be coterminous with their appointing authority. there are 429 days until april 30th when commissioner roger stone term expires. we all as elected officials have to live with restraints to our power. this is unprecedented and unusual and i cannot put my name in favor of this motion and i have to say commissioner carter over stone thank you very much for your service to our city. thank you. supervisor melgar we have an amendment before us which is made by supervisor dorsey and seconded by supervisor sherril to modify item 22 to provide that the board will consent to the mayor's removal of max carter stone from the police commission and on that motion madam clerk, can you please call the roll supervisor mahmood mahmood i supervisor

randleman my amendment i supervisor melgar no melgar no supervisor sadr sadr i supervisor sherril sherril i supervisor walton walton i supervisor chin chin i supervisor chin chin i supervise supervisor dorsey dorsey i supervisor engardio and engardio i and supervisor fielder no fielder no there are eight eyes and three nose with supervisors melgar chan and fielder voting no. >> all right so the motion to amend is approved and on the motion as amended madam oh i my apologies mr. president. just to correct my vote there were a supervisor chan said i my apologies. i recorded you as a no my apologies but regardless supervisor mr. president's

conclusion stands there are nine eyes and two nos with supervisors melgar and fielder voting no supervisor melgar forgive me president i think some of us thought we were voting on the motion not the amendment. so do you want to rescind the vote on the or a motion to rescind? does anyone need to okay. >> no, i guess it doesn't matter. okay. okay so the motion to amend is approved and then on the motion madam clerk madam clerk, can you please call the roll on item 22 as amended supervisor mahmood mahmood i supervisor mandolin hi randleman i supervisor melgar no melgar no supervisor sadr sadr i supervisor sherril sherril i supervisor walton walton eyes supervisor chin chin eyes

supervisor chin chin eyes supervisor dorsey dorsey eyes supervisor and engardio and engardio i and supervisor fielder no fielder no there are nine eyes and two nose with supervisors melgar and fielder voting no and the motion and the item passes as amended. >> all right madam clerk, i believe that that takes us back to item 16. okay. still public on the action item 16 is an ordinance to amend the building administrative and public works codes to remove the local requirement for existing buildings with a place of public accommodation to have all primary entries and paths of travel into the building accessible to persons with disabilities or to receive a determination of equivalent facilitation, technical and feasibility or unreasonable hardship to affirm the square

determination and to make the appropriate findings. madam clerk, can you please call the roll on this item on item 16 supervisor mahmood mahmood i on item 16 mahmood i supervisor randleman i mendelson i supervisor melgar i melgar i supervisor sadr sadr i supervisor sherril sherril eyes supervisor walton walton i supervisor chan chen i supervisor chen chen i my apologies it's very hard to hear supervisor dorsey dorsey eyes supervisor and gaudio and gaudio i and supervisor fielder fielder i there are 11 eyes. >> all right without objection this ordinance is passed on first reading madam clerk can you please call item 17 and 18

together? >> item 17 and 18 are two resolutions that pertain to liquor licenses. item 17 is a resolution that determines that a person to person premise to premise transfer of a type 21 off sale general beer wine and distilled spirits liquor license to dapper hill llc doing business as dapper located at 1198 pacific avenue will serve the public convenience item 18 is a resolution that revises the type of liquor license referenced in resolution number 5 to 7 dash 24 from transfer to an issuance and determines that the issuance of this type 90 on sale general music venue liquor license to urban life inc doing business as neck of the woods located at 406 clements street and to request that the california department of alcoholic beverage control impose conditions on the issuance of the license. >> okay i think we can take these items same house, same call without objection these resolutions are adopted.

>> madam clerk, can you please call item 19? >> item 19 is a motion to appoint sabrina hernandez burt hill, liam devlin and gregory michael hardiman. terms ending january 31st, 2027 to the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district board of directors. i think we can take this item. same house, same call without objection this motion is approved. >> madam clerk can you please call him to item 20? this is a motion to approve the mayor's nomination for the appointment of w.e. wilson leone to the police commission for a term ending april 30th 2028. and i think we can take this item same house, same call without objection the motion is approved. >> and then i think we can go to our committee reports. >> yes. items 23 and 24 were considered by the land use and

transportation committee at a regular meeting on monday february 24th, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. and were forwarded as committee reports. item 23 is an ordinance to amend the planning code to create an exception for certain distilleries, wineries and breweries to establish on sale liquor establishments in the bayview neighborhood commercial district subject to a conditional use authorization to affirm the second determination and to make the appropriate findings. >> all right. i think we can take this item same house, same call without objection the ordinance is passed on first reading and madam clerk, can you please call item 24? >> item 24 this is an ordinance to amend the planning code to establish the leland avenue neighborhood commercial district and to make various technical amendments to incorporate the ncd into the planning code to amend the zoning map to rezone all parcels fronting leland avenue between bayshore boulevard and cora street from a small scale neighborhood commercial district to leland avenue and

cd to affirm the secret determination and to make the appropriate findings. >> and we will take this item same house, same call without objection the ordinance is passed on first reading madam clerk let's go to a roll call supervisor mahmood first to introduce new business. >> thank you. clerk thank you, president colleagues san francisco remains in the midst of a deadly fentanyl crisis with 633 fatal overdoses reported in 2024 down from 810 in 2020 three but far above pre-pandemic levels. >> fentanyl itself accounts for approximately 80% of overdose deaths in the recent years with even trace amounts proving fatal exacerbating public health and safety concerns with open air drug markets in san francisco contributing to the growing fentanyl crisis resulting in overdoses, mass shootings, reduced public safety and lower quality of life for residents. >> the impact on our communities is disheartening. >> that's why today i'm introducing a resolution with

co-sponsorship from supervisor matt dorsey and president rafael randleman for the implementation of a drug market intervention or dmi strategy to address our city's fentanyl crisis. >> i believe this is necessary because what we are seeing in our streets is not normal. >> for too long our communities have been told to just accept an open air drug market outside their doorstep as the new normal. >> but it's not normal for 3000 500 children and their families who live in our neighborhood to walk past drug dealers every day. and it's not normal for people to suffer on our streets and be exploited by dealers. >> but this resolution calls for the implementation of a three step model based on a drug market intervention strategy a framework of incapacitation deterrence, prevention of open air drug markets and partnership contracting. a professor of criminal justice david kennedy, who pioneered the program and expanded its use during the obama administration to curb violent crime and drug traffic trafficking nationwide. >> in fact, demise rooted in proven methodologies that

have successfully curbed open air drug markets by nearly 50% in the cities that has operated in and is undergoing pilots in other cities today professor kennedy has spent his life creating new strategies to stop gun violence and close open air drug markets often through non carceral methods. by contracting with david kennedy we would essentially contract a specialist to assess the unique aspects of open air drug markets in san francisco to diagnose the problem and not only prescribe a solution but work with our city departments on a path towards implementation through the drug market agency coordination center. >> we already have an interagency task force which brings s.f. pd and dpw together in a concerted effort to address this ecosystem that contributes to the markets and in implementing dmi this resolution would expand on demak operations allowing for us live pd to hold drug dealers accountable while increasing support for workforce and youth development and strengthening community based drug market disruption initiatives. and all of this gets back to good governance because

residents often will say why haven't we made progress on this issue? why is it getting worse? >> and it's not for lack of effort because we have not been we've tried. we need to be working more methodically and tailoring this approach specifically to our city and that's why this approach we are pushing forward it has unanimous support from the department some chicago democratic county central committee including the speaker emerita nancy pelosi who endorsed this framework last year. and we're tackling an evolving crisis that has gone on for too long. as a board we voted in favor of the mayor's fentanyl emergency ordinance and using the fundraising abilities of his office. >> i believe this can be funded without using our budgets. >> so let me be clear this is a national strategy to begin to make progress on this crisis. dema has saved countless lives across the city. it's past time to bring it to san francisco as well and i wanted to acknowledge against supervisor dorsey who has been advocating for this infrastructure and this initiative for years and excited to co-sponsor this with him as well. >> i'd also like to introduce

and in memoriam in memoriam an adjournment for a betty may cooke's colleagues asked that we adjourn her memory who passed away after nearly five decades of shaping and serving the fillmore and western edition communities. >> there was a beautiful service held in community for her this past weekend full of love and appreciation from those whose lives she touched in speaking with her daughter tanisha, it's evident that betty lived fully in that her spirit lives and through her impact. >> betty was born in 1940 three in prichard, alabama and moved to san francisco in 1951. >> she's graduated mission high school. she met and married the love of her life. james cooks in 1964 and together they raised four children faith patrick, tanisha and antonio building a family grounded in love and resilience in 19 76 betty opened jp beauty boutique, a business that became a cornerstone of the fillmore for 48 years she kept her doors open through economic shifts and neighborhood

changes, remaining a steadfast presence just last year her contributions were officially recognized when jp beauty boutique was added to the san francisco legacy business registry ensuring her name and impact would be enshrined in our city's history. betty's influence extended far beyond her business. she was a mentor, a trailblazer for black entrepreneurs and a symbol of perseverance. she touched countless lives customers, employees and community members alike thanks to the efforts of brothers for change and the broader community, betty was able to receive her flowers while she was still with us. >> she is survived by her husband of 60 years james her sister barbara, her children, her grandchildren and an extended family that goes beyond blood ties. her presence will be felt in every stylist she inspired, every customer she welcomed and in the fillmore community she helped preserve. >> we extend our deepest condolences to her family, friends and all who were touched by her kindness and unwavering dedication. san francisco has lost a giant but her spirit remains woven

into the city's fabric. >> rest in peace, betty cooks. may your memory be a blessing. >> thank you. supervisor mahmood supervisor mendelson. thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, i have two ordinances a drafting request, a letter of inquiry and an in memoriam. >> so get out a book. >> the first item is on the open for business contracts streamlining act of 2025 a sent a set of sensible contract reforms to simplify the city's procurement processes reduce the burden of contracting regulations on small businesses, nonprofits and the city and encourage more competition for city contracts. the city and county of san francisco contracts for many necessary goods programs and services from office supplies to the installation of a new subway line. contracts ranged from a few thousand dollars to hundreds of millions of dollars every single city department engages in contracting. but the way we currently do things is cumbersome, complex

and costly over time and for good reasons. san francisco has added numerous contract related ordinances that seek to use the city's market participant powers to advance various social policy priorities. often these have come without much or any consideration of how the new requirements interact with existing laws or impact the efficiency of the city's procurement process and such such ordinances are rarely if ever repealed or even reviewed for effectiveness or cost. >> admit administrative code 12 x was an example and in some ways a counterexample. in 2016, in response to the proliferation of laws in states across the country that discriminated against the lgbtq community, the city enacted 12 acts which prohibited the city from contracting with businesses based in states with such laws. between 2016 and 2023 the board of supervisors and mayor expanded the reach of 12 acts to include businesses in states with restrictive reproductive rights and voting rights laws, bringing the total number of

banned states to 30. >> reports by the budget and legislative analyst found that the 12 x was creating significant administrative burdens for city departments and reducing competition and driving up costs for city contracts without any discernable impact on the behavior of state legislatures and bound states. in 2023 we repealed 12 acts but in the process it had become clear to me that 12 x was just the tip of the iceberg and that our procurement processes could benefit from additional pruning . in 2022 i submitted a letter of inquiry to the city administrator asking her office to provide recommendations for a more transparent, streamlined and less costly procurement process for low dollar contracts to encourage greater competition and support the city's small businesses. in may of 2024, city administrator carmen chiu released her report which found the following one low dollar contracts are subject to the same contracting requirements generally as higher value contracts making executing a

$10,000 contract just as difficult as executing a $10 million contract in the prior five years the city had awarded thousands of contracts for $200,000 or less accounting for 59% of the city's contract volume but only 1.8% of the city's total contract spending meant that city staff and suppliers were spending disproportionate time energy and effort on a relatively small share of the city's spending. >> third, the city's current contracting processes and requirements create a high level of administrative burden for both city staff and suppliers, making it more difficult for the city to serve the public. fourth, the city's contract requirements make doing business with the city confusing and cost prohibitive for some suppliers and small and local businesses and nonprofits are especially impacted by high barriers to entry which can run counter to the city's goals of local investment and equitable contracting. and fifth, the complexity of the city's contracting processes may also be limiting competition to provide the city

goods and services. for example, in fiscal year 2023 nearly half the solicitations that the office of contract administration issued received just a single response or no response at all. that's not a competitive process designed to get us the best product at the best price. so the city administrator's report made five recommendation to help address these problems. one of these challenges one improve the informal procurement process which refers to procurements under the city's minimum competitive amount currently $230,000 but reset every five years to simplify the city's contract. standard contract terms and conditions which are significantly longer than those in other city cities and municipalities. three. amend the city's procurement requirements, update and reconcile inconsistencies in processes thresholds and triggers for standardized future procurement legislation . and five increase inter-departmental coordination in contracting and align policy and administrative processes across departments so the open

for business contract streamlining act of 2025 builds on the recommendations of the city administrators report to begin lessening the burden of contracting regulations on small businesses. nonprofits and the city encourage more equity and competition for city contracts and ensure improved service delivery for san franciscans. and when i say begin lessening i mean that i hope and trust that over the next several years we will together find many more opportunities to go further than this legislation to move our out of its own way and to create more opportunities for more businesses and especially local small businesses to compete for our work. this legislation would create a model template to standardize future contracting ordinances require the city administrator to review any new potential ordinances that significantly affect procurement processes. update out of section out-of-date sections of the municipal code repeal sections of the municipal code that are

no longer in use or are duplicative of state law and standardize thresholds across a number of sections of the code. there's certainly more much more to be done and i look forward to working with you colleagues to do it. i want to thank the many people that have worked hard on this legislation and reform effort over a couple of years. that is first our city administrator carmen chu and her exceptional staff especially sophie hayward. rachel zukerman say a corella and angela yip as well as molly peterson and on torn on the gov ops team. i want to thank our drafting attorney gus schreiber and thank the many departments and stakeholders with whom we've conferred along the way and who've been generous in sharing their time. finally i want to thank henry de ruff and melanie matheson in my office as well as our choral fellow mave skelly for all of their work. and i want to thank my early co-sponsors matt dorsey and bilal mahmood. >> all right. the drafting request that i am submitting to the city attorney to raise the threshold for

board approval of acceptance and expenditure of grants from $100,000 to $1 million and and the letter of inquiry i am sending is to the comptroller to request that he prepare and provide within 90 days suggested accounting protocols and procedures to make this change without compromising necessary financial controls by the comptroller's office. securing board approval of grant accepted expense is time consuming although at almost invariably results in the board's approval of the grant. and while board oversight is important for many functions of city i do not believe our pre review and approval of grants less than $1 million is necessary or desirable in most cases there are excess grants with local matching requirements and grants requiring new hires have implications for our general fund but for most grants under $1 million the controllers review should be enough. i want to thank the department of the environment and specifically leo chief for responding to what was originally my request to help us understand ways for the city to more effectively and quickly pull down federal environmental

grants. those were the days. thanks as well to sophie hayward and the city administrator's office comptroller greg wagner and his accounting team for their initial feedback on this proposal and henry trf and melanie matheson again on my team for their work on this initiative. >> the other ordinance i am introducing today is an ordinance is a law a measure, an ordinance to provide relief to scores of property owners who were unwittingly and through no fault of their own swept up in the sad and sorry saga of bernie curren and rodrigo santos. in january 2023 rodrigo santos a building and construction engineer who had done extensive work in san francisco and served on the city's building inspection commission and city college board of trustees was found guilty of leading multiple fraud schemes tax evasion and providing falsified documents to the federal bureau of investigations. santos had defrauded his clients, submitted false plans

to the department of building inspection and worked beyond the scope of his permits and dozens more than that often times. >> he also stole money from his clients by misrepresenting the fees that were owed to gbi and keeping the difference. that same year former gbi inspector bernie kern was found guilty of accepting illegal gratuities for personal gain in connection with building inspections he had performed on those santos properties. santos had made payments to current to approve illegal work including unauthorized demolitions and unpermitted construction. >> the convictions, however, were not the end of the story for the city or for the owners of properties that santos and curran had touched. in may 2021, gbi had initiated an internal review of properties that were associated with either man. gbi identified nearly 5500 such properties to be audited. the internal quality control audit looked for evidence of work done beyond the scope of a permit, unpermitted work, missing inspections and other

violations. it was completed this past january and the good news is that no imminent life safety hazards were found. >> however, a roughly 2% of audited profit properties were found to have unauthorized work that would need to be brought up to current code requirements. of course the vast majority of these owners had purchased their properties without knowing that either santos or kern had done and had been involved in unpermitted permitted work on them. they had no way of knowing they would be hit with notices of violation requiring them to undertake potentially costly corrective work on the properties that could require payment of tens of thousands of dollars in unanticipated payment and architectural fees. >> one owner learned that their staircase was illegal and they would have to and they had to pay $21,000 to cover diva fees, legal fees and the hiring of an architect to draw up new drawings and permits and secure permit sets to rebuild the staircase consistent with current code requirements. another owner learned they had

to redo a driveway because it was not permeable and renovate their front doorway because they did not have the right transom. a third owner learned that their home had not gotten its required permits and therefore among other problems now required a conditional use permit to comply with my large luxury home legislation. that particular case cost this poor owner more than $50,000 in planning permit and legal fees. the ordinance i'm introducing will establish an amnesty program that will waive local planning code violations for this discrete set of properties that were subject to dba as internal quality control audit . the legislation will further waive fees that would otherwise be required to remedy such violations and will allow for refunds to property owners who have already paid such fees. i want to thank the city staff who worked with us on this legislation. they saw the problems in going after these property owners and were eager to help us find a way to provide relief and specifically i want to thank

director patrick reardon at wbai as well as christine gasper tate, hannah patrick hannon and matthew green on in his department liz waddy and erin starr from planning austin yang, rob coppola, kristen jensen and peter million from the city attorney's office and calvin from my office. and lastly colleagues i am asking that we adjourn today's memory today's meeting in memory of joe chavez who died on february 1st at the age of 89. joe was born in redlands, california in 1935. at 18 he joined the navy after tours in japan and the philippines. he was stationed at treasure island, which is when his love of san francisco began. joe later moved to san francisco after leaving the navy and put down roots in the castro. he was a founding partner of castro village wine company, a small boutique wine shop in the in the heart of the castro neighborhood. established in 1980 cv iwc specialized in the sale of fine californian wines. joe and his partner boyd swartz envisioned the store as more than just a business.

they wanted to create a community space for and lesbians in the castro. joe and boyd were part of the lavender wave that swept through eureka valley in the 1970s and 80s establishing the castro as america's most important neighborhood. they repaired, rebuilt and invested in properties and they were known to be amazing landlords. yes, good landlords are a thing and joe and boyd were it. castro village wine company has been featured in local and national publications including the san francisco bay times wine enthusiast line s.f. est and the bay area reporter. there they were known for providing jobs, mentorship and professional development opportunities for women people of color and individuals interested in the wine and spirits industry. and in 2012 former mayor ed lee declared may 12th castro village wine company day. boyd predeceased joe 13 years ago. joe was one of the very, very good ones and i'm going to miss running into him out about in the neighborhood. he always liked to chat about political gossips and city hall goings on.

our deepest condolences go out to joe's friends, family and loved ones. rest in peace and power joe chavez. may your memory be a blessing and the rest i submit. >> thank you, mr. president. supervisor melgar submit. thank you. submit supervisor sartor. >> submit. thank you. supervisor sherril colleagues. last week president trump is issued a ridiculous executive order that targeted the presidio for dramatic cuts and i use the word dramatic because that is all this is drama reality tv style drama. >> so in response i'm introducing a resolution that firmly opposes this so-called executive order calls it out as the political stunt that it is and reaffirms the city and county of san francisco support for a crown jewel. >> we need to clear some things up. the presidio trust is fully statutory so an executive order targeting non statutory spending is nothing but hot air to the 3000 residents of the presidio. do not fear to the 108 formerly

homeless disabled veterans living in the presidio do not fear. to the nonprofits and businesses who by the way pay rent to fund the presidio do not fear to the seven million people. that's twice as many as yellowstone from across the economic spectrum who visit the presidio every year. do not fear this order does not threaten the operating budget of the presidio because it is fully funded by revenues generated within the presidio. the presidio is a model of efficiency. it is a shining example of public private partnership s we need more treasurers more models like the presidio. and make no mistake it is a national treasure and it is a crown jewel of district two. and frankly this is a direct result of the stewardship and care delivered by the team the executive team and the board members of the presidio trust which brought this park to self-sufficiency almost a decade before it was acquired

by federal law. if only we had more examples of things that reached their goals a decade before it was necessary. trump cannot erase the law. this executive order is again nothing but hot air. his bluster amounts to nothing. it just creates unnecessary fear for the 3000 people who live in the presidio and the countless others who rely on the park as a cherished public space. i hope to have all of your support in opposing this political theater and sending a strong message to washington that we will fight to ensure that the presidio that we know and love is not going anywhere . and should this president act up again, we will be here standing strong to defend against terrible wildly misguided ideas. >> additionally, i want to thank you supervisor mahmud for introducing the resolution to urge the implementation of a comprehensive drug market intervention strategy. dmi establishes common sense collaboration prioritizes

direct communication and ensures our resources are being effectively used to end the scourge of fentanyl once and for all. open air drug markets create a perception of instability and raise fear in our city. and recently in our two districts we have had to address the challenges at jefferson square park that have left nearby residents feeling deeply unsafe. we have to focus on continuously disrupting drug markets and restoring order in san francisco. i'm glad to be a partner on this issue and a co-sponsor to this resolution. the rest i submit. >> thank you. supervisor sheryl supervisor walton thank you, madam clerk. colleagues today i have a resolution and two in memoriam. first i'm introducing a resolution to reaffirm san francisco's commitment to our local business enterprise program. we will also be hosting a rally next tuesday, march 4th at noon with our lbi and labor partners. our city's chapter 14 be local business enterprise program is

all about keeping opportunities local and making sure small businesses especially those owned by minorities and women get a fair shot at city contracts. when we prioritize obies we're not just supporting businesses. we're creating jobs, strengthening communities and keeping money circulating in our local economy. these businesses are more likely to hire san franciscans, pay fair wages and contribute to the city's unique character by reaffirming our commitment to the hlb program. we're doubling down on economic equity and making sure all of our small businesses continue to thrive and are not left behind. beyond economic benefits, the resolution highlights the city's dedication to fair labor standards and inclusive partnerships. we're trying to uphold the principles of fair wages safe working conditions and workforce stability by encouraging the use of project labor agreements and supporting

union projects. additionally, we are urging businesses seeking to work with the city to collaborate with local obies in order to foster stronger partnerships that contribute to sustainable and community driven development. this resolution reaffirms san francisco's leadership in championing equitable opportunities and ensuring that small businesses and minority owned enterprises have meaningful participation in shaping the city's future. i'd like to thank our obie community and labor partners for working with our office on this. >> my first in memoriam is for miss jean alexander. jean alexander was a beloved wife, sister, mother teacher, coworker and friend. born on october 31st, miss alexander gained her wings on february 8th, 2025, leaving

behind a legacy of love, service and dedication. miss alexander was a devoted member of our lady of the laws catholic church where she shared her gifts through the ministry of music as president of the choir and as a enthusiastic minister providing comfort and care to the sick and shut in. miss alexander dedicated over 30 years of her life to teaching, educating and nurturing children at sojourner truth child care center and beyond this point saving the lives of countless young minds and fostering a love of learning. her unwavering commitment to faith, education and community upliftment made her a pillar of strength, wisdom and kindness. >> always offering support and encouragement to those around her. miss alexander's motherly love extended beyond her own family as she nurtured, mentored and uplifted those in need, leaving a profound and lasting impact on the bayview hunters point

community and beyond. her worth. her warmth, generosity and ability to bring people together created a sense of family and belonging that will be cherished by all who had the privilege of knowing her. this in memoriam is for miss loretta as woodson a woman of strength, resilience and unwavering love. >> born on august 9th, 1956 in san francisco, loretta was the chairs daughter of eola taylor and john wilcher. she was raised in san francisco alongside her siblings and attended daniel webster elementary every middle and graduated from galileo high school in 1974. a woman of great faith. loretta was an active and devoted member of double rock baptist church for many years. she played the piano in church as a child, served at the church secretary and was a member of the usher board.

in 1982 she met oscar rickman and together they welcomed a beautiful daughter jamie. later in 1994 she met bob harris and they were blessed with a son sidney loretta. his greatest joys in life was being a mother and she devoted herself wholeheartedly to her children and granddaughter regina love. >> her love for god guided her life and in 2002 she earned an associate degree in theology followed by a bachelor's degree in biblical studies in 2004 from survivor ministries bible college. miss loretta honed his skills as a legal secretary a career that spanned over 30 years. in 1996 she took a bold step into entrepreneurship founding wiltshire's word processing service offering notary and legal services to her community. later she pursued another passion by launching love shoe boutique, a venture she hoped to pass down to her children as

a legacy of success. >> despite facing challenges, loretta is resilient, shown brightly. she overcame addiction and through faith and perseverance completed the 12 step program at grace center in april of 1994. this triumph was one of her proudest accomplishments as it allowed her to witness her chance her mother to witness her transformation be her before her passing later that year. loretta remained clean from that moment on were never ashamed of her journey. she embraced it as her testimony inspiring many with her strength and determination . in her final years, loretta found joy in working as a security officer. her favorite workplace was the chase center where she worked at games, concerts and events. always bringing her vibrant energy to every occasion. loretta is life was a testament to resilience, faith and unconditional love. she will be deeply missed but

never forgotten. her spirit will continue to shine through the lives of all those she's touched. >> the rest i submit thank you. >> supervisor walton. supervisor chin thank you, madam clerk. colleagues today i'm introducing an in memoriam for mr. john horton, owner of san francisco toyota a longtime business. john was born in san rafael in california on april 17th, 1952. a graduate of san rafael high school. john attended san francisco state where he was majoring in business who had hopes of one day becoming a corporate attorney. >> however, one afternoon in 1971 john saw a three by five card on a bulletin board that said general help needed at bob reynolds toyota. >> john applied and was hired to sweep floors, wash vehicles and organize the dealership's lot. and in case you don't know

where does lott is. it's on gary in on in district one and it's a big lot. john worked hard and discovered he had a passion for cars, the business and the customers. he decided to take a pause from school and pursue his passion for the car business. after years of working together, he and mr. bob reynolds develop a father and son relationship. mr. reynolds gave john an opportunity of a lifetime to own the dealership in 1987. john purchased a business from mr. reynolds and changed the dealership's name from bob reynolds toyota to what we know today as san francisco toyota. as san francisco toyota began to grow both in size and business, john began offering small sponsorship to local charities and community organizations and local schools and all of them and most of them were actually in the richmond. for john and his associates,

donating time to support the community was essential and throughout the years they have supported an array of organizations in the richmond district and across san francisco without ever being asked and he's going to be missed greatly because it's not just about him and his business but really about his commitment to make san francisco and our community and definitely to richmond a better place. he will be greatly missed and the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor chan supervisor chin submit. thank you. supervisor dorsey thank you. >> thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, i have two items to introduce and one in memoriam. first time today introducing the recovery first ordinance legislation that seeks to provide a clear and unifying policy directive for city agencies and contractors whose services relate to illicit drug use or to mitigating its myriad and deadly harms.

this straightforward policy directive will provide as follows that the cessation of illicit drug use and attainment of long term recovery from substance use disorders shall be the primary objective of the city's drug policy. now in some ways this isn't different from the current approach of our department of public health all drug treatment program offers in fact aim to help people stop using illicit drugs. but i have increasingly been made aware of instances in which some public health contractors seem to be rowing in a different direction and i think that became particularly clear to me at a sponsored overdose prevention summit i attended last month. one unfortunate consequence of approaches that too often seem at cross-purposes with one another is that it causes more and more san franciscans to lose confidence in our approach to a drug crisis that is costing far too many lives and that is taking far too great a toll on our city and its neighborhoods until long term recovery from addiction is universally embraced as our

shared civic goal. i fear that our overdose prevention plans will be little more than overdose postponement plans. i have been open in acknowledging my own journey and recovery from drug addiction as my primary reason for seeking this job and i strongly believe that in much the way that transit first animated our city's aspirational urban urbanist vision five decades ago a recovery first drug policy will provide san francisco with a clear and unifying north star. we need for the new and unique challenges we face in the era of synthetic drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine. given the grim reality of today's street drugs which are more easily trafficked, more profitable, more potently addictive and deadlier than ever before in human history, i think it is time to put recovery first. and i'm grateful to the early to my colleagues for the early co-sponsorship of board president mandolin supervisors mahmood sherril melgar and guardiola and sadr. and i look forward to having more conversations with colleagues and community members to broaden support for

this ordinance. second relatedly, i am also announcing a legislative drafting request for an ordinance that would govern expenditures and accounting for remaining opioid litigation settlement dollars for the duration of that fund's existence. the legislation would also create reporting requirements to keep this board and future boards apprized of annual expenditures. and it would hopefully find agreement for an approach that i believe enjoys wide support on this board of supervisors for a four pillars drug policy model. along the lines of that implemented by our sister city zurich, switzerland and several other european cities. and for those who haven't read it, i would urge everyone to read the a report commissioned by our former colleague dean preston on zurich's implementation of this promising approach. the legislation i'm asking for would require that remaining dollars from the opioid litigation settlement fund and i believe we anticipate a total recovery of at least $350 million for the city and its taxpayers before 2040 be apportioned into four categories correspond with the

four pillars as as follows 25% for prevention to educate at risk populations on the deadly risks of illicit drug use and also to research known address histories for drug involved populations 25% for treatment and recovery to support individuals with substance use disorders to access drug treatment or medically assisted therapy and meet for long term recovery 25% for harm reduction to support people who use drugs to minimize risks associated with illicit drug use while supporting and incentivizing them to make better and more healthful choices. and 25% for law enforcement and repression to more effectively mitigate public drug use and to maximize the likelihood that criminal justice interventions for drug related lawlessness or life saving interventions. i welcome the opportunity to work with colleagues on this approach. once i have an initial draft from the city attorney's office and i hope to earn my colleagues support. >> finally at our last board meeting we had only just

learned of the passing of ethics. crowley and i as i mentioned at the time of my brief request to adjourn that meeting two weeks ago in his honor. i wanted the opportunity to collaborate with his family and friends, especially in the labor community on an in memoriam that would be worthy of the man he was and the lifetime of service he provided to our city and to its working families. it's what the heavy heart to offer words of remembrance to somebody i considered a friend. ethics crowley was a man whose impact on this city and its people is impossible to measure. by all accounts he was more than anything a man of boundless love for his family, for his friends, for the labor movement and for all san francisco. he didn't just say he cared. he showed it. before you could even ask how he was doing he was already asking about your family. he was a devoted husband to nancy, a loving father to jillian, bob kerry and margaret and a proud grandfather to payton and soon to be grandson xavier. but his family extended far

beyond his home. he was a friend, mentor and trusted colleague to so many in labor and civic communities. a third generation san franciscan effects grew up with a deep love for his city. he was a proud graduate of saint ignatius college prep where he was a starting varsity linebacker and a two year letterman for the wildcats. he was a recipient of the j.b. murphy award an honor given to the player who best exemplifies the ignatian spirit through inspirational leadership on and off the field. that spirit of leadership, integrity and dedication defined his life effects was a lion of labor. he spent his career fighting for working people an influential conscience for dignity and fairness in every negotiation. and labor wasn't just his life's work. it was also in his blood. his late father john f crowley was the secretary and treasurer of the san francisco labor council, a revered figure in the movement who shaped policies that improved countless lives. his late brother john p crowley was also part of that proud

tradition. f x carried their rich labor legacy forward with honor and determination. as head of i.r.s. local 16 for seven terms he gave me me my first ever labor endorsement when i was a ds triple c candidate in 2012. he would later serve as the business agent for i.r.s. local 119. through it all, his advocacy secured prevailing wage benefits for film and theatrical workers an achievement that continues to uplift families today. he served on the san francisco labor council executive board for more than 25 years, always standing up for those who needed him most. he also brought people together organizing catholic labor breakfasts for two decades bridging the social justice tenets of the faith we both shared with the labor movement in ways only he could. his leadership wasn't just about negotiating contracts. he was also about creating opportunity. f x played a key role in crafting crafting film incentive legislation helping bring thousands of jobs to san francisco and ensuring stable careers for film, theater and

entertainment workers beyond labor. his dedication to public service included serving on the civil service support and public utilities commissions for more than 15 years for our city. always leading with fairness and integrity. ethics knew how to enjoy the life he left far too soon. his mornings at rocks cafe and dog walks at stern grove bike rides through golden gate park with nancy vacations in tahoe. he had a way of bringing people together whether over a long lunch or a lively phone call. always on speakerphone, of course effects was full of compassion. always willing to lend a hand to find a friend or stand up for what was right. his integrity generosity and unwavering support for those he loved. these are the things we'll miss most. you are missed. thanks for your legacy of leadership friendship and service will endure in all of those whose lives you touched. >> rest in power. ethics. crowley and the rest i submit. thank you. supervisor dorsey supervisor and engardio.

submit. thank you. and supervisor fielder. >> thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, as you all know, we are facing a growing crisis in san francisco. the closure of retail pharmacies across our city pharmacies are not just a place to pick up prescriptions. they are vital health care hubs that provide lifesaving medications, vaccines and essential health services. yet due to the relentless pressures of corporate consolidation declining and slow reimbursement rates and industry mismanagement, we have seen pharmacy after pharmacy shed stores leaving our most vulnerable residents without easy access to care. >> local 50 pharmacies are reported to have closed in san francisco between 2015 and january 2025 with 12 more slated to close this month. >> further deepening the pharmacy access crisis. seniors low income families and

individuals with chronic health conditions are disproportion greatly impacted as neighborhoods risk becoming pharmacy deserts. >> we cannot stand by while access to essential medications and services are stripped away from our communities. >> today i'll be requesting the budget and legislative analysts to complete a report off aptinga cooperative pharmacy model in san francisco show recommendations for local and state policies that would support independent and co-op pharmacies and proposals for the city to support existing independent pharmacies. >> we must explore innovative solutions that prioritize community health over corporate profits and ensure that every resident has access to the medications and care they need. >> as part of this initiative we will also conduct a comprehend sieve analysis that will assess national and local pharmacy closure trends identifying neighborhoods most affected. investigate the root causes of these closures including the role of pharmacy benefit

managers and industry consolidation. examine what it would take legally, operationally and financially to establish cooperative pharmacies in san francisco. >> explore successful models from other cities that have addressed pharmacy deserts. >> consider how we can expand pharmacy operations through our department of public health and community health clinics. recommend local and state policies to support independent and cooperative pharmacies. >> evaluate strategies for the city to negotiate lower drug prices to make medications more affordable. identify alternative revenue streams to support pharmacy. sustainability. >> highlight the critical health care services that pharmacies provide beyond prescriptions. that last point. the goal of this report is to develop tangible actions that we can take to keep our many independent pharmacies open and accessible for all san franciscans while also proposing policy solutions that could help us expand independent pharmacies in the

future. i look forward to working with all of you to build a future where every san franciscan no matter where they live has access to the health care they deserve. >> thank you. the rest i submit. thank you. supervisor fielder. mr. president, seeing no names on the roster that concludes the introduction of new business. >> all right, let's go to public comment. all right. those of you who are here in the chamber for general public comment line up by the windows on your right hand side of the chamber. >> you may speak to the minutes as presented general matters not on today's agenda but must be within the board subject matter jurisdiction. >> all other agenda content will have been reported out to the board by an appropriate committee where public comment has already occurred. and for those of you who are in line i just want to make a quick comment that the committee of the whole the removal of max carter over stone from the police commission has already had its public comment. so you may not speak to that item during general public comment for speaker yes, not

too early on. >> no matter how hard you try you can sidetrack me you because you no matter how hard you try you can't either. >> you know the distribution of the roads is okay. >> you're going to do this. you're going to use vaccines to kill people and that's it. so that's why i said injections are not allowed by this case as long as you won't address the problem of weather manipulation which mess with the skies you are done. >> you are fake representing a fake which is sooner or later it's going to force me to disobey systematically anything that the asks you to do including on the roads you see oh yeah you can stop. >> you for you know of course no absolute incompetence. good air sea technology lowers your intelligence to a level

that you can't get out of the trap. >> we said no qr codes, no cell phones. it's time bombs. see, there is an attack coming up. i said you have to protect yourself if you want to be alive by july you don't listen. two years ago on the 28th of february 2023 i said i'm changing the course of humanity under the order from the skies to do it. >> do you think i was that sure? >> do you think you're going to get away from it? i just it's an order. i will do it. i don't know you wait the more i get out of control understanding how to do it everything is perfectly orchestrated by this guy's. >> i guarantee you that that's what you so last but not least, what is it next time you tired me today big time. but i'm coming back. of course. thank you for your comments.

welcome. next speaker it evening i'm here concerning my son i am very disappointed and i know we're not speaking on it but i'm hoping that the resolution that he made is going to be passed and i use the overhead the resolution that max carter of wisdom i implement it for unsolved homicides. i know matt darcy is going to help with that. right. please. i bring this with me because it says that former mayor gavin newsom he said i know who killed her son. did gavin newsom said the d.a.

no, the police know. if you know all of this, why isn't our cases solved? i have nothing against them. but this was a slap in the face and i still look at it today i pray i mean for someone to say they know i'm not nothing against him but that's showing that people know who killed my son but they say what no witnesses quote unquote no witnesses. i carry my pictures with me every day for this is what the perpetrators left me and people that are helping us are being taken away from us. our children. >> i have to fight for my child a child again, it's almost like killing him again over and over again i keep having to fight

and i'm asking for you supervisors to to think about unsolved homicides. thank you, ms.. >> brown. please ask thank you. next speaker please. >> my name is marcello fonseca. i am a career cab driver prop a of 2007 which gave the mta plenary power over taxi related matters were sold to the taxi industry as a promise of reform. >> our mayor back then mentioned that in his quest to monetize taxi permits he mentioned that taxi medallions had been underutilized and the

taxi industry had underperformed. ironically what we have today is a crisis. we have a dysfunctional medallion sales program. we have a broken medallion system. we have hundreds of medallion buyers. the real victims of the failed medallion sales program drowning in debt. they are driving themselves to their graves with no future prospects. we also have the aging population of medallion holders who acquired their permits under prior rules who are being relentlessly targeted by the mta just because they can no longer drive the george horrible a medallion holder who drove full time for 43 years had he went through seven hearings before the mta was

finally successful in revoking his medallion after sitting here for five hours to speak now i understand that this medallion crisis is not the only problem sen francisco is faced with but it is a san francisco problem. i'm here to ask you to remind you that it requires the political will of the city of san francisco to resolve this. maybe you could form a committee to address this matter, work with the mayor's office and direct the mta to do a better job. >> this has been going on for too long. >> thank you for your comments . >> thank you so much for your comments. next speaker please. >> good evening. my name is nunley sharma. i am speaking on the behalf opportunistic smallholders driving taxi cab is on this job you concern about section eight

disable these homeless people's you never concern about us and you told us when we this medallion we will have a better day tomorrow. we never had that we do not want to live in tomorrow we want to live in today at a peace use rideshare killing us our life is terrible. we are suffering. we know you are enjoying it pun tastic life you are not suffering. you do not understand our english we repeat again and again our issue you do not understand it. >> i don't know what kind of english you want us to speak. our business is dead because of incompetent administer administer of empty you you should terminate incompetent employees of mta we requested

you many times we lost over everything new york city fix the taxi medallion they lower the price on medallion from 1 million to $200,000 we want to lower the price on medallion from $250,000 to 150 $125,000 because mta sold 200 medallion with that price ten years ago. the mta is using the taxi ticket against us. >> we never ask about free ramp taxi medallions. we never ask us for free any taxi medallions. >> so please concerned our issue and solemn of our issue reduce the price on madani to $125,000. >> thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker my name is ali. i'm the same medallion problems and you guys know all these

things so i want to tell you my pain. this pain has been growing day in and day out for more than a decade. nobody feel that pain because only the person who go through that pain who feels that pain and we've been feeling that pain for years how many people assassinated? how many people have a heart attack? how many people have a stroke and we're still holding on hoping that hopefully they'll fix that problem. but if you feel that pain then you will fix that. but every other step can do it. why can you not do that? but i just say i'm not a mean person. i'm not a bad person but i will say my lord as much as pain we've been getting from the people who are accountable for that just not more and not a lot, not less they should get the same pain we've been going through so then they will feel it and then they'll fix it if

they fix the problem then i will say god relieve the pain of them because they felt our pain and fix our problem. >> thank you. thank you for your comments. next speaker thank you supervisors mark gruber with the san francisco taxi workers alliance. i imagine that most people in this room are appalled at what's going on in washington and across the country. among other things, the trump administration has declared war on some of the most powerless and vulnerable among us our immigrant population. what distinguishes places like san francisco from the get rid of the mall crowd is support for their struggles, respect for their humanity. and yet despite all his professed values, san francisco has betrayed and abandoned an immigrant population right here in its midst. san francisco taxi drivers it betrayed them by luring hundreds of them into purchasing taxi medallions that

previously were earned through experience and again by allowing uber and lyft to operate illegally and yet again by failing to fix the broken system it created not a single taxi medallion has sold for nine years. in the meantime, 40% of these drivers have lost their medallions to foreclosure for the ones that are left the prisoners in the system the only way out for them at this point is default or death. >> the mta and the san francisco federal credit union are supposedly negotiating a solution to this debacle but it's been dragging on for years and the people with the most to lose the medallion holders have no seat at the table who will look out for their interests while the mta is looking out for its own. it's a classic conflict of interest. this program has failed long ago. the mta has made $63 million on medallion sales and their self-interest in any resolution

is self-evident this board needs to step in. you have power over the mta's budget. you have power if need be to put this before the voters and you have the power and in my view the obligation to right this wrong. >> thank you. thank you for your comments. next speaker. yeah hi. i just saw my colleague speak about this city. this is not a city this is not a liberal city. it's a cruel and callous city who preys on its weak and vulnerable because they cannot fight back. >> we have been coming here for 15 years has denied anything being done. >> no, because i don't have lots of money. i don't have 500 people behind me. you only work for somebody who has a lot of clout among themselves. and one thing this gentleman was set free and not ten times about lambert street. lambert what is happening over

there? can you guys say something for the cab drivers? do not fear we are with you but i know it won't happen. it will not happen simply because uber, venmo and others they are more powerful and they have much more money to spend. i am not seeing what you think i'm saying but i'm just speaking my mind. this is what i feel people have a right but you can't just sit there. i know there are a lot of new supervisors they do not know what's going on but i want to tell them have a heart, have mercy. you have to sleep just like i sleep at night. do you sleep peacefully? i want you to sleep peacefully. >> bring the price down to one 25,000. why? because most of the drivers the medallion owners have already paid that by might amount. >> take my medallion sell it. they'll be so many buyers young kids who want to buy it.

but again will you work on it? god knows only i can pray and across the providence that some sense goes into your head that you think about the vulnerable and the who cannot fight back. some day this will happen. >> let's see sooner than later. thank you. thank you so much for your comments. >> next speaker hi. so i came here to talk about my supervisors new legislation recovery housing. i made a public comment this afternoon and an associate of my supervisor who goes by j.j. smith has already posted my comments to rile up hate against me. >> so let's just go through it together. >> here we go. i'm not biased. i just don't know he she it wants to defund the police because they're cleaning the neighborhood up and protecting

its property. todd davis says would you you would think if you knew you were being filmed you might not cuss like a drunken sailor. tom wolf the screamer is back. >> adam resnick, who is a member aboard a board member of this on the west dvd that you just congratulated today says lunatic was were is probably the proper pronoun so i can smell it through my phone. mental illness is the new norm. >> someone send that piece of to another country. um let's see what what's see bring back the mental asylums which i believe this board is trying to do. um let's go back to this one because we have gina saying hit the scream i don't know with you know, physically hit me. >> i don't know what gina of mothers against drug addiction

and deaths you know there are very involved in policy here as well. >> i just want you to recognize how dangerous this is as a trans person, a latin next person in this country even in san francisco this is called stochastic terrorism. >> i keep telling you that you keep supporting this man and his psycho bullies who harass me for wanting to help homeless people. >> what the? >> next speaker, please. dangerous man good evening, san francisco starchild chair of the libertarian party of san francisco lp asphaug i just like to remind folks and this is maybe more to those watching on tv or listening or you know who knows reading this listening to this in the future then for the politicians sitting here because i know your minds and your careers are pretty fixed but a lot of things does can be better understood if you think of it as a for profit operation.

i call governments super corporations. you know they have all the the greed, the self-serving, the institutional dysfunction, the bureaucracy uncaring of big corporations. but on top of that they have armed gangs of police and people to enforce their will on the public non consensually and all the money that they have all the money that they get almost without exception a few voluntary donations but most of it is obtained non consensually basically it's a large criminal gang and most of what is being done is also illegal unconstitutional which is a fancy word for illegal. the people carrying it out are in fact criminals for example the war on drugs no constitutional authorization from 1919 to 1933 this country had alcohol prohibition that was voted on in the constitutional amendment. there's been no amendment outlawing marijuana, cocaine, any other so-called banned drug

. >> so the people out on the streets persecuting people for selling these things and putting them into their own bodies arbitrarily consensually are the criminals the people criminalizing use of public space, criminalizing poverty, trying to sweep people off the streets who are there because they don't have housing because of the policies the has put in trying to extort money from people. it's like they extorted money for the taxi drivers that we heard from earlier. if you have a car you should be able to drive your car and charge people for rides without paying extortion peace. so the should be able to use rooms in your house without paying extortion fees. >> thank you for your comments . it's been a while. next speaker please. >> hi, my name is kim. i'm one of the owner of the medallion which is abused by the sister of the the city of san francisco and i know you

guys can do something change and you guys should allow us to make a negotiate or discuss a meeting or something like that and do you understand and and i believe that you have responsibility for this issues of the medallion sales you all know that but you just don't do that since i don't want to believe that you are the one or the employee of the bay to please city of cronies this cause i don't want to believe that so that please make san francisco great again makes itself be great again please give us the chance to change something comfortable. please consider yourself and your family members or your relative or your best friend or your neighbor. happening like us.

>> what do you think you should you have authority to do that. you should you never give us a chance to discuss, negotiate, compromise. make it settle. you never do this. please think about it. please. this is your time to help us and i believe that you guys can do that soon made san francisco great again. >> thank you for your comments. >> next speaker yes, hello. my name is markus and i'm ah another taxi driver and another victim who paid $250,000 in that that is 70 eight lied to us saying that it was going to be a very big business and that we we didn't worry about it because our future was guaranteed.

how because when we retire we are allowed our it was going to cost like $1 million. so at that time we couldn't retire and we are we will not and we were going to follow or our american dream nothing like that happen nothing you as a people how much is the middle is one penny or less. why? because over came live came the new kid on the block came that he was way more another one is coming so i would like to know how many medallions do you guys sold for $250,000 because the way i see it the taxi drivers, the one who pay two and $50,000 for the medallion we were the only ones who pay for everybody else and they are all these companies. >> they make millions of dollars and they don't pay nothing and wake up and they do and they took our job away. >> oh now from we were very

busy until now we pay only we make 1 or 2 trips a billion from their point we don't do nothing else in the city. we take everything uber takes everything lifting strawberry everything and all these cars they make a big mess when they go to the airport. >> that was some sold over and leave cars over there and we get the blame but we are the ones who make all the mask when they make all the mess and we don't get nothing we come to work 16 18 hours a day to make peanuts or nothing. >> thank you. thank you for your comments. next speaker hello. my name is evelyn ingle with the san francisco taxi workers alliance. i'm here to speak in support of the taxi medallion holders. i don't own one but i'm here for those who paid the 250,000

for their medallion under the very tragically ill timed medallion sales program. 250,000 is a lot of money and historically it made sense the earning potential of a taxi medallion was based on a system established nine decades ago in cities across the country taxis were given the exclusive right to provide on demand transports ation and in exchange they were subject to strict local regulations, paid fees etc. this is how the system worked and everyone understood that even the mta and that is why they set the price so high. so taxi drivers had every reason to believe that the city would uphold its end of the bargain. but san francisco did not and the state interfered and they did not. and these lightly regulated uber and lyft flooded the streets decimating taxi drivers incomes by mid 2014 taxi trips

had declined by 65% and now here we are 15 years after this failed program launched as a pilot, 40% of medallions had been foreclosed hundreds of drivers are still mired in debt. they were steered into predatory balloon loans. they had to refinance every 3 to 5 years interest payments were high. payments on their principal were low. they still owe a lot of money. we strongly believe that the city of san francisco must play a role in resolving this crisis . they have an ethical and moral duty to do so as the helped to create this crisis we think it could work along with the state, the credit union, the mta to find some resolution. aslam never mentioned new city solved their crisis in 2022. if new york city can help their medallion owners, why can't the

city of san francisco. >> thank you. thank you for your comments. if the next speaker. >> hello, president gentlemen, members of the board. my name is bradley dunn. i'm the manager of local and community relations for bart. i'm here to speak on item number 27 in support of regional transportation funding bart and muni and downtown san francisco all have a symbiotic relationship. we carry about 400,000 people every month that transfer to the s.f. mta and are critical to the funding and operation of the s.f. mta. we also bring in about 60,000 people on an average weekday to downtown san francisco and it's important to recognize that downtown san francisco recovery and bart's recovery are linked

together and we appreciate you bringing forth a resolution that recognizes that unfortunately our prior reliance on, you know, fares as a means for funding our operations and work from home has placed us like many other transit agencies approaching a fiscal cliff. this resolution is important in recognizing that and that if we don't find secure stable funding bart is faced and the city is faced with terrible choices like closing service at 9 p.m., cutting lines of service closing stations that will all affect our ability to bring people to downtown san francisco that is shoppers that you know shopping in union square that students that go to state or city college that san franciscans in the mission that go downtown to work this is essential service and we are deeply thankful for your partnership as we work to look

both regionally and at a state level to solve these crises. if we don't find those funding we will see thousands of bay area residents move towards vehicles that pour onto san francisco streets and jeopardize our climate action and vision zero goals and we're looking forward to working with you to find solutions to these problems. >> thank you so much. thank you for your comments. next speaker i apologize. >> i'm getting over the flu. my name is matthew sutter. some of you know me well. i've been in these rooms over and over and for the new mordor supervisors i welcome you to our misery. i only see one of all the new board of supervisors paid attention and i want to thank you for that. >> the mta took a poll and asked all the purchasers to vote to see who to represent. we have ten representatives. we're down to like three now i got the most votes yet when there was an important meeting

do i get an email advising me of the meeting and when i walked into the meeting the first thing that was said to me was you were invited here. we are the most regulated state in the united states and we cannot regulate uber and left isn't there doesn't that just sound kind of awkward that we hand that over to the state and they say, you know what, we're left their drivers right so it's not a company? well, waymo is a fleet. it's a fleet of cars, guys. why are they not mandatory to own medallions and these are tech big tech companies. i just don't understand why no one's helping you guys have

power. >> has anyone asked the mta on on on risk peskin resolution has any one of you guys said what's going on with this? >> okay. why are they not in the rooms? why are you not making them answer questions when when when when guys when are we get a hold the city of san francisco accountable for what you've done to us you money grab this for $63 million and we're at the bare bottom we're done. thank you for your call and i trusted san francisco. >> i could have done it. i'm sure i thank you. thank you, mr. sutter. next speaker. hi. good evening, barry toronto again i want to first say i'm with essential taxi workers alliance. i also drive two different types of medallions the purchase of opinion which matt and his colleagues own which they're only they're the only

medallions allowed to pick up from the airport then they're the k medallions those got medallions issue before 2010 and they are not allowed to pick up from the airport at all unless unless there's a complete dire need and that hasn't happened in months. and when i you know, i've done both the city is not as busy and and the airport is not generating enough trips to cover not only the loans at the pay to the credit union but also to be able to live as human beings. it's some days are really good and some days are so bad so at the airport and i and if you saw the letter from the labor councils i hope you all these get a resolution to the to airport commission to require a hearing and more extensive transparency on this issue. the and the other issues you can do is to is to ask your our state legislators to for some more oversight locally of uber

and lyft and and the autonomous vehicle companies because waymo's has been a problem for the other vehicles on the street with muni with delivery trucks, with the cabs using their taxi zones you can find me when i work at castro market to walgreens get to take me but the problem is i can't work all the time because of of the of the health issues we created by by the gnc this morning you had a discussion and i participated in public comment regarding how to how to tax them so you can also do is maybe pass another version of measure l and try to make them more accountable for their use of the streets and their interference with everyday people trying to get around the streets of san francisco. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you mr. toronto next speaker as interesting to hear about san francisco toyota over there on geary street my home away from home.

glad to hear that my money is going to a good cause. >> there was a really really low keyed pharmacy on eddy street that sold just prescription drugs mostly almost entirely medi-cal patients and cvs bought it and then like six months later they shut it and they directed people to their other store that was like a mile away. >> and then six months after that they shut that one down. >> so i can see where there's a problem. >> thank you. mr. duffy mr. president, that concludes public comment. >> all right. public comment is now closed. madam clerk, let's go to our for adoption of that committee reference agenda items 27 through 31 items 27 through 31 were introduced for adoption but without committee reference a unanimous vote is required for adoption of a resolution on first reading today. alternatively, a member may require a resolution on first

reading to go to committee. i don't see anyone in the queue so can you call the roll on the adoption committee reference agenda on items 27 through 31 supervisor mahmood mahmood i supervisor randleman hi mandell man i supervisor melgar melgar i supervisor sadr sadr i supervisor sherril sherril i supervisor walton walton i supervisor chin chin i supervise her chin chin eyes supervisor dorsey dorsey i supervisor and guardian and guardian i and supervisor fielder fielder i there are 11 eyes without objection the resolutions are adopted madam clerk do we have any imperative agenda items? >> none to report. mr. president, could you read the in memoriam? >> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals

on behalf of supervisor mahmood for the late betty may cooks on behalf of president randleman for the late joe chavez on behalf of supervisor walton for the late jean m alexander and loretta as wilcher on behalf of supervisor chan for the late john horton and on behalf of supervisor dorsey for the late effects crawley thank you madam clerk. i think that brings us to the end of our agenda. do we have any further business before us today? >> that concludes our business for today. >> then we are adjourned

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president mandolin president supervisor melgar melgar present supervisor sadr sadr present supervisor sherril sheryl present and supervisor walton walton present mr. president all members are present. >> thank you madam clerk. the san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the rahmatullah aloni who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions the raw materials saloni have never ceded lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homelands. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledge acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the romita aloni community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. colleagues, will you join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance?

i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america the republic which stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> on behalf of our board of supervisors i want to acknowledge the staff at s.f. gov tv and especially today jaime echevarria who record each of our meetings and make the transcript transcripts available to the public. madam clerk, are there any communications? >> thank you, mr. president. san francisco board of supervisors welcomes your attendance at this meeting today here in the board's legislative chamber room 250 within city hall on the second floor or you may also watch the proceeding on s.f. gop tv's channel 26 or view the live stream at w w w dot s.f. geo v

tv.org. you also can submit your public comment in writing. you can use email send it to boss at as f gov dawg or use the postal service to the san francisco board of supervisors the number one dr. carlton b goodlatte place city hall room 244 san francisco california 94102. and finally if you need to make a reasonable accommodation request under the americans with disabilities act or if you need language assistance, please contact the clerk's office at least two business days in advance. please call (415) 554-5184. >> thank you. thank you, mr. president. thank you, madam clerk. >> let's go to approval of the meeting minutes. this is the approval of the january 14th, 2025 board meeting minutes. >> all right. colleagues, are there any changes to these meeting minutes? seeing none.

can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented moved by walton and seconded by sherril. madam clerk, will you please call the roll on the minutes supervisor mahmood mahmood eyes supervisor randleman i mendelson i supervisor melgar melgar i supervisor sartor sartor eyes supervisor sherril sherril eyes supervisor walton walton eyes supervisor chan chin eyes supervisor chin chin eyes supervisor dorsey dorsey eyes supervisor and engardio and engardio i and supervisor fielder fielder i there are 11 eyes thank you madam clerk without objection the minutes will be approved after public comment as presented let's go to our consent agenda items one and two items one through two are on consent. these items are considered routine if a member objects an item may be removed and considered separately.

colleagues does anyone want to sever any items from the consent agenda seeing no one madam clerk, can you please call the roll on items one through two supervisor mahmood mahmood eyes supervisor randleman mandel men eyes supervisor melgar melgar eyes supervisor sauder sorter eyes supervisor sherril sherril i supervisor walton walton i supervisor chan chin eyes supervisor chin chin eyes supervisor dorsey dorsey eyes supervisor and gaudio and gaudio eye and supervisor fielder fielder either or 11 eyes without objection these ordinances are finally passed madam clerk can you take us to our regular agenda unfinished business item three item three is an ordinance to amend the planning code to permit the use of california debt limit allocation committee tax exempt bond financing and tax credits for certain affordable housing

projects that provide additional affordable units or deeper affordability levels than required by the inclusionary housing ordinance and to require the mayor's office of housing and community development to report on such projects to amend the health code to exempt such affordable housing projects from compliance with the requirement that new buildings be construct and operated and maintained using alternate water sources for non-potable uses to affirm the secret determination and to make the appropriate findings. >> all right. i think we can take this item same house, same call without objection this ordinance is finally passed. >> madam clerk, can you please call item number four? >> item four. this is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to modify the waivers of specified contract related requirements in the administrative labor and employment and environment codes for electricity and related product transactions to

authorize binding arbitration and to increase the annual expenditure limit for energy procurements from 200 million to 300 million and the revenue collection limit from 10 million to 300 million and we'll take this item same house, same call without objection. this ordinance is passed on first reading madame clerk, can you please call item five item five this resolution approves a lease terminate an agreement for the harvey milk terminal one retail concession lease eight at the san francisco international airport between minute suites travelers retreat sfo llc as tenant and the city and we can take this item same house same call without objection this resolution is adopted. >> madam clerk, can you please call item six? >> item six is a resolution to approve the specialty retail minimum annual guarantee rent reduction program for certain specialty retail concession tenants to allow the airport to

do a one time adjustment of the minimum annual guarantee due under the leases and changing the method for future adjustments of the minimum annual guarantees. >> and we'll take this same house same call without objection the resolution is adopted. >> madam clerk, can you please call item seven? item seven this is a resolution to authorize the department of technology to enter into a first amendment to the enterprise agreement with ssp data inc to purchase palo alto software products. to extend the term for three years for a new total term june 1st 2023 through may 31st 2029 for 40 million and we'll take this item same house, same call without objection the resolution is adopted. >> madame clerk, can you please call item eight? item eight this is a resolution that approves and authorizes the sale to the city of san bruno approximately 68,000ft2 of real property for 5000 and

to affirm the secret determination and to make the appropriate findings and we can take this item same house, same call without objection the resolution is adopted. madam clerk, please call item nine. >> item nine resolution to authorize the office of the treasurer and tax collector to sell at public auction and sealed bid auction certain parcels of tax defaulted real property and we'll take this item same house, same call. >> without objection this resolution is adopted. madam clerk, please call item ten. >> item ten resolution to approve the ninth amendment to a contract between the municipal transportation agency and tags co llc for services related to the towing, storage and disposal of abandoned and illegally parked vehicles. to approve a $15.3 million increase and for a new total contract amount of 136.7 million the balance of the second year in the last three

years of the five year extension with no changes to the term through march 31st 2026. okay. and we'll take this item same house, same call without objection the resolution is adopted. madam clerk, can you please call item 11? >> item 11 this is a resolution to retroactive approve a contract agreement between the city of san francisco and the department of state hospitals for early access and stabilization services for a three year term through december 31st, 2027 and for an amount of approximately 3.3 million. >> and we'll take this item the same house, same call without objection the resolution is adopted. >> madam clerk, can you please call our next item item 12 this is a resolution to retroactively authorize the department of public health to accept and expend an approximate $829,000 grant from the department of justice through the san francisco general hospital foundation for a program entitled children and adolescents support advocacy and resources through september

30th, 2026 and will take this item same house, same call without objection the resolutions adopted. >> madam clerk, can you please call our next item item 13 this is a resolution to retroactively authorize the mayor's office of housing and community development to execute and submit a certification of acceptance of allocation requirements to the california department of social services and to take all action in compliance with the certification to authorize the city to accept and expend the $250,000 grant under the special programs appropriated through the budget act of 2024 section 195 for the term july first 2024 through june 30th 2027 for the center of immigrant protection to provide supportive services and programing for the immigrant community in san francisco. we can take this item same house, same call. without objection the resolution is adopted. madam clerk, can you please

call our next item? >> item 14 was referred without recommendation from the budget and finance committee. it's a resolution to approve the sixth amendment sixth amendment to a grant agreement between the office of economic and workforce development and mid-market foundation for the management of the mid-market tenderloin community based safety program to increase the grant amount by 4 million for a new total of approximately 69.8 million excuse me that is 68.8 million through june 30th 2025. >> chair chan thank you present amendment colleagues and i rise to speak to why this item was forwarded out of committee without recommendation. i think many of you already know that in the past that to up to date the city is still facing a looming budget deficit of $1 billion layer on top of that even a greater challenge

that in a prior fiscal year with now we have the trump administration injecting greater chaos and uncertainty into our state and local budgets. we already spent more than $68 million on this contract since 2018 without clear result and matrix for success. and now for this fiscal year alone with this amendment additional $4 million we will have spent about $25 million in this fiscal year just for this contract alone. in this one year i want to give you sort of a context of what that means. >> the same $25 million is also approximately the same amount that that mayor breed has held up for this very same fiscal year. and these including funding for dental care and health care at our public school sites. and in fact supervisor souder

has a resolution for us to vote on later today is to make sure that we have celebrate and recognize children. dental health care day or in. and so with that also the very same $25 million our transitional age youth outpatient rates and behavioral health support workforce development women and victim services tenants counseling services, rental subsidies, violence interventions services and a 24 hour pit stop program which you know that in the mission and many other neighborhoods really, really need. so knowing that there are a lot of people and services are competing for the very same $25 million that this contract represents, i want to articulate why i will be voting against this contract amendment today. how do we deliver equity or equitable city services in this coming year is is something that we need to start talking

about right now not until june . >> we should know that a dollar is a dollar a dollar spent on one thing is a dollar missing for another city services that we now have to identify another dollar or worse that we now have to cut and reduce. i wish we're not where we're at today that i can actually say let's move forward with all the dollars that we needed to support everything that need our support when it comes to city services and neighborhoods. but it is one of those moments that we have to face the financial reality i leave to you colleagues i am not here to urging you to support or against this contract. i am here to simply remind you as your budget committee chair that when we spend this money it's actually being taking out from somewhere else. it's a tradeoff conversation

that we must make and but today i am going to be voting against this very $4 million additional $4 million for this contract being aware that it's coming from somewhere else including the list i just provided to you. thank you. >> thank you. chair and supervisor mahmud. >> colleagues, i'd like to speak out in support of this item which is requesting an increase of grant funding for community based safety programs to june 30th, 20 25. >> i think all of us can agree it would be an understatement to say these programs have been critical for the neighborhoods in district five especially in the tenderloin as well as in district six and so and so may as well if you walked into work today and walked through u.n. plaza or grabbed a coffee at phil's and golden gate, you were likely greeted with a warm good morning and have a lovely rest of your day by someone smiling in a vest whose work is funded by this grant. these kind words that brighten

your morning are just a small part of the work done by community ambassadors who do so much of the important work our city departments cannot do. and i have heard repeatedly from s.f. pd that this is work that they cannot do. >> these are men and women who were once incarcerated but have been given a second chance at life, a second chance at being part of our community and who possess a unique life experience which allows them to connect with others who are struggling in our streets from addiction, homelessness, mental health issues or a combination of the three. these ambassador programs at this money will fund where deployed have been shown to reduce crime in areas by as much as 52% and drug crimes by 80%. as a tenderloin resident i know i appreciate seeing them in my neighborhood and but i've heard from neighbors who reached out on this particular item extremely concerned about what might happen next if they were cut because community ambassadors have become just that a part of our community. i've heard from s.f. pd and dpw

how instrumental these community ambassadors are for complimenting their work, not replacing it to keep our streets safe and clean. at the same time i hear my colleague's concerns about the need to review contracting for accountability and for change. and i'm looking forward to going through that process during this budget cycle. but we need to make sure that any replacement or anything that happens is done in a way that doesn't result in an immediate reduction of service that would have disastrous effects for the neighborhoods that have seen that double digit reduction in crime and drug dealing where these ambassadors are placed in the interim this program is driving positive results and if we are to make changes we need to do it in a regulated fashion that we have something to replace over time. >> but overall these are positive results for our residents that you simply cannot put a price on community massive programs like those funded in mid-market and tenderloin make our streets safer for families and children who live here and for those on transit commuting to work and

for those visiting us from far away to take in to our great city. so i urge my colleagues to vote in support of this item. thank you. supervisor mahmud. madam clerk, could you please call the roll on this item on item 14. >> supervisor mahmood mahmood i supervisor mandolin. all right. mendelssohn i supervisor melgar i melgar i supervisor sadr sadr i supervisor sherril sherrell i supervisor walton walton i supervisor chin chin no supervisor chin chin i supervisor dorsey dorsey i supervisor and gaudio and gaudio i and supervisor fielder fielder i there are ten eyes and one no with supervisor chan voting no. >> all right without objection this resolution is adopted. >> madam clerk, could you please call item 15? >> item 15 this is an ordinance to amend the planning code to

exempt certain types of projects in the downtown area that replace nonresidential uses with residential uses from development impact fees and requirements to include the inclusionary housing fee. remove the application deadline from the commercial to residential adaptive reuse program and to require periodic reporting to the inclusionary housing technical advisory committee to affirm the second determination and to make the appropriate findings. >> all right. supervisor dorsey thank you president melbourne. colleagues, i am pleased to be among those bringing this item to you today together with mayor laurie and supervisor sartor. amendments were circulated earlier i believe you have them before you and i am happy to support them. i represent communities in the east cut in mission bay that are really blueprints for what a vibrant mixed vice because. >> can you hold on a second? could we lower signs i guess are all right but the request is that they be lowered so that you're not blocking the view of the people behind you.

>> there's a board rule that indicates they should not be blocking view and be essentially in your lap. >> so there we go. okay. all right. take it away, supervisor. >> thanks, president mandolin. thank you. audience. i represent communities like the east cut in mission bay that are really blueprints for what a vibrant mix of uses can mean to fulfill the promise of 21st century urbanism underutilized and vacant office buildings offer us an incredible opportunity to unlock more units of housing and to welcome new neighbors downtown. in many ways this legislation seeks to correct the errors of 20th century planning which was overreliant on office only downtowns and which isn't serving our city well today. office to residential projects not only contribute to our housing goals, they also reduce the supply of vacant offices which helps to stabilize the office market and by extension our property and business tax base that supports everything our city does. however, we are not currently seeing these projects move

forward at the scale or the pace we need. this ordinance would help to lower those costs by waiving impact fees including inclusionary housing requirements for targeted and narrow set of downtown office to housing conversion projects in the c-3 and c-2 zoning districts and i believe it is a reasonable tradeoff to make when we are currently not getting the impact fee revenue or inclusionary units from all these projects that aren't getting built because of high costs. this ordinance is about stimulating housing development in downtown. both these conversion projects and new housing projects downtown and citywide. and with that i want to thank all the staff of the office of office of economic and workforce development for their work on this the mayor's office and of course our land use chair supervisor melgar. thanks also to supervisor chen for your engagement and questions throughout this process. i'm looking forward to passing this today and i hope to have your support. >> supervisor chan thank you president randleman.

i also want to thank supervisor chen for her work and trying to figure this out in in and really to look at this not just for a short term growth but really the long term impact when you waive any type of impact fees and in this case the inclusionary impact fees for any type of development and project. i would again put my hat on when we think about the future of our city, when we think about budget. thinking about where do we contain you'll be able to identify funding to build affordable housing. >> those are real challenges that we have to face. and while i do understand that you know, creating a waiver which we have done about many things for small business, we typically didn't do these type of for exemptions and waivers with a sunset date because with the understanding that you know

,once we do something a waiver to be able to enact a fee or enact a tax measure or increase certain fees, it will be it will be tremendously challenging for the board to take on. >> and so principally i am against fee waiver especially those without some kind of a sunset date or some kind of condition and cap. >> so i just want to thank the mayor and thank supervisor dorsey and thank supervisor souder for coming really to the table and to say yes, let's figure out ways to boost long term growth to boost the growth of a space that really need that growth for housing and meeting that demands. but thank you supervisor chen for really thinking about then what do we do to also make sure that it doesn't create a long term fiscal burden for the city

that we now end up losing money for building more affordable affordable housing and inclusionary housing on site. >> so with that i am today in support of you've amended and successfully we capping this to a $7 million 7,000,000ft2 which i calculated roughly probably about 7000 units of two bedrooms of housing. my assumption i don't know but that's my assumption of that and perhaps then that makes sense for our area that not only need the grove but the city that actually needs it to meet the demands of housing elements. >> so thank you supervisors for working on this. >> i do want to two centers if i may thought through our president and man domain to the land use committee at this moment that i do hope that this conversation can be really discussed in the committee as

president mendo men have talked about last last week you know regarding another legislation i think that some of these can actually provide a longer conversation and allow some of these conversation to take place. >> it's not just because where the committee is is is delegated to do so but also the stand will allow public comment. >> it will allow public comments, allow the community to have feedback about the legislation and whether this is something that we can learn more about and perhaps there are more things that can be done. so not just really an afterthought of of adding to today's and to the land use committee and thank you so much again to the land use committee for your work but i truly hope that we can actually have this conversation took place in the committee level allowing community feedback instead of full bore with that thank you. >> thank you chair chan supervisor sauder thank you

chair. >> i first want to thank mayor lori and supervisor dorsey for their partnership on this important piece of legislation that will bring more housing downtown and make use of our city's excess vacant office spaces. thank you to to chair melgar for helping move this legislation forward and land use committee and of course to supervisor chen for working with us to craft today's amendments in the committee we added language to refer this waiver to the inclusionary technical advisory committee tac as part of the feasibility review that occurs every three years. in discussions with supervisor chen we have agreed to go further to add a clear boundary on this program. i'm glad we could come to this compromise that responds to the concerns raised by many community organizations about making this waiver indefinite. so today i am introducing an amendment to place a 7,000,000 square foot cap on the total square footage subject to this development fee waiver

in addition to two small technical amendments that accommodate the cap in the legislation. the reason being is by setting a cap on square footage we ensure that we do not prematurely short circuit these conversions at an arbitrary date since we of course do not know what the economy will look like in the years ahead. instead the square footage cap translates to about 7000 converted units. that is roughly half of the high end estimate made by spurned agent gensler. of the number of converted units that downtown could currently accommodate. so we're setting the stage for this program to get us halfway there and if and when it is successful we can bring it back to the board to revisit as needed. a copy of these amendments were circulated before today's meetings and have been passed out as a hard copy for your review with the amendments highlighted in yellow. this is a forward thinking policy that will help us revitalize downtown while ensuring our city meets its long term housing needs. and i want to just pause to remind us of the context that

we're doing this within a 35% downtown office vacancy. many of those that we want to return to office use but many that we know in the 510 years ahead will not have that office demand and we need to think creatively, creatively to make sure that these can be homes for residents. we are behind other cities in this effort far behind in fact, new york city has 8310 units underway for office to residential conversion at the moment. and it's not just our large metros cincinnati 1753 units cleveland 1690 and pittsburgh 1250. san francisco does not make the list of the top 20 cities that have these conversions. and with your support i think we can get on that list. most importantly, we can work to accelerate our downtown recovery and accommodate new homes for residents. >> thank you. thank you.

>> supervisor sauder, supervisor walton thank you and thank you president amendment and i just want to start my statements by saying i'm completely all for these conversions but i do think that we are setting a trend here. we've been fighting extremely hard to be responsible about development and at the same time meet housing goals in this city. we have certain communities that are suffering from indigenous population flight and on the brink of complete extinction which goes even beyond gentrification priority equity neighborhoods such as south of market and of course bayview and district ten are to be protected and growth must be responsible and these communities are critical to true districts are in place for a specific reason and that is to protect these communities from complete annihilation. the rhetoric is that we need housing all over san francisco

and that may be true but the practice is we do not build all over san francisco except in neighborhoods with less voice and most disenfranchize us and in most cases that is to be true and by the way we build in district ten so this is not someone who is against building and against growth. the original agreed upon sunset date for inclusionary decreases and fee waivers protects affordable housing and aligns with the goal to make san francisco more affordable. >> i know that there are people who want san francisco to be completely devoid of black people and they don't want to see a decrease in the wealth gap but to blatantly disregard community voice is ridiculous and indicative of guaranteeing that the democratic process is almost nonexistent here in san francisco we are on the brink

of setting some horrible trends in this city and i hope that at some point we start to listen to community voice particularly when it comes to growth and building housing. this coming from the supervisor who actually builds housing. >> thank you, mr. president. >> thank you. supervisor walton our clerk has reminded me that there is a motion that has been made by supervisor sauder and i should ask if there's a second for that seconded by melgar. >> thank you. supervisor melgar supervisor fielder thank you, president. i first want to thank supervisor chen and the 33 community organizations including our culture districts that appealed to mary leary and my colleagues to amend the legislation that was originally introduced by the former mayor that would exempt

nonresidential two residential conversions from any inclusionary housing requirements affordable housing fees and childcare fees. >> the proposed legislation will eliminate impact fees for projects that convert office space to housing in the soma tenderloin, chinatown, north beach and surrounding neighborhoods during a time when we absolutely need more affordable housing the projects that this legislation will incentivize will be market rate with no one side affordable housing and will provide zero funding for affordable housing impact fees, zero funding for child care impact fees that goes towards child care facilities. >> the impetus for this legislation doesn't emerge from vacuum or even from the recent past. there is a long tragic history upon which this legislation builds and tries to solve for between the 50s, late 40s and

the 70s the san francisco redevelopment agency as we know ,demolished 14,000 housing units in san francisco including in these priority equity geographies under the auspices of slum removal. >> this involved a complete overhaul of soma. >> it was in this time that our s.f. development redevelopment agency director justin herman said about soma this land is too valuable to permit poor people to park on it. >> since then massive actions followed the demolition of thousands of housing units a district court ruled in favor of those poor and working class tenants and a substantial portion of the area has been transformed into office and convention space. >> which brings us to our present predicament of not just an oversupply of office space and a deep need for affordable housing but also a budget precariously tied to the ever unpredictable booms and busts of the exact downtown the city

created when it cleared human beings and destroyed housing to make way for big business. and so with my vote i am acknowledging that we need housing in this area much more than we need office space. and i'm also warning that we need affordable housing much more than we need empty homes. thank you supervisor field or supervisor chen thank you president colleagues over the last few days i have worked very hard to find common grounds on this legislation. >> i want to appreciate the mayor's office for creating space to meet with our community leaders and also here are their concerns throughout this process the north star has been now too we support our downtown recovery. >> why also ensuring a just recovery for the working class community in the downtown in the downtown area. i have urge our mayor's office to ensure that cultural and working class community share that in this in the prosperity

and have a seat at the table. the amendments proposed it in this legislation by supervisor salter establish a limit to the number of conversion of office buildings to residential that are exempt from community impact fee to fund childcare, open space, affordable housing, transit schools and other community infrastructures. >> this legislation does as a working class community to make a sacrifice in the service of our downtown recovery efforts. i have worked with the mayor's office to urge them to really see our working class community in this in our city wide recovery and also our budget investments and that we also prioritize the needs of our children seniors, working class families and our most vulnerable. >> the 33 organization that advocates throughout this process have made a very strong case that they have uplifted the community needs and solutions that pointed to the need for added protection to

our priority equity geographies and our cultural district. for example the transgender district, the soma filipinas cultural district that lines and within the scope of this legislation these are geographies that have borne the burden of displacement not only in the past but in the present day. i really hope that we would be able to leave out this community in the scope of this legislation and when the market kicks in and more office to residential conversion occur, we are ensuring that affordable housing investment and impact fees continue to flow to these communities. >> i am disappointed that we couldn't go further to achieve this carve out but however i also want to say that is this is only a month and three weeks in file mayor's office and i have heard repeatedly that and we also have heard repeatedly from our mayor that it is a new

day. >> we are still finding ways to work collaboratively with our mayor's office and with each other. >> now it's the time for a more comprehensive and proactive planning that include community and all impacted stakeholders. the mayor's office has informed me that they are willing to continue to meet with our community leaders to discuss strategies to advance affordable housing and community stabilization goals and i am putting a lot of trust in the mayor's office and i'm hoping that we can continue to learn from this experience and continue to build strong partnership together if we are taking away then we must find a way to replenish the resources that we're at for our working class community that is needed and deserve. thank you to all the neighborhood leaders you all have done a beautiful job of educating our members of the board and stepping forward to represent the needs of our community of your communities. and again i want to thank the mayor's office for hearing our

community and committed to work towards solutions and thank you. and i also will vote today to support supervisor salter's amendment and the legislation. >> thank you. thank you supervisor chan thank you for all of your work on this item. all right. so an amendment has been made by supervisor sartor. it has been seconded by supervisor melgar and i believe that we probably can take that amendment without objection. >> okay. is that a gavel of all thing, madam clerk yes, i'm gaveling. >> all right. and then madam clerk can you please call the roll on the amended item on item 15 as amended supervisor muhammad mahmood i supervisor randleman i middleman i supervisor melgar i melgar i supervisor sartor i sartor i supervisor sherril sherril i supervisor walton no walton no supervisor chin chin

i supervisor chin chin i supervisor dorsey dorsey i supervisor engardio and engardio i and supervisor fielder fielder no there are nine eyes and two nose with supervisors walter and fielder voting no. >> all right without objection . >> pardon me, mr. president. supervisor one suggestion this with objection this ordinance is passed on first reading madam clerk let's go to our 230 special order yes, the 230 special order is the recognition of commendations for meritorious service to the city and county of san francisco. >> oh. oh. we're looking for cedric spencer. can we okay. okay. so could we get district heads

? great . you should bring the rest of them in the chamber now we're

going to call it you know what would okay, we we got district ten in the room. >> all right? so for this final tuesday of black history month, we will begin with supervisor walton, district ten. thank you so much, president madam in colleagues today during black history month and the entire month we've been honoring individuals whose leadership and commitment to equity uplift our communities

and pave the way for future generations. today i am proud to recognize cedric spencer, a distinguished leader and advocate whose work bridges the corporate, legislative and community spheres to drive meaningful change. and mr. spencer, could you come stand up at the podium please? >> as vice president of relations at paramount, cedric has dedicated his career to advancing policies that shape the entertainment industry and beyond. with 25 years of experience working to improve legislative outcomes for community and corporate relations, his impact is both broad and profound. but beyond his professional achievements, cedric's passion lies in fostering equity, ensuring that education and innovation thrive in spaces

that have historically been underserved. cedric's commitment to service is reflected in his leadership roles across numerous organizations including his board presidency at young community developers leading their growth through a major pandemic. his stewardship as treasurer of the california state university alumni council and his advocacy as vice chair of the american network for action. his contributions to the naacp california hawaii state conference further underscore his dedication to justice and empowerment. cedric spencer is not only a leader he is a bridge builder, a visionary and an inspiration to those who strive to create a better future. >> on a personal note, i would like to add that i learned so much from cedric about how to become an elected official. he not only mentored me

in fraternal roles and positions but laid the foundation and taught me what was needed to successfully get elected. he helped me flesh out my values, set an example and gave me examples of how to be strategic and keep the true essence of yourself. importantly he taught me that to be in a leadership role requires you to set and live by a certain example. as we honor him today, i want to make sure that he knows and everyone knows how important it is to have examples of leadership that stay true to their values. on behalf of district ten here in the chamber i extend my deepest gratitude for his unwavering dedication and tireless efforts. his work reminds us all of the power of advocacy collaboration and the courage to dream boldly

. >> thank you, supervisor walton and board members. it is a privilege to represent why cd the family here this afternoon. today we are honored. today we are honored to have our board members with this we have ms. tatum, ms. and mr. spencer. forgive my interruption. can you bring that microphone closer so we can hear you better? >> so we have our board members with us today ms. tatum ms.. andrew and ms.. doyle as well as we have our ceo and his executive staff ms. brianna blackwood jordan and ms. rock allowing. since 1973 the mission of white cd has been to serve the community of one point and bayview and we still do that today. it is an honor to serve the community and we will continue to do so with that. again, thank you supervisor walton and have a great day

. >> next up from district four supervisor and guardian, i had the honor of meeting your honoree this weekend. >> thank you dorothy louthan for any want to come on up to the podium, dorothy? >> i so this black history month it's my honor to recognize sunset resident dorothy lathan. >> dorothy is one of the first black people allowed to buy a home in the outer sunset.

yes. >> yes, it is true. for many decades nonwhite people were not allowed to be homeowners throughout much of san francisco's west side. baseball hero willie mays tried to buy a house on the west side in 1957 and was denied three years later in 1960, dorothy and her husband arthur were able to buy their home on 48th avenue. >> she is still living in that home with an ocean view at age 92. >> dorothy has had quite the trailblazing life from arkansas to san francisco. today we honor her contributions to our city and community. dorothy made history with the purchase of her outer sunset home and she made history again with her job.

she had to fight to become the first black teacher at an inner sunset elementary school until dorothy came along. black teachers were only assigned to majority black schools and dorothy would eventually become a school principal and dorothy served our city in many other ways. >> she was appointed by mayor dianne feinstein to serve. yes, she was appointed by mayor feinstein to serve on the commission on the status of women. she also joined mayor feinstein's delegation to abidjan when it was named a sister city to san francisco. and dorothy was a founding member of the museum of the african diaspora and she served on its board of directors. >> all right. >> daughter was born in arkansas and attended

lincoln university in missouri where she met and married art lathan. art joined the army which moved the couple to san francisco and art was sent to korea and dorothy stayed in san francisco. now when art returned they left their rental in hunters point and found the house they could afford and the outer sunset next to the ocean. and they raised three kids in that house. sadly, art passed away in 2022 after 69 years of marriage. they had a joyous partnership. they danced every day and they traveled to every continent. >> yes, including antarctica. and today dorothy enjoys time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. she is loved by her neighbors. dorothy has many lessons to teach us. i love her zest for life and her forward looking perspective. despite having to endure many challenges in the past. now here is one scene that sums up dorothy at one of our recent

night markets in the sunset. i saw dorothy with a cane in one hand and a margarita in the other hand and she was bopping to the music, right? yes, she was. so thank you, dorothy. >> thank you, dorothy, for being such an inspiration for san francisco. >> and now let's hear from you. well, all i can say is you're going to kill an old woman with all this joy. >> this is so overwhelming for me. it's just unbelievable. i have been on cloud nine ever since i heard that this honor was coming down the pad. >> i just let me formally say good afternoon. good afternoon to the board of supervisors and to the president. but i've been just unable to sleep. >> unable to function. i'm unable to write anything. i'm glad this day has come and i'm glad this day is going to

end. >> it's just been too much excitement for an old woman. >> but what i'd like to do is give a tribute to my husband. >> my husband made me aware of the value of feel at the therapy and service. and we have had so many interesting functions that we've performed in the city that have brought us so many rewards and so many friends. >> and i'm just so happy to be able to say that i have a room full of friends back here with me. thank you. i'm happy to be there in my family and just so thrilled to have been a part of the development and growth of this wonderful city. thank you so very much.

she's right. oh, it's right outside the me. >> it's good to see you. judge dearman.

>> oh my god. look at, uh, barbara from district five supervisor mahmud . >> thank you, president. i'd like to call mike carter and the gas field services team from virginia up front. we should cfl board members and audience. we've all heard the news of devastating wildfires that broke out and threatened los angeles last month becoming some of the most destructive in our state's history. and our thoughts are with those who are dealing still with that an unimaginable loss in a situation where many were fleeing. amidst that crisis there were 51 brave workers from the gas and fleet members of pge and from the bay area who volunteered to go towards the

fire to help our neighbors in southern california. >> and jan, these gas and electric crews went to support southern california edison. los angeles department of power and water and southern california gas customers who were affected by the unprecedented wildfires. pge also lent two of its blackhawk helicopters to assist cal fire in aerial firefighting to help contain the flames. providing this mutual assistance is a hallmark that we should be celebrating. and my partner and his team want to would love to command and accept have you accept this on behalf of your colleagues? there are over 30 folks here today from this gas and fleet team. i'd like to commend their bravery, hard work and dedicated service to others you've demonstrated in your courageous mutual assistance work. your actions have restored a sense of normalcy for many going through some of their worst times. and we are proud of your work and hope you're proud to represent the bay area and all the good work that you do as

well. >> so i'll say a few words. yeah. >> oh first. >> first i would like to say thank you on behalf of pge for the city of san francisco for recognizing honoring the pge employees that went down to l.a. to support the restoration effort. second, i would definitely like to recognize people from the bay area that came from san francisco and peninsula area specifically to go out there and support for over a few weeks to make sure that we were able to provide the customers in l.a. the support they needed to get their gas and electric restored. so thank you so much for the honor and we really appreciate it. and then as easy that we help help on district six supervisor

matt dorsey. >> thank you president mandolin you want to come on up? so today i am honored to recognize a man whose dedication has left an indelible mark on six district six neighborhoods i represent in san francisco citywide. we today celebrate someone whose leadership and service have transformed our streets, uplifted our neighborhoods and restored community pride. ladies and gentlemen, christian martin, executive director of the soho community benefit district and step up for with with more than a decade of experience managing community benefit districts. christian has worked tirelessly to make west soma streets and

sidewalks cleaner, safer and more welcoming. his leadership in launching the summer west cbd in march 2020 was a defining moment establishing the operational and financial structures needed to support businesses, residents and visitors. we know the challenges facing san francisco streets public drug use, graffiti, illegal dumping and myriad safety concerns. these are complex but christian has never shied away from them. he has met each challenge with innovation, collaboration and an unwavering commitment to progress. under his leadership somewhere cbd has become a driving force in street cleaning, public safety and community engagement. his work is evident in thousands of pounds of trash removed in countless graffiti abatement tags. in proactive and compassionate outreach to unhoused individuals. but christian's impact goes far beyond cleaning up the streets . he has improved city response times integrated technology

into service delivery and championed policies that strengthen our urban infrastructure and contribute to a high quality public realm . his leadership was instrumental in expanding the city's connected worker app pilot, allowing real time referrals for cleaning and maintenance requests, setting a new standard for managing public spaces. christians dedication extends beyond soma west as the leader of the ocean avenue association, he is ensuring yet another part of our city benefits from his leadership. his service on the board of the episcopal community services of san francisco too reflects his deep commitment to addressing the root causes of poverty and homelessness. this kind of selfless long term dedication is rare. it is the kind of leadership that inspires action, builds trust and fosters true progress. the kind of leadership our city needs. christian's work is isn't always easy nor is it always glamorous. but it is really necessary. it is impactful. it is transformative.

so christian, on behalf of my own neighbors and district six residents i represent business owners advocates who have benefited from your tireless work and leadership. thank you. thank you for your leadership, for your vision and for showing us what it means to have a community with heart integrity and dedication. >> please join me in giving a warm welcome to two christian martin and brody. >> let's say a few words up and then i think after this we've got a couple of my colleagues who also want to say some nice words about you. >> okay. we'll brief resident supervisors. >> tall, handsome god, good skin. got all his teeth. now that's a superhero. i met anybody who can help out the soma or san francisco is a true superhero.

>> but when he asked us to jump matt, guess what we're going to jump. with or without a parachute. >> when he says bring the army down we come in and we're going to come for a fight. >> those firemen because of a brother who is a leader and who has integrity, who is humble but is down for the people. and so christian, congratulations, brother. >> that's my brother from another mother. >> from the same father. yeah. you hear me though? yeah. god, that is a real player. >> randy, i got to give it to you the way i give it to you, right? i don't even know i was going to speak today. >> but i'm honored to share you know, share what i feel about you. i think about you, christian. you are real. thank you, man. for what you do for the people

because it's not only for the people you do it with the people. >> god bless you. king. and now we'll bring up chris garcia. >> thank you, rudy supervisor chan. hi. i want to echo i want to echo that the west side is incredibly lucky to share you christian, with soma just to say a little thing that was very touching. he is officially still on maternity leave but he still goes in person. >> joy's meeting so i appreciate you. i appreciate your dedication to serving the corridor business corridor on ocean avenue. >> thank you. so i want to continue to remind that your vision and your tenacity have has so many positive positive impacts on the ocean avenue corridor. we have the best version of the corridor going back decades. >> our streets are cleaner and

we have street activation and large community events like the last weekend's lunar new year celebration in large enlarge. >> i want to make sure that i thank you and thank you and your leadership at oira and i'm looking forward to continue to work closely together with you. so then we can continue to bring positive attention and prosperity to ocean avenue and thank you for all you do, chris thank you. supervisor melgar thank you. >> so people made me wondering you know this is the so my supervisor in how come you know district 11 is district seven. so in fact you know when i became supervisor with her at the ocean avenue association was going through some leadership difficulties. >> we have an organization that had been around for a while. people were not believing in the mission. things were a little bit tired

and with a collaboration and long coordination with chris gorga that you would then i insisted that we help the to lean into who they are and hire a professional executive director. >> but you know being poor as we are it was a tall order because you know we couldn't pay you know who we needed but we found that unicorn. and that is creation and who we share with district six and soma. and you are one of a kind because not only do you bring all of the professional experience expertise, you know what you're doing but you are also one of the gentlest, kindest, most intelligent and emotionally intelligent people that i've seen do this kind of work. >> and that's what we needed. we needed people to believe again in what we are doing. so i share my colleague

supervisor chen's great words about you. i am so grateful that you're there that you wanted to take this up and to make such a large part of san francisco. so my and the oh, am i better for your work? so thank you so much and thank you supervisor dorsey for recognizing christian's great work. thank you. supervisor melgar chris caucus thank you president mandolin good afternoon members of the board chris corgi step you the director of the community economic development development division at i would say that five times fast. i'm here today. i'm just so thrilled and honored to hear about christian martin receiving this honor. i cannot think of a better person for this. when i first met him we started around the same time he was over at the lower pork cbd which i think at the time may have been in district three possibly district. >> i don't know how district lines work anymore but i got to see his work up close and

personal and when we formed the western soma cbd back in 2019 finding an executive director for that was a tall order for the community and they found what i believe to be one of the best in the country not only the city but the country. this is somebody who is a strategic thinker thinks outside of the box and you heard it from other folks who say it much more eloquently than i. his empathy knows no bounds during the pandemic he opened up the soma west cbd to help other cbd with their pandemic response. you could call him at any time of day and i mean we had some really, really late night calls . christian you are an amazing individual and we in san francisco are so lucky to have you and thank you supervisor dorsey's supervisor chen and supervisor melgar for your kind words about christian. without further ado, mr. martin thank you chris rudy supervisor

dorsey supervisor melgar, supervisor chen all the supervisors. wow. what an incredible honor to hear such kind words. this is one of those jobs where you could do 100 things in a day and someone will come along and point to the first thing and say you didn't do. but excuse my language but you've heard words. i just want to thank my my team as some of west if you could just stand up because this honor is your honor this is this is a team responsible. this is a team responsible for picking up over hundreds of thousands of pounds of trash needles, feces, you name it from the public realm you make it possible for kids to go to school without having to deal with that, for seniors to get past the sidewalk. >> and i'm so proud of you and

the work that we strive and the work that we've been able to do over the past five years. i just want to thank you all. mom, i want to thank you for instilling the work ethic and values that you did in me and we've been through a lot. >> we've been through a lot. >> we're going to get through the rest and just the some community district six urban alchemy united players all all of ambassadors and practitioners out here doing the dirty work and making this city livable. i just can't thank you all enough and i work for you and i'm honored to continue this work with you at my side. >> thank you.

>> thank you very much. thank you. you're welcome. thank you very much. thank you very much. all right. well, thank you very much. >> all right. up next i believe district seven supervisor melgar, you are sharing a combination with some of your colleagues proudly. all right.

thank you, president. gentlemen, colleagues, it is my distinct honor today to join supervisors chen and walton in commending the incomparable reverend roland gordon for as we like to call him in the neighborhood rev g. >> of the ingleside presbyterian church. reggie just celebrated his 80 first birthday on february 13th declared we are going to be voting later to honor resolutions occurring that day as reverend roland gordon day in the city and county of san francisco. >> reggie was born in greenwood, mississippi before moving with his family to gary, indiana, where he was a captain and star player in his high school basketball team. >> former supervisor jairo sandoval from district 11 once quipped that michael jordan

owes his place as the greatest pro basketball player in history only because reb g decided to choose ministry rather than basketball professionally. >> reggie completed his master of divinity degree in 1983 and was ordained as ingleside presbyterian church's full time pastor. after that and he's been there ever since seeing the church's immense potential. >> reggie organized the ingleside church basketball league inside the church's gymnasium providing a positive space for local youth to learn and play his life's work has always revolved around building up and empowering young people to achieve their greatest potential and moreover to develop young people to become leaders and mentors. and a few of them are right here today and many of them are not here because they are busy

at the church or running the afterschool program. reggie positioned his church as a nexus for the ocean. >> richard ingleside community facilitating local organizing, providing meeting space for community events inviting we now artists to address the community and rehabilitating the dilapidated feel and loop hole which is now known as city college station into a beautiful community space that you've all been to at where many community events are held. he's also well known for the massive mosaic he has created on the walls of the church. his gym and lobby called the great cloud of witnesses which is a celebration of black leadership and black excellence and is an official historic landmark of the city and county of san francisco. reggie has been widely recognized for his outstanding dedication to his church and the community, including receiving the 1995 commercial

and award for his community service. the 2003 distinguished alumni award from the san francisco theological seminary the 2004 alumni merit a word from his alma mater baldwin wallace college and the 2023 national jackie kennedy onassis award for outstanding public service benefiting local communities. this is quite a man. reggie has left an indelible mark on the ingleside neighborhood and the wider san francisco community and countless generations of young people who are now leaders and mentors to others. it demonstrates his immense creativity, his talent for revitalizing a struggling spiritual community, his undeniable passion for developing new opportunities for youth in his humble leadership as a champion of san francisco's african-american community. i am forever grateful to reggie for his compassion and his reminder that every person on

this living earth can do something small to contribute to humanity. i will remember always the first two that i time that i met you that you gave me the little cards with saint francis prayer and i keep him in my office and i give them to people. >> thank you for everything you do. and with that i'm going to turn it over to supervisors chan and walton to say a few word. >> thank you, supervisor melgar. and first of all i just want to take you will take the time, reverend g. >> to wish you a happy 81st birthday and let you know that february is most definitely a great month. >> but thank you for dedicating your life to uplifting the community through faith, through education and of course through the arts. >> you've been a force for positive change from your early days as a basketball star in indiana and ohio to your

transformative leadership at ingleside presbyterian church right here in san francisco. whether founding the ingleside community center mentoring youth through basketball or creating a breathtaking great cloud of witness black history collage reverend g your impact is immeasurable and will continue to inspire generations to come. you are a true living legend and i am proud you are receiving your flowers today here at the board of supervisors. and the last thing i would just say is there are very few more mature people who can still connect with young folks in our community. and i am forever grateful of you for having that ability. thank you for your continued commitment and dedication. >> good afternoon reverend g.

>> today i also would like to recognize and celebrate you on your 81st birthday. >> reverend g has been serving the community for decades through the ingleside presbyterian church. he has been a force for change and an inspiration to countless youth. >> and it's really my honor to set the it it's really my honor to declare alongside supervisor malka supervisor walton. february 13th, 2025 as reverend monarch raven rono gordon day in san francisco. >> congratulation. >> and i would also like to take a moment to highlight a few of your project that i admire and have gratitude for reverend g has done so much to build cross-racial solidarity to nurture our black and asian unity and also to advocate for restorative justice for communities of color.

in 2019 the first ever lunar new year celebration on ocean was hosted in your church. >> why this event has now been moved to the unity plaza with a stage and booths. but i want to continue to make sure that we recognize the hard work the work that you have put in reverend g to did it that you kicked off you take the community to kick off this event. >> thank you. and i also remember that you welcomed me to have a lunar new year presentation with the kids in the afternoons in the afterschool program last year. >> and i also appreciate and i really enjoyed it. i enjoyed it and i really enjoyed it. the celebration with the children's in the program. and thank you again for continue to bridging that cultural and celebrating with us and also found the ingleside community center in 1986 and afterschool program that foster youth and community development for predominantly black and

brown kids which i witnessed that and today. >> this is really a space for black and asian kids to build relationship friendship and solidarity. thank you for that. i also want to commend your contribution to the food pantry and assisting our most vulnerable community members especially during pandemic. >> reverend g has left an incredible mark on the ingleside neighborhood as well as the city in general. >> he is an inspiration open and fierce advocates especially for the youth. >> for all your hard work we recognize and celebrate and honor reverend g. for your 80th first birthday. happy birthday and congratulate and thank you and and i believe the supervisor melgar has some additional i just wanted to add one more thing and that is that in addition to the resolution that we will be passing today on your birthday and the

commendation to you, our mayor daniel lurie was kind enough to also provide our recognition for you as well which i will be handing over after your award. so if you could come up reb g and say a few words that would be great. >> but first i'd like to give honor to god for my beautiful mother and i have to mention her mrs. shirley lee wilson gordon before i knew the hyde pa i knew my mother and i know that i receive in life i owe it to my mother and then i met jesus and it was understood why the mother was so beautiful and so i went on to her now praise like god and i'm thankful for

that. i love children and dedicated my journey especially to young american boys. many who don't think they're anything think that our race has done nothing. i was inspired to put muhammad ali on the wall when i arrived at ingleside in 1978. i don't know what city been in crises at that time and the late mayor died and fine shine helped me out senior citizen it wouldn't even go to the bathrooms. the building was so dilapidated i was first refused help in that area and then i think it was mrs. johnson he came out and he said you got it right back to the mayor and they they came through for us and improved the bathrooms. so in 1906 and many don't know

the history of ingleside that ingleside the people in the neighborhood began to formulate the ministry as a result of earthquake of 1906 1907 they were doing various bible study groups and stuff for people though they hated it help those living in tents at the racetrack and out in ingleside and and 1917 formalized everything when i saw that history of service of people service to god through service humanity became our thing because we inherited serving people. that's the bottom line and especially the young boys i noticed the boys on ali and put another picture up. i had no idea all that these years later that i could fill up a whole gym in most of the church and they thought i was crazy. but just as i was called to

preach the gospel i was called to do that wall been i'll be gone into glory but that wall would still have value and inspire young people of all races and all people to that you get to give god his dues and no matter who you are as a human being we all are the same. we all have the same opportunities. we're not all of the same here but you got to make your way. >> it's the bottom line you can't give up on anything when you got god on your side. >> i want to put this short because i want to i want to say this that we really feel moved to say this that this city was named after saint francis of assisi and you heard nelda miller talk about what she looks at every day. i want to take the time to honor saint francis. what i do is i have their parents have children to rehab. they some as they have a child to read this first thing and every morning lasting every night because the children are being program for violence just

by being born in this world and saint francis asked god to make him an instant of peace and i was inspired to to take those words and make it into an affirmation which says i am an instrument of peace where there's hatred i shall promote love. well there's injury. pardon? well there's doubt faith where there's despair, hope where there's darkness light and where there is sadness joy oh i shall not so much because seek to be console as to console to be understood as you understand to be loved as to love for it is in giving that i receive and it is in pardoning that i have pardoned and i've had parents to tell me to teach their

children correct type of thinking. you see the children all they get the games they play they're killing and to learn how to love each other is what the what the good books talked about and what my mother trained us to do and and hopefully it will make a difference with people all over the world reading in their own language the same thing and i'm going to get them a little book together and eventually get to move in on that project. in the meantime, for the last 20 years i've been passing these cards out and a lot of young guys and our grandfathers and i started it all along and san francisco has been good to me. i love san francisco. my wife loves to travel. she go she gets on a ship and go where i say goodbye. everything you see in the world read in san francisco and mayor brown has a room and they talk

about the collage that i was able to accomplish at this church mere brown has a room when and he comes he enjoys the room this is one of his favorite spots tells other people about it and i just want to mention this also i'm sorry. i'm sorry i'm taking so long but there's a group called the who bus that travels all over this country and many guys a country if they come here, they go around their countries, those with you who bus has the one in front whoopin the back they just pull up whoever they pull up at and the kids just flock to play basketball. basketball teaches life teamwork and we all know the importance of that. all the athletes and okay i'll shut up my wife say i talk too much but god is good and i give them all the glory. >> here's the bottom line. thank you so much, supervisor. each of you i have this young

man who was one of our kids and now the head of our community center and he's taking the lead. we will be taking over when i move on or whatever but this guy who to try i'm sorry for taking up so much time along with so thank you for having me . i.

for you to district nine supervisor fielder thank you president today i would like to honor miss jean harrell also known as miss jean. unfortunately she is unable to attend today's board his supervisor riser meeting due to health reasons but we will be making a trip out to her shop in the portola to present this commendation to her in person. i understand we also have some slides or photos but miss jean is the owner of ruth's uniform shop and we're commending her for her service to the poor community for many years this commendation is all the more specialized machine is planning

to retire at the end of this month at the age of 80 six. >> ms. jean has been running her uniform shop at 2469 san bruno avenue for 44 years and for decades has lovingly provided children in the community with school uniforms including multiple generations of families who live there. working at her shop is in her words a dream come true to miss jean. working with children and providing them with school uniforms is the joy of her life. ms. jean and legacy businesses like hers represent the multifaceted fabric of san francisco neighborhoods and lend their charm and character to our portola neighborhood the garden district she calls the port of la heaven on earth where people and neighbors look out for each other. local artist arthur coke has honored ms.. jean with a mural in the portola and hundreds of people in the district walk by it every day to see miss jean doing what she has done best for so many years serving the children