here in the tenderloin to come together, try out these ideas to see if we can put -- get -- connect people to services in a >> good morning, everyone. >> good morning, mayor. >> good morning. my name is dr. gina frommeer and i'm the president of the southeast community facility commission. welcome today. look at this building! the southeast community facility commission provides a forum for discussion on broader issues

facing our community. our job is to continue the legacy and work of our founders known as the big six. harold, ethyl, eloise, shirley and the famous dr. jackson. my girl whose unyielding advocacy in leadership led to the mitt geation agreement. i am going to ask the families to stand. we want to acknowledge we're on then ceded an ves tral homeland of ramaytush ohlone. as the indigenous stewards of

this land, the ramaytush ohlone have never kredded or lost their responsibility as caretakers of this place as well as other who reside in their traditional territories. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living, working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our rear expects by acknowledging the ancestors of them. >> he greetings to you my relatives. thank you for having mere here today.

i'm greg castro, a ramaytush ohlone. i'm here to represent our community and chair jonathan cordero who is with us today and wish to give good thoughts and prayers to this place that is opening here, that is reflection of not only this community values and hopes and he dreams dreamsbut our own val excuse dr. we might have been under water but near water and our ancestors took care of these waters and the earth surrounding it and the delta that came from it that sustained and that nurtured the community for thousands of years. and we were here from this place

that made us who we are can. for the last 200 years it's been challenging to say the least for our community, but we're still here. now we welcome this opportunity to join with the community in a new village place. that incorporates the same values that our community has carried forward from ancient times of compassion, care, love, integrity and respect for all people. for all members of the family and whoever comes to this place is a member of the family. in ancient california tradition, all appraisers and rituals and ceremonies and songs are foms of prayer. i would like to offer you a song

here as a prayer for opening this place. it is a good luck dance song from the ohlone community borrowed from our rel tifers inn monterey county. i offer this as a good way to open this place and bring people together in a good way. [indigenous singing and chanting]

thank you. [applause] >> all right. thank you, welcome again. i want to acknowledge the southeast community facility commissioners here today. our former commissioner, other dignitaries and the families of our founders.

calvin chan is here as well. i would like to introduce dennis herrera. [applause] >> thank you dr. frommeer. from. i don't know if this is a good omen, how many people noticed that the lucky bayview sign just came up on the building recently because they knew we would have a great turnout today. thank you, everybody for being here today. we're here to deliver on a promise, a promise that really was decades in the making. you heard dr. frommer mention it a little bit. it was about the strength, foresight and determination of a community that embody itself in six people, the big six as they

came known. but they were representatives of a community. and their call was a call to action. a call for inclusion, a call for accountability. ever you see here today is drr everything you see here today is their legacy and the legacy of the community that fought for today's day. thank you so much for being here. at the san francisco public utilities commission, we heard and answered the community's call to reinvest in the people of bayview hunter's point. this new center is a direct result of extensive outreach and engagement with the community and years of planning and pushing forward. this center truly belongs to the community and would i like to thank the community for continued partnership and i look forward to our joint stewardship

and management of this facility together. we hope that the more than 100 million-dollar investment in building this new center demonstrates the puc's commitment to doing the right thing. we hope it shows our intention to be a good neighbor, to do good and be accountable to our community partners. it's my privilege and honor to see this project across the finish line. let's be real. i'm new at this job. not evenly a year yet and i had very little to do with putting this across the finish line. it was the function of hard work of countless others. too many here to name. but they all need to be recognized. there we go! we wouldn't be here right now without the unflagging support of our southeast community facilities team. i'm talking about victoria

bryan, carla von, jason barcelona, nicholas cresta, larry ferry and the executive director of this amazing facility. all for everything you've done to allow us to be stand hearing today. i would -- standing here today. i also want to thank the alan group, our trade part eroners and our team for designing and constructing a stunning building and campus. and i want to thank the arts commission for the great job they did in commissioning local artists to inspire us all. we know this pandemic has created uncertainty everywhere. but we knew it was critical to maintain our momentum to get this project done. while keeping our trades workers

safe and employed and working with the trade partners, we were able to develop policies to achieve that goal ultimately delivering this beautiful project filled with 100 percent union labor. [applause] we're proud of our local hire and local contracting efforts that exceeded the city's goals. on this project, we had a contract commitment of 30%. we exceeded that. nearly 40% of the hundreds of hours it took to build this fantastic center were worked by san francisco residents. even more importantly, almost 100 of the individuals who built this landmark destination are from right here in this community. [applause] there you have it. in some ways, this is a project built by community and for the community. but this is only the start. the puc is committed to

providing robust programming at this foilt expand access to resores and opportunities which will lead to better outcomes for youth and families throughout the bayview hunter's point community and beyond. in keeping with our commitment to be a good neighbor, there are more investments including at the southeast treatment plant down the road. we're investing over $3 billion in critical upgrades to not only make the it better prepared for earthquakes and sea level rise but transform an aging sewage plant into a modern resource recovery sent that are smells better, is an attractive workplace, and most importantly is a neighborhood asset. these are the right kinds of investments to make. they're good for our communities, they're good for our city, and they are smart investment of the funds that all of our customers entrust to us.

you have my commitment that our investments we make it this community will going to make life better for all of us. i can tell you no one is going to be more important in keeping me up to my promise. she tells me what to do and i can assure you that she's going to make sure that we are living up to the commitment that i am making to you today to be the best possible neighbor that we can and that is our mayor, mayor london breed. [applause] >> thank you dennis. and i think that you were selling yourself short in saying that you didn't have anything to do with this when in fact, you served as our city attorney and did all the legal documents to get this process done. but more importantly, the

bayview hunters point has a challenging history we know in the city. a lot of the reason why we celebrate the big six has everything to do with the fact that they sood up imns a lot of -- stood up against the environmental injustices until the day jackson passed away, she was an advocate around environmental just physicaller it the community. this is advocacy started in the 1970s because of all the different levels of the power plant, the treatment plant, all the different things that had happened here at the bayview hunters point and seeing high rates of asthma and cancer and other issues around health that impacted this community for so many years. many of those advocates at that came before us started a movement, a movement where i must say continues on and it

continued when supervisor sophie maxwell became supervisor for the district and her along with dennis herrera worked hard to shut the power plant done, it was one of the first major things that happened that set off a number of advocacy and things to come. i see oscar james in the audience and incredible consistent advocates. people who show up and linda richard and people who stay actively engaged in the community to make sure the city meets its promises that we deliver on our promises. the old southeast community center was a promise that was delivered on, with you not necessarily sufficient. when toya moses ran the facility, he made sure every person in the community had access to the nilt. it's not just about a program

and child care center and playground and all the great activities that are going to be here, people from the community would go to toya and say we need to use ifer this event or something. and i want to make sure that you all know this is your facility. this facility should be prioritized for the residents of the bayview hunters point community. because of the blood, sweat and tears over the years, this community deserves this and so much more so i'm happy to be here today, but more importantly, i'm excited to see the use of this space which members of this community. i don't care if you just want to play dominoes. whatever it is, this is your facility. hopefully this is money involved. i like to win.

nevertheless, i'm excited about what this new facility means. it's a new day and along with what is happening with the investments made to make this waterfront better than any other waterfront in the city, to bring the attention and resources and the support of all of these things are going to be truly transformative. so i'm so excited about the future. and i am grateful to so many of the leaders who are here today and so many of the family members of the leaders for the work you continue to do. i know it took a long time, but here we are. god's -- your prayers have been answered and just because there was a delay does not mean there is a denial. here we are -- here we are celebrating something absolutely extraordinary. and i'm grateful for your work, advocacy. mildred hour las sculptures and so many other incredible people

played a role in this. i want to say thank you to emily and the members of the board. we finally got it done. thank you for all who played an important role in making this a beautiful facility for the community. i want to introduce your supervisor. >> thank you madam mayor. something special is happening in bayview. something special is happening in bayview. i want you to look across the street as general manager hararea said earlier, we have a new lucky store coming next we go. i want you to look around you and look at this amazing space

built for the benefit of this community. and i can't talk about being dpl this amaze -- in this amazing space without saying people didn't want us to have this space particularly right here. there were people who fought us every step of the way when we were fighting to make sure this would be a state-of-the-art community center and have a state-of-the-art education zone. i want those people to know that people power, resiliency of the community will always win. if we go back to '79 with the conversations with the mitigation, if we go back to the work of the big six and we can stand here today and say that we have actually realized a big

chunk of the promises made because there is still one more step. there is still a state-of-the-art community fiment that has -- facility an education nailt has to go here as promised. we needed to have the bond money available and now we have to make sure the building gets built. working with our partners from city college and the puc. as your supervisor, as the person that you put fla place to represent you, i said -- in place to represent you, i told you i would fight for things on our agenda. we'll see all of this. we're going to continue to fight until everything that was promised happens. if i'm fortunate enough to be reelected in november, we only have four short years. the same resiliency we brought toalgt together we'll need moving forward because time

constraints are always against us. i want to thank everyone who showed up-to-date, if you think several mayors ago, several commissioners ago, several directors ago, several community leaders ago, promises were made to this community. because everyone came together and said, we're going to make sure that we're not denied what is owed to us, we were able to get to this point. i am proud to stand here with all of you and the supervisor who is able to be here when this vision was realized. but i definitely want to thank supervisor maxwell for all of her work. i want to thank supervisor corn for all of her work. because we don't do any of this alone. i want to make sure that everybody who played a role in making theur this facility was

here gets their proper due. if you screwed in a bowl, if you nailed in a nail, if you stood up at a community meeting, if you came down to city thool say this this has to happen, if you were on oakdale making sure that everyone understood that we needed a better, new improved community center, any role that you played, i want to thank you for that and thrchg this community for their resiliency and i am proud to be your representative of this new facility. now i have the opportunity to bring up someone who has always stood with us in this community. when i go to him even though we don't always agree on everything, when i go to him and say we need support in our community, we need resources in our community, he's still with us, he's with you and i am thankful for that.

i want to bring up our state senator, scott wiener. >> thank you supervisor. thank you madam hair. -- madam mayor. this is -- first of all, this is like breathtakingly beautiful. this is one of the most beautiful buildings in the entire city of san francisco. i don't say at that lightly because we always talk about the new design. this is one of those examples of what it means when we really put our heart and soul into what something looks like and what we deliver to the community. this so beautiful and i want to congratulate the community and puc and everyone who is involved in this amazing project. i'm a big fan of the san francisco puc. this is an organization

committed to sustainability whether it's around clean water or clean energy. this is a clean environmental agency. it's awesome. this building, of course, is so incredibly sustainable. it's a model for what we need. we also know that environment sustainability, yes, it's about energy and water and all that. but it's also about the sustainability of the community. and this is a community -- the bayview hunters point is a community that's been under intense prescriber for so many years. it's not always been prioritized by our city government. at a time it was cut off and felt neglected. it's important that we be intentional about investing in this community, about supporting

he made sure this building happened. he had a vision. and along with the community, you all helped him make it happen. he made sure the community was involved every step of the way. when i look back at this building, i see this is what a utility of the future is posed to be. our policies -- supposed to be. our policies go beyond do no harm. our policies are do good and build. that's why licky store is here. this is what a utility of the future has to be. this was harlan's vision but is also my vision and should be everyone's vision. a utility of the future goes

beyond. in this neighborhood we've fought for environmental justice and fought to breathe. we have the highest rate of asthma and cancer. you mention it, we had it. this building helps to with the three goals. intentionally, we have water conservation. intentionally, we have good quality air inside. intentionally, we are environmentally sound. everything that was not outside is now inside this building. that's what a utility of the future does and we need all of you to hold us to that. not about money, it's about what you need. and then in a family, you say what do we need? then you find the money for the need. you don't say what money do we have first?

no. that's not what you do. you prioritize. and that's what we have do. i want to make sure that all of, young people, old people are environmentally conscious in this neighborhood. and that's what this facility can do and that's why it's important to have the educational facility. and we also know that opening the doors is the easy part. holding us accountable to making sure up keep and maintenance is done way into the future. holding us accountable as mairt said, to making sure that -- as the mayor said, making sure we have good programs that are exciting and relevant and take us into the future. i'm excited about this building and i was going to say i know it's going to be shaking off this foundation, but i'm not going to say that. we also have had taken advantage of a $250 million asset and that's the third streetlight

rail. that's the buses. when you come in, this is the first thing you see. had you leave, this is the last thing you see. and children are playing and it's green and beautiful. thank you, community. thank you harlan kelly and thank you all of you who had something do with this. [cheers and applause] this man needs to introduction. >> thank you so much. my name is ralph remington director of cultural affairs. it's my pleasure to be here with you today on behalf of the san 8ñ [cheers and applause] i've only been at my role for two years now, but i have to say this this building -- say that this budding is incredible. a lot of it is due to community activism and political pressure and a lot of it is due to

conscientious politicians and a lot is do due to our artists in the community. i want to give a thank you to the san francisco public utilities commission and bayview hunters point community. we're here to celebrate the opening of the beautiful new southeast community center and robust public art collection featuring new collections by local artists,. everyone stawnd, please. descrsh everyone stand up please. canada, mildred, there they are. thank so much. and we have 37 two-dimension the artwork purchased from 27 ar cysts. each were selected from the bayview registry and each has a

meaningful connection to the bayview hunters point community. the art was made possible through the enrichment ordinance which allocates 2% of construction costs from capital improvement projects for the production of art. in collaboration with southeast community facility commission and staff, project stakeholders and community members, they developed the bayview arts master play which established the registry and guided the use of the art enrichment fund improvements in bayview including this new artwork and collection. joan me in acknowledging the artists here today. as i mention your names again, if you could stand up, i would greatly appreciate it. you deserve to hear the appreciation of this community.

mildred howard! mildred howard and her bronze sculpture takes its inspiration from west african currency that was traditionally for the success that embodied their power. philip boi. this honors the six founders of the southeast community center. and canada hinkle. thank you, thank you. whose vibrant mural a reflects the milestones and relationships that connect community members across time and generation. i would also like to thank the 27 artist whose contribute their

artwork which can be found on the center's second and third floors on the wails. i would thank to thank -- as you tour the center, please be sure to stop and take in the magnificent work created to reflect and honor the bayview hunters community. and i would like to thank mayor london breed for guiding us. thank you mayor london breed. and i would also like to thank the art's commission staff who worked on this project including mary chu. mary chu. jackie von tresko who worked tirelessly with project stakeholders and artists to see themselves if this project through this work. thank you so much. enjoy the work. enjoy your community center.

have a ball! thank you everybody! >> before we go back to dr. frommer, i want to acknowledge we have three of our puc commissioners here. two are new. we have tim paulson. kate stacy and tony revera who are our new commissioners and we're happy to have you here. thanks very much. >> all right. you guys be quie oat. this building is a a piece of art. let's give the building a hand! you know, i had my wedding reception at 1800 oakdale. my memories go deep. i think about the new memories that you're going to make. we feed a place for events. right? and i'm always going to remember that memory from there. now we have a new facility to

create new memories. we're honored and want to thank. i want to acknowledge the southeast community center team lead by emily farr rogers. larry barrie concepty director. jason barca clt lon. carla von along with victoria bryant. and nicholas cresta, let's give them all a hand. i don't think i said enough about my commissioner, southeast community facility commissioner. we spent hours looking at artwork and touring this building. we spent hours crossing stuff out that we didn't want. what they have in presidio, we need betterçc9■ here.

i want what they got! we fought for that. i'm honored to be the president of this commission and we have so much more work do. on behalf of the commission, i want to extend recognition to the white water enterprise and the san francisco puc for the commitment to this community. thanks to our tenant partners and the non-public hud, there will be a pavilion to share the information over there about the programs and services and i want to close out and invite the commissioner to gather around this wonderful mayor to take a picture. and thank you for coming out today. i was born and raised right on this hill. i'm a six generation san franciscan. i got gentrified out but my intlood in this community and i'm not going anywhere.

thank you and enjoy your day. we have great food and music and family. congratulations, everybody. ♪♪

>> we are providing breakfast, lunch, and supper for the kids. >> say hi. hi. what's your favorite? the carrots. >> the pizza? >> i'm not going to eat the pizza. >> you like the pizza? >> they will eat anything. >> yeah, well, okay. >> sfusd's meal program right now is passing out five days worth of meals for monday through friday. the program came about when the shelter in place order came about for san francisco. we have a lot of students that depend on school lunches to meet their daily nutritional

requirement. we have families that can't take a hit like that because they have to make three meals instead of one meal. >> for the lunch, we have turkey sandwiches. right now, we have spaghetti and meat balls, we have chicken enchiladas, and then, we have cereals and fruits and crackers, and then we have the milk. >> we heard about the school districts, that they didn't know if they were going to be able to provide it, so we've

been successful in going to the stores and providing some things. they've been helpful, pointing out making sure everybody is wearing masks, making sure they're staying distant, and everybody is doing their jobs, so that's a great thing when you're working with many kid does. >> the feedback has been really good. everybody seems really appreciative. they do request a little bit more variety, which has been hard, trying to find different types of food, but for the most part, everyone seems appreciative. growing up, i depended on them, as well, so it reminds me of myself growing up.

>> i have kids at home. i have six kids. i'm a mother first, so i'm just so glad to be here. it's so great to be able to help them in such a way because some families have lost their job, some families don't have access to this food, and we're just really glad to be

>> by the time the last show came, i was like whoa, whoa, whoa. i came in kicking and screaming and left out dancing. [♪♪♪] >> hello, friends. i'm the deputy superintendent of instruction at san francisco unified school district, but you can call me miss vickie. what you see over the next hour has been created and planned by our san francisco teachers for

our students. >> our premise came about for san francisco families that didn't have access to technology, and that's primarily children preschool to second grade. >> when we started doing this distance learning, everything was geared for third grade and up, and we work with the little once, and it's like how were they still processing the information? how were they supposed to keep learning? >> i thought about reaching the student who didn't have internet, who didn't have computers, and i wanted them to be able to see me on the t.v. and at least get some connection with my kids that way. >> thank you, friends. see you next time. >> hi, friend. >> today's tuesday, april 28,

2020. it's me, teacher sharon, and i'm back again. >> i got an e-mail saying that i had an opportunity to be on a show. i'm, like, what? >> i actually got an e-mail from the early education department, saying they were saying of doing a t.v. show, and i was selected to be one of the people on it, if i was interested. i was scared, nervous. i don't like public speaking and all the above. but it worked out. >> talk into a camera, waiting for a response, pretending that oh, yeah, i hear you, it's so very weird. i'm used to having a classroom with 17 students sitting in front of me, where they're all

moving around and having to have them, like, oh, sit down, oh, can you hear them? let's listen. >> hi guys. >> i kind of have stage flight when i'm on t.v. because i'm normally quiet? >> she's never quiet. >> no, i'm not quiet. >> my sister was, like, i saw you on t.v. my teacher was, i saw you on youtube. it was exciting, how the community started watching. >> it was a lot of fun. it also pushed me outside of my comfort zone, having to make my own visuals and lesson plans so quickly that ended up being a lot of fun. >> i want to end today with a thank you. thank you for spending time

with us. it was a great pleasure, and see you all in the fall. >> i'm so happy to see you today. today is the last day of the school year, yea! >> it really helped me in my teaching. i'm excited to go back teaching my kids, yeah. >> we received a lot of amazing feedback from kiddos, who have seen their own personal teacher on television. >> when we would watch as a family, my younger son, kai, especially during the filipino episodes, like, wow, like, i'm proud to be a filipino. >> being able to connect with someone they know on television has been really, really powerful for them. and as a mom, i can tell you that's so important.

the social confidence development of our early learners. [♪♪♪] >> 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

>> hello everyone. welcome to the bayview bistro. >> it is just time to bring the community together by deliciousness. i am excited to be here today because nothing brings the community together like food. having amazing food options for and by the people of this community is critical to the success, the long-term success and stability of the bayview-hunters point community.

>> i am nima romney. this is a mobile cafe. we do soul food with a latin twist. i wanted to open a truck to son nor the soul food, my african heritage as well as mylas as my latindescent. >> i have been at this for 15 years. i have been cooking all my life pretty much, you know. i like cooking ribs, chicken, links. my favorite is oysters on the grill. >> i am the owner. it all started with banana pudding, the mother of them all.

now what i do is take on traditional desserts and pair them with pudding so that is my ultimate goal of the business. >> our goal with the bayview bristow is to bring in businesses so they can really use this as a launching off point to grow as a single business. we want to use this as the opportunity to support business owners of color and those who have contributed a lot to the community and are looking for opportunities to grow their business. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing. they are doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered.

it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to

thrive because of all of the opportunities on the way to this community. >> bayview has changed. it is growing. a lot of things is different from when i was a kid. you have the t train. you have a lot of new business. i am looking forward to being a business owner in my neighborhood. >> i love my city. you know, i went to city college and fourth and mission in san francisco under the chefs ria, marlene and betsy. they are proud of me. i don't want to leave them out of the journey. everyone works hard. they are very supportive and passionate about what they do, and they all have one goal in mind for the bayview to survive. >> all right. it is time to eat, people.

>> tuesday, october 25, 2022, to order. roll call, mr. steel. >> thank you. commissioner alexander. >> here. >> vice-president boggess? >> >> >> present. >> commissioner hsu. >> here. >> commissioner sanchez? >> here. >> commissioner weisman. >> here >> president lam. >> here. >> thank you. >> at their time before the board goes into closed session, i call for any speakers to the closed session, times listed in the agenda. there will be a total of five minutes for speakers. any speakers for public comment? >> seeing none. in person. >> no virtual public speakers. >> okay. at this time, i will recess for closed session.