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tv   Mayors Press Availability  SFGTV  June 21, 2022 4:15am-6:01am PDT

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it is a little bird. the relationship with a work of art is something that develops over time, and if you have memories connected with a place from when you are a child, and you come back and you see it again with the eyes of an adult, it is a different thing, and is just part of what makes the city an exciting place. [♪♪♪. >> all right. hieverybody . i've i'm sanfrancisco mayor london bree . [applause] welcome to the tried raising flagceremony . and i have a very, very big announcement today .
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holes want to crybecause i'm so happy . but i along with our lgbt queue public safetyofficials will be marching in pride this year . [applause] and so let me just startby saying something . i want to first apologize to so many members of the lgbtq community who were hurt by the decision that i made to stand by our various public safety officials of the lgbtq community. and i apologize for not also recognizing the hurt and pain that i know some feel as a result of their own
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interactions and engagements with law enforcement. because i know pride is a really important time for the lgbtq community and at the time where i have always felt that i was always welcomed and i can be whoever it is thati want to be , and i am so happy that the theme of this year is love will keep us together. because seeing the people from our various law enforcement and public safety agencies who are also an important part of the lgbtq community, seeing how they came together with the
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pride board to come up with a compromise so they too can be proud of who they are and what they represent and the understanding and respect from both sides is a symbol of love bringing ustogether . [applause] pride is so amazing in san francisco and in fact i remember my first pride parade and i remember thinking all these cars going by. then, if i go use the bathroom i'm goingto lose my spot . which is why i always had a float is why i always wanted to have something with a smile on people's faces. and so many people come from all over the world to celebrate pride in san francisco and i'm so happy that love truly did
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bring us together .and i want to thank the pride board and i'll say a few words . carolyn weisinger andsuzanne or . [applause] i want to thank the person who is in charge of the pride alliance for as fpd, catherine winters is joining us today. [applause] i want to thank so many of our electedofficials including the persons that helped facilitate a lot of this . who is the cofounder of the transgender cultural districtin san francisco , arya sayiid. yes, the family had a family fight butnow we are back together again . and with thatbefore we get
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started with our program , that is truly really more meaningful this year than ever before especiallyafter not having pride or any major activities in the city for the past year , i want to introduce a person who really in some ways needs no introduction. tim philip has been leading the gay men's chorus in san francisco the last five years and this year she's going to be conducting a number of farewell concert concerts but although you may be leaving your role my hope is that you're still going to be all around and today he wanted to bless us with a special performance which is very rare indeed. ladies and gentlemen, tim
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seelig. >> i was invited to do this yesterday and i asked people will there be an orchestra and they're like number a piano? number a harmonica? no, just you. but i'm thrilled to be here. i came out in 1986 out of the will of the southern baptist church. i had two children,seven and nine years old . it was a rough time. in 1989 or game and the flirtations withcassette . followed eighttracks . they didn't have a track but cassette with a song on it that when i heard it i got my kids inthe car, the cassette in and pleaded for them on loop over and over . i just imagine and i wanted them to know all of us in this room had we had someone sing this song to us how our lives would have been different.
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>> you can be anybody that you want to be. you can love whomever you will. you can travel any country where your heart leads.♪ ♪ and you know i willlove you ♪ ♪ still .♪ ♪ you can live by yourself.♪ ♪ you can gather friendsaround ♪ ♪ .♪ ♪ you can choose one special ♪ ♪ one.♪ ♪ but the only measure of your ♪ ♪ words and your deeds will be ♪ ♪ the love you leave behind ♪ ♪ when you're gone.♪ ♪ some girls grow upstrong and ♪ ♪ bold .♪
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♪ some boys are quiet and ♪ ♪ kind.♪ ♪ some race on a head,some ♪ ♪ follow behind .♪ ♪ some grow in their own space ♪ ♪ and time.♪ ♪ listen to this kids.♪ ♪ some men love women and some ♪ ♪ men love man.♪ ♪ some raise children and some ♪ ♪ never do.♪ ♪ you can dream all the day, ♪ ♪ never reaching theend .♪ ♪ of everything possible for ♪ ♪ you.♪ ♪ don't be rattled by names, ♪ ♪ by thoughts or games.♪ ♪ but seek out spirits ♪
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♪ through.♪ ♪ you can be anybody that you ♪ ♪ want to be.♪ ♪ you can love whomever you ♪ ♪ will.♪ ♪ but the only measure of your ♪ ♪ words and your deeds will be ♪ ♪ the love you leave behind.♪ ♪ when you're gone.♪ ♪ oh, the love you leave ♪ ♪ behind when you're gone.♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ >> thank you tim.♪
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♪ we're so gratefulto have you ♪ ♪ here today .♪ ♪ my month in san francisco, ♪ ♪ we have so many events and ♪ ♪ activities, so muchto do and ♪ ♪ i'm so glad i'm not going to ♪ ♪ miss any of it .last night ♪ ♪ we were feeling the effects ♪ ♪ of a summer in san francisco ♪ ♪ in twin peaks.♪ ♪ when we lit up the pink ♪ ♪ triangle and you'll be old ♪ ♪ to see it from outer space ♪ ♪ even ifyou fly somewhere ♪ ♪ with what's that guys name ♪ ♪ that flew out in this ♪ ♪ patient ?♪ ♪ elon musk.♪ ♪ he can see it from space.♪ ♪ but the pink triangle is lit ♪ ♪ up for all of us to see.♪ ♪ it will illuminate san ♪ ♪ francisco over the next ♪ ♪ month and we have raised the♪ ♪ flag .♪ ♪ we have the various ♪ ♪ activities.♪ ♪ we even have a juneteenth ♪ ♪ pride celebration at the ♪
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♪ african-american complex.♪ ♪ [applause] and i want to ♪ ♪ take this moment to really ♪ ♪ recognize so many of our ♪ ♪ leaders for joining us today♪ ♪ .♪ ♪ not everyone will have the ♪ ♪ opportunity to a say a few ♪ ♪ words but they are here to ♪ ♪ support and starting with ♪ ♪ supervisor matt dorsey was ♪ ♪ going to be speaking as well ♪ ♪ as supervisor mandelman and ♪ ♪ supervisor melgar.♪ ♪ thank you for being here ♪ ♪ from the board of ♪ ♪ supervisors.♪ ♪ we had another one west and ♪ ♪ mark i like that shirt.♪ ♪ supervisor catherine ♪ ♪ driscoll, thank you for ♪ ♪ being here today.♪ ♪ we also have walking torres, ♪ ♪ our city administrator, paul ♪ ♪ mia moto.♪ ♪ our attorney david chu.♪ ♪ i'm trying to get these ♪ ♪ titles right and our ♪
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♪ senators scott weiner and i ♪ ♪ want to acknowledge and ♪ ♪ thank many of our lgbtq ♪ ♪ department heads who serve ♪ ♪ and protect and work hard ♪ ♪ for the city every day ♪ ♪ including our fire chief jim ♪ ♪ mickelson♪ ♪ director of the sf mta jeff ♪ ♪ tomlin .♪ ♪ a person who got us through ♪ ♪ covid even though we had a ♪ ♪ fight every day.♪ ♪ and i think how is here from♪ ♪ the transgender district .♪ ♪ thank you for your work♪ ♪ paul henderson, office of ♪ ♪ police accountability .♪ ♪ carol huizinga was trying to ♪ ♪ hide from everybody but the ♪ ♪ contracts are doneno need to ♪ ♪ hide .♪ ♪ and some of our other i ♪ ♪ think directors are here and ♪ ♪ i see donna say hurry up and ♪ ♪ get this over with but you ♪ ♪ look good in your red.♪ ♪ so many amazing people who ♪ ♪ helped to run the city and i ♪ ♪ want to send a special shout ♪
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♪ out to the director of the ♪ ♪ department ofthe human ♪ ♪ rightscommission , cheryl ♪ ♪ davis .♪ ♪ for all the amazing work she ♪ ♪ does.♪ ♪ as well as our commissioners ♪ ♪ who are in the house.♪ ♪ raise your hand, thank you ♪ ♪ so much for the committee ♪ ♪ many commissioners whoare ♪ ♪ joining us today .♪ ♪ and with that we have our ♪ ♪ wonderful president of the ♪ ♪ pride board who is going to ♪ ♪ say a few words.♪ ♪ we are family again.♪ ♪ well, let me just say ♪ ♪ carolyn has been really ♪ ♪ weathering the storm for the ♪ ♪ past coupleof years.♪ ♪ it has been very challenging ♪ ♪ .♪ ♪ we remember last year in ♪ ♪ 2019 when we were able to ♪ ♪ celebrate pride.♪ ♪ it was a wonderful drive for ♪ ♪ the city and county of san ♪ ♪ francisco and of course all ♪ ♪ changed with covid but the ♪
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♪ pride board found a way for ♪ ♪ us to come together in ♪ ♪ various capacities that have ♪ ♪ a lot to do with the ♪ ♪ leadership of the president ♪ ♪ of the board of pride.♪ ♪ carolyn weisinger.♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ >> thank you.♪ ♪ my sister called from texas ♪ ♪ telling me don't cry and she ♪ ♪ told me don't fall out so ♪ ♪ i'm not going to do that.♪ ♪ but i will say and you will ♪ ♪ hearme say this a couple of ♪ ♪ times .♪ ♪ i have a lot of speeches i ♪ ♪ didn't know if we would make ♪ ♪ it.♪ ♪ i remember after we found ♪ ♪ out about this thing called ♪ ♪ covid and we said we can ♪ ♪ just hang itup, close down ♪ ♪ the organization, there will ♪ ♪ be no problem .♪ ♪ we were able to figure out ♪ ♪ how we would still celebrate ♪ ♪ when we were all stuck in ♪ ♪ the house.♪ ♪ i want to give a shout out ♪
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♪ to grant lopez, our former ♪ ♪ executive director is not ♪ ♪ here with us but a lot of ♪ ♪ figuring out to talk to ♪ ♪ community members.♪ ♪ how can we still get you to ♪ ♪ buy in to sitting in the ♪ ♪ house and celebrating pride♪ ♪ but we have a lot of our ♪ ♪ former board members .♪ ♪ a lot ofour former ♪ ♪ executives .♪ ♪ longtime board members that ♪ ♪ ithink i'm going to bring ♪ ♪ this up and iwant to do this ♪ ♪ correctly .♪ ♪ if you've never been to one ♪ ♪ of our board meetings , you ♪ ♪ know the mission of the san ♪ ♪ francisco lesbian gay ♪ ♪ bisexual transgender pride ♪ ♪ celebration committee is to♪ ♪ educate the world , ♪ ♪ commemorate our heritage, ♪ ♪ celebrate our culture and ♪ ♪ liberate our people.♪ ♪ said very loudly every ♪ ♪ meeting just like that.♪ ♪ we believe very much in the ♪ ♪ liberation of ourpeople and ♪ ♪ one thing we learned in this ♪ ♪ pandemic is we are fallible ♪ ♪ .♪ ♪ we had two years to figure ♪ ♪ out how we could liberate ♪ ♪ our people and as much as we ♪
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♪ like marching down the ♪ ♪ street it was so much more ♪ ♪ than that.♪ ♪ i want to thank mayor bree ♪ ♪ and i'm going to thank her a ♪ ♪ little personally because i ♪ ♪ will say the first time i ♪ ♪ stood here in 2019 with ♪ ♪ instant jeansand a ♪ ♪ button-down and she said ♪ ♪ girl, we don't do that here ♪ ♪ in city hall .so i want to ♪ ♪ thank the mayor.♪ ♪ i want to thank all of the ♪ ♪ black sanfranciscans who ♪ ♪ took me in .♪ ♪ [applause] if i never get to ♪ ♪ say it again, you all gave ♪ ♪ me all these great hair gray ♪ ♪ hairs in front of my head ♪ ♪ taught me how important it ♪ ♪ was to have a black ♪ ♪ president in this ♪ ♪ organization and what it ♪ ♪ meant to liberate the ♪ ♪ organization and change ♪ ♪ policy so when we came back ♪ ♪ in 2022 we knew we were ♪ ♪ centering all our folks.♪ ♪ youhave the river collective ♪ ♪ , one of the what did they ♪ ♪ say?♪ ♪ they said we will know ♪ ♪ everyone isfree when black ♪ ♪ women are free .♪
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♪ i always said we will know ♪ ♪ everyone is free when black ♪ ♪ queer and trans women are ♪ ♪ free though i want to thank ♪ ♪ arya sayid andthose who made ♪ ♪ this happen.♪ ♪ happy pride for the first ♪ ♪ time in three years you all ♪ ♪ .♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ >> thank you carolyn and ♪ ♪ who's been working and ♪ ♪ following carolyn's ♪ ♪ direction every step of the ♪ ♪ way is the executivedirector ♪ ♪ of the pride board for san ♪ ♪ francisco, suzanne ford .♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ >> thank you mayor bree.♪ ♪ no truer words has been said ♪ ♪ that i am following the ♪ ♪ direction of carolyn ♪ ♪ wiseman.♪ ♪ thank you to the department ♪ ♪ heads.♪ ♪ that's not true.♪ ♪ i woke up one morning and i ♪ ♪ was executive director of ♪ ♪ the most iconic queer ♪
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♪ organization in the world ♪ ♪ and i appreciatethat.♪ ♪ i have felt the ♪ ♪ responsibility of that ♪ ♪ lately to .2 and a half ♪ ♪ years ago i dreamed of being ♪ ♪ president of the board and i ♪ ♪ got a phone call from kevin ♪ ♪ weisinger and i hope i don't ♪ ♪ cry.♪ ♪ she asked me for my support ♪ ♪ to her presidency.♪ ♪ and i had been taught by ♪ ♪ very smart black trans women ♪ ♪ in my upbringing to make ♪ ♪ space for black women and ♪ ♪ that's one of the best ♪ ♪ decisions i ever made.♪ ♪ carolyn has been the moral ♪ ♪ compass for san francisco ♪ ♪ pride the last two and half ♪ ♪ years and she will continue ♪ ♪ to and every decision is ♪ ♪ made insan francisco pride ♪ ♪ carolyn's voice is a strong ♪ ♪ decision-maker in that ♪ ♪ process .♪ ♪ thank you carolyn.♪ ♪ [applause] i want to pack ♪
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♪ some of the pride family.♪ ♪ you might not know this but ♪ ♪ there's a ton of people that ♪ ♪ do work all year long so ♪ ♪ those two days in the last ♪ ♪ weekend ofjune we can have a ♪ ♪ parade andcelebration and ♪ ♪ allcome together and a lot ♪ ♪ of people in that family you ♪ ♪ don't know , younever know ♪ ♪ about them .♪ ♪ lisa williams is standing up ♪ ♪ here .♪ ♪ donna sachet.♪ ♪ george really .♪ ♪ gary virginia, marshall ♪ ♪ levine, you probably don't ♪ ♪ know all those names of ♪ ♪ those are a few of the ♪ ♪ people in our family.♪ ♪ it's a hard job.♪ ♪ the board ofdirectors, ♪ ♪ there's two board members ♪ ♪ appear right now .♪ ♪ our vice president and my ♪ ♪ daughter.♪ ♪ [applause] the board of ♪ ♪ pride is a non-paid position ♪ ♪ and i did it for 3 and a ♪ ♪ half years.♪ ♪ it's not a glamorous job to ♪ ♪ get to stand up here once a ♪ ♪ year.♪ ♪ they're not paid and they ♪ ♪ work really hard andthey ♪
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♪ take the weight of the ♪ ♪ community so seriously .♪ ♪ they actually represent all ♪ ♪ the people you see here ♪ ♪ today and pride represents a♪ ♪ different picture than we ♪ ♪ might have represented back ♪ ♪ in the 1970s, 1980s .♪ ♪ it's a queer familythat ♪ ♪ looks different and that's ♪ ♪ what we're supposed to do ♪ ♪ andi'm so proud of that .♪ ♪ mayor, thank you for having ♪ ♪ me today .♪ ♪ i had a speech buti wasn't ♪ ♪ sure i was going to give it ♪ ♪ .♪ ♪ i want to thank arya and ♪ ♪ supervisormandelman and ♪ ♪ dorsey for their help .♪ ♪ all right, thank you all.♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ >> thank you for your words ♪ ♪ and thank you for working ♪ ♪ slope so closely with our ♪ ♪ office.♪ ♪ i'm going to take a point of ♪ ♪ privilege as mayor.♪ ♪ and take advantage of this ♪ ♪ opportunity because as i ♪ ♪ said this past week has been ♪ ♪ i know very hard and in ♪
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♪ particular there was a woman ♪ ♪ who had to sit me down and ♪ ♪ have a hard conversation ♪ ♪ about some of the challenges ♪ ♪ that we were facing here in ♪ ♪ the city and we were able to ♪ ♪ come together and a lot of ♪ ♪ the reason why we were able ♪ ♪ to come together had a lot ♪ ♪ to do with arya sayid who is ♪ ♪ cofounder of the ♪ ♪ transculturaldistrict in san ♪ ♪ francisco and i wanted her ♪ ♪ to say a few words if she's ♪ ♪ open to it .♪ ♪ >> happy pride.♪ ♪ that was a little late.♪ ♪ can you do that one more ♪ ♪ time?happy pride.♪ ♪ i don't want to hold you all ♪ ♪ because i'm sure they have ♪ ♪ something.♪ ♪ anyone that knows me, i ♪ ♪ don't love public speaking ♪ ♪ is much but i want to say ♪ ♪ i'm so grateful for this ♪ ♪ moment.♪ ♪ i'm so grateful to mayor ♪
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♪ bree that you are in the ♪ ♪ parade and that are lgbtq ♪ ♪ officers will also be ♪ ♪ represented in the parade ♪ ♪ and we're all coming ♪ ♪ together to celebrate the ♪ ♪ little bit of victories that ♪ ♪ we do have a time where our ♪ ♪ rights are consistently ♪ ♪ being taken away by the ♪ ♪ supreme court, where there's ♪ ♪ over 200 anti-trans ♪ ♪ legislation pieces across ♪ ♪ this country taking away the♪ ♪ rights of trans-kids and ♪ ♪ trans people .♪ ♪ the don't say gave bill in ♪ ♪ florida.♪ ♪ all these things are ♪ ♪ happening and we have a ♪ ♪ little bit of rights and a ♪ ♪ little bit of freedom so ♪ ♪ this month we celebrate that ♪ ♪ and keep fighting for our ♪ ♪ rights.♪ ♪ everyone say i. thank you.♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ >> thank you aria and so you ♪ ♪ know i think covid might ♪
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♪ have said had something to ♪ ♪ do with the snack situation ♪ ♪ afterwards so iapologize but ♪ ♪ i'mlooking at tom who's ♪ ♪ always the snack man .♪ ♪ i'll keep my fingers crossed ♪ ♪ that we will have a few ♪ ♪ snacks next year .♪ ♪ in the meantime go out and ♪ ♪ spend moneyat all the ♪ ♪ restaurants thatsurround the ♪ ♪ city and make sure you tip ♪ ♪ your waiters and waitresses ♪ ♪ .♪ ♪ and with that , aria said we ♪ ♪ have to continue the fight ♪ ♪ and i have to say there is ♪ ♪ no more fears of an advocate ♪ ♪ and fighter thansenator ♪ ♪ scott weiner .♪ ♪ and i also have to say i ♪ ♪ appreciate his hard work.♪ ♪ i appreciate his ♪ ♪ consistency.♪ ♪ i appreciate how hard he ♪ ♪ fights for sanfrancisco but ♪ ♪ how much he cares about the ♪ ♪ people of this city .♪ ♪ so i'm so grateful for him ♪ ♪ and honor tointroduce our ♪ ♪ incredible us senator scott ♪
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♪ weiner .♪ ♪ you guys know what i meant.♪ ♪ u.s. congress, i mean, state ♪ ♪ senator.♪ ♪ >> i got called supervisor ♪ ♪ on the street a lot and once ♪ ♪ the supervisor, alwaysa ♪ ♪ supervisor .♪ ♪ i'm just so happy to be here ♪ ♪ because i think a lot of us ♪ ♪ doing pride year after year, ♪ ♪ decade after decade we start ♪ ♪ to take itfor granted .♪ ♪ it's just something that ♪ ♪ happens every year and we ♪ ♪ know that it takes unending ♪ ♪ work every year but for a ♪ ♪ lot of people in the ♪ ♪ community i think it gets ♪ ♪ taken for granted and not ♪ ♪ having pride for the most ♪ ♪ part for two years and not ♪ ♪ having the parade for two ♪ ♪ years and these gatherings, ♪ ♪ it really reminded people ♪ ♪ not to take it for granted.♪
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♪ and how critically important ♪ ♪ pride isfor all of us to ♪ ♪ recharge our batteries, to ♪ ♪ reconnect and see people you ♪ ♪ may not see throughout the ♪ ♪ year and to recommit to the ♪ ♪ fight .♪ ♪ this is really exciting and ♪ ♪ i want to thank thepride ♪ ♪ board and stan and carolyn ♪ ♪ and everyone else for not ♪ ♪ giving up during the ♪ ♪ pandemic and keeping it ♪ ♪ going .♪ ♪ [applause] and so i looked ♪ ♪ at my first pride in 1994 in♪ ♪ philadelphia and san ♪ ♪ francisco pride my first ♪ ♪ time was 95 .♪ ♪ and it really just doesn't ♪ ♪ matter so much.♪ ♪ you know, with some of the ♪ ♪ turbulence this year, the ♪ ♪ disagreements around pride ♪ ♪ and our police and mayor and ♪ ♪ then there's a separate ♪ ♪ prideprotest that's going to ♪ ♪ happen on polk street some ♪ ♪ people were coming up and ♪ ♪ stressing ,what's happening♪ ♪ and i'm like don't worry ♪
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♪ about it .♪ ♪ it's all going to be good, ♪ ♪ we're all going to come back ♪ ♪ together .♪ ♪ it's okay to have family ♪ ♪ disagreements and arguments ♪ ♪ becausein the end we are all ♪ ♪ family so i'm so thrilled we ♪ ♪ are going to be coming ♪ ♪ together .♪ ♪ and just really excited ♪ ♪ about that.♪ ♪ we have tounderstand what ♪ ♪ ever our disagreements in ♪ ♪ san francisco and we have ♪ ♪ many disagreements, we love ♪ ♪ arguing with ourselves as a ♪ ♪ city .♪ ♪ we have to keep our eye on ♪ ♪ the ball and i think aria ♪ ♪ mentioned it and it is so ♪ ♪ true.♪ ♪ we have laws getting past ♪ ♪ that are similar to vladimir ♪ ♪ putin's gay propaganda laws ♪ ♪ that he passed.♪ ♪ not just in the us, laws ♪ ♪ that are compared to fascist ♪ ♪ laws passed by vladimir ♪ ♪ putin.♪ ♪ we have literally laws such ♪ ♪ as what's happening in texas ♪ ♪ and alabama and elsewhere to ♪ ♪ really think about what it ♪ ♪ means that you have a trans ♪ ♪ kid whose parents are ♪ ♪ supporting that kid.♪ ♪ so many queer kids in ♪
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♪ general are rejected by ♪ ♪ theirfamilies .♪ ♪ kickedout and they become ♪ ♪ homeless .♪ ♪ and you have families that ♪ ♪ are supporting their kids ♪ ♪ and what's going to happen ♪ ♪ potentially?the kid is ♪ ♪ going to be taken out and ♪ ♪ put in foster careand the ♪ ♪ parents are going to be put ♪ ♪ in prison and the doctor put ♪ ♪ in prison to up to 10 years ♪ ♪ .♪ ♪ imaginewhat universe where ♪ ♪ in in the united states of ♪ ♪ america in 2022 that is♪ ♪ happening .♪ ♪ just imagine these kids are ♪ ♪ not living in a cave .♪ ♪ these kids have bones, ♪ ♪ internet, they see the news♪ ♪ they know what's happening .♪ ♪ can you imagine your some 10 ♪ ♪ or 13-year-old queer kid in ♪ ♪ florida or texas oralabama , ♪ ♪ really anywhere and you hear ♪ ♪ powerful politicians running ♪ ♪ around saying we're taking ♪ ♪ you away from your parents, ♪
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♪ putting yourparents in jail ♪ ♪ and we're going to blow up ♪ ♪ your life .♪ ♪ and is it any wonder the ♪ ♪ rates of suicide are so high ♪ ♪ among lgbtq youth.♪ ♪ that's not random.♪ ♪ that's because of things ♪ ♪ happening in this country in ♪ ♪ 2022.♪ ♪ people are still dying from ♪ ♪ hiv particularly in black ♪ ♪ and brown communities and 50 ♪ ♪ percent of homeless youth ♪ ♪ are lgbtq so we have worked ♪ ♪ out for us.♪ ♪ we're going to recharge our ♪ ♪ batteries and get out there ♪ ♪ and fight and win so happy ♪ ♪ pride everyone.♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ >> thank you senator weiner ♪ ♪ for that very insightful♪ ♪ perspective .♪ ♪ and it's why i'm really so ♪ ♪ proud and happy about all ♪ ♪ the amazing work that we do ♪ ♪ here in san francisco and in ♪ ♪ fact this upcoming budget ♪ ♪ which i'm hoping the members ♪ ♪ of the board will support ♪ ♪ because they're the next ♪ ♪ speakers up so maybe we'll ♪
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♪ getthere commitment on the ♪ ♪ mic .♪ ♪ but we've started a program ♪ ♪ called trans home sf because ♪ ♪ of the trans community and ♪ ♪ in fact looking over that ♪ ♪ program and looking at what ♪ ♪ was possible in terms of the♪ ♪ numbers and the disparities ♪ ♪ and all that information , ♪ ♪ it was really great to have ♪ ♪ a member of the board like ♪ ♪ supervisor rafael mandelman ♪ ♪ who understood what we ♪ ♪ needed to do to make those ♪ ♪ investments and our ♪ ♪ commitment to and trans ♪ ♪ homelessness in san ♪ ♪ francisco.♪ ♪ our commitment to provide ♪ ♪ universal income and a ♪ ♪ number of other initiatives ♪ ♪ and again, this is not just ♪ ♪ coming from me and ♪ ♪ supervisor mandelman.♪ ♪ this is coming from whatthe ♪ ♪ community is asking for .♪ ♪ and aren't we lucky to have ♪ ♪ a city that believes in ♪ ♪ supporting the people that ♪ ♪ have the direct not only ♪
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♪ experience but also the ♪ ♪ direct engagement with the♪ ♪ community to understand ♪ ♪ where the needs are .♪ ♪ and i am really grateful ♪ ♪ that supervisor mandelman ♪ ♪ has been a real partner in ♪ ♪ fighting for this community ♪ ♪ in general and fighting for ♪ ♪ this city and i can't wait ♪ ♪ until we're able to cut the ♪ ♪ ribbon on our new lgbtq ♪ ♪ museum in the castro.♪ ♪ i'm looking forward to so ♪ ♪ many wonderful things to ♪ ♪ celebrate and uplift the ♪ ♪ lgbtq community, not just ♪ ♪ during pride but year-round ♪ ♪ and the person that's been ♪ ♪ an incredible partneron the ♪ ♪ board of supervisors in ♪ ♪ helping to do that is ♪ ♪ supervisor rafael mandelman ♪ ♪ .♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ >> i'm so relieved.♪ ♪ i just want to say how ♪ ♪ grateful i am and i think ♪
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♪ our san francisco queer ♪ ♪ community is and i think the ♪ ♪ whole city is that people of ♪ ♪ goodwill have sent spent a ♪ ♪ lot of time and a lot of ♪ ♪ meetings over the last ♪ ♪ several months to get us to ♪ ♪ the point where we are all ♪ ♪ feeling comfortable about ♪ ♪ being in the pride parade ♪ ♪ and i, one of the things ♪ ♪ i've been saying to folks is ♪ ♪ as we approached this month ♪ ♪ was i'mnot sure anybody's ♪ ♪ wrong here .♪ ♪ iagree with everyone in this ♪ ♪ .♪ ♪ so suzanne and carolyn and ♪ ♪ the pride board, thank you ♪ ♪ so much and to cast and ♪ ♪ michael who's somewhere and ♪ ♪ all of the members of the ♪ ♪ pride alliance for being♪ ♪ thoughtful about this .♪ ♪ to supervisor dorsey i think ♪ ♪ kind of helped out and gave♪ ♪ us a final push in the end .♪ ♪ to aria.♪ ♪ people heard each other and ♪ ♪ listened and thisis how you ♪ ♪ want things to happen and ♪ ♪ thank you mayor agreed .♪ ♪ i'm getting emotional too.♪ ♪ i mean, i'm so happy we're ♪
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♪ here for a number of ♪ ♪ reasons.♪ ♪ one is i want us to be able♪ ♪ to celebrate pride this year ♪ ♪ because it is our first ♪ ♪ pride back in three years .♪ ♪ and because our pride board ♪ ♪ has kept the flame alive ♪ ♪ this pastseveral years ♪ ♪ thinking about ways to have ♪ ♪ pride without having pride.♪ ♪ it's been hard but they've ♪ ♪ done it .♪ ♪ and then the other thing.♪ ♪ the reason i am relieved ♪ ♪ about being here right now ♪ ♪ and thought i have that i've ♪ ♪ been carrying with me is i ♪ ♪ don't agree with london ♪ ♪ breed abouteverything london ♪ ♪ breed is annoyed by me ♪ ♪ frequently .♪ ♪ i know.♪ ♪ i've always screw up these ♪ ♪ things.♪ ♪ but one thing i have never ♪ ♪ doubted and have no doubt ♪ ♪ about is london breed's ♪ ♪ commitment to the queer ♪ ♪ community.♪ ♪ if you look ... [applause] ♪ ♪ >> our terms in office ♪ ♪ overlap but if i look back ♪ ♪ is that these last three ♪
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♪ years every single year this ♪ ♪ woman comes forward with ♪ ♪ groundbreaking and ♪ ♪ unprecedentedinvestments in ♪ ♪ queer people .♪ ♪ and the most vulnerable ♪ ♪ queer people.♪ ♪ she focuses on the ♪ ♪ transgendercommunity and ♪ ♪ she's talked about some of ♪ ♪ it .♪ ♪ universalbasic income in san ♪ ♪ francisco .♪ ♪ unprecedented investment in ♪ ♪ directed at unhoused trans ♪ ♪ folks, if we don'tfocus on ♪ ♪ unhoused transports we will ♪ ♪ not trans folks .♪ ♪ not a commitment to and ♪ ♪ transgender homelessness ♪ ♪ within five years in san ♪ ♪ francisco.♪ ♪ we can do it it's still ♪ ♪ amazing and this mayor is ♪ ♪ going to make it if you look ♪ ♪ at investments in queer ♪ ♪ communityinstitutions , ♪ ♪ housing for seniors, we're ♪ ♪ going to get a building ♪ ♪ that'sgoing to house more ♪ ♪ than 100 , more than 100 ♪
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♪ lgbtq seniors where they ♪ ♪ will be have a home and if ♪ ♪ they get convicted is not ♪ ♪ going to mean leaving the ♪ ♪ state or the bay area.♪ ♪ and weather is going to be ♪ ♪ the museum, investments in ♪ ♪ tim seelig's billing and ♪ ♪ these investments inpeople ♪ ♪ and the recognition of the ♪ ♪ talent in the queer ♪ ♪ community .♪ ♪ the number of queer ♪ ♪ department heads as i look ♪ ♪ around, they're all ♪ ♪ brilliant.♪ ♪ but that's amazing that our♪ ♪ city is led by so many queer ♪ ♪ people.♪ ♪ our commissioner deborah ♪ ♪ walker was about to step on ♪ ♪ to the police commission, ♪ ♪ good luck .♪ ♪ so i didnot, one of my fears ♪ ♪ , i get anxious about a lot ♪ ♪ of stuff but one of my ♪ ♪ anxieties was that reality ♪ ♪ of one degrees record like ♪ ♪ it obscured and won't also ♪ ♪ they're going to have a ♪ ♪ fantastic party♪ ♪ i'm looking forward to it .♪ ♪ i'm excited.♪ ♪ i think i'm supposed to ♪ ♪ announce the newest queer ♪
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♪ supervisor in san francisco ♪ ♪ and in the bay area and up ♪ ♪ until now i've been able to ♪ ♪ say i'm the only one i can't ♪ ♪ say itanymore but i'm super ♪ ♪ happy about that and that is ♪ ♪ areflection i think of the ♪ ♪ mayor's commitment to the ♪ ♪ queer community .♪ ♪ matt dorsey , you helped us ♪ ♪ get to this point with this ♪ ♪ year's pride and i am so ♪ ♪ excited to see all the ♪ ♪ things you're goingto do on ♪ ♪ the board.♪ ♪ it's a joy to serve with you ♪ ♪ and thank you for appointing ♪ ♪ matt dorsey to represent ♪ ♪ district 6 .♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ >> thank you so much.♪ ♪ i want to express my ♪ ♪ gratitude to carolyn and ♪ ♪ suzanne.♪ ♪ yesterday in a conversation ♪ ♪ carolyn said i'm going to be ♪ ♪ blunt and i say good because ♪ ♪ we don't have time for ♪ ♪ nuance.♪ ♪ getting this done was ♪ ♪ important and i want to ♪ ♪ express my gratitude to joe ♪ ♪ weitzman in myoffice, lisa ♪ ♪ williams .♪ ♪ the human rightscommission, ♪ ♪ cheryldavis .♪ ♪ the lgbtq advisory ♪
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♪ commission .♪ ♪ people are having a ♪ ♪ difficult conversations and ♪ ♪ i especially want to express ♪ ♪ my gratitude because you ♪ ♪ know how personal it is tome ♪ ♪ .♪ ♪ the officer catherine ♪ ♪ winters, all the men, women ♪ ♪ and non-binary members of ♪ ♪ the san francisco police ♪ ♪ department, san francisco ♪ ♪ firedepartment, san ♪ ♪ francisco sheriff's ♪ ♪ department for going to the ♪ ♪ table with a spirit of ♪ ♪ collaboration and consensus ♪ ♪ and getting this done .i ♪ ♪ am so excited like the mayor ♪ ♪ tobe marching in pride and i ♪ ♪ want to acknowledge too when ♪ ♪ i said i was going to sit ♪ ♪ out , it was partly because ♪ ♪ i spent two years in the ♪ ♪ police department and these ♪ ♪ are my colleagues and ♪ ♪ friends but i want to ♪ ♪ remember when i moved to san ♪ ♪ francisco as a young gay man♪ ♪ , there was aformer police ♪ ♪ commissioner named wayne ♪ ♪ striker who was a mentor to ♪ ♪ me .♪ ♪ dennis collins was a ♪
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♪ groundbreaking da ♪ ♪ investigator who was a ♪ ♪ mentor to me.♪ ♪ joey daly was the first ♪ ♪ lesbian police commissioner ♪ ♪ appointed in 1980.♪ ♪ i got to work for two years ♪ ♪ and a police department ♪ ♪ that's been the beneficiary ♪ ♪ of lgbtq leadership from no ♪ ♪ fewer than 10 police ♪ ♪ commissioners and we're ♪ ♪ going to have an 11th and ♪ ♪ i'm excited to be supporting ♪ ♪ deborah walker.♪ ♪ it means the world to me to ♪ ♪ our foreign public safety ♪ ♪ officers and firefighters ♪ ♪ and emts and sheriffs that ♪ ♪ we got thisdone.♪ ♪ happy pride everybody.♪ ♪ let's get out and celebrate ♪ ♪ .♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ >> this brings us to the end ♪ ♪ of our program.♪ ♪ i just want to thank ♪ ♪ everyone who is joining us ♪ ♪ here today and i also want ♪ ♪ to simply call out and thank ♪ ♪ tom horne.♪ ♪ many of you know that tom ♪
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♪ does extraordinary work ♪ ♪ mostly behind-the-scenes in ♪ ♪ this community and a big ♪ ♪ supporter of all things ♪ ♪ pride but also a big, major ♪ ♪ ambassador to the city and ♪ ♪ county of san francisco so ♪ ♪ we arehonored by your ♪ ♪ presence ♪ ♪ grateful to have you and ♪ ♪ grateful to have each and ♪ ♪ every one of you .♪ ♪ lovewill bring us together .♪ ♪ lovehas brought us together ♪ ♪ and in the spirit of love , ♪ ♪ let's celebrate pride like ♪ ♪ san francisco celebrates ♪ ♪ prideand let's turn it up .♪ ♪ you also much.♪ ♪ thank you.♪ ♪ >>.♪
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>> that afternoon. the meeting will come to order welcome to the june 10 special budget and appropriations committee meeting .my name is hillary ronen, chair of the budget and finance committee and i'm here inbudget and appropriations which i'm also the chair of . and joined by supervisors chan and mar as well as presidents walton and we should bejoined by supervisor safai shortly . our client is brent jalipa and
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i like to thank jason from sfgov tv for broadcasting this meeting. any announcements? >> without return to the chamber a friendly reminder, silence also owns and electronic devices. the board of supervisors and committees are convening hybrid meetings to allow in-person attendance at public comment while providing remote access and comment via telephone. the committee recognizes public access is available and will be taking public comment as follows . for those attending in person and we will take those living on the telephone line. for thosewatching either channels 26, 78 or 99 , the public comment call in number is streaming across the screen and that number is 415-655-0001. again that's 415-655-0001 and andrew the meeting id of 2491 324 6017 .
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then pound and pound again. when connected you will hear the meeting discussions but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interestcomes up and public comment is called those joining us inperson should line up to speak and those on the telephone should dialá3 to be added . if you're on your telephone remember to turn down your tv and all listening devices . i'llalternatively you may submit public comment and writing in either the following ways, email myself at budget and appropriations committee at the art ent .ja , brentjalipa@sfgov.org. if you submit public comment it will be forward to the supervisors and also included as part of the official file. you may send your written comments by u.s. postal service to our office at city hall. that's one doctor carlton b.
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goodlatte place. >> mister clark can you read items 12 and three together. >> item numbers one through three items involving the mayor's proposed interim budget for the departments of the sitting cabinet for fiscal years 2022, 2023 and 2024. item 1 is a hearing to consider the proposed budget item to his proposed interim budget and appropriation ordinance upgrading on estimated receipts and expenditures for departments of the city and county as of june 1, 2022 for the fiscal years ending june 30, 2023 and june 30, 2024. item 3 is a proposed interim annual calorie ordinance enumerating positions in the annual budget appropriation ordinance for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 continuing, creating or establishing these positions, enumerating including all positions created
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by the charter or state law for which compensations are paid from city and county funds and appropriated in the annual appropriation ordinance, authorizing appointments or continuation of appointments there too, specifying and fixing the compensations and work schedules thereof and authorizing appointments to temporary positions and fixing compensations. members who wish to provide publiccomment should call 415-655-0001. the meeting id is 2491 324 6017 . then press pound twice. if you haven't done so pressáthree to line up to speak. a system problem will indicate you have raised her head. you may begin your comments and madam chair iam expounding the memorandum from your desk. for the full board meeting of tuesday, june 14. >> thank you mister clark and we have mister sandler here from the controller's office .
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>> iq chair ronen. i'm lisa sandler from the controller's office . the items before you are standard items that come to the committee every year and of the purpose of the interim aao and aso is to allow operations to continue during the period of time whenthe fiscal year starts after july 1 while the board is still contemplating the budget for the next fiscal year and i'd be happy to answer questions . >> president: any questions colleagues? seeing none we can open this item up for public comment. >> members of the public who wish to speak on thisitem and arejoining us in person should line up to speak . for those listening remotely please call 415-655-0001 . enter the meeting id of 2491 324 6017 and was connected pressáthree to enter the speaker line and please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and thatwill be your cue to begin your comments.
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we have no in person speakers . can you unmute color? >> can you? david pilpel. i amtrying to download a particular comment related to all of this . i support the proposed interim aao and aso. i am okay with theinterim exceptions . i can't seem to get to the document quickly enough. i think my concern was on the interim exceptions for hiring new positions created. those that were out of general fund supported, that was fine. for thosethat are non- dental fund supported , it would have been helpful to know the source of funds for those that are mta, puc and some of the other
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enterprise and non-general fund supported positions. that would be helpful. i did not see a bla report on the two ordinances. i bought a bla normally review the interim exceptions . i didn't hear about that. otherwise i think i'm good with this and i was about to check out what the publiccomment arrangements are for next week . or the other standard budget items. when we leave it at that for today. thanks for listening. >> thank you for your comments. do we have any more colors? >>. >> do we haveany more colors in
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the queue ? >> are no more colors. >> publiccomment is nowclosed . supervisors chan . >> thank you chair ronen. i just want to make sure i understand that the interim budget continues programs and services at the level that we are currently funded in fiscal year 2122 or at the levels of the mayor's proposed budget for 2223? >> leases standard for the controller's office. actually what is in the interim budget or what will be authorized is what is in the mayor's proposed budget. though there are changes between last year and this year that would be part of the interim. but just so you know new
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capital projects and equipment arenot part of the interim . so if it's changedsince last year it would be whatever is proposed . >> any more questions? seeing none i'd like to make a motion to send this to the full board with positive recommendation. >> on that motion by chair ronen items two and 3b forwarded to thefull board . [roll call vote] we have 5 aye. >> that motion passes unanimously. can you please read item number four. >> item number for a hearing on update in progress on the
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shared program. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this hearing should call 415-655-0001. then press pound twice. if you haven't done so pressá3 to line up to see the system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand . wait till the system indicates you have been unmuted . >> supervisor, any opening remarks? >> thank you chair ronen. i think it's been a great program. i think i look forward to hearing how the issue came about and i wanted to understand given especially the fact that i think the last two years that we've been in a pandemic many of our children and families are dependent on outdoor space and especially during summer it has been
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really at least in our district in the richmond has been both in the oregon and alamo they are great programs. just allowing kids to be able to be at school yards during summer off school hours and actually year-round on the weekends to. and i think that it's especially for those who either cannot and do not attend summer camp or have the ability to attend summercamp having outdoor space , returning their school space is critical for them to be able to recreate. i look forward to hearing about the program and the fundingfrom these sources . and thank you so much for being here. >> thank you supervisors and my name is don cumberland evans.
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i'm doing today by executive director of facilities as well as lena our program coordinato . i'm very excited to have this opportunity to celebrate the shared schoolyard program . while at the same time also somewhat anxious about its future . we are during the pandemic the shared schoolyard program was a rare bright spot over the past two years where through more effective management of the program's resources we were finallyable to fully realize the potential of this program which has been in existence for years now . and providing access to space when families and neighborhoods needed it most i'm just going to talk through a couple of thepoints that supervisor chan address and
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turn it over . so next slide please . not sure which one. >> give me one second. could youbring up the slideshow please . >>. >> can we advance to the next slide? >> slide four, that would be great . >> slide4, that would be great .
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>> thank you. so again the shared schoolyard program exists to provide access to critically needed open spaces within the school district to the broader community and what we wanted to share with you is just a brief history of this program as well that in 2007 the program was first established but it was a patchwork of resources contributed acrossthe city and county without any real stable funding and there was around 11 site at that time .in 2011 is when we began to see real investment in this year's schoolyard program and there was a combination of private fundraising as well as the first real any investments in the program with that we saw kind of a rejuvenation and the addition of more nonprofit robust nonprofit programming at the site as well as access but it was still very much a
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patchwork of resources and different departments and there were often unintentional customer service failures that are inevitable when youhave five different agencies trying to provide service at the same spot . a few years ago we were able to have it to sf usd running the program is irony with the generosity of the city's funding and at this point the program is 100 percent city funded so the budget is around $600,000 a year. funding is allocated and sent via the bc white house budget allows us to provideprogramming to over 45 sites . in particular with that funding and under the leadership of miss boyle we've been able to really much more bang for our buck. so we have changed the way we deliver the program. we've streamlined procurement processes and programming partners so during the pandemic were able to bring something
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called shared schoolyard 2.0 which in neighborhoods that have the highestopen space needs, highest open-space deficits, nature of the schoolyard were not only open monitor . from the community and then also that there were restrooms and water and handwashing stations to make the space feel safe during the pandemic. and so now where we stand is we feel like we've done a great job finally with the resources we have an expanding service and we want to expand service more particularly in those neighborhoods that are open-space deficits areas. there's a real difference. i know now now know as the mom of a young child compared to what i saw as a parts letter between navigatingnew spaces and being able to return someplace familiar , that's what our schools can do for the community and make sure that our schools are not just assets for this broader community as
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well. next slide please. >> so the next one back. the slide on the screen is a map right now of our current risk areas and again, there are some conspicuous absences with someof our most dense neighborhoods . we work on thoroughly with principles. we do not compel them to be part of the program but we have started critical conversations with a number of school sites in those neighborhoods where there are gaps and there's also increased command across the city for this service so we really hope that we can continue the funding for this program and really model the best of sfusd with city and countycollaboration . with that i willturn this over . >> good afternoon supervisors.
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my name is katie boyle, i'm executive director for san francisco unified school district and so as was often said the map in front of you shows the currentdistribution of the 45 schoolyard . the yellow iconsalso show where wehave free programming this summer . next slide please . so sfusd manages all aspects of the project atthis point. schoolyards are open from 9 am to 4 pm saturday and sunday, mostholidays all year long . sfusd manages all operations including opening and closing the case , cleaning andrepairs. we also manage all contracts and productions with associated partners . some of the highlights fromthis year that have been a major highlight for sfusd , we
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launched a career pathway program in partnership with the human services agency last year we have four people for trainees in ourown morning right now and we hope to have 15 by the end of the year . they will be on the weekends they provide docent services to the communities then during the week they learn job skills and their house management custodial and landscaping. in 2020 as this, mentioned we've lost the 2.0 experience bringing enhanced services to neighborhoods that needed it most during the pandemic . next slide please. >> two more please.there we go. the 2.0 experience which started in 2020 at 15 schoolyards included the use of
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free equipment. docent services at the time and partnership with urban alchemy restaurant and handwashing stations , access and landscaping improvements and free programming. nextslide please . since the 2.0 experience launchedin 2020 we've double the amount of programming available classes are free and run on saturdays and sundays . some do require preregistration but we do also offer basketball and soccer on the weekends. nextslide please . we are thrilled to partner with local organizations and we provide opportunity for smalle organizations to meet the needs of the communities . we pay for all the use permits and compensate organizations t offer free programming .
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a lot of our partners only offer more than just free programming, theyoffer free books , why bike offers free bikes to children. next slide please. our programs would not be successful without communities partnership and community support. the little bearsprogram which is running at largo elementary school has been a huge hit with parents and is offered every weekend free to parents . next slide please. thank you. san francisco is the second densest city in the country. i don't think that's a surprise to anybody so every square foot of open space is important. that's why when we opened 45
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schoolyards every weekend we effectively open the six acres of space or family and children to recreate in with 24 playgrounds were effectively opening at and adding an additional 10percent of playgrounds to families. in the last 12 months alone we have provided free programming to 2600 kids . next slide please. we operate on a budget of $600,000 a year which allows for gait and maintenance operations at 45 sites plus the 2.0 experience at 15 of those sites. providing access to clean and safe preparation is less than hundred $50 a week . so for around $8000 can open and clean and maintain one schoolyard for an entire year. next slide please. for $500 weekend can provide yard access and cleaning, restroom access and2 to 4 hours
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of free programming . it's less than $25,000 a year. next slide. the one after. next slide. there we go. in 2020 as i mentioned we opened enhanced services at 15 of those schoolyards. this year were opening 45 schoolyards thathave enhanced program at 20 schoolyards . we think with our current management are efficient management we can open an additional 10 schoolyards bythe end of 2023 . and then between 2023 and 2025 we will open an additional 10 schoolyards plus enhanced services at another 10 schoolyards. next slide please. so we are, we do recognize there is a deficiency in the
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distribution of schoolyards across the city so we really want to highlight and focus on areas of the city are most space deficits. to identify potential slight sites to open in some of the including ), the mission and tenderloin. so these are some of the expanded opportunities for 2023. as i mentioned include neighborhoods of the highest need but we've also identified schools with high sponsorship from the community. areas that people have asked us toopen schools . we work in close collaboration with the schools to ensure the successful programs so we do not mandate the schools open their schoolyards we tried to workclosely in collaboration to makes sure school is open and ready for students on monday morning . next slide . and that's all i have today. thank you again for the
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opportunity and i will take any questions. >> thank you for the presentation and my question is around the budget. as it currently exists its $600,000 to allow 45 schoolyards out of which 24 of them in your 2.0 experience which is the programming on site. and so i see that on the slide that you provided to say that there's extension opportunities which include it looks like there's some schools in different areas for expansion. is that inclusive of the 600 or is it, it requires additional funding to these schools in 2023? >> it includes the within the existing 600,000. so we believe with the management that as the gate opening operations that yelling has created we can do another 10 schoolyardswithin the
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existing budget . >> and you mentioned, sorry the director was mentioning in the beginning that it was like for ships and then eventually became fully funded by the city and its through dc one half to issue that funding to you through sfusd. so is that still going on and in the upcoming budget for do we know? >> supervisor at this time we were informed that the funding does notexist for the shared schoolyards programming in the coming year . >>does that mean without the funding in upcoming years you will no longer be able to operate the entire program ? >> we do have a little bit of a reserve that we have built to smooth out operations because some summer programming is at our height so there's a
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juggling act there that comes as the budgets being renewed but yes, we would not be ableto operate the program at its scale . we would try and basically if funding doesn't exist we would go into the thinking mode to figure out to preserve service in our highest need neighborhoods and extend that service as long as possible which would mean diverging funding and programming from other school sites. >> i think through the chair if i may ask robin berger to explain to us the decision-makingprocess of withholding funding for shared schoolyards because it's been funded since 2020 . as the years. >> we've received some level of city funding. >> ashley robin berger, my understanding of how this program has been funded at least the last few years as last year the program when we
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were developing the budget had thought that there was some savings that existed to carry the program through the year so we've removed that appropriation from the budget . it turns out i believe that the program did not have the savings they thought they needed so the department dc why f was able to patch it together to maintain the program through the last fiscal year. we would have needed to restore $600,000 of generalfund to keep theprogram going . obviously it was a difficult year with lots of trade-offs . we had to make the mayor invest in children and families and unfortunately thisis not an area we were able to invest in . >> i want to make my last comment. i don't have any questions unless my colleagues do and i am just disappointed to hear that and i think the fact that we're still in themidst of the pandemic and i think he is faced especially in schoolyards
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, i think that it's critical for neighborhoods don't really have an or outerspace like a playground or a park and i think that $600,000 for 45 schoolyards is actually a ladder really a good investment citywide to know that even with the $600,000 that there's capacity to even expand i think in my opinion is very, it's great investment and it provides a great outdoor resource for especially for families that may not have the ability to pay for summer camp or any type of reparation or even afterschool programming or including on the weekends. i know it only opens on the weekends but it's whatever we can get for outdoor space for our kids and families forfree. i would really appreciate .i hope that we can work out and identify ways to really restor this program if possible so thank you so much chair >>
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thank you so much, president walton . >> i want to thank the district for recording but this is really disheartening to see this reduction and not just because i worked extremely hard with the supervisor at the time when i was on the board of education and we work hard to work with the private sector to even fund some of this with the city and the district at the time. but not just because of that but personally for being a young person growing up in communities we used to have to fix at all of our schoolyards because we wanted access and didn't have access necessary. they were the closest playground where we lived so we have to play in there anyway. this way there's a thing and now you are having so this is disheartening and of course are going to try to have conversations about what possibilitiesexist . i did want to know have you had direct conversations with dc why f as a department or have
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the conversations only been with the mayor's office or has there been a combination? >> supervisor i think we were made aware of the reduction shortly basically before the mayor's budget was submitted to the board ofsupervisors. it was , it has been a surprise to us. we also understand though that the dc why f funding and direction with sfusd is multilayered to say the least and every year it's been complicated to track down this funding and get it transferred over to sfusd and that is not dc why f calls at all reflection of the mechanism or how the funding is transferred and it gets transferred with millions ofdollars . when the program was created that funding sat literally and
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the mayor's department, and the mayor's office budget and was moved to dcyfas part of the baseline . so they have always been a supportive partner of this program and the priority and i think in early and early partner as well in the formation of the program so we have no reason to doubt their support or partnership but it does seem that in the trade-offs that have been made the shared schoolyards program was eliminated in its entirety . >> just real quick director robin berger, as we look at i know you stated that you thought there was a savingsand how was that missed . how do we not know there was an actual mist and if we don't have that answer today i'm just curious how we missed forecast. >> we tend to work with the school district directly through dcyf. there might have been some misunderstanding of timing of
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billing so all parties may have assumed there were savings and things panned out differently. we were able topiece it together despite having that shortfall . >> the last thing obviously with baseline just because it's important and i hope we will be able to figure out a way to restore this because this is important and to lose the whole program or have totake part the district isobviously suffering with some budget restrictions . this is disheartening . >> i'll open this up to public comment period will have some comments. >> members of the public which to speak on this item or are joining us in person should line up now. for those listed call 415-655-0001.
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>> once connected pressáthree. for those in the queue please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. >> good afternoon everybody. first thank you very much or taking time for us to address this issue. my name is ronald and i've been working with street usa which has been directly supported through that program. over the past several years. i've been the one who's been running programs directly into thoseschoolyards including reagan elementary and the tenderloin . malcolm x in the bayview including sf unity and daniel webster and the mission here. joe miller and rosa parks in the western tradition and i've been there directly meeting all these parents and children have been impatiently just running into the schoolyards and we been running programs with
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additional coaches who have also been granted the opportunity to impact their lives.and you know, i know, all of us know what we went through the past 700+ days and we're still counting. and with every step that we're taking here, with everything we're doing together giving an opportunity for these communities to step up and to see that there is actually a chance for them for something to be done. we again appreciate your efforts to make this happen and thank you so much as well for all the hard work you're putting in and we're looking forward to extend as the ladies mentioned in other neighborhoods so that we can make this happen. thank you again and on we go. we make the future brightand possible . thank you. >> see no further comments in the chamber can you unmute your
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first color please. >> my name is wes graves. i am and i'm sorry for the delay. i am in representation of super soccer stars.on both the mirror street soccer usa. we've been working in 10 with them the last six or seven years just want to focus on the last couple of years and this time more than any of these kids need this kind of impact of enrichment we're providing them a sense of fun enjoy we're providing them a pathway to a better person and without this programming there's a lot of
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parents that were talking to right now that feels disheartening tohear that potentially this program may not continue in the future years so i just want to keep it short and simple . we impact a great number of kids in a side ofsan francisco and have an opportunity to impact even more in the coming years with our incredible programming for these kids . thank you so much for listening to me today and i look forward to this proceeding forward . >> next speaker please. >> my name is macduff and i'm speaking today on behalf of the ymca san francisco but i'm also the parent of a kindergartner and a regular shared school user as well. the ymca aborts the shared schoolyards program. it is a complete and full illustration of funds baseline at $600,000 a year for an access to saferecreational spaces for all san francisco children . in the last year the shield
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schoolyards program has provided free outdoor programming to 2600 children opened 36 acres of playspace can provided access to 24 playgrounds. the loss of the shared schoolyards programs would hurt our neighborhoodsand thank you so much for your time and have a great day . >> next speaker please. >> i'm calling on behalf of blue horses music which is a nonprofit based in fort mesa for 50 years. we run programs through the shared schoolyards program and are particularly happy to be able to offer the classes free of charge to those who might not otherwise be able to afford them. as others have said i as well encourage a complete and full restoration of $600,000 a year to ensure equitable access to
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clean and safe spaces for all children and families. i want to make a special plug for my program for kids younger than years old who are not allowed to be vaccinated right now . if we take that away from them then were not leaving them with much thank you for your time . >> thankyou for your comments . missed next speaker please. >> can you hear me now? >> we can hear you.>> speaker: sorry, david pilpel. ithink that was muted and unmuted again . i think i missed earlier and opportunity to thank ashley and her entire staff in the mayor's office and lisa sandler and her entire team in the controller's
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office for theirgood work on the budget thus far. on this particular issue , nice to see don. i'm sure she's been busy with lots of challenges over the school district, wreck and parks loss was the school districts gain but she's still doing good work for the public so to her and her colleagues thank you for your work over at unified on the shared schoolyards program which was as i recall led by then supervisor mark farrell and i think it's a unique and worthwhile partnership between the city, school district and community based organizations to use our public assets better foreveryone's benefit . i support the funding of this program. i understand it's a $600,000 item that seems like a
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relatively cheap investment with relatively substantial benefits for everyone and support that and i believe there are sufficient resources within the amount that's already beingtransferred from the city to theschool district to make this happen and just wanted to support continued success on this ask for listening .>> thank you david pilpel for your comments . we can confirm that is our last speaker. >> that is ourlast speaker. >> thank you so much .>>. >> president: did they confirm? public comment is now closed. i just want to thank you supervisor chan for calling this meeting. i do think this was important to call out separately. i don't understand why we wouldn't continue this funding. it's probably the most efficient use of city dollars and land for getting banged for
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our buck we've seen. it's sort of a no-brainer. i'm a little at a loss for words. there's this issue with our budget where sometimes something has been around forever because of some technicality in the way the budget looks like a restoration rather than a continuingprogram and gets such different treatment because of it . but i have to just peel back the layers a little bit but it's a long-standing beloved program that is widely used in the city and i just really thank you for putting a highlight on this supervisor chan because i think itshould be a priority for the committee . supervisor safai. >> i want to go,because that's what i do . >> you could just do jazz hands. >> i have for 10 experience
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withthis program . i want to say it's absolutely benefit to the community . we have a considerablenumber of children . participate in this program. in fact i was hoping that the track would open up andbe part of the shared schoolyards . it's a tremendous resource, you get a lot not just children a lot of seniors and a lot of family members. i said that when it first happened and i wantto advocate for . i have all the confidence in the world the mayor's office work hard, they can find the money and a technical adjustment or somehow to make this happen. i think this was an oversight. i don't think it was intentional. i'm hoping it wasn't intentional.sounds like this was shifted from the mayor's office and dc one half and
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maybe there was the assumption on yourpart in it was baseline . i have all the confidence and the director of the budget office and their budget to make this change and we will work together to adjust this and see if we can continue this. >> would you like to file this hearing? >> i'll move to file this hearing. >> i'll second. >> on that motion by member chan seconded bysupervisor ronen, supervisor safai . [roll call vote] >>. [roll call vote] we have 5 aye.
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>> that motion passes unanimously . we will be in touch. thanks for coming out. mister clark, any other items onthe agenda ? >> a little bit of housekeeping, we did not disclose whether we should file the hearing. >>. >> can i make a motion to file item 1, can i get a second? >> on the motion by chair ronen and seconded by supervisor walton that the hearing regarding budgets be heard and filed . >>. [roll call vote] we have 5 aye's. >> that motion passes unanimouslyand do we have any other business ?
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>> that concludes our business. >> the meeting is adjourned. >> >> it had been rain for several days. at 12:30 there was a notice of
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large amount of input into the reservoir. we opened up the incident command and started working the incident to make sure employees and the public were kept were safe there is what we call diversion dam upstream of moccasin. the water floods the drinking water reservoir. we couldn't leave work. if the dam fails what is going to happen. >> we had three objectives. evacuate and keep the community and employees safe. second was to monitor the dam. third objective was to activate emergency action plan and call the agencies that needed contacted. >> the time was implement
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failure of the dam. we needed to set up for an extended incident. we got people evacuated downstream. they came back to say it is clear downstream, start issuing problems and create work orders as problems come in. >> powerhouse was flooded. water was so high it came through the basement floor plate, mud and debris were there. it was a survey where are we? >> what are we going to do to get the drinking water back in. >> we have had several emergencies. with each incident we all ways operate withins dent command open. process works without headache. when we do it right it makes it easier for the next one. >> we may experience working as a team in the different format.
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always the team comes together. they work together. >> our staff i feel does take a lot of pride of ownership of the projects that they work on for the city. we are a small organization that helps to service the water for 2.7 million people. >> the diversity of the group makes us successful. the best description we are a big family. it is an honor to have my team recognized. i consider my team as a small part of what we do here, but it makes you proud to see people come together in a disaster. >> safety is number one through the whole city of san francisco. we want people to go home at the end of the day to see their loved ones. we don't want them hurt.
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we want them back the next day to do their work. >> there is a lot of responsibility the team members take on. they word very -- they work hard. they are proud of what they do. i am proud they are recognized.
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it across the city. [♪♪] the tenderloin is home to families, immigrants, seniors, merchants, workers, and the housed and unhoused who all deserve a thriving neighborhood to call home. the tenderloin emergency initiative was launched to improve safety, reduce crime, connect people to services, and increase investments in the neighborhood. >> the department of homelessness and supportive housing is responsible for providing resources to people living on the streets. we can do assessments on the streets to see what people are
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eligible for as far as permanent housing. we also link people with shelter that's available. it could be congregate shelter, the navigation center, the homeless outreach team links those people with those resources and the tenderloin needs that more than anywhere else in the city. >> they're staffing a variety of our street teams, our street crisis response team, our street overdose response team, and our newly launched wellness response team. we have received feedback from community members, from residents, community organizations that we need an extra level and an extra level of impact and more impactful care to serve this community's needs and that's what the fire department and the community's paramedics are bringing today to this issue. >> the staff at san francisco community health center has really taken up the initiative of providing a community-based outreach for the neighborhood. so we're out there at this point monday through saturday letting residents know this is a service they can access
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really just describing the service, you know, the shower, the laundry, the food, all the different resources and referrals that can be made and really just providing the neighborhood with a face, this is something that we've seen work and something you can trust. >> together, city and community-based teams work daily to connect people to services, valencia has been a constantly evolving roadway. the first bike lanes were striped in 1999, and today is the major north and south bike route from the mission neighborhood extending from market to mission street. >> it is difficult to navigate lindsay on a daily basis, and more specifically, during the morning and evening commute hours. >> from 2012 to 2016, there were 260 collisions on valencia and 46 of those were between vehicles and bikes. the mayor shows great leadership and she knew of the long history of collisions and the real
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necessity for safety improvements on the streets, so she actually directed m.t.a. to put a pilot of protected bike lanes from market to 15th on valencia street within four months time. [♪♪♪] >> valencia is one of the most used north south bike routes in san francisco. it has over 2100 cyclists on an average weekday. we promote bicycles for everyday transportation of the coalition. valencia is our mission -- fits our mission perfectly. our members fall 20 years ago to get the first bike lane stripes. whether you are going there for restaurants, nightlife, you know , people are commuting up and down every single day. >> i have been biking down the valencia street corridor for about a decade. during that time, i have seen the emergence of ridesharing
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companies. >> we have people on bikes, we have people on bike share, scooters, we have people delivering food and we have uber taking folks to concerts at night. one of the main goals of the project was to improve the overall safety of the corridor, will also looking for opportunities to upgrade the bikeway. >> the most common collision that happens on valencia is actually due to double parking in the bike lane, specifically during, which is where a driver opens the door unexpectedly. >> we kept all the passengers -- the passenger levels out, which is the white crib that we see, we double the amount of commercial curbs that you see out here. >> most people aren't actually perking on valencia, they just need to get dropped off or pick something up. >> half of the commercial loading zones are actually after 6:00 p.m., so could be used for five-minute loading later into the evening to provide more
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opportunities or passenger and commercial loading. >> the five minute loading zone may help in this situation, but they are not along the corridor where we need them to be. >> one of the most unique aspects of the valencia pilot is on the block between 14th street. >> we worked with a pretty big mix of people on valencia. >> on this lot, there are a few schools. all these different groups had concerns about the safety of students crossing the protected bikeway whether they are being dropped off or picked up in the morning or afternoon. to address those concerns, we installed concrete loading islands with railings -- railings that channel -- channeled a designated crossing plane. >> we had a lot of conversations around how do you load and unload kids in the mornings and the afternoons? >> i do like the visibility of some of the design, the safety aspects of the boarding pilot for the school.
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>> we have painted continental crosswalks, as well as a yield piece which indicates a cyclist to give the right-of-way so they can cross the roadway. this is probably one of the most unique features. >> during the planning phase, the m.t.a. came out with three alternatives for the long term project. one is parking protected, which we see with the pilot, they also imagined a valencia street where we have two bike lanes next to one another against one side of the street. a two-way bikeway. the third option is a center running two-way bikeway, c. would have the two bike lanes running down the center with protection on either side. >> earlier, there weren't any enter lane designs in san francisco, but i think it will be a great opportunity for san francisco to take the lead on that do so the innovative and different, something that
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doesn't exist already. >> with all three concepts for valencia's long-term improvement , there's a number of trade-offs ranging from parking, or what needs to be done at the intersection for signal infrastructure. when he think about extending this pilot or this still -- this design, there's a lot of different design challenges, as well as challenges when it comes to doing outreach and making sure that you are reaching out to everyone in the community. >> the pilot is great. it is a no-brainer. it is also a teaser for us. once a pilot ends, we have thrown back into the chaos of valencia street. >> what we're trying to do is incremental improvement along the corridor door. the pilot project is one of our first major improvements. we will do an initial valuation in the spring just to get a glimpse of what is happening out here on the roadway, and to make any adjustments to the pilot as needed. this fall, we will do a more robust evaluation. by spring of 2020, we will have recommendations about long-term improvements. >> i appreciate the pilot and how quickly it went in and was built, especially with the
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community workshops associated with it, i really appreciated that opportunity to give input. >> we want to see valencia become a really welcoming and comfortable neighborhood street for everyone, all ages and abilities. there's a lot of benefits to protected bike lanes on valencia , it is not just for cyclists. we will see way more people biking, more people walking, we are just going to create a really friendly neighborhood street. [♪♪♪]
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>> clerk: if you could please rise if you're able for the pledge of allegiance. ["pledge of allegiance"] >> clerk: and vice president elias, if i could take roll. >> vice president elias: yes, please. [roll call] >> clerk: commissioner elias, you have a quorum.