i want to thank our city our home committee, also. i want to thank hsh and also public health for the thoughts on this and, of course, my colleagues on the board. i think i want to preface this by saying we have a very unusual situation here where i think it is not normally what we would do is have a proposal and then sort of va short period of time for the committee to analyze and go through and come to consensus on it. i think that we are very of an wear, and i am, that this was an initiative that was brought fort by the community and written by the community. i think the release of funds should go through a community process. i want to be sensitive to the fact we are in a crisis now. there is fill significant funds left in the big c pot. i want to thank public health and supervisor ronen for hearing from the committee and cutting the public health down to be able to put $7.7 million into acquisitions as what i think big c was really about was actually to get people out of homelessness permanently and find placements and be able to

i want to thank our city our home committee, also. i want to thank hsh and also public health for the thoughts on this and, of course, my colleagues on the board. i think i want to preface this by saying we have a very unusual situation here where i think it is not normally what we would do is have a proposal and then sort of va short period of time for the committee to analyze and go through and come to consensus on it. i think that we are very of an wear, and i am, that this was an initiative that was brought fort by the community and written by the community. i think the release of funds should go through a community process. i want to be sensitive to the fact we are in a crisis now. there is fill significant funds left in the big c pot. i want to thank public health and supervisor ronen for hearing from the committee and cutting the public health down to be able to put $7.7 million into acquisitions as what i think big c was really about was actually to get people out of homelessness permanently and find placements and be able to

and to ensure a faster recovery for all of us, for our city. re doing our best as we have been doing for so long. and we have worked to keep those masks on. most of the time. but maybe -- maybe some of us have let our guard down. and we haven't gotten sick. some of us have been very lucky. others have not. too many have learned the hard way that this virus can still reach us. but others have heard about the stay-at-home order and we have been in this for a long time now and perhaps people think i'm okay, what i have been doing so far has kept me safe so far. i don't need to worry. this virus isn't going to reach me or a loved one. the trouble with this thinking is that the virus is everywhere in our city right now. and in so many neighborhoods where it hasn't taken hold before. even lower risk activities now carry substantial risk because there's more virus out there than ever before. simply put -- and bluntly put -- we can't get away with things that we've been able to get away with so far. no one wants to accelerate this situation into 2021. n

and the our city, our home committee were able to reach alignment on many different strategies and investment using prop c funds for the city's outreach and emergency rehousing plans. these agree that there are many needs that need to be addressed through the use of reserves, which i just went through, agreements to fund phase one and phase two for the s.i.p. housing referral. our city our home voted on recommendations to fully fund phase one and phase two, and these costs are reflected in the controller's revised proposal. i do want to make note that even within this fiscal year, we would not have funding for exits in phase three, and i know that the rehousing commitments are incredibly important to the board and the city, so we will be back very quickly around phase three. we also agreed with the committee to move 150 of our original proposed 500 rapid rehousing slots into ongoing subsidies, and we agreed with and really welcomed the additional workforce resources. we know these resources will be essential to our success. we also welcome additional resources for non-s.i.p. clients for famil

we have been spending our time and days investigating how the city and county can help the school district open up at a safe and faster rate. just watching the kids suffer and our district has been really, really challenging for all of us. so, paul, thank you for your tremendous nonstop work on this issue and i appreciate you. with that if we can open this item up for public comment. >> clerk: members should call (415)655-0001 and the meet, i.d. is 146 961 6060 and press pound and pound again. if you haven't done so dial star 3 to lineup to speak and the you have been unmuted and you may begin your comment and do we have any members of the public who are public comment today? >> yes, we have three callers in the queue. >> hello. >> hi,. >> please, proceed. >> my name isn't vet and eye public school parent and the distance and it's a parent collected that seeks and advocates for equitable solutions for san francisco public school and i'm commenting in support of the resolution. i want to read a statement for our members who cannot take the time off to all the in this morning. i'm a childcar

and to ensure a faster recovery for all of us, for our city. now, look, i know that so many of us are doing our best as we have been doing for so long. and we have worked to keep those masks on. most of the time. but maybe -- maybe some of us have let our guard down. and we haven't gotten sick. some of us have been very lucky. others have not. too many have learned the hard way that this virus can still reach us. but others have heard about the stay-at-home order and we have been in this for a long time now and perhaps people think i'm okay, what i have been doing so far has kept me safe so far. i don't need to worry. this virus isn't going to reach me or a loved one. the trouble with this thinking is that the virus is everywhere in our city right now. and in so many neighborhoods where it hasn't taken hold before. even lower risk activities now carry substantial risk because there's more virus out there than ever before. simply put -- and bluntly put -- we can't get away with things that we've been able to get away with so far. no one wants to

we have been spending our time and days investigating how the city and county can help the school district open up at a safe and faster rate. just watching the kids suffer and our district has been really, really challenging for all of us. so, paul, thank you for your tremendous nonstop work on this issue and i appreciate you. with that if we can open this item up for public comment. >> clerk: members should call (415)655-0001 and the meet, i.d. is 146 961 6060 and press pound and pound again. if you haven't done so dial star 3 to lineup to speak and the you have been unmuted and you may begin your comment and do we have any members of the public who are public comment today? >> yes, we have three callers in the queue. >> hello. >> hi,. >> please, proceed. >> my name isn't vet and eye public school parent and the distance and it's a parent collected that seeks and advocates for equitable solutions for san francisco public school and i'm commenting in support of the resolution. i want to read a statement for our members who cannot take the time off to all the in this morning. i'm a childcar

we have been spending our time and days investigating how the city and county can help the school district open up at a safe and faster rate. just watching the kids suffer and our district has been really, really challenging for all of us. so, paul, thank you for your tremendous nonstop work on this issue and i appreciate you. with that if we can open this item up for public comment. >> clerk: members should call (415)655-0001 and the meet, i.d. is 146 961 6060 and press pound and pound again. if you haven't done so dial star 3 to lineup to speak and the you have been unmuted and you may begin your comment and do we have any members of the public who are public comment today? >> yes, we have three callers in the queue. >> hello. >> hi,. >> please, proceed. >> my name isn't vet and eye public school parent and the distance and it's a parent collected that seeks and advocates for equitable solutions for san francisco public school and i'm commenting in support of the resolution. i want to read a statement for our members who cannot take the time off to all the in this morning. i'm a childcar

i get a lot of press and i talked to the public initially and internationally and i'm ashamed of our city right now and i am ashamed of the way our government is putting their head on us and how they're not letting us breathe and i don't want to be the next cliff house and i don't want to be the next person to go out of business and i don't want to be the next person to flee san francisco but i'm ready. i'm ready to leave and i'm ready to take my capital and my people and my ideas and my friends and my colleagues and go somewhere else and invest somewhere else if this board and the mayor and even the state of california doesn't do something to help us out economically you need grants, loans, we need shared spaces and we need removal with taxes. >> clerk: thank you, sir. a poll goes to interrupt you with the timer concluded and thank you for your comments. we have 12 listeners in the cue and 49 who are actually just listening if you would like to join those who are ready to make their comment, please press star 3. operations, please welcome the next caller. >> hi. give me one second. my na

industry.the auto and when i did first takeoffs as its , in a city fighting way out of the teeth of the great recession, infrastructure vision.he heart of our we reimagined how vehicles and city. moved through the unlocking new economic vibrancy in our urban core. up partnerships from regional collaboration to improve rail service, to the partnership that put our city at the cutting edge of bicycle mobility. e developed new forms of support for lower wage workers in their commutes and added lectric vehicle charging infrastructure. to help prepare for a more sustainable future. with the alt challenges created by generations of often inadequate and federal infrastructure funding. to just enough resources eplenish the paving of every lane mile in street in our city so.y 100 years or i dealt with the pothole. in a community where more than a of our residents lived in poverty, we worked to fill in he gaps that were created when underfunded transit resources left, cut off from opportunity they didn't have the means to own a car. transportation makes the american dream possible. to ing people and goods where they need to be. directly and indirectl

it's taken a huge hit on the small business community and employs half of our city and hanging by a thread and this is a really pivot at moment for us to increase and from our representation perspective she's a queer, small business owner of color but also someone who has served with distinction and built policy expertise on the challenges faced by small buses as a small business commissioner. given the reduction of muni service and these impacts on our future of transit operations, we will certainly see shifts on commutes to downtown job centers and also shifts in operations of our businesses to park let's and outdoor services and curbside pick ups and and i can't think of a nominate better position to revitalize our commercial corridors and our transit system many of i ask that you recommend manny for the sfmta board of directors. i'm at the community benefit district and serve as chair of the traffic and safety task force and a long-term residents with the tenderloin. it's the center of san francisco spike or more equitable and the residents and the reliability affordable transit to liv

our work force is hard to image. this is the reallity we have to confront. we are facing the gutting of a basic city service that our residents rely on and economy needs to recover. as importantly this means bus drivers, mechanics, and other workers losing their job and ability to provide for their family. san francisco is not alone here. cities a cross the country are facing the same crisis due to covid-19. just yesterday, washington d.c. announced their metro service would have to layoff workers and eliminate weekend service and close stations. federal cares act funding helped keep us stable through the first year. if we push for more funding transportation must be the top priority along with support for the small businesses suffering. a decimated transportation system will hobble our economic recovery. i hope the biden administration will work with speaker pelosi and congress to provide support. there are some steps we can take locally to increase mtas revenue and costs in strategickic ways and do what we can in the city. we have to consider every possible way. we are in deep trouble and need to

our city has a strong brand. our convention center is a high-quality institution and has strong brand. it's recognized as a top tier convention center. that's great. we have competitive advantages. we also have competitive disadvantages that our post post-attendeeees have capitalizd on. we need to promote the favorable aspects of our valued proposition as a venue. we also need to pay attention to protect our investment over the long term of our convention events. sales of new events with the retention of existing events as we go forward. i'm not talking about today. i'm talking about the long term. two to five years out and beyond. so with that, we will now take our attention to findings, six, seven, eight, nine. for findings one through five, i think that there's general agreement from all respondents as to those first five findings. the final four findings in the report, i think that we can see that all respondents have said they agree but -- right, it's a qualified agreement. so it generates the value of making

we feel and know that we have no known threats at this time against our city. been in communication and feel pretty good about that. we ramped up our efforts of several hundred of our federal partners hear from the fbi and ats as well as state and local, which is the tennessee highway patrol and others, we are thankful for their efforts. to business owners downtown, near the federal government is conducting this investigation and as they go through the crime scene, they try to reduce that as quickly as possible to where we can you back in your businesses as soon as possible. we ask that you be patient. it is about 40 things impacted so those buildings will have to be cleared through our coats. if you have any information retaining to this, please contact 61574 crime or fbi.lov fbi.love/nashville. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is doug nine the special agent in charge of the metro field office and covers nashville. the fbi, ats, metro nashville police department officers in tennessee highway patrol and other federal and state partners are working around t

our city could lead this charge. and our city could prove to the rest of america that moving funding from police and into social services like housing and health care and education etc., actually works, creates a better funded city and creates a more just world. we can afford this if we make cuts to the law enforcement budget. so you are spending money on this problem anyways. i am a taxpayer and i request that the money to be allocated to address and solve the problem, not to overpolice it. (please stand by)

our city venues cannot afford to wait longer. that is why in addition to the resolution, we ask in support with supervisors ronen, walton, peskin and mandelman. i'm introducing a resolution urging city agencies to work together expeditiously to develop a recovery and small relief plan specifically for entertainment and nightlife businesses. this is in conjunction with an effort that the small business commission took up just this week. i'm formally submitting a motion requesting that the city attorney and the controller draft legislation to establish a san francisco independent venue recovery fund to provide economic aid to help san francisco's venue survive the covid-19 pandemic. secondly, i'm introducing a resolution to initiate landmark designation for the san francisco eagle bar. historic lgbtq nightlife institution and legacy district and lgbtq cultural district. the san francisco eagle has been operating in its current location since 1981 and 12th and harrison. that pays homage to some of the historic lgbtq community. the lg

we are here to protect our city, neighbors and loved ones. we're here to save lives. first slide, please. i wanted to share this slide of what is happening across the state. this is different from what happened in previous surges. for the first time since the pandemic began, every county in california is surging and hospital beds are filling up. when i look at this map, when we look at this map we see our home town, our friends and family in as much trouble as we are here in san francisco. ninety nine percent of california's population are living in the purple tear with widespread transition of covid 19. covid 19 cases have increased by fifty eight percent. hospitalizations have increased by eighty two percent. this means that when we in the bay area run out of beds to treat our sick patients there will be no mutual aid. no place to send them. we will be on our own and struggling to treat sick people. next slide, please. our san francisco icu intensive care unit bed capacity is quickly decreasing. we are in an extremely volatile position for our health care system. th

>> clerk: in order to protect our public, board members and city employees during the covid-19 health emergency, the board of supervisors and committee room are closed. this precaution is taken pursuant to all orders and directives. committee members attend and participate in the meeting virtually. both san francisco cable 26 and sfgovtv.org have the public comment meeting phone number at this time. you can call 415-665-0001. once connected and prompted enter the id for the meeting which is 146 582 4744 followed by the pound symbol twice. once connected, you will hear the meeting discussions but will be muted. line will be in listening mode only. when you want to be added to the system line dial 3 and pound. please wait until you have been unmuted and then start your comments. call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television, radio or streaming device. please be mindful of potential time delays that we may encounter between live coverage and streaming. you may submit public comments in e-mail, i'm john carroll, the clerk of the government audit and ov

our city could lead this charge. and our city could prove to the rest of america that moving funding from police and into social services like housing and health care and education etc., actually works, creates a better funded city and creates a more just world. we can afford this if we make cuts to the law enforcement budget. so you are spending money on this problem anyways. i am a taxpayer and i request that the money to be allocated to address and solve the problem, not to overpolice it. (please stand by) please support this. and all organizations and all the folks will work to make this a coalition that is incredibly -- [bell ringing]. >> your time is concluded. >> speaker, please. >> hello? >> hi, please proceed. >> my name is debbie newman. can you hear me? >> yes, we can hear you. >> yeah, um, i forgot -- i made a video, but i forgot what i said on it. oh, god. let me get back to you guys. let me get back to you. dammit. >> next speaker, please. >> hello, good afternoon. i work with movement health center and

next, a look at one of our city's tour visits. this museum has been in our community for almost 60 years, and it is an important part of the community because we highlight the local natural history, local cultural history, and even some of the local science education. we do a lot of partnerships with texas a&m university. we have exhibits that are here long-term and short-term. we do lots of children's education, and we even have some live animals. so i would like to show you a few things about our museum that we are so proud of. if you look over this direction, you will see a mural that we are incredibly proud of. it was done by a nationally recognized artist, painted on site. it has been here since about 1993, 1995, and it is the only place where you can see the brazos valley as it was 12,000 years ago and realize that some of the animals that are portrayed in the mural where the predecessors of our modern species. 12,000 years ago, we have lions, tigers, and bears in the brazos valley. that is something a lot of our visitors rea

many of our city's small businesses and workers cannot wait this long. regional health record, the current one will be over by then. i think it is critical that we have this conversation sooner and we identify any support that's available and more that can be brought, particularly with the federal government potentially taking action this week. i think this is a conversation that cannot wait. i do hope that we can work together to find the time to come to the relief of our city businesses and workers who in many ways are struggling more than ever and are screaming and crying for us to work as hard as we can to support them. i appreciate everything that you all are doing. i look forward to partnering with you to come up with more support and relief that we can provide to the our businesses and workers. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you supervisor haney. supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: i also want to wish a very happy birthday to dom and rory and express my deep condolences for supervisor fewer loss and her family. the rest of submit. >

but nationally and sept proven time and time again that the spirit of our city cannot be broken but we're not going to rest until those responsible for this outrageous and cowardly attacks are brought to justice. and the full force of the metro police and our partners with the f.b.i. and the a for working together to make sure that we will get back to being safe city that we. are now 3 people have been hospitalized as a result of the explosion there and stable condition and my prayers are with them and their loved ones tonight i had to was able to visit with a 4 year old girl this morning who was. had no injury and was. saved. but let's just spend a moment in celebration of the 6 uniformed metro police officers from our central precinct who were at the scene at the time of the blast these incredible heroes who ran to danger with certain outcomes ahead of them were responsible for so many injuries being saved now i've spoken with chief drake and i can report that the officers who are injured by this are recovering well i would like to come and spend a little bit of valuing officers posy ll

city. it's kind of in our dna. 're the most important thing we bring to the table here is a culture that is really risk tolerant it's okay to be different than the city and think outside the box. it's okay to fail. you don't get punished the same way you do in so many other places that really creates an environment that is supportive of innovation. but we're trying really hard in the community not to skew things, but to maintain a really high quality of life in our city a lot of these companies come to austin because the people they want to have work for them, want to live in a city like austin. so having a city that have warm and welcoming and progressive and entrepreneurial, i think those are the things that are most important for this city to maintain >> how often are you talking to some of the entrepreneurs and executives at companies that are moving to austin, there's this debate that's been going on for years really but has certainly taken up some space this year about sort of the death of sill i c -- silicon

opposition and obstruction, and while the deal isn't perfect, there are some real bright lights for our cityncluding support for our small businesses through the extension of the ppp loan and it's supposed to be a lot easier for small businesses to apply than it was the first time. there is direct support for the entertainment and theater venues which is not been able to open and are such an important part of what makes san francisco so special. i can't wait until we reopen and the opportunity to go to a concert or listen to live music. emergency funds that will stabilize muni and our public school, funds to shore up our covid public health response including testing and vaccinations. more money for snap benefits for our most vulnerable so we can make sure that no one goes hungry. and new programs to provide rental assistance. i'm frustrated that the republicans blocked any effort to deliver relief to our local and state government, so we still have an enormous deficit to face, and i wish we could have provided more direct support for our families who are struggling, but orr all, it is good

our city has a strong brand. our convention center is a high-quality institution and has strong brand. it's recognized as a top tier convention center. that's great. we have competitive advantages. we also have competitive disadvantages that our post post-attendeeees have capitalizd on. we need to promote the favorable aspects of our valued proposition as a venue. we also need to pay attention to protect our investment over the long term of our convention events. sales of new events with the retention of existing events as we go forward. i'm not talking about today. i'm talking about the long term. two to five years out and beyond. so with that, we will now take our attention to findings, six, seven, eight, nine. for findings one through five, i think that there's general agreement from all respondents as to those first five findings. the final four findings in the report, i think that we can see that all respondents have said they agree but -- right, it's a qualified agreement. so it generates the value of making

our work force is hard to image. this is the reallity we have to confront. we are facing the gutting of a basic city service that our residents rely on and economy needs to recover. as importantly this means bus drivers, mechanics, and other workers losing their job and ability to provide for their family. san francisco is not alone here. cities a cross the country are facing the same crisis due to covid-19. just yesterday, washington d.c. announced their metro service would have to layoff workers and eliminate weekend service and close stations. federal cares act funding helped keep us stable through the first year. if we push for more funding transportation must be the top priority along with support for the small businesses suffering. a decimated transportation system will hobble our economic recovery. i hope the biden administration will work with speaker pelosi and congress to provide support. there are some steps we can take locally to increase mtas revenue and costs in strategickic ways and do what we can in the city. we have to consider every possible way. we are in deep trouble and need to

our city venues cannot afford to wait longer. that is why in addition to the resolution, we ask in support with supervisors ronen, walton, peskin and mandelman. i'm introducing a resolution urging city agencies to work together expeditiously to develop a recovery and small relief plan specifically for entertainment and nightlife businesses. this is in conjunction with an effort that the small business commission took up just this week. i'm formally submitting a motion requesting that the city attorney and the controller draft legislation to establish a san francisco independent venue recovery fund to provide economic aid to help san francisco's venue survive the covid-19 pandemic. secondly, i'm introducing a resolution to initiate landmark designation for the san francisco eagle bar. historic lgbtq nightlife institution and legacy district and lgbtq cultural district. the san francisco eagle has been operating in its current location since 1981 and 12th and harrison. that pays homage to some of the historic lgbtq community. the lg

>> clerk: it's posted on the our city, our home website. [inaudible]. >> clerk: it's on the main page, and on that page, there's the agenda, the meeting minutes, and then, there's a separate page. i can go ahead and send you a link. [inaudible]. >> oh, i can't abstain. that's okay. [roll call] >> all right. so the motion passes. those minutes have been approved. i don't believe we need to go to public comment again, but it's listed here. >> clerk: so we're going to go and take public. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001, access code 146-712-8211, then pound and pound again. press star, three to be entered into the queue and, when the system indicates you have been unmuted, begin providing your public comment. you will have three minutes. checking now. there are no public comment. >> okay. we will move into item 5, committee to review department of homelessness and supportive housing proposal for immediate funding needs to support homeless services, and to hear updates from community

our city brings to people. august hall, the battery, bill grant civic, benders, limbo, black cat, bottom of the hill, the chapel. the men of the royal and the rip tide, milk bar, just to name a few. you guys, this city will be so different without these places. they're so, so important. so, please, do what you can to help support and we're here too, we're organizing anything we can do to help out supervisors, just let us know. we're here working hard. we got nothing better to do than work hard and support you right now. let us know what you need from us and we'll support you and to help this movement. thank you so much man. >> that was amazing to lift them allist themall like that. operations, next caller, please. >> caller: hi, can you hear me? >> welcome, we can. >> thank you. i'm calling into also support the san francisco independent venue recovery fund that supervisor haney brought up in roll call. thank you supervisor haney. this would be a lifeline. i'm a member of the san francisco venue coalition and y

venues are the reasons people want to move and live in our city. our industry was the first to close and last to open. even with effective vaccine, i don't think businesses will be back in full swing until last summer. i want to emphasize that we've had zero revenue since march, despite large overhead expenses. our city and states around the country have shown their support for live music venues. please show your support. thank you. i yield my time. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. we have 30 listeners and 14 callers in the queue. if you are one of the 30 and you haven't already, press star 3 now to get into the queue. next caller please. >> i'm calling today to talk about sf venue fund that supervisor haney introduced. i'm also general manager of the chapel. we have obviously just like everybody else, since the beginning of march, zero revenue, donations by our customers to try and help us and alsand. we have an enormous amount of employees that are all -- we tried to help as best we can through various means. go fund me pages and all these o

in doing so, we will join many cities across the country, including our neighboring cities, who have already started joining the work in this movement which is now more essential than ever during this pandemic. and i believe that amanda fried from the treasurer's office is here to answer any questions that i cannot, and lastly, i would like to thank abbie al monte in my office, as well. >> chair ronen: thank you so much, supervisor haney, for this. i believe i'm a cosponsor, and if not, i would like to be added as one. i have been working with amanda fried on another piece of legislation coming up voss domestic workers, and i know there's tons of complicated issues involved in starting a program like this, and so i just want to appreciate both amanda's work as well as our treasurer, jose cisneros, who cares so much about financial equity in our city and are just such great partners in this work. so i wanted to -- i don't have any questions for amanda, but i just wanted to see if she wanted to make any remarks or statements? >> thank you, supervisors haney and ronen, for your kind wor

but also, it's about other children still, as we walk around our city, with high levels of air pollution. the coroner found that levels of the toxic gases and pollutants and exhausts were way above levels set by the world health organization, and without doubt they contributed to her death. i wanted justice for her. i wanted the real reason why she went through what she went through. i hope through this, her legacy may be a new clean air act. i think the only bit i got a little bit angry was, in court, when it turned out that lots of people knew about it, and

our weekly series real america, saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv. the c-span cities tour travels the country exploring the american story. since 2011 we have been to more than 200 communities across the nation, like many americans, our staff is in close to home due to the coronavirus. next, a look at one of our cities tour visits. the american civil war has had a really grand impact around the world because people look to this nation nearly coming apart, coming back together, having a new birth of freedom and here we are in the 21st century having quite spirited debates. newspapers,s, the the commentary was focusing in andonfederate statutes peoples deep feeling about the legacy of the civil war, what the civil war meant today and i think students in the classroom and general readers want to know how people feel about these issues. so i got interested with a colleague i worked with for many years and we put together a series. we had a panel called history in the headlines, we get historians to talk about how we wanted to make sure that we were plugged into these larg

opposition and obstruction, and while the deal isn't perfect, there are some real bright lights for our city including support for our small businesses through the extension of the ppp loan and it's supposed to be a lot easier for small businesses to apply than it was the first time. there is direct support for the entertainment and theater venues which is not been able to open and are such an important part of what makes san francisco so special. i can't wait until we reopen and the opportunity to go to a concert or listen to live music. emergency funds that will stabilize muni and our public school, funds to shore up our covid public health response including testing and vaccinations. more money for snap benefits for our most vulnerable so we can make sure that no one goes hungry. and new programs to provide rental assistance. i'm frustrated that the republicans blocked any effort to deliver relief to our local and state government, so we still have an enormous deficit to face, and i wish we could have provided more direct support for our families who are struggling, but orr all, it is goo

the mission district is a very special part of our city.ll the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. they have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. and then you walk further down and you have sunrise cafÉ. it is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening in the neighborhood and how you can help and support your community. >> twenty-fourth street is the birthplace of the movement. we have over 620 murals. it is the largest outdoor public gallery in the country and possibly the world. >> you can find so much political engagement park next to so much incredible art. it's another reason why we think this is a cultural district that we must preserve. [♪] >> it was formed in 2014. we had been an organization that had been around for over 20 years. we worked a lot in the neighborhood around life issues. most recently, in 2012, there were issues around gentrification in the neighborhood. so the idea of forming the cultural district was to help preserve th

but it is a challenge for our city. so we will continue to work on it is what i can tell you at this point, but we're working with our public health officials and our district attorney's office and as far as the criminal justice system is concerned and our sheriff's office and working with our community-based organizations and we have been working very hard to come up with better solutions. so we definitely understand your frustration. we'll continue to work on it, but i will freely admit and agree that it's a problem for our city. >> caller: yeah, good evening. first i wanted to just commend your officers on how you guys have dealt with this case and the vargas case, i know that is not an easy task. also with this video and the footage that was shown, i think that you guys did a great job up until about the discharge from the officer number 4 who discharged his firearm. i thought that might have been a little excessive. i don't understand how with all of this police reform legislation coming into play, how any civilian