regulated as well, both on sale and consumption. >> it is completely uncharted territory. there is a blessing and a curse with that. it is exciting because we are on a new frontier, but it is very nerve-racking because there's a lot at stake. and quite frankly, being san francisco, being the state of california, people are looking to us. >> we hope that cannabis does become more of an accepted part of society in the same way that alcohol is, the same way coffee is. >> it is a very innovative fear, particularly around manufacturing. san francisco could be an epicenter. >> san francisco can be a leader here. a global leader in the cannabis movement and set a bar just to other communities and cities and states and this nation how it is done. done.

>> good morning. welcome to the rules committee of the san francisco board of supervisors for today monday march 21, 2022. i am the chair of this committee, aaron peskin. joined to my right supervisor raphael mandelman. and joined by supervisor connie

chan. >> clerk: we allow in-person attendance and public comment which provide remote access and public comment by telephone. equitable public access is essential. first, public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda. those attending in person will be allowed to speak first, then we'll take those who are waiting on the telephone line. for those watching and sfgovtv.org, public comment call in number is streaming across the screen. the number is (415)655-0001 enter the meeting i.d. 2488 501 6919. when convened you'll hear the meetings discussion. when your item comes up and public comment is called, those joining us in person should speak. those on the line should dial

star three. if you're on the telephone please remember to turn down the tv. we will take public comment for those attending in person first and then go to our public comment telephone line. you may also send public comment to our office 1 dr. carlson b. goodlett place. finally iteming ad upon is expected to be on the board of board ofsupervisors march 29, bn 22. >> supervisor peskin: you're no

doubt aware of what in home support services does and its mission to provide a model of consumer directed inhome support services that allows older adults and people with disabilities to live and age in place independently and allows often times members of their family to be there caretakers with appropriate compensation. in san francisco, back in the 1990s, the board of supervisors created a governing board, the first public authority to have an independent governing board in the country to oversee this. today we have a number of applicants for a number of seats on this governing board. i wanted to start by thanking all of the workers for the work they do but particularly for the

work they have done during the pandemic. which includes taking lot of public health risks during a period with a lot of staff shortages. thank you to all of the ihss workers. you will recall that kelly durham used to be the director of the public authority but is now moved on to the department of aging and adult services, which has connections to the public authority. the new director, eileen norman, could not be here today. but her deputy director erin gutierrez is participating virtually. ms. gutierrez do you have any opening comments? if not we'll go to the applicants in the order they appear on our agenda. >> this would be for item number one. which is a hearing to --

>> chair peskin: my bad. >> clerk: two members terms ending march 1, 2024 and five members terms ending march 1, 2025. >> chair peskin: with that, any opening comments? why don't we go to the applicants in the order that they appear on our agenda. my understanding is that one of the two applicants for seat 4, which is a healthcare provider, glenda cartenga has withdraw. which leaves us -- are you with

us this morning? let's go to jesse nichols for seat 5. [ indiscernible ] >> i'm a resident of the bayview. i've done ihss for 14 years now. [ indiscernible ] >> chair peskin: is ms. hernandez with us? if not, why don't with go to the wasn't an only rita semel

seeking appointment to seat 6. are you with us this morning? seat 9, alexander madrid for seeking reappointment. how about sascha bittner for seat 11. >> this is alex madrid. >> good morning. >> thank you for taking my

application. hopefully, will be reappointed thank you. >> chair peskin: are you still on the mayor's disability council? that is one of the requirements of this seat? >> yes. >> chair peskin: thank you for that confirmation. if we don't have -- let's go on to sascha bittner for seat 11. if not robin wilson-beetle for seat 13. >> clerk: i do not see them logged in. they did indicate they will be participating via teams. >> chair peskin: let's open item 1 up to general public comment.

>> clerk: give me one moment. we are now checking to see if remote attendees. if there are no members of the public in the room at this time. if you are on the the phone and have not done so, please press star 3. wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comment. we have two listeners on the line but nobody in the queue to speak. >> chair peskin: public comment is closed. colleagues, given that all of the paperwork and the applications in the file are in order and given our independent confirmation that ms. semel who is required to be a member of the human services commission and we have confirmed a member of the human services commission as of beginning of this year as reflected in their minutes,

everybody else is qualified for their seats, would like to move haiti hernandez for seat 4 with a residency waiver. jesse nichols for seat 5. rita semel reappointed to seat 6, alexandra madrid to seat 9, sasha bitter to seat 11 and robin wilson-beattie to seat 13. >> clerk: i have vaccination confirmation for all members except for ms. hernandez. >> chair peskin: pending, we'll have until april 5th to receive that. there's no board meeting next week. this is not being sent as a committee report.

subject to that verification as it relates to ms. hernandez for seat 4, a roll call on the motion please. >> clerk: on that motion. [roll call vote]. motion passes without objection. >> chair peskin: next item please. >> clerk: consider pointing one member term ending july 21, 2023. one seat one applicant. >> chair peskin: this committee made recommendations to the full board for a number of other seats specifically seats 7, 8 and 11 to the children youth and families oversight and advisory committee. we're hearing today seat 10 for

an individual who withdrew her appointment application in january. this was authorized under a measure passed in 2014 and for the children's fund and with that, why don't we hear from the one an only applicant to seat number 10, mr. aaron yen. >> good morning. thank you so much for the opportunity for this seat. very excited about the potential. my name is aaron yen. i'm currently chief equity officer for the covid-19 task force. i was interested in pursuing this seat because, prior to my city work, i was majority of my professional career has been working with youth and families.

i went to san francisco state to study child adolescent development specifically for yute and families. this has been a passion of mine since i was young professional, even as a kid as a san francisco native. i look forward to supporting efforts that involve our youth and families. i'm happy to answer questions that you may have. >> chair peskin: thank you. any questions for mr. yen from committee members? seeing none. why don't we go to public comment. >> clerk: before we do that, we had some of the members for that last item just log in. we have finished with item number one. appointments were recommended for the majority of the members.

>> chair peskin: thank you. >> clerk: they just logged in. i wanted to let them know what's going on. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on item 2 and joining us in person. there's nobody in the room at this time. for those listening remotely call (415)655-0001. meeting i.d. 2488 501 6919 then press pound and pound again. once connected you need to press star 3 to enter the speaker line. we have two listeners but nobody in the queue to speak. >> chair peskin: public comment is closed. i want to thank mr. yen for applying to seat number 10 and indeed, as reflected on his application and his resume, he

does indeed have a wealth of experience at the o.m.i. excelsior beacon center, ymca, as well as other associated activities, s.f. associates youth baseball and imprint city. he seems qualified for the seat. we look forward to his service. seeing no comments from committee members, i will make a motion to send mr. yen to the full board with recommendation on that motion mr. young a roll call please. >> clerk: on that motion. [roll call vote] the motion passes without objection. >> chair peskin: we are adjourned.

>> we are right now in outer richmond in the last business area of this city. this area of merchants is in the most western part of san francisco, continue blocks down the street they're going to fall into the pacific ocean. two blocks over you're going to have golden gate park. there is japanese, chinese,

hamburgers, italian, you don't have to cook. you can just walk up and down the street and you can get your cheese. i love it. but the a very multicultural place with people from everywhere. it's just a wonderful environment. i love the richmond district. >> and my wife and i own a café we have specialty coffee drinks, your typical lattes and mochas and cappuccinos, and for lunches, sandwiches and soup and salad. made fresh to order. we have something for everybody >> my shop is in a very cool part of the city but that's one of the reasons why we provide such warm and generous treats, both physically and emotionally (♪♪) >> it's an old-fashioned general

store. they have coffee. other than that what we sell is fishing equipment. go out and have a good time. >> one of my customers that has been coming here for years has always said this is my favorite store. when i get married i'm coming in your store. and then he in his wedding outfit and she in a beautiful dress came in here in between getting married at lands end and to the reception, unbelievable. (♪♪) >> the new public health order that we're announcing will require san franciscans to remain at home with exceptions only for essential outings.

>> when the pandemic first hit we kind of saw the writing on the walls that potentially the city is going to shut all businesses down. >> it was scary because it was such an unknown of how things were going to pan out. i honestly thought that this might be the end of our business. we're just a small business and we still need daily customers. >> i think that everybody was on edge. nobody was untouched. it was very silent. >> as a business owner, you know, things don't just stop, right? you've still got your rent, and all of the overhead, it's still there. >> there's this underlying constant sense of dread and anxiety.

it doesn't prevent you from going to work and doing your job, it doesn't stop you from doing your normal routine. what it does is just make you feel extra exhausted. >> so we began to reopen one year later, and we will emerge stronger, we will emerge better as a city, because we are still here and we stand in solidarity with one another. >> this place has definitely been an anchor for us, it's home for us, and, again, we are part of this community and the community is part of us. >> one of the things that we strived for is making everyone in the community feel welcome and we have a sign that says "you're welcome." no matter who you are, no matter what your political views are, you're welcome here. and it's sort of the classic san francisco thing is that you work with folks.

>> it is your duty to help everybody in san francisco. >> when i first started painting it was difficult to get my foot in the door and contractors and mostly men would have a bad attitude towards me or not want

to answer my questions or not include me and after you prove yourself, which i have done, i don't face that obstacle as much anymore. ♪♪♪ my name is nita riccardi, i'm a painter for the city of san francisco and i have my own business as a painting contractor since 1994 called winning colors. my mother was kind of resistant. none of my brothers were painter. i went to college to be a chiropractor and i couldn't imagine being in an office all day. i dropped out of college to become a painter. >> we have been friends for about 15-20 years. we both decided that maybe i could work for her and so she hired me as a painter. she was always very kind.

i wasn't actually a painter when she hired me and that was pretty cool but gave me an opportunity to learn the trade with her company. i went on to different job opportunities but we stayed friends. the division that i work for with san francisco was looking for a painter and so i suggested to my supervisor maybe we can give nita a shot. >> the painting i do for the city is primarily maintenance painting and i take care of anything from pipes on the roof to maintaining the walls and beautifying the bathrooms and graffiti removal. the work i do for myself is different because i'm not actually a painter. i'm a painting contractor which is a little different. during the construction boom in the late 80s i started doing new construction and then when i moved to san francisco, i went to san francisco state and

became fascinated with the architecture and got my contractor's licence and started painting victorians and kind of gravitated towards them. my first project that i did was a 92 room here in the mission. it was the first sro. i'm proud of that and it was challenging because it was occupied and i got interior and exterior and i thought it would take about six weeks to do it and it took me a whole year. >> nita makes the city more beautiful and one of the things that makes her such a great contractor, she has a magical touch around looking at a project and bringing it to its fullest fruition. sometimes her ideas to me might seem a little whacky. i might be like that is a little crazy. but if you just let her do her thing, she is going to do

something incredible, something amazing and that will have a lot of pop in it. and she's really talented at that. >> ultimately it depends on what the customer wants. sometimes they just want to be understated or blend in and other times they let me decide and then all the doors are open and they want me to create. they hire me to do something beautiful and i do. and that's when work is really fun. i get to be creative and express what i want. paint a really happy house or something elegant or dignified. >> it's really cool to watch what she does. not only that, coming up as a woman, you know what i mean, and we're going back to the 80s with it. where the world wasn't so liberal. it was tough, especially being lgbtq, right, she had a lot of friction amongst trades and a lot of people weren't nice to

her, a lot of people didn't give her her due respect. and one of the things amazing about nita, she would never quit. >> after you prove yourself, which i have done, i don't face that obstacle as much anymore. i'd like to be a mentor to other women also. i have always wanted to do that. they may not want to go to school but there's other options. there's trades. i encourage women to apply for my company, i'd be willing to train and happy to do that. there's a shortage of other women painters. for any women who want to get into a trade or painting career, just start with an apprenticeship or if you want to do your own business, you have to get involved and find a mentor and surround yourself with other people that are going to encourage you to move forward

and inspire you and support you and you can't give up. >> we've had a lot of history, nita and i. we've been friends and we have been enemies and we've had conflicts and we always gravitate towards each other with a sense of loyalty that maybe family would have. we just care about each other. >> many of the street corners in all the districts in san francisco, there will be a painting job i have completed and it will be a beautiful paint job. it will be smooth and gold leaf and just wow. and you can't put it down. when i first started, it was hard to get employees to listen to me and go along -- but now, i have a lot of respect.

when i shoot chinatown, i shoot the architecture that people not just events, i shoot what's going on in daily life and everything changes. murals, graffiti, store opening. store closing. the bakery. i shoot anything and everything in chinatown. i shoot daily life. i'm a crazy animal. i'm s