good afternoon. everyone. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the september 12th regular meeting of the land use and transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisor. i'm joined by dean preston and

supervisor aaron preston. i would like to acknowledge and thank the folks at sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. madam clerk. do you have any a nawns ?ments we're now having hybrid committee meetings while still having access through telephone. we'll take public comment as follows. first will be taken on each item on the agenda. those attending in person will be allowed to speak first. then we'll take those on the telephone lines. for those watching on 26, 78, 99 and the public call-in number is shooting across the screen. you may call in. (415)655-0001 and the meeting id is 248615820961.

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the agenda of september 20th unless otherwise stated. madam chair. >> thank you so much. just to add to her announcements, masking is still highly recommended although not required throughout the building. please be respectful to those around you and provide adequate spacing if you're seated in the chambers. we have super scriers chan with us. i understand we need a little more time. i know there are a lot of folks here in the audiencer in item. we're reviewing some language. so we're going to call that out of order a little bit later. this is going to be a quick meeting so you'll not be waiting long but we'll do that to hem the process. if we could, madam clerk, please call item 2. >> ordinance amending the planning code for the tenderloin special sign.

acting zoning controls for neon signs and affirming ploipt findings. members of the public who would like to provide public he comment call (415)655-0001 and the meeting item is -- and press pound and pound again. to speak for item number 2, press *3 and we'll know you have raised your hand. madam chair. >> thank you very much supervisor preston for your introduction of this item. i see we have veronica flores for planning here and i will turn it over to you. >> thank you very much. the item before today would create tenderloin neon special sign district which provides specific controls to encourage new neon signs and with the

amendments thail descroibt committee. committee members make it easier to repair and restore existing neon science. the effort is rooted in the tenderloin community action plan. an effort led by the tenderloin people's congress to engage can with tenderloin stakeholders. over 1200 people were apart of the process and it was designed to map out a vision for the tenderloin future. the results of work including community meetings, surveys, and the tendser loin people's summit was a vision 2020 document. a powerful statement of priorities. it addresses economic opportunity, improvement, housing and homelessness as well as arts and culture. nested within the last category was a recommendation to restore

and encourage more new neon signs in the neighborhood to help create a tenderloin identity. after the recent restricting was brought to my attention by two neighborhood leaders in particular. katie kohn ri from the tenderloin museum and miss preteky who explained they were pursuing legislation for the community action plan. miss kohn ri explained she recently found a photo from the 1940s with an original neon sign for the cadillac hotel. she had a vision to create not an exact replica but a historical replacement for the neighborhood showing the original cadillac on one side and the other with the word

"tenderloin. the plesm was that was not permitted under current regulations. my work with planning staff and city feern's office to draft stlotion create new rules for neon signs in the tenderloin neighborhood. as the process evolved and we brought in additional stakeholders, we recognized there could be broader application for making neon signage for the area to allow noncompliant signs to be removed to allow for restoration of some of the classic neon signs where significant work needed to revive them. this adds up to the policy before us today. it intends to make it easier to create new neon signs in tenderloin and more easily re--we pair and restore those tt

exist. we'd like to amend the file before us to incorporate all the planning staff's recommendations from its excellent commission report and the line by line amendments are circumstance whraited to committee members. for residential hotels clarifying that one, these signs are considered identifying signs and two, the projecting signs and dimensions are for the sign its sofa. next is to strike neon stien provisions that are more restrictive than the existing sign regulations also change "blade signs" to projecting signs and finally to allow legal non-complying neon signs to be physically removed from the building and return to the property in its existing condition. we've been informed by the city attorney that these changes are substantive in nature and will require an automatic continuance. i do want to say in closing that

we know there are serious challenges that the tenderloin faces in many respect and we're working every day to address the challenges. among the people he work in live in the tenderloin, there is tremendous sense of pride in and love for this neighborhood. exemplified by the time and effort that produced the community action plan particularly at a time and so much of the public narrative both here and in san francisco and across the destination focused on all of the problems in the tenderloin. we think it's imperative adds we work on those issues to also not lose sight of what makes the tenderloin one of the diverse working class neighborhoods in san francisco so unique. that includes the trailblazing history as a catalyst for lgbtq

community, a refuge for immigrant communities and home to one-third of neon signs in san francisco. the story is complicated but as public officials i believe we do well to lift up the beauty and work for the challenges in the city. i want to independent by thanking the planning department for their work on this ordinance including but not limited to trent greenen, rich sucr karks and veronica flores. and i believe veronica is here with us either in-person or remotely. to speak to this item and available for questions. also i want to thank my stasm --

staff kyle smeely and that you will those staff who work for this effort. , others and with that, i hope madam chair we can turn the floor over to ms. flores. >> thank you so much. i see supervisor peskin on the roster. >> thank you chair melgar. i wanted to be added as a cosponsor. >> noted, thank you. welcome ms. flores. >> thank you chair melgar and supervisors. i'm from the planning department staff. i wanted to give a brief commission report today. this item appeared in front of planning commission on august 25th during which time they unanimously recommend add approval of modification. supervisor preston went through the various modifications and i want to highlight there was one

addition many modification which was to rename the design guidelines to design standards and this is so that we would not result in any discretionary sign approval. all of the recommendations were incorporated and -- incorporated in the vergs in front ever you today and circulated. so i'm happy to answer any further questions. >> thank you very much ms. flores. with that, let's take public comment on that item, please. >> thank you madam chair. any members of the public who would like to speak for item 2, you need to approach the podium. and we're at two minutes. >> i'm katie conroy the executive director and we're the official sponsors and we have an initiative called "tenderloin neon a-z" to restore klt neon

signs in the tenderloin neighborhood. neon signs are crucial to the visual identity of the tenderloin. and with this new legislation, it will make it easier to restore signs and throws add new historically inspired neon signs to the tenderloin landscape. after the devastating impacts l -- results of the pandemic, advertising is quhoo tenderloin small business needs right now. weed like to create a neon sign district to allow for new neon signs and allow for existing neon signs to be easily restore. this plan has broad community support. the tenderloin community action plan state as a priority to restore and encourage more neon signs in the neighborhood to create its yidity and we believe the historic district will positive identify the identity

for residents. i would like to add a to the historical significance of neon signs. they will benefit the community for much-needed light for foot traffic, increasing nighttime activity and making the neighborhood safer. a quote joaquin torres: there are so many ways to increase standard safety. there are more culturally significant ways to do that that means lietding up the streets. one of the easiest way is a special way do that by having historic neon signs lighting up our streets tonight. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is woody lavonte from san francisco heritage. it's a 50-year-old organization.

the mission is to the dedication of the preservation and enhancement of san francisco's unique architectural and cultural identity. i'm here to support this special sign district. the tenderloin as supervisor preston said haste nearly a third of all of the neon signs in san francisco and neon is a character-defining feature of the neighborhood. it adds to the richness and its physical cal and cultural identity. this ordinance will more easily allow the existing neon signs in the neighborhood to be we paired and restored and allow selective signs to be installed particularly on the cadillac hotel and the tenderloin museum which are morn community anchors. thank you again for your consideration of this and thank you for your approval. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, i'm rick

johnson. ima representative of ccsroc collaborative and lieutenant manager or representative for the hotel. one of the buildings that does not have a neon sign. we desperately need this. i know a a lot of time and work has gone into it. i can stand here and repeat the same thing over and over again. at the end ever the day, the lighting from the neon sign is actually paramount to other things keeping the neighborhood safe. and i think that's what it's all billion as we move forward and make the neighborhood safer. i think everyone here could benefit from it. i don't want to lose the opportunity of tourism to other

areas. let them come here first to the tenderloin. let them see what it is we have to offer and let's move forward. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> my namal is [indiscernible] and i just -- i am on the organizing department for tenderloin [indiscernible] land use committee which has been meeting since seven years now every tuesday. we -- for many of the folks here are from the land use committee, they live in the neighborhood and are our resident leaders. i would not be here and thank you to the president for mentioning my name but i feel i oweo owe it to them without them i wouldn't be here. thank you very much and looking forward to more neon signs in the neighborhood. thanks. >> thank you so much.

next speaker. >> good evening, i'm kathy hahn and i'm a resident ever the tenderloin i'm also a work for the central city collaborative and i would like to see this item passed because it would help benefit the tenderloin as well as improve the esthetics of the businesses within the tenderloin. thank you. >> next speaker. >> hole i'm jason. and i'm born and raised here in san francisco. and i currently live at the abigail hotel. we just got a restore sign on the side of our building. it's gorgeous. it was once a gray slab. it's now colorful and vibrant and lights um the corner and i would like to see more.

>> thank you very much. next speaker. >> hello supervisors. i'm stephen dennis. there is not much i can add to what haso has already been said. i would thriek say i'm in favor of this. thank you. >> hi, thank you for the opportunity to speak. my name is randall homan and i'm one of the cofounders of a tiny organization called san francisco neon with my husband. and we are a product of the tenderloin museum and we do tours, talks, events and produce an international neon symposium every year. this is big news in the neon world. that san francisco could have

historic tenderloin special sign district is big news. pocatelloo. pocatelloo idaho has one so san francisco should have one too. we appreciate your careful consideration of this. to quote martin true and his book signs streets and store fronts, there is nothing like a neon sign to add the vibrancy to the streetscape. this legislation will really increase the vie bansy of a brsh sigh bransy of the neighborhood of the tenderloin. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. are there any other members of the public that would like to to speak? we'll go to the remolt call-in line. we have seven listeners. unmute the first person, please. >> my name is stephen koals. i'm a curator at letter form archive, a non-profit museum

until san francisco dedicated to typography and graphic design. folks visit us to learn about artifacts of design and we receive from the guests that they want to see works created by land and original artwork. it's a kind of thing that inspires them because it's unique. if we extrapolate that not local area, there are a few things that define account neighborhood than the art of the street. that includes neon signs. they're all handmade. every disi that has preserved and restored neon signs sees a new enthusiasm for neighborhoods where they're prevalent. i support any legislation to resupport ask preserve the designs. >> thank you very much for your comments. next speaker, please.

>> i'm tv fisher. i live in the kas pro but i enjoy spending time in the tenderloin very often with apprehends and family. i want to add my voice in support of the pressure. as a couple of speakers have mentioned, the people who live and work in the tenderloin need and deserve the support of the city and need all of us to continue our recovery after the pandemic. providing a pathway to help restore the existing signs and creating new ones reinforces to me which is a beautiful and unique part of the neighborhood we can be proud of. i'm grateful for the contribution that the signs and people who take care of them nike our urban landscape and i want to thank you for this time. >> thank you.

to speak you need to press *3 and we'll call you up for public comment. >> my name is martin true and i wrote a book called "signs, streets and forefronts" i believe strongly in the proposals for the tenderloin special neon sign district. especially for the right for non-forming signs to be taken offer in necessary work and be returned. this is one of the most essential purpose for sign codes across america. dprsh the preservation is truly valued. i used to live in san francisco years expoog i've been watching the city for years. i've always been watching how

historic sign districts and sign landmark sign codes have been created across america for the past 20 -- 30 years and i see it's taken a while for san francisco to join the ranks of other cities maul and large across america. this is a critical time and san francisco can still be a leader by making this move. i also wanted to mention that i believe in permitting new neon signs to be created to reinforce the identity of a neighborhood. i speak about color and place making and why they're important individual artifacts and elements of an entire streetscape, the character, scale and rhythm. any, please advance this

historic sign code. >> thank you so much. let's take the last caller, please. >> thank you. my name is dedea dlieza, a professor of geology in university of fullerton. i'm coauthorize of the book "neon, a light history" i appreciate the opportunity to advocate on behalf of the tenderloin neon sign district. i think it's tremendous that the tenderloin can be the fairs to make it happen. the tenderloin is incredible and unique across the united states because it has one of the most significant collections of early neen signs anywhere in the united states and many of those

are from neon's glory days in the late 1920s and early 1930s with their magnificent art deco and workmanship. these are all now approaching 100 years old and they've been living outside in the weather for that entire 100 years. that means that just in order to continue to exist and ton provide the neighborhood identity that they have for nearliy a century, they need care. account care that they need requires that a sign be able to be taken down, that a historic nonconforming sign be able to be taken down in order to repair and restore it and return it lit to its former glory and place as an essential component of place yidity in the tenderloin. thank you very much.

>> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. supervisor preston, do you want to move the amendment? >> so moved. >> on that motion, supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> ing stleup visor melgar. >> yes. >> supervisor -- >> aye. >> you have three ayes. >> and i understand we need to continue to the next a [indiscernible] >> that would be on the [indiscernible] great. on that motion, supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> preston. >> aye. >> melgar. >> aye. >> you have three ayes. >> thank you that motion passes. thank you all. let's go back to item 1. >> item 1 is an ordinance amending the planning code to designate city cemetery located on lincoln park east of san francisco veteran affairs

medical center. consistent with the standards as set forth in article x of the planning code and affirming appropriate signing, members of the public who would like to provide public comment should call into (415)615-0001 and the id and press pound and pound again. if you have not done so and would like to speak press *3 and the system will indicate you have raised your hand. >> we have the responsibilitieser of this item, supervise consider chan with us today. i'llblñ he turn the floor over o her now. >> thank you chair melgar and thank you committee members for hearing this item. this is actually an ylt, there was an item before you toat received unanimous approval of our -- from our colleagues yourself included was a

resolution to the landmarking and the ordinance is before you to do the actual destination. it has been a work in progress and community-driven effort. i'm delighted we're able to deck layer this landmark of the city cemetery. i appreciate the discussion which voted to approve a resolution to recommend the landmark designation. city cemetery was used as a burial ground for he veterans, korean, greek, tall can and jewish association. immigrant communities whose lives and stories and contributions or a part of literally building the foundation of san francisco. this was their burial ground. although transform tying park today and a golf course and also a playground, in the early 20th seen toury an estimated 10,000

bodies still rest beneath the turf and two prominent monuments will stay in two fairways. this includes the [indiscernible] chapel which stands today as a symbolic intersection of past chinese and san francisco culture and history. the con chow chapel is now a site where our chinese communities for the first time last year in 2021 were able to hold a traditional observation to pay respects for those who came before us. we'll do this again on october 4th of this year according to the lunar calendar. i would like to thank the can community for up lifting the story and advancing this effort to make it the first archeological land park in the city recognizing this is also an

active golf course today, would i thriek, as i had at the historic preservation commission meeting, reiterate that the intent of this landmark destination is not to obstruct or impact the recreational golf use at lincoln park or the operations or any maintenance and essential repairs that are deemed necessary by the city's rec department for improvement to that space which including the golf course and the playground. so thank you to the community members and organizations who have spent -- who have sent in letters of support for this landmarking including the chinese consolidated benevolent organization. the chinese historical society, ampi historic preservation and

especially thanks to the san francisco heritage, for lending the research, passion and commitment to landmarking this integral peetion of our city's history. i want to take this time to thank my eight for putting forward it item. this brings all the communities together including the chinese-speaking community who really felt disconnected to the space for a long time. i just met with them and just really that they're grateful to be able to go beyond chinatown where they've been doing a lot of ceremonial remembrance of the an ses tri and now are able to have the space in the park in nature where it belongs and allowing the community to gather. i want to thank the planning department specifically to kari

hari for her artwork and contribution to this. today we have jordan harrison with us and fine art museum, poly and thea with us and he'll be introducing amendments to hope to have your support today. this amendment is a minor modification to the legislation sections 4.84. of the city cemetery landmark resolution. it's actually consistent to what we're putting in specifically pa allowing the san francisco recreation and park department to indicate it's not going to obstruct or limit their work and this now we understand that as you probably know the area is also including -- area includes legion of honor. we're make stheurg we're thoughtful about this and

include a museum oo. i'm happy to read to you specifically on page 7 line 10, and line 13. it's to actually insert language including like pursuant to and consistent with similar standards construction measures that the fine arts museum may adopt for project under the museum's jurisdiction or line 13, as applicable and following another line, i think three lines down line 18 where the museum as applicable. this -- last but not least, one more amendment is just to add, you know, ep archeological staff in coordination with sf rec and park or the museum staff all this is to mindful of the operations of the area and maintenance of the area. but i'm going to have also the

planning department to talk a little bit about this neement make sure this is really the amendment is specific to the existing envelope of the museum. it's not to -- in the event that museum has any extension of the area or beyond, they'll have to go through the actual process of the planning department. thank you. >> good afternoon allison, planning department staff here to add clarification about the amendment. the purpose of the amendment is so we already had clarify as supervisor chan said that the standard construction measures that applied for rec projects including process for archeological investigation would apply to the legion of honor if they were to move forward to adopt similar

standard construction measures. that would be for projects that have been -- that might occur underneath the museum that are part of the jurisdiction of the museum. >> thank you. i think we can move forward with the presentation. if there is no more questions from the committee members or you can -- >> i don't have any questions for supervisor chan but i have for the sponsor and i want to thank so much for always recognizing the history of and contribution of immigrants to our city. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioner. we have a presentation that i'm hoping that your support staff can bring up furs. you'll see it to your right.

thank you so much. good afternoon. i'm with the planning department staff. before you is request for recommendation on the land a mark designation of city cemetery to the full board of supervisors. next slide, please. to orient you, city cemetery is located within lincoln park situated on the northwest corner of the city in the owter richmond neighborhood. the geographic boundaries outlined in orange consistent of lot 13-13 block 29. the small northern portion is outside the boundaries of the cemetery. the parcel is owned by the san francisco recreation and parks department. next slide, please. before delving into the significance, i'll provide an

historical overview. in 1868 there was land dedicated from 1870 to 1876, the cemetery was primarily use for burials of indij nant people who died without means for burial. in the 1807s the board much supervise krsz began to grant blocks to benevolent and social and religious plots for their members. these were granted to at least 24 different organizations. the city banned new burial at the cemetery at 1898. in 1909 it was reclassified as a park. the period ever significance

ghins 1868 with the designation of the land for cemetery purposes. the period ends in 1909 when the land was transferred to the parks admission. the cemetery is a testament to the evolution of burial customs how the communities took care of their deceased members. it was common for working class people to join cultural and ethnic societies during their life to sure some assurance that their bodies would be taken care of after their death. this reflects changing attitudes where sentiment mentality was offer the date was outwayed by notions of progress. there are two monuments from the certify tri era that are still standing in lincoln dispark embody the practice in the 19th century.

finally criteria four, the remnants of the cemetery have yielded important information about the history of san francisco. archeological studies provide valuable information about the past life ways that are not always captured in historical records. as a cemetery for the indigent wells ethnic, social and religious organizations, city cemetery has the potential to yield information about the beliefs and practices of groups that were disenfranchised in san francisco. i'll move on to discussing the character-defines features of the landmark. it what seven character defining features created during the period of significance. i will discuss each character defining feature in the rest of the presentation. structures buildings, objects, archeological resources within the geographic boundaries not

called out for features of the cemetery or the date outside period of significance are not contributors to the landmark. although the golf course and legion of honor museums are within the geographic boundaries, they're not considered a part of the landmark because thermobuilt after the period of significance and two are not character-defining features of the city cemetery. a although there are some modifications to the ground since 1909, the topography has remained largely unchanged from the topography of the cemetery. the hills, open space and broad vista's overlooking the ocean echos the historical setting of the city cemetery. trees planted to mark section boundaries are still standing. cyprus trees mark section

boundaries. the yellow line designates the trees based on historical photographs. this category consists of possible structures and objects related to the operation of city cemetery such as buried remains of the caretaker's homes labeled on the slide. there are two structures dating to the cemetery era of lincoln park. first is the alter of place of ka prayer, burn being insenses for the journey into the afterlife. it is built ie the shape of an open triangle that translates to a temporary resting place. this is the only 19th century structure designated to host chinese funeral rights in san

francisco. the object slesk i 15-foot tall structure that has values related to grief and commemoration. it was man toured by the company in connecticut. it features maritime for sentiment at that time and romanticism. it was erected in the late 1880s for those 245 helped the san francisco maritime industry. many chinese meme who came to california in the 19th century held the belief their bones must be laid to rest in their home village. individuals are buried and the bones would be disindisperd sent

back to the deceased village. pits were often reused multiple times. although landscaping is still existing,ment remnants may exist below the surface technically those used by chinese organizations in red on the slide. records show that more than 6,000 chinese people were disinterred. records indicate more than 29 people werer aboutied in city cemetery. there were no mass efforts to reall the burials and they that thousands were remaining in the park. the extent to which the societies and organizations move their dead has no idea. there has been no attempt to remove indij nlts as a testament

to over 750 individuals in an indigent area in the mid '90s. mortgage rare furniture are another character deives feature including buried objects, grave markers and items buried with individuals. weave ad received 11 letters about the landmark, they all express support for the landmarking. the golf alliance expresses concern on the golf course's operation. we ensure the landmarking would not prevent the continued operation of the golf course. the city cemetery needs the landmark status. although it has been altered for use as a golf course, it retains

integrity for historical and archeological significance. the commission recommended designation to the board of supervisors. on behalf of the commission, the department recommends approval of the landmark designation. thank you to sf heritage for assistance in preparing the fact sheet for this property and alex ryder and john martini for their research. thank you for your time today. that completes a my presentation. jordan would like to speak to you followed by pridi from the fine arts museum. planning staff is available for any questions you may have. >> thank you very much. welcome. >> good afternoon supervisors. jordan harrison with the recreation and parks department. the department strongly supports this landmark designation that

captured the unique significant history of the city cemetery. supervisor's chan designation ensures we will not forget the contributions in san francisco's history. rec and park staff will continue to work with the community members on their plans for interpretive materials at lincoln park to allow users to learn about the diverse community buried there. thank you. >> thank you very much. we have one more presentation. great. welcome. >> hello. good afternoon. i'm co-chair [indiscernible], i'm the government affairs manager of the museum. i'm here today to represent the fine rts rts museum. we support the designation. and i want to thank ms. chan for

her leadership and the efforts ever state departments, city staff and key members and groups who work collaboratively on this. the fine arts museum supports the proposed change to the language to ensure there is no conflict with the city charter. there is exclusive jurisdiction over the buildings and land set aside for their use, this includes legion much honor located at lincoln park. my understanding this is a clarification and there is no need to go through additional review. thank you for your time and i'm happy to answer any questions. >> thank you very much. >> that scon cleudz all the presentations that we have on this item. i want to thank everyone involved for moving forward. i think there is -- i think there has been an express

expressed interest from the museum. and again, partnership with the san francisco heritage as well as with our communities including chinese companies and moving forward and creating an annual event at lincoln park to think about all the immigrants and those that came before us. on an annual basis in the fall. so thank you. >> thank you very much supervisor chan. let's go to public comment. >> thank you. are there any members of the public who would like to sneak you may approach the podium. >> good afternoon board of supervisors and my special thanks to supervisor chan for your work on this. i'm a member of the century club

founded by [indiscernible] after 1950. i'm an avid golfer and i want to talk about three points quickly. and i apologize if i go over. first of all, my concern is the measure may be a little bit broad. i would like to see supervisor chan entertain putting into the ordinance the language that she spoke about today which is the intent of the ordinance not to diminish the use of this course for golf. had i been around in 1909, but i wasn't allowed to be a citizen of this country, i would have spoken in opposition to turning this into a golf course but unfortunately turned into a golf course. it's ironic that many chinese american kids, elders and seniors now get dwet to use the land for recreational purposes with the indulgence to my -- i my scottish and english friends,

the game was inverchted in china and we're proud that municipal golf is play dz at a municipal golf course remains of chinese that were buried there because they were not allowed to be buried any place else. let us remember the reason why we formed the city cemetery is because other cemeteries in the city did not allow chinese to be there. i would ask for those minor changes and for the fact that the clubhouse, if it's renovated includes language about the history of the chinese buried there as well as the history use of the golf course. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon again supervisors. woody from san francisco heritage. san francisco heritage is proud to senator landmarking and i just want to speak a little more personallien my feelings on this designation.

city of san francisco in recent years has made an effort to center racial and social diverse ri if all the dispts and agencies. i work in the field of preservation which has long celebrated houses of the powerful or halls of people who are wealthy, not the diverse or equitable. it's one of the prouder things i think i've been involved with is this effort to landmark city cemetery. most of the people buried there i think in part lived difficult and hard lives. they were the people who supervisor chan built the city of san francisco. they are mainses and carpet teres and sailors. they represent the vast diversity of our city which we're proud of. italians, chinese, germans, japanese, french, civil war

veterans. catholics, christians, jews are all buried in city cemetery. for too long this significant site has been overlooked for its significance. you can see plaques and you can see art and you can learn about the lincoln highway and holocaust thereathathathathatzau

motion that we approve the amendment as read into the record by supervisor chan. >> on that motion, supervisor presken. >> aye. >> preston. >> aye. >> melgar. >> aye. >> you have three ayes. supervisor preston as a cosponsor. >> i would like to send the item as amended with recommendation listing me as a cosponsor to the full board of supervisors. >> on that motion and noted supervisor perfect be. >> aye. >> supervise preston. >> aye. >> can supervisor melgar. >> aye. >> you have three ayes. >> thank you. that

28464501 and press pound and pound again. if you would like to speak on item there three, press *3. >> the sponsor of this legislation president walton has requested another week for this item and i'm inclined to accept that. i will be making a motion after public comment to continue this item to our meeting on the 189th. because it was agendized this

way we have to take public comment. let's do that madam clerk. >> thank you madam chair. any members of the public would would like to speak for item number three? seeing none we'll move to the public call-in line. we have one listener in queue. >> public on this item is closed and i would like to may go e make a motion that we continue this item to our meeting of september 19th. >> on the continuance to next week's meeting of september 19th. supervisor peskin p 367 aye. >> supervisor preston. >> aye. >> supervisor melgar. >> aye. >> that passes. >> revolution 4 is resolution 1021 for parcels in residential and commercial combined or rc and residential mix rm and

transit oriented districts requiring conditional use authorization for residential developments but do not maximize units and affirming appropriate finds. members of the public who would like to speak on item 4 call (415)655-0001 and 234-86-2441 and press pound and pound again. if you wish to speak press *3. *3. madam chair. >> thank you for introducing this item. >> thank you chair melgar and thank you to yourself and supervisor preston who voted for the original legislation in january of last year that the board approved unanimously and the mayor signed on january 22nd of last year. this pressure as set forth in the title extends this interim

control by six months to january of next year and slightly modifies the provisions specifically as it relates to another exception for conditional use authorization set forth on page 6 at line 10. wherein the conditional use shall not be required for xisting residential buildings in rc-r dismrks rto districts wherein the expansion is to two or more units and no resulting individual unit been later than 3,000 square feet and 50% of the size of the largest unit in the building. this has actually proven quite successful this these districts in maximizing density and we are working on permanent controls

with the support of the planning department and hope to get that done in the six-month period and those have been productive considerations. conversations. and this would terminate if we pass the permanent controls in january prior to 2023. >> thank you very much supervisor preston. we have no one here in planning? >> no planning is supportive of this and working with my office on the permanent controls. >> wonderful. that being the case, madam clerk, let's go to public comment on this item. >> thank you. any members of the public who would like to speak for item number four? seeing none, we'll move to the public call-in line and looks like we have zero kawrls. >> public comment is now closed.

supervisor peskin, do you want to make a motion? >> i would like to move this item to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> and oon that motion peskin. >> aye. >> preston melgar. >> aye. >> peskin. >> aye. >> that passes. any other items in. >> no other items. >> thank you, we are now adjourned. yay!

>> good afternoon, thank you everyone for coming. my name is jeffrey come lin and i'm san francisco's director of transportation. and i'm so grateful to have the secretary, the speaker and the mayor here to celebrate our progress on the central subway. we are joined by local community and i'm grateful to all of you in the local community who who have put up with years of construction and disruption here in the heart of china town but we promise it is going to be worth it. as we sit here i want to action knot the long history it has taken to get here including remembering the earthquake and the demolition of the embarcadero freeway and this project started both as a

radical idea and a strong community partnership. in the recovery after the '89 earthquake and the 1990 and 1991 recession, san francisco was facing tough times and at that time the city had a bold vision to demolish the embarcadero freeway and replace it with a surface boulevard but that wasn't good enough because we needed to serve the heart of china town so mayor willy brown and rose pack struck a brilliant compromise to agree to demolish the embarcadero freeway but build a subway into the heart of china town, connecting chinese san francisco in the cultural heart of chinese san francisco. but to do more than that, to revitalize the southeastern part of san francisco, including the bay view, to connect african american and filipino american and other populations to new emerging job centers in mission bay and all the jobs in union

square and again here to china town. so, with support from speaker pelosi and a billion dollars of federal funding, we are almost there. we're also really grateful. [cheers and applause] we're grateful to secretary butavig for the bipartisan infrastructure bill. this once in a generation opportunity. [cheers and applause] can provide cities like ours the resources that we need to make a transportation system that works for everyone but particularly the people who have the fewest mobility choices. i also want to make my appreciation known for mayor breed who has continued in her leadership to prioritize the people who need mobility investments and access to opportunity. opportunities that are being created right here in san francisco. [applause] so i'd like to introduce our

first speaker malcolm young who is the executive director of the china town community development center whose work helped shape almost every detail of this project that you see here today. malcolm. [applause] >> i'm going to go old school and read off my phone instead of paper, so that was supposed to be funny but i guess not. first of all, let me say how humbling it is to be here today. there's so many important federal representatives, but just as just as important, there's local friends and allies a part of the project from the beginning and i won't name you all by name but thank you for being a part of this and being here. i know you feel the love coming out of this project. let me extend a china town welcome to pete, mr. secretary. i don't know if this is your first advise ilts here but i hope it's not your last. we want to extend an open invitation to explore the

underlining richness and we like to take you into our public housing so you can see what a deep investment affordability can do for families, adults and seniors. and investment is certainly the theme for today. central subway is a once in a generation investment in this community and in this city. unlike so many so-called investments in low-income communities of color, central subway was not a topdown from city planning, it was demand from the residents and stakeholders and leaders of china town lead by rose pack who mr. tumlin mentioned and the chinese chamber of commence. the transit research and improvement project, china justice project formed in the 70s by form mun bus drivers and the largest tenant association not just in china town and the association

led by the -- it's a demand for transit justice to fill in for the now torn down embark care -- dare em-- mayor brown championed this cause as well. mayor brown may be the first black mayor of san francisco, some say he may have been the first chinese mayor of san francisco, given how he has received when he comes to china town. that's supposed to be a joke, not going well, all right. mayor ed lee, the first chinese-american mayor of this city, also championed the subway to his untimely death and i had the privilege of working with both of them on this project. the central subway is an economic lifeline necessary to reconnect the historic immigrant neighborhood of china town with the populations of the city, visitation valley and bay viewers point and it's a transient gateway for regional

visitors and tourists to maintain the vibrancy and the pandemic threatened to erase and i was remind of this project and tam shaw dug up a 2003 chronicling thousands of signatures and delivering them to be a low see and feinstein and meeting with the congressional committee. norman went on that treat or reverend fong. sorry. and even 20 years ago, speaker a low sew and feinstein moved this project. china town needs this lifeline. but beyond the tremendous economic benefits of central subway will have, i want to share one impact that people outside of our community see. several years back when tan and i were doing outreach on this

street, there was one merchant who pointed out something i will never forget. i said central subway was more than action he economic benefit and having the world china town printed in a citywide map that everyone would see signaled something bigger and permanent for this community and the permanent of china town is not something we can take for granted. china town survived numerous attempts the relocation. first after the great quake '60 and the threat posed by the pandemic. the central subway means as mentioned, merchant implied and china town has been and is and will be forever a part of the fabric of san francisco. thank you. [cheers and applause] with no further or do, i have the honor of introducing the next speaker, someone who needs no introductions in these parts and not in this community, mayor

breed has been a supporter of china town in the most important way and i have the honor of introducing our third chinese-american lead, mayor london breed. [applause] >> i can truly attest to the fact that i definitely probably come in third and that mayor willy brown still comes in first every time he shows up to china town and so, i'm grateful for his leadership, for mayor ed lee and the work that they did to get us here today. but today, i'm going to take all the credit, now that i am mayor for moving this project forward which has been long awaited by this community and this city. but before i give my remarks, i want to take an opportunity to just express my condolences, many of you know that queen elizabeth the second passed away today and on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, we

have setup a book for those who are interested in coming to city hall to sign this book. we will then present it to our council general here who represents europe and make sure that the community receives this book of condolences and so, thank you all so much, many people reached out to us to want -- to know exactly what san francisco plans to do and that's exactly what we plan to do. she was a marvelous lady and she definitely will be missed. and again, thank you malcolm and welcome everyone. i want to start by really thanking our leader, our speaker nancy pelosi and secretary butagy for joining or maybe mayor, i like to call him mayor still because he served as the mayor but we are proud of his work as transportation secretary because it is definitely needed, having a mayor's perspective is so

important because he really understands what it takes to get projects like this done and thank you for bringing us all here today. i want to recognize city staff, many who have worked tirelessly to plan and build this project and thank the community for their patience during the many, many years of construction. we know transit is the backbone of this city and our priority right now is on our recovery and reopening. that means bringing back the transit routes and connections that our communities rely on to get to work and school and around the city or come out on a beautiful day and hang out in china town. what we know is that when we invest in transportation, it benefits our city and it benefit peoples lives and in april we opened up finely the van necessary bus rapid transit system whip has been a huge success -- system which has been a huge success. people are saving up to 35% of their time

now now that brt is here. that's a big difference. that difference is bringing more people to ride the bus and we are going to see those benefits again when the central subway finally opens up later this fall. it will serve some of the dense neighborhoods in the city and help people from china town to oracle park and chase center and the bay views point and it will reduce travel time and ease congestion in the cities busiest areas and it will connect to our regional transit systems, bart and caltrain and we have representatives from those entities here with us today and thank you all for your partnership and your work. it's going to connect the entire bay area network. that's what this is about. so, with central subway opening soon, we already are thinking of what is to come next. i was telling the speaker, i'm like you do so much for san francisco and we give you love

and as soon as we give you love just like family, what have you done for me lately and what can you do for me next? madam speaker, we appreciate you and ask you this, you know, from the heart, we have the central subway coming soon and we're already thinking about what is coming next. we have so much more to do, more planning, more maintenance and more building. we have two funding priorities, we want to bring our existing muni rail system up to the state of good repair after decades of disinvestment and second, we always want to have a subway under construction. i said my priority was, as a native of san franciscan to get this subway all the way to fishermans wharf but native san franciscans knows what i'm talking about, it will be amazing but next on our list is the tunnel to connect caltrain and high-speed rail to our are transit center. that's

for all the commuters in the bay area. that's critical to the future of our city and downtown and yes, secretary, we have applied for federal grant to help fund that critical project, but welcome to san francisco. [laughter] when we invest in transit we feel the difference, it's faster and more reliable and it's a comfortable way to get us to where we need to go, it helps our economy, it helps our family and seniors and it helps our workers who rely on it. september is transit month and i can't imagine a better place to celebrate that than with all of you. i continue to love seeing everyone ride, our kids riding free, like we did when we were kids even though we were supposed to pay but we made it legitimate. tourist taking our cable cars and people commuting to work. this is what it means to experience san francisco and you know what, it feels so good. we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the help of our speaker

nancy pelosi and funding from sfta new starts program. thank you madam speaker for everything that you always done. i mean, i should just, you know, print a thank you something that she can carry it. thank you for san francisco residents because when it comes to transit, housing, i mean, you name it, she is always delivering time and time again for this community and thank you to secretary butaga for your support and being in san francisco and there's so many places across the country you could travel but you're here highlighting the great work we do and the biden administration prioritizing transit especially rail bus, rapid transit and streetcars. you prioritized connecting communities that have historically been cut out from economic opportunities and we appreciate that. and you've also prioritized street safety, recently, we received a federal grant to help make howard street in south of market safer for pedestrians and bicyclists,

thanks to these two extraordinaria leaders right here. as former mayor, you understand how critical urban connections are to making our cities more livable and successful. that's the kind of leadership we need and we are thankful that you're joining us here in san francisco and if there are any other projects you think you might want to throw some funding at, just let us know much don't worry. we have ready to go shovel ready, whatever it takes, san francisco is your place. but seriously, thank you for being here and all of your work and your leadership and your commitment to making public transit more equitable and efficient and more sustainable for our country and ladies and gentlemen, without further or do, mayor secretary of transportation, pete butaga. [applause] >> thank you so much mayor. i will also proudly answer to the

title of mayor but i acknowledge it's only gotten more demanding since i wore that title and you've got so much to be proud of so thank you for the warm welcome and congratulations on everything that has gone on here. i want to congratulate jeff tumlin and thank you for your tour and you and your team has so much to be proud of and we'll keep you busy with the work ahead. director and sf mta and union worker who's have been working for a decade including during the worst years of the pandemic to bring this to life and to those who spoken to what this means to a community and in this place you can feel the distinctiveness, not only the bustle and the food and the richness and culture but the sense of belonging that's so very important and we're glad this project will support. of course, it is my honor to be at the side of speaker pelosi.

someone who brought so much transformative infrastructure projects like the central subway to the bay area but also has brought so many good investments to the entire country and i spent a few weeks on the road and tulsa and indianapolis, northern new hampshire and southern california and today we were in the inland empire and the projects we saw in common, it wouldn't have happened without the bipartisan infrastructure law and the infrastructure law wouldn't have happened without the leadership of speaker pelosi and we're thankful for that. [applause] and the president recently signed the inflation reduction act. something that's going to make a difference to so many people here and across california. extraordinarily legislative achieve: making prescription drugs affordable for seniors and helping families save on their utility bills and while unfortunately it didn't get any republican votes in congress, that bill has widespread bipartisan support

yong the american people and that's reason that it got done. we're hard at work implementing the bipartisan law funding, so many great projects and the thing that i see and feel everywhere we go and certainly felt it here during our visit to the central subway is the passion that people bring, not maybe because they are transportation wonks like me because because they are passionate about their community and families and work lives and we know how that will benefit from the investments made here. now, when it comes to the central subway, there are so many to acknowledge. the activist chinese town, taught to stabilize china town rent and played a key role in the construction of the central subway. so, we said that planning requires setting sites at least one hundred years from now. and that kind of long-term thinking is what we believe we

need to bring to the investments that we're making today and it was a long time that this central subway has been in the works. the department was proud to support it, a decade ago under president obama who nearly had a billion dollars in funds and is going to pay dividends for years and the most densely populated neighborhoods in san francisco to the social economic lifer of the city and bring tour ifts for food and shopping and making it's why for those who live here to reach schools and jobs and resources in the city. when people can get around with public transit, that makes everyone better off and it means faster commute and cleaner air and for those who don't use transit, there's less congestion and it's a win/win. it's the kind of project we're going to see more of thanks to this buy partisan infrastructure that contains -- the bipartisan

infrastructure and we're going to work hard to deliver on that. it's the same programming that funded this program -- like the ones that allowed us to bring that good news. we drove up to get to our first stop upgrading howard street safer and green infrastructure and more with $23 million in raised funds and i'll end with a broader thought about the worker -- what it means for the people of this country. i'm proud of all of the transportation pieces of the initiatives and the vision that is going on right now under this administration but it is just part of a broader vision to make the entire country better off. to make it easier to afford to get through life, to protect our veterans, to resure manufacturing jobs to america and make sure that families can thrive in a future that has been all too uncertain as we have

looked at the years that have led us to this moment. and with that, i have the pleasure of turning it over to somebody who represents an important part of what this is about, the job creation that will come with this infrastructure spending, rudy gonzalez who will introduce the speaker, represents the san francisco building and construction trades who we are eager to keep at work with the funding that's going on and very much turning to do help prepare the workforce that we're going to need and count on and importantly, to ensure that workforce is inviting. you have been working to women and workers of color who didn't have a family inheritance but pass generational wealth to the next generation of their families thanks to the good paying jobs so thank you again for the chance to join you and rudy, over to you. [applause] >> thank you, mr. secretary. in organized labor we get excited when we see and you can see it in our eyes when we see movement

leaders and see champions and i kind of had a transit nerd moment when i looked over in the crowd and saw adam from tpg and telly from the sfca and they were looking at secretary pete because this is their guy and it's exciting and it's transit week and we can be excited about that. people ask me about the green job that exist. where is it coming from? what is the transition going to look like for workers, what might it be? and i say look no further than public infrastructure and transit. those are the green jobs of today, they are the green jobs of tomorrow and i would be remised if i didn't talk a little bit about the history and being an organized labor, we owe it to everyone in our community to be blunt and to be honest like my partner in crime kim, the head of our ceo will remind, tell me like it is, right, kim. well, like it is has to do with racism and inequality. and it has to do with connecting the southeast of this city, who have been left

out of the economy, let out of our unions historically and it has to do with the chinese immigrant experience and aaip community and their struggle not just for relevant but survival and legitimacy in this city. we champion liberate and san francisco values we we have to acknowledge the hard work it stood to get to this place. and even the interference at times from the political class of seeing a project like this come to completion. i hope that anybody who stood on the sidelines and talked about a boone dogle will have to smile with excitement the same way travelers did when they first crossed the golden gate bridge. that was directed in four years and four and a half months of construction or people talked about of the bart tunnels that was built in a little more than four and a half years but built nonetheless and it took bold leadership at that time, years and years ago, bold leadership, not in the assembly or city

attorney's office as he sits now but when now city attorney david chiu championed the entitlement for this project, many, many years ago and role in the board of supervisors. having a vision and articulate a plan and then going for it. taking risks, taking risks that's political but on behalf of community. i can tell you that in the audience is one of my personal heroes, meg ann prior and she's not anybody. she's a member of the international union of operating engineers. and she's a black woman and a leader in the operating engineers and working mom and she graduated from the city build academy and found her way into apprenticeship and she's a journey man in the skilled trades and it's lives like hers that's changed and communities like hers that's not only connected through this green infrastructure but that are lifted up into the working class and given a future and they can proudly hand that down to others. so whether we're honoring veterans who put in time after discharge from the

military or given new life or second chances to those justice involved and previously incars lating and the building and we want to put everybody to work. in the pro union administration we have seen in our lifetimes, we know that's possible. we know that the, that the country in a bipartisan way support investments in our communities not just in san francisco but across the country and we know with bold leadership and vision today, we cannot only see the completion of our a project like this but breaking ground like the transit terminal and other green infrastructure to keep our people working. so, on the note of keeping our people working, we couldn't be more excited than to be in the presence of another one of my heroes, madam speaker, nancy pelosi. you can clap at that one. [applause] the speaker shown bold and progressive values but shown what it means to demonstrate

effective leadership and courage under fire and quite literately when our democracy have been threatened, nancy pelosi answered the call on behalf of san franciscans and union workers and families and behalf of all-americans and people who seek the promise of the american dream. i couldn't be more honored to stand with one of our champions, battle tested tried and trued, i'm honored to be with you and i have to point out she's wearing her public service award pin made for her on the celebration of our 125th year of lifting up skilled and trained workers but join me in welcoming our hometown hero, our champion for the working class, madam speaker, nancy pelosi. [applause] >> thank you very much, thank you very much, rudy for your generous remarks which i accept on behalf of the house democrats who courageously voted for so many of these initiatives. it's an honor to be in china town and i join the mayor in wishing

condolences on the passing of queen elizabeth ii. we're flying flags half staff at the capitol and do more bereavement in her honor but we're here today to look to the future and celebrate as jeff pointed out, the path that took us here now talks about the community involvement of it all, the mayor and how leadership in our city weighed in time and time again to make this happen. distinguish secretary of transportation talks about how it fits in with other pieces ever legislation that this president -- pieces of legislation that the president put in place, the inflation act which has many with the -- the priority of protecting the environment, many public transportation initiatives as well. and then i just want to then say that rudy has been a

champion. if it isn't about good paying jobs, we are not interested in advancing it. we say to our colleagues in the congress, if you want to talk to us about advancing legislation, we are not going backward. we're going forward and that means we are going to have good paying union jobs. and not only that, let me say a few words and let me say how poppy i am to be in china town. when i ran for congress 35 years ago, the very first event that i was held for me was in china town tang. it is for your leadership in the community and to see david chiu represents our community so well in the state legislature and the board of supervisors as mentioned and thank you for your leadership and i want to mention another person because we talked about community and community as

malcolm did beautifully. the fact is that it's not only china town and all other communities that are served by this, it was the community that really sacrificed so much and that was union square and karen flood is here who helped orchestrate peace there in materials ever getting us through when everything was shutdown, mr. secretary. many businesses suffered but here we are opened up. thank you, karen flood for your leadership. this president has been about protecting the environment, the transportation issues do that. he's about justice in our economy and in our infrastructure. $60 billion in the infrastructure bill for justice, for fairness, for equity as secretary said, transportation to bring us together, not to celebrate us and that is what this president is about. so it's about justice and that can happen if we are

listening to the communities and opening opportunities for work to believing yoursly underrepresented people whether it's women, people of color, apprenticeship programs that's in that bill but in our chips and science bill which wedge with this very important justice way which are in our infrastructure inflation reduction act which interacts with this in an important way, so we have to be grateful to the president for his leadership, his value system that has impacted so many of the initiatives in these laws and then i want to say about community. i've been here a long time, as the mayor indicated and we have been through a lot of projects starting with the (indiscernible) and they were instrumental in the earthquake and as well as willy and gavin

newsom and mayor lee and our dazzling mayor london breed, thank you, mayor breed for your tremendous leadership, for putting it all in perspective for people and showing what comes next but when talking about this in the congress and i'll tell you this, come closer, when we allocate resources, we want to see it happen. there's competition for all of it. we want to see dirt fly. we want to see it happen. and so when the community comes together and advanced or in the course of all of this, we know that dirt will fly because people have come to agreement. we won't be in court the whole time. we're be underground or opening up beautiful, beautiful, you get my point now. >> i absolutely do. >> we have been there right, mayor and some of and all of you. at any case, this is cause for celebration. i was telling them when we were doing the

groundbreaking a number of years ago, we're sitting there, i think by then it was willy on stage and all ever a sudden, we started jumping up and down with joy. of course we were excited about the project but we found out that the giants made it to the world series. they had won the pendant so we have our sense of community and this project will connect us to (indiscernible), right, mayor. >> yes, it will. >> if you buy a ticket to the game, you get a free ride to that and the mayor promises that on behalf of the golden state warrior. [laughter] to all of you and so many here, thank you kim for your leadership but i want to get back to the person who introduced me, rudy gonzalez. when you're talking to rudy and the other leaders of the building trade, their big

interest are the workers. are they going to have jobs, are we going to have good paying jobs and are we going to be able to lift people up in a way that has justice, fairness and opportunity? and not just jobs. jobs that can lead to ownership, equity of all that's going on. so again for saving the planet, thank you, jeff, for saving the planet, for safety in our community in this system, for just moving kids as the mayor said, kids to school and parents to work and community and shopping and the rest. it's so perfect that we have this celebration here in china town. thank you all for making it possible and again, i said to the secretary, our hopes are riding on you. thank you, mr. secretary. [applause]

>> i'm supposed to open it to questions. any questions? did we anticipate any questions that you may have? >> [audience speaking] >> any interactions on what you shared with her. >> if i may, i'd be happy to answer that and i'm sure the mayor as well but to stay on topic for a moment, anything that relates to what we're doing here for the moment? okay. i was telling someone earlier today when i was speaker and her majesty came to washington, it was when president bush was president. she came in 2007 and they had a garden party outside of the residence of the ambassador and when she came to me, i said to her, you don't know if you're supposed to initiate a conservation with her

majesty. i did. i speak around. [laughter] your majesty, my father was at your card nation. he was there as mayor conference, he was mayor baltimore and he was a get at your car nation and i'm telling you what i was told. after that lovely session with her, later i saw the ambassador and he said, madam speaker, when her majesty came in from seeing everyone at the garden party, she only said one thing. the speaker's father was at my car nation. i haven't shared that and the queen leaving us today, it was lovely. we will be -- we

had been flying half staff of the capitol at the moment we had and we'll have bereavement resolution at the capitol and thank you for having the book of condolences for san franciscans to express their concern, mayor. not that we always agreed on everything with the uk but nonetheless, a great leader for many generations. any questions on what we're doing here today? >> [audience question] >> well, thank you for asking it because i mentioned and i'll go to the secretary as well, i mentioned the chips and science act. we've been negotiating this bill for a long time. there are people that said let's do the chips and get it over with. we said that's fine for now but for the future, we need the science piece, the science piece is about education, it's about

research, it's about involving many people in the community previously that haven't been able to participate. people of color, women, et cetera. so, that part, that bill directly relates to what we're talking about here today as well as what we did in the infrastructure bill. this project precedes all of that legislation but it still needs the people to make it happen and our building trades, and women of drywall and women of steel, women of the ibw, we have seen so many unions now and we have one here, she raved to us earlier, thank you again, at the school which i visited and it's remarkable how it trains young people so your question is very perfect because we have to have the direct relationship with how we train the current and next generation on how to bring their ideas, the sense of

their communities into the future. mr. secretary, did you want to speak to that? >> sure, thank you, speaker. very briefly, we're thinking about generational wealth and when i say generational wealth, i don't mean the wealthy. i mean the family household weather that is built through the middle-class jobs that good paying construction working, union jobs can create and we know that we're going to create so many of those directly through this infrastructure work. extending them also to workers including women and workers of color who historically did not have the opportunity to get those jobs and even for those who don't work near the infrastructure field directly. their opportunities will expand to access school, to access jobs, to access the places they need to be thanks to being better linked up to opportunity, as the subway will provide much also i don't want to be remised in adding to the other leaders who have spoken, i have done an expression for the british people of queen elizabeth and

her extraordinarily reign. >> [audience speaking] >> the next big project will be years. how do we solve that? >> what's happening here today should give people great hope. hope that it can happen when there is cooperation and community involvement and where there's recognition about how needed this is. and that is really what the president's initiative have been all about, so i'm going to go to the secretary because we cannot -- when we were passing the infrastructure bill, people said oh, nobody's going to see it and it's going to take forever and it will be like the other projects, it build free rail

through our neighborhood, and it's not going to be like that. we're celebrating what we're doing here today but what we -- in celebrating that, we're recognizing that things will be done differently and because of the leadership of the president insisting on justice and fairness and safety and the rest, it will be done again with community involvement which frequently can speed up the process, right, mr. secretary? >> indeed. we feel the expectation and the pressure to deliver everything we're funding on time, on budget and on task and that's not an easy thing but my favorite things about transportation projects is the good ones make sceptics into believers and seeing is believing and when you get that benefit, it's something that everybody is glad for. but tendency of large projects, to make longer and cost more than expected is one that goes back through human history to the ancient romans and it's one we're up against and fiercely working to combat because we have to get every ounce of value

out of this $1.2 trillion and half for transportation, but to speaker and congress and president have entrusted us with delivering. >> madam mayor, would you like to say something? >> i would like to add something to that. thank you both to our speaker and our secretary for putting it into perspective. i mean, i haven't heard one complaint about the brt on van ness since it opened and it was definitely not on time and not on budget and i understand the challenges that exist. you got to remember, san francisco is a very dense city. there are complications underground, pipes and other infrastructure that hasn't been looked at or open for decades. and so, i'd rather be delayed in the project and do it right and make sure it's safe and make sure it's secure than to rush through to meet a deadline. these are some of the things we have to deal with as a result of making san francisco a

better place for the future. making san francisco a more transportation friendly network for the entire region. we can't just be concerned with what happens with us today. we have to be concerned about what happens with us tomorrow and the next generation as we try and deal with the challenges of making this transportation system work. i often say to people, like, i wish people who came before me would have thought about putting everything underground so our entire transportation network functioned that way but that didn't happen. so we're trying to make up for some things that did not happen and this is just going to be sadly the price you pay but what we appreciate is that we have the resources and the support from our federal leaders like never before and that means more opportunity to make things a reality. many of us never thought the possibility

of even going to fishermans wharf underground would be seen in our lifetime and the reality is, it could be. so, i'm looking at being optimistic and hopeful of the future and we're going to be inconvenienced a little bit in the process. >> i may said earlier -- we were joined by the lieutenant governor of california and she had to go but she was with us earlier, so we have our shared values at the state level, thank you, david for being here, at the federal and state local level. >> [audience question] >> well, what i say is the transit is important, not only for those who ride it but it's

also in the national interest. the more people choose transit, the more people have excellent access to transit and the stronger or economy and it's no less a part of our fight against climate change than ev's or anything else we're doing to make sure we prevent the worst climate outcomes so in addition to supporting local communities and being proud and thankful for the action that the speakers and congress and president and others took to get transit going during the worst days of covid and we need to invest in the future, it may look different and we don't have a crystal ball to say how commuting patterns will look five or ten years ago but it won't be cease to be important for people to have safe, clean, dignified ways to get to where they need to be and transit is the core to make that happen. >> all right. thank you, everyone. >> thank you all very much. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much.

>> all right. hello, everyone. i'm san francisco mayor london

breed and i'm really -- [applause] ex -- excited to be here today to swear in the future of san francisco. [cheers and applause] i want to start by thanking and acknowledging the board of supervisors joining us today. thank you for the president of the board of supervisor, are walton and safai who represents district 11 and melgar who represents district 7. thank you so much for joining us here today. [applause] and let me tell you, all of the supervisors and i, when we were kids, we probably, probably wouldn't have thought that we would be leaders of the city. [laughter] because we weren't as responsible as the young people that we see here today. we were having a good time, yes. [laughter] we were going to school because we had to, yes. [laughter] but to take a step like this and

apply to be a part of the youth commission is significant. it means that you care about understanding what it means to be involved civically. what it means to give back to your city, to your community, how you understand policy, how you advise people like the mayor and the board of supervisors on things that matter to all of you. it is significant because on top of the work that you're doing in school, your extra sir rick lar activities or sports or anything else and going out and hanging out with your friends and having a good time, you're also investing the time necessary in order to really make a difference in the city, but also make a difference in your future and so it really is great to be here with all of you to swear you in today for the first time in a few years in person because we've had to do

this event online for the past couple of years because of the pandemic and let me just also acknowledge that i know it hasn't been easy for you throughout this pandemic. i can't even imagine if i were in high school during a global pandemic and not able to hang out with friends or to show up to school everyday and to have that sort of environment and you did it online and you still are engaged in wanting to do something for your community. i want you to take a lot of pride in this role and i also want you to commit to this role to show up and to not be afraid to provide your input. i don't care how other people feel about what you say. if there's something on your mind and there's something on your heart and you believe in it, be fearless in your pursuit for what you believe is important to change policy or to change things in san francisco. others may not always agree but we can also be respectfully

disagreeable, make sure diplomacy is a part of the conversation, make sure respect is a part of the conversation because we are really all in this together as we learn from the pandemic and having diverse opinions, having diverse conversations. it's the hallmark of our democracy. it means that we are potentially progressing because there are things that you know that someone else may not know and your ability to share your experiences can make all the difference in changing that person's heart or mind on an important policy decision. you know, we have a lot of disagreements here at city hall. i'm sure you hear about them but we still know how important it is to work together because at the end of the day, despite our disagreements, there are so many other things, more things we agree on than things that we disagree on. it means that we

keep working hard in trying to get to that point where we can make great things happen for the city and county of san francisco. i'm proud of the work we do and just a quick example, free muni for youth, the people who served on the youth commission before all of you and some of you may have participated on the youth commission, it happened because advocacy for young people. when i was a kid, i didn't always have money for bus and sometimes we would get on the bus and the bus driver wouldn't tell us to leave because they knew we were trying to get to school. there are people who may be able to afford that pass fast or clipper card that you all now use but there are others who can't. and your role and your advocacy on the youth commission or the people before you brought that to the attention of policy leaders like myself at the time when i served on the san francisco board of supervisors and a number of other people and we worked together to come up

with the resources to make muni free for young people in san francisco. that is because of the advocacy of this body. it is a powerful body. one that i know each and every one of you will play a significant role in making such a difference in doing great things for san francisco. so i'm really excited, proud and honored to swear you in. so at this time, can we please stand up. to all of folks that we're swearing in. i see somebody's daddy standing up back there. [laughter] all right. please raise your right hand or how about this. how about you come this way, face the crowd and i'm going to turn around because i know all your parents want to get pictures. [laughter]

>> all of you guys face one direction or in the middle. yeah, in the middle. there we go. look at all these young people. yes! i love it. all right. are we ready? i don't believe you. are we ready? >> audience, yes. >> okay. please raise your right hand and repeat after me, i, state your name. do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> [repeating] >> and the constitution of the state of california. >> [repeating]. >> against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that i bear true faith and allegiance to the

same, that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation. >> [repeating] >> or purpose of evasion and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties. >> [repeating] >> upon which i'm about to enter and during such time as i serve as youth commissioner for the city and county of san francisco. >> [repeating] >> congratulations! [cheers and applause] >> all right. we're going to take a picture here. we'll get a

few pictures in just a moment because we have two special guests that's going to be saying a few words as well. oh, okay. all right. there will be plenty of time for more pictures but we want to have a few special guests say a few words and then that will complete our program. i want to also just express my appreciation to all the parents and the guardians and the grandmas and the grandpas and all of the people who are here today to support their children and to support this amazing

community because it does take a village and your support means a lot being here today. so, with that, i'm going to ask all of our young new commissioners to have a seat and i'm going to ask the president of the board of supervisors, shamann walton to come up and say a few words. [applause] >> thank you, madam mayor, good afternoon. >> [audience, good afternoon] >> welcome to the high lath of my day. i was talking with supervisor melgar and she was talking about how exciting this is and every time we see our young people step up and take leadership positions, that's a joy for us. you may or may not know, most of our movements start with young people. youth is usually at the center of the big movements that happen in this country and in this city and across the world so being able to serve as a youth commissioner here in san

francisco is a big deal. i want you to remember your oath and the positions that you -- you hold because this is a big deal and taken serious and the policies that you push for, when you knock on my door, you knock on supervisor safai's door and knock on the mayor's door and the policies you push to get implemented in san francisco are lasting policies to you're a part of decision-making for city and county of san francisco and you should be proud of that and we're proud of that and i want to say congratulations, i look forward to working with all of you. you can reach out to our offices, we will respond and set up a time to hear from all of the youth on the youth commission to see the things you're pushing and working on, so we can be supportive. thank you and congratulations. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, president walton. i want to also ask a young person who actually served on

this body to come forward. she served on the youth commission and is now a freshman at stanford university. ladies and gentlemen, welcome adrianna zang. [applause] >> thank you so much, mayor breed for the introduction and for supervisor or president walton for speaking. seriously, elected official support means so much and of course, thank you supervisor safai for being here. hello to all of the new commissioners, to parents, supporters, family, friends, first off, congratulations on these new commissioners. [applause] it is beyond exciting. my name is adrianazang and i was the former chair of the san francisco youth commission and i was the district seven appointee by supervisor melgar. it has been an absolute joy serving on

the san francisco youth commission. for the past two years, i was the district 7 representative and to be honest, i still remember that very exact moment i received the e-mail in which then president norman yee appointed me and i screamed, i cried, i yelled to my parents that i got on the commission and to all of the supporters here, you might think i'm crazy, you're probably right but i know all of these commissioners here today can resonate with that sentiment. truly bias aside, this commission is the best youth commission in the world. i mean, it's a huge statement and i will back it up, don't worry. um, for the past five years alone, i can name so many achievements that have pushed san francisco towards a more just and equitable future. for example, mayor breed mentioned

pre-muni for youth and the next thing is the 2020 ballot that lost by one percent and maybe we'll try again in the near future. we closed down juvenile hall. we created a participatory town hall that had over one hundred youth voices. i mean, how many commissions in the world can say they've included youth in which they are truly seen as equitable partners? and in san francisco, we have. and so that is because of your leadership and that is why i want to share, i promise to make it brief, a few of the lessons i have learn here for the past two years. to commissioners, staff and adult allies are here to support but do not be afraid to push for your belief. in this nation, we've seen the black lives movement. we've seen the moment for social justice and climate justice and gun control, all led by youth and this is not because of some crazy conspiracy

or crazy thing that youth have ideas, it's because you all deserve to be here. and you do have these ideas and i urge you to push for them. the second thing is ask questions. you are appointed for a reason and you deserve to be here, yes. but you are not here only because of what you know but also because of the potential for you to grow and learn and finally, take advantage of every single opportunity. i remember when i was in the vote 16 campaign, i was quite literately thrown into cameras and action and walk and protests, that was so foreign to me and i know it's foreign to many of you but it has been the most exciting and most growing period of my life. and so finally, to adults and the supporters and elected officials, you all know how amazing these youth are and you treat us and you should treat us as genuine decision-making partners. i say this a lot and many of you have heard it but

it's true. there is absolutely no downside to hearing from young people unless you're afraid of what we have to say, so thank you and congratulations. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. very impressive adrianna and we're happy you're doing well in school and those public speaking skills will probably come in handy in the future. [laughter] so, with that, i want to again say thank you all so much for being here today. really proud of each and every one of you, make sure again, that you speak up, you speak out, that you support one another. that you keep it positive and diplomatic, that you set an example for even the younger generation that's coming up behind you because they are going to be watching you and we're going to be watching you but importantly, we're going to work with you on policy decisions that will hopefully make a real difference in san francisco, so congratulations and thank you

all for being here. [applause] and now, picture time. >> for us, we wish we had our queue and we created spaces that are active. >> food and drinks. there is a

lot for a lot of folks and community. for us, it started back in 1966 and it was a diner and where our ancestors gathered to connect. i think coffee and food is the very fabric of our community as well as we take care of each other. to have a pop-up in the tenderloin gives it so much meaning. >> we are always creating impactful meaning of the lives of the people, and once we create a space and focus on the most marginalized, you really include a space for everyone. coffee is so cultural for many communities and we have coffee of maria inspired by my

grandmother from mexico. i have many many memories of sharing coffee with her late at night. so we carry that into everything we do. currently we are on a journey that is going to open up the first brick and mortar in san francisco specifically in the tenderloin. we want to stay true to our ancestors in the tenderloin. so we are getting ready for that and getting ready for celebrating our anniversary. >> it has been well supported and well talked about in our community. that's why we are pushing it so much because that's how we started. very active community members. they give back to the community. support trends and give back and

give a safe space for all. >> we also want to let folks know that if they want to be in a safe space, we have a pay it forward program that allows 20% to get some funds for someone in need can come and get a cup of coffee, pastry and feel welcomed in our community. to be among our community, you are always welcome here. you don't have to buy anything or get anything, just be here and express yourself and be your authentic self and we will always take care of you. - >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their

showing up and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 san francisco owes must of the charm to the unique characterization of each corridor has a distinction permanent our neighbors are the economic engine of the city. >> if we could a afford the lot by these we'll not to have the kind of store in the future the kids will eat from some restaurants chinatown has phobia one of the best the most unique neighborhood shopping areas of san francisco. >> chinatown is one of the

oldest chinatown in the state we need to be able allergies the people and that's the reason chinatown is showing more of the people will the traditional thepg. >> north beach is i know one of the last little italian community. >> one of the last neighborhood that hadn't changed a whole lot and san francisco community so strong and the sense of partnership with businesses as well and i just love north beach community old school italian comfort and love that is what italians are all about we need people to come here and shop here so we can keep this

going not only us but, of course, everything else in the community i think local businesses the small ones and coffee shops are unique in their own way that is the characteristic of the neighborhood i peace officer prefer it is local character you have to support them. >> really notice the port this community we really need to kind of really shop locally and support the communityly live in it is more economic for people to survive here. >> i came down to treasure island to look for a we've got a long ways to go. ring i just got married and didn't want something on line

i've met artists and local business owners they need money to go out and shop this is important to short them i think you get better things. >> definitely supporting the local community always good is it interesting to find things i never knew existed or see that that way. >> i think that is really great that san francisco seize the vails of small business and creates the shop & dine in the 49 to support businesses make people all the residents and visitors realize had cool things are made and produced in san

shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine

in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar. you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusively independent owned small businesses. it harkens back to supporting

local. polk street doesn't look like anywhere u.s.a. it has its own businesses and personality. we have clothing stores to gallerys, to personal service stores, where you can get your hsus repaired, luggage repaired. there's a music studio across the street. it's raily a diverse and unique offering on this really great street. i think san franciscans should shop local as much as they can because they can discover things that they may not be familiar with. again, the marketplace is changing, and, you know, you look at a screen, and you click a mouse, and you order something, and it shows up, but to have a tangible experience, to be able to come in to taste things, to see things, to smell things, all those things, it's very important that you do so.

>> 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. ♪♪

>> all right. hello, everyone. i'm san francisco mayor london breed and i'm really -- [applause] ex -- excited to be here today to swear in the future of san francisco. [cheers and applause] i want to start by thanking and acknowledging the board of supervisors joining us today. thank you for the president of the board of supervisor, are walton and safai who represents district 11 and melgar who represents district 7. thank you so much for joining us here