but at least 45% of san franciscans have received their first dose. and over 62% of those over the age of 65 have received their second dose as well, they're fully vaccinated. this is higher than the national and state average. san francisco is doing an incredible job with vaccinating people and some of you probably have seen some of the reports that suggest san franciscans in general are those who most likely want the vaccine. that's why our efforts have been so successful. and, yes, we know it's been challenging with certain communities and we knew that if we didn't embed equity in our outreach efforts to address this pandemic from day one with testing and resources, but also with the vaccine, then we wouldn't be where we are today. this is why in neighborhoods like the bayviewpoint and other places where we are seeing high rates of infection. this is why we have set up pop-up and mobile sites and locations in those neighborhoods and have made it easy for people to access vaccines without an appointment because we knew that was going to be critical

we have the infrastructure in place to vaccinate at least 20,000 san franciscans a day. we are ready to get those vaccine into arms, we just don't have the vaccine. and, if we have sufficient supply to achieve our capacity, we could have over 80% of adults vaccinated with first doses by mid may. now, although the state does now currently allow for fully vaccinated individuals to interact indoors with fully vaccinated people from other households without masks, the san francisco health department agrees with the cdc around small private indoor social gatherings. once the state allows us, and we're hopeful the state will follow the cdc guidelines very soon because they are based in science and evidence and give people fully vaccinated a chance to engage with others in a way we haven't been able to do so for over a year, we will loosen restrictions so that vaccinated individuals can safely interact indoors and small gatherings unmasked with other household members that are also fully vaccinate or otherwise low risk single households. this is yet another reason to get vaccin

and no san franciscan business behind. thank you for joining us. don't forget, #sanfranciscosmall businesschallenge. ultimately, i will be supporting small businesses in san francisco, and i invite all of you here to take the challenge. >> we put some crystals down here for the mayor. >> the hon. london breed: good energy. >> so we have a special surprise guest. state assemblyman david chiu will be making a couple of marks. >> good morning, san francisco. we ready to shop locally? all right. so usually, i'm in sacramento on a wednesday, but i happened to be in town for a few hours, and i got the word this is happening. i have to tell you, i am so excited about this challenge, and the mayor, i know, has laid out just how incredibly challenging it has been for our small businesses. in chinatown, a year ago, in february, the small businesses in our country's oldest and most historic chinatown reported a 50% drop in business because of the expectation that, somehow, covid was floating around chinatown, and that has impacted no

we have about 60% of san franciscans that have received at least their first shot, and we're in a goodit doesn't mean we can get comfortable. we still have to follow the health orders. enjoy san francisco, enjoy our small businesses, but do our very best to wear your mask and limit our interactions with people. [inaudible] >> the hon. london breed: no. what we did first, we deferred city fees for 20 and 21. so many of the fees, the bills that people get on a regular basis, they don't necessarily have to pay, so we deferred them. but then, we took it a step further and provided financial resources so that even though we can't say -- we had to come up with the money when we said to businesses, we're going to defer these fees, but now, you don't have to pay them, and so we had to come up with money in our budget to makeup for that particular resource, so there are going to be many small businesses that will not have to pay city fees, so that's one of the things that we've done. we also have provided grants and loans, no-interest loans, and just last week, i announced an additional $6.10 m

but at least 45% of san franciscans have received their first dose. and over 62% of those over the age of 65 have received their second dose as well, they're fully vaccinated. this is higher than the national and state average. san francisco is doing an incredible job with vaccinating people and some of you probably have seen some of the reports that suggest san franciscans in general are those who most likely want the vaccine. that's why our efforts have been so successful. and, yes, we know it's been challenging with certain communities and we knew that if we didn't embed equity in our outreach efforts to address this pandemic from day one with testing and resources, but also with the vaccine, then we wouldn't be where we are today. this is why in neighborhoods like the bayviewpoint and other places where we are seeing high rates of infection. this is why we have set up pop-up and mobile sites and locations in those neighborhoods and have made it easy for people to access vaccines without an appointment because we knew that was going to be critical

colfax communicated, we reached 6% of san franciscans who received at least one dose of vaccine. we reached on april 2nd our peak daily new dose administration of 13,000, almost 14,000 doses per day. we're now doing in san francisco well on our way to 20,000 a day once we have vaccine available. again, we're happy to report that 81% of san francisco residents sixty-five and older have received at least one dose of vaccine and 63% have complete the series. and also as dr. colfax mentioned, within our own san francisco health network, we just last week surpassed having done a 100,000 vaccines since the middle of december which is really when you think about it, 20% of all the vaccines that have been administered within san francisco have been done by our own health network. and, also, other milestones both our southeast health center, part of our network and the 24th and capp clinic are run by ucsf each surpassed 10,000 vaccines each independently since they first started in january. and, we again mentioned our mobile teams. we've got four teams that are active and we have 19 mobile

and again, i want to thank all san franciscans for your on going support during this challenging time. when it's your turn, get vaccinated, do the right thing, and let's get through this pandemic together. thank you. >> the hon. london breed: thank you, dr. colfax. now, i want to introduce the new captain for park station, captain padrini -- am i saying your name right? all right. captain padrini. >> thank you, mayor breed, dr. colfax, director ginsburg, and [inaudible] my name is [inaudible] padrini, and i'm the captain of park station. we know that 4-20 is an event that has been held here in the park for a long time, and many look forward to celebrating. unfortunately, we won't be celebrating this year. san francisco has come so far in response to the covid-19 pandemic, and we just can't afford to let our guard down now. as you heard others mention already, the area of golden gate park where all have gathered to celebrate 4-20 day, that area will be closed. the city will be erecting and installing fencing and barriers to limit and control access. san francisco police officers, worki

and i think for so many san franciscans, being able to see the libraries re-open, our public libraries is a blessing. i think san francisco has among the best library system in the entire country and i want to thank michael lambert, our city librarian and all of our commissioners, our friends of the library, our mayor for your support of our library system. today, when we think about this announcement, why i'm so excited, you know, covid-19 has not been kind to people. it's a disease that has required that we went against every single nature of our being staying away from our friends, our families, being disconnected from one another, being isolated and, in particular, for people who are seniors, for our kids. and, so, when we think about bringing back our libraries, it's more than just being able to access books free and wonderful library services and education, it's about coming back together as a community. and, when i think about how exciting it is that not only the main is opening but that chinatown branch is opening and mission branch is opening, it makes me proud because we're a

i am a native san franciscan. i have experienced lifelong discrimination in the workplace. i have a master's in dispute resolution. i bring specialized fields and knowledge. further, it's convincing that african-american reparations at the federal and state level can never be realized until our struggles are identified and our struggles are heard and identified. life experiences on discrimination are very different than the life experiences of incidental african-american experiences. thank you. >> thank you. next is pauletta jona-wickliff. >> hi, can you hear me? >> yes. >> i am a native san franciscan. thank you for the opportunity to speak today. i am a native of san francisco. i have a master's in social work. i currently work as a medical social worker. i was the first african-american social worker hired at ucf and pediatrics in 2011. my father is a long-term business owner of business maintenance. in addition to my family start-up, one of the founders of the school is specific in western edition to serve. i

but at least 45% of san franciscans have received their first dose. and over 62% of those over the age of 65 have received their second dose as well they're fully vaccinated. this is higher than the national and state average. san francisco is doing an incredible job with vaccinating people and some of you probably have seen some of the reports that suggest san franciscans in general are those who most likely want the vaccine. that's why our efforts have been so successful. and yes, we know it's been challenging with certain communities and we knew that if we didn't embed equity in our outreach efforts to address this pandemic from day one with testing and resources, but also with the vaccine, then we wouldn't be where we are today. this is why in neighborhoods like the bayviewpoint and other places where we are seeing high rates of infection. this is why we have set up pop-up and mobile sites and locations in those neighborhoods and have made it easy for people to access vaccines without an appointment because we knew that was going to be critical to

i am a native san franciscan. i have experienced lifelong discrimination in the workplace. i have a master's in dispute resolution. i bring specialized fields and knowledge. further, it's convincing that african-american reparations at the federal and state level can never be realized until our struggles are identified and our struggles are heard and identified. life experiences on discrimination are very different than the life experiences of incidental african-american experiences. thank you. >> thank you. next is pauletta jona-wickliff. >> hi, can you hear me? >> yes. >> i am a native san franciscan. thank you for the opportunity to speak today. i am a native of san francisco. i have a master's in social work. i currently work as a medical social worker. i was the first african-american social worker hired at ucf and pediatrics in 2011. my father is a long-term business owner of business maintenance. in addition to my family start-up, one of the founders of the school is specific in western edition to serve. i

i am a fourth generation san franciscan. in december, this building will be 103 years of age. it is an incredibly rich, rich history. [♪♪♪] >> my core responsibility as city hall historian is to keep the history of this building alive. i am also the tour program manager, and i chair the city advisory commission. i have two ways of looking at my life. i want it to be -- i wanted to be a fashion designer for the movies, and the other one, a political figure because i had some force from family members, so it was a constant battle between both. i ended up, for many years, doing the fashion, not for the movies, but for for san franciscan his and then in turn, big changes, and now i am here. the work that i do at city hall makes my life a broader, a richer, more fulfilling than if i was doing something in the garment industry. i had the opportunity to develop relationships with my docents. it is almost like an extended family. i have formed incredible relationships with them, and also some of the people that come to take a tour. she was a dressmaker of the first order. i would go v

vaccinating thousands of san franciscans.

of the lowest rates of infection and the lowest death rates in this country, and over 50% of san franciscans have been vaccinated. that's more than the state and national average. san francisco, we should be proud of how far we've come, and we did that because all played our part. now, it's time for us to come back. we're a strong, resilient city, and when we come back, we're going to come back stronger and more resilient than ever before, and this is $10.9 million is just a start. it's what we need to do along with so many other things that are going to bring our businesses back, that are going to bring our economy back. the city will do its very best to invest resources, but we also need the customers and the people to start to shop local and to return to the businesses that we all know and love. so before we sign this legislation, i want to ask ray who's with the community business district in j-town, i want to invite him up to say a few words about the efforts that we're doing to revitalize this community. i was here just a couple of weeks ago. there were lines of people supporting these

what about the one in eight san franciscans who don't have access to the internet. almost all of the programs at the library that they have programmed are virtual programs. there's no indication that you could actually take part in some degree by a telephone. that's still not advertised. it's not still noticed about. there's no indication. there's no publicity. for example the branches have no curbside service and very little publicity. there's a -- there's a whole range of ways. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. next caller please. >> caller: good afternoon, madam clerk. president walton and board of supervisors, my name is gilbert. i live in district 8. a poor and neglected district. i wanted to talk about transit. as a transit advocate, i don't know we haven't gotten to this when the feds have given you $500 million for muni. on top of the $600 million from the last stimulus. what are you doing with the money? we need bus service in my neighborhood. we have no subway. we have no trolleys, we have no cable cars, we have no f-line. muni is still cutting service

admit that, but we adjusted, and we evolved, and that's why we are here today, having 60% of san franciscans eligible to get the vaccine, with numbers lower than they've ever been. we are doing relatively well there, especially when compared to other vaccines across the city, where latinos represent only 12% of recipients, again, emphasizing the need for these neighborhood access sites low barrier drop-ins. the city's dashboard shows that for d.p.h. vaccines, the neighborhoods with the largest number of vaccines received are the bayview, the mission, and the excelsior. so on behalf of the whole department, i want to thank you all for your work and the incredible effort of this accessible network that we've developed, this ecosystem. it hasn't been effort. it's taken some work, some zoom calls, zoom calls, but we were there. i want to thank local 261, supervisor ronen, supervisor haney, our newest assessor, assessor torres. so as you know, vaccine supply remains limited in san francisco, and with the expansion of people being eligible to 16 and above citywide, it will be challenging, but i'm

and i think for so many san franciscans, being able to see the libraries re-open, our public librariesk san francisco has among the best library system in the entire country and i want to thank michael lambert, our city librarian and all of our commissioners, our friends of the library, our mayor for your support of our library system. today, when we think about this announcement, why i'm so excited, you know, covid-19 has not been kind to people. it's a disease that has required that we went against every single nature of our being staying away from our friends, our families, being disconnected from one another, being isolated and, in particular, for people who are seniors, for our kids. and, so, when we think about bringing back our libraries, it's more than just being able to access books free and wonderful library services and education, it's about coming back together as a community. and, when i think about how exciting it is that not only the main is opening but that chinatown branch is opening and mission branch is opening, it makes me proud because we're also thinking about the

and i think for so many san franciscans, being able to see the libraries re-open, our public librariessco has among the best library system in the entire country and i want to thank michael lambert, our city librarian and all of our commissioners, our friends of the library, our mayor for your support of our library system. today, when we think about this announcement, why i'm so excited, you know, covid-19 has not been kind to people. it's a disease that has required that we went against every single nature of our being staying away from our friends, our families, being disconnected from one another, being isolated and, in particular, for people who are seniors, for our kids. and, so, when we think about bringing back our libraries, it's more than just being able to access books free and wonderful library services and education, it's about coming back together as a community. and, when i think about how exciting it is that not only the main is opening but that chinatown branch is opening and mission branch is opening, it makes me proud because we're also thinking about the communities

but at least 45% of san franciscans have received their first dose.d over 62% of those over the age of 65 have received their second dose as well, they're fully vaccinated. this is higher than the national and state average. san francisco is doing an incredible job with vaccinating people and some of you probably have seen some of the reports that suggest san franciscans in general are those who most likely want the vaccine. that's why our efforts have been so successful. and, yes, we know it's been challenging with certain communities and we knew that if we didn't embed equity in our outreach efforts to address this pandemic from day one with testing and resources, but also with the vaccine, then we wouldn't be where we are today. this is why in neighborhoods like the bayviewpoint and other places where we are seeing high rates of infection. this is why we have set up pop-up and mobile sites and locations in those neighborhoods and have made it easy for people to access vaccines without an appointment because we knew that was going to be critical to

they're born and raised san franciscans. just meant a lot to be able to ride their bikes without mom raising them down and worrying about something else. larry, you were so generous with your time, and i was particularly taken with your treatment of turtle, and larry knows who turtle is, and your mentorship there, and everyone around you. my heart went out to you as you suffered your worst loss [inaudible] and i am sorry we weren't able to be at mather for a while, but let's make it happen up there and enjoy some good times. >> thank you, commissioner anderson. >> well, on that note, unless any other -- oh, it looks like commissioner mcdonnell wants to say something. >> vice president mcdonnell: absolutely. i'll be brief, i promise. larry, you know i love you in so many ways, so thank you. thank you for being the incredible human being that you are and the role that you've played in all our parks, especially camp mather. and i've always appreciated your commitment to park and to community. years ago, i was introduced to a wo

city college of san francisco is a common good and resource for all san franciscans including the elderly and disabled. city college of san francisco took over the role of providing adult education from the san francisco unified district in 1970s. it's a dereliction to turn its back on it now and eliminate san francisco stewardship of dedicated adult program that was free, well attended and accessible. older adult classes drastically reduce from 58 to just 5. over 1000 older adults are being denied opportunities for lifelong learning. why city college of san francisco consciously deliberately being downsized for serving about 100,000 students taught by about 1800 faculty to projections only 15,000 to 20,000 students. board, why not enact supplemental funding to stop the downward spiral at city college. it's a choice. it's not necessary. when you putting yourself in a hole, just stop digging. don't further damage city college of san francisco by diminishing from a community college to a junior college. san francisco can and must do better than that. it's consciencable for us. it's a viable

the vast majority of san franciscans do not support it. why aren't we doing more on our homeless resources? shouldn't we ask the homeless why they became homeless in san francisco? is increasing population is not because of people becoming homeless sf. mark my words. the homeless population will continue to explode as long as you incentivize people to come here. it's common sense. you need to come to that realization. and hard line will have to be drawn at some point. the population will continue to increase. thank you for your time. >> thank you for your comments, next speaker please. >> hi, the name is christopher micah. i'm an s.r.o. supportive housing resident of district 6. a few years ago i was a homeless resident of the castro district. i believe this legislation is not as much about helping homeless people as pacifying the population who would not have to know of the realities of the san francisco residents that have been forced into homelessness. if homeless people had any voice at all in this conversation, this legislation wouldn'

black san franciscans experience dot rates of unemployment. there are also unmet needs around mental health, education and homelessness. black san franciscans are underserved and overpoliced. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> good evening police commissioners. i'm deputy public defender brian cox. as you may recall in 2016, a federal judge determined that sfpd officer in a federal gun case was entirely contradicted by surveillance video. the judge stated that the worst thing is the conviction of an innocent person based on testimony. the charges were dismissed based on the fourth amendment violation result. despite this dismissal and the settlement the victim paid, sfpd has no records of this sustained finding against officer buckly. that's based on a recent response to our 1422 request. that's more honesty claim than sworn testimony contradicted by video evidence. the public has known about buckly as well. buckly is back on sfpatrol. seeing this play out as it happens with little transparen

that san franciscans are going to know that there's a safe place for unhoused folks in san francisco and that we are going to perpetuate this awful conflict between folks who are looking for a safe place to be and maybe suffering from very significant mental health and substance use issues and the neighbors in the neighborhood and the small businesses that are dealing with those folks planning themselves next to them. again, not because those neighbors are squeamish because the impacts of those encampments are serious and real. i also just would say, i am open to looking at all sorts of models, but as we start talking about things like hotels and navigation centers, they both have very significant costs. we spent millions and millions of dollars before you even get to the operational costs that we're of the kind analyze in the blas report. and there's a time question. like, can you do it quickly. i don't want this to be perceived as my proposal to tents. or we can do it with almost entirely housing, but a dash of navigation center thrown in, then let's do it that way. let's do the an

we have about 60% of san franciscans that have received at least their first shot, and we're in a good place, but it doesn't mean we can get comfortable. we still have to follow the health orders. enjoy san francisco, enjoy our small businesses, but do our very best to wear your mask and limit our interactions with people. [inaudible] >> the hon. london breed: no. what we did first, we deferred city fees for 20 and 21. so many of the fees, the bills that people get on a regular basis, they don't necessarily have to pay, so we deferred them. but then, we took it a step further and provided financial resources so that even though we can't say -- we had to come up with the money when we said to businesses, we're going to defer these fees, but now, you don't have to pay them, and so we had to come up with money in our budget to makeup for that particular resource, so there are going to be many small businesses that will not have to pay city fees, so that's one of the things that we've done. we also have provided grants and loans, no-interest loans, and just last week, i announced an additi

colfax communicated, we reached 6% of san franciscans who received at least one dose of vaccine. we reached on april 2nd our peak daily new dose administration of 13,000, almost 14,000 doses per day. we're now doing in san francisco well on our way to 20,000 a day once we have vaccine available. again, we're happy to report that 81% of san francisco residents sixty-five and older have received at least one dose of vaccine and 63% have complete the series. and also as dr. colfax mentioned, within our own san francisco health network, we just last week surpassed having done a 100,000 vaccines since the middle of december which is really when you think about it, 20% of all the vaccines that have been administered within san francisco have been done by our own health network. and, also, other milestones both our southeast health center, part of our network and the 24th and capp clinic are run by ucsf each surpassed 10,000 vaccines each independently since they first started in january. and, we again mentioned our mobile teams. we've got four teams that are active and we have 19 mobile

but at least 45% of san franciscans have received their first dose.and over 62% of those over the age of 65 have received their second dose as well, they're fully vaccinated. this is higher than the national and state average. san francisco is doing an incredible job with vaccinating people and some of you probably have seen some of the reports that suggest san franciscans in general are those who most likely want the vaccine. that's why our efforts have been so successful. and, yes, we know it's been challenging with certain communities and we knew that if we didn't embed equity in our outreach efforts to address this pandemic from day one with testing and resources, but also with the vaccine, then we wouldn't be where we are today. this is why in neighborhoods like the bayviewpoint and other places where we are seeing high rates of infection. this is why we have set up pop-up and mobile sites and locations in those neighborhoods and have made it easy for people to access vaccines without an appointment because we knew that was going to be critical t

from february to september just last year, over 100,000 san franciscans lost their jobs. with that economic hit, we took a huge hit to our revenue too. last year we closed a $1.5 billion budget deficit and we managed to do so without laying off any city employee. but this year, we are facing another deficit. over $650 million. and this time around, we weren't going to be able to delay the hard decisions. we were facing the reality that we were going to have to cut jobs and likely a lot of them. that would have meant fewer police officers, fewer 911 dispatchers, fewer homeless outreach workers. this would of had a major impact on our city right when we were starting to look towards our recovery. the american rescue plan has changed all of that. so instead of a $650 million deficit, we now have a $23 million deficit. we're not going to need to lay off any employees. instead, we're able to make investments in our recovery, the most important of which are investments in our public health response to end this pandemic. the funding in the american rescue plan for ongoing covid-

he says that they should get up to 85% of san franciscans eligible with one dose by mid-may and bothes at 85% by mid to late june. that's if the progress continues at its current rate live in san francisco. dan kerman kron 4 news. >> thank you for that. dan. bay area clinics began distributing the johnson and johnson vaccine again this week, health officials say the benefits of a covid vaccine far outweigh the risks involved. the vaccine was halted for 11 days after at least 15 people came down with a rare blood clots so far 8 million americans have received the j and j vaccine in going forward. those who get the change. a vaccine will also be getting sheet. that tells them which symptoms to look out for. should they develop a blood clots and this comes as a bay area man is being treated for blood clotting 13 days after getting the j and j covid vaccine. >> ucsf medical center tells us the man they're treating is in his 30's. he is in their care after getting the shot. this is the first time a man is being treated for the rare blood clots. all of the other 15 blood clot case is linke

it all offers restorative justice by getting san franciscans out of the shadows of their criminal records and ending their treatment as second-class citizens. many are discriminated against once the legal system has labeled them as criminals, and that often leads to denial of public benefits, denial of employment opportunities, and prevention of civic engagement. clean slate ends this modern-day jim crow. i was talking to a colleague yesterday, and he was relaying a story of someone that he knew, a client, who was applying for a door desk job. but because of an arrest -- not a conviction, but an arrest -- for a driving violation that took place 20 years ago, he was denied that job. the clean slate program is designed precisely to prevent such tragedies. there is universal support for clearing offenses. california has spoken. many formerly non-violent offenses can no longer be treated as felonies. clean slate provides access to san franciscans so they can actually clear their felony records. >>> following the 2018 "care act," thousands of clients are now able to seal their arrest records,

we have about 60% of san franciscans that have received at least their first shot, and we're in a good, but it doesn't mean we can get comfortable. we still have to follow the health orders. enjoy san francisco, enjoy our small businesses, but do our very best to wear your mask and limit our interactions with people. [inaudible] >> the hon. london breed: no. what we did first, we deferred city fees for 20 and 21. so many of the fees, the bills that people get on a regular basis, they don't necessarily have to pay, so we deferred them. but then, we took it a step further and provided financial resources so that even though we can't say -- we had to come up with the money when we said to businesses, we're going to defer these fees, but now, you don't have to pay them, and so we had to come up with money in our budget to makeup for that particular resource, so there are going to be many small businesses that will not have to pay city fees, so that's one of the things that we've done. we also have provided grants and loans, no-interest loans, and just last week, i announced an additional $

but at least 45% of san franciscans have received their first dose.d over 62% of those over the age of 65 have received their second dose as well, they're fully vaccinated. this is higher than the national and state average. san francisco is doing an incredible job with vaccinating people and some of you probably have seen some of the reports that suggest san franciscans in general are those who most likely want the vaccine. that's why our efforts have been so successful. and, yes, we know it's been challenging with certain communities and we knew that if we didn't embed equity in our outreach efforts to address this pandemic from day one with testing and resources, but also with the vaccine, then we wouldn't be where we are today. this is why in neighborhoods like the bayviewpoint and other places where we are seeing high rates of infection. this is why we have set up pop-up and mobile sites and locations in those neighborhoods and have made it easy for people to access vaccines without an appointment because we knew that was going to be critical to

i'm a former san franciscan. it's where i got my education at the san francisco school of law, and i wanted to call and comment and urge the board to uphold and support the resolution to affirm san francisco's commitment to recognizing the armenian genocide. from my understanding, the last step of a genocide and the on going step of a genocide is genocide denial, and that's what the armenian community is seeing today, with turkey and azerbaijan continuing to deny the existence and events of the genocide. that's important because azerbaijan today is [inaudible] and thank you, supervisor peskin, for proposing this resolution, and thank you to the board for listening on this very historic day. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. thank you for joining us this evening. operations, do we have another caller in the queue, please? >> is that me? >> clerk: yes. mr. warfield, i'll set the timer now. >> thank you. this is peter warfield, executive director the library users association. we can be reached at libraryusers20

it is critical that san franciscans vote to elect the new city attorney of choice. colleagues and i look forward to having the board's support and protect the franchise rights of voters. i want to thank you for your co-sponsorship of the creation of petra su day. april 21, 2021, will be petra de jesus day. she deserves an outstanding ovation for 15 years of her leadership on the police commission. her last regular meeting was last wednesday. after earning her law degree in 1982, she dedicated herself to low-income work [indiscernible] -- in 2000 she joined her current firm, representing workers and their families who are ill or died from exposure to asbestos. she was first appointed to the commission by the board of supervisors in 2005. from the very beginning, she brought her unapologetically progressive voice and for her deep work she is highly recognized as an effective member of the commission. she worked collaboratively with those on the commission on a number of issues. she has pushed for urgency in implementing the 2016 u.s. department of justice reform recom

one key number that should give us pause is dating back to march 2020, more than 300,000 san franciscansave applied for unemployment, 300,000-plus. that means the potential pool of homelessness people is 300,000-plus people and full economic recovery for the city and county of san francisco requires a full economic recovery and requires us to invest fully in our workforce. the non-profit services will be essential on that. there was a question on how many non-profits leverage dollars in their budgets. i would ask that in a different way. if the city has to replace the human services field in san francisco, who would they go to to do that and how much would it cost the city to do that? i'm fully supportive in investing in the cost of doing business allocation. i would recommend that we look at -- >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. welcome, caller. hello, caller. we'll go back to this caller and take the next one. >> hello, can you hear me? >> clerk: yes, we can hear you. >> thank you for the opportunity. i am the executive director at fiscal house, a member of me

but at least 45% of san franciscans have received their first dose. and over 62% of those over the age of 65 have received their second dose as well, they're fully vaccinated. this is higher than the national and state average. san francisco is doing an incredible job with vaccinating people and some of you probably have seen some of the reports that suggest san franciscans in general are those who most likely want the vaccine. that's why our efforts have been so successful. and, yes, we know it's been challenging with certain communities and we knew that if we didn't embed equity in our outreach efforts to address this pandemic from day one with testing and resources, but also with the vaccine, then we wouldn't be where we are today. this is why in neighborhoods like the bayviewpoint and other places where we are seeing high rates of infection. this is why we have set up pop-up and mobile sites and locations in those neighborhoods and have made it easy for people to access vaccines without an appointment because we knew that was going to be critical

the vast majority of san franciscans do not support it. why aren't we doing more on our homeless resources? shouldn't we ask the homeless why they became homeless in san francisco? is increasing population is not because of people becoming homeless sf. mark my words. the homeless population will continue to explode as long as you incentivize people to come here. it's common sense. you need to come to that realization. and hard line will have to be drawn at some point. the population will continue to increase. thank you for your time. >> thank you for your comments, next speaker please. >> hi, the name is christopher micah. i'm an s.r.o. supportive housing resident of district 6. a few years ago i was a homeless resident of the castro district. i believe this legislation is not as much about helping homeless people as pacifying the population who would not have to know of the realities of the san francisco residents that have been forced into homelessness. if homeless people had any voice at all in this conversation, this legislation wouldn'

and black san franciscans is more than six times subject to traffic stops than white san franciscans. as you listen tonight on the progress regarding the d.o.j. cops process you should demand they complete these recommendations but builds a per nam culture as equity, justice and respect for black san franciscans whereby all san franciscans can expect to be treated equitably by a police force. the end result -- >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller, you have two minutes. >> caller: good evening, commissioners. my name is carolyn goosen and i'm the local policy director for the san francisco public defenders. many of us have george floyd and his family in our hearts. yesterday's verdict and it also shows that accountable is possible within our reach. in that vein, we the public defender office push more more police accountability right here in san francisco. one of the real accountability tools we have is sb1421. which finally gives the public the right to access records related to the discipline of officers. thousands of records of sfpd officers are still stuck pending rev

and black san franciscans is more than six times subject to traffic stops than white san franciscans. as you listen tonight on the progress regarding the d.o.j. cops process you should demand they complete these recommendations but builds a per nam culture as equity, justice and respect for black san franciscans whereby all san franciscans can expect to be treated equitably by a police force. the end result -- >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller, you have two minutes. >> caller: good evening, commissioners. my name is carolyn goosen and i'm the local policy director for the san francisco public defenders. many of us have george floyd and his family in our hearts. yesterday's verdict and it also shows that accountable is possible within our reach. in that vein, we the public defender office push more more police accountability right here in san francisco. one of the real accountability tools we have is sb1421. which finally gives the public the right to access records related to the discipline of officers. thousands of records of sfpd officers are still stuck pending rev

as of today, over 50% of san franciscans over the age of 16 have been vaccinated. yes! [applause] and also, 85% of those over the age of 65 have been vaccinated in san francisco. [applause] our hospitalization rates are at 20 people. can you believe where we were over a year ago? and where we are now today? with that many people who are vaccinated. who would have thought we would be at that place today? san francisco is currently in the orange tier, and fingers crossed, governor, we will be in the yellow tier next week. and we will be headed home very soon. but guess what, folks? we are still in the pandemic. and we still need to be careful. as you can see, we are still wearing our masks. even though i don't know what anybody else looks like here. but we are keeping each other safe. and as we come out of this pandemic, we are going to look back on this time and be so excited and proud. for what we accomplished here in san francisco and the state and the person who has led this effort to keep californians safe. to make sure that the hard decisions were made, when other st

many san franciscans say they love the car free streets.gardening job out of the elven rouz know that the young museum and i take a lot of the slow streets of walking home and it's really, really nice. i don't have to worry about their traffic or staying on the sidewalk clan. this city's municipal trying reputation. agency board considering expanding the program and adding nine more slow streets. some san franciscans called in with concerns, especially with making some of those changes permanent resident concerns include an increase in the leads, congestion, crime trash. conflict and the decrease in quality of life. the new slow streets would be in some of the city's historically underserved areas, including the southeast portion of san francisco, president of the board of supervisors shaman walton, saying slow streets aren't always a perfect fit for every neighborhood, but he says he's pleased to see that those areas that have weighed in saying they want to see slow streets are now getting them. community is excited about. opportunity and