>> francisco city and county board of supervisors regular meeting this afternoon at 2:00 pm., tuesday, september 10, 2024.)

>> welcome to the san francisco city and county board of supervisors regular meeting this afternoon at 2:00 pm., tuesday, september 10, 2024. >> madam clerk could you call the roll. >> supervisor chan present. >> supervisor dorsey present. >> supervisor engardio present. >> supervisor mandelman present. >> supervisor melgar present. >> president peskin, present. >> supervisor preston present. >> supervisor ronen not present. >> supervisor safai not present. >> supervisor stefani present and supervisor walton present mr. president you have a mr. president you have a quorum. >> thank you. >> >> unceded ancestral homeland of

the ramaytush (rah-my-toosh) ohlone (o-lon-ee) who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. elders, and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. >> colleagues please join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> we have a motion to approve the. >> approval of meeting minutes: approval of the july 30, 2024, board meeting minutes motion to that effect by supervisor

stefani on that motion madam clerk a roll call. >> on the minutes supervisor stefani, aye. >> supervisor walton, aye. >> supervisor chan, aye. >> supervisor dorsey, aye. >> supervisor engardio, aye. >> supervisor mandelman, aye. >> supervisor melgar, aye. >> president peskin, aye. >> supervisor preston, aye. >> supervisor ronen and supervisor safai 11 ayes the motion is approval madam clerk, call the consent agenda one and two those items are routine and if a member objects that may be considered separating. >> with any member like item items severed seeing no other names on the roster.

>> same house, same call. and the ordinances are finally passed and madam clerk let's go to the. >> special order 2:00 p.m. - mayor's appearance before the board. good afternoon mayor london breed. >> mayor london breed no one submitted any question so new hampshire avenue 5 minutes. >> all applicable lazy a nothing more important than at trust the public has in the government one of the 5:15 of this trust is the principle that government business is conducted for the public's benefit and pa the gospel of jesus christ workers serve the public street tree interest since taking office and i've - in the

institutions of city government and worked with the members of the board the controller and other leaders to hole those accountable have broken the lazy lauded and have good government reform to prevent conflict of interests and a pay to play arrangement and undue influence and protect against krurng this work includes implementing over 60 good government reforms by the industry controller and our city attorney issuing 5 executive directives to change the policies to there transparent and accountability. a appointing good government leaders with dr. grant colfax or and publications our city attorney dan herrera head 6 the

- and carmen chiu approving 7 allows u laws for france and transparency in city contracting and nonprofit compliance and to prevent undue influence and 235i6r78. >> i've authored and passed a ballot measure with president peskin to reform the wastewater to be more transparent and better served the public. this work has direct benefits for the residents of san francisco. the city has suspected or debarred 4 contractors doing business with the city those contracts have performed over tin million dollars worth of work over the years with over $30 million worth of work left on the contract those resources can be directed to others contractors who will abide by the rules and

serve the public trust the city has secures significant financial roefrnlz including over one hundred million dollars from recognizance for wrongfully conducting settlement. rate setting and just to be clear, people are caught and exposed more than ever before because of policies that we that my administration have implemented we want to send a clear message. but the work is not done to build on that along with supervisor stefani and the support of city attorney david chiu i'm introducing a new set of reforms our contractor reform legislation will provide oversight and transparent and control for city contractors and

guarantees that fund are award fairly and managed effectively and protect the funds from being misused for political will activist or lobbying city officers or frivolous law firm i want to implement new laws under existing lay standardizing contracts across the department you providing fair processes for guiding the departments in monitoring guarantee performs to allow for effect audits and investigation this work to reform our government is constant and the need to do so spear across areas

(bell ringing) is more than just implementing itself laws it is also reaching barriers to the processes for small businesses and construction to remove the rid tape there that fuels favoritism and curriculums and it is about doing the long hard work to reform the charter which i initiated under a droiveng last week, i look forward to partially with the board on psa in lastly legislation in the weeks ago to come and thank you, supervisor stefani and hope more will join. thank you. >> at the mayor london breed and given no topics we will file this item and see you in the move october madam clerk will you read the next item. general city responsibility -district 7 projects and services - various departments - $549,950

$549,950 $549,950 $549,950 at commodore sloat elementary, playground improvements and seating at sunnyside elementary, and a new playground at jefferson jefferson jefferson jefferson jefferson marietta drive, and fence repairs at edgehill way; $13,200 to to to to

to honda boulevard, rockaway avenue, and monterey boulevard and a public parklet on slow hearst in fiscal year (fy) 2024-2025. >> seeing no other names on the roster, we'll take this. >> same house, same call. the ordinance is passed on first reading >> 4. [real property acquisition - easement from san mateo county flood and sea level rise resiliency district - not to exceed $83,500] and sea level rise resiliency district for the acquisition of a 1,386-square-foot easement for an aerial water pipeline crossing in closing costs, for a total amount not to exceed $83,500 pursuant to charter,section 9.118. (public utilities commission). >> same house, same call. this

resolution is adopted >> 5. [accept and expend grant - retroactive - larkin street youth services -rising up - office of financial empowerment - $181,368]sponsor: mayor. coaching to transitional age youth through the rising up campaign from july 1, 2023, through october 31, 2024. (treasurer-tax collector). >> same house, same call. the resolution is adopted resolution is adopted next item. annual base rent $60,353 -tenant improvements city contribution not to exceed $1,167,500]sponsors: peskin; mandelman. with the kelsey civic center, llc, for use of the ground floor commercial space at 240 van ness avenue as a disability community cultural center for the term of

$1,167,500 towards the cost of tenant improvements; and authorizing the director of property to execute any amendments materially decrease the benefits to the city and are necessary or advisable to effectuate the purposes of the lease agreement or this resolution. >> same house, same call. the visa adopted next item, please. visa adopted next item, please. resolution approving amendment no. 2 to contract no. pro.0164, engineering services for the lower alemany area stormwater improvement project, between the city, acting by and through the san francisco public utilities commission (sfpuc), and mcmillen jacobs associates (dba delve underground), increasing the agreement by $8,300,000 for perform analyses, refine design as part of the caltrans encroachment permit, and to provide increased engineering support during construction - and. >> same house, same call. the resolution is adopted (gavel)

next item, please next item, please next item, please next item, please development's local housing trust fund program, for an amount not to exceed $5,000,000. (mayor's office of housing and community development). >> same house, same call. the resolution is adopted madam clerk let's go to our committee report item cross-complaint against the city and county of san francisco, for $350,000; the lawsuit was filed on august 30, on august 30, on august 30, on august 30, on august 30,

on august 30, overruns and delay on the zuckerberg san francisco general hospital building 5 rehabilitation . >> same house, same call. the owners is passed on first reading. >> madam clerk let's go to roll call for introductions not forwarded and not on the calendar first up is confirmed colleagues, i'd like to close the meeting a long time resident and beloved member 6 community who passed away at the age of 85 born in 1938 to her parents and at the age of 13 emigrated to the san francisco north beach neighborhood over world war ii and attended sacred heart high

school she served in the united states military at foerlt brag and from cornell's to xlgz after that she was a fixture in the san francisco community. work for over 50 years and known for the quick wit built a base. and. >> medals passion for music he sank faithfully at st. peters church and his rendition even the angels paused to listen and helped a group dedicated to fair market value connection with the italian community and amelia loved san francisco the city he

called home and on august 4, 3, 2 , 1, 1964 married the love of his life and together they returned to san francisco and raised they're two children. the chair as a loving grandfather and a uncle to many children and: >> (calling names). >> amelia's ability to make everyone smile his personality and life for sharing jokes left an impression and i know his legacy will enduring and the is someone that tsa was a fixture in the market and now the lbe's in district 2 and absolutely

treasure run him he's an 14r50u9 amazing place for the community to gather for amelia on behalf of the board of supervisors we send our condolences to the family for this extraordinary man and treasure of san francisco community. the rest i submit. >> >> thank you confirmed and supervisor walton thank you, madam clerk colleagues today, i have one in in memoriam with deep sadness we follows up the passing or andrew a legacy in the history the san francisco as a educator and i had the witness of seeing the impact mr. banks had own the community mrarpt in

bayview hunters point he was a history man as a high school coach to lead a team to victory the track and state championship an unparalleled feat in one hundred and 9 years history. the leadership at woodrow wilson high school for those champions is stood as testaments for expertise and under his guidance woodrow wilson got title in 1973 but cheechld number accolades back to back in the 4 hundred and 40 rally and achievements unmatched beyond his remarkable accreditations he was a devoted

educator promoting architectural as a 23 years old high school teacher at woodrow high school helped to take pride in their heritage and one of the first directors of hunters point college played an role for the education of our community in 1976. adams commitment to the youth expended beyond the classroom as a administrator and yes, ma'am hurt middle school he mentored and guide young lives after retiring in education his dedication to public service as a behavioral in the san francisco sheriff's department and a graduate of balboa high school city college of high school and sacramento state

university he excel as a athletic and part of record city college of san francisco 4 hundred and 40 yard rally team running like o.j. simpson and adams contribution to our communities are inmeasurable his commitment to excellence and dedication to uplifting the youth of san francisco will continue at the inspire future jurisdictions and as we register adam we honor has a impact on the community. he was more than a cooperative or a teacher he was a bacon of hope and resilience and pied pride for all. rest mr. banks your legacy will live on in light hearts and mind of all those. the rest i submit. >> >> thank you commissioner chan and supervisor chan.

>> summit. thank you. >> supervisor dorsey thank you, madam clerk. >> colleagues, i'm submitting a laser of inquiry to invite collaboration responses from departments for specific questions for a policy endeavor calling for sidewalks i expect this to be for the months to come for the efforts develop and urge a cooperated strategy to end drug use in san francisco. court mandated drug treatment is central and studies have demonstrated a success and criminal justice system interventions related crimes can be saving this is important now knowing many of those own the streets are captured by drug addictions are deadly in human history the institute since 2018

of drug treatment have been critical didn't need to be volunteer we arguing have authority to accomplish that california voters will begin we're going in on proposition 36 a month from few and no preference one way or another poles show will be adopted by a large margin wog one change offering to empower the drug courts by creating drug related treatments. my letter of inquiry for the police department and fire department and sheriff's office and city attorney's office seeks feedback how to use the treatment mandate felonies should voters make many opening and i'm asking for oat options to expand our courts in san francisco even as proportion 36

were not enacted to roar order to the streets and for drug use and drug dealing and make maevenlg humanitarian my letter of inquiry is intentionally and involving funding and incorporated a request for a need assessment to be required to scale up arrests to make sure property access to mentioned those were cited and arrested and expand to accommodate to maximize our use and expand the related services including more cancelable outpatient options and in district 6 neighborhoods and like many of my fellow members of the community would

have increasing been move to activism by the drug overdose i think the san franciscans share the drug inevitableism is helping no one and not our small businesses that are facing theft and drug induced violence and in the in the grips of drug disorders and candid in discussing this and motivates the work and didn't mean i have all the answers or my views are right. what it means not a single day in city hall i'll not stop working on that beginning with that letter of inquiry to cover the months ahead and as

long as drug use is illegal in can san franciscans have a right to expect those laws and eir perspective my letter of inquiry seeks responses and invites collaboration on the promise of clear sidewalks and established and at that point my drug free sidewalks that criminal justice system interferences for drug use and intfrjz and accompanied with with treatment options and that charges for drug uses be a condition for successfully completing the drug treatment and denormalizing drug use and look forward to your responses

and san franciscans. the rest i submit. >> >> thank you, supervisor dorsey. >> supervisor engardio submit. thank you. >> supervisor mandelman. >> madam clerk i'm recognizing the twenty-four hour which will be september 24th and from a united against hate campaign in 20159 response from the white sprich rally united is an event finding the rejection of hate and discrimination we've con this i offered in 2019 to look at hate weeks ago and gin states in celebrating the commitment for seeps want to thank the united against hate welcome back for your advocacy and advocates and district 8 residents and other efforts i want to thank

adam from my office and thank you to commissioner chan and supervisor dorsey and supervisor safai and supervisor ronen for signing on and. the rest i submit. >> >> thank you. supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor melgar. >> thank you, madam clerk colleagues today, i'm introducing a motion co-sponsored by president peskin to be voted as next week's board meeting to convene on september 24th to discuss the law suit and refer all any comments when we have that special meeting. thank you. >> thank you. the rest i submit. >> >> thank you. >> supervisor preston

colleagues today, i'm introducing a new ordinance that guarantees that rent control public school be expanded to all renter in multi-family believes in the city and county of san francisco. built as of november 5, '24 hour and go into effect when the costa-hawkins is lift as soon as that year in proportion 33 is passed and thank you supervisor melgar for our cooperation and as well as early coworkers supervisor ronen and supervisor chan and helps the freedom from arbitrary price gouging for one hundred thousand san franciscans are denied their rights by this 45 years old

out-of-date ordinance doesn't affect the isn't it true housing we put our money where our mouth is and city-owned the housing for all the debate between the housing right is a distractors and reason for capping unfair rent increase is is new normal kamala harris and natural democratic party we understand that renter need relief from price gounl and everyone deserves housing too many people are forced on the streets i urge you so support prop 33 can guarantee a stable home for all san franciscans and then finally colleagues, i'd like to adjourn today's meeting in in memoriam of deputy she was kevin who died

on thursday september 5th those have been around this building like co-general you'll remember his smile but i was a gifted writer and authorize and beloved custom innovative for the san francisco chronicle we revealed incredible stuff he shared life about his family and chronicled his diagnosis in decline you could or should recalled it said farewell if a column that was published like all the writings this message one honest and caring and full of love that kevin exhibited to everyone in the building. um, he was a

dedicated public servant had a very caring approach i remember years and years ago there was a woman who was going to jump off of the third disappear and a bunch of deputies with a net to try to catch her and kevin went and carefully talked her down over the ledge i will never forget saved her life and roses through the ranks in the sheriff's department position of chief depth of administration and programs in this oversaw the administration of all operations and rehabilitation programs and alternatives to incarceration i know made the sheriff and his successor proud and recognized

for the ongoing programs born and raised in queens, new york in 1953 lived with his husband and sons in the excelsior and titled his book more true tails and little life in the outer outer outer excelsior. and kevin fought for gay marriage and fostered triplets returned though or to their birthday parents and learned in truthful ways if you want to be inspired read the columbia kevin he's left his guilty of in his psa honor the life of kevin fisher and condolences to bryan. the rest i submit. >> >> thank you, mr.

president, and supervisor preston submit. thank you. >> supervisor ronen summit and supervisor safai (clearing throat) thank you, madam clerk i have a couple of things thank you, president peskin for honoring my constituent appreciate you bringing up his name we have a few things to say we are able to put that on the record an important individual a neighbor lived maybe a block and a half from our house and the last interactions he called me and was upset the city trimmed trees and the and his neighbors planted did trees and not requested for trimming and upset the and the requested my leadership this is all in an e-mail i called him up and said

kevin i have my number. i said you drive by my house everyday and, of course, we got the stump removed and assured him we'll plant a new tree and publications could have done a better job in 40 him we talked about how much we cared for the community and how much he cared that the trees represented one thing to the neighborhood but about bringing the community together. as a neighborhood to plant those trees 25 years ago and how those families are seen them grow and the children grow he was a phenomenal individual very, very kind and very, very sad to see him pass, and, secondly, colleagues, i have a resolution today, we submitted december 16, '24 hour mini day

the sites of, no. cabin too years when she was murdered her name is jena and arrested by the police in iran for improperly wearing her clokts and give you a little bit of background a excuse me - i thought came into power a day before increasingly women's day ironically they named they had to cover their hair in public and not wearing the clotting would be naked without them she died in the hospital in the morality police beaten on the way to the hospital and many eetsz and other women reported that, of

course, the government denied is this day but she sparked a women's movement in iran and md 5 radicals of women took to the street over the world talking about the treatment of women and demanded freedom and democracy for women unfortunately, since that time thoughts of protesters have been killed and thousand detained and community-based organization death penalties on thousands and thousands of men and women but mainly women for standing up a catalyst the movement a spark for the women live freedom chant. and that's rooted in a phrase hers background that demands the end of job loss and other

discriminatory actions against women in 2020 two represents talked about how women need to be made feel to be safe if they didn't dress properly and will brings or bring attention to this issue and honor her and many women have been brutally attacked not just in iran but all over the world i invite us to firmly support the live freedom support for women and fight for oppression of women and thanks for the honorees the building that lit up in red and white and great to thank you, co-general for making this happen and in honor on monday.

the rest i submit. >> . thank you. >> dmrnld and mr. president that concludes the. >> roll call for introductions. >> go to the at all times and i'll go in the order starting or with supervisor mandelman. >> martha cowen stand up (clapping.)

(yelling). >> (clapping) well, it's possible i should sit down but martha good government depends on good people and city hall has truly great people with martha cowen and was terrified (laughter) is unique city officers pick up the phone with with martha calls martha impacts exceeds the title. >> the 0 global world series and night life involve her and

skill set for all mayors gets things done on and time and began as a freelancer scooting for tv shows and that led to a string for the mayors back to the 90s and martha has organized incongratulations and order the queen go elizabeth and pride san francisco would not be pride without martha cowen each year in june makes massing i can happen for the queer community and for the visitors and during covid implemented and managed the building center an grove street for the 2020 election and

helped to have the vaccination site from january to june of 2021 and san francisco host 22 heads of states for the economic development issue and i can't imagine 25 thousand people passes through the plaza and made headlines across the country and martha cowen productions and as xhirmd and fracturetion of events and her birthday on september 12 a fitting time to honor martha for the city and county of san francisco. thank you all you do martha on behalf of board of supervisors i want to wish you a

happy happy happy birthday (clapping.) thank you supervisor melgar. >> (clapping). >> hold on martha. >> martha you have managed to bring back the first time in this building the former chief of staff through a number of mayors and police chief and former supervisor and the brass and people from virtual every department don't be driving one of the ecology trucks (laughter) but no job too big or small with martha cowen and amazing you attended to every pieces of detail not just the international and pride but to

many things all everything that need to be fixed around the building whether that is the colors we see on the building honoring different days all of that comes to you courtesy of martha has from he go and supervisor mandelman i'm delighted you have seen fit to honor ms. cowen the floor advertising. >> i'm sorry xhvrjd for those of you who don't know i almost everyone not room didn't know her i call her the wolf that is because any time anything needs to get done you call martha that happen and what i appreciate about her i think you said this supervisor she can be one of the most frightening people and the friend literal people all in the

same breath as long as you listen to what she wants you to do (laughter) ; right? (clapping.) because she's earned and as my form teacher said she'd say o h i p frank has the power that is exactly what you represent ms. cowen and honored to have worked with you and everything in the city. thank you very much. and neglected to (clapping.) recognition ms. cowen you're joined by the sheriff. >> supervisor stefani. >> i want to let you know martha how much i should tell you on january was a dream come

true i was appointed supervisor and learned that martha cowen was sitting on the event i knew i arrived something special must be happening and my kids were in school you put them where they needed to be they are nervous front people you're love for the city is so apparent and another event you did was the tony bennett jefferson elementary fairmont was special so many events more importantly you're just part of city hall and worked for so many mayors and people in the room look up to you i have to say happy birthday and i love to work with you ath

at city hall and thank you. >> >> ms. cowen. >> thank you. >> president peskin and supervisor mandelman and members of board of supervisors good afternoon. >> i want to thank supervisor mandelman and others i want to thank my boss mayor london breed and our team in city hall as as well as the many people i had the 240ur7b collaborate them our city departments on a daily bases wheefrn i've abolished is the result of teamwork. i have been privileged to have worked with talented and dedicated public servants over the past thirty years i have had the privilege of severing 6 different mayors whatever

differences they may have had they have a lot for the city and commitment to the people of san francisco. the most important thing union iron works historic district no later than our title or our task we all serve one boss the people of the city and county of san francisco. and they deserve our very best every time. >> when we keep that in mind we can do great things and have accomplished great things we mate san francisco the st. francis shine for all the world to see and more importantly our o on that resident san francisco will be a world-class city been the honor of my life to contribute in any way to the

greatness of the city i love. thank you. >> (crying). >> thank you, martha (clapping). >> martha come on in.

>> (clapping). >> next up on roll call is supervisor stefani. >> accommodations. >> i meant accommodations. thank you. >> (taking picture).

>> all right. [off mic.] >> no.

>> go ahead supervisor. >> thank you, president peskin colleagues today have i have the honor of recognizing k9 canyons for providing service dogs with people with disabilities and to recognize the importance of service dogs in our community in line with that recognition we'll soon be passing declaring september 2024 as national service dog awareness month in the city and county of san francisco and city commissioner mandelman for co-sponsoring and k9 companions was founded in santa rose in 1975 and leader in enhancing is quality of life for people with disabilities. sorry. >> providing over 7 thousand

experimentally trained dogs for veterans and children those served dogs are trained to perform over 40 specialized tasks alerting to sound and providing crucial assistance allowing individual to live independent lives as a nonprofit service dogs in the industry k9 provides dogs in all follow-up costs to assessable in the united states over 64 million dollars adult and children live with disability but not many dogs a gap between the need for service dogs. and national awareness month an opportunity to educate the invariable benefits those dogs provide and raise awareness of the people

with disabilities to be condominium by their service dogs and joined by individuals that represent the k9 and dave as district 2 and dedicated volunteer puppy raiser joins us with casey. his 11 puppy training over the past 15 years dave's commitment prep puppies for their future roles and with safety and independence showing the wide range of disability for service dogs let's honor the k9 and accomplish the contributions that service dogs make in the lives of people with disabilities. >> dave we women welcome i to the podium to say a few words

(clapping.) thank you, supervisor stefani for introducing this and thank sam in our office that did a lot of legwork to make that happen thank you. as mentioned i've been a volunteer with the organization important a very long time and got involved a good friend tied to a wheelchair and had a service dog from the k9 companions and wanted to help this organization and have casey just about 6 months old and one of the best puppies i raised as a baby and have until august next year and he returns to training by professionals to get the skills to help people with disabilities. our organization is assists most sdabtsd except

lime they have their own dangerous an organization you are familiar with. many of our clients have mobility issues in wheelchairs or other issues and the dogs will pick up things and turn on lights and close and whatever they can do to make people's lives easier and train hearing dogs and jack is a reciprocating /* reciprocate i have a hearing loss so it is queen any alerts the sounds in the home and she like timers and gives me a big sense of security

i live alone and i'm here to share with a queen any does an honor to be here. thank you. (clapping.) and last but not least our final recognition of accommodations from supervisor ronen and if you can come up to the front (clapping) (yelling). >> owe looks as good had i met him 25 years ago. >> he didn't but (unintelligible) unbelievable you, you have to share your

secrets you guys. >> (unintelligible). >> yeah. >> (clapping.) colleagues today i'm thrilled to be honoring him for his remarkable 27 year in legal services and a celebration of his retirement. t l s the sheriff's office with a unique in house department that does the work of protecting rights of people in in custody and this is a interim in law school and been with the department ever since becoming the director in not and serving in that relay for 15 years. p l s a trail dbas department with the success and founded by michael hennessy the year and today answers hundreds of requests more information and

as an each month for people in in custody and p l s works tyler to improve conditions and during the pandemic incarcerated. they have done amazing work in the right to vote and in 2018 ridden 5 hundred voters. colleagues share rptsd the prisons and 3408 the interims and for the tireless work for the incarcerated people p l s have one of the most legal internship in the bay and nick has been serving the city before this p l s a teacher with the san

francisco community and his a grandfather that makes connections with everyone and the and his wife live in butts and known throughout the neighborhood to bring people together with nicks children were students played a role in the fundraising people celebrate and just this summer we've seen nick and annette at camp mather to raise money to keep that as incredible you're oregon or meeting and you're making this space better than that it is and with the extraordinary criteria and lifelong careers nick makes the difference and helped san

franciscans of falling and especially in the vulnerable situations incarcerating with the basic rights and i'm so proud to commemorate nick as he takes his next steps we know you'll have a prominent role in the community and can't wait to hear what is next before i-i'm going to turn it over to you nike want to give the chief a minute to say a couple of things as well. >> good afternoon sheriff. >> good afternoon, members of the board and president i want to give nick the opportunity to have the last word after me. >> (laughter) has been throughout our friendship and relationship he

makes sense so much to us i appreciate the moment thank you. on on behalf of all of us and conditioning the legacy of my tenure and continue to take care of the people who need it the most through the years especially fitting that today or this year is an election year and the work and energy and commitment and galvanizing are rirj to vote through the years has one one of the legacies you leave has been by you and carried on by our staff thank you for that and he's working an, an excellent barbecue i look forward to it it what you bring back to us. thank you. (clapping.) >> wow.

>> i don't remember half of things but i remember i should stop now i am stories thank president peskin for that nice words about kevin fisher will be missed one of my colleagues and he was one of the ones from my days remembering housing and thank you for that supervisor ronen and everyone else for this honor has been an honor to work for the city for a long time i don't know how it got too long i went in an, an interim i never left and want to thank, of course, my mike hennessy and sheriff and other sheriff's for keeping me around this long. and, of course, my staff belinda

and ruby belinda deinvolve the services was important i was thinking while martha was getting her award if i had her i might have been able to get for done. >> and, you know, it is really important job a lot of people that kind of anomalies job a lot of people in jail and really a hard job a job that is really important so mike hennessy started that and my hope it will be continued to be kept around and the board of supervisors will kind of make sure of that if any sheriff didn't want it around yeah. i could talk about the people i work with a lot of people are here today thank you for showing up but you guys, you

know, we're kind of p l s is a loan wolf data at that time i got the last word many times you were not around to hear it i appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you for your service nick. >> (clapping). >> [off mic.] >> yeah >> a colleagues we'll

make the newcomer for kevin from the entire board of supervisors without objection (gavel) madam clerk go the committee and excluding items which have been considered by a board committee. members of the public may address the board for up to three minutes. line up on the right hand and speak to the appearance the approval of the board minutes from july 30th and items up for adoptions without economy 13 through 17 all other items must be within the subject jurisdiction of the board and mark setting the timer for 2 minutes. >> i want to tell you a secret please don't pass this on before you and me it is slightly

embarrassing but you know, i went i was counting how many words elijah spoke was 11 hundred he covered his head with his mantel and god said i thought i think i'm going to that i put on my shirt offer my head and a bird landed on me i swear and bird landing on me and squatted and cut into my head it is private. >> my dock trinity not mine by any man doing the will will note the dock trinity if it sauk county to itself who seeks the glory of him 3 sent him, no

unrighteousness he seek the glory of god but i'll say a what i was going to say it is really baffles me i tell you why i'm not saying this i know what i did i know a call to talk shows before the world trade center fell i began teaching people (bell ringing) as syrup as knowing two things the year christ was baptized and a proper understanding of engineering jerry enough you'll get 66 six the world is not retarded but honestly before mentioned. >> thank you for your comments. >> let's hear in the next speaker welcome. >> good afternoon to everyone.

>> we're hear back again and living missable life since we have taxi and uber i don't know what why 5 o'clock we work until 10 o'clock or 11 o'clock to provide for the families and plus everyone is stressed out in the taxi business two weeks two people passed away had a heart attack and we can't get outs unless you take action and gives us some life we can see life it is difficult we forgot how to have a picnic and feed the families and how to take our children to places and are working like a slave 12 and 14

hours a day not getting anywhere to asking you right in front of my god we're miserable and need our help and part of the city we serve the city 25 or thirty years why are we not appreciated we need to this appreciated we work hard and need the hotel callers we are serving the city so the same people please (bell ringing) help us out we are in difficult times. >> thank you for your comments welcome to the next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm a taxi driver and in the. >> 3. report on actions taken at previous closed session meeting, if any. of darkness we've seen in the last 6 years i'm 60-year-old and maybe next s

years i'll retire maybe not be here by my will drive the taxis. >> so for (unintelligible) what kind of discrimination is that are we unto the best of our ability? don't you know 6 thousand people speak up and taxicabs pickup only one percent sometimes thirty taxicabs and sometimes one taxicab in a ridiculous outrageous and shamed slaughtered us and for this she's (unintelligible) i hope she'll not win good morning. i appreciate she destroyed

everything or everything and our humble request to provide a medallion on $25,000 (bell ringing) so because i'm so 10 years ago a couple of medallions one hundred and $25,000 and we are paying just interest on one of the one hundred and derivatives anymore is medallions the biggest discrimination we can't afford it. thank you. >> i've got a few things i love puppies and disabled people and hate cops and supervisor mandelman is not united a fucking and support

conservatorship. >> jordan jordan can you address the full board please. i was using the third person but call disability people the r word i saw the tour in the news about carr money an immigrant got meningitis and lost fingers and toes and after hospital stay still not eligible for longer term housing and where hero 4, 3, 2 , 1-year-old drought can't stay with her. fucking the entry and fuck the pencil twittering and the bullshit ass mayor should be in chambers is refusing to release the reason we can't have nice things in the city because we are one of the

few people in the state with a weak mayor i'm glad the person lost his - but why a for the up for a lgbtq youth organization i - like the mini did movement of which i support the resolution we will make sure he's no longer welcome in any lgbtq and our silence is complexity people need you to hold the people accountable and supervisor mandelman so resign. >> the neshgsz welcome. >> hello, i live in d-6 i believe survivors my track records iphone for people but you know what i believe that survivors have dourntd to be

right and remember our memory are short term to forget those who men i'm not the only people tired of those people touching our bodies those traumatizing actions i had a man sneak up behind me and smack my as hard as he could would that okay. if you did that to me. >> and should some morality for the freedom of slavery and building jordan because you're happy to use jordan for your career i was surprised with a starch approached jordan between two supervisors over legislation i remember the many times and another staffer taught me a stiffer said hi jordan when at

the passed by him in the halls you were looking at your fucking phone, too and everyone should know that is about our community and how you treat transpeople (bell ringing) and transwomen and binary people with sexual assault i think everyone who does should be taken out of power and held accountable do you? >> thank you for your comments next speaker. >> good afternoon to everyone i'm leonard i'm the ct p or special police education and development. we are celebrating

60 years of membership. started in the fillmore and bought a building at 1, 2, 3, 4 and fillmore street one of the goals to have a building for the members that are in training have a place to come to. >> we have grown to a different level of an organization there are a few other members want to speak on what we're doing and how long we've been doing it with the help of san francisco and also we believe that we made black history ways we got the last day of black history last year getting the keys to the building and also an organization i'd like to say managed by a black

subgroup group of people because wearing multilingual culture in the city. and one of the things we are doing is i know guys but those are new ones we printed up because like for you to stop by and see what we do without help (bell ringing) in regards and asking for your support in the ways we can. we're going to more of us but have tours of duties and help to pay for what we're doing and thank you to the people have giving us the tours of duty for training and re-entry people can't get a job and come to us over the years and have moves forward own to something better (bell ringing) >> thank you for your comments. and welcome the next speaker. >> hello hi yes, i'm a member of the police officers

association had i look at it and look at last golfing in our permeation and proliferation of people who are law-abiding citizens and decriminalization you got to lock up something but (unintelligible). >> this is going on in our town. so when i look at the social contract we have with people. in our society the social factory and the organizations that spoil give officers hope for the men that gone down the wrong road need an opportunity to change the social

dynamics and we need 23u7b8dz addresses this organization needs to be all over the united states i'm sure men need an opportunity and with the yoedz i was going to be involved in security but concerned about the murder in our community need to be addressed and change the social dynamics and we have an opportunity to do that (bell ringing) become law-abiding citizens to train and change they're way of life we can have - do this again many men come down and tell you how this organization has chained their lives been on the other side of crime and things like that. so this is a great organization and great opportunity to -

(bell ringing) problem and a solution - >> thank you, sir. thank you for your comments and next speaker. >> welcome. >> is this for presentation. >> yes. >> actually before i start can be respectfully to get the full boards attendance please. we're starting our time few. >> can i have the full boards attention i appreciate the full boards attention. >> good afternoon mayor london breed and i'm alongside my attorney brandon banks and mayor london breed i doubt you recognition me, i'm hoping thisblast will job our memory i asked you during my on boarding was executive order 18-02. and insuring diverse and fair and

inclusive workplace i felt compelled it is one of the most powerful and meaning pieces o leadership and therefore with that in mind using whatever experience i have as my attempt to drawing your attention do those internal treats with the city effectiveness and on september 5, 2023, i thought hired by a department as a engaged and motivated 1824 analyst as a may 16, '24 hour for unknown reasons am a former city employee that is devastated, aye. >> sdpesz and desperate i condition with health conditions in rapid decline due to the

stress of this circumstances not to mention the final turmoil. on display is the complaints that has been filed that the city attorney's office and it is currently reviewed by david chiu office with an response due to weeks from day and (bell ringing) with the investigation underway. >> thank you for your comments. >> thank you kindly. >> next speaker. >> welcome to the next speaker. >> ma'am, can you pull that microphone close to you? >> pull the microphone. >> i'm hearing impaired i'm with the special police officers association and too i'm the voice for deputy responding smith that passed away and one year today anyway, i basically

want to get if off my chest. we both have cancer that is terminal and asked him. >> by to attorneys we had risen a car and the managers that are they're stole the document found her way stealing the service dog we cannot because threatened by the lawyer for jail time whatever. and we i'm sorry, i was not prepared to make a statement i was caught off guard but speaking for him no justice for the service dog. um, i don't

know what else to say but basically he didn't get justice he died before he could complete his task the second lawyer bailed didn't want to help me (bell ringing) contest that the he got paid >> thank you next speaker. >> everything can you hear me? >> yes and it is specifically going to you this lady right here. >> it's going but i need her to understand something about nick worked with people incarcerated my name is jeffrey. allen junior november 17, 1997, part of to which i was literally chartd and spent 22 years in prison and i was jacob in

department 12 may of 2020 i've been if fear of of one thing recidivism i was thrown into the streets about 5 months ago walked upon 1, 2, 3, 4 and folsom and was a witness to being literally led into an organization that sheltered me and grateful my a chance to be a skushth mind you you've been spending the majority of my life in prison. i don't know anything other than limiting just program wake up do this and that with the help of this oxygen i'm waking up and comboug to do something i literally help myself start a jailer service

with the help of (bell ringing) the - i'm here to tell you guys funding is needed at 1, 2, 3, 4 and folsom i know you have agenda everyone has a way out stuff but like now my name is jeffrey junior i spent 22 years in prison i'm limiting asking for you guys help to give (bell ringing) - >> thank you next speaker. >> hi there i'm - i guess rafael did a resolution i'm a day late and and dollar short like often but i'm here with united against hate an

organization around for 2 two years and we are committed to supporting um, curriculum and activities throughout the communities that are anti hate i worked with president peskin i mean gwen sorry with the anyway on the september 20, first, we are launching the unit against hate and will be activity we are passing out posters and asking people to go online to look at the activities we are looking at it by need to do something about it i don't know what the next steps are. we'll be back next

week to talk about a resolution. >> i hope people will participate we have tons of poster. >> seeing no other names on the roster, public comment is closed. and come on, man. >> i'm sorry, i didn't do i francis a so let me bring to your attention this city was named an st. francis. and i see from those, too general who gentlemen from the talks about they are considering the public utilities commission and won't building this. the president was called to the mayor's office and told that his timer would not think extended what is happening

to our city? we have the legislative branch the city administrator who had powerful brought in the mayor in 1996, and what is happening to our city? and like to the commission meeting i go home. but i'm asking you all that lets have some standards. let's have some advocates. let's some manners. we can't put someone on the commission and treat them like whatever this is happening in the city. this is what happens in the city (bell ringing) $10 billion and can't help the people $16 billion. that's a lot

of money. thank you very much. >> thank you next speaker. >> only see mascot and in comes the flies. >> so you everyone i'm sorry. this is any orders i don't know if i noticed in the last three months i've been dutiful but where do you think that comes from. >> no consequences now following you are all, all physically the humanity good job that includes you are under us the charge is a violation of

existence which basics focus on the x permission of beauty now you are under (unintelligible). >> so you (unintelligible). >> you can't bail yourselves out because you're basically under - if in our lifetime you attribute to kill anyone didn't mess with the guy but (unintelligible) i hope. who are (bell ringing) >> food otherwise you have done you're existence was a waste of space i will never be

back in any form and - pay for you that's the way it works. come out of those jurisdiction happily walking and apply what things have telling you to apply (bell ringing) >> all right. public comment is closed. and madam clerk read the adoption without committee record. >> 13 through 17 were you and unanimous vote. >> amending a member my require administrative code to go to committee and seeing no other names on the roster, take these items. >> same house, same call. the resolutions are adopted and madam clerk please read the in

in memoriam for supervisor stefani for an on behalf of the supervisor walton for andy banks and a motion by president peskin on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for chief did you want kevin fisher pulson. >> we're adjourned [meeting adjourned]

♪♪ >> san francisco! ♪♪ >> this is an exhibition across departments highlighting different artworks from our collection. gender is an important part of the dialogue. in many ways, this exhibition is contemporary. all of this artwork is from the 9th century and spans all the way to the 21st century.

the exhibition is organized into seven different groupings or themes such as activities, symbolism, transformation and others. it's not by culture or time period, but different affinities between the artwork. activities, for example, looks at the role of gender and how certain activities are placed as feminine or masculine. we have a print by uharo that looks at different activities that derisionly performed by men. it's looking at the theme of music. we have three women playing traditional japanese instruments that would otherwise be played by men at that time. we have pairings so that is looking within the context of gender in relationships. also with how people are questioning the whole idea of

pairing in the first place. we have three from three different cultures, tibet, china and japan. this is sell vanity stot relevar has been fluid in different time periods in cultures. sometimes being female in china but often male and evoking features associated with gender binaries and sometimes in between. it's a lovely way of tying all the themes together in this collection. gender and sexuality, speaking from my culture specifically, is something at that hasn't been recently widely discussed. this exhibition shows that it's gender and sexuality are actually have been considered

and complicated by dialogue through the work of artists and thinking specifically, a sculpture we have of the hindu deities because it's half pee male and half male. it turns into a different theme in a way and is a beautiful representation of how gender hasn't been seen as one thing or a binary. we see that it isn't a modest concept. in a way, i feel we have a lot of historical references and touch points throughout all the ages and in asian cultures. i believe san francisco has close to 40% asian. it's a huge representation here in the bay area. it's important that we awk abouk about this and open up the discussion around gender.

what we've learned from organizing this exhibition at the museum is that gender has been something that has come up in all of these cultures through all the time periods as something that is important and relevant. especially here in the san francisco bay area we feel that it's relevant to the conversations that people are having today. we hope that people can carry that outside of the museum into their daily lives.

you have important decisions to make for the november 5th election. tonight's forum is a great opportunity to learn about the candidates before you vote. so let's begin. we'll start with opening statements, and again we'll go in alphabetical order by first name. in your opening statement, candidates, please introduce yourself and share why you're running for district five. supervisor, please stay within the 62nd time limit. and we're going to start with candidate allen. good evening. thank you all for coming. the score is 17. my name is allen jones. i am a long time resident

of san francisco. my father brought us to california in 1950. my father lives in children of a single parent. and i love san francisco. for all that it has done. and i will give back to procedures that helped my father raise his children, his family, and his business. thank you, autumn candidate. autumn. hi, i'm autumn copeland. i co-founded a school board recall, and i ran the campaign to bring algebra back. and now we have algebra back in middle schools this fall. i get results and i will get results for you. so open up your notes. app real quick on your phone because i want you to write something down. my phone number is (415) 729-5355. if you've got a neighborhood

problem, call auto (415) 729-5355. a voter emailed me. oh, is it a voter emailed me saying that a man who raped and murdered an eight year old girl in santa cruz? you may remember this story. her name was maddie was about to be released to the tenderloin, where 3500 children live. i made sure the neighborhood knew. another voter emailed me about an encampment blocking the sidewalk, forcing people with walkers and wheelchairs into the street. i got it cleared the same day and i will get things done for you. that number again is (415) 729-5335. tell me your problems. i'm off. thank you. candidate bilal. good evening everyone. my name is bilal mahmoud. i'm a child of immigrants, a renter in the tenderloin, and i'm running for supervisor to return our district to a beacon of hope. my family immigrated to this country 40 years ago, and growing up in the bay, we would visit the tenderloin every month

for its food, for its vibrant immigrant community, because it was our home away from home as an adult, it's where i've decided to plant my roots because this district represents a dream of upward mobility and opportunity, but a dream that is also now at risk. thousands of small businesses have closed. thousands of people have died of overdoses on our streets. thousands of people have been pushed out of our city. city hall is failing us and it's time for change. i have a decade of experience from the obama administration to nonprofits and business of bridging technology, labor, and business together to get results. and i know that by coming together and focusing on evidence based solutions, we can get results for our district as well. i look forward to sharing more today in this platform. thank you so much for being her. thank you very much, candidate and, supervisor dean. hi, everyone. i'm dean preston, and thank you all for coming. i've

lived here in district five for 28 years. i'm a public school parent. i'm an everyday muni rider and a long time tenant rights attorney. i have been fighting for the residents of this district for decades, and i'm proud of what we've been able to accomplish together. a 21% reduction in street homelessness, thousands of evictions stopped car break-ins down 50%. community ambassadors in every neighborhood of the district, $10 million for emergency sro elevator repairs, and so much more. while a lot of people are trashing the city nonstop, i have been working to make this a better community. i've never been part of the status quo in san francisco. i've always fought for change here, and i will continue fighting for the changes this city needs. real public safety solutions, affordability. thank you. affordable housing,

overdose prevention and a public bank. thank you very much. thank you very much. oh, and i will just so you all know, i will go if you start to go over, just, you know, candidate scott scotty. excuse me. dean and i are working together. you did the mic for me so i could stand up to you. thanks, dean, well, my name is scotty jacobs. i'm a fourth generation resident of san francisco. and i'm so proud to be a san franciscan. growing up, when i looked up and realized that i was, in fact, gay, i knew that i wanted to live in san francisco, because san francisco has always been a beacon of progress, not just in california, but nationally. i'm so proud of that. but when i look at san francisco today, i'm concerned. i'm concerned that san francisco is also becoming a cautionary tale of broken ideology. we need progress. we need pragmatism. and while, yes, i am the youngest candidate running for supervisor across all of the supervisor districts, i am also the only candidate at this table tonight who has run

multi hundred million dollar lines of business. it is that pragmatism that will help us take the $800 million budget deficit head on that will help us get results and get the city going back in the right direction. every problem in san francisco is fixable. i look forward to discussing those problems tonight, and the solutions we can put in place to solve them. thank you. thank you very much. thank you all for your. thank you all for your opening statements. and so we're going to start. so our first question and it goes to candidate autumn is what is your vision for san francisco. and if elected what is the first action you take to realize that vision? my vision for san francisco is that here in the heart of the city, the most diverse neighborhood where we have people from all walks of life working together that we act as a village. we help each other and we help justice thrive. just a second. the mic's not on. yes. you got to use the mic so they can hear you. i am using. hello

that was not on. hello. hello. all right. that better. guys awesome. so here we are in district five. the best district in the city with all the best neighborhoods where all the interesting, wonderful things happened. and i want to see every one of our neighborhoods with just thriving. we. i think of our district not as a district with competing priorities, but as a as a village of very different people with very different talents, where we all work together to make our city beautiful and make our city great. i think we can be an example for san francisco and for the world. the first thing i would do coming into office, is the fillmore. safeway is slated to close on, in january. right when i take office, i want to make sure our neighborhood is taken care of. i want to keep that safeway there

as long as possible, and i want to replace that safeway with something that's even better for the neighborhoods that we look back on and say, man, when that safeway left, we thought it was going to be a disaster, but it was actually the best thing that ever happened to us. thank you very thank you very much. candidate autumn, candidate bilal. thank you. my vision for san francisco is one where bureaucracy is not impeding the outcomes of our district. if you look across the issues that are facing everyday san franciscans, from public safety to housing to even transportation, it takes too long to take the bus where service lines are cut because we're not able to hire muni drivers. we don't have public safety on our streets because we're not able to hire enough officers and b patrol officers because it takes over 255 days on average, to hire them. we can't build the housing we need from affordable to middle income housing, because it takes a thousand days on average to get approvals. the bureaucracy is impeding the system. so my first priority will be working on

cutting the cutting the red tape across city hall and all these issues, starting with our staffing crisis. we are 20% understaffed on nurses, mental health workers, police officers, 911 dispatchers, emts focusing on cutting the red tape to accelerate the hiring process for all these positions that affects so many of the different issues that affect san franciscans. that is what i'll focus on from day one. thank yo. thank you very much, candidate. and supervisor dean preston. thank you, my vision for san francisco is a place that is safe and stable for people i have fought for over two decades to make sure that people can stay in affordable housing in the city and not get kicked out of their homes by real estate speculators and greed. i wrote the right to counsel law, launched the rent relief program that we funded by taxing the very wealthy, and did 12 pieces of legislation to ban evictions during the pandemic. so we stopped over 20,000 evictions in

san francisco. i have dedicated my life to making sure that this is a place where not just the wealthy can thrive, and at the end of the day, i will continue doing that work. we did a lot of it in the pandemic, but now we're in a post-pandemic era where we have to double down on housing affordability, affordability and anti-displacement work. it's what i've been doing for decades and what i'll continue to do as supervisor, thank you very much. and candidate scotty, thank you. my vision for san francisco is one where families and businesses can thrive. and that does start with affordable housing, but it means actually building affordable housing, not having abandoned car washes and burnt out buildings like 300 octavia. it means having clean, safe streets free from the fentanyl epidemic that we are seeing. make life in san francisco difficult for the kids who need to get to school. for the elderly folks who need to get to paratransit, and everywhere in between. it also means building a robust downtown economy, including converting

the low density class b and class c office space to living space and building a 24 over seven nightlife economy downtown that attracts young people to san francisco. ultimately, san francisco is facing a significant financial cliff of an $800 million budget deficit next year, and i've committed to, on day one, auditing the city's relationships with outside vendors, including nonprofits, to get our runaway budget under control. we do not have a revenue problem in this city. we have a spending problem. and if i'm elected supervisor, i will get that under control. thank you very much. candidate allen. my vision for san francisco is to put seniors and the disabled first. i read an incredible story this morning in the san francisco standard. a woman who lost her fingers and her leg while being

in a shelter in the in san francisco and she can't find housing because the city has a grade system. that's not right. since when do we need a grade system to tell somebody who doesn't have a leg? you qualify or don't qualify? that's where i will start. and on my website, d five campaign.com, that's where it starts. thank you. thank you very much. okay. now we'll go to our second question. members of the san francisco board of supervisors have voiced support for a plan that will make reparations to san francisco's african american citizens, that will make reparations to san

francisco's african americans. do you support or oppose reparations and in either case, can you explain why and what you see as a supervisor's role regarding this issue? and we'll start with candidate candidate bilal. i absolutely support reparations, and it's important to recognize that because we are in the heart of san francisco, which has a long history of urban renewal and displacement of the black population in this district, especially in the fillmore, unless we acknowledge that we're not going to be able to address the issue of the crisis that it is today. black people and the black population in this district have been promised again and again administration. after administration, that there will be reparations, that they will get affordable housing, that they will have jobs, and they have not seen that result. and that's because we haven't had people who are in office to actually fight for those issues. people like to claim that

there's not enough money to address this. we have a lot of excess budget in san francisco city hall, where we're not spending hundreds of millions of dollars due to understaffing crisis that can be reallocated to ensure that we allocate that to people who have been displaced and ensure certificates of preference in fillmore and japantown seniors, black population, aapi population. they were promised housing for so long they never got it. they lost certificates. we want to focus on getting them housing, ensuring their budgets available and ensure reparations as well. thank you. thank you very much, candidate supervisor dean. thank you. yes. 100% support reparations. and i have voted for the reparations plan to adopt it on the board of supervisors. i want to acknowledge daniel landry, chris edgerly, others who are here who were part of that process. i not only support reparations wholeheartedly, but also voted with and co-sponsored with supervisor sherman walton, the

funding for the office of reparations. we need t get serious about writing the check. but i also think it's really important to look at the reparations report and all of the recommendations that were made. we are doing this work in my office, for example, at midtown, where we not only stopped huge rent increases at midtown park apartments, but we are working with the residents of midtown to get to a place where they own their place, which is something called for in the reparations report at the overwhelmingly african american, most, most. it's about 80% african american tenants at midtown. so we're going to make that a reality, not just talk about it. thank you very much. and candidate scotty, thank you. well, and i actually have very similar positions on this, i think that particularly what is happening right now with the fillmore safeway and the disgraceful history of redevelopment in district five, is one of the darkest periods of

san francisco history. and we need to do everything we can to right that very dark period of our history that looks like promoting paths to business ownership for local community members, that looks like promoting paths to home ownership, that looks like creating the engines of economic and upward mobility for communities that have been neglected by city hall for decades. it is not true to the values of san francisco for us to marginalize communities of people and then not make good on the promises that we have repeatedly doled out and not followed through on. we need to do better. thank you very much, candidate allen. i am probably the only one in this room who's opposed to reparations for black citizens. i believe that the only reparations black people need in the world or in the

united states, is the reparations of respect. however, the situation in san francisco is not realistic. when people have talked about the $5 million, figure. do the math. who's going to be able to afford putting this together? it's not realistic. and i'm a realistic individual. i've been through enough discrimination in san francisco as a black man. i'm not going to be used. this is ridiculous. thank you very much, candidate autumn. so i remember going to the first meeting about the safeway in the fillmore, when we first learned that it was closing. and i remember talking with reverend townsend afterward. we walked home

together and him telling me what it had meant to see the harlem of the west destroyed piece by piece. the homes coming down, you know, homes literally broken and families driven away, that community gone. we do need to make things right. we need to make reparations for the harms that were done. and we need to stop breaking promises. could you, speak into the microphone, please? we need, you know, we need to stop breaking promises. one of the things i would like to see as a concrete example of that is there's a local activist who works in the fillmore whose family used to own grocery stores. i would love to see black owned grocery stores come back to the fillmore as part of replacing the safeway that's there now. and i connected her to the office of economic and workforce development to help her make that dream happen. i would like to see more of that as in, kind of in payment of the, of the promises that we have made. thank you. thank you

very much. and we go on to our next question. and this is one of those compound questions. so get ready. the san francisco, the san francisco department of the environment's climate action plan calls for cutting net carbon emissions to zero by 2040. one of the goals of the climate action plan is to make 80% of all trips low carbon trips by 2030. if elected. what is your plan to make local and regional transit more efficient, increase ridership and close the overall funding gap that san francisco is currently facing and candidate and supervisor dean, your first. thank you everyone who knows me knows that i am the transit nerd on the san francisco board of supervisors. i am proud of that role. i absolutely love public transit, have been riding it every day

for three decades in this town. i have wholeheartedly supported creating bike lanes on the panhandle, getting parking out of bus stops, advocating for car free jfk, and now prop k on the great highway reducing speeds. and i've been a leading voice on the board when it comes to reducing traffic fatalities. i am the only supervisor who is an everyday muni rider. i stopped fare hikes for years during the pandemic, got bus lines restored when service was suspended, and led the fight with transit agencies and advocates. when the governor had a $2 billion transit funding cut to get those funds restored. so i will continue to fight for full funding for public transit in san francisco and beyond. thank you very much. and candidate scotty, thank you. so moving. all right. moving to a city that

is not as dependent on carbon based fuel, carbon based transportation. my generation of everyone up here is going to be the one to bear the brunt of climate change. so this is something that hits close to home. it means investing in infrastructure, including more electric car chargers and an electric charging network across san francisco. it means creating tax incentives for property owners to move off the carbon grid and onto things like solar. it means investing in muni. i am a supporter of prop l on the ballot. this year. that is an important proposition that everyone should be behind and vote yes on. we agree. also investing in the sharing economy, whether it's biking, whether it's creating a more bikeable city, there are so many ways that we can reduce our city's dependency on carbon and also make us a city of the future. and i will be a big supporter of those if elected to the board of supervisors. thank you very much. and candidate allen. as you can see to my

right, i have an electric wheelchair and i do not use public transit. this gets me everywhere, but two years ago i approached the city because i was having a problem with charging stations. i have spearheaded getting public electric wheelchair charging stations in san francisco and, no. one on the board of supervisors has picked me up on my offer. and i believe that if we're not going to start with public electric wheelchair charging stations, which are in other cities, we're kidding ourselves if we think that we really care about how people get around and i believe that san francisco should step up to the plate and have them everywhere

in san francisco. thank you very much. and candidate autumn. so when we're looking at reducing the climate impact of transportation in district five and in our city, i think what it comes down to is making it easier for people to do what's right and making it harder for people to do things that are carbon intensive. so we need to get muni ridership up. part of that is making sure that people feel safe on muni, and making sure that muni is reliable and fast. i'd love to see more express busses and more, and more funding and preserve our funding in muni to make sure that we can get anywhere we want to go on muni quickly and easily, because then more people will ride the bus. we need to make it easier for people to do the right thing. i'd also like to see a network of electric cars powered by small solar installations throughout the city that i think will be a game changer. right now. it's cheap. electric cars are coming out of

china at about half the cost of regular cars. here. we are putting tariffs on them. you know, at the national level, i'd love to take down those tariffs. anything we can do to bring down the price of electric cars to make it easy and cheap for people to do the right thing. thank you very much. and candidate bilal, to address our transportation crisis, we have to acknowledge that the transportation infrastructure of the district is a lifeline for these communities in district five, especially seniors in japantown, 20% of japantown is over the age of 80. the mobility senior disability access issues. and so we have to do not just fund muni, but also fund nonprofits that support them as well, kimochi provides ad hoc services and on demand shuttles for seniors. we need to increase the funding for that. for muni, we have to ensure that we have safe and reliable transit access. like autumn said, district five has some of the highest transit traffic collision corridors. hayes valley, the tenderloin. they are still some of the highest traffic collision corridors. we have to install more automated

speed cameras. we have 100 that have been installed across the city, but some of the highest traffic collision corridors still don't have an automated speed camera. i will partner with our state legislators assembly member matt haney, state senator scott wiener, our future state assembly member catherine stefani, the latter two of which have endorsed my campaign as well, to partner with them to get more automated speed cameras for our district to ensure we're reducing traffic collisions. thank you. thank you very much. and our next oh, we're on to our next question. okay. we're on to our next question. the open use and sale of illegal drugs in the tenderloin, especially around lower polk street, is still pervasive despite the efforts of the san francisco police department over the past year. what is your plan to rid the neighborhood of drug dealers and improve safety and the quality of life for all residents? and we're going to start with candidate scotty. thank you. we

have a public safety crisis in san francisco, and that starts with the addiction crisis, which is fueled by the fentanyl distribution going on in many parts and originating in district five, in san francisco. it is a huge problem, and we need to take a fundamentally different approach to addressing it. i believe that involves a fully funded san francisco police department. i believe we need to stand with the police, not call to defund them. i believe that we need to also take the approach where if we need to compel people into treatment, we should do that. there are certain people who are beyond the ability to self-advocate and to seeking the resources that they need, and it is not compassionate to allow people to die slow deaths on the sidewalks of san francisco. we see it every day, and it is not only right, it is not only wrong for those people, it is wrong for the families, the kids that need to go to school and the businesses that are impacted by

the city's failed harm reduction led approach to the fentanyl crisis. thank you very much. candidate allen. a little while ago, i emailed by request my suggestion to deal with drug dealing to police chiefs. scott and in this i had to admit i lived in portland, oregon for two years and i sold drugs in 1981. i was in a situation where it was 105 degrees and i was trying to sell drugs. well, it was too hot. i told chief scott, if we use industrial sized heat wagons, hold on. you may think

this is funny by hitting them, bouncing off the ground, i guarantee you you're going to make people uncomfortable and they're not going to want to stay too long and they will move on. thank you very much. and candidate autumn. yeah. so i don't know if you guys have walked through the tenderloin lately, but i have and it breaks my heart, i came up with my plan is called the fentanyl plan. it's started with the kernel of closing down the open drug markets, which are the root cause of all the neighborhood problems. so i called up david kennedy, who invented drug market intervention and kind of ran my plan by him. and the first thing he said was, you know, it's not tested on fentanyl. and i'm like, i know. and it's never been tested on anything above 85 drug dealers. we have 700 of them. so i made some adjustments to it. and i think we need to attack supply and demand and revenue all at

the same time. we attack supply by getting drug dealers off the streets, either by arresting them and keeping them off the streets, or by ideally diverting them into other careers. we attack demand by getting people into effective evidence based treatment, compelling them if necessary, and enforcing the laws against public drug use. and we attack the revenue by going hard against shoplifting, which is used, which funds the open drug markets that are killing our city. thank you very much. candidate bilal. the fentanyl crisis affects so many people in the tenderloin. i walk past the open air drug market every night when i go home on seventh and mcallister. as i live a block away, and it affects the people who are suffering from overdoses on our streets. it affects the children who have to walk by during the day, and it affects the families at night that are unable to go outside because they're afraid of the gun violence. every other week in the tenderloin, there is gun violence and shootings outside our doors, and so if we don't address this crisis, we

are not creating the safe conditions for all levels of our of all levels of our society here. so i've been advocating for one of the only evidence based approaches that's been introduced in this campaign. a drug market intervention like autumn indicated. it is the only evidence based plan that has actually worked in the united states. it's eliminated opioid crises in north carolina and nashville, tennessee. it's being piloted now, actually, in kensington, philadelphia, where there is a fentanyl market. and in that capacity, it works in three steps incapacitating the drug market by creating an interagency task force, fully funding our drug market agency coordination center that exists today. but it's all operating on overtime. second, workforce development for people who come out of prison. and third beat patrol officers, of which we have zero to maintain community community safety throughout the neighborhood. thank you very much. and candidate and supervisor dean, thank you, i want to just start and say i absolutely love san francisco's tenderloin neighborhood, and it's an honor to represent it. and i'm really tired of how the

tenderloin is used as a national punching bag. we have absolutely need to address serious conditions in the tenderloin. but let me tell you, from representing this community, the people of the tenderloin know what those solutions are. and if you want to look at the work that we've been doing in the tenderloin, it's all work that the residents of the tenderloin have asked us to do, bringing community ambassadors to the community, getting $8 million from the federal government to invest in street safety, all of the work to fill vacant supportive housing units. we filled over 300 vacant supportive housing units to get folks off the streets and into housing. and when it comes to overdoses, we led the effort with the department of public health to create the city's only overdose prevention plan. when we follow that plan. overdoses go down when we do stupid things like shutting down. the only safe consumption site in the city. overdoses surge. let's follow the overdose prevention plan fully. thank you. thank

you. we will go to question number five. how do you intend to balance the goals of our climate action plan to restore natural lands of all types, conserve biodiversity and expand urban forestry and greening? as we try to add roughly 82,000 housing units by 2031. and we're going to start with candidate alan. i have absolutely no knowledge on how to do this. and i admit it. thank you very much. candidate autumn. i don't think there's a lot of tension here between conserving biodiversity and building more housing units. no one is talking about building housing on our parks. no one is talking about building housing on our beaches. we we're talking about building housing is places that are currently, parking

lots, like the car wash at 400 davis or, or places that are affordable housing that needs to be revamped where like freedom west, where we are both improving those units and putting in more modern facilities, as well as a whole bunch of new trees that will improve the neighborhood. now, i do think we need to be planting trees everywhere in the tenderloin, and we need to be making sure those trees are appropriate to the neighborhood, appropriate to our climate as our climate changes. i would love to see us looking south and grabbing native plants from those areas and planting them up here as to kind of help trees and plants migrate north as our climate warms. thank you very much. candidate bilal on the question of urban canopy is, if you look at the data and the evidence that shows that actually district five, specifically in the fillmore and the tenderloin, have some of the lowest density of urban canopies in the entire city. and this has

been a historical issue that's actually affected a lot of marginalized communities. the black population, the asian population. it also extends to the bayview. and a lot of the issue is we haven't had a prioritization from our parks and rec focusing on these respective neighborhoods. pfaff is an amazing organization. friends of the urban forest, which has actually been helping here. but it's an interesting thing when you plant a tree, the only maintain it for a couple of years. after a couple years, the city is responsible. and the problem is, is that the city is not maintaining its inventory records. the city maintains one. and guess how long it takes to take inventory? they do it every ten years. every ten years is a tree inventory in our city. and that's why we have so much tree death. there's over 1 to $2 million every year in tree death and maintenance. that happens in our city. so we need to be investing in technology infrastructure to maintain tree inventories, to then ensure that we are monitoring these trees, ensuring we spread the urban canopies into the districts in the neighborhood that are not being served today. and that's how we get this back on track. thank you very much. candidate supervisor dean, thank you, and

again on an issue like tree planting, i just want to distinguish between talking about it and doing it. and that's what we've been doing. we've done three major plantings in neighborhoods of district five that follows our tree plantings in the tenderloin. so i absolutely agree with the diagnosis of the problem. but we have been going to bat for the funding and battling against the bureaucracy in city hall that we stand up to in my office. it took us two years, but we got trees in the lower haight, north of panhandle tenderloin, and we'll continue to do that work. i did want to address, though, the connection with housing, because this is a really important point. for years when we talked about environmental issues and housing, the focus was on all of the tech workers who were who were commuting from a distance and how it would be environmentally more sustainable to have them here. a reminder things have changed. a lot of those tech workers are working from home. but you know who increasingly has to drive into

this city? low income workers, janitors, hotel workers, others. that's who's commuting from vallejo and other places. that's what we need to address by building affordable housing in this city. thank you very much, candidate scotty. we have a well documented housing shortage here in san francisco, 82,000 units, 46,000 of which need to be affordable housing. i think there is a way to build more housing and maintain the green spaces that make san francisco such an incredible city to live in. i do not see housing in green space as adversarial issues. i do think the parks in san francisco are one of the crown jewels of what makes this city incredible, and we need to do everything we can to invest in making sure that those continue to be the crown jewels of our city. however, with a looming budget deficit and an inability to make sure that our books are lining up the way that they need to, there will be cut. and if there are going to be

cuts to the budget, we need to do everything to make sure that we are protecting the green spaces, but ultimately getting our budget back on track, where we aren't having to make a choice about whether or not we're going to keep our parks intact. it is one of the defining features of san francisco. it is one of the things that i think everyone at this table can agree is one of the things we are most proud of. as san franciscans, we need to protect our parks, and that starts with budget reform. thank you very much. now on to our next question to stay with housing for a minute. of the roughly 82,000 units that need to be built by 2031, how many of those units do you think will be located in district five? how many would be affordable housing versus market rate, and how will you include families in your plans for affordable housing? and we'll start with candidate autumn. all right. we have 82,000 housing units to build, and we do have 2000 of them

coming online in the next few years in the freedom west project, as well as 160 coming online on haight street. and it looks like just over 200 coming online at the car wash site. assuming that that is approved now, that's not anywhere close to 82,000. there is a lot more to be built. i would like to see a lot of that housing built in other districts that have historically kept development away, because i think they need to do their fair share to one opportunity that is interesting to me. i haven't taken a position on it yet, is there are folks who want to take down the central freeway and put 40,000 units right there in the heart of the city, in space. that is not currently being used for anything beautiful as freeway, off ramps and so on. if we could put 40,000 of the units there, that could be a very interesting way to get new housing, affordable housing right in the center of our city. thank you very much. candidate bilal. housing is the crux of the district five debate. and this

campaign. it's the number one issue we hear from residents every day, and it's because we are the slowest city to approve housing in the entire state, and possibly the entire country. we have thousands of days, thousands of days of permits, approvals, hundreds of permits that have to be approved. and there have to be done sequentially rather than in parallel. and that's the longer it takes to build housing. we have to acknowledge that increases the cost of development, which then gets passed on to the renters. i'm a renter myself. i have been for over ten years, and it's not progressive. it's embarrassing to have a housing project approved so slowly. and this is not just a disservice for affordable housing development, but also middle income housing. teachers, firefighters, emts. they make too ch to qualify for affordable housing. if we don't make market rate housing affordable, we're not going to have affordable housing for everyone. and so i've been endorsed, and i'm proud to be endorsed by both the carpenters and the building trades, because they see that i have a consensus based approach to addressing this crisis, which is cutting the red tape, just as our vice

president harris says, if you cut the red tape, you can ensure that we reduce rents, and that's how we're going to be focusing to address our crisis. thank you very much. candidate supervisor dean, thank you. i have a clear record of supporting housing at all levels, which is why i am the number one pick of the san francisco building trades council. i voted to approve 30,000 units of housing, 86% affordable. i've been especially focused on housing for working san franciscans. look across the district and you'll see what we are doing. 160 units of affordable housing in the haigh, the biggest housing development in a generation in the haight ashbury. we convinced the state to build housing on the dmv lot. we'll be having hundreds of units of affordable housing there. 180 jones, the kelsey, 650 divisadero. we are building affordable housing, our ballot measure also taxed the ultra wealthy with prop i to raise hundreds of millions of dollars

so we can build more affordable housing. and finally, one site that is essential parcel k in hayes valley, a city owned, affordable housing site. and i'm the only candidate that will unequivocally say we need to build housing on that site now. thank you very much. please hold your. thank you, candidate scotty, i just want to clarify a few numbers. first of those 30,000 units, we just heard, about 24,000 were approved in 2020. we know how long it takes to build housing in san francisco. it's hard to, i think, credibly claim credit for 24,000 units of housing in your first year of being in office, of the affordable housing, we're talking about, 327 affordable units have been built in district five. in the last four years. where is the housing? it's blocked. it's blocked by ideology that says that 100% of the units we build need to be affordable. that just isn't how you build housing. we need to build housing at all levels. market middle income and affordable, because that is

ultimately how we make sure that we make good. on the 82,000 units that we need to get built. excuse me, built by 2031. on top of that, if you look around district five, you see sites that could be housing, but they're not. and it is because ideology has gotten in the way of us actually making progress on what san franciscans deserve most, which is an affordable place to live. thank you very much. and now, candidate allen, i think we're in a situation where beggars can't be choosers. san francisco is begging for housing and so i myself will not oppose any building of any structure in san francisco, and especially in district five, where i live. the fact of the matter is, is we have handcuffed ourselves too long and we need to unshackle ourselves and allow

these developers to come in and do their thing. and there is a percentage for affordable housing with a lot of the plans that i have heard about, i believe that there's too much getting in the way. micromanaging what goes in this district, and we need to stop that. thank you very much. and candidate autumn, wait, i'm. do you want me to go again? no, no, i jumped pages. okay, okay, i got it, i got it now, the question. district five has a small number of parks and green spaces. if elected, how will you increase parks and green spaces and make them safe and accessible for our children and other community members? and

we'll start with candidate bila. district five already has some of the best innovative models for parks. we have the panhandle. we have the wiggle for transportation infrastructure, but we have all opportunities as well. in district five, which have been stalled for too long. car free hayes is still not completely car free. days seven days a week. the golden gate greenway has a vision to actually be a full park, and also car free for seven days a week, and it's still not there. the challenge here, fundamentally, is a lack of collaboration between different departments in city hall, between the supervisor's office, the mayor's office, parks and rec mta, the fire department and what we have to do is make sure that we're listening to the community and ensure we bring everyone to the seat at the table to make sure we're making progress on these issues. and that's one of the major priorities that we'll have, is ensuring that car free hay street, that car free golden gate greenway are completed within our first year. it's been four years now and we haven't

seen progress, and we need to make sure we're making progress by cutting the bureaucracy, bringing people together and consolidating these departments to actually bridging conversations. thank you very much. candidate supervisor dean, thank you. you know, again, i think there's a lot of agreement around a lot of these issues, but differences we're doing this work when we talk about car free days. it was fellows from my office who volunteered to partner with hayes valley residents to get out there and create car free hayes. we are 100% committed to it and have been battling with the administration and mta to make it permanent. the golden gate greenway has is a vision of the tenderloin community. it's amazing we went to bat and got the funding both from the fed, the federal level and the county transportation authority. so we are doing that work, and i really would just encourage everyone in this room, but especially folks who are running for office to join with us in some of these efforts because it's really important. i also just want to note the fillmore mini park, very proud that we reopened the fillmore mini park

in the last year, and also the buchanan mall, which we secured a massive amount of funding from the department of transportation, the federal government to make that open green space a reality as well. thank you. thank you very much. candidate scotty. thank you. i think one of the things that stands out to me when we think about our public spaces and our green spaces is, do san franciscans feel safe navigating our city so that they can openly enjoy those green spaces? and when you look at the city reporting and the data that we have, that shows that over half of san franciscans don't feel safe walking in their own neighborhoods, that 64% of san franciscans don't feel safe navigating their neighborhoods at night. yes, parks are great, and we should continue to support and invest in parks, but we need to also be investing in public safety at the same time. we need to be investing in things like the community ambassador program that supervisor preston moved to save. i think that was fantasti,

and i'm glad that the community ambassadors exist, and i'm glad they exist in every neighborhood of our district. i think that we need to continue to invest in infrastructure. i live near the panhandle at night. it is dark in the panhandle. i sometimes don't feel safe walking through the panhandle. we need to make sure that our public spaces are well lit, that people feel safe navigating them, and that ultimately people have confidence in their ability to move freely about the city. thank you. thank you very much. candidate allen, i believe there are 220 parks in san francisco. and if i'm not mistaken, i don't think that you can find that, anywhere in the country where we have so many parks. how is it that in the tenderloin, there's not, an adequate number? i can't call on that. but i know of the

situation. it's in my mind to make sure that i keep that, at the forefront of what i want to do. i love parks, and i'm definitely, love strolling through with my wheelchair through the panhandle. but we need some downtown and closer to the tenderloin. and i myself would look into, opening up spaces and some of the buildings that we do have there, i honestly can see some being torn down for parking. i mean, for, parks. thank you very much. candidate autumn. and i totally agree with you that the parks and the green spaces in the tenderloin, we don't have enough of them. you know, i've spoken with a parks commissioner who was trying very hard to get just a little dead end alley turned into a park in the tenderloin, and she was running into all

this red tape, you know, problems smoothing out the, putting getting rid of the sidewalks so it could all be at one level, putting in greenery, getting a gate installed. every single thing she tried to do, she ran into red tape. i think we need to work with the parks department and really incentivize them to prioritize the tenderloin for new parks, prioritize the tenderloin first, because the tenderloin is one of our most impacted areas and does not have the access to parks that other people do in other areas of our city. and we should be looking at creative solutions where we're not only looking at these little, little alleys, but maybe rooftops as well. if we could put some parks on the top of buildings in the tenderloin, that could be another option for getting people access to green space that we all really need. thank you very much. okay, so you all know i'm in district five, so i'm paying attention to all these answers. and so sometimes i look at this and then i look and i'm listening okay. but i got it together now y'all. one one factor to address

regarding homelessness in san francisco is preventing people from becoming unhoused in the first place. what kind of protections, programs or policies do you support to keep people in their homes? and we'll start with candidate supervisor dean, thank you, and i appreciate the question, because this is an essential part of addressing homelessness and where we succeeded, like we have recently in district five, in reducing the number of people who are homeless. it's not just by filling vacant supportive housing units by by getting folks into housing. it's also by preventing the flow of people from housing onto the streets. we have done that during the pandemic through the right to counsel law, which i wrote, i wrote, and thank you for voting for it through eviction bans that we passed at the board of supervisors, we led the nation in banning evictions through strong rent control, which i

have supported for decades. and please vote for prop 33 to make rent control even stronger in san francisco and through taxing the rich to fund rent relief, the recent city report shows that we prevented 20,000 san franciscans from losing their homes during the pandemic. that is how we do it. let's continue doing that work. thank you very much. and candidate scotty. obviously, preventing homelessness is the very best thing that we can do to prevent more people from ending up unhoused in san francisco. i believe that we have some of the incredible protections that are leading the nation as far as how we make sure that people don't end up on the streets in san francisco. and i think we do have supervisor preston to thank for some of those. we are not on the same page, obviously. look, i can be a good team player here. i see jen over there. she's like waving her hands. see i'm a i am a nice person. we

just don't agree on everything. it's okay, but i do think that that is a good thing. and we do need to do everything we can to make sure that we are making sure that we are diverting people from the streets. the streets should not be an inevitability. they should be somewhere that, frankly, no one has to end up on. and that means creating the right city resources, the right funds, the right emergency funds, so that if people are on the verge of facing economic homelessness, there are interventions and strategies in place and resources that are accessible. so that ultimately people don't end up living on the streets. thank you very much. candidate allen. i have some bad news. i evicted my best friend from high school and my own sister from where we lived. the reason why is because of how they handle themselves in that place. there are many people who do not respect the peace of others

around them, and i'm aware of this. and though it is hard to say, you can't stay here anymore, we have to realize that there are some people who just can't handle a place to live. i also must say i lived in my pickup truck for ten years and had not one problem. and i'm saying that there is a way that we can prevent people from being out on the streets or the sidewalk safely. thank you very much. candidate autumn. so it's much easier to keep people in their homes than to find them a new one after they've lost one and are stuck on the streets. now one i support rent control to keep housing prices affordable, and i also support short term funding like that

provided by proposition c to give people short term assistance to keep them in their homes. proposition c has kept over 22,000 families in their home by giving them rental assistance, and i think that's really one of the most important things it does. it's not something we see on the streets, because what you don't see, an absence of families stuck on the streets right now, one of the reasons people lose their homes is because they lose their jobs. and i think one of the ways we can keep people in their homes is to make sure that we are effectively getting people new jobs when they lose their old ones, and the city should be assisting with people who are doing that. thank you very much. and candidate bilal, it's a two part question. i think in the first part, an agreement with supervisor preston that the best way to prevent homelessness for the people who are evicted is to have tenant protections, rent control, those factors 100% alignment. but there's a lot of other reasons people become homeless family conflict, family conflict, people who lose their

jobs, addiction, mental health. a lot of the people that we see on our streets, they're youth. and these these individuals need support as well in different contexts. and the fundamental reality is, is that we're a thousand beds short to support all those different populations. it takes months for the individuals who are trying to apply for housing legally to get it. and there's too many city departments for individuals to navigate for mental health to joblessness, to workforce development. and there's too much bureaucracy. so i've been advocating for a built for zero plan, which is the only evidence based plan that has functionally ended chronic homelessness in 14 other cities across the country. it guarantees shelter, cuts the red tape to access that shelter, and uses real time data so that we don't have a point in time count every other year, but instead is focusing on personalizing treatment to every individual. and that's how we need to actually address our homelessness crisis. thank you very much. next question. japantown merchants are facing two years of construction on the peace plaza and osaka way,

buchanan mall. what will you do to support small businesses in japantown impacted by construction projects and we'll start with candidate scotty. thank you. yeah, i think this is actually part of a broader trend that we've seen in san francisco of construction projects adversely impacting businesses. i think you can make the same argument for the valencia bike lane. and there are other examples of where we've seen a lack of partnership between city government and the merchant communities that are impacted by infrastructure projects and public works improvements, not working as well together as they could have. now. i'm not saying that's the case necessarily in japantown, but i do think that city government needs to play a very active role in making sure that we are doing everything to mitigate the adverse impacts to local merchants and small businesses. when we do decide to improve a public space. so i would be in favor of creating a city provided fund that offsets the loss of revenue for businesses and also temporary tax credits that help at the

bottom line. make sure that businesses aren't being adversely impacted both by at the top line impact or the bottom line impact. when we decide to improve a part of our city, which is something within the scope of government and something we should continue to do. thank you very much. candidate allen. i had made a pledge to initially spend $100 for every new business that opens up in defi now, i honestly believe that we can call on more people to support neighborhood businesses and go from there. i just learned that there's a taqueria that opened up a block away. now, i don't know how many tacos i can buy for $100, but i plan on doing business with that business. and the gentleman who

runs it is in a wheelchair, an electric wheelchair. and i told him what i was doing with the public wheelchair charging stations. and so he's excited. so whenever i see a business, i'm going to add to that business. and i think that that will help us. thank you very much. candidate autumn. so the peace plaza renovation has been closely coordinated between japantown and the city to make sure it provides a minimum of disruption to the businesses, there's been signage. there's been a lot of, promotion of alternate routes to get there, but and you'll see that if you if you go there, you'll see that the mall is still busy and most of the businesses are still doing well. now, we do need to help out any businesses who are impacted by construction, and we do need to make sure that they are taken care of and that their

needs are addressed, we can help with as neighbors. we can help by going and patronizing businesses in japantown. i stopped by japantown earlier today and i bought some sushi. and i think there's a role for all of our neighborhoods to play as a village to make sure that when our other neighbors are struggling, that we are there supporting them. thank you very much, candidate bilal. i think first we should acknowledge the amazing work that the community benefit district and the japantown task force have done in this neighborhood, while this peace plaza has been implemented in this renovation and it goes credit to them for the revitalization of this neighborhood as well as ensuring that the small businesses are not affected as much as they could have been. and in hearing and talking to the community members throughout these different districts and these associations, there's a couple of things. one, autumn alluded to, it signage. one of the biggest issues we've heard from small businesses is inadequate signage to direct traffic, to direct individuals and tourists to know where to go around the

neighborhood and around japantown peace plaza. that's one thing we need to increase. and also beautification of the neighborhood, murals, getting those installed, working with different departments to ensure those are executed. and last is how do we get more people to japantown during this time? so more night markets. there was a study and a report in the chronicle that shows for food stalls, almost $3,000 for a vendor to actually operate. how do we cut that red tape to ensure that it's easier to install and have nihonmachi festival, maybe multiple times a year to ensure that the small businesses are operating and thriving in this environment. thank you very much. and candidate supervisor dean, thank you. so it's an honor to represent japantown, oldest japantown, in the nation, and we've been working with japantown leaders every step of the way to make sure that the renovation is not harmful to the community and their businesses. i do want to say that we partnered with community leaders to secure the funding, both from the state and the federal government, and i want to thank

nancy pelosi for her partnership in funding the peace plaza and thank her for her endorsement of my reelection, i am the only member of the board of supervisors who is a former small business owner. i owned cafe du nord on market street, and i have delivered in office for small businesses, including a small business eviction ban during the pandemic, waiving back rent during the pandemic, and victim assistance for vandalized storefronts, as well as community ambassadors and enhanced cleaning in commercial corridors across our district. so there's plenty more to do. but from japantown to the haight to hayes valley and other parts of our district, we have resilient businesses who are coming back strong after the pandemic. thank you. thank you very much. and our next questio, considering recent policies on homelessness and various u.s. cities, what's your view on criminalizing homelessness versus treating it as a

socioeconomic issue? what specific actions would you propose to address homelessness in our community? and we'll start with candidate allen. again, as i said, i lived in my truck for ten years. what did i do? first thing i voted, i wrote a book, had it published. i wrote a ballot measure that received 98,000 votes in the 2018 special election. i always kept it clean and myself clean. and what i have demonstrated in this time is the fact that living in my vehicle, i can, be a productive citizen. and i know that there are way too many people who think down on living

in a vehicle would you rather live in a tent or a town car if you had the choice? thank you very much. candidate autumn. ellen, i have to agree with you there. i have a friend who lived in an rv for two years and, definitely was in favor of that rather than homeless shelter. i, but i think one of the things we see when we talk about the homelessness crisis is people are conflating a drug crisis and a homelessness crisis. we have to address both of them at once. a lot of people are stuck on the streets because they're stuck in the cycle of addiction. they ar, in a place where they can no longer take care of themselves because of addiction or mental health issues, and we need to be taking care of them instead of leaving them on the streets and calling it compassion. we need to make sure that we build the beds for drug treatment. we need to make sure we build the beds for mental health, and we need to get people into those beds

instead of saying, oh, we'll wait till you're ready. well, you're never ready on fentanyl. we see so many people dying on the streets who whose limbs are literally rotting, and they're not choosing treatment. if you're facing something that addictive, most people are not going to get out. and the people i know who are compelled into treatment often have their lives back today, while the people who we left to make their own decisions are dying on the streets. thank you very much. candidate bilal. i'll be unequivocal in saying i do not support tent sweeps and i do not support pushing people off our streets, when people choose to live on the streets, it's because they don't have adequate shelter. the shelter that they have is too difficult to access, and there's not enough permanent supportive housing that people can access. long term. and so we have to really focus on ensuring that we're solving the fundamental issue of this case, which is a lack of housing, lack of shelter, a bureaucracy that has been systemic throughout decades of our san francisco history. we don't have a money

problem in addressing homelessness. we have a bureaucracy and an execution problem. and that's why i've introduced the built for zero plan that i alluded to earlier, because it ensures that you guarantee shelter and streamline the laws that ensure that we're able to get people and access to shelter. we cut the red tape and personalize the experience for every individual, getting the departments to talk to each other and an interagency task force to personalize treatment and care. the fundamental reality is, is that homelessness has gotten worse over the last several years in our district and citywide. and when we when we don't address it as a citywide issue, we're just pushing it from one neighborhood to another. thank you very much. candidate supervisor dean, it seems like every election year in san francisco, there's a push to criminalize homelessness. and now that effort is supercharged by trump's supreme court saying that it's okay to criminalize people and prosecute them for being homeless. i think it's unconscionable and totally unproductive, let me say this, though. the city does a count every two years of how many

people are actually homeless, and we just got back the results that showed a 21% decrease in unsheltered homelessness in our district. and that didn't just happen. we did it by acquiring places like the gotham hotel, creating 114 units of supportive housing, creating the oasis hotel for homeless families, filling hundreds of vacant units. and as we've talked about preventing evictions, those things were working to reduce homelessness. so when we now see the approach of criminalization sweeping people from block to block, it sets us back. and it's horrible that it occurs because people are punching down on homeless people instead of solving homelessness during an election season. it's just wrong. thank you very much. candidate scotty. yeah. this is i was waiting for this question, so i am in favor of safe sleeping sites. i am in favor of us making sure that we have the right types of shelter capacity

available so that we are ultimately making sure we are getting people the resources they need when they are experiencing homelessness. homelessness has always been a part of san francisco's history. i see kristen evans here. i'm waving to you. we talked a lot about homelessness has always been a part of our city's fabric, but the nature of the homelessness in san francisco has fundamentally changed with the introduction of fentanyl on the streets. and we need to take a different approach when it comes to addressing the root causes of some of the homelessness, which include mental health and addiction challenges. i am in favor of us strengthening conservatorship laws when necessary. i am in favor of us also making sure that we are creating legal off ramps in the justice system for instances where we do need to partner with law enforcement to compel people to treatment, illness should not be a reason that someone is condemned to a felony for the rest of their life. that is not the right way to treat each other as humans, but we do need to partner with law enforcement and use all the means in our toolkit necessary to make sure that san francisco

can be a place where families and businesses can thrive. thank you. thank you. our next question how will you help micro businesses? those are the ones with under 20 employees in district five thrive, particularly those owned by marginalized groups or offering essential neighborhood services. despite high costs, bureaucratic hurdles and safety concerns. and i hope that was understandable. and candidate bilal, this issue is personal to me. i've focused on this, on this issue for so many years, decades of my experience. but let's start with what are the issues affecting small businesses today and micro businesses? and they're struggling in district five due to bureaucracy, safety, just two weeks ago, the atm was dragged out of my neighborhood sandwich shop. the owner is a refugee in hayes valley. a restaurant was

set to open a couple months ago, and it was robbed the day before it opened. just this weekend, that same restaurant was robbed again, that is the situation affecting so many small businesses and micro businesses and adding upon the bureaucracy and the red tape it takes to start a small business and maintain it. this is unconscionable, i've worked in the obama administration on small business policy to cut the red tape to increase access to capital during the pandemic. i helped restaurant workers get a guaranteed income through community impact fund. i want to carry forward that experience into the supervisor's office to ensure we have the same level of support, ensuring we have patrol officers throughout every neighborhood, day and night, of which we have close to zero currently. today, in every neighborhood in district five, and cutting the red tape to make sure that we're able to help small businesses and micro businesses start faster, maintain their businesses and thrive in our district. thank you very much. and we'll. go jumping all over the place here, candidate supervisor dean. thank

you, and you know, we had a number of businesses come to us early in 2020, right when i got into office talking about the barriers that they were facing to open small businesses in the fillmore. they were entrepreneurs who were trying to start out their business. we actually not only advocated for the budget, but it created an entire program for micro grants for fillmore entrepreneurs who were trying to get started. and we've been celebrating a number of rounds of recipients of those funds. the reality is, again, as i said before, i'm the only former small business owner on the san francisco board of supervisors. we've prioritized getting grants out to small businesses. we've also backed the dream keeper initiative, which has led to a lot of the small businesses that have been able to open, particularly in the fillmore and in the black community. i'm proud of that work. i'm also proud to be

endorsed by the head of the tenderloin merchants association, as well as small business forward and many business owners across the district, because they work with our office regularly and get results. thank you. thank you very much, candidate scotty. so one of the challenges i hear from small business owners when i'm walking through the district is that they are constantly experiencing the public safety challenges that are driving the national narrative around the street conditions in san francisco for small business owners to feel confident in being able to operate a business profitably and successfully in san francisco, we need to be committed to making sure that there is a business environment conducive to doing so. and if we are not making sure that when a small business owner calls the police because someone drags the atm out of their store, the police should show up. but we talk about defunding the police. i don't believe that's the right approach to making sure that we have a business environment conducive to small business. here in san francisco, we also

have city departments that interfere with our small businesses and make it difficult to operate a small business here. and i believe that local advocacy starts with being on the ground, hearing from the business owners and then working with department heads, not vilifying them to make sure that we ultimately get things done for the people in our district. and that is what i will do as your next supervisor in district five. thank you very much. candidate allen. far as my ideal on this subject is what i stated before, i believe that the fastest way to help somebody in a micro-business is to give them business, and i remember, a few months ago there was a gentleman who had been, hit outside of his haight street, shop, sandwich

shop. and the people who were outraged, they came in droves to support this person. and i think that by just sitting back and watching the news and see some of these people who are struggling as it is for us to sit back, not you in this room, but for us as san franciscans, to sit back and not support, we're kidding ourselves. we could do we can get to them before the police gets there to investigate the crime. thank you very much, candidate autumn. so i used to run a small business, and i know how much work it is to keep on top of the payroll and the regulations and how hard it is, like the emotional toll of making sure that you can make payroll for your people and take care of your people every single month. so i have a soft spot for small business owners. i've been talking to them in the tenderloin, and the stories you

hear are just crazy. there was a woman i talked to who was running the restaurant that her parents had started 30 years before. well, 34 years before, and they'd had this gate up protecting their windows the entire time. so she's sitting there, she's we're talking at 1 p.m. she sold one bowl of soup, and she's telling me, hey, that gate my parents put up 34 years ago. i just got cited for not having a permit for it. it cost me $900 for that permit. i spent all week at city hall getting six different stamps from six different departments, and nobody helps me. i feel like i'm being asked to comply with every single rule there is. while the people on the streets have no rules and they they're making the streets unsafe. and my customers no longer come. thank you very much, autumn. well guess what? that was the last question. so no, no, you want to go on and on. candidates. it's time to share your closing statements with san francisco

voters. we'll go in reverse alphabetical order by first name. you each have seconds for closing statements. candidate scotti well, first, i'd like to just thank the league of women voters for putting this on this is one of the one of the sort of key parts of campaigning is coming and doing this forum. and so thank you for having us. you know, i ran for supervisor. i'm running for supervisor because i believe in san francisco. i'm not doing this because i have my eyes on sacramento. i'm not doing this because i represent the inside perspective on government. i'm doing this because i'm a young person who looked up and said, i can't keep just posting into the ether and hoping things get better. if i want change to happen. i need to get involved. i believe that san francisco and all of its problems are highly fixable. i wouldn't be doing this if i didn't believe that, but i do believe that it's going to take new leadership and change and frankly, a new generation of

political leaders in san francisco to get our city on the right track and aimed in the direction which helps us manifest all of the potential that when i walk around district five in our city, i see every day. and so as we head toward november, i appreciate you getting to know me and my policies. and it's been a pleasure to be here with you all tonight. thank you. thank you very much. candidate supervisor dean, thank you very much. we heard a lot of talk this evening, even some areas of agreement. i just want to emphasize that that talk does not solve problems. i am focused on progress, not promises, and want to emphasize that i'm the only candidate in this race with a proven track record of getting things done in our communities and our neighborhoods. i did not move to this district recently to run for office. i have lived here 28 years, serving our community. i am raising my family here. i love this district and while we see fox

news attacking us constantly, i am busy stopping evictions, housing, homeless families and delivering for my constituents. this is why i've been endorsed by california nurses, teachers, the san francisco tenants union, the san francisco labor council, small business forward nancy pelosi, bernie sanders, the san francisco black firefighters, tenderloin, chinese rights association, affordable housing alliance, san francisco building trades, young democrats and over 100 other community groups and leaders. thank you all so much. and thank you, maxine. you're very welcome. thank you, candidate bilal. thank you again, everyone, for being here and league of women voters for hosting us. i will close by noting that this election is a once in a decade opportunity for change. our district is the heart of san francisco. it gave my family a sense of belonging when they immigrated and a sense of community that i know so many of us here share as well. but unfortunately, this district also shares some of our city's

biggest challenges. and but i know that working together, we can actually build a better future. and the best days are still ahead of us. that starts by electing leaders that will not make excuses for their failures and not note the actual challenges that are affecting our neighborhoods. and it starts by fostering innovation and collaboration, listening to the community and getting us to a city of, yes, a city where we say yes to getting the basics right, where our neighbors are housed, our small businesses are thriving and our streets are safe and clean. i'm the only candidate here who's gotten results from the federal government to the local nonprofit sector, who will fight for district five results as well. i've been endorsed by the democratic party, by the unions, our mayor, our attorney general, groups that don't always agree, but they agree on my candidacy for district five. thank you so much. thank you very much. candidate autumn. so people often ask me what a supervisor does. exactly. and it's three things. first, we write laws and