to the call supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> supervisor preston. >> aye. >> supervisor melgar. >> aye. >> you have 3 aye's. >> thank you. >> that motion passes. >> thank you supervisor mandelman. >>

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>> my family's starts in mexico in a small town. my parents are from a very, very small town. so small, that my dad's brother is married to one of my mom's sisters. it's that small.

a lot of folks from that town are here in the city. like most immigrant families, my parents wanted a better life for us. my dad came out here first. i think i was almost two-years-old when he sent for us. my mom and myself came out here. we moved to san francisco early on. in the mission district and moved out to daily city and bounced back to san francisco. we lived across the street from the ups building. for me, when my earliest memories were the big brown trucks driving up and down the street keeping us awake at night. when i was seven-years-old and i'm in charge of making sure we get on the bus on time to get to school. i have to make sure that we do our homework. it's a lot of responsibility for a kid. the weekends were always for family. we used to get together and whether we used to go watch a movie at the new mission theater and then afterwards going to kentucky fried chicken. that was big for us.

we get kentucky fried chicken on sunday. whoa! go crazy! so for me, home is having something where you are all together. whether it's just together for dinner or whether it's together for breakfast or sharing a special moment at the holidays. whether it's thanksgiving or christmas or birthdays. that is home. being so close to berkley and oakland and san francisco, there's a line. here you don't see a line. even though you see someone that's different from you, they're equal. you've always seen that. a rainbow of colors, a ryan bow of personalities. when you think about it you are supposed to be protecting the kids. they have dreams. they have aspirations. they have goals. and you are take that away from

them. right now, the price is a hard fight. they're determined. i mean, these kids, you have to applaud them. their heart is in the right place. there's hope. i mean, out here with the things changing everyday, you just hope the next administration makes a change that makes things right. right now there's a lot of changes on a lot of different levels. the only thing you hope for is for the future of these young kids and young folks that are getting into politics to make the right move and for the folks who can't speak. >> dy mind motion. >> even though we have a lot of fighters, there's a lot of voice less folks and their voiceless because they're scared.

>> launch upon clean air snernt bay view hunter's point. i want to start with the chair of the board of directors of the air quality management district. john bauder. i want to welcome him up he is also the mayor of emrealville. he has been supportive of this event and of this launch and so chair, i will hand it to you. [applause]. good morning. thanks for joining us today for this event to celebrate the launch the first clean air center in california in san francisco. yes. clean air center providing public accessible buildings to resident as a refuge from wildfire smoke. climate change caused increase in frequency of wild fires which resulted in significant impacts

to the air quality. many residents lack access to clean air in their homes during the smoke events which is a hazzard to health. they will be in historically under served communities the most vulnerable to impacts so that everyone has access it clean air. we are froud have worked with buffy wiks. experience the 836 to promote for wild fires and impacts they cause. governor newsome fined and approved 5 million dollars toward the program, 3 million allocated to serve the 9 county region of the bay. in partnership the 3 million dollars in funding provided by the california air resource board will upgrade the event lagz system.

purs that charge airfillmenters like this guy here. replacement fitters in smoke events and replace h vac filters with helpa or higher for public buildings. 9 counties asked to coordinate with the cities and community based organizations to help identify the cites for clean air centers deployed. the air district asked for input on the potential locations for the cites. >> we looked to the san francisco neighborhood efforts to establish cooling centers as a model to work with community on the citing of clean air center in san francisco. children are the met vulnerable to the health impacts of wildfire smoke. we encourage schools to help protect students and children. lean air centers in schools issue libraries, community, senior and rec centers.

veteran facilities. community colleges and wildfire evacuation centers. we hope to have more than 300 clean air centers across the 9 area bay area alone. with increasing impacts of climate change on air quality, these clean air centers will be a vietsdz tool to protect health from wildfire smoke. i would like to introduce davina the vice chair of our board and also a board member of the california air resource board and from bellmont, join mow in welcoming her. >> good morning. the california air resource board. and it is the capacity i will speak to you today i really thrilled be here with all of you celebrating the opening we can't say enough of not only the very first clean air center in the

bay area. for vulnerable population program. we are proud to lead the program partner with air districts including bay area qmd. now in addition to announcing the opening of the facility we are also unwill veiling the new clean air center logo you see here. it was developed by staff to help the public easily identify clean air centers. just imagine this pilot program will fund a network of clean arab centers and vulnerable communities across the state. and this loco is ment to provide a visual identity. that will make it easier for people to find a safe place during wildfire smoke events.

this is an exciting program we are taking action to help people breathe easier. and might i add these are communities that bear disproportional and unfair burdens with air pollution impact. we remember in 20202 years ago this month. when a thick layer of wildfire smoke blankets the bay area upon turning the sky orange. know thanksgiving can occur again we are fortifying our public spaces to protect public health. now this pilot will be expanded in the years ahead. and california is committed to continuing to fight climate change. and address increaseingly intense wildfires for years to come. we are working hard along side

state, federal and local partners to future proof california. and in addition to investing enforced management and wildfire resilience it is vital we prepare in any way for smoke events. this is not a future problem this it is today's reality. and response our staff is again working hard to provide tools to help people protect themselves from wildfire smoke. cars, smoke ready california campaign is publicly available social media and web campaign. includes sharable graphics in different language that have actionable steps people can take to protect themselves during a smoke episode in an easy visual format. now anyone in california can get wildfire alerts and smoke forecasts right on their phone.

thanks to an upgrade to carbs california smoke spotter mobile app. >> new features personalized alert. wildfire incident information and air quality information from purple air sense ors. to provide users with near real time smoke conscience. these tools are all part of efforts by carband the governary office to memory and protect california from the impacts of wildfire smoke. we are proud to stand along side the bay area, air quality management district. san francisco and the bay view hunter's point community to allowance the lodge of the vital program and the addition of another tool to help protect those who need it most. during the wildfire season.

we like to thank member buffy wiks for her leadership and all those who med this a reality today. congratulations j. let us continue to do rable things together. our environment and future generations require this of us. >> i would like to invite my colleague and friend tyrone of the san francisco department of the environment. am i'm delighted be here today's upon event is grounded on 3 principles. one climate change is real. 2. the affects of climate change are happening right now within our communities especially within communities that are most vulnerable. and 3 we must take action on climate change both in

mitigating or affect to dampen the affects and to prepare our communities to make sure we are resilient in the face of climate change when it come to air quality and extreme heat. high role here is to represent mayor breed. and many city diameters involved in this effort in san francisco. starts at the top with our mayor. and starts with our board of supervisors you will hear from next with the district 10 supervisor. board member and president of the board walton. it started with the many city diameters involve friday d. emergency management. libraries as well as our many community partners. this is many years in the making involved many people at the table. upon we are joined by our deputy direct from the libraries we are joined by the city librarian.

both will present us on a tour later o. i will say something with the librarian. libraries are a center of knowledge for our community. a place of res spit where teem people learn and grow. through the nobodying us on making them a beacon of libraries throughout the nation, these accomplices are a center of safety for our communityip want to thank the city librarian for his role in doing that this does not happen without communities. this has to be community driven and lead. in the bay view the department is leading this effort with the supervisor's office through the bay view program. we have a lot of partners there involved at the table.

parker from the y and many others who you will hear from later on. but this center is not vehicleful unless you have community support. you have community buy in because these centers are center this is become not utilized without them at the table. with that, i want to thank everyone for gather here and everyone that put in the hard work in today's announcement. i will pass it on to fellow board member. you will -- supervisor district 10 as well as president of the board of supervisors walton. [applause]. du want to say something. >> good morning issue everybody. >> good morning. >> welcome to bay view hunter's point where the sun is always shining and amazing for community to come together.

i want to start off one by not upon only thanking the california air resource board and the bay area quality management and the community representatives here we do work to make sure that we have clean air in our community. so i want to thank bay view advocates and the marie harrison foundation and danielle with the neighborhood empowerment network and the communities members that are present. like the director said earlier. if you remembered twenty 18 i remember like it was yesterday we had that orange haze in our skies. we had to shut down schools. people could not go to work the air quality was that horrible and most vulnerable suffered more than others. having a place where people can go to breathe clean air in community is extremely vital and important. we are excited have the first

clean air center in california here in our community in bay view hunter's point. it is important that we demonstrate the commitment to our communities that have been isolated disenfranchised and most vulnerable to the negative impacts of air quality this . is a demonstration of folks coming and care to make sure we take that step to get this done. on national voter registration day i appreciate everyone. i want to thank our director, director lam berg and working with the communities and with leadership to allow for spaces like this to happen in our libraries. thank you all so much i hope you have a beautiful day it is national voter registration day. do everything you can to give people to register and exercise their rights. thank you very much.

>> [applause]. >> i want to thank all of our speakers so far especially the air district board of directors who shown out in numbers. you see the support this we get at the air district and i'm grateful for it. i want to especially thank supervisor walton, as you know he is on our board of directors. and president of board of supervisors. and represent from sdrakt 10 and he always ensures his constituents are at the table watch that i want to introduce his conscientist wentful arian harrison born and raise in the bay rowel hunter's point. a community organizer the utd reach coordinator at united council and also in the last

couple of years established a foundation in her mother's name. she was on the environmental just move inspect bay view hunters point, san francisco and a national leader temperature is a delight to know there is a foundation in her name and so let he introduce arian the found and executive director. >> i'm arian harrison i'm the founder of the community foundation for social and environmental justice. can we live. org. [inaudible] i'm not polished but i do say hai mean and mean what i say. i'm very glad to see this program getting started. i would like to see it dub indicated in district 10 because

it is the biggest districts in san francisco. we have pollution and chemical waste and things that are creating body burdens for residents. to have the the places put in place, it is good. we will get it together. y'all with me. yea. i would like myself to see this program duplicateed go in not just into the space but place like united council and our schools. because those are where the vulnerable citizens the kids and the senior center. those are places that are null nearable that hold the most people and people are not guaranteed to make it here to the safe space we want to make sure our community is protected. i wanted to sends this message. we gotta do everything we possibly can guard the health of

our residents i'm the founder of marie foundation inc. a shout out to walton, really, really you know listening to the community. and putting forth the efforts to make sure we'll have solutions to some of the issues we have been in san francisco. and san francisco because it is in the just bay view residence denials having the issue. this is in the a bay view hunter's point issue. i think we have been able to dismiss the problems happening to too easily it is the people over there. the problems we are having here in our district are things that will affect all of san francisco. so it is in the just the bay view resident issue it is a san francisco issue. we are do it first city and profess to be the leaders in the u.s. so we have to move forward and push forward in that effort to actually be when we say we are.

andir hope you were joining mow on this mission to have clean air, water and land. i will leave you this message i'm trying to do is live. >> thank you. so, naconcludes this speaking part. of the press conference.

>> 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.

>> goodness, let me tell you i have been swearing in's for individuals before this is the largest crowd. she does not have free passes to the movies by the way. ir wonder why all the people are here. first of all, vehicle i'm san francisco mayor london breed it is really great to join you all to swear monty in to this new

role as the director of sf phil and the san francisco film commission. i know we have a number of film commissioners in the house. can you stand. carolyn tile and matt striker... they are her bosses and i'm her boss i guess you got boss she is the real boss and is the one had does the work and i will tell you a bit about mont competence when she has been able to do we are glad to have her in this new role. started off in 2015 and sf film and working on a lot of the nuts and bolts of how we make film happen in the city. most of the stuff that most of us don't want to do. we want to be in the film like mow in the matrix.

[laughter]. we want to watch the film. get on the red or green or blue carpel. there is a lot of work guess in making films work especially in a place like san francisco where everybody has an opinion about where someone should film and had street and what have you. all of those little things require a soft touch. someone when will go in and have that conversation. someone will go in and coordinate and deal with the permits and deal with the cables from muni bus and all of these tien emthings and some of the best accomplishments i think that manny brought to san francisco have had a lot to do with her work on the policy during covid the policy she put together that allowed films to continue to film. small and large in san francisco

during covid. we are not just talking about the films on the dig big and little screens. we are talking about the job it creates. talking about the support for restaurants and hotels and economy. having film until san francisco big or small is so important to the success of our economy. we are grateful for your work on the protocols. and we are also grateful that you know this department under monty's leadership has taken a hold of opportunity for all the program i establish where high school students and young people age of 24 can get a paid internship. fact we were able to get the young people. i visited the sets and i was in the matrix, i was on set. we had young people in this program.

this is the first time any of the productions have work the with intern in this capacity. not going to get nile coffee and stacking up the food. it was like set building and lighting and real production work, working with local 16. working with these various filming companies and creating an opportunity for young people to work on the matrix. to work on mass bridges and the great things. it was like seeing the kids on set and know thanksgiving is a part of their career. it is really something i'm most proved of what you did and the department has done in san francisco and how tell make a difference in their lives and the next generation and really diverse foiling the behind the scenes work. the set crews and lighting courthouse all the stuff we need to make sure that women and people of color are a part of the equation when doing film in san front as well. we know there is a lot of great

work you will continue to do. and luckily you have all the wonderful people here to celebrate with you and support you. people from the industry. from city hall. friends family. because you know this pandemic has challenged our city. and the important part of our economic recovery has everything to do with making sure as beautiful as we know this city is, we want to make sure it is easier to spotlight our city on film. to make sure that it is featured to make sure that we create more than just my san francisco favorite movies the rock and matrix. it is how do we bring other films and make it easy for the independent film make and opportunity to show case san francisco with the new things we

opened up the tunnel top park. that beautiful francisco park you had a cable car coming down. this is like you can't you can't find a better vow in the world. this is an iconic place and beautiful place. first place that people should want to film. we have to make it easier. and i know that there is someone that will lead this department and work william commissioners that am work with the city agencies. that will work with all the neighbors and the folks saying, no to focus what we will do. which is our new notes. how do we get. how do we get to yes. how do we make it happen the person i'm about to square in now will be the one to help us get to, yes, for film nothing san francisco. [applause]. come on up monty. >> all right. wow this is a big crowd.

coming out to buy people. >> please, raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, state your name. >> do swear. that i will support and defend. that will will support and defend. constitution of the united states. and the constitution of the state of california. against all enemies, foreign and domestic. that i bear true faith and allegiance to the same. that i take this obligation freely. without any mental reservation. for purpose of evasion. and that i will well and faithful low discharge. the duties upon which i'm about to enter.

and during such time. as i serve as executive director [applause] for sf film and is it -- film sf. [laughter] come see come sigh. >> film sf. and the film commission. for the city of san francisco. congratulations. [applause] >> my god i love you guys. this is amazing. um -- my heart is full now. i wanted to wroit down words

because the people who be me know i get emotional and i can go after track or forget hay want to say. i wanted to make sure i captured everything i wanted to share with you all. and i want to say this is better than getting an oscar. and it is funny because i don't like a lot of attention on me but i will not pass up a celebration. thank you for being here. and i mean truly this is each and everyone of you i look around and you have all been part of this journey with our office. with me. to the film committee and san francisco. so, i have just gratitude for each of and you can't wait to give each you a hug after this if i have not already done so. but i wanted to say importantly, mayor, thank you for this

appointment. you really see the incredible value of the industry. and not just the importance of our stories being told. but you know it is the economic impact that productions have on san francisco. you know from want specialing the small businesses to the local jobs and the local important union jobs that are a result when big are productions come to town. you are the biggest champions. and you have demonstrated that [applause]. mayor lee was a big film lover as well. and so it is incredible to see you come in this role and see how much that you echoed all of his leadership and more. >> i want to thank my family for being here. and they are here.

this means a lot to them and also, yes, i want this to be a participation. if this is had i share speaks to you shout hayou node to do. stand up. i'm the daughter of immigrant parents. my father is from iran and my mother from mexico in 1964, they met in golden gate park. my mom was living with the nuns, not to be a nun but living with them i forgot why. my dad was a student taking computer classes with intent of going back to iran. my mom saw him at a picnic with the musn'ts and said, see that man there,il marry him. and 50 years later you know right. 55 or 56. i forget. 58 we are here. and the sack foiss that they had

for their children i'm the youngest of 4. and what they did to support all of us to be college bound, to have our careers. the sacrifice my generation is the first that went to college. and this is the story i'm telling you is more about me it is about our stories are important and node to be told. right. and all of our stories. and how my story started in the city that's yet city health care important top me. because without the city i would not be here. [applause] i want to acknowledge the commissioners -- so, you have to stand up but here, and -- stand up. you want to sit because you are filming? no. the commissioners, i have this incredible group of 11 advisors,

mentors, collaborateors. i see it as a true gift to work with all of you. because you are what will help guide our work. and ensure we are accountable to the city and to this industry and make sure we thrive. you know we already had a run way together. and i am excited for what is to come with our work together. thank you. [applause] i do have more to say. i will try to speed it up. the mayor has an agenda. i want to thank our team and mall and mighty team usa. we had a lot of transnigz this office in the beginning of last year and we have a new team who have really stepped up with all this difficult work and we are really node to build our capacity and i look forward to

dog that. to ensure we are serving the production community better than we are. because we need to. and so they stepped up under a tight because we should be a larger team and a small, motivey team and doing it. thank you for everything. >> our oewd and our city departments this we worked close w. i see you all there. and where is my other, kate and your leadership in getting this position filled and being the other big champion of san francisco. i thank you for your partnership when i started 7 years ago we had strong reps with the city but strengthened them and getting the city to see the value of productions and how for we have come and you get it when

we ask you we will shut down financial district for 4 weekends to shoot the matrix. that really happened you made it all happen. and oewd is like -- so proud to sit under this department. it makes sense why our film would be a part of such a huge economic engine and sitting with you. the production community. i node you to stand you are here. and the production community and that includes the film makers. so. >> some of you are all standing this is the organization you are tireless work and our labor partners, right. i asked local 16 and teamsters. and you are from the

organization that support and cultivate film making to those that dream up stories of san francisco. to the location managers for showing the best of san francisco. right? to directors so you enties them to shoot here. sometimes i feel the location managers don't get the recognition they need and those other ones from the departments we work the closest with. we help make your filming help here. and i have so much more respect for you all. in my time here and seen just all the intense work you do behind the scenes. [applause] i have a vision for this city where we embrace and invest in our story tellers and our san fran story tellers and ensure productions staying longer. and i know we need to work on a

state wide level to get productions to come to california, right. and we node to get them out of the l.a. zone so they shoot more here. there is a lot of work we have to do and i really need all and we are all responsible for that. it can't loyal on our department and the city. we all have to be advocating for san francisco. and the bay area. we know that san francisco leads the bay area. and we need that leadership. >> and it is important this we commit to the film makers here to stay. you foal like have you a community here. and that it is community to supported by myself and the city. and that we can commit to resources and think about what the resources are like together and see what does missing. i will embark on listening sessions which i have already done with film make and ares production companies. well is more to come this we

have to do so we understand and assess the needs. and really make that happen to support the industry here. last 2 points i want to quickly touch on is the notion of we are such a large modia production hub here. we are home to lucas film. dolby, pixar and you tube. we need to hire sf. i want to see we create path ways which we have done incredible work with the mayor's opportunity for all program and production will say here longer the organizations based here to get them to continue to hire people in san francisco. i would like to see people of color and young people to provide a path way in this industry. a not in the door. and that is when we will embark on and push those companies and

others and other organizations modia organizations to do that. we can hire people in san francisco. [applause]. and something that is important is getting out of the house and getting back and reconnected with san francisco. right. we need to go to theatres we are comfortable on our couches with netflix and hulu we have to see and support our theatre venn use go to rox and he balboa and castro. so i'm inviting you all to challenge yourself. choose a film. there are a ton out there and support your local theatre. and that is including the local festivals they were conversations happening last week and we have to do that otherwise if we don't support the festivals we'll lose a piece of our community here. right. we are home to incredible film

festivals. frame line and san francisco international film festival. urban film fest the list goes on and i forget i will miss folks we have to do that. we have to go to theatres and support that those space. so i invite you and closing to i ini have to you fall in love with san francisco again if you are in the already in love. i'm in love daily. that is true. whatever is story is being told that i think it is important that we tell the story this we want a san francisco that is the positive story. right? this we know it is beyond the beauty we have and we are in the most sin mattick city in the world it is world class. around the fabric and people here the support and soul of the city.

right. that is the story we are resilient and strong. we have to tell. i will request you what story you are telling about san francisco? right? we need to uplift that and do that together. so that we can continue to grow strong and support the industry more. [applause] here is your official city pin for the city and county of san francisco. let's sign you in so you can make it official. thank you.

>> look at that beautiful jellyfish. the way to speak to students and motivate them to take action, to save the planet, they do, they care and my job is to speak to them in a way that they can understand that touches their heart and makes them feel powerful with simple actions to take every day. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪

>> i was born and raised in the desert of palm springs, california. my dad was the rabbi in the community there. what i got from watching my father on stage talking to the community was learning how to be in the public. and learning how to do public speaking and i remember the first time i got up to give my first school assembly, i felt my dad over my shoulder saying pause for drama, deliver your words. when i was a kid, i wanted to be a teacher. and then when i got into high school, i decided i wanted to get into advertising and do graphic art and taglines and stuff like that. by the time i was in college, i decided i wanted to be a decorator. but as i did more work, i realized working my way up meant

a lot of physical labor. i only had so much energy to work with for the rest of my life and i could use that energy towards making a lot of money, helping someone else make a lot of money or doing something meaningful. i found the nonprofit working to save the rainforest was looking for volunteers. i went, volunteered and my life changed. suddenly everything i was doing had meaning. stuffing envelopes had meaning, faxing out requests had meaning. i eventually moved up to san francisco to work out of the office here, given a lot of assembly through los angeles county and then came up here and doing assemblies to kids about rainforest. one of my jobs was to teach about recycle, teaching students to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost, i'm teaching them they have the power, and that

motivates them. it was satisfying for me to work with for the department of environment to create a message that gets to the heart of the issue. the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team, we go into the schools to help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different

languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especially on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. i try to use my voice as intentionally as possible to support, i think of my grandmother who had a positive attitude and looked at things

positively. try to do that as well in my work and with my words to be an uplifting force for myself and others. think of entering the job force as a treasure hunt. you can only go to your next clue and more will be revealed. follow your instincts, listen to your gut, follow your heart, do what makes you happy and pragmatic and see where it takes you and get to the next place. trust if you want to do good in this world, that learned and ex it across the city. [♪♪] the tenderloin is home to families, immigrants, seniors, merchants, workers, and the housed and unhoused who all deserve a thriving neighborhood to call home. the tenderloin emergency initiative was launched to improve safety, reduce crime, connect people to services, and increase investments in the

neighborhood. >> the department of homelessness and supportive housing is responsible for providing resources to people living on the streets. we can do assessments on the streets to see what people are eligible for as far as permanent housing. we also link people with shelter that's available. it could be congregate shelter, the navigation center, the homeless outreach team links those people with those resources and the tenderloin needs that more than anywhere else in the city. >> they're staffing a variety of our street teams, our street crisis response team, our street overdose response team, and our newly launched wellness response team. we have received feedback from community members, from residents, community organizations that we need an extra level and an extra level of impact and more impactful care to serve this community's needs and that's what the fire department and the community's paramedics are bringing today to this issue. >> the staff at san francisco community health center has really taken up the initiative

of providing a community-based outreach for the neighborhood. so we're out there at this point monday through saturday letting residents know this is a service they can access really just describing the service, you know, the shower, the laundry, the food, all the different resources and referrals that can be made and really just providing the neighborhood with a face, this is something that we've seen work and something you can trust. >> together, city and community-based teams work daily to connect people to services,

>> good morning and welcome to the rules committee meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. i am the chair of committee aaron peskin joined by member mandelman and chan. before i start, i would like to wish superr