13 years ago when i was on the board of supervisors, i had a conversation with then supervisor sophie maxwell and she said, you know, david, the southeast neighborhoods are forgotten. and we don't invest in these neighborhoods. and a couple years later i remember having a conversation with supervisor cohen and she said, you know, david, the city forgets about the southeast neighborhood and doesn't invest in us. well, today the city hasn't forgotten these neighborhoods and the city is investing in india basin. phil ginsburg invisitted me and then supervisor walton to come to india basin. phil, you will probably remember this and we didn't know what we were coming to see and we got here and he looked at me and said, hey, chu, i need a couple million bucks. so i said, all right. and scott wiener, and phil and i, we got together and one year of the budget we said, okay, phil, we have $4 million for you. and then ginsburg said that we need another $8 million. so i said, okay, all right, you know, money -- we'll get another $8 million. and then he said, we need another $25 million. and then we aske

i am president sophie maxwell. madam secretary, take the roll please.yor breed have lifted the restrictions and this meeting is sell vised by sfgov tv. and for those watching on live stream b aware there is a brief lag between the livestream and to extend the

and with that, i am would like to bring up former supervisor, for this drick, sophie maxwell. >> they stole everything i was going to say i am so upset but i can do this. i'm speaking today as president of the san francisco public utilities commission and as a long time resident and former member of the san francisco board of supervisors and along with many communities leaders and environmental leaders and we closed two power plants. the have a view power plant and the portero power plant among the oldest, polluting power plants in the state. it was obvious it was about profits and not people. it was obvious injustice, environmental injustice was running with pg&e and it was long, hard fought and we won that one. with public power, it will be people before profit. with public power, the city will be responsible to the people they serve and the people who pay the bills. it's about time. it's been a long time. it's something we must take responsibility for the local electric grid in san francisco. with clean sf, we will have reliable power, green, clean and renewable electric power. thi

13 years ago when i was on the board of supervisors, i had a conversation with then supervisor sophie maxwell and she said, you know, david, the southeast neighborhoods are forgotten. and we don't invest in these neighborhoods. and a couple years later i remember having a conversation with supervisor cohen and she said, you know, david, the city forgets about the southeast neighborhood and doesn't invest in us. well, today the city hasn't forgotten these neighborhoods and the city is investing in india basin. phil ginsburg invisitted me and then supervisor walton to come to india basin. phil, you will probably remember this and we didn't know what we were coming to see and we got here and he looked at me and said, hey, chu, i need a couple million bucks. so i said, all right. and scott wiener, and phil and i, we got together and one year of the budget we said, okay, phil, we have $4 million for you. and then ginsburg said that we need another $8 million. so i said, okay, all right, you know, money -- we'll get another $8 million. and then he said, we need another $25 million. and then we aske

13 years ago when i was on the board of supervisors, i had a conversation with then supervisor sophie maxwell and she said, you know, david, the southeast neighborhoods are forgotten. and we don't invest in these neighborhoods. and a couple years later i remember having a conversation with supervisor cohen and she said, you know, david, the city forgets about the southeast neighborhood and doesn't invest in us. well, today the city hasn't forgotten these neighborhoods and the city is investing in india basin. phil ginsburg invisitted me and then supervisor walton to come to india basin. phil, you will probably remember this and we didn't know what we were coming to see and we got here and he looked at me and said, hey, chu, i need a couple million bucks. so i said, all right. and scott wiener, and phil and i, we got together and one year of the budget we said, okay, phil, we have $4 million for you. and then ginsburg said that we need another $8 million. so i said, okay, all right, you know, money -- we'll get another $8 million. and then he said, we need another $25 million. and then we aske

the food security task force was first created by former supervisor sophie maxwell in 2005. for 16 years, the department of health under the fundamental leadership of ms. paula jones and susie smith community based organization silos. as our city begins to recover from the covid-19 pandemic, the role of security passport has become even more important. and more certain in covid in what we're all experiencing. agenda item number four seeks to reauthorize the food security task force for another three years. while tasking the body to provide a more expensive report. the new report and data that we seek for nearly the last 18 months of the covid pandemic, our city has seen first-hand of bankrupt undocumented community members and long time residents and seniors. many residents in my district did not have the option to work from home. they were in the and many of them were in the food restaurant and retail industry and lower level government jobs and had this and were not able to stay home during the pandemic. as a result, my district was hit harder by covid-19 and food insecuri

13 years ago when i was on the board of supervisors, i had a conversation with then supervisor sophie maxwell and she said, you know, david, the southeast neighborhoods are forgotten. and we don't invest in these neighborhoods. and a couple years later i remember having a conversation with supervisor cohen and she said, you know, david, the city forgets about the southeast neighborhood and doesn't invest in us. well, today the city hasn't forgotten these neighborhoods and the city is investing in india basin. phil ginsburg invisitted me and then supervisor walton to come to india basin. phil, you will probably remember this and we didn't know what we were coming to see and we got here and he looked at me and said, hey, chu, i need a couple million bucks. so i said, all right. and scott wiener, and phil and i, we got together and one year of the budget we said, okay, phil, we have $4 million for you. and then ginsburg said that we need another $8 million. so i said, okay, all right, you know, money -- we'll get another $8 million. and then he said, we need another $25 million. and then we aske

13 years ago when i was on the board of supervisors, i had a conversation with then supervisor sophie maxwellhe said, you know, david, the southeast neighborhoods are forgotten. and we don't invest in these neighborhoods. and a couple years later i remember having a conversation with supervisor cohen and she said, you know, david, the city forgets about the southeast neighborhood and doesn't invest in us. well, today the city hasn't forgotten these neighborhoods and the city is investing in india basin. phil ginsburg invisitted me and then supervisor walton to come to india basin. phil, you will probably remember this and we didn't know what we were coming to see and we got here and he looked at me and said, hey, chu, i need a couple million bucks. so i said, all right. and scott wiener, and phil and i, we got together and one year of the budget we said, okay, phil, we have $4 million for you. and then ginsburg said that we need another $8 million. so i said, okay, all right, you know, money -- we'll get another $8 million. and then he said, we need another $25 million. and then we asked, wel

13 years ago when i was on the board of supervisors, i had a conversation with then supervisor sophie maxwellt here, i was sitting in room 200 with mayor breed and she said -- and i think that this is one of those one-two things. she said, david chu, you heard about this project called india baseip? and i said -- basin. and i said, i have. well, we're making this a priority. and i just have to say, mayor breed, thank you for your leadership. i think that but for you -- and i know that supervisor walton and phil ginsburg and so many folks here, you are the village that is making this happen. so thank you. [applause] let me just end with one thing. so i am a resident. i live about 10 minutes from here and i moved to the southeast neighborhood the day that my son was born five years ago. and i moved -- we moved here in part because i believe that the future of san francisco is reflected in the southeast neighborhoods. if we can lift these neighborhoods up, there is no end to what our city will be about. and so the last thing that i'll just say is that there are a lot of folks who refer to this p

13 years ago when i was on the board of supervisors, i had a conversation with then supervisor sophie maxwelleighborhoods are forgotten. and we don't invest in these neighborhoods. and a couple years later i remember having a conversation with supervisor cohen and she said, you know, david, the city forgets about the southeast neighborhood and doesn't invest in us. well, today the city hasn't forgotten these neighborhoods and the city is investing in india basin. phil ginsburg invisitted me and then supervisor walton to come to india basin. phil, you will probably remember this and we didn't know what we were coming to see and we got here and he looked at me and said, hey, chu, i need a couple million bucks. so i said, all right. and scott wiener, and phil and i, we got together and one year of the budget we said, okay, phil, we have $4 million for you. and then ginsburg said that we need another $8 million. so i said, okay, all right, you know, money -- we'll get another $8 million. and then he said, we need another $25 million. and then we asked, well, how much does this darned thing cost?

13 years ago when i was on the board of supervisors, i had a conversation with then supervisor sophie maxwellhe said, you know, david, the southeast neighborhoods are forgotten. and we don't invest in these neighborhoods. and a couple years later i remember having a conversation with supervisor cohen and she said, you know, david, the city forgets about the southeast neighborhood and doesn't invest in us. well, today the city hasn't forgotten these neighborhoods and the city is investing in india basin. phil ginsburg invisitted me and then supervisor walton to come to india basin. phil, you will probably remember this and we didn't know what we were coming to see and we got here and he looked at me and said, hey, chu, i need a couple million bucks. so i said, all right. and scott wiener, and phil and i, we got together and one year of the budget we said, okay, phil, we have $4 million for you. and then ginsburg said that we need another $8 million. so i said, okay, all right, you know, money -- we'll get another $8 million. and then he said, we need another $25 million. and then we asked, wel

i am president sophie maxwell. madam secretary, take the roll please. [roll call] commissioner paulsen is excused from the meeting. and given the health and mayor breed have lifted the restrictions and this meeting is sell vised by sfgov tv. and for those watching on live stream b aware there is a brief lag between the livestream and to extend the sfgov staff for their assistance during the meeting. to make public comment, dial 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 146 434 0611 pound, pound. and limit your topics to the agenda item and to be with the public comment made in a civil and respectful manner to refrain from the use of the manner and not to individual commissioners or staff. >> thank you. before going on, we talked earlier this year about acknowledging the first people and today is going to to be one of the acknowledgments we might have different ones at times, but that is something that we will do. so i am going to start. the san francisco puc acknowledges that it owns and the stewards of the unseated lands located within the historic territory of the o

the food security task force was first created by former supervisor sophie maxwell in 2005.tment of health under the fundamental leadership of ms. paula jones and susie smith community based organization silos. as our city begins to recover from the covid-19 pandemic, the role of security passport has become even more important. and more certain in covid in what we're all experiencing. agenda item number four seeks to reauthorize the food security task force for another three years. while tasking the body to provide a more expensive report. the new report and data that we seek for nearly the last 18 months of the covid pandemic, our city has seen first-hand of bankrupt undocumented community members and long time residents and seniors. many residents in my district did not have the option to work from home. they were in the and many of them were in the food restaurant and retail industry and lower level government jobs and had this and were not able to stay home during the pandemic. as a result, my district was hit harder by covid-19 and food insecurity than many parts of sa

mentioned have done tremendous work over the years and it goes all the way back to supervisor sophie maxwell who started this process and really laid the foundation for the work that we're doing here today. we've been meeting monthly with the department of public health and if anything was highlighted during covid impacts our residents. i never would have thought that i would be sitting there watching thousands of people in line at balboa high school. the parking lot at james denman all the way wrapped around the football field going back to the auditorium and people that we weren't used to seeing in line that we didn't expect to be and experience this food insecurity, we're dealing with it on a daily basis and i know every single one of us here. we heard from our mayor how her own personal experiences impacted how she wants to approach reimagining and so i really appreciate her staff and sophia kitler. we worked directly with her. and as both of you mentioned on my team has been leading this fight and building on the work she has done and we really want to remove the red tape and the diffic

mentioned have done tremendous work over the years and it goes all the way back to supervisor sophie maxwell who started this process and really laid the foundation for the work that we're doing here today. we've been meeting monthly with the department of public health and if anything was highlighted during covid impacts our residents. i never would have thought that i would be sitting there watching thousands of people in line at balboa high school. the parking lot at james denman all the way wrapped around the football field going back to the auditorium and people that we weren't used to seeing in line that we didn't expect to be and experience this food insecurity, we're dealing with it on a daily basis and i know every single one of us here. we heard from our mayor how her own personal experiences impacted how she wants to approach reimagining and so i really appreciate her staff and sophia kitler. we worked directly with her. and as both of you mentioned on my team has been leading this fight and building on the work she has done and we really want to remove the red tape and the diffic