item. >> item 10 vision zero safe streets program 2022 report. brian may be remote >> good morning. good afternoon. i'm brian a transportation planner in the subdivision of the sfmta and the team and i will present on the year end report.

no audio here is our agenda for today on the 2022 annual report. how we did it. when we found and when we learned and what's next. the report this year is digital and accessed via the link on the slide. we produce a report and highlight the project evaluating this year this year we looked at

several past project evaluations. aggregating finings from common key metrics in past projects. this was done to refocus from individual projects to analyzing how design treatments were general low working. in terms of the how we did this for the report shore is the project this is were included in the aggregate of the report. projects included include quick build projects reversible in traffic safety. capitol more per minute 99 learning scale. with learning are budgets and longer schedules and the lectern safety narcoticive chosen due to scope, availability of data and represent the wide range of treatments instuled by sfmta traffic safety projects. the design treatments include vehicle travel lane productions and separated bike ways and 7

miles were installed across the 17 projects and other design treatments intersections safety improvements like 10 new intrusions with bike significant until separations [speaking very fast] and painted safety zones across the 17 projects. here is our methodology for the analysis we gathered findings from the past completed for 17 projects. again we chose them because the availability and data consistency in scope and use of similar metrics. no new data collected importing collision from transbay the stele's data base to do the collision analysis. and the projects evaluated between 2070 to present and made effort its avoid project this is mainly collected data during the early days of the pandemic.

and to go deep are the methodology for each project evaluations other same. each was evaluates using before and after analysis so the project evaluated both collected preand postimpelementidation data and same procedures for data collection ensuring consistency for each project and the data collected in the same locationos the corridors and the ~:~ periods. data collection periods for preand post account for seasonal. example if a project preat that timea april of 2018 post data and fall or spring 2019. i can go in more detail about the specific methodology after the presentation. the finding from the key safety metrics. we have the chink in over all collision rates and on average a decrease offate % and this,

counts for collisions involving all modes. sect seconded the daily speeds and they have decreases 3% pest project. the change in peek hour bicycle volumes increased 75 pvrms next is vehicle and bicycle inneractions at intersection bike significant until was installd and decrease of in % in inneractions with bicyclists and right turning vehicles and pedestrian vehicles or close calls and than i have decreased boy threat % post project. we measured vehicle travel times to understand the impacts and on average our projects added about 50 second in vehicle travel time. from the safety initiative we looked at speeds meching a left turn and down 17%. for most except for bicycle vomit umless a design after treatment and seeing that across

the board the tools are working as intended. of moving on with the aggregate ajs we compared findings with quick build project and capital projects. a lot is going on in the table more detailed and includes the aggregate findings of type. i will not go east etch individual but both are effective in their own right. one major tools from the quick build box is separated bike way and this tool e eliminates all the conflicts on the blk and the benefits are shown the rate for bike collisions so a 42% decrease. on the capitol side the benefits are not as great as the average collisions increased 5%. which make sense although all 3 of the capitol projects included in the analysis had bike way

design scope second implements a true bike way and second street a project that saw the greatest collision decrease out of the 3 projects. the interesting thing it is s than i are fest in improving pedestrian safety. this make sense allow to install bulb out and sidewalk and greening and intense itch traffic up grids. over all both have shown safety benefits. i want to highlight 4 traffic safety efforts these are investments we made in under served communities with each. ensure a thought community process when talking about traffic safety imprudent person

ever ever roll thanksgiving become to vision zero the chart is from the vision zero action and represents traffic safety benefits in the form of collision reduction submits through initiatives and interventions. the initiative of interest is

the yellow borrow representing mirj road redesign. okay strategy estimate third degree would yield estimated reduction of 30% in collision rates. look at results focusing on bicycle collisions the tibl below the pie chart, you see the post project for pedestrian relate collisions decrease of 3% in line and consistent with the action strategy submit. our design tools have an impact and improving safety where they are installed. based on the findings and press we have 3 major lessons learned. the tools in the box of street improvements are work. we need to do more with capitol projects. separated bike ways work and with the 3 projects completed the design scope were not robust enough. learned from this and future projects such as on howard and

folsom will include separated bike ways using concrete barriers. not everything is positive we therein is more work that needs to be been in under served neighborhoods where our traffic safety designs fallen short. we are committed to dog this to get this right and partner with the community. and i have one more not on the slide, it is this quick build projects are grit but in the a substitute for capitol improve am woos can't start with quick build evaluations shown weityerate the efforts. with that you will in mind i conclude with next steps. we will continue electronicing and evaluating we are prowsing valuable analysis and information this is informingor work and future work. although our data collection efforts are oiled machine and over all press is soland i had

consistent, there are things we can improve with program operations. we are in the middle of developing data base with all data collect friday the program w to fine tune the data collection point listen to improve efficiency as well as making our data more accessible to the public. and that concludes my presentation. questions, first can you confirm this the proposal for city wide network of safe streets will be presented to the mta in december. that is kicked off a couple times. we have been told. >> yes. confirm this will be presented to the mta in december. >> sir, our intent to present

the program to the mta on december 6 nothing is 100% until agendas are set we are working toward this date. >> when you say the slow streets. there was going it be a presentation slow streets included about a vision for a city wide network of safe streets of which slow streets will be a part. has this changed the vision is learninger than slow streets the action would be adopting a slow streets program. why and the other question i'm not sure who this is for but thank you for the number of presentations talked about the tenderloin no right on red was successful. we talked with mta about expansions it instructor:s it different neighborhoods it instructor:s me i grew up in a city there was no right on red. everyone anyhow it and nobody turnd and everybody survived.

what can -- what would it take to do no right on red? as a city wide policy, running out there and doing signs like the cost of that, if we are hopeful low getting to the accomplice where the pilots show it is good to do no right on red. aedzier to say that is the new policy and doing an education campaign rather than your folks going out to each intersection. hawould the press be if we sdoided to do it upon city wide? >> believe in terms of city wide that is something that the board could consider and this board can urge in terms of enforce am the california state lusays no you cannot enforce the right turn unless a sign present you motorbike able to make a policy but in terms of enand intersections that requires the signs at each corner

>> sounds like good for the board and state law change. thank you very much. thank you, commissioner preston. there we go. commissioner safai. why i wanted add-on this item, we have been w with the mta to address safety concerns at jose ortega element in person middle easting with the principal expect parent volunteers and challenges with determine off and pick you have with mta it is/khrer there is in the a comprehensive plan to assess the different schools. i know you are working on that but we need to make sure we do everything we can to provide safe pick up and drop off at schools this area as speeding. we have been pushing for mta to work with to restart the cross guard program. they were told the program was

suspended because of covid. but they have not we have been reopened for i language time. and we have not had the assess ams for the mt across guards and when this will be restarted. because there are series issues this go along with safety. and it would be great similar to when we talked about today no turn on red and speeding wonderful if we had a comprehensive plan for each school about drop off and pick up. we had conversations about creating safe zones around schools. say do it in europe where there is a real safe zone around schools no cars allowed. it is something to consider. and i think it is something this mta needs to be aggressive about. so -- we do seem tom have a bit of consensus about state around schools i would like to hear

more on that. >> sure i want to clarify that the crossing guard program is active we have con70 plus guards city wide. what has been paused is considering expansion of the program to additional schools. due to staffing shortageless. when we return n from covid guards did in the return. we are working first to fill the open positions at existing schools before we consider new schools we have 170 plus guards on streets every day it is active. and then very specificly the ortega, we are committed to including the speed humps there on sergeant as part of next year's schools engineering speed zone program. the learninger piece around schools planning that is excellent to bring up to this board and talk about in terms behalf future planning efforts might look like. >> come up with a comprehensive plan?

you are saying the cross guards are short staffed. trying to get ones restaffed at the schools that have been lost. there is no plans for expansion. do you have a plan for drop off safety at schools? >> so we have an over all safe route to school program. we work on that and so our engineering team is visible to schools to help work on loading issues as they come up. and then we have the school audits that commissioner chan was interesting in expanding but target that to specific schools may be additional focus is needed. >> it will be good to put more effort. you have safe routes audits and cross guards there needs to be a comprehensive. seems to me would make sense.

thank you. >> thank you. commissioner mar. >> thank you, chair. and thanks brian and jamie for all the w on the safe streets projects and the evaluation and the presentation. good it see that that the evaluation showed the projects are meeting the key of reducing collisions both with bikes and pedestrians involved. and then it looks like on the other related metrics around vehicle speed and interactions and close calls. i had a question about bike volume that is also important goal of the projects. just to support more folks not guilty city to feel comfortable

riding bikes. as transportation in that's an person goal the sunset neighbor ways we work with you and going >> streets in the sunset and neighbor ways. happy to see there is good work to draw in from the other projects to -- reduce the vehicle collisions and safe streets. what about bicycle volume of is this most low achieved i imagine there is higher bike volume on the capitol projects than quick builds when there is a protected bike lane? collect the vehicle volumes and bicycle volumes for 24 to 72

hour period. for this analysis we looked at everything during the commute peeks that was the data point available across projects. in terms of bike volumes between quick build and capitol, there was more volume in the quick build side versus capitol. again a lot of the capitol projects we implemented as part of our program and the analysis only one. them instuled robust separated bike way infrastructure. on quick build its is a separate bike way impelemented quickly using near term reversible treatments. >> great that is interesting you are saying that the quick build like -- protected bike lanes were saw more volume than the capitol project one more robust n. aggregate.

there are some we lookd that have more bicycle volumes. for example the valencia northern pilot was the higher performing projects in terms of bicycle volume. that is in the to say a capitol project did not see it either. masonic avenue the capitol project saw a significant jump in bicycle but over all would lean toward the quick build side. >> would you say increases in bicycle volume met the what the goals that you had when -- >> i would say tow because know this bike volume and the use knowledge of the facility indicates perceptions how safe it is. and comfortable and more people this use it and for most projects we installed a bicycle we saw increases. from before and after.

>> great and one last question become to the sunset neighbor ways you w on or actively and thank you very much, do you i think for the slow streets in the sunset the 4 we had it seemed the did thea i saw and the perception in the community was that they were not really did not really lead to significant can increases in bike volume. and may be one well is i bit like one of them did. but do you think that the sunset neighbor ways can dru on the successes and the evaluation in the evaluation of the other projects to to lead to more increased bike volume in the sun vet this . is only one tool. there are other tools that men more promote for the street types part of the sunset project most of the streets are

residential and local streets. a let of the bike ways we have are primarily on streets that are cost and the neighborhood program and slow streets we have traffic planning. it may not be the separated bike way there are tools visible it create that same affect. >> thanks, brian. thanks. >> thank you. commissioner mar. thank you mr. lam open this up to public comment. there is public comment in the chamber? >> good afternoon jodi left time today to speak i promise. upon i want to thank the sfmta share thanksgiving report and showing we have tools to make change. i think what we want to ask is

this as we heard today it it is this comprehensive approach. if we see quick builds are not doing the trick and bring speeds down is there anything else that can be done? is it additional painted safety zones with a hard of approximatism roll or taking, way a lane of traffic what should be done to make those changes closest as possible to a plan if we don't want to spend 20 and 30 million per corridor. now we have our new high injury network and passed prop l i want to ask to you bring in the agencies more frequently we only have 2 years before vision zero the mcgonigle is to be reached. bring them in frequently, ask them how they are doing and had they need and let's get us

ending severe traffic crashes and deaths boy 2024. thank you. do we have anyone else who wants to speak on item 10. do we have remote public comment on item 10. why yes, we do on to the first caller. >> hi. caller your 2 minutes begins now. >> hello this is richard i'm district 1mta called us the county. and i don't know what happened to the rapid response. people the retch monday get hit by cars injured some pass away mta does in the want to do anything about it. out in the retch upon-month-old. there is a [inaudible] mta put in safety improve am we have

been asking for [inaudible] instead of [inaudible] and their word is, no. you know, [inaudible] where i live than i walk across i have to drive on slow streets i will not across certain streets. i know you don't want me to drive on slow streets i have to there are intersections in the rich monday this are not safe. i don't know why mta's word is, no and why they don't want to put in the simple improvements to make our area safe. i feel i should be able to walk safely and drive safely through intersections and in the richmond district. i wish mta would pay more attention to the richmond. thank you.

>> thank you. caller. hello caller your 2 minutes begins now. >> hello chair mandelman and commissioners. i'm karen rose i live newscast mission where a lot of this work is going on over the last few years. i service the president of the walk sf board of directors. i urge to you act on the recommendations walk sf out line in the this report. to make sure that everyone in the stele is able to roach their destinations safely, regardless of age, ability, income, ethnicity or mode of tranceit. our safe streets depends on safe speed. solutions exist. please direct our city agencies to implement the solutions immediately before we lose another life to a preventible

crash. >> thank you >> this is jay comban i'm a resident of supervisor chan's district. thank you for all the presentations today. i wanted ask a question about information this shared with the public it relates to the out come of projects. many people on next door o posed to street safety projects like this for whatever reasons could be personal or their experience, could use the data that is accurate and objective and based on standardized data collection method. lot of times people say they

can't the roads are backed and traffic is slowed to a crawl i like to access data shows that that subjective and anecdotal when you look at the large data it is not the case and this is an improvement. and i was part of the community input meetings for this project before it storied and it is exciting to see the outcome and the results. keep sppth the project and use the sales tax that was authorized through prop l to funds the higher rate long with the performance measures. thank you i'm done speaking. >> thank you, caller. >> so. the first thing is need's assess am on the programser projects

that are listed should not take more than 3 years. . 5 years is maximum if it acrosses 5 years something needs to be done. we cannot wait for a traffic light for 15, 25 years >> we cannot tolerate this planet removing parking meters and -- coming to after the fact. there is no accountability and no transparency. let me tell you something. one single dollar from the federal government you show accountability. i know, i know how to prepare the reports. you had too much patience in the san francisco county

transportation authority and the mta. the i don't know where they find the people they come from another planet. dent have any feeling for the people on the streets. in san francisco. wake up. we want action in the talk. your project should not take more than 3 years. 5 a max. it is not [inaudible]. get rid of them. thank you very much. >> thank you caller. there is no more public comment for this item. >> all right. thank you public ment on item 10 is closed. thefrngs again to the sfmta for the presentation. . mr. clerk call the next item. why item 11 introduction of new items an information item.

why voice chair peskin. >> thank you, chair mandelman i have one item this i would like to agendaize for our next meeting you may recall in 2019 we voted fund i china town period of time safety and neighborhood transportation plan as well as a port smith square study identified improvements a year later in and around the square kearney and clay. as well as that little alley that is known as walter place. the intent to mack myself opportunity for vision zero improve ams in parallel with the master plan. which will trans form china town living room one of the 3 original open spaces in san francisco along with union square and washington square. in the past budget cycle, i'm

delighted say member ting obtained a 6 million dollars for resilience and he community investment in port smith claire including a machine to finalize the recommendations around walter accomplice. i want to thank the assembly man that represents the 19th given the pedestrians in choina town and need to invest in this neighborhood after the pandemic challenges he worked to ensure the investments were detaild and had accountability and oversight. i like an update on how the t a, public w policy rec and park are work to ensure the funds are folded in the construction plans and report become on the updated designs for walter accomplice. and the port smith square garage

entrance on kearney. >> look to see if this works than i give a thumb's up. great. >> thank you and i don't see anyone else on the roster. so let's open up item 11 to public comment. >> anyone in the chamber withhold like to speak on item 11? and seeing none see if there is remote public comment. i see no public comment. >> mr. check call item 12. >> public comment. >> any general public comment. >> see if there is remote general comment. >> yes, we have a caller let me unmute them. your 2 minutes begins now. >> hello this is richard again.

and while i urge the commissioners to look at the data map for prospect i, j and l. and i lived in the city all my life and i never seen the city so divided. and these 3 prospect suspicions you can see that parallel difference between the east side and the west side. and i look on the map for prospect l and i did in the see one may be one or 2 precincts this voted with 2 thirds's prop l. most of the may be there was one or 2. most of them voted in the 50%. and you know. even when they did the mobility study for the staff when talk to the they did not study the rich

mondistrict, i tried to talk to them. they would in the answer my e mails or talk to me about it. and the richmond district was impacted by great highway and i think as city leaders, you know you need to work to make us one city. so, you know, we are all washing working together i don't feel we are. and you know people have to learn to compromise and that's what i'm afraid happened with this prop i, j and you know people did not want to compromise and we near a situation a lot of seniors feel alienated i'm almost ready to leave the city it is your job to help bring the city together.

thank you. >> thank you, caller. >> hello i was in the going to call but want to correct misinformation i electric at the lect monopoly. not a single district voted for prospect i. every district voted below 50% on prop i. wanted get this known. that's temperature thank you. >> thank you, caller. there is no more public comment. why public comment on 12 is closed. call then. >> adjournment. we are adjourned. it.

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>> you don't have to go anywhere else we have pocketed of great neighborhoods haul have all have their own uniqueness. >> san francisco has to all >> first let me acknowledge paul we left outside. he is under the tent, which is good. he is an ambassador. cudos he is amazing. [applause] thank you and to acknowledge another doctor carol tang director of the children's creativity museum. put a nice roof over our heads appreciate it, carol

>> welcome to the yerba buena gardens a beautiful garden i'm scott ruiz the new director for the yerba buena community benefit district and the gardenace conservesancey. thank you for having me both organizations are dmited improve thanksgiving yerba buena neighborhood. yerba buena is a u neefk neighborhood. culture, convention and community meet. we have world class museums like this amazing children's creativity. the amazing moscone convention center. hotels. educational snoous institutions the yerba buena gardens. small businesses, restaurants and live/work senior housing, et cetera . yerba buena is a diverse and unique community. i want to highlight this museum bring your kids back. i have young kids it is an amazing place for 2 to 12 year

olds to experience education rotating common when is you are done here today. i was going to send you out to the carousel we can do the carousel is outside and check out the museum. look at the mufb lab if you can it is neat. >> a couple other things i want to acknowledge mandy hall from the sftid and paulita eliot. [applause]. and paulita eliot from block by block. [applause]. those 2 amazing individuals create third degree program. we are honored have this program and this here a year later. we all know and you will hear more. the oranges jackets are amazing and they make such a presence in our community. yerba buena and everybody in the

city. thank you for your hard work. i know you are not here to hear from me. most important person. london breed, our mayor. [applause]. >> thank you, scott, it is great to be here and you know i should have worn my orange jacket today t. is actually in the car now. sometimes when i want to go out there and support the community and have conversations with just visitors and i will 3 it on when i'm out cleaning up the streets i wear that orange jacket. people will stop and ask me questions. which is nice. they don't ask because i'm mayor because they see that orange jack and it is really something this i will tell you is one of the things i'm most proudest of as mayor. because i had a chance to talk

to some of you over the past year. and what i was most excited about is number one, so many of you who have grownup in san francisco and your love for san francisco. and how you have told people like the best places to eat. not the places that typically tourists go to at the whar and downtown but places in neighborhoods that still exist. places all around the city. you give them a different perspective of san francisco. when i travel, i wish i could find someone to give me nadifferent perspective. i gotta say, i get so many letters not always good letters but for this program, it is probably the program this i gotten the most good letters from visitors and people who travel to san francisco from downtown. and i make my staff give me them to read because i want to have i good day.

and i have a good day when i hear about the stories where i think i don't want to say names but there was an ambassador who someone had an experience with a family member approximate a medical issue they let them use their cell phone ask stayed with them to make sure that that family got connected with another family member. and it is just things like that that make this program unique you alwaysment to help. i see you all talking on the talking to visitors on the corners. walking with people. trying to point out the directions to go in. and the thing i love most you always have a smile on your faces. >> and makes a difference. you know, we have been through a challenging time this global pandemic hit us hard. can you imagine having a really bad day and you walk up and you

see someone and you just smile and how good that makes you feel. it makes you want to ask for directions even though you can use your phone. it really invites you in to have that conversation. that conversation leads to a great experience in san francisco. we are not going to let everyone determine what the story is of san francisco with all of the posts that oftentimes target and focus on the negative things. when we will do is elevate the experiences of what the downtown community ambassador program has done in neighborhoods throughout san francisco. that is the story of san francisco. talking about the personal experience that you have about our city and also making the recommendations to the people who live and visit. we have a convention going on now. and many of those convention goers sent letters in the past

about this program. and how they had a great experience. because i will tell you there were conventions that were having second thoughts about whether or not they would come back to san francisco. and because of you, they not only came back to san francisco but are looking toward the future of returning to san francisco after their conventions. this means so much support. this means the ability to pay for programs and do all the great things we do in san francisco. you are an important part of this work. i can't thank you enough for your commitment, work, for your advocacy, for everything that you have done to really turn this area around because last year, you know and this year to an extent; there was uncertainty whether or not people would return to work. and we are still struggling with that. but people still come to san francisco for skroengzs and to visit and to ride the cable

cars. where i always see an ambassador at the cable car location. where do i get a ticket. what do i do. where are the best stops? i appreciate mta but not mta answering the question its is all of you that are telling folks where to go and how to get to lombard and look over and the beautiful views of san francisco park and the golden gate bridge that is meaning. . this has not happened before. we did not have you all over a year ago. and the experience was much different even before the pandemic. i'm glad to be here with so many folk who is believe and support this program. but i'm glad to be here with the people who show up every day rain or shine. to be of service to the city that you all know and love. i can't be more proud to celebrate a year of this program

and hear here is more years to come. thank you very much. [applause]. thank you mayor i'm matt dorse the district 6 supervisor. for those of you visiting welcome to district 6. this is a district that credit includes high traffic and visited destination in our south of market neighborhoods including mosconi. west field shopping center yerba buena gardens. these destinations attract thousands of visitors a year. remind people how important that is. in 2019 san francisco had a record shattering year in tourism it was 26 million visitors that is the state of texas. coming to visit our city.

10 billion dollars in economic activity. and supporting 82,000 jobs for san francisco. this is really important. and the work that our ambassadors do is bring us back. you know the thing they think about you know i know that we can be down sometimes as we come out of covid. if you look at the seal of our city t. is a phoenix. we come back. that is the civic creed of san francisco. and we are on our way back and doing it, i think one smile at a time. what i love about the ambassador program, happy anniversary to all of you. i will say as a new interiors it is niez to know how popular you are. the k bd's are well regardd and it means so much to residentses and as well as to our visitors.

to see a smiling face, welcoming presence, knowledgeable person who can answer a request where something s. that is how we will come back and i do feel a little eni havous i'm on the board of supervisors the least popular there is a public comment caller who every week reminds us that the 12% think we are competence. it is humbling and i really appreciateow popular you are and i hope you see it. and i do. to say to the public. when you see people out here ambassadors whether in orange or blue or white or green. you am see a lot of them and you will see people pick update street who is work for the community benefit districts. say hello and thanks. it means the world to our city. we are coming back. and i want to say how grateful i

am as a supervisor i will do everything i can to stand with the mayor to make sure we have the funding for this we need. and we are funding our cbd's and bringing our city back to get better the numbers we had in 2019. and with that, it is my pleasure to welcome john anderson the general manager of the marriott marky. >> thank you very much. i appreciate your leadership in district 6. i get to chair the [inaudible] and the general manager of the san san francisco marriott marky. this neighborhood is important to the ambassadors. a year ago we stood here not far from here in yerba buena and introduced the san francisco welcome ambassador program. thanks to the support london breed, it has been successful, would you agree?

good. today over 4 million welcomes later it is i pleasure to say and celebrate the success of the program to see how far we have some on the road to recovery. in quarter 3 of this year san francisco recorded the best tourism quarter since the pandemic started >> the san francisco market achiefed 70.5% occupancy, daily rate of 230 dollars. last year in quarter 3 it was 51% occupancy and 168 dollars of average daily rate. we have a ways to go to reach 2019 record tourism year it is important to celebrate mile stones the program has been successful and measures to support the economic growth in san francisco. i want to thank all the ambassadors for important contributions to make the visitors and residents feel

welcome are safe and cared for in san francisco. the ambassador program is well received by planners and convention goers. it has been crucial in helping bring book conventions to san francisco. last 12 months we received e mails raving about experiencing with the ambassadors. who are thrilled receive cal travel endorsement of the welcome ambassador program when they awarded at this time 20 upon 22 visitor experience award last month. congratulations. [applause]. this would not have happened without the support of mayor breed and the welcome ambassador program. thank you, mayor breed, we appreciate it. [applause]. before i turn the microphone over to rodriguez i encourage the business community representatives to open your

doors to the ambassadors. they are walking the streets and greeting guests they use the restroom. of kick feet and up get a drink of water. welcome your doors to anybody in orange. we appreciate you, thank you very much. [applause]. >> thank you, john. i'm marissa rodriguez the union square alliance the heart of our city thank you very much our ambassadors. we don't beat without your support i receive e mails telling us the great stores. we are the part of town that is home to hotels, theatre, restaurants, visitors. it is not without the support of our ambassadors that we will not be able to receive back all of the san francisco. of you reminds them it is safe and the accomplice to come back and celebrate the greatest moments i want to thank patrick

who kept me dry moments ago. it is acts like that that i hear about. the small things that people appreciate you feel welcomed. the community feels welcome and feel like they are stepping into san francisco living room they have you to ask questions and talk to which i want to thank all of the individuals here today this is a racial fabric you may not realize ambassadors you are supporting. i want to thank block by block. handy hall for her program. i see ken with the conventions without which our heart would not beat. thank you and supporting them. i see our hotel and cbd community. and there are so many people here that count and rely on you.

we can't do this without your support. they are all here to support you. i can't imagine. this is one year that you have been here and changed lives. and right observe the holiday season come again. we are excited for a big blow out in union square. of course, winter market and the ice rink is opening today. yes it is opening today i know you will all be there i want to thank our mayor for all of her support and all of you. it does not happen without great vision. i want to thank you, mayor and certainly to our board of supervisors for recognizing the importance of that, too. we do better when we work together. our ambassador in blue appreciate you in union square. thank you so much. with this i like to welcome up moanna. [applause].

>> hello i'm moanna saul [inaudible]. and i have been with the welcome ambassador program since the beginning. one year ago. when i applied for this position, as a welcome ambassador i did not know what to expect. all i knew was i was going to make a difference i look forward to greeting commuters on their way to work. school kids crowding the 30 and 8 bus. saying hello to cable car conductors and welcoming our visitors to the great city of san francisco. i think that this program is important because we help a lot of people. we give dreksz. all types of recommendations. and also guide many folk who is are in san francisco for a

convention to the mosconi center. we also offer and provide different resources for the homeless and just anyone who is in need. although i have been in an san francisco all of my life this job helped mow to be kinds always. many visit because of the diversity and we are the heart of the bay area. to the current and future welcome ambassadors, thank you for your hard work and your dedication when you are out in the field. rain or shine, our orange still is bright. [applause] >> thank you, mayor london breed and the city of san francisco for funding this amazing

program. it is making a huge difference for visitors, locals and businesses in the areas we cover. also, to all of us ambassadors that enjoy the job. thank you. [applause]. >> thank you everyone for coming and thank you for staying here even though it rained heavy out there. i'm mandy from the sftab the director of the welcome ambassador program. thank you to our speakers to mad am mayor, maona. supervisor dorsey, john and scott and your team for hosting us today. it has been a privilege to work with and get to know the team overnight past year. it is gratify to receive all the fantastic e mails that i get. and to share them with the team.

these are a reminder of the amazing work they are doing. and i know that it shows how much they are appreciated. thank you all of you for all that you do. all your hard work. ? this includes paulita the director of the program near block by block. . [applause]. before we close the proceedings and you will get to ride the care set, hopefully and cookies we have cookies to share. i would like to recognize the upon 20 team members been with us from the beginning the guys that you see behind us. not all 20 are here but -- [applause]. thank you all of you for all your hard work. and thank you also to everybody

else on the team of in the office or out on the streets every day you do an amazing job. thank you. [applause]. and then just to conclude my bit here, one person has been chosen as ambassador of the year. uh-huh. this is i surprise to everybody. [laughter]. she was chosen for strong work ethic. being a great example to coworkers. always as a smile and goes above and beyond to provide great service and also share her knowledge and enthusiasm with fellow team members. moanna, would you like to stem forward. [applause]. [applause] so, thank you,

moanna. congratulations. this is your certificate and will be goodies as well >> you are being recognized as ambassador of the year for 2022. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. [applause] >> goovend, everybody. >> how is everyone doing today?

>> awe some. great weather we were dreading it would rain today and look at the sky behind me. gorgeous. this was meant to be. my name is natasha i'm the executive vice president the development at bridge. for northern california. i will also be our mc today. on behalf of bridge and ken lombard could not be here today. i want to welcome all of you and thank you for take the time to celebrate the grounds breaking for potrero block b. bridge was seconded by san francisco to partner with the residents of the potrero community and literally redesign the landscape that you see here. together, we embed on the long over due and critical task of figuring out how to figure out the potrero terrace andaneck.

hours of discussion, design charettes and focus groups with the community resulted in rebuilt potrero. an ambitious vision to redevelop the site in a master plan with 1600 housing units, parks and open space, new street grid other thanning retail and community serving space that grand vision is surely taking shape before our eyes with the development of the second phase with 150, 7 units of affordable family housing and infrastructure. [applause]. 1101 connecticut the building behind you, this you see across the street is 72 family housing units that opened in 2019 as phase one of potrero. potrero block b includes a 6,000

square foot child pace and provide a home notoriety cross cultural family center a childcare provider serving the communities for many years out of 2 existing apartments. in addition the block b development will include 4,000 square foot public minipark. the first of several parks in community serving open spaces that are an important part of this master plan. our mission is to communities. i have been with bridge for many years. i joined the potrero team earlier this year. this is really personal for me. i upon really want to take this opportunity to thank the residents of the potrero community and all the other stake holders including supervisor walton and his staff. mayor breed, staff at mayor's office of housing and oewd. the san francisco housing authority, i see tonya here and

staff. hope sf for welcoming mow to the team and post in the our collective effort to rebuild potreroism look forward to working with all of you to further our mission. lastly, a shout out to the small and mighty bridge team. april tale. susan newfeld. t. j. bryce. listen all instrumental in bringing us together. give everybody on the stake holders the community let's give everybody a round of alaws. [applause] i would like to welcome supervisor walton who has been the champion of the

rebuild potrero project. good morning, first of all welcome to the beautiful district 10 the sun is always shining. even with the expectation of rain. this is truly a beautiful day for us here and community to be breaking ground on another building more housing and affordable housing in san francisco and in potrero hill. my conversations with bridge start in the 2007 and 8 when i was the director of the family resource center and talking about development and talking about how we would rebuild potrero we are 24 years later, we have first unitings up. more units on the way. this is what we really call fulfilling a promise. and we will make sure we continue to finish all the units that are going to be replaced here on the hill.

when we replace units we are not replacing community. we make sure community can stay, live here in the same neighborhood where they have been raising family and work for the last decades. i'm excited to be on the board of supervisors to see this enter fruition. i look at members in communities and folks, note only lived here for their lives and worked here and been a part of making sure we got to this day and thank the community and residents, they have of course had to endure all of the changes and designs. all of the different models before we got to this date and to see the work coming. thank you for your resiliencey to the community and thank you for showing up today. looking forward to had this is finished, we'll be back to cut the ribbon and people are moving

in. thank you. [applause] >> thank you supervisor walton. i would now like to invite eric shaw to say a few words, potrero with the other hope sf project in san francisco would not be possible without the on going support of the mayor and certainly her staff at mayor's office of housing. eric? [applause]. >> thank you very much. and also proud to say i'm interim director of hope sf. i wear 2 hats and proud of both and want to thank and blessed and fortunate in that initiative as well. i'm proud to be here to celebrate the construction of another building of affordable home in potrero hill. it reflects the promise we made to the potrero public housing this no residents be displaced as we transform this to a

racially and economically inclusive neighborhood. this is a vision of hope sf to create new possibilities and for a city on aging public housing cites this anies back years and guess back to previous mayors. promise deliver on the vision pass friday mayor to mayor. because while the city and the person in city hall may change the community deserves these projects. original buildings built 80 years ago and not built to last for as long as they have. we worked to rebuild the community surrender way with residents move in the 72 new homeos 1101 connecticut. this will be here will be the seconded affordable housing to break ground as part of potrero hill master plan. will bring 157 new homes to the neighborhood. 117 of those reserved for current residents already call

potrero home and will create 40 additional affordable homes new housing opportunity here as we reimagine this neighborhood. includes 10 units servesh reserved through the preference program so they are not displaced. the building will have on sight property management and service. community gathering spaces and on sight minipark and the public. affordable childcare approximate this is just the beginning. i am honored gather to break ground on the next step for the community and i can't wait to be here for the grand opening the next decade planning up to 1700 new home in the neighborhood and 65% will be affordable. and as we invest more in potrero and build the housing we the great new community spaces, job ands transit opportunity. celebrate >> moment and lift up our communities and create tunes for

all regardless of backgroundses. and for recognitions. i like to thank everyone involved in hope sf. raise your hands. >> [applause] i would like to thank bridge housing and team's architects, contractors and service providers took the time to gather feedback from the community. your work made sure the voices were heard and the needs were met. i want to thank the san francisco housing authority and are tonya? who has been an amazing partner through this whole journey. and ultramarathon if we call it that we are coming in mile 25? thank you very much for your leadership as well. i want to thank the city departments including all my teams and the mayor's office of housing community development. can you raise you were hands? mocd? and our funders it is all about money and by the way we need

more. thank you very much. i always have to ask. the supervisor that was your talk happening points to ask for more money. we will do that off line. i want to thank the california department of housing and communities development. provides fund to the california housing accelerator to allow this project to move forward this is one of 5 projects hope sf that are funded. i want to thank you very much. and finally i want to thank the community. you put your faith in us and work for us and without you none of this will be happening. continue to work to commit it possible as we strife for a san francisco that is affordable to everyone. and with that i will bring my fellow partner and development and financials from the stage. ditransition. [laughter]. hands it over. >> okay. there you go. all of us should ask for

funding. it takes a village in that space. thank you very much for your partnership as well. [applause]. before i start i need to take a picture from up here. i -- all of you etch raised your hand and i am getting pictures one at a time. congratulations your victory! good job! thank you. >> of course eric. good morning, everybody. i'm hernandez deputy director for communication at the california d. housing and community development. it is my great pleasure to be here today. [applause]. on behalf of governor newsome, yea. don't record that. acd director valasciiys wanted to be here today and our entire departmentive want to wish a

congratulations and honest low a thank you. i will go off script as i was upon listening to the speakers and eavesdropping on the side conversations, what really resonateed me and is at the core of great investment is community. theancy displacement efforts for this project are critical, they are so important and they speak to when we really care about that is giving people safe, affordable homes for long-term. thank you for this hard work. thank you to the community. i know it can be tough to trust government. and work with government. and i hope today you feel some success. we cannot be here without you. [applause]. so as you heard, we invested through our housing accelerator fund approximately 94 million that mean this is project within

6 months went from the, ward to today this . is unpresidented, record breaking and critical to keep this project moving. we put in another 20 million with the california growth council for investment in infrastructure, bike ways, walkways and making better transit connections the under production of house nothing general and affordable housing coupled with historic red lining and other policies made housing unaffordable for far too many in our state and for too long. we need more communities like this. the housing accelerator will provide approximately 5,000 new housing units throughout the state they will come online extreme low fast. developers like bridge and per ins like in the mayor's office. want to thank mayor breed, eric,

your team. we need that commitment. this project is years in the make. and we need that dedication so no matter who is in office the projects move forward and represent the community who deserve and over looked for too long. look forward to victim in the city of san francisco. look forward to more opportunitiful i will get prishths after this. i'm looking forward to. thank you again and i cannot wait to be back. our director wants to back when we cut the ribbon and welcome more residents home. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. we appreciated both the state and the mayor's office of housing for the funding they have provided this and other projects. i would like to invite jonathan,

executive director of j. p. mother abchase. >> chase bank provide financing for block b. in addition to the subsidy funding reach out to the banks and our investors always to get more funding and we want to thank you for your support. >> thank you. jonathan beach with chase community development bank. an honest torto be here thank you for inviting me. just to start, i joined chase 4 months ago. prior i managed santa clara affordable housing department of i want to admit i have didn't least amount work of anybody here but get the honor of speaking at the ground break. that said, i want to thank bridge. and all of our partners here today and congratulations on the ground break. i have been a fan of bridge for a long time at the city and at chase.

and i could not think of a better development team to tackle a complicated and master plan development on a site like this the oldest public housing sights in the city. you know chase roll roll was to provide 150 million dollars in construction financing and 50 million dollars in permanent financing and despite the big number there is is no may the project is feasible without the mayor's office, housing authority. monica mentioned, this project here is an example of the success of the state's housing accelerator program to fund projects that would have been stuck in the bottle neck to get tax credits. this projects this otherwise may not have been funded. who knows where the project would be today without the accelerator program. chase, we funded a number of fais phases through hope sf. we are prud to be a part of the

broader initiative. but what is happening at potrero. i want to thank bridge for having us here today and block b is part of the larger goal to the larger goal to increase access affordable housing for everyone. i think we are looking forward to seeing your vision realized here. and come become to see this master plan development fulfilled. thank you and looking forward to communities thrive here. [applause]. >> thank you. i would be remiss if i did not mention the housing authority as always one of the providers for all the projects here. housing authority [inaudible] and i want to reach out and thank my colleague, tonya, for her leadership and partnership

and looking forward to working with you to expedite when we have here. thank you. [applause]. and last but not the least, i want to invite april tality tow come and say a few words. and acknowledge and village of folks you tell we partnered with to make it happen. >> i want to thank april for her dedication approximate hard work in piecing together the financing, you all just heard how much it takes to put the projects together. and as monica said, and i think eric you mentioned this and jonathan; we applied multiple times for financing throughout state under a different program and not successful. and the govern obviously upon his priority is to increase the amount of affordable housing and expedite building housing.

i want to thank april she was curating the applications and trust mow they are not easy. lots of details. i don't know april how many times you applied, twice. >> okay. >> i really would like for to you come up here and say a few words about the projects, your experience and we want to acknowledge everybody. instrumental to work here today. thank you. >> good afternoon, everybody. i think we can do better. good afternoon, everyone! >> thank you. i'm april tally senior project manager at bridge. i am delighted to be here as it has been a challenging and yet rewarding time.

on behalf of bridge housing i would like to take a few moments to thank several team members for make thanksgiving development a reality. i like to acknowledge the residents of potrero public housing. thank you for your patience with this process. we also like to acknowledge the neighbors of potrero public housing as well. we looic to thank our community based organizations that support and uplift residents such as the chant shanti project, care. stand in peace, neighborhood house and rdj. >> our architects paul, jeffrey, alisa and anthony for the creative design. thanks to gary string and the team at gls for landscape

design. i like to thank our consultants at ph pc for financial consultation throughout the predevelopment through construction closing. next i like to thank acc, sunlight and power. concord group and way point our construction managers on this project. thank you to matt irwin. robert and the kay hill team for partners in the redevelopment of potrero. you all know kay hill was the gc for connecticut as well. we appreciate supervisor walton and his staff for supporting the project and a huge thanks to the california department of housing and community development for helping us >> yes. helping us put your funds from

the california housing accelerator. they were in lieu of traditional 4% tax credits and bond [inaudible]. this project would not have been able to start construction and create jobs without them. once again, thank you to the mayor's office of housing and community development for providing both predevelopment and gap funding. i want to thank ryan. sailor abrendzon dwyer. sarah, lydia and eric shaw. additionally, i like to thank staff at oewd for support and asisterance with needlement approvals and the permit process which can be crazy. special thanks to hope sf staff for your community development effort. thank you to our construction and lendser chase bank for funding the development.

i would like to thank acknowledge -- henry, wendy richardson and linda for their hard work and next i like to thank the staff at bridge. we cou not have reached such a mile stone without you our accountant. and also a some thanks to our community and residence dents services team for their work to support potrero residents. thank you to jeffrey mccormick and bpmc for letting the potrero hosting and available to answer questions. and finally i want to lynne and ellen for host thanksgiving events. thank you all.

[applause]: >>ing events. thank you all. [applause]: >> music music [music]

>> driver, bye. >> hi. i'm will b. mixture weltake a walk with me. >> i just love taking strolls in san francisco. they are so many cool and exciting things to see. like -- what is that there? what is that for? hi. buddy. how are you. >> what is that for. >> i'm firefighter with the san francisco fire department havings a great day, thank you for asking. this is a dry sand pipe.

dry sand pipes are multilevel building in san francisco and the world. they are a piping system to facilitate the fire engineaire ability to pump water in a buildings that is on fire. >> a fire truck shows up and does what? >> the fire engine will pull up to the upon front of the building do, spotting the building. you get an engine in the area that is safe. firefighters then take the hose lyoning line it a hydrant and that give us an endsless supply of water. >> wow, cool. i don't see water, where does it come from and where does it go? >> the firefighters take a hose from the fire engine to the dry sand pipe and plug it in this inlet. they are able to adjust the pressure of water going in the

inlet. to facilitate the pressure needed for any one of the floors on this building. firefighters take the hose bunked and he will take that homes upon bundle to the floor the fire is on. plug it into similar to this an outlet and they have water to put the fire out. it is a cool system that we see in a lot of buildings. i personal low use federal on multiple fires in san francisco to safely put a fire out. >> i thought that was a great question that is cool of you to ask. have a great day and nice meeting you. >> thank you for letting us know what that is for. thanks, everybody for watching! bye! [music]

♪♪ >> san francisco! ♪♪ >> this is an exhibition across departments highlighting different artworks from our collection. gender is an important part of the dialogue. in many ways, this exhibition is contemporary.

all of this artwork is from the 9th century and spans all the way to the 21st century. the exhibition is organized into seven different groupings or themes such as activities, symbolism, transformation and others. it's not by culture or time period, but different affinities between the artwork. activities, for example, looks at the role of gender and how certain activities are placed as feminine or masculine. we have a print by uharo that looks at different activities that derisionly performed by men. it's looking at the theme of music. we have three women playing traditional japanese instruments that would otherwise be played by men at that time. we have pairings so that is looking within the context of

gender in relationships. also with how people are questioning the whole idea of pairing in the first place. we have three from three different cultures, tibet, china and japan. this is sell vanity stot relevar has been fluid in different time periods in cultures. sometimes being female in china but often male and evoking features associated with gender binaries and sometimes in between. it's a lovely way of tying all the themes together in this collection. gender and sexuality, speaking from my culture specifically, is something at that hasn't been recently widely discussed.

this exhibition shows that it's gender and sexuality are actually have been considered and complicated by dialogue through the work of artists and thinking specifically, a sculpture we have of the hindu deities because it's half pee male and half male. it turns into a different theme in a way and is a beautiful representation of how gender hasn't been seen as one thing or a binary. we see that it isn't a modest concept. in a way, i feel we have a lot of historical references and touch points throughout all the ages and in asian cultures. i believe san francisco has close to 40% asian. it's a huge representation here in the bay area. it's important that we awk abouk

about this and open up the discussion around gender. what we've learned from organizing this exhibition at the museum is that gender has been something that has come up in all of these cultures through all the time periods as something that is important and relevant. especially here in the san francisco bay area we feel that it's relevant to the conversations that people are having today. we hope that people can carry that outside of the museum into their daily lives.

>> this is a huge catalyst for change. >> it will be over 530,000 gross square feet plus two levels of basement. >> now the departments are across so many locations it is hard for them to work together and collaborate and hard for the customers to figure out the different locations and hours of operation. >> one of the main drivers is a one stopper mitt center for -- permit center. >> special events. we are a one stop shop for those three things. >> this has many different uses throughout if years.

>> in 1940s it was coca-cola and the flagship as part of the construction project we are retaining the clock tower. the permit center is little working closely with the digital services team on how can we modernize and move away from the paper we use right now to move to a more digital world. >> the digital services team was created in 2017. it is 2.5 years. our job is to make it possible to get things done with the city online. >> one of the reasons permitting is so difficult in this city and county is really about the scale. we have 58 different department in the city and 18 of them involve permitting. >> we are expecting the residents to understand how the departments are structured to navigate through the permitting processes. it is difficult and we have heard that from many people we

interviewed. our goal is you don't have to know the department. you are dealing with the city. >> now if you are trying to get construction or special events permit you might go to 13 locations to get the permit. here we are taking 13 locations into one floor of one location which is a huge improvement for the customer and staff trying to work together to make it easy to comply with the rules. >> there are more than 300 permitting processes in the city. there is a huge to do list that we are possessing digital. the first project is allowing people to apply online for the a.d.u. it is an accessory dwelling unit, away for people to add extra living space to their home, to convert a garage or add something to the back of the house. it is a very complicated permit. you have to speak to different departments to get it approved.

we are trying to consolidate to one easy to due process. some of the next ones are windows and roofing. those are high volume permits. they are simple to issue. another one is restaurant permitting. while the overall volume is lower it is long and complicated business process. people struggle to open restaurants because the permitting process is hard to navigate. >> the city is going to roll out a digital curing system one that is being tested. >> when people arrive they canshay what they are here to. it helps them workout which cue they neat to be in. if they rant to run anker rapid she can do that. we say you are next in line make sure you are back ready for your appointment. >> we want it all-in-one

location across the many departments involved. it is clear where customers go to play. >> on june 5, 2019 the ceremony was held to celebrate the placement of the last beam on top of the structures. six months later construction is complete. >> we will be moving next summer. >> the flu building -- the new building will be building. it was designed with light in mind. employees will appreciate these amenities. >> solar panels on the roof, electric vehicle chargers in the basement levels, benefiting from gray watery use and secured bicycle parking for 300 bicycles. when you are on the higher floors of the building you might catch the tip of the golden gate bridge on a clear day and good view of soma. >> it is so exciting for the

team. it is a fiscal manifestation what we are trying to do. it is allowing the different departments to come together to issue permits to the residents. we hope people can digitally come to one website for permits. we are trying to make it digital so when they come into the center they have a high-quality interaction with experts to guide then rather than filling in forms. they will have good conversations with our staff.