. okay. >> okay. all right. this is the regular fire commission meeting february 26th, 2025 come to order the time is now. >> 5:01 p.m. all right, we'll

start with the pledge of allegiance. pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> this meeting will be held in person at city hall room 400 members of the public attending the meeting in person will have an opportunity to provide public comment. members of the public participating remotely may access the meeting and participate remotely by following the instructions below. >> members of the public may address the commission for up to three three minutes per item public comment call in 1415 6550 001 meeting id two

(662) 457-9673 ensure you are in a quiet location speak clearly and turn off background sounds television phones, radios wait for the item you would like to address to be called when prompted press star three to be added to the queue the system will notify you when you are in line. callers will hear silence when waiting for your turn to speak. operator will unmute you may also watch live at w w w dot s.f. gov tv.org. item number one roll call president marci frazier vice president paula collins commissioner steven nicastro. commissioner ami morgan is excused and commissioner alan low chief of department dean present president frazier will now read the material alone

land acknowledgment the san francisco fire commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the roma to show lonnie who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions the roma to colony have never ceded lost nor forgotten their responses cities 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 homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the roma to show lonely community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. >> item number two. general public comment. members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matter within the commission's jurisdiction and that does not

appear on the agenda. speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department personnel. commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with a speaker. the lack of a response by the commissioners or department personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made during public comment. >> hello. hello. okay. you would like to make public comment sir? you have three minutes starting now. >> okay good. >> i already said hi so i'm trying to keep it cool to one because we are dealing with fire so if i'm on fire on top of that it's going to be like a bit too much. >> just when we make the pledge of allegiance it's interesting when nation on the good i one nation are you sure there is

something no that's not appropriate anymore sorry for the what is it called diversion you know but it's still they are celebrating a racism in this guy he's on the black is three months. can you conceptualize the thing here what an insult it is for the black community to think that you deserve no, no. they don't deserve anything. >> they are adults. they do not need us well, because well we okay parenthesis the failures in their lives still on fact wildfires as you know they want to destroy everything so they are destroying themselves. >> we going to expose this. step by step they can get away with it. are you talking how many people died there you destroy i mean

thousands of houses or buildings and people are safe where did the where are they now evacuated where i mean okay . >> so they're going to be as far as i understand from the information that we see from this guys other major attacks including on us. yeah, very likely in the next six months. so you need to protect yourself ,get tweet of your cell phones it's time bombs zone that's five towers you know are extremely dangerous for frequencies and stuff you are smart meters at home extremely dangerous to start fires you know that's who okay i didn't mention to you last time which is not fair because i told everybody don't worry everybody is in process. it's called the book revolution which consists to reconnect the entire humanity with all fiddle

creatures, all living species and it's them it's a real we would have done no more because this crop everything okay? we're good. so step by step everybody's going to love it's simply not the fake governments actually empowers vegetable. well by the way of a good night anybody else for public comment? >> let me check the public comment line and if you would like to make public comment in person you may approach the podium. yeah, yeah. so hello you have three minutes. >> please speak into the microphone starting now.

okay. i had appeared in the fall about the issue of luckily needing to be of no parking street. we had the petition and the mta had sent us to the fire department to get a letter. unfortunately the bill was nine a went to the mayor's office and they wrote overrule the san francisco fire department. >> they supported the opposition who view the alley as the community space. we're concerned for each others need for parking is more important than city policies or individual owners rights. mta emphasizes rights laws and legal precedence. so they do not have garages so they deserve front door parking . that is what bos9 and the forum mayor gave them what happened to accountability to public

safety? >> mommy horace virgil cypress lilac osage and orange all the other alleys are no parking so we have the timing was during elections and the former chief had retired early and now it's a new year. new mayor and so i persevere and have brought the folders back if the information and wasn't recorded and this is something i see something say something. so it's very it's been difficult for me to speak up but i'm learning because public safety should be taken seriously and i would like these we've got new people.

>> was the information recorded last time so if you take the if you take the first one off, that's what happens. the fire truck cannot get through and we had an incident this last just this last year where it can't get in and it's if you have 30s left ma'am okay. >> if you go through all the information never say it's important and now hope to get some feedback and i also have a folder for the new mayor because it's accountability for public safety. >> thank you. thank you. thank there are some callers on the public comment line let me check if they wish to make

public comment eileen okay caller hello do you hear me and do you wish to make public comment? oh can you hear me now? i can hear you. do you wish to make public comment? >> yes, i do. okay. you have three minutes starting now. >> thank you. i mean broken coalition for san francisco neighborhoods speaking on my behalf, the department of public works has issued an emergency priority routes map which designates certain arterial to be used by emergency vehicles during major disasters the entire length of the great highway from balboa to skyline is on this map and it's also color coded as the highest priority besides emergency response, the planning department has stated that the great highway could be

used for mass evacuations. the roadway could also be used for mutual aid and yet the section of the great highway between skyline and is scheduled to be closed permanently to vehicular traffic. the skyline section is in front of the oceanside treatment facility the coast in front of the oceanside treatment facility is also an erosion hotspot to deal with this erosion, the city the city's ocean beach master plan proposed letting erosion continue with the concept called managed retreat since the erosion would take the natural its natural course the roadway would eventually be would deteriorate and be unusable. that was the justification for permanently closing the roadway . however, the city now has abandoned the concept of managed retreat in favor of a seawall.

the coastal commission has approved the seawall with the seawall there is no longer any justification for permanently closing the great highway between skyline and but the city still intends to close it, demolish it and put in bike and pedestrian infrastructure. this begs the question is recreation a higher priority than public safety? >> thank you. thank you. caller we have one more caller on the public comment line. >> hello? caller can you hear me? >> yes. would you like to make public comment? >> i would. okay. you have three minutes starting now. >> these are direct quotes from keene versus city of san francisco which include the

firefighter from ninth circuit court of appeals. here appellants possess a genuine religious belief which conflicted with taking the covid 19 vaccine, requested religious exemptions and were construed at least by air for their noncompliance. basically, despite alternative accommodation being available to take the asset places that could have allowed in-person work with ppe and regular covid 19 testing instead the record does not reflect that the ccf seriously considered any religious accommodation. appellants coheres to suggest between their faith and their livelihood imposed emotional damage which cannot now be fully undone and the analogous first amendment context the supreme court has recognized that the loss of protected religious freedom for even

minimal periods of time unquestionably constitutes irreparable injury. that's a crisis of conscious evidence here as appellant basically described being distraught and depressed due to the resulting stigma of having their careers pulled out from underneath them. this is unsurprising given that they had dedicated decades of their careers to cps and found concealment in their chosen professions of serving disadvantaged members of society. but the finding that appellant's religious beliefs were sufficient to warrant any accommodation can only be described as a dignitary affront. the circumstances surrounding appellant's termination constitute irreparable harm. appellants have satisfied their burden to show repairable harm under both federal and state law. furthermore, as busy as that back being requirement is no longer in place.

there is no burden on cps staff for appellant's noncompliance. >> meanwhile, appellants remain constructive only terminated forced to choose between their religious beliefs and their careers. given that the equitable purpose of a preliminary injunction is to preserve the status quo and finally the relief is warranted here. accordingly we reverse the district court have 30s left in their hand junction and remand with directions to the district court to grant the preliminary injunctive relief consistent with this memorandum disposition. >> reversed and remanded. >> thank you. >> i do not see anyone else approaching the podium and there is no one else on the public comment line that concludes general public comment tonight. >> item number three approval

of the minutes discussion and possible action. discussion and possible action to approve meeting minutes minutes from regular meeting on february 12th, 2025. >> is there any public comment? i do not see anyone approaching the podium for public comment. let me check the public comment line. >> there is no one on the public comment line any of my fellow commissioners on the minutes. all right. motion i'll move approval second. >> all right. i'm president frazier. how do you vote, everybody? commissioner nicastro, how do you vote? motion passes. item number four. chief of departments report discussion report from chief of

department dean christman. report on current issues, activities and events within the department since the fire commission meeting february 12th, 2025 including budget academy's special events communicate tions and outreach to other government agencies and the public. president frazier, vice president collins, commissioner lowe, commissioner kodjoe madam secretary, members of the command staff welcome guests speakers dean christman fire chief san francisco this is my report for february 26th, 2025. i would like to open my remarks in gratitude of a retired member adc julie mao who recently retired as the assistant deputy chief of training. she was a tireless advocate for training and specifically in training our female

firefighters of which we are proud to have 300. so i'd like to have a round of applause for our chief maui. >> i will start off with many of the events that we attended myself individually and ourselves as a command staff. february 12th the mayor declared a fentanyl state of emergency and actually signed legislation that was passed 10 to 1 at the board of supervisors. that legislation allows the mayor some latitude in acquiring funding to stand up some facilities for transport and some facilities to take care of individuals suffering from substance abuse disorder. and it's very helpful for us because it allows us when these facilities get stood up to have alternative destinations to hospitals which are overcrowded in the current environment. so we support that. we're very excited about that ordinance going forward.

february 13th we attended as a command staff the mayor's press conference on the lunar new year parade and all-star game which were two concurrent events that happened that following weekend. big ask and pull from us in our department to handle both of these events. the lunar new year parade we have a multitude of units on scene mostly and gaiters providing fire protection, fire prevention, fire suppression. and big thanks to chief brown for organizing that and staffing us up for that weekend and making sure that the citizens of the city were safe. so thank you to chief brown wherever you may be are okay. thank you. but it was really a illustration of the collaboration that we're seeing amongst our public safety team. so ourselves the sheriff, the police department, dpd, w d and other agencies all collaborated to make sure that the city was safe over that weekend it was a lot of a big ask staff wise and

commitment long hours for people. and i think we got through it and we're really proud of the way that the weekend went. but press at that conference was essentially to notify the public of our preparations and make sure that the public understood that we were prepared for. we met with supervisor gaudio. he's a supervisor out in the sunset district and he discussed with us the new installation of the water supply system our potable water supply system. we talked a little bit about that. and as i mentioned in the last meeting we are lobbying to have our piping relocated out there so that we can use sunset boulevard as a firebreak and have a water supply system have hydrants there so that if we do have a conflagration out there we have 400 foot firebreak instead of 75 which we would have on a regular street. so our goal is to have that changed. and we're working towards that. we have a lot of agreement amongst the puc february 14th

we wrote along with supervisor supervisor mahmud wrote along with this the fire stations in his district stations five 3621 we talked a lot about shared goals and issues. he was very impressed with the knowledge and experience of the members and their explanation of our operations was good for him as a new supervisor to see exactly what we do on a day to day basis. and one of the focus was on the displacement of folks since we've focused our operations on sixth street. and there's been a lot of displacement into his district, specifically jefferson park. so he had some concerns and he shared those with the firefighters because they're seeing increased volume in his district due to folks migrating over to his area from the current triage center area on sixth street on the 15th of

february. we actually did attend the lunar new year parade. it was a fantastic event, very well attended basically run by our afi who is are doing an amazing job in recruitment and retention and supporting our department. clarence tom is their president. he's doing an amazing job. he has buy in from all their members. it was great to see everybody. the chief of staff simms had a great idea for us all to wear red ties which i thought was i was against it first. but she was right. it was a big hit. so that was really nice for the lunar new year parade. we got a lot of compliments on that and we were joined by commissioner nikki joe and commissioner morgan and then we attended a dinner afterwards which was really, really well attended and very spiritual for all of us to show our unity with our affinity groups. on the 16th of february myself chief brannon, chief robert we attended the all-star game and

we received a tour from management there about all the security systems that were in place and where our units were positioned. we went to our command post, spoke with our fire prevention folks about what the plan was was great and the really heartwarming thing there was that the members of our department who responded to los angeles were honored on the court during the national anthem. i think that was a real shot in the arm for them as well as firefighters from alameda and oakland that responded to los angeles as well. so some of our folks got to meet charles barkley and some of the other nba players out with that was fun. >> on the 18th we had a meet and greet with meet and greet with supervisors chan and management. we discussed our budget priorities you know as we stated last meeting with regards to fleet and facilities and obviously to retain our our staffing. so that was very fruitful. we had a good conversation with those two supervisors.

i had a speaking event that evening at the coalition for s.f. neighborhoods who the speaker who just commented on our comment line. eileen bogan is a member of that. again, a very good dialog. a lot of concern from those members about the closure of the great highway and the issues. exactly that she's speaking about as well as the installation of the puf system out in the sunset richmond and east side of the city. so it was a good dialog i think we shared some ideas and i was able to show them that we support their concerns and are in the process of installing high pressure water out in those areas. >> on the 19th of february we had a meeting with the fire prevention folks and the fire investigation folks so we had over 100 folks attend and we spoke and shared ideas and it was really an idea. it was really the idea behind it was for us to show our support to a division that we feel is in many ways underappreciated. they're doing a great job under

fire marshal child law but although they're only downstairs from us i feel like we need to show appreciation to them for the work that they do. command staff comes from firefighting field. we're very proud of that. but those folks work extra hard and you know, the important thing about them is not only they keep the public safe but they keep our firefighters safe by enforcing codes that are critical to make sure that we can respond safely. so we want to show them our appreciation. we had a nice meeting with them . >> myself and chief of staff sims attended jose ortega climate club, a group of very rambunctious fourth graders that day. they're climate change advocates and it was fascinating to see how well-educated they were on climate change. and we also discussed with them how it's affected our firefighting, specifically the fire in los angeles. so we talked a little bit about how that fire it was a wildland fire that happened in the wintertime, you know, and that's clearly a result of

changing climate. so they understood that and they also discussed internally how they can affect climate change positively with themselves and their family and the decisions it makes a very good conversation, very fun. some great photos we had that day. we had a department head meeting so it was kind of our first department had a meeting amongst the city department heads discussing commonalities. it was set up by mayor and it was very helpful because we all were able to share our biggest accomplishments and our biggest fears and as we went around the table i think we had some very similar fears amongst departments. so there was a lot of alignment there and i think we felt really good about our ability to work together going forward to try to address some of those fears and i think that was very, very productive on the 20th of february myself and chief of staff simms attempt attempted a like work like pay workshop. so for those of you that aren't familiar like work like pay is when you work in a different

rank on a on a day that you're normally supposed to work in another specific rank or you move up for a day. so what our union did with the help of training chief casper and it was an amazing experience as they brought in some of our professional experienced firefighters or captains, lieutenants and chiefs and instructed these folks who are aspiring lieutenants on the nuts and bolts of that position because it is really a big change to go from firefighter where you're worried about yourself and your partner specifically to officer, where you're worried about your entire crew and other crews and maybe responding. it's a big responsibility and the chief kasper saw that there was a need to inform these firefighters, prepare them for that big transition and it was really great. we sat in on it for quite a while and there was some really great dialog and good information being shared so we feel really comfortable moving forward those type of programs to make sure that our our firefighters lieutenants, captain chief are prepared for the next rank. >> so we're in full support of that and local 798 provided

their union hall which was really fantastic as well could provide a nice large space with microphones and all the tech in order to put on the class the 20th of february the evening you may remember commissioner lowe we had a meet and greet with you and the command staff very valuable, very high level dialog about some of the issues we're facing in our department. we obviously tried to demonstrate to you some of the great successes we feel we have in this department and i think it came through how proud we are to be members and citizens here and and how hard we're willing to work to move things in the right direction and we really look forward to working with you. thank you for your very impressive with your knowledge and the questions that you had. it was a it was very helpful for us. >> thank you. >> the 20 first front 21st of february myself and chief of staff sims attended the acp gala. it was very heartwarming event with a lot of great music and prayer and very spiritual. it was a very impressive event

and what struck me was you know, our bfa has very strong leadership and they are really committed to helping citizens in the city and what was additionally heartwarming was the fact that the young folks that have joined the black firefighter association are definitely the next generation that are going to take over and move that organization in the right direction. they're they're doing a really good job of passing that on to the younger folks and we sat at a table with about ten of them very impressive their interest in helping the citizens here. i was really excited about that. on the 21st of february we submitted our budget. >> we can talk about that in a moment here on february 26th i was fortunate enough to throw out the first pitch at the flame y ball opening day i threw like a yeah a ball but it was close. and then we also attended the city college ocean avenue lunar new year event hosted by supervisors melgar and chan

dragons firecrackers. it was really an amazing event a lot of support from the community and then i walked down ocean avenue to support the business owners there. so we are now doing these large scale exercises every monday and i mentioned at last meeting and we kind of had our first one with our entire command staff and we focus on an earthquake and we went through a scenario with some major incidents throughout the city and we kind of put our command staff in the hot seat. we went to our fire department operation center. we went through all the steps that we're going to go through what everybody's role and responsibility was and i was very impressed by the knowledge that everybody demonstrated that day. and i think going forward the plan is to funnel that down to our assistant chiefs and all the way down to our firefighters so everybody's 100% ready for a disaster. now don't get me wrong we do this all the time but we thought as a new administration will be really fruitful for us to, you know, do that right now and get a good start on that and pass it down so we met with

the h traders on the 24th so we had 180 firefighters take the lieutenant's test in february and actually in january and they are going to have a new lieutenants list on march 11th . so we were able to meet with h traders and we really like to spend some time with the raiders. so the way it works is the subject matter. experts from san francisco developed a test and then to grade it they bring in subject matter experts raters from other departments. so the big challenge for those folks is to understand when they're rating our test to look at it through the eyes of a potential lieutenant in san francisco because everybody has their own specific way a fighter fighting fires a lot of commonalities but also with managing personnel and drills, conducting drills. we have specific ways of doing things. we want to talk to them a lot

about our way of doing things and make sure they were going down the right path to give our candidates a fair chance to promote went really well. so february, march 11th the new lieutenants list is due to come out and that's when the current list expires. so february 25th we met with the command staff, met with d h r our public safety team so they are the ones who developed those examinations. they're a strong group. gen loa does a really nice job . we did talk about some because most of us have been subject matter experts on the fire department side and we talked a lot about how we can improve that system going forward sometimes we've had challenges with the amount of time we've been given to develop the tests so we talked about perhaps extending the amount of time we had so we don't feel rushed and they were agreeable to that. what we're going to do is we're going to meet our subject matter experts from san francisco are going to unite and develop a kind of a framework that we want to hand

to do so they can give that to the contractor so we have consistency within our tests. it's it's a priority for us and they were on board so the street teams we had a meeting, a street teams meeting, we had weekly street teams meetings with a lot of the department heads specifically public safety folks and the street teams meetings are kind of talking about how we're changing our models in order to fit the best needs of our citizens in need. so the latest plan now is to develop neighborhood based teams of 5 to 7 folks police being involved, social workers, peer support and really having those members be hyper focused on the neighborhood that they're serving so that if there are repeat people who need assistance they can be aware of them and provide them the services they need and be aware of the issues in their particular neighborhood. so it's hyper focused on on

localizing any issues that they have. we also had a meet and greets with the commissioners and i spoke with a couple of of you on the phone that day and that was very helpful. great to share ideas and see how you're all doing and working with you going forward. >> thank you for that. so are our 135th class is currently at the division of training. they're in their sixth week of training. they're doing really well as a class. they're working on laddering hosing appliances not scba. so really the nuts and bolts of what we do in the fire department we're happy with their progress. i think they are in their fourth week of testing and we expect them to do really well. we're super excited about it. we went out and greeted them and we're we're really happy about the way they're progressing now we're beginning the selection process for 136 class which is scheduled to happen in july and we're

scheduling for approximately 50 probationary members in july and so we're going to have two classes of h31h3 level one and 1h3 level to the h three level one class which is the emt on an ambulance at station 49 that class is scheduled to start on april 7th and it should be a class of 15 firefighter emt is and then the h three level two class is scheduled to start on may 5th and that's scheduled to have five members. so we're going through hvac. they went through backgrounds. we had 26 candidates now there's 23 and consideration so thanks to chief pang for working through the that process with those potential probationary members, the

budget. so i'm sure a lot of you have heard projected $253 million deficit for 2025 for the city projected 623 million deficit dollar deficit for 2026 and potentially some loss of funding at the federal level. so although it's grim in our department head meetings we are committed and part of our commitment to one another is not to be paralyzed and to move forward and do what's best for the city and work collaboratively to address these budget issues. but within our own budget as you saw in our submission, i was the middle on the 21st we requested for fleet and facilities were unable to meet the required target budget reductions of 15% for the other departments. we feel that that would endanger the endanger our members and not be in the best interest of the public to reduce services by reducing our budget. so we're going to and to spend the next several months advocating for our budget priorities and that's where we are with the budget. this completes my report for

february 26th, 2025. thank you. it's a great report. really appreciate it. is there any public comment on the chief's report? >> i see someone approaching the public comment line. the public the public comment podium. >> okay ma'am, you will have three minutes to make public comment starting now. >> my name is patricia ward. go ahead. yes. i'm head of pads which is 22 neighborhood merchants association and also head of the marina kohala neighborhood and merchants. and we are they have the largest community policing group in the city and the most successful. we work with station 16 all the time. we have some problems there minor but we'd like to have a

meeting with you on this and part of it is the call in system when you call sometimes they say call 5530123 sometimes they call 311 and like the other night i had a 80 year old homeless person that two others took all of his blankets. i usually have an extra set of you're playing cats and didn't i was out and i had to call the crisis team to get him a blanket and we're now trying to get conservatorship over. i'd like to to to tell you that we are working hard. richard, who's right behind me is from the west in addition and we want to have rapport with this department. one of my problems i have is the fact is when i call for someone to come to a meeting they say you have to tell you two months in advance because sometimes you don't have the two months. we need to find a better system of getting you there are getting someone there.

i'm very fond of several of your captains have worked with captains for 40 years and i want a report also every year for years we had police coming to our annual halloween parade which fortunately is small now. but at one time it was 1600 strollers and we would like to have every time i order a fire engine they forget it. so there are a few minor things nothing terrible. now the worst in addition i've worked with western district people for years. >> if they have a problem and they're too scared to call the police or call you they call me and then i work through it. so there are ways of all working together. >> i can't give you all my statistics here but you will be very amazed at what we have done and come down look at the

marina cow hollow compared to what it was three years ago. >> okay? and here's my phone number (415) 684-2617. i would love to have a meeting with i know there's a limit of how many of you can come to come out in the field at the same time any time you want to come to a meeting we will we will drive you through the whole neighborhood also we have a very high senior say are because of the presidio in fort mason. >> your time is up. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. >> is there any other public comment? i see someone approaching the podium to make public comment. would you like to make public comment sir? okay i do. masks are not recommended now do you want an apple? >> yeah, because i don't know. it's from the farmer's market. >> the no poison. see, you have no understanding

of what's going on here. >> okay? >> if you keep going, you are killing your soul for good. my friend adina, i don't know what you can do here. >> you have to fight. quit. join the revolution. i don't know what to tell you here. if you pretend not to know that the wildfire so-called wildfire i'm not. that's organized destruction. >> you are in trouble once you kill your soul that's it to you are never back then it's none. otherwise you out you have another shot at existence. it looks like crazy. this is serious and your run before you okay? nobody here in san francisco as far as i know what the great highway closed down nobody 80%. yes, you listen. 80% of the people don't want the waymo's you see? so you are working against the people. well, use me. this is supposed to be public comment on the chiefs just let

it concern the chief obviously. >> so according to you by the way, when do you fight fire because you talk about going to this party this way and you on this one i don't know when are you serious? >> we are in trouble. we are under attack by your thick government under blackmail. >> no. oh, that's right. for what this government did to access to such power. do you understand the situation ? >> well, you're in big trouble so this is why a change of the course of humanity is necessary . we don't have a choice otherwise you are dead. so if you want to put up another good night's thank you. thank you very. >> any other public comment?

>> madam secretary, i do not see anyone approaching the podium. let me check the public comment line as a reminder if you'd like to make public comment on the public comment line, please raise your hand by pressing star three i do not see anyone on the public comment line raising their hand. all right. thank you chief commissioners, my fellow commissioners any comment on the chief's report? yes, please commission you. >> thank you very much. president frazier. thank you very much, chief, for your report. i also wanted to on behalf of myself as a commissioner with

your announcement express appreciation and gratitude to julianne moore on her retirement announcement and the work that she did for this department. so thank you for that announcement, chief. i also wanted to just make a quick comment that that lunar new year parade she's brown but also i was able to do a ride along with you with commissioner morgan to station 49 and we're able to say hello to the members that we're working that night and also thank them for their service also in terms of the parade coordination with afi and clarence hall and the banquet that you attended with the command staff, i thought that was very, very significant especially on the nba weekend and thank you for the acknowledgment of the department. i see our pio has arrived as well so i want to basically

acknowledge your participation. >> but that document of our members and quite impressive in terms of your dance off with shaquille o'neal and you did us proud in terms of as well so i just wanted to say that because i thought that was really important also chief, you mentioned some of the other supervisors that have done ride alongs but have we or have you been in contact with supervisor cheryl of district two yet because i know that there's some inquiry of interest. chief yes. we plan on having ride alongs with supervisor cheryl. that's i think it's on our calendar. >> i can double check. okay. i appreciate that because he's one of his staff persons is mcdowell. what's your who was a former aide for supervisor stephanie and now he works for them

supervisor cheryl as well and so i think we have a great opportunity in terms of creating some relationship with also education. i think the announcement on the lieutenant's exam is real, real important. thank you for sharing that as well. the retirement of the old list and the new list in terms of the succession of our department. and then finally chief, just a question that you were talking about the l one exam coming up or two classes that are coming up. what was the number on the l one level what was the number you called it? >> 15 okay. and then level one and five level two. >> so level two is our paramedics. okay. and this is all the emt is right. >> the level ones are emts and level twos are firefighter paramedics. okay. all right. thank you very much for their clarification. thank you, chief gaspar for that as well. okay. thank you very much, madam president.

>> well, i want to thank you, chief, for the opportunity to talk one on one. i think that was really helpful and in your report today you mentioned meeting with other department heads and sharing fears. i think as time goes on it would be helpful for us to know what things might be done differently because you are collaborating. i know that. so you know that's a big push and it occurs to me that you know, it's not only information sharing, it's really working in concert to understand how we protect the city. so i would be very interested in knowing what has changed as a result of that collaboration. what are we doing differently as time goes on? so thank you report and a lot

of i agree with everything my fellow commissioners have said but i also want to congratulate you on that weekend of lunar new year nba all-star i know you were in the mix all of you heavily for many hours but for those of us out in the out in the neighborhoods, the weekends in quiet, controlled, safe and fun for visitors and citizens alike. so congratulations. i know it was a big push and a lot of hours so really appreciate that. thank you for bringing it up. anybody else? all right. secretary report from administrator shin deputy chief so you me, brennan report on the administrative divisions fleet and facilities status and updates finance support services and homeland security

. >> good evening, president frazier. vice president collins. commissioner kodjoe. commissioner lowe malcolm and chief christian secretary. madam secretary, thank you very much for the introduction and everyone here command staff and personnel. my name is samy brennan, deputy chief of administration. i want to first formally thank chief for this opportunity to lead side by side with him this amazing department that i've grown to be a part of over 28 years in this department. i have a fondness for this city and even though i'm not from here. the city and the citizens here mean so much to me and being able to support the people in the front line has been an amazing opportunity this past four weeks. so i just want to thank you formally for this opportunity

and for the fire commission. also your unwavering support and welcome into this role. so thank you very much. in regards to chief to supervisor cheryl. i have been in direct contact with lauren chang, the chief of staff to cheryl and we are coordinating some events that are moving forward. so just to update you on that and also just to update on the meetings that we've had and the events that we went to. it has been just the behind the scenes has been just overwhelmingly supportive for this new command staff. so i want to formally thank everyone including chief mo, chief callaway and chief latrobe who have been very supportive in their information that they've passed on to us. >> i'm starting with my report

for january 2025 a lot of which has been reported by chief starting with homeland security assistant deputy chief erika brown. and something i'd like to say on behalf of chief brown is that she is a classmate of mine. as chief drought evacuees as well and we came in together and it was during a time when women weren't as readily present as they are today and our class actually had out of 41 recruits there were about 15 of us i believe in chief drought i get out of that can probably correct me on that but there was about 15 of us which is unprecedented in this department and especially in 1997 and something that chief brown and chief drought evac have encouraged me on is to not only find my voice but really participate in and in what is

happening in the department. they progressed through the department. i was sort of a late bloomer but when i did come into the role of a supervisor which is part of the 78 training i did have to put myself forward and and take a really good look at what i was doing and what i was participating in and my ability to lead in certain roles that i've been able to be a part of. so chief brown, ever since i started promoting has really tried to include me into a lot of the planning and education that is needed in order to be in positions such as this and especially hers with homeland security one of my big pushes and conversations with people in the department is to partake in these free classes conducted by usc and data and disaster

planning. so the topic has been a lot of preparedness. so in january when we came into office we chief chrisman has initiated these monday morning meetings for emergency operations and disaster preparedness. so chief brown has been working on a checklist project which is ongoing and updated regularly as well as blue angels. winter planning has already begun and that's one of our favorite events. i have to say that the last blue angels event it was chief myself and chief casper director of training chief rabbit has also participated in this event as well. and so this is hits close to our heart and this is something that we've now realized we've come into these roles and thank goodness we have thought about succession planning. so there's going to be a new team out there representing us

. >> fema task force three deployment to palisades fire search canine unit was deployed . something else that we have been working on and you'll see in my next report for february how we've incorporated that task force three into developing another canine searching it. so that will be in the next report. but we are working steadily on this succession planning for that training and exercise active shooter full scale exercise and planning is going to be happening in march on the fourth and fifth at oracle park. you are welcome to join us the command staff at this event we're going to actually respond to a realist bike attack and there will be scenarios that will be present. we're going to have volunteers coming from our newark program ,from affinity groups and just

our reservists and volunteers just basic volunteers that are going to be playing as victims. so it'll be a really interesting event for you all to participate in with us so you can see how we activate the emergency response and how we actually physically respond to these these full scale events. preparation started for the super bowl 2026 and world cup soccer for 2026. let's see here. oh this is some pictures from our inaugural inauguration and at city hall and there was also a chinatown event. i was actually a battalion chief at the time and was the incident commander for both events that went extremely smoothly. we we emphasized unified command with san francisco pd

sheriffs and other entities of the department. we were all represented there at the inauguration at city hall and the greens in front of city hall. the chinatown event where mayor walked through chinatown meeting the public escalated from 3000 person persons in the street to 10,000 in a matter of minutes. so i was part of the command post at central station with s.f. pd and we only had one medical event that happened and and otherwise it was very streamlined and safe and very proud to work side by side with pd in that event see oh the npr all star planning was also conducted during the month of january and as chief reported, it went very it was very successful. my next report is on the

outreach recruitment and development meant or lieutenant hashem anderson and firefighter ariana wilson this has been a very exciting time for us. we conducted a citywide job fair for 2025 on january 11th and this was conducted at hamilton recreation center. this was a these types of events are very meaningful to me because this is how i was introduced to the department as well. i didn't actually attend a career fair but i there was some heavy recruiting going on. i lived right on hill at pine and powell and there was a lot of recruiting going on in chinatown and in the area. i was attending city college for fire science classes and i was reached out to just by local people there saying hey, i'm seeing these posters and you would be a great candidate and i thought i'll never make

it. but the application process was was incredible the amount of support that i received and was given this opportunity to even become a firefighter here in this great city. so this job fairs are very important and dear to me. this is where all involvement and all participation comes into play at all ranks and and this is where we shine. this is where the public looks up at us and says that could be me someday. >> we also held the 15th annual black history month and lunar new year annual event at the bayview ymca chief crisp and mayor lurie district ten supervisor walton district 11 supervisor chen and city attorney chu and state senator wiener were also in attendance. so this is a great community that looks up to everyone who participates and appreciates

when we attend these events and we will we would like to include you as well in our upcoming events that will be happening very soon with nerd and our fire reserves and during our hiring process and there's many, many events. for example there's one coming up it's a bike rodeo day. it's a huge event with the boy scouts of america and our our department sheriff's department police department and chp are involved in it and we will be inviting you to that mission. hi. we the sfd participated in mock interviews for their career technical education students. we were invited amongst other departments in the city such as the sheriff's and pd. here you see ems chief malloy is conducting a mock interview with a student and is conducting interview prep for them to be successful during

their job hunting. s.f. gov tv is also assisting us in providing support and in creating videos for that outreach for audie to a recruit and this is one of the videos i don't know if you can hear it cisco fire department oh there it goes. the city of san francisco stands a remarkable force dedicated to saving lives. the san francisco fire department we're not just looking for firefighters. we're looking for people with the drive and minds of the tackle and challenge and the heart to serve the public. are you someone with a passion for pushing your limits? do you thrive in high pressure situations? are you ready to take your physical fitness to new heights and transform it into a new career? joining the san francisco fire department isn't just about fighting fires. it's about making a difference in the lives of others. are you ready to answer the call and embark on a rewarding career filled with purpose?

visit our website to learn more about how you can become part of the san francisco fire department where courage meets compassion. >> so this is just a sample of what we are working on and it's still in its editing process. it's still a draft. this hasn't gone out yet but it's going to be going out soon with a number of other video options that we're going to be using to advertise for recruitment. so i thought this was a this is a great entity that we can use as well as our ems team that also has the ability to create social media videos and things. they assist the pio department in that area. and on that note, we also i don't know if you noticed a change in our pio staff but justin shaw rescue captain justin shaw has returned to the field and he has done some great service for us and he is now a backup pio and we've brought in sam menchaca also a

rescue a rescue captain. he came from ems training and he has been a vital resource for us and now is one of our pios on the 24 hour shifts. so you'll see him out there. he has the mustache and you can't miss him. our next report is on health and safety with battalion chief matt alba. there's been quite a few studies and it's been a very exciting time for health and wellness. there's been so many reports in regards to safety and and some of our biggest and top priorities and our command staff and with chief is firefighter safety. there's some studies that have been conducted this a for a study is completed and participants will receive their results in april or may. and just to update chief commissioner lowe, support for and study was included rock

shots. so it was this powder of a sulfur rich phytochemical found in cruciferous cruciferous i can never pronounce that vegetable. >> it's basically broccoli. it's known to repair and nurture our gut support natural detoxification and address inflammation so the study included actual packets that firefighters were able to consume every day and they tested blood and to see how it helped blood and gut to see how it helped them. so the results come out in april may so stay tuned for that nutrition study. eight members i mentioned this last report completed our baseline clinic visit that was me six members committed to participating in the documentary and the dexa body scans have begun and so i just went did that at stanford last week i had myself scanned. the hardest part was just not moving and they are taking our

baselines now prior to the study beginning. so i was selected we were teamed up with a partner and one of us was given the control diet which is the diet that they remain on the same diet that they consume daily. and then the other partner was given the plant based diet and guess what? >> i got a plant based diet. >> so i start tomorrow. i just received my food on my way here actually as i was leaving headquarters the person came up and handed me my container of food which i will begin tomorrow. it's plant based so it's not vegan there i am allowed to have fermented dairy such as cottage cheese and greek yogurt. i'm also allowed an egg or two a week and about 4 to 6oz of fish so this will be very interesting. they took a lot of tests with

blood and and the other stuff to check my gut biome and i'll have they're trying to monitor cancer cell development cancer cells development in our bodies to see if being on a plant based diet is actually going to slow that down that process down or actually help and benefit. so i'm part of that nutrition study and i'm very excited to see the results the fuel pump study is progressing initial environmental monitoring sensors deployed and environmental data collection is underway so they've already started that and we are already getting some results at this time. the infrared sauna a study at ucsf they are still allowing members to go and conduct the infrared sauna treatment. they're trying to determine the best time to do it. there's been this question mark of going right after a toxic incident opening your pores and

actually allowing it to enter your body more quickly. so they're trying to adjust when would be the best time to actually conduct that study, maybe waiting a couple of days to a week after a toxic environment exposure. >> another thing that was conducted during january was the project. cuno it's a 20 minute video honoring the life and legacy of san francisco fire department lieutenant brian cuno, who was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer shortly after he retired. he shared his story to raise awareness and help protect future generations of firefighters. brian passed away in 2024 after retiring in 2022 and i had a madam secretary send that to each of you via email so you can take your own time to watch it. it's about a 20 minute video so please do watch it. it it does hit close to home especially for all of us in the

room. we all worked with him and we all love and respect him and the legacy that he's left behind. >> the behavioral health unit view of captain heather burin i've been working closely with chief alba and captain burin in regards to our happy and healthy 2024 to 2025 year. this includes health and wellness habits to build for wellbeing and better mental and emotional health. some of the things that firefighters can do to assist with that is exercise, sleep quality, quality sleep is extremely important which is hard to do on your working days but maybe getting into the habit of doing it on your off days hydration healthy eating social connection is huge. being able to connect with someone in regards to traumatic incident incidences that we are respond to sometimes on a shift

basis. so every shift sometimes we do respond to events that are emotionally distressing. so having someone to connect with is important. mindfulness breathwork and mobility are a number of ways first responders tend to their health and wellness on and off the job. the lighthouse app this is the lighthouse wellness app. in january we had 27 users 173 looks at the app and and actively using 92 so top hits this month have been station finder therapist finder employee benefits and get help get help now also a couple of things in regards to health and wellness some of our groups are affinity groups are looking into that as well as affinity

groups support members that are in the department currently. some of the issues that have come up is the health and wellness issue so being supportive to our members and especially in regards to affinity groups there are different levels of stresses and different types of stress. for example you can imagine maybe the rfa group opposed to maybe the ufc w group might have different stresses that occur at different times of the year and with the ufc w group which was which i was a huge part of i was the president and have just recently resigned from that in this role. i just met with them last week and some of the topics that are coming up are the stresses of the job itself, the expectation and and the struggles that that they go through as the underrepresented in the department. so a lot of this has been

discussed with behavioral health and they are providing that support the office employee health dr. chang returned to work on return to work 34 new hire activities are underway right now as chief christine did say we are looking are we are putting members through or candidates through the health screenings and health checks. also the promotional appointments that was us actually. >> so the four you see here are said one, two, three and chief fire marshal at law probation two and they're just continuing participation in health and safety planning committee and the continued participation in the annual wellness subcommittee. so the annual wellness this is that health check that we have members submitting to our our

medical team. let's see the annual wellness exam. this is what i was just discussing partnering with the health services systems and kaiser to create a nutrition program for recruits the pre physical training nutrition talks successful we presented in january and that has been extremely helpful with communication between chief alba and the da and dr. chang in regards to nutrition for the physical training stresses and expectations when you are going through an academy post physical training, nutrition talk. so this is of course after the academy your diet is going to change prior to the academy maybe more carbohydrates to give you more energy, a lots of protein to replenish and then afterwards changing that a little bit to allowing them to adjust to the non day to day

activity that they are doing when they're in academies collaborating with health services system and ymca to create a strength and core class aimed at enhancing ergonomics and preventing injuries among ems members. this has been something that i've also been working with with the ufc w group they do a physical training program and it's also ems and fire both supporting our ergonomics and lifting and and then how to save any injuries from happening when you're in the suppression field engage in ongoing discussions regarding the implementation of the electronic health record system is still ongoing. >> this is the isb investigative services bureau borough with captain colin carter. and because they are very busy conducting promotional and end

of probationary screenings they're conducting the background investigations at this time they just finished h three level one and level two backgrounds there is the 26 candidates. so during the month of january they're working heavily on that and utilizing members from the field to bring them in to assist. that was extremely helpful. random alcohol and drug testing program two battalion chiefs trained as designated collectors for post accident testing. we are trying to ensure that more people have that training so that when a division chief is unavailable they can go to a battalion chief. other business captain carter is also taken over as ice b captain on 117 and we'd like to formally thank captain todd weddle who's returned to the field but continues to support us and he has worked tirelessly, tireless lately on

the isb and creating it a more streamlined and effective way to get people through a little bit more efficiently. >> so thank you to captain todd. well support services assistant deputy chief mike mullen this is just a recap but in your report that you received there's it's a lot more extensive but 150 requests for services during the month of january 148 service orders were completed and the remaining two were completed literally the next day. so february 1st but that was the january report 37 service calls for plumbing issues and now that we have that plumber like i mentioned last month that's just a huge just a relief for a lot of firefighters in the field and fire stations just having that plumber to be able to come right away.

i've literally entered it into the computer and turned around and he was there. so we really appreciate that. fire station 37 and 44 the generator installations and progress there was a couple issues with ground and checking some stability issues so they are working on it and should be underway march there was just some delays and weather and then some materials for that for those just the planning part and making sure that everything's coordinated together by our station 35, the security fence it has been installed. there hasn't been any issues there just finishing there was a misalignment and one of the connections and the paint has also been completed but that was underway in january easter assistant deputy chief gareth miller who's also here today to answer any questions that you might have. >> the public works received

construction manager and general manager proposals and that that has actually been completed. but during the month of january they were receiving the proposals design development continued with work on all structures. the site features and landscaping plans were discussed, met with the art commission representatives to continue developing ideas for the art enrichment at site. so they are looking at where they're going to be putting that art and and its representation of the community that the dot will be in public works reports that actual spending on the project increased and you have your numbers there on the right you can see the picture of the concept that's been presented to the civic design review committee and some highlights.

during the month of january we had chief inaugurated and i believe you can see the ceremony there this was our chinese new year parade that was us leading the sfd fire engine and it was so smoothly and streamlined it was it was so well coordinated and conducted. i know a lot of people that were in the audience and people who saw it on tv thought it was just a spectacular event. so there are people in the audience who have been coming for years and years and and of course were the favorite with the fire engines. they just love that seeing the fire engine come down the parade route. >> the asian firefighters association banquet this is just some pictures from it. we enjoyed a lot of amazing traditional foods and just getting together with an affinity groups such as the ffa with its with clarence just

it's a real joy to see everyone in it for the same reason right? the camaraderie and the connection and the family environment is just one of those moments that we cherish as as the command staff and president frazier and commissioner lowe this of course happened at our at our last meeting at city hall and we welcome both of you to these new roles and if there's any questions i'm happy to answer or bring up anybody that can enlighten anything that i had sent you last week you three comments or questions from my fellow commissioners. >> we also have to check for public comment.

president oh no problem. i do not see anyone approaching the podium and there is no one on the public comment line. very complete report. thank you very much. thank you. even your personal journey will be interested in how that goes but it's such important research so thank you so much. >> it really is. thank you. >> thank you. vice president. all right. thank you. our president frazier thank you very much, chief granite for your comprehensive report. >> your report was thorough. my comments are particularly comments not too much questions. i wanted to mention that in terms of again your report health safety wellness report

in terms of and also battalion chief arbor will also follow the report from captain brian in terms of their behavioral health unit knowing there's a separation or an inclusion. >> i want to thank you for making the reference and giving it also in terms of our project journal video i viewed it i know that the commissioners that there this year will be able to view it as well. it's meaningful because again brian firefighter chrono touch for all of us me particularly because i knew his father and mother very well when i worked that committee senior center and his father would always talk about brian you know you know dad is you know so that

was really a treat and be able to view it. but to see the video itself and in terms of the message wow, you know in terms of contemporary and getting the message across so i just wanted to thank you for that and that endorsement and all the good work that's going on. i know that with i'm moving on chief captain heather brian's report there was a line in there about the historical fire chiefs residential and garden updates that caught my eye perhaps our colleagues as well that we have this very historical site the chief's residence and the historical significance of that from the 1906 earthquake. >> but to be able to hear it within a report on that beautiful garden in the back for those of us who wherever the visitors to chief's residence and i encourage our

colleagues to do that oh it was really i couldn't believe how beautiful it was within the heights of that historical north hill. but to have this attached as a healing garden or utilization of the chief's residence i think is really positive. so i just wanted to mention that as well. i'm moving on chief. i know that research and planning assignment office i know this a name that wasn't there as captain at you retired because of what i see now is captain matthew badger rini yes, chief captain chu actually has not retired yet. he's just in china right now vacationing but he is returning . >> captain ballerini is has been brought into the assignment office as the captain to replace captain chu when he does retire officially

right now he is just vacationing but he's been still a big part of everything that we're doing there with assignments. yeah. again, colleagues of captain chu in terms of what his assignment is on a daily basis is pretty outstanding and for the longevity that he's been there. right. told me he was going to retire. so i basically ask like who's going to take over and he talked about matthew basir rini again i have to say that i know matthew his father you know through the relationship with the department so i'm glad to be able to see this and thank you very much for informing us about captain chu is still among us and in terms of support services i just have to make a comment a great job taking over chief mullins in terms of everything that occurs within that, thank you very much for your comprehensive report. >> thank you commissioner. thank you commissioner. i'll just take a brief moment. thank you so much captain brand

and chief brennan i'm sorry that was a very comprehensive report. so many interesting things. i'm particularly interested in how the studies progressed and the outcomes of those studies. >> also it got my attention. you talked about active shooter exercise and events and i'm not sure how we find out about some of these things and if you oh we'll be sending you okay, yeah, we're sending you something. >> yeah just a calendar of some of the events. yes. so that we can all be notified. yes. decide. >> yeah. either day you're welcome to attend. okay. yeah. >> and then i just want to say a moment to on brian kienholz video which i watched today at home it was very emotional for me to watch very honest. he really shared his reality with a lot of grace and i think his message is super important . you know i took care of a lot of people with cancer in my

working life and he's got a lot of good stuff to say for firefighters and other people who are occupationally exposed to chemicals and other substances that can affect the health of those professionals. so my hat's off to him and his family and the people who made that video. it was a wonderful job as well as the whole entirety of your report. >> so thank you. thank you. thank you, president. good. all right. thank you. item number five resolution 2020 501 discussion and possible action director of finance mark corso to present resolution recommending that the board of supervisors

authorize the san francisco fire department to retroactively accept and expend a united states army medical research acquisition activity grant awarded through the university of california san francisco in the amount of $218,447 to participate in a study comparing pain medications in trauma. >> thank you. good evening, madam president. madam vice president. commissioners chief. madam secretary command staff mark corso, finance and planning here to present on the next item which is uh an approval a request for the board to approve retroactively approved grant agreement for our m. >> s division. um, this is at the end of the day through some federal funding through the department of defense, then through the university of pittsburgh, then through the regents of the university of california, san francisco and then all the

way to us we were awarded a grant to the department in the amount of $218,447 to participate in a study comparing pain medications and trauma specifically, this study addresses the use of fentanyl versus ketamine. this is a collaboration between our ems division, our medical director and ucsf. >> the funding that we are receiving here is for a combination of items specifically two major ones which part? first part of it is training which is our medical director working to with our ems staff to develop a training curriculum for our members and then having our members go through that training curriculum. and then the second part of that is to enroll patients into the study itself. i have deputy chief peng here to actually answer some of the questions programmatic questions about this study if there are any. but i'm happy to answer any questions. this is for approval. this would then go to the full

board. >> there's a couple other minor contractual language items we need to modify with our city attorney but it would need to go through the full board before approval before it would be signed and there are not any anticipated major changes to the agreement. so with that happy to answer any questions. as i mentioned i have japan here as well. >> thank you. and just a quick question has the retroactive nature of the resolution have we already received the funds? we have not already received the funds we do on a reimbursement basis for time and for services. the retroactive part is due to the fact that given this was a multi layer sub grantee agreement there were delays in getting a formal contract from ucsf. >> so we have done some of the work. we've begun some of the training development and training of our staff members but we have not actually received any funds and would not until this was fully approved and these funds are

well traveled but when you do receive this will be used more as reimbursed amount correct. generally when we are dealing with the city in general, when we're dealing with federal grants they are done on a reimbursement basis. so we then have all the supporting documentation that would be required for any future audits or any inquiries in the future. >> thank you. well, president frazier, we must call for public comment before we continue with any comments. no problem. i do not see anyone approaching the podium and there is no one on the public comment line. >> thank you for that submission. you know, thank you very much. president frazier thank you commissioner lowe for your question. director corso can we get steve paying up here to give an interpretation of this so that it can be a little bit more comprehensive? and the question that was

answered with commissioner lowe for me was the retroactive nature of it. >> but you want to give the short version there. chief sherman, president frazier and vice president collins. >> commissioner lowe. commissioner ricardo. chief. >> thank you for the question. the pain study stands for a prehospital analgesia interventional study. this is put on by the department of defense because the number one pain medication for people is opioids and one of the side effects of opioids is it lowers the blood pressure. so we're talking about people in severe trauma shock trauma. >> and what was studied is that can ketamine which lowers the blood pressure less be as effective to control pain as an opioid in this case fentanyl? we've already conducted this training. we've trained it. we've trained about 350 paramedics and how to conduct this study. last year we have not actually

begun the study because we're waiting on chief chris bensinger. he cannot sign this until it goes through the full board and that cannot happen until it goes to the fire commission. so that's what we're waiting for. and we're specifically going to see when someone it's going to be a randomized double blind study when someone is in having a severely severe traumatic event, you cannot consent to that. so this is following a different set of rules for people who are at that's an exception to informed consent. and what we'll be doing is someone that's in shock trauma is going to get either medication may or medication be it's not known to anybody. and then what the study is going to be is pain successfully relieved? what are the outcomes? what are the mortality rates of

the patients? and second second thirdly, what will be the drops in blood pressure for these patients? >> so that is what is being studied. >> okay. thank you very much for that. a nation paying i really appreciate that. >> thank you, madam president. i'm ready to call for the question but i'll yield to my colleagues for questions. >> i have one question. thank you, chief peng. how many participants are they looking to enroll? >> you know, i think at least 30. i know that's going to be a multiyear it's going to be a multi-year study because it's going to take a while for us to find these patients. we're only looking for patients that are the definition is pretty obtuse. i think you would understand it. but someone who's heart rate is greater than their systolic blood pressure meaning they're in shock. so it's going to take a while before we have a number of these patients that we can enroll and it's blinded to both the patient receiving the medication and the person

administering them. >> that's right. and even the doctors in the emergency room. >> q anything else? uh. madam president, we will. can you call for a motion to approve? i move approval. >> second president frazier how do you vote? i vote i. >> commissioner nicholson how do you vote? i vote i. >> motion passes. thank you. >> thank you. director corso. item number six. vote on whether to conduct item number seven in closed session government code section 54957b and san francisco administrative code section 67. 10d action will call for public comment. >> all right. is there any public comment? there is no one approaching the

podium and there is no one on the public comment line on whether to conduct this item in closed session. >> thank you. >> and who's second i'll second . >> president frazier. how do you vote? i vote i. commissioner kodjoe, how do you vote? motion passes. we will now go into closed session . >> commissioners have a good evening. thank you. you too. hmm. okay. yeah. nice to meet you. all right. we will reconvene in an open session. the time is 7:03 p.m.. >> item number eight vote to elect whether to disclose any or all discussion on item seven held in closed session. san francisco administrative

code section 67.1 to a action move not to do so. >> we will have to take public comment first. sorry commissioner. all right. is there any public comment on this item? >> well, there's no one approaching the podium. >> let me check the public comment line. >> i see someone on the public comment line. caller can you hear me? >> can you hear me? yes. >> would you like to make public comment related to item agenda item number eight? well yeah actually i was going to make the comment on agenda item seven but you never called that item. >> i had and i had called that before we went into closed session asking for a public comment on that item. but if you'd like to make public comment i can run your time which is three minutes. >> would you like to do so sir

? >> yes, please. your time starts now. >> okay. yeah. item six and and you made a vote to go into closed session under six, six, six, seven, ten. >> be so then i'm pretty sure you never called seven at least you said you were in closed session for that, but that was never going to i was going to say. six 7:10 p.m. the central government requested a vote. attorney client privilege in open session before we go to discussion also the senate inquiry the the agenda is pretty vague. um can't really tell what's going on in that agenda and it's 7.78 the vendors have to have enough information at that point of average intelligence and education to figure out what's going and anyways i had some questions i was hoping you

could shed some light on what the case was and or at least some some more details so get figure up on on and also since you didn't take public comment before or on seven anyway then i'm not sure if that impacts your your closed session decisions but anyhow the point got thank you thank you you really was okay now we can take away i'm sorry do we go to item eight now? >> yes i moved not to disclose . okay. president frazier how do you vote? i vote i am mr. nicastro. >> how do you vote? motion passes item number nine.

adjournment. we are adjourned. thank you. meeting adjourned at 7:07 p.m.. >> thank you >> growing up in san francisco has been way safer than growing up other places we we have that bubble, and it's still that bubble that it's okay to be

whatever you want to. you can let your free flag fry -- fly here. as an adult with autism, i'm here to challenge people's idea of what autism is. my journey is not everyone's journey because every autistic child is different, but there's hope. my background has heavy roots in the bay area. i was born in san diego and adopted out to san francisco when i was about 17 years old. i bounced around a little bit here in high school, but i've always been here in the bay. we are an inclusive preschool, which means that we cater to

emp. we don't turn anyone away. we take every child regardless of race, creed, religious or ability. the most common thing i hear in my adult life is oh, you don't seem like you have autism. you seem so normal. yeah. that's 26 years of really, really, really hard work and i think thises that i still do. i was one of the first open adoptions for an lgbt couple. they split up when i was about four. one of them is partnered, and one of them is not, and then my biological mother, who is also a lesbian. very queer family. growing up in the 90's with a queer family was odd, i had the bubble to protect me, and here, i felt safe. i was bullied relatively infrequently. but i never really felt isolated or alone. i have known for virtually my

entire life i was not suspended, but kindly asked to not ever bring it up again in first grade, my desire to have a sex change. the school that i went to really had no idea how to handle one. one of my parents is a little bit gender nonconforming, so they know what it's about, but my parents wanted my life to be safe. when i have all the neurological issues to manage, that was just one more to add to it. i was a weird kid. i had my core group of, like, very tight, like, three friends. when we look at autism, we characterize it by, like, lack of eye contact, what i do now is when i'm looking away from the camera, it's for my own comfort. faces are confusing. it's a lack of mirror neurons in your brain working properly to allow you to experience

empathy, to realize where somebody is coming from, or to realize that body language means that. at its core, autism is a social disorder, it's a neurological disorder that people are born with, and it's a big, big spectrum. it wasn't until i was a teenager that i heard autism in relation to myself, and i rejected it. i was very loud, i took up a lot of space, and it was because mostly taking up space let everybody else know where i existed in the world. i didn't like to talk to people really, and then, when i did, i overshared. i was very difficult to be around. but the friends that i have are very close. i click with our atypical kiddos than other people do. in experience, i remember when i was five years old and not

wanting people to touch me because it hurt. i remember throwing chairs because i could not regulate my own emotions, and it did not mean that i was a bad kid, it meant that i couldn't cope. i grew up in a family of behavioral psychologists, and i got development cal -- developmental psychology from all sides. i recognize that my experience is just a very small picture of that, and not everybody's in a position to have a family that's as supportive, but there's also a community that's incredible helpful and wonderful and open and there for you in your moments of need. it was like two or three years of conversations before i was like you know what? i'm just going to do this, and i went out and got my prescription for hormones and started transitioning medically, even though i had already been living as a male. i have a two-year-old. the person who i'm now married

to is my husband for about two years, and then started gaining weight and wasn't sure, so i went and talked with the doctor at my clinic, and he said well, testosterone is basically birth control, so there's no way you can be pregnant. i found out i was pregnant at 6.5 months. my whole mission is to kind of normalize adults like me. i think i've finally found my calling in early intervention, which is here, kind of what we do. i think the access to care for parents is intentionally confusing. when i did the prospective search for autism for my own child, it was confusing. we have a place where children can be children, but it's very

confusing. i always out myself as an adult with autism. i think it's helpful when you know where can your child go. how i'm choosing to help is to give children that would normally not be allowed to have children in the same respect, kids that have three times as much work to do as their peers or kids who do odd things, like, beach therapy. how do -- speech therapy. how do you explain that to the rest of their class? i want that to be a normal experience. i was working on a certificate and kind of getting think early childhood credits before i started working here, and we did a section on transgender inclusion, inclusion, which is a big issue here in san francisco because we attract lots of queer families, and the teacher approached me and said i don't really feel comfortable or qualified to talk about this from, like, a cisgendered

straight person's perspective, would you mind talking a little bit with your own experience, and i'm like absolutely. so i'm now one of the guest speakers in that particular class at city college. i love growing up here. i love what san francisco represents. the idea of leaving has never occurred to me. but it's a place that i need to fight for to bring it back to what it used to be, to allow all of those little kids that come from really unsafe environments to move somewhere safe. what i've done with my life is work to make all of those situations better, to bring a little bit of light to all those kind of issues that we're still having, hoping to expand into a little bit more of a resource center, and this resource center would be more those new parents who have gotten that diagnosis, and we want to be this one centralized place that allows parents to breathe for a second. i would love to empower from the bottom up, from the kid level, and from the top down, from the teacher level.

so many things that i would love to do that are all about changing people's minds about certain chunts, like the transgender community or the autistic community. i would like my daughter to know there's no wrong way to go through life. everybody experiences pain and grief and sadness, and that all of those things are temporary. >> our market street program started in 1992. the goal was to bring arts to an audience who may not be normally be exposed to contemporary art.

for 2023, we chose comics as the median to highlight san francisco. it could be fix al, science fiction. history. >> i'm fan, i'm illustrator and writer, i grew up all over the bay area. and is post history no history no south. i've been drawing since i was probably four or five. it's just a cool memory, i just remember painting my apron in kindergarten and i would suddenly start painting myself. it was cartoon, it got me excited. in my home life, it was not consistent but what was on tv is always consistent. there is always xy z- channel, cartoon, i would wait for the cartoons to freeze and chase

really fast. i remember getting into anemai as a kid, as a young person because it was one of the avenues of asian-american expression that i can relate to. my project is i'm highlighting 6 trailblazers who's family was tied to san francisco. they all have different forms of art expression. but i noticed through the research that there is a common that connects them all, which is this desire to live life authentically, organickly, speak of the love that they believe in. i made it art students and learning about art history and the place in art with the context of learning about their predecessors. >> sinsawa is synonymous of san francisco. there is a school named after her.

>> wasn't she also in stamp? her art was in 2020. >> do you think she would become a artist? >> hmm, i think she was like 100s of other in the city that love the art. when there is no audience or income, why do we still make art? >> well because we seek to know ourselves and one has to believe like alela, we make art for a lifetime not just a career. i think for some, artist like breathing, it's how we know we're alive. >> it's so incredible to do this project and do the experience that connects generation, the full experience of being artist. >> comics have a rich history in san francisco even from early 20th century. we also wanted to open up public art opportunities for

artist that don't normally apply to public art. >> i hope it stays with them and lingers and they chew on it and think about it. and it may not make a big impact but it's something that opens up the door or starts the conversation or the beginning of something. i would like for it to be a start, whether it's a start of research or start of pondering, yeah, what does it mean to be an artist? and how do i decolonize my mind?

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. my name is sam peoples. jazz pianist. >> i was born into a musical family here in san francisco. my father played saxophone and he was one of the stars during the harlem of the west during the 40s and 50s. his siblings they were also musicians too and their heyday was during the 30. here in san francisco i always was around music and piano because it was like my family's instrument with the piano except for my father but his his sister who raised me she played piano. she went on to make live black movies with lena horne, louis armstrong, duke ellington. it was a whole series of them

that you get then you know one thing i have to be high on everything right now that you get then how? >> so she had a very good career in l.a. and so i was just saturated with all this music. >> i got taken under the wings of these musicians that knew my father back in the 50s and he was having perspective in the neighborhood in the fillmore. we had a mentor is lee hester. he was 20 years older than me. of a good saxophone player man. he could just play and he really loved up in the haight here. we had our school up in the upper haight. we had at least going for 1015 years. >> what my father's peers who took me under his wings and you know, i mean, like i said it 20 years older than me but they you know, they were all fantastic players. i have a picture upstairs of the bay area jazz musicians.

>> we did we took a picture we were out front in front of city hall and i walked all those people like in the first two and they were my teachers. a lot of musicians they don't know about what happened in north beach pacific avenue this where the doing like a creature of the barbary coast and they had a whole series of club there on pacific avenue and they worked at this place called purcell's and they were one of the best color bands in the country. you know, you had all this description on the outside the sound is organically grown here in the city and what this city has what you have compared to other cities throughout the world. san francisco is very tolerant. there's a lot of tolerance but other cities have that. that's why you have people coming here to you know, to to fulfill their dreams or their lifestyles.

i think it has a lot to do with the music people coming out here experimenting with the music different from l.a., different from new york. this is this is a little more creative. it's not going to you know, the the factory the l.a. is the factory. new york is the factory here ideas have been made. music's been a great aid for me is enriching my life, taking me places i wouldn't be able to go if i didn't have this talent. and it is the universal language. i've gone to country to country and the first thing i do when i get off the plane i go to the club and get to hook up with my brothers and they show me the city, give me everything i need. we may not be able to speak the same language but we can still speak the same language of music