portion. >> yea. i didn't want to step over you alex is that all? we are going to the staff. >> great. thank you, forest and for being here and to the council and to our presenters i recognize that our paratransit and taxi colleagues are not here but encouraged the council for the questions that forest has not been able to provide with specific upon answers want to follow up with a letter or a request and i think that would be happy to get information. toward that ends. so i would encourage the council to follow up on this and i would say a couple of things. one, being that i hope that as

you are presenting is the plan to present final findings of the public opinion in some format before as part of the presentation to the sfmta board or what is the plan from here? >> so, e routing began today to sends this to the sfmta board. and -- we have communicated what we heard in all of the other out reach meetings. which general low was -- understanding i guess not cognitive people don't general low like increases. and i think people understood the drivers predicaments and increased costs and so over all, we heard general low they were

favorable -- feedback on this topic and that it is reasonable and in fact, significantly less than had inflation has been and so -- we will be presenting this feedback to various supervisors. and then as this goes to the board we will present on when we heard here and other out reach meetings. >> that will be great. i think i don't think there is a doubt when that i heard that people understand and empathize with the predicament of what it is like to be a driver and make a live nothing san francisco. but i think also it is good to also present when there is not unilateral agreement. and then also in the places where we have opportunity to make think about subelemental

things that are we are hearing from the community like -- yes, and the availability of ramp for taxi is a challenge, which we know. and that sometimes paratransit routing can not to the advantage of the rider. which we know. so -- and really you know working toward being transparent around those things to make sense in the areas as well. i do think that and -- i heard from wheel chair users i am myself, it is getting harder to get around with -- on demand transportation model because of few are options and i'm a proponent of public transit and all of that as well but

sometimes you need to go somewhere door to door. and so -- really -- taking the time to present the different pregnancy we hear on this and see what else we can do. from the other feedback that arc rises. when we have an opportunity to do that it is a good thing for the community as a whole. so those are my thoughts and whatever you can do to help with convening folks or -- the other issues related we do that. that's where i will stop and i see that deputy director cap listen is on. go ahead debbie. why thank you.

so -- as i'm understanding what is going to be proposed to the mt aboard. paratransit riders. this change would not and -- reducing the total amount of paratransit subsidy they would be. there would be an increase in the total amount of paratransit for the vouchers so that this change would not ends up reducing the amount that is available. but it would have the impact of increasing. the cost each ride. is that accurate? >> i say both of those are accurate and that is -- subsidy would go up and then rider

portion of the cost of the trip would go up. >> right. it would not reduce the number of trips available but still would increase the out of pocket cost that have had have to be paid for using paratransit for each ride. i think in -- your presentation -- it obviously is a pretty compelling argument that there has been a very negative impact on drivers -- of inpopulation. and that is is not fair and also -- endses up making driving taxis less attractive as a way for people to make a living and reduces the drivers that are

available. i think, though. you know what struck me is -- that inflation had a major impact on people who are living on public benefits or under -- the very, very low income to start with -- inflation that had the same impact on people who are living at probably on an among to mont basis. they are not able to afford things the end of the month. which is often what happens when people don't have enough to live on that is trough for many people with disabilities who are relying on public benefits and

use paratransit. i'm wondering whether it seems like it has been a given that if there is an increase that increase would also the taxi users and wonder if there has been consideration. paratransit riders, taxi users and the riders would not have to pay any increase out of pocket. by finding another fund of money or going to the board of supervisors or whatever. that has been discussed. that has with our accessibility team this is the proposal we can come up with the funding available but i'm certain that,

that something that we can take a closer look at to see if that is possible to find another funding source. that has not been considered based on the funding available. of the >> thank you. now -- i have a follow up question. on public comment. i just came up to mind that i know that it is so suddenly

drivers and and seemed to -- to see that -- this [inaudible] serving many the service would meaning would have opportunities to to get more taxi to contournaments and sad to see that -- that we needed to tell be good going forward. did they -- times you do this?

more teleing people what can we then finish. of the drivers. and the initial -- >> thank you. i apologize i realize the time for councilmembers to make the comment passed. >> thank you. i wanted say something with regards to debbie's question about alternate funding resources to consider. rather than impacting a population that already has difficulty such as mentioned have not received an increase now transportation is more important than ever. it has been said before, i support the drivers and in getting the necessary and i know you are propotion the 18% is up

to inflation but next for drivers if we get more they come back i like the idea in the future if not late to consider alternate funding resources and seconded low if it does psdz and the increase is passed on to the programs to seniors and people with disabilities i would like to see as mentioned services improve. so if we have to pay for the services. on the population that has the most hardship we should have access to the programs. i think as recommended before we need to continue to do out reach and w with you on these program catharsis pomp lawyer so people have access to what form of transportation. the program with taxis or paratransitor whatever.

they need to be improved. i like that in looking at program and huwe improve service. thank you. >> now we are moving to >> one more alex i'm sorry. this is nicole. what is the best way i then and there is going in from the board soon what is the best way for the council to be aware of when it will go to the sfmta board for i volt and members here that would want to participate monopoly this meeting or if they had follow up concerns they wanted to presents to the board. they would have you know time to do this if they choose. what is the best way for them to learn when this will happen? when the vote might happen.

upon i'm sorry for interrupting you, alex. >> i'm looking the mid -- october meeting currently. when it is scheduled. >> and that was -- yea. if we could get a closer date or -- you know move it. >> i'm sorry we are hoping for october 18th to be the meeting that we present to the mt aboard currently. and that's when we are planning on but -- we -- i guess in an e mail the council and let you know if we get bumped to a later

meeting. but currently our date is october 18th and the way to if there is comments that folks think of later, they can e mail us at sftaxi @sfmta.com and ask to confirm we are still on the october 18th board meeting. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> now we are moving to public comment. and -- okay i would like to reminds the public this you can indicate you would like to make public comment by clicking on the raised hand icon within the zoom platform if you are call nothing by phone you can dial star 9. to indicate you want to comment

and you will be prompted when it is your turn. you can indicate by typing so in the q & a box or in the box to be read by the clerk. >> thank you. at this time i don't see any members in the public indicating than iment to make public comment. >> all right. >> thank you for that. again, thank you forest and again i just want to -- revoice that this is a big change but think about what would impact. for the thank you and i hope to see you soon. >> thank you for you having us.

>> thank you. >> now we are on moving along to item number 9 which is [inaudible] can we have [inaudible] at this time. >> yes. there -- is one female that was sent to the mayor's disability council and received on september 22nd. it is from mike poedas. who wrote. i read with interest about the know bob plant award what about establishing an award for disabled peoples diseased but dedicated most of their adult life to improving access in san francisco and state wide. perhaps it can be a [inaudible] it is a shame that so few people

disabled and dedicated a good part of their lives to improving access for san francisco but get forgotten. >> and again that is from mike hoodas. that is the only pose that came in the last month. >> thank you. >> now we are moving to the general public comment. we have any general public comment at this time? >> as a reminder raise your hand by click on the raised hand aircraft conor dial star 9 you can time it in the q & a box to be read by the clerk or indicate

you want to make public comment. there is one member of the public interested in making comment at this time. >> gabriela you are permitted unmou >> good afternoon i'm gabriela and i am the community program specialist two with the state council on developmental disabilities. and just a reminder to everybody that the state council health connect people to needed services and support. strife to improve services and support. and help people with intellectual and developal disabilities be a part of their community. i will share my contact in the q & a in case the council would like to share that with any

community partners or support groups that may be interested in any of our services or training. that we can support the community with. will also we do have an advisory committee for the bay area. and -- we will be meeting on wednesday september 28th 6:30-9 p.m. i can put this link in the q & a if anybody would like to share it. that will be via zoom. can you finds that agenda and zoom link on our website. scdd. co. gov and lastly one more thing i would like to share that we do support community groups and service providers and securing ppe for people with disabilities, families and their dsp and e mail us if you know of

a group that could use help securing ppe. feel free to send an e mail to the bay area office and that you e mail is bay area @scdd. ca. gov. and this is all. thank you. >> thank you for your comment and that information. thank you. >> now are there council numbers comments on [inaudible]. all right.

we are moving along to the last item and that is adjournment. if there is objection we'll adjourn the meeting but before that i just want to say thank you for -- councilmembers and mayor of disability staff and interpreters and the community and -- public comment i want to say thank you to all for coming and going to adjourn the meeting. and the next meeting will be

october 21 at 1-4. we will be on zoom. thank you and see you guys next month. >> thank you, thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you alex. >> thank you. >> everybody have a nice weekend.

>> once i got the hang of it a little bit, you know, like the first time, i never left the court. i just fell in love with it and any opportunity i had to get out there, you know, they didn't have to ask twice.

you can always find me on the court. [♪♪♪] >> we have been able to participate in 12 athletics wheelchairs. they provide what is an expensive tool to facilitate basketball specifically. behind me are the amazing golden state road warriors, which are one of the most competitive adaptive basketball teams in the state led by its captain, chuck hill, who was a national paralympic and, and is now an assistant coach on the national big team. >> it is great to have this opportunity here in san francisco. we are the main hub of the bay area, which, you know, we should definitely have resources here.

now that that is happening, you know, i i'm looking forward to that growing and spreading and helping spread the word that needs -- that these people are here for everyone. i think it is important for people with disabilities, as well as able-bodied, to be able to see and to try different sports, and to appreciate trying different things. >> people can come and check out this chairs and use them. but then also friday evening, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., it will be wheelchair basketball we will make sure it is available, and that way people can no that people will be coming to play at the same time. >> we offer a wide variety of adaptive and inclusion programming, but this is the first time we have had our own equipment. [♪♪♪]

>> my name is holly doudiet. h2 firefighter with the san franciscowired. what inspired me to be a firefighter was in 2008 i graduated college . the recession had happened so there weren't any jobs. i was having troublefinding a job. and i was kind of looking around . my dad was a firefighter and i thought what a great career he had. so i asked my dad, never

thinking about it at first before. i said dad, what you think about me being afirefighter and he goes yeah, thatwould be a good idea . i took some classes, i ended up loving it . i grew up and actually and i think it was a good fit for me because it's a physical job and it's enjoyable. you never know whatyou're going to get and it's a team effort . i first realized i was part of the lgbt+ community in sixth grade. i looked on the other side of the classroom and i sawthis girl i thought was really attractive and i thought i want to be her boyfriend . though my experiences in the city growing up in the city and countyof san francisco were always verypositive . i came out in high school . i actually ended up being prom king my senior year in high school and a lot of peoplewere very supportive . myparents were very supportive . they just let me do my thing and my dad knew of a lot of

lesbian women in the fire departmentthe time because he was a san francisco firefighter . for me it's very important to be part of a community and organization and an agency that supports my lgbtq status because if you're not yourself, how can you perform to the best of your abilities? you're always holding back in some way whether it's your personality or your abilities or your overall skills and with agency that supports me being a lesbian i can truly be myself. i can be happy. i can be social with other people. it makes me want to work as a team and we all work better together when we are happier and we can be ourselves. >>. [music]

>> >> president katherine feinstein: this is the fire commission meeting of september 28, 2022. at 5:00.

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>> >> president katherine feinstein: present. >>vice-president stephen nakajo: present. >> commissioner marcy fraser: present. commissioner morgan has been excused from the meeting. >> >> chief jeanine nicholson: present. >> item 2 item will be read by president feinstein. >> thank you. >> 2. ramaytush ohlone land acknowledgement the san francisco fire commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from

living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. >> thank you very much. >> >>clerk: item 3. >> 3. resolution 2022-13 [discussion and possible action] adoption of resolution setting forth findings to allow teleconferenced meetings under california government code section 54953(e). is there any public comment on this matter? >> there is no public comment on the line. >> is there any discussion by any of our commissioners? all right. may i have a motion, please?

>> second. >> thank you. >> [roll call] >> the motion is unanimous. >> item 4. >> 4. resolution 2022-14 [discussion and possible action] resolution adopting that the h-9 community paramedic position of the san francisco fire department be created >> all right. any public comment? >> there is no public comment on the line. >> all right. any questions or comments from my colleagues? >> yes, vice-president nakajo? >> >>vice-president stephen nakajo: there are introductions that the chief of the department wants to make on this resolution 2022-14 at this time. >> >> president katherine feinstein: chief, your call. >>

>> chief jeanine nicholson: i will have the deputy speak on this as it falls under his purview. >> all right. good evening, chief. >> it enables people to stay current in both positions,

right? they can still be practiced and ready in emergency response and also practice in community medicine. we are very happy with the position and we hope you pass this resolution. >> all right. thank you. >> i'm sorry, madam secretary, is there any public comment? >> there is no public comment. >> at this time the public comment is closed. at this time, i will ask that we pass the resolution. >> second. >> [roll call] >> the motion is unanimous. >> 5. approval of the minutes [discussion and possible action] discussion and possible action to approve meeting minutes. • minutes from regular meeting on august 24, 2022.

>> president katherine feinstein: any public comment on the minutes? there is no public comment. >> any comment from my fellow commissioners. >> madam president, i would like to move this item to adopt. >> second. >> i vote to adopt. >> the motion is unanimous. >> 6 general public comment members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matter within the commission's jurisdiction that does not appear on the agenda. speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department personnel. commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with a speaker. the lack of a response by the commissioners or department personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made during public comment. there is nobody on the public comment line. >> all right. i see no one present that wishes

to make public comment. public comment will be closed on this matter. >> >>clerk: 7. chief of department's report [discussion] report from chief of department, jeanine nicholson report on current issues, activities, and events within the department since the fire commission meeting on august 24, 2022, including budget, academies, special events, communications, and outreach to other government agencies and the public. report from operations, deputy chief robert postel report on overall field operations, including greater alarm fires, bureau of fire prevention & investigation, training within the department., and airport division. report from administration, deputy chief tom o'connor report on the administrative divisions, fleet and facility status and updates, finance, support services, and homeland security. report from ems and community paramedicine, deputy chief sandra tong report on the ems and community paramedicine divisions

>> >> chief, good evening. >> good evening and salutations. i am chief jeanine nicholson. although it has gotten better, covid is still around and we have two team members positive that have been out less than 30 days and we have six out due to covid. it has dropped a bit but is still an issue. after being chosen by the review

panel, i am happy to announce the position of the chief -- will fill chief tong shoes and i'm sure he will do a great job. congratulations to you, young ladd. i have enjoyed my 25th candidate and each candidate goes through a panel of members and they recommend people to my office for interviews.

the offer should go out for the 21st academy september 30th. >> there was a great fundraiser that went to support the black firefighters association youth academy. on september 11th, we did not celebrate, we commemorated the 21st anniversary of 911, 2001. i would like to thank the staff for helping with that. we were at the public library and it was a somber but beautiful little ceremony.

>> i have attended city hall and attended a meeting about the netherlands and she talked about making it equal to everyone. you may remember the netherlands was the first country to make legal marriage in 2001. the city is opening up and i met in chinatown with some of my command staff with the san francisco police department. i also attended the autumn moon festival, sort of a thanksgiving of sorts in the chinese community. and it's really great

to be out and about and seeing others out and about post covid, communities coming together. i met with los angeles fire chief recently to discuss many topics, but one of them being basically managerial risk management. so sort of, her department had some of the same issues that this department has. so it's really helpful for me to engage with chiefs with other cities on how we can problem solve together. >> last week i met with the employees firefighter association and we talked about hiring and i look forward to working with them in the future

on recruitment in the department. today meeting chief, including two resolutions allowing us to work with state and federal agencies to get equipment and apparatus for training purposes. and basically for our own use, not necessarily even just training purposes. chief spoke in front of the budget and finance committee. supervisor ronen, supervisor chan, and supervisor safai, and he did a great job, and it passed out of committee to go to the full board, and i'm not sure when that will happen, but this will enable us to basically get surplus equipment for free. which is really great. finally i'm happy to report that

it is also cd 4 presentation to this board and community. that will conclude my remarks. >> thank you, chief. >> do we have any public comment? >> there is nobody on the public comment line. >> all right. nobody is present from the audience. public comment will be closed. >> chief postel, please join us. >> good evening, president feinstein, commissioners. this is my report for the month of august. we had 15 working fires. 21 water rescues, two cliff rescues. of those 15 working fires, three were greater alarms.

first grade alarm was august 23, 1206 p.m. this is at mcallister and visidero. this was an old church converted into living spaces and apartments. the fire was pretty well advanced upon arrival of the first crews. they had difficulty accessing where the fire was and the doors were boarded up. they had to breach some walls to get water on the fire. because of the advanced fire department arrival, that fire traveled through some pipe chases and eventually got into the attic spaces. because this was going on, the

fire truck arrived at the scene and went to the roof and had to go back down because there was a rescue. that delayed them being able to conduct any roof operations which was also affected some of the complexity of the incident. there was a lot of hidden spaces, boarded up doors. small rooms on the top floor with a five 1/2 foot ceiling with a laundry room in it and giant 8 x 8 foot void space. typical layout of the building didn't exist so we were forced to open the walls in the ceiling and a lot of manual labor to expose the fires. very laboring work

for the crews. the chief was on the roof. the work done by the crews on the roof played a huge role and us being able to take this fire and contain it to that one corner of the building. it traveled vertically and did get to the attic space, but the fact that it didn't run the hallway and didn't take the top of the building off, it was remarkable and they did an outstanding job, and i'm very proud of the work that day. >> august 31st, a second alarm fire, 1216 fitzgerald avenue in hunter's point area. it was a horder situation, there was fire

and plus an rv burning. they had to battle their way into the building. we had to get crews in there. again, crews did an outstanding job. particularly station 17 who was aware of this building in this situation, and they had preplanned to the extent possible how they were going to deal with this fire once they knew it was coming and they were prepared for it. i'm super proud of the work done there. it required a tremendous amount of coordination from the commander to manage lines and different approaches to gain access to the different areas of the fire. you couldn't just lead a hose lineup the stairs and down the hallway to the fire. you had to climb ladders to the back and the excess of storage. great job on that fire as well. then, later that day,

august 31st, also, it was a third alarm at visidero. the chief thompson was at this fire. this fire also had challenges. it was wrapped with scaffolding and which had netting and unable to access the building from the exterior. we had that challenge to begin with. the fire was well advanced upon our arrival on the top floor. this building had multiple stair wells. it had seven or nine separate stair wells of the building. -- you had to do a lot of recon to figure out how to deal with this fire. by the time they get to it, there were narrow stairs, and they got to

the top of these stair wells and pushed to that top floor. directly adjacent to that building to the right of divisadero, we had fire get into the walls and the attic of the shared wall between the two buildings. chief thomson was smart enough to get in there right away and minimize that threat. again, similar to the other third alarm, this fire had tremendous potential to really burn up the vast majority of the building. these crews, under the coordination under chief thomson's leadership were able to really limit the extent of the fire damage to the front half of the top floor only and just very minimal damage in that exposure building. again, the crews are doing an outstanding

job with these incidents. i cannot say enough good things about them. that was our operational events for the month of august. the bureau of fire prevention investigation which you will hear more from chief tonight about the code later on. they conducted a total of 1780 inspections for august, issued 180 ordinance and the fire and safety coordination which is also under his coordination investigated 7 alarm fires and vehicle fires and 775 permits submitted and 684 permits were approved. they continued to work with the mta on the traffic calming and street design changes that are going on and trying to advocate for the fire

safety of the public through that process. at the airport, assistant deputy chief d'arcy, as it happens, today was their annual full scale operational drill. i had a chance to go down and serve that drill. it's the first time i have been to one of these. it was incredibly impressive to see all the different jurisdictions come together at the airport. you had city of san francisco, fire department people. you had the airport fire suppression people and san bruno and san mateo county and sfpd response. and the airport. you had almost 140 people that came from this plane and they had buses to

transport all these patients and transported them to area hospitals to san mateo, east bay and transported them to the hospital as if it were really an actual event. that was really impressive. nice to see them that well prepared. in addition to that, they responded to 509 calls for service for the month of august at the airport. they provided fire training to new members and existing members down at the airport. division of training under the assistant chief, the recruit class continues the training. at the end of august, they completed week six through 10 of the academy and have completed week 13 and final week of testing in the fire curriculum

firefighter 1 type of stuff. that class is progressing well. the hybrid west academy will be completed and this is a class of 25 people that will graduate friday. training is now fully staff with h 28 instructors and doing a lot of work to preparing for a lot of upcoming drills and a lot of things we are working on for next spring which will be well received by the people in the field. >> we'll be conducting our semi annual drill october 15th, and have tables set up october 9th and public education for recruitment.

>> this concludes my presentation. >> is there anyone in the public wishing to make public comment? there is nobody in the audience wishing to make public comment. public comment is now closed. >> thank you very much. >> >> i greatly appreciate when you gave your report how descriptive your report is. these greater alarm fires out of the two were near my neighborhood and again, i can hear what i call the longevity of the sirens and in terms of heavy work and i can

see the smoke on the other. i want to acknowledge all the members who fought that fire as well as the command in leadership. chief thomson as well. i want to acknowledge that descripter report and i know i am with the fire department but when it comes to mutual cooperation or mutual jurisdiction, it's pretty amazing as you describe how many entities are involved with the corporation. when you said they took the patients out of the airport to the hospital, you mean they took that drill all the way to the hospital? >> normally they simulate that but the reaction, they

transported them to the hospital as if they were actual patients. >> off that fire that occurred in the western edition, we have scheduled october 26th, wednesday, that there is a recognition for rosa parks and the family members and the community will be here as well. i want to thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> any comments? >> thank you, president feinstein. i have a couple

comments. >> as a new fire commissioner, i want to say that i was at those three alarm fires. i want to thank chief for coming to speak with me after it was mostly knocked down. i didn't realize that was you chief on the roof. they were incredible fires and it was something to see. i was really impressed. just humbled by your work, all of you. thank you. i loved your report, just like my colleague said. it was perfectly delivered and really full of great detail. i thank you for that. that's enough from me, thank you. >> thank you. >> chief postel?

>> all right. chief o'connor, it's your turn. >> good evening president feinstein, commissioners, i'm chief o'connor. i'm here to report from the administration. >> we had our kickoff for fleet week and for the marine and coast guard and to work with first responders from san francisco. at maclaren park. and there was going to be a helicopter, but unfortunately it was canceled but still a great turn the for those involved. we

had active shooter training. and we will have fleet week. under our nert team response, we had training at maclaren park. in person nert classes are finally back. i see patty giving a class in the streets in soma. we had another health and safety wellness coffee with bhu on the 28th on 7th street. we are looking to branch out our chaplain program and we are trying to get other spiritual

leaders involved during times of crisis. we are also looking to form a partnership with the credit union, the local 798 union and the cancer foundation to purchase gear bags for our members. we want to get big duffle bags so they are not transporting dirty equipment in vehicles. we are trying to minimize everyone's exposure. we also purchased 1700 covid test, getting ready for the winter and we are looking for greater coordination with our physicians office. so we are having weekly meetings and stephanie and our counselors and trying to get more data on the number of data we are seeing. we are having a greater presentation for the board of supervisors and the mayor's office going forward with our next budget cycle to justify the expansion of that unit. we also have chief alba working

on that post training protocol. we are trying to get a more accurate assessment of their health and nutritional needs and hydration labels when they are out fighting fires for weeks at a time. from the office of employee health, labeled as the physicians office. we had eight promotional exams, we had 23 probation exams, we had a small surge of covid that abated in august and now we have one per day. we had a vaccine clinic idea at headquarters and we had an occupational training with medicine. and trying to present to the researchers the different elements that they are facing in a toxic environment and

decontaminating members and focus on the overall health after the fire. we had 27 members that randomly testing and all were negative. we had alcohol test and they were all negative and we had training. his associates lieutenant to cover when he is off duty to do the investigative services and testing and training. under support services with chief ramon serano. we are at 95% completion and things are really moving forward with our training facility. we picked the project manager september 7th and we should have

notice receipt going forward in october. we are still doing background check on the program manager. i can't announce his or her name yet. very client oriented, every stage of the process, bringing all the stakeholders together to be sure what we were doing going forward. we were really excited about it. >> we are going to be laying out the property and working with process. >> and inspector was there and bruce jenkins and as well as joaquin torres, our command staff and filled hundreds of

school bags for the academy. these are provided by the sparkle foundation. they issued 4,000 bags for the bay area and we distributed them in august. we had the education and community outreach group. harvest moon festival. we see them reaching out to the community. and we had the police, fire sheriff memorial mass at the cathedral. you can see the command staff and the mayor and the archbishop. i had a video but it won't play. i apologize for that. that was my report for the month of august. >> thank you, chief o'connor. do we have any public comment? >> there is nobody in our public

comment line. >> i don't see any hands in the audience. public comment will be closed. does anyone have questions for chief o'connor? >> thank you, chief. great to hear your report. i have two questions, one is for the chaplain program. are you looking for someone in committee or looking for an actual chaplain to provide service to members? >> both. we are looking across broader nominations. >> you said you were looking for bags, how many? or just on going? >> we are trying to expand to all of our firefighters to get their gear but everyone involved and trying to get from the different agencies for the supplies going forward.

>> okay, so a hundred? >> 1700. >> okay, thank you very much. >> >> thank you very much. one more question. to follow up of commissioner fraser. these bags are a great idea. i'm assuming they are not budgeted and you are looking for funding outside of the department. to determine that, do you have any idea on how you would raise that individual fund on these 1700 bags. is there a campaign or sponsor out there? >> again, it should be a process between the cancer foundation, credit union and the fire local 98. this has been a focus of the cancer foundation of the decontamination of our process.

>> the chaplain of the question or the concept, you are talking about that both in terms of spiritually serving one our department or part of the wellness concept of another entity of expanded resources. >> we consider it as part of our overall wellness program, spiritual and wellness to have spiritual leadership to help our members. >> like the buddhist members of our community as well? >> correct. >> thank you very much for that. >> thank you, vice-president, and thank you chief o'connor. at this time, making debut in he

new role, we would like to welcome deputy chief tong who has been phenomenal and strong in terms of leading ems through a movement of building through skirt and hsoc and everything else. i would like to congratulate you on becoming cd 4 and welcome to your first presentation. >> thank you very much. president feinstein, vice-president nakajo, commissioners, and staff, thank you very much. thank you chief nicholson for this opportunity. this division i think really acknowledges the

importance of ems in community para medicine in this department. i'm very honored to be able to have this position and hopefully moving forward going forward. thank you, chief postel for helping these months. i know when he first started, he wasn't in this but now i'm here to do the reports. chief has been by my side for the last three years really doing all the things that president feinstein you have been talking about in terms of growing this division and being a huge support. he's there is original

originator of ms 6 and i'm happy to have him in this position. >> welcome. >> >> i just wanted to, i will also preface in terms of this position and some of my basic goals, really simply is to continue the work of ems and just really helping us to move forward to provide services to the community as well as really supporting our members who are doing this work. as you know the work of ems on ambulances is just crazy. it's been so difficult. they have been so busy and we really want to start looking out for their health and well-being more so. that's definitely one of the things i want to focus on. and also increasing the understand of community medicine in the department as well as outside the department. it's a new endeavor and something that there is a lot of eyes on it and we really want to

make sure we represent the work that we are going to be doing and are doing to the best of our ability and continuing to tweak it and provide the best services to the community. we want to integrate ems and medicine. i did want to start the presentation. >> so, in the front of your packet is a photo of one of our emt's. i'm hoping with every report i do i will highlight one of the photos that our members take. i want us to be able to for those to spread the word and help you see a little bit more

that we see. >> for the ems division, we had and are in the third hybrid academy. they will be graduating at the end of this week. we started with a class of 29, but a few of them dropped out or weren't able to complete the course. so we look like 25 people that will be graduating. we also during this time had two classes bump up emt's to paramedics. we graduated 14 of them and now they are added onto our group. we are working with another academy. probably a paramedic and an emt academy, level one

and level two academies in february and march. we are thinking about the hybrid model and it doesn't really seem to serve our purposes in getting the training that they need. we are looking at changing that and maybe going back to separate academies for emt's and paramedics. i'm happy to show you this picture. three new ambulances that we had delivered in august. these are a different model than the ones that we previously have purchased in the past even in dphd days. these are ambulances built on a truck chassis and hopefully more durable and more space in the front to be more comfortable. these three are the first of 14 that we'll be

getting in the next 12-18 months. these are considered more or less stock ambulances. we have in the process right now an rfp that have gone out to bid for new vendors for a new ambulance contract. so going forward we will have ambulances built to our specifications, but given our aging fleet, we needed to buy as many ambulances as we could off the shelf. we are very excited about that. >> we average about 340 calls per day. we are going to look at our data better to plan for new changes whether it's scheduling, the way

we deploy our ambulances and how we do the work. we'll be looking at that with more data. i wanted to also let you know that we had an increase in our market share over the past year. we have three providers in san francisco that do ems ambulance work, the fire department, the major player and king american and emr and we share that load with emr. in the past it has been a little bit of a struggle to get the numbers with the percentage of calls, but with the influx, 60 new feat -- f te's and doing a great job of managing the work load. we had a safe event of a

surrender. a mother was able to deliver her child to the fire station and confidently able to hand over the baby and we took the baby to the hospital and the crews performed that service did a fantastic job. now onto community para medicine. august was the first time that we were able to place a 5150 hold. last time the board of supervisors passed a resolution that allows paramedics to place 5150s. it took a while, this past month, we finally got that program operational. the first one happened in august and we expect more to happen this month. as we get the word out and to crews and ambulances, i suspect that number will rise. the other thing that happened this month is we are switching

over to emd, emergency medical dispatching where the calls are now going specifically to our members with sort, street overdosing and street wellness teams. before they were assigning them to incidents and now we are dispatching calls. this has just started. >> i just wanted to show you, we had a summer intern, a recommendation by dr. brook hall, a woman who volunteered with us and worked with the community medicine and paramedic program and through that she was able to identify the barriers and transition where individuals might leave care. you can see this whole chart. i tried to print it out and still

couldn't read the words. >> if you wanted to see this, you will see how this interacted throughout their journey. >> >> then just some highlights of the community paramedic division. moving to the emd i have spoken about, we have reduced a number of unable to locate people of incidents from 36% to 15% which is significant. the street teams also engaged over 11 hundred individuals which is definitely a lot higher, much higher than the 754 one thing i also wanted to point out to people is the means of having an engaged individual.

when we come across somebody who has been identified as needing help or we come upon them or inquire as to whether they need help, the assessment and the discussions that happened with them are pretty detailed and that's a lot of the training that the paramedics do. we can't always convince somebody even in our opinion they would be better served in other resources and other places. if they have a choice, if they are not disabled, if they don't meet that 5150 criteria, they can choose to stay. i think that is something that is important for everyone to understand. it's not quite as easy as identifying somebody who you believe needs some assistance. if they don't want it and they present in the way that they can maintain and operate in the community, then we do leave them there. and then though we have had 29%

that have been transported from the scene to appropriate care. that's one out of four encounters which is also significant. so that is basically my report. if there is any additional information you would like to see, please let me know and we'll try to incorporate some of that too. thank you. >> thank you, chief tong. questions, comments? >> public comment, sorry. >> there is nobody on the public comment line. >> all right. there is no public comment in the audience. so public comment will be closed. >> vice-president ?

>> thank you very much, omaha # -- madam president. >> i have been taking notes and i tried to get the detail of this report. i will get to it. my main issue, the words that come to my mind is how wonderful it is to be able to have this detailed report by the chief and your appointment and congratulations to your appointment in cd 4. because this detailed nature of it and again, i'm going to refer in this report, that generally this division paramedic as well as

>> if i didn't get this report, i wouldn't hear about the ability to have level one and two with courses and with the emt's and paramedics and how great it is for the department to have these kind of trainings sessions so that our members can have the opportunity in-house. that's a big deal. again, having been with some longevity within the department in terms of how it is. also it's great that with your emt's were out to bid and

customize ambulances. i have been around for a while and it's been a long time that i have heard that and it's been achievable and something we wanted to get and it is a big deal to customize ambulances to our uses, to our knowledge base. it's also impressive and we used to hear this a lot of the market share percentage. it took me a long time to try to understand that between the other ambulance services in our department. we used to look at that number. and to have that come back at 85% share of our market, is significant as well as the hiring of the members to be able to increase and be comprehensive. to me these are all big deals. first time i have heard about a baby being delivered in safe

shelter. significant. does it hit the headlines, the chronicle, but it's significant. i like your format. realizing that it's your first time in your format. i like your format because it presents in clarity to necessity with -- especially with ems and para medicine. there were reports, last one by ems captain mill wood and reminds me of what they are. it takes a while, but these teams, sort overdose team, wellness response team, tenderloin

command center. i'm talking always about our department. but when the reports are dpw participates mta police department, san francisco, i don't know -- maybe i have heard it. so what is -- >> homeless outreach team. >> what is fest? >> >> it's an outreach team contracted by the department of health by the felton institute. similar to the hot team. >> okay, because for myself in terms of an i make remarks is to how responsive we are to the department and to have the

intern present. this is an intern and i have worked with interns all my life. this is a prison. wow, what an intern with the data that we can use. everything this this report reinforces to my staff and colleagues in this commission how much great work is going on out there. i can see now how it makes sense to talk about this area as well. so i can take a breath between reports. on the field i always think about reports and the first thing he does is he stays in the cabin and he gives you his report. it's a wonderful thing

to be able to see something in implementational format and see it be operational. i wanted to thank you for this report and tell you how well it stood out in terms of process and procedure. >> thank you. >> congratulations, chief tong. it's a wonderful thing and a great report. all around everything that my fellow commissioner has said, i agree with. it's a really good report. and oddly enough. i just came off ems 5, which was great and we had several encounters with two of the skirt teams, and i just want to mention that there were two people on the street that we were thinking of.

we were able to help and deliver one of the resources in the community. the second person was one of those people who was extremely young and right on the edge of greatly disabled and his sister was on the sidewalk pleading, pleasing with the pra medicine asking for help and then it was okay and it was a no go and we are not arresting people and we can't detain people and i want to acknowledge the difficulty for the staff on the street when they are in that moment and they just have to walk away. it's really hard, really really hard. the sister who was so upset with the paramedic who handled it beautifully i thought. because she's just at the edge of her rope too. so it's a very tough

job. and i'm happy that you are going to be giving us these report every month. i will look forward to learning more about it. also congratulations on all the new class of 25 that you've added. i know it's needed. so thank you. >> thanks. >> i actually have a few questions for you chief tong. they just were coming to me as i was listening to your colleagues make their presentations, and to me, community para medicine was a whole new concept. i had never heard anything about it. i had read an article a couple years ago about seattle, and some other places, but not in any great detail. and your reports, i will echo

your comments, your reports has given us great detail on what is going on with para medicine and which unit is doing what and how. they are sort of random questions i have and probably asking too much of one department, and i refer to the whole department when i bring this up, but when we heard the report from chief postel on the horder on fitzgerald. we know hoarding is a pretty severely case of mental illness. is there any cross over or anything that we can offer and i'm not suggesting the fire department

can solve all the world's problems, but whoever this person was and i don't know if they were in the premises, not in the premises, i don't know anything about them, but is there any way there is overlap for them to get services. i'm sure they lost their home which i believe i'm correct that they did. the red cross comes, but i'm just wondering whether there is a nexus that we should aim for. it may be too much. i'm just curious as to your thoughts and opinions on that? >> >> i probably have some initial thoughts that i'm not ready to speak about because i'm still trying to form it. we do often go into locations in people's

residences where there is hoarding going on and sometimes it comes to the attention of the fire marshall and fire prevention as they try to address some of those situations especially when there is access issues, things like that. if it's just in somebody's personal home, whether or not there is a caregiver or another person who is responsible for that and not just the individual but maybe a caregiver is not taking care of a family member and we can call adult protective services for some of those situations. i would refer to chief to speak about that. we do get calls to some of those locations if there is something that we can do from the community paramedic's point of view. would you like him to address that? >> would you like to do that chief? >> if the question is how could community para medicine help

alleviate hoarding and maybe prevent fires from occurring, we have to be invited to the house first. if the person is a 911 utilizer, you are right, the person is hoarding and we can try to connect them to mental health providers. we have done that quite a lot because especially if someone is renting, they often are evicted because of the hoarding. that is something that is we engage in and is very challenging and difficult. >> i understand. and it's just, it seems like we have a number of different

divisions that are dealing with the same problem and kind of coming at it at different angles. to the extent that you are working on it, and hopefully prevent like what happened as the fire on fitzgerald. thank you for that. >> my next question is a technical one and it may seem somewhat dumb, but the pictures of the new ambulances, they look much bigger than our current ambulances. is that just the picture? >> they are just a little bit bigger. the cab has more room and a little bit longer, but in terms of the box and the width is the basic same size that we

use. it's the size of the chassis that sticks out a little bit more. >> what about the maneuverablity? >> i have not driven one. >> i saw one on a slow street where a more permanent barrier had been erected, and i will tell you whoever was driving this truck and whoever was the tiller person did yoman's work getting the truck around this structure. i mean they were backing up and going forward and that truck was bending in directions i didn't know a truck

could bend. it was really concerning to me. people were actually, i was in a regular car, and other people on regular cars, we were all trying to get out of the way. but you had to really get, it wasn't just a matter of the pulling to the right. you had to give them free lanes to get past this barriers. i just want to make sure our ambulances are going to have the access, not be so big that they can't have the access. >> i'm going to continue to bring up these barriers until they are in compliance with what mta says they are supposed to be because there doesn't seem to be any enforcement going on in regard to illegal barriers. so that's why i was asking about

the ambulance and went off on the truck. i have got to commend. i wish i had gotten a number of the truck because the folks in that truck, they got it through. i don't know if it got smashed at all. i don't think so. i probably would have noticed that. it was a fire. and they just did an incredible job. as a know the ambulance drivers have to navigate the streets. >> we were making sure they would be comparable to what we have and provide more comfort and more maneuver ability and longevity. >> i'm sure the folks in your

new promotion and the existing positions are going to appreciate that. thank you and welcome cd 4. >> thank you very much. >> >> item 8. 8. amendments to the fire code [discussion and possible action] discussion and possible action to recommend that the board of supervisors approve a proposed ordinance enacting 2019 amendments to the san francisco fire code. consistent with prior fire code amendments, occurring on a 3-year cycle, as required by state law, the proposed ordinance would repeal the existing 2019 san francisco fire code and adopt the 2022 california fire code and 2021 international fire code, together with san francisco-specific amendments. - accompanying materials: o proposed ordinance o draft legislative digest o chart of findings supporting san francisco-specific amendments to california fire

>> there is no public comment. >> >> public comment is closed. >> >> great. >> we are going to start with a new san francisco fire code. we are going to start with how is a fire code developed and do we have to do it every three years. >> you can see in the picture there, we learn by mistake. that's how the fire code develops when an incident happens or something bad happens and how to not let it happen again. you have been providing documents to the board of supervisors which is a proposed

ordinance, legislative digest which is a quick summary of it and then exhibit a, a standard findings of the amendment which we have to report to the california standards commission why we are changing the code. we start with first the 2019 codes that is developed from the 2018 code the california fire code and the san francisco fire code and we throw it out the door and start from scratch all over again. so, this is where it all starts. this is the international fire code. so the international code is developed by icc which is a private entity made by memberships by the fire department throughout the country with legislative stakeholders altogether and try to improve it based on what happened.

they book the international fire code in 2021 and puts entirely into the california fire code. so that is pretty much a reprint of what's in here. the difference is the state doesn't actually have to adopt everything. so they take the inc, cfc, the california fire code. california adopts some sessions and modify some sections and they leave other sections to other jurisdictions. some may work here and other places. they leave that to us and that's where we come in. we could either adopt, we have to adopt what the state adopts or make it more restrictive, or

we can adopt parts of the international fire code. so this was what it says. we incorporate, we take the california fire code, the international fire code, we take what we want out of it and it has been adopted by the case and come up with more requirements and then with that comes the san francisco fire code. so now we get highlights. i'm only going to present to you what has been added since the last code. this is my only third code that i have helped to write and develop and during my fire prevention. these are the highlights. adding operational permits, adding safety requirements for vendor carts. requirements for roofs and locked doors,

certification, emergency radio systems, sprinkler systems. requirements for temporary construction, wood frame buildings. so the first one, we added three permits, one for mobile food vendor carts and we have had some problems with the hotdog carts and the board of supervisors created some legislation, even after s. b. 946, it says the fire department must approve those and we had to create some parameters for what we are looking for. and we have mobile fueling location. to fuel your vehicle. we allow for fleets for a certain location. we created

permits that you can fuel here in this parking lot if you meet these requirements and the last one being emergency responder communication. since we are required to do annual high rise checks yearly, but we need to get back to check they are getting checked annually and now that they have a permit, we are able to go back to make sure they are being maintained. they are being used by the fire department, sheriff, ems, every organization is using this system. other things we are looking for when we are adding the permits and maximum amount of fuel one

tanning as you have at home. use of appliance in the proper manner. you can see from the right, a video taken from channeling 7 where the butane container blew up with the tourist buying a hotdog and required to have gas shutoffs. that's it. that's so we have a way to inspect these carts. next is access to roofs. they have a door that goes through the roof. they have a penthouse on it. many buildings have locked those

doors. and we have to make sure the roofs you can go up and down and they need to have these if they are locked, they need to be sure someone from the station can unlock it. if the power goes out, the door unlocks. worse case scenario, if that doesn't work, there is a call wait button and you can call someone to unlock the door and the final one is a palm button you hit that will unlock the door but will also sound and alarm. we found that if you want to lock it, but you need to do these things to unlock the door. you can't keep it locked at the top of the stairs.

>> for communication systems, we found they went from analog to digital in the city. there were over 200 systems that had to be upgraded which brought in some companies that haven't really done much and they were not really proficient at it, we found out. so we discussed with radio shop and dt that it would be best if we can offer a program that have qualified businesses working on these systems. you created a program where you actually certified the companies to maintain the documents, meet minimum standards, so therefore we have systems we can count on. so we've added that to our code. for existing new businesses, we have to get that from the start to get the job signed off. or the existing systems have a time frame of 6-9 months over the next year. we'll start first

with the high rises which shouldn't be a problem because many of them use a reputable company and the smaller ones with low rise buildings that were required to put one in will have one in the september 1st to become certified. we've also adopted, in the california fire code and international fire code, it's lives in here for existing buildings they can do an upgrade to sprinkler buildings. high rises built before 1975 were not required to have sprinkler systems and many did not. the city had legislation over the last 20 years where commercial buildings had to upgrade and add spring clears to their --

buildings and as the board heard here, that was asking for the same thing. since it's already in the code cycle, we decided to adopt it here. this requires every building over 120 feet to put sprinklers in, approximately 10 stories unless they meet this particular height. 8-10 stories, the owner has the whole floor, if you go down to the street and they have a fire alarm system with smoke detection, mechanical rooms, telephone rooms, lobbies, corridors. if you have that, then you are not required to. there are approximately 135 that

we've kind of tagged as going to have to upgrade. there may be up to a maximum of 20 buildings that may not have the sprinkler because they have maintained these requirements. we've also placed in the code and this is to local because we also have a lot of restrictions when it comes to how much space we have in these buildings. one thing normally in a new high rise it requires to have two fire pumps, to water sources coming into the building depending on the height of the building and supposed to have a double connection where the system is looped. that has been waived for these because it's going to be difficult for many buildings to comply with it. this is what you do with a new building. it's hard to get a fire pump in there and get a

secondary water source and very cost prohibitive. while they are nice to have in many buildings, asking someone to do this in a building, this is where the fire department can add suppression and adding water. a secondary pump will be redundant and that will be that second pump for them. this is proposed in the land use committee. we are asking the first step is within the first three years, they come up with sprinklers, they find a company, get a quote, with the hoa, whatever else. capital cost or upgrades, they submit a plan and put sprinklers in their building. they have three years to do that. this is 120

buildings. they have 3 years to get this done. over the next three years, they have a chance to work with the water department, puc, to get water supply from the street into their building. that will be taking some time. currently right now when you apply for a new water meter for spri sprinklers, it can take between 4-6 months and then they can get with the tenant to run the pipes for the sprinkler. this will be a long program, ten years to allow them to comply. >> one of the last things, a lot of this came out when construction fires, where wood frame buildings were going on fire and we needed to figure out

a way to pretty much early warning. currently right now, they have to have access to the road. fire extinguishers located throughout. if an sf system is nearby, it needs to be approved to service this building, they need to have signage in place to show the fire department. if you go down a construction site, they have this sign and they will know exactly where it is. that's the minimum requirement. we've added to it where the state is going is to have a temporary fire alarm system. you see those yellow boxes where they can stick them throughout the occupancy and when the smoke detecter goes off to go to the

cellular and let them know that something is happening in the building because the fire alarm is not complete. they can complete this early on to let them know there is some smoke, something happening and there is some pool stations and if the workers see something early on, they can pull it and activate the alarm system and move on. that's all that's being added to the in you -- new code. the highlights. some fee increases in the budget cycle. the final piece of the puzzle will be administrative

bulletins. sometimes we take different sections of the code and help the applicant apply different things that apply. if you put in a fire large in and required to have communication and radio communications and required to have elevator recalls. we put it in the bulletin so they can read this and know what to put in. so to submit bulletins to you after going to a public hearing, after 30 days of being posted from public comment, at that point, this body here puts them in the fire code. that will be coming a little bit later. those are still being developed based on some of the things we put on the code now. >> that's the end of my presentation. >> thank you very much. that was a hefty presentation. >> any questions or comments?

>>vice-president stephen nakajo: thank you very much madam president. thank you very much. i very much appreciate this and your presentation is very comprehensive. i am very pleased and ready to support this madam president but i will wait for yourself and commissioner fraser to ask any questions. >> commissioner marcy fraser: thank you very much for your presentation. here is my question. i entads everything is a -- i understand everything is a

negotiation. how did you come to ten years? ten years is a generous amount of time for me. that's one question. the second one, i understand the issue about the hotdog cart. what about i call them barns, the temporary structures outside of the restaurants. >> shared spaces. >> okay, shared barns, are they covered and how they might be, your thought. >> to answer your first question regarding the ten years. well, it does seem like a long time. the original legislation had it down to six years, two, two, two. having worked on the previous commercial sprinkler, that program was initially 12 years, and even then some buildings didn't comply. i don't know if

that was by choice or they just had a problem with it. there were many more buildings involved than currently. knowing how long it takes to get a water supply in these current days and how long it takes to hire a contractor to actually go by your building to give you a quote to come to an agreement to draw up the plans because they have to get into all the units and spaces and to finally get to that point and submit them, i think ten years is appropriate. the model code, international code talks about 12 years. i agree, i thought 12 years is a little extreme. the fewer numbers that we have for this cycle last time, i think ten years was about appropriate. it comes down to the first three years to get the contractor with the plans to get them submitted

and for the water supply. some of them have to move tenants around into another unit and do this shuffle by floor could take some time. the idea was not to overburden a building on this. it's been many years. some of these buildings have gone 80 years without them. we want compliance and i wish i can make them happen faster but i think ten years is enough time. when it comes to shared spaces, that's new territory in front of the barn. talking about having a building in front of it and when buildings are constructed they take into consideration access and distance to the center of the street and property lines. we do what we can to adapt what's in the code, how our operations divisions and

suppressions divisions operate to come up with regulations for it. we've been part of the discussion when it comes to sf mta and dpw and the shared guidelines. what you see now are different than april 1st. you will be able to see spacing and through them and setbacks. all of those things that we need to operate will be much better but is still seven months out. >> thank you for that. as just as a regular pedestrian, i noticed that a lot of the shared spaces are very close. it's not a lot of room between the sheriff space and the actual structure building. i can imagine that for the members of the fire department, this is a challenge or could be a pretty

serious challenge in some instances. i'm wondering if they are required to have any kind of attachment to sprinkler or permanent section. >> we are going to be working with the program along applications by november 1st. two separate shared spaces will be separated by six feet to come through, ladders, post, lots of people. if they do take up two parking places which are supposed to be their maximum, then they require a three foot opening at the top. at a minimum, think of cars being parked. every three feet you have three feet or six feet. if a sidewalk is 10 feet or less, they don't have a roof because we can't get the angle of the ladder access and can't get over the sidewalk. we have

taken that into consideration which will be great that everyone complies by april 1st. >> i understand that they are doing everything they can. i'm not trying to be harsh. we are not waiting until april for these. if they are too close and preventing our operations, we are actually addressing those issues right now with them along with dpw. >> just a couple comments and a question. i'm really glad that you are the one that has to read the international code and the state fire code. and i appreciate the synopsis that you put together for us, because you condensed it very well and focused on that which we really needed to know. i hope never to open that icu

book, never. >> that's what you will get for christmas. [ laughter ] >> i also have a question, just following up on commissioner fraser's comments. i have noticed a lot of abandoned shared spaces, and they are abandoned. the restaurants closed and they are just sitting there. who has jurisdiction to have them removed? >> dpw. department of public works as their space. there is not a program in place. they don't have a fork-lift or truck to move them. they are working to move them. they are just not there anymore and trying to find a way to remove them.

>> can someone cite them to remove them because they are a hazard. >> dpw has their own rules, yes, they have a way to cite them and way to escalate that. but to get money out of a business is very difficult. that's what's happening and those people have disappeared. we have a problem is we can't penalize the building owner because it's not their space, it's the department of public works's space. if i started a business in that building and i don't own that and i put the the shared space in front and i leave, the building owner is not responsible for the street space. you feel it's only dpw. it's their space. >> thank you. very interesting.y

dpw. it's their space. >> thank you. very interesting. >> any further questions? >> madam president, if you are ready for adoption. is this an action item, adoption. >> madam president, i would like to move this to adoption, please. >> >> president katherine feinstein: all right. thank you very much. has it been seconded? >> i second it. >> all right. i support the adoption. >> the motion is unanimous. >> thank you very much. >> it was very interesting to learn about how complicated it is. item 9. adjournment. >> so moved..

>> all right. >> seconded. >> all right. i vote to adjourn. >> the meeting is adjourned at 6:39. >> >> >> >>

. >> my name is ana renzi. i'm a fire investigator for the city and county of san francisco. the job of a fire investigator is to go after the fire has been put out and to determine the origin and the cause of the fire. so we are the people who after the firefighters have come in and done their magnificent work to extinguish the fire, we go

through the fire scene and we are able to find how the fire started. just showing up, being who you are can mean a world of difference to someone. when someone sees you as an identifiably queer person, an identifiable female presenting person or a person of color walk into their home, they can feel more comfortable and more trusting just knowing that you are around and that you may have some insight into their situation and to their community needs that others may not have. the san francisco fire department i'm proud to say goes out of its way to recruit women, minorities, and to the lgbtq+ community, we are awaiting you and wanting you to

come join us as a san francisco fire department. no one is going to represent us like you are going to represent us. no one is going to care for our communities and for our departments like you are going to come and represent our communities and our departments. i am a proud black queer member of the san francisco fire department and i'm especially proud to be part of an organization that respects and values our diverse communities in san francisco. [♪♪]

>> my name is sylvia and i'm the owner of the mexican bistro. we have been in business for 18 years and we first opened on garry street in san francisco, and now we are located in a

beautiful historic building. and we are part of the historical building founded in 1776. at the same time as the mission delores in san francisco. (♪♪) our specialty food is food from central mexico. it's a high-end mexican food based on quality and fresh ingredients. we have an amazing chef from yucatán and we specialize on molotov, that are made with pumpkin seeds. and we're also known for handmade tortillas and we make our own fresh salsa. and we have cocktails, and we have many in the bar. we have specialty drinks and they are very flavorrable and

very authentic. some of them are spicy, some are sour, but, again, we offer high-quality ingredients on our drinks as well. (♪♪) we have been in san francisco for 27 years, and our hearts are here. we are from mexico, but after 27 years, we feel part of the community of san francisco. it is very important for us to be the change, the positive change that is happening in san francisco. the presidio in particular, they're doing great efforts to bring back san francisco, what it was. a lot of tourism and a lot of new restaurants and the new companies. san francisco is international and has a lot of potential.

(♪♪) so you want to try authentic mexican food and i invite you to come to our bistro located on 50 moroo avenue in presidio. and i'll wait here with my open arms and giving you a welcome to try my food. (♪♪) >> in the bay area as a whole, thinking about environmental sustainability. we have been a leader in the country across industries in terms of what you can do and we have a learn approach. that is what allows us to be

successful. >> what's wonderful is you have so many people who come here and they are what i call policy innovators and whether it's banning plastic bags, recycling, composting, all the different things that we can do to improve the environment. we really champion. we are at recycle central, a large recycle fail on san francisco pier 96. every day the neighborhood trucks that pick up recycling from the blue bins bring 50 # o tons of bottles, cans and paper here to this facility and unload it. and inside recology, san francisco's recycling company,

they sort that into aluminum cans, glass cans, and different type of plastic. san francisco is making efforts to send less materials to the landfill and give more materials for recycling. other cities are observing this and are envious of san francisco's robust recycling program. it is good for the environment. but there is a lot of low quality plastics and junk plastics and candy wrappers and is difficult to recycle that. it is low quality material. in most cities that goes to landfill. >> looking at the plastics industry, the oil industry is the main producer of blastics. and as we have been trying to phase out fossil fuels and the transfer stream, this is the fossil fuels and that plastic isn't recycled and goes into the waste stream and the landfill and unfortunately in the ocean.

with the stairry step there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. >> we can recycle again and again and again. but plastic, maybe you can recycle it once, maybe. and that, even that process it downgrades into a lower quality material. >> it is cheaper for the oil industry to create new plastics and so they have been producing more and more plastics so with our ab793, we have a bill that really has a goal of getting our beverage bottles to be made of more recycled content so by the time 2030 rolls around t recycle content in a coke bottle, pepsi bottle, water bottle, will be up to 50% which is higher thatten the percentage in the european union and the highest percentage in the world. and that way you can actually feel confident that what you're drinking will actually become recycled.

now, our recommendation is don't use to plastic bottle to begin w but if you do, they are committing to 50% recycled content. >> the test thing we can do is vote with our consumer dollars when we're shopping. if you can die something with no packaging and find loose fruits and vegetables, that is the best. find in packaging and glass, metal and pap rer all easily recycled. we don't want plastic. we want less plastic. awe what you we do locally is we have the program to think disposable and work one on one to provide technical assistance to swap out the disposable food service to reusables and we have funding available to support businesses to do that so that is a way to get them off there. and i believe now is the time we

will see a lot of the solutions come on the market and come on the scene. >> and is really logistics company and what we offer to restaurants is reasonable containers that they can order just like they would so we came from about a pain point that a lot of customers feel which wills a lot of waste with takeout and deliver, even transitioning from styrofoam to plastic, it is still wasteful. and to dream about reusing this one to be re-implemented and cost delivery and food takeout. we didn't have throwaway culture always. most people used to get delivered to people's homes and then the empty milk containers were put back out when fresh milk came. customers are so excited that we have this available in our restaurant and came back and asked and were so excited about

it and rolled it out as customers gain awareness understanding what it is and how it works and how they can integrate it into their life. >> and they have always done it and usually that is a way of being sustainable and long-term change to what makes good financial sense especially as there are shipping issues and material issues and we see that will potentially be a way that we can save money as well. and so i think making that case to other restaurateurs will really help people adopt this.

>> one restaurant we converted 2,000 packages and the impact and impact they have in the community with one switch. and we have been really encouraged to see more and more restaurants cooperate this. we are big fans of what re-ecology does in terms of adopting new systems and understanding why the current system is broken. when people come to the facility, they are shocked by how much waste they see and the volume of the operations and how much technology we have dedicated to sort correctly and we led 25 tours and for students to reach about 1100 students.

and they wanted to make change and this is sorting in the waste stream they do every single day and they can take ownership of and make a difference with. >> an i feel very, very fortunate that i get to represent san francisco in the legislature and allows me to push the envelope and it is because of the people the city attracts and is because of the eco system of policy thinking that goes on in san francisco that we are constantly seeing san francisco leading the way. >> kids know there's a lot of environmental issues that they are facing. and that they will be impacted by the impact of climate change. they will have the opportunity to be in charge and make change and make the decisions in the future. >> we are re-inventing the way the planet does garbage founded

in the environmental ethic and hunger to send less to landfills. this is so many wonderful things happening in san francisco. i feel very fortunate and very humble to live here and to be part of this wonderful place.

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