let me let me use your microphone, president peskin. thank you. thank you so much. and first of all, thank you all so much for being here. i want to just start by expressing my appreciation to mary ellen carroll for her continued support of manager king and facilitating the various meetings that take place with the disaster council. there's a lot of work that needs to be done in san francisco to address this. many of the things that we know could happen that we may be surprised by. in addition to those things that we know are

coming and having some consistent meetings with our various city service agencies, law enforcement and others who will be responsible when and if anything happens in our city is critical to ensuring the safety of residents of our city. this this conversation and us coming together. i know has been sparked by my push to start to look at the renewing of our alarm system that used to sound . at 12:00 every tuesday, something that, you know, especially those of us who grew up in san francisco, we would hear consistently and if you heard it outside the scope of that time period, you knew that there was a problem. and the whole point, again, was to test it to ensure that the system was working the way that it should. unfortunately, with technology and with people who started to

invade the system, we were put in jeopardy. our safety of our city and using this system was put in jeopardy because we unfortunately had people who had access to the system and who could use it for the wrong reasons. cybersecurity has has been improved. we know it's important to san francisco and the ability to ensure the safety with reliable information is also equally important. we did make at one point the hard decision to scale back, to shut the system down, to avoid problems. but more importantly, this disaster council has had numerous discussions about the costs related to investing in this system, to bring it up to a place of modern technology, but more importantly to ensure that when this system is operating, we are protecting it. and we are using the appropriate cyber security to ensure that it doesn't get in the hands of the wrong people. so i know mary

ellen is going to be talking a little bit about what we plan to do, what it might cost and how we can move forward. but let me also just say san francisco is a place that, you know, it's a major city. so anything could happen, whether that is an earthquake more recently, even though it didn't directly impact us, hurricane ian, we know that there also is the threat of terrorist attacks. we know that there have been various events and other things that have occurred in san francisco, and we have developed new systems that exist that will allow for people to be made aware whether it's our ability to break into the systems, the various communications around the radio and television. but also the alerts that we have on alert that people can sign up so that they can get alerts as well as

our ability to break in and get through to people's cell phone to communicate information using the fire department with, you know, the various microphones, megaphones that they carry on their various trucks and rigs. the ability to get information out there using a lot of different modes of technology is something that currently exist in san francisco. i know that conversation happens around tsunamis and the possibility of tsunamis in san francisco. i know the conversations around the challenges that existed in treasure island with the drinking water and other things we have never since this system has been down been enabled to distribute information in to the public to protect public safety . but i will say that many of you have heard through the news that i was actually in maui during, you know, the very

devastating hurricane and fire that took place. and in fact, the winds were probably more significant than i've ever seen or experienced anywhere. and on top of that, it to have a fire to happen of that mass attitude that swept through the town of lahaina in such a significant way with no alert system, with no sound, when power was down, no internet, no technology, no ability to communicate to anyone what was going on, really renewed my commitment to look into this particular system and the need to bring this system back up to par for the people of san francisco, because, as i said, we have a number of different communication tools at our disposal. all that we are able to use to address public

safety in san francisco in a way to distribute information in. but the question is what happens when we are faced with winds that are so problematic that the power has to be cut when we are faced, faced with challenges that don't allow us to use technology in the same way to distribute information to the public. we need to make sure that we have all levels of redundant communication systems in this city to make sure that we are able to get information out to the public. so it's time for us to really look at upgrading our system. i'm upgrading the work that we need to do together to ensure public safety and also i want to take this opportunity to just mention nert the neighborhood emergency response team and a desire to try and recruit people. there

are thousands of people registered for nert, but we have to make sure that they maintain in their certification so that they are up to date on the latest of technology and information so that when our fire department, our police officers, our sheriff deputies, our disaster service workers and others are not always able to get to everyone in that. people in our various community cities all over san francisco have the training to be able to help their neighbors and to help us as a city get through this. so i think there are a lot of different layers to our need through this disaster council to start to have conversations that allow for both technology, advanced distribution of information, but also so we're going to have to go back to some basics because in the event of any situation nation, we as a

city, we want to make sure that we don't continue to put off the important infrastructure investments. we need to make for this particular system, because it is necessary for the purposes of getting our city to a place where we can ensure that we have every tool at our disposal to address any disaster and whatever may come our way. so today's meeting for the disaster council centers around our system. our system that look at the possibility of bringing this system back into operation. on what that would entail and what the cost may be be and how we should move forward. and i want to at this time turn it over to mary ellen carroll to provide the details around this. thank

you all so much. thank you. mayor breed and i think every disaster, every emergency that we experience or that we see is an opportunity for us to learn. we have in the past decade, cities across the world have increasing faced the consequence associated with our climate change. storms are more intense. temperatures are more extreme, and the impacts of wildfires are more destructive and toxic. in january and march of this year, as we all know, we experienced historic storms that flooded our streets, took down our trees, our utility pole poles and tore glass off our buildings. as wildfires across the country have resulted in poor air quality and orange sky. as we all remember from 2020. and that new york and the east coast experienced this year and even this past weekend, as we saw

hillary. hurricane hilary impacts southern california as it hit the coast as a tropical storm, the first tropical storm in our state in over 80 years. so our changing climate has signified giant impact on how we prepare for respond to and recover from emergencies as our emergency operations center is a critical component of our response, we activate during both planned and unplanned events, and our key responsibilities of the eoc. of course, are maintaining situational awareness, supporting our field operations , providing alert, warning and notification action, coordinating logistics and tracking finance sources and costs of any disaster. our so just to give an overview, we have as the mayor alluded to, san francisco has a very robust and integrated emergency alert, alert and warning system. our

city has made considerable investments that i'm going to just go through pretty quickly here in conventional platforms, technology based platforms, and then community based networks. so we have traditional and social media. so the those are our conventional platforms. the things that we use every day are television, newspapers, online resources, probably social media is the number one, and radio in san francisco. we can use kgw to broadcast out emergency information. radio is super resilient, and it is true that most of us probably have not turned on a radio in a very long time, and that's okay. but you really should have one that's battery operated in your home and that's part of what we're getting to, is being prepared for anything and really being prepared for when all of our technology is not available to us. we also have the emergency

alert system, which sends warning via broadcast cable, satellite. right. and this is the thing that you see on your tv or you hear on the radio, you know, once a month as testing that system and then we have message boards. so those are what we call variable message boards that alert public to various emergencies. you see them when you're driving on the highway. they mostly include information about roadwork and traffic, but they can and they have been used to provide emergency information as well. and then finally, we have our outdoor warning system. and so this is the one we'll talk more about today. this is the network of over 100 sirens across san francisco that can broadcast an audible alert with a corresponding message in multiple languages. these sirens were taken offline in two december 20th, 19 due to in order for us to mitigate an immediate and serious cybersecurity risk. and it

remains our intention to reactivate that system. we have other tech tech logical methods and the one that we use the most and most people are familiar with probably is alert. sf this is an alert that we send in multiple languages to the public . we've sent several today already. we have over 195,000 subscribers for text, which represents 54% of the households in san francisco. you can sign up for alerts by just texting your zip code to eight, eight, eight, seven, seven, seven, and then we also have telephone alerts, which is like a reverse 911. so those are used and can connect to over 383,000 residential and business landlines. and so that's something that we can do to call people when there is a very urgent message that needs to go out. and we did use that during covid to let people know about stay at home orders and mask

mandates. and then the final one is the we alert and that's one that you don't have to sign up for. that comes automatically. they're mostly associated with amber alerts. when your phone buzzes very loud or flash flood warnings. we had one last this past winter during the floods. so then finally, i want to talk a little bit about our conventional platforms. so these are like the non we don't need technology for the most part. but our first responders that are represented here, leadership here on disaster council, our police officers, our firefighters, our sheriff deputies, our park rangers, those all play a very important role in public alert and warning they can use their lights and sirens as well as their public address and broadcast systems with their vehicles. and that is something that we did use during january 2022, tsunami advisory. do you want to play that video just as just people can see how

that works. and the nami and advisory in effect, stay out of the water, off the beach and away from the coast. again tsunami advisory in effect, staying out of the water, away from the coast and off the beach . so that is what we did activate that during the tsunami alert. you can't see it in this video, but you'll see many surfers still out there not heeding or warning. as a surfer , i understand that it's hard to get them out. but and then finally, we have disaster service workers and those disaster service workers during covid were incredibly instrumental. we deployed hundreds of workers across the city to put up fliers and posters, hang things on doors and knock on doors, literally to

get information out. so we are we are adept at to adapting to the needs of what of what the community needs to get important information out and finally, we have our volunteers and community groups. so we have, as the mayor said, volunteer groups like nert and alert. we have an auxiliary communication service is a group of folks that do ham radio communication for service providers like the interfaith council, neighborhood empowerment network and the latino task force and megablock. these are all two organizations that really were born during covid and that continue to be very strong partners with dlm and the city in emergency preparedness. so you know, finally, i just you know, and just to say a few more things about that, we have the neighborhood community network or nen is very proactive. they

work with community days and neighborhoods in order so that each neighborhood can kind of cater their plan and their response to the needs of that community. we have a new program , the neighborhood hub and strong block, that allows for more resources in communities. and we are also have a new program, strong building, where we're piloting with alice griffith apartments that are going to be a model for us to say, how do we do it for? you know, we have so many multi unit buildings and preparing those folks also. so just in summary, we have, as you can see, a very robust emergency management program here in the city that includes diverse, overlapping ring and redundant alert and warning systems and while we are very confident that our systems are thorough and redundant, we always want to improve. and in particular, we're looking to

continue our investments in language capacity and community outreach, both things that we learned lessons very important during covid because not everyone receives the message in the right way. we want to make sure that we get the message to people in whatever way is needed so that they receive it and their safety is assured. and so we welcome the discussion that is we're about to have on these improvements. and we really wish to partner with anyone who wants to help us expand our alert and warning capacity, whether through people, through financial or systematic resources. so that's the end of my presentation and open it up to our council for discussion. mary ellen i just wanted to appreciate the thorough overview and maybe get into the discussion as to what our plans are that we discussed around the

bringing up of the system, what our plans are, are we going to repair the old are we going to do a new system? some of the things we talked about and how we can get going with the with the alarms along the beach area and what are some options, options that we should discuss so that we can begin the process of preparing and understand what's possible. yes, mayor. so we have a approximately 119 sirens throughout the city. we did lose a couple of them in the storm. so part of what we need to do now that it has been four years since the they were operating operating is we need to go in and the plan is what we're going to do is replace the technology. so they are all run on what we call. so they're not cellular but wireless. so they are not dependent on a cellular system. and each of these

individual sirens has backup battery. those are the technology that needs to be absolutely has to be replaced. it. in addition, most people have been here a long time know that depending on where you are in the city, the messaging is clearer or not clear. and we know that in some places of the city you cannot hear, you know, have better, better or worse ability to hear the message and the sirens. so part of what our our first plan is to do is definitely to focus on the coastal side, because we know that tsunami is a very like likely scenario in which we would use these. and add each one. this just to back up the system was built in 1946, just to be clear. so it's a very old system. during that time, you know, it was really a military it was like a bomb warning system that was put into place.

obviously, as we've shown, we have built technology has changed. we have so many redundancies. but but getting back to the lowest common denominator of redundancy, when all of the technology that we are dependent on is not available to us, it makes this kind of solution for alert very important. however, what we need to do is take the newer technology, especially on the sirens and the verbal messaging and ensure that each of those is facing the same way that the height of the siren is in the right place. so we anticipate we have a contract in order to start moving forward with the technology. so the procurement of the technology is not the issue and we will be moving forward. i think we expect in the next six months that this project will be well on its way . the full extent of when this will be complete is harder to

predict just because we're going to have to assess each one of these and potentially make some changes in order to really make the improvements to the technology. so it's a better system than we had when we turned it off in 2019. thank you . all right. so it sounds like we are at the point of discussion on based on on mary ellen's presentation and i know we have a number of our members of the board of supervisors and other elected leaders and department heads joining us here today. president peskin, i wanted to know if you had any comments or any remarks or questions for this discussion. oh thank you, mayor breed. and thank you for convening the disaster council. i think you're absolutely right. lahaina was a teachable moment and we are

living with a very constrained capital budget. so i am pleased that there seems to be unanimity in all quarters to find funds to get the outdoor public warning system back up and running. and i think my colleagues and i are happy to assist in any way if that requires legislative action, we're prepared to do so . thank you. that's really great to hear. president peskin, we appreciate your leadership on this. all right. are there any other comments from our elected leaders who are joining us here today? anything you want to ask or say? thank you so much for convening today. we really appreciate it. just really look forward to seeing the implementation and look forward to hopefully have some results and timeline for the siren. you know, besides the funding part, i'd love to learn more. i think for the west side particularly, i think is to also in addition to the siren, we'd love to see

sort of the just learning again from the maui fire. is that we'd love to see a mapping of evacuation route. we on the west side for us, we actually do see a tsunami evacuation routes, signage throughout the throughout west side. i just love to see a mapping of it or updated mapping of it and to see that those signage are also updated or upgraded if need be. knowing that it's been a while. so thank you. thank you. supervisor and you brought something up. i just wanted to mention when we bring these back on, i think on the west side, many people do consider them the tsunami sirens, right. but they are all over the city. it really should be. we want to make sure that folks understand that when the siren sound, they could be for any event. and part of what we're learning from maui is that the sirens were generally used

for tsunami to send people away from the water. but in this case, the fire was coming toward the ocean. and so we want to make sure that we educate the public that they, no matter where you are, that the sirens are indicating something, especially if they're not happening at 12:00 on a tuesday. and that's something that may not be could be any number of things. and so i just wanted to mention that. and to your point on the be happy to share with you the evacuation routes and we can even set up a meeting with fire and police as, as they are kind of lead on helping support evacuation. i just want to add that the supervisor brings up a good point regarding eyeing the various evacuation plans, because i do think that typically during fleet week, we take that as an opportunity to highlight the challenges that could exist in san francisco and

to make the public aware of, you know, emergency preparedness. but i do think that every neighborhood could be unique to the specific events. and we need to make sure that we are not only working with the supervisor, but we're also working with the community to make sure that they understand stand what this all means and how this could be effectively used in case of an emergency, regardless of what it is. so i do think some more outreach and work around and, you know, educate ing people about what these sirens actually represent and also the various layers of things that could happen. and what things might mean. look we know anything could happen. so i think, you know, the sirens and making sure that the voice and the clarity of being able to hear and the various languages

are being used used is going to be critical to our communication system along with our our networking systems that we have in existence. but ultimately, i think some more outreach and work that we can do to start to elevate the conversation around emergency preparedness preparedness with our various neighborhood organizations, our community groups and others could be very helpful to ensuring that, you know, not just when something happens, we're reacting to it. but you know, how are we being more proactive with community so that they are also aware of what exists? and can i ask one question? yeah obviously i'm very supportive and i'm glad that we can all agree that this is something that needs to be done. i'm just curious if going forward will be looking to work with the same contractor we've been working with a little concern on that. something is two years and then now we're looking at five years and we're

over budget. so are there reasons why and will we plan to work with the same contractor going forward? well, it's a it's a combination of so the technology we have to purchase through a vendor and the delay is not a contractor issue. it was more a funding issue on our part. so and the cost escalation is, is what it what time does to our projects. i see karla behind you nodding so we the i think the biggest challenge is it's a very unique system and we are working very closely with tt to make sure that we have the right people who will be available and be able to hit the ground running to be able to do the installation, the sort of assessment. so it's two parts. there's technology d then there's integration into our system and the integrating part is more a city resource issue

that we feel pretty strongly that we're going to have a good team to do that. in fact, bringing some people back from retired agent who really know the system and will be able to enter, interested and willing and available to help on the project. okay. so funding then can expedite the timeline. yeah. i mean, i think that the we have an existing contract, so i feel pretty confident about getting this started immediately. the issue i think the delay or just the i don't want to say delay, but the challenges in moving it as quickly as possible is going to be what we find when we do the when we do these and especially along the coast. i mean, this is just what happens. our beautiful coastal coastline is hard on equipment. and so i think that will be the issue more than anything. but we have we have the contract. we have availability on that contract and a new quote. so we're we're really ready to go on this.

thank you. but mary ellen, this is a motorola product. yes. and part of what supervisor mentioned in terms of the current contractor, are there other options that we have in our various list of contractors that are possible other than the one that we've been working with ? um i don't have the answer to that right now, but i will we'll find out. mayor that's something that we can explore, especially as we're taking a look at different technologies and what might come from the assessment, because it might not just be the technology, but other things that might need to me need to be done to repair polls and other things. yeah and i think that, you know, part of what mary ellen is, is doing is, is taking my direction to move as quickly as possible because because the goal is we want to have this system online. but at the same

time, this does give us, you know, we have an opportunity to, you know, take a moment to look at what is what has changed. we can't just neglect the fact that the technology, the advancements with artificial intelligence and everything else that's out there . we definitely need to look at what other options exist so that we are not creating a new system where that will need to be updated and improved in the next five years. yeah, i definitely don't want to come back to you in five years for that. so all right. any other questions or comments for discussion. did you. nobody okay. all right. we do have to we do have to open this item for public comment. but is there anyone here for public comment. it doesn't look

like it. all right. seeing none, public comment is closed. and at this time, without any questions, further discussion or public comment, this meeting is adjourned. thank you all so much for being here.

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>> this is the shelter is overwhelmed with animals after a disaster this shelter is full regularly. if we torch have an event that would cause a number of animals to escape or injured or stray or separate friday their people that's where we would respond. >> pets are part of the family and need to make sure they are taken care of like people with the supplies and equip we are able to provide shelter for pets in addition to the existing shelter. >> we have formulated a plan so this in the event of a disaster we are hear ready to help and support the city. >> we are able to use the muni bus to transport the people. animals and other equip if the shelter. >> encourage people there is an evacuation order to take your

pet with you. >> very first thing everyone should do is microchip the pet. and pack a bag >> shelter cert not a place where you want your animal to end up unless the last resort and like to keep most out of the shelter when we can. >> take care of your people and your friend and family. pets need to be taken [music] so, can you tell us what it was like for you during your first encounter with the san francisco fire department? >> yep. it was super cool! i got to learn about the dry standing pipe correction. it is actually called, dry sand piper just stand pipe. tomato. you know. yea. >> so, what is coming up next for what is that for?

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

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

>> i don't want to be involved in the process after it happens. i want to be there at the front end to help people with something in my mind from a very early age. our community is the important way to look at things, even now. george floyd was huge. it opened up wounds and a discussion on something festering for a long time. before rodney king. you can look at all the instances where there are calls for change. i think we are involved in

change right now in this moment that is going to be long lasting. it is very challenging. i was the victim of a crime when i was in middle school. some kids at recess came around at pe class and came to the locker room and tried to steal my watch and physically assaulted me. the officer that helped afterwards went out of his way to check the time to see how i was. that is the kind of work, the kind of perspective i like to have in our sheriff's office regardless of circumstance. that influenced me a lot. some of the storefronts have changed. what is mys is that i still see some things that trigger memories. the barbershop and the shoe store is another one that i remember buying shoestrings and getting my dad's old army boots

fixed. we would see movies after the first run. my brother and i would go there. it is nice. if you keep walking down sacramento. the nice think about the city it takes you to japan town. that is where my grandparents were brought up. that is the traditional foods or movies. they were able to celebrate the culture in that community. my family also had a dry-cleaning business. very hard work. the family grew up with apartments above the business. we have a built-in work force. 19 had 1 as -- 1941 as soon as that happened the entire community was fixed. >> determined to do the job as democracy should with real consideration for the people

involved. >> the decision to take every one of japan niece american o japanese from their homes. my family went to the mountains and experienced winter and summer and springs. they tried to make their home a home. the community came together to share. they tried to infuse each home are little things. they created things. i remember my grand mother saying they were very scared. they were worried. they also felt the great sense of pride. >> japanese americans. >> my granduncle joined the 442nd. when the opportunity came when

the time that was not right. they were in the campaign in italy. they were there every step of the way. >> president truman pays tribute. >> that was the most decorated unit in the history of the united states army. commitment and loyal to to the country despite that their families were in the camp at that time. they chose to come back to san francisco even after all of that. my father was a civil servant as well and served the state of california workers' compensation attorney and judge and appellate board. my parents influenced me to look at civil service s.i applied to police, and sheriff's department

at the same time. the sheriff's department grabbed me first. it was unique. it was not just me in that moment it was everyone. it wasn't me looking at the crowd. it was all of us being together. i was standing there alone. i felt everyone standing next to me. the only way to describe it. it is not about me. it is from my father. my father couldn't be there. he was sick. the first person i saw was him. i still sometimes am surprised by the fact i see my name as the sheriff. i am happy to be in the position i am in to honor their memory doing what i am doing now to help the larger comment. when i say that we want to be especially focused on

marginalized communities that have been wronged. coming from my background and my family experienced what they did. that didn't happen in a vacuum. it was a decision made by the government. nobody raised their voice. now, i think we are in a better place as country and community. when we see something wrong we have change agents step up to help the community affected. that is a important thing to continue to do. you talk about change and being a leader in change and not knowing whether you have successes or results. the fact of the matter is by choosing to push for change you have already changed things. through inspiration for others, take up the matter or whether it is through actual functional change as a result of your voice being heard. i think you have already started on a path to change by choosing

that path. in doing that in april of itself creates change. i continue in that type of service for my family. something i hope to see in my children. i have a pretty good chance with five children one will go into some sort of civil service. i hope that happens to continue that legacy. >> i am paul, sheriff of san francisco. [ music ]

>> the stewardship program is a (indiscernible) based program. we work with student kind r garten through 12 grade and work with scrks fusd and (indiscernible) focus on 5 themes. sense of place, plant adapation and animal adaptation, water soil or (indiscernible) depending on the grade level and accommodations the class may need the educators

work to adapt the programming to be whatever works best for the class, so they can gain activities (indiscernible) some don't, we try to meet students where they are at and get comfortable connecting in the space and feeling a sense of ownership and safety within their (indiscernible) >> the first component of a youth stewardship program trip will be a in clasds visit where we go to the school, we give a presentation on the natural history of san francisco, we talk about the concept of a habitat, so what does a habitat contain, understood, water, shelter, space. >> children at this age, they learn best through using their senses, having the real life experience and (indiscernible) students also learn about responsibility and it

is a great message for student to learn, if you take care of environment, the environment will take care of you. >> so, when we finally get the kids outside, we have two main components to the field trips. one is going to be the restoration component where we are working on the habitat and parks by pulling out (indiscernible) or maybe watering, and then the other side of our trip is going to be the educational component, which can range from a nature walk with a sensory theme where we are talking about what we smell and hear, to a focus on plant adaptation and animal adaptations. >> (indiscernible) >> just a great opportunity for students to learn more, connect with nature, and hopefully what they learn from the

youth stewardship program they can take with them for the rest of their lives, and they will appreciate their environment more. hopefully, when they appreciate it, they take care of it more every day. >> (indiscernible) >> so every year we open the application up in the fall. interested teachers can apply for a classroom visit and up to two field trips to the city park of their choice. field trips are 2 and a half hours long and like i said, they can happen in any city park (indiscernible)

>> 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 possibbbbbbbbbbb

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