so before we swear in our advisory committee, i want to introduce supervisor rafael mandelman. so i'm so grateful for his work, his advocacy. sometimes he's the loan supervisor, fighting for the things necessary to support this community, and i'm appreciative of his colleagues who just support him and go along with the things that we know are important. so supervisor mandelman, we have work to do, but i know that you'll handle it, so come on up and say a few words. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: i'll handle it. you know, one of the things that i love about pride and being able to have pride here on the mayor's balcony is the opportunity to have amazing, phenomenal, and diverse leadership, and i see the folks who are leading in city government, and i see the folks that are leading in nonprofits, queer and otherwise, and the folks holding up the nonprofits, demanding change. i love our community so much, and it's so wonderful to be here in person, and so happy pride, everyone. happy pride 2021. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: one of the problems with being mayor london b

so before we swear in our advisory committee, i want to introduce supervisor rafael mandelman.ut i know that you'll handle it, so come on up and say a few words. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: i'll handle it. you know, one of the things that i love about pride and being able to have pride here on the mayor's balcony is the opportunity to have amazing, phenomenal, and diverse leadership, and i see the folks who are leading in city government, and i see the folks that are leading in nonprofits, queer and otherwise, and the folks holding up the nonprofits, demanding change. i love our community so much, and it's so wonderful to be here in person, and so happy pride, everyone. happy pride 2021. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: one of the problems with being mayor london breed in the summer of 2021 is everyone is falling all over themselves to say nice things about her, but they are deserved because she did get us through this pandemic. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: with an assistance from our gay public health director, grant colfax. thank you, director colfax, but sh

i want to welcome rafael mandelman. welcome. >> thank you. samson bloom. this is a little bit of like a collision of my multiple world's. i want to grad school 20 something years ago with eric and hey eric, and i worked when i was a lawyer in private practice representing local governments on many teams, are you representing kappa chat? you are on the board. awesome. well, good to see you. so, at any rate, everybody, i am so excited about this particular moment. from the moment that i started as a supervisor, i wanted to see more affordable housing built in district 8 and district 8 is a hard district to get affordable housing built in notwithstanding the displacement that has happened from district 8. it's hard because we're built out and we don't have a lot of available sites because land values are high. from our very first meeting with mayor breed, i've been asking her for help with affordable housing in district 8 and she's been delivering it. she acquired a big giant property on market street that is going to house lgbtq queer seniors and friends. th

so before we swear in our advisory committee, i want to introduce supervisor rafael mandelman.s advocacy. sometimes he's the loan supervisor, fighting for the things necessary to support this community, and i'm appreciative of his colleagues who just support him and go along with the things that we know are important. so supervisor mandelman, we have work to do, but i know that you'll handle it, so come on up and say a few words. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: i'll handle it. you know, one of the things that i love about pride and being able to have pride here on the mayor's balcony is the opportunity to have amazing, phenomenal, and diverse leadership, and i see the folks who are leading in city government, and i see the folk london breed in the summer of 2021 is everyone is falling all over themselves to say nice things about her, but they are deserved because she did get us through this pandemic. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: with an assistance from our gay public health director, grant colfax. thank you, director colfax, but she has also been from the beginning a

i am rafael mandelman. madam clerk, will you please call the roll. >> clerk: [roll call] >> chair mandelman: commissioner chan is absent and i would like to excuse her. >> supervisor peskin: do we have to vote on that? chair mandelman i don't think we do. >> clerk: no worries. chan is excused. [roll call] we have quorum. >> chair mandelman: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, i'd like to begin today with a moment of silence and adjourn today's meeting in memory of the santa clara valley transportation authority employees. our sincere condolences go out to the families of those victims. i'd also like to express our appreciation for others providing mutual aid to v.t.a. while light rail is suspended. let's have that moment of silence now. [moment of silence] thank you. madam clerk, please read your public comment announcement. >> clerk: thank you. public comment will be available for each item on this agenda via telephone by calling (415) 655-0001. and when prompted enter access code 187 746 9343 and then poun

so before we swear in our advisory committee, i want to introduce supervisor rafael mandelman.use] >> supervisor mandelman: with an assistance from our gay public health director, grant colfax. thank you, director colfax, but she has also been from the beginning and before she was mayor, but definitely, i have seen her since before she was mayor, being a friend to the gay community, and the people she has lifted up in her administration that you see here, some of whom are doing great work, to the investments in lgbtq housing, in the museum, in universal basic income for trans folks, it's truly extraordinary, and each year around budget time, she comes up with amazing things to do for the gay community. so thank you, madam mayor. that's an applause line. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: and just yesterday, we approved at the board of supervisors to collect soji data. in the 80s, you would not have asked. if you asked, there was something wrong. why did you ask if the person was queer? that is not information that the community wanted gathered in the 80s. today, we know it's i

so before we swear in our advisory committee, i want to introduce supervisor rafael mandelman. so i'm so grateful for his work, his advocacy. sometimes he's the loan supervisor, fighting for the things necessary to support this community, and i'm appreciative of his colleagues who just support him and go along with the things that we know are important. so supervisor mandelman, we have work to do, but i know that you'll handle it, so come on up and say a few words. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: i'll handle it. you know, one of the things that i love about pride and being able to have pride here on the mayor's balcony is the opportunity to have amazing, phenomenal, and diverse leadership, and i see the folks who are leading in city government, and i see the folks that are leading in nonprofits, queer and otherwise, and the folks holding up the nonprofits, demanding change. i love our community so much, and it's so wonderful to be here in person, and so happy pride, everyone. happy pride 2021. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: one of the problems with being mayor london b

i want to welcome rafael mandelman. welcome. >> thank you. samson bloom.a collision of my multiple world's. i want to grad school 20 something years ago with eric and hey eric, and i worked when i was a lawyer in private practice representing local governments on many teams, are you representing kappa chat? you are on the board. awesome. well, good to see you. so, at any rate, everybody, i am so excited about this particular moment. from the moment that i started as a supervisor, i wanted to see more affordable housing built in district 8 and district 8 is a hard district to get affordable housing built in notwithstanding the displacement that has happened from district 8. it's hard because we're built out and we don't have a lot of available sites because land values are high. from our very first meeting with mayor breed, i've been asking her for help with affordable housing in district 8 and she's been delivering it. she acquired a big giant property on market street that is going to house lgbtq queer seniors and friends. this particular project is reall

manu raju, supervisors ahsha safai and rafael mandelman, commissioner mark keller, disability and aging services martha knudson, we have chief nicholson, h.r.c. director sheryl davis, director of the office of transgender initiatives, clair farley, and jason pellegrini, who just gave our land acknowledgement. thank you. [applause] >> we are all extremely excited to join mayor breed to officiate this new relaunch of the lgbtq + launch. i see amazing leadership in front of me, i see amazing leadership beside me, and without further adieu, i'd like to introduce karen clopton to introduce the mayor. >> i'm going to ask our vice chair, joseph sweiss, to stand by me, in response to all of his amazing work, maturity, consulting the elders in how to do things and how to go about things because he's one of those that knows he doesn't know everything. we love you, we appreciate you and we want to give you this present. >> oh, thank you. thank you so much. frz frz [applause] . >> i also want to acknowledge commissioner amhon for all of her work on this revitalization. >> me, too? >> not yet. >> an

so before we swear in our advisory committee, i want to introduce supervisor rafael mandelman.pervisor, fighting for the things necessary to support this community, and i'm appreciative of his colleagues who just support him and go along with the things that we know are important. so supervisor mandelman, we have work to do, but i know that you'll handle it, so come on up and say a few words. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: i'll handle it. you know, one of the things that i love about pride and being able to have pride here on the mayor's balcony is the opportunity to have amazing, phenomenal, and diverse leadership, and i see the folks who are leading in city government, and i see the folks that are leading in nonprofits, queer and otherwise, and the folks holding up the nonprofits, demanding change. i love our community so much, and it's so wonderful to be here in person, and so happy pride, everyone. happy pride 2021. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: one of the problems with being mayor london breed in the summer of 2021 is everyone is falling all over themselves to s

transgender community as well as our only out gay supervisor here in san francisco, supervisor rafael mandelman, thank you, claire. and we are all proud of the vaccination and i have to say it's been a team effort getting vaccinated. and we love our vaccine. we're already, like, when can we get the booster shot. and to think back to what would have happened with a vaccine one year within learning about h.i.v. and if society had taken our community as seriously as it took covid-19. we have to get vaccinate and continue to lead the nation there. i want to thank to pride community for persevering. we will have a great next year and so excited about that and excited about the movie night. the folks have been working so hard. and optimism and of being optimistic that we're going to be able to tackle the huge challenges facing our community. firefighters. because we still have big challenges and the trans kids at heightened risk for idea and to be homeless and a tax on the trans kids and to not use the restroom and can't get health care. and people are still getting sick and dying. 40 years into this

i am rafael mandelman. madam clerk, will you please call the roll. >> clerk: [roll call] >> chair mandelman: commissioner chan is absent and i would like to excuse her. >> supervisor peskin: do we have to vote on that? chair mandelman i don't think we do. >> clerk: no worries. chan is excused. [roll call] we have quorum. >> chair mandelman: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, i'd like to begin today with a moment of silence and adjourn today's meeting in memory of the santa clara valley transportation authority employees. our sincere condolences go out to the families of those victims. i'd also like to express our appreciation for others providing mutual aid to v.t.a. while light rail is suspended. let's have that moment of silence now. [moment of silence] thank you. madam clerk, please read your public comment announcement. >> clerk: thank you. public comment will be available for each item on this agenda via telephone by calling (415) 655-0001. and when prompted enter access code 187 746 9343 and then poun

. >> clerk: item 19 is a motion to reappoint supervisor rafael mandelman term ending june 30th, 2023, to the bear governments executive board. >> president walton: thank you. i will call a motion to excuse supervisor mandelman from the vote. >> supervisor peskin: moved, peskin. >> president walton: seconded by supervisor stefani. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: on the motion to excuse supervisor mandelman, [roll call] there are ten ayes. >> president walton: without objection, supervisor mandelman is excused from item 19. madam clerk, please call the roll on item number 19. >> clerk: on item 19, [roll call] there are 10 ayes. >> president walton: without objection, this motion is approved unanimously. welcome back, supervisor mandelman. madam clerk. please call item number 20. >> clerk: item 20 is a motion to reappoint supervisor gordon mar to the association of bay area government's executive board term ending june 30th, 2023. >> president walton: thank you. and, before we vote on item number 20, i'll entertain a motion to excuse supervisor mar from the vote. motioned by

transgender community as well as our only out gay supervisor here in san francisco, supervisor rafael mandelmannk you, thank you, claire. and we are all proud of the vaccination and i have to say it's been a team effort getting vaccinated. and we love our vaccine. we're already, like, when can we get the booster shot. and to think back to what would have happened with a vaccine one year within learning about h.i.v. and if society had taken our community as seriously as it took covid-19. we have to get vaccinate and continue to lead the nation there. i want to thank to pride community for persevering. we will have a great next year and so excited about that and excited about the movie night. the folks have been working so hard. and optimism and of being optimistic that we're going to be able to tackle the huge challenges facing our community. firefighters. because we still have big challenges and the trans kids at heightened risk for idea and to be homeless and a tax on the trans kids and to not use the restroom and can't get health care. and people are still getting sick and dying. 40 years int