san francisco mayor breed. and we are here at a building and a place that has been i would say decades in the making. many of us struggle with the bureaucracy of the city and the frustration around the bureaucracy. i gotta admit a lot to do with the laws created at the board of supervisors including i did not create those complicated laws only lus to get rid of bureaucracy and happy top have supervisor engardio joining us here today because he, too, is someone who care busy making things easier for people to do business with the city and county of san francisco. you know what is frustrating is how hard when you have to do thing in a permit center or apply for things and you go through the process and not only does the city make it too difficult for to you go throughout press they make you pay for it. and part of what i wanted to do with a lot of changes to our structure is to the try to clear out the bureaucracy, make it easy approximate simple. i remember when i was on the board of supervisors and every year w

with sand the way that san francisco was and when you look at a map of san francisco have a unique street grid and one of 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 bef

and san francisco 0 not been a safe city and others write the narrative to be in san francisco but the stories that you will hear today donate what is right about san francisco and those stories need to be told in the stage capacity as others need to be told the be go they've done despite the odds and the obstacles and the challenges that continue to persist oftentimes the roadblocks make it difficult to do their job they persist in serving the be public comment and i'm grateful and i'm proud of the work you have done but especially to hear the heartbreaking stories of some sinus and why it is important we bring back the business of officers of the month to make sure that people are being recognized to their hard work and dedication. before i move on i just alsoless want to recognize and uncle the people here from the business community. >> thank you for the opportunity to r50e7 role recognize and chris and for others for the police officers association the xherldz many of have seen people who are born and raised in the cities are protecting the city and what it is doing in terms of th

city of san francisco. [applause] and with that, everyone enjoy the festivities, enjoy your city hall but please don't get in trouble. i want to make sure that you all get home stavely as you all have a really good time during this flag raising ceremony and all the other great activities that will exist in san francisco over the next couple of weeks. and we turn it back over to chief joann haze. oh, liam is crashing the ceremony. thank you. >> so last year liam gave me a shamrock crystal, it is absolutely beautiful. this year, it is the american flag. very beautiful, thank you. [applause] all the way from ireland. where waterford crystal is made. so thank you again. thank you deny to dormont or sister city and i know the pandemic stopped me from going to ireland. i cannot be the first mayor in the history 1984 of the sister city relationship to not go to ireland dermont. i'm looking forward to working on a trip sooner than later. thank you all for being here today. [applause] >> thank you so much, mayor bre

>> this is frustrating for me, after many years in public service for san francisco, san francisco hasn denied the benefits of a fully staffed police department for nearly 30 years. we had a charter amendment that voters enacted in 1994 to have 1971 police officers in the 24 years that the charter amendment existed, we only hit that number twice and only for a short number of days. right now, we are understaffed close to 500 officers, there's another 400 and change that are ready to retire. so, there are some safety challenges for which i think city hall deserves blame and we do have to do. i think we have successive generations of the board of supervisors, i would say that mayor london breed and i are on the same page, i think that was a contentious issue a couple weeks ago with the budget supplemental to have more funding for overtime. but the reality is, we shouldn't be in a situation where we need overtime just to keep our heads above water with the basics of police staffing. >> i wanted to give you some of the questions that i communicated to the police. i wanted to give you these

i'm san francisco mayor london breed and great to welcome warrior fans far and wide to san francisco city hall to raise the flag! [applause] you know what is interesting, just like san francisco has been counted out, people continue to try and count out the warriors. they said we wouldn't make it to the play-offs, guess what, saturday we'll show them what we are made of! [applause] last year, last year when they counted out the warriors, guess what they did? they brought home a championship! [applause] so, they can keep counting us out, but we are bay area strong and when we come together we make magic happen. we are sending energy to sacramento today to make it clear that we stand hundred percent behind our warriors. we have the basketball team from san francisco state, the women team from san francisco state the mens team from usf, all our various athletes here. [applause] to bring love and support to the team. and we are so grateful to have many members of the warriors staff, because today we are celebrating an incredible milestone. we are bringing people together to get hype in t

world water day, one of our san francisco free day was around san francisco water day. as part of the day, we encouraged our guest to make a pledge to save water at home and for their pledge they can spin a wheel to win a variety of prizes. world water day was designated in 1993 to bring awareness to communities that do not have access to safe water. after the success of our first bilingual program, we rolled out our spring bilingual camp starting on april 1th. the camp features camp leaders that age kids in spanish, creating journals and playing and exploring around the zoo. two daytime sessions offered to the community in early may. lobo week, each year in the march, the return of the gray wolf of mexico is celebrated. this year marks the 25th anniversary of their first reintroduction when the rarest of the wolf the gray wolf species was down to just 5 individuals in 1976. san francisco participates in the u.s. fish examine woild life program. today there is 240 lobos roaming the western united states. as part of the celebratory week, we active violated wolves on our

san francisco mayor breed.here at a building and a place that has been i would say decades in the making. many of us struggle with the bureaucracy of the city and the frustration around the bureaucracy. i gotta admit a lot to do with the laws created at the board of supervisors including i did not create those complicated laws only lus to get rid of bureaucracy and happy top have supervisor engardio joining us here today because he, too, is someone who care busy making things easier for people to do business with the city and county of san francisco. you know what is frustrating is how hard when you have to do thing in a permit center or apply for things and you go through the process and not only does the city make it too difficult for to you go throughout press they make you pay for it. and part of what i wanted to do with a lot of changes to our structure is to the try to clear out the bureaucracy, make it easy approximate simple. i remember when i was on the board of supervisors and every year we would hono

francisco rising. >> hi, you are watching san francisco rising. reimagining our city. he's with us to talk about how our library's economic recover. mr. lambert, welcome to the show. >> thank you. i'm glad to be here. >> i know it's been difficult to have books going virtual. have we recovered? >> yes, we are on our way. our staff stepped up big time during the pandemic to respond to the health emergency. since last may, we have been able to steadily increase in person access to library facilities. currently we are at 95% of our precovid hours of operation. in the coming weeks we are going to fully restore all of our hours. we have four branches that we are going to bring back to seven day service. they are currently operating at 5 days a week and we are going to go to every tag line and i know all the foot traffic has not returned to san francisco, but our library is seeing a resurgence coming back. >> can we talk about programs after covid? >> absolutely, that is part and parcel of our mission. we we

francisco is the great city. it is today because of the contributions of our api community past and present. whilst fargo like claudine mentioned has been a steadfast partner of our api community. in fact, it was one of the first california companies to service our chinese customers in their native language. just last year through a partnership with the chinese cultural center of san francisco, we unveiled a community mural where we depicted 12 ap i community heroes, so as you engage in a p i related activities. i invite you to visit the corner of jackson and grant avenue to view this mural. this year. one of the many ways that we're celebrating aapi heritage month is through the sponsorship of the heritage awards at which we will be celebrating these three organizations that work day in and day out to equip our api community with the resources and tools that are api community needs to succeed. i want to take claudine claudine chang. for her stent, fat, steadfast leadership and dedication to execute this event to

here in san francisco. we're surrounded by modern day history makers of all ages, racist places and spaces. and today we honor three of san francisco's finest. today's honorees have committed their time, talent and treasure to lifting up supporting mentoring , nurturing and investing in other women and girls throughout their respective communities for decades. women who, regardless of the many obstacles and challenges, disappointments and setbacks. nevertheless, persistent. these women are profiles in courage and epitomize what it means to despite it all continue to rise. and speaking of rising i am incredibly proud to introduce this next woman leader. who born and raised in san francisco. has herself risen from poverty to greatness. a woman who has dedicated her entire career to helping others through public service. in the black community . we when it comes to demonstrating what you believe in what you stand for and what you value. we have a saying. don't talk about it. be about it. and when it comes to b

of san francisco. i say this proposal to make the wild parrot of telegraph here the animal of san francisco has we squawking with excitement. the feathered friends other tweetiest addition to our city and a chirp boost rest and flocking krez to not honestir them with this deserved recognition. the colorful characters flown their way in our hearts and represent the vibrant and unique spirit of our city. don't be a bird brain and support this feather brained idea. in seriousness i want to thank you for the resolution and the chronicle for rung the competition. city had bad news as of late not a lot going right it is nice to have manage this is positive and fun and thank you i hope you will support it. thank you for your time. why thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> hello supervisors. i'm judi irving i made the film the wild parrots of telegraph hill released 20 years ago. i wanted give you background why i'm happy the wild parrots wunts chronicle contest. for several years we have been working on a 4

of san francisco. i say this proposal to make the wild parrot of telegraph here the animal of san francisco has we squawking with excitement. the feathered friends other tweetiest addition to our city and a chirp boost rest and flocking krez to not honestir them with this deserved recognition. the colorful characters flown their way in our hearts and represent the vibrant and unique spirit of our city. don't be a bird brain and support this feather brained idea. in seriousness i want to thank you for the resolution and the chronicle for rung the competition. city had bad news as of late not a lot going right it is nice to have manage this is positive and fun and thank you i hope you will support it. thank you for your time. why thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> hello supervisors. i'm judi irving i made the film the wild parrots of telegraph hill released 20 years ago. i wanted give you background why i'm happy the wild parrots wunts chronicle contest. for several years we have been working on a 4

nobody wants to visit san francisco and nobody wants to do business in san francisco. everyone is trying to escape from san francisco. dear supervisors why do you want to do want to end our beautiful city in san francisco. please end the ban immediately to give people hope and faith to stay in san francisco. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. okay, mr. lin, let's hear from our next callers please. >> caller: what is that smell? what is that smell in my city? back in the day, we used to say watch out for the doggies, now we just say call 415-554-6364 for animal care and control in planning streets. now for the trunk to sit as president, you came to a meeting a public meeting intoxicated, get out of my city and take that park with you. it's my city. it's not yours, please. just get out, you're a disgrace, you're an embarrassment, you're a drunk, get the hell out. don't ever violate my constitutional rights, ever. i never wanted to be interpreted from this board again. now then, we have this drunk peskin saying that there is low hanging fruit. you know what

by that, san francisco's near the bottom.f you measure safety by that, you are feeling pretty safe. what about the fact some people don't define safety that way? you mentioned property crimes. some have pegged their feelings of safety on that maybe. >> i was talking to someone at the mayor's office about the entire perception about san francisco. it starts out, it started with the open drug dealing and tents on the street. that was an image broadcast out to the world. then we had that infamous incredible video of the wall greens -- the this is another chapter. we had the woman down in the same neighborhood a couple of years back accosted and attacked by a man who is clearly out of -- was clearly out of his mind and it was caught on video. that was another one. it becomes a page in what they call the narrative. that's what the city is dealing with. anytime the city reports, we are putting more police on the streets, make it safer for shoppers, we have an incident where something just adds to the narrative. so yes, statistics a

san francisco mayor breed. and we are here at a building and a place that has been i would say decades in the making. many of us struggle with the bureaucracy of the city and the frustration around the bureaucracy. i gotta admit a lot to do w

which is rare in san francisco. and also cal-trans study shows car traffic failed to materialize, which it is important to note considering the debate regarding removing the central freeway no increase car traffic but with both embarcadero and octavia we found car drivers looked to streets and navigate without the freeway. i included this picture it is a picture of the embarcadero before the freeway removal. which is crazy because different i looked into the issue i never knew this beautiful space could be a freeway for cars. so then our recommendations are there is already a clause in the san francisco general plan that urges cal-trans to study the removal of the freeway, we urge the board of supervisors to urge cal-trans to complete the study and secondly, we need funding for the study. so we want the board to look into grants in order first study to be completed. and lastly we want to ensure the voices are centered when we talk about freeway removal. we know is a controversial issue. we want to ensure that the bo

san francisco mayor breed. we are here at a building and a place that has been i would say decades in the making. many of us struggle with the bureaucracy of the city and the frustration around the

the san francisco police department, all criminal matters are dealt with by the san francisco districtil matters on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. what that means is a number of things. we provide advice and counsel to all actors within city government from our mayor. every member of the board of supervisors to the 100 plus departments, commissions boards that represent the city and county of san francisco. we also defend the city against thousands of lawsuits. so if you slip and fall in front of city hall if there's a bus accident if there is an incident involving the san francisco police department, we defend those matters. we also bring lawsuits on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, where most famous for litigating and obtaining the constitutional right to marry for lgbtq couples have sued gun manufacturers, payday lenders, oil companies, you name it, who are undercutting the rights of san franciscans and the city and county of san francisco. so now moving on to the opioid crisis. i understand you've had some success in court, um, dealing with manufactu

chicago arrived in san francisco to help the dr. pomm and the great fire reaches van ness avenue and the decision to blow to pieces or watch it burn and mayor; isn't it allowed the people to stop the raging infirm this made for many blocks and many scum to the affair and the affairs on the knob hill realize they're homes will not be saved by burn and friday at 5:00 a.m. the firebreaks into van ness finally stopped and mayor snits saw a victory in the battle and 18 teams this from the chicago 20 though refugees and saturday april 21st 190 of a mayor smiktsdz officially claims the fire is over and the next day and april 18th to the present time today none when the next quake will come and - but the citizens never rests if they spread tomorrow or another one years might strike as the city sleeps. >> (laughter.) >> (clapping.) and thanks for the good news. >> (laughter.) >> well, do we have any guests i'll tell you what we'll check our watch it is close to 5 o'clock oh, we have our chief. >> look at that. okay. wait a minute. >> seeming

san francisco mayor breed. at a building and a place that has been i would say decades in the making. many of us struggle with the bureaucracy of the city and the

at a san francisco walgreens.e charges. kron four's haaziq madyun has the latest. >> we now the name of the victim of the deadly shooting at walgreens. next to the westfield shopping center on market street in san francisco. according to the sf medical examiner, she is 24 year-old china, brown of san francisco. sfpd investigators say the victim was shot by armed security guard thursday at around 06:30pm. i was like biden little pay but she was out before me. and as soon as walking now, all we hear is and she dropped to the looking at her. and that was that san francisco police are investigating a theft, they say, occurred around the time of the shooting. the security guard has now been identified as 33 year-old michael are awaited the tea. >> he has been arrested and charged for the homicide. police say the shooting suspect was not a walgreens employee. the armed security guard worked for a private company. >> i contacted kingdom group protective services about the security guard shooting at walgreens. i was looki

the san francisco police department, all criminal matters are dealt with by the san francisco districtney . we handle all civil matters on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. what that means is a number of things. we provide advice and counsel to all actors within city government from our mayor. every member of the board of supervisors to the 100 plus departments, commissions boards that represent the city and county of san francisco. we also defend the city against thousands of lawsuits. so if you slip and fall in front of city hall if there's a bus accident if there is an incident involving the san francisco police department, we defend those matters. we also bring lawsuits on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, where most famous for litigating and obtaining the constitutional right to marry for lgbtq couples have sued gun manufacturers, payday lenders, oil companies, you name it, who are undercutting the rights of san franciscans and the city and county of san francisco. so now moving on to the opioid crisis. i understand you've had some success in court, um,

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the san francisco strip attorneys went up there asking for it. one of the things they wanted was written admonishments given out for people convicted of selling fentanyl that says they now know that this drug is deadly and can kill people. the idea is that if you receive that admonishment and continued selling it, you could be liable for tougher penalties like manslaughter. sacramento is not interested. san francisco is pushing hard to crack down on the sale of fentanyl which they say is nothing like what we saw on the war on drugs. this is a killer drug, not a recreational drug. san francisco not interested in putting more people in jail. kristen: thank you so much. phil: all right. kristen: coming up next, the style of your home put you at greater risk for earthquake damage. a woman who works to help homeowners to help design a hidden flaw in y here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. the three what? the three ps?

city college of san francisco. and prepares services that support thirty-two cyber security students. the approximate goals were to further expand the services already offered boy when we called the bay area collaborative which is our fancy name for planning unit. we will leverage or exiting investments and serve 40 clines over 3 year grant terms. 10 the first year to ramp up and felony in each successive year. and the services we plan on using is credit prior learning assessments an exciting development. and engagement supportive services and paying for a test and books, et cetera . this is -- a question for ability to spend retroactive low we received the upon guarantee in december. which puts us several months behind. so the grantee nova in san jose got approval to draw down we are waiting for our in san francisco and behind us city college of san francisco we paddle through funds to for the project. i will open up for questions. thank you for your presentation i don't have questions and seeing no questions and

don't let the narrative about san francisco that is floating out there distract you from what san francisco truly is. [applause] i was out this past weekday and i went to the cherry blossom festival. first, i spoke on stage, but then i went in disguise. i walked around and i could barely get through japan town center. i could barely move because there were so many people. they ran out of burgers. it is one of the most sought after burgers at a cherry blossom festival. i stumbled on this great easter egg extravaganza and drag queens were running the show and in the front row were families and kids and folks enjoying san francisco. i went over to the marina, i road into the bayview hunters point and i wondering where are all these people coming from, just enjoying the embarcadero, enjoying and smiling and appreciating san francisco. and every stop i went to, there was either a department of public works worker who was cleaning up the trash, there was a muni bus driver driving one of the buses the 24, 22, who knows, past the particular events. there were firefighters and police officers on the

san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from. 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 them one