will come to order. 2025 regular meeting of lafco i'm acting chair hope williams and joined by connie chan isaac salvier. our clerk and i like to thank the stof of sfgovtv for broadcasting meeting especially james and a lipsasm do you have announcements? lafco will allow in person comment and remote access. public comment will be traen on each item. those attending in person will speak first and then those on the line. if you wish to provide comment remote, the call in information is scrolling. when connected you will hear the meeting discussions but in listening mode only. when your item come up and public comment is called those in person line and up those on the phone dial star throw to be added to the speaker line. if you are on the phone, remember to turn down your tv and all listening device you may be using. alternateively you may submit comment in writing e mail them to myself the clerk. or you may submit written comments via u.s. postal to city hall 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place room 244, san francisco, california 94102. if you submit written comment tell forwarded to the commis

public defend or money on are jue, supervisor connie chan and cheyenne chen and mahmood.ll for ensuring today's celebration reflect the importance this celebrating lunar new year deserves. today's event would not be possible without the work of claude en and al perez. thank you both for your continued dedication to our city and our community. i would like to acknowledge the representative of the councillor core. the people's republic of china. acting upon general chang thank you for being here. and before i list off all the councillor generals that are here, i like to thank our head of protocol penny cotter, penny, thank you for everything you are doing for our city. we have representatives from australia, greece, columbia. singapore and kazakhstan, thank you for being here tonight. as we welcome this new year, i am excited about what lies ahead. let this be a time of growth. tune and transformation for all of us. individually and as a city. once again, thank you for joining us and i wish you a heavy, health and he prosperous new year. how did i do. i may get bfrment than

public defend or money on are jue, supervisor connie chan and cheyenne chen and mahmood.y's celebration reflect the importance this celebrating lunar new year deserves. today's event would not be possible without the work of claude en and al perez. thank you both for your continued dedication to our city and our community. i would like to acknowledge the representative of the councillor core. the people's republic of china. acting upon general chang thank you for being here. and before i list off all the councillor generals that are here, i like to thank our head of protocol penny cotter, penny, thank you for everything you are doing for our city. we have representatives from australia, greece, columbia. singapore and kazakhstan, thank you for being here tonight. as we welcome this new year, i am excited about what lies ahead. let this be a time of growth. tune and transformation for all of us. individually and as a city. once again, thank you for joining us and i wish you a heavy, health and he prosperous new year. how did i do. i may get bfrment thank you and enjoy the

item number five as motion appointing supervisor conny chan to the san francisco bay conservation and development commission for an indefinite term or at the conclusion of her term as a member of the board of supervisors. item number five is motion appointing supervisor matt dorsey as an alternate member to the san francisco bay conservation and development commission for an indefinite term or the conclusion of his term as a member of the board the supervisors item number seven is a motion appointing supervisor danny sorenson to the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district board of directors. term ending january 31st, 2027 or the conclusion of his term as a member of the board of supervisors. item number eight is motion appointing supervisor carney chan to the free city college oversight committee for an indefinite term or the conclusion of her term as a member of the board of supervisors. item nine is a motion appointing supervisor myrna melgar to the metropolitan transportation commission term ending february 10th, 2027 or the conclusion of her term as a member of the

supervisor connie chan, supervisor cheyenne chen and mahmood come up and share a few words, yes, roundsof applause. >> good evening, san francisco and welcome to the asian american capital of the us here! we are home to the oldest china town in the united states. one of 3 japan towns. little saigon. our asian americans we built the railroad and wine country. created fortune cookies and technologies and established farm worker rights and the constitutional right to birth right citizenship. we have dhn despite chinese eccollusion, japanese intern am. quake, fire, covid and antiasian hate we are arab ran america and the diverse communities that represent san francisco and i want to say to our vietnamese community, to our korean community -- and our [inaudible] community and our mandarin community. and with that i'm going to introduce our sheriff miomoto who will say welcome in every other dialect! >> thank you. city attorney. i don't know how i always have to follow him when we have these celebrations i will try. let me try indonesian. and this is for my wife. i am honored be here represen

i'd like to bring up district one supervisor connie chan. >> as immigrant first generation immigrant in san francisco, i'm going to take this opportunity to first express my gratitude my gratitude in a raw amateurish ohlone people and land my gratitude to generations of san francisco and the generations of immigrants that came before us. it is because of all of you that we get to stand on this land in san francisco today. >> thank you. >> and continuing with that spirit and with that heart that we know that san francisco is a sanctuary city. we will always be a sanctuary city. >> i grew up in san francisco and that was the 1990s and now you know who how old i am. i went to high school. those were the times i remember that thanks to my teachers and thanks to my principal at that time that i know that if there were ice agents coming to my school i was going to be able to get a hall pass. i was going to be able to get a notification that i know where i need it to go because our school sites are sanctuary for our students and families. >> but like our city attorney david chu said yeah, i

supervisor connie chan told abc seven news she believes the department has both the funding and capacityuse people in need. >> we are counting. >> down to the 2025 chinese new year parade. we're a little more than a week away to the big event on saturday, february 15th, inside san francisco city hall. last night, mayor daniel lurie already getting the celebration started. annual city hall celebration opened yesterday with a dragon dance under the rotunda. this is the year of the snake representing transformation and renewal. >> lunar new year is a time to celebrate our shared history and the diversity that makes san francisco one of the most, if not the most dynamic city in the world. >> abc7 is the official home of the 2025 san francisco chinese new year parade. you can watch the parade saturday, february 15th, starting at 6 p.m. on abc7 or wherever you stream abc7 news. >> a new concept is coming to san francisco's ferry building that's focused on one specific baked good gott's roadside is opening a cookie counter. it'll be right next to its soft serve counter. the cookie counter will

public defendr money on are jue, supervisor connie chan and cheyenne chen and■ mahmood.ebration reflect the importance this celebrating lunar yeardesves. today's event would not be possible without the wk of claude en andou bpehd dication y and our community. i would like to acknowledge the representative of the councillor core. the pe rep o china. acting upon generalha thank you for being here. and before i lt o t counci here, thank our head of protocol pennycotter, penny, thank you for everything are we have representatives from australia, greece, columbia. singapore and kazakhstan, thank you for being here tonight. as we welcome this new year, i am excited about what lies ahea let this be a time of growth tune andation for all of us. individually and as a city. once again, thank you for joining us and i wish you a heavy, health and he prosperous new year. how did i do. i may get bfrment thank you and enjoy the celebration. councillor generals will you co up.■ moving on to introduce the event cohost and san francisco's official family. welcome our friends city administ

welcome to supervisor connie chan from district 1 and so many of our leaders here in. we all know that it is not a matter of if, but a matter of when when there might be a earthquake or might be major fires, any kind of other natural disaster, a cyber attack or heaven forbid any terrorist itack. attack. san francisco is a major city and threats happen and what i appreciate about the fact this council meets with so many of our leaders from different sectors of the city is that, consistently we are looking evaluating our plan and updating them based on technology and other new things that get introduced, so we are dotting the i's and crossing the t's. we remember during the pandemic and there wasn't really a play book in place, and so as a result that, we have to go back to the history books and to look at the spanish flu and what happened during that time. more importantly, what happened during the aids crisis in the city. it provided us guidance on how we make decisions using science, using data, using facts, which are sometimes underestimated in the world now a days.

home needs and senior services in the richmond submitted by supervisor connie chan. >> supervisor chan. thank you, welcome mr. mayor, good to see you. as we than long standing skilled insing facility in the richmond will close in april. many reached out wanting to know the future of the site and ensuring that seniors are taken care of. we know that d1 and san francisco are at the deficit for the types of facilities and service. we cannot afford to lose another facility. our vision is for the city to identify partners that can help us in home as a resource for our community and develop the site for other critical resource for ascertains and many in the richmond and throughout san francisco what is your mission for the site. and how can we partner together on delivering a joint vision to supporting our seniors in the rich manned and beyond. thank you. >> thank you for your question. supervisor chan. first i want to share my sympathy with the residents for the closure of st.s anns. this is i challenging time and you have my commitment the city will support you through this transiing. lagu

>> item 17 and 18 are two motions to appoint supervisor connie chan to the san francisco bay conservation and development commission and free city college oversight committee for an indefinite term or the conclusion of her term as a member of the board of supervisors. colleagues can i have a motion to excuse supervisor chan moved by mahmud seconded by chen. we can take that without objection supervisor chan is excused. and then on the motions. >> madam clerk, will you please call the roll and item 17 and 18 supervisor fielder fielder i supervisor mahmoud mahmoud i supervisor mandelson hi middleman i supervisor melgar i melgar i supervise her sadr sadr i supervisor cheryl cheryl i supervisor walton i walton i soup her chin chin i supervisor dorsey dorsey i and supervisor in cardio and cardio i their attorneys without objection these motions are approved madam clerk will you please call item 19 item 19 this is a motion to appoint supervisor danny sadr to the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district board of directors term ending january 31st 2027 or the conclusion of his term

presidentful board of supervisors we have almost the entire board here the folks who are not here connie chan are in e budget and financemittee dealing with personalegislation tht mir has thrown ats and other thing this is need to get done for the city and county. we do havee fm d2 steven chair. from d 7 melgar. d3 danny sauter. d5 mahmood and from d11 chen. we are here we love china town we love our ap i community because we love the chinese chamber and thank you donald for all that you do every year to make this magical time magical in san francisco. and with that i will invite my colleague chen a greet nothing cantonese. happy new year! now -- a brief -- go. >> all right employed go morning i sauter disor, happy i wi this is a celebration, a start of our new year a moment to commit to comingecome t china town many times over the next few weeks for all our community has to offer. i want to ask that you commit to supporting our small businesses and people ask me where to go. i will offer a few recommendations. for a great day. you come to china town whether coming on muni or parking below, y

i'm supervisor connie chan, chair of the committee. >> i'm joined by vice chair matt dorsey, supervisor matt dorsey and supervisor joanne gado. >> our clerk it's brant halper. >> i would like to thank as i've got to be kaleena mendoza for broadcasting this meeting. >> mr. clerk, do you have any announcement? thank you, madam chair. once i can just a friendly reminder to those in attendance to please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices to prevent interruptions to our proceedings should you have any documents to be included as part of the file they should be submitted to myself the clerk. public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda. when your item of interest comes up and public comment is called please line up to speak on the west side of the chamber to your right my left along those curtains and while not required to provide public comment we do invite you to fill out a comment card and leave them on the tray by the television to your left by the doors. >> if you wish to be accurately recorded for the minutes alternatively you may submit public comme

presidentful board of supervisors we have almost the entire board here the folks who are not here connie chanare only not here they are in the budget and finance committee dealing with personal legislation tht mir has thrown at us and other thing this is need to get done for the city and county. we do have here from d2 steven chair. from d 7 melgar. d3 danny sauter. d5 mahmood and from d11 chen. we are here we love china town we love our ap i community because we love the chinese chamber and thank you donald for all that you do every year to make this magical time magical in san francisco. and with that i will invite my colleague chen a greet nothing cantonese. happy new year! now -- a brief -- go. >> all righ employed go morning i'm sauter d throw supervisor, happy it be here with all of you this morning and this is a celebration, a start of our new year and a moment to commit to coming become to china town many times over the next few weeks for all our community has to offer. i want to ask that you commit to supporting our small businesses and people ask me where to go. i will offer a few r

presidentful board of supervisors we have almost the entire board here the folks who are not here connie chand dorsey are only not here they are in the budget and finance committee dealing with personal legislation tht mir has thrown at us and other thing this is need to get done for the city and county. we do have here from d2 steven chair. from d 7 melgar. d3 danny sauter. d5 mahmood and from d11 chen. we are here we love china town we love our ap i community because we love the chinese chamber and thank you donald for all that you do every year to make this magical time magical in san francisco. and with that i will invite my colleague chen a greet nothing cantonese. happy new year! now -- a brief -- go. >> all right. employed go morning i'm sauter d throw supervisor happy it be here with all of you this morning and this is a celebration, a start of our new year and a moment to commit to coming become to china town many times over the next few weeks for all our community has to offer. i want to ask that you commit to supporting our small businesses and people ask me where to go. i will off

. >> are you ready to answer the call and combooshg on a call >> i'm connie chan district one supervisor and welcome to the richmond. >> i'm an immigrant and came to san francisco china town when i was 13 years old with my mom and brother. my first job is at the community organizer for public safety with san francisco state. and land in the city hall and became a legislative aid to sophie maxwell. went through city departments when kamala harris was our district attorney i'm proud to represent the richmondad district supervisor. [music] we have great neighborhood commercial corridors that need to be protected. the reason why we launched the neighborhood business for supporting the [inaudible] for 15 years special more. we have the legacy business program the business around for 30 years or more and thought, you know, we gotta make sure the next generation contains for generations to come. am i'm ruth the owner of hamburger haven we came back on july 11. we were opened in 1968 at that time i believe one of the owners of mestart today went through a guy named andy in the early 70s and my f

will come to order. 2025 regular meeting of lafco i'm acting chair hope williams and joined by connie chan isaac

okay, we're adjourned >> i'm connie chan district one supervisor and welcome to the richmond. >> i'mant and came to san francisco china town when i was 13 years old with my mom and brother. my first job is at the community organizer for public safety with san francisco state. and land in the city hall and became a legislative aid to sophie maxwell. went through city departments when kamala harris was our district attorney i'm proud to represent the richmondad district supervisor. [music] we have great neighborhood commercial corridors that need to be protected. the reason why we launched the neighborhood business for supporting the [inaudible] for 15 years special more. we have the legacy business program the business around for 30 years or more and thought, you know, we gotta make sure the next generation contains for generations to come. am i'm ruth the owner of hamburger haven we came back on july 11. we were opened in 1968 at that time i believe one of the owners of mestart today went through a guy named andy in the early 70s and my father took it mid 70s. >> originally was just