you don't fuck around. you went to the rigo the rally. why? why were you literally tell me that in here? i've been after you for weeks. yeah morning everyone. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the july 22nd, 24th regular meeting of the ruleaí, chair of the rules committee. i'm joined by and our and supervisor, aaron peskin. the clerk is victor young. i'd also like to thank eugene labbadia at broadcasting this meeting have any announcements this morning, yes. public comment will be takenen

your item of interest comes up and public comment is caxtlled please line up to speak. alternatively, you may submit public comment in writing in either of the following ways. email them to myself. the rules committee clerk at-c-t-o-r-y o young at sfgov. org. if you su comment via email it will be forwarded to the as part of the file. you may also send your written commentsice in city hall. when doctor carletonia 94102. please make sure to silenc cell phones and electronic devices items acted upon today are expected to appear on the board of supervisors agenda on july 30th unless otherwise stated. that. thank you, mr. clerk. please call item number one. item number one is a charter amendment. their draft to the city and county of san francisco to change the age factor percentage for benefit calculations such that persons who have or will become members of the fire department on and after january 7th, 2012, reach a higher age

t which persons who have or will become department on and after january 7th, 2012, reached the highest age factor percentage and election to be held on request that this matter be sent out as a don't think there's any more presentations this morning.think a lot of was discussed in committee last week. i'm just going to open it up straight for public comment. mr. clerk. yes, members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up to speak. at this time. minutes. there will be a soft chime when you have 30s left and a louder chime when your time has expired. what's the time? two minutes, two minutes. a lot of time, folks. i want to talk to the public directly here what happened here? first of all, i'm here this morning to defend supervisor ronen, who the right decision. i like to pause your time and interrupt you. i beg your pardon? any political activities arenot advocate

or speak against any candidate or ballot measure. we are speaking on this ballot measure but you cannot speak against a specific supervisor. during this meeting i was supporting the supervisor on this ballot measure you can speak one and hardcore hardcore here. in your old age, the let me try it again. okay. i would love to see the c firefighters get all kinds of money, and but the problem is, i don't want to see them to get it on the backs of the crippled, blind and crazy. and that's what they're doing here. they had a consultant came to them, and the consultant said, hey, what thet this year? we can get you anything because everybody's running for higher office or to to their own office. i'll get you, aaron. i'll get the board of supervisors to support this. i'll get you the most liberal asian to support this because they're running for something. and they can't afford to say no. but again i'me2a all for giving more money to safety

services, but not on the back of crippled, blind and crazy. then the cops said, we'll program back and said, why not make it five years instead of three? and the firefighters said we want to retire thr at all. well, how about you refigure our pensions, so that we only have to get invested for, for, for ?the last year we'll get the money for that. no problem at all. all. we'll move in three. you'll be the one in the city. these items are ridiculous on their face. and the fact that they're. thank you very much, victor. thank you. next speaker. good morning, supervisors. my name is floyd rollins. i'm president of the san francisco firefighters, local 798, i want to just rise to say thank you again for all of the work that has been done very important to our members and very important to what we have identified as the killer of firefighters in this country. so, you know, we

you for all of the work and all gone back and forth. you know, i can't expss how important this is to all of our members, to the health and well-being of the fire service as a whole. so it's greatly appreciated as the work does and i just have to rise to say thank you for all of continue to do to help make the city better and help make our health and well-being of the workforce.. any more individuals want to comment on this item? seeing none public comment is closed, before i hand it over to president peskin, i just want to say that updated report from the comptroller, given the current am made. and so in ff the first year of this charter amendment would be a 3.7 million. so this is something that startedn a year. want to thank the firefightl 798 and supervisor stephanie's office for their leadership on this. getting this to a point where it is

hings that was left just want to underscore it, is the amount of money the in for cancer, and that's a cost to the city. so in some ways there'sng to be some savings in the long run, and as i said that i was not aware of even being on this body for the eight years. so the amount of cancer exposure being the number death for firefighters is unacceptable. and we need to be doing everything we can to fight this. as they're putting themselves in harm's way. so i'm 100% supportive of this charter amendment. i think it's the right thing at this moment when we're trying to save lives.r÷ and i can tell you as someone that's 51 years old i couldn't imagine carryingjb around 50 pounds of weight running into a burning fire for another seven years of my life. so i just want to say 55 seems about the right age for individuals have the right to

retire and retire with dignity and have their body and health and mind in order without having to experience cancer. president peskin, thank you. supervisor safaí, you're you saidt+ pretty much what i was going to say,to actually thank the members ofupervisor ronen, for doing precisely what the rules committee should do which is to take a piece of legislation, negotiate and compromise. and i think all of those amendments that this committee made did justand the product that is before us as supervisor safaí said, fiscal sense. it makes policy sense, it makesse. and ultimately i believe in out years is actually going to save the city money. so with that, i am prepared to vote to for this measure to the and then finally, let me just say a word about, my experience on the board of

supervisors and former board president matt gonzalez called me, it has been the decadesce of the rules committee to forward ballot measures to the full board for the entire board of supervisors to decide they have come with recommendations of do not pass. they have com recommendations to pass it. they have come with no recommen the sacred act of determining whether charter amendment or a general obligation bond should go to the ballot is really an obligation of the full boardldn't be bottled up in committee. the committee is here to take public comment, to make the amendments that committee made, but ultimately to leave the whether or not to put it on the ballot to the full board of supervisors. and that's been the case as long as i've been around which is now pretty much a quarter of a century. so, i'm, i'm glad that things are getting

to the full board, as am i, but my tongue after your comment there because i had a charter amendment in the past that we can talk about later. anyway, if you can call the roll, mr. clark, and we want and i want to make a motion to send this item to the full board with a positive recommendation as a committee report. to recommend as a committee report t supervisors. vice chair walton walton i president. peskin i, peskin i chair safaí i safaí i the objection. please call number two. item number two is a motion ordering submitted to the voters at an election to be held on november 5th, 2024. an ordinance amending the administrative code to establish a first responders student loan forgiveness fund for the purpose of paying outstanding student loans and job related education nal and training expenses incurred while employed by the city. for employees who are sworn members of the police

or sheriff's department. paramedics registered nurses or 911 dispatchers, superviso coordinators. thank you, mr. clark, this is my item. so i'm just going to say a few words real quick. first, i want to thank my lead co-sponsor on this item, this initiative ordinance would amend the administrative code to establish a first responder student loan forgiveness and ongoing education fund. we allion we face. we've talked about it a lot atvisors. staffing shortages in critical positions, especially first responders. 911 dispatchers paramedics and emts, police officers, firefighters nurses and deputy sheriffs. and our public safety and health care ecosystem are severely strained. because of this, we need creative incentives to prevent aic breaking point and ensure that we can attract and retain excellent, qualified candidates to serve our city's public safety ecosystem. so this fund would provide real financial relief by covering students out student

loan debt and job related educational who are sworn members of the police department, fire department, sheriff's department paramedics, emts, registered nurses andb= 911 dispatchers. both supervisors and coordinators. these are allt on every single day, and we must prioritize proper staffing levels, to qualify, an applicant would n goal is to build up this fund to 25 million andup to $25,000, perthe bottom line is we must respond, first responders, and we must support our first responders. and i think this is a posit retain that we need to get back to basic critical ecosystem. and, and i just want to say the reason we're putting this on the ballot today is we've put forward other administrative code changes and funds, that mayor has ignored. and i want to make the opportunity

for our citizens of san francisco our reside in directly and declare this a mandate very similar to what we did with prop i, very similar to what we$íery directly, that the voters will would be that we would create this and we would have a mandate to follow through. and so whoever the next mayor will be, we would want them top priority. since we've passed the budget season. now so wi, thank you. supervisor safaí, so i am prepared to offer this to the full board of supervisors to vote on, but i have, a long held policy that the ballot be used only for things where the ballot is required, where we don't have the ability to pass a law. so to go to the ballot because only the voters can change the charter. general obligation bonds need to go to the ballot because only

the voters can pass a general obligation bond. but initiative ordinances are what we do i support this legislation. but we could pass it of supervisors. it doesn't need to go to the ballot. this?uf is an ordinance, and i think you have the support to pass board of supervisors. and it doesn't need to be an appendage to the ballot where we could just be doing our jobs right here. thank you. supervisor walton. thank you so much. chair safaí. and just want to say that i am, excited to support this. i thin saw the federal government step up for a lot ofs and communities across the country to make sure that we could forgive is something that really keeps a lot of our our working families from being able to get ahead and be successful. and so i appreciate us being able to do something at the local level first responders. and i look forward to supporting moving this to the you, mr. clark, can you open up thisr public comment if there is any

yes. members of the public who wish t o speak on this item should line up to speak at this time. each speaker will be allowed two minutes. there'll be a soft chime when you have seconds left and a louder chime when your time has expired. are there any members of the public who would like to provide public comment on this matter? i do not see any speakers at this time. great. i close public supervisor, i would only had this come with a funding mechanism like proposition i, a new source of funds, or with a set aside which would require a charter amendment, it would need to go to the ballot. but this is a just creating a fund without a source of fundinthat fund. so again, i think this is something that we could do any tuesday afternoon at the board of supervisors. thank you supervisor peskin. i'll certainly didn't want to overload the ballot with any given the amount of charter amendments that are coming that have to do with 911 call operators and nurses and our

firefighters and others, we don't want there to be any confusion in that regard and know that 100, this can be taken care of but we wanted a mandate from the voters so i appreciate that. thank you, so i'd like to make a motion to send this item to the full board with positive recommendation. yes. on that motion, vice chair walton a walton i, president peskin. no peskin. no chair. safaí i thank youfaí i the motion passes with president peskin dissenting in committee. please call th. yes. hearing to consider appointing one member term ending november 30th, 2024 to the ballot simplification committee. we have one seat, one applicant, pamela troy. seat one.ñ5 is pamela heread÷t? oh i don't one moment. let me double check>ñ. a response

to my request to extend. okayin somewhat of a bind in terms of time. maybe we can sk this item and call the next item. we'll come back to this one. do you know anything about this? i do not, but i process works with, with the ballot simplification, with the insofar as this has to be a nominee of the national academy of television arts and sciences, thatdon't really have a choice, and we do have the committee coming up. so i don't think wef it. no, no, i know 100. i just wanted to give her was on her way to, to speak. so we can come back to this item, i. what did you say? sounds good. yeah. okay. if you can, please call. item four. yeah.

okay. yeah. let's go. item number four. item number four is a hearing to consider a ending june 1st, 2026 to the reentry seats and 18 applicants. thank you mr. clerk. i think we give people the opportunity to come present themselves, and then we can take it one by one. so do you have the order, yes. we can list on the agenda if we can. if i can call taylor james i'd like to request iir is acceptable to trying to limit your comments to approximately two minutes. if possible name is tyler james hart senior. i am both a formerly incarcerated individual and a productive and contributing member of my community of napa county, california. the know the northernmost countyn the san francisco bay area. i'm grateful to speak before this committee toda to highlight the reasons why i should be appointed to seat one for the city and county of san francisco, california. iecutive years

in the california department of corrections and rehabilitation from the age of 19 until the age of 29, for the crime of second degree attempted robbery. i was a first time offender at the time of my conviction, and have had no subsequent convictions since my release seven years ago. this september, i will tell you now that i'm a survivor in life as a victim despite the ten years i spent incarcerated in our state's prison system at the time of my arrest, i was a product of my poor judgment. of course, but also that of intergenerational trauma and physical abuse, as well as substance abuse related issues factors. most 19 year olds have no conception of. i know i certainly didn't at that time release, i have earned a bachelor's degree in sociology with an emphasis policy from the california state university, chico, where i'm currently completing my master of business administration in health care management. additionally, since my release, i have worked extensively, returning(÷ inside local jails and prisons providing trauma informed and

evidence based reentry and rehabilitative services. in my local jail in juvenile hall i well as inside the cdcr at san quentin state prison, cmf andacaville mule creek state prison in ione california, and at solano vacaville california. i have developed and overseenations across napa, solano and sonoma counties. i have overseen diversion programing for at risk youth funded by the napa county district attorney's office, and i currently sit on the juvenile justicecoordinating council. sb 823 subcommittee for napa county. myro the director of operations for an 80 bed behavioral health treatment in napa, california. in the interest of time i will conclude have successfully navigated reentering my community and have helped hundr individuals to do the same. i believe that t decisions made on this council will not only affect the city and county of san francisco, but also our entire state. i lasting and meaningful change is going to happen for our community the reentry and justice reform space, this is where that will begin. thank you. thank you. questions from. the

project. thank you, next on the applicants list is jeremiah anthony davis. present in the room at this time? there is no moving on. the next on the list is. rahsaan thomas.kay. next on the list is tabora morris. morning. my name is tabora morris, and i'm going for seats two, three and four. that guy who just applied for seat one, i he's moried than i am, let's see here, one of the things that i wanted to bring up

is i like to thank thank you guys for being opportunity to possibly serve on the reentry council, if given this opportunity, i will use myself as an example ofmñ has been working, and what also needs help. and since my incarceration, during my incarceration, i've been from the first day working on my reentry back into society. and to me, basically that's when the first stepsbegins. one of the things about living in cities is that i've had the privilege of, fortunately to have heard from and areas and the resources that they had available to them versus what we have available in san francisco. and i was my input to various individuals based ond@ the information that i had, i can attest to even with all the resources that that we have to offer, there still areuñ er necessities that wasn't and currently are still not available through some of the reentry programs that i have experienced personally, let's see, for seat two, i have

an expertise in providingñ+y services for individuals exiting the criminal justice system by my sharing of resources and information. personal knowledge and also research. and for individuals that i previously that i actually know and others that i across, for seat three, i was, i have been recently custody in march of this year. so for there. and, seat four. unfortunately, i've had multiple prison terms and that would be my qualications for the fourth one in itself. let's see. currently, i'm enrolled in the community health care worker program over at city college. and in that also i'm working on journalism two, i like to help any way possible that i can with if it's used for helping people i like to participate that and actually get an opportunity to do so. all right. thank you. next on the list o speakers is

tyler john charlton. i'm moving on to the next speaker anthony party. good morning, m is anthony party. i am a returning citizen, just getting done doing, 11 years in federal prison. so that qualifies me for, seat number four, i've been times. so i have experience the troubles that those who are in and have. and so i've also, during my incarceration, equipped myself with tools that would allow me to actually prosper in a manner in which i am now, i've been out of prison for so, i am i still know what the bunk feels like, and i still know what the food tastes like. and so therefore, i have aate to those

who have suffered those particular consequences that, of course they put on themselves, i am the president of barksdale incorporated, which is a publishing company, and we you know, utilize social reform. and we work with inmates andsemerly incarcerated to give them tools and skills that will ultimately help, one of the things that is financial literacy, which is something that i teach0d. d a curriculum that i believe can be utilized on this committee to help individuals further prosper, i have also worked with an organization called returningit works very closely with the san francisco public library, i've done speaking engagements all over california, in my time being out, i've spoken at chico state. i've worked with job corps, helping the youth there to be able to elevate their themselves educatih#onally. and so

i believe that i am definitely qualified tools that i have to bring to this committee to ultimately help those return to society. thank you. thank you the list of speakers is billy hong lee. hi. good morning. ex. hi. good morning everyone. my name is billy. i am currently applying for seats one, two and four. so for c i identify as a survivor of violence or crime. and yes, i for, providing services to individual individuals ee criminal justice system. so i've been out for two during my two years, of after incarceration, i have been pursuing my higher education. i am currently attending san francisco state university, where i am a research assistant for a organization called project rebound, understand the influence of higher education not only with recidivism but also how the formerly incarcerated reconnects

back into y with loved ones and the impact they may have to their community. looking beyond the numbers and diving into the humans that the statistics represent, for c four, i have multiple incarceration times. i was incarcerated first at in 2008 when i first turned 18 and then my second term was in 2014, where i spent ten i've been out, i have worked very closely with people experiencing homelessness because i believe that to not recidivating is having a place to live. so i was the department of homelessness and supportive housing as a brown fellow, during that time, i learned so much, so much on how to help people not slip through the cracks. andouse manager with the bayview hunters point foundation for community improveme closely with people who are experiencing families, who are experiencing homelessness, i have a passion for helping people who are reentering society. i believe that compassion abilit accountability, you know, a lot of us were to become successful

as positive members of society. and now thattools, especially during my incarceration, where i was part to transition back into society. i would like to helptransition back into society in a positive way. i have a very strong mind where i'm always trying to think of solutions, you know, solution, solution solutions. no there are a lot of problems out here. and through the reentry council that's what i'm trying to learn. i'm trying to figure out all the problems out here use my skill set to help others who are transitioning back into society so that we can help people who really want to live positively and try to the stigma that has with people who are incarcerated. thank you thank you. we'll call you back up iny questions please call the next person. yes. next on the lac lee creswell. isaac lee creswell. i'm moving on to the next speaker is lorenzo juan castaneda. next next. good

morning. good morning. oh he's i'm right here. oh good. perfect, good morning y'all. how y'all doing? so, my name is lorenzo. i'm a native out muwekma ohlone. this is, my family's been here generations and, ever since i was, 8 or 9 years old. i've been incarcerated, off and on. i got 17 years behind the wall. my addiction and criminality for a little over 29 years. so i know what it's like to transition and to reenter society, reenter back in the community. i'm applying for seat one. seat two, and seat four. and, i qualify. i qualified all the way around. i, right now, i stabilization

center, i'm working on a and i'm also, i going on three years now, so i discharged, probation. parole. i've been many institutions up and down california and instead of doing it consecutivetoe multiple times. multiple terms, multiple violations. so i know exactly firsthand i have insight information on how to really help the people. and i don't, strong opinions or biasness against, harm reduction. i feel like it's not working right would bring to the table is something that works. thank you. thank you, next speaker is lucas cruz. hi, everybody. my name is

lucas cruz. i'm originally from berk. i've been homeless on the streets of san meth since the age of 16. i've been to in and out of jails and programs highly reputable. yet were unsuccessful. and after a long stride, i'm now a graduate of young adult court. i've beenr for almost four years now currently attending the academy of art university, wheresign and i'm currently employed by positive directions equals change we practice peer advisory and push a really strong line y population. after participating in working underneath the reentry umbrella. i've come to understand that when we provide resources for people and create systems, we begin to organize the naturalarned that the focus is not only the justice involved individuals, but also surrounding context and community around them. i believe'x

that through a collaborative process, not in an attempt t the next big thing, but simply doing what makes sense to us. we can facilitate a form of recovery for everyone and a sense ofá2 freedom for all. thank you nick. next speaker. next sll. okay. hi. my name is michelle maxwell, and i am a formerly incarcerated student at ucy. right now i'm applying for seats one and four, i, i began i began my inc still a juvenile. that was how it began. and i was , i had a lot of trauma in my life and, some addiction issues, and, i have been was a victim of violent crime and witnessed crime in my family, until i left atge of 15 and came here

to san francisco, i did my first prison term when i was 23, and my final p was 41, and that years. i've been out for three years, and since i've been out i have, i'm close to getting my bachelor's degree at the university of california and i work now with homeless individuals, in a shelter family shelter. i have regained custody of my d parental rights to while i was incarcerated. sorry. and, i am here because i think that women have a unique set of issues that they face in reentry. and i would like us to have a voice in this council. i am lot of experience with a successful reentry. and i have i have been

i'm still continuing to, advance and progress, and i just feel like i can contribute a lot to this council. and i hope that i . thank you. any qutee? okay. please call the next person the next speaker is jonah pulido. my name is joanna pulido. i'm applying for seats one, three and four of the reentry council. prior to incarceration, i service in supervisory and managerial roles. i also worked as an analyst in charge of public records for the state of california labor commissioner's office and cal osha respectively. i also taught sunday20 years. things took a turn for things seat one, i formein francisco

county and am a survivor of domestic violence and assault for seat three. i was just recently released from san francisco county last year on january 31st, 2023. the reentry services through citywide at the castle, specifically, was the main source of@s support for my transition into the community for seat four, i have served multiple terms of incarceration over the course five years, two counties in california, one in nevada, and a state prison term in florida. currently, i work as a peer counselor with rams at the community justice service center. it is my firm belief thery starts from behind the walls of incarceration. i hope that the reentry council can help to put programs inat are accessible in the right places at the right times, to help#z sto revolving door of recidivism. i hope to be a role, a voice for

those that haven't found theirs that are hidden behind been justice involved. thank you. thank you, next, speakers is emilio bustamante. good morning. members of the board of supervisors. my name is emilio bustamante, and i'm honored here to honored to stand here and express my interest and qualifications in becoming a member of the reentry council in seats 2 or 4 as an incarcerated individual who's personally experienced the challenges of reintegrating into society, i believe i bring anique perspective and understanding to the tableservice specifically in creating equity within the criminal justice system, has further deepened my commitment to advocating to fair and just policies. i'm excited about working towards collaborative, creative, and

successful reentry programs in san francisco, because i know that this county has served as a model for reentry in since the changes first brought by adult realignment i'm not a resident of san francisc for the prison law office in berkeley, and i'm various legal firms or organizations in the for eight years.includes a master's degree in public policy and a bachelor's in economics. i believe that when coupled with my employment history, i'm well equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to analyze legislative issues and d solutions. and i believe that by:c leveraging my personal experiences education and expertise, i can contribute meaningfully to the council's underlying missions. i'm also ready to work and collaborate with stakeholders and policymakers and policies that promote rehabilitation and reduce recidivism. and that bell, i think, is the limit. right. so thank you for your consideration/$. thank you. our

next speaker is james lawrence logan jr. james logan, are you present at today's m next speaker. erin mccall is unable to attend today's meeting. next speaker is jamie harrison. sutter. good morning. my name is jay sutter and i am seeking appointment to or 4. i'm a formerly incarcerated member of this community and a recovering addict, i spent five years addicted to crack cocaine andsustained over 25 arrests, over a five year perin june of 2021 and have since worked as a reentry employment specialist here in san francisco, and i've helped 00 employment here in san francisco. we're here today for several profound reasons. most importantly, we are here to create measurable outcomes for those exiting incarceration in an effort to reduce and prevent

recidivism. recidivism is not an issue that exists in a vacuum. recidivism creates more victims. it creates additional casualties of addiction, property, crime, and violence. if we want to reduce recidivism in our communities we have to find innovative and culturally responsive ways to empower those people most likely to recidivate. that would be me and other members that are my first priority as a seated member of this coun current employment based fair chance policy in the city ando. while the ordinance effectively bans the box and prevents employers from inquiring about a candidate's criminal history prior to a job offer, and furthermore mandates that employers notify of a candidate of the right to appeal upon adverse action. there is no mandate made upon employers to actually respond to the appeal. without this response. mandate. an appeal can and often does go ignored. the lack of a response mandate undermines the entire ordinance as a candidate's rightnless we can ensure that employer acknowledges, reads, considers, and replies in

writing to any appeal made by a job candidate in a reasonable time frame. examples of a response mandate exist in legislation and policies adopted at other california. in los angeles county, employers are required to five days to a candidate's appeal against a notice of adverse actionetailed written assessment, a mandate that provides a foundation fodidate and an employer, greatly increasing the chance of a fair chance hiring, practice and reentry employment. i implore the city and county of san francisco to adopt an ordinance of similar integrity as we should be theea bof reentry employment, given our reputation as the world's most progressive and compassionate community.6nbñ; thank you. thank you, the next is rodney rice. rodney rice, next on the speaker list is, david moroff.lo, board members. thanks for having us

hereoday, i'm speaking on behalf of seat six, which is not for me, but agency, the san francisco pretrial diversion project. wertunity to serve on the reentry council sa is a nonprofit, community based organization that servesnty jail. we serve approximately 5000 people a year, through our judicial services, diversion case management, and or teams. and we're really excited to be part of this council t perspective to the organizations involved, in addition to the work we do on a we've been doing for 50 years, we've really ng the jail with programs like out of county treatment that are covered outside of medicare, to get people support outside the environments and where they've exposed to addiction and mental illness, stabilization housing so that when people do come out of jail they have an opportunity to rest get connected to our services. we have a team of peer navigators we've built to work in the streets in the community to are

and get them connected to services, enhanced care management team that's now able to do full person care through medi-cal billing, we've added additional clinicians, and we're also about to open a new office space, which we're calling the justice equity, equity and healing center, to provide more opportunities for under one roof and bring in new partners to the space. so weu really appreciate your consideration for our seat on the council. be serving when i'm not available is joanna he strategic partnerships, joanna has a loved one in the san francisco county jail and has alsoed in the community for many years in working in this field. so thank you thank you. are there any applicants listed today who have not yet spoken speakers? who is the applicant to this body who has not yet spoken? i believe we have all of the licants have spoken who are present. any members of the pk on this item? members

of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up to speak. at this time, each speaker will be allow there does not appear to be any public. peskin. thank you. chair safaí and supervisor walton and particular thanks to all of the applicants, all of whom i say this there's seats on the reentry council. i'm always impressed people with lived experiences who capacity and make things better and advise once. and i always say, i want tor point all of you, but having said that, we can only appoint five of you, and i just wanted to share with my colleagues what my tho as to how to go about that. obviously, having diversity of gender, is part ofñ! that. the other thing is t, if we can, to

emphasize and appoint folks who live in san francisco county, so that i just out to my colleagues. i know we have a bunch of tough choices but that's kind of the way i start thinking about this. and i'm happy to make suggestions, but we'll defer to my friends on this panel. supervisor walton thank you so much, chair safaí. and i too, just one want to thank everyone who submitted an application to serve, we do truly appreciate everyone wanting to step important council. and so just want to thank all of you for as president, peskin stated, obviously, we have here. you know i definitely like, hearing from all of you and hearing about your experiences and know and understand)5, that you are qualified to, to be in these seats. and so i want you to know that if for some reahosen, obviously there are a lot of opportunities to serve here just

want to encourage you, of course, to continue.submit your names to continue to stay involved, because one day something might open up that is exactly for you, and the timing may be may be appropriate. and i also, am again pleased to see so many applicants and excited abou that you want to serve here in san francisco. but like supervisor peskin certainly, do showlks who live in san francisco for several different reasons. butte, that we appreciate all of you and we have a tough decision to make. thank you. yeah i can only imagine it's not easycome and share your personal experiences, but when you, it makes the whole community stronger. so really t thank you all for your courage to coming out and sharing your persore said, if we could, we would put every sin body, but we do have to defer to san francisco residents. and so that's part of our part of our

task here. so i t(áhink i think based on what we've heard, give given the breadth of experience and by the way, many of the people that came here today, their turning themselves around, their education, has been absolutely extraordinary. and i just want to thank you all for that, so what i would like to do is i'd like to move to put billy hong lee in seat number one, anthony party and seat number two, joe,na pulido and seat number three. andzo castaneda and seat number four. and theneat number six. that sound good. and again, anyone that was not included, please don't take this in any way as ato your experience. given the circumstances, it's just, we're trying to choose san francisco residents first and keep com involved. and i just want to say, for those of

you that talked about harm reduction versus abstinence based and the work with positive directions and some of the other organizations, i've had the good fortune of working with one of the loudest voices, along with my colleague here, supervisor walton, to push forward some abstinence based sober living and recovery mod alternative sentencing, so please keep advocating for that we do need a whole spectrum. harm reduction is important for those that that can't move toward abstinence basedhe opportunity to get access to methadone, in a more effective way, not having to wait. i know we're moving the assemblyman hall to have more access, which will speed up recovery and access to recovery. so we have to balance it out. and perspectives that were brought here today. and please do keep doing the great work advocating for these, this community. so if i can have a motion, yes. just to confirm the it will be recommended with,

billy lee to seat one. anthony party to seat two. joanna pulido juan castaneda to seat four. and david moroff to seat six. yes, on that motion, vice chair a walton i president. peskin i chair safaí i safaí i that motion passes without objection. thank you can we go back to item number three, see if. number three is the hearing to consider appointing one member term ending november 30th 2024 to the ballot simplification committee. we have one seat, one applicant, pamela troy. yes she is. yay bye, everyone. thank you. thanksor coming out today. thank you, thank you. we'll just wait one second. just let people file outnx. please proceed. hi. my nameçat@ is pamela

troy. i'm retired. i am applying for appointment to the ballot simplification committee. i will my i have a background in writing that covers both, some journalism have worked both in the corporate and the nonprofit sphere as a, as a writer who, you know8 with an emphasis on being succinct and clear, i consider the first duty of a writer keenly interested in the.< ballot simplification committee. i apologize for not being present because i was at the committee meeting and was very interested in what was going on, and would like very much to serve. i dnúo background in volunteering for election related, doing election related volunteer work. this includes, as traveling to new orleans to work as a poll watcher hat presidential election, and i feel very

strongly about the need for a above all lucid election process. great. any questions from committee members? enjoy yourself. it is a it is a lot of. and i just want to say with the history of san francisco and to learn about the mechanics institute. yes it's a wonderful institution. and it was for out of out of work gold miners. that's interesting. it's, you know going strong so far. i hope it will continue.e retired, but i've maintained my ties. maybe they can make space for some out of work supervisors. we would. we would welcome them. very definitely. all right. thank you. any members of the public wish to comment on this item? seeing none public comment to make a motion to send this to the full board with a positive recommendation on the occasion of the 170th anniversary of the mechanics institute. i support that there you go, chair safaí

just to clarify, this is a motionappoint pamela troy to seat one for the ballot simplification committee. there is a this be sent out as committee report? yes, as a committee report. as a committee report. vice chair. walton, a walton. i president. peskin i i safaí i the motion passes without objection. thank you. thank you for your service. thank you sir, please call item number five. item number five is a motion approving rejecting the mayor's nomination for the reappointment of jose lopez to the board of appeals for a four year ter28. there is a request that this matter be sent mmittee report. great. so you have a couple minutes to say something about yourself. thank you. lopez seeking reappointment to the board of appeals. i first moved to san francisco in 2007, currentl in the outer richmond. for several years in the bayview and the

mission districts of districts ten and nine, as a child of mexican immigrants, i have a deep value for making the city accessible to folks from all backgrounds. that the board of appeals has been successful at that in the time that i've served including during , we've been able to to, to really get a lot of public input to decide matters them in a timely manner. so that folks n lives and their business, i'm currently serving as the president of the board of appeals, one of the initiativese taken upon myself is to update our website to provide some more resources that are particular help to folks who appear before us withoutsistance of counsel and so i think that reflects that value for equity, for openness and accessibility, it would be a pleasure and a privilege to continue to serve, i'm here for any questions. and thank you for

your consideration. thank you so much. i don't see anyone on the roster for, go to public comment on this item? i will just i'll just top his service. i watched the board ofap time, and i think that the board is discharging its dutiesly as an impartial quasi judicial body. and i've been around and seen times when, it was politically charg people were listening to their appointing authorities. but this appeals that doesn't b doesn't seem to be and is doing it on the merits and the law. and so thank you mr. lopez, for your work and your service. thank you. appreciate that. thanks for your service. i know it's a lot of hard work, with not a lot of recognition and acclaim and thanks. but this is important work for our city. so really appreciate your. thank you, members of the public

item should line up to speak at this time each speaker will be allowed two minutes. good morning, good morning, supervisors. thank you for your service. my name is rick swig. i serve with commissioner lopez on the board of appeals. i'm just here to tell you that, commiser should be renewed, he doesis reading which, in preparation for our hearings, he listens to, all of the public. those in favor? those not is he listens very clearly to the presentationsuk made by city staff, evaluates fairly and, and attempts to make decisions based on the statutes which are, invoked by the city of san francisco. heeat job of herding the cats. that's us. who are the his fellow commissioners as he is taken on the presidency. we appreciate his leadership. we appreciate his participation. and i hope that you affirm his

reappointment. thank you very much. thank you. are there any additional speakers for this matter? there are no additional speakers at this time. great95public comments closed, i'd like to make a motion to to the full board with positive recommendation, can we maybnd to delete rejecting throughout the legislationas amended, as a committee report? yes, yes, on that motion, vice chair walton a walton i president peskin i peskin i chair safaí i that motion passes without objection. please call the the agenda is item number six. motion to approving rejecting president aaron peskin. nomination for williams to the building inspection commission for a two year term ending july first 2026. hi. good morning my name is kevin williams. i'm here to briefly speak with you about my application for reappointment to the building commission. as way a background

i'm an attorney with representation of tenants, consumers and small businesses and representing tenants and small businesses here in san francisco, i' building and, dilapidated conditions and that impact that it can have on the resi san francisco, i've served a year on the building inspe commission and have approached my role and my one of civilian oversight and advocacy for the residents of san francisco. and i've taken that approach when reviewing departme action, considering recommendations on legislation or hearing an abatement appeal. if reappointed. i hope to continue and expand that role, specifically attempt to do what i can to improve the department's, budgeting, transparency work to increase the channels of departmentmission. and large in larger available to the public and ensure that all residents of

san francisco have access to inspection services, i'm available for any questions. and otherwise, thank you for your consideration. if i may chair safaí, i just want to thank mr. williams. who is qualified not only because of his experience on the commission, but because of his work as a tenant side lawyer, and i was proud to renominate him to the commission and hope that we are able to afford him to the full board with a positive recommendation. an service. or questions from committee members? seeing none, let's open up to public comment. yes. member of the public wish to speakn this item should line up to speak at this time. each speaker will be allowed two minutes. are there any speakers who would like to comment on this matter? there are no public commenters ontter. a great well, thank you,

mr. wiment to serve. again, i think this is a two year term to july 1st 2026. so thank you for being the eyes and ears. i know that you're paying special attention to building inspectionit relates to tenants, i visited an sro just recently in chinatown, and understanding that there were advocates there that, you know tenant advocates there to work directly with the commission been attempts by the mayor to cut the funding of that, those positions. i t have a voice, someone that can communicate with tenants, speak their language understand their cultural needs, and then also that information then gets sent back to department of building inspection commission so that you all can make the right decisions in terms of oversight and effectiveness. so i appreciate you having that voice on the commission and your commitmentve. great. thank you. so i'd like to make a motion reappointment of mr. williams to theinspection commission, and removing the woejecting thr as a

committee report as well? no. okay on the motion to amend to delete rejecting throughouthe legislation and to recommend, as amended, on that motion, vice chair walton a walton i president peskin a peskin i chair safaí i safaí i that motion passes without objection. please call the next item. next item number seven. motion to approving rejecting the mayoral nomination for the appointment of sean mcgarry to the planning commission for a four year term ending july 1st, 2028, please. good. sorry. good morning superv my name is sean mcgarry, and i'm honoredor san francisco planning commission. a litt 30 year resident of san francisco. originally born in ireland, i immigrated to san francisco in 1995. i'm a proud husband, a father of three. amazing. kids, two of which are sfusd students. i'm fortunate enough to own a home here in san

francisco. all of this has. made possible by the fact that i'm a 30 year 34 year age of 16, i traveled to london andame an apprentice carpenter. one month after my 17th birthday. five years later i journeyed out as a journeyperson carpenter. i immigrated to san francisco in 1995 and joined the carpenters union in 1997. i've the construction industry as an apprentice carpenter, acarpenter, a lead carpenter, a foreman carpenter and i actually bank back in 2002. in 2007, after an injury on the job, i became a union organizer for the nor-calarpenters union. in 2008 i became a field representative for carpenters local 22. in 2010, i became the public sector field representative for carpent and in 2022 i was offered the job of senior field representative for carpenters local 22. in the private sector, my duty service all the membership of the carpenters union workin san terms and conditions of the carpentersthe drywall

master agreement and various project labor agreements in the public sector. my duty is to negotiate and maintain various memorandum of understandings including the city and county of san francis district, university of california and the golden gate bridge highway and trust. i look forward to working with the planning department in order to serve san francisco as a planning commissioner, and i humbl seek your approval in this process. thank you for your time this morning and any qu estions, any questions fr members, i mean, i this is an important appointment, so skills. so appreciate you stepping forward. just want to talk alanning. rezoning effort as it pertain and height. i want to give you a tt about that as it pertains to the housing element and how we're going to achieve that. so we have to start somewhere, and we have ahill to climb, we have a housing element already. it's

been approved 11 to 1 by the board of supervisors. we do have a problem where 82,000 units, we've been talking about, lacking for over a year now. so that's only growing. we have to start by looking at transit corridors that already have the infrastructure to take extra dense densy basically, we have to take a closer look lombard street, van ness avenue, geary boulevard, judah and taraval. again, we have to start somewhere and we're actually starting to do that. but there's a lot to le everybody has to be involved. so i mean, specifically there's been a conver around thinking about the transit corridors, as you saidut height and density. what do you think are the right heights for those commercial corridors, and how would you approach that as a planning commissioner? so personally, i live in the i live in the richmond. so if you look at geary boulo, a gole would be arguello and geary, just shy of that, which would be theyg

institute of aging, ucsf that's like a 6 or 7 story not out of place but geary boulevard does have an awfulsmall mismatch buildings. it's got a big infrastructure and a lot of the ground floors are actually empty, so. but i, i do believe if we can create a series a positive ecosystem by having resident above commercial and existing the area, getting preferential treatm those ground floor units. so are you saying is the is the right height? i don't see it as a know, i don't it doesn't kill the skyline. and then what about the 70,000 units in the pipeline? there's a lot ofg9 conversation about, streamlining the planning process. i mean, it seems as though that's been taken out of with sb 423, something's code compliant now, for planning, it's going to be 90 days depending upon the

size or 120 da nning department. but what about the 70 plus thousand units in the pipeline. so it's a tough one. it's basically we 423 are basically has taken taken it. but what we do have is basically we'll h care apprenticeship compliance, local hire helmets i and also people formerly incarcerated, of which to, today, all of all of which would have all those people would have a place in the carpenters union or to actually build those units and hopefully drive down the price. they can actually afford to live in them so your response to the 70,000 units is in the to talk about thedifferent people. there has to be opportunities, right? no, 100. but i but i'm speaking specifically about what what is the planning department's role in helping to unstick those units? how are we going to get those and start building them? besides

opportunity, which i agree with you, is 100% important. we have to build at all levels, local government does have a serious role to the mayor's office of housing. i did, i believe is doing great job. state could come in federal could federal could come in, but i would have no control over that. but i would seriously be looking at it all possibilities to ensure that everything that can get built does get built, because do have a problem. i've got three children i've got aigger. they're going to grow up, they're going e parent to ensure that they always know it's a safe. their house is a safe place to come back to. but they're going to significant others and want to live somewhere themselves and problem. and that that 82,000 is just going to grow. so we do have to start somewhere. okay. great. so my is a lot of commissioners have different available, in the planning process when people

have questions in the community and they'reg on specific projects and issues, what will your approach be when residents of the community or organizations or out about specific projects? how will you engage and will you be during the process? as a commissioner? i' representative at heart. i'm i'm totally accessible, i'm on the job site. if youre to get down. i have to sort that. sort out that problem, i have to i have to find a solution. there's to do something but you have to find that one. one reason to actually get past whatever hurdle it is to actually get the job done. that's just an inherent the inherent carpenter in me. so i will be totally available from on meeting the community to meeting developers, getting them all, lined up together. if the community has for , i see opportunities here today. if the community has helmets to hardhats in it, if they have formerly incarcerated, if it, all of those the community parts or any

section of the community should have the right to actually work on the on the jobs that are being built. no, that's good to hear. i know that when some ning commission, they turn their cell phones of, they're no longer accessible. they're no longer someone that wants to engage on the issues and they want to. oh, i'm r going to talk to anybody, but i think it's important, particularly when u're having impact on different neighborhoods to as a commissioner to make yourself t's why i asked that question. so i'm glad to hear you say that. that won't be a problem, the membership i worked with in the field, they call me on my personal phone. they don't call me on my work phone. there you go. okay. appreciate that/j, cois any other questions from committee members? okay, great. ll?q you back up if we have any other questions. thank you, any ish to comment on this item? please come forward. yes. members of the public who wish to speak and line up at this time. each speaker will be allowed two minutes. good morning. supervisors, committee members.

my name is j. anthony menjivar. i'm a proud member of carpenters local 22, san francisco native, raised in the mission district. i sean mcgarry when i was going through my apprenticeship. sean was always helpful. he would a job leads and contact information. one thing that stuck with me was sean always telling me to learn my craft and master it. sean leaseback sampled demonstrating a deep commitment to honesty transparency and accountability. hisand forward thinking approach ensuring that every member's voice is heard and valued. we are incredibly fortunate to han as a field representative at local 22. thank you for your ti hello. good standing in for charlie lavery,neers. i'm a business agent. my name is ethan lester and an affiliate of the san francisco building trades. it is my pleasure to stand in strong support of sean mccrery for the city planning commission. his no breed is a testament to his years of advocacy, advocacy

in service of working class san franciscans and has discernment in support of responsible development that benefits community businesses in san francisco. as sean has risen through the ranks of carpenters union, local 22 to become senior field representative for a 4000 carpenters in san fran, he has consistently advocated in improvement with living standards of his members. his experiences bring a unique perspective to all that will enrich discussions and decisions of the city planning commission. confident that mr. mccreery will be an outstanding addition to the san francisco planning commission. thank you. a letter for the clerk. i will, you can leave it at the podium. i will

pick it up. thank you. good morning or afternoon? soon to be supervisors. joshua northern california laborers union, we represent nearly 30,000 members from central valley t local 261 submitted a letter of support as nomination of sean mcgarry to the planni commission and mr. mcgarry, we find someone who's not only committed to the city's obligations and goals and aspiraat all income levels that's required by the housing element. but to do so with creating good union construction supporting labor standards creating opportunities fors local contractors, all of which helped support our local economic situation in our communities, the local economy furthering our economic recovery, and having served as the director of city build in the past, i can say tt mr. mcgarry, personally and organizationally, with carpenters local 22, some of the

earliest supporter hire, mr. mcgarry himself was responsible for bringing innú tons of local residents from city build, academy and community partnerships into the union apprenticeship and their nowevel workers. on a personal level, i live in the mission district, go of my own and often run into mr. mcgarry at the parks athletic facilities. he's a really out there in the community, a family person raising his family and very connected. and we want that in. commissioner thanks. committee members, good morning. thank you for allowing me the opportunity. please proceed. committee members. good allowing me the opportunity to speak today in support of seanro mendez. i am a field representative from carpenters local 22. for over four years i've had the privilege of

workin in representing workers across both the private and public sectors. as labor leaders our aim is to provon workers by safeguarding their interests equitable workplace. in our line of work, understandg the built environment and the broader needs of thedy community is fundamental to effectively advocating for the rights of workers. i. thisnot just representation, but also actively engaging in a wide range of perspectives. listening carefully is crucial for making informed decul collaboration, and building long lasting relationships to a civic forum. this skill set is exactly what sean brings to the table. his extensive experienc commitment to the community make him exceptionally well-suited for this role. i am honored to recommend sean who has truly been a great colle mentor. i respectfully ask that you approve the nomination for appointment of sean mcgarry to the planning commission. thank you. good morning, chair safa president

peskin. my name is timothy rife. i'm a field representative with carpenters local 22. i'm here this morning to speak in favor of the nomination of sean mcgarry to the san francisco planet sean 20 plus years ago as an apprentice carpenter. sean has always taken an interest in workers, you back then. and as i went through my apprenticeshipf and i saw him become a field rep his interest in workers the care of workers and workers well-being is you know, outstanding, i've had the privilege of working with hias a field rep now for nine plus years, and he's alwaysor the members when they come in. and he sits and listens to them. i think sean will be a terrific asset to the planning commission, and hebe fully engaged. and i think great appointment. thank you very much for your time. are there any additional speakers on

th? there are no additional speakers. final comments or questions. colleagues seeing none. thank you, mr. mar know that this is this is one of the commissions in the city that requires a significant amount of time. you don't need to. you don't need to come back up. it's oou want to, it requires a significant amount of time. is a real time commitment. the amount of information, the amount of magnitude, the amount of impact that the presented with. i think the level of experience you have in the construction industry is really important. it's important to understan to actually see a project get built from financing to construction to completion, so i think bringing the perspective of working men and women, i think that it's important to have a voice that understands

why prevailing wage, why many of the things that labor has fought for in these positions is important, and that's important to have that voice represented. you'll have to juggle. i'm sure there's times you're going to have to juggle when your union comes and presents on an issue. and but we all do that on a daily basis in the city. you as that presents if there's a particular job or project, you right way. and i'm sure that that's not a big deal. what's more important is that you're going to be on the committee and being a voice for ing men and women, and i appreciate you stepping forward. and as also a the city and understanding the city's future, ande last thing that i'd like to say is the things that you talked about giving people opportunities that haven't had opportunities and thinking about that when it comes to thesect that these jobs have on community, is really, really important. so i'm happy to support you today. thank you. and i like the fact that you said you're going to have your cell phone on, becau the commissioners get on there for these jobs and all

of aear. they need to be accessible to the community. they need to be accessible, whether they like n4what they're going to hear or not, and then ultimately can hold their vote and say, i will make my decision based on the facts, but i'm going to come and listen and hear you out. so the commissioners that i've worked over the years from the planning commission, the ones that have made themselves accessible, or the ones that i think were the most successful. so appreciate. okay, so i think we need to send this, i'm going to make a motion, removing, from this motion and send this item to the full board with the positive recommendation. yes. on the motion to amend and recommend as amended, vice chair walton, a walton i president peskin, a peskin i chair safaí i thank y that motion passes without objection. please call the next. item number eight is a motion approving rejecting the mayoral nomination for the

appointment of amy campbell to the planning commission for a four year term ending july 1st, 2028. good morning, chair safaí vice chair. walton. supervisor. peskin. my name is jessie minardi. i am not amy campbell. i am mayor breed's, director of boards and commissions. and as i believe you, you are aware unfortunately, amy campbell, the mayor's nominee, is unavailable toable to be here today as she is on a pre-planned. and so, per an arrangement with the prior chair's office, miss campbell has prepared statement, for me to read on her behalf. before you read that i just ask a question? of course. is she planning on comingk she week vacation. oh, okay. she is on a three week vacation. go ahead and read her statement. i just, i don't know, whatever previous, commitments were made, i personally feel like. and we've talked with amy

before from her previous position. i you know, with wonderful qualifications, very similar to the last line of questioning that i did with,hink it's important to have those things on the record and have i personally feel like that's why i asked, is she coming back anytime soon? because i know we have a meeting, next week, but go ahead and read the read the, letter and then i, we can talk amongst ourselves about how to ho best way to proceed is. sure. okay. and chair safaí, i was going to read an abbreviated version in the interest of time, full version there. so, good morning, supervisor walton, supervisor safaí. supervisor peskin, please accept my sincere apology for not being able to attend this important hearing in person. i am currently overseas on a pre-planned family vacation. iregret that i cannot join you here today. the mayor's nomination to the planning commission is a great honor for me and one i take very seriously. thank you for opportunity to have the statement read on my behalf. by way of introduction. my name is amy campbell. i'm

originally from the east coast but have lived in1 california for the past 20 years, 18 of which have been as a resident of san francisco since 2011. i've called the castroeighborhood my home, and it's where my husband and i are currently raising our two children.ag i appreciate so much our neighborhood, and i've learned that the neighborhoods like the castro are what helped to make this city so special. professionally, i'm a architect in the state of california and have my career has been focused on the built environment and placemaking and finding ways that existing buildings can be reinvented andade more relevant to meet today's needst gensler a global design and architecture firm, where i also act as astudio director and practice area leader for building transformation and adaptiv. since the pandemic, i've grown extremely through the conversion of underutilized office buildings, and i've had a prominent voice in the local media discussion around what's next for downtown san francisco. i believe my professional experience can bring a valuable

perspective to the work of the commission. my expertise can that new projects are visual and functional enhancements to the city, while also reasonable and practical. in addition toan understanding of the real time challenges being faced by various stakeholders building owners, developers, and nonprofit organizatio. since november 2023, i've had the honor of serving on the historic preservation commission. my time on the commission has been deeply rewarding. i've learned nce of coming to hearings prepared on each case how to listen objectively concerns, and the value of providing thoughtful and explanatory feedb making my recommendations, i'm excited to and perspective i've gained on the hpc forward with me to the planning commission to help shape the city's growth while still safeguarding each neighborhood, its people, and the unique sense of place. as i've learned onhz the hpc, i understand that many of the laws, rules and regulations are changiap these days, making this a particularly interesting time for the planning commission. and while we of the road, we can certainly do our very best to understand thes and make the most informed recommendations that we

can. francisco needs to continue to grow and evolve. we also need more housing for all people. everyone in the city carries thesibility of making our growth reality. and i look forward to focusing on long term outcomes in ensuring our efforts are directed towards creating meaningful and sustainable impacts at all scales while also preventing displacement and protecting the socioeconomic and cultural diversity of our city. if confirmed, to connecting with a wide range of people and different neighborhood groups so i can gain broader perspectives and better understand their concerns, ambitions and growth outlook for the city. this will allow me to continue to make fo the way. this is a transformational time for the city and i am confident that i can help enrich the dialog at the planning commission. as an architect urbanist, resident, parent, and, genuinely cares about the people. i hope you an honor for me to serve the city of san and county of san francisco as a planning commissioner and enhance the qualityl residents. thank you for your time and consideration, committee

members, any comments o questions? so as i was sayingot to make a decision today. and continue until she's back but unfortunately, she's out ofe have no more meetings scheduled at will say is, i do appreciate the fact that we did have an opportunity to have a conversation with her. she was appointed actually just pretty recently. it was within the last, like, what 4 or 5 months six months took office in november. yeah. november. sorry. time flies. when you're having fun. so it was it recent, but i do remember an extensive conversation with her and, and the thing that i appreciate, the sa had specifically. and then she's talked abou, was the focus on union square and how from large commercial retail spaces to smaller spaces and transforming that into more of a

mixed use solution, i felt like it was a really thoughtful approach, and i think someone with her experience and backgrg#dition to the planning commission, so it's unfortunate that we were not able to have a conversation with her. i know she would have enjoyed that opportunity, as would i, but i think i'm okay today with moving forward and putting on the planning commission, i don't know what other committee members feel. i met with her extensively before she was. we co nomination to the historic preservation commission and wasve no issues. right. okay great. supervisor walton. okay okay. okay. so we will remove all, like, make a motion. oh wait. we got to open up public comment.ny members of the public wish to comment? oh, sorry. go ahead. are there any members of the public would like

to make public comment on this matter? not trying to steal do not see any speakers on this matter. public comments closed, so i'd like to make a motion removing all the rejecting language from the motind the full board with a positive recommendation. yes, and a motion to amend and recommend as amended, vice chair walton, a walton i president peskin i peskin i chair safaí i safaí i that motion passes without objection next item. item nine is a motion to approving rejecting the mayor's nomination for the appointment of mike chen to board of directors for a four year term ending march 1st, 2025. mr. chen, please come forward, quick introductions good morning. chair safaí, vice chair, walton and board president mike chen. i've been nominated by the mayor to thency board of directors, replacing succeeding

believe in transportation as the essential connecting force between people. it connects san franciscans to jobs, to childcare, health care education, places of worship, and friends. i believe that transportation in san francisco should be safe, reliable, convenient affordable, climate friendly ande. a bit about me i am a ten year resident of san francisco and i currently rent with my boyfriend near divisadero and geary in ald every week i take transit, bike, walk and ride in friends cars to get around the city. i served on the sfmta citizen's advisory council for four years, and i chaired the body for two on theittee. i worked with my fellow council members to learn about different parts of the f staff craft recommendations and present those recommendations to the believe my lived experiences can bring an important perspective currently lacks lgbtq and asian pacific iser advocate in both communities, i hope to give voice to both groups so that together we can ensure that transportation in san francisco works for everhank you for your time. and i look

forward to your questions. many members. i have a few questions i'll start and i'll let anyone else jump in. so the last time we appointed someone to mta was janet. correct. and we had an extensive conversation about the valencia street, redesign and bike lane. i want to give you an opportunity to talkwhatic and what the mta did wrong and wha. thank you for that opportunity. you know, with valencia i think the mta has has done it's been it's been a job, i think trying to balance a lot of things. i think priorities are t sure that people are safe as they get around san francisco, as part of the agency's charter and as well to make sure that merchants have acceers access to the loading access and, and access to, places employees to get around. i think that

currently, as my understanding is that is that the agency is working very closely, block by block with merchants to, to, to for the next iteration of valencia street that most of the valencia merchants and bicycle advocates and the agency are now all on board with which is a side running bicycle lane. and i am very heartened by the efforts that the agency is taking to really work every single block with every single merchant to look at every single possibqkole space, to maximize opportunities for merchants, for parking, for loading for parklets, it's i think the challenge is that the agency's very hard the agency the firsting bike lane was an effort to maximize as much parking as possible for merchants, that said, i think that said, you know, staff staff are are fallible. they can make mistakes. i think we learned a lot from that to say well it's not just aboutximizing parking, it's also about access. it's about loading. it's about other that what

we're going. i hope is a great solution. and i hope be installed as merchants request after the holiday season in early 2025. yeah. i mean, i had a little bit of slightly different take. i the agency did a proc. they started a protected bike lane around 14th and 15th and then they stopped and then they presented this as a pilot. a pilot is not two years. i don't care what anyone says. it's not two years. and the impact that it's had on businesses, i mean it's impact it's had on pedestrians, the impact it's had on even people that ride their bikesequently. i mean no one is happy and i just the problem that the biggest problem i have 1g with s@fmta is they are extremely management heavy and they don't do a good job doing community outreach. they're constantly having to clean up their mess. so i guess that's what i'm

asking you to think about and talk about little bit more. because yes, of course we want to have a p. we want there to be a better flow of it's been rolled out it's been completely mismanaged to the point where it's been detrimental actually to the community what you can come and show me a study, and argument that it hasn't had any impact on the neighborhood, but it's had significant impact on the neighborhood. so that's that's my concern because that model then is taken to other parts of the city. and yes, we thanks president peskin. and the work that he's done over the years removed, tried to rempolitical influence from the process, and give more nonpolitical decision making authority to this entity, but that then has played out no attempt to really fully eommunity outreach. and i think, i think that's one of the biggest problems that needs to be done over for that's one. so i want to give

you an opportunity to talk a that, because there's some other things about the agency that i want to talk about but i want to that on my time on the citizens advisory council. i've heardd also from my fellow council members about outreach. and i've seen that happen at the full board, i agree with you that the agency could do a lot more on outreach. there is obviously something, a disconnect. i think between where the agency is staffing, for example, chinese language outre and trying i think they're trying to trying to work as much as possible for outreach. but there is definitely a disconnect. and where peopleound, for example, merchants. right. see is that is not enough. when if i were to be confirmed io. one of my priorities will be to figure out how we can really make this outreach work, because the process currently does not seem to be working. i'm glad you brought up the language issue because just recently there's this conversation about doing bike lanes. north beach

chinn,all of a sudden they have a meeting no one in the community supervisor peskin's office found out by hta a sudden there was a proposal for a bike lane does that happen? that makes no sense. i mean, we have historic neighborhoods in the city, but i think chinatown would be right up there as probably the most historic neighborhood in our ci. so for them to have a plan or one that's not knowledgeable of the community, can't have someone doing the outreach. i mean, it's just indefensible. it makes no sense toat all. and i and that was one of the biggest things we said when we did bike to work day is like, there's this agency that wants to talk about doing all these things and reaching out to communities of color and underrepresented co that's not represented in the staff at all. you don't see any of that in the staff. you don't see any of that representation in the staff. so your job as a commissioner is to

hold is to make surertment is held accountable, because they sure do hav of different positions to hire a lot of manars. and i don't see a lot of people from the community represented in that department.h[ your feedback is well taken. i, my predecessors, sharon ly and lydia. so9g8p spent a lot of time to try to to try to try to connect. i, the interest groups chinatown to the agency, there is still a lot ofto do, i have, i think chair or chair? safaí talk about having more, local liaisons. not just project. not just project by project en, more local neighborhood based engagement. so that p to build that relationship, that's something that i would like to take bac to and see if there's something better because because probably the experience that many t, that supervisors offices have seen is that maybe in, people parachute in you don't see the same people, in your district for, for between the rail project or the safety project or the or the bike

project. absolutely. and here'sother thing. how many mta commission meetings have you attended over the years? i mean, i know you're on the advisory commit have you attended committee meetings? the committee? sorry, the commuhile i was chair, i attended the i everyi gave to the to the board meeting and i attended. i bring that up is because i think almost 100%e have a unanimous vote. where is the pushback? where is the attempt from that body to push back on the agency, not just approving everything that's brought in front of them, but standing up and saying, we are going to change the culture of this department. i could keep going. but as president, peskin's on the on the ticke safaí, i think, touched on some profoundlyrtant issues. and he is correct. i have, i was the author of proposition a in 2007. that took a strong mta commission and turned it into a

super strong mta commission. for a number of reasons, which supervisor safaíouched on, with the fundamental assumption that the commission would really holding the agency accountable and responsible. and look, i have no fantasy about this being simple. every aspect of what the mta deals with is extremely complicated, and nuanced. and by the way, i was an proponent of the proposition that merged that cre mta. and i saw the policy utility in bringing parking and traffic and public transit under one roof. and there's been a lot of sentally, what we all get in the work that we do is trust and trust is built through relationships, and trust is built through communication, and trust is

built through representation. and you referenced, former and i say as the supervisor who's represented chinatown for 17 of the last 24 years andand as a result, has, repreese american community all over the city for many, in large part the transit activism in the old days emanated from chinatown. and that's why we have chinatown trip and what. and, it's always been important to that community, a community that disproportionately relieon the and public transit, to have a voice. and i mean, you know, quite frankly with the seven member commi more than one token seat to an asian american, but what is important to me is that there be real relationship, real

trust, real communication between the commissioner, like lydia so, or like sharon ly, who were very, very present community, listened to the community, work collaboratively with theep, and gave the community a real voice on the commission and behind the scenes. i mean, sometimes there were just just the incident that supervisor safaí was talking about, which was perceiverightfully or wrongfully by the chinatown community as an affront and an insult, and how itlved that way. i honestly i, i don't know, certainly expressed on behalf of my constituents my displeasure, but i have not heard one chinatown transit advocates that i rely on and have worked with for most of the last quarter of a century who by the way, have welcomed and ushered in new, younger, activists and me be very clear. i

mean, i hoped that this mayor would have nomin had those deep, abiding community connections from the community by the communitythe community, but that was not the mayor's choice, can you tell me a little bit about what your connections are tox chinatown, to chinatown trip to the chinese american, asian american? transit community, which, by the way, and when you talk about the mta itself, many of the operators, come from the community. i mean, the former head of the transit workers union, local 258.ople like, there are so many phil chin all actually came up through the ranks of the u tell us a little bit about. i have not heard one word of usually when a high profile, i

mean, this is one of the most important commissions in the city. this is the onlsion that has legislative powers, like the board of supervisorst is a non-elected position. and usually by now i have gotten a letter from chinatown trip in support of the nominee. i've, you know, gotten a call from you know, a gordon chin or a norman fung or a queen of chin radio silence. can you? yes. my i recognize i have very large shoes to fill, and that my advocacy in the chinese community was not is not necessarily through chinatown trip it was have a lot. i have a lot of work to do to build trust with people in chinatown. i hope that my i hope that my track record shows that i have someone who is a strong listener and someone who's

willing and as with sean mcgarry, a few items ago, that i'm willing to be someone who spends a lot of time to build those relationships. and what other organizations were you involved in that weren't chinatown organizations? i'm chinatown has a very rich fabric of organizations with pretty incredible histories which, by the way, are go beyond the boundaries of chinatown. i mean, they for and have collaborated with interests all over the city. i mean, i, i hear as much from them about, you know the 29 and the, you know, eight and the 15 as i do about the 30 and the 45. i'm just put it in bus numbers. but my advocacy was with some, some democratic clubs, including the ed lee asian pacific democratic club, the glbtq asian alliance, working on issues ofnd issues facing the broader, asian pacific islander community. so more on the political side in the asian

community, less on the policy transit side. yes. thank you. do you speak cantonese, i believe, the board better cantonese than i do. i, my, i grew up in a mixed korean, and, and mandarin speaking household, and i speak some of that and my, my cantonese is limited to ordering dim sum. understood. so is mine. thank you. any other committee member questions at this time? okay. we'll open it up for public comment. we'll call you back up. yes. members o speak on this item. should i speak will be allowed two minutes. please approach. hi superv esfandiari. i'm here just in my personal capacity today as a friend of mike's. i'm here to urge you to support his nomination to the mta board

mike has been a friend o mine for over seven years. actually, seven years in a month of the day, and in the time i've known him, in some of the organizations, he was talking about the political advocacy and, and transit advocacy and something i have knowmn hi is extraordinarily detail oriented, somebody who takes the time to talk to everybody, whether he agrees with them or substantive issues and sometimes just more relationship building issues and mike is somebody who, in the time i've known him on the issues that we've agreed with on the issues we've disagreed with, he has been someone who isbout the about the issues, about ma thing that serves our city and a better thing tha around in the city whether it's by, a bike or by9 a bus, or our light rail or any of the other methods that we use to get around mike is extraordinarily passionate about those things. he sees how they are connected to our broader issues around climate change and he is someone who i think would be a phenomenal voice on the mta

board for continuing to push thency to be better about those communication challenges you all talked about, but also about getting them to think bolder and getting them tomove faster when it comes to the things that need to happen toe can all get around safely, quickly and in an environmentally friendly way. i hope you support his nomination and i thank you for the time. you have aood morning supervisors. i'm dylan fabris, the community and policy manager at san francisco transit riders, which is the rider supported nonprofit organization advocating for public transit riders here in thege you to approve the mayor's nomination for the appointment of mike chen to the sfmta board of directors as the sfmta citizens advisory council, mr. chen would bring years of experience working on transportation projects and representing the community to the sfmta board, he understands the challenges facing

and is passionate about improving transportation options for all san franciscans. over the past severad a chance to meet mr. chen and better understand and while we don't see exactly eye to eye on every single issue, i believe that he will take a measured, logical approach to the issues facing the sfmta board and will fairly consider the multimodal needs of all san franciscans, including the needs of the hundreds of thousands of people who rely on muni every i urge you to urge you to approve mr. chen's nomination to the sfmta board. thank you good morning, supervisors and board president. my name is omar rincon and i'm very proud to urge you today to vote for mike chen, for the supervisors to be i mean, for the borough of sfmta. and needless toq1 say that mike is such a passionate advocate for transit. hevl understands the impact it has on our communities and what good policy looks like. he's willing

to listen to community members and, and super excited for the possibility of having mike chen continue the public service that he's so passionate about. thank you. are there any additional spe matter? there are no additional public commenters, no more commenters. okay great.blic. so public comment is closed. supervisor walton, thank you. chair safaí, just a couple of questions, one, how do you feel about policies that shut off access to the rest of the city, like the great highway or the segregated jfk? without without necessarily talking about future projects what i would like to think about

very hard is, is to say is to the agencies, look, look at the agency's charter to see hey, is this is this policy helping in the agency's that people can get around safely, can get around to the things and the and the and to recreation, for example, with parks, easily and quickly. i don't think that every single thing is necessarily a good thing or a bad thing, but i will consider those things. and also within the lens of equity. and i understand the supervisor has had a lot of concerns about access for people from district ten to parts to golden gate park and i hope for example with golden gate park, that the mta is taking concrete steps to make to make access better, for example, by taking over the underground garage that' th the music concourse and making sure that those rates are set in a equitable way so that there is there is good access from all parts of the citywhat are your thoughts about policies like free muni?

i've seen the campaign for a free and fully funded muni, and i think that's the latest from the transit riders for example. in a in a in an ideal world i would love i my ideal, my ideal world is a transit system that is affordable and for everybody, in the current world the i understand the agency is making very difficult choices, as much as possible, i would like to see that we make sure that those that those choices do not burden people with the lst ability to pay i'm, i'm aware, for example that we could for example increase the income limit to be able to qualify for discounted programs and to make sure that and to make sure that that we that our fares and fine policy and some of the other policies t not unfairly burden, those the least the, the san franciscans with the least. thank you

yeah those questions. and responses to supervisor safaí. nominee chen, i would like to if chinatown trip or other, aapi transit advocates that we regularly hear from have a position on this nomination but i would like collea1bgues for us to consider, and i'm happy to affirmatively reach out to them. i would like them to weigh in on this. this is kind the one position on this sevthat has historically been that link, so i would like the opportunity to do that and hear from them because far is radio silence and if you are willing, i would like to continue this item to the call of the chair. i'll, i'll if i can do that between now and when we would have to schedulenext week. i will do that. if not, we'll do it after the that opportunity. rosa walton, any

thoughts? yeah, i'm supporting continue. okay, okay. well it sounds like like to continue it. i i do believe and this is why i was asking many of the questions. mr. chen, i do believe seat requires a little bit further conversation. i think it's worth to, have some of the peskin is talking about, maybe some of the questions that supervisor walton, brought up having an opportunity for those groups to weigh in. i, i want to say i really like the fact unlike some of the other commissioners, that the mward with no experience you've actually done the work and citizen committee, you've been engaged you've been thinking about these issues. you've put your head down to kind of really engage on transportation issues the mundane. and i think that's reallan the things that we've talked about today, i'd like to ask you to think about as this is continued further. so you can come back and speak a little bit more about them, in terms of community engagement, some of things

that could be done that would be more culturally sensitive, some of the has in terms of decision making versus just the agency itself. so, it's the will of the without making a decision today, asking some of the groups did you have a list supervis peskin, of groups that you wanted in particular? because i think notking them to weigh in, but i think it gives an opportunity for mr. chen also to reach out to them. yeah. and engage with them. i mean, i that's even better. i mean, that's usually usually by now there has been and maybe you've done this. i don't know. do you know, can you say the groups again? chinatown trip. yeah. i think that in in the world, in the corner of the world that i live in and represent, i think chinatown trip i remarkably importantip as part of the process is i mean, it's kind of like running for office. you are forced to go'l and make these connections at the front end.

and, and i think it would be a missed opportunity if we didn't ask you to really do that particularly as that. and by the way, i say that to other nominees, too. i, i'vey, i want you to also be a representative here. can be things like going to, you knowuets and family associations and what have you. but chinatown trip has really been the public transit advocacy mean i think when sharon ly showed up, i think when lydia so showed up, she they were able to say, we met. we've think that for me, it starts there. so that's yeah. and that may in in an open conversation may lead to them saying, hey, we might want and get some buy in and some support from, you know and just sopl don't think that, you know, this is an organization that is precedes me by decades that advocated for, i mean

chinatown discriminated against. there were, proposal times, long before an mta existed, to cut service. in recent years there have been issues around around parking, removale ry pleased and proud of.nt not just incident but incidents, pl the mta staff with the best of not there's, there's, there's not a malicious bone. i mean, it's just but in i want to know that i commissioner who, rather than me having to pick up the tumlin is doing that work at the front end. and i think that requires that buy in at the beginning. okay great. so what we'll do then is we'll make i make a motion to continue this item to

the call of the chair, give you the opportunity to meet with that group and any other group that you think is important. thine of the things that we've talked about here today, and then we can you cante if it's something that happens within the next we, then we can coordinate this week. if not, then it would be after the august recess. thank you. did you have anything else you wanted to add mr. chen? no. thank you fdb your consideration. all right. thank you. okay. yes. on the motion to continue this matter to the call of the chair. vice chair walton, a walton i president peskin i peskin i chair safaí motion passes without objection. thank you. and, mr. clerk, are there any other items in front of this body today? there are no additional items on today's agenda. okay. we are adjourned..

>> you are watching san francisco rising. today's special guest is jeff mlin >> hi. you are watching san francisco rising. to show that is rebuilding, and reimagining our city. our guest today is the director transportation of the sfmta and he's with us to talk about the agency's 23-24 budget with the equity strategy and new projects across the city. welcome to the>> thank you it is good to be here. >> i see the sfmta's budget for 2023 and 2024 has beenovery during the next few years for our riders,

operators and staff? >> it has been challenging couple of years. covid wiped out the finances. our agency is funded primarily from transit fares parking fees and a fixed set aside for a general fund and covid hasnt we have lost more than half of our parking and transit for revenue. we are not expected to recover them until 2027. udget takes a one-time federal release funding and spreads that out between now and 2025. and our task is to rebuild$m with the voters that sfmta can actually deliver goals and that includes things like making muni faster, more frequent, and more reliable. includes making our streets safer and making everyone feel safe riding the bus. it means taking advantage of the amount of change we're going to experience in order to advance equity so t -- invest the most amount of money

in communities that need our services the most. s larger economic recovery. now and 2024 in orderild trust with the voters and figure out how are we going to find muni moving forward because it is in 2024 and 2025 when the one-time federal release fund wentcl >> are you planning on starting up? >> as a result of covid, we have 1,000 vacancies in the organization. that is why muni service is not fully recovered. this budget allows us to fully staff t 2024, which means we can restore muni service invest in safety, and in other programs in order to make the transportation system work better for everyone. >> can you talk about the mooney as you move out of the pandemic, how has that ee have heard there are elevator upgrades in progress. >> we have been working a lot on

equity during muni's recovery. we hbeen basing our work on the muni equity strategy. this is the we update every two years that looks at the changing demographics of san francisco and helps us direct our transit resources where people need it the most. that means people with lowíy income, people of color seniors, people with disability, children all the folks who have the fewest choices. during covid, when we had to strip back the transit,c system, 13 quarters of the workforce were in quarantine, we directed all of the agency's resources to neighborhoods. places like the bayview chinatown, the mission the valley and even through our recovery we have continued to deliver the best muni service's so -- to the neighborhoods that need it the most. right now we are still operating more frequent service in core lines in equity neighborhoods

than we did precovid. result of that is extraordinarily high ridership. we arele by investing in the frequency and reliability on lines l we are getting 133% of pr the overall sys only at about half of the ridership recovery. that is on weekends. we are at of precovid ridership on our main equity lines on weekdays. we're also investing a whole variety of infrastructure projects aimed at making transit workople with disabilities. on the market street corridor, our elevators to the subway station date back to the and need significant renovation. right now we are busy working on renovating the elevators at the station. we have completed the eastbound platform. we are now working on the westbound platform. that will modernize the elevators and make them a lot more reliable, and make sure that we can continue to prioritize people with the

fewest mobility choices. >> that's great. changing topics slightly, i understand the improvement project is halfway completed. have shared spaces made the product -- project more >> yes. lots of things have made the terminal project more complicated, including things like covid and supply ch issues. we learned a lot on the first phase of the terra vale project which rebuilt the street from sunset boulevard to the zoo including rebuilding all the infrastructure underground utilities to modernize all that infrastructure and make it more resilient, that we do not have to rebuild the street, hopefully in any of our lifetimes. we also importance of collaborating particularly with neighborhood busisses and residents. we want to make sure that we are constructing the city's infrastructure in a time that the and we are not adding to suffering. we're

development to support neighborhood businesses through programming during this time. we are also making sure that businesses that create shared spaces in the parking lane, some of those need to be moved out of the way while the utility work is done underneath them. we are making sure that we wiose platforms and outdoor eating areas back as they were, or help local merchants rebuild them so that we are not adding to of local businesses and everyone recover in this challenging time. >> quite rig many of the sfmta vision zero quick build projects have been well received. can you talk about the evans street project? >> one of the things we did during covid was dramatically rate of what we call quick buil projects, which are fast-moving projects using simple and cheap materials in order to redesign streets and test out new ideas and see how they work, as well as get a lot before moving into a larger

capital projectt converts all of that plastic stuff into trees and, you know, curb extensions. what weng is that our quick build safety projects are able to cut severe between 25 and 75% depending upon the location on the techniques that we use. so we are targeting streets that have the highest rate of traffic yz crashes particularly injury crashes and fatalities. we focused on evans, which is really important connector for all modes of transportation and the central neighborhoods of san francisco. also severe crashes. on evans what we are doing again using paint and plastic posts for the time being, is taking the lanes that are out there right now, and converting them to one lane in each direction pockets. what we found on streets like valencia or south bend this, or

-- south van nass, is a street with one lane in each direction plus a term pocken traffic as a street with two lanes in each direction. left turning vehicles mean the two lanes of traffic are never really available for through traffic. these road diets that we do have been tcomes for all road users, without exacerbating traffic. they do make all cars slow down to the speed of the most prudent driver. this week we are getting started in partnership with the department of on work to restripe all of evans between third and cesar chavez, and as part of this work will be collecting a lot data, talking to industrial users in the industrial district and commercial district and in the mission about how it is adjustments along the way and if it is successful, then we will start

another project that is more capital-intensive to make itrmanent. if it is not successful, we will turn it back the way that it was, having spent very little money. >> thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show. thank you for the time you have given us today. >> itas here. thank you so much. >> that is it for this episode. we wilo rising. thank you for watching. [♪] >> >> >> >> >>7t my name is bal. and raised in san francisco. cable car equipment technically i'm a transit operator of 135 and work

at the cable car (indiscernible) and been here for 22 years now. i grew up arounda little can i. my mom used to hang in china town with her friends and i would get bored and they would shove me out of the door, go play and find something to do. i ended up wanderingn i was a kid and found these things. ♪ [ music ] ♪ ♪ >> fascinated by them and i5 wanted to be a cable car equipment from the time i was a little kid. i started with the 1988 and drove a bus for a year and a half and i gotng and got here at cable car and at that really took about an average five to maybe seven years on a bus before you could build up your seniority to come over the 1890s verse ever a bus. thisour basic public

transportation and at the time at its height, 1893 there were 20 different routes ask this powerhouse, there -- and this powerhouse there were 15 of city. >> i work at the cable car divi with muni for 25 years and working with cable cars for 23 years. this is called the bar because these things are horses and work hard so they have to have a place to sleep at night.joking. this is called a barn because everything takes place here and the powerhouse is down-- that's downstairs so that's the heart and soul of the system and this is where cable cars sleep or sleep at night so you can put a there saying the barn. since 1873 and back in the day it was driven by a team and now it's electric but it has a good function as being called the h.

>> i am the superintendent of cable car vehicle maintenance. and we are on the first and a half floor of the cable car barn where you can see the cables are moving at nine and a half miles an hour and that's causing the little noise we're hearing now. we power cars and 12 california cars for a total of 40 revenueith have two in storage. there's four gear gears of the motor. they weigh close to to do a special system to get them out of here because when they put them in here the barn was opened up. we did the whole barn that year soficult for a first of time project, we changed it one at a time and now they are all brand-new. engineer's room have the four monitors that play the speed and she monitors them and in case of an emergency, she can shutdown all cars if she needs to. that sound you heard there that's a gentleman building, rebuilding a cable. the cable

weighs four hundred pounds each and they lost three days before we have to rebuild them. the cable car grips theknf underground with the cable. it's a giant buy strip and closes around the kab and thback. the cable car weighs 2,500 without people so it's heavy, emergency pulling it offer the hill. if it comes o the hill it could be one wire but if it unravels, it turns into a ball and they cannot let go of it because it opens that wide and it's a the grip which is pushing the whole cable car and there's no way to lete to have the code 900 to shutdown in emergencies and the wood brakes last two days and wear maintenance.♪

>> r to be the old thing. rubber tires, buses, that's new. there were definitely faster and cheaper, there's no question about that. here at san francisco, we went through the same thing. the decided we don't need cable cars (indiscernible) blah blah. we can replace them with buses. they are faster and cheaper and more economical and he was right if you look at the dollars and cents right. >> back in 1947 when they voted d base of the technology and the chronicle paper says cable cars out. that was the headline. that was the demiseth of (indiscernible) came along and said, stop. no. no no no. she was the first one to say we're going to fight city hall.

she got her friends together and they started from the save the cable car community, 1947 and managed to get itballot. are we going to keep the cable cars or not? head turned nationwide and worldwide and city hall was completely unprepared for the amount of backlash they got. this is just a bunch -- the city came out and said 3-1 if i'm not mistaken we want our and her group managed to save what we have.j$ and literately if it wasn't for them, there would be no cable cars. people saw something back then that we see today that you can't get it wasn't a historical monument at the time and now it is and was part of san francisco. yeah we had freight back then.e don't have that anymore. this is the number one tourist san francisco. it's historic and the only national moving monumenv the world. >> the city of san francisco did keep the cable car so it's a

fascinating feel of having something that is so historic going up and down these hills of san francisco. and obviously everyone knows san francisco is famous for their hills. [laughter] and who would know and who would guess that they were tryin get rid of it which i guess was a crazy idea at the time because they felt automobiles were taking the place of the cable cars and getting rid of the cable car was the best thing for the city and county of san francisco, but thank god it didn't. >> how soon has the city changed? the diverse of cable cars -- when i first came to cable car, sand easyy barn was the first cable car. we have three or four b fwriping cable cars is the most toughest and challenging job in the entire city. >> i want to thank our women who operate our cable cars because they are a crucial space of the

city to the world. we have wonderful women -- come on forward, yes. [cheers and applause] these ladies these what it's about. continuing to women. >> my name is willa johnson and i've been at cable car for 13 years. i came to i was five years old. a the first time i rode a cable car and i went to see a christmas tree and we rode the cable car with the christmas worker and that was the first time i rode the cable car and didn't ride again u here. i was in the medical field for a while and i want change. some people don't do that but i started with the september of 1999 and came over to cable car in 2008. it was a general sb=ign up and that's when you can go to different divisions and i sig u

conductor and came been here since. there were a woods that wanted to come over here and we had decided we wanted to leave woods and come to a different division andqbd cable car was it. i do know there has been only four women that work the cable car in the 150 years and i am the second person to represent the cable car and i also know that during the 19 i think 60s and women were not even allowed toe on the side of a cable car so it's exciting to know you can go from not riding on the side board of a cable car to and driving the cable car and it opened the door for a lotsf people to have the opportunity to do what they inspiredo. >> i have some people say conductor at woods and i came and made it as i conductor and the best

thing i did was to come to this division. it's a good division. and i like ripping cable cars.(k i do. i think she just tapped into eneral feeling that san francisco tend to have of this is ours it's special it's unique. economically and you know a rationale sense does it make sense? not really. but from here, if you think from here no we don't need this but if here yeah. and it turns out she was right. so.... and i'm grateful to her. very grateful. [laughter] >> three, two one. [multiple voices] [cheers and applause] >> did i that -- i did that on purpose so i wouldn't. ♪ [ music ] ♪ a=

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