>> this is the first commission regular meeting july 27, 2022. the time is 5 o3. the meeting is held in person authorized by section 54953c and mayor breed's 45

supplemental to february 25, 2020emergency proclamation. it is possible that some members of the san francisco fire commission may attend this meeting remotely. in that event those members participate and vote by video. members of the public may attend the meeting to observe and provide public comment at the physical meeting location or online which you may access by logging on to the fire commission website. you may also watch live at www.sfgovtv.org. to participate during public comment dial 415-655-0001 and use access code 24970121148. memberoffs the public will have opportunities to participate during public comment. the public is asked to wait for the particular agenda item before making a comment on

the item. comments are addressed in the order received. when the moderator announces public comment, members can raise their hand by pressing star 3 and you will be queued. callers will hear silence when waiting for your turn to speak. operator will unmute. prompted callers will have the standard 3 minutes to provide comment unless the president of the commission decides to reduce the time depending on the number of callers. please insure you are in a quite location, speak clearly and turn off any tv or radios around you. item 1, roll call. president feinstein is excused from the meeting. vice president nakajo. >> present. commissioner morgan. >> present. >> commissioner fraser. >> present. >> chief of department jeanine nicoleson. >> present. >> item 2 the land

acknowledgment read by vice president nakajo. >> thank you very much madam secretary. the san francisco fire commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. >> thank you. item 3 recollect resolution 2022-11.

adoption of resolution setting 4th findings to allow teleconferenced etmooing under california government code section 54953e. >> madam secretary, any public comment on this item? >> there is nobody on the public comment line. >> public comment is closed. any questions or comments from the commissioners? at this time, may i have a motion commissioners and a second? >> i move to adopt the resolution. >> thank you very much commissioner fraser moved the item to be adopted. need a second, please. >> second. >> commissioner morgan. [roll call]. >> motion unanimous. item 4, approval of the minutes. discussion and possible action to approve the minutes from the special meeting june 24, 2022.

and the regular etmooing on july 13, 2022. there is nobody on the public comment line. >> okay. i see two approvals of these items. madam secretary, i ask if there is no public comment as indicated on the special june 24, any questions from the commissioners? >> i have a miner correction i think on the roll call. i think i was here and it says francis covington and my name is not on the roll call. on the first page. >> oh, okay. sorry about that. >> and there is one other under b, vote on closed session. i believe i was excused,b if you will from that being as i was not involved in the previous item. the previous work that

was done on that item. i wasn't here yet. >> what page is that? >> it is--item b. it is i guess the third page in. >> okay. >> alright. madam secretary, is that acknowledged? >> yep. that is acknowledged. >> thank you very much-for that. need to take a vote on that item secretary. >> do we have a motion? >> motion. >> second. >> who moved? >> commissioner morgan. >> who second? >> commissioner fraser did you move first? >> i didn't say anything. >> are we making a motion to approve the minutes? >> rightism . >> i second that.

>> i second that. >> thank you for your cooperations commissioners. [roll call] >> moving along. >> okay, and the regular meeting on july 13, 2022. >> madam secretary, you indicated there is no public comment on that, 13 july? >> that is correct. >> any comments corrections from the commissioners? >> none. >> may i have a motion on this, please? >> i like to make a motion to approve the minutes of july 13. >> thank you. commissioner morgan approve. may i have a second? >> i second. >> fraser second. thank you very much. madam secretary. [roll call] >> motion issue unanimous. item 5 is public comment.

members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matter within the commission's jurisdiction that does not appear on the agenda. speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department personnel. commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with a speaker. the lack of a response by the commissioners or department personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made during public comment. >> madam secretary, is there anybody on the phone or virtually? >> there is nobody on the public comment line. >> there is nobody in the chamber at this point. seeing none, public comment is closed. ed madam secretary. >> item 6, chief of department report. report from chief of department, jeanine nicholson report on current issues, activities, and events within the department since the fire commission meeting on july 13, 2022, including budget, academies, special events, communications, and outreach to other government agencies and the public. report from administration deputy chief tom o'connor on

the administrative divisions fleet facility status and updates, finance, support services and homeland security. >> thank you very much. chief of the department. >> thank you vice president nakajo. commissioner morgan, commissioner fraser, maureen, zack from city attorney office and command staff. chief nicoleson, this is my report. since our last commission meeting. covid-19 is still around, but our numbers have really dropped, which is good news. we only have one member who is positive right now. six people are out longer then 30 days. long-term covid and we have 14 on quarantine for being exposed so the numbers are trnding in a good direction. a little bit of fun

news, several members of the command staff and i attended the giant's firefighter appreciation night game. (inaudible) assistent deputy chief and cd2 and cd3, myself went and had a nice time and we appreciate the recognition by the giants. but it was a fun night for me anyway. don't tell me it want you guys, alright? [laughter] so, ing other news, we have 17 member that are deployed to the oak fire right now. the last i heard was that the fire was just over 30 percent contained, so they have been working hard out there, so 17 members with 5 engines and one suv for the strike team leader and

so i know we get regular reports from them, but that is the latest. they are there until further notice. so, as i talked about in our last commission meeting, my staff and i have spent a lot of time with the mayor's budget director, the mayor budget staff, the board of supervisors and their legislative aids during the recent budget process and i'm happy to say that mayor london breed signed the budget all most $14 billion budget today, so that's a big deal. it is always good to get that budget passed. for us, much of the recent budget addressed so much needed foundational fixes for

us, so overtime preme iums and the like. typically what we had to do end of year director corso had to go to the budget office to ask for premiums and the like. now it is instituted in the budget so upwards of 20million put into the budget for their foundational fix and so you know, it's good for us in several ways obviously, but you know, for one hopefully we won't have to go asking for money at the end of the year when we are trying to get a new budget, and it brought our budget just up to under half a billion dollars, so our budget has grown by over $100 million in the last three

years. we also through this budget got the administrative code changed-amended to address a organizational change in the command structure. so, as you know, our ems division and now ems and community paramedic division has grown as a rapid pace in the last 5 years especially. when i became the chief, a priority communicated to me both during my interview process and by the mayor was to address some of the many challenges in ems. and so, with the call volume of just about 80 percent medical related calls, and with the creation of more community

paramedicine and taking calls-assumption of thousands of police calls, we are moving forward and part of that-well, thated administrative code change was-initially i was-there were only allowed to be two deputy chiefs, cd2 and cd3 and now we will have a cd4 of ems and community paramedicine chief who will report directly to the chief of department, so it is a much needed organizational change i believe and happy to report that had it has been passed and approved in this year's budget. in terms of other items in the budget, i know we received $3.5 million for equipment this year and $3.5 million for equipment next year, and

director corso is here if you have any further questions on our budget or if you like to add anything. that concludes my report. >> thank you very much chief nicoleson. at this point, before we turn it to the commissioners for questions or comments, is there any public comment on the chief's report? >> there is nobody on the public comment line. >> alright. public comment on the chief report is closed. at this point questions or comments? commissioner fraser, commissioner morgan. >> i don't have much. i'll start if that's okay. i want to say congratulations on the budget and i notice we had a lot of retirements. are we able to fill these positions pretty quickly? what are your prospects? >> it is my understanding over the past fiscal year we had

approximately 87 retirements, one of which was a civilian so 86 uniform members and you know, pretty much members that we hired thus far. it is pretty much a wash in terms of the academies we had, so we do have another academy in right now of approximately 50 people and we were also granted in the budget two more academies for each year for the next 2 years. it is 2 year budget, so we have been granted that ability to hire more h2 firefighters. >> yeah, that seems like that is the majority of the retirees is lot of h2. >> yes, there is a lot of hiring going on around 25 to 35 years ago right now. a lot of hiring, so we are seeing a good number of retirements.

>> that's good. having a lot of promotions and that's good. we are moving along. i know the demand is constant, so you know, i was a little concerned with that. other then that, that's all i got. thank you chief. >> thank you commissioner morgan. >> commissioner fraser. >> thank you. couple things. congratulations everyone on the new budget. half billion is impressive amount of money and i know it is greatly needed so that is fantastic. also congratulations on changing the administrative code for the new position of cd4. i know that is a big deal and that will help a lot. one question about something you said, chief was it, 80 percent of the calls are medical related. is that 80

percent of all calls for help from the fire department? >> yes, approximately. >> wow. i don't know what that surprise s be but it does surprise me a little bit. and, the other question, the last question is, the amount of money for equipment seems small compared to the total budget. is that additional money for equipment or is that the total equipment budget? >> that is the total equipment budget. we do get equipment from grants and some other ways, but yes, we always like more money for equipment. last year we were-the 2 year budgets last year saw us get $10 million for 2 years, so basically $7 million just about 7 last year and 3 and a half this year. >> okay. well, that's all for me. thank you. congrats everybody. >> thank you very much

commissioner fraser. chief of the department, i like to take advantage of the fact director corso is here and i like to get his comments and input in terms of some of the questions. (inaudible) director corso, please through the chief. the chief report had pretty much the summary. one of the first questions is the (inaudible) what is the dollar figure look like and i know that the figure of half a billion dollars has been thrown as identification. i'm curious about that number and-(inaudible) but i'm also curious as to the

differentiation between last year's ask to this year's approved budget and for the commissioners and myself, the process generally is we go through a budget cycle and request and whatever we are short on, my terms, the layman terms, we come back and ask for a supplemental. it sound like this year's budget adoption with this figure pretty much has and i heard the word, made us whole or stable for this fiscal, so i will stop there and first ask the question of differentiation between like last year's budget as comparison compared the this year's budget because it seems there is tremendous growth in ems or paramedicine. >> absolutely. good evening commissioners, chief. mark corso, finance and planning. a few points on your comments. yes, in total we are looking at approximately $500 million budget that incompass

all areas of the budget general fund and external such as airport and work orders. as far as the year over year change, i think one of the biggest pieces and you mentioned supplemental's, this year was a odd or previous year i should say, fiscal year 21-22 was a odd year budget wise. with covid everything was odd but from a technical budget perspective that was the first time we have gone back oo the board for oo supplemental and we went i guess 3 times. one was for the addition of 50 mew ambulance personnel. those were not in our budget and included in the budget so that is portion of the increase we are talking year to year. the second was overtime supplemental and that was mainly due to issues stemming from covid and quarantine and time off from members so that was a impact not included in the budget but addressed during the year and we were one of multiple departments thahad that and a third supplemental that went through that wasn't directly us

but impacted our budget was a workers comp supplemental for 5 or 6 million dollar i believe that was mainly result of covid as well so the over arching theme with the budget and going forward when you take making whole and that piece of it, there is still a lot of unknown related to covid and so with spikes if there are some in the next fiscal year we assumed level of increased leave to covid. leave impact the budget from time off and overtime and back-filling so we assumed some level but if there are increased spikes with higher than anticipated leave we may have to reevaluate that but at this time we will monitor that very closely. as far as adjustmented made they were made year to year as the chief mentioned most of the investment in the upcoming budget are structural. there are no real enhancement so to speak as far as

operational capacity, the main things incorporated were the new 50 new fte on ambulance side, community paramedicine or programs started in the previous fiscal year and then would be annualized for the upcoming year and of course labor salary and benefit increases are increased to the budget number as well. all those things are incorporated. the issues we had in the past of the chief mentioned have been related to mou impacts where full salary impacts on wage or benefit increases as pertain to premium pay or overtime rates were not from our perspective not fully include in our budget so every year we will be going back not to the board necessarily but to the controller's office and mayor's office. we obviously let them know of the issues but to make use of reserves and other things intended for that. that commitment on annual basis got pretty

material, especially during covid so working with the mayor budget office the division was made to address that head-on and address them structurally in the budget. >> okay. so in terms of that, i know we are feeling good with the budget and the signing of the budget. in terms of my definition of trying to understand that budget to be whole, that budget number that we are operating or have been approved this year with give and take in terms of percentages and such, as you say covid related, that budget request will be pretty much the number we will ask for the following year and are we on a 2 year cycle at this point or where are we with the 3 year cycle budget concept? >> yes, the city for some mainly like enterprise departments and few general fund departments are fixed 2 year budget where you

go thru the budget process once every 2 years and barring some large thresholds for changes or things like that but otherwise you dont need to go through every year and the 2 year budget holds you over. we evaluate every year for the next 2 years so called a rolling process so every budget we go through every year and we take a look what our needs are going to be over the next 2 years and work through that budget process and that budget is for 2 years and sets up a baseline for the second year, but that isn't set in stone because you are reevaluateing again the next year. every year you take a look at the next 2 years. obviously only one will be practically implemented because that is the first year and if you redo the process in the next year you look at the next 2 years. to your question about going forward, i are think what we have right now establishes the baseline what we are looking at. we are obviously have needs, everybody knows that so

the baseline is established as far as rolling over any labor increases or impacts health and dental-any of those benefit impacts, any of those kinds of things are included into the budget but we will request additional enhancement to address operational and administrative issues we have. >> thank you. i needed the reinforcement because i needed to hear baseline to answer the question where we are at and how we operate. with the chief's report, it is also for the commissioners and myself, it is clear we still have needs and wants and to try to put that within a number perspective. those are the issues in my mind and in terms of ems and paramedicine, it is a huge endeavor in terms what occurred in the last 2 or 3 years to the point this commissioner's perspective we the fire department are the go-to department to deal with

homelessness, mental health issues, the gamut offense services and the first-liners. cooperation with the other departments set up various units, meaning we can't all do it ourselves and when we see the patient they have to be referred somewhere or else we get back to the vicious cycle. chief, in terms of the cd4 position, congratulations, is that position filled or going to be filled? >> so, literally just was signed today so we have to do all the paperwork but yes chief tong will fill the position. >> that position is? >> the chief of ems and community paramedicine. >> alright. director corso, chief of department, thank you so much for that update. appreciate it very

much. at this point, madam secretary. >> chief o'connor. >> chief o'connor, welcome. >> good evening vice president nakajo, commissioner fraser morgan. under homeland security assistant deputy chief brown had a busy month. provided support and (inaudible) june 5 of last month. we also had activate for the pride weekday warriors (inaudible) management team standing by and running a terrific operation. we also had on june 5 transit committee bart weapon of maz distruckz bill. narbd emergency response team, we had our

volunteers with instructors in golden gate for disaster response exercise. see the pictures there. health safety and wellness the acting battalion chief had a coffee with the behavioral health unit. as stated the month before, this is where our members can go off campus out of the fire house and meet with the behavioral health unit and clinician to get concerned addressed and find alternate sources if they are under stress. physician offices (inaudible) these also include members of 127 academy. as the chief stated before, last month we had 67 people out for covid but the numbers are down this month. doing much much better. 9 members placed on modify duty and 13 people return to full duty.

investigative curves bureau. (inaudible) one test done, result negative. randle alcohol and drug testing. 3 members selected and randomly selected, all negative. three post accident reports, all post negative. helped with conditional office and (inaudible) attended a marine rescue committee and the strike team committee refresher class and captain (inaudible) is out with the team now with the oak fire and help would the background investigations. our power player this month was support service chief ramon sermono. we have (inaudible) 1515 evans. that is 80 percent complete and really the biggest hold up is waiting for the hvac units. replaced the section of damaged fencing around

carol avenue property the future training site and sad to say the fence was stolen in entirety so putting up a new fence shortly. we installed new aed cabinets at station 49. (inaudible) it is is a big deal every time we get a vehicle out on the streets. here is a picture of the second hybrid emergency service class. 15 of the newest emt and paramedics. as the chief stated, we attended giant firefighter appreciation night. you see the honor guard and the field and lieutenant gibbs and families and the center we have gerald cobart the valedictorian of the last class. when we have the public safety nuths we go to chief brown to sing the national anthem but we might

have erica 2.0, better, faster, louder. if you can hit play. [single national anthem]

[ [applause] >> as you can see, chief brown had competition. next slide. the command staff is featured on the screen. chief nicoleson in the upper left and we ran into the inspector kato and

(inaudible) doing recruiting a great venue (inaudible) superriser dorsey, commissioner (inaudible) sfpd david lazar and (inaudible) [calling names] pride parade. everyone had a terrific time. and lieutenant (inaudible) took student from the yacht club. starting outreach early with local youth. and lastly recruitment video put together. it is a insight into ems physical agility test and if we can hit play. [music and siren] >> today we are admingster ing

the physical ability test for had san francisco fire department. it is a challenging exam that consist of a candidate carrying 3 medical bags totaling 70 pounds. those 3 bags are medical backpack with standard medical gear, a card acmonitor and oxygen bag. once the candidates puts the bag on and we say go they start. they go to the 6 story, take the bag off and have a mannequin that (inaudible) go back to the medical bags, put them back on and then descend back down the stairs to the first floor where they then go to the ambulance to remove a loaded journey that weighs 165 pounds and place in

the ambulance. this replicates a very challenging environment that we work in san francisco. if you are thinking about joining the san francisco fire department for a career we highly encourage it and know when you are in the middle of physical agility test and legs are burning and out of breath, dont stop and know at the end of the physical agility there is an amazing career waiting for you when you are finished. >> just a little heads up to the new candidates that is what they are facing and should be prepared for and that is my report for june of 2022. >> thank you very much chief o'connor. at this point, is there public comment on this report? >> there is nobody on the public comment line. >> alright. at this particular point commissioners is there any questions or comments that you have for chief o'connor? commissioner fraser. >> thank you. i do. thank you

for your report chief. very interesting, great videos. i don't know the greek national anthem but our national anthem has to be the hardest song to sing in any language so congratulations to our new firefighter who i actually met at the graduation. my question though is about the coffee with behavioral health. i have gotten a couple of text. i don't know if tay are invitations but coffee with clinician. is that a clinician that is employed by the fire department or a contract clinician? >> right now the employee groups are sponsoring it so the bfa and (inaudible) it is like a perdiem clinician but not a firmly established program but trying to institute it as one. >> okay. if somebody identifies a need in themselves or a coworker

identifies someone who appears to be in need of behavioral health support, what would they reach out to that person or how would they receive that kind of help? >> reach out to the person or behavioral health unit, the stretch unit and contact the employees and directed to the proper services. >> forgive me for questions i'm still on the learning curve so i appreciate that. so, and that is true for anybody in the fire department? >> correct. >> who identifies in themselves possibly a need for some behavioral health. okay, and my last question mentioned in the report about random test are those drug and alcohol test? >> correct. and, those are done ong a regular basis? >> we have lottery with the names come out every day. (inaudible) wanted to make sure the threshold levels were the same because we can't change the levels without agreeing on it so there is lower

number of tests last month but those are generated randomly every day and we had people tested to (inaudible) just came up that way. >> if somebody tests positive for something, alcohol or drug, illicit, legal, what are you, are they retested or referred or sent home? >> they are retested and conformitary test is done and sent to the vendor for conformation. they are sent home and then various processes can start after that. >> okay. that is a lottery on a daily basis. >> correct. generated by a outside company, not the fire department. >> okay, thank you. appreciate it. >> thank you commissioner fraser. commissioner morgan. >> yeah. chief o'connor, i want to say congratulations on the budget and on the covid numbers going down. that's good news. very good news. i dont know why we get these

spikes. as soon as we let our guard down, here it comes. thank god it is getting better. maybe you can explain--probably dumb questions but with the leave of absence, in the human resources section of the report, i imagine these leave of absences are mainly vacations? >> various leaves of absence. military service, you can have for education, request for mental health, family reasons. a variety of reasons. >> talking about the leave of absence with pay, since we are mainly-we have some here where there are certain members off for a whole year with pay for leave of absence. am i reading that right? >> the page commissioner? >> 44. no that is separations,

but yeah, that would be 46. intermediate leaves with pay for the time period of march 3, 2022 through october 16, 2023. maybe you can give me examples of these situations. >> which are you looking at? >> i can answer that. >> okay. thank you. >> page 46. these are intermittent leave with pay so may be family medical leave act they need to take a day off to take care of the mother or grandmother, what have you. it could be that. could be for baby bonding, all sorts of different reasons. >> right. okay. >> commissioner, that is using their own time bank, vacation time, sick leave. it isn't just blanket leave with pay. >> okay, great. just curious.

some of them stuck out. since we are talking about the budget too, the mayor really likes you guys. it is obvious. [laughter] she likes us, right? that's about all i got i think. i'll let you off the hook chief o'connor. >> thank you commissioner. >> thank you very much commissioner morgan. thank you very much chief o'connor. i just have a couple comments or questions chief serano and chief brown and back to yourself. if i can ask some comments on the pont of view on page 7 of chief of homeland security. chief brown. if i can ask you a question, chief. thank you for joining.

>> thank you vice president nakajo. commissioner morgan, commissioner fraser. (inaudible) and command staff. >> on the matter of the events we had, we use a example of the gay parade as well as warrior celebration and got perspective on the last commission meeting from-paramedic opponent of view or ems point of view we use the (inaudible) i am curious in terms of your particular area, homeland security. i wanted to hear for me myself as well as the commissioners, your take and your comments through your lens as homeland security as it pertains to the department at an occasion like the pride parade and i use those examples like the warriors because they were two big events even though i know you deal with a lot of

events. anything you want to add chief? >> sure, from my perspective for event like that planning for the worst case scenario and putting items in place to address what we expect to happen and certain things that we don't expect to happen, but could happen and so from that lens i'm coordinating with sf police. in the case of the pride parade, it was considered a fear level event which means the federal government has a coordinating role so they held meeting with us to plan for potential insdants and backup contingency and then you're correct, it is very ems heavy, so if you could look at me as the planner and operation side is providing me what it is they want and my role is to compile that in a plan everyone can look at so everyone knows what all the parts are doing in coordination to the successfully keep the public

safe in san francisco. >> okay. i appreciate that, because just again as a person that's fire commissioner but also a member of the public and issues of security have really heightened on all levels in places i thought one didn't have to worry about security are now issues that concern me on all levels. i know that something like the parade or the warriors, it is celebrational point of view, but i'm always concerned and more so now then ever before so i thought it would be important for us the commission to also hear your events because the job responsibility is huge in terms of what it is. it is about safety. the general public is the general public with all kinds of (inaudible) i appreciate that because i was curious and i wanted to hear from you how this works, because i know it is a collaboration to say

the least. it is huge. >> that is exactly right. i rely on working with partners so we succeed in those events. >> right. thank you very much chief. i appreciate it. thank you. i got a question/comment with support services. chief serano. good evening. >> good evening vice president nakajo, commissioners, chief nicoleson, command staff, maureen and zack. >> again, your section is a lot. (inaudible) and top of it. i am looking at page 35 and this is something maybe chief o'connor might be able to respond to as well but on the top says phs bond 2016-nfs updated through may 2022. total funding allocations to neighborhood fire station is

$9.1 million. to me it is okay but assuming it is a bond. i can't quite remember what phs bond but when they state something like a 9.1 allocation, is that a balance or is the expeneded or what is that? >> it is the balance on the bond. public health and safety bond and it is just updated and that is the balance remaining on the bond. >> okay. (inaudible) utilize the $9.1 million? >> used on various items. generally been using it for station generators. we also have it for removal of hose towers. the most current one is station 15 on ocean by city college. that (inaudible) has to be removed and also reconstructed because it has

historical value, so once the host tower is removed we have to rebuild it seismically safe for an agreement between the fire department and the planning department as far as historical reasons. >> i appreciate that because again that didn't-i thought it might be a balance but i assume finding out this number, 9.1 is a good number, it is good news you have that kind of balance that could be utilized? >> it is good news, but our department-our facilities are dire need of tlc and a lot of the generators are outdated and that money goes fast. we have a pretty good budget, but we can always use more. >> that is what i like to hear. moving down in the middle part of it, the report is phs band

employment-(inaudible) 49. i call it the new 49. >> yes. >> or 49. i was looking through the report and remember before when we have ems in terms of old station 49, is there a section in here in this report or does that update on old 49 and update to where it is? is that coming out of the paramedic division or part of support services? >> that is i guess the paramedic division report community paramedicine at old 49. yeah, part of the bond prop measure c, and that is updated there. again, we are old 49 is sharing space. the bureau of equipment with community paramedicine and it is basically reported in bureau equipment and community paramedicine. >> i think at some point chief o'connor may get a update on

where it is with that because i know we were talking about transition. my last question chief o'connor and chief serano, page 36 of the (inaudible) logistics. lieutenant (inaudible) >> mike tuple. >> is that a permanent assignment? >> he is the logistic lieutenant and handling the clothing depot. his department or division handles multiple parts of logistics and that clothing being one of them, and all the ordering of (inaudible) and supplies for our department as well. >> big job. >> yes. >> especially with the announcement of two classes per year for the next two. and the last question, chief o'connor, it talks about the pbe

and awarded to all star fire equipment inc. at some point we were talking about the importance concern on (inaudible) to make sure it protects our members. can you comment a little bit about this award and is that component assured with this contract? >> yes. all star is a lion representative, lion being the ppe we speck out for the department. it is a great product and it is compliant with all our regulations as far as having the-not having the pfos and other carcinogens in the liners and so forth. it is a great-who ever-my predecessor chief duwit worked on that speck with consultants, they came out with a great speck and put out to bid and all star won the bid and the

manufacture is lion. we will purchase lion products. we have been purchasing fire decks as well, just because they can supply them a lot quicker. again, we are still experiencing a lot of supply chain issues. >> thank you for that chief o'connor. did you want to say anything about that on this topic? >> no, chief mentioned the biggest problem is supply chain issues. (inaudible) that is our biggest delay. what we are trying to do is once they accept their award with the fire department, which they acknowledge to get in the next class we try to get a early sizing to get a pre-order ahead of time to get a feel for the class so if we have a gigantic place we get (inaudible) versus a smaller class. if you watch the chiefpeneding badges you might have a giant

class come through and sometime normal size. we are trying to get a heads up to beat the supply chain problem. >> alright. thank you very much chief serano and chief o'connor. >> may i just-one more question. chief o'connor, maybe chief serano. when all is planning in historical value i esee dollars signs and curious what is a host tower? help me with my education. >> all the fire houses back in the day we used to have hang all our cotton jacket hose in the tower to dry out. we had a hose tower or racks which are shelves, so at the end of the day or after a fire we have to hang the hose, we replace the house with dry hose in order to keep the mildew mold and rot. since we have gone to more synthetic materials and do not require the hose tower. >> the hose tower you

are talking about saving changeing moving is a older one- >> yes, most of the hose towers have been demolished and i think 15 was one of the last ones to be demolished and they will keep that one for historical value. >> commissioner fraser, you okay? commissioner morgan. >> (inaudible) >> alright. at this point-please, commissioner. >> i did have one question. i notice we-at some of the fire houses they do a lot of hvac unit removals and some of the upgrades and i guess chief serano you can answer this. i notice you guys are using

(inaudible) these are city employees i imagine? >> most of the time they are. projects run by department of public works and they have all the trades, plumber electricians but the hvac a usually taken care of by the steam fitters. >> hopefully union companies? >> yes, when dpw is over-taxed or cannot provide the service, we may sub-out to a outside city approved vendor that can accomplish the work. >> that's great. i know-i had one last question if you know off the top of your head. who are you using for the crane services to do replacement with the hvac units? >> i believe dpw contracts with

shedy. >> good enough. that sounds good. i approve of that. that is all i have. >> thank you very much commissioner morgan. at this point, thank you chief nicoleson for your report, chief o'connor, madam secretary. >> item 7, adjournment. >> commissioners, need a motion and second, please. >> like to make a motion to adjourn. >> thank you very much, commissioner morganism motion to adjourn, we need a second. >> second. >> thank you very much commissioner fraser. moved and second. madam secretary. [roll call] >> this meeting is adjourned at 559. [meeting adjourned]

>> everything we do in the tenderloin, we urban outfit. here, this gives us an opportunity to collaborate with other agencies and we become familiar with how other agencies operate and allow us to be more flexible and get better at what we depo in the line of work in this task. >> sometimes you go down and it's hard to get up. so we see ourselves as providing an opportunity for the unhoused to get up. and so i really believe that when they come here and they've said it, this right here is absolutely needed. you can't ask for nothing better. >> the tenderloin is the stuff

that ain't on the list of remedies, liked the spiritual connection to recovery and why would i? why would i recover? what have i got to live for? things like that. and sharing the stories. like i was homeless and just the team. and some people need that extra connection on why they can change their life or how they could. >> we have a lot of guests that will come in and say i would like -- you know, i need help with shelter, food, and primary care doctor. and so here, that's three rooms down the hall. so if you book them, they get all of their needs taken care of in one go. this is an opportunity for us here in the tenderloin to come together, try out these ideas to see if we can put -- get -- connect people to services in a

hi, sandy, how are you? >> hi, fine, thank you. how are you? >> good. i want to ask you what inspired you to be a paramedic? >> that's a good question. you know, i wanted to go into med school and after i found out how much time it took and all of that, i decided that that was going to be a little too much schooling, but i still wanted to figure out a way that i could provide medical care and doing that as an emt as well as a paramedic was a way to do that. >> can you give me a break down of a typical day for you? >> i come to work and sit at my desk and then i respond to e-mails and try to figure out what are some of the issues we need to address. can we hire more people. what kinds of policies we want to try to create that will help us do our job as ems. >> what does it take to be a female paramedic? >> you know, it takes quite a bit of schooling, but also required somebody who's empathetic. it can be a very stressful job

and so we want people to be able to hand that on a day-to-day basis. >> so what's your greatest satisfaction in your job? >> trying to make sure that the work that we provide and the services that we provide to the community is the best that we can in ems so that when we go out to see you if you call us for an emergency, that we'll be able to treat you in the best way possible and that you get the care as quickly and as effectively as possible. >> why is it important for young girls, women of color to see women in these roles? >> i think it really is important for us to be able to get into these roles because we are effective, we are able to reach out to the community. we are able to do the job in a very effective manner and to be able to relate to the community and be able to do that is one of the best things that we can do. and people of color and as women of color, you know, we are in a great position to be able to do that.

. >> my name is ana renzi. i'm a fire investigator for the city and county of san francisco. the job of a fire investigator is to go after the fire has been put out and to determine the origin and the cause of the fire. so we are the people who after the firefighters have come in and done their magnificent work to extinguish the fire, we go through the fire scene and we are able to find how the fire started. just showing up, being who you are can mean a world of difference to someone. when someone sees you as an identifiably queer person, an identifiable female presenting person or a person of color

walk into their home, they can feel more comfortable and more trusting just knowing that you are around and that you may have some insight into their situation and to their community needs that others may not have. the san francisco fire department i'm proud to say goes out of its way to recruit women, minorities, and to the lgbtq+ community, we are awaiting you and wanting you to come join us as a san francisco fire department. no one is going to represent us like you are going to represent us. no one is going to care for our communities and for our departments like you are going to come and represent our communities and our departments. i am a proud black queer member of the san francisco fire department and i'm especially proud to be part of an

organization that respects and values our diverse communities in san francisco. [♪♪] san francisco is surrounded on three sides by water, the fire boat station is intergal to maritime rescue and preparedness, not only for san francisco, but for all of the bay area. [sirens] >> fire station 35 was built in 1915. so it is over 100 years old. and helped it, we're going to build fire boat station 35. >> so the finished capital planning committee, i

think about three years ago, issued a guidance that all city facilities must exist on sea level rise. >> the station 35, construction cost is approximately $30 million. and the schedule was complicated because of what you call a float. it is being fabricated in china, and will be brought to treasure island, where the building site efficient will be constructed on top of it, and then brought to pier 22 and a half for installation. >> we're looking at late 2020 for final completion of the fire boat float. the historic firehouse will remain on the embarcadero, and we will still respond out of the historic firehouse with our fire engine, and respond to medical calls and other incidences in

the district. >> this totally has to incorporate between three to six feet of sea level rise over the next 100 years. that's what the city's guidance is requiring. it is built on the float, that can move up and down as the water level rises, and sits on four fixed guide piles. so if the seas go up, it can move up and down with that. >> it does have a full range of travel, from low tide to high tide of about 16 feet. so that allows for current tidal movements and sea lisle rises in the coming decades. >> the fire boat station float will also incorporate a ramp for ambulance deployment and access. >> the access ramp is rigidly connected to the land side, with more of a pivot or hinge connection, and then it is sliding over the top of the float.

in that way the ramp can flex up and down like a hinge, and also allow for a slight few inches of lateral motion of the float. both the access ramps, which there is two, and the utility's only flexible connection connecting from the float to the back of the building. so electrical power, water, sewage, it all has flexible connection to the boat. >> high boat station number 35 will provide mooring for three fire boats and one rescue boat. >> currently we're staffed with seven members per day, but the fire department would like to establish a new dedicated marine unit that would be able to respond to multiple incidences. looking into the future, we have not only at&t park, where we have a lot of kayakers, but we have a lot of developments in the southeast side, including

the stadium, and we want to have the ability to respond to any marine or maritime incident along these new developments. >> there are very few designs for people sleeping on the water. we're looking at cruiseships, which are larger structures, several times the size of harbor station 35, but they're the only good reference point. we look to the cruiseship industry who has kind of an index for how much acceleration they were accommodate. >> it is very unique. i don't know that any other fire station built on the water is in the united states. >> the fire boat is a regional asset that can be used for water rescue, but we also do environmental cleanup. we have special rigging that we carry that will contain oil spills until

an environmental unit can come out. this is a job for us, but it is also a way of life and a lifestyle. we're proud to serve our community. and we're willing to help people in any way we can. good and welcome to -- i am scott weiner, i have the honor to

represent san mateo county. and we were able to recently retain in the budget $12 million in san francisco east neighborhoods. and specifically that funding is as follows, $5 million for the sunnyvale hub for the amazing rex -- rec's center, and for the market and the artwork space. each of these investments will directly impact this amazing and over time tragically neglected

community ensuring that kids have a safe place to play, ensuring that people have direct access to produce and street safety and of course supporting local artist. i first want to talk about sunnyvale hub. as you know, i want to thank all the members of the community today. sunnyvale is a public housing community whose residents are largely low-income and people of color. this community has for so many years lacked access to just basic community services that so many of us take for granted, such as access to fresh food, access to a public gym where people can exercise and access

to safe places for young people to play. while so many san franciscans live within an easy walking distance to a public recreation center, the public gym for sunnyvale is within two miles. it is very necessary and will be a great place for families to gather and play and much needed sports and a healthy and social outlet for youth. many who don't feel safe traveling to other neighborhoods. kids deserve to be kids and to come and play soccer and everywhere else, to do arts and crafts with their friends. residents of all ages will enjoy the wonderful new recreation center. i want to thank the mayor's office of housing and community

development and parks and rec and for making this resource a reality. and for the san francisco produce market. not everyone knows about it, but it's the best part of san francisco that is a place where farmers from around the state can come and sell their fresh produce, supporting our local farmers, and is the only non-profit wholesale produce market of this scale in the country. with this $5 million investment, the produce market will be able to upgrade its facilities and surrounding infrastructure directly benefitting the

neighborhood and those who rely on the market and there is a lot of street changes that need to happen to take the market into the modern era and to make it really sustainable for the long run and supports economic development and food security for the southeast portion of san francisco. finally, i'm really excited about the funding that we were able to attain for the box shop, a collaborative artwork space in bayview point offering studios for the artist of the bay area focusing on arts and hopefully will continue to exist in a new space. we know that being an artist in san francisco is not easy to say the least. the cost-of-living here is just extraordinary for everyone and we have seen far too many artist having to leave san francisco,

and san francisco is all about arts and culture and we support local artist. the box shop is that space, a space that what so many artist lack and a space to create beautiful art. that's what the box shop is. while some may have to leave, i hope there are spaces and we want it to be sustainable and to have a permanent space. so i'm proud to be here today with various community leaders that you will hear from including mayor breed and supervisor walton. now, i would like to welcome our mayor, mayor breed. [ applause ] >> mayor london breed: thank you, senator weiner. it's so great to be back here in sunny dale with the work that needs to continue. we have been here over

the years for numerous occasions. i remember when i became mayor taking here and talking about a lot of the promises made to this community over the years, and after governor newsom after federal funding brought hope to sff with the south community around rehabbing and redeveloping a number of public housing in the city. but it couldn't be about rebuilding the homes but supporting the needs of the community. that's why the fact that our state senator scott weiner understood the value of this project and the needs for us to bring together the resources to make sure that it happens and is delivered is so significant. fortunately senator weiner understand the south east sector of this city, and the president of the board of supervisors, mr.

walton, you are the beneficiary of this senator because we are talking about nearly $12 million on the southeast sector of our city [ applause ] investing in this community finally. [ cheers and applause ] i know larry is happy and since being part of this community born and raised and see it give back is something that happens once in a lifetime that is truly extraordinary. we have other members here and we are talking about folks who are investing even their own money to making the hub happen. whereas the boys and girls, and we have rob here as well. the boys and girls club will have their facility. we will have a community hub and child care center and this is happening because of people of this

community and that's what we want. i can't wait until we make the investments in sf market because that fresh produce that comes from the general street will come right here in a community that we open and that is long over due. [ cheers and applause ] so, senator weiner, i really want to thank you for your support of focusing on this community. i wish it wasn't happening in bureaucratic years because it's 15 years in the making and we've been able to build a few hundred units here. we went from almost 800 units in this community and when it's all said and done, we are talking about 1700 units filled with life, filled with fun, filled with home, filled with family and filled with opportunity. thank you so much senator weiner, we appreciate you and we

appreciate your advocacy and we appreciate you to be sure that all of san franciscans are included in these wonderful opportunities. i can't wait until we open up all of those places, right here, the rec's center, the gym, all of those that make this an amazing community. thank you for your patience, understanding and feedback and for speaking over how our community is not delivering as it should. thank you all and to all and thank you for blessing us and we are going to get this done. thank you [ cheers and applause ] >> senator weiner: thank you

for mayor breed and for deeply understanding that people deserve to have a safe and just wonderful place to live. i'm so excited about this project. next, i want to welcome up the president of the board of supervisors supervisor walton who represents southeastern neighborhood. we have a long relationship and friendship. and he is very, he is such a fierce fighter for this community. he holds all of us who hold citywide office accountable to never ever ever forget this community because we know in the history of san francisco, far too often

for his vision for this and the

mayor and mr. walton. it's these situations and it's amazing that we have leadership that knows where these public dollars need to go. i appreciate that. i hope they get -- >> we have a long standing campaign with our recreation and parks. we have seen the streamline and it's a place with rec's and park and it's a great thing. lastly, as an affordable housing developer, most of the time we are building housing in

communities where there is nobody on the site to begin with. sunny dale is a completely different situation. we walked into a place that had a vision and the mayor mentioned, larry and drew and those that work with the boys and girls club staff and we are all behind with what led to the team development. it's phenomenal to have the opportunity to work to fulfill the promise that president walton talked about earlier. i want to thank you for working in this community. it's one of the most important experiences of my life. i will thank you and turn it back over to the state senator. [ applause ]

>> so, to make the hub successful, we are going to rely on our non-profit community partners who do amazing work supporting our young people. i want to bring up two folks from our non-profit. rob connolly from the boys and girls club, monica walters of children's services. >> [ applause ] >> good morning and thank you so much. i would like to start of course by thanking senator weiner for hearing the needs of our communities and championing them from sacramento and mayor breed and sf board of supervisors for their contribution to the low-income investment fund. that is a big part of our funding here in the city as well as the states. we believe that early quality

child care education is so important. we know that good preschool education is essential for the success in kindergarten and beyond. this is important for families of san francisco. we have been working closely with all of you to make this possible and this investment is marking a new milestone for the community and we are committed to the success of every child and we could not do it alone and that's why the mayor and the board of supervisors has really made a tremendous difference in our ability to succeed in our mission. by working together with you and our partners at sunny dale, we want all of our community members to feel invested in this project and to the success of all of our children. together, we are raising san francisco.

>> thank you so much. >> [ applause ] >> some of our young people and staff from the club at sunny dale will join me. let me first just say, rob connolly, boys and girls club of san francisco, i'm super proud to be here today. i love the spot we picked because you can look right over, you can see where the hub is going to be, where the gym is going to be. it's so exciting for me. boys and girls club has been in this community for 31 years. i have been responsible for this site for 23 of those years and we've had some tough times here and times when we wonder can we do this work successfully? we wondered should we stay here? should we move to an area outside of the community. we have three really small rooms here, and it then became apparent that something was going to change in this

community and the leaders in the city were going to look out for the community and do something profound. so i am incredibly proud and it's been a long time coming here and to say thank you to our elected officials. senator weiner, thank you for all you do. you do it in a really quiet way at times and you are good at what you do. i appreciate the fact that you answered the calls when people like me make them and you find ways to support the community. i'm really grateful to everything that you have done. mayor breed, we knew that when you went into office, that communities like this was going to benefit in a great way. when the mayor came in, i thought, all right, there are going to be some promises delivered on. thank you for everything you are doing. and supervisor walton,

thank you for caring about your community, he's got five sites and your support of this community, i have seen you many times to support many things and support my staff and drew and others. you do it from your heart and i'm really grateful for everything you do. >> i want to also acknowledge the young people behind me. we are excited and we know what this can mean, but this is yours and we are really proud and whatever amount of time it's going to be, this is yours. this is your hub. we have the tag group, teen advocacy group. you have spoken up and attended hearings with rec's and parks

and thank you for allowing the young people to be heard and congratulations for all of do. [ applause ] i will just finally say to my staff out here, star leads this site. jb is here as well and dede is in the crowd and the professionals here that work everyday for the young people and for the families of the community. thank you for your leadership as staff and my senior team is here and some have been here for two decades now to make sure this ran well. and the promise that is going to be here in the next couple years is really exciting. thank you all and thank you to the officials for being great leaders. >> [ applause ] i'm sorry, i have to come back because i forgot to thank erik

and the mayor's office for all of their great work. [ applause ] senator weiner: next, i want to bring up mr. elias, from the farmer's market. >> hello everyone today. i would like to thank you especially senator weiner for bringing the funds. you have heard a little bit about the sf market. we have been proud members of the bayview point for many years. if you are not familiar with us, please come out and take a chance. we have bring food from farms around california around distribute to restaurants and more. we have a collection of

warehouses but i like to think of it as food infrastructure, critical infrastructure. come see me and we'll give you a tour. if you want a taste of it, there are those bags and it's for you all. please take some delicious produce home. while connecting this from farms and consumers, it's critical because it's a non-profit enterprise who employ 500 people and those jobs provide job diversity and it's a great job and we support food access and we match make between food pantries and provide to those who need it and to our merchants

to maybe food that is not sellable. we distribute 4,000 tons of fresh food everything that leads to 9 million pounds of food which is greater than anywhere in california and i don't know of any place bigger than that nearby. the funding is coming to the market thanks to the senator is going to allow us to ground break this new warehouse. to us it's a big deal, but the impact means it's going to be a new building and where we want to be and will continue to be able to have jobs and we'll be able to provide the services to the city as we really want to. the funds will help sf market with jobs and continue to flow

in san francisco. we are excited to do that. please take some food on your way out. thank you, mayor, thank you supervisor, thank you senator. we are so happy. >> senator weiner: i got a produce bag. finally, i want to bring up charlie from the box shop. >> [ applause ] hello, my name is charles. i run the box shop. it's a collaborative art space in hunters point. i would like to thank senator weiner and california, everyone. the box shop is a place in hunters point and we have tools for artist and makers. we have been serving the community for the past 20 years, and hundreds

of amazing works of art have been produced there, public works of arts that have impacted thousands of people. like many other local arts organizations, we face many pressures including the high cost of real estate. unfortunately we are going to lose our least and have about two more years at our current location, and this funding is really going to help us to purchase a new building and to create a permanent home for the 100 plus artist and the thousands of people who used the space. i really want to invite everyone if you haven't been to the box shot at ten hunters point which is next to the two new parks they are building, and we have in the last couple years paid 140 artist to paint 140 murals inside the space and created a

great amazing collection of the bay area work. we are really looking forward to serve an art space in san francisco for the industrial arts community for many many years to come. once again, thank you very much to senator weiner, and the state of california, and i look forward to working with london breed and the board of supervisors. i'm sorry because i'm a little bit nervous. i'm just super excited and looking forward to make a difference in people's lives for years to come. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> okay, that concludes our speakers, we are happy to answer any questions from the press. >> okay. >> oh yeah. >> sure. >> [inaudible] >> there are questions about the

project for the funding. >> okay. >> everyone is still doing fundraising. so private donations. >> come on up. >> [ applause ] >> that's right. hello, everybody. i'm larry jones and i have been here all my life as a resident, advocate, whatever hat, i wore it. for 13 years, i want to say in

this project in this community is something that is needed badly. it's going to change lives and change people's outlook perspective on living. we have been impoverished, underserved and we have new direction, we have a new light and the negative vibes are now being deleted. supervisor walton, we love you, mayor breed, we love you, and senator weiner. you cannot imagine how this is going to change where you have this place for kids and it is accessible and you will not believe how the kids will be able to enjoy this facility and we can do better and live better. it's different than just

funding. the bureaucracy did what they were supposed to do. they stepped up. we have been in this situation for decades. i want to say thank you to everyone of this community and thank you for bringing this back which is what we deserve. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> okay, anything else? >> okay, now, we go to monkey pox. >> okay, the mayor will. okay, thank you, everyone. we want to do a big picture. let's do a big picture to show let's do a big picture to show

>> he is a real leader that listens and knows how to bring people together. brought this department together like never before. i am so excited to be swearing in the next chief of the san francisco fire department, ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome, jeanine nicholson. (applause). >> i grew up total tomboy, athlete. i loved a good crisis, a good

challenge. i grew up across the street from the fire station. my dad used to take me there to vote. i never saw any female firefighters because there weren't any in the 1970s. i didn't know i could be a fire fighter. when i moved to san francisco in 1990, some things opened up. i saw women doing things they hadn't been doing when i was growing up. one thing was firefighting. a woman recruited me at the gay-pride parade in 1991. it was a perfect fit. i liked using my brain, body, working as a team, figuring things out, troubleshooting and coming up with different ways to solve a problem. in terms of coming in after another female chief, i don't think anybody says that about men. you are coming in after another man, chief, what is that like.

i understand why it is asked. it is unusual to have a woman in this position. i think san francisco is a trailblazer in that way in terms of showing the world what can happen and what other people who may not look like what you think the fire chief should look like how they can be successful. be asked me about being the first lbgq i have an understands because there are little queer kids that see me. i worked my way up. i came in january of 1994. i built relationships over the years, and i spent 24 years in the field, as we call it. working out of firehouses. the fire department is a family. we live together, eat together, sleep in the same dorm together, go to crazy calls together,

dangerous calls and we have to look out for one another. when i was burned in a fire years ago and i felt responsible, i felt awful. i didn't want to talk to any of my civilian friends. they couldn't understand what i was going through. the firefighters knew, they understood. they had been there. it is a different relationship. we have to rely on one another. in terms of me being the chief of the department, i am really trying to maintain an open relationship with all of our members in the field so myself and my deputy chiefs, one of the priorities i had was for each of us to go around to different fire stations to make sure we hit all within the first three or four months to start a conversation. that hasn't been there for a while. part of the reason that i am getting along well with the field now is because i was

there. i worked there. people know me and because i know what we need. i know what they need to be successful. >> i have known jeanine nicholson since we worked together at station 15. i have always held her in the highest regard. since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. she is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. i appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the fire department today. >> there is a retired captain who started the cancer prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. he started looking into it.

in 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the san francisco fire department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. it was a higher rate than the general population. we were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didn't have to worry about the paper work when they go through chemo. the turnout gear was covered with suit. it was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and helmet. the dirtier you were the harder you worked. that is a cancer causeser. it -- casser. it is not -- cancer causer.

there islassic everywhere. we had to reduce our exposure. we washed our gear more often, we didn't take gear where we were eating or sleeping. we started decontaminating ourselves at the fire scene after the fire was out. going back to the fire station and then taking a shower. i have taught, worked on the decontamination policy to be sure that gets through. it is not if or when. it is who is the next person. it is like a cancer sniper out there. who is going to get it next. one of the things i love about the fire department. it is always a team effort. you are my family. i love the city and department and i love being of service. i vow to work hard -- to work

hard to carry out the vision of the san francisco fire department and to move us forward in a positive way. if i were to give a little advice to women and queer kids, find people to support you. keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep trying. you never know what door is going to open next. you really don't. [cheers and >> good morning everyone. thank you all so much for being here today to mark the completion of the all new southeast family health center. [applause] >> yeah. my name is carla

short the entroom director for san francisco public works and i have the honor kicking off the festivities. i'll turn it over to mayor breed in a moment but ypt to tell you one thing that stuck out for me for this project and that is teamwork. this is a collaborative effort from start to finish. public works lead design project management and construction management and worked very closely with the department of public health, which will operate this amazing facility, a clinic that plays a critical control in the bayview and san francisco neighborhood health center network. the arts community helped enrich interior can art work and local agencies and initiative helped pitch in with funding. we had more then 40 contractors collaborate on this project and much of the labor came from local residents. it is always great to see when a project can help support jobs in our community. the driving force of course have been the community members who

made sure the city delivered. the community partnership has been the foundation of this project success. and i reallypt to note the beautiful glass wall that is designed to welcome the community to this building. this is meant to be a building for the community. -thank you. yes. [applause] i doopt to take a moment to thank some of our great public works teams who helped shepherd the project along. some of the key players include our city architect ron alameda who is here. the bureau of architectural manager julia loe also here. the project architect charles king and richard gee. i know i saw charles earlier. the lead design architect, greta jones. project manager, (inaudible) and construction

manager (inaudible) ed ryan. from the drawing work to work on side the project managem construction helped make the important project come to life creating spaces that bring people together and express community vision for itself. thank you also to the fantastic artists and i hope everyone will get a chance to see the beautiful art inside. (inaudible) yes. [applause] ron sanders and william rodes who contributions have infused beauty culture and love into this project. and finally, i want to thank san francisco voters who support of the health band was crucial. so, that thank you everyone who played such an important part in the amazing project and i like to invite mayor breed who

has shown incredible leadership during the pandemic and throughout her tenure and amplified the importance of our public health system. madam mayor. [applause] >> thank you carla and you had me at on time and under budget. really excited about the new southeast family health center that is finally i believe a dream realized. in fact, a lot of the work that former supervisor sophie maxwell did while on the board of supervisors and i want a member of the redevelopment agency commission with all the stuff going on here and oscar james would come to the meetings and fight for this community and the fact that we are starting to finally realize a lot of the promises made to the bayview, a lot of the decisions that we are making have everything to do with input of the people of this community and it has taken a long time, but here

we are. we know how important having a community health center is. in fact during the global pandemic with a lot of uncertainty and fear, part of the work we did into the emergency response had everything to do with the southeast health center that is located there and they were able to work with us to set up a place to do testing and when the time came for the vaccine they were the place that first got the vaccine in order to serve this community. but more importantly, to make sure that we work with the community. that we provide the resources and part of that is making sure that we are coming together not that we are dictating what should happen in the community but how we work together in order to make these things possible. and i want to take us back a little bit, yes, these bonds that the voters passed on a regular basis help us to build projects

like this and this bond passed in 2016, which not only made it possible for the southeast health family health center here we built from scratch, which is a beautiful building, but it also made it possible for us to remodel max ine hall in the fillmore making sure people in the community get services. half the people served in the facility next door are african american. over 40 percent are people from the bayview hunter point community so we know when we build it they will come because we know the need is so critical in this community to make sure there is a place within close proximity of where you live, a place you can come and a place that is culturally sensitive about the needs of our community. i'm glad and excited about this and looking forward to seeing this place, become not just a place you

come when things when you are having problems but a place you come for preventative care. a place you come to canggregate and hang out like the george davis senior home and i see cathy davis here. we know community is so important and this new health facility is about community, and i love the fact that 3 african american men artist who are part of the amazing community in san francisco had a opportunity to showcase not object their art but their art as reflection of the community so this truly is your southeast health center here in the bayview hunters point. [applause] i know everybody is anxious to get in here and get a back seat or-vaccine or booster or get things checked out. it is okay, doctor, privilege. none

of your business will be in the street so dont worry about that. before we get started and cut the ribbon and get this place open to the public, i want to introduce the supervisor for your district, the president of the board of supervisors, walton. [applause] >> thank you so much madam mayor. good morning everybody! this truly is an exciting day for us in bayview hunters point. before i say a few words i want to pay homage to the folks who made sure we had a health center. some may recall we were getting sent to silver. some may recall the health system saying we can go over places to receive services but we had giant fight to make sure this health center existed in our community. i want to say a few

names and know i'll miss names and some will curse me after i get off the podium. a lot of people fought to make sure we had this new health center. they served orn advisory committee, put in hours and time to make sure this happen. (inaudible) carpenter. thank you for your work. he looks younger then i am even though he has been doing this decades. commissioner richardson. dr. jackson. my aunt, williams and so many community giants oscar james and a lot of folks are depicted on the quilt you will see inside so when you get a chance to look at the amazing art the mayor talked about, make sure you look at the art, try to understand the history behind it because so many fought for this to happen. if i didn't mention your

name understand i love you and charge to my head not my heart. i want to give a big shout to supervisor maxwell and supervisor cohen for there process of making this happen. as i had a chansh to take a tour earlier and look at the services that are going to be offered to our patients here ing the district and the growth having our own x-ray machines and x-ray techs on site. private exam rooms and brand new facilities and making sure people understand you are cared about in the community and do everything we can to make sure you have the amenities and things you deserve and we know health care is a basic right so i thank dpw for the work on the building, department of public health for their work with community to make this happen because this work only happens when folks come together and realize that when you make noise, things can happen and most certainly that is what the community did. that

is why we ended up here today and i appreciate that. as i see james richards who -mayor breed honored him with a day a few years ago and put up a billboard because of all the work he did putting people to work on facilities and buildings like this. it is important we remember and recognize how we all got here and the work that took place to get here. thank all you for showing up and community. thank you for supporting the work and vision of making sure that we have the proper health care in the communities because we have the biggest disparities in health care as a black population so we have to make sure we have facilities, the care and programs ing place to address those health disparities. we love you, appreciate you and look at this new full facility. come in and take a tour after this press conference. thank you so

much. [applause] my apologies--as the mayor talked about when this pandemic started, we were one of the first communities to step up and say we need testing right in our very own community. one of the first communities to step up and say we need vaccinations in our community and work closely with department of public health who did respond and heed the call and thank the leadership of dr. colfax and seeing the project through fruition so have the honor and privileged introduced the department head lead for department of public health, dr. colfax. >> thank you and good morning everybody. it is great to be here and thank you mayor breed and thank you president walton. thank you dpw. acting director short for your work and it is amazing what is accomplished when community government came together and i

just got a tour of the building and it is so incredibly inspiring. the physical spaces where we deliver care really matter. the quality of the building, the artwork on the wall and design and layout contribute to long-term health. there are few american cities that provide this level of direct care to the residents and deeply proud of the network 13 clinics including this new state of the art building. in particularly the southeast family health center is a special place with service few neighborhood clinics have and already mentioned we now have-will be having x-ray on site, so you can get care when you need it, not have to go to another place to go to another place to get something. we have a new facility where we will be doing on-site optomry for eye exams. we

call this low barrier access but is saying we are doing everything we can together to make it easy and convenient for people to get the medical serveess where they need it, where they need it all in one location and our first patients will be receiving care in this facility later this month. and already mentioned, this center is here today because generations of wisdom and community activism. the bayview community came together and fought hard for federalfunding, which allows the initial building to be established back in 1979. i know a lot of people have been doing the work and also want to specifically thank mrs. olly burgess for her leadership and advocacy for the health scepter and shaped the new

facility behind us today is a legacy of her incredible leadership. and this is a busy clinic. we serve over 4,000 patients a year and this new health center renews and expands the commit to help equity brings services for where they are needed most. i want to thank you who are part of the legacy including and especially our patient advocacy groups. because of the success of the clinic and the new building is because of the care you provide and relationships you built. the future is bright and i do want to personally thank the dph team for their work including cathy jones. cathy i dont know if you are here but thank you for your work on that. to lisa (inaudible) and kate kim and long-term medical director keith seidel who mentioned 4 medical directors were involved created the building and entire

ambulatory team. now it is my great pleasure to introduce a key leader and member of our southeast health center advisory board member oscar james. mr. james we met pre-pandemic in the old building where the board was meeting and i have to say it is astoubding this project came on time on budget because of you and others during a pandemic. that is just incredible, so it is a honor to work with you and thank you for your support and leadership, because of you the gap in health care services you were so key in organizing to build the original southeast health clinic and because of your vision and leadership we are here today to inaugerate the new building so mr. james, my pleasure. please. thank you. [applause]

>> thank you very much. they already said my name so everyone know that already. but i want to say a couple things about my board members who are present right now. i like everyone to stand so everyone can see them. those who stand and raise your hand. these are the people who really made this possible. karen pierce, i wish you would stand up. we have been dealing with this every since the 70 when we first got this property along with the model cities who bought the property when they were trying to take this health center to silver avenue and san bruno and we bought this property cht this property is deer to us in the community. a lot who do not know about this community. this particular property here is the

old south basin, channel street project. one of the first projects built in bayview hunter point before they started building the houses on top of the hill. these houses were on stilts and when it would rain it would flood and people had to use (inaudible) we have done a lot of work in the community to make things possible for us to have the type of facilities we have now. dr. davis vision on senior housing. the swimming pool. the redoing of the bayview park so we have a community now that is really has been thought of by people in the community, especially like a person like james richard. (inaudible) who played a very important part in this community. we have a plaque with numerous people in the community. a lot of people are missing but one thing i want you to focus on is the young men for action

was the group in this community. when we started in 1966 during the riots, we made sure people in the community got jobs first and we only have 2 or 3 members left, which is james richards and dr. mayberry on the quilt. what i say to you young brothers and sisters in the community, if you say this is your community, fight and do something for your community. we started at the age of 18 years old. 18 years old and we started with clubs. people talking about club, people are bad and all this and that. we only are this because of the vanguards. the south boys. the sheiks. they were the ones who made all this possible. you say this is your community, then act like it is your community, stop killing each other and come together and build the community for your kids. we are old g's

now. we are old g's. i'm 76 year olds. i started at 18. it is you guys turn to do this now. it is your turn. if you dont step up to the plate all this is in vain. stop the killing. we dont need that. we need to know our history in the community, how the chinese, how the blacks, how the mexican americans made this community what it is today. with that, i didn't write no agenda, i talk from the shoulder. i want each and every person to learn your history in the community and come together. if we say we are a community we the community of one. god bless to each and every one of you. [applause] >> thank you mr. james. thank you to all of our speakers and thank you all for being here today to celebrate this momentous occasion. with that, i would like to invite the

speakers and other ribbon cutters to join us and cut this ribbon! >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! [applause] you're watching san francisco rising with chris manors. today's special guest is jeff

tumlin. >> hi, i'm chris manors and you're watching san francisco rising. the show on starting, rebuilding, and reimagining our city. our guest is jeff tumlin and he's with us to talk about our transportation recovery plan and some exciting projects across the city. mr. tumlin welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. >> i know the pandemic was particularly challenging for the m.t.a. having to balance between keeping central transportation routes open, but things have improved. how are we doing with our transportation recovery plan? >> so we just got good news this week. we're getting an extra $115 million from the american rescue plan and this is basically the exact amount of money we finally needed in order to close the gap between now and november of 2024 when we'll have to find some

additional revenue sources in order to sustain the agency. in the meantime, i finally have the confidence to be able to rapidly hire, to restore services and to make sure muni is there for san francisco's larger economic recovery because downtown san francisco doesn't work without muni. >> quite right. i guess the other impact of the pandemic was that some projects like the valencia bike improvements had to be put on hold. are we starting to gear up on those again? >> yes, so it's an interesting case study. of right before covid hit, we were about ready to invest in quick build bike lanes. arguably the most important bike order in san francisco. that got stopped with lockdown and then as you'll recall, during covid, we invented all kinds of other new programs like shared spaces in order to

support our small businesses as well as sunday street light events for neighborhood commercial streets where streets were closed off to cars and turned over to commercial activity. those successes now that they've been made permanent actually interrupt the draft design we had put together. so we've gone back to the drawing board and we are looking forward to having some additional community conversations about other design ideas for valencia. we're committed to completing a quick build project on this calendar year. >> that's such good news. valencia is a really great street for biking. so there are two huge and exciting projects that are about to be or have just been completed. let's talk about the bus rapid transit project on van ness avenue. how extensive have the improvements been? >> what's called the van ness transit rapid project is in fact more about complete reconstruction of the street and most importantly, the

100-year-old utilities underneath the street. so all of the water, sewer, telecommunications, gas lines under the street were basically rebuilt from market street all the way to lumbard. the part on the surface which provides dedicated bus lanes for golden gate transit and muni, that was relatively straight forward and we're so excited we're going to start revenue service for muni on april 1st. >> that's fantastic. i understand there were some sidewalk improvements too. >> there were sidewalk improvements. we planted 374 trees. there is new storm water treatment including infiltration in the sidewalk, there's a bunch of art. there's all kinds of things. we put in new street lights for the entire corridor. >> finally, the other big news is about the central subway.

can you briefly describe the project and give us an update. >> yes, so the central t-line project, another stop at union square that connects directly into powell station and a final stop in the heart of chinatown at stockton and washington. that project has also run into challenges. it's 120' under muni, under bart, 120' down and out under chinatown in some unexpectedly challenging soils. but that project is nearly complete. it's at about 98% completion right now which means we're testing trains, we're testing the elevators and escalators and the final electronics and we're still on track to open that in october presuming all

of the testing continues to go well. so fingers crossed on in a one. we're really looking forward to allowing people to have a subway ride from the heart of chinatown all the way to the convention center to the caltrans station and all the way down to bayview and visitation valley. >> it's great to see all these projects coming to completion. we're all grateful for your team's hard work and i really appreciate you coming on the show, mr. tumlin. thank you for the time you've given us today. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me. >> and that's it for this episode. for sfgov tv i'm chris manors. thanks for watching. >> i don't think you need to be an expert to look around and see the increasing frequency of

fires throughout california. they are continuing at an ever-increasing rate every summer, and as we all know, the drought continues and huge shortages of water right now. i don't think you have to be an expert to see the impact. when people create greenhouse gases, we are doing so by different activities like burning fossil fuels and letting off carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and we also do this with food waste. when we waste solid food and leave it in the landfill, it puts methane gas into the atmosphere and that accelerates the rate at which we are warming our planet and makes all the effects of climate change worse. the good news is there are a lot of things that you can be doing, particularly composting and the added benefit is when the compost is actually applied to the soil, it has the ability to reverse climate change by pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and into the soil and the t radios.

and there is huge amount of science that is breaking right now around that. >> in the early 90s, san francisco hired some engineers to analyze the material san francisco was sending to landfill. they did a waste characterization study, and that showed that most of the material san francisco was sending to landfill could be composted. it was things like food scraps, coffee grounds and egg shells and sticks and leaves from gardening. together re-ecology in san francisco started this curbside composting program and we were the first city in the country to collect food scraps separately from other trash and turn them into compost. it turns out it was one of the best things we ever did. it kept 2.5 million tons of material out of the landfill, produced a beautiful nutrient rich compost that has gone on to

hundreds of farms, orchards and vineyards. so in that way you can manage your food scraps and produce far less methane. that is part of the solution. that gives people hope that we're doing something to slow down climate change. >> i have been into organic farming my whole life. when we started planting trees, it was natural to have compost from re-ecology. compost is how i work and the soil biology or the microbes feed the plant and our job as regenerative farmers is to feed the microbes with compost and they will feed the plant. it is very much like in business where you say take care of your employees and your employees will take carolinas of your customers. the same thing. take care of the soil microbes and soil life and that will feed and take care of the plants. >> they love compost because it

is a nutrient rich soil amendment. it is food for the soil. that is photosynthesis. pulling carbon from the atmosphere. pushing it back into the soil where it belongs. and the roots exude carbon into the soil. you are helping turn a farm into a carbon sink. it is an international model. delegations from 135 countries have come to study this program. and it actually helped inspire a new law in california, senate bill 1383. which requires cities in california to reduce the amount of compostable materials they send to landfills by 75% by 2025. and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a nation-leading policy. >> because we have such an immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbon cycles, government does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean, foryes, sir, and so forth. -- forest, and so fors.

we know that our largest corporations are a significant percentage of carbon emission, and that the corporate community has significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions. unfortunately, we have no idea and no requirement that they disclose anything about the carbon footprint, the core operation and sp360 stands for the basic notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very common sense but is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make real change and that will change behavior because we know that when corporations have to disclose and be transparent and have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assistance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 which

requires them to have a food donation program. we keep the edible food local. and we are not composting it because we don't want to compost edible food. we want that food to get eaten within san francisco and feed folks in need. it is very unique in san francisco we have such a broad and expansive education program for the city. but also that we have partners in government and nonprofit that are dedicated to this work. at san francisco unified school district, we have a sustainability office and educators throughout the science department that are building it into the curriculum. making it easy for teachers to teach about this. we work together to build a pipeline for students so that when they are really young in pre-k, they are just learning about the awe and wonder and beauty of nature and they are connecting to animals and things they would naturally find love

and affinity towards. as they get older, concepts that keep them engaged like society and people and economics. >> california is experiencing many years of drought. dry periods. that is really hard on farms and is really challenging. compost helps farms get through these difficult times. how is that? compost is a natural sponge that attracts and retains water. and so when we put compost around the roots of plants, it holds any moisture there from rainfall or irrigation. it helps farms make that corner and that helps them grow for food. you can grow 30% more food in times of drought in you farm naturally with compost. farms and cities in california are very hip now to this fact that creating compost, providing compost to farms helps communities survive and get through those dry periods. >> here is the thing.

soil health, climate health, human health, one conversation. if we grow our food differently, we can capture all that excess carbon in the atmosphere and store it in unlimited quantities in the soil, that will create nutrient dense foods that will take care of most of our civilized diseases. so it's one conversation. people have to understand that they are nature. they can't separate. we started prowling the high plains in the 1870s and by the 1930s, 60 year, we turned it into a dust bowl. that is what ignorance looks like when you don't pay attention to nature. nature bats last. so people have to wake up. wake up. compost. >> it is really easy to get frustrated because we have this belief that you have to be completely sustainable 24/7 in all aspects of your life. it is not about being perfect.

it is about making a change here, a change there in your life. maybe saying, you know what? i don't have to drive to that particular place today. today i am going to take the bus or i'm going to walk. it is about having us is stainable in mind. that is -- it is about having sustainability in mind. that is how we move the dial. you don't have to be perfect all the time. >> san francisco has been and will continue to be one of the greener cities because there are communities who care about protecting a special ecosystem and habitat. thinking about the history of the ohlone and the native and indigenous people who are stewards of this land from that history to now with the ambitious climate action plan we just passed and the goals we have, i think we have a dedicated group of people who see the importance of this place. and who put effort into building an infrastructure that actually makes it possible. >> we have a long history starting with the gold rush and the anti-war activism and that

is also part of the environmental movement in the 60s and 70s. and of course, earth day in 1970 which is huge. and i feel very privileged to work for the city because we are on such a forefront of environmental issues, and we get calls from all over the world really to get information. how do cities create waste programs like they do in san francisco. we are looking into the few which you are and we want innovation. we want solutions.

>> you know, i remember when i was a teenager, they did i think it was on the grammys, boss scags narrated the san francisco scene and they did a spot on it and how it's evolved and convergence of multi culture and the emergence of gay community, lgbtq, it was not even called that then. >> so like any good listening back then, i played softball and a friend on the team said, the fire department