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>> [inaudible] >> this meeting will come to order. welcome to the monday november 6, 2023 meeting of rowels of san francisco board of supervisors. i'm supervisor dorsey chair. i'm joined by vice chair walton and safai. we would like to express our graft tude to victor young thanks to sfgovtv for broadcast

our meeting. >> public comment on each item on the agenda when your item come and up upon comment is called lineup to speak on your right. you misubmit it in writing e mail them to myself the rules clerk victor. young sfgov.org commit is e mail will be forward and include as part of the file. sends u.s. mail to city hall 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place room 244. san francisco, 94102. silence all electronic device. documents to be include should be committed to myself. items acted upon today will bear on the agenda on november 14 unless otherwise stated in regards to meeting decorum i ask

that any signs you are carrying not raised kept at chest level or lower and don't block views and with regards to a mruz we suggest that you limit your applause and give jazz hands to express support if you wish to. that completes my announcements. >> thank you. call item one. item 1 the motion approving rejecting the mayor's nomination for kent lim ending november third of 26 to the assessor agency commission known as the commission on community investment and infrastructure. >> thank you, mr. clerk. mr. lim is in person this morning. i want to note for everyone we have 4 items on the agenda a couple may be high interest and time consuming for appointments considered we ask presenters to limit to 2 minutes.

and be available for questions from myself and my colleagues. mr. lim welcome. and you can step up to either microphone to peek for a couple of minutes. good morning i'm kent lim and our family came to san francisco in may of 1963. i went to liefrngon high school and after i joined the sheet metal trade in july of 1969. i start my business in contract nothing 1985. and retired in 2014.

and my business at the peek hire over 100 workers. and i i'm proud of that i first workforce and was recognized by the department of labor. i serve on many boards in the upon communities such as chinese 4 affirmative action. mission hall. workforce investment san francisco. and so on. and -- i start my consulting business in 2014. >> and today i am here delighted to be nominated to the ocii commission. and i understand there are a bit about the function of this

commission. if approved, actions related to enforceable obligations. the 3 main enforceable obligations one is the hunter's point ship yard, mission bay and transbay. and it over cease the creation of affordable housing, infrastructure and parks. and also exercise the land use authority. and authorize financing of budget, community facility and bond for housing. and i also with my experience in contracting that my wishes to increase the contracting opportunity for the san francisco microlbe's. and also increase the local hiring from the community working on these oci projects.

and -- thank you. if you have questions for me? >> no questions i really appreciate your work. you know on this committee. 2 of us. vice chair walton and myself represent the districts most served by ocii and really i want to express my appreciation for your service to our city and service that included some of the seismic work we are in. thank you for serving our city. i don't see. supervisor safai. >> thank you, mr. lim. for the work you have done over the years with city build the work you have done to help upgrade many of our city's buildings like the war memorial building and the federal building in the area. and for your leadership in an industry not always supportive

and receptive to people of color. and asian americans and ap i. soing for being a lead and willing to step forward at this part in your career. many could walk off and enjoy when they are doing and free time but you are coming become to serve. thank you for stepping forward and look forward to working with you. i only have one request of you. so ocii is in charge of making sure that the project in front of the chase center that is a green space gets done example it lit irrelevant has sat undeveloped fenced off, for years. last year when we were in the finals the year before. had a shot of that the chase upon center was beautiful but the area was unfinished and undone. that's my request. make that a priority along with the other things you carry and

the things we talked about in the past. >> i have not stopped a job yet. [laughter]. thank you. thank you mr. lim. seeing no one on the roster mr. clerk open up to public comment. >> members of public who wish to speak should lineup now along the side by the windows. each be allowed 2 minutes that will be a soft chime when you have 30 seconds and louder when your time expired. i see members who wish to comment. >> thank you. public ment on this item is now closed i like to make a motion to strike reject and send this to will full board. >> the motion is to athlete word direct the legislation and recommend as amended the full board. on that motion vice chair walton. >> aye >> supervisor safai.

>> ayech >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> motion passes without objection. >> thank you, mr. clerk item 1 appointments kent lim is sent to the board amendd and approved. congratulations, mr. lim >> call item 2. >> item 2 an ordinance approving airport surveillance goning use of application based commercial support tech mology and electronic read and detection system for gunshot and other noises. >> thank you. we are joined this morning by airport staff guy clark as always with the items we have court director jillian johnson on stand by if there are further questions or technical question says. i mentioned before we got a packed agenda limit to a couple minutes. but this is basically fulfilling the obinggations of technology

ordinance. there are thoughts to the use of surveillance technology. take a few minutes to describe the item and your process, appreciate it. >> thank you. good morning. we had 3 surveillance technologies put through the approval process. the first is the application based commercial transport technology. that deals with the airport to manage our transportation network companies. uber, lyft and so on if a monitoring stand point agreements with them on p and pick up in certain yours that is part of the process. big part is the collection and billing of injoys voices for the city and the airport. they do pay a fee when they pick up like the way taxis do as

well. critical application. second policy was electronic tell readers using fast track. reads the license plates for people coming in and out of parking. from that stand point. we are able to charge using fast electronic and third technology is the gunshot detection solution. this is going to be pilot not in place the other 2 were in place. and lit really uses an algorithm to track loud noises. break of glass if somebody picked up a chair special through it against the windows in the terminals gunshots an algorithm is every gun can provide that via text. not does not sync with our cameras it is a sect that gets sunday to first responders so they know what type of gun they

walk to and provides our security center with the triangulation of where that shot came from they can tell the first respondeders how to best prop it to minimize risk to life from passengers or themselves as they responded. those other 3 technologies we put up. agreement thank you. i don't have questions i have gone through the filings i don't know if my colleagues have questions or comments. appreciate your time. >> thank you. mr. clerk. anything to add? or are we jooshgs good. >> if there are no questions and if there are follow ups e mail them and we will provide answers. gi appreciate your work >> thank you very much. >> great. mr. clerk can we open up to public comment? >> members of public who wish to speak can line up at this time.

each speaker allowed 2 minutes there will be a soft chime at 30 seconds left. if you like to make comment you can approach the podium at this time. i seal no public commenters. >> thank you, mr. clerk. public comment is closed. and i'd like to make a motion to send to the full board with period recommendation. a roll call. where on this motion vice chair walton. >> ayech >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> motion pass without objection. thank you, on a unanimous vote item 2 code prove of the airport surveillance technology policy sent forward with a positive recommendation. >> can we please call the next item 3 >> item 3 ordinance the code to reduce membership of behavioral health commission from 17 to 11 seats provided the board make

the appointments. require one seat be held by a veteran or advocate. reduce seats reserve said for consumers and families of consumers from 9 to 6. reset staggered terms for all seats and remove seat requirement for child advocates and certain mental health professionals. >> thank you, mr. clerk. we have some amendments for this item. they are not ready today. i think what i doll is make a motion to continue this item. i did want to give a bit of an explanation for the comp position behavioral health commission. this is a state mandated body. there are requirements the state law puts on and requirements we as a city and county add to that. and sometimes there are requirements that we have where the state is asking that a certain number designated and other stay requirements and when

can happen in a body like this is it can get big and unwield and he sometimes we don't make kwoer tum is complicated and there are too many people there. we have been working with public health and turn it back to something that is workable and not missing meetings because we are not making a quorum. because we don't have the amendments ready today and have people here for other thingsil make a motion to continue this to the call of the chair. mr. clerk. can we open to public comment. >> yes. members wishing to peek should lineup to speak at this time. each peeshg allowed 2 minutes there will be a soft chime at 30 seconds and louder chime when your time has expired. we have speaker at the podium. you may begin. >> thank you.

mr. clerk. i'm happy to hear the amendments are going to be proposed and i support continuance. back to you mr. clerk. there are other members who would like to comment at this time? i see no other speakers. thank you, public comment is closed. and i would like to make a motion to continue item 3 to the call of the chair. yes. on the motion to continue 3 to the call of the chair, vice chair walton. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> the motion passings without objection >> thank you on a unanimous vote item 3 comp position behavioral health commission is continued to the call of the chair. >> can you call the next item 4? >> item 4 a charter amendment third draft to amend the charter

to define officers for stake minimum staffing for sworn officers of the police department and upon controller certification a future tax measure passed by the voters generate additional ref now to funds the cost of the employing the duty sworn officers at minimum staffing levels and minimum amount necessary to implement police staffing fund. >> great. thank you, mr. clerk this is a round number 3 for the staffing charter amendment. which was gutted left week and advanced over my strong objection this is amendment began to deliver on the promise of a fully staffed police department given the historic crisis we face police under staff nothing san francisco and safety challenges we face in open air drug. theft and public disorder. instead, the 11th hour hostile

amendment turn third degree to a comp tax scheme postponed progress on police staffing unless voters pass a future tax to quote from the measure supervisor safai is the experience of minimum staffing levels for sworn recovers police department will be upon the controller certification of a future tax measure passed by the voters. in my view, this cop tax ploy cynically manipulates voters concerns about our public safety challenges to incentivize the court for new or modified tax to be enacted next year. i said, most upon san franciscans will be o fenldz by this ploy and i think most are already offended the original amendment would have allow the voters whether or not to

priorize their own existing tax dollars for a fully staffed police department. hijacked version denies them that agency unless voters approve a future tax for temperature if voters were to agree to a tax height or modification in the election full year from now this amended version will deny voters having a role to fix our police crisis for 18 months. if anyone needs a reminder about why voters need to fix this problem hijacking of this amendment should be proof why only voters can fix this problem with police under staff nothing san francisco and remind you of the gravity of the crisis by noting that in sfpd commander describe toed this board catastrophic. our police staffing crisis given the current pace of officer retirements a third of the police force we are supposed to have in san francisco is not

there. and with between 350 and 4 current police officers eligible for retirement now. we could look at a police force half the combaft if we fail to act prompt low. i will not support this hijacked version of the amendment and continue to fight against it. however far it migo. i'm grateful to cosponsors supervisors engardio and mandelman for with drawing their support. i want to express gratitude to the mayor for standing strong with me in opposition do supervisor safai's cop tax version and grateful to public safety advocates standing with me. i'm informd that near low 8,000e mills have been sent opposing the cop tax scheme. and the poison pill amendment. i say everybody thank you for participate and say that thank you to everybody on every side of this.

that you know participation in government wherever people may be is important to the process. we are all better served by temperature i am obviously not done fighting with this i want to hand it off to supervisor safai. thank you i think it takes time for supervisors to understand the legislative process. chair dorsey voted for this left week. sounded positive and later i of course he was told he should not have done that. he is still learning how to be a legislator. that's finey will give everyone the room to do that. using inflammatory language consistently as an extension of his old job having formerly part of the police department is taking him time to understand he is an elected official now. and no longer the spokes person

for the police department. i ask you all in the odd yents give him time we will learn how to be a legislator. but saying that, we are in a fiscal crisis. when i say crisis, i mean if you were part of the process left year, this mayor proposed cutting funding for childcare services in the city. this mayor cut funding for foodservice in thes city. that's last year. this was when we were facing less then and there a quarter billion dollars deficit. this year we are facing a 700 million dollars deficit and growing. the mayor just last week announced 3% budget cuts to every department including the police department. so this proposal although it

might sound nice without funding source it is a false promise. it is setting up police officers against 911 call operators. against emergency room nurses. against priorities, paramedics, sheriffs the people involved in public safety we need true public safety in san francisco now. i know the voters of san francisco will agree with that. 100%. okay. we have been waiting for true leadership this mayor had 6 years of what did we hear from the police chief last year a quarter of a million dollars dedicated to recruitment. under this mayor. i did in the hear one word of recruitment from the mayor last year during the budget process. nor supervisor dorsey, nor the police department. where is the union that

represents police officers on your measure, supervisor dorsey? they are not present than i are not in this recommend they have not come out in favor of your proposal. they are in favor of true public safety. at the end of the day i know they are. they don't want police officers pit against the true public safety net in this city. so, i'm going to realign from the controller an objective source sad to hear he is going to be leaving. he said, this proposal would have a significant impact on the cost of government. and would in the be viable without a funding source. so. i'm saying, at the end of the day, we have to be reasonable, we have to be fiscally responsible and i sat in the room when someone said we want a 50 million dollars take 50 million dollars out of our reserve for the small site's

program i no, to that too much you know why? i predicted where we are today i knew we were going to be in a fiscal crisis. we have to think about the city in the totality in service. you can continue to use inflammatory language hostage and hijack when i asked to you be respectful of my background and you continue to be this way i ask you respectfully again be more respectful and sensitive to what is happen negligent world now. this proposal, is thoughtful. i knowledge the voters of san francisco will go for it i'm sorry you chose to take your name off. i look forward to continue to working with you on it. and anyone else that wants to be a part of this i'm for minimum police staffing and moveing forward in a thoughtful way and believe the votereds will also agree we can't pit service against another. i'm proud to move this forward

and again i hope you come back around in and want to be a part of real true minimum staffing and true public safety >> thank you >> thank you. vice chair walton >> chair chair dorsey. i want to state that this charter amendment is a fallacy there is no way we can guarantee the level of staffing proposed in this charter amendment. and i think the original author knows and understands that. it will be writing a blank check and taking away resources from things we need to keep people safe in san francisco. i did want to thank supervisor safai for pointing out this amendment was supported unanimously at this very meeting a week ago. every last one of us voteed support and push this forward i want to make sure everyone

understands that's what happened here last week. >> i'm sorry want to add. thank you, supervisor walton and chair. i want to be claire cleaner the intention is to look at existing tax rough neil i feel strongly about had we have an opportunity to sit the the table and have true public safety and ensure this is funded properly. does not have to be a new tax i happened to under score that you look online 14 a modified tax passed by the voters. that means we take an existing tax and restructure it and dedicate it to this service of public safety in all functions i out lines. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor. before openingum to public comment i had a muscle memory yes to the amendment this i was not i did in the recognize until after. i don't think anybody in san

francisco is under any elusions where i stand on this. i think this is a cop tax scheme that takes a measure that could work because it follows a play book work nothing other counties throughout northern california that are aggressively competing for law enforcement officers and one of the most competitive environment for law enforcement personnel in modern history. i may be a now legislator butt reality is, this is a predictable crisis. we have known there is a disproportionally large cohort of police officers reaching retirement age. this building did in the do enough to fix the problem. today we are going off a cliff. in 2020 a charter amendment removed the minimum staffing level and put us in worse shape this intended do one thing to give voters, agency to make a

decision how they spends their particular dollars or not and this hostile amendment the cop tax scheme denies them agency in this decision. this is putting words on the ballot i appreciate people think this will not work but that raises the question if you don't think this is workable why would you put it on the ballot with a modification trigger? i think it indicates to me their is some workability here to gift department resources to compete with agencies. that are fixing their problems while san francisco is not. supervisor safai. i will end with, i said this last week had is something that can be done if the mayor torch come out and say this were a high priority she can prioritize this in her budget to make immediate action as we talked

about last week and the controller highlights that in their letter. says that the policy seeks a limit set asides reduce the general fund allocated by the mir and the board in the budget process. >> thank you, supervisor safai. i know there are people here today would like to express thoughts on this. because we have a number of people we'll do what we have done the last meetingos this and limit to a minute. mr. clerk. can we open this up to public comment >> for member his wish to speak lineup along side the window. each be allowed one minute. there will be a soft chime at 30 seconds left and louder when time has expired. you may begin. >> thank you. and good morning, everyone. i'm theresa i'm president of sciu1021. i'm here to ask we support

safai's amendment to id funding source for this public good. you know public safety means 911 dispatchers. affordable housing addiction treatment. care givers and so much more. we all want to make our city safe. but we need to be smart. we need to take buildable approach and supervisor dorsey, you voted your conscious left time continue to do this you did the right thing don't change your mind. stands up for the community and stand up for a wrap around complete service for san francisco. do not play politics. approach this the right way. do it with integrity. vote the way you voted the last time. thank you.

>> good morning i'm a san francisco resident and the president elect of local 21. i, too, here in support of the improved version of the sfpd full staffing act this . amended version calls for inclusion of new ref now streams which is a crucial shift from 200 million dollars budget set aside. we know that prove public safety encompasses nurse, 911 dispatchers, afford annual housing, addiction treatment and more. also the improved version of the sfpd full staffing act acknowledges policing alone will never be the all public safety concerns. residents know this as limp residents know that all the piece matter the safer coalition polling shoes most want this

comprehensive approach. and they support asking corporations to pay their fair share. thank you. >> good morning. david, 1021. will i'm here to peek in support of supervisor safai's amendment. because supervisor dori's charter amendment and set aside pits 911 dispatchers, facing a 40% vacancy rate. pits against police officers and pits police officers against mental health workers and it is divisive at a time when we are struggling to hire folks we have thousands of vacancies that the city is struggling to fill and so it is highly irresponsible also to add 200 million dollars on top of already existing deficit that we are the measure

is the responsible way to g. which is find one of existing taxes and -- reorganize a tax and so we can pay for -- all services that are necessary in the public safety puzzle. thank you. >> good morning. supervisors i'm aj thomas. i'm the san francisco back chair for local 21. i have been a residents for 15 years. i'm here to voice my strong support for improved version of full staffing act. now amended new revenue sources instead of 200 million dollars budget set aside. according to the control are. without additional funding our city face a projected 500 million dollars deficit by

fiscal 25-26. we need to rescue noise this police alone cannot fix our public safety issues we need nurse, 911 dispatchers, and more. and final low new poling shoes san franciscans understands if we want to expand the efforts that we need to assign an existing tax revenue source or new one to pay for it x. san franciscans are in support of a smarter, safer, san francisco. please support measure, thank you. >> good morning i'm annie li with chinese for affirmative action. provide services to monolingual chinese immigrants since 1969. not nearly the absence of harm

but presence of thriving communities. to create thriving community in every neighborhood, our city public funding must be directed increasing language access in all city services and revitalizing our shared public space. p, transit and schools we need to reinvestment in safety net so no one falls throughout crack we can't forward to spend public fundos policing. focus evidence based solutions that really keep us safe. transform lots to small businesses. tenants have safe, stable housing. make sure we support upon teach and ares childcare workers. city voters approved prop e. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to talk about true public safety.

>> hi. i'm claire wow with the chinese progressive association and we have served wing class chinese immigrants for 50 years. i'm a san francisco resident. talked to over a thousand community members and our community is concerned about safety and long lasting solutions prevention and address the root causes of crimeful that includes adequate responses from 911, police, medics, rehab providers, councilors, after school programs and protect tenants, work and families the city projected have half billion dollars deficit in fiscal twief-26 and headed mid year budget cuts we need to be smrt in funding for safety. any increase in police funding must not come at expense of so many other life saving

priorities. thank you. >> good morning. supervisor safai are you going to listen. not be on your phone. thank you. >> greetings to the committee. 2 weeks ago many san franciscans came up to express passport for matt dorsey's charter amendment for increased funding and staffing brought to voters to decide. the last monday poisonous change to the memo were presented in order to restore a police of full staffing votereds accept a new tax, forget it. no way. dorsey's charter amendment was sabotaged self serving political interests feel them in the room earlier. dump the poisoned safai charter amendment. we don't want it. scrap it. thank you. >> good morning i'm michelle a

compliance manager and voter. i live in the tenderloin. i see what is happen nothing my community and the city. i work for the health department. i represent local 21 as a health professional delegate and i, prove the amended version of this act. i served a police commissioner in another county. and it is important to recognize that this alone cannot fix our safety concern issues. i work for the city. i see had is happening i'm a compliance manager. i find out what is happening with the most vulnerable. and putting funds behind policing and not focusing on service that will help those that are in need will really affect our community. remember we are voters, too. and voices matter.

>> good morning i'm gloria dave and is i am the purchase chapter president for local 21. lived in the city most my life am active low all my life and one point represented the san francisco labor council at the d10 implementation committee. i am here in support. the improved vefrthz of sfpd full staffing act. as my son is also a police officer. this improved version is amended incorporate new revenue sources instead of the 200 million budget set aside. without additional funding our city according to the controller, already faces a projected 500 million dollars deficit by fiscal 25-26.

we also need to rescue noise police alone >> time elapsed. >> thank you. i live in the san francisco for 20 years i'm here in support of the improved version of the staffing act. it is important it recognize we will not police our way out of safety issues. this needs to be a full scale community approach to ensuring that the community is receiving the services they need. and it is responsible to physical policy to have a funding source when you are doing the set aside. i appreciate this this has been

amendd and in support. thank you very much. >> good morning. sf rising. don't pit services and programs against police. that is wrong. the mayor funded the police department yet they are under staffed. why? sfpd is one of the worse in theination in closing case. why? now sf population flunk waited why look ourselves in a number of police? we may go up. our down again. police don't keep us safe they come after the fact. invest in what keeps us safe is that the service and programs that have had 2 cut this is year. we need jobs, schools, affordable housings and more service for people unhoused.

thanks. good member rules i'm jackson i here to behalf of the chamber of commerce. the chamber opposes the amended police department full staffing act today. we support initial charter amendment intent fund crucial sfpd recruitment and retention from the city's general fund the amend version imploys that inference france agree to pay xr for a full staffed police department. critical to dem strit a commitment to public safety. more than ever we neat to combat open air drug markets and property crimes that affect accidents, residents and tourists the chamber of commerce does not support this public

safety is a critical function of public service and funds from the concern general fund. thank you for your time and consideration. >> i'm nina i lived in san francisco for more then and there 35 years i'm aville tear with san francisco rising. i'm opposed to increased funding for the police the expense of all other city work and service they provide. with the potential 700 million dollars deficit in the next 2 years other departments are asked for 3% cut this . is not fair. increased numbers of police don't increase public safety for residents. supervisors safai said left week public safety is created by a large ecosystem of support. 911 will emt. mental health. after school programs. tenant counciling caseworkers and more. why should we add more police if we get them to a department that

in the last quarter of 2022 used force on black people. 25 times as often on white people. this is not increased public safety. top of the morning. brandon dawkince [inaudible]. my hope is we are not here next monday sharing the same from last monday we are repeating today. increased police, staffing does not keep san francisco safe. what keeps san francisco safe is more funding for mental health service. homelessness serve service and other services that keep san francisco safer in the additional police officers not additional funding to the police department. therefore we are here in support of supervisor safai's amendment to the resolution.

thank you. >> good morning. i'm kristin heardy with 1021, san francisco native and roar. out of san francisco general hospital chapter. i'm here to support supervisor safai's amended proposal which no long are mandates a set aside from the general fund which serves all the service we work for. limited flexibility in budget allocation which is not something local 10 to 1 could spchlt public safety requires more not that police, supervisor dorse the original set aside drained 200 upon million over 5 years using services firefighters, nurse, 911 dispatchers. mental health, homeless services and additional services you once

used. we need new funding streams alining the safety policy rather then and there playing politics invest in our city and deliver for residents without shrinking vital public services i will make sure my voter in my county don't vote for this. >> good morning. i'm tatiana and i'm a community advocate with the asian law caucus. criminal justice reform program. on behalf of them we are o in opposition. supervisor safai's changes adopted left week will likely reduce financial impact over all proposal is troubling. it would shock the judgment of city leaders based on assumptions that complex public safety problems can be reduced with worn officers who are on the payroll.

the proposal does not credit a 5 year set aside the funds in section 16. 132 will continue until 2035. changes to the staffing planning and budgeting process will continue permanent low they threat tone convert the existing system of police and commission staffing plans to a [inaudible]. thank you. hello i'm the president offin are mission association. i oppose san francisco police staffing act as amended by supervisor safai and urge you to vote against temperature the supervisor's amendment public safety to unknown future tax. that voters must approve. the leaves dorsey's legislation without a funding source is to hold our safety hostage asking

varieties to raise taxes to get a fully staffed police department. staffing the sfpd is critical. we demand a fully staffed police department now. this is time for action. in the politics. supervisors safai is playing politics with our public safety. we need courage. we don't need the status kwoechl i have friends this are afrid to leave their house. please, don't vote for this amendment. thank you. >> good morning. supervisors i'm richard i'm 78 years old and livid my life in san francisco. and the pedestrian 2 meetings i represented the seniors and vet sxrans talked about how the criminal element is in the city preyed upon our community and

the asian community. today i'm representing the catholic alumni action community. it is a super pack. we raised 1.3 million dollars and we use that 1.3 million dollars to remind the voters how you voted today if you don't believe me ask supervisor dorsey how i helped him get lected left year. you remember all those times 7 o'clock, supervisor? when i commit to something, we follow general dorsey last year my people will follow this retired brigadier general next year and i never lost a battle in my 31 years in the u.s. army i'm not going to lose it one, either. can you take that thot bank. bye-bye.

thank you. good morning. rudy gonzalez san francisco building trades i representative the public employee committee of san francisco. one thing that we have to be careful b. is the word this is we use. but also the posturing because these are sick cal in nature and prosecute posing mandates without identifying funding and jenning update electorate around a new tax that is politically something this may favor some folks up for election is reckless an unfunded mandate without a collaborative scene to talk about existing particular ref now have you home ordinance worried someone will come after their taxes but we have corporations and businesses this are in need of recall bragz of tax reform. and you are jenning up an electorate that will not be favorable to you in the long range.

we have a deficit coming and appreciate supervisor safai's commitment to working families in san francisco and urge your support for the amendment. >> good morning i'm corey a representative with team sters 856 a resident in stan fran for 21 years i'm here to support the improved versions the full staffing act now amended incorporate new revenue sources. without additional funding our city already faces half billion dollars deficit next year. recognize police alone cannot fix all issues we need more nurses, 911, and more. new polling shoes supporting a safer and smarter sf. thank you.

>> good morning i'm harvey cantonese interpreter. [speaking cantonese]. hello i'm may-may i'm an ihss home care provide they're care for residents in the city of san francisco. hi. i'm also a vice president with local 2015 the largest long-term

care union and california a large labor union representing near low 450,000 nursing home work xirs home care providers. >> i'm here to express my full support of the version of the full staffing act. now incourt reporter rit new ref now sources instead of 200 million budget set, side.

without additional funding our city are calling to the controller already face a projected 500 million deficit by fiscal 25-26. we need to recognize the police cannot fix all of our public safety issues we need more nurses and emergency dispatchers.

paramedics. and mental health provide and more. thank you. i'm benny zinc i'm a staffer. staff in the our environment department. a rank and file member of local 21. i'm here to speak in support of supervisor safai's improved version of the sfpd full staffing act. i just hope this if there is a strong desire for opinion safety we think of our city holistic don't pit our staff against each other. all department in need of additional staffing and all of us working hard to make it a better and safer place for residents and don't pit us against each other by takeing portion of funds out of the general fund and asking our

other departments to do cuts staffing update police department. thank you. i'm a chapter president for local 21. and proud resident. under the support of supervisor safai's improved sfpd full staffing act incorporate new revenue source instead of 200 million set aside. without additional funding our city according to the controller faced a projected 500 million deficit by fiscal 25 and 26. we need to recognize this police alone cannot fix all of our public safety issue we need nurses, 911. paramedics and more in san francisco. new polling show san franciscans

want a comhencive approach. supporting a safer, smarter sf. thank you. >> hello i'm brendza i'm with 1021. out at san francisco general hospital. and i want to say what this is very important. because if the deciding the direction of san francisco. does san francisco want it become a police state. that's where it is headed with when you are talking b. you want more and more police and you thank you will be the solution to the problems. yet the under lying problems will still exist. so, when you are arresting the people where will you put them and closing the jails yoendz this and thank you supervisor safai. for coming with something logical and sensible to deal with this problem.

we need more police and everybodiment tologist be police staff i know we do at the hospital we want to be fully staffed, too we help the public, too. we go good notoriety public and sometimes we can't do everything we want because there are not enough people. keep this in minds. police. >> good morning i'm tonya a member of local 1021 a nurse at san francisco general. i support supervisor safai. i have been living in san francisco for 35 years. thank you. >> hello. incoming our faxes to solve the sfpd staffingly crisis isiff responsible. we pay taxes that should provide us basic public safety and fully staffed police department t. is unacceptable and a failure on your part to listen to your constituents who pointed to

public safety as their top prior. some of you who are for reelection in 24 know that the major of front franments safer streets and cars and simultaneous businesses not to get broken in to. multiple meetings connie chan voted defunds the pleas is demanding more police resources and officers all overnight district. surprising to see others of you running for office not getting the memo. so if she were here i would tell her that i'm asking as a d1 residents to oppose this measure or stop pretends to care in d 1. public safety is cornerstone to quality of life in san francisco. raising tax for basic service this ain't happening. get out of your clown sxars oppose this offensive charter mem. >> the people san francisco are

not the guinea pigs for the political gain of members of committee. we are tired of victims of crime this harms residentses and simultaneous and large businesses alike the dire staffing crisis of the police department affects all residents and workers. do your jobs and figure it out. and figure it out without adding a tax. it is imperative for san francisco recovery to fully staff sfpd. vote, no on this amendment we have a deficit as a direct result of visible increase in crime and exits of businesses. fix this and you will if i can your deficit. >> good morning. irresponsible we heard the word irresponsible from supervisor safai last week. and about dorsey's proposal. supervisor dorsey's proposal is not irresponsible when is

irresponsible this supervisors to the left and right of supervisor dorsey these supervisors took our city budget from the 7 or 8 billion the time they were electd and doubled it to the 15 billion it is today. these 2 supervisors. not dorsey. had no hands in this sf they defunded our police by within 20 million dollars in 2020. despite when we hear frutemperature is documented. dorse he no hand in that. supervisor dorsey make a motion to continue this item supervisor safai second that motion and continue this for the collaboration you say you want. you say you want collaboration. let's have temperature continue this item. thank you. >> hello i'm leah i live in d6. around market and 7th street. i am here to point out this supervisor safai consistent low

alined with entireses dorsey, ga engardio, mandelman on more police fund and power. i'm sure supervisor safai surprised his propolicing buds it i'm against this charter amendment especially if it gives more money to an already loaded sfpd budget. it rained yesterday. i handed out extra jackets i had to the people who are homeless had exposed out in the walk used of where i live and the first, thing a homeless woman said when i said i had jackets i'm broke now. and i found that shameful for us. stop focusing on funding sfpd and homes for the homeless and food for the hungry. >> good morning i'm deb are the

proud skwutive director of local 21. and i want to say i trust san francisco voters and i think if you trust san francisco voters you would also put this on the ballot. polling shows they support a martyr, safer, san francisco. san franciscans know when we need. i'm tired of hearing about our members who live in san francisco who are getting mugged every day and targets of hate crimes and i'm tired of you all playing politics and not having solutions i commends supervisor safai and walton who 90 percent of the time are on different sides of issue who came together to stand up for san francisco. and i think if you trust the voters of san francisco you would let them vote on this in march instead of playing politics.

>> good morning. 30 year resident of san francisco. went to middle, high school here i live in the mission and support the amendment that is more sustinable prop to the budget, we need more funding for 911. teachers, nurse and not full police. supervisor dorsey believe in public safety i would loch everlove to see more support for the legislation. [inaudible]. >> are there additional members for public comment. ? i don't see additional commenters. public comment is now closed. vice chair walton yoochl thank you, chair dorse. i want to thank the diverse amount speakers that came out today and provide public comment we appreciate you coming out.

i adopt to start my comments with i will be brief but it is a fact that the police department was not funded 120 million dollars in 2020. this is not manage this supervisor walton is making up i don't care what documentation people may want to believe ask the police chief and the mir that question can you go back and look at the budget for this year the police department was not defunded 120 million dollars. i adopt to reminds people what did help in 2020 the voters of the city overwhelmingly 71% voted to get rid of minimum staffing here in san francisco. because they knew -- that it was arbitrary and unachievable. well is no way can you guarantee a number of police officers. in any city. our city fluctuates in

population. resources need to go to the entire safety net in san francisco. and again like i said last time. we don't have a funged issue within the police department. we have an issue of folks not want to join the police department. not just here in san francisco. you can't throw monnet air and think that people ament to join the police force. officers. the police department, leadership of the city have to provide connections with community special police officers so that folks work together to build relationships andment to be officers. we don't have a police funding issue. so i want to make sure this when we have conversations we put out factual information in the community because this is an important issue here. in the city and make sure we are speaking with facts when we make statements. thank you. >> thank you. vice chair walton.

supervisor safai >> thank you, thank you supervisor walton and all the people that came out i appreciate the comment on both sides. listen i understand that there is a lot of anxiety in the city now. we all had people touched by this personal low most likely. i personally had my own car and home had my daughter's soccer there is a lot of stuff going on in the city now. that has not happened always. we have to talk about that. and we have to talk about it in an honest way. but guess when. when you pick up the phone, you pick up phone call 911. see if you get someone on the phone in a mandated time? you most likely will not. they are literally working 14-16 hour shifts. i went over there a couple months ago i was horrified. i would not to work in those

conscience but those people make sure our public safety net is working they are under paid and under appreciated and they are under staffed. go to the emergency room at general. see how quickly you see a nurse. you won't. you might sit in that emergency vehicle. until they make room. our emergency rooms are staffed. do we agree that is part of public safety in the city. if you call 911 and. this paramedic or that response team to show up, they are often not in a timely manner. so i know dorsey heart he know this is is part of the public safety net in this city and so men a couple years ago we would not have this debate. we are faced with a fiscal crisis and a crisis in

leadership. the mayor has been silent on this. might have put your name on your charter metropolitan but i have not heard her speak about recruit am and the public safety net in a thoughtful way. what is happening now people pitted against one another and i think what i heard from everybody is we all want to address public safety? a thoughtful way. so -- listen, i know we will not win over supervisor dorsey now i look forward to continuing the work with you on that. i think it is an important part of the process i invite to you be part of the budget process i don't say that in a condescending way i money it when i was elected i was not on the budget committee i came and spent hours with the committee to learn the enemy's and out what is it moneys to put a budget together in the city. it is not easy.

you have people in tierce saying i will not get service. this room was packed with twice the number of people with screaming babysit left year in the budget mittee because the mayor was going to cut funds to childcare. we have difficult decisions to make. public safety is a number one issue for many people. we have to do it in a responsible way that's why we made this amendment and i agree, with when i heard from the majority of people in the room. i think the voters care about this with you care about it in a responsible way for our public safety net. i would like to make a motion, chair, to sends this to the board without recommendation out of respect for your position. we can do it without recommendation and then we can take this matter up at the full board. when it is there. >> great. >> thank you, supervisor safai. i will close by i think it is --

good that there was some historical context mentioned about the charter amendment from november of 2020. the reason that is important is i think people need to remember this over the last 30 years, the city and county of san francisco has had a minimum full duty police staffing level for 27 of those years. and while san francisco you know came often did in the hit the minimum staffing level this staffing level kept the city honest about getting close. when we know about the 2020 charterer amendment, since this time our police full duty staffing levels gone off a cliff. voters you in have information about when happens when we have

no minimum staffing level in the charter we have been in this world for 3 years it is the worse police staffing crisis. we had in modern history. we had sfpd brass here describe it catastrophic. a third of the police department we are poseed have is not there. there is close to 400 populars eligible for retirement and looking at potential low a police department at half the level. this would restore minimum staffing and flexible way this the 1994 charter metropolitan diagram and give us a workable plan over 5 years it dig out of the hole and get there i'm absolutely going to participate in legislatively and other ways to make sure we are making progress on this. i will be the first to admit that police are not the sum total of public safety challenges we are faith but an important part of it. and i will continue to work on it. vice chair walton

>> thank you, chair dorsey i thank you for bring up on record this the minimum staffing level was not achieved when it was a policy in san francisco. because arbitrary and unachievable i want to thank you for pointing that out for everyone. >> okay. and we have a motion on the floor? yes. wondering if the dc has anything? nothing. okay. >> the motion to refer the matter to the board of supervisors without recommendation. vice chair walon >> aye >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> no. >> the motion passes with chair dorsey decent nothing committee.

>> thank you, mr. clerk item 4 charty amendment minimum police department staffing and 5 year funding requirement guess to the full board without a recommendation. >> mr. clerk, do we have further business? >> that completes our agenda for today. great. thanks everyone. we are adjourned. clear clear >> i'm san francisco's first drag laureate and the first one

in the world. the drag laureate program and the position is one this celebrates an artist for being the best in their craft and i'm proud to have received that xroel it it is afternoon ambassador role. a role that represents the lbgtq+ community in san francisco the focus on the drag performers and trans-activists and performers in san francisco as well. when i heard the city was creating the drag laureate role i was so excited because it did foal like they were paying attention to us. and cared about when we gave culturally and economically to the city >> here is your new drag laureate for the city and county of san francisco! i'm getting the call from the mayor i was chosen was fantastic day. i will always remember.

i thought that it would just be about the bay area. because of what happening in the world it became a national story. i hope it can shine a light on san francisco and how they take care of the drag community and the lbgtq+ community. i hope that i can help carve out this position and create a role with programs and events this can be passed down to future drag laureate this is come after me and can set a stage and standard for what this program is in san francisco and national low and inner nationally. there is a rich history in san francisco. that the drag community has been part of. i'm very proud to follow in their footsteps and able to maintain what the drag community has done in the past and move

forward with creating a bright future. my job is to elevate and celebrate >> you're watching san francisco rising with chris manners. today's special guest is katy tang. [♪♪♪] >> hi. i'm chris manners, and you're watching san francisco rising, the show that's focused on rebuilding, reimagining, and revitalizing our city. with us today is katy tang, and she's talk to -- talking to us about assistance and services provided to local businesses. can we talk about the role of the office of small business? many small businesses are

struggling to help. how can you help? >> director tang: we are here as the city's central point of information for all things small businesses, so we can help people start, stay, and grow in the city. if you want to start a small business, we can pair you up with small business advisors, who can talk you through your business plan, help you develop it, whether it's regulatory requirements, business permits, and just help you understand the journey that was up ahead. and if you'd like to stay in san francisco and perhaps your business is facing challenges, we can also pair you with a business advisor who can assess your business needs and figure out whatside that would best help you. so for example, perhaps you need more marketing assistance or you need to be connected to a loan, a low interest loan or

a grant program, if that's available. those are services we can provide to you, whether you're starting out or trying to stay in san francisco. and of course, if you want to expand and grow into a new space, we can help assist you with that and help prepare you for the journey ahead. we have a team dedicated to assist you you with all the small business needs, all the requirements needed to help you establish your small business in san francisco. >> do you have an e.s.l. program for people who want to start small businesses? >> director tang: we have staff that can speak spanish and mandarin and cantonese, and we understand if english is not your first language, it can be difficult, so we want to be as helpful as possible.

>> excellent. i know that s.f. shines was created to help with restoring and improvement. can you tell us more about that? >> yes. it's run out of a sister development and it's much needed in the small business community. if you are trying to improve your storefront, whether it's outside, perhaps you want to make some interior improvements, a lot of times, that involves a lot of cost and resources to be able to do so. for example, you may need to hire an architect to submit drawings so you can get your work done. currently, s.f. shines is offer a pairing of business sign services. you can be paired up with an architect to get your drawings done to help you start to do

the actual work. we hope that people will stay tuned, and you can find out more information on our website. that's sfgov.org/osb. >> let's talk about the shared spaces program. it's been a huge success, and outdoor dining spaces are very popular. >> the shared spaces program, especially during the pandemic, really helped spaces survive. to have an outdoor space where people could safely gather was critical, and the office of small business has been working with these shared spaces during the pandemic. some may or may not have been up to the city's code regulations, so department of

public works and other departments have been trying to figure out what violations are and help businesses come into compliance. the planning department and the city have decided that they'll give businesses until 2023 to come into compliance. also in the meantime, for businesses that want to start new shared spaces, new parklets, that is still an on going program, a new program, so people can always submit their applications for shared spaces regardless whether they started one during the pandemic or not. >> do you anticipate there being other shared spaces programs in the future and how do small businesses go about finding out about them? >> small businesses can find

out about it by visiting our website, sfgov/osb or you can call 415-554-6134, and we can connect you with the planning department and other agencies that would be connected with the shared spaces programs. >> over the pandemic, businesses have been victimized by vandals and other crimes. how can you help them? >> the city offers a program called the vandalism relief fund, and this would allow businesses suffering from graffiti or broken windows to apply with the city through our neighborhood services division, and you could get up to 1,000 or 2,000 if you submit certain

documentation, such as a photograph of the damage or a copy of the receipt or document showing the amount you paid for to correct the incident. we are so excited that the city now has a centralized permit center, where people can come and get their business done, hopefully, in the same day where there are several different agencies, ranging from department of building inspection, planning department, public health, fire department, all here to help people, whether you're building a new business or even new construction, to be able to, again, fit all of your appointments in one day and get things done quickly. so starting in may, our office of small business has actually started working out of 49 south van ness at the permit center, and we have a team of two staff who are dedicated to helping small businesses through their

permitting journey. so we do encourage people, you can come to the permit center or you can e-mail us at sfosb@sfgov.org, and you can communicate with our staff dedicated to helping you with your permitting needs. we hope that people will consider consulting with us before you even sign a lease so that we can help you on the path to success and understanding the journey of setting up a small business in san francisco. >> well, thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show, miss tang. thank you for the time you've given us today. >> director tang: thanks for having me. >> and that's it for this show. we'll be back shortly. you've been watching san francisco rising. for sfgovtv, i'm chris manners. thanks for watching. on thirty incredible years. >> hi friends i'm cora and here

at the lovely pier 39. >> thank you so much more bringing use out here on a hot day. >> i thought that was going to be a breeze let's talk about abc 7. >> well, we are the abc in depth owned and operated in san francisco and been on air since 1949, and so in terms of what we do we report on stories to the bay area so inspiring people focus on finding common solutions and common ground so many to report this is 25 years. >> i don't believe it (laughter). >> i don't believe that it the

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and exploratorium the ferry building. and absolutely a great practice to come early or late hang outer at pier 39 at the christen. >> you're so welcome good evening. everybody. we'll get started. [inaudible]. good evening i'm manny i come from the navajo tribes tonight i will be the master of ceremonies throughout tonight's recognition. it is an honor for mow to do this land acknowledgment. i think i thank our relatives here in the land of the

ramaytush ohlone to do this for you we acknowledge we are on the unseed home land of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of san francisco peninsula. as stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions the ramaytush ohlone community have never cd, lost nor forgotten the responsibilities as the care takeers of this place. as well as all people who reside in the traditional territory. as guests, we recognize this we benefit from live and working on their traditional home lands. we wish to pay our respects acknowledging then cest sxors and thank them for allowing you to be in their territory. i am turn it over to our elder,

tom phillips. [applause] is there a wired microphone? right on queue. thank you. manny. greetings to good people here in san francisco. especially our indigenous. the first people here employment to take time out to offer a prayer. for all of us, stand with me i'm not able to stand but i'm asking to you stand for me we offer among or native people the first thing we do before any ceremonior garthing, before anything happens we begin with

prayer. this time i'm honored muskegon creek tribe from oklahoma relocated here in 1962 and did most of my work here in the community. part of this community and i appreciate this opportunity to offer our prayer tonight. bear with me. i call upon you. you know everything before we speak it, creator. you know our minds and hearts we offer our prayers for this garthing for all those that will have a part we ask you creator to be with us. give us guidance. give us a good mind to bring things together in a good way to honor those individual who is have accomplished what you selected them to do. we know that they will not have been able to achieve what they

have done without you, creator. you have been there. you lifted them up in times of hardships and lifted them up in times of need. you lifted them up and gave them had they needed provide the results that we are all proud of. we thank you for our legislators and our representatives of the city. that are with us tonight. we thank you for indigenous relatives for all the good people that are here to participate. we will ask you to take care of this event for us. give us a good mind. to listen. to feel the need for continuation. of these efforts put forth to us. creator,ment to also not forget the terrible atrocities of the

killings of our children over access, may the peace exist. may there be peace among all people we ask to you be with us tonight in all that will be a part of the garthing. we thank you for this opportunity to lift up our people. recognition of indigenous accomplishment. thank you for the evening and all that is a part and ask to you be with us. i ask all these things, amen. thank you very much. please, stay on your feet. this time ghee in our grand ebb row and go over to the southern express singers for our grand entry song we bring in our eagle staff our first staff of the nations that we celebrate this evening. without further adue southern

express, when you are ready. this evening we have arman indigenous of travis air base bring nothing our eagle staff and fan. as well as the colors of this nation. we have several different tribal flags and nation flags as well the great sale of california. following them our traditional powwow dancers.

dancers. jingle dress. more traditional dancers grass dancers representing the vibrant dance you will see throughout indian country in our powwows and dances and festivals. [music] please stay standing as

we go over to the all nation's singers for an appropriate flag and victory song. [singing] ♪♪[music] this song

here celebrates our victory as red in the land acknowledgment our tribal territories never ceded or given away. we fought that to protect what has been ours our right to live and survive and thrive in our trash home lands this song celebrates that. our resilience is our victory. our existence -- our languages.

[music] at this time we'll post

our color bunkham tribal flags, eagle staffs.

all right. san francisco our powwow danceers and flag carriers. at this time it is my honor and privilege, dancers exit, stage left. go ahead and be seated now. only one individual who will need to remain standing oui will need her front and center very

soon. without further adue my friend and colleague mr. april mc gill the executive director of the american indian cultural center of san francisco. good evening, everyone. happy american indian heritage month. [applause] it is such an honor for the american indian cultural center to host the celebration in the people's house. we are very grateful for this partnership with the mayor's office to bring us together to honor or heresy honor 4 hero who is committed their time and energy for the betterment of the indian know community in the bay area. the american indian center is an

exciting place need to bring visibility to the american indian community through our programs and events. in 2015 that we community members set out to get some seed monfret art's commission 50 thousand dollars to start and create programming for the american ind jaernt that was once called the indian center. with this seed money granted us to be a virtual center and mull we have the financial stability to have a cultural stage on mission street. we are so grateful for the sfpt of mayor breed to finish the construction of our new art space. it was 3 years ago the center advocate forward our first and only american indian cultural district in san francisco. we take mentorship from helen and elder teacher to never let

them tell us, no. it is her teaching to be persistent and put all faith in creator to guide us. i'm happy to announce that we are growing and we have been able to have our dance class every week here in san francisco. and we have been able to -- provide powwow dance class every third degree with attention of 30-80 people each week it is awesome. i want to shout out to the american indian cultural center staff. sarah. andrea. michael and ariana. can i seat staff wave. give applause for them! without them i would not be able to be able to plan this event.

with all their hard work. i want to say thank you to our singers and dancers for blessing the event tonight and to our native veteran who is carried in the flags we appreciate your service in indian country. i want to thank assembly man james ramos for accepting our invitation here in california thank you for coming. we will be hearing from him later and share in the great work he is doing. i want to thank friendship house staff and the clients for volunteering their time to make this event a success. all of our partners, native american health center. education. indigenous justice. american indian cultural district. we continue to advocate for a cultural center building.

i want to honor and introduce our partner and friend mayor breed. to the podium. thank you. [applause]. >> good evening am everybody! you know, i love a celebration like this because they bring so much joy to city hall. i want to thank you all so much for the imvitation to be here today. i know we do this as a collaboration but i appreciate the community and all the hard work that goes into cord naying event and selecting the people who will be honored tonight. i want to express my congratulation to each of you. and i want to thank our leaders who are joining us here today including supervisor mandelman, our director of the d. public

health grant colfax. matt dorse our sheriff and fire chief jeanine nicholson, thank you for joining us today. mruz mrauz. now some of you might know that i used to be in a similar position like april. running a cultural center in san francisco. and let me tell you, it is not easy. and it is not easy when you have a very limited budget and you are trying to run programming, you are trying to rent space and trying to make things special for the community. the fact that april has really taken up the mantel and pushed the envelope to get additional resources from the city and think bell future and what is necessary to ensure well is a physical home for the american indian cultural center is something i'm excited to be continuing to partner with her on the work that she is trying

to do to make that home a reality. it will be a lot of work. as i know many of you know and i am looking forward to the village sf what that will mean for the district as well as friendship house and all the great activities, events, housing i heard that a grant was awarded for the roof top garden and what that am money we have been doing everything to make sure our city process does not get in the way of real progress to make this a reality for the community. we have work to do. i'm confident in events like today the community continues to come together. this community continues to make it clear that they are resilient and prepared take on the various fights and issues and for those honored today, you are always on the frontlines to ensure the success of the community as a whole temperature is yet work

that we have been doing in the city to make sure resources are allocate when this community organizes is important. this past budget we available to allocate 5 million dollars. that support, health and wellness. cultural activities and other things not what the city is suggesting we want. but what the community is saying to us what they want. and i want to appreciate the working relationship we have been able to develop over the year. on behalf of the city of san francisco, april, i want to ask to you come forward. because tonight we are lighting the building up. du tell us the colors? did you make the colors. green and yellow. thank you. mandy. tonight in honor of american indian heritage month in the city of san francisco, not only

are we light city hall up in green and yellow we in a proclamation will declare it american indian cultural center day in the city and county of san francisco. thank you very much. [applause] that was cool. everybody i don't know you heard this they said a proclamation to make november first the american indian cultural center day in san francisco. at this point in time i will go

ahead and read off short bios and ask the honorees to come up as i read their names. first honoree this evening is eloi martinez. he is a southern retired contractor in the flooring business from the 4 corners area on the colorado side he grew up in a mining camp in colorado and came to california in 1966. to get involve with the farm workers. transitioned to the movement during a couple protests. recruited him and has been coming back the last 50 years. who i he does not live on the island or did not live on the island and upon often or -- while he did not live on the island very often his wife and son were on it more frequently during the occupation a gopher

pick up supplies and giving people rides back and forth from the main land toal the island mr. eloi martinez. [applause] [applause] all right. our next honoree lacoata harden.

lacoata of the miniand lacoata. is an orator, activist. community organizers workshop fasill tor. radio host and poe a daughter of 7 generations of lacoata lead eshs, deliberation and justice. activism include working with the international indian treaty counselsful women of all red nations and the black hills alliance. she has collaborated with the oakland based alliance building institute and the oakland men's project. and conducted trainings for adult who is work with youth. across jenned e race and age to stop violence. a part of the projects harden construct everconducts workshopos unlearning racism and social oshg preparations taking the step further specialize in dekohn colization workshops draegsz impact of genocidal

policy in homes and community. lacoata harden. our next honoree is crystal. crystal is an member of the nation of oklahoma born and raised in oakland on ramaytush ohlone land surrounded by multitribal tight knit native community. her objectives are to acknowledge we live on stolen

land and 2, how that acknowledgment connects to the reclamation of native food ways and solventy and educate community and organizations on health benefits of native foods ways using the knowledge passed on to her. crystal. [applause] there is another honoree if you have a program we are waiting for him to arrive we will hold off on that one.

please. san francisco put your hands together again for lacoata harden. eloi martinez and crystal! 3 of your honorees this evening! of [applause] [applause] we have time later to talk. at this point the schedule is my great honor i had a chance to catch and up talk to the member james ramos earlier the work he does and the folks that share his work including himself

different place i spot him of he looked different this evening he had a mustache. a lifelong resident of the indian reservation and serrano tribe the first california native american state law make in 2018. represents the 45th district includes the cities of fontana, high land. mentone. red land and san bernardino. prior to elected to the state assembly served on the san bernardino board of supervisors trustee on the san bernardino college direct board of trustees, mr. james ramos. [applause] thank you.

so much. before we got started i asked a gentlemen doing the prayer ficould share our traditional songs from our area. bird songs. robert levi and permission was granted so i will share with you if that is all right. [applause] we will get into speaking component. the songs are traditional songs from our area in southern california. bird songs and sing them with rattles in our area. a couple of song i will sing one talks about the earth. and that is the one. you will hear about it and a lot of things that face our people start coming from the earth as far as making sure the repat riation of remains go back to the rightful people in the

united states and in the state of california. [music] [singing] [singing] ♪♪ [singing] [singing] [applause]

the songs we share. culture where we go and open up it is to cover things we'll talk

about. talking about especially this area. sing another song for thank you is about a lizard and it talks about the lizard how it is in the desert windses up and goes and takes off. xu will hear this in there. in that song itself. the songs are taught by levi. [music] [music] [music]

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thank you that's it -- no , i'm kidding. it really is an honor to be here to say a few word and share our songs from our area especially on november first kickoff national native american heritage month. i want to thank you. and really -- [applause] want to thank the american indian cultural center of san francisco. april mc gill and all your hard work and your staff's work for makeing work. i met april mc gill when we were talking about correcting a name of a law school that is close to the proximity for atrosities in

the state of california we felt that bearing the name it formerly had was wrong. that individual paid for ma lit whys to go and kill indian people. and that bill we moved we worked hard on it with the people and the resistance out there. and now that school is no long are bears the name of that individual. it is now the college of the law of san francisco. i met april there that brought me here today. to be here to speak a bit more about myself. i grew up and still reside on the reservation i grew up when it was deep poverty. what struck mow by tackling that for the inldzian people because our people i'm [inaudible].

our people formed in 1866 in the san bernardino valley. with the purpose of going in the san bernardino mountains to rid the mountains of indian people it was not peaceful they were shooting and killing. our clan down to less than 30 members we were almost wiped off the earth. we have to come out as inldzian people to talk and run for office. political offices throughout the state of california and the nation to ensure the native american voice is heard at all areas and discussions not in the state of california but cross the nation. we continue to work and i still reside on the reservation. i grew and got in politics and tribal chair man and ran for the community upon college board

2005. first in san bernardino to transition from tribal gentleman to the community as a whole and sat on the county board of supervisors for san bernardino county where i was chair of the board for a time. and then now in the state legislator t. is important to talk about the issues that are -- you know coming forward. and partnerships we formed along the way. and right there side by side with mow on this bill with changing the name and other bills affecting native people and women member ching. i want to give him a round of applause there. [applause]. california is home to more native american people than any state in the nation. here in the bay area well is over 25,000 we know of that call themselves native in the area. that means that the culture is very much rich the culture you

seen today but we know that there still is work to do in the state of california. we push piece of legislation, legislation that starts to correct the history of the state of california when the spanish missionaries came through in california it was not all rosy like some books talk b. there was slavery. genocide, the things that moved forward in the state and drastically affected california's first people and native american people. ab338 sign in the luthat replaces the statute on the capitol grounds of sacramento and on november 7 will be the first on the capitol grounds of a statute of monument to the people of sacramento area that will go up to be a monument statute representing all indian people in the state of california that will happen

november 7. that's a way we start to move forward to start to correct the history in the state of california. the history the land acknowledgment here the ramaytush ohlone people that history needs to be rich in the school system. we move forward on a bill ab1703 brings the educational arena and tribal communities to start to work together to form american indian task forces to create the curriculum from the area where the tribes are representatives. ab 1703 sign in the law now calls on the arena to portray factual history on california indian people and native american people throughout the united states it is time that voice gets heard. no longer should be a paternal prop telling about our culture us telling others about what our culture is and what it means to

us. [applause]. currently, california is number 5 of all states in the nation of unsolved and unresolved missing and murder native american people in the state of california. we work closely with law enforcement in our area and across the state sheriff's association to bring light to the issue. this issue of missing and murdered women and person played the indian community for decades. to this day people go missing and we are exampleed bottle it up. no longer are we to keep it up inside now we need to make sure we buildering al ice along the way and having somebody in the legislator representation does merit. we move forward on a bill ab1314 that for the first time in the state's history a federal alert geared native people when they

go miss negligent state of california giving law enforcement a tool to make sure we bring our loved ones home before than i become a statistic. >> and because of the missing murder women it guess back in time the mentality toward native women. here in the state of california, during the russian exploration the spanish rule the mexican rule the united states and the state of california. each one of those rules was deplorable to the indian people in the area even so that still carries today. a word drogtory tow native women the s word. wo don't want to repeat t. it has been deemed by the federal government the secretary as a racist term. in the state of california we had to run a bill in 2022 that was ab2022 that for once and for

all got rid of that name in california no longer that name be here bringing honor to our women. there is a lot of work to be done. but we can't do it alone we need representation it does matter in sacramento. it does matter here in the local community. it matters where you are at let your voice be heard. representation does matter. when we got to the legislator it was surprising this we were the only california indian every elected in the state's history. and that was in 2018. and some clapd and said this is great achievement. we have to ask ourselves, why did it take long and who is coming next? who is coming next to carry on that voice moving forward in the end of session we had amended

bill an audit on the cal state university system. identified they have over 700,000 native american remains that have in the been begin back to tribes in california and across the nation. it is time our voices be heard we are no long are tolerate people holding the skulls of relative in classrooms saying it is good to be amongst old friends that is in the tolerable in the state of california my bill was sign in the law holding cal state university acountable to get ouran cestors back in the grounds where they need to be. >> representation does matter. and the resiliency of our people is why we are here today. the resiliency of our people to stand here to make sure that voice is heard. a lot of the roads we travel were once traveled indian trail in california the resiliency and

contributions of native people to the state of california and the nation is something that runs through each and every one of our blood. the people is why we are here today. dedicateing month to national native american heritage month in honor of our ancestors and elders. thank you very much. [music] [applause] >> that was good i don't know but i have been listen to different messages this evening and heard london breed say went from executive director at a cultural center to mayor. we are in those same shadows and foot steps electing april mc gill in the future! we are again our representation

matters. of at this time we'll invite out the dancers from round valley. so if the dancers can in on out. the dancers are on their way. manage dun a long corridor a hallway. all right. we am move stuff around a bill invite our honorees back up lacoata, eloi and crystal come

on back up and we will allow you time now to address the audience here for your recognition and honoring. are we prepared for our dancers to come out. take the microphone first is lacoata harden. as always every day when we wake up the first thing we think, thank you, krert for another day and tonight i was last night i looked at the moon how beautiful she is and this time this we are in. when our ancestors are close toast us and around the westerlied they cell brit this time with ceremony and offerings and like our culture many of the

things that are sacred to us that have meaning and have incredible connection to everything that is alive to the water the air and all of the things, the sacred and powerful and it is something like halloween. so much in the reason we are here we survived genocide and the most amazing thinking to destroy and get rid of us. for the resource of our lands and we are still here. we got something going on as indigenous people. we have that connection and when i was remember in 2016 when we were doing many people in the room were a part of that saying no more. we are not taking it. you need ton we are here. i tore my ma niching us and the doctors say knee replace am and

the turn toox scombren have my water bottle living in the 21st century my rep to the water that is sake rid. relationship to the oxygen i brath in and ask for help i'm walking without surgeries because i trust that relationship. and for us as indigenous we have that knowledge. we have that relationship. so i'm glad that you are here tonight because that is that you need to know the way that the history of the world has gone is now we are destroying so much temperature we need to protect and take care of our grand mother earth and we need to heel ourselves. we need to help each other heel through the songs. not >> justin: a nice song to listen to. it has meaning. beat. words that have saying to court the earth and trees and oxygen all of it. there is a reason why we do everything so thank you for all

the w that you have done all these years. you are right, i come from a long line of resistors when i was 7 in boarding school the worse abuse a child could go through my great, great grand mother check me out on weekends she was 97 and alive before the invasion and told me about this amazing place where everybody had a place and had a purpose. and everybody had a reason to be here and everybody was loved. and cared for. we can have that again and i'm grateful to april and manny and eloi and our community that make sure we do that daily. here in the bay area which attracts native tribes and nations from all over the world. not just our indigenous people it it is a sacred place and thank you for this honor tonight. [applause] thank everybody for

being here tonightful i started back in 1968. and will i became the director of inter~ everin are tribal friendship house and helped rebuilted indian center there. with the help of a lot of people of and just a lot of people in the audience from the beginning. we got together and asked for permission to do [inaudible] legacy. and not only richard oaks and

vet republicanos alcatraz. we started lobbying the national park system to put back the signs that were erased during the movie days they were white washed trying to forget the history that happens. so. during that course, we were successful, we did a water tower first. [inaudible] where myself and a couple other people. but there was a few people that started that was the beginning. of making sure that all the vet residence were remembered and brought back the veterans for started with the children over nights on the island. so they could get a feel what it was like when we were there. and then started doing reunions

they lead to other things and in 2019, got to first all tribes day on alcatraz. and i'm -- just really proud to have been associated with the honorees and all the people in the audience and the indian community in the area and especially thankful for fawn and oak's family because they got justice. i'm sure you read the chronicle story. so, i think any peace. thank you. i typeset say our language a thank you. i want to express my thank you to our community.

thank you to my grand mother and ancestors. i'm humbled receiving awasheds like this because it just not about -- it is what we are representing. i have the honor to represent the nation a native chef has never gone before and and i take that very seriously. i also take it humby and knowing i have a job for our future generation. i never thought i would say cater to the white house. i never thought i would cater to the james spirit awards. this girl from east oak land has. [applause] and i say those thing

in a humble way for our future generation. if i can do it you can, too. it takes a community. i didn't get there by myself. it took a community. and i thank you is a huge honor my first catering job came from martin wangzoo he believed in me. and he trusted me with 400 people and i had no idea what i was doing. [laughter]. but -- and from that day, on forward until now, having the first native restaurant in oakland. what we do there is native food ways. 3 daughters are california native work in the restaurant. and so i want to stay to the youth especially the youth it is hard times now but familiar we

continue to hang around in our community and continue to do community work, and continue top listen to community members, all things are possible. thank you. [applause] stay up here. we will bring up our fourth honoree this evening. was just a reference to his name martin walkazoo. the rose bud tribe. in the san francisco bay area. he provided leader help in building and sustang medical, dental and behavioral health programs that integrate state of the art professional care with cultural values, traditions and

service. raise in the south dakota a high school basketball player and earned a scholarship to attend black hills state university. graduate in the 1973 and relocateed the san francisco bay area and enrolled member of the. rose bud tribe he raised a family --. raised in a family of activists. martin walkazu.

[applause] give these leaders a roundsful leadership takes courage and perseverance and they represent those values. i watched lacota over years in what she has done for community giving back and making them strong and getting them connected spiritualy. crystal i talked to her was it go for it. go for it. if you go for it you are already successful. look what she's done i watch her on tv now. and this young man, in our community for many years. leadership is part of the way of life. today is a day native american

health center. retiring after 41 years but not from community. [applause] i'm a recovery alcoholic. in the 70s i was homeless on the streets of san francisco in oakland. march 12, 19 one, 9. . 30 a.m. i made a decision to follow the ancestor ways and checked in to salvation army detox 2 days later and jumped on bart and came to the friendship house. retiring today from after 41 years, i made the circle. in i circle no one is better than anybody else. it is all connected we are all relatives san francisco can be proud of the american indian

community they are strong and dedicated and they are commit performed i'm honored to be a part of that community. be message to everyone is, we need to take care of the weakest of our families. of our communities. stay in prayer, stay strong, relocation and boarding school. in policy in boarding school policies did not wash the indian out of us we are stronger. 2 weeks i was all at a ceremony for young women of my granddaughter participated in this ceremony. last week, i was honored observe young men's ceremonies.

so the next 7eration will carry on i am 41 after 41 years i hope i did a little good for the community. but i'm thankful for those that helped and i was surrounded by they are the real leaders. thank you very much for this honor and recognition. [applause]