improve facilities, operations, and intermodal connections to seaports. this was issued last month. over the next five years, $450 million will be made available annually. we have several projects eligible for these funds in our southern waterfront, berting and fendering, and drainage work, berth electrification and facility improvements at piers 94 and 96. a lot of the money currently made available is tied to goods movement, making our southern waterfront ecoindustrial projects uniquely positioned to committee. rebuilding american infrastructure with sustainability and equity offer planning and design funds to study transportation waterfront, brad benson is leading that to

submit a proposal for transportation, infrastructure around the latest. other yet to be released nofos for which we have eligible projects include ferry boat and terminal facilities program through d.o.t., could benefit mission bay ferry landing or china basin ferry terminal. building resilient infrastructure and communities, the brick program through fema creates opportunities for the waterfront resiliency program. money available for electric vehicle charges and refueling, grants and some state and local cybersecurity grant money available through the department of homeland security. we continue tracking federal nofos and assessing grant opportunities that align with our capital needs. the funding available from the federal government is allocated again through competitive solicitations in order to put forth the most successful

proposals, our senior leadership team, led by assistant director martin, have i'd tied capital projects, the ability to generate the revenue and serve the public. we analyzed past awarded projects to ensure our future applications are good fits in the given criteria. hiring a grant writer with previous experience applying for federal grants to help support our effort and make sure we offer proposals to line up with the goals and objectives of the federal programs. on all the efforts we coordinate with the mayor's office to ensure we can leverage their support, thanks to our lobbyist in d.c., met with agencies to date for mandates and cultural obligations. and over the next five years, we will be playing a long game to strategically stack projects that build upon each previous

year's efforts. now turning to our state priorities. the legislature began the second year of their two-year legislative cycle in january. the legislature, through the president pro-tem and assembly speaker identified covid response, climate change, housing and home lessness as top priorities this year, and spend the $45.7 billion state surplus, resulting from tax revenue and federal funding support. there are currently four vacant assembly seats, including assembly district 17, which covers the entirety of port jurisdiction. general election april 9th, to finish the term of former assembly member david chu, followed by a primary in june and general election in november to elect a new representative to the seat beginning in

january 2023. the deadline was february 18th, monitoring several bills, over 2,000 were introduced. these are some of the bills and initiatives we are tracking, again a very dynamic and evolving list. the governor's proposed 22-23 budget includes $2.3 billion in supply chain investments for ports, this funding is designed to invest in port specific high priority projects that increase goods movement, capacity, and promote the state's climate change goals. the majority of the funding available through the budget is slated for large container ports in san pedro bay, like l.a. and long beach. the port of san francisco is working with our colleagues at the port of san diego and others to remain funding high but the rules benefit small, medium and large ports. california's ports have different business lines and

strengths. together the state's ports are a foundational economic engine that benefit all of california and we need your help to make that mission, to send that message up to sacramento. last year thanks in large part to your efforts. the governor allocated $250 million to california's ports, to provide economic le leaf from covid pandemic. in december, awarded san francisco 56.6 million to recover losses in 2020. application for 2021 are due march 14. in april, the state land commission will distribute the remaining 130 million in available funding. staff is currently evaluating revenue losses and slated to apply over $50 million. today mayor breed introduced a resolution at the board of supervisors to allow us to

accept and expand the first $14 million in funding. resolution was co-sponsored by supervisors peskin and haney. we are working with the city's real estate department, and fire department, to list the public trust on 2.6 acre for a new training facility for sffd, and legislation to ensure passage of the bill known as ab2357. sidewalk vending is a hot topic in sacramento, a number of bills introduced to deal with the issue. from sb972, provision for the california retail food code to remove barriers for vendors selling food and sb1290, a spot bill introduced potentially repeal sb946, the sidewalk

vending act law that decriminalized sidewalk vending in 2018. today the board adopted mayor breed's sidewalk vending legislation, which is mirrored on our program. finally, we are also monitoring a couple other bills, including ab79, position for a supply chain coordinator. sb551, coordinates 0 emission vehicle authority to deal with activities among state agencies, and ab2387 is a $7.4 billion obligation beyond that could be used to finance safe drinking water, wildfire prevention and flood protection. and conclusion, our primary legislative priority this year is to secure federal and state funding for targeted capital

investments that advance maritime business, reduce earthquake and flood risk, and protect key facilities for the public. i want to assure you, commissioners, that we are firing on all cylinders here to compete successfully for the funds. we realize it's a once in a generation opportunity and we are ready to meet the moment and take full advantage of the circumstances before us. we are working to leverage and maximize the expertise of the port staff, lobbyists, grant writing services, support from our san francisco, thank you, san francisco state and federal delegation, along with your skill and constituencies to make sure we put for the best effort and find funding. we will have updates on the action steps discussed. i thank you for your time and available for questions you may have. >> thanks for your presentation.

now let's open it up for public comment. no one in person. now for remote participants. jenna. >> thank you, president adams. at this time we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make public comments on item 12a. please dial star 3 if you wish to make public comment. the system will let you know if your line is open. others will wait on mute until their line is open. comments are limited to three minutes per person. the queue is now open. dial star 3 if you wish to make public comment. at this time there are no members of the public on the phone wishing to make public comment. >> public comment is closed. commissioner gilman. >> boris, thank you so much for that detailed report and please drink some water, and i just have two questions about our state advocacy and they are more

procedural. i guess my question on the state was do we -- i know governmental entities do this but the private sector and non-profit do it all the time. issue letters to the governor on the revise, just wondering, with such a surplus of one-time money, it can go a long way for us if we are using it in the tool kit to secure funding. >> absolutely, it's a tool we have in our tool kit, it's something we do along with capa, group letters and individual letters as ports that list our project needs and request funding. yes, it is something we do proactively. >> my only other question was, do we have any concerns with the redistricting for the assembly seats, that high street pier

that was in 17 is now in 19, or the two assembly members that represent the port. >> it's a fraction of port property. i don't think it will have an impact overall but will give us an opportunity to engage the assembly member. >> thank you for your report. commissioner burton. >> no questions. >> commissioner brandon. >> boris, thank you so much for this report. they are very detailed and a lot of exciting opportunities for us to seek funding for so many other projects that we need funding for. but i just want to let you know that we are all available to help in any way that we can, whether locally, state, federally, we are here for you. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioner brandon. vice president woo ho. >> thank you, boris, for this very comprehensive report. i am totally convinced that you are firing on all cylinders, so

i really appreciate that. and that you know, we know that we are looking at every possibility and under every rock and i think that's really critical, given all the needs of the port. i was glad to hear in the report we are adding resource to make sure. other than generating income ourselves, this is the only other way we are going to fill our gaps so it's important we stay focussed on it and i think you have a lot of people on the commission who continue to be resources for you and i'm glad to hear that we are working on this and good to have an ongoing report and as you said, this is a unique window of opportunity right now that so much money has been released out of the federal government and there is a state surplus right now, so we want to take advantage of that. and so far you have done a great job in getting a share. hopefully we continue to do that. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> boris, great job. i'll share with the commission

and with you, boris. my day job, my real job, i had the opportunity to have lunch with president biden and all the international presidents in wilmington, delaware, and this is the first president, you can go back not even obama, clinton, trump, bush, nobody has put this much attention on ports like president biden has. the last time we had something like this was woodrow wilson or f.d.r. his vision, he understands it, secretary waltz was with him. just by the fact that pete buttigieg came down to l.a., i was with him, and the port envoy, governor newsom came down and the first time the state has actually come up with the money and governor newsom has stepped up. gavin deserves a shoutout. normally the money would come from the federal government but

gavin has come out of the box, put the money out tlcht the problem that i see that we have is this -- commissioner brandon said you can use us, l.a., long beach and oakland. but san francisco, port wineie stockton, sacramento, we have to fight to get our share of this pot. if not, because each port is different and they are going to look at the major ports that have all the containers and when l.a. and long beach is having 20 million containers, and $2 trillion going to the west coast port that's a lot and that's where the volume and stuff -- we had a meeting today, 25 ships out here in the port of oakland waiting to get in. that's a good thing. and even when we are talking about inflation and all that, which you know, which is crazy, but through the department of transportation, secretary buttigieg, i have a good relationship with him and we have to apply for the merit

grants and he gets it. secretary pete, he might have been a mayor of, you know, of some town in indiana, but he gets it. a smart guy, and he's down in the ports and he's willing to help ports and he wants them to thrive. on the state level, speaker reardon, i know anthony very well, we have to use our legislators from here, scott wiener and those, phil and whoever wins the election seat, that's between them. but we have to use them, and we have lieutenant governor, i was at a fundraiser for her recently. so we have to engage and use what we have. the problem, nobody is more connected here than john burton. former chair of the democratic party so i think we have to work it on the state, the federal level, we have to claw, beg, do whatever we have to do, we have to be able to get some of that money because the money is out

there, this president, hopefully he'll get another term. this is bold vision, we need to take advantage and have our hands out and say just as important as l.a. and long beach. we have to say, we might be from san francisco, but we want some too. and we got to go out there, we got to own it and we got to fight for it. so, thank you very much. i really appreciate you have all of our support. don't be hesitant to ask us, because i'll make calls, whatever. we are here, and we are engaged. we support you. >> thank you. >> right. next item, please. >> item 13 is new business. >> i have not captured any new business, mr. president. >> well, i'm going to ask the commissioners. any commissioner, anybody have anything? they say no.

ok, is there a motion to adjourn? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> opposed? passed unanimously. we are done at 4:25 on happy international women's day. [cheering]

when i shoot chinatown, i shoot the architecture that people not just events, i shoot what's going on in daily life

and everything changes. murals, graffiti, store opening. store closing. the bakery. i shoot anything and everything in chinatown. i shoot daily life. i'm a crazy animal. i'm shooting for fun. that's what i love. >> i'm frank jane. i'm a community photographer for the last i think about 20 years. i joined the chinese historical society. it was a way i could practice my society and i can give the

community memories. i've been practicing and get to know everybody and everybody knew me pretty much documenting the history i don't just shoot events. i'm telling a story in whatever photos that i post on facebook, it's just like being there from front to end, i do a good job and i take hundreds and hundreds of photos. and i was specializing in chinese american history. i want to cover what's happening in chinatown. what's happening in my community. i shoot a lot of government officials. i probably have thousands of photos of mayor lee and all the dignitaries. but they treat me like one of the family members because they see me all the time. they appreciate me. even the local cops, the

firemen, you know, i feel at home. i was born in chinese hospital 1954. we grew up dirt poor. our family was lucky to grew up. when i was in junior high, i had a degree in hotel management restaurant. i was working in the restaurant business for probably about 15 years. i started when i was 12 years old. when i got married, my wife had an import business. i figured, the restaurant business, i got tired of it. i said come work for the family business. i said, okay. it's going to be interesting and so interesting i lasted for 30 years. i'm married i have one daughter. she's a registered nurse. she lives in los angeles now.

and two grandsons. we have fun. i got into photography when i was in junior high and high school. shooting cameras. the black and white days, i was able to process my own film. i wasn't really that good because you know color film and processing was expensive and i kind of left it alone for about 30 years. i was doing product photography for advertising. and kind of got back into it. everybody said, oh, digital photography, the year 2000. it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody. everybody on grand avenue.

there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant, it used to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold about a 1,000 people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in. i shot the supermarket. you know, and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant, it's 50 years old. i said, yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's impressive because it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll

teach you everything. >> cellphone photography, that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they don't care. >> i want to see you. >> it's not a keepsake. there's no memories behind it. everybody's sticking in the cloud. they lose it, who cares. but, you know, i care. >> last september of 2020, i

had a minor stroke, and my daughter caught it on zoom. i was having a zoom call for my grand kids. and my daughter and my these little kids said, hey, you sound strange. yeah. i said i'm not able to speak properly. they said what happened. my wife was taking a nap and my daughter, she called home and said he's having a stroke. get him to the hospital. five minutes later, you know, the ambulance came and took me away and i was at i.c.u. for four days. i have hundreds of messages wishing me get well soon. everybody wished that i'm okay

and back to normal. you know, i was up and kicking two weeks after my hospital stay. it was a wake-up call. i needed to get my life in order and try to organize things especially organize my photos. >> probably took two million photos in the last 20 years. i want to donate to an organization that's going to use it. i'm just doing it from the heart. i enjoy doing it to give back to the community. that's the most important. give back to the community. >> it's a lot for the community. >> i was a born hustler. i'm too busy to slow down. i love what i'm doing. i love to be busy. i go nuts when i'm not doing

anything. i'm 67 this year. i figured 70 i'm ready to retire. i'm wishing to train a couple for photographers to take over my place. the younger generation, they have a passion, to document the history because it's going to be forgotten in ten years, 20 years, maybe i will be forgotten when i'm gone in a couple years but i want to be remembered for my work and, you know, photographs will be a

remembrance. i'm frank jane. i'm a community photographer. this is my story. >> when you're not looking, frank's there. he'll snap that and then he'll send me an e-mail or two and they're always the best. >> these are all my p p p p p p

>> we worked very hard with the san francisco venue coalition, the independent venue alliance to advocate for venues. put this issue on the radar of the supervisors and obviously mayor breed. the entertainment commission and the office of small business and we went to meetings and showed up and did public comment and it was a concerted effort between 50 venues in the city and they are kind of traditional like

live performance venues and we all made a concerted effort to get out there and sound the alarm and to her credit, maybe breed really stepped up, worked with matt haney, who is a supervisor haney was a huge champion for us and they got this done and they got $3 million into the sf venue recovery fund. >> we have represented about 40 independent venues in san francisco. basically, all the venues closed on march 13th, 2020. we were the first to close and we will be the last to reopen and we've had all the of the overhead costs are rent, mortgage, payroll, utilities and insurance with zero revenue.

so many of these venues have been burning $1,000 a day just to stay closed. >> we have a huge music history here in san francisco and the part of our cultural fab lick but it's also an economic driver. we produce $7 billion annual' here in san francisco and it's formidable. >> we've been very fortunate here. we've had the department of emergency management and ems division and using part of our building since last april and aside from being proud to i can't tell you how important to have some cost recovery coming in and income to keep the doors open. >> typically we'll have, three

to 400 people working behind the teens to support the show and that is everything from the teamsters and security staff and usualers, ticket takers, the folks that do our medical and the bar tenders and the people in the kitchen preparing food for backstage and concession and the people that sell key shirts and it's a pretty staggering amount of people that are out of work as a result of this one verne you going tarkanian. it doesn't work to open at reduced capacity. when we get past june 15th, out of the into the blue print for our economy we can open it it 100% and look at the festival in full capacity in october and we're just so grateful for the

leadership of the mavor and dr. coal fax to make us the safest ♪ america and this is been hard for everybody in san francisco and the world but our leadership has kept us safe and i trust them that they will let us know when it's safe to do that. >> a lot of people know about america is military stuff, bullying stuff, corporate stuff. when people like me and my friends go to these foreign country and play music, we're giving them an american cultural experience. it's important. the same way they can bring that here. it sounds comfy buyia, you know, we're a punk band and we're nasty and we were never much for peace and love and everything but that's the fertilizer that grows the big stuff that some day goes to bill graham's place

and takes everybody's money but you have to start with us and so my hope is that allel groups and people make music and get together because without out, hanging together we'll hang separately, you know. >> other venues like this, all over the place, not just in the san francisco bay area need to exist in order for communities to thrive and i'm not just talking about the arts communities, even if you are here to see a chuckle bucket comedy show and you are still experiencing humanity and in specific ways being able to gather with people and experience something together. and especially coming out of the pandemic, the loss of that in-person human connection recovering that in good ways is going to be vital for our entire society. >> it's a family club.

most our staff has been working with us for 10 years so we feel like a family. >> what people think of when they think of bottom of the hill and i get a lot of this is first of all, the first place i met my husband or where we had our first date and i love that and we love doing weddings and i expect there to be a wedding season post 2021 of all the make up we haddings and i hope that many people do that because we have had so many rock ep role weddings. >> i told my girlfriend, make sure you stand at the front of the stage and i can give you a kiss at midnight. at this got down on one knee at the stroke of midnight. it wasn't a public thing, i got down on one knee and said will

you marry me and is he she had are you [beep] kidding me and i said no, i'm dead serious and she said yes. we were any time homicideel of the show. we just paused for new year's eve and that was where i proposed to my wife. this is more than just a professional relationship it's more than just a relationship from a love of arts, it's where my family started. we'll always have a special place in my heart. >> venues, you know, represent so much. they are cultural beckons of a city. neighbors can learn and celebrate and mourn and dance together. venues and arts and culture are characterized as second responders to crisis and they provide a mental health outlet and a community center for people to come together at and it's the shared history of our city and these spaces is where

we all come together and can celebrate. >> art often music opens up people to understanding the fellow man and i mean, taz always necessary and if anything, it's going to be even more necessary as we come out of this to reach out and connect with people. >> we can sustain with food, water and shelter is accurate and does anybody have a good time over the last year? no. >> san francisco is a great down. i've been here many years and i love it here and it's a beautiful, beautiful, place to be music and art is key to that. drama, acting, movies, everything, everything that makes life worth living and that's what we've got to mow proteasome no san francisco and that's what is important now.

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>> hi, you are watching san francisco rising. focused on reimagines our city. our guest is debbie rafael director of san francisco department of environment to talk about climate action plan. welcome. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to be here. >> thank you, too. i have seen the climate action plan. it is a very detailed document that might be a little incontinue dating to digest is there a simple way to summit up? >> you are right. this is a science-based document. we are very, very proud of the rigor.

over 150 implementable actions to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. i think i can summarize everything in the plan in four words. zero 80-100 roots. that is all you need to know and think about when you think about your own climate action plan. let me explain a little bit more. zero. zero waste. landfill incineration. zero toxics. cutting down what you buy altogether. that is really how we are going to reduce emissions upstream from all of the manufacturing and mining that happens because of the decisions we make about what we buy. zero. everything in your blue and green bins. as little as you can in your black bins. 80% of trips in sustainable low

carbon mode. public transit, bike, walk, carpool. think about the ways you can move around the city, achieve mobility without having to get into your own personal vehicle. 100. 100% renewable energy. that means, first of all, reduce the energy you use. energy efficiency. when you use it whatever source of energy it is, it needs to be all electric. carbon free. that means getting off diesel and gasoline. natural gas heats our homes. it is used in cooking and cooling in buildings. 100% of that energy we use needs to be electric and needs to be supplied by renewable electricity. very easy in san francisco. you can buy 100% renewable clean power s.f., pg&e has 100%

renewable. zero, 80, 100. that is how we do bad in the world. we need to pull out the carbon in the air. we do that with roots. using your green bin. every banana pill, dirty pizza box, eggshell put in the green bin. it becomes compost that is spread over agricultural lands radically changing soil chemistries, improving health of soil,ability to retain water and pulling carbon out of the air to store underground. 180 pages of carbon action zero, 80, 100, roots. >> individual responsibilities

really are important. we have a big part to play. how is this dealing with corporations and big businesses? producers of co2 and methane? are we putting pressure on the manufacturers, producers and distributors? >> that is a fair question. as individuals we have an important role to play. it only goes so far. san francisco has been a global environmental leader for decades. the policies how we hold others to act has driven action at state and federal level. there are two ways that san francisco applies this pressure, as you call it, on others. first our authority to pass laws. second is to exercise our power as purchasers. let me give you examples. how do we pass laws? mandated city-wide composting,

banned natural gas in that construction, all new buildings in san francisco will be all electric, and will be operating on 100% renewable electricity. that is the law. required installation of easy charging in parking lots, large commercial buildings right now convert to 100% renewable energy and electricity. we ban materials that can't become posted or repsych-- composted or resickled. we banned styrofoam takeout containers years ago. more recently be banned p fox a forever chemical in the packaging making it impossible for it to ever breakdown. that second bucket is really interesting and very powerful and very quick. that is our power as purchasers to move the market. send signals to the market place.

the kinds of computers the city buys. use the highest standard of environmental performance to drive manufacturers like apple and microsoft to make changes to the way they build the electronics. we have carpet standards to get rid of chemicals and plastics like pvc and rubber chemicals driving the marketplace. those are very effective tools. you are absolutely right. it is an and not an or. >> what challenges do we face as we pursue our goals. you mentioned one. >> the overarching challenge we need to bring everyone along. i mean that in the broadest sense of that word. this will cost money to change natural gas water heaters, get

off gasoline in cars. that is a cost. how are we going to raise revenue so we don't cause undue burden on those who can afford it least? those are most impacted by the impacts of climate change and pandemics as well. how are we going to raise the revenues we are going to need to help everyone who needs it. secondly the changes will require significant political will. how will we build more housing. there is a section in housing in the climate action plan. as the mayor says housing policy is climate policy. we need to get out of cars and support transit and biking and walking. some is resources. some is political will. finally, some of the changes we need don't exist yet. we need new technology, we need

research to new ways of doing things. our ski can't be responsible for that. how do we align with the people with the big bucks, state, federal government for research and technologies are developed to help us meteorchallenges. >> san francisco is known as the forefront of environmental movement. what are you most encouraged about for san francisco and climate efforts? >> end on the positive. it is easy when it comes to city and county of san francisco. i call it the eco system. there is a tremendous power in the willingness of the san francisco ecosystem to work together to take action. that ecosystem are the residents first and foremost. elected officials and mayor, businesses and frankly also our city staff. that ecosystem gives me great

hope. in fact, it is working quite well. the numbers show it. san francisco has reduced its emissions of carbon from 1990. that was the baseline to 2019 by 31%. that is a phenomenal number and the envy of cities around the world. 31% reduction in carbon at the same time that our population has grown by 22% and economy g.d.p. by 200%. those numbers send a very important message. that message is that it is possible and san francisco is proof of this. it is a rising city and environmentally conscious one. we can reduce emissions and still have a thriving city. that gives me tremendous hope and democracy is important for

people who share your values. thank you. >> thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show. thank you for your time you have given us today. >> thank you, chris. it is an honor. >> we will be back with another episode shortly. you are watching san francisco rising.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

their part to bring on and mentor as many young people as they can. it is superimportant to take advantage of as many opportunities as they can when they can intern because the doors are wide open. plans change and that is okay. the way this was shaped because i took a risk to try something new and explore something and show that i was capable. you are capable, right? it was about leaning in and being at the table to say my voice matters. voice matters. >> president walton: good afternoon and welcome to the march 8, 2022 meeting of the san

board of supervisors. welcome back to the meeting. we have not had a public meeting since march 17, 2020. two years ago. it's grate to see everyone back. this is a sign of positive movement forward. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: thank you mr. president. [ roll call ]

>> president walton: for the record, supervisor preston is here he responded to roll call but he will be remote today. >> clerk: thank you mr. president. all members are present. >> president walton: thank you so much. the san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges we are on the unceded home land of the ramaytush ohlone who are original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgot their responsibilities as caretakers of of this land. as well as for people who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by

acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. colleagues, please stand with me to recite the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] today, colleagues i want to remind us that we have staff at sfgov tv. kaleena mendoza who record each meeting and make the transcripts available online. i do believe that we have our mayor here. madam clerk, let's go to our 2:00 p.m. special order.

>> clerk: first order of business the special order at 2:00 p.m. we have the appearance today from the honorable mayor, london m. breed to engage in a formal policy discussion with the eligible board member. prior to the discussion, the mayor may address the board for up to five minutes. >> president walton: good afternoon. do you have any opening remarks? >> thank you president walton. good afternoon supervisors. today is international women's history month. i want to send a shot out to all the womens on the board of supervisors and the work that you continue to do to lead the way. it's been really a long winter for us. as we vol into spring, i am feeling hopeful. last week i was proud to join a number of businesses and announcing their commitment to san francisco and bringing their workers back to the office. we are seeing more people out in the city on the weekends and during the week which is great news for our small businesses. as of yesterday, city workers

once again have shifted back to in person work. even with these positive signs, we have a real and significant challenge ahead of us that requires our focus. we are facing a real workforce shortage. we've already seen those challenges playing out in our police staffing, which is down significantly from where it was three years ago. this is led to fewer officers walking the beats and addressing serious issues like property crime. the reality is that our staffing issues are not limited to one department. after two years of this pandemic, we have seen the impact across all departments with city's ability to deliver core services and implement critical initiative. over 10% of city staff positions are vacant. backlogs of contracts are stretching our providers and small business providers. these limit inflations are making it too hard for the city

to deliver on promises. we must continue to focus on the well-being of our residents and work to restore our economy, we also need to get back to the basics and focus on the recovery of our government operation. that starts with fixing our hiring process. with this significant shortage, we now have -- we can't wait months and months to fill a single job. we saw with our state of emergency in the tenderloin, we were able to hire behavioral health staff in weeks, not 6 to 9 months. that's because -- that shouldn't be the exception. it should be the norm. for the buses to run on time and get new homes and mental health services in place and make it possible for small businesses to contract with the city, we need to do better. city administrator, human resources director and our controller are reviewing the rulings, regulations and processes that make it difficult

for the city to meet the needs of our constituents. they will come to us with solutions that will cut the hiring it time so that when we have vacancies, we need filled, they don't sit empty for months. it's essential. i look forward to working with the board of supervisors to do the hard work necessary and necessary steps to remove obstacles, streamline processes and gets our city back to work. >> president walton: thank you so much. madam clerk t please call today's topics. >> clerk: first topic submitted by the district 11 supervisor, supervisor safai is seasonal and fennel worker, healthcare security and employment opportunities. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor safai. please ask your question. >> supervisor safai: thank you mr. president. madam mayor thank you for being with us to discuss issues of concern.

thank you for your leadership to get people back in our offices and to assist our economic recovery. my question today relates to special event and seasonal workers. many of whom who are in my district, who rely on events to earn their income and secure their health insurance. many memorandum of agreements require certain events to maintain healthcare. many employees meet the concern at many of the musical venues around the city and city hall. even as our economy recovers, events are slow to return. although, major league baseball season could happen, early games likely be canceled or rescheduled. question is, what can we do to help the workers maintain their healthcare when the minimum number of events is harder to

meet? >> thank you for the question supervisor safai. we know that the hospitality and tourism industry has been hit hard by this pandemic. many workers continue to remain unemployed. thousands of hotel workers, are still out of work or working less than full time. ast last two years shown us, healthcare is essential for all workers and for our seasonal and event staff, many healthcare plans require that they work a certain number of hours in order to receive coverage. the pandemic reduce these hours but our economic recovery efforts to support the hospitality and tourism industry had help people get back to work and gain the hours they need to ensure the continuation of their coverage. there are likely limitations what we can do legally. we want to also make sure that all policies and guidelines are followed with respect to healthcare coverage for workers. my staff is in touch with office

of labor standards enforcement on this. i am open to working with other parties to try to find resolutions that provide help to those workers. we're taking into account the reality that some portions of our economy are just going to be slower to recover than others. we hope both parties involved in the major league baseball discussion can come to an agreement quickly and games can resume, it is also important to bring attention to the broader economic impact closures and the delayed openings it had on small businesses and employees. as i said before, it is critical that we bring back more in person events including sport events, conventions as others who are economy and our workers and i'm going to continue to work very hard to do that. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor safai, you may now ask a follow-up question.

>> supervisor safai: i would say, are there other things -- what can we do more to help find employment opportunities to make up for lost income for folks that have not been able to return back to work in situations where they are relying solely on seasonal work. >> thank you for the follow-up question. i'm happy to work with both parties. as i mentioned in my opening remarks, the city is hiring. we have lot of opportunities that we can work with people who are struggling now to find employment opportunities with the city and other places. our office of economic and workforce development, they work in various neighborhoods throughout san francisco. there's a real need for employees in all kinds of sectors.

>> supervisor safai: thank you. >> president walton: thank you. madam clerk mayor, if you like you can ask a follow-up question to supervisor safai or any other supervisor pertaining to the same topic. >> thank you, president walton. i don't have any questions at this time. >> president walton: thank you so much. madam clerk mayor, this includes the district 11 topic discussion. this concludes our time with our mayor. we appreciate you coming out and with no questions, madam clerk that concludes our mayoral discussion. do we have any communication? >> clerk: yes mr. president. the member of the san francisco board of supervisors has mentioned by the president, welcome the general public back into this chamber room 250 where

the public may attend board's weekly board meeting here in the public gallery and provide public comment in person. for the future, the board will continue to provide remote access for the public to both listen to the proceedings and to provide their public comment via telephone. if you wish to access the meeting remotely you may do so through your television on sfgov tv award winning channel 26er by viewing live stream at www.sfgovtv.org. those attending in person will be allowed to speak first. for those wishing to provide public comment remotely please wait for the item to be called and use your telephone to connect to the remote call in system where you will be in live sync to provide your comment. throughout the meeting the telephone number is streaming on your screen. it is (415)655-0001.

when you hear the prompt, enter the meeting i.d. 2484 139 2261 # #. you'll know you have joined the meeting when you hear the discussion. however your line will be muted. once you are ready to provide your comment, that is when you should press star 3 to get into the speaker's queue. the system will prompt you when it is your turn to speak. listen carefully for the prompt. and begin speaking your comment. today's agenda content eligible for either testimony or comment is limited to the following two items. first the board of supervisors welcomes your public testimony for the 3:00 p.m. special order. item 23-28 that's a public hearing for the city to establish a special tax district around the power station to incur bond of debt and determine other matters contained in those

items. additionally, the board will hear your general public comment once item 30 is called. you may speak to the following matters. the mayoral attendance and the ensuing policy discussion. the approval of the february 1, 2022 board meeting minutes, items 31-37 is the items for consideration on the adoption without committee reference. all other general matters that are not only the agenda today but that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board may also be spoken to. all other agenda content would have been reported out to the board by appropriate committee. the board will receive your written correspondence by u.s. mail use the address san francisco board of supervisors, number one, dr. carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california, 940102.

we wish to express our gratitude to the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs for providing this meeting with interpreters who will join us beginning with the 3:00 p.m. personal order. i will invite them to introduce them to provide access information. we have a live person standing by to assist members of the public if they are experiencing any trouble connecting to this meeting remotely. our telephone is -- that concludes my communication. thank you mr. president. >> president walton: just reminder, supervisors, please mute your microphones when you are not speaking. madam clerk, let's go to approval of minutes. colleagues, today we are approving the you meeting minutes from it february 1, 2022 regular board meeting. i don't see anyone on the roster for changes.

i will entertain a motion to approve the minutes made by supervisor mandelman and seconded by supervisor stefani. >> clerk: on the motion to approve the minutes. [roll call vote] ssafai absent. there are 10 ayes. >> president walton: the minutes will be approved after public comment as presented about. let's go to our consent agenda. items 2-7.

>> clerk: items 2-7 are on consent. they are considered routine if a member rejects an item maybe removed and considered separately. >> president walton: i don't see anyone in the roster wishing to sever any items. please call the roll on the consent agenda. >> clerk: items 2-7. [roll call vote]. there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: without objections these ordinances are finally passed unanimously. please call regular agenda unfinished business item 8.

>> clerk: an ordinance to amend planning code to establish zoning codes and determine the ceqa determination and make the appropriate finding. >> president walton: thank you. i don't see anyone on the roster. please call the roll for item 8. >> clerk: on item 8. [roll call vote]. there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: this ordinance is pass the unanimously. please call item 9. >> clerk: an ordinance to amendment the administrative

code that employees are permitted a flexible or predictable working arrangement unless such arrangement would cause an employer undue hardship and to require employers to engage in an interactive process to mutually agreed working arrangement to strengthen enforcement of the ordinance and to make other changes. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor safai? no. supervisor chan? [ indiscernible ] >> supervisor chan: i have met with small business commission president -- [ indiscernible ]

i will continue to have conversations. >> clerk: supervisor chan, can can you pull the mic closer so they can hear you? >> supervisor chan: as i said earlier, i've been last week i know we had concerns. said last week that i have made commitments talking to different business community members and i have already met with some of them and will continue to meet with more of them in the coming weeks. as i said last week as well, i'm committed to hear any issues that they may have and willing to go back to amend the legislation necessary. i urge for your support. >> president walton: thank you

so much supervisor chan. i don't see anyone else on the roster. madam clerk, please call the roll for item 9. >> clerk: on item 9. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: this ordinance is finally passed unanimously. please call item 10. >> clerk: an ordinance to amend the public works code to regulate vending to require permits and to authorize permit fees and enforcement action to amend provisions of various code

the administrative business and tax regulations code the park code and police code to conform with these amendments to amend support code to merge its permit program with the public works permit program and to repeal reporting provisions from the health code and to adopt the appropriate findings. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: colleagues, i'm here today to ask for your support for this legislation. the mission district is dealing with dirty, crowded and chaotic street conditions. major issue is the street vending and stolen goods. i walk down mission street you will see all kinds of merchandise being sold only the streets blocking access to sidewalks and undercutting small mom and pop stores that barely survived the pandemic. i have had small business owners

call me crying because vendors are selling the same products at half the price, block entry into their business and unlike them, don't have to pay rent or business taxes. in collaboration with the mayor's office and with support from supervisor safai, we crafted this legislation to strike the right balance between providing economic opportunity, access to goods for low income communities and prevent sale of stolen merchandise on our streets. the goal is to stop people from selling stolen goods but not to punish immigrant street vendors. the legislation creates a permit process for street vendors. built in the legislation are requirements for low barrier test to permit process, language access and extensive outreach. we have included the community suggestion that the permit accessible through mission-based organization who know and work with the vendors. only folks selling new and labeled items will be required to show proof of ownership so we

do not interrupt sale of used goods. all fines may be reduced or eliminated all together based on the individual's ability to pay. there will be a 48 hour opportunity to cure any violation before a fee is assessed. we hope that this legislation will have an impact on our streets to stop the illegal vending and provide economic opportunity for vendors trying to make extra money and to help our small businesses. i want to thank the mayor's office and specifically ivy lee for her work on this legislation as well as supervisor safai, the mission economic development agency, latino cultural district and small business commission for all their input and participation in this process. most of all, to my legislative aide who has ready poured his heart into striking the right balance here to make sure our

streets are healthy, safe community but also make sure that vendors have economic opportunities that they might rely on. i hope to have your support, thank you. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: thank you supervisor ronen. colleagues, i think lot you know that our city has been hit and plagued over the last two years by organized retail theft and brazen theft that's been happening in our city. we put together a working group over the past year and a half working with chief scott as the co-chair, hotel council, california retailers association, organized labor, union square alliance and many other actors throughout san francisco, small and big businesses that have been

impacted by crime. sheriff's department as well. one of the first thing we've did, we passed our 10a legislation. that allows for the expansion in the next two weeks we will see deputy sheriffs on the streets working with retailers. second thing we heard from the chief and others in the community was we needed to stop seeing people selling stolen goods on our streets. all across the mission, impacting small businesses but also adding to the sense of lawlessness. if you go to u.n. plaza, you'll see a stolen goods being resold. if you go to other parts of the city t farmers market along our commercial corridors this is something that's been plaguing our city for some time. this is an attempt to work with the department of public works. we're going to lead with the department of public works. i want to thank ivy lee and the mayor's office and all of the folks that have been working on

this, supervisor ronen's office for making this a priority. if we are going to really be serious about dealing with this type of theft, this is not just happening reselling items from people from businesses. this is also something where we see people's homes broken into and having goods resold out on the street. this is a first attempt. this is what we believe will bring the bad actors into the light. we believe that leading with the department of public works is the right way to go. they will be out there, we'll have a conversation and the budget process putting right resources into this initiative. let's not be naive. we are not in this situation. if there are criminal elements that are involve the and they are violent, we will have to work with the police department to suppress this activity. this is something that many did not realize in the beginning through but i think it's clear

this is part of larger international networks that are taking items, reselling them on the streetings, reselling them on the internet and reselling them all over the world. very proud to have been part of this. i want to thank again jeffrey omorris, put lot of time and effort in this. thank you to the mayor's office and ivy lee for her tremendous work. also organized retail crime working group. chief of police, our sheriff, the hotel council, the union square alliance, united food and commercial workers, other folks in organized labor and those who have been impacted the most. many of our large and small businesses in san francisco. thank you for your support colleagues. i hope you will support this today. i think this will have a tremendous impact on what we're seeing on the streets in san

francisco. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor mandelman >> supervisor mandelman: i want to thank supervisor ronen and supervisor safai and the mayor's office and ivy lee for tackling an issue that is concerning to my constituents and merchants large and small in any district as well. i heard from parties across the city, residents, business owners, troubled by this. its impact on the sidewalk is challenging, impact on street life is challenging what it's doing to facilitating the sale of stolen goods is awful. i want to commend and thank everybody, supervisor ronen and others for doing everything we can within confines existing state law to tackle this problem. the existing state law, sb946, that constrains and bounds what we can do as a city is i think

problematic. i think that it's good to really see whether we can make this work. i think that's what supervisor ronen are trying to do here. i think that is right. all we can do really as a city. i think and have expressed the state senator weiner and planning to express other members of the state legislature, we may need to rethink revisiting aspects of sb946. >> president walton: thank you. madam clerk, seeing no one else, please call the roll on item number 10. >> clerk: on item 10. [roll call vote]

there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. item 11 >> clerk: an ordinance to amend the park code to waive fee for admission by the san francisco residents to the japanese teagarden and the conservatory of flowers to authorize the park department to waive discount and admission fees to this facility. as the san francisco botanical garden, all known as the gardens, to require the recreation and park department to begin waiving admission fees for veterans at the garden and to fund these changes by reauthorizing the recreation park department to set admission fees for nonresidential adults through flexible pricing based on certain factors to ensure consistent simone all threecy a.

>> president walton: supervisor chan? >> supervisor chan: thank you. colleagues, first i really want to thank budget chair haney and the budget committee for really spending the time with me on this item and for supervisor mar for his amendment to this piece of legislation to also include veterans admission for free. to enter all three gardens. when we're first learned about this agreement, the lease agreement that where botanical garden society will be taking on all three gardens. which is conservatory flowers, japanese teagarden and botanical garden.

it's not to bear the $1 million deficit created by park alliance. with those amendments, i thought that agreement, which is lasted about two decades long, was acceptable and agreeable. with that, though, does come with this admission fee as the gardens, all three gardens, thanks to mayor breed and also rec and park commission, now all residents are free to enter all gardens. it does come with the non-resident fee which is what i want to talk about today. i have some concerns about the fact that in its original legislation, was really allowing an increase of 50% time and time again, whenever with no cap. with some conversation we have

decided that, with the support the budget committee, we are allowing for the increase to cap at $7 based on master fee schedule. i have to say, it does actually mean, i want to be very transparent about this, that means the initial increase it allows the department and the garden to increase non-resident fees by almost up to 70%. that's quite a jump. although they are not necessarily going to be full on at that increase. it also means whatever revenue generated likely to capital

improvements. this 70% cap, initial 70% increase but really $7 cap over two decades time you will see significant decrease over time of what they can actually charge. i want to be transparent about those -- fee ordinance. up to you to decide whether you want to support it or not. thank you. >> president walton: thank you supervisor chan. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you president walton. i want to acknowledge supervisor chan and budget committee for making this better. at a moment in time when we are trying to attract non-residents back to san francisco and some

of its star attractions, this sends the wrong message. san franciscans free, we can compensate for that by charging non-residents. it feels like we are saying to the folks that we want to attract, you're paying more because san franciscans are paying less. i feel like if we're even going to go down this road, this is not the time to do it. we should all be putting our money where our mouth is. making rec and park whole. i know it feels attractive, but at the same time, we're discouraging people to do precisely what we want visitors to do, visit conservatory of flowers, visit japanese teagarden. i didn't like when it was proposed for the botanical garden and i hope we could

consider voting it down today and sticking with what we've got. >> president walton: thank you. i don't see anyone on the roster. madam clerk please call the roll for item number 11. >> clerk: on item 11. [roll call vote]. there are 10 ayes and 1 no with supervisor peskin in dissent. >> president walton: by vote 10-1 this ordinance is passed unanimously. madam clerk it is international woman's day. please call our 2:30 special

order. >> clerk: it's the recognition of commendation for women's history month recognizing women in the community for commendatory service for city and county of san francisco and their communities. >> president walton: thank you madam clerk. colleagues, before we begin, i would like to invite supervisors chan, stefani, melgar and ronen to make remarks. we will start with --

>> supervisor chan: sometimes we hear about heroes in history books that we hear about in the history books. love to look around and think about all the good women in our lives that really bring all of us here today. i wanted to celebrate all the good women in our lives. i do want to say for me, personally, to think about all the women supervisors, their shoulders that i stand on. i want to start off with supervisor mabel chang, she was the first influence chinese speaking supervisor on this board. on her shoulders that i stand on. to think about -- there's many women supervisors. i will name a few that's meaningful to me in my life. supervisor sophie maxwell who mentored me and allowed me to

have a start of my public service. supervisor jane kim first korean-american woman. she made history here too. she was one of the youngest women elected to this board. it's something to think about the next generation and young women and making sure they can continue to have a path in this chamber. definitely, my predecessor, supervisor sandra lee fewer who is a trail blazer . she's fierce. i try to carry her fierce spirit, representing district one in this chamber. those are the women shoulders that -- that i stand on.

>> president walton: thank you. supervisor stefani? >> supervisor safai: thank you supervisor chan for those comments and to my fellow female colleagues, when i first started here, there were seven women on the board. now we have four. i always like to make sure that we are doing everything we can to get more women running for office. i think it's very fitting that on women's history month, we are finally opening the board chambers to the public. i think it's because a lot of women in public service did a lot to make that happen. starting with our mayor, mayor breed, carmen chu, my comments. we have so many doctors, department of public health that got us through the pandemic and we have so many women throughout city government that have really led us through this pandemic.

the theme of this women's history month is the resiliency of women leaders in san francisco. we have faced unprecedented challenges. our communities, healthcare, public safety, our school system all have gone through so much. it's really the womenful san francisco that have led the way. i remember sitting in hearing recently on vaccination rates. all those that were reporting back to the board of supervisors were all women leading us through that discussion. that was not lost on me. women lim, -- women leadership is essential because of the pandemic disproportionately impact women. since the recovery began, men have regained tripled lost job that women had. our workforce has not been this skewed in almost a century.

the pandemic exacerbated gender disparities which has impacted women participation in our labor force. added to the burden on caregivers and increased rates to gender-based violence. as we emerge from this pandemic, this month couldn't be more important. i look forward to looking forward to san francisco's amazing women. thank you. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor melgar?

>> supervisor melgar: thank you first of all, i wanted to say, thank you to my female colleagues. i've been on the board for a year. your collaboration, your companionship, your emotional support your ears and your brain have been amazing in terms of the work that we do. you are amazing as a colleague and legislators, supervisors of mothers and i'm so grateful to serve on this board with you. i wanted to thank my feminist colleagues who do the work with the lens towards gender justice in equity. it is important in terms of achieving what we're trying to achieve of more equal and just world to have that perspective. i appreciate you all. thank you. my mother in electromagnetic --f

we work together for justice, we can do it. my mother taught me that. my grandmother taught me that. i'm trying to teach that in my daughter. my female colleagues are doing the same. i am so excited that we live in san francisco, in a world that is reaching and working towards that. i along with supervisor khan, i wanted to thank all the women who came before us. i want to give a special shotout to susan lowell, who swore me in. the first a only latina to be on the board before me. also a gay woman to pave the way for somebody like me to be here today. i wanted to say during the pandemic, latina women in our

city have traditionally don't all the work taking care of our kids and cleaned our hotels and done the work to take care of others that have not faired well during this pandemic. women of color have not faired well. black women still are the folks who have the worse outcome in birth rooms in our general hospital. we need to support women in san francisco. not just because they are victimized in terms of domestic violence, because they don't have the same access as the rest of the folks in san francisco.

happy international women's month everyone. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: such an honor to come back to this board. happy international women's month. as i look at all you amazing women, not only my colleagues, all of the incredible women that we're going to recognize and honor today and all the women and friends and family that you brought with you, i know what you do. i know that you work hard all day every day and then come home and work more and then when the kids are asleep, and partners are asleep u work some more. you support one another. you support all your friends and your family you handle all the logistics and you cook and you

clean. women are amazing. having a sister on the board that i can cry with is an amazing thing. i appreciate that sister hood and that solidarity and happy event. i'm excited to celebrate. >> president walton: thank you supervisor ronen. now we have some remarks from

our director of the status of women, kimberly ellis who is coming to us via video. >> happy women's history month and international women's day. today, as we celebrate women's history month, in all of the passionate hope that it often endures, what was global tensions at peak times, financial strains, physical and emotional exhaustion from a never-ending pandemic. domestic assault on reproductive freedom and gender expression, hope can feel evasive. yes, our resiliency. women's resiliency that often times unexplainable ability to

overcome, to come back to never been stronger. in the face of all, women have persisted through it all. today, we have the privilege of honoring some of the city's finest persisters. women who's grit and grace have continued to provide healing and promote hope in a time of -- [ indiscernible ] like the late great harriett tubman, these women are leading us through some of the darkest times. amid heightened fears, against odds that might not be in our favor. in the face of negative forces determined to hold us back. thankfully, gracefully, 46 is -n francisco is not short on

fierce, brave, phenomenal leaders. as director on the department o status of women. it is my privilege to recognize 11 exceptional leaders who have been among our diverse communities. women who's purpose and call to action in this moment is to serve as healers and help guide us into the light of hope. on behalf of the board of supervisors, the department on the status of women, our own trail blazing mayor london and city and county of san francisco. we extend our deepest gratitude, our love and our appreciation to and for these remarkable women for their significant contribution. congratulations to all of the 2022 board of supervisors women history month honorees. thank you for your service to the city that we all love so

dearly. >> president walton: thank you so much director ellis. now, we will go to acknowledge all of our amazing honorees. we are going to go in roll call order. starting with the trail blazing women on this board of supervisors. supervisor melgar, you are up >> supervisor melgar: colleagues , i'm honored today to have the opportunity to recognize the amazing mary travis allen as our district 7 honoree. i'm excited to be recognizing women's history month on international women's day to not only recognize the struggles accomplishments and amazing contributions of women through our history but also to uplift the ongoing trail blazing work that they continue to be engaged in.

not too long ago, the future is female. yet in these past couple of years, women and girls across the world experience the most challenging time of this generation. women especially women of color, were the most impacted by the global pandemic. the progress that we made by the warriors came before us. today i want to highlight work of mary travis allen what -- who has been relentless fighting against oppression. mary was born, raised and educated here in our city growing up in the tenderloin, and mission district.

mary continues to live in san francisco in the neighborhood of merced, district 7. mary retired from the city and county of san francisco after serving as a senior operations manager with the sfmta for 32 years. over the years, mary has been involved with many organizations and movements advocating and creating opportunities for underrepresented groups. she has been active in advocating for housing, healthcare, education and representation in government for her community as well as others. mary has been a staple in the american indian community and has roots in alcatraz, the american indian movement here in san francisco in it '70s, she frequently spoke at rallies and organized with many of the political activist groups and

local leaders throughout the bay area. advocating for racial equality, freedom from political prisoners and more. mary is a generous volunteer who has also served on civic boards and councils. she leads fearlessly to uplift the resilience of the native people of this land. i love this quote from her that really captured her generous spirit. she said, we learn from those that have come before us traditions and knowledge to gives strength and value to live

and survive this life. we learn, we cultivate and we continue to plan for ways that will follow. mary thank you for your amazing contributions and ongoing advocacy to make our city a better place for all and for uplifting the experiences and voices of a community that have too often been left out of the conversation. we honor your vision, ural your movement building and mentorship of new leaders. your leadership truly embodies this year's theme, providing healing, promoting hope, celebrating resilience of women leaders in san francisco. mary thank you so much for everything you do. [ applause ]

>> president walton: supervisor melgar, let us say a few words and we'll take a picture. >> thank you very much. happy international women's day. i celebrate all of you. i'm humbled and honored to receive this recognition. on behalf of myself and my community, i want to thank you supervisor melgar for selecting me to receive this. but i'm here today because of all the women warriors that came before me. i want to acknowledge the land that we are meeting on is the unceded ramaytush ohlone land and to thank them for allowing me and my family to live here. the living descendents of the ramaytush ohlone people because of their leader, culture, song

and traditions were carried forward through their great grandmother le andra, ventura ramos. i want to offer a prayer of protection for the women and children in ukraine and all women struggling to survey -- survive. the quote "better life" has not been realized for much of our community. we have struggled to survive in this urban environment and presently we have the highest homeless rate, lowest housing rate, highest suicide rate and lowest graduation rate of all populations in san francisco.

it is through the efforts of our community that we have survived. our women have fought to protect and preserve our culture, traditions and languages so we could pass it on to us and we could create a better future for our family and those yet to be born. our women hold a sacred place. some of our community women leaders that have passed -- some of our present elders and women

leaders --

i must also acknowledge the three women that are my role models who taught me my values and taught me to never give up. my mother, wanda travis, my aunt, my mother-in-law lucy little. in closing i want to acknowledge many allieses that have supported us to raise our visibility and helping us heal our community in particular, the

women leaders in this city who has supported us. thank you mayor breed. human rights commission director cheryl davis, supervisor ronen, supervisor melgar, supervisor stefani and all others on this board that supported the creation of our american indian cultural district, permanent location for the american indian culture center, resolution to support the release of leonard. legislation and funding for the american indian truth and healing reparations committee and so much more. this recognition is not just for me. it is for my ancestors, sisters, young one and future ones. it is for my community the work continues. thank you. [ applause ]

>> president walton: thank you supervisor melgar and congratulations ms. allen. now we have supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: if i can call up to the mic, amanda ford. it is my pleasure to recognize amanda ford, the executive director as our district 9 honoree for women's history month. amanda is a wonderful and remarkable leader and advocate in our community.

the proud daughter of immigrant mexican farm workers, amanda has been practicing law for 30 years. for other 15 years, amanda has represented low income immigrants before federal government and agencies helping women and families secure asylum and avoid deportation. amanda first volunteered as a pro bono attorney in 2011 and later joined as a staff attorney. she briefly left the organization to work at other nonprofit agencies. when she learn the the agency was struggling without stable leadership. by remember those times. amanda returned as executive director in 2019. under your leadership, nearly most of the staff that had previously left the organization

returned. staff report increased salary, support for leadership, and despite representing immigrants and workers under the harsh conditions of the trump administration, morale and tension are higher than ever. the organization thriving and serving more san francisco's immigrant workers and community members than ever before. what's most incredible is that amanda has accomplished these feats as executive director while still carrying we are own case load and being the managing attorney at the immigration program.

amanda is a roll up your sleeves director and compassionate and humble leader. it's no surprise she's a proud mother of two. amanda, your humble and compassionate leadership is an inspiration to all of us and from all of us in district 9 and the city of san francisco, congratulations. [ applause ] >> thank you so much supervisor ronen and board of supervisors, president of the board. thank you so much. i'm truly humbled and honored to

be in such amazing company. such impressive women leaders in san francisco, this is truly an up expected honor. all i can say is that, our legal aid, our little neighborhood legal aid was founded by chicana law students. few decades later, how we've changed. we've gotten to the point where our little legal aid at the cornerrer of 16th and valencia hassed as a their new staff hire, who speak spanish who passed the bar. many of them are here with me today. please stand attorney staff.

[ applause ] all staff, paralegals, everyone please. i simply want to say i am supported by a tremendous leadership team. we are the only legal aid in the bay area that is staffed entirely by a leadership team of coordinating attorneys who are entirely latinx. our constituency that we serve, primarily latinx immigrants, but also immigrants from around the globe. in the last two years we represented clients from asia, africa, europe from all over. our immigration attorney staff to ukrainians national who have families who are stuck in their home country.

i say this because the legacy of our founders who really wanted that legal aid that their own families as latino immigrants to go to and get a consult from a licensed attorney whom they can trust. also get wonderful legal services full scope legal representation without charging a dime. they knew this little legal aid belong to them. our coordinating attorneys who helped us relaunch the agency in 2019, i need to mention them by name. they are impressive. they are the leadership team that made it all happen. without them, we never could have cone it. our amazing staff and board to

steer our agency and volunteers. we are just so honored to continue now in soon to be 49th year serving city and county of san francisco with nine attorneys, all licensed and five paralegals and one finance controller. we are here to serve the community. we will continue doing so. god willing for the next 50 years. thank you city and county san francisco and board of supervisors truly enjoy women's history day. please just thank you for all of your service. i appreciate all the women and mothers and grandmothers who have made this beautiful city what it is today. thank you. [ applause ] >> president walton: congratulat ions.

next supervisor stefani >> supervisor stefani: thank you president walton. i like to call dr. novina bobba. deputy director of health for her more than 10 years of dedicated public service through her work the our department of public health. i want to thank the doctor for her tremendous leadership during our response to the covid-19

pandemic. you have been absolutely amazing. she began her career in 2009 as director of public health, emergency preparedness and response. a role which was prepare her very well for the challenges she would face these last two years. she oversees all aspects of d.p.h. policy and planning. during the pandemic, dr. bobba led efforts to prevent the spread of covid-19 by ensuring collaboration with city agencies, academic partners, community partners and other healthcare systems. she helped lead a community-based pandemic response which was absolutely crucial to better understand and addressing the need, barriers and pinpoints for those disproportionately affected and impacted by covid-19. thanks dr. bobba's leadership,

san francisco has one of the lowest covid-19 death rates and among the lowest transmission rates in the country. it's impossible to overstate how critical her work has been unlike so many cities across the globe, our hospitals never became overloaded and thousands of lives were saved here in san francisco because of your work. dr. colfax described dr. bobba a passionate leader and invaluable member of the d.p.h. team who works tirelessly to provide quality healthcare and services for all san franciscans. i had the opportunity recently to tour the lincoln center with dr. bobba. i continue to be impress the by her dedication to thoughtfully serving those most needed in our city and the reason i emphasize thoughtfully is because you are so good at listening to so many different ideas and opinions and grievances of how our policies

are working or not working. i can't thank you enough for always being open to listening everything that i have to say without judgment. thank you for that. even with her many responsibilities, she continues to see pediatric patients where she practices as an allergy specialist. dr. bobba is a leader and role model within the department and to so many young women. i'm proud to call dr. bobba not just a san franciscan but a district 2 resident. thank you so much for your continued public service and your leadership through some of our most challenging -- challenging times. [ applause ] >> thank you so much supervisor stefani and board members. i'm so honda by this commendation. i want to take a moment to recognize the thousands of women who have done heroic work around

covid. i don't know if you no ethis, healthcare and public health, 70% of workforce were women. that is who got us through that the last two years and main through great personal sacrifice. i'm struck by one of my colleagues who told me when we didn't know what was happening, changing different room for her kids but she had to create a will. she's a young woman. this is the kind of dedication and sacrifice that the women of san francisco and the nation did.

i hope we take a moment the impact on women and covid have been really detrimental on social and economic standpoint. i cannot have done this without you. the tough words is still going strong. one of the things they have brought up is dr. maya angelo who said i'm grateful to be a woman. i must have done something great in another life. thank you so much. [ applause ] >> president walton: congratulat ions and thank you so much for everything dr. bobba.

now we have supervisor chan. >> supervisor chan: colleagues, i'm just so proud to honor a district 1 resident who not only lives in district 1 but works in district 1 for a very long time. i'm so proud to be here honoring kana li. she serves the richmond district senior population both as a case manager at institute on aging and previously having work at the richmond senior center. she is one of the richmond district tireless interpreters. she's way better than i am. that is amazing. by learned a lot from her. interpreting and translating for

our community. with her skills and expertise, relying critical information in chinese to our community members every day. most definitely during the covid, during this pandemic. how critical it is for our community, our monolingual resident to have that information. she works to ensure that seniors and adults with disabilities have access to the same information and resources that english speaking neighbors do. she goes out her way to build and maintain relationship with clients, new and long-term. she also regularly helps with meal deliveries, providing. meals to elders and adults with disabilities. she developed the friendly caller service program.

you have no idea how critical that is during this pandemic when many are isolated. this program aimed reducing isolation and health risk associated with loneliness on monolingual chinese seniors and adults with disabilities. over 60% of seniors in san francisco live alone. city doesn't have a direct hotline that api community members can call for mental health support. the friendly caller program focuses on older a.p.i. adults living in physical and social isolation due to physical, income or language barriers. friendly caller program hopes to raise community awareness of mental health issues. you can always count on kana to bring a smile and her sense of

humor is contagious. i'm so grateful that i can call her my friend and my constituent and to be serving her and serving our community with her together. >> hi, everyone. it's my honor to be here and celebrate women history month. i make grammar mistake when i type in my essay. i'm so lucky that i'm living in san francisco. the city of culture diversity. living in san francisco, i the opportunity to get education. i have the opportunity to work

here. i have lot of opportunities to what is a lot of amazing people and community leaders. as today, i'm going to share something about my community leadership. i work at richmond center as program coordinator before. now i'm living as case manager at institution of aging. in the beginning of the pandemic, we trained seniors to use zoom. we host a program called chinese social hour on every wednesday on zoom. we hope our chinese seniors can get the updates as english

neighbors. thank you all for the experience. i feel more confident to give out information to help my community. definitely for the chinese community. i never feel tired to share that. voting is an opportunity for change. if we want to change, we have to vote.

in san francisco, there's no direct 24-hour hotline that a.p.i. community can call. i hope we can let our community member know that it's okay to be sad. it's okay to take a mental health break. our emotions is part of our life.

as immigrant chinese woman, i was educated to be quiet so i can avoid the rest of making me think and being judged. today i'm standing here and making a speech. my experience took me there. people caring too much, i love my chinese community, i love my city. i know i'm not alone. there are many wonderful amazing social workers and community leaders on my side. thank you for all your service and make our community and the city more loveable. in the end, thank you.

thank you. [ applause ] >> president walton: congratulat ions. congratulations again. every now and then in this role, we get to honor someone that we get to see in action. someone we watched blossom and climb. someone who we can look up to even as a young woman superstar.

her residency and bay view hunters point and exposure to systemic inequities in communities of color, catalyze her passion for initiating change and historically oppressed communities. dr. burch is passionate about preserving the life and culture of the neighborhood that raised her in surrounding areas. she also received and finalized

her doctorate court studies during a pandemic. not only is she currently the inaugural director of the dream keeper initiative, she worked for hope sf here in san francisco. it has been truly amazing and humbling to watch her grow and become the leader that so many young women and girls look up to for guidance and direction.

most recently, it was a beautiful thing to hear her opening remarks and the way she fired up community at the dream keeper initiative event with drn library. she's a true trailblazer, i cannot wait to see all of the greatness she will continue to accomplish in life. thank you for improving the lives of so many and for caring for people in your community in this city. dr. burch. [ applause ] >> there's a proverb that says, the road to leadership is through service. i'm thankful for those who continue to pour into my servant

leadership including god who is the head of my life, my ancestors who guide me and the women who birth me and continue to give me life. my mom, elaine, who is here today for exuding excellence and being a perfect example. my father, my husband, percy burch who walks with me no matter the direction, my family and friends here and signing in, the dream keeper initiative team and the human rights commission under the leadership of dr. cheryl davis who trust me to lead the work and the women of delta sigma theta sorority incorporated. operating in an environment rooted in white supremacy has me questioning whether or not i'm worthy and deserving of such

recognition. then, i remember the generations of black and pacific islander women who went unrecognized for our contribution to this city and country. i remember that coming from kings and queens make leadership my birthright. i am grateful to supervisor walton for this incredible recognition. i look forward to continuing to serve to maintaining a seat at the table and building one where we are welcomed and to advancing the fight for black liberation and indigenous sovereignty. thank you. [ applause ]

>> supervisor melgar: next to present supervisor from district 4, gordon mar. >> supervisor mar: what an incredibly powerful and inspiring celebration of women history month and international women's day. thank you so much supervisor stefani and others fierce female colleagues for organizing this. congratulations to all of the honorees and thank you for all you do every day for our community and our city. as district 4 supervisor, i'm very excited to be able to honor -- -- born and raised in san francisco, ann and her family were part of many irish

organizations grow up including the united irish society and the united irish cultural center. began a career in retail in 1989 while attending s.f. state university. graduating from college and pursued retail management. she met her husband, sixth generation san franciscans. after raising two children, ann went into education and found her calling working with high school students. it was during this time that ann pursued her masters degree. ann became president of the united statessed irish culture center board and utilized her nurturing ability to unite and motivate the irish community to modernize the business structure making wayings for new vision

business becoming 501c3 with community and cultural flam focus. during the pandemic, she started three new businesses. under ann's leadership in 2020, celebrated 45 years on 45th avenue and honored many accomplishments through the years with a library filled with donated photos, books. the 27th year of providing scholarships for students going off to high school and college as well as the partnership with dozens irish community organizations collaborating on events and activities over the decades at the uitc. ann now director of cultural programming at the uicc. in january 2022, ann launched and exhibit at the uicc celebrating 150 years of irish dance in the bay area. irish dancing is a centuries-old

tradition that continues to capture the hearts of dancers and long before gold was found in the hills of california, couple of centuries to be precise, the dancing matches of ireland was promoting the rich traditions of irish dance. ann is currently deeply committed to helping build a new united irish culture center and remains excited about the future of the irish community. with her deep historical compliment to san francisco and highly respected leader in the irish community, ann is inspiring the next generation of women leaders in san francisco. thank you so much, ann, for all of your community activism and public service. i'm so honored to be able to recognize you and the uicc during women's history month. i would add just before the

triumphant return of the st. patrick's day parade this weekend. unfortunately, ann wasn't able to make it in person. i believe she's be joining us remotely. >> president walton: she is here. >> good afternoon. thank you very much supervisor gordon mar, board of supervisors and mayor london breed. thank you for this amazing afternoon honoring women during women's history month. i am so honored to be recognized with all of the beautiful and amazing honorees that are here today. when someone calls out of the blue from the san francisco supervisors office informing you that your name has been put forward as commendation for san francisco women's history month, it leavings one lost for words. i was born and raised in merced in san francisco by two irish immigrant parents. sharing and honoring the story

of the immigrant has been important to me. parents showed me how to support their community by constantly giving back and in turn for the last 17 years, i've worked with the irish community, specifically with the united irish culture center in the most southwestern corner of san francisco. it's a 47-year-old nonprofit that has seen chapters in its existence.

this has been an honor to work with san francisco irish community. we're excited to see it new cultural project popping up around the city and honoring the different generations here in san francisco. i have been delight the to be here with all of the wonderful honorees today. i accept this on bell half of -- behalf of all the immigrants who have a story to share. i thank you all for your time and this beautiful event. thank you. [ applause ] >> president walton: congratulat ions again.

now we have supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: amazing honorees and the women that i'm about to honor, this is the perfect day as we have our first in person board meeting in these chambers on international women's day. that's the chief executive officer of chinese officer dr. zhang. when your board of directors, many of them gathered here today, had the wisdom to appoint you as the new c.e.o., chinese hospital was in a little bit of trouble. that was right before the pandemic hit. financially, the hospital was on the brink. there was discord between

various doctors groups and the chinese hospital. all of that was before the pandemic hit. when the pandemic hit, finances be damned, dr. zach immediately got in action. it was an in early february of 2020 that dr. zhang came to my office and said, this is real. it is going to spread like wildfire. we have to educate the populace. densest area of san francisco, area where people live in congregate settings shared

bathrooms and kitchens miraculously had the lowest transmission rates, lowest death rates. although death rates in asian-american community were higher than other communities. she led her troops and we all know that the healthcare industry was ground zero and she did that while negotiating contracts with her nurses. there was no job too big or small. calling on police to close down streets. went into s.r.o. after the forefront of the vaccination movement. not only vaccinating it 50,000 people, when early on thankfully before the anti-vaccine movement, dr. zhang -- not our department of public health, drl

vaccinated the cops at the central station. i know it's been a stressful time. dr. zhang hell -- held us and department of public health to rise to a higher level and during all of that, she was able to continue to address the financial realities that the hospital is facing and the issues with with the doctors group that the hospital is facing and take those on successfully as well. it is truly a miracle. rose pack who love no institution more than chinese hospital is smiling down on dr. zhang right now. there's so many stories that are really moving and heart wrenching when dr. zhang called me on a friday to say that she

had all elderly couple that had covid and will not live through the weekend. that couplefuls miraculously saved. when the san francisco unified d school district canceled one meal program -- her leadership team, five out of six of them, are women. i really want to honor them as well. the vice president of operations gina yam, sylvia pittman of nursing and the director of nursing, beverly flick as well as your general counsel who helped you get through tough trouble spots, also a woman. dr. zhang, in my mind, there's no nobody more befitting this honor, particularly at this time as we emerge from the pandemic.

thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. [ applause ] >> thank you supervisor peskin. good afternoon everybody. i'm honored and humbled to be nominated by supervisor peskin for this recognition. i'm just happy that we can meet here today in person to celebrate the international women's day. however, do you remember at the beginning how it was like? like two years later that we can be here meeting in person. i wasn't sure at the time.

it has been challenging for chinese hospital in the past two years. as supervisor peskin told you earlier about chinese hospital being the only independent hospital left in san francisco. this is the reason why, it's only independent hospital left in san francisco. i still -- lot of moments. i still clearly remember terrible outbreaks.

i talked to our mayor's office, supervisor peskin -- any help we can get. i talked to san francisco d.p.h. about how to work together to prevent this major outbreak in s.r.o. hotel.

i clearly remember how worried i was. we didn't have income but apparently we have to spend more to do the community outreach and safeguard our community. that was the hardest decision for me as a c.e.o. of a hospital to make the decision you have to spend money for public health issues. during the pandemic, there's no single d.p.h. can do at all. it doesn't matter here in the united states or in china or in anywhere. we have to step up to help out. that's why i think after the pandemic when mayor brown talked to me saying, we need to be build hospitals like chinese hospital for the latino

community and black community. it's proven that community hospital really important for the community. because you provide sensitive care to the community. i was concerned i was about the safety of providers and staff. i am still today, really concerned about our employee safety due to the anti-asian hate crime.

they are still being yelled at and attacked in a public transportation or out in the street. however, there were exciting and hopeful moments when i felt inspired to continue knowing how difficult the situation was.

we were able to establish a pathway to procure a p.p.e. from china and ship to us after numerous communicating, officials and transportation companies. there were many moments when community made generous donations and medical equipment

and p.p.e. to protect our providers and staff. many brought food to cheer up our employees. it was the collective efforts that make our battle against covid-19 successful. with special gratitude go to our mayor and our supervisor for your leadership. our media friends disseminating the information to the community. our community leaders as our owners for working with us during the entire pandemic. i would like to thank our board

for supporting our team during the pandemic. some of representatives here today. amazing back in 2020, at the very beginning of pandemic, they stepped up to do fundraising and to support our hospital. last but not least, i like to thank my team for working tirelessly both in the hospital and in the community. thank you so much. [ applause ] >> president walton: congratulat

ions dr. zhang thank you and your team. now we're going to bring up supervisor mandelman supervisor

preston? >> supervisor preston: let me start by thanking supervisor stefani and her staff for doing so much work to organize this event today. it's pretty amazing. i really want to thank all my female colleagues and director ellis for the introductory remarks today. also just congratulate all of the honorees. it's an amazing group of people. it's an honor to be part of this today. as part of our international women's day and women's history month celebration, i am thrilled to honor dr. mary anne jones as district 5 honoree. [ applause ]

she's executive officer of west side community services. extremely important organization in san francisco and in particular in district 5 where she and her team provide essential health services in the western district. dr. jones was born and raise in the fillmore and received bachelor's degree in chemistry from mills college. she began her training at the georgetown university of medicine. she started her work in the san francisco department of public health office in the late 1980s. she was a research assistant at the bay area aids clinic at ucsf. she worked at the -- family addiction center for pregnant women with drug addiction.

in addition to her local efforts, dr. jones worked all around the world in the area of trauma in particular including work with the african union in darfur sudan with americas in georgetown guyana. and with the governments of antigua and developing services for families impacted by sexual violence. dr. jones joined westside community services in 2004 and became the c.e.o. in 2010 and has continued in that role where she serves today. most of you are familiar with westside services. the organization serves the mental health needs of our local community including families

dealing with the grief and loss of love ones. those impacted by multigenerational effects of drugs and violence. veterans and their families, vulnerable neighbors who are hurting because of loss of jobs or loss of homes and severely and persistently mentally ill individuals who require medication, treatment and in many cases assistance with managing their daily lives. westside has a long history in the city serving in particular vulnerable members of the african-american community, using programming, created by members of the community for the community. among the many services and there are many, among those offered in my district one, i want to note in particular is the ongoing westside methadone detoxification program which provides medical intervention through daily dispensing of

methadone. i want to thank dr. jones and her team. thank you for showing us around and pleased that the facilities have been renovated. under dr. jones's leadership, westside provided crucial programs and services for those most need, especially through the pandemic at a time intensified need with new and unprecedented challenges in service delivery and tremendous stress and anxiety for everyone including the staff.

during this women's international history month. we recognize dr. mary anne jones for improving the quality of life for san franciscans for her kindness and col -- compassion and outstanding leadership. on behalf of the entire board of supervisors, i'm proud to honor you today and while i'm unable to be in the board chambers today, members of my office are there to present the commendation to you. congratulations dr. jones and thank you for all you have done and continue to do for our community. [ applause ] >> thank you so much. i'm so honored president preston and the board of supervisors to be here today and to receive this commendation as a child that grew up with two sisters,

and single parent home and one room studio, i feel so honored to had the opportunities that i had largely because of the great programming that we've had at san francisco that has wrapped its arms around me and held me up and made it possible for me to go from galileo high school on to mills college when a counselor told me, both my sisters went there, we should only go to trade school. we were not college material. for me this means a hospital i -- means a lot.

i really want -- i want to extend this to my team that comes out and works so hard. also to thank you for your support and also presidential walton who comes and visits westside and supervisor preston comes and visits westside. i invite all to visit our program and thank you for this very great commendation. [ applause ] >> president walton: thank you. thank you and congratulations dr. jones. now we have supervisor rafael

mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: colleag ues, i'm recognizing mary ellen carroll today. our executive director of department of emergency management for her dedication to making the city and county of san francisco a safer and more resilient place. over the past two years, san francisco made history by mobilizing one of the effective covid-19 responses, saving countless live and averting catastrophe on a scale others suffered.

mary ellen modeled steady leadership, kindness and good humor even in the most trying time in the well-being of our city and residents. mary ellen dedicated two decades to serving san francisco. in 2005 she joined department of public health as a program planner for responsible for the department emergency response program. she's leading san francisco through a once in a century pandemic as the executive director of d.e.m. mary ellen has served in departments working to improve the resilience of services. she developed programs and

training for emergency response at the p.u.c. she coordinated emergency response programs within her department. now she oversees the department of nearly 300 people who are responsible for leading the planning, response and recovery for citywide emergencies and disasters. this is not your grandma's d.e.m. we have turned to mary ellen and her team to address the city's most problems whether it's fires, smoke o flooding, pandemic, persistent encampment, tenderloin emergency. over and over again, the city asked, mary ellen and her team answered.

i want to thank her from the bottom of my heart for her fearless, service on the front lines of our most challenging emergencies. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> let's get this going, reverend amos brown is waiting for me. i told him it's all your fault that i'm late. in seriousness, thank you so much supervisor mandelman. i am really humbled and honored by this. i appreciate your support throughout all of this. i want to thank you president walton and the entire board of supervisors. all were there in different ways. some of you worked in the

e.o.c., supervisor peskin has a t-shirt to prove it. within a matter of a few weeks, i'll be getting a call from the mayor's office to come meet the mayor and would be considered for the job at d.e.m. for that, i'm eternally

grateful. i remain inspired by her leadership and by the ability to be able owork for a woman and woman of color in the city. i want to say i also i represent women of d.e.m. we have women who are dispatchers. we have women who in emergency services who true it will led us through covid and ran covid demand. currently in the tenderloin the head of the t.l.c. is a woman, the head of operations is a woman, head of planning is a woman, head of logistics is a woman. my deputy suspect a woman. i as a woman leading this for the city. these problems that we face right now in our city are ones that we had for many years. they are deeply buried within

our culture. we have to work to be better and do better. first of all, we are patient because we have to be. we have to fight for every damn thing most of the time. i'm patient. i'm not going to give up on those problems. we also bring people together. what i would ask of all of us is that as we encountered these problems that are so difficult for us and we all have a different position, i feel like one of my jobs is to get people to step out of their comfort zone so we can see each other's perspective. so we can move together to save lives.

i want us to be able to do that together. finally, i want to say, i'm a mom. i have a daughter who i want to be role model for. i have a son who i want to raise him to make this world easier for mothers. i'm also have a mother who was a nurse for 40 years and who fought very hard her whole life, was a single mother as i am now. i have two fierce grandmothers that went through horrific things to get to where they were. i look back on my ancestors and i honor that. thank you so much. we all have work to do. i'm going to go. you guys got work to do too. i want to say, so honored to be

along all these women that you all have chose to highlight today. [ applause ] >> president walton: thank you so much director carroll and congratulations again. now we have our supervisor from district 11, supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: what an honor to be here today. sometime it's the real benefit to go last, almost last. you get to hear all the wonderful stories.

thank you to colleagues on the board, women colleague and for your leadership and for awesome keeping us honest and keeping us in line. supervisor melgar, you know what i'm talking about. [ laughter ] i have the great honor today of honoring -- -- felicia draws

inspiration from her own family history overcoming natural disasters with roots in new orleans she lost family members during hurricane katrina. she is the c.e.o. founder of at your service professional services. founder created you go girl. youth leadership academy.

she is a founder and creator. if you ever seen her work with our elders in in the elderly community, she has a special touch. so many of them are drawn to her and feel comfortable when she's there leading and working with them. specifically, for us and the theme of today, felicia has taken vaccines door-to-door. hoping thousands and thousands of people over the last two years. i had honor to spend little bit of time with her as some other members of the commute did working and serving our community. her work includes creating housing retention programs, teaching communities how to navigate the affordable housing application process and helping it residents address resiliency

post disaster. her resiliency plans focuses on providing resources. she leads community first attitude. her covid-19 and resiliency work has been honored over the past year. many great ways at the white house, san francisco 49ers,

kpix5, the san francisco department of public health and even mayor london breed. we're going to honor her here today. we're going to elevate her and these a district 11 resident and leader and so many great things that she's been doing for us. thank you from the bottom of our heart, felicia, thank you for so much what you've done over the past year. [ applause ] >> board president, supervisor walton, i really like that name, president walton. distinguished supervisors, it is with gratitude and humility that

i accept that recognition. i don't take this recognition lightly. supervisor safai, thank you for your unwavering support of me, personally, when i first came to lake view, you gave me your number, i remember calling you on a sunday morning, disgruntled. i ask if you didn't mind calling me because i had something on my mind. you said give me a minute, you gave me an hour on a sunday. i appreciate that. it let me know then that you are true to your word and that also you cared about the issues of the community. to e.j., earnest jones, your

legislative assistance, i really appreciate e.j. as he hired me and gave me the opportunity to come and work in lake view. i remember him telling me, this is my community. my family lives here solidarity do i. i know amazing the decision for someone to come into the i.t. bookman was professional but it was personal. thank you so much for giving me that opportunity. however, you didn't tell me all the dead bodies were buried. i want to also thank the clients who my shining stars i had the opportunity to serve seniors of lakeview and aging and disabled and those living with access and functional needs. i hope i have served them proud and opened up the doors of the community center to serve all,

black, white, disabled, unable, reabled all of the ableisms. i want to use my voice to speak and advocate for the voiceless, unsung, the unheard. those who feel invisible and those who refuse to ever stop talking such as myself. i want to thank my grandmother late vivian johnson who went without everything to make sure that this young girl who was a runaway 14 times from age 11 to 14 because i grew up in crack addicted house with a father on heroin. i found myself pregnant. i met a counselor there who saw something in me. if i would just complete high school, i will give myself a very low time in my life, i

didn't know which direction to go, partying up and down 30 street, seven clubs you couldn't help but get caught up. i didn't know which direction to take. she literally picked me up and put me on my way. i haven't looked back since. my grandmother, vivian johnson, my aunt theresa, who earned her gold jacket. that was a big accomplishment for a black woman. all those things is what shaped me for who i am today.

to the staff of i.t. bookman.

i hope to be like them one day. i hope i'm making them proud and continuing the work in the legacy that they have brought here. delia fitzpatrick she took me in. i was coming from bayview to lakeview, shaking in my boots, not really knowing if the community would accept me but they accept me. patty clement, she works for catholic charities. all of the shining stars who i call clients but they are my friends of the lakeview. my mother always said, don't go

with where's a trail. find a path and lead one. you have to be the change that you want to see in this world. i'm proud to serve the city and county of san francisco. i don't live here anymore but i trek here, hour, two hours, every day to give my all and leave it all on the table. thank you so much. i'm honored and appreciate. [ applause ] >> president walton: congratulat ions felicia. thank you again, supervisor safai. >> i want to end by saying, won't he do it? he, god? >> president walton: now in this amazing day, last but not least, supervisor haney. >> supervisor haney: thank you president walton.

this has been an appropriate and powerful way for us to reopen these chambers and welcome back the public by honoring and uplifting the incredible women who have sustained it city over the last few years and provide such tremendous leadership every day for our residents. thank you supervisor stefani for your leadership in putting together this event and to our women colleagues, supervisors chan, melgar and ronen, thank you for your inspiration and your leadership. i believe that the honoree that i chosen for district 6 continues that.

the district became one of the organization to provide testing in the tenderloin a neighborhood that was severely underserved at the beginning of the pandemic. they were able to launch the hot program providing direct housing and subsidies to keep people housed. she did all of this while hiring

more staff and creating a diverse majority bipoc trans team, providing economic opportunities for community members and helping foster our future leaders and advocates. ms. saed created the united states first sex worker protection law. she could not be with us today. she's on a flight doing the important work that she does. i'm very honored to be able to celebrate her today and her leadership and again, congratulations and so much gratitude and respect for all of the honorees today. [ applause ] >> president walton: congratulat ions. thank you supervisor haney. i want to thank first of all the

amazing women i had the pleasure serving with on this board of supervisors. thank you to all my colleagues for honoring such amazing women who do great work here in the city. particularly who have had to work during this time of pandemic. we truly appreciate all of the honorees. thank you so much for all of your service and your commitment. madam clerk, we are now at our 3:00 p.m. special order items 23-28. >> clerk: items 23-28, comprise the special order at 3:00 p.m. item 23 is a public hearing for the board of supervisors to convene in the setting rags a committee of the hole to host a public comment to consider the establishment of special tax district, number 22-1, the power station, the improvement area number 1 and future annexation areas and to consider incurring

bonded debtedness and other debt for the city and county of 46, special tax district and to determine other matters in connection. item 24 it calls for the special election to determine other matters and connection. item 25 determines the necessity to incur the debt. item 26 is the resolution to declare the results of the special election. to direct the recording of the notice of special tax lien for the improvement area, item 27 is the resolution to form the special tax district and future annexation area in item 28 is an ordinance to levy special taxes within the special tax district. >> president walton: thank you so much madam clerk. colleagues, we have before us a hearing on established incurred bond and undebtedness.

after the hearing we'll entertain a motion to continue items 26 and 28. we have several city staff here to present. >> thank you mr. president, we have a brief presentation. i'm with the office of economic workforce development.

we'll be here for answer questions after a brief presentation. we'll go to the next slide. i'm going to quickly just add some context in terms of the underlying project. brief reminder, this is the

site, the petreo station, just south of the port of san francisco project. that's 23rd street you see on the left towards illinois and third street and points west. here you see the tally of the site that was studied as part of our entitlement project both the ceqa review and covered by our development agreement and associated plan documents about 29 acres in total. notably includes some port property along the shoreline as

well as a portion of 23rd street. this project will deliver improvements on those port assets. our entitlement document provides the flexibility of future annexation of the non-reelect switch yard in the northwest corner. if pg&e is no longer needed for utility purposes, the d.a. and other planned documents provide flexibility of that being brought into the project which could be developed in accordance with development on other documents. we'll talk a bit more about how that's reflect the in the special tax district that's before you.

here in axon view, we see land use and generalized hype and bulk are very rich program in terms of housing over 2600 units. you can see the port along the shoreline improved and accessible for the first time. i won't go through the whole list. we're very proud of negotiating agreeing to this with the sponsor of this project. 30% b.m.r., representing all 800

below market rate units. i will mention that the bottom two items, benefit to the port as you mentioned this includes the shoreline areas or the port jurisdiction which have been enjoyable to the public. very proud of opening up this area. the port is able to realize obviously some important policy objective. this special tax district is a benefit. one which most project now and to the city in the future. it allows for the city, the option to collect revenues in the form of potential bond

proceeds and tax assessments to fund a wide range of public improvements in the future, certainly ones that we expect may be necessary to deal with as sea level rise. i mentioned the first note there on the potential of annex, the northern switch yard. lastly, i mentioned the port shoreline areas will be improved. we include in the community facility district is so called contingent service tax. which is structured as a back strop and -- backstop and guaranteed at the port. this tax could be collected and those revenues used to maintain those areas at no cost to the port.

i believe now i'll hand it off to marisa and i'll be here for questions. thank you. >> thank yous, john. good afternoon board of supervisors. i'm with the controllers office of public finance. before you today are five pieces of legislation, resolution to form a special tax district, resolution determining the necessities, resolution calling for a special election, resolution declaring results of that election and in ordinance to allow for the levying of special taxes. as john said, the board reviewed and approved key document for the power station project including the development agreement back if the spring of 2020. the d.a. envision the creation of a special tax district and bonding against its revenue as a key component of the development financing. the legislation before you provides for the creation of the special tax district and for the potential and position of two

taxes. of facilities tax and contingent services tax. the contingent services tax would only be imposed in the event that it developer or h.o.a. defaults on its obligation. this tax will protect against any additional cost. the facilities tax is. of -- expected to be bonded with the project development. the developer with use and bond against this revenue for an initial period either 42 years or until qualified project costs have been reimbursed and the debt has been repaid. after than point, which is known as the conversion date, the city can bond special activities including sea level rise in the project area. on this slide, we have a table

outlining the facilities tax rates. during the development period, the revenue generated in fiscal $22 will be about $5 million or $5.3 million depending pg&e annexation comes into being. the annual amount will reduce to $3.3 million acknowledging conclusion of development activities. this table has the rates for are the contingent services tax should be there needed. the proceeds of the special revenue can be used for a stated eligible uses including sea level rise and shoreline improvements for the facilities tax, for the operation and maintenance of identified open space and privately owned facilities for the contingent services tax as well as bond and related administrative fees for

both. this is our timeline for the legislative process. the board reviewed and approved the first legislative packet consisting of the resolution of intention to form the district and the resolution of intention to incur bond at your meeting. before you today is the five pieces of legislation, four resolutions and one ordinance needed to complete this process. we would kindly ask for your consideration and action today on three of the resolutions. the resolution to form the special tax district, the resolution determining the necessity to incur bound and indebtedness and resolution for call special election. we're asking for a motion to add the rate and method of apportionate document to the official file. it's referenced exhibit b in that resolution that the document wasn't submitted to the

clerk at the time of introduction. for the resolution, there's special election and the ordinance levying special taxes. we would ask that you continue those items to your march 22nd board meeting. thank you for your time. my colleagues and i are happy to answer any questions you might have. >> president walton: supervisor chan? >> supervisor chan: my question here today is trying to understand a better about the proposal and better understand the development agreement that was approved. help me bridge the gap between where we're at today and what was previously approved. mainly is to have a better understanding the first part question that i have is, a better understanding about knowing that this is a power

station and now we're converting it -- we have housing unit in this area. please walk me through about the clean up and approval process. >> sure, i can share some things on that supervisor. i will offer to yourself or your colleagues, if there's interest for fuller briefing on any aspects of the implementation of the project or regular updates on limitation as it unfolds, i'll be more than happy to facilitate that. some highlights on the remediation, first thing that's important, the remediation has been ongoing. it's parallel process. even if the current owner had

not proposed the potrero power station mixed use project, there still be remediation he was under way. pg&e is the primary sponsor given pg&e's long role as long time owner of the site and operator of the power generating facility that were locate the on the site. they are the primary responsible party for the clean up. also because that effort has been ongoing, the water board essentially deemed much of the site, meaning the site that became the potrero power station, remediated before the project was even approved by the board of supervisors.

d.p.h. has been one of the key stakeholders in that ongoing remediation effort. they had the opportunity to engage and review and comment all of the official notices and reports associated with ongoing remediation. d.p.h. also, depending on certain actions, there are specific permits that may go d.p.h. that they have to sign off. when large storage tanks were removed from the site for several years, d.p.h. had to review and approve that specific

plan. every time there's a draft of a new document, there's a common period and engagement process around that and i mentioned, d.p.h. is one of those key stakeholders that has been engaged. i will mention, the water board approved a risk management plan for the entirety of the power station site.

>> supervisor chan: my second question is again, have a better understanding and bridge the gap between now and the development agreement, could you give us -- walk us through more detail around privately owned community improvements. what are they and an example or how are they being determined and what is the community process. >> i'll take a stab at that as well. we'll be happy to accommodate. as i mentioned in the

presentation and overall graphics, there's private land and public land involved in the project. primarily in the form of port property. the site plan and the project was designed to have community facilities across the site regardless of whether it was on private or public property. there's a development agreement, covers the rule and regulations and standards associated with both these privately owned community improvements and these public jurisdictions. we call them public access open space areas. there's some detail in the exhibit i'll be giving to the standards of the used maintenance and operation of those spaces also in conjunction with the special use district

that was adopted for this area. there's some process requirements around the design proposal and construction of some of the open spaces in particular. i think that's primarily what you're asking about. there's 9 or so different open spaces throughout the site plan. there's plaza, context, there's recreational open space. there's a whole suite of open space amenities provided throughout the site. the exhibit will go into details what the rules and regulations and governing those will be. regardless -- those are still eligible expenditures for the special tax district that is before you today. they act and feel like public amenities. the goal is to -- user of the

open spaces in the project won't know if you're on private land or public land. they will look and feel like open space to the user. >> supervisor chan: thank you. >> president walton: thank you. seeing no one else on roster. madam clerk, let's open this hearing up for public comment. >> clerk: thank you mr. president. at this time, the board of supervisors welcomes your testimony on the 3:00 p.m. special order to consider the establishment of the city and county of san francisco special tax district number 2022-1 for the power station. we will take public comment from those here in person first. then we will take those who joined us remotely to provide your testimony remote, you must connect to the system by dialing the telephone number streaming on your television, it's

(415)655-0001. meeting i.d. 2484 139 2261 # #. you will hear the discussion. you'll be muted and you'll be in the listening queue. as stated earlier, integrate partnership with the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs. interpreters are present until 7:00 p.m. i like to invite them to introduce themselves and the access information on how to access this meeting remotely. in language. we'll start with chinese, raymond for filipino and connie for spanish. welcome. [speaking chinese]

[speaking filipino]

[speaking spanish] >> clerk: thank you all for being with us operations, i think we have one caller in the queue. we like to open up to any members of the public gallery who like to offer their public comment. seeing none. operations, let's hear from the first caller.

welcome. >> caller: board of supervisors, this entire area, we are 70. landmark buildings like the bethlehem steel buildings and other buildings i believe will be preserved. gentlemen should be very clear if they have addressed the contamination of million tons of cold tar linked to the power plant. also two hot spots.

we have to have transparency. we need to know about the mitigation of this area. just because we have some land, we can't go on building housing without proper mitigation and abatement. i spoken about this site for the last 35 years. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you. do we have another caller?

>> caller: i wonder why during pandemic -- >> clerk: citizen 22, i'm pausing your time. this is specific to the special order for the special tax district formation. is that the subject matter of your comment? >> caller: i apologize. i thought it was general comment. >> clerk: not just yet. we will call that item later in the meeting. thank you for your patience. operations do we have another

caller in the queue? >> there more further callers in the queue. >> president walton: seeing no more public comment, public comment now closed. i want to thank the public for their comments. this hearing has been held and it is now filed. colleagues, i would like at this time to make a motion to amend item 27 to include the updated exhibit b. can i have a second? seconded by supervisor ronen. >> clerk: on the motion to amend item 22. [roll call vote]

there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you, item number 27 is unanimously uy amended. please call the roll for items 24, 25, and 27. >> clerk: on items 24t25 and 27 as amended. [roll call vote]

there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: madam clerk, i would like to make a motion to continue items 26 and 28. do i have a second? seconded by supervisor safai. on the motion. >> clerk: the date to continue -- >> president walton: apologies, march 22, 2022 board meeting. >> clerk: on the motion to continue items 26-28 to march 22, 2022. [roll call vote]

there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: items it 26 and 28 are continued to our march 22, 2022 board of supervisors meeting. madam clerk, let's go back to item number 12. >> clerk: an ordinance to authorize the office of cannabis to accept approximately $3 million grant award from the department of cannabis control for the local jurisdiction assistance grant program, february 11, 2022 through march 31, 2025 to amend annual salary ordinance to provide for the addition of size 18 series analyst positions to include -- in the office of cannabis through march 31, 2025. >> president walton: thank you. seeing no one on the roster. can we get a roll call for --

>> clerk: mr. president, supervisor haney has an amendment. >> president walton: my apologies. [ please stand by ]

>> president walton: and, madam clerk, on