san francisco how you guys doing? >> can i told you we're to incredibly thiefrld and a honor to be with everyone and san francisco i promise i are not finding a harder parch inside millard lux and shout out to andy in operations (clapping.) and our entire team of millard lux we got the keys to this place on the 11 of last month wow. and is we building in san francisco and here we are neighbors we're concerned citizens like everyone and 0 collectively as a community we are going to plug in energy into the walk that's exactly what we're to go; right? and ownership of us are part of the solution and this is our mail contribution to the city so millard lux opened yesterday and had hundreds of people walk there and telling us it of the we're healing that's was that of the like people walked there the park and said we i don't know how long those places are open but we've as i said a 9 year lease and want to have the experiences in the park so over here open on power side carla world-class give world-class give a caretakers

francisco! our elected leaders in the host committee to come forward for a photograph, please? let's have the dance company. yawn mercado, neil to come up as well. if we can have the hest committee come up as well. host committee. a roun, everybody. putting this together! host committee. come up, please, please, if we can have neil ferera come up. get awardees, come up to, not yet. mayor. not yet >> come on up. we have you up there who i we are the mayor here with us. that will be the last and then the next portion. awardees come up with your families. wonderful. upon one last thing i wanted to acknowledge former mayor and former councilmember in daly city ma nalo now work nothing my office! thank you so much. she is joining the team of the mayor's office in san francisco! now! thank you so much. that's amazing. we can have council general ferera come up and say your speech. thank you. thank you. mayor. neil ferera, ladies and gentlemen. >> thank you very much. san francisco mayor london breed.

i have to give credit to the san francisco police department. who has done tremendous work to make sure those who are being committing crimes in have been caught a stagger number of arrests for those who have committed retail theft in san francisco and possess recently my office secured a guilty verdict in one of the individuals reasonable for looking at if took place in this area too years ago. on that infamous night (clapping.) i - i think what that tells you that even san francisco juries have tired of that and when we give them the leverage though need they will hold them accountable that's been been clear san francisco has tinder the corner on to issue i stand with the mayor to urge the board of supervisors have the need for increased technology to catch those perpetrators we know that so many see stores bashes of brazen nature the theft they had to move off policies their employees and shoppers feel safe we have to make sure would before be criminals we'll doing everything we can to make sure though are caught and prosecuted this is no lon

san francisco could be an epicenter. >> san francisco can be a leader here.n the cannabis movement and set a bar just to other communities and cities and states and this nation how it is done. [♪♪♪] [music] >> san francisco is known as yerba buena, good herb after a mint that used to grow here. at this time there were 3 settlements one was mission delores. one the presidio and one was yerba buena which was urban center. there were 800 people in 1848 it was small. a lot of historic buildings were here including pony express headquarters. wells fargo. hudson bay trading company and famous early settlers one of whom william leaderdorph who lived blocks from here a successful business person. african-american decent and the first million airin california. >> wilwoman was the founders of san francisco. here during the gold rush came in the early 1840s. he spent time stake himself as a merchant seaman and a business person. his father and brother in new orleans. we know him for san francisco's history. establishing himself here arnold 18 twoochl he did one of many

everybody in san francisco.ning and welcome to the special meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors for today. monday, november 20th, 2023. madam clerk, could you please call the roll? yes. supervisor chan. chan present supervisor dorsey. dorsey present supervisor engardio. engardio. present supervisor mandelman. mandelman. present supervisor melgar. melgar not present. supervisor peskin.

born and raised in san francisco. cable car equipment, technically i'm a transit operator of 135 and work at the cable car (indiscernible) and been here for 22 years now. i grew up around here when i was a little can i. my mom used to hang in china town with her friends and i would get bored and they would shove me out of the door, go play and find something to do. i ended up wandering down here when i was a kid and found these things. ♪ [ music ] ♪ ♪ >> fascinated by them and i wanted to be a cable car equipment from the time i was a little kid. i started with the emergency at the end of 1988 and drove a bus for a year and a half and i got lucky with my timing and got here at cable car and at that time, it really took about an average five to maybe seven years on a bus before you could build up your seniority to come over here. basically, this is the 1890s verse ever a bus. this is your basic public transportation and at the time at its height, 1893, there were 20 different routes ask this powerhouse, there -- and th

francisco. >> thanks skylar. >> >> good morning, everyone i'm san francisco mayor london breed and welcome to union square (clapping.) i want to thank maurice from the union scare lineups our downtown ambassadors and police department fire department and - all the city agencies the department of public works supervisors president peskin our district attorney meaning and bill scott so many people to talk about the existing emphasis holiday hopping season (clapping.) all the shoppers out there the visitors i want you to make our way we want to see the businesses here doing well, let me tell you we're experienced challenging times in san francisco i don't know about you i'm feeling to how much and lemon tell you why yesterday, we announced the mba all star game is coming to san francisco in 2025 we announced that will be back in 24. (clapping.) next week e next week san francisco will play host to action park or pack the park and planning coordination we will be welcoming 231 economics from around

safer san francisco will deliver better for the people of san francisco. [applause] with that, i like to turn it over to one of the few supervisors on the board of supervisors who actually supports common sense public safety measures, supervisor catherine stefani. [applause] >> thank you mayor breed. it is a pleasure to be out here this morning with community and public safety advot cans and applaud the mayor for this measure, because it is so needed. the other day i was in the presidio in my district at the festival and after i spoke there was a man waiting for me, waiting to speak to me about something, and he came up to me and said, supervisor stefani, do you have a minute and i said, of course. he said about a year ago my son was murdered and i have been work wg the san francisco police department who have been absolutely incredible. the homicide investigator has been there for me and my family every step of the way, but the problem he is pulled to other details and he is not able to devote hundred percent attention to it because of our staffing shorta

a san francisco 911 dispatcher. jot train that this dispatchers receive for street crisis team and our new program is to triage calls for mental health as a medical call. we don't tree it as a police matter more a medical matter enthusiasm clint iings, paramedics emt's and councilors are dispatched through 911. we dispatch teams trined identify the crisis. they sends an emt and medic. if you are upon experiencing an emergencior worry body machine's safety on the street call 911 >> nonemergencies use 311. you can learn more about the street pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands. one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. vice president carter, i'd like to take roll. commissioner walker here. commissioner benedicto here. mr. yanez here. commissioner byrne

francisco. because of the nature of this designation and impact to the normal daily lives of san francisco residents and visitors is unavoidable. however, the team here has taken extraordinary measures to minimize that impact where possible while maintaining our obligation to the safety of the attendees oof the apec semt as elwith as the general public. the public will experience increased traffic on both roads and walkways in and around the apec venues. vehicular public transportation and pedestrian impacts should be expected in the downtown area around the muconey center. around the san francisco waterfront, as well as the nob hill neighborhood. residents and businesses generally will have access to their normal residents and their normal businesses, however, they may under go a security screening and mild inconvenience to traverse these areas. specific road closures and pedestrian and vehicle access information have been provided on a map like the one displayed behind me here that can be acce

san francisco was selected. because it was clear that with the conference centers the hotel recommends and the ability to show case one of the great cities of the united states this was the right place for the president to host the summit. and for those of you when don't know of the 22 member nations of apeck every year a different country is the one that hosts. and when it came to president biden, this was not a small decision. on the side of the white house. and when we at the state level argued is this california is the right place to welcome the world leaders for a few significant reasons briefly. one, you look at the population of the us. it is about 6% a ap i according to the last census. in california it it is 17% a ap i. that is extraordinary. it is higher as we know in cities in san francisco county and across the bay area. in terms of trade, california is the fifth largest economy in the world. we are the powerhouse economy that we experience here learningly because of our connectedness to the pacific

san francisco was selected. because it was clear that with the conference centers the hotel recommends and the ability to show case one of the great cities of the united states this was the right place for the president to host the summit. and for those of you when don't know of the 22 member nations of apeck every year a different country is the one that hosts. and when it came to president biden, this was not a small decision. on the side of the white house. and when we at the state level argued is this california is the right place to welcome the world leaders for a few significant reasons briefly. one, you look at the population of the us. it is about 6% a ap i according to the last census. in california it it is 17% a ap i. that is extraordinary. it is higher as we know in cities in san francisco county and across the bay area. in terms of trade, california is the fifth largest economy in the world. we are the powerhouse economy that we experience here learningly because of our connectedness to the pacific

san francisco, 94102. silence devices you may have brought in the chamber and if you have documents you wish to include in the file you brought leave them on the rail and i will pick them up. items acted upon today will appear on the board agenda of november 28, 20 tea unless stated. >> thank you. before we call item within a motion to excuse xrierz melgar from the meeting. call the roll. >> on a motion to excuse melgar from the meeting member supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> chair preston. >> aye. >> mr.s vice chair. >> thank you. call item one. >> agenda item number one is a resolution adding place making street signs laeth and lbgtq+ cultural district to 26 street sign in south of market neighborhood in the vicinity of the allegra and lbgtq+ direct brent on, sthird, mission and 12 and division street recognition and honor poverty history and contributions of the laeth and lbgtq+ community pursuant to the plaque ordinance in public works code 789. thank you this item is sponsored by supervisor dorsey. the f

the san francisco examiner is san francisco's oldest locally owned newspaper. it is the newspaper of william randolph hurst and mark twain, so incredible history in san francisco and we cover all it the evenlts events in san francisco and particularly focused now on everything happening to bring san francisco back. >> which is a big part of the story right now where san francisco has been and where it is going. you brought us here to the palace of fine arts because it is one of your favorite places. why are we here? tell us why it matters >> the palace of fine arts was built in 1915. it was part of the exhibition meant to show case san francisco after recovering from the 1906 earthquake. since then it has become a symbol of ingenuity and rezil silience. on a personal level i used to come here as a little girl and the exploratorium amazing scientific museum was based here and as i have gone through life, i come back here and see there is lots of community members out, people like to picnic here and i have a two month old i get to bring him down here and go for w

francisco. has it's host an international event of this magnitude since 1945 with the united nations nations was established in san francisco we're to welcoming people and our hotels packed how restaurant packed. >> this is a holiday season where people and families come together and, of course, they come to the to eat at restauranteur and cafes like millard lux opening today we're excited about that (clapping.) they come to tree lighting ceremonies like this thursday the tree behind us thanks to macy's will be diane in the holiday season come to stay skate and look at macy's window and the window walk on street where people could gathered and have ice cream and celebrate the holidays of san francisco as 27 new businesses open right here in union square and including just last week was at it in i boutique of banana republic one of my favorite stores and looking forward to even more excitement and opportunity from people to stop and dine in the 49. that shop and i told you just to be clear, peopl

i like to personally thank chief scott with the san francisco police department as well as the san francisco department of emergency management and many other federal state and local partners who mentioned for all the work thus far. it is truly a collaborative effort and i thank you all for your continued partnership. my pleasure to introduce chief bill scott. >> thank you special agent brown. first of all, i want to thank our partners and like to start with special agents jeremy brown for leadership and professionalism planning the apec alongside the sfpd. i want to thank and acknowledge the partners at the cal highway patrol. we have [indiscernible] here and also thank commissioner [indiscernible] for their assistance and commitment of resources to this event. we cannot do this without their help and this is a unprecedented event for the city of san francisco. we are very excited to take part in this event and putting the global spotlight on the city and county of san francisco. we are expecting up to 20 thousand people from across 21 member apec economys, ceo's around the world and expect

independent of the san francisco police department. investigating allegations of police misconducting recommending disciplineitary action to the chief police and police commission and suggesting policy provisions when not meeting 21 century policing practice. if you speens or witness police misconduct we have several ways to submit a complaint. file with dpa online asfgov.org/dpa or (indiscernible) in person at the office located at 1 south van ness on the 8 floor or any district police station. there are key pieces of information that anyone filing complaints should provide, including your contact information, so we can ask for follow-up questions, the location, time and date of incident. officer name and star number, and specific details including words and actions by all involved parties. it is important to remember anyone can file a complaint and you do not have to be a witness or victim to initiate a complaint. this next slide provides a overview of dpa mediation division. mediation is alternative to dpa investigationing a complai

francisco. and we hope that we can have this kind of mature bridge again in japan and in other parts of the world thank you, again, for today and congratulations. thank you. (clapping.) i also want to give a shout out to some of our community members of the squares deputy city attorney i can't and connie for the record and economic development want to shout out to another one who works there and japan and i see patrick who is here. thank you very much for joining us really is a close comment community that work closely together and at this time, i want to ask is grace or steve. >> okay. we're to ask fire commissioner steve to come up and say a few words (clapping). >>. thank you very much. mayor breed and council germany want to give a real recognition to mayor breed in terms of our presence and support in the western addition yeah fillmore and japantown for our responsibility as mayor of the san francisco. i need to recognize the repetitive of our community which are many folks behind me make u

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

so in san francisco. i can't think of a way to start this project then and there with 100% affordable housing. the building we are embarking on today will be very special. will be built for a population whom housing is riverly built crucial workers that make our city thrive. teachers, first responders, nurses and the people we want in san francisco to keep it moving i'm excited that is the way we are getting started the way we do it is unique i thank eric shaw who gave us idea. this is weird recycled bond thing a way to reuseo affordable housing bond fist you can figure it out that's how you can get started. we other first in california to do it and the first in san francisco to do it now we got another tool to build housing i'm so excited. thank you eric shaw. [applause] society building we have today and start is named after former supervisor maxwell. she started her career as a union electtrician i can't think of a better way to honor the site. raise our hands to supervisor maxwell! [applause] >> i wan

chinatown. >> (music). >> welcome to san francisco japantown. >> san francisco japantown is the oddity downtown in the united states. >> it was founded in the late 1800s by japanese immigrants for construction over the jars japantown has become a home to a japanese community with restaurants and shops and a popular tourism decision in the heart of san francisco. and san francisco and japantown is quite unique it is one of the three remaining chung's by the states and how i explain japantown we're a city within a city to taste and experience the japanese culture but really be a community what is all about and one of the best things about japantown is the food. there are dozens of shops in the neighborhood serving from modern deserts and go with friends. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> my name is t a leader of the japantown to we try to provide something they creates like savory yummy favors we try to provide like japanese flavor as well as for the japanese customers. >> if you're foodie or looking for a quick and delicious meal you're sure to find something. >> it is a authentic japa

this isn't a unique funomnm to san francisco. san francisco still has a lot of work to do, but none the less, we are recognizing that downtown is changing, it isn't just stacking people in offices, it is stacking people and that forces a function of reimagining future of downtown and looking at zoning issues and state components in terms of zoning. we have done a lot, probably more then any administration in modern times in terms of supporting local to break down barriers a relates to zoning and land use and the commitment is work with locals to do the same to move the downtown in a different direction. we formalized the work group, been meeting a year. have a lot of legislative leaders from the bay area eager to engage in the process and imagine you will see movement in the legislative session as it relates to tax incentives and the like and increments. those are more challenging. a lot of rules and regulations but those are component part of the discussion. >> governor newsom, urban california dealt with a image problem nationa

the city of san francisco and st. anthony to provide the services with the focus on the person so this we can help people to get out of the situation. and we are here to help 300 more people every year to exit the cycle homelessness and poverty and abuse every year. we are here today because of the good work of so many people of good limp we are here because providence our friends and partners set up the shelter on the very difficult circumstances in covid times and run it extremely limp and they will continue to do this, thank you providence foundation for this. [applause] we are here because the good work of providence foundation was supported by the good work of elected officials starting dean preston and his team who helped setting up this shelter. as a first step, thank you to them as well. and we are here and we are here especially we because of the caplin's they had vision andien officersity to step and lay the ground work to prevent eviction, thank you very much you are an inspiration to us. [applause] >> and

this is manage we always done in san francisco has been good at. we have not done at this time pandemic and other things have not done it on this sting in a language time. on the international component. we have done major events. we will have a president or violent visit. we have to w with secret service like senator feinstein's service. there are of the opportunity that present themselves and we have the ability and the skill set necessary it continue to do the work necessary to keep people housed in san francisco when he weave have the major events. >> you again. [laughter]. yesterday i was doing a story on public transportation. there were people this asked who did not know they had nop not known and locked at a list of the reroutes how much of this event and then following events leading up will be about [inaudible]. you have to get appropriated. >> well i will let do you want to talk about the jeff tumlin to talk about this. sure. >> thank you. as you know we got word left week about what the closure impacts would be of each of the events. si

i'm a san francisco resident. talked to over a thousand community members and our community is concerned about safety and long lasting solutions prevention and address the root causes of crimeful that includes adequate responses from 911, police, medics, rehab providers, councilors, after school programs and protect tenants, work and families the city projected have half billion dollars deficit in fiscal twief-26 and headed mid year budget cuts we need to be smrt in funding for safety. any increase in police funding must not come at expense of so many other life saving priorities. thank you. >> good morning. supervisor safai are you going to listen. not be on your phone. thank you. >> greetings to the committee. 2 weeks ago many san franciscans came up to express passport for matt dorsey's charter amendment for increased funding and staffing brought to voters to decide. the last monday poisonous change to the memo were presented in order to restore a police of full staffing votereds accept a new tax, forget it. no

in san francisco. >> i see. so the money that accompanied apec really gave you an opportunity to make a push on a lot of the things you've been wanting to do in the city. right? because i do hear a lot of people saying, wow, this is amazing. will it stay like this after apex? so what's your answer to that? >> yeah, i think the really exciting thing about apex is it did give us an opportunity with some money. the state of california gave some money for beautification projects and something like the decorative crosswalks that i mentioned before in north beach and chinatown down the bridge in japantown. that's something that the community has been wanting for a long time. in fact, we have a backlog of cases of requests from people who want to have these beautification projects go forward. apex gave us a little push to do it, but it's not something that we're going to rip out as soon as apex goes away. these are projects that are going to benefit san francisco for at least another generation. we hope to keep the mom

i'm priaat haight and ashbury in san francisco. here with an a. anna why don't you tell us about the standard. >> the stanered focused on san francisco. i manage policy politic and government coverage which mean weez are focused on apec and excited what is a really big week in the city. >> why did you want to bring us to the haight? >> this neighborhood is special to me because i grew up in this neighborhood but also famous for being the center of the counter cultural movement, the hippies were hanging out and grateful dead. also a great place to go shopping and ventage shopping recollect trendy stuff. there is something for everyone on haight street. some oof my faivs are held over and waste land. a favorite bar is [indiscernible] has a gorgeous unique bar and a great juice box as well. >> we have enough work, we can get a drink. come check out the haight when you are in is. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> hi friends i'm co-sponsor radio here and exploratorium in san francisco with my friends emily changing we have a brand new show that

the san francisco examiner is san francisco's oldest locally owned newspaper. it is the newspaper of william randolph hurst and mark twain, so incredible history in san francisco and we cover all it the evenlts events in san francisco and particularly focused now on everything happening to bring san francisco back. >> which is a big part of the story right now where san francisco has been and where it is going. you brought us here to the palace of fine arts because it is one of your favorite places. why are we here? tell us why it matters >> the palace of fine arts was built in 1915. it was part of the exhibition meant to show case san francisco after recovering from the 1906 earthquake. since then it has become a symbol of ingenuity and rezil silience. on a personal level i used to come here as a little girl and the exploratorium amazing scientific museum was based here and as i have gone through life, i come back here and see there is lots of community members out, people like to picnic here and i have a two month old i get to bring him down here and go for w