. >> chairman: good morning and welcome to the rules committee of the san francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, april 4th, 2022. i am the chair of the committee aaron peskin joined by supervisor mandelman and my committee member supervisor connie chan. to our left, our clerk is mr. victor young. mr. young, do you have any announcements this morning? >> clerk: yes. the board of supervisors as committees are now convening as

high drid meetings allowing people to attend in person and by remote. the board recognizes to a public success says is essential. 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. the public call-in number is (415) 655-0001. and the meeting id is 24 ayes 69935727 then press pound and pound again. the public comment is called, those joining us in to line up

to speak. we'll be taking comment from those in person first. or you can e-mail public comment to myself. if you submit public comment via e-mail, it would be included in the board of supervisors and be submitted as part of the file. you may also submit it by mail. that completes my initial

comments. >> chairman: can you please read the first item. >> clerk: item one is the presidential reappointment planning commission of kathrin moore. >> chairman: thank you, colleagues, we have before us a nomination to reappoint planning commissioner kathrin moore to our planning commission here in san francisco. i want to start first by thanking. >> president walton: for seeing fit to renominate ms. moore to the planning commission. second, i would like to thank ms. moore not only for her service since 2006 on that body, but for her willingness albeit reluctantly to sign up for one more tour of duty which i think if she last even half of that will make her the

longest standing planning commissioner since sue bierman. having said that, i think her work is universally respected even those that disagree with her planning decisions. she has been a mentor to planning staff and colleagues on that body and i'm delighted that. >> president walton: saw fit to reappoint her and to re-appoint her quite early long before her term actually expires this summer. with that, if there are no questions from commissioners at this point, i would like to invite ms. moore to come up and addressed the rules committee and, again, thank you for your

service. commissioner moore, the floor is yours. >> commissioner: good morning, supervisors. is it two minutes? i was practicing two minutes. >> chairman: now you know what it's like to be a member of the public. [ laughter ] >> i'll keep it brief nevertheless. i've been a san francisco resident since 1970 and any active civic engagement started in 2001 when i was appointed to the treasure island citizen advisory committee which i served until 2018. i was asked to step on the san francisco port's waterfront design advisory committee. i'm still on this committee and actually, that committee has come two committees and i'm serving on both of them. and last but not least, i was

first appointed as supervisor peskin mentioned to the planning commission in 2006. as a new design architect i can bring bar decision raising overall discussions about citying planning. today, this is coupled with an ever stronger institutional memory and a fine sense of what really matters. i remain accurate in my profession and i'm challenged by increasing more difficult sets of circumstances both inside and outside the city including what feels like an never ending turn of state mandates. this fall with the ever present complexities of san francisco planning. in my own past work, i often

find myself sitting on the other side of the table and explaining to city officials, supervisors like yourself, what to commissioners, why it's good to design urban planning, essential for our cities to strive and for the quality of life. today, i find myself expanded by my past 16 years on the planning commission and my professional skills remain one of my strengths. and i've become a stronger and more consistent voice for social, racial, and environmental equity, and abled concerns included ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, types of disabilities and other issues that matter in the city. i'm aware of the city's housing shortages. the significant lack of

affordable housing if i my say. the threat of gentrification, and the displacement of vulnerable communities. to that end, one of my objectives is to continue broadening the dialog. bridging the gap between the technical components of planning and the emotional that often drives decision making. this requires that we engage in current discussion and look at the trade-offs between social and environmental equity and economic benefits and the focus on citywide planning. i want to put an emphasis on that last point and economic benefits. in closing, i would be honored to continue on the planning

commission for another term. today, i ask for your support. >> chairman: thank you, commissioner moore. if there are no -- supervisor chan. >> supervisor chan: thank you, chair peskin and i too want to echo chair peskin's sentiment how grateful i am that, commissioner moore, you're willing to continue. i'm grateful for not only your service from the years past, but really also years to come especially in a critical time for san francisco's land use policy and planning changes. your institutional knowledge and expertise for us is critical in knowing the history. i came here when i was 13 years old and it was only 1990 but even then seeing the changes in san francisco at times it's

painful to see many are trying to impose this one-size-fits-all in san francisco erasing our history and wanted to put us in this binary situation and understanding the historical context. and it is my privilege and honor as a supervisor today and as a member of the rules committee to really support your appointment. thank you. >> chairman: supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, supervisor peskin. i want to say me also. i want to thank commissioner moore and her many years of service and her willingness to

sign up for another round. >> chairman: are there any members of the public in these chambers who would like to comment on the reappointment of commissioner moore to the planning commission. first speaker please. >> clerk: i'd like to make a quick announcement before we start. members of the public who wish to speak on this item and are joining us in person should line up to speak alongside the window. for those listening remotely, call (415) 655-0001. enter the meeting i.d. of 24869935727 then press pound and pound again. once connected, you will need to press star three to enter the speaker line. for those in the queue, please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and that is your cue to begin your

comment. thank you. >> good morning supervisors. i'd like to share a letter that i wrote. it's addressed to then board president david chiu. i'm concerned about the need for a very solid, well informed planning commission made up of diverse members who bring expertise and a complete sense of fairness for all. in past years, i express my for the appointment of kathrin moore. observing her interaction with the public makes me appreciate her as a commissioner and saul she brings to the task. she is uniquely positioned and trained and brings the highest of standards to the job.

with division and an unusual level of rigor she has built a superlative record. appointees of her caliber are not easy to find. san franciscans are very much indebted to commissioner moore for her steadfast service. sharing her knowledge, her profound knowledge and for her generous leadership and i ask you to confirm her as planning commission. thank you. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning. my name is jerry dratler with the san francisco coalition.

i've observed kathrin moore reviewing the large case files. i cannot make the same about some planning commissioners appointed by the mayor and planning department senior management. i'm also impressed with howher experience as an architect and planner shapes the response she makes at each commission hearing. she challenges bad planning department decisions. she is the right planning commissioner to address land use

unfortunately, we can't say the same thing about commissioners appointed by the mayor because, again, the partisan politics has trumped everything for this segment of the commission. and we're looking to ms. moore to actually enlighten us and bring up good points and raise the issues that should be raised by planning.

and we look forward to another four years. her knowledge, her competence and her courage to speak up is invaluable. so we're here to support her and we are grateful again to president walton and above all to ms. moore for accepting another four terms. thank you so much. and in case i didn't introduce myself, audrey rome with

. >> clerk: mr. atkins, can we have our first caller? >> caller: can you hear me okay? >> clerk: we can hear you. please proceed. >> caller: great. good morning. david pillpell. i wanted to join the chorus in support of the reappointment of kathrin moore to the planning commission now more than ever as we continue to lose characters and history in san francisco day by day, week by week which is sad, kathrin

moore is an outstanding example of what we need and want as others are said very eloquently. she's not a loud character, but a strong and consistent character and just the kind of smart, calming influence that's useful and necessary at planning and i too was going to mention that her length of service is getting to arrival that of sue bierman and she is in an explenty place in that way as well. thanks for listening and thanks for supporting her reappointment. >> chairman: next speaker. >> caller: eileen bogan san francisco coalition neighborhood speaking on my own behalf. i would like to thank commissioner moore for her past

service and her willingness to serve on the planning commission. i would also like to thank commissioner moore for her comments at last week's commission meeting on the rpd project at lake merced west. i agree with her perspective regarding concerns about the commercialization of the site. p.d. stating the project can only be accomplished with a private company. my written submission also includes copies of the california state audit report on the methodology as well as a copy of the embarcadero institutes analysis. the city's numbers are over the five numbers. however, due to sb 35, by the city state senator, it does. if by midway through reno in a

cycle member six, the target hasn't met its target so far. i would urge the board to be aware of this and see how the element process moves forward. thank you. >> chairman: thank you, next speaker. >> caller: good morning, supervisors. this is teresa flandrik. she has been willing to take on another 40 years. we are so fortunate to have have a teacher on this commission for all the public, the planners the new planners and the other recent

commissioners. so i'm grateful she's willing to do this and i thank you all and kathrin thank you. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> chairman: this is sue hester. i'm grateful kathrin she reads the plans and then at the hearing, she engages, she listens to the testimony and engages with staff and other commissioners on the projects before them. that is a really important role. state mandates have been coming in.

every week, there seems to be a new mandate every week. and they have to be handled very carefully by the planning commissioners and the staff. we are grateful she's willing to serve. never agree with anyone 100%. i don't agree with her 100%. you know, 90%, 80% is really a big thing. so give the public its representation on the seat at the planning commission by endorsing kathrin moore. thank you very much. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning supervisors. my name is george wooding with the san francisco land use coalition. please approve kathrin moore

for planning commission. i'm so happy she has been given the opportunity for four more years on the planning commission. as i consider her to be a wonderful judge. she represents what i consider the peoples interest in planning. she is the guiding light on the planning commission. she is also the institutional memory which so many current commissioners have no idea of the past history. also, i must say, she's done a study and it's so obvious every

other commissioner is texting while she is listening. so i want to thank president walton for nominating her and i'm so happy that she is given the opportunity for four more years on the planning commission as she is the best choice possible thank you. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> caller: good morning supervisor peskin. supervisor mandelman, and other supervisors. we are fortunate to have such a well qualified individual to serve three more years on san francisco's planning commission and i thank you president

walton. kathryn moore leads the design and management of major urban design with significant experience in all project types and scales. it includes the design of cities business and open space components. water front development campus planning, transportation, open space, and recreation projects i especially like when she looks at a project for its livability. other planning commissioners since they don't have that background in design, i don't know, maybe this doorway should be this way. maybe the bathroom should be here. maybe the staircase should be there. she can look at a project and tweak it from paper to

actuality. thank you. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> caller: good morning supervisors. this is charles head for the san francisco coalition of neighborhoods. cfn in all neighborhoods support the renomination of kathrin moore. we thank her for agreeing to serve another term. we thank president walton for reappointing her. i noticed just recently, i it by the way been fortunate to sit with her ten years ago and csfn gave her an honor and i appreciate her wisdom at the table. but most recently i was watching a planning commission meeting. then during commission matters,

kathrin just happened to mention the other day and i noticed that people, pedestrians who were visually impaired were having a problem navigating a sidewalk where these motor bikes were all lined up on a stand and could staff make a recommendation about it. to have her come up with something that quickly and compassion compassionately. >> clerk: i believe we have one additional speaker. >> caller: good morning, chair peskin and rule of committee members. my name is carolynn kennedy. i'm a neighborhood leader in district 8. i am so glad we're in support

and her voice is much needed. thank you, president walton for this nomination. thank you supervisors for reappointing her reappointment. and thank you, commissioner moore for your service to our city. >> chairman: thank you. and i believe that includes public comment, mr. young. >> clerk: yes. that concludes the last public commenter on the line. >> chairman: without further adieu, let me make a motion to amend the subject motion by removing the word rejecting in line three and a rejection in line four. >> clerk: on that motion, [roll call]

the motion passes without objection. >> chairman: and then i will make a motion to send the item with recommendation to the full board of supervisors. >> clerk: yes. on that motion, [roll call] the motion passes without objection. >> chairman: congratulations, ms. moore. >> clerk: next item is a hearing to consider the appointment one member, term ending april 30, 2026, to the police commission. >> chairman: thank you, mr. young. colleagues, we had quite a time with our last vacancy in filling it. that was the seat formerly held by petra dejesus even before the expiration of seat number

two which is currently held by commissioner commissioner hamasaki which expires at the end of this month. we've currently heard from him relative to the last seat. so, with that, why don't we interview the four applicants that are before us in the order that they appear on our agenda starting with kevin michael benedicto. supervisor chan. >> supervisor chan: thank you, chair peskin. just so that i'll save us time. i would like for all the applicants in their remarks answering the same question that i have for all of them is that, you know, given just a recent developments with the police department, please, do include your answer to this

question is what is your view on chief scott for ending the m.l.u. investigations with the district attorney's office and specifically what role should the commission play in this process. please do include this answer in your remarks. thank you so much. >> chairman: thank you. with that, mr. benedicto. >> good morning. good morning chair peskin, vice chair. it's an honor to be before this committee and be considered for this appointment. as a long time advocate for criminal justice reform and police reform in san francisco, i know the police commission can be a powerful force for advancing those causes and a

want to be apart of that critical work. i've worked since 2015 as pro bono council. and since then as a member of the bar association of san francisco. i helped revise sfpd's use of force policy which i believe is still one of the west use of force policies in the city. and as a member of the public on to provide input on topics community policing and others. i work closely with numerous commissioners on their work. including former commissioner

loftis, wong, dejesus, and others. including former chief sir, former acting chief chaplin, and chief scott. on behalf of the bar association, i worked with supervisor yee in 2020 where it would pass overwhelmingly. i've also advised and worked with law enforcement agencies across the country on incident review and reform proposals. i received recognition for my criminal justice work and my broader probono practice. i'm a proud member of the api community and was awarded the exceptional legal advocacy award by the american bar association. one of the most prestigious awards and named after the one of the first and finest asian american tribe members in the bay area. i've also received an award of merit. i'm an experienced civil litigator, have worked as a civil rights lawyer and i'm familiar with the specific issues confronting the police

commission. if appointed, i will be able to hit the ground running, get up to speed quickly and do my part to allow the commission to provide progressive oversight to the san francisco police department. to address your question, supervisor chan. it was disappointing to learn when the chief pulled out of the mlu as pro bono council, we worked closely and strongly supported the mlu going into place. i was glad to see there was a short extension reached as the partisan reached to negotiate. if that issue were still open, the commission should work strongly to ensure that an mlu remains in place, because what that allowed was independent oversight, independent investigations from the d.a. unit and gives a significant piece of the progress that san

francisco made. >> chairman: thank you. supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, chair peskin and thank you mr. benedicto for putting your name in. you are liked and respected by people i like and respect. and i'm encouraged to see you applying. i want to publicly have some of the conversation that we had privately and just sort of talk through some of these issues. i have no doubt about your passion for and capacity pursuing police reform. and that you will push to finish the work implementing and taking additional steps that the department should be taking to become a better police department and to serve all of our communities.

i have a problem with the difficulty san francisco police department is having in obtaining and attracting officers. i went to the gradual indication of the academics. there is as i understand it, a group of officers who were hired in the 90s with part of they're getting to the point of retiring and many of them are. do you as a potential commissioner have thoughts

about how the san francisco police department can obtain and attract officers. >> thank you. i would certainly be concerned with it. i would like to point out the smaller classes as something that's not viewed in isolation. we're all aware there are broader issues right now. and so i think it's important to see issues in the broader context since staffing as a police department is no different than companies hiring across the economy. i also think that the issues that you identified my experience with in reform are not necessarily separate from the staffing issues. i think there's many

communities a i the result from some setbacks in some of the positive reform efforts and i think as progress is made on repairing that deficit of trust, there is a very ambitious community plan that i served on a working group to finalize but has yet to be fully enacted as a strategic plan. i think as that deficit and trust can shrink as other efforts would bridge that, you would see that reflected in community members that want to become police officers as we

>> i think some of that is visibility and accessibility i know that under president loftis a few times, the commission would have meetings in neighborhoods. cheryl davis, human rights commission in the bayview and i think having the commission work as a community is i think helpful. i think attending community boards being present during ride alongs, if i was a commissioner, i would even try to have office hours whether members of the public could raise concerns whether that be virtual or in person because i think the public and the department should see the commission as advocating for them for better policing in san

francisco. >> chairman: thank you. if we have any other questions, we'll let you know. i appreciate your applying and why don't we move on to kathryn hodge. i believe ms. hodge is attending remotely. >> clerk: yes. you can go ahead and turn on your camera and unmute yourment microphone. >> good morning. can you hear me? >> clerk: we can hear you. yes. >> thank you. hello my name is kit hodge. i've living in san francisco since 2007. i'm currently a homeowner in

district 7. i'm currently in the process of developing a new business. i've applied to join the police l commission because i believe that body is critical to release the troubling disparities in a place for sfpd for years. i've unfortunately not yet been reduced by the justice. and began both attending and live tweeting in meetings. in the summer of 2020. i also write and post summaries an important memories to the commission on my personal blog. in my earlier cleer. i had the wide range of policy making bodies in our city. the experience has taught me to. i also very recently worked with sfpd staff and policy

developments. the work i've done sfpd reform so far has strongly been my volunteerism with the wealth and disparities community. during the development and launcheded the 2016 department of justice reform program and such help with the community events and polished discussions of various stakeholders. my goal for the police commission would be straight forward. work with my fellow commissioners and leadership at sfpd in the department of police accountability to ensure that san francisco truly serves the community. truly effective community based has to mean an elimination of troubling racial disparities in sfpd.

if the current reform program alone is not leading to changeses and it's the work of the police commission i and it's all being more effective for choosing to employ cost effective strategies. to supervisor chan's question about the mlu, my thoughts are independent oversight of any police department is critical. a system of checks and balances is one of the foundations of democratic american government. i was very concerned to see the sfpd drop the mlu. on the sfpd itself. experiencing with its partners m.l.u.. the commission's taken steps to ensure that independent

overnight remains through outreach and other avenues and i fully support this work and it's critical we have independent overnight of sfpd. with that, i'll end my remarks. and thank you again for your consideration. >> chairman: thank you. are there any questions from members of the rules committee. next. we'll move to stephen schwartz and lulu la flame. >> clerk: they do not appear to be here and we do not have a call-in. both methods were provided to the applicant. >> chairman: and i believe this panel is familiar with our last hearing.

so why don't we move on to terence tracy. >> good morning, supervisors. are you able to hear me? >> chairman: yes. we are. great. my name is terence tracy and i appreciate the opportunity to speak with you this morning. i'm a 24 resident of san francisco. i live in san francisco with my wife. she's a native from san francisco, i'm a transplant to the u.s. i'm grateful for the city where the weather's always kind. i'm a veteran. i served in the air force from 1981 to 1985. i began my law enforcement career. i served for 27 years and retired here in san francisco.

i immediately after retiring, i took a job in the private sector in corporate security and i very recently retired from that position. i have always had a passing interest in what's happening with the police department. in answer to supervisor chan's question about chief scott and the suspension of the m.l.u., i am concerned about that. i have to admit, i don't know enough about the chief's decision regardless. i think it's important that he and the district attorney's office continue to communicate i think that when he brings his issues forward and the other issues to the other side, it's heard that ultimately a consensus can be reached and the agreement can be

reinstated. i have not regularly attended commission meetings, but do i make a point to their i think that they've done a great job of building on the foundation that they have really brought the police department's policy well into the 21st century. they provided for a department that can be effective, professional, and ethical. and as residents of san francisco, that, of course, is what we're all looking for and i'd be happy to answer any questions if you have them. >> chairman: thank you. are there any questions? if not, why don't we go to

public comment on this item. seeing none. why don't we go to remote public comment on this item. >> clerk: yes. for those listening remotely, please call (415) 655-0001. then enter the meeting id of 24869935727, then press pound and pound again. once connected, you will need to press star three to enter the speaker line. for those in the queue, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and that will be your cue to begin your comments. there's nobody in line to speak at this time. >> chairman: okay. then public comment is closed. and the matter is in the hands of the panel. colleagues, this is a quite important position and appointment and i'd love to

hear any comments you colleagues have to make. supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, supervisor peskin. i'm going to support kevin today. he has a history of doing that. i do have great concern around staffing levels in the department and i think we as a city have work to do. i think mr. benedicto gets that and giving him the benefit of the doubt and i hope that he, i trust that he will be an excellent commissioner who holds the department accountable and also supports

the department and tries to make san francisco a place where people want to be policed. >> chairman: i appreciate your statements and concur. supervisor chan. >> supervisor chan: thank you, chair peskin. and i concur with both of you and definitely, vice carry chair mandelman's on this. i want to thank ms. hodge for her application in this case for the seat as police commission which is a very critical seat that we definitely want to see someone who has a long extensive body of work in the field. and so, the reason why i want to single out ms. hodge for her amp li indication in this is because as a member of this rules committee i'm aware that

for our appointment process specifically on this commission, we have been consistently been appointing if i may say with all the respect, colleagues, male commissioners to the commission in the last few consecutive appointments for this body. i really look forward to seeing more women candidates coming forward especially for this body knowing that now commission president malia cohen has stepped down and her leadership was tremendously critical to that commission given work as a former supervisor establishing accountability office for the police department. and so we'd really love to see in event a future opportunity to see a really qualified candidate who is deep in the trenches in this work on law

enforcement and criminal justice reform issues that we could hopefully and i'm sure they've got to be identified as a woman candidate to come forward to be part of the commission. thank you. >> chairman: thank you, supervisor chan. and i appreciate concur with that statement as well. it sounds like the will of this committee and thank you to the other applicants is to move mr. benedicto forward to the full board with recommendation and to that end, i will make the same amendments. no. actually, we don't have to make amendments. i'm sorry. we will put -- we will forward mr. benedicto to the full board with recommendation. on that motion, roll call, these. >> clerk: [roll call] the motion passes without objection. >> chairman: thank you, again,

and would you please read the third and final item. >> clerk: yes. item number three is a hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending october 21, 2022, and one member, term ending october 21, 2023, to the local homeless coordinating board. for public comment, call (415) 655-0001. the meeting id is 24869935727. then press pound and pound again. once connected to the meeting, you will need to press star three to enter the speaker line. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. please wait until we take

public comment on this item, when when the system indicates you have been unmuted, it will be your cue to begin your comments. >> chairman: thank you, mr. young. colleagues, you will recall that earlier this year, we held a hearing and made a number of appointments to various seats on the local homeless coordinating board. seat number nine, at that point, we had not gotten a nomination from the controller. we have that today in the form of the renomination of jimmy loyce and thank you to our controller ben rosenfield for your appointment to seat number eight. number nine, which we previously heard from most of the applicants that are before us with the exception of mary

kate bacalao for seat 8 and i will note that jeffery bourne has withdrawn his request to serve. we have six applicants for that seat. folks are welcome to speak again if they would like, although we have heard from virtually all of them. mr. steinberger submitted a statement which we are all in receipt of. so why don't we start with mary kate bacalao and if anybody else would like to state your qualifications again and i will also remind folks that pursuant to the administrative code set forth in a memo random that we all receive that we do need to

able to make findings. ms. bacalao, the floor is yours. >> good morning. my name is mary kate bacalao. i use she/her pronouns. i've been in the bay for about ten years and san francisco is my forever home. i love this city. i'm currently the director of external affairs and policy at compass efforts. where i lead to reduce and prevent homelessness for families. i also co-share the emergency homeless providers association. with deep roots in the communities most impacted by homelessness. and our local homeless response system and i'm also proud of our renewed focus on racial

equity. i help facilitate in hespa and we've changed our executive leadership composition to be more than 60% people of color which is wonderful for the coalition and for the homeless response system. previously, i served as the director of public funding where i raised and maintaining a portfolio of public grants and contracts representing the agency's budge. and how it impacts people living on the streets tonight. right when you have revenue, but you don't have cash, then you can't bring people inside. prior to that, i served as a staff attorney at home base where i learned a lot about hud regulations and hud funding and sort of the federal landscape and basically i have a deep understanding of budgets. i've written about these issues

for city lab. the nation, shelter force, the san francisco chronicle and other outlets and i've been participating actively continuously for about six years since starting as a staff attorney at home base. and i started my career in corporate law and i left because homelessness felt like a real crisis and i really wanted to be part of the solution, so i'm very committed to these issues and i can promise as a member of the lhcb, i would consistently show up, i'd be prepared and thoughtful and i'd build a strong partnership to help bring a regional including wage equity for front line server.

so thank you so much for my consideration. >> chairman: thank you for your application. and next we will go to raymond gary mccoy. welcome back. >> thank you, supervisors. i will be brief. i think it's rare when a candidate gets to speak twice about their qualifications other than what we had discussed at the last meeting for this seat. i have been very privileges and so i have been able to go to quite a few cities from all corners of the state in where i got to work with dph staff going through all of our

shelters so thank you for your consideration. there are a lot of amazing candidates so i don't envy your position, but i would love your support. >> mr. nagle. >> clerk: i believe mr. nagle is remote. he is logged into our system. >> supervisors, i'm here. can you hear me? >> chairman: yes, we can. for compassionate. to bring up the bold action needed to end homelessness crisis, san francisco residents

must get off the sidelines and make their voices heard to review all local homelessness initiatives to the board, the mayor, and board of supervisors. before starting and allowed me to help and performance management. i'm comfortable understanding social problems. i can assess legal frame works

and. as examples of the kinds of. we advocated for the city and the cost effective tools. and opened a pilot for shelter at 33 goff. we're already hard at work. we've added approved data management projects to hold the city accountable for results. it's currently the most informative source of data on the city's response to crisis. we've worked closely with the city in the support of management. i appreciate the responsibility. homelessness is our most underthank you. >> chairman: thank you. and next we have ancel romero.

>> clerk: this applicant did not indicate if they will be attending remotely or in person. >> chairman: nicholas staton. >> clerk: i believe it's the same situation with nicholas staton. i did not receive indication and they are not logged into our system at this time. >> chairman: okay. then we'll go to mr. loyce for seat number nine just to see him and have the pleasure of hearing him. i've known, mr. lyce for getting on to a quarter of a century. >> good morning, supervisors. supervisor peskin, supervisor chan, and supervisor mandelman. thank you. >> chairman: he's relatively

new in your ten year. >> my name is jimmy loyce and i have been a resident of san francisco for 50 years so i have that connection i also you served as the deputy director of health. and my initial relationship to homelessness was after the 89 earth cake you on that will navy ship that president i and the other one was north of

market on polk street up at geary. i have a long history. i was practicing which meant that i wanted to address the needs of you. and at that time when i was doing that, would, one of the things that was challenging here is that they didn't have folks with that particular expertise or skill set which i have. and i've served on a number of commissions and boards in san francisco. i was appointed by the supreme court to the juvenile justice commission promoted by the mayor. to the juvenile probation commissioner which i served as president of and i was on the health commission here in san

francisco supported by mayor ed lee. and so i have a long history of leadership with diverse communities here in san francisco as well as my relationship to los angeles and fundamentally i believe that if we don't develop a regional approach to homelessness in the san francisco bay area, we're never going to solve this problem. i've been on the local homeless coordinating body. i believe we need to work not only regionally but as a body with the rest of san francisco. and i also whether i get on the commission or not, i want to support her application for local homeless coordinated board. with that, i will stop because when you've done something as long as i've done, i could be here all day about the things i've been engaged in.

so i will stop and entertain any questions the board may have. sorry about making your name, supervisor mandelman. >> chairman: it's always good to hear you pull forth. i've heard you for a quarter of a century getting there, and i really appreciate your willingness to bring your skills and experience and expertise. so thank you to controller rosenfield for reappointing you. supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, chair peskin and mr. loyce for your willingness to continue. i guess, since you're here, i will take advantage of your being here asking questions that i've been thinking about in the context of these appointments. we do not have a homelessness commission in san francisco. we have a plethora of bodies that oversee pieces of

homelessness and i'm struck as i look at the qualifications for the folks who can be appointed to this body. that they're at least in the description of these folks is no role for folks who represent neighborhoods, small businesses, folks outside -- folks who are impacted by homelessness, but are not homeless service providers and have not experienced homelessness themselves. that strikes me as an odd thing. if what this body does, then maybe that makes a lot of sense. figure out how that money gets allocated, but if this body has the broader role that it seems like some folks think. i think some folks on the body think it does and others who relate to the body think it does, it seems like we have the

wrong structure for this body and i'm curious if you have thoughts about that. >> should we have a commission that has the duties, authority, and responsibility and what the other departments are doing in relationship to homelessness that didn't happen and for some of us and i include myself in that, that was a bit disappointing that we reviewed that particular piece because the notion was if we kept it in the proposed language of the bill, we would have lost, there were people who would not support a commission z i also

believe it could be expanded up to nine members and others beyond lived experience. i myself lived in the '70s at the paige hotel. that was a difficult place to be in those days and it's night in 2022, it's still a difficult place to be. >> chairman: thank you, mr. loyce. why don't we open this item. >> clerk: yes. for those listening remotely please call (415) 655-0001.

then enter the meeting id 24869953 then you will need to press star 3 to enter the speaker line. and that will begin your cue to begin your comments. i believe we have one in person right now. >> thank you. it's an honor to be speaking with you today: i'm a long time service. i'm here today to speak in support of gary mccoy's application. i firmly believe that lived experience is a very important

invaluable stool and and i think gary brings a unique combination of elements. and, you know, the linkage center. as well as the state commission. but also a deep understanding of policy. and the supervisor's office right here in san francisco and a deep understanding of what's happening in san francisco and you've combined that with his lived experience. i've known gary personally i don't know where the years went. and i've seen his journey and i'm so proud of him.

i'm just inspired and amazing by his journey and those combination of elements is a very unique combination and i think it would be an essential asset and i hope you'll support his nomination. >> chairman: thank you. why don't we go to remote public comment. >> clerk: yes. seeing the end of in-person comment, please press star 3 and wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. we currently have three people on the line for public comment remotely. can we have the next caller, remotely please. >> chairman: first speaker, please. >> caller: hello, supervisors. my name is alex boyder and i'm calling in support of gary mccoy. it's been my pleasure to work alongside him at health by 360.

and curtis bradford as mentioned, gary has a ton of unique experiences that make him grate for this role. and as well as his professional work at health right 360 working with people who are homeless themselves. and his long advocacy and involvement with these issues in san francisco as well as in the state of california. so, again, calling in support of gary mccoy and thank you for your time. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> caller: hi. it's sarah shore with home

rise. we're a permanent supportive housing provider and so we're well familiar with the local homeless coordinating board and i think both mary kate bacalao and gary mccoy would be amazing new members of the board. i'm calling to support both of them. mary kate has a great mixture of a legal background and then a lot of experience with homeless service systems both in her role as the hespa cochair at compass and the other agencies she's worked for. i also think it's important that she's not just a mother, but has been working for a family homeless service agency so she can push that perspective of the family and she's just a very compassionate, for smart and

committed person gary has experience with recovery and that topic is important these days and important to have that perspective. and eye leader as a member of the lgbtq community which is also an important community to represent on the board and, of course, if he has a lot of experience with service clifry. thank you. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> caller: david pillpell again. i had called to support jeffery

bourne. you can either thank him or chastise him for his work. and if he has withdrawn his application for disappointment at this time, then perhaps another appointment would be in order for him if he's interested in serving as a city. and thanks for listening. >> chairman: thank you. and i believe the clerk of this committee said precisely that, dr. bourne that we hope he will apply and bring his skills and oversight. are there any other members of the public or board on this item? >> clerk: i believe we have one additional caller. >> chairman: next speaker,

please. >> caller: hi there. hi there. thank you. i'm with community services. i'm also a resident of the mission district and i'm calling to support mary kate bacalao. i've seen a balance representation from her. and being from the neighborhood that has been overlooked in some of our services in terms of homelessness services that we provide to the adult shelters, i feel confident with mary kate, there will be a balanced approached with that. i feel it's a good edition and also being a woman and the only woman that i see on the roster is something also to uplift. we don't have female shelters and so i would like that also

to be uplifted in this conversation. >> chairman: thank you. are there any remaining speakers? >> clerk: thanks our last remote speaker. >> chairman: okay. public comment is closed and just by way of reminding my colleagues and members of the public, the local homeless coordinating board has nine members. that would be seat number nine and four by the mayor. and this information may be outdated, but it would appear to me that the mayor's seats are all up and subject to reappointment and we have a tough decision and i want to

thank all the applicants. relative to their subject matter expertise and lived experience. so it is a tough decision to make and i look to you, colleagues, for thoughts and suggestions but would like to reach out to the mayor's office to see if one or the other candidates could otherwise be accommodated. as a matter of fact, i think that seat number two, that individual may have actually resigned. do we know, mr. young, as to seats one, two, three, and four as to whether or not i have what is in the board packet which shows that all of those seats actually expired three years ago, but i don't know. >> clerk: i cannot provide

definitive information. >> chairman: then i believe, is there anybody on the call from the department of homelessness and supportive housing. i think they have a meeting right now as well to inform us. >> clerk: it does not appear they are logged in to our meeting at this time. >> chairman: okay. supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: i'm certainly not going to object to more representation for district eight. and so if a conversation with the mayor's office might help with that, i would certainly be supportive. i want to underscore the point i was sort of beginning to get at with commission president loyce that i think that we have an abundance of bodies that provide oversight of some part of 0 our homeless services delivery system and, yet, no clear role for neighbors in

neighborhoods impacted by homelessness. small businesses that may be dealing with homelessness related issues. this is true both on the prophesy oversight and local homelessness coordinating board. i think it would be good to have someone like mark nagel on a body and i think we leave out a very large part of the conversation and we don't include that. as i look at the criteria for the local homeless coordinating board is hard to see how that voice even makes itself heard which is disappointing to me. i would, you know, if i had to pick at this point, i think, you know, mr. mccoy in light of his lived experience and his service on state bodies that look at homelessness, you know would have the edge for me, but i certainly would be not

adverse to having these folks on the committee. >> chairman: and i'm happy to reach out to the mayor's office and see if they would be willing or able to accommodate one or the other. supervisor chan. >> supervisor chan: i actually am in agreement with the caller, sarah short that, you know, who called in support. and so it's really a hard decision in my opinion in this. i do agree with the by laws or the advice by the city attorney pierson that we can see someone like mr. nagel, you know, just wouldn't meet that criteria to be appointed, but i do agree that they should ought to have a voice, but just know that the

board meeting is always open to the public and the public can always to come in and voice their opinion. i think it's more or less about the decision-making process be it about policy or contracts and budget. so i just kind of want to say that mr. nagel should not be discouraged and give advice and opinions to the board. so i am open minded to ms. bacalao and to know be the mayor's office is. when it comes to the commission, the appointment seems to be fairly open minded and willing to have discussion.

>> chairman: thank you, supervisor chan. mr. mccoy, if i may and i think you've answered this, but i know have information at my disposal as to the mayor's seats. there is indeed one that is evacuee cannot and so i just wanted to, this is a process of elimination that you have experienced homelessness. >> yes, that's correct. >> chairman: okay. because that particular seat, seat number one which is vacant now, that is the sole and absolute criteria for that seat. with that knowledge, my inclination would be to suggest ms. bacalao for seat number eight and then i will then endeavor to work with the mayor's office today to see if they would be willing to

appoint mr. mccoy to seat number one for which he is indeed pursuant to the administrative code requirements qualifieded. if that is satisfactory to this body, i would make that motion to appoint mary kate bacalao to seat nine. >> clerk: yes, on the motion to appoint mary kate bacalao to seat eight and james loyce jr. to seat nine. [roll call] the motion passes without objection. >> chairman: we are adjourned.

well, happy women's history month to you all. i'm kimberly ellis. i'm the director for the san francisco department on the status of women. and i have the incredible honor

of not just working for a department that's dedicated to women, girls, and nonbinary, but a city and county that's committed to uplifting women, girls, and nonbinary. but the best mayor in the country who is committed to supporting women, girls, and nonbinary. not just in march, women's history month, but 365 days and 366 days on leap year of the year. and so i want to thank all of you for making time in your schedule, for us to come together in community as we round off women's history month. we know there's a lot of angst and heart break and uncertainty in the world right now.

the other thing that we know to be true is that women, especially strong bold tenacious women like the women of san francisco will ensure that we are doing everything to bring about peace and love and justice not just here in san francisco, not just in the great state of california, not just in america, but all over the world. i am incredibly privileged and honored to bring up our mayor, your mayor, give it up for mayor london n. breed. >> well hello everyone. thank you all for joining us to celebrate women's history month in the city and county of san francisco. what was that? thank you.

i want to first acknowledge the two amazing women that serve on the board of san francisco here in san francisco. we have with us today supervisor kathrine stefanie and supervisor myrna melbar and our fire chief and a lady who's an institution in san francisco who is a historian. ellen, please stand up and take a bow. and i think i got all the department heads, but there's also a lot of commissioners. so all the women commissioners in the house. please raise your hand. i need a little more enthusiasm

from the fact that we have 55% of the commissioners that serve the city and county of san francisco are women. thank you. and today as we really think about how far we've come, we also just have to be reminded that there's so much work to do and we talked that. there was a time when the majority of the women on the board of supervisors were women. there was a time where we had to fight to get to that point and so we want to get back there and, you know, sadly, i'm only the second woman in the city and county of san francisco to serve as mayor and we want to make sure that it doesn't take another 30 years before another woman serves as mayor of the city. and i see debbie from from the department of environment. thank you so much for being

here. and i know there are a number of other people we have in the audience. duane you are not a woman so you're not going to take away the attention okay. this is televised. so before i forget in honor of our extraordinary women that we are fortunate enough to have to honor here today, today we're going to be lighting city hall in the color purple to recognized the three of you and recognize your extraordinary accomplishments not only in your life, but what you have always done to touch the lives of other people. the theme for this women's history month in san francisco centers around philanthropy. it centers around women without the desire to be recognized

consistently have given financial resources to things that have not always been a priority. things that matter to that community group but it's not always the big, bold, exciting, shiny new car or penny, whatever you want to call it and they do so because they care and they believe it's how people should be and they do so because of san francisco and their desire to see things change for the better and so when i was thinking about who are the women i could honor, i couldn't help but think about the four women that i'm honoring here today so we're going to start with my friend brenda wright.

let me tell you something about brenda. i remember when i first started getting active in san francisco and i used to see this woman who walked around with such grace and took charge of a room and everyone was trying to be her friend. they were trying to be her friend because not only was she the type of woman to get things done, she was the type of woman that you wanted to be like. she also had a kind word of advice. and when she worked for wells fargo, let me tell you wells fargo has not done half of what it should be doing if it were

not for brenda wright. and let me tell you, one year alone, $60 million to almost 300 organizations because it wasn't just about giving to the large institutions that had development teams to apply for funding, it was about the small african american art art it was about the different groups. they have the heart for the community and no one could wear stillettos like brenda wright. and let me tell you she will step just as good in those halls of power in those stillettos just as she would step in the halls of the hood

to transform community in the way that uplifts people. and so the reason why we're honoring brenda wright for her philanthropy is because of her not only able to support and uplift organizations, but to support and uplift a mentor for young women and girls. part of why i dress so nice is because brenda wright and i see her daughters all in here. her daughter amanda, but her children. pull your dress up right, fix your hair because she cares. her whole life has really been about uplifting people. helping to support young women. helping to provide opportunities. helping to make sure that the right resources are at the right place and nothing was too

little, nothing was too big for her work, for her advocacy and for her efforts and no one fries chicken better than brenda wright. but at the end of the day, she has not been appreciated for all she has done for san francisco. she has not been recognized in a way she should for what she's done to help people in san francisco. yes, when she did her job, she made sure that the ballet and the symphony and the opera and the large institutions received resources, but so many organizations were the beneficiary of wells far go because brenda wright didn't see through them, she saw who they were and what they represented and it meant a lot to be recognized by brenda right because you know that you must be doing something right if she took the time to

understand what your organization was about and how she could help you because she was always there wanting to help. she's saying okay. no. brenda, this is about you. yes, she served on the retirement board and the asian art museum board and now the war memorial board. she's worked and opinion appointed by the california for i can't even read my own writing here. yes. and you can talk a little bit be about that. the women's foundation of california. a number of other very great organizations that have led to real change and, yes, she's my friend, but i'm also in awe of

her ability to continue with grace to always figure out a way to do something great, to touch the lives of other people and, brenda, on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, today in celebration of women's history month, we recognize you for your contribution to san francisco and we are grateful and honored for everything you've done to touch the lives of individuals and organizations in san francisco. [ applause ] >> these are beautiful. thank you. >> you can say a few words. >> amanda.

>> be a dear. >> okay. you want us to take the picture. >> and we're going to do more afterward. >> well, thank you. you know, i'm like the biggest cry baby. i have all these emotions that always show up but i want to thank you and one of the things that makes me so proud is to see london and the woman and the leader, i mean, are a courageous warrior in the woman she has become. so if you ever do anything for everyone i don't know why i'm

here, but i do know that in my very young life, i was taught that it was always about service, it wasn't about you and my mom said this is not about you and when you're little, you don't understand why it's not about you because you think you're everything and my grandpa used to always say, if you want something to change, go do the work. and that's all i know is doing the work. but i just wanted to say there's so many wonderful women in san francisco doing so many wonderful things and for you i'm very grateful because many times, we do them together. so i'm very grateful for that. i'm thankful to my friends who hold me up, lift me up.

my partner steve who gets the brunt of my anger at home. not at him. thank you for always supporting me. thank you to amanda, my daughter. and a person growing up saying i'll never have children, it was the best thing i've ever done. but i just want to say that when you think about, i want to tell you, one of my favorite quotes and you've heard it before but it's a tenant by which i live and exist. service is a rent you pay for living and i always ask people, have you paid your rent today? if you can't answer "yes" when you leave here, you need to go pay your rent. even if you put a down payment

on a bigger place, you know, because the world needs you. we're just in such desperate times. you know, the world needs you and no disrespect, but if you want a job done, give it to a woman. no disrespect and those of you men that are here and the women, you're probably yeah i know. i know. you don't want to hear it. thank you so much. i'm so proud of you. i'm proud of your courage every day and i know this isn't an easy job, but i'm proud of you. to my fellow honorees, thank you. i'm just proud to be in your company and just know that we are not finished yet. so thank you.

>> all right. i'm just feeling good already. our next honoree is my next friend who is equally amazing and sophisticated. i've got to say i've heard about dd and her. when the de young museum was getting built and the whole ventilation system on the ground. they said, no, we have to make sure they're just small enough to dee dee's heels don't get stuck in the vents. i said i know that's right, take control and get it done.

dee dee has been an institution in san francisco for as long as i can remember. the work she has done is people have heard about how she single-handedly raised all the money to rebuild the beautiful deyoung museum today. she continued to give to over 100 organizations annually both large and small. but i do know what her favorite organization is and it has a lot to do with her canine babies, an organization that she has been giving to for so many years, they recently honored her for her philanthropy.

and the thing i like about dee dee is when you call her, she didn't even know who i was and she still took the time to talk to me. and this was before i was an elected official or anything else. she wanted to know more about the organization and what she could do and she's like that with everyone. yes, she looks amazing all the time just like b. wright. but, again, another woman who cares about giving back but she consistently vests in san francisco and as i said, whether it's our cultural institutions like the deyoung, like the opera, like the symphony, there have been times i'm at events and the whole event is sponsored by dee dee

and she's not even there. because she always makes herself available to give. to give up her time if she can, but also give up the resources to support the causes that, of course, are worthy. and when i think about how fortunate we are in san francisco, how fortunate we are to have dee dee and her desires to want to be that person to contribute and support, it's important for me to make sure she knows how much she's appreciated. i remember when the new millionaires came to san francisco. she feels as though when you

have it, you have to make it a responsibility to help somebody else's life. for continuing to serve the city and making sure that she is spearheading a lot of the major causes that keep the opera, the symphony and the ballet, these incredible world class institutions here in san francisco that are recognized all over the world and they're like that because of dee dee. so, today, let me just honor you and let me make sure i don't forget the other thing. we honor you because as a woman in philanthropy, dee dee

doesn't ask for anything. all you do is ask for something that's going to make san francisco better. it's never about anything personal. it's always about how do you change the lives of people in san francisco. how do you work on this project. how do we get this done, how do we clean up this, how do we make things better. so today, dee dee, we honor you because of your commitment to san francisco and i know you don't do it for the recognition. i know you do it because you love to do it. i know you love san francisco. and we are so fortunate and blessed to have you as one of our well-known, well respected citizens of the city. and so on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, we honor you today for women's history month. thank you so much for your

philanthropy. so this is your little gift in there. >> well, london, thank you for everything. i have to say i have been a grown-up in san francisco because i didn't come here until i was a grown-up and i've known a lot of mayors and some have been really fun, but no one's been fun like london. nobody is the breath of fresh air and you know when you call her or she calls you, i always just sort of get a dog, put it in my lap and think this is going to be nice and relaxing and funny and i laugh and i laugh and even if it's something serious, we find something to laugh about, something that's good. i have to say when i was 14, i was growing up in washington,

d.c. and one day, my father said to me, "do you realize that you could grow up to marry the president of the united states. you could be the first lady of the united states." and i said to him, "daddy, i'd like to be the president." [cheers and applause] >> well, that didn't go over. in those days. in the late '50s, early '60s absolutely didn't work. my father at first was horrified and then he laughed. that's really she's so funny. so i have to say, i listened to him because he used to always say, "you were lucky enough to be born in the good right bassinet, now you have to give back." and he always said that to me. it took me into my early 20s to figure out what he was talking about because i lived in the

city with a building called the capital. and i couldn't understand how you possibly could spend it. those are the two things i kind of live by. i have to say as far as the president goes, i'm very pleased to live in a time now where i have two beautiful, smart granddaughters. one is here today. i am absolutely convinced either one of them could be president if they wanted to. at least they have that possibility which my generation has not. i have hit more glass ceilings and glass walls, even some glass floors that most people that you'll ever meet because i couldn't understand why i couldn't go where i wasn't supposed to go and often that was in a room full of men and i will never forget being introduced to an important dignitary from china when we

were building the deyoung. i was standing next to my husband who was alive at the time and harry said i'd like to introduce you to the chairman of the board and the guy puts his hand right out across me to my husband. i thought, that's interesting, isn't it. i guess in china, they don't have chairman who are women. my husband had a very good sense of humor and he directed his hand and said i'm so happy for you to meet my wife. i thought, lessons learned. this is the way it is and we have to work very hard, very carefully and try not to irritate as many people as possible and find a way to be sure that women have the opportunity they may not want to do some of these things, but we just need to have the opportunity to do that and, of course, i agree with brenda if you really want a job, well done. you should find a woman. and i'm happy you found all of

us, london. thank you so much. [ applause ] >> don't you just love her. so now i have the privilege of honoring merriam -- merriam m.. i met merriam at her house that larkin street was holding focused on ending youth homelessness. the rising up campaign has beenen about raising millions of dollars to get to a point to end youth homelessness. we're talking about kids who

are in their early 20s as well and a passion of hers has been to focus on the challenges of homelessness for children, for families, for young people and she's been consistent in her advocacy and i was really not only impressed by her work, but also her excitement for the work and it wasn't just about raising the money or giving the money. it was also about being apart of the various committees and rolling up her sleeves and being actively engaged on the ground with these various organizations to understand what they're doing and how we can make a significant impact. and the nitty-gritty, and the nuts and the bolts. and i thought to myself, goodness, this woman is amazing. and she's the chair of the opera gill. she's still involved in the arts in san francisco. she still is actively engaged

in the san francisco bay school and other various causes, but i know that her desires to help address homelessness in san francisco for young people is something that she is never going to walk away from because it's important to her and until we're at a point where we end homelessness in san francisco, we know that we have an advocate in merriam. and so i am so grateful that she is actively engaged in the city, in this capacity that i found you at this event. she wasn't i don't think trying to get involved in the world of politics. she was just trying to do her part and you know what's very interesting is when you're out there doing the work you never know who's watching and part of why you do the work is not

because of who's watching, but because of what you care about, what's near and dear to your heart. so for all the time and the resources you spent as a native san franciscan caring about this city, investing in youth homelessness, investing in the arts, supporting our city in various capacities, we are so grateful for you for your time, your commitment, and, yes, you've been hiding out a little bit too long, but we're bringing you to the surface, merriam. and so on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, thank you. and congratulations. we honor you for women's history month.

>> wow. it is truly an honor to be recognized amongst these legendary women with woman i've looked up to for quite some time and mayor breed thank you for your leadership in this city and for your continued support and trust. for all the efforts that we all do for our beautiful city that we love. you set an example for everyone and we are truly grateful for that. you know, my father talking about family anecdotes, when i was younger, he said you have to be stronger than everybody else around you because if you have a husband who leaves you with five kids, you need to be able to take care of yourself. luckily, that did not happen and i ended up with a very supportive husband who is

always supportive of all of my efforts on a daily basis and as you mentioned, mayor breed, i love our city. i love every inch of our city and i believe that every single one of us is here because we truly believe in our efforts to enhance and preserve our -- what we want to do for the youth and for investing in early education and celebrating the strong legacy in arts and culture. so we're all here i think with a common theme of our love for san francisco and i really appreciate this recognition. and someone said if actually we had an all-women group chat

late at night inspired by ruth bader ginsburg who always stood strong and recommended to act virtuously, then our world would be a better place. so thank you again. >> thank you. and last but not least and she couldn't join us here today, i wanted to honor susie tompkins buhl. she's really been an extraordinary person in san francisco. a person who supports and uplifts and pushes women in office. she's supported programs like emerge. she is really when it comes to

getting women elected. she does what's near and dear to her heart is the environment and making sure this is a better place we leave for our children. i'm proud of san francisco and its focus on equity and our plans around our new environmental climate action plan. they are the professionals and they should decide what happens around san francisco. it centered around making sure that communities that have been disenfranchised like the

bayview hunter's point and i know we have some women here today that they are at the forefront of the change we need to make in san francisco. and susie believes very strongly in not only focusing on the environment, but making sure that equity is at the center of the decisions that we make as a city and as a country. she believes again firmly and supporting and uplifting women and she is consistently doing everything she can to support those causes. now i've got to tell you, i became a big fan of susie once she found out i was the founder of the sfree. i don't know if you remember the spree outlet we'd go to this free outlet that was off

of 3rd street near mission rock. you guys all know it. yes. but she took her resources and used them to support causes that mean a lot to uplifting and supporting women and we are so grateful for her work and wish she could have been with us here today but she's here with us in spirit. to congratulations to susie tomkins buhl for her work in san francisco. and so with that, we are going to bring an end to our program but we see the man of the board of supervisors joined us late. but he's here nevertheless. supervisor asha safai, thank you so much for joining us. and i just want to say as i know kimberly ellis mentioned earlier, it's been a tough time in the world. it's been a tough time with

what happened during covid. it's been a very challenging time we know with what's happening sadly every single second in ukraine. we know that there are people in this city and this world who are suffering, but i have hope. i have hope because when i look around even the group of people that i see here today, i know so many of you from various points in my life and the consistency and the involvement that you all continue to do in the city is going to help transform it for the better. yes. it won't be easy, but we're not going to give up. we're going to keep fighting. we're going to keep working hard. and because we have these

extraordinary honorees with us here today, i know that we're going to get to a better place one day at a time. i want to thank all of you for joining us and celebrating women's history month in san francisco. and i feel really good right now. so because of i feel so good right now, i want to invite all of you into the mayor's office where we will have champaign, and a few appetizers and enjoy 1 another because after two years of a global pandemic, i'm just happy to see your faces. so thank you all so much and please talk with us afterward. thank you. shop and dine in the 49

promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar. you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a

great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusively independent owned small businesses. it harkens back to supporting local. polk street doesn't look like anywhere u.s.a. it has its own businesses and personality. we have clothing stores to gallerys, to personal service stores, where you can get your hsus repaired, luggage repaired. there's a music studio across the street. it's raily a diverse and unique offering on this really great street. i think san franciscans should shop local as much as they can because they can discover things that they may not be familiar with. again, the marketplace is changing, and, you know, you look at a screen, and you click a mouse, and you order something, and it shows up, but

to have a tangible experience, to be able to come in to taste things, to see things, to smell things, all those things, it's very important that you do so. did you know that many buildings in san francisco are not bolted to the foundation on today's episode we'll learn how the option to bolt our foundation in an earthquake. >> hi, everybody welcome to another episode of stay safe i'm the director of earthquake

safety in the city and county of san francisco i'm joined by a friend matt. >> thank you thanks for being with us we're in a garage but at the el cap center south of market in san francisco what we've done a simulated the garage to show you what it is like to make the improvements and reduce the reflexes of earthquake we're looking at foundation bolts what do they do. >> the foundation bolts are one of the strengthening system they hold the lowest piece of wood onto the foundation that prevents the allows from sliding during an earthquake that is a bolt over the original construction and these are typically put in along the foundation to secure the house to the foundation one of the things we'll show you many types

of bolts let's go outside and show the vufrdz we're outside the epic center in downtown san francisco we'll show 3 different types of bolts we have a e poxy anchor. >> it is a type of anchor that is adhesive and this is a rod we'll embed both the awe hey that embeds it into the foundation that will flip over a big square washer so it secured the mud sell to the foundation we'll need to big drill luckily we have peter from the company that will help us drill the first hole. >> so, now we have the hole drilled i'll stick the bolt in and e post-office box it.

>> that wouldn't be a bad idea but the dust will prevent the e post-office box from bonding we need to clean the hole out first. >> so, now we have properly cleaned hole what's the next step. >> the next step to use e post-office box 2 consultants that mixes this together and get them into tubes and put a notice he will into the hole and put the e post-office box slowly and have a hole with e post-office box. >> now it is important to worm or remember when you bolt our own foundation you have to go to 9 department of building inspection and get a permit before you start what should we

look at next what i did next bolt. >> a couple of anchors that expand and we can try to next that will take a hole that hole is drilled slightly larger marathon the anchor size for the e post-office box to flow around the anchor and at expansion is going into the hole the same diameter we'll switch the holes so, now we have the second hole drilled what next. >> this is the anchor and this one has hard and steel threads

that cuts their way into the concrete it is a ti ton anchor with the same large square so similar this didn't require e post-office box. >> that's correct you don't needed for the e post-office box to adhere overnight it will stick more easily. >> and so, now it is good to go is that it. >> that's it. >> the third anchor is a universal foundation plate when you don't have room above our foundation to drill from the

top. >> so, now we have our foundation plate and the tightened screw a couple of ways to take care of a foundation what's the best. >> the best one depends on what your house is like and our contractors experience they're sometimes considered the cadillac anchor and triplely instead of not witting for the e post-office box this is essentially to use when you don't have the overhead for the

foundation it really depends on the contractor and engineering what they prefer. >> talking to a qualified professional and see what ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> the san francisco playground's hitsvery dates back to 1927 when the area where the present playground and center is today was purchased by the city for $27,000. in the 1950s, the sen consider was expanded by then mayor

robinson and the old gym was built. thanks to the passage of the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond, the sunset playground has undergone extensive renovation to its four acres of fields, courts, play grounds, community rooms, and historic gymnasium. >> here we are. 60 years and $14 million later, and we have got this beautiful, brand-new rec center completely accessible to the entire neighborhood. >> the new rec center houses multi-purpose rooms for all kinds of activities including basketball, line dancing, playing ping-pong and arts can crafts. >> you can use it for whatever you want to do, you can do it here. >> on friday, november 16, the dedication and ribbon cutting took place at the sunset playground and recreation center, celebrating its renovation. it was raining, but the rain clearly did not dampen the

spirits of the dignitaries, community members and children in attendance. [cheering and applauding] ♪♪ ♪♪ >> i'm warren corn field and we are doing a series called stay safe, we are going to talk about staying in your home after an earthquake and taking care of your pet's needs. ♪♪ >> here we are at the spur urban ken center and we are in

this little house that was built to show what it is like in san francisco after an earthquake. we are very pleased to have with us today, pat brown from the department of animal care and control and her friend oreo. >> hi. >> lauren. >> could you tell us what it would take after an earthquake or some other emergency when you are in your home and maybe no power or water for a little while. what it would take for you and oreo to be comfortable and safe at home. >> just as you would prepare for your own needs should an earthquake or a disaster event occur, you need to prepare for your pets. and i have brought with me today, some of the things that i have put in my disaster kit to prepare for my animal's needs to make sure that i am ready should something happen and i need to shelter at home. >> what are some of the things that people should have in their home after an earthquake or other emergency to help take care of their tasks and take

care of themselves. >> i took the liberty of bringing you some examples. it includes a first aid kit for your pet and you can also use it for yourself and extra meds for your pets. and water container that will not tip over. we have got both food, wet food and dry food for your pet. and disposable food container. and water, and your vet records. in addition, we have a collar and some toys. >> yeah. to keep oreo busy. >> he needs toys and this is san francisco being a fruity city and come on oreo. this is your dinner, it is patte style chicken dinner with our foody seen here. >> what they say now is that you should have at least a gallon of water and i think

that a gallon of water is small amount, i think that maybe more like two gallons of water would be good for you and your pet. >> does the city of animal control or any other agency help you with your pet after an emergency. >> there is a coalition of ngos, non-governmental organizations led by the department of animal care and control to do disaster planning for pets and that includes the san francisco spca. the paws group, the vet sos, pets unlimited. and we all have gotten together and have been getting together for over four or five years now to talk about how we can educate the public about being prepared for a disaster as it involves your pets. >> a lot of services. i understand that if you have to leave your home, we are encouraging people to take their pets with them. >> absolutely. we think that that is a lesson that we concerned from karina,

if you are being evacuated you should take your pet with you. i have a carrier, and you need to have a carrier that you can fit your pet in comfortably and you need to take your pet with you when you were evacuated. >> i am going to thank you very much for joining us and bringing oreo today. and i am go the tenderloin is home to families, immigrants, seniors, merchants, workers and the housed and unhoused who all deserve a thriving neighborhood to call home. the tenderloin initiative was launched to improve safety, reduce crime, connect people to services and increase investments in the neighborhood. as city and community-based partners, we work daily to make these changes a reality.

we invite you to the tenderloin history, inclusivity make this neighborhood special. >> we're all citizens of san francisco and we deserve food, water, shelter, all of those things that any system would. >> what i find the most fulfilling about being in the tenderloin is that it's really basically a big family here and i love working and living here. >> [speaking foreign language] >> my hopes and dreams for the tenderloin are what any other community organizer would want for their community, safe, clean streets for everyone and good operating conditions for small businesses.

>> everything in the tenderloin is very good. the food is very good. if you go to any restaurant in san francisco, you will feel like oh, wow, the food is great. the people are nice. >> it is a place where it embraces all walks of life and different cultures. so this is the soul of the tenderloin. it's really welcoming. the. >> the tenderloin is so full of color and so full of people. so with all of us being together and making it feel very safe is challenging, but we are working on it and we are getting there.

good morning. the meeting will come to order. welcome to the thursday, march 24th, 2022, meeting of the public safety and neighborhood services committee. i'm supervisor gordon mar and i'm joined by kathryn stefanie and supervisor haney shortly. i'd also like to thank sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes, i do, mr. chair. the board while still providing remote access and public