, san francisco. we don't want to be manhattan. well, i don't want it to be manhattan. or wherever places people come from. they think that's a better choice. so again, i don't want to go on and on. but basically, we'd like to see growth. we like to see area plans be accepted. the fact that none of us on the west side have been able to do area plans is mainly because we haven't had any resources. all the resources in the city in the last few decades -- forever -- decades, have been concentrated in this area for good reasons, but still, you have to open up the purses to make sure we have resources that we can actually plan for these things on the west side. i'm glad we're starting a process of supervisor fewer and supervisor mar, we're looking at those issues. and so given all that, you know, i would be supportive of senator wiener's bill if he could make some of these amendments that gives us opportunity to make a choices, to figure out how to increase the housing stock for our areas. i don't see anyb

san francisco's annual transgender awareness month to help raise the awareness of san francisco's transgender communities. we have the opportunity today to celebrate the contributions of extraordinary trans san franciscans through today's first ever board of supervisors transawareness month special commendations. now to be honest, it should not have taken us this long. 53 years ago, a group of trans women and drag queens led one of the first documents lgbt up risings. we now have the country's first ever transgender cultural district located in supervisor haney's district which encompassed the site of the riots and other locations. 23 transgender people have lost their lives to antitrans violence this year. most were black transgender women. even in the face of tremendous inequities, discrimination, and violence, however, trans communities resilient. in san francisco, numerous communities have won numerous awards and rights. in 2014, thanks to the leadership of the transcommunity, san francisco became the first city to offer publicly funded transition related surgery access which continues to

san francisco did that. so i salute san francisco. i made the right choice, you know. and every day, you know, when we're open, we welcome 25 to 30 transgender non-conforming individuals. my most ecstatic pleasure is to let them know things that are happening about san francisco that can improve the quality of their lives. these are folks who are usually in crisis mode and choose not to be in shelters because they would rather be in the streets. they feel safer in the streets. we're trying to improve that. we have such amazing leadership that works with my community. i want to thank you all for that. i specialize in event productions, and i think i can probably say that we have uplifted many of our events, and you provided that also from the human rights commission to the office of transgender initiative, you've given us some perks to make things really better for us. i cannot thank you all enough for allowing me to do that and let me flourish. and being a member of positively trans has allowed me to really just be myself. i want to let everyone know, hey, i'm hiv posi

for working class san francisco, for all of san francisco. and i ask you to consider this funding and to continue to support the depth of what the college does for the city. that's not what the trustees are talking about all the time right now, and it's certainly not what our chancellor is talking about, but i know it's what you understand, and i ask you to continue to work on this with us and sport this. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> thank you for hearing us this evening. my name is mary brave woman. i'm a math teacher at city college. while my department personally did not suffer in these cuts, we lost one class, out of the 286 classes that were cut. i'm here because i wouldn't have a life without city college. when i came here to the city of san francisco 30 years ago i was a single mother living below the poverty line, had a high school diploma but it wasn't enough to get me a job or to have any kind of meaningful life for my daughter and myself. i spent four years at city college before transferring to san francisco state. i

that is not a san francisco value. i am so glad that san francisco is demanding that we have our san francisco values present in sb50 and if not the bill needs to fail. thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> good morning. i am laurie leader man. i would like to thank you for developing the amendments to make the needs of communities primary and for being prepared for the battle. i remain skeptical the bill for preempting public input can be opposite. these are essential roles for government. these assign that to local government and communities where it belongs. california is the fifth or sixth largest economy in the world and most populous state in the u.s. these are further away from public accountability and susceptible to lobbying. this is a recipe for disruption and displacement. compromising is not viable without all of the amendments, sb50 must be opposed. thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. corey smith san francisco how, o housing coalition. the authors haven't read the bill or understand what it does. r

san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from.a place that you'll always 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

next speaker. >> my name isally geller from walk san francisco and on behalf of walk san francisco, we offer our condolences to supervisor safai. we are very grateful to the board of supervisors for taking a strong stance for our city's children today. united nation's convention on the rights of a child offer a holistic way of san francisco strengthening ways of caring for our children. in order for san francisco to be a truly child friendly city, we want to be sure that we're creating safe streets for walking, biking, scooting, and playing for all children in every neighborhood. if we all work quickly toward this vision, we will all benefit every age and every ability. child friendly streets will benefit all our lives and our communities, and it will set our city apart in the best possible way and lead other cities to follow. thank you all. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is nick pasquariello. i'm delivering you a letter from the californians association of retired americans. this is to every member of the board of supervisors and to

the san francisco county democratic central committee and the central labor council of san francisco.as the san francisco public library is severely pen liesing thousands of library users who don't have access to the internet in their homes and whereas in mid-september 2019, without any prior public notice, the san francisco library eliminateed mail notes limiting access to borrowing library materials and whereas the san francisco public library made changes in its procedures that adversely affect the most vulnerable patron population, seniors, low income and disabled users, therefore it be resolved the central labor council usuals the library commission to restore the option that all library pray tons may choose to have -- patrons may choose to have library -- [off mic] >> thank you very much, sir. thank you. next speaker. >> hello. my name is pepper. i'm speaking in support of restoring of the cuts to ccsf. so when i transitioned, i lost both my job and my housing, and ccsf helped me build a career and become housed again in this city. and one thing about -- they seemed, at least to

of san francisco. so it's -- our job is to educate people and be able to familiarize themselves on doing this census. >> you go on-line and do the census. it's available in 13 languages, and you don't need anything. it's based on household. you put in your address and answer nine simple questions. how many people are in your household, do you rent, and your information. your name, your age, your race, your gender. >> everybody is $2,000 in funding for our child care, housing, food stamps, and medical care. >> all of the residents in the city and county of san francisco need to be counted in census 2020. if you're not counted, then your community is underrepresented and will be underserved. >> it did take a village. i was really lucky when i was 14 years old to get an internship. the difference that it made for me is i had a job, but there were other people who didn't have a job, who, unfortunately, needed money. and they were shown to commit illegal acts to get money. that is what i want to prevent. [♪

i am london breed, mayor of san francisco. i am excited about this incredible opportunity to open up a 200 bed navigation center in san francisco. we all know what the statistics say. we have a real problem around homelessness, and the fact is last year we helped 2146 people exit homelessness. since we have opened navigation centers in san francisco, they have helped over 5,000 people. despite what we know the challenges are, the fact is i am grateful and proud of so many of the incredible people behind me today. the people who workday in and day out to help make these navigation centers a reality, but more importantly to help the people that we know are struggling on the streets exit homelessness. we have seven navigation centers in san francisco with a few more on the way. i am really excited what we are going to be doing. at the end of the day, let's be chair clear. it -- clear. it is that we need permanent housing for people who are exiting homelessness. today we are well on our way to meeting the goal that i set of 1,000

we are here at the san francisco urban center on mission street in san francisco and i'm joined today by marrielen from puc and talk about water and sewer issues. what are things we should be concerned about water. >> you want to be prepared for that scenario and the recommendation is to have stored 1 gallon per person per day that you are out of water. we recommend that you have at least 3-5 days for each person and also keep in consideration storage needs for your pets and think about the size of your pets and how much water they consume. >> the storage which is using tap water which you are going to encourage. >> right. of course at the puc we recommend that you store our wonderful delicious tap water. it's free. it comes out of the tap and you can store it in any plastic container, a clean plastic container for up to 6 months. so find a container, fill it with water and label it and rotate it out. i use it to water my garden. >> of course everyone has plastic bottles which we are not really promoting but it is a common way to store it. >> yes. it's an easy way to pick up bottles t

it features the best of san francisco.b fresh foods and veggies from the heart of the farmers' market. shop from marker -- local vendors. engage in free diy craft sessions and grab lunch representing cuisine from around the world. [♪] >> we offer 60 varieties of organic fruit and 30 varieties of conventional. one of our best sellers so sellers is our manager in. it is super sweet. we sell 600 pounds a week. one of the things they like about the market as i get to see my regulars on a weekly basis. i get to meet their families and kids and it is really good to be here. san francisco won my heart. >> one of our vegetables that is very popular is kale. a lot of people go for dino kale our mission is to make sure we have access for everybody to get organic foods, no matter your financial status. >> we make greeting cards, invitations, enamel pins, and we do workshops. i am participating in this market because it is a great opportunity for local makers to sell to a really diverse community of people in san francisco. >> they pa

20, 2019 as irene yee riley day in san francisco. thank you, commissioners. >> thank you very much. any commissioner comments? i just want to say and i will start crying. mark, you have been a rack. >> you can't say i didn't make you cry. >> irene is my rock. she is my car buddy for the last six months, and both of you have just -- what you have done for the commission and small business in san francisco. mark with sf maid. you truly took especially when we were talking about small manufacturing in the eastern part of the city. you stood up for the small manufacturers. we got laws changed to help those people out. that was so vital. and irene, what you have done not only for small business and banking and helping small businesses and reviewing those small business loans that we have done over the years, and what you have done for the asian-american community especially chinatown and the sunset. every time we talked about programs, you always made sure things were done in chinese and people would understand and you were forceful with

i bring my knowledge of san francisco. i grew up here. i have been selling real estate for 30 years and i live next to sunset 4. what i found aboard that's interesting in my last two terms is that the argument about price based on statistics. property owners would make arguments on what they know about the property and i'm trying to put the two together and, basically, understand where they're coming from and they're understanding of value. i come from a unique position of evaluating prompt properties ev. on the outside of the street, you don't have the parking and someone is blocking access to your property. and so that's what i bring to the board and to my fellow commissioners. i've enjoyed my time there and i hope i got reappointed. any questions? >> no. thank you for your willingness to serve. is mervin conlin here and yosef sends regrets. he is in surgery, but would love to continue to serve. i will open this up for comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. is there a motion? i move that we reappoint john lee, mervin conlin, an

we also have quite a bit of archaological groups located in san francisco, and we have our san franciscorchaeologists today to answer any questions that you may have. we also wanted to note that we do believe that the mandated timeline of january 2021 is a reasonable timeline for the amount of work that we believe the planning department would be responsible for, which is generally to collect information in our records related to the cultural group and to assist with any technical expertise that's required in terms of working out strategies for landmarking in the district, developing cultural assets, inventory, doing general cultural resource survey work or any other aspects of our historic preservation work program. we also wanted to note that the ordinance does call for mohcd to establish a relationship with a community-based organization which will lead the chehs effort and outreach program for that strategy, and we fully support that community-led approach to the cultural district program. so with that, i wanted to note that we are recommending approval of the proposed ordinance, and

san francisco today. of san >>> red coats and red hats filled san francisco today, kicking off santa-con. santas flooded union square to start the bar crawl through the city. it was the 25th anniversary of this event. it's a strange one. organizers had more than 12,000 people attending this year. a lot of drinking involved. and really nice side, too. the santas brought more than 1,500 toys for the toy drive put on by the san francisco police department. >> a lot of it has to do with making sure that you're representing santa in a proper way, that you're respectful, kind. you know, if you meet any kids, you know, that you're not -- you're not being a bad santa. that you're being good. >> repin santa better be good. this is the largest in the history of the toy drive. >>> rob, a last look at the crazy weather. >> hopefully santa-con wrapped up before that. right now christmas in the park in san jose seeing a pretty good drenching as the heavier rain moves out of the south bay. and a few more showers off to

london breed: it is trans awareness month in san francisco. just have a seat and ignore the reserved seats signs because everybody for the reserved seats signs are probably behind me. happy trans awareness week in san francisco. we need to do it bigger. let's do a month, and this is where we are, celebrating so many amazing things, so many amazing accomplishments. but we also know, sadly, that our trans community all over the country is under attack. just recently, sadly, we shouldn't be surprised, but the president has rolled out some new discriminatory plan against our trans community, trying to take away millions of dollars of federal funds from our cities throughout the country. and we are of course, in san francisco style, going to continue to fight back time and time again against the discrimination that continues to attract -- attack our trans community here in this city. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: we understand, more than anyplace else, despite the differences that we may have, that our diversity is our strength. that is what

san francisco?t is an issue. >> that's the politics of mass transit. it's the masses for you out there coming in and out of the city versus those who are here to stay and vote. >> vote. >> a complicated task ahead. >> it will be interesting to see how he does. >> that was a great conversation. >> it was, phil. thanks. remember you can read phil's column in the "san francisco chronicle" every wednesday and sunday. thanks, phil. >> you're taking a look at live 7 here monitoring what appears to be a house fire. through the dark you can see some smoke and now you can see firefighters there at the scene. looks like the main fire is out, but yeah, a wisp of smoke still rising there. that's santee river court. a large presence of firefighters and police. several surrounding streets appear to be closed off as well. we don't have a lot more details than that, but we'll bring you more information as we get it on our website, on air and on our news app. >> very active sooecene as you see. groundbreaking resear

. >>> san francisco, 911, what's the emergency? >> san francisco 911, police, fire and medical. >> the tenderloin. suspect with a six inch knife. >> he was trying to get into his car and was hit by a car. >> san francisco 911 what's the exact location of your emergency? >> welcome to the san francisco department of emergency management. my name is shannon bond and i'm the lead instructor for our dispatch add -- academy. i want to tell you about what we do here. >> this is san francisco 911. do you need police, fire or medical? >> san francisco police, dispatcher 82, how can i help you? >> you're helping people in their -- what may be their most vulnerable moment ever in life. so be able to provide them immediate help right then and there, it's really rewarding. >> our agency is a very combined agency. we answer emergency and non-emergency calls and we also do dispatching for fire, for medical and we also do dispatching for police. >> we staff multiple call taking positions. as well as positions for police and fire dispatch. >> we h

we are here in the tech capital of san francisco. salesforce is here, facebook, i don't know, they are opening up a campaign -- a campus. i hope that there will be a day that our staff will have equal wages and whatever their name is thank you. [applause] >> thank you. and now for a few words about her experience with her child, clearly who will be a student here at this place. come on up. she is one of the parents here. >> hi, everybody. i am a mom of two and i am thrilled to be here. this is the dream, like everybody else. it is a dream come true. i have been dreaming of this place since i moved here. since we've become a resident over there, they told me that preschool will going to be here. we have been waiting for this for a long time. it feels like i have been waiting all my life. i have been calling melinda, she is somewhere here. i have been bugging her almost every day. i was calling her and saying, what is happening with the civic opening? i want to know because i want to go back to work, i want to know everything is safe.

they took the kids everywhere around san francisco.his year, owner talking about placing them in summer camps, all he wanted to do was spend the entire summer with them. >> he has strong women in his life, so he really appreciates it. i think that carries through and i appreciate the fact that there are more strong women in the world like that. >> i met d'andrea 25 years ago, and we met through our interest in karate. our professor started on cortland years ago, so we grew up here at this location, we out -- he outgrew the space and he moved ten years later. he decided to reopen this location after he moved. initially, i came back to say, hey, because it might have been 15 years since i even put on a uniform. my business partner was here basically by herself, and the person she was supposed to run the studio with said great, you are here, i started new -- nursing school so you can take over. and she said wait, that is not what i am here for i was by myself before -- for a month before she came through. she was technically here as a sec

we help san francisco remain unique, successful and vibrant. where will you shop and dine in the 49? san francisco owes the charm to the unique character of the neighborhood comer hall district. each corridor has its own personality. our neighborhoods are the engine of the city. >> you are putting money and support back to the community you live in and you are helping small businesses grow. >> it is more environmentally friendly. >> shopping local is very important. i have had relationships with my local growers for 30 years. by shopping here and supporting us locally, you are also supporting the growers of the flowers, they are fresh and they have a price point that is not imported. it is really good for everybody. >> shopping locally is crucial. without that support, small business can't survive, and if we lose small business, that diversity goes away, and, you know, it would be a shame to see that become a thing of the past. >> it is important to dine and shop locally. it allows us to maintain traditions. it makes the neighborhood. >> i thin

of san francisco. so it's -- our job is to educate people and be able to familiarize themselves on doing this census. >> you go on-line and do the census. it's available in 13 languages, and you don't need anything. it's based on household. you put in your address and answer nine simple questions. how many people are in your household, do you rent, and your information. your name, your age, your race, your gender. >> everybody is $2,000 in funding for our child care, housing, food stamps, and medical care. >> all of the residents in the city and county of san francisco need to be counted in census 2020. if you're not counted, then your community is underrepresented and will be underserved. >> i know it is rain. we will try to make sure that we hurry up. actually, no, i am not going to hurry up. i am excited to be here today with supervisor fewer and this after we are standing in front of today to talk about how amazing the small size acquisition is in san francisco. this is amazing. let me tell you whe

if the court rules the f satisfy guard san franciscos and the beauty of san francisco. we need to make sure the ordinance has the possibility of being voided if the court of appeals rules against the fcc. it will be vacated if the federal court rules the local municipalities are not subject to the scc orders of september 2018 or the telecom act of 1996 or middle-class tax relief and job opportunities act of 2012. at that time, all personal wireless facilities slash small laws and regulation as prove the date relating to personal wireless facilities and cellular an ten as. if they're vacated, the planning department, the department of environment and the health department, the department of public works shall add to the general plan ensuring the safety and well-being of all who live, work and visit san francisco. they should not be and to maximum towers for safety. they should be no closer than 1. they should be by directional and down the street. the towers are going up all over town and yet the new standards are not in place whom is approving these permits? will you co