

live here because this is the best city in the world and people do want to live here. and part of that means great world class public transportation. and -- [ applause ] -- and 38 geary is just one example of what we need to do. we need faster bus service. we need bus route transit and when i was on the board of supervisors and on our transportation authority, we went down to mexico city to look at their bus rapid transit systems which they deliver in three years from concept to cutting the ribbon and we need to be continually moving in that direction. more bus rapid transit, faster deliveries. sometimes we struggle with that. this was fast, but we need to make all of our transit projects happen quickly. we need to deliver these projects quickly for our community and i know m.t.a. and our transportation authority

are working hard on that. at the state level, we actually were able to pass a law last year to dramatically speed up delivery of bus rapid transit projects and we're looking to expand that law next year. so i see good things in the future for our city and for our

transit system. but, today, let's celebrate this huge win for the community, transit riders, pedestrians, and everyone else who needs to get around this city. thank you. >> thank you, senator wiener. next up, we have kelly chang. the transportation authority agency our sister agency. >> congratulations to you for leading this fantastic project in partnership with the other agencies. good morning everyone. on behalf of our board including chair rafael man delman. i want to say thanks to the folks who labored to build this project and the next generation of kids who's going to benefit from all the safety reliance. as we all know, geary is really a microcausem of our city. particularly now during the pandemic. it's such an important and critical service. now, this corridor does pass through five different districts from the bay to the beach reflecting all the diversity of our city and that's what you see on the bus. it's really true. where transit goes, community grows. so i really want to take this opportunity to congratulate the sfmta, sf public works and p.u.c. because these projects

are not easy. this one really had full features. we had bus liens, traffic signal upgrades and the sidewalk extensions. these are all features that make buses more reliable and the street safer for people walking and traveling. the transportation authority was proud to have provided over $13 million and sales tax funds as well as prop aa vehicle funds. so thank you to the voter who is have approved these sources and we hope to come back to you to do more in the coming years. thank you, of course, to japantown, filmore. and all the community members who remained involved in the planning station and of course in design and construction. this project, of course, will not only improve safety and reliability, but help support economic revitalization and

jobs. maintaining and creating jobs for our city. i want to thank you, mayor breed. you saw this project come before us at the t.a. and thank you to the citizens advisory committee. community advisory committee. and really just want to appreciate everybody's continued support. please keep asking for projects like this. please keep demanding safety and bus transit reliability and rapid transit projects. it's our pleasure to support the city and we hope to keep it going to benefit generations to come. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, director chang. we have three members of the sfmta board here. sharon lai, steve hemminger, and our final speaker, mta board member amanda eacon. >> good afternoon, san

francisco. on behalf of the entire mta board of directors i'm exciteded about the completion of the rapid geary project which is so important in accomplishing some of our key goals improving transit service and also improving traffic safety as mayor breed mentioned. it was noted my colleagues director lai and hemminger are here today and i want to thank them for their services. the geary bus lines are not just among the busiest in san francisco, they are among the busiest in the entire country where 56,000 and there's been a comprehensive suite of tools installed by this project to improve transit speed and reliability. of course, the red transit lanes bus stop optimization. as jeff mentioned, the quick builds alone improve transit service by 20% and i will tell you i experienced that this morning coming here on the 38r,

that bus was flying down the street and it got here 13 minutes faster than google maps predicted. thank you to the geary rapid project. it's so nice to be able to be early thanks to transit. that's just with the quick build improvements. so i cannot wait for the valuation of this project to be done once all of the measurements are done and see how much more even than 20% we are actually getting to. along with the full sfmta board, i am also deeply personally committed to san francisco's vision geary boulevard shows up prominently in what we call the height injury network. that's 13% of streets in our industry where 35% of fatalities occur because geary as a disproportionate share of traffic collisions. you're eight times more likely

to be hit by a car when crossing geary than the average city street. so just a couple numbers. 304 new pedestrian bulb outs. 74 new upgrade the crosswalks. 9 intersections with improvements as well as new pedestrian count down signals, longer crosswalk timing and also a reduction in the number of to just point, the number of total travel lanes from four to two and, of course, one bus lane in each direction. that's a lot of impressive numbers and i also wanted to share a story today about one geary corridor resident whose life has already been improved by this project. lou grosso is here with us today. maybe you can stand up or wave. [ applause ] thank you so much for being here. lou is a member of the geary

advisory committee that advises the project team and provides input on project issues from the community. lou is blind and lives just across the street from where we are gathered now in st. francis square and he is enthusiastic about the new crosswalk installed just down the street at buchanan street that connects st. francis square to japantown. thank you. [ applause ] lou recently told us that he completed his orientation and mobility training for the newly upgraded geary. today, he can now successfully walk from his home to his husband's work at calvary presbyterian church on philmore and jackson streets. [ applause ] lou told us this has been his goal ever since he moved to st. francis square in 2017. his mobility instructor had

previously told him he was forbidden from crossing geary because it was just too unsafe and the webster bridge was not an option for him. but because of all the safety improvements and with excellent training, lou can now cross geary on his own and make it all the way to the calvary church. [ applause ] thank you so much, lou, for your service on the committee. and thank you for letting us share your story today. we are so happy that your neighborhood is now more accessible to you. and thank you for working so closely with the project staff to make sure all of our pedestrian signals are loud enough so that they can be heard. thank you to everyone who helped to make this project a reality and thank you so much all of you for coming out today despite the rain to celebrate this milestone with us. thank you. [ applause ] >> all right. thank you everyone for joining us.

now it would not be a project kickoff without a ribbon and a giant pair of scissors. so i would like to invite back up the mayor, our key project sponsors, sandy moory who will be holding the scissors for us. and i would also like to invite all of you to please stick around after the ribbon cutting ceremony for some delightful performances by local groups in japantown and st. francis square. thank you all for coming out. [ applause ]

>> you need to be very careful. okay. are we ready? five, four, three, two, one. we almost had it.

>> they are giant scissors. >> van ness avenue runs from market street to bay street in san francisco. south vanness runs from south of market to cesar chavez street. originally residential after the 1906 earthquake it was used as a fire break. many car dealerships and businesses exist on vanness today with expansion of bus lanes. originally marlet street was named after james vanness,

seventh mayor of san francisco from 1855 to 1856. vanness heavy are streets in santa cruz, los angeles and fresno in his honor. in 1915 streetcars started the opening of the expo. in 1950s it was removed and replaced by a tree-lined median. it was part of the central freeway from bayshore to hayes valley. it is part of uses 101. it was damaged during the 1989 earthquake. in 1992 the elevator part of the roadway was removed. it was developed into a surface boulevard. today the vanness bus rapid transit project is to have designated bus lanes service from mission.

it will display the history of the city. van ness avenue.

all right.. good afternoon everyone. i'm san francisco mayor london breed. and i am joined by the chancellor of san francisco state university lei mahoney and the superintendent of the san francisco unified school district dr. matthews and we are making what i think is an extraordinary announcement. many of you know that here in san francisco. 83% of san franciscans have

been vaccinated. but you know who's leading the way? our kids. so that is absolutely remarkable and i'm really proud of all of our kids who are stepping up and doing their part because what we want to do is, of course, get our institutions of higher learning as well as the school district and many of our schools that are open, we want them to stay open and we want the teachers, we want the administrators, we want the janitors and all of the folks who work in the schools and our kids to be safe and so far so good right, dr. matthews. now, we are on the west side of town of san francisco, state university and i can tell everyone we're on the west side because usually we have all the clouds in the air. but that's how we like it in san francisco. san franciscans love the fog. we love the clouds. we love the comforts of being

apart of a community that really is an extraordinary community. a number of students here are happy to return to campus and so many kids are happy to go back to school. i'm sure many of you who have children or those who encounter, the first thing i asked are you happy that you're back in school and now back in the day, with us as kids, we probably would have said no unless we went through a global pandemic and every kid is like, yes, i'm so happy. all of the things that we used to do. that's really remarkable. and, today, our special announcement is something that as i said i think is extraordinary because and we have dr. baba here from the department of public health. thank you for your work and for being here as well. our announcement here today is really because we want to get more kids vaccinated and the

announcement today is that san francisco state university is offering a chance for people who are vaccinated and plan to get vaccinated to enter into a drawing that would allow for free full four-year ride at san francisco state university. that is something worth clapping for. so we're talking about a full ride and so those of you who have already went to college or who are enrolled in college, this does not include you. this only includes our kids ages 12-17 who can go to a number of sides which we're going to talk about where you can register as long as you show proof of vaccination and those who are still holding out and waiting to get vaccinated. here's your chance at a whole ride in your back yard at san francisco state university.

this is an extraordinary partnership between san francisco unified school district and san francisco state because, yes, we want our kids to be fully vaccinated, but most importantly, we also want them to have access to a higher education and one that is affordable. i know so many kids in san francisco choose san francisco state as an option to attend college including our own dr. vince matthews who is probably an alumni here at san francisco state. so it's not too late for that other 10% of kids age 12-17. here's your shot. don't miss your shot like hamilton. i'm not throwing away my shot. well, go get your shot. go get your vaccine and make sure that you enter to be apart of this drawing where ten lucky students from san francisco unified school district will be selected to attend san francisco state university on a free ride and i can't think of

a better incentive than that in order to be apart of what i think is an incredible institution that has been apart of the fabric of san francisco for so many years. with that, i want to introduce the superintendent of the san francisco unified school district who's been really an extraordinary leader during difficult times and who is here as an alumni, a proud alumni of not just san francisco state, but also public schools like i am here in san francisco. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome dr. vincent matthews. >> thank you, mayor breed for those kind words. good afternoon everyone, i am absolutely thrilled to be here back on what i consider my campus. i am a proud alumni of san francisco state. i have three degrees from here. my masters and my doctorate all from san francisco state. so i'm very proud and humbled to be here today. i was just thinking on the ride

over, it was back in -- the summer of 1982, i was at a cross roads in my life. i just graduated from city college. i was working. i was a checker at lucky's, so i was making a pretty good salary and i was going to try to figure out what i was going to do for the rest of my life. was i going to continue at lucky's or was i going to do something different. so what i did at that point, i applied for at that point what was called cal grant aid. if i got the cal grant, then i was going to come to san francisco state. what actually happened was those dollars gave me hope. once i got the dollars in hand, i came to san francisco state and i just told you. i have no doubt, if i did not have those dollars, the dollars from cal grant a, i would not be standing in front of you today. what's happening right now is

the opportunity for scholarships and for the students who eventually will get these scholarships. this is the opportunity. this is hope for them. so i'm so proud of the city, san francisco state and the district partnering together to make this happen for our youth. dollars, funding, partnership. it's another thing to know that you have the dollars to make it happen. i'm so extremely grateful for san francisco state as i said for our great city of san francisco and for our school district to come together to make this happen for our youth. one of the things i said at the beginning of this pandemic is we have to take care of each other. we can, you know, it's like people in a row boat, you can get in the row boat and you can argue with each other or you can figure out how we're going to take care of each other and how we're going to support each other. one of the additional things i said is one of the ways we can take care of each other is by getting vaccinated. that's so critical. you take care of yourself, but

not only yourself, you take care of your neighbor to get vaccinated. as the mayor said, our young people, 90% have gotten vaccinated, but we want 100%. our young people are leading the way and we are going to do everything we can to encourage them to make that happen. these scholarships as they come forward are san francisco state, the city, the district giving back which we all should do. it's also us taking care of each other and that's why this event today is so important. we want you to get vaccinated, number one, and here's an opportunity for you to get as you heard a full ride to san francisco state. the greatest institution in the history of human kind. it's an opportunity for us to give back and make sure students have the schools they need to thrive in the 21st century. i'm so proud of being here and being apart of this partnership and now i'd like to introduce someone who keeps all of our city scholars at the forefront

of the president of san francisco state lei mahomey. >> thank you superintendent matthews. i just want to thank you all for joining us today and especially our partner san francisco mayor, the honorable london breed. my favorite at the moment alumnus, you're all my favorite, san francisco unified school district superintendent matthews. we also have dr. baba from the san francisco department of public health. alex wong is here representing senator scott weaner's office and i want to thank in particular the san francisco state university foundation board of directors and chair kimberly brandon. as the superintendent mentioned, access is important, but dollars are important. and so i want to thank the san francisco state university board of directors and chair kimberly brandon for supporting this program. we couldn't have done it without them. we are so proud to be here

today to join the san francisco department of public health, the mayor's office and san francisco unified schools in partnering to make sure we get vaccinated. it has been a pleasure to be a president of a university in which the mayor and the department of public health led the nation in its response to the pandemic. not just the state, but the nation. and this is just another step in that direction. the san francisco state, we took the need to get vaccinated very seriously and all of my appeals, we've required vaccination for in-person activities in the fall. we went further modelling ourselves after the city and the department of public health. we require that our students provide actual proof of vaccination. we would not let them in a class on the first monday of classes had they not provided that proof of vaccination and just as we keep talking about our young people leading the way, our students led the way. over 98% of san francisco state

is participating in-person face-to-face activities this fall are vaccinated and have provided that. this is more incentive for our young people to lead the way. among many of the consequences of the pandemic that we all worry about, i worry about in particular what it's going to do to the rate of college attendance. we have seen proof across the state that attended the community colleges has declined and in particular, there are concerns be about college goingness among our black and latinx students in the state. so this program is an attempt to do two things. it is to support the city in its efforts to get us back to normal by getting us as close to 100% as we can of vaccination rates. it's also about reminding students that there's nothing more important as they do their own upward mobilities and i appreciated the superintendent's story about

the moment in which the availability of a grant made a difference for him. in san francisco state, we are particularly proud of our role as an engine of upward mobility and educational equity and, in fact, in the west by world news and report for our work in the upward mobility of our graduates. these scholarships provide us an opportunity to further public health goals and as importantly, help the city and san francisco unified by building the next generation of leaders for the city's workforce. so again, we're grateful to the partnerships that were expressed today and i want to thank those of san francisco state and the city. i haven't been here for more than five minutes. it is now my pleasure to introduce dr. baba from the san francisco department of public health who she serves as a deputy director.

thank you. >> thank you, president mahoney. this is such an exciting day and we cannot be more grateful for the everies around getting scholarships out to this cohoard. over 90% fully vaccinated, that's just incredible and that's really a tribute to both them as well as their parents. so if there's a way that we can give back and save them a little bit on their educational cost, i think that's more than enough reward. we know that the 12% cohort as well as children in general have been through a lot throughout the pandemic. and, you know, the way to recover is to get them back together, to get them back into school and society be with the community so they can be out and volunteering and working and being with their friends. vaccination has been critical as part of that effort.

we are really excited about this program. i want to mention the fact that our community-based partners have done a lot to make sure that the work gets out to our young population and we have over 100 vaccine sites to create low barrier access to vaccinations for the entire community. i think one of the things we know is that incentives can work in certain circumstances. we've hit 90% in this this age group, but a little bit more of a push so we can get as close that 98% of the students are here and vaccinated. and i just want to say that, you know, i think one of the things that we all should offer is hope for the future and that there is hope for the future. we are ready to be out of this pandemic. we are ready to return back to life and school is part of that life and growing up and going to college is one of the things that a lot of people and kids look forward to. so i'm really excited to be

part of this. and thank you for their work on this. [ applause ] >> we are now happy to answer any questions you might have either for the department of public health, the mayor, we also have folks in the audience who can help with specifics as well. >> i have a question as a mother. considering we have so many kids who are vaccinated, i'm wondering there might be more the 12 and under, 11 and under. [inaudible] the state and the city the state of emergency in the city. >> we really want to get that vaccine approved for them right, dr. baba. do you have someone under 12 at home? you're asking for others. >> for others.

>> i'm still going to get asked by potential students what's step one and step two how to go about. >> i hope you'll correct me if i'm wrong. we have things set up all across the city. we'll do that annually and run that against our add missions records. one of those schools have their tuition covered for eight consecutive terms. >> do you mean physical or online? >> the physical site. we're going to send them out. >> thank you. >> placed across the city. >> i'm from the san francisco examiner. we know people from all walks of life and also the age group between 25 to 34 is really the lowest vaccinated age group right now. so can you talk about why this is specifically for the age group that it was and kind of what your thoughts are with

kind of getting that younger adult age group vaccinated too. >> we're focused on this group because they are so far our largest incoming students. we'll see how this was. we'll see incentives for transfer students, but we started with students because this is the they are most likely to attend and live in residence. we have a big run on the site those days. >> and just quickly, is the university paying for this? >> it's being paid for supported by the san francisco state university foundation board of directors. so it is our philanthropic arm. i'm very grateful because we couldn't do this without their

support. >> thank you. >> for the first time in nearly two decades fishers have been granted the legal right to sell fish directly to the package right off their boat -- to the public right off their boats in san francisco. it's not only helping local fishers to stay afloat but it's evoking the spirit of the wharf by resurfacing the traditional methods of selling fish. but how is it regulated? and what does it take for a boat to be transported into a floating fish market? find out as we hop on board on this episode of "what's next sf." (♪♪♪) we're here with the owner and the captain of the vessel

pioneer. it's no coincidence that your boat is called the pioneer because it's doing just that. it's the first boat in san francisco to sell fish directly from the boat. how did you establish your boat into such a floating fish market? >> well, you know, i always thought that it would be nice to be able to provide fresh fish to the locals because most of the fish markets, you would have to do a large amount of volume in order to bring in enough fish to cover the overhead. when you start selling to the public that volume is much less so it makes it hard to make enough money. so being able to do this is really -- it's a big positive thing i think for the entire community. >> a very positive thing. as a third-generation fisherman joe as his friends call him has been trawling the california waters for sustainably caught seafood since an early age. since obtaining a permit to sell fish directly to the public he is able to serve fish at an affordable price. >> right now we're just selling

what a lot of the markets like, flat fish and rock fish and what the public likes. so we have been working for many, many years and putting cameras in them. there's the ability to short fish and we have panels that we open and close so we target the different species of fish by adjusting the net. and then not only that but then the net sort out the sizes which is really important. >> joe brings in a lot of fish, around 20,000 pounds per fishing trip to be exact. >> we had one day one time that we sold almost 18,000 pounds. >> it's incredible. >> i know, it's hard to imagine. >> but this wasn't always the case for joe. >> the markets that we have left in california, they're few and far between, and they really are restrictive. they'll let you fish for a couple months and shut you down. a lot of times it's rough weather and if you can't make your delivery you will lose your rotation. that's why there's hardly any boats left in california because of the market challenges. my boat was often sitting over here at the dock for years and i

couldn't do anything with it because we had no market. the ability to go catch fish is fine, i had the permits, but you couldn't take them off your boat. >> that was until the port commission of san francisco rallied behind them and voted unanimously to approve a pilot program to allow the fish to be sold directly to consumers right off their boats. >> the purpose of the program is to allow commercial fishers to sell their fish directly from their boats to the end consumer in a safe and orderly manner for the benefit of the overall fishing community at the port of san francisco. we have limited the program to certain types of fish such as salmon, halibut, tuna and rock fish. crab is restricted from this program because we did not want to interfere with the existing crab sales on taylor street and jefferson street. so this is not meant to favor one aspect of the fishing industry more than another. it's to basically to lift up the

whole industry together. >> and if joe the program has been doing just that. >> it was almost breathtaking whenever i woke up one morning and i got my federal receiver, my first receivers license in the mail. and that gave me permission to actually take fish off my boat. once we started to be able to sell, it opened things up a bit. because now that we have that federal permit and i was able to petition the city council and getting permission from san francisco to actually use the dock and to sell fish here, it was a big turning point. because we really didn't think or know that we'd get such a positive response from the public. and so we're getting thousands of people coming down here buying fish every week and so that's pretty cool. they like the fish so much that they take pictures of it when they cook it and they send us all of these pictures and then they ask us, you know, constantly for certain types of fish now. and when they come down here the one thing that they say is that

they're so amazed that the fish is so fresh they could eat a little bit during the week and it's still fresh all week in the refrigerator. so that's really cool. >> the fish is very fresh and the price is super. i don't think that you can get it anywhere in the bay area. i can see it, and i can stir fry it, wow, you can do anything you want. i just can say this is a good place to shop and you have a good experience. >> this program supports the strategic plan in terms of engagement, people being connected to the waterfront, and also economic vitality. because it's helping the fishermen to make ends meet. they have no guarantees in their businesses, not like some people, and we want to do everything that we can to help them to have a good and thriving business. >> how does it feel to be able to sell your fish locally kind

of in the traditional way, like your grandfather probably did? >> when i was a kid and i used to work in my dad's fish market, a lot of the markets that we sell to now are second and third and fourth generation markets. so i remember as a kid putting their tags on the boxes of fish that we shipped out of monterey and ship down to l.a. so it's kind of cool that we're still dealing with the same families. and this is probably about the only way that anyone can really survive in california is to sell your own fish. >> one of the advantages of this program is the department people that pull in the fish, they can find out where they caught it and find out more about the fisherman and that adds to their experience. the feedback from the fishers has been very good and the feedback from the customers have very good. and there's a lot of people coming to the wharf now that might not have done so. in fact, there's people that go through the neighboring restaurants that are going to

eat fish inside but before they go in they see the action on the dock and they want to kind of look at what's happening on the boat before they go in and they have a meal. so it's generated some conversation down at the wharf and that's a good thing. >> as you can see by the line forming behind me getting ready to buy fish, the pilot program has been a huge success. for more information visit sfsport.com. (♪♪♪) (♪♪♪) >> 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.

due to the covid-19 health machining and to protect board members and public the meeting rooms at city hall are closed. commissioners are participating remotely as if physically present. we ask listeners to turn down divisions while listens on the phone. we ask for patience with technical issues. public comment is available for each item. each speaker allowed two minutes to speak. comments do speak during the public comment are available by

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this will be available on sfgovtv. we are now on item 2. which is the continuation of remote meetings. this is an item that was voted on at operations and capital committee. this is going to allow the commission to continue having remote meetings. there is no staff presentation. if you would like commissioner anderson i can call a vote. >> yes, please do. >> item 2. commissioner anderson. >> aye. >> commissioner griffin. >> aye. >> commissioner house see. >> aye. >> commissioner jones. >> aye. >> commissioner lou. >> aye. >> commissioner missoula.

>> aye. >> that is the unanimous. public comment. >> it is a continuation. if anyone wanted to comment on remote meetings dial star 3 to be added the queue. david, can you let me know if anyone raised their hand. >> there are zero hands raised. >> no callers. public item closed. election of officers, item 3. there is a typo in this item which election of vice president for the remainder of calendar year as it was vacated. we do have a president.

we will not hold that election until january 2022. with that, i will just very briefly go through public comment and then i will go through the election process and turn it over to you, commissioners. any public comment on election of officers? if you would like to comment dial star 3 to be added the queue. >> there are zero hands raised. >> public comment is closed. the process for this election is that someone will need to motion to open the nominations. just opening the nominations. someone can second the motion and we will take a roll call vote on the motion to open nominations. after that we will move to

nominations. someone can make a nominations for vice president and someone can second the nomination and we will see if there are other nominations and close nominations and do roll call vote on nominations. >> did you hear my motion to open? >> no, i didn't. go ahead. >> i made a motion to open nominations. >> second. >> i will call roll on that. commissioner anderson. >> aye. >> commissioner griffin. >> aye. >> commissioner sallisy. >> aye. >> jupiter jones. >> aye. >> commissioner louie. >> aye. >> commissioner mazzola. >> aye. >> unanimous to open nominations. nominations for vice president. >> i would like to nominate someone for vice president other

than president buhl. commissioner anderson has the most experience. sixth year as commissioner. she has chaired the zoo committee, served on the capital committee, when i was appointed a year ago, there was a state of flux within the commission. ashley was on maternity leave at that point. stacy was doing two jobs apartment once. i met commissioner anderson at dedication of observation wheel in golden gate park. she gave me her cell number. if you have any questions, concerns please give me a call. i used that number often in the succeeding months via text and personal phone calls. she was very forthcoming with information and advice.

we have been lucky. we have had two great vice presidents this year. commissioner loue and commissioner mcdonald. i think commissioner anderson would be tremendous in this role. it is my pleasure to nominate her for vice president of the rec and park commission. >> i would like to second that. based on gender equality it would be great to have a female vp. as new commissioner i am very excited. >> thank you both. >> anyone else want to say anything before roll call vote on that? >> i would like to add that i have known kat for many years. she has been very helpful. she has been there when needed. she would make an excellent vice

president. >> any other nominations? >> seeing no other nominations. nominations are closed. on the motion to elect kat anderson vice president. commissioner anderson. >> aye. >> commissioner griffin. >> aye. >> commissioner hallisy. >> aye. >> commissioner jones. >> aye. >> commissioner loue. >> aye. >> commissioner mazzola. >> aye. congratulations. the vote is unanimous. did you want to say anything. >> thank you. i want to thank everybody for your kind words and your support. this is a tremendous commission

to serve on both symbolically and effectively. i think san franciscans love parks above everything else. it is a wonderful way to relax and reflect, spend time with family and friends. we have beautiful gaulterring spaces all over the city. i raised my children here and i can tell you we have our favorite places yet i still discover new places every some. thank you for being -- every month. thank you to all members of the rec and park team, department, you guys are great. i feel so lucky to be working with you. i hope that you will continue to call on all of us especially me to help. i think i am about to enter a period of time when i have extra

time on my hands. i would like to do more. i know we all do. i am excited about the birth of new parks, francisco and india basin and the equity projects all over the city. in my work takes me to the southeast quadrant every day. i have seen the equity activism in beautiful neighborhoods and parks and neighbors so proud to go and feel excited and safe to be there. i think we should all commend ourselves. a round of applause to all of us. if anybody has new ideas they would like to float that the commission could get involved in always let me know. i will give you my cell number beige i did for joe. contact me anytime. we do a lot but i think we could be more active as leaders on the

commission. we will pick up the ball and run anytime. we are ready to go. >> thank you. welcome to the newest commissioners. commissioner louie and griffin. i am excited you have joined us. welcome. >> commissioner anderson our new vice president i will ask you to help me facilitate today's meeting. our election is concluded. item 4. president's report. commissioner anderson. >> our president is in a foreign country right now. he tried to participate but we had technical difficulties. we wish the commissioner well. he didn't tell me to report anything. i think you pretty much heard my report. with any fellow commissioners like to speak up during this

time? all right. go ahead. >> i wanted to speak a little bit about the graduation at the botanical gardens. >> thank you. yes, we had the apprenticeship classes. two -- cohorts selected to go through a two year program. they are then going to do work in rec and park. some go to department of public works. i would say we probably celebrated more than 20 graduates from all walks of life who have completed training. many have started their careers in rec and park. i have to tell you it was so excited to hear them

acknowledge, to meet them, to hear how great team leaders are and instructor. enthusiastic committed people. i have to say again our parks are in great hands. did you want to add to that. >> i will add one more thing. starting out attending events. that was particularly emotional in that i am so proud of san francisco and the past commissioner on the rec and park was the one with the idea about a two year intern ship in collaboration with city college. it is academic and theness things to be a good gardner. that is manager ginsburg the

only two year internship in the entire state of california. this is quite a feather in the cap of san francisco. >> we have a model program here. i also want to commend labor local 261. they embrace these apprentices who become part of that membership this. is a union that worked so hard in the city. it is currently headed by theresa folio. a lot of involvement from convince courtney. thank you, commissioner lou. anything else anybody? i have one other item if no one else has something to share. we got a really nice commendation right to the general manager from the san

francisco apartment association. she sent an e-mail thank you for your hard work and putting up with a lot of abuse from colleagues. i have lived in san francisco 45 years and have never seen the parks so nice. we were there on saturday and my long time san francisco friends were amazed at the quality of bathrooms. you rock. keep it up. great job, phil and the team. thank you for that kind note. i think that is the end of item 4. >> any public comment on the president's report? if there is dial star 3 to be added the queue. >> zero hands raised. >> an e-mail from a member of

the public who said -- okay. it is fun that we can work on this together with the public. i am not worried about that any more. no callers. public comment is closed. item 5. general manager's report. >> good morning. >> turn it up. >> i am standing in for the general manager also in a foreign country. i believe not the same one as the president. i will be giving the congratulations to vice chair and general manager's report

today. we start with the jfk bike tour on october 24th. please join the s.f.m.t.a. and rec and park staff for a bike and talk to your along jfk drive in the park this sunday. it may be rain. october 24, at 1:30 p.m. come learn more about the bike ride. bring your bike or rent one. talk about potential improvements. it begins and ends at mcallister street. this is part of our jfk outreach project everything joint with m.t.a. so far included 32 events, five in equity priority communities, eleven senior communities and two very large recorded virtual information sessions. we have the survey and a

companying information available in five languages. i believe this is a record in my over 10 years with the department. since this survey opened we have over 6259 responses to our survey. over 500 paper surveys complete. we have them available at our events for people to fill out on paper. there is more information this project on our website and s.f.m.t.a. website. switching to child care makeovers. our city kids enjoy new green outdoor play spaces after volunteers created play spaces at nine san francisco child care centers and home daycare facilities. the transformed play years allow the young children to inspire world for learning, movement and

imaginative play new plantings, gardens, logs, stumps and trees for climbing and nozzlenents to use in imaginative play. the children's services which serves children from birth to 5 years old with family incomes below federal poverty line is one of the four child care centers, five family child care homes with the transformation. two centers in bayview, two in engle side, one near city college, one in the valley. these makeovers were spearheaded by the department cities connected children to nature project which is the san francisco based -- excuse me and the san francisco-based nonprofit low income investment

fund, rebuilding together and the office of early care and education. like many things we do it is collaboration with different partners. we are opening the nature play area on november 1st. you are invited to join us. this is a collaboration with the port and san francisco children and nature. it will be at 5:00 p.m. kiddie signed and constructed out every purposed natural materials. logs and stumps and it is a place where kids can connect, explore and play in nature and where kids are encouraged to balance on logs, play in the mud and use natural materials. the only limit is imagination. this is collaboration withca boone and leaders in nature play design with generous funding

from kaiser permanente. november 1st is ribbon-cutting and play activities for kids. this project has many really interesting elements but you will see trees are re-purposed from tree removals at lake merced and different places throughout the system, exciting for kids and the environment as well. close to halloween. we are not hosting the usual scare there are halloween events. halloween party on october 29th featuring pumpkins. top party costume parade on october 29th. attend if your life is in need of cuteness. party at youngblood coleman rec

center. also on the 29th. dancing is more, we have the thriller dance flash mob by young people theater company on october 29 and 30. haunted house at glen park rec center on october 30th. they are dubbing nightmare on elk street. a full list of events is found on the website. coming up same weekend is outside lands. this is returning to golden gate park after a year off because of covid. we are excited to invite lizzo and the strokes and jay baldwin to the park. there is a lot happening that weekend not just in the park but around the city. to help the public navigate traffic and plan the route

around the park and we have set up a web page on our site. sfrec park.org that lists links to shuttle you information and other information. there is further concert information at outside lands. com. the road closures for golden gate park have been started. it is to the community looking at the supervisor's media channel as well as our own. golden gate park the band shell concerts continue. you can head to the music concourse band shell to enjoy free live concerts sunday, wednesday, friday and some saturdays. illuminate is hosting free

concerts. raggae sunday. singer-songwriter wednesday. a member of our staff appeared two weeks ago. special community events on saturday. the complete lineup is also on the website. another event to invite you to on november 13. lake merced boat dock is opening. construction is complete. new dock boat ramp seating area and ada parking are available to the public. it is important. it allows for the continued operation as a regional national recreation resource. i met natural to improve accessibility to the public particularly seniors and those with disabilities. helps retain the diverse user

groups. ribbon-cutting will be held on november 13 at 11:30 a.m. followed by a special demonstration of the california dragon boat association. finally, we are pleased to announce the san francisco parks alliance and bay area artist in partnership with recreation and parks bringing parks back to peacock meadow. during the pan tan this dazzling force of life became a popular evening destination for residents and visitors. in the returning year you can look forward to augmented experience including new trees, flowers, interactive features to

allow custom lighting patterns. it lights the way for a nighttime exploration along the car-free jfk route. the holiday tree, conservatory of flowers will be lit up, and the observation meal and illuminated band shell in music concourse. tree lighting on december 2. invitations forthcoming. it includes hot chocolate and cookies and visit from santa. that concludes the general managers report. >> if there is any public comment on the general manager's report dial star 3 to speak.

>> there are zero hands raised. >> general public comment. >> we are on item 6. general public comment up to 15 minutes. this will be continued to item 9. at this time the members of the public may address the commission within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission not on the agenda. with respect to agenda items you will have opportunity to address the commission when the item is reached. dial star 3 to have two minutes to speak. anyone have a hand raised? >> there is one hand raised. >> caller, you have two minutes.

>> they are not unmuting. >> is that on our end? >> normally they press star 3 to raise their hand. we have one attendee but no raised hands. >> there will be another opportunity. if you are on the call and speak during general public comment dial star 3 to be added the queue to speak. dial star 3. did they raise their hand? >> no. >> okay. if this person on the line wants to speak during general public comment we will have public comment again on item 9. no further callers, public

comment is closed. consent calendar item 7. is there anyone who would like to remove an item from consent calendar? >> i would like to make a motion we remove item b from concept calendar. >> second? >> second. >> roll call vote on removing 7b gloss commissioner anderson. >> aye. >> griffin. >> aye. >> commissioner hallisy. >> aye. >> jupiter jones. >> aye. >> commissioner louie. >> aye. >> reminder mute yourself if you

are not talking. commissioner mazzola. >> aye. i would like to pull item c. >> on the motion to remove 7b from consent calendar the vote was unanimous. commissioner mazzola made a motion to remove item c. is there a second? commissioner griffin seconds the motion. the motion to remove 7c, commissioner anderson. >> aye. >> commissioner griffin. >> aye. >> commissioner lallisy.

>> aye. >> jones. >> aye. >> commissioner louie. >> aye. >> commissioner mazzola. >> i don't think there needs a second on a process. any commissioner can remove any item. >> i will doublecheck. i want to make sure that is correct. it doesn't happen that often. thank you. everyone knows how this works. what we will do is vote on the consent calendar as a whole. two things are removed 7a and d. then go to those removed. 7b. the item is removed and staff can be present to as questions or make statement. then i believe staff from item c are also on the call to answer

questions. would anyone like to make a motion to approve consent calendar. >> so moved. >> second. on the consent calendar. >> anderson. >> aye. >> griffin. >> aye. >> hallisey. >> aye. >> jupiter jones. >> aye. >> commissioner louie. >> aye. >> commissioner mazzola. >> aye. >> i am supposed to take public comment on consent calendar. is there any public comment on consent calendar. dial star 3 to be added the queue. >> no hands raised. >> no further callers, public comment closed.

7a and d are passed. now item 7b. grant acceptance. >> commissioner jupiter jones. >> i recuse myself based on my personal and family's very in depth participation on the program. should i hang up now? >> hang up. as soon as this item is done i will text you to jump back on. i won't start until you are back on. >> thanks everyone. >> roll call vote on 7b to accept $20,000 cash grant for the baseball team.

>> motion? >> i move that we accept this grant. >> second. >> this is a very unusual agenda. i am mixed up. 7b the grant. go ahead commissioner mizzoula. >> i am confused why it was pulled out. >> it was pulled out because commissioner jupiter-jones had to be excused. >> she didn't want to approve or not approve something she had a direct personal interest in. she is involved with the team. >> we are taking public comment on 7b the grant acceptance from amazon for the san francisco bay.

any public comment? dial star 3 to speak. >> do we have anyone? >> it looks like two hands raised. i do not have the option to unmute. there is a lot going on for me right now. david, it sounds like there is a problem in terms of people trying to comment and they are not able to. we can't go forward in the meeting until we figure that out. commissioner anderson, do you think we should call a five minute recess for the technical issue or do you want to it is here? >> if your person e-mailing you to speak about this item? >> she wanted to speak during

general public comment. >> why don't we go ahead and finish this item b and then we will take a brief recess to figure out the technical. if it turns out someone wanted to comment on 7b and we felt like it was substantive we could always rescind our vote. >> anything else to say before roll call on 7b? commissioner anderson. >> aye. >> commissioner griffin. >> aye. >> commissioner hallisy. >> aye. >> jupiter jones. she is not here. commissioner louie. >> aye. >> commissioner mazzola. >> aye. >> with that item 7b passes.

>> i would like to move for a brief add injury meant to see -- adjournment to address technical issues with public comment. >> i believe sfgovtv will put us on brief recess. don't hang up on callers. if they can't hear us i want to make sure that they don't get confused. >> i need a second on my motion. >> all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> any opposed? all right we are going to briefly recess. [ a brief recess was taken.]

>> all in favor, aye. >> opposed? okay. we are returning to the commission meeting after a brief break. >> thank you. >> sfgovtv can go ahead and take us out of the recess. members of the public on the line, apologies.

we have fixed the technical issue that was happening. if anything goes wrong let me know. hopefully, it is resolved now. if somebody wanted to comment on 7b which was the grant acceptance, we will ask you to raise your hand now. if there is comment we will discuss. star 3 to raise your hand. >> both hands are raised. this is 7b. commissioner anderson you can decide if you want the vote.

the $20,000 cash grant to the girls baseball team hold your comment to later. >> now that i am thinking about it, commissioner jupiter jones probably shouldn't be here. >> maybe she can leave the room for a second. >> david, do they still have hands raised? >> they do. >> commissioner jupiter jones, leave again. i will let you know to come back in a second. first caller. >> general public comment.

[indiscernable] thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next speaker. the line is open. did you want to speak about the grant to the girls baseball team? hello. anybody there? >> they hung up. >> get commissioner back and i will acknowledge commissioner griffin. >> we had one caller who asked to go back to general public

comment. >> we are back to taking general public comment. >> thanks for your patience. >> there is one hand raised. >> you have two minutes. >> hi, commissioners. thank you. i appreciate this, captain howard urban nature. at the mar3, 2021 meeting historic preservation commission considered for certificate to extend observation wheel. recreation and parks department offered proposals to mitigate

the impact of the wheel. the noise from the generator are still continuing. moderation of the lights is not in place. we should have receive a letter with a lot more details and photos illustrating these issues. we ask you direct rec and parks department do look into these and correct these problems. thank you very much. good luck with your technology. >> anyone else on the line who missed general public comment for item 6 and would like to speak now? david, any hands raised? >> there are zero hands raised. >> no further callers, public comment is closed. item 7c.

periods of time recreation sender and twin parks promenades and trails improvements regional park program grant application. >> i had a question about this one. what is the normal practice? i am confused. is this for the california state park department or san francisco rec and park department? i understand the grant part of it. the end part where it says they will main tain the park improvements for 30 years. rec and park maintain that now and will they not maintain in the future? is that what is happening in that is my question. >> we have our active director of safety here. this has become a common plan.

a requirement you continue to operate and main take the park in perpetuity for park purposes. this is work we are already doing at hertz. it is an expansion. it is an explicit condition of the grant and something we do anyway. we record against the deed. you want to chime in on anything? it is recreation and parkings department land and our workers doing the work. would be doing it absence of the grant agreement. >> i don't have anything else to add. >> that clears it up. i am fine. >> commissioner, it is the advice of the lawyers to be

pulling utit out and bringing to the board for approval. we will continue to see that in these plans when they go forward. >> thank you. >> go ahead. commissioner griffin. >> i make a motion we approve item c under conbe sent calendar. >> i have a second? >> second. >> public comment. >> if there is comment on 7c dial star 3 to be added to the queue to speak. any hands raised? >> there are zero hands raised. >> thank you. public comment is closed. all in favor. roll call. >> commissioner anderson. >> aye.

>> commissioner griffin. >> aye. >> commissioner hallisy. >> aye. >> commissioner jupiter jones. >> aye. >> commissioner louie. >> aye. >> commissioner mazzola. >> aye. >> any opposed? it was unanimous. passes. we are at item 8. san francisco zoo. do we have a presenter? >> i am with the san francisco zoo. we have a slide presentation as well.

>> i will share it. just give me a moment. >> thank you very much. >> we will review our diversity program at the san francisco zoo. starting off diversity fellowships.

we had the 10 for 10 program with gateway high school in the city. 10 week program with 10 students. the purpose is to represent underrepresented youth to learn and gain insight of options that may be available to them. also leads to the zoo camp and diversity as well. we enter that. diversity fellowship offers chance to gain leadership experience and planning and organizing. we look forward to doing this next summer and partnership with gateway high school as well. accessibility for community. our neighbor next door does help out and we continue to give free admission to the zoo and open doors to them.

next slide please. once again on accessibility we have u.c.s.f. foundation we partner with. families with epilepsy we open early to help out families and needs of children as well. also we join the museums for all program. from july to september we 43405

participants totaling 1.5% of the total attendance. we hope this goes up. we started roughly mid-july. this opens it up for admission for only $3 per person for four. family of four for $12. these than a standard admission. we have online training. moved daei programs online and

the unconscious bias training for staff at the due. internal acting with guests or each other or management. this is all online available to anyone at any time who works at the zoo. all documents at the internal website as well as safety training right there. last slide please. >> we have our employee book club. we are talking about one of those issues. race, gender, inclusion, all of those things in a safe place. book club is meeting once a month to go all of the different

issues, too. it is a way to talk about the issues without affecting other employees. once again this is open to all employees and includes a copy of the book if they join the book k club. that concludes our presentation. >> any public comment on the san francisco zoo report? dial star 3 to be added to the zoo. >> there are zero hands raised. >> reminder to mute yourself if you are not currently speaking. i am hearing a lot of background noise. public comment is closed. we are now on item 9.

general public comment. is there anyone on the line to speak on an item not on today's agenda dial star 3 to be added the queue to speak. >> we will have a moment for commissioners to speak if we do general public comment first. >> is lamar gone? >> i am here. >> any general public comment? any hands raised? >> there are zero hands raised. >> public comment is closed. item 10. commissioners' matters. >> commissioner griffin. >> yes. thank you very much for the nice presentation. very insightful. i just had one question.

how do you do your recruitment for the book club, the youth programs? how is the recruitment done? >> internal recruitment for the book club open to all staff. we had the head of the book club with the idea. we supported them fully on it. we looked at the program, gave approval. let them put out the e-mail. they put the e-mail out to staff to let them know it was available in english and spanish. copies for any staff interested. external. pretty much networking. who is available during those times. we had connections at gateway high school. we found out especially during the panel pan on what their

different interns were and what they wanted to do. we are working with other schools to get them on board as well. >> thank you very much. >> no problem. thank you. >> anyone to speak on equity issues? >> if any commissioners want to bring forward an equity moment, now would be the time. >> do commissioners want to talk about anything else before we move on? >> i would like to acknowledge based on public comment from catherine howard we did receive a communication on this. staff is looking into it. i would ask sarah to get back to me and let's make sure if there

is a status report for the next committee meeting we will gen° t to the agenda. >> commissioner griffin. >> i was going to say that it is only since september 23rd that i have been on the commission now. i have been learning a lot more each day. i was on a commission prior to that back in the early 1990s. on boarding was different. i haven't had much time to myself. involved with stuff we have to go through. it is good stuff. it is an exciting commission. i just look forward to working with folks. i look forward to put my foot on every park in the city.

i am sure people have aid that before. i would ask ashley to help with a list broken down by area. we can talk about that offline. it is fascinating. yesterday i had to go by the lodge to pick something up. there was confusion. i was outside for a while. the smell of the red wood tree brought up old san francisco to me. >> commissioner griffin, i would be honored to join you. i have been quietly doing this myself. about 225 parks are open including some that aren't in the city. i will be happy to join you.

i would like that list. i asked for a map. i don't know if we have an updated map. if we don't i would love to see it happen. if we do have a map of all parks and open spaces. perhaps we could get one to each petitioner. this is a segway to the next item. >> i have seen a map but it doesn't have the name of the park on it. it is a city map and they are just dots. if we could get a name by the dots. >> i am happy to sit in if the newer commissioners want to be part of that. just work through that with

ashley. do we need public comment? >> commissioner jupiter jones and commissioner louie. >> go ahead, please. >> i just thought this meeting would be a good meeting to announce the baseball program are launching the 403 saturday girl clinics. we are scheduled for one for saturday. the forecast might prevent that until we get an official month. these are offered for baseball players of all level. they are for places to learn. crocker amazon. the home field. they are run by our amazing coaching staff along with some

junior coaches and al lum currently in high school. we do 7-10. from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. from 12 to 4 ages 11 to 4. next is november 20th. one on december 18. one on january 22. one on february 26. drop in, show up. there is a waiver they need to sign. if anyone has questions send an e-mail to girls baseball. bring out your girls. they are a lot of fun. >> admission commissioner louie.

>> commissioner jupiter jones. i want to all girls high school and played softball throughout. we want to thank you for the work you do. i didn't hear my age range mentioned. that is okay. i want to add that we are very blessed to have ashley and sarah and people like you that have really spend year time to make larry and i feel comfortable and excited to be part of this commission. this wonderful commission. the commissioners that i hope can get together and see more often. we feel blessed and welcome.

>> i would like to also add that the an for mentioned blackwell and reed are running clinics at the refurbished gilman playground. they began on september 14th. they are running through november 4. boys and girls are welcome. every tuesday, thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. i have been out there twice. there has been 20-25 kids. each one of those times. i hear now it is growing as we move forward. eye number of coaches as well. coach to player ratio is like one to four or five. i want to salute manny involved in multiple programs and vick read. that has about two weeks to run.

take advantage of that as well. boys and girls. dill man playground tuesday and thursday 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. >> any public comment on commissioners matters, dial star 3 to be added the queue. >> zero hands are raised. >> public comment is closed. we are now on item 11. new business agenda setting. commissioners. >> one of the items that is going to come up is we need to update our commission by-laws. i have the working document in hand here. if any commissioner wants to help on this just ping me and let me know. they were last amended in 2010.

amendments will be made based on recommendations from the department's racial equity action plan and the controller's office public integrity review, preliminary assessment ethical standards for contracted award processes of the airport commission and other commissions and boards. and hopefully we can bring this to the commission for approval in november or december. that is it on the by-laws announcement. anything else to bring forward in the future? hearing none we can move on to item 12. is that right, ashley? you are muted. >> public comment on item 11. dial star 3 for public comment.

anyone have hands raised? >> there are zero hands raised. >> no callers, public comment the closed. 12 communications. any public comment on item 12? any hands raised? >> there are zero hands raised. >> public comment is closed. we are on item 13 adjournment. >> so moved. >> second. >> moved and jupiter jones seconded. all in favor say aye. >> aye. any opposed? we are adjourned at 11:11.

[♪♪♪] >> i just wanted to say a few words. one is to the parents and to all of the kids. thank you for supporting this program and for trusting us to create a soccer program in the bayview. >> soccer is the world's game, and everybody plays, but in the united states, this is a sport that struggles with access for certain communities. >> i coached basketball in a coached football for years, it is the same thing. it is about motivating kids and keeping them together, and giving them new opportunities. >> when the kids came out, they had no idea really what the game

was. only one or two of them had played soccer before. we gave the kids very simple lessons every day and made sure that they had fun while they were doing it, and you really could see them evolve into a team over the course of the season. >> i think this is a great opportunity to be part of the community and be part of programs like this. >> i get to run around with my other teammates and pass the ball. >> this is new to me. i've always played basketball or football. i am adjusting to be a soccer mom. >> the bayview is like my favorite team. even though we lose it is still fine. >> right on. >> i have lots of favorite memories, but i think one of them is just watching the kids enjoy themselves. >> my favorite memory was just having fun and playing. >> bayview united will be in soccer camp all summer long. they are going to be at civic centre for two different

weeklong sessions with america scores, then they will will have their own soccer camp later in the summer right here, and then they will be back on the pitch next fall. >> now we know a little bit more about soccer, we are learning more, and the kids are really enjoying the program. >> we want to be united in the bayview. that is why this was appropriate >> this guy is the limit. the kids are already athletic, you know, they just need to learn the game. we have some potential college-bound kids, definitely. >> today was the last practice of the season, and the sweetest moment was coming out here while , you know, we were setting up the barbecue and folding their uniforms, and looking out onto the field, and seven or eight of the kids were playing. >> this year we have first and second grade. we are going to expand to third, forth, and fifth grade next year bring them out and if you have middle school kids, we are starting a team for middle school. >> you know why? >> why? because we are? >> bayview united. >> that's right.

>> my name is amanda [inaudible] over see the girls sports program. when i came to san francisco and studied recreation and parks and towerism and after i graduated i moved to candlestick park and grain r gain adlot of experience work with the san francisco 49 and [inaudible] be agfemale in a vore sports dynamic facility. i coached volo ball on the side and as candle stick closed down the

city had me move in92 too [inaudible] >> immediate interaction and response when you work with kids. i think that is what drives other people to do this. what drew me to come to [inaudible] to begin with for me to stay. i use today work in advertising as a media buyer and it wasn't fulfilling enough and i found a opportunity to be a writing coach. the moment [inaudible] you to take advantage of how you change and inspire a child by the words you say and actions you do. >> you have a 30 different programs for girls through rec and park and fast ball, soft ball and volley ball. i started the first volley ball league and very proud what i have done with that. being a

leader for girls is passion and showing to be confident and being ambiggish and strong person. [inaudible] for about 5 years. programs offered thraw thirty-three rec and park and oversee thg prms about a year. other than the programs we offer we offer summer camp squz do [inaudible] during the summer and that is something i wherei have been able to shine in my role. >> couple years we started the civic center socking league and what an amazing opportunity it was and is it for kid in the neighborhood who come together every friday in the civic center plaza on green grass to run and play. you otonly see soccer and poetry but also see books t. is a really promoting literacy to our kid and giving them to tools to make it work at home. real fortunate to see

the [inaudible] grow. >> girls get pressureed with society and i know that is obvious, but we see it every day, magazines, commercials the idea what a woman should look like but i like to be a strong female role for it goals that play sports because a lot of times they don't see someone strong in a female role with something connected with sports and athleticism and i love i can bring that to the table. >> soccer, poetry, community service. we now have field of dreams. we are [inaudible] all over the bay area and excited to be share our mission with other schools across the bay to really build the confidence and character of kids when they go out to play and close their eyes and think, why was [inaudible] we want to make sure-i want to make sure they remember me and remember the other folks who [inaudible]

>> get out there and do it. who cares about what anybody else says. there will be poopal people that come up and want to wreck your ideas. that happen today eme when i went to candle stick part and wanted to [inaudible] people told me no left and right. whether you go out for something you are passionate about our something you want to grow in and feel people will say no. go out and get it done. i can be the strong leader female and i love that.

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johncarroll@sfgov.org. or you can submit it to city hall. clerk's office room 244 and city hall's address is 1 dr. carlton b. goodlet place. the items are expected to appear on the board of supervisors agenda. before i pass it back to you, if i can request anyone else connected to this call. we have a lot of folk who is are on this meeting. a substantial amount of presentations coming in. if you can keep your microphones 3450u9ed and your cameras off until you are addressed by the panel, we would appreciate that. mr. chair. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. let's go ahead and call our first agenda item. >> clerk: agenda item number one is a hearing on the city collection and analysis of sexual orientation and gender

identity data for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 and any covid-related data as available. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call the public call-in number. (415) 655-0001. today's meeting id is 24932447467. following that, press the pound symbol twice to connect to the meeting and press star followed by the number three to enter the queue to speak and the system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. please wait until the system indicates your line has been unmuted and you may begin your comments. mr. chair. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. i want to thank supervisor mandelman for calling for this hearing. he will take the lead on this in a minute. i wanted to briefly just join the many or at least some of the many presenters and i know

there are others standing by and supervisor mandelman will tap you all to speak at the appropriate time and i know we have the acting officer of the office of transgender and the department of homelessness and supportive housing. our chief health equity officer. department of public health. alsos, gloria woo from the mayor's office and housing and community development while the department of children use and families and also deputy director susie smith of h.s.a. and i know there are others also on the line for questions. so i'm very much looking forward to this hearing. it's an extremely important topic. thank you again, supervisor mandelman. and i will turn the mic and the floor over to you. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, chair preston. colleagues, today, we are holding a hearing on sexual

orientation and gender identity or data collected by city departments in fiscal years 2019 and 2020. we've also asked the departments to include sogi data that is collected. the story of sogi data goes back to at least 2016 when then supervisor scott weaner introduced and passed legislation which added chapter 104 collection of sexual orientation and gender identity data to the san francisco administrative code. that legislation requires the department of public health, the mayor's office of housing and community development. the department of human services. the department of aging and adult services. the department of children and youth and families, and contractors that receive more than $50,000 a year in city found to collect sogi data.

chapter 104 allows these organizations to data in the source of gender identity so that our city government may use this data to identify the needs of lgbtq san franciscans and evaluate whether we are effectively meeting those needs. this is the third hearing we've held on the sogi data collection during my time on the board of supervisors. we held our first back in april 2019. at that time, city departments were still struggling to even collect the data. those departments that were able to collect a report on data largely showed that programs that do not specifically serve the lgbtq community generally underserved the lgbtq community. in november 2019, we held a second hearing on such data and heard from the city departments for fuss dall year 2018-2019. in this hearing, we saw some

progress in collecting the data, but there was still substantial room for improvement in both data collection and delivery of services and notably only three of 15 units reserved for seniors at risk of homelessness in an lgbtq welcoming senior housing development at 95 laguna in a had gone to queer people. as i said, the '19, '20, and '21 data the departments have called for the collection of analysis given the disparities and health outcomes faced by the members of the lgbtq community. so i'm looking forward to hearing from the departments. first up as our chair indicated, i would like to introduce the acting director of the san francisco office of transgender initiatives.

i'd also like to thank him for all his work with my office and the department staff to collect these reports and to improve our sogi data collection and is powell here? >> hi supervisors. good morning. thank you so much for having me. i am going to share my slides. one second. here we go. so my name is powell craigo as supervisor mandelman mentioned, i'm the acting director for the office of transgender initiatives. i'm going to share our local sogi data and collection and reporting efforts have faired since the sogi legislation was passed in 2016. i'll start with a brief reminder of why we collect this data. as you know, major demographics in the u.s. like the u.s. census barely acknowledge the needs and existence of lgbtq communities and thus we have relatively little data on our

population estimate, our health status and other key information and that lack of data is true at the national level, but it's also true even in a place like san francisco. while in san francisco, we have a rich history of lgbtq advocacy and community, those of us in lgbtq community know that that doesn't always translate fully into practice. over time, lgbtq communities have been acknowledged as the vulnerable to bias and discrimination in many settings and institutions and that places us at ricing of homelessness, mental illness, and poverty. the data from 2016 was intended to document what lgbtq people in san francisco already knew which is that we don't have the same access to services compared to the general population. and beyond documenting these inequities, we also needed sogi data to identify how to take action meaning how to improve services, allocate resources

and address policy and service gaps. when this legislation was passed in 2016 thanks to then supervisor weaner and also fierce advocacy from lgbtq communities, the city wasn't yet collecting data on gender identity and sexual orientation somatically. sogi data isn't just relevant to the data today. the city will be collecting sogi data on city employees and possibly city vendors and other stakeholders in the city and county. how do we expand and also integrate sogi data moving forward. so to talk about that, i'm

going to share some quick successes and challenges that we have seen over the last five years with sogi data. so in terms of successes, we've seen a significant improvement in data collection over time. it's not easy for these huge departments to implement sogi data and i'm not saying that the data is perfect or that we have no work left to do, but definitely from my work with these departments, i see that they have put the work in to continuously improve our sogi data despite some major challenges. we also have seen that sogi data is useful for action. we've used it to identify gaps in the city. and we also see as i mentioned that sogi data collection is becoming more widespread for instance soon to be collected for city employees and possibly city vendors. we've also learned some key lessons that supervisor mandelman highlighted earlier. for instance, until

discrimination is eradicated, lgbtq people are best served by programs that explicitly include and reflect our communities and we've also seen continued inequities in access to services between trans and lgbtq participants. there have also been some challenges. i'm not going to lie, but we have also learned a lot from these. so some of the key challenges i want to highlight are our ability to make meaning of sogi data has been really complicated. part of that is departments have different data systems and sometimes multiple data systems within their own department. also. a lot of these departments have to report sogi data and the sogi data categories at those levels are not the same as our local sogi data categories and that makes the collection of sogi data from the sf side

challenging. for these reasons, our sogi data is decentralized and so it's -- we have nowhere to find in san francisco and compare and contrast all sogi data for our city. so this makes it hard to really get a sense of the big picture of sogi in san francisco. we also see some issues with the sogi data standards. so this sogi data standard was developed five years ago. it was developed by the department of public health and they did an excellent job but that was for medical settings primarily. and as sogi is being collected by more areas in the city, we see maybe the sogi standard needs to be updated according to those different uses and settings. and then like all language becomes outdated, we also need to kind of update the questions and the categories to reflect up to date language.

so my concern with that is that if we continue with the current sogi standard and don't update it, we can -- it can lead to our sogi data becoming fractured. some departments can ask some questions and other departments will ask others and then it will be hard to compare the data and get a sense of the bigger picture. some other implementation barriers have been around capacity. so we see -- and i've seen different departments from my work. the departments need more support and collaboration from each other to resolve the issues they're struggling with and also to get support on training. so training needs have been really highlighted and while my office has provided some training and some departments have contracted with outside agencies, it still doesn't meet the demand. and then, finally, i just want to highlight the limited