>> hello, welcome to our september 14 police commission meeting. we thank you for your patience. apologize for being tardy. let's go ahead and get this party started. sergeant, recite the pledge of allegiance, please. >> alright. please rise if you are able for the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> if i can take roll. >> please do. [roll call]

>> you have a quorum. also with us tonight is chief william scott from the san francisco police department and chief of staff sara hopkins from department of police accountability and commissioner stone is also with us. >> great. thank you. welcome acting director hawkins. commissioners, call the first item, please. >> line item 1, general public comment. at this time, the public is welcome to make public comment regarding to address the commission up to 2 minutes for items not on the agenda but within the subject matter jurisdiction of the police commission. during public comment neither police or perp elnor commissioners are required to respond to but may provide a brief response. comments or

opportunities to speak are available by calling 415-655-0001 and enter 24923400575. you may submit public comment e-mail the secretary of the police commission at sfpd commission@(inaudible) postal service to the public safety building located at 1245 third street, san francisco california. if you like to make public comment, please press star 3 now. good evening caller, you have two minutes. >> hello. my name is david (inaudible) the following is a quote from wealth and disparities.

addressing the injustice of black san franciscanss is urgent. i will call this what it is, anti-blackness of use of force, arrests and racial profiling or traffic stops by sfpd. i have grown tired taking this to the police commission, sfpd and board of supervisors. where is the urgency? when are you going to take responsibility and address the harsh bias and unjust statistics. you took a oath to uphold the law for all san franciscanss. i'm tired, not tire enough to quit however tired of beating a dead horse. we reach out to new sources and sought help from attorney general bota. five out of 9 entities making recommendations for the new traffic stop policy (inaudible) are police including some individual officers. community groups are required to only submit one set per group. the

working grouperize not only including police (inaudible) police officers also get their own individual hearings and they are allowed voices in the working group meetings. police officers can also contact commissioners directly and this is not part of the public record. holding private police hearings is not fair nor transparent . (inaudible) commissioners during the working group meetings creating ineffective dynamic and the people doing this were not ammonished. please insure everyone is treated fairly and the police are not overly advantaged ipthe process. you must answer the concern directly. thank you. >> thank you caller. good evening caller, you have two minutes. >> my name is susan buckman and i volunteer with wealth and disparities in the black community. the following is a quote from our founder felicia jones. there is a urgency to address the injustice of black san franciscans. i will call

what it is anti-blackness in terms of use of force arrest and racial frofiling and traffic stops by sfpd. i have grown tired talk toog the police commission, sfpd and board of supervisors. where is the urgency? (inaudible) i know there would be urgency. when are you going to take responsibility and address the hash bias and unjust statistics? you took a oath to uphold the law for all san franciscans. i'm tired of beating a dead horse. (inaudible) working group process is a ciotic one that does not allow for collaboration among those groups of people who volunteered their own time to be involved. we have asked to have a working group meeting set aside to review the first recommendations in depth. this should happen with each step before proceeding. the working

group needs a different title. if there is to be no working as a group during the meetings. there is also little to no black community involvement. the commissioners have quick to say how proud they are of the level of openness and transparency they have offered in this process. i would argue that you can hardly ask a starving man to be grateful with you (inaudible) also commissioners have spoken of their experience in drafting dgo5.01 on use of force and all the work that went into it. we are not made confident by that since that work begun in 2016 and here are in 2022 with anti-black disparities as high as ever. can we expect the (inaudible) >> thank you caller. good evening caller, you have two minutes. >> hello, my name is

jean bridging. the following is a quote from our founder felicia jones. there is a urgency to address the injustice of black san franciscans. i will call what it is, anti-blackness in terms of use of force, arrest, racial profiling by sfpd. i have grown tired talking to the commission, sfpd and board of supervisors. where is the urgency? if the tables were turned and these statistics represented white folks i know there would be a urgency. when are you go toog take responsibility and address the harsh bias unjust statistics? you took a oath to up hold the law for all san franciscans. as i said, i'm tired not tire enough to quit but tired beating a dead horse, tired to look for new sources (inaudible) therefore we sought help from attorney general bonta. last week commission meeting featured discussion on the quarter one disparity statistics. a back

srfen is 15 times more likely to experience use of force. 10 times likely to be arrested and 5 times as likely to be stopped by a racial profiling. each commissioner made remarks only commissioner burn utilized the racial disparities portion of the meeting for other topics. commissioner burn asked why were not more arrests happening? commissioner burn is the only person during the discussion to not ask once about or even mention racial disparities. utilized time to celebrate having seen more people in the tenderloin pursued by the sfpd (inaudible) longstanding and continuing racist problems? we would like a answer. thank you. >> thank you caller. that is the end of public comment. >> great. thank you.

call the next item, please. >> line item 2, election of commission officer. action. >> thank you. we have a full commission. >> yes. >> yes, i like to make a motion. >> not seeing anyone in the chat. okay. commissioner walker. go ahead commissioner -now they are in the chat. >> i like to make a motion to elect (inaudible) as president of the commission and commissioner oberstone as vice president. it is honor to work with everyone on the commission. i think acting president for her leadership and think it is time to make that move permanent. >> thank you. commissioner--there is

a motion on the floor. can i get a second and i-let me go to commissioner walker first. and then i think-- >> yes. i actually would like to make a motion for larry yee as president and cynthia elias vice president. i worked with commissioner yee a long time in the asian american community. he has done so much work and it is a community that has come to us around their safety. we have seen a lot of attacks on folks in the asian community and it's the leadership of someone like larry yee can really be a move forward i believe in discussions around solutions, so-and i also really appreciate the leadership of

sinda elias. know she is shadowing and helping mentor me in this process and i really appreciate that. >> thank you commissioner walker. i appreciate it. there is already a motion on the floor so we'll deal with that motion and then-get to your motion second. >> thank you. >> no problem. commissioner yanez. >> i like to second commissioner benidicto motion as president and oberstone as vice president. (inaudible) i love to see her permanently hold this seat moving forward, so i will re-soundingly second the motion. >> thank you commissioner yanez. sergeant, can we take roll call? >> on the motion to elect commissioner elias as president and commissioner

oberstone as vice president. [roll call] >> you have four yeses. >> thank you. hearing that, i think we can take public comment. >> members of the public that would like to make public comment on line ititem 2 election of commission officers please press star 3 now. good

evening caller, you have two minutes. >> my name is david aronson, i want to support elias as president for the police commission. i have seen her focus more on bias of policing in the black community and other community marginalized communities far more then yee and as that has been a topic that is very important to me and groups i support, i have more trust that current president elias would make a better president. thank you. >> thank you caller. vice president elias-president elias, there is no more public comment. >> thank you. next item. >> line item 3, chief's report. discussion. weekly crime trends and public safety concerns. provide overview of

offenses incidents or events in san francisco having impact on public safety. (inaudible) will be limited to determining whether the calendar for a future meeting. chief scott. >> chief, welcome. thank you for joining us. we see a new backgrown background and smile. sure it is because of the vote. go ahead. >> congratulations, president elias and vice president oberstone. good evening commission. executive director-sorry, chief of staff hawkins, and to the public. i will start my presentation off with the crime trends for this week starting with the violent crime. we are up 6 percent in total violent crimes. there is-good news, we are down 3 percent in homicides which i'll get to in a second. another highlight is shootings are down

overall, but rapes, robberies and assaults are up and i'll get into more detail about that. in terms of property crime, we are up 9 percent overall, and that is lead by larceny which is our biggest category of crime overall. auto burglaries is up 12 percent and burglaries is down 23 percent year to date. in terms of our violent crime i want to go back to the shootings. there is 126 shootings incident that is 145 gun violence victims year to date this year. that is a decrease from last year which is good news. down 10 percent in the gun violence related homicide. 26 year to date compared to 29 this time last year and total gun violence is down 9 percent. 145 i just reported is below the 159 we had this time last year. our fire arm discoveries

are at a total of 729 year to date and of that 129 of those guns-about where we were last year, but overall fire arm recoveries are little above what we were this time last year. i also want to report on some of what is happen in the tenderloin in terms of the efforts to arrest the drug dealers working in theteneder loin area. we have 371 possession for sale bookings this year and we have seized over 68 thousand grams of total narcotics and of that, 39.148 are fentanyl. focus is fentanyl as we are told that is where the leading the overdose surge in san francisco, so that has been our focus.

we are two homicides for this reporting period. one in the 600 block of larch that occurred the shooting occurred 9-6-2022. 7 p.m. the victim passed away this past week. in that case the officer responded to several shots (inaudible) no victims located but several vehicles damaged by bullets. shortly after (inaudible) couple vehicles that arrived at sfgh including one with a individual who had sustained a gun shot wound to his head and in critical condition and this past week that victim did not survive the injuries and pronounced. that investigation is still ongoing. there are follow up and we will keep you all posted as we make progress on that investigation. there was a establishing

homicide on september 10 at 6 a.m. 624 a.m. there were no witnesses and private video footage was provided to officers for review. it shows two males in a fight during which one fell to the ground and later succumbed to injuries. the second subject pled in the vehicle and that subject was detained by officers and there is enough information developed to arrest the suspect for that particular homicide. the investigation is still ongoing but there is a arrest in that case. there were 3 shootings insdants during this reporting period. the first is (inaudible) on september 6, 2022 at 853 a.m. the victim was with two other people inside of a residents and one of the people grabbed the victims pants which contained a large sum of money. the subject fired a shot and struck

the victim injured at the scene and the victim was transported and the injuries are not life threatening. the investigation is ongoing and no arrests made. september 10, 835 there was a shooting at 5th and natoma in the southern district. the last was in the southern. the victim approached by a unknown subject asking for change. the subject brandished the hand gun and when the victim did not hand over the money a shot was fired and victim struck. those injuries are not life threatening. that investigation is still ongoing, no arrests at this point. the last shooting to report is one that occurred in 500 block of (inaudible) in bayview september 11 at 410 a.m. the victim and the friends and family members were at a jack in the box on bay shore boulevard when the victim got into a argument with a unknown person. the short time later the victim told officers he was

sitting in his veem when he was shot. that is also under investigation and there is evidence to follow up on so we'll keep the commission posted on those particular shoot ings. there was a pretty significant stunt driving event saturday night into the morning hours of sunday at 6 and harrison at 145 a.m. involving 200 to 300 spectators and a number vehicles. the vehicles were (inaudible) with officers and stunt driving response unit. some vehicles went fled on the 101 and others traveled to other parts of the city. at 209 a.m. an event reported at van ness and pine report gun shots. units responded broke up the group and vehicles left at a high rate of speed down pine and (inaudible) driving against traffic. two people were injured and hit and run and transported to the hospital with miner injuries.

(inaudible) proceeded into the mission district speeding in the neighborhood and they tried to set up another location to have a stunt driving event. units arrived, drove around and monitored the various hot spots and monitored the groups and they broke that up. group headed to the bay bridge and 330 a.m. units reported a large group of cars in the bay bridge actively involved in a stunt driving event. they stopped traffic, chp were notified and they responded to help break that up. our stunt driving response unit was activated. they were very busy that night and want to remind the public and anybody who participate, just because you may have gotten away it, it is not over. we will continue to investigate. i think we are up to 39 cars this year or since we started doing the investigations after the fact, so you will be held accountable if we have the evidence and we

will continue to pursue these vehicles and we will seize them if the evidence is there that you were involved in these dangerous events. districate strategies (inaudible) community complaints and concerns regarding ongoing issues with illegal vending in the area of 15 and mission, 24 and mission have resulted in a plan that includes a multi-disciplinary plan with the police department, public works and others and basically going after the illegal vending, particularly with stolen property. officers have been involved in these operations and are when the evidence is there citing and seizing evidence so that would be ongoing. there are many many community complaints about this issue and we are trying to get arms wrapped around this. working with supervisor ronen's office with a lot of involvement from members of the community so that is a

ongoing strategy to promote (inaudible) the park district the issues are car break ins particularly in the twin peak area so we assigned extra patrols as staffing allows. that made a difference in the past. it is just a matter of being able to consistently staff and particularly the (inaudible) which again very very effective in twin peaks in terms of reducing car break-ins. that will continue as staffing allows us to do that. no reported hate crimes this week. there were two fatal trafening collisions unfortunately. the first was hit and run at 5th and bryant. vehicle versus pedestrians on 9-6 at 531 a.m. a passing vehicle (inaudible) mid-block between bryant and harrison. hospital staff (inaudible) advised the victim had severe injuries

and could be the victim of a vehicle collision. the victim succumbed to injuries later. that investigation is on going. the another one is vehicle (inaudible) lum bard and (inaudible) september 8 at 528. the vehicle traveling lumbard struck the pedestrians. the pedestrian succumbed to the injuries and the investigation is ongoing to determine which party was at fault. (inaudible) couple follow-up items from last week. the barricades around mission station have been removed and that is verified so the barricades are no longer there. thank the member of the public that called and made an issue about that. we have taken those barricades down. and the last thing to report is the

status update on the mou the officer involved shooting with the dist rict attorney office. the work is ongoing with the judge who is the arbitrator in the case with the police department and da. the extension has been extended to october 17 and we will report back as this develops. there is still a mou in place for the public and commission who want to know that specific answer. and that concludes my report. >> thank you chief. just a couple questions. what is taking so long with the mou? my understanding when you first reported it there were tweaks that needed to be made to the agreement, but it has been more then 6 months and-do we anticipate in october what will happen or can we get a little more clarity on that? >> absolutely. definitely there was a delay with the

change of administration in the district attorney office. the entire teams changed hands. they had to get up to speed. we had several meetings with the arbitrator to get everybody up to speed and get them what they needed to get up to speed and so that has all been done and we are moving quite well now, but that did cause a delay. they were not able to actually even get the documents for the first couple weeks, so now that they are up to speed with everything that happened prior to the administration coming on board, we are moving along. >> did you have it go back to the drawing board once they became up to speed or starting square 1 or-? >> not starting square 1. they were given everything that happened prior to them coming aboard. they have their own assessment what needs to be changed. (inaudible) there needed to be revisions to the mou and actually from

the other perspective as well, so they wanted to assess for themselves and they have done that and moving along and having discussions with the arbitrator. >> do you think by october 16 you will have a signed mou or another continuance? >> we are working as hard as we can and very hopeful. i think we made good progress. it isn't all up to the police department. we are working together on it. >> alright. i will turn it over to (inaudible) i don't see anyone in the chat. commissioner carter oberstone. >> hi. chief. good evening. i know i should know the answer to this and you told us this before, so i apologize. can you remind us what happens [audio cutting in and

out] legacy mou. is the (inaudible) >> yeah. you are breaking up a little bit but i think i heard your question. yes, the mou in place still is the order of the day, and i think we had one officer involved shooting which actually was handled by the california department of justice. two, actually. no, one mou-since we have been in this process and there are other incidents where we called the district attorney on covered incidents so that mou is still active until we negotiate the current mou. >> great. thank you. >> yes, sir. thank you. congratulations.

>> thanks. >> thank you. commissioner walker. >> thank you. chief scott, i have a couple of questions about the traffic issues or the incidents that happened with the multiple vehicles and side shows. i know there was one in my neighborhood as well and on top of the letter we received from the board that they are looking at traffic management issues, sort of big picture, and we are also looking at our pre-text stop reform, it seems like we need to get them all together to-i dont want to slow things down, but it's really likely that movement on any of these things effect everything else and so i am just

wondering if you're sort of looking at this in a big picture way to make sure we get this right around traffic enforcement and you know, doing reforms that are necessary to make it a fair application as well as the fact that we have not enough officers doing it and all of these ancillary things that effect it and create dangerous situations on the streets. i think all things are true. can you talk to us about that? are you sort of coordinating things together? >> yeah, thank you for that question. yes, all of the considerations with our revision of (inaudible) traffic enforcement general order our strategies particularly the side shows. we are much much better off in terms of our response then we were a year, year and a half ago, but there

is still-it is really hard to get our hands around. to answer your question, yes. i do think the commission and commissioner carter oberstone have been in these conversations are very thoughtful about getting input to really-best we can do this and understanding about what the consequences or unintentional or otherwise would be with the general order-some of the proposed changes. those discussions (inaudible) as we go. as you know (inaudible) and we'll continue to have those discussions and give the commission the best information we can from our perfective to make informed decision on this policy. but they do touch each other, you are absolutely right. they do touch each other and we want to make sure we are thoughtful about that and meanwhile the side show is a separate issue from regular traffic enforcement. these things are so

unpredictable and sometimes we know they are coming because of our relationships with boardering agency but to be consistent we wanted a response model and leadership out there at the hours they normally happen so we can respond as quickly as possible because that was part of the community complaints in the past is sometimes just takes us so long to assemble the resources and it is still a lift, but our response is much better and we are much better at breaking them up and the work we are doing after the fact hopefully will send a message. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. commissioner yee. >> thank you very much madam chair and congratulations to you and vice president carter oberstone. chief, i have looking at shootings, compared 2021 to 2022. september to

significant drop compared to last year and probably the lowest month to date on there looks like. looking at the homicide rates, we have done well in the tenderloin. dropped down significant, but the mission district has rise along with ingleside and bayview is still up there. i wonder what is your strategy maybe bringing some of these districts that are seeing this significant rise in homicide and what is your thoughts on it, chief? >> yes, sir. one thing that we are very hopeful that we'll continue to develop and i think we have gotten value from this is our gun violence reduction strategy that was centered in the bayview. on top of enforcement that is life coaching and the services and community safety

meetings and community engagement that happens beheend the scenes to get to some of these incidents that are potentially retaliatory. i believe we have had success. i believe there is good working relationships with key community stakeholders there. i know specifically of incidents where it could have turned volatile because so many people outside the police department (inaudible) that we didn't at least not yet haven't had some of what we thought would be very volatile retaliatory incident so hats off to people in the community for doing that work and being able to work with us. the plan, the strategy is expand with this recent award of $6 million grant, this particular cohort we plan to expand the work in the mission. we are not there yet. we still have the-the grant allows us to hire more people, more analyst and the like to really get

that work going and we had setbacks because we lost people and have to rehire and all that that were involved in this work but we have the funding and we have the roadmap for the structure and as we continue to build out in district 10, the southeast area the plan before the 3 years is up for the grant is expand that in the mission. those life coaches, we got to get those revamped. we lost some. we have some in the pipeline. we have the funding to hire them. not we the police department but the non profits we are working with, so we are all in this together and i think that strategy will hopefully pay dividends. i believe that is part of the resource and the other part, there is resource component. hopefully we will be able to say whether this was successful or not because there is a research component in the grant so those are all good things and steps in the right

direction. >> i just wndering about the (inaudible) 6 to 1. i dont know if that's a anomaly or that's just one specific incident where you have so many homicides in ingleside. >> not necessarily anomaly. not all are connected but we believe there is connection to some of not only the homicides but other shootings that happened in ingleside and into the bayview. long standing beefs and long standing relationships and that is why this work is so important to get the right people involved and trying to broken peace and get people to the table to lay down the guns for lack of better way to put this. some of these are related we believe. >> thank you very much chief. >> thank you commissioner. >> thank you.

commissioner- >> thank you president elias. congratulations. couple of questions chief. on the july 20meeting wediscussed on agenda item about enforcement of the tenderloin of community policing grants received by the departments specifically for the tender erloin that you said would last about a month. you mentioned there was data collection and reporting component and i want to follow up to see what the data collection reporting outcome was of the strategies used at (inaudible) in the tenderloin. >> that got extended commissioner and i think it got extended until next month. i'll verify that and report back next week. it was extended. that is for sure. at the end of that extension period we will have the data ready. i can tell you the engagement with the

open air drug usage has increased expotentially and we sat down with some of the harm reduction groups to really try to talk through as much as we can work together. want to be clear, the harm reduction is not a bad thing. i think where the rubber meets the road here is we still have to deal with the open air usage of drugs and we can't allow this to continue to happen in our city the way it is happening without any consequences, so we are working, we had conversations with some of the harm reduction advocacy groups and i believe where there is common ground is we all believe that something needs to be done to disincentivize using in public spaces, and we are going to continue our enforcement in terms of open air usage. somebody has clean syringe or

clean pipe or paraphernalia that doesn't have a substance in it, that is not illegal, but if they are using in public, that is still illegal and if they are smoking fentanyl in public that is illegal and the parafunealia loaded with fentanyl we will (inaudible) we have to curb the open air usage so it increased significantly during the grant period and we plan to be consistent to just change the culture. it isn't okay to do that, and i dont think there is disagreement about that. we just have to figure ways to work together and address the individual harm reduction but also address the harm to the community. people have to step over this and see this, so that is the balance we are trying to work with others to achieve. >> thank you chief. i look forward to the data with the grants. in reviewing

when i look at information for the grant i saw at the same july 20commission meeting we mentioned at that time the extension to the mou after the (inaudible) district attorney brook jenkins and 30 days from them was august so was there additional extension while on recess? >> yes,ing and just to give context, we want to keep urgency on this. that is why the extensions are incremental. before that extension expired we agreed to extend to october 17 so there was not a period where we did not have a mou in place. >> okay. i know that meeting you were also hopeful that was the only extension we would need so hoping this extension will be that since there is a lot of extensions for the mou. (inaudible) >> nob we are trying

to get it right and issues raised or issues we believe can be corrected with clear language and that is what we are working on. >> thank you chief. that is all i have. >> thank you. >> thank you. commissioner yanez. >> thank you president elias. chief, good to see you again. thank you for following up on the issue with the barrier at mission station. i walked by there every day and let me just tell you, it looks a lot more accessible just with that one barrier having gone down and it is actually a little you know, kind of mind-boggling to believe it was up there as long as it has been since the protesting subsided years ago, but glad that is out of the way. it was a blemish on the neighborhood and beautiful station. i do want to ask a little about-really happy to hear that you feel that there is a positive impact

in the bayview district with the resources and the street intervention work happening there and happy to hear there is expansion into the mission district because we have had string of incidents that are very concerning to the community and i wanted to ask if there are existing groups that are going to be engaged to be able to roll this out. we know every district, every community kind of functions differently. there is a huge infrastructure of service provision agencies in the mission district and i like to get your thoughts about how to not re-create the wheel. we had street outreach intervention successes in the past and i like to know how some of those previous successful histories will be embedded, incorporated or inform how the work will take place with the funds in the mission district. >> i think you just said it probably better then i can. we really do want to tap into all that knowledge and

relationships that are already built and if they are able-when we do expand when some of those groups if they are able and have the capacity to take that work on that is who we will reach out to. there (inaudible) if we can get those-we are not there yet, but there are several groups that we work with and familiar with and know the community and have the relationships necessary, so the question is whether they have the life coaching capacity we are talking about so we can work with those at risk in that way. but that is what we intend to do. that just makes sense to do it that way in our opinion. >> is there a tentative timeline for the process or the implementation phase of the work that will be

done? >> well, two things that have to happen. we lost director (inaudible) to the da. she was managing the grants, we are in the process of replacing her, but we also (inaudible) were awarded positions and we are in the process of hiring those folks. one person has already been hired. we are extending office to others, i think three total people this grant allows us to hire to support that part thof work. we the police department have to be in a position to support that part of the work because we are the coordinator, and so that is in progress right now. once we do that we can get to the-overall we have to get this started but we have to have this in place before the end of three years so we can get it started. because of the personnel changes it was

somewhat a setback and as soon as we get people in place i think we are moving forward, so i would like to report back because i can't really give you a solid timeline until we get people in place. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> great. thank you. sergeant, can we move to public comment, please? >> at this time the public is welcome to make public comment regarding the chief's report. if you like to make comment press star 3 now. good evening caller, you have two minutes. >> hi, there. david aronson again. just a couple comments on the report and some of the discussion. first of all, i agree wholeheartedly there needs to be urgency put against getting the new mou in place between sfpd and da office on excessive use and police shootings. that

agreement has been in limbo for a while. glad to hear that there is something existing but it do need to get something new in place and soon. i also like to state that higher rates of drug imprisonment do not translate to lower rates of dug use. we spend a lot of money and we put people in prison for a long time based on this. it cost the taxpayers a ton of money while alternative such as drug course and stronger community supervision have proven more effective. putting drug violators behind (inaudible) i agree this theses are a problem but more ruts and more imprisonment is not the answer. thank you. >> thank you caller. president elias, that is the end

of public comment. >> thank you. next item, please. >> line item 4, dpa director's report. discussion. report on recent dpa activities and announcement. limited to determining whether to calendar the issues raised for future meeting. >> good evening to the newly elected president, vice president, commissioners chief scott and members of the public. i'm filling in for director henderson. we'll start with the staff. we have opened 474 cases this year. we closed 507 cases. we have 247 openpeneding cases. at this point we sustained 48 cases. mediated 16 cases and we have 25 cases that are past the 270 day mark. of those 25, 16 are closed. we have 10 cases pending with the

commission, 86 pending with the chief. we have changed what the number we are reporting on represents. previously only reported son the first level where woe provided the case to the chief for the initial level of review, now we are reporting on cases in various stages including pending chief hearings and additional procedures along that path. last week the number was 90 and this week 86. the last week we received 7 new cases. the top allegations were failure to take required action, knowingly engageic in bias policing or discrimination, failure to comply with the general order 5.04 and behaving or speaking in a inappropriate manner. last week we reported on a update with regard to outreach involving the materials at the

stations and i reported that we were working with the station captains to insure they had all our materials. we have replinshed the materials that have been needed to be replinshed when asked. commissioner asked if we put our faq out with the information and we are working to decide what the best way is. i don't know including the faq at the stations is the best way so one idea is on the complaint forms adding a link and qr code that if they pick up the brochure can go to the faq so we are still working on that. it is a priority for us and we will keep you up to date on that. we have two cases in closed session. the senior investigator here tonight is chris (inaudible) as always you can find more information on our website, sf

gov.org/dpa or call. i'll sure i'll have more to say about agenda items this evening but that concludes our report for this week. >> thank you. director or act ing director hawkins, i think for the 86 cases we also asked and director henderson to provide the timeline for the cases if there were any past the 9 month mark. do you have those stats? >> my understanding was that the department and dpa were going to work together to kind of update the document which lives in a joint share point and we did get updated information from sfpd shortly before this meeting and didn't have time to further drill down on that, so i'm happy to do that with the department prior to next commission defining what the timelines are. i know the information that was provided by the department shortly before the

meeting does have the dates but i didn't have time to go through and categorize what was past the 9 month mark. >> i saw we did receive that like 30 minutes before the meeting started. i guess chief i forgot to ask in the chief report, but i saw your hand being raised. >> commissioner, yes we have the information as far as the status of all those. we didn't get it in time-we can do a verbal and that is the plan to report verbally or put it in a presentation but this is just the status where they are and where they are sitting and think when you hear what commander is reporting you will get a understanding why. your question was why is so high- >> i dont like blindsiding people and not fair to get a document 30 minutes before so i want to give dpa the

opportunity to review the document and be able to articulate their interpretation of the document as well as have your or have you present on it so i will ask to agendize it next week then. if you can make sure all the updated numbers and information is sent to dpa and dpa if you with work with the chief to get the information and present to the commission and give more information on the cases and timeperiod that would be helpful. >> absolutely. >> great. that is all the questions i have. i will turn over to fellow commissioners. >> i don't have anything for (inaudible) >> sorry, i just see initials in the chat. commissioner yanez, anything? commissioner

walker? okay. commissioner yee? commissioner burn? okay. vice president carter oberstone? can we go to public comment? you lucked out director hawkins. [laughter] >> at this time the public is welcome to make public comment. if you like to make public comment, please press star 3 now. president elias, there is no public comment. >> great. thank you. next item, please. >> line item 5, commission reports. discussion. commission reports is limited to brief description of activities junouncements. commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calen any issues raised for future commission meeting. commission president report, commissioner reports and commission announcement and scheduling of items identified for consideration at a future commission meeting. action. >> thank you. not much to report other then we will be

agendizing the surveillance issue on the agenda. hoping to get it on before the commission next week. i dill coauthor a letter with commissioner beni dicto regarding the legislation before the board of supervisors and how it will effect the dgo we are working on and in the hopper that need to be revised. and more importantly, the outcomes, the racial disparities this ledgeilation and consequences of the legislation may have unintentionally and so those were some of the concerns that i raised and so again, i ask to have it agendized for full commission to have a robust discussion is qu updated by the department. we haven't received updates on that just yet. i think that is all that we-the other thing is next week also we hope to have more information on the status of it dgo, particularly i

think the 26 or 28 chief you mentioned last week. i know you gave updates but i will ask to have those updates provided next week to the public and fellow commissioners. that is all i have to report. i will turn it over to vice president carter oberstone. >> nothing for me. >> thank you. commissioner walker. >> thank you. i forgot to congratulate you. you both. >> i appreciate. >> it will be a pleasure working with you. >> check back next week to see- >> (inaudible) one day at a time. >> exactly. >> so, i-there is a couple things, because we received i

believe a communication regarding one of the supervisors putting forward sf recovers to actually bring the collaboration of all of the agencies who are working the front line around drug use and drug sales in the streets. to you point, i think there is a really vivid and urgent issue in getting it right so we make sure we have the programming to snd folks to respond to a caller. i don't think anyone is thinking of arresting people for drug use. i think it is really seeing if we can encourage people into treatment and sort of recovery around that. it is sort fits into what i have been working on and wanted to focus on around

coordinating so i would be happy to help work on that issue if you are looking for someone to try and (inaudible) it seems to match with what i'm already working on with trying to get information about (inaudible) what other of these street safety groups are doing within each district to make sure we are efficient with that. i also want to say it was really a real wonderful and educational experience. we went to participate in some of the scenario trainings today with the groups doing active shooter trainings and are scenarios. i went with commissioner benidicto. really really helpful and sort of getting a picture of how-what the things happen on the street there, so i am sure

commissioner benidicto will say but i appreciate the departments hosting us and sort of watching. we were not participating, we were trying to stay out of the way, but just experiencing these kind of scenarios are really helpful and sort of understanding what really goes on. i think that's all for now, but thank you. >> no, thank you commissioner walker and thank you for your support and volunteering to shepherd that issue forward. i think that is a great idea and i think vice president carter oberstone had a great idea asking commissioners to start being assigned to certain dgo and helping shepherd them through because it appears that when the commissioners is involved and able to help shepherd it throw it seems to go faster and doesn't get lost in the abyss and stays

on the radar so great suggestion and encourage fellow commissioners to think about which dgo they would like to work on to get assignments going and get these things shepherd through in a more efficient and expedited fashion. there is 26, 28 on the stagnant list we can choose from and 20 more in the hopper as well so i guess we'll start with those. thank you commissioner walker. commissioner burn. >> nothing to report. congratulations. >> thank you. commissioner yee. >> thank you madam chair. just want to report out to visit department of emergency management 911 center and it was great to see i guess the exectsk director mary ellen carols and deputy director robby smith showing me around and i thank dispatchers and their team for

excellent work and the stress they go through on a daily basis, 24/7 and keeping us and the city safe as all these calls do come in. i can see the calls backing up. they are a, b and c, so i they are lucky the only issues they are facing is attrition. as other 911 centers throughout the 9 county bay area also is picking up some of the work which is the pay is pretty equal to us, so something we may have to take a look at going forward. also, want to congratulate honorees receiving the-award ceremony on november 10 so hope everybody

can come as more will come i'm sure from sergeant youngblood. thank you very much. >> thank you commissioner yee and commissioner yanez. >> thank you president elias. i only have one item i wanted to make-raise and possibly calendar for future reference, there has been an article of some information brought to me as far as comment made by a part-time officer working in the department making some social media comments that were very disturbing to say the least, and i know that-i don't know the chief has any comments on whether there was any follow-up or any type of investigation as a result of the comments that were posted on social media, but i think it

behooves us to visit the social media policy. i know i raised the issue before if we are to really address the bias challenges we have with policing in san francisco, we can follow the lead of other jurisdictions and begin to monitor people's social media private social media. i know that is the contentious issue, but i would like to have a full conversation about how we can bolster what we have, which is very very limited right now, so i like to first ask the chief if he has any comments on it and if he doesn't i like to have a formal conversation about this agendized. >> may i answer? >> certainly. >> yes. there is internal affairs investigation on that commissioner, and definitely i know that issue about

our policy and revision s of the policy has been raised, so that is in the works. there definitely are first amendment legal questions that need to be discussed, but yes, in the works and there is a investigation on that comment. >> thank you for the update and i definitely do want to be involved in whatever work groups or any way shape or form for me to insert myself in the process of providing the policy because it is of interest. thank you. >> great. thank you. we'll have sergeant youngblood note that for internal matrix. did i miss commissioners? commissioner benidicto. the best for last. >> thank you president elias. i are want to report we are continuing our outreach on the efforts to provide

dgo9.01 governing traffic stops with community outreach. the members of the public are invited to continue to e-mail the commission e-mail address as well as fill outthe survey produced by the human rights commission. thank the human rights commission for assistance. as reminder, the next public listening town hall for the general order is september 20 5:30 p.m. at bayview opera house. there will be commissioners present there. next as noted she and i drafted a letter regarding the surveillance ordinance as well and also spoke at the rules committee hearing where it passed 2 to 1 with (inaudible) if it pass the full board of supervisors i look forward working with the department on implementation to insure we are actively monitoring how the new ordinance will be implemented. i know president elias

mentioned we would agendize for full commission discussion. i ask that we do that possibly in october as i noted it in the public comment to the rules committee despite being under consideration for a number of months there is yet to be hearing with experts on the ordinance and in discussion with multiple experts who are willing to testify before police commission hear ing to provide views from the expert academic perspective but probably need more then a week to line up the schedules. last, as commissioner walker said, she and i attended a saw nario active attacker training. educational and very helpful. want to commend our field tactic force option unit. (inaudible) and officer woods. (inaudible) unit is

something that all san franciscans should be proud of. best practice around critical mindset and critical thinking training and developed successful training programs under that unit-in fact, the news by sfpd is certified by post to be used by ort deerment pas departments in the state so grateful able to accommodate (inaudible) and not hit us too badly (inaudible) director walker got unscathed and got hit in the leg twice. i will not take it personally. >> those things are intense. unless you go through them and you really-the scenario when i got on the commission did the same thing and it really does-you have no idea until you go through the simulation and all of the adrenaline and emotions going through as you

it happens and i think i was killed in every scenario. too scared to use the gun, so-but my counterpart did not suffer that fate. they are very real and very intense. >> can i just add on to that? the staff was amazing and all those in the training and you know, i just want to say that i support more and more training because i think that everybody out there really loved that. as you do in the budget, not that i'm trying to influence you, training is key. >> definitely. okay. i think-also too, sorry, commissioner benidicto i think the next working group isn't at the opera house. they were not able to accommodate us so we are still looking for

a community space in the bayview for our next working group and i believe- >> the listening session hosted by hrc (inaudible) >> sorry. >> (inaudible) >> that is true. we should have had her do the negotiations for the working group. sorry about that. can we go to public comment, please? >> members of the public that like to make public comment, please press star 3 now. good evening caller, you have two minutes. >> hello commissioner, david aronson again. i want to thank commissioner walker for addressing my comment. i believe chief scott said in the report if someone had a clean needle nothing is done but if there is parafunealia action would be taken so concerned that would be a arrest or incarceration. i not i lake to

understand what action chief scott was referring to that would be taken and if the police commission would take that up at some point, i would love it hear what that is. and also congratulations president elias and vice president carter oberstone. thank you. >> thank you. >> president elias, that is the end of public comment. >> great. thank you so much. i appreciate it. next item. >> line item 6, presentation regarding disciplinary cases remandsed to the chief of police 2020 to the present cht discussion. >> thank you sergeant youngblood. good evening. glad to hear you survived the academy training. i know it isn't easy. congratulations commission president elias and commission vice president carter oberstone. good eeksening chief scott, acting director hawkins and members of the public. tonight i

will be presenting to you the status of discipline cases that have been remanded back to the chief of police, and we do have a powerpoint of course. a short one. >> we love powerpoints here so bring it on. >> i don't disappoint. the timeframes that i will be covering are from 2020 to present. the purpose of the presentation is discuss the process, disposition and outcome of the cases remanded from the police commission to the chief of police. what i hope to cover is what happens when the police commission decides to remand a discipline case to the chief of police. i will cover that topic in more detail in my next slide. also couple key points to get out of the way immediately. the chief of police makes final determinations and dispositions for 10 cases remanded back to the department from

the time i mentioned, 2020 to present. when that happens the legal division which is in the risk management office determines if those cases are releasable per sb1421 and sb16. okay, as promised the process. so, when the commission remands a discipline case back to the chief of police, the former member or member is notified and afforded a 30 day opportunity to provide a written response. the internal affairs division prepares and complete the investigation including a summary for the chief of police to review regarding the pending allegations. the chief makes a final determination of the disposition of the allegations. the internal affairs division closes the case with the chief of police's final determination. the legal division then as

mentioned earlier reviews the case and compiles-sorry, complies with the records release requirements under sb1421 and sb16. the accused member is provided with notice if the record is released. here was the breakdown of the cases that i mentioned. the first column is the case number. really it is the tracking number that is used by either dpa or iad. the second column is the date that the commission remanded the case back to the department. the third column is the chief's determination based on the process i just spoke of. finally, the last column is our preliminary or legal division determination if that information is releasable under sb1421. there is two slides-i

talked about 10 cases, there is multiple allegation for certain members, so you will see more then 10 incidents in these slides. i will give you a moment to review the first slide and then sergeant youngblood if we can move to the second slide. okay, i know that was a lot of information to look at for this

presentation. i am available for any questions. >> thank you commander. i appreciate the presentation and real ea appreciate you taking the time to explain it to the fellow commissioners and the public. i think that transparency is really key and i really want to congratulate you and your department for the work that you have been doing and trying to make the information available and more transparnt to the public so i appreciate that. i also appreciate your efforts in helping continue the investigation. chief, i wanted it give you a opportunity to chime in before i turn it over to fellow commissioners. >> you pretty much what i would say. this was all about transparency. when the commission directed this about 2 years ago or so and we had never done this

before, so i (inaudible) transparency is in my opinion a huge part of earning the public trust. i know these cases don't stop when a member or separation from the department and which ever way they separate so cases are-the investigations are completed and it is important for the public to know that. >> i think there are more (inaudible) have this on a quarterly or maybe even semi-annual basis to give the public a update. probably should be quarterly since the (inaudible) report is quarterly as well, but we can talk about that. >> yes, thank you. >> alright. commissioner-i see walker raising her hand. not sure kevin are you- >> i (inaudible) >> sorry. commissioner walker. >> thank you. thank you chief. i have a question i just want to sort of understand

the releaseability determination. what goes into the determination of yes or no there? >> i will start and follow through if i have anything. (inaudible) has strict criteria on what is mandated to be released and a lot of work went into that. i believe commissioner elias at the time and commissioner (inaudible) worked with the department and dpa and our council city council, city attorney office to come up with a protocol of how we were going to address and have a process of what can be released. this involves a lot in the process and we basically compare this to what the law mandates and if it is releasable criteria we release it. >> great. maybe i could ask the secretary to send me a copy or link to the sb1421

if you have it, so i can just be familiar with those criteria. that would be great. >> that is a excellent point commissioner walker. just so you know, i helped commissioner (inaudible) draft 1421 and our policy which mirrors the penal code section and what will be ajndized, we had to revise 1421 to include the new sb14 which added additional categories so that will be ajndized soon but we will get the 1421 policy. >> thank you. >> any other commissioner? nope. great. sergeant, public comment, please. >> commissioner walker i'll send you the policy after the meeting. members of the public that would like to make public comment please press star 3 now. good evening caller, you have two minutes.

>> hello, president elias, vice president carter oberstone, commissioner, chief (inaudible) the 15 cases within the chief's report include description of the chief determination and the preliminary sb1421 information. two items on the bottom page 4, (inaudible) and iad20190070. each have a sustained allegation of (inaudible) the allegations (inaudible) subject to public disclosure under sb1421 yet the determination seems to say these cases are not subject topublic disclosure. it is striking and must be because the officers were found to have been dishonest about their investigation which sb1421 omits conduct the public should

know about. (inaudible) misconduct investigation. i hope commander yets can confirm that is the reason those records are not discloseable and if not they will be released soon and the officers sought employment in another community and those agencies deserve to know. thank you. >> thank you caller. >> was that your hand? sorry. >> i move-i didn't put my hand up but i will respond. we do have a attorney on staff that does review these cases along with a lieutenant, so i will insure the caller that we will rereview that case to insure that we are in compliance with sb1421. >> commander can you also clear that with the sit a attorney? i know the attorney is your internal attorney at the police department but i think it would be beneficial and think you normally do this, speak with

mrs. cabrera the city attorney on these kind of cases, so also if you can follow up with her as well or mr. (inaudible) from the city attorney office. >> absolutely. thanks. >> thank you. sergeant was that the last public comment? >> that was it. >> line item 7 presentation from internal affairs division regarding bias findings from the last 5 years. discussion. >> greetings, me again, and greetings again. this next presentation just waiting for it to come up. >> you are on a powerpoint roll over there. >> i'll do as many as you like. it sounds like from the last comments you will be seeing more of me. at least quarterly. this presentation is on internal affairs division findings of potential bias. we are going to cover 2019 to

present and i know that a more extended length of time was requested, but this was the best we could do for this presentation. i apologize up front for that. the purpose of this presentation is to provide a summary of review of known internal affairs cases containing a component of potential bias and the investigative findings. aim is a case management system that our office uses. it is actually acronym for administrative investigations management. that is the program. we included a potential bias field which allows for the capacity to track cases containing a component of potential bias. our division, iad is actually in the process of manually reviewing and

identifying really past cases i should say here, using aim to track cases that may contain components of bias. to date, we only have done a limited review identifying cases between 2019 to present. i say limited, i think we have a pretty complete review from that timeframe but at this point i couldn't tell you it is comprehensive. later in the presentation will provide a list of these cases. i have good news. simultaneously, iad for the past few months has been working with the department of public accountability and controller office. they have been completing a audit which we'll include a review of internal affairs cases, actually on this topic that contain components of

potential bias and findings of bias. so, we actually just concluded months of work with them, so i hope that in the future with the release of that report that you will get the information you requested with the timeframe you requested and it will be comprehensive. that is really good timing in that you actually asked for this report and we have already been working on it outside this request with dpa and the controller's office. okay. of 22 cases identified, which contain components of potential bias since 2019, but i think this was the question asked. 12 of those originated from internal affairs division quarterly bias report i report to this commission. those 22 cases we know, 12 cases

originated from that report. the other 10 came from complaints internally or externally. on this topic, i also want to mention additionally that beginning january 1, 2023, mention another set of bills senate bill 2, the department will be required to report cases involving serious misconduct which includes containing allegations demonstrating bias to the california peace officer's standards and training. okay. so, these are the actual 22 cases that i alluded to. in the first column is also the case tracking number or case number as it's titled. the second column is indicateing whether we were alerted of the

bias from the bias audit or from another source. the third column is the bias finding, yes or no. third is the investigative findings, which are the allegations and the dispositions. so, i'll pause so you can review this slide and there are actually three slides total detailing these cases. >> commander yip, the case number is the case the iaa has and investigating and then originated from the bias audit, meaning it came from

the aim? i wasn't clear about the aim. >> the bias audit, the one we automatically internally do--(inaudible) >> right. >> electronic devices. >> okay. that has a long list. it is a secret you have of buzz words you put in the system and searches the department e-mails and phones to see if any of those buzz words come up and then you-the investigation begins, right? >> that is correct. the question we wanted to answer tonight is of the bias potential bias cases we have, how many originated from that automatic audit and then how many others do we have from other sources. >> what is the potential bias finding, whatdize that mean? >> after the investigator reviews the actual case and the specifics of the case, we will

make a determination if there was actual bias or we feel there is potential bias from reviewing the specifics of the case. >> okay. >> i'll govern -give you a example. not specific to anything you are seeing now. there's a word that's a very famous cookie. a type of cookie that is in our electronic bias list. when the investigator reviewed that particular case to look for bias, it was the cookie was used in context that you would only think it is used being a cookie so they made a determination it was not a potential bias finding. i don't know if i used the best example, but that came to mind. >> that is good. sorry to interrupt the

presentation. i'll save my questions to the end . >> there are 3 slides with those findings or the information that is presented. i don't have a slides or visual but i will give you a verbal answer on a question also presented that i was asked to speak to and that's regarding-it was a question about the race and are gender make-up of the officers from close internal affairs cases for quarter 1 of 2022 so i want to address that. as a bonus i actually have the data from quarter 2 of 2022 so i'll give you both. we'll incorporate the dt data in the quarterly iad report to the commission. in quarter 1, 2022, there were

46 cases were closed cases on members. in those 46 cases, there were 143 allegations. more allegation then cases. in quarter 1, the racial breakdown, 59 allegations or 41 percent were for white officers. 32 allegations were 22 percent were for asian or pacific islander officers. 25 allegations or 18 percent were closed for hispanic officers. 17 allegations or 12 percent were closed for black officers. and then 10 allegations or 7 percent i say the

category other for now. okay. and then in the same quarter 1, 2022, i will address the gender question. of the 143 allegations, 98 or 68 percent were from male officers. 41 allegations or 29 percent, female officers. 4 allegations, 3 percent other. i will give you the same data for quarter 2 of 2022. 51 cases and 182 allegations. from there, 72 allegations or 40 percent involved white officers. 49 allegations or 27 percent involve asian

or pacific islander officers. 34 allegations or 19 percent involve hispanic officers. 17 allegations or 9 percent involve black officers. 9 allegations or 5 percent i put as other. same quarter, same number of cases same allegations by gender. 145 allegations or 80 percent were male officers. 29 allegations or 16 percent, female officers. 8 allegations or 4 percent, other. >> sorry, commander, what was the male? >> quarter 2 of 2022 it was 145 allegations or 80 percent. i apologize we got this information-we had to

crunch the numbers with a analyst and were not able to do it in time to post, so you are getting the verbal version from me. okay, that concludes my presentations. i'm available for questions. >> i just had one question. i will turn it over to fellow commissioners. the question on the slide of the three pages and it was a lot of-i don't know how many cases total, but i know that when we have the electronic bias audit that comes up, usually they say they have these hits but at the end they usually say there is maybe one or two actual hits, so that number seems a little different then the three pages you just showed us because it seems like more are coming up then when we have the quarterly

bias audit reports to us. >> that is a great question. we are giving you data from 2019 to present. >> okay. >> i know the number is 12 that came from the quarterly electronic bias audit. the same numbers, but no matter how we present it. so, i think based on what you just said, i think it is probably pretty close. >> okay. great. i will turn it over to vice president carter oberstone. >> thank you president elias. thank you commander yep. just a basic clarifying question at the outset. in terms of the internal department audits, what happening is a search for key words on department bias, is that right or is there any other component to the audit that happens? >> it is a search, it

is automated and yes. the answer to your question is yes. >> okay. the reason i ask is because i think it was late last month there were media, articles about in the course of a criminal proceeding a criminal defendant alleged that the officer who arrested them was engaged in selective enforcement. the officer was selectively singling out people of hispanic dissent when making decisions to arrest and so i'm wondering if there is anything the department does that would catch that type of selective enforcement? >> i think what i want to tell you right now is that a internal discussion we are having, and i don't have a specific answer for

you now. but rather then-it is ongoing discussion. >> is sounds like currently we don't do anything like tat but having discussions whether we need-might want to in the future, is that accurate? >> we have the data. i don't know that we necessarily crunch the data to make those determinations or process the data or analyze the data. >> okay. thank you. i appreciate. that is everything for me. >> if i could just jump in to commissioner vice president carter oberstone's question. the audit would pick up-the only connection would be if some type of bias language that is triggered by what the audit is looking for, then leads us to down that road, but the

audit as it stands does not detect that type of thing unless it is triggered by some type of bias language that causes us to investigate it. as you can see, some of the allegations end up-some of the investigations end up discovering other misconduct and that is probably the lion share of what you saw in the presentation. that could be a yes. if there is nothing in the audit itself that would do that, it key on the language and the investigation would pursue from there if that makes sense. >> that does make sense. thank you chief. >> thank you. >> anything else vice president? >> i'm sorry, that is everything for me. thank you. >> i don't see other commissioners names in the chat. anyone? commissioner yanez. >> thank you president elias. i would like to

understand that second level of discourse that takes place after the word has been identified there is a investigation that takes place. what background do the decision makers of that final audit element-what background do they have or what expertise do they have in contexualizing or understanding bias. bias is a very subjective kind of issue, right and so i like to understand how we come to a decision or what process is taking place and what elements and what factors are being taken into account when that secondary investigation is taking place at internal affairs.

>> that's-chief, i see your hand cht >> go ahead paul and you may cover what i was going to cover. i will jump in. >> okay. thanks for the question commissioner mpts just to speak to the process. if we have a eelectronic hit from the audit, it is automatically assigned an internal affairs division case number and it is assigned to one of the investigators in the office. they will do a full investigation, so let's say it is in an e-mail. they will pull the e-mail. not getting too far into it, but other materials so it can go much further to see what context was the word used, where else is it used, is there a pattern we can detect immediately and to your point, yes, you are right, that investigator comes up with a finding, but what i'll tell you

is there is multiple e layers orphthat so doesn't end with the investigator. they bring the file to the lieutenant who then brings it to the captain, ultimately to me and ultimately up the chain of command so many eyes have viewed it and ultimately for the chief to determine. we would make recommendations up to that point. to tell you it is not one single person looking at it, it is going to be viewed by many layers of scrutiny. that's my answer. >> the only thing i would add as far as context, i hope this addresses your question commissioner yanez. the overall context-the word is keyed on, then we have

to factor in and what is the context and circumstance regarding the use of that word. was it a part of a arrest? was it in a e-mail? was it in a department phone or text message regarding a criminal investigation? that can open many more doors in terms of determining where we go with that or is it something that is not any of that. the other thing that factors in is, what is the officer's discipline history. have there been prior offenses or similar conduct and those things are factored in. the commission (inaudible) that list out mitigating circumstances so if there is enough standard to find there is bias misconduct or

misconduct related to bias, all those things come into play so that context is very important of not just what was said but the context and circumstances in which that bias language was used and that is really what the determination is made from. >> my understanding, the next step then if there is some sort of allegation that is sustained we go into some disciplinary action and the action could include performance improvement plan, it may lead to retraining-what is the course of action and who makes those decisions at that point because the challenge of the question i would have is, for-given that i dont know who or what level of bias exists in the supervisorial you know,

categories of oversight, because the issue continues to come up. we continue to get alarms that say this language is going on and yet time and again we don't hear performance improvement plan. i have been harping on that for a while but it doesn't seem to ever lead to anything in writing so is that because the folks that are analyzing after the incident has been raised by the computer system that picks out the word are looking the other way? are they being trained in actually activating performance improvement plans so that this doesn't continue to happen and that the sentiment isn't once it comes up it will not lead to disciplinary action because it rarely seems to come up in the

updates we received in the last year. i have only seen one tore or two and as pointed out there were a lot of incidents oen the pages and doesn't seem any of those were sustained. i know those are a lot of questions, but i want to understand how we can use that structure to really address the issue that continues to challenge us, which is bias because it is so subjective, it is hard to really address with the legal standard, but yet we continue to have the incidents continue to raise issues and raise flags and so i like to understand what is going to be done to make sure that we are applying the early intervention system recommendation of writing people up once in a while. if we bring

things to light in writing outside of a investigation that says these words just kind of triggered this investigation, we may have more of a impact on improving our outcomes in that area. >> commissioner yanez, there is early intervention system-has nothing to do with what we are talking about here, this is discipline. if there is a word that may be potentially bias that triggers review the context of the word, and that then can lead to disciplinary investigation and sometimes it does as just reported. the investigation is separate from the eis process. the eis process is not discipline by design. not disciplineitary, so there's-it is separate process. this process if it is

determined after review-say i will give a hypothetical. say the word that the audit triggers is a word that is a problem. problematic and that would trigger an internal affairs investigation around circumstances. it may span the scope of the search. those type of things. but that is a disciplinary investigation that is found to be improper conduct or proper conduct. it is separate investigation and i just want to make sure that the public and people understand, this process has nothing to do with eis. go back to eis is under the current system, it is discipline triggers a eis alert because it surpasses the threshold, that process reviews the officer in totality to try to find intervention and

mitigation strategies to address the at-risk behavior. that is another process. you can still get held to answer on discipline or held accountable on discipline and still be in the eis system where another set of things will be done to try to correct the behavior but they are separate. i hope that helps. what we just reportsed on is not eis, these are all discipline. these were internal affairs investigations. >> okay, that does clarify one item and i do have a better understanding of the eis system and i guess this is helpful informing and helping me understand the process. i know that it still is a concern that we all have and i hope that we continue to work on making sure

that there is a consequence that is set in place whenever these things do come up and i like to understand it a little better just what language does lead to a disciplinary action because obviously we do not want to condone that behavior. thank you for clarifying. >> thank you sir. >> thank you. any other commissioner? sergeant, public comment, please. >> anybody like to make public comment regarding line item 7, please press star 3 now. president elias no public comment. >> thank you. : >> line item 8 presentation of the second quarter 2022 fire arm discharge review board. findings and recommendations

and ois investigative summary. discussion. >> good evening. can you hear me? >> yes, woo ecan hear you. >> thank you very much. good evening president elias, commissioners, chief of staff hawkins, chief scott member s of the public. robert o'sullivan. prior to my transfer to this assignment i chaired the fire arm discharge review board for the second quarter therefore here this evening to make the presentation. stacey, withed you please pull up the powerpoint and you can advance to the next slide. before i get started by way of background, the department pursuant to general order 3.10 and 8.112 is required on a quarterly basis to hold review board for firearm discharge as

well in custody deathess. the panel is made up of voting members the deputy chiefs from the administration operation airport and special operation bureau and several members that sit on the advisory board. i will name a few, the police commission will have a representsative for this case i'll discus this evening. president elias joined as a representative. the captain and lieutenant of the risk management office as well as the range master representive of department of police accountability and commanding officer of the training division attend the meetings. i noted the ftfo office was mentioned earlier in the meeting and want to acknowledge them and the role they play. some years ago we brought the field training unit on board. they do a after action and critique themselves of

all officer involved shootings and in custody deaths and they made a presentation after the internal affairs division had done their presentation. that is a little backgrund. i have one case to discuss this evening. that is officer involved shooting 20-004. advance the next slide. we have slides that provide overview of the shootingism . i will not read the particular slides but (inaudible) thank you. we learn fast. i am going to provide a overview of that and if there is any questions. at the time of the shooting i was still assigned then as a commandser of risk management office so i do have experience with this particular case. i and others responded. this case is from november 17, 2020. occurred tuesday afternoon along market street. the initial call or

calls i should say were with regard to a gentleman with a knife and frying pan in 5 and market. the area of the cable car turn around. very busy, pedestrian and foot and vehicle traffic. the call that came out again was a gentleman with a knife and frying pan engaged in an alterication with several membersism officer responded. the first responding officers it was a two officer unit, a patrol unit responded and they located the individual concerned here on the e south side of market street between 5 and 4 street. he was in fact carrying a large knife and frying pan. i mention there were a lot of people. this is a busy area. the officer-assigned to the teneder line district and familiar with the area and foot

traffic. the officers immediately ordered the individual to drop the knife. he did not comply. the officers had concerns what the individual might do with the knife, particularly given people were moving in and outside of stores in the area. the west field mall is there. at the time of the incident i estimate he is 20 to 30 yards east on the south side of market street from the mall entrance. after ordering the suspect to drop the knife one of the officers discharged extended range impact weapon. eriw. the individual did not drop the knife. he-a second discharge was made. again the knife was dropped. a third officer arrived on the scene. he was with a partner

from another marked unit so those two officers were also in uniform. that officer discharged what we call a 40mm and that is also a non lethal delivery system so it is a 40mm foam projectile. he discharged that 40mm pret a much at the same time the individual with the knife was charging at the officer who had originally discharged his eriw. that individual officer partner then discharged his fire arm. the result was the suspect the gentleman was struck and he fell to the ground. at that time, the suspect still holding the knife and the frying pan got back to his feet. a 4th officer discharged his

firearm striking the suspect causing the suspect to fall to the ground a second time. stacey you can advance the slide. from there on there was a number of discharges again involving the eriw and the foam projectile out of the 40mm and coordinated response among the officers on scene. after speaking with this individual for a significant amount of time, it was brought to the attention of the sergeant who was in charge of the scene there was 2 san francisco sheriff deputies who arrived. they were listening to our radio traffic and responded to the scene. they made the supervising officer aware they had electronic control devices: the trade mark name. the most common name is a taser. they made the sargeent aware of that and said they were in a position to deploy that. the sergeant on scene gave approval for those sheriff deputies to

go ahead and deploy their tasers. one officer deployed his taser the first time it was ineffectual. the second time upon the second deployment the suspect dropped both the knife and frying pan and that time officers san francisco police department officers approached the suspect took him into custody and rendered firs aid and taken to san francisco general for treatment. next slide, please. mention the onset that we also have a in custody death review board. there were no icd presented over this quarter. next slide. at this time, this is something we began i think at least 18 months to 2 years ago is myself or who ever is doing the presentation provide a update for the discharge in custody death cases so

i'll do that at this time. sergeant youngblood if you advance the slide. wont go into the particulars of all the cases, but i will give a very quick overview. the first officer involved shooting that is outstanding occurred in 2017. there were charges filed by san francisco district attorney office in the case. both the criminal and administrative investigations arepeneding. the following case officer involved shooting 17-007, the district attorney also filed criminal cases in this matter that particular case is pending with regards to the administrative investigation. i have been informed that has been completed and currently in the review process through the chain of command with the risk management office. the next case 19-003, this occurred couple weeks before

christmas in 2019. criminal case charges in the case were also filed, and that is currently both active and administrative investigations are active. officer involved shooting 20-001 south of market in the south park area specifically on barny street and jack london alley. this is still a act ive case being reviewed by the district attorney and there is a open and active investigation. the next case officer involved shooting 21-002, as you can see that occurred on folsom street. that case is open both with the district attorney's office and with our administrative team. the next officer involved shooting occurred earlier this year. the first officer involved shooting of 2022. it occurred in san francisco international airport and this was the first of our officer involved shootings that fell within the purview of

the california department of justice in response to a law that went into place. that case is still active. cal doj is investigating. one and only incustody death to report in the quarterly report occurred in march and that is open and active being investigated by both the district attorney office and the administrative team in the risk management office. next and final slide, please. we have a few more cases. they are all officer involved shootings. the next occurred in the spring this year one of the off-duty members in the city of concord in contra costa county. the criminal and investigate investigations are open. the next case occurred may in mariposa and owens. this case isologist with cal doj, the reason being is that

the suspects in the case were not armed with a firearm. the next case occurred on moscow street in the ingleside district. it is involves a deceased member and there is no criminal investigation in this matter, but it is a active investigation on the administrative side and finally, the most recent officer shooting in the mission district both the district attorney office and our team are conducting investigations. that concludes my presentation and happy to take any questions from the commissioners. >> your powerpont has been on point tonight. >> we are on point. i know commander yep had a run but we had to interrupt that. [laughter] >> we didn't want him to do all the presentations tonight cht >> join in on the fun.

acting director-hawkins. sorry. >> i wanted to point out that dpa did also conduct a investigation of that case and one thing i want ed to highlight coming up as we schedule the next session is that it was a case where we have been moving to making our presentations at the same time as iad in front of fdrb and that happens in this particular case. that is important because it brings both the investigations to the chief and to the board at the same time so this was a case where we did also make recommendations to the chief and investigate and we are going to strive to keep doing that and keep doing it on a schedule in a good cadence that is the same time as sfpd presents their case. >> great. thank you. i will turn it over to fellow commissioners for questions, comments. dont see anyone in

the chat. commissioner yee. >> thank you derrick. deputy chief sullivan. i just have one question. i remember this one in treasure island cht this is icd22001 in the custody of the police but then as i remember seeing the video, the firefighters took over and i don't know if that's something the fire department has to address as well or is it falls on our shoulder on the police department side? >> thank you commissioner. so, it falls on both our sides and shortly after the incident occurred members of our command staff met with chief nicoles i members of her command staff, so we are-i can't speak to any of the details because i don't know them with regards

to their investigation and certainly wouldn't be appropriate for me to do so, but i can tell you we did meet and spoke about the incident and they reviewed the body worn camera footage which you as commissioners have seen and trust they are conducting some sort of administrative investigation. i will say this, i think it is important to note that as a result of this incident and really-correct myself-this was the impetus in some ways but we good working relationship where the fire department but another reason to highlight the need for us to continue to train together and understand one another's policies. >> thank you very much deputy chief o'sullivan. that is all i have. >> thank you. any other commissioner? seeing none, i

will turn it over to public comment, please. >> members of the public that would like to comment, please press star 3 now. good evening caller you have two minutes. >> my name is kate hodge. a volunteer (inaudible) we are looking at the presentation and wondering this is (inaudible) cutting off at 2017 and makes us wonder what the status is of in particular the mario woods case from 2015. thank you. >> thank you caller. president elias, that is the end of public comment; and >> thank you next iletm. >> item 9 discussion and possible action to adopt department general order 3.07 police department collision board of review. meet and confer draft was approved by the commission on july 20, 2022. discussion and

possible action. >> who is presenting on this? chief. chief not here? commander o'sullivan, do quou you know who is presenting on this? anyone from the department? >> can you hear me commissioners? >> yes. >> i'm sorry, something is going on. i donts know if you can see me. my video just went blank. >> we see the screen but not you. >> i'm right in front of the camera so dont know what is going on. pardon for me, i'll turn my camera off. this dgo is a revision of our basically our collision review board and

the last dgo was revised in 2-12-199 so it has been a while. a couple things to highlight is definitely update of language, update on some of the processes and this should fold in nicely when we finish our serious incident review board and to that process as well, so we focus with that in mind. back in 1997, collisions were as we call accidents so the accident language was taken out. that is a language change to update. also, it outlines the policy of who is involved in the process of a (inaudible) a collision for review and that is another language change from the prior dgo that had accident

board of review. it clears up what the process is. there isn't a lot of complications with this dgo and hoping to get the commission's report to finalize this so we can get it posted and on the way. >> i believe my fellow commissioners had a opportunity to review this. at this point, i would make a motion to adopt. >> i'll second. >> thank you. sergeant. >> on the motion to adopt. [roll call] >> sorry, i did not do

public comment. members who like to make public comment line item 9, please press star 3 now. there is no public comment. starting from the beginning. on the motion, commissioner walker, how do you vote? >> still yes. >> commissioner walker yes. commissioner beni dicto. yes. commissioner (inaudible) commissioner burns is yes. commissioner yee. >> yes. >> commissioner yee is yes. >> vice president oberstone. >> yes. >> president elias; >> yes. >> you have 6 yeses. >> great. next item. >> line item 10. discussion

and possible action to approve revised department general order 5.01, “use of force policy and proper control of a person,” for the department to use in meeting and conferring with san francisco police officers association as required by law . discussion and possible action. i need to bring in our other speakers. sorry, give me one second. >> no worries.

captain harvey, can you hear me? >> yes, i can. >> perfect. thank you very much. commissioner elias on the phone we have captain harvey and lieutenant neven and sergeant (inaudible) >> thank you gentleman for joining us. what we have is revision to 5.01. we passed it several months ago and we received from the training division and officers indicating they were having difficulty and challenges with respect to the dgo as

we had revised it. i then met with the department. we met with the training division and (inaudible) dpa as well as other command staff to discuss 5.01 and make the nessary edits and revisions to take back to the officers and properly train them. as you know we heard from the poa and members we want a clear concise language in the dgo and with that in mind that is exactly what we did. i want to snd a huge thank you to dpa and (inaudible) the policy director. sergeant john crudo, lieutenant neven. captain harvey and sergeant (inaudible) they were critical as well as the chief and (inaudible) in hoping revise dgo so officers have a complete and thorough policy. i want to say thank you very much for the time and

effort you took with me to walk me through this and get the changes made. i will turn it over to-which was it? sergeant youngblood? >> harvey. >> okay. harvey. give you a height highlight and over view of the changes made. >> yes. thank you for the introduction commissioner elias and police commission. and thank you to chief scott. i am in the company of lieutenant michael neven rfx, we are together to talk about a quick overview of the revisions that were made to dgo5.01. so, unless there is any questions i'll begin with key changes or key revisions if the group is ready to proceed. >> please. >> okay. alright. speaking to physical control reporting, the standard from april of

2022 was to physical controls use d in a attempt to overcome any physical resistance. that was the current standard as of today. what we are proposing under the revision is, for the threshold to be force that is reasonably likely to cause pain or injury, which is a elevation from the 2016 policy, or force that causes physical pain or injury or the subject reports physical pain or injury so the threshold is what the revision would propose. the second component key change for safeguarding dignity speaks to when members of the san francisco police department can sit or prone or kneel a suspect on the ground or lower position since revised if

approved by you to state while conducting arrest or detention in the field officers shall not direct a subject to involuntarily sit, lay, kneel and kneel is a new consideration that was not considered in the april policy, or otherwise assume a lowered position on the ground unless there are specifics and articulable safety concerns. consistent with the april policy members would be required to-when the safety factors are addressed to get the person off the ground, with dignity and respect and would be required in the police report to document and articulate the specific safety concerns within the totality of circumstances that lead the officer to involuntarily direct the subject to sit on the ground as well as follow-up at the scene. specific

factors may include the nature of the type of call, pre-assaultive behaviors, evasive efforts or indicators, access to weapons, number and/or size of subjects, mental status or apparent intoxication of the subject and or other considerations. generalized or routine factors may not sufficiently address this sub-section by itself. lastly, the final section for key changes has to do with drawing or exhibiting and pointing a firearm. so, a quick overview of the proposal for the revision would be, for purposes of this order, drawing and exhibiting occurs any time a officer removes her handgun from the hollster but

not point the firearm at any person and then officers would be required to document and articulate the justification and circumstances for drawing and exhibiting a firearm in the correspondsing police report. if a incident report was not otherwise required the officing drawing and exhibiting the firearm shall memorialize and articulate the justification on the body worn camera, or in cad. supervisors shall complete a cor spanding drawing and exhibiting supervisory evaluation before the end of watch. as to pointing of a firearm at a person for the purpose of this order, pointing a firearm as when a officer with the muzzle of the drawn firearm and this specific on purpose, covers any portion of any person, no officer

shall point a firearm at a person unless there is objectively reasonable cause to believe the situation will escalate to justify deadly force. if a officer points a firearm at a person, the officer shall face and with appropriate advice the subject the reason why the officer or officers pointed the firearm. document and articulate the justification for pointing their firearm in the cor spanding police report. complete a supervisory evaluation before the end of watch. so, there in lies the three significant key revisions which we are proposing subject to your approval. >> thank you so much. chief, did you want to weigh in? >> yes, first of all, thank you president elias. i want to say

publicly thank you for having an open ear and mind to the concerns that were brought to you on some of the language recommended revisions. i just want to quickly without being longwinded tie this into previous discussion on moral. one thing i hear over and over again is officers we definitely understand that we have policy and need good policies but they wanted input and like their voices to be heard and just the fact that you came to listen and be open minded to listen what the concerns were is really important in terms of letting officers know they do have a voice and their concerns will be taken seriously so i appreciate that and the department really appreciates that. the general order itself, i want to thank captain harvey and his team because they went back to the drawing board and really heard and understood the spirit of what

we were trying to get at in terms of being accountable and reporting the type of force. expanding the force category to through r lower threshold but not to a point where it was really over-bearing and overburden sum and confusing and that is what this language attempts to rectify, so i don't want to add anything that captain harvey said. i just think a lot of thought went into this. a lot of discussion and dpa was a big part of the discussion and i think we have a very thoughtful set of recommends recommendations that will clarify the policy and still do everything that we set out to do when we first realized we needed to revise prop 101, which by the way is still a very good dgo. i just want to thank everybody for listening and hope the commission supports the isso we can get it to meet and confer. >> thank you. i appreciate that. again, i

appreciate the officers taking the time to walk me through it. i think we found secret policy writers among us. acting director hawkins. >> thank you. i agree it was great work by everyone involved and i think we are all proud of being a part of that. two other changes i think worth highlighting. update to include new state law on the duty to intervene so our policy is consistent with that state law. and it also includes language that the drawing and exhibiting stats will be publicly reported on on a monthly basis. i think those are two additional points that make this really excellent work. >> yes. thank you so much. also too thank you and also assistant chief (inaudible) for your help on this as well in addition to director or mrs. kaywood. commissioner

benidicto. >> thank you president elias. i want to add congratulations and thanks to everyone who worked on this policy. prop 101 (inaudible) before i joined the commission and gratifyed to see thoughtful changes and gratifying to see what the commission, dpa department can achieve when they are working together both in terms of substance and in terms of efficiency. i hope this is model we can use for the backlog of dgo. this is a great example of a policy pass ed and a-mindedment we identified issues with it, worked to correct them and within a short period of time are here to pass it so proud to support it and hope we continue to have this as a model going forward and also hope that the police officer association allows it to move swiftly through meet and confer. >> glad you mention that because the process

showed why the revisions especially the ones where we adopted the ability for officers to provide input in the policy making decisions before it gets final draft why that is so vital and crucial, because these changes really were driven by the officers, so and that's why we are even here and the changes were made to insure that officers were able to do their job and do their job correctly and make the necessary policy changes in order for them to do that. with that, i am going to ask-make a motion to adopt or approve the revised dgo so it can be sent to meet and confer. >> second. >> thank you. public comment and then vote, please. >> members of the public that like to make public comment regarding line item 10, dgo5.01 use of force please press star

3 now. good evening caller, you have two minutes. >> commissioners, i was a little late listening to the virtual meeting. i have been listening to the meeting from your agenda number 7-10. on this agenda number 10, you can see that if you go into a situation with a open mind and a clean heart you can resolve stuff, and then it gives a good satisfaction to the policy makers and also sends a nice message to the police officers. when that happens hopefully the police officer's

association can also come together to uplift one another, so thank you very much for your hard work and nice to see the smiles. >> thank you caller. president elias, that is the end of public comment. >> thank you, can we take a vote, please? >> on the motion to advance dgo5.01 to meet and confer- [roll call] you have 6 yeses. >> thank you. next item. >> line item 11,

public comment on all matters pertaining to item 13 below closed session including public comment on item 12, vote whether to hold item 13 in closed session. you like to make public comment, please press star 3 now. president elias, there is no public comment. >> thank you. >> item 12 vote whether to hold item 13 in close session. san francisco administrate chb code section 67.10. action. >> motion? >> motion to hold item 13 in closed session. >> second? >> second it. >> thank you. [roll call]

>> you have 6 yeses. i will take us into >> san francisco administrative code section 67.12a. action. >> can i get a motion, please? >> i'll move to not disclose any discussion item 13. >> second? >> i'll second it. >> great. can we get public comment? >> members that like to make public comment regarding line item 14, press star 3 now. there is no public comment. on the motion-

[roll call] you have 6 yeses. >> great. next item. >> line item 15, adjournment. action item. >> great. thank you everyone for a great meeting. i appreciate it and good luck tomorrow chief. i can't wait to see the photos. >> thank you. >> you better make us proud. >> i plan to. alright. congratulations. >> thank you. >> congratulations.

>> it was an outdoor stadium for track and field, motorcycle and auto and rugby and cricket located in golden gate park, home to professional football, lacross and soccer. adjacent to the indoor arena. built in the 1920s. the san francisco park commission accepted a $100,000 gift from the estate to build a memorial in honor of pioneers in

the area. the city and county of san francisco contributed an additional $200,000 and the stadium was built in a year. in the 1930s it was home to several colleges such as usf, santa clara and st. mary's for competition and sporting. in 1946 it became home to the san francisco 49ers where they played nearly 25 years. the stayed de yam sat 60,000 fans. many caught game the rooftops and houses. the niners played the last game against the dallas cowboys january 3, 1971 before moving to candlestick park. the stadium hosted other events before demolition in 1989. it suffered damages from the earthquake. it was reconstructed to seat 10,000 fans with an all weather track, soccer field and

scoreboards. it hosts many northern california football championship games. local high schools sacred heart and mission high school used the field for home games. the rivalry football games are sometimes played here. today it is a huge free standing element, similar to the original featuring tall pink columns at the entrance. the field is surrounded by the track and used by high school and college football and soccer. it is open for public use as well.

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. pound and pound. when your item of interest comes ip, please dial *3 2 to be added to the speaker line.

please turn down your television and all listening devices. we'll take plib comment from thoas here first and then go our lines. you may o mail me at eric karks.morca at san francisco goff.org. you may send your written comments to our office at city hall 1 dr. carlton b. good win place san francisco 94002. items are expected to appear on 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

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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! >> hello, my name is jamie

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. >> president yee: of the 26 neighborhoods we have in west portal, it's probably the most unique in terms of a small little town. you can walk around here, and it feels different from the rest of san francisco. people know each other. they shop here, they drink wine here. what makes it different is not only the people that live here, but the businesses, and without all these establishments, you wouldn't know one neighborhood from the other.

el toreador is a unique restaurant. it's my favorite restaurant in san francisco, but when you look around, there's nowhere else that you'll see decorations like this, and it makes you feel like you're in a different world, which is very symbolic of west portal itself. >> well, the restaurant has been here since 1957, so we're going on 63 years in the neighborhood. my family came into it in 1987, with me coming in in 1988. >> my husband was a designer, and he knew a lot about art, and he loved color, so that's what inspired him to do the decorations. the few times we went to mexico, we tried to get as many

things as we can, and we'd bring it in. even though we don't have no space, we try to make more space for everything else. >> president yee: juan of the reasons we came up with the legacy business concept, man eel businesses were closing down for a variety of reasons. it was a reaction to trying to keep our older businesses continuing in the city, and i think we've had some success, and i think this restaurant itself is probably proof that it works. >> having the legacy business experience has helped us a lot, too because it makes it good for us because we have been in business so long and stayed here so long. >> we get to know people by name, and they bring their

children, so we get to know them, also. it's a great experience to get to know them. supervisor yee comes to eat at the restaurant, so he's a wonderful customer, and he's very loyal to us. >> president yee: my favorite dish is the chile rellenos. i almost never from the same things. my owner's son comes out, you want the same thing again? >> well, we are known for our mole, and we do three different types of mole. in the beginning, i wasn't too familiar with the whole legacy program, but san francisco, being committed to preserve a lot of the old-time businesses, it's important to preserve a

lot of the old time flavor of these neighborhoods, and in that capacity, it was great to be recognized by the city and county of san francisco. >> i've been here 40 years, and i hope it will be another 40 year >> one more statement. we are the one. that is our first single that we made. that is our opinion. >> i can't argue with you. >> you are responsible please do not know his exact. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪] >> i had a break when i was on a major label for my musical career. i took a seven year break. and then i came back. i worked in the library for a long time. when i started working the san francisco history centre, i noticed they had the hippie collection. i thought, if they have a hippie collection, they really need to have a punk collection as well. so i talked to the city archivist who is my boss. she was very interested. one of the things that i wanted to get to the library was the avengers collection. this is definitely a valuable poster. because it is petty bone. it has that weird look because it was framed. it had something acid on it and

something not acid framing it. we had to bring all of this stuff that had been piling up in my life here and make sure that the important parts of it got archived. it wasn't a big stretch for them to start collecting in the area of punk. we have a lot of great photos and flyers from that area and that. that i could donate myself. from they're, i decided, you know, why not pursue other people and other bands and get them to donate as well? the historic moments in san francisco, punk history, is the sex pistols concert which was at winterland. [♪♪♪] it brought all of the punks on the web -- west coast to san francisco to see this show. the sex pistols played the east coast and then they play texas and a few places in the south and then they came directly to san francisco. they skipped l.a. and they skipped most of the media centres. san francisco was really the biggest show for them pick it was their biggest show ever. their tour manager was

interested in managing the adventures, my band. we were asked to open to support the pistols way to that show. and the nuns were also asked to open the show. it was certainly the biggest crowd that we had ever played to. it was kind of terrifying but it did bring people all the way from vancouver, tee seattle, portland, san diego, all up and down the coast, and l.a., obviously. to san francisco to see this show. there are a lot of people who say that after they saw this show they thought they would start their own band. it was a great jumping off point for a lot of west coast punk. it was also, the pistols' last show. in a way, it was the end of one era of punk and the beginning of a new one. the city of san francisco didn't necessarily support punk rock. [♪♪♪] >> last, but certainly not least is a jell-o be opera. they are the punk rock candidate

of the lead singer called the dead kennedys. >> if we are blaming anybody in san francisco, we will just blame the dead kennedys. >> there you go. >> we had situations where concerts were cancelled due to flyers, obscene flyers that the city was thought -- that he thought was obscene that had been put up. the city of san francisco has come around to embrace it's musicians. when they have the centennial for city hall, they brought in all kinds of local musicians and i got to perform at that. that was, at -- in a way, and appreciation from the city of san francisco for the musical legends. i feel like a lot of people in san francisco don't realize what resources there are at the library. we had a film series, the s.f. punk film series that i put together. it was nearly sold out every single night. people were so appreciative that

someone was bringing this for them. it is free. everything in the library is free. >> it it is also a film producer who has a film coming out. maybe in 2018 about crime. what is the title of it? >> it is called san francisco first and only rock 'n' roll movie. crime, 1978. [laughter] >> when i first went to the art institute before the adventures were formed in 77, i was going to be a painter. i did not know i would turn into a punk singer. i got back into painting and i mostly do portraiture and figurative painting. one of the things about this job here is i discovered some great resources for images for my painting. i was looking through these mug shot books that we have here that are from the 1920s. i did a whole series of a mug

shot paintings from those books. they are in the san francisco history centre's s.f. police department records. there are so many different things that the library provides for san franciscans that i feel like a lot of people are like, oh, i don't have a library card. i've never been there. they need to come down and check it out and find out what we have. the people who are hiding stuff in their sellers and wondering what to do with these old photos or old junk, whether it is hippie stuff or punk stuff, or stuff from their grandparents, if they bring it here to us, we can preserve it and archive it and make it available to the public in the future. >> today's special guest michelle ginsberg. >> i'm chris and you are

watching san francisco riegz the show that focused on reguilding and reimagining our city our guest is the general manager of the san francisco rec and parks, with us to talk about new parks, music and other developments. mr. ginsberg, welcome. >> thank you a pleasure to be here >> nice to see you again. >> last time was during the pandemic and virtual. so it is good to be back here. >> indeed. before we get in specifics, let's start with a broad question, how can will park's system play a part in the economic recovery? >> well, our parks system playing an important role throughout the pandemic. parks were here when people in san francisco needed them the most. a place where people could gather and could care for mentality health and fizz cat

health and have a sense of community and a sense of place during a really weird time. and now that things are reopening and figure out how to recover, parks are going to continue to play a significant role >> people are out and having a good time. there are special events happening in parks. concerts and the weather is good. the best way parks play a role in our economic recovery is to motivate -- people to come to our city from other places and to motivate our residents to get out and enjoy themselves >> exciting to her we opened a new park and there is another. what is special about the 2 new projects? >> sure. san francisco is going through, i think, a park renaissance. we opened the francisco park, which is just magnificent property that sits on top of an

old reservoir dating back to the gold rush and has tremendous views of the golden gate bridge and bay and a place where you can bring kids. a cool play ground to bring dogs an amazing dog park. a meadow to watch the fireworks. fog willing. fleet week, community gardens, it is just such an incredible unique space. we are proud of it. >> and then right down the road in a few years, we will be pleased to welcome everybody to india basin in the bay view in the southeast part along the southern water front. 1.7 miles of waterfront that until recently has been under utilized and under fulfill in the a community this needs it the most. india basin is really a feel

moment for the bay view and southeastern part of san francisco. it is going to be san francisco's next great and one of the most important parks >> that's fantastic. now, we have a great history of having conference in parks. can you touch on the year's highlights? >> upcoming and on going. this is something i'm particularly excited about. i don't think there is ever have been more music in san francisco parks than there is right now >> so, let's go around the city and talk about music. stern grove, is in the 85th concert season. back after the pandemic. in this just fabulously treasured meadow. free concerts all summer long. in golden gate park, at the man shell not guilty music concourse free concerts 4 days a week. wednesday, friday, saturday and

sundays. we have sing are song writer wednesday. jazz and seoul on friday. communities performances on saturdays of different kindses and sundays reggae it is extraordinary. and of course, later this summer we are pleased to welcome back outside lands for an exciting 3 days and 3 nights of incredible concerts and food and community. as we go across the city, we got wonderful performances in the jerry theatre in mc clarnin park a special jerry day coming back to the theatre. on june 21st we had make music day appearing all over the city in park in civic center. on the marina green. again in golden gate park. it has been a great time for music and ties into the recovery

and the tremendous energy where we are feeling and -- you know anybody who says san francisco is struggling needs to hang out in the park system. where well is joy and beaut and he inspiration every day. >> so, the san francisco board of supervisors passed legislation to make jfk drive in will golden gate park car free. how have residents responds. >> the san francisco residents responds positive. families. bicyclists, joggers, people with dogs and people from every corner of san francisco have discovered that jfk promenade is a treasure. it enhances the parks so much. imagine a beautiful day in the park and weather on foot or on bike you are strolling down jfk, you pass sixth avenue and head to the music concourse for a

concert or the museum; it is joyous and made golden gate park sproord. i have been hering about disk golf and pickle ball. can you tell us about and where people can practice and play. >> i knew you were going. pickle ball the fastest growing sports. you know across between 10 and is ping pong and may be with a whiffle ball. ping pong on a life sized course it is easy to learn about skill based people who are good are irrelevant good and it is easy to play. it is fun and accessible. we are trying to accommodate sport. we have over 55 courts around san francisco. 11 dedicated just for pickle balt others per pickle ball and tennis. we have 5 or 10 space you can

play pickle ball indoors and keeping up with the tremendous popularity of the sport. disk golf has a loyal following it is also going to continue to growch we opened our first disk golf course in golden gate park in 2005. and you know, whether you are an expert at disk golf or beginner, the idea of chucking a frisbee through the beautiful park and. it does not matter what you score t. is just a good excuse to be outside and enjoy a beautiful day in nature. >> exactly. well, thank you. i really appreciate you coming on the show, thank you for the time you have given us tuesday. >> thank you, i hope everybody enjoys summer. get out and play in san francisco's parks.

>> thanks again. that's it for this episode we will back with another shortly you have been watching san francisco rising i'm chris manners, thanks forrrrrrrrrrrrrr