elvin louie and al perez, thank you for being with us commissioner perez and so many of our wonderful leaders as well as our commissioner a raoen lee rylee, we appreciate what you do on boards and commissioners and activities all around the city. and with that, i want to introduce the post master, i was going to say post master general but just post master from the united states postal service to help introduce and talk about this stamp douglas smith. >> good morning, every one. thank you mayor breed for the kind words, claudine, i don't think there is any place in this country that represents what we provide with the stamp and in this city, although we were not first, i think we're always going to be the most important so thank you for the words. it's an honor to be here as we celebrate the year of the dragon. i would like to thank the speakers for your support. as a post master of san francisco, i'm proud to recognize this meaningful stamp that is val owed by those who celebrate the lunar new year as well. it's a time when families get together as you have done today to celebrate the celebrati

so keeping us apprized of all that stuff, the what if questions that other commissioners have asked is, i think is going to be important to us as we as we keep going. and i know you have been doing that but you know, the emphasis, i think you hear is acute from the other commissioners that we that we do take full charge of this both in the public airways as well as within the policy and the interchange that you your staff has with all the different agencies and commissions that you've already report on. so that being said, unless there's any other comments, um, miss hale, if we could just continue with the your proposals. thank you. so we're going to go on to specific operating requests now um, these first two um, uh priorities are meeting new customer demands and resilience and climate change fall under our investing where it matters pillar. you'll see a number of items i'll address to speak to that and the financial stability and responsible management of our system maintenance and workforce. reducing vacancies increasing retention. that's all part of our responsible management pillar. um power interacts. uh, speaking to the

elvin louie and al perez, thank you for being with us commissioner perez and so many of our wonderful leaders asas our commissioner a raoen lee rylee, we appreciate what you do on boards and commissioners and activities all around the city. and with that, i want to introduce the post master, i was going to say post master general but just post master from the united states postal service to help introduce and talk about this stamp douglas smith. >> good morning, every one. thank you mayor breed for the kind words, claudine, i don't think there is any place in this country that represents what we provide with the stamp and in this city, although we were not first, i think we're always going to be the most important so thank you for the words. it's an honor to be here as we celebrate the year of the dragon. i would like to thank the speakers for your support. as a post master of san francisco, i'm proud to recognize this meaningful stamp that is val owed by those who celebrate the lunar new year as well. it's a time when families get together as you have done today to celebrate the celebrating of

this is a major responsibility not just for all you of the staff and workers, but for us as commissionersand as i said during the extensive hearings we went through in the last few weeks, if there was anything that the general public or even myself as a commissioner would have wanted to put in a box it would have been the budget hearings. there is a thing about democracy where you have to have budget hearings and not only do you go through the money and budget s and how much it cost, you are explaining how infrastructure works, what the policies are and those many hours we spent leading up to the summary is probably in a nutshell probably the best way to look what the important agency does and any student of government if you have nothing to do and can't sleep and want to get educated put thon cspan or sf tv and listen to the staff talk about what we do and what we want, because this here people do talk about infrastructure and this is a city that invest in itself and doesn't turn into a place that lets things rot and cares about the citizens so there is a lot of responsibility and just w

i want to reemphasize that i think a few of us, as commissioners have said, we'd really love to, you know, get out there and take another look to see what the heck is going on with all that wonderful work that we keep hearing about and approving, i think that would be emphasized. and i in particular, one of the older, um, places that was brought up and that i'm just going to put a marker down myself. i would like to, uh, go and see that, you know, post civil war era pilarcitos, um, facilities which, you know, again, everything has to be maintained over hundreds of years. i would like to see that also. so um, those are just a couple of comments that i have before you continue. so thank you. and unless the commissioners have any other, um, follow up questions, let us, uh, mr. ritchie, please continue. sure uh, and i was only sick of the 40 niners at 430 yesterday. right got better after that. it did. uh, if i can have his notice to. right. yes all right. so let me talk about the capital programs now, because that is a big element of what we're talking about. uh, and the water enterpris

speaker: hello direct charles direct of dps, there is a lot of work ahead, and it will up to us as commissioners, providers, staff to holdup the needs of the people that reserve and housing, and have the resources necessary to succeed, we're already seeing need in the conversation around here around housing investment, food programs, staff wages, all critical. deeper longer term interventions for homeless and at-risk families who can't be supported by light interventions. all of these things that we're advocating for and i encourage you to engage with our various providers coalitions we like to work together on the budget piece. >> thank you. >> thank you, and every one is standing up, wishes to make public comment f we do that, if we extend two minutes, we'll run out of time. so i ask that you take one minute, if somebody has said something else, just add to somebody's else comment. one minute. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, i'm xavier blonde i'm with the coalition of homelessness i want to echo what has been said, we know homelessness, i don't have to tell the commission, that it's the numbe

so keeping us apprized of all that stuff, the what if questions that other commissioners have asked is, i think is going to be important to us as we as we keep going. and i know you have been doing that, but you know, the emphasis, i think you hear is acute from the other commissioners that we that we do take full charge of this both in the public airways as well as within the policy and the interchange that you your staff has with all the different agencies and commissions that you've already report on. so that being said, unless there's any other comments, um, miss hale, if we could just continue with the your proposals. thank you. so we're going to go on to specific operating requests now, um, these first two, um, uh, priorities are meeting new customer demands and resilience and climate change fall under our investing where it matters pillar. you'll see a number of items i'll address to speak to that and the financial stability and responsible management of our system maintenance and workforce. reducing vacancies, increasing retention. that's all part of our responsible management pillar. um power interacts. uh, speaking to

elvin louie and al perez, thank you for being with us commissioner perez and so many of our wonderful leaders aser a raoen lee rylee, we appreciate what you do on boards and commissioners and activities all around the city. and with that, i want to introduce the post master, i was going to say post master general but just post master from the united states postal service to help introduce and talk about this stamp douglas smith. >> good morning, every one. thank you mayor breed for the kind words, claudine, i don't think there is any place in this country that represents what we provide with the stamp and in this city, although we were not first, i think we're always going to be the most important so thank you for the words. it's an honor to be here as we celebrate the year of the dragon. i would like to thank the speakers for your support. as a post master of san francisco, i'm proud to recognize this meaningful stamp that is val owed by those who celebrate the lunar new year as well. it's a time when families get together as you have done today to celebrate the celebrating of our stamp. as one

me with a lot of worry because we use the gp on a weekly— of worry because we use the gp on a weekly basis. as the commissioneractively pursuing a suitable alternative to ensure gp provision remains available locally. the youngest resident here at garson house care home is 86. the oldest is 105. the idea of the gp surgery closing or even reducing service is worrying for them. very much because if we had to go beyond here for my treatment, i could die. the clock is ticking — people here are hoping if this sos on social media goes viral it could be the answer to their prayers. andrea ormsby, bbc spotlight, lynton. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. good afternoon. still rather blustery today towards the south of the uk, but there is a lot of dry weather around, especially in the west. lots of blue skies, sunshine here today in swansea, as recorded by our weather watcher. further east, although there will still be some sunny spells, expect to see some showers blow in from the north sea. there's more of the same as we head through the rest of the afternoon too. some of these showers making their

commissioners--we have one time surplus available. we have used in prior years and likely use to cover in the current year as well. i believe that concludes my presentation and happy to answer any questions commissioners may have. >> thank you as always for your concise and understandable presentation on a body of work that is complex and voluminous so very much appreciate it and i also want to mention that emily gibbs, the deputy financial officer wrote our memo that was absolutely spectacular. i encourage anyone who is really in a muddle understanding not only what we are faces but the city in general is facing, this is a wonderful memo and it is on our website. thank you so much. it is absolutely terrific. i know director colfax wanted to say words as well. >> thank you president green. also want to thank [indiscernible] and emily gibbs and their team with the work that they have done and will continue to do. this is going to be a really challenging year. i think it is important to remember we will be needing to make really significant reductions and at the same time we are not in a recession so sometimes that i

use is required, as is for higher intensity and industrial uses. we oppose the planning staff's recommend action and urge you to accept supervisor chan's legislation as is. thank you. good afternoon commissionersmy name is joe madewell. i'm with teamsters local 665. commercial uses are regulated in san francisco. uh, and parcel delivery needs to be regulated and carefully considered, especially in our neighborhoods. teamster members are engaged in parcel delivery service, which in turn provides for an expansive and thriving commercial sector for our city. our in our city. excuse me for a safe and fair work environment. we ask for special review when it comes to granting planning changes for parcel delivery service. we support supervisor chan's legislation and we ask that you approve it as she presented it. thank you. good afternoon commissioners. my name is jacob klein and i'm speaking on behalf of the sierra club sf bay chapter, which represents more than 6000 members in san francisco. i urge you to support the parcel delivery ordinance as presented by supervisor chan with the interim zoning controls on warehouses ending in march, we need new rules in place to govern this growing industry tha

you assumed this role the role of the fcc and the role that you would play as a commissioner and what your priorities are, tell us what it's meant to you coming into this office? >> thank you again for having me and i want to point out that i've known you for almost 30 years that i've been and i'm just delighted to see how well you are doing. i would like to talk about my regulatory philosophy which i'm still finessing so i have a bit to go but overarching lay, i want to ensure competition drives vibrant innovation for the good of consumers. what that means is ensuring the users in the united states are connected to high-speed broadband and that it's affordable and means having beans havingspectrum for new ane services. ensuring public safety has the resources it needs to meet its mission and also that consumers have access to services that make them safe as well. on the media cited means protecting localism and making sure that we have diversity and competition in the media marketplace. i particularly want to make sure that we take all of our actions of keeping in mind how it affects historically underrepresente

elvin louie and al perez, thank you for being with us commissioner perez and so many of our wonderful leaders asmissioner a raoen lee rylee, we appreciate what you do on boards and commissioners and activities all around the city. and with that, i want to introduce the post master, i was going to say post master general but just post master from the united states postal service to help introduce and talk about this stamp douglas smith. >> good morning, every one. thank you mayor breed for the kind words, claudine, i don't think there is any place in this country that represents what we provide with the stamp and in this city, although we were not first, i think we're always going to be the most important so thank you for the words. it's an honor to be here as we celebrate the year of the dragon. i would like to thank the speakers for your support. as a post master of san francisco, i'm proud to recognize this meaningful stamp that is val owed by those who celebrate the lunar new year as well. it's a time when families get together as you have done today to celebrate the celebrating of our stamp.

us as well. a former commissioner, walt. uh, with that next item, please. okay. and i'm seeing that we've already provided public comment for item six. the next item is item seven. review and vote on whether to approve resolution file 2024. dash zero one, dash zero a resolution authorizing household hazardous waste facility agreement. the sponsors pali ohe toxics reduction and healthy communities program manager. the speaker is huey lei, resident toxics reduction program coordinator. the explanatory documents are the house told hazardous waste collection program agreement draft and resolution file. 2020 4-01-ce. this item is for discussion and possible action on good evening commissioners. my name is paleoarchean. i'm the program manager for the toxics reduction and healthy communities team, and tonight you'll be hearing two presentations from our residential toxics coordinator, huey lei. uh, the presentation you're about to watch is about the city's household hazardous waste collection programs, which are run by recology via an agreement with the city. the prese

uh, as in front of us here today. second commissioner imperial. thank you. and. um, and thank you, miss wadi, for explaining meaning as to where the staff staff came from in terms of the decision on, um, when i first read this, um, this project, i, i, i was in general supportive of the awschalom being established in this community and, um, i although i can understand where the department's coming from in terms of the residential loss, i mean, there has been a lot of, you know, um, this commission receives a lot of pressure, especially if it's a rent controlled unit, um, being taken out. um, and i can see where the staff is coming from on that. um, but holistically, on balance , in terms of the community and what it looks like. um, i am generally supportive of the, um, um, of having or being established or institutional being established. um, in terms of the, um, you know, of residential conversion coming back as a cour or mandatory discretion, does that mean that they will return as a residential, uh, rent control unit? is that what it would also entail? so this i

joining us now, some president and ceo of the national organization of rare disorders. also known as no word. here on set with, us are former fda commissionerc contributor. peter, let's begin with you. what is a rare disease? how do you define it? >> a radices in the united states is a population of patients under 200,000. that is the driver for the drug -- >> if you put all those diseases with 200,000 or a fewer cases combined, how many people are you talking about in the aggregate? >> we say 7000 reared diseases and about 30 million people in america, one in ten americans are impacted by a rare disease. so it's a significant number. >> reporter: so rare diseases are prevalent than. they may be rare but in some they are quite prevalent. >> that is correct. that is correct. i would say, tyler, that you know, the important thing here is that, the 7000 rare diseases, the 30 million americans, 95% of them don't have an authorized or approved fda therapy. so that is a real challenge. we have 95% of the population who don't have a therapy. >> how costly are these diseases in the aggregate? number one? and number two, are they normally life-threa

us to test more people. there are lots of opportunities we have to work more closely together with the police service and the association of police and crime commissioners asl determined to reduce those on the roads, but using education, and so that that risk of being caught is ultimately a key tool in our drive to reduce death and serious injury on our roads. joy allen, police and crime commissioner for durham, thank you. we've heard many stories recently about a shortage of medications for common conditions such as asthma, adhd, diabetes and the menopause — now there's a warning that some of the drugs used to treat epilepsy, are also in short supply. charities say a lack of stock is leaving an increasing number of those living with the condition struggling to access what they need — with potentially serious consequences. charlie rose has more. i was a wreck. wendy had to travel from her home in cheshire to find the medicine she desperately needs from a chemist 75 miles away. i found some in wakefield, so i called that pharmacist and i said, "can you put my name down on them? can you hold them for me until i can get a prescription to you?" and they said t

using outside to do the work. they're often, as you will tell us, commissioner mazzola, there is sometimes jurisdiction battles about what workers are doing what type of work. we understand all of that and we'll continue to work with you. we have as part of our delivered maintenance and our lifecycle work, we do have a differed maintenance job order contractors on call for certain types of work. but the vast majority of our differed maintenance stuff happens through our structural maintenance yard. they're very good and this is a total ballpark, but it's, 90% of it. that's what you're referring to. a list of preapproved contractor. because we don't have the paperwork in cutting each and every single project out to bid. small enough that we can manage that way. i believe it's in the administrative code, there are some limits that we can use that mythology for. >> thank you, i appreciate the answer. >> thank you, antonia and tiffany. if we can get the slide up that says pc order projection. for myself and other people in the room here, i was wondering if you can educate me a little bit more to know what it meant to ha

maria: as land commissioner can you tell us about the chinese communist party's efforts to acquire landations? >> absolutely. you know, we've seen it up close and personal. so we had a very high ranking chinese general buy a large piece of property adjacent to a big air force base, build a wind farm, an airstrip that would land any jet made including any large military jet and tried to tie in and control our grid so we had to pass a law to do that. we're also seeing the chinese communist party come in on the backside of social media and try and influence our politics. we had a bill this last session that would prevent foreign ownership of texas land and magically when you trace back the roots of a lot of the opposition on social media and social driving that happens, it was in large part funded by the communist chinese party. maria: incredible information from you, commissioner. thank you. by the way, thank you for coming in on your birthday. happy birthday. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. it's a great birthday present to be with you. maria: thank you so much. it's ours. happy birthday

us as well. the health of the trees commissioner turner is very important.e definitely work with puc and collaborating when a storm is coming, looking at maps and then we adjust. do we need to keep more sand bags, that is important for us to keep the residents happy because they don't have the things they need when floods kind of pool into their garage. collaborating with city agents to reduce open air drug markets. collaboration is just reaching out for more support with sfpd. it is important and significant to us and we do understand that they have important calls that they get pulled away from, but better collaboration with them makes it better for us. we improved our bag and tag process with a new tracking system, so we have tablets where we take before and after pictures and we pull that into a job number and we insure that it is all calculated and kept on record. that has been short-coming before. restarting outreach for full coverage, meaning we have finally hired pio, public enforcement-say that again one more time? community engagement. we have one

as a marriage commissioner once a week to serve as an officiant. >> my favorite part is just performing the ceremony. it's just so much fun. >> many told us why they chose today of all days to marry. >> he asked me to be his girlfriend on valentine's day. he proposed on valentine's day, so this was the only day there is for us and all the excitement wasn't lost on the flower girls. >> for mrs. lara's wedding. what is valentine's mean to you? um the day of love. a very busy and fun loving day in san francisco. over 160 couples will be married on valentine's day, and the buzzwords today i do in san francisco, alice wurtz, ktvu, fox two news, and congrats to all of those couples. >> will san francisco mayor london breed today joining city leaders and the lgbtq plus community to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the winter of love back in 2004. then san francisco mayor gavin newsom defied the federal ban on gay marriage and issued marriage licenses to same sex couples. today mayor breed marked the occasion by renewing vows for two couples, including a couple who was married at city hall 20 years ago and the city's executive director for sf pr

as we mark rare disease day. laura mentioned some rare diseases that affect few people but together the rare diseases impact the lives of millions. joining us will be former fda commissionerand the ceo of chrisper as we discuss the efforts being made to help those dealing with the diseases. tomorrow on power lunch, they will. i'm looking forward to that. >>> the current tone of the iphone market, one analyst thinks we could have a strong refresh cycle over the horizon, we will ask them why when power lunch returns. rylee! from rylee's realty! hi! this listing sounds incredible. let's check it out. says here it gets plenty of light. and this must be the ocean view? of aruba? huh. this listing is misleading. well, when at&t says we give businesses get our best deal, on the iphone 15 pro made with titanium. we mean it. amazing. all my agents want it. says here...“inviting pool”. come on over! too inviting. only at&t gives businesses our best deals on any iphone. get iphone 15 pro on us. (♪♪) >>> welcome back to power lunch. shift four payments jumping to session highs as reuters reports pfizer and amday us i.t. group is preparing to submit final bids to buy the companies. a

as well. >> this is going to be a good improvement. hopefully it never gets used. thank you. thank you mr. president. >> thank you very much commissioner. commissioner collins is there a comment or question at this time? thank you very much commissioner. again, congratulation chief for your 30 years and your colleagues in the department. what was nice about today's reception is your colleagues and partners and department was there and i really enjoyed each of you in terms of your comments, so thank you for that. i also wanted to comment and i really believe in the retreat and i know that you reported the command staff retreat you had and segments you had so i wanted to comment and i think that is a really good tool. thank you very much chief. at this point, we have i believe cd3 ready to present. thank you very much chief nicholson. good evening chief kaialoa. at this point, please present. >> good evening president nakajo, vice prez [indiscernible] shayne kaialoa, deputy chief administration for san francisco department and this is my report for november, december, 2023. we begin with diversity equity inclusion office under direction

think that would be both informative and helpful not only for us but also for the communities as well. so, thank you. >> if you commissioner. >> commissioner christian. >> thank you combhirg thank you for all you do and this presentation is a huge step in the right direction that we this commission engaged with the department about a number of months ago. and so thank you for that and very glad to see is building out of this and how dr. philip you and your colleagues created a path and sharing that wugs i appreciate the engagement it is first and most necessary thing to begin and continue to do but the words that i feel is missing i don't see it is advocacy the power point the point of listening and understanding what the community needs what is true and what we can document and as duty it is my feeling that wrong our responsibility to advocate on behalf of the community for the communities health and welfare and we have a very unique situation the navy well the federal government ones the land and they're cleaning up to san francisco to figure out whether or not we're going to accept the land time has shown us paths is no