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into a law-abiding and respecting relationship with the authority and the city as they clearly are unwilling to do, unable to do themselves. i urge you into an oversight role with this out of line department. >> thank you for your comments. mr. atkins, let's hear from another caller, please. >> hello. can you hear me? >> yes, welcome. >> thank you. supervisors, i would like to encourage you, maybe tomorrow, when you get into your office, go take a walk out to city hall. it will probably be a nice day. passed the library. take a right down
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eighth street. just observe what your policies have brought upon this city. walked down to mission street and back up to ninth. go sit in your office and if you can sit there for two minutes and really feel as though you are doing their jobs, my hat is off to you. i am so disgusted by the depths that this city has fallen to in the amount of money that to you, in my estimate, steal from taxpayers and distribute in the most absurd and unregulated ways, and then, you know, you have a three and a half hour meeting before you get any feedback from citizens. you can continue whistling in the dark, but you -- you probably have destroyed the most beautiful city in the world keep
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on whistling in the wind, but i am very frustrated. >> thank you for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have another caller in the queue? >> can you hear me now? >> welcome. >> hi. i actually have a comment related to item 35. the closed session. is that appropriate now or will there be a separate opportunity? >> this is your opportunity. >> rock and roll. thank you. related to item 35, i wanted to
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speak on three related topics. one is interconnection, two is intervening facilities and the third is metering. i believe that all three are related to billing and safety and that there should be a proportional approach to all of them. that is to say, a single connection, whether it is a streetlight or, you know, a small appliance, that could be metered, perhaps should be, but maybe not. and if the worst that it could do, if a short-circuit in that device or a service might, you know, put out one person next door, then that doesn't need as much load protection as the general hospital or some major downtown office building, which has a huge load and could have a
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much more disproportionate effect on neighbouring customers. in some way, there should be a proportional approach to intervening facilities, the greater load needs more protection, and that is 30 seconds, right? >> correct. >> i've got it. all right. and on metered accounts where they could total up the entire load used by the city, subtract the load that is billed to customers, and what is left over, simply build the city. those are unmetered accounts. whether they are streetlights or somebody stealing 20 cents worth of power, it is a lot cheaper to do it that way then to -- >> thank you. apologies to cut you off. we are setting the timer for two minutes. all right. we have 13 callers who are listening and three who are in the queue ready to provide comment. if you are one of the 13 listening and you like to speak
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during general public comment, press star three now. let's hear from our next caller, please. >> hello. >> welcome. >> hello? >> we can hear you. >> hi. i would like to bring, first, good afternoon and good evening to the members of the board. i would like to bring into view road works. i work in san francisco. i work from 7-3 in the morning. i know this and there has been a trend over the past years that the work that is done on the roadway in san francisco is being done through repeat hours. nineteenth avenue. one of the busiest streets in san francisco, lincoln way, fillmore, they are all being
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done during peak hours. 7:00 am in the morning, there are men blocking off the street during peak hours. that lasts throughout the entire day. please, these are contracted workers. why do you think they are not doing these jobs at night when the road is empty? if they want to bid on these jobs, they should accept the fact that these jobs should be done at night. that is holding up traffic. disrupting traffic. you can't get anything done you can't get from one point to the next because of the word work being done. it is throughout the whole city. 7:00 am you are blocking off the streets to do what? one small portion? this is something the board should really look into. i know we have so much stuff going on in the city, but this is one way, this is one point that we can really cut down on. thank you.
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>> thank you for your comments. mr. atkins, let's hear from our next caller, please. >> hello. i am a lawful member of the tribe. i am here to support and ask for you to adopt the resolution here to have them be released and to also look at the same resolution for all local tribal members within san francisco to be on the same resolution. we have so often been overlooked and been invisible. we are here today as native americans and we are striving as one another. we look at this day as american indians as american indian day
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in solidarity here. i support that. thank you for your time and for listening to my comments. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. let's hear from our next caller, please. >> hello, board of supervisors. i would like to praise supervisor ronen for her initiative to submit a letter of inquiry to chief scott. i think we need to finally address the french laundry dead elephant in the room and that is made or breed. there is no way that chief scott would have unilaterally opted to not participate in the year's long establishment of an m.o.u. to look into sfpd excessive use
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of force cases. we know we can't be naïve. we know that mayor breed was in the background offering chief scott her approval to throw a monkeywrench into police investigation. it seems that, unfortunately, these powerful black leaders in san francisco are actually subservient to the police union. i believe that both of these black leaders, which i initially praised, they are betraying the very members of their own community, of the black community. thank you for this time. i appreciate it. >> thank you for your comments. operations, do we have another caller in the queue, please?
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>> hello. my name is alice and i am active with the japan town task force but also a resident here in the japan town. i wanted to let the board of supervisors know that i support the resolution of the 80th anniversary of executive order 9066 recognizing that many, many japanese and japanese americans with this executive order were forced out of their homes and put into the relocation camps. san francisco board of supervisors at the time, and officials, supported this resolution. i think it is a great time right now as we celebrate the 80th anniversary commemoration that the board of supervisors of san francisco acknowledged the wrongdoing of this and support this resolution to apologize to the citizens of san francisco.
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thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. all right, mr. atkins? let's hear from our next caller in the queue. if you are one of the nine who are listening and you would like to provide general public comment, press star three now. otherwise we have just a handful of individuals. perhaps one or two that we might take this group to the end. welcome. >> hello. my name is kristi. i have lived in the mission for over 24 years. i have a very strong constitution for urban problems. the latest crisis has put me over the edge. i woke up in the middle of the night to a strange and loud crackling sound. i saw my neighbor's building engulfed in flames. three fires in an instant. they were evident after the san francisco fire
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department put out the flames. the crisis is fires. garbage, tense, whatever you want to call them, people are consistently starting fires throughout the city. there are some great statistics. fires rose by 26% in san francisco last year. does that sound crazy? fires increase by over 50% in the mission, castro, and upper market in 2020. the fire department data shows the rise in fires was mainly termed by garbage fires. it is a broad label use by the fire department including lots of different scenarios. means a fires happen outdoors and involve trash. spokesperson says the frontline firefighters took themselves to encampments. their impact should not be underestimated. any fire is dangerous. we have such a condensed city. records indicate an estimated 80 million in combined property
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and content damage throughout this year. they were caused by people in and around tense for people cooking and keeping warm. accidents happen, but they happen a lot more frequently. this is not a progressive agenda. you can chalk up some of it to covid, but not at a 50% increase. pundits say we need to how's everyone. not everyone is ready for their own apartment. we need people who can support themselves and provide institutions for those who can't. we can't leave people with drug problems and mental illnesses on the sidewalk to hurt themselves. >> thank you for your comments. please accept my apologies for interrupting you. we are setting the timer for two minutes per person. mr. atkins, do we have another caller in the queue? >> thank you. my name is antonio gonzalez. i am the director for aim west
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in san francisco. i am speaking on behalf of the tribal community, and also to speak on item 37, the resolution for leonard peltier. he is an internationally known political prisoner who's release has been called for by scores of congressional representatives, the dalai lama, nelson mandela, bishop desmond tutu, and hundreds of luminaries, as well as many millions of people around the world.
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he is suffering his health and needs to go home. the national congress of american indians representing the center across the united states -- [ indiscernible ] thank you very much. thank you for your consideration. >> thank you for your comments this evening. all right. mr. atkins, do we have another caller in the queue, please? >> there are no further colors in the queue. >> thank you kindly. mr. president? >> thank you so much, madam clerk. seeing no other speakers on the roster, public comment is now closed. madam clerk, we will come back
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to item 35 after the for adoption without committee reference agenda. and before we go to the for adoption without committee reference agenda, let's go back to item number 10. >> item 10 is a resolution to approve a fifth amendment to an emergency agreement between the human services agency and 231 market street owner lp for the city's continued use of 459 hotel rooms and associated services located at the hout -- at the hotel to increase the contract amount by 24.4 million for a total not to exceed 78.9 million and a potential total term through december 1st, 2022 and to authorize the amendments or modifications to the contract that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities to the city. >> thank you so much. we are going to continue this item to march 1st, 2022.
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we will hear from the deputy city attorney. >> the agreement before you is an amendment to an agreement initially entered into under one of the mayor's emergency orders related to the covid emergency. the mayor has recently issued a new order authorizing amendments to the hotel contract to extend potentially through august 31st 2022, but no further under that emergency authority. unless the board adopts a subsequent ordinance off -- authorizing additional amendments for longer terms. the contract before you today has a term that ends on december 1st 2022. it is outside of the authority or the term allowed by the mayor's order. today we are asking the board to continue this item to its next meeting and at the next meeting, the department will come to you
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with a department to secure approval and the board if you approve that amendment we will continue this item until the march 22 meeting made by supervisor musk -- peskin, and super -- and seconded by supervisor chan. on the motion to continue? >> on the motion to continue item 10 to march 1st, 2022... [ roll call ]
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there are 10 ayes. >> thank you. motion to continue carried unanimously. madam clerk, please call item 36 through 38. >> items 38 -- 36 through 38 were introduced for adoption without committee reference. a unanimous vote is required for unanimous reading. alternatively, a member may require any resolution on first reading to go to committee. >> thank you so much. supervisor ronen? thirty-seven, thank you so much. supervisor chan? thirty-six. thank you, supervisor chan. supervisor peskin? >> thirty-eight. >> thank you. >> madam clerk, please call item 36. >> thirty-six is a resolution to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the signing of executive order 9066 and to
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declare february 19th, 2022 as a day of remembrance recognizing the need for increased public awareness of the events surrounding the incarceration of americans of japanese ancestry during world war ii and to recognize the role of the city and county of san francisco actively engaged in, one of the most blatant and civil constitutional wrongs in our country's history. >> thank you. supervisor chan? >> thank you, president walton. colleagues, i have some minor grammatical errors. my office has sent these to you already. i will make the motion to make this nonsubstantive amendments to the resolution. before i do so, though, i would like to thank the japan town and japanese american community for coming together, working with my office, and supervisor dean preston's office on this painful, but necessary reminder to commemorate executive order
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9066. this executive order was signed on february 19th, 1942 by president franklin roosevelt. the order authorize the forced evacuation and removal of over 120,000 japanese americans residing on the west coast. majority of whom were u.s. citizens. our country has tried to hide the history of its concentration camps with very little u.s. history classes teaching the subject. and an attempt to physically will -- erase the campgrounds. sadly, san francisco, our beloved city, did play a part in the forest evacuation of japanese americans. our san francisco police department participated with the f.b.i. in reading the homes and businesses of japanese americans. the board of supervisors passed a resolution banning japanese americans and japanese
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immigrants from the employment by the city and county of san francisco. with that action, the board of supervisors expressed their support of the implementation of the civilian exclusion orders and the removal of japanese americans pick today, with the increase of asian hate attacks, the board of supervisors must recognize its role in participation in the forced evacuation and begin the conversation around restitution of the civil and economic losses the japanese-american community suffered. majority of japanese americans lost their homes, businesses, and belongings as they could only take what they could carry.
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as a district five supervisor,'s district includes japan town, dean preston and his team have been very thoughtful and respectful to the community and listening to their concerns, and really creating a space. it is very important for all of us to remember. often times we think we speak for them, on behalf of them, most importantly what we need to do now is create a space for our community to speak for themselves. with that. i look forward to continuing to work collaboratively.
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>> supervisor preston? >> thank you, president walton. i really want to start by thanking, a supervisor chan has, members of our japan town community in district five, in particular paul oh, sake and dianne, and also many other members of the community who have worked with our office and worked with supervisor chan and called in and sent letters of support by this resolution. it shared those stories and often their personal stories and their families stories. the stories are what motivate this resolution that is before us today. i appreciate all of the community's advocacy and
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partnership on this resolution and the broader efforts here. i want to thank supervisor chan and her legislative aide for their leadership on this and for all the work that they have put in to this effort that is before the board. it has really been a pleasure working so closely with them on this and i want to recognize the work of my chief of staff, kyle, for his work. not just on the resolution with supervisor chan's office, but also on an ongoing basis with the japan town community. i will try not to repeat we too much from what supervisor chan has said so eloquently. i will associate myself with her remarks. i think there is a point that supervisor chan touched on. you really deserved the emphasis and i think we recognize, and
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through this resolution, that before us to take responsibility as a city for the atrocities and violations of civil rights and liberties that occurred during internment and this period in our nation's history, but i think it is critical that we acknowledge that this body, the san francisco board of supervisors, of supervisor chan noted, played a direct role in furthering that shameful effort. i was not aware before i took office of those direct efforts by the board of supervisors, as noted in the resolution and a supervisor chan has spoken to, all city government and law enforcement agencies assisted in the forced removal of people of japanese ancestry from san
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francisco, and the board of supervisors took the unconscionable step of passing a resolution banning japanese americans and japanese immigrants from employment for the city and county and san francisco. these actions collectively have caused generational wounds and while i believe it is important and it is an important step symbolically to acknowledge the history, to declare the day of remembrance, as this resolution does, i think it is important that we also recognize, as this resolution does, that this is only a first step and that we really have a duty to turn our words into actions, to remedy past wrongs, challenge racism, and do everything possible to ensure the survival and future of our city's japan town and broader japanese american
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community and culture here in san francisco. i look forward to working with our agencies and city partners with all of you, colleagues and community leaders to make that happen. i think it does. i am proud to cosponsor it. i want to express my thanks to the community and to supervisor chan and her staff for their leadership on this. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor preston. [ indiscernible ] thank you. supervisor ronen? >> please add me as a cosponsor. thank you so much. >> thank you, supervisor ronen. supervisor peskin? >> i want to associate myself with supervisors chan and preston and i am proud to be a
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cosponsor. it is a painful subject and i also wanted to remind everybody that the subjects of that internment were first interned in horse stables at the racetrack. there is a small reminder and then we are taken by train to a piece of land north of delta, you caught -- utah called the topaz internment camp which is now a national historic sight and there is a museum of the internment in delta, utah, the topaz internment museum. if you are ever on highway 50 driving east of baker, nevada, go check it out. it is quite impressive hand moving, and is full of the histories of people who live here whose descendents continue to live here, and many of whom
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will return here, and some of whom who were born there. [please standby for captioner switch]
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made by supervisor chan and seconded by -- >> i have supervisor peskin and i believe we can take that same house same call so motion to amend passes without objection. and for item number 36, i don't see anyone else on the roster. so i believe we can take this amended item same house say call and without objection this amended resolution is supervisor ronen. >> and grant clemency after many
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years of unjust confinement and as a political prisoner and declare february 24th, 2022, as a day of solidarity with leonard peltier. >> thank you, colleagues, leonard a member of the ashinobe dakota tribe that's been incarcerated since 1975 and is an internationally known political prisoner. he was convicted in the death of two f.b.i. agents after a 1975 shoot-out in south dakota between members of the american indian movement and the f.b.i. the two co de fend amounts were acquitted by self-defense and he was tried separately and falsified testimony and fabricated evidence. and example of these is the fact that the medical examiner had
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testified at his trial and never actually examined the bodies instead his testimony was based on notes from law enforcement and other non medical professionals and even a former u.s. attorney for north dakota of ottawa james reynolds, who supervised the post trial sentencing and admitted the prosecution shaved a few corners and in a recent letter and reynolds wrote we could not provide leonard, we con prove learn odd personally committed any crime on the pine ridge reservation. leonard's release has been called for by many members of the congress and mandela and bishop desmond tutu as well as thousands of amnesty activists around the world and most recently, senator brian shads and senator patrick lehe,
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president pro tem joined these calls for learn order peltier release and and diagnosed with covid-19 we can never give leonard back the years he has lost but we can give him a humane shot at recovery and ensure he can live his life free from incarceration. there will be a press conference at the theater in the mission to honor leonard peltier and hear the status of his health and declare february 24th as leonard peltier day. i hope it receives the full support of the board. i want to thank dr. jose cuer andal and the american indian
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cultural center for the work on this resolution. thank you. >> thank you so much. supervisor ronen. >> i don't see anyone else on the roster. i believe we can take this item same house same call and with that objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. and emergency inform meet the on going local emergency related to the sudden increase and last monday february 7th, we all received at 3:30 p.m. an e-mail from the clerk's office forwarding a letter from the acting interim head of public
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works and with regard to using code section 6.60 regarding overdose prevention programs services at 444 sixth street and evoking or what seemed to me evoking the matter that is before us but i could not find any reference to what public works was doing at the location and didn't seem to be attached in the tockation and from section 660 which is approvals required for determination of emergency and does require a future approval by this board and does require certain documentation being submitted to the board and but i couldn't
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tell the work so i did, on that same day an hour later, send carla short an e-mail asking about it. and i received, on the tenth, i guess that friday i am acknowledging receipt of your e-mail and i'm still gathering information but will respond soon so it's a week later, i'm just trying to figure out, it was done pursuant to this so does anybody know what is going on? >> was that a question to our colleagues? >> i mean, we're being asked. >> it's supplemental that triggered this so i can't, i mean, the letter that was attached doesn't really say what is happening at 444 or why we're using section 6.60 which is
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emergency repairs work in contract. what is the emergency work repairs or contract? >> madam clerk, do we have anybody from the department of public works? >> we're checking right now to see if we have anyone on. i don't think anyone is. i do, i believe i've just been -- staff are so good they sent me a copy of the letter and if members would like us to send a copy to you we will send it to all of your boxes right now. >> president walton: tom, do you have a response to that? >> thank you, president walton. i just requested from the clerk if it's possible to send the link to the power in our office and he can speak to supervisor peskin's questions. >> he is awaiting the link? >> i'm sorry? >> president walton: he is await the link? >> he is, yes. >> we're sending him a link
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right now. >> i tried to raise this through the appropriate channels and we're being asked to vote on the supplementally. >> thank you supervisor preston and i do believe i see andre's -- you are on mute. >> good evening, efforts and i missed the question supervisor peskin. >> thank you mr. power, through the president, last monday a week ago we received a letter from carla short, the acting director of public works invoking pursue apartment to pus emergency section 6.60 for row
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pairs work and contracts relating to 444 sixth street for overdose prevention services. it doesn't say what that work or contract involves. i was asking what the work is and the estimated cost and the notification protocols pursuant to section 6.60 of admin code would be and give the emergency declaration and so that was the just of my question. >> and my understanding is that director short if reach out saying we would get back to you and wore trying to figure out specifically whether it even falls within the confines of this declaration and so that project is not proceeding at this point and we will come back
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if we proceed so if you have more information and going on and that effort is on hold at this point. >> if for they said that i couldn't ask the questions today but any work in excess of $250,000, absent the emergency requires approval by the board, but it sounds like it's not going forward so thank you very much. >> thank you so much. thank you supervisor peskin. any other questions or concerns about item 38? same house same call and this motion is approved unanimously. wait a minute, we have to do a roll call. madam clerk, roll call on item number 38. never mind.
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other you. we are now at our closed session, item number 35. >> item 35 is a closed session for the board of supervisors to convene today february 15th, 2022, for the purposes of conferring with or receiving advice from the city council regarding existing litigation in which the city is a petitioner and an adverse party. this item was scheduled pursuant to a motion approved on january 11th. 2022 and continued on february 1st, 2022. public comment is already been taken on this matter, mr. president. >> president walton: we will now
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[roll call vote] >> clerk: there are 10 ayes. >> president walton: we will not disclose our closed session deliberations. madam clerk do we have imperative items? >> clerk: i have none to report. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of supervisor peskin, ronen chan, safai and preston for mr. king ji dang.
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>> president walton: do we have any further business. >> clerk: that conclude our business. >> president walton: if we have accept in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to solve their conscious. by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. we should, therefore, protest openly everything that smacks of discrimination or slander. mary mccloud bethune. this meeting is adjourned.
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>> i am so happy. african-americans in the military from the revolutionary war to the present, even though they have not had the basic civil rights in america. they don't know their history. in the military the most sacrifice as anyone in this country to be willing to lay down your blood and fight. i believe that all african-americans have served because they love this country and the hope that the citizens.
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>> in august 2019 construction began on the new facility at 1995 evans avenue in bayview. it will house motorcycle police and department of forensic services division. both sfpd groups are in two buildings that need to be vacated. they will join the new $183 million facility in late 2021. >> elements of the cfi and the traffic company are housed at the hall of justice, which has been determined to be
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seismically unfit. it is slated for demolition. in addition to that the forensic services crime lab is also slated for demolition. it was time and made sense to put these elements currently spread in different parts of the city together into a new facility. >> the project is located in the bayview area, in the area near estes creek. when san francisco was first formed and the streetcars were built back it was part of the bay. we had to move the building as close to the edge as possible on bedrock and solid elements piles down to make sure it was secure. >> it will be approximately 100,000 square feet, that includes 8,000 square feet for traffic company parking garage. >> the reason we needed too new building, this is inadequate for the current staffing needs and
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also our motor department. the officers need more room, secured parking. so the csi unit location is at the hall of justice, and the crime laboratory is located at building 60 sixty old hunters point shipyard. >> not co-located doesn't allow for easy exchange of information to occur. >> traffic division was started in 1909. they were motor officers. they used sidecars. officers who road by themselves without the sidecar were called solo. that is a common term for the motorcycle officers. we have 45 officers assigned to the motorcycles. all parking at the new facility will be in one location. the current locker room with shared with other officers. it is not assigned to just
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traffic companies. there are two showers downstairs and up. both are gym and shop weres are old. it needs constant maintenance. >> forensic services provides five major types of testing. we develop fingerprints on substances and comparisons. there are firearms identification to deal with projectiles, bullets or cartridge casings from shootings. dna is looking at a whole an rare of evidence from -- array of evidence from dna to sexual assault to homicide. we are also in the business of doing breath allyzer analysis for dui cases. we are resurrecting the gunshot
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residue testing to look for the presence of gunshot residue. lifespan is 50 years. >> it has been raised up high enough that if the bay starts to rise that building will operate. the facility is versus sustainable. if the lead gold highest. the lighting is led. gives them good lights and reduces energy use way down. water throughout the project we have low water use facilities. gardens outside, same thing, low water use for that. other things we have are green roofs on the project. we have studies to make sure we have maximum daylight to bring it into the building. >> the new facility will not be open to the public. there will be a lobby. there will be a deconstruction
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motorcycle and have parts around. >> the dna labs will have a vestibule before you go to the space you are making sure the air is clean, people are coming in and you are not contaminating anything in the labs. >> test firing in the building you are generating lead and chemicals. we want to quickly remove that from the individuals who are working in that environment and ensure what we put in the air is not toxic. there are scrubbers in the air to ensure any air coming out is also at the cleanest standards. >> you will see that kind of at the site. it has three buildings on the site. one is for the motorcycle parking, main building and back behind is a smaller building for evidence vehicles. there is a crime, crime scene. they are put into the secure facility that locks the cars
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down while they are examined. >> they could be vehicles involved in the shooting. there might be projectiles lodged in the vehicle, cartridge casings inside the vehicle, it could be a vehicle where a aggravated sexual occurred and there might be biological evidence, fingerprints, recovered merchandise from a potential robbery or other things. >> the greatest challenge on the project is meeting the scope requirements of the project given the superheated construction market we have been facing. i am proud to say we are delivering a project where we are on budget. >> the front plaza on the corner will be inviting to the public. something that gives back to the public. the building sits off the edge. it helps it be protected. >> what we are looking for is an
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updated building, with facilities to meet our unit's needs. >> working with the san francisco police department is an honor and privilege. i am looking forward to seeing their faces as the police officers move to the new facility. >> it is a welcome change, a new surrounding that is free from all of the challenges that we face with being remote, and then the ability to offer new expanded services to the city and police department investigations unit. i can't wait until fall of 2021 when the building is finally ready to go and be occupied and the people can get into the facility to serve them and serve the community.
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>> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their business in the 49 square files of san francisco.
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we help san francisco remain unique, successful and right vi. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i'm one of three owners here in san francisco and we provide mostly live music entertainment and we have food, the type of food that we have a mexican food and it's not a big menu, but we did it with love. like ribeye tacos and quesadillas and fries. for latinos, it brings families together and if we can bring that family to your business, you're gold. tonight we have russelling for e community. >> we have a ten-person limb elimination match. we have a full-size ring with
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barside food and drink. we ended up getting wrestling here with puoillo del mar. we're hope og get families to join us. we've done a drag queen bingo and we're trying to be a diverse kind of club, trying different things. this is a great part of town and there's a bunch of shops, a variety of stores and ethnic restaurants. there's a popular little shop that all of the kids like to hang out at. we have a great breakfast spot call brick fast at tiffanies. some of the older businesses are refurbished and newer businesses are coming in and it's exciting. >> we even have our own brewery for fdr, ferment, drink repeat. it's in the san francisco garden district and four beautiful
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murals. >> it's important to shop local because it's kind of like a circle of life, if you will. we hire local people. local people spend their money at our businesses and those local people will spend their money as well. i hope people shop locally. [ ♪♪♪ ]
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