we are now joined by supervisor connie chan. supervisor chan, thank you so much for introducing this item. as a member of a different immigrant community, i just thank you from the bottom of my heart. i think it's so important that we keep the stories and the history and the culture alive of folks to build a city and whose stories don't often get told and not incorporated in a lot of the history that gets passed down. i think it's very significant. thank you so much for the thoughtfulness and the floor is yours. >> supervisor chan: thank you, chair melgar if you may indulge me i want to make a quick remark in chinese and letting some of our constituents know this item is up. [speaking chinese] thank you, chair melgar for scheduling this today. i am so excited to be initiating a landmark for lincoln park formally known as "city cemetery." from the 1870s until the early 1900s, city cemetery was used as a burial ground for veteran chinese, japanese, french, greek, scandinavian, italian and jewish association. an estimated 20,000 bod

we are now joined by supervisor connie chan. r chan, thank you so much for introducing this item. as a member of a different immigrant community, i just thank you from the bottom of my heart. i think it's so important that we keep the stories and the history and the culture alive of folks to build a city and whose stories don't often get told and not incorporated in a lot of the history that gets passed down. i think it's very significant. thank you so much for the thoughtfulness and the floor is yours. >> supervisor chan: thank you, chair melgar if you may indulge me i want to make a quick remark in chinese and letting some of our constituents know this item is up. [speaking chinese] thank you, chair melgar for scheduling this today. i am so excited to be initiating a landmark for lincoln park formally known as "city cemetery." from the 1870s until the early 1900s, city cemetery was used as a burial ground for veteran chinese, japanese, french, greek, scandinavian, italian and jewish association. an estimated 20,000 bodies rest

. >> reporter: but supervisor connie chan says there's an urgency to restore service. >> what we're saying is that that is what the funding was for. that was for them to restore muni service back to pandemic level during this time. >> reporter: transit advocate cat carter agreed saying cuts should not be part of the conversation. >> i think we need more service, not less. we want to grow ridership which we need to do. you don't take away service. >> reporter: in san francisco, matt boone, abc7 news. >>> fire up that grill, after two difficult years the beloved gilroy garlic festival is back. abc7 news reporter amanda del castillo is in gilroy to show us how the celebration has changed. >> reporter: this sight signaling the gilroy garlic festival is back, well, the fan favorite food at least. the famous gourmet alley like we've never seen before rearranged and reimagined because of covid-19. >> we don't have to get in the hot sun. we still get the food. we're in the air conditioned car, cool enough. >> reporter: a detour, a drive- thru, instead of pulling up to christmas hill park diners wi

i'm aaron peskin joined by vice chair supervisors raphael mandelman and supervisor connie chan. do you have any announcements? >> clerk: these are the covid-19 health and emergency. city and employees and the public, the board of supervisors committee room is closed. public comment will be available on each item on this

we are also joined by supervisors connie chan and supervisor shsha safai. >> clerk: to the same extent

. >> reporter: but supervisor connie chan says there's an urgency to restore service. >> what we're sayingthat that is what the funding was for. that was for them to restore muni service back to pandemic level during this time. >> reporter: transit advocate cat carter agreed saying cuts should not be part of the conversation. >> i think we need more service, not less. we want to grow ridership which we need to do. you don't take away service. >> reporter: in san francisco, matt boone, abc7 news. >>> fire up that grill, after two difficult years the beloved gilroy garlic festival is back. abc7 news reporter amanda del castillo is in gilroy to show ha changed. >> reporter: this sight signaling the gilroy garlic festival is back, well, the fan favorite food at least. the famous gourmet alley like we've never seen before rearranged and reimagined because of covid-19. >> we don't have to get in the hot sun. we still get the food. we're in the air conditioned car, cool enough. >> reporter: a detour, a drive- thru, instead of pulling up to christmas hill park ilroy presb church for the two weeken

i am connie chan, the chair of the commission. i am joined by -- i believe that we do have our vice-chair cynthia crews-pollock and we're also joined by commissioner gord an mar, and alternate commissioner singh. commissioner dean preston is not present. but is an alternate commissioner. our clerk, so glad to be alisa somera and i would like to thank the staff at sfgov-tv for staffing this meeting. madam clerk, do you have announcements. >> clerk: the meeting is held through video conference and the members will participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically

. >> reporter: but the supervisor connie chan says there is an urgency to restore service. >> we aresaying that is what the federal stimulus funding was for, for them to restore muni service back to pandemic levels during this time. >> reporter: transit advocate cat carter agreed, saying cuts should not be part of the covering. >> i think we need more service, not less. if you rant to grow ridership, which we do, you don't take away service. >> reporter: matt boone in san francisco, abc7 news. >>> uber will be more transparent with its drivers about how much money the company is charging for its rides. there is found to be a large gap between the fare quoted to the passenger and the fare quoted to the driver, leaving drivers in the dark about what percentage uber is then taking for itself. the company announced that starting next week, drivers will be shown the full fare, including all benefits and fees. this change, however, will only apply to drivers in california. >>> okay, lisa, the sun is starting to come up this morning. >> it is, but you can't see it from this vantage point. l

i am connie chan, the chair of the commission. i am joined by -- i believe that we do have our vice-chair cynthia crews-pollock and we're also joined by commissioner gord an mar, and alternate commissioner singh. commissioner dean preston is not present. but is an alternate commissioner. our clerk, so glad to be alisa somera and i would like to thank the staff at sfgov-tv for staffing this meeting. madam clerk, do you have announcements. >> clerk: the meeting is held through video conference and the members will participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. public comment is available on each item on this agenda, depending on your provider and sfgov-tv.org and they are streaming the public comment number across the screen. public comment opportunities to speak during the comment be period are available via phone by calling 415-655-0001, and, again, 1-(415)-655-0001. and meeting i.d. is 146 814 3531. again, 146 814 3531. and then pound and then pound again. when connected you will hear the meetin

i am dean preston, chair of the committee, and i am joined by supervisor connie chan and supervisor rafaelcements? >> clerk: good morning. the board recognizes that public access to see services -- city services is esnt

i am connie chan, the chair of the commission.m joined by -- i believe that we do have our vice-chair cynthia crews-pollock and we're also joined by commissioner gord an mar, and alternate commissioner singh. commissioner dean preston is not present. but is an alternate commissioner. our clerk, so glad to be alisa somera and i would like to thank the staff at sfgov-tv for staffing this meeting. madam clerk, do you have announcements. >> clerk: the meeting is held through video conference and the members will participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. public comment i

i'm supervisor dean preston and i'm joined by vice chair connie chan and supervisor rafael mandelman. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements. >> clerk: yes, mr. chair. the board recognizes that public access to city service social security essential and invites public participation in the following ways. cable channel 26 and sfgov are streaming the public comment call in number. comments and your opportunities to speak during any of today's public comment period are available to you via phone by dialling (415) 655-0001. the meeting i.d. for today's meeting is 146 057 8563. following that, you will dial the pound symbol twice to be connected to the meeting. when you're connected, you will hear the meeting discussions, but your line will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up on our agenda, please dial star followed by 3 to be added to the speaker

i am supervisor dean preston prest, chair of the committee, joined by connie chan, and raphael mandelman. the committee clerk is john carroll and i want to thank michael from sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. >> clerk: the minutes will reflect the committee members are participating in this remote meeting as if they were physically present. the public access to city service is essential. public comment will be available for each item on today's agenda on capable channel 76, 78, or 79. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments and other opportunities to speak during public comment periods are available to you via phone by calling 415-655-0001. following that, you'll enter the meeting i.d. today's meeting i.d. 1462004570. after you've entered the meeting i.d., press the pound symbol twice. your line will be muted and in listening mode only. when you're item of interest comes up on day's agenda, dial *3 if you wish to speak for that item. best practices are to call from a quiet location, to speak clearly and slowly and turn down your streaming device, or whatever it is th

i'm supervisor dean preston and i'm joined by vice chair connie chan and supervisor rafael mandelman. mr. clerk, do you have any

my district, district 2, the richmond, as i went on a walk with captain [inaudible], so -- with connie chan today, so they're happy that they're getting additional officer slots for them that they will use at their discretion, i guess, on thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. so it will great to be there, and i'm looking forward to do more for them. and who knows? maybe the second half of this fiscal year, we can open up more funding throughout the whole city. i'm just happy, very happy to be there. >> president cohen: that's good. i'm glad you were there, and i appreciate you recapping your report. mosier, i have a question for you. who was deciding who would get those individuals? >> it was high traffic corridors, and that's how we determined who would get it during those summer months. >> president cohen: okay. i know i jumped the line. all right. anyone have anything to report back? commissioner byrne, have you been walking the streets of the tenderloin? >> commissioner byrne: i plan on going out in the next couple of weeks. golden gate is a completely changed sort of area. that's somethi

i am supervisor dean preston prest, chair of the committee, joined by connie chan, and raphael mandelman. the committee clerk is john carroll and i want to thank michael from sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. >> clerk: the minutes will reflect the committee members are participating in this remote meeting as if they were physically present. the public access

i'm aaron peskin joined by vice chair supervisors raphael mandelman and supervisor connie chan. do you have any announcements? >> clerk: these are the covid-19 health and emergency. city and employees and the public, the board of supervisors committee room is closed. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. or streaming the numbers across the screen. comments and opportunities to speak are available by by calling 415-655-0001. meeting i.d. is 146 556 5732. when your item comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. best practices are to call from a quiet location to speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. you may submit public comment by e-mail or myself. that concludes my initial comments. >> supervisor peskin: please call the first item. >> clerk: item 1 is a motion to approving nomination for appointment of jose lopez, board of appeals four-year term ending july 1, 2024. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. colleagues, this is a little known but remarkably important function in our government. a quasi judicial body as superv

i'm supervisor dean preston and i'm joined by vice chair connie chan and supervisor rafael mandelman. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements. >> clerk: yes, mr. chair. the board recognizes that public access to city service social security essential and invites public participation in the following ways. cable channel 26 and sfgov are streaming the public comment call in number. comments and your opportunities to speak during any of today's public comment period are available to you via phone by dialling (415) 655-0001. the meeting i.d. for today's meeting is 146 057 8563. following that, you will dial the pound symbol twice to be connected to the meeting. when you're connected, you will hear the meeting discussions, but your line will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up on our agenda, please dial star followed by 3 to be added to the speaker line. do so as we call the item. the best practices are to call from a quiet location. speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television, radio, or streaming device. alternatively, you may admit your wr

i am dean preston, chair of the committee, and i am joined by supervisor connie chan and supervisor rafael mandelman. mr. clerk, do we have any announcements? >> clerk: good morning. the board recognizes that public access to see services -- city services is essential and invites public comment in the following ways. public comment will be available on all items on this agenda. your opportunity to speak during any of today's public comment periods will be available to you via phone by calling 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. for today's immediating is 146-150-5087. after -- meeting is 146-150-5087, then press pound twice. press star, three to lineup to speak. speak slowly and clearly, and turn down the volume on any television or electronic devices. alternatively, you may submit your written public comments to me, john.carroll@sf.gov or you may send it via united states postal service, city hall, room 204, 1 carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california, 94102. >> chair preston: thank you. mr. clerk, let's call items 1 and 2 together. >> clerk: item 1 is a hearing on the de facto rout

in the second, this announcement is i received some information from supervisor connie chan's officehave initiated or they started to initiate landlord as a nation of the city cemetery, which is located in lincoln park. they included some information i will make sure is exported to all the commissioners about the funeral chapel. there is still a little bit of the very, very old history of the chinese in san francisco remaining at the part and it's pretty exciting that this particular structure still remains and hopefully the hpc will have a chance to support this designation and to really recognize the community that has been here since the 1850s and has very little to no recognition and a lot of mainstream publications and documents. i personally find interesting and would be happy to share that with you. thank you supervisor jan for certain is initiation. that's all my comments here. thank you. >> [diane matsuda, president] marcel did you want to disrupt the process. >> i just wanted to briefly mention that carmen staff has been a supervisor's office as well as others almost on thi

i'm supervisor dean preston and i'm joined by vice chair connie chan and supervisor

i'm supervisor dean preston and i'm joined by vice chair connie chan and supervisor rafael mandelman. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements. >> clerk: yes, mr. chair. the board recognizes that public access to city service social security essential and invites public participation in the following ways. cable channel 26 and sfgov are streaming the public comment call in number. comments and your opportunities to speak during any of today's public comment period are available to you via phone by dialling (415) 655-0001. the meeting i.d. for today's meeting is 146 057 8563. following that, you will dial the pound symbol twice to be connected to the meeting. when you're connected, you will hear the meeting discussions, but your line will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up on our agenda, please dial star followed by 3 to be added to the speaker line. do so as we call the item. the best practices are to call from a quiet location. speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television, radio, or streaming device. alternatively, you may admit your wr

i'm aaron peskin joined by vice chair supervisors raphael mandelman and supervisor connie chan.19 health and emergency. city and employees and the public, the board of supervisors committee room is closed. public comment will be available on each item on this

my district, district 2, the richmond, as i went on a walk with captain [inaudible], so -- with connie chanhey're happy that they're getting additional officer slots for them that they will use at their discretion, i guess, on thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. so it will great to be there, and i'm looking forward to do more for them. and who knows? maybe the second half of this fiscal year, we can open up more funding throughout the whole city. i'm just happy, very happy to be there. >> president cohen: that's good. i'm glad you were there, and i appreciate you recapping your report. mosier, i have a question for you. who was deciding who would get those individuals? >> it was high traffic corridors, and that's how we determined who would get it during those summer months. >> president cohen: okay. i know i jumped the line. all right. anyone have anything to report back? commissioner byrne, have you been walking the streets of the tenderloin? >> commissioner byrne: i plan on going out in the next couple of weeks. golden gate is a completely changed sort of area. that's something that that

i am supervisor dean preston prest, chair of the committee, joined by connie chan, and raphael mandelmancommittee clerk is john carroll and i want to thank michael from sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. >> clerk: the minutes will reflect the committee members are participating in this remote meeting as if they were physically present. the public access to city service is essential. public com

my district, district 2, the richmond, as i went on a walk with captain [inaudible], so -- with connie chanfor them that they will use at their discretion, i guess, on thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. so it will great to be there, and i'm looking forward to do more for them. and who knows? maybe the second half of this fiscal year, we can open up more funding throughout the whole city. i'm just happy, very happy to be there. >> president cohen: that's good. i'm glad you were there, and i appreciate you recapping your report. mosier, i have a question for you. who was deciding who would get those individuals? >> it was high traffic corridors, and that's how we determined who would get it during those summer months. >> president cohen: okay. i know i jumped the line. all right. anyone have anything to report back? commissioner byrne, have you been walking the streets of the tenderloin? >> commissioner byrne: i plan on going out in the next couple of weeks. golden gate is a completely changed sort of area. that's something that that i haven't seen now in about a week, but it's [inaudible] i

connie, and i'll be providing spanish interpretation. thank you very much. >> interpreter: good afternoon. my name is winnie chan, and i'll be providing interpretation in the cantonese language. thank you. >> interpreter: hello. my name is anna, and i'm from the office of community affairs, and i'll be providing mandarin translation. thank you. >> interpreter: hello. my name is melani lau, and i'll be providing tagalog interpretation. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. i am setting the timer for two minutes. let's hear from the first caller, please. welcome, caller. >> hi. my name is raphael picazzo. i am a community member, long time resident, born and raised in san francisco. i am in total support of this dispensary. building back the community is very important to all of us who are native to san francisco, giving back to the students, the community is very important. i walk down leland street, where this dispensary will be. i know it will bring a lot of traffic to the community and help other businesses in the community thrive. it's a good idea that we have native san franciscans taking part in a growing busines

connie, and i'll be providing spanish interpretation. thank you very much. >> interpreter: good afternoon. my name is winnie chan, and i'll be providing interpretation in the cantonese language. thank you. >> interpreter: hello. my name is anna, and i'm from the office of community affairs, and i'll be providing mandarin translation. thank you. >> interpreter: hello. my name is melani lau, and i'll be providing tagalog interpretation. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. i am setting the timer for two minutes. let's hear from the first caller, please. welcome, caller. >> hi. my name is raphael picazzo. i am a community member, long time resident, born and raised in san francisco. i am in total support of this dispensary. building back the community is very important to all of us who are native to san francisco, giving back to the students, the community is very important. i walk down leland street, where this dispensary will be. i know it will bring a lot of traffic to the community and help other businesses in the community thrive. it's a good idea that we have native san franciscans taking part in a growing busines

i am supervisor dean preston prest, chair of the committee, joined by connie chan, and raphael mandelman. the committee clerk is john carroll and i want to thank michael from sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. >> clerk: the minutes will reflect the committee members are participating in this remote meeting as if they were physically present. the public access