it's fantastic. >> the portola garden tour is the last saturday in september every year.k your calendars every year. you can see us on the website >> please be seated. good evening. welcome to the march 11, 2020 meeting of the san francisco board of appeals. president ann lazarus is the presiding officer joined by vice president darryl honda, commissioner rick swig, tanner and santacana. to my left is deputy city attorney who will provide the board with any needed legal advice. at the control is the process clerk and i'm julie rosenberg, the executive director of the board. we'll b

it's fantastic. >> the portola garden tour is the last saturday in september every year.k your calendars every year. you can see us on the website the meeting will come to order. this is the meeting of march 25, 2020 regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. i am sandra lee fewer, chair of the budget and finance committee. i am joined by shamann walton, and raphael mandelman. miss clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. due to covid-19, city hall is closed, however, the meeting

it's fantastic. >> the portola garden tour is the last saturday in september every year.rs every year. >> welcome, everyone. press mute if you come on to the phone. the first item on the agenda -- i don't want to be muted because the people need to speak. for those of you who are just joining you, this is the march 17th, 2020 commission meeting and we're doing this for the first time using

it's fantastic. >> the portola garden tour is the last saturday in september every year.dars every year. you can see us on the website

she is a founding member of the portola green and steering committee, whose mission is to promote portola's district identity by building a more green and sustainable future, she helped build the first garden in 2014. not only does the seed library teach kids about the history of the garden district identity, but it also teaches them about nutrition and food security and makes the library more of a community space. when she's not devoting her time to her adopted family in the portola library, and her own family, she advocates for her employees on the bargaining team, believing that happy employees are valuable employees. from all of us in district 9 and especially the portola community, congratulations for being by far the coolest librarian in town. we love you. [applause] >> thank you so much, hillary. thank you to you and your team. and hello to everyone here today. thank you for being here. i think hillary said it all, and yes, i feel so lucky to be honored for doing something i absolutely love doing. i do put my heart and soul into everything i do he portola branch library for the youth

it's fantastic. >> the portola garden tour is the last saturday in september every year.alendars every year. you can see us on the website [♪] >> i just don't know that you can find a neighborhood in the city where you can hear music stands and take a ride on the low rider down the street. it is an experience that you can't have anywhere else in san francisco. [♪] [♪] >> district nine is a in the southeast portion of the city. we have four neighborhoods that i represent. st. mary's park has a completely unique architecture. very distinct feel, and it is a very close to holly park which is another beautiful park in san francisco. the bernal heights district is unique in that we have the hell which has one of the best views in all of san francisco. there is a swinging hanging from a tree at the top. it is as if you are swinging over the entire city. there are two unique aspects. it is considered the fourth chinatown in san francisco. sixty% of the residents are of chinese ancestry. the second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. there is a lo

it's fantastic. >> the portola garden tour is the last saturday in september every year.k your calendars every year. >> clerk: good morning. the meeting will come to order. and wednesday to the march 4, special meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. and the chair of this committee is here and joined by aaron peskin and matt haney. thank to the clerk john carroll and thank tom loftis from sfgov-tv for staffing this meeting. any announcements. koirk silence your cellphones and electronic devices and your documents that have to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the

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certainly up to santa rosa but some of that coming up from the santa clara valley made it right over portolaalley . santa rosa had quite the sunday afternoon show. this is getting pushed south a lot more stable pattern. we have a system coming in from the north, not a very strong system but it is a cold one. mainly 40s, pittsburgh is 56, decent breeze in the hills, west southwest or northwest direction that's the system to the north we are watching coming in . there is not a lot of rain with it but there is a lot of cold air . let's get to work into our area tuesday and wednesday . not a big rain producer but i will have to keep an eye on it as we head toward wednesday for possible thunderstorms . this time of year the days are longer . bill stay below average for thursday and make it warmer and dry coming up . >>> just a reminder make sure you download the app it has interactive radar, hourly update on the 7-day forecast and a really easy way to upload your weather photos and videos. the weather app is free to download for your smart phone . >>> the federal government stepping in to help st

a shield of sprinkles to light rain from about discovery bay through dublin down across fremont, portola valley and this line is sinking south. if you're dry right now, congratulati congratulations, down in the south bay. you're about to get wet. here's a look at walnut creek. 680 where it is 44 degrees. let's talk more about the commute. those that have to be out there, that are essential, if you will. driving some slick spots this morning from left over showers last night and the rain that is going to fall this morning. damp at times for mass transit and expect some showers if you're commuting on the bay. for the north bay, you can see the best chance of showers returning again by 9:00 hanging around through at least 11:00. we'll stay in the 40s and low to mid-50s with a mostly cloudy afternoon. for the east bay, we're looking at a chance of rain through at least 7:00 and then mostly cloudy afternoon. we'll leave the 40s at 11:00 and mid-50s during the afternoon hours. temperatures still well below average and in san francisco, i'd keep the umbrella handy just in case, but it looks lik

that's about it but we've got more rain bands that are moving it to redwood city right now in woodside portolaalley you're seeing that and then across the bay, but also that rain will be on it. either way into san ramon you can see just a little peek speck that is mount diablo they're getting a little dusty of some sleet and some snow up there right now again this is a very cold storm system moving in they're not the only ones we've got more scattered showers popping up a little for the north but more widely scattered in parts of the north bay was you make your way a little further to the south as you head on up to this low, you got more rain in the san francisco and more showers likely to continue right through the evening hours as it looks like we'll see those showers continuing into san francisco and around the bay area but the rain will taper off overnight tonight we're not done with the rain by any means we'll let you know how long we expected to stick around and when we might see another storm coming our way now more coming up in a few minutes just the next. >>thank you so much lawrence,

the portola valley is selling different produce and food bags with items from regular vendors.ple preregular what they want and drive through the market from 2:00 to 6:00 to pick it up. the market will be a drive-through for at least the next three weeks. farmers markets have been open under the shelter many place order because they are an essential service. >>> today was supposed to be an exciting day for restaurants in the bay area and around the country. this year's james beard awards finalists were scheduled to be announced. organize verse postponed the awards and are urging people to donate to a relief fund for restaurants. a prior james beard award winning chef in washington, d.c. is having to lay people off after it was forced to close. >> laying off 60-plus employee, i don't think i've cried more than in an entire day in my entire life. so, you know, there is direct challenges that i face every single day when i wake up, like wondering how they're going pay their rent. >> the james beard foundation calls the situation restaurants are facing dire. it is possible to donat

the mission and in portola are immigrant run. these are not businesses that are ever going to have the capital, the assets, or the capability of applying for these high burdened s.b.a. loans. so what i would ask of our community is knowing every detail. this is going to be a constantly changing situation, and by acting today, we're saying, you know, we're willing to take this risk to support our small business community in a time where we're never going to have the full information. and with that, i turn it over to you. >> chair fewer: okay. thank you very much. let's open this up for public comment. are there any members of the public that wish to comment on items 10 or 11, and if you would like to comment, please remember to president 1-0. can you please let us know when there are speakers in the queue. >> clerk: madam chair, there's no members of the public wishing to speak. >> clerk: chair fewer, supervisor mandelman is on the roster. >> chair fewer: oh, yes, supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, chair few

she is a founding member of the portola green and steering committee, whose mission is to promote portola's district identity by building a more green and sustainable future, she helped build the first garden in 2014. not only does the seed library teach kids about the history of the garden district identity, but it also teaches them about nutrition and food security and makes the library more of a community space. when she's not devoting her time to her adopted family in the portola library, and her own family, she advocates for her employees on the bargaining team, believing that happy employees are valuable employees. from all of us in district 9 and especially the portola community, congratulations for being by far the coolest librarian in town. we love you. [applause] >> thank you so much, hillary. thank you to you and your team. and hello to everyone here today. thank you for being here. i think hillary said it all, and yes, i feel so lucky to be honored for doing something i absolutely love doing. i do put my heart and soul into everything i do he portola branch library for the youth

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the mission and in portola are immigrant run. these are not businesses that are ever going to have the capital, the assets, or the capability of applying for these high burdened s.b.a. loans. so what i would ask of our community is knowing every detail. this is going to be a constantly changing situation, and by acting today, we're saying, you know, we're willing to take this risk to support our small business community in a time where we're never going to have the full information. and with that, i turn it over to you. >> chair fewer: okay. thank you very much. let's open this up for public comment. are there any members of the public that wish to comment on items 10 or 11, and if you would like to comment, please remember to president 1-0. can you please let us know when there are speakers in the queue. >> clerk: madam chair, there's no members of the public wishing to speak. >> clerk: chair fewer, supervisor mandelman is on the roster. >> chair fewer: oh, yes, supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, chair few

it's fantastic. >> the portola garden tour is the last saturday in september every year.k your calendars every year. >> hello everyone. welcome to the bayview bistro. >> it is just time to bring the community together by deliciou deliciousness. i am excited to be here today because nothing brings the community together like food. having amazing food options for and by the people of this community is critical to the success, the long-term success and stability of the bayview-hunters point community. >> i am nima romney. this is a mobile cafe. we do soul food with a latin twist. i wanted to open a truck to son nor the soul food, my african heritage as well as mylas continuas my latindescent. >> i have been at this for 15 years. i have been cooking all my life pretty much, you know. i like cooking ribs, chicken, links. my favorite is oysters on the grill. >> i am the owner. it all started with banana pudding, the mother of them all. now what i do is take on traditional desserts and pair them with pudding so that is my ultimate goal of the business. >> our goal with the bayvi