>> good morning and welcome to the rowels committee of the san francisco board of supervisors for today, halloween october 31,

2022. i'm the chair aaron peskin joined by vice chair mandelman and member supervisor chan. our clerk is mr. victor young. do you have any announcements? >> yes the board of supervisors committee are convening hybrid meeting still prosecute voiding remote access and public comment via phone. will be taking the public comment as followed:first comment taken on each item on the agenda. those in person allowed to speak first then those on the phone line. those watching channel 26, 28, 78 or 99 and sfgov.org the public call in number is streaming. the number is 415-655-0001. the meeting id access code: 2492 770 5750 ##.

when connected you will hear the meeting discussion but will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest come up and public comment is called those in person lineup to peek and those on the phone should dial story 3 to be added to the line. if you arol phone remember to turn down your television and all listening devices. >> as indicated, we will take public comment in person first and then go to the comment phone line. you may submit public comment in writing e mail them to myself the clerk at victor. young sfgov.org. if you can submit it by e mill tell be forwarded to the proirzs and include as part of the file. send the comments u.s. mail to city hall.

>> thank you. call the first item. >> first is item 1. ordinance approving surveillance technology policies body come ras by rec and park security by the deputy elections and the airport and finaling in support of said approvals. >> thank you, mr. young. this is the third time this item appeared before this committee. there are a few nonsubstantive changes that i put before you putting in the correct file number and filling out terms. >> i'm happy to go through them most low it is put nothing file 221043 in numerous places throughout the ordinance.

i will reminds folks that the provision with regard to the location managementment system of the rec and parks department has been stricken. and is not part of this approved policy. and with that, is there public comment on this item? >> yes, members who would like to speak on this matter can lineup to speak at this time. for those remote call 415-655-0001. upon upon enter access code: 2492 770 5750 ##. once connected you will need to press story 3 to enter the speaker line for those in the queue wait until the system indicates you are unmute then begin your comment. can we have our first caller in the room? come forward. >> you have 2 minutes for public

comment. >> thank you, yes. i'm [inaudible] and i would like to say i'm [inaudible] yea, on surveillance i would understand why it would be needed terror the lessons upon given the scene because of the laws of fraud. so that ponent that having said on the 2020 election. so but um -- i would really oppose it in parks and rec and other public venue because we are going inclusion a police day for everything surveillance and i'm protecting and defending constitutional rights i heard on the news yesterday that no action can be taken against those people that were in --

voting places. they were -- armed and threatening [inaudible]. said than i have a right [inaudible] i [inaudible] i can't believe they have nothing can be done [inaudible] they have a lot to [inaudible] speech and the press. so i support that but i would like to say that we have enough surveillance i don't want to go to parks and see the come are watching my every move. it does not sound right e approximately you go to public performs. >> thank you >> thank you. there are other member who is would like to testify on item one? >> yes we have a caller on the line. can we have our first caller. >> can you hear me okay. >> proceed. >> great. david, i wanted to speak in

support of the ordinance. appreciate the technical review and edits proposed by chair peskin. and i think these 3 use makes sense and have been fair low scrutinized and appreciate the work of the various departments and jillian johnson of [inaudible]. thank you for listening. >> thank you. >> that was our last caller on the phone line for this matter. admissible comment is closed. i will make a motion to adopt the amendments technical and nonsubstantive on that motion a roll call. >> on the motion to adopt the amendments, supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. gi will make a motion to sends it as amended with

recommendation to the full board of supervisors. on that motion a roll call. >> on that motion, supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. next item. >> next on the agenda is item twoshg ordinance amending the code to require board of supervisors approval of a policy governing the funding acquisition and use of certain law enforcement equipment consistent with the criteria in state law and approves the police department's use of equipment policy. >> colleagues, we have heard this on 4 occasions in the intervening week. the police department made some signatured changes to the changes i suggested at the last meeting. but they are they are still as of the last time communicated

with them -- contemplating additional changes waiting on the chief who was otherwise busy with the pelosi matter to opine on their comments. i will make their comments to me a part of the record. for next week. i believe that there are police department representatives available if you have any questions. they will be the back and forth will be in next week's board packet. is there anybody here from the department withhold like to add or subtract or otherwise comment? i believe supervisor chan? supervisor chan. my thank you.

i did have the amendments from last week. that i don't know if i need to again read my amendments to the legislation or we can >> you can i mean the legislation itself this is a bit like 19 b. which is in order to have changes to the policy we would do that by ordinance. the changes that you suggested were a part of the comments that i read in the policy itself. so they, and i believe by the way, and i will hundred this to you i believe that the department did -- accept those changes. >> yes. >> you don't need to read them they will be ultimate low incorporate in the the policy if the board of supervisors cease fit to do so.

this supervisor certainly does. >> thank you. is there anybody from the police department who would like to say anything? all right. if not, are there members of the public hold like to testify on item 2? >> yes, members wish to speak on this item can line up to peek. listening remote call 415-655-0001 then access code: 2492 770 5750 ##. once connected you need to press story 3 to enter the line. those in the queue continue to wait until the system indicated you have been unmuted then begin your comments can we have our first commenter? >> in the room? >> yes. i oppose that legislation.

we don't need tanks, machine guns i'm opposed to guns. i remember we was going to go [inaudible] [inaudible] that was [inaudible]. he did not understand english i told him to drop the weapon he had a machine gun this would [inaudible]. 2016. its like why having tanks and machine guns? you know. [inaudible] like jackson, mississippi the african and white students were [inaudible] i don't see why people are not up in arms. [inaudible] that is so wrong machine gun and tanks for a

police encounter. it is ridiculous. >> thank you. >> moving to the phone callers. can we have our first caller. >> good morning chair and supervisor this is policy is missing >> reporter:s of state law and vital to community safety produced for our [inaudible]. we ask you incorporate the amendments to fully define authorized use for all weapons that a date compatible with the 23/24 budget process for receiving the [inaudible]. and direct sfpd require full transparency. police department require military grade equipment are like low to use violence and

military equipment is deployed in black and brown communities the risk and impacts of sfpd militarization will be responsiblesed acute low in marginalized communities. there are desparity in policing in san francisco and a report found san francisco the worse in the state with police [inaudible] rates for black residents. military equipment is a multiplier and have consequences for further exacerbating san francisco's desparities. based on the [inaudible] by commune members and clients impacted by the generational harm caused. should be aggressive in our prop to oversight had policy does in the safe guard the public's welfare, safety, rights or civil learnt this is is a requirement of ab41. ordinance must be resunriseed pesifiy what uses are authorized

for each weapon and a report with the budget process and require transparency in equipment restocking. please incorporate come community concerns. thank you. >> and -- before the next speaker. the last speaker referred to the community version. i'm not if that exists i gotten public comment letters with various suggestions this are in the file and i'm reviewing the file. but in the sure hacommunity version this speaker from glide is referring to. anyway. if somebody has this and wants to make it a part of the file i encourage them to do so. >> thank you. next caller, please.

>> good morning. supervisors tess welbourn. i support that the peeshg from glide said. and i'm horrifyd that this equipment -- in the hands of sfpd in view of the many heinous acts they have already performd and could perform in the future. i personal low would recommend this the equipment donated to the national guard or the equal. thank you. i endorse comments from glide. i sent you 3e mails with comments similar to what glide

said the last few months. i will in the repeat that but we need an ordinance that defines authorized use clearly. so the opinion knows that the allowed uses, endorse plan to the budget process. that is the account at tool the board of supervisors has. and will give the public an opportunity to see that you are looking and viewing the uses to see if they are still necessary and meet the public safety and guideline in the state ordinance. i would like to request had the police department submits their comments they get posted early enough appears this will be continued until 2 weeks from now? i believe the election is next

tuesday. may not be meeting on this day. thank you very much. >> that was our last caller. public comment for this item is closed. and i the make a motion to condition this item to the meeting next monday. on that motion, a roll call, please. >> >> on the motion to continue the matter supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. chair peskin. >> aye. >> that matter is continued. next item. please. next on the agenda is item 3. motion reissue pointing supervisor mandelman term ending december first of 23 to the california state assembly of counties. would you like to make a motion. >> so moved.

motion to recuse supervisor mandelman. >> on that motion, supervisor chan. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> motion passes without objection. with mandelman being excuse friday that motion. >> is there public comment on the motion to reappoint supervisor mandelman to the california state association of counties? >> members who wish to speak in person should line up at this time. for those remote call 415-655-0001 then access code: 2492 770 5750 ##. once connected press story 3 to enter the queue. for those in the queue continue to wait until you have been unmuted then begin your comment. anyone in the room withhold like to comment on this merit?

>> seeing none. we have one person on the line for public comment. >> proceed, please. >> we lost that person. >> so we don't have callers on the line. >> opinion comment is closed i make a motion to sends this to the full board with positive recommendation on that a roll call, please. >> on that motion supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman is excused. chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection with vice chair mandelman excuse friday this matter. >> next item. >> next on the agenda is item 4 motion to director the clerk to initiate request for proposal process to facilitate a working group to explore ownership or resident control at mid town park apartment in the western

edition. >> supervisor preston, i look forward to being regaled with the charter conundrum this motion is facing. >> thank you, chair peskin and i will do my best and appreciate you calendaring this and allowing to condition with the city attorney and if okay with the chair i do need to go in background on this one. i have been thinking about this all weekend. >> right. >> so -- colleagues the item buffer occurrence mid town park apartments affordable house nothing the western edition and i want to say that ma in many ways mid town is a moral test for the city how we support the

residents puts to the test our city's commitment to racial equity, housing stability and reparations to the black community. mid town is city owned. the only such property in the city. true municipal housing right now existing in the heart of the fillmore. the only impedament to a resident lead future of mid town is the city itself. many of you may be familiar with the situation at mid town in 2020, this board voted approving an ordinance to provide rent stabilization to the long-term legacy tenants at mid town. some of whom received had we viewed as very unfair rent increases. that important step to redress rent increases that were as high as 300%. was always viewed by my office

and by the residence denials in mid town as a step on a long-term path. motion before the committee is intended to commence the next step and to monopoly out long-term vision for mid town. one in which residents voices are centered this step is a long time coming. mid town existence owes itself to an explicit emission by the city the redevelopment era saw the mass displacement of the black community was a tremendous mistake. the 138 unit complex mid town was created to house western edition residents had lost homes during the shameful chapter in san francisco history. it was created by the city giving the property to private developer barton western and according to historic documents the company advertised the units

with the slogan own your own. promoting which tenants have equity ownership in a coprittive. as reported on, including reports by reporter natalie. that promise was taken away by the private develop exert settle in the court and colleagues i could go in the long twisted saga that is the story of mid town in the intervocabularying years the transfer of ownership to hud. eventual low to the city. the ever changing property management companies and series of broken promises to they residents. equally is the resilience and dedication to community the residence have shown. i will fast forward not to present i will fast forward it june fifth, 2007 a crucial

moment in relation this to board's activities approve a resolution to guide the city and mid town park residents in formulating a long-term ownership structure and development plan. and again that was in 2007. the resolution detailed 5 principles realize long-term ownership. name low prevenning displacement involving tenants and protecting affordability and exploring alternative ownership structures and faith, sanitary and decent housing. where as clause noted that quote, mo is committed to working with the tenants to complete the planning transfer

of ownership and rehab of mid town p apartments. 15 years later, 15 years later, it is clear no progress has been made by the mayor's office of housing to achieve this. this past budget cycle my office allocated limited funds to jump start this process. we invested district add back dollars with the purpose of retaining community housing consultant to have a conversation among mid town residents how to best achieve the long promised goal of resident control or ownership with residents voices the center of the discussion. funds pay for expert to lead a conversation among residence denials what affordable housing model, ownership structure, best suits their vision and needs

this information can be used to inform the board of supervisors about our next steps with regard to mid town. one can make the case the funds allocated to major's office of housing. that department shown it is unable or unwilling to perform this work. they were urgeed do so 15 years ago by the board and taken no steps to see this to fruition. >> unfortunately this is not an isolated situation and previous add backs from my office the mayor's office and community development has been unable or unwilling to implement funds for their purpose. last year's budget we put tw00 thousand dollars toward public housing organizers, funds aimed helping residents in public and subsidized housing add vo indicated for repairs and dignified conscience for months after the budget was approved

offered excuses to why they were not moving the funds forward. finally, we introduced legislation to represent the funds to a different department. eve of a committee hearing on that motion. on that ordinance that informed us agree to move the funds elsewhere. i take no pleasure in recite thanksgiving history but it is relevant why we allocate the funds at issue in this motion. limited funds. instead to the clerk's office to issue the necessary rfp. we were adviseed introduce the motion directing the clerk to perform this function and did that. after introduction of that motion my office was contacted by city attorney who raised concerns about whether this function is allowed under the charter. i will let the city attorney weigh in if they chose the theatre as i understand it from the city attorney's office is the board could be stepping into

an executive function with this motion to be approved. despite the fact the charter nowhere presented the board from directing the clerk to issue an rfp and or to retain an expert to work with residence denial in the american at issue the city attorney conclude today is imployed by the charter. this conclusion is baffling to me and reflects a tortured reading of the charter this unreasonable low constrains the power of this board of supervisors under this reading a supervisor would not be able to host a community meetock a topic if there were an issue the department may act on that happened be of course, an executive function. to say this unreasonably tied the hands i don't think it is consistent with the charter. colleagues,il ask you today to continue the motion to the call of the chair. not because we are giving up on this effort.

for from t. we come to far and residents sufferd and fought back for too long for you to 3 up a white flag. it is my sincere hope the city attorney the revise its legal analysis here. cease obstruction of the board's work to deliver for the people and my hope would be we can then bring the item back to the committee. at the same time in order to minimize delays of getting funds out the door we will explore finding another department or agency that is willing to help us facilitate the work our contit wents demanded for over 15 years. i would be remiss to not express frustration with the imppediments to our efforts by the office of the city attorney unneeding putting restrictions to the power of the board and not giving us a warning about

potential issues nor suggesting ways to accomplish our goal in getting the funds to work through amended language or revised motion but instead, advising clearly, thisseen if this body if this committee and the board of supervisors were to pass a motion directing the clerk to issue the subject rfp the. city attorney will refuse to sign a contract to form and making moot efforts boy this body to accomplish this goal. this is an inproperty action by the city attorney who is supposed to represent the board on the heels of years of the city government inactualitying, delay and disrespecting the residents of mid town. and i want to just before i wrap up. butt this in a broader context. i invite you, colleagues and anyone listen to walk the basement of this building where

the paragraphs of david johnson on display they show once i have bran african-american community across san francisco especially admit harlem of the west in my district. photos are here at city hall at 1 doctor carlton b. goodlet place. namesake was once a proud residence den of mid town park apartments. the communities, the per and the lives depict in the mr. johnson's photos on display in the building have a hawning beauty we know the actions of the city through redevelopment irreversible low took much of it, way again and again the city failed its black community. mid town was an attempt to redress to some small extent the failures. first residents promised a dream of ownership deferd and since

denied. by standing in the way the city attorney adds another chapter. we will not be deterd and neither will the residents of mid town. and so with that i want to thank you again, chair peskin and committee member and chief of staff for w on this and his work on mid town and i look forward to discussion of the item and ask the committee continue to the call of the chair. >> thank you. >> thshg supervisor preston. and operate and apart from the history of mid town and your and previous attempts and 2007 to address that. i am troubled by the constitutional charter matter.

it is interesting to me in a number of ways relative to the 19 nic charter, proved by voter in 1995. which differed from the 1932 charter as to interference by the legislative branch in matters of the executive. and the 32 charter to my mine was more clear than the 96 charter. when i came long in 2001, i was advised by ordinance, and i realize this is a motion we can get in the details of that. that the board of supervisors had great latitude by ordinance

in asserting its will as a matter of luin the workings of the executive branch. i also note that in the company decades i have been in and out of this building as a supervisor, that the city attorney and this is a broad statement. don't make it has generally found that things that are not specifically addressed or precluded by the charter are not inconsistent with the charter. we just saw that in the resignation letter matter. where in the city attorney did in the say it was not spelled out in the charter.

i think the sentiment of the city attorney's letter was inconsistent with the spirit of the charter. here i think you can, ploy the same logic which is, this is not preclouded by the charter. we go out for an rfp, in 2009 asked me as a former supervisor to sit on the selection panel for a mule budget and legislative analyst contract. and i did so. i don't see how creating a working group is inconsistent with the roles assigned legislative branch under the 1996 charter. i realize this is a complicated

matter i have not assigned political mote vision this is about a reading of the charter and its application thereof. i don't think there is any behind the scenes political shananagans going of i don't think that of the professional staff of the city attorney's office. to whom i would imagine that the elected city attorney would defer to. so, but i also actually given that she has been around as a board aid and then now for many years as the clerk of the board would be interested in hearing our clerk's take on this. i mean after all this is a legislative branch temperature is a department also. it is a sitting city department. it is department number one. so, i don't know if you have any

noncity attorney words of wisdom to add to this? >> members of the committee afternoon la, the i think for the clerk, the perspective i like to take to leave my personal opinion out of this conversation. and just indicate to the committee and to the board of supervisors that just pursuant i will ask sfgovtv to look at the projection. 2.117 the highlighted section, the clerk shall have other duties and aren'ts as the board of supervisors may prescribe. of course, the committee's will and of the boards should you ask that any duty performed including an rfp we will be happy to perform this role for you.

and of course work with as always our general council and deputy city attorney on any of those matters in the event this this board and the city asked us to move forward with that. >> supervisor chan. >> thank you. i think that is a question thank you, chair peskin and thank you supervisor preston for bring thanksgiving to us. this question is for madam clerk as well. is that we actually have done something similar. i think at lafco, which there is a press for request for proposal. for the public or reinvestment grew for the public bank. issue the proposal and be able to hire a consultant but i guess my question is, we have that. we have done it, in fact not

directly with this body but a body that a body that is independent from us over seed by the board of supervisors. >> member chan, clerk of the board, it is true that when there are areas of interest to the board that the departments have not shown initiative on or did in the chose to move it as a priority of this board did initiate a lafco there were matter items removed in that life landfall. there was funding that was appropriated or garnered for some of the duties in lafco. it has been done, perhaps the city attorney's office can indicate issues that would distinguish the matters, way from this matter? you are correct the department has done it. >> and this is for us, clothes to think about.

lafco is unique and different from the other counties because of when we are and city and county of san francisco, the body as local formation agency commission is independent and that it does have the authority for municipal service review that is irrelevant that body. can actually what actually does is it review municipal services and that in my opinion falls under municipal services. i will leave that for supervisor preston to pursue and city attorney to determine. thank you. >> supervisor preston. thank you. chair peskin and thank you, supervisor chan. it may be that we should explore

that with this and lafco has been a great resource as you say with the some items asthma dam clerk referenced departments may not have been prioritizing them. look forward to conferring with you about that and whether that might be a good fit. i want to briefly touch on just point out 2 things on the issue. of the balance power interpretation here. first of all, to point out, following up on chair peskin's comments and the charter has and section 101 all right and powerhouse city ask county not vested shall be exercises by the board of prierzs that is a catch all that empowered the board of

surprises broadly. i would point out this is a central issue. >> the city's charter does not have an exclusivity clause. if you look at united states constitution and the state constitution, they preclude a branch are exercising a power this another branch has this is in the the case in our city charter. so, of the idea this just because you know, buss and trines are under the mta, that means that the board could not hold a community meeting or contract for an event space to hold a meeting about bus and trains in our district that is none an interpretation that is consistent with the charter.

approximate so what the conclusion reached boy the city attorney's office. is reading into our charter and exclusivity clause that does not exist in our charter but does exist in the state and federal charter. and importing the cases that interpret state and federal law that have different mandates from ours. per of why we want to elevate the here in this committee is i think it sets a bad precedent and i think we need clarity as to this had appear to be the interpretation because a department could do something, that precludes the board from acting on that same accept to pass legislation on the topic. i will leave it at that. thank you mr. chair. >> madam city attorney, any light you want to shed on this

from the city attorney's office perspective? >> deputy city attorney, i'm happy to answer questions i think supervisor preston summarized our advice. this is a motion before you direct the clerk to engage to employ the services of a facilitator for a noncity group to organize. we have advised that should the board pass this motion and the clerk engage we would not approve the form to contract and begin that advice because it is our opinion that such a contract reflect executive functions and not legislative functions. the board has within the power many powers but they are only to act by ordinance, resolution and motion and the board may not under charter section 2.114 get

involved in administrative affaired the board could set policy. adopt ordinances requiring o krushgs d to appropriate funds and credit a group. but the board may not choose for whatever reason to dot work it would prefer a department does. so we have advised here that we would not approve this contract to form if were initiated. >> isn't this the power of inquiry? doesn't the formation of this working group, 2.114 accepts for the purpose of the power of inquiry. isn't this really pursuant to that power of inquiry in >> i don't think so. i know pursuant to the power of inquiry the board holds hearings and the board by ordinance creates working groups that

advise the board. but i don't think the board negotiates contracts to fund service as part of the power of inquiry. >> not necessary low. i would argue that the budget and legislative analyst or for instance, if this board of supervisors pursuant to an issue needed to obtain at cost expert advice that would require a hiring somebody. if i was wrestling with refuse policy and needed to go out and hire a national expert on refuse policy in order to inform this board as to to what policy steps tuesday take that is power of inquiry. >> the role that the bla plays under the charter. the bla might need to subcontract to obtain this. why could this not go through the bla to form an outside group

to enforce the policy of the board of supervisors? >> if you know we will be happy to look at that as an option. i understood this rfp to look to organize a community group. which i think is different from -- informing the board of supervisors. and it would require with all due respect to the clerk's office who has expertise in the support of a policy body and legislative process, i think her office would need some assistance in coming up with a scope of work for this type of project. and the board may not fulfill this role this is an executive function. joy think i begin supervisor preston some things to think about. >> yes. thank you. mr. chair and we will follow up

with city attorney on that and the clerk and bla on that suggestion. and i did want to add one other thing that is part of the frustration is that you know there is no dwhae this board could pass an ordinance setting up a working group we do that at the time we have the power to set up a working group. do you know why you are not seeing an ordinance to set ump a working group here? the simple fact that contrary to the city done with respect to mid town, we want and the residents want a majority of any decisionmaking body or anyone making recommendations to to the residents of mid town. which, of course, >> conflict issues and add voice from the city attorney i think correctly show raising a flag if the major of the body are people who have a stake in an outcome,

that legally you cannot set up a working group the we have jurisdiction to create a formal working group but don't have jurisdiction to bring on someone with to retain an expert? who can meet infurthermorally with the residence denials. gage what they and want report become to the board so legislate it accordingly i think it it is a problem. i appreciate the suggestion and the creative approaches to trying to figure out how to do this and look forward to consulting with city attorney on that suggestion. >> thank you. supervisor. are there any members of the public when would like to testify on this item number 4? >> members the public had wish to speak are joining us in person line up to speak. for those remet call 415-655-0001 then access code: 2492 770 5750 ##.

you need to press story 3 to center the line. if you are in the queue wait until you have been unmuted then begin your comment. there is nobody in the room for public comment at this time we have 2 on the line. first speaker, please. can you hear me >> yes, we can. >> great. david again. so very interesting issue i appreciate the history and frustration here. certainly could be a powers and duties issue but reasonable minds can disagree this is an example where [inaudible] had an emgant solution and i guess i'm surprised that the current city attorney team has not come up

with something to solve this. seems to me it is more like creating an advisory committee or requesting a bla report it is exploring options. regardless of the composition of the group which could be a majority of residents or not. it is just exploring options and ways to get to a different place from where you are now temperature is not directoring an executive branch department here. i seem to recall that watkins was involved in this effort years ago. i hope he is still involved. and i checked on the website and there are certainly a long list of advisory bodies the board created on topics that fall under executive branch departments. because they provide add voice to that those departments or this board on the topics.

and don't exercise powerhouse of the city i think they are fine. and i think this this logic employed here puts in the question the way business is done in the city. and i support continuance and continuing to explore the issue but i'm sure well is a solution to this. that would allow exploring other options. thank you for listening. >> thank you, next caller, please. >> hello. i'm very pleased with the discussion that supervisor preston brought up and the thoughtful comment this is all of you other people in the committee supervisor peskin and chan, have made.

and also the clerk. thank you. i -- think that these are very important issue this is need to be explored the board passed a number of piece of legislation that the executive branch chosen not to implement. and we are touching on a larger issue, too. and -- i appreciate your thoughtfulness and like to say i support mid town getting a chance to have some kinds of ownership even land trust style ownership the land remains in the stele's hands. big are issues and the one initiating there, thank you very much for considering this and for continuing it. >> are there other members of the public for this item?

>> there are no additional callers for this matter. >> all right. why public comment is closed. supervisor preston i'm happy to work withow this and may be there are nuanced changes that account be made empowering the budget analyst and under the tw.114 clear exception for the power of inquiry but we can take that off line and with that i will make ail motion to continue this item to the call of the chair on this motion a roll call, please. >> on that motion supervisor chan. why aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. why motion passes without objection. next item. >> item 5 is motion approving rejecting the mayor's nomination for gloria li to the municipal transportation board of directors term ending march first of 25. >> colleagues the mayor nominate

third degree individual on or about september 16th. the individual who has been nominated is out of the country. >> i believe show is on the line >> great. >> excellent. love it. beautiful. let me before we do that -- ask a couple of questions of the city attorney. or may be of the clerk to this committee. question number one is, the charter lays out some specifications not by seat. so it says that 2 of 7 directors must possess significant cab knowledge or professional experience in public transportation. fourth sets out that 4 must be regular muni, riders to which

seats are these ascribed or which individuals are those ascribed. well is nothing this says these other muni ride and 2 with experience. steve professional experience. this one can figure out by looking at the list. i don't know who the other one in that category is. do we know? department upon city attorney, this is a situation where having seat numbers would help. in a case like this the clerk keeps electronic of which individuals who have been appointed have the specifications so we know whether we need another transit rider. but i would defer to the clerk on the current list. >> i'm not this is victor young

not aware of that information i can check with the add administrator of the board of directors. iel, i don't think it is -- cajina or -- yekutiel. mr. hooinz i love to know the other person with program importance and in the same breath the for you regular muni riders are. the board made that finding in the past. nothing this say this is satisfies that requirement. under 8a102. of the charter. i would need to check to ask them to report become to us on this matter.

>> okay and madam deputy city attorney it is my belief in reading 8a.102 this board of supervisors has no time by which we must act? >> that's correct. >> all right. mrs. li? floor is yours. thank you for joining us. >> >> hi. supervisors [inaudible] good morning. can i'm sorry a can't join you in person i'm in hong kong now it is grit to see you. i'm gloria li live in the trans bay area of san francisco close of the transit center. i have been serving on the tgpa for 6 years [inaudible] the district 6 representative i helped navigate the [inaudible]. creating neighborhood friend low activities and advocates for the

dtx and pushing for way find nothing multiple language especially chinese. i was on the transbay cac which over cease the development of the former transbay terminal. i cofounded a neighborhood group when we found out that the city has plans to [inaudible] turn it to a [inaudible]. the space turned an out door community space instead of the tent site. close to [inaudible] and tens of thus arounds of residents near. we worked with supervisor hene and the tjpa to make this a reality. it is a needed space our

residents don't have. i wed for the former board of under ma i started as a district liaison with the chinese community in the of bay area. and i'm a first generation immigrant and college graduate. i have a passion for certainim grant community and ensure equal access to local, state and federal resources and language access. i translate resource in chinese and cantonese and [inaudible]. the small business owners in order for them to access the resources. my goal for serving on the mta focus on the safety of the transit system including pedestrian safety. increasing language access and xhoungzs to the chinese speaking stake holders especially in d 4

and ensuring the needs of the users [inaudible] like myself non-english speak and [inaudible] if appointed i will [inaudible]ville tear service for the community above personal and political needs thank you for your time. >> thank you mrs. li. relative to our use and frequency there of muni, which i referred to in my opening comments could you speak to that, please. >> [inaudible] i work in the state building i was a rider of muni to and from work. i encountered a few attack on the platform and muni platform and during covid refrain friday

using public transit i have a young child at home. i'm not surety definition of frequent. >> any agrees committee members. supervisor chan? >> thank you, chair peskin. i had the opportunity to peek with mrs. gloria li. and it was a very informative and pleasant conversation. i felt grateful that of her interest to serving the city. it is a very critical role and i think she has been trying and both her public service work and personal life to really being involved in the city's transit issues and policy work. that said, i want to say that i think there are others this i

can easily name off right at this moment that 2 not only have done it is work but done the w for much longer. in this case i want to say you know looking at the make up of the sfmta board of directors filling the role of lye look to see an a ap i ownership chienys american or chinese speaking on this san francisco mt aboard of directors. and looking at more specific low if you know we are seek representation for chinese speaking or rep centation but a woman of color that i think i can easily think of many others that have not more passionate have even more experience in this case.

come i will 3 those names without there permission. you know. and that's including the in fact that the district 3 youth commissioner rosa chan. but no longer youth commissioner she is older now. and have done the china town advocacy work and before her queena chan and doing a lot of advocacy work for residence den in san francisco. both not just in china town but the connection and the connectivity critical between china town and viz valley and bayview and have been identified as a muni equity strategy zone. and last but not least i want to also 3 out there gent chan who now is working on that issue

especially during pandemic done critical work trans lagz survey and working with residence denials, making sure they understand the transit survey critical for making sure that we have our muni businesses really recover and bring back critical services in initial days when we -- 70% of the public transit service were down. they all with the last name chan than i are not related to each other or me. it happens we share the last name. different spelling for smchl all which to say i really appreciate mrs. li's application and thank the mir for being considerate about appointing another woman of color in this case a chinese

speaking woman to really be serving on the sfmta board of directors looking beyond that, to look really to for those who have done the w in the community and really critically knowing the issue, and having a relationship on going relationship with the community. not just in china town but across the city i congress of those candidates that are more than qualified as well. with that i regrettablely will not support mrs. li's appointment today. thank you chair peskin. >> thank you supervisor chan. approximate i'm not prepared vote on this just boy virtue of the fact i believe mrs. li said she does not consider hergz to fit the requirement which mior may not apply to her of being a

frequency, regular muni rider. nor does she claim that she fits the professional experience. i would like to have answers to those threshold 8 a102 questions that are up to this board to determine wlo we have the right compliment set forth in the charter. i would after public comment like to continue this merit to the call of the chair. having established that there is no time frame which we must act. and i understand that mrs. lieshgs are li will return in a month. so may be we can interview her in person or may be the mayor will reconsider a suggestion by supervisor channel and i concur with the thrust of the comment this is supervisor chan articulated why den we open item

5 up for public comment. >> yes. members of the public who wish to speak and join nothing person line up to speak. for those remote call 415-655-0001 then access code: 2492 770 5750 ##. press story 3 to enter the queue. in the queue wait until the system indicated you have been unmuted then begin your comments no one in the room for comment and one on the phone line. first speaker, please. >> good morning supervisors i'm paulina fair. i'm listen to the honest low i'm surprised and floored to be honest with you.

i know gloria li has policy and community experience including relevant experience. show is highly passionate and collaborative. she is ap i. i'm confused by supervisor chan's comment. i'd like to opine that everyonesing older people with more experience a pierce ageist the electric of clarity which qualifications needs e specialing given this hen on going. september is disorganized i'm not sure what that is about should that not have been clarified by the spierdzs on the committee. anyway i appreciate that you would like to interview a person

when she come become from the country and i do hope at that time you will consider how qualified she is and allow her to proceed. >> are there other speakers? >> yes. can we have the next caller, please? can you hear me now? proceed. >> great. dave you'd again. so i don't know the nominee. she appear to have limited experience with transportation planning. and as indicated san francisco residents reject her either today or in the future and seek a qualified enemy neil. we definitely and desperately need independent and knowledgeable mt aboard members.

member channel's suggestion of chen would be fantastic. queena chen would be amazing and wonderful member. and final low on the and there are other qualified individuals, residents of china town. on the legislation itself online 6 it is color 8a there is no period in there and online 18 should say serve and not serves. and at some point you will approve or reject. those are my thoughts, thank you very much for listening. >> are there remaining commenters on this item? >> we don't have additionaling callers at this time yoch public comment is closed. supervisor mandelman.

>> thank you. chair peskin i know mrs. li a bit. have not had the town to talk to her. prior to today and don't feel cape okay of or qualified weigh in on this. nomination. at this time. i would appreciate a little more time. >> so it shall be i will make a motion to condition this item to the call of the chair. and i do note that so as far as oftentimes nominees reach out before they have been nominate today has been an among and a half since the enemyination and it is -- telling this the enemy neil has not reached out to supervisor mandelman. i will make a motion to condition this to the call of the chair a roll call >> on the motion to condition to the call of the chair. supervisor chan. >> aye >> vice chair mandelman.

>> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes. we are adjourned.

>> i am iris long. we are a family business that started in san francisco chinatown by my parents who started the business in the mid 1980s. today we follow the same footsteps of my parents.

we source the teas by the harvest season and style of crafting and the specific variety. we specialize in premium tea. today i still visit many of the farms we work with multigenerational farms that produce premium teas with its own natural flavors. it is very much like grapes for wine. what we do is more specialized, but it is more natural. growing up in san francisco i used to come and help my parents after school whether in middle school or high school and throughout college. i went to san francisco state university. i did stay home and i helped my parents work throughout the summers to learn what it is that makes our community so special.

after graduating i worked for an investment bank in hong kong for a few years before returning when my dad said he was retiring. he passed away a few years ago. after taking over the business we made this a little more accessible for visitors as well as residents of san francisco to visit. many of our teas were traditionally labeled only in chinese for the older generation. today of our tea drinkkers are quite young. it is easy to look on the website to view all of our products and fun to come in and look at the different varieties. they are able to explore what we source, premium teas from the providence and the delicious

flavors. san francisco is a beautiful city to me as well as many of the residents and businesses here in chinatown. it is great for tourists to visit apsee how our community thrived through the years. this retail location is open daily. we have minimal hours because of our small team during covid. we do welcome visitors to come in and browse through our products. also, visit us online. we have minimal hours. it is nice to set up viewings of these products here.

>> we are right now in outer richmond in the last business area of this city. this area of merchants is in the most western part of san francisco, continue blocks down the street they're going to fall into the pacific ocean. two blocks over you're going to have golden gate park. there is japanese, chinese, hamburgers, italian, you don't have to cook. you can just walk up and down

the street and you can get your cheese. i love it. but the a very multicultural place with people from everywhere. it's just a wonderful environment. i love the richmond district. >> and my wife and i own a café we have specialty coffee drinks, your typical lattes and mochas and cappuccinos, and for lunches, sandwiches and soup and salad. made fresh to order. we have something for everybody >> my shop is in a very cool part of the city but that's one of the reasons why we provide such warm and generous treats, both physically and emotionally (♪♪) >> it's an old-fashioned general store. they have coffee. other than that what we sell is

fishing equipment. go out and have a good time. >> one of my customers that has been coming here for years has always said this is my favorite store. when i get married i'm coming in your store. and then he in his wedding outfit and she in a beautiful dress came in here in between getting married at lands end and to the reception, unbelievable. (♪♪) >> the new public health order that we're announcing will require san franciscans to remain at home with exceptions only for essential outings.

>> when the pandemic first hit we kind of saw the writing on the walls that potentially the city is going to shut all businesses down. >> it was scary because it was such an unknown of how things were going to pan out. i honestly thought that this might be the end of our business. we're just a small business and we still need daily customers. >> i think that everybody was on edge. nobody was untouched. it was very silent. >> as a business owner, you know, things don't just stop, right? you've still got your rent, and all of the overhead, it's still there. >> there's this underlying constant sense of dread and anxiety. it doesn't prevent you from going to work and doing your job, it doesn't stop you from doing your normal routine.

what it does is just make you feel extra exhausted. >> so we began to reopen one year later, and we will emerge stronger, we will emerge better as a city, because we are still here and we stand in solidarity with one another. >> this place has definitely been an anchor for us, it's home for us, and, again, we are part of this community and the community is part of us. >> one of the things that we strived for is making everyone in the community feel welcome and we have a sign that says "you're welcome." no matter who you are, no matter what your political views are, you're welcome here. and it's sort of the classic san francisco thing is that you work with folks. >> it is your duty to help

everybody in san francisco. >> [inaudible] i'm a illustrator by day and a [inaudible] composition teacher. right now i'm practice by transscribing [inaudible] that is what i have been doing the past couple years, teaching myself. california college of the arts, illustration there has really great teachers. robert hunt,

vance story taught me a lot. what i'm working on is a portfolio [inaudible] riding a donkey unicorn in the process. >> my name is dawn richardson and musician, drummer and drum teacher. i guess i would say i started my professional path quh i started playing in bands and teaching drum lesson when i was in college. they were definitely not that many women that would do what is doing. in 198 8 i graduated from cal state los ang and studied mostly classical percussion and music education but at the same time i was in hollywood so played at night in rock bands so was doing two different things. >> the reason i'm [inaudible] the

people. there is a extremely vibrant art community especially arounds the red poppy art house [inaudible] as a artist in the past 2 or 3 years there is a event called the [inaudible] every 3 months a free art music festival that i usually play at and just met so many people. >> i was teaching a little bit and doing odd jobs like waitressing and going at night and playing in bands and meeting a lot of people. i chss in ban that had cool break jz get parts on tv shows or things like that. a friend of mine, we had mutual friends that got signed to a record deal in san francisco called 4 nonblaunds and i addition frd the bands and moved to the bay area. i think things are

different now than 30 years ago, the world evolved a lot. it could be a challenge but have to know how to negotiate everything and sometimeatize is [inaudible] it was great to get to a point where i was just treated like another one of the people, a musician not a female musician and that is always what [inaudible] >> you don't hear stuff on the radio [inaudible] i need to write music [inaudible] be more conscious in their decisions and somehow make that poetic so they will be convinced. i think i will do that. [singing in backgrounds] drawing and writing music since i was a really little kid and fortunate enough to have a good education in art and

parentss who supported me. i hope my life will continue to allow me to do both. >> for me now having all male, female girls, boys students it shows the world has changed a lot and people areope toon open to a lot more than they were in the past. you can get a deep satisfaction from responding a lot of year practicing in one thing and becoming really good at something. sometimes i think that it is better to get lost. you have to practice and become good at what you do, so if you have everything together then go out in the world and do what you do and then i

>> for the first time in nearly two decades fishers have been granted the legal right to sell fish directly to the package right off their boat -- to the public right off their boats in san francisco. it's not only helping local fishers to stay afloat but it's

evoking the spirit of the wharf by resurfacing the traditional methods of selling fish. but how is it regulated? and what does it take for a boat to be transported into a floating fish market? find out as we hop on board on this episode of "what's next sf." (♪♪♪) we're here with the owner and the captain of the vessel pioneer. it's no coincidence that your boat is called the pioneer because it's doing just that. it's the first boat in san francisco to sell fish directly from the boat. how did you establish your boat into such a floating fish market? >> well, you know, i always thought that it would be nice to be able to provide fresh fish to the locals because most of the fish markets, you would have to do a large amount of volume in order to bring in enough fish to cover the overhead. when you start selling to the public that volume is much less so it makes it hard to make enough money.

so being able to do this is really -- it's a big positive thing i think for the entire community. >> a very positive thing. as a third-generation fisherman joe as his friends call him has been trawling the california waters for sustainably caught seafood since an early age. since obtaining a permit to sell fish directly to the public he is able to serve fish at an affordable price. >> right now we're just selling what a lot of the markets like, flat fish and rock fish and what the public likes. so we have been working for many, many years and putting cameras in them. there's the ability to short fish and we have panels that we open and close so we target the different species of fish by adjusting the net. and then not only that but then the net sort out the sizes which is really important. >> joe brings in a lot of fish, around 20,000 pounds per fishing trip to be exact. >> we had one day one time that we sold almost 18,000 pounds. >> it's incredible. >> i know, it's hard to imagine.

>> but this wasn't always the case for joe. >> the markets that we have left in california, they're few and far between, and they really are restrictive. they'll let you fish for a couple months and shut you down. a lot of times it's rough weather and if you can't make your delivery you will lose your rotation. that's why there's hardly any boats left in california because of the market challenges. my boat was often sitting over here at the dock for years and i couldn't do anything with it because we had no market. the ability to go catch fish is fine, i had the permits, but you couldn't take them off your boat. >> that was until the port commission of san francisco rallied behind them and voted unanimously to approve a pilot program to allow the fish to be sold directly to consumers right off their boats. >> the purpose of the program is to allow commercial fishers to sell their fish directly from their boats to the end consumer in a safe and orderly manner for the benefit of the overall

fishing community at the port of san francisco. we have limited the program to certain types of fish such as salmon, halibut, tuna and rock fish. crab is restricted from this program because we did not want to interfere with the existing crab sales on taylor street and jefferson street. so this is not meant to favor one aspect of the fishing industry more than another. it's to basically to lift up the whole industry together. >> and if joe the program has been doing just that. >> it was almost breathtaking whenever i woke up one morning and i got my federal receiver, my first receivers license in the mail. and that gave me permission to actually take fish off my boat. once we started to be able to sell, it opened things up a bit. because now that we have that federal permit and i was able to petition the city council and getting permission from san francisco to actually use the dock and to sell fish here, it was a big turning point.

because we really didn't think or know that we'd get such a positive response from the public. and so we're getting thousands of people coming down here buying fish every week and so that's pretty cool. they like the fish so much that they take pictures of it when they cook it and they send us all of these pictures and then they ask us, you know, constantly for certain types of fish now. and when they come down here the one thing that they say is that they're so amazed that the fish is so fresh they could eat a little bit during the week and it's still fresh all week in the refrigerator. so that's really cool. >> the fish is very fresh and the price is super. i don't think that you can get it anywhere in the bay area. i can see it, and i can stir fry it, wow, you can do anything you want. i just can say this is a good place to shop and you have a good experience. >> this program supports the

strategic plan in terms of engagement, people being connected to the waterfront, and also economic vitality. because it's helping the fishermen to make ends meet. they have no guarantees in their businesses, not like some people, and we want to do everything that we can to help them to have a good and thriving business. >> how does it feel to be able to sell your fish locally kind of in the traditional way, like your grandfather probably did? >> when i was a kid and i used to work in my dad's fish market, a lot of the markets that we sell to now are second and third and fourth generation markets. so i remember as a kid putting their tags on the boxes of fish that we shipped out of monterey and ship down to l.a. so it's kind of cool that we're still dealing with the same families. and this is probably about the only way that anyone can really survive in california is to sell your own fish. >> one of the advantages of this

program is the department people that pull in the fish, they can find out where they caught it and find out more about the fisherman and that adds to their experience. the feedback from the fishers has been very good and the feedback from the customers have very good. and there's a lot of people coming to the wharf now that might not have done so. in fact, there's people that go through the neighboring restaurants that are going to eat fish inside but before they go in they see the action on the dock and they want to kind of look at what's happening on the boat before they go in and they have a meal. so it's generated some conversation down at the wharf and that's a good thing. >> as you can see by the line forming behind me getting ready to buy fish, the pilot program has been a huge success. for more information visit sfsport.com. (♪♪♪) (♪♪♪)

>> what we're trying to approach is bringing more diversity to our food. it's not just the old european style food. we are seeing a lot of influences, and all of this is because of our students. all we ask is make it flavorful. [♪♪♪] >> we are the first two-year culinary hospitality school in the united states. the first year was 1936, and it was started by two graduates from cornell. i'm a graduate of this program,

and very proud of that. so students can expect to learn under the three degrees. culinary arts management degree, food service management degree, and hotel management degree. we're not a cooking school. even though we're not teaching you how to cook, we're teaching you how to manage, how to supervise employees, how to manage a hotel, and plus you're getting an associate of science degree. >> my name is vince, and i'm a faculty member of the hospitality arts and culinary school here in san francisco. this is my 11th year. the program is very, very rich in what this industry demands. cooking, health, safety, and sanitation issues are included in it. it's quite a complete program to prepare them for what's

happening out in the real world. >> the first time i heard about this program, i was working in a restaurant, and the sous chef had graduated from this program. he was very young to be a sous chef, and i want to be like him, basically, in the future. this program, it's awesome. >> it's another world when you're here. it's another world. you get to be who you are, a person get to be who they are. you get to explore different things, and then, you get to explore and they encourage you to bring your background to the kitchen, too. >> i've been in the program for about a year. two-year program, and i'm about halfway through. before, i was studying behavioral genetics and dance.

i had few injuries, and i couldn't pursue the things that i needed to to dance, so i pursued my other passion, cooking. when i stopped dance, i was deprived of my creative outlet, and cooking has been that for me, specifically pastry. >> the good thing is we have students everywhere from places like the ritz to -- >> we have kids from every area. >> facebook and google. >> kids from everywhere. >> they are all over the bay area, and they're thriving. >> my name is jeff, and i'm a coowner of nopa restaurant, nopalito restaurant in san francisco. i attended city college of san francisco, the culinary arts program, where it was called

hotel and restaurant back then in the early 90's. nopalito on broderick street, it's based on no specific region in mexico. all our masa is hand made. we cook our own corn in house. everything is pretty much hand made on a daily basis, so day and night, we're making hand made tortillas, carnitas, salsas. a lot of love put into this. [♪♪♪] >> used to be very easy to define casual dining, fine dining, quick service. now, it's shades of gray, and we're trying to define that experience through that

spectrum of service. fine dining calls into white table cloths. the cafeteria is large production kitchen, understanding vast production kitchens, the googles and the facebooks of the world that have those types of kitchens. and the ideas that change every year, again, it's the notion and the venue. >> one of the things i love about vince is one of our outlets is a concept restaurant, and he changes the concept every year to show students how to do a startup restaurant. it's been a pizzeria, a taco bar. it's been a mediterranean bar, it's been a noodle bar. people choose ccsf over other hospitality programs because

the industry recognizes that we instill the work ethic. we, again, serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. other culinary hospitality programs may open two days a week for breakfast service. we're open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner five days a week. >> the menu's always interesting. they change it every semester, maybe more. there's always a good variety of foods. the preparation is always beautiful. the students are really sincere, and they work so hard here, and they're so proud of their work. >> i've had people coming in to town, and i, like, bring them here for a special treat, so it's more, like, not so much every day, but as often as i can for a special treat. >> when i have my interns in their final semester of the program go out in the industry,

80 to 90% of the students get hired in the industry, well above the industry average in the culinary program. >> we do have internals continually coming into our restaurants from city college of san francisco, and most of the time that people doing internships with us realize this is what they want to do for a living. we hired many interns into employees from our restaurants. my partner is also a graduate of city college. >> so my goal is actually to travel and try to do some pastry in maybe italy or france, along those lines. i actually have developed a few connections through this program in italy, which i am excited to support. >> i'm thinking about going to go work on a cruise ship for

about two, three year so i can save some money and then hopefully venture out on my own. >> yeah, i want to go back to china. i want to bring something that i learned here, the french cooking, the western system, back to china. >> so we want them to have a full toolkit. we're trying to make them ready for the world out there. >> 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. [♪♪♪]

>> good morning, everybody. this is i big day. good morning. everybody. >> all right. i'm very excited to be here. this i'm finishing up my fourth month at superintendent of the district. this is my second shovel ready project. look how much gets done under my administration thank you very much is a long time coming to the mission bay and to the your. and this is we are proud to be standing here today to commemorate the beginning of development activities for the newest school in the unified school district the mission bay school. >> and what is so exciting about

not just the state of the art building coming here but the educational access this school will provide partnering with ucsf and science organizations in the area. just a tuesday i was visiting an elementary sixty-twoing school in a fourth grade class students were learning about anatomy and the immune system this one student explained how antibodies work annal gee as a garbage truck cloning the system this is the education they are getting they're getting lessons and the opportunity to go to ucsf hospital and explore and be in the hospital in labs and work with scientists to learn and understand a nat mow and science and had is means and could mean to enter in a profession like

the medical profession of science procession this is what we want to provide to every student in the district. this mission bay school will do that. not just through elementary school but being a learning hub. and that is what is innovative about the project the fourth floor be a learning hub for students and older stounts to come down and have the different experience and it is hand's on experiences. and today's shovel red, the shovel red event and so you know it will be ahigh school before we dot ribbon cutting. we are not witting for those learning hub to go in action. and so there are activity this is morning we will start in january with students from our high schools engaging activityings with ucsf and other

organizations. so, really proud this we are able to move forward with this project and have both our elementary school here and fourth floor with the stem focus link learning hub. and so, with that, i want to bring up our next speaker. i have been here 4 months people have been working for years. i want to bring up a few from matt hene. [applause] >> all right this is an exciting day, right? >> let's give a huge round of applause to everyone who made this future site of mission bay school! this will be the first new elementary school in over 20 years in san francisco. and any time we are investing in

our future in invest nothing our kids, it is proud day for our city this is a community this needed the school for a language time. over 2 decades ago, the city and ucsf recognized that this neighborhood would need a school. and it put aside the lands for future site of a school. if only it was that easy to have it built. [laughter]. this has been a journey of determination, of never giving up. of supporting this vision and doing all of the hard work it took to make this happen. we know that many of us came together now about 8 years ago. to bring forward a resolution at the board of education to make that commitment to see this school built. i want to acknowledge the people who were a part of that

including my former clothes on the board of education now president of board of supervisors walton here. [applause] former commissioner on the school board mendoza a part of that and that commitment then lead to the journal that he got us here. we had a 2016 facility bond folks fought to get the resources to build this school. we came together with the city and ucsf to come to agreement to have the land sent to the district. and throughout that process the people at the center were residents of mission bay. a mall and mighty group the mission bay task force that came together as a group i want to acknowledge some. bruce, sarah, toby, sue, ma tina everyone a part sthaf effort a mission bay residence den raise your hand so we can give you a round of amruz.

they were determined. they came together and said this is a neighborhood growing faster than any other in our city. every day you walk around the neighborhood and see strollers. you see new families moving in and the most important part of a family friend low city was missing this is a public school. and that was true 10 years ago and more true now. if you look behind the housing was not here. 10-20 years ago. this is one of san francisco 'family neighborhoods. and now tell being much more complete with its own elementary school. there are other folks i want to acknowledge the superintendent doctor wayne. i want to acknowledge 2 people who from within the district fought to get this sdpn don and

carisa. for theired wellership i got calls from them saying we need your help and need you pushing for this and acknowledge bryce i know is helping to lead the learning that will help here and all of the staff, i see so many. we have great public school this wills be another great public school for our city. i acknowledge the educators here including united educators of san francisco strong supporters of this project. the board of education, president lamb, thank you for see thanksgiving through. when people were running for the school board and talk to me about supporting them, i would tell them i hear about 2 things one every kid in san francisco has a great education and you build that school in mission bay. i want to thank them for support and commitment and determination and this school would not be

only for mission bay but all of san francisco. tell uplift the opportunity for every young person. testimony is something this we celebrate together for the entire city and county of san francisco. i want to thank the people who build this school. construction workers. you will give a round for the hard work they will do. once we do the break the ground approximate fwhld it is a beautiful school. this was a community effort. it was a joint effort. such a beautiful sign of what we can accomplish when we set ouriveos manage and see it through. i want to thank our current supervisor matt dorse whoa is here for his support of the school. we are right now on ucsf land. that will soon be city and school district land expect that

process could not have happened without the commitment from ucsf approximate partnership to make sure this would come to the district but that the future of this school would be one where we truly took advantage of all of the opportunity this are here in the neighborhood and city. in terms of learning that our young people will access. person who has been at the center of that leading the work of what will be the fourth floor of the learning lab the mission bay school is the ucsf vice chancellor renee, welcome her. thank you all. [applause]. thank you very much. it it is a pleasure to be here today and on behalf of our chancellor sam i want to welcome all of you to ucsf and doctor

renee and i serve the vice chair for office of diversity and out reach. we are focused on diversity. equity, inclusion and antiracism. on everybody having an opportunity to show up, do their best, excel and a part of the future. i'm a professor of gy. i'm excited because education for me that is key. i'm a girl from mobile, alabama who never dreamed. fact i could be a physician. never saw a black woman physician until i was in my 20's. now to welcome you to to this outstanding opportunity on our campus the first black woman to be a vice chancellor and our 150 year history, i'm excited. i'm excited about the power of education. and about the power of this institution to transform lives.

so, we are so thrilled to be welcome the san franciscouneified school district to our campus. many of our own faculty students, staff and learners live in this community and they are excited the children will teamed this school. we are proud of our long history with san francisco unified school district. since 1990 the center for science, education and out reach. lead boy don woodsman and part of the office of diversity and out reach provide programs to support student academic success, increased college rates and exploration of stem and health science careers for students in the schools we serve. ucsf is committed to local students with experiences and preparing a health science workforce that will representative our community.

the link learning mission bay hub alines with commitment to the community and an important step in diversifying the health and biotech workforce. the center for science and and education out reach involved in the development and our students, residence can'ts and staff served as the partners with you. working with student ambassadors to droll a bold vision for the student experience. in the future, we imagine mission bay students contribute to pediat tricks, food seasonals. sports medicine. neurology, oncology and other areas for engagement. i'm am confident they will bring perspectives and ideas and solutions. ucsf provide students with meaning and will challenging

experience to intern shps. j.w. shadow and acassess it a research and clinicians. ucsf science and educational partnership part of the district for over 30 years. we have volunteers teaching in the k-12 class. provide teacher training and workshop in science teachers. summer research programs for students coming in our labs. and career days and science medicine and research. over upon i believe 92% of the district have benefit friday this program. in addition, many clinical programs are working with the san francisco unified district. psychiatry and pediat risk psychiatry provided the school based prevention programs targets new comers risk of

traumatic stress will disorder. our voices and intervention program is another great program. dislekt lexic center work to improve access to services. and the program sell a long standing collaboration with the district to address trauma and stress for students, staff and the school. we aim to increase time and decrease time spent on discipline actions. the upon opportunities for all amount in internships programs providing students an experience in behavioral health and mental health under the commission. in 2021, ucsf signed an mou with the district to advice the district on how to rehome campuses safely during the pandemic. lead by ped strigzs

collaborative on reopening education faithfully. we are delighted to be in community with you. this is fruitful work and look forward to more years of partnership with the district welcome to the neighborhood. thank you. [applause]. now my pleasure to welcome san francisco board of education president. jenny [inaudible]. >> good morning. so wonderful to be here this morning. my daughter first entered sf unify in the 2009. at that time we heard the new current about the e merging discussion around the expansion of the potential for building a new school in mission bay.

fast forward 13 years here we are. the beginning this vision and that dream a reality. will it hen a badge of honor to raise children this san francisco and the mission bay stootd stood by the school district that consistent low pushed to ensure this this city is truly a city for families and for children to tloif. mooim jenny lamb the san francisco board of education president and such an honor and privilege. there are many people to thank who have been on the journey with us for almost 2 decades. and this is what happens when you have a member a former board of education member. got to think of so many of our partners that first and foremost i want to extend a big thanks to

our staff. to our staff, head of facilities. yee. you have our staff and so many staff and educators work tirelessly for our students. and realist this could not have happened without them. i want to acknowledge [inaudible] being there as well. the events often time its is truly a coming together as a community and celebrating. there were times when we were not sure. if this was going to be reality. conversationless we had, we have to push and make this a reality. community has fought for this for long. you heard about how the mission bay school is the first in over a detectived. the building a school for

grouped up this excites me as the board president this . is truly what is possible for san francisco. when we come together upon around everaround a shared vision and come around embraszing innovation. and we are so clear about what it is and our mission. this is to provide world class, high quality education for each student no matter what neighborhood they live and come from. and it is our commitment from the sudden fran board of education, to do so. just this past tuesday we approved a 5 year goal for our students. that includes literacy, math, college and career prepared knows. to me mission bay school embodies all 3 and innovations of the partnership that will make that a reality we know we

cannot dom this by ourselves and our community and city is with us every day. mission bay school be a commune for students, staff and partners to learn and so thrilled about the professional learning lab that will be available it our educators. we hear from educators how available time to clan rit. time to reflect and to be able to continue strengthening their teaching in their class rooms they do so well. and we are thrilled around that veterans am of that teaching and learning instruction. i'm. honored see our young people and students part of the link learning lab and got to participate and observe those link learning will be sessions and thank eric race and his team. for the innovation to thinking different low and centering our students hearing from them directly from our students

around wham will it keep them engage in the learning. when opportunity they absolutely deserve and not just the educational state but workforce space. we have the strongest partners to connecting our young people internship, exposure to careers i know the connections the members made to our students. if you kent tell how excited i am to begin had work on the mission bay scoop and welcoming our first students to the newest school in 2025. yes, thank you to our construction workers for making that happen on time. we will continue to try for making that happen. and again, thank you so much for your critical partnership all these years the mayor and her

team and the real estate department in help being upon lend that expertise when things got tough to push we made it to the finish line. thank you for your commitment. notice i have the humanor to introduce our supervisor matt dorsey from district 6. >> thank you. as the district 6 supervisor for over 5 months i'm the realize i'm the rosy release of the mission bay elementary school. rosy is 1980 was declared the winner of the boston marathon until she jump in the a half mile before thes finish line. there was a marathon to get this to where weigh are today and it is great to be a supervisor who will condition it support this i want to acknowledge all the

leadership of all the people who made this a reality. i think nobody more so than my predecessor matt hene a champion for this on the school board. president walton. approximate mendoza. and everybody may be the people who have been thanked, lamb and -- others i want to give a shout out if i use my 2 minutes to the people who didn't draw a salary and did the work on this from the steering committee bruce, toby, sarah davis. sarah bartrum. . patrinasm ben, rick garcia, matthew, sam moss, [inaudible] carlos, ruby, and shauna. >> community has been so instrumental in this. you finish there is a

neighborhood that in district 6 i feel like a stomping ground it it is mission bay n..com era i worked at 185 baref street the building this is was a place where there was a golf driving range come r very close park and to watch this neighborhood come up and over the last couple years before the board i worked at the public safety building and saw this. it is an honor to represent this district and see what tell become. this has been like we talked about decades in the make. i was around san francisco long enough to remember that the mission bay started as an idea in the frank jordan administration ucsf expanding its footprint in the area and they were running out of space and the jordan administration said, go to mission bay. we will create something of a life science community that

makes san francisco a global competitor in a way that for years to come and i think we are seeing that with mission bay elementary and the link learning hub with stem education. we are fulfilling the promise we have been working on for decades. end of the day i want to make sure everybody is thanked the construction workers including our aprentice construction workers here who are already getting start the this . is always about the community. it it is about prosecute am you know the global competitiveness with stem and more than anything it is about the kids and the kids who were here play and get their education and part of this it is my honor to hand off to a young man who i recall a senor old back with my friends gladis -- on son william soto from the mission bay student and

ambassador to say a few words. [applause] good afternoon, everyonech i'm soto. i'm a senior at mission high school. [inaudible]. i'm excited talk about the mission bay hub. some of you may know the mission bay campus house an elementary school but a high school program as well. i had the privilege of being 11 ambassadors that took part in the pilot. many students worked at different elections from the chase center. and in early stages inside of learning about the hub we will held sessions and reflects on strengths and fault fist. students felt comfortable sharing experiences to each other and mission bay partners. we were informing the school's

value systems years before opening. us working on site and collaborating with centers mirror the future program will accomplish providing students with access to industry lab equipment. scientists and campus that were has passion. [inaudible]. in the designing the school we pictured a place, learn from each other and inspire generations to criminal i want to say the work of mission bay and the communities [inaudible] education remains a prior. today [inaudible] and tomorrow get become to work. thank you. [applause] gi loch hearing from our students. they really tell us and share

what we need to do as an education system. we are ready to shovel dirt if there is dirt left t. has been shovelled. and the school district we have -- you know our values as a district and they spell out sfusd the first is center centered you hear thou say student centered project upon driven by ideas from students the second is fearless and we heard this morn that many had to be fearless with tht project and united that it is what ask neat about being here and something i know our board of education and myself value it is being united and serving the students. so when we have representatives here you see how what happened when everybody can come together and be uniteed make something special hatch and w with close

low in the district and appreciate here with us today our final speaker before we shovel dirt is our mayor london breed. [applause]. >> all right. is to be back in mission bay. again. i was here the other day. and -- what is great about being here and coming to the neighborhood is seeing the significant can changes that have happened here. over 25 years ago this is inspect space, a rail yard and supervisor dorsey mentioned the golf driving range i know there are a few people that were not happy that left but -- look at what is has become i remember when i was on the redevelopment

commission when the conversations about housing and opportunity. and look how far we come. we opened mission creek p i know many of the folks neighbors are truly happy that is down after a, a lot of bureaucracy. thank you supervisor dorsey. i than since the 25 years of ago that we have now in a great place we built over 6,000 units and 1500 of those affordable, 25 acres of open park space. ucsf and known research institution and schools and w they do and now they are support of providing the space for a brand-new school that has been talked about formany years. i know there are former school board members, too, buzz i know each of them have you know a stake in this and want to see

this done including mendoza and matt hene who went from school board to supervisor to assembly men and even former current pedestrian board supervisors walton and our current board member. so many who have been a part ofment to see this happen. no onemented to see it happen more than the people who live in this community and came together and talked about had they wanted not just create other a traditional school but make at this time accomplice that will serve the communities. elementary, pre-school, high school. how do we work with organizations like mission bay hub and i'm proud of william and getting up here and speaking and -- i've known him since he was a kid. i had a chance to meet folks from the program and looking forward to the work they doll

with high school students here in mission bay. and also the partnership. it is in the about providing the lands but how do you make the connection to our the incredible institutions and, with their amaze being resthaefrp is already changed the worlds a reason why san francisco did so well during a pandemic. people came to san francisco for support and it is because of ucsf and all of these xoord people and seeing a connection between this school and these kids who grow up in the school having an opportunity to serve and work newscast neighborhoods they grew up in. and various capacities men we will have a star playing at the shae center for the warriors one day that is out of mission bay school. so much possibility and hope this is a real neighborhood. filled with very wonderful

people who have been parent as development has occurred this is bringing us a step further t meeting the goals and promises made to mission bay to create a communities. a community of housing. office, research, grocery stores. i came from gunthers market and great restaurantses and long with the chase arena and concert and games we have a school that will serve the kids to make sure the next generation gets the education to be appropriated for the future. thank you for participating in this and at this time! i think we will turn some shovels and am launch the beginning of when will be the best school in our city. thank you for being here today. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!

[applause] [music] >> 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

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>> when i look at an old neon sign that's working or not working, i feel the family business that was in there. >> since 2009, citywide, sf shines, has supported businesses and sites like the ones that receive new neon signs. >> you know, sf shines is doing an amazing job to bring back the lighting and the neon glow of san francisco. >> sf shines is such an amazing program, and i can't think of another program in another city that gives matching gunned funds to store owners, mom and

pop owners, and if they've got a neon sign, they've really got a great way to advertise their business. >> this is a continuation of the sf shines program. >> focusing other neon signs is relatively new to us. of the seven neon signs, we've invested about $145,000. >> a good quality sign costs more, but it lasts infinitily longer. as opposed to lasting five years, a good neon sign will last 15 to 20 years. >> in san francisco, the majority of neon signs are for mom-and-pop businesses. in order to be able to restore these signs, i think it gives back to your community. >> part of the project has to

do with prioritizing certain signs in the neighborhood based on their aesthetics, based on their current signs, and base on the history. in the time that we've been here, we've seen a number of signs restored just on eddy street. >> there are a number of signs in the tenderloin and many more that are waiting or wanting to be restored. i have worked with randall and al, and we've mapped out every single one of them and rated them as to how much work they would need to get restored. that information is passed onto sf shines, and they are going to rank it. so if they have x budget for a year, they can say all right, we're going to pick these five, and they're putting together clusters, so they build on top of what's already there. >> a cluster of neon signs is sort of, i guess, like a cluster of grapes. when you see them on a corner

or on a block, it lights up the neighborhood and creates an ambient glow. if you havy got two of three of them, you've created an atmosphere that's almost like a movie set. >> some of the hotel, we've already invested in to get those neon signs for people to enjoy at night include the elk hotel, jefferson hotel, the verona, not to mention some we've done in chinatown, as well as the city's portal neighborhood. >> we got the fund to restore it. it took five months, and the biggest challenge was it was completely infested with pigeons. once we got it clean, it came out beautiful. >> neon signs are often equated with film noir, and the noir genre as seen through the hollywood lens basically

depicted despair and concentration. >> you would go downtown and see the most recent humphrey bogart film filled with neon in the background. and you'd see that on market street, and as market street got seedier and seedier and fewer people continued to go down, that was what happened to all the neon strips of light. >> the film nori might start with the light filled with neon signs, and end with a scene with a single neon sign blinking and missing a few letters. >> one of my favorite scenes,

orson welles is chasing rita hayworth with neon signs in the background. >> i think what the office of economic and workforce development is very excited with is that we'll be able to see more neon signs in a concentrated way lit up at night for visitors and most especially residents. the first coin laundry, the elm hotel, the western hotel are ones that we want to focus on in the year ahead. >> neon signs are so iconic to certain neighborhoods like the hara, like the nightcap. we want to save as many historic and legacy neon signs in san francisco, and so do they. we bring the expertise, and they bring the means to

actually get the job done. >> people in tenderloin get really excited as they see the signs relit. as you're driving through the tenderloin or the city, it pretty much tells you something exciting is happening here. >> knee an was created to make the night more friendly and advertise businesses. it's a great way of supporting and helping local businesses. >> there's so many ways to improve public safety. the standard way is having more eyes on the street, but there's other culturally significant ways to do that, and one those ways is lighting up the streets. but what better way and special way to do that is by having old, historic neon signs lighting up our streets at night and casting away our shadows. >> when i see things coming back to life, it's like remembering how things were. it's remembering the hotel or the market that went to work seven days a week to raise their money or to provide a

service, and it just -- it just -- it just

>> my name is amanda [inaudible] over see the girls

sports program. when i came to san francisco and studied recreation and parks and towerism and after i graduated i moved to candlestick park and grain r gain adlot of experience work with the san francisco 49 and [inaudible] be agfemale in a vore sports dynamic facility. i coached volo ball on the side and as candle stick closed down the city had me move in92 too [inaudible] >> immediate interaction and response when you work with kids. i think that is what drives other people to do this. what drew me to come to [inaudible] to begin with for me to stay. i use today work in advertising as a media buyer and it wasn't fulfilling enough and i found a opportunity to be a writing coach. the moment

[inaudible] you to take advantage of how you change and inspire a child by the words you say and actions you do. >> you have a 30 different programs for girls through rec and park and fast ball, soft ball and volley ball. i started the first volley ball league and very proud what i have done with that. being a leader for girls is passion and showing to be confident and being ambiggish and strong person. [inaudible] for about 5 years. programs offered thraw thirty-three rec and park and oversee thg prms about a year. other than the programs we offer we offer summer camp squz do [inaudible] during the summer and that is something i wherei have been able to shine in my role. >> couple years we started the

civic center socking league and what an amazing opportunity it was and is it for kid in the neighborhood who come together every friday in the civic center plaza on green grass to run and play. you otonly see soccer and poetry but also see books t. is a really promoting literacy to our kid and giving them to tools to make it work at home. real fortunate to see the [inaudible] grow. >> girls get pressureed with society and i know that is obvious, but we see it every day, magazines, commercials the idea what a woman should look like but i like to be a strong female role for it goals that play sports because a lot of times they don't see someone strong in a female role with something connected with sports and athleticism and i love i can bring that to the table. >> soccer, poetry, community

service. we now have field of dreams. we are [inaudible] all over the bay area and excited to be share our mission with other schools across the bay to really build the confidence and character of kids when they go out to play and close their eyes and think, why was [inaudible] we want to make sure-i want to make sure they remember me and remember the other folks who [inaudible] >> get out there and do it. who cares about what anybody else says. there will be poopal people that come up and want to wreck your ideas. that happen today eme when i went to candle stick part and wanted to [inaudible] people told me no left and right. whether you go out for something you are passionate about our something you want to grow in and feel

people will say no. go out and get it done. i can be the strong leader female and i love that. >> i love teaching. it is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. >> this really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. this is very enriching as an

artist. a lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. >> there are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. that is a really big draw. >> this is a signature piece. this is the bill largest darkroom in the u.s.. >> there are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. >> i think it is the heart of this place. you feel it when you come in. >> the people who just started taking pictures, so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from

different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography. >> we get to build the community here. this is different. first of all, this is a great location. it is in a less-populated area. >> of lot of people come here just so that they can participate in this program. it is a great opportunity for people who have a little bit of photographic experience.

the people have a lot, they can really come together and share a love and a passion. >> we offer everything from traditional black and white darkrooms to learning how to process your first roll of film. we offer classes and workshops in digital camera, digital printing. we offer classes basically in the shooting, ton the town at night, treasure island. there is a way for the programs exploring everyone who would like to spend the day on this program. >> hello, my name is jennifer. >> my name is simone.

we are going on a field trip to take pictures up the hill. >> c'mon, c'mon, c'mon. >> actually, i have been here a lot. i have never looked closely enough to see everything. now, i get to take pictures. >> we want to try to get them to be more creative with it. we let them to be free with them but at the same time, we give them a little bit of direction. >> you can focus in here. >> that was cool. >> if you see that? >> behind the city, behind the houses, behind those hills.

the see any more hills? >> these kids are wonderful. they get to explore, they get to see different things. >> we let them explore a little bit. they get their best. if their parents ever ask, we can learn -- they can say that they learned about the depth of field or the rule of thirds or that the shadows can give a good contrast. some of the things they come up with are fantastic. that is what we're trying to encourage. these kids can bring up the creativity and also the love for photography. >> a lot of people come into my classes and they don't feel like they really are creative and

through the process of working and showing them and giving them some tips and ideas. >> this is kind of the best kept secret. you should come on and take a class. we have orientations on most saturdays. this is a really wonderful location and is the real jewel to the community. >> ready to develop your photography skills? the harvey milk photo center focuses on adult classes. and saturday workshops expose youth and adults to photography classes.

>> hello, everybody. my name is matt dorsey, your district 67 supervisor and i'm thrilled to be here is to open this long overdue extension of mission bay park. [applause] it gives me great joy to stand alongside mayor breed and my former boss deny ir herrera. it will serve the mission bay community for generations to come. this is kind of -- it's -- this is important to me because 22 years ago i worked at 185 berry during the dot-com era when theas