down the hall. so if you book them, they get all of their needs taken care of in one go. this is an opportunity for us here in the tenderloin to come together, try out these ideas to see if we can put -- get -- connect people to services in a >> meeting will come to order. 2025 regular meeting of lafco i'm acting chair hope williams and joined by connie chan and

isaac salvier. our clerk and i like to thank the stof of sfgovtv for broadcasting meeting especially james and a lipsasm do you have announcements? lafco will allow in person comment and remote access. public comment will be traen on each item. those attending in person will speak first and then those on the line. if you wish to provide comment remote, the call in information is scrolling. when connected you will hear the meeting discussions but in listening mode only. when your item come up and public comment is called those in person line and up those on the phone dial star throw to be added to the speaker line. if you are on the phone, remember to turn down your tv and all listening device you may be using. alternateively you may submit

comment in writing e mail them to myself the clerk. or you may submit written comments via u.s. postal to city hall 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place room 244, san francisco, california 94102. if you submit written comment tell forwarded to the commissioner and includes per of the official file. thank you, madam clerk call the roll >> on the role chair williams >> aye. >> commissioner chan. >> present. >> commissioner sevier. >> aye. >> you have a quorum. >> thank you. call item 2. >> item 2, approval of the lafco minutes from the november 15, 2024 regular meeting. >> do any commissioners have

other changes. to the minutes from the november 15, 2024 meeting? >> no. thank you. seeing no changes i will open is this up for public comment. speakers will have two minutes. anyone wish to comment on item two. no one in the chamber ghee to the remote comment line. we have no speakers. >> seeing no public speakers public comment is closed. is there a motion to approve the minutes? >> moved. second. >> moved by commissioner chan and seconded by commissioner sevier. call the roll. >> on item 2 commissioner chan. >> aye. >> commissioner sevier. >> aye. >> commissioner williamsch >> aye.

>> there are three aye's >> thank you without objection they are arkansas appointment of khalid samerrae for local information. >> as this commission knows the end of left year our executive officer jirmy pollock resigned this commission watched his dedicated service the city has not since he was moved department of technology. but that upon means we must begin the process to find his replacement not guilty interim propose our policy analyst scammid samerrae be acting executive officer. we have the lafco legal council available to walk us through questions from commissioners. and -- seeing any can i open up

for questions for, any questions. >> great. go ahead. >> thank you, chair williams. and i want to first thank i did not get a chance to thank our executive officer pollock for his work with lafco. it is good to see he remains in government and take this opportunity to thank mr. samerrae for his on going contribution as for all the work he has done and pleased see he is legal to take the role for acting executive officer and want to be supportive of appointing him as acting executive officer and make the motion to move to appoint him. thank you. >> second. >> okay. seeing no further questions from colleagues open this up for public comment. yes. there are no individuals here in the chambers we'll move to

remote line. there are no callers. seeing no public speakers, comment is closed. is there a motion to appoint khalid samerrae as acting executive officer? >> moved. >> moved by commissioner chan and seconded by commissioner sevier. can you call roll. >> on item 3 commissioner chan. >> aye. >> commissioner sevier. >> aye. >> commissioner williams. >> aye. >> there are three aye's >> thank you. so without objection khalid samerrae is appointing as acting executive officer. >> can you call item 4? item 4 is a chair person's report including update on the final study for the mid town park apartments. >> colleagues, our agenda states

we are due for an update on the mid town park apartments final study. however we only just received a response letter from the mayor's office of housing and community development. in order to give us an opportunity to review the letter i like to propose we continue this to the call of the chair and we will likely hear this at our mechanic meeting on march 21st. khalid do you have anything to add >> i'm working with consultants to do a full presentation on the final study. and then seth up a meeting with residents to debrief them. and the consultants wish to draft a response to the letter alcohol be on our agenda for march 21. >> colleagues, comments or questions? okay. i -- might have one.

what -- and having reviewed the letter, do you have any general take aways? any questions yourself or reflections? i would say mocd is interested in maintaining the community guidelines. for mid town. however they don't have the funding necessary to implement the recommendation in this study. and so -- its -- likely that unfund mandate like this one if they were to under take it could not be completely done by them as a department without action from the board. but -- the consultants will detail that and the costs at our next meeting i don't want to

give the wrong information. thank you executive officer samerrae. one more time for my colleagues. okay. i will open this up for public comment. speakers will have two minutes. >> thank you. seeing no one here we will move to the remote line. pause to see if we have callers. there are no speakers. >> seeing no public speakers comment is closed. is there a motion this be continued to the call the chair >> moved. >> second. >> moved by commissioner chan and seconded by commissioner sevier. call roll. >> on the motion to continue item 4 to the call of the chair, commissioner chan. >> aye. >> commissioner sevier. >> aye. >> commissioner williams. >> aye. >> there are three aye's yoochl thank you. so without objection this item is continued to the call of the chair. can you call item 5. >> item 5 is general public

comment. this is the time for members to address the lafco on matters that are within their jurisdiction but not on today's agenda. we have no one here in the chamber we'll dp to the remote line to see if we have speakers. there are no speakers. thank you are madam clerk. no public speakers public comment is closed. can you call item 6. >> item 6 is future agenda items. colleagues are there any future agenda items to note? >> let's open this up for public comment. seeing no one here in the cham bore we will go to the remote line. and madam chair there are no speakers. >> public comment is now closed. there is no action to take to this matter. is there any other business before us today >> that concludes business. >> there will be no business we

are adjourned

>> the vibrant south of market neighborhood in san francisco

is deep lee rooted filipino if fluences to shape the cultural identity. soma pilipinas known for [indiscernible] night life and art scenes is home to growing filipino community that thrived for generations. >> soma pilipinas is a community, the village that has been over a hundred years in the making. this is home to many generations of filipino from the turn of the century, to the present. continues to be a gateway community for a lot of filipinos just arriving from the philippines. >> one of sth most prominent scines is filipino owned businesses become staples in the neighborhood. restaurants like manila bowl and jp restaurant offer [indiscernible] >> we call it [indiscernible] this is my passion.

everybody's who came right now. we feel good right here. community is like a family. >> the eatery serve mouth watering dishes and provide a sense of home to the filipino community, preserving traditions passed down generation. >> a filipino restaurant utilizing california ingredients we honor traditional family recipe [indiscernible] we shop in the market 2 to 3 times a week. we make the filipino cuisine proud in san francisco. >> along with the culinary deliteds, soma philippine ow is home to san francisco top mix aulgists. filipino artistry is a facet of soma pilipinas rich tapestry.

the filipino cultural heritage district transformed public spaces into canvases that depict the stories and experiences of filipino americans. >> parlt part of the work we do is support filipino artists to work with community to really create and develop community based art. this is murals and designs that really reflect the rich history, the culture and the struggles and triumps of the filipino community. >> the presence of the filipino cultural center which offer workshops, language classes and community resources is a testament to the community efforts to preserve and promote the heritage. >> features the [indiscernible] philippines which is a indigenous community weaving textiles and tapestry for hundreds of years so proud to feech were modern ones and very

antique ones and showcase fashion from the community and we are inviting everybody to come experience that with us. >> the center not only caters to the filipino community, but welcome all who wish to learn about and embrace this culture. >> we want to develop a cultural district where you have the young generation learn their history, language and culture and where you have also the seniors be part of the cultural and share their stories and their traditions, and continue to grow young in the neighborhood. >> the intersection of technology and culture in this part of san francisco provides a unique back drop for a thriving community embracing the past while looking to the future. the filipino influence ingrained in soma serves as remindser of the power of cultural diversity and importance of celebrating in our ever changing world.

>> my name is raymond fong. i'm 1 of the owners one of 3. wine impression is a wine shop made of people that were probably dedicated their life studying line. we open august 1990, 34 years. you wonder how wine impression came along? we couldn't figure the name. my wife said, i got it, you always make a impression, call it wine impression. i thought maybe she came up with the name because both of us our favorite

period of modern art is impressionism. the buildings was built in 1948. it was one of the two, probably three buildings built first in the whole shopping center before they did the shopping center, there was golden gate park. this cemetery ran from masonic to [indiscernible] the building next door is jointly owned. [indiscernible] was a want to be [indiscernible] and they were digging new pipes and everything into it and the owner came to me and he said, what are we going to do? what am i going to do. we are digging the pipes and found a coffin half way between the kitchen and i think your refrigerator. i told him what to do. i said you are not go toog say a word. if you do they will do a archaeological survey and you won't get

anything built. all i know, it is still down there and [indiscernible] i saw the article i said, wow, i came back from a visit from china 2016 and they were there when you welcome this [indiscernible] it is similar to the--in japanese and day of the dead. i decided to do [indiscernible] i have food in there. i can do all the things --[indiscernible] and realize the mistake. the problem is they want and need and a lot has to do is they don't dine iloan. alone. a average person is 3 to 4 bottles and don't dine alone, it is family squl friends and when they have social events they come to us.

we this is how the community uses the wine and think where we are different. a lot of stores can sell a product and the product given by labels, we sell the product, but i always say, we don't just sell a wine or product, we sell >> for the first time in nearly two decades fishers have been granted the legal right to sell fish directly to the package right off their boat -- to the public right off their boats in san francisco. it's not only helping local fishers to stay afloat but it's evoking the spirit of the wharf by resurfacing the traditional methods of selling fish. but how is it regulated? and what does it take for a boat to be transported into a floating fish market? find out as we hop on board on this episode of "what's next sf."

(♪♪♪) we're here with the owner and the captain of the vessel pioneer. it's no coincidence that your boat is called the pioneer because it's doing just that. it's the first boat in san francisco to sell fish directly from the boat. how did you establish your boat into such a floating fish market? >> well, you know, i always thought that it would be nice to be able to provide fresh fish to the locals because most of the fish markets, you would have to do a large amount of volume in order to bring in enough fish to cover the overhead. when you start selling to the public that volume is much less so it makes it hard to make enough money. so being able to do this is really -- it's a big positive thing i think for the entire community. >> a very positive thing. as a third-generation fisherman joe as his friends call him has been trawling the california waters for sustainably caught seafood since an early age.

since obtaining a permit to sell fish directly to the public he is able to serve fish at an affordable price. >> right now we're just selling what a lot of the markets like, flat fish and rock fish and what the public likes. so we have been working for many, many years and putting cameras in them. there's the ability to short fish and we have panels that we open and close so we target the different species of fish by adjusting the net. and then not only that but then the net sort out the sizes which is really important. >> joe brings in a lot of fish, around 20,000 pounds per fishing trip to be exact. >> we had one day one time that we sold almost 18,000 pounds. >> it's incredible. >> i know, it's hard to imagine. >> but this wasn't always the case for joe. >> the markets that we have left in california, they're few and far between, and they really are restrictive. they'll let you fish for a couple months and shut you down. a lot of times it's rough weather and if you can't make your delivery you will lose your

rotation. that's why there's hardly any boats left in california because of the market challenges. my boat was often sitting over here at the dock for years and i couldn't do anything with it because we had no market. the ability to go catch fish is fine, i had the permits, but you couldn't take them off your boat. >> that was until the port commission of san francisco rallied behind them and voted unanimously to approve a pilot program to allow the fish to be sold directly to consumers right off their boats. >> the purpose of the program is to allow commercial fishers to sell their fish directly from their boats to the end consumer in a safe and orderly manner for the benefit of the overall fishing community at the port of san francisco. we have limited the program to certain types of fish such as salmon, halibut, tuna and rock fish. crab is restricted from this program because we did not want to interfere with the existing crab sales on taylor street and

jefferson street. so this is not meant to favor one aspect of the fishing industry more than another. it's to basically to lift up the whole industry together. >> and if joe the program has been doing just that. >> it was almost breathtaking whenever i woke up one morning and i got my federal receiver, my first receivers license in the mail. and that gave me permission to actually take fish off my boat. once we started to be able to sell, it opened things up a bit. because now that we have that federal permit and i was able to petition the city council and getting permission from san francisco to actually use the dock and to sell fish here, it was a big turning point. because we really didn't think or know that we'd get such a positive response from the public. and so we're getting thousands of people coming down here buying fish every week and so that's pretty cool. they like the fish so much that they take pictures of it when they cook it and they send us

all of these pictures and then they ask us, you know, constantly for certain types of fish now. and when they come down here the one thing that they say is that they're so amazed that the fish is so fresh they could eat a little bit during the week and it's still fresh all week in the refrigerator. so that's really cool. >> the fish is very fresh and the price is super. i don't think that you can get it anywhere in the bay area. i can see it, and i can stir fry it, wow, you can do anything you want. i just can say this is a good place to shop and you have a good experience. >> this program supports the strategic plan in terms of engagement, people being connected to the waterfront, and also economic vitality. because it's helping the fishermen to make ends meet. they have no guarantees in their businesses, not like some

people, and we want to do everything that we can to help them to have a good and thriving business. >> how does it feel to be able to sell your fish locally kind of in the traditional way, like your grandfather probably did? >> when i was a kid and i used to work in my dad's fish market, a lot of the markets that we sell to now are second and third and fourth generation markets. so i remember as a kid putting their tags on the boxes of fish that we shipped out of monterey and ship down to l.a. so it's kind of cool that we're still dealing with the same families. and this is probably about the only way that anyone can really survive in california is to sell your own fish. >> one of the advantages of this program is the department people that pull in the fish, they can find out where they caught it and find out more about the fisherman and that adds to their experience. the feedback from the fishers has been very good and the feedback from the customers have

very good. and there's a lot of people coming to the wharf now that might not have done so. in fact, there's people that go through the neighboring restaurants that are going to eat fish inside but before they go in they see the action on the dock and they want to kind of look at what's happening on the boat before they go in and they have a meal. so it's generated some conversation down at the wharf and that's a good thing. >> as you can see by the line forming behind me getting ready to buy fish, the pilot program has been a huge success. for more information visit sfsport.com. (♪♪♪) (♪♪♪)

buddy i now call the february 4th, 2025 regular meeting of the municipal transportation agency board of directors and parking authority commission to order secretary silva please call the roll on the roll director hemminger here hemminger present director henderson henderson present director lindsey present kenzie present director karina your present chair tarlov