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thank you. >> supervisor tang: great. thank you, supervisor cohen, so we'll go back to the presentation, and we had matt schneider here from planning first, and then bill and eowd with speaking next. >> president cohen: thank you. >> thank you, supervisors. i'm matt schneider of planning department staff. we will be making a presentation to you on the india basin mixed-use project. i will begin with a broad overview that puts the actual actions before you into a context and then we'll describe the actual actions that are before you. after that, i'm going to turn it over to nicole avril of recreation and park department staff. she will give you an overview of their portion of the program. you will hear from cord knee hash from build, inc's project. i'm sorry. it's just build, a project at 700 innes. after that, eowd will provide you with more specifications of the overall agreement. india basin is located in the bayview-hunters point community. it's skbrust northwest of the hunters point shipyard and north of hunters point
thank you. >> supervisor tang: great. thank you, supervisor cohen, so we'll go back to the presentation, and we had matt schneider here from planning first, and then bill and eowd with speaking next. >> president cohen: thank you. >> thank you, supervisors. i'm matt schneider of planning department staff. we will be making a presentation to you on the india basin mixed-use project. i will begin with a broad overview that puts the actual actions before you into a context and...
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especially you, tang. it is for people who is making $125,000 a year or more and you are talking about it is affordable housing for low income bracket people. you are a damn liar. i moved to have you incorporate this and it is a matter of time before you end up at court. >> i understand. >> you are a god damn big it. -- you are a god damn bigot. >> thank you. i want to give the next speaker a chance to speak. thank you. excuse me, sorry. all right. thank you. next speaker, please. thank you for your patience. >> thank you, supervisors. i'm from the san francisco tenant union. supervisor safai has left but i hope you listens to my comments. at the tenant's union every week , we see people who come in his mother, his father, whose husband or wife has died or is dying. and they ask, will i be able to stay equally we have to tell them no. we have to tell them, because of costa hawkins, you're out of luck and you are going to be pushed out of your place because the landlord will raise the rent to any amounts th
especially you, tang. it is for people who is making $125,000 a year or more and you are talking about it is affordable housing for low income bracket people. you are a damn liar. i moved to have you incorporate this and it is a matter of time before you end up at court. >> i understand. >> you are a god damn big it. -- you are a god damn bigot. >> thank you. i want to give the next speaker a chance to speak. thank you. excuse me, sorry. all right. thank you. next speaker,...
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. >> supervisor tang: welcome to our land use committee meeting. i'm supervisor tang. madam clerk, are there any announcements? >> clerk: silence all electronic devices. complete speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon will be on the september 18th board of supervisors agenda. >> supervisor tang: thank you. call items one through five together. >> clerk: yes. [reading agenda item] >> supervisor tang: thank you very much. at this point i'm going to turn it over to supervisor jane kim. >> supervisor kim: thank you, chair tang. this item is going to be heard at the full board tomorrow. i'm sorry. let me rephrase that. tomorrow at the full board, we will be hearing the appeal of to see what determination for the central soma plan. because we cannot hear anything approvals before them, the planning commission is waiting to hear amendments, which is set to be heard this thursday. so, i have asked through the noticing process that we set the continuance to the date of monday, october 1st. but i know that before we do that, we have to open up for publi
. >> supervisor tang: welcome to our land use committee meeting. i'm supervisor tang. madam clerk, are there any announcements? >> clerk: silence all electronic devices. complete speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon will be on the september 18th board of supervisors agenda. >> supervisor tang: thank you. call items one through five together. >> clerk: yes. [reading agenda item] >> supervisor tang: thank you very much. at this point i'm...
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that is the thinking. >> supervisor tang: i understand that. i wasn't suggesting we go to 33% or 25%. essentially, the base minimum that the project sponsor committed to his 20% on site. what i'm suggesting is a remaining be at the 33% level. does that make sense? roughly six and a half%. my mathematics is not spot on but what i am saying is fine, we will do the 20% on site. i would like to have an understanding of the a.m.i. the average on rentals is high. but what i am saying is to keep the 20% mark on site but the off site should move from 75 units to 110 units. so that remaining 5% it's really six or seven%. >> forgive me if i don't understand you. i think i do understand. that movement, to make the 75 units go to 110 and you are multiplying each of those by the fee that is still being discussed, $200,000 per unit. at my not getting it? my point is -- >> supervisor tang: yeah. the off site should be at the 33 % level. it should somehow match. >> understood. >> supervisor tang: again, by the way, i support small state acquisition i understan
that is the thinking. >> supervisor tang: i understand that. i wasn't suggesting we go to 33% or 25%. essentially, the base minimum that the project sponsor committed to his 20% on site. what i'm suggesting is a remaining be at the 33% level. does that make sense? roughly six and a half%. my mathematics is not spot on but what i am saying is fine, we will do the 20% on site. i would like to have an understanding of the a.m.i. the average on rentals is high. but what i am saying is to keep...
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tang: okay. we'll do that without objection [ gavel ]. >> supervisor safai: and we can make a motion to send this over to the budget committee. >> supervisor tang: without objection? >> supervisor safai: without objection. i just want to thank everyone for their hard work and coming out on this. >> supervisor tang: okay. madam clerk, item 6, please. >> item 6 is how wee wee drive you and hallcon transportation is in compliance with the union. >> supervisor tang: thank you very much. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: yes. thank you, supervisor chair tang. it has been brought to our attention that a tentative agreement has been reached in these discussions, so we're going to ask this matter to be continued for one week to allow for the ratification of that agreement, but we want to allow the folks to have an opportunity to speak public comment. >> supervisor tang: all right. thank you. so if there are no questions or comments at this time, we'll open up item six to public comment. >> thank you
tang: okay. we'll do that without objection [ gavel ]. >> supervisor safai: and we can make a motion to send this over to the budget committee. >> supervisor tang: without objection? >> supervisor safai: without objection. i just want to thank everyone for their hard work and coming out on this. >> supervisor tang: okay. madam clerk, item 6, please. >> item 6 is how wee wee drive you and hallcon transportation is in compliance with the union. >> supervisor...
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. >> supervisor tang: about 35%. can you give me an accurate number? >> there is about a split. >> supervisor tang: ok great. if we can confirm, that would be great. i feel very uncomfortable with this very flexible open menu of affordable housing. i do think they percentage is quite high, to be honest, particularly given the district that this development is going into and the a.m.i. percentages in this neighbourhood. not meeting 110% of rental home homeownership. i understand a higher a.m.i. is very concerned -- i am very concerned about the fact there is an in lieu option when they only committed to 25%. the goal is always that if you fee out to you have to do 33% and the way i calculated it, it looks like back at base, the project sponsor has only committed, at minimum, to do 20% on site. which means the remaining five%, if it is feed out, should be higher off site. while the requirement is no more than 75 units off site, and this is my very rough mathematics, this is not my area of expertise , it should be no less than 110 units off site and we sh
. >> supervisor tang: about 35%. can you give me an accurate number? >> there is about a split. >> supervisor tang: ok great. if we can confirm, that would be great. i feel very uncomfortable with this very flexible open menu of affordable housing. i do think they percentage is quite high, to be honest, particularly given the district that this development is going into and the a.m.i. percentages in this neighbourhood. not meeting 110% of rental home homeownership. i...
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[reading agenda item] >> supervisor tang: thank you. we have jen low from supervisor yee's office who is a son spore of this item and a representative from the planning department. >> good afternoon, chair tang, supervisors kim and safai. ocean avenue is one of our merchant corridors in district seven and has a very active community benefits district organized by the ocean avenue association. the association came to us with this idea because we were getting concerned that medical uses were taking up a lot of the retail spaces on the ground floor along ocean avenue. so, we shared that concern and came up with a solution requiring a conditional use so that appropriate and necessary and desirable uses could be maintained on the corridor without taking away from active retail space. so, we have audrey here from the planning department to share a little more about this. we would love to have your support. we understand when we have further restrictions on corridors that it can do the opposite effect, which is increasing vacancies and we are
[reading agenda item] >> supervisor tang: thank you. we have jen low from supervisor yee's office who is a son spore of this item and a representative from the planning department. >> good afternoon, chair tang, supervisors kim and safai. ocean avenue is one of our merchant corridors in district seven and has a very active community benefits district organized by the ocean avenue association. the association came to us with this idea because we were getting concerned that medical...
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. >> supervisor tang: thank you. supervisor kim has a question for you. >> supervisor kim: i thank you actually just answered it. i feel very uncomfortable putting something out without something in writing. it is something i have always gone through many years of negotiation is you have not gotten it until you have it. this is often the best time to be negotiating these agreements on behalf of our workers. i wanted to ask what the building trades official position was on whether we support this project -- well, there is an appeal, but whether we forward this project out of committee today. >> i think it is pretty simple. just because we have been negotiating, even over the weekend, we thought we would get to a place where we have what is known as a letter of intent. this is not the project labor agreement itself. it will be negotiated over the next course of time as to once everything gets penciled out with building and the planning department. and everything else. it is not a deal that we have yet and it is not ink
. >> supervisor tang: thank you. supervisor kim has a question for you. >> supervisor kim: i thank you actually just answered it. i feel very uncomfortable putting something out without something in writing. it is something i have always gone through many years of negotiation is you have not gotten it until you have it. this is often the best time to be negotiating these agreements on behalf of our workers. i wanted to ask what the building trades official position was on whether we...
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i think it was 154 ownership. >> supervisor tang: ok. his. >> supervisor kim: it appears we will have some time for you to walk me through throughout the week. i look forward to continuing that discussion. >> supervisor tang: did you want to add something? >> i just wanted -- in the development agreement and in the affordable housing -- page 2 of exhibit h, under the definition, it does say an affordable housing costs will not exceed an amount that is 20% above the market rates within district ten the methodology for determining affordable housing costs should be set forth in the manual. so i think that -- which is updated from time to time. that is where the definition is. i just wanted to clarify that. >> supervisor tang: thank you. >> i apologize. we need to clarify. this is an important point. we think that the 80% is the average of all units in district ten which would include rent-controlled
i think it was 154 ownership. >> supervisor tang: ok. his. >> supervisor kim: it appears we will have some time for you to walk me through throughout the week. i look forward to continuing that discussion. >> supervisor tang: did you want to add something? >> i just wanted -- in the development agreement and in the affordable housing -- page 2 of exhibit h, under the definition, it does say an affordable housing costs will not exceed an amount that is 20% above the...
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i am katy tang back chair of this committee. from s.f. guv t.v., we would like to think charles and jim smith. are there any announcements? >> clerk: silence all cell phones and electronic devices and complete speaker cars to be included as part of the file that should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon will appear on october 2nd second board of supervisors agenda. >> supervisor tang: thank you. can you call items one through seven together? his bakery items item -- items one through seven are ordinances to amend the planning code to designate landmark for new hotel , local 77 union hall at -- and new appendices to articles ten and 11 for the warehouse historic district. the conservation district and p3 district and market mason conservation district and affirming appropriate findings. >> supervisor tang: thank you. due to noticing issues for a couple of items, we will ask our committee to continue all seven items to our october 1 st land use committee meeting and we will do that after public comment. anyone who would like to spe
i am katy tang back chair of this committee. from s.f. guv t.v., we would like to think charles and jim smith. are there any announcements? >> clerk: silence all cell phones and electronic devices and complete speaker cars to be included as part of the file that should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon will appear on october 2nd second board of supervisors agenda. >> supervisor tang: thank you. can you call items one through seven together? his bakery items item -- items...
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the tangs are farmers. over the last few decades they've managed to save about three thousand euros. that was their only savings for old age they've placed all their expectations and hopes on their only son. gone why was little the most important thing for us was that he did his best at school so that he could get out of here in the mean time the tangs have used up their entire savings searching for their son. to lose wife has gone into town to look for work stays at home and waits every day he sends text messages to his son's phone number most of them can't be delivered. but this one went through. town thinks his son is still out there somewhere. sometimes he invites his neighbors over to play cards tang doesn't join in but the company distracts him from his worries for a little while. the deal is fighting racism and discrimination with humor the german cabaret artist performs an ethnically diverse berlin disguised as a grandmother or a young turkish woman have realistic rough characters challenge stereoty
the tangs are farmers. over the last few decades they've managed to save about three thousand euros. that was their only savings for old age they've placed all their expectations and hopes on their only son. gone why was little the most important thing for us was that he did his best at school so that he could get out of here in the mean time the tangs have used up their entire savings searching for their son. to lose wife has gone into town to look for work stays at home and waits every day he...
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>> supervisor tang: public comment now for item 5. any members of the public who wish to speak, please come on up. >> hi, good afternoon. i'm manager of the tenderloin neighborhood development corporation. i am definitely in support of this legislation given that we got changes and the details on friday evening, i feel kind of -- very similar to what director was saying. we need time to digest and understand the impact on what it has. we have 38 properties in the city. we serve low-income affordable population, including homeless. just to give you an idea, we serve 5,000 people and the majority of them make under $15,000 a year, $1300 a month. and in terms of waste, specifically we spend $1.4 million annually. so it's 4% of our operating budget. as part of our sustainability program we actively work with sf environment when it comes to waste management. but when it comes to the legislation, the changes, my concern is specifically for the definition of large refuge and we had discussion about that. one is generate 30 cubic yards or mor
>> supervisor tang: public comment now for item 5. any members of the public who wish to speak, please come on up. >> hi, good afternoon. i'm manager of the tenderloin neighborhood development corporation. i am definitely in support of this legislation given that we got changes and the details on friday evening, i feel kind of -- very similar to what director was saying. we need time to digest and understand the impact on what it has. we have 38 properties in the city. we serve...
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the tangs are farmers. over the last few decades they've managed to save about three thousand euros. that was their only savings for old age they've placed all their expectations and hopes on their only son. gone why was little the most important thing for us was that he did his best at school so that he could get out of here in the mean time the tangs have used up their entire savings searching for their son. has gone into town to look for work tang stays at home and wait. every day he sends text messages to his son's phone number most of them can't be delivered. but this one went through. tang thinks his son is still out there somewhere sometimes he invites his neighbors over to play cards tang doesn't join in but the company distracts him from his worries for a little while. and in useful sport russia could have its ban lifted by the world anti doping agency today that despite widespread resistance from other athletes and sporting bodies russia's anti doping agency has been suspended since two thousand a
the tangs are farmers. over the last few decades they've managed to save about three thousand euros. that was their only savings for old age they've placed all their expectations and hopes on their only son. gone why was little the most important thing for us was that he did his best at school so that he could get out of here in the mean time the tangs have used up their entire savings searching for their son. has gone into town to look for work tang stays at home and wait. every day he sends...
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tang thinks his son is still out there somewhere. sometimes he invites is neighbors over to play cards tang doesn't join in but the company distracts him from his worries for a little while. russia could have its ban lifted by the world anti-doping agency wada today that despite widespread resistance from athletes and other sporting bodies russia's anti doping agency rosado has been suspended since two thousand and fifteen after a water report revealed a major state sponsored doping scandal athletes and dubbing bodies were around the world have urged water not to reinstate russia saying it would be a betrayal for clean athletes. in football because john ronaldo had a night to forget on his champions league debut for his new club event as he was sent off in the twenty ninth minute following an off the ball incident now that was before leaving the field in tears rinaldo will now miss the club's next three champions league matches including a return to former club manchester you unite manchester united despite his dismissal you ventus s
tang thinks his son is still out there somewhere. sometimes he invites is neighbors over to play cards tang doesn't join in but the company distracts him from his worries for a little while. russia could have its ban lifted by the world anti-doping agency wada today that despite widespread resistance from athletes and other sporting bodies russia's anti doping agency rosado has been suspended since two thousand and fifteen after a water report revealed a major state sponsored doping scandal...
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tang aye yee aye. brown aye cohen aye fewer aye kim aye mandelman aye peskin aye ronan aye there are 11 ayes. >> president m. cohen: thank you. these items pass unanimously. madam clerk, let's go to the regular agenda. >> clerk: item 4? >> president m. cohen: yes, please. >> clerk: ordinance to establish sub-project, g-2, g-3, g-4 [reading] >> president m. cohen: thank you. colleagues could we take this same house, same call? thank you, this has finally passed. item 5. >> clerk: to permit affordable housing on undeveloped lots on service/arts/light industrial sali districts and make the appropriate findings. >> president m. cohen: thank you. supervisor kim? >> supervisor j. kim: thanks, madam president. i want to make a motion to amend and i believe we distributed copies on page 6, we are simply changing structures to buildings. because structures include general advertising signs like billboards, which would prevent the construction of affordable housing and that was an unintended consequence of our o
tang aye yee aye. brown aye cohen aye fewer aye kim aye mandelman aye peskin aye ronan aye there are 11 ayes. >> president m. cohen: thank you. these items pass unanimously. madam clerk, let's go to the regular agenda. >> clerk: item 4? >> president m. cohen: yes, please. >> clerk: ordinance to establish sub-project, g-2, g-3, g-4 [reading] >> president m. cohen: thank you. colleagues could we take this same house, same call? thank you, this has finally passed....
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i'm here to share supervisor tang's support of self-help for the elderly. the project includes a conversion and modest expansion of a vacant single-family home which was generously donated to self-help for continuance services to the outer sunset community. supervisor tang has visited the seniors at the current location for many years now, and the clubhouse is filled with over 50 seniors each day who come and congregate with each other and spend a lot of time with each other over a hot meal. the social workers only have two workers to one desk at the end of the room, and this area is important because it allows seniors to get help with different things. the expansion will help the seniors get more services and the assistance that they need. it will allow them to benefit from the comprehensive social services provided by self-help, including the meals, education and wellness services and supportive services. i hope that you will join supervisor tang in supporting this project at 3133 taraval street. in supporting her support for this project, supervisor tang
i'm here to share supervisor tang's support of self-help for the elderly. the project includes a conversion and modest expansion of a vacant single-family home which was generously donated to self-help for continuance services to the outer sunset community. supervisor tang has visited the seniors at the current location for many years now, and the clubhouse is filled with over 50 seniors each day who come and congregate with each other and spend a lot of time with each other over a hot meal....
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such as like 5-10%. >> supervisor tang: so, sorry, what is it right now? >> well, we're looking at basically, 5% threshold for recycling and composting. and trash on the order of 20%. >> supervisor tang: ok. director? >> thank you, supervisor. it's important as you know as you craft policy there, are things you want in law and things you want flexibility to change. these determinations we feel it important they are not set in stone and we would have to come back for amendments, because market conditions change. they change in both directions. sometimes it's going to be that we're going to need to allow a little more contamination, sometimes it will be, wow, we can't allow it anymore because there are no more markets. these are written with these boundaries in place where the director will look at processing capability and setting guidance that will be available and
such as like 5-10%. >> supervisor tang: so, sorry, what is it right now? >> well, we're looking at basically, 5% threshold for recycling and composting. and trash on the order of 20%. >> supervisor tang: ok. director? >> thank you, supervisor. it's important as you know as you craft policy there, are things you want in law and things you want flexibility to change. these determinations we feel it important they are not set in stone and we would have to come back for...
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i'm going to pivot to supervisor tang quickly. can you articulate the small property owners perspective of what they're fearful of? >> through the chair. i think supervisor kim mentioned it earlier, we don't want to hit the other extreme which is what i think i experienced representing the district. a lot of people, the number one reason for why they don't even put current units out on the market or don't engage in building a.d.u.s is because of the fear whether it's substantiate the or not, their home would be subject to rent control. i think that over the years, what i've heard is that just that potential of the repeal alone has been such a deterrent for so many people to want to rent. i think that we talk about all these potentially thousands and thousands of units that are available that are not being rented out to tenants and it's the case in the district. we have a lot of people who are fearful and it's all they talk to me about. these small property owners. and so that is a challenge. no matter how much i work on trying to
i'm going to pivot to supervisor tang quickly. can you articulate the small property owners perspective of what they're fearful of? >> through the chair. i think supervisor kim mentioned it earlier, we don't want to hit the other extreme which is what i think i experienced representing the district. a lot of people, the number one reason for why they don't even put current units out on the market or don't engage in building a.d.u.s is because of the fear whether it's substantiate the or...
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supervisor tang, we hope to see you. we have a surprise for you, so we are looking forward to seeing you and your information is with your interns. thank you for your time. i just wanted to share this information with you all. >> my name is amanda, and i live in san francisco and work for the american lung association and am part of the coalition san francisco kid versus big tobacco. i wanted to thank you for passing the ordinance that will end the sale of tobacco products. as you know it was voted on june 5, and 67% of voters saying yes to proposition e. our coalition has been working to learn more about the implementation of proposition e. this ordinance is set to dpw into effect on july 20, yet from our understanding, there isn't a set timeframe for implementation, so i'm here to let you know about that, and so-to-sato say that we are hoping for switch implementation. >> tom gilber gilberte, the clinic i have been going to is shut down. for our police department, i want them to retire safe, healthy, and happy, which i
supervisor tang, we hope to see you. we have a surprise for you, so we are looking forward to seeing you and your information is with your interns. thank you for your time. i just wanted to share this information with you all. >> my name is amanda, and i live in san francisco and work for the american lung association and am part of the coalition san francisco kid versus big tobacco. i wanted to thank you for passing the ordinance that will end the sale of tobacco products. as you know it...
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and with that, i'd like the introduce our leader in this effort, assembliman phil tang. [applause] >> thank you so much, mayor breed, for your leadership on this issue of homelessness. i know that we had an opportunity to work together when you were president of the board and i have no doubt that you're going to be working on this issue every single day as mayor. i also wanted to thank supervisor hillary ronen who had approached my early on to talk about how we can fund navigation centers in her district and also in san francisco. and i would be remissed not to thank late mayor ed lee who brought me aba-57. it was really a team effort where the citied that idea of we need to work together to solve this problem. this is a state-wide problem. we have 134,000 homeless people in the state. it is a state of crisis. we have 7500 people here in san francisco. but these people aren't numbers. they're lives. they're lives that missed different paths, that have taken very challenging directions. but we as a city have not given up on them. we as a state have not given up on them an
and with that, i'd like the introduce our leader in this effort, assembliman phil tang. [applause] >> thank you so much, mayor breed, for your leadership on this issue of homelessness. i know that we had an opportunity to work together when you were president of the board and i have no doubt that you're going to be working on this issue every single day as mayor. i also wanted to thank supervisor hillary ronen who had approached my early on to talk about how we can fund navigation centers...
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thank you, supervisor tang and supervisor ronen for kicking this off. what a great thing we're doing here. i am proud to honor an amazing woman, natasha dolby, as district 2 honoree for latinx month. one of my favorite quotes, "a river cuts through a rock not because of its power, but because of its perseverance." and i believe this quote encapsulates the amazing spirit of our district 2 honoree. natasha is co-founder of freedom forward, organization that works to end the commercial exploitation of youth in san francisco. she recently completed an independent research fellowship with stanford university's honda center for human rights and justice on sex trafficking in brazil, where she's originally from. natasha has spent 15 years in the nonprofit and philanthropic centers in san francisco, new york and washington, d.c. specializing in financial analysis and program strategy in organizations like the robin hood foundation, education sector, american institutes for research, and san francisco-based pacific foundation services. natasha joined the board of
thank you, supervisor tang and supervisor ronen for kicking this off. what a great thing we're doing here. i am proud to honor an amazing woman, natasha dolby, as district 2 honoree for latinx month. one of my favorite quotes, "a river cuts through a rock not because of its power, but because of its perseverance." and i believe this quote encapsulates the amazing spirit of our district 2 honoree. natasha is co-founder of freedom forward, organization that works to end the commercial...
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i've also been paddling with lincoln for the past four years. >> i'm jason tang. i also have been paddling for four years. shocker. >> so first off, we'd like to thank everyone here at san francisco city hall who have gathered here today to congratulate us on our recent performance at the world championships in hungary. so, thank you to our coaches, families, friends and supporters that have made it possible for us to make it this far. going to hungary it was a onces in a lifetime experience for us. in reality, though, it wasn't just a trip for our team. it was the cumulation of four years of hard practice and ambition. setting -- settling our ever increation sights on the highest level of competition in the world. this is when the idea was seriously a twinkle in the eye of our head coach fanny chen back when we were 30-strong instead of 100 and still thinking about how to not lose at our local races. we saw the truly staggering scale of the dragonboat community from all over the world and we solidified bonds with our kindred teams, the eternal dragons. we found o
i've also been paddling with lincoln for the past four years. >> i'm jason tang. i also have been paddling for four years. shocker. >> so first off, we'd like to thank everyone here at san francisco city hall who have gathered here today to congratulate us on our recent performance at the world championships in hungary. so, thank you to our coaches, families, friends and supporters that have made it possible for us to make it this far. going to hungary it was a onces in a lifetime...
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the rest i submit. >> supervisor tang: thank you. i will introduce legislation for and it's the last that monica mohan in my office has worked on. it's her last day. this is flexible retail use in ward 4. we've heard a lot from retailers that they would like to come up with some creative experiences to attract more customers to their stores. some of them who might sell gift ware or gift items might want an event at night where they serve wine or beer or serving coffee, along with t-shirts they're selling. all of that to help with generating more customers to come to their shops or to also diversify the revenue source. as you all know, our planning code can be very complicated and that particular use that's associated with a storefront, that's what they have to be doing. and they must strictly adhere to that. so what we're trying to do now is to allow for the more flexible use of retail spaces. i think it's especially important because the board has actually talked about the problem with storefront vacancies and what it does to our co
the rest i submit. >> supervisor tang: thank you. i will introduce legislation for and it's the last that monica mohan in my office has worked on. it's her last day. this is flexible retail use in ward 4. we've heard a lot from retailers that they would like to come up with some creative experiences to attract more customers to their stores. some of them who might sell gift ware or gift items might want an event at night where they serve wine or beer or serving coffee, along with t-shirts...
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recognize supervisor tang at this time. >> supervisor tang: all right. thank you, and thank you once again at d.e.m. staff and anne cronenberg's family who is all here. i would like to bring up some individuals representing pier 39. i wanted to recognize them on the skip the straw campaign on the occasion that we are going to be voting on final reading our plastic straw ban here in san francisco. and so we have sue le vin here from pier 39, kathy paver, sherry ends, and george jacobs. and i do know that taylor stafford, president and c.e.o. of pier 39 wanted to be here but could not make it. we wanted to recognize pier 39 today because they actually have started the skip the straw campaign ahead of our legislation here at the board of supervisors. more than 15 million guests come to pier 39 each year, so, as a city we really have that responsibility, or that opportunity to spread our message to visitors from all over the world and again, want to recognize pier 39 for seeing that opportunity and whether that is a message of love and acceptance of all or s
recognize supervisor tang at this time. >> supervisor tang: all right. thank you, and thank you once again at d.e.m. staff and anne cronenberg's family who is all here. i would like to bring up some individuals representing pier 39. i wanted to recognize them on the skip the straw campaign on the occasion that we are going to be voting on final reading our plastic straw ban here in san francisco. and so we have sue le vin here from pier 39, kathy paver, sherry ends, and george jacobs. and...