>> good morning and welcome to the rules committee of the san francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, june 13. i am the chair of the committee aaron peskin joined by vice chair mandelman and shortly by supervisor connie chan. our clerk is mr. victor young. mr. young, do you have any announcements? >> yes. the board of supervisors and the committees are convening hybrid meetings that allow in-person attendance and public comment

while providing public comment via telephone. equitable public access is essential and will be taking comment as follows. the first will be taken on each item on the agenda. those attending in person will go first and then those waiting on the phone line. for those watching channel 26, 78, or 99 and sfgov.org, the public call-in number is streaming. it is 415-655-0001, and enter the meeting i.d. of 249-1326 8157 and then pound and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussion but will be connect and in listening mode only. when the item of interest comes up, those joining us in person should line up to speak and those on the telephone line should dial star 33 to be added to the speaker line. if you are on your telephone, please remember to turn down your tv and listening devices you may be using.

as indicated, we will take public comment for those attending in-person first and then move to public comment telephone line. you may writ in writing by emailing to the rules committee clerk. and submit public comment via email, it will be forwarded to the supervisors and included in the file. you may send your written comment to the office at our offices at city hall. that concludes the initial comments. >> supervisor mandelman, in order to accommodate the tight schedules of certain individuals or individual, mr. clerk, could you please call items 3, 4, and 5 out of order. >> yes. item three is a motion to

approve and direct the shesh treasurer's nomination of nancy horn. and item four is appointing or rejecting the treasurer's nomination of meghan wallace. item five is a motion approving or rejecting the treasurer's nomination of ben rosenfield for a term ending june 17, 2026, to the treasury oversight committee. >> thank you, mr. young. colleagues, these are all re-appointments as nominated by the treasurer, tax collector, jose cisneros for continuation on the treasury oversight committee. if there are no questions, let's go to meghan wallace and nan nay hom. mr. rosenfield has agreed to continue his role on the board and is not available this

morning, but i don't think we need to interview him this morn. with that, ms. wallace f you have any words to share, thank you for your willingness to continue serving on the treasury oversight committee. you are obviously absolutely qualified, ms. wallace. >> good morning. thank you to the committee for having me here this morning to be considered for a second term on the treasury oversight committee. as the chief financial officer of the san francisco unified school district which is one of the largest participants in the treasury pool, i have a distinct interest in assuring that the pool is managed effectively. i believe that i am uniquely suited to serve on the committee due to my over 15 years of experience working in the areas of finance and administration. primarily here within the city and county of san francisco. finally, just as a resident of the beautiful city and parent of

two public school children, i am keenly aware of how important it is to careful l imagine the public funds that serve our city's service and infrastructure. i would be honored to serve a second term on the treasury oversight committee. thank you for your consideration today. i am happy to answer any questions you may have of me. >> thank you, ms. wallace. thank you for your willingness to continue serving and for all of your good work at the san francisco unified school district and the city and county of san francisco. let's move on to ms. hom. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is nancy hom, the deputy chief financial officer at the san francisco public utilities commission. thank you for considering me for this appointment at the treasury committee. i am passionate about the work in finance and internal control.

and i also have a passion for finance and accounting. and so i feel that i am qualified for the role. i also serve on the treasury oversight committee and appreciate your consideration today. i have two children, one is in college right now and one is about to start middle school. when it comes to the city and what it provides for the residents and what we do as public servants, i am there for our department. thank you for considering my application. >> thank you, ms. hom. thank you for your willingness to serve and for your service to the city and county of san francisco and our public utilities commission. is there any public comment on items 3, 4, or 5? >> yes, member of the public who wish to speak on these items and are joining us to speak should line up to speak along the win dose. for those listening remotely, call 415-655-0001 and meeting

i.d. 2491 326 8157 and press pound and pound again. once connected, press star 3 to enter the speaker line. for those already in the queue, continue to wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted and that will be your cue to begin your comment. there is nobody in line to speak in the hearing room and we have one caller on the line for public comment. >> first speaker please. >> can you hear me okay this morning? >> please proceed. >> day did pilpal. i have no objection and in fact, i support the three appointees, ben rosenfield, meghan wallace and nancy hom. i just had some clerical concerns, some of which i communicated on friday to the clerk's office on page six of the committee packet, for example, on item -- sorry, the file ending in 0660.

which is item five. that chart shows ben rosenfield as currently holding a seat with the term ending 6/17/26. i believe that is incorrect. and the current term that he is serving ends 6/17/22. the proposed motion would confirm that to another four-year term. i believe meghan wallace should be in seat two representing the county superintendent of schools and not the sfccd. and i believe meghan was misspelled and nancy hom is correct in seat number four. again, i support all three appointees and look forward to their continued service on the treasury oversight committee. thanks for listening. >> public comment is now closed.

>> okay. i would, colleagues, like to make a motion to amend all three motions by removing in the long title the word reject and at line three and at line 17 in the moved clause, remove the word reject. i note that the subject resolution for ms. wallace has the name spelled correctly in the resolution. on that motion, a roll call to amend all three items to have them only read approving and approves. a roll call please. [roll call vote] >> the motion passes without objection. >> i will motor vehicle a motion to be send all three items with recommendation to the board of supervisors.

roll call please. >> yes, on that motion. supervisor chan. >> yay. >> chan, aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> mandelman, aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> peskin, aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> please read items 1 and 2 together. >> item 1 is a motion approving/rejecting the mayor's nomination for reappointment of william adams to the port commission for a term ending may 1, 2026. and item 2, the mayor's nomination for reappointment to gail gilman to the port commission for a term ending may 1, 2026. >> mr. adam, president of the port commission, good morning. thank you for taking the time to have a cup of coffee with me earlier today, and the floor is yours, sir. >> thanks, chair peskin, vice chair mandelman, supervisor chan. i am willy adams, president of the international longshore and warehouse union a43-member of the most militant, progressive

union in this country. i was first appointed to the port commission by the late mayor edwin lee in 2012, and i want to thank mayor breed for the continued support and nomination for the reappointment. i just want to say that i understand the history of labor and i have to depend on all my commissioners, the port directors, staff, to get things done. and the good thing about me when i come to you today, i'm a street fighter for the working class and the oppressed. i'm not running for no political office. this is no steppingstone for me. for the last 10 years i have continued to work diligently with my fellow commissioners to do all we could to continue to make the port of san francisco a beacon of light. i remember i was there for the open of the exploratory, the opening of the cruise ship terminal, and it is nice to know that the james r. herman cruise terminal is named after our second president of our union,

james r. herman. the crane cold park and dog patch and we're preparing in the future for climate change, seismic risk, sea level risk and with our own waterfront resilience program. we have increased water transportation with water ferries and water taxis. i think it's so important, especially down the embarcadero. i live in that area. i run down there every morning. we would like to see san francisco get back up to 30 million tourists a year. it is so important because our city is going through a transformation. we had to take some tough votes. the embarcadero navigation center. it was tough. i had to chair that meeting. the chair wasn't there. and we probably had 300 people there. we had about 40, 50 officers there. i had never been in the meeting in the community. i lived in that community. i tell you, it was one of the toughest votes i had to make,

but it was the right thing to do. these jobs, like you do, it is not about being popular. you have to do what's right for the city and the county and the residents of san francisco. and we have to balance business with having compassion. we see the mental health, we see a lot of things happening in our city. i was proud that we had the largest testing center for covid at piers 30, 32, and i am really proud of the rent forgiveness that we have for our tenants and the emergency loans to the lebs during this time of covid. i had never been through anything like covid before but the resilience of the port under the direction, leadership of elaine forbes and the five commissioner, we held firm. we were fast. spent a lot of time in washington, d.c. and sacramento lobbying for funds so we could stay afloat. the port is the life blood of the economy. i look forward to the new

waterfront here in san francisco and the port is crucial to the recovery of the san francisco economic recovery. i think our diverse portfolio, businesses, restaurants, retail, maritime, and tech industries. and with that being said, i am here to answer any questions. as i said, for 10 years, i kind of feel like being a part of the heart and soul of the port. i live down there. i'm invested. i want to continue to see san francisco be that beacon of light on the hill and i'll never forget the late ed lee who gave me an opportunity to serve and being the president of the iow, i have all the ports up and down the west coast right now. we are in major negotiations with the major shipping companies, and i know what my commitment is. and i'll continue to answer the

bell. >> good luck on the negotiations. thank you for your willingness to serve. supervisor chab channel. >> thank you, chair peskin. i want to apologize, commissioner adams, that i didn't get a chance to return the call with the voice message you left me. thank you so much for your service and your commitment to be willing to continue to serve. in fact, you have been in longshore worker since 1978 which is the year i was born, so it means that you have been doing this for 43-something years. and so i just want to thank you and today i am definitely wholeheartedly supporting your reappointment. i want to thank you for that and let you know that i am very supportive of you and your work and thank you so much for representing the workers at the critical waterfront for san francisco. we definitely need that. thank you. >> thank you. >> all right. why don't we go to your colleague, commissioner gail gilman who has been nominated

for another term. commissioner gilman, the floor is yours. >> good morning, chair peskin, vice chair mandelman, and supervisor chan. i am so humbled and honored to be before you today for reappointment to the port commission. my appointment began actually prior to mayor lee passing and then mayor ferrell went through with the promise to build from the department of building inspection to the port. i live in north beach a stone's throw from the waterfront. i hear the sea lions at night and frequent particularly the northeast sector of the waterfront. the first four years have been a learning curve as newest member of the commission. we are a complex enterprise department that has stepped up to the plate both during covid and prior. we have major redevelopment still coming to the port with our historic piers and our development at piers 30/32. i have been championing for equity as a commissioner and for the everyday people of san

francisco. i have blended well and worked collaboratively with my fellow commissioner, and i am very proud to serve on the equity working group for the port to ensure that our equity and diversity plan for our employees, our businesses, are really at the forefront of promoting equity for all. our 30 million visitors to the waterfront are critical, but i also believe that enhancing our waterfront so the historic neighborhoods that border it, chinatown, north beach, dog patch, and -- sorry -- and bayview, have their residents come to the waterfront whether that's at crane cove park or having the children go to the exploratory. i think the waterfront needs to be a place of commerce and business for all. i really hope that you will support my nomination. i submitted letters to each and every one of you and i have two letters that i hope are in the pack fret the chinese chamber, fisherman's wharf cbd and while they may not be able to testify

today t teamsters and local 3 wanted me to let you know they support my nomination. if you have any questions for me, i am here to answer them and i am humbled to be before you. >> i don't see any questions from committee members, neighbor. and thank you for riding that learning kefsh and being willing to serve for another tour of duty. with, that let's go to public comment on items one and two. are there any members in the public who would like to speak on these items? seeing none, are there any remote speakers? >> for those listening remotely, call 415-655-0001, and enter the meeting i.d. of 2491 326 8157. and press pound and pound again. once connected you will need to press star 3 to enter the speaker line. for those already in the queue, continue to wait until the system indicates that you have been unmute and that will be your cue to we gin. we currently have six callers

and one in line to speak. >> first speaker please. >> caller: good morning, supervisors. mark gleason here speaking on behalf of the executive board of teamsters 665 in san francisco. we want to add our voice with others in appreciating, first of all, commissioners adams and gilman for all their service for working women and men here in san francisco. and wholly support their reappointment of willy adams and gail gilman to the port commission going forward, and we thank you for your time. >> thank you, mr. gleason. >> are there any other speakers for items one or two? >> that completes our list of public commenters on the phone. >> public comment is closed. i will make a motion to amend both motions by taking out the word rejecting in the long title

at line three and the word rejects in the move clause at line seven. on that motion a roll call please. >> supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> and then i will make a motion to send both items as amended to the full board with a positive recommendation. on that motion, roll call. >> supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. four more years of fun, congratulations. could you read item 6 and 7 together? >> item 6 is an ordinance adopting and implementing an amendment to the current memorandums of understanding and collective bargaining agreements between the city and county of san francisco and each of the unions identified in appendix a, providing for the carry forward

for fiscal year 2022-2023 of an additional 80 hours of accrued floating holidays, accrued in lieu holidays and waiving the 120 hour limb on number of hours the compensatory z designated employee cans carry forward under the memorandum with local 21. the amendment is to be effective june 30, 2022. item 7 is ordinance adopting and implementing the memorandum of understanding between the city and county of san francisco and service employees international union local 1021 staff and per diem nurses to be effective july 1. i believe there is a request the matters be referred out the as committee reports. >> that is correct. and good morning, supervisor. >> that is it. artis graham here. here with the rest of your team. these are interesting in so far as they were at the government audit and oversight committee

and would not normally come to the rules committee except for the very tight charter mandated deadlines which is why they are here today as amended by the government audit and oversight committee. and mr. graham, the floor for items six and seven are before us. the floor is yours. >> thank you very much, chair. and members of the board of supervisors. i just wanted to, first on item 6 just address any questions you may have. so that is kind of -- i don't have prepared remarks for item 6. we are just here available to answer any questions. for item 7, which is the renewal of the r.n. contract, we are very excited about that. this represents the last of our significant contracts. as you know, r.n.s do not have the same deadlines as the other contracts. also, as you know, the r.n.s do not have an arbitration proceeding. we just had to negotiate until

5:00 in the morning until we reached a resolution. we were able to accomplish that. i will give you a brief overview of where the contract is and significant changes in the contract. like the other contracts with the city, we agreed to a 5.25 annual wage increase as well as effective july 1. and then on january 1, 2023, a 2.5 wage increase of on june 30 of the same year they will receive a 2.25 wage increase. this is a two-year agreement. in addition, we made some changes to the steps and the way the steps align in order to address the wages and gave a step increase for steps three through five. and six through nine. and the purpose of those step increases were to help aid with retention in those areas where we see a lot of nurses leave the

agency and encourage them to stay with the department. in addition, we agreed to try to address some staffing shortfalls through bargaining by adding approximately 55 new f.t.e.s, mostly to ensure break relief as well as to help support some additional new services that are within the department they rant to provide. lastly, and i am speaking for the actions of the department, which is the department has been very assertive in trying to hire new nurses this year. they believe they are on pace to either hire or issue offer letters to over 140 nurses by july 1 and this is to help support any staffing shortfalls they currently have. so the members of the board have any additional questions about that, i am happy to address that. >> not inexpensive, but it is what the market commands.

and we have been briefed a about this repeatedly in closed session. and i understand item 6 and is accrued in lieu holidays and the waiving of the 120 hour limit. are there any questions from committee member. supervisor chan. >> thank you, chair peskin. i am not sure if you actually answered this question. earlier this year the board actually approved a contract dollar amount close to almost $85 million for registered nurses that allow us to just on a temporary basis. how is this m.o.u. now that we have come to an agreement impacting that contract? do we know an answer to that? >> supervisor, yeah, i am not aware of any impact this m.o.u. would have on that contract. that is more of a question for the department i think to answer. >> okay. thank you. >> all right. why don't we open items --

anything you want to add? all right. that may be a yes. that looks like a yes. >> supervisors, i guess it goes without saying that we are urging a positive recommendation to the full board and just to let you know, give you a flavor for the bargaining table itself, our registered nurses obviously have been very much front line workers and cover the gambit of issues from street medicine to work in the hospital to working at laguna honda hospital in the behavioral and public health clinics. there's a national shortage of them. we're working diligently with

the department to attract new nurses and help sciu, help the lvns become registered nurses. so there are various strategies and this successor m.o.u. puts emphasis on staffing in kilocations that the union and department of public health are most concerned about. it keeps the wages competitive to do better than some private sector. not quite as good as stanford. we read about that, but in terms of competitive health hospitals, we are competitive and this wage package allows us to stay that way. we appreciate your support. and we'll be at the full board once you pass this out. thank you. >> two separate meetings for the two separate items, but yes, and thank you for giving us that flavor. mr. clerk, why don't we open items six and seven to public comment. >> yes.

members of the public wish to provide public comment on this item and joining us in person should line up to speak alongside of the room by the windows. for those listening remotely, call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2491 326 spt 8157 and pound and pound again. press star 3 and wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted. there is nobody in the room at this time for public comment. and we have one caller on the line for public comment. >> first speaker please. >> once again, david pillpal. i have no issue with item 7 with the nurses m.o.u. and my concern

about item six is the timing with why that was referred to the committee today. and i am sure that somebody smarter than me can explain that to me offline. i appreciate the controller's analysis in the file dated june 1 which explained the m.o.u.s and inexclusiving this citywide amendment. and i also wanted to take a moment to appreciate carol eisen and artis graham and the entire team on their side and union negotiators and representatives and the city controller's office and others who may have been involved in leading these relatively historic negotiations resulting in a large wage increase to address the current labor market to the benefit of

the employees, the city, and its residents. thank you so everyone and thanks for listening. >> see nothing other members of the public on item 6 or 7, public comment is closed. colleagues, if there is no objection, i will make a motion to send with recommendation item number 6, file 220598 to the board of supervisors with recommendation as a committee report for consideration tomorrow, june 14, and make and add to that motion sending file 7 and with recommendation as a committee report to our special board meeting of june 222. on that motion a roll call please. >> yes. just to clarify, on item 7, 2206-696. i just had discussion with the deputy city attorney pearson.

i don't believe that needs to go out as a committee report, but it does go to the exact same date for june 22 -- >> right. because we don't have a meeting on the 21st so it would land on the 22nd. regardless of what is published here which says that i will entertain a motion to refer this as a committee report for consideration on the 22nd, that is not necessary, so i will excise those words and we will send item 6 as a committee record with recommendation for tomorrow. and item 7 we will send with recommendation and will be heard on the 22nd at 10:00 a.m. on that motion, a roll call please. >> yes. on that motion, supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> could you please read item 8? >> thank you, ms. eisen and team. >> charter amendment first draft to amend the charter of the city and county of san francisco to create the homelessness

oversight commission, to oversee the department of homelessness and supportive housing. to be considered at election to be held on november 8, 2022. >> all right. in so far as the primary sponsor of this charter amendment is not here, why don't we start with public comment. >> yes. on this matter, members of the public who wish to speak on this item and are joining us in-person should line up to speak now alongside of the room by the windows. for those listening remotely, call 415-655-0001 and enter 2491 326 8157 and prez pound and pound again. once kekted, please sign up to speak. for those in the queue, that will be the cue to begin. >> we're going to have another maybe three. >> good morning.

my name is jordan davis and my pronouns are she/her and although i support oversight of the troubled h.s.h., i can not support safai's amendment unless we don't have a mayoral majority. mayors newsome, lee, and breed have had their and to continue the same bleep bleep we have had to deep with is offensive. to remove the neighborhood council merchant seat appointed by the mayor is what it is. these people know their ass like a hole in the ground when it comes to the complexity of people's trau mast and know how to tell unhoused neighbors to get the [bleep] out and that the not someone i i want one 1-7 votes being. three v a tendency not appointed by the mayor and preferably by the board. we must prioritized those with lived experience as a permanent supportive housing tenant, i am

angry and [bleep] aggravate supervisor safai just decided to introduce this willy nilly like the kool aid man busting through the walls despite the fact he doesn't represent massive people experiencing homelessness like the tenderloin or the mission. there are so many community advocates that are agreeing with me on all our parts of this. and i just want to say no h.s.h. to paper tigers. i am [bleep] tired of dealing with bull [bleep] and supportive housing and it is gross in will continue unless it is amended. please, listen to tenant. we got a couple here. please, i yield the rest of my time. >> next speaker please. >> i have it.

>> good morning. my name is aaron means and i am the tenant rep at the mission hotel and the founder and executive director of the community partnership program. the community partnership program provides supplemental comprehensive support services for tenants at the mission hotel. the mission hotel is, asm sure you know t largest s.r.o. in california. and as a frontline worker at the mission hotel, i have seen some serious stuff. yeah, i have seen just mind blowing stuff. that points to the challenges of supportive housing.

so i will say to you, to this committee this morning, my constituents who have lost hope, who are isolating in their rooms, because they believe that the city really doesn't care about their living conditions. my constituents who who are kind of just lost in the hallways after the case manager's and the front and the front office staff leaves. they need the very best selection process for the oversight committee. i don't even -- it's interesting, you know i was thinking about this last night and i said, what would be

supportive positions for allowing the mayor to appoint this board? i couldn't think of any. it seems like a no-brainer to me. seems like a no-brainer. >> speaker time has elapsed. >> okay. >> next speaker please. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is liza markowski and today i speak as an independent. one second. i apologize. i have been working on an oversight and accountability resolution that was fist drafted in 2018 with the former mental health board, which is now the behavioral health commission. ski you to consider postponing this charter amendment and any vote until this resolution for oversight and account sblt presented to the board of supervisors by the behavioral health commission. its principles are for the people, by the people and of the people. this resolution was written based on the evidence released in the chronical last month of

the living conditions in a current nonprofit s.r.o.s and low income housing. the evidence produced is an investigation dating back to 2015. it is clear we made oversight and accountability but not dictated by those not suffering, making a profit off of the human dignity and the human rights. please, do not pass this charter amendment. we do not need anymore control from the mayor's office on the living conditions. if that evidence wasn't enough, i can guarantee you that more is coming your way. i yield the rest of my time. thanks for your consideration. >> thank you. are there any other members of the public for item eight in the board chambers? seeing none, are there remote speakers for this item? >> we have eight people on the line and four in line to speak. >> first remote speaker please. >> good morning, supervisors.

i coordinate the san francisco housing committee and i am calling in because like most of the supervisors and member of the public here, i have been deeply concerned with the living conditions and space of many s.o.o.s. we have to change the structure and the charter amendment before you would leave the mayor's office in charge of oversight as it has been for decades by allowing the mayor to appoint a majority of commissioners. the charter amendment also includes a seat for a member of a merchant association or neighborhood association who would have no natural expertise on homelessness. at the same time, there's no seat for a permanent supportive housing tenant on this commission which is surprising given the outcomes of the chronicle article. tenants directly have the best idea where their own living conditions are and should have a voice in setting the budget to accommodate that.

i am calling in on behalf of the san francisco democrats to urge you to oppose this charter amendment and unless the proposed commission is amended to remove the majority of the mayoral appointment and the emergent or neighborhood association member is replaced by a permanent supportive housing tenant apointed by the board of supervisors. we need an h.s.h. commission and the oversight but it has to be done correctly and with lived experience with homelessness. listen to activists like jordan davis who is on hunger strike trying to ensure proper oversight. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good morning, members. i am calling to oppose this legislation unless amended. h.s.h. need oversight. it is a system sorely in need of

help and oversight, but i can't support this measure unless we remove the mayoral majority appointment. that doesn't even make sense. it doesn't make sense for the mayor to appoint people to oversee a department she already has direct oversight over. it's pointless. a pointless measure unless she removes that piece. i would ask that the merchant neighborhood seat be replaced with the permanent supporting housing tenant because the tenant should have more say what goes on in the supportive housing unit than merchant groups who really just talk about trying to -- well, anyway. we need a supportive housing tenant on the board to inform the commission as well. please do not support the legislation unless it is amended. >> thank you. next speaker.

>> -- chair peskin and -- good morning, chair peskin and members of the rules committee. i am mary kate and i am a policy director at family services as well as the co-chair of hespa on the local homeless coordinating board and we support the idea of an oversight commission but only if there is an appointment authority as the other speakers and could be appointed by the controller or health officer. also, we believe that one of the seats should go to a permanent supportive housing tenant and the wording relates to the our city, our home oversight committee should be changed to ensure that the committee can make recommendations to the mayor and the board, not just the commission. commissions we know are not silver bullets and we risk adding another layer of

bureaucracy and part of the process for the process. >> thank you. >> next caller please. >> this is david elliott lewis. i am a member of the tenderloin people's congress, chair of the vision 2020 committee that worked with the planning commission. with the way it is currently structured is deficient. if you're going to do it, let's do it right. i myself have lived 13 of 16 years in permanent supportive housing and graduated from it and no longer do, but i did once live and i can tell you this type of housing which is critical for housing people who have been previously homeless needs oversight, needs

accountability. needs checks and balances. and you've gone halfway there with the legislation, but you're missing critical speess. and including and not having a single representative of somebody who lives in such housing, you have emergency which doesn't make any sense to me and no seats for people who have lived experience of living in housing. plus, as was previously said, since the mayor already controls the h.s.h. system, why would the mayor be given appointments for the seats. it should be the board of supervisors that gives appointments and just through the rules committee. that would be a better system of accountability than what you have designed right now. so if you're going to do this, and i hope you do do it, do it right with the proposed amendments that jordan davis has mentioned, that curtis bradford has mentioned, that others have

mentioned and really smart people who have mentioned with lived experience in this type of housing. again, my name is david elliott lewis, tenderloin people's congress. thank you very much. >> thank you. can we have the next caller. >> hello. i am a san francisco resident of district 8 and i am going to echo a lot of the points that the previous commenters have made. we all read the chronicle article that exposed the deficient conditions of s.r.o.s and other supportive housing. i think it's no surprise we need oversight, but the mayor has that oversight and directly

oversaw the departments and the mayor should not get any of the power. the little half and half to make the balance, that is not where she should have any power at all. in any case, i oppose this legislation and unless amended. at the very minimum, the majority of the appointed seats should not be appointed by the mayor, but ideally none of them should. and are you kidding me with the merchant and neighborhood associate member on the oversight committee? that is just -- they don't know anything about people who live in the permanent supportive housing and experience homelessness. it is just kind of gross to have that seat suggested. again, as with any and all of the commissions, people who have lived experience should be the ones who are dictating how

oversight of these permanent supportive housing should go. that is a no brainer. and so please make these amounts. h.s.h. does need oversight by someone other than the mayor and make the amendments before you go and recommend the legislation. otherwise, i oppose it entirely. thank you so much. >> thank you. next caller. >> good morning. my name is dale seymour. the first thing i want to say is the san francisco chronicle does not run the city. maybe it does, but it shouldn't. we shouldn't base our decision and allow planning on what the chronicle comes out with but i have a lot of friends at the criterion l can, so i am not just ratting them out. the other way the city charter is set up in this city, i am not blaming london breed for oversighting all these organizations unfairly if the

anything, the way the charter said any mayor has complete 100% oversight overall the departments. and whether we come up with someone for the commission or not t mayor's office will have the last say in this department. some years ago i would have been very excited about having an oversight and additional oversight commission coming over h.s.h. and the mayor pick such a remarkable woman and director mcfadden that i have less concern and how they are going well and historically hard it has been. and pushing for the amendment and to supervisor safai's that whatever we deal with is better than all if we are going to do it.

just understand that the way the city is set up, the mayor will still be able to run and oversight and make the final decision and anything we do. thank you. have a great day. >> thank you. next caller. >> david pilpal again. on this issue, i think the solution to every city issue is not necessarily to create a new board or commission even when doing so makes sense. there is no single appropriate model structure. each body should be structured individually and intentionally. if there is a new commission to be created here and i am not yet convinced, but my mind is open. some would argue my mind is very open and there is not much in there, but anyway, i am not yet convinced. i agree the appointments should be different and one or two general public seats and not the merchant or neighborhood

organization representative, not just those with experience or expertise in being unhoused or in the industry. possibly a 3, 3, and 1 structure or a three by the mayor and one by the controller or health officer. who was suggested that, that was an interested idea. i am intrigued by that. maybe make this more like the housing authority commission for better and worse. i think more studies needed here and this may or may not be ready to go this year. i am very interested in hearing from the sponsors about their intentions since supervisor safai was not in chamber at the beginning of the hearing. finally, i am not clear how this would work with the behested payment and perhaps discussion of this assuming it survives

today's hearing would be helpful. thanks for listening. >> thank you. that was our last caller for public comment. >> okay. public comment on item 8 is closed and we are joined by supervisor safai who is the primary sponsor of this charter amendment. supervisor safai t floor is yours. >> thank you, chair peskin. thank you, colleagues. thank you to all the individuals that came in person and called in over the phone. this is something that people have been talking about and thinking about for some piem t creation of -- for some time t creation of a charter for this department. this is one of the largest if not the largest city department and this upcoming fiscal year. it will have almost a (70) 000-0000 budget and this is without an oversight chartered commission. for me the motivating factor is

truly transparency, oversight and accountability. and this is not a dig at the department or the leadership. i think they work tremendously hard. i think they do everything they can to deliver a difficult service. but this is truly about bringing this department in line with the oversight accountability that we have in other departments as vice chair of the budget committee, often times we will find out about items that will be coming in front of us. the friday before the wednesday meeting. and that is a significant disadvantage to be asked to review contracts, asked to weigh in on a significant policy decision at the last moment when we are talking about one of the most vexing problems that has faced san francisco for decades. so for me, as someone who has

spent almost half of his career on the streets in the tenderloin, at the housing authority w the janitor's union, dealing with many people in affordable housing, permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, supportive housing, this is an extremely, extremely important step i think our city is making. to answer the question about accountability first and foremost, this is an executive strong city. if people don't like the fact this is an executive strong city, they can go to the charter and can confront that head on. but ultimately the department of homelessness and supportive housing is an executive appointed and executive run department. and the buck needs to stop with someone. there needs to be someone that is first and foremost held accountability. the board of supervisors, all of my colleagues and i, field a tremendous number of calls.

there is a tremendous amount of dissatisfaction in the city as this issue is dealt with and confronted with. and yes, we are, too, held accountability. i think supervisor and chair peskin said it best when we started this conversation. as the former myself as a former chair of the rules committee, when we have major committee positions, they are subject to board confirmation, i think about 99% of the time we get it right. if there is a proposed person to come into one of the seats of the mayor position, the board does its job and holds the mayor's office and that person accountability and there's been times when we have had to reject the mayor's proposals. with mayoral confirmation at the board and the board having a

strong number of seats, this strikes the right balance. first and foremost t mayor is the one that will be held accountability and should be held accountability. and the board of supervisors is a backup and a secondary role. our ability to affirm the mayor positions gives us that additional power of oversight and check and balance. we will be proposing some amendments today. we have gotten feedback. because we are making the amendments today, i wanted the public to know this item will be continued as required because it is a charter amendment. and we will have an opportunity to continue the conversation. folks will have an opportunity to weigh in further. and as i said earlier, this is a department with almost a $700 million budget. and yet there is no public hearing or commission approval for its work. i think that is something that has to change.

some contracts but not all come to the board for approval, and there is no requirement that this is is audited on a continual basis. that is another change in this charter amendment and something that we are working on and we think needs improvement. if it is okay with you, mr. chair, i can go through the amendments that i am proposing today that have been distributed to the committee. and so i'll start on page 2 of lines 10 through 19. the city attorney proposes and we accepted technical amendments that describe the appointment process. on page two, the line 24 through page three, line two, we would require that one of the mayoral appointments have f have experience with budget finance and auditing. and we received a lot of concerns about someone who would have that fiscal background.

it doesn't change the requirements but says one of the persons on top of the initial requirements would also have some experience in budgeting and finance. on page four, line one, we correct a grammatical error. and i no mr. pillpal will appreciate that. on page five, line six, at the request of the our city, our home oversight committee, we took their request and because they currently have the responsibility to advise the mayor and the board, we will keep that that will be both an advisory role for the mayor and the board along with the new commission. the thing that i think we will have to work out and i think we can work out administratively is that the processes for the department doing its budget and when our city our home is having its timeline, those need to come unline. and the work is happening on the

same time line to kind of facilitate the work of the department and facilitate the work of our city, our home. we can have further conversations about that. on page 7, line 7, we specify that the controller can audit homeless services as part of the city auditor's homeless possibility. this will be the first time that they would have the ability as part of the city auditor's responsibility to have additional responsibility to do this work on homeless services. so we'll have an opportunity to discuss all of these policies, issues at the future meetings so in the interest of time, i am happy to and that back over to the chair and request the committee adopt the proposed amendments today. >> thank you, commissioner safai. i am happy to development the amendments. i appreciate the fact that you introduced the amendments early before the deluge come to the

remaining committee later this month. and it doesn't put us under pressure to have a longer term, conceptual charter conversation. and to that end, i wanted to just kind of highlight a number of thoughts. [please stand by]

>> in the context what we are hearing concerns about relative to the majority. i say that noting that during just the course of this hearing we have received communications by e-mail from the anti-displacement coalition with concerns about the majority commissions. the next item also and i don't have a preconceived conclusion about it is the question as to whether these commissioners both board and mayoral appointed should sheriff at the pleasure as is currently in the draft or

term appointments only to be removed for cause. i think there are arguments pro and confor both models and they exist in different commission structures. as i spoke with you about this morning, supervisor safai, in looking at page 4 and the charter requirement that no later than may 1, 2023 the board would enact by ordinance certain things as it relates to local homeless coordinating board and the shelter monitoring committee and by adding in paddition to instead of in lou of. i not that the structures of both homeless coordinating board

which we are required to have pursuant to federal law is a evenly split body with four appointees, four board of supervisors appointees anti breaker, if you will, appointment by controller. shelter monitoring committee is entirely board appointed. i understand the need for or desire for one stop shopping. i think supervisor mandelman expressed that in the past and consolidated all of these various governmental bodies under one body. i understand the appeal of that. i also, as i voiced to you this morning, worry about, particularly, the independence of the sheltering monitoring committee. unlikely i can see a scenario

where in a majority mayoral appointed commission appointed a shelter monitoring committee that was -- how shall i say it. i am not pointing at this particular mayor, that was less inclined to discharge the sheltering monitoring that they were to do with the staff at department of public health. i would hate to have them be told hear, see, report no evil. i am inclined to remove sheltering monitoring appointment process from the charter amendment if it were to stay with the mayoral commission that appointed this committee. those are my high level thoughts after doing what i always do

before these come to us which is to sit down and read it and think about it, which is what i did this weekend. i will leave those out as food for thought. amendments you have brought seem acceptable. with that i will turn it over to supervisors chanand mandelman. >> supervisor chan: thank you, chair peskin. i am ready to support the amendment supproposed. i appreciate supervisor safai's leadership. i agree the department of homelessness and supportive housing should really have an oversight commission. i do and i want to say this is not just particularly this homeless oversight commission. last december i introduced a charter amendment for split appointment for the charter commission to come through and

evaluate appointments best practices in which case. we did not move forward for many reasons including the one that i proposed as charter amendment for split appointment holds the mayor appointees at the majority. in what i have learned is that there is another model that exists that would the board majority, our oversights commission or a split appointment between the mayor and the board of supervisors and then having a controller as tiebreaker. so to speak on public works and sanitary streets commission. in those now then we have three -- more than three appointment models. what i look forward to is some

consistency and streamlined process for appointments. it is the reason i have reservation about currently the way that is split. i do actually as i look and observe and track all of these appointments and commission bodies and makeup of them, i am leaning toward seeing a split evenly between the mayor and board of supervisors with an expert in the city government or someone like the controller to be a tiebreaker. it is a good model and good model that is fair in the way thatral -- truly provides oversight to any city department. that is where i am at. there are thoughts like term limits. do we impose term limits on the

charter commission? also consistency which is part of your amendment for the mayoral appointments to subject to a public hearing and vote by the board of supervisors within 60 days. that is consistent to what i would like to see for all mayoral appointments as well. 60 days is fair. especially including possibility these can be made during legislative recess to give us time to be able to evaluate and review the appointees resumes and 700 forms that is where i am at. i want to thank supervisor safai for your leadership. i look forward to more conversation. thank you. >> supervisor peskin: supervisor mandelman. >> thank you, mr. chair. since we are sort of broadening out to have a larger

conversation about balance of powers and how to think about that in san francisco. i am not sure the right answer. as i look at san francisco city government and where i feel we are not delivering, i do not see an over executive governing too much in the city. sometimes i feel like i don't see enough execution or administration that is partly built into our system which is unique. i don't think there are that familiar california municipalities or counties to prioritize separation of powers to get at public good. generally, the legislative body that executes. we don't have the necessarily

the friction that you want. i think friction if everybody is march anything the same direction, there is potential problems of corruption or bad decision making or whatever. we have had corruption in san francisco. we will have some corruption in san francisco. the failure to our public, particularly around things like homelessness, in my view, is not that the mayor has too much power, i don't think. when i think about the ways in which we have failed residents of our nonprofit operated sros, there are policy and budget choices underlying those failures that i do not know would be fixed by the sharing of more authority with the board of

supervisors. i believe that there are benefits to commissions. i think that having a forum where all folks in the public from tenants of public housing to neighbors upset about the city's failures around street conditions to nonprofit executive directors who aren't seeing the city acting in a way that makes sense have the ability to come and plead their case. one could say that to the san francisco board of supervisors we are not functioning in that way to be that place where everybody pleads their case. what we do have are a plethora of bodies that people think might be the homelessness commission, but don't in fact represent all of the interests that have a stake in homeless policy. don't have that much formal authority but do have the

ability all of them to command the time and attention and resources of staff who try to address their particular needs. i don't think the homelessness commission is the solution to the problems identified in the excellent chronicle coverage of failures in sro housing. i do think the commission could be useful as that place where everybody gets to come and plead their case and all folk with an interest get city staff to explain what they are doing and why it makes sense. my concerns, one, i don't want that body to make the implementation and execution of government around homelessness more slow in the city nor do i want there to be an additional

administrative burden on the department. someone referred to it as a troubled department. it is a six-year-old department not adequately resourced trying to figure out what to do with multiple decision-makers pointing in different directions. supervisor mandelman saying you need to shelter to other folks saying you need to house everybody to the other demands on them. i don't want to see this commission become another body that hsh staff have to answer to. i support supervisor safai's work on this. he has come up with a commission that makes sense. i am concerned about the direction the conversation is going. i do not support all supervisor safai's amendments. in particular, i do not support

the in addition languages on pages 1 and 5. one of the chief benefits of the commission is in having one ultimate body other than us responsible for being the forum around homeless policy conversations. adding on another body to the several that we already have is not good from an administrative perspective from staff time management perspective. when it comes to and i will ask the chair to allow me to vote separately on that particular amendment. in terms of things to make it harder or not have a mayorral majority. i think it should be two thirds vote to reject mayor's choices i am okay with supervisor safai's

comments. they function as additional almost staff level function. the problem we are solving with the shelter monitoring committee is more robust staffing on the city side could address and putting in -- i don't necessarily know that is the place where we need to have an ombudsman not responsive to the mayor to challenge what the executive is doings. it seems like the executive in the department of public health the branch is trying to make those shelters better. those are my preliminary thoughts. >> supervisor safai: thank you all for your thoughtful constructive criticism. it is six years since creation

of this department. usually when people turn six they graduate from kindergarten and go to first grade and are ready to start big time schooling. i think the department of homeless supportive housing is graduating from kindergarten and going to get a commission. this is long overdue. i think that it is also the department that ramped up over time. started smaller, spent time console dating other departments. supervisor peskin longest-serving member on the board that i have learned tremendously from. one of the things he overemphasized if he is the supervisor emeritus on the board is checks and balances. the executive. everyone understands the play or proposes the budget and control

the direction of the city through the allocation of funding. it is our job at the board of supervisors to have that policy discussion and shape the direction of that. we tinker around the edges ultimately. we are helping with the policy. we do provide that check. we took language to respond to some of the comments today, we took the language 60 day approval from other commissions. i think that strikes the right balance. i think that there should be a time limit where we can respond but not too short in case we are on recess that we are not able to responds to something. that is to be. supervisor, there is once or twice i sept a letter and requested someone to have a firm conversation around be. at the pleasure versus term

appointments. i am open to that conversation. once people get on commissions they don't want to leave. that is the nature of having the authority and say. one of the reasons we have term limits in society. it works well. i am definitely open to that. this is not going to be the final round of amendments that i propose. definitely open to that conversation. to be clear on the two other homeless coordinating committee and shelter monitoring committee. i see the point supervisor peskin is trying to make. i agree regarding the shelter monitoring committee. i don't want there to be additional advising other than what was already approved by the voters. our city our home was put in front of the voters in a clear way. it is something they have been doing. i am happy to balance that.

they can continue to advice board and mayor. they will primarily advise the new charter commission and work in coordination. if the shelter and monitoring committee were appointed the way it is as you talked about, chair peskin. i think it would need to advise the commission. the advicing portion is what is important there. same with local homeless coordinating committee. they can addvise the commission. keep that conversation going. also, since we are calling the balls and strikes this morning. the executive branch did not want this commission. rendition was the first proposed by supervisor haney.

mayor's office asked as was reported in the chronicle story. they asked this body not to support the commission. they wanted to ability, time and flexibility to continue to advise this department. we gave them that time. as i said, i think it is important that now we have made the decision as this body and i feel strongly about it that the board is leading this conversation. that is why i put this forward. i felt it was important that we create this commission and do it in what we felt was the best policy for the city and this department. the mayor's office has given feedback. we appreciate the department of homeless and supportive housing has given input as have the people that have spoken today. we will get to the right point. i feel strongly about mayoral

majority that is important based on a lot of arguments about the budget, direction where accountability stops. i agree with supervisor mandelman. i do not want to propose something that would slow things down further and dilute that. shelter monitoring i am happy to entertain the appointment by board. i would want advising to the commission. that is a fair compromise. 60 day approval is good balance. open to term appointments. that is something that could definitely make sense. let's talk further about that. the local homeless coordinating board has certain requirements from the federal level. i don't know that is as important. we could change and go with the

commission there. supervisor chan, you brought up 60 day approval and talked about appointments and term limits. i think i have addressed most of your concerns, supervisor mandelman. i would say on your point you want to pull out and vote separately on. the voters of san francisco put that forward to us. we put that in that ballot measure. we are following the will of the voters of san francisco there. that is why i am happy to entertain the joint advising role. >> a couple things before i call supervisor mandelman. if we are just talking about -- thank you for the comments supervisor safai. i appreciate the discussion and the fact we can continue having it for a little while.

as relates to replacing the in lieu within addition to language i am happy to vote separately. it is kind of a difference to my mind that changing it to the in addition to language. i don't think it is a big deal. reality. anybody can give advice to anybody. it is stating the obvious. there are many places that this supervisor gets advice not set forth in the charter and not illegal to get that advice i have unlimited power of inquiry as matter of law. i am happy to call on supervisor mandelman. it might be good for the panel and public and deliberation to hear from the agency itself. we have ms. snider and ms. co-en here.

madam deputy directors feel free to come up and add your two cents or more. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity. emily cohen deputy director department of homelessness and supportive house less. the homeless oversight commission, this is important discussion to have. i think one of the -- there are many benefits to the oversight commission. as supervisor mandelman said incredible benefit to streamline the oversight that exists. right now hsh without of commission reporting to multiple appointed bodies with some level of advisory role to the department. it is cumbersome and doesn't give the public the transparency

they want and need. i think it is critical that this commission roll up as many of those advisory functions as possible including our city our home in terms of that reporting structure. local homeless coordinating board. we have work to do, trailing legislation to rethink that body should we have a commission to reflect the federal requirement of the continuum of care of the body rather than the current makeup. we have a lot of work to do on the back end if it becomes a coc board to advise the commission. shelter monitoring, shelter grievance advisory not included in the charter amendment would having those feed up to i think the appointed structure aside. ensuring that the functioning through the commission so the

public has one place to go, department has one place to bring proposals. and the work we do is incredibly important. i do think the department takes issue with some of the seats as they are currently drafted in that we call out certain subpopulations of people experiencing homelessness and not others. given the changes in the homeless population the recommendation is to keep those broad representing the needs of people experiencing homelessness, providers but not calling out specific subpopulations. additionally, i think it is important and one challenge we faced with the lh cb and our city our home and this is covered in state laws. we might not need to a the charter amendment to ensure this. it is important that no members of the commission have financial

conflicts with the department. right now on the local board and on the our city our home oversight committee. people representing nonprofit organizations have to reaccuses themselves on votes. that leads to quorum issues and challenges where you are overly engaged in the discussion about funding mechanism or priority. you might not vote on it. your organization could be on the receiving end of those contracts. i believe the state law covers that. staff is telling me. extra caution in that area is important. those are some of our primary thoughts. i am happy to answer any specific questions. >> chair preston: thank you for those thoughts.

-- >> supervisor peskin: as chair of the rules committee there are difficulty in filling certain seats that by prescription were too narrow and broader is better for future boards and mayors relative to appointments. supervisor safai he you might want to take that under consideration. i will add -- >> that was one thing i didn't speak about. no one brought that up. i want to address that. in terms of the specified. this was written the first rendition by supervisor main ne. we looked at -- haney. we looked at the details. major change adding someone from

neighborhood association business committee input for someone having the lived experience on every day interactions. that is an important part who we hear from daily. it is one out of the seven seats. adding a layer of fiscal and budget responsibility. it makes stronger, doesn't dilute. in terms of the board seats. we have heard feedback. seat five and six from supportive housing could fit in there. if you look at the makeup who served within the universe of housing. 87% are single adults. we wanted to specifically and this was written in there. we feel strongly about keeping seat 7.

homeless family and children because they are so often overshadowed in conversation of delivery of homeless services. we thought it was important to call that one sab category out. in terms of us living in transitional housing, shelter, permanent supportive, tenant, previously lived that is all in seat five and six. it will be our job as board of supervisors to appoint someone into that category. just wanted everyone to understand the thinking behind seat 7 and why we specifically chose the family and/or children or homeless youth because they are such a smaller percentage but an often secondary in the delivery and conversation of services. i wanted to really highlight that in particular. we could see those three seats

then being occupied or taken up with people in the other categories. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor safai. i will also add that the ordinances as relates to shelter monitoring and coordinating board are things this board can change at any time regardless of the charter admonition. to the extent, for instance, that as supervisor mandelman said that the shelter monitoring committee staffed not by hsh but by department of public health would benefit from more robust staffing. that might change the thinking about shelter monitoring committee. that is within the purview of board as ordinance. don't know that it needs called out. there is a provision in the charter amendment that causes

subsections a through j and 4.133 to be removed from the charter a year later. we have the band width to adjust the shelter monitoring committee accordingly p.it is okay with supervisor safai i would add as friendly amendment if acceptable to supervisor safai. the notion to strike at page 4 of your amended legislation subsection h2 admonition for amendment of shelter monitoring committee which we can do. i strike those five lines in subsection two if it is acceptable to the offer. >> supervisor safai: that is lines 14? >> supervisor peskin: to the

original version included in the measure page 4 lines 9-13. amends article 12 of chapter 20 to provide commission shall appoint members of the shelter monitoring committee and shall advice the commission in lieu. they shall not preclude the city by amending said article 12 in a man nor not inconsistent. >> it is about the local? >> supervisor peskin: yes and i agree with the motion the shelter monitoring committee should advice up to this commission should it come to pass. i don't think that needs to be in the charter. we can just fix that without put anything the charter amendment. i am fine with that. we can do that the day after the

charter amendment passed or like our cases we can pass now and have it become effective when the charter amendment passes. >> you are talking about the appointment aspect, right? >> supervisor peskin: correct. >> it says shall advice the commission. >> i was just speaking to that. >> we can do that by ordinance without the charter. we don't need it in the charter to say thousand shall do your job. if we all say we shall say they shall advice the new commission. we don't need it in the charter. >> i understand and see that as a friendly amendment. i am fine. >> with that, supervisor mandelman. >> the board could do something

sensible in the future doesn't mean we will. adding bureaucracy we do not. i will go against the amendment. >> the amendment as a whole? >> supervisor peskin: okay. why don't we move rather than in pieces move supervisor safai's amendments that he brought to committee today on that motion. roll call, please. >> on the motion to amend. >> supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> no. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> motion passes. with supervisor mandelman dissenting in commissionty.

>> article 12 of chapter 20. everything i say i generally get done. leave that discussion for when we hear this next. madam city attorney you have something to say. >> yes, city attorney ann pearson. if you remove the language regarding shelter monitoring committee i need conforming edits later in the ordinance. >> supervisor peskin: i won't do that today. we can take that offline in the intervening time. supervisor safai you were going to say what? >> supervisor safai: i was going to say i would strike almost all of it. i know you said later. we could maybe meet halfway and say amends article 12 of chapter 20 of the administrative code that the shelter monitoring

committee shall advice then strike all the other language. >> supervisor peskin: madam city attorney i know you hate us amending charters on the fly what i believe supervisor safai if you are comfortable. charters are charters you have got to be precise and careful. eliminate at line 10 that the commission shall appoint all members of the shelter monitoring committee and that so that it would say to provide shelter monitoring committee shall advice the commission in lieu of the local homeless coordinating board. >> i appreciate you understand our reluctance to making charter amendments on the fly. we can do this one. it is straightforward. >> supervisor peskin: second motion that the an for mentioned words at line 10 it would be to

remove line 10. do i have that right, ms. pearson? >> i am not sure i am looking at the exact same print beout. i don't have that printout in front of me. >> supervisor peskin: sub h (2). amends article 12 chapter 20 of administrative code to provide. first line. i suggest the second line at line 10 be stricken in entirety to provide shall advice the commission in lieu of lh cb. >> it doesn't appear online 10. i understand. >> supervisor peskin: i make that motion to remove those words which i think i have stated quite clearly on that motion, mr. clerk, a roll call, please.

>> clerk: motion to further amend the charter amendment. supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> no. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes with supervisor mandelman dissenting in commissionty. >> supervisor peskin: given we don't have a meeting next monday. may have some specials and things up in the air but i am committed to hearing this again as quickly as possible. i will make a motion to continue the item as twice amended to the call of the chair. >> clerk: on the motion to continue as amended to the call of the chair. supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> supervisor peskin: we are adjourned.

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a blessing. thank god. we stayed open the whole time. >> we were kind of nervous and anxious to see what was going to come next hoping we will not have to close down. >> during covid we would go outside and look on both sides of the street. it looked like old western town. nobody on the street. no cars. >> it was a hard eight or nine months. when they opened up half the people couldn't afford a haircut. >> during that time we kept saying the coffee shop was the living room of the valley. people would come to make sure they were okay. >> we checked on each other and patronized each other. i would get a cup of coffee, shirt, they would get a haircut. >> this is a generous and kind community. people would be like i am getting the toffee for the guy

behind me and some days it went on and on. it was amazing to watch. we saw a perfect picture of community. we are all in this together. >> since we began to reopen one year later, we will emerge stronger. we will emerge better as a city because we are still here and we stand in solidarity with one another. >> when we opened up august 1st. i will not say it was all good. we are still struggling due to covid. it affected a lot of people. >> we are still in the pandemic right now. things are opening up a little bit. it is great to have space to come together. i did a three painting series of visitation valley and the businesses on leland. it felt good to drop off the paintings and hung them.

>> my business is picking up. the city is opening up. we have mask requirements. i check temperatures. i ask for vaccination card and/or recent test. the older folks they want to feel safe here. >> i feel like there is a sense of unity happening. >> what got us through the pandemic was our customers. their dogs needed groomed, we have to cut their nails so they don't over grow. >> this is only going to push us forward. i sense a spirit of community and just belief in one another. >> we are trying to see if we can help all small businesses around here. there is a cannabis club lounge next to the dog parlor to bring foot traffic. my business is not going to work if the business across the street is not getting help. >> in hit us hard. i see a bright future to get the

storefronts full. >> once people come here i think they really like it. >> if you are from san francisco visit visitation valley to see how this side of the city is the same but different.

>> we have private and public gardens throughout the garden tour. all of the gardens are volunteers. the only requirement is you're willing to show your garden for a day. so we have gardens that vary from all stages of development and all gardens, family gardens, private gardens, some of them as small as postage stamps and others pretty expansive. it's a variety -- all of the world is represented in our gardens here in the portola.

>> i have been coming to the portola garden tour for the past seven or eight years ever since i learned about it because it is the most important event of the neighborhood, and the reason it is so important is because it links this neighborhood back to its history. in the early 1800s the portola was farmland. the region's flowers were grown in this neighborhood. if you wanted flowers anywhere future bay area, you would come to this area to get them. in the past decade, the area has tried to reclaim its roots as the garden district. one of the ways it has done that is through the portola garden tour, where neighbors open their gardens open their gardens to

people of san francisco so they can share that history. >> when i started meeting with the neighbors and seeing their gardens, i came up with this idea that it would be a great idea to fundraise. we started doing this as a fund-raiser. since we established it, we awarded 23 scholarships and six work projects for the students. >> the scholarship programs that we have developed in association with the portola is just a win-win-win situation all around. >> the scholarship program is important because it helps people to be able to tin in their situation and afford to take classes. >> i was not sure how i would stay in san francisco. it is so expensive here. i prayed so i would receive enough so i could stay in san

francisco and finish my school, which is fantastic, because i don't know where else i would have gone to finish. >> the scholarships make the difference between students being able to stay here in the city and take classes and having to go somewhere else. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> you come into someone's home and it's they're private and personal space. it's all about them and really their garden and in the city and urban environment, the garden is the extension of their indoor environment, their outdoor living room. >> why are you here at this garden core? it's amazing and i volunteer here every year. this is fantastic. it's a beautiful day. you walk around and look at gardens. you meet people that love gardens. it's fantastic. >> the portola garden tour is

the last saturday in september every year. mark your calendars every year. you can see us on the website

>> you know i've always wanted to do this job that drives my parents crazy we want to help people i wasn't i did not think twice about that. >> i currently work as cadet inform the san francisco sheriff's department i've been surprised 0 work within criminal justice system field i had an opportunity to grow within that career path. >> as i got into the department and through the years of problems and everything else that means a lot i can represent women and in order to make that change how people view us as a very important part of the vice president you have topanga you

have to the first foot chase through the fight are you cable of getting that person whether large or small into captivity that is the test at times. >> as an agent worked undercover and prevent external and internal loss to the company it was basically like detective work but through the company from that experience and the people that i worked around law enforcement that gave me an action when i came to be a cadet i saw i was exploded to more people and the security he was able to build on that. >> unfortunately, we have a lot of women retire to recruiting right now is critical for us we gotten too low faster the percentage of women in the department and us connecting

with the community trying to get people to realize this job is definitely for them our community relations group is out attempt all the time. >> in other words, to grow in the fields he capitalized any education and got my bachelors degree so i can current work at city hall i provide security for the front of the building and people are entering entering but within any security or control within the building and checking personal bags is having a awareness of the surrounded. >> there is so month people the brunet of breaking into this career that was every for easier for me had an on the with an before he cleared the path for laugh us. >> my people he actually looking at lucid up to poem like

he joe and kim and merit made they're on the streets working redondo hard their cable of doing this job and textbook took the time to bring us along. >> women have going after their goals and departments line the san francisco sheriff's department provide a lot of training tools and inspiring you to go into the department. >> they gave me any work ethics she spider me to do whatever he wanted to do and work hard at the intersection. >> if you're going to make change you have to be part of change and becoming law enforcement i wanted to show women could do this job it is hard not easy. >> finds something our compassion about and follow roll

models and the gets the necessary skeletals to get to that goal with education and sprirmz whatever gets you there. >> if this is what you want to do dream big and actually do what you desire to do and you can go vertebrae far it is a fast job i wouldn't do anything else. >> ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ welcome to the bridge to excellence scholarship awards ceremony. please, give it up. what a beautiful day we've been blessed with. it's warm.

it's sunny. and we're going to give out some amazing awards to some tremendously talented and perseverance students. the bridge to excellence scholarship is awarded to seniors who are highly dedicated to their academic success. the award is giving to students so they can overcome the financial barriers that come along with attending a four-year university. and so today, i would like to introduce mayor breed. i would just like to say a couple words about mayor breed. she was born and raised in plaza east public housing by her grandmother. fast forward to 2018, she was elected to be the first african american woman to serve as

mayor of san francisco. in 2019, she was re-elected and her and her administration have worked very hard and tirelessly to focus on some of the most crucial issues in san francisco including homelessness, public housing, workforce development, and, of course, covid-19 recovery. we all remember 2020 and we want to thank mayor london breed for taking a leadership role in recovery. the vaccination point was very scary times. but she set up many vaccination sites all around the city. and, today, over 89% of eligible residents are

vaccinated, so let's give it up for that. not only did she help the public health, but she also helped the businesses, the small businesses recover. she gave over $65 million in grants and loans to 3,000 small businesses around san francisco. since 2020, she's been working on a homeless recovery act where over 6,000 units are being created as we speak to help house unhoused individuals. i can go on and on about mayor breed. she was the executive director of the african american art and

culture complex for over seven years and it just goes to show how much effort and how much she cares about the youth in san francisco and that's why she created this scholarship in 2019 to help youth overcome the hardships and barriers that come along with attending college. these students have maintained a very high gpa. they have overcome some of the toughest situations of being a young person in san francisco and these students have been dedicated to going to a four-year university and being one of the first people in their family to go to university. so let's give it up for them. once again, i would like to introduce one of my personal

heroes, mayor london breed. all right. how are you doing? >> good morning. come on. the first thing i'm going to say is obviously i'm not mayor london breed. so we got that out the way. my name is murell green. my name is dr. murell green. i am the newly appointed board of trustee for city college of san francisco by mayor london breed. and she asked me to come here this morning, today to express a couple words to the scholarship recipients. first of all, i'd like everybody to clap for our scholarship recipients and i think you can do a little better than that. please. there you go.

secondly, it wasn't too long ago, well, actually it was that i was sitting in your place. a product of the san francisco unified school district, george washington high school off going to clark atlanta university and received a scholarship from various organizations. now, let me tell you what that did for me. if it wasn't for those scholarships, i would have been able to afford to go to the college of my choice. someone somewhere believed in me. and, so this is what i did while i was in college. so this is the first lesson for the recipients. college is a time where you're going to have options some good, some bad. you're going to have to make decisions. whatever you do, remember who

was that invested in me to get here and i have to make them proud. i have to follow through with what was delivered to me. as you think about the scholarships, it's more than money. it's a privilege. and i want you guys to take advantage of that privilege as you go on to your universities. i've looked over the list of outstanding universities. we have the cal state university system. university of california system. one of my favorites historically black colleges and universities. but, congratulations to all of you. but remember there's somebody somewhere that's invested in you whether you know them or whether you don't know them. none of you know me. i'm invested in your future. there are people here today that are invested in your future and there are people who are not here that are invested in your future. so go forth, do well. we are so proud of you. thank you.

[applause] and, with that, i will introduce the mayor of the city and county of san francisco, the honorable mayor london breed. [applause] >> i'm so -- testing, one. two. i'm so really excited to be here with all of you today. i know it's been a long journey to get here and i want to thank murell for joining us and murell and i are still friends despite the fact i want to gal and he went to wash. are those rivalries still going on? kind of. a lost generation back in the day. anyway, i am really excited to be here because i started this program when i first became mayor. and i started it along with

opportunities for all where young people can access to a paid internship and also folks who are first in their families to go to college can have access to a scholarship. and i've got to tell you, you know, i'm the mayor here of san francisco today because i had people who believed in me because i had support and even though i had a lot of challenges growing up, i'm here. and i was able to attend college. and so when i started this scholarship fund, i wanted it to be something that really focused on kids who kind of grew up through similar challenges like i did. because i will tell you that people who i grew up with, are they didn't in some cases make it. sadly, they've ended up on drugs. they've ended up in jail. they've ended up dead.

and, i remember going to more funerals as a teenager than i can even count and thinking to myself what can change? what can we do to make a difference? and i remember being in college and getting the phone calls of people that i loved and i care about who we had lost. there was a lot of pain and a lot of suffering to the point where i felt like i wanted to give up. i didn't always have all the financial resources i needed. my grandmother who raised me in public housing, she didn't have the money to help. she did what she could. every now and then she'll send me a card in the mail with $20 and say stay focused and do good and $20 was a lot. and, what i am so excited about today is with my story knowing that regardless of my circumstances that i could be here with you all today and be

in a position as mayor and to tell you directly if someone like me can grow up in the most challenging of circumstances, then you all can grow up in the most challenging of circumstances and you can still overcome that and you can still succeed in life. and, i don't want you to tell anyone -- i don't want anyone to tell you what you can't do because the fact that you were able to maintain a high grade point average. the fact that you were able to graduate from high school. the fact that you were able to focus on applying to major universities in this country. and the fact that all of you, each and every one of you has a story that probably most people wouldn't even believe that you've gone through these

extraordinary obstacles to be here today. and so i wanted you to know how important you are. how hard it was to make a decision to receive this scholarship. more importantly, this is really about making sure that money is not a barrier to your success. and that's what it means to make sure that we provide scholarships, that we provide resources, that we provide support. and, today, i have a special surprise. yes, you're still getting your scholarships, but you're also getting something real special because i also think what you see is what you know you can be. the reason why i brought all these special people here today is because i want you to see yourself in them. i want you to know that there are people who have experienced the same challenges you have experienced and have become successful in life. so today i have a very special

guest. this person grew up in san francisco just like all of you. he graduated from lowell high school. he participated in various programs including project level where he received a stipend because of the opportunities for all the programses. all these great things and he went on to be this multi-platinum artist with 1.6 million, you know that stuff on spotify, streams. thank you. ya'll know i'm old. but here's the special thing about him, he continues to give back to the community. and so ladies and gentlemen, i want to platinum recording

artist 24k golden. where's the walk-up song? ♪ oh, baby you you got what i need, but you say i'm just a friend ♪♪ ♪ oh, baby you, you got what i need ♪♪ >> so let me just say, i wanted to invite him here because not only did he participate in some wonderful programs in san francisco, he's really a star. he's performed on the grammy's. he performeded here at what was that concert here? yeah. outside land in front of

thousands of people, but he's not just a talented singer and recording artist. he worked so hard to perfect his craft. ment he worked so hard to do everything it is that he's doing and because of his hard work, he's a success and he's right here from the city and county of san francisco. so you should be proud. so i wanted to do something special and i asked him to come talk to all of you and he said yes without hesitation. he gets paid a lot of money to show up. so when we asked him to come and talk to all of you about his experiences he said without hesitation, yes. but i wanted to do something special for him because he's been doing a number of things. he has not forgotten where he came from. when he had an opportunity to give to any charity he wanted, someone else's money, he chose project level and i see big

rich in the back. thank you for having here. big rich works with project level who works with young people through a number of things, not just using their talents, but their skills and choreography and graphic arts and all these things that you all do and he chose this organization to not only give back, but he continues to be actively engaged in the community in some capacity. he knows that it's meaningful to ensure that regardless of your success and how successful you become in life, it's so important that you give back and you provide opportunities to other people. so he's here to talk to you today, but before he does, i wanted to do something special to welcome him back home with all of his success to give him something that i hope would be beneficial, something he can be privileged and honor to carry around the world. today on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, we're going to officially declare it

24k golden day in san francisco. >> thank you so much. oh, my god. yo, can ya'll hear me all right? i'm a little more familiar with this one. first of all, thank you so much, mayor breed. i didn't know that this was going to be happening coming in today. this is a huge surprise and i just want to say that this city made me who i am today. you know, it wasn't so long that i was in all your guys' position right there applying for college, trying to get scholarships and i know how crazy it is to grow up in this city, how beautiful it is, how special it is to all of us and even though you've put in a lot of work in the last 12, 13 years in the public school system, that's just the

beginning. what ya'll are about to do now, that's the real beginning of your story. that's the real first step. so wherever you're going next whether it's college, university, community college, just make sure that next step is a stride and sorry to my mom because she probably wanted to be here to see this happen but i forgot to tell her. so my bad. congratulations to all the talented scholars for your excellence that you demonstrated. >> let's make some noise for 24k golden. 24k golden day. right on, bro. so i'd like to just say that this is a very special moment for our young people right now. and i just want to say give

yourself a round of applause once again, please. i'll be mcing and i'll be awarding, not awarding, but i will be telling the young folks to come up here. but before we do all that, are i'd like to introduce a special guest. mike hill gregory. someone who i think is just an amazing person. i just have a few remarks to say about mikel. i've known him since i think he was a freshman in high school and he's always been such a hard worker, great leader and just a dedicated and motivated individual. i'm very praud of him. he went to u.s.f. getting his b.a. in communications, kept it going. he got his miner in african american studies and was on the

pre-med track to go to columbia. he's getting his medical degree at columbia university. he's striving to help folks that are not usually comfortable going to the medical office or comfortable with doctors. he wants to change that. he wants to intersect communication and medicine. he's super interested in medicine and that's what keeps him going. that's what keeps him motivated. mikel, i'm really proud of you and i would just like to say, you're going to do great things and i know it and i've seen it from the very beginning. so please come up here. mikel is so happy that his family, spiritual parents, his parents have all come to support him and it takes a village and that village.

yes, sir. thank you so much. >> give another round of applause for nico. i'm from a baptist church. so i like call and response. amen? amen? thank you. i am a village project. my name is mikel gregory. i am a village project. that means 100% college prep. that means more magic. that means collective impact. opportunities for all. college track, seo scholars, the list goes on. i can definitely acknowledge i'm not where i am right now by my own merit without my parents and my community, it would not be possible. again, good morning. ya'll playing. i'm call and response. good morning. there we go. my name is mikel gregory. and i'm the first in my family to attend college and now a proud graduate of the university of san francisco. yes, sir, clap it up.

where i majored in communication studies and biology on the premedical track. i know that was a mouthful. but each of those identities and i'm talking to you 15 and those accolades were so pittal to my success up until this very moment. i know this time is many speeches and overdone messages so i'm not going to stand before you here long. i want to recognize as a peer, as a peer graduate who stood in your shoes a little over four years ago, i know those emotions that you are currently feeling. excitement about the new journey ahead. anxiety over how you're going to pay for it. nervousness as to how it will work out and lastly, fear on whether or not you should be the one that's chosen or if you're capable of doing the work. let me be the first to say although i understand, i know you can do it. if i can do it, that if the individuals sitting here with degrees can do it, then by golly, you can too.

and not to mention, you have us here to support you as well. i'm going to leave you with three critical aspects to success. if you remember anything from my words that i've given you, i want you to remember this, own your story. your full authentic self is needed in that classroom, at that university. don't filter it. don't hide it or for the fame. don't filter it, don't hide it, the real you because of shame. stand proud of your story even the painful elements because it was the accumulation of that story that brought you to this very place. it's not about where you start, but about where you're going. and, fail forward. and what i mean by that is i always like to tell people their story about me in my biology class and how i failed two tests and how i was asked to leave the major. but trust yourself and your journey enough that even in the times of perceived failure, you can still make it. if i didn't grow to believe

that the valleys in my life were necessary to my development, i wouldn't be preparing to attend columbia university in the fall. and, finally, remember to give back and share gratitude about what you've learned. to let people -- to let the people know who've poured into you thank you. the teachers, the relatives, the mentors, the friends. they were individuals that poured into you on nights you didn't want to pour into yourself. so be careful enough to offer your deepest appreciation and thanks on this day and forever more. i promise you it will go a long way. but also, your words of wisdom and expertise being shared to the generations coming after you is almost required at this point. because after all, the more you know, the more you owe. again, i'm going to say that for you one more time. the more you know the more you owe. it's not stopping with you.

thank you, congratulations bridge of excellence scholars. i wish you the best. please use me as a resource in the future. [applause] >> okay. let's give it up for mikel one more time. please. [applause] so i would like to bring up mayor breed to issue the certificates and i will be announcing the names. students will be coming up. d.j. carlos will be playing their song. >> i'm going to ask some special guests to join me to issue the certificates. first of all, 24k golden, he's going to issue you your certificates. so he's going to be joining me as well as the president of the board of education, jenny lam. and then there's also a member of the board of education who's

here, ann chiu. and finally the people who will make magic happen for students shgts the director of the department of children, youth, and families, maria sue and the human rights director cheryl davis. and, last but not least, when we're done issuing the certificates, we're going to take a group photo and then you all can also take your blow-up photographs with you. something you can walk away with. all right. let's get started. you're going to use that microphone. >> yeah. sure. okay. our first recipient of the bridge to excellence

scholarship is ayindi hamilton. [applause] [♪♪] ayindi attended mission high school. graduating from mission high school and is going to u.c. berkeley. [♪♪] next, we would like to introduce amy woo who graduated from galleleo high school.

next, we would like to introduce chris yang. he graduated from lincoln high school and is attending the university of california berkeley. [♪♪] >> next, we would like to introduce diani dillard who graduated from soto high school and is attending [ indiscernible ] [♪♪]

. >> next up is hayley. [♪♪] >> please make some noise for jayden degree who's graduating from miss high school and is attending u.c. davis. [♪♪]

>> please make some noise for jasmine bailey. [♪♪] >> jasmine is graduating from galileo. she's attending san jose state university. [♪♪] >> index is joanna lam. [♪♪] >> jasmine is graduating lowell high school.

and she will be attending u.c. berkeley. [♪♪] >> let's give it up for john huwin. [♪♪] >> john has graduated from balboa high school. john will be attending u.s.c. [♪♪]

>> johnny linn, come on up here. johnny graduated from george washington high school. [♪♪] >> now he's attending u.c. berkeley. [♪♪] >> folks, make some noise for jordan nicholson smith. jordan has graduated from

mission. he will be attending southern university. [♪♪] >> please welcome constance ford. constance has just graduated from lincoln high school and she'll be attending cal state los angeles.

[♪♪] >> give it up for shayla dubose. shayla has also graduated from lincoln high school and she will also be attending cal state los angeles. [♪♪] >> please, give some applause to vanessa perez. [♪♪] >> vanessa has just graduated from gateway high school. she will be attending colorado

college. [♪♪] >> and, last but certainly not least, let's give it up for wynona [ indiscernible ] [♪♪] >> wynona just graduated from burton high school. she will be attending san francisco state university. [♪♪] congratulations, wynona. [♪♪]

>> all right. let's give it up for the class of 2022! [cheers and applause] >> it did take a village. i was really lucky when i was 14 years old to get an internship. the difference that it made for me is i had a job, but there were other people who didn't have a job, who, unfortunately, needed money. and they were shown to commit illegal acts to get money. that is what i want to prevent. [♪♪♪] today we are here to officially

kick off the first class of opportunities for all. [applause]. >> opportunities for all is a program that mayor breed launched in october of 2018. it really was a vision of mayor breed to get to all of the young people in san francisco, but with an intention to focus on young people that have typically not being able to access opportunities such as internships or work-based learning opportunities. >> money should never be a barrier to your ability to succeed in life and that is what this program is about. >> there's always these conversations about young people not being prepared and not having experience for work and if they don't get an opportunity to work, then they cannot gain the experience that they need. this is really about investing in the future talent pool and getting them the experience that they need. >> it is good for everyone because down the road we will need future mechanics, future pilots, future bankers, future whatever they may be in any

industry. this is the pipe on we need to work with. we need to start developing talent, getting people excited about careers, opening up those pathways and frankly giving opportunities out there that would normally not be presented. [♪♪♪] >> the way that it is organized is there are different points of entry and different ways of engagement for the young person and potential employers. young people can work in cohorts or in groups and that's really for people that have maybe never had job experience or who are still trying to figure out what they want to do and they can explore. and in the same way, it is open for employers to say, you know what, i don't think we are ready to host an intern year-round are all summer, but that they can open up their doors and do site visits or tours or panels or conversations. and then it runs all the way up to the opportunity for young people to have long-term employment, and work on a project and be part of the

employee base. >> something new, to get new experience and meet people and then you are getting paid for it you are getting paid for doing that. it is really cool. >> i starting next week, i will be a freshman. [cheers and applause] two of the things i appreciate about this program was the amazing mentorship in the job experience that i had. i am grateful for this opportunity. thank you. >> something i learned at airbnb is how to network and how important it is to network because it is not only what you know, but also who you know to get far in life. >> during this program, i learned basic coding languages, had a had to identify the main components and how to network on a corporate level. it is also helping me accumulate my skills all be going towards my college tuition where i will pursue a major in computer science. >> for myself, being that i am

an actual residential realtor, it was great. if anybody wants to buy a house, let me know. whenever. [applause] it is good. i got you. it was really cool to see the commercial side and think about the process of developing property and different things that i can explore. opportunities for all was a great opportunity for all. >> we were aiming to have 1,000 young people register and we had over 2,000 people register and we were able to place about between 50 and did. we are still getting the final numbers of that. >> over several weeks, we were able to have students participate in investment banking they were able to work with our team, or technology team, our engineering 20 we also gave them lessons around the industry, around financial literacy. >> there are 32,000 young people ages 16 and 24 living in san francisco.

and imagine if we can create an opera skin it just opportunity for all program for every young person that lives in public housing, affordable housing, low income communities. it is all up to you to make that happen. >> we have had really great response from employers and they have been talking about it with other employers, so we have had a lot of interest for next year to have people sign on. we are starting to figure out how to stay connected to those young people and to get prepared to make sure we can get all 2400 or so that registered. we want to give them placement and what it looks like if they get more. >> let's be honest, there is always a shortage of good talent in any industry, and so this is a real great career path. >> for potential sponsors who might be interested in supporting opportunities for all , there is an opportunity to make a difference in our city. this is a really thriving, booming economy, but not for everyone.

this is a way to make sure that everyone gets to benefit from the great place that san francisco is and that we are building pathways for folks to be able to stay here and that they feel like they will belong. >> just do it. sign up for it. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> it's great to see everyone kind of get together and prove, that you know, building our culture is something that can be reckoned with.

>> i am desi, chair of economic development for soma filipinos. so that -- [ inaudible ] know that soma filipino exists, and it's also our economic platform, so we can start to build filipino businesses so we can start to build the cultural district. >> i studied the bok chase choy heritage, and i discovered this awesome bok choy.

working at i-market is amazing. you've got all these amazing people coming out here to share one culture. >> when i heard that there was a market with, like, a lot of filipino food, it was like oh, wow, that's the closest thing i've got to home, so, like, i'm going to try everything. >> fried rice, and wings, and three different cliefz sliders. i haven't tried the adobe yet, but just smelling it yet brings back home and a ton of memories. >> the binca is made out of different ingredients, including cheese. but here, we put a twist on it. why not have nutella, rocky

road, we have blue berry. we're not just limiting it to just the classic with salted egg and cheese. >> we try to cook food that you don't normally find from filipino food vendors, like the lichon, for example. it's something that it took years to come up with, to perfect, to get the skin just right, the flavor, and it's one of our most popular dishes, and people love it. this, it's kind of me trying to chase a dream that i had for a long time. when i got tired of the corporate world, i decided that i wanted to give it a try and see if people would actually like our food. i think it's a wonderful

opportunity for the filipino culture to shine. everybody keeps saying filipino food is the next big thing. i think it's already big, and to have all of us here together, it's just -- it just blows my mind sometimes that there's so many of us bringing -- bringing filipino food to the city finally. >> i'm alex, the owner of the lumpia company. the food that i create is basically the filipino-american experience. i wasn't a chef to start with, but i literally love lumpia, but my food is my favorite foods i like to eat, put into my favorite filipino foods, put together. it's not based off of recipes i learned from my mom. maybe i learned the rolling technique from my mom, but the

different things that i put in are just the different things that i like, and i like to think that i have good taste. well, the very first lumpia that i came out with that really build the lumpia -- it wasn't the poerk and shrimp shanghai, but my favorite thing after partying is that bakon cheese burger lumpia. there was a time in our generation where we didn't have our own place, our own feed to eat. before, i used to promote filipino gatherings to share the love. now, i'm taking the most

exciting filipino appetizer and sharing it with other filipinos. >> it can happen in the san francisco mint, it can happen in a park, it can happen in a street park, it can happen in a tech campus. it's basically where we bring the hardware, the culture, the operating system. >> so right now, i'm eating something that brings me back to every filipino party from my childhood. it's really cool to be part of the community and reconnect with the neighborhood. >> one of our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigon, there's little communities there that act as place makers.

when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve. >> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out

there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipino-american culture. i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones.

we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to discover, i want them to rediscover the magic of what diversity and empathy can create. when you're positive and committed to using that energy, >> growing up in san francisco has been way safer than growing up other places we we have that bubble, and it's still that bubble that it's okay to be whatever you want to. you can let your free flag fry -- fly here. as an adult with autism, i'm here to challenge people's idea of what autism is. my journey is not everyone's

journey because every autistic child is different, but there's hope. my background has heavy roots in the bay area. i was born in san diego and adopted out to san francisco when i was about 17 years old. i bounced around a little bit here in high school, but i've always been here in the bay. we are an inclusive preschool, which means that we cater to emp. we don't turn anyone away. we take every child regardless of race, creed, religious or ability. the most common thing i hear in my adult life is oh, you don't seem like you have autism. you seem so normal. yeah. that's 26 years of really, really, really hard work and i

think thises that i still do. i was one of the first open adoptions for an lgbt couple. they split up when i was about four. one of them is partnered, and one of them is not, and then my biological mother, who is also a lesbian. very queer family. growing up in the 90's with a queer family was odd, i had the bubble to protect me, and here, i felt safe. i was bullied relatively infrequently. but i never really felt isolated or alone. i have known for virtually my entire life i was not suspended, but kindly asked to not ever bring it up again in first grade, my desire to have a sex change. the school that i went to really had no idea how to handle one. one of my parents is a little bit gender nonconforming, so they know what it's about, but

my parents wanted my life to be safe. when i have all the neurological issues to manage, that was just one more to add to it. i was a weird kid. i had my core group of, like, very tight, like, three friends. when we look at autism, we characterize it by, like, lack of eye contact, what i do now is when i'm looking away from the camera, it's for my own comfort. faces are confusing. it's a lack of mirror neurons in your brain working properly to allow you to experience empathy, to realize where somebody is coming from, or to realize that body language means that. at its core, autism is a social disorder, it's a neurological disorder that people are born with, and it's a big, big spectrum. it wasn't until i was a teenager that i heard autism in

relation to myself, and i rejected it. i was very loud, i took up a lot of space, and it was because mostly taking up space let everybody else know where i existed in the world. i didn't like to talk to people really, and then, when i did, i overshared. i was very difficult to be around. but the friends that i have are very close. i click with our atypical kiddos than other people do. in experience, i remember when i was five years old and not wanting people to touch me because it hurt. i remember throwing chairs because i could not regulate my own emotions, and it did not mean that i was a bad kid, it meant that i couldn't cope. i grew up in a family of behavioral psychologists, and i got development cal --

developmental psychology from all sides. i recognize that my experience is just a very small picture of that, and not everybody's in a position to have a family that's as supportive, but there's also a community that's incredible helpful and wonderful and open and there for you in your moments of need. it was like two or three years of conversations before i was like you know what? i'm just going to do this, and i went out and got my prescription for hormones and started transitioning medically, even though i had already been living as a male. i have a two-year-old. the person who i'm now married to is my husband for about two years, and then started gaining weight and wasn't sure, so i went and talked with the doctor at my clinic, and he said well, testosterone is basically birth control, so there's no way you

can be pregnant. i found out i was pregnant at 6.5 months. my whole mission is to kind of normalize adults like me. i think i've finally found my calling in early intervention, which is here, kind of what we do. i think the access to care for parents is intentionally confusing. when i did the prospective search for autism for my own child, it was confusing. we have a place where children can be children, but it's very confusing. i always out myself as an adult with autism. i think it's helpful when you know where can your child go. how i'm choosing to help is to give children that would normally not be allowed to have children in the same respect, kids that have three times as much work to do as their peers

or kids who do odd things, like, beach therapy. how do -- speech therapy. how do you explain that to the rest of their class? i want that to be a normal experience. i was working on a certificate and kind of getting think early childhood credits before i started working here, and we did a section on transgender inclusion, inclusion, which is a big issue here in san francisco because we attract lots of queer families, and the teacher approached me and said i don't really feel comfortable or qualified to talk about this from, like, a cisgendered straight person's perspective, would you mind talking a little bit with your own experience, and i'm like absolutely. so i'm now one of the guest speakers in that particular class at city college. i love growing up here. i love what san francisco represents. the idea of leaving has never occurred to me. but it's a place that i need to

fight for to bring it back to what it used to be, to allow all of those little kids that come from really unsafe environments to move somewhere safe. what i've done with my life is work to make all of those situations better, to bring a little bit of light to all those kind of issues that we're still having, hoping to expand into a little bit more of a resource center, and this resource center would be more those new parents who have gotten that diagnosis, and we want to be this one centralized place that allows parents to breathe for a second. i would love to empower from the bottom up, from the kid level, and from the top down, from the teacher level. so many things that i would love to do that are all about changing people's minds about certain chunts, like the transgender community or the autistic community. i would like my daughter to know there's no wrong way to go through life. everybody experiences pain and grief and sadness, and that all

of those things are temporary. >> good afternoon everyone. this meeting will come to orde . welcome to the monday, june 13 2022 regular meeting of the land use and transportation committee of the board of supervisors . i am supervisor melgar joined by dean preston and supervisor aaron peskin. the clerk is erica major and i like to acknowledge the folks at sfgov tv. thank you for staffing this meeting