say off the bat, the state of california says that san francisco has to approve this project. i mean, the city has received a notice of violation. i think this has been stated four times. in fact, the notice of violation funding up has included four times in the meeting packet for this item. i it would be so ridiculous for san francisco go to deny the project at this point. i mean of course anything can happen in san francisco. but i do want to emphasize that again san francisco is currently the subject of a policy and practice review underway by the state of california. i mean, if you want to, you know, give them a reason to come down hard on san

francisco by all means reject this project in fact, i invite you to reject this project. i invite you to say that the state of california does not have san francisco's best interests at heart. i invite you to say how, how mean and how terrible the state is and how how awful they are to san francisco. i invite you to do so. i invite you to unload all of your vitriol that you stored up since the housing element. hearing on november 15th. i invite you to let it all out, get it all out there, make sure it's on the record. you know, just to make sure that the state can review it later. so thank you. thank you for your comments. all right, mr. shu, let's hear from another caller on behalf of the project sponsor . hello. good afternoon, everybody. good afternoon, supervisors. i am obviously on the favor of this project given well, clearly in san francisco

more than anywhere else. we have so much bureaucracy, so much inefficiencies, so much incompetence. sometimes i even would like to say when it deals with approving new projects like this one or even other projects such as even district three, like aaron peskin district, where many projects have been on hold for many, many years. and who knows why those projects are great and should not be put under some that much scrutiny by the city or the supervisors themselves. clearly, people and companies and businesses and developers should have any rights when it comes down to building and developing san francisco just the way they want . this is democracy. just don't put any more roadblocks in the development of our city. saying such delays is clearly unacceptable, especially when we know the kind of issues the city is currently facing. and also because we also know that clearly some people are opposing this project just for the sake

of their own personal radical left agenda or whatever else bullshit. so clearly the bullshit ends now and you need to remove all the roadblocks, all the restrictions, all the bureaucracy, all the limitations or everything that can limit the development of housing in this city. and you really need to also not just for this specific project, just change the world. also going forward, relax everything, stop, stop, stop the bureaucracy, stop blocking development of this city and stop blocking people from returning or living in san francisco currently, the situation is unacceptable. this is not limited to this project. this is every project that currently people are trying to make happen across this city entirely. and whatever policies you currently have in place, whatever restrictions you want currently have in place, whatever approval process you have in place. come on, guys, give us a break. thank you for your comments. all right, mr.

chu, let's hear from the next speaker. on behalf of the project sponsor, please. hi, quick. angela, it's joe. councilor here. i just want to complain about the process. i'm listening to tonight because my favorite supervisor, the strong supervisor, is going to give an opera about gun violence prevention. and so i would really appreciate that these practices move faster. it's already 6:00 at night, a hearing on a conditional use appeal. this is not general public comment. that's coming later in the meeting. thank you, mr. councilor. all right, mr. shu, do we have another caller in the queue on behalf of the project sponsor, please. all right. this is charles ayers again, san francisco resident in the mission district and member of the action. this is really

simple, so i'll be brief. we have a wonderful neighborhood here that more people should have the opportunity to live in. we are in a housing crisis and hdb has already warned us about this specific project. is blocking desperately needed housing really worth pissing off the state? i don't think so. so please, please just let this project go forward. thank you. thank you for your comments. mr. chu another caller on behalf of the project sponsor, please. hello. yeah, i live in randolph. okay. please reject the appeal. we've been round in circles on this project. the project provides group housing because that's how the planning code allowed you to maximize density . at the time that the application was submitted. so nitpicking the definition of group housing is fruitless. the project sponsor did whatever they needed to do to satisfy the law and in my opinion, opposition to group housing has

been overwhelmingly opposition to density itself. when you get down to it, i think the i also think the previous board procedures have been shameful. the planning commission threw a arguments like spaghetti on the wall and they even contradicted themselves asking for more shared amenities. at one meeting and then eliminating all the shared amenities at the next meeting. and as for the board of supervisors, supervisor randleman refused to consider the merits completely. he punished the sponsor for quoting the applicable laws. if quoting laws prejudices, the board of supervisors in a quasi judicial hearing, then the project sponsor is not getting justice. there and that's why the that's part of the reason that the hcd had to come down and reprimand san francisco. so please approve this project. we've been around the block enough on this. there's nothing wrong with group housing. let's get it done. all right, mr. chu, is there another caller in the queue? who is

speaking on behalf of the project sponsor. for good evening board of supervisors. my name once again is jonathan berman. i'm with northern neighbors, a neighborhood organization in the northern neighborhoods of san francisco and i it seems here like we all saying we want more housing, but then every time housing comes up, there's something that is not perfect about it and there's some reason we can deny it. it's literal nimbyism. we heard so many nimby comments earlier as well. this is not how we're going to get out of the housing and the climate crisis. in this case of this project, we want to get a vibrant downtown again. we need to allow small living places for workers to live close to downtown. and this is exactly what this what this project is. and besides all of this, the state has made abundantly clear where they are on this project, and they are very angry that san francisco is not doing its homework to get out of the housing crisis. and with its

impact on the entire state of california. so please follow the law and please make sure this project gets built as soon as possible. thank you. thank you for your comments. all right. is there another caller in the queue on behalf of the project sponsor? and i'm glad there are no more colleagues in the queue. mr. president. thank you, madam clerk. public comment on behalf of the project sponsors now close and we will go back to the appellant for a not to exceed three minute rebuttal. thank you. i just have a couple of comments. i did not hear any response to the point that the prior and current san francisco code prohibit individual cooking facilities in group housing and i know that there's a zoning administrator interpretation. obviously it's black letter law that even a zoning administrator

interpretation cannot conflict with the plain language of the code. there's been no argument that the there is not a conflict with plain language of the code . the other point that i haven't heard a response to is, well, the planning commission didn't respond to my point that the proceedings were noticed as a motion for rehearing. and so i'm i know that the position of the project sponsor is that they they urged or the state required or something like that, you know, for the planning commission to relook at the a violation of law. but as a practical matter, that's not what happened. and the planning commission has not explained why they noticed as as a rehearing. furthermore the 1090 4.5, the red deadline, the 90 day

requirement to appeal the prior decision. nobody's address why that missing that deadline didn't make everything final. so again, it's our position that this is a new application. but regardless, as i said, the prior and the current law, both bar group housing from having individual kitchens. and so the only last point i want to make is that this really has nothing to do with the state's alleged that the board or the planning commission and the board violated state law. the state didn't look at the group housing statute, it didn't look at anything involving group housing. and if this board were to decide the this appeal on the basis of group housing, that would not have any bearing on any advisory opinions or violations or whatnot that the state has issued, i'd be happy to answer any questions. are there any questions from members

? if not, does that conclude your rebuttal? it does. thank you. thank you. okay the hearing is now closed and filed. and the matter is in the hands of the board supervisor mendelson. thank you. president peskin. and thank you, colleagues for hearing this. this project twice . i think i made clear the last time we heard it, i don't think this is a great project, but i think the i don't believe that it is in scale with or context with the neighborhood. i think it goes too far into the rear yard open space. i think that is at the end of the world. no. does it is it the kind of project that if replicated in neighborhoods across san francisco, will erode support for more density? i think so. and i think that we don't have

to do projects like this to build the 82,000 units that we need to build. i think there are lots of ways to get there that do not involve blowing up any kind of zoning or restrictions that we may have to describe what we want our neighborhoods to be like. so i think the planning commission was reasonable a year ago when they tried to lop off a floor, and i think it would have been reasonable for them even to try to reclaim some of the mid block open space that the project was encroaching onto. and i want to i sympathize and with the neighbors who who don't feel like this is fair in a lot of ways. i think this is not fair. the trouble is, i don't believe that this is a fight that we would likely win if we if we if we were to do what the appellants are asking if we're going to have a fight with hcd,

i would prefer to have a fight that we're going to win. and if i'm going to send our attorneys into litigating a case, i want, i certainly have sent them to fight hard cases. but i think this is harder than than a case i'm comfortable sending them into to defend. i do want to thank president peskin for ensuring that at least this particular version of bad will not happen again. but it is, although it is not a great project, but i don't think it is a project that we can say no to. and so no, i will move that. we approve agenda item 47 the decision of the planning commission by motion 21 312 approving the conditional use authorization for 3832 18th street and table items 48 and 49 motion made by supervisor mandolins. there are second for that motion, second by supervisor melgar to the motion

supervisor dorsey. thank you president peskin and i am unconvinced on the merits of the appeal and that would be true even if there were no risk that san francisco would run afoul of state law and california hcd but it has come up and there is a risk that we would run afoul of state law and even though there was a motion on the on the floor that i'm going to support, i'd like to ask the planning department if i may, to just elaborate what would be the consequence is potentially if we were as a board of supervisors to side with the appellant and disapprove of the conditional use authorization. what i hear from planning or the city attorney, it i'll defer to the city attorney then i would assume that planning has has good working. relationship with

hcd and i. probably has seen what the how hcd is working with others. the other thing that i would ask is as a follow up is i know that we are right now under review as a city and i'm not sure if i haven't heard about that since last summer. so i would be interested to hear if there's a status update on that. but i've heard from callers, listen, there's we are we are risking something dangerous here. and i would like to hear from you. what is the parade of terrible. thank you. supervisor dorsey, kate connor. with the planning department. so at this moment right now, we have been issued a notice of violation from the state. it is impossible to kind of predict exactly what the state is going to do next of course, but they could refer to the attorney general, the attorney general, if they want to get involved, they could hcd could also control act, also get contract attorneys. they could file a suit against the city.

there are fines that could be levied up to $10,000 a day and it is always important to remember that decertification of the housing element is definitely within hcd purview. can you tell me, are you aware of the or do you have any insight into what the status of their investigation into san francisco's? i know it's ongoing. we can definitely look into it though, and i can i'll happily get back to you. okay. is part of that the in addition to the process that planning goes through, my understanding of that, if i'm not mistaken, is there's also they're looking at some of the political process that plays out to that. we are what we are doing here is also subject to their review and whether. we are doing our part to comply with the housing. element. in my understanding it correctly, that is correct. great. okay. thanks okay. on the motion, madam clerk, a roll call, please. the motion to approve item 47 in table item 48

and 49. supervisor stephanie. stephanie i supervisor walton walton i supervisor chan chan i supervisor dorsey dorsey i supervisor and guardian and guardian i supervisor randleman mental ellman i supervisor melgar. i melgar i supervisor. peskin peskin i supervisor preston preston i and supervisor ronen ronen i there are ten eyes all right. the motions are approved. madam clerk, why don't we go back to roll call for introductions where i believe supervisor stephanie had just concluded? yes. and supervisor walton is up next to introduce new business. thank you, madam clerk. first of all, just want to give some. brief updates on.

outside boards as far as our workforce investment board in their staff presented their fiscal year 2023 funding recommendations, focusing on on demand industries and equitable pathways for residents. the recommendations received positive feedback from wusf members and the public, and they were approved. as you know, earlier, we had an update from caltrans. but i do just want to state for the record that we shared some updates. this morning, but briefly. on july 29th, there will be an event for the public to view the electric trains for the first time at san jose dearden station and likely in early september, another event for the public at fourth and kings station in the summer of caltrain program is currently happening, which is a three month promotion for rider appreciation and promoting ridership this summer, including rolling back june's planned fare increase for another six months overall, ridership is still very

far below pre-pandemic. levels, but continues to make steady increase. especially for sporting events. and as far as the bay area, air quality management district and may, the air district released its 2022 annual report, which covers the ongoing work to address disparities in air quality and the new challenges posed by climate change. the report highlights expanding partnerships and environmental justice communities and increased regulatory controls on the industry climate programs to accelerate electrification and greenhouse gas reductions. and the air district is continuing to. work on equity to ensure that. everyone can breathe clean air by addressing environmental burdens and health disparities. and historically most vulnerable communities and populations. lastly, colleagues, today i have introduction of a resolution supporting assembly constitutional amendment for also known as aquifer, which will give california voters the

opportunity to decide whether to restore voting to incarcerated people completing their prison sentence. i'd like to thank my early co-sponsors supervisor ronan. president peskin. supervisors melgar preston. chan and gaudio. voting is not a privilege. it is a fundamental right of citizenship that people in prison do not lose their citizen rights, citizenship rights and disenfranchize of people in prison. disenfranchisement of people in prison, including california, dates back to the era of racially discriminatory jim crow laws and was written in our constitution. black people make up 6% of california's population , but account for approximately 30% of the state's prison population. aquifer itself is. simple. it will remove the prohibited. against people in

prison voting that exists in the state constitution. if it passes, we will join states like vermont, maine, the area known as washington, dc, and puerto rico, and restoring voting rights for incarcerated people. thank you. and we understand that the right to vote is a right and everyone should be supportive of this. and i look forward to moving this forward. thank you. i submit thank you. supervisor walton, super. advisor chen. thank you, madam clerk. so just want to do a quick updates from the for the outside board assignments and that it's including for me is as a chair of the local agency formation commission. i just want to quickly update that as the public bank which is also known as that reinvestment working group, will continue their work on this and we will soon see the final. municipal

filing. corporation and the plan and feasibility studies. i really am grateful to supervisor preston joining us and with his leadership and also our vice chair, jackie fielder, on this commission. this working group, under their leadership has been very productive and really look forward to seeing the fruits of their hard labor and to really come to the board and have a discussion at the board about moving forward with public bank. i think it's more critical than ever seeing the future of banking industry. in the united states. with that, we will. we also will continue to move forward with with the new fiscal years, if as soon as it begins, then we will have to implement the mou between lafco and sipc. and then of course, we also have by commissioner preston or supervisor preston smith, town

park apartment municipal housing management study that we will also conduct and move forward at lafco as well. and with that, the rest i submit. thank you. thank you. supervisor chan. supervisor dorsey. thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, i'm introducing today legislation that would require all retail pharmacies in san francisco to stock opioid antagonists such as naloxone, a life saving medication known for its effectiveness in reversing deadly opioid overdoses. this proposal comes as the narcan brand naloxone nasal spray is poised in the coming months for wider commercial availability following the fda's authorization that it be sold as an over-the-counter medication. this obviously also comes at a time when our city's fentanyl driven drug crisis is putting 2023 on pace to be the deadliest year for fatal drug overdoses in san francisco history. although a majority of pharmacies in san francisco already stock naloxone mandating that be carried by all

retail pharmacies all the time is an important step we can take to maximize its available and to help save lives. even with narcan set for over-the-counter sales later this year, we know that some retailers hesitation to engage consumers around illicit drug use prevents the market from facilitating what should be universal access. nationwide. retail pharmacies account for only a fraction of naloxone doses, about 16. and that's according to an fda foundation study released earlier this year. even here in san francisco, some local pharmacies have fallen short in secret shopper surveys that the department of public health conducted recently only about 20% of local pharmacies are about 20% of local pharmacies don't stock naloxone, even though they have authorization to release it at the pharmacy counter when requested. to my knowledge, this retail pharmacy naloxone mandate that we're introducing today is a first of its kind. local ordinance.

however, i'm hoping it's a blueprint for other municipalities and perhaps even state governments to similarly expand access to this potentially lifesaving intervention. i want to express my gratitude to the department of public health and to city attorney david chu's office for their assistance in developing this legislation. also thanks to our retail pharmacies, many of which have been very cooperative partners in understanding the life and death consequences posed by our drug crisis and for recognizing the need to expand access to this lifesaving harm reduction strategy. finally, thanks so much to my colleagues who have agreed to join on this co-sponsors and especially my original co-sponsor supervisor ronen. i think i've gotten i'm not sure if supervisor safai. i know that i've handed it out, but i welcome everybody's support and welcome the opportunity to answer questions about it and the rest i submit. thank you. supervisor dorsey, supervisor and guardian submit. thank you. supervisor randleman . i have some jpa updates. we

are having a busy summer, remember it is now called the portal project. working to complete our next submittal milestones for the federal transit federal transit administration in august. in may, the fta convened a three day with risk workshop with the portal project team in order to comprehensively review scope, schedule and budget ahead of securing a multi-billion dollar full funding agreement by 2025. this month, we finalized the project's interagency cooperation agreement between jpa and the city, which will underpin the city's role in the project, which will use city right of way and require the partnership of several city departments. we've also extended our existing six party mou to the end of 2023, which will permit our strong multi-agency partnership to continue to support the jpa board in preparing the project for procurement and in parallel, the transportation authority and the mtc are preparing recommendations for a new governance structure to support

procurement and construction to be codified through a successor mou in the coming months. we are continuing our advocacy at a regional, state and federal levels to complete the full funding plan for the portal. and this month we reelected jeff gee, the mayor of redwood city and chair of the caltrain joint jpa. as chair of our board and i signed on for another year as vice chair of the jpa board and the rest i will submit. thank you. supervisor supervisor melgar. thank you, madam clerk. i don't have any updates since my colleague. supervisor walton, already gave the update on back today. i am excited to introduce along with supervisor stephanie mandolin and ronen in partnership with the department of public works legislation to establish an easy to use permitting system for

neighborhood led beautification and enhance enhancement efforts. and we are calling this the love our neighborhoods permit. and if you would be so kind, madam clerk, after i'm done with my remarks, i would like to refer it to for stephanie to talk about her part of it. okay. thank you. as we have discussed in the past, all of us have this incredible neighborhood leaders. in my case in district seven, it is carol dimmick and roberta bechtel. but i understand that we all have these leaders in our neighborhoods who take it upon themselves to contribute to the city by initiating improvement projects such as painting a mural or a graffiti laden bridge or installing seating to invite visitors, or creating a masterful art piece with ornate tiles on a public staircase. san francisco is known for its charming characteristics that are unique to the neighborhoods . these public spaces in san francisco are integral to the economic, cultural, spiritual and social health of the city.

these are the things that make san francisco us and we should encourage more of it. for many years, public works staff have helped to shepherd these projects forward. behind the scenes, they establish partnerships with community benefits, district community groups, merchants associations and neighborhood nonprofits. i have seen firsthand how many of their dedicated staff will work hand in hand with our residents who are not familiar with the process to troubleshoot issues and navigate permits, particularly since the covid 19 pandemic, there has been a renewed interest in creative ways to active and beautify enhancing our public space. however our code has not been updated. it has not inviting. it is not easy. it is bureaucratic and complicated and projects that to be completed in a straightforward official way. for instance, it doesn't make sense for a neighboring neighbors to have to navigate

and encroach for just to put paint on a retaining wall or a bridge, which was the case with miss carol dimmick. so public works has done their best with a system that they have to support these neighbors. but sometimes things just get in the way and it's very, very challenging. so this legislation aims to create an accessible low barrier permit process for a diversity of community benefit projects that is easy to interface with and has one point of entry and exit for applicants and to increase the effectiveness of inter-agency coordination during the permit process, remove redundancy and unnecessary review in the approval process. for my district, i have had the fortune of having wonderful neighborhood leaders who have successfully pulled off incredible projects that actually invite people to our neighborhoods, make community safer, and renew a sense of joy. most importantly, we've seen

projects act as catalyst for neighborhood organizing, like in lakeside landing. it starts off as an idea. maybe paint a mural and then it becomes organized, doing neighborhood cleanups or a bigger vision. so neighbors do know what the neighbors need and they can build relationships, care for each other and accomplish something positive for everyone. so the possibilities are endless. and it is critical that as part of our economic recovery, we promote and embrace people's love and neighborhood efforts. so over time, i truly believe that these projects save us public dollars and it will save us public dollars to have staff not have to review things 2 or 3 times and have folks have to go through overly bureaucratic processes. so i look forward to working with you all on this legislation. i particularly want to thank beth rubens, diane and carla short for the partnership and if now you will allow it, mr. president, if i would, i

could hand it over to supervisor stephanie as a primary co-sponsor to share a few words we can provide to refer to supervisor stephanie. thank you so much. i'll make this quick. first of all, thank you, supervisor melgar, for your continued efforts around this. i think it's so important and also for public works partnership and their dedication to streamlining these processes that's been difficult with one particular issue in district two, but i really do think that these changes will welcome more beautification in our neighborhoods and we'll celebrate them and really allow for our permitting team to focus on other city priorities, which i think is important as well. i originally started working on legislation after for a little free library on pine street in my district. it's been there for ten years. there was a bench there as well, and all of a sudden one person complained and then they started getting fined. and that is not the spirit of san francisco. i think that we all want to, you know, put forward. so this is why i'm

co-sponsoring this legislation with supervisor melgar. we folded in what we were doing into it. and again, i want to thank you so much. i just really believe that our city should not be in the business of fining and penalizing those who wish to activate, beautify and bring more joy to their neighborhoods, which i think these little free libraries do across our city. i have several in my district. i'm sure you have them in yours as well. and i do really believe that this legislation will benefit each of our districts and bolster this board's goal to bring life back to our streets. so thank you again. thank you, supervisor stephanie and now supervisor peskin. thank you, madam clerk. colleagues today i'm introducing one of a pair of collaborative legislative efforts to unstick housing developments that have been languishing in the pipeline of entitled projects and create a time limited incentive period for new development with a proportional reduction in both

affordable housing required and impact fees. this public policy has evolved over the last almost quarter of a century and goes back to the good work of my then colleague supervisor mark leno, who passed the first inclusionary housing law back in 2001, which evolved over time until, unfortunately in 2012 it got stuck in the charter where during good times it could not be raised. and during bad times it could not be lowered and. in 2016, 2016, i teamed up within supervisor jane kim, who, as we all know, was a very big champion of inclusionary on site, off site in lieu housing and we succeeded in bringing that before the voters of san francisco who voted to take that out of the charter and return it

to the dynamic process that it should always have been. and we passed laws at that time to have a under the auspices of the comptroller and independent economic analysis conducted and a technical advisory committee populated by both market rate and affordable housing developers. and that process took place, as i mentioned earlier, supervisor sapphire was seminal in the outcome of that first go around, which would have happened again three years later, say, for covid when we were all busy feeding our constituents and making sure that the disease was not transmitted and doing all of the things that we did so that process has now finally concluded for the second time and i want to put it in in a larger context as to its import,

which has become all the more important since the state of california's dissolution of redevelopment law, which was really the only source of a permanent income stream for affordable housing development. and since that time, the state, despite attempts of our legislative delegation and others, has not replaced that source of funding nor developed a new strategy for financing desperately needed affordable housing for the majority of san franciscans who don't make enough to live on in one of the most expensive cities in the country. and so it's easy for hcd in the state to mandate 82,000 units, half of which was supposed to be affordable and it's an unfunded mandate. and i think many of us know and have had personal experiences with everyday san franciscans who have been able to move into a below market bmr unit, whether

it's a rental unit or for sale unit and that's a pretty profound moment, whether it's the gentleman who has been serving coffee at the cafe tree house to me for most of the last 30 years. i remember in 2015 when i was campaigning, there was a high profile eviction of a gentleman with hiv aids, a long term survivor right by the entrance to the broadway tunnel at the corner of larkin and broadway. and we joined him in that fight, which sadly, we lost . and he was petrified that he would be homeless and die on our streets. but he was able to, with some help, find a bmr unit right down the street at the nema. and i remember him literally crying with joy and

his saying that he thought he had just gotten a reprieve from a death sentence. and i tell you that story because i think we all know that inclusionary housing is a critical tool in our affordable housing toolbox. and during a land rush when entitlements were very lucrative, the inclusionary housing scheme scheme was critical to funding the housing trust fund overseen by the mayor's office of housing. unfortunately, the economic downturn, the increase in interest rates, the increased cost of construction, much of which was caused by the pandemic , not all of it has contributed to slowing down our market rate. housing pipeline really in essence bringing it to a halt, which means that our inclusionary housing commitments are basically 0% of zero. and obviously san francisco needed

to assess what we can do to unlock some of those units. this is only possible because of what i said, which was we finally took this out of the charter and created this process. the technical advisory committee that was formed by this board's trailing legislation has been meeting now for many months and they have done, i think, some very, very good work and has resulted in in the legislation that is before us. i also want to say that this is inextricably coupled with moving forward with an affordable housing bond on the march 2024 ballot. and i want to thank all of you for voting to amend our capital plan to accommodate accommodate that . i just want to take a moment to thank in their order of importance the folks who got this legislation to this point,

starting with my chief of staff, sonny angulo. second, the mayor of san francisco, our comptroller, ben rosenfield, and topper from the office of economic and workforce development and her colleague, ted conrad, the council of community housing organization, along with tac members, especially jesse blount from strata, who formerly worked for the city and was very, very helpful and constructive. sarah dennis phillips, before she actually came to the office of economic and workforce development, peter cohen, formerly with the council of community housing organizations , owns whitney jones from cdc. ccdc for all of their hard work and brain damage to bring us to this point, this is a time limited reduction for three years and there are provisions in this legislation to force the tac to reconvene and re meet in

three years time. but i think this is going to move the needle and jumpstart residential development in san francisco, not only in service to our housing element goals, but to our most importantly, our affordable housing goals. finally, colleagues, i would like to adjourn today's board meeting in the memory of a constituent who i knew for the last quarter of a century. judith schiff, who passed away at the vibrant age of 81. she was born in new york to parents who taught her the importance of education and social justice. she later lived in santa barbara and hawaii before moving to her beloved city of san francisco in 1987, where she earned her phd in education at usf. she was a lifelong k through 12 teacher in marin, san francisco and santa barbara. she believed in the value of public education, even running once for the city college board. but judith's greatest, greatest passion for

the last quarter of a century was serving as the coordinator of the nob hill community garden . she really believed in community gardens and this community garden is a true hidden treasure and public resource for san francisco. and our residents and visitors. and she spread the word about community gardens all over the city. she sat on the board of action for nature, a nonprofit honoring youth activists working in areas of ecology globally. she was a multimedia artist who published a charming book called jewish folktales and education, a guide to teaching with jewish folk stories. that was the culmination of her life's work just in time for her 81st birthday. she is survived by her daughter, bridget hundley, who i think some of you colleagues know through democratic party circles, and her granddaughter, hannah hundley, who is an undergrad at uc davis and an aspiring author like her grandmother, i want to extend my sincere condolences to both of

them. i enjoyed quite a number of lovely afternoons in the community garden with judith and our condolences to her survivors . a celebration of her life took place this last weekend, i believe is also going to take place on july 23rd in the nob hill hooker alley community garden from 4 to 8 p.m. the rest, i will submit. thank you, mr. president. supervisor preston. thank you, madam clerk. and i want to thank supervisor chan for the update on lafco that we sit on together. thank you for your leadership on lafco and your description of all the work there. we also sit together on the state legislative committee and i wanted to give a brief update from the state legislative committee and just a reminder that that as a committee with representatives from city attorney, controller and treasurer, mayor and this board of supervisors chaired by

sarah owen from the mayor's office and unlike lafco on the state ledge committee, our staff represents us and cast votes for us and want to recognize preston kilgore of my office and kelly growth of supervisor chan's office who attend these meetings and represent us there. the basically the state legislative legislation committee makes recommendations on city support or opposition to state legislation that would impact the city and we in the past few months, we've elevated a number of important issues for the city's lobbyists at the state to track and advocate for often coming from some of the conversations here at the board, including things like the public transit funding issues that we've been facing, the loss of cal fresh benefits and many other important issues. we've also voted specifically on a number of bills. i won't run through them all. i will just mention a few by name and happy

if folks in the public or the board want to follow up with us for more information. the state legislation committee is supported to support ab 767. a community paramedic, an act ab. 1085 and ab 608. both of which are medi-cal, expanded bills. ab 386, which is a right to financial privacy act specifically to expand protections for senior and disabled adults from growing threats of financial abuse. and ab 605, which is an important expansion of cal fresh programs expanding where the range, the number and the geographic diversity of the retailers that can offer supplement benefits to cal fresh. so the budget bills and budget trailer bills have been released are expect to be

taken up now this week some possibly later in the week. the legislature at the state goes on summer recess july 14th and then resumes on august 14th. and so let us know if you have any questions on state legislation and then i colleagues, i wanted to share some very positive news with you all on an issue that has been repeatedly before this body and it is with an incredible amount of pleasure that i get to share and celebrate with you. all the great news that saint anthony's foundation announced earlier today that it will purchase the oasis inn on franklin street to become a permanent family shelter. and i am today joining with. with hsh and with

supervisor stephanie in introducing the implementing resolution for the grant, which will enable the operations to move forward and appreciate the collaboration with the administration on this. i want to remind folks of how we got here, because it's just it is it's so wonderful that it's gotten to this point and the city's only emergency drop inn family shelter was slated for sale on the private market last year. and thanks to really an incredible community led campaign, this crucial part of our shelter network is now here to stay. so as i mentioned, it will be acquired by saint anthony's and operated in partnership, a partnership of saint anthony's and providence for foundation. this was made

possible really by a generous donor who stepped forward to saint anthony's hearing about all of what was happening at the oasis in the news and also made possible by just an incredible amount of activism and organizing. and also and i want to underscore this a united city leadership in seizing this opportunity to make sure that that the oasis was saved three years ago at the beginning of the pandemic and even before our shelter in place program, i worked with advocates to raise the funds necessary to move families sleeping on mats on a basement floor or in a congregate shelter in our district to hotel rooms so they could be safe and practice social distancing. when the pandemic began, that initial move of folks from a congregate shelter mats on a floor, no

showers right next to each other , two private rooms was made possible all through the generous donations of community members who knew that in order to make it through the pandemic together, that they couldn't leave anyone behind. and people really stepped up and understood that their safety was tied to the safety of their neighbors. and particularly their most vulnerable neighbors. with that community support, providence foundation rented 25 rooms at that time. later, 35 rooms, and eventually the whole oasis in the building. operator naresh took a chance when he got a phone call from our office and decided and from providence. and he just went on a limb and effectively launched the first shelter in place hotel before san francisco had shelter in

place hotels and by every possible metric, it has been a huge success as you know, colleagues, when the oasis was about to be put up for sale and was at risk of closing last year, there was a robust campaign launch to save the oasis led by homeless and formerly homeless mothers and parents and supported by the coalition on homelessness. it was an incredible campaign daily and letting us all know that it was unacceptable to lose this incredible resource, this family shelter. they wrote letters. they held protests and rallies. they lifted their stories in the media. and as i mentioned, it really worked. had it had had that been allowed to happen silently, we wouldn't be where we are today. and it was because of the organizing, the activism and all the families sharing their stories and the media coverage of that, that that

interested nonprofits and donors stepped up really sizing how important the oasis was for the good of the entire city. so i want to thank you, colleagues, for the unanimous support that everyone in on this body showed for the oasis throughout this process and through the unanimous resolution at this board. i want to especially thank supervisor stephanie for her partnership on this project after the redistricting moved the lines around so that the oasis moved sort of a block from in my on the border of my district into border her district. and i knew from our first conversation that people could redraw lines in the city and that was not going to interfere with our collective work to make sure that homeless families had had a place to not be on the streets, but had a

place to be supported. i also want to recognize the vision and generosity of nils banki and his team at saint anthony's and also the very generous gift from the kaplan family trust, which as partnered with saint anthony's to complete and move forward with the acquisition of the property together with prop c funding from the city. thank you. san francisco voters that will fund the operations. you get the sense that this is a collective effort that took a whole village here to make this happen. i also want to thank the hundreds of people who contributed what they could to the original go fund me campaign when this was just an idea three years ago to the. i want to thank the dedicated staff and the leadership under patricia doyle of the providence foundation and her team for

being willing to take this risk on the oasis and for operating it so well. and i want to thank the countless people who stood up and spoke out with and for women and families who call the oasis their home, and especially the brave unhoused families who shared their stories with the public. i lastly, i want to thank my legislative aides, jennifer bolin and kyle smiley, who both worked tirelessly on this, and also my former chief of staff, jennifer jen snyder, who worked on this originally. and without whom this project never would have gotten off the ground. so thank you, colleagues, for all of your support on this. it's great to be able to deliver positive news this result, more than three years in the making, shows that with determination and compassion, we really can come

together to help people in their time of need. thank you. the rest, i submit. thank you. supervisor preston, supervisor ronan. thank you. i just wanted to say great job on the oasis and thank you to supervisor melgar for introducing legislation like all of us, we had a very similar problem on mirabella avenue and i know my legislative aide, jennifer ferrigno put a lot of work into the final project or product of the legislation. so i just want to thank her and the rest i submit. thank you. supervisor ronan. and we referring spencer sapphire. oh thank you. thank you. i will try to go fast. i know this has been a long day, so i have a few things. first, my colleagues introduced resolution today to establish the excelsior community benefits district or super excited about the opportunity to help economically revitalize that

area. this will be at the full board on the 11th. and so the election is underway now. and so we're working hard on that. the cbd, when established, will ensure supplemental cleaning corridor activation business attraction and economic recovery for the excelsior. it's something that we've been planning for a long time. a second i'm introducing a resolution to waive a major encroachment and brotherhood way sponsored by the friends of all my mini parks. so this project will beautify the brotherhood way. greenway with a grant funded through the city administrator's office and a community challenge grant. and finally, on the citywide issues , i've submitted a request today to consider the civil grand jury's report. time to hire. and as we were talking this morning in to the hiring crisis in our city is limiting our ability to provide basic services. 911 call operators, muni drivers, firefighters, police officers, emergency room nurses. there's been a lot of conversation about

accelerating the hiring process. but has not happened. and the results are clear. fewer muni busses running on our streets increased passenger time waits nine 111 call centers answering time is increased and police response time has slowed and hospital entry times which we call wall times, have increased . and then finally, colleagues, i have an in memoriam for sharon thomas, age 81, originally from phillips, wisconsin, she passed away peacefully on june 9th, surrounded by her family. she was a proud and she was proud of having contributed to the science around dbms by beating the odds to become an outlier. she was an amazing wife, mother, mother in law, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, sister in law, aunt, friend, church member, caregiver, homemaker, poet, advisor to those in need and much, much more. she was a generous, caring person who loved her family and friends and anyone in need. she

was born in 1942 to orrin and dorothy ray stead of milwaukee, wisconsin. she grew up in rib lake, wisconsin, and later moved to wisconsin rapids, where she met her high school sweetheart, richard, in 1959. and after graduating lincoln high school, sharon attended bell college in green bay, wisconsin, graduated as the valedictorian of her spelling class in 1962 with a degree in nursing for her first two years after graduating, she worked as an ob gyn staff nurse at the university of wisconsin hospital and attended classes at the university. she married richard in 1963 and the newly married they moved to rochester, minnesota, where she accepted existing nursing instructor position at methodist carla's school of nursing. in 1966, they moved back to wisconsin, where they had twin daughters were born, and she became a dedicated, full time wife and mother. they moved from wisconsin in 69 and resided in

in district 11in san francisco ever since she was an active member of philips community, she was a red cross mobile blood volunteer partner in uw and active nurses teleconference network and served as a test on the local hospital board. she also sat as a board of directors of marquette inc and was a consultant to the company and numerous associated with wellness programs, drug screenings and health, education . she was a member of saint john's church, where her contributions, including serving as a member of the altar committee teaching sunday school and summer bible school as well , as well as holding various positions in lutheran church. sharon is survived by her husband, richard, daughters tammy and lori thomas of golden gate restaurant association. tony grandsons justin, jeannie and shane. and by her great granddaughter, emerson, sharon is preceded in death by her

parents, arne and dorothy. sharon's family. she spent two months in glioblastoma precision medicine program in ucsf hospital. she had two brain surgeries, three radiation treatments, chemo and a drug trial. they tried everything in sharon, family felt very lucky to have access to the care. the thompson family would like to express their sincere gratitude and appreciation for the outpouring of support and their received. her caregivers and the phillips community and the rest, i submit. thank you. supervisor sapphire. mr. president. seeing no other names on the roster, that concludes the introduction of new business. all right, those of you, all five of you who are in the chamber, if you'd like to provide general public comment, please line up on our left. your right. don't miss. okay. welcome for speaker. please wow. i guess everybody's tired here. i mean, i'm tired.

i'm waiting. it's terrible. but i'm going to be expediting. i mean, a quick possible theory here. as you know, basically, by the way, isn't there some empty housing here in san francisco that could be used? it feels to me that there is there are empty , empty space. i don't know, maybe it's we need an investigation anyway. just want to wish you happy 1st of july, hoping that it would be better than last year because something happened last year. i think, you know, over there, if you look. please pay attention. something was wrong last 4th of july. so i think it's a good opportunity to remember to organize the priorities in things that has to be done. so for example, we work against world control, you know,

push on technology. that's that's not good. it's too fast. fast it's dangerous. you have to understand, fast is dangerous by definition. so we have to slow down and think more. i think it's very important to refocus. you know, there is always an order in what is more important. you know, it's logical. okay. anyway happy 4th of july is because i know next week is off. right? so thank you. i'll see. next speaker please. good evening. my name is megan caddell and i'm here today as a spokesperson for companion bird rescue. we wanted to say thank you to this body for recognizing the wild parrots of telegraph hill as the official animal of san francisco. and i wanted to give you a quick update on them since our beloved documentary from judy is a bit old now. so

first of all, is an entirely volunteer run organization. we have no paid staff and no physical location, and we are dedicated to the care and rescue of companion birds. we have over 450 birds in our foster care, and 44 of those are injured. rescues from the san francisco wild flock. our monthly vet bills average $50,000 supporting these birds and 13,000 of that a month goes directly to caring for these wild parrots. and let's talk about the wild parrots and where they're at since that documentary, we've worked with the audubon and are able to determine there's about 220 members of the flock. and for the most part, they do really well and self sustain living in our beautiful city. but when they get sick or injured, we are here for them. and since 2019 we've had 67 wild parrots come into view. they most often are found by a good samaritan and end up at the shelter who calls us to provide expert avian care. 24 of those

67 birds died. but that means we have 44 of them in our foster care looking for forever homes. and you might be wondering why the birds are in foster care, how they got sick. and there are three common reasons they are impacted injuries, predator attacks. but the most common is we are seeing birds with methylene poisoning and methylene is a rodenticide that we have determined we published a study in 2019 showing that this poisoning is plaguing the wild flock and it causes permanent neurological damage to the birds and we know if the wild parrots are eating this rat poison, that it's also impacting other wildlife and pets in our community. so we wanted to get the word out about methylene animals. thank you. thank you for your comments. bringing that to the board to today. welcome. supervisors. i come to you to

get today seeking a champion for a cause i have been thinking about for many months. on january 18th of this year, time magazine published an article revealing that openai, the company which has in many ways revolutionized the tech industry with the release of generative tools like dall-e, a tool which allows you to generate images with words and chat. gpt three and for a chat bot which has effectively defeated the turn test, time magazine claims that this company, which according to their public job postings, pays their software engineers at least $200,000 in base compensation that this company openai allegedly paid kenyan contractors one and a half to $2 an hour. and before you mention international exchange rates or the skill of their labor or that these people are lucky to have these jobs, let me tell you what these kenyan contractors did when the chat bot known as chatgpt was still learning to speak, it produced profane, hateful graphic text, a reflection of the text on which it was changed, trained a reflection of humanity. the kenyan contractors were tasked

with labeling this text as hateful, as pornographic, as violent, and legal. in an article published on slate, richard gay, a supervisor for these contractors, stated that he and his team repeatedly viewed explicit text, which depicted things like child rape, incest, bestiality, that he and his team were traumatized, traumatized by words for openai , a company which states that they care about the mental well-being of their employees. how is this a way to treat their contractors to work nine hours a day, five days a week, reading hate speech and language that is not your own? how is this a way to treat contractors? i seek the exact heartbreak, the shortening of the way. why is it that san francisco can be a mecca for ai and yet we still have to sit in this cursed chamber arguing about shadows against clearly demented nimbys? is there any supervisor who will champion this cause? perhaps a former journalist? do you have any

sources left? perhaps the democratic socialist. what could be greater? show solidarity, please pick up. thank you for your comments. let's have the next speaker, please. i am requesting for a host of reasons that governor newsom rescind his veto on conservatorship over substance abusers who have long been homeless. we often fail to recall what has been neglected in our archives. for example, san francisco's former socialist utopia, the people's temple, which has which was led by one time director of housing administration administration of the late jim jones, the people's temple relocated to guyana, where their members were provided punch laced with cyanide, injected with needles full of the same substance which they refer to as medicine, leading directly to 900 deaths. with that said, san francisco may lose 800 individuals this year alone on account of thousands of people

self-medicating every day on the street with syringes, straw and foil allegedly provided by socialist leaning non profits with the blessings of a few local leaders and fentanyl has proven no less deadly than cyanide. some requesting that governor newsom rescind the veto over conservatorship of homeless addicts and recognizing that there are no perfect solutions. there are only tradeoffs, and there are few choices available if the governor has another idea, i hope he makes it known. also, i'd like to see san francisco residents residency restrictions on camp mather, parkland or park ground permits removed. so that it is available as a sanctuary and natural retreat for addicts in recovery . experiencing abstinence and substance withdrawal. thank you for your comments. all right. do we have any other speakers here in the room? see no one else come forward. we will go to the

remote public comment line. mr. billy q can you please put the first caller forward? good evening. board of supervisors, gilbert criswell district eight. i want to talk about the budget and the budget process. i want to thank supervisor chan for her great leadership in in chairing the budget committee and for being a champion of the people and supervisor preston as well and supervisor walton, i hope you will support the people's budget and not the billionaire millionaire corporate tax giveaway budget that was proposed as democracy is under attack. even in san francisco. we see it in everything that is

going on in the city and i hope you will pass the people's budget and restore funds to prop three. so people can get the next three funds to survive in the city. and also add that food assistance for seniors and seniors living with hiv. thank you. thank you, mr. criswell, for your comments. let's go to the next caller. hi. it's your first sorry if i was rude earlier asking if you guys and i'm choosing my words carefully . okay. you know, kind of get the calendar moving because i'm having to miss msnbc's the last word. the day i normally watch with my mom. so i could call in and thank you guys for something you're about to do. but i is you know, my mom and i are going

violence survivors and i want to thank the board of supervisors for considering supervisor stephanie strong and courageous, resolute lution to support the proposed 28th and united constitution. i think we need to have the conversation about balanced the freedom to be safe and the right to be armed. and i think that this this amendment sorry, is really important and i'm really grateful that once again, san francisco is taking a leadership role on gun violence issues, a courageous role, a strong role, and once again, invite your maverick sorry for the day and that's but i also want to add very, very much because i am missing my time, that you guys do great work and i really hope you realize that this is part of the conversation

. and i know that that the nra secretary made an ad after the last time you guys did something like this and said what is asked, what is wrong with this country? well, what we inform the nra, what is wrong with this country? it's them. and then demanding that 25% of all gun sales are assault weapons. you don't need an assault weapon to hunt or protect your family. and i really appreciate the moral courage of supervisor stephanie and her co-sponsor, who's also on we matter of personal privilege at the time. i appreciate you raise your melgar recognizing senior disability action as part of that team to make sure that we had the most testimony down here. so make sure all you do is continue to do. and with that, i send it like a. stephanie thank you. thank you for your thank you for comments. let's go to the next speaker. i. thank you. catherine stephanie oh, that's my. we will go ahead. mr. shue. can we go to

the next caller? hello. good evening, supervisors. you need to place taxpayer home business owners. the middle class in general at the center of it all. enough having all undocumented, unhoused and other marginalized groups getting the priority on everything we did. we belong here to. we deserve to get something out of our tax dollars. finally we cannot keep having hotels like the character on the oasis, etcetera. oh even adult care facilities like the granada are being turned into homeless shelters like peskin was previously congratulating himself about that. we have many , so many unfortunate examples in our bill, for instance, that have turned dynamic and incoming neighborhood into conflict chaos. so our kids, drug dealers and so on in said, i'd like to remind you that we are in a free

market economy, please. therefore remove all barriers to building new housing, new constructions, new projects. let the developers decide how tall they want their buildings to be and get out of the way. the idea might be a bit a little odd for you or radical socialists, communists and so on, but this is what it is. the market will decide. finally, another point and all work on any eventual reparations plan of that group. stop wasting our money. there's san francisco's hardcore activism becomes unconscionably detrimental with this reparations push with so many, it's still unconstitutional in so many ways. and you can keep on walking that with more. reject the plan come you also providers are incompetent disgrace of a mayor and that is you city attorney need to also keep on fighting that lunatic don't agree you are stupid order and need to be getting access to resume sweeping of all illegal homeless encampment asap. normally nancy no more bullshit, no more compassion. we need results. our streets especially

our streets are complete shit. show and you and the police are entirely violating the ada by sitting there doing nothing. give us the clean and safe san francisco. we fucking deserve. peddlers, drug dealers as you do . apologize, interrupting anyone. but we are keeping it to two minutes per speaker. all right, mr. shue, let's hear from our next caller. i. yes, i wanted to just tell you guys that i wanted to thank you. first and foremost, i want to acknowledge that tireless efforts of our district supervisor, the leadership and the commitment they make to make it safe for san francisco to their vision and strategic guidance. we have seen a significant reduction in gun related violence. thank you, district supervisor, especially district ten. sherman walter and i would be remiss if i didn't recognize the bravery, bravery and selfless of our police officers day in and day out. they put their lives in a line to protect and serve our community. thank you as well. police additionally, i cannot forget the invaluable concert musicians by the fire department

and ems. thank you. take care. thank you for your comments. all right, mr. shue, let's hear from our next caller, please. you guys, on. hey, so, yeah, san francisco here, so big shout out to the sfpd chief scott. need to recognize you. i know you might not be listening, but maybe you listen later on this week as the fire department emts, talented, the emts, they're the heroes. they have to deal with all in individuals that are strung out at the attics. so we need to make sure we recognize it. the supervisors, the mayor, the department of health, all of you cause this problem. you caused it through the socialist programs that you're you're creating, that you've created over the years, giving away free money, free needles, free stuff . you need to stop it. you guys

need to stop it because it's going to be revolving door. 3000 dead, 25 homicides, 102 rapes and over 1100 assaults. i mean, this is not good for the fire department, for the police department. it's not safe for them. you got to stop thinking about yourselves. you need to think about other people. you need to think about the first responders, what they're putting their lives on for you. and you guys did two commendations tonight, but it really means nothing. i know ronin says defund the police, but that's not cool. we got to get the minutes right. we got to get the minutes and the notes right. they're all screwed up. they're all messed up. so you need to get on that. you need to get on that. i mean, i'm running around all day trying to get this done, but you guys need to do this. this is too much. i mean, it's really disrespectful because public comment, public comment is the most important part. and you guys are being disrespectful to the community. so you need to get on this fence at all. crisis is a medical health crisis. it's not a criminal crisis. so you

need to get on the medical health crisis. grant colfax is the dealer of death, the doctor of death. whatever i mean, he needs to stop this. ucsf promoted fentanyl. you guys need to do proclamations, ordinance and all this other stuff, and you need to get doctors out there. thank you for your comments, mr. shue. let's hear from our next caller. please, please, madam clerk, there are no more callers in the queue. thank you, mr. president. public comment is closed. madam clerk, could you please read the adoption without committee reference calendar items? 52 through 55 were introduced for adoption without reference to committee. a unanimous vote is required for resolutions on first reading today. alternatively any supervisor may require a resolution on first reading to go to committee. would any member or members like an item or item seven? seeing none on the adoption without committee reference calendar? mr. president. supervisor.

supervisor. i just want to be at as a co-sponsored item number 54 5454. okay noted on the calendar. a roll call, please. on items. what have we got here on items 52 through 55. supervisor safire, i.e. sci fi by supervisor stephanie. stephanie i supervisor walton walton and i supervisor chan chan i supervisor dorsey dorsey i supervisor and gaudio and gaudio absent supervisor mandel and i supervisor melgar i melgar i supervisor peskin and peskin i supervisor preston preston i and supervisor ronan ronan i and there are ten eyes those resolution are adopted in motion approved. madam clerk, could you please read the immemorial today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on

behalf of supervisor safai for the late miss sharon thomas, on behalf of president peskin for the late miss judith schiff, mr. patrick arbor. mr. carlos rico moreno and mr. robert costanzo. we are adjourned.

>> long it was in fashion, o'shaughnessy water system has been sustainable. in addition to providing water for the bay area, it also generates clean hydroelectric power to run city buildings and services. and more recently, some san francisco homes and businesses. >> satellite electricity is greenhouse gas free, so we see a tremendous benefit from that. we really are proud of the fact that, we've put our water to work. >> even with the system as well coon received as hetch hetchy,

climate change has made the supply of water from the sierra vulnerable. and requires new thinking about where and how we use water. >> we have five hundred million gallons a day of wastewater being dumped out into san francisco bay and the ocean from the bay area alone. and that water could be recycled and should be recycled for reuse through out the bay area. >> we're looking at taking wastewater and reading it to drink watering standards. we're also looking at our generation and looking at onsite water reuse looking at the technology and strategies we have available to us today. >> the very first recycling plant in the state of california for landscape irrigation was built in san francisco. we've just developed a new recycled water plant in the ocean side wastewater facility for irrigation purposes in golden gate park, lincoln park and the panhandle. >> a century ago, san francisco

built a dam to create bunched znswer of fresh water to ensure the future and ensure the taps will flow for future generations, it will take as much vision when it reflects a fundamental change about how we think about water. >> i think we recognize there's going to be change in the future. so we're going to have to have the flexibility and the creativity to deal with that future as it's presented to us, it's a matter of how to see it and say, okay, let's make wise use of everything we have. >> this o'shaughnessy centennial moment is made possiblelelelele >> 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 >> i think a lot of times we get in adult lives we are afraid to follow our passions and think life can't be that easy. but i truly do believe i followed my heart this time in

my journal in city government i did not know that is where my passion lied. i kept following it and ltd. to great opportunity to serve the city. [music] >> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributes to san francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form

memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are feeling with issues. our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. >> i was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. i wanted to being an olympic swimmer. and i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up. and i never anticipated entering in politics. this opportunity came along wh started working for former supervisor carmen chu and she

became the district 4 sunset district supervisor. that was my firstent row in politics and government in a different level. and so when i was finishing up my time working for legislative aid i thought, i will go off and do something else. may be explore opportunity outside of city government what was then approached by this opportunity to also serve as a district 4 supervisor. if not the traditional route that many people think of when you enter in politics. a lot know that is manage than i want to do and run for office. that was not part of my culture and upbringing with manage my parents were wondering why i wanted to go in that role this legislation and important because so many women when have it return to work after having a child feel embarrassed or don't feel comfortable asking their

supervisor for will any lactation accommodations. i saw it as an opportunity you could use the position where you have tools creating legislation and pass laws and where people listen to to you help the community and pass cause catharsis important to the city and individuals. my family immigrated to the united states from taiwan. and they came here in pronl probably late 20's almost 30. and so, they came also in the knowing english limp barely read or write but had to quickly understand english to i can't haveigate services and find a job in america. i grew up in the san francisco sunset district i spent most of my childed hoo up until i went off to college. so when i started working in city government, i think i had mixed reactions about my

involvement working government because for some of our parents generation, there is i bit of distrust in government. i think there are questions about why i was entering in this field of work. i think you know when i went in city government i thought about my parents like so many other who is have to navigate city services and resources english first language and help the individuals both navigate, intercept that is on an application approximate signage. it is fulfilling to mow to help people like my parent and feel like government is there to support them and not to harm them. my parents are happy that i retired early from politics and being a district 4 supervisor i could have continued on for a couple more years approximate decided to leave early. i think that over all they were able to see some of my work

appear in the chinese newspaper. through that they were able to see i was able to help communities in a tangible way. >> the member of the board of supervisors. >> transportation authority. for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. >> i think about one importance when i was worn in as district 4 supervisor. years ago, and someone actually came up to me during the swear nothing ceremony and said, wow, i'm traveling here from canada, and i just i could not believe i saw an asian female worn in in this role a leadership role this meant so much that someone would say that and felt they were inspired by the scene. so -- i hope that as more people see people that look like them and more women coming in positions of leadership than i feel they can doing the same.

person this inpyred me is carmen chu who is our city add administrator but also was district 4 supervisor when i worked with her as a legislative aid. at this point, i too, was skeptical of going in politics. i saw someone who had herself never seen herself in politics. got thrown into it and put her heart and soul and dedication to serve people. and it gave me the confidence to pursue that same job and i honestly would not have either chosen or accepted or considered serving on the board of supervisors were not for carmen. >> if you want to make your business accessible. >> in my role in city government where i have seen the most challenge is people who don't know you and you are here to serve and help them that they classify you as our city government and here to hurt you.

so, people will talk to you and -- and just you know treat you disrespectfully. and sometimes i noticed that they might do more to me as a female compared to my male colleagues. but you know i try to be empathetic. one of the most significant barriers to female empowerment we feel like we have to be 100% meeting all of the qualifications before we think that we are qualified to do a job. if we look at a job description or an opportunity to come your way well is self doubt about whether you can fulfill the obligations of that role. i think that the confidence is huge and sometimes i think we make up for it by trying to gain more experience. more and more and more in whatever we can put under our belts we'll feel better. that may not be the case.

we might be qualified with when we have already accomplished. i started rock climbing indoors a couple years ago as an activity to try to spends time with my husband and also to try something new and i finds that rock climbing there are so many parallels to life. you know when i'm on the wall i'm concentrating and trying to make it to the next piece without falling. there are daying you think i'm not making progress. you come back and wow, i hit another level. and so i feel like in our daily lives and w we think we are not making enough of i change in the city. and sometimes we have to take out time to reflect every day as long as you try and give it your all and you look back you will have made a significant

contribution there is no limit to where you go in terms of rock climbing. i want to reminds myself of that in terms of daily life. >> follow what it is you are interested in, what makes you feel excited about wake up every day. you never know and be open to all the possibilities and opportunity. [music]

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>> welcome to the 2022 sfmta bus roadeo. today what we will see is competitions of different levels. we will see transit operators through a obstacle course. also see the office rfs maneuver the g4 cars through a course. (inaudible) [beeping] then also have a element of (inaudible) who are doing inspections and repairs and some of the equipment related to our buses. [applause] >> i enjoy coming to the event because of the camaraderie with the staff and seeing the departments and everybody meeting arfbd so the more we can do these things the better we'll be and it helps the agency grow. >> the winner of the local bus roadeo the person goes

to the national (inaudible) one additional item we add to the event and call it a fun event where managers at the senior level get to test their skills operating a bus. (inaudible) transfer officers (inaudible) basically maneuver the course and they (inaudible) >> interesting to see some of the main managers run the course out there. they haven't had as much experience but they did pretty well. i'll submit the bus damage for the bumps they did to the body shop for estimates. [applause] >> behind us we have vintage buses that were brought out for folks to see. some of these vintage buses are sfmta, part of the historical fleet. two others belong to the

pacific bus museum and a personal bus of a individual that owns it. we take great pride in the historical buses we have and try to keep it up to date. >> it is a way to bring employees together, work together as a team. a great morale booster something the employees have been asking for a year and it is great today because you can see how happy they were to once again do something they really enjoy. [cheering] >> first place (inaudible) [applause] third place goes to monica collins. (inaudible) >> this is my last roadeo. i'm throwing in the towel.

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>> he is a real leader that listens and knows how to bring people together. brought this department together like never before. i am so excited to be swearing in the next chief of the san francisco fire department, ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome, jeanine nicholson.

(applause). >> i grew up total tomboy, athlete. i loved a good crisis, a good challenge. i grew up across the street from the fire station. my dad used to take me there to vote. i never saw any female firefighters because there weren't any in the 1970s. i didn't know i could be a fire fighter. when i moved to san francisco in 1990, some things opened up. i saw women doing things they hadn't been doing when i was growing up. one thing was firefighting. a woman recruited me at the gay-pride parade in 1991.

it was a perfect fit. i liked using my brain, body, working as a team, figuring things out, troubleshooting and coming up with different ways to solve a problem. in terms of coming in after another female chief, i don't think anybody says that about men. you are coming in after another man, chief, what is that like. i understand why it is asked. it is unusual to have a woman in this position. i think san francisco is a trailblazer in that way in terms of showing the world what can happen and what other people who may not look like what you think the fire chief should look like how they can be successful. be asked me about being the first lbgq i have an understands because there are little queer

kids that see me. i worked my way up. i came in january of 1994. i built relationships over the years, and i spent 24 years in the field, as we call it. working out of firehouses. the fire department is a family. we live together, eat together, sleep in the same dorm together, go to crazy calls together, dangerous calls and we have to look out for one another. when i was burned in a fire years ago and i felt responsible, i felt awful. i didn't want to talk to any of my civilian friends. they couldn't understand what i was going through. the firefighters knew, they understood. they had been there. it is a different relationship. we have to rely on one another. in terms of me being the chief of the department, i am really trying to maintain an open relationship with all of our members in the field so myself

and my deputy chiefs, one of the priorities i had was for each of us to go around to different fire stations to make sure we hit all within the first three or four months to start a conversation. that hasn't been there for a while. part of the reason that i am getting along well with the field now is because i was there. i worked there. people know me and because i know what we need. i know what they need to be successful. >> i have known jeanine nicholson since we worked together at station 15. i have always held her in the highest regard. since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. she is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics.

i appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the fire department today. >> there is a retired captain who started the cancer prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. he started looking into it. in 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the san francisco fire department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. it was a higher rate than the general population. we were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didn't have to worry about the paper work when they go through chemo.

the turnout gear was covered with suit. it was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and helmet. the dirtier you were the harder you worked. that is a cancer causeser. it -- casser. it is not -- cancer causer. there islassic everywhere. we had to reduce our exposure. we washed our gear more often, we didn't take gear where we were eating or sleeping. we started decontaminating ourselves at the fire scene after the fire was out. going back to the fire station and then taking a shower. i have taught, worked on the decontamination policy to be sure that gets through. it is not if or when. it is who is the next person. it is like a cancer sniper out

there. who is going to get it next. one of the things i love about the fire department. it is always a team effort. you are my family. i love the city and department and i love being of service. i vow to work hard -- to work hard to carry out the vision of the san francisco fire department and to move us forward in a positive way. if i were to give a little advice to women and queer kids, find people to support you. keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep trying. you never know what door is going to open next. you really don't. [cheers andtoday.

>> (clapping.)y. >> i've been working in restaurants forever as a blood alcohol small business you have

a lot of requests for donations if someone calls you and say we want to documents for our school or nonprofit i've been in a position with my previous employment i had to say no all the time. >> my name is art the owner and chief at straw combinations of street food and festival food and carnival food i realize that people try to find this you don't want to wait 365 day if you make that brick-and-mortar it is really about making you feel special and feel like a kid again everything we've done to

celebrate that. >> so nonprofit monday is a program that straw runs to make sure that no matter is going on with our business giving back is treated just the is that you as paying any other bill in addition to the money we impose their cause to the greater bayview it is a great way for straw to sort of build communicated and to introduce people who might not normally get to be exposed to one nonprofit or another and i know that they do a different nonprofit every most of the year. >> people are mroent surprised the restaurant it giving back i see some people from the

nonprofit why been part of nonprofit monday sort of give back to the program as well answer. >> inform people that be regular aprons at straw they get imposed to 10 or 12 nonprofits. >> i love nonprofits great for a local restaurant to give back to community that's so wonderful i wish more restrictive places did that that is really cool. >> it is a 6 of nonprofit that is supporting adults with autism and down syndrome we i do not involved one the wonderful members reached out to straw and saw a headline about, about their nonprofit mondays and she applied for a grant back in january of 2016 and we were notified late in the spring we

would be the recipient of straw if you have any questions, we'll be happy to answer thems in the month of genuine we were able to organize with straw for the monday and at the end of the month we were the recipient of 10 percent of precedes on mondays the contribution from nonprofit monday from stray went into our post group if you have any questions, we'll be happy to answer theming fund with our arts coaching for chinese and classes and we have a really great vibrate arts program. >> we we say thank you to the customers like always but say 0 one more thing just so you know you've made a donation to x nonprofit which does why i think that is a very special thing. >> it is good to know the owner

takes responsibility to know your money is going to good cause also. >> it is really nice to have a restaurant that is very community focused they do it all month long for nonprofits not just one day all four mondays. >> we have a wall of thank you letters in the office it seems like you know we were able to gas up the 10 passenger minivan we were innovate expected to do. >> when those people working at the nonprofits their predictive and thank what straw is giving that in and of itself it making an impact with the nonprofit through the consumers that are coming here is just as important it is important for the grill

cheese kitchen the more restrictive i learn about what is going on in the community more restrictive people are doing this stuff with 4 thousand restaurant in san francisco we're doing an average of $6,000 a year in donations and multiply that by one thousand that's a lot to . [applause] >> good morning everybody. good morning, it will work better to hold this. (indiscernible) it is 5 after 12. this is the

last time stopped this long was the 1906 earthquake. it is in fact 11 o'clock, so we are starting. i want to welcome everybody here. i'm the rick the president of market street railway, a non profit muni's preservation partner. we get no government funding. we depend on donations from individuals and businesses who love and benefit from the historic cars that run on market street which we brought back 40 years ago, and the cable cars. we run the san francisco railway museum around the corner on stuart street, so check that out some time. we are here as an organizer with sfmta of the celebration of 150 years of cable cars. we have great participating partners and i want to run down them quickly, around business groups, non profits and government agencies.

china town (indiscernible) nob chinese historical society of america, the san francisco chinese chamber of commerce. (indiscernible) he was not feeling well. he was going to speak, but anyway, we want to recognize. if you want to speak in a few minutes, you are more then welcome. downtown sf partnership. fisherman's wharf. (indiscernible) 50th anniversary this year. want to thank them for the podium and the cool lavender lemon aid you got a sample. pier 39. the san francisco chamber of commerce. city guide, historical society, board chair kevin o'brien is with us we think. san francisco public library with a great list of cable car books you can check out and by the way, all of this information is on our very special

website sfcablecars.org. you can scan the qr code on the stickers on the cable car window and go right to that site. also, sf travel, sf heritage and last alphabetically, but hardly least, union square alliance. i don't know (indiscernible) we will have a celebration on the actual anniversary date august 2 and that will be at market. it is a really diverse group of people coming together to celebrate this focused on the past, some focused on the present, but all of us have a commitment to san francisco's future and the cable cars will always be part of it. we are here to celebrate is century and a half of them. let's start with the city number one cable car fan, i have seen this with my own eyes, mayor london breed. [applause]

>> thank you to the market street railway for all the work and advocacy that they do to make sure that the cable car and the various modes of transportation options that existed in san francisco are recognized in the way that we are doing today. how many of you are alive 150 years ago? [laughter] aaron peskin was not alive. you might have been actually. but you know what is amazing, 150 years ago, when we talk about san francisco, its invasion and creativity, the cable car was invented in san francisco. everyone decided to follow suit after 1873 and august when the first ride andrew holiday decided that the horse and the carriage was not making it up our steep hills fast enough. most of us probably cant make it up those steep hills fast

enough ourselves, but the cable car was our answer to that. what i think about san francisco and the invasion and creativity we are usually the first of many things. the invention of the cable car many fallowed, yes, the television and juke box and so many great inventions we enjoy today, but while others decided to fore go the cable car, san francisco decided to double down and in 1947, we have this extraordinary woman, fidel (indiscernible) who said no mr. mayor, we are not going give up our cable cars. in fact, i'll rally all the women och san francisco, put it on the ballot and save the cable cars of san francisco and save the cable cars she did. [applause] and many many years later the first woman mayor of san francisco, diane finstein, knew

there was a need to refurbish the cable car infrastructure and to make sure that the tracks and all the things they run along were preserved so we can see cable cars make it into the future to get to 150 years. she worked hard both public and private monies, came together and the infrastructure was invested in and look where we are today. cable cars are one of the number one attraction in san francisco. when they come to san francisco to visit, they want to go to the golden gate bridge and want to ride a cable car, and of course i got to also throw in, there is no better food anywhere in the world then san francisco. so, while other people are trying to write us off, we are doubling down. to remind people of who we are and what we represent. this is not unfamiliar territory dealing with the challenges of the city, but the thing that we know as san

franciscans most people don't know, this is where the invasion happens, this is where creativity happens. this is where we are reminding people why we are resilient and why we use the phoenix as a symbol to rise out of the ashes of challenges that existed in the past, whether it was earthquakes or a down economy, or changes to things because of a pandemic. san francisco continues to not be what we were, but to be something better. time and time again to continue to make sure that we are at the forefront of new technologies of invasion while also preserving and respecting our past. the cable car represents that for us for now and into the future as san francisco begins to come out of a challenging time because of this global pandemic. the stories are still not written about how even

though-there is 20top companies in the u.s. of artificial intelgence, 16 in the bay area and 11 in san francisco. the technology that will lead the future is happening in san francisco, while preserving maintaining and uplilfting the past and what makes san francisco so special. i want to appreciate all you for being here today. thank you so much to the downtown ambassadors, union square improvement district. fisherman's wharf, downtown merchants and other groups that continue to make sure they are part of a vibrancy of what makes san francisco and all these beautiful people with us who are dressed to the nines to eare mind of the attire that used to be worn so we can feel what it was like back in 1873 when the people who were the first to ride the cable cars did so. it is great

to be here, great to celebrate the opportunity for scf san francisco, so continue to support the city, ride the cable cars, enjoy the restaurants and know san francisco, we'll continue to be here. we'll continue to matter and we are going to continue to grow and celebrate all the amazing things that our city represents. thank you. [applause] >> there are 11 elected supervisors in the city and county of san francisco, and all of the cable cars belong to one of those people. our board president, aaron peskin. aaron. [applause] >> thank you rick, and thank you to you and the market street railway association for your loving and careful and long stewardship of our cable cars and our street

cars. mayor breed invoked the phoenix rising from the ashes and if there is a physical manifestation of that mythical phoenix, it is standing behind me. it is the cable car. it is the symbol of resilience and perseverance in san francisco. when they first started in 1873, really in 1888, the city burned down to the ground three times, and that was before the 1906 earthquake and fire. that was before the 1918 spanish influenza pandemic we didn't know about until a few years ago, and the cable car was a constant through all of that. this is the symbol of san francisco's resilience. and as rick said, all 11 members of the board are created

equal, but i'm lucky and a little more equal because i represent the original part of san francisco, the northeast corner of san francisco, our china town, russian hill, north beach and downtown and what binds those all together, but our historic rolling stock. (indiscernible) was invoked and she comes from a proud line of bay area women like the three women who started save the bay that saved us from ourselves from filling in the bay. (indiscernible) did exactly the same thing in san francisco and it is a lessen that has to be learned again and again. our propensity to mistreat some of the historic resources that makes san francisco the envy of the world never goes away. we

must always remind ourselves of the lessens of the three women who saved the bay, the lessens of (indiscernible) and let me say this, yes, this is a tourist attraction, but it is also used by our local residents. i have been elected five times by the good people of the northeast corner of san francisco to the board of supervisors, and i know sharon is in the crowd and i know i'm turned out yet again and will tell the secret to my electoral success. in the mornings this is a commuter vehicle and it delivers folks from nob hill and russian hill, and the upper tenderloin to downtown, and if you get on that thing at 7 o'clock in the morning and you hand out your campaign literature, you will be the next district 3

supervisor. in closing, let me thank the men and handful of women who operate these incredible vehicles, who have done so for 150 years. without your work, without your maintenance, we would not have these cable cars that are the envy of the world. thank you to the workers from the sfmta. [applause] >> beat you to that. i want the sfmta employees please put your hand up, including the retired guys like (indiscernible) these guys do a incredible job and they really care. [applause] somebody else who really cares heads the downtown sf partnership, and that represents this area, helps keep it clean and safe and i want to bring him up now, robby silver. [applause] >> good morning

downtown san francisco! it is still morning. i'm robby silver, the executive director of downtown partnership and leading economic recovery efforts for the 43 block district around the financial district and jackson square neighborhood. daily cleanings and safety services for three activations and creating new public spaces for all. in fact, we are standing in a area we will be reimagining some time in the next year. we are also standing in a important gateway for the downtown and our city. downtown workers (indiscernible) and embarcadero transit centers. people come from all over the world to see the historic cable cars in action. this is just more then just a attraction as board president aaron peskin pointed out. the cable car lines support visitors, workers and residents from the downtown core

through beautiful china town, nob hill and finally, van ness avenue. the top of california street is breath taking and really captures the best of what this city has to offer. when i got my drivers license and i will not tell what year that was, i thought i'll drive to san francisco. i hopped on the cable car and immediately transported to a different place and different time and felt the city's energy and decided i wanted to move here. i was transported to new time and place, all cities change and evolve and it is time for san francisco to reimagine its downtown. can california street be the center of economic activity with art, with culture, with hospitality? yes. yes it can. the downtown sf partnership is here to serve the city and

lead that. no hill is too steep for the city and downtown to climb. we must reimagine ourselves, it can be done and we are doing it together. thank you all and congratulations. [applause] >> cable cars both the original line that ran on clay and sacramento street ended in 1942 and the california line which enders are simnel to mobility for the china town community and i like to call up don. donald is head of the san francisco chinese chamber of commerce and would love to hear some words from you. >> thank you. [applause] mayor breed (indiscernible) not just supervisor peskin-

[difficulty hearing speaker] we have been gone through many many challenges over the years, and along the way, the cable car has been there with us. bringing visitors in china town. (indiscernible) i remember as a child in particular, the cable car on california (indiscernible) i'm very glad to have the city bringing back this program to encourage more ridership to the cable car in celebration of the 150 years anniversary. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you donald. now for someone who has maybe the second toughest job in the city beyond the mayors,

stepping forward, the director of transportation for the city and county of san francisco, sfmta (indiscernible) >> thank you rick. [applause] since the gold rush in 1849, downtown san francisco has been through endless cycles of boom and bust. each of the cycles the people who made real money were not the ones chasing after the obvious things. levistrauss didn't make money off gold, he made money by taking cloth and turning into tough pants for the gold miners. andrew holiday and his father came to san francisco during the gold and also did not make money off gold, but figured out how to make wire rope, which he sold to gold miners all over the state and then thought, what if i took the wire rope crazy

technology and combined it with some weird new technology for hauling ore outlet of the ground and turned into technology for reinventing real estate in san francisco by hauling people up the highest hill. andrew holiday did make money off gold, he made money off using and reinventing older technologies to create something that people really needed. cable car technology. in every cycle of boom and bust, san francisco has invented the next new technology that lead the world forward but not just by making money. we reinventing ourselves remembering who we are and why we are here and what attracts. that is

socialability and joy and beauty. (indiscernible) cable cars are no longer the most efficient mobile technology, but they bring joy. they bring visitors to san francisco. they are at the heart of who we are as a city. as we move forward reinventing the next san francisco in this transition from bust to boom cycle, we need to remember that as we reinvent new technology, that we also anchor ourselves in our san francisco values and as a center of joy and social mobility. we are so grateful to be caretakers of these amazing vehicles, and we are also excited and partnership with market street railway, downtown partnership and china town to offer a whole summer's worth of special events, celebrating the 150th anniversary of cable cars. i'm so grateful to our partnership with market street railway and (indiscernible)

encourage you to visit sfcablecars.org in order to explore all the opportunities for riding. the $5 all day rate we'll have starting july 1 for the california line, tours of the amazing shops that our crews work in. when parts were out on these cars we cannot order from a catalog. they are hand machined. each one of these cars is rebuilt lovingly by a dozen different trades who have greater skills then any shop anywhere in the world. we will be doing- [applause] they are amazing. also, if you are interesting every wn of the skilled trades we have job opening now. go to sfmta.com/careers to build your career at sfmt a. i thank you for coming out and hope you

take advantsage of the tours and trips and special deals we are offering through the cable car system all summer long. thank you so much. back to rick. [applause] >> thank you. were your ears burning when he was talking about you? we have one more special guest. he comes to us from the past, but his legacy enders forever and that is mr. andrew holiday. andrew. this is microphone you speak into. [applause] [laughter] >> hello everyone. i'm very glad to be here and i want to thank the (indiscernible) who brought me back to life here to be part of this event today. i wasn't supposed to mention the time machine, but anyway. i did receive

a complement as i came up here. i was told i look very good for being dead 123 years. i believe my greatest accomplishment in life is to build a cable car system for san francisco. it didn't take very long for my invention to become part of the city reaching other streets such as geary, sacramento street and of course market street. by 1890 there were 18 cable car lines all making transportation easier for everyone to get around. i'm very pleased to see one of my favorite cars here today, car 19, built in 1883. it looks as good today as it did then and i want to thank all those workers who continue to preserve it. i understand some dignitaries are going to ride this car up and down california

street. you know, on my very first ride up clay street, we came to the top of the hill and looked at the bottom of the hill far on the steep incline and jumped out of the car and panicked and ran away so i had to take the lever myself. i want to assure you men and ladies, that won't happen again today. i paid a extra dollar. i want all you to take advantage of the beautiful cars that- (indiscernible) no other city can brag that they have cable cars like these. they are a treasure and may climb these hills another 150 years. thank you very much. >> thank you mr. holiday. i want to do a quick shout out to our crew who i guarantee will not run away from the car.

derrick johnson and calvin watts are our crew and standing by hiding somewhere but they'll be out. we are going to board now. firts i want to recognize my boss, the board chair of our organization, carmen clark. leslie rogers a board member, retired head of federal transit administration district. dennis talk to your friends about getting us more money, leslie. and wes (indiscernible) a retired superintendent of cable cars. we got a great board. now it is time for the fun, so we can have the press and the mayor group will be on this platform here. that is for them, but others who are press and invited guests can walk down to the end there and they can climb on the rest of the car and then we'll let others on as we have room. press and invited

guests and then we'll get going. [cheering and applause]

>> (indiscernible) i just know it. excuse me boys, but does anybody have sun block to block this skin from the sun? >> yes. that's right, i need to get my (indiscernible) >> many of us last summer (indiscernible) reapplying sun screen is like getting the second dose of mpox vaccine. >> wait, two doses- (indiscernible) >> isn't it too late to get my second dose? >> girl, it is like sun screen, never too late to put more sun screen on. >> that's right, i need to get my second dose of mpox vaccine before the summer

starts. >> let's (indiscernible) 21201 to find the closest location to get the vaccine or go to sf.gov/mpox. >> thank you for the information (indiscernible) >> excuse me boys, do you mind checking please? >> sure. >> that doesn't look like a sun burn, you might want to getd it checked out. >> what do you mean clecked out? >> checked out. i was told if i got my second m pox vaccine i would have less severe symptoms. (indiscernible) >> maybe i schedule the second dose just to be safe from mpox. >> most vackeens offer you a level of protections, just like sun block. sometimes you need to reapply for more protection. the m pox vaccine is

based on two shots several weeks apart to provide the strongest level of protection. visit sf.gov/mpox to get yours. >> thank you boys for that reminder! make sure your are fully vaccinated for m pox this summer. text summer vibes to 21201, to get good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting