>> okay. we are all waiting for you, mayor. >> it is a real press conference >> you called it. >> you called it. we make it happen. >> okay, thank you all for joining today's prefestival briefing for outside landses with mayor bride i'm allen scott. i'm the cofound and coproducer of the outside lands. we are excited to return to our 14th edition of outside lands back to our normal dates after doing a special halloween edition last year we have a festival planned and can't wait to let all of our guests experience t. no 2 festivals are arc like.

and i will share more later on what makes this year's festival unique and exciting. first i want to acknowledge part of what made has made outside lands success over the years. so and that begins with the mayor's office. the rec and park department. police and fire department. mta, public health and other city service. we could trurl not do it without the city's cooperation. >> events like outside lands bring people together in the community. and would noted be possible without the city team. i want to thank your neighbors in the sunset and the richmond districts. we know that we are in your neighborhood. and we enjoy a good and close relationship with you all and many of the things that we have done to mitigate the impact of

outside lands has been done with those neighborhoods and supervisors. >> in a mobile home you will hear from our mayor after she speaks, i will cover what is you in for the festival. after, a number of our team members and partners will be available for individual interviews and we will wrap with a site tour you feel free to take footage of the groundses and get a sense for the space. we have golf carts next door that we can take you after this now my honor to welcome mayor london breed. [applause] thank you allen and thank you everyone for being here today. i don't know about you this looks amazing. this will be exciting for san francisco and i then and there in a major city like san francisco we have our challenges. it does in the mean we should

not take an opportunity to have a good time. and that's what this event does. outside lands is about having a good time. over 100 restaurants. don't come unless you are hungry. you can enjoy the food. there will be drinks and food and other things to enjoy in addition to the music and the experience. i'm looking forward to hearing all the noise, all overnight city. i know the neighbors may not want to but what i appreciate most about outside land system their work with the community. with the neighborhood. to recognize the need to support and make sure the community is not inconvenienced. we are asking people to take public transportation. and to make sure they look on the outside land's website to know the options available. we have a great system to get you in to golden gate park to outside landses, we have a

pretty fortunate system it get you out. people who have come to outside land in the past know that this works like clockwork at this point. and in terms whf we are able to do. the ultimate goal is to keep people safe and everyone is having a good time. we truly appreciate the partnership between san francisco rec and park and our park rangers and the san francisco police department. and the work that they will do not only with outside lands but outside in the neighboring community to keep you safe. i want to warn everyone who is think burglar driving and trying to find a park. don't block anyone's driveway. there will be toe trucks every where and we will responded accordingly. we want to make sure that the surrounding community is not inconvenienced because we want outside lands to continue. let's be good neighbors. be good pavement and make sure this experience is a good one.

what we know about outside lands that i am most appreciate of is what it does for the economy we anticipate 71 million dollars in our local economy in san francisco. that benefits artists, benefits public safety, it benefits our small businesses especially here directly with some of our local restaurants. it does so much and over the existence 15 year existence of outside lands, rec and park department are beautiful park system has been fortunate enough to generate 31 million dollars. that is extraordinary. but it does not stop there. outside lands understands the personals of also giving back to the community. and so over a million dollars begin to organizations and the sunset and richmond. to our transgender district and other thing this is we hold dear in our city. so, they put on a great show. they have great performers, yes.

it is a good time and keeps the smile on your face and this year you don't have to mask up or have to provide proof of vaccine or do the things you did in the past. but be clear. covid is out there. a declaration of emergency that is out there. we want people safe in this environment. be mindsful and if you don't feel good don't come. because we want people to have a great experience here at outside lands. so much activity going on in san francisco. when i think about just over the past couple of months as we come together especially after dealing with 2 years. of a global pandemic, where we could not enjoy live music in this way. i'm more appreciative now than ever before. we had the pride parade that was a huge success. national champions and golden

state warriors had the biggest parade in san francisco i have seen in my life in the city. we had festivals and events and concerts and so many wonderful things. and it seems like outside landses is just the chero top to bring it all together. so for all of you coming out this weekend, please keep a smile on your face and enjoy, please use public transportation. and ultimately i want you all to have the best time. thank you all so much. [applause]. thank you mayor breed you are integral and could not do it without you and thank you for letting us take over the city for a weekend. >> um00 eye want to give a few

upon things on the festival. that is important to know. one is that we are expecting over 220,000 people to come to the park this weekend. and it is looking to be a very big weekend for outside lands. we sold out of 3 day tickets. we have single day tickets available. they are going quickly. this year's lineup is probably the most diverse and dynamic we had in the history of the festival. a lot of the artists most on the bill never played before beginning with green day, cho are home town heros. we have been trying to get them for many years and finally the stars arc lined and have them this year and they are very excited for their set. >> we have post malone the biggest artists in the world and he never played here before and the third, citizena, last played in 2015 and on that stage she

was the first act of that day. >> and now she is closing the first night of the festival. we are excited for them and the rest of the artists and i have a birdef who told me the mayor excited for jack harm over. that is the truth. >> the mayor mentioned that we have over 100 local know restaurants here. the number of menu items later is -- extraordinary. hundreds of different menu items and diversity amongst the food here is second to none. >> and -- also -- should note our sustain ability here is we have an 86% diversion rate that means that all of the refuse from the festival 86% is diverted and recycled or compost.

now we will open up for questions. just as a reminder following you will have an opportunity to combru myself and our team and partners individually. we may refer the questions to them and i will take a quick moment to introduce them. first we have greg ceo of another planet and lands producer. copruzer of outside landses. sarah director of policy at sf rec and park. tonya kohler, the genius food callerator of a taste of the bay in outside landses and brian du cat with another planet can discuss the vipiral initiatives and coproducer as well. >> let's get to your questions.

>> okay. [inaudible]iel. ychls we have a bag policy tell be on the website. we ask to you bring a clear bag to bring essentials to the festival there are mall clutch bags that are allowed in the festival don't need to be clear if you are coming bring a back pack bring clear bags whey this policy for years and that is important you your bag will be turned away if you don't bring a clear bag. >> yes. we can have -- -- yep.

thank you for the question. i'm the deputy chief assigned field of operations. district stations in san francisco. as mentioned, this morning this is a partnership and the planning process public safety planning process started months ago with captain the commanding officer of richmond station. we will have police officers all 3 days for in events on the interior and exterior of the events. we are working with private partners can our state other local officials the rec and park and federal officials. >> [inaudible] [cannot hear question]. >> the best advice is not to come with anything valuable outside behalf is necessary and the mayor said, i would strongly

encourage everyone to take public transportation or a lyft service and bring the valuables with you if you must bring a vehicle don't leave anything valuable. it is our addage of park smart if you mean leave something in your car remember not to once you parked take the valuables from your car and put them in the trunk. you want to do that ahead of time. okay. >> thank you. >> thank you. and reminder that we encourage torn take alternateively transportation. we have private shuttles from the bill graham civic to and from the festival those on the website it is a successful program. we have 10 upon thousand people a day that take that service. muni is operating. tnc's to and from the festival and have a good number who walk

and ride bikes and skate boarding. every means necessary. we encourage alternative means of transportation. we have lookers on site if you come in that lookers are able to be rentsd and put valuable in there safely. [inaudible] i think this you know what we know in san francisco is that -- we have a tremendous team of public health professional this is provide advice. we consulted with them on eventses and parades and other activities. advice is that look,

it is out there. we are living with it. but it does in the money we can't come together. and when we are seeing even though we are seeing cases of covid we are not seeing as many people hospitalized or losing their lives like we did in the beginning of the pandemic they believe it is appropriate to have the events. as far as monkeypox you know left week we district attorney claired a state of emergency. we have requested from the federal government numerous times resources including vaccines. we anticipate that we will get hopefully, soon, 10,000 more vaccines. the governor declared a state of emergency after we did in san francisco and appear that today the federal government is going to be declaring a state of emergency. my hope is that will open the door to address the issue. but again we want people to understand that covid and

monkeypox are still issues that are out there. and the d. public health at this time does not believe this events like this should not continue as a result. thank you. >> thank you. thank you for your questions that's all the time we have. we want to be respectful of the mir a time. madam mayor, thank you, again for joining us. you will have the chance to introduce our team down on the polo field for the next 20 minutes. immediately following the individual interviews youer wang to tour the site. now our team will take to you the main stage. we got different stations sets up with our team and we have greg ceo of another planet. we have rick with super notice. sarah with sf rec and park. tonya our food curateo. brian with another plan and he myself with another planet. thanks, again.

[applause]. good morning every 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 to our beautiful community.

>> this is one place you can always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your san francisco history used to be. >> we hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought them here and down the line. >> even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. and they tell us that.

>> you're going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something that's very, very good. ♪♪ >> the legacy bars and restaurants was something that was begun by san francisco simply to recognize and draw attention to the establishments. it really provides for san francisco's unique character. ♪♪ >> and that morphed into a request that we work with the city to develop a legacy business registration. >> i'm michael cirocco and the owner of an area bakery. ♪♪ the bakery started in 191. my grandfather came over from italy and opened it up then.

it is a small operation. it's not big. so everything is kind of quality that way. so i see every piece and cut every piece that comes in and out of that oven. >> i'm leslie cirocco-mitchell, a fourth generation baker here with my family. ♪♪ so we get up pretty early in the morning. i usually start baking around 5:00. and then you just start doing rounds of dough. loaves. >> my mom and sister basically handle the front and then i have my nephew james helps and then my two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking. after that, my mom and my sister stay and sell the product, retail it. ♪♪ you know, i don't really think about it. but then when i -- sometimes when i go places and i look and

see places put up, oh this is our 50th anniversary and everything and we've been over 100 and that is when it kind of hits me. you know, that geez, we've been here a long time. [applause] ♪♪ >> a lot of people might ask why our legacy business is important. we all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry. our lineage and i'll use one example of tommy's joint. tommy's joint is a place that my husband went to as a child and he's a fourth generation san franciscan. it's a place we can still go to today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories of what was san francisco like back in the 1950s. >> i'm the general manager at tommy's joint.

people mostly recognize tommy's joint for its murals on the outside of the building. very bright blue. you drive down and see what it is. they know the building. tommy's is a san francisco hoffa, which is a german-style presenting food. we have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. you prefer it to be carved whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. you want your pastrami to be very lean. you can say i want that piece of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want it with some sauerkraut. tell the guys how you want to prepare it and they will do it right in front of you. san francisco's a place that's

changing restaurants, except for tommy's joint. tommy's joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from. tommy's is a place that you'll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪♪

so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the

family had a whole new clientele. the business really boomed after that. >> i think that the flavors we make reflect the diversity of san francisco. we were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it. businesses come and go in the city. pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and there's so much competition. so for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by the city has been really a huge honor. >> we got a phone call from a woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still owned it and she was so happy that we were still involved, still the owners. she was our customer in 1953.

and she still comes in. but she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that we're carrying on our father's legacy. and that we mean so much to so many people. ♪♪ >> it provides a perspective. and i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, you're missing the context. for me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. >> i just think it's part of san francisco. people like to see familiar stuff. at least i know i do. >> in the 1950s, you could see a picture of tommy's joint and looks exactly the same. we haven't change add thing. >> i remember one lady saying, you know, i've been eating this ice cream since before i was born. and i thought, wow! we have, too.

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>> okay. good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco planning commission hybrid hearing for thursday, july 28, 2022. in person and remote hybrid meeting will require everyone's a