with that, i present to you rafael mandelman. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: good morning, everybody. this is such a wonderful morning and as i look out at this crowd of gorgeous people who are doing amazing things in our city for so many causes and communities. i see race bannon. race always deserves a round of applause. [applause] san francisco is a city that does not forget its history. we build on our history. we celebrate our history and make new things happen next to old things and that is part of the magic of the city. and i'm so pleased that this plaza is -- as the mayor said, it took a little longer than would have been ideal, but it is now finally happening. i want to say just a few -- maybe a year ago, or a couple of years ago, we were worried about whether there even would be an eagle, right? more than a few years ago, but the community came together and city hall responded and now not only is the eagle still here, it's still a place to enjoy on sunday afternoons and all the time. and thank you so much, lex and m

please welcome rafael mandelman, our supervisor.se.] >> thank you, for all of the amazing work that you do. every time we get the queers and friends together, this is a beautiful and wonderful group. happy tried 2019 everybody -- happy pride 2019 ever body. thank you for bringing us here today, mayor. you have been a champion. senator wean you wiener it is go have you back and thank you for your leadership. this is a very big pride. folks know i it is the 49th anniversary of our san francisco pride parade but 50th anniversary of stone wall. [cheers and applause.] >> now in san francisco we know the modern civil rights movement began in 1966 with the compton cafeteria riots, but i think we can still acknowledge that stone wall is a big deal. now, madam mayor, we both grew up in san francisco. you and i both know so many communities are under stress in san francisco with our overheated real estate market and displacement across the city. on friday you brought us out to the sunnydale housing project to focus energy and attention and li

so, rafael mandelman, has anyone seen him? he is not here. ok. there is a good chance he was going to get stuck at the board of supervisors. so i'm sure -- yay! good job. [laughter] so many of you know me. some of you have read about me. i have a reputation. that i've earned and i'm proud of. [laughter] >> some of it's true! >> and most of it's true. [laughter] so i've wanted this day to happen for over 10 years and almost everybody at city hall knows about it because it is all i talk about. for 10 years. i'm going to get that flag back one day. i'm getting that name back one day. and so credit needs to go where credit is due. and, you know, really want to thank the workers of veritas who helped put this together. you know, especially danielle washington. >> whew! [applause] >> there was a true spirit of joy in this. that you could see it in people's faces and the wae they showed up to support this. it was genuine and, if i was the boss, i'd give them all a big pat on the back. and here to do that is the new owner of this building. [applause] >>

i am supervisor rafael mandelman, chair of the committee.ve supervisor walton will be joining us. supervisor stefani will not be here, but supervisor fewer will subin. our clerk is john carroll and i want to thank those on staff

i am supervisor rafael mandelman, chair of the committee. i believe supervisor walton will be joining us. supervisor stefani will not be here, but supervisor fewer will subin. our clerk is john carroll and i want to thank those on staff for staffing this meeting. i should make a motion to excuse supervisor stefani and we can continue. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes, make sure you've silenced your cellphone and any electronic devices. items acted upon today will appear on the september 3, 2019, board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. the office of the board has received two presidential action memos. one is them for supervisor fewer replacing supervisor stefani and the other is to begin at 10:45, supervisor will be attending in place of yourself. >> clerk: agenda number 1 is hearing to consider that the issuance of at type-42 on-sale beer and wine public premises liquor license to nunovi, llc, doing business as ora, located at 1519 polk street (district 3), will serve the public convenience or necessity o

colleagues may i have a motion to excuse supervisor rafael mandelman. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes, please silence all cellphones and electronic devices. anything to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. the items today will appear on the next agenda. >> commissioner fewer: thank you very much. can you please call item new brunswick 1. >> clerk: item no. 1 is the resolution retroactively approving an agreement between the city and county of san francisco and the san francisco bay area rapid transit district (bart) regarding administration of capital funding to fund half of the cost of the bart/muni market street entrance modernization project with proceeds from the sale of general obligation bonds, in an amount not to exceed $45,000,000 for an agreement term from february 1, 2018, through december 31, 2025. >> commissioner fewer: thank you very much. colleagues, last week we heard this item and continued it for more information. we heard from the bla last week. we may not need to hear the report a

i am supervisor rafael mandelman, chair of the committee. believe supervisor walton will be joining us. supervisor stefani will not be ,

. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, miss green. director rafael. >> so thank you. and to wrap up a couple thoughts -- you -- i think that anyone who listened to this presentation would be left with understanding that city staff, city departments, elected officials, are all fully committed and understand the importance of our work. so i want to thank you for giving us the opportunity for sharing our thoughts with you, whether it's the department of public health, the airport, the m.t.a., the planning department, the p.u.c., we are all here because we believe that this is the most important work. when we look at what we need to do as a city, and the city staff going forward, we start with the acceleration and the focus that this hearing has offered us. and we understand that our first task is to update the underpinning policies that focus our attention and set our goals. those are in statute and they're chapter 9 of the environment code. so we will be working in the next few months through next year to update chapter 9. and we will come back too with those proposals.