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roll call now. council member alex madrid, here. cochair sheri albers, absent. council member orkid sassouni, here, present. council member denise senhaux, council member patricia thank you. go ahead cochair alex. >> could you please read the agenda? >> yes. at this time, members of the public--i'm sorry, ■the agenda. sorry about that.

number one, is welcome and roll call. two, is action item, reading and approval of agenda.oú number three, general public comment. number information item, cochair report. report from the mayor's office on disability. number six, discussion item, integrating disability access and functional needs into the city emergency planning. then we will have a break, 15 minutes break and we'll preed with number seven, discussion item, next step implementation of leckric wheelchair charging station report. and number eight will be correspondence.

nine, general public comment. 10, information item. council member comments and announcements. number 11 will be action item, adjournment. >> thank you. >> cochair madrid, if i might-- >> yes. it is on. >> if i might have a slight change in the agenda. [difficulty hearing speaker. microphone does not appear to be on] move their presentation [indiscernible] right after the cochair report,

and [indiscernible] after that. >> alright. any objection? seeing none, go ahead. so, at this time, we are going to action number 3, general public comment. %a please read the instructions. item number 3. public may address the council on items of interest to the public within the subject matter jurisdiction of the council, which are not on today's meeting agenda. each member of the public may addresfor up to 3

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or call, 415-554-0670. and now, let's see if there is any cards. no cards. are there any persons in the public? there is zero right now. >> online? o■kthere is no one on the phone or the chat. we can proceed back to you council member alex. >> thank you. now we are going to item number 4, my co-chair report. since the meeting, mdc members p.and mod staff have been actively■q■f

encourage any members of public to contact us if interested at mdc@sfgov.org, or by calling, 415-554-0670. give me

the mdc sent a letter of support recommending that the new public park located at--might be named■7■z-■ -disability advocates of san francisco. the mdc also a letter to department of public health recommending to--toward a

resolution to protect everyone from covid exposure at --to insure no population is left behind. the mdc also sent a letter to the board of supervisors keeping the annual dignity in t

budget. continues to focus on-hf-do inspections from the department of building inspection. now, we item number 5. >> alright. the next item is integrating

our presenters andrea and jenny, you may join us, please. we are going to have the presentation on the topic, integrating bifunctional needs into the city emergency planning and it jorgensen and jenny. >> thank you. i think okay. thank you. that working better? you can hear me? great. wonderful. thank you to mayor's office on dislt inviting us here. we are pleased to shbrief overview of how we integrate access and functional needs into our city emergency planning efforts. we will do sort of a general overview of what it means to be setting

up for planning an has just finished our emergency operation's plan. we are excited about so she'll talk about tha bit. first, i wanted to-- really briefly give people a idea of some of the efforts that we ardoing in our department. we have e responsibility of watching over traing drills, our credentialing efforts and then of course, our plans. there are many kinds of plans that are efforts done across the city. this is specific emergency response plans, so just to keep that in mind. training does provide knowledge that are helpful for us to understand and perform tasks as we are developing our capabilities. our exercises and drills give us a

opportunity to work in a low risk environment, so we can become familiar with those plans, and it also helps to validate the plans, so we know we've-- >> sorry. >> ere we go. so we have written them in such a way that people understand themand can execute the operations we documented. we do have a credentialing program, which helps us train our people to be qualified to respond to our emergency operations center an perform the tasks at hand, and the planimpl response, and the concept of■b operations. so, i will pass this to jenny to talk about emergency planning. >> next slide, please. alright. so, andrea introduced about the emergency plan we have in the city. we will talk today specifically about our emergency operations plan

or eop, which serves our the core base plan for emergency ma department of emergency management in partnership with all our city departments and other partners across the whole community. attached to the eop we also have some 18 emergency support function plans, esf that will so speak to a bit. for the eop in particular, so we did want to lay the groundwork about what it is. it is our core base ■@plan that speaks to how the city responds to any type that may happen, either a no notice incident, anything from what you think about flooding to earthquakes to other type of hazards to pre-planned events like the pride parade events coming up or any city wide event. that eop described very broadly who was involved in the city and the

structure we use to coordinate activities and actions across our city departments and our whole community partners. this is very broad.be a super detailed exactly how something will happen, but it does describe all the actions that different city departments take to include a big piece of it, we'll ta but a large piece of it is speaki activate the city emergency operation center, eoc, which is our central coordination point for multi-agency response operations in the city. and we do activate that when there is any sort of incident or event that may have city wide impacts so we'll speak thbit later in the presentation, but pin a that is what the eop describes is how we might respond to an sort of incident in the city. esf attached to the plan we ■kó

described discipline specific concept of operation. while the eop broadly describes the who, how what of response operations, thesgo into more detail about different disciplines. we'll go through a couple well in a bit that really describe more detail about different aspects of response operations. >> great. so, i will run through these three slid rather quickly. i don't expect anybody to capture all this in memory, but because the emergency operation base detailed about authority and other things that are important to all of our response, but there's so much information in a city our size that we use a method breaking it out into other emergency support functions,b which is also a guide that fema gives

us, which is federal emergency management agency. esf1 is around transportation, esf2 is communication, esf3 is public works and engineering and esf4 is fire fighting to continue on, we got esf8, which is our public health and medical annex. the urban search and rescue is esf9. i also will mention that esf8 and should have said esf5 are the next plans we will be fully on, because a lot of these plans have been languishing a bit because of response to the pandemic, so we are trying diligently to catch up and get all the plans refreshed. response to covid. esf10 is oil spells.is animal r waterd utilities and 13, law enforcement. a lot i should mention, many of

these annexes, we write with our partners who are the subject matter exserts so we don't do this in a vacuum and that is partly at we wanted to talk about today is how we inthe community. and just to continue on, esf--did i miss? esf14 is recovery annex. 15 is joint information system, which is really important plan because getting messaging to everyone is critical so that is community at large understands what the city is doing.unity support. 17 is volunteer donation management and 18 is cyber-unfied command are unique to san francisco. there are jurisdictions in the country and in the state that do this a little differently and have added other annexes to their eop, but for us these have been very important to add.

i think i will pass this is why you are here. we want to talk about how the whole community. >> thanks andrea. so, to-as we talked about emergency plans, like andrea mentioned we involve partners. it is a joint collaborative effort to update plans, to also train and evaluate and exercise on plans. part ners to include our disability access and functional need partners we do this in a couple diffenways. we engage trusted community partners specific to the development of our recent update to the emergency operations plan. dem are vi provide

targeted input. we stood up disability access and functional needs advisory committee with partners at mod so thank you debbie and alicia for being on that and also being able to bring other partners oup as well. we stood up a community advisory group that brought from different community based organizations together as well. so, we have worked with those two groups, the last couple offew months to look at the draft eop together and provide and just collaborate on what went in there to insure we are really prioritizing respng needs of our most vulnerable populations in a emergeas a city thad would be i first priority because we understand great majority of people can sort of--would be able to respond to a incident and they would be able cgto sort of

figure out those next steps with the sources on hand and we want to make sure we are prioritizing any communities or individuals that may face additional challenges in response in recovery. we set up the two advisory committees to insure our ■%pls are inclusive of all these different diverse community needs. we are also meeting some california state re as well. the next way we engaged our whole city wide partners is thro efforts, so whole community also means all our different city departments that come together in a emergency. the citya disaster preparedness coordinator program that identify individuals in various city departments to regularly meet and engage on emergency planning efforts. we also have otr city lead

work groups that target and focus on specific emergency ■6issues to include evacuation that we are working on now. and lastly we wanted to touch ■c activate our emergency operations as we mentioned, we activate our eoc when there is a incident or event that may have city wide impact. either no notice events, the severe weather events like major-like the winter stoms we had in the year or extreme heat days. we also activate for the large pre-planned event like the pride parade coming up. we activate for apec last yemaj us as a city. within our eoc organizational structure, we do include a couple really critical positions. one equity officer in our eoc

management section as well as a disability access and functional needs advisor. those two positions sit in that management cell of the eoc to insure those issues are prioritized and considered across all the kinds going on in the eoc. we also have stood up a community branch within oueoc. the intention of the community branch is to have a team that really focuses establishing two way communication when there is ergency. one was the esf16 for community support annex and that is very unique to san francisco, something i think that the city is really proud of, because it prioritizes and pushing to for front that communication and engage ment with our community members.

lastly i want to talk planning things we discovered and while talking about engaging community partners there are things when we do action improvement work, we often disc missed things and that's the work that needs to be done, so we can correct those gaps the next time we have to respond to something. some of those things we know still need improvement. i thinwe have done a good job in progress towards tngs like language access for instance. understanding debbie and her team have been working really hard to get us to understand that durable medical equipment is priority for people if they have to evacuate. do they take it leave it behind and the city helps find another resource? these are things we are having constant conversat do this after action or improvement planning work. :3 when we have a activation,

whether it is a event or like a planned, o or ■cno known event we have a after action meeting when all involved in the response can talk about things both that went well, because we also need to document the things that go well so we nte things that may not sl gone as well. in apec, we obviously noted there were some fencing issues that had gone up and the people that needed to access their rides for instance, ■ñ paratransit or something like that were not necessarily able to do so or didn'tey wouldn't be able to get an appointment they had scheduled, so those are things we can help with through the community branch and also through documentatio ■÷■éthe gaps that exist. we try to be very honest with those and not white wash them and make sure they are brouthe departments to have some sort of authority to make change.

that's really important to us. and that is called the corrective action. we document those, try to assign to a particular department to help those changes and we try to assign a date en changes to be made. our plans are really living documents, even though we complete them, we just completed this 150 pages without the attachments. it is very involved document and it is going to be going through the process now, but even that document, once the stamp is on there and the ditoour department, mary ellen carol says it is good mayor says it is good to go, even then we can still make adjustments, so why we want to make sure we constantly do improvenplans or making changes needed. i think that is everything for us now. i don't know if you want to do questions? >> yes, we have someone in-- on one sec.

thank you. comment ublic right now. please read the instructions for public comment. >> so, we are to unmute now. one peon from the public. control, mrs. sheila gunn, go ahead. >> is this me? >> okay, hi. i am not well versed at webexat all. my one experience with it was horrible two years ago and i dread this. i never tried it on a computer though. i'm sheila gunn, the emergency preparedness coordinator at center living in berkeley.

i'm working from home in my office on fruitvale avenue and i came to say hello and i came to learn about san preparedness planning as regards folks with functional needs, and older adults and other folks who fall into the category. assuming nothing. i didn't know where this was in the process or if it had been seen by this mayor's disability council or not. by the ■ hello debbie. debbie and i worked in emergency preparedness context regarding power outages, so haven't seen you in a while, but good to at least

hear but, i stand ready to assist. i know--the center for independent is a sister org to independent living resource center of san francisco, which i'm sure you all are aware of. i'm not interested in taking over or any that. i feel that we can all learn other and maybe san francisco is doing stuff that cities in alameda county should be doing that aren't and maybe we are doinyou aren't and i just think that sharing ideas and thoughts is never a the one thing the folks the

emergency preparedness departments probably already know is folks with disabilities and access and functional needs can very much be a resource in many ways during emergencies. we know a lot of resources, we know a lot about mutual aid- >> mrs. sheila, you have 30 seconds left. >> i just will put my e-mail and phone number in the chat and i will it to the e-mail recommended.■u [indiscernible] you are welcome to reach out. i'm done. thanks. >> thank you for your comment. do we have another puc time? >> no more comments council member. >>thank you. now we're going to ask ■council

members questions? >> hello everyone. hello council members. thank you so much for your presentation today. i know that this is a new area for us and i have seen the content grow. one thing i stilhave concerns with is related with electrical power tages, especially for deaf individuals dependent on technology and cannot hear any radio or communication that way would not be able to hear a siren and who might t no order to evacuate or have that information, so it can be ■a real challenging for deaf indiduals in the community who are not hearing for either of those

contexts. i am concerned that we don't have enough information, context, education around this, and i also feel that it might be true that it's part of equality and equity for all for us to have something set up. something as on earth day we didn't have any access and th e it was event put on the police department, the fire de we didn't have any kind of access for a blic event, so that was one thing i have a concern for. for the residents here in san francisco, and another part is i am a city employee, and the daw does require me to have that part of job, so i'm hoping-they have not been able to provide access either, so there is nothing we can do and we are kind in a spot where working with the

city and-hf- [audio cut out] or training and i feel the deaf individuals have been left behind and how can we eliminate that and at this point it is a murky but we need to start thinking how we can catch up and what choices we have.é+peop physically unable to work with dsw, so what do we do with that part and what will requirements look like for that? it is becoming a little convoluted for what we can do versus what we are told we can't do. so, i think that might effect the policy and we might need to ■xg not

have all that information and management might need to be taken more in depth then we ar■looking as far as how we break down categories, so if we have a dsw in one and the residents in a separate context, how are we making sure that those g? because, in all honesty, they said, i'm sorry, so it feels we are still in the dark ages information out there for you for thought. >> do you have a comment? >> for work with the department of human services, but i would like to bring that back and have more conversation with them. i'm not sure that the dsw training is directly in ñ5my wheel house, b i can connect to the people who are

there and orkid, i believe that you and i worked some togetheduring the pandemic and you taught me so much, beuse i i learned by working directly with you, so these are the kind of relationships so, i will bring it back to our leadership and i know that jennifer, you and i can have futher conversation about this and so this is really important information for me to hear and to bring the conversation, so thank you. >> thank you so much. >> the next one is denise. >> thank you cochair madrid.is . years ago, pre-covid, the mayor's disability council had a subcommittee in dealing with disaster preparedness, and on the subcommittee, we had

key advocates for different agencies that provide ograms and services for a variety of clients with disabilities, and at that time we were working on a communication plan. naturally depending on the disaster and where it is happening and what's going on and at that time it wasn't completed by the time i left the committee, but they were putting a key communication plan around training and how to deal with depending on the nature of the disaster how to deal with clients not only in the shelters, but the community who are deaf and hard of hearing for them to get information. i think at that time there was a national and sorry, cant remember the name, database, where people could sign up to receive text alerts or an event of any emergency that was one of the plans they were looking at to have people register. i said this all changed. it was years ago.

and some of the things we dealt drills and exercises. we had different drills for fire, earthquake, i hate to say it, active shooter and participation because i was a part that. kicovered drills around what disasters we also dealt with the advocates in dealing with people that would have to be placed in training around dealing with different people with different types of disabilities. ranging from vision impaired too mental health issues and if they had service animals or support animals, et cetera. i don't know if that is helpful. that was at the time. we also dealt with city all having evacuation chairs for people to that time, if the wheelchair wasn't working or they didn't have access depending where they are in the building

we had evacuation chairs.■j i don't know if that is helpful but i appreciate you revisiting this and coming to council and if we can help and give input more then happy t. thank you for your time and listening. >> you are absolutely welcome. it really is good to know we urce. debbie has brought this to light and same with alicia. i think our efforts improved greatly over theest layear. some things you are talking about pre-dated my work in this particular area of emergency work, but i am familiar with it. i know johnson years ago worked on the evacuation chairs and i will say for the lifts like to be-the registrations have always been a problem, because they change so rap on them, but the discussion does come up periodically. pg&e has some records of people who

have rely on electricity, but honesty, with pg&e i'm not always sure we'll get that list there are legal efforts that have to be gone through. department of health is usually in the lead for those type of efforts, because of health information et cetera, et cetera. having you all as a resource and be able to work as closely as we ar to do over the last year or 2, it does help us, so if you look at our population, i think i was looking at the census data, i are want to say it is like a 10th of people. fairly large number of people in the city and that is just the people that live here, because we have soar you know, commuters who have issues we may not have any familiarity with but still need to during a emergency, so let's continue the conversation and the more you speak out and we'll

try to be good listeners and carry that ■ through and that would be my commitment to you at this moment. any questions or comments? >> yeah. i-this is my first introduction ever to emergency planning, so i guess my question would be on a very simple practical level. let's say someone is disabled and live in a house and they qca stair lift and all the-there is a emergency, a storm or tsunami or whatever, and they are stuck there. they can't get out of the house and they have no to contact anyone. could you talk about a situation like

that in terms of your emergency preparedness plans? >> what -my response is that we really do need to continue to make more effort to have people prepared for themselves-there is self-preparedness we expect from our resides as city workers could also be effected so we don't know how quickly or how many will be able to respond. there are things in place with human services agency and disability adult services that will do some wellness checks with people they are already engaged with, as far as day to day services, but i think our preparedness is really important. as many people as we can small a cash of some water and some food.

your prescriptions, to have numbers of contacts you need, those efforts will make a big difference, but you are right, there are going to be people who are stuck in their home and without help. is usually our primary go-to as they are every day if someone needs rescue, and it is a siation that we can't hundred percent prepare for, so the more that you can prepare for younrself, the better. but we also recognize not everybody can do that, and that even if you are prepared, like i mentioned durable medical equipment, if qyou are prepared but you have to leave like you may not be able to carry heavy battery or get your wheelchair down the orts that still need to be done to determine how we respond.pen in the moment, depending on the incident. that is the other thing, incidents are ervadifferent. a earthquake is different from a storm, very different from a potential

cyber-incident that might cut off electricity, so there is sti lots of work to do and the good thing is san francisco as a whole is making efforts towards that. we dont ignore it, we keep working with it. i would offer we can come talk again or have smaller group talks to determine how to fix some of these things. >> so, just to fo-up--what if someone is disabled wants to t touch with your office? >> you to probably talk through the mayor's office on disability and then we have work groups that might be appropriate for that individual to join for instance. you could reach out to me and ing shared and we can talk about work groups open to input. often the work groups are mad up rather

then individuals, they are made up of organizations, so connecting with a organization is usually a really good way to connect to >> okay, thank you. n >> before i go to the staff, i have a lot of questions. to do one by one. one basic question i have for you both is, with a emergeny, as you know, shelters are not wheelchair accessibility to the city, so how do

you mitigate and what is the plan to insure that those places that supposed to be emergency-- are accessible? >> so, we work with human service agencies when they celt up a shelter and that is a requirement is they have been ■ochecke are working on a that identifies all kinds of locations within our city that might be used for shelters, or other things, like commodity points of distribution, or when we had vaccine locations, pe of thing, and that list we archeck lists on it so we can quickly go and see th have initially been checked with accessibility. but before hsa sets up a shelter they

will do oo just in time check for accessibility. it is very much on their list.c when they are setting up a shelter so we are lock step with the red cross. >> so you don't do it--someone does it for you? >> to check the facility? >> yes. >> someone understanding of accessibility will check the facility. >> your department-- >> our department does not do that. the human service agency is the department that will check accessibility. ■z÷5 >> okay. the secoi have is, ■[i'm u guys there is no individual--there is only

organizations thatsits on working groups. how many--just curious on all kinds of people with disabilities, or all kind of types of i will say, abilities? the last thing ■is, i am just curious how often you guys practice--how many of those-- that involves people with like you mentioned covid a minute ago.

there is always gaps. i think it would be identify those gaps while--correc? >> yes. your first question was about a individual, so i'll go there first. >> yes. >> we did work with the mayor's office on disability to identify organizations that representewi of people, so we invited-i can't say everybody we invited joined us, but we invited those who are deaf or we had invited people who were from the senior community. we invited people from you know, vul■snerable populations that have different language access and that type of thing. we trieto grab a-everybody is very qh busy now so grateful to have a number of people.

>>-- >> well, debbie help me remember. i think we had a group that represents disability as well. we had independent living center. >> [indiscernible] >> okay. >> yeah, and we have been working closely with debbie too to y su people. there always open-a open door to increase that group and the advisory group for us should be an ongoing group, so we are happy to talk who else you think should be reesng that. and then the second question i think you had was about gaps and ethe we've found some gaps? >> during exercise. >> during exercises? >> yeah. >> we have. >> how many exercises do you

do? >> do we do? >> yeah. >> we do many many exercises. right now we are focused on san francisco fleet week, which is coming up. that is a exercise we work with the military and the department of defense to understand when we are overwhelis overwhelmed and even the federal government, when they need to ■reach out to department of defense to send the things you see at fleet we like the ships and that sort of thing. we are doing that now, but regularly exercise the plans we developed, so the emergency operation plan is the new oneso at some point next year we will prob■ñabdoing exercises to test the plan to make sure the things we put in accurate and yes, there is a opportunity to invite people who have disability to be a part that. >> going back to my question, have you guys identified those gaps?

>> we identified them during the response or the exercise. so, we go through the process exercise and exercise is based on a scenario, so generally we ussto something that is likely to happen, and we have what we call, players who are the people who practice the exercise, and then afterwards, that after action meeting i talked about, that's when maybe a week later or two eks later we gather those same players we sit them down in or virtual meeting and talk about, how did this work? how did this other thing work? what did you see that was a problem and we keep them together in a master improvement plan and assign to departments. let's say they set up a shelter that was not accessible, then in the after action meeting, we would say, look, hsa, that shelter you set up did not have access ■r■for wheelchair

users and so then we would assign them to makeosrrections the next time. that is a very simplified way t of what happens. >> thank you for that explanation. in place.an-- my question is-- i just curious, is there any information saying that if you have any issue or any questions about any type of disability, you need to call x, y or

>> i'm not sure i follow the question. the city activates the eoc to respond to incen >> no. let me repeat the question. for example, next week is pride parade, and you mentioned that you guys work with events just in case if ■q an issue or anything like that, right? place re any that says if someone, like myself, don't know about how to accessibility or--let's say i'm new to

the city and i have only flier, are there any information that i found that i can contact? >> yes. what we do with special events like this is, generally not our department, but an with the event-there is generally a event planner that is coordinating all of those activities. so, there is an event planner, and our city representative requires that event planner to out information. generally it is website. i can't speak for every event, but generally there is a website that has those sort of access information that information you are looking for. that would be my answer. the city does work with these planners to make sure and i know on the site on our city site, there are guides

for special events, like what you need to set upwhat pathways you need to keep so our our that type of thing, city directs those event planners to follow those directions, but thereat isn't our department. >> thank you. any follow-up questions? >> yes. just short. i think my input or my suggestion, i don't know if your policy would apply to this, after considering it, maybe the emergency department might want to consider another hfpriority if the housing--perhaps we need to think are concerned about the housing not able to come down the stair in a emergency, so it is hard to know without a specific number, but important we think of some kind of priority who comes first and i xoe know that would be a challenge, and i don't know how you might

be able to strategy that, but prove to be difficult, but for me it is red cross. i tend to be resisant. i know they are good and provide a lot of things, but at the same time, there are other things happening. i hear other people who do uslo complication with the plan or. for example, if there is a housing fire and where do i'm totally stuck. that's one good thing to think about or have prepared on the back-end to have involvement with. and i think it would be good to: have the community involvement to give you the feedbacks for your plan. just putting it out to invite think any fleet week, access, so it it is just ke a last minute thing. how are you going do do something like that?

>> okay. so that's a lot of things. i think you are right, we need to continue conversation, and this-jenny and i can bring back■ . for fleet week there should be accessibility and should be information on the web site and because we are planning with them, i have been told there is not. i will make sure to bring that back in our next plan to talk to fleet week. so, those again, these kind of connections are great for that. >> thank you. >> did i answer the question? >> yes. now we are going to go to staff questions. >> i don't have any. >> okay.■í thank you andrea and jenny for coming. reach out to us for any support

and help that we might do something for you. >> this has been a really good opportunity and excited to meet you all, because again, our interaction with ea r will really make this johnston and get more stuff going down the pipeline. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> now we'll to item, 6. the mod director's report. before like to introduce the council members. you have a opportunity to meet with us. i'm going to start with patricia. patricia, can you tell us a

little bit about yourself? so the directors can know a little bit about you and why you joined the council? >> control, would you please unmute patricia. >> i'm patricia arack and been a member of ■the council since last september. i'm ined the council beus concerned about disability access for disabled people in san francisco and i felt there was a lot ofat needed to be done. i retired and i spent 43 years as a teacher, the last 25 as a esl teacr at city college of san francisco, and that's about it.

>> thank you patricia. now, i'm going to■--just tell u a little us, briefly. >> hello everyone. council member. council member orkid sassouni here i'm joined because i am involved with the city board and the only one that is deaf, so i am a resident of san. san francisco for many years now, and i joined because i believe that we need to make some serious improvements and city wide for our services for individuals with disabilities and i'm a continuous advocate for that and i believe we can make these changes and those changes will have a huge impact down the chain and for good reason. i'm happy we are making changes to the city for better and it is not for nothing and once we are able to

the city be able to see and hear our voices, we will this better and we will do better. that was the joined the board. >> thank you orkid. we are going to denise now. >> thank you cochair madrid. i'll try to make it short, since i had the pleasure meeting the new interim director. basically i'm semiretired. i have been on the council 20 plus years . my disability vothe private sec. i dealt with policy ada implementation issues in a lea. i worked on disability policy, reasonable accommodation, education and vity awareness fo people with disabilities and on the board of a non

profit i started representing employees with disabilities in the workplace and addressing those issues. the issues i'interested on council is disaster preparedness, employment-it is a whole list and won't bore you. glad to be work wg people on the council and mayor office on disability and addressing issues and concerns important and what we can do to help make equality and better life here in the city for those populations. i did my best to achieve that goal. thank you for your time. >> thank you denise. i am alex madrid. i'm--since 2017 and i have been

self-advocate since i was in college at uc berkeley and now i work as a housing specialist in non profit of san francisco. -- the physical aspect of accessibility and the programming accessibility. --any type of events and involving people with disability and--

the city do a lot of--issue among that doesn't understand that--that is a interested in. i'm so excited towork with you and make a change for the better for the people ■gities. maybe if you don't ■■mind, can i-- this is jennifer jensen and she's

the new mayor's disability . >> thank you very much and thank you all for your introduction. so, little about myself. i worked for the city little over 20 years. during that time, the first 10 of it i was a chief of policy for the department of mnczhuman resourc and then i spent a few years as executive director of the civil service commission. well the city's employment processes and systems. and then for the last 10 years i have been deputy city administrator and to educate you on what the city administrator does, the city administrator oversees about 25 to 30 depending them, agency programs. my carmen chui is the city administrator and has been a few years she reorganized the office to have r the deputies

overseeing particular functions. my function i overseethe public facing primarily public facing offices that includes, 311, animal care and control, medical examiner office, county clerk, treasure island, a number of them and mayor's fice on disability. and i have oversee the mayor's ofduring my entire time with the city administrator office so little over last 10 years so familiar with the work of the office and the staff. did you have any questions so far? okay. as you noted, i'm the interim direct, which means i'm not the permanent director. i focus on undertaking the se it will be very difficult to find a n unicorn like nicole bohn who was wonderful, so with that in mind, it is very large focus for me.

in the meantime though, i am really committed to continuing to drive the office towards change and to make sure that accessibility is incorporated into the fundamental fabric of the city and how we approach visitors, employees. so, with that, i guess i can go out of order. one clarification for the agenda that was relayed earlier. i think the meeting in july is going to be canceled, but so we can have a strategic planning with the council to focus talk about you know, the of the plan, the list of to to-do's the council already identify g4&ad to drive towards the 35th anniversary of the ada next july. so, i really want "eto focus on

using this opportunity to put like i said, new things on our list, and then also talking to the council about how your time can be used more effectively, me productively so that you know, you can really he are talking about and drive what initiatives we drive. sorry, that was duplicative. we will be reaching out to you to schedule those kind of more impactful and focused meetings soon. this is all to say, the regular meeting of the will be resume in september, but in the meantime, we will have work to together. and additional administrative public cal housekeeping for information the ■ mod office location we are on markettreet. the permanent office will be

1455 market street but we are in the swing space.for productivity, so we are doing both virtual woperson. this is to say that we are currently having drop-ins for members of the public, for anybody on tuesday when everybody will be in the office and individuals wishing to come to the office during other days can certainly call, e-mail to make an ■r apointment and let's see-- i think that does for the logistical administrative items. any questions? >> no. >> okay. yes? >> [unable to hear speaker] >> sorry, go ahead. >> sorry, quick question.

normally the mod has the public idin the office, but now it seems removed, is that correct? so that means the person who is deaf who needs to use a video call would not be able to go to that aufsh. office. >> i have to refer that question to deputy director kaplan. i don't know how to answer that. >> we still have the equipment.6 [audio cutting in and out] [unable to hear speaker] so, let's talk together with john and can do that, orkid. >> thank you.

>> that thank you. i should say, as indicated, the space presents challenges. my hope is to--toat ■least be out of there before december at the latest, so really focused on driving that project. >> i have a question. u the director search is coming up. -- ■ipeople who are staff membe that would be interviewing the perspective candidates, are there any

thoughts on potential public participation, or any council members participation on that selecting that individual by having a --? >> that is a good question. i have not had the opportunity to discuss the process with the mayor or the city administrator yet. on closing out the budget, which is another part of my presentation, and that's a good question. we do not ic participation in the process, because it is confidential personnel matter. obviously, people who are candidates don't want to their employer that they are oking for other employment.

i appreciate thi think certainly what we can have additional bringing you in and at least keeping you informed, absolutely. >> thank you. >> thank you. yeah. okay. let's see-- next on my for everybody's information--sorry, before moving on about the mdc. as you indicated earlier, focused on filling the mdc vacant positions another of my goals and so i will really be trying to focus attention on that as well. there is just a lot happening and everybody has been focused figuring how to solve the massive budget devset. deficit. i renewed focused on that and will be pushing that. okay. so, policy issues on which mod is

active or focused. we are currently in review of recent federal rule-making on disability rights, so includes digital accessibility, that includes access to ssibility as medical diagnostic equipment and--insuring access to sit a ehall for persons with mobility disabilities while the lift at the plaza entran is being replaced. we are focusing on updating our ada grievance program and that includes the creation of a new able better tracking of complaints and resolution. we are focused on updating informational form consistent with roont update to the california building code, and we are also really focused on updating our website, which is i think of date, but also i lik focus withon and assistance on making it more to

individuals. let's see--and alicia currently is working on updating our list of sites for prioritizing plan reviews and e capital funding. okay.then happy news. the san francisco budget and impact as you noted earlier, the council sent a letter to the board of supervisors advocating for the dignity fund to include e full $3 million in this year's budget for 24-25. the mayor did include that in the included.d so that i unfortugénately that won't necessarily result in expanded services, so much as retaining servicess. yeah. so it would be nice, but that is to make up

are dealing with.h no-i llsay where we are in the process for your information as i said we are going through the mayor submitted her budget. we are in the middle of negotiation with the board of supervisors to make sure they don't cut further from what we have submitted. but, so as of now, the $3 million has been included. to the extent individuals want to provide input on the process this coming monday is public comment day at the budget appropriation committee, and individuals wishing to provide input, i believe it city room 250 starting at 10 a.m., there is a overflow room downstairs in the light court in city hall. for more information you are

certainly welcome to reach out to the clerk's office or to our office and we'll get you that information. and of course, it is always televised s fgovtv. f happier things. let's see, so july is disability pride month as you know. july 11th, there will be disability pride celebration event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. hosted by the community living campaign. for more information you can reach out to staff. do we have information about that on the website? >> [indiscernible] we sent out a public announcement about it. >> great. thank you. okay. another you mrs. kaan. the kick off of disability cultural center will be july 12.

next year they aim to coordinate to have the physical center veiled with the 35th anniversary of the ada so exciting news. the isnumber of activities happening, so i believe the link is going to be-it isn't active yet but believe it is disabilityculturalcenter.org. we will put the information on the website. note that. a number of virtual program scheduled, there is night of disability culture, the actual day the kick-off, july 12. cafe crip, july 26. disability portrait day july 27 and super fest family showcase, sounds fun, st 10. we will put some of the information on the website for individuals interested in learning more. let's alliance for disability advocates is beginning to

plan for the 35th anniversary of the ada next july. as is the city. as i indicated i will be looking to you for your advice and council and support identifying initiatives we want to drive leading up to the 35 anniversary. more to come does anybody have any questions? i think i feel i went throuhapp and go over anything again if you like. and that concludes the director's portion of the report. thank yo. now we are taking a 15 minute break. please come back at 15 minutes.

see you guys in 15 minut >> welcome back everybody. my name is alex madrid, the cochair for the mayor's disability council. today is friday. we are going to item number 7, discussion item. next steps in implementation of electric wheelchair charging stations report. presend by deborah kaplan, city and county san francisco, mayor's office

on disability. >> so, as you may recall, in the april mdc meeting, you heard from the san francisco fellows, who had done a project looking into the feasibility of wheelchair charging stations in the city. few slides for you to review what you heard from them in april, and they ma and presented options that were directed at you, the mayor's

some of their slides to just review and remind you of what they found and what their recommendations are and then i'll wind up with some specific questions for your consideration, hoping that by the end of this part of the agenda, we'll have some direction of wh need to go next to this concept closer x5o$to reality. as you recall, several community members submitted requests, say it would really make a big difference in their lives and the options that thing able to be out

in the community to have publicly accessible wheelchair charging stations. and, i think for those of us who use mobility devices, it's no surprise that the devices don't always take you where you want to go and leave you enough electricity to get back to came from. battery life can unpredictable and sometimes i had this happen to me, you go out and only then you realize, oh, it didn't fully charge last night. or, the charge is lower theni thought. so, in order to meet that need and provide for better safety for people with mobility disabilities,

this conct is under consideration. there is one producer of wheelchair charging stations, and it includes a charger and other equipment in order to make it useful for public use, and costs roughly $750 per charging station. doing case study research, fellows found that there have been successful wheelchair charging station in new york, oregon, bellevue washington

and mississippi. smaller jurisdictions then ours, but this idea definitely has proof of concept behind it. thconducted outreach to many ffent san francisco departments. the list includes, mta, the pocommission, the library, department of emergency management, department of homelessness and ing, recreation and parks, department of public health, and also the fellows talked with the office of supervisor melgar. there was a great deal of interest. they also met with alliance of disability advocates and they conducted a survey of th

public and received 82 responses, including 45 people who are electric wheelchair or mobility device users. and what they found from their research is, ed in both indoor and outdoor proposed locations. there is support the initiative widespread throughout the city, and more community outreach would be useful for making sure that all the possible locations are in alignment with the goals of particular projects. éc the key take-away from the

fellows research are that, because interest from several different city departments,ideal to have a lead agency ■cto resolve challenges regarding ownership over instillation and maintenance, and to turn it into a cohesive program, rather then just individual instillations across the tywithout somebody carefully coordinating and monitoring how ■4it is going. there is interest in gislative for support from the board of supervisors.■ [indiscernible] allow for a

broader platform for city departments t participate in. and there is a funding gap, especially during this time when the energy people are putting into budgets is to find ■t money to cut, not looking for ways to add new projects, but several of the programs that exist in smaller jurisdictions made use funding for their programs, so a possibility. and then as i said earlier, indoor locations are preferred due to concerns for user safety, better to

deter vandalism, and higher potential to have staff nearby to provide assistance. outdoor locations are less feasible, however, there are people who want outdoor locations, because they might have a need for charging for recreation where itis an outdoor location or not during business hours. there are concerns that were raised by several people about safety and vandalism as something that needs to taken into account in designing the eventual program. the recommendations tha from the to either have vidual agency implementation, or

multiple agency implementation. individual agencies that expressed interest in the program and taking were the mta, recreation parks and the public library, and age for more discretion and control of the project without having to take into account different ways of doing and different departments different operations and faster just one entity involvedt if it individual department running a project, there is lack of a city wide approach, and some reinventing

the wheel by individual agencies doing the same project themselves, rather then in a coordinated way. a multiple agency implementation strategy would include more departments and establish the possibility of departments in order to expand the network more readily. but it would need a lead agency to oversee the project in terms of funding and maintenance. a weakness of this approach is, there would be more meetings involved

basically d need for more coordination and communication. and then, there were some slides that were in about the specific commitment departments. to the is strongly committed project and has several potential locations to place wheelchair charging stations. recreation and parks is also interested and has several locations at different parks that would be suitable.th particularly intereed in having something at the main branch.

and then, one interesting aspect of the research thwas done was, the llevue washington implementation of the project. they implemented 6 stations and it was done by their office of emergency management for disaster arwheelchair users. francisco department of emergency management could be involved, possibly as a lead agency, but certainly for the emergency management aspect of a project like this. some of thedepartments that are interested in the project anyhow, like the library, are also acting as emergency shelters during

emergencies. pursuing multi-agency implementation could occur under the auspices of the board of supervisors. a 8(public hearing could provid an incentive for collaboration between the different entities involved in the an ordinance or legislation would more longevity and structure for a project. it is not likely during the current funding season that funds wothe. all though, since 6■.the cost o the individual units is not verwoul

possibility of finding money from existing programs. so, the recommendation fellows for furesearch included, looking into additional locations, to understth continuing outreach with city agencies, community based organizations and looking at whether any other jurisdictions that have project. and then putting together a plan with predicted maintenance needs and costs and developing a funding strategy.

so, questions for you. which approach do you prefer? the individual agen implementation, or multiple agency implention?■ should the board of supervisors be asked to hold hearing, and what do you recommend taken next convening a meeting of all interested departments, developm specific project proposal, research into potential funding sources, or other research or other tcnext steps? and that's where we are. >> are you look >> looking for discussion. >> for me, i think--

multiple agency-- so there is no confusion who is doing what. when it comes to funding, i think multiple agencies would be beneficial. --i think i'm very interested in

--public library sit down together and sit down with mod to discuss some kind of short-term and long-term ideas, implementation. i think i want to take this advantage having a-- city administrator, i think it would beneficial to see what the city might do or can do--i think

what will be beneficial. denise. >> thank you cochair madrid. thank you for the presentation, debbie. after reviewing the recommendations i was trying to find a happy medium with all because i'm look ing a legislative perspective getting buy in from city agencies and i know funding is a tabu. grant resources from agencies that may have access to alternative funding. so, i guess if i have to pick one, i would probably think of the

multiple agency buy-in, where you get city departments, as-not speaking for them, just off the top of my head, having conversation and probably already done so, with the department of ncy management an working with ose individual agencies and? taking recommendation into forming a partnership with them and then legislative wise to bring in the board of supervisors or any of city who are interested in this so you have legislative buy-in and funding resource because you said rst possible time during the budget to ask for money, but since the agencies might have other avenues getting some sort of funding, because that will be the g besides getting legislative buy-in is where the money comes from and who will provide it,b and

the agencies can maybe come to agreement with department heads who says who wants to spearhead this once we give input and have a plan in place. those decisions can come later. that is as much as i can think about it at this time. i probably will have more thought later, but thank you. >> patricia. you have any thoughts? >> thank you alex. i agree with denise. i think this should be a multi-agency pursuit. if individual are responsible they are in their own little silo and there should be related to this project, so i would definitely go with e multi-agency plan to

the board of supervisors. it might take a little more time, but sense there is ]not a highly expensive project, it might go a little faster and might be easier to find money when you have all these agencies working together. thank you. >> -- >> say again? >> back to you, debbie. what's your next steps and suggestions to the questions? wh1aat >> i think-i understand what you said alex. i interpret it as, making sure that there's a lead agency, and that department that is

overseeing and managing the nwhole thing. and, i think that's possible with a-and it essential with a multiple agency approach. it is really encouraging that there are so many departments that want to be involved and want to figure out how to and i think you know, another reason for having a multiple agency approach is, that the way that the charging stations operate from a user perspective should be uniform because it is highly confusing if you went to one site and and these were the rules, and you go to another one,d it is a entirely different way to use it.

and so, i think that's just another factor to into account. i think this is also a kind ■■ t because it is really low cost, be possible to implement a very small pilot with one department and work it into a larger project while that's going on in order not to wait until everything is all set in stone. >> possible to have a mod to be the lead and those three

agencies■] part of planning? >> i differ to the interim director. [laughter] >> i'll speak to that. thank you mrs. kaplan. and thank you co i do think at the very least mod does ed to pull the information together with respect to how much it cost, how it is installed, because i don't have enough information to that, but it may be simple as a spreadsheet understanding where these have where the policies shed be and setting uniform kind of guidance and then if we have agencies like the library, understanding where they lrb installed and having regular maintenance and expectation. given the fact they are so low in cost i think it is manageable trying a pilot program.

absolutely, and we happy to pull together some resources, because frankly, aggoing to be willing to implement either unless they have a better understanding of you install them, but what does this all mean. i think that is manageable and something we can try to focus on. >> thank you. >> are there--so, back to the presentation. do you anymore discussion questions? >> no. we haven't yet gotten public comment on this and there may be some, and i think it would be very interesting to hear what people think. >> if you can read that information. >> we'll be happy to. if lecently to ke you joined the webinar using your tablet or smart

phone, webex app, click on the 3 horizontal dot icons and then click on, raise hand. the clerk will recognize you when it is your turn. you may & a feature in webex webinar to make a comment. it is located on the top part of the deo aftetouching the screen. laptop are using a desktop computer, raise hand and question and answer icons are located at the bottom of the video screen. if you joineby phone, please dial star 3 to indicate you like to make a comment. the clerk will let you know when it is your turn and now we have one person waiting her turn. control, please unmute mrs. sheila gunn. >> thank you.

i assume [indiscernible] >> that is correct and you have >> i was laughing very hard when debbie said that bellevue had connected funding to ems. the emergency department, because i was id going to say, i raised my hand to say before she that, that the office of emergency inservices, oes ha a program called, [indiscernible] that's the spanish word for ready, and they orwith cbo's who reach folks who are adversely impacted in emergencies. basically folks with access and functional needs or

disabilities.2e this funding, it is pretty open or can be, and i recommd with that i k not well versed in all things san francisco. i would recommend the senior disability action network and i would also recommend, ilrcsf. i don't know much about [indiscernible], but it would be a i'm certain. i think that other agencies and orgs could get thor fema lated funding, possibly dhs

funding state and federal, but i don't know the if, and and buts about all those things so i guess studying would have to be done, but i would recommend that. i want to actually add public comment at the end of everything, because i agree webex is not accessible. that is for another meeting. that's all for now. ■ >> thank you nt. are there any public comment at this time? ere is another caller. control, please unmute mrs. allison lee. >> hi. are you all able to hear me okay? >> yes, we can. >> great.and working for department of aging and adult services and very fascinated with this topic here. i am attending as a guest. in on it was

mentioned that there are three agencies that were interested in implementing the implementation, which was municipal transit agency, [indiscernible] san francisco public library. i am curious, have any of these agencies started next or planning or anything to get this implementation started? >> not yet. >>kay. is that the plan for that of the [indiscernible] next steps are? >> this is debbie kaplan. well, mod will be working on that and we will definitely make sure

that we bring das into the loop. panel for ernible] on the review a project that received das funding that went to the independent living resource center for emergency wheelchair repair, and so, at is also something to think k with das about whether there is any synergy there. >> thanks so much r update, debbie. >> thank you. >> thank you for your comment.d comment at this time? >> no more callers and i don't see any other persons. >> anything in q & a? >> nope. >> thank you, debbie.

please keep us posted. >> definitely. >> thank you. >> thanu. >> now, we are going toitem number 8. correspondence. do have any correspondence at this time? >> we do not. >> thank you. now, number 9, general public comment. >> let me le check, because i'm waiting for clarification. apparently there is one more i cannot see here. would you please confirm or unmute the person? the person went away.

>> okay. >> thank you. >> should we have a general public comment at this time? >> i'm sorry, there is another person. >> control, please unmute the person. >> me again. so, i'm éhshla nn and i'll say my contact info, it is public anyway, here because i tried to put it in the chat and i could not figure out where the box was. webex t accessible.on the computer as it was my android, but there are much better meeting platforms then this, and i not a accessibility

trained expert in anything, i have just been using the web since 1995 and problematic access needs to happen, especially at places where folks may not be able to get there physically and they want to come virtually and one question i like to know at some point is, how you guys got to manage to let people comment virtually, because [indiscernible] hasn't figured how to do that, which is embarrassing? anyway. so, i put the information in the q & a and had to figure how to choose one person because i wanted to send to all catalyst, apparently couldn't, or maybe i misunderstood the i. webex works, because it is a long paragraph my screen reader has

i wasn't patient enough. the paragraph is about a minute long. so, sheela gunn, and i'm the emergency preparedness coordinator at the cindependent living in berkeley, and my e-mail is sgunn@thecil.org. my phone number is 510-422-5068. i would have happily put it in the chat so everyone can see, but tried and couldn't so, i like to--i heard a lot and glad i

was here and maybe more collaboration in the future, or thoughts or brainstorms or whatever. >> thank you for your comment. >> [indiscernible] >> we will be--oh. debbie kaplan, i just like to say thank you sheila and touch with you, particularly about your specific issues that you had with webex, because hopefully we can pass that on to cisco, and because we have been communicating with them about accessibility and so this would be very useful to us. thank you for your participation in the meeting. >> now, we are going to item 10.

information item.■ comments and announcements from the council. >> none at this time. thank you. >> do you have patricia? >> control. >> sorry. i do, but sorry, i have to agree wit sheela, webex is not particularly user friendly onlineespecially for disabled people and older usually the disabled people who are not computer internet natives. yeah. john has been great help with me today to ring out a problem just for

the , it is a bit difficult. zoom is a lot easier. >> thank you, patricia. for me, i don't have any announcements or comments. now i am going todo the last adjournment. before i do that, i want to give thanks to the interpreter, the public, the staff, and-- i hope we will work together going forward and ;■aw that,

without any objections, we e going to call it adjournment. again, thank you and see you next time. [gavel] [meeting adjourned]

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

i was the victim of a crime when i was in middle school. some kids at recess came around at pe class and cam■e the my watch and physicallyo assaulted me. the officer that helped afterwards went out of his way to check the time to see how i■ was. that is the kind of work, the kind of perspective i like to have in our sheriff's office regardless of circumstance. that influenced me a lot. some of the storefronts have changed. what is mys is that i still see some things that triggerthe bare store is i remember buying shoestrings and getting my dad's old army boots fixed. we would see movies after the first run. my brother and i would go there.

it is nice. if you keep walking down sacramento. the nice think about the city it takes yoují to japan town. that is where my grandparents were brought up. that is the traditional foods or movies. they were able to celebrate the culture in that community. my family also a dry-cleaning business. very hard work. the family grew up with apartments above the business. we have a built-in workforce. 19 had 1 as -- 1941 as soon as that happened the entire community was■z fixed. >> determined to do the job as democracy should with re consideration for the people involved. >> the decision toake every one of japan niece american o

japanese from their homes. family went to the mountains and experienced winter and summer and springs. they tried to make their home a home. the community came together to share. they triedittle things. they created things. i remember my grand mother saying they were very scared. th they also felt the great■k sense of pride. >> japanese. >> my granduncle joined the 442nd. when the opportunity came when the time that was not right.

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

moment it was everyone. it wasn't me looking at the crowd. it was all of us being together. i was standing there:■l■k alone. i felt everyone standing next to me. the only way to describe it. it is not about me. it is from my father. my he was sick. the first person i saw was him. i still sometimes am surprised by the fact i see my name as the sheriff. i am happy to be in t am in to y doing what i am doing now to help the larger comment. when i say want to be especially focused on marginalized communities that have been wronged. coming from my background and my

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

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

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work. i always have an interest in public art. i really believe that art should be available to people for free, in museums.ld be part of our i love that people can just go there, and it is there for everyone. public art is art with a job to do. it is a place where the where the artist takes thelic meaning of voice to its. culture, murals, mosaics, black pieces,■g cut to mental, different types of material. downtown, or the big sculptures you see, we are in the neighborhood. those are some of the most beloved kinds of projects that really give our libraries and recreation centers a sense of

uniqueness, and being specific to that neighborhood. colette test on a number of those projects for its. one of my favorites is the oceanview library, as well as several parks, and the steps. >> mosaics are created with tile that ith or cut in some way, and rearranged to make a pattern. you need to use a tool, nippers, as they are called, to actually shape the tiles of it so you can get them to fit incorrectly. i glued them to mash, and then they are taken, now usually installed by someone who is not me, and they put cement on

the wall, and they pick up the mash with the tiles attached to it, and they stick it to the wall, and then they groped it afterwards. [♪♪♪] >> we had never really seen artwork done on a stairway of the kinds that we were thinking of because our idea was very just barely pictorial, and to have a picture broken up likeret would visually work. so we just took paperdrew what d cut it into strips, and took it down there and taped it to the steps, and stepped back and looked around, and w and figuret would really work visually. [♪♪♪] >> my theme was chinese heights because. and also because mosaic is such

a heavy, dens, static medium, and i always like to try and incorporate movement into its, and i work with theme of water a lot, with wind, withause movements and lightness, so i liked the contrast of making kites■v out of very heavy, hard material. so one side is a dragon kite, and then there are several different kites in the sky with the clouds, and a little rl . [♪♪♪] >> there are pieces that are particularly meaningful to me. during the time that we were working on it, my son was a

disaffected, unhpgh school student. there was a day where i was on the way to take them to school, and he was looking glum, as usual, and so halfway to school, i turned around and said, how about if i tell the school you make tiles it is a little bird. a the work of art is something that develops over time, and if you have memories connected with a place from when you are a child, and you cbaain with the eyes of an , it is a different thing, and is just part of what makes the city an exciting place. [♪♪♪]

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culture and progressive idea our ever changing city and the peopleitas not always this way, women struggled to ■ihave one o their own on their life until 2021. it would not be until 32 years later that the mex women clarissa mcman served in the board of supervisors. since then women have continued to make significant contributions to the board of supervisors. so who are these women? and what impact have they made with their time on the board. >> tobe honest it came as a surprise when i became as supervisor. i was working as a deputy director in the yo]r's office and there were some challenges with the then supervisor mayor gavin newsom at the time removed that supervisor from office. i was asked to serve on the role. it was a i got into public service

because i really believe that government is a place where you can create opportunities and level the playing field. >> madam clerk, would you please call the roll. >> i was on the board of supervisors from 2001 to 20111. i have been involved in working my community, there was scheduling to be ■a redevelopment area plan and as african americans we knew that meant, that was usually a removal of certain kinds of people. so because fs path, there had to be a committee formed of all community. everybody had to be involved in this committee and there were certain rules and regulations and we had to get neighbors to vote for us and so we did that and i did that, and i won the seat on that committee and that kind of started everything. >> supervisor kristenson. >> i ink having won supervisors legislative bodies all around the country have meant that some of the issues that have

traditionally called misan fran the rest of the country here is very behind and i think that you know, many mothers, they don't have a choice ab,aout ret work or not. >> having individuals who are women in all of these places helps to create, a more rich dialogue oun choices actually mean and what the impact to people and family and lives would be. so sing having women on the board here in the city has been impactful in that way. >> supervisor kim, kim presentation. >> democracy is about representation, how can you leave off over half of the population. a lot of women are not just taking care of children but taking care of parents and working so all of those life's experiences are part now of our policies of our city policies and throughout the country >> supervir >> breed present. >> supervisor maxwell. >> we saw two of san francisco

female mayor having originated from the board of supervisors as well. that's where people are seen as leaders and get exposure and have the influence to influence policy. i thinit's important to see ourselves in that. >> supervisor cohen. cohen present. >>s championed rent control. contracts for black women, women of color and small businesses, he will a was really really special, she was really who motivated me. she worked for the lawu, she was a switch board and then founded an organization cofounded with somebody called congress of racial equity core. so the lin she came with s about equity, about young

women, seniat-risk youth having jobs. it was about more police guided their legacy. >> supervisor elliot. >> when you think about the legislative and women legislatures, i think the tendency is to find a women issue would otherwise won be covered. but so many of our legislatures women included have touched on so many et it's important to be seen through your life experiences how you identify and for a young girls, i think having women on the board is important usthat you actually changed seat yourself in that power of decision. >> that concludes business for today. >> there was one where the fellows, at t time, they were arguing and i was the only women and only african-american, and i'm sitting there, thinking oh my god, it's a room full of people

because it's a board day and i'm thinking, what can i say to stop this.me the words, gentlemen, let us be about the people of business. and of course all the people started clapping. and they had to do what? they had to act like gentleman, that one for me, showed the importance of having women, having the importance of having african-americans and the african-american women.■w >> to the women of the board, past, present and for your stre francisco for the better. let's continue to make history.

[♪♪♪] >> i just don't know that you can find where you can hear musc stands and take a ride on the low rider down the stet. it is an experience that you can't have anywhere else in san francisco. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> district nine is a in the southeast portion of the city. we have four neighborhoods that i represent. st. mary's park has a complely unique architecture. very distinct feel, and it is a very close to■ hoy park which

is another beautiful park in san francisco1l. the bernal heights district is unique in that we have the hell which has one of the best views in all of san francisco. there i a tree at the top. it is as if you are swinging there are two unique aspects. is considered the fourth chinatown in san francisco. sixty% of the residents are of■< chinese ancestry. the second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. there is a lot of urban agriculture and it was where ofe flowers. not only for san francisco but for the region. and of course, it is the location in mclaren park which is the city's second biggest park after golden gate. many people don't know the neighborhood in the first place if they haven't been there. we call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. every neighborhood in district ins a very special aspect.

where we are right now is the mission district. the mission district is a very special part of our city. you smell the tacos athe [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. they have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. and then you walk further down and you have sunrise café. it is a plac that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is and how yon help and support your community. >> twenty-fourth street is the birthplace of the movement. we have over 620 murals. it is the largest outdoor public gallery in the country and possibly the world. >> you can find so much political engagement park next to so much incredible art. it's another reason why we think this is a cultural district that we must preserve. [♪♪♪]

>> it was formed in 2014. we had been an organization that had been around for over 20 years. we worked a in the neighborhood around life issues. most recently, in 2012, there were issues around gentrification in the neighborhood. so the idea of forming the cultural district was to help preserve the history and the culture that is in this neighborhood for the future of families and generations.■ the 0 latino residents in the ssion district have been displaced from their community. we all know that cost of living in san francisco has led to many people being displaced. lower and middle income all over theit there is richness in this neighborhood that i also mentioned the fact it is flat and so accessible by trip public transportation, has, has made it very popular.

>> it's a struggle for us right now, you know, when you get a lot of development coming to an area, a lot of new people coming to the area with different sets of values and different culture. er is a lot of struggle between the existing community and the newness coming in. there are some things that we do to try to slow it down so it doesn't completely erase the communities. we try to have developments that is more in tune with the community and more equitable development in the area. >> you need to meet with and gain the support and find out the needs of the neighborhoods. the people on the businesses that came before you. you need to dialogue and shoandg in the new, without dispcing the old. [♪♪♪] >> i hope we can reset a lot of the mission that we have lost in the last 20 years. so we will be bringing in a lot of folks into the neighborhoods pick when we do that, there is a

demand or, younow, certain pesf services that pertain more to the local community and working-class. >> back in the day, we looked at mission street, and now it does not look and feel anything this is the last stand of the and cuisine and people., we created a cultural district to do our best to conserve that feeling. that is what makes our city so mo makes us the envy of the world. we have these unique neighrh with so much cultural presence and learnings, that we want to preserve. [♪♪♪]

>> good morning. the meeting uby$will come order. welcome to july 18, 2024 regular meeting of the government audit oversight committee of the san francisco board of supervisor. i'm supervisor preston, chair. joined by supervisor connie chan, and supervisor joel engardio, who is visiting with the committee l w receive the official memo to appoint him to be able to vote with us today, so thank you supervisor engardio for being here today. our clerk is monique crayton and thanks to sfgovtv for