news. >> all right. good morning everybody. i am sherman walton, chair of the rules committee for the board of supervisors. i am joined by vice chair supervisor sherril and of course our president supervisor mellman. our clerk is victor yun. >> and i would like to thank jamie ashbury for recording and making sure our meetings are made for the public with s.f. gov tv. and mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> yes. public comment will be taken on

each item on this agenda. when your item and ventures comes up and public comment is closed please line up to speak on your right. alternatively may submit public comment in writing in each of the following ways email them to myself the rules committee clerk at basi to your dot y o u and g at s.f. gov. if you submit public comment by email it will be included as part of the file. may also submit your comments by us mailed to our office in city hall. when dr. carlton be good place room two four for san francisco california nine for 1 or 2 please make sure this time that's all cell phones and electronic devices documents to be included as part of the fire should be submitted to the clerk i just acted upon today are to appear on the board of supervisors agenda of march 4th, 2025 unless otherwise stated. that completes my initial announcements. >> thank you mr. clerk would you please call item number one? item number one is the audience. many of the campaign and will conduct to update the conflict of interest code form 700

finally requirements by adding deleting and changing the titles of certain designated officials and employees to reflect organized and staffing changes and by refining disclosure requirements for certain designated officials and employees. thank you so much supervisor melman thank you mr. chair. and we've had this in front of us a few times now this item is a little bit of a basic form 700 conflict of interest hygiene a thing that we have to do every few years or and we had to continue it last time because there was some more meet and confer obligations that needed to be met. i think that those have been met and i guess i would just ask our deputy city attorney brad russi if there's anything more we need to know about this item. deputy city attorney brad ressie yes, good morning. >> supervisors yes. this this item is just the annual bi annual update. we have to do this to the conflict of interest code that

just changes the positions that need to file and might change the disclosure categories for some of those positions d h r has confirmed that the meet and confer is concluded and so this item is ready to be sent to the full board assuming that the commission are the committee wants to do so. >> thank you so much deputy city attorney rusty mr. clerk see no other comments from colleagues. >> let's go to public comment on item number one. yes, members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up to speak at this time each speaker will be allowed two minutes. are there any members of the public who like to provide public comment on this matter? there are no speakers thank you. see no speakers. >> public comment is now closed . >> supervisor madam and what is your wish? i would like to move that we forward this item to the full board with positive recommendation. >> thank you mr. clerk on the motion? yes, on that motion. vice chair sherril sherril i member madam high madam and i chair walton all right or deny

that motion passes without objection. >> thank you so much mr. clerk . >> would you please call item number two? item number two is a hearing to consider appointing one member terms ending april 27th, 2026 to the century ordinance task force. >> we have one seat two applicants. thank you so much and i know last week we had one applicant i see we have two applicants and so what we will do is hear from both applicants you have two minutes if you want to say who you are tell us your credentials and we will start with honest charlie bracken for seat ten. thank you. good morning supervisors chair walton vice chair sherril president gentlemen, my name is honest charlie bodkin. i feel free to just call me by my middle name charlie by the way i'm honored to be considered for a seat on the sunshine ordinance task force. >> the seat ten is one of four

seats allocated to members of the public who have demonstrated interest in or have experience in the issues of citizen access and participation in local. >> i have a degree from at the college's communication school i have worked for the los angeles times for almost four years in their newsroom and was on a team that contributed to the times winning a pulitzer prize for breaking news. one story that i contributed to two and i'm particularly proud of used public records from la's department of water and power to report on los angeles's aging water pipe infrastructure that was projected to cost the city over $1 billion in taxes and replacement. >> she may i'm just going to quickly go through this. i started a company after leaving the l.a. times which helps journalists publish their work was at seato for five years we worked with cnn vox media, cal matters, the harvard shorenstein center and mit to

solve initiative the san diego union-tribune, my former employer the l.a. times while working closely with reporters to tell data driven stories of learned not just the laws and mechanics regarding public information requests but also the important role that these requests play in safeguarding a transparent, accountable and democratic. >> we also filed several requests of various levels of i self recently i've set up my own blog to cover local issues name the city and county.com just received over 100,000 views in the first month alone. however i'm not here to apply for a seat on the task force as a member of the media as i'm not a paid journalist i'm a passionate advocate. i'm also an active member of my neighborhood association the haight-ashbury neighborhood council, the united democratic club and i'm a regular attendee of meetings here at city hall and want to make it a priority to learn as much as i can so i bring back valuable insights to the groups i'm involved with and readers of my blog. i have more here on the ordinance.

>> san francisco shines the way with its sunshine ordinance which both implements and expands on the california public records act and the brown act. >> it's not to say we have a perfect system the law was last minute by voters in 1999 so there is room for improvement to help our city shine brighter. there are reforms that we can and likely should undertake to make the system more efficient less burdensome on city staff and more accountable to the people. should i have the privilege of being appointed to the task force? i look forward to working with the other members of the task force to advise the board of supervisors and city bodies on the sunshine ordinances implementation and on amendments to this ordinance. i believe on a strong choice for this seat especially because as i've heard the seat is made primarily for bloggers like myself also thank you and once again i'm honored to be considered. i welcome any questions. thank you so much, mr. brown. >> i do have one question who told you this seat was for bloggers?

>> i had a conversation with a current member of the task force. thank you. any other questions from square? >> thank you so much. cynthia di good morning supervisors thanks for the additional time to provide references from business and community leaders and from nonpartisan good groups like the league of women voters and california common cause. >> i hope this paints a more complete picture of who i am and how i work under california citizens redistricting commission i leverage my experience as an interim executive and management consultant to improve our governance make processes more efficient and work toward consensus on our complex and highly political task. my service on nonprofit boards and consulting for community

based organizations has advanced our outreach and education efforts. >> i learned firsthand about open meetings and public records laws which taught me how important transparency is to building trust in . i'd like to bring my skills and experience to the sunshine ordinance task force sunshine protects the people's right to know for people lesser means it's an important way to access city so it can better serve them. i have three ideas on how to reduce costs improve results first, proactively prevent violations through training focusing on the departments with the most records requests such as the police, s.f. mta and public works. second institute guardrails to prevent abuse. over 50% of the complaints last year came from only seven individuals who often didn't show for hearings.

lastly modernize it to clarify the gray areas. over the years technology has advanced and functions increasingly outsourced muddling what records and bodies must be accessible to the public. >> if appointed i look forward to working with the supervisors to figure out what can be implemented through streamlined practices or might require a ballot measure. >> i only volunteer where i believe i can make a difference so i hope you'll honor me with your vote today. >> thank you so much. >> any questions? i don't see any questions for any of the candidates. mr. clerk can we please go to public comment? >> yes. members of the public who wish to speak on this item should like to speak at this time. >> each speaker will be allowed two minutes and you can line up to the you can line up to the right of the podium if you wish to speak. >> thank you.

>> good morning. my name is zoe dunning. it's been a while since i've been back in city hall. i'm the former first vice chair of the democratic county central committee and also a former library commissioner myself. i am here to speak in support of cynthia dye's application for this role. i've had the pleasure and privilege to have known cynthia now for over 30 years. she's been tremendous friend and colleague. i have not only known her personally but also have worked with her on various consulting projects and i think the qualities that cynthia brings that are going to be very important for this sunshine ordinance task force. one she's very clever tive. she's someone that you want to work beside is willing to hear all reasonable ideas contribute her own. i think her ability to collaborate is is critical. secondly she brings a wealth of information and she just described some of her ideas around how to make the process and the thing more efficient,

more effective so that it stays true to its mission and its and its opportunities. and i also find her to be incredibly fair. her work on the california citizens redistricting commission very difficult role, very difficult commission to serve on serving many different interests. her diplomacy skillsand balance and come to a reasonable and just decision or vote i think is phenomenal. so i hope that you vote in support of her candidacy. >> thank you. >> morning. my name is dylan hershel. i'm a resident of potrero hill and was a may in 2024. >> that's how i have the pleasure and privilege of knowing honest charlie bodkin who i am here to strongly urge you to consider for seat number ten on the sunshine ordinance task force.

>> charlie's background makes him very unique as a candidate. he has experience in technology as well as having a lot of experience with making requests for we need people like charlie in in people who have the skills, integrity and passion to make our more transparent. so i strongly urge you to appoint him to this task force. >> i'll speak a little bit about his experience on my campaign where he was the director of operations. it's no exaggeration to say that he engaged directly with thousands of residents all around the city where he learned about their experiences and frustrations with trying to get basic transparency out of city hall. >> that experience along with what he mentioned earlier with his experience with the los angeles times as a data

reporter and his his experience as a blogger which he you know he started this this new civicsakes him incredibly well qualified and he should be given this opportunity to to bring his skills and knowledge to bear. and improve the system that we have in place for providing transparency in our. thank you. >> hello supervisors. my name is lauren gilmartin and i am here on behalf of the league of women voters of san francisco which supports cynthia disappointment to the sunshine ordinance task force. >> for those who don't know, the league of women voters of san francisco is a nonpartisan political nonprofit that defends democracyour nonpartisan commitment means that we do not support or oppose candidates for elected office or political parties.

>> the league has a unique perspective on the sunshine ordinance task force having long held an appointed seat for a league representative. currently the most awesome maxine anderson we understand the qualifications and skills necessary for a successful independent member of the task force who can help ensure the public's right to access their local the league has experienced cynthia dias commitment to upholding our democracy through her ability to be objective and listen to public input. she has proven to be analytical and inquisitive while also displaying an openness to feedback and new ideas. these are qualities we need in our civil servants who seek to protect our fragile ynthia dias dedication to nonpartisanship and public service is exactly the kind of leadership we need now more than ever. please appoint her to the sunshine ordinance task force and taken off my league hat for just 30s. >> i have served on the ballot

simplification committee for the city of san francisco and know that volunteering on committees is hard. you need to set aside your personal points of view and act as a body and you need to also make sure that no one person or one group is happy. >> ultimately it's about fairness. it's about justice and it's about equity not making one person or one group happy. >> and i believe from what i've seen of cynthia tai that she can very well thank you. >> hi, my name is letizia miranda. i'm a district nine resident and research consultant for nonprofits and businesses. >> i've worked with local organizations such as levi strauss and company and nextgen, a nonprofit and also at the national level as a public policy advocate for the latino community. >> i strongly support cynthia dye's candidacy for the sunshine ordinance task force. >> personally, i've known since ms.. di for decades from our time as

students at uc berkeley where she graduated with honors in electrical engineering and computer science and also at the stanford graduate school of business where she earned an mba as a uc berkeley student senator. she represented the independent and moderate science and engineering coalition yet had broad support from the other major political parties on campus so much so that the other parties recruited her to run under their banner. we go way back. professionally i've collaborated with ms. di on over ten consulting projects. she's one of the most intelligent, analytical a strong commitment to excellence. during her tenure at the california citizen's redistricting commission i witnessed her integrity and dedication to hearing diverse community voices like those for example from the vietnamese grocers association of orange county which she told me about

at the time and ensuring that those community voices were reflected in the final maps. sen has a great deal of integrity. in sum ms.. di is a trustworthy reliable and hardworking person. san francisco is fortunate to have someone of mid-size caliber willing to fulfill the duties of this volunteer role that has been open for over one year and for which she is the only serious candidate. i wholeheartedly endorse cynthia dei for the sunshine ordinance task force. >> thank you. >> good morning. my name is paul gardner. i live in no valley in district eight. and for the last few years i have been the author of fed up a substack about education in san francisco. you probably recall the infamous school board meeting from a few years ago where a candidate for a volunteer positioncoitn was forced to wait

silently while the board debated endlessly the merits of appointing a gay white male to a committee that had multiple open slots and for which there it was one of the events that fueled the recall. and here we are again with an eminently q who's willing to volunteer her timeask force that has had an open slot for a year that the seat so long. indicates that it's not the sort of glamorous role that politically ambitious people normally pursue. notably the people who testified against her two weeks ago didn't bother to apply. they're w and moan but not to do the work. you need people who are willing to do the work and sinners. for as long as i've known her and it's been over 30 years since has been volunteering her time and expertise she brings boundless energy and passion to everything she does. she's the sort of person who's probably passionate about breakfast but when someone disagrees with her she doesn't hit them over the head with a chair which is admittedly a low bar but it's not one that the other candidate for this position can clear.

this is a no brainer. put cynthia dye on the sunshine ordinance task force. >> thank you. >> hi, i'm chris keen. i'm a resident of district eight. for 30 years i think which makes me old. >> and i've also been involved in a number of city projects like newtown square and slo sanchez and the recent renovation project for embarcadero plaza. but in my other life i've spent over 30 years running small and large software companies oftentimes coming in under very difficult circumstances when the existing leadership was being swapped out. >> and every single time i brought in cynthia di as the most trustworthy most empathetic, kindest, intelligent person that i knew to come in and help me

understand what was going on and what made her very unique was she was able to create relationships with and really listen to a wide variety of people. and again very difficult and very time constrained environments and build trust with all of them and help us get to the best possible solution for those companies to get them back on track. i think that's what she can do in as well. so i would encourage you to vote for her please. >> thanks. >> hi. i just like to give some feedback on what i heard from these public comments. we have one person where the support i believe you know i don't know the acronym i believe the d triple c was name drops the recall of the s.f. board of education which was a right wing dark money fueled show was name drops the levi strauss whatever was name

dropped. redistricting was name dropped and i fought against splitting d six into d five and six. >> unfortunately that did happen and now i live in an open air prison basically. >> so that wasn't a good outcome for me. but i know how this all works. i know the things that you value this the woman is like the obviously super overqualified candidate. so if you were to give it to the other guy who white guy who ran for mayor this past election that would also an obvious like you to anyone who's not a white man. >> so it just seems like you're in a really tough spot here and maybe this whole system isn't working. >> are there any additional members of the public who like to provide public comment at this time? i do not see any additional speakers. >> thank you. seeing no additional speakers public comment is now closed.

>> supervisor thank you chair walton i have struggled with this appointment quite a bit. i am impressed very impressed by cynthia di and and the work that she has done. i do not in any way question her intelligence or her integrity or her commitment to our city and i'm grateful that she has been willing to step forward and serve on multiple bodies. >> the challenge for me with cynthia day is simply that i think i disagree with her and have disagreed with her on things that she has done in the past and i suspect will disagree with her in in positions that she is likely to take on the sunshine lord in its task force. >> and i was thinking, you know my my challenge is with her judgment not that her judgments are bad. >> they are just judgments that are not my own and that is the

reason that i am not going to be able to support cynthia di today for this seat. i appreciate mr. bodkin. i'm grateful that he's been willing to put his name into this and will certainly follow up to learn more about his interest in serving. i know thank you for talking to my staff. i do believe that there are at least one and maybe two more folks who are likely to submit applications. in fact i know one person tried to but erroneously sent it to my office rather than to the clerk and so i'm eager to engage with those applicants as well. so i will not be able to today support either of these applicants. >> thank you supervisor madam and i first of all want to thank both applicants for their willingness to serve. >> i think it's important to have folks in community who want to participate in the governmental process. so i want to thank you both.

obviously for me i think know it's always about comparing experience particularly when you have more than one candidate. i do believe that one candidate has demonstrated not only love for san francisco but also an independent voice with integrity and someone who has a seasoned approach to accountability. i also believe in diversity in all of our commissions in our boards is very important to me. >> i i don't make decisions based on whether or not somebody politically agrees with me. >> if i did i probably be by myself a lot here in san francisco. i think disagreement is definitely as a matter of fact a part of the political process and although it is frustrating to have people that disagree with you it is most certainly important that it happens in city and so i would love to

move the name of cynthia dei forward with a positive recommendation. >> i don't want to embarrass anyone and put anyone through something negative but i think that motion is appropriate here at this rules committee meeting. so i do want to take a vote on that motion. yes, on that motion on the motion to recommend cynthia dyer to see ten vice chair sherril no sherril no member madam and no man i mean no. chair walton i walton i that motion fails. >> motion to move cynthia darfur with the positive recommendation fails and seeing that there is no other motion on the floor i like to move to continue this item to next week's rules committee meeting

. just to clarify you would like to continue this to the call of the chair to recall it? >> yes. question yeah, yeah, yeah. it's due to recall the chair yes. >> a motion to continue the matter to the call of the chair . vice chair sherril sherril i remember madam in management i chair walton well tonight that motion passes without objection. >> thank you. motion to continue this item to the college here passes mr. clerk, please call item number three. >> item number three is hearing consider appointing one member term expiring february 23rd, 2026 and two members term ending february 23rd 2027 to the citizens committee on community development. i just like to clarify we only have one applicant la llanelli slinking has previously been appointed this body and does not need to be considered at this time. >> thank you so much mr. clerk

and i believe that we do have clinton lofton here. good morning supervisors. as you may recall from my application i have over 30 years of experience in affordable housing committee development, social services, urban planning and economic development for various jurisdictions in the bay area including direct experience with cdbg, with home, with esg and hopper. i've served on the committee since 2015 and would like to continue and i'm happy to ask and answer any questions you might have. thank you so much. i don't see any questions from colleagues. >> mr. clerk, please go to public comment. yes, members of the public wish to speak on this matter. >> can approach the podium at this time. each speaker will be allowed two minutes. are there any members of the public who like to provide comment on this matter? >> there are no speakers at this time. thank you so much and seeing

nothing else from colleagues i like to make a motion to move this item forward with the positive recommendation and nominate clinton lofton laufman for seat two yes on that motion vice chair sherril sherril i member amendment right madam and i chair walton all right well tonight that motion passes without objection. >> thank you so much. motion carries, mr. clerk, please call item number four. item number four is a hearing to consider appointing one member term ending october 8th 2026 to the early childhood community oversight and advisory committee. we have one seat where an applicant for seat number eight. >> thank you so much and i want applicant is cindykq lopez chair stain and i don't believe she is here this morning but i have

heard nothing but positive comments about this recommendation and i don't see anything from my colleagues. >> mr. clerk would you please call for public comment on item four? yes. members of the public who wish to speak on this item should i have to speak at this time? each speaker be allowed two minutes? are there any members of the public would like to speak on this matter? i do not see any members of the public on this matter. >> thank you. seeing no speakers public comment is now closed and i like to make a motion to move cindy lopez and stain forward for seat eight with a positive recommendation on yes on that motion. right. sure. sherril sherril i remember madam and madam and i chair walton i well it's in i that motion passes without objection . >> thank you. motion carries mr. clerk would you please call her next item. item number five is ordinance

amending the administrative code to authorize the tax collector to refund property tax to the assessee or latest recorded owners of the property if the amount of the refund is less than $10,000 and there has been no transfer of property during or since the fiscal year for which taxes to be refunded were levied. >> thank you so much. i don't see any comments from colleagues. would you please call for public comment on item number five? >> yes sir. members the public wish to speak on this item. she line up to speak at this time each speaker will be allowed two minutes. are there any members public for public comment? >> there are no members the public for public comment on this item. thank you senos because public comment is now closed mr. clerk please call item number six. >> would you like to vote on this one? oh my apologies would you a motion to move item five forward to the full board with positive recommendation? yes. and the motion to recommend

vice chair sherril sherril i remember madam and madam chair walton all right well, tonight that motion passes without objection. >> thank you. motion passes, mr. clerk. >> now please call item number six. >> item number six is on spending the business and tax regulation code to remove the requirement that parking operators certify a report periodically to the city the ratio of their unaccounted parking tickets to total issued tickets for each parking station for the reported period. >> thank you. and i see we have a representative. >> yes sorry i miss time my ability to get up the stairs. >> so you're actually just in time. >> okay, great. so far this is parking tax great. i think i have two items coming up in a row. we're on item number six. okay, great. >> all right. so. good morning chairwoman supervisors eric mann with the office of the treasury tax collector. this ordinance is pretty simple. it's simplifies and modernizes the parking tax monthly filing

. so as you know, the city imposes a tax on parking which is collected by parking operators and remitted to our office on a monthly basis excuse me current law requires operators to issue parking tickets when a vehicle enters the garage and then when they exit you collect that ticket. the information on the ticket determines how much is owed parking operators in this process are subject to what's called an unaccounted ticket ratio allowance meaning they are not penalized for lost tickets within a certain threshold. this ordinance just simplifies their monthly filing by eliminating the requirement for operators to report that ratio. but first and foremost i just want to make clear the ordinance will not impact revenue. it does not change tax liability or collection responsibilities, ensures the city continues to receive the same appropriate parking tax revenue. also operators are still

required to continue to track their unaccounted ticket ratio and certify that they're in compliance with the parking tax ordinance every time they file and our office still has the ability to request this information during an audit or during an investigation. so basically this is just streamlining measure that allows the city and operators to focus more on core compliance rather than excessive reporting requirements. so with that all happy take your questions. >> thank you. i don't see any comments from colleagues. >> mr. clerk would you please call for public comment? >> yes. members of the public who wish to speak on this item speak at this time each speaker will be allowed two minutes or then members of the public for public comment. >> there are no speakers. thank you senior speakers public comment is now closed and i like to motion to move this item forward to the full board with a positive recommendation on that motion. vice chair sherril sherril i remember management management

i chair walton while tonight that motion passes without objection thank you motion to move forward with the positive recommendation passes unanimously. >> mr. clerk do we have any other business before us this morning? >> there are no additional items on today's agenda. >> thank you. we are adjourned

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drum amazing. well good afternoon. welcome to your san francisco public library. i'm michael lambert and i'm proud to serve as your city librarian. >> i want to wish everyone a warm happy lunar new year gong hey, fat choi and quiet and happy black history month. >> so it's great to be here for our third annual drum beats heartbeats communities as one our joint celebration of lunar new year and black history month. so wonderful to be here and community with all of you. a couple of years ago the library came together with the human rights commission and our community partners the booker t washington center and the apa heritage foundation. >> and we came together to stand together and recognize as the shared struggle of our

african-american and asian-american communities against the multiple forms of discrimination and racism that combine overlap and the inner sac to affect our communities. >> the library is honored to partner with our wonderful partners again to highlight black excellence and celebrate the culture and heritage of our diverse asian community in san francisco. >> i'm delighted to share the stage with my colleague who will be offering some welcome welcoming remarks. molly tug banjo the director of the human rights commission willie thank you. >> i like that i need you guys roll with me everywhere but we'll eat you anyhow. >> acting director of the human rights commission is a privilege to be with all of you this evening as we celebrate lunar new year and black history month.

this is just such an incredible celebration that i have attended before in the past right there in the audience where you all are now and i'm just honored to be in this role to help support it as the directcommission, michael really said all of it. so i don't really have much to add but it's jus two communities really connect and and just recognize the value and strength that we bring to the city. and if we work together then we're only going to be stronger. so i just want to thank all of you again for being here and pass it back to michael. thank you molly and i do want to take a moment to acknowledge some incredible community leaders that are with us today the former president of the board of supervisors and district ten supervisor sherman walton. if you could come on up and our

sheriff paul miyamoto come on up sir. at this time i'd like to welcome our sponsors up on the stage our wonderful partners claudine cheng apa heritage foundation shakira simile executive director of the booker t washington center. we're going to take a quick photo capture. >> oh, that's rig department heads ralph remington executive director of the san francisco arts commission, our commissioner was irene from the human rights commission. come on up and join us on stage . we're going to capture this moment. take a quick photo and secure your right to do so.

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>> all right. thank you. we got our glamor shot out of the way. i want to acknowledge members of our fire department who are here simon pang yes. thank you for being here. you know, every year the library begins our celebration of black history month and in january with our more than a month programing and we continue our unapologetic celebration of black history and culture year round through activities and our neighborhood libraries and through the african-american center here at the main library we also have a robust lineup of events to celebrate lunar new year and asian-american native hawaiian and pacific islander heritage month in the spring our city and county of san francisco is intentional about recognizing the beauty and unique contributions of our diverse and hpi diaspora and our african american community.

and that is what makes our city of san francisco special. our diversity is our strength and that is why i am so delighted to welcome our special guest today who will be gracing us with their art. we have jenny lim recently inaugurated as the ninth poet laureate and the first chinese-american to ever hold this post. she is joined by her predecessor tongo isan martin, who was the eighth poet laureate for the city and county of san francisco. >> both will be performing today with composer and bassist marcus shelby. please join me in welcoming our presenters to the stage. hey marcus, thanks for joining . all. so right here where you want to

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extraordinary run now marcus shelley he's all over you said s.f. jazz. he's doing it and he's running the yields for jazz festival. >> yeah. and right. a hard working group. okay. >> might you start tango? my predecessor let me preface this you know a lot of guy can happen in 30s not much heaven. no. here's a man before a fight leave me alone type character emerging from the painless death of a one way street fix my make fast way of saying i'm going to make it even if i have to drive back with all i got is caught chasing a thousand backhands down the street like i'm talking car for the nephews hasn't been a song since november and it hasn't been a street i can't talk to death the city better back there you see this gun on the table it's nothing about staring until it

all feels stable. why wouldn't i protect everyone on my destiny? blake, my son better be quick. my daughter better shoot first because we fall for no one we fall for nothing. okay. the first thing you'll feel is a hit this lady would tell me try to tell me about possessing drink like need is what i'm most here and most of the world leaves me alone to breathe smog like a giant to go to jail every once in a while when a genocide kicks up and like me when politicians have too easy a tom gets him back without a one way street in honor of myself and in honor of you if you understand the nature of the world how long i've been just like my father no real resemblance, says the inside of the neighborhood. this is a crossroads or a crossroads narrative of someone's crossroads. people get in the habit of turning it back, turn back on to find themselves. remember me but not my last words a man before a fight to fill remember really there's nothing to be it's just this moment and another the stare that it all become stabled in the table. let's go. first thing in fridays a familiar face peeking in the window is called a panic for a second composers wasting all your breath enemies people are marked on their sidewalk you'd only think laughs as everybody knows this in a in a wire hanger empire when the blessed

outspoken that feeling is a father enough to be permission to fold you better swing one more time you know that father yours rose from the grave and said just give me five more minutes. he said running water is a myth . >> it's that's all running up down alongside this water and people don't rise from the grave. they not lay down either. it's us who flip all around a body. so beware when the people around you all look like they bout to jump it might be your time you feel the heat when four walls demand to be four walls and the earth outside means don't panic you know don't try to recreate the hurt outside don't tell jokes to yourself. don't even talk disrespectfully to the four walls instead of clenched fists and walk away. >> there might be heaven if you understand in nature the world kendrick lamar got nothing over you to go. >> i want to dedicate the

couple of poems to women who are real pioneers in the movement in the civil rights movement and because they were really hooked in with the you know the movers and shakers like yuri kochiyama who held the head of malcolm when he she always held that torch for those of us who followed in her footsteps yuri kochiyama and her her dream of the world is a dream awakening the mind a pyrrhic dance in the appearance of time dare she to dream the world a circle a basket woven of our differences visible and hold emerging money go man yano creatures of the earth and

every color race and creed shining like cut diamonds reflecting a thousand galaxies of worlds within worlds beings upon beings slipping on air with the language of communality dare she to march with the black saints under the cold gaze of sparking dreams in history shadow with the passage of seasons revolutions and battles pushing the hours days through this is news to touch the burning stars long not coasts say go spirit to togo are all in each day becomes harder to grasp the bows arrow with the grand view with the unified map from which her visions are drawn and perfect alignment with a reverence for beauty and life and the soul of a species a

bony v.a. tiba got bey her dream and this one's for janis mirikitani who was she and reverend cecil williams who built up blyde put it on the international map and we will always remember fearless janis breaking our silence the way an old house creaks when it's abandoned breaking silence the way a snow lion vanishes without a trace when tracked breaking silence in the 10,000 mile march to the hills and valleys of stolen land abandoned farms was summer squash rotting on deserted vines breaking silence against evacuation orders and loyalty olds branding the dispossessed best enemy alien no no boy persona non grata breaking our

silence to lift the stigmata of incarcerate and from bound feet and hands breaking silence to reclaim our bodies our faces our tongues our voices our children our names are canceled dreams and blood inherit sins breaking silence for the women who hold up half the sky for their men at war fighting for the survival of the richest breaking silence for this forsaken and the forgotten the homeless the broken the abused breaking silence to tell the truth against colonial settler myths and omissions breaking silence with a fierce courage and clear vision of a lioness protecting her cubs, rekindling the fire of the sacred feminine from the ashes of a broken world women give shelter love and hope to break the silence

and so there really isn't much more for me to say. >> i know a as children are charming and brilliant before they are murdered and god dies there too running among them every poet belongs in gaza. you know these little societies

they wander together like hopeful drops of a virus citizen testimonies bent on offering me a nice new bread. >> one is to hold me back like it's a brinks i'll break go to concrete sometimes like flesh mom martin luther king permanents turn away from a podium into the trees like god is the dangerous twin black august to the mountaintop balcony on my bedroom floor you know they steal you from the earth this self is the spiritual your broken neck from their full issue for you from the lord your true grace superstition loyalty of the day agrarian i return to my mother completely disrespected for peeling the heat off of purgatory in a queue of poets like me walk me away from my poems never to be heard from again. and in this final industrial complex of bloodlines picked off a picked to spawn spirit of death the devil at least have made police become a pretty word i'm reading on this mob seems strange that they would take leave teaching you how to write about cities. it's the 25th century in the mirror papal tyranny i guess it's up to you.

tough to be mocked even with a gun in your car. a cubit of needle work spill tone for the protest. the last ministry tower two people curled up in a fetal position next to a damodar just another service day in the desks atf as fast as them in a bookcase surveillance cameras in the property of god new blue eyes corpses of water a newly padded presidency one big sign corner desk animated capitalism another nothing reports killing his wife freedom the defecation the hyphens medicine prayer the picture shows great protest in like yes if i eat drop cake and rose in the graveyard they see me like a stone twin that the pen advances despite cia guidepost despite non-african past the future is a metaphorical one that's a real day in the horn in life one player improvising king like a radio prizefight featuring sacco himself a real here since the land of racism shall return to the ground now make progress with the gun on our mother emanuel they put on music that evening. let's swing a typewriter, make whiskey to drink with permanent $5 bills for you. biden with some applause my pastor mcluhan it neither good

thing or a bad thing like being a second going away to a lethal injection in a sit down with lady day lady day leaving you to surrender their souls to africa to song probably to floating in a cup of water she saved me access to my stomach access in the love the american list it closely wouldn't have lasted to the best mother man you ever planted to the sharks pain what do you make of paint a piano makes sense for them. lay hands on the world gradually adjusting to bed and next on the streets of the north chavis sailing in pain. peter pan or tantric fingers on that piano harmony would have me putting 100 parts on there. he directed the lady day leaning on trees again recruiting the country song itself saying look you're playing on this lightning make your pawns the corner pocket of men up create the blues itself america may clean my dead body but will never include me dead goes the poet kill it without killing never mind this little painting of your language mat being a meaningful legend across paths and go good

to did about afternoon yeah do you know why the caged bird sings you know poor people all over the world sing they sing they've been singing from ancient times on the cotton fields and the rice fields and sugar plantations why the caged bird sings for maya angelou if you're going to die this evening, what will you do in the time that remains? >> mahmood darvish why does the caged bird sing? >> she sings when darkness falls not waiting for tomorrow's call why? >> why does the caged bird sing? she sings because she does not wait for the sun to lift her from her fate or some quick fix

or a court of law to save her from the lynches claw this bird waits for no one. >> her flight to freedom is never done to be dragged by hatred chain held know that aid her game she is not invisible. she is indivisible like the sun that rises on her black brown and yellow sisters who stand proud and tall beside her. she knows that life is an unmade bed ready for love any day anyway. >> heather so why does the caged bird sing? >> she knows that freedom rings with what ever joy you bring and if you're going to die this evening what will you do in the time that remains?

>> and that's why the caged bird seems to you can just freestyle. you're always freestyling. >> you can go oh first well i just wanted to take this opportunity. this won't be the poem. this will just be and put my hand on my heart and say that like you all are in the greatest hands ever as far as someone here to represent your imagination represent your spirit she has this spirit the size of a million san francisco just one of the most beautiful things you'll ever come across and we're lucky that she externalize is this beauty. >> so yeah. that's all i want you.

oh wow. touch my heart go for it and i say oh yeah take it away okay come and join me we shall over come and we shall overcome oh we shall oh overcome some day hey, hey hey hey hey hey hey hey deep in my heart i know that i do be leave we shall overcome someday we are not

afraid we are not afraid it hey we are not afraid to day hey oh deep in my heart heard oh hey do be li that we shall overcome some day one more verse will walk half hand in hand will

walk hand in hand hand will walk hand in hand to day oh deep in my heart i pray that i do believe ye hear that we shall overcome so some day we have a lot to overcome and we need to unite and be together. yeah. thank you for the great marcus shelby the phenom adult tango isaiah martin yeah. very well. thank you beautiful. thank you michael oh, that was

amazing. yeah. yeah. oh, thank thank you to our revels missionary poets jenny lim tango eyes and martin musician marcus shelby. >> let's give it up one more time. >> so before i introduce our next speakers i do want to acknowledge a very special guest today district five supervisor bilal mahmood. >> he represents this neighborhood. supervisor mahmood would you like to make any remarks today ? >> not sure. come on up. all thank you for being here

first. >> thank you all for being here. sorry i'm keeping you away from the much better speakers and better program. but my name is bilal mahmood. i am the supervisor of district five which covers the tenderloin where i live all the way to the west. innd haight-ashbury. and just acknowledging this important month i. i myself i'm the son of immigrants and this neighborhood gave us so much from our path to upward mobility. i grew up in the peninsula but the neighborhood provided an example for our community that this is a city that provides opportunity for all for small business, for immigrants, for refugees. >> and we're in a challenging time both nationally as well as locally. we have significant challenge with immigrants under attack. people of color under attack nationally from our federal government but also locally in san francisco. we're losing a grocery store where housing is being lost throughout this neighborhood. and now we have to come together in this month to show that san francisco district five and the city is united in supporting all of our residents

be it in the tenderloin, the western addition fillmore. and that's a lot of what we're going to be working on from our office. and i wanted to thank everyone here for being here for showing that unity in this month between the black and the api population. for that reason and i wanted to thank a lot of the people here from our sheriff from human rights commission shakira booker t and the booker t staff are here as well and many other organizations that are here that are providing that unity for from from the city and providing that commitment to working together and solving these challenges. so thank you all for being here and we're looking forward to serving you in the years ahead. >> thank you. >> thank you. supervisor mahmood for your leadership and support. >> all right. at this time i'd like to welcome up some dear colleagues and partners shakira osemele executive director of the booker t washington center and claudine chang from the heritage foundation of san francisco for some closing remarks.

>> chris moore transitioning remarks sorry because we have a great show coming, right? yeah. so thank you everyone for taking time to join us. >> i don't know if if you got an idea why we call it drum beats heart beats. if you were here earlier we asked you what year we always thought that the celebration with african drummers and as the same time followed by the lion dance and we felt that that was really symbolic of the two communities coming together . in the past two years we have focused on areas like jazz or hip hop because again those are the art forms where we find so many of the folks from the different communities collaborating for the longest time. >> so when we were thinking about what we do this year and you know i think poetry it is it is because we have you know, last year we have a congo.

martin and now we had historically have our jenny lim there. >> so and the performance i think really share with us the spirit of our communities together and poetry was a very, very powerful form of informing us of public issues of getting us to come together. poetry and music is really amazing. so i want to thank our two poets again. >> yeah, yeah. so so trumpets hospice communities as one so there are many putting together something like this takes a lot of men men and women hours we want to sing of course amazing stuff after san francisco public library last year on this show and everybody in a team the san francisco human rights commission can do it without yes them and john mcknight specifically and michelle and

of course the friends of the library as a supporter and on the community side we have booker t washington community service center and the apa heritage foundation. if next year you want to join us please let one of us know we also want to thank those community partners for spreading the word because you know it doesn't make sense for us to talk to ourselves. we need an audience so we want people to come. so i want we want to thank all the community partners for spreading the word in your emails and your website and whatnot and some of these organizations in quotations are strong. >> the japan community benefit district value culture whole market street fair, dear community and the chinatown cultural center. >> thank you so much for being our community partners and your so we need to throw out a

challenge that may see next year every organization can bring ten more people we need to start outreach earlier and that's around the year begins and of course we have a delightful reception after the grand finale performance of this evening with a mix of asian and black cuisines. so we hope that viewers stay with it. and we also want to thank is west bank for what it is contributing. >> so thank you. >> hi, everybody. hey, how's everyone doing? >> good. >> i wanted to give some very short remarks before we introduce our next speaker in regards to solidarity and i want to think think the human rights commission thank the public library for your support and now hardworking staff and our esteemed guests i want to give homage also to the black and aapi day celebration that's

happened in bayview for over a decade as well. so thanks to our folks in the southeast for holding it down. >> snaps yeah and so a note on solidarity so i come to you all not just as a black woman but also as a wife to a cambodian vietnamese man and also to an older sister to a tall six foot dark skinned younger brother who's prone to wear dark hoodie and also lives in san francisco japantown over the past several weeks i want to acknowledge that our collective community has been heartbroken and enraged at the relentless rhetoric and attacks on our folks our most vulnerable folks . and i want to remind us that in these moments and in these tough times that we can be kind we can exhibit radical grace and let folks grieve just grief their space for that but also we can call on our people and look after each other and when

you can we need to have necessary conversations safely with those who look like us. >> right? so talking to our folks at our own kitchen tables behind closed doors we can also work together to reject the master's tools to shape our collective healing and our paths to restorative justice. >> we can also know our collective history together and be more honest and clear eyed about our present. >> we can respect the legacy of our freedom fighters and the liberation work of our giants who walk together such as malcolm x and your khushi my kochiyama grace lee boggs. >> james boggs. we can also remember lesser known figures like peter use anti-police brutality stance in new york city and fred korematsu here in san francisco . >> we also can't forget what cross-cultural movement building looks like here in san francisco here in the city we can be inspired by the third world liberation strikes in 1968 which ignited a sea of states via shoe organizing with

aapi and chicano students channeled to our latino community as well to the black pantherarty forming strategic alliances with our mexican and filipino farmworkers right which led to the ufw strikes to boycott to boycott safeway stores. that sounded a little familiar lately and helping stop the purchase of california grapes until all of our folks were free. we can also remember our folks in the western tradition who put their hands and bodies in front of homes right. and businesses that were going to be bulldozed right in the name of unification. and we can also talk about even at booker t washington where we worked with the chemo gap can japanese vocational school and save that school when our japanese neighbors were forcibly removed from their homes and businesses during world war two in a time of incarceration thanks was barbara we have a rich rich

history of solidarity and actual work in action here in san francisco and so when we have you celebrations we cannot forget that history and many of you sitting in these seats and in this room were part of that history. raise your hand if you are part of that history. >> everyone should raise your hands. exactly. because you're here today. that's right. >> give your neighbor high five. >> that's right. >> and so what i want to say to everyone today if if san francisco is going to you know, san francisco is going to remain the home of the sucka free we're going to have to we're going to have to work together to dismantle these racist classes and sexist systems together. everyone say say with me together. >> that's right. these issues i want to acknowledge are painfully complex, messy and interconnected and there's narratives that are existing that help exploit the tensions in between our black and aapi communities and that's real. we also want to make sure that

we don't leave these old wounds open and bleeding. >> okay. distress breeds distress. that's how white supremacy works. our black and api solidarity must be rooted in a new reality a new reality. and so we can't just come together in times of tragedy and celebration. it's the in-between times that matter. >> everyone says between times we've got so we need to make room for for art for race dialog and for media to promote the safety solidarity and every space at home, at work, at school even at the grocery store. right. we need to follow up with each other and we need to honor the speed of community trust. >> and lastly am going to ask everyone please do not fall for the dog whistle of insidious policy violence and rhetoric that stands to tear us apart. >> it's y'all right? yeah don't do it.

>> i want to ask everyone to stand together and advocate for all the policies that keep our collective community especially our folks our seniors our elders our young people. >> right. >> our poor folks are trans folks all the all the shades, all the diasporas of our community keep them nourished house safety and employee can i get a share? >> okay so on that note on solidarity and grounding i just want to thank everyone for being here. i'll see you guys you know, over so many bills after this but without further do i want to work together to give a loud round of applause for our next performers? >> welcome. thank you

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. >> i do want to acknowledge the president francisco martin's supervisors rafael mandell man thank you for gracing us with your presence and i also want to acknowledge former district four supervisor eric marr who is in attendance tonight. thank you for joining us. well i want to thank all of our partners, all of our sponsors all of you for attending this event. you helped fulfill the library's mission to connect our diverse communities to learning opportunities and each other and help dispel the the narrative the myth that our communities can't mix and thrive together. >> who's ready to eat now? all right let's feast. >> we're going to have some food and fellowship across the hall in our latin x community community room. thanks again everybody for coming tonight

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trouble and got out and the other things, i took a nap during the day and in the middle of the nap something said learn how to sew. i thought why. i called my mom immediately and she said i used to do that in japan and i said why did you stop because i had you. so i thought i would keep that going. everybody presents printing the shirts and skate boards and t-shirts. i thought what is another commodity than t-shirts and it was jeans. i took a sewing class and they said don't do it. and i started sewing jeans. that's how i started and never stopped. my friend said she's a residential counselor for youth

and that's what got me into education. i thought, what's up bro? i didn't want to criticize and these kids and it just clicked. whatever happens. this is it. i'm going to use that skill that i got in trouble for translating into this and now i'm sewing jeans and behind learning is also teaching. education and graffiti that became the holy stitch that synergy of youth, art, community, safe space. the safe space questioning and why aren't jeans made here and how come youth are generating jobs and empowering themselves and get your clothes fixed.

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my name is doctor ellen moffett, i am an assistant medical examiner for the city and county of san francisco. i perform autopsy review medical records and write reports. also integrate other sorts of testing data to determine cause and manner of death. i have been here at this facility since i moved here in november and previous to that at the old facility. i was worried when we moved here that because this building is so much larger that i wouldn't see people every day. i would miss my personal interactions with the other employees, but that hasn't been the case. this building is very nice. we have lovely autopsy tables and i do get to go upstairs and down stairs several times a day to see everyone else i work

with. we have a bond like any other group of employees that work for a specific agency in san francisco. we work closely on each case to determine the best cause of death, and we also interact with family members of the diseased. that br together also. >> i am an investigator two at e chief until examiner in san francisco. as an investigator here i investigate all manners of death that come through our jurisdiction. i go to the field interview detectives, family members, physicians, anyone who might be involved with the death. additionally i take any property with the deceased individual and take care and custody of that. i maintain chainposes if that becomes an iss laterext of kin and make any additional follow up phone callsness with that particular death. i am dealing with people at the worst possible time in their

lives delivering the worst news th with the family help them through the grieving process. >> i am ricky moore a clerk at the san francisco medical i assist the pathology and toxicology and investigative team around work close with the families loved ones and funeral establishment. >> i started at theldinld old, vintage. we had issues with plumbing and things like that. i had a tiny desk. bee new digs wheéere i actually have room to do my work.% >> i am sue pairing the toxicologist sup we test for al and poisons and biological substances. i oversee all of the lab operations.

the forensic operation here we perform the human performance and the case in the city of san francisco. we collect evidence at the scene. a woman was killed after a robbery dna collected from the zip ties she was bound with ended up being a cold hit to the suspect. that was the only investigative collecting the scene to the suspect. it is nice to get the feedback. we do a lot of work and you don't hear the result. it had an impact on somebody. you can bring justice to what happened. we are able to take what we due to the next level. many of our counterparts in other states, cities or countries don't have the resources and don't have building and theequipmentness to really advance what we are doing. >> sometimes we go to court. on call may be called out of the office to go to

various portions of the city to investigate suspicious deaths. we dohatever we can to get our job done. >> when we think that a case has a natural cause of death and it turns out to be another natural cause of death. unexpected findings are fun. >> i have a prior background in law enforcement. i was a police officer for 8 years. i handled homicides and suicides. i had been around deathn type scenes. as a police officer we only handled minimal components then it was turned over to the coroner or the detective division. i am intrigued with those types of calls. i wondered why someone died. i have an supportive family. older children say mom how was your day. i can give minor details and i

have an amazing spouse always willing to listen to any and all details of my day. without that it would be really hard to deal with the negative components of this job. >> being i am aw up in the community. i come across that a lot where i mayoved one coming from the back way or a loved one seeking answers their deceased. there are a lot of cases where i may feel affected by it. if from is a child involved or things like that. i try to not bring it home and not let it affect me. when i tell people i work at the medical examiners office. whatwhat do you do? the autopsy? i deal with the ad with the enough and -- with the administr families. >> most of the time work here is

very enjoyable. >> after i started working with dead people, i had just gotten one night i woke up in a cold sweat. i thought there was somebody dead? my bed. i rolled over and poked the body. sure enough, it was my husband who grumbled and went back to sleep. this job does have lingering effects. in terms of why did you want to go into this? i loved science growing up but i didn't want to be a doctor and didn't want to be a pharmacist. the more i learned about forensics how interested i was of the perfect combination between applied science and criminal justice. if you are interested in finding out the facts and truth seeking to find out w anybody interested in that has a place in this field. >> being a woman we just need to

go for it and don't let anyone fail you, you can't be. >> with regard to this position in comparison to crime dramas out there i would say there might be some minor correlations. let's face it, we aren't hollywood, we are real world. yes we collect evidence. we want to preserve that. are not scanning fingerprints in the field like a hollywood television show. >> families say thank you for what you do, for me that is extremely fulfilling. somebody has to do my job. if i can make a situation that is really negative for someone i feel like i am doing the right thing for the city of san francisco.

occasions. >> my name is tina i say owner of the first books in san francisco and immigrant bookstore for 3 three years that is housed and owned by peter and

this speculation used for a number of things the farms what makes us unique maintained the original furniture up here you see the ancient fitting and those are the original fixtures of what was here in the early, you know 1920s or so. we're a little bit of everything but i'll say your strongest will litter and history and of course we try to pride ourselves on fine tuned restoration we try to binge in behind jams or things that inspires someone we specialize in curiosity. >> one of my favorite parts is sitting in chair out front and saying hello to people when they

come in and my favorite to recommend a book you have homes and work and well a third place is a place where i look for community and you build community i think that is christopher's and other businesses like that are a third place and turn to come in i knew they were born and have their kids. >> that's how long i've been here with the history and connection and board member wright a few priority is one of the most amazing cities in the world and love creating a community