dev mission's goal is aiming to train young adults, youth so we can be a wealth and disparity in underserved communities like where we are

today. my name is leo sosa. i'm the founder and executive director for devmission. we're sitting inside a computer lab where residents come and get support when they give help about how to set up an e-mail account. how to order prescriptions online. create a résumé. we are also now paying attention to provide tech support. we have collaborated with the san francisco mayor's office and the department of technology to implement a broad band network for the residents here so they can have free internet access. we have partnered with community technology networks to provide computer classes to the seniors and the residents. so this computer lab becomes a hub for the community to learn how to use technology, but that's the parents and the

adults. we have been able to identify what we call a stem date. the acronym is science technology engineering and math. kids should be exposed no matter what type of background or ethnicity or income status. that's where we actually create magic. >> something that the kids are really excited about is science and so the way that we execute that is through making slime. and as fun as it is, it's still a chemical reaction and you start to understand that with the materials that you need to make the slime. >> they love adding their little twists to everything. it's just a place for them to experiment and that's really what we want. >> i see. >> really what the excitement behind that is that you're making something. >> logs, legos, sumo box, art, drawing, computers, mine craft,

and really it's just awaking opportunity. >> keeping their attention is like one of the biggest challenges that we do have because, you know, they're kids. they always want to be doing something, be helping with something. so we just let them be themselves. we have our set of rules in place that we have that we want them to follow and live up to. and we also have our set of expectations that we want them to achieve. this is like my first year officially working with kids. and definitely i've had moments where they're not getting something. they don't really understand it and you're trying to just talk to them in a way that they can make it work teaching them in different ways how they can get the light bulb to go off and i've seen it first-hand and it makes me so happy when it does go off because it's like, wow, i helped them understand this concept. >> i love playing games and i

love having fun with my friends playing dodge ball and a lot of things that i like. it's really cool. >> they don't give you a lot of cheese to put on there, do they? you've got like a little bit left. >> we learn programming to make them work. we do computers and programming. at the bottom here, we talk to them and we press these buttons to make it go. and this is to turn it off. and this is to make it control on its own. if you press this twice, it can do any type of tricks.

like you can move it like this and it moves. it actually can go like this. >> like, wow, they're just absorbing everything. so it definitely is a wholehearted moment that i love experiencing. >> the realities right now, 5.3 latinos working in tech and about 6.7 african americans working in tech. and, of course, those tech companies are funders. so i continue to work really hard with them to close that gap and work with the san francisco unified school district so juniors and seniors come to our program, so kids come to our stem hub and be exposed to all those things. it's a big challenge. >> we have a couple of other providers here on site, but we've all just been trying to work together and let the kids

move around from each department. some kids are comfortable with their admission, but if they want to jump in with city of dreams or hunter's point, we just try to collaborate to provide the best opportunity in the community. >> devmission has provided services on westbrook. they teach you how to code. how to build their own mini robot to providing access for the youth to partnerships with adobe and sony and google and twitter. and so devmission has definitely brought access for our families to resources that our residents may or may not have been able to access in the past. >> the san francisco house and development corporation gave us the grant to implement this program. it hasn't been easy, but we have been able to see now some of the success stories of some of those kids that have been

able to take the opportunity and continue to grow within their education and eventually become a very successful citizen. >> so the computer lab, they're doing the backpacks. i don't know if you're going to be able to do the class. you still want to try? . yeah. go for it. >> we have a young man by the name of ivan mello. he came here two and a half years ago to be part of our digital arts music lab. graduating with natural, fruity loops, rhymes. all of our music lyrics are clean. he came as an intern, and now he's running the program. that just tells you, we are only creating opportunities and there's a young man by the name of eduardo ramirez. he tells the barber, what's

that flyer? and he says it's a program that teaches you computers and art. and i still remember the day he walked in there with a baseball cap, full of tattoos. nice clean hair cut. i want to learn how to use computers. graduated from the program and he wanted to work in i.t.. well, eduardo is a dreamer. right. so trying to find him a job in the tech industry was very challenging, but that didn't stop him. through the effort of the office of economic work force and the grant i reached out to a few folks i know. post mates decided to bring him on board regardless of his legal status. he ended his internship at post mates and now is at hudacity. that is the power of what technology does for young people that want to become part

of the tech industry. what we've been doing, it's very innovative. helping kids k-12, transitional age youth, families, parents, communities, understand and to be exposed to stem subjects. imagine if that mission one day can be in every affordable housing community. the opportunities that we would create and that's what i'm trying to do with this this meeting of the san francisco ethics commission. this hybrid meeting is being held declaring existence of a

local emergency data february 5th, 2020. the minutes of this meeting will reflect that pursuant to the february 10th mayoral proclamation, city commissions and boards created by the city charter shall hold meetings in person with conditions specified. the ethics commission has now resumed in-person meetings in city hall with a new hybrid format. before we proceed further, i'd like to explain some of the procedures regarding the format of today's meeting. members of the public may attend and provide public comment here in our meeting room in person and may also observe the meeting remotely by electronic means and are offered the opportunity to provide public comment remotely by phone or through the webex

platform as detailed in our agenda. please note that also pursuant to the february 10th proclamation, commissioners, members of the public, and any presenters, parties, or participants, must comply with all applicable health orders, guidance or directives from the department of public health and the department of human resources and rules governing the use of the facility in which the meeting occurs. under current city requirements, masks are continued to be used in city hall while meetings are in session. as a result, individuals meeting today in the hearing room will be wearing masks. also participating remotely may wear masks. streaming live online at sfgovtv.org/ethicslive. and, colleagues, wonderful to

see your beautiful faces with our staff and our deputy city attorney for the first time in two years. now, i'd like to ask our moderator to explain how public comment will be handled in hybrid meeting form today. >> thank you, madam chair. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. each member of the public will be allowed three minutes to speak. comments will be made available in the meeting room. comments or opportunities to speak by calling 1 (415) 655-0001. again, the phone number is 1 (415) 655-0001. access code is 24816297240.

once again, access code is 24816297240. and then press pound followed by the pound sign. you will hear a booep when you are connected to the meeting. you will automatically be muted and in listening mode only. you will then hear you will raise your hand to ask a question. please wait until the host calls on you. the line will be silent until it's your turn to speak. the before you speak, mute the sound of anything around you. it is especially important that you mute your computer via watching the web link to prevent feedback and echo when you speak. this is your turn to speak when

the system says your line has been unmuted. you will hear staff say welcome caller. and you need to state your name clearly. you will hear a bell go off when you have 30 seconds remaining. if you change your mind and with to withdraw yourself from the public comment line, press star three again. you will hear the system say you have lowered your hand. once your three minutes has expired. staff will unmute you. attendees who wish to speak during public comment period may stay on the line and listen for the next public comment opportunity and raise their hands to enter the public comment line by pressing star three when their next item of interest comes up. it will be shared with the commission after the meeting has been concluded and will be included as part of the file. once again, written comments

should be sent to ethics.commission@sfgov.org. thank you, madam chair. >> chairman: thank you, moderator. now i will call the meeting to order. we will proceed to item number one which is commission roll call. colleagues, please unmute your microphones so that you can verbally state your presence at today's meeting after i call your name. [roll call] i just want to remind the audience is the reason why commissioner busch is not physically present with us is because under the covid protocol, vulnerable persons are exempt from attending

meetings in person. we hope to see commissioner busch joining us in future meetings. we now have a quorum. let's proceed to general comment. mr. moderator. we don't need to have public comment. to agenda item number two we don't have anyone present. therefore. let's proceed to moderator. do we have a new one in queue for public comment. >> please stand by. madam chair, we are checking to see if there are callers in the queue.

so far, we have three callers in the queue, please stand by. welcome, caller. your three minutes begins now. >> caller: good morning commissioners. my name is lois scott and i've been a resident of san francisco for 42 years and i'm proud to say i've voted in every election in those 42 years. i am also a member of an informal group. we call ourselves the anti-corruption coalition

that's been trying to monitor good government issues and it's very good to see you back live. i think from some of the senior citizens or less mobile benefited from the access to meetings that is electronic. today particularly as you solute service on your commission, we want to solute someone who did very good work. peter keen and we want to make a special request related to independent expenditure committee. we think it's very important as voters who want a level playing field that you reign in independent expenditure

committees and that you continue work in this area with more analysis and more proposed regulations. and, of course, we commend your continuing work on behested payments both on this ballot and hopefully on the november ballot and we thank you very much for your work and we're watching and we're cheering you on and have great expectations. thank you. >> chairman: thank you. >> please stand by. two callers in the queue. welcome, caller. your three minutes begins now. >> caller: good morning commissioners. my name is mark soloman. i'm a 33-year resident of the

north mission district san francisco. i've done work over the past. but trying to get the ethics to do a job that san franciscans get the amount of government we're entitled to. we've worked for a long time on restoring prop j but after years of doing this work, after going through the process, after hearing after hearing at the very last minute yanked out under the measure causing commissioner keen to resign. he did the right thing and it turns out that within a year or two later, the u.s. attorney and fbi find that sf government is corrupt on the exact same behested payments that caused those votes to switch at the

last minute. because ethics was too narrow of focus when the appointing authorities from ethics have their own agendas and we're trapped in a situation where the federal government's able to find these crimes and the local commission is essentially covering for them and it didn't really seem to cause a problem and now we're at the point where corruption in government is laid bare, we all see it, and it's really time for san franciscans to rise up looking at our city around us and the shape it's in to demand a government that meets our needs, not the needs of those who finance campaigns like recalls and things like that. so a situation now where the progressives have been completely compromised by nonprofits, all we have are crypto swindlers and tech billionaires financing recall campaigns to veto san franciscans and there's no real effort there to do anything to

raise above the corruption. so what we're needing is san franciscans to come together to say we're not going to do it anymore. you're not delivering the basics of government. it's all been pretty much a disaster and that is because government is serving interest other than those of the voters of residents and citizens. and that's what we need to do. and do what it takes to ensure that we're not celebrating those who are standing in the way of honest government. thank you very much. >> chairman: thank you. next caller, please. >> please stand by.

welcome, caller. your three minutes begins now. welcome, caller. caller, are you there? okay. please stand by. madam chair, there's no further callers in the queue. >> chairman: thank you. hearing no further callers, general public comment and agenda item number two is now

closed. i now call consent calendar, agenda item number three. the draft minutes of the commission's february 11, 2022, regular meeting. and, commissioners, i just want to remind you if you wish to speak, please press the request to speak button and commissioner bush, if you wish to speak, please raise your hand so that we can recognize you. any questions from the commissioners before we hear from the public? okay. let's go to public comment, please, mr. moderator. >> thank you, madam chair.

we are checking the queue to see if there are any callers standing by. madam chair, we have a caller in the queue. welcome, caller. your three minutes begins now. welcome, caller. your three minutes begins now. madam chair, there's no callers in the queue. >> chairman: okay. public comment is closed for agenda item number three. commissioners, do we have a motion to approve this agenda

item? >> commissioner: i so moved. >> chairman: by commissioner ramano. >> commissioner: i'll second. >> chairman: seconded by commissioner chiu. roll call, please. >> [roll call] madam chair, with [ indiscernible ] we have four votes [ indiscernible ] >> chairman: okay. thank you. now we proceed to agenda item

number four which is presentation for outgoing commissioner chiu. before we go to the actual presentation, i want to ask if our fellow commissioners would want to make any comments. commissioner bush. >> commissioner: yes. can you hear me? >> chairman: yes. >> commissioner: i'd like to acknowledge the work that commissioner chiu has done for the past six years. she's added value to the work of the commission and she's added value to the citizens of san francisco. she's going to be missed because she brings intelligence and attention to the issues

which are invaluable to this community. thank you. >> chairman: thank you, commissioner bush. anyone else? commissioner ramano. >> commissioner: i just want to say quickly i've only been on this commission for a short period of time, but it's obvious you care a great deal about the work here. it's nice to meet you and i look forward to collaborating and continuing our relationship. so thank you for all the work and holding my hand in the past few weeks. >> chairman: let's go to public comment, please. let's recognize the person in the room. please proceed. >> hello. i would just like to acknowledge and thank

commissioner chiu for her service for the past six years. and full disclosure i'm her husband. our family appreciates the work she's done and has given to the city. >> chairman: thank you for sharing her with the city. >> commissioner: yes. thank you for coming today. >> chairman: okay. public comment, please. >> thank you, madam chair. we are calling to see if there are any callers in the queue. please stand by. madam chair, we have one caller in the queue. welcome, caller. your three minutes begins now. >> caller: hello. my name is sean mcmorris. i just want to recognize and thank commissioner chiu for her years of good work on the

commission. on the ethics commission it's such a vitally important part of the democratic process and a lot of us in the good government field consider san francisco commission to be not just the gold standard in california, but in the united states. so this really thank commissioner chiu and wish her the best of luck. thanks. >> chairman: thank you. any other public comment? >> please stand by. one more caller in the queue. welcome, caller, your three minutes begins now. >> caller: good morning. this is debbie lemon from the

san francisco human services network. i just want to express appreciation to commissioner chiu for your years of service on the commission. and just speaking as a member of the public who has frequently spoken before this commission and worked on some of the initiatives, i want to say how much we appreciate the leadership and the open mind that commissioner chiu has always brought to our conversations. she has always taken the public's comments seriously and thoroughly considered what the public has to say before making her decisions and we are deeply thankful for all the work that she's done. thank you. >> chairman: thank you. >> checking to see if there's

any further public comment. please stand by. madam chair, there's no further callers in the queue. >> chairman: thank you. public comment is closed for this agenda item. i had the honor of serving with chair chiu the past four plus years. i have learned a tremendous amount from her not only on the operations of the city's ethics rules and what have you, but most importantly what it means to be an ethical leader and that is something that i will carry with me. thank you very much. chair chiu was thrust into a

leadership role in a very challenging time. she did not shy from the responsibility. in fact, she steered the commission and steadied it and continued moving forward to serve the city and the people of san francisco. three years ago when san francisco was rocked by the sfral investigation which really exposed the vulnerability of san francisco's government in terms of corruption and other vulnerabilities, again, chair chiu steered us away from the storm and more importantly, to

find to charter a new territory that not only do we need to close loopholes, but really to expand coverage to make sure san francisco will truly have a clean accountable government for the people of san francisco. she is an inclusive person, always open to diverse opinions, always willing to listen to different ideas, but never strays away from her core beliefs and the whole mission of what this commission stands for and she's always carried her work and reminded all of us that we serve the people of san

francisco. she has served this commission and most importantly, the people of san francisco through grit and grace. for that, i am eternally grateful and i know people in san francisco will join me and recognize you for a job beyond well done. we needed you in a critical time and i join my fellow commissioners to say we know you will continue our phone calls. so with that if you want to say a few words before i call on our executive director to join us up here. >> director: thank you, chair lee. and former commissioner chiu. i would like to read into the

record that the resolution has been prepared on your honor. i can only add the deepest gratitude of the commission staff both past and present for your commitment to doing the work that it takes, the hard work that it takes, never shying away from the hard work and being a strong supporter, a strong corraler. it's been a very busy time. so i want to thank you on behalf of all of the staff for that and if i might just take a moment to read the resolution, whereas the people of the city and county of san francisco have declared that public office is a public trust and that the proper operation of the government requires that public officers be independent, impartial and responsible to the people. and whereas the ethics commission has been charged by san franciscans to impartially

and effectively camping finance and lobbying laws and where as daina chiu has served with distinction as a member of the san francisco ethics commission since she was appointed in april 2016. whereas she was elected to serve as commission vice president in 2017 and was elected by her fellow members to serve as chair in 2018 and 2019 and whereas guided by her leadership and practical vision, the commission overhauled the city's public financing program, established new regulations secured critical new resources to enhance compliance and championed a new focus on education and training. and whereas her ten year as chair was distinguished by her co-presiding of the first ever meeting in 2018. to enact the anti-corruption

and accountability ordinance and whereas commissioner chiu this month is completing her full six-year term of office. the san francisco ethics commission honors daina m. chiu for her commitment to san francisco city government. thank you. >> commissioner: thank you. i am speechless at all of the well wishes and kind thoughts from everyone and i'm deeply thankful for this opportunity to have served in san francisco and to contribute to the strengthening and further transparency and accountability for our city government for everyone in san francisco. and my work would not be possible without the incredible efforts and diligence and

expertise of staff under leeann, executive director pellham and the collaboration and incredible thoughtfulness and dialog that i have with my fellow commissioners at every meeting as well as the steady, thoughtful, practical, and very insightful advice from our partners in the city attorney's office especially deputy city attorney schenn. and everyone else in the ethics commission who make these meetings possible from our wonderful moderator mr. contreras and the unsung heroes in compliance and enforcement and engagement who really make ethics come to life and meaningful in san francisco. and so it is with great pleasure and sorrow and bittersweetness that i end my ten year today, but i