participation of a city and of downtown san francisco. that's what is important about it to me. >> i'm jonathan baxter the officer for the san francisco fire department! before i thandz over to our mayor, lurie i'm going to give you a safety reminder. this event will have water that is spraying. the water is going to come from the pipe to my left and my right. the hose that is behind you or

in front of you will be charged but we will let you know when that happens to a 3 inch diameter. please issue listen to the public safety personnel when we are red for this drill to start. with that, i will like to present our honorable mayor. >> good morning, everybody i hope you are well this beautiful saturday morning. listen, emergency preparedness is naturally top of minds as we witnessed the devastation down in southern california. our hearts go out to our neighbors down south. here at home, today is about demonstrating the tool in our tool box to make sure san franciscans are safe as possible. some of the unique tools we have available are going to be demonstrated this morning. and let me just reiterate, we have a fully staffed fire

department. we have over 2 huh human cisterns including newons to the west side. zee a sophisticated and diverse system including auxiliary water systems for firefighting. our fire boat is another wonderful tool we have available, which you will see today. additionally, our emergency services are involved in constant continuous training. ready to be deployed and prepared serve in a wide range of scenery >> s. we have aid agreement in place as demonstrated by us sending over 30 firefighters and 5 or sick rigs to southern california. let me spell out a few things can you do at home with your families. make sure your emergency plan is

updated. you can go to sf72. org dealt indicated to preparedness. join your neighborhood are nert class and get to know your neighbors. now, as i turnover i want to thank a few people. i want to thank police chief bill scott for being here and a part of our preparedness. i also want to thank supervisor danny souther of d3 and our fire commissioners and i irrelevantment to shout out our in coming fire chief. as paul our chief of public safety, i got to know dean, it is he is the right choice at the right time for our city. he is committed to serving this community as demonstrated by

over 30 years here in the fire department. i gotten just an incredible out pouring of support and thanks in terms of naming dean as our next fire chief. not thanks to me it is thanks to dean and the work he has done every day for over 3 decades i would not be more excited partner with him to keep our san francisco citizens safe. i know he will make sure the fire department is well prepared. fire chief dean christian, congratulations! [applause] >> good morning. thank you for your participation in this morning's exercise. we continue to send our prayers

to those impacted by the devastating events unfolding in los angeles. san francisco fire department answered the call for help. sending 30 trained members to support the firefighting efforts in the palisades and eaton fires. elevated our response by sending additional members and have over 45 fighters and paramedic in los angeles working shoulder to shoulder with the lsfd and other jurisdictions to gain a foot hold on this major enter. all while adequately protecting our great city. our public safety team in san francisco lead by mire lure and he the direct have communicated regularly to evaluate the los angeles situation and assess our threats and vulnerabilities here in san francisco. we are going to demonstrate today may seem dramatic to the casualing bencher to a san

francisco firefighter this , is part of our every day training. when driving around the city on saturdayy observe in every corner of the city, fire fighters testing hydrants, measuring cistern levels and ensure adequate water supply in event of a disaster. in fact we encourage to you stop and ask questions of them as we train our members to be history yens in our water supply system. in 1903, chief engine ear clamored for auxiliary water supply side for conflict after an earthquake. chief sullivan was sill when a wall collapseod him and his wife during the 1906 quake. city fathers installed the aws s. he strongly advocated. this system has been used for

over a century to fight greater alarm fires the city identified areas where augmentation was needed. in the last 10 years, san francisco has procured a new fire boat. st. francis. 30 cisterns of 75,000 gallons each in the sunset, richmond and bayview neighborhoods 3 new hose tendsers add to the existing 4 hose tendsers a total of 7 with capability of an above grounds hydro system for primary and secondary water supply systems via impacted by an earthquake what we will demonstrate is the use of the fire boats to augment the firefighting water supply system. this will ensure we have a continuing water supply in case of a large scale event. layperson's terms the fire boat acts as a floating fire hydrant with unlimited water supply for

fire extinguishment and demonstrate the capabilities of our new hose extender to layout above ground and submersible pump to provide additional water supply. i like to thank mayor lurie for unwaivering support and furtherance the public safety in san francisco. goals of his team are alined due to his leadership. thank you. [applause] >> all right we will get prepared to start this drill. before i do that, i want to again, reiterate safety measures. there is going to be water flowing from two different source. one to my left on the ladder truck. one to my right on the fire engine. you are highly potential to get wet. like it is raining out. so i will ask two things. figure out where you want to be

if you want to get wet behind this yellow haos hose is the best spot. if you want to be less wet. off to my light adjacent to the fire station will be the second spot you will get a littles but not wet. listen to our wonderful volunteers from the city college of san francisco fire program in the blue sweat shirts and fire reserves in the blue shirt this is are your safety monitors. if you hear over the loud speaker or someone yelling, stop, everybody has a position in safety. if you hear, stop where you are and wit for directions from us. now, we will be i want you to imagine we are one mile away from this fire boat that is how far we can pump. with our water with the above ground system. the fire boat real ~ically takes 3-4 minutes to prime the pump we

will have them prime the pump now as we speak. so, as stated, move behind the line or to your right and we will get the show started. thank you. [♪music♪]

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i'm from the san francisco public utilities commission. the program came about with state wide legislation in 2002 to enable people to take more control over supplies. i first heard of the program when the organization was advocating to launch clean power sf. what i'm most excited about, it's going to bring 100% renewable energy to my home and reinvest into renewable energy infrastructure and jobs. i had gone to a lot of street fairs and heard from the staff at the san francisco public utilities commission to sign up for clean power sf even before it launched. >> we learned about clean power sf because our sustainability team is always looking for clean

operations. linkedin is the largest online network. there are about 530 million members using our site. in this san francisco office there's about 1400 employees working in roughly 400,000 square feet. >> after signing up for the program we heard about the san francisco program and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. i'm the co-owner of the new wheel electric bike shop. we opened this store in 2012 and the new wheel sells and services electric bikes. 11 people work here in san francisco and our store is about 2,000 square feet. electric bikes are fantastic for transportation in the city, they're clean and green and you get places faster than any other form of transportation. it amplifies the power, it doesn't replace it. it makes it easier to get places

by bicycle and it's so enjoyable and environmentally friendly way to go and more convenient in san francisco. >> clean power sf requires two products, green, 40% renewable and competitively priced with pg and e. for those who want to fight climate change more, 100% renewable at $0.02 per kilawatt. >> i decided to go with the super greens, after finding it only to cost about $5 more a month to have super green, that's a no-brainer, i can do that. >> we were pleased that clean power sf offers the super green 100% for commercial entities like ours and residents for the

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having the lights come on with clean energy is very important. >> the sunset reservoir has solar panels that take up about four city blocks covering the reservoir and the solar power generates energy for city resources and clean power sf for residents participating in the program. >> it was easy to sign up for the program, i went online to cleanpowersf.org and i started getting pieces in the mail letting me know i was going to be switched over and it just happened. when i pay my bill, i still go to pg and e and i don't see any difference between now and a year ago. >> sign up online, just have your account number ready and it takes about two minutes and there's nothing to install. no lines are getting connected to your home. all the power goes through the existed power grid.

>> we haven't had any problems with the switch over to clean power. >> it's super easy to sign up. our book keeper signed up online, it took about 15 minutes. nothing changed but now we have cleaner energy. >> we see clean power sf as a key strategy to meet renewable energy goal, we have a goal of 50% renewable energy by 2020. currently we have enrolled about 86,000 customers across the city. about 20% of what we hope to serve in the future and in the next two years we'll offer service to all san francisco electricity customers. >> an easy way to align your environmental responsibilities and goals around climate change and it's so easy that it's hard to not want to do it and it doesn't really add anything to the bill. >> joining clean power sf is one of the easiest ways to fight

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>> [music]n inside here i'm young. he was putting art, music and drinking together upon today have a nonpretentious pretentious spitz that the community can enjoy each other and the time off we get in this world. [music] >> spends energy elevating artists and credit a safe place. a place to have a community. >> it is i great neighborhood the art district because we have the contemp refer museum of sf. yerba buena for the arts all of the operators and businesses here we get together and xhoukt and support each other this is a

very cool neighborhood to be a part of. [music] paint on canvas is primary low when we do. this is guilty pleasures an all female artist show. it is going to be great. fun we have interactive elements. >> we love having this gem. you know people come in and discover it and get to feel at home. this is like home san francisco >> never be afraid it anybodying on our door. [laughter]. if the hours are post and you had want to seat art we are here 9 o'clock to 5 o'clock most days. [music]

>> my name is kristen cline the owner of two vintage stores in san francisco. vacation is a leave 11 years old. started in the tenderloin. it is vintage shop we buy from the public and keep in the store for avenue wn. it is an electic store. we moved from the tenderloin to north beach in 2022 in december we opened up our sister store 4 doors down. this is vacation and that is called work. we pay attention to the quality of things. we do everything from antique clothes from 1800s up to modern. i try to buy things that are relevant and wearable for all typeoffs people. we have customers that are in there 70 and we got customers 17. everything is le, but specialize in a lot of things that are expensive. you see a lot of shirts on the walls.

those are super collectible and we have a big collection of those. we do vintage denim and 1930 and 40 clothe. we are saving from being gone forever. my second shop is with business partner sam and that is a a collective, 10 different sellers all under the one roof. it is fun watching people come into the shop, because you hear a lot of oo and a h or my mom had this or this looks like grandmas and i had thish in the 70 or this is what i wore in high school. the kids are trying it on. we have shoppers that know the store and come here as a destination, but the random foot traffic is always cool to see them discovering something that maybe they haven't seen before.

i love san francisco and i feel i would never want to do this anywhere else. >> look at that beautiful jellyfish. the way to speak to students and motivate them to take action, to save the planet, they do, they care and my job is to speak to them in a way that they can understand that touches their heart and makes them feel powerful with simple actions to take every day. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ >> i was born and raised in the desert of palm springs, california. my dad was the rabbi in the

community there. what i got from watching my father on stage talking to the community was learning how to be in the public. and learning how to do public speaking and i remember the first time i got up to give my first school assembly, i felt my dad over my shoulder saying pause for drama, deliver your words. when i was a kid, i wanted to be a teacher. and then when i got into high school, i decided i wanted to get into advertising and do graphic art and taglines and stuff like that. by the time i was in college, i decided i wanted to be a decorator. but as i did more work, i realized working my way up meant a lot of physical labor. i only had so much energy to work with for the rest of my life and i could use that energy towards making a lot of money,

helping someone else make a lot of money or doing something meaningful. i found the nonprofit working to save the rainforest was looking for volunteers. i went, volunteered and my life changed. suddenly everything i was doing had meaning. stuffing envelopes had meaning, faxing out requests had meaning. i eventually moved up to san francisco to work out of the office here, given a lot of assembly through los angeles county and then came up here and doing assemblies to kids about rainforest.y jobs was to teach about recycle, teaching students to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost, i'm teaching them they have the power, and that motivates them. it was satisfying for me to work with for the department of

environment to create a message that gets to the heart of the issue. the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team, we go into the schools to help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback.

we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i to do, especially on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. i try to use my voice as intentionally as possible to support, i think of my grandmother who had a positive attitude and looked at things positively. try to do that as well in my work and with my words to be an uplifting force for myself and

others. think of entering the job force as a treasure hunt. you can only go to your next clue and more will be revealed. follow your instincts, listen to your gut, follow your heart, do what makes you happy and pragmatic and see where it takes you and get to the next place. trust if you want to do good in this world, that [music] san francisco emergency home program is a safety net for sustableable commuters if you bike, walk, take public transit or shares mobility you are eligible for a free and safe roadway home the city will reimburse you up to $150 dlrs in an event of an emergency.

to learn more how to submit a reimbursement visit sferh. . >> one welcome to the small business commission meeting on january 27th 2025. the meeting is being called to order at 4:31 p.m.. this meeting is being held in person in city hall room 400 and broadcast live on s.f. gov tv. the small business commission thinks media services and s.f. gov tv for televising the meeting which can be viewed on s.f. gov tv two or live streamed it s.f. gov tv.org. we welcome general public comment at the end of the meeting and there will be an opportun t