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morning is victor young. and i would like to thank eugene labbadia from sfgovtv for making sure that our meeting is broadcast this morning. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? yes. public comment will be taken on each item on the agenda. when your item of interest comes up and public comment is called, please line up to speak. alternatively, you may submit public comment in writing in either the following ways. email them to myself. the rules committee clerk at victor dot y o young at sfgov. org if you submit public comment via email, it will be included as

part of the file. you may also send your written comments via us mail to our office in city hall. when doctor carlton b goodlett place, room 244, san francisco, california nine for 102. please make sure to silence your cell phones and electronic devices. items acted upon today are expected to appear on the board of supervisors agenda of october 1st, unless otherwise stated. that concludes my initial announcements. thank you so much. and before we get to item one, i'd like to make a motion to excuse supervisor safaí for this morning's rules committee meeting. yes. on the motion to excuse supervisor safaí member peskin, a peskin i chair walton i walton i that motion passes without objection with vice chair safaí being excused. thank you. motion carries. mr. clerk, please read item number one. item number one is a motion appointing claudine

quinonez. residency requirement. requirement waived. term ending march 19th, 2027 to the child care planning and advisory council, district four. thank you. i believe claudia is here. thank you so much for coming in and no, thank you so much for coming in. yeah. yes. good morning. and just to clarify, it's claudia quinonez is my name. and good morning, supervisors. and of course, attendees, i wanted to share a little bit about me. i'm an immigrant. latina, proud latina professional, and a mother of two, children that have gone through, preschool, elementary, middle school in san francisco. i've also, have a child with disabilities and so i am a mother that is, well aware

around the early childhood education field and just education overall, as i've been an advocate for my children, but i also work in the field for over 16 years. and when i say easy, i'm talking about early childhood education and so i worked with families directly in my work, working with them directly and helping them access early education. i've also received childcare subsidies in the past, so i have a lot of experience in that arena, and most recently, i launched a department of research data and evaluation in my current role as chief strategy and impact officer at children's council of san francisco. and so i'd be delighted to represent district four and the seat of cpac to be able to elevate data, bring data more to the table for our decision making, and to be able to continue to strengthen our work in supporting early education field. thank you. thank you, miss quinonez. do you

have any questions, supervisor? all right. we will take public comment on item number one. yes. members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up to speak at this time, each speaker will be allowed two minutes. there will be a soft chime when you have 30s left and a louder chime when your time has expired. i have an objection to this candidate. a very strong objection. last week i read in the paper that there was a forum on early childhood education. it's a group that has a mailing address of 444 445 church. children's council where, miss, we're the candidate here works, i was not invited to this forum. there's a move afoot in this city to pretend that trevor chandler is a public school teacher. he's a substitute with about three weeks experience. i taught first in 1965, column 59

years. i was not invited. this had to be this woman's decision. she was listed as. and i give you the chief strategy and impact officer of this organization. i want you to ask her, is she why she decided not to invite me, why they decided to invite trevor chandler and pretend that he's a school teacher. all of the press, which is billionaire run, has all of the press that's billionaire run has jumped on the bandwagon. trevor chandler, public school teacher, public school teacher. i have two degrees. one in education, one in special education. i have three national certificates. i took tests for national certification and got in the 90th percentile among teachers. trevor chandler has taken nothing. i'd like this woman to. i'd like this woman to explain why i was not invited to that. the excuse that i got was

because i don't have $150,000 in contributions. they're trying to run this chandler across, and it won't fly. we need jackie fielder for supervisor and nine, and we need aaron peskin for mayor. next speaker, please. hello, i'm alan wong. i'm a policy director at children's council at san francisco and at children's council. our goal is to help every child in san francisco reach their full potential. just to answer some of the issues brought up at the forum, at the forum on thursday, we had candidates jackie fielder, roberto hernandez and trevor chandler present at that forum. so claudia is one of the strongest possible candidates that we can appoint to the cpac position. thank supervisor engardio o's office for his grace and being supportive of this appointment from district four, claudia has experience as a as a child care provider,

helping families get access to childcare. also thinking strategically leading children's council research data and evaluation department and also having 16 years in the field of supporting the community. so we urge the board of supervisors rules committee to support this appointment. thank you for your time. thank you. are there any additional members of the public for public comment? there are no additional speakers at this time. thank you. seeing no more speakers, public comment is now closed. and i do want to thank the candidate for being willing to serve our motion to appoint claudia quinonez to cpac with the residency waiver. yes. on a motion to approve, recommend item number one to the full board on that motion, member peskin, a peskin i chair walton i walton i that motion passes

without objection with the vice chair safaí being excused. thank you. motion carries. congratulations mr. clerk, please call item number two. item number two is a hearing to consider appointing one member. term ending december 31st, 2024 to the sugary drink distributor tax advisory committee, one seat, two applicants. thank you, mr. clerk. and i see we have two candidates. i will call you up in order of how you appear on the agenda, and you have two minutes to tell us about yourself. so first is marty de la. hello. good morning, supervisor. supervisor chair shamann walton and supervisor member, aaron peskin. my name is marty de la, and i've been a san

francisco resident for over 30 years. i've been involved with the filipino community since, since i came here from the philippines and attended filipino education center, which i started advocating for since it was almost like taken away and, through that, there was also, a lot of the advocacy work we had gone to school board meetings, we had gone to city hall meetings. so being here present is something i'm pretty much used to. and speaking in public. and a lot of the programs for the state i've worked in intern with zomcon, which is a direct beneficiary of state funding and, we've had a lot of great programs ranging from the most recent one was the cyclothon. it was like an all ages marathon that the community

members, benefited from. and a lot of outreach and education. about like how sugary drinks do affect like one's personal like, body. and i can vouch for that because growing up, we had consumed a lot of sugary drinks not knowing the, the detriment and the effects that it does cause, which is like within the filipino community, within my family, it was like a lot of, like, overweight, obesity, cardiovascular cancer and, diabetes. so i had, benefited from the yoga and meditation programs, and i've lost over 100 pounds from doing so over the years. and, like after also being educated, like doing my own research and getting research from the community on nutritional factors and how that benefits oneself and being able

to be aware of that and making the choices to change. that was very difficult without the support of community members, without the support of family members, and without the support of the programs being funded by the taxes, the state tax. so i'm really passionate in wanting to be an advocate, in a, in this advisory committee for the, you know, the programs that are, wanting to get support through this funding and, i hope you do consider me and i'd be very passionate and appreciative and dedicated to this role. thank you. thank you. and now we have melinda burris. good morning supervisors. my name is melinda burris. i am 27 years old. i am from bayview-hunters point, i am

currently working for leah's pantry as a community engagement specialist. but for the last five years, all of my professional work has been here in san francisco, city and county, serving to give back to my community in the bayview, right now i'm working on a really cool, fun project for the next three years, working with older adults in both bayview hunters point and treasure island. the end goal is for me to create a food security advisory group for older adults in both neighborhoods so that they can come to task force meetings and city hall meetings and advocate for themselves, by doing that, i'll be creating a community needs assessment, and this community needs assessment will be guiding, the older adults in both of these neighborhoods to advocate for themselves. and so that's what i'm working on now. and it ties a lot into what this i mean, this sugary drink tax is doing already, working with some of the most underserved communities

in san francisco and making sure that their voices are heard, especially older folks, because they tend to be the, they tend the outcome of their health tends to be the. oh, sorry. the tends to be like the reason, sugary, sugary drinks seems to be the reason why their health outcomes, such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and this is why i'm really interested in being this advisory group, because my mom also had diabetes, and my grandma and they both passed away, from diabetes complications. and i really want to make sure that people in my community get educated and also get support from people like us to not have those outcomes anymore, and i myself been working on, educating myself on different sugar and intakes and how to stop consuming so much sugary drinks. and that's one of

the reasons why i'm very, very interested in this, and i'm also a part of different advisory groups in the city, such as the food security advisory group, we meet maybe once a month and talk about different initiatives surrounding food security in san francisco, and it's always fun to go and hear all the different ideas that people have. i'm also a part of the facts food security task force, which is led by, by a lady, in fillmore. and we get together and talk about different food securities and how we can, come up with different initiatives for the city. so. yeah, i really appreciate to be on this spot because i'm very, very passionate about bayview, hunters point, treasure island, and just the overall health in this in the city, and yeah, thank you for hearing me. thank

you so much, supervisor peskin. yeah, i don't know if there are any members of the public who want to comment, but i just want to say that, we have an embarrassment of riches here to devoted community members with lived experience. and it is a tough choice. but regardless of how we decide, i just want to remind everybody that in three short months, there are going to be other seats open on this body. so i encourage whichever one of you doesn't get the vacant position today, to come back. and in three months there's going to be other vacancies. thank you, president peskin. and president peskin basically took the words right out of my mouth. this is one of those times where we have a very hard decision to make. there is only one seat today, and we have two qualified candidates who we would be well served as a city if we could have both of you today. unfortunately, we do have

to make that tough choice. but like president peskin stated, there will be more opportunities to serve whoever is not chosen today. so i want to thank both of you for being willing to step up and for all of your work that you've already done, as we continue to improve health outcomes here in san francisco. and with that said, we will call for public comment. members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up to speak. at this time, each speaker will be allowed two minutes. good morning. supervisors. my name is pj eugenio. i'm the workforce councilor for sonic and shadow market community action network. sam khan had the honor of witnessing the growth of marty delis, a long time member of the filipino community in san francisco. having grown up and lived in san francisco for 30 years since she was in

grade school, we organized with her and her family defending the filipino education center when it was slated for closure, advocating for funds for the victoria manalo draves park bmd to be built, and currently she helped us inform residents about the 11th and natoma park. marty personally knows the impact that excessive consumption of sugary drinks can have in our communit. having grown up in a household where soda was served at nearly every meal, her family members have experienced hypertension, diabetes and even cancer, so marty intimately understands the importance of being properly educated about the relationship between diet and health. marty has also served the community health as a community health ambassador for interns under our cigna program, formerly our health, our community. as one of the participants, marty learned how to run campaigns, do outreach, and use social media for social change. she was able to apply her leadership training by facilitating meetings, doing

supervisor visits on earth day, and teaching her fellow cha how to do silkscreen printing. aside from participating in the sigla program workshop on dance, yoga and herbal remedies, marty also conducted outreach for and helped coordinate the singleton run and walk event in the south of market. it is with a great respect for the role that marty has played in the filipino community that we write this letter of support. we strongly encourage you to appoint marty to the sugary drink distributor tax advisory committee. seat number three. thank you. thank you. can i have a paper to give to. good morning supervisors. my name is zachary friel. i'm a d5 resident. i work at comcast and i'm also the co-convener of the filipino service providers network, an association of over 50 filipino serving organizations in sf. we would like to express our support for marty de la to be considered for seat three on the state advisory

committee. marty has been a community health ambassador for some kinzigtal program, and her appointment to the advisory committee is a natural progression of the work that she has already performed thus far. marty has been raised as an advocate since she was a child, going to the school board to defend the filipino education center. she has continued to speak here in front of the board and has even gone to sacramento on several occasions to advocate for housing and economic justice on behalf of san francisco residents. i serve as the environmental justice organizer at som kan and marty has been a wonderful leader and partner in supporting the campaigns we have around cleaner air and green space. marty is super passionate about community gardening and yoga, working to bring not only an active and healthy lifestyle to soma community members, but to community members in other neighborhoods like the excelsior and the tenderloin. i have the utmost confidence that marty will be an an exceptional appointee to the state advisory committee, and i hope she will

continue to be able to do the good work that she's done in that space. thank you for your consideration. good morning, supervisors. my name is nadiya bychkova. i'm a close friend of marty, and i'd like to be sure that she is one of the most responsible and dedicated person i know. she cares deeply about the life of her community, and she actually made a decision to left her career in tech to dedicate herself more to the social sector. and not only she participates in various activities and, makes outreach and fulfills her job duties, but she's actually has a genuine interest in the life of the community. she's one of the most driven person that i know. thank you. thank you. good morning supervisors. my name is teresa

douglas and our last name is actually spelled d, as in david you instead of b. so it was actually written with a b. so i, i, marty started, a experience of, community work when, during the late 1990s when the filipino education center, the filipino bilingual education program was actually, in trouble. so we fought for it. and the core parents, actually, there were about 20 of us, and we brought our children to the school board, and our children tagged along, actually, until about the wee hours of 2 a.m. in the morning. and then after that, to make the, the long story short, marty has actually been involved, you know, with so much

community work, and i'm very proud of my daughter. it's not because she's my daughter, but she's had a lot of really beautiful, what is this, experience in the community being passionate about the different issues, and i, i really appreciate my daughter because there was at one time in her life that she actually took the role as a mom and dad. i just want to let you know that. and it was hard for being a single parent, you know, growing up and taking care of three children. and with my aging parents. so, it's, marty has actually taught me a lot being a single parent. and i wanted to let you know that, being a single mom as many know that it's not really easy, but marty actually gave me that support. and then, it's all throughout the many years that now she's

involved, you know, with the community. time has elapsed. thank you. and i hope that you will consider. marty, thank you so much. god bless you. good morning supervisors. my name is laura jones. i'm the programs manager for leah's pantry, and i'm here in support of melinda burris, who is currently in her community engagement work and treasure island in bayview, working as a nutrition educator, working to teach people the dangers of overconsumption of sugary beverages, trying to increase water access in those neighborhoods, and people's perception of drinking tap water. prove that and is very well versed in the importance of the programs that are funded by this tax. and so i think she would be an excellent choice for this committee. and i just wanted to stand here in support of her. thank you. hello. my

name is marcus c2. i am the program coordinator at leah's pantry and i do not know melinda a lot, but i met her, for a month already since i'm new at leah's pantry and a job description is only a job description. who doesn't serve our community? everyone serving our community in part of the west part of the way. and i love melinda and i know she is passionate. she does not look like 27 to me. she is knowledgeable and doing community outreach and i bet she knows a lot about her community. and please consider her and thank you. thank you. are there any additional speakers at this time? there are no additional speakers. thank you. seeing no additional speakers. public comment is now closed. i definitely just want to

reiterate the tough choice that we have here this morning, as we make these decisions, we always look at personal experiences, professional experiences across the city, diversity and other elements of which both candidates for sure possess. i think with understanding more appointments and opportunities forthcoming, i'm on a motion this morning to move melinda birx forward with a positive recommendation. and before we vote on that, i just want to say to marty that, in december, we will be looking at other seats that are opening up. so hope to see you in three months. yes. on that motion to recommend melinda burris to seat three. member

peskin. hi. peskin. i chair walton, a walton i that motion passes without objection with chairs. vice chair safaí being absent. excused motion carries. and again, thank you both so much. trust me, there will be more opportunities forthcoming. mr. clerk, would you please call item number three? yes. item number three is an ordinance amending the administrative code to expand the san francisco public utilities commission's social impact partnership program by requiring that all covered contracts that include a social impact commitment include those contracts that were solicited before april 22nd, 2023, increased such commitments upon amendment or modification of the contract, and by removing the minimum threshold for applicable amendments or modifications. thank you so much, mr. clerk, and president peskin. we are here today to strengthen the sfpuc. s social impact partnership program. this

amendment clarifies exactly what this board intended to be. the law when we all unanimously sponsored the original legislation for this program, it now clearly states that if any contracts are amended to give more money and work to contractors, that the commitments that those contractors made to the community will also be proportionally increased. this ensures that when contractors who have existing contracts with the puc have their contracts increased, sometimes by hundreds of millions of dollars, that the communities these projects impact receive a proportionate benefit of the social impact commitments that the contractors made to those communities. we are strengthening the legislation to address previous gaps and loopholes that allow corporations to exploit and manipulate contract terms, ultimately depriving the community of resources and support that they are owed by covering all contracts

regardless of their solicitation date and requiring additional commitments. when amendments increase contract value, it ensures that city contracted corporations primes and developers can't evade their obligations to community through the social impact partnership program. the legislation underscores our commitment to fairness by ensuring that even smaller contract amendments trigger proportional increases in social impact commitments, promoting sustained investment in our local communities. we are all aware that bayview-hunters point has long been burdened with environmental hazards, including toxic waste, air pollution and industrial contamination. this legislation has helped redress the environmental harms and neglect that our community has faced. the puc has a moral obligation to the people of bayview-hunters point who have disproportionately carried the negative impacts of city

operations by mandating social impact commitments. they are also taking steps to repair the damage caused by historical environmental injustices. this ordinance will ensure that companies benefiting from sfpuc contracts give back to the neighborhoods they most impact. the legislation aligns corporate activities with long term community well-being, requiring companies to adjust their social impact contributions in response to changes in contract value, ensuring that the community benefits continue to grow alongside corporate profits. this ordinance demonstrates that san francisco prioritizes its residents and expects corporate partners to do the same. we are sending a clear message to city contractor, corporations and businesses that have exploited loopholes and manipulated the system to avoid their responsibilities. we are not advantage of our community, and advantage of our community, and any increase in contract means going to let corporations take that there should be an increase

in community benefit. and so with that said, i appreciate us hearing this at this rules committee meeting and unless you have something to say, president peskin, we will go to public comment on this item. yes. members of the public who wish to speak on this item should aim to speak at this time. each speaker will be allowed two minutes. also as please. as a reminder, political activities are prohibited in this chamber pursuant to board rules and state law. you may not advocate, speak against any candidate or ballot measure, nor me, nor may you wear or hold election materials such as signs, buttons, place cards, or clothing. thank you. thank you. victor, i'm sorry for advocating for president peskin, for mayor. i screwed up bad there. the. anyway, guys, sounds like we're getting screwed there. sounds like a job for the inspector

general, you got two things coming up here. you got, i is running like a wild stampede of cattle at you, and it's going to help you. you mix i in with an inspector general thing, and these corporations shamann will not be able to screw you so easily. it will pop up instantly in the inspector general will be able to come down on them because they've got the power of subpoena and power of warrants. okay thank you. and i'm sorry i advocated for president peskin for mayor of san francisco. victor, i won't do it again. there are no additional parties in the room. i believe we can close public comment. thank you. seeing no additional speakers, public comment is now closed. a motion to move this item forward with a positive recommendation on that motion. member peskin, a

peskin i chair walton a walton i that motion passes without objection with vice chair safaí being excused. thank you. motion passes without objection. mr. clerk, do we have any more business before us this morning? that completes our agenda for today. thank you so much. we are adjourned. thank you guys. thank you.

we have so many neighborhood in district 5 each with their own character and history. >> in the district a long time and almost 30 years in district 5. active in my community and i have been an attorney right's attorney representing and helping folk who is are trying to stay in their homes and folks trying to resist evictions and really just continued to be able to thrive in this community. i did work outside city hall for a long time. finally a point i got tired of going to politicians to ask them to dot right thing. i decide that it was time to actually throw my hat in the

ring and become the decision maker. we have everything in district 5 from the haight ashbury. fillmore. japantown. haze valley. north of pan handle. western edition and the tenderloin. all within this district. >> i'm kristin evans a resident and small business owner in the historic haight ashbury neighborhood. i own the book smith. haight ash burr seunique. it was the most colorful part of the city when i was a kid. i ended up moving here and owning a book store here, which was the dream. we have people of all walks and visitors and tourists around the world this come to the haight ashbury. coming to seat history of the neighborhood. the rock stars janice joplin --

people are fro spirited. we have many second handled clothing stores. people are eco conscious. we have people that are enjoying the vibrancy and it is a place to shop and people watch. >> while you are doing that, stop have lunch. we have [inaudible] restaurant, cha, cha, cha is a classic. a place next door peurto rican food. prada 22 this is yummy. can i go on about the great, delicious places to try in the haight. >> i'm part of the haight ash burref merchant's association. people don't come to haight street to one destination. they come and visit 3-4 places when they in to visit. so if we have vacancies we have few reasons why people criminal we had between vacancies in the

pandemic and increased to that. one thing we advocated for was a store front vacancy tax. voters passed prop d. we have gone from 32 to 14. come to the haight ashbury enjoy our weather and get a meal. shop in our boutiques. >> got so many things we have been active on and i'm proud of district 5 gone above and beyond to create a network of slow and safe streets yoosz the city and page is our success. you see bikers and pedestrians out on page street and it has been the most successful slow street in the city and the golden gate green wachl car free haze. parts of the city this used to be where folks were afraid. being hit by cars and now safe to walk and bike.

>> after having lived all over the city i wanted somewhere where i never needed to use a car and i wanted somewhere where i have a bit of separation from my job downtown. i drew a 25 machine radius around downtown and haze valley seemed to fit the bill. >> i found this neighborhood helped like the most community experience. people linger remindses me of european city. people are hang out outside and pass people and know people in the neighborhood t. is a pretty special environment. >> one of my favorite landmarks is patricia's dream. the former site of the freeway. named after patricia walker part of a group of people that lead the movement to get the freeway taken down. and this was the embarcadero was the best examples of what happens when you remove a

freeway and give space become to people. there are tons of places to shop and eat. pretty much something for everybody here. my frenzy kid had their first birthday party last week and i got a present for them if it is warm you hop to home town creamery and get ice cream. another favorite is mercury cafe a few blocks down octavia. and another favorite is hairz valley baker where they not only have incredible baked goods and breakfast and sandwiches but employ and train at risk and disabled people. well is a social anxiety toll when they do. every friday/saturday since covid the 400 block of hayes between octavia and going is pedestrianized. we open up for people. a band and doubles the size of our town square. for everyone in d5 or the city,

it is a great gathing space. to linger and hang out. [♪music♪] >> fillmore is in the heart of d5. one of the last remaining black neighborhoodses in the san francisco. went through really challenging periods in redevelopment and so much displacement. in the left few years we are seeing new businesses only there. >> i'm erika scott. we are here at honey art's studio. grew up here in the neighborhood. and feel fortunate to have my business here. we are a multipurpose place. we teach art classes. and we have live entertainment. and community meetings. private event space. the history of the fillmore dates back generations before

me. that was a big per of our studio here. there is a book the harlem of the west that depicts when the harlem of the west was. which is the fillmore and people from all over the world would come here a huge everything this was the place to be to experience black culture and just to live, you know. i want to pay honor to that. >> to my generation they are will new businesses we have something special sxushgs instinct dh is in the black. sits on the corner of gar and he fillmore it is a home to 30 entrepreneurs. like a marketplace. super cool. a lot of things are custom or really unique. jazzy's hair salon and jazzy hair salon are applying for a

legacy business ownership they have been in business for over 25 years. there are cottage and home based businesses. >> i'm brother mohammed here in the fillmore. since 1999 established since 1999. you see -- cosmetic items and clothing, how is it going >> good. good to see you. >> i still have my old customers are coming to support. this is a sense of community. we have remnants of the old vibe here. >> come visit the fillmore the famous jazz district and we have elements of that you want to experience it. friendly people. and this is a place where you will take a piece of san francisco and the fillmore back with you. [♪music♪] >> since 2022, when there was redistricting the tenderloin district was added district 5

and that brought in the entirely new communities zeechl amazing history, really, veterans alph~- net tenderloin we renamed shannon street inveteran's honor. starred by gregory. veterans started doing murals in what was a blighted alley at the time. and it is become a garthing place for veterans to express themselves and interact. >> i was involved in helping the tenderloin museum get off the ground and excite to see all the amazing programs there. >> the tenderloin a collection of history of the neighborhood. and have art galleries featuring artists. >> we are known for having

historically inspiredprograms. and makes us unique. we are producing a play about the cafeteria riot. which strifes to work with as many neighbors and organizations as possible to create diverse programming. >> tenderloin is a close nit xunt and like almost decade i have been working here you are able to make connections with people. >> an incredible neighborhood working and the last queer bar in the tenderloin neighborhood which was the first queer neighborhood in san francisco. joanne incredible organization that shows performing arts. and great part sdmers do a lot for the neighborhoods >> we have little saigon. the sandwichers a classic.

and a restaurant opened in the neighborhood i recommend. the phoenix a legacy business. >> and like people in the neighborhood this is might not stay here. so there is more to the tenderloin than what you read in the news. one of the stories from the people who work here. >> probably the most unique feature in japantown is the [inaudible] built as part of japan's trade center. the other is the japan center itself. the oldest indoor shopping mall in san francisco. built in the late 60's. despite the changes japantown is going through it is authentic.

still i japanese-american community you find a lot of japanese-american food. japanese ice cream stores that are popular. we have what is matcha drinks here. the other thing that is really preponder lar here in japantown is all of the new [inaudible] opened up. before the restaurant had been it was anything you could order now it is all specialized. say come from different parts of japan and feature their home town style of ramen. you know it suspect a will really safe place to hang out. you come down here and you will get a sense of it is japanese-american history and culture by being down here. >> just one of the great places to visit in san francisco.

>> this is an incredible and diverse district with so much to offer for residentses and visit sxors i encourage folks come visit and experience the amazing people and businesses in the district. [♪music♪] >> the vibrant south of market neighborhood in san francisco is deep lee rooted filipino if fluences to shape the cultural identity. soma pilipinas known for [indiscernible] night life and

art scenes is home to growing filipino community that thrived for generations. >> soma pilipinas is a community, the village that has been over a hundred years in the making. this is home to many generations of filipino from the turn of the century, to the present. continues to be a gateway community for a lot of filipinos just arriving from the philippines. >> one of sth most prominent scines is filipino owned businesses become staples in the neighborhood. restaurants like manila bowl and jp restaurant offer [indiscernible] >> we call it [indiscernible] this is my ssion everybody's who came right now. we feel good right here. community is like a family.

>> the eatery serve mouth watering dishes and provide a sense of home to the filipino community, preserving traditions passed down generation. >> a filipino restaurant utilizing california ingredients we honor traditional family recipe [indiscernible] we shop in the market 2 to 3 times a week. we make the filipino cuisine proud in san francisco. >> along with the culinary deliteds, soma philippine ow is home to san francisco top mix aulgists. filipino artistry is a facet of soma pilipinas rich tapestry. the filipino cultural heritage district transformed public spaces into canvases that depict the stories and experiences of filipino americans.

>> parlt part of the work we do is support filipino artists to work with community to really create and develop community based art. this is murals and designs that really reflect the rich history, the culture and the struggles and triumps of the filipino community. >> the presence of the filipino cultural center which offer workshops, language classes and community resources is a testament to the community efforts to preserve and promote the heritage. >> features the [indiscernible] philippines which is a indigenous community weaving textiles and tapestry for hundreds of years so proud to feech were modern ones and very antique ones and showcase fashion from the community and we are inviting everybody to come experience that with us. >> the center not only caters to the filipino community, but

welcome all who wish to learn about and embrace this culture. >> we want to develop a cultural district where you have the young generation learn their history, language and culture and where you have also the seniors be part of the cultural and share their stories and their traditions, and continue to grow young in the neighborhood. >> the intersection of technology and culture in this part of san francisco provides a unique back drop for a thriving community embracing the past while looking to the future. the filipino influence ingrained in soma serves as remindser of the power of cultural diversity and importance of celebrating in our ever changing world.

in fire prevention. i'm very happy at fire prevention because not only am i able to enforce the code and make changes to help the citizen of san francisco be safe in their homes or place of business, but i think my work also make sure that my fellow firefighters and first responders, when they respond to a fire, the building is also safe for them. >> you're watching san francisco rising with chris manners. today's special guest is brooke jenkins. >> hi, i'm chris manners and you are watchs san francisco rising, the show about restarting rebuilding and reimagining our city. ourguest san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins here to talk about theopeioid crisis, criminal justice and more. >> thank you so much for having me. >> thank you for being here. let's start with organized restale threft. some jurisdictions across the country imposed most of the punishment against people shop lifting in groups but that may be applied disproportionately to epipooal and doesn't address the organization behind it all. how can we make sure both prosecute the ring leaders behind the crimes and make sure

justice is handed out eveningly? >> making sure we get to the higher level of organizations in the organized retail threrft area so that is something myophilus is very much focused on working the police department on. looking at organized retail threat ringzsx but we have to make sure people are being caught who have stealing and that is a big challenge in the sit a so we have worked with retailers and small business owners to insure the necessary protocols and procedures are in place to at the very laest catch people who are stealing because they have been running out of the stores and therefore facing no consequence so we have to start there and trying to do more with intervention with the youth who are some of the population doing some of the threfts. many stores have turned to not detaining employees stealing oertrying to stop them and that change in procedure lead to making it very difficult for the

police department to capture these people stealing. we have been working with them on a change in their protocol going back to the way it used to be done so we can actually have the opportunity to have people face consequences. >> right. so, let's move to the opioid crisis which had a devastating impact across the community and across the country, including san francisco. how can your office help address the issue? >> the main thing is going back to where people feel there is a consequence dealing drugs in the city. we can't treat drug steel dealing as a victimless crime. we have ooverage 2 people dying a day from overdose. there are victims of this offense so quha what is did is say no longer the case we decriminalizing drug sales in san francisco as the da office. we have to put consequence on the table and insure the most agregiouss sellers so massive

quantityties of fentanyl, some enough to kill all most half the city. sometimes with people with wep ens and guns are multiple of cases with fentanyl are treated differently then thoges with small contties so i ask those people detain in custody. we can't have them on the street hours later, but also trying to work with the police department and our city making sure our laws are enforced. it is the only people people suffering from addiction will have a opportunity at recovry. imagine if you are trying to get clean and every 10 steps doin the block you are offered the drug you have been addicted to. it is impossible. that is one way we are dealing with the supply side and we are taking a different approach on the demand side, which is to say, if people are publicly using drugs over and over again, that we believe we need to intervene in those situations and so the police are citing them and when somebody reaches 3 of

the citations, we then file a complaint, but route them into a treatment court to try to help them get help. >> they have a option take treatment or face charges? >> correct. essentially. we of course encourage treatment because that is what these folks need. >> absolutely, absolutely. san francisco is known for being forfront of criminal justice reform with initiatives such as community justice center and restoreative justice, how do you plan to build on the efforts and push for aggressive policies insuring we have a fair system that holds people accountable? >> i have been clear accountability comes in many different forms. historically, da office used one form and that is incarceration. the way i functioned as a prosecutor over the years is make sure we are finding the appropriate form of accountability for each and every person for their specific circumstance, and so for some people it may

be incarceration, others it is treatment and going through behavioral health to stabilize mental health issue. some it is say ing we toopt see you get a job so we require that you go through a trade program so you can get a skill that allows you to take care of yourself in a different way. for me it is investing in those opportunities which requires us to be partnering with community based organizations to identify what programs we can send people to, but i'm very much invested in seeing our collaborative courts, which is what community justice center, drug court, young adult court of police

misconduct and promoting accountability? >> our job is to prosecute police officers when they commit such misconduct and use excessive force in a way that is illegal so we'll continue to maintain that is our job and our position. we prosecute all crime in san francisco, it is not about what your statue is, what your position is or what office you hold. the law will always be our standard. we can't treat differently where they come from, whether they wear a uniform or not, our standard is the law. for me, as a black latino woman it is issue very personal to me. we had a death in police custody in my family that i heard about my entire life. i'm raising two black children including a black son who you know, i will have to talk about these type of issues as he grows up. i was out raged long before

george floyd. the list goes on and on, but as a prosecutor i have to maintain one standard and it is whether somebody according to the law has committed a crime and so that's what we always look at. >> absolutely. finally, what message do you have for the people of san francisco and what you hope to accomplish during your tenure? >> i want the people of san francisco to know i'm committed serving the function the da office was designed to serve which is make sure we promote public safety across san francisco. like i said, we have to have accountability in our city. what we see going on in our streets is the result of people feeling as though there was none. they didn't fear even the police walking by as they were committing a crime because there was a belief that even if you arrest me, the da office isn't going to do anything that i'm afraid of experiencing, and so we want people to have a healthy fear of what a consequence

will be, but i also want san francisco to know we are a da office that stands by the val aoos we have here in san francisco which is second chances, compassion, responsible alternative to incourseeration bought the end of the day accountability has to be what people said back on the street or community in a fashion where they can succeed. every time somebody cycles into the system we are thoughtful what the person needs to get back on their feet and not create another victim in the future. >> quite right. thank you. thank you so much for coming on the show. i really appreciate the time you have given us today. >> thank you. >> that's it for this episode. we'll back for another shortly. for sfgovtv, i'm