>> clerk: vice president elias, i'd like to take roll. >> vice president elias: please. [roll call] >> clerk: vice president elias, you have a quorum. also present is police chief bill scott and director henderson. >> vice president elias: thank you. sergeant, can you please call the first matter. >> clerk: line item 1, general public comment. at this time, members of the public are now welcome to address the commission regarding items that do not appear on tonight's agenda but

that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission, speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department or d.p.a. personnel. under police commission rules of order, during public comment, neither police or d.p.a. personnel, nor commissioners are required to respond to questions presented by the public by may provide a brief response. if you wish to enter public comment, you may do so by calling 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2493-879-2403, then press pound and pound again. press star, three to enter the

queue to speak. at this time, members of the public who are present may lineup against the wall to speak. good morning, miss brown. >> hi. my name is miss brown. i've come here again. i'm glad you're opened back up, calling about my son, aubrey abrakasa, murdered august 14, 2006. i am still on the frontlines, trying to get my son's case solved. i brought the names of the persons that murdered my son that were in process of -- thomas hannibal, jason hunter,

[indiscernible] and marcus carter. terrence moffat isn't there anymore. i'm looking for another way to get my son's case, not only there's other mothers and fathers that were supposed to be here that could not be here today. this is my son's body, laying on a gurney. this is all that i had. that is something that i have to deal with for the rest of my life, and i don't want to. i need some closure, and if i have to keep coming here for the rest of my life, i will. i'm glad you're opened back up because i wasn't able to show

you via conference call. this is not easy for me, but i have to advocate. i am my son's voice now, and i need help getting my son's case solved. thank you. >> clerk: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> so commissioners, i see there are some changes made as the police commission, and what we have to focus on, quality of life issues that have been impacted all over the city, so

stop bringing issues where you all are ganging up on one another that doesn't do the city good. for the last three months, the way some of you have acted is pathetic, and i think you need an orientation on how to behave, and if you focus on critical matter, you stay on point, but if you rely on the newspapers and some of the issues that you haven't reviewed, then you're going to be behaving the way you have behaved in the past. so we can change this, turn

this ship around, address quality of life issues and life in the city and county of san francisco. the citizens of san francisco want you to address quality of life issues. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> my name is susan buckman, and i live in district 7, and i work with wealth and disparities in the black

community. i have grown tired of talking to the police commission, the sfpd, and to the board of supervisors. where is the urgency? if the tables were turned, and these statistics represented white folks, i know there would be an urgency. when are you going to address the harsh statistics? you took an oath to support and uphold to seek the law for all san franciscans. per the report, sfpd arrests black residents at the highest rate of any major california city. in 2020, the sfpds arrest rate for black residents was 9.8

times higher than it was for nonblack residents, and 3.8 times the arrests statewide. we demand the cessation of police stops for repeat traffic infractions. racist policemen can often turn a minor matter into a life threatening situation. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hello, my name is david aaronson. i'm a member of district 1 and i'm a member of wealth and disparities in the black community. there is an issue to address the injustice of black san franciscans. i've grown tired of san

francisco police commission. i'm tired of comments falling on deaf ears, so we've sought help from attorney general banta. recently, the police report was released and another was released from the center of juvenile and criminal justice. the c.j.c. made the same recommendations. according to sfpds only data, a black san franciscan is six times as likely to be stopped

for racial profiling as a black san franciscan. this is more than five times as high as the state average. this police commission must end stops for minor matters, which is an opportunity for sfpd to wield its racism. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. >> good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> good evening. my name is [indiscernible] and i'm also with wealth and disparities in the black community, calling with a quote why -- quote from our founder,

felicia jones [indiscernible] to support and seek the good for all san franciscans. i'm tired, but not tired enough to quit, tired of beating a dead horse, tired of fighting the same battle. the recent report from the center for juvenile justice, per the report, sfpd has the highest cost per square mile to patrol yet the sfpd has the lowest solve rate of any major city. the sfpd is the only police agency in california that refuses to identify hispanic

and latino in their reporting. thank you for your time. >> clerk: vice president elias, that is the end of public comment. >> vice president elias: next item. >> clerk: item 2, consent calendar, receive and file, action. fourth quarter 2021 safe streets for all report, sfpd s.b. 1421 monthly report, s.d.p. d.p. 1421 and s.b. 16 monthly report. these items are on the consent calendar. if anyone would like to sever any of these items, please

identify the item, and we will work to agendize it but there will be no discussion of the item tonight. >> vice president elias: thank you, sergeant youngblood. i would like to agendize s.b. 1421 and s.b. 16. could we get public comment, please. >> clerk: at this time, members of the public may provide public comment. please approach the podium or press star, three. there are no callers for public comment. >> vice president elias: great. can i get a motion?

>> so moved. >> second. >> vice president elias: thank you. sergeant youngblood? [roll call] >> clerk: you have five yeses. >> vice president elias: yes item? >> clerk: line ice 3, chief's report. discussion. weekly crime trends. provide an overview of offenses occurring in san francisco. major, significant incidents. provide a summary of plans activities and events. this will include a brief overview of any unplanned events or activities occurring in san francisco having an impact on public safety. commission discussion on unplanned events and activities the chief describes will be limited to determining whether to calendar for a future meeting.

>> chief scott: good evening, vice president elias, commissioners, members of the public, and anyone present. with that, the one crime trend that i want to highlight is the piece of good news that our gun violence is down 36% year-to-date. we did have three shooting incidents this week, and i'll discuss those in a second with the update on the significant incidents. significant incidents for this week, this past week, good news on homicides during the reporting, bad news this week. calls stemmed from a 911 call,

concerning a person who received a gunshot wound to the upper body. officers arrived and observed a victim who was deceased at the scene. anybody with any information on this crime or any other crime in san francisco, you can call 415-575-4444, and that information can be kept anonymous. weekly, three shooting incidents are as follows: on march 9, at 2:00 p.m., at newcome and mindell, two occupants in a vehicle shot at the other one. the victim sustained gunshot wounds to the upper leg and abdomen and self-transported to san francisco general and is expected to arrive. investigators are looking at

evidence, and this incident is being handled by our community violence reduction team. on march 7 at 7:00 p.m., there was an incident at clara and fourth in the southern district. the victim was walking when the suspect came from behind and demanded his phone. the suspect fired a gun and the victim fled the scene and ran into a nearby business. the third incident was on march 11 in the bayview district. the victim and an acquaintance were sitting in a vehicle when they heard shots and the victim

received several shots. the victim had warrants unrelated for the shooting, and the quaintance and the girlfriend admitted to the shooting and were arrested. the victim was also placed under arrest for the warrant, and that has been solved with an arrest. other significant incidents in the tenderloin on 8 march at 7:40 p.m., there was a stranger kidnap. two unknown suspects broke into a vehicle and stole the vehicle and child. a short distance away, the suspect placed the child outside of the vehicle.

the victim followed the vehicle until she lost it near treasure island. during the search, officers have located the vehicle but did not locate the individual or individuals involved in the incident. there is an on going investigation with a vehicle on lombard and hyde street on 3 march. the suspect vehicle was double parked next to the victim's war while the suspect exited his vehicle and removed the items from the victim's car. the victim leapt onto the hood of the suspect's vehicle, rolled off, and the suspect at that time fled at a high rate of speed. an officer followed for a short time on hyde and was unable to keep up with the vehicle. per department -- our

department policy, we are unable to pursue the suspect, but the officers did get the vehicle information and we are conducting a follow-up information. we will continue to work on that case, and hopefully we will be able to bring that to resolution. no stunt driving and no fatal traffic collisions. from march 18 to march 20, starting at 9:45, the u.s. navy deployment will be docked at pier 30 and 32. we usually get a lot of tourists and people wanting to see the navy ships, but they will just be docked at the pier. on march -- chase this week,

there's a john mayer concert on the 15 and 16. golden gate park, there's the san francisco marathon starting on the 19 at 7:00 a.m., and on the 20 at golden gate park, there's a concert at 11:00 a.m., lindy in the park. throughout the month of march, the san francisco band shell will host musicians and groups and in celebration of international woman's month, you can expect to hear women fronted bands throughout this month, so for anybody who would like to come and enjoy that, that would be great. no baseball on the schedule, but we will advise how that

develops, and that is the end of my report for this week. >> vice president elias: thank you. any commissioners have any questions? commissioner byrne? >> commissioner byrne: thank you, vice president cohen -- vice president elias. i apologize. chief, i was down in union square a couple of times this week and noticed an increased police presence. is that still the case? >> chief scott: thank you. i wanted to talk about that. union square, the safe shopper deployment has decreased, but the deployment is still there. we have boosted the tenderloin station with additional deployment. it's on an overtime basis, but

the deployment is an additional 20 officers on wednesdays because wednesdays are just typically because of our scheduling a heavy day, with a sergeant and lieutenant. they're going to be working a midday midwatch type of shift. we will reassess that deployment in three weeks, but some of what's happening is the response in the tenderloin to the gangbanging, drug dealing, and many things that the community has complained about and the commission has inquired about, and we do believe that this deployment will help disrupt that activity. we are still doing our buy-busts, and i know there's been questions from the commission, and i know there's been discussion on that.

one thing that's been consistent from the community members that i've been in, community members, they don't want drug use on the streets. most of the people, people don't use in front of a uniformed officers, but there are options, including arrests. we've confiscated over eight pounds of fentanyl. those strategies are designed

to disrupt the activity. it's not the end-all-be-all, but we will assess this in a few weeks and see where we go from there, and our plan is to make sure we have a presence there to disrupt the activity. >> commissioner byrne: just a follow up question, chief. i did notice the increased number of police vehicles, but have the foot patrols been increased? >> they have. the deployment and what is part of this plan, the officers that are being brought in, these additional officers, they are assigned typical blocks, and the blocks where we've had trouble typically disrupting the drug sellers. most of the deployment is foot patrols.

there are at least two patrol cars as a part of the deployment to support the officers, so to answer your question, most of them are foot patrol. >> commissioner byrne: thank you, chief. thank you, vice president. >> chief scott: thank you. >> thank you very much, vice president cindy elias. i just want to note that the gun violence is down since 2021, and that's a good thing. i'm wondering if any of that

has transferred from the tenderloin to the southern station, and if there's anything you want to do on there? >> chief scott: thank you for that, commissioner. there is some displacement, particularly seventh and mission is where it typically happens, but it sometimes happened deeper in the -- seven and market is where it typically happens, but it sometimes happens deeper in the mission. we can't say that that has anything to do with what's going on in the tenderloin, but it is concerning. we will continue to try to drill on identification why

these things are the way they are, but right now, we can't say that it has anything to do with the tenderloin. >> thank you very much, chief. >> vice president elias: thank you. can we go to public comment? >> clerk: at this time, the public is welcome to make public on-line item number 3. at this time, if you'd like to make public comment, please approach the podium or press star, three. >> on my son's case, he was murdered august 14, 2006, at approximately 3:00, in broad daylight, shot 30 times with a semiautomatic gun into my 16-year-old boy, just turned 17. his case number is 060862038.

i also want to bring up about the digital monitoring displaying homicide victims. they've been down, coming up, and i was wondering if they can keep a tech person in there to keep these videos up. since we spear headed the digital homicide monitors for victims, i don't understand why they're not at the other precincts. i've talked with philpot, i've met the new homicide person, which is calvin sanders, and there's some things that they're supposed to be doing, too, so i was worries about the homicide digital posters. why aren't they at the other

precincts? and not only that, but they can put them at city agencies. i said d.m.v., but city agencies like the bus terminals, union light rail. you know, they have them there. that would help a whole lot, and we talked about the shootings that are down. one shooting is too much, especially for mothers and fathers like myself, mothers like myself that are still suffering. i don't care if the shooting was yesterday or 20 years ago. we're still affected by it, and the shootings are affect [indiscernible] by it, too, so please check on the monitors if you don't spear head it. thank you. >> clerk: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> so commissioners, i think it's time to do a needs

assessment of first gathering information in our city and then keeping a watch on all these guys who come from the east bay to sell drugs, and we don't do that. and if we don't do that, it's going to be business as usual. these people coming from the east bay come as if they're going to a normal job, and that's what you commissioners have to review. find out the population of our city. find out how many people are now coming to the financial district, and find out exactly

what is happening because it's not only in the tenderloin, it's happening all over the city. quality of life issues. that's your business as the commission. stop that. turn the ship around. >> clerk: thank you, caller. and vice president elias, that is the end of public comment. >> vice president elias: thank you. next item? >> clerk: line item 4, d.p.a. director's report, discussion. report on recent d.p.a. activities and announcements. commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the issues raised for a future commission meeting.

>> vice president elias: hello, director henderson. >> director henderson: good evening. i have currently 173 cases that are currently open. i have 128 cases that have been closed so far this year. on case that's have -- on whose investigations have extended beyond the nine-month range, there are 32 of cases like that. this time last year, there were 39 cases that had extended beyond the nine-month range. again, as a reminder, the 12-month 3304 deadline from d.p.h. has not been breached since i took over almost five years ago, and i will continue address being these cases to make sure they are not lost due to jurisdictional issues. of those cases, 25 are tolled,

meaning there are independent statutes pausing the time. there are 13 cases awaiting decision from the commission themselves, and there are seven cases pending decisions in front of the chief. this week, the top allegations from cases that came in this week, 57% of them were for an officer displaying inappropriate behavior or making inappropriate comments. another was officers engaging in selective enforcement. again, these are allegations. one of the things that i'm adding to the weekly update in addition where the allegations come in by the precinct, i've been including in the records that is turned over to the

commission and is on the website, as well, a section entitled previous cases, so the commission can track more accurately where the cases are and seeing what happened not only this week but last week. so in this week, the highest number of allegations are in tenderloin station for failure to move encampments, blocking sidewalks and driveways, and the full breakdown, like i said, i'm not going to go through every single precinct, every single allegation. that is in the information and can be found in the records, i just want to highlight some of the top ones which was asked as we previously talked about it. as we go on, i'm flushing out and giving more information rather than less just to people have a more accurate tool, and

it's just something that's just not a snapshot in time, so i'll continue to do that. in terms of operations, we're really excited to work with z.f. associates on our proposal for the specific bridge program that will allow members of the public to contact our agency to get regular and independent updates on their allegations, so i think that's going to be a really powerful tool for the agency to have so they don't have to wait to see what's going on with their individual cases. they have a d.p. user interface, and they develop capacities to meet the

challenges of the community. they worked on a database and dashboard for wheelchair users and a communications database exclusively. we will continue this week to better understand what the deliverables will be for the partnership, and i'll keep you updated what the project unfolds so we can continue to make this system more robust internally for d.p.a. on the individual cases. in terms of outreach, on march 9, we conducted two separate interactive know your rights workshops with independent high school, i.h.s.

systemic oppression in everyday life, we also distributed new campaign cards that members of the commission should have received and are available through d.p.a., as well, and those cards were passed out. about 80 students received those cards from the agency. we also, last week -- or this week, sorry, this week, met with wendy still, who is the former chief from san francisco adult probation. she is now with alameda county board of supervisors, tasked with building out an expansion of the police oversight work that they are doing. so she met with us this week, talking about the crossover issues for investigations related to both police

misconduct allegations and sheriff misconduct allegations to try to troubleshoot, develop, and outline best practices. all of this work will be culminating in a 70-ish page report that she'll be presenting to alameda county officials that will be based on information she receives from here in san francisco. once i get the report, i'll make sure it's posted on our website and delivered to commissioners, as well. again, if approximate members of the public would like to contact the department of police accountability, we are on shrine at sfgov.org/dpa, or

you can contact them at 244-7711, and that concludes my report, although i am likely to have comments on several of the items coming up on the agenda. >> vice president elias: are there any questions for director henderson? i believe it's two cases, director henderson. >> director henderson: oh, is it? >> vice president elias: yes. okay. public comment. >> clerk: at this time, members of the public may address the commission for up to two minutes by approaching the podium or pressing star, three. there is no public comment. >> vice president elias: great. next item.

>> clerk: item 5, commission reports. commission reports will be limited to a brief description of activities and announcements. commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the issues raised for a future commission meeting. commission president's report, commissioners' reports. commission announcements and scheduling of items identified for consideration at future commission meetings. >> vice president elias: commissioner yanez? >> commissioner yanez: thank you. i hate to challenge my inner commissioner hamasaki, but there was a report put out by the center on juvenile and criminal justice with an analysis and really disturbing things. they're not necessarily news, but when we aggregate

information and there are numbers that are as alarming as these, i think they merit further discussions, so i definitely want to agendize that analysis of the cost per effort, per, what is it? residents and policing in san francisco and the challenges that we have with improving our racial disparities. so i note that i also want --

and so forth. >> chief scott: i can answer that we. as far as the latino and hispanic communities, our department does collect that data and d.p.a. has it in a report. i don't know what they base that on, but i do know that several years ago there was a record about how that data was collected by the sheriff's department on a citywide basis. i don't know if all of those issues got solved, but that was part of the conversation that's being worked on right now. as far as the police department, we report those statistics, and they can be found in the qadr report that we report to this commission on

a regular basis. . >> commissioner yanez: and when you make that report, do you have a way to report on the african diaspora and hispanic and latino? >> chief scott: no. we don't have that type of breakdown. i know that is something that's been discussed at a citywide level, but it's been on the discussion for several years now. >> commissioner yanez: great. thank you. >> vice president elias: thank you. also. commissioner yanez, the ripa recommendations and the progress on the ripa

recommendations are also being agendized in april. >> chief scott: and vice president, can i make one more comment to the ripa? it's what the officers perceive, not what's verified. it's important to make that noted. >> vice president elias: commissioner carter-oberstone? nothing? okay. commissioner byrne? >> commissioner byrne: thank you. i -- one thing i'd like to agendize, i mentioned before, the police department issue on when the officers stand idly by when crimes are being committed. there's more than one incident that's been reported in the press, and i think this

commission hear about what if anything is -- and i hope that is not a trend, but i note it is an interest in the community on that issue. the other thing i wanted to report is i'm going to try to do an evening patrol with the officers in the tenderloin by the end of this month. i've done the daytime patrol, and i'm just curious to see what it's like at night time down there and to see what's going on because i think it's important to highlight that area. thank you. thank you. >> vice president elias: thank you. i think that we also asked to agendize on a prior occasion some of the complaints which you just wanted to agendize on standing idly by, so when we

make that presentation, we can also address your concerns so we can have it on all at once. >> commissioner byrne: thank you. >> vice president elias: commissioner yee? >> commissioner yee: thank you, vice president cindy elias. i wanted to work on social policies and making sure that whatever we have in the social policy, making sure that the incident that happened at central station doesn't happen again, avoid being anybody, i guess, mistakenly click on the light button when it's not

appropriate. that's something i'd like to see maybe put on the agenda. >> vice president elias: the social media policy? >> commissioner yanez: yes. >> vice president elias: okay. >> commissioner yanez: and last week, i was invited to the lee family banquet. they congratulated the officers doing their best to keep our city safe the last couple of years, so i'll end that, making sure we congratulate central station, so thank you, chief, and thank you, madam vice president cindy elias. >> vice president elias: thank you. can we get public comment? >> clerk: at this time, the public is now welcome to make public comment regarding line item 5, commission reports. if you'd like to make public comment, please step up to the podium or press star, three. vice president elias, there is no public comment. >> vice president elias: great.

next item. >> clerk: line item 6, discussion regarding order regarding plaintiff's motion for sanctions in spiers versus city and county of san francisco, case number 20-cv-01357-jsc, discussion. >> vice president elias: thank you. colleagues, this item is on the agenda because i wanted to give my colleagues a chance to read and digest any of the issues cited. city attorney, do you have any questions? >> i do, but would you like me to go first? good evening, commissioners. we took the comments made at the last meeting and had an in-depth look at our cases over

the last five years. inevitably, any materials given to the city attorney's office is covered by the attorney-client privilege, so there's concern about those communications and litigation strategy, so within that, we took a look, and in the past five years, we found two things. one is our most 1983 cases were in two buckets. we did not find within our cases anything that was similar to this, where we had an i.i.d.

pending case along with the 1983 case. so we wanted to give you that assurance that we don't have something in the similar posture. what we also did was meet with sfpd and d.p.a. and discuss that matter of what we were concerned about in terms of how do we ensure that sfpd and the city attorney's office has all the information that we need, and we revised the unit order based on the comments that we heard from the commission. so you have a revised unit order on your desk in front of you that is clear, and it provides essentially that the only instance in which the city attorney's office would not receive is if asked.

i think it depends on the relationship between the city attorney's office and sfpd, when they were asked. i don't want to say yes, because it depends on the situation. we will receive all documents now. we will receive them, and we will litigate that, whether we're going to be turning them over during litigation in the court. >> vice president elias: but i think the issue is the department is going to be turning overall documents whether you ask for them or not. >> all documents will be turned over to the city attorney's office except those highlighted by a separate court order. >> vice president elias: okay. i wonder if you can highlight the changes because this is different than what you presented last week. >> it's still an order but if

you can look at the back. >> vice president elias: is it on the sanction? >> yes. >> vice president elias: any sanctions regarding sfpd, they should notify the police commission. will this notification to the police commission be the sector will you forward it to all commissioners? >> this is actually directed to police legal in terms of that, so i think it would be, correct me if i am wrong, it would be police legal. >> chief scott: police legal will notify the secretary. we can put that in the process, and then, the secretary notifies the commission. >> vice president elias: will police legal -- how will they

get notified there's an issue? will police legal on its own accord be notified -- >> chief scott: if the city attorney's representing his client, which is us, and an attorney comes down, a sanction on order comes down, typically, we get notified by the city attorney, but typically, we are in those hearings, and if, by chance, there's some chance that our attorney for police legal is in court, that determination would need to be made, as well. >> vice president elias: when you say police legal, it's an attorney. it's sworn officers and attorneys in that unit. >> chief scott: there are sworn officers that represent the department in certain issues, but this was about the attorney representing his client. but either way, that

notification would go to the secretary of the commission. if it's an attorney, police legal in court, and some sanction comes down or some order comes down to meet this notice, that notification would need to come from police legal to the commission office, the secretary. >> vice president elias: and who's in charge of police legal now? >> commander paul yapp is now. they also have a captain, mark coda. >> vice president elias: okay. that's the only changes that i had to the order. do any of my fellow commissioners have any changes or requests? commissioner carter-oberstone? >> commissioner carter oberstone: just one question, not a change. when service members are responsive to a request, what

is the responsibility that all of those requests are turned over? is it a test of the member's cell phone? how does that work? >> chief scott: i can answer that. on a department device, we do a phone dump, so all the text messages that are -- have been sent or received in that phone, we can pull the records, and that is what's done. there's also a direct request to the member, and for a couple of reasons. number one, they may be conducting business on the device that's not a department device, and we don't have access to those type of records, so we also directly inquire. so both of those are done in these types of cases, and whatever records are pulled are put in the case file. >> vice president elias: okay.

public comment? >> clerk: at this time, the public is now welcome to make public comment regarding line item 6. if you'd like to make public comment, please approach the podium or press star, three. and vice president elias, there's no public comment. >> vice president elias: next item. >> clerk: line item 7, presentation from the department and hill arrested heintze, phase three progress report and sustain -- hillard

heintze. >> chief scott: so just a brief introduction. the powerpoint is only seven slides, so i'll get to that really quick. first of all, i wanted to thank the commission for giving us this opportunity to report on the c.r.i. i know with the events of the california d.o.j., it kind of got overshadows by the events of the day, but there's been a lot of work done in terms of

90% of compliance of 242 of the 278 recommendations. we still have a lot of work to do in terms of sustainability and the remaining 27 recommendations, and i'll talk about that in a second in terms of how we plan to do that. this has been a long -- as you all know, you've been here for a number of years. it's been a long and arduous task to get these implemented. we know there are some budgetary incident tasks, but despite that, we are going to be pushing forward to implement all of the recommendations. of the 245 recommendations that are in substantial compliance, there are a number that have preidentified sustainability measures that were written in

the report, but i'll turn it over to miss kirby and let her talk about the slides. >> thank you. in regards to the time constraints, i'll limit the information that i'm going to present on the slides, but [indiscernible] have been part of this project since its inception in the usdoj program. i think as we come out of phase three and the chief talks about the sustainability program, it's important to recognize where we came from. in 2016, the chief asked the [indiscernible] technical assistance program.

after the publication of the report, the assessment was 278 recommendations, and then, they reached out to the california department of justice.

[indiscernible] the work with the california department of justice has resulted if improvements in phase three. what we're really seeing is reduced use of force by sfpd officers and reaching out to mentally challenged health communities has been nationally recognized with the source

policies and continues to grow along the continuum of crisis response. most of the work in achieving the reform goals in terms of substantial compliance was recognized in phase three, but we need to recognize the [indiscernible]

going to move on, the department continues to demonstrate its intention to go and to drive further reform. what i can say is that the challenges will continue. we have systems issues, we have community issues, and we have the need to further integrate

and implement internal controls through measures and substantiate our reform. i think that the department continues to reflect, and that's what this report demonstrates. for example, d.g.o. 3.01 [indiscernible] is a strong reflection of that commitment. this department and the community will have a role in voicing how the community of san francisco will be policed. i also think that the on going engagement between d.p.a. and the department on substantive issues is one of the more promising practices to come out, director henderson has been an active partner during the collaborative reform project, and we continue to see

[indiscernible] the california department of justice will continue to maintain its oversight goals which i think is a huge component of future success. we know that issues remain, and as transparency will continue to grow, this report identifies the department's ability to engage, identify, and correct problems that were done at the time of this assessment. we believe that this department is capable of delivering on the main recommendations. at this time, i will revert back to the chief and will remain available to answer any questions that arise as a result of this presentation. >> chief scott: thank you, debra, and i know i only have

about three minutes, so i'm going to get through this quickly. >> vice president elias: 1:40. >> chief scott: 1:40. if i can go to slide two, i'm going to highlight what this is about. sustainability is a heavy lift when it comes to reform, it's a very heavy lift, and this brief powerpoint is going to describe quickly what we're intending to sustain and how we're going to do it. go to slide two, please. this is basically the crux of the number of recommendations, 187, and as you add that bottom line across, it's 187, is the number of recommendations that have some type of sustainability types of metrics written in the recommendations. the bottom is the number of recommendations. the first four columns are the

recommendations of the sustainability requirements in those recommendations. so one recommendation might have, could have a number of sustainability requirements. the next thing on this -- the next slide, please, is how we do that, and part of that is creating a master c.r.i. sustainability spreadsheet that calls out what needs to be done. there's a whole set of oversight and accountability measures that need to be constantly -- well, implemented and constantly completed for us to reach the goal on that, like the yearly community policing plans and other things. before covid, precovid, we actually had it set up and the meeting scheduled, and we had to reassign a number of those officers and sergeants back to patrol, so we are starting that back up now under the leadership of deputy chief lozar and our now c.e.d., the captain delgandeo, so i think

that's an example of the matrix and the grid. next slide. although it takes people to oversee this work, we will have reminders to officers and supervisors and professional staff of when things are due. that's helped to enhance the sustainability and make sure we're on target as far as meeting our due dates and our oversight. next slide. also, the report spells out how we will maintain sustainability

and compliance. it fills out the process for timely updates and providing of materials. one of the things that we put in place this past year to make sure we got the recommendations completed is the assistant chief, myself, the director of public policy and the executive director of strategic management met regularly with the commanders in charge of reform, and those meetings are regular. if it was within reason, we really made that happen, and it really became accelerated, so that's going to be part of our maintenance, and next slide -- i think that's the -- and this

just identifies the type of records that the c.r.i. process entails. electronic records, hard copies, spreadsheets. the other thing i haven't mentioned is keeping the commission and public updated. we've gotten some feedback from our public groups such as wealth and disparities to make this information transparent, and we've done that. we've loaded most of this information on our website, so that is also something that we are committed to doing, and i think that's the last -- timeline. sorry. timeline is in front of you in terms of implementation with the m.o.u. that was signed and supported by the commission with the california d.o.j. we have two years, basically, under this current m.o.u. to complete the remaining recommendations. we do think there's four of them that will be contingent

upon technology, and we are hopeful that we can get that technology, but short of that, 23 recommendations, we're committed, and we believe we can get done within that two-year span. so here's the timeline for our sustainability implementation. what's going to happen in the next two months is in front of you. and next slide, please. questions or comments? i know it took longer than a minute. >> vice president elias: i know that. apparently our timer broke. so what happens or what's the accountability piece that's going to be in place for situations where, all right, we say we've done these recommendations, we've checked the box, we did this, but then, in the future, when we look at it, and the fact that some of the policies that we are implementing, and the boxes we checked, some of the things aren't working? meaning, the culture isn't

changing, and the violations that go against some of these reform efforts, and the behaviors that just don't align with the reform or the boxes we checked? then what happens? >> chief scott: well, i think there's a multiprong answer to that question. reform is never going to create a perfect organization, but what it does do is allow us to make adjustments. in policing, you're having to make adjustments all the time. if there's neglected duty associated with those issued, will that be an internal issue with the department of policing affairs or will it be a department issue? part of this process was revamping our discipline system and our penalty guide and all of that, so we have transparency with officers. one of the findings was that

officers didn't understand and believed that the discipline system was unfair and biased to certain people. and reform, if it's done the way it's designed to do, it's appropriate, and it's part of this process. the training and how we adjustment to whatever the issue of the day is, is really what reform is geared to do, and in my professional opinion because you always -- there's always some issue that comes up. how do we adjust to it, disparities. how are we going to deal with disparities? what policies are we putting in place to try to deal with that? and if we're not, we have to adjust and put in place new policies that work. part of the thing with the d.o.j. was it was taking us way too long to make the changes. we were going around the system

and weren't the best way to do business, and now, we've fixed that. this aggressive d.g.o. schedule will help us, and the accountability has to be fair and consistent and appropriate, but i think there's always going to be issues in policing. the question is that's what that concern is about. >> vice president elias: but the question is who's going to police us? now, it's hillard heintze, and they check the box, but in the future, who's going to check the box in saying hey, it's not working and coming to fruition the way you thought it out? >> chief scott: yeah, i hear what you're saying, but it's really not a check box thing, because ultimately, the department is going to hold

whoever is sitting in my seat and the department management holds us accountable.

>> director henderson: it makes sense to me one of the best ways that we can keep informed in the reforms that have been made and the items that have been reported on is to have updates so we can see how the department is implementing those changes.

again, my suggestion is weekly updates that include a quarterly update and an annual summary that both looks at the data, collects the data, analyzes the data in a more published way that we can track these things so we aren't having the same discussions and ambiguity three months from now, six months from now, on issues that have been addressed internal that should be external, so that's my comment. >> vice president elias: thank you. commissioner yanez? >> commissioner yanez: thank you, vice president elias. a couple of questions on the sustainability timeline. you talk about review of bias recommendations. i'd like to know what that specifically entails, and when you're reviewing recommendations, are we looking at metrics to introduce because

when i was looking at the numbers covid and precovid, the disparities stayed pretty consistent. and i guess this would be a question also for the heintze consulting group, because in their experience, how long does it take to gain traction going from revising d.g.o.s and, you know, creating the structures for accountability and for that to begin to reap the rewards of and impact in those, you know, discrepancies? . >> chief scott: that is the question, and i know miss kirby is still on the line, and i'll weigh-in. some changes can be immediate. if you have a policy change, we have not had a policy change

since 2016 when that was implemented. that policy change no longer exists because we don't use it anymore. others take some time. i don't know if anybody could have predicted how impactful the last, you know, five years after our last use of force policy have actually been, almost a 60% decrease in use of force and about 70% decrease in pointing of firearms. five years, and we've seen a steady decline, can't say we can expect that for every policy change. the disparity is, i think, a bigger hill to climb for us, and to your other question before miss kirby weighs in on this, the general review of the bias recommendations is just that. there's a number of bias recommendations, and many of

them will allow us to have better outcomes for what this was designed to do, so that's how we're working. i know you asked for miss kirby's opinion on that, as well. >> yeah, and thank you. [indiscernible] when we look at what is improvement and what are the outcomes and goals, the work in what was traditionally called bias at the time in 2016, so that tells you how things change, has been progressive in this department. they just did some substantial outreach at the time of this report. so they're identifying a dashboard, and now, it's a question of measuring outcomes and seeing what is the contributing outcomes to what

are disparities, and are they relates to outcomes, are they relates to systems issues, and being able to address it in a more intelligence perspective in terms of what do the data show and what is the response? i think san francisco is not alone in its struggle. i think there's some exaggeration, but i think you develop a sort of oversight for both now and in the future. i think the chief has identified specific factors that are measured now, and that is decreased force against people of color in san francisco. that is ultimately the outcome there, but that's been enough, right? there's more work to come, and i think that what we've seen is a framework that will allow that, and as the department

builds up its work plan, they will start to see the impacts. the department is looking at that, and i think we'll work with the cal d.o.j. and that improvement gets us there, but i don't think anybody can measure the outcome on disparity and when it'll be resolved. >> commissioner yanez: i guess i would like to echo director henderson's sentiment around the more we can get information in real-time. i don't know if we can come to agreement whether this happens on a monthly basis or a quarterly basis, but i think these items continue to come up and they merit that level of

investigation, so i will continue. >> vice president elias: yeah, why don't you speak with director henderson, and we can can agendize it. >> director henderson: yeah. was there an assignment with that? i don't know if we ever did an assignment with it, but maybe that would be a great way for commissioner yanez to summarize or monitor which matrix we want to be monitoring. we can't fix what we aren't monitoring, and we can't fix what we don't know. >> vice president elias: perhaps you can collaborate

with director henderson. >> commissioner yanez: okay. great. >> vice president elias: public comment. >> clerk: members of the public who would like to make public comment, please approach the podium or press star, three. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi. this is wealth and disparities in the black community once again. i'm glad to hear this presentation, of course. i've been waiting for this for a long time. wealth and disparities in the black community has tracked the d.o.j. project since the very beginning in 2016. [indiscernible] arrest, use of force, and traffic stops. in the report from 2016 to the present day, sfpd has reported [indiscernible] as some of you

have noticed. [indiscernible] while i think we're all eager to hear good news about sfpd, this report is not awfully meaningful, given that the core data that drove the reason for this work has not changed. commissioner yanez has asked about metrics. you have metrics are not. you have these numbers in the 96-a reports and elsewhere. they haven't changed, so while they [indiscernible] it hasn't, and therefore, i think there needs to be something else at work here to set metrics around those disparity reductions and hold the sfpd accountability

for the use of those metrics. what they're doing now isn't working. we can't just about proactive. we can't sit back and wait for some signs from elsewhere to talk about what we're doing. it's great to get the report, and we all want good news, but we need to be realistic and look at what's actually happening in the eye. thank you. >> clerk: vice president elias, that was the end of public comment. >> vice president elias: thank you. next. >> clerk: line item 8, public comment on all matters pertaining to item 10 below, closed session, including public comment on item 9, vote

whether to hold item 10 in closed session. if you'd like to make public comment on item 8, press star, three or approach the podium. and vice president elias, there is no public comment. >> vice president elias: great. next item. >> clerk: item 1, vote on whether to hold item 10 in closed session, including vote on whether to assert the attorney-client privilege with regards to item 10-a, san francisco administrative code section 67.10. >> vice president elias: great. i need a motion and a second. >> so moved. >> second. >> vice president elias: roll call. [roll call] >> clerk: you have six yeses.

we will go into closed session. >> vice president elias: did you want to take a few-minute break or do you want to go into closed session? we have a lot on closed session, so i want to --

>> 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 in san francisco so i don't get beat up by folk on the internet. thank you and welcome. i want to start by thanking all workers who helped us navigate

the latest surge. nurses, police officers, paramedics, educators, all incredible people who kept this city going. [applause] over the past two years and months, so many of them have been working over time to take care of the city. thank you, thank you, thank you. you know, sometimes the devastating impacts of the last two years of covid can be hard. this is in 1989 when freeways fell or 1906 when buildings and neighborhoods burned to the ground. they are deep. we see it in the struggles to simply get through the day. struggles with mental health. especially in kids, we see it in their eyes.

empty downtown offices and for lease signs in union square. half filled hotels. we see it in those struggling with addiction on our streets. we cannot sugar coat it. we have work to do. our recovery will not be easy. it will not be quick. it is coming. it is coming. san francisco is coming back! (applause). as we look ahead to the decisions about where to take this city, we need to listen to our residents. last month voters of the city sent a very clear message. they sept a mess -- they sent a message we must do better by our children. they sent a message while big ideas are important.

those must be built on a solid foundation. they must be built on the basics like a well-run school system that puts kids first. government that delivers on the essential services. basics like accountability and competence. during our covid response, we delivered on the basics. government, community and residents all came together to protect our collective health to save lives. we protected our hospitals, nursing homes. we quickly and efficiently popped up testing and vaccination sites. we delivered food to seniors. i want be to acknowledge jeff lawson who privately helped to deliver food to the seniors,

thank you so much, jeff, for your work. [applause]. we did the basic and we did them well. we showed we could deliver on bigger ideas. we transformed the streets to outdoor dining. we helped guaranteed income with those impacted by the pandemic. we experimented to allow people to gather outdoors. some met neighbors for the first time ever. now those covid experiments are transforming our city. we made share spaces permanent for restaurants. we have six guaranteed income programs with more to come. in golden gate park, jfk is on the way to being a permanent car-free space.

[applause]. that proofs we can work hard on the basics while pushing the big ideas. that is how we kept people healthy and safe this past two years. however, right now we are dealing with another kind of challenge. right now too many people across the city don't feel safe. asian seniors are fearful of leaving home. tenderloin families are living with random gun ideas. homeowners are fortifying garages after another break in. sweeping up broken glass and paints up graffiti on a regular basis. these are complicated problems with twisted roots reaching well below the surface level

solutions. again, we have the tools to deliver both the basics and the big ideas. first, we need law enforcement to keep people safe, to make arrests to hold people accountable and to support victims. right now police staffs is at crisis level. over 1630 police officers at 250 fewer officers fewer than three years and 540 below what we need according to independent analysis based on a growing population as you can see right here. we do not have police staffing to meet needs of major city as we welcome back workers and visitors. fixing this starts with building the police academy classes. to those who say we don't need the police.

i say listen to the residents. they are speaking louder than ever. no, not for return to the past like when i was growing up. there was a deep mistrust between the community and police. even then we needed police to protect victims of violence and help us live our lives, not undermine us in our own community. today we are in a different place. while we had more work to do, our police department has embraced reforms over the last five years. leading to fewer use of force incidents and police shootings and rapidly diversifying the department so it reflects the community it serves. [applause].

>> we have also made progress on big ideas. providing solid alternatives to policing through street crisis response team that didn't exist two years ago. it is now out on the streets 24/7 responding to calls to help those struggling with mental illness. we have community ambassadors program consisting every tired police officers in our downtown and tourist areas. we have multi-racial community guardian teams patrolling neighborhoods. we have the private sector helping. i want to thank chris larson for the work he has done to provide a lot of support around cameras and a number of neighborhood corridors to help small businesses. thank you so much, chris, for your work in the private sector to help make our city safe. we continue to make historic investments in our dream keeper

initiative and opportunities for all. these are programs that recognize the root causes of crime. the root causes of crime are driven by poverty. decades of disinvestment, by systematic racism. these are programs that will heal our communities with housing, mental health, education. job training and economic empowerment. that is how we get back to serving the community. let's be the national model for reform, for alternatives, and for safety. we can do it all and we don't have to choose. [applause]. you know, there is a lot of noise about what is happening in our city. you see it in the headlines, in the right wing media. they love to talk about san

francisco. you see it on social media. one video takes off as if it is telling the whole truth about who we are. i know it is challenging with all of the noise to understand what is happening. it is easy to fixate on the problems. i am focused on the problems. today i want to talk about what is possible. hope. hope for a better future for our city. that is what i see right here on this water front. people all over the world. they know the story of the famous waterfront from the golden gate bridge to fisherman's wharf, embarcadero to the ferry buildings that welcomes commuters from across the bay and visitors from all over the world.

under the bay bridge to the ballpark where bonds and buster posey became legends. today it stretches south to mission bay where they play in a beautiful new home built by the manneds of the holwork force -- by the hands of the local work force. [applause]. what is happening right here as we emerge from this pandemic is a sign of hope for san francisco. now, i want to take a moment to take us back. i talk a lot about my grandmother, what she did for me, how her spirit and body what this city is capable of doing for people. today i want to talk about my grandfather, willie brown. not that willie brown. he is not the grandfather. my grandfather was a world war ii veteran. when word got out to the south

that jobs were available, he with so many others moved our families west. not because they believed that racism wouldn't follow. but because of what this city represents. a better opportunity. ny grandfather found a union job as longshoremen working alongside a generation of workers building ships and repairing machinery. they were good paying jobs that led to development of freedomnantly black working neighborhoods in bayview and filmore and lake view. the truth is this city and neighborhood where we are today always represented an opportunity for those seeking a better future. our waterfront has been a beacon to newcomers and immigrants for

nearly two centuries. that is the spirit where we stand today, a place where hope grows and hard work. look around us. today's waterfront is a beacon for jobs, housing, economic opportunity. in this area in the coming years, 7,000 homes will be built as part of three water front projects alone. here at mission rock, pier 70 and at the power station. [applause]. these will be diverse neighborhoods with new housing and all income level including 2000 affordable homes. those are coming after 6,000 homes have been built in mission bay in just the last 20 years. new neighborhoods, new parks, open spaces all along the waterfront throughout the dogpatch. new offices and storefronts.

this doesn't happen in a city that is dying. it happens in a city that is growing and thriving. as we grow we are building affordable homes for people who live right here in the southeast, thanks to the neighborhood preference policy. [applause]. we are creating jobs for the people who live next door in sunnydale and the bayview. thanks to city build and local hire. i see my girls right there. in september we announced we are doubling the size of city build, training twice as many people to get the good paying union jobs that are available. these are not just statistics. these are people. let me give you an example. right here in mission rock, thanks to women and families first initiative and partnership

with the giants. thank you for being here today. we train the first all women construction class. (applause). and provide support for child care. okay? i attended the graduation at mission rock academy and seeing those women made me so proud. hearing those stories. that is why i do this job. today we have three women here from that class. they all started in different places. anna was a nanny and caregiver. militia was doing temp work. they all wanted something more. we got all g for the city built

graduate, too. anna wanted to learn how people work together to create big things. alisha wants to make her daughter proud. twin peaks looking out wondering how to be part of that big beautiful city. all three of them are building what is behind me with good union jobs and bright futures. [applause]. someday alisha's daughter will stand here and look at these buildings and say my mom and her friends built that. we are not just building homes and offices.

we are building lives that is what is happening in san francisco. [applause]. the waterfront has so many stories. it has stories about environmental justice. the power plant, once stood a mile south from here. a gas power plant polluting the air that the residents of the southeast were breathing asthma, heart are disease. we don't the history. two generations of community activists and former leaders like the city attorney and supervisor maxwell and mayor willie brown. that is power plant that was shut down. now a new story. a whole new neighborhood is being built there with new parks, streets, homes. a stretch of water front open to

the public for the first time in over 150 years. [applause]. where smoke once was all over the neighborhood, children will play. that is what is happening in san francisco. [applause]. you know, some love the chatter about businesses abandoning our city, leaving california. we have our challenges ahead. again, look around. historic investments in our city right here. just down at 16th street is the exchange. commercial office building purchased last year for over $1 billion. large companies are renewing and expanding leases in downtown and south of market. right now this month so many companies are returning to the

office. because they are invested in this city. this is not a story about commerce fleeing the city. this is a story about confidence in what lies ahead. will it be different than it was? of course. this water front today is different than it once was, too. in fact, it is better. look behind me at what is being built right here. mission rock. one of those buildings will be affordable housing. another is dedicated to life sciences. the third is a future headquarters of visa on what used to be a parking lot. that is the nature of city. [applause]. we adore and we adapt. no, san francisco today is not san francisco 100 years ago or

even 50 years ago. we maintain our values and we grow stronger by learning from the past not simply repeating it. our culture of innovation lives on the waterfront with u.c.s.f. and the world class research to help us navigate this pandemic. the reason be the first omicron case in the countries was identified in san francisco. it wasn't because we were first to get it. it is because the researchers at u.c.s.f. were the first to find it that is what is happening. tech companies making groundbreaking discoveries every day in san francisco. waterfront is a place for families. look at the san francisco bay trail, india basin.

at mission rock there will soon be a playground for kids to play. [applause]. finally, the central subway will be better connected to the waterfront and the bayview with downtown and chinatown. the beautiful new station. strengthening the connections between long divided communities. that is what i see. housing, jobs, environmental justice, technology, investments, innovation and parks and open space is what is happening in san francisco. [applause]. that is the work we need to do all over this city. right now across the state cities are wrestling with the need for more housing. they are looking for ways to block new housing in-laws.

in san francisco we should be leaders in housing. we should be the city california looks to. let's be like san francisco. two years ago i set a goal of building at least 5,000 new homes per year. 2020, 450000, 2021, we built 4600. the only housing built right now are large projects like mission rock and the pier 70. they need all houses sizes. not just south ease and soma but big neighborhoods across the entire city. to do that we have got to breakdown the obstructionism that blocks housing at every single turn.

[applause]. now you know i tried. i am not giving up. i tried inside city hall. we made incremental progress. on the big ideas like my housing charter amendment we have been blocked. we are going to the voters. change will happen to come from outside city hall. i am confident that it will. this november. because over and over i have heard from residents. they want be to cut bureaucracy and build more housing. we want future generations like alisha's daughter to live here when she is an adult. san francisco has shown that we can lead. we do it every day with work on climate change. when united states set as goal of net zero emissions by 2050. california set the goal 2045. what do we do?

we set the goal 2040. we don't play that. that is how we lead. with our climate action plan, we know how to get there. that is who we are. the climate policy isn't just about environmental programs. climate policy is also about housing policy and transportation. getting people out of their cars, creating dense walkable neighborhoods like we are believe right here -- we are building on this waterfront. that is climate action. completing bus rapid transit on van ness this month, finally. [applause]. it is going to open. as well as dozens of quick build projects to move buses faster. to create protected bike lanes across the city over the last three years. that is climate action.

san francisco can also be the economic leader our state needs us to be. we have to work at it. for too long we have taken our economic success for granted. we assumed the offices would be built. conventions would come to town and taxes with strome in. i have been talking to business leaders across the city. they love this city. they want to invest. they want to support. they want san francisco to grow and to succeed. when i put out the call to businesses about committing to bring workers back into the offices. so many answers. they are investing and they are returning. what i have heard most from business leaders just as i have heard from residents and small business owners is that we need to continue to improve the conditions on our streets.

our work in the tenderloin has attracted a lot of attention. supervisor haney was talking about the tl until we declared a state of emergency. it has fired a lot of debate. the main take away is that we cannot continue to accept things as they were. the families and the small businesses of the tenderloin deserve better. those on the streets deserve better. the people of the city deserve better. since 2018 we have added more safe shelter space in san francisco than we had at any time in the previous 20 years. two years ago we set an ambitious goal of adding 1500 new units of permanent supportive housing. not only are we going to meet that goal.

we are going to exceed it by 70%. that means 2500 new units of permanent supportive housing. that by far is the largest influx of new housing from homelessness this city has ever seen. now we must focus on doing the work to fill those homes faster we made progress to move to permanent housing with 1,000 people from the hotels not back on the streets but safely housed. to address the challenges of mental health and addiction, we are adding hundreds of treatment beds. working with community partners we will launch an overdose prevention program and the first drug sobering center in the city's history.

[applause]. but it can't just be about spending the resources. we have to balance it with accountability. i am done arguing if it is okay for people to remain on the streets when we have a place for them to go because it is not. it just isn't. to be honest, there are some folks who cannot or will not do what is safe for themselves or for others. we have to be honest about the need to deal with those struggling with mental illness. we need to make serious changes to our state law ifs. i am working with other mays across california and members of the legislature to reform mental health laws to better serve our city and entire state. this is not just happening in san francisco. finally going back to where we

started today. we have to do better for families in the city. we have to give back to putting our kids first. soon i will announce the new members of the board of education. as part of this decision which is really one of the hardest decisions i have ever had to make. i have been meeting with families to hear what they want for their children, what they need from our schools. i got to tell you. it was heart breaking to hear their stories and what they have been through. kids who once were vibrant and eager learners withdrawn. learning loss and mental illness, challenges that they are all experiencing. our public school kids getting less behind -- left behind as private schools begin to rebound.

i know no single appointment to an elected body is going to fix all of that. it is going to take years of work. that is why we recently announced our children and family recovery plan. the long-term strategy to improve access to the services we do have and expand the programs that are working to make a difference for families. it is really important that we support and protect our children because when we better serve our young people, when we invest in them, take care of them, treat all kids like they are our kids, we create a better future for all of us and for them, too. (applause). for two years, we have had to think about our lives and our

city in a totally different way. getting back won't be easy. this shift won't be immediate. we are moving forward. we lifted the indoor mask mandate. today we announced we are ending vaccine mandates for businesses. you guys all seem very enthusiasm about that. i look forward to going to a club to have a good time without my mask. [applause]. it is time. it is time to open up our eyes. it is time to open up our city. it is time to enjoy our lives after everything we have experienced to see not just the challenges we faced but the opportunities before us. to feel pride in what our city has done and can do. the first in the country to shut

down. we saw one of the lowest death rates in the country and highest vaccination rates. we did that. san francisco did that. [applause]. now it is up to each of us to harness that pride, to be motivated to make important change and decisions in city hall to take action in our communities. to tell our stories. just the other day we got an e-mail from a visitor named brittany who had a lay over at sfo and wanted to explore san francisco. her friends told her san francisco is not a safe place for you. brittany said, girl, i am going to party in san francisco. she found out that her friends were wrong. she met two of our welcome ambassadors terrence and joel. she found out what the best

cable car routes were to see lombard street. she was recommended to places to eat that were great san francisco restaurants and given directions to the golden gate bridge. they helped give her an experience that inspired her and left a lasting memory. they helped create her own story, a true story of san francisco. that is who we can be. a city that tells our own story. we are a city that reaches into our own communities to connect people to incredible opportunities. we are a city that proudly draws dreamers and seekers from everywhere. people come for love, opportunity, escape the past, build a better future. they come to make a difference in their lives and in the world. they come even briefly for a moment of magic.

they come because when voting rights are under attack across the country, we deliver ballot to every single voter that is registered. with paid postage. they come because we would never ever accept the law like don't say gay. unbelievable. in this city we not only say gay. we sing it loud and proud all year long. [applause]. they come because when abortion rights are under attack. san francisco says we not only protect women's rights but with a woman mayor, speaker, vice president we put them in charge.

[applause]. so next time when someone asks what is happening in san francisco, you tell them that. you tell them that this city will rise to meet our challenges day after day, relentless in our effort and unyielding in our values. that is who we are. we are san francisco! we are loud. we are proud. we are hopeful. we are resilient, san francisco. let's tell them that. thank you. [applause].

>> clerk: vote to elect whether to disclose any or all discussion on item 10 held in closed session, san francisco administrative code section 677.12-a. [roll call] >> clerk: you have five yeses. line item 12, adjournment. action item. >> vice president elias: we are adjourned. >> clerk: thank you very much.

>> my name is andrea, i work as a coordinator for the city attorney's office in san francisco. a lot of it is working with the public and trying to address their public records request and trying to get the information for their office. i double majored in political

science and always tried to combine both of those majors. i ended up doing a combination of doing a lot of communication for government. i thought it would connect both of my studies and what was i was interested in and show case some of the work that government is doing. >> i work for the transportation agency known as muni and i'm a senior work supervisor. >> i first started as a non-profit and came to san francisco and started to work and i realized i needed to work with people. this opportunity came up by way of an executive fellowship. they had a program at mta to work in workforce development type project and i definitely jumped on that. i didn't know this was something that i wanted to do. all i knew is that i wanted to

help people and i wanted to empower others. >> the environment that i grew up that a lot of women were just stay-at-home moms. it wasn't that they didn't have work, but it was cheaper to stay home and watch the kids instead of paying pricey day care centers. >> my mom came from el salvador during the civil war. she worked very hard. when she came here and limited in english, she had to do a service job. when i was born and she had other kids, it was difficult for her to work because it was more expensive for her to be able to continue to work in a job that didn't pay well instead of staying at home and being able to take care of us. >> there isn't much support or

advocacy for black women to come in and help them do their jobs. there also aren't very many role models and it can be very intimidating and sometimes you feel uncomfortable and unsure of yourself and those are the reasons exactly why you need to do it. when i first had the opportunity, i thought that's not for me. my previous role was a project manager for a biotech start up. i thought how do i go from technology to working in government. thinking i didn't know about my skills, how am i going to fit in and doing that kind of work. thinking you have to know everything is not what people expect have you, but they expect you to ask questions when you don't know and that's important. >> my mom was diagnosed with cancer. that was really difficult. she encouraged me to go to

school because in case anything happened i would be able to protect myself. i wanted to be in oncology. i thought going to school it would set me for the trajectory and prepare me for my life. >> we need the hardships to some of the things that are going to ultimately be your strength in the future. there is no way to map that out and no way to tell those things. you have to do things on your own and you have to experience and figure out life. >> you don't have to know what you are going to do for the rest of your life when you are in college or high school because there are so many things to do. i would encourage you to try to do everything that you are remotely interested. it's the best time to do it. being a young woman with so many opportunities, just go for it and try

everything.

>> 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. for sfgovtv thanks for watching

>> tenderloin is unique neighborhood where geographically place in downtown san francisco and on every street corner have liquor store in the corner it stores pretty much every single block has a liquor store but there are impoverishes grocery stores i'm the co-coordinated of the healthy corner store

collaboration close to 35 hundred residents 4 thousand are children the medium is about $23,000 a year so a low income neighborhood many new immigrants and many people on fixed incomes residents have it travel outside of their neighborhood to assess fruits and vegetables it can be come senator for seniors and hard to travel get on a bus to get an apple or a pear or like tomatoes to fit into their meals my my name is ryan the co-coordinate for the tenderloin healthy store he coalition we work in the neighborhood trying to support small businesses and

improving access to healthy produce in the tenderloin that is one of the most neighborhoods that didn't have access to a full service grocery store and we california together out of the meeting held in 2012 through the major development center the survey with the corners stores many stores do have access and some are bad quality and an overwhelming support from community members wanting to utilities the service spas we decided to work with the small businesses as their role within the community and bringing more fresh produce produce cerebrothe neighborhood their compassionate about creating a healthy environment when we get into the work they rise up to leadership. >> the different stores and assessment and trying to get them to understand the value of

having healthy foods at a reasonable price you can offer people fruits and vegetables and healthy produce they can't afford it not going to be able to allow it so that's why i want to get involved and we just make sure that there are alternatives to people can come into a store and not just see cookies and candies and potting chips and that kind of thing hi, i'm cindy the director of the a preif you believe program it is so important about healthy retail in the low income community is how it brings that health and hope to the communities i worked in the tenderloin for 20 years the difference you walk out the door and there is a

bright new list of fresh fruits and vegetables some place you know is safe and welcoming it makes. >> huge difference to the whole environment of the community what so important about retail environments in those neighborhoods it that sense of dignity and community safe way. >> this is why it is important for the neighborhood we have families that needs healthy have a lot of families that live up here most of them fruits and vegetables so that's good as far been doing good. >> now that i had this this is really great for me, i, go and

get fresh fruits and vegetables it is healthy being a diabetic you're not supposed to get carbons but getting extra food a all carbons not eating a lot of vegetables was bringing up my whether or not pressure once i got on the program everybody o everything i lost weight and my blood pressure came down helped in so many different ways the most important piece to me when we start seeing the business owners engagement and their participation in the program but how proud to speak that is the most moving piece of this program yes economic and

social benefits and so forth but the personal pride business owners talk about in the program is interesting and regarding starting to understand how they're part of the larger fabric of the community and this is just not the corner store they have influence over their community. >> it is an owner of this in the department of interior i see the great impact usually that is like people having especially with a small family think liquor store sells alcohol traditional alcohol but when they see this their vision is changed it is a small grocery store for them so they more options not just

beer and wine but healthy options good for the business and good for the community i wish to have we spoke with people regardless of what they are. that is when you see change. that is a lead advantage. so law enforcement assistance diversion to work with individuals with nonviolent related offenses to offer an alternative to an arrest and the

county jail. >> we are seeing reduction in drug-related crimes in the pilot area. >> they have done the program for quite a while. they are successful in reducing the going to the county jail. >> this was a state grant that we applied for. the department is the main administrator. it requires we work with multiple agencies. we have a community that includes the da, rapid transit police and san francisco sheriff's department and law enforcement agencies, public defender's office and adult probation to work together to look at the population that ends up in criminal justice and how they will not end up in jail. >> having partners in the

nonprofit world and the public defender are critical to the success. we are beginning to succeed because we have that cooperation. >> agencies with very little connection are brought together at the same table. >> collaboration is good for the department. it gets us all working in the same direction. these are complex issues we are dealing with. >> when you have systems as complicated as police and health and proation and jails and nonprofits it requires people to come to work together so everybody has to put their egos at the door. we have done it very, very well. >> the model of care where police, district attorney, public defenders are community-based organizations are all involved to worked towards the common goal. nobody wants to see drug users

in jail. they want them to get the correct treatment they need. >> we are piloting lead in san francisco. close to civic center along market street, union plaza, powell street and in the mission, 16th and mission. >> our goal in san francisco and in seattle is to work with individuals who are cycling in and out of criminal justice and are falling through the cracks and using this as intervention to address that population and the racial disparity we see. we want to focus on the mission in tender loan district. >> it goes to the partners that hired case managers to deal

directly with the clients. case managers with referrals from the police or city agencies connect with the person to determine what their needs are and how we can best meet those needs. >> i have nobody, no friends, no resources, i am flat-out on my own. i witnessed women getting beat, men getting beat. transgenders getting beat up. i saw people shot, stabbed. >> these are people that have had many visits to the county jail in san francisco or other institutions. we are trying to connect them with the resources they need in the community to break out of that cycle. >> all of the referrals are coming from the law enforcement agency. >> officers observe an offense. say you are using. it is found out you are in possession of drugs, that

constituted a lead eligible defense. >> the officer would talk to the individual about participating in the program instead of being booked into the county jail. >> are you ever heard of the leads program. >> yes. >> are you part of the leads program? do you have a case worker? >> yes, i have a case manager. >> when they have a contact with a possible lead referral, they give us a call. ideally we can meet them at the scene where the ticket is being issued. >> primarily what you are talking to are people under the influence of drugs but they will all be nonviolent. if they were violent they wouldn't qualify for lead. >> you think i am going to get arrested or maybe i will go to jail for something i just did because of the substance abuse issues i am dealing with. >> they would contact with the

outreach worker. >> then glide shows up, you are not going to jail. we can take you. let's meet you where you are without telling you exactly what that is going to look like, let us help you and help you help yourself. >> bring them to the community assessment and services center run by adult probation to have assessment with the department of public health staff to assess the treatment needs. it provides meals, groups, there are things happening that make it an open space they can access. they go through detailed assessment about their needs and how we can meet those needs. >> someone who would have entered the jail system or would have been arrested and book order the charge is diverted to social services. then from there instead of them

going through that system, which hasn't shown itself to be an effective way to deal with people suffering from suable stance abuse issues they can be connected with case management. they can offer services based on their needs as individuals. >> one of the key things is our approach is client centered. hall reduction is based around helping the client and meeting them where they are at in terms of what steps are you ready to take? >> we are not asking individuals to do anything specific at any point in time. it is a program based on whatever it takes and wherever it takes. we are going to them and working with them where they feel most comfortable in the community. >> it opens doors and they get access they wouldn't have had otherwise. >> supports them on their goals. we are not assigning goals working to come up with a plan

what success looks like to them. >> because i have been in the field a lot i can offer different choices and let them decide which one they want to go down and help them on that path. >> it is all on you. we are here to guide you. we are not trying to force you to do what you want to do or change your mind. it is you telling us how you want us to help you. >> it means a lot to the clients to know there is someone creative in the way we can assist them. >> they pick up the phone. it was a blessing to have them when i was on the streets. no matter what situation, what pay phone, cell phone, somebody else's phone by calling them they always answered. >> in office-based setting somebody at the reception desk and the clinician will not work for this population of drug

users on the street. this has been helpful to see the outcome. >> we will pick you up, take you to the appointment, get you food on the way and make sure your needs are taken care of so you are not out in the cold. >> first to push me so i will not be afraid to ask for help with the lead team. >> can we get you to use less and less so you can function and have a normal life, job, place to stay, be a functioning part of the community. it is all part of the home reduction model. you are using less and you are allowed to be a viable member of the society. this is an important question where lead will go from here. looking at the data so far and seeing the successes and we can build on that and as the department based on that where

the investments need to go. >> if it is for five months. >> hopefully as final we will come up with a model that may help with all of the communities in the california. >> i want to go back to school to start my ged and go to community clean. >> it can be somebody scaled out. that is the hope anyway. >> is a huge need in the city. depending on the need and the data we are getting we can definitely see an expansion. >> we all hope, obviously, the program is successful and we can implement it city wide. i think it will save the county millions of dollars in emergency services, police services, prosecuting services. more importantly, it will save lives.

you. >> well to the epic center are you ready for the next earthquake did you know if you're a renter you can get earthquake shushes we'll take to the earthquake authorities hi welcome to another episode i'm the chief resilience officer for san francisco i'm joined by

my good friends for the earthquake authority we're at the el cap center for the city and county of san francisco started in 2013 to get the community and talk about the risk we think about earthquake if usual great city you'll see one of the demonstrates we've built the model home and i encourage other episodes we'll be retroactively retrofitting and showing you as property owners to employ you work for the california earthquake authority talk about your role and earthquake shirnls up think the viewers want to know if you're a renter or property owner how the insurance issues. >> i'm the chief mitigation officer or c e a a property line funded pubically managed entity that provides earthquake shiners for one to four units and mobile

owners to come down and renters throughout the state of california. >> what make the c e a deft. >> we work with 19 participates the insurer that sells you, your homeowner policy you're not obligated to buy it but you can buy a policy. >> am i covered with homeowners insurance. >> no california homeowners understand their homeowners insurance doesn't cover earthquake they need a separate policy if you're an shiners you can get the earthquake insurance policy. >> so explain why it is for the c e a is deft if a traditional insurance agency. >> irreverent so in the 80s the state of california passed a law that requires any company that writes the policies to over

earthquake insurance the homeowners are not required by commissioner cranshaw can bye there was so much loss they were going to stop writing the insurance policies for earthquakes they wanted to stop a serious insurance policy. >> we're talking about the homeownership's buying the earthquake shiners but 70 percent are renters what's my opposite. >> the option for renter the earthquake be insurance company is affordable i think people don't realize just exactly what it covers it covers damaged property but loss of use if you have to be under a building they have a quarter main that was broken as well as emergency repair if interests glass breaks in the carpet you need to be in our unit that's whether earthquake is important. >> you're title you're the

excessive mitigation officer for the state of california when i think of insurance i don't think about mitigation. >> so as part of public safety mission the c e a started to put aside mitigation loss fund 5 percent of invested income and when i joined the company 34 years ago we had $45 million to make a difference for moving and incentivizing and mitigation for california homeowners to structure engineering a unique opportunity to cervical homeowners to help them to mitigate the equivalent. >> whether an owner or renter i want to find more information about earthquake insurance where should i go. >> earthquake authority.com not only information about insurance but a calculated figures and as of january lots of deductible and 25 percent if

a homeowner mitigate their hope up to 20 percent off their premium as an incentive for the work. >> what does mitigate the home mean. >> strengthen, renovate, retrofit through a home particularly older to earlier codes and you put in adding streamlining maybe collar bolts to tie to the foundation or to the wall so it is braced to earthquake can be very, very affordable and really makes a difference. >> thank you very much for being with us i encourage the viewers not only to checkout the earthquake authority but we'll talk about

>> 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