the republic for which it stands. one nation under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. vice president carter. i'd like to take roll commissioner clay. present. commissioner walker is excused. commissioner benedicto. present. commissioner. yanez. present. commissioner yee is in route. vice president carter. overstone, you have a quorum. excuse me. president elias is also excused for tonight. also with us tonight. chief scott is enroute. sitting in for him is going to be commander well as acting executive director diana rosenstein for the department of police accountability. all right. line item one. weekly officer recognition certificate presentation of an officer who

has gone above and beyond in the performance of their duties. officer megan sinclair, star number 863 from park station. good evening. commissioners florence chadwick was a world renowned swimmer and the first woman to swim the english channel in both directions. well, florence entered a to and from catalina island. she was like the total during the race she's swimming, as she always did. but suddenly the fog had descended over her. she didn't know where she was, she didn't know where she was going, and she got so frustrated she up and quit the race. and as she jumped into the coach's boat, went going towards shore about 100 yards later, the fog had lifted and she was 300 yards from victory and she turned to her coach and famouslydoesn't tire you out. operating in the fog does. well, good evening commissioners. the reason i'm here and why we're here today is because of officer megan sinclair. she's cut from the same cloth as florence chadwick and is the embodiment of the hard work and the clarity of

someone who operates daily above the fog. one of her best attributes is her ability to work diligently and courageously. we often think that courage has to be loud and brash, but i've also heard courage defined as quiet and persistent. and that's certainly the courage that megan embodies. and that i admire. i have dozens of examples, but the best one was a road rage incident that occurred in front of park station, where a gunshot was fired. so other officers are scurrying and running around in circles, and megan with that quiet, persistent dedication simply opened up her cell phone went through the flock alpr license plate reading system, located the suspect vehicle activated the citywide plainclothes team, and ensured that the suspect was safely taken into custody. just a couple of hours later. in another incident megan calmly and coolly reviewed the surveillance video footage of a prolific and serial burglar in the park district, identifying him and immediately going and arresting him at waller and schrader. from being the 290 registrant compliance officer, aer

at park station and one of the most proactive cops at the station megan is most deserving of this police commission officer recognition. in fact in the presence of officer flannery her former partner at park station, who was officer of the year for 2020, and officer howard brown park station officer of the year 2023, and numerous park station members that showed up in support. i'm also proud to announce that she is the co officer of the year for park station 2024, where her name will be above the lineup office in park station in perpetuity. and we wish her all the success in the world at her new assignment at mission station. congratulations officer sinclair. thank you commissioner. thank you chief. lucas. yeah, i would like to. i got to stand with her. you know i just want to say thank. thank

you to captain hart. i mean, that whole incident, you know, with the flock, it was a collaborative effort with myself, my partner, officer flannery and everyone else on the shift. so it was i was just a small part of part of the case. see what i mean? yeah. and most deserving of it. so congratulations. thank you sir. go ahead. thank you megan. in fact sorry about that. now you get to hear the compliments from all of us. so i just want to say thank you. i know the commission has taken the time to recognize officers who, before they started doing this, would not get this type of recognit but it's really about recognizing the work that you do day in and day out. i know, you know, we talked about specific incidents and all that, but what we're seeing with the people and the officers that have been

nominated to be here every week there's a consistency of it's the type of people to just get out there and do a good job day in and day out, and that's what i hear about you. and i just want to say thank you for doing that. congratulations on your award and on your future endeavors at mission station. you know, that's a very busy place as well, and i'm sure you'll do great over there as well. so just thank you. thank you chief. i appreciate it. commissioner yee thank you very much. chair. vice president carter, i just want to thank you officer megan sinclair for all the work you've done to keep us safe. you know, it's on a daily grind. it's not just one time. it a day in and day out. and then thank you to the captain for this. such a excellent selection. and to the all star team that's there at park park station. one of these days i'll get a chance to come on by there and say thank you all. thanks again. thank you sir. commissioner benedicto, thank you

introduction. thank you, officer sinclair. it was wonderful to hear about. like chief said, the sort of day in and day out work that you and your fellow officers are doing. and i'm so glad that a number of your officers, many awardees themselves, have also come to support it was really nice to hear about. i think, what captain hart described as as courage, that is persistent. i think that we're going to need a lot of courage. that is persistent in the months and years to come. so thank you for your work. commissioner clay. yes, thank you mr. president. i want to personally congratulate you. officer sinclair. it's very clear in hearing from your captain and all the things you have done, that your training has served you well in what you do each and every day. and so with that, you just keep up the good work. and we're all always rooting for you as out there. all right. thank you sir. thank you officer. not not much i can add to what others have said but just want to thank you so

much for your service to the city. congrats on this award and your other forthcoming award for co officer of the year and was just particularly inspiring to hear about different sketches of instances where you were able to remain calm under very stressful situations and make intelligent decisions that kept the public safe. so thank you and thank you, captain for the nomination. thank you. thank you everyone. any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item one. please approach the podium. gbagbo i mean, now if you don't want fog, you don't live in san francisco. but the fog is in our mind. indeed. the main course comes after just to say, great, it's going to be about self-control. so it's coming. all right. and there is no further public comment. line item two. general

public comment at this time. the public is now welcome to address the commission for up to two minutes on items that do not appear on tonight's agenda, but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the police commission under police commission. rules of order. during public comment, neither police or dpa personnel nor commissioners are required to respond to questions by the public, but may provide a brief response. alternatively, you may submit public comment in either of the following ways. email the secretary of the police commission at sfpd, dot commission at sfgov. org or written comments may be sent via us postal service to the public safety building located at 1245 third street, san francisco california 94158. if you would like to make public comment please approach the podium. okay, so good evening again. sorry it's so short. i happened this morning to pass by the training center at valencia on 24th street. you know where the train new guys. and so i talked to the guy at the door. i said, okay there you go. perfect. there is no coincidence at all.

i told him, okay, that's the waye going to do with the police here. rule number one, because you don't teach that to you guys. rule number one, for a police officer self control. it applies to everybody, right? but especially when self control it's going to change everything. these guys who want to control everybody has no have no self control. let me be clear. self control is how at&t regulates itself want to live long you better learn to . knowing that human beings cannot have absolute self control, it's no way it's only for eternity. which means also absolute consciousness. clear. now some of you are under arrest. you know i mean, you need to bail yourself out with

working on self control. once you have self control, you are out of control. meaning nobody can control you. you see. so for a cop, it's essential. go back, i don't know, watch a few movies again. last time, chief, it was your birthday. i remember i told you on september the 18th that you were under arrest. okay? i said think clint eastwood. you see, 1971 movie, for example dirty harry here in san francisco is a native of san francisco, and everybody knows clint eastwood. i don't know, we're going to work it out. the police are going to have self control. see? that's it. like to use the overhead and good evening everyone. i'm here concerning my son. every wednesday i come to bring

awareness to unsolved homicides which is my son. i bring all of these pictures with me to show that these cases are not solved. the holiday is coming thanksgiving and:7 this is hard on my family. every year, even though we have our dinner at the table, we don't forget my son are there, his siblings. i'm still waiting for justice for my child. i bring these pictures and i'm praying that this new mayor that we have will do justice for us and keep chief scott, i'm just tired of meeting new chiefs, new mayors, and new this. and nothing's happening. so i'm praying that this new

mayor doesn't change things doesn't change anything. i'd like to meet them. i bring these pictures again. and, mayor, if you are listening, we need your help to change things and to keep our chief scott. that's here. now. that's been giving more attentive to us than other chiefs that we've dealt with in the past. not saying that they didn't care, but. don't change things. if you if you don't have to, if things aren't wrong, if things are not being done wrong already. i'm done. if any member of the public has any information regarding the murder

of aubrey aberra kassa, you can call the anonymous 24 seven tip line at (415) 575-4444. that is the end of public comment one announcement before we get going. line item eight dgo 1011 has been removed from tonight's agenda line. item three consent calendar. receive and file action. complimentary registration fees for the 2024 benchmark analytics user summit, valued at $22,750. motion to receive and file. second, any member of the public has any public comment regarding line item three. please approach the podium. i'm sorry, i have one question about this and i'm going to apologize because i asked the deputy city attorney about this a similar thing long time ago, and now i'm forgetting. and my question is just that we are going to have a contract or do currently have a contract with benchmark and they are going to comp sfpd employees fees for a conference.

and i just wanted to ask whether there's any independent ethical obligation on the employees part to don't want to call them gifts because i don't know if they're gifts, but those comped payments, my understanding is, excuse me deputy city attorney alicia barrera. my understanding is that benchmark is a restricted source. so i think that's specifically what you're asking for. and there are local rules that have now changed. but under the local rules, you're allowed to have as a gift conference attendance that's widely, widely open in the industry. and my understanding is that's where this fits in. that box. so it's appropriate. thank you. understood. all right. if any member of the public would like to make item three, please approach the podium. and there is no public comment on the motion. commissioner clay, how do you vote? yes, commissioner clay is.

yes, commissioner. benedicto. yes, commissioner benedicto is. yes. commissioner yanez. yes. mr. yanez is. yes. commissioner yee. yes. commissioner yee is. yes. and vice president carter overstone. yes. vice president carter overstone is. yes. you have five yeses. line item four adoption of minutes. action for the meetings of october 2nd ninth and 16th 2024. motion to approve the minutes. second, any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item four. please approach the podium. there is no public comment on the motion. commissioner clay, how do you vote? yes, commissioner clay is yes. commissioner benedicto. yes. commissioner benedicto is. yes. commissioner yanez. yes. commissioner jones is. yes. commissioner. yi. yes. commissioner yi is yes. and vice president carter oberstar. yes. vice president carter is. yes. you have five yeses. line item five. chief's report, discussion weekly crime trends and public safety concerns provide an overview of offenses incidents or events occurring in san francisco have an impact on public safety. commission discussion on unplanned events and activities the chief

describes will be limited to determining whether the calendar for a future meeting. chief scott, thank you, sergeant youngblood. good evening, vice president carter commission, mr. rosenstein, acting executive director of dpa and the public, starting off with this week's crime trends, it is a continuance of reduction overall for all major crimes. our total violent crimes are down 14% difference of 682. total property crimes are down 33%, a difference of 12,971. from this time last year. so overall we have a 32% drop in major or part one crimes, a difference of 13,653 fewer than this time last year. just a few items to highlight within those statistics. our homicides are down from 47 a year ago to 30. year to date, that's a 36% reduction in homicides. we did have three homicides this this week, this past week. i'll give

a little bit on those in a second. and so far, no homicides in november in the monthf december. so far out of our 30 homicides, 21 involved the use of a firearm, which is a ten below. this time last year. last year we had 31 involving firearms. so that's a 32% reduction. also, with our shooting or victims of gun violence there's a 26% reduction in that category leading the property crime. of course, our thefts and out of the thefts. the important note here is that our vehicle break ins are down from 17,993 this time last year, to 7940, which is a 56% reduction gun seizures are slightly above where they were. this time last year, with 933 compared to 920, and ghost guns we seized 193. year to date last sorry

172. year to date last year and 92 this year. so we are lower on on ghost gun seizures year to date on the three homicides. one was a stabbing that occurred on the 28th of october at 1:07 p.m, the 700 block of o'farrell. there was a report of a stabbing. the victim was was located by officers found suffering from stab wounds. unfortunately, when the victim was transported, they did notries. during an immediate follow up investigation, a suspect was identified and an arrest was made by officers on that particular homicide. on october 30th at 4:06 p.m, there was a suspicious death. the victim was located unresponsive in a residence in the 100 block of seventh street. the victim was pronounced. a suspect in that case was also identified and arrested. after this suspicious incident was ruled a homicide. thising, but there was an arrest on that case. shooting happened

on 30th at 6:11 p.m. the victim was approached by a suspect who had exited the market in the 400 block of ellis and was shot by the suspect at close range. the suspect fled on foot and officers in the area assisted the victims and searched the area for the suspect. but the suspect was not found at this time. that investigation is ongoing. we do have some leads that we're following up on, so i will keep the public and the commission posted on where that investigation ends up. we had two. before i go on to the next topic, our clearance rate for homicides year to date is 86%. there were two fatal shootings a non-fatal shootings. i'm sorry. this week, resulting in two victims being shot. one was on october 31st. that's halloween 1252 in the morning or a m victim self transported with a gunshot wound. the victim advised he was walking in the area of leavenworth and o'farrell when two unknown subjects attempted to rob him

during the incident, the victim was shot. no further information was provided. no arrests have been made. that investigation is ongoing and the second was an attempted robbery on november 3rd at 1:30 a.m. this is on the 400 block of stockton in the at a bus stop when? when the passenger of a passing car exited and attempted to grab the victim's cell phone, the victim fought back, during which time the victim was shot. trance. the victim was transported and non-life stable. condition non-life threatening injuries. that investigation is ongoing. no arrests have been made on that. and lastly, we had some pretty significant retail theft operations that resulted in total, with the arrests of 30 organized retail theft suspects at various locations in the taraval. ten suspects were arrested and this was during a pre-planned shoplifting and retail theft abatement enforcement operation to address retail crime in that district

and retail businesses located in the 3200 block of 20th avenue in the 2200 block of winston drive, were chosen for this operation due to the due to the high number of shoplifting incidents in those ten were arrested. on october 29th, we had a similarrv operation in the castro district, and it was conducted at businesses in the 1300 block of castro and the 1100 block of potrero, and that a 13 suspects being arrested, ten were cited and released and two were for outstanding warrants as officers observed them. during these operations, attempted attempting to steal from the retail businesses. a replica firearm was also recovered and stolen property valued at over $1,600 was recovered and returned to the return to the stores on the 3300 block of mission in the ingleside district on october

15th. there was a shoplifting investigation that resulted in the arrest of seven suspects. similar type of operation and during the operation the seven suspects were arrested. they were cited and released from the scene. approximately $400 worth of property was retrieved and returned to the stores, and then on the 27th there was a burglary, a retail burglary, arrest from the lululemon. on october 27th two suspects entered lululemon located on market street and began filling garbage bags with products totaling over $16,000 in value. the same two suspects were identified from a theft from the previous week at the same location. during the investigation, a notice went out or bulletin crime bulletin to all officers within the department, with the identity of one of the suspects from a picture from a surveillance camera. officers located the suspect in the mission district. this person was a juvenile and the subject was arrested for the

burglary of the lululemon, and they were arrested within an hour or within a couple of hours of that bulletin going out. so really good work, really good teamwork. between the investigations and our officers. and again, this these operations resulted in 30 arrests for retail theft. lastly, there was some prevention efforts or worse, some that i'd like to note. the louis vuitton retail outlet was there was an attempted burglary on october 28th at 4:30 a.m, numerous cars stopped in front of the louis of geary. one car ran the front doors and the subjects exited the other cars and attempted to enter the store at union square. sfpd union square deployed sfpd officer actually observed this incident taking place and took immediate action. he turned on the lights of his police car, called for backup, and as officers arrived, multiple

suspects entered their cars and fled in different directions at high rates of speed. there was a very short pursuit that was terminated because of the danger to the public. units monitored the flock cameras and vehicles were captured on flock and fled to across the bridge to the east bay. so we do have follow up information and we are working on that case. there was one car recovered at the scene and we're working on evidence from that. that vehicle, as well. and then on october 30th, ingleside station ran a detail to combat burglaries that have been happening overnight in that district. taraval and mission districts park northern have all had a series of burglaries that have been in the overnight hours. at 2 a.m, a flock hit from the license plate reader was made on a vehicle that was wanted and one of the burglaries from a previous incident. an alert went out to

the vehicle. officers actually spotted the vehicle at stockton and post, central and tenderloin marked. police cars responded to the area, saw the vehicle. the vehicle fled at a high rate, a high rate of speed so we weren't able to catch them. but we did. we believe, prevent a burglary from occurring that night as there were no burglaries that particular night. so a good work in prevention. there. and that is my no other significant incidents to report. commissioner clay, yes, thank you. mr. president. well chief, that's that 86% clearance rate for homicides. that's incredible. you just don't get that. that's just incredible. all across the country everybody would be looking at that and say man, that. how did you do it. so that and congratulations to the department. my question is as we go forward in prop 36 pass, the issue with the retail theft, the

you've been citing and releasing these people from men and women from the wherever the location. now with the enhanced penalties they're going to become felonies. what is going to be the protocol now that you will have these multiple people? because a number of these arrests we have we've been receiving the information. they've they got outstanding cases already pending. and those were under that 400 misdemeanor release type of thing, $400. the $900 value type of thing. are you going to start now booking them versus just giving them a citation? because now the enhancement is a felony where that enhancement is applicable, i mean, it just passed. so we haven't put anything on paper yet, but did have a conversation withe of the members of the district attorney's office today about that issue. so basically we will kind of take a long look at how we can use this effectively. my understanding is, i believe that there's convictions that are necessary to charge the subsequent crimes as felonies. so we'll have to do

more like in the past, you know we have to do more research to know whether those new charges are eligible to be booked as felonies. well, that's why i asked the question, because the old days was a petty and a prior. right. so you have the misdemeanor and then you get the new arrest, then it gets enhanced to a felony. so i'm wondering, you guys are going to get ahead of the curve and get that ready, because when it's an act goes into effect, you're going to have to have something in place. and you guys are now you're on it with the da's office. you're saying yes. and you know, the plan is what we're finding. commissioner, to your question. and i think this is a really, really good point. you know, some of the people that we are running into are very prolific. and, you know, we've talked about that in front of this commission where they are multiple arrests. we just arrested a couple of>á people last week. they were very prolific retail theft suspects, and they were out on pending cases. so those those situations i think will apply to those types of folks. we have others who don't have that type of extensive history and they won't apply to

them. but definitely for the people who are prolific and have, you know the criminal history to support the new legislation, we plan to follow through on that. thank you. chief, thanks for the report. i just wanted to follow up on a couple of items from prior recent commission meetings. so last meeting we had a discussion about sf safe. and one of the things i asked you about was essentially whether you would attempt to recover the receipts from the $5.3 million that sfpd disbursed to sf safe, as you said that you would do to the, you know, after the comptroller's report, you said you would audit all 5.3 million. at the time, you said you couldn't answer, give a definite answer at the time. and so i just wanted to circle back. if you had any update on whether you will go to potentially go to court and to get the receipts as you're entitled to under the

contract, or ask another city agency that might be in possession of the receipts as far as the other city or county agency, the district attorney's office and from the criminal case and the search warrants. and of course, there's a process for that. if they can release or the court would actually have to release those, those documents happens, of course, we would like to have them. the case is still pending. it's don't know when the trial date is, but the case is still pending. but if that happens, of course we would like to release those or have possession of those documents. as of right now, though, that has not happened. so we don't intend to try to get these documents. while a criminal case is happening. and sorry, when you say if that happens, what's that? what are you referencing? when those items are released from the criminal case. when the

criminal case concludes, you're saying correct, okay. and have you decided whether you would apart from the criminal case, whether you would go into court under the contract with sf, safe to get the receipts, go into court to sue them? yeah there are no plans to do that right now. no. so have you made it? you've decided for sure you won't do it? no. we're that right now. it doesn't really make sense to do that right now because my understanding is whatever documents that exist are in the possession of the district attorney's office for the criminal investigation. okay you they're all hard copies. you're assuming i don't know what form they're in. they. because if they're electronic copies they might. you know, you could still get them. not not while the criminal case. i mean typically they don't they're not going to release those type of documents, but i okay. there could be electronic copies. there could be hard copies. i don't know what they have possession of, but i know the case is still ongoing. so

okay, so maybe you can update us after the case concludes. happy to do it. other thing i wanted to circle back on. we discussed the department's purchase of drones and whether that violated state law. and you know basically to summarize the whole discussion in 20s, basically, there was every indication that the purchase of drones was illegal. the department said trust us, we know it looks illegal, but trust us, we've got a great reason why it's not illegal. but we can't tell you because it's attorney client privilege. what i wanted to ask is, as the client, you are entitled to waive the privilege. and i wanted to ask whether you would ever consider waiving the privilege to disclose to the public why the purchase of drones was not unlawful. no. all right. that's everything for me.

seeing no one else in the queue we can go to public comment. any member of the public has would like to make public comment regarding line item five. please approach it's mad max and he's like, well, yes, a chief, we saw you, i saw you, i happen to see you on fox tv with drones and the mayor behind you came out. we said, okay, look, go back to self-control, understand technology is a machine weapon as well. now, by definition, it has no self control. we want self control. so why do you want a machine to control you? a machine has no self control. understand? so who controls the machine? somebody who doesn't have self control as well. you understand how deep this thing is. you don't want this. we don't need it. we want

responsibility. critical thinking. go back to self control yourself yourself. you don't need to control anything else. obviously when you there is expressed a lack of self control. it's all over. it's societies. look, we have to work at it. it doesn't come like this. the system of education has been wrong for so long. we need to work at everything that disrupts your ability to have self control. number one, what is this? what is this? guess what money. it's easy so we don't use hypocrisy. all that cowardice. self-control doesn't include that. see, we need to work. seriously. be good. that's it. and we're going to change the course of humanity from san francisco. me helping. i'm here to serve. period.p+ i'd like to use the overhead again. i was

talking about the unsolvedcides. and here are some of the young men and women that have been murdered here in san francisco. and the cases aren't solved. there are more cases, aren't solved. cases are solved. i bring this with me because this article said that the former mayor, gavin newsom said, i know who killed her son. the da know who killed her son. the police know they can name addresses and everything, but no one's coming forward. now, if my if the former mayor can say this then he have all these names of the perpetrators that were there when my son was being murdered. hannibal thomas, paris moffett, andrew badoo, jason thomas

anthony hunter and mark marcus carter. which one of these two are deceased? we finding ways to solve unsolved homicides to trying to get tipsters to come forth. and i'm still praying that that we can work with the dpa and mark magnus, i'm sorry to get these tipsters to come forth to find some type of money. i'm done to solve the unsolved homicides this year. i'm hoping something can get done. i am begging, i don't know what else to say, except that i'm going to keep coming here and i'm going to keep fighting for my child and other mothers and fathers who need my service. but i am mainly here concerning my child. thank you. that is the

end of public comment line item six dpa director's report discussion report on recent dpa activities and announcements. commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the issues raised for a future commission meeting. executive director rosenstein happened to my mic. there we go. good evening, vice president carter oberstein. chief scott, commissioners and members of the public. my name is diana rosenstein. i am here on behalf of the executive director of our office, paul henderson. i will give you some highlights about what our office has been up to in the last week and answer any questions that you maober 24th. dpa hosted commissioner clay and provided him with an overview of our organization. i trust you enjoyed yourself. the audit division's exit conference for the stop data audit has to friday

november eighth. after that's done we should have more information about the audit. the policy division has successfully completed the community policing and use of drones courses offered by the cops office at the department of justice, and jermaine jones has actually obtained three certificate certifications. so, chief, if you want to hire him, feel free. i heard he's very good at operating the drones. we are going to have a question and answer session with captain perdomo, ia and our my team when it comes to fourth amendment case law and updates that should be scheduled soon and we are also scheduling a time for sergeant crudo from ftfo to come and teach us some arrest and control tactics. i will not be participating. let's see in term i will be, i'll be watching. but

i'm not. i'm not getting handcuffed in terms of cases. open and closed. our office opened 50 new cases and closed 46 cases since the last commission meeting. the trend in terms of allegations against officers for this last week was again neglect of duty. the trends overall year to date are pretty much the same as they have been. we've opened 625 cases last year. we did. we opened 703 year to date. this year our numbers are slightly down. we're we have 216 cases under investigation. last year we had 315 and we've closed 725 cases this year up to this time as opposed to 642 last year. there are 120 sustained cases that dpa has pending with the

chief that are awaiting chief's hearings, and eight cases pending with the san francisco police commission for hearing and the station with the most complaints this week was southern in the audience today with me is senior investigator steve ball. so if anybody has any questions or concerns or would like to learn more about dpa, he's happy to provide that information. and again, if the public needs to file a complaint or has some questions, they can always google us or call us at (415) 241-7710 or come to our office one south van ness, eighth floor, and we will be happy to answer any questions. thank you. all right. i see no names in the queue. sergeant can we go to public comment? any

member excuse me. if any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding item six, please approach the podium. there is no public comment. line item seven commission reports discussion and possible action. commission president's report, commissioner's reports and commission announcements and scheduling of items identified for consideration at a future commission meeting. commissioner yanez. thank you very much. acti president carter oberstein. chief. thank you for the report. community and acting director at dpa diane rothstein i was sorry. i would like to obtain an update from you, chief. we've been meeting with some community members around 0701, and we're trying to obtain a timeline for when the dgo will

be posted for people to review the draft that we will be voting on. if you have that update that'd be really great. commissioner, the document that you provided it. but some of the community members have several recommended revisions on it. the latest as of 430 today is we had our in-house attorney, miss lacey, going through some of the legal points of that. and what to follow from that. there are some areas where we don't quite agree with some of the legal interpretations. miss lacey is going to consult with the city attorney on some of those. she has not done it yet, but there are some areas where there's disagreement on some were brought up in this document. so we are pretty much close to being done

with analyzing some of the legal things that were brought up. there are also there are some language in there that is quite extensive in terms of basically taking from some of the custody custody laws regarding juveniles. so they're probably should be some. well, we plan to discuss that as well of whether we need to put. that extensive of a language in a general order that basically is taken from a, you know, welfare and institutions code, because it does prolong that document quite a bit. so i don't know that we're going to agree that that's necessarily appropriate or necessary, but those are the type of things that we're going to come back to this community group and the commission with. and we still have, i think, a little bit more work to do in terms of some of the legal research, but that's where we are right now as of today, as of two hours ago. thank you very

much, chief. and i know that commissioner benedicto is leading this effort, and i'm sure we'll be in contact with the partners and yourself to convey any updates and to have an ability for us to review the feedback that was incorporated. but i'm very glad that that is at the stage of kind of it sounds like some wordsmithing and some cross-referencing around the recommendations. i appreciate that. my next point, i'd like to raise a matter that i've discussed with you, chief and i've also had a conversation with the city attorney about rectifying a statement made by the poa through their social media account. you know, the post is an attempt to sully my professional reputation by distributing disinformation which is going to impact how officers perceive my ability to effectively carry out the duties of my position on this commission, and therefore, i really believe they need to be addressed in this forum. chief,

i want to give you an opportunity to correct the record by providing an update about your findings into the baseless allegations that are being parroted by the poa social media account regarding. and i'm going to quote, a serious allegation against the police commissioner and his wife for obstructing a police investigation. now, you and i have had the conversation and i requested something be put forth in writing. i saw your chief's report last week and it had some statements from the poa, but there was nothing clari e ever been the target of an sfpd inquiry for, quote unquote obstructing a police investigation? sure commissioner. yes, i can confirm that you have not been the target, nor are you the target of a police investigation regarding obstruct or any criminal investigation, for that matter. but i appreciate that.

is there body worn camera footage of an investigation into my wife's role for the purported obstruction during or after the incident referenced by the poa? so, wait a minute. is this a report on something relative to the commission or is it individual report on individuals? because this is this is relevant to the commission. and in lieu of the fact that the poa, you know, has a contract with the city for us to for them to, you know provide representation for their attorneys. and when there is posting that is suddenly and providing disinformation to the members of officers of our department, i believe that it is important for us to clarify those misstatements because they have actually led to an increase in safety concerns for my wife and i. so, chief, as far as

you're aware, is my wife under investigation for obstruction? commissioner, there is an investigation still open. you are not subject to that investigation, but it is an open investigation which you and i have talked about. but i can't go into any details about that investigation because it is still an open investigation. and when it's closed, of course, we can disclose through public records that investigation as appropriate. but there is no investigation against you. i think that was the question that you asked me. well, but the question was also the post says that both my wife and i obstructed a police investigation and you and our conversations have clarified that there has never been aninvestigation for obstruction into this investigation of an incident that took place in march. i believe if your question is whether there's anstice

or obstructing investigation, that answer is no. but i can't go into detail about the open investigation. gotcha. and that was not the question. the question was in renc'& the post about an incident that took place in march and so thank you for verifying that there has never been an open investigation into my actions or my wife's in regard to obstructing a police investigation. and i'm going to finish this statement by openly inviting the poa to, for future reference, think thrice before making dishonest and defamatory statements that can raise safety concerns for public officials. in this day of political politically motivated violence. i find it deplorable that the leadership of the poa, which represents our officers during contract and disciplinary matters, would post a video of me and my wife in front of our home in a manner that makes it incredibly easy to find where we

live, with the sole purpose of advancing a false narrative propagated by some vindictive pseudo quote unquote journalists looking for a story where there is no story. now that the record has been clarified, i'd like to reiterate that the poa has crossed the professional line by doxing us by putting a video up on their website with my home address visible, and i expect that they are either going to clarify or delete the post from their website. effective immediately, and i'm available for them to reach out to me and speak to me directly. if at any point in the future there are questions about my integrity. thank you. that's my report. commissioner benedicto. thank you, mr. president. just a couple of things for my report. first, i think many members of the commission learned this week or late last week, early this week that the police officers

association has filed litigation against the department of the commission regarding department general order 9.07, regarding traffic stops, i think a lot of us learned media. i've asked the commission president as well as the city attorney to place an item on the agenda for us to get a privileged briefing from our deputy state attorney in the coming weeks. once we've been served with that and have more information as to our response. since the last meeting, i attended a number of community meetings, as well as steering committee meetings for the sfpd's efforts to draw new station district boundaries in accordance with required city la commissioner assigned to those working groups. i want to thank maria qanon at the department, as well as all the members of the steering group for undertaking this long process. i think that now the

district station captains, command staff and external stakeholders, and that should be presented to the commission, i believe, late this calendar year or early next calendar year for our approval. i was going to report that and ask chief for an update on joe 7.01, which commissioner yanez already did. i've expressed this to the chief in private and will express it now that i'm hopeful we can. we can get this before the commission for consideration sooner rather than later. i'm glad that you're working your way through the edits from the coalition of community organizations, and will continue to do that. i do urge my fellow commissioners, if you haven't yet, to look at those at that community letter and their recommendations for that department general order. and the last thing for my commission report is just an acknowledgment that the work we do here is specific to the work with this department. it doesn't exist in a vacuum. we had commissioner clay talk about prop 36. we are here today on the day after a very consequential election where there are many significant changes at the national, state

and local level that will affect the work and function of this body and this department. many of those questioned, especially at the local level, are still uncert as votes are still being counted. i think many people for various results are feeling a lot of anger or fear or grief thing that i want to say as part of my commission report is to reiterate on on my own personal behalf, and i believe for my fellow commissioners and the department as well, that our commitment to doing the best work that we can do on this commission remains unchanged. and that this commission remains committed to evidence based best practices to a department that is effective, a department that is accountable and transparent and in line with the best practices. and this can be the best department. it can be for all san franciscans. that was true yesterday. it's true today and will be true for the years going forward. and that's also

something that this department has experience with. for those that were involved in the process. in 2016, the department of justice issued its 272 recommendations and then the 2016 election happened. and promptly the unit that issued those was shut down by a new administration.his this commission and commissioners that sat on it and this department pushed forward with those reforms, regardless of that change, and i think that's going to. i'm very grateful for the leadership of this commission under president elias and vice president carter oberstein. i think we've accomplished an incredible amount of fantastic work, not least of which is department general 9.07 and a number of important changes to other policies. it's been. this commission has enacted more department general orders in collaboration with the department in the last 2 or 3 years than perhaps in the decade before that. and i know that work will continue and we'll continue to make these accomplishments and strides and are committed to this work. and that concludes my report.

commissioner yee, hey. thank you very much there. acting president carter, i just also want to announce that san francisco, i guess the award ceremony for the medal of valor newest commissioner, don clay did the, i guess, the speech and recognition for us on the kevin benedicto and also deborah walker as myself great to see so many of the officers receiving awards and to see the enthusiasm that's out there and the family coming out to support. thank you again, chief, and to your staff doing those wonderful things. and great to see those short clip videos. thank you. i just wanted to address two issues. i mean, one i guess i'll just address commissioner yanez's comments

that he made tonight. i'll just say, i do think it's an appropriate subject to raise at commission reports. commissioners should not be entitled to special treatment but just like any resident of the city, i think commissioner yanez is entitled to have the department make a statement on whether he is under investigation or not, and i think it's entirely appropriate for chief scott to, as he did make that confirmation. and i do think it's worth noting that, you know, we just discovered tonight that the poa made a completely false allegation that commissioner yanez was under investigation. we learned that in fact, he was not this is not an isolated incident. it was only a few months ago that under this specific poa leadership there was an allegation that i unlawfully leaked documents when there was in fact no evidence to support it. you know, subsequent investigation showed that, of course, no documents were leaked. i'm sure all of us up

here and members of the public will be shocked to find out. i've still not received my apology letter in the mail although i do check it weekly, but i think it's worth noting because these these lies are at at one sense. so, so obviously untruthful and so obviously wrong. but they are part of a cynical attack to undermine the public's confidence in this commission. and so i think it's important that we take them seriously. it's important that we respond to them to restore the public's confidence in the work that we do. as as commissioner benedicto outlined a moment ago, the work that we do is important, and it's more important now than than it's ever been. and i just don't think there's any place for lies. and disinformation. there's plenty of room for policy disagreement, but there's no room for disinformation. and i think that each of us has an obligation to speak out when we

are confronted with it. the other thing i just wanted to make a quick note as sergeant youngblood noted, dgo 10.11 was going to be on the agenda. it was taken off. i just wanted to give the public a quick explanation for why. first, acknowledge commissioner benedicto's leadership on this. this is a heavy lift and an important dgo. however, the working group spreadsheet, the working group grid was not posted publicly as required under 3.01. that's that's that's important, i think, in terms of giving the public notice of the working group's various suggestions and a sense of the kind of debate and discussion that went on during the dgo development process. so i think as a procedural matter that should be made public before we vote on it and just speaking only for myself on this as a substantive matter upon reviewing that, that grid, i did get a sense that we did not incorporate in some cases, the

unanimous suggestions of the working group, including the unanimous recommendations of our law enforcement officers, including the subject matter experts and which gives me some concern about the substance. the last thing i'll say about this is i do want to commend chief scott on this dgo, because[v the main revision and the biggest revision is a change to require all members, including command staff, to wear body worn camera. i know that that did not make him especially popular with the command staff, and i just want to commend him for supporting that change. the same transparency and all the benefits that we acknowledge that come from body worn camera. when line level officers wear it, that should apply with equal force to the members and so i want to commend you, chief scott, for

doing that and look forward to discussing the substance of it and bringing it back for commission discussion. commissioner clay. yes. mr. president, i wasn't around when all these things were happening. so i'm i'm late in the game. i don't know all the things that are transpiring, but the idea is for commissioner yanez and the chief and yourself indicated, has been asked about an investigation. and he said as it relates to the commissioner as your inquiry you got to be very careful when you're talking about investigations here as a body, because anytime there's a government agency and anyone who might be involved in government, there may be not. there may be no state in investigation. there may be a federal investigation. so the chief can say maybe his office is not doing anything. but anytime you have something like this going on and potentially there's these things happening, be very careful. so he says there may be still investigation on some things. commissioner yanez in his inquiry, but the chief's not investigating anything. but be

very careful because there could be he can't speak for the federal government. and whenever a governm know whenever you're talking about government agencies or persons in employ and the potential of any type of conflict, there may be another investigation going on by the federal government. so just just for our education, education for all of us here, we have to be very careful when we start talking about, on the record, these types of thi. all right. seeing no names in the queue can we go to public comment please? if any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item seven, please approach the podium. there is no public comment. line item nine public comment on all matters pertaining to item 11 below. closed session including public comment on item ten. a vote. whether to hold item 11 in closed session if you'd like to make public comment, please approach the podium. and there's no public comment. line item ten a vote on whether to hold item

11 in closed session san francisco administrative code section 67.10 d action motion to hold item 11. in second. second. on the motion commissioner clay, how do you vote? yes, commissioner clay is. yes, commissioner benedicto. yes, commissioner benedicto is yes. commissioner yanez. yes. commissioner says yes. commissioner. yee. yes. commissioner yee is yes. and vice president carter oberstein. yes. vice president carter news12 vote to elect whether to disclose any or all discussion on item 11 held in closed session. san francisco administrative code section 67.12. a action motion to not disclose. item 11. second, any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item 12. please approach the podium. seeing none. on the motion, commissioner clay, how do you vote? yes. commissioner clay is. yes. commissioner benedicto. yes. commissioner benedicto is. yes. commissioner yanez. yes. commissione commissioner. yee. yes. commissioner yee is. yes. and vice president carter oberstar. yes. vice president carter is.

yes. you have five yeses. line item 13. adjournment. adjourned. you got it. i think he got a better deal. we got a better deal.

>> i finish 11 times. i don't wish no one to be shot, but it is something that i never get over. the wrap around program really changed my life and they was there for me day one and i thank them so much. i couldn't do it without them. >> wrap around formed as a result of understanding early on in my career that what i was doing as a trauma surgeon was not enough. i needed help.

i needed the community that was impacted the most by violence to direct to understanding what was necessary to be more comprehensive in creating care for patients and to really change people's life course. >> the number of people coming into the hospital were youth. we wrap our arms around the people who come through so we try to equip with not only services, but just love and you know, we really try to meet their needs. >> we helped support them with services after recovery or while they are here, anywhere from housing to basic needs, clothing, employment. we link to those services in hopes that

we don't ever have to see them come back. >> my biggest wish and goal for the future of the wrap around project is that it wouldn't have to exist. that we wouldn't have anymore violently injured people that our job is trauma surgeons would be defunth. >> to see them start walking again, to see them laughing and being happy, to feel like you know what, this happened to me, but i'm going to make it, you know? i think no amount of money can ever pay us for that. >> it is rewarding to intercede and you know [indiscernible] change the trajectory of a child's life is awesome. we want to give them tools to

be productive members of society, and give them a chance to have a future. >> it gives me joy to be able to be a part of a young person's life and help them map out what their future looks like. you know, you can never get

over trauma, but you can live with good amazing life after it and learn how to manage it and stuff like that, so we hope do that with them. >> mike, you know what, i am a manager now at this job. the job you hooked me up, that is impact. that is a heartfelt, you know what, me work want in vain. that work is unmatched so to speak. >> they like family. they help, they check in, call me, see how i'm doing, you know? and i'm very thankful.

they have that good at mosphere where you don't haveto be scared, you don't have to feel you all by yourself, because they there and they have been there. going 90 charlie. go ahead. we moved to san francisco in 1982. we came from the philippines. i have three kids. nathan jessica. going 90 charlie. go ahead. we moved to san francisco in 1982. we came from the philippines. i have three kids nathan, jessica and iva. i was really young.

when i had neat, i turned 19. and then two weeks later, he was born. so when he was fine, i used to watch cops all the time. all the time and so he would watch with me. he had his little handcuffs and his little toy walkie talkie. and then whenever the theme song came on, he would walk around and he just thought he was the baddest little thing. i think he was in kindergarten at sheridan because he and i attended the same elementary school there was an officer bill. he would just be like mom officer bill was there then one day, he said mom, i touched his gun. and he was just so happy about it. everything happened at five minutes. i would say everything. happened at 4 to 5 years old. it's like one of those goals to where you just you can't you can't just let#= go. high school. i think you know everybody kind of strays. he was

just riding the wave. and i mean, he graduated. thank god. one day i think he was about 20 or 21. he told me, he said mom. i want to be a cop or a firefighter, i said. no you're going to be a firefighter. but that's really not what he wanted to do. his words were i want to make a difference. and that was a really proud moment for me when he said that my dad was a cop in the philippines for 20 years. i think a lot of that played a role into his becoming a cop. my dad was really happy about it. my mom. she was kind of worried, but i just figured i can't stop him. he can make his own decisions. stu. i just want to say what's up? how you doing? good. good. no i'm trying to look good for us to looking good for us to so when he was in the

police academy, mind you this kid was not a very studious kid. but i've never seen him want something so bad when he was home. he'd be in his room studying the codes. he really fought for it. hi. what's your name? i'm nate. nate is great with kids, and he would give them hugs or give them stickers. i think that that's a positive influence on the kids, and then the people around you see it. once he makes that connection with people and they trust him that foundation that respect people look at you and see your actions more than your words and so that i think will reach people more than anything. you could say you later, brother. thank you. all right, see you. it's a really hard job. i know you. you see a lot of the

negative for me. i would not put myself through that if i didn't care. you know, you have to be the right kind of person. you have to have the right heart to want to do that. when people ask me if you know what my son does , um, i just tell him he's , and i just feel like i'm beaming with pride. i always told him when he was young that he would do something great. and so to see it. it's i have a moment. i'm very proud of him.

♪ >> 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 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 relevant because gender has been fluid in different time periods in cultures. sometimes being female in china but often male and evoking my 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 about talk about this and open up the discussion around gender. what we've learned from organizing this exhibition at the museum is that gender hasome 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.go. >> shop and dine the 49 promotes local businesses and changes san franciscans to do their shopping and dooipg within the 49 square miles by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant

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i'm manny i come from the navajo and comanche tribes i'm honored to be the mc for tonight's events. >> i want to read a land acknowledgment put together by e indigenous people of this area. in the ramaytush ohlone language. says we acknowledge we are on the unseed home lands of the ramaytush ohlone. who are the original inab tantss of the san francisco peninsula. as the stewards of this land andnce with their traditions. ramaytush ohlone american indian community never lost nor forgot the responsibilities as care takers of this place. as well as the people who is reside in the traditional territory. as guests we rec from living and working

on their traditional home lafnds. we wish to pay respects acknowledging the irrelevant tifs of the ramaytush ohlone people and thank them for allowing us to be here in their territory. at this time i need a no one if there is a or hand will held microphone if -- right on, i got the queue. gi will bring a microphone down and ask an elder tom phillips, to in to the middle here he will offer a traditional blessing. i will bng him a microphone at this time.

as i b tom said tell be a couple seconds as adorns himself in the head dress he is earned the right to carry special wear. and his sash if you catch him in a powwow he will explain what and why they are the way they are. folks, i ask to you rise as we offer a i turn mic over to mr. tom phillips. >> thank you, manny. a poignant time to come together here at the celebration the award ceremony. knowing that our mayor will leave us.

it is a sad heart she has been the driving force bring us together and hope that her successor will continue this effort in our community it is need over the years to be recognized. >> this is a community in san francisco. we have a beautiful history back in the 1950s 60s and 70s and 80s. a relocation center for the bureau of idian affairs to bring our people in the community. to find work and opportunity. we appreciate all the effort that the mayor london provide for us. through her staff and through the her representation. we appreciate that. let's go to our creator, as native people before we begin anything we offer zyprayer. we don't separate church and state. it is one in the same. i will offer a prayer.

creator we call upon you at this time. to be with us we thank you. we are grateful for the years of service of the mayor. we ask you to bless her road as she journeys forward and be with her. give her what she needs we appreciate all assistance she provide our community for all of the ones that have been honoredllow this ceremony. we thank our singers for being here. voices for the songs that we upon rendzer to celebrate this award and honor. we thank you for the singers provide the music for us. thank you for our master of ceremonies for the introduction of the honorees. thank you for the committee that are in the background taking care of the refreshments and food and everything that will be a part available to us.

we thank you for this opportunity and more than that k we no.ing thank you for the individuals on tonight. their service and dedication. for their involvement in our communities as we continue to lift them up to you, creator, that you would take care of them in a good way you provide their needs and continue to serve as they serve our communities. we ask to you be with our audience. we receive. the information about the individuals this are here. we ask to you be with our dancers that will share their talents and abilities to come and share with us tonight. we thank you for this day. set aside for this occasion. we thank you for all that will be celebrated this evening. we ask all the amen.

>> you can all remain standing. i know you thought i would say, take a seat.u what we'll do is have what is called our grand ebb rew a procession of powwow dancers accompanied by singing. we have the all nation's singers. x style representing the northern and southern plains. as tom mention in the his beautiful prayer in the programs to bri communities from our home landses and other states and regions california what was create in the this aftermath beautiful, vibrant intertribal community. which means multiple tribes we come together in the ways and one way we do this is through our participation and powwows and other communities events. so at this time we gallon on

over to the all nation's singers we bring in our dancers. take it away. [♪music♪] carrying eagle staff mr. randy shirley of the navajo nation. we have actsive service folks. carrying in the united states. navajo nation flag and other flags. following our energies we have our powwow royalty.

[no audio] at this time remain standing as we go over to so x style to render what we call our flag song. again, in the beginning you saw randy bring out this eagle staff. that staff was used on the lands long before any flags, any

loyalties to any nations. it was a way to represent where we in from and who we are as indigenous peoples. so x style.

>> thank you. and now over to so x style for songs here celebrate our triumph over different waves of genocide and people remain. present today in 2024 in the halls of san francisco city hall. give testament to the power of our culture and our connections to our original home lands.

>> all right. now for real at this time go ahead and remain standing. kidding, go head and sit down. >> you know you will need to reserve energy what i need everybody to do in a bit is to

make noise for the amazing staff and the staff and team over at the american indian cultural center. with much respect i invite executive director of the indian cultural center ms. april mc gill. put your hands together for april mc gill! [applause] i was going to call them out separately. >> i'm going to turn the mooishg over to april. she will talk about her herself or a lot about herself and a bit about her staff or vice verseasm again, folks please put your hands together for ms. april mc gill. [applause] >> yea. we -- we everybody. good evening. it is good to see everyone.

is this has been a really exciting day for our staff. because this event is special to us. it is a time when we honor our community. and all of the great things our community does. that is -- that's the best thing about this event because there are many things happens in the world this are affecting us and a time we come together and celebrate. celebrate our communes each other so i don't want to talk too much. i want to hand it over to our team to introduce themselves. i'm executive director of the cultural center. and so introduce themselves. >> i'm garcia and i'm the program manager with the american indian cultural center.

[applause] hello i'm san francisco and the program cord narrator for the cultural center. [applause]. >> i think it is important to highlight our young people especially they are new up and coming young leaders in the community. american indian cultural center we would noted put on the evaporate in the communities if not for the leadership as our program manager. can we give it up for odd celly? [applause] >> i've known michael since we joke reallyingly. native american health and indian ed program. we get to hire our youth and -- that come in through programs and now at our

organizations. michael is our program cord narrator and are does the community out reach and a lot of set and up bring our community in because he knows everybody and has family in the community. i'm grateful for michael and i want to give gratitude to him as well. [applause] >> i said earlier there has been a lot going on as we got through n an election here. and there has been some feelings of just i'm trying not to be bad because i fl like as native people we have been so resilient through many challenges we had throughout our community. our people survived boarding schools, genocide and we are still here. and it is through this municipality here in san

francisco, it is through the support of our city and county partners and our native organizations like it is native american health center. can i have leaders of that center stand if you are here in the room. i love to amrud those leaders doing the work for our clients. i see michelle ma. she is a leader our elder. >> and aroaral be here later. we have i see michellean ton there as well. [applause] we have friendship house as one. or partners who we again could not do this event with >> a lot of clients volunteer their time at our events we are grateful to have that partnership with friendship house. and friendship house is currently building the village here in the american indian

cultural district and an amazing building that is going to house our young women and children. our medical and dental and our youth program. so. we are grateful to be able to support helen's vision of the friendship house. and if there are any of those leaders here can you stands up. i see peter brat. >> i see -- [laughter]. >> throughout partnerships we have been able to be able to provide a lot of cultural programming for our community. just reasonable we partnered with the american indian cultural district on the indig niezed project put in two murals in the district. with one of our native artists.

i see drew here. i will not point him out. it has been awesome for us to part merwith our local artists, california indian artists to create more visibility for our community here. and so it is through the project this is we are able to just -- ton make sure that we have visibility for the american inldzian community. and that there is a space and that we are not pushed out. we are by big businesses not pushed out bigentrification happening. and we alsoip want to shout out to baits. i realized my relatives -- bates has a building can i get ed to stand up for bates? >> has a new space in the cultural district. po vieding programming for two relatives and the greater communities. thank you. for all that you do.

so i'm going to ask everybody if you could get up on your feet quick. because like i said earlier. we have been feeling down lately because of some of the politics happen nothing our community. but it is not a time for us to be sad or upon you know that's not how we are as indian people. i feel like i want to give some props and congratulations to our mayor breed. for all the work this she has damage for san francisco. [applause] try not to get emotional. i said tonight -- may be our

last party here. with our mayor bsut you know what? we are she will not go anywhere. i'm going to say it now because i see her as the enemy governor. in the upon senate. i see her all over california! she has done so mum for the upon american indian community. done more than any mayor that is not disrespect to anyone but continues to elevate the american indian community. advocating for the village and for more funding with the health center and for all of the different art's commissions we provide programming for. and understands what the our needs are and how important it is for us to provide the services we do for the american indian community. bee stand with her as our relatives and our

our sisters we will elevate her. because much for us. and we are sad it is like when your best friend move us and get sad and know they will not go you will see them. and so i it is my honor to have worked with you. and my honor to introduce mayor london breed. >> all right. have a seat everybody. have a seat. >> first of all, thank you so much april for the love and for today's special celebration. that is -- dperately needed. in light of when we know has been a very challenging year. but what excited about is

how this community come together not only for this celebration here at city hall but for incredible opportunity that we know will continue to ensure that no matter who the leader is of thecity, that this community is supported protect period upliftd and everything to do with your voices and advocacy. >> when i first became mayor of san francisco, you know many things i wanted do had a lot to do addressing the desparities because of my own personal experience. i appreciated the appoint someone who is a part of the community to valley brown joining us today as well.

we have been able to make financial investments to address around health issues related to supporting and uplifting young people. the arts and all of the things that were really many of the things that you all did every day to ensure that the history and the culture of the community was protected and supported. and we know that is needed now more than ever as we continue to make sure that a home is identified and purchased for the american indian cultural center. as we continue to look at the village as a new hub of inspiration and support. as we continue to make sure that the event on alcatraz is recognized and acknowledged and invest in the. we know all of the things play an important role in not just

talking about indigenous people. but acknowledging and respecting indigenous people to this land. [applause] >> tonight city hall will be lit up in the colors that you have chosen. and recognizing just tonight's celebration of uplifting and spirituality. i want to thank you for all the amazing ceremonies that you allowed mow to participate in. i want to thank you for all the prayers and support that you continue to provide me with as i lead this city. i want to thank y spiritual inspiration to me and to the community for so many years and know that even upon though this is my last year as mayor, i will continue to hold this community near and dear in my heart. i thank you for the honor and

the privilege of being a part of it. [applause] so on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, we are going to officially recognize american indian cultural center day in our city! let's celebrate! [applause]. ia certificates recognizing the

leadership of the honorees for tonight. congratulations and again, thank you all.t5 handed me 4 envelopes i know i'm cool but not 4 envelopes cool. >> all right. our first honoree this evening is roger coon. doctor roger coon a 2 spirit [inaudible] soma cultural they're 5055. activist and musician. roger's work explores the concepts of decolonizing and

focusing on the way culture impacts and informs our body experience. a board member of the bay area american indian 2 powwow and community organizer and board member of the native lbgtq+ center for equity. his first book -- soma cultural liberation is available in paperback and audio. his music can be streamod all dig tality platforms at -- plug this in -- www.. rogercoon.com or www.roger j.coon.com of roger coon!

joey montoya. joey montoya apache a multimedia artist fashion designer and entrepreneur work aime redesigning and designing an inclusive world. he founder, creative director of urban native era. a fashion brand built to bring indigenous visibility. designs can be seen on the show reservation dogs and sold at rei. featureod abc's local series

unfilterd and mention in the magazines like cosmo and vogue. born and raised in san francisco and holds a degree in advertising from san jose state university. san francisco. put your hands together for joey montoia! [laughter] our next is isabellea zz. she is northern cheyenne and a member of the 3 affiliated tribe in north dakota born and live nothing richmond california she an active community organizer who's passionate about climate justice, food justice youth empower am. rights of nature and cultural preservation.

she is the youngest leading member of the idle no more sf bay and receiving the guidance and support from the indigenous grand mother advisors. as a signatoriest indigenous women of america's participates or organizes nonviolent direct actions and teachingos every solstice and eastbounding nogs >> a movement's right's organizer works with community on rights of nature and with national coalitions to uplift and end fossil fuels and work toward a just transition for healthy world for the next generations. isabellea zz!

>> our final this evening is karen harrison. her life a test am to the resilience strength and community dedication inspired by her mother. roselee learned early on the power of activism. growing up in the 1950ary. karen participated in civil right's march and liveod alcatraz during the occupation. deeply shaped her commitment to social justice and native american rights. passionate for service continued throughout her career.

helped develop a native american early child education program earning her nursing degree. she joined the native health center worked for 37 years starting as aa natal work and then registered nurs mentored staff and supported accreditation aensured d benefit families for generations. now retired helps local youth with powwow. along side her husband of 50 years remains dedicated to supporting her community and future generations. put your hands together for karen harrison! [applause]

>> i believe they would like to invite london bride back up for photo opportunity. family member, friends come and garth this is your time to take photos.l honorees if you want to come down here. staff from aicc. i'm going to exit stage left.

go ahead and stay up there with mir breed we will go to singers and ask to you appropriate honor song. we'll ask to you take photos but nobody come up and shake hands we want to keep this -- before we the honor song we'll ask peter brat if you would like to come up. april i believe has spoke to about offering words on behalf of the friendship house. and sentiments toward mayor breed. i'm here representing friendship house american ind iant oldest social service agency in the country by and for american

indians. my we have relatives who are in the program here upon can't thank you you enough for standing by us and with us. for this vision this we are trying to bring to life. most people don't realize the moirjt of natives live in cities and remain invisibility and under served you put a stake in the ground and stoot stood with us you are our relative and family and our work is not done. used to the village would be part of your legacy. and we expect to see you there at the ground break. you are our sister we love and you thank you. >> h song.

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san francisco! to san francisco put your hands together worn more time for our honorees karen harrison. isabella joy and he roger coon!

if you are familiar with when goos in our community, what is happening these monorrees are awarded gifts and the gifts take with them a token they take and remember this moment and remember how they felt as they were embraced by this community and honored for their work and commitment to being a part of this community. thank you, thank you american indian cultural center. london you can sit down. honorees you will come up here. this is the time where you have opportunity to address your peers and family and friends. and statements or essay

you wrote this evening. all of them are up here like i did not prepare anything. and karen is like bring me my phone. so, you all decide how you want to go first temperature looks like karen is ready got her reading glasses already. has her notes open on her phone. give you time to think about what you want to say or drop notes type it in an ai generator or what? karen it istime.

here we go we will have joey go first. joey, take it away! >> was not prepared but i remember someone told me you get to talk up there think about what you will say and -- um that's what i have been doing. these last 24 hours think burglar when i would say and -- i want -- look out now reminding how beautiful our community is. and growing up in san francisco it was not always easy.t especially growing up and i remember moving through so many emotions and that is frustration or anger and -- i started to reflect on those things. and -- i remember being by myself. and reflecting now i know that i

was never alone. i know thousands of years of the people prayed on this land. held ceremonies. and that's why people come here. that's why it is so beautiful. we continue that. and continues to hold us here. through difficult times. and through beautiful like this one. i truliment to thank the community for supporting my work. if not for you all i would not be where i am at. to the youth that are out there -- remember to dream big. and hold that vision and

continue to listen to this vision and push forward this vision. i believe -- our thoughts are not random and the visions are here for a reason. ancestors knew that and we know that as well. remember those visions tell move us to the future. in a beautiful future. on thank you. i guess i have to wing it. that's okay temperature is not meant to be. i'm -- i think i want us to go back more and talk about alcatraz for a tiny bit the success of with we did and i'm

glad you brought that up. if not for that, none of this would be here. we would nohave native american healing center or the library or cultural center. we would not be dancing at powwows remember that was something we had to keep secret because of the termination act. so alcatraz happen exclude it was a success because of all we see and it is a profitination not just here. you see indian centers and powwows, you see health centers the native american health center. electric when we are doing in fashion. developing our businesses. we are developing education. we are shining bright out there and it because of the sfrau that stood and up not aphrase. so. i think i want to say, thank you to that i knew i would not going to cry.

[applause]. >> and going back to what he said being a child and the city and how hard it was you know it was the same for us and hard. and -- you know when you have nothing to lose you always have something because we learned to stand on the backs of our upon community special our community held us up. when it was hard. and upon community is there for us now. you know we have classes we have somebody to come in our urban residence and teach us how to sing and how to dance and how to make moccans and do bead work and do shawls and dresses. we have that now. how to make broaches. being in the urban residence is not that big it is a good thing we found our community and we are holding each other up. just as our ancestors held us up through ceremony and prayers and you think back 7 generations somebody was praying for us to

have a good future. thank you. >> good evening relatives. as the few others i did not prepare. but i am grateful to be able to stand with all of you. and for those who are watching elsewhere. mire heart is foul see beautiful native people. always. our existence reflects in so many ways other than our physical bodies it is in the food.

in the seeds planted in the ground. the clothing that we wear. in our songs and our voices. when we are able to speak to one another in our last erer come through each one of those -- parts that connects us to mother earth. who care for us so much. i'm grateful to ancestors and mother earth. for holding us. holding us and reminding us that she will always love us. she will take care of us no merit when hard ships we go through. no matter the pain we go through we can always return to her. and upon lib to her with what guidance that she needs to offer us and to be able to pass that

on. i'm humbled as a 30 year old to receive an award like this that means so much i elders who walked before me who deserve this. i hold this in honor of them as well. and i hold this in honor of ancestors who brought me here today and in honor for those who are yet to come. when we believe in our spirit when is necessary. i'm grateful for each of you spending time to listen and be here. i'm roger coons.

doctor roger coon you call me rog. i identify as 2 spirit an honor to be here. to represent the two spirit community of the bay area. and i want to thank the alis who stood by the 2 spirit people. thank you very much for all you do for our community. tonight is a testament to the native advocates and artists paved the way so we would have an opportunity to live as our ancestors dreamed. who came before -- those who are currently leading the way and the future generations who will continue. [singing] that means thank you.

thank you to aicc and to mayor scombreed to all of you here thank you to the hopperees and mc.

good night. thank you. i like to call up joaquin torys of the recorder to also award some of our honorees. >> thank you to the native american indian communities. that are manage in celebration tonight. and thank you for such a beautiful honoring of the mayor who has been a presence and leader in our lives. >> the integrity of our voices and the moral authority of our communities is the voice that has been in our mayor's ear. thut her time of leadership i

have seen it i have felt it serving under her and honored compliment it along side her. to you mayor breed and your service to the diverse communities of san francisco we also as we honor the extraordinary honorees we honorue for your service. i want to thank the american indian cultural center for ensuring that the phrase of the strength of our diversity is continuing to be practiceed ensure we in san francisco know where our power come from you from you, words, action and advocacy and song. to friendship house to the prosperity and the future of the village project ensure we see health and service in our communities. to ensure our common bond brown people latino to the american indian communities in san francisco that those bonds remain strong i want to thank you for this leadership as well.

and to you, of generations and leadership we honor tonight. thank you for the authenticity of your voices. that authenticity is when we need during the changing and challenging times. the future that demandsor presence and voice to all of you as honorees i'm honord and honored honor you. thank you all. [applause] our one more round of

applause! >> all right. at this time we'll be calling our director mr. rubible crow fearing senior for exhibition dancing looks like we have our dancers ready we will ask our set to come out. ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for our jingle dress dancers! this beautiful dance up in translators of great lakes. it is a heeling dance. and this is dance. take it away!

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dress dancer.

our nextwomen's fancy shawl dancers. women's fancy shawl!

the first song was called a straight song this is is a double beat crow hop.

pu together for our women's fancy shawl dancers!

we will go on over to all nation's singers for an appropriate song for our northern traditional men's dancers and our chicken dancers this evening. all nation singers when you are ready, take it away!

our triple beat crow hop.

one more time for our northern traditional men and our chicken dancers!left. all right. and our i believe this is our final no this our second to left category of dapsers. this is our grass dancers, this dance with the people in the plains. and we will be going over to so extinguishing style for an appropriate grass dance song at this time!

now o crow hop song! trot steeling horse steeling song trot song!

san francisco put your hands together for our grass dancers! our final dancer is men's fancy dancer war dancer all nation singers, take it away!

all right. thank you, thank you to our men's fancy bustle dancer. that concludes our dance exhibition. we heard a bunch of beautiful remarks from our honorees and from mayor breed. and our assessor. there is an event that happens throughout indian country the gathering of natives and there are 4 principles in the teachings. belonging, mastery. generosity and inter~ upon

dependent. i heard the like passionate words about those values. that we inherit. not only here in the beautiful urban residence that karen made reference to in our tribe and bring those experiences and that spirit here to the beautiful cities. as we get ready to close the evening of courses i'm going to invite a sister and friend aurora. aurora if you can make your -- up to the stage. aurora are you here? she is getting coffee and cookies next door. someone go get aurora, please.

she's not here! okay. well in that case, we want to thank you all for coming out this evening again we want to give a round of applause to our honorees. thank april and the american indian cultural center. we want to thank you all stick around we have a reception next door live music by twice as good. check it out. hang out for awhile and enjoy and celebrate today at our native american heritage celebration!

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>> the ferry building one of san francisco most famous that as many of 15 thousand commuters pass through that each gay. >> one of the things that one has to keep in mind regarding san francisco is how young the city we are. and nothing is really happening here before the gold rush. there was a small

spanish in the presiding and were couriers and fisherman that will come in to rest and repair their ships but at any given time three hundred people in san francisco. and then the gold rush happened. by 182948 individuals we are here to start a new life. >> by 1850 roughly 16 thousand ships in the bay and left town in search of gold leaving their ships behind so they scraped and had the ships in the bay and corinne woods. with sand the way that san francisco was and when you look at a map of san francisco have a unique street grid and one of the thing is

those streets started off in extremely long piers. but by 1875 they know they needed more so the ferry building was built and it was a long affair and the first cars turned around at the ferry building and picking up people and goods and then last night the street light cars the trams came to that area also. but by the late 1880s we needed something better than the ferry building. a bond issue was passed for $600,000. to build a new ferry building i would say 800 thousand for a studio apartment in san francisco they thought that was a grand ferry building had a competition to hire an architecture and choose

a young aspiring architect and in the long paris and san francisco had grand plans for this transit station. so he proposed the beautiful new building i wanted it wider, there is none tonight. than that actually is but the price of concrete quitclaim two how and was not completed and killed. but it opened a greater claim and became fully operational before 1898 and first carriages and horses for the primary mode of transportation but market street was built up for serve tram lines and streetcars could go up to the door to embarcadero to hospitals and mission street up

to nob hill and the fisherman's area. and then the earthquake hit in 190 six the ferry building collapsed the only thing had to be corrected once the facade of the tower. and 80 percent of the city survive the buildings collapsed the streets budges and the trams were running and buildings had to highland during the fire after the actuate tried to stop the mask fire in the city so think of a dennis herrera devastation of a cable car they were a mess the streets were torn up and really really wanted to have a popular sense they were on top of that but two

weeks after the earthquake kind of rigged a way getting a streetcar to run not on the cable track ran electrical wires to get the streetcars to run and 2 was pretty controversial tram system wanted electrical cars but the earthquake gave them to chance to show how electrical cars and we're going to get on top this. >> take 10 years for the city to rebuild. side ferry use was increasing for a international exhibition in 1950 and people didn't realize how much of a community center the ferry building was. it was the center for celebration. the upper level

of ferry building was a gathering place. also whenever there was a war like the filipino war or world war two had a parade on market street and the ferry building would have banners and to give you an idea how central to the citywide that is what page brown wanted to to be a gathering place in that ferry building hay day the busiest translation place in the world how people got around transit and the city is dependent on that in 1915 of an important year that was the year of our international exposition 18 million living in san francisco and that was supposedly to celebrate the open of panama differential but back

in business after the earthquake and 22 different ferry boats to alamed and one had the and 80 trips a day a way of life and in 1918 san francisco was hit hard by the flu pandemic and city had mask mandates and anyone caught without a doubt a mask had a risk ever being arrested and san francisco was hit hardb by the pandemic like other places and rules about masks wearing and what we're supposed to be more than two people without our masks on i read was that on the ferry those guys wanted to smoke their pipes and taking off their masks and getting from trouble so two would be hauled away.

>> the way the ferry building was originally built the lower level with the natural light was used for take it off lunge storage. the second floor was where passengers offloaded and all those people would spill out and central stairway of the building that is interesting point to talk about because such a large building one major stairway and we're talking about over 40 thousand people one of the cost measures was not building a pedestrian bridge with the ferry building and the embarcaderon street was actually added in and in 1918 but within 20 years to have san francisco bay the later shipbuilding port in the world

and the pacific we need the iron that. as the ferry system was at the peak two bridges to reach san francisco. and automobiles were a popular item that people wanted to drive themselves around instead of the ferry as a result marin and other roots varnished. the dramatic draw in ferry usage was staggering who was using the ferry that was a novelty rather than a transportation but the ferry line stopped one by one because everyone was getting cars and wanted to drive and cars were a big deal. take the care ferry and to san francisco and spend the day or for a saturday drive but really, really changed

having the car ferry. >> when the bay bridge was built had a train that went along the lower level so that was a major stay and end up where our sales force transit center is now another way of getting into the city little by little the ferry stopped having a purpose. >> what happened in the 40 and 50's because of this downturn we were trying to find a purpose a number of proposals for a and wanted to build it own the in a terrible idea objective never gotten down including one that had too tall towers a trade center in new york but a tower in between that

was a part of ferry building and completely impractical. after the cars the tower administration wanted to keep americans deployed and have the infrastructure for the united states. so they had an intrastate free plan the plan for major freeway systems to go throughout san francisco. and so the developers came up with the worked their way along embarcadero. the plans were to be very, very efficient for that through town he once the san francisco saw had human services agency happening 200 though people figure out city hall offender that the embarcadero free was dropped and we had the great free to no i

where. which cut us off from the ferry building and our store created in 1989 and gave us the opportunity to tear down the free. and that was the renaissance of ferry building. >> that land was developed for a new ferry building and whom new embarcadero how to handle travel and needed a concept for the building didn't want- that was when a plan was developed for the liquor store. >> the san francisco ferry building has many that ups and downs and had a huge hay day

dribbled adopt to almost nothing and after the earthquake had a shove of adrenaline to revise the waterfront and it moved around the bay and plans for more so think investment in the future and feel that by making a reliable ferry system once the ferry building will be there to surface. >>

good morning everyone. i'm san francisco mayor, london breed, and i am so grateful to be here with so many of the leaders of the city and county of san francisco, from the board of supervisors to our state senator to members of ucsf, as well as members of our school board. and we are so grateful to welcome the state superintendent of

public schools tony thurmond.