>> we are live. >> chairman: good morning and welcome to the rules committee of the san francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, march 14th, 2022. i am the chair of the committee aaron peskin joined by president shaman walton sitting in for supervisor connie chan hopefully soon to be joined by rafael mandelman. >> clerk: while still providing remote access and public comment via telephone. the board recognizes that equitable public access is essential and will be taking public comment as follows. first public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda. those attending in person will be allowed to speak first and then we will take those who are waiting on the telephone line.

for those watching either channel 26, 78, or 99 and sfgovtv.org. the public comment call-in number is streaming across the screen. the number is (415) 655-0001. then enter the meeting id of 24996627464. then press pound and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussion but muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up and public comment is closed those on the telephone should dial star three to be added to the queue to speak. if you are on the telephone, please remember to turn down your tv and all listening devices you may be using. as indicated, we will take public comment from those attending in-person first, then we can go to the public comment

call-in line. you can also submit public comment to myself at victor.young@sfgov.org. if you submit by e-mail, it will be forwarded to the supervisors and included as part of the file. you may also send written comment to our office at city hall 1 d. carlton b. goodlet place room 244 san francisco california 94102. finally, items acted upon today are expected to appear on the board of supervisors' agenda on march 22nd unless otherwise stated. >> chairman: thank you, mr. young. could you please read items one and two together. >> clerk: yes item number one is the motion approving/rejecting the mayor's nomination for the reappointment of stephanie cajina to the municipal

transportation agency board of the directors. item two is the approving/rejecting the mayor's nomination reappointment of gwyneth borden. >> chairman: that was for a balance of a seat that's just now ending for commissioner or board member cajina. and the other for a long standing member gwyneth borden who is with us this morning in the chamber. the only other body that has legislative powers and is the oversight body for our municipal transportation agency. with that, i see ms. borden is in the chambers. we want you to start by coming up and thanking you for your years of service.

where the last two years and all of us at m.t.a. had to pivot during covid for that -- he'll make it live, don't worry. he's trying to figure out which button to press, but i just want to thank you as well as your fellow board members and, of course, the m.t.a. leadership and rank and file staff for everything that you have done during covid as you pivoted as well as during the recovery so thank you for all of that. and with that, board member borden. >> thank you and thank you for your previous support and i hope to count on your support this time around. it's been a privilege to serve on the m.t.a. board of directors especially as the chair. as you know, it's been a challenging couple of years and we're still not out of the woods yet. we have a lot of issues we're facing internally and as an agency as well as externally with the public and restoring

trust for the public and our projects as well as to bring back service. internally, we have a huge cultural dynamic. our agency really suffers from morale issues and challenges that are at the forefronts for us as board of directors. we have a racial equity plan that's a top priority. covid has really laid bear kind of the socio economic differences not only within our society, but within our agency which has contributed to the issues we've had internally. i hope in my continued time on the board if you choose to reappointment me that we can get the agency to new heights. i look forward to be able to cut the ribbon in a few weeks on the new venice v.r.t. lines and opening up the central subway this summer and i look forward to many celebratory moments ahead as we as an agency claw our way back from the depths of where we are during covid to be a better

stronger resilient agency by investing on our state of repair and things we're making pedestrian improvements, working on our vision 0 goals and making sure we have a fiscally sound house. with that, i welcome any questions. >> chairman: any questions from members? seeing none. why don't we go to ms. cajina who is joining us remotely. and, ms. cajina, welcome. on your first few months on the board, how have they been? >> well, good morning everyone. and thank you for having me today. they have been quite adventurous and quite eventful. thank you so much for approving my nomination originally and with the support of, you know, our chair, chair borden i have hit the ground running learning

from different staff and leadership on all the different projects we have that are currently coming down the pike and really advocating for equity measures in those projects and so there's a lot for us still to do and i look forward to continuing my service to the city of san francisco in this position and working alongside the board of supervisors as well to ensure that we're meeting the needs of all san franciscans with our transit network. >> chairman: any questions for board member cajin. why don't we open up items number one and two for public comment. >> clerk: yes. members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up to speak now along the windows. remotely, call (415) 655-0001. meeting i.d. 24996627464 then

pound and pound again. you will need to press star three to enter the speaker line. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and then you'll be able to begin your comment. we. no one is currently lining up in the room and we have one person in the queue to speak on the telephone. >> chairman: first speaker, please. >> caller: good morning. david pillpell. so i'm not speaking to specific issues at the m.t.a. board, but that board really does set the tone for all of the agency and unless the m.t.a. works on building and rebuilding community trust, i think that any future revenue measure would likely fail which would be bad for all. i've suggested that reorganizing the m.t.a. with fewer director reports to

director tumlin. overall, i think that m.t.a. should do fewer things and try to do them well, that agoes back to building and rebuilding community trust. that's a big and controversial agency. as we know trying to do many things all at the same time. it would be nice personally to feel more respected for my advocacy there over many years but results may vary and it's not just me. but i believe the public is listened to, but isn't necessarily heard and i know that not all public comment has the same value etc., but those people that do contribute in a

move way should be recognized for that. things don't always have to go the way of public comment, understood, but it's important for the public to be not just listening to, but also heard. thanks for listening this morning. >> chairman: thank you, mr. pillpell. are there any other speakers online? >> clerk: we're doing a double check. and there are no other speakers on the telephone line. >> chairman: okay. we do have a speaker in person. go ahead. this is really hybrid public comment. one of each. >> hi everybody. my name is jaime valoria. i do just want to speak to support both stephanie cajina and director borden. i'm nervous right now. it's been awhile. i've been involved in

transactism for over a year and a half now and i think it's good to see people of color and people we ask relate to out in the tenderloin on that board. and i've been through many meetings and i know those meetings are pretty ran well with the ones i've been to as well. so i do really support them being part of the m.t.a. and that's it. thank you for your time. >> chairman: thank you. are there any members of the public for items one or two? >> clerk: there are no further speakers on the matter. >> chairman: okay. public comment is closed. and i would like to make a motion, colleagues, to amend both items to remove the word 'rejecting' in the long title and move the word 'rejects' in the move close at line 20. on that motion, a role call

please. >> clerk: yes, on that motion, [roll call] >> chairman: and then i would like a motion to send both of those items as amended to the full board with positive recommendation. on that motion, a roll call please. >> clerk: yes. on that motion, [roll call] the motion passes without objection. >> chairman: all right. next item, please. >> clerk: chair peskin, i was wondering do we need a motion to excuse supervisor chan at all? >> chairman: well, we have a replacement, but i'm happy to

make that motion and pass it out objection. next item, please. >> clerk: yes. next on the agenda is item number three, motion approving and rejecting the president the board of supervisor's shaman walton to the planning commission of the unexpired term ending july 1st, 2022, and additionally, the next term beginning july 2nd, 2022, and ending july 1st, 2026. >> chairman: thank you, mr. young. we have here an individual nominated by president walton to fill the unexpired term of former commissioner deland chan and to serve all the way through the end of june of 2026. ms. gabriellea luise. and are there any comments from

president walton? >> president walton: thank you, supervisor peskin. briefly, i am excited to make this nomination for gabriella louise. hearing from so many members of the i believe she will be a great asset to the planning commission. >> chairman: ms. ruiz, come on up. and thank you for taking time out to meet with me. >> yeah. thank you so much, good morning. i'm just so humbled and honored to be here today and thank you to my nomination to the planning commission. i am a proud san francisco native and really have grown up all over the city. most of my time was spent in the bayview district. i come from low income family.

my father was a taxi driver and my mom was a stay-at-home mom with careers that weren't feasible. and so my family found it very hard to obtain secure permanent and affordable housing in the private market and so we navigate it through our city's homeless service response system and that's how we maintaining permanent affordable housing in the bayview. and because of that affordable housing opportunity that allowed me the ability to focus on what i wanted to do with my life. and so when i was 14 years old, i started doing community organizing at a nonprofit organization in the mission district called jamestown community center and i was one of many youth leaders who were involved in civic engagement and that was really what opened my eyes to want to participate in a lot of the issues that impact low income communities

in san francisco and it was through the support of jamestown community center where i was able to believe that i was capable of obtaining higher education and so from there, i went to san francisco state university, i studied public health education and that really gave me a full understanding, a wholistic understanding of a lot of the challenges that we see here in this city. following my time at san francisco state, i went on to do social work and i supported and worked with low income families. many of whom grew up in communities that i grew up in and were experiencing homelessness themselves. so that helped me understand the experiences that i faced many years ago continued to happen today and i really wanted to do more systems level

change, policy change and work with affordable housing in the city and so i then went on to graduate school. i went to the university of san francisco and studied public affairs and that helped me to understand policy processes in san francisco and then i had the wonderful opportunity of being employed by tenderloin neighborhood development corporation where i worked with the community organizing team located on golden gate and that was very much a full circle moment for me because i remember being a young person and walking up and down that block because that's where my family received services in order to get our affordable housing space in the city. and so through my time at tndc, i was able to engage in the planning work and that's when i truly understood the importance of community planning and

engaging residents and the changes that happen in their neighborhood. and so some of the projects that i worked on which i'm sure you are all familiar with, 450 o'farrell which was a large proposed group home project where many felt like that was not the community need, the need was family housing and more affordable housing and it was a very beautiful and hard process trying to understand planning and so that grew my love for the planning work where i currently do the policy and the planning work.

i focus a lot on our coalition building. i had taken on a lot of the work that i had started in the tenderloin advocating for density equity in neighborhoods like chinatown and tenderloin that really need a diverse type of housing that addresses the current conditions that many low income folks are struggling with today. and so i have the great opportunity to still do that work and i'm so very happy and humbled that i can advocate for a city that i love and call home and work with communities that, you know, i relate to and if i have the opportunity to be appointed to the planning commission, i feel like that will just be a continuation of the work that i've been doing for the past few years. and i would hope to prioritize our lower income folks. our by pock communities that have been neglected from planning processes in the past

and pushing for anti-displacement, race and equity within our planning process and ensuring that community is at the center of the work that we do. so i'll leave it to that and open up to any questions. >> chairman: thank you, any questions or comments from committee members? seeing none why don't we open this item up to public comment. >> clerk: yes, members of the public who wish to speak on this item and joining us in person should line up along the window. remotely, call (415) 655-0001. then enter the meeting id of 24996627464 then pound and pound again. star three to enter the speaker line. for those in the queue please

wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and that will begin your queue to start your comment. i believe we have in-person speakers at this time. >> chairman: we do. i think the longest line we've had since we've re-opened the chambers to public comment. >> hello again. i'm jaime vigoria. i'm here in support of the appointment of gabriella ruiz. it's almost two years to this day when we started to shutdown and that was the first time i worked with gabriella. so most of our interactions were done via zoom. in working with her, she pretty much showed how much knowledge she has about the work and working in the tenderloin, you know, i always recognize that the problems in the tenderloin

are san francisco problems that are magnified in the neighborhood like that and she has a good understanding of the needs of the people in that neighborhood. her being an sf native, she has a good -- her experiences informs a lot of her knowledge and a lot of the people that are historically neglected, historically have been ignored, she would be somebody that would speak up for them as she's mentioned today. i do urge you to reappointment her in her position on the planning commission. >> chairman: thank you. next please. >> good morning supervisors. it's nice. some of you i haven't seen in person in two years. so it's great to see you guys. my name is curtis bradford. i'm co-chair of the tenderloin people's congress. and i'm here to speak on behalf of gabby.

i want to say that first of all i definitely think you should appoint her to the position of planning commissioner. i've had the opportunity to work with gabby for quite awhile now in the tenderloin neighborhood and city wide issues. first let's acknowledge how beautiful it is to see a young woman from one of our most marginalized communities to beat the system, struggle through all of those challenges and still turn into the amazing person that she is today and i just want to acknowledge that first and foremost. she has demonstrate today me and the work that we've done that she takes the time to listen deeply to people. she takes the time to do the necessary research to understand an issue. she's not quick to judgment. she's fair and discerning before she makes a statement and when she does, she's very clear about where she stands and i think she really does do

the work to make informed choices and i think that's one of her greatest strengths and i really encourage you to put her through as a planning commissioner and i thank you for your time. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning supervisors. my name is john mckormick. i'm thrilled to be here today to support gariella ruiz in her appointment to the planning commission and i have a bunch of reasons for that, but first i'd like to point out what gabby talked about at 450 o'farrell, she was a true champion making sure this affordable housing got pushed through. not only did we get the housing from that, but we dot a community benefits agreement that gabriella championed and it was incredible to see her work and work it all out and fight to make it happen. she really was a real tough

battle and she made it happen. most of all, i want to talk about how gabriella is a true champion where she lives and works. she's a person that fights for the people she works with and is not someone that's going to take the work lightly. she is going to do, she's going to grind it out and get the positions right and make sure she's understanding the work in the right way. thank you very much. it's nice to be back in here. >> i'm really excited. you know, i've thought about what to say this morning on

their side and in their deliberation, a person with such an emotional and that's going to hear and listen as well as go into the and her readiness to say i don't know and a lot of us, you know, in our work are quick to say but gabby has that and bring her experience and her background at the forefront and i'm you

what i hope is a great and ongoing conversation with gabby and projects in our district and your city. so thank you very much. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning supervisors. i want to first start off by saying president walton thank you for appointing gabby to the commission. hopefully appointing gabby to the commission. i work for the tenderloin housing clinic as a supervisor of the organizing committee. i've had the pleasure and honor to work closely with gabriella. i along with s.r.o. resident leaders from s.r.o. have done various land use projects. i have had the opportunity to

witness firsthand how well gabby has worked with the resident leaders and that her work's centered on creating an environment to elevate their voices in the community. she was always looking to go the extra mile to ensure the voices of our residents heard by the city commissioners, city partners and private developers. she had demonstrated a good understanding of planning department and codes. she would provide a balance to a community voice and would be a great advocate in a community. i strongly urge the supervisor to urge her reappointment in the planning commission. >> chairman: thank you. are there any individuals who want to testify online? >> clerk: yes. seeing the end of the in-person speakers, mr. atkins is checking to see if we have any remote attendees who would like to speak. if you are on the phone please

dial star three if you have not already done so. we currently have five speakers on the line waiting to speak. >> chairman: first speaker, please. >> caller: yes. good morning supervisors. my name is david elliott louis and i too have gotten to know and work with gabby over the last few years, especially with her work on land use issues. and i intersected with her in two different ways as both in my work with the city a collaborative land use committee and also with market street for the masses language committee. both groups actually worked on similar projects. we dealt with new developments coming up in the tenderloin area and some group housing projects and others. and in these interactions, i really got to get a good sense of knowledge skills, and sort of social skills about planning

and public policy issues and i was impressed back then as i am now. she's shown a great. gabby shows a great insight into how a building works, how a design impacts the neighbors and residents and how to bring in separate inclusive communities including by pock and others into the projects. groups that are often excluded from planning and decision making. it's very inclusive in her thinking and i think very wholistic and thinking as well. i'm really impressed. i even thought back then, wouldn't it be great if gabby could get into the planning commission. it was more like a dream. it didn't seem, who knows how one gets on. opportunities are rare and now that today he is sitting before you, consideration, i strongly encourage to accept her into

the planning commission. and really help the process of community planning. thank you very much. >> caller: good morning. my name is eric i'm on the board of the latino district. i'm calling in support she's very familiar with the issues that face a lot of us and very detailed. so we're happy to do our support. also please support.

>> chairman: thank you. next speaker. >> caller: good morning supervisors. district 10, i'm calling in to strongly support gabriella ruiz's nomination. her knowledge of our diversity and thoughtfulness on how to lift and empower voices have made her an invaluable resources. she would need a fresh equity lens for the commission. and very lucky to have her. i strongly urge you to support the nomination. thank you. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker. >> caller: we're in strong

support of gabriella ruiz and we ask for your support of her today. based on our experience, her own personal experiences, her recent history working at coupled with her educational background. we feel confident she understands economic development and the housing needs of our city's residents. starting with middle income families and it's homeowners. we think that she will serve the city very well and please approve her nomination today. thank you. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> caller: hello. my name's kevin staal. i'm with the central city collaborative. i'm speak engine support of gabriella ruiz.

in the past two to three years through the collaborative and through other projects that we've worked with like the 450 o'farrell project. she's a very passionate and compassionate woman who cares about low income and vulnerable residents of the tenderloin districts and throughout the city and she is a brilliant woman and a strong latina leader and i believe she will be an excellent contributor to the planning commission. so i strongly urge you guys to approve her nomination and i thank you very much for your all your guys support. thank you so much. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> clerk: mr. chair, i believe that was our last public commenter online. >> chairman: okay. are there any other speakers in the chambers who would like to

testify and add their support to president walton's nominee, ms. ruiz? seeing none. public comment is closed. and, indeed, that was quite impressive public support. president walton. >> president walton: thank you so much, supervisor peskin. i'd like to make a motion to remove 'rejecting' and approve the nomination of gabriella ruiz. >> chairman: on that motion, a roll call please, 'rejecting' in the role title and 'rejects' online 16. >> clerk: yes. on that motion, removing 'rejecting' and recommend, [roll call] the motion passes without objection. >> chairman: congratulations. next item please. >> clerk: next on the agenda

is item number four, hearing to consider appointing two members alternativelies ending february 23, 2023, to the citizen's committee on community development. two applicants. >> chairman: thank you. i just want to be clear that these are in both cases terms that would end on february 23rd, of 2023 is that correct? >> clerk: yes. >> chairman: okay. with that, we have azalia renfield for seat one and clinton loftman for seat two. both are members of the citizen's committee on community development and applications are set forth and i want to thank them for their service and note that brian chiu from the mayor's office of community development supports these nominees continuing in their roles.

why don't we hear from ms. renfield and mr. loftman is if they are available. >> good morning everyone. can you hear me? >> chairman: yes, we can. >> okay. what about see me? >> chairman: we can see you and hear you. >> perfect. yes. i want to say good morning everybody, president walton, supervisor peskin, and supervisor mandelman. i'm so honored to be here. it's been such an honor to serve on this committee since 2018. time has flown so quickly. we have so much work to still do that's still ahead of us. we're working on funding recommendations tomorrow shall i be appointed and there's just so much great work going on. some of these journeys happen so quickly, we don't get a chance to do as much as we'd like to do. help our city operate with

maximum sufficient. so i'm happy to answer any questions and it's an honor to serve. >> chairman: thank you, ms. renfield, and thank you for your service. and we will go to the next applicant. >> good morning. this is clint loftman. i want to reiterate that azalea said in terms of what we've been doing on this committee for the last several years. it has been an honor for me as well. there's a lot that still needs to be done and a lot more that needs to be done in terms of the community development in our city particularly given the challenges of covid and issues we convictions and things of that nature. so i too would be very honored to serving our community. >> chairman: anything you would like to add, mr. brian chiu? >> i just would like to say that we strongly support their

reappointment. they've both been very committed members focusing on the urgent needs of our community both on the community development and the affordable housing side and particularly during this latest two years of covid, they've gone above and beyond the call of duty in our decision making. so our department strongly supports their reappointments. >> chairman: thank you. are there any members of the public who would like to testify on this item number four. >> clerk: yes. may i ask mr. loftman, can you mute your microphone. some noise is coming from you. >> sorry about that. >> clerk: thank you. yes, members of the public who wish to speak on this item, there are no persons in the room at this point in time. for those listening remotely, please call (415) 655-0001. enter the meeting id of

24996627464 then press pound and pound again. once connected, you will need to press star three to enter the speaker line. for those in the queue, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and then you'll be able to -- that will be your cue to speak. we currently have four callers on the line, but nobody is in line to speak. >> chairman: okay. public comment is closed. and i will make a motion to send these two individuals to the full board with positive recommendation. on that motion, a roll call, please. >> clerk: yes. can i state that it would be azalea to seat one and mr. loftman to seat two. >> chairman: correct. >> clerk: yes. on that motion, [roll call] the motion passes without objection. >> chairman: and we are adjourned. >> thank you. >> thank you.

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madam mayor, commissioners, u.s. coast guard, chief scott, mission high school. [cheers and applause] welcome to the new home of the legendary phoenix the guardian, the st. francis, your new fireboat station 35. [cheers and applause] this is only one of two floating fire stations in the entire world. it is a clear symbol of our enginuity and our importance we place on the resilience of this city. my name is carmen chiu and i serve as san francisco administrator. one of the responsibilities of my job is to make sure we continue to plan for the investments we need in our infrastructure. whether it is our public

hospitals, our utilities, our fire stations or this station right behind you. we know that when the time calls when there is an emergency, we are better off as a city when we make these investments. and so i want to thank all of you for being here today to celebrate in this wonderful and momentus day. i want to thank all of the voters in san francisco who have made possible investments like this. we know we couldn't do it without them. and, of course, we could not do it without our mayor, a person who formerly served as a commissioner of the fire commission and now our mayor, she understands firsthand the importance of supporting our first responders and public safety. mayor breed. >> thank you, carmen. and i've got to say it's great

to be here with each and every one of you. this has been a long time coming, chief. in fact, when i served on the fire commission, i had a few specific goals and tom o'connor was the head of local 798 and he asked for a lot of stuff at the time. on a regular basis. but there were a few things that peaked my interest. number one, station 49 and we got it done. and number two, station 35. and we finally got it done. and i am so excited and happy for the success of this project because the voters of san francisco, they understand that when we come to them and ask for financial support of the sea wall, those don't seem like they're really exciting topics to talk about when you start talking about utilities and under ground and all of these

things, you don't always see the nuts and bolts of infrastructure, but the voters understand the need to invest in public safety because the former station as we know was built after the 1906 earthquake in 1915. the city we know in 1906 after the earthquake, neighborhoods burned to the ground and we didn't have sufficient support in terms of our infrastructure to help deal with those challenges and we didn't just shrink and say oh, well and throw up our hands, we built. and we built that station in 1915 and it served its purpose well. but now, as our city begins to grow, there's a need for something new. because this fire station, in fact, the phoenix, the guardian, and what's the other one named? the st. francis.

those boats are the ones when there is a fire like there was down at the pier at pier 45 i believe, our trucks couldn't necessarily get to every corner of that fire, but you know what, are the phoenix was there. and the fact is when there is an emergency on the water, yes, we are fortunate to be close to the coast guard, but we are usually the first on the scene to help save lives, to help protect the water. to protect our city along the bay. that's why this is so significant. this is going to be a game-changer for public safety and i can't be more proud and grateful to the men and women of the fire department who 24/7 at station 35 continue to put their lives on the line. yes, it's cool to be on the boat all day having a good time and being out here in the

water, but let me tell you, when it's windy, it's nothing to play with. when it's a need out there on the waters, it is really challenging the would, that they do and so i appreciate not just the fire department, but the department of public works for being the lead on finally getting this project done and it was not easy, carla. it was not easy. chief, but we got it done. i'm looking at these two ladies and the third lady here elaine forbes and her port commissioners kim brandon and others, they were like well, we don't know if we want to give you guys this property or not for free. they didn't want to give it to us for free, but we got it done. and here we are because we all work together. we worked together because we understood the bigger picture and the significance of what this means not just for the

city but for the port and everything that exists here. and on top of that, an art installation to remind us of our history of what's important because we can't forget the past, we can't forget the challenges of what existed in the city along the bay, we have to remind people of that so they understand the importance of this infrastructure and the need to continue to build in san francisco. we have a growing population, but at the end of the day, we know chief scott, chief nicholson, our firefighters, our police officers and our other safety personnel, our paramedics, we know that they will be there for us. and as we begin to re-open after two very challenging years of a global pandemic that none of us saw coming, i'm

hopeful, i'm hopeful that the next generation, the folks from mission high school that we are doing the work to lay the foundation so that these young people growing up in our city, learning about what it means to serve and protect the residents of san francisco. i am hopeful that we do our jobs in building a pipeline so that they become the men and the women that you see here today. that's what san francisco is all about. opening the doors to opportunity building, evolving, and making things stronger and today as we celebrate the opening of station 35, we are reminded of that hope more than ever. so we appreciate you all coming here today and we look forward to cutting the ribbon and getting this station open.

thank you all so much. >> thank you, mayor breed. you're always a tough act to follow. and thank you sister m.c. car men chiu. i want to say a special thank you to the voters again who voted for this bond but we couldn't do it without you, but greetings and salutations to everyone here. elected and department heads, our fire commission, port commission, i am your fire chief, jeanine nicholson. now, we love our old fire house, don't we? we love that old fire house and the history and the memories it contains. all of us have at least one story about working there. some of us many more. but she's been so good to us over the years, but she's tired. she is tired. so she's still going to be in

service with our fire engine, but we are really excited to be making new memories and new history with our new floating fire station. our members live in our building we want to ensure there is the proper environment for them so they can do their jobs to the best of their ability. i want to say thank you to everyone who worked on this project from and contractors on down to every person swinging a hammer, putting in a floor, putting in electrical. thank you for your diligence and your care in getting this done. much appreciated. also to walter hood for the incredible artwork that brings

our history forward. i also want to give a quick shout out to the man with the hair, tony rivera who had a big part of this back in the day. thanks for being here, tony. so in our history from well before loma prietta, our fire boats have been really important is and now we've seen a call for services in the bay whether it be fire or people in the water. and this station will enable our members to continue to bring the best service to the people in san francisco because that's what the san francisco fire department does. that's what we're here for. we are here for you. so this station will serve the bay, the water, as well as the streets because we have our fire engine here, engine 35.

so as always, we stand ready to help wherever we are needed. i know that about all of you. every single one of you in uniform over there and thank you. to the members of great station 305 this is your baby now and i know you will take care of her. thank you again everyone and if you have not been inside, it is pretty amazing. you need to get a tour. it wants me to quit my job as a chief and demote myself back down to the caption and have my last year through there. not going anywhere right now all right. and now i would like to introduce my sister partner at public works. it's all you know.

>> thank you, sister chief nicholson. good morning everyone. i too want to take a moment to thank the voters as everyone has said, we could not do these projects without your support. we have the ferry building, the bay bridge, the beautiful bay, and now we have a new iconic image to add to that postcard, the new fireboat floating behind us. as carmen said, this fireboat is what makes san francisco a world class city. our ongoing strategic commitment to strengthen our resiliency. you have all heard this project was no easy under taking. it needed the approval of no fewer than nine regulatory

agencies. anyone who has worked with a regulatory agency knows that's not easy. at the local state and federal level. it was built on two different continents and constructed during the peak of a pandemic that affected both supply chains and labor. and yet despite these challenges, here we are today to celebrate this tremendous achievement. i do want to take a moment to publicly acknowledge the team from public works that helped deliver this beautiful project. our city architect run alameda, charles, project manager, pona ray, sean o'brien, kelly griffin. their dedication was crucial to ushering this project through to the end. and this was a designed build project with private partners. so a quick thank you to ska, swinerton, power engineering,

lift tech and ghd and all the men and women in the construction trade who built it. i also want to thank mayor breed, city administrator chiu and our partners at the fire department. sister chief nicholson. together, we are one city working collaboratively to create a better stronger city to serve san francisco today and into the future. one last plug for the beautiful piece of artwork, it is so amazing. it has the history. it's shaped like the bow of a ship and i want to acknowledge ralph remmington here from the art commission and allow me to introduce our executive director of the port, elaine forbes. thank you. >> thank you, carla. i am elaine forbes, the port breshgt and the first thing i want to say to the mayor is we didn't do it for free. it wasn't exactly a free agreement.

yes. but we so enjoyed working with the fire department to see this through. the phoenix actually was the port of san francisco's vessel. our state harbor of engineers saw importance to bring fire protection from the water way back when the fire department took over. we gave the phoenix for $1. so that was a very kind and since that point we've had an excellent relationship with the fire department protecting our piers and commissioner brandon is here with me today and she will remember we've had many fires. pier 45, pier 29, and pier 48 and that's just in recent memory and these fireboats were here to protect us. and now i'd like to say a few words to the students at mission high. we have an existential threat of sea level rise and your generation is going to deal with it even more than we are. the leaders here today are

being innovative. so she'll be here to stand the test of time and we at the port under the leadership of march breed are working on our seawall and city assessor carmen chiu is going to make sure that we get it done over time, but it's a generational investment and i want you all to hear that today because we are preparing you to take it on and this harbor will be changing and will be resilient and strong. all the thank yous were given already. i don't want to repeat them because you know them. but i do want to say thank you again, we're honored to be here and get us to the ribbon cutting and the tour of the facility. thank you so much. [ applause ] and i turn it over to assessor carmen chiu. >> thank you very much, elaine. with that, i want to thank all of our honored guests for being here today. i think all of us are ready to go cut the ribbon, right? that doesn't sound

enthusiastic. are we ready? all right. i want to make sure, of course, to recognize the folks who are here before we head over. of course, commissioners thank you for being here. chief scott thank you for being here. remmington, director of arts commission. why don't we head over to the port. >> can you help me count? >> five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause]

>> we broke ground in december of last year. we broke ground the day after sandy hook connecticut and had a moment of silence here. it's really great to see the silence that we experienced then and we've experienced over the years in this playground is now filled with these voices. >> 321, okay. [ applause ] >> the park was kind of bleak. it was scary and over grown. we started to help maclaren park when we found there wasn't any money in the bond for this park maclaren. we spent time for funding. it

was expensive to raise money for this and there were a lot of delays. a lot of it was just the mural, the sprinklers and we didn't have any grass. it was that bad. we worked on sprinkler heads and grass and we fixed everything. we worked hard collecting everything. we had about 400 group members. every a little bit helped and now the park is busy all week. there is people with kids using the park and using strollers and now it's safer by utilizing it. >> maclaren park being the largest second park one of the best kept secrets. what's exciting about this activation in particular is that it's the first of many. it's also representation of our city coming together but not only

on the bureaucratic side of things. but also our neighbors, neighbors helped this happen. we are thrilled that today we are seeing the fruition of all that work in this city's open space. >> when we got involved with this park there was a broken swing set and half of -- for me, one thing i really like to point out to other groups is that when you are competing for funding in a hole on the ground, you need to articulate what you need for your park. i always point as this sight as a model for other communities. >> i hope we continue to work on the other empty pits that are here. there are still a lot of areas that need help at maclaren park. we hope grants

and money will be available to continue to improve this park to make it shine. it's a really hidden jewel. a lot of people don't know it's here. >> the hon. london breed: all right, everybody. how's everyone doing today? i'm london breed. i'm mayor of san francisco, and i'm really glad to be here today to honor an extraordinary san franciscan and an extraordinary human being, jack jaque. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: now here's the thing about jack. we know, president of the board

of supervisors shamann walton has honored him. we know that people with trying to give him accolades and awards and support, and he doesn't want to be bothered, because many of us know him in san francisco. i remember when i first met jack, when i -- look, i didn't get in that much trouble, to the point where i went to juvenile, but my brother did. i started to get involved in omega boys club because of jack, and i thought honestly, who is this white man coming to the projects just with no fear

and getting major respect from everybody in the community, and knocking on the doors and talking to everyone, the parents, the moms, and the community? and it was jack, and i thought not only is he brave, but isn't that amazing to have someone who understands the system working to deal with the challenges of the system? and think about it, at the time when he started doing this work, you know, i've got to say, a lot of, like, my grandmother and that generation, there was somewhat

of a level of fear, working with white folks. i just thought wow, this could really change lives. this is at a time when juvenile hall was packed, y.a. was packed, and it was packed mostly with our people, and even though our numbers with smaller than they've ever been, they were packed, and disproportionately, we should

not have been impacted in the ways that we were. we had people like jack show up in our communities, in our homes, in our lives, and what he has done -- i'm sure many of you have been beneficiaries of his love and kindness and support, but what he has done has really turned lives around. just imagine how many more peoples' lives would have been lost if it weren't for jack? and that's why we're here

today. i know shamann and his participation in omega boys club, and uncle corey and a few others, and i think about how critical this program was, and how critical the work was that he was doing. i never knew what his job was. i just know that if you say jack, everybody knew what you were talking about. i remember when i was at the african american art and

culture complex, and we were working with these boys, and we had a number of challenges. it's sad when we were talking about the next generation of boys getting in trouble. i used to tell them, if you're getting in trouble and you're in juvenile hall, i'm not going up there, but i did go up there. and, of course, jack was already there, and he'd established this relationship with them. the love, the kindness, the care, the support, and consistency, and yeah, the tough love of telling them about themselves is something that is just really valued in the lives of young people that you've touched, so i want to honor you here today, and i

know that when we see each other, i think about what happens, and people like jack, in the conversations, made me feel like i mattered because i couldn't believe he was, like, yeah, you can come to juvenile and talk to kids there and be a part of the solution. and i thought, wow, i'm somebody just because he gave me a chance to be a part of

something. we could talk about all the things that you continue to do to really be a consistent blessing and support because a lot of people have come and gone in this advocacy world. a lot of people have been there for five minutes, maybe five years or so, but you have been

constant, and so here today, we are here to honor that commitment, even though i know it took a lot for you to accept this, but you couldn't turn one of your kids down. you could turn the mayor down, but i know you couldn't turn one of your kids down. i know it's important that you understand how much you are loved, how much you are respected, how much you are appreciated, even though we know that's not why you do the work. you have been a blessing to so many people's lives, and i wanted you to know how much you are appreciated and respected, and now there has never been anyone like you, and we know

that there never will be, and we are just grateful to just know you and be a part of your life. so today, not because it's your birthday, but just because, just because i'm mayor, and i can do that, today, come on up, jack. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, jack jaque day in our city. [cheers and applause] >> the hon. london breed: okay. and one more thing. i know you don't like to dress up, but that's okay. sometimes when you go to glide, i can tell you might have changed a shirt or two. i know, i know that, but maybe, but one day, you're going to

get a shirt where you're going to be able to wear these cuff links with the city seal with my signature on them. [cheers and applause] [indiscernible]. >> the hon. london breed: we'll see, but ladies and gentlemen, let's give jack some love. [cheers and applause] >> i'm really honored. sometimes these things are hard for people, but i'm really honored to be sitting here in this incredible building. the village is sitting here, and just to be in the company,

and i just want to thank shamann, and, of course, today, the mayor. and, you know, london is so real. i don't always agree with everything, but you are always so real. you always represent the people, the neighborhood you come from, and the emotions, the anger, the fear of the people. you really do. i see, from the youngsters at the county jail, one young man

knew you, and he'd been involved in some of the programs. i was talking to him, and he was in the county for a year or two, and then, he went home. but he would talk about you -- always talking about you and had your phone number and called you at home, so he said, and i believe that he did. and i said, you know, can you do that now? she's a supervisor, now a mayor, and he said yeah. she said call any time. and she actually gave me the number, but i never called. but i really -- i don't want to exclude shamann's love, either, but it's nice to have people running the city who come from roots of the city. you know, i'm making a political statement, but the fact is you're real, and that's

what the kids want, the youngsters want. you're real, and you do it with such ease, you really do. and i know you struggle inside like everybody else, but you're magnificent. you really are. you're magnificent, london breed. magnificent. so just a couple of minutes. i'm not one to go on and on, but i've just got to take a minute to introduce the village because you deserve to be honored, also. we all know corey. corey was kind of the original -- i don't know if he was original, original, but the whole thing about corey is he wouldn't speak, he wouldn't

talk. corey, it was like he was silent, like, he was a mime or something. it was -- he never said anything. i said corey, say something. just make sure people know you're alive. we've got other people, but he wouldn't say anything. now, we can't shut him up. now, corey, say something. it's 20 minutes into the meeting. what's going on here? we've got to go, but i love corey. corey has been a faithful -- well, you know, the deal is, corey's doing the work, and he

continues to do the work. i think he just turned 50, but now, he's doing it more than ever. he's all over the place. he got himself a car, and he even pays for the gas now. >> i think back to marcell

working with corey and the community, and i wasn't sure he was going to buy into what we were doing with omega, but now, he's been with us 35 years. 35 years, sitting right there. [indiscernible] is sitting there, as well. the first woman to have graduated from the program. [applause] >> she's in the delaware state hall of fame, sports hall of fame, and, you know, she is

really being into the community, and she's amazing. she might be on a stamp one day. she's doing so much with so many people. few other people. john henry, john henry is sitting here, and all of our experiences in juvenile hall.

john henry is amazing. he's one of the best speakers, motivators. he's also starting his kind of new career for him, voluntary work going out on the streeting, john henry. always gives a great message at juvenile hall. i -- going out on the street, john henry. always gives a great message at juvenile hall. sonny, i see you standing there, you and lauren. it seems like you're always around when somebody is being honored, and, you know, i love you and appreciate you guys. i want to make sure before i step down, anybody -- yeah, andre. so andre [indiscernible] yeah, andre is right over there. andre is amazing, because when

we started going into juvenile hall, which was about 1988, we met andre in 1989. he was in serious trouble. he was a gangbanger, and his name rang bells on the street. part of the beasley, but he was someone definitely on his way to prison. he chose somewhere early on that he'd rather go to penn state rather than the state pen, and today, the amazing thing, he has had three of his children go through the omega academic program, and two of his daughters have graduated from grambling with the help of

dr. marshall, and andre's beautiful wife with him, and i said wife, you know? and i think we ought to give it up for the wife, because nobody has a wife anymore. i'm honored, and i thank you. i don't know about the cuff links, though. i was saying, when you were -- i will wear different shirts when london's running for the

united states senate, you know? and -- but i also want to say, too, before i sit down, i know that there's -- in fact, a friend of mine is now a social worker who's working on getting napoleon home, napoleon being your brother, so that's something really important. he, sonny boy, was part of what we started with in omega. we'd have him on the phone when he was locked up, and we'd have him speak to people. a great kid who just got caught up, a great kid who just got caught up, and paul, too, paul, too, paul, too.

paul, unbelievable, but one last thing. it wasn't escape. it used to be escapes from juvenile hall, i mean, really big escapes, and now, i don't think anyone's escaped from the place they want to shutdown. but the old hall had the biggest escape, 14 people from the lockdown unit, and paul was in that unit, paul breed. and i ran upstairs, and i was in building, code blue, code red, and they all went off at the same time, and something serious happened, and i was just hoping and praying that paul, who i was working with, paul was still there, he didn't leave. when i got upstairs, 14 young men left, 14 young man ran, and when i got upstairs in unit five in the old juvenile hall,

and i got there, and paul was just pacing up and down the floor, and he didn't leave. and i always tell that story because that just shows the understanding in all the breeds, so deep. i don't know any related to london, but -- so yeah. [indiscernible] . >> i love you all. the village can be there when we leave. papa duck is the village.

papa duck is -- is the village. all kind of love to papa duck. we can tell stories for the next five hours about papa duck. eula works at the jail in san bruno, and eula helps all of us. has always been there, by our side, helping us. anybody else want to say something before i sit down? anyone else want to say something? i've got 30 seconds. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: well, clearly, jack has worked with all the breeds, but he also has worked with all of the folks in all of the communities. we've got sunnydale, potrero,

the hill, and at this time, i want to ask the president of the board of supervisors come up and say a few words about jack, shamann walton. [applause] >> president walton: first of all, i want to thank everybody, mayor breed, for coming out to honor jack. the work that jack has done over these past few decades is the best. you see him going in and out of juvenile hall, talking to them, spending time with them when most folks would turn their back on them, going into all communities in san francisco, being with the families, talking to young folks, and he did that for decades, and still continues to do that to this day. so i just want to thank the

mayor for her acknowledgement, i want to thank jack, of course, for all the work that you've done for the communities, for my family personally, and for everyone here, you are my family. you are a true meaning of what it means to are a person to the village, of the village, and as london said, it was strange to see a person not like us doing this work. and whenever he goes, people will watch out for jack. i just want you to know we love you, we appreciate you. congratulations on this honor, and we celebrate you. >> the hon. london breed: thank you. and i just want to thank supervisor ahsha safai for

joining us, as well. he represents the lakeview community. and at this time, i know that so many people here want to express their love for jack, and i wanted to give you all an opportunity to do so. we're going to start with you, uncle corey. come on up and say a few words, and if anyone else after corey wants to have the floor to show jack some love, please feel free to do so. >> thank you, mayor breed. i love saying that. london is really from the neighborhood, for real. like, for real. thank you, president walton. that's a blessing, man. people don't know how bad shamann was. i'm surprised people didn't hit him in the face with a pie.

we've all been around jack our whole life. one time, jack didn't answer the phone. shamann called him. if he didn't answer the call in the first hour, you start to wonder, where jack at? we're just so happy to have jack in our life. thank you, tyra. tyra was putting this together. when the mayor called, that was like the feds calling. i ain't never been to jail, and i don't want to go, so i answered quick. i'm blessed to work with papa duck, and everybody.

it's a blessing. jack just showed a picture when muhammad ali came up here. you don't mess with jack. when he knows he's going to get an award, he's, like, i don't want to come. we told them there would only be about three people. it's, like, church. we're going to give people two minutes, but i'm just grateful, and this is the first lady of omega. it's a blessing, the first lady of omega to go there. i want to thank my first

sister, lauren. that is my jewish sister. we worked together many years. she's from new york, so she'll cuss you out. sit your -- down. they're like we like you. sunny, thank you so much. baseball games, they go to players, so i'm just grateful. i really love you all, and little l, so we just blessed to be around -- jack, you are incredible. >> thank you, london breed, thank you, shamann, thank you to the community for showing up.

jack called me at 8:30 this morning, saying, what in the hell have you all got me going to? i said, let me explain something. about three years ago, jack was in the hospital, and we didn't know if he was going to be here or not, and no one besides maybe four people knew that he was actually in the hospital until it was the 28 day, and i said dude, i cannot continue to hold this and not let so many people know because he's a believer, he's a believer in christ. okay. he was like, you can tell them i'm in the hospital, but not tell them what hospital.

so i called the sister jill. i called the sister jill, and i'm, like, dude, your brother is tripping, right? she said, make sure that he is reminded that people want to give him his flowers while he's living because most of us don't appreciate the people that have shown us the way until we are dead, and so i just want to remind thim that we want to give you your flowers while you on top of the soil. it's absolutely required that we live in peace now. we don't want to wait to rest in peace, and i know that my spirit wouldn't rest until i make sure that you know that i love you, i honor you, i cherish you, and i always represent you, and the people that's in this space will say ditto. so you need to know that you are loved.

this is not about awards, this is about london wanting to honor you a long time ago. she said, on march 17, you come out of your house two weeks later, on march 17, and we be all right. and now, in two weeks, it'll be two years later on march 16. but jack, i just want to say that this is our way of giving you flowers. we want you to know that you are loved by a group of people that we call you family, and you call family, and we love you, and have a blessed day, everyone. >> what's up, everybody? just want to take a quick second to honor jack. thank you, london breed, shamann, tyra, the team, all

the omega family that's here today to honor this great man. jack meant the world to me. one thing about what the mayor said, consistency with jack. sometimes my own family members didn't believe in me, and after making many, many mistakes coming back, back to jail, and every time i did, he said, this time, you're going to get it right. now, it's been about 25 years since i got it right. to corey, you know, when we talk about the village and family, this was my case worker when i was locked up.

there was times that i was supposed to be home that i was out in the community, so corey, thank you so much for believing in me. i just want to say thank you, and like shamann said, we don't want to wait until you're not here to honor you. thank you, mayor, for highlighting jack as one of the hidden gems of our community, so thank you, and we salute you, king. >> you know, i'm up here not just for show. i'm busting at the seams.

jack jaque is the only positive male role model that i had growing up. i'm going to let that sit in for a moment. i'm not going to be too long, but like john henry, in and out of juvenile hall, jack never gave up on me. even to this day. didn't always make the best decisions, but he never gave up on me. that's why i go so hard like i do today. been working so hard behind the scenes. the only reason why a lot of us is doing this is because of jack, you know me? is you can tell a tree by the fruit that it bears. shamann still doing this work, corey, john henry, my brother,

you feel me? i come through united playas, all of that, and i'm going to say this before i get off, man, because i was supposed to go to the california youth authority because i had went to glenwood, community, and they knew jack so much, they allowed jack to send me to glenn wood community for boys. i got my g.e.d., my diploma, and i still went to prison after that, but he never gave up to me. jack came to see me in prison all the way out in pennsylvania. nobody else came to see me, not even my mama, and i'll never forget that. i'm going back out on the

streets, following on the shoulders of all of these amazing individuals up here right now, doing the work. i love you, jack. we love you, jack. keep doing it. [applause] >> if he's the blackjack, i'm the filipino jack. i'm going to tell you a real story. this out of power that this man has. you remember the bay area rap awards? jack got chose an an honoree for the whole award show, and i remember when jack was on the stage, a fight broke out. i'm talking about every turf was getting down. they said, when this war goes

to jack, i swear to god, they said, hold on, everybody stop. every thug stopped, i swear to god, they stopped, they gave jack the award, and after he got off the stage, they started fighting again, so i got a solution for that stuff that happens downtown so they won't break into louis vuitton or nowhere else. put jack out there. jack, we go back to potrero hill when i was a juvenile delinquent. jackman probably wrote -- he's probably been doing this a long time. he probably wrote letters for people in alcatraz, but i love you, jack. you inspired me. like many others here, you the

real one. we going to give you your flowers while you're still here. you all are meeting a legend right here. >> i literally only have two things to say. i always say if you call yourself doing work in san francisco and you don't know who jack is, you ain't doing no work. the second thing is, i've been doing this work for a long, long time, and jack called me and left me a voice mail at my office at san bruno jail, and he talked about what good work i was doing and how proud he was of the work that i was doing, and i was, like, i must be doing some real good work if jack is calling me and leaving a message. jack was one of the few people

working during the pandemic. occasionally, he's calling me, leaving a message, saying he's thinking about me. jack, you are a legend, and you are the greatest of all time, and i love you so much. >> yeah, for all of you that don't know, i work at general hospital, and i work with -- and i work -- i don't like talking through a mic, i like you guys just hearing my voice. i work with all the individuals getting injured through the city. jack is the one that told me about that job. jack has been my mentor since the 70s, and i remember on haight and ashbury, i bumped my

head and got in trouble, and i had to go cook for the homeless, and jack came up there, advocating for the homeless, and he educated me. right now, you guys, i can tell you right now, the city wraparound model is on a national level, and that's because of that man right there. i love you, jack. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: well, again, thank you to everyone for being here to celebrate jack and everything that he's meant to us for so many years. i know some people may not be comfortable with speaking publicly, so just make sure that you have that private conversation with jack, and you show him some love for everything he's done because we are very fortunate. when i think about how far we've come in this city, and, really, the challenges that our community in particular has

experienced over the years, i can't help but be appreciative to people like jack for what they've done to make a difference in people's live, and i want to make sure that jack knows how much we love and appreciate him because were it not for him, some of us wouldn't be here today. so thank you, jack, for coming. we honor you, and at this time, i want us to do a group photo on the stairs here just to commemorate this moment and to celebrate jack. and just so you know, jack, just put this in your windshield, and you'll get parking for free today. you won't get a parking ticket because it's your day, and then, if you get a parking ticket, give it to shamann. thank you all so much for coming. [♪♪♪]

>> the city has undertaken a pilot program to hook up private privately -- owned hotels. >> the community members say this is helpful for them especially for the seniors and families with kids from seniors being able to connect with the family during the pandemic and too watch the news has been

really helpful during this time where they are stuck inside and are not able to go outside. for families it is important to stay connected to go to school, to get connected so they can submit resumes to find jobs during the pandemic. [speaking foreign language] >> challenges that might seem for the fiber in chinatown is pretty congested. the fiber team found ways around that. they would have to do things such as overnight work in the manholes to get across through busy intersections, and i think the last challenge is a lot of buildings we worked on were built in the early 1900s and

they are not fitted with the typical infrastructure you would put in a new building. we overcame that with creative ideas, and we continue to connect more sites like this. >> high-speed internet has become a lifesaver in the modern era. i am delighted that we completed three buildings or in the process of completing two more. i want to thank our department of technology that has done this by themselves. it is not contracted out. it is done by city employees. i am proud and i want to take a moment to celebrate what we are doing.

>> we are approving as many parks as we can, you have a

value garden and not too many can claim that and you have an historic building that has been redone in a beautiful fashion and you have that beautiful outdoor ping-pong table and you have got the art commission involved and if you look at them, and we can particularly the gate as you came in, and that is extraordinary. and so these tiles, i am going to recommend that every park come and look at this park, because i think that the way that you have acknowledged donor iss really first class. >> it is nice to come and play and we have been driving by for literally a year. >> it is kind of nice. >> all of the people that are here. ♪♪

>> mayor breed: i am san francisco mayor london breed. welcome to the state of the city address. [applause] >> mayor breed: i am happy to have all of you here today. it is really great to be outdoors in person. the mask mandates, vaccine mandates are all gone. if you take pictures answer post. make sure you put disclaimer we removed it