and i'm happy to lead with london breed, malia cohen, our former supervisor who first championed this issue, in favor of the full divestment from fossil fuels. i want to start by thanking the broad coalition of environmental advocates, public health advocates, clean fuel transportation activists, democratic party officials, grassroots advocates and retirement board members and as of last night, the commission on the environment who have turned out today to demand that san francisco employee retirement system divest now from fossil fuels and we're getting to labor, we're saving the best for last. and i mean that sincerely and it is in my notes. i want to start by saying that sciu 10-1 has been the wind at our backs. i cannot thank you enough. to the folks from dapo, i cannot thank you enough. we'll hear from all of them. i want to start not with our president, not with our retirement board member but with our former supervisor. we have a lot of great speakers but this started with supervisor john ovolose who first issued the resolution unanimously adopted by the board five years ago th

my name is malia cohen, and i love you. thank you very much. pervisor cohen. that takes half of my job up. there are a couple of other people. there's -- commissioner joe marshall is here with us from the police commission, and i think there are a few other people that will -- i'm sorry? i'm sorry. a couple of judges, lillian sing and judge burrell. glad to have you all with us. thank you so much for being here with us this afternoon. i would also like to mention -- one of the things, you know, when you do something like this, there's always something that's left out. i want to just mention a couple of people that were left out in addition to the committee for making this happen. ginger smiley, who is a sponsor of this event, we inadvertently left her name off the program. ginger's a real trojan and our hero four or efforts. also want to acknowledge the mayor's office of neighborhood services, derrick brown. he's been here working with us. cheryl davis from the human rights commission has worked with us. san francisco public library, luis herrer

farrell's four and a half term as mayor will become advantage to the long-term benefit supervisor malia cohen wondered if this was a conflict of interest. >> there should be an investigation to the validity of what was outlined. >> i didn't see the final letter. i understand why that was sent. >> reporter: why? >> well as my partner mentioned to assure our investors that after being mayor i would be returning. he discussed it, perhaps a boy choice of words. >> reporter: here at city hall most of those we spoke with who would not go on camera said the letter does not look go but no smoking gun. >>> canadidates in the race say it is unfair. breach campaign -- is the teelgts that goes before your name on the ballot. breach camp issued a statement that if the other candidates choose to spend their time challenging her ballot title as it was approved -- >>> a manda fullen dorf -- uses american sign language to demonstrate her lack of hearing won't stop her. >> i feel my super power. it is a wonderful thing to use. >> priorities are economic growth and preserving the history of the area. >>> mr. ob

farrell's four and a half term as mayor will become advantage to the long-term benefit supervisor malia cohen wondered if this was a conflict of interest. >> there should be an investigation to the validity of what was outlined. >> i didn't see the final letter. i understand why that was sent. >> reporter: why? >> well as my partner mentioned to assure our investors that after being mayor i would be returning. he discussed it, perhaps a boy choice of words. >> reporter: here at city hall most of those we spoke with who would not go on camera said the letter does not look go but no smoking gun. >>> it is unfair. breach campaign -- is the teelgts that goes before your name on the ballot. breach camp issued a statement that if the other candidates choose to spend their time challenging her ballot title as it was approved -- >>> a manda fullen dorf -- american sign language to demonstrate her lack of hearing won't stop her. >> i feel my super power. it is a wonderful thing to use. >> priorities are economic growth and preserving the history of the area. >>> mr. obama joins many high profile celeb

we have one commendation today and i would like to turn this over to supervisor malia cohen. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. i'm not sure if the group is in the chamber today. i'm looking for representative from willie brown. okay. make yourself known, sir. this afternoon, i want to present this beautiful stack of commendations to a group of young people that we're honoring that are incredible advocates and very important change agents. they have rolled up their sleeves and worked toward a solution. students were upset about the unfair reality of their environment. particularly about healthy food choices. 8th grade students said, "we're in a food desert. that means we have liquor stores around and not grocery stores." this reality is the outcome of assumptions that certain communities don't like to eat fresh foods. this manifests in food retail red lining, which is the oversaturation of liquor stores and fast food. the six members of the black student union researches the effects of junk food in their community. they won first place and a cash prize at the statewide black minds matter comp

who has recently proposed legislation to preserve the site as a historic landmark sot malia cohenboard of supervisors: "the historic significance is just paying homage to the contributions that the african american community made to the san francisco community at large but also there is a lot of cultural pride at play here" preserving the site as cultural land mark would inoculate it from gentrfication which brings on it's own set of health problems says muhammad javon muhammad/bayview hunter's point clinic: "because gentrification also causes mental health issues, we loose our church, we loose our doctors, we loose our schools, it can contribute to anxiety and depression" the bayview hunter's point clinic is in the midst of a fund raiser to complete the renovation and preserve this historic site, for more information log on to our website kron4.com...in san francisco haaziq madyun kron4news kron4newshaaziq madyun kron4news (vicki) still ahead... illegal sideshows are getting out of hand in the bay area... especially in oakland... tonight we'll hear from an oakland city council me

and again, supervisor malia cohen and mayor -- acting mayor london breed will be a part of this and the press conference to kick this off. that is it for announcements. it's a fairly short report -- this personal report, so thank you. >> president turman: thank you, chief. are you ready for your presentation? >> yes. >> president turman: okay. >> thank you, president turman. so the joint terrorism task force report, there's nothing to report because we suspended the joint terrorism task force in february of 2017. we have not had any officers assigned to the joint terrorism task force since that time, nor do we have an mou in place. as a commission, though, we are with the help of the commission working on -- with the assigned commissioner, commissioner hing, on revision and clarification of ddo 8.10. that's still in progress, and that is the first step to -- for the commission to consider clarification. one that's done, on how this revised dgo will -- if any, have any impact on our -- on the commission's decision to reengage or not to reengage with the jttf. >> president turman: when do

my name is malia cohen, the chairman and to my priet is supervisor sandy fewer and to my right is catherine stefani and we have a special guest with us today. supervisor norman yee. thank you to our friends at s.f.gov tv for assisting us with today's broadcast. ji

supervisor malia cohen was one of who we spoke with. >> my next thought was there should be an investigation into the validity of what is outlined. >> reporter: we asked mayor farrell if he saw the letter before it was sent. >> i did not see the final letter. as my partner mentioned, to ensure our investors after being mayor i would be returning. i think he discussed perhaps a poor choice of words. >> reporter: here at city hall most of who we spoke with said the letter does not look good but no smoking gun. >> officials are hiring an outside consultant to review a confrontation between a protester last week. marching on campus demanding that charges be dropped. arresting cole. supporters say a wide coalition of groups is now banding together to back cole. >> we have students, we have faculty. we have the alameda labor council here in support. >> reporter: cole was booked on charges of vandalism. university officials say they will be -- >>> a spectacular sunrise. take a look at that. hitting the waves today with dogs walking the beach and people from all over enjoying the sun. >> reporter: s

supervisor malia cohen was one of who we spoke with. >> my next thought was there should be an investigation into the validity of what is outlined. >> reporter: we asked mayor farrell if he saw the letter before it was sent. >> i did not see the final letter. as my partner mentioned, to ensure our investors after being mayor i would be returning. i think he discussed perhaps a poor choice of words. >> reporter: here at city hall most of who we spoke with said the letter does not look good but no smoking gun. >> officials are hiring an outside consultant to review a confrontation between a protester last week. marching on campus demanding that charges be dropped. arresting cole. supporters say a wide coalition of groups is now banding together to back cole. >> we have students, we have faculty. we have the alameda labor council here in support. >> reporter: cole was booked on charges of vandalism. university officials say they will be -- >>> a spectacular sunrise. take a look at that. hitting the waves today with dogs walking the beach and people from all over enjoying the sun. >> reporter: s

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i'm chair of this committee malia cohen and to our left, our new member and joining us will be supervisoro thank our friends at

you've got malia cohen talking about more disclosures at the retirement board, and you have jane kim doing on campaign finance, and those are two different parts of the spectrum on city hall, the press conference on behalf of the major donors things that peskin just did had the support of jeef sheehy, ajeff sheehy, and broad group. if the march 5th date is correct, but even if it's not, that you wait until you've had an opportunity, and also, it looks better to the public that you've taken an additional step after the coverage that was in the paper. thank you. >> charles marstellar for the record with foe. i've been counting votes for the record on the board. there are four votes on the peskin proposal as it stands, a likely fifth in the wings. she's reading the bill now. there have been substantial conversations with the mayor, so it certainly looks like, surprisingly, that there's a broad support on both spectrums of the board for the peskin measure, and in a way that i have not seen in 20 years, there seems to be excitement and enthusiasm, and i think it's a simple fact that the s

retroactively apply the law to people convicted of pot related crimes in the county of san franciscosot<malia cohen/san francisco board of supervisors: "those people who have most adversely been affected by the war on drugs get a little bit of a break from a system that has been systematically targeting african americans, latino, pacific islander communities since the 80's">sot proposition 64 has been the law in california since 2016. in light of that civil rights attorney and legal cannabis advocate mahal montoya says it is past time for every county in the bay area to expunge non- violent marijuana convictions sots

with that i'd like to turn it over to supervisor malia cohen who will set the tone for the occasion and call upon each supervisor to give their hono honorees their award. thank you all very much. [applause] >> all right, good afternoon. happy black history month! how are you out there! [applause] it's an exciting times we're living through. we're making history. every breath that we take, every action we take we're making history. so i want to just say good afternoon and welcome everyone to this year's black history month celebration. as you know, my name is malia cone, i'm a native daughter born in rearson san francisco. studied in the public school and public library. everything i am i owe to this county. i want to thank my parents and the entire community whose shoulders i stand on just to be here before you today. thank you. [applause] as many of you know, i represent the southeastern neighborhoods of bay view hunters point, dog patch, and visitation valley. and i'm proud to be one of two african americans serving this city at this time right here in the board chamber. i would like

heart association, san francisco marin medical society, the san francisco parent pack, supervisor malia cohen and many, many more. thank you to those who have already voiced your support and i look forward to the support of others. i'll be following up via e-mail. thank you so much. >> my name is ken orcharder, i'm a parent at rooftop. my son has epilepsies. when he was little, he had 2,500 sees. he has fought back to do work at rooftop. but he has an i.p. and he needs pair professional support. we faced discrimination all over the city of san francisco. we've had our registration money returned to us by multiple summer camps and after school programmes. this is the first time we've learned of discrimination in sfusd against students with disabilities. i don't come to ya'll lightly. what happened was last semester, we had a pair cut bringing us down to five. we did a petition. the petition got no reply. a couple of us went to a kak meeting to ask the deputy for special he had. five pairs, 24 classrooms. kids at each grade level who need support. how can that be enough. we were told we misunde

. >> supervisor malia cohen was among those we spoke with who worned if it was a conflict of interest. >> my next thought was there should be an investigation into the validity of what is outleted. >> we asked the mayor if he had seen the letter before it was sent. >> i didn't see the final letter. i understand why that was sent. >> why? >> well, as my partner mentioned, to assure our investors that after being mayor i would be returning. >> then why we asked was there all this controversy. >> i think he discussed that was perhaps a poor choice of words. >> the company didn't return our call. here at city hall mostly of those we poke with who wouldn't dwo on camera said it's not good but no smoking gun. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> >>> san francisco board of supervisor london breed is acting mayor on the june ballot and rivals say that's unfair. they say under the city election laws the job you have at the filing deadline is the title before the name on the ballot. breed was acting mayor and district supervisor when the filing deadline for the june 5th mayoral election closed. she is no lo

i'm chair of this committee malia cohen and to our left, our new member and joining us will be supervisor fewer. i want to thank our friends at sfgov and linda wong is our clerk assisting with today's meeting. madam clerk, any announcements? >> please silence cell phones and complete speaker cards and documents to be submitted to the clerk. items will be on the february 13th board of supervisor's agenda unless otherwise stated. >> supervisor tang: cone k you call item one? >> calling item one. they will not have a contract done until june. this is a stop gap measure until the new bid and contract are in place. i believe we have mr. vladimir ridicove. good morning. this is the contract manager for human services agency. we respectfully request authorization to modify the contract with allied universal security for additional money and 1,983 for a total contract not to succeed $26,062,288 and extend the term. it provides unarmed security at 26 sites for human service agency and supportive and homeless housing department. including the main building, program sites and shelters. the reason fo

but for supervisor malia cohen who was critical of ferrell becoming mayor it's not enough. >> for me the next steps is to possibly launch an investigation. >> reporter: ferrell said his ties to the group have never been secret and there will be no benefits from him or the company for him being mayor. >> since i was sworn in as mayor i took a leave of absence. >> reporter: ferrell also said none of the companies he has invested in have done business with the city. >> i work all the time with our city attorney's office to make sure none of the investments we had made as a firm had any conflict. >> phil matier reporting for us. >>> a new survey shows the california governor's race is tightening. that comes as there is new talk about gavin newsom's decade old affair. a new survey shows a virtual tie between top democratic candidates gavin newsom and antonio villaraigosa, but the public policy institute poll reveals also a huge number of undecided voters. our elizabeth cook joins us with how past infidelities are coming back to complicate this race. >> newsom's affair with a staff member

my name is malia cohen, the chairman and to my priet is supervisor sandy fewer and to my right is catherine stefani and we have a special guest with us today. supervisor norman yee. thank you to our friends at s.f.gov tv for assisting us with today's broadcast. jim smith as well as michael balthazaar and ms. linda wong is our clerk helping us with today's meeting. madame clerk, any announcements? >> yes. please silence all cell phones and electronic devices, completed speaker cards to be included as part of the file to be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the february 20th board of supervise source agenda. >> could you call item one, please? >> resolution retro actively authorizing the department of the environment to accept and expend grant funds from the association of bay area governments in the amount of approximately $500,000 to perform energy efz si programme implementation from the term january 1, 2018 to december 31, 2018. >> great. supervisor yee is a sponsor. i'll let him have a chance to speak. we'll hear from peter galota from the department of the en