steve richie general manager for water this is to approve an amendment for hetch hetchy helicopter contract to 40 million dollars and by 2 years total amount for 990 thousand dollars. and total duration is 8 years. but basically the helicopter service provide for arial survey and patrol services for maintenance of the power transmission system. we do use them in river events where we need emergency repairs done or in the event of unforeseen disaster emergency available. i don't think we invoked that last clause yet. i recommend your approval of the and happy to answer questions.

can we have public comment on this. member who is wish it comment on item 9 press star 3 to peek. do we have anyone present to comment on item 9. do we have callers with hands raised >> there are no callers wish to to be recognized. public ment on 9 is closed. thank you. and if there are no more questions have a motion and second to for the item. a roll call, please >> president ajami. aye >> vice president maxwell. aye >> commissioner paulon. where aye >> rivera. >> aye >> stacy. >> aye >> >> thank you very much. next can we have the next item. >> item 10 contract ww716, 9

million, 796 thousand dollars and with the do you recallation of 400 calendar days to the responsible bidder florez construction company. >> good afternoon. this is bessey tammy senior project manager. this item is straightforward we are looking for president trump to award this personal needed contract we have under of the wastewater program. budget or the bid came in under the estimate so we are seeking approval. >> are there questions. i have a question. i noticed there was one bid. for this item. is this anticipated or are we is this a continuing from previous w this we have done and they submitted i bid can you claire foil this. >> we do issue the contract it

is. and we did conduct out roach to the throughout contractors assistance center. we sent out e mail invitations over 30 to 50 contractors. and we only had 2 prime contractors who attended the prebid meeting we reached out to the second had attended the moting and decided they were not able to bid because of resource issue. this is something we will continue to work with. the contract center to promote more contractor and get a better understanding of how do we encourage more competition on these contracts. >> this group, yes. florez construction company, they have doing this before they are continuing to be the -- so my -- follow up question is is there like a something like a

minimal or max number of projects than i do. do we have bound easier when they would do under the -- the amount on a yearly base i. it is as need i wonder. is it like every project has a cost and gets. >>iel >> the contract is bounds by the terms of the contract. yes. >> i am support this but important i hear from member on the staff that the contractor assistance program is a vital resource this this organization put together to make sure that we are not only sending out bids like a lot of places do and we have the position where donna can you hear me? >> yea. so -- anyway i want to say nat fact we have in resource and

utilized and mentioned over the course of questioning is important. i'm very glad that this is had i heard. thank you. >> >> thank you. can we are public comment. >> members when wish to make 2 minutes of remote comment on item 10 press star 3 to raise your hand to speak do we have members present? do we have callers with hundreds raised. caller have you to minutes on item 10. >> >> commissioners. we the people, want to know how many miles of sewer do we have under jurisdiction.

and -- we want to know why are we getting quarterly reports on how many of the sewer pipes have been replaced. we are not had it in more then and there 2-1/2 years. the last time you gave us information on this [inaudible]. i general manager to believe. have 1, 100 point and want to know how many of these have been replaced. >> >> more than [inaudible]. and we have [inaudible] pipes. and need to be replaced. and we are in the replaced them. >> and we should be done -- before we have the big one.

because if we have a big one pipes, will be flushed and we need to figure out why do we continue using [inaudible] steel pipes why can't we use other pipes in the iary of 2023? and negotiate this with a union. so. you commissioners, have a vision -- and the reason should be that all our pipes should be replaced because you got the money. that's where the bond money came from. thank you. >> there are in other callers wish to be rescue noised.

why public comment on 10 is closed. i had in my notes hi it in the earlier item related to replace am and clone up. management will be beginning to the middle to end of this process we have to be able to do this as needed to make sure we are have a priority system and i think we are moving toward this. that is important and even though we are not presenting it does not do temperature i opinioning it would be important -- for all of us to -- have an opportunity to hear through general manager's report. the assid management results to make sure we know better as people ask us and the public learns more.

thank you. >> that if no comments can i have a motion and second on this item? why moved. second. >> thank you. can i have a roll call. >> president ajami >> aye >> >> maxwell. aye >> commissioner paulson. >> aye >> commissioner rivera. >> aye >> commissioner stacy. why aye. mechl randum of understanding with lafco to perform services for clean power sf including remaining funds up to 600,000 in new funds over the duration of the agreement 3 scombroers 2 months commencing mi1 of 23. >> good afternoon. go ahead. please. >> good afternoon, commissioners

i'm might be hinze the general manager for purfor cleanpowersf program. i'm back with mem right-handum of understanding between the puc and lafco. to perform w for cleanpowersf. last friday the lafco mission approve third degree and authorized the executive officer to execute the mou pending approval by this commission. mou proposes studies lafco would under take focused on opportunity impedaments and barriers to clean energy support implementation of the city's energy related climate action plan goals. we were last beforeow january 10 of this mou and that time you sunrised reservations. since we had conversations with lafco and made revisions to

address the concerns you identified. first, the amount new funding provide has been reduced to 600 thousand dollars for agreement term of 3 year and tw months run from may of this year through the end of fiscal 25-26. using 129 thousand dollars remain progress a prior mou with lafco. since this work was not part of the current 2 year budget, the puc seek appropriations of clone clean funds up at this time additional 600 thousand dollars over the term of the mou. second, we have clarified in the updated mou if the funds allotted for fitsical not used by the end of this fiscal year the puc miafter consideration of clone clean rates issue ref nows

issue financial reserves and other funding needs recommend to the mir this those funds carry over to the next fiscal year. here we added financial guard rails lafco agreed to. in the everyone the puc cannot recommend carrying over funds the puc'd vise life landfall in wrooitting of this. giving the financial guard rails we agree to lafco request for notice and dialogue. third we have remove friday the mou scope it would fund lafco monitor and advising to the board of supervisors regarding the cleanpowersf program. we heard your reservation busy this being a puc role for mature program. it was our determination this role is more appropriately funds through lafco general fund and they agreed to it removed from the current mou scope.

the study identified instead version presented to in january remain the same in the proposal. no order we identified the lafco would 1, identify opportunity and barriers to energy storage installations across the city. two, identify challenges regarding the decommissioning of natural gas infrastructure in san francisco. three, identify bear dwroers broader adoption of electric vehicle in san francisco including it is provision of equal access to charging infrastructure. 4, identify opportunity and barriers to financing clone clean initiatives through green bank models that might be able to access funding available throughout federal inflation reduction act green house fund and other studies of specific e merging clean energy technologies agreed to by puc and lafco the areas identified

by staff with the lafco executive officer topics this we believe would benefit from the perspectives lafco can provide topics leverage lafco's role with special study says in municipal services and convening agencies with responsibilities impacting the studied topics. this list of studies is not set in stone and may be modified subject to approval from the life landfall executive officer and the assistant general manager for power and written changes made would be provided to the life landfall and p uc commissions. i noted early mraflt friday the lafco commission approved the mou with these changes. and authorized the executive officer to execute it pending president trump boy this commission staff recommends you adopt this resolution.

that concludes my res and happy to take questions you may have >> thank you. >> commissioner paulson. thank you for this report. and it is the first time i heard the word guard ris use immediate a policy decision in a time. it was interesting to see you took the occurrence the commission had to put together those occurrence. and error specific policy areas with areas of what is our scope and what is not. i don't want to talk long is this what is well this commission in terms of the departments do do in terms of research and out roach and dealing with the different, whether or not financing or looking at bat row opportunity or everything in terms of green power and i have felt you know without getting in the absolute

nitty-gritty as an engineer but as a commissioner i'm proud with had they do research or what have you. a language way of saying i like the pieces that are there but i'm leary about you have the guard ris as you said put up. this this could be a fishing exhibition. you know for starting to try to figure out you know what ideas there are. in a town like san francisco there are 3 nonprofits for every issue that you can come up with. you know whether or not it does with health care our energy. i hope them does novelty this is a green light to take something and make it parallel to when the scope of our commission is. i i do have concerns about that

i have one question is this there is 120 thousand dollars left in appropriation, that will be the first go ahead spends it down. did we have brickos this in is that why there is within 20,000 there in and secondly, i guess what is the number of 600,000 for the contract. you know when triggered spending of this. does this happen after lafco come in and does more presentations hey. we want to spends machine tow reach out to communities to explore the green bank or something like that what that is a 2 part question one was about the 129 and the other what triggers penning of the 600,000 if we approve at this time next couple years we have a sunset by us if we say what we don't want

it anymore temperature is not a good use of our funding. question one is where did the why do we have the 129 thousand dollars this is unspent funds from the first mou put in place more then and there 10 years ago to support lafco work in helping stand up cleanpowersf we have been holding that money and over. for continued use, toward cleanpowersf and so since the other 600 thousand dollars we are propose nothing this new mou not identified in the budget of we are proposing that be the seed to start the studies we identified here. lafco will be recommending and developing written reports. and these will not be bn done

think serialy we will report back on the results of that work and sharing the reports at the lafco generates. that will be an opportunity for this commission to see the work and the quality of the work this is generated. >> there are quality people overnight years that come in and out and doing things with life landfall this it is nothing to do with a talent level. i'm skeptical of a fishing exhibition that could come out of this when we're having enough time trying to focus on the. amount of stuff we have to do. those are my comments. commissioner stacy. >> thank you. i appreciate the questions. i had a question, you mention in the your presentation you were removing something from the scope. i missed you were removing from the scope.

i'm sorry. >> upon the first version included scope for life landfall monitoring and advisory function to the board of supervisors over the cleanpowersf program. we agreed to remove that from the scope of work. >> got it, thank you i comments. i am pleaseed see more financial control by puc. i think having involved in the study and allocating funding is a good move in the right direction. since our last hearing i did more read and research on lafco and san francisco lafco, and i feel more comfortable this will thereupon is a role for life landfall in these studies. i think bring nothing perspective of other00 although

city agents and perspectives is a good irrelevant for lafco to play. i do really want to see the results of the studies and i know there will be follow up with the commission but i will be interested in hearing the results of those studies and seeing the progress this lafco makes. so. thank you for planning on that. so. may beil. . will give you thought this is is a progress from [inaudible] i'm glad we worked so hard to get to where we are now. i think one thing i say sillment to make sure that as the studies get done they are quality. i don'tment a 3 page bullet point by consultant who charged x amount of dollars to do quick

goodlett search on had matters and put it on a format and send it to us if you are spends thanksgiving money i want to spends on quality research and work done. so -- i'm expecting and hoping cleanpowersf will keep a close eye on who does this research and make sure we get value out of our dollars we are spending. i think -- you know that's grit if we get. the list looks better. i know it is sort of original even expanded, that's great. and i think to commissioner paulon's comment on -- that is the 40 of this partnership. i think we will see. and there is no , i don't think there is any -- requirement or need to continue beyond the

[inaudible] we have in that mou. i think at every point my understanding is this if we feel the value and i appreciated that add-on to the think if we seat value is not achieved throughout mou we look back and say was a great partnership, thank you. and move on. with this i -- i thank you for all your dill yens to making this happen. public comment. member his wish to make remote ment on item 3 press star 3 to speak. is there anyone on comment for item 11. mr. moderator did we have callers with hands raised?

>> there are no callers in the queue. thank you. public comment is 11 is closed. >> next. if clothes can i have a motion and second. moved. second. >> >> president ajami. >> aye. >> vice president maxwell. >> aye. >> commissioner paulson. >> aye >> commissioner rivera. >> aye >> commissioner stacy. >> aye. >> thank you, item passes. can we have the next item >> item 12 communication this is information only. >> i would like it make a comment on this if this is okay that is -- some of you see that we have water supply conscience under communication now. i want to make surety publicness we are now out of the draught, and it it is not we are doing a

bit better this was suggested this may be the water supply condition update in the form of slides will be provided you to every 2 week in our commission package. but not be presentations on this item. so we will still have this in our items. which is this? water supply condition update. >> okay >> item e. >> if -- now do we need public comment on this. no. colleagues, wanted to let you know with that, and hopeful low we will not be in a draught if things start working -- okaying out we will bring it back and have constant updates. and regardless this update will be here. >> can we have the next item.

>> item 13 general public comment. members who wish to make up to 2 minutes of remote comment in the jurisdiction and not on today's agenda please press star 3 to speak. do we have members present to provide general public comment? seeing none. do we have callers with hands raised? >> we have 3 callers in the queue wish to be recognized. >> thank you. >> [inaudible]. speaking on my own behalf. on today's agenda the board of supervisors file number 230368 communications. item 9 in the file is from the puc to the board of supervisors regarding the ocean beach climate adapttation project status and related update it is.

this item has upon not been heard at the puc commission. this tieed yesterday's meeting [inaudible] agenda item 4 the 2 year capitol plan. in the 2 year capitol budget, is [inaudible] the ocean beach climate adaptation project. my comments related c pc are follows. during the master plan meeting i propped the project from spur and asked directly if spur was aware of the geological survey study concluded that san francisco bay was [inaudible] e range of motion on the northern area of ocean beach near the ocean side. southern area of the ocean beach notoriety ocean side treatment facility exacerbating, northern

area of ocean beach near end of balboa he said spur was aware of the survey or study and reviewing it. and final report by the organization beach task force [echo, hard to understand] this challenges the ocean beach master plan main conconclusion the only way to manage e range of motion [inaudible] is through [inaudible]. retreat. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. you have 2 minutes. >> hello. >> hello, go ahead you have 2 minutes. >> mr. decosta:commissioners had

i want to bring to your attention i like you commissioners to review a number of projects. one is by pier 80. i want to know when tell be replaced. it was compromised in the year 2002. and -- if there an earthquake, and entire area will be flood as sewage. number two, we need to get an update from the sfpuc, on the studies now fillmore by the

ferry building. and -- the main cause behind at this time construction is cross engineers. we need to get a report from time to time by the engineers. as to what is happening. don't keep us in the dark. you commissioners, seem to be -- satisfied with general comment. that is find. if we don't get a response, then you will force us to expose y'all. and if you are exposed, caller your time is expired.

>> next caller i un muted your line you have 2 minutes. thank you this is peter drubbingmeyer for the tuolumne river trust. i like to thank the commission retaining remote options for participation. it is helpful and i hope this will continue. i wanted to let you than a couple years ago. the irrigation districts petitioned to wave the state water board's authority to issue a water policy certification for dan pedro. and policed took their case to the dc court of appeals denied them twice. they attempted bring the case to the u.s. supreme court and last week the supreme court declined to hear their case. is now behind us and appreciate

representation from forester and appreciate that the puc does not step in and support the irrigation districts thank you the tell me volunteer agreement there is a new one and we know a bit about t. and i'm guessing you probably have not heard much about it and i think tell be appropriate to have a workshop in the manage months. so we can understand had is presented there. on may 18th, the state water board will consider an amendment to the 2018 bay delta plan which would allow them to consider the voluntary agreement it does not conform to the bay delta plan. bay delta plan was a compromise like it does not go far will enough. but it is something that we can live with in the circumstances and hope the puc will come to

this conconclusion as well. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. >> i will check one more caller. caller i unmuted your line have you already spoken to this item? >> yes, i have. thank you. why thank you. >> the call queue is clear. >> thank you. general public comment is closed. >> we always appreciate public comment. can we have the next item. >> item 14 items initialled boy commissioners. >> any items you wanted to bring up. i have 2 things one is -- the discussion around green bonds,

it would be useful to for you to have a table that tells us which one are grown and which are not to be able to and also in a way ultimately i actual my goal to be able to see how many more of our bonds can be upon categorized as air green bond what is required to be done to make sure they qualify for that. so -- if we have data around that we can figure out. what did we do here and ended up qualified that would be good and it would be useful. to our entire team as well. and another item is -- when we were visiting the fountain tunnel great to have a documentary made about san francisco public system i want to see this end to end.

and mr. richie said there is one water fro the wilder knows. diput my entire family to watching it. it is on you tube. everybody can watch it. i think it is a great piece, very informative and useful. i recommend people to watch it. and i would like for us to see how we have an updated version. it was made twenty 17 we don't have updates since covidate up 3 years. also be able to put this out more active low than people can see what the system locked like and how they what it takes for us. to bring this water to them. and what i love body this piece it starts from water and talks about wastewater and power it shows howor beganically the organization was grown and formed. so i continuing it is important

for our pierce and the public to understand that. >> when we spoke about this the other day we do have the 100th anniversary celebration for the dam coming up and have in concert with that -- produced a short video talking about history and i want it give our communication team really kudos for putting together i good product. and that will be active low advertising going out i'm sure they can link to the original. and they have done greys great work and make sure they figure out a way to coordinate that. >> thank you. commissioner maxwell. >> thank you, i, too was impressed with our mountain tunnel visit. and i think steve robinson reminded me there are a lot of projects all over the city. and our project teams are doing

good work all over. . so we don't forget this and with that he should not have said it why dent we do a tour. so we can get in a van and because we were enthusiastic and it did something i think for all of us. to seat projects going on around our city would be great and all for the people that are wing on them. so that they know we are excite body that and interested as well. >> so, thank you. >> absolutely. >> making invisible visible that it is our modo. great. thank you. do we need public comment. thank you. >> members who wish to make 2 minutes of remote comment on items discussed neighborhood by commissioners item 14, press star 3 to speak.

doll we have hands raised. why woad have one caller. >> caller you have 2 minutes to peek to item 14. >> thank you. i agree that the president ajami that is a great documentary well is another aired this month river's end. it talks about the challenges to our river in the bay delta and the bay delta plan and gives you a good perspective on why we environmentists are concerned about directions things are going. you find it online river's end. and i highly recommend it. thank you. >> thank you. madam secretary there are no other callers in the queue >> public comment on item 14 is

closed. >> thank you. i do also recommend that, it is grit. >> with that, can we have the next item. items during closed session and ask for public comment. follows items heard during closed session conference with council regarding the following litigation code section ft. 956 opinion 9. and administrative code 67.10b1. number 77 corporated city and county versus richard bencourt proposed settlement of dispute concerning damage to property under the san francisco puc commission. parties to pay san francisco 300,000 subject to approval by the board of supervisors.

item 18, wing quack and leli. proposed settlement of unlitigated claim for property damage from a rut urd water main to pay li 71 thousand dollars in exchange for full and final release subject to approval by the board of supervisors. number 19 conquest versus agreeing and paving settle am of a dispute number 2267j columbus avenue water main replace am the city will pay 250,000 to conquest in exchange for final release. action to approve the settlement subject to final approval by the board. number who is wish to comment on those matters for closed session press star 3 to speak.

dom we have caller with hands raised >> there are no callers wish to be recognized. public comment on closes session 17, 18 and 19 is closed. >> thank you. clothes mii have a motion on whether to acert attorney/client privilege regarding closed session. >> move to acert attorney/client privilege. >> second. >> thank you. a roll call >> president ajami. >> aye >> vice president maxwell >> aye >> commissioner paulson. >> aye >> commissioner rivera. >> aye >> commissioner stacy. >> aye. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>

can i have a motion to clips closed the items discussed during closes session? move not to disclose. 82 president ajami >>. aye >> vice president maxwell. aye >> commissioner paulson. >> aye. >> commissioner riverasm >> aye >> commissioner stacy. >> aye. >> item passes. can we have the next item. >> that completes your business. >> thank you. we made a record time today. meeting is adjourned.

>> here we are responsible to oversee the drinking water distribution system. in san francisco changes in the fire code required anyone doing representtro fit to the home to get a new fire service this caused the need for new water services to spike. we used to do 200 a year. now we are up to 600. >> if you are building a new

house you need fire protection. you have to make application to the water department for that. if you go through the process we come out and install the new line and the new fire line. >> the project got kicked off by two of our a gms, steve and eric. they recognized the need for improving this process. they pulled together the project and selected the team members and asked me to lead the effort. >> on c cd there is permit and no parking signs and installing the service, having water caught at the check off and pave. >> it is a lengthy application process with manual tracking. for construction because we communicate with ccd we have to stay in touch with ccd to inform the customer for updates.

>> at one time there was three separate visits to activate the fire service. water quality and gate manment and then gate man would go back. now the gate man goes one-time, one visit and it is done. >> we dissected the process and looked for ways to streamline the process and use technology to make the experience smoother and what we are building is an online portal for customers to apply without coming downtown and they can get updates. >> with the online application everything is there. it is built in condition logic with tracking to communicate with the customer without having to take notes. >> we want to tell you these are 10 steps and you are on step three or four. >> we streamlined the process. we knocked it down to 65 days.

the goal is half of that. from the time you make application to put the check on the table to the time we pave the street, we want it down to 30-days. >> i am proud of the team for the work to get together to understand each other's work and come up with solutions. i really wanted the rest of the team to understand the time and deliberation and thought so they could get the recognition that could get the recognition that

>> i am iris long. we are a family business that

started in san francisco chinatown by my parents who started the business in the mid 1980s. today we follow the same footsteps of my parents. we source the teas by the harvest season and style of crafting and the specific variety. we specialize in premium tea. today i still visit many of the farms we work with multigenerational farms that produce premium teas with its own natural flavors. it is very much like grapes for wine. what we do is more specialized, but it is more natural. growing up in san francisco i used to come and help my parents after school whether in middle school or high school and throughout college. i went to san francisco state university. i did stay home and i helped my

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

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

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.

>> what we're trying to approach is bringing more

diversity to our food. it's not just the old european style food. we are seeing a lot of influences, and all of this is because of our students. all we ask is make it flavorful. [♪♪♪] >> we are the first two-year culinary hospitality school in the united states. the first year was 1936, and it was started by two graduates from cornell. i'm a graduate of this program, and very proud of that. so students can expect to learn under the three degrees. culinary arts management degree, food service management degree, and hotel management degree. we're not a cooking school.

even though we're not teaching you how to cook, we're teaching you how to manage, how to supervise employees, how to manage a hotel, and plus you're getting an associate of science degree. >> my name is vince, and i'm a faculty member of the hospitality arts and culinary school here in san francisco. this is my 11th year. the program is very, very rich in what this industry demands. cooking, health, safety, and sanitation issues are included in it. it's quite a complete program to prepare them for what's happening out in the real world. >> the first time i heard about this program, i was working in a restaurant, and the sous chef

had graduated from this program. he was very young to be a sous chef, and i want to be like him, basically, in the future. this program, it's awesome. >> it's another world when you're here. it's another world. you get to be who you are, a person get to be who they are. you get to explore different things, and then, you get to explore and they encourage you to bring your background to the kitchen, too. >> i've been in the program for about a year. two-year program, and i'm about halfway through. before, i was studying behavioral genetics and dance. i had few injuries, and i couldn't pursue the things that i needed to to dance, so i pursued my other passion, cooking. when i stopped dance, i was deprived of my creative outlet,

and cooking has been that for me, specifically pastry. >> the good thing is we have students everywhere from places like the ritz to -- >> we have kids from every area. >> facebook and google. >> kids from everywhere. >> they are all over the bay area, and they're thriving. >> my name is jeff, and i'm a coowner of nopa restaurant, nopalito restaurant in san francisco. i attended city college of san francisco, the culinary arts program, where it was called hotel and restaurant back then in the early 90's. nopalito on broderick street,

it's based on no specific region in mexico. all our masa is hand made. we cook our own corn in house. everything is pretty much hand made on a daily basis, so day and night, we're making hand made tortillas, carnitas, salsas. a lot of love put into this. [♪♪♪] >> used to be very easy to define casual dining, fine dining, quick service. now, it's shades of gray, and we're trying to define that experience through that spectrum of service. fine dining calls into white table cloths. the cafeteria is large production kitchen, understanding vast production kitchens, the googles and the facebooks of the world that have those types of kitchens.

and the ideas that change every year, again, it's the notion and the venue. >> one of the things i love about vince is one of our outlets is a concept restaurant, and he changes the concept every year to show students how to do a startup restaurant. it's been a pizzeria, a taco bar. it's been a mediterranean bar, it's been a noodle bar. people choose ccsf over other hospitality programs because the industry recognizes that we instill the work ethic. we, again, serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. other culinary hospitality programs may open two days a week for breakfast service.

we're open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner five days a week. >> the menu's always interesting. they change it every semester, maybe more. there's always a good variety of foods. the preparation is always beautiful. the students are really sincere, and they work so hard here, and they're so proud of their work. >> i've had people coming in to town, and i, like, bring them here for a special treat, so it's more, like, not so much every day, but as often as i can for a special treat. >> when i have my interns in their final semester of the program go out in the industry, 80 to 90% of the students get hired in the industry, well above the industry average in the culinary program. >> we do have internals continually coming into our restaurants from city college of san francisco, and most of

the time that people doing internships with us realize this is what they want to do for a living. we hired many interns into employees from our restaurants. my partner is also a graduate of city college. >> so my goal is actually to travel and try to do some pastry in maybe italy or france, along those lines. i actually have developed a few connections through this program in italy, which i am excited to support. >> i'm thinking about going to go work on a cruise ship for about two, three year so i can save some money and then hopefully venture out on my own. >> yeah, i want to go back to china. i want to bring something that i learned here, the french

cooking, the western system, back to china. >> so we want them to have a full toolkit. we're trying to make them ready for the world out there. >> everything is done in-house.

i think it is done. i have always been passionate about gelato. every single slaver has its own recipe. we have our own -- we move on from there. so you have every time a unique experience because that slaver is the flavored we want to make. union street is unique because of the neighbors and the location itself. the people that live around here i love to see when the street is full of people. it is a little bit of italy that is happening around you can walk around and enjoy shopping with gelato in your hand. this is the move we are happy to provide to the people. i always love union street because it's not like another commercial street where you have big chains.

here you have the neighbors. there is a lot of stories and the neighborhoods are essential. people have -- they enjoy having their daily or weekly gelato. i love this street itself. >> we created a move of an area where we will be visiting. we want to make sure that the area has the gelato that you like. what we give back as a shop owner is creating an ambient lifestyle. if you do it in your area and if you like it, then you can do it on the streets you like. [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]

as latinos we are unified in some ways and incredibly diverse in others and this exhibit really is an exploration of nuance in how we present those ideas. ♪♪ our debts are not for sale.

>> a piece about sanctuary and how his whole family served in the army and it's a long family tradition and these people that look at us as foreigners, we have been here and we are part of america, you know, and we had to reinforce that. i have been cure rating here for about 18 year. we started with a table top, candle, flowers, and a picture and people reacted to that like it was the monna lisa. >> the most important tradition as it relates to the show is idea of making offering. in traditional mexican alters, you see food, candy, drinks,

cigarettes, the things that the person that the offerings where being made to can take with them into the next word, the next life. >> keeps us connects to the people who have passed and because family is so important to us, that community dynamic makes it stick and makes it visible and it humanizes it and makes it present again. ♪♪ >> when i first started doing it back in '71, i wanted to do something with ritual, ceremony and history and you know i talked to my partner ross about the research and we opened and it hit a cord and people loved it. >> i think the line between engaging everyone with our culture and appropriating it.

i think it goes back to asking people to bring their visions of what it means to honor the dead, and so for us it's not asking us to make mexican altars if they are not mexican, it's really to share and expand our vision of what it means to honor the dead. >> people are very respectful. i can show you this year alone of people who call tol ask is it okay if we come, we are hawaii or asian or we are this. what should we wear? what do you recommend that we do? >> they say oh, you know, we want a four day of the dead and it's all hybrid in this country. what has happened are paper cuts, it's so hybrid. it has spread to mexico from the

bay area. we have influence on a lot of people, and i'm proud of it. >> a lot of times they don't represent we represent a lot of cultures with a lot of different perspectives and beliefs. >> i can see the city changes and it's scary. >> when we first started a lot of people freaked out thinking we were a cult and things like that, but we went out of our way to also make it educational through outreach and that is why we started doing the prosession in 1979. >> as someone who grew up attending the yearly processions and who has seen them change incrementally every year into kind of what they are now, i feel in many ways that the cat

is out of the bag and there is no putting the genie back into the bottle in how the wider public accesses the day of the dead. >> i have been through three different generations of children who were brought to the procession when they were very young that are now bringing their children or grandchildren. >> in the '80s, the processions were just kind of electric. families with their homemade visuals walking down the street in san francisco. service so much more intimate and personal and so much more rooted in kind of a family practice of a very strong cultural practice. it kind of is what it is now and it has gone off in many different directions but i will always love the early days in the '80s where it was so intimate and sofa millial.

>> our goal is to rescue a part of the culture that was a part that we could invite others to join in there there by where we invite the person to come help us rescue it also. that's what makes it unique. >> you have to know how to approach this changing situation, it's exhausting and i have seen how it has affected everybody. >> what's happening in mission and the relationship with the police, well it's relevant and it's relevant that people think about it that day of the dead is not just sugar skulls and paper flowers and candles, but it's become a nondenominational

tradition that people celebrate. >> our culture is about color and family and if that is not present in your life, there is just no meaning to it you know? >> we have artists as black and brown people that are in direct danger of the direct policies of the trump administration and i think how each of the artists has responded so that call is interesting. the common