owners of san francisco.earned my reputation and resulting endorsements based on me being the only levelheaded, grounded and respectful leader and candidate for office. with every election cycle, san francisco's voters see the same recycled candidates, the same rhetoric and promises with no real solutions. this is making our city's problems progressively worse year after year. we need better, and i will be better, much better. moreover, the current city hall leadership and nearly all mayoral candidates have shifted so far left that voters are dismayed and in disbelief. the majority of san francisco's voices are now unheard and unrepresented. but i am a great listener and a great planner for action. it's what i've done in my career for nearly 30 years. city hall cannot operate without checks and balances. it hasn't worked for years and it will not work in the future. i will be the checks and balances. i will stop san francisco from being taken to the brink of catastrophe. so why am i running? while i believe i

, the national coalition for hunt better life women for san francisco, san francisco beautiful, san francisco district merchants' association, san francisco heritage, the mechanics institute, the vanness neighborhood corridor coalition, and the san francisco wholesale produce market, on behalf of myself, the neighborhood network, the league of women voters, and our thanks to the candidates for participating. remember, none of this matters unless you go out and vote. you can register to vote right there negain the back with the department of elections. you now have choices for june 5th. thank you very much. >> thanks so much for coming out again, district ten. >> thank you, bob butler, kcbs. thank you. [birds chirping] simons: when i first encountered john powell, without haviving ay idea who he was, he was ambling across the bioneers' campus. there was something so riveting to me about his presence. i think it was a combination of the calm intentionality of his gait; the sense of serenity that just surrounded him; and a warmth, openness, and curiosity that captivated me. i promised myself the

why are progressives and moderates, why is the san francisco chronicle and san francisco activists? because it's not as simple as tracey portrayed it. this is not about tazers, yes or no. the police commission already approved tazers, and the p.o.a. went ahead and put this measure on the ballot. this is about when tazers are used and more importantly who gets to regulate them. this ballot measure is reckless and dangerous. it would strip the police chief and the commission from their ability to make any changes in the policy that was carefully created, no matter what happens, and i look forward to getting into greater detail. >> well, that is going to lead us into our questions, and the first question goes to you, john, and it's what are the advantages or disadvantages to this proposition. >> well, honestly, i don't see any advantage because even if you're protazer, the policy has already been created through the process recommended by the justice department, the obama justice department cop's office, and just to slightly correct tracey here, they didn't recommend tazers, they recom

and fighting for san francisco. what he didn't mention was something we heighted about a month ago, that he secured test tex $10 million for navigation centers here in san francisco up at the state test tlevel. this is advocacy and this is representation that we have not seen in a long, long time that is really coming to bear on the streets of san francisco, to the people of san francisco, to our every day residents and it's something that needs to be test text1 underline test t celebrated and test text1 uhonored, so phil thank you for all of your efforts and the job test t that you are doing on behalf of the citizens and test t residents of san francisco. these are great test text1 underline test t stories we can tell in san francisco. again, we have a long way to go in terms of our homeless situation, but every day when we have stories like this to highlight, when we have things like this to celebrate, it keeps us test text1 fighting every sipping will day and let's not forget, we take this one individual at a tim

, the national coalition for hunt better life women for san francisco, san francisco beautiful, san francisco district merchants' association, san francisco heritage, the mechanics institute, the vanness neighborhood corridor coalition, and the san francisco wholesale produce market, on behalf of myself, the neighborhood network, the league of women voters, and our thanks to the candidates for participating. remember, none of this matters unless you go out and vote. you can register to vote right there negain the back with the department of elections. you now have choices for june 5th. thank you very much. >> thanks so much for coming out again, district ten. >> thank you, bob butler, kcbs. thank you. [monkeys screeching, birds chirping] romero: kandi mossett is a mandan, hidatsa, arikara warrior mother from the fort berthold reservation in south dakota. she says she does not fit inside any box or under any label. she says she's made of circles, that she is a human being, but to the native and non-native peoples who come across her message in person or on the frontlines of standing rock, kand

again as a practicing physician in san francisco for over ten years and having represented san francisco marin medical society, the california medical association and also the american medical association on public health policy, i can tell you that all of our organizations feel that this proposition is the right thing to do. this proposition simply is to uphold the ban on candy flavored tobacco. big tobacco is waging a war, an assault on our kids' health. they try to get a new generation of children to be addicted to tobacco products that's going to increase our health care costs down the road. nod to diseas-- in addition to diseases and deaths, so please vote no on proposition e. >> thank you. thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> no on prop e. >> we hope that this discussion has been informative. for more information on this and other ballot measures in the june election, please visit the department of elections website at sfelections.org, remember, early voting is available at city hall on may 7th, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and if you don't vote early, reme

i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to discover, i want them to rediscover the magic of what diversity and empathy can create. when you're positive and committed to using that energy >> good morning. my name is claudine cheng, and thank you so much for coming to the asian pacific american heritage month press conference. we do this every year before the month of may or at the outset of the month of may so that we can bring our communities together. so this year, 2018, we are very excited because we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of asian pacific american heritage month. it is a created federal law of this country that every year we get to celebrate our culture and our heritage in the month of may because of a law that was adopted by the congress of the united states and siphgnedt that time by pr

you know, our san francisco culture is -- it's -- we are one-third of our asian culture here in san francisco. you think about our chinese, our korean communities, our japanese community, or pill pon owe, our vietnam he's, and the other pacific islanders, really, a huge part of who we are in san francisco and really part of our dna and why i think it's so parn that we take the time, because we ol-will, but we honor this moment in time and honor this moment here in san francisco. so i do want to say a lot of thank yous to the people that are putting this on. the asian american heritage foundation. how about a big round of applause for them. i know they're coordinating this here and many events. i do want to say to the public library, michael thank you for putting together this brochure, thank you for putting this together. really, thank you to them. i also want to recognize all of our sister city committees who are here. i've seen a number of them, those i saw a second ago, manila, osaka, our sister city community is awesome here in san francisco. we are very lucky to have them, and certainly

almost impossible to live in san francisco. i'm a third generation -- i was going to say italian. i'm a third generation -- much more than three generations italian, but i'm a third generation san franciscan born and raised. i'm a civil rights attorney, and i fight in the courtrooms, both state and federal courtrooms because of who they are, because of how they are, because of who they are or where they live, because of their disability. i want to fight for all of you as mayor of san francisco in a critical time of our city's history. >> time. >> sorry. so the lady -- i am sorry. i didn't see you. thank you. >> okay. michelle bravo. >> good evening, district six. michelle bravo, and i live here with the rest of you, and i'm very, very grateful to be here tonight, and i really want to thank all of you for coming out. right now, the greatest challenge that i see right now is providing residents with affordable housing; livable, safe communities as well. the lack of transparency and the rush to build, housing that's being perpetrat

prop c is endorsed by a majority of our san francisco supervisors, the harvey milk democratic club, san francisco labor council, and many others. i hope you'll join me in voting for prop c to ensure that our city is -- remains one in which diverse families can live and thrive. thank you. >> thank you both for your time. we hope that this discussion has been informative. for more information on this or other ballot measures in the june election, please visit the department of elections website at sfelections.org. remember, early voting is available at city hall on may 7, starting at 8:00 a.m., and if you don't vote early, be sure to vote, starting on may 5th. thank you. >> hi. i'm shana longhorn with the san francisco league of women voters. i'm here to discuss prop e, a measure that will be before the voters on june 5th. in 2014, the supervisors adopted a resolution in san francisco that prohibited the sail of cigarette products. a rhenendumb was filed requiring that the ordinance be submitted to the voters. the ordinance will not go into effect unless a majority of voters approve. prop

small business administration, the city and county of san francisco and the san francisco chamber of commerce. and i have joey here today who is also co-chairing small business week with me. and 15 other san francisco business organizations. this week, it's our opportunity to put small businesses at the center stage to highlight and celebrate small businesses that make san francisco diverse and unique. san francisco small businesses, we make up 95% of businesses that employ one or more persons in the city. and 80% employ 10 or fewer employees. san francis san francisco small businesses employ approximately 348,700 individuals. the san francisco office of small business will end this fiscal year assisting nearly 3500 new and existing small businesses in san francisco, which is a 5% increase over last year. and this is the one thing i am very proud of. the legacy business registry, we now have 132 businesses. and most of them came referred by all of you here on the board of supervisors. and i want to give a shout out to supervisor peskin. an italian restaurant received the sba northern

, ecss and zuckerberg san francisco general. with these eight hospitals together dph is more accurately able to capture city wide trends and charity care. so before i start on the report i wanted to give you a little bit of a timeline for charity care because there's some important factors to take into account. this timeline here on your slide provides some significant events that have occurred since the passing of the charity care ordnance and these have had an impact on charity care in san francisco. starting with the creation of healthy san francisco in 2007 this was our health access program here in san francisco that have allowed uninjured residents access to health care services and we are able to capture healthy san francisco patients cost services in our annual report separately from traditional charity care. with the aca becoming law in 2010 and then our preparation period here in san francisco from 2011 to 2013 we have seen an increase in health insurance coverage through medical expansion and covered california effort

it is who we are as san francisco. we understand that our immigrant communities make our city stronger. our immigrant communities make our city safer. they make our cities more diversive, more -- more, diverse. i'm screwing that up. they make our city stronger at the end. we are talking about families who have come from other countries, fleei persucution. they are planting their children here, incredible members of our community here in san francisco and we are going to fight for their right to stay here today and forever here in san francisco. >> [applause] >> i will say that no matter what comes out of donald trump and the federal administration in washington dc, in san francisco we are going to reject that rhetoric. we are going to standby our immigrant communities. we are going to turn our back to donald trump's idea of building walls around our country and ripping families apart with ill conceived policies and divisive, hateful rhetoric that is dividing our country right now. in san francisco we stand for somethin

welcome to san francisco. and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through them. there is no truth that i'm aware of with harvey that dogs are aware of an impending earthquake. >> you hear the myth all the time. suppose the dog helps you get up, is it going to help you do something >> i hear they are aware of small vibrations. but yes, i read extensively that dogs cannot realize earthquakes. >> today is a spectacular day in san francisco and sometimes people would say this is earthquake weather. is this earthquake weather? >> no. not that i have heard of. no such thing. >> the

we care about the city of san francisco. san francisco is a world class city. we have world class attractions. world class institutions. we have world class residents. and a world class civic leaders. but we have a world class problem right now. our streets are filthy. filled with debris, litter, human waste and drug paraphernalia. it's unacceptable. the status quo on our streets today is unacceptable. a child should not have to walk over a needle on their way to school in the morning. a business owner should never see garbage strewn across their store front in the mornings. this is not confined to one neighborhood or district, it's plaguing communities across the entire city of san francisco and affecting residents and families in every part of our city. and we need to act as a city government. so that is why today, i'm introducing our city-wide and comprehensive street cleaning plan. a far ranging plan that seeks to address these challenges across the entire city of san francisco. over the next two years, i'm committing over $13 million in new funding that wi

i am a san francisco native. i am a u.s. navy vet and i live in the bay area predominantly most of my life. i stay at supportive housing for the past few months and i am just happy, you know, to have a place to stay. i am benefiting from trying to get being put in a situation where i can get my life back together. it's looking good. i wish it was more programs like this to help people, you know, change their lives. thank you. >> thank you mr williams and fortunately, with this budget we will have more housing like the auburn, it is very close to the auburn and what it we are excited it will be opening up very shortly. also we talked about the homeward bound program and the mayor made reference to mr bravo who is over there on the tv screen. he is one of the many, many individuals whose families participate in the homeward bound program over 850 people a year and all of those experiences are unique and i will tell you that that although this program sometimes may appear controversial to some, we get so many lanter is on a reg

a vision that we share and embrace here in san francisco. where everyone was treated with respect and dignity, regardless of the color of their skin, religion, economic status or sexual orientation or gender identity. in san francisco, we have to admit, we take that vision for granted. but 40 years ago, those ideas still frighten people. they make people uncomfortable, they make people react in different ways, and harvey knew this message put him in danger. but he persisted none the less because he knew he silenced himself, he would be silencing the next generation of leaders. and today, we celebrate that courage by signing this legislation and renaming terminal one at sfo as harvey milk. we are ensuring his name will last forever and be synonymous with the city of san francisco. the city he loves to much and we all loved so much today. i do want to thank a number of people that truly made today happen. starting with my former colleague, supervisor david compose. supervisor compose. let us be clear his supervisor compose's pushing for quite

continue to live and thrive here in san francisco. this is also to honor the history of these communities and what they have brought to this great city of san francisco. i'm fortunate to come from a district where we have a rich history of lgbtq leather transgender activism, small businesses and residents. we want to make sure these are more than just street re-namings and plaques, but that we're continuing to invest in the resident small businesses and non-profit cultural organizations. thank you to supervisor ronen and your office on working to create a formation process that is streamlined, provided a road map, but also sets out clear expectations of our departments and how we expect them to work around the preservation of assets in our city. >>> thank you, supervisor kim. supervisor ronen? i'm sorry, supervisor cohen. >>> thank you very much, this is exciting. we have an african american arts and cultural complex. and now we have on the horizon an african american arts and cultural district. and i think this is something that we s

i am here, i work for zuckerberg san francisco general, san francisco general d. d.p.h. like you have heard from my previous speakers, we are here for help from the board of supervisors, elected officials in regards to the harassment, abuse we have taken not only from management but also h.r. in labor relations protecting the management. there have been a lot of things going on within d.p.h., workplace nepotism. miss cheryl that is with us today who has been with the city and county for 27, 28 years and was plucked out of her permanent position, it has been a lack of accountability, it has been numerous complaints regarding the treatment of us city and county employees, line staff, line workers. every time we try and address issues, we get put to a brick wall. so we're here, asking you, begging you, pleading you to give us some type of support as we try and work to help out the residents and the patients of the city and county. and we would also like to see if the d.p.h. could also be added to open hearings so we could also officially tell our stories without being on th

despite being located just outside of city limits, knights' business was still very much in san franciscocatering to san franciscan s. they continued to secure and pay for city regulation certificates. by 2004, business was able to return to its founding city and establish headquarters in its current location at 2255 mendle street. the mcgoverns son and daughter bought the business in 1996. in 2004, maureen and her husband, bought the business outright and are the sole owners. knights has helped many again raugss celebrate births -- generations celebrate births and weddings and disaster relief in 1989 earthquake and catering for pope john paul ii's visit in 1987. knights' catering received a positive recommendation from h.p.c. staff finds that the business has met the three criteria for listing on the legacy registry. a motion in support of the business should be a motion in favor of the resolution. in the resolution, pay close attention to the physical features that define the business. the business must maintain these to remain on the legacy registry. for knights' catering, it's caterin

because what happens in san francisco doesn't stay in san francisco. in welcoming mayor mark farrell. [applause] >> thank you, very much, debbie. aren't we all proud to be san franciscans today. [applause] first of all, i want to welcome everybody to city hall for our earth daybreak fast. thank you for joining us this morning. this time of year in april, we always enjoy highlighting how san francisco is a leader in the environment across the globe, not only here locally but here at the state of california but across the globe. we highlight public events that are inspiring people whether it's our youth, whether it's the residents of san francisco like the city nature challenge run locally here by our california academy of sciences. thank you. there we go. [applause] and of course, we're making bold long-term goals for our city of san francisco by pursuing ambitious but commonsense policies that will drive san francisco into the future. i want to tell you a quick story. yesterday, i had the chance to be with debbie and other people from our department to

san francisco does not need more scooter jobs. we should expect the industry to ensure that existing jobs and the jobs being created are beneficial to our community. san francisco workers should be moving forward as this industry moves forward. professional work force with core union worker protections is crucial for a safe, competitive, marketplace for consumers and good jobs for san francisco. labor is committed to working with cannabis businesses, big and small, to help build a successful industry with a thriving, diverse and trained work force. there are many requirements that cannabis businesses must fulfill in order to be issued a permit. section 1609-8 states written verification the owner of the real property where the cannabis business will be located consents to its use as a cannabis business. i strongly believe workers deserve the same or more consideration than that of a building. a labor peace agreement for workers is not an unreasonable act. labor asks for your support of these amendments. >> supervisor sheehy: thank

i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to discover, i want them to rediscover the magic of what diversity and empathy can create. when you're positive and committed to using that energy, >>> [chanting] >>> so i want to say first of all thank you all for being here today and i would like to start today to take a brief moment of silence in respect of our former police commissioner julius turman who was a great champion of public safety and a true friend to the city. so if you would please first join me in a moment of silence. >> [moment of silence] >> thank you. our thoughts and condolences are with his friends and family during this time. he's absolutely missed here in the city of san francisco. so i want to first do a round of thank yous. there's a number of individuals and organizations who helped lead

because they do such an amazing job in san francisco. when there are areas to be picked up, when there is anything that needs to be done, they are there doing it, doing such an incredible job. but we need to do more. we need to put our foot on the gas pedal, and as mayor, until i leave office, i am going to do it, and street cleanliness is something i am going to address. we have a big effort to cleanup our streets. san francisco residents do, as well, and now today we're going to have some bigbellys to help us with that effort. and sorry, i had to go there with that line. so today, we are announcing five new bigbelly trash receptacle here in the castro district and 15 others in different neighborhoods throughout san francisco. now these bigbelly trash cans, as you will see, there's going to be a demonstration at the end, are different than your normal trash cans. they have automatic compactors inside, allowing them to hold five times the amount of waste of any normal garbage can. they tick recycling, compost, and trash, and they're outf

, the national coalition for hunt better life women for san francisco, san francisco beautiful, san francisco district merchants' association, san francisco heritage, the mechanics institute, the vanness neighborhood corridor coalition, and the san francisco wholesale produce market, on behalf of myself, the neighborhood network, the league of women voters, and our thanks to the candidates for participating. remember, none of this matters unless you go out and vote. you can register to vote right there negain the back with the department of elections. you now have choices for june 5th. thank you very much. >> thanks so much for coming out again, district ten. >> thank you, bob butler, kcbs. thank you. simons: it doesn't seem to matter how long any of us may have anticipated this, this time of cataclysmic climate chaos, escalating violence, and infrastructure collapse. after so many years of learning from brilliant bioneers colleagues how much of our civilization needed reinventing to avoid catastrophe, and recognizing the disastrous effects climate chaos would bring, and knowing that ecologic

and today is really an amazing day for the city of san francisco.ng that once again our city employees, our residents, but our city employees are stepping up to the task. and want to welcome, i know there are 14 individuals that came from our department of public health that went to puerto rico to help the victims of hurricane maria and really dedicated their time and effort to helping those that are in need. as the city of san francisco, these are the values that we embrace as a city. we've had our own incidents, whether it's earthquake in particular, where we're the beneficiaries of other cities and jurisdictions coming to our help and participating in the rescue efforts here in the city of san francisco. and now we're paying it forward and replicating it in kind. i want to thank all of you personally for representing the city the way that you did. the doctors, nurses, mental health professionals, they are representing our city on the international stage and showing what our city is all about. it's an honor to be here to recognize them for their e

we were a center for people with intellectual and development cal disabilities in san francisco san francisco a program for individuals that have acquired brain injury or traumatic brain injury, and we also have one of the larger after school programs for children with special needs that serves the public school system. the sf carbon fund for us has been the launching pad for an entire program here at the pomeroy center. we received about $15,000. the money was really designed to help us improve our garden by buying plants and material and also some infrastructure like a drip system for plants. we have wine barrels that we repurposed to collect rain water. we actually had removed over 1,000 square feet of concrete so that we could expand the garden. this is where our participants, they come to learn about gardening. they learn about our work in the greenhouse. we have plants that we actually harvest, and eggs from our chickens that we take up and use in cooking classes so that our participants learn as much as anybody else where food comes from. we have two kitchens here at the pomeroy center

i am filipino and black, and i am a resident of san francisco. i want to quote the words of my father, al robles. he said sometimes any heart is black, and sometimes my heart is brown, and sometimes my heart is black and brown at the same time. and sometimes my heart is chinese and sometimes my heart is tajapanese, and sometimes m heart is can i knees chinese a at the same time. we -- or i support the cultural districts. one thing i do want to say is that when we lost a big part of our black community, the city lost a big part of its heart, its heart of unity, and i want to recognize that and bring that into room. i want to recognize my uncle al and russell did a lot for this city and this community. they started meal programs, started writing programs. their hearts are in the i hotel, soma filipinos, the elements of these cultural districts, the lgbt, black cultural districts, so on, and so forth. thank you. >> supervisor safai: next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is maria de la mora, and i am going to make this short a

i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco uniquest empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to discover, i want them to rediscover the magic of what diversity and empathy can create. when you're positive and committed to using that energy, >> third thursdays at the commons is a monthly event series to really activate krisk centkrisk -- civic center, fulton mall, and other locations through social operation. >> in 2016, an initiative called the civic center progress initiative was launched, it was launched by a bunch of city agencies and community partners, so they really had to figure out how to program these places on a more frequent basis. i'm with the civic center community benefit district, and i'm program manager for the civic center commons. also, third thursdays will have music. that was really important in the planning of these events. >> we wanted to have

we're a non-profit organization in san francisco. we help immigrants and older adults stay active and be able to live independently in their homes and communities. i like to summarize our workforce services that we provide in addition to the social services which we also provide for continuum of care. self-help has a series of job readiness workshops to help immigrants and older workers be job ready to secure employment directly or enter vocational connectioning to get the skills they need to be competitive in the job market. our employer engagement focuses on helping job seekers develop skills that match the jobs available in the job market. our staff of career advisor helped with job coast case management, follow-up, to support job seekers to get a job and also keep their job after placement. in the last year, annually, we help over 360 older workers through our workforce services and we provide a range of vocational training tracks for entry-level workers to access inindustry in the city, hotel housekeeping, in the hospitality and