. >> kate larson spoke with london breed and willy brown about their very different takes on the controversy not with a lot of respect. but if you'd just wipe that smirk off your face, that would help me. >> reporter: san francisco supervisor aaron peskin publicly chastised the parks director over a controversial letter during wednesday's board meeting. >> she did nothing wrong and i did nothing wrong. and it's totally bull -- >> if we could try to be a little more civil. but i do want to say this and read this out loud. >> reporter: subsequently on thursday he ash nounsed in a statement that he's decided to enter alcohol treatment. he apologized and wrote that he takes full responsibility. nnounced in a statement that he's decided to enter alcohol treatment. he apologized and wrote that he takes full responsibility. >> reporter: the mayor instead said it's not just him. >> this is not new. it's been going on for years. and it is a pattern of members of the board and how they treat people who serve this city. >> reporter: former mayor willy brown defended peskin. he spent 14 years on the boa

. >> kate larson spoke with london breed and willy brown about their very different takes on the controversy not with a lot of respect. but if you'd just wipe that smirk off your face, that would help me. >> reporter: san francisco supervisor aaron peskin publicly chastised the parks director over a controversial letter during wednesday's board meeting. >> she did nothing wrong and i did nothing wrong. and it's totally bull -- >> if we could try to be a little more civil. but i do want to say this and read this out loud. >> reporter: subsequently on thursday he ash nounsed in a statement that he's decided to enter alcohol treatment. he apologized and wrote that he takes full responsibility. nnounced in a statement that he's decided to enter alcohol treatment. he apologized and wrote that he takes full responsibility. >> reporter: the mayor instead said it's not just him. >> this is not new. it's been going on for years. and it is a pattern of members of the board and how they treat people who serve this city. >> reporter: former mayor willy brown defended peskin. he spent 14 years on the boa

willy brown was a part of that group. so many of our ancestors decided on that day we're going to step out proud of who we are and what we represent as black people. juneteenth is so much more than what we see in the celebrations and festivities. it's freedom. it's a new day. it's a welcomed opportunity for us to grow and to thrive and remember of course our history and to learn from that history. to learn now more than ever how we don't want to continue to see the next generation grow up and repeat that history. we have work to do. and today we celebrate. we celebrate juneteenth as a national holiday and in fact, yesterday, i signed declaration making it an official holiday in the city and county of san francisco. because i gave all city employees the day off, they all left and didn't show up for work today but that's okay. what i appreciate about so many people, they said i want to take this day to learn more about juneteenth. i want to take this day to serve and to honor the ancestors. dana king and this exhibit monume

coming up 5:00 you will hear from mayor willie brown, a friend of bill cosby. >>> was sent out of of of of off that his conviction had been overturned. for immediate updates on your mobile device you can download the abc7 is area apt and enable those notifications. >>> hate crimes in california spikes during the pandemic. more than doubled against those in the asian commn comm of race and social justice are something abc7 is very much focusing on and as laura anthony explains, attorney atto general rob bonta released tbon findings in oakland. >> we are in the midst of a racial justice reckoning. >> surrounded by citizen security volunteers, attorney general rob bonta stood in the heart of oakland chinatowanunha leveinthan a dedeca. ma, wasn't just aboua t ru s. it was about an epidemic of hate. >> members of the black community remain the most targeted in california with anti-black bias events up event in 2020. in the asian community, hate crimes were up 107% and many victims may not be reporting. >> people are fearful of their status in regard to whether they are legally. making sur

colleagues for being intelligent, generous, hard-working, and in addition to coworkers, form sf mayor willie brown, chris mayor london breed, giants president larry there. they were all there for his farewell broadcast today. did is going on vacation for a while. about six weeks can go to tour america and see some family. that he is off to europe by here. >> he's going to move there, i guess. good for him. he deserves that. >> reporter: the surprise what is honoring the teenager who filmed the murder of george floyd and sparked a global movement. darnell of frazier will risk the face actual citation for what the board is calling the crucial role of citizens and journalists. the quest for truth and justice. frazier recorded former police officer eric chilton pressing his knee on floyd's neck and posted the video on facebook. her video sparked protests against police brutality around the world. >>> still ahead, music with a powerful message. how this bay area graduate is working to spread inclusiveness and respect through song. >>> we are giving our final shout outs to our bay area graduate. j mahar

i know at our site on saturday, willie brown, vaccination site.milies came to get their 12 to 15-year-olds vaccinated and many were asked the question, are you vaccinated. with some encouragement, we a number of families who didn't think they would get vaccinated that day. many times we are understanding that it's simple as just trying to get it in your schedule. over the summer, we're going to be working with the department of public health, walgreens, everybody we can team up with to get vaccinated. more people we have vaccinated, the better we are going to be at taking care of we need to work together. the second is contact state legislators to develop a release guideline now. we are moving forward. we know that the way the winds are blowing now, rates are coming down now. everything in the decks -- direction we will turn and come back. we need those guidelines. they will. help us. right now we continue to move forward, full return in the fall, august 16th, a full day five days a week. >> president lopez: thank you so much for the information.

takes full responsibility for the tenor he had in his public relationships and the former mayor willie brown >> he is one of the best, most qualified, competent elected officials we have in san francisco. i don't understand why people in this town are concerned about somebody having a drink. >> supervisor peskin indicated he will continue working while seeking alcohol treatment. >>> if you or someone you know needs help with substance abuse, we have compiled a list of local resources. you can find that on abc7news.com/take action. >>> i don't think the next story -- cancer is killing california sea lions at an alarming rate and is now linked to a human made chemical. the marine mammal center says the disease is partially caused by ddt insecticides banned in 1972, but the chemical was recently discovered at a toxic waste site near the channel islands. researchers say another cause could be a virus that is often detected in the animals. sea lions have the highest rates of cancer among any mammal, including humans. >>> first 25 model s plaid sedans with plans to roll out several hundred a week.

. >> reporter: former mayor willie brown defended peskin who spent 14 years on the board of supervisors. >> he is one of the best most qualified confident elected officials we have in san francisco i don't understand why people, in this town, are concerned with someone having a drink. >> reporter: when he spoke to longtime residents in north beach, they were not surprised or especially offended. >> i think people are a little on pins and needles with the political correct stuff. >> i think he works hard for the city and has is a real north beach guy. if he's had a couple of cocktails, that's normal. >> reporter: abc contributor -- says he is known for this behavior. >> he didn't get where he is now being overly nice to people. he fights for his district, he fights department heads. if he has a couple under his belt, he could be about it. >> reporter: supervisor peskin indicated he will continue to work while seeking treatment. >> if you or someone you know needs help with substance abuse, we have compiled a list of local resources. you can find it at abc7news.com /take action. >>> a hig

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when a democrat like willie brown was the mayor of san francisco, ed koch in new york, they would never but these progressives similarly to not know -- do not know how to govern. can you imagine any mayor of any big city would alienate an entire police force? it's insane. it looks as though maybe new york voters are trying to take things back in their own hands by voting for eric adams in that primary in new york last tuesday. charles: let's just hope that message resonates to all big cities. >>> when we come back, the biden administration announces to extend the child tax crept. we'll talk to the former head of new york city's social services about why that may not be the best strategy for lifting families out of poverty. ♪ ♪ you love rich, delicious ice cream. but your stomach doesn't. that disagreement ends right now. lactaid ice cream is the creamy, real ice cream you love that will never mess with your stomach. lactaid ice cream. with this golo system, i feel that it's designed actually for anybody. that will never mess with your stomach. you will lose the weight and you will be ab

he has been both a thorn in the side and an ally to everybody from willie brown to gavin newsom to edley and most recently london. he also has a history of being abusive to staff and department heads and a history of drinking. you might recall in 2018 there was a fire in north beach from the area that he represents and there were allegations that he had been drinking and trying to tell the fire department how to handle the fire. >> we have a clip from that day. actually, it is video only from that day but this is a situation. >> chief joanne was upset saying he had been belligerent. i texted erin and he said he actually is going into treatment but he is going to continue working and plans to continue on at the board of supervisors. the mayor has said his conduct was not acceptable, so far only one of his colleagues has questioned it. we have seen this in san francisco and in oakland where politicians can get abusive to staff. it has always been an issue of this sort of a realm of silence around them where their fellow members on the board where the state assembly or the state senate ough

willy brown was a part of that group.hat. now, we know dana is going to talk about the exhibit a little later. i couldn't stop thinking about the experiences of black people brought over in chains on top of one another. we can never forget the pain and the suffering. and today as we celebrate juneteenth, i know, i know without a doubt that i stand on their shoulders. i stand on their shoulders and the only reason why we're able to celebrate such an incredible milestone in history has everything to do with their sacrifice. i will never forget their sacrifice. i will never forget the sacrifice of my grandmother. i will never forget the sacrifice of our ancestors. so when we pour liebations to call their name, we honor them and make sure we don't forget them but we bring their presence to the surface. this event, this exhibit is so much more to us. it means a rewakening, a renewal of our commitment to reinforce the need to make sure that we honor our history. we honor the struggle. we do the work to make it better for future

which, by the way goes way back to willy brown days. just been kicking around for 20 years and i really want to thank and acknowledge folks at the sfmta engineers like casey hillbrook. port staff that are finally coming together with this. [please stand by] >> i appreciate you for bringing that to your attention so we could make sure that was clear. >> thank you, commissioner walton. i don't see any other comments or questions from colleagues. so is there a motion to approve item 8? >> so moved. >> chairman: moved by safai. moved by preston and seconded by safai. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: on item 8. [roll call vote taken] >> clerk: there are 10 ayes, the item has approval on its first reading. >> chairman: thank you. madam clerk. please call item 9. >> clerk: item 9, approve the fiscal year '21/'22 for clean air projects. this is an action item. >> chairman: mr. pickford, i'm just waiting for my red dot. i will bring up my slide here. my computer can't find my slide show -- you should be able to see my slides in full

and the five middle schools shifting by 30 minutes or more are willie brown junior, everett, martin luther king, james lyck and visitation valley and in 14 cases we're looking -- before school area so that families that need support prior to school starting some childcare options and the middle schools will follow. in terms of what that looks like based on each school's circumstances it can be provide one or more members of the school staff or community-based organizations and we'd have to create a budget to support the schools in either case and the programs and actives could include breakfast or outdoor play. that's our current thinking. >> i want to make sure you as a board and the community wants to know we have sites in place [technical difficulties] and staff ready to welcome back all of our students. what you can do is to support efforts to increase vaccination rates, get vaccinated. that's how we take care of each other. parents, if anything has changed or is different we need your yfgs to be information and we need the most up-to-date information in parent view. president lopez th

and the five middle schools shifting by 30 minutes or more are willie brown junior, everett, martin luther king, james lyck and visitation valley and in 14 cases we're looking -- before school area so that families that need support prior to school starting some childcare options and the middle schools will follow. in terms of what that looks like based on each school's circumstances it can be provide one or more members of the school staff or community-based organizations and we'd have to create a budget to support the schools in either case and the programs and actives could include breakfast or outdoor play. that's our current thinking. >> i want to make sure you as a board and the community wants to know we have sites in place [technical difficulties] and staff ready to welcome back all of our students. what you can do is to support efforts to increase vaccination rates, get vaccinated. that's how we take care of each other. parents, if anything has changed or is different we need your yfgs to be information and we need the most up-to-date information in parent view. president lopez th

and the five middle schools shifting by 30 minutes or more are willie brown junior, everett, martin luther king, james lyck and visitation valley and in 14 cases we're looking -- before school area so that families that need support prior to school starting some childcare options and the middle schools will follow. in terms of what that looks like based on each school's circumstances it can be provide one or more members of the school staff or community-based organizations and we'd have to create a budget to support the schools in either case and the programs and actives could include breakfast or outdoor play. that's our current thinking. >> i want to make sure you as a board and the community wants to know we have sites in place [technical difficulties] and staff ready to welcome back all of our students. what you can do is to support efforts to increase vaccination rates, get vaccinated. that's how we take care of each other. parents, if anything has changed or is different we need your yfgs to be information and we need the most up-to-date information in parent view. president lopez th

willy brown was a part of that group.us to grow and to thrive and remember of course our history and to learn from that history. to learn now more than ever how we don't want to continue to see the next generation grow up and repeat that history. we have work to do. and today we celebrate. we celebrate juneteenth as a national holiday and in fact, yesterday, i signed declaration making it an official holiday in the city and county of san francisco. because i gave all city employees the day off, they all left and didn't show up for work today but that's okay. what i appreciate about so many people, they said i want to take this day to learn more about juneteenth. i want to take this day to serve and to honor the ancestors. dana king and this exhibit monumental reckoning is about honoring those ancestors. it's about the 350 original slaves who were brought to this country by force. just imagine that. now, we know dana is going to talk about the exhibit a little later. i couldn't stop thinking about the experiences of black

and the five middle schools shifting by 30 minutes or more are willie brown junior, everett, martin lutheron valley and in 14 cases we're looking -- before school area so that families that need support prior to school starting some childcare options and the middle schools will follow. in terms of what that looks like based on each school's circumstances it can be provide one or more members of the school staff or community-based organizations and we'd have to create a budget to support the schools in either case and the programs and actives could include breakfast or outdoor play. that's our current thinking. >> i want to make sure you as a board and the community wants to know we have sites in place [technical difficulties] and staff ready to welcome back all of our students. what you can do is to support efforts to increase vaccination rates, get vaccinated. that's how we take care of each other. parents, if anything has changed or is different we need your yfgs to be information and we need the most up-to-date information in parent view. president lopez that ends our presentation. than

at the time, willie brown was mayor and i was at u.c. davis.re that, even before i attended u.c. davis, i didn't know much about college, i didn't know much about what i was going to do in my future, and i was fortunate enough that when i went gallelo high school, my teachers started spending a lot of time with me talking about that future and talking about what is possible. in fact, i started off as a chemistry major, working at lawrence livermore national lab as an intern. and because i was such a clumsy chemist i realized that probably wasn't the best field for me. and since i was such a talker, i decided, why not go into politics, they talk a lot. and i was lucky enough to get this internship. during that time that i worked as an intern, i also worked cleaning houses and i babysat and i worked at wells fargo bank because i wanted to make sure -- i mean, i was living in poverty my grandmother raised me and i was still living with my grandmother and she was struggling, and our family was struggling, and i didn't want to give up. i didn't want

willy brown was a part of that group.about the exhibit a little later. i couldn't stop thinking about the experiences of black people brought over in chains on top of one another. we can never forget the pain and the suffering. and today as we celebrate juneteenth, i know, i know without a doubt that i stand on their shoulders. i stand on their shoulders and the only reason why we're able to celebrate such an incredible milestone in history has everything to do with their sacrifice. i will never forget their sacrifice. i will never forget the sacrifice of my grandmother. i will never forget the sacrifice of our ancestors. so when we pour liebations to call their name, we honor them and make sure we don't forget them but we bring their presence to the surface. this event, this exhibit is so much more to us. it means a rewakening, a renewal of our commitment to reinforce the need to make sure that we honor our history. we honor the struggle. we do the work to make it better for future generations to come. thank you all so m

and i mean no animus is that joe donahue convinced willie brown, then mayor to kill it and delay it and were it not for the late mayor and lee resurrecting it, we would noteven be having this discussion today . and we're balancing different safety issues but the reality is came as great expense. the building association did not want to do it in those days. the building association as you know supervisor melgar as outsized influence and power on today's commission we had the dbi commissionremained silent . today's kinder gentler quiet rbi remained silent and the city attorney's office which newand had every internal evidence remained silent thank you madam chair . >>supervisor melgar: thank you supervisor peskin .are you on? >> i'm here. >> supervisor melgar: thank you for being here. we appreciate you and i'm wondering if you could talk just a little bit about the letters you sent to dbi and get your perspective on that practices for quality control andif you are willing to be a resource in this . >> my name is emily and i am a california structural engineer and president of the structu

willy brown was a part of that group.ne that. now, we know dana is going to talk about the exhibit a little later. i couldn't stop thinking about the experiences of black people brought over in chains on top of one another. we can never forget the pain and the suffering. and today as we celebrate juneteenth, i know, i know without a doubt that i stand on their shoulders. i stand on their shoulders and the only reason why we're able to celebrate such an incredible milestone in history has everything to do with their sacrifice. i will never forget their sacrifice. i will never forget the sacrifice of my grandmother. i will never forget the sacrifice of our ancestors. so when we pour liebations to call their name, we honor them and make sure we don't forget them but we bring their presence to the surface. this event, this exhibit is so much more to us. it means a rewakening, a renewal of our commitment to reinforce the need to make sure that we honor our history. we honor the struggle. we do the work to make it better for fu

which, by the way goes way back to willy brown days. just been kicking around for 20 years and i really want to thank and acknowledge folks at the sfmta engineers like casey hillbrook. port staff that are finally coming together with this. [please stand by] >> i appreciate you for bringing that to your attention so we could make sure that was clear. >> thank you, commissioner walton. i don't see any other comments or questions from colleagues. so is there a motion to approve item 8? >> so moved. >> chairman: moved by safai. moved by preston and seconded by safai. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: on item 8. [roll call vote taken] >> clerk: there are 10 ayes, the item has approval on its first reading. >> chairman: thank you. madam clerk. please call item 9. >> clerk: item 9, approve the fiscal year '21/'22 for clean air projects. this is an action item. >> chairman: mr. pickford, i'm just waiting for my red dot. i will bring up my slide here. my computer can't find my slide show -- you should be able to see my slides in full

and i mean no animus is that joe donahue convinced willie brown, then mayor to kill it and delay it and were it not for the late mayor and lee resurrecting it, we would noteven be having this discussion today . and we're balancing different safety issues but the reality is came as great expense. the building association did not want to do it in those days. the building association as you know supervisor melgar as outsized influence and power on today's commission we had the dbi commissionremained silent . today's kinder gentler quiet rbi remained silent and the city attorney's office which newand had every internal evidence remained silent thank you madam chair . >>supervisor melgar: thank you supervisor peskin .are you on? >> i'm here. >> supervisor melgar: thank you for being here. we appreciate you and i'm wondering if you could talk just a little bit about the letters you sent to dbi and get your perspective on that practices for quality control andif you are willing to be a resource in this . >> my name is emily and i am a california structural engineer and president of the structu

they report directly to the city administrator who reports directly to the mayor because in 1966, willie brown brought the city administrator under his purview. why doesn't the monitoring division have a commission? the two auditors have said many things. reviewing every aspect of what they were discussing on the agenda item and again and again, auditing the sfpuc. commissioners, some of you who have your heart in the right place. i've been talking about this for a long time. you now and i ask you this question earlier, you now have to make up your mind. are you -- you are policymakers. are you going to hold these people accountable? millions of dollars. >> thank you caller. your time is expired. next caller. your line is open. you have two minutes to comment on item 7b. >> caller: i want to pause for second and applaud commissioner who actually for the first time in years that i have heard where you came up publicly addressing the issues. again, i do applaud you. i thank you. this is the kind of discussions that we need whether public or private. we do have corruption. we do have contracts be

years by authors like willie striva, that they become ever more focused on medical experimentation and increasingly focused on graphic and explicit sexual violation. and scholars like brownthe kind of evolution of these abduction narratives and changing anxieties over sexual and reproductive sociologies and technologies. the fact that these abduction narratives start around the time that new forms of contraception are coming into play, around the time that new forms of sexual liberation are coming into play. the fact that increasingly these abduction narratives focus on reproductive experimentation after the roe v. wade decision in the '70s and especially in line with the culture wars over abortion in the '80s. >> do you think, like, there is a separation between people who, like, look into this as a sort of -- as a conspiracy or as an interest versus the issue of how it relates to religion and the fact that it almost has like a basis in science and, like, extraterrestrials are here to study us, they're not here to, like -- i don't know, like, save us or take us back to their planet or something like that. they're here to, like, in this case, study, like, of humans and t