san francisco. i think that san franciscans didn't just wake up, but we are starting to put pen to paper right now, implementing many of the visions and ideas about renewing and reimagining our city. the chamber of commerce is deeply investing in reimagining our downtown core to be more vibrant, resilient, diverse, and sustainable. through the partnership of mayor london breed and our business association business association peers, we've helped push policy forward to make wins and make key investments in public safety, cleanliness, tax relief for restaurants, retail, hospitality, the arts and changing some of the city code that allows changes in the widest possible range. permitted uses. in the downtown. these milestones will help the foundation to attract innovative businesses to san francisco, and we are positioning all of us san francisco to become a yes city. yes to economic prosperity. yes to renewing our city and yes to our environment. so everybody has a future here in san francisco. last jun

san francisco is. and their ride was shoulder to shoulder if guests and keeping the cable cars looking great is the responsibility of san francisco mpu commission transportation agency sorry i should know by few and it is um, overseen not only muni the transit agency by the bikes and parking and taxis all sorts of other stuff by the next speaker cities director of transportation jeff tumble listen. >> thank you, rick and thank you for all you do to support us at muni and thank you to the fairmont hotel for hosting this wonderful event and to it member of the board for your strong leadership in those challenging times you cable cars 5 three has been 2r0678d with the contribute of tony bennett for all the garage barns it took this moment and transformed this art into a. >> contributed i'd like to personally thank our a entire cable car crew but the staff who hard work has made that a royalty and meriting and and click on watch sfgov 2. members of the public please take this opportunity along with everyon

we know him for san francisco's history. establishing 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. t

the san francisco police department, all criminal matters are dealt with by the san francisco district attorney . we handle all civil matters on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. what that means is a number of things. we provide advice and counsel to all actors within city government from our mayor. every member of the board of supervisors to the 100 plus departments, commissions boards that represent the city and county of san francisco. we also defend the city against thousands of lawsuits. so if you slip and fall in front of city hall if there's a bus accident if there is an incident involving the san francisco police department, we defend those matters. we also bring lawsuits on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, where most famous for litigating and obtaining the constitutional right to marry for lgbtq couples have sued gun manufacturers, payday lenders, oil companies, you name it, who are undercutting the rights of san franciscans and the city and county of san francisco. so now moving on to the opioid crisis. i understand you've had some success in cour

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

welcome to san francisco. we also have the consul general of japan as well as other places and can they please stand up. [applause] >> thank you to those who are joining us here today and welcome to the new council generals. we look forward to welcome and you celebrating at the lunar new year parade this saturday as well, and we have some special guests visiting us from the district of west vancouver including the mayor, mayor mark saiger who is joining us today. welcome mayor. as well as your delegation from the meto vancouver transportation agency. can you all please stand. [applause] >> i want to acknowledge some of the elected leaders who are joining us here today starting with supervisor rafael mandelman, matt dorsey and joel engardio. [applause] >> . our assessor recorder jaking torres. our school board members please stand. our treasurer jose cisneros. [applause] >> and jenny lam are you still president or -- okay. lanie is the president of the school board. all right. i am getting all my name exercise

i went to san francisco state university. i did stay home and i helped my parents work throughout the summers to learn what it is that makes our community so special. after graduating i worked for an investment bank in hong kong for a few years before returning when my dad said he was retiring. he passed away a few years ago. after taking over the business we made this a little more accessible for visitors as well as residents of san francisco to visit. many of our teas were traditionally labeled only in chinese for the older generation. today of our tea drinkkers are quite young. it is easy to look on the website to view all of our products and fun to come in and look at the different varieties. they are able to explore what we source, premium teas from the providence and the delicious flavors. san francisco is a beautiful city to me as well as many of the residents and businesses here in chinatown. it is great for tourists to visit apsee how our community thrived through the years. this retail location is open daily. we hav

of san francisco and it leadership. when you look at the transformation of our waterfront in san francisco, i think sometimes we get used to things and take it for granted but you can look at photos not that long ago and this is just been a rebirth and it is very very exciting so thank you to elaine and the entire port team for your amazing work. so, we know that sea level rise is not some future theoretical problem, it is here, it could have been here today. we lucked out with the tides, but it is here and it is only going to get worse, given the larger failures and reliance on fossil fuels and the continuing heating of our planet. we cannot allow a situation where the embarcadero is flooding and muni and bart tunnels are flooded regularly. parts of downtown are being flooded regularly. this isn't just about having some waves coming up periodically at the embarcadero this is discussion of the city transit and downtown. we cannot let that happen and that is what this is about. we know that the environmental movement was

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

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

room 244, san francisco, 94102. to make a reasonable accommodation requests under the americans with disabilities act the ada or to request language assistance please contact the clerk's office at least two business days in advance by calling the number on the screen. thank you mr. president. >> thank you madam clerk. is there a motion to approve the january 9, 2024 minutes? motion made by cat cat. second by supervisor mandelman. on that motion made and seconded. a roll call please. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> supervisor walton. >> aye. >> supervisor chan. >> aye. >> supervisor dorsey. >> aye. >> supervisor engardio. >> aye. >> supervisor mandelman. >> aye. >> supervisor melgar. >> aye. >> supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> supervisor preston. >> aye >> and supervisor ronen. >> aye. there are 11 ayes. >> that motion is approved. [gavel] >> madam clerk would you please call the consent agenda. >> items one and two are consent. they're routine and if a member objects maybe considered sepa

san francisco has a special place in history, in december of 1992, san francisco watched the city where the historic unveiling of the first-ever lunar new year took place in this entire country. and since 11992, we have many national first days and national ceremonies. but whether we get the first day or not, we always have an unveiling as part of our lunar new year celebration. it's very excited. last week i was very comfort to join seattle to join the postal state for the unveiling of the lunar new stamp. it was attended by 300 people by eduardo who is the president of the retail of the postal service. vod me and the public that lunar new year is the most successful program in the commemorative stamps. we are very happy to keep up with the tra kissing. --tradition. today we're gathered today, although the stamp is already out there, but it's our tradition in our city to unveil the stamp for every one in the san francisco bay area. so without further ado, i would like to introduce our mayor, maryland on --our mayor, london breed who has unveiled a lot of stapp p. >> mayor breed: hello

san francisco is a uniontown. in the spirit of that, really providing a pathway for more workers in order to participate in state sponsored apprenticeship programs. >> thank you. that's a good lead into my next question which is that proposition e requires prevailing wage for construction workers on affordable housing. some training or qualifications for some workers, can you clarify how proposition e will help protect workers and how those requirements will be enforced? >> proposition e would provide an opportunity to grow our union workforce. it would provide a pathway for more workers to participate in state sponsored apprenticeship programs and skilled workers and the prevailing wage previsions will encourage high-quality wages and this prevision is endorsed by the san francisco building trades council as well as the san francisco labor council that are also equally committed to supporting high level worker protections and in san francisco, we have an affordable housing delivery system that has a high leave of

you are watching san francisco rising. to show that is focused on restarting, rebuilding, and reimagining our city. our guest today is the director transportation of the sfmta and he's with us to talk about the agency's 23-24 budget with the muni equity strategy and new projects across the city. welcome to the show. >> thank you it is good to be here. >> i see the sfmta's budget for 2023 and 2024 has been approved. how will it help provide a strong recovery during the next few years for our riders, operators and staff? >> it has been a challenging couple of years. covid wiped out the basic finances. our agency is funded primarily from transit fares, parking fees and a fixed set aside for a general fund and covid has meant we have lost more than half of our parking and transit for revenue. we are not expected to recover them until 2027. this budget takes a one-time federal release funding and spreads that out between now and 2025. and our task is to rebuild trust with the voters that sfmta can actually deliver on their goal

i'm san francisco mayor, london breed, and it is right. really great to be here today. today to make one of the most challenging decisions. oftentimes a mayor has to make. and

anne makovec for a look at your news headlines. >> reporter: starting with breaking news from san francisco where there was a nasty crash on southbound 280. this happened just several minutes ago. our chopper was just over the scene. this is north of san jose avenue. chp receiving reports of a wrong-way driver in the southbound lanes, where we are working to confirm those reports. several lanes are blocked off to traffic right now. it is not clear how many people have been injured. so we're going to stay on top of that one for you. in other news, this one is hurting for oakland a's fans. our chopper caught a demolition team taking down the oakland signs at the coliseum this afternoon. the mlb approved the relocation to vegas last year, but the ballpark there won't be ready until 2028 at earliest. we know they met with oakland and alameda county officials to talk about extending the lease at the coliseum until then. >>> we have been keeping an eye out on a lock downgoing on right now in san pablo. police are in a standoff with the man who is armed. neighbors were asked to stay inside their h

this fight started in san francisco. [cheers and applause] >> we have so many people joining us here today including couples that were married at the time and getting married again. we have folks who are maybe marrying for the first time. city hall is the place to be every valentine's day. in 2004, during the time when we opened the doors on february 12th, that year, the person who was a county clerk issuing all of those marriage licenses, almost 5,000 marriage licenses, nancy alfaro. thank you for being here. [cheers and applause] >> where did she go? nancy? she is now in charge of the 311 center. but she's still doing great work for this city. we have a star studed line-up today. we have >> supervisor matt dorsey: and >> supervisor rafael mandelman: and amazing ally on the board of supervisors, >> supervisor myrna melgar: we have our city administrator carmen chu, the person that led us through the pandemic, dr. colfax. and the fire department, janine nicholson. and when everyone around this country attacked drag queen

san francisco. next slide, please. i'm going to move through the slides that is really quick but i try to have the slide here and like the departments presentation was color-coded and a little bit better so i want to just to be clear, we want to make the healthcare services more acceptable for all san franciscans and beyond the data in the prior presentations there are so many things at st. mary's and st. francis would have a greater impact only make the investment to the program and services and the people and that's what you end up getting the city to do we're going to that lets talk about the services we will retain the services by both hospitals and there are significant patient is population we have you'll be able to continue to see that same dr. whether or not they're a u c sf faculty member or not but retain the employees part of st. mary's and st. francis there are no layoff plans as part of the transaction we want to see more patient in the hospitals urging to have to not only retain the st

i'm a san francisco based chinese artist. i grew up in the bayview district. i am from china i started at an early age i started at age of 10 my grandfather my biggest inspiration. and i have followed with my traditional art teacher in china:i host educational workshops at the museum and local library. and i also provide chinese writing in public middle school and that way i hold more people fall in love with the beautiful of our chinese calligraphy. it is a part of our heritage. and so we need to keep this culture alive. hand writing is necessary field that needs to be preserved generation toieneration. this art form is fading away. but since covid i have been very dedicated to this art and i hope that my passions and serving this art form. there are many stores and shopping centers and companies that are interested in chinese cal iing ravi. i feel motivated to my passion for chinese calligraphy in today's world. so people can always enjoy the beauty of chinese calligraphy, from time to time i have a choice to traditional chinese calligraphy to make it more i

macy's now the macy's union square store in san francisco, employs about 400 people. >> the san francisco union square alliance says they expect that store to remain open, and that in all likelihood, they believe there will be a union square christmas tree in 2024. later this year, and holiday shopping this year as well. although what happens to that space after 2026 isn't clear. my colleague christien kafton will have more on this story in our later newscast. for now, we'll send it back to you. andre. >> another big blow to san francisco. ali, thank you for that report. now out of this neighborhood, groups in downtown san francisco are fighting to keep a walgreens store open. the pharmacy chain is planning to close its location on sacramento and front streets today, citing changes in consumer buying habits. but people living near the store in the financial district say closing it would have a big impact on the livability of the area. they've collected more than 1000 signatures in an effort to keep the store from closing. new at noon, governor newsom announced today that the california na

to san francisco's sfgovtv. congratulations sfgovtv on many, many years of serving the city and for bringing information to everyone that lives here. >> happy 30th anniversary sfgovtv i'm supervisor for district 7 thank you to the staff for 0 supporting the process to government to transparency and to making sure we celebratelocals. >> (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 support and so many more. >> (multiple voices). >> i think we're part of the this is the fact we're outdoors and it is really great to be in nature and workreation is great first step to figure out what you would like to do workreation covers real life working skills and expansion can be allowed (unintelligible) it is a really great program because um

(inaudible) in san francisco. and i joined the youth commission because growing up i relied on public transportation and a lot of community organizations such as (inaudible) and through these organizations they introduced me to a lot of community organizing movements happening and that is when i learned of the youth commission because my friend was also on it at the time and i was interested because i saw a benefited from a lot of public service in san francisco and wanted to insure all youth in san francisco could have opportunities to benefit from these services as well and these services would be available to everyone. that's when i applied to the youth commission and i joined and that's where i got to learn so much about like how local government works and how i could contribute my voice to make better opportunities for all youth in san francisco. >> nice. how long have you been on the youth commission? >> i joined in 20 21 and this is my second term. >> normally the youth commission, what's the age range? >>

san francisco is going through, i think, a park renaissance. we opened 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