>> we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. item 2, approval of minutes for october 10, 2023 board commission meeting. >> is there a motion to approve the minutes ?

>> so moved. >> second. >> we have a motion and a second. all in favor? >> aye. >> motion passes unanimously. the minutes of the october 10, 2023 meeting are adopted. >> item 3, pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> item 4 is announcements. please be advised of sound producing devices are prohibited at the meeting. a member of the public has up to 3 minutes for public comment. public comment must be in respect to the current agenda

item. the commission will take inperson and remote public comment on each items beginning in person. for remote public comment, dial 1-415-655-0001 and enter access code 26626719058 # # then dial * 3 to raise your hand to comment on the item discussed. a prompt will signal when it is your turn to speak. if you are watching on sfgovtv there is a short broadcast delay. to not miss your comment please dial when the item you want to comment on is announced, listen to the meeting from the telephone with no delay. item 5 is public comment on items not on the agenda. >> is there any public comment on items not listed on the agenda? seeing none, do we have anyone on the phone? >> there are no callers for

public comment at this time. >> thank you. public comment is closed. >> item 6a, executive director report. for callers who wish to comment on this item, please dial * 3 to raise your hand to comment. >> good afternoon president brandon, vice president adams, members of the commission. i like to start with apec. i hope that you and everyone all members of the public are getting a chance to come here and see the celebration and feel the excitement of apec. the waterfront is very much on display this week. not just because the waterfront is the most beautiful place in the world, but also because we represent invasion. addressing invasion and partnership is the most pressing problem like sea level rise as a example.

the port team has been working around the clock with many last minutes pivots and requests, working over the weekday and they have risen to the occasion. last night a sky star ferris wheel opened. we'll host dignitaries and heads of economy at exploratorium tomorrow. the [indiscernible] has and will cause impacts. we maintain partnerships with the tenants throughout the process and tenants remained flexible. north and south bound embarcadero lanes will be closed beginning tomorrow morning early and up to 24 hours around the events. this is communicated through the port, secret service, sfmta and mayor office. trying hard to get the word out about impact to travel. we have a team on site this

week and they will continue to be here for our tenants and our public during this disruption. and on a happy note, apec has benefited the port because it has accelerated economic recovery. bringing the wheel to fisherman's wharf is a wonderful opportunity and thankful to the skilled port, city state inspection teams who made this possible. you will see signs of sprucing up everywhere. there is hanging flower baskets, string lights on trees, murals and [indiscernible] see new water taxi signage at the embarcadero and [indiscernible] on the trash cans and ferry building block the clock tower scaffolding down. sfpd is full force. engineering and state officials again, deserve special recognition in addition to the

wheel they permitted a light show and exploratorium major work in record time. tomorrow night we have a california association of port authority event. they will be hosting a discussion about the port and more importantly, a network opportunity to welcome apec partners. lieutenant governor kounalakis [indiscernible] director of gobiz along with executive director of major ports in california, la, long beach, oakland and [indiscernible] are expected to attend. i will be there scr honored to give opening remarks. you are more then welcome to attend commissioners and members of the public. we hope you can make it. it is in this hearing room at 3:30. i do want to recognize that this whole week i have been getting compliments about our staff. people have been calling to say, you have the best port staff are the best. so responsive and dedicated, so

i wanted to share i have been getting calls this week and it makes me very proud. more news on economic recovery. crab season is delayed. [indiscernible] mendocino county line scheduled to open november 23 however the season opener has been delayed in those zones because of the presence of a high number of hump back whales. the california department of fish and wildlife says it anticipates the next risk assessment will take place before november 17. maritime news, the pier 52 boat launch has been returned to full service of this facility. it had been closed following major storms earlier this year. i want to thank our port maintenance team who got it up and running. san franciscans can get back on the water and enjoy the bay. other news, thursday november 2 the port hosted a assembly

select committee on ports and good movement here in the port commission room. the committee chaired by assembly member mike gibson overseeing california sea port operations and good movements. it was a very good panel discussion and fallowed by water [indiscernible] grateful to share unique diverse business lines with state primary decision makers on policies effecting the california supply chain. big news for resilience. the city and army corp agreed to put our pencils down and get ready to release the draft adaptation plan. this is 6 years of work culminating in this moment. we were able to come to that agreement because we worked closely with city agency partners to understand the moment we are at with the study, understand what the federal interest means and understand the commitments we are making and moving forward.

very comfortable we are in a good place with the army corp of engineers in this partnership and they are finding a federal interest is geing going to beneficial to creating a earthquake sea level rise resilliant port. turning to equity. november is national native american heritage month. the port is excited to celebrate native american heritage month and indigenous people history resilliance culture achievement this month and throughout the year. the u.s. congress officially recognized november as native american heritage month in 1990 stating [indiscernible] today native americans sadly represent less then 1 percent of the population in california. the port is committed to combatting native invisibility. we recognize our workforce is lacking in native american representation and developing

strategies to correct this deficit. we look forward to the port staff participation in the month port equity programming and thank our equity champions for making this available. mission rock and pier 70 are approaching major infrastructure milestone s. both require infrastructure significant inivistment and complex. the city staff is working with the port and developers to advance the city acceptance of the public infrastructure. these are roads, utilities, sidewalks and other improvement the neighborhood requires. pier 70 brookfield completed [indiscernible] support 588 residential units--up to 460

square feet of commercial space. in addition to the public infrastructure needing to be accepted, these approval processes also reiterate maintenance and liability commitments. staff is driving to complete this work and anticipate pier 70 before this commission as early as december fallowed by board of supervisor action next year and mission rock, acceptance is expected to occur in 2024. commissioners, consistent with the write-off policy pursuant to resolution 22b 11 port staff provided a report with two recommended write-off accounts. this month you have 30 days to review them and we'll process. if you have concerns contact me and i'll schedule a future commission item. and in closing, we thank you commissioners for your leadership and your advancement of our old strategic plan priorities and happy apec week. this concludes my report. >> thank you elaine. is there any public comment on

the executive director's report? >> there are no callers for public. >> thank you. public comment is closed. commissioner harrington. >> thank you. thank you again elaine. wonderful report. congratulations to all the port staff for the work on apec and particularly excited about the army corp announcement coming up in full detail so thanks very much. back to you. >> thank you. commissioner lee. >> again, great news on the ferris wheel. we have all these programs, try ing to boost morale and everything else, that ferris wheel will bring so much motivation to the area. hopefully help the empty store fronts and gives more motivation now. i think the whole neighborhood is excited so happy for that, a great move.

glad the corp of engineers are ready to release, because as you know, in los angeles, seismic [indiscernible] been going on for on the books for a few years and now the costs have doubled and they are saying labor and cost of products are going to be going up, so glad it is finally going to be out there to start getting on the ball and raising some money and get this stuff started as soon as possible. good news on that. >> thank you. vice president adams. >> director forbes and staff, good to hear once again someone sending praises. [indiscernible] i want to say thank you for the shout out and work you do and we know your commitment goes way beyond the call of duty and you work way beyond just your 9 to 5 at the port. you take your jobs home with you, sometimes work weekdays

and go to community meetings so we know how far you go way beyond the call of duty and definitely director forbes you are out there swimming in the ocean and doing all things at 5:30 in the morning and worry about a great white catching you, but you are out there and driving hard. unlike the rest of the commission--very grateful. to speak about apec. this is a boost in the arm for city and county of san francisco and i definitely want to thank lieutenant governor kounalakis, mayor breed and all those involved to brave the profile because a lot of people felt we had a image problem in and san francisco and i think people are seeing it is safe to come back to san francisco and anything will take time as we push the pause button and start, so thank you again and to the staff thank you.

>> thank you. elaine, great report. so exciting apec is here and wonderful to see how much the port is benefiting from it being here and show it is showcasing and highlighting our waterfront along the way investing in the port economic recovery, so think it is wonderful and want to congratulate the staff and congratulate you getting all the compliments you do because i think we have the best staff in the city so they think guys. appreciate all the work because i know it has not been easy the past few weeks. everyone has worked overtime, so thank you. great to hear about the army corp. six years and here we are. that is so exciting and we'll look at one project today. i think it is wonderful that we have such a great partnership with the army corp and that they too are going to make a big investment in san francisco and so we have to seize this

opportunity. so wonderful to hear mission rock and pier 70 are moving along, creating new communities. i think it is wonderful. just again, really have to thank director forbes and the staff for all the work that you do. nobody really knows about. all the behind the scenes meetings and permitting and--that you do constantly and with a smile, so pat yourselves on the back. thank you. >> check your stocking as christmas time and look for those presents under the tree. [laughter] >> thank you elaine. next item, please. >> item 7 is consent calendar. caller whose wish to comment on consent calendar, dial * 3 to

raise your hand. request approval of proposed amendment to port commission rules of order to allow the commission to adopt calendar that sets date outside second tuesday of each month and first tuesday in february and april. resolution 2348. b, request authorization to accept and expend a $50,000 grant from the california department of parks and recreation, division of boating & waterways, surrendered and abandoned vessel exchange (save) program to allow for removal, storage, and disposal of eligible surrendered and abandoned vessels within the port of san francisco. (resolution 23-49) c. request approval of updates and clarifications to the fiscal year 2023-24 parameter rental rate schedule. (resolution 23-50 . >> thank you.

can i have a motion to approve? >> i would like to pull a item off. >> okay. which item? >> thank you. if we can pull 7a off to make a amendment. >> okay. we will pull 7a off and have discussion but move forward with 7b and 7c. >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. okay. is there any public comment on 7b or c? >> there are no callers for public comment at this time. >> thank you. there is no public comment in the room, so public comment is closed. all in favor? >> aye. >> the motion-any opposed? the motion passes unanimously. 7b and 7c are adopted. x >> going back to 7a.

requesting approval of proposed amendment to port commission rules of order to allow the commission to adopt the calendar which dates outside regular meetings held second tuesday of each month and first tuesday in february and april. resolution 23-48. >> commissioner harrington. >> thank you madam president. i have no problem at all with the substance of this-- >> sorry. can i have a motion? >> so moved. >> okay. go ahead. >> the dates that were given to us for next year, i notice [indiscernible] is election day and some are glued to the tv on election night. [indiscernible] if we can move to a different date and staff recommended november 19, so i would move that amendment to that schedule to make the november meeting to be november 19. >> so moved.

>> second. >> any further conversation? all in favor? >> aye. >> any opposed? resolution 23-48 has been approved. next item, please. >> item 8a, informational preezentation and possible action to approve request to advertise competitive bids for construction contract number 2861, wrp wharf j9 replacement project, phase 1-float and gangway. resolution 23-51. for callers who wish to comment on this item, please dial * 3 to raise your hand to comment. >> good afternoon president brandon and fellow commissioners. wendy proctor acting deputy director of the port engineering and previously the project manager for waterfront

resilience program. supported here today by steven reel, the deputy program manager for waterfront resiliency program project delivery. thank you for the opportunity today to present an informational presentation and possible action for approving the request to advertise for competitive bids for construction contract for the wharf j9 project phase 1 float and gangway. a previous update was presented by steven when he covered the list of waterfront resilience program. this is one of seven advancing of the seven in pre-design. to replace j9 and adjacent sea wall identified in 2021 as a early project and predesign is well under way and delivery anticipated between 2027 and 2023. the list of early projects

developed using implementable and reducing the earthquake and flood risk. this project is along the shoreline of outer lagoon of fisherman's wharf with high risk of earthquake lateral spreading and emerging flood risk and wharf and birthing is closed due to deterioration of the wharf structure and bulk head. maritime staff has expressed strong desire to help the area recover from covid pandemic and accelerating the construction of the float portion of the project as early as possible to support off the boat fish and crab sales while the replacement project is being designed. as a result, phase 1 float and gangway project was created which fabicate install a new float and gangway adjacent to the closed wharf j9 in time for crab season opening 2024.

improve customer contact with off the boat fish and crab sales. the goals of the project and objectives are to create a resilient shoreline, include a floating dock, which provides ada accessibility for the fish indedustry and [indiscernible] along with improved connection for the public, and through the fishing industry and create a experience that attracts and connects visitors to the waterfront. this illustration is from the pre-design needs assessment phase for the project which shows the benefits of the basic safety improvements which provide a new resilient structure and potential open space benefits enhancements. the project delivery plan is to connect the float or sorry, to construct the float and gangway in advance with the end design

in mind. the float and gangway are functional in phase 1 and phase 2. the float and gangway planned to be in place for roughly 3 to 5 years and will be moved out of the way during construction of the phase 2 of the wharf and return to the site for the final location. this is the configuration of phase 1. designed so the float will be located along the outer edge of the existing wharf with entrance from scoma bridge. the final design will have a handing to the gangway from the new wharf. the bid documents prepared by a port engineering division as needed consultant moffit and nicole and olmm joint venture. this is snip of what the construction documents look like. the request to advertise includes 8 percent lbe goal,

established by the city contract monitoring division. this percentage is lower then some recent projects due to specialized nature of the work. materials are also specialized to be able to withstand the maritime and skews the typical ratio of material to labor cost resulting in a relatively low percentage. if approved, this will be the first use of the 2018 sea wall general obligation bond funds for construction. the bond funds will be used specifically for construction of the float and gangway part of the final design. federal stimulus money will be used to support the balance of those contract expenses which are not bond eligible. the final amounts will be based on the actual costs resulting from the selected bid. port staff is prepared to seek

bids for waterfront resilience plan phase 1 float and gangway contract and therefore respectfully requests the port commission to authorize advertising the competitive bids for the construction contract 2861. i'm available along with steven for any questions on the project. >> thank you. can i have a motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, is there anyone on the phone? >> there are no callers for public comment at this time. >> thank you. public comment is closed. commissioner lee. >> i'm glad that finally we are going to address the situation, because i look at it every time i walk by it i think it will fall down. i have a question. of course the engineering part,

we have to bring it up to date, but on the historical look, i really like how the picture of there back of the warehouses how it looks like a wharf of the 50 . will the design keep this in place so it becomes its own little tourist attraction where we kind of preserve kind of the back of the warehouses? because, even-without looking at the damage, but the back of the warehouse with the lanterns are those in place or have to be upgraded? >> the design isn't finalized yet. originally there was a fish alley character district which now they updated the waterfront plan. they have determined that character district has been when they removed j10 years ago, that actually degraded that character district, so no longer in place, but they have

determined that there's two key buildings on the [indiscernible] that are still significant because they were used for boat repair and boat manufacturing in the late 1800s early 1900s. there used to be a boat splip where they had repairs-where they queued up the boats. all the public realm will be following basic principles we have in place with port planning as well as maintaining those buildings but there may be modifications to some areas along the wharf itself that can make that more beneficial to engage with the water and fisherman and activate that area. some of those buildings may change, some may stay the same but it will progress in phase 2. >> i think if we can try to

keep that theme. it is like santana row in san jose. people go there and feel they are walking through disney land. pier 45 they have this idea of a museum and working museum and thinks like that. i think it would go hand in hand if we have a fish alley. i see highlighting a boat repair place. i think for the fisherman's to atsd another place for people to viz td it is added plus so should take advantage of that. everything underneath we dont see it but see everything above ground that is my only recommendation so glad it is being done. >> thank you. we completely agree and hoping the project will benefit those older buildings that are there. >> thank you. >> thank you. commissioner harrington. >> thank you madam president. great point commissioner lee. thank you for raising that. i had a question on page 11 where you are talking about the concrete gangway and all other work is 2 and a half million,

but gathering the work is the float and gangway, it is more a matter of what can be paid for by the sources, is that true or is there other work? >> the manufacturing of the float and gangway and any utilities are embedded in it. it is part of the final design. can be paid for by the bond. but anything that will be related to the temporary phase 1 construction such as a temporary platform that will be constructed where the gangway will sit, that's going to be there for 3-5 years and that will be taken out. there will be guide piles put in temporarily that probably cannot be reused so those will be taken out so those are the items-types of items that would be paid for by the additional funds. >> got it. that makes sense. one point-i don't mean to open a whole new thing.

it isn't related specifically to this project and don't respect a response from you but when i see things like 8 percent lbe participation it is bit disappointing because the goals tend to end up in [indiscernible] if someone can take a look, get back to us at some point in the future whether there is a way to get additional points or additional credit if somebody goes over and above what the minimum guarantee participation is? sure it has been discussed many times, but if you can take another look and see if there is a way to give people credit for doing better then just the minimum, i appreciate it. >> that makes sense. >> vice president adams. >> that was the question that commissioner harrington i was going to ask about the 8 percent and how was this process going to work. unlike commissioner harrington, i think we have to continue to build upon it and we just came

up with the 8 percent. why couldn't it be 15 percent or 12 percent and if you go down to 10 or 11, but if we are at 8 percent it will wind up being 4, maybe 3 percent and i think we ought to raise the expectations and that was the question i was--when i look at it, it is always pretty much the same and i never seem to get the answer i need. know they said there are federal laws. there is always something, but kind of learn in politics and a lot of things, people have a way of getting things done and for some reason it seems like we are boxed in on certain things, and we can't get beyond that and i think we could do better, so thanks. >> i can make a couple comments. it is contract monitoring division. it is different division from the port that determines what that lbe requirement is. that subcontracting goal. and it is typically 20 percent

or above and as you seen from the quarterly reports we hit 50 and above percent and been monitoring the data carefully and when we started we were not doing that well with diversity. but we have come a very very long way. here it is the in water construction. the manufacturing of the float. it is the availability of the lbe they are studying and we don't have a lot of registered lbe or maybe none in these areas which is why they came up with 8 percent. however, lean on the city attorney, asking for additional points if you go above and beyond 8 percent to find other ways to engage lbe i think is a excellent conspt and we have looked at before and we'll look at it again here and if we can add that to thobidding criteria i will do so and report back on that. if that pleases the commission. >> that would be wonderful.

and i think my questions were answered because i was going to ask about the lbe and about the bond eligible expenses. now that we are talking about the lbe, it seems like we have a multi-billion project here that most of will be in water, so what are we doing to prepare the workforce or minority businesses or small businesses to be able to participate? i think it is something we really have to look at, because this has been going on for the 26 years i have been on the commission and not much has changed. now that we have this huge project with more projects coming, what are we doing to make sure that we are able to get more lbe involvement? >> absolutely. if i can speak a little to that. this is a big issue in the racial equity action plan. staff has been coming at this in two ways.

one is to introduce young people to maritime so there is is the maritime academy. i brought a video to see of the interns and the work we have done in developing the pipeline, but also in the relationship building and demystifying in water work and breaking it apart and tiffany tatum lead the maritime division, those explanations but this is a serious issue and we are striving to be part of the solution to it, so i'll continue to report mostly through that reap and the work the maritime division has been doing in this regard. anything i missed you want to add? or wendy. wendy, please. >> i learned something today i think is nice to share on this topic. we had a bid opening recently for another maritime project and learned a bigger company in the local area is mentoring a smaller company that just bid on the project, so that will be

coming your way soon. it is all still in the works, so there is nothing official, but very pleased to hear that. >> that's great. thank you for sharing. anymore-- >> what is this maritime school you were talking about? >> internship program we put together for kids that go to burton high school and it was a very hands on go to the maritime academy, get certified for various skillsets related to in water safety and learn other mariner trades. it was a wonderful experience for the kids and they did a preezentation at the end to all port senior staff and lot of port staff joined to hear what they learned over their time and how they take that forward. it was a very good opportunity that staff put together. >> the question is [indiscernible] i know cal maritime cost a lot of money to

go and a lot of these maritime schools cost tons of money. a lot of inner-city kids can't afford it and i haven't heard anybody talking to the program the ibu has in oregon and it started through johnson in job corp and what happens, you go to the school and have all the trades and maritime, you go to school for 18 months and the department of labor pays you, it is a class of about a hundred and a lot of these kids are from inner-city schools all over the country, 18-24. some people say, i went to job corp and doesn't seem as prestigious as saying i went to cal maritime. job corp is free. it gives you a stipend. they teach you how to cook, 4 months in the wheel house, 4 months on the deck and then once you get done with your 18 months, they will get you a job

out with a shipping company actually either with the ibu, mmp, siu and it is right up outside portland. about a hour outside portland. some of the maritime schools can cost up a hundred thousand dollars and several kids i know that went through this program. they are actually pilots in houston making about $400 thousand a year and what happened when they got out of that, they went to sea and then to become a pilot you got to become a tug boat pilot and got all their certificates and they continue to pay you while going to school to get your certificate so i ask you look into that too. >> any other questions or comments? we have a motion and second. all in favor? >> aye. >> any opposed? motion passes unanimously.

resolution 23-51 is adopted. next item, please. >> item 9a is informational update to the port commission on staff's efforts and paths to support offshore wind energy deployment off the california cost in federal waters. if you wish to comment on the item dial * 3 to raise your hand. >> good afternoon. my name is andre culmin. this informational update on staff efforts to support the offshore wind energy deployment off the california coast. april this year staff provided the commission with the general overview of the u.s. off-shore wind industry in california goal to deploy off-shore wind detailed in assembly bill 525. today we are here to update you

on staff efforts and identify next steps. before i continue, i want to note and i know simon will come some as well, since the april meeting we have been involved in several off-shore wind conferences locally and other areas of the state and outside the state. a lot of engagement from off-shore wind developers. simon and working with moffit and nicole we filtered and held a lot of discussions with off-shore wind developers both domestically and internationally, a lot of engagement with 8 government agencies as well, so engagement continues, so we met with local labor unions from longshore to carpenter unions to other trades as well. the local metal trades and additionally, early engagement

with the southern advisory committee. all of which have been fairly positive. just for refresher on off-shore wind, renewable energy source. off-shore generates electricity through wind forms and bodies of water usually at sea. there are higher wind speeds which generate significant load of electricity per amount per capita of wind forms. west coast we have deeper water, so that will require required floating turbines comparison to the traditional fixed floating turbines. off-shore wind installed globally. there is approximately 123 megawatts of turbines and june 2021, 42 megawatts of off-shore wind operating capacity in the u.s. on the east coast, they are ahead of the west coast. they currently have two projects that are under

construction off of the coast of massachusetts and new york with challenges, but they are in the works. next slide is just a illustration of the off-shore wind ecosystem. you see the floating turbine. transformer with transmission lines to-that is the illustration of ports and where we play our part in the ecosystem of off-shore winds which includes staging, integration, manufacturing and assembry of off-shore wind components for them to be towed and deployed for at least on the california coast off the deep col areas i'll speak to later in the presentation. large components. i believe as of 2016, the scale is around 330 feet and by 2035

if not mistaken they will be somewhere around 500 feet. these are very tall structures and wide in diameter as well. so, federal bureau of ocean management, that is the managed at the federal level of planning for off-shore wind. the national goal is deploy 30 mego watts of off-shore wind by 2030 creating pathway up to 110 thousand megawatts by 205. the col area is off the california coast off humboldt way and south of moro bay. earlier this year there was a auction and believe 5 successful bidders for those lease auctions. lease areas have potential to produce up to 4.6 giga watts of energy, enough to power more then 1.5 million homes. california energy session, in

the works of developing the strategic plan for installing off-shore wind and floating turbines off the coast of california. in that strategic plan, they are tasked including the port availability for new existing ports, require port investment, economic workforce development potential and impacts to coastal resources, fisheries, native american and indigenous people land, national defense and strategies for addressing those impacts. the map to the right identifies current port locations in california. the two or one advanced in preparation for off-shore wind is port of hum boldt. port of san francisco will work in the position ourselves to have a piece in the chain of economics for off-shore wind and to the south i believe the port of long beach increased their efforts for off-shore wind support as well.

and with that, i will turn it over to simon. >> hello. project manager with capital project division within engineering. i have been with the port about a year so excited to be in front of you for the first time for a big potential project. this stands for california demonstration project. this is intended to be a pilot project before the large projects get underway. they propose to install four turbines at medium scale in state waters so closer to land. this is near the air force base in southern california. it starts to transition into an actual project because they have a shorter timeframe since trying to do something smaller. we had conversations with them. they are in the permitting process right now.

they named the port of san francisco as a potential location for fab ruicating the foundation and through the initial work with moffit and nicole determined pier 94 and 96 has the capacity today to serve their needs. but those are preliminary early conversations so too determined if anything happens there, but still an exciting opportunity. through our work with moffit nicole over the last 6 months and preparing the concept report, we tasked them initially with looking at port jurisdiction to determine what within the portfolio could be of use to off-shore wind. they identified pier 70 the former shipyard, pier 80, and pier 94, 96 in the upland area. pier 94 and 96 is where we focus the efforts because largest contiguous portion of lands and potentially greatest benefit to the industry.

to touch on pier 70 and pier 80. pier 70 could potentially be used for operation and maintenance. they need a lot of work space and smaller vessels. as well as potentially administration offices and that would be beneficial to the proximity to urban san francisco area, restaurants, shops and housing. also potential to use formally industrial property there for component fabriication of smaller components and pier 80, which we use [indiscernible] in line with off-loading off-shore wind components for fabrication to larger components and with the large surface area, indoor, outdoor storage of components to aid in capacity of the supply chain. the majority of work focused on

94 and 96, so the green area and orange area are areas of the conceptual study. there are current leases there so nothing set in stone. not telling people to leave but this is viewed what it could be potentially the largest area. off-shore wind needs a lot of space. they are huge. this site also is exciting because it is a opportunity to leverage two objectives, one off-sore wind and second is fema and emergency preparedness. pier 96 is designate as emergency response site so there is a opportunity to emprove this land for both uses and leverage multiple funding streams. eventually expanded wharf would be the largest asset here so expanding from 50 feet of width to 150. creating about a 5 acre area with very high capacity soil and lots of new piers or piles to support heavy lift cranes

and big components coming on and off vessels. and potentially the large upland area up to 90 acres doing soil strengthening as well for the machinery and fabrication that might happen there as well as providing updated utilities and improved drainage. that was the conceptual work moffit nicole prepared. leading into this larger concept of how this could be used for the industry. the rendering here shows how it could be used. this isn't work the port of san francisco is proposing that we undertake. the work we have is everything below grade. creating the site for a operating partner to come and create the foundations in the rendering. the port of san francisco has real benefits in the site. one the water adjacent to 94, 96 is very deep. self-dredging so don't need dredging. that is a huge advantage of permitting in terms of other port in california.

also the [indiscernible] very valuable resource next door that could be used for creating the foundations . availability of workforce, not only in san francisco overall, but because proximity to hunter point and bayview, potential fl lbe and local hire requirement, capturing economic benefit locally and advantage both for supplies and personnel is just very good transportation connectivity both with public transit, adjacency of the highway and the modal container terminal for rail to the south of the site. for next steps, engineering maritime and legislative affairs staff are continuing to engage with off-shore wind stakeholders. we spoke to over 20 different industry partners whether that was state level, operators

international and national as well as specific equipment manufacturers helped us determine the site use here. we are also pursuing state and federal grant opportunities. two weeks ago legislative affairs went to sacramento to talk about funding for off-shore wind design. we pitched our case. we told what we were thinking about and offered feedback how a grant might be structured and might be eligible for that kind of work. then very early in preparing rfp for design and very early as just beginning to structure the document, seeing the funding we have. there is [indiscernible] as well as seeing if funding shakes out through the capital improvement project process. so, this is there for your information. we propose to continue down the path we talked about and

interested in your comments. >> thank you. is there any public comment on this item? none in the room. anyone on the phone? >> there are no callers for public comment at this time. >> thank you. public comment is closed. commissioner harrington. >> thank you madam president. and thank you simon and andre for your report. sounds very exciting. the last couple pages talked about a billion dollar price tag for doing this. can you talk anymore where you think that comes from or when we might know more or what your assumpentions are? >> it won't come without help. federal government most likely is what we are thinking. right now we are trying to piece together design. we are looking at significant design costs as a percentage of the overall budget. potentially $10 million just for design work alone.

we have a fema grant we are hoping that can be money for that and potentially capital improvement dollars as well. it will be piece-meal. we are hoping to initiate at least enough design we can begin permitting. this effort is a very long effort, so plenty of time hopefully for funding to fall into place, but we want to be able to position san francisco to begin permitting so we are competitive when viewed against the other ports within the state. >> that makes perfect sense. i'm always surprised when the federal government and state say they is have a new plan to do all this work but don't provide seed money to get it going. good luck. >> commissioner lee. >> looking at your proposal. pier 70 you said you want to-are you currently looking for tenant or that is just proposal? >> for the pier 70 location,

that was just a site evaluated working with moffit and nicole to look at available sites that can accommodate some component of off-shore wind development. for pier 70 there is potential for storage and other pieces of the puzzle that simon outlined, but a lot of focus is pier 94 and 96. this is--several years out, so i'll just say for pier 70 specifically there are near-term objectives there that we are working towards which include interim leases. >> just curious because there are people out there looking for space for something like this and going to oakland, so i didn't know if this is available and you want to open this up and open discussion before they make a decision to go to oakland. what it says currently, we are currently looking for a tenant, so that was one question.

after they get the funding or whoever funds, just always curious, we generate all this electricity, who gets all the power and who is making the money? does the port get a cut of the power or charging rent for--i don't know exactly--we like to have wind shore power, but the end of the day what corporation is getting the cheese as we say? >> we haven't gotten that far out just yet, but power purchases, power purchase agreements is all still on the table, but again, for the port plays a position we are not a distributor or power generator. i don't see that is where the path we are going down at this point. >> just basically offering space is what we usually do? >> for manufacturing of

off-shore wind and other ancillary uses, yes. >> okay. thank you. >> vice president adams. >> if i can add one thing to that. i think that was the intent of the slide around the off-shore wind ecosystem. there are a lot of open puzzle pieces in the off-shore wind thing and the port is the only part we can influence. there is transmission, the wind farms themselves and the power purchase. hopefully other people are working on those problems. i think the port is probably big enough problem for us to focus on, but if it is all part of this overall question. >> okay. thank you. >> thanks for the report. just wanted to add a couple things. this is signature project of president biden and governor newsom. now, a lot can happen this year

in 2024 elections, and another thing, this thing can take 5 to 10 years. this is long-term project and not something that will happen over night. we have engaged with congressman [indiscernible] on the issue, [indiscernible] chairwoman of transportation and u.s. senate and of course we talk about different port san francisco is lined up and also long beach is putting aside thousand acres. you got port and humboldt so different ports. there are issues on the east coast in several ports because orstead one of the big-there is big riff now between the maritime unions on the east coast, maritime trades and then the maritime unions, and

orstead is responsible for that and i know that we here on the west coast support the building trades and they support us and there will be enough work for everybody, but it will take, especially when you talk about putting legislation. there is a lot of bills in the next session up in sacramento and collectively unions need to be working together on this legislation moving forward all the stakeholders. we dont need division among somebody going to one law maker and then having a feud between unions and law makers. there is enough work for everybody and we need to respect that and move this forward, because california can be leading the nation in this off-shore wind and i think we are strategically positioned right now, especially here in san francisco to do big things and i'm glad you said what you said because the way this thing would go is that, the maritime

unions would bring the material in then take to a point and then construction and trades put these big things together. they are huge. they are like a big missile, like a couple football fields. we have to load and take out to sea, so a very complex thing and i just hope that the elections work out next year, but as i said, it is signature. had several conversation with governor newsom about it and california-this will be advantage to us to be leader in the nation so i appreciate the work you are doing and understanding and also, having a company that will come in here and take up that risk, it is going to be so important. they can work together. one thing i do know, at least in san francisco, we at the ship yards. you have about 11 unions

working in the ship yards so we can work collectively together if we respect each other's jurisdiction and look at the big picture and think this is a great plus for us in the off-shore wind for the port of san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. thank you so much for this report. a lot of work has gone into this and this is a great opportunity for the port. just for my sake, trying to understand this process moving forward. we have done this intensive study, we have 140 page report, we have three sites that could possibly be used, so what are the next steps and what do we do in order to prepare us to really start saving money on this effort? does that make sense? just trying to understand how

do we best move the project forward and when will we know that if we spend $10 million we will get investment? >> first i think the--one of the--this was our first step. the last engagement to review the conceptual plan that is attached to this staff report. to understand what role that we play, what can our facilities do in this whole chain of off-shore wind economics. from my perspective and i know simon has been involved a lot more in the weeds, but i think it is still the cec strategic plan that has a lot of analysis or assessments that need to be made and determined and outline the next steps, not just for san francisco, but for ports in

california. i think it is cec readiness plan published in july that form the strategic plan and give us more guidance on how to proceed. in addition to that, there is the ongoing engagements with off-shore wind interest, so there are developers that are established and under construction on the east coast that have reached out to us we have a schedule with in the coming weeks and understanding what opportunities are there for us in moving down that path. another thing i'll mention is the demonstration project is, still prelim, but if there is a opportunity to advance the demonstration project in san francisco i believe that will give us a [indiscernible] longer bigger project. simon, anything to add?

>> i think our next steps are talking about it. just speaking about it in sacramento last week lead to interested developers reaching out to us proactively furthering the conversations and this is a multi-decade potential project so very slow process. in terms of spendsing money, that is quhie it is great project that accomplishes off-shore wind and also seismic stability of pier 94, 96 in the short-term so there are concrete winds to pursuing dp zine and spending money. those improvements will benefit the port regardless of whether off-shore wind or another use so i think there is value in that in the short-term. >> i had a couple comments as well. the cec report is critical and you are talking about the ports cooperating with each other and that is what we are doing through the state land commission so our team is preparing and getting us ready,

understanding assets and facilities so when that infrastructure work and the plan the state land commission completes we'll see how we fit in and i think that structure is really helping us be far less competitive in this space, which is really important here, especially for ports like ours. we do think we have the waterway and location and we have rare competitive advantage here we haven't seen in other maritime opportunities, so we feel really positive about that, but it is a very long lead. we don't know the financial terms that commissioner lee was asking. we don't--it really is stepping into a opportunity and taking each step as it arrives. if that makez sense. >> makes a lot of sense. have we studied what--if any environmental impacts associated with this?

at isthe time we haven't. we will continue down compliance so the concerns are met if there are any. >> any comments or questions? >> real quickly, president brandon. andre we had a group from here and i spent time in holland and they are big with the wind mills. even going out to palm springs you see a lot of the winds mills and that type of energy, so this is the-this is going to be big and if california is successful and our port is successful and other ports, you will see this in oregon, they are talking about it in oregon

and washington state. if something happens here, the gov ernors from other states are saying we want to talk about this in oregon. most of port of tacoma is on tribal land, so this is something big a lot of stakeholders and as i say, this is a maybe a 10 year project, but glad you are laying down the groundwork and having developers reaching out to you. has orstead reached out to you? >> we have not spoken to orstead, but familiar with their challenge on the east coast right now. >> okay. thank you. >> any other questions or comments? thank you. great opportunity and if we can help in any way, please let us know. >> thank you commissioners. >> next item, please. >> item 10 is new business. >> i have one piece of new business which is consider lbe8

percent requirement and see if we can have bidding that give points to going above and beyond that 8 percent. is there other new business? >> and to figure how to engage our lbe with long-term-- >> yes. >> projects we have going on at the port. >> yep. absolutely. >> i got one. can you fix the clock? [laughter] i thought time sure flies. that is my new business. >> okay. can i have a motion to adjourn? >> motion to adjourn. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> the meeting is adjourned at 423 p.m. record

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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 >> good afternoon. i'm carla short, director of san francisco public works. thank you. thank you. as the stewards of the city's 125 thousand plus street tree, i'm beyond thrilled to welcome

you here to celebrate this important milestone. we also wish to acknowledge today that we are here on the home land of the ramaytush oholone, the original people of the san francisco peninsula. public works is committed to working with the city indigenous groups to further understanding the history of the land. we also recognize that november is native american heritage month and in a effort to go beyond land acknowledgments, we are unable to return the land directly to the ramaytush oholone, public works is making this space available for use by indigenous groups for learning, connecting and teaching. we are honored to be joined by dr. jonathan [indiscernible] chair of ramaytush oholone and executive director of the ramaytush oholone.

dr. cor dero. >> greetings everyone. in partnership with the city of san francisco department of public works, the ramaytush oholone humbly supported grant applications for tree plantings for the greening of marginalized communities which is our name for the city of san francisco. we now stand here in support of the realization of that vision, the opening of the street tree nursery. as native peoples our primarily responsibilities are care for the natural world and care for the people who reside in our ancestral homeland, especially marginalized communities. any project at intersection of ecology and equity counts as high priority for us so it was easy to offer our unwavering support for this project. first, we know that marginalized communities have less open space and greenery

then others by greenery, i am referring to tree, parks, greenbelts, community gardens. scientific studies continue to show a strong correlation between greenery and race and between greenery and socio economic status. second, we know that being with nature has a positive impact on one's physical mental emotional health. the street tree nursey makes contribution to addressing these kinds of ecological injustices present in city of san francisco and it provides green job opportunities to members of the marginalized communities it actually serves. we want to thank especially john sway from it department of public works who shepherded the project through to fruition. mayor breed and the city of san

francisco, governor newsom and state of california and numerous other supporters and granters who made this incredible vision a realty. thank you. >> thank you dr. cordero. our guiding vision for the street tree nursery is in the large circular graphic you can't see, but is behind you. justice, jobs, climate and trees. our mission embodies public works holistic approach to serving the people of san francisco. by planting trees and providing green jobs for residents in underserved neighborhoods lacking tree cover, the nursery will be a hub for elevating environmental and economic justice. this project was built on amazing partnerships that only continue to grow. thank you to the public works team that designed, managed and helped build the nursery, our hard working contractor crews lead by yerba buena engineering

and construction and friends of the urban forest which will run the workforce development component of the nursery. the project would not have moved forward without the partnership and commitment of the state of california lead by governor newsom. now it is my pleasure to introduce san francisco mayor london breed, another staunch supporter of this nursery. she is someone who fights for her city every day with optimism and purpose. mayor breed. [applause] >> thank you carla. it is so great to finally be here after i think we had a discussion about this project maybe two, three years ago and we talked about what is possible. i want to step back a moment, because great things are happening in san francisco right now! we got dream forest returning, the nba all star weekend in 2025, apec next week and in

fact the entire purpose of apec is climate, and what they are focused on is building a more resilient and sustainable future for all. so, this is perfect timing to open a space like this where san francisco is going to be growing its own trees, working with community, working with rec and park and the department of public works and community as a whole to make it possible for us to do what our goal is by 2024 under our climate action plan. in san francisco, we are committed to planting 155 thousand trees and this is how we are going to get there! and i got to tell you, a partnership of this nature does not happen easily. it happens because your former mayor governor now of city and county of san francisco gavin

newsom to continues to support the projects and things we do here in san francisco and this is no different. the department of transportation for the state, providing a opportunity for us as a city and county to actually lease the land and they gave us-usually they do it for $1 a month, but it turned out to be about $500. maybe you is can adjust our rent, who knows. never the less, it is still a really good deal for the state of california and so exciting to be here today to celebrate with all of you and i really want to thank our amazing partner, friends of the urban forest for all their commitment and making--i see brian over there. i was wondering where you were. for so many years people all over this city continue to plants trees and neighborhoods throughout san francisco and often times we are not able to grow those trees in san francisco but the nursery has

given us a opportunity to do so much more. i want to thank so many great folks that are here today that helped make this possible. as i said, started with our governor gavin newsom who is committed to clean and green california, but also with financial resources to really put the icing on the cake and to get this project started sooner rather then later. i want to thank caltrans, cal fire, the california natural resource agency, the san francisco public works department and again, thank you all so much for being here to celebrate this incredible milestone. this property has been pretty much not used for most of nothing and now it will be made into something. something exciting, something sustainable and something open and available for the community. with that, i want to take this opportunity to introduce the

secretary of transportation. >> good afternoon san francisco! how is everybody doing? good. good. good. i want to start off mostly with thanks. before i talk any--give you details about how important this project is and how important the clean california program division for it has been for california. number one, i want to thank mayor breed for the partnership. she has just a little bit of activity going on in the city. a small gathering of world leaders happening in a few days, so i want to commend her first of all for the partnership and for turning the city into what it has become more and more so thank you mayor breed for the partnership. director short, thank you as

well for the partnership with our caltrans team to make a day like today happen and for the years and history you were sharing with me to make things like today happen so thank you as well director short for all the work you've done. director tavaresand his cal tran team. appreciate the work you have done. where is dina? district director. thank you as well. give them a hand for all the work both the teams for everything they have been doing to get to a day like today. and by the way, the folks in orange and neon jackets behind us, those are folks that really do the work. please give them a hand as well. [applause] public works staff, caltrans maintenance staff, really appreciate all the work that they've been doing. so, before i get into the project just a little bit and i'll try to be as brief as i can be, a day like today

happens because of vision. i got a call in the spring of 2021, march or april 2021 from a guy name jason elliot, some may know who that guy is. he says hey, governor wants you-i was public works director at the time. governor wants to take on increased maintenance activities in the state to brighten the look of the state right away and highways and our budget at the time to clean up the entire state of california was $19 million a year. that was it. for the whole state of california. when jason called me and i talked to the governor, my proposal back to him was, maybe like $110, 120million with to bump it up by 20 or $30 million and jason was laughing on the phone and he was like no, the governor wants you to have a vision. he wants you to dream about the upmost you could be for the

state. turned into a program called clean california. more then tripled our budget to clean up the states right of way. more then $300 million a year. a hand for that for clean california. [applause] the part i liked the most about it is the transformative nature. not just pick up litter, but to do programs like this, beautification efforts, landscaping, art and communities. very importantly, providing opportunities for people. jobs being created. there are more 300 people formally homeless experiencing homelessness that have been hired by the clean california project just because of that vision. yeah, please. [applause] more then 300 people. it is amazing what that vision can do. what happened since 154 total

projects across the state? again, not just to pick up litter, but transformative efforts. we recently just this year the governor approved us moving forward with 15 additional million dollar for transit project, so bart, muni also getting funding. not just this right of way, but transit stations across the state getting funding and support as well. 28 projects just in this district alone and city of san francisco four projects and $9 million in the city, so kudos to the mayor for that as well. [applause] on this project specifically, as i close, when i think about a day like today, this project is about people. this is about families, this is about children. having access to things that they traditionally in a urban setting wouldn't have access to. they wouldn't be able to get to it. they would have to go out into nature to get access like this,

but here in the middle of downtown, 500 trees will be planted, 500 trees and room for up to a thousand additional trees planted right here. they will be able to engage with arborist. please, a hand for--nearly a thousand trees potentially room for families to engage with arbalest and learn more about nature and that is quhat this is all about, people and our planet. exciting exciting to be a part of today. as i close, i mentioned the importance of vision and one of my favorite sayings is, where there is no vision, the people parish. where there is no vision, the people parish and the same goes for communities. if a community doesn't have a vision, they likely that community fails and perishes increases. a person with a vision that have been so glad to have a opportunity to work for has

been a guy named gavin newsom. his vision for the state on issues related to equity, climate and projects like this, the clean california program is transforming the state. please give a warm welcome on a chilly evening, give a warm welcome to our governor of the great state of california, governor gavin newsom. [applause] >> thank you everybody. thanks for everybody taking--i like the cheering section over here. you should all be working, but that's for the mayor to decide but i know how hard you work to get here so here to celebrate your extraordinary contribution to this moment and look, i hear about vision. this is about the vision of every person that is struck in traffic that looks down on this spot and has been looking down on this spot for quite literally decades.

well before my time here. wondering what the hell is going on. this is about addressing one of those mysteries of life, why the hell didn't we do this 25 years ago? it is a frustration that we all have about our state. you drive around and wonder who is responsible? why isn't that cleaned up? why is that graffiti there? why all the encampments? i spend more money on every taxes every year, clean it up, do your job. people are frustrated. we are here mindful of that mindset. i'm here mindful of that mindset and that is what brought us here a few years ago when we announced this project. especially when i realized that i had to look in the mirror and realize that this happened on my watch not someone else's watch. cal tran had a role to play in this and a responsibility to address this and really this is

the spot, no exaggeration, talking about what happened in 2021, it was literally out of the frustration of coming in and out of the city at this particular spot that lead to clean california. $1.2 billion program. three year commitment. we set aside $1.2 billion. it was less then $90 million year for the entire state. $1.2 billion for three years. $200 million is matching grants with cities and counties to stretch the dollars and not just about cleaning things up, it is about beautification and leaving something behind more meaningful and also about the process of renewal and rebirth as it relaitss to a workforce program that now includes get this, 8700 folks that have worked through the clean california initiative since we launched this. [applause]

wisely highlighted formally homeless but we have veterans, folks previously incarceratesed and folks we prioritize and also use as a recruitment tool to address the vacancies in the cal trans team. they saw the arts and nature component and something different then just throwing rocks or putting a bunch of chain link fences up. there was a true commitment to community so excited about this because--i get it, california is the size of 21 state population combined and even a billion dollars is a drop in the bucket, but the most significant commitment we have known of any state in the nation even on percapita basis to begin the process to turn it around. we get local artists, folks committed to long-term because what happens you have--how manyy have we been do and three weeks later it is completely abandoned and destroyed and then you get demoralized and

the commitment here is to do something that is sustainable. literally and figatively and why we love the idea of a thousand or so trees that will be here that will be part of this renew and rebirth of san francisco and i can't just thank you enough mayor breed. she and i have been on the phone. so much--[indiscernible] sunshine request, get e-mails back and forth on just basic stuff, like what can i do on 7th and 5th and 6th street? i don't care about the jurisdictional non sense. how can we help? what do you need? 90 percent of the time, it is literally time. we have been waiting for a answer for a year and cant get a return phone call and it drives you crazy. it isn't about money, all this isn't about money, it really isn't. we put 3 and a half million bucks up for this, that isn't insignificant but the money is out there. it is about initiative, it is

about commitment, about accountability, about leadership and about collaboration and it is about breaking down silos and all these stupid jurisdictions. i love and appreciate the mayor's comments about how many different state agencies are part of this, but each of those has their own damn process that can take weekends takes years and years and years of the process. if you haven't paid attention in sacramento, we have been blowing past all the old rules. we just got massive permitting reforms done in the state of california to move projects. it is time to deliver for the taxpayers of california. you deserve it. look, that is my emphasize. i see what you see and we all want and see a brighter future as well, so i'm really excited. i know folks say, they are just cleaning up this place because all the fancy leader are coming into town. that is true, because it's

true, but it is also true for months and months and months prior to apec we had different conversations and raised the bar of expectation between the city, county and state and federal partners we all have to do more is and do better so that is the spirit of this. this is momentum, this is directional. i want folks to know, you see a lot more of this all around town and all around the bay area. there is 15 projects like this all around the bay area that are funded and happening. we are cleaning up this state and i'll close on this, because we love talking about the golden gate bridge as the iconic gateway to california, not just san francisco. we cleaned up the equivalent--i hate when they talk tons. i'm a public school kid, i don't know that metric talk. one thing i with know is how long the golden gate bridge is.

they put it in language i can understand. since we announced this july 2021, they have as much garbage that fill the entire golden gate bridge 670 times that has been cleaned up because of the clean california initiative so i think that is pretty good. at least i get my arms around that, and yes, there is about 6,000 more that we need to actually do and so we are mindful of what we have to do going forward. thank you mr. chairman for beginning this. thank you caltrans and the leadership, madam director. thank you to jason elliot. once chief of staff of former mayor always chief of staff. once a mayor always a mayor. thank you to the mayor for allowing us to do all this and hur desire to see so many more of these projects done and we are seeing it. san francisco, don't count yourself out. the city, the state is resilient. i'm really proud of what's been

happening here and so excited about showing this off to 21 fancly foreign leaderss around the world, 10s of thousands of people that come in and wonder what the hell fox news has been talking about all these years. thank you very very much. [applause] >> alright, are we ready? 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! [applause] >> this has been a important initiative. we are seeing a lot of progress. i think we-clean california has many different components, this is one component.

traditional cleaning up the garbage and graffiti up and down the state of california is one component part of it. we now removed just as a component part of this over 3300 encampment as part of clean california initiative and of course, the beautification components which are a big part of the budget and what we are promoting as a component part here today. we want to see a lot more of these. i think universally these are the kind of projects people want to see. you can see behind me what this looked like. we have a large shelter next door. that is the image i have seen probably 20, 30 years. again, well before my time as mayor. even a county supervisor, so it is really nice that to know that hundreds of thousands of people will come into the city and the first thing they will see is this project and as they leave the city, they will have the opportunity to see this project and been talking to the mayor about other projects entrances and exits to the city

to beautify together and amplify the work being done locally. we can find resources and then break down any barriers in terms of getting these projects done. as i said, this pre-dates apec but apec is a forcing function and that is a positive thing. any time there is a positive event it focuses the minds, keeps everybody's on the same agenda. the goal here is it isn't a situational commitment. this is long-term strategy beginning in july 2021 and momentumally and directionally we want to continue to see these projects up and down the state. with that, here to answer any questions. jrkss >> thank you governor. a it question about downtown revitalization. what can the state do for downtown san francisco so many officers are vacant and shuttered businesses. some called for the state to offer incentives to convert office building to residential? >> we have a work group we got

a task force of sorts that is looking at downtown revitalization and best practices. not just throughout the state of california but working in partnership with experts from richard florida who has written a lot about downtown around the rest of the world, best practices across the globe not just the united states. this isn't a unique funomnm to san francisco. san francisco still has a lot of work to do, but none the less, we are recognizing that downtown is changing, it isn't just stacking people in offices, it is stacking people and that forces a function of reimagining future of downtown and looking at zoning issues and state components in terms of zoning. we have done a lot, probably more then any administration in modern times in terms of supporting local to break down barriers a relates to zoning and land use and the commitment is work with locals to do the same to move the downtown in a different direction.

we formalized the work group, been meeting a year. have a lot of legislative leaders from the bay area eager to engage in the process and imagine you will see movement in the legislative session as it relates to tax incentives and the like and increments. those are more challenging. a lot of rules and regulations but those are component part of the discussion. >> governor newsom, urban california dealt with a image problem nationallyly for years and you talk briefly about that. why did this take so long and how far is this funded to keep going? a lot are saying this should have been happening years ago. >> it was. we started july 2021. we didn't wait for everybody to pile on and we recognize the need to do a lot more and we invested unprecedented funds in these kinds of projects and efforts and the end of the day we can't do it alone and why a component part of this is the matching grants that are also

critical. we want everybody to have skin in the game and the challenge always with these projects is who maintains them after they are done and those are ongoing costs and that is always a burden in the past for locals say no, we are good or you commit to that and you get jurisdictional issues and finger pointer so we are trying to break the issues down. one of the first things we did back in 2019 one thing i was eager to do as a former mayor was address some of the legal issues and jurisdictional issues on caltrans sites that are directly in cities and allow for cities to take over the state sites without issues regarding liability. we changed the memorandum of understanding and legal rules and regulations to allow more collaboration. there is structural things that were done, unprecedented funding now in the space and as i said this is one of hundreds

of projects complete or underway throughout the state of california. >> this is question for mayor breed. in light of apec coming what is done or already been done to clean up the city? >> just to be clear, we clean up the city every day. we have people who work for the department of public works. they are out in the middle of the night often times power washing the streets, picking up trash, getting what they need to out of the trash cans on a regular basis. they are still out there doing the work they have always done and we'll continue to do everything we can to maintain cleanliness in our streets. i'll give you one example, early in the morning whether un plaza, places in the tenderloin department of public works employees out there doing everything they can to keep the streets clean and we'll continue to do that throughout apec as well. >> this project we didn't know

apec was coming. we had a press conference a few years back to announce this. wasn't considered in the context of apec, it was considered in improving the quality of life for all californians. here at this site first and sites in southern california off the freeway and near the 405 in los angeles. >> thank you. megan, i is a clarification on the number of encampments you said cleared. was that the state or right here, the 3300? >> it is just shy of 3270, but those are just--there are many component parts. clean california. when we initiated this you may not have fallowed this or written about it, maybe one of

you did, we announced a goal of a thousand and exceeded it. we more then doubled that so we want to continue in that effort. we have a separate fund and this is unprecedented. when i started as governor, wasn't $1 the state provided for cities to deal with encampments, not a dollar. we put up two years in the administration, $52 million. wildly over subscribed and huge success. $750 million in that budget. $750 million. that is the encampment resolution grants that require a component part, which is we have to resolve the underlying issue in the first place. it isn't whama mole out of site out of mind and cleaning folks up and hope they disappear, this is hard work solving it and why it is substantively funded program so that is the second component. the billion dollars a year i provide cities and counties for

homelessness generally where they have discretion, where i hope it is a priority and know it is for this mayor to address the issue of encampments and together working on the most frustrating subtext, the whole issue and that is what happened in the courts and the proversion of what happens as it relates to court orders that created a lot of the problems that persist. that isn't a excuse, we are not using that to advocate responsibility, it is a fundamental fact and been a impediment and why the state joined the cities and others with a brief to the supreme court to address some of those rules that have been made in the past. >> let me just add today, san francisco was awarded the 7th project home key grant, so these are also options that we have worked with the governor to provide housing for people who unfortunately are unhoused. in fact, since 2018 san francisco helped over 10 thousand people exit

homelessness and any given night we are housing in the shelters and permanent housing units over 16 thousand people so we are getting a lot of state help including project home key to make sure there are options for people to live with dignity in places in san francisco and all over the state. there are a lot of solution out there, there is a lot of work being done and i'm really proud of the work we are not only doing in the city, but the support we can continue to get through the state under the governor's leadership. >> i don't want to belabor this, but look, year and a half ago or so the mayor and i started--different conversations. the usual partnerships were not enough. the usual back and 4th and grants. we increased funding but had to do something at a different level and innateed how can the california highway support.

work with the federal government to do the same. those were difficult conversations that got into jurisdictional issue and values issues. a lot have strong opinions in this space and well reported and discussed. bottom line is status quo isn't acceptable and so we got chp 560 hours a week. component part with the guard dealing with cross jurisdictional issues with intelligence issue. working with federal government, dea never in the past. focus on retail threft. san francisco has out-performed many parts of the state. we still have problem s in the state. mindful of that. we put $800 million into the crime program. hire another thousand chp officers and provide grants to help jurisdictions with prosecution and investigations. all of these are component parts of addressing the issues i hear more often then any

other issues, quality of life and the need to partner with new vigor and intentionality and i just think we are at a different place now then we have ever been and i say that as a former mayor, worked with governors and currently working with the legislature and partnership with them with cities like san francisco. i'm really encouraged directionally of the progress we are seeing. >> how important is it for the city to look when these leaders get here for apec? >> i have been in the city a lot and seen improvement consistantsly. we are not just waking up and say we should hire someone to clean the streets. this is what you do. this is the [indiscernible] everything has to get dialed up generally just generally and i think obviously any time you put on an event by definition, you have people over your house, you clean up the house. you make sure the kids make their beds.

take the socks. put them in the drawer and hamper and that's 21 world leaders, 10s of thousands of people coming around the globe. what a opportunity to showcase the world's most extraordinary place, san francisco. this is a crown jewel. i was just with president xi. first thing he talked btd is san francisco. this place is beloved. and the bests are in front of it, not behind it and all the dooms dayer and negative folks, they haven't offered anything. they offered nothing, now counsel, advice, direction or support and one thing we are doing is offering hope to folks that we are going to get to the next level and i see it every day. those are tough years, covid. a lot of things happening across the country and we are working our way through that and i feel really good about

this. this is small drop in the bucket but symbolic and one of many things happening. you don't want to ask the mayor--we talk about stop signs and things like that? >> they know it is looking good in the city. report that. >> report that.

>> you are watching san francisco rising with chris manners. today's special guest, carolyn mante. >> hi, i'm chris manners and you are watching san francisco the stow about restaffing rebuilding and reimaging the city. the guest is carolyn manteto talk about the organization is helping to preserve the city cultural heritage and architecture. welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me e. >> good to have you here. >> can we talk bat the history of your organization and the mission. >> sure, thank you. san francisco heritage started 51 years ago and the main mission is to preserve and enhance the architectural and cultural identity of san francisco. when it started out the focus was really on the buildings, historic landmark listings and really concentrated on

downtown area with all the development happening. our organization was raising a reg red flag with historic landmarks in danger and victorian mansions so a hallmark of our organization is moving these victorian mansions in the way of development to inwestern addition neighborhood and other areas to get out of the way of development and preserve them. our organization was around before there was the historic preservation commission of the city so we were at the forefront drawings attention to historic preservation, landmarking and over the last 51 years we have seen how there are more then just buildsings in safeguarding the city cultural resources, there is also small businesses and the different neighborhood icons that make a neighborhood special, so our outreach has really-it is really come full

circle in a way because it moved downtown into the neighborhoods and now with the covid epidemic it is really going back to downtown again looking at how we can play a role in the economic recovery and revitalization of downtown san francisco. >> that's great. so, now i understand your organization is also responsible for maintaining a couple properties. could you tell us a little about those? >> yes, our non profit was gifted in 1973, the historic (inaudible) house. it is now a historic house museum but this was a family since 1886 built this victorian mansion in the same family year after year and one of the last resident of the family when she passed way gifted the mansion to san francisco heritage so since then we have been running this historic house and the home of

our office. in 2018, one of the long time members nor aa lasten gifting a building on the e h-as hate polk became a commercial corridor after the earthquake, the owner at the time, he raised the house and put 6 store front underneath in order to take advantage of the commerce so we are in charge of the house on the corner and it has been a wonderful way to get new numbers, new audiences interested in the work of our organization. during the pandemic, we have been using it as a artson residents and partnering with different bay area artists as well as cultural institutions, cultural districts and then one of the storefronts we converted into a pop up galleries so

gives a opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of the art and cultural resources in san francisco. >> that's fantastic. so, now, let's talk about legacy business. what does the designation mean? how does somebody get add today the legacy business registry and what benefits does being named a legacy business? >> i love this program. it was started by san francisco heritage and adopt ed by the city and run by the office of small business but the program looks what are the businesses really contributing to san francisco and the neighborhood. when we started the first focus was bars and restaurants but over the years it exb panded to include other businesses so these are places that contribute to the character of a neighborhood, so sam's grill downtown, the amazingarian press in

the presidio. book stores like city lights oergreen apple recently named. this year we had a lot of attention on the legacy business program. we put out a contest to the public of what you think should be the next legacy business and one of the businesses that was recommended was the club deluxe, jazz club on the corner, and 2 or 3 days after we launched the contest, the owners announced they would have to close. the rent was driven up, they couldn't afford it, coming out of the pandemic so we worked at speed to get that application submitted with them and that status convinced their landlord to negotiate with them a lower rent and this way they have been able to stay, there was a lot of social media support around this, so when you become a legacy business, not only do you get marketing and business support from the office of small business, but you also

eligible for grants and we work closely with the legacy businesses as we do our work for san francisco heritage. >> that's great. so, apart from architecture and buildings, you also work with cultural districts, and the castro theater strikes me as a place that is both. a beautiful building and cultural hub and center. what has been happening with the recent acquisition by new owners; >> it is leased to another planet entertainment and been in contact with planet entertainment by the castro theater is historic land mark building. it is recognized as a very important architectural monument. one thing-one of the main activist organizations of the preservation of

the theater we work together with supervisor mandelman on a interior landmark historic landmark designation for interior, but what happened over the is summer and people learned is there is a lot of concern not just by san franciscans but people all over the world, movie directors, stars who are very concerned about the risk to the lgbtq and film programming at the castro theater. another planet hosted community stakeholder in august, and it was so moving to see the number of people who took the microphone-everyone had two minutes to say their testimony of what castro theater meant to them and those testimonys showed this building is contributing not just as a

architectural monument but plays a role in the lgbtq community that is irrelaceuble able. >> it is beautiful theater. >> it is. my involvement in the theater raised awareness to not only the castro theater to be emblematic of the lgbtq culture and history but also there are many other sites in the city that also contribute to the identity. that is why so many people come to san francisco as a place of freedom and diversity so in my previous work i worked at the world heritage center, so when i joined san francisco heritage i was thinking why isn't san francisco a world heritage city? for the architecture alone it could be inscribed. golden gate bridge to name a few but the city is so unique in the architecture,

the mansioned and historic landmarks so hoping to start a conversation on that with city stakeholders this year. >> that is great. let's talk about your relationship with other agencies. you mentioned economic and office of work force development and planning commission. how do you unt integrate to them? >> these relationships are essential. we are working with office of small business for the legacy business program and the planning department is really one of our most crucial relationships. we meet quarterly with them and we really see how we can support not only historic land mark listings and historical cultural context statements, strategy for culture districts and city survey among many other activities that really are of concern to both of us. for the office of workforce

development, i attended a etmooing recently that the chamber of commerce organized with them on the downtown revitalization and a key goal in that meeting and in the downtown revitalization is to make sure that the city historic culture resources play a key #r0e8 in the economic recovery and revitalization especially after the pandemic. the office of workforce development has the city build program which is admirable program where youth are trained in construction techniques for rebuilding and especially with the new housing legislation, and we really want to see how can that workforce be expanded to include training in historic preservation. we have so many victorian homes, historic buildings and other places that really need a skilled labor force to make sure that they are preserved and that they help keep the special identify of the city. we really value

these relationships, we meet quarterly with the various organizations and we are really grateful for grants of the arts we receive and other supports so definitely that is a key relationship for san francisco heritage. >> the city build is great. i like that a lot. thank you so much for the time you have given today. appreciate you coming on the show. >> thank you so much raising awareness about san francisco heritage. we hope the people watching will join us in the mission to help keep san francisco special. thank you. >> that's it for this episode. we'll be back shortly. i'm chris manners, thanks

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