work out today, if i forward your name to the mayor's office, with the help of tom temprano and raphael mandelman, because i'd love to see you on this commission. so that's my suggestion, supervisor mar. again, our job up here is impossible, but it's a good situation to be in when it is impossible because there's so many good people willing to serve. supervisor mar, i don't know if you have any thoughts. >> supervisor mar: yeah, thank you, chair ronen, for that. actually, i wanted to thank everyone in public comments and everyone who spoke for your commitment to urban forestry issues whether it's climate change, injustice, neighborhood issues. thank you for all that you do. these are all issues that are very important to me personally. and as a lifelong environmentalist and as a representative of district four, it's one of the areas of the city that has a lot more work to do to expand our urban canopy or tree canopy and actually having just finished reading the overstory by richard powers, which really sparked a lot more deeper thinking in me personally around these issues. so as mr. kerby briefl

i am joined by supervisors raphael mandelman and catherine stefani. madam clerk, do you have any announcements for us all today? >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read]. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. madam clerk, would you please call item number one. >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read]. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much, and we have mr. jeremy spitz from the department of public works. >> good morning, chair and supervisors. i am jeremy spitz from the department of public works. >> this is an emergency to repair the hvac at 1235 mission street. it is owned by the san francisco unified school district and leased by the distribution agency. there are three hvac units on the top of the building. two of them were unoperational. then, on october 3, the final unit failed, and temperatures in the building reached over 90°. h.s.a. is currently using portable units so it is comfortable. i am joined today by scby seve of the staff, and we are happy to answer your questions. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: j

to my right -- i am raphael mandelman. the chair of the committee. i want to thank san francisco government tv for staffing the meeting. mr. clerk, are there any announcements? >> thank you. please ensure you have silence your cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and documents should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the november 5th, 2019 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you. can you please call the first item? >> number one is a resolution declaring a state of emergency regarding pedestrian and cyclist fatalities. >> supervisor haney? welcome. >> yes. thank you, chair mandelman and thank you for having me back, committee members. i feel like i am an honorary member of this committee at this point. thank you for hearing these very important items. i authored this resolution with president yee declaring a traffic safety state of emergency on pedestrian cyclists -- pedestrian and cyclist fatalities with walk s.f. immediately after the tragic death of benjamin dean and t

officials who i didn't see earlier today, including another member of the board of supervisors raphael mandelmank you so much for being here. david, thank you so much for being here and our treasurer that keeps the money in order, jose since n-- cineros. it's so good to have you here today. today we have to be happy and positive, but i have to say, we all know that not only are we not in the best place in our country as it relates to attacks on so many of our brothers and sisters who are a part of our immigrant families right here, even in san francisco, we are under attack in this city. it breaks my heard that time and time again, we are seeing some of these events play out in policy changes, directives from the president, and number of other issues that we sometimes feel are impossible for us to keep track of. i want you all to know, and you hear it from so many of your leaders here in this city. yes, we are a sanctuary city, but we also are a city that makes investments in making sure that many of the challenges that we know are existing at the borders and at other places all over the country

i am joined by supervisors raphael mandelman and catherine stefani.lerk, do you have any announcements for us all today?

ladies and gentlemen, supervisor raphael mandelman. [applause] >> thank you, madame mayor. thank you for your commitment and persistence in making the changes in the city that everyone agrees need to be made, and for your fortitude and making those changes that are necessary, but not everyone agrees need to be made. san francisco has a meth problem i think we all know it. we all see it on our streets, in our hospital emergency rooms, in our jails and too often in the growing list of san franciscans dying from overdoses. among homeless san franciscans who have died on our streets, methamphetamine was the most commonly present substance showing up in 47% of deaths. now this is not the first time san francisco has engaged on the issue of meth and its impacts in our communities. it was nearly 15 years ago that then then mayor newsom and supervisor dusty convened the city's first meth task force focused on its impacts in the queer community. i know there are some veterans of that effort here in the room, some of them were part of the task force. the task force, that task force d

to my right -- i am raphael mandelman. the chair of the committee. i want to thank san francisco government tv for staffing the meeting. mr. clerk, are there any announcements? >> thank you