the san francisco health commission acknowledges we're unceded ancestorial homeland of the ramaytush oholone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula and the indigenous stewards of the land and in accordance of their traditions the ramaytush oholone have never ceded, lost or forgotten their responsibilities as the care takers of this place and as well as for all people who reside in they are traditional territory as guests, we recognize we benefit from living in a working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respected by acknowledging the ancestors and elders and of the ramaytush oholone and their rights as first peoples. before we go into the next item which is dph employee recognition awards i would like just to acknowledge commissioner ed chow, dr. ed chow upon his reappointment to the san francisco health commission by mayor london breed and his swearing-in last week and i had the privilege and join him as he was swearing-in and commissioner chow has amassed an incredible amount of knowledge about the san francisco department of public-health of

the san francisco health commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homelands of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. >> okay. for folks watching, we're going to go out of order on a few orders because of commissioner conflicts and issues. so we're going to go item 10, commission chow, can you give an update? >> oh, surely. the finance committee met this afternoon and reviewed a number of contract renewals. i'll list them quickly for you. you do have the text. the first was the family services, app

san francisco in many capacities. he served on the unified school board. the san francisco community college board, the san francisco police commission, the san francisco health commission. he was president. catholic charities board, columbia park boys and girls club, the san francisco foundation, the general hospital advisory board, the san francisco maritime association, the san francisco education fund, the american g.i. forum, commission on aging center latino in supervisor ronen's district. he demonstrated his love for san francisco where he will be seen walking around picking up and making frequent trips to mitchell's ice cream for ice cream for his grandchildren with all of his contributions, dr. sanchez leaves a legacy of dedication in public service. i believe this action naming or renaming a department of public health facility to recognize and honor that legacy and the community he represented. i want to thank my co-sponsor in this resolution, supervisor hillary ronen. thank you. the rest i have submit. >> clerk: thank you supervisor melgar. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: submit. >> clerk: supervisor preston? submit. supervisor ronen? >>

the san francisco health commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded

san francisco. [roll call]san francisco. >> clerk: great. commissioner chung, would you please read the land acknowledgement? >> yes. it's my pleasure to read the land acknowledgement. the san francisco health commissioncknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homelands of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. >> okay. for folks watching, we're going to go out of order on a few orders because of commissioner conflicts and issues. so we're going to go item 10, commission chow, can you give an update? >> oh, surely. the finance committee met this afternoon and reviewed a number of contract renewals. i'll list them quickly for

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the san francisco health commission acknowledges we're unceded ancestorial homeland of the ramaytush e the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula and the indigenous stewards of the land and in accordance of their traditiohe

san francisco in many capacities. he served on the unified school board. the san francisco community college board, the san francisco police commission, the san francisco health commission. he was president. catholic charities board, columbia park boys and girls club, the san francisco foundation, the general hospital advisory board, the san francisco maritime association, the san francisco education fund, the american g.i. forum, commission on aging center latino in supervisor ronen's district. he demonstrated his love for san francisco where he will be seen walking around picking up and making frequent trips to mitchell's ice cream for ice cream for his grandchildren with all of his contributions, dr. sanchez leaves a legacy of dedication in public service. i believe this action naming or renaming a department of public health facility to recognize and honor that legacy and the community he represented. i want to thank my co-sponsor in this resolution, supervisor hillary ronen. thank you. the rest i have submit. >> clerk: thank you supervisor melgar. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: submit. >> clerk: supervisor preston? submit. supervisor ronen? >>

the san francisco health commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush (rah-my-toosh) ohlone (o-lon-ee) who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. for today's presentation i will start by refreshing our memories about the context in which this update is happening and my colleague will go over an overview of the outreach done to date and community directives and how we incorporated that in our policy updates. i'll spend most the presentation covering the policy highlights of this draft and we'll co

serve as the director of public health at the san francisco aids foundation, and i'm proud to bring a public health and pandemic reduction lens to the entertainment commission. i'm very happy to answer any questions you may have. >> chair peskin: are there any questions for commissioner thomas? seeing none, let's move onto the next applicant, antrina crawford. good morning. i'm so sorry. you're on mute. >> can you hear me now? >> chair peskin: yes, we can. >> okay. thank you, and good morning. first, i would like to give thanks and recognition to the body of the city and county of san francisco. we're all doing the best i can. for myself, this was rather new to me. i am a native of san francisco. i was born at san francisco general. my mother was, and my grandmother, as well, who just passed away at the age of 97. growing up, i always wondered why there was no one with my face on the commission. i'm glad to see them now, but i would like to see more. music has always been a soothing element in my life. the joy and expression of gratitude i receive is indescribable. music is the universal language. it bonds and it heals, if i would love to be on a team of wo

find the latest on health restrictions across the bay area as well as info on testing and vaccines. head to kpix.com. >>> details following a heated san francisco police commission meeting that went late into the night over use of force investigations. >> joycelyn moran joins us live with why police chief bill scott doesn't want the da to lead these investigations. >> reporter: police chief bill scott had to defend himself over him not wanting the district attorney's office investigating police misconduct. this started because of a court hearing for a san francisco police officer accused of excessive force in 2019 when arresting a domestic violence suspect. a few weeks ago at pretrial, member of the district attorney's own staff said she was pressured into withholding evidence from police. while the judge said no evidence was withheld, chief scott sent a letter to da's office that said in light of this, he wants to end the agreement to have the da's office lead investigations into use of force cases. the da says their offices should figure this out. >> i cannot see how a decision made by an investigator in 2019 under a different district attorney in a different

serve as the director of public health at the san francisco aids foundation, and i'm proud to bring a public health and pandemic reduction lens to the entertainment commission. i'm very happy to answer any questions you may have. >> chair peskin: are there any questions for commissioner thomas? seeing none, let's move onto the next applicant, antrina crawford. good morning. i'm so sorry. you're on mute. >> can you hear me now? >> chair peskin: yes, we can. >> okay. thank you, and good morning. first, i would like to give thanks and recognition to the body of the city and county of san francisco. we're all doing the best i can. for myself, this was rather new to me. i am a native of san francisco. i was born at san francisco general. my mother was, and my grandmother, as well, who just passed away at the age of 97. growing up, i always wondered why there was no one with my face on the commission. i'm glad to see them now, but i would like to see more. music has always been a soothing element in my life. the joy and expression of gratitude i receive is indescribable. music is the universal language. it bonds and it heals, if i would love to be on a team of wo

san francisco public utilities commission. madame secretary, please call the roll. [roll call] and you have a quorum. due to thon going covid-19 health emergency and given the public health recommendations issued by the san francisco department of public health, and the emergency orders of the governor and the mayor concerning social distancing and restrictions on a teleconference, this meeting is being held via teleconference and is being televised by sfgov tv. for those watching on live stream, please be aware that there is a time lapse. on behalf of the commission i would like to extend our thanks to sfgov tv staff and i.t. staff for their assistance during this meeting. public comment must be made in a civil and respectful manner and refrain from the use of profanity. address remarks to the commission as a whole and not individual commissioners or staff. mr. president? >> thank you. and before i call on the first item, i'd like to announce that the san francisco public utilities commission acknowledged that it's on the unceded lands of the historic territory of the tribe and familial descendants of the historic federally mission

commission. that's the cpuc. they have a series of permits and we are one permit away from being able to launch a fully commercial ride health service in san francisco. conversations with our regulators are always collaborative, and we look forward to receiving this permit soon. okay any timeframe, though? i mean, you mentioned that you're really close. are we talking a couple of weeks or perhaps a couple of months, or maybe even longer? it's up to the regulator's decision. we continue to have extraordinarily collaborative conversations, and our conversations will hopefully yield an approval very soon. okay as i mentioned i live in san francisco, i also walk everywhere. i'm a runner as well. and i have to say that the traffic can be quite crazy. how do you sort of put people's concerns and fears at ease of cars driving around without anyone without a driver inside? great question. i think one of the very staunch staunch principles that we stand by. cruz is launching with communities and not at them, and one of the ways we're doing. this is by educating them for them to see the cruze cruze vehicles all over the city, but also to be able to experience

san francisco is celebrating in style. happy year of the tiger is here and the chinese chamber of commerce has commissioned six larger than life statues around the city, including voyager tiger in union square, and the health and wealth tiger and chinatowns, portsmouth's square. the strength and courage of the tiger, an important symbol considering the struggles with covid and violence against the asian american community over this last year, the tiger brave confident in the genetic and tigers are dunk to take on the challenge. also the attributes that we need to overcome the pandemic and the anti asian hate the posterity. tiger stands proudly in front of san francisco's asian art museum. a steady stream of visitors stopping by and taking pictures . never knowing that the woman they were asking to take their photo. was you may how the woman who created this tiger? how much people love my heart. how is an accomplished artist working in media from paper to food, she said when she was initially asked to submit her vision for the design of a tiger. this is what she had in mind, but the organizers asked her to revisit one of her favorite art forms the tradition. of paper cutting ? yeah. they say it's really bea

commission to order. please call the roll. [ roll call ] >> clerk: vice president ajami is excused from today's meeting. we have a quorum. due to the covid-19 health emergency issued by the san francisco department of public health and emergency orders of the governor and this meeting is held via tell conference and televised by sfgov tv. for those watching live extreme, there's a brief time between live tv and what's being viewed on sfgov tv. if you wish to make public comment on an item dial (415)655-0001, meeting i.d. 2481 738 9289, pound pound. to raise your hand to speak press star 3. you must limit your comment to the topic of the agenda item being discussed unless you're speaking in general public comment. we ask public comment be made in civil and constructive manner. >> president moran: thank you. before calling the first item. the san francisco public utilities commission acknowledges we are on the unceded land of the territory of the -- the sfpuc recognizes that every citizen residing within the greater bay area, has and continues to benefit from the use and occupation of the tribe's land set before and after the san francisco public utilities commission founding in 19 thru

san francisco serving on the veterans affairs commission. highly support this. thank you, supervisor marfor championing our veterans. this is much needed for our veterans mental health and community. thank you. i am in full support of this. >> clerk: next speaker, please. >> caller: eddy ramirez. native of san francisco, veteran 22 years air force. i totally support this bill. it is going to not only open the door for other veterans in the local area but there has been people that want to come down to san francisco from travis air force base. this would be a great opportunity for them not only to visit the city but spend money in the city. i do support this. thank you all for your support and hopefully you will get this passed and on the record. thank you. >> clerk: next speaker, please. >> caller: hello. i am courtney ellington. c.e.o. of one set one board. executive director of the veterans success venture. i would like to thank you so much for rec and park and the mayor's office for passing this bill. this is connecting the committee to veterans, and this is a great way to do that. this is huge for the veteran community. i am at the va hospital surrounded with ve

san francisco serving on the veterans affairs commission. highly support this. thank you, supervisor marfor championing our veterans. this is much needed for our veterans mental health and community. thank you. i am in full support of this. >> clerk: next speaker, please. >> caller: eddy ramirez. native of san francisco, veteran 22 years air force. i totally support this bill. it is going to not only open the door for other veterans in the local area but there has been people that want to come down to san francisco from travis air force base. this would be a great opportunity for them not only to visit the city but spend money in the city. i do support this. thank you all for your support and hopefully you will get this passed and on the record. thank you. >> clerk: next speaker, please. >> caller: hello. i am courtney ellington. c.e.o. of one set one board. executive director of the veterans success venture. i would like to thank you so much for rec and park and the mayor's office for passing this bill. this is connecting the committee to veterans, and this is a great way to do that. this is huge for the veteran community. i am at the va hospital surrounded with ve