that good afternoon [off mic.] >> thank you, san francisco thank you so much san francisco i'm thrilled to be here thank you for having us rodney has said in the the wiz for whatever reason diana ross and michael jackson. >> but goes back further it goes back back to 1974 in oakland an unknown show called the the wiz an unknown girl starring stephanie mills and others and showcasing the broadway critically panned. by the oakland's press threatening to shut down the theatre and it went obtain to win tony awards the first time a black choreographer one george the first time is a black dprishg one a tony award and the first time a black designer one for costumes so many first came out of the the wiz and a production opened after 45 years the first rival in 45 years and incredible; right? around that? >> (clapping) and this particular production has a couple of unknown people art is agree the unknown girl straight in schizophrenia virginia 24 years old a voice of an angel and have dominican republic are cox and deborah plays a really pretty sure by lena horn and jazz artist we have deborah

so when i was 10, i began studying violin in san francisco.nd from there i pretty much never stopped and went on to study in college as well. that's the only thing i've ever known is to have music playing all the time, whether it is someone actually playing next to you or someone listening to a recording. i think that i actually originally wanted to play flute and we didn't have a flute. it's always been a way of life. i didn't know that it could be any other way. >> could you give me an e over here. great. when you teach and you're seeing a student who has a problem you have to think on your feet to solve that problem. and that same kind of of thinking that you do to fix it applies to your own practice as well. so if i'm teaching a student and they are having a hard time getting a certain note, they can't find the right note. and i have to think of a digestible way to explain it to them. ee d d e. >> yes. then, when i go on to do my own practice for a performance those words are echoing back in my head. okay. why am i missing this? i just tol

um but i really do believe in san francisco. i believe in the future of this city and i believe in our ability to tackle these, uh, financial challenges. mayor breed described some of our history in doing that. we did that during the great recession, and we did it by partnering with the board of supervisors. our labor partners, our elected officials and department heads across the city, and keeping our north star on providing high quality and efficient public services. and we're going to do that again over the coming months. uh, we've done it through the years. during the late 20 teens, when a, a certain federal administration was attempting to dismantle the funding for our safety net programs, and we did it through the covid pandemic. and i think and i believe that my background prepares me for that challenge. again, i am honored by the opportunity to take on this role . um, so i'll just last lastly say, um, it's been a privilege to work with you, ben, and with the previous comptroller, ed harrington. uh, they did the job in di

you are the true embodiment of san francisco. dynamic rich, resilient and powerful empowerment and grit. i am truly honored and grateful for your trust, for allowing me to become one of the commission here in the city of san francisco. i'm a little nervous. i'm sorry. uh, my story is a typical immigrant soundbite. we left our country for pursuit of happiness, and along the way, we find our community that shares the same narratives and values. um, one of the values that i always stand upon is the responsibility that we have among each other, that is, to be at service of each other. um, measurable results with a steady momentum, collective effort, and the fairly distributed resources will bring the much needed improvement for the city of san francisco, especially in tenderloin street. and sanitation is a crucial part of our everyday life improve the residents and the businesses and the families that lives. not only in the greater san francisco, but tenderloin is such a beautiful little neighborhood that people should give more comp

san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from. you'll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one

hello, san francisco. i love it when i can cross the street in our beauty city and not worry whether car can see me and i want me and my grandma to be safe when we do. we all want to be safe. that's why our city is making sure curb areas near street corners are clear of parked cars and any other structures, so that people driving vehicles, people walking, and people biking can all see each other at the intersection. if cars are parked which are too close to the crosswalk, drivers can't see who is about to cross the street. it's a proven way to prevent traffic crashes. which have way too much crashes and fatalities in our city. these updates to the shared spaces program will help to ensure safety and accessibility for everyone so we can all enjoy these public spaces. more information is available at sf dot gov slash shared commissioner benedicto is in route. commissioner janez, president. commissioner byrne here. commissioner yee here. vice president carter oberstein is in route. president lyons, do you hav

we know him for san francisco's history.ablishing himself here arnold 18 twoochl he did one of many things the first to do in yerba buena. was not california yet and was not fully san francisco yet. >> because he was an american citizen but spoke spanish he was able to during the time when america was taking over california from mexico, there was annexations that happened and conflict emerging and war, of course. he was part of the peek deliberations and am bas doorship to create the state of california a vice council to mexico. mexico granted him citizenship. he loaned the government of san francisco money. to funds some of the war efforts to establish the city itself and the state, of course. he established the first hotel here the person people turned to often to receive dignitaries or hold large gatherings established the first public school here and helped start the public school system. he piloted the first steam ship on the bay. a big event for san francisco and depict instead state seal the ship was the sitk a. there

san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from.. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. the b

chinatown. >> (music). >> welcome to san francisco japantown. >> san francisco japantown is the oddity downtown in the united states. >> it was founded in the late 1800s by japanese immigrants for construction over the jars japantown has become a home to a japanese community with restaurants and shops and a popular tourism decision in the heart of san francisco. and san francisco and japantown is quite unique it is one of the three remaining chung's by the states and how i explain japantown we're a city within a city to taste and experience the japanese culture but really be a community what is all about and one of the best things about japantown is the food. there are dozens of shops in the neighborhood serving from modern deserts and go with friends. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> my name is t a leader of the japantown to we try to provide something they creates like savory yummy favors we try to provide like japanese flavor as well as for the japanese customers. >> if you're foodie or looking for a quick and delicious meal you're sure to find something. >> it is a authentic japa

is and it says a lot about where san francisco is heading. i also just want to acknowledge shamann walton for putting together the legislation that created a lot of this position and more importantly, the funding allocation for this kind of work. there are so many hands that lifted up this bucket of success that i just want to make sure i'm sure i'm forgetting people, the folks like marshal kind and my office who did the work daily and who is at so many of these meetings. the rest of city hall and the budget team that helped pull all this together whom we have big expectations for moving forward, and all of you paying attention to all of this as well. it is easy to be an advocate knowing community supports you and there is political support for the work we do and committed to as public servants so thank you all for being here this morning and thank you most of all terry for applying and your willingness to bring your expertise, your professionalism, your management and your character to this work where it is so desperately needed, so well rec

the san francisco police department likes to congratulate off the record for thirty years of . >> san francisco department of public health commission of wednesday january 10, 2024 to order. i am the president janet spears. this commission meeting is pursuant to the brown act. as noted. >> i give you -- >> oh she can't hear us? >> can you not hear us commissioner bittner? >> i know what it is. there we go. can you hear me now commissioner bittner. >> yeah. >> perfect. sorry about that >> and can you hear me? >> and welcome. >> welcome. as noted on the agenda members of the bl

get out and play in san francisco's parks. >> thanks again. that's it for this episode we will back with another shortly you have been watching san francisco rising i'm chris manners, thanks forrrrrrrrrrrrrr . okay. good morning everyone, and welcome to the san francisco planning commission and recreation and park commission special joint hearing for thursday, december 14th, 2023 to enable public participation. sf gov tv is only streaming this hearing live today and we will receive public comment for discussion and action items on today's agenda. each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes and when you have 30s remaining, you will hear a chime indicating your time is almost up. when your allotted time is reached, i will announce that your time is up and take the next person queued to speak. we will take public comment from persons in city hall first, and then open up the remote access lines for those persons calling in to submit their testimony, you need to call area code

about san francisco is it is a always been a boom or bust city. this city has always been gritty and grimy. we are beautiful too and have a lot of things going on, but the grit, and grime, the wind that shaped the topography that shaped san francisco, there is something that infuses the people. we have this creativity to deal with stuff in a way that unique to this place and that is what gave birth to urban alchemy. that is the invasion that we are going to export throughout this country that we have already began exporting throughout this country. los angeles, our circle program, response connected to the 911 system. this program has also been replicated in san francisco throughout the heart program. we are also going to be launching it in austin and portland. what we are demonstrating is this is not a fluke. there is something special happening here. my dad used to say to me and so grateful to him for instilling this in my mind and my soul, lana, dont tell me what you don't want, tell me what you do want. if we want something different, we need

michael once said that his lives dream to come to san francisco. and upon mr.ashington that dream truly made it his home with meaningful relationships that do orchestra staff and countless organizations and residents and artists across the - by the way, including of you, you several years ago, i had the pleasure to a performance with the simplify aced uk davis at that time in the afternoon a very long drive. but and spent the time talking through his score of shoe man simplify number 4, he did many times over the span of his career he hoed me evolved over many decades a special momentum for me and talk about the me about shoe man but about life and about perspective. that was the kind of impact that michael had on so many people. michael has made and mark on the orchestra on the city of san francisco and the entire classical music world. so it seems fitting own this special occasion and and few days before michael 79 birthday we honored michaels impact to the accomplishment of m t t way on it this street michael captivated audience over the years (clapping.) (c

>> we are so fortunate in san francisco.funded for by the library fund and those that taxed themselves just for library services. we also get a dedicated portion of the general fund. that together allows us to be one of the most well supported libraries in the nation. we have the third most library outlets per square mile of any municipality. all of our branch libraries have professionally trained librarians on-site. service that we are able to provide, the collection, we are a leading library in our country. >> that lead know ask about your biggest annual event in the city. how does the event work and what's happening this year? >> we are excited for this year's one city one book. this is our signature annual literature event. we have everybody in the community reading the same book. this year's title is "this is your hustle" named after the pulitzer prize nominated and pod taste. this is about the population. one nice thing about this selection is that they are both local. we are going to have several weeks of programming,

for san francisco t.v., i'm chris manors. thanks for watching. >> >> >> my name is alex sinclair of willow on the green in high quality luxury goods from the u.k. and we have teas and baked goods. we up with the name because willow is made with baskets and the willow green and that is a picnic in the park. i have come up with the idea because i have lived in the neigor seven years ago we had a tea shop. during covid we needed to have a new flavor and rejuvenate the business. we are between two beautiful businesses. i realized with the shop opening next to thebakery we had a beautiful tea shop in the area. we started with british and want to support local tea makers in the local area. and once you cheese and biscuits need tea and jam and lemon curd and chocolate these parts basically imported from the u.k. our most popular products come from wales. it's an extra cheddar and next popular product alpine strawberry. so you get a taste of a nice strawberry. this is about supporting cheese makers and businessn the area and women-ow

san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from.lways recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one an

a few years ago san francisco put children first and young people first and banning the sale of flavored tobacco products to rest our space and city have enforced against brick-and-mortar rashlt by online arrangements are the nexus next frontier on the study was experienced today, our city attorney's office has announced a lawsuit against three california companies by selling flavored tobacco products online to people in san francisco and you'll hear the press we have some of the products in front of us and after the press veteran you will see the three meanwhile, one incorporated the technical an llc and the smokey an llc sell a variety of tobacco products and e circumstances to commissioner green and one of the online sellers with not ship products to the jurisdictions the website of those have two indication will not ship the products. in study by office each defendant sold to our office and fruit or flavors designed to appeal to young people like strawberry and have an he will and all monday and shipped them to the city in violation of the law we are bringing reputes i lawsuits to cl

in san francisco. i stand before you today to urge you to stand firm against accepting any amendments to that ceasefire resolution. these amendments, if passed, would effectively dismantle the very pillars of peace and humanity. this resolution embodies this resolution isn't just a piece of paper. it represents the yearning of not just our community, but of all who believe in the sanctity of life. we. cannot. we must not allow the noble purpose of this resolution to be gutted. to do so would be to turn our backs on those whose lives hang in the balance. the amendments would chip away at the core of this resolution, leaving behind a hollow shell void of its true power. if others have concerns, let them bring forth their own resolutions, tailor to address their specific issues. but let this resolution, a testament to our shared humanity, a champion of the right to life, remain unblemished. let your students know speaker time has elapsed. uh, before the next speaker uh, provides their comment. i'd like to

i think it is one thing san francisco does best. i think this is especially important at a time when we are mounting our economic come-back. the china town community is marked by the dragon gate and japanese community by the pagoda [indiscernible] portion of the transgender district. to date in san francisco the filipino community lacked the visible markers indicating the rich history and importance of this community in south of market and elsewhere in san francisco. the soma pilipinas strategy include city support for cultural district public realm improvements, including the creation of monuments such as gateways. soma pilipinas is [indiscernible] i think it is especially true in the mission corridor i excited about some ideas that are out there. this is between heavily residential area and heavily commercial area. this is something--there's a culture area i think can be a draw that i'm excited to be a part of and going to be very supportive of as supervisor and as a neighbor because that is my neighborhood too. the future of down

hello, san francisco. i love it when i can cross the street in our beauty city and not worry whether car can see me and i want me and my grandma to be safe when we do. we all want to be safe. that's why our city is making sure curb areas near street corners are clear of parked cars and any other structures, so that people driving vehicles, people walking, and people biking can all see each other at the intersection. if cars are parked which are too close to the crosswalk, drivers can't see who is about to cross the street. it's a proven way to prevent traffic crashes. which have way too much crashes and fatalities in our city. these updates to the shared spaces program will help to ensure safety and accessibility for everyone so we can all enjoy these public spaces. more information is available at sf dot gov slash shared >>> when i shoot chinatown, i shoot the architecture that people not just events, i shoot what's going on in daily life and everything changes. murals, graffiti, store opening. store clos

a championship win for san francisco from the san francisco president from our mayor to supervisors all the supervisors want to pass that resolution this is a san francisco win let's take that we're taking that with a grain of salt we have a lot of work to do and the word says one plants one water and god gives the increase so san francisco work as a team. >> thank you for your comments. >> we should look - greetings supervisors thank you for allowing me two minute first of all, thank supervisor preston and president peskin and supervisor walton and supervisor safai and xhvnd thank you for sponsoring in resolution had a great turn out today and my heart is filled with consistent after all been going in the past week i echo what the pastor said to pause for a moment because you can't win a game without playing all positions so thank you, mayor london breed and the pastor angus brown and the unity coalition and alliance and my powerful sisters got my back (coughing) and pause and take that as a victory two things transitional plans community benefits. i think if we can focus on that w

if you have receipts in san francisco and outside of san francisco.next, i'm going to attempt to show a video if we don't have technical issues that we created to help understand a little bit of this process of apportionment and allocation so that as i explain the changes, hopefully it makes a little bit more sense. okay. in the interest of time, i'm going to skip that video and i'll point you to where it is on our website. if you go to sf treasurer.org, there's a business tab at the top and if you click on it you'll see a gross receipts tax overview. that page explains a lot about how the tax works. now and the video is embedded there. sorry for that. sometimes that's tricky in these meetings. so what the main point of the video is to show that if you have two businesses with fairly similar facts, so you could have a clothing retailer and a financial services corporation option and they both have $20 million of sales into san francisco and the same amount of payroll in san francisco at the at when they're done with their gross receipts tax filing, th

happening tomorrow, the san francisco giants will continue its fanfest tour with a stop in san jose.s will have an opportunity to meet some of the players and coaches get autographs and take pictures. it's happening at the san pedro square market on north san pedro street. it starts at 4. if you cannot make it tomorrow, the tour will be in napa on february. 3rd. coming up, if you're not hosting at home, you're going to want catch the nfc championship game one of these bay area pubs where you can join some other niners fans and have a watch party. >> also, our kron 4 exclusive interview with the new challenger in the race for san fr >> there's a new challenger in the race for san francisco district attorney almost 2 years after he was fired by da brooke jenkins when she took over the position. ryan coach austin is now going after the top prosecutor's job kron four's ellis of the money and has the exclusive interview. you'll only see it on kron. 4. >> ryan could just stick considers himself a proud san francisco resident who was frustrated by the state of the city originally from san j

they adopted various reforms like we did in san francisco.s you mentioned we just hosted a boot camp in phoenix, arizona. teams of judges and mayors came from 50 cities to learn how to implement reforms like we have in san francisco. there is a growing realization the penalties are blunt instruments with all kinds of unintended consequences. it is the job of every public servant to find a better way. governance should equalize opportunity not inequality. >> quite right. thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show. thank you for your time today. >> thank you, chris. >> that is it for this episode. we will be back shortly. you are watching san francisco rising. thanks for watching. locals. >> (music). >> the work go ahead offered i didn't the rec and park friday's local young people between 14 and 17 to be part 6 the workforce and eastern responsibility and professionalism and gain job skills and assignments in neighborhoods parking and recreation centers and includes art and crafts, sport,cooking, gardening and facility suppo

andrew was integral strengths the popular outland san francisco pod cast and san francisco hot pastryhe cliff a public program interpreting historical items that was from the white flint house when they close in 2020 and in good standing the state bar the california andrew brought his history articles including an analysis of the act of the 1866 and act of con that added richmond and sunset to the city of san francisco and dependable andrew stood behind tables for more than 25 years chatting with thousands of people and an ambassador for the history and west side neighborhood and with his leadership and knowledge on the city's past it is a great loss to san francisco and in addition to a friendly face andrew was a voice of western neighborhood project pod caster will share his love and everything from episodes and research about the visits to the land to the outside and to newish west side landmark close houses camera and more. so 0 just with that, it is clear to say andrew devotion to celebrating the stories and history three make our community special my heart goes out to andrew fri

we used collection sites such as angel island, the presidio had genetics for the projects in san franciscot habitats at hunters point and we used a lot of genetics from san bruno mountain. just to collect and process all of the genetics was a two-year process. and then it was about a two or three year process to grow all the species. >> this is the infamous -- it's a low, growing sprawling native herb and it's in the mint family and i'm rubbing my hands on this and it's extremely aromatic. it feels like a flush of peppermint just came across my face. it's edible. you can make tea out of it. it's a great digestive plant for settling your stomach. it has been cool to introduce yerba buena to yerba buena. this plant is called dutchman's pipe. when in bloom, the flower looks like a dutchman's pipe. and another thing that's unique about this plant is, it's the whole specific plant for the pipeline swallow tail butterfly. so some butterflies are able to adapt to other species and can use larva and food from different species. in the county of san francisco, there's only about three or four healt

, and stay right here in san francisco.de really provides wraparound resources for manufacturers that sets us apart from other small business support organizations who provide more generalized support. everything we do has really been developed over time by listening and thinking about what manufacturer needs grow. for example, it would be traditional things like helping them find capital, provide assistance loans, help to provide small business owners with education. we have had some great experience doing what you might call pop ups or temporary selling events, and maybe the most recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city seas partnership with small business, creating a 100 company selling day right here at city hall, in partnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or two-person shop, and who don't have the wherewithal to have their own their products and it comes back to ho

in san francisco. i'm an israeli american jew, and i am here in strong support of a ceasefire with no amendments. the jcrc does not represent me, and they continue to erase jews dissent. and that is anti-semitic. nothing in jewish tradition and spiritual tenets allow for the dehumanizing of the other. in fact, it is because of my jewish identity and jewish values that i must stand with palestine and with palestinians. my family of arabic background lived in peace and in protection in arab countries as jews. so this. false story that jews and muslims and jews and arabs are different is false and dangerous. islamophobe and anti-semitism are tied together. there is real anti-semitism in this country, and jcrc is making a mockery of the need for protection by pretending that advocating for palestinian humanity is in some way damaging our safety is not true. ceasefire now. no amendments. please. hi everyone. i'm a refugee. my name is saadia kiswani. yesterday was the anniversary of the death of my son. my s

for the city and county of san francisco.e importance when i was worn in as district 4 supervisor. years ago, and someone actually came up to me during the swear nothing ceremony and said, wow, i'm traveling here from canada, and i just i could not believe i saw an asian female worn in in this role a leadership role this meant so much that someone would say that and felt they were inspired by the scene. so -- i hope that as more people see people that look like them and more women coming in positions of leadership than i feel they can doing the same. person this inpyred me is carmen chu who is our city add administrator but also was district 4 supervisor when i worked with her as a legislative aid. at this point, i too, was skeptical of going in politics. i saw someone who had herself never seen herself in politics. got thrown into it and put her heart and soul and dedication to serve people. and it gave me the confidence to pursue that same job and i honestly would not have either chosen or accepted or considered serving on

i'm a san francisco resident. i urge your support for the ceasefire resolution, as it is written by supervisor preston with the support of amendments. doctor tedros, general director general of the world health organization , after a recent who staff visit to central gaza, said the bloodbath in gaza must stop. at this moment we are witness to genocide and ethnic cleansing of palestinians in gaza. in support of this resolution is urgent as it is. thank you so very much, supervisors. thank you so very much. supervisor preston. hi. my . name is amna haq. i'm a resident of district two. um, and i support the ceasefire resolution as is without any amendment. i moved to san francisco 32 years ago. i love this city. its openness and love for all beings, and i'm hoping that this love and compassion, um, reaches the palestinians also that are being killed. uh, the ceasefire is not controversial. it is not complicated. it is about honoring human rights and prioritizing peace for all. people can we stop looking at this throu