san francisco how you guys doing? >> can i told you we're to incredibly thiefrld and a honor to be with everyone and san francisco i promise i are not finding a harder parch inside millard lux and shout out to andy in operations (clapping.) and our entire team of millard lux we got the keys to this place on the 11 of last month wow. and is we building in san francisco and here we are neighbors we're concerned citizens like everyone and 0 collectively as a community we are going to plug in energy into the walk that's exactly what we're to go; right? and ownership of us are part of the solution and this is our mail contribution to the city so millard lux opened yesterday and had hundreds of people walk there and telling us it of the we're healing that's was that of the like people walked there the park and said we i don't know how long those places are open but we've as i said a 9 year lease and want to have the experiences in the park so over here open on power side carla world-class give world-class give a caretakers

they are all from san francisco.our meetings the youth talk about the racism and harassment they face here in school. the community is coming forward with a lot of accounts of racism is harassment they experience here in the city of san francisco. i ask you guys to support the resolution brought forward and also ask you not to stand on the side of antiarab, antipalestinian racist rhetoric that resulted in 3 palestinian men killed in the united states and 6 year old boy killed in chicago, a palestinian boy. don't stand on that side of history and stands with san francisco who have shown they stand with and demand a cease fire. thank you. >> thank you. >> my name is rachel west and jewish and live in san francisco. i urge you to support the resolution. like many other jewish people i'm absolutely horrified at mass killings taking place in gaza. we won't allow the israeli government to carry out the genocide in the name of all jews. as a mother and are grand mother i'm distraught 17 thousand pal tingens have been killed

get out and play in san francisco's parks. >> thanks again. that's it for this episode we will back with another shortly you have been watching san francisco rising i'm chris manners, thanks for . okay. good morning everyone, and welcome to the san francisco planning commission and recreation and park commission special joint hearing for thursday, december 14th, 2023 to enable public participation. sf gov tv is only streaming this hearing live today and we will receive public comment for discussion and action items on today's agenda. each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes and when you have 30s remaining, you will hear a chime indicating your time is almost up. when your allotted time is reached, i will announce that your time is up and take the next person queued to speak. we will take public comment from persons in city hall first, and then open up the remote access lines for those persons calling in to submit their testimony, you need to call area code.

, we would lose something in san francisco. we would lose part of its heart and soul. it wouldn't be san francisco without cable cars. [bell ringing] welcome, everyone to t creative and dell library future the union square the opening of millard lux. >> yeah. >> (clapping.) my aim my name is phil ginsburg and have over 200 parts parks in san francisco and this would think is beautiful amazing union square might be you are most

they are all from san francisco.our meetings the youth talk about the racism and harassment they face here in school. the community is coming forward with a lot of accounts of racism is harassment they experience here in the city of san francisco. i ask you guys to support the resolution brought forward and also ask you not to stand on the side of antiarab, antipalestinian racist rhetoric that resulted in 3 palestinian men killed in the united states and 6 year old boy killed in chicago, a palestinian boy. don't stand on that side of history and stands with san francisco who have shown they stand with and demand a cease fire. thank you. >> thank you. >> my name is rachel west and jewish and live in san francisco. i urge you to support the resolution. like many other jewish people i'm absolutely horrified at mass killings taking place in gaza. we won't allow the israeli government to carry out the genocide in the name of all jews. as a mother and are grand mother i'm distraught 17 thousand pal tingens have been killed

i have to give credit to the san francisco police department. who has done tremendous work to make sure those who are being committing crimes in have been caught a stagger number of arrests for those who have committed retail theft in san francisco and possess recently my office secured a guilty verdict in one of the individuals reasonable for looking at if took place in this area too years ago. on that infamous night (clapping.) i - i think what that tells you that even san francisco juries have tired of that and when we give them the leverage though need they will hold them accountable that's been been clear san francisco has tinder the corner on to issue i stand with the mayor to urge the board of supervisors have the need for increased technology to catch those perpetrators we know that so many see stores bashes of brazen nature the theft they had to move off policies their employees and shoppers feel safe we have to make sure would before be criminals we'll doing everything we can to make sure though are caught and prosecuted this is no lon

a san francisco 911 dispatcher. jot train that this dispatchers receive for street crisis team and our new program is to triage calls for mental health as a medical call. we don't tree it as a police matter more a medical matter enthusiasm clint iings, paramedics emt's and councilors are dispatched through 911. we dispatch teams trined identify the crisis. they sends an emt and medic. if you are upon experiencing an emergencior worry body machine's safety on the street call 911 >> nonemergencies use 311. you can learn more about the street >> i'm a firefighter here at station three 1 i grew up in texas and kind of boundaries around to bunch of different cities before i came to san francisco lived in new york and was going to school there i had never been here before the moment i knew san francisco i knew i was in the right police station like the place and was proposed to be. >> i was with change and cyclist transportation throughout the city and actually end up getting in a car accident not a big deal but i was in

[music] ♪♪ >> 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 fi

san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from.lways recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one an

ow is home to san francisco top mix aulgists. filipino artistry is a facet of soma pilipinas rich tapestry. the filipino cultural heritage district transformed public spaces into canvases that depict the stories and experiences of filipino americans. >> parlt part of the work we do is support filipino artists to work with community to really create and develop community based art. this is murals and designs that really reflect the rich history, the culture and the struggles and triumps of the filipino community. >> the presence of the filipino cultural center which offer workshops, language classes and community resources is a testament to the community efforts to preserve and promote the heritage. >> features the [indiscernible] philippines which is a indigenous community weaving textiles and tapestry for hundreds of years so proud to feech were modern ones and very antique ones and showcase fashion from the community and we are inviting everybody to come experience that with us. >> the center not only caters to the filipino com

a san francisco 911 dispatcher. jot train that this dispatchers receive for street crisis team and our new program is to triage calls for mental health as a medical call. we don't tree it as a police matter more a medical matter enthusiasm clint iings, paramedics emt's and councilors are dispatched through 911. we dispatch teams trined identify the crisis. they sends an emt and medic. if you are upon experiencing an emergencior worry body machine's safety on the street call 911 >> nonemergencies use 311. you can learn more about the street will be a - >> are we ready? >> a reminder that is red light on our microphone indicates your mic is off turn your red light off and speak directly into the president heldfond you may begin the san francisco employees' retirement system. >> call the roll please. 1230i68dz present. >> vice president thomas presented and quorum is present. >> and can y

san francisco! 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

rules support the trust tht people of san francisco have put us. had our decisions are fair and transparent and we are accountable we live up to ideals. for more information visit the san francisco ethic's commission's website at sfethics. org or phone, e mail or in person. thank you for watching. in cases where there is a >> shared spaces have transformed san francisco's adjacent sidewalks, local business communities are more resilient and their neighborhood centers are more vibrant and mildly. sidewalks and parking lanes can be used for outdoor seating, dining, merchandising, and other community activities. we're counting on operators of shared spaces to ensure their sites are safe and accessible for all. people with disabilities enjoy all types of spaces. please provide at least 8 feet of open uninterrupted sidewalk so everyone can get through. sidewalk diverter let those who have low vision navigate through dining and other activity areas on the sidewalk. these devices are rectangular planters or boxes that are placed on the sidewalk at the end

is and it says a lot about where san francisco is heading. i also just want to acknowledge shamann walton for putting together the legislation that created a lot of this position and more importantly, the funding allocation for this kind of work. there are so many hands that lifted up this bucket of success that i just want to make sure i'm sure i'm forgetting people, the folks like marshal kind and my office who did the work daily and who is at so many of these meetings. the rest of city hall and the budget team that helped pull all this together whom we have big expectations for moving forward, and all of you paying attention to all of this as well. it is easy to be an advocate knowing community supports you and there is political support for the work we do and committed to as public servants so thank you all for being here this morning and thank you most of all terry for applying and your willingness to bring your expertise, your professionalism, your management and your character to this work where it is so desperately needed, so well rec

for san francisco t.v., i'm chris manors. thanks for watching. >> we can sweep by in front of a house in a matter of seconds. the only people who don't like it are the people who get the tickets. >> this is a street sweeping sign. don't let it get you. pay attention. [♪♪♪] >> in the morning, when we first go out, we start at six in the morning or seven in the morning. we call that our business run. we sweep all the main arteries of the city. after 8:00, we go into the residential areas and take care of all the other customers. >> the idea with the street sweeping program is to get the leaves and the debris off the ground. >> we -- for not only appearance and cleanliness but safety as well. >> we will get anywhere from 2- 7,000 pounds per truck depending on the season and the route. the street sweeper and the choice of the use right now is an error sweeper. they have a motor in the back and it blows winds down one side and carried by air into the hopper. what will mess this up is new -- large pieces of cardboard or sticks or c

san francisco to the world and, and, and rendering tuned for that having that event possible in san francisco. and we hope that we can have this kind of mature bridge again in japan and in other parts of the world thank you, again, for today and congratulations. thank you. (clapping.) i also want to give a shout out to some of our community members of the squares deputy city attorney i can't and connie for the record and economic development want to shout out to another one who works there and japan and i see patrick who is here. thank you very much for joining us really is a close comment community that work closely together and at this time, i want to ask is grace or steve. >> okay. we're to ask fire commissioner steve to come up and say a few words (clapping). >>. thank you very much. mayor breed and council germany want to give a real recognition to mayor breed in terms of our presence and support in the western addition yeah fillmore and japantown for our responsibility as mayor of the san francisco. i need to recognize the repetitive of our community which are many folks behind

here to san francisco the day after september 11. i have been here since and homeless since when i met erika and claudia and them, my life changed. for the better. why they got mow in the navigation center. >> good morning! >> >> hi. >> this is claudia and aircraftasm how are you. hi. >> they are working doing out reach t. is building trust. and -- finding out what their needs are. everybody who i should be housed that is true. a lot of people don't know how to live indoors and how do we fix that? the number one service this we need to do that is the new vision of the team, is to be a familiar face that is consistent and reoccur nothing the community. >> behavioral health starts with us and other coalitions that relate. just building the friendships and the resource this is go with that. >> once hi near i better place they will be able to help and support someone else. peers and inspire someone based on the hard work. like a lot of people around him in the castro. >> y'all saved my life getting me up off the streets. thank you. >> if

what we did to put san francisco on the map in a light in a way that demonstrated that san francisco is not what everyone is trying to say it is. we are a great city, and we have extraordinary people who make it a great city. the people who serve and protect our city every single day are the reason why so many people from far and wide get to see and experience the magic of everything that san francisco has to offer, so thank you all so much for being here tonight. thank you for your commitment, for your courage and just like many family members here today, as you walk out the door of your home they continue to wish for your safety, i continue to wish for your safety, and continue to hold each and every one of you in my prayers for a safe return to your loved ones every single night after doing this job. thank you all so much for being here. [applause] >> thank you mayor breed. now we'll hear from commission president cindy elias. >> good evening. sidy elias prez dependent of the police commission honored to be here tonight to participate and listen to the outstanding sories we are ab

[music] i am a immigrant to san francisco. my family came when i was 12 from el salvador during the civil war. this place gave us security, safety and an opportunity to thrive, so i love the city deeply, and as a mother of three kids who have grown up as city kids, i'm grateful for everything the city has to offer for people like me and families. i have been politically involved my whole life, either in government or a non profit worker and i care about the community. i care about people around me, and i want to make sure that as the world changes around us, other people have the opportunity that my family did. >> we are back in san francisco post pandemic. so important to be out supporting our businesses, supporting our neighbors. >> i'm the first woman to represent the district, believe it or not. i'm the first latina elected to the board of supervisors without an appointment first ever, so i do think that (indiscernible) i want immigrants to be represented, women, moms, people that have different experiences because that br

they adopted various reforms like we did in san francisco. as you mentioned we just hosted a boot camp in phoenix, arizona. teams of judges and mayors came from 50 cities to learn how to implement reforms like we have in san francisco. there is a growing realization the penalties are blunt instruments with all kinds of unintended consequences. it is the job of every public servant to find a better way. governance should equalize opportunity not drive inequality. >> quite right. thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show. thank you for your time today. >> thank you, chris. >> that is it for this episode. we will be back shortly. you are watching san francisco rising. thanks for watching. >> okay, good morning, every one. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the december 11, 2023, regular meeting of the land use transportation committee of the board of supervisors. i'm imelda melgar. and jason is our staff person for sf tv.

thank you very much. ♪♪ >> 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 fi

with sand the way that san francisco was and when you look at a map of san francisco have a unique street the thing is those streets started off in extremely long piers. but by 1875 they know they needed more so the ferry building was built and it was a long affair and the first cars turned around at the ferry building and picking up people and goods and then last night the street light cars the trams came to that area also. but by the late 1880s we needed something better than the ferry building. a bond issue was passed for $600,000. to build a new ferry building i would say 800 thousand for a studio apartment in san francisco they thought that was a grand ferry building had a competition to hire an architecture and choose a young aspiring architect and in the long paris and san francisco had grand plans for this transit station. so he proposed the beautiful new building i wanted it wider, there is none tonight. than that actually is but the price of concrete quitclaim two how and was not completed and killed. but it opened a greater claim and became fully operational before 1898 and fir

we know him for san francisco's history. establishing himself here arnold 18 twoochl he did one of many things the first to do in yerba buena. was not california yet and was not fully san francisco yet. >> because he was an american citizen but spoke spanish he was able to during the time when america was taking over california from mexico, there was annexations that happened and conflict emerging and war, of course. he was part of the peek deliberations and am bas doorship to create the state of california a vice council to mexico. mexico granted him citizenship. he loaned the government of san francisco money. to funds some of the war efforts to establish the city itself and the state, of course. he established the first hotel here the person people turned to often to receive dignitaries or hold large gatherings established the first public school here and helped start the public school system. he piloted the first steam ship on the bay. a big event for san francisco and depict instead state seal the ship was the sitk a. t

my name is [indiscernible] resident of district d1 richmond district. 60 years in san francisco. san franciscans. please vote for the cease fire resolution. it imperative, too many kids died. i don't know if you have kids. i had a son who died. his name was adam, he died offantinal overdose and i know what it is like to lose a child and i cannot imagine--i can in some ways but having whole families killed, it is just beyond and it happened 4 years ago and still dealing with these issues. please vote for the cease fire for the sake of peace, sake of humanity and sake of children and future of the jewish and palestinian people. we need to end this and stop now. please vote tuesday because every day-- >> thank you. >> good evening. like many others i'm heart broken and holding this grief daily. my name is [indiscernible] a community based therapist and professor at california institute of studies district 6. i work in the community mentsal health program and cannot teach my students about post traumatic stress disorder when the people of palestine don't understand the concept of post

>> we are so fortunate in san francisco.funded for by the library fund and those that taxed themselves just for library services. we also get a dedicated portion of the general fund. that together allows us to be one of the most well supported libraries in the nation. we have the third most library outlets per square mile of any municipality. all of our branch libraries have professionally trained librarians on-site. service that we are able to provide, the collection, we are a leading library in our country. >> that lead know ask about your biggest annual event in the city. how does the event work and what's happening this year? >> we are excited for this year's one city one book. this is our signature annual literature event. we have everybody in the community reading the same book. this year's title is "this is your hustle" named after the pulitzer prize nominated and pod taste. this is about the population. one nice thing about this selection is that they are both local. we are going to have several weeks of programming,

everybody in san francisco. .od morning everyone, and welcome to the san francisco planning commission and recreation and park commission special joint hearing for thursday, december 14th, 2023 to enable public

san francisco should control san francisco. not sacramento. please recommend this for adoption by the full board. thank you. and i upon support resolution urging more time to resolve the issues. regarding san francisco's already adopted housing policy. litigation. >> of all places notice and an opportunity to be heard. is key and local policy and procedure should be focus on affordable for working class families housing for the wealthy. and assuring community input i hope we don't end up in expensive litigation. san francisco is a charter city. and stip stepping community member and organizations of upon meaningful and timely local control. is not the direction that i hope we will be gchlg so i do urge that is being considered >> good afternoon. >> redevelop. agency and a member of the rep coalition. we strongly urge the support of the resolution introduced by supervisors supervisor peskin and chan asking steps to pause implementation of the time line and equity occurrence are addressed. we continue to urge hcd to meet with 100 organizations a

also dealing with the gusts, 57 in san francisco and mountain view. currently, oakland is at 59. in san jose and 57 in half moon bay from our santa cruz camera choppy waters right now as we look towards the lighthouse. upper 50s santa rosa novato low 60s. fairfield, napa, concord 58 degrees in livermore and a live picture from our east bay hills camera. you see mt. diablo with a couple of clouds scattered about with some sun in between. isolated showers and gusty winds. tonight, winds ease tomorrow slight chance lingers. spotty showers on saturday. that's our best opportunity for seeing any wet weather. and milder weather is expected next week. so 5:00 this evening, not out of the question to see a pop up shower as we head into the late night hours and into tomorrow morning. it's going to be mostly clouds. but by 6:00 tomorrow night, you see a few showers in the north bay. this pretty much continues into the late night hours. and then saturday morning, we have our opportunity for seeing the wet weather in the north bay between 5 and 8 a.m. and then starting to slide around noontim

we know him for san francisco's history. establishing himself here arnold 18 twoochl he did one of many things the first to do in yerba buena. was not california yet and was not fully san francisco yet. >> because he was an american citizen but spoke spanish he was able to during the time when america was taking over california from mexico, there was annexations that happened and conflict emerging and war, of course. he was part of the peek deliberations and am bas doorship to create the state of california a vice council to mexico. mexico granted him citizenship. he loaned the government of san francisco money. to funds some of the war efforts to establish the city itself and the state, of course. he established the first hotel here the person people turned to often to receive dignitaries or hold large gatherings established the first public school here and helped start the public school system. he piloted the first steam ship on the bay. a big event for san francisco and depict instead state seal the ship was the sitk a. t

if you have receipts in san francisco and outside of san francisco. so next, i'm going to attempt to show a video if we don't have technical issues that we created to help understand a little bit of this process of apportionment and allocation so that as i explain the changes, hopefully it makes a little bit more sense. okay. in the interest of time, i'm going to skip that video and i'll point you to where it is on our website. if you go to sf treasurer.org, there's a business tab at the top and if you click on it you'll see a gross receipts tax overview. that page explains a lot about how the tax works. now and the video is embedded there. sorry for that. sometimes that's tricky in these meetings. so what the main point of the video is to show that if you have two businesses with fairly similar facts, so you could have a clothing retailer and a financial services corporation option and they both have $20 million of sales into san francisco and the same amount of payroll in san francisco at the at when they're done with their gross receipts tax filing

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this is the annual approvals for san francisco wage rates. it is a standard item that come up before the end of the year. includeses 60 plus classifications and couple handled subclassifications identified by the california department of trael relations. there are 10 service sector classifications this are u meek. office of labor enforce. collective bargaining agreements for the 10 classification and uses those to determine what the appropriate prevailing wage rate would be mitted the silv service commission per legislation. and then is forwarded to the board of supervisors there was a letter in the submittal a subtugz for 21 c 1 motor bus services. reason for this is because they are ratified collective bargaining agreement had not been completed in time for the civil service hearing legislatively required t. is at the board of supervisors discretion to adopt terms based on information that come in after. >> and -- we are saying you do have amendments or this is the substitution with the motor bus. it it is included. >> but i wanted note tha

san francisco is its own entity. we pride ourselves on the traditional fire department in the sense we still use brass fittings, wooden latters, surrounded by three sides of water so all risk fire department. you can go downtown busy high-rise, out to the coast for surf rescue. we have a mix of everything and we all have to be well-rounded firefighters and that is our entire job to make sure that we are profeshant. >> as we train our roles will be to evaluate along the way. the role we have is to get them ready for fire house culture. to be a firefighter requires a fair amount of discipline. you have to understand the rules of the game. understand how to behave, how to appear, how to interact with the public and one of my roles is to make sure the recruits understand that and adhere to the codes of conduct and behavior the department lays out. >> okay, today is monday. the monday after my first big week of testing. two double day testing thursday and friday. we had to do a ems skill, take a written test and 8 differe

hello, san francisco. i love it when i can cross the street in our beauty city and not worry whether car can see me and i want me and my grandma to be safe when we do. we all want to be safe. that's why our city is making sure curb areas near street corners are clear of parked cars and any other structures, so that people driving vehicles, people walking, and people biking can all see each other at the intersection. if cars are parked which are too close to the crosswalk, drivers can't see who is about to cross the street. it's a proven way to prevent traffic crashes. which have way too much crashes and fatalities in our city. these updates to the shared spaces program will help to ensure safety and accessibility for everyone so we can all enjoy these public spaces. more information is available at sf dot gov slash shared >> good morning, everybody. >> let me start by triathlon all 6 it to bring attention how big tobacco trying to hook the new generations on tobacco produces and tobacco companies appeal to

michael once said that his lives dream to come to san francisco. and upon mr.ashington that dream truly made it his home with meaningful relationships that do orchestra staff and countless organizations and residents and artists across the - by the way, including of you, you several years ago, i had the pleasure to a performance with the simplify aced uk davis at that time in the afternoon a very long drive. but and spent the time talking through his score of shoe man simplify number 4, he did many times over the span of his career he hoed me evolved over many decades a special momentum for me and talk about the me about shoe man but about life and about perspective. that was the kind of impact that michael had on so many people. michael has made and mark on the orchestra on the city of san francisco and the entire classical music world. so it seems fitting own this special occasion and and few days before michael 79 birthday we honored michaels impact to the accomplishment of m t t way on it this street michael captivated audience over the years (clapping.) (c

san francisco is its own entity. we pride ourselves on the traditional fire department in the sense we still use brass fittings, wooden latters, surrounded by three sides of water so all risk fire department. you can go downtown busy high-rise, out to the coast for surf rescue. we have a mix of everything and we all have to be well-rounded firefighters and that is our entire job to make sure that we are profeshant. >> as we train our roles will be to evaluate along the way. the role we have is to get them ready for fire house culture. to be a firefighter requires a fair amount of discipline. you have to understand the rules of the game. understand how to behave, how to appear, how to interact with the public and one of my roles is to make sure the recruits understand that and adhere to the codes of conduct and behavior the department lays out. >> okay, today is monday. the monday after my first big week of testing. two double day testing thursday and friday. we had to do a ems skill, take a written test and 8 differe

i'm a san francisco native, a product of san francisco unified school district. educate nation, sf city and county employee and a homeowner in district ten. and most importantly, be a guest here on unseated ohlone land. i'm here today to urge that all supervisors, including mine and district ten, support this resolution and get the resolution expedited and approved as quickly as possible. we cannot continue to support the genocide that israel is carrying out on the palestinian people. the media shows the media excuse me, shows us nothing but lies and false narratives making people believe that palestinians are in the wrong. we are all here tonight to ensure you that is not the case. we must all stand with palestine, the children of palestine, the mothers, the grandmothers, and provide hope and support this legislation and a cease fire resolution is the first step in many necessary steps to come to a resolution that is fair and right for the palestinian people. i'm here tonight in solidarity with the palestinian people and to urge all supervisors to vote in favor

and cultural identity of san francisco. when it started out the focus was really on the buildings, historic landmark listings and really concentrated on downtown area with all the development happening. our organization was raising a reg red flag with historic landmarks in danger and victorian mansions so a hallmark of our organization is moving these victorian mansions in the way of development to inwestern addition neighborhood and other areas to get out of the way of development and preserve them. our organization was around before there was the historic preservation commission of the city so we were at the forefront drawings attention to historic preservation, landmarking and over the last 51 years we have seen how there are more then just buildsings in safeguarding the city cultural resources, there is also small businesses and the different neighborhood icons that make a neighborhood special, so our outreach has really-it is really come full circle in a way because it moved downtown into the neighborhoods and now with