tuesday june 21th. meeting of the entertainment commission i'm ben bleiman the commission president. we'll start with announcements. this meet nothing hybrid format in person in room 416. broadcast live on sfgovtv and zoom or listen to by calling 669-900-683, id8894228609 one. all individuals in attending the meet nothing person that all health and safety protocol and rules must be adhereed. we appreciate your cooperation in the interest of everyone's health and safety am sanitize

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>> vice president caminong. >> here. >> commissioner perez. >> here. >> commissioner falzon and commissioner wong or excused and commissioner thomas. >> here. via zoom. >> thank you the first order is consideration and possible action to adopt making fine beings to allow teleconference meetings under the california code >> i move to approve. >> second. >> is there public comment on this item? >> we will close public comment. >> there is no zoom public comment. >> thank you, sorry. >> a vote. call the -- names. is it a roll call? >> individually. the 4 of us. >> president bleiman. >> aye. >> vice president caminong.

>> aye. >> commissioner perez. >> aye. >> and commissioner thomas. >> aye. >> number 2 general public comment are there people withhold like to comment on items on the agenda? none in the room. are is there some on zoom. close comment and move number 3 approval the minutes for april 19, 2022 commission meeting do we have a motion to approve the minute sns >> i move to approve. >> i second. >> is there public comment on this agenda item? >> none in the room. there is 91 on zoom. >> we can have a vote and public comment is closed. president bleiman. >> aye >> vice president caminong. >> aye. >> commissioner perez. >> aye. >> and commissioner thomas.

>> aye. >> all right the meeting minutes have been approved next is 4 which is report from executive director? who is going to be she with snus she is. >> hi. good evening president bleiman and commissioners. and folks watching. am i'm magget director of the entertainment commission. i'm coming to you frequently my room now covid finally caught up with me. so -- thanks for bearing with me i'm a little bit out of sorts wanted to start with announcements. letting you all know that we are very, very excited about the warriors won championship last week. and the city got to celebrate them yet with a huge parade first time in san francisco. we also cell will brated juneteenth in san francisco all weekend. there were a ton of events all

over the city hoping those that did in the have covid were able to enjoy. and also just wanted to let you know that today is not only the summer solstice and a hot weather day i'm sorry we are all inside. but it is also music which was start in the paris the first time that we are hosting this world music day here in san francisco. we have been promoting this day through our social media channels and news letter and cross prowith oewd. and office of small business. permitting some events today for music and encouraging our jam permit holders to host out door music today. hopefully folks were able to here sounds and live music.

hopefully you will get out beyond that getting on to what is on the agenda. wanted to updates on legislation. know one is a local ordinance something that the deputy director worked on in lowering the cost of the permit application and license fees for our fixed place amplified sound permit in preparation for transitioning our eligible jams over to programs. they have not issued a permit. before but the cost was 2,000 to apply. brought that cost down to be very similar to our live permit.

i was present for the reading and sent to the full board with a positive recommendation. i will keep you posted when that passes and becomes part of our code and when we can start issuing permits under that new fee t. is exciting another piece to bring more equity to our programming and permit fees. the other piece is -- something that you are going to hear more about from ben when he is able to present the next time at the commission but this is a state bill 930, which is very familiar to all of us. it is bringing 4 a.m. back to the table. at the state level. and it is making it so that the proposal includes san francisco and other jurisdictions to potentially ad 4 a.m. alcohol sales.

we will shop around that soon that would implicate all of us in getting more involved in how we implement 4 a.m. locally. the plan itself for the bill is a long-term plan. if it passes this fall. we would have a year of having a committee likely hopefully in some form working on a plan for local implementation. that would be 2023. then the board of supervisors in 2024 for their approval. and then it would not go in affect until january of 2025. so this is a ways out but that is how it is written at the state. i will keep you posted on that. beyond that just wanted call

attention to staffing changes you know tony is no longer an inspector with the entertainment commission. we are down one position now. a full time position. in that time weer going to have inspectors work as an acting senior inbespecter and keep you posted on how that shakes out. in our staffing models going forward. we'll talk about our sum and i retreat. took the time to meet and talk about our goals. commission secretary lion is she put together a great sin oppositeis. i will ends is you a plan today.

i was unable to do that. sent to all of you next steps on what we had laid out in our 5 different goal areas. also.ed to say that our summit was successful. we had great speakers and great presentations and wanted to giving big kudos to our commission and staff and taking such key participation role in that event. thank you for this. dillon let me know there was 70 in person attendsees that could be 99 some did not sign in. it was more than i thought it was, it was great. another thing is that there were 216 views of the live stream. so, you know, that is parfor the course with where we are in hybrid meetings. folks were able to get live

stream views out of the event. we will be sending you and posting to our social media channels and news letter a link to the recorded version of the event soonful so it can live on in perch taoist and we watch it again and again. that's all i have but i did want to let everybody know i don't think it is lost on any of us it is pride this weekend. and we are all excite body it. we permitted a lot of events. we have a huge list for inspectors to go out and check out event this is weekend. we will cover the city and if you have anything else to add pride related we would love to hear about it. i hope i'm no longer covid positive and can get out myself. let me know if you have questions. >> question?

comments? all right. i think i speak for us all when i say we hope you have a speedy recovery. director wayland. we like you and secondly we need you here. >> thank you. thank you for showing up todayeen with covid. i appreciate it. >> is there public comment on this item. there is no in person nor is there zoom. next is number 50 property from the deputy direct. >> good evening president bleiman. commissioners. it is 2 months since we had a hear nothing person and in that time, see if we can figure this out. received 79 complaints we received complaintses i don't

have much enforcement updates for you. most have been resolved with education there is a memo in the folder as well one moment. let's try that, may be. as well as the enforcement report. the first update is about on 510 union. responded a sound complaint on may 14th and benched operating volume in excess of limit. and out door sound after 9 a.m. they are saturdays 1-3 and 5 to 9. and no staff member on site aware of permit conscience including their sounds limit. i issued a notice of violation and since then we received a few more about the business. we were not able to responded in real time to observe.

inspectors conducted a follow and up spoke to management about complaints and conscience and followed up with the same manager to ensure compliant moving forward. >> next business update is lucie night club on mission street. received 3 sound complaint in may. inspectors observed the business did not have a sounds limit on their permit and had a barn door. the door with a top and bottom that opened with a large gap. it was causing the sounds to like. worked with the management team to set a limit and to reposition the speakers to prevent the sounds from being projected out and fixed the gap in the door. we have not received more sounds complaintses kudos to the inspectors and business for being so responsive. next about the blue light. a st. john's complaint on may 27

and the inspector responded in the real time. this business elected to civil condition themselves to not have drums in out door performances. when the inspector arrived he saw a drum kit set up. and when he spoke to the owner he admitted he did not know the band had a drum and they are booked through a talent buyer. the owner said he would be in better communication with his team and have not received complaints since. the next the brickston i issued them an nov for operating after their llp permits 11 p.m. cut off on may 28 the inspector responded a complaint at 1. . 15 a.m. and there was a dj spinning. manager on site claim heed did not know the permit required an education at 11:00 this was the same manager that the inspector spoken to the previous 3 visits

i issued a citation for operating intlament after 11 and hosting entertainment permit holder have a staff member on site who is train in the venn rue operation. and aware of all permit conditions. >> last this evening is about the fillmore and turk minipark across the street from modern station. we received 20 complaint busy this park since our last hearing. 12 this weekend but the park is in rec and park not ours. this is a little strange the person set up in the back of a parked van in front of the park and throwing unpermitted concerts. sings the entertainment is coming from a parked van it not per view. we are meeting with rpd to discuss mitigation strategies as all agencies are receiving complacements about

the activity. i will keep you arc prized of the outcome of that situation. >> questions. of i don't have anything. >> any public comment on this item? there are no public comments on this item. >> all right. we will move on the next agenda item is 6 hearing action regarding application fist are permits. the entertainment commission and deputy direct will introduce consent for us. >> thank you president bleiman. we have 3 limited live performance permits for indoor combament on the consent this evening. no opposition to any of the application and the only added condition from sfpd for underdogs and a standard

southern station recommendation. the staff recommendation is for the commission to vote to approve consent with the good neighbor policy and sfpd recommended condition as applicable. >> sorry. >> okay. let's hear from the audience. >> what were you saying. public comment. is there public comment on the consent agenda? as a whole? no. yes. one second. there are no public comments. >> excellent. do we have a motion to approve the consent agenda. joy would like to make a motion to approve the agenda with a good neighbor policy and sfpd

recommendations. >> second. >> we can vote. too late you miss today should have been in person. [laughter]. [laughter] >> president bleiman. >> aye. >> vice president caminong >> aye. >> commissioner perez. >> aye >> commissioner thomas. >> aye. >> consent approved. congratulations to anybody who is a part of that. follow up with our staff at your convenience for your next steps. and moving on deputy director will introduce the first permit application on the regulars agenda >> the first this evening is llp permit per klamath a ferryboat that will be docked at pier 9 in the coming weeks the klamath will serve the primary building for the bear area council foundation and rentable office space and antivenue. intends to make it a board room on the roof deck for rental.

and the upper deck and roof deck will be made available for special events only outside of normal business hours not to impede public access. majority use of the space will be for corporate and business meeting some may require speech. likely the limited number of special events take place in the space require limitation of performances and music. will set a sound music for out door spaces with municipal code 1060.16 once the boat arrived in the bay. applicants have out reach distributing letters to the residential and commercial buildings. they strife to peek to many as possible and mail the letter out when unable to make in person contact. there is no opposition and central station recommended air condition which is out lined below. here to tell you in is the coo of the council john gun.

first. thank you. having great staff makes everybody successful and she is fun and charming when she need to be and professional and serious the other times made the process easy. >> i know the seconded one well. [laughter] this is the one i'm talking about. ip john the chief operating officer of the bay area council. we are excite body this project. in the golden era of ferries the 20's and 30s there were 120 large ferryboats that operated on san francisco became all but 5 of them have been lost to the scrap yard or fires or sinking or time and we are saving one the klamath. and back to san francisco. part of the renovation we

included many areas of open space. a museum and roof deck garden. all of alcohol be available for public access during regular business hours. the klamath contains a conference and meeting center and sun deck with the roof will be available for rental when not open to the public. some of the functions may oceanally includeasmified speech or music and applying for limited live performance permit and did as i'm sorry to repeat reach out to 129 neighbor vounldzing the klamath in a radius and most of the meetings were face-to-face. and we received a lot of messages of enthusiasm and excitement and a few questions especially about the good neighbor policy which you have been helpful creating that we answered. we are excited bring back this history and endeavour to be the

best neighbors san francisco has seen. thank you. >> questions. >> thank you for coming in. thank you for the out reach program you did. i'm looking at the plan it looks thorough and detailed. looks like most direct neighbors are in area c which were on the port. and they are businesses. so -- um -- hopefully they will not give you grief. my question is if there are complaints from the neighbors on the group b, what would be your policy to address this potential complaints. >> well, first we look at the good neighbor policy. first talk and hear the complaints and talk it through see it is something we can manage it our own or made an error if it in accordance with

policy we would need to cult with the police department who has been great reaching out to us. and may be we would call kate and ask for her advice. but that would be our general approach on that. >> will there be manager on site at all times to respond in real time. >> there will be someone on staff at all staff to respond in person. how will the neighbors contact you if they don't have your information. will that be on your website. on our website and information available in the contracts and agreements and on site when an event is going tochlt that line will somebody will be able to answer that phone at all time fist there is a complaint. >> yes. >> no problem if someone is on vacation we have others that can. >> thank you. >> >> more questions?

this soundses straightforward and exciting. really cool. i don't have major ideas around it. i guess gives a sense of the, are you going to have full to parties there? a party space i missed that. and if so are you managing the sounds yourself. >> so it is intended we are a business association the bay area council. most of our eventses will be business related not to say they can't be loud and as limp but that is not what the venue is about it it is a place for quiet receptions enjoy the view. not a set up for music so it is learningly speeches or receptions or those things that we imagine would happen. not really a party venue not structured that way. >> of course we can love to talk to you about that but you would

have to arc bide by our policies. >> thank you. ure can have a seat we will open up to public comment. thank you for the presentation. is there public comment on this item? there are no public comments for this item. >> okay. we will close public comment and open to a vote. motion. is there a motion to approve? >> i like to make a motion to approve this permit with the good neighbor policy. >> there are also staff recommendations and staff recommendations. >> i second. >> now we can vote. bleiman. aye >> caminong. >> aye. >> commissioner perez. >> aye. >> and commissioner thomas. >> aye. >> all right. congratulations. you have been approved follow up with deputy director at your

earliest convenience hopefully you get the first one and not the second side of her. she can be very tough. >> thank you very much. and i will have deputy director introduce the next permit on our agenda. >> great. final permit application is llp permit for barley at 1038 polk street. barley a tap room and restaurant opened 7 days a week until 2 a.m. seek llp to host indoor live music. djes, comedy and care yoke and he out door sound of the business as large windows they will renovate to open up on the sidewalk so the promises will be inside. the ordinance plan to open the windows so the out door diners can hear theiment intla. they understand they will close windows at 10 p.m. during performance. inspect or set a sound limit for the business and until they renovate the window staff is

recommending the standard sound condition. out reach the business sdrkted 5 letters to the neighboring believeses and 10 to residential neighbors. along with the land lord to circulate to the others. there is no opposition to the permit and sfpd did not have conscience. here to speak is owner eric anderson. thank you for having me. i appreciate the brief amount of time to talk about this i'm eric around are son owner of baro polk street we opened january 21st of last year. celebrated our year anniversary if you mean are fanatic with lower polk imagine what it would be like to open in a pandemic applying for the permit gives an advantage in

that climate of the economy. our plan is to have live performances of the genre in jazz, sing are song write sxher foek music >> idea not to get too detailed the fill a gap of something desired by consumer in that area. um -- you think of it like a din and a show than a d judiciarying performance. this is an intimate space about 1200 square feet. music along with the atmosphere will be ambient, like -- a little bit upbeat but nothing to the point of what we consider to be obstructive to the neighbors. that's very important to yous. our neighbor adjacent to uscuma sushi were good friends and they

would be mostly affected by this. we know what we turn up our amp a little loud their plates rattle we have been mitigating sounds issue for a long time with those guys the past year. everyone seems to be excited about the idea. and i think that the vision fits with the neighborhood and -- with our current clientel. we also have pivoted into part time/private event space. so having this permit gives us a leg up of the competition in offering live jazz or karaoke for the birthday or -- you know there are a number of other applications but -- so that's why i think it would be an any of to the busy and i guess broadly why i do thank you is

important? is probably the same reason why you created the llp to begin with. there is a culture we would like to, i think, support in this city and this is based on the idea that live music is a pillar of the culture something we are fighting for, in my opinion to which conclude it. if we were approved of this, i think that -- it would be something that would be different on polk in a place that need its badly. i think it would be something innovative in that area as far as live music goes and good all around for san francisco. in some small way. that's all i got. questions? um00 eye want to say kudos to you for opening a business

during the pandemic. and i love the fact that you brought your child in. i think more should bring their family in hearing. >> we have families behind us there are 2 nice dogs. saw them earlier. they are bear foot. >> probably more acceptable. >> who said nice life is not family friendly. take it back. i had a question in terms of in house sounds. is it in house sound system or will you depends on who is booked. will you bring in outside sound? >> there are 2 ways one we plug in our sonos system. and the other way we will probably run most jazz show is a house pa system we set up. does not involve bass ampification. it is smaller with 2 speaker

stands similar to hayou have here. >> okay. >> thank you. >> yep. mellow. hi >> thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> can you give us an update on your neighborhood out reach. >> what is the general feedback you get from the residents? >> the residents are quiet on it. we live in we the business is in residential area that is mostly muslim. yemen all the residents above. it is hard to get a real feedback from individual residents the over all consensus we get from the property manager at 1040 the baldwin building on polk is that people are totally fine with it. if not indifferent than excited. the feedback we get from local businesses is overwhelming support. people are excited have this.

i think we agree that all boats float in a rising tide and a neighbor takes initiative there there is a general excitement that it will be good for everybody. >> okay i did in the see much neighbor or resident feedback on the packet. did you get petition or a letter of support to support -- your application? >> we did not receive any letters of support from neighbors. we handed out the notifications. >> you had personal conversations with them and this is what you are reporting to us. >> correct. >> okay. thank you. >> no problem. >> commissioner thomas, questions? nope. no questions for me. well, i owned the former

propagation a couple blocks from you. we are working on the hemlook now it should be up and running that neighborhood has so much potential and hit hard by covid. a specific place i think it is a great idea i love you are doing jazz and things outside of thumping electronic beats. i don't have questions i wish you the best and i'm sure i will see you on the street. >> sounds good. >> you can have a seat and we will open to public comment. >> thank you for your time. do we have public comment on this item? >> there are no public comments for this item >> i will close public comment. a motion to approve? i mufr to approve with staff recommendations. second.

>> all right. we can vote >> president bleiman. >> aye >> vice president caminong. >> aye. >> commissioner perez. >> aye. >> and commissioner thomas. >> aye. >> congratulations. ure have been approved. follow up with our deputy director and staff at your convenience and you should be ready soon. thank you for coming in. >> all right. moving on script ready. number 7, comments and question and new business requests for future agenda items. joyment to flag i think karaoke might have thumping drum beats. >> it can. >> remove. >> i'm kidding. >> other questions. i want to say happy gay pride to everyone. everybody have a safe gay pride celebration this weekend. >> hope to see you at the parade.

>> yes. happy pride to everyone and happy juneteenth. to everybody san francisco was lit with all community event this is weekends it was beautiful. >> i wish i add more bar tendsers last night. dinot foresee the post. >> you did bring it up. i did not foresee it being crazy. >> happy pride. nothing makes me more proud to live in san francisco than pride weekends it is the coolest thing on earth. happy juneteenth and happy warriors we will see if there is public comment on this agenda item? are no public comment on this item >> we will adjourn at 6:14 p.m. well done, .

>> i just feel like this is what i was born to do when i was a little kid i would make up performances and daydream it was always performing and doing something i feel if i can't do that than i can't be me. >> i just get excited and my nickname is x usher my mom calls me i stuck out like a sore thumb for sure hey everybody i'm susan kitten on the keys

from there, i working in vintage clothing and chris in the 30's and fosz and aesthetic. >> i think part of the what i did i could have put on my poa he focus on a lot of different musical eras. >> shirley temple is created as ahsha safai the nation with happens and light heartenness shirley temple my biggest influence i love david boo and el john and may i west coast their flamboyant and show people (singing) can't be unhappy as a dr. murase and it is so fun it is a joyful instrument i learned more about

music by playing the piano it was interesting the way i was brought up the youth taught me about music he picked up the a correspond that was so hard my first performing experience happened as 3-year-old an age i did executive services and also thanks to the lord and sank in youth groups people will be powering grave over their turk i'll be playing better and better back la i worked as places where men make more money than me i was in bands i was treated as other the next thing i know i'm in grants performing for a huge protection with a few of my friends berry elect and new berry elect and can be ray

was then and we kept getting invited back you are shows got better we made it to paris in 2005 a famous arc we ended up getting a months residencey other than an island and he came to our show and started writing a script based on our troop of 6 american burr elect performs in france we were woman of all this angels and shapes and sizes and it was very exciting to be part of the a few lettering elect scene at the time he here he was bay area born and breed braces and with glossaries all of a sudden walking 9 red carpet in i

walgreens pedestrian care. >> land for best director that was backpack in 2010 the french love this music i come back here and because of film was not released in the united states nobody gave a rats ass let's say the music and berry elect and performing doesn't pay very much i definitely feel into a huge depression especially, when it ended i didn't feel kemgd to france anymore he definitely didn't feel connected to the scene i almost feel like i have to beg for tips i hey i'm from the bay area and an artist you don't make a living it changed my represent tar to appeal and the folks that are

coming into the wars these days people are not listening they love the idea of having a live musician but don't really nurture it like having a potted plant if you don't warrant it it dizzy sort of feel like a potted plant (laughter) i'm going to give san francisco one more year i've been here since 1981 born and raised in the bay area i know that is not for me i'll keep on trying and if the struggle becomes too hard i'll have to move on i don't know where that will be but i love here so so much i used to dab he will in substances i don't do that i'm sober and part of the being is an and sober and happy to be able to play music

and perform and express myself if i make. >> few people happy of all ages i've gone my job so i have so stay is an i feel like the piano and music in general with my voice together i >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their business in the 49 square files of san francisco. we help san francisco remain unique, successful and right vi. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i'm one of three owners here in san francisco and we provide mostly live music entertainment and we have food, the type of food that we have a mexican food

and it's not a big menu, but we did it with love. like ribeye tacos and quesadillas and fries. for latinos, it brings families together and if we can bring that family to your business, you're gold. tonight we have russelling for e community. >> we have a ten-person limb elimination match. we have a full-size ring with barside food and drink. we ended up getting wrestling here with puoillo del mar. we're hope og get families to join us. we've done a drag queen bingo

and we're trying to be a diverse kind of club, trying different things. this is a great part of town and there's a bunch of shops, a variety of stores and ethnic restaurants. there's a popular little shop that all of the kids like to hang out at. we have a great breakfast spot call brick fast at tiffanies. some of the older businesses are refurbished and newer businesses are coming in and it's exciting. >> we even have our own brewery for fdr, ferment, drink repeat. it's in the san francisco garden district and four beautiful murals. >> it's important to shop local because it's kind of like a circle of life, if you will. we hire local people. local people spend their money at our businesses and those

local people will spend their money as well. i hope people shop locally. [ ♪♪♪ ]

a city like no other, san francisco has been a beacon of hope, and an ally towards lgbtq equal rights. [♪♪] >> known as the gay capital of america, san francisco has been at the forefront fighting gay civil rights for decades becoming a bedrock for the historical firsts. the first city with the first openly gay bar. the first pride parade.

the first city to legalize gay marriage. the first place of the iconic gay pride flag. established to help cancel policy, programses, and initiatives to support trans and lgbtq communities in san francisco. >> we've created an opportunity to have a seat at the table. where trans can be part of city government and create more civic engagement through our trans advisory committee which advises our office and the mayor's office. we've also worked to really address where there's gaps across services to see where we can address things like housing and homelessness, low income, access to small businesses and

employment and education. so we really worked across the board as well as meeting overall policies. >> among the priorities, the office of transgender initiatives also works locally to track lgbtq across the country. >> especially our young trans kids and students. so we do a lot of work to make sure we're addressing and naming those anti-trans policies and doing what we can to combat them. >> trans communities often have not been included at the policy levels at really any level whether that's local government, state government. we've always had to fend for ourselves and figure out how to care for our own communities. so an office like this can really show and become a model for the country on how to really help make sure that our entire community is served by the city and that we all get opportunities to participate

because, in the end, our entire community is stronger. >> the pandemic underscored many of the inequities they experienced on a daily basis. nonetheless, this health crisis also highlighted the strength in the lgbtq and trans community. >> several of our team members were deployed as part of the work at the covid command center and they did incredit able work there both in terms of navigation and shelter-in-place hotels to other team members who led equity and lgbtq inclusion work to make sure we had pop-up testing and information sites across the city as well as making sure that data collection was happening. we had statewide legislation that required that we collected information on sexual orientation and our team worked so closely with d.p.h. to make

sure those questions were included at testing site but also throughout the whole network of care. part of the work i've had a privilege to be apart of was to work with o.t.i. and a community organization to work together to create a coalition that met monthly to make sure we worked together and coordinated as much as we could to lgbtq communities in the city. >> partnering with community organizations is key to the success of this office ensuring lgbtq and gender nonconforming people have access to a wide range of services and places to go where they will be respected. o.t.i.'s trans advisory committee is committed to being that voice. >> the transgender advisory counsel is a group of amazing community leaders here in san francisco. i think we all come from all walks of life, very diverse, different backgrounds, different expertises, and i think it's just an amazing

group of people that have a vision to make san francisco a true liberated city for transgender folks. >> being apart of the grou allows us to provide more information on the ground. we're allowed to get. and prior to the pandemic, there's always been an issue around language barriers and education access and workforce development. now, of course, the city has been more invested in to make sure our community is thriving and making sure we are mobilizing. >> all of the supervisors along with mayor london breed know that there's still a lot to be done and like i said before, i'm just so happy to live in a

city where they see trans folks and recognize us of human beings and know that we deserve to live with dignity and respect just like everybody else. >> being part of the trans initiative has been just a great privilege for me and i feel so lucky to have been able to serve for it for so far over three years. it's the only office of its kind and i think it's a big opportunity for us to show the country or the world about things we can do when we really put a focus on transgender issues and transgender communities. and when you put transgender people in leadership positions. >> thank you, claire. and i just want to say to claire farly who is the leader of the office of transgender initiatives, she has really taken that role to a whole other level and is currently a grand marshal for this year's s.f. prize. so congratulations, claire.

>> my dream is to really look at where we want san francisco to be in the future. how can we have a place where we have transliberation, quality, and inclusion, and equity across san francisco? and so when i look five years from now, ten years from now, i want us to make sure that we're continuing to lead the country in being the best that we can be. not only are we working to make sure we have jobs and equal opportunity and pathways to education, employment, and advancement, but we're making sure we're taking care of our most impacted communities, our trans communities of color, trans women of color, and black trans women. and we're making sure we're addressing the barriers of the access to health care and mental health services and we're supporting our seniors who've done the work and really be able to age in place and have access to the services and resources they deserve.

so there's so much more work to do, but we're really proud of the work that we've done so far. [♪♪] i'm currently an h2 firefighter for the san francisco fire department. i served active duty in the navy. i wanted something that was going to be in the medical field, but not necessarily stay in a hospital setting and i didn't want to stay in an office and this job kind of combines everything i was looking for. everyday's different. there's always something new and to learn. and my first introduction to the department was being surrounded by people of the

lgbtq community. and so we were able to get, you know, it just made things a little more comfortable that you could talk to people about things that people necessarily wouldn't understand. i've had to hide myself. able to come out. being able to understand many his and being able to do things in had that sense, it's very liberating to be able to speak like this, this city in particular, it's a mecca for the lgbtq+ community. you know, there's so much history behind it and being part of this community that now accepting us for who we are and what we do, we're able to just be ourselves. any time somebody finds out i am a member of the gay community, i don't get anybody talking about me, nothing at all. it's just oh, cool. you have a partner? like yes, i do. they start asking about that and how my life is. you become part of the family and here in the san francisco fire department it really is

just one big family. you know, it was my dream to be a san francisco fire department member and i'm here. >> supervisor ronen: good morning. the meeting will come to order. oh, this is the june 22,2022, budget and appropriations meeting and i'm supervisor hillary ronen and chair of the budget and appropriations committee and i'm joined by members safai and gord