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>> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> president alias can i take roll. >> please. >> clerk: commissioner byrne. >> yes. >> commissioner yanez is excused. >> vice president. >> present. >> president elias you have a quorum and we have paul henderson from the police accountability. >> thank you, hello welcome to our april 19, police commission meeting. sergeant can you please call the first item. >> weekly officer presentation to an officer that has gone beyond and above officer mohamed bay view station.

>> welcome, good to see you. >> mine too. >> thank you, chief scott, thank you president elias, good to see you again. fellow commissioners and our new acquaintance, commissioner henderson. i'm from bay view station, i want to thank you for allowing me to speak before you tonight and have the distinction to present an outstanding officer to receive this police recognition award. before i begin, i would like to point out that bay view station has some of the toughest officers. we have many deserving candidates. i first met officer mohamed, when i was lieutenant working at park station. back then he was assigned to the hardest shift, the midnight watch. shortly after, he was transferred to baby station.

like a lot of captains we're having some staffing challenge and i had my mine and one included the third street corridor. it's not an easy assignment. i'll say that again, it's not an easy assignment. it's often a place where a lot of crime occurs, as you will hear. building strong relationships between lawsuit and the communities they serve. foot beat officers have greater opportunities to engage with the residents, identify potential problems and proactive lea dress issues before they escalate. overall helped to create safer and more connected communities.

one day, officer expressed--he felt he would better communicate and interact with the members of the community and working a foot beat would allow him that opportunity. as we continued our conversation, it became quite clear that officer sueman was the right choice and right person, besides his mild personality and smile, he continues to exemplify, in order to prevent crime, solve problems and improve the overall quality of life in our neighborhoods. he's becoming a well-known figure along the wall street corridor. on the corner and nuke and

nucom, the person became agitated. officer was able to sprint after the subject and take him into custody with the assistant of several officers despite the attempts to physically resist. an arrest search revealed a loaded handgun with a magazine concealed in the subject's waist band. the handgun was also discovered to be a ghost gun. fortunately, nobody was arrested. and an illegal handgun was taken off the street. this is just an example of the work that he does. i'm fortunate that we have hyme and i believe the city of san francisco is very happy to have him as well.

>> thank you for the description, you're doing a phenomenal job, but having spoke pen, officer thank you for your service. having spoke tone several business sxz them expressing to me the various challenges that they face with the loitering and things that happen in the area, it's a very difficult task to do foot patrol for that area. thank you for your service, and the fact that you're chasing scooters speaks to another amazing talent that you have. thank you for your service. >> commissioner yee. >> graduations being selected

for your outstanding duties and your courage making it safer for all of us. taking out that ghost gun, i could have, i guess could have caused more damage in the community. and your commitment really shows. we wish you well and continue keeping us safe and be safe yourself. thank you, officer. >> thank you, i think they want to have a picture now? thank you, again. >> we're here every first three wednesday of the month if you want to come back. sergeant young blood won't let us.

>> if any member of the public would like to make public comment on the item 1, please approach the podium. they were all dressed up from earlier too. >> applause. >> and there is no public comment. >> next item, please. >> line item 2, general public. at this time the public is

allowed to approach us. nor commissioners are required to respond to questions by the public but may provide a brief response. you may submit public comment, in either of the wayses, email or you can submit written comments by postal service to 1235 third street. if you would like to make public comment, please approach the podium. >> i want to talk about my son who was murdered, 17th year august 14th, will be the 17th year that my son has been gone.

i come here every wednesday and i was just asking about the money that the reward for our children and where is the money going? i'm still waiting for that. this is what i live with every day, i talk with my pitchers, this is my son and depth even in life, i still remember, the last time i was here i talked about the five stages of grief which i still go through even after 17 years.

i need my son's case solve, find a way to solve the case. find some other way to hire people to solve these cases of our children being murdered on the street. who wants to see shoulder son laying like this? --see their son laying like this? this is me standing over my son. and it's foggy. you don't want to do this. you're probably tired of looking at these pictures, but i'm not. grief never ends because love never dies and the love for my son will never die.

>> if any members of the public has any information on the murder of aubrey abicasa, you can contact us. this is the end of public comment. >> next item please. >> receive and action, and sp report. >> motion receive and file. >> second. >> if any members of the public would like to make public comment online item 3, please approach the podium. there is no public comment on the motion. commissioner walker? >> yes. >> commissioner benedicto. >> yes. >> commissioner byrne. >> yes. >> commissioner yee. >> yes. >> vice president oberstone? >> yes. >> president elias. >> yes.

>> president elias, that is 7 yeses. >> line item number 4, provide an overview of incidents and events happening in san francisco. >> executive henderson and the public. i want to start by saying thank you to the commission for attending today's award ceremony and thank you for recognizing the officer of the week in the commission. that goes a long way in terms of just letting officers know that the good work that they do is being recognized and appreciated and i know as we try to dig ourselves out of morale issues, it goes a long way. thank you for that.

carter oberstone, it does go a long way. >> thank you for the invite chief, we would never been able to attend without the invitation. the chief's report, i want to give a couple of updates from the last week. we designed a tab for the website, the only thing that remains is we're going to do an introduction so that language, just to socialize this, this is something new. that language is continuing to work on and i'll post it. the other update on the department bulletin that should roll into a notice on system update, that expired on april 7th, we did, we did need some claire tickation on what we believe may have been

conflicted hang so that opinion, has been received from the city attorney's office. so we're now finishing that and i will update when that is posted as well. those of the two updates, as far as the chief's report, starting off with overall crime trends, to lead off with violent crime which is up 4%, our shootings are turning in the right direction, we're up in 5%. but to put it in perspective as a difference of three which will take but it's not a big difference. in terms of homicides with firearms, we're seen with next year and we're trending in the right direction. i would like to highlight the homicide is 85% and, and all over the news but we did make an arrest in the murder of robert lee.

just some really good work and hard work by our detectives. we have other homicides to work on and we'll continue to work on those as well. so that's, i say that because these cases that have leads, we will not give up on them. here to date, that's over almost 1600 crimes fewer than this time. so overall crime decrease for part one or is negative 10%, that's almost, 1500. twlfs one shooting april 13 at 11:42 am and that particular incident officers responded to

the shooting to the tenderloin market and deli. video footage shows they entered the market, one of the suspect wrapped the arms. the victim was able to wrestle the gun and handed it to the third person. all three ran from the scene, one of the subjects can be heard saying where is my money. that investigation is on going, we do have video but we have some more work with that. so no arrests have been made at this time. i would like to property a pretty significant arrest on narcotic suspects in the tenderloin, this is beyond the street level work that we do.

three people were taken for position of sales of narcotic following a three search warrants, during the search warrant, 4.6 kilogram as well as meth and cocaine powder and synthetic pills along with a rifle with a drum magazine and three pistols were all seized. two of the peopled these crimes while we leased on their own recognizant and other narcotic tensions. i and just to put it in perspective, it's fimented that one kilograms of fentanyl has

the potential of 500,000 lethal doses and 4.1 kilograms which is when we see has the lethal potential to affect over two million dollars. that's quite a bit of fentanyl taken off the street. as an aside, there is report that overdose is up. we still need to do a lot of work of fentanyl. we still have a lot of incidents to report. this is the 30 victim was waiting for the bus after school when the vehicle pulled up. that is still upped investigation and this is on 414 at 745, the victim was at

bo lo res park when unknown people approached him. the victim's cell phone was taken. the victim was violated by medic and released at the scene. no arrest at this point and that is still under investigation. the last thing to report we had a number of attempted stunt driving events over the weekend. we were able to cut these people off in almost every situation. as they left the city because we went to places that they traditionally go to. we radioed pd and they picked

them up on the bridges, so as i said to the commission before, our objective is to stop these things before they happen but if they can't pickup them up, if they're legally, if they're legal' able we do follow-up and sees vehicles. and that will conclude my chief's report for tonight. >> thank you, again madam president. i just want to thank you chief scott and your command staff and all of the investigation. to resolve the incident or the

murder of robert lee and other case that's are still, 1994 case as well. the reason why i say that is because it's national implication because one in particular is twitter that came out and really ravaged our city and i was appalled that that is happening to us. also on the arrest and seizure of fentanyl, 10 pounds. as you said, pretty close to city population of san francisco. so i'm glad that you, your team against this stop and apprehend the suspects as well. and as you know, stunt driving is beginning to ram up up.

it's good that we're getting a jump on it, thanks to the award ceremony that you gave to the officers, i know their family and members really truly appreciate it. thanks again, chief for all of your hard work and the rest of the command staff and members. thank you. >> commissioner walker. >> yes, thank you very much, president elias, you know that the statistics are trending good and i was watching especially the street scenes were going on. i really appreciate your officers work in managing that, because it can be really dangerous. i guess, these were pretty large crowds.

did they come from other areas over here? or did they start here and go? >> they came from other areas and we monitor open source and social media and we communicate with border police department, and chp. this particular most of them came from the areas. and once it gets going on social media, local people may join in. but a lot is coming from other areas. >> and it's so large, it's pretty hard, you look and go surround them. >> right. >> thank you for that. thank you for your following up on that. >> thank you, also chief i wanted to thank you for the [no audio]

>> thank you for that, there was a lot of hands-on that. it was really good to see the commission there and community and people coming together. thank you, it was inspiration to be there. and discussing the recruitment.

i really thank you for celebrating. >> that's nice, thank you. >> public would like to public comment, line item 4, please approach the podium. >> speaker: good evening, it's not necessarily related to the chief's comments, it's more general, it's informational, i'm french accent, i've been here 20 years.

i'm an artist. , definitely you have a tough job i want to lift the spirits. i think the times have come to unite our energy, it becomes a necessity for our city. we must unite to make san franciscan example from now on. for the rest and the rest of the world. including my country where i'm going to go, which is admission which is to try to connect whether just sit here to make it happen really.

this is very important we must walk, we are working for everybody's happiness, that's it. not my own. everybody, happiness and you use it concept, got beauty. bear with me. >> speaker: good evening, again. we're talking about the cases being solved. >> i just remember the case solved, cases take precedence over african-american boys just like this young man that got stabbed, because they got money, it seems like. and our cases are not getting solved.

but anyone that gets by a police, case because their skin was white. i keep saying my son was a white boy with blonde hair and blue eyes, is would not be dealing with this right now. i'm tired, i come here not to entertain you, i come here because i want to help. i don't want to be pacified oh ms. brown will do this or ms. brown will do that. i want something done. you put on the agenda where the money is going. when are they going to get hired? but still i come with the pictures with my son on a

gurney but other cases get solved. it should not be like that. what i do need to be? do i need money? what to i need? what do i need to look like? tell me what do i need to have. >> speaker: first of all i with like to say good evening to everyone. i would like to say that you know, every, every city and every state we need good policing. so the police is a good thing everywhere you go. but you know, i had an incident with the police officer and it was a while back.

and when you try to move on you try to forget the episodes and incidents you had. but when you continue to see the police officer that you had the incident and you make the report, it should not be no bullying or taunting or no reaction from the police that you made the report on. so this is one of the situations that i'm having with the officer, i made a police department and i tried to go about living my life and try to do the right thing and be a productive citizen, but making like bullying. when you ride past me, you see me on the street. then, you make it a point to slow down like you kind of casing me and then you go back, double across to make the u turn to come back across me like you're kind of like hunting me. well, like i said you need good

policing and you know, and to say something back would create a situation. >> thank you. >> that is the end of public comment. update on future commission meeting. director henderson. >> thank you. >> all right so currently on the dpa, we have 286 cases that are pending and open. of those cases 23 of them have investigations whom have exceeded nine months or still a year but those are the case that's are still on going that have gone on past nine months.

and of those 23 cases 19 are toll cases, meaning that they have cases that are active in the criminal or civil arenas so time is not running on them. there are also 7 cases with waiting on decision from the commission and still 85 cases that are pending decisions from the chief. just fyi, a lot of those unpacking the details where the 85 cases are contained in the audit, both what is forthcoming in front of this commission. in terms of the weekly trends for this week, the top trend for allegations has been for against officers failing to investigate claims made of the public. and if you want a break down of the allegations as they come in from the public, they're available on our website. in terms of a district break down from allegations coming

into the agency, the top two precincts this week are for central station, the top allegation being failing to properly investigate. there were four allegations made in central down from last week where it was five. the second highest was tenderloin station, there were four allegations up one more since last week when there were three allegations made. the top allegation was about selectively enforcing traffic laws. presumably or hopefully some of that was made on the d g.o. that we had which will clarify many of these issues. steve flaherty will be given the, i'm not sure if i

mentioned it before won an award for the audit. so we won a national award, it's a big deal, it's not given out very often, it's never been given to an oversight agency except for dpa in conjunction with the controller's office, this is the first year that we've been pretty independent and creating and it won an award, i'll try mentioning it again, because i know you want to know. in terms of out reach, this week, both my chief of star and steve we're really excite beside this partnership that is going to put work back in the community so people will see us more broadly and we'll be able to host broader events separate from just in the building here

on market and vaness. we do have a case this week, later on tonight in closed session and our lawyers are here, stephanie wilson is here on that case. also present tonight with me is senior investigator brent bajin and my deputy, my chief of staff is also here. if anyone would like to get in contact, we're available online, or you can contact us on the phone at 415-421-6621 i'll reserve my comments for agenda comment as they come up and relevant to the agency. that concludes my weekly presentation which was shorter than the chief's. >> i see, substantially. >> not that it's a competition, but. >> i'm glad to hear you're

collaboration with sf safe because i know before the pandemic, you had done a lot of out reach and host events on weekends and night and they were intense. one of the things that it's going to allow us to do, it's going to allow us to build events where we can host something, we don't have enough space for it in our office. but being able to have access in the facility, allows us to bring collaboratively communities together for broadly, so especially for public safety related issues. i think it's going to be a big real. >> yeah, and i've seen the literature, you brought the brochures, the juvenile cards, know your rights stuff that you've done a lot of work and have done a great job in terms of bringing awareness to your organization.

this summer when we get the intern it's going to be a relaunch of all the materials that is public facing so it's collaborative did i sim natured. we want to bring the agency that care about it together like the juvenile commissions or organizations that care about these issues to collaborate. you'll hear a lot about it this summer as i launch everything. >> i'm excited, i know thompson does a lot great job with the intern. whatever she says, i'm sure they will do. >> oh you'll see them. >> commissioner benedicto. >> on that note, to be able to track, has there been any data or just agile response. >> i have not measured it to track it.

we've only received positive information that appreciated and being able to track independently because people have to go in and they don't have to go in and ask, they can check twice a day to see what the status of their case and what is going on. as we have limitations, i have limitations in terms of budget, i like to empower to reach more people and to reach them more effectively and this is one of the tools for doing that. it's really tricky with the technology upgrades, because we're a city agency and it has to be structured. we cannot go in and make our own website. so it's, it's small movements like this that make a

difference for the department, but i'll ask, my tech people so i can give you more detailed answered become people that use it seem to like it. i know there was a next stage to allow access to better information on that at that time us. >> no. >> that's a goal to supply that. people were not working on i just don't happen to know it right here. but if you give me notice, not publicly i'll come and tell you, so i'll have the answer for you. i'll tell you next week. i know there were. >> we will not be here next week. >> i'm going to tell you next week. i'm going to come here. >> i'll give you an update on it. >> thank you very much, that's all.

>> thank you for that report, i do have a question in looking at the report, the largest category is failing to do whatever the complaintant wants. i'm going to coordinate with the other departments that may be better served to make those and how we coordinate with it. so i'm going to follow-up with you to go into the details. >> it's one of the big issues that people are contacting the agency for when they feel like they want or demand services and the department is not able or does not give them what they're asking for, managing the expectations is a big deal.

i would love to sit down with you or share some of the details. >> great i love that. >> the other thing that we can also do in response to what commissioner benedicto was saying was in tracking the cases, another great tool is tracking the tres posity, that tracks daily update of every case that dpa is involved back, having that resprocessity would be fantastic, we still have not built that out and that would be a wonderful tool for us in terms of efficiencies since we're talking about solutions. >> perfect. >> thank you no other people on the board, sergeant? >> members of the public that would like to make public comment, please approach the podium.

>> so i was saying something earlier, and sometimes it's good to go with the change and try to, hope things get better. but then, when certain situations keep occurring and the investigation, where is there an investigation because if there was an investigation, this officer does not deserve to be an in a uniform. the words that he told me, he said i'm going to either kill you or send you to the penitentiary for the rest of your life. i reported this, but not only does this officer feel like he's above the law, on record, well i don't know if it's on record or not, but onsite as humans in the tenderloin, like his area, his beat, he sleeps with prostitutes, he planted

drugs on me but i was already on parole for drugs, i got i violation and went to the pent tent re. but when i got home, he had the nerve to follow me and taunt me. i reported this, not once or twice but each time i came across this officer, to my knowledge nothing has been done and that's bad in the fine city of san francisco. >> i have somebody here that can speak with him regarding allegations involving the department. >> next item. >> commission reports will be

brief description of activity and announcements, whether to calendar any for future meetings, and commission announcements and schedule and items identified in a future meeting. i didn't i mentioned this the last time i was asked. i was asked to attend the women's luncheon at the sfpd, there were several leader speakers and commander jones was one of our speakers, our district attorney, honorary chief scott and myself. there were hundreds of folks there.

we talked a lot about recruitment. i know we're going to get our 3030 presentation later. i was inspired by all the women there doing the work and it was just wonderful to have our log', that was really excited. it was just great, i'm very excited about it and i know it's going to be how we do the 3030. so also i've been meeting on going with some of the folks, i think we're making really good steps towards having something

to discuss. that exist and have something to present to the commission on that. i'm really excited about it i do feel like it's going to fill some gaps that we're noticing in some of our neighborhoods. so, i think that is it for now. but thank you, thank you. and it was great to be included in that honoring ceremony, so really happy to be there to honor our folks doing good work. >> mriek many of my colleagues i was happy to join the awards. and i waint today recognize all the officers, parkin, roach,

dias, and galvez, sambana for their heroic work and inspiring work and was glad i was able to participate or attend rather their commemoration is very well deserved. on the policy update, chief i think you said this in your report, did you say that you were going aiming to post the bureau next week? >> yes, we just need the design, hopefully by next week. i will give an update, i anticipate it will be done by then. >> and to be clear, is it the plan for those orders to sunset after the d g.o.s in that respective areas? >> yes, when bureau orders in

the past bulletins are replaced by general orders and those get deactivated. >> great, that's helpful. i do want to make clear for the record, i did say this last week, i don't think that's the problem is solved by posting. because i think the underlying issues, the department does not have the authority to issue a policy through bureau orders, so i'm concerned about the precedence that going forward. i'm glad to hear that the plan is to resinned them. that's an important step. i think that the commission should and i'm going to respectfully ask that we agendize this for next mobsinger pass a resolution to make it formal that the bureau orders will be rescinded upon the d g.o.s, the underlying d g.o.s.

i know with d g.o., the plane clothes d g.o., we're pretty much to the finish line with that, is that right chief? >> yes, it's deep into the development. >> on the social media dgo, do you happen to know where we are on that? >> so there has not been any work on social media. we do have something to start with. that needs to be involved as well. there was no investigative

media, but i would assume that the commission would want to work on that as well. >> right, i know that this is commissioner yanez's territory and i don't want to step on his toes, if the issue is to issue an order is because there is exgent cc, we should be moving moving full speed ahead. so it would be my inclination that the commission should pass resolution to rescind to the order unless the department initiates a working group in 30 days or something of that nature. otherwise we can't have an order out there.

i'm very concerned about the precedence that that sets and the damage that it can do to police commission if the department is just issuing your orders that are making new policy. i'm going to ask that we agendize that for next month, thank you. >> thank you very much for my report, last thursday i went over to sf stop crime briefly and met w9 people and also dropping by was captain heart to meet with the community members over there that does know him. and also reported that, the report of the 9.07, addition of

the chief additional language to it. i appreciate the chief's hard work. i also want to thank the mayor and chief scott for today's event for chorally police officer ceremony as for us and the commission, we have the officers who put their life on the line and hear the great work that they're doing here as well. and i also want to report from the executive--executor of philips that passed away, executor michael asked me to say that we recognize him in as we, you know, for his hard work and signing you also, when he

came over in the 1973 and started cofunded lark ins use street currently and many of the youth that are out as well. he has a helped many of the police form in the tenderloin, set up the tenderloin task force. i want to thank him for making our city safer especially on the tenderloin, that's all i have to report. >> thank you, commissioner byrne. >> thank you, president elias. chief with the bureau orders can they be forwarded to the commission staff?

thank you and finally, i reiterate my request are there any committees of three that have been formed and who was on the committee so that we know, so the rest of the commission knows exactly what is going on? and i respectfully ask that the minutes reflect that i asked that again. >> thank you, the answer is no. commissioner benedicto. >> thank you, president elias. >> excuse me, there is no committees or no? >> that was your question, and the answer is no. >> just that the minutes are clear, there is no other committees of three people on this board right now. >> no. >> and will the president inform us if committees are form. >> we have a committee assignment so you will receive that information. >> thank you. >> uh-huh.

>> thank you, president elias. i want today echo what all the commission said about the quarterly ceremony. i also want to recognize the commanding officers of each of the station for the work that they've done. that is captain and captain martin and acting captain farmer for their excellent work as well. one of the areas where there is a current bureau hopefully that will continue to move through the process quickly. i no long term the commission

is working on update to department general order 3.01 to streamline that process and clarify things including jurisdiction but in the meantime, the chief questioned resolution at minimum for the publication orders. i'm working on that. i spoke to lerona today yesterday and to get their input as well and i hope to have that for the commission in may. commissioner yanez and i are work oning a resolution reaffirming this commission for heart and expect that resolution to be up in may or june. thank you. >> members of the westbound that would like to make public comment regarding commission reports, please approach the podium. and there is no public comment.

mine item 7, discussion on 30 by 30 initiative updates. discussion? >> i'm commander nicole jones as the administration bureau and i'm here to provide you an update with 30 by 30 efforts. and i want to apologize in advance that i'm the end of a two-week cold that my nine-year-old gave me, shout ot moms. sfpd signed on to the 30 by 30 initiative and the ultimate goals *f this program are two fold. recruitment component to increasing the representation of women and law enforcement by increasing the representation of women and our academy class to see 30% by the year 2030.

there is also a retention component for policies and success of women throughout their careers. sfpd along with other agencies have agreed to do the following. to take measures to increase the representation of women in all ranks of law enforcement, to ensure that policies and procedure are free from bias, to promotion provincial of women officers and to ensure our culture is inclusive respectful and supportive of women in all rank s and rules of enforcement. provide the department with specific guidance for the first months of participation known as phase 1. collect base line demographic data. specific data relates to

overall demographic and includes sworn officers by gender and gender in conjunction with other factors including race, age, rank assignment and tenure and data relate today recruits including recruits by gender and gender to race and age. to our information will be collected in late april and submitted in early may to maintain compliance by our 30 by 30 deadline. we're ahead of our game, we collected a lot of this data already so i feel confident that we'll be able to get our information in because we already have it. another is to distribute anonymous survey to all sworn women. the goal is to learn about women's concerns and priority and perspective on the opportunities within that department. to date we have had 107 of the

274 sworn swem respond. the next action item was to promoting women strategic women through public statement and internal orders. we have a very good foundation already and we already developed several document that's speak directly to this, namely the strategic plan 1.0 that was developed as part of the recommendation 89.9 and racial equity action plan. additionally sfpd issued a press release in conjunction with women's history month announcing our participation and reaffirming our commitment to women in law enforcement. another action item was to affirm zero tolerance for discriminatory practices or harassment. sfpd has a robust policy already, which is prohibiting discrimination and retaliation. we also issued department

notices related to the rights and responsibility under the whistleblower laws. also specific action items relate today lactation and nursing mothers, so each of has a designate lactation location. the department schedules flexibility and temporary accommodations for nursing mothers. we have a lactation accommodation that is outlined and all of this overseen by penny c who is the coordinator. the last immediate action item was to ensure all equipment for women officers is appropriate and fit to their proportions. so sometimes the equipment have specific options which is our vest and uniform. and additional knee we have a uniform. so we're ahead of game on many of these items and we already

had a lost infrastructure in place, but just for the first six months, we're going to fine tune and expand as we move forward in the next 18 months. so in terms of demographic updates in the last six months, we have made a slight improvement on gender demographic fairly nominal in that we had 14.3 preparation when we signed the pledge. and you're going to hear this a lot from me, we have work to do and we're very commit today increasing that. i want to give the caveat, we also had one class in 2013.

when we get more data, we'll have a better understanding but traditionally in the last couple of years we've had about 20%. so things have started promising, hopefully we can maintain that. in the addition to the immediate action step, sfpd has taken numberous supportive action. our new sfpd websites features women throughout. can you go to slide 8, here are a few example from the website that demonstrate the highlight of women. our annual summit was held on

march 2, commissioner yanez attended. we reached out for on candidates. of our marketing is geared towards attracting women. we released three videos featuring sworn women. one of the video accompanied our march 3030 redress. the slogan is be the change, which we believe embodies the value. and the kind of what we're trying to attract, women in particular. we we make sure that we have ample representation. one female recruiter and we're continuing that trend in 2023. we transitions away from the trigger pool, to a strength grip test which is shown a much

better success for women. we have dunaway with a specific height and weight which often impacted women and we worked with our hr to have our testing standards to be in more in line with those we compete with. and physical ability test, we are offering women's workout session one on one personal training, mentor ship is a huge component in supporting women. a noupsing our formal participation in the 30 by 30 initiative. and reaffirming the apartment commitment to attention of sworn women. the 30 by 30 was issued by

march 15th to better understand their experiences and needs. we have offered many women opportunities including participation in the national law enforcement executive annual conference that is taking place in april. we also offer a very unique opportunity for women to fellowship through an organization called simsee and that has to do a lot environment something unique that we have not done before. we're excited about that and helping them support them in the education process. a host of speakers presented including commissioner walker,

district attorney brooke jenkins, it was very well attended and very informational and this is one of many more to come. a formalized mentor ship program has been a goal for a while and we're finally there and one of the few agency to see have a structure program like that. so today we have 86 members that have signed up to participate. so these are the things that we have accomplished in the first six months, but we have a lot work to do. in terms of next steps, we would like to form a formal 30 by 30 committee to get input on future connection. a dpept notice will be issued for this. we're also trying to transition to a firearm. and this transition is really

only contingent upon funding at this point. program open to all city employees, preliminary vision is that we would offer monetary incentive, say a 1,000 to any city employee who incentivize women. that will be at the tail end of this two-year process. and with that, i'm happy to answer any questions. >> great job on the presentation, it's really inspiring and heartfelt to hear all the advancement and things that you've been able to accomplish within the 6-month period.

and i'm looking forward to the smaller firearm. it's good that there is something being done about that. thank you about that. vice president oberstone. >> thank you, president elias and stephanie for the presentation. do we have a goal of what we want the percentage of gender break down? kind of thinking, we spr a sense of what the retention and kind of, do we have a sense of what percentage of each academy class needs to be women in order for us to get to 30 by 30? >> so let's talk about high in the sky, you know, commissioner walker and i were joking that we would like to 50% by 2025 but we're starting with what we can do.

i think that not only do we have to recruit to the 30% but the other critical component is retention of the 30%. where we're losing numbers as well, that we don't discuss as much is women leaving the department. we're trying to talk about a many year goal to try to get 30% to try to move the needle and then we have to look at how how that is going to offset and that comes in phase 2. there is a deeper dive and i think that's why, we're asked for age and tenure and understanding, it's only so good if we replace this number if this number leaves.

we attend today offer around 15% for decades. so we have work to do. >> i understand that we have phase one, but it will be helpful to know what numbers need to be hitting in the recruiting klasz, i assume higher than 30% if we're going to get to 30% by 2030, that's what we need to do. you discussed this, briefly when you talked about the convening of a committee 30 by 30 committee but curious what you envision might be potential next steps and usages of the anonymous survey that you discussed.

>> we need to get the survey. and what do we do? nothing. so by having a committee, that committee can look at the survey results and decide what those specific action plans are are that may offset what everybody is saying. and i think it's really important to look all around the department and again, discussed this at nauseam, it's not just a committee for women, it's the committee for the 85% of the men as well to be supportive of women and to be able to move the needle. so i do think the vision for that committee is to have tangible things to put in place now instead of just talking about it. >> that's good to hear. >> one thing i want today mention is 90% of the

recruiting events there is one woman recruiting officer which is great. this can be a double sword, sometimes women, asked to, i'm wondering, how the department thinks about that? if at all? >> yeah, absolutely, so we put out a department notice that officers a notice, so those people who come into our recruitment and are attending these events are people who have applied for those, every single time. everybody has put in has done it in their tuition. >> just curious if we've given any thought or head way on expanding the pool of applicant

recruiting from non traditional pool of applicant that would have higher percentage of women, folks that would make great officers folks with counciling back grounds, has there been any thought. >> i laugh because we talk about this every day, where do we get the new pools of people. the one thing that i will say is we're at the tail end of recruitment firm to answer questions just like that. and i think that we could benefit from guidance from an outside showser and that's what we're hoping to achieve with that. >> great, would i like to see us make head way.

increasing the number of officers generally. so if you hit two birds with that, thank you for the presentation. >> thank you. >> i think one of the officers is in your slides is one that was honored today? >> i don't think so, but yeah, i don't think, yeah. i think it looks like lorena. >> maybe not. >> commissioner walker? >> thank you, this is really great. it's a very good start and i was at like i said, both recruitment event which was exciting, it was there was problem 100 people.

we had some amazing speakers to talk about recruitment in general. there is groups locally, like the league of women voters i met with them to talk about the dgo information that we're going with. but they're interested in helping as much as they can with recruitment. >> we're ready. >> give me their information today. and i think it would be good to let people know. i'll help you with that. >> fantastic. >> and i'll be happy to go to

any of those meetings with you too. >> and i'll call you. >> and i know you're trying to work on childcare support which i think in addition to the, the lactation needs, just in general, childcare for people doing overtime especially. >> i think the commission would support those efforts and it would be well received too. >> the committee has started the discussion with kinder care. ipg it's doable and i think people are very very passionate about that.

one of the things that i focused on is encouraging folks who are already with us to apply for promotion to do this, to really be there and take it on and women in general tend not to take the first step. they need to be asked so i think it's really a good issue that was brought up. we need to be asking everybody to participate. and asking, you know, sometimes it takes a little extra step. that's part of what this is about really mentoring. i think there is a lot of folks that have left the force and

would like to help recruit more women too. >> we already had interested from retired women members to come back as mentors which has been embraced, you know. >> perfect, thank you for this. i'm really excite beside this. anything i can do to help i know how who to call. >> yes. the 30 by 30 is recruit population by 2030. >> i think the thought process by 3030 is 30% from recruit class. so it's kind of interchange but it's because one leads to another. that's helpful.

and then, the goal is, i imagine recruit classes, not entering the academy. we're collecting the data as we're asking for it, we need to do a look back. those are entering. >> entering, yes. and the expecting looks different. would you be able to create a version that is just for graduation? >> to have that provide as a written document. >> yes. >> yes and we can include that in the communication.

>> is it about the same. >> i don't want to make a statement that i'm not 100% sure of. but it's similar. we had a class that did not all three women failed at the range and which we had not seen in a long time but we also had classed like i believe and i'll double check my facts tlts been proportional but i'll double check. >> and when there are women officers that are either retiring or making lateral moves, has there been any effort to gain extra information to see if there is anything so the exit interview

is the standard but i think that's interesting concept of any women related issue that would cause an exitous, anecdotely we have not heard that but it's rell. >> i think if that can be added on the exit interview. and on the next steps on slide 10. is there some kind of approximately timing goals, we can go through them for example to have the 30 by 30 committee formed. >> so the department, i would like to see it forms in the next months, but that may be a lofty goal. we want to move fairly quickly,

six months is flying. and now it's 6 months later, we're in our first reporting period, so we understand that this is going to fly by and we have a lot of work to do and a lot of work to do fast. >> and at the concurrent phase. >> yes. >> it should be close to being issued. >> okay. >> what about transition to a smaller firearm. >> like all of the inter tern al documents have been approved but really that's going to be contention upon funding. that's definitely the goal, so it's not the case, it would be a separate budget request in terms of. >> i think it would be folded into whatever budget we would request. >> you would hope to include it in the next fiscal year. >> we do have some stash and not enough to outfit the department.

and >> got it and how about timing? >> i think by november 2024 with the help of this committee, we can all the buzzle places in place. that's going to be a plan because in 2024, we'll still have, i'm committed and that's our timeline is to have that plan. >> thank you so much for the presentation.

>> for audience that would like to make a public comment on the item 7, please approach the podium. there is no comment. >> next item. >> item 8, if you would like to make public comment, please approach the podium. line number 9 vote to whether or not to hold close section, section 67.10 action. >> we need a motion. >> motion to hold that in closed session and assert attorney-client privilege in 10c. >> on the motion commissioner walker. >> yes. >> benedicto. >> yes. >> commissioner byrne. >> yes. >> vice president--commissioner yee. >> yes.

>> vice president oberstone. >> yes. >> and president elias. >> yes. >> you have six yeses. >> all right and we are going into closed session.

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>> we are regard to implement the attorney-client privilege action. >> i will make a motion to disclose factual information for 10 a and 10b in the minutes for this meeting, language to

be finalized by myself and commission staff and our deputy city attorney and we'll provide to my fellow commissioners and to other not disclose to 10c and 10d. >> second. >> so we're going to see the language before its disclosed? >> yes, to the extent that we'll provide with without violating the brown act yes. >> okay, thank you. >> for members of the public that would like to make a comment online item 11, there is no public comment. commissioner walker. >> yes. >> benedicto. >> yes. >> commissioner byrne. >> yes. >> commission yee. >> yes. >> vice president carter oberstone. >> yes. >> and president elias. >> yes. >> you have six yeses.

line item number 12, adjournment. thank you. going 90 charlie. go ahead. we moved to san francisco in 1982. we came from the philippines. i have three kids nathan, jessica

and iva. i was really young. when i had neat, i turned 19. and then two weeks later, he was born. so when he was fine, i used to watch cops all the time. all the time and so he would watch with me. he had his little handcuffs and his little toy walkie talkie. and then whenever the theme song came on, he would walk around and he just thought he was the baddest little thing. i think he was in kindergarten at sheridan because he and i attended the same elementary school there was an officer bill. he would just be like mom officer bill was there then one day, he said, mom, i touched his gun. and he was just so happy about it. everything happened at five minutes. i would say everything. happened at 4 to 5 years old. it's like one of those goals to where you just you can't you can't just let go.

high school. i think you know everybody kind of strays. he was just riding the wave. and i mean, he graduated. thank god. one day i think he was about 20 or 21. he told me, he said mom. i want to be a cop or a firefighter, i said. no you're going to be a firefighter. but that's really not what he wanted to do. his words were i want to make a difference. and that was a really proud moment for me when he said that my dad was a cop in the philippines for 20 years. i think a lot of that played a role into his becoming a cop. my dad was really happy about it. my mom. she was kind of worried, but i just figured i can't stop him. he can make his own decisions. stu. i just want to say what's up? how you doing?

good. good. no i'm trying to look good for us to looking good for us to so when he was in the police academy, mind you this kid was not a very studious kid. but i've never seen him want something so bad when he was home. he'd be in his room studying the codes. he really fought for it. hi. what's your name? i'm nate. nate is great with kids, and he would give them hugs or give them stickers. i think that that's a positive influence on the kids, and then the people around you see it. once he makes that connection with people and they trust him that foundation that respect people look at you and see your actions more than your words and so that i think will reach people more than anything. you could say you later, brother. thank you. all right, see you.

it's a really hard job. i know you. you see a lot of the negative for me. i would not put myself through that if i didn't care. you know, you have to be the right kind of person. you have to have the right heart to want to do that. when people ask me if you know what my son does , um, i just tell him he's a cop , and i just feel like i'm beaming with pride. i always told him when he was young that he would do something great. and so to see it. it's i have a moment. i'm very proud of him.

[music] i'm angela romero a lieutenant with the san francisco fire department. i'm a san francisco native. went to an all girl's school st. john and the grammar school prior and went to san francisco state. where i got a degree. and i am fortunate to live in the sdpae raise my family here. i received a degree in international marketing. i thought, i will be a buyer and travel all over the world.

it did not happen like that. i went in business in retail but felt like i had it in mow to help others. when i decided to do a career change, it was my husband who said, hey, you are athletic and you care about your community and the city that we live in. go with me and get an interest card for the fire department. it is caring for my community and the citizens of san francisco does not matter what their make up is or their situation. that is most important to me. taking care of the citizens. i like teaching now. i like sharing my knowledge in the experiences with the young generation coming in new recruits. as a latina, i'm proud of when my culture can bring to this job. and that is a sense of family.

which this is my second family. it was and started with my class. the 97th class. that's hai tell my recruits. you learn to help each other we cannot do this job alone. i already had a family i was married and had a family when i -- began to pursue the fire department. it was a lot of work. took me away from my family. but if it was not for them, i mean encouragement i received, i don't think i would have made it through. so, very happy that i had a family like that and happy that i joined this family. because i have met and worked with very incredible men and women of all walks of life who helped me to get to where i am at.

[music] fire department ems at station 49. i was born raise in the oak land my dad is mexican my mom is black i was playing soft ball this hayward and directly behind our soft ball field is an empty field. and almost every day at practice i saw this tiny woman leading the big people in work outs and eventual low i look in the and found out she was teaching how to do physical trin to get people red to work in the fire department. that peeked my interest. the oak lan fire department was

the first fire department i did. i did a firefighter one training program there. that got me into fire whim start the paramedic school i went to city college and fell in love with the city. i did nile internship at station 49. it was wonder. . i learned the san francisco wave doing things. like the wild, wild west, every day. i loved it was a family environment here. that made mow say san fan fire department, that's i didn't want to be. i avoided science my entire education up to becoming a paramedic. i failed my first time taking my emt registry. i hope well is nobody out there that gets discouraged if this happens. you have opportunity to take again. i d. i came back. took it, passed and continued to paramedic and pass the my registry the first time.

being a woman in the fire department i am a minority here. a minority in multiple aspects. i'm a woman. biracial i'm the only black woman paramedic in the ems position. it is insane and i hope i encourage other women to join this profession that does not represent the city of san francisco. i love to show up on a scene and i can see the comfort in member who men looks like me or my family members they see me and they are comforts. i hope there are women that see me and see themselves in me and know they can do this job limp i have a 20 month old daughter at home. i would like to teach my daughter it is okay to say no as a woman and have and voice that

opinion. and i did a good job of that already. >> i really hope that anybody considering this field schedule a ride along. go to your local deputy or knock on an ambulance window can ask to schedule a ride along. that is irrelevant how diit my first couple ride alongs i saw things that blew my mind and said, that's what i want to do with my life. [music] >> my name is nary shay assistant fire marshal.

assigned at fire pro investigation. i was born in hong kong age 8 me and my family- (indiscernible) i grew up in sunset area and all employment jaibs are with the sitdy of san francisco. when i was growing up my parents were traditional chinese parents. they emphasized school. they didt want us to join or play sports because they said school is the only thing that is important and want us to get a college education. i envisioned myself maybe being a doctor. after high school i went to uc berkeley and major in bio chem. after college what i did happen is-what happened was i landed a job at ucsf and was a research associate there. one day me and my co

worker were talking and don't know how it came about, they talked about fire department and someone mentioned i would be good for the fire department. even though i didn't play much sports i was still athletic. fire department, what will i do in the fire department because i didn't know there were women on the engines and trucks and didn't know the difference between engine and truck. the same night i was watching tv and there was a commercial of the fire department recruiting women firefighter and there was a woman all dressed and tolds to go to division of training and 27 and a half year later i'm erhoo. when there is more presence of asian person, asian community it educates the population and helps people understand our community rchl ism i think people

hate because they don't understand. i will tell the young women that definitely consider you know, a career in the fire service. don't just think it is just for men, because the fire service is not just suppression. suppression is one portion of it it. there are different parts of it. there is ems portion, the medical portion, the fire prevention portion, and there is also the fire investigative portion. all of the departments needs to work together to keep the city of safe, not just the citizens safe, also the first responders. i thinks the career in the fire department is great. i start #d as a firefighter, i had the opportunity to also become a paramedic and then i landed in fire prevention. i'm very happy at fire prevention because not only am i able to enforce the code and make changes to help the citizen of san francisco be safe

in their homes or place of business, but i think my work also make sure that my fellow firefighters and first respond ers, when they respond to a fire, the building is also safe for them. i'm currently an h2 firefighter for the san francisco fire department. i served active duty in the navy. i wanted something that was going to be in the medical field, but not necessarily stay in a hospital setting and i didn't want to stay in an office and this job kind of combines everything i was looking for. everyday's different. there's always something new and to learn.

and my first introduction to the department was being surrounded by people of the lgbtq community. and so we were able to get, you know, it just made things a little more comfortable that you could talk to people about things that people necessarily wouldn't understand. i've had to hide myself. able to come out. being able to understand many his and being able to do things in had that sense, it's very liberating to be able to speak like this, this city in particular, it's a mecca for the lgbtq+ community. you know, there's so much history behind it and being part of this community that now accepting us for who we are and what we do, we're able to just be ourselves. any time somebody finds out i am a member of the gay community, i don't get anybody talking about me, nothing at all. it's just oh, cool. you have a partner? like yes, i do. they start asking about that

and how my life is. you become part of the family and here in the san francisco fire department it really is just one big family. you know, it was my dream to be a san francisco fire department member and i'm here. . >> my name is ana renzi. i'm a fire investigator for the city and county of san francisco. the job of a fire investigator is to go after the fire has been put out and to determine the origin and the cause of the fire. so we are the people who after the firefighters have come in and done their magnificent work to extinguish the fire, we go through the fire scene and we

are able to find how the fire started. just showing up, being who you are can mean a world of difference to someone. when someone sees you as an identifiably queer person, an identifiable female presenting person or a person of color walk into their home, they can feel more comfortable and more trusting just knowing that you are around and that you may have some insight into their situation and to their community needs that others may not have. the san francisco fire department i'm proud to say goes out of its way to recruit women, minorities, and to the lgbtq+ community, we are awaiting you and wanting you to come join us as a san francisco

fire department. no one is going to represent us like you are going to represent us. no one is going to care for our communities and for our departments like you are going to come and represent our communities and our departments. i am a proud black queer member of the san francisco fire department and i'm especially proud to be part of an organization that respects and values our diverse communities in san francisco. [♪♪] >> my name is holly doudiet. h2 firefighter with the san franciscowired. what inspired me to be a firefighter was in 2008 i graduated college .

the recession had happened so there weren't any jobs. i was having troublefinding a job. and i was kind of looking around . my dad was a firefighter and i thought what a great career he had. so i asked my dad, never thinking about it at first before. i said dad, what you think about me being afirefighter and he goes yeah, thatwould be a good idea . i took some classes, i ended up loving it . i grew up and actually and i think it was a good fit for me because it's a physical job and it's enjoyable. you never know whatyou're going to get and it's a team effort . i first realized i was part of the lgbt+ community in sixth grade. i looked on the other side of the classroom and i sawthis girl i thought was really attractive and i thought i want to be her boyfriend . though my experiences in the city growing up in the city and countyof san francisco were

always verypositive . i came out in high school . i actually ended up being prom king my senior year in high school and a lot of peoplewere very supportive . myparents were very supportive . they just let me do my thing and my dad knew of a lot of lesbian women in the fire departmentthe time because he was a san francisco firefighter . for me it's very important to be part of a community and organization and an agency that supports my lgbtq status because if you're not yourself, how can you perform to the best of your abilities? you're always holding back in some way whether it's your personality or your abilities or your overall skills and with agency that supports me being a lesbian i can truly be myself. i can be happy.

i can be social with other people. it makes me want to work as a team and we all work better together when we are happier and we can be ourselves. >>. [music] >> >> i'm a project manager at department of technology. i like the roll because i get to work with a variety of different projects and the people i work with, the space i work, telecom, wifi, the work that interest me a lot, and the service you are providing to

the different departments. i say the most significant barrier, especially early in my career was getting the trust and the credibility in the work space. i feel i'm lucky and blessed to have been given the opportunity to work in this space. i feel if you have a good mentor and support group that will help in the journey. in my family i'm the first lady who got the opportunity to go to graduate school, and i feel that was a major break-through and a blessing for me. especially i come from a family of doctors and engineers so being the first lady to go to graduate school-my mother is the biggest source of inspiration and strength. she encouraged me to go to school and study hard and i do it no matter what and always there for me. i would say

to my younger self-that time is pressure precious and be aware how you spend it. early on in life finguring what your priorities are, managing your time accordingly, investing your time in the things that matter to you, because that grows and you want to-when you are young you have time on your side so you want to make the right choices. you want to understand what you want out of life, prioritize accordingly and go from there. and love what you do and the rest will follow. >> my name is marie pena, a producer and video

programmer specialist for sfgovtv. my dad always had a special or new electronic gadget and i remember visiting one summer he bought a huge square box that was amfm radio and it had a tv integrated into it. i remember watching some videos that really impacted me and i said i wanted to do so once i graduated high school i wanted my career to be in the (indiscernible) i worked in television for now about 30 years, and more important to me is my whole time in media, it really focused around informing my community, particularly the latino community. i'm originally from mexico, my parents immigrated here when we were very little so i straw the

struggle within immigrant community. (indiscernible) in contributing to informing viewers and being a resource for people to get information and be empowered with that. one thing that i noticed versus my male counter parts is that sometimes i really felt i wasn't taken seriously because i was a woman, and as a latina, it is even more so and talking from my personal experience. we have to prove ourselves even more. i also had people along the way in my career that have really mentored me, that have taken me under their wing. i thought what female inspired me in my life, my mother said dont let anyone put you down and be proud of who you are. she emphasized to me p because i'm a woman i need to learn to stand up for myself, and to really assert myself

and do whatever i needed to do to be successful. if i could go back in time and have a sit down conversation with my younger self-i would tell her to trust yourself. trust your gut, don't second guess yourself, allow yourself to make mistakes and dont try to always have the perspect situation. you need to take (indiscernible) because if you don't get out of your comfort zone, you won't know what else is out there and opportunities come up that you never imagine will happen. ♪♪

>> san francisco! ♪♪ >> this is an exhibition across departments highlighting different artworks from our collection. gender is an important part of the dialogue. in many ways, this exhibition is contemporary. all of this artwork is from the 9th century and spans all the way to the 21st century. the exhibition is organized into seven different groupings or themes such as activities, symbolism, transformation and others. it's not by culture or time

period, but different affinities between the artwork. activities, for example, looks at the role of gender and how certain activities are placed as feminine or masculine. we have a print by uharo that looks at different activities that derisionly performed by men. it's looking at the theme of music. we have three women playing traditional japanese instruments that would otherwise be played by men at that time. we have pairings so that is looking within the context of gender in relationships. also with how people are questioning the whole idea of pairing in the first place. we have three from three different cultures, tibet, china and japan. this is sell vanity stot relevar

has been fluid in different time periods in cultures. sometimes being female in china but often male and evoking features associated with gender binaries and sometimes in between. it's a lovely way of tying all the themes together in this collection. gender and sexuality, speaking from my culture specifically, is something at that hasn't been recently widely discussed. this exhibition shows that it's gender and sexuality are actually have been considered and complicated by dialogue through the work of artists and thinking specifically, a sculpture we have of the hindu

deities because it's half pee male and half male. it turns into a different theme in a way and is a beautiful representation of how gender hasn't been seen as one thing or a binary. we see that it isn't a modest concept. in a way, i feel we have a lot of historical references and touch points throughout all the ages and in asian cultures. i believe san francisco has close to 40% asian. it's a huge representation here in the bay area. it's important that we awk abouk about this and open up the discussion around gender. what we've learned from organizing this exhibition at the museum is that gender has been something that has come up in all of these cultures through all the time periods as something that is important and relevant. especially here in the san

francisco bay area we feel that it's relevant to the conversations that people are having today. we hope that people can carry that outside of the museum into their daily lives. >> who doesn't love cable cars? charging emissions and we're free which we're proud of you know, it's not much free left in the world anymore so we managed to do that through donations and through our gift shops. you got a real look and real appreciation of what early transit systems are like. this was the transit of the day from

about 1875 to about 1893 or later, you know. cable car museum is free, come on in. take a day. come down. rediscover the city. you can spend as time you want and you don't have to make reservations and it's important to be free because we want them to develop a love for cable cars so they do continue to support whether they live here or other places and people come in and say, yes, i have passed by and heard of this and never come in and they always enjoy themselves. people love cable cars and there's none left in the world so if you want to ride a cable car, you've got to come to san francisco. that what makes the city. without the cable cars, you lose part of that, you know, because people who come here and they love it and they love the history ask they can ride a cable car that has been running since 1888 or 1889. wow! that's something. can't do that with other historical museums. rarely, have i run into anybody from outside

who didn't come in and didn't feel better from knowing something about the city. it's a true experience you'll remember. i hope they walk away with a greater appreciation for the history, with the mechanics with people are fascinated by the winding machine and i hope the appreciation, which is a part of our mission and these young kids will appreciate cable cars and the ones who live here and other places, they can make sure there will always be cable cars in san francisco because once they are gone, they are gone. it's the heartbeat of san francisco that founded the cable and the slot and without the cable cars, yeah, we would lose something in san francisco. we would lose part of its heart and soul. it wouldn't be san francisco without cable cars. [bell ringing] the san francisco music hall of fame is

a living breathing world that's all encompassing about music. [music playing] it tries to do everything to create a music theme. music themes don't really exist anymore. it is $7, the tour is two floors, (inaudible) so, each one of these frames that you see here, you can-you are and look into the story of that act, band, entertainment and their contributions to

music. affordability is what we are all about. creative support. we are dedicated to the working musician. we are also dedicated to breaking some big big acts. we like to make the stories around here. ultimately legends. . >> (music).

>> the ferry building one of san francisco most famous that as many of 15 thousand commuters pass through that each gay. >> one of the things that one has to keep in mind regarding san francisco is how young the city we are. and nothing is really happening here before the gold rush. there was a small spanish in the presiding and

were couriers and fisherman that will come in to rest and repair their ships but at any given time three hundred people in san francisco. and then the gold rush happened. by 182948 individuals we are here to start a new life. >> by 1850 roughly 16 thousand ships in the bay and left town in search of gold leaving their ships behind so they scraped and had the ships in the bay and corinne woods. with sand the way that san francisco was and when you look at a map of san francisco have a unique street grid and one of the thing is

those streets started off in extremely long piers. but by 1875 they know they needed more so the ferry building was built and it was a long affair and the first cars turned around at the ferry building and picking up people and goods and then last night the street light cars the trams came to that area also. but by the late 1880s we needed something better than the ferry building. a bond issue was passed for $600,000. to build a new ferry building i would say 800 thousand for a studio apartment in san francisco they thought that was a grand ferry building had a competition to hire an architecture and choose

a young aspiring architect and in the long paris and san francisco had grand plans for this transit station. so he proposed the beautiful new building i wanted it wider, there is none tonight. than that actually is but the price of concrete quitclaim two how and was not completed and killed. but it opened a greater claim and became fully operational before 1898 and first carriages and horses for the primary mode of transportation but market street was built up for serve tram lines and streetcars could go up to the door to embarcadero to hospitals and mission street up to nob hill and the fisherman's

area. and then the earthquake hit in 190 six the ferry building collapsed the only thing had to be corrected once the facade of the tower. and 80 percent of the city would not survive the buildings collapsed the streets budges and the trams were running and buildings had to highland during the fire after the actuate tried to stop the mask fire in the city so think of a dennis herrera devastation of a cable car they were a mess the streets were torn up and really, really wanted to have a popular sense they were on top of that but two

weeks after the earthquake kind of rigged a way getting a streetcar to run not on the cable track ran electrical wires to get the streetcars to run and 2 was pretty controversial tram system wanted electrical cars but the earthquake gave them to chance to show how electrical cars and we're going to get on top this. >> take 10 years for the city to rebuild. side ferry use was increasing for a international exhibition in 1950 and people didn't realize how much of a community center the ferry building was. it was the center for celebration. the upper level of ferry building was a

gathering place. also whenever there was a war like the filipino war or world war two had a parade on market street and the ferry building would have banners and to give you an idea how central to the citywide that is what page brown wanted to to be a gathering place in that ferry building hay day the busiest translation place in the world how people got around transit and the city is dependent on that in 1915 of an important year that was the year of our international exposition 18 million living in san francisco and that was supposedly to celebrate the open of panama differential but back

in business after the earthquake and 22 different ferry boats to alamed and one had the and 80 trips a day a way of life and in 1918 san francisco was hit hard by the flu pandemic and city had mask mandates and anyone caught without a doubt a mask had a risk ever being arrested and san francisco was hit hard by the pandemic like other places and rules about masks wearing and what we're supposed to be more than two people without our masks on i read was that on the ferry those guys wanted to smoke their pipes and taking off their masks and getting from trouble so two would be hauled away.

>> the way the ferry building was originally built the lower level with the natural light was used for take it off lunge storage. the second floor was where passengers offloaded and all those people would spill out and central stairway of the building that is interesting point to talk about because such a large building one major stairway and we're talking about over 40 thousand people one of the cost measures was not building a pedestrian bridge with the ferry building and the embarcadero on market street was actually added in and in 1918 but within 20 years to have san

francisco bay the later shipbuilding port in the world and the pacific we need the iron that. as the ferry system was at the peak two bridges to reach san francisco. and automobiles were a popular item that people wanted to drive themselves around instead of the ferry as a result marin and other roots varnished. the dramatic draw in ferry usage was staggering who was using the ferry that was a novelty rather than a transportation but the ferry line stopped one by one because everyone was getting cars and wanted to drive and cars were a big deal. take the care ferry and to san francisco and spend the day or for a saturday drive

but really, really changed having the car ferry. >> when the bay bridge was built had a train that went along the lower level so that was a major stay and end up where our sales force transit center is now another way of getting into the city little by little the ferry stopped having a purpose. >> what happened in the 40 and 50's because of this downturn we were trying to find a purpose a number of proposals for a world trade center and wanted to build it own the philly in a terrible idea objective never gotten down including one that had too tall towers a trade center in new

york but a tower in between that was a part of ferry building and completely impractical. after the cars the tower administration wanted to keep americans deployed and have the infrastructure for the united states. so they had an intrastate free plan the plan for major freeway systems to go throughout san francisco. and so the developers came up with the bay bridge and worked their way along embarcadero. the plans were to be very, very efficient for that through town he once the san francisco saw had human services agency happening 200 though people figure out city

hall offender that the embarcadero free was dropped and we had the great free to no where. which cut us off from the ferry building and our store line and created in 1989 and gave us the opportunity to tear down the free. and that was the renaissance of ferry building. >> that land was developed for a new ferry building and whom new embarcadero how to handle travel and needed a concept for the building didn't want- that was when a plan was developed for the liquor store.

>> the san francisco ferry building has many that ups and downs and had a huge hay day dribbled adopt to almost nothing and after the earthquake had a shove of adrenaline to revise the waterfront and it moved around the bay and plans for more so think investment in the future and feel that by making a reliable ferry system once the ferry building will be there to surface. >>

>> in the bay area as a whole, thinking about environmental sustainability. we have been a leader in the country across industries in terms of what you can do and we

have a learn approach. that is what allows us to be successful. >> what's wonderful is you have so many people who come here and they are what i call policy innovators and whether it's banning plastic bags, recycling, composting, all the different things that we can do to improve the environment. we really champion. we are at recycle central, a large recycle fail on san francisco pier 96. every day the neighborhood trucks that pick up recycling from the blue bins bring 50 # o tons of bottles, cans and paper here to this facility and unload it. and inside recology, san

francisco's recycling company, they sort that into aluminum cans, glass cans, and different type of plastic. san francisco is making efforts to send less materials to the landfill and give more materials for recycling. other cities are observing this and are envious of san francisco's robust recycling program. it is good for the environment. but there is a lot of low quality plastics and junk plastics and candy wrappers and is difficult to recycle that. it is low quality material. in most cities that goes to landfill. >> looking at the plastics industry, the oil industry is the main producer of blastics. and as we have been trying to phase out fossil fuels and the transfer stream, this is the fossil fuels and that plastic isn't recycled and goes into the waste stream and the landfill

and unfortunately in the ocean. with the stairry step there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. >> we can recycle again and again and again. but plastic, maybe you can recycle it once, maybe. and that, even that process it downgrades into a lower quality material. >> it is cheaper for the oil industry to create new plastics and so they have been producing more and more plastics so with our ab793, we have a bill that really has a goal of getting our beverage bottles to be made of more recycled content so by the time 2030 rolls around t recycle content in a coke bottle, pepsi bottle, water bottle, will be up to 50% which is higher thatten the percentage in the european union and the highest percentage in the world. and that way you can actually feel confident that what you're drinking will actually become

recycled. now, our recommendation is don't use to plastic bottle to begin w but if you do, they are committing to 50% recycled content. >> the test thing we can do is vote with our consumer dollars when we're shopping. if you can die something with no packaging and find loose fruits and vegetables, that is the best. find in packaging and glass, metal and pap rer all easily recycled. we don't want plastic. we want less plastic. awe what you we do locally is we have the program to think disposable and work one on one to provide technical assistance to swap out the disposable food service to reusables and we have funding available to support businesses to do that so that is a way to get them off there.

and i believe now is the time we will see a lot of the solutions come on the market and come on the scene. >> and is really logistics company and what we offer to restaurants is reasonable containers that they can order just like they would so we came from about a pain point that a lot of customers feel which wills a lot of waste with takeout and deliver, even transitioning from styrofoam to plastic, it is still wasteful. and to dream about reusing this one to be re-implemented and cost delivery and food takeout. we didn't have throwaway culture always. most people used to get delivered to people's homes and then the empty milk containers were put back out when fresh milk came. customers are so excited that we have this available in our restaurant and came back and

asked and were so excited about it and rolled it out as customers gain awareness understanding what it is and how it works and how they can integrate it into their life. >> and they have always done it and usually that is a way of being sustainable and long-term change to what makes good financial sense especially as there are shipping issues and material issues and we see that will potentially be a way that we can save money as well. and so i think making that case to other restaurateurs will really help people adopt this.

>> one restaurant we converted 2,000 packages and the impact and impact they have in the community with one switch. and we have been really encouraged to see more and more restaurants cooperate this. we are big fans of what re-ecology does in terms of adopting new systems and understanding why the current system is broken. when people come to the facility, they are shocked by how much waste they see and the volume of the operations and how much technology we have dedicated to sort correctly and we led 25 tours and for students to reach about 1100 students.

and they wanted to make change and this is sorting in the waste stream they do every single day and they can take ownership of and make a difference with. >> an i feel very, very fortunate that i get to represent san francisco in the legislature and allows me to push the envelope and it is because of the people the city attracts and is because of the eco system of policy thinking that goes on in san francisco that we are constantly seeing san francisco leading the way. >> kids know there's a lot of environmental issues that they are facing. and that they will be impacted by the impact of climate change. they will have the opportunity to be in charge and make change and make the decisions in the future. >> we are re-inventing the way

the planet does garbage founded in the environmental ethic and hunger to send less to landfills. this is so many wonderful things happening in san francisco. i feel very fortunate and very humble to live here and to be part of this wonderful place.

>> i don't think you need to be an expert to look around and see the increasing frequency of fires throughout california. they are continuing at an ever-increasing rate every summer, and as we all know, the drought continues and huge shortages of water right now. i don't think you have to be an expert to see the impact. when people create greenhouse gases, we are doing so by different activities like burning fossil fuels and letting off carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and we also do this with food waste. when we waste solid food and leave it in the landfill, it puts methane gas into the atmosphere and that accelerates the rate at which we are warming our planet and makes all the effects of climate change worse. the good news is there are a lot of things that you can be doing, particularly composting and the added benefit is when the

compost is actually applied to the soil, it has the ability to reverse climate change by pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and into the soil and the t radios. and there is huge amount of science that is breaking right now around that. >> in the early 90s, san francisco hired some engineers to analyze the material san francisco was sending to landfill. they did a waste characterization study, and that showed that most of the material san francisco was sending to landfill could be composted. it was things like food scraps, coffee grounds and egg shells and sticks and leaves from gardening. together re-ecology in san francisco started this curbside composting program and we were the first city in the country to collect food scraps separately from other trash and turn them

into compost. it turns out it was one of the best things we ever did. it kept 2.5 million tons of material out of the landfill, produced a beautiful nutrient rich compost that has gone on to hundreds of farms, orchards and vineyards. so in that way you can manage your food scraps and produce far less methane. that is part of the solution. that gives people hope that we're doing something to slow down climate change. >> i have been into organic farming my whole life. when we started planting trees, it was natural to have compost from re-ecology. compost is how i work and the soil biology or the microbes feed the plant and our job as regenerative farmers is to feed the microbes with compost and they will feed the plant. it is very much like in business where you say take care of your employees and your employees

will take carolinas of your customers. the same thing. take care of the soil microbes and soil life and that will feed and take care of the plants. >> they love compost because it is a nutrient rich soil amendment. it is food for the soil. that is photosynthesis. pulling carbon from the atmosphere. pushing it back into the soil where it belongs. and the roots exude carbon into the soil. you are helping turn a farm into a carbon sink. it is an international model. delegations from 135 countries have come to study this program. and it actually helped inspire a new law in california, senate bill 1383. which requires cities in california to reduce the amount of compostable materials they send to landfills by 75% by 2025. and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a nation-leading policy. >> because we have such an

immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbon cycles, government does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean, foryes, sir, and so forth. -- forest, and so fors. we know that our largest corporations are a significant percentage of carbon emission, and that the corporate community has significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions. unfortunately, we have no idea and no requirement that they disclose anything about the carbon footprint, the core operation and sp360 stands for the basic notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very common sense but is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make real change and that will change behavior because we know that when corporations have to disclose and be transparent and

have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assistance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 which requires them to have a food donation program. we keep the edible food local. and we are not composting it because we don't want to compost edible food. we want that food to get eaten within san francisco and feed folks in need. it is very unique in san francisco we have such a broad and expansive education program for the city. but also that we have partners in government and nonprofit that are dedicated to this work. at san francisco unified school district, we have a sustainability office and educators throughout the science department that are building it into the curriculum. making it easy for teachers to teach about this. we work together to build a pipeline for students so that

when they are really young in pre-k, they are just learning about the awe and wonder and beauty of nature and they are connecting to animals and things they would naturally find love and affinity towards. as they get older, concepts that keep them engaged like society and people and economics. >> california is experiencing many years of drought. dry periods. that is really hard on farms and is really challenging. compost helps farms get through these difficult times. how is that? compost is a natural sponge that attracts and retains water. and so when we put compost around the roots of plants, it holds any moisture there from rainfall or irrigation. it helps farms make that corner and that helps them grow for food. you can grow 30% more food in times of drought in you farm naturally with compost. farms and cities in california are very hip now to this fact

that creating compost, providing compost to farms helps communities survive and get through those dry periods. >> here is the thing. soil health, climate health, human health, one conversation. if we grow our food differently, we can capture all that excess carbon in the atmosphere and store it in unlimited quantities in the soil, that will create nutrient dense foods that will take care of most of our civilized diseases. so it's one conversation. people have to understand that they are nature. they can't separate. we started prowling the high plains in the 1870s and by the 1930s, 60 year, we turned it into a dust bowl. that is what ignorance looks like when you don't pay attention to nature. nature bats last. so people have to wake up. wake up. compost. >> it is really easy to get

frustrated because we have this belief that you have to be completely sustainable 24/7 in all aspects of your life. it is not about being perfect. it is about making a change here, a change there in your life. maybe saying, you know what? i don't have to drive to that particular place today. today i am going to take the bus or i'm going to walk. it is about having us is stainable in mind. that is -- it is about having sustainability in mind. that is how we move the dial. you don't have to be perfect all the time. >> san francisco has been and will continue to be one of the greener cities because there are communities who care about protecting a special ecosystem and habitat. thinking about the history of the ohlone and the native and indigenous people who are stewards of this land from that history to now with the ambitious climate action plan we just passed and the goals we have, i think we have a dedicated group of people who see the importance of this place.

and who put effort into building an infrastructure that actually makes it possible. >> we have a long history starting with the gold rush and the anti-war activism and that is also part of the environmental movement in the 60s and 70s. and of course, earth day in 1970 which is huge. and i feel very privileged to work for the city because we are on such a forefront of environmental issues, and we get calls from all over the world really to get information. how do cities create waste programs like they do in san francisco. we are looking into the few which you are and we want innovation. we want solutions.

television. >> in 1948 swensen's ice cream used to make ice cream in the navy and decided to open up an ice cream shop it it takes time for the parent to put money down and diane one of the managers at zen citizen in arena hills open and serve old-fashioned ice cream. >> over 20 years. >> yeah. >> had my own business i was a firefighter and came in- in

1969 her dad had ice cream and left here still the owner but shortly after um, in here became the inc. maker the manager and lead and branded the store from day to day and in the late 90s- was obvious choice he sold it to him and he called us up one night and said i'm going to sell the ice cream store what you you talking about diane came and looked at the store and something we want to do and had a history of her dad here and growing up here at the ice cream store we decided to take that business on.

>> and have it in the family i didn't want to sell it. >> to keep it here in san francisco. >> and (unintelligible). >> share worked there and worked with all the people and a lot of customers come in. >> a round hill in the adjoining areas loved neither ice cream shop in this area and support russia hills and have clean up day and give them free ice cream because that is those are the people that keep us the opportunity to stick around here four so many years next generations have been coming her 20 er thirty or 40 years and we have the ingredients something it sold and, you know, her dad

said to treat the customers right and people will keep on coming back and 75 or 74 years, you know, that is quite an accomplishment i think of it as our first 75 years and like to see that, you know, going into the future um, that ice cream shop will be around used to be 4 hundred in the united states and all gone equipment for that one that is the first and last we're proud of that we're still standing and people people are you tell people it's been around in 50 years and don't plan on (

>> i started the o was with a financing and had a business partner all ended up wanting to start the business and retire and i did was very important to me so i bought them oust and two weeks later the pandemic h-4 one of the moments i thought to myself we have to have the worse business in a lifetime or the best. >> we created the oasis out of a need basically so other people bars and turning them into a space and when the last place we

were performing wasn't used turned those buildings into condos so we decided to have a space. >> what the pandemic did for us is made us on of that we felt we had to do this immediately and created this. >> (unintelligible). >> where we would offer food delivery services with a curbside professionalism live music to bring spectacular to lives we are going through and as well as employ on the caterers and the performers and drivers very for that i think also for everyone to do something. we had ordinary on

the roof and life performances and with a restaurant to support the system where we are and even with that had terribly initiative and hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt had to pay our rent we decided to have an old-fashioned one we created club hours where you can watch to online and or be on the phone and raised over one quarter of a million dollar that of incredible and something that northbound thought we could do. >> we got ourselves back and made me realize how for that people will show up if i was blown away but also had the

courage but the commitment now i can't let anyone down i have to make the space serviceable so while this is a full process business it became much more about a space that was used by the community. and it became less about starting up a business and more about the heart of what we're doing. this building used to be a- and one of the first one we started working on had we came out what a mural to wrap the building and took a while but able to raise the money and pay 5 artists to make a design around many this to represent what is happening on the side and also important this is who we are this is us putting it out there because

satisfies other people we don't realize how much we affect the community around there when he i want to put that out there and show up and show ourselves outside of those walls more fabulous. and inspires other people to be more fabulous and everyone want to be more fabulous and less hatred and hostility and that is how we change the >>

for us, we wish we had our queue and we created spaces that are active. >> food and drinks. there is a lot for a lot of folks and community. for us, it started back in 1966 and it was a diner and where our ancestors gathered to connect. i think coffee and food is the very fabric of our community as well as we take care of each other. to have a pop-up in the tenderloin gives it so much meaning. >> we are always creating impactful meaning of the lives of the people, and once we

create a space and focus on the most marginalized, you really include a space for everyone. coffee is so cultural for many communities and we have coffee of maria inspired by my grandmother from mexico. i have many many memories of sharing coffee with her late at night. so we carry that into everything we do. currently we are on a journey that is going to open up the first brick and mortar in san francisco specifically in the tenderloin. we want to stay true to our ancestors in the tenderloin. so we are getting ready for that and getting ready

for celebrating our anniversary. >> it has been well supported and well talked about in our community. that's why we are pushing it so much because that's how we started. very active community members. they give back to the community. support trends and give back and give a safe space for all. >> we also want to let folks know that if they want to be in a safe space, we have a pay it forward program that allows 20% to get some funds for someone in need can come and get a cup of coffee, pastry and feel welcomed in our community. to be among our community, you are always welcome here. you don't have to buy anything or get anything, just be here and express yourself and be your authentic

self and we will always take care of you. >> april 18, 2023 hybrid in person and virtual meeting of san francisco entertainment commission. my name is ben bleiman the commission president. >> we like to start the meeting with the land acknowledgment. we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the

ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. this meeting is held in hybrid format broadcast live on sfgovtv. using meeting id 86677 faiv 37204. we welcome to the public participation. there will be a opportunity for public comment at the beginning and comment on each discussion or action item on the agenda. each comment is limited to 3 minutes. those attending remotely the commission will hear up to

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comments. >> alright. we'll close public comment and the next item is 3, approval of the minutes for april 4, 2023 commission meeting. do we have a motion? >> move to approve. >> second. >> any public comment on the approval of the minutes? >> no public comment on this item. >> we can vote. [roll call] >> the minutes have been approved and next item is 4 which is report from director weiland. >> thank you. good evening commissioners. i'm enjoying the silly vibes i'm getting from all you. i think we needed a light-hearted evening and thank you to spring time for being here. so, it is official our 13th annual summit returns in person on

monday june 5. we are really excited for anybody that is going to watch this later on and fiend out from here however we did send out a news letter friday with all this information. we will be returning to the same location at 49 south van ness in the ground floor conference center and more information about the announcement is in your google folder. this year we are going to continue our long-standing tradition of focusing on addressing the issues facing our industry and discussing ways in which the city and the industry can work together toward long-term recovery. staff is working really hard now on finalizing the summit agenda. we'll share the final program and speaker line up in the coming weeks, but in the mean fime i want to give you a few highlights here of our presentation topics that we are considering. first off, we are looking at having a

section in which we will have individual speakers electeds are invited for that. we will likely have a presentation from a department head around downtown recovry. we will also have a presentation on economic recovery for small businesses with highlights around downtown recovery. we are still building the panel out, but we are likely going to be featuring staff from oewd, office of small business, small business owners as well as downtown advocates. the conversation would address the city's recovery goals and strategy and how this work will support night life and entertainment here in the city. our second panel will be around public safety, so we want to provide our permit holders with a little bit more solution oriented tools and discussion on some measures that folks can take to insure

safety at their business or at their events, so the goals of this panel would be addressing these strategies with our permit holders so they can have more agency over their own business public safety and also learn ways in which they can work better with sfpd. president bleiman will moderating the panel and working with commissioner falzon to help with the panel and identify representative from sfpd to join the conversation and invited commissioner wong to be a panelist so she can provide a insurance perspective and are absolutely be including venue owners and managers in this conversation as well. probably one, maybe two as well as representative from a local security companyism in addition to these presentations, new this year will be a resource fair thin lobby in which we'll

host our first hour of the summit with city departments tabling, so we think that will be a new great new addition in which folks can meet their other city departments, folks that may have been working in the permit center for example, and it will be a great who's who. beyond that we are going to do a happy hour afterwards which is long standing tudition rchl we are tradition. we are open to ideas. hopefully somewhere in walking distance from here and we like to go to places that do not have entertainment permits and we don't need to get into the reasons for that right now, but if you have any ideas, please let me know and we'll keep you posted in the coming weeks as we finalize the agenda and if you have issues, concerns, questions, feedback, please let me know directly and i will share those with our

commissioner working group and staff. outside the summit i want to highlight a couple events coming up here in the city that we are proud to recognize. 420is two days away. besides international day of celebrating all things cannabis related i want to make sure you are aware of the fact the city is offering a week long cannabis celebration called evergreen sf. this is the second year. it is happening now, april 16-24 and celebrating the cannabis industry and culture with diverse array of cannabis themed activities and experiences so excited to see the initiative continue to grow and further deepen the local cannabis industry connections to entertainment and night life. for those watching or attending if you want more information visit

evergreensan francisco.org. i wanted to let you know about make music day. this is returning to san francisco this year. it was based on the paris events and occurring june 21, which is the date that it occurs globally, so this is community lead celebration here in san francisco of live music that wells come all musicians, businesses, homes and anyone who loves music to join in the festivities for the day. performances will take place across the city and public and private spaces such as store front businesses, community centers, libraries, restaurants, parklets and even backyards and people front steps. so, musicians and businesses can sign up to participate at makemusicidate.org/san francisco and we hope that you check it out on june

21. commissioners, let me know if you have questions about these updates. okay. >> no questions for me. any public comment on the director's report? >> no public comment on this item. >> close public comment and move on to the next agenda item which is number 5, which is report from deputy director azevedo. >> thanks president bleiman. we received 51, 311 complaints. i have a brief update but let me know if you have questions and also want to let you know moving forward senior inspector (indiscernible) will give the enforcement report. he is managing enforcement tracking spreadsheet and will daa great job in the new role he is taking on. the first update for you tonight is about club (indiscernible) located at 543 divisadero on

april 1, 12 a.m. received 311 complaint about sound being too loud. responded at 1 a.m. and took a sound measurement and it showed they operating 10dba allowable the sound limit. we issued citation for the permit violation. i do want to note the club completed major improvements to mitigate sound leakage issue s. inspector scheduled a new sound test on thursday of this week to retest their sound limit to see if we are able to give them a higher internal sound limit. next update is hotel via located 138 king street. they hold a llp permit for the outdoor roof top. april 1, 4:30 received 311 complaent about the roof top event taking place. responded at 535 p.m. and took a sound measurement which showed operating above the sound limit. issued a nov for

the permit violation but i want to note hotel via manager and sound engine eroos have beenamicable with inspectors. they are always trying to make a good faith effort to follow the permit conditions. during this visit however it was aapparent the crowd noise was impacting the sound measurement it was clear the volume of the music exceeded the sound limit so the sound engineer worked with staff to bring into compliance and management let us know they become more strict with who they are booking for events letting the performers know in advance they have a llp and there are conditions they must agree to and adhere before they hire them to perform. the next update is marios 1811 haight street holds a jam permit and april 7 received a complaint stating the

(indiscernible) responded at 930 p.m. and upon arrival observed the music was exceeded ambiant sound levels 50 feet from the property lane. after inspector spoke with the bartender the bartender turned off the outdoor speakers since nobody was outside anyway and inspector saw dj setting up to perform inside the business but they dopet hold a permit for indoor entertainment. issued a notice of violation and been in touch with the owner about the violations. the owner purchased a new phone set up shortly and planning to apply for a llp permit to cover inside and out door amplified sound once they have the legislative shared spaces perm. the last update is about (indiscernible) located 10 south van ness that has taken one time

event permits from the office when they host entertainment but applied for a llp permit for indoor and outdoor spaces. on april 1, received four, 311 complaints for excessive noise on the roof top. responded to the complaint that day at 4:30 and she did observe quite a heavy bass presence. she found a manager and they explained the entertainment was over by the time she arrived, but in response senior inspector scheduled a sound test on tuesday april 25 to set a limit for the outdoor space. we are hoping that there will be no issues moving forward. let me know if you have questions please. >> i see it is roof top season. >> i knew you would see that. [laughter] >> i'm just noting

that. as more roof tops are a lot more congenial when not pouring rain and we get more complaints, so if you are listening and you run a roof top bar, keep a eye on your sound levels please. >> that could be a cute news letter item. we know the weather is nice, remember your sound limit. >> i feel this is a greatest hits of the roof tops between (indiscernible) and jones and (indiscernible) often in front of us are getting complaints called on them, so hopefully they will keep their noise levels within compliance. >> i just wanted to say some thanks and appreciation to

entertainment commission staff for indulgeing me in letting me do a ride along with the inspectors of the entertainment commission and i specifically want to thank the inspectors. inspectors for facilitating the ride along and mike for letting me ride along with them as this past saturday. it was a really good experience i think for me to get appreciation of what it is like to be a inspector. it is a very detail orient ed role and one that requires a lot of nuance and finesse navigating relationships. it was shared with me sometimes this is no one wants to ever see us when we show up, and i can

appreciate that having worked on that side of this industry for such a long time, and i think it is important we have the inspectors we do who are so adepth at building these relationships and building this trust and understanding that component of it, because this entity allows not to just be a regulatory entity but one that is supportive and think they are excellent ambassadors in conveying that. that we are here to support them and will work with all businesses in making sure they are in compliance and assessing their needs in terms of sound limitations and so forth. i really want to say thank you so much for putting up with me and riding in the car. it was really fun. i just wanted to say thank you. >> thank you. that makes me

really happy and i encourage any commissioner who wants to go out with the inspectors, we can set that up. >> highly recommend it. >> we have to do a ride along or go out with the inspectors on a night off? >> eel i'll go for that. [laughter] >> i'll join you for either. >> anymore questions? thank you. i dont have any. any public comment on this agenda item? >> no public comment on this item. >> alright. we'll move along to number 6, which is laering and possible action regarding applications for permits under the jurisdiction of the entertainment commission. deputy director is up. >> thanks. we have two limited live performance permit applications on consent this evening both for indoor

entertainment. set internal sound limit for both premises and there was no opposition from any applicants or added conditions from sfpd so the recommendation is to approve both agenda items with staff recommendation listed below. >> any public comment on the consent agenda? >> no public comment. >> close public comment. questions? motions? >> i move consent calendar. >> second. >> alright. we can vote. >> president bleiman. >> aye. >> vice president >> aye. >> commissioner falzon >> aye. commissioner torres. >> aye. >> commissioner wong. >> aye. >> consent calendar is approved and on to the first permit application. >> next is for our

very first fixed placed amplified sound permit. this permit application is for proposition chicken restaurant 3465 california street. proposition chicken held a jam permit since october 2021 and now applying for the permit to continue hosting outdoor amplified sound for diners during business hours. they were limited to 6 hours amplified sound per day between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. and the reason they are on regular agenda is because under the permit they are requesting 10 hours, 11 a.m. to 9 a.m. the owner distributed outreach letter to the surrounder commercial neighbors and there was no opposition to the permit. sfpd richmond stations did not have added conditions and here to speak is one of the owners, max. yep.

>> i like to thank the panel for your time. kaitlyn, thank you so much for all your help, especially in the transition from my partner elizabeth who just had her second child. all we are try toog do is extend the hours in which we can play soft ambiant music for the two outdoor tables to cover the entire operating hours of business. that is pretty much it. (indiscernible) we dont have a roof top bar. [laughter] >> just want to say i'm a huge fan of proposition chicken and i was so sad when you moved from your old location out to california street because i was no longer within the delivery range, but sometimes still figure how to make it work. i was a regular at

southpaw and followed the proposition chicken and ordered a lot of proposition chicken over the last 3 years, so thank you. and i highly recommend the fried chicken salad. congratulations on being our first fpass perm applicant. >> thank you. thanks for putting all that in the record. i appreciate it. >> very welcome. happy to talk at length how much i love proposition chicken. [laughter] >> i was going to say i got really hungry from the announcement, so sad there is no chicken. [laughter] >> if i knew i was going to get showered in compliments. maybe next time i have a tough day i'll swing by- >> we are here every first and third tuesday. >> noted. >> we can place a order and pay

for it and you can watch us live. >> only if you have absolutely no life. >> we do have to pay for it. i don't have questions. any further- >> no concerns here. >> this is not crazy so you can have a seat. >> thank you. >> any public comment on this agenda item? >> no public comment on this item. >> close public comment. further questions, comments, motions? >> i do want to point out, we haven't had a nice little power point presentation in a while, can we make sure that comes back and- >> for what? >> (indiscernible) >> she likes history. >> everyone is encouraged and invited to do it. >> we miss it. it has been a long time. >> we had a couple. [multiple speakers] >> alright.

>> at the next hearing i guarantee you will see some presentations. i do think we should get samples of our favorite so it won't be such a daunting- >> we can play in the background. does anybody want a motion on this specific item? >> i like to move approval. >> seconded. >> we can vote. >> president bleiman. >> aye. >> vice president. >> aye. >> commissioner falzon. >> aye. >> commissioner thomas. >> aye. >> commissioner torres >> aye. >> commissioner wong. >> aye. >> congratulations. the first f pass is official! exciting. the next is second and final permit application and believe inspector rice doing this? virtually. >> yes, can everyone hear me? >> yes. >> good evening. dylan rice

senior panelist. i will permit on one time outdoor permit with generation for sf jazz gala. hosting live jazz and dj in the parking lot at 110 franklin street from 5:30 to 11 p.m. the reason they are on the regular agenda is because the outdoor entertainment goes after 10 p.m. and there is no precedent for that event. the applicant conducted neighborhood outreach to effected neighbors which you will see in the folder and there is no opposition to the permit. sfpd northern station did not respond with recommendations within the response window and assume they have no issue with the permit. staff is recommending approval with conditions listed in your memo. here to speak tonight on behalf of the event is audrey joseph. i will bring her in in just a minute on zoom.

>> audrey, where are you? >> stand by- >> i can impersonate her. >> audrey, please unmute yourself. we also want to see your face. thank you. >> hi. so, hi, everybody. nice to see you all. >> there she is. >> i'll be at the next meeting because maggie invited me in may. so, i am here to represent sf jazz. this is their 10th anniversary gala. they took a big hit during the pandemic. this is is a huge fund raiser for them. their building cannot accommodate all the people that wanted to come, so we have a parking lot. the parking lot has residential around it. it is mostly businesses. it is right behind the consurtorry. they

start at a dinner 5:30 to 8:30 and there will be a student jazz ensemble playing ambiant jazz music during dinner and some people talking. it is the retirement of their founder and artistic director, randal, so he'll be talking, and then they will leave and there will be a change over of furniture. i don't know why, but there will be. there will be like-then they are all going to go into the building for a concert, and then they are coming back to the tent for like an after-party, which is going to be exactly one hour long between 10 and 11 if they even come back in my opinion and there will be a jazz

dj at that point. the attendance will be approximately 275 people in the tent. and that's it. i'm here to answer any questions. >> is the event sold out? >> the event is sold out! >> glad i know you. [laughter] congratulations. >> audrey, welcome back. >> why, thank you. (indiscernible) i'm in palm springs. i will be town on your may 2 meeting so i'll come by and see you in person. >> when dylan announced your name, i do have to say it was like the voice of god introducing his right hand,

because audrey joseph is a legend cht >> stop! >> you want to describe the speaker system for all of us? [laughter] >> (indiscernible) is providing a smallish speaker system. i do believe it is couple speakers hung from the rafters of the tent facing downward, and it is small. i don't have the specks on it, but i'm sure it is not bigger then a self-powered speaker. >> there you have it. >> two of them. there is also a microphone. the jazz ensemble is not-they are acoustic, accept for the guitar which will have a amp. >> great. thank you. >> it sounds wonderful. i have to say, i was at the 2013 event and they had the most yellow tulips i have seen in my life. there was a pergola, a

very grand one and there is no-it was the best pergola ever. i sound very shallow saying it, but it was such a beautiful celebration and sure this 10 year anniversary is not going to disappoint. >> you know, i don't know how many other of you are on the commission at the time, but when sf jazz first opened its doors jocelyn and i went over there and they did a new orleans thing in the street with jazz musicians and horns and it was amazing and this is my second gig with them and it is amazing to work with these people and for the gala they pull out all the stops, so everything is- (indiscernible) [laughter] >> any further questions for

audrey? hi, audrey? >> it is nice to see you. >> great to see you audrey. >> great seeing you all! nice to see you dave. >> great to see you. you look way better then i do. y i was going to say palm springs has been very kind to you. you look fantastic. >> i have about at the computer all day. >> sure she just came from cochela. >> for those-can you guys see me? >> yeah! [multiple speakers] >> he wont be with me may 2, so think the opportunity arose. >> alright. i don't think we have anymore questions. it sounds buttoned up to

me. any public comment on this item? >> no public comment on this item. >> we'll close public comment. anybody want to entertain a motion >> i move to approve this with staff recommendations. >> i second. >> alright. we can vote. [roll call] >> thank you all very much. >> you did it audrey. [laughter] >> alright. we'll be in touch. >> see you guys in a couple weeks. >> stay safe. >> bye bye. >> alright. the next item is number 7, which is discussion and possible action to amend the permit conditions of the limited live performance permit for adobe books 3130 24 street in san francisco at request of the commission. i think deputy director is going to lead us

through this. >> thank you. adobe books who holds a llp permit last appeared before you all at the hearing february 21. at that hearing there was discussion about imposing security relating conditions on the llp permit due to violent incident that occurred outside it business january 13 this year. rather then imposing staffition cans you voted to have the permit holder submit security plan that was more in line with their business model. after a few iterations of a security plan that were sent between myself and the business they determined a static security plan won't work with their ever changing programming. instead they worked with myself and director weiland to come up with practical security related conditions both enforceable and applicable to events. i also want to mention that the business held a community meeting with nearby neighbors as well as legislative aid santiago from supervisor ronen's office april 3

and permit holder and santiago reported the meeting went well and the neighbors voiced positive feedback. staff recommendation you will see 4 froposed conditions to add to the llp permit. notably we determined adobe books only needs a security guard during a special event which we define as any events with expected attendance of 49 or more guests. the permit holder heather is not able to join this evening but someone is here on her behalf so if you have questions for her or myself or director weiland please let us know, otherwise the staff recommended conditions are listed for you on the memo. >> would you mind reading the staff conditions for us? >> sure thing. number one, special event defined as any event with expected attendance of 49 or more guest over the course of the event. two, permit holders shald send the entertainment commission a monthly calendar of special events at least one week prior to the start of each

month to entertainment.enforceme nt@sfgov. org. if they special events notify the entertainment commission of the change by e-mail at least 72 hours prior to any additional event. four, permit holder shall have one security person present during all special events. and five, security or volunteer staff monitor attendedance during all special events not to exceed the location 49 person capacity at any time. >> alright. is there any public comment on this agenda item before we discuss? >> no public comment on this item. >> alright. i'll open by saying that deputy director azevedo and director weiland spnt incredible amount of time working with adobe on this and

times it was challenging but great they all came to a mutually agreed upon way to insure safety at that establishment if they have larger events, and i just want to reiterate and correct if i'm wrong, but the applicant is not not able to attend tonight, but e-mailed to say they are 100 percent in support of the conditions- >> yes. enthusiastically agree upon the conditions and there is someoneprint -present if you have questions. >> got it. questions? >> just thank you to the staff entertainment commission staff and adobe and supervisor ronen's office and everyone who helped work on this. glad we were able to come up with something that given the business model is not the usual one that comes in front of us, you were able to figure out something that worked so thank you. >> yeah. thanks to

everyone. appreciate and acknowledge the work that went into this. i are do have a couple questions. one is, how they would gauge when the special event is spthed to have 49 or more guests if we talk through that at all, and secondly, i want to confirm their insurance policy contemplates live entertainment. maybe if that could be rolled into any type of-i don't know if that is out of our jurisdiction but it does worry me. >> did you want to pose that question to staff? >> i don't know- >>b i believe the name is siena. it doesn't- >> there is someone, i castillo, don't know if that is the representative but if they want to raise their hand their can. looks like they

are--raising their hand. >> it appears there is not representation from the business this evening. we did discuss how they would be gauging the 49 person capacity. we had the question ourselves. they indicated they would be using event bright or type of rsvp service to gauge how many guests they can anticipate. they said they have a understanding how many people they expect at the events and which events bring out a larger audience then others and of course they can't speak to the insurance question. >> okay. that would have been nice if they had a representative here. i do want to note you all are at liberty to take action without attendance. >> can i understand what is going on, if they dont have insurance how does that effect our permit? is that

on them to have insurance? >> it is on them to have insurance, yeah. >> those are two separate items. >> i think it is more informational. >> got it. >> i want to echo commissioner thomas's-i thank you to staff for seeing this through. i was a little more nuanced then most of these, but also this is a legacy business in the mission as i said when they were first before us i used to live around the corner for them and they are a integral part of 24 street so i'm happy there is a way for them to move forward. i do share commissioner wong's concerns about the-i think that is a valid question to raise in terms of insurance, but that is maybe not necessarily under our purview, but i hope that if there are representatives from adobe books listening that they

could look into that and make sure they are taken care of because that is a very important component of this. >> alright. did we have motions yet? i don't think we did. anybody want to motion? >> approve with conditions proposed by staff. >> second. >> alright. we can vote. >> president bleiman. >> aye. >> vice president. >> aye. >> commissioner falzon >> aye. >> commissioner thomas >> aye. >> commissioner torres >> aye. >> commissioner wong. >> aye. >> we approvered that. that is number 7, and last item is number 8, commissioner comments and questions. who wants to go first? leave to the

anniversary of the 1906 earthquake today. worth mentioning. >> wow! >> (indiscernible) >> hard to wake up at 3 a.m. >> no earthquake. >> i like to invite everybody to polk street this saturday. we have a outdoor music festival that goes from 12 to 6 with incredible acts, including anna chris tina from zep rela who hinted the rest of the members will be joining her. i will mention they are a all female zeppelin cover band that is unbelievable. we also have a blue grass band named mr. sun only fortunate to get

to play for us (indiscernible) they are unbelievable and finally, we have others, but most excited personally for martin luther mccoy a sf jazz fellow who will be playing with his funk ensemble which includes members of prince's band and funk and soul drummers. in the (indiscernible) bob's doughnuts. we got them a accordion player which i think is appropriate. every bar and restaurant on polk between california and broadway will have show that night. every now is free to the public and so come on by. partnered with aquarium of the bay for earth day so will have a family friendly interactive aquarium stuff they will be doing during it day. should be really cool, really fun, please

come. going to be exciting. anything else? >> happy belated 415 day. >> belated 415. evergreen sf is here. any public comment on the final agenda item? >> no public comment on this item. >> alright, then we will adjourn this hearing at 615 p.m. thank you everybody. [meeting adjourned]

in fire prevention. i'm very happy at fire prevention because not only am i able to enforce the code and make changes to help the citizen of san francisco be safe in their homes or place of business, but i think my work also make sure that my fellow firefighters and first responders, when they respond to a fire, the building is also safe for them. >> you're watching san francisco rising with chris manners. today's special guest is brooke jenkins. >> hi, i'm chris manners and you are watchs san francisco rising, the show about restarting rebuilding and reimagining our city. ourguest san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins here to talk about theopeioid crisis, criminal justice and more. >> thank you so much for having me. >> thank you for being here. let's start with organized restale threft. some jurisdictions across the country imposed most of the punishment against people shop lifting in groups but that may be applied disproportionately to epipooal and

doesn't address the organization behind it all. how can we make sure both prosecute the ring leaders behind the crimes and make sure justice is handed out eveningly? >> making sure we get to the higher level of organizations in the organized retail threrft area so that is something myophilus is very much focused on working the police department on. looking at organized retail threat ringzsx but we have to make sure people are being caught who have stealing and that is a big challenge in the sit a so we have worked with retailers and small business owners to insure the necessary protocols and procedures are in place to at the very laest catch people who are stealing because they have been running out of the stores and therefore facing no consequence so we have to start there and trying to do more with intervention with the youth who are some of the population doing some of the threfts. many stores

have turned to not detaining employees stealing oertrying to stop them and that change in procedure lead to making it very difficult for the police department to capture these people stealing. we have been working with them on a change in their protocol going back to the way it used to be done so we can actually have the opportunity to have people face consequences. >> right. so, let's move to the opioid crisis which had a devastating impact across the community and across the country, including san francisco. how can your office help address the issue? >> the main thing is going back to where people feel there is a consequence dealing drugs in the city. we can't treat drug steel dealing as a victimless crime. we have ooverage 2 people dying a day from overdose. there are victims of this offense so quha what is did is say no longer the case we decriminalizing drug sales in san francisco as

the da office. we have to put consequence on the table and insure the most agregiouss sellers so massive quantityties of fentanyl, some enough to kill all most half the city. sometimes with people with wep ens and guns are multiple of cases with fentanyl are treated differently then thoges with small contties so i ask those people detain in custody. we can't have them on the street hours later, but also trying to work with the police department and our city making sure our laws are enforced. it is the only people people suffering from addiction will have a opportunity at recovry. imagine if you are trying to get clean and every 10 steps doin the block you are offered the drug you have been addicted to. it is impossible. that is one way we are dealing with the supply side and we are taking a different approach on the demand side, which is to say, if people are publicly

using drugs over and over again, that we believe we need to intervene in those situations and so the police are citing them and when somebody reaches 3 of the citations, we then file a complaint, but route them into a treatment court to try to help them get help. >> they have a option take treatment or face charges? >> correct. essentially. we of course encourage treatment because that is what these folks need. >> absolutely, absolutely. san francisco is known for being forfront of criminal justice reform with initiatives such as community justice center and restoreative justice, how do you plan to build on the efforts and push for aggressive policies insuring we have a fair system that holds people accountable? >> i have been clear accountability comes in many different forms. historically, da office used one form and that is incarceration. the way i functioned as a prosecutor over the years is make sure we are finding the

appropriate form of accountability for each and every person for their specific circumstance, and so for some people it may be incarceration, others it is treatment and going through behavioral health to stabilize mental health issue. some it is say ing we toopt see you get a job so we require that you go through a trade program so you can get a skill that allows you to take care of yourself in a different way. for me it is investing in those opportunities which requires us to be partnering with community based organizations to identify what programs we can send people to, but i'm very much invested in seeing our collaborative courts, which is what community justice center, drug court, young adult court seeing those courts thrive and encouraging the lawyers to explore those opportunities. >> right. what role do you think the da office can play

addressing the issue of police misconduct and promoting accountability? >> our job is to prosecute police officers when they commit such misconduct and use excessive force in a way that is illegal so we'll continue to maintain that is our job and our position. we prosecute all crime in san francisco, it is not about what your statue is, what your position is or what office you hold. the law will always be our standard. we can't treat differently where they come from, whether they wear a uniform or not, our standard is the law. for me, as a black latino woman it is issue very personal to me. we had a death in police custody in my family that i heard about my entire life. i'm raising two black children including a black son who you know, i will have to talk about these type of issues as he grows up. i was out raged long

before george floyd. the list goes on and on, but as a prosecutor i have to maintain one standard and it is whether somebody according to the law has committed a crime and so that's what we always look at. >> absolutely. finally, what message do you have for the people of san francisco and what you hope to accomplish during your tenure? >> i want the people of san francisco to know i'm committed serving the function the da office was designed to serve which is make sure we promote public safety across san francisco. like i said, we have to have accountability in our city. what we see going on in our streets is the result of people feeling as though there was none. they didn't fear even the police walking by as they were committing a crime because there was a belief that even if you arrest me, the da office isn't going to do anything that i'm afraid of experiencing, and so we want people to have a healthy fear

of what a consequence will be, but i also want san francisco to know we are a da office that stands by the val aoos we have here in san francisco which is second chances, compassion, responsible alternative to incourseeration bought the end of the day accountability has to be what people said back on the street or community in a fashion where they can succeed. every time somebody cycles into the system we are thoughtful what the person needs to get back on their feet and not create another victim in the future. >> quite right. thank you. thank you so much for coming on the show. i really appreciate the time you have given us today. >> thank you. >> that's it for this episode. we'll back for another shortly. for sfgovtv, i'm

>> we have private and public gardens throughout the garden tour. all of the gardens are volunteers. the only requirement is you're willing to show your garden for a day. so we have gardens that vary from all stages of development and all gardens, family gardens, private gardens, some of them as small as postage stamps and others pretty expansive.

it's a variety -- all of the world is represented in our gardens here in the portola. >> i have been coming to the portola garden tour for the past seven or eight years ever since i learned about it because it is the most important event of the neighborhood, and the reason it is so important is because it links this neighborhood back to its history. in the early 1800s the portola was farmland. the region's flowers were grown in this neighborhood. if you wanted flowers anywhere future bay area, you would come to this area to get them. in the past decade, the area has tried to reclaim its roots as the garden district. one of the ways it has done that is through the portola garden tour, where neighbors open their

gardens open their gardens to people of san francisco so they can share that history. >> when i started meeting with the neighbors and seeing their gardens, i came up with this idea that it would be a great idea to fundraise. we started doing this as a fund-raiser. since we established it, we awarded 23 scholarships and six work projects for the students. >> the scholarship programs that we have developed in association with the portola is just a win-win-win situation all around. >> the scholarship program is important because it helps people to be able to tin in their situation and afford to take classes. >> i was not sure how i would stay in san francisco. it is so expensive here.

i prayed so i would receive enough so i could stay in san francisco and finish my school, which is fantastic, because i don't know where else i would have gone to finish. >> the scholarships make the difference between students being able to stay here in the city and take classes and having to go somewhere else. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> you come into someone's home and it's they're private and personal space. it's all about them and really their garden and in the city and urban environment, the garden is the extension of their indoor environment, their outdoor living room. >> why are you here at this garden core? it's amazing and i volunteer here every year. this is fantastic. it's a beautiful day. you walk around and look at gardens. you meet people that love

gardens. it's fantastic. >> the portola garden tour is the last saturday in september every year. mark your calendars every year. you can see us on the website