. >> the this is a meeting of the san francisco port commission for february 25th 2025. call president kimberly brandon here. vice president gil gilman present commissioner willie adams. commissioner steven ingram here. commissioner steven lee here. item two is the approval of minutes for the february 11th, 2025 port commission meeting. >> so moved.

circuit we have a motion and a second all in favor. all right. any opposed motion passes? item three is the land acknowledgment for san francisco port commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the raw material owning 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 we 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. 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 raw material only community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. item four is announcements. please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones and similar sound producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. a member of the public has up

to three minutes to make public comments on each agenda item unless the port commission adopts a shorter period on any item. public comments must be in respect to the current agenda item. the commission will take in-person and remote public comment on each item beginning with commenters in person. for remote public comment dial 14156550001 and enter access code (266) 364-1341 4 pound pound. then dial star three to raise your hand to comment on the item being discussed. an audio prompt will signal when it is your turn to speak. if you are watching this meeting on tv there is a short broadcasting delay to not miss your chance to comment. please dial on the item you want to comment on as announced . mute your device and listen to the meeting from your telephone which has no delay. item five is public comment on items not listed on the agenda. thank you. we will now take public comment

on items not listed on the agenda. is there any public comment in the room? if not, do we have anyone on the phone? >> yes there is one call for public comment. opening the first line now. thank you. >> hello commission. this is great shampoo. i was hoping you could comment on the current status of the courts in the us. ac is drought san francisco flood study. there were two points. my understanding was it was to go to congress in the fourth quarter of this year for approval and possible funding. and then since then given sb 272, both bcbc and the california coastal commission issued the what they call rcp, which is a sea level rise planning guidelines which may impact what was our flood study recommendations. could you comment on that at

all please? >> thank you for your call but unfortunately because it's not on the agenda we cannot comment on it but i'm sure we will have an item on it in the near future. thank you for calling. thank you. are there any other callers? there are no other callers for public comment at this time. thank you. public comment is closed. next item please. item six is the executive directors report. for callers who wish to make public comments on this item, please dial four three to raise your hand to comment. good afternoon president brandon vice president gilman members of the commission, members of the public and port staff. i am elaine forbes, the executive director. over the past few weeks the port has been the center of dynamic and high profile events that have not only showcased our incredible waterfront but

also demonstrated the hard, hard work and dedication of our team. i'm excited to share the latest updates on our economic vitality, equity initiatives and key sustainability projects . first on economic vitality. earlier this month the nba all-star tournament and chinese lunar new year celebrate brought hundreds and thousands of residents and visitors. and the port was able to shine. our waterfront was safe, clean and vibrant thanks in large part to the terrific preparations executed by our maintenance and security staff in the days leading up to the events held at chase center and pier 48. port staff collaborated internally and with our counterparts in city departments to ensure permitting and safety needs were handled and that everyone was welcome to our waterfront. as you know, big crowds can bring unpermitted and unpermitted activity and our security department with the s.f. pd worked very collaboratively to ensure that unpermitted food and sales of

counterfeit items were handled and tackled and that we had a very safe waterfront. there are many hours put into the event and the eyes and the region were on san francisco and our staff stepped up. we will continue this momentum with coming events too. we have the 47th lunar new year run that will take place on the embarcadero on sunday march 2nd. this is an annual fundraiser benefiting the chinatown ymca physical education program and community center which serves 1600 youth and families in chinatown. the run will begin at grant avenue in sacramento street at 8 a.m. but the route crosses the embarcadero at north point street and at washington street and our streets will be closed for 30 minutes prior to the race time and open when the runners and walkers have finished. another exciting event is sailgp and its returning to san francisco for racing on march

22nd and 23rd. sailgp is a global sailing championship where national teams race and high tech high speed 50 foot catamarans with speeds above 60mph. the race takes place in iconic international venues around the world and it's no surprise that they've chosen san francisco again for the race. we continue to be a wonderful location to enjoy sailing. we will also be hosting a base camp the fourth year in a row on our southern waterfront and this base camp saw approximately city kids 60 kids per day last year in a program called inspire learning. this this learning program is emerging as an educational program that teaches sailing and also teaches stem science technology and engineering art and math. with the goal to leave a positive legacy on local communities and build a

sustainable future. thank you to our maritime team as they ensure that opportunities for our youth and for all are at the forefront in all events and efforts that you lead. and more great news for economic vibrancy in our fisherman's wharf neighborhood . on tuesday, february 18th i joined the mayor's office for a tour to see firsthand the changes that the port and our partners specifically the community benefits district have accomplished in the area. we're excited to showcase the progress of the area and look forward to working with the mayor's office to continue our efforts to a vibrant and economically strong fisherman's wharf for generations to come. one last item on economic vitality. commissioners upon request from president brandon at the last commission meeting you were offered a briefing of the port's two year capital plan i'm sorry ten year capital plan and we are happy to report that

commissioner angouleme had excellent input on how to refine the document and we are working on those refinements and port staff requests to bring an updated plan to march 11th for review and final approval. beyond economic vitality we are continued. we are committed to fostering an inclusive waterfront. let me now turn to our efforts in advancing equity. i like to highlight the black digital art collection collective in partnership with hudson properties art exhibit on the second floor here in the ferry building. we are also excited to host the eighth year of our renowned port contract open house which is an annual event and excellent opportunity for diverse small businesses to learn about the opportunities we have in contract ing and also to meet other firms that they can partner with. as we look ahead to the future we're deeply engaged in projects that will shape our long term resilience and sustainability.

i'd like to report on offshore wind today. michael martin, assistant port director and chief operating officer, has returned from an offshore wind conference in long beach that took place last week, thursday and friday. he joined lieutenant governor kounalakis former port commissioner and david hochschild, chair of the california energy commission and many others at the conference. the conference was an opportunity for ports, state and local governments and private industry stakeholders to come together and reaffirm the state's goals to 25gw of offshore wind floating energy generation and to further mitigate air admissions and climate change impacts of california's energy portfolio. while there is some uncertainty, the conference attendees expressed broad support for the public and private partnerships that will be collaborating on addressing the many challenging aspects of this development. during mike's panel discussion

he expressed our interest in moving forward and what we will take what it will take to pursue strategies to bring the investments we need and the capital upgrades to our marine terminals to prepare for offshore wind. the write off policy commissioners consistent with the write off policy adopted adopted pursuant to resolution 22 dash 11 port staff provided a report summarizing three accounts which are recommended for write off this month. you will have 30 days to review before we process if anyone has a concern. please let me know. in closing it was a it's with a heavy heart that i report that ethics crowley passed away february 11th. commissioner francis x x crowley was a labor relations consultant helping labor unions and businesses collaborate on resolving differences. he spent 30 years with the international alliance of

theatrical stage employees local 16 in san francisco. he performed valuable service to the city serving on three commissions including civil service, our port commission and the sfp. u.s. across 15 years. commissioner crowley served as our port commissioner from 2010 to 2012. many of us had the privilege of working with him specifically on the maritime preservation policy which continues to protect critical waterfront assets and jobs. today i respectfully request that we adjourn today's port commission in his honor and as we move forward commissioners, i'm inspired and dedicated by the dedication of our team, the vision of our commissioner and the resilience of our waterfront community. thank you for your leadership. it remains an honor to serve alongside you during this pivotal time for the port and san francisco. that concludes my report.

thank you. thank you. great report. we will now open it up for public comment. is there any public comment in the room on the executive directors report seeing them? do we have anyone on the phone ? >> at this time there are no callers for public comment. thank you. >> commissioner lee nothing really to say other than i'm glad we're moving along as spring time is coming. i just you know with the new ferry dock, you know, to bring more busses down there i think is going to be quite fun to catch it at the ferry building and go that way or catch it at the. at the blue and white. i mean will they be able to pick it up down at the north site as well to head over to chase it? maybe in the future. >> does anybody know? may we get back to you on that?

>> okay. yeah. but other than that great report. thank you, lily. thank you. commissioner englander. thank you, director forbes for the report. i struck by you know how when we talk about these events are really great reminders that how we're delivering for the city's priorities? and i think what would be very helpful i think i read in the chronicle that that just that single mba event added $350 million economic impact for the city and drew 10,000 people to the city. so i think just as a good reminder for ourselves like just like every time anybody reads anything about stuff happening at the port that we remind ourselves like right now in a time of economic you know, priorities we talk about impact, we talk about job creation and visitor accounts, that sort of thing because i think if we help people

understand that we're the headline you know that this this is this is why it's important, right? so that's the only thing i would say and i don't know about the sailing event like if there's a way that we can, you know, highlight that whenever we're putting out digestible bullet points about that kind of economic impact. and and thank you for letting us know about commissioner crowley. it's a good good bit of history. thank you. thank you, commissioner evans. president brendan no comment. vice president coleman thank you for your forbes for a great report and i want to just echo commissioner emlen. i think it's really important that we remind you that as an enterprise department we actually every day contribute to the economic base and the general fund in san francisco by having a clean, safe and vibrant waterfront and bringing visitors. and i actually think we should be punching that up wherever we can. it's not every enterprise

department has that direct throughline and how it contributes by having its own enterprise perform well within its envelope or dollars. it then generates dollars out there in san francisco and i think with everything in the mayor's priorities that's something that we should always remind the citizens of san francisco about. and i just do really also want to commend you on our ongoing equity work as someone for the six and half years i've been on this commission. it's something i know that president brannan championed early on when she joined and i just think it is so important particularly in these times that we continue to focus on that and to have a place both for our contractors through the open contracting house that we're having but also for our staff that they feel heard welcome and included. and so i just really want to commend you for all your work on that. that concludes my comments. thank you, elaine. thank you so much for a great report and i agree with my fellow commissioners that, you know, the port does an outstanding job in helping the

city prepare and execute events but we really don't get a lot of the credit and just the fact that there was so many people here for the all-star game for the new year's eve, the lunar new year parade and so many other events and i think it went flawlessly. i thought the city just did an outstanding job overall managing that many people at one time and so many of them were here on our waterfront and enjoying our waterfront. so again, i want to congrats to staff because they do an amazing job in making the city look good along with our beautiful waterfront. i think it's absolutely wonderful that we're partners that mike participated in the offshore wind conference because i think that would be a big opportunity for us and i think it's good that we have to let the state and everyone else

know that we're interested and we're ready and we're prepared. so thank you so much for your participation and it's so sad to hear about x. i did have an opportunity to serve with him and he was a great commission. i'm definitely going to keep his family in our prayers and well we definitely want to close the meeting in his memory . thank you. next item please. item seven is the consent calendar for callers who wish to make public comment on the consent calendar. please dial star three to raise your hand to comment seven. requests authorization to issue a request for qualifications for as needed environmental and planning services for three contracts each in an amount not to exceed $6 million with a term of five years and creation of a pre-qualified pool for a term of two years. this is resolution 2508 item seven b requests authorization

to issue a request for qualifications for as needed engineering and related services for four contracts each in an amount not to exceed $5 million with a term of five years and creation of a pre-qualified pool for a term of two years. this is resolution 2509 and item seven c requests authorization to advertise for competitive bids for construction contract number 2878. mission bay ferry landing phase two a marine demolition and mattress for an anticipated contract amount of $8,500,000. this is a resolution 2510. thank you. is there a motion to approve the consent calendar? i move the consent calendar second. thank you. we have rebecca gross. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is rebecca groves. i'm a resident of dogpatch, a

board member of the green benefit district and an active member of the dogpatch neighborhood association. i want to express my deepest gratitude for you for building crane cove park. i and recently opening the public restrooms the ymca and dogpatch paddle in building 54 making not only the shoreline but the water of the bay accessible to rec creators in the southern waterfront. i have a seven year old daughter for whom crane cove has been a life long favorite destination and where she's learned to scoot bike roller skate hunt for crabs and accompany me on paddle board rides. this year she's finally old enough to learn to paddleboard herself at dogpatch paddle summer camp and she couldn't be more thrilled about that. we're also thrilled about the addition of the new electric ferry terminal in mission bay which will open up many more shoreline adventures to our family and we hope might even allow my wife to commute to commute across the bay by ferry on her teaching days at uc berkeley. >> i realize that planning for the mission bay ferry has long been underway and represents a tremendous effort by the port over many years. >> however it is greatly

concerning to me and to many other parents and local business owners i've talked to that the terminal and path of the high speed ferry is currently planned to be within a couple hundred feet of the agua vista public fishing pier and less than a quarter mile from the crane cove on water recreation area pier 54 roughly equidistant from chase stadium on the north side as agua vista park is to the south has recently been vacated of the businesses occupying it and would offer a superior location for the new ferry service from multiple perspectives. >> it would one avoid endangering kayakers and paddlers in and around crane cove to respect and preserve public fishing at our vista pier. three restore the existing bay fill structure at pier 54 to public productive public use. and four as pier 54 is much bigger than the proposed structure at agua vista. it could also provide additional space for business opportunities fees to service ferry passengers and bayfront park visitors.

i understand that relocating the terminal to pier 54 would require adjustments to existing plans. however, the long term benefits to safety, recreation, access and commercial opportunity justifies this reconsideration. i respectfully urge the commission to conduct a safety and feasibility assessment of the pier 54 alternative and present these findings to the public before proceeding with construction. thank you for your consideration of this vital community safety and access issue. >> thank you. is there any other public comment in the room? do we have anyone on the phone? >> at this time there are no callers for public comment. public comment is closed. okay. we have a motion and a second. is there any comment or request ? we already have a motion.

yes, we have a motion. sorry. can you i must have missed the motion. we made a motion to move the consent agenda which opened it up for public comment. oh, okay. got it. it's okay. i was listening to the comments so i wasn't sure if that is related. >> thank you. all in favor? i i i i. the mission the consent calendar passes resolution 2508 2509 and 2510 are adopted. i would like to ask. yes i was thinking when i heard the public comment that i wanted to connect the commenter to david beaupre, our planning director who is here who has done quite a bit of work on both the park and the ferry and to have further discussions and you can look at the work we performed to date and we'd like to be in dialog with you. thank you. next item please.

item eight a request for approval of a proposed new lease with everett and jones barbecue a second for national llc, a california limited liability company for approximately 4363ft2 of a two story restaurant space located at 300 jefferson street for a term of ten years with two five year options to renew subject to board of supervisors approval. this is resolution 2511 and for colleagues who wish to make public comment on this item please dial star three to raise your hand to comment. hi commissioners. i'm don cavanaugh, senior property manager for the port of san francisco. i'm bringing the next evolution but not the last i hope of the of a new lease at fisherman's wharf with everton jones. so a little bit of history ever 300 jefferson street was lou's crab shack. they closed in 2020 in the

pandemic and in august of 2023 we terminated that lease by november. can you fax the slide? thank you. by november of 2023 we hired marvin commercial to list not only lou's crab shack but also the next door restaurant palm pays for 90 jefferson and eight alioto. today we're focused on lou's crab shack. so by early 2024 marvin undertook an extensive marketing campaign which involved sending out three more than 2000 email solicitations to the retail brokerage community operators and others. they proactively reached out to more than 100 restaurateurs who they have contacts with. there are social media postings and they ultimately conducted about 35 tours of the property where some people come in more

than once. as as as of the end of this process we received five viable letters of intent. one was everton jones. one was for a fast casual chicken restaurant. there was a nightlife venue with theater and full bar southern cajun cruising and an entertainment bar with robots. so we convened a panel in may of 2023 which was comprised of two port staff members, neither of which were involved in the process or the portfolio and an outside consultant that was recommended by alain. so that panel convened reviewed all the proposals and and unanimously selected everton jones as the leading prospect. so next slide. thank you. >> so there's more information about ever jones on the slide but but generally everton jones is a well-known barbecue restaurant in jack london

square. they have another location in oakland and another one in antioch. and and the flagship location in oakland is jack london square as well known as a community gathering point. in jones awful also offers music at that location which brings a sense of community. so then everton jones satisfies several strategic plan elements including economic recovery because there's new revenue economic growth because the improvements in the property will add value to the asset equity because everyone jones is a black owned business and it's bringing a new food concept with music that we think will attract tourists and locals alike. the essential business terms of the lease. so this is going to be a ten year lease with two five year options. they have 180 days of free rent . the first year is 5% of gross revenues or $10,000 but are no less than $10,000. it goes up in year 2 to 13,000

and the percentage rent goes to 6%. year three the rent goes up to 14,005 still at 6% at 3% increases thereafter. the 3% increase increases we continue into each option period. we also have what's called a minimum gross sales threshold because we want to ensure that the restaurant succeeds and if they don't succeed we want to have the option of shaking hands and and being able to go our own ways. we don't think that's going to happen but we built it in just in case the port is going to survive an $800,000 tenant improvements allowance which is a dollar $183 a square foot. the bulk of that money is going to go towards improvements that are required by the department of public health for a permit. the allowance will be paid directly to the tenant upon receipt of copies of invoices

from the contractor. so we're providing the money to everton jones to then pay the contractor. aaron jones had to go through a process to become a city vendor to be eligible to receive payments. so next slide. so our report staff recommend support commission accept everton jones as the successful proposal for 300 jefferson authorize the executive director to forward the lease to the board for approval and upon such approval authorize the executive director to execute the lease. and so i also want to note that both santino de dee rose from avon commercial and dorsey are white from everton jones are here in case you have questions for them. but now i stand ready to answer questions. thank you so much, tom. do either one of you want to say anything before we open it up to public comment? excuse.

>> hello i'm dorsey, a white third generation legacy business. >> my grandmother started this business 73. my mother took it to another level when she opened the first sit down in 1999 and i've been her right hand woman from the time she opened up four years ago. my beloved mother passed away. she passed the torch. i'm ready to take it to the next level. i feel like san francisco would be a great fit for us. we were here in san francisco in 89 right before the earthquake happened in 89 and that's how our building was destroyed and we left san francisco. i'd love to be back here and just continue my family's legacy.

thank you for the opportunity. thank you. thank you very much. okay. is there any public comment? can i have a motion? i have a motion to move the item second. thank you. is there any public comment in the room scene and do we have anyone on the phone? >> at this time there are no callers for public comment. thank you. public comment is closed. commissioner adams i support this resolution and it could even be more fitting that as we're in the last week of a black history month and black history is every day but to have that and to have you here and to talk about your lane and your legacy and you're going to continue to pass the torch on. you have my full support and best of luck. thank you. commissioner lee. well, i think the lease it's a

very good opportunity. i think the best kind of deal i've seen, you know, for small businesses on the port and i think you're very lucky. this is something that i've been, you know, wanting staff to encourage other small businesspeople to do. but i have some questions for the operator. can i ask a few things? >> so you have a couple of other restaurants outside the city. are you going to be here on site a lot of the times to get it ramped up and kind of greet your old customers from 89 to come visit? >> great question. so it's a me along with my four and three sisters who'll be running it. i currently run the jack london location and they've decided that i'd be the person to run the san francisco so i'll be here day to day. okay. >> and i mean the food and the food concept is perfect for

that look, especially the building the way it looks. are you planning to bring entertainment also? >> yes. we we our concept has always been barbecue beer and blues music. perfect. and so loses are really blues. when we went into the building it just felt like earth so i was actually perfectly in the i used to go to lose a lot and one of my employees loved it there and it has such a reputation but i think it's been gone so long that you're going to have to rebuild it all over again. i think with the food and everything. so i don't really have any other things other than if you need some support from me because i'm an entertainment guy, you know? wow. yes. so and a small business so if you need some help for me i love to give you some hand if you need some local you know people to help you with the

sound or whatever because when i when i walk through the place when it was empty i mean some things were still there. i don't think you have to do a whole lot. some things are there right? so i wish you a lot of luck and and again you are very lucky. this is a very in my opinion anyway far beyond poor and i would love to have this kind of deal but and i hope more people out there will come up and talk to staff to get let's get let's get that area going again. i think you're going to have a great, great opportunity. >> so i support this. thank you so much. thank you. commissioner ingram. i just have one more question before you sit down. i think for sharing your family history with us. i'm just curious where was your restaurant in 19 before the earthquake in san francisco on the third little girl but it was on third i think kind of by candlestick because i remember there was a middle in the middle right there. yeah. the third. okay, thanks. i don't have any other questions but good luck.

thank you. vice president gilman i just want to say i think we're all really excited for this opportunity and i really just want to also say it's so exciting to see that our broker policy is really bringing in businesses like that. you know, i think with the panel with the fact that we had a slate of folks that the commission was able to give you parameters and we were able to do this in a process that was probably less intensive and more friendly to small local businesses which is exactly what we want to get on the waterfront. we don't need you know, another i don't know do they even still have applebee's? we don't need that on the waterfront. what we need are these local homegrown bay area businesses and i really think our leasing strategy of using brokers with guardrails is really achieving that. so i'm really wanting to congratulate the real estate team and even for for bringing us this opportunity and to the owner i think we will all be there for you when on opening

night you know we have i'm i don't think they call it i know in the south they call it you know i want three bones and a slide so i can't wait to have have that and we anyway we can help elevate your business or announce it to the public. i live on the northeast waterfront and you're near that area. i think people will be locals will be really, really excited . there is nothing like that in north beach or that section of town. so i wish you lots of luck and we're excited to see you open. thank you. thank you so much for the report and this is an exciting opportunity. i think this is our first restaurant opening and i don't know how long but definitely since the pandemic. so for you to take the risk to move to the waterfront and expand your locations i think i've been to every one of them so i can testify how good everything jones is. but for you to come to the waterfront is an exciting opportunity for you and for the port and so we all encourage

you to do well and will be there of course on opening night plus afterwards and wishing you much best. all in favor? i any oppose some resolution to 511 is adopted. item nine is new business i recorded one item for new business which is an update on the flood study which goes over in particular and the impacts from the sea level rise planning work that bccdc is doing among other updates is there any other new business? i just kind of from my own personal information in the future when when we do these scoring you know i see the breakdown but i don't know if that's even necessary but just

for my own thing maybe to add like i kind of like to know you have four different restaurants here and where were their strength was was it less an operation? what's it less an equity? i kind of kind of like to know where the operator is coming from as far as somebody is not just financial is whether or not they run a good business or not. i kind of like to know that so i don't know in future reports we could have a little paragraph on that. any other new business. i was hoping that we could possibly schedule two. i know we have to work around my schedule commissioner lees and fisherman's worth revitalize but i think with all this action happening at the waterfront in nicer weather i think we getting up early. commissioner lee i think we had pledged that we were going to go see i don't know when when salmon season starts i want to hit it when there's actually a lot of work happening but we're going to go tour and see the fishers at work i think at like

5 a.m. or something so we could see the impacts of it so i just wanted to remind the maritime staff since i saw them in the audience that we wanted to have that talk. is there any other new business that's not can i have a motion to adjourn in memory of ex crawley so moved second all in favor i the motion passes i think this is the shortest meeting ever but a great meeting so thank you. thank

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pedestrianized. we open to people. it doubles the size of our town square. for anybody in d5 or anywhere around the city, it is really a great gathering space to just lijer. you don't need a plan, just come and hang out. >> the fillmore at the heart of district 5, one of san francisco historic black neighborhoods. after endureing redevelopment scr displacement the community is experiencing new businesses fresh life and vibrancy to the area in recent years >> i'm erica scott and we are here at honey art studio. i grew up here in the neighborhood i feel fortunate to have my business here. we are a multipurpose place. we teach art classes and we also have live entertainment, and

community meetings. private event space. the history of the fillmore, dates back generations before me. that is a big part of our studio here. there is a book the harlem of the west, and that book depicts what the harlem of the west was which is the fillmore and people really from all over the world would come here. it was a huge-just everything, this was the place to be to experience black culture and just to live. i definitely want to give honor to that. culture to my generation, new businesses. we have something really special and unique, which is in the black. sits on the corner of geary and fillmore. it is a home to i believe 30 entrepreneurs. it is like a marketplace. super cool. a lot of the things are either custom

or just really unique. jazzy hair slaun. saloon and believe they are applying for a legacy business ownership because they have been in business over 25 years. there are lots of cottage and home bases. >> brother mar key mohammed in the fillmore since 1999, been established here since 1999. my products, oils and cosmetic items, clothing. how is it going? >> going good. >> good to see you. i still have my old customers that come in. this is a sense of community. we have little remanence of the old vibe here. >> the fillmore is the famous jazz district and we still have elements that. you want to come and experience it. friendly people and a place where you take a piece of san francisco, a piece of the fillmore right back with you.

>> since the redistricting in 2022, the tenderloin is part of district 5. introducing a vibrant community to the district. the tenderloin is rich in history with unique land marks like retvens alley renamed from shannon street. what was a blighted alley ask a gathering place where veterans express through art and connects with one another. the neighborhood also boast a tenderloin museum offering programs that highlight the area cultural historical significance. >> the museum has a permanent collection about the history of the neighborhood and we also have a community art gallery featuring tenderloin artists and working on projects irn the neighborhood. >> we have become known having inspired arts programs and that's something that makes us very unique. we are producing a play about

the cafeteria riots. we started to work as many neighbors and organizations as possible to create really diverse programming for diverse neighborhood. tenderloin is a close nit community, in just like all most decade i have been working here, you are able to make so many connections with people. [indiscernible] an incredible neighborhood working class bar in the tenderloin neighbor, the first queer bar in the neighborhood. shows experimental performing arts and have been great partners and do a lot for the neighborhood. we have little saigon and saigon sandwiches. i think one of the classic staples of tenderloin. yemen kitchen is a restaurant that opened in the neighborhood that i highly recommend. the phoenix, the hotels, such a tenderloin legacy business. that brings in like people into

the neighborhood that might not normally stay here. there is so much more in the tenderloin that you read in the news. a story from the people who live here themselves. >> probably the most unique feature in japantown is the peace bugoata built as part of the japan trade center. the other-japan center itself, the oldest indoor shopping mall in san francisco. built in the late 1960's. despite all the changes japantown has been through, it is really still a authentic japantown. it is still a japanese american community. so, you could still find a lot of japanese american food here. japanese ice cream stores that

are really popular. we have what is called maucha drinks here. the other thing that has become really popular in japantown is all of the new shops opened up. every japanese restaurant had [indiscernible] anything you could order, but now it is all specialized so they come from different parts of japan and they feature their home town style of ramen. it is a really safe place to hang out. you come down here and you get a sense of the japanese american history and culture just by being down here. it is just one of the great places to visit in san francisco. >> district 5 is a vibrant diverse area with so much to offer both residents and visitors. it is a place where people can experience the amazing community spirit and explore the many unique

small businesses that make this district truly special. [music] >> i, my name is peat. independent books on clement street in n francisco. green apple is a locally owned independent book store in the richmond district since 1967. the store has grown from 1150 square feet to 5 thousand. we have hundred thousand books.

new, used, children books, all subjects. there is lots of stairs and nooks and crannies so lots of places to get lost and discover things you might not know existed. we go out of the way in new books to support small presses and bring university press books into the store and just corky things not every store may have. used books we see books from the community that we get all our books over the counter downstair s so it is reflection of what people are reading. brings they bring to sell us are in the community so we can buy them and recycle them in the community. the good parts of having a small business in san francisco are really the customers and people who live here are curious, interested in a wide variety of topics and ideas. they come from all over the country and world, so it is really whatever serving or goods you are providing there is

probably a customer for it in san francisco. >> >> >> >> >> my name is bal. born and raised in san francisco. cable car equipment, technically i'm a transit operator of 135 and work at the cable car (indiscernible) and been here for 22 years now. i grew up around here when i was a little can i. my mom used to hang in china town with her

friends and i would get bored and they would shove me out of the door, go play and find something to do. i ended up wandering down here when i was a kid and found these things. ♪ [ music ] ♪ ♪ >> fascinated by them and i wanted to be a cable car equipment from the time i was a little kid. i started with the emergency at the end of 1988 and drove a bus for a year and a half and i got lucky with my timing and got here at cable car and at that time, it really took about an average five to maybe seven years on a bus before you could build up your seniority to come over here. basically, this is the 1890s verse ever a bus. this is your basic public

transportation and at the time at its height, 1893, there were 20 different routes ask this powerhouse, there -- and this powerhouse, there were 15 of them through out the entire city. >> i work at the cable car division and bunch with muni for 25 years and working with cable cars for 23 years. this is called the bar because these things are horses and work hard so they have to have a place to sleep at night. joking. this is called a barn because everything takes place here and the powerhouse is -- that's downstairs so that's the heart and soul of the system and this is where the cable cars sleep or sleep at night so you can put a title there saying the barn. since 1873 and back in the day it was driven by a team and now it's electric but it has a good function as being called the barn. yeah.

>> i am the superintendent of cable car vehicle maintenance. and we are on the first and a half floor of the cable car barn where you can see the cables are moving at nine and a half miles an hour and that's causing the little extra noise we're hearing now. we have 28 power cars and 12 california cars for a total of 40 revenue cars. then with have two in storage. there's four gear boxes. it's gears of the motor. they weigh close to 20 tons and they had to do a special system to get them out of here because when they put them in here, the barn was opened up. we did the whole barn that year so it's difficult for a first of time project, we changed it one at a time and now they are all brand-new. engineer's room have the four monitors that play the speed and she monitors them and in case of an emergency, she can shutdown

all four cars if she needs to. that sound you heard there, that's a gentleman building, rebuilding a cable. the cable weighs four hundred pounds each and they lost three days before we have to rebuild them. the cable car grips, the bottom point is underground with the cable. it's a giant buy strip and closes around the kab and they pull it back. the cable car weighs 2,500 people without people so it's heavy, emergency pulling it offer the hill. if it comes offer the hill, it could be one wire but if it unravels, it turns into a ball and they cannot let go of it because it opens that wide and it's a billion pushing the grip which is pushing the whole cable car and there's no way to let go so they have to have the code 900 to shutdown in emergencies and the wood brakes last two days and wear out. a lot of

maintenance. ♪ [ music ] ♪ ♪ >> rail was considered to be the old thing. rubber tires, cars, buses, that's new. there were definitely faster and cheaper, there's no question about that. here at san francisco, we went through the same thing. the mayor decided we don't need cable cars (indiscernible),

blah, blah. we can replace them with buses. they are faster and cheaper and more economical and he was right if you look at the dollars and cents part. he was right. >> back in 1947 when they voted that, i'm surprised base of the technology and the chronicle paper says cable cars out. that was the headline. that was the demise of the cable cars. >> (indiscernible) came along and said, stop. no. no, no, no. she was the first one to say we're going to fight city hall. she got her friends together and they started from a group called the save the cable car community, 1947 and managed to get it on the ballot. are we going to keep the cable cars or not? head turned nationwide and worldwide and city hall was completely unprepared for the amount of backlash they got. this is just a bunch -- the city came out and said basically, 3-1, if i'm not mistaken, we want our cars and phil and her

group managed to save what we have. and literately if it wasn't for them, there would be no cable cars. people saw something back then that we see today that you can't get rid of a beautiful and it wasn't a historical monument at the time and now it is, and it was part of san francisco. yeah, we had freight back then. we don't have that anymore. this is the number one tourist attraction in san francisco. it's historic and the only national moving monument in the world. >> the city of san francisco did keep the cable car so it's a fascinating feel of having something that is so historic going up and down these hills of san francisco. and obviously, everyone knows san francisco is famous for their hills. [laughter] and who would know and who would guess that they were trying to get rid of it, which i guess was a crazy idea at the time because they felt automobiles were taking the place of the cable cars and getting rid of the

cable car was the best thing for the city and county of san francisco, but thank god it didn't. >> how soon has the city changed? the diverse of cable cars -- when i first came to cable car, sandy barn was the first cable car. we have three or four being a grip person. fwriping cable cars is the most toughest and challenging job in the entire city. >> i want to thank our women who operate our cable cars because they are a crucial space of the city to the world. we have wonderful women -- come on forward, yes. [cheers and applause] these ladies, these ladies, this is what it's about. continuing to empower women. >> my name is willa johnson is

and i've been at cable car for 13 years. i came to san francisco when i was five years old. and that is the first time i rode a cable car and i went to see a christmas tree and we rode the cable car with the christmas worker and that was the first time i rode the cable car and didn't ride again until i worked here. i was in the medical field for a while and i wanted a change. some people don't do that but i started with the mta of september of 1999 and came over to cable car in 2008. it was a general sign up and that's when you can go to different divisions and i signed up as a conductor and came over here and been here since. there were a few ladies that were over at woods that wanted to come over here and we had decided we

wanted to leave woods and come to a different division and cable car was it. i do know there has been only four women that work the cable car in the 150 years and i am the second person to represent the cable car and i also know that during the 19, i think 60s and women were not even allowed to ride on the side of a cable car so it's exciting to know you can go from not riding on the side board of a cable car to actually grip and driving the cable car and it opened the door for a lot of people to have the opportunity to do what they inspire to do. >> i have some people say i wouldn't make it as a conductor at woods and i came and made it as i conductor and the best thing i did was to come to this division. it's a good division.

and i like ripping cable cars. i do. >> i think she just tapped into the general feeling that san francisco tend to have of, this is ours, it's special, it's unique. economically and you know, a rationale sense, does it make sense? not really. but from here, if you think from here, no, we don't need this but if you think from here, yeah. and it turns out she was right. so.... and i'm grateful to her. very grateful. [laughter] >> three, two, one. [multiple voices] [cheers and applause] >> did i -- i did that on

purpose so i wouldn't. ♪ [ music ] ♪ streets. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i wanted to wish you a best wishes and congratulations the community has shifted a lot of when i was growing up in the 60s and 50's a good portion of

chicano-american chinese-american lived in north beach a nob hill community. >> as part the immigrant family is some of the recreation centers are making people have the ability to get together and meet 0 other people if communities in the 60s a 70s and 80s and 90s saw a move to the richmond the sunset district and more recently out to the excelsior the avenue community as well as the ensuring u bayview so chinese family living all over the city and when he grape it was in this area. >> we're united. >> and growing up in the area that was a big part of the my leave you know playing basketball and mycy took band lessons and grew up.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> allergies welcome to the community fair it kicks off three weeks of celebrations for the year and let's keep everybody safe and celebrate the biggest parade outside of china on february 11th go best wishes and congratulations and 3, 2, 1 happy enough is enough.

>> i grew up volley ball education and in media professional contrary as an educator he work with all skids whether or not caucasian hispanic and i african-american cumber a lot of arrest binge kids my philosophy to work with all kids but being here and griping in the chinese community being a chinese-american is important going to american school during the day but went to chinese school that is community is important working with all the kids and having them exposed to all culture it is important to me. >> it is a mask evening. >> i'd like to thank you a you all to celebrate an installation of the days here in the asian art museum. >> one time has become so many things in the past two centuries

because of the different did i licks the immigration officer didn't understand it became no standard chinese marine or cantonese sproupgs it became so many different sounds this is convenient for the immigration officer this okay your family name so this tells the generations of immigrants where they come from and also many stories behind it too. >> and what a better way to celebrate the enough is enough nuru with the light nothing is more important at an the hope the energy we.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> relative to the current administration it is, it is touching very worrisome for our immigrant frames you know and some of the stability in the country and i know how this new president is doing you know immigration as well as immigrants (fireworks) later than you think new year the largest holiday no asia and china those of us when my grandparents came over in the 19 hundreds and celebrated in the united states chinese nuru is traditional with a lot of

meaning. >> good afternoon my name is carmen chu assessor-recorder i want to wish everything a happy new year thank you for joining us i want to say. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm proud to be a native san franciscan i grew up in the chinatown, north beach community port commission important to come back and work with those that live in the community that i grew up in and that that very, very important to give back to

continue to work with the community and hope e help those who may not be as capable in under serving come back and giv [music] my name is-the coowner of chalosism and, my name is annie, the coowner of chalos. >> we [indiscernible] like original style. and-it is more american and then coffee, local coffee. i am one of the chalos. so, my father is gonzalo

[indiscernible] chalos means--i always been involved in food industry. we used to have a food restaurant and then i been in different parts of the world in spain, in the u.s., back in the days food industry, so it is my thing. and then, it was my-follow her to her country so that is why we opened chalos. >> i was born and raised in the sunset district. moving back from being abroad so long i have been over 8 years. this neighborhood meant a lot to me. when we saw the space, i was like, that's it. this area i'm very familiar with. in the last 5 to 10 years it changed a lot. it is really good for young families. you dont need to leave the neighborhood anymore and what i like most about it, most of the businesses have local

residents within district 4, the sunset area with their own businesses so it gives the community feel to it. one neat thing we have here is we have fride and baked-one of the only [indiscernible] everything is made from scratch. everything made fresh. we make the food when you order it. we have 15 different flavors. a lot of vegetarian, investigateen and churros are made every day. we have a new addition, a breakfast burrito made fresh, that is the key to success. cheese, tater tots and bacon or breakfast sausage t. is a big burrito. that is a big hit. we have a full expresso bar. the most popular drink is the--it is

very popular. but we have solid expresso drinks. chalos is open wednesday to sunday, wednesday-saturday 9 to 5 and sunday 9 to 3. [indiscernible] normal activity on taraval. [ watching. >> ever wonder about programs the city is working on to make san francisco the best place to live and work we bring shine won our city department and the people making them happy what happened next sf oh, san francisco known for it's looks at and history and beauty this place arts has it all but

it's city government is pretty unique in fact, san francisco city departments are filled with truly initiative programming that turns this way our goal is to create programs that are easily digestable and easy to follow so that our resident can participate in healing the planet with the new take dial initiative they're getting close to zero waste we 2020 and today san francisco is diverting land filled and while those numbers are imperfect not enough. >> we're sending over 4 hundred thousand tons of waste to the landfill and over the 4 hundred tons 10 thousands are textile

and unwanted listen ones doesn't have to be find in the trash. >> i could has are the ones creating the partnerships with the rail kwloth stores putting an in store collection box near the checks stand so customers can bring their used clothes to the store and deposit off. >> textile will be accessible in buildings thought the city and we have goodwill a grant for them to design a textile box especially for families. >> goodwill the well-known store has been making great strides. >> we grateful to give the items to goodwill it comes from

us selling those items in our stores with you that process helps to divert things it from local landfills if the san francisco area. >> and the textile box will take it one step further helping 1230 get to zero waste. >> it brings the donation opportunity to the donor making that as convenient as possible it is one of the solutions to make sure we're capturing all the value in the textiles. >> with the help of good will and other businesses san francisco will eliminate 39 millions tons of landfill next year and 70 is confident our acts can and will make a great difference. >> we believe that government matters and cities matter what we side in san francisco,

california serve as a model phenomenal in our the rest of the country by the world. >> whether you do not to goodwill those unwanted text told us or are sufficient value and the greater community will benefit. >> thanks to sf environment san francisco has over one hundred drop off locations visit recycle damn and thanks for watching join us ♪♪ >> san francisco! ♪♪

>> this is an exhibition across departments highlighting different artworks from our collection. gender is an important part of the dialogue. in many ways, this exhibition is contemporary. all of this artwork is from the 9th century and spans all the way to the 21st century. the exhibition is organized into seven different groupings or themes such as activities, symbolism, transformation and others. it's not by culture or time period, but different affinities between the artwork. activities, for example, looks at the role of gender and how certain activities are placed as

feminine or masculine. we have a print by uharo that looks at different activities that derisionly performed by men. it's looking at the theme of music. we have three women playing traditional japanese instruments that would otherwise be played by men at that time. we have pairings so that is looking within the context of gender in relationships. also with how people are questioning the whole idea of pairing in the first place. we have three from three different cultures, tibet, china and japan. this is sell vanity stot relevar has been fluid in different time periods in cultures. sometimes being female in china but often male and evoking

features associated with gender binaries and sometimes in between. it's a lovely way of tying all the themes together in this collection. gender and sexuality, speaking from my culture specifically, is something at that hasn't been recently widely discussed. this exhibition shows that it's gender and sexuality are actually have been considered and complicated by dialogue through the work of artists and thinking specifically, a sculpture we have of the hindu deities because it's half pee male and half male. it turns into a different theme in a way and is a beautiful representation of how gender hasn't been seen as one thing or

a binary. we see that it isn't a modest concept. in a way, i feel we have a lot of historical references and touch points throughout all the ages and in asian cultures. i believe san francisco has close to 40% asian. it's a huge representation here in the bay area. it's important that we awk abouk about this and open up the discussion around gender. what we've learned from organizing this exhibition at the museum is that gender has been something that has come up in all of these cultures through all the time periods as something that is important and relevant. especially here in the san francisco bay area we feel that it's relevant to the conversations that people are having today. we hope that people can carry that outside of the museum into their daily lives.

>> you would walk into the door and encompass two doors with the stitch and clothing and factory side and fellowship ensure educational component of the development program workshop, classes, internships and apprenticeships. it's a pipeline through to the

four deposit and i got in trouble with graffiti and fell into the law and the land and had to make a change. it's a wall, a gallery. three days after i got in trouble and got out and the other things, i took a nap during the day and in the middle of the nap something said learn how to sew. i thought why. i called my mom immediately and she said i used to do that in japan and i said why did you stop, because i had you. so i thought i would keep that going. everybody presents printing the shirts and skate boards and t-shirts. i thought what is another commodity than t-shirts and it was jeans. i took a

sewing class and they said don't do it. and i started sewing jeans. that's how i started and never stopped. my friend said she's a residential counselor for youth and that's what got me into education. i thought, what's up, bro? i didn't want to criticize and these kids and it just clicked. whatever happens. this is it. i'm going to use that skill that i got in trouble for translating into this and now i'm sewing jeans and behind learning is also teaching. education and graffiti, that became the holy stitch that synergy of youth, art, community, safe space. the

safe space questioning and why aren't jeans made here and how come youth are generating jobs and empowering themselves and get your clothes fixed. to be able to distribute that off the screen, vacant vibrant allowed that. vacant vibrant helped to pair new businesses with storefront to create new opportunities for downtown. this project has given it a number of kinds of businesses the opportunity to test the waters in downtown and explore exciting new models that work for an evolving downtown neighborhood for workers, visitors and residents. >> vacant vibrant allowed a wider audience to the work and empowerment that holy stitch

does. the reason that it's important for small businesses, the ones that their applications that didn't get accepted or approved, it gave them hope and a different perspective on what vacant vibrant spaces can be. i hope that vacant vibrant helps to support the businesses because there is a height of abandonment issue in san francisco where it's a prized treasure and disappears. vacant vibrant can do more. >> vacant vibrant can do more than a pop-up and see what that looks like. >> that can allow them to be the