commission president bermejo. i want to thank commissioners hoyos and ahn on your op-ed which i thought was beautifully written it made the moral and fiduciary argument and the retirement board and it's an important argument that needs to be made at this time. it has been a long day. i'll be brief with my comments. just a few general observations. supervisor peskin picked up the torch from supervisor avalos and he picked up from environmental public health indigenous people's movement that has only grown from that time. and yet since 2013 and as you know, the commitment the board of supervisors made the policy made has not been followed through with in the least. to put a number on it, the fossil fuels portfolio of the retirement board right now sits at over $500 million, $500,000 million. since the commitment in 2013 the board of supervisors made to divest we divested $1 million, that's .2% of the fossil fuels portfolio. that's the action we've seen from the retirement system and board with respect to those who h

president bermejo and commissioners. my name is jed holtzman. i'm a senior policy analyst for 350 bay area working on several projects in the nine county bay area to try to keep greenhouse gases in the ground. i'd like to thank commissioner ahn and hoyos for this measure. debbie, the commission, putting this in front of you all and victor makras with whom we'd be nowhere. when the board of supervisors passed this fossil free sf was born. and it was born as me going alone to the retirement board and getting glared at. luckily things changed shortly thereafter and it's only continued to grow and grow and grow. as you've heard the retirement board has been recalcitrant to say the least. so i want to thank you supervisor avalos and peskin and the staff of the offices for getting us to this point. i don't really have anything to say besides this is an exceptionally common sense measure. we need to put the city's money where its mouth is and i guess to lee hepner's point in terms of specifying the motion i want to provide an example of the retirement

president elmy bermejo. commissioner wan is excused. there's a quorum. item for discussion. >> welcome to the commission on the environment. this is our first meeting since the untimely passing of ed lee. i want to send sincere condolences to his wife and daughters. his last appearance was at the recycling press conference with the department of environment and he spoke about the work so eloquently like he always did. we are really, really saddened by the loss of our environmental champion and today we'll discuss ways to support and maintain his legacy. reflecting back on a year ago this month was an overwhelming turnout at the women's march and march for science. this weekend many of us marched peacefully once again to ensure our voices are heard. i had the honor of speaking this weekend to what they consider -- they didn't think a lot of people would show up, there were 2600 people who came to voice concerns. men, women, children, and it was a beautiful day and a lot of people were energized to get out there and continue the work of not only the kind o