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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.

>> after my fire in my apartment and losing everything, the red cross gave us a list of agencies in the city to reach out to and i signed up for the below-market rate program. i got my certificate and started applying and won the housing lottery. [♪♪♪] >> the current lottery program began in 2016. but there have been lot rows that have happened for affordable housing in the city for much longer than that. it was -- there was no standard

practice. for non-profit organizations that were providing affordable housing with low in the city, they all did their lotteries on their own. private developers that include in their buildings affordable units, those are the city we've been monitoring for some time since 1992. we did it with something like this. where people were given circus tickets. we game into 291st century in 2016 and started doing electronic lotteries. at the same time, we started electronic applications systems. called dalia. the lottery is completely free. you can apply two ways. you can submit a paper application, which you can download from the listing itself. if you apply online, it will take five minutes.

you can make it easier creating an account. to get to dalia, you log on to housing.sfgov.org. >> i have lived in san francisco for almost 42 years. i was born here in the hayes valley. >> i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery three times. >> since 2016, we've had about 265 electronic lotteries and almost 2,000 people have got their home through the lottery system. if you go into the listing, you can actually just press lottery results and you put in your lottery number and it will tell you exactly how you ranked. >> for some people, signing up for it was going to be a challenge. there is a digital divide here and especially when you are

trying to help low and very low income people. so we began providing digital assistance for folks to go in and get help. >> along with the income and the residency requirements, we also required someone who is trying to buy the home to be a first time home buyer and there's also an educational component that consists of an orientation that they need to attend, a first-time home buyer workshop and a one-on-one counseling session with the housing councilor. >> sometimes we have to go through 10 applicants before they shouldn't be discouraged if they have a low lottery number. they still might get a value for an available, affordable housing unit. >> we have a variety of lottery programs. the four that you will most often see are what we call

c.o.p., the certificate of preference program, the dthp which is the displaced penance housing preference program. the neighborhood resident housing program and the live worth preference. >> i moved in my new home february 25th and 2019. the neighborhood preference program really helped me achieve that goal and that dream was with eventually wind up staying in san francisco. >> the next steps, after finding out how well you did in the lottery and especially if you ranked really well you will be contacted by the leasing agent. you have to submit those document and income and asset qualify and you have to pass the credit and rental screening and the background and when you qualify for the unit, you can chose the unit and hopefully sign that lease.

all city sponsored affordable housing comes through the system and has an electronic lottery. every week there's a listing on dalia. something that people can apply for. >> it's a bit hard to predict how long it will take for someone to be able to move into a unit. let's say the lottery has happened. several factors go into that and mainly how many units are in the project, right. and how well you ranked and what preference bucket you were in. >> this particular building was brand new and really this is the one that i wanted out of everything i applied for. in my mind, i was like how am i going to win this? i did and when you get that notice that you won, it's like at first, it's surreal and you don't believe it and it sinks in, yeah, it happened. >> some of our buildings are pretty spectacular. they have key less entry now. they have a court yard where

they play movies during the weekends, they have another master kitchen and space where people can throw parties. >> mayor breed has a plan for over 10,000 new units between now and 2025. we will start construction on about 2,000 new units just in 2020. >> we also have a very big portfolio like over 25,000 units across the city. and life happens to people. people move. so we have a very large number of rerentals and resales of units every year. >> best thing about working for the affordable housing program is that we know that we're making a difference and we actually see that difference on a day-to-day basis. >> being back in the neighborhood i grew up in, it's a wonderful experience.

>> it's a long process to get through. well worth it when you get to the other side. i could not be happier. [♪♪♪]