now, my honor to introduce a long time members of the irish san francisco community, the cochair of theo sister city committee and someone i have been whispering in his ear for the last -- well, liam, you kind of talked longer than you are supposed to, you have 30 seconds, turman, to introduce the mayor of court. see if you can stick with it. >> thank you, sean, and a happy st. patrick's day to everybody. it is with great honor i now introduce the lord mayor of cork, counselor collin kelleher. >> thank you. it's an honor for me to be here. i'd just like to thank mayor london breed for the invitation. the relationship we have with san francisco is going into its 39 year last year, and i would just like to pay special thank you to kathleen manning, in addition to the chair of the sister city program. counselor general robert, i spoke with [indiscernible] and when the call was finished, i said to maureen, was he from the north of ireland because he said -- [speaking native language] >> it's an honor to be here in city hall for the flag raising ceremony. it's something that i will remember

i am grateful to the san francisco african-american historical society for the invitation to speak forth kickoff in san francisco. i served as executive director of the san francisco faith-based coalition. the coalition of 21 churches with a mission to eliminate health disparities and serve as an associate minister at the stork baptist church and a researcher in the department of family and community medicine at the university of california, san francisco. this year's black history theme is black health and wellness. when i think of black health and wellness i am reminded of the same principle that symbolizes it is taken from the past what is good and bring it into the present in order to make a positive progress through the benevolent use of knowledge. it is a word that translates to retrieve and to go back, to get, to return, to seek and to take. and to understand who we are today in terms of our black health and wellness. we must go back and learn from the history of yesteryear. that's why i am delighted to greet you from the motherland. i am currently in ghana and i have been able

with the university of san francisco and the department of public health, we have discovered our first case not only here in san francisco but in the entire country. >> the entire parade has been challenging to plan, but then, there's thissaicing from the community to come out and celebrate almost like we did before. >> the -- this aching from the community to come out and celebrate almost like we did before. >> the first chinese immigrants arrived in the 1800s in the united states. at that time, they wanted to showcase their culture with parades in the united states. at that time, they had walkers, dragons, acrobatic jumping. >> in the late 1950s, when the chinese chamber of commerce took over to start planning the parade, it was really just a small community parade that came down grant avenue, but as the celebration kind of grew and evolved, they wanted to really expand it to include as many people across san francisco as possible, so they added a lot of events that really hit all different age groups and interests. >> always about two weeks long, so we like to add more events to be

since 2013 we started reaching the san francisco bay area residents and 10 thousand people into through 22 working groups and actually completed 5 thousand applications for citizenship our cause the real low income to moderate income resident in san francisco and the bayview sometimes the workshops are said attend by poem if san mateo and from sacking. >> we think over restraining order thousand legal permanent residents in san francisco that are eligible for citizenship but totally lack information and they don't have trained professionals culturally appropriate with an audience you're working with one time of providing services with pro bono lawyers and trained professionals to find out whether your eligible the first station and go through a purview list of questions to see if they have met the 56 year residents arrangement or they're a u.s. citizenship they once they get through the screening they go to legal communication to see lawyers to check am i eligible to be a citizen we send them to station 3 that's when they sit down with experienced advertising to fill out the 4 hundred n

i mean we are the part of san francisco. dy likes to talk about how san francisco is not family-friendly, there are not a lot of children and families. we have predominately single family homes. as i said, people move here to buy their first home, maybe with multiple family members or multiple families in the same home and they laid down their roots. [♪♪♪] >> it's different because again, we have little small storefronts. we don't have light industrial space or space where you can build high-rises or large office buildings. so the tech boom will never hit our neighborhood in that way when it comes to jobs. >> turkey, cheddar, avocado, lettuce and mayo, and little bit of mustard. that's my usual. >> mike is the owner, born and bred in the neighborhood. he worked in the drugstore forever. he saved his money and opened up his own spot. we're always going to support home grown businesses and he spent generations living in this part of town, focusing on the family, and the vibe is great and people feel at home. it's like a little

that was, at -- in a way, and appreciation from the city of san francisco for the musical legends. ncisco don't realize what resources there are at the library. we had a film series, the s.f. punk film series that i put together. it was nearly sold out every single night. people were so appreciative that someone was bringing this for them. it is free. everything in the library is free. >> it it is also a film producer who has a film coming out. maybe in 2018 about crime. what is the title of it? >> it is called san francisco first and only rock 'n' roll movie. crime, 1978. [laughter] >> when i first went to the art institute before the adventures were formed in 77, i was going to be a painter. i did not know i would turn into a punk singer. i got back into painting and i mostly do portraiture and figurative painting. one of the things about this job here is i discovered some great resources for images for my painting. i was looking through these mug shot books that we have here that are from the 1920s. i did a whole series of a mug shot paintings from those books. they are in the sa

with the university of san francisco and the department of public health, we have discovered our first country. >> the entire parade has been challenging to plan, but then, there's thissaicing from the community to come out and celebrate almost like we did before. >> the -- this aching from the community to come out and celebrate almost like we did before. >> the first chinese immigrants arrived in the 1800s in the united states. at that time, they wanted to showcase their culture with parades in the united states. at that time, they had walkers, dragons, acrobatic jumping. >> in the late 1950s, when the chinese chamber of commerce took over to start planning the parade, it was really just a small community parade that came down grant avenue, but as the celebration kind of grew and evolved, they wanted to really expand it to include as many people across san francisco as possible, so they added a lot of events that really hit all different age groups and interests. >> always about two weeks long, so we like to add more events to be more inclusive, from the young to the elderly to the y

now, my honor to introduce a long time members of the irish san francisco community, the cochair of theo sister city committee and someone i have been whispering in his ear for the last -- well, liam, you kind of talked longer than you are supposed to, you have 30 seconds, turman, to introduce the mayor of court. see if you can stick with it. >> thank you, sean, and a happy st. patrick's day to everybody. it is with great honor i now introduce the lord mayor of cork, counselor collin kelleher. >> thank you. it's an honor for me to be here. i'd just like to thank mayor london breed for the invitation. the relationship we have with san francisco is going into its 39 year last year, and i would just like to pay special thank you to kathleen manning, in addition to the chair of the sister city program. counselor general robert, i spoke with [indiscernible] and when the call was finished, i said to maureen, was he from the north of ireland because he said -- [speaking native language] >> it's an honor to be here in city hall for the flag raising ceremony. it's something that i will remember

i'm grateful to the san francisco southeast alliance, united food and commercial workers, and the teamsters for working with our office on this legislation. i can only speak on behalf of san francisco, but i would not be surprised if other communities in major metro areas introduced similar legislation to fit their needs. i'd also like to thank city attorney victoria wong for drafting this and my staff for working on this. we are trying to make sure that we are making informed decisions after a thorough review. colleagues, i hope you will vote to recommend this as a positive recommendation for a vote in tomorrow's meeting, and i want to thank my cosponsors, supervisors cohen, preston, chan, and safai. >> chair melgar: and if you would please add me as a cosponsor. do we have any presentations? >> president walton: there are no presentations. >> chair melgar: okay. thank you, again, for your leadership, president walton. madam clerk, let's go to public comment. >> clerk: thank you. are there any callers who want to speak on item number 4, you just need to lineup near the curtain, and then, t

that was, at -- in a way, and appreciation from the city of san francisco for the musical legends. san francisco don't realize what resources there are at the library. we had a film series, the s.f. punk film series that i put together. it was nearly sold out every single night. people were so appreciative that someone was bringing this for them. it is free. everything in the library is free. >> it it is also a film producer who has a film coming out. maybe in 2018 about crime. what is the title of it? >> it is called san francisco first and only rock 'n' roll movie. crime, 1978. [laughter] >> when i first went to the art institute before the adventures were formed in 77, i was going to be a painter. i did not know i would turn into a punk singer. i got back into painting and i mostly do portraiture and figurative painting. one of the things about this job here is i discovered some great resources for images for my painting. i was looking through these mug shot books that we have here that are from the 1920s. i did a whole series of a mug shot paintings from those books. they are i

the kind introduction. i am postmaster of san francisco. i am happy to be here on behalf of the post office for the year of the tiger stamp. i would like to thank our speakers, mayor breed, commissioner chang. board president walton and customers and leaders for joining us today. i want to take this opportunity to thank the national organization oca and several local organizations for continued support. in china the tradition of celebrating new year's began thousands of years ago. the crops and livestock the villages were on the night before the new year. in some versions of the story the brave old man decided to put up red paper around the village and fireworks. frightened by the loud noise and red peeper left without eating the crops. i love this. it symbolizes the human experience and fighting spirit in protecting and caring for our families. since that time the lunar year evolved and the customs are loved throughout the world. the celebration is squarely within the cultural traditions. time to prepare for a fresh start while honoring the

. >> ever wonder about programs the city is working on to make san francisco the best place to live and work we bring shine won our city department and the people making them happy what happened next sf oh, san francisco known for it's looks at and history and beauty this place arts has it all but it's city government is pretty unique in fact, san francisco city departments are filled with truly initiative programming that turns this way our goal is to create programs that are easily digestable and easy to follow so that our resident can participate in healing the planet with the new take dial initiative they're getting close to zero waste we 2020 and today san francisco is diverting land filled and while those numbers are imperfect not enough. >> we're sending over 4 hundred thousand tons of waste to the landfill and over the 4 hundred tons 10 thousands are textile and unwanted listen ones doesn't have to be find in the trash. >> i could has are the ones creating the partnerships with the rail kwloth stores putting an in store collection box near the checks stand so customers can bring

we help san francisco remain unique, successful and right vi. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i'm one of three owners here in san francisco and we provide mostly live music entertainment and we have food, the type of food that we have a mexican food and it's not a big menu, but we did it with love. like ribeye tacos and quesadillas and fries. for latinos, it brings families together and if we can bring that family to your business, you're gold. tonight we have russelling for e community. >> we have a ten-person limb elimination match. we have a full-size ring with barside food and drink. we ended up getting wrestling here with puoillo del mar. we're hope og get families to join us. we've done a drag queen bingo and we're trying to be a diverse kind of club, trying different things. this is a great part of town and there's a bunch of shops, a variety of stores and ethnic restaurants. there's a popular little shop that all of the kids like to hang out at. we have a great breakfast spot call brick fast at tiffanies. some of the older businesses are refurbished and newer bu

i look forward to working with our new leaders of the san francisco board of education and i want to thank the new commissioners for their willingness to serve the greatest school district in the history of human kind. our mission in san francisco unified is to provide each and every student the quality instruction and equitable support so that each and every one of them can thrive in the 21st century. above all else, we are educators and our priority is and will continue to be helping students to reach their full potential. i look forward to working with all of our commissioners to address the challenges and opportunities before us in collaboration with our district staff, families, students, and community members. while there are many urgent and important matters to realize our mission, at this moment in time, our students and their families are counting on our district leaders to stay focused on these priorities above all else. number one, to maintain healthy and safe learning environments. number two, to create high quality learning experiences for our students that foster engaged

that was, at -- in a way, and appreciation from the city of san francisco for the musical legends. san francisco don't realize what resources there are at the library. we had a film series, the s.f. punk film series that i put together. it was nearly sold out every single night. people were so appreciative that someone was bringing this for them. it is free. everything in the library is free. >> it it is also a film producer who has a film coming out. maybe in 2018 about crime. what is the title of it? >> it is called san francisco first and only rock 'n' roll movie. crime, 1978. [laughter] >> when i first went to the art institute before the adventures were formed in 77, i was going to be a painter. i did not know i would turn into a punk singer. i got back into painting and i mostly do portraiture and figurative painting. one of the things about this job here is i discovered some great resources for images for my painting. i was looking through these mug shot books that we have here that are from the 1920s. i did a whole series of a mug shot paintings from those books. they are i

within the 49 square miles of san francisco. ocal services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar. you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusively independent owned small businesses. it harkens back to supporting local. polk street doesn't look like anywhere u.s.a. it has its own businesses and personality. we have clothing stores to gallerys, to personal service s

by supporting local services in the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique 49 chinatown has to be one the best unique shopping areas in san francisco that is color fulfill and safe each vegetation and seafood and find everything in chinatown the walk shop in chinatown welcome to jason dessert i'm the fifth generation of candy in san francisco still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the pot pals that's why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art we will explain a walk and they can't walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. >> beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is - i really appreciate they love this art. >> from the cantonese to the hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you don't have to go far. >> small business is important to our neighborhood becau

i would like to acknowledge the good folks at san francisco government t.v. for staffing this meeting. >> the board of supervisors and its committees are allowing in person attendance and public comment while still providing remote access in public comment via telephone. it is essential and will be taken as follows. first, public comment will be taken on each item in this agenda. those attending in person will be allowed to speak first and then we will take those who are waiting on the telephone line. for those watching, the public comment number is streaming across the screen. the number is (415)655-0001. (415)655-0001. and enter the meeting id and press pound and pound again. when connected you will hear the meeting discussions but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up in public comment is called, you should line up to speak or dial star three to be added to the speaker line. if you are on the telephone, turned on the t.v. and all listening devices you maybe using. we will be taking public comment from those attend

and it's sort of the classic san francisco thing is that you work with folks. >> it is your duty to helpy in san francisco.all san francisco mayor london and we are here to swear in stephanie cahina to the sfmta board. i want to thank the heresies from coming to lakeviewto be with us today . you must be somebody really special. i want to acknowledge some of our elected members of the board of supervisors for joining us . marna melgar recommended stephanie so thank you supervisor melgar for being here . supervisor mandelman and supervisor hillary cahina. thank you to the members of the board not only for being here but for supporting stephanie and ourreporter, walking torres . thank you for being here. it's not really easy to get commissioners nowadays to the board of supervisors . that tells you is that stephanie is a bridgebuilder. she is so lucky to be able to goand work and napa every single day . i don't know how you get any work done and napa. leading their economic policies and dealing with the challenges and that economic world of nap . i would just gointo wineries after work ever

we moved to san francisco early on. in theps building. for me, when my earliest memories were the big brown trucks driving up and down the street keeping us awake at night. when i was seven-years-old and i'm in charge of making sure we get on the bus on time to get to school. i have to make sure that we do our homework. it's a lot of responsibility for a kid. the weekends were always for family. we used to get together and whether we used to go watch a movie at the new mission theater and then afterwards going to kentucky fried chicken. that was big for us. we get kentucky fried chicken on sunday. whoa! go crazy! so for me, home is having something where you are all together. whether it's just together for dinner or whether it's together for breakfast or sharing a special moment at the holidays. whether it's thanksgiving or christmas or birthdays. that is home. being so close to berkley and oakland and san francisco, there's a line. here you don't see a line. even though you see someone that's different from you, they're equal

that's important. ♪♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is totion process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. the business really boomed after that. >> i think that the flavors we make reflect the diversity of san francisco. we were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it. businesses come an

the largest online network. there are about 530 million members using our site. in this san franciscoere's about 1400 employees working in roughly 400,000 square feet. >> after signing up for the program we heard about the san francisco program and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. i'm the co-owner of the new wheel electric bike shop. we opened this store in 2012 and the new wheel sells and services electric bikes. 11 people work here in san francisco and our store is about 2,000 square feet. electric bikes are fantastic for transportation in the city, they're clean and green and you get places faster than any other form of transportation. it amplifies the power, it doesn't replace it. it makes it easier to get places by bicycle and it's so enjoyable and environmentally friendly way to go and more convenient in san francisco. >> clean power sf requires two products, green, 40% renewable and competitively priced with pg and e. for those who want to fight climate change more, 100% renewable at $0.02 per kilawatt. >> i decided to go with the super greens, after fi

the need for more housing. they are looking for ways to block new housing in-laws. in san francisco we should be leaders in housing. we should be the city california looks to. let's be like san francisco. two years ago i set a goal of building at least 5,000 new homes per year. 2020, 450000, 2021, we built 4600. the only housing built right now are large projects like mission rock and the pier 70. they need all houses sizes. not just south ease and soma but big neighborhoods across the entire city. to do that we have got to breakdown the obstructionism that blocks housing at every single turn. [applause]. now you know i tried. i am not giving up. i tried inside city hall. we made incremental progress. on the big ideas like my housing charter amendment we have been blocked. we are going to the voters. change will happen to come from outside city hall. i am confident that it will. this november. because over and over i have heard from residents. they want be to cut bureaucracy and build more housing. we want future generations like alisha's daughter to live here when she is an adult.

i'm the deputy superintendent of instruction at san francisco unified school district, but you can call vickie. what you see over the next hour has been created and planned by our san francisco teachers for our students. >> our premise came about for san francisco families that didn't have access to technology, and that's primarily children preschool to second grade. >> when we started doing this distance learning, everything was geared for third grade and up, and we work with the little once, and it's like how were they still processing the information? how were they supposed to keep learning? >> i thought about reaching the student who didn't have internet, who didn't have computers, and i wanted them to be able to see me on the t.v. and at least get some connection with my kids that way. >> thank you, friends. see you next time. >> hi, friend. >> today's tuesday, april 28, 2020. it's me, teacher sharon, and i'm back again. >> i got an e-mail saying that i had an opportunity to be on a show. i'm, like, what? >> i actually got an e-mail from the early education department, saying they

the san francisco fire commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland 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 of this place as well as for all people to 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 members of the ramaytush ohlone community and by acknowledging their sovereign rights as first peoples. >> clerk: item 2, resolution 2022-06, discussion and possible action to adopt resolution making findings to allow teleconferenced meetings under california government code section 54953-e. >> president feinstein: all right. if there's any public comment? >> clerk: madam president, there's no public comment. >> president feinstein: all right. seeing no public comment, public comment is clos

the city. that is rare. >> san francisco has created a temporary licensing process so that the pre-existing operatorsn apply for a temporary state licensed. >> we have taken teams of up to 12 inspectors to inspect the facility twice a day. we have been doing that with the department of building inspection and the department of public health. and the fire department. >> it is really important for the industry to know that we are treating them like industry. like manufacturing. like coworkers pick so that is the way we are approaching this from a health and safety and a consumer protection network. this is just the way practice happens with restaurants or manufacturing facilities. >> because there are so many pieces of industry that people haven't even thought about. there are different permits for each piece. you have to set up a permitting system for growing, for manufacturing, for testing. for delivery. for retail. you have to make sure that there is an appropriate health code. certainly the regulation of alcohol in terms of restaurants and retail it's probably a model for how this industry will be

the final four. >> i have been in san francisco for the last 10 years. my daughter jackie is a san francisco local. it is just amazing. duke, class of 2000 and still, we are winning championships. >> it feels awesome. i am old enough to rememberwhen [ screaming ] [ cheering ] >> reporter: it was a tough night for the fourth-seeded arkansas razorbacks. >> not too good. i am glad that we made it. you know how it is. it is duke. duke is to. >> it shows that arkansas has heart. it took the team a little while to gel but they played really well. >> reporter: saturday's game was a big win for businesses near the chase center. they opened in september of last year. it said it had one of its busiest days ever during thursday's sweet 16 game. tonight, plans to stay open well past its normal closing our. >> it is so fantastic. every event that we do is special and it is great to see people come and they are having a good time here. some people are here for the first time and some people are coming back. >> reporter: meanwhile, duke is headed to new orleans where it

. >> the san francisco carbon fund was started in 2009. it's basically legislation that was passed by the board of supervisors and the mayor's office for the city of san francisco. they passed legislation that said okay, 13% of the cost of the city air travel is going to go into a fund and we're going to use the money in that fund to do local projects that are going to mitigate and sequester greenhouse gas emission. the grants that we're giving, they're anywhere from 15,000 to, say, $80,000 for a two year grant. i'm shawn rosenmoss. i'm the development of community partnerships and carbon fund for the san francisco department of environment. we have an advisory committee that meets once or twice a year to talk about, okay, what are we going to fund? because we want to look at things like equity and innovative projects. >> i heard about the carbon fund because i used to work for the department of environment. i'm a school education team. my name is marcus major. i'm a founding member of climate action now. we started in 2011. our main goal i

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today after the school board recall, san francisco voters must now decide whether to recall the district attorney. how might the recent anti-asian attacks influence the outcome? a reporter with the san francisco standard will be joining us. first, there's a growing list of sanctions being imposed on russia. the ultra wealthy in russia are being hit directly in their access to money, but everyday citizens there are also being impacted. >> is fighting intensifies in ukraine, russia essentially cut off from the western world. the u.s. announcing new sanctions against russian oligarchs, blocking their travel to the u.s. and also targeting their relatives, adding to consequences they are already facing. >> choking up access to technology as well as cutting off access to financial systems. >> vladimir putin also being sanction. some oligarchs starting to public -- publicly call for an the war. >> the deal is i will make you more less prosperous and take away all your freedom so you want complain. that deal is now broken. >> russian aircraft, which will have an unprecedented and on russia's eco

something new to discover. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ plan your next vilcom kristen: abc 7 our partnership with the san franciscohe focus on hyper local quality-of-life issues, it aligns with our efforts to build a better bay area. one topic is reviving the economy. this week, the san francisco mayor is in europe, marketing the city is a great place to visit into business. joining us like to talk about this is the standard snooze editor -- standard's news editor. good to see you. >> great to be back. kristen: we know the mayor is pitching san francisco as the ultimate destination, but who is paying for the trip and how much does it cost? >> yeah, well, this is a 10-day mission. $25,000 trip, where the mayor is joined by a few members of her staff and leaders in the travel and tourism industry in the city. she will be visiting london, paris, frankfurt, in brussels, and the mission is to promote tourism, get visitors back to the city, and promote a positive image of san francisco. kristen: ok, so, $25,000 trip, right? where to succumb from. what bucket does it come out that? >> san francisco international airport

this is one piece of the crisis facing san francisco. here's a snippet from episode 1. >> i get to see the ocean. i get to smell -- live in a national park. i love this place. my name is ann ray, and i live in the prevideo. i live alone at the edge of the park near a stand of woods. and i've been here for over 15 years. this is my home. >> we're technically still in san francisco, but this is pretty remote. >> yes. it's pretty remote, yeah. the police can't get her super quick. ♪♪ >> ann knows that because she says over the past five years she's called police and investigators over 50 times. at first it was just packages stolen off her stoop and broken car windows in the neighborhood. but then one day ann's dog suddenly started barking. >> something was going on outside of my door. and so i looked outside and got a very good view of him. >> you could actually see him trying to get into your house? >> yeah, from the window, yes. >> what was that like? >> very disturbing, pretty menacing looking. so, yeah, it was scary. >> could you actuall