photograph and then after you g. congratulations and thank you, mayor breed. [applause].day of transhistory

month in san francisco.

[applause] to start our festivities off right, we have a multi-talented singer based from right here insan francisco, willford kelly. graduated from the san francisco conserve tore of music with master of music degree in voice as a tenured member of the san francisco opera chorus. please welcome, willford kelly. [applause] [singing]

[applause] >> one more time for wilford kelly! [applause] come on, lift every voice. welcome once more to our third annual transhistory month here in the c of san francisco. the office of transgender initiatives acknowledges that we are u■ we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this nd i accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we

recognize that we benefit from living land. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. we p#■k to honor oholone people we must embrace and collaborate meaningful how we care for san francisco and its people. for information on how you all can engage in this important work we encourage you to visit the american indian cultural district and area american indi spirit, websites. thank you for your attention.

and with that, want to introduce our first speaker for the day, it is with great pleasure that i bring forward the very person who declare a month. the very first person to declare transhistory month in the united states and the mayor who continues to work hard on behalf transcommunity. please welcome, the honorable, mayor london breed. [applause] >> alright, ladies and gentlemen? thank you so much for being here to help us raise the flag for transhistory month in san francisco! [applause] and i to acknowledge and appreciate senator scott work he did to not only support san francisco in all the things he does, but also help make it transhistory month in the state of

california! [applause] and i want to shout out one of my friends over there--cooper, because i dont want her to curse me out after this. sending you so much love and appreciating you for all the amazing work you have done and donna and to help lead the way. [applause] and--see, i get love instead of--that's what i love. i want to shout out jupiter for all the amazing [applause] because jupiter had the idea to come up with transhistory month and to celebrate it in san francisco three years ago, and she has been really on the for front of doing a lot of the work, to help continue to

insure that this tradition is not about just coming together in san francisco city hall to celebrate, but uplifting and recogni sties of so many time and time again. there are so many extraordinary people that are joining us here today, but i will say of the first activist i met who helped establish the transcultural district, to help esfitaist office of transgender initiatives is a person who is now finally running honey mahogany. [applause] i'm like, finally! i appreciate her work i appreciate the fact she has been a leader and i really appreciate the transadvisory committee, because the things that have attention as mayor, they dont come from me, they come from the community. they come from the community

based on experience, bed want to see happen and because of this amazing community and because they have come together to advocate, what we seeing is investments finally. even in tough budget years, we still made e investments in many of the organizations to continue to great work and regardless of the complications around some of our initiatives, behind the scenes gotten very creative to insure those programs continue to happen, because we also know that consistently, every time program, whether it is universal basic income to support transpeople or transhome sf to end transhomelessness, whatever we do in the city is constantly under threat from so many outside forces. but we are safr some of the most creative people anywhere and we-where there isn't a way we find a way, and so many of you have

worked thto make sure that these vital resources make it to the people who need it the most. i appreciate the work that we do together.preciate the advocacy appreciate how unique san francisco is, because of how mmunity has uplifted the movement around transrights in this countmay sa [applause] you make san francisco a model for the rest of the country to follow, and i wa to thank each and ever one of you for being here for continuing to do the work and continuing to come together despite the obstacles.i am so excited to be celebrating this month, whether it is film festivals, activations, part aiz, events, whatever it just really brings a spark to our city and we want to make sure that everyone across the entire

ud what we do, know who we are about and know that when they are coming for us, we are coming right back to hit hard! [applause] and last but not least, i want to again thank everyone for being re but also recognize, san francisco was the first city in the world to establish a drag laureate and i want appreciate the work that darcie has been doing as our drag laureate. [applause] she is not just he lgbtq representative of the city, she is a ambassador for the city, period. so, thank you for your work and we are glad to have you here today. have a great time in the month of august! [applause] >> thank you mayor breed for your constant allyship and inspirational work. isn't she is incredible? she is an incredible mayor and you have done right by the transcommunity.

thanyou. coming up next, we have another champion for the transcommunity. this time from our state legislature. please senator scott wiener. [applause] >> thank you honey and thank you for all you do. firofi am here first and foremost-to say thank you to all of you. there are so many people here in this beautiful space who work 365 days a year to support transpeople in san francisco and across th country and across the world, and this city is leading the way and it is because of you and i'm so deeply appreciative, so let's give all of you a round of applause. [applause] so, we do not yet have a transmember of lifoia state legislature. i'm hoping that will change in november and we do have a opportunity. we are doing as

everything we can to uplift transpeople and in particularly, to support protect transyoung people who are under such severe assault now. we know there are forces seeing broadly now with project 2025. they have never gotten over the fact we are no nger in 1950 or 1850 or whatever they want to bring us back to and that there are lgbtq people and women and opleof color, immigrants, people who are now part of the power structure who are helping make decisiinthis country and taking prominent roles in sports and business and non profit world. they have never gotten over that and they waalaway and of course we are not going anywhere. and they have made a conscious choice and weow

they made this choice around 8 year es ago after they lost--realize they lost, we beat them. who can we pick on next? who can we demonize next? who can we blame next? and it watr it wasn't just random this happened. this was a deliberate choice they made to take a entire commy, community they thought would not be able to stick up for itself. they were wrong. a community they thought they could just pick on and s political points. imagine scoring political points on the backs of children. that's what they are doing. in california we are having at. that's why we- [applause] that's why we just a few years the first state to pass the law to make california a state of refuge for transkids and their families if they felt a need they couger be

safe in their states, because the parents were threatened with state prison time for supp their transkids and their access to healthcare. we passed legislation to expand access to culturally competent transpeople and non binary people and gender non conforming people in general, and just last month we passed and the governor sie law legislation to ban forced outing policies. [applause] that as we need to be clear correctly criticize other states, that we dont allow school districts in california to force teachers to these kids to their parents, even if that leads to violence or homelessness for those kids. i'm so proud of what we have been able to do c we still have so much work to do to support the transcommunity and i know we will get there and i am just so grateful to everyone for this amazing

community, this amazing coalition. let's celebrate transhistory month, this community is not going to be erased and let's win. thank you. [applause] >> thank you senator wiener. we have spoken a lot today how transjnder people face legislative attacks but it is important we also acknowledge how intersectionality can esigmatize dehumanize. cially immigrants refugees and mono lingual. [indiscernible] the only twranzn led serving organization and speaking on their behalf is sophia, who was first hired by ella in 2018 and serves as their first de please welcome, sophia derantes. [applause]

>> good afternoon. hello. sisters, brothers and siblings. my name is sophia. i'm the deputy director for--the only as just mentioned, the only trans lead organization in the city and county of san francisco and northern california. today, we gather tog■honor the history and residents of transgender people, particular the transgender women of color, who have backbone of our movement. as a mexican indigenous transjnder woman in the tenderloin, i'm stand before you on this sacred land. we are facing a critical moment in history.ti-transjnder bills are

sweeping the nation. --our identities, voicesd :c but we will not be erased. we will not be silent. we will not efead. we are the descendants of a rich and broud heritage of--who resisted--who fought for our survival. arthe aztecs, [indiscernible] many more tribes and we will not let anyone take that away from us. [applause] this will determine our fate. it will determine whether we continue to face discrimination and

marginalization or whether we can continue walking toward the recognition and respect we rv it will determine whether we can continue to work, to have access to healthcare, education and employment, or whether we--with our human rights. but, we not be left behind. we will rise up. we will use our votes and our collective power to defend justice, equality and freedom. we will show the world that we will no longer be ignored and that we will no longer be silent. let's honor our elders and siblings who have fought for our rights. let us honor the memories of have lost to violence and

discrimination and let us continue to fight for a world where all transgender people can live with dignity and respect. [speaking spanish] thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you sophia. in this struggle for transliberation, our youth have taken center stage. they have be cen become the victims of bullying by the bazaaring obsesive and insecure weirdoes on the

right. and yet, and yet they have been brave enough and bol continue to be themselves and shine a light on the path towards liberation. this is why i'm so grateful that c here in san francisco. speaking on behalf of lyric is the executive director, giel chavez. [applause] >> hi, everyone. how's it going? as honey said, i have the honor and privilege of being the executive director of lyric. that is actually the second largest and second oldest queer youth serving organization in couny. [applause] and i think that is a testament to all of us of san francisco residents. that is why we have one of the organizations, because we continue to

be san francisco, a sanctuary city, a beacon of hope for our community. you know, i have been at lyric for about three years, and we have seen severe increase in young people, in parents, as senator wiener mentioned, calling, sending dm, asking for support because they are sending their youth coming to san francisco because they know across the entirun francisco is where we will be safe. san francisco is where we will be affirmed. san francisco is where we can nal live our true selves and be in community. and be loved. absolutely. [applause] i just wt say, you know, today is a privilege for all of us, but i want to thank you again to our fearless leader, london breed for your

bold leadership, for just going against the grain and saying you know, we will continue to manize and respect and love every single member of our community and we'll do it unapology. i want to thank senator wiener for not ly advocating for every our community but doing it at the state level. i dont know how much you all realize what is happen-because of the you know, parents, community members, even across into the east bay going and advocating for our young people because they are threatened in every school across this entire statm hopeful that now that we have the safety act, our young people are going to be safe in their schools. today is a opportunity for to celebrate. today is a opportunity for us

to acknowledge the history and everything we are endered as unity, but today is also a opportunity for us to call and rise up and continue to advocate for every single of our community, because i tell you, our young people are ready. our young people are unu apologetic. they are their truth authentic selves because we were able to show and model that for them, and that is a testament of every single person here. thank you honey and office of transjnder initiative having me today. thank you for everyone for making this hapn let's keep at it. thank you. [applause] >> our next speaker, jupiter prazaa is a undocumented transwoman, activist and daca ripsent.

rip cipient. a 2021 feminist policy fellow and graduated with bachelors in international relation in miner in political science from san francisco state university. she is the policy maker behind transhistory month is we are so lucky to have her here in n francisco and here with us today. please welcome, jupiter peraza. >> thank you everybody. happy transjnder history month. i love august. it is w favorite month. i am so blessed and grateful to be here with you all. once again, welcoming and celebrating transgender history a month. a very very special one, this august is celebrated

across the entire state of california. yes, let's give it up. [applause] san francisco became the first city in the nation to recognize transgender mon, and california became the first state to recognize transgender history month. it is incredibly thrilling that such a historic and monumental commemoration began here in san francisco in august 2021 when mayor london breed signed proclamation declaring august as transgender history month in san francisco. and to reiterate what said, tradition and invasion are synonymous with san francisco. it is a characteristic that has a proud resident for all most 10 years, and as such, and as a result that of

the transgender community, we have the we also have lion martin community trsgender initiative.fice transmatch, lyric, our transhome and so much more. transgender san franciscans cultural bearers. we are artists, organizers, leaders, academics, business service providers, care takers, professionals and creators. san francisco has a transgender spirit. it has gone through so much change. it shed so many layers, but above all, it is triump and authenticity and being the city it is and i like to say that san francisco uses she they pronouns. yes.

okay. [applause] such initiatives have set national standard. we continue to trailblaze a path forward, such as the mayor's plan to end transgender homelessness by 2027. it is a plan that requires all of our attention and all our support to be able to set up our community for success by having equitable access stable and reliable housing. during my time at the transgender district, i launched and managed the organization first pilot housing subsidy program for transgender folks. known as housing opportuns for transgender tenants, otherwise known as the hot program with two t we were successful housing 8 individuals over one year and

pay for 50 percent of their rent. survarinquiries at the end of the pilot program documented improvement in mental health, stability, investment in higher education, car ownership, entrepreneur sp and overall, drastic improvement of quality of life. since san francisco early days, the transgender community served a cornerstone in making the city what it is today. it is only fair and just that the city look out for us in the way that looked out for it or for her. sorry. many of us have nded on the city for hope, protection and a plan forward. there have been moments in my life in which i ve felt utterly hopeless. the response to the state of the world

and state of transgender civil rights. there have been moments in thought of moving forward in life has felt profoundly painful and devastating. i am not alone feelings. i know many transgender people of all ages across the country and around the world who feel exactly i have felt. who feel the crushing weight of discrimination, viteral and violence. a crsense of loss. loss of loved ones, of peace and st, faly, love and a long fulfilling life. but during those moments of darkness, i am reminded of who i am and have become. i did not come to be who i am in a vacuum. i'm love, determination and power of

the transcommunity i exist in now and the one that me before me. we are not alone and we never have been. we have a mmunity to guide us through the darkness. we are not here to tear each other down, but uplift and empower one it is our responsibility, san francisco transgender community, the world center of transgender civil rights to deliver a message of hope to all those in disenfranchisement and those who can count the number of transpeople they know in one hand. and for that message, i will all to join me in this chant to be able to do this together. i want you to repeat if it applies, it applies. if not, please feel free to

join. i am trans-i am powerful-i am brilliant-and you will never destroy me-f let's do it again. i am trans-i am powerful-i am brilliant-and you will never destroy me. let's do it together one time. alright? can we do that? alright. one, two, three. i am trans-i am powerful-i am brilliant-and you will never destroy me. [applause] as they say, if you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together. may we shapethugh the lens of our history. history they will never be able to take

away from us. stfuture that belong to us and us only. aphistory month everybody! [applause] >> thank you jupiter. thank you so much. thank you for your leadership and you are all here today, so thank you once again. [applause] we are getting close to the endu program, but we have one more thing to do. today we are honoring two individuals who made exemplary contribution to the ansg der community in san francisco and beyond. our first honoree is cal. cal is a transmarathonic inclusivity activist, educator community builder andpet. competed at st. louis university.

cal, won first place in the 2022 san francisco marathon. the 2023 new york city marathon. [applause] and the 2024 los ■< marathon. what's next in 2025? what is it? rlen. . took second place at the 2022 chicago marathon and 2023 boston marathon. non binary run club and professor at university of san francisco and continues to be committed to increasing trans visibility and uplifting queer joy. please come forward, cal kalamia.

[applause] >> hello. i'm going to say a few words. thank you so much for having me. it is truly such a honor to be here. among such ground-breaking contributors to a better world for gender expansive people. my name is cal. my pronouns are he or they. i'm trans. i'm so proud to be transand i don't know if i could be this proud if i didn't live here in n francisco. in 2022, i was midway through my 4th year as a public high school teacher in the city. i stpushing on local foot races more inclusive to transand non binary participant with registration option and opportunity to and recognized for who we are. beta breakers was the starting point for me and out pouring of

support from the community in san francisco pushed me to continue to do more work across the globe. i went on impacted change countless races, including the san francisco marathon, chicago, and berlin--now all have non binary divisions. [applause] thyowhile the current political climate seeks to demonize transathletes, i wanted to find a way to create a narrative ofrough movement for transnon binary folks. in 2022, i founded non binary plus run club which meets week lee in golden gate park. you n walk, bike or run with us. i'm not recruiting but not not recruiting. just over a year ago, i was the u.s. anti-doping agency for my use of gender affirming testosterone and

right to continue running was on the line for months. i was crushed. the agency demanded invasive documentation to prove the medica necessity of my transness and i noid i shared my story with the internet and the pressure mounted and i was granted unprecedented exempson to contincoete. [applause] this laid the ground work for policy for transathletes which is huge. people often ask me, how do udo it and you do with such a smile on your face. my answer to that is, have no choice. to falter in the face of transphobia, to give up the will of hatred, i know and that is precisely why i will never. [applause] i do what do to leave footprints, pink and white and baby blue footprint so the world knows a

transperson was here. ran this marathon, a transperson won. i want a world where young people do not think transness is a death senseance and parents do not believe the same. i want a world being transand black and transis not a death sentence. where transpeople are loved. the gift of individuals such as honey mahogany and jupiter and organizations such as the ending transgender homelessness initiative cannot be overstated. resilience and efforts of the san francisco community, pushed the needle, allythe intergenerational labor of transwomen of color which set the stage for queer liberation as we know it today. trjust worth it. we are so much more then deserving of basic human rights and dignity. we are brilliant at too expansive to conform to limiting notions of who people are supposed to be. transpeople are lead ers, our

wisdom and light n only shine when we are given a chance. when we talk about the global conversation about gender affirming care, let's get one thin pronouns and bathrooms in transition related medical care are affirming care. spts is gender aforms care. a city addressing the most pressing crisis facing a transcommunity, values the mbetrns setting the tone for seismic shift in the global landscape that is gender affirming care. to envision the world we want to the work we do in our city is hope. thank you so much. [applause] have t but certainly not least with us the all star nicky known as tida ida.

[applause] tida ida is a hiv aid transjnder activist from the philippines. has worked with the san francisco aid foundation, the filipino task force on aids and are currently works as a san francisco community health center where she has been many years. created many initiatives to combat hiv and aids in the 90 and raised support for the transjnder law center and aid housing alliance in she received numerous awards for incredible contribution to the community, including [indiscernible] transgender law center [indiscernible] asian pacific islander wellness grassroots award and san francisco pride--today continues to be active in the community through her work with the

san francisco th center. san francisco transmarch and transday of disability and so much more. she continues to inspire and mentor young transwomen to be the change they want to see here in san francisco. please welcome, tida ida. [applause] >> hello san francisco! [aps yep. you heard it. my name is nicky, but i think tida ida has less warrants of arrests,

soi use that one. but, i have been here in the united states in the bay since 1989 and i can safely say and you know, sathat san francisco made me who i am. because, this is a city where you can be yourself, you can also do all most everything you want to do achieve, and there are a lot of great people here w are making sure that this city is going to be a safe place for everybody. i worked for the sa community health center, formally known as api wellness center. it is the ny of you know at home of trans, drop in center for the trans community and we

courageously took a leap of faith to secure a building for 5 years, 6 thousand square foot. we have drop-in, you have counseling rooms. we have a beautiful open space that you can hold meetings and many more. and then, we also have recently, we took over navigation center. it is a 86 bed facility, shelter and we provide differntes over there, and now actually we do have a waiting list, which is really interesting because we want to make sure no out in the street. now transgender person is out in the street, so we made the process simpler and erything faster. but, one thing i wanted to say here, i don't usually have like

speeches. i always want to speak from the heart and i always want to speak from my experiences.actually just last monday-how many people know cecilia chung? we know cecilia. she is my buddy buddy. she is the only person i can call at 2 o'clock in the morning and tell really pissed and she will listen to me. so, we just came back from munich germany and it was the interticewhich i think i will pitch to our mayor that we should send representatives there, because it is such amazing amazing conference for folks who the global view of hiv is different from what we have here in the united states. it is really--i met someone from south africa, who is proud of her

program and when i ask ed her, how much money do you receive? she said, $10 thousand. i said, for what, a quarter or something? no, for the whole year.kind of thousand really do for us here? we get funding that take care everybody from outreach workers to the top. it is a very different different out there. i encourage you all to learn more about what's going on in the hiv world globally. [applause] so, we were at the international aids conference, by the way, munich s . i was like, oh my god. my take away, which resonated to what i do now here in san francisco,

everything was in german, but they had english cht the word that kept coming up every four seconds, every five seconds was kamala. kamala was rely being celebrated over there, so i feel kind of like, the world is watching us. the world is watching us. as leaders, we cannot fail this people who are watching us to make sure we make the right d second, this conference has 16 thousand attendees and i am a speck, i'm just a lint in this big conference. all the folks that i met that living in south africa and places they can't thrive like us are asking n

francisco a beautiful place to live at? how do you manage in san francisco? i reflected my whole life flashed in front of me, because since 1989 i have seen how every year and i bet neone can every year something good happens for the trans community here. from legislation from laws an also from telling united airlines at one point i was--we told them, we are not doing business with you if you don't include trans in your healthcare. [applause] and we are a major hub hereed every year, think all the things our great people in san francisco do for the trans community. i xoe know there are other communities that need to be celebrated and uplifted also, but i think the trans community has ffent needs and we

want to make sure that we address those. my message for everyone, what kept me this work, what kept me doing all the work i do right now, not only did i learn how to lution oriented, but i learned how to communicate with each and everyone, because sometimes that is where wo different opinions and leave it at that. we need to communicate, express each other and respect each other and then come up with for our community. [applause] with that, thank you so much. mayor, thank you. thank you. you. love you all. [applause] >> alright. n the queue. there is a wedding coming, so we have to get out of here, but before we do that, i want to say one last thank you to my staff.give it up for cher

ostry and shane who helped organized everything today. you guysandid an incredsable job. thank you,b have an amazing transhistory month. we have snacks in the hallway in front of the offi. please take some snacks and have an amazing august, y'all. thank you so much. [applause]

francisco. >> my name is fwlend hope i would say ont large-scale what all passionate about is peace in the world. >> it never outdoor 0 me that

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homeless women escaping prostitution if the months period before i performed memorial services store produced women that were murdered on the streets of san francisco so i to the board and said we say to do something the live while he worked on e for changing 4 months later we were given the building in january of 1998 we opened it as a safe house for women escaping prostitution i've seen those counselors women their strength and their beauty and their wisdom and come to be able to affirmative as th of god and they accepted me and made me, be a part of the their lives. >> sal women

that offered me a chance safe house will forever be a part of the who i've become and you made that possible life didn't get better than that. >> who've would know this look of this girl grown up in atlanta wi be working with produced women in san francisco part of the system that has abused ande and degraded women for century around the world and still do at the embody the spirits of women that just know they deserve respect and intend to get it i women younger women become a part of the the current system we need toha the system we don't need to go up the

ladder we need to change the corporations we needke t mat an. >> we get have to get to help them. >> >> shared spaces have transformed san francisco's dalks, local business communities are more resilient and their neighborhood centers are more vibrant and mildly. sidewalks and parkin lanes can be used for outdoor seating, dining, merchandising, and other community activities. we're counting on operators of shared spaces to ensure their sites are safe and accessible for all. people with disabilities of spaces. please provide at least

8 feet of open uninterrupted sidewalk so everyone can get through. sidewalk diverter let those who have low vision navigate through dining and other activity areas on the sidewalk. devices are rectangular planters or boxes that are placed on the sidewalk at the ends of each shared space and need to be at least12 inches wide and 24 inches long and 30 inches tall. they can be on wheels to make it easy to d the end of each day. but during business hours, they should be stationary and secure. please provide at least one wheelchair accessible dining table in your shared space so the disability people can patronize your business. to ensure that wheelchair users can get to the wheelchair accessible area in the park area, provide an adequate ramp or parkletramp

nobody wants to trip or get stuck. cable covers or cable ramps can create tripping hazards and difficulties for wheelchair users so they are not permitted on sidewalks. instead, electrical cables should run overhead at least ten feet above sidewalk. these updates to the shared spaces program will help to ensure safety and accessibility for everyone, so that we can all enjoy these public spaces. more information as of august 27th, 2024. special

meeting workshop on resource alignment initiative. meeting to order. roll call. miss lena. present commissioner. bogus. present. commissioner fisher. commissioner kim. present.. commissioner sanchez. here. commissioner. wiseman. ward. here. president. alexander. here. thank y. public comment for the workshop item will take place during item c, just before the workshop. item s ofsd will provide childcare for this meeting on the first floor in the enrollment center at 555 franklin street from 6:30 p.m. to p mr whenever the meeting ends, whichever comes first. excuse me. it doesn't go past 9 p.m, space is limited and will be proded on a first come, first serve basis for children ages 3 to 10. ats