and reminding the public of who we are as san franciscans. i think, we can't forget had san francisco has done in the past. we can't continue to puts ourselves down or to criticize a lot of the things going of because like any other major city, san francisco has problems. it has problems. but unlike any other major city, san francisco has been a lead and beacon of hope and a place that dreamers come and a place of possibilities. you know, as we prepare for a peck. the asian pacific economic cooperative this will be the biggest events international events that san francisco has experienced since 1945. when the united nations was established here in the city and county of san francisco. and why this matters, it matters because san francisco will be on the world stage. and unlike what is happen negligent press now with when people are trying to say to define us as a city. many people don't live here and they are writing the stories. the press will be here to make up their own minds based on their own experience about what we are. and what we repr

and reminding the public of who we are as san franciscans. i think, we can't forget had san francisco has done in the past. we can't continue to puts ourselves down or to criticize a lot of the things going of because like any other major city, san francisco has problems. it has problems. but unlike any other major city, san francisco has been a lead and beacon of hope and a place that dreamers come and a place of possibilities. you know, as we prepare for a peck. the asian pacific economic cooperative this will be the biggest events international events that san francisco has experienced since 1945. when the united nations was established here in the city and county of san francisco. and why this matters, it matters because san francisco will be on the world stage. and unlike what is happen negligent press now with when people are trying to say to define us as a city. many people don't live here and they are writing the stories. the press will be here to make up their own minds based on their own experience about what we are. and what we repr

[applause] where a jury of 12 san franciscans decided that enough was enough and that someone who was dealing fentanyl to be held accountable that is when we have the right funding and staffing that it is attributable to the partnership here. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. match dam sxshg congratulations on your great work. at this time i want to introduce the owner of noodle stop and ask damon to come to say a few words. >> [speaking cantonese] >> owner of noodle stop i wanted to thank everyone for being here and i support the mayor's effort to rebuild the police staffing and expanding police alternatives and crack down on open drug sales. thank you. >> thank you. [applause]. >> thank you so much damon we appreciate your work and your advocacy and also we are greatest for your establishment along with the businesses here to all of the press when we are done with this conference, take a walk and eat at one of the establishments to show love. and at this time i want to ask the outer sunset merchant association president bill to come up. he is out here he is other parts of the rich

and more movement to action by everyday san franciscans to change how their city is run. there's a change and i think ultimately, we will get there. >> reporter: san francisco city supervisor matt dorsey and recovering drug addict sees the rampant shoplifting as a systemic problem from city leaders to an understaffed police force to the fentanyl crisis. >> when you are seeing that level of retail theft, that tends to be subsistence level retail theft. >> reporter: people who are hungry. >> there's a level of addiction playing out in? parts of our city. it's -- happening at levels we really haven't seen in san francisco. what i'm hearing from my residents and what i'm hearing from san franciscans is, it's time for tough love. we are not doing any addict in this city favors by enabling behavior that is potentially deadly in ways we have never seen. >> in our other top stories now. >>> jury selection is under way in the competency trial for the man accused in a series of stabbings in davis earlier this year. the state says carlos dominguez is competent to stand trial but the

and more movement to action by everyday san franciscans to change how their city is run. ough right now, but there's a change and i think ultimately, we will get there. >> reporter: san francisco city supervisor matt dorsey, former police spokesperson and recovering drug addict, sees the rampant shoplifting as a systemic problem from city leaders to an understaffed police force to the fentanyl crisis. >> when you are seeing that level of retail theft, that tends to be subsistence level retail theft. >> reporter: people who are hungry. >> people who are hungry. there's a level of addiction playing out in parts of our city. it's -- happening at levels we really haven't seen in san francisco. what i'm hearing from my residents and what i'm hearing from san franciscans is, it's time for tough love. we are not doing any addict in this city favors by enabling behavior that is potentially deadly in ways we have never seen. >> yeah, getting really bad. >>> in our other top stories, jury selection under way in the competency trial for the man aciesed in a series of stabbings in dav

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i think san franciscans should shop local as much as they can because they can discover things that they may not be familiar with. again, the marketplace is changing, and, you know, you look at a screen, and you click a mouse, and you order something, and it shows up, but to have a tangible experience, to be able to come in to taste things, to see things, to smell things, all those things, it's very important that you do so. [music] so, can you tell us what it was like for you during your first encounter with the san francisco fire department? >> yep. it was super cool! i got to learn about the dry standing pipe correction. it is actually called, dry sand piper just stand pipe. tomato. you know. yea. >> so, what is coming up next for what is that for? >> oh , firefighter backsterinvited mow to a fire station to see the cool stuff firefighters use to put out fires. you have seen the had doors open like a space ship from out of nowhere. i close my eye its is like i'm there right now! wow! whoa. watch out, man. what is that for? >> what is this? these are fire engines they might look alike

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fellow san franciscans. my name is honest charley bodkin, a district 5 resident and concerned citizen. the recent decision to consider reduction in funds for the san francisco marin food bank as part of the 24-25 budget struck a cord of deep concern within me. many others in the city. the food bank has been and continues to be- >> i'm interrupting your time. i will pause it. the budget is currently before the board of supervisors and are that matter is a part of the budget. it has already had the public comment fulfilled. it is not eligible for you to speak about today. sorry. >> you will be voting on it next week, correct? >> they will vote next week. the same thing, you won't be able to speak about it during public comment as it had multiple opportunities during committee for public comment. >> okay. thank you. >> different stage now. >> okay. can i provide general public comment? >> sure. speak about general matters. >> (indiscernible) >> sir- >> we passed the points in the agenda. i believe that it is the

they have not addressed shortage to provide various health services to areas vulnerable san franciscansinstance, the health commission extreme data, doing part in to the 2017 closure of st. luc unit. doctor colfax is bimonthly report to add bed capacity clearly, the city has asserted the in patient acute mental health and care beds, we can't raid laguna honda sniff beds hoping torah pidly scale mental health or behavioral health beds. this commission needs to schedule a presentation and discussion about about the progress of examining converting one of laguna hondas two patient hours in the behavioral health beds. from mr. pickens previous comment, that study is being prepared now for submission in september or october but it should be presented to this commission now in open session before any decision is made about borrowing laguna honda beds which is in critical short supplies to use for other types of populations, you need to expand the expand the capacity and not put one constituentcy against another. thank you. >> thank you, and jamie please unmute the next caller. caller please a

fellow san franciscans. my name is honest charley bodkin, a district 5 resident and concerned citizen. the recent decision to consider reduction in funds for the san francisco marin food bank as part of the 24-25 budget struck a cord of deep concern within me. many others in the city. the food bank has been and continues to be- >> i'm interrupting your time. i will pause it. the budget is currently before the board of supervisors and are that matter is a part of the budget. it has already had the public comment fulfilled. it is not eligible for you to speak about today. sorry. >> you will be voting on it next week, correct? >> they will vote next week. the same thing, you won't be able to speak about it during public comment as it had multiple opportunities during committee for public comment. >> okay. thank you. >> different stage now. >> okay. can i provide general public comment? >> sure. speak about general matters. >> (indiscernible) >> sir- >> we passed the points in the agenda. i believe that it is the

fellow san franciscans. my name is honest charley bodkin, a district 5 resident and concerned citizen. the recent decision to consider reduction in funds for the san francisco marin food bank as part of the 24-25 budget struck a cord of deep concern within me. many others in the city. the food bank has been and continues to be- >> i'm interrupting your time. i will pause it. the budget is currently before the board of supervisors and are that matter is a part of the budget. it has already had the public comment fulfilled. it is not eligible for you to speak about today. sorry. >> you will be voting on it next week, correct? >> they will vote next week. the same thing, you won't be able to speak about it during public comment as it had multiple opportunities during committee for public comment. >> okay. thank you. >> different stage now. >> okay. can i provide general public comment? >> sure. speak about general matters. >> (indiscernible) >> sir- >> we passed the points in the agenda. i believe that it is the

but, you know, we are still san franciscans. we are still from san francisco. i'm born and raised in excelsior district. you know, during the pandemic, this guy right here, our supervisor, met him a couple of times, dropped off groceries, didn't have no clue what was coming. but i do appreciate that and did help us with that being said, i just want to thank you for the recognition. i don't want to take too much you guys time, but just remember, you know, there's always a hero within you and you have to believe in that. god bless everybody. thank you very much. and next on in our special order commendations is supervisor chan . thank you, president peskin. today i'm honoring kumiko in new me who will retire as abc preschool director at the end of this month. kimiko has served the community as abc preschool director. for 26 years, and she was she became the director in 2008. kimiko began teaching at abc preschool, a japanese bilingual and bicultural school in 1997. in 1998, she created pine japanese language after school and after school for school age students a

they are doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunities on the way to this community. >> bayview has changed. it is growing. a lot of things is different from

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but, you know, we are still san franciscans. we are still from san francisco. i'm born and raised in excelsior district. you know, during the pandemic, this guy right here, our supervisor, met him a couple of times, dropped off groceries, didn't have no clue what was coming. but i do appreciate that and did help us with that being said, i just want to thank you for the recognition. i don't want to take too much you guys time, but just remember, you know, there's always a hero within you and you have to believe in that. god bless everybody. thank you very much. and next on in our special order commendations is supervisor chan . thank you, president peskin. today i'm honoring kumiko in new me who will retire as abc preschool director at the end of this month. kimiko has served the community as abc preschool director. for 26 years, and she was she became the director in 2008. kimiko began teaching at abc preschool, a japanese bilingual and bicultural school in 1997. in 1998, she created pine japanese language after school and after school for school age students a

do not think san franciscans are stupid. the ones who are stupid are the once sitting in the chamberers. i have been monitor thanksgiving for the left 40 years. stop hood winking the public in broad daylight. thank you. let's take the last caller in the queue. i'm the air and water and soil. that the should be aline am with the climate action plan and the goals we have set. as well as prevent gentification we want to make surety housing guess affordable and those impacted in a negative way from the haft cal redevelopment and mismanagement of moncompetence organizations and red lining. i think it is important tong about the ecosystem the ocean and as well as those who built san francisco and have long time residents thank you and have a good afternoon. >> thank you. good afternoon will i'm robert. i want to appreciation to supervisor melgar and engardio for legislation. i think there is fear when will happen if this passes. i think it is helpful to bring up a number of points. san francisco committed to the state of californi

do not think san franciscans are stupid. the ones who are stupid are the once sitting in the chamberers. i have been monitor thanksgiving for the left 40 years. stop hood winking the public in broad daylight. thank you. let's take the last caller in the queue. i'm the air and water and soil. that the should be aline am with the climate action plan and the goals we have set. as well as prevent gentification we want to make surety housing guess affordable and those impacted in a negative way from the haft cal redevelopment and mismanagement of moncompetence organizations and red lining. i think it is important tong about the ecosystem the ocean and as well as those who built san francisco and have long time residents thank you and have a good afternoon. >> thank you. good afternoon will i'm robert. i want to appreciation to supervisor melgar and engardio for legislation. i think there is fear when will happen if this passes. i think it is helpful to bring up a number of points. san francisco committed to the state of californi

past couple years, is less tolerance, more exasperation, and more movement to action by everyday san franciscansut there is a change, and i think ultimately we will get there. >> reporter: san francisco city supervisor matt dorsey, former police spokesman and recovering drug addict, sees the rampant shoplifting as a systemic problem from city leaders to an understaffed police force to the fentanyl crisis. >> when you're seeing that level of retail theft, that tends to be subsistence level retail theft. >> people who are hungry. >> people who are hungry. there's a level of addiction playing out in many parts of our city. it's happening at levels we haven't seen in san francisco. what i'm hearing from my residents and san franciscans is it's time for tough love. we are not doing any addict in this city favors by enabling behavior that is potentially deadly in ways we have never seen. >> reporter: property and violent crime was actually lower at the end of 2022 than it was before the pandemic began. but a recent chamber of commerce survey still found that three quarters of those asked felt the city

couple of years is less tolerance, more exasperation and more movement to action by everyday san franciscans to change how their city is run. it is not enough right now, but there is a change and i think ultimately we will get there. >> reporter: san francisco city supervisor matt dorsi, former police spokesman and recovering drug addict sees it as a systemic problem from city leaders to an understaffed police force to the fentanyl crisis. >> when you are seeing that level of retail theft, that tends to be subsistence level retail theft. people are hungry. there is a level of addiction playing out in many parts of our city. it is happening at levels we really haven't seen in san francisco. what i'm hearing from my residents and what i'm hearing from san franciscans is it is time for tough love. we're not doing any addict favors by enabling behavior that is potentially deadly in ways that we've never seen. >> reporter: property and violence crime was actually lower at the end of 2022 than it was before the pandemic began. but a reason chamber of commerce survey found three quarters of those a

and again the everyday san franciscan and the every alameda resident is not the same thing.o you just don't have the same ingredient. >> price has repeatedly said the recall effort is politically motivated and compared it to the january 6 u.s. capitol riots. >>> we just experienced a heat wave this weekend, but parts of the bay area are dealing with the affects of all the storms last winter. parts of highway 84 are still closed on the peninsula, so drivers have been taking alternate routes including kings mountain road. that also happens to be a very popular road more bikers. and that is leading to several close calls. len ramirez rode along with some experienced cyclists who are trying to make things safer. >> reporter: steve lubin and camilla have been road cycling since the 1960s and the 70s. steve is 74 and camilla is 69, but far from over the hill. in fact, they're on the hill. >> i wish people would be more careful. >> reporter: one of their favorite rides has recently been named the most dangerous. >> and the number one top dangerous place for cyclist was king's mount

the restoration of these vital services fulfilled our promise to serve every san franciscans and create a more equitable budget not balanced oen the backs of our most vulnerable. this is about the people we serve. this is why i'm most grateful for our labor partners, community advocates and organizers here with us late night early morning and their advocacy helped all of us accountable and truly turned this budget into the people's budget. i'm thankful for all of you and placing your trust in me as your budget chair. finally, we still have little work to do and as last order of the business before we vote on these items, we will need to move some technical amendments to item 2 and 3 to amend the board of supervisors spending plan to correct some department destinations for item numbers c2, c6, c9, c11, c59, c76, c97 and c98 and update the description for item c24. and to authorize the controller to make adjustments as necessary to implement the board's action in order to balance accounts. so, with that, colleagues thank you. we are here. i also have to remind all of us, this isn't over.

i think san franciscans should shop local as much as they can because they can discover things that theyot be familiar with. again, the marketplace is changing, and, you know, you look at a screen, and you click a mouse, and you order something, and it shows up, but to have a tangible experience, to be able to come in to taste things, to see things, to smell things, all those things, it's very important that you do so. [music] >> office of initiative start in the 2017 and started as a result of community advocacy. our transgender nonbinary community advocates were really letting our government know that we needed to be heard. we needed to be considered and policy and budget decision and so, then the mayor lee and founding director of spark created officeof initiative that allow us to advocate for equity for transgender and nonbinary communitiful we focus on 4 areas. training, education for the city employees. we focus on civic and community engagement making sure our leaders have a voice and are heard by our elected officials. we work on policies and programs to make sure our city is res

i think that it's because we all see that you are here to try to do the right thing to serve san franciscans and you're here to balance all our needs, which is a very challenging task during a budget deficit year like this one. so we appreciate you and thank you so much. and supervisor ronan, thank you so much. i appreciate that. i just wanted to share with you and somewhat to respond to supervisor randleman, because while i very much understand your position supervisor and to a degree, you know, when i had my daughters after school program, we hosted her at city hall and all the kids gave testimony on supervisor randleman shelter for all. and when i was trying to explain to them the crux of what it meant in trying to put it, you know, in a way that eight to, you know , 11 year old would understand. i basically said, you have a pot of money. you could there are a lot of people sleeping in the streets. you could spend all that money to try to get everyone off the streets and sleeping in shelters. or you could spend some of the money on that and some of the money on preventing people from beco

what i'm hearing from my residents and from san franciscans is it's time for tough life.ny addict favors by enabling behavior. potentially deadly in ways we haven't seen. >> walgreens talked to drn and said that it is focused on preventative measures, safety, but retail crime is one of the company's top challenges, especially in san francisco. here is something to keep in mind, poppy and erica, that the crime rates for property crime and violent crime at the end of 2022 were lower than before the pandemic. the challenge for the city here is that this sort of crime, this widespread sense of retail theft, is something that is so widely felt. >> interesting point, too, in your piece about a lot of this being about subsistence. it's food and those necessities. great reporting. appreciate it. thank you. >>> is the success of barbie and "oppenheimer" save movie theaters? >> all you needed was one weekend. >> it's fine. - [narrator] we just shipped our millionth monthly coffee subscription box so we're sending custom thank you gifts to our team. our custom ink rep is just as exc

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couple of years is less toleration, more exasperation and more movement to action by every day san franciscansa change, and i think ultimately we'll get there. >> reporter: san francisco supervisor matt dorsey, former police spokesperson and recovering drug addict sees the shoplifting as a systemic problem from city leaders to an under staffed police force to the fentanyl crisis. >> when you're seeing that level of retail theft that tends to be s subsistence level retail theft. >> people are hungry. >> there is a level of addiction playing out in many parts of our city. it's happening at levels we really haven't seen in san francisco. what i'm hearing from my residents and what i'm hearing from san franciscans is it's time for tough love. we are not doing any addict in this city favors by enabling behavior that is potentially deadly in ways we have never seen. >> reporter: in a statement to cnn, walgreens says it is focused on safety and preventative measures but that retail theft remains one of its top challenges. here's some important context, though, on the city, erin. property crime and vi

the police feature responsibility of priority iegz the tactecks and we want answers as franz san franciscans in a public park and week before pride we were garthing there with joy we want answers and respectfully ask the commission to open an inspect investigation. thank you. i'm richard beshg 42 year resident of mission with the answer coalition. and i like to say 3 words are on the minds of people in san francisco that what the hell! what the hell was going on that night? what were all the police doing out there something that happens every year. who made the decision to do that? the chief? [applause] the mayor. mayor novelty running on platform of reelect mayor breed she is tough on kids is that what is going on? that the hell is going on in i mean i remember in 1991 when the sheriff declared state of marshall law and hundreds of people were arrested walking down the street and that only ended when a mass demonstration and this lead to his resignation. that is what has to happen now and should happen now. [applause]. it it is an out ridge to the community. an outrage to whoefrn believes i

real san franciscans are here and will ender, small business, you make san francisco san francisco. i appreciate you. thank you. >> hello, so i just am a small business owner too in the food and beverage industry and i just think you are doing an amazing amazing job, and it just warms my heart that you got a legacy of generations of people coming to your cafe and have ice cream and it is just what small business is all about, creating community and creating family and so, and i agree with what my fellow commissioner said, you are the heart of san francisco and i just love-you made my day basically, so i'm going to support you guys for sure. >> commissioner dickerson. >> i remember as a kid going to swensen's ice cream. the point is, i forgot, but you just brought back such amazing memories as a kid when we used to have swensen's, and i remember there being more, but the point is, it really did bring back a lot of good memories but i love hearing the story and yes you have been working longer then i have been alive, so i honor you for that. but, going from guilty pleasures to simple