>> so quiet in here, huh? well first of all, today is a very exciting day for san francisco. i'm san francisco mayor london breed and i'm excited be here with all of you and the folks joining us today. to prepare for apec the asian pacific economic co operation that will happen in san francisco this major summit of 21 economies with some of our leaders around the world and san francisco was chosen by our president joe biden, who selected our city as the place to show off the united states of america. this is big.

today i'm joined by our department heads to talk about the specifics related to apeck. but i'm joined by the finance chair near our acting govern, lieutenant is here with us and will talk i bit about apec and the role to help us get to this point. we also have our premiere experience the top sponsor about a 4.65 million dollars contribution to get us over our 20 million dollars goal, greg the chairman of greaten resort and casino. is here today to talk a bit about their work and how apec is important to them. chief of protocol doing a fabulous job of cordinating the w we need to do in san francisco. and just for a perspective of

what is those 21 economies, we have 20 -- close to 17 consulates or trade office here in san francisco as well as the sister city reps with 7. it is excite to develop the reps. talk about economic growth and prosperity and when this will money for san francisco. a little later we will get in logistics the secret service is left week put out their plan and a number of street closures and other things we will get into had. i want to talk about the importance of apec and how significant this is. you know san fran is an i conic city of firsts dream and ares in 1945, san francisco played hest to the united establishment of the u noticed in additions. when we have been talking about

apec there has in the been another event of this magnitude in san francisco since then in terms of the leaders from around the world this is significant cannot we are look for to relationships and conventions nar made, peoplement to be in san francisco. the artificial intelligence capitol of the world there are 20 top ai companies 8 in san francisco. this is where it starts. the introduction of the i phone. the things and innovation that happen in san francisco, other places follow who i we lead. this is why san francisco is the perfect place to host apec, people are excite body that what can we expect? i said 21 member economies.

1200 ceo's. 2200 foreign press and 20,000 visitors from around the world who will descend on san francisco. we anticipate almost 53 million dollars in our local economy whether had is hotel tax revenue, restaurants, small businesses. this will be significantly financial low impactful for san francisco. just imagine when that monies in terms of the decision make. imagine the panels this are happening. reps this get made. before the pandemic, san francisco and the relationships with asia was one a partnership one of interaction. our governor is in china visiting and it is important for us to maintain and irrelevant build upon the relationships in order to ensure that our economic ties are strong. i want to take this opportunity

to talk a bit about the security plans. i than the white house. u.s. state department and the u.s. secret service i want it thifrng them. but also explain that when they announced their plan we were anticipating leaders if understood the worlds. there was concern the prim terse and the embarcadero and miss sceney center and knob hill the next day there were meetings with communities to talk about the impacts because before that announce am we go ahead nohave the discussions now that we are we are hearing from the community about what it it is they need in order to ensure that the disruption is in the significant especially to the people who live and work in the areas that are going to be impacted. ultimately the secret service is making the decision for the

protection of many leaders this are visiting and we want to make sure the things are safe and want it make sour they are successful and buildings thrive and the folk who is live here especially our seniors are not impacted. i'm grateful and excited about the plans we have to support community. to ensure the disruption is at a minimum. i want to also just appreciate the w this so many departments have been doing and they can talk i bit about this. our recorder joaquin torys leading the community effort with katie tang in charge of small businesses trying to roach out to neighborhoods. part behalf we want from apec we want thome dollar to places at the start of apec they will do a light show. go to the port ola the great businesses and food.

we want them to take the bike ride with supervisor engardio he is cordinating apec bike roadway in the richmond. so many are focusing making sure well is i connection with community and all the great things in san francisco and what happens with the delegate and it is people who come here. we will be setting up an app so people learn about the city and the restaurants and than i can learn about china town and capitol where they get good fried chicken wings. learn about good places to eat and shop and good places to experience san francisco including some of our newest attractions tunnel top park the view of golden gate bridge and the approximatelyace of find arts we want a well rounded responsibles of know front yes we want them to go to the pier and the bridge and want them to visit and see our

neighborhoodses and neighborhood treasures. places that locals love. we want them to experience san francisco as a whole. there will be opportunity for community input. but there will be disruptions and want it make sure the public is as informed as possible during this time. so we want to ini have to you look at the resources that can be tools. in order to ensure that you are kept updated. you can text and with alert sf text. you can visit sf. gov/ap ec f. there is a concern or issues 311 will be visible it answer questions in the meantime websites as well as alert sf to get updates about what is going to happen throughout the week

and how it may impact street closures your nishth and community. questions issue occurrence. we want to make sure we are responsive to the community. we want this to be a great event for those of us who live here this is a major city and than i have challenges. we also know that e approximately in our neighborhoods how wonderful san francisco is. and how inis and how much we love to play host to visitors. part whf we want to make sure i don't do is do that. so i want to i have 2 speakers here today. this i want it introduce. because their support has been invaluable in helping its get to i place where we are using patriot resources to help support this effort. you know we had to fight to get, pec here when the president selected us it came with a

financial responsibility. we needed a lot of heff lift nothing fund raising. i appreciate my team and chief of protocol for all their great w and i want it also at this time, introduce the chair of the finance chair for ap ec lieutenant governor and acting governor. >> thank you, thank you so much madam mayor and thank you for inviting mow to be here talking about the summit. this is so exciting. and the city of san francisco has stepped up to produce had i think will be the great summit in the history of organization. and incredible privilege to be part of it. going back now over a year ago, the state of california urged the biden administration and the state department to choose a location in california to host

the apec summit. san francisco and other california cities put package in and cities across the united states. san francisco was selected. because it was clear that with the conference centers the hotel recommends and the ability to show case one of the great cities of the united states this was the right place for the president to host the summit. and for those of you when don't know of the 22 member nations of apeck every year a different country is the one that hosts. and when it came to president biden, this was not a small decision. on the side of the white house. and when we at the state level argued is this california is the right place to welcome the world leaders for a few significant reasons briefly. one, you look at the population

of the us. it is about 6% a ap i according to the last census. in california it it is 17% a ap i. that is extraordinary. it is higher as we know in cities in san francisco county and across the bay area. in terms of trade, california is the fifth largest economy in the world. we are the powerhouse economy that we experience here learningly because of our connectedness to the pacific region. about 70% of all of california's trade takes place between our state and 2 way trade and members of the apec countries it was obvious but of course once california, san francisco was chosen, it fell upon the city of

san francisco to deliver. and deliver something extraordinary and deliver manage that was going to be cost low. and for the mayor to insist this was going to be done through private funds was i part of the mandate for leaders and people like myself but also for city leaders it step and up help. you have all begin a list. the individuals and the companies this have contributed from 100 thousand dollars, 500 thousand dollars, many at million dollars level. one at the 2 million dollars level. but we are here today and the mayor will introduce the chairman of the great and rancheria. i would like to say, one thing about the contribution of greaton. you know the theme of the summit is sustainability. and the theme of the summit is about diversity and inclusion.

nothing could make me prouder ofllow lute governor of california to see our 110 federal recognized tribes in the san francisco bay area. step up to be the premiere sponse. many count rows have indigenous peoples for us to be able to say, that in hosting here in san francisco, it is one of our local tribe this is would step up to partner at this level to me is yet another element of when we have to be proud of. so with that i will say, for everybody it is in the too late to be a sponsor and with that i again want to rescue noise this the mir has her team, in the department of protocol who work

tireless low all those who criminalities the bay area council. california chamber of commerce and most important low the leadership of mayor breed in bringing together the supporters and the people who are going to be able to deliver not just for the city or the state but the us of america. and excellent summit. thank you. [applause], thank you to ourllow lute governoror and i want to put thing in perspective it is exciting. to not only be able to meet our goal of raising over 20 million dollars. but to also see over 1200 people sign up to volunteer. so it is just people are excite body this. and when it means for the city and i said san francisco loves to play host.

so we are really grateful and looking forward to -- what is to come. now at this time, i upon to introduce chairman greg ferris. and i first met him when we were honored by the gay man's chorus a san francisco institution. they show up and show out and they just bring people together. and he was honored by the gay men's chorus because of the consistency of support this he provides to them. there are things we has done. in san francisco. supporting various causes. without necessary low being recognized for it or try to get attention but more so buzz he truly cares. under his leadership, the resort and casino made 2,000 team members priorities providing important employee programs including legal support for path

to u.s. citizenship. esl and scholarship programs and in house training. his business support social justice and environmental stewardship programs. and this includes his long standing support of a number of organizations to a civic in san francisco. so we are grateful and excited welcome him as a partner. not just because over the years i got to know him and know he has a big heart for supporting incredible causes, but he is committed to san francisco and committed to the bay your. and he wants to ensure ap ec is a success welcome chairman greg ferris. [applause] >> thank you. mayor breed for the kind worrieds and lieutenant governor thank you for the kind words. what happens when you go left

they take where you are speech. but -- thank you. first and foremost i want to say that we are standing on the land of the ramaytush ohlone tribe. i don't for me the acknowledgment is important but as a native californian we are touchy who's territory we are on we be respectful. weure the federated indians from across the bay from so we are comprised of the survivors of marine count and he southern sonoma there are 20,000 of nus this your. the 1, 500 members other sdendzants we tric ouran cesters back of within of 14 survivors all women. wives of the early americans.

we were gifrn in the early part of the 20th century in 1922 it was established for homeless indians of the area. and they gave us 15. 5 acres in the middle of nowhere. and we survived well and for a language time but not many could not live there it was small and not habitable. there was i long and dangerous and problemed history getting to where we are today. ranch was terminated. in many 92, we began an effort and wrote a bill this we got through congress december 27 of 2000 president clinton signed the bill acknowledging the

government illegally terminated our reference. we were a recognized tribe but bill did not say we valid land or give us land back to live in our territory. so, we considered men things different things did not want to go in gambling or casino we wanted take care of our people the opportunity came when you want we did not have other opportunities to buy lands and knew we could be a good business. and we knew we could make money. as we were think willing this. we said to ourselves we will go this route if tell be a business that will benefit indian and nonindz yen alike and if it will be a credit for us a platform for social justice and environmental stewardship in the spirit of our ancestors. we persevered. and the tribe created the

casino. so, we have was mentioned, been trough as we -- to our word as possible. we do have now over 2,000 team members all have the kaiser gold cadillac plan. no one pace anything out of their paycheck. 10 dollars for surge row or aspirin. we provide full vision, dental and have a 24 hour buffet toed for people asian section and mern section and a full salad bar. anybody who is wing on a green card we pay and w them through citizenship and have i graduation every year. we have literacy programs and many other types of programs for our team members. we had an affect on the area because of wages and benefits

the local hotel industry well is, huge with a great business, huge tourist business. as a result of our wage and benefits we have raised the basic wage in the your for the other hotels. and had an affect. we hope to do the same we have also established organic farm. where we are feeding all of our elders from the farm and all of the people in our farm. in our tribe. and that's one prejudice of are environmental program the other prong of the environmental program is environmental restoration. we created press denial setting comanagement agreements with the local government for ps and you may know, with the national government point reyes initial seashore 20,000 acres on territory. all of this brings me here today

because when we heard about the apec tune to help the city meet needs for ap ec we thought, when an incredible opportunity. in the ways it alines with our values. the importance of diversity. the importance of social justice. and show casing what the bay area is about. in so many ways the city of san francisco. this is a diverse and beautiful city. and we want to support the city and when it stands for and has stood for innovation. justice, and an acceptance of many people. just as our casino does. we say in the casino the only thing we don't to the rit is intolerance. so when we had this opportunity, we thought it was perfect to

support the city so the city could show case the countries had a beautiful place and thriving place san francisco is. the same time, it was so important for us to as indigenous nation to so the ap ec countries and participates our business model of social justice. and environmental stewardship. and the way in which that little model works well toward profit and well being for an indigenous xunt but others. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, and i failed to mention that chairman ferris was a professor for over 35 years and -- just has a wealth of knowledge and history. we appreciate you helping us

toal understand your tribe better and the w you are doing. thank you again for your experienceship and support. i want to mention this because of their passport it took us over the top in terms when we were trying to raise to meet goals and allowed us to implement a campaign to highlight had is so amazing about san francisco. and we are seeing in addition to the work with ap ec and our work to get word out we than there are other great leaders in san francisco like chris larson and bob fisher who put together their campaign to instill prid in the folk who is live here as well as the people who visit here. and you know this it is important because it is important to reminds people of

who we are. as a city. important to make sure that we remember that this is a great city. city of opportunity. there are so many movements occurred here whether it was the harlem of the west in the fillmore with the dukelington and bill holiday and people said this is my mininew york when than i come here to perform or it is during the summer of love where janice joplin and people who came from every in the 60s to sigh jimmie hendrick's and others play at golden gate park we are creating the path way. well is so much happening with technology and innovation and creativity this . has not changed. it important we reminds people who we are. don't let others tell our stovey of people of various videos and

moment in time e approximately people when don't live here or live far away. we know the experience of san francisco and when 250 delegates came from canada and mexico, china from all the various australia they said we heard the stories about san francisco. and we took them to certain neighborhoods of the soma neighborhood and tenderloin and other place we want them to understand and see when san francisco is. and they said, san francisco has challenged like we do where we come from which this is know amazing city. a beautiful city and can't wait for ap ec. ended with an performance. and let mow tell thank you sent people over the top because this is i performance again that instills provide. it is a love letter to san francisco. so when we hear about all the things that folks want to talk

about this may be a problem, it is so important for each of us to do our part to make sure the, story is told the role story of san francisco. ap ec put us on center stage like never before we will have an opportunity to show case the best of the city. we are not hideingly our problems or try to do something different. we will continue to help get people off the streets. since have been mayor we helped over 10,000 people exit homelessness that are no longer on the streets of san francisco. tell that story. our police department has been working over time and pushing for changes around rethey'll theft and a number of car break in's and making sure that when someone commits a crime of violence this they get caught and held accountability. tell those stories of san francisco. the great w we are doing to turn things around and ensure the message is such thank you very

much it is telling the true story of both side when is is help nothing our city and i must say it is looking and feeling good and i am excite body not only xaps as a result of businessifiys and reps in san francisco, but when come after is i think something this will trans form our economy and get san francisco back on the right path and this will be the international stage to show the way. thank you for being here. and at this time i will open up for questions first for the which i remember. and for the lieutenant governoror before the detamed questions from various departments. [inaudible]. i have question for the chairman. in terms of you were contributions. [inaudible] how it alines with

the [inaudible] values. i was wondering if you are also hoping for economic benefits. if there is another long-term extension plan? know opportunity to invest. tourism. when other [inaudible] >> thank you, rachel for the question. also thank you your newspaper for the wonderful review of my play at word for word theater on sunday. well, tell your reviewer. so, yes. there will be opportunity for you to interact with the nations. and again, it will prosecute mote tourism. obviously we do business with the entire bay area and san francisco. so, you know, the opportunity i am mote with men people and the

opportunity will come up. but i'm most low concerned or help to present to in terms of our business to show the model to otherses. i think in a day like today had well is so much difficulty in the world, good stories and business models are needed t. is an opportunity for the fed ritted indians to show case a business based on indigenous values. >> questions for chairman? lieutenant governor. news of the left week we did see chp uniforms of people providing service or passport from the state. can you talk about the other support serve this is california is going to be contributing to the effort here. >> i will let the security team

talk about how all law enforcement is wing together >> yes, you are correct california highway principle is involved and has been here working with the city over the last few months about some of the challenges we are experiencing in public safety. i'm a san franciscans 2. i have been watching with care. we know the president of the united states was going to chose a location for ap ec i'm a former united states am bas ambassador and know how they work. there has in the been i dip admitic garthing in the state of california i think so the u noticed nations treaty in 1945. i fully understood what this opportunity was. for the state of california, which is the state i represent. and as i mentioned other cities

in the state put packages together but san francisco appropriated the winning peculiarage and has the responsible as the host city to drive all of the elements necessary working with the federal governmentful so the state in terms of law enforcement is participating. certainly, we are participating in getting the worried out about partnerships and of course, we have both of our senators issue nancy pelosi is involved we are cochairs of the host committee. so it hen without question. and all hands on deck effort. but ultimately it is up to the city to deliver on this event. and so they are the ones coordinating the effort to deliver the technical elements from this point. including and men the mayor or

mirrium can talk about it. but i think it is the met exciting parts is that -- the city will be hosting an extraordinary welcome reception on the 15th at the exploretoryium the effort it pay for you will of this and after that larger reception across the city there will be diners and the heads of state, china and jeopardy an, australia, cree at philippines, mexico, peru and this is extraordinary and when the heads of state condition venal here to be spread through the the city in residents for

the dinners. is another very xoiting part television and i know the governor is inviteed be a part of this as well. and i think you will see leaders state wide leaders from across california participating. questions for the chairman? good morning. san francisco business times elaborate on the business model you are describing. i'm curious if you can elaborate on a pit bite more what this is -- entails the success business model. and had influence you hope have you on the foeks coming. >> this it is i big question. be careful. i'm the honorable mayor i'm a

professor i could keep i here all morning. first of all, i think the first thing i want to show the benefits of generosity. and so in everything we do, in whether we are union or building the building we started union and kept union. thought the gaming street there is not a lot of union it hen a difficult thing. we irrelevant gave union a strategy arm in the nerth bay starting. we believe in fairness. when it came to wages we are union, but with unite and others we made sure this we went beyond and that begin the area where wore from. you see basic wages but when you get grant lawyer you think about the area the basic wages are in marin and sonoma $15 is in the

the same as in modesto. what do you do given where you are to make sure the people that work for you half a roof and insurance policy in pockets to protect their families. and whatever other needs they may have. for mental health to any other service literacy service. spanish it english and english to pannish programs. those things are so important. so had you do is credit a house of generosity and good will. we were careful choosing our management team. and by the way, in the business world the casino world that is in the always the case. we undid the model. you have i model in most of the casinos where you have the kind

of situations where you have you know the women with the big breasts and guys smoking cigars we undid all of that and we are prud to say we have transgender beverage servers. beverage servers and this we have totally undone this stereotype. so that we have a place again where generosity is important and reflects when is so in the bay area i diverse population. in so many ways and a strategy support for the lbgtq+ community. and others. regarding the environment, as i mentioned, it is so important for you to do nit. when you partner and comanage whether regional parks or national park, let's not kid ourselves. they are not free you have to come forth with resources.

the other thing this we make sure that we have federal guarantees and grants for say education and so forth. for our tribe in particular but supplement from the can seeno resort to supplement the programs so this we can offer those programs to all the indian people native people regardless of tribe in marin and sonoma county. up to 635 student in after school programs and other things we are doing in the tribe alone we turned what was one time 80% determine out rate to 100% graduation from high school. and a very short time. we have given -- the state government given -- president district of uc enough money perch taoist so all california indians from federal tribes or

nonfederal rescue noised can go to the university of california tuition free. so. cross the board. and when you do those things, as supporting ap ec bodes well for your business and for your people and it it is a win/win. we are an example that it works i want to throw that out there. thank you. >> [applause] [inaudible] sponsorships and supporting the program his is the annual ref now for the casino? >> that is our business. thank you. yea. >> five million for this -- state profits. let mow say this. we are taking care of our own

people very limp divest nothing business opportunity but we make sure this we are able to sustained by our mission of social justice and environmental stewardship in a big a way that is as much as we can afford to give. and give well. and so this is just an example of when we were able top afford and give well. sure it gets us a lot of attention i'm here this morning. but at the same time, what it does is attracts people to who we are as a business and how we do business. >> yes. >> when does this money it native americans this will hear about how you are roaching out to america. and the world and given >> great question. that is another reason if i did

not state it already. if i understand your question correctly an opportunity to show other indigenous people we support other indigenous people with uc and other educational programs but it is a model of indigenous nation sovereign nation being able to participate with the participating countries in ap ec shows that we can be here. we have survived. we have endured and we are now prevailing. and we are here. >> [inaudible]. gaming with the -- a ap i community can you address that? respond to this? >> well is always a concern a large concern about gaming of and i irrelevantment to get an i

don't like that question. for that community. you verge on stereotyping. and -- every community gambling is old as in human culture as consciousness. we get the deer or not get the deer. and again, it interesting because when i first thought about gaming, i thought getting into it i don't want to get in this this is you know -- not my thing. but again, people who criticize or get concerned about people who game it it is a very eliteis thing to decide how the people want to have fun there are problems with all fun, horse racing. drinking or whatever. and so you will have problems and we irrelevant have strong measure in place to deal with problem gambling. so and again, but if we provide an opportunity for people to

enjoy themselves and entertainment i don't want to single out any one community for way in which it might abuse a certain activity. >> all right. thank you. and here as you see we have our various department heads. and leaders in san francisco. when are involved in facilitating everything related apec and i appreciate them for their work they have been business and active and having i number of meetings. we are taking our direction a lot of it from our federal partners. most low because of their roles in protecting the leaders who will be here in san francisco. and making sure that this is not only a safe event it is a

successful one, too. at this time we can open up to other questions you might have about apeck in general and i think you know whoefrn is here today. so. anyone of the folks or myself with answer. >> i have a granular questions how this will ll roll out. it was mentioned about the commitment to lbgtq+ rights in this area. there are some member countries theory not as say, friend low or legal can you talk about why san francisco why it is important for san francisco to show who san francisco is in this light? >> i appreciate this question because you opinion my grand mother would say you can control that you do you can't control what others san francisco will not abandon our values in order to appeal to or meet the needs of a country. we will make sure we are good

hosts. we'll make sure that you know all of our communities are part of this and for example, the lieutenant governor mentioned the event happening at and so many community leaders including folks part of our lbgtq+ community are all have all been inviteed be a part of that event. our goal is business religions and economic development. but also building bridges that are necessary in order to push for change. hopefully in those place where is it is a problem, but ultimately we will continue tob strategy and proud of our community and will not abandon our values for anyone or any country. we do anticipate that of course, with any event there will be

potential low protests and other things and support people's right to protest peacefully based on our first amendment. we will make sure the perimeter and guide lines and safety and those things occur in addition to everything this we plan to do to make the events a success. [inaudible] opposed to the heads of sdpat when your message is for them why should they invest in san francisco. based on had than i may have heard about the challenges that we face. why i don't know if we will have to do convincing because the business reps are already happening, in fact, a satellite company in san francisco are

working with the philippines to provide the first ever controlled satellite systems. the relationships are already occurring because many of the things create in the san francisco are things that people are looking for in their respective places and so i think per of it is, you know i have reps and meetings with local ceo's of cutches who are really enthusiastic about these opportunities. the opportunity to share and of course, agree and develop reps. and in in addition to this, you know conversations with leaders and conversations with other ceo's from other countries the be a part of this. there will be panels and -- you know i will be definitely out there stretched thin and having meetings but the goal my goal is to connect ceo's than with the

political structures of san francisco. those are about economic opportunity and these things are already helping. >> people concerned there the impact apec will have on the city, security occurrence want to see if we can get input on whether there will be economic impact from security issues or off set by the [inaudible]. why there is a meeting later today. is this right, joaquin? >> tomorrow. why tomorrow. there have been meetings with the community and businesses. more of a door to door prop to not when the impacts they believe could occur and huwe could be supportive or helpful. we are in the going to beably to change the perimeter. this is the secret service med their decision. we fought to try toville less of

i perimeter and more. our like the challenges with 7 roll subway and the cable cars. we have been trying to mitigate impacts but now this we know had the plan is, we have been very proactive and roaching out to community to business and places to really understand. buzz all of the sudden the plan was announced and you get the come mrinlts but we had been in touch with many of those building and places to have the meetings to understand, e p.m. with the senior buildings i know a few of the senior hos live there and i know this than i use public transportation all the time and walk and there is also the senior hos have paratransit when picks them up we are making sure the vehicles get in the likes and there are things we are doing hand's on prop we knew this was going to have impacts.

i want to put it in perspective. we this people are concerned we will do everything we can to address what the concerns are but make no mech this will have a significant impact on our economy. we anticipate almost 53 million dollars in to the san francisco economy manage this is important as well as the eyes if all over the westerlied that will be on san francisco and the goal is to ensure that it is i great event. but we will do everything we can to meet the nieced of the public in best we can. we can't make promises or condominiums but we will try to listen and try to make something help to ensure namen of the same places this are concerned we want them to do well as well. i'm sorry you had a question. i did. it it is similar to this one. [inaudible]. i guess what would you tell

residence denials anxious about the security measures and businesses. had are worried about bottom line? so what i community with them i think i mentioned the different sign ups for i don't know off the top of my head. do you remember? mary ellen. . >> text. we are doing direct out roach to residents and businesses within the secure perimeter area. two, if there are questionsfects can call 911. you can go to the website the ap ec website. >> sorry. 311. this was a mistake. don't call 911 unless life or death. 311 the website has monopolies. as a calendar and details and

311 if you are in the getting your answer in those places you can call 3 complen they are appropriateed referring folks to the right information they need. >> san francisco chronicle. the board of supervisors resolution today this is calling on the city to off set impacts to mall businesses and others including public low by steering this 10 million dollars this was set, side for helping out small businesses within the exconclusion zone. being you responded? >> i think i will respond to that first by saying we need to make sure our bills are paid. we have to provide resources if law enforcement, we are getting support from verse law enforcement agencies cross the state including highway principle. we will have a responsible to ensure all of the people have a place to stay in san francisco >> so there are different layers

and moving parts i think the thing is we are jumping to the wrong conconclusion fast. because usually a convention allows for an opportunity for those same buildings in the perimeter to thrive. you know restaurants are booked up. people pass by aloment of the buildings for i quick by the. that area where many new strunlts the press club is and other places during conventions than i are usual low packd and busy. and yerba buena gardens and centers for arts and all of this area is usually filled with people. we hope and anticipate that this will have a positive financial impact. i think this you know we plan to go out and talk to folks and we need to understand you know what their concerns are. we will address concerns but we will not jump to a conclusion that just because the perimeter will be impacted their

businesses will be impacted. i think we have to see what happens with the number of people before we draw conclusions but we are definitely open to working things out to support ournesses in the area >> [inaudible]. >> yea. i'm glad you asked this in fact, part of what we have done you know usually the participates have the bags. with all the things -- that are begin to folks and in fact, many almost every item in the bags are san francisco born and raised. so they are -- credited in sudden fran. manufactured in san francisco and provided ways to show off our city we helped maug buildings.

and various neighborhood corridors have an opportunity to show case what thymic available and will have this in the bags with information on these various companies. chocolate, coffee and things to popcorn. things that irrelevant are open up a bag this is cool stuff if you want to buy more here is. we are making that connection to small buildings and looking at ways to provide access to some of things we are doing supporting and hiring local artists. all of our various stage hands and other folks are unions. there will be a big you know connection between mall businesses and economic opportunity. but ultimately some of evans like leeland avenue. you know it is the cutest your you want top go to they are doing a light show the community is inviteed as it kicks off.

the port ola has great restaurants and activities. joe engardio is doing a bike ride in the sunset. he will do an ap ec bike ride and bring the community had a successful night market and hopeful low he might be able to do another. we will see. but the goal is how do we create the opportunity for people all over san francisco. and make sure that the delegates are getting in the neighborhoods in a way. >> mayor breed, you were vocal when it came to the decision med by [inaudible]. with regard to weather move the homeless people. ? [inaudible]. so, there is a new guidance how we will impez pose this in this

area >> in this area, where miss coney is we don't have like encampments we have people who are struggling with, diction and mental illness. than i were out during other conventions and than i were in the p and in other places we of course, as we always do with various homeless out reach teams offer help and support. we will continue to. tell not change. but as it relates to encampments in yes or no and what we floon do is we have you know questioned consist special shelter beds and places for people to go. and our team is already they consistent low out there every day. offering help and support. and to put in perspective. we have been able to help 10,000 exit homelessness. just the other day supervisor mandelman in the castro a tent up and they tried talk to the

guy and the guy said he has a house. told us where he live exclude likes to be in his tent but there are yours what you think about it under the freeways not like what they used to be the dmv and those yours we cleared them and cloned them up. franklin street and other places you see down the alley ways lots of tents there are tents in the area of vaness and the tenderloin and other place but we are helping people we're getting them off the streets and the difference here is you we are not going to walk away we will offer support and if someone refuses we will give them time to you know pack up belongings or you know we will peculiar it up for them with our bag and tag policy and did when is necessary in order to clean and up clear streets especially if we have a place for to you go. and people, i know people feel

like. we are doing more we are clearing areas let's put it in perspective of so many yours that used to -- it used to be worse in certain pocketses of san francisco and our teams they have been working for years to do in amaze being work to get people indoors special right now i think the big challenge this we face is the issues around drug using and drug dealing and this say part what is also supporting the environment. and so we had enough and we have clarity of when we can do and have places for people to go now they need to go otherwise we can't walk past and let them stay on the walks where other problems are credited as a result of it. >> >> you mentioned how unique an opportunity this is for the

city. first time in count manslaughter years we had manage significantful i'm curious how this is perhaps for first responders how are we growing as a city and learning from this opportunity and i think about so many departments wing together. with so many other outside entities. how have we grown as a city. i can let chief scott talk about that. but i will say that you know you see the department heads who are here. i appreciate not just during apeck but the d mechanic and the other collaborative work. these departments are w with state and federal agencies which they have but this is more of a significant magnitude. we are collaboraors we want them to have the information and make sure that our local law enforcement people are able to

do when they need to do we are hear to provide support to follow their direction in terms when than i want to do and also provide feedback and advice to ensure we have a safe event. i would sayien if i can say we have grown. this is manage we always done in san francisco has been good at. we have not done at this time pandemic and other things have not done it on this sting in a language time. on the international component. we have done major events. we will have a president or violent visit. we have to w with secret service like senator feinstein's service. there are of the opportunity that present themselves and we have the ability and the skill set necessary it continue to do the work necessary to keep people housed in san francisco when he weave have the major events. >> you again.

[laughter]. yesterday i was doing a story on public transportation. there were people this asked who did not know they had nop not known and locked at a list of the reroutes how much of this event and then following events leading up will be about [inaudible]. you have to get appropriated. >> well i will let do you want to talk about the jeff tumlin to talk about this. sure. >> thank you. as you know we got word left week about what the closure impacts would be of each of the events. since then we have been busy with communication team getting the word out. the first place i direct you to is our website. sfmta..com/ap ec weave update daily as now information come in. we are doing the work truly

centering communities. we were out in china town last week presenting and hearing from community about what do they need in order to make sure this all of their needs have been met. we are dog this w in terms of updating our planning and resolve details. then getting this information out to community. on our website you can sign up for specific transportation related alerts. and you can use 311 and the city website in order to provide the team with input about things we may have missed. >> yes. so there will be signage and we are grateful that the city call for voltories was woild low successful. we will be the beneficiary of men of the excess volunteers who we will turn in ambassadors

throughout the transportation system to guide people route changes but also to invite people to enjoy real san francisco. that will be a part of the w we will do the next weeks is getting the monopolying and signage and most important low people on the street red to provide directions. any other questions? >> first of all, number one, a lot of officers will be working for long hours we want them to have a place to rest we have

officers coming in from other parts of the state. and our california highway sxroel they live far distance so we need to provide place for people to be. my understanding is prebl the resources we have with the money we raised from the private sector will go to help pay for those hotels. and places to stay there are different options we have. we are not responsible for the people in town. we are not responsible for paying for their hotels. [inaudible]. >> well, you know ultimately safety is the most important i want to back up to say, you know

i am excited about the autonomous vehicles and the fact san francisco is the place where it is helping but i think it is important this we balance this with the present safety measures. to ensure this we are doing everything we can to not over saturate our street when is we are not ready. san francisco is a complex place to drive in general for the average person. so -- you know here we are and my hope is that as a result of this, they can pend time working on improving their safety measures. because we want to welcome this technology but responsibly and safely. okay. thank you. >> clear clear

>> hi, friends. i'm pria here at the palace of fine arts in san francisco. here with skylar who is the new managing director of the san francisco examiner. skylar, would you start by telling us about the examiner? >> absolutely. the san francisco examiner is san francisco's oldest locally owned newspaper. it is the newspaper of william randolph hurst and mark twain, so incredible history in san francisco and we cover all it the evenlts events in san francisco and particularly focused now on everything happening to bring san francisco back. >> which is a big part of the story right now where san francisco has been and where it is going. you brought us here to the

palace of fine arts because it is one of your favorite places. why are we here? tell us why it matters >> the palace of fine arts was built in 1915. it was part of the exhibition meant to show case san francisco after recovering from the 1906 earthquake. since then it has become a symbol of ingenuity and rezil silience. on a personal level i used to come here as a little girl and the exploratorium amazing scientific museum was based here and as i have gone through life, i come back here and see there is lots of community members out, people like to picnic here and i have a two month old i get to bring him down here and go for walks and a beautiful place to reflect, so really a special part of san francisco and i wanted to share it. >> if people come here to check out the palace of fine arts, what else is there to do in the

neighborhood? tell them about this incredible area. >> there is so much to do. my perfect saturday would be taking a walk to the golden gate bridge and you can touch hoppers hands at the bridge. come back through here, circle through the palace of fine arts and gaze up and wonder. you can go into the presidio and walk around a beautiful national park and when you are done, if you are tired or hungry, you can walk to chestnut street. tons of restaurants and wonderful places to get a famous san francisco craft cocktail. >> that sounds perfect. a lot of our videos seem to end on cocktails. [laughter] >> welcome to san francisco. >> thanks skylar. >>

>> you are watching san francisco rising. today's special guest is jeff tomlin. >> hi. you are watching san francisco rising. to show that is focused on restarting, rebuilding, and reimagining our city. our guest today is the director transportation of the sfmta and he's with us to talk about the agency's 23-24 budget with the muni equity strategy and new projects across the city. welcome to the show.

>> thank you it is good to be here. >> i see the sfmta's budget for 2023 and 2024 has been approved. how will it help provide a strong recovery during the next few years for our riders, operators and staff? >> it has been a challenging couple of years. covid wiped out the basic finances. our agency is funded primarily from transit fares, parking fees and a fixed set aside for a general fund and covid has meant we have lost more than half of our parking and transit for revenue. we are not expected to recover them until 2027. this budget takes a one-time federal release funding and spreads that out between now and 2025. and our task is to rebuild trust with the voters that sfmta can actually deliver on their goals and that includes things like making muni faster, more frequent, and more reliable.

includes making our streets safer and making everyone feel safe riding the bus. it means taking advantage of the amount of change we're going to experience in order to advance equity so that we invents -- invest the most amount of money in communities that need our services the most. it also means supporting san francisco in its larger economic recovery. basically two years between now and 2024 in order to build trust with the voters and figure out how are we going to find muni moving forward because it is in 2024 and 2025 when the one-time federal release fund went out. >> are you planning on starting up? >> as a result of covid, we have 1,000 vacancies in the organization. that is why muni service is not fully recovered. this budget allows us to fully staff through 2024, which means

we can restore muni service, invest in safety, and invest in other programs in order to make the transportation system work better for everyone. >> can you talk about the mooney service equity strategies? as you move out of the pandemic, how has that plan been updated? i have heard there are elevator upgrades in progress. >> we have been working a lot on equity during muni's recovery. we have been basing our work on the muni equity strategy. this is the plan we update every two years that looks at the changing demographics of san francisco and helps us direct our transit resources where people need it the most. that means people with low income, people of color, seniors, people with disability, children, all the folks who have the fewest choices. during covid, when we had to strip back the transit system, 13 quarters of the workforce

were in quarantine, we directed all of the agency's resources to the equity neighborhoods. places like the bayview, chinatown, the mission, the valley, and even through our recovery, we have continued to deliver the best muni service's so -- to the neighborhoods that need it the most. right now we are still operating more frequent service in core lines in equity neighborhoods than we did precovid. and the result of that is extraordinarily high ridership. we are finding, for example, by investing in the frequency and reliability on lines like the 22 fillmore, that we are getting 133% of precovid ridership, even when the overall system is only at about half of the ridership recovery. that is 133%. that is on weekends. we are at about 96% of precovid ridership on our main equity

lines on weekdays. we're also investing a whole variety of infrastructure projects aimed at making transit work better, particularly for people with disabilities. on the market street corridor, our elevators to the subway station date back to the 1970s and need significant renovation. right now we are busy working on renovating the elevators at the station. we have completed the elevator upgrade for the eastbound platform. we are now working on the westbound platform. that will modernize the elevators and make them a lot more reliable, and make sure that we can continue to prioritize people with the fewest mobility choices. >> that's great. changing topics slightly, i understand the improvement project is halfway completed. have shared spaces made the product -- project more complicated? >> yes. lots of things have made the terminal project more complicated, including things

like covid and supply chain issues. we learned a lot on the first phase of the terra vale project, which rebuilt the street from sunset boulevard to the zoo, including rebuilding all the infrastructure of the streets, the underground utilities, to modernize all that infrastructure and make it more resilient, and make sure that we do not have to rebuild the street, hopefully in any of our lifetimes. we also learned about the importance of collaborating, particularly with neighborhood businesses and residents. we want to make sure that we are constructing the city's infrastructure in a time that the city is suffering and we are not adding to suffering. we're doing things like partnering with the mayor's office of economic workforce development to support neighborhood businesses through programming during this time. we are also making sure that businesses that create shared spaces in the parking lane, some of those need to be moved out of

the way while the utility work is done underneath them. we are making sure that we will either move those platforms and outdoor eating areas back as they were, or help local merchants rebuild them so that we are not adding to the burden of local businesses and that we help everyone recover in this challenging time. >> quite right. finally, many of the sfmta vision zero quick build projects have been well received. can you talk about the evans street project? >> one of the things we did during covid was dramatically expand the rate of what we call quick build projects, which are fast-moving projects using simple and cheap materials in order to redesign streets and test out new ideas and see how they work, as well as get a lot of feedback from community before moving into a larger capital project that converts all of that plastic stuff into

concrete and trees and, you know, curb extensions. what we have been finding is that our quick build safety projects are able to cut severe injury and fatalities between 25 and 75%, depending upon the location on the techniques that we use. so we are targeting streets that have the highest rate of traffic crashes, particularly injury crashes and fatalities. we focused on evans, which is really important connector for all modes of transportation between the bayview and the central neighborhoods of san francisco. also a street with a terrible track record of severe crashes. on evans, what we are doing, again using paint and plastic posts for the time being, is taking the lanes that are out there right now, and converting them to one lane in each direction plus turn pockets. what we found on streets like

valencia or south bend this, or -- south van nass, is a street with one lane in each direction plus a term pocket can move just as much traffic as a street with two lanes in each direction. left turning vehicles mean the two lanes of traffic are never really available for through traffic. these road diets that we do have been tremendously effective for improving safety outcomes for all road users, without exacerbating traffic. they do make all cars slow down to the speed of the most prudent driver. this week we are getting started in partnership with the department of public works on work to restripe all of evans between third and cesar chavez, and as part of this work will be collecting a lot of data, talking to industrial users in the industrial district and

talking to folks in the bayview commercial district and in the mission about how it is working. we will make some adjustments along the way and if it is successful, then we will start another project that is more capital-intensive to make it permanent. if it is not successful, we will turn it back the way that it was, having spent very little money. >> thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show. thank you for the time you have given us today. >> it has been great being here. thank you so much. >> that is it for this episode. we will be back shortly. you have been watching san francisco rising. thank you for watching. [♪♪♪] [music]

>> 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.

>> good morning, welcome to the october 24 meeting of the san francisco county transportation authority i'm rafael mandelman i am chair our vice chair is melgar. thank sfgovtv and our clerk is angela, will you call the roll? yes, chair. commissioner chan. >> present. >>