anywhere can reinvent and take the issues it is her in san francisco. we heard loud that san franciscans are committed and willing to support the solutions. our citybeat poll strits they have support from the public and deserve equal support in city hall. overnight months the dataal inform the chamber advocacy agenda working with partners, officials and leaders, all of you to address the issues our city is facing. thank you very much. [applause]. yoom thank you. a lot to think about. information there we appreciate you giving this information. you in i'd like to scombrus to you peter greatly. greater bay area head to introduce the economic forecast. peter in come on out. >> thank goodness i don't follow brandon. i feel better about that i like to thank the san francisco chamber being i valued per in. we are excited be to be the sponsor of citybeat to help bring the information to the city, leaders and businesses. for those of you when are in the familiar with fifth third bank in business for over 160 years offering solutions to business ordinance. in cal

that's what san francisco is about. now what we're seeing all over, is others who are trying to define what san francisco narrative is. and we know that like any other major city, we have our challenges. we know like any other major city, they struggle through the pan demic and some cities may be coming back faster than we are. but we also know that unlike other cities, this is san francisco one of the most beautiful cities anywhere in the world. and when we come together, and we make the kinds of decisions necessary to improve the lives of people in this city, we know what is possible. making the investments to this downtown corridor. now we know that, it's not just because of the challenges of what happens in san francisco, that the downtown san francisco area struggled. retail is struggling all over, things have changed online purchasing and taxes and other things and you can count to and talk about that contribute to the challenges of this. which means as a city, we have to think differently. we can't just focus on

to see the leadership of san francisco and san francisco department of public health, but for our own team members to see the work reflected in the report and know the pride we take in the great work they do and the recognition they receive. i believe this is your first time presenting before the commission, so welcome. >> thank you so much. >> your presentation was excellent and thank you again for your great work on the report. >> thank you so much. i really appreciate that. >> thanks. >> thank you. >> okay. our next item is the consent calendar, all related to laguna honda and approved by laguna honda jcc at the may 9 meeting and recommended for approval to full commission. let's see-who should--commissioner guillermo. >> i wasn't at the meeting last week where the policies were presented so differ to dr. chow. >> commissioner chow. >> yes, these items on consent were reviewed by the two commissioners present and they represent also to great extent the some of the issues that have been raised and help represent us for our corrections for the milestones and all. recommended that the

this is san francisco. everyone knows san francisco is a liberal place. has it gone too far in your mind? >> yeah, it's too far. and i'm liberal. we're, like, breaking laws left and right here. >> has your politics changed? >> my politics have stayed the same, and things have gone crazy around me. >> coming up, reports of out of control crime lead to a radical recall vote. >>> and later, the tenderloin center shuts down. do you regret opening that? you tried something and it failed. and it comes with at&t's best deals on all of them. this one looks nice. that's a house favorite... ...and it's served your choice of plans. thank you. there's gotta be a catch. no catch and no trade-in required either. -ooh. - oh. how do you know all of this? i come here a lot. love the service. at at&t, new and existing customers can choose any google pixel, with your choice of plans, and always get our best deal. i will be a travel influencer... hey, i thought you were on vacation? it's too expensive. use priceline, they've got deals no one else has. what about work? i got

san francisco is going through, i think, a park renaissance. the francisco park, which is just magnificent property that sits on top of an old reservoir dating back to the gold rush and has tremendous views of the golden gate bridge and bay and a place where you can bring kids. a cool play ground to bring dogs an amazing dog park. a meadow to watch the fireworks. fog willing. fleet week, community gardens, it is just such an incredible unique space. we are proud of it. >> and then right down the road in a few years, we will be pleased to welcome everybody to india basin in the bay view in the southeast part along the southern water front. 1.7 miles of waterfront that until recently has been under utilized and under fulfill in the a community this needs it the most. india basin is really a feel moment for the bay view and southeastern part of san francisco. it is going to be san francisco's next great and one of the most important parks >> that's fantastic. now, we have a great history of having conference in parks. can you touch on the year's h

that was not in the best interest of san francisco. what is in the best interest of san francisco and particularly communities like the tenderloin and south of market, they deserve to make sure that they get to walk down the street without the situation that we currently see. an additional benefit of this collaboration is how it will assist us in the prosecution of these cases. more recently, we have experienced many criminal defendants in narcotic dealing are asserting a umhooen trafficking defense. it requires significant evidence on our part in order to robut that defense so i'm excited at the prospect of having additional resources to be able to dispel the notion that people are not here dealing drugs of their own accord, because that is clearly what is happening. today we announced charges against an individual as the mayor pointed out in possession of 5 kilos of fentanyl that can kill more then this entire city. that individual we argue should be detained based on the public safety risk he presents and the judge at this point agr

money with the san francisco film commission. pal is here from the office of transgender initiative. [applause] our fire chief nicholson. the director of human right a commission for san francisco sheryl davis. city librarian michael lambert. and our chief of protocol for the city of san francisco marrian. [applause] so many amazing departments had a part in helping to put this together. so, i'm glad to be here and the last bit of official business to be clear, the drag community has a rich history in san francisco. and we know that the place where the compton riots occurred the people who really fought against the injustices helping to community consisted of both the transgender community as well as the drag community that set? stage what happened in new york during stonewall this was the 60's a challenging time and a lot of what is happening in the world this continues is why darcy's royce and the discussions around the history of the community are going to be so important and it is why i'm honord and grateful i have been able

the uae ymca of san francisco. we are also so very grateful to our community sponsors. you can see them in your program in the interest of time. but let's give that huge round of applause. you've been waiting to give right now to all of our sponsors this evening. coming up. next. we have a very special performance. for those of you who have attended this awards event in the past, you know that each year the plan is to feature a different and unique cultural performance from asia and the pacific. this year, we had planned to have two amazing performances showcasing the cultures of thailand, but unfortunately, the performers of the first group the thai cultural center of fremont are under the weather and can't join us. we are delighted to present an amazing singer who is among the top of the charts in thailand and has performed for the queen of thailand herself. let's give a warm welcome to talk to and her performing group took to will be singing for you. a new song titled love is love. so why do you have. time night

>> first off, i want to of course welcome all of you to san francisco, my name is carmen chu, san francisco city administrator. i hope as you have all come to san francisco, i believe monday was the first day that many of our folks, our partners across the country have come to san francisco, that you've had a chance to take in the breathtaking views of san francisco and the wonderful food and the people and community that is here. a monthly jiez, i'm a little bit under the weather -- i apologize, i'm under the weather. this is resilience from my three-year-old's germs and i want to welcome you from across north america to san francisco. we're here today along our partners and cities from houston so montreal to reaffirm san francisco's commitment to building a stronger and more resilient san francisco. it's no secret that san francisco grapples with some of the most daunting challenges that face cities of our time. we have challenges around affordable housing, it is not unique to san francisco. but lasting impacts of a global pandemic, the shots and stressors of climate change and our seismi

a couple reasons why san francisco i have been in san francisco for 18 years. and adversity in my lifetime i'm a cannabis business owner i have 2 in cannabis under construction onopen nothing june and another in 2024. the first business is 4033 jouda in the outer sunset and 560 valencia with a full service consumption lounge i'm a licensed attorney and real estate broker. licensed to practice law in california. just left week admitted to practice at the supreme court of the united states and take my oath in front of the 9 justice in washington, d.c. with an incredible and memorable experience. i had deal subject matter in california laws related california regulation and compliance and our local laws lands use, zoning and cannabis compliance a medical cannabis patient and abused for 22 years to treat medical conscience including my hearing disability. thank you and i'm honored apply for a seat in this committee. i have been san francisco cannabis retailer alliance and browning democratic club and look forward to working with you in the future. >> thank you. i l

[applause] >> # >> >> >> >> you are watching san francisco rising. >> hi, you are watching san francisco rising. reimagining our city. he's with us to talk about how our library's economic recover. mr. lambert, welcome to the show. >> thank you. i'm glad to be here. >> i know it's been difficult to have books going virtual. have we recovered? >> yes, we are on our way. our staff stepped up big time during the pandemic to respond to the health emergency. since last may, we have been able to steadily increase in person access to library facilities. currently we are at 95% of our precovid hours of operation. in the coming weeks we are going to fully restore all of our hours. we have four branches that we are going to bring back to seven day service. they are currently operating at 5 days a week and we are going to go to every tag line and i know all the foot traffic has not returned to san francisco, but our library is seeing a resurgence coming back. >> can we talk about programs after covid? >> absolutely, that is part and parcel of our mission. we were doing that work precovid and certai

with sand the way that san francisco was and when you look at a map of san francisco have a unique street grid and one of the thing is those streets started off in extremely long piers. but by 1875 they know they needed more so the ferry building was built and it was a long affair and the first cars turned around at the ferry building and picking up people and goods and then last night the street light cars the trams came to that area also. but by the late 1880s we needed something better than the ferry building. a bond issue was passed for $600,000. to build a new ferry building i would say 800 thousand for a studio apartment in san francisco they thought that was a grand ferry building had a competition to hire an architecture and choose a young aspiring architect and in the long paris and san francisco had grand plans for this transit station. so he proposed the beautiful new building i wanted it wider, there is none tonight. than that actually is but the price of concrete quitclaim two how and was not completed and killed. but it opened a greater claim and became fully operational bef

she's given so much to san francisco. she has launched literally the drag performance careers or or or performance happenings of probably thousands of performers , you know, through her producing of shows weekly year after year. amount of people who are interested in participating in a m. it occurred to us pretty early on that we were going to either have to move it to the chase center or shut down castro street. all right, so you know, i want to point out you obviously collaborated with ecklie to so many so many times over the years and in a few days heck, alina is going to make her final tv appearance with you on a new hulu food show that's called drag me to dinner with. neil patrick harris, david burtka and bianca del rio. talk about this experience for the two of you being on that show and what are some of the emotions you have now that the episode is going to be airing well, of course, it's all very bittersweet. little did i know that this would be the last collaboration, um, that she and i would do together for audi

it's san francisco.ity some say is in steep decline because of crime, homelessness and drug use. more people died from drug overdoses in this city during the covid pandemic than from the virus itself. cnn's sara sidner heads to the bay area, a place she once called her home, to show us what it looks like now and find out "what happened to san francisco?" ♪ >> reporter: so when i first laid eyes on san francisco, i was enchanted. from where i am right now driving over the bay bridge, and it looked like someone had taken an enormous vat of fog and just continuously poured it over the hills. like dry ice being poured over a perfectly sculpted city on a stage. and then you get down into the city and you meet these glorious human characters. and you get to experience the microclimates and the terrifyingly steep hills that make the city an adventure. then there's the glorious bridges that sit in the bay and welcome you in to the shining city on the hill. the endlessly diverse neighborhoods from chinatown to th

you miknow i started my water career here at the san francisco puc. it warms my heart to be back here. i want to echo mayor broed in thanking workers providing an essential service to the san francisco bay each day. kudos to you. you know water is such an irreplaceable part of our daily lives. think about your morning the coffee. brushing teeth none of that would be possible bout the infrastructure and water services provide residents each day. but when we know is this our in addition's water infrastructure is at risk and in need of investment. both because the system are age and we have new challenges like the growing climate crisis. nationwide epa estimates we need to invest 625 billion dollars over the next 20 years to maintain and up grid our drinking and wastewater services. president biden has made it a top prior to invest in water infrastructure. he knows that invest nothing our water infrastructure is about invest nothing america and invest nothing our upon communities of that's why heave is the biden @stragdz secured 50 billion dollars in inv

not only for san francisco but for the region.aren park which is the city's second biggest park after golden gate. many people don't know the neighborhood in the first place if they haven't been there. we call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. where we are right now is the mission district. the mission district is a very special part of our city. you smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. they have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. and then you walk further down and you have sunrise cafÉ. it is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening in the neighborhood and how you can help and support your community. >> twenty-fourth street is the birthplace of the movement. we have over 620 murals. it is the largest outdoor public gallery in the country and possibly the world. >> you can find so much political engagement park next to so much incredible art.

don't let the narrative about san francisco that is floating out there distract you from what san francisco truly is. [applause] i was out this past weekday and i went to the cherry blossom festival. first, i spoke on stage, but then i went in disguise. i walked around and i could barely get through japan town center. i could barely move because there were so many people. they ran out of burgers. it is one of the most sought after burgers at a cherry blossom festival. i stumbled on this great easter egg extravaganza and drag queens were running the show and in the front row were families and kids and folks enjoying san francisco. i went over to the marina, i road into the bayview hunters point and i wondering where are all these people coming from, just enjoying the embarcadero, enjoying and smiling and appreciating san francisco. and every stop i went to, there was either a department of public works worker who was cleaning up the trash, there was a muni bus driver driving one of the buses the 24, 22, who knows, past the particular events. there were firefighters and police officers on the

um apec is going to be extraordinary in san francisco. and what is so amazing about what it represents ? david shoe touched upon it a little bit, but this is going to be an international event. of. a magnitude proportion and when i say that no other event on an international scale has existed in san francisco since 1945 when the united nations was created right here in our city. and so we will have heads of states. we will have ceo s and folks and companies. this will be an opportunity to showcase san francisco like never before, and the asian community will be on full display. we know that there are so many people who come from asia in different parts of asia and we know that there is a very close knit relationship. for community but also for business and so that will be on full display during november, when apec will descend upon san francisco like never before, we will be on center stage and this community will be at the forefront of so many events and activities that we will do. to make it clear what is great about san francisco to ma

including san francisco. people with disabilities in order to push the issuance of long regulations regarding section 504 of the rehab act of 1973. protest and 504 stating the federal building were significant because they achieved the gospel prompting the federal fwment to issue the regulations to garnt acts and civil rights to people with disabilities the most successful in san francisco. at fifth u noticed plaza and planned by judi heumann of the kitty cohen and mary jane owens lasted until may fourth of 77, 25 days with 150 people including 120 disability rights activists refusing to leave. the longest sitting in a federal building to date. the protesters who occupied the fourth floor of the federal building of fifth united plaza were young. and diverse. including disabled people of color, lead by women with queer women playing a prominent role. judi served the secretary of evidence special nejz rehab service under president bill clinton from 1993-2001 and the first special add sunrise for for internation

that's what san francisco is about. now what we're seeing all over, is others who are trying to define what san francisco narrative is. and we know that like any other major city, we have our challenges. we know like any other major city, they struggle through the pan demic and some cities may be coming back faster than we are. but we also know that unlike other cities, this is san francisco one of the most beautiful cities anywhere in the world. and when we come together, and we make the kinds of decisions necessary to improve the lives of people in this city, we know what is possible. making the investments to this downtown corridor. now we know that, it's not just because of the challenges of what happens in san francisco, that the downtown san francisco area struggled. retail is struggling all over, things have changed online purchasing and taxes and other things and you can count to and talk about that contribute to the challenges of this. which means as a city, we have to think differently. we can't just focus on

to find things i never knew existed or see that that way. >> i think that is really great that san franciscoails of small business and creates the shop & dine in the 49 to support businesses make people all the residents and visitors realize had cool things are made and produced in san >> in 201,755.7 million passengers traveled through san francisco international airport. we have on average 150,000 people traveling through the airport every day. flying can be stressful so we have introduced therapy dogs to make flying more enjoyable. the wag brigade is a partnership between the airport and the san francisco therapy animal assistant program to bring therapy animals into the airport, into the terminals to make passenger travel more enjoyable. i amgen fer casarian and i work here at san francisco international airport. the idea for therapy dogs got started the day after 9/11. an employee brought his therapy dog to work after 9/11 and he was able to see how his dog was able to relieve passenger's jitter. when we first launched the program back in 2013, our main goal was to destress our passenge

um apec is going to be extraordinary in san francisco. and what is so amazing about what it represents ? david shoe touched upon it a little bit, but this is going to be an international event. of. a magnitude proportion and when i say that no other event on an international scale has existed in san francisco since 1945 when the united nations was created right here in our city. and so we will have heads of states. we will have

this is san francisco. like everyone knows san francisco is a liberal place. has it gone too far, in your mind? >> yeah, it's too far. and i'm liberal. we're like breaking laws left and right here. >> has your politics changed? >> my politics have stayed the same, and things have gone crazy around me. >> coming up, reports of out-of- control crime lead to a radical recall vote. and later, the tenderloin center shuts down. >> do you regret opening that? you try something, and it failed. how can you sleep on such a firm setting? gab, mine is almost the same as yours. almost... just another word for not as good as mine. save 50% on the sleep number limited edition smart bed. plus, free home delivery when you add an adjustable base. only at sleep number. >> woman: why did we choose safelite? >> vo: for us, driving around is the only way we can get our baby to sleep, so when our windshield cracked, we needed it fixed right. we went to safelite.com. there's no one else we'd trust. their experts replaced our windshield, and recalibrated our car's advanced safety syst

you are watching san francisco rising. thanks for watching. >> i think a lot of times we get in adult lives we are afraid to follow our passions and think life can't be that easy. but i truly do believe i followed my heart this time in my journal in city government i did not know that is where my passion lied. i kept following it and ltd. to great opportunity to serve the city. [music] >> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributes to san francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they a

including san francisco.ith disabilities in order to push the issuance of long regulations regarding section 504 of the rehab act of 1973. protest and 504 stating the federal building were significant because they achieved the gospel prompting the federal fwment to issue the regulations to garnt acts and civil rights to people with disabilities the most successful in san francisco. at fifth u noticed plaza and planned by judi heumann of the kitty cohen and mary jane owens lasted until may fourth of 77, 25 days with 150 people including 120 disability rights activists refusing to leave. the longest sitting in a federal building to date. the protesters who occupied the fourth floor of the federal building of fifth united plaza were young. and diverse. including disabled people of color, lead by women with queer women playing a prominent role. judi served the secretary of evidence special nejz rehab service under president bill clinton from 1993-2001 and the first special add sunrise for for international disabi

especially in san francisco.ula and have today and we will see sunny or conditions to the east. if you live near the sunset, we will see the marine layer stay strong. 62 this afternoon in san francisco. 50s along the coast. right now we have high pressure keeping us nice and dry as we wrap up this week and head into a beautiful weekend. temperatures will stay around average but heading into the weekend, we will see a little change. we will see partly cloudy skies at times but no rain in the forecast. we will have more coming up. the marine layer is staying strong for us this morning, low visibility throughout most of the bay area and it will improve in the afternoon. floating along the coast until around 3:00. i will have more, coming up. >>> it was foggy. and east bay community honoring a homegrown music legend. the next time you drive down macarthur boulevard in oakland, you might find yourself on to particular way. the city council voted unanimously to rename the stretch and honor of the hip-hop legend. he con

goodlett place san francisco, ca 94102. we continue to partner with the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs and we'll have a contractor for intragraphics. who interprets who know to jump in and assist in spanish chinese and filipino from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. that concludes communications. >> colleagues, motion to approve the april 11 and april 12 minutes? made by supervisor mandelman seconded by supervisor ronen. colleagues, we'll take that without objection and they will be approved as presented after public comment. madam clerk, could you please read the first item? >> item 1 is ordinance to amend the administrative code to modify the wavers of specified contract related requirements in the administrative and environment codes for electricity and related product transactions to authorize binding arbitration for contracts with investor owned utilities and to increase the annual expenditure limit for energy procurements from (15) 000-0000 to $200 million. >> roll call? >> on item 1, melgar, aye. peskin, aye. presto

chicago arrived in san francisco to help the dr. pomm and the great fire reaches van ness avenue and the decision to blow to pieces or watch it burn and mayor; isn't it allowed the people to stop the raging infirm this made for many blocks and many scum to the affair and the affairs on the knob hill realize they're homes will not be saved by burn and friday at 5:00 a.m. the firebreaks into van ness finally stopped and mayor snits saw a victory in the battle and 18 teams this from the chicago 20 though refugees and saturday april 21st 190 of a mayor smiktsdz officially claims the fire is over and the next day and april 18th to the present time today none when the next quake will come and - but the citizens never rests if they spread tomorrow or another one years might strike as the city sleeps. >> (laughter.) >> (clapping.) and thanks for the good news. >> (laughter.) >> well, do we have any guests i'll tell you what we'll check our watch it is close to 5 o'clock oh, we have our chief. >> look at that. okay. wait a minute. >> seeming

and swensen's of san francisco i didn't know super in san francisco but my true angle and grew up are chinese-american friend up the block and after we ate chinese we went swensen's of san francisco and hoping to get samples (laughter) but the commissioners know i was born and raised in the outer richmond done down the block before simple pleasures cafe i don't know if you have three on sunday nights the jazz things my father had parkinson's i would whole him up to hear sunday night and towards the end he didn't swallow well but demanded to have coffee it is special place in my heart thank you, thank you for all you do and know how hard it is to keep small businesses alive we want to thank rick had a small legacy business business get together; right? a legacy business and able to meet a lot of the legacy businesses and meant a lot to have an opportunity to talk with you and share the stores we hope rick will have another one soon and have the informal conversation. >> do i hear a motion? >> second. >> thank you, commissioners. there is motion been second to approve on that motion. >>