obstacles due to even more pronounced anti-asian sentiment they had then as compared to what we have now, she found ways to make the best of her situation first finding employment as a unofficial rosey the riveter as a electrician and being employed as (inaudible) opened her own practice and replaced and we see this then and now a retire north beach optomtrust to integrate if to the predominantly italian neighborhood. 37 years she provided eye exams and glasses of generations of italians and chinese families and paved the way for other chinese businesses. this was a woman who did this at the

dawn of time when crossing the broadway line was inconceivable and having a woman owned business inconceivableism attended service in person or via zoom each sunday through the last weeks of her life. she was a proud member of the square and circle club for 85 years. she helped establish the elaine yang scholarship fund and most of all a absolutely avid sports fan faithfully watching every televised warriors and 49ers game and in november got the thrill of a life time being invited to the warriors to celebrate her 104 birthday. with her family in attendance as 18 thousand fans sang her happy birthday. i want to thank yoyo chan for

making all that happen, and offer our condolences to her children, crystal, corey and my neighbor craig her grandchildren cathy, kelly, courtney andrew putrees jennifer cameron and lillian and great grandchildren joshua kalea, spirlo, kaleo and ari. the rest i submit. >> thank you madam clerk. two items i will address. first colleagues, as some may know february 1 the u.s. house of representatives passed a resolution titleed and kid you not, "denouncing the horrors of socialism". the resolution introduced by republican grsman and equated socialism with mas murder and asserted with the passage "congress denouncing socialism in all forms and

oppose the implementation of socialist policies in the united states of america". sadly the resolution passed not just with republic support but with significant democratic support as well. regardless of where you might stand on the merits of socialism, this resolution was little more then cheap political theater that demeans and miss represents the work of many community leaders and was at its core nothing short of red baiting. red baiting is the practice of harassing or persecuting someone on account of known or suspected sympathy for comnist socialist or left aligned ideology. red baiting has been used in this country to disenfranchise silence and/or jail people for political and anti-worker purposes. san francisco should stand firmly against this fear

mongering and red baiting in congress. this city as said is a union town. we have a rich tradition of socialist organizing that lives on today. we regularly celebrate incredible leaders including angela davis, martin luther king, jr. (inaudible) cesar chavez, countless others who are unapologetic about the socialistal vavalues and ideals. (inaudible) inclouding public housing, public education, public library, the postal service medicare and others. it is disservice to the legacy of socialist leaders wrurkers and programs that exist today to allow this misleading and dangerous red baiting to permeate once again through the capital. i hope you join me in supporting this resolution and

denouncing the red baiting resolution passed in our nation's congress. second, colleagues today i'm calling for a hearing on the status of a neighborhood serving grocery store at 555 fulton street promise more then a decade in the making which to date has shown frustrating little progress. on april 22, 2008, nearly 15 years ago, this board passed legislation creating the fulton street grocery store special use district. allowing for increased development capacity at 555 fulton street in exchange authorizing a grocery store as permitted use after years of hays valley and western addition neighbors in the area advocating for better food access in this part of district 5. the

intervening decade and a half has been a saga to say the least and in the interest of time i won't go through the timeline but here is the short version, the site purchased by z & l properties in 2015 and developed into 139 condos with a 16.686 ground floor retail space. there was series of frustrating starts and stops in getting a neighborhood grocer to the ground floor which stretched all the way to july of 2021 when the planning commission conditionally authorized trader joe's to operate in the retail space. it appeared long last the neighborhood was getting its long sought grocery store and while time was needed for alterations at the time we were told to expect opening date of late 2022 or early 2023. unfortunately as of

today there is no open date in site and appears negotiations have stalled between the property owners and trader joe's. i got a number concerns here and to perhaps state the obvious that that address sounds familiar to any of you, you may familiar with z & l property owned by a real estate tycoon arrested last year (inaudible) to be clear while there is a lot to unpack still on that front that is not the focus of the hearing. the hearing is not-we seek to inform the public on the status of the neighborhood serving grocery store and invite representatives from z & l and trader joe's and planning department to present. i'll close by saying there was a really trade-off made

15 years ago where the city authorized additional development capacity but the trade-off was that the community would get a much needed grocery store and in that part of it sits vacant and to the frustration of the neighborhood. we need to see forward motion on the grocery store. we hope this hearing is a opportunity for both the developer and trader joe's to inform the board as well of neighbors of progress and hopefully getting it done. >> thank you. for supervisor ronen. >> thank you. today i'm introducing a resolution to stave off yet another attempt to erode san francisco sank ware ordinance this time by biden administration and department of home land security pulling the

same ploy trump administration tried in 2017. they are asking us to unnecessarily violate or sanctuary ordinance to excudite individuals accused of heinous crimes. this is not only unnecessary, but dangerous as dhs is giving the accused more time to fly while we have a long contentious and very public legislative pros. as you know san francisco became a sanctuary city in 1989 in response to attacks on central on (inaudible) first ordinance in the country prohinting the use of local resources and personnel from assisting the federal government deportitation. sanctuary city was hard fought and won but since that day we have faced many attempts to undermine this ordinance. in 2019 the trump administration

threatened san francisco under a similar circumstance. several of you were here at the time and hope we learned our lessen. as we entertain the same motion to amend the sanctuary city ordinance which made it long convoluted way through the process. dhs extradited the suspect from canada san francisco where they faced very serious sexual assault charges and there was no amendment needed for our sanctuary ordinance in order to do it. as the immigrant rights community put out a statement just now we are out raged the department of homeland security is yet again attempting to bully or city leaders into chipping away at due process protections in our sanctuary ordinance. that has a-it is exploited it and have a devastating --

[speaker speaking too fast] san francisco aids foundation-(inaudible) surj san mateo. the entire immigrant rights community coming together to say lets not get give into bullying tactics of it federal government, stand together and say extraidate dangerous accused criminals to our city to face prosecution, don't use immigrants as your scapegoat to weaken our sanctuary ordinance. we are not playing your games we are very upset to see the biden administration playing the same game politicizing immigrant life that the trump administration is playing. we expected that from

trump, we do not expect this from the biden administration and won't take it. we will not be bullied by you. i wish our da and mayor were standing up and saying that, instead they are giving into these tactics at the expresence of immigrants lives. we won't fall for it again. they didn't have to weaken the sanctuary policy in 2019 to extradite danger accused criminals and don't need to do it again today. the charges that accused individuals are sought for are serious and are heinous crimes and this is why i'm urging the government to extradite immediately. dont wait 30 days for a long legislative process. san francisco stands with survivors of rape and sexual assault. we embrace healing and

gaens exploitation of victims of rape and sexual assault of (inaudible) stop blaming all immigrants for the actions of two accused individuals. this resolution rejects department of homeland security and biden administration on the sanctuary ordinance and urge dhs to extradite the individuals as it is within their power to do so without further delay. i want to give a very special thanks to supervisor melgar walton and preston for early endorsement standing up to bullying tactics and threats upon our immigrants community here in san francisco and colleagues i hope you will all stand with the three of us and the or four of us and entire immigrant rights community in san francisco and say we will not give into your threats, we know what is right here and we will get justice for victims of heinous crimes without using our

immigrant community and weakening rights to protect them. thank you. clearly i'm very passionate about this subject. secondly colleagues, there has been-another easy issue in-having a hard time in district 9 these days. there is a prositution track on cap street and the mission for decades if not a century. i have been addressing the last 13 years. over the past few months the situation has gotten out of control. 17 to 24 dozens of women stand out in the cold in the middle of the streets soliciting johns from sun down to sunrise. this is on a narrow fully residential street where kids and parents are trying to get a good night sleep. music booms all night long, bumper to bumper traffic and much with worse.

neighbors witness pimps beating sex workers and sometimes gun shots. the situation has become extremely unsafe. in response my office with the support of dpw, mta rks imayor office and sfpd engaged a few short term imperfect strategies to address the situation. we put up barriers on several streets to stop the cruising and have ordered heavier barriers that are difficult to steal or move. sfpd motorcycle unit is ticketing johns and have a night time presence on the e block. we plan speed bumps on the street and improve the lighting but none of the strategies deal with the realty sex work happenss in san francisco and everywhere in the world in every city in the world. it is time to recognize this and move towards decriminalization and legalization and regulation of sex work. this is a longer term strategy. this isn't

going to happen tomorrow. it is utilized in the u.s. nevada and rhode island have decriminalized sex work and at least a few countries around the world and most instances legalization helps combat traffic improves working conditions, reduce violence against sex workers and makes it easier to stop underage and unhealthy practices in the line of work. today i introduce a resolution asking the state delegation to introduce a bill to legalize sex work. under no illusion this will happen overnight, i'm heartened the state decriminalized several sex worker practice over the last decade. california allowed sex workers to receive restitution. california decriminalized for miners recognizing that miners are by definition victims. california has provided immunity to sex workers who report

crimes and have banned the use of condoms as evidence. and just last year senator (inaudible) loiters in public places of (inaudible) we have been moving in the right direction. given the fight will take time and we must do more to protect sex workers today, i amulus working with nicky (inaudible) counsing woman in oakland on a cross base strategy to provide robust efesktive service to sex workers now. collaborate with public health partners and advocates to do this right. we must help sex workers leave their pimps juscape trafficking where it is happening. we must address the fact most sex workers live in poverty and many experience homelessness. we must have a short term medium and long-term strategy to address the oldest profession in the world and protect sex workers

victims of trafficking and residents of residential neighborhoods from the ill of the underground industry. also for all you to know on a side note and never suggested setting up a red light in san francisco though you have probably seen dozens of articles suggesting that we are considering that. i want you to know that the sf chronicle used that term in a susitational head line, none of the dozens of journalists that are reporting this about san francisco ever reached out to me for a comment so don't worry, that's not happening. we are not doing that. what we are trying to do is address the immediate consequences of the impact on a residential neighborhood and trying to provide services to sex workers who need them and looking at long-term strategy that is tough to pass in california, let's be real but are moving in the direction and keep it moving and after the

law passes it will take up years to set up a regulatory scheme to do it in the right way so this is long-term plan but one we should engage in now today because we cannot truly address this problem in any one neighborhood. it isn't going to work. we have to address at the roots. colleagues i hope you join me urging our state delegation to move this conversation and issue forward by introducing a bill scott wiener was brave enough to do that around loitering and appreciate him for doing that and do not igree with the police who have been blaming him for that. that is absolutely not the reason that police cannot effectively stop sex work in residential neighborhoods and i thank scott wiener for his braevly and leadership. let's keep going. let's keep moving forward. the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor roan. supervisor safai.

>> supervisor stefani and i have worked with a working group on downtown recovery. he updated and briefed supervisor peskin. this is is a top priority that came out of the working group. i want to thank him. say for the record, i want to be added as cosponsor so thank you for supervisor peskin. supervisor stefani will attest, over and over again that working group we heard over and over and over again the desire for clean and safe and so the request for there to be a budget supplemental with regard to clean and safe in that area also want to sign on as a cosponsor to that, but something that is extremely important. we will

work out the details of that, but madam clerk please add me. colleagues today i have two items for roll call. as you know, we have a wonderful network of non profit organizations here in san francisco funded by our city and county. they do amazing work. at the same time, taxpayers reasonably expect that those non profits will perform the work they are paid for and comply with federal, state and local requirements and in that vain since 1981 the city has required non profits to file a annual economic report with the city. the filing includes a name of the board members, the ceo and annual budget and if they dont file the city can withholding funding if awarded. we found out this requirement is not necessarily strong enough to hold some of the non profits accountable and so and

we heard about that in the audits that were asked for most recently. there ordinance that we introduced that i'm introducing today would ask for 4 essential documents. first the irs letter establishing the non profit status be providing, federal tax returns filed under section 990 verification registered with the state of cal registry trust and audited financial statements if required to prepare them. this also requires public information contained in the filings to be posted on the internet. departmental contracting officers and public at large can verify their status. as it pertains to one of the items coming up wednesday, we heard from the budget legislative analyst one of the non profits was not in compliance but by today we

found out they were so this information is beginning to trickle down and number of non profits are doing what tay do. i want to state, we are extremely happy to have such a phenomenal network of non profits doing good work but we have heard significant abuses in some organizations and so this is intended they are held more accountable. lastly this does not apply to non profits that receive less then a hundred thousand annually so they are not required to participate in this additional paperwork. lastly colleagues, in the same vain of trying to do many things we are doing for recovery in the city and some in the downtown core, we are might be no surprise to many of you that departments reviewing and issuing our housing and land use permits don't have a shared understanding of priority permits. we

just recently learned in our district that one project was getting priority permit processing as a home sf project from the planning department and went to the building department and they said we only priority process 100 percent affordable so we had not updated our administrative bulletin in years, so each department as i'm sure many of you will attest, works in silos and defines their own priority creating conflicts with our permitting agencies. public works for instance hasn't updated the priority processing bulletin in the last 9 years. three mayors and three public works directors ago. so, today the ordinance i'm introducing in this vain is ordinance that requires the permitting center director to convene the department of building inspection planning department public works to establish a shared understanding of priority permit and to

insure implemented by all departments that do priority processing. to meet our housing obligations we need to make sure housing permit priorities across all departments and that's not necessarily happening today. folks are getting planning building and public space improvement permits many of which need to acpie occupy a new home, have to go through the process and not necessarily having thatment in the final regard as mentioned before since the downtown recovery working group we are also about reoccupying office space and tenant improvements, they also need to go through the process and that also could slow down the process in terms of prioritizing under this revitalization reimagining downtown. this legislation mandates departments to work together while allowing us to be proactive and nimble as we confront challenges in the city. had the rest

madam clerk i submit. >> thank you supervisor safai. supervisor stefani. >> thank you madam clerk. i will submit. >> thank you. supervisor walton. we'll return to supervisor walton. supervisor chan. submit. thank you. supervisor dorsey. >> thank you madam clerk. i'm introducing legislation today to create a new exception within san francisco's due process for all ordinance for adults who have been convicted of dealing felony in the prior 7 years and held to answer for another fentanyl dealing felony a violent felony or serious felony subsequentially. this proposed update to our sanctuary city policies would allow local law enforcement to lawner civil immigration notification request from federal authorities in narrow circumstances to reflect the gravity of a fentanyl dealing crime that currently claims 9 times as many lives as

homicide in san francisco. that is solely responsible for nearly 3/4 of all drug overdose death city wide since 2020. if we make progress on the city overdose prevention strategy, supply side interventions must be part of it. it is time for san francisco to with draw the protection of undocumented immigrant trafficking fentanyl. this is harm prevention approach. it draws a hard line on the most legal drugs-even heroin is many times safer then fentanyl. last year we lost 59 san franciscans to heroin overdose. we lost 451 san franciscans to fentanyl overdoses, a difference of 392

livesism this is appropriate a necessary update to existing exceptionals within our sanctuary policies which already make adults previously convicted of serious crimes like arson carjakeing and robbery ineligible for sanctuary on second offense. given the staggering loss of life attributed to fentanyl in our city, i hope we can agree fentanyl dealing belongs among the very reasonable exceptions. this proposal won't weaken sanctuary, it will update sanctuary to reflect the moral imperative of public health calamity san franciscans have not witness since the aids crisis. in the final analysis this legislation is necessary to help save the lives of those struggling with substance use disorders who deserve the same chance at recovery from drug addiction that i had. the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor dorsey. supervisor engardio. >> thank you madam

clerk. colleagues along with the mayor and colleagues supervisor dorsey mandelman and stefani, today i introduce a budget supplemental that appropriate said funds for police overtime. we must fund police in san francisco to address a staffing crisis. our residents need us to help keep them safe. i recently visited small business owners on irving street and asking for more help. our sunset farmer market was hit by crime last weekday. a storage trailer broken into and thousands dollars of equipment stolen. the police department depends on us for the resources to do their job. the sunset lost half officers since 2020. only 4 or 5 officers are patrolling area with a population of 130 thousand. those few and over-stretched officers cover a huge

geographic area. when officers are sick or injured others have to work overtime. we can't go a night without officers. overtime funding is essential. that is quhie i cosponsor mayor breed's police funding measure. we also need to fund retired officers to walk beats as ambassadors and fill gaps, we must invest in the police department to retain officers and recruit more. we are short more then 500 officers for a city our size. hundreds more officers are eligible to retire in june and many will. the last police academy graduated 12 new officers. the current academy has 8 cadet said. we have a police staffing crisis. we must change the narrative about police in san francisco. our officers are diverse and committed to service at the highest standard. our police department is a model

of reform and praised by the california department of justice for already implementing more then 90 percent of needed reforms. we need to let people know that it is honorable to be a police officer in san francisco and the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor engardio. supervisor mandelman. >> thank you madam clerk. today i'm introducing ordinance to allow cannabis business owners to sell ownership providing 5 years since applied for a permit. temporary permit holders are supply side cannabis businesses operating prior to legalization including delivery only cultivator distributor manufacturing and testing labs. following the legalization of adult use cannabis these businesses opted into the legal market and spent years working to comply with all relevant laws and regulations waiting for the city to process their applications for permits. my office heard from owners of businesses that applied for

permits in 2018 yet still prohibited from selling shares because thes regulations selling (inaudible) the office of cannabis made progress they are just now beginning to process the applications of these temporary permit holders because they were behind equity applicants and incubators in the priorization required by article 16. it will take years to finish processing the applications leaving business owners stuck in limbo unable to access much value they created over decades in the industry. these temporary permit holders are seeking to if gauge in the same business deals every other industry in san francisco is allowed to engage and allowing to (inaudible) this

ordinance make it miner change to restrictions to aalotumperary permit holders who applied for permits at least 5 years ago to sell ownership interest before they receive a permit. it also clarify force protocol should a business transfer more then 50 percent of ownership sooner then 5 years after applying for a permit if the business owner makes this mistake they would have 6 months to unwind the ownership deal and supervision of office of cannabis. it is relatively narrow straight forward ordinance that should allow a handful of stalled ownership deals to go through providing a modicum of relief for struggling industry. i thank the office of cannabis and director patel for his guidance and help on this ordinance. thank depy city crawly and (inaudible). >> thank you. supervisor walton. submit. thank you. mr. president that concludes the introduction of new

business. >> thank you madam clerk. let's go to general public comment. >> for those in the chamber please line up on your right hand side oof the chamber. i will say a quick word to those who would like to provide public comment remotely. we have been doing this a couple years. i think you are aware how to do so. if there are any can members who need assistance call the clerks office at 415-554-5184. the information is streaming on the television and publisheden oour agenda. during general public comment you may speak to the appearance, the minutes as presented, item 29-40 under adoption without committee reference. i will point out there is closed session. this occur towards the latter end of the meeting. if you would like to speak about whether or not the board could enter into closed session for the labor negotiation you would

be welcome to, and you may speak to other general matters that are not on today's agenda but within the subject matter jurisdiction. we have interpreters standing by. they know to join us when there is a member of the mublic public who needs assistance. we do have first person at the podium. >> good evening. i was here back in february the 7 and i complained to the district about something happening in my life. these guys here that i complaining to i like to introduce (inaudible) mr. president told me he was going to get my spot back where i belong. (inaudible) i spend three weeks on the

sidewalk for committing to something what a real man commit to and all i'm doing is getting punished. punished by the district. i want to know is why if i tell the truth about something i'm on the sidewalk losing my future in school because y'all refuses to (inaudible) somebody come and say something. you all talking about each other around each other. i'm out there in that street for three weeks. i sit inside the table out there in the hallway for 5 days. i wonder when y'all going to come to my aid because y'all are violating my constitutional rights and i have paperwork to show how many people i'm calling to solve the problem. i come to the dist rict office and report to the

district office and lose my spot in my bed. i want the district office to tell me, i want the mayor to have call these people (inaudible) back inside this room and answer for these charges because i am still out there in that street trying to defend womens around me. this is not right. this is not right. you all need to do something because i'm still out there in the street for something i trying to do right and y'all punishing me like this. it is not right. >> thank you for your comments. >> you probably recognize me. my name is osborn and here to speak about prc baker place. i live in (inaudible) and i filed a grievance what is going on and mismanagement and made copies of their response. some of it is what they

responded in terms of false and pretty much blowing us off and i'm coming to you again because prc has millions of dollars. this coop problem we had meepal testify how important it is but last time i closed saying people are suffering. since that time an article appeared in the standard which i hope you all read and if you haven't encourage you to read it because people took risk to go on the record in that article, risk of reprisal from prc baker place and what i read in that article was people in pain. people are hurting. people sobriety is suffering. my mental health is suffering. we are now moving to the verge of infliction of emotional distress. this situation is so out of control people are dying in coop, people have issues in coop. there are complaints filed and dph is not

responding. i leave to you an example of the response they gave for you to to decide but it is time for the city to step in and protect us and thank you for listening and thank goodness we live in democracy. >> thank you for your comments. welcome our next speaker. please come on up. >> good afternoon mr. president and supervisors. thank you for allowing me to speak, jeff wiener and representative jewish family children service along with common sense media children advocacy institute, half the story and others for senate bill 287 which protect kids on social media from a few specific harms including suicide, fentanyl purchase and eating disorders. at jewish family children service we provide mental health service for kids and support

for families and hearing non stop from the families that come about the overwhelming problem for their kids and families as a quhole and the fact they feel it beyond their capacity to keep their kids safe online. no matter how hard they try we have many parents telling us that the cards are stacked gaens them and social meedia know this. their internal research demonstrates they know it is a problem but prioritize profit over kid safety. without legislation to force their hand nothing is going to change. so, we ask that you all vote in favor of the resolution to support senate bill 287 and like to thank supervisor safai for interduzing the resolution and walton chan mandelman and melgar for cosponsoring it and any others i might have missed. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. welcome our next

speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is andy stone and i'm a member of the hiv advocacy network a grass root of activist in the bay area fighting for access to healthcare and right of queer communities people with hiv and people who use drugs most at ringe of dying from over dose. many members are immigrants. many engage in survival sex work and many use drugs as a mean to survive the conditions on the street. many are highly vuliable and victims of systems of oppression and targeted by law enforcement for just trying to survive. as a gay man who live the deep south and hiv advocate i urge you to oppose attempts to weaken the sanctuary city or due process. san francisco long is a sanctuary for many communities including people with hiv, queer people and

immigrants. immigration enforcement agencies are notorious for denial of life saving hiv medication andclusion between san francisco law enforcement and immigration enforcement agencies sets a unacceptable precedent for queer people and people living with hiv at risk of death whether from denial of life saving medication or broken asylum system vulnerable people just trying to survive on the street to report (inaudible) i urge you to uphold our values of equal treatment and due process for all. thank you. >> thank you. >> happy valentine's day and (inaudible) which also means neighbor. like to say nancy pelosi said encouraging thing s about community activism, but how could you do

community activism without the sheriff deputiesism i want to wish them a happy valentine's day. i remember the times i have been removed from the premises quite fondly. i like to say happy valentine's day to nancy pelosi entire generation which is demographic which is under recognized too young to fight in world war 2, the great war, too old to be baby boomers, my generation, sandwiched between two great generations. when the depression hit the birth rate dropped dramatically. world war 2 ended at the moment when the pool of draft age men dropped dramatically and perked back up for vietnam. is that a coincident? i don't know. the warrior generation so call best generation on earths are big boisterous people and

sometimes a little overbearing and we are talking about nancy pelosi. there are a bunch of presidents who are from the warrior generation and a bunch who are baby boomers but only one joe biden is the only from that generation, the tail end of it that became president. (inaudible) all the generation. thank you. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. are there other members of the public who like to speak before general comment? please come closer so after the speaker you are already line up after him. thank you. welcome, sir. >> you cannot serve humanity this way. it is not possible. it is full of lies and cover ups. it clear. i know it and

you know it. (inaudible) you keep lying beyond your-that's not what you want. basically, why are you so much afraid of the truth? what's wrong with it? when you know it will make you happy? it is just a matter of dealing it. you don't address people with the truth. again, the key is focus on beauty. when something comes your way you say hold on a second, (inaudible) because if it doesn't it isn't in my interest so keep it for you. i dont want it. it doesn't sell the people i'm supposed to sell either. come on. it is absolutely clear. i will close there. i'm supposed

to change the course of humanity with you. nothing is going to stop me. i can't stop it. so, please (inaudible) here in san francisco with you. >> madam clerk i want to acknowledge (inaudible) and pia hinkal and we will say words about item 36 later on the agenda. >> thank you. welcome. >> thank you thank you board president peskin and the entire board. we are the founders of the fruit guys started our business in san francisco north beach one bedroom apartment delivering fresh fruit to officers as a well to help companies bring people together over something healthy and deeply in support of the revitalization of san francisco and helping to be part of

motivating and exciting people about getting back to work. wree want to thank the beard for item 36 and supporting the resolution on our 25 anniversary. >> fruit guys start ed the fruit at work global industry in countries all over the world and started in district 3 on chestnut street so president peskin was there and served many companies that started san francisco tech revolution so thank you. >> don't go away, i will say a few words as soon as we get to adoption calendar. >> thank you for your comments. are there any other members of the public who like to address general public comment? sir, unfortunately you already had your opportunity to speak. thank you, sir. everyone gets two minutes. thank you thank

you sir. mr. president we'll go to remote system. mr. lam, do we have any callers in the queue, please? welcome caller. >> hello. my name (inaudible) also a rape survivor and making the public comment to make sure the harms against sexual assault survivors are not exploited in the name of anti-immigrant fear monger. i live in san mateo county, (inaudible) built safe communities for all residents. san francisco and san mateo county to stop collusion with ice (inaudible) seek community support. (inaudible) trying to bully san francisco into weakening the protections in the sanctuary ordinance. the

mayor and da are playing into the anti-immigrant political gain. i strongly oppose the proposal and ask supervisors stand up for our values and vote against it. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. let's welcome the next caller, please. mr. lam, let's go to the next caller, please. welcome caller. >> angela chan. my name is angela chan, long time civil rights attorney, the chief of policy for san francisco public defender office. thank you to supervisor ronen and preston melgar and (inaudible) immigrants are vital and part of our city. along

with free sf a large diverse coalition of san francisco i oppose any attempt to weaken our sanctuary ordinance. as all should know any (inaudible) immigrant communities that cant come forward to access city -(inaudible) that attack happened under the trump administration. the board then did not fall for the extortion and attacked by home land security against san francisco do not fall for it now and do not take the bait. we all should know better. (inaudible) as someone who struggles with substance use it is disappointing you are - >> please address your comments as a whole not individual members? >> (inaudible) deportitation is

heinous and harm immigrant the victims of trafficking. qu ask the board to stand with immigrant community (inaudible) proud organized community and hold any board member who wants to collude with ice accountable. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. mr. lam, let's welcome the next caller, please. >> hi, my name is (inaudible) a senior organizer at the immigrant legal resource center. our office is based in district 6 here in san francisco and thank supervisor ronen for leading the charge to uphold our strong sanctuary ordinance and i oppose any attempt to let dhs bully us into weakening. our sanctuary policy protects the neighbors in racial profiling and abuse from ice and helps community members who survive or witness violence to come

forward and get the help they need. passed by advocates (inaudible) please listen to immigrant voices here in the city and again i oppose any attempt to weaken there ordinance. thanks. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. mr. lam our next caller, please. >> yes. my name is marie (inaudible) i work for the deloris street community service. i'm here on behalf of my agency and myself to support the resolution presented by supervisor ronen. thank you supervisor for doing that (inaudible) support mayor breed resolution is that you are blaming the immigrant

community for the crisis. you know as well as we do and maybe if you don't it isn't because you didn't have the immigrant experience but if you open the (inaudible) they are going to open it all the way in our face. we all heard mayor breed blaming honduras for the yaung in the city but that is not true and know that. now we are going back into history trying to get through the window where you cannot get through the door. i encourage you, please to support supervisor ronen's resolution and defend the immigrant community (inaudible) not to compromise with (inaudible) we all know is against

immigrants. thank you very much. thank you for your comments. i'll just quick word to those who are waiting in the queue. if you would like to make a comment you're going to make your comments directed to the board as a whole. for example, if you wanted to say to the board of supervisors, i am grateful for the resolution that is submitted by supervisor x but you are not speaking directly to supervisor x, you are addressing the bord board as a whole. okay. thank you so much. mr. lam, i think we have 25 listeners. if you are one of the 25 and like to make public comment this afternoon, this is your time to press star 3 if you haven't already. otherwise we'll listening to the next 11 speakers and may take us to the end. mr. lam. welcome caller. >> thank you. (inaudible) the recent earthquake in

turkey and closer to home in humboldt serve to remind san franciscans living and working in high-rises that they also have every reason to be concerned about earthquake risks. supervisors are you aware that according to a city database, 114 tall downtown buildings are on soil with a "very high likelihood of lickrifying"? that is according to the city. also according to the city most of these buildings do not have foundations on bedrock. the city appears to be concealing with problem weakening about 40 high rises including the transamerica pyramid. unlike other california cities, san francisco is still years away

from addressing the problem of these 39 large buildings with weak framework welds that make them vulnerable to earthquakes. the problem has been known for 30 years. i learned some of the buildings may have damaged during the loma preida earthquake. no one knows for sure because they are not checking. there are other problems i dont have time to go into but i e-mailed a copy of the well researched (inaudible) it has links to the sources we cite and we ask that you at least read the summary and take some comprehensive action on this under-reported problem. thank you very much. >> thank you for your

comments. let's hear from the next speaker, please. >> my name is cathy baird a member of showing up for racial justice san mateo and support the resolution submitsed by supervisor ronen. san francisco sanctuary policy is a essential part of the solution to keep everyone in the community safe. any collusion between law and forcement and dhs makes it harder for domestic violence survivors and others in the immigrant community to get the help they need. i urge the board to reject this attack by dhs. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. let's with welcome the next caller. hello caller, are you

with us? alright. mr. lam, let's keep going. hello caller, are you with us? >> hi. yes. hello board of supervisors, my name is dani (inaudible) and work for the san francisco sierra club and like to express support for (inaudible) item 35 and urge the board to adopt it. our hope is sfpuc can step up to reduce the contributions of newterants into the bay the same nutrient that (inaudible) devastating effects on the eco system and (inaudible) discharge in the building sfpuc is responsible for 20 percent of all nutrients that make

their way to there bay scr only discharge 10 percent of the (inaudible) the sfpuc analysis found there are significant wastewater recycling opportunities at the facilities. nutrient reduction can be paired with water recycling this is win for the health of the bay and also the sfpuc (inaudible) nutrient load into the bay is only going to increase. adopting the resolution is important for the bay's future. thank you for your time and your consideration. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. mr. lam, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> my name is connor (inaudible) and i'm a member of the hiv advocacy network. i strongly oppose attempts to weaken the sanctuary city or due process for all ordinances. san francisco has long been a

sanctuary for many communities including people with hiv (inaudible) life saving hiv medications and collusion between san francisco law enforcement and immigration enforcement, ice, all these agencies set a unacceptable precedent that put people living with hiv at risk of death. must up hold values of equal treatment and due process for all. the policy could lead to death for members of our community and strongly oppose this resolution. thank you for your time. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> my name is jan madel and live in marin county where i practice pediatrics

over 35s. i'm concerned about the harmful impact social media has. my practice has seen a unprecedented rise in mental health struggles for children and teens. the rise began pre-covid in our practice it is now become a surge. helping our struggling patients has probably been more stressful for our doctors then dealing with covid and that's saying something. we had to make dramatic changes in work flow. instead of seeing patients for sick visits my practice had to pivot. we hired nurse practitioners to see the majority of our acute care visits which frees space in the doctor schedule for mental health visits of which there are so many. we also in our practice for the first time had to hire a therapist to work in our practice. she does a combination of therapy and case management for

referral to other mental health providers because we can't handle all of what is needed. we know social media is part and parcel of this surge in mental health struggles. i urge you to adopt a resolution to supporting senate bill 287 legislation i think you probably realize is the only way to insure that social media companies make their platforms safe for children and adolescents. otherwise we have seen they do everything in their power to avoid doing so. thank you so much. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. mr. lam, let's hear from the next caller, please. welcome caller. >> hello, can you hear me? >> yes, we can. >> thank you so much. my name is dr. gary rant i'm calling in today as chair of the

advisory county for children and youth part of children and family service for policy and advocacy. pleased to address you president peskin and the whole board of supervisors in this very auspicious day. as a matter of fact, i have known nancy pelosi since 1987 when i first introduced her to the young leadership meeting in washington dc and loving her since on issues from healthcare (inaudible) i'm calling today because i'm very concerned about the harmful impacts social media is having on our children's mental health. the suicide rate that is responsible for i think is akin to gun violence. i urge you one and all to adopt the resolution supporting

senate bill 287 senator nancy skinner's bill. legislation is the only way to insure social media companies make their platforms safe for children. when research on social media and harmful effects is worse then the effects then smoking, so please would you join with us in supporting the resolution for senate bill 287? thank you. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. mr. lam let's hear from the next caller, please. >> hello. good evening. my name is (inaudible) i work at the california immigrant policy center. we are state wide organization here in california that up holds the humanity of immigrant community by transforming systems. i think

supervisor >> caller are you still with us? mr. lam, did we lose that caller? alright. we hope that caller will call us back. thank you bruno for your comments. please call us back. mr. lam, let's go to the next caller, please. welcome caller. mr. lam that line might be unattended. let's go to the next caller, please. alright. mr. lam did we lose you? okay. mr.

president we believe we have a problem with the public comment line. we appear to have lost contact with the public comment line, is that our issue? we will take a moment mr. president and just check with the team to see if we can reach them. i think we had 4 callers in the queue. >> rory, you are out of order dude. rory, we will not-- [speaking in the background] >> we'll

>> mr. president. >> please proceed. >> okay. i believe we have a few callers in the queue. mr. lam, how many callers do we have? we have 8 in the queue. let's hear from our next caller, please. >> good evening board president and supervisor. (inaudible) strong support of supervisor ronen ordinance. san francisco has a long history of sank ctuary. (inaudible) thank you supervisor ronen for speaking out in support of our neighbors and loved ones. this is absolutely vital and horrifying attack on our

community. any collusion between san francisco law enforcement and immigration agency sets a precedent that put people at undue risk so must up hold the values of equal treatment and due process for all. i urge the board to reject all dangerous rhetoric and legislative attempts that make it harder for survivors to get the help they need. thank you. >> that thank you. let's go to the next caller please. welcome caller. >> good evening. nigh name is (inaudible) speaking on item 35. (inaudible) i urge you to pass resolution that compels sfpuc to reduce the nutrient discharge to san francisco bay which are known to fuel the harmful bloom that killed untold numbers of fish

last year. these nutrient reductions could be achieved through multi-facet ed solutions inclooding wastewater recycling which reduce reliance on the river. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. mr. lam, let's go to our next caller, please. welcome caller. >> hi. my name is maddie arm strong a immigration attorney here on behalf of dolores street community service and free sf coalition to ask you the san francisco board of supervisors to support supervisor ronen's ordinance and refuse to give into department of home land security to break down our resolve as a sanctuary city. i'm born and raised in san francisco, i attended public school in san francisco and work in the city. i know that being a sanctuary city is at the heart of san francisco's identity and the commitment to immigrants. we should not be in the business of

(inaudible) good enough to be practed by the sanctuary city ordinance. i want to emphasize if dhs refuses (inaudible) to stand trial it st. the department of homeland security that will be to blame if they are not prosecuted. this is no time for dhs to play politics and threaten the sanctuary city status but that is what they are doing. san francisco has to stand strong and maintain commitment to protect and stand with the immigrant community. it is no surprise a federal agency (inaudible) is doing everything they can to weaken san francisco sanctuary city policy and make us look bad. we cannot let them break us. thank you very much for the opportunity to speak. >> thank you for bringing your comments this afternoon. mr. lam do we have another caller in the queue, please? welcome caller.

>> good evening. my name is (inaudible) a member of the hiv advocate network and oppose attempts to weaken the sanctuary city. san francisco has long been a sanctuary for many communities including people with hiv (inaudible) cruel treatment of women transand queers people including sexual assault physical assault verbal abuse psychological abuse and denial of treatment including hiv medication. any collusion sets a unceptable precedent that can hit the people (inaudible) as a gay brown immigrant i'm appalled at the white supraemacy to weaken our sanctuary city and demonize our city (inaudible) we must uphold values of equal treatment and due process for all.

thank you so much for the opportunity to testify. >> thank you for your comments for bringing your comments this afternoon. mr. lam, do we have another caller in the queue, please? [echo] >> mr. lam, we will have-caller can you hear us? >> hello. >> welcome. >> hello. can you all hear me? >> yes, we can. >> okay. thank you very much. my name is francisco (inaudible) women collective at dolores street community service and active member of latino task force in collaboration with homeless first collaborative. i mentioned all these names and groups because if represents thousands of us who suffered at the politicing of against

immigrant communities i working people by gentifying sources that want to kick us out and this attack on immigrant and san francisco ordinance to protect immigrant from the collusion between law enforcement and immigration is one more attack that needs to be rejected. thank you supervisor ronen for standing up and i want to ask for complete rejection of any attack on san francisco ordinance that protects immigrants. it creates fear, it creates non participation with law enforcement with community with hospitals. i had people actually die because of their fear to go to a public service agency because of the fear that is created by these type of laws that attack our working folks, so

please reject any attack on the protection against immigrants. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. mr. lam. welcome caller. >> hi. my name is nicky a community organizer and immigrant who lived in work in san francisco since 20o3 [audio cutting in and out. unable to understand caller] >> thank you nicky for your comments this afternoon. mr. lam, do we have another caller in the queue? >> hello. can you hear me?

>> yes, we can. welcome. >> hi. my name is joanna hernandez a proud daughter of immigrant parents and i want to thank supervisor ronen for standing up for us for being our voice. i truly support a full restriction of this. this is a horrible move of our city. our city is still healing from the pandemic and we are still trying to heal from the trauma or children have to go through from being ripped away from their schools. i would hate to see this happen, i imagine the (inaudible) targeted just for being who they are. i hope the board of supervisor jz mayor and everyone understand what this will do to ow city. we are a sanctuary city and must stay sanctuary. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. mr. lam, do we have another caller in the queue, please? welcome caller.

>> hello. my name is francisco (inaudible) i manage the immigration unit at san francisco public defender office and defended against deportation in the city since 2008 and strongly oppose gutting the sanctuary ordinance and add proposing the anti-immigrant laws on valentine's die day is not good form. in 2015 a man by the name of donald trump exploited a tragedy in the city to send to the presidency by demonizing immigrants and attacking our sanctuary city. his words convincing to some of you? do you see the logic of the messaging? we see immigrants demonized and scapegoated through the history and once again this raises its very ugly head. it is a fallacy more deportations mean better public safety. it is a

lie homeland security keeps telling. it is what they use to justify their work yet study after study demonstrated conclusively increased deportation do not improve crime creates. ice always tried to bully us. in 2008 they threaten today put juvenile probation officers into jail refusing to cooperate. 2010 forced us to turn people over based on fingerprints. this agency (inaudible) millions of people since 1996. 92 percent are from mexico guatemala honduras or el salvador. it is a racist nugz that does not help public safety. this is unnecessary. if it passes this will signal to the country that we shouldn't have

sanctuary. dont take the bait. thank you. >> thank you. mr. lam do we have another caller in the queue? welcome. >> hello rkts my name is alejandro garcia. can you hear me? >> yes, welcome. >> yes. i'm a immigrant to san francisco and lived herefor most of my life. calling to oppose any attempts to weaken the san francisco sanctuary ordinance. i thank supervisor ronen for supporting immigrants in the city. i don't think we should let the mayor, the district attorney or any other politician to (inaudible) that protects vulnerable members of our community. the failed war on drugs and the war on crime approaches have been ineffective. they do not bring safety to our society, if anything bring more harm. many people have been funneled to

prisons and families have been separated, children died because of these approaches. they dont work. i stand today with many of the callers and thank you all for calling in and we will not stand by as politicians try to chip away at the ordinance that protect vulnerable members of our community. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. we will circle back to the user who was unattendeded. welcome caller. hopefully there is no distortion this time. caller, are you with us? perhaps that line remains unattended. next caller, please. >> good evening everybody. it is jordan again. my pronouns she, her, they them.

[audio cut out] supervisor ronen is doing a good thing like trying to like deal with the sex work issue. i believe it should be completely legalized and agree. i also agree on sanctuary city because she is showing (inaudible) should look like, but you think that would be (inaudible) in san francisco but no, i oppose supervisor dorsey's decision to undermine the sanctuary city ordinance and supervisor dorsey actually has a lot of freaken immigrants in the district. i have to say hell no to $27 million more dollars for police. in a city where people are struggling people are starving, people are not getting what they need. we don't need more money for police overtime and when he talks about taraval station, there is nothing that goes on out there. i think

supervisor engardio is angry there is so much graffiti. i have seen it, (inaudible) i just want to say no justice no peace (inaudible) i yield my time. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. alright. mr. lam, do we have another caller in the queue, please? hello caller. welcome. >> thank you. good evening. my name is (inaudible) way to follow an amazing public comment there. i am an immigrant. i have been in the mission over 30 years and i cannot believe what is before you tonight. i stand in firm opposition to what is before you to chip away at the sanctuary laws that protect our most vulnerable communities. i

commend supervisor ronen stepping up and speaking in support of the community but ashamed that the city is taking this on that it is actually voting to chip away at protection that sets us apart as who we are as a city, san francisco. it is known that immigrants are welcome here when they should be welcome all over the united states and yet they are not so here we are playing politics trying to come up with excuses why we are deporting immigrants. even though that may not be (inaudible) this is undoing so much work, years and years of advocacy that made this happen so urge not to vote for the legislation. the community needs the sanctuary laws. thank you of those that called and those at the board that are standing firm and i do urge you to please please support the sanctuary lawsism

thank you. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. mr. lam, another caller in the queue, please. >> hi. can you hear me? my name is (inaudible) wells a human rights activist and a san francisco native. i'm so proud of being a san francisco native and proud of our city for the most part. i'm incredibly grateful to supervisor ronen for speaking out and affirming that as so many callers are and know many supervisors agree that immigrants are critical and a crucial and irreplaceable part of our city and strongly oppose any attempts to weaken our sanctuary ordinance and commend all the callers and everyone fighting to keep our

sanctuary city status. i won't take up anymore time, i know we have other callers and it is already 6 o'clock, but i really stand with immigrants and with all of the callers we heard from so far in support of maintaining and not degrading our sanctuary ordinance. thank you. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. mr. lam, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> good evening supervisors. my name is (inaudible) the executive director of central american resource center born 37 years ago from the sanctuary movement in our city but here tonight to defend as a whole entire community of children of migrants, migrants and city for all. it is appalling that we are having this conversation tonight and we commend

all the supervisors standing on the right side of her story and san francisco being the leader in the nation for inclusion, integration, upholding rights and due process. it is what we should legislate is forcing the federal government to do their job and stop weaponizing and hinging the job on their local laws. this law is proven-(inaudible) there are countries across the globe replicateing our good policies in san francisco that protect all san franciscans and create cities for all san franciscans. i was just in europe where they are replicateing the sanctuary city ordinance and many with the african continant and calling welcoming cities and modeled after our policy so thank you for standing on the rights side of her story today and we will be here as long as we have to until we

have justice in the nation for migrants. san francisco has to lead and we thank you all supervisors because we know tonight we are not going to allow this hole in the local policies. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. mr. lam, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> good evening supervisor. tonight i'm here to call to support our local immigrant community echoing the words of nancy pelosi who is further echoing reagan. immigrants are the vibrant soul of america and if we were to lose immigration if we were to turn people away we would soon lose our place in the world. i fear the ordinances that choose or might select to enforce immigration to justify especially moral value proven

counter-productive. i dont think prohibition has ever worked or will ever work and it is proven over and over again that it causes a spike in violent crime. that spike in violent crime we are experiencing on the streets of san francisco. as we sit 30 percent up compared to last year. so again, i thank my supervisor especially hillary ronen tonight. she's brought forward two incredible statements. one of which in protection of our sanctuary city. it is vital for our character as a city and character as a nation and something we must preserve and second of all, the hope and beginning to end prohibition. a prohibition that never worked. a prohibition that will never work. a

prbition proven over and over again to harm every participant and public at large. we want to be a safe city and the best way to do that is to have lawful regulated markets, rather then violent illegal ones we are experiencing today. i thank you very much for your time and please have a wondingful night. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. mr. lam, let's go to the next caller, please. >> supervisors i want you all to hear what i'm saying. it is disrespectful in the chambers to have people having side bar comments during public comment. i represent the first people

of san francisco and let me say very clearly, over 30 years ago we fought that this city should do everything in their power to give (inaudible) to immigrants, creating the sanctuary law. today we have supervisors who are disrespecting public comment. immigrants, the immigrants (inaudible) and another from china, while i'm saying on behalf of the first people to respect the immigrants. we have to be very careful not to give certain elements, law enforcement the

power to torture the immigrants. that is (inaudible) board of supervisors and your leadership, you all in power to embrace the immigrants who have given so much to our city and county of san francisco. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. mr. lam, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> hi. good afternoon. my name is valerie (inaudible) and i would like to also comment. first i want to thank supervisor ronen and also want to bring up points here. if you pass this legislation it is

slippery slope. then next, then next, then next. all these rights we won, all this progressive actions we won start to diminish and to do this is such a shallow response and such a reaction to try to move this legislation forward. really why don't you look at the root causes? they are not immigrants, they are migrants. anyone born in this hemisphere north central and south america belong here. they are migrants not immigrants and we cannot be considered ourselves a progressive city on so many issues and cherry pick the ones we choose to act like a republican so please please understand that what the response is shallow and does not go to the root of u.s. policies in central and south america that create

the need to migrate to this country. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. i do want to thank all of these callers for following the board rules and thanking supervisor ronen for her legislation but doing so in a manner that addresses the entire board. thank you all for that. good work. mr. lam do we have another caller in the queue? caller are you with us? >> can you hear me? >> yes, welcome. >> thank you so much board of supervisors. thank you for visor ronen for bringing this to the immediate attention of the board and the people and public. we truly gratefully appreciate you and your message that you are trying to carry out. me myself i am a native san franciscans. i am

a second generation migrant. we cannot sit here and applaud the migration of our asian community folks while we then disenchant our own people that have been here from the beginning. we cannot do that. that is not a realistic san francisco way. we are a city of sanctuary and if there are people that hold positions that need to be reminded then we need to have that reminder for them. this is not a place for political pull. this is not a city we can just allow the united states government and people who are in a political position to place themselves in the even greater political position from dhs and biden administration. we recognize these political tactics and we will call you out each and every step of the way. what you are doing is

racist. what you are doing is defaulting our history and our livelihood of san francisco. we are already fighting gentrification. we are already fighting injustice of what is going on for years and years and years. do not pull the racist tactic coming from dc and midwest. it will not work here. not under your jurisdiction and not under anybody else's so yes i challenge those supervisors that want to instill the racist laws back in because we will be challenging you on the next go round for the next elections. we will be here fighting and our voice will be heard every step of the way to challenge your ideology because they do not work here. thank you so much. >> thank you. mr. lam do we have another caller in the queue please? >> madam clerk, no more callers thin queue. >> thank you for your great work. mr. president.

>> let's go to the adoption-public comment is closed and go to adoption without committee reference calendar. >> 29-40 introduced for adoption without reference to committee. unanimous vote is required. a member may require a resolution on first reading to go to committee. >> would any member like an item or items severed? supervisor walton? >> please sever item 30. >> item 30. supervisor preston. >> 32. >> 32. madam clerk i will sever items 36, 37 and 39 upon the balance of the calendar items 29, 31, 33, >> 34. >> 34, 35, 38 and 40 a

roll call, please. wait-supervisor stefani, my apologies. >> thank you mr. president. i like to be added a cosponsor to item 33, please. >> so noted. okay. that does not change the balance of the calendar on the balance of the calendar, madam clerk a roll call, please. [roll call] there are 11 ayes. >> those resolutions

are adopted and motions approved. madam clerk, item 30. >> item 30 this is resolution to recognize and celebrate black history month during the month of february 2023. >> supervisor walton. >> thank you so much president peskin. colleagues i rise to recognize february asblack history month and i do want to acknowledge former supervisor maxwell and brown for initiating the resolution at the boardf osupervisors several years ago. i also like to thank cosponsors supervisor chan, peskin, preston, dorsey and stefani for cosponsoring. black history month started asblack history week february 12 in 1926 by dr. carter g woodson who founded the association for study of nigro life and history renamed study

of aphroamerican life and history which works to preserve the (inaudible) african american history and culture. this paved the way for blank history month. in 1976 president ford recognizes black history month during the celebration of the united states (inaudible) every since. the month of february is also significant for the birthday of african american pinears and institutions including william burgheart, (inaudible) langston (inaudible) naacp and first an african congress. february is nationally recognized as black history month throughout the united states and various parts thof world. as the san francisco board of supervisorss we recognize february

as black history month and commit to reparations (inaudible) here in san francisco we have several upcoming community events to celebrate black history including at city hall february 22 at 5:30 p.m. in the rotunda celebrating homecoming with state controller muleah cohen and mayor breed and celebrate the black history month and lunar new year february 25. as commemorate and celebrate black history month in san francisco let us still remember that every day is black history and that black history is american history. thank you. >> thank you supervisor. supervisor ronen. >> thank you so much. can i please be added as cosponsor? >> so noted.

supervisor mandelman. >> (inaudible) >> supervisor melgar. >> i also like to be added. >> supervisor safai. >> yes. please add me as a cosponsor. did we already vote on 32? >> we have--32 we have not voted on yet. >> great. i like to be added as cosponsor. >> so noted. let's go back to item 30 supervisor engardio. >> please add me as cosponsor. >> so noted. supervisor stefani. >> thank you, i think you mentioned but don't see my name and like to be added as cosponsor. thank you. >> thank you one and all and with that same house same call the resolution is adopted. madam clerk item 32. >> item 32 is resolution to declare february 19 to be the

annual day of remembrance to cumemerant executive order in the city which result ird in the wrongful incarceration of americans of japanese ancestry during world war 2. >> last year this board came together to unanimously approve a resolution offered by supervisor chan commemorating of the executive order 9066 and declaring february 15, 2022 as a day of remembrance. this year our office aproched by representatives of the bay area day of remembrance consortium to mark february 19 on a ongoing basis as a annual bay of remembrance which the resolution before us seeks to accomplish. the world war 2 era of internment which saw the federal government

forcebly detaining excluding removing and incarcerating some 120thousand persons of japanese ancestry 2/3 u.s. citizens into american internment camps a one of the darkest chapters in american history. it is critical we make space to acknowledge past harms and atrocities and name while the federal government played a key role our city enabled and was complicit in these unthinkable acts. i like to extend invitation to all of my colleagues also to everyone watching to attend the bay area day of remembrance 2023. the event is called caring the light for justice. it is at the christ united presbyterian church, 1700 sutter street where the lighting of the candles representing each internment camp will

be performed by (inaudible) second generation japanese american camp survivors. many survivors were involved in re-dress hearings and laid the ground work for the civil liberty act of 1988 which grants a formal apology to japanese americans for unjust eviction removal and incarceration. i want to thank all of the member groups of the bay area day of remembrance consortium includesing organizations who submitted letters of support for this resolution. the japan town task force and japanese american citizen league and in addition thank cosponsors chan, peskin walton stefani and mandelman. i believe i heard supervisor safai as well when the last item was discused so colleagues hope to have unanimous support for the

resolution and those who can make it hope to see at the remembrance this r evint this sunday. >> i wanted to thank you supervisor preston for this resolution. you mentioned i'm cosponsor. i didn't see it here butpted to make sure. as you know i have a very special place in my heart for japanese and japanese americans having lived in japan a long time teaching english and involved in many different groups and i think this is so important and thank you for telling us about the bay area day of remembrance. really hope i can make that. i want to thank you for making sure that we never forget this ugly part of our past so thank you. >> thank you supervisor stefani. supervisor melgar. >> i like to be added as cosponsor. >> so noted. supervisor engardio. >> i was in japan town yesterday meeting with leaders of the cultural district and

community benefit district and i would like to be added as crosponsor and good to note the resident of japan town were discriminated against twice, internment and then redevelopment about 20years later. i want to be a cosponsor. thank you. >> so noted. supervisor walton. >> cosponsor. >> noted. supervisor ronen. supervisor ronen will be added as cosponsor. supervisor dorsey. >> i like to be cosponsor. >> noted. with that, same house same call the resolution is a-what? what? darn. roll call, please. good eye. i saw her in there. alright. same house same call the resolution

is adapted. madam clerk, item 35, please. >> item 35, this is resolution to urge the san francisco public utilities commission to reduce nutrient loading to san francisco bay and the outer coast through appropriate technology including wastewater recycling and advanced treatment. >> sea level rise and massive wild fires were not enough last summer we had the largest bloom in anybody memory in our beloved cherished san francisco bay that units the 9 bay area counties that lead to deoxygenation of our water and there largest fish kill in recorded history in san francisco bay. as a result of that, we held hearings in october and brought together for the first time ever the san francisco public utility commission, the regional water quality control board, the clean water agencies,

the san francisco estuary institute and while this is still the subject of ongoing careful science, the conclusion that is widely held is that there are a number of treatment methods, none of them inexpensive and that additional steps should be undertaken by the itcity and county of san francisco by and through the public utility commission to prevent the fatal conditions from marine wildlife and human contact and the resolution urge the public utility commission to reduce public newterants in the bay. this city even though we are a relatively small contributor to discharge we are one of the largest to nutrient loading in the bay and

i think it is time for the puc to pick it up and i think we can-i hope we can all support this common sense next step to invest in infrastructure to stave off another ecological and economic crisis in the future so i commend this resolution to you and thank you to my colleagues on the land use committee for sitting through that long but quite interesting hearing and with that colleagues, supervisor melgar. >> mr. president pardon me, supervisor melgar. this item was disposed of. you severed three items, 36, 37 and 39. >> 35, 36 and--did i blow it? >> we can rescind the vote, mr. president. >> we don't have to do that. we will just keep on keeping on. i said it and meant to sever it and severed

the wrong item. mistakes happen but i said my words and thank you all for voting for it. [laughter] >> supervisor melgar. >> is it too late to be added as cosponsor. >> you can be added. >> thank you colleagues. >>itesm 36 commend the fruit guys which started the global industry in san francisco north beach neighborhood in 1998. on the occasion of their 25 year in business. >> okay, this is a better story then the david packered silicon valley garage story. this is really a north beach apartment story which was started by friends and neighbors chris middlestat and (inaudible) in their apartment on chestnut street a quarter century ago this thursday i think it will be, and you heard from them

during public comment, but this in addition to employing people and delivering food as you heard in their testimony has lead to the provision of more then 4 million serveings to san francisco charities including project open hand, hunter street youth service (inaudible) more then 18 total serveings nation wide as the fruit guys expanded far beyond san francisco footprint so basically you should all know that every week they donate their excess to local hunger relief partners like saint anthony and been doing that since 1998 so i wanted to take a second to thank chris and pia and their employees and their family, a home grown success story, congratulations on a quarter century, may you have

another quarter century, pass it on to your kids and give nube nube mucarthy and tom my regards. with that colleagues, same house same call. the resolution is adopted. madam clerk next item please. >>itesm 37 this is resolution to urge the planning department to report on potential candidates for adaptive reuse in the downtown core. >> i meant to sever item 35 not 37. supervisor safai is very involved and part of a task force and that while as somebody said in some publication i think maybe wade rose, there is no silver bullet, but maybe silver buck shot. this is one of those theses for addressing downtown and as you heard earlier in my roll call, i'm working on and look forward working

with all you amendments on section 309 of the planning code to ease adaptive reuse and conversion from office to residential. supervisor safai, looks like you want to say something. please add as a cosponsor. with that colleagues, thank you for humoring my mistake earlier and supervisor stefani is that- >> yes, please add me as cosponsor as well since supervisor safai have been working on this together and thank you for the resolution. >> excellent. should be a fun triad of the 3 working together and with that same house same call. the resolution is adopted. madam clerk, could you please read item 39? >> item 39, this is motion to amend the board rules of order of the board of supervisors by added rule 3.32 to

establish homelessness behavioral health committee. >> colleagues as i indicated on january 24 i wanted to amend the board rules to create a homelessness behavioral health select committee,b which supervisor ronen has graciously agreed to chair. this is a amendment to the board rules to create said committee. after deliberating with clerk cal vio we decided it is preoperative to make one non substantive amendment which i circulated to everyone previously that clarifies-that is the amendment on page 1 also reflected in the furkter moved page 2 is there a motion to adopt that non substantive amendment? made by supervisor stefani and second by supervisor safai. can we take same house same

call? and on the item as amended seeing no names on the roster we'll take that same house same call. the motion is approved as amended unanimously. madam clerk, are there any other- >> mr. president we have a conference with labor negotiator. >> we do, i was just going to get to that. okay. why don't we go into closed session colleagues for our closed session labor negotiation discussion? [meeting reconvened] >> we'll reconvaneed inome open session mptd is there a motion not to disclose? made by

supervisor mandaltion and second by supervisor dorsey without objection and given me have no imperative items madam clerk please read the in memoria? >> yes. today meeting is adjourned in memory of the following beloved individual on behalf of president pesten peskin for elaine jean. >> that brings to the end of the agenda and seeing no further business before us, we are adjourned. [meeting adjourned]

>> after my fire in my apartment and losing everything, the red cross gave us a list of agencies in the city to reach out to and i signed up for the below-market rate program. i got my certificate and started applying and won the housing lottery. [♪♪♪] >> the current lottery program began in 2016. but there have been lot rows that have happened for affordable housing in the city

for much longer than that. it was -- there was no standard practice. for non-profit organizations that were providing affordable housing with low in the city, they all did their lotteries on their own. private developers that include in their buildings affordable units, those are the city we've been monitoring for some time since 1992. we did it with something like this. where people were given circus tickets. we game into 291st century in 2016 and started doing electronic lotteries. at the same time, we started electronic applications systems. called dalia. the lottery is completely free. you can apply two ways. you can submit a paper application, which you can download from the listing itself. if you apply online, it will

take five minutes. you can make it easier creating an account. to get to dalia, you log on to housing.sfgov.org. >> i have lived in san francisco for almost 42 years. i was born here in the hayes valley. >> i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery three times. >> since 2016, we've had about 265 electronic lotteries and almost 2,000 people have got their home through the lottery system. if you go into the listing, you can actually just press lottery results and you put in your lottery number and it will tell you exactly how you ranked. >> for some people, signing up for it was going to be a

challenge. there is a digital divide here and especially when you are trying to help low and very low income people. so we began providing digital assistance for folks to go in and get help. >> along with the income and the residency requirements, we also required someone who is trying to buy the home to be a first time home buyer and there's also an educational component that consists of an orientation that they need to attend, a first-time home buyer workshop and a one-on-one counseling session with the housing councilor. >> sometimes we have to go through 10 applicants before they shouldn't be discouraged if they have a low lottery number. they still might get a value for an available, affordable housing unit. >> we have a variety of lottery

programs. the four that you will most often see are what we call c.o.p., the certificate of preference program, the dthp which is the displaced penance housing preference program. the neighborhood resident housing program and the live worth preference. >> i moved in my new home february 25th and 2019. the neighborhood preference program really helped me achieve that goal and that dream was with eventually wind up staying in san francisco. >> the next steps, after finding out how well you did in the lottery and especially if you ranked really well you will be contacted by the leasing agent. you have to submit those document and income and asset qualify and you have to pass the credit and rental screening and the background and when you

qualify for the unit, you can chose the unit and hopefully sign that lease. all city sponsored affordable housing comes through the system and has an electronic lottery. every week there's a listing on dalia. something that people can apply for. >> it's a bit hard to predict how long it will take for someone to be able to move into a unit. let's say the lottery has happened. several factors go into that and mainly how many units are in the project, right. and how well you ranked and what preference bucket you were in. >> this particular building was brand new and really this is the one that i wanted out of everything i applied for. in my mind, i was like how am i going to win this? i did and when you get that notice that you won, it's like at first, it's surreal and you don't believe it and it sinks in, yeah, it happened. >> some of our buildings are

pretty spectacular. they have key less entry now. they have a court yard where they play movies during the weekends, they have another master kitchen and space where people can throw parties. >> mayor breed has a plan for over 10,000 new units between now and 2025. we will start construction on about 2,000 new units just in 2020. >> we also have a very big portfolio like over 25,000 units across the city. and life happens to people. people move. so we have a very large number of rerentals and resales of units every year. >> best thing about working for the affordable housing program is that we know that we're making a difference and we actually see that difference on

a day-to-day basis. >> being back in the neighborhood i grew up in, it's a wonderful experience. >> it's a long process to get through. well worth it when you get to the other side. i could not be happier. [♪♪♪] dev mission's goal is aiming to train young adults, youth so we can be a wealth and disparity in underserved communities like where we are today. my name is leo sosa.

i'm the founder and executive director for devmission. we're sitting inside a computer lab where residents come and get support when they give help about how to set up an e-mail account. how to order prescriptions online. create a résumé. we are also now paying attention to provide tech support. we have collaborated with the san francisco mayor's office and the department of technology to implement a broad band network for the residents here so they can have free internet access. we have partnered with community technology networks to provide computer classes to the seniors and the residents. so this computer lab becomes a hub for the community to learn how to use technology, but that's the parents and the adults. we have been able to identify what we call a stem date.

the acronym is science technology engineering and math. kids should be exposed no matter what type of background or ethnicity or income status. that's where we actually create magic. >> something that the kids are really excited about is science and so the way that we execute that is through making slime. and as fun as it is, it's still a chemical reaction and you start to understand that with the materials that you need to make the slime. >> they love adding their little twists to everything. it's just a place for them to experiment and that's really what we want. >> i see. >> really what the excitement behind that is that you're making something. >> logs, legos, sumo box, art, drawing, computers, mine craft, and really it's just awaking opportunity. >> keeping their attention is

like one of the biggest challenges that we do have because, you know, they're kids. they always want to be doing something, be helping with something. so we just let them be themselves. we have our set of rules in place that we have that we want them to follow and live up to. and we also have our set of expectations that we want them to achieve. this is like my first year officially working with kids. and definitely i've had moments where they're not getting something. they don't really understand it and you're trying to just talk to them in a way that they can make it work teaching them in different ways how they can get the light bulb to go off and i've seen it first-hand and it makes me so happy when it does go off because it's like, wow, i helped them understand this concept. >> i love playing games and i love having fun with my friends playing dodge ball and a lot of

things that i like. it's really cool. >> they don't give you a lot of cheese to put on there, do they? you've got like a little bit left. >> we learn programming to make them work. we do computers and programming. at the bottom here, we talk to them and we press these buttons to make it go. and this is to turn it off. and this is to make it control on its own. if you press this twice, it can do any type of tricks. like you can move it like this and it moves. it actually can go like this.

>> like, wow, they're just absorbing everything. so it definitely is a wholehearted moment that i love experiencing. >> the realities right now, 5.3 latinos working in tech and about 6.7 african americans working in tech. and, of course, those tech companies are funders. so i continue to work really hard with them to close that gap and work with the san francisco unified school district so juniors and seniors come to our program, so kids come to our stem hub and be exposed to all those things. it's a big challenge. >> we have a couple of other providers here on site, but we've all just been trying to work together and let the kids move around from each department. some kids are comfortable with their admission, but if they want to jump in with city of

dreams or hunter's point, we just try to collaborate to provide the best opportunity in the community. >> devmission has provided services on westbrook. they teach you how to code. how to build their own mini robot to providing access for the youth to partnerships with adobe and sony and google and twitter. and so devmission has definitely brought access for our families to resources that our residents may or may not have been able to access in the past. >> the san francisco house and development corporation gave us the grant to implement this program. it hasn't been easy, but we have been able to see now some of the success stories of some of those kids that have been able to take the opportunity and continue to grow within their education and eventually become a very successful

citizen. >> so the computer lab, they're doing the backpacks. i don't know if you're going to be able to do the class. you still want to try? . yeah. go for it. >> we have a young man by the name of ivan mello. he came here two and a half years ago to be part of our digital arts music lab. graduating with natural, fruity loops, rhymes. all of our music lyrics are clean. he came as an intern, and now he's running the program. that just tells you, we are only creating opportunities and there's a young man by the name of eduardo ramirez. he tells the barber, what's that flyer? and he says it's a program that teaches you computers and art.

and i still remember the day he walked in there with a baseball cap, full of tattoos. nice clean hair cut. i want to learn how to use computers. graduated from the program and he wanted to work in i.t.. well, eduardo is a dreamer. right. so trying to find him a job in the tech industry was very challenging, but that didn't stop him. through the effort of the office of economic work force and the grant i reached out to a few folks i know. post mates decided to bring him on board regardless of his legal status. he ended his internship at post mates and now is at hudacity. that is the power of what technology does for young people that want to become part of the tech industry. what we've been doing, it's very innovative.

helping kids k-12, transitional age youth, families, parents, communities, understand and to be exposed to stem subjects. imagine if that mission one day can be in every affordable housing community. the opportunities that we would create and that's what i'm >> ying to do with this >> shared spaces have transformed san francisco's streets and sidewalks. local business communities are more resilient and our neighborhood centers are more vibrant and lively. fire blocks and parking lanes can be for seating and merchandising and other community activities. we're counting on operators of shared spaces to ensure their sites are safe and accessible for all. when pair mets, firefighters and

other first responders arrive at a scene, they need clear visual access to see the building entrances, exits and storefront windows from the street. that means parklets should be transfer in the areas above inches above the sidewalk level. it's best if these areas are totally unobstructed by transparent materials may be okay. you can check with fire department staff to make sure your site meets visibility requirements. emergency response crews and their equipment need to be move easily between streets, sidewalks and buildings, especially when they are using medical gurneys, ladders and other fire fighting tools. that means that parklet structures need a three foot wide emergency feet every 20 feet and 3 feet from marked parking spaces and emergency access gaps need to be open to the sky, without obstructions, like canopies, roofs, or cables

and should always be clear of tables, chairs, planters and other furnishings. emergency responders need to use ladders to reach windows and roofs to buildings and the ladders need unobstructed overhead clearance and room to be placed at a 72-degree angle against the building. clearances needed around the ladders to move equipment and people safely up and down. so not all parklets can have roofs ask canopies depending on the width of the sidewalk in your area. please make sure that your electric cables are hung so they are out of the way and (indiscernible) to the structure, they can be pulled down by firefighters. cable connections need to be powered from an outdoor reciprocal in the building facade because hard wire connections are much more difficult to disconnect quickly. these updates to the shared spaces program will ensure safety and accessibility for everyone, so we can all enjoy

these public spaces. more information is available at sf dot gov slash shared spaces. -

>> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their showing up and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 san francisco owes must of the

charm to the unique characterization of each corridor has a distinction permanent our neighbors are the economic engine of the city. >> if we could a afford the lot by these we'll not to have the kind of store in the future the kids will eat from some restaurants chinatown has phobia one of the best the most unique neighborhood shopping areas of san francisco. >> chinatown is one of the oldest chinatown in the state we need to be able allergies the people and that's the reason chinatown is showing more of the people will the traditional thepg.

>> north beach is i know one of the last little italian community. >> one of the last neighborhood that hadn't changed a whole lot and san francisco community so strong and the sense of partnership with businesses as well and i just love north beach community old school italian comfort and love that is what italians are all about we need people to come here and shop here so we can keep this going not only us but, of course, everything else in the community i think local businesses the small ones and coffee shops are unique in their own way that is the characteristic of the neighborhood i peace officer prefer it is local character you

have to support them. >> really notice the port this community we really need to kind of really shop locally and support the communityly live in it is more economic for people to survive here. >> i came down to treasure island to look for a we've got a long ways to go. ring i just got married and didn't want something on line i've met artists and local business owners they need money to go out and shop this is important to short them i think you get better things. >> definitely supporting the local community always good is it interesting to find things i

never knew existed or see that that way. >> i think that is really great that san francisco seize the vails of small business and creates the shop & dine in the 49 to support businesses make people all the residents and visitors realize had cool things are made and produced in san

[music] so, can you tell us what it was like for you during your first encounter with the san francisco fire department? >> yep. it was super cool! i got to learn about the dry standing pipe correction. it is actually called, dry sand piper just stand pipe. tomato. you know. yea. >> so, what is coming up next for what is that for?

>> oh , firefighter backsterinvited mow to a fire station to see the cool stuff firefighters use to put out fires. you have seen the had doors open like a space ship from out of nowhere. i close my eye its is like i'm there right now! wow! whoa. watch out, man. what is that for? >> what is this? these are fire engines they might look alike they are both red. white top and red lights on top. this is a new 2021 fire engine and this is an older 2014 fire engine. if you can't tell, this one is

shorter and narrower than our older fire engines. they have cool things like recessed lights. roll up doors. 360 degree cam ares and more that is important as the city is moving toward slower and safer streets adding parklets and bulb outs and bike lanes we need to decrease our footprint to keep us and the community safer on emergency scenes. >> what's back there? >> when is not guilty fire engine. great question. i want to see, sure. >> let's go back and look at the equipment and the fire pump on the fire engine. >> this is a fire pump. it is cool all the colors and all that. this fire pump and this engine holds 500 gallons of water that is a lot. >> a lot of water. >> it is push out 1500 gallons a

minute of water. we can lose our 500 gammons quickly. why we use hoses like this to connect to a fire hydrant and that gives us unlimited amount of water to help put a fire out temperature is important we have enough fire engine in san francisco to put fires out. so we can reduce the injuries and minimize loss of life and minimize property damage. [music] >> mr. will. mr. will. will! >> oh. daydreaming. thanks, everybody for watching! bye! [music]

well, welcome. i'm doug shoemaker for mercy. housing. uh, california. i'm pleased to be here with our partners from episcopal community services and all the other partners in the room. um to start with like to begin the program by recognizing that we are gathered on ethno historic tribal territory, the indigenous aloni tribe. we recognize the importance of this land and welcome indeed, galvan , a member of the aloni indian tribe, to say a few words. thank you, andy. good morning. horse

shay to he barakat. andrew galvin. good day in my native aloni language. my name is andrew galvin. i'd like to thank you for inviting me. to come to this event to welcome you. to my homeland. this is the village of yeah. lamoureux. we acknowledge that we are gathered on the unseated ancestral homelands of the aloni indians. who are the original inhabitants of this area that we today call the city and county of san francisco. as the indigenous stewards of this land in accordance with our traditions. the aloni indians have never seated, lost nor forgotten our responsibilities as caretakers of this place. as

well as for all peoples who reside in our traditional territories. we welcome you as guests. and we are grateful that all of you gathered here today. offer your respect by acknowledging our ancestors, elders and relatives of the aloni indian community. and by affirming our sovereign rights. as first peoples. and as my father would say, you can stay on one condition. that is that you are good. thank you. thank you forgot who i was. alright. i'm pleased to be able to introduce as our next speaker keith eastland, who's the chair of the board of vcs, but our episcopal community services but

before i do, i just want to say what an incredible pleasure it is to work with. the c s, um mercy and the cf have now done countless projects together. we collaborate. conspire um, we've shared staff back and forth as you'll hear about later and i think there is no final organization in san francisco working on on the issue of homelessness, and it's a pleasure to be to be here and to introduce keith. thanks so much that that's wonderful. and as i said, i'm i'm keith diesel. and i'm the board chair of vcs. is this where i can? i can just talk this way. if that helps. is this on. okay, um and it's just i'm here representing essex today because unfortunately, our executive director beth stokes, couldn't be here with us. um but thank you, everybody for coming. this is by the 2023 is e. c s s 40th anniversary. and we're

thrilled to be celebrating that with the grand opening of 10 64 mission. e c s has been at the forefront of our community's efforts to address homelessness. and developing permanent supportive housing is the cornerstone of the multifaceted work that we do. um we know that the only way to solve homelessness is to create homes that allow people to live in dignity, safety and comfort. since the opening of canon kip community house, our first permanent supportive housing project in 1994 pcs is expanded with a lot of help from mercy and others are housing portfolio to nearly 2000 supportive housing units across san francisco. and 10 64 mission. is our largest and most comprehensive one today. in addition to providing 256 safe and stable homes for formerly homeless seniors and adults, 10 60, more foreign mission provides a level of on site

supportive services. that far exceed those found in most permanent supportive housing. these include on site behavioral health services on on site clinician team from the st anthony foundation that provides our residents with the health, home and patient centered. and an in home supportive services hub operated by home bridge. that offers extra support to our residents with disabilities. 10 64 mission also incorporates a new 6000 square foot commercial kitchen for ec s social enterprise program called conquering homelessness through employment in food services. and if you kept up with the acronym that chefs the new chef's kitchen will accommodate up to 360 students per year. training them with skills needed to opt to obtain employment in the food services industry. the ample community services. ample

community spaces, including the wonderful landscaping that you see here and on site services at 10 64 mission redefines excellence and permanent supportive housing. and embodies what we as a community are capable of when we work together to pool resources. and implement innovative strategies for the common purpose of supporting our most vulnerable neighbors. many amazing people in organizations have a had had a hand in this project success. including mayor ed lee's initial vision for it. mayor. london breed strong support speaker america, pelosi or former district six supervisors, assembly member haney and jane kim state senator scott wiener. leaders at several important city departments, including the department of homelessness and supportive housing. the department of public health and the mayor's

office of housing and community development. or service provider partners, home bridge and the st anthony foundation. our financial partners century housing national equity fund and chase bank. our construction partners. cahill contractors factory os herman culliver, locust architecture, loney architecture and miller company landscape architects. and many others who helped this this project come to life. it really takes an entire community. to come together to build a community. especially like to recognize and thank our entire ec s team who worked so long and hard on this and in particular, rebecca gigi, or housing development project manager who quarterback this project. president doug shoemaker and his incredible team at mercy housing, california. and so many others. housing is the solution to homelessness. and we at scs look forward with your help and

support to expand the model of 10 64 mission to other parts of the city and perhaps even beyond. and now please welcome our district supervisor who lives right down the street, matt dorsey. thank you so much. everybody, so i'm the my name is matt dorsey. i am the new supervisor. i live a block away . so welcome to my neighborhood and welcome to my district. you know whenever, as a relatively new elected official when i'm at a in an unveiling or a ribbon cutting, i always feel like a little bit of it's like an imposter syndrome. i think i was describing myself. at one event as the rosie ruiz of this project and for those of you who don't know the obscure reference rosie ruiz won the 1980 boston marathon until they realized that she jumped into the race half mile before the finish line. and took the credit for it. so i want to give thanks to

my predecessors who were mentioned supervisor jane kim and supervisor matt haney. um i also want to say, you know, i wanted to say thanks to our our partners at the federal government for you know, without whom this wouldn't have been possible. um and obviously mercy, housing and scs and all everybody who was thanked and i don't want to start naming names that i want to leave folks out. um in this morning's chronicle this this project was praised as a game changer and something that gives people hope. and i am proud to represent a district that i think in so many ways represents what 21st century urbanism is. so much of what we're doing in district six is what san francisco is going to look like more and more over the next century to come. and i think this is one great example of that it is housing. it's supportive services. it's being it is understanding that supportive services doesn't reflect a model that in decades past was about containment.

instead, this is about community about all of us being together and fulfilling the promise of what real mixed use is supposed to be as part of 21st century urbanism. so that is what i'm really proud to represent. as a district six supervisor, and this is a great example of it. congratulations and thanks so much for inviting me to be a part of this. alright super. thank you, supervisor. good to be at all these with you. it is true that there's a tremendous amount happening in your district. you have a lot to be proud of, and more to do obviously want to acknowledge that we have assistant chief lazar here with us. shereen mcspadden, who runs the hardest job. maybe this you guys can compete for the two hardest jobs of the homeless and supportive housing agency and eric shaw, the mayor's office of housing and community development, which is also a hard job just pales in comparison to these two um, we have. we have a lot of great folks in the room. so i will just say, i'm sure we're not going to mention everybody, but

i do want to call out some of the folks that made this project happen on a more personal level. i don't know if sharon christians here, barbara guanaco, evelyn perdomo from our team just want to thank all the mercy folks that are here. um uh, and other than clapping for me, i would like you to hold your applause. so um, but the fabulous folks at the mayor's office of housing mara blitzer, uh romero, harry wong. they really made this possible. they had a vision for this site, and without them, we wouldn't be here and the same is true of the hsh folks. it took a lot to get people into this building. the lease up was not all mercy. lease ups are condensed. you know, i think that's that's just sort of. we always say we're going to give like our management team. many months. police up this one wasn't ours was caritas is the lease up? but they did a fabulous job and i can see they're doing a great job of the building. so that's my, uh, you know, we've these things in as we go. just so you won't have to hear all the thank you's at once. um, but it is now

my pleasure to bring up jamesville sugi, who is, uh, one of our great partners with jpmorgan chase. um they were instrumental in this project as some of you know, this is a modular development. um, hard to find bankers that are willing to go near this one. they came remarkably close. ah, no, i'm just kidding. and. and james has been a great partner to us, and i want to bring him up to say a few words. thank you, doug. and this is so exciting to see all of these people. i was waiting in a line to get outside and we need more of that. we need more of that excitement. so it's so great to see this many people here this many excited people for this work. but as doug mentioned james vasu, g executive director at chase, um , we're here today as the lender and the tax credit investor, and we're proud partner to mercy in the cs. on such a critical and you heard the term game changing community for the city of san francisco. it's not too often i'm asked to speak and i'm really left speechless, but it's not too often a beautiful

project like 10 64 mission comes along to show us what's possible. to show us what's possible when so many different groups who you're hearing from today, come together and create get creative with a vision in mind a vision of getting folks into a safe and stable place to call home with all the services they need to start the next chapter chapter of their life and living a happy and healthy lifestyle. but the impact of 10 64 mission is having on this community isn't all that leaves me speechless. no, it's the team behind the project. that leaves me speechless as well. doug mentioned some of them, but i'll mention them again. sharon christiansen and barbara walk. oh, evelyn perdomo, now as well at mercy as well as rebecca g. from scs. these are incredible individuals who worked tirelessly to bring the vision of 10 64 mission to life. and i have been honored to work alongside them on it, and there's another individual who is a friend to all of us who many of you know and who was a perfect reflection of what 10 64 mission is. and that person is liz pocock report everything she had. there was a round of applause. liz poured everything

she had into this project and into everything she worked on. so thank you. sharon barbara, evelyn rebecca. everyone else and a special thank you to liz. truly. thank you. but financing investing in a project like 10 60 permission isn't easy. and involved many solving many challenges to the closing and construction process, but not figuring out how to solve those challenges was never an option. because the chase we are committed to this work. we are committed to this beautiful city. we are committed to mercy and the tremendous people behind their communities, and we are committed to 10 64 mission and communities just like it and everything they represent and being a solution to making sure everyone as a safe and stable place to call home. so everyone here today again. thank you for being here and thank you for your efforts and supporting the creation of more affordable housing. all right. with that. i want to bring up our next speaker. um i feel like we always have to do a small

infomercial at all these events. so you understand how this stuff gets paid for and that you know how to talk to the people that you you send to washington about the importance of it, so lots of different sources of funding. the one that's the most obscure to people outside of affordable housing is the long term housing tax credit program, which is an only in america program supported by republicans and democrats, which you mean horribly inefficient but incredibly important. ah and um and it is the backbone of all the affordable housing that we really build throughout the country, so it's incredibly important program. uh it's in much need of being expanded here in california, and i'll just say in advance because i know gustavo is going to talk in a little bit, along with the state funds and the local dollars that make this work from the mayor's office, housing and hsh, as well as the incredible investment by the city and the clinic. um many , many different types of funders came together to make this happen, which is one of the reasons why it's so challenging to build affordable housing. um but we are really blessed to

have some people in the field that really understand this work they seek out or at least go willingly on the harder projects . whenever we have something really hard. we turned to todd. fabian from the national equity fund because we know he is a straight shooter and able to really make us make these projects work. and so i want to bring up a great friend of mercy housing. todd fabian. thank you, doug. and hello, everybody. and yeah, i always love to get that call from well, barbara, who recently retired that she has a special project for national equity funding. if this is special, then i will do every every deal, doug that you call me on. so we're really excited to be here really excited to be part of this team. we've worked with scs and mercy over the years and enjoy the relationship . um this is our largest investment we've ever made in the city of san francisco. it's i think it's over $60 million of tax credit equity and i couldn't have done it without a partner, and it is jpmorgan chase on the other side of this so they're

not only providing the construction. they're going to be the long term investor in this project, and thank you, james for all of your assistance in getting that getting that done, but, yeah, in the end, we do this every day. we do the hard work for the residents, and we look forward to us saying this thing. last longer than i'm here. so thank you. thanks and doug doug mentioned the role of so many different agencies, including agencies of the federal government, and so i'd now like to introduce suki kong from the general services administration, who was a big help. thank you and good morning. good morning. great why ? it is incredible honor to be here with you today as the region of the ministrations for us, um you know, as i mean, u s general services. i'm on the job, 30 days, so police bear

with me, okay? g s a along with 18 federal partner agencies make up the u. s. interagency council on homelessness. the council sole mission is focused on preventing and ending. the homelessness in america, and that is the truth. this can be achieved when the government and community work together as we did today. the land we stand on today was originally acquired by the us government. for the possible expansion of the browning. a u. s court house, the home of the ninth circuit court of appeals. in 2016. in collaboration with a quarter of pills. g s a determined that the expansion was not needed. and this property became excess federal real estate. g s a reached out to the department, health and human services and

housing and urban development. fellow members of the interagency council to explore the possibility of transferring the property to a local government. or qualified nonprofit. um, you know, through the mckinney vento act. this act. allows the federal government to transfer property ownership at no cost. if it is for housing and services for the homeless. and so the city and county of san francisco were able to take ownership of this mid market, very high prime real estate. they partnered with ec s and mercy housing. to create a new dream for local housing. and now we celebrate this dream being realized. regional commission. well at this time, there are many people who are very instrumental in making this

happen, and i like to take a moment to recognize a few of the g s a staff who directly worked on this transfer. regional commissioner dan brown. real property disposal director david hac. disposal project manager and italy san francisco service center director jason cawthorne and regional chief architect maria surprise. oh happiness an integral part. of this project from the very beginning. well as you know, without the effort, we wouldn't be here today. so congratulations, mayor breed. supervisor dorsey, mr g. iceland mr. shoemaker and all who worked tirelessly with us to make this day happen, but above all to the new residents of this beautiful building welcome home. thank you. thank you. suki another

important federal government agency that helped in this is that the department of housing and urban development and i'd like to ask jason poo from h u d two. uh, say a few words. all right. good morning. good morning. thank you warmed up by my friend and fellow regional administrator over here. so i am i'm jason, who had regional administrator for hud region nine, which covers the great states of arizona, california, hawaii and nevada. haven't said anything yet. so, um but but also the outer pacific islands. it's an absolute honor and pleasure to serve in this role and to be here on behalf of hud secretary marshall fudge, particularly at this crucial time in our region's history. i'm a former mayor and council member and a former business attorney with experience and

real estate, corporate finance and venture capital. so it's my goal to align all levels of government, federal, state, local and tribal and the public and private sectors. to address our homelessness and housing affordability crisis throughout the region. i want to thank governor newsom and his team and the state of california and mayor breed and, um, all the regional and local stakeholders. for their hard work and moving this development from surplus property to home for more than 250 residents. the largest permanent supportive housing project in the city of san francisco. and assad secretary fudge repeatedly says housing is a fundamental right and everyone deserves to have a state stable , safe and stable place to call home. to those who were formerly housed and sheltered, and now we'll have the state fee, stability and security of four walls and a roof. and a key to adore you can lock congratulations. zilong journey . i'm sure but you know we are

doing everything that we can to houses. many of our houses neighbors as we possibly can. this development is also a great example of how effective public and private partnerships can be when the public and private sectors work together. i said at a philanthropic roundtable on homelessness and los angeles just two weeks ago that we are all in this together. no single entity level of government or private partner can do it alone. it's going to take all of us working together to how zarand housed neighbors provide the wraparound services that are needed and get them onto a better path way like the permanent supportive housing project you see here today. common causes to provide all residents with access to affordable, safe and secure housing and to be able to do so with equity, dignity and respect. these collaborations should remain foundational in our mission as we continue to build and maintain affordable housing and to be responsive and

respectful to our residents, and to be good partners to each other and to our communities. remains eager to continue building upon the successful partnerships with state and local agencies. through house america. the biden harris administration is deploying housing first approach using american rescue, american rescue plan act, funding and other resources to help individuals find a place called home. i'm proud to see that san francisco continues to lead in our efforts to get people off the streets and into homes and i want to thank mayor breed and her team for their leadership and partnership and being one of the first mayors to sign to sign onto house america in the country and congratulations to the city and county of san francisco for meeting and exceeding its house america goals. yeah. seriously uh, you know, a lot of progress has been made and we continue to build on that progress. as secretary fudge says. we will continue to work to house america until we end homelessness as we know it.

under the american rescue plan and house america, the buying harris administration has deployed an historic level of federal resources into communities to address homelessness. in particular house, america's 105 communities have received technical support to expand interim, transitional and permanent supportive housing opportunities and federal resources under the american rescue plan, including more than 20,000 emergency housing vouchers and more than 1.5 billion and home aarp funding from hud nationwide. another $65 billion in state and local fiscal recovery funds was also provided under the american rescue plan to states, cities and counties throughout the nation from the u. s department of treasury. all this sparked renewed momentum and greater deployment available of available resources, including resources under the cares act and regular annual appropriations for the creation of these types of housing solutions, and we intend to

continue building on that momentum. last year. hud secretary fudge served as chair of the 19 agency, you united states interagency council on homelessness or usage, and just last month usage released it's all in federal strategic plan to prevent and ends homelessness. this plan sets forth president biden's goal of reducing homelessness by 25% by 2025. and as a part of its effort to permanent house people usage, with support from hud and other agencies throughout the throughout. the city and county have reduced veteran home veteran homelessness by 11% since 2020 and i think family homelessness by another 8% since 2020 as well decades of under investment in housing and services have created a tall and steep mountain to climb. but we haven't found we have in fact begun climbing that mountain together. with the intergovernmental partnerships and that we have formed through

the american rescue plan, house america and now the all in federal strategic plan on homelessness and the public private partnerships like the ones that have made this project here today, possible. i'm confident that we can and will climb this mountain together and make tangible and measurable progress on homelessness and housing. affordability. thank you, sir. i will take it. i will take that. but i just want to finish with by saying it will take sustained, sustained funding. and consistent effort by everyone. we must continue to take advantage of the opportunities that we have before us the once in a generation opportunities that we have before us. so thanks again to all of our partners, both public and private for your ongoing collaboration and housing are homeless, improving our housing supply and providing equitable access to housing for all of our residents, and thanks for the opportunity to speak here today. it's my pleasure. thank you. it's not my pleasure to introduce gustavo velazquez i

former hud colleague and director of the california housing and community development department, which has also been instrumental in making this project happen. thank you. good morning, everyone. buenos dias. i bring greetings from governor gavin newsom. ah come here today to offer tremendous things to the city of san francisco partnership. he is so broad and deep right? i mean, amazing partners development partners. mercy does tremendous, um, amazing and spectacular, really projects at basketball community services. the city um the state , the biden administration, just that terrific partnership and one of the things that ah, we need to celebrate. today is the fact that in this landmark location we have 258 units, um. slated for formerly homeless persons. i want to highlight the 127 of this homes that are set

aside for people exiting homelessness and also in need of mental health services now. uh let me say it is wrong. it's actually dead wrong, too. purely associate the challenge of homelessness with addiction. and mental health challenges. there's certainly a segment of the homelessness population that is confronting this, but it is important to keep saying this time and time again. the number one cause of why the crisis of homelessness is so rampant in california is that we are way way falling short of deeply affordable housing. that is truly the number one reason why we are where we are, and the fact that we have 100 and 27. units 258 in total serving formerly homeless persons here in the city of san francisco is very, very important now. the state came into this partnership thanks to, uh, program that the voters approved bond dollars to

address again the suffering of those experience in common business and confronting mental health. challenges a program my parliament administers, and we're pleased to partner with you. through it. the program is called no place like home and it's kind of bittersweet news because no place like home actually has ended. that's a good talking point for your public hearing in sacramento on monday. ah don't repeat. i said that because i can't go against the governor's budget, but but it is it is a terrific program that is started in 2016. we have invested supported this project with $27 million, but, uh, over the last the last four years, the city of san francisco has benefited from this program with $91 million.01 of seven projects that are in different stages of development for 10 64 mission, the city was the very first something many people won't know

it meant the very first jurisdiction in this program to draw down no place like home dollars. you know, it was literally a matter of weeks after the contract was signed, that the funds were drawn, and we're so happy that we are here celebrating that accomplishment today. in totality did not place like home program statewide has contributed to more than 250 projects. let me say that 18,000 units 18,000 units during the last five years that together with another very important state program, you may have heard of it home key, together with no place like home totals 30,000 units for interim and permanent. housing solutions for people experiencing homelessness now two caveats, though. not all these units are online. there are different stages by or so glad with this one there actually were welcoming. already residents and the second caviar

is something the governor talks. a lot about there's no no way for us to claim victory. there is still a lot of work to do. but rest assured that the new summer administration, the biden administration, the city of san francisco, and many other localities across the state, are working tirelessly every day to ameliorate. hopefully one day eradicate. the challenge of homelessness. and i will end my remarks with this. where there is a will, there is away and i say that because i don't want to take away take away anything celebratory about what brings us together, but a lot more has happened. mayor in the last 24 hours. a lot more has happened in the last supervisor. a lot more has happened when there is a whale. there is a way local jurisdictions. is where housing is entitled. is approved. ah

there's no time to spare. we are 2.5 million homes short in the state of california requires local governments to expeditiously. identify sites rezone for more housing increase the parcels in affluent areas to build more housing. and that's why i'm saying if there is a will there is away. i am pleased to add my remarks by saying that this morning the state of california has fully certified thanks. to london brain thanks to the city, thanks to those supporting this in the board of supervisors fully certified the housing element of the city of san francisco for the next eight years. and yes. and with this we look forward to continuing partner with the city. madam mayor to meet that goal. tremendous goal of 82,000 units, including units like this deeply affordable homes, homes for the homeless for the next eight

years, so thank you very much to all the partnership, great accomplishment. thanks gustavo. great news, and, uh, great partnership and a lot of wonderful numbers and as as to look at this from another point of view. the point of view of the people that were trying to help and support the most vulnerable in our community, who was quoted in today's um chronicle article. if any of you read it, or the first resident movin of this facility has agreed to say a few words. michael jackson. hello. good morning, everyone. how you doing, doc? i uh my name is michael jackson and i was yes. the first resident in the building here. that's why.

that's the reason why i was chosen to give you guys a different perspective. well, how it is to live here and what kind of things that they're doing positive things they're doing. i am. i'm from san francisco. born raised educated here. um city college state university engineering major. on the fast track. you know, and i, um i had a little bit too much on my plate. and i, um things happen to all of us. all of us and i hey, bro. and i, um yeah, i got caught up in the mix there. and i, i, uh in and out of programs and things. you know, and i kind of blew up. bedtime career blew it. you know, i can't blame

anyone else. so i said, well, in these programs here. i can do the counseling thing. right? i can do the counseling thing, you know, so i pursued it. mhm substance abuse, counseling and health education. it was totally different than engineering engineering technology. social sciences is different. you know, different set of clients is curriculum. the whole nine. nonetheless i miss him some some some people along the way that can you help me out? got me one right there. dr. jones, a duck. anyways anyways, i pursued the counseling thing. and i was like , wow, i'm going to be the michael jordan of counseling here, man. i'm going for this. i'm kicking down doors, buddy, and doc was telling me mike,

slow down. yeah. so i, um i did kind of good there for awhile. i did pretty good. i want that walden house baker places. i actually ended up at kaiser permanente in oakland. and, um. the coronavirus thing hit. and i was doing, um out. precious i was on the field, but my thing is residential. and i was kind of like out of my water make a long story shorter. i uh, again had too much time on my hands. a little bit too much bread on your money. uh, i, uh i relapse i feel long. and it took about two years to get to where i am now. and, uh, well, three actually, and, uh, a friend of mine recommended that i was sleeping on the streets sleeping in my car. and east oakland and a friend of mine recommended

that i come to the city. he just retired from blind, so i came over here. and i got to a substance in place program. shelter in place. i'm sorry. and, um, man. so i got there and they put me up in the hotel. and from there, segway over here. the first resident here. and, um when i got here i was like well at the shelter in place. they give you food. he wasn't close and that sort of thing. it's not so much of an independent living situation. however, here. here is a supportive living situation, as opposed to. give me your hand out. you know you you have an opportunity now to start experiencing some type of independence. you know, some type of. responsibility of ownership of your own thing. you know, that's that's what that's what it's homeless folks need,

especially some of us. they were halfway hired a g ruse. we don't want to be stigmatized as a homeless bum. dude, you know what i mean? so i use the street vernacular as well. but, yeah. anyways i so when i got here it was like this is your home is your home here? we're here to support you in whatever it is we're not going to give you a treatment plan per se, but we're gonna do is help you reach your goal. we're gonna make it conducive to you. to become a bible member. again. it's society. we have fellowship here. have a great staff. great. always available. always available. jonathan is my main man. where is it? yeah, that's my van. yeah. and old zack over there with the youth blocking news, right, jack? yeah, he used to be one of my clients. yeah anyways. i uh it's been a pretty good experience. um living here.

i plan to use this as a hand up as opposed to a handout. i'm gonna get back in the game, and i love you, dude that is helping people. but first i gotta help this person. i gotta get this person to position. to be an example. will it be qualified? and ready to help someone. you know? yeah i'm looking forward to culinary school to open up. mhm. i um, a lot of people. a lot of people come over to san francisco because of the supportive services. okay and this is a this is shine example. um, this this this. program here or this residence here is a shining example of the type of

good things in san francisco is doing as far as the homeless situation. you know, and. i wanna i wanna be a part of that solution. i, uh the i think. doc gave me pretty good hair start so. i'm gonna i'm gonna i wanna i wanna i wanna get back down to give me a minute. anyways everybody, this is a beautiful place. a lot of wonderful human beings. yeah. and i enjoyed tremendously keep donating. thank you. thank you so much, michael really appreciate it and to wind up our speakers like to introduce our mayor, london breed is here with us today. hello, everyone. like the famous

michael jackson. i too, was born and raised in san francisco. and i was born and raised in the fillmore community where the community really took care of one another. but sadly, we saw a lot of change. and in fact the public housing development i was living in plaza east. those buildings were torn down. and there were over three a little bit over 300 units, and they were torn down and only 200 were built. it was clear that many of the people who i grew up with who were moved to places like vallejo and fairfield and other locations, it was clear that there were no plans to ensure that they were able to return to their home. and when i think about the challenges of the past and what san francisco has done to make it very difficult to build housing and to be very aggressive about providing housing opportunities. i am always reminded of my own experience as a way to ensure

that we don't do that for the future. we know that homelessness and the challenges around affordability for housing in this city have continued to persist. mostly because of our inability to build more housing and provide opportunities for people like myself like michael jackson, who were born and raised here. and who may have gone through challenges and who may not have the income necessary to provide themselves with the dignity that they deserve. so that's why this is so important. the work that we are doing in san francisco is so important. you know, people point the finger and criticize our city. but over the last two years we created over 3000 new placements for people who were living on the streets of san francisco. and you didn't hear

it highly publicized, but san francisco was one of the few cities in the entire state of california that saw a 15.5% reduction in unsheltered homelessness. so while others are criticizing mercy and episcopal community services and so many other people who work here today. you represent part of the solution. you know what it means to show up for people. you know what it means to take a federal location location owned by the federal government used as a parking lot for cars and turn it into 258 new units right where parking cars used to be. you know what that means. it means hope. it means dignity. it

means a new opportunity to change your life. for the better. and yes, it takes a village. it takes a village of not just the organizations, but the people who are choosing to work for these organizations, the people who are showing up to provide the wraparound services because sometimes it's not just about putting a roof over someone's head. sometimes it's about a smile. or an ear to listen to somebody's challenges or someone who says i'm going to help you get your medication because i know that you have arthritis and you may not be able to walk to the pharmacy to go get it yourself. it's about having a real community that supports you and uplifts you and encourage you to ensure that you not only stay housed, but you thrive that you're able to live a good life. so being here today is so meaningful it's so meaningful because of the people. that are going to be served because of the work

that's done when we partner when we come together when we get rid of the bureaucratic layers that get in the way when we focus on real solutions. this project started back in 2017. and people wonder why is it taking so long ? the project next door 100% affordable housing for families that took 10 years for the first family to move in. why does it take so long when we know there's so many people want to see us get it done. well, i gotta say. first of all. really really thank you to our governor and to gustavo and his team for the housing element and the work that we are going to do to get units build faster in san francisco. and jason, i want you to tell the president and the secretary fudge how much we appreciate those vouchers that

help us to provide not only housing opportunities at this location, but we've been able to place people who have never had their own apartment in san francisco who were born and raised here. we have been able to place them all over the city and county of san francisco because we have a president and a secretary who understands the value. of what it means to provide hud vouchers to get people house so they could afford to live in san francisco. so thank you so much for being here. and now with the housing element we have an ambitious goal. can you imagine? 82,000 units were required to build in the next eight years. do you know what 82,000 units will be able to do? for not just homeless people, but the people who actually work for the various services who also can't afford to live here. the people who work for the city and county

of san francisco who can't afford here. many of the people who work in a service industry. who have left the service industry because they've had to move so far out that they can't afford to live here. can you imagine what 82,000 new units will do for our city? it will make a world of difference. the housing elements certification is only the first step we are going to need you, supervisor dorothy and your colleagues on the board of supervisors because they're going to have to push policies that will make them uncomfortable. it will make them uncomfortable because other places in san francisco will say, well, we don't want that to happen in our neighborhood. well, we need to make it happen all over the city. we're not changing the beauty and the character of neighborhoods in san francisco because we value that but we need to be open minded and creative and realistic about the need to get rid of bureaucracy. this city has over 50,000 units that have already been entitled and need to move forward fast. we have over 30,000 units awaiting

approval. this can make a real difference if we're aggressive if we move the mountains out of the way in order to move forward because people like michael jackson and the people who live here. at 10 64 mission. they are counting on us. they are counting on us to make real change. they're counting on us to get rid of the bureaucracy. they're counting on us to work together and to put their lives before the politics that get in the way of our ability to move these projects forward. so all of you who are here today? get ready. get ready if you if your heart is full for what was done with this project today. then just imagine if we're doing this every single week in san francisco for families all over the city, it will make the world of difference. this is the thing i value the most creating opportunities, providing a safe

, affordable place for people to call home. and everyone here has played a role in making that possible. so we appreciate you all for being here. thank you to the residents for letting us invade your space for just a little while. thank you so much to all the workers to all the people for the village that created this beautiful place. thank you so much. all right. so before we close, we just have a few more folks to a few more folks to acknowledge . i want to acknowledge our good friends at cahill and factory os , um steve, bob susie from herman colander, locus and lowney architects. um uh huh. the fantastic art. i hope all of you got a chance to see the art on the way in and also the art on stevenson. so uh, you hopefully have a copy of this on the way and if you didn't grab

it, tanaka's trio a good friend, ah, davion, kim, leah rosenberg and michael are sega. i hope i said that. right michael. thank you for enlivening this space with such beauty. it is one of the most beautiful buildings i've seen. in a long time. we really want to appreciate that want to acknowledge our good friends at the department of public health and the maria x martinez health resource center . there was an opening for that about a week ago, and maria was a very important person for the mission district but also the work around homelessness in our city. and then lastly, um, keith and i wanted to just close and james mentioned it already. but liz pocock um, is one of the main reasons this buildings here for those of you that don't know liz. she worked. she's done many things in her life as we discovered at a memorial. um actress. um turned turned housing and homelessness. uh, ah , whirlwind. i don't even know how to describe it. she's here with she's joined here by or we're we're joined by our per partner. uh whitney jones, who

also is a part of our affordable housing community. i see lots of other friends here who want us to remember liz. um, she poured her heart into this building, and she poured her heart into just about anything that worked on this topic. she was both an amazing human being and an amazing professional and is one of the main reasons why mercy and pcs have such an incredible and storied relationship. so you want to say a few words? well you know you i think you you said it all. but what i would say is either this wouldn't exist or more likely. would not exist in anything like its present form. were it not for liz thoughtfulness and focus on the design elements of this, which are our guy as i hope you've heard today, truly remarkable in terms of supportive housing. this is this isn't just uh, a safe. and comfortable place. for um, over

200 people. ah! 200 of our most vulnerable neighbors. this is i think the next generation of permanent supportive housing this is i'm a techie, permanent , supportive housing two point. oh, okay. and working together. we can do this again and again. and thank you for this. and please, let's do it again. thank you. alright then. thanks keith. and that concludes our formal ceremony for food.today.

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classes and we have a really great vibrate arts program. >> we we say thank you to the customers like always but say 0 one more thing just so you know you've made a donation to x nonprofit which does why i think that is a very special thing. >> it is good to know the owner takes responsibility to know your money is going to good cause also. >> it is really nice to have a restaurant that is very community focused they do it all month long for nonprofits not just one day all four mondays. >> we have a wall of thank you letters in the office it seems like you know we were able to

gas up the 10 passenger minivan we were innovate expected to do. >> when those people working at the nonprofits their predictive and thank what straw is giving that in and of itself it making an impact with the nonprofit through the consumers that are coming here is just as important it is important for the grill cheese kitchen the more restrictive i learn about what is going on in the community more restrictive people are doing this stuff with 4 thousand restaurant in san francisco we're doing an average of $6,000 a year in donations and multiply that by one thousand that's a lot to good evening, the chair

called the meeting to order. if you could rise for the "pledge of allegiance." ["pledge of allegiance"] >> all right. if i can take roll. [roll call] >> president elias is in route. with us tonight, we have chief scott from the san frs