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To speak to this certificate, one last thing, a little bit minor in the context, there is a singlestory we are garage being removed from the development lots which will, in essence, open up that midblock area and actually be through open midblock space as is intended by the planning code. A couple of things, the certificate of compliance process with d. P. W. This is not an action taken. This is not a lot line adjustment, this is not a lodge merger, this is not a subdivision. Certificate of compliance process is under the state subdivision act, and in essence, is a process by which if theres some question as to where your property lines are, you file an application with the county county surveyor and the county surveyor does the research, takes all the evidence in, and makes a determination as to what the lots or today. There is no change, it is an acknowledgement and a confirmation of what the lots or today. You will see in your packet there is a letter from the director, very explicit expressly stating that they have looked into this. There are two existing lots, in and that letter has also been developed with the City Attorney s office. This issue is not at issue anymore. It is not something we can do anything about. That is the first thing. The demolition, i know this is a sensitive issue and theres nothing to defend here. It was three years ago. I know in the context of the last year, it seems like people are still doing this, it was three years ago. Take that into account. I also just want to distinguish the character of demolitions you have seen and this demolition. This is not a demolition of a small home to make way and build a monster home. This is the demolition of a nonoriginal, without a foundation, threestory bay that reduces the size of the property to 5,000 square feet. I am not defending it, just distinguishing the character of it. And again, this is not necessary to build some the on the second lot. The second lot is a lot. And the unfortunate thing coming into this late is seeing that the demo combined with a certificate of and compliance is simply a process by which the surveyor acknowledges their two lots here and a second home can be built on a second lot. It has obviously fostered an environment early on of not is not helpful towards communications, and i think the fact that, you know, the northern neighbor is on board, i think its a positive sign. Weve got some other folks from the neighborhood who also or supportive of the project, so, again, the demolition that took place is not necessary to build the building on this lot, which is different than your previous project. I asked the commission, when talking about the new unit and took think taking a look at the massing that we worked very closely with stephan and accepted every single recommendation modification they requested. This is an appropriate project for this location, and i will leave it at that for now. Thank you. Where are we . We are on speakers in support of the project. Okay. Do we have anyone in support of the project sponsor who wants to provide a comment . Come on up. Anybody else who wants to provide a comment in support of the project sponsor, please line up on the left. Good evening. My name is scott. My family and i live two blocks away on 16th avenue. We have been there for 16 years. I am a homeowner in the community with kids, and obviously want whats best for the community. I have reviewed the renderings and the plans as well as the lot the two subject properties are fully within the scale, scope, and character of the neighborhood, and more specifically, the block in which they are located. Additionally, in reviewing the materials, it does not appear that the sponsor is requesting a variance or conditional use for either of these projects. Furthermore, San Francisco is obviously in a bit of a housing crisis. No big surprise. The crisis consumes an entire segment of the whole market from affordable to entrylevel, and obviously higher and luxury properties. The two homes will allow two families to join the neighborhood and allow for them to join the neighborhood. San francisco needs more families for kids and these two homes will allow that to happen. Enclosing, my family and i fully support these two projects and hope youll consider you will consider their completion as soon as possible. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good evening, commissioners. Thank you for your time and attention on this matter. I live on the 100 block of 17 th avenue, just about a block away from this site. My concern about this project is simply that it has been stalled for so many years. Knowing that the project sponsor has been working with the department, they would like i like to put my have completed its process. It has been an eyesore for some time now. That site seems like something that needs to be really resolved i put my support behind it and hope it moves forward. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. My name is jeffrey stevenson. Thank you for letting me be here today. I am a Real Estate Broker and a property manager with very happy tenants in San Francisco. I have been in the industry for over seven years. I was very fortunate to start as an apprentice under a group of top producing brokers in San Francisco. As long as i can remember, tim brown was one of the names that was exemplified in me as my mentors. As a respected broker in San Francisco. Through his countless efforts, he has truly transformed real estate in San Francisco for the better. He can drive by many of these developments and find out how he has improved the curb appeal of the subject properties as well as assist us statistical value of the neighboring properties. Im passionate about real estate but also have hobbies, too. I enjoy playing golf and im a member of the presidio golf and concordia club. This is where i met john a few years ago. Also a very respected and honourable person, as he and myself and the 250 members of my club. John is a loving family man and has gotten to know me well over the years and saw me growing my career. He knew he would be able to help me get to the next level by introducing me to tim as a candidate to join his team. I have been working with tim brown now for over two months i can testify what an incredibly ethical and straightforward businessman he is. I was raised on strong ethics and principles, and after working along him every day and seeing him in action, i say they align. His wealth of knowledge has helped me to be better, better my value to my clients, family, and friends. Tim loves what he does and he loves helping people. It is a bit shocking shocking to see someone trying to challenge their integrity. Yes, he is a developer, they obviously want to make a profit, but importantly, i truly believe they want to make a difference and make San Francisco a better place to live. We are all neighbors in San Francisco and i think we look back we will look back when this project is complete and thank both of them for their honest and professional efforts in improving this location and building a new sickle family home. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good evening. Thank you for having me tonight. I am kevin martin, a neighbor in the community and also a friend of johns. Like the former speaker, i also know john from being a member of the presidio and concordia club. I am the president of the club and speaking specifically to the ethics and integrity of john, i have never met a more stand a person that i have known. He has specifically worked on renovation projects at our club, he has provided guidance to plenty of others that have been doing renovations and have had other projects, and he is someone who i know has wanted to work with his neighbors and has accommodated many changes to the original plan, and has been stalled because of complaints and problems over the past few years. I truly think this project should be approved. I do think the homes look absolutely beautiful as they have been shown on the screen tonight, regardless of the objections. I think they fit well into the community. I think some of the concessions made on the size really do allow these Little Things to fit well, and i fully support the approval of this project. The site hasnt been able to be developed for three years. We need all the housing we can get. Whatever size can be built. And when tim actually showed me the plans on a show i saw how he cut them down so theyd fit they would fit with the neighborhood, i realize that people who had been there for longer than i have would object because it is a change, but if we are going to house the people in our city and continue to grow and do well, we have to accept this change, so i urge you to approve this project. Thank you. Thank you. Any other Public Comment in support of the project sponsor . Okay, Public Comment is closed. Is a twominute rebuttal . Okay. Each of you have a twominute rebuttal. Thank you. This project is characterized by false documents and full statements. Here we are today, and they are so claiming the project is 5500 square feet, when i have had a forensic architect look at it. If you would like the reports from the forensic architect, i would be happy to give it to you , but i have given you too much paperwork in the first place. Plans for the driver brought permit that failed to show the existing threestory area and some of the misinformation. In 100,000 dollar abatement permit that was raised by d. B. I. To 200,000, statements like the Planning Department said it would be a waste of resources to replace the bay, after the Planning Department issued in an oe. Submitting a map, the sponsors claim that the survey has not been approved by d. P. W. The sponsor and its associates will say anything and do anything to get their project approved, including falsely claiming two lots exist when there was really one lot. I recognize a significant a certificate of compliance issue its outside the scope of the Planning Commission, however, the bad acts of the project sponsor indicate the Planning Commission should proceed with caution and require a formal, written, legal opinion from the City Attorney that lots 25 and 26. That lots 25 and 26 were legally created. If the project sponsor is confident they have done the right thing, they should not oppose it. Thank you very much. Thank you. Hello. Thank you. At 5589 square feet, the proposed expansion of existing home, which is directly behind my home, will be 50 7 larger than my home and i believe that my home is above average for the block. Both of these proposed homes are just simply way too big. In addition, the number of rear decks or being proposed by the project sponsor leave the impression that a couple of cruise ship to being currently parked behind my home. The three rear decks that they propose or clearly excessive and unprecedented on the block. The project sponsor simple he cannot be trusted to build in our fair city. Please send the message that dishonest Developers Need not apply to build in San Francisco and demonstrate that integrity is a priority in the planning and building processing process in our city. Im aware that he is currently recommending modifications to result in only two rear decks on each home. The two were decks on each home is one too many. One rear deck should provide adequate where yard access and maintain rear yard privacy and would be consistent with virtually all of the other homes on our block. Under no circumstances should the fourth floor rear sky deck on 25 or the third floor rear deck on 27 be allowed. These gratuitous decks simply serve to invade the rear yard privacy of all the neighbors. I urge you to do the right thing demonstrate respect for the rule of law, protect integrity of our neighborhood, and i implore you not to reward the dishonest and illegal behavior of the project sponsor. Require the Planning Department to withdraw its support for approval of these projects as currently proposed. In light of the undisputed facts regarding dishonesty into legal work performed by the project sponsors, this is the only honourable position for the Planning Commission to take. If you insist on allowing the project to proceed, the modifications that will be proposed to the projects will bring both projects in alignment with your time is up. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Okay, commissioner project sponsor. Sorry. Thank you, commissioners. I recognize that the Planning Commission is tasked with fulfilling the planning code and the goals of the planning code. They also recognize that it is test to do appropriate, Equitable Development in the city of San Francisco. This project is adding another unit of housing to another unit of housing in the housing crisis. For a moment, could i get San Francisco government t. V. . This building, is the building smaller . Yes, but the building is not this is not extraordinary for this block or this neighborhood. This neighborhood had larger homes in it and it is r. H. One so you can only get one home per lot. The demolition, no one is standing up here defending a demolition, but we do i think it is important to know to distinguish between this type of demolition and the demolition you guys have been seeing over the last couple of years. These guys have been punished. This happened three years ago and for a Single Family home and a home remodel, they are here three years later. It is not like they have not been punished, and it is not like this commission hasnt been putting project sponsors on notice. Lets be clear about that. No one needs to feel bad about this project sponsor, but this is not a process that someone would like to go through. The last thing i will say is that, as you can tell from the very beginning, this process kicked off on the wrong foot with the demo and the certificate of compliance. I would urge the commission, if you think the buildings are not appropriate in this location, if you think that there needs to be some modifications made, do it tonight. Dont send this project sponsor back out to the neighborhood because this is not going to lead to any sort of further useful conversation. I would really put it on the Planning Commission to make the decision you guys need to tonight to make the appropriate development for this location. Thank you. Your time is up. Okay. Commissioner richards . I am going to be a little bit crowd because we have been here since 11 00 a. M. Seeing this every week is starting to get old, to be honest with you. It seems like every week we have some type of shenanigans that go on. We have illegal demos, we have evicting tenants through rent evictions, admitted by the developer, stuff that was submitted, demos that were done without approval, permits werent that obtained, by a project sponsor who, actually, i really respected when he did the project on franklin street, who i think should really have known better. I truly believe that this commission is one of the last bastions of public trust. The citizens of San Francisco can come here and feel like theyve actually really been heard and we process what they say. We may not always agree with them, but we come down on the right side of things, and i think this is no different from what we did on 214 and 60 65 alvarado. You see the list is getting longer and longer and longer. In terms of where i am at with this, you know, we have a series of violations, no permits succeeding the scope of work, you know, comparing demo types to it is like murder and murder. It is the same thing. It really is. I am going to move to take d. R. And have the project put back the way it was before. Im happy to entertain a new project on the other lot should there be another lot coming forth. I think that we need to be consistent in our application when we find this type of behavior, and it is nothing personal, it is just being consistent anything it upholds the project public trust in the process and in ourselves. I moved to take d. R. Second. Commissioner fong . Second. I will take a slightly different position. The cases that my fellow commissioner brought forward, you know, involves garages that werent there, extensive demolition wait in excess of this one. The reason i think it is a little bit different is because if this had been two different owners, each owning one of the lots, then that they was illegal , and so the question is, whether the not filing for a permit to demolish that they, and demolish a surface pipe deck , which i dont quite consider to be the same in terms of severity of the bay, is the one where i would struggle with in terms of further punitive efforts against the property owner. They have now they have proven, as far as the city is concerned that it is two lots. They submitted a code compliant project, and i am prepared to support it. Commissioner richards . I understand on june 16th, 2016, just to rebut your point, fell commissioner fong, the engineer his applied for and received an overthecounter Planning Department permit with the scope of work was like kind repair, southwold drive wrought. When the engineer supported the building permit, he submitted building plans to show the existing threestory bay. This isnt just exceeding scope of work, this is submitting fraudulent building plans. This is clearly in line with our decisions that we had before. When people exceed the scope of work, i think we generally cut them a break. I think that is generally our position. I think nearly something has been turned in for the city to get an approval on, where it has been misrepresented or factually inaccurate. That is where i draw the line and i believe that this project crossed that line. Commissioner his, there is a motion that has been seconded. If i understand the motion correctly, it is take d. R. And require that the property we reverted back to its previous condition. Exactly. Im sorry, you said entertain a new plan submitted for the other lot . Yeah, fine if they bring up project four on the other lot, that is great, lets reconstruct the building, make sure that the new project adheres to the existing site conditions that they need to get a demolition permit, or adjust the lot line, whatever they need to do. Im sorry, so can we not approve the building on the other lot today . That already has been submitted. It has to be a new i would like to see a new project because it doesnt take into consideration the threestory bay. I dont believe you can approve the project on the other lot today. Building the threestory bay would encroach over that lot and physically change the plan of that building on 27 17th avenue. On that motion to take d. R. And revert the property back to its previous condition. On that motion. [roll call] so moved. That motion passes 50 51. Commissioners, we tabled item 16 at 2075 mission street. A conditional use authorization. I understand that there is a need to continue the matter. Yes. We will be continuing that item. For how long . Whenever there is an opening. I think august 22nd was open, no . Theyre all full, but we could squeeze it in on the 29 th. On the 29th of august . Yeah, thats do that. Were going to continue it, we are not going to hear it. Everybody has gone home. Im so sorry. The project is not ready to be heard. Just a second, sir. If i could get a motion . So i wanted to ask you something. Unfortunately the planners not here anymore, and i would like to see that the Planning Department has some more guidance because the Planning Department had voted against onsite consumption and vaporizing because it is not being fully elaborated by the department were consulted by the department of cannabis, so we are going to be sitting here again. Yeah, so maybe farther then the 29th. The go farther then the 29 th, commissioners, we should push it until october. Okay. Lets do that. October 17th . And we should open up Public Comment on the matter. Okay. , sir, did you want to have a Public Comment on the matter of the continuance . No, the actual application. That will have to be in october. Thank you. Can i have a motion . Second. Make a motion to continue the item to october his 16th seventeenth. Thank you, commissioners. On that motion to continue item 16 to october 17th,. [roll call] so moved. That motion passes unanimously 6 0. We are now adjourned. 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Who hello, everyone. Welcome to the bayview bistro. [cheers and applause] i am San Francisco mayor london breed, and i have to tell you, first of all, when it is hot in San Francisco, it is hot in the bayview. [laughter] i mean, really hot. On a regular basis in the bayview, and potrero hill neighborhood and the mission, we know that those are the hotspots in San Francisco. I just came from the sunset and it is hot in the sunset. I knew it was going to be even hotter in the bayview. Im really excited to be here today because nothing brings the Community Together like food, and here is an Incredible Opportunity to really not only enjoyed the Delicious Food provided by some amazing vendors , but this is also an opportunity for the community to come together. When i was growing up in San Francisco, we had food houses. Remember . We could go to somebodys house and buy some nachos or some chicken or some banana pudding, but times have changed. We dont have the grandmothers and the folks who are the ones that were taking care of the community the same way that we do now. Things have changed. The community has changed a lot. We know the Bayview Hunters Point Community has a thriving africanamerican population here , a community filled with love and excitement, and the need for us to come together for occasions like this. Especially because we know that as there is a lot of work that is happening in the Bayview Hunters Point Community, there are a lawsuit also a lot of people working in this community , a lot of People Living in this community. Having amazing food options for and by the people of this communities critical to the success, the longterm success and stability of the Bayview Hunters Point Community. I cited eight. [cheers and applause] if youre from Hunters Point and you dont know harold, you are not from Hunters Point. We have sold bowl. [cheers and applause] and we have yes, putting. With all things sweet. So today is really about making sure that we support them and we support what they are trying to do here for the community. There are a lot of folks who are going to be working on the sewage plants and other projects we just broke ground on one of the Public Safety buildings that is not too far from here, so i was just thinking to myself, what was that building that we just broke ground on, the forensic building and some other something, the traffic company. Thank you. Anyway, we were breaking ground over there and i said i wonder where all these workers are going to eat. Where are the restaurants . So we have cafe envy, we have other places here and we want to make sure that, you know, we know that there are places to go to to eat in the Bayview Hunter s point, places to hang out in the community and our goal is to do everything we can to make the right investments so that this community continues to thrive. I want to thank all of you for being here today to support these incredible businesses and thank you to harland kelley kelly with the Public Utilities commission for having the foresight to know that it is not just about rebuilding and investing in our infrastructure and making sure that the communities part of these projects, it is also about investing in other things that play a Critical Role to support this amazing community. With that, another amazing supporter of the Bayview Hunter s Point Community who used to be your supervisor and is now Public Utilities commission are, ladies and gentlemen, sophie maxwell. [cheers and applause] thank you. What a day. What an amazing day in San Francisco. Any time it is warm, i mean, i never get to wear sleeveless clothes. Im always scared to death because i feel the wind will come up any minute. But i can relax. We can relax and be warm in this beautiful space. Im really proud to be a commissioner. Thank you so much. I thought it, but it is a great thing because the p. U. C. Is sponsoring this. These are the kinds of things that San Francisco Public Utilities commission is doing. Theyre doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. It is a place where we can connect, where we can laugh, where we can talk about issues and politics, and 45 and kentucky and everything else. We can talk here and this is a good thing. We dont have any banks to wait in line anymore. You are in the bank used to talk to people about things, that is gone. Walgreens, used to meet people at walgreens, well, that is gone , and so we have this and this is where we will connect. I want to thank all of you and i want to thank our partners. I want to think people who have a vision, you understand that, yes, while you are building in the programs, while you are building the sewage plant, there were other things. There are other places and people around you, and that these people have come to the conclusion that is part of their responsibility to help us live and thrive in this community. I want to thank the p. U. C. And i want to thank all of those people who helped make this possible. And now i get introduced one of my most favorite people. One of my most favorite people, that is Shamann Walton because he will make sure that this continues and it will be bigger and better. Shamann walton, supervisor Shamann Walton. [cheers and applause] thank you, supervisor maxwell good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to bayview, and as our mayor said, and we always let everyone know, where the sun is always shining in bayview, california. This is an exciting time. Is a look around and see a lot of our Business Owners up and down the third streetcar door, and one of our main focuses is to make sure we have a vibrant corridor where businesses get to thrive, not only for folks in the community, because we want to make sure we have a place to go like supervisor maxwell explained, so we can talk, we can spend time with our families right here in our own community, but we also want to make bayview a destination place. We want folks to come from all over San Francisco, from all over the bay area to enjoy the culture, to enjoy the businesses , to enjoy the food that we have right here in our own community. So as we look at our own businesses activating space outside and an atmosphere like this, that is an exciting thing for us. That is something that we should all be celebrating and be excited about. I want to thank everyone for coming over today and spending time to get to know our Business Owners who i will introduce in a minute, but i also want to talk about the public, private community partnership. As you know, the Sewer System Improvement Program is coming. Theres going to be lots of construction, lots of change in our community, and Community Benefits were something that we fought hard to make sure happened for our community. Working with the p. U. C. , working with the joint Venture Partners, we got the resources to make sure that this space was activated, that our businesses were going to be able to thrive because of all of the opportunities that are on the way to this community, and we want to continue to be supportive of all of that. I want to thank our joint Venture Partners and thank the p. U. C. , i want to thank the office of economic and workforce development, i want to thank Larry Mcquillan for his hard work on this corridor. [applause] we pushed larry very hard. I want to thank andrea Baker Consulting for all of her work on activating this space. [cheers and applause] she has been working hard to make sure that we have places like this in our community. If you look at this is really towards the front of the gateway into bayview, and if you continue up the corridor, we have another space like all good pizza. All these places are right here that are Community Assets and we all have to remember to patronize. I dont want to just see you all here today as we have this opening ceremony, i want to see you supporting harold, supporting nema, supporting . Asia on a daily basis, on a weekly basis consistently. That peace is important. We need you here every day and not just for a ribboncutting in the grand opening ceremonies. With that said, i do have the pleasure and the honor of introducing the stars of bayview bistro, first will hear from nema romney, a San Francisco native. They have a food truck with a latin twist and then we will hear from harold big h. And then we will hear from mr. Johnson, a San Francisco native and owner of yes, putting putting putting pudding we want to make it easier for Small Businesses to thrive in San Francisco, especially along the corridor here in district ten. With that said, i want to bring up nema romney. Thank you. [applause] thank you, everyone. I first want to say thank you for coming. Out i wrote a script, so have patience with me. My name is nema romney, i have been a native of San Francisco all my life. I would first like to thank our mayor for taking out her busy schedule to come down and support us. [applause] in no specific order, i also like to thank the p. U. C. , oewd, brown and cobb caldwell, black and fitch, salt wash, jacob engineering, and emerson. Last but never least, i would like to thank andrea baker and peugeot, without their opportunity a would not be standing here today. [applause] i opened so bull october 27th, 2017 with the joys and dreams of becoming a business owner. I have bounced around San Francisco because of the permit process that San Francisco has in place. So when andrea reached out to me , i could not resist. My grandmother has lived in i have lived in bayview all my life. Have patience. So the decision to be part of bayview was not hard to make at all. We are facing our challenges, but with the support and the help of our community, as well as bayview with big h. , i hope we have high hopes that high dreams of how far this space can go. Again, i like to thank our mayor , im like to thank everyone for coming out, and i see my son back there in the back. Love you so much. Thank you for coming to support your mom, as well. [cheers and applause] hello, everyone. My name is harold. I own big h. Barbecue. Born and raised in San Francisco , bayview. I have been kicking for a long time with my grandfather, my mom , its been a beautiful thing i want to thank you all for coming out and supporting us. Bayview bistro got me out here and it has been a beautiful thing. Getting my foot in the door, trying to move up and go farther places to support my family a little bit better. I wouldnt be able to do it without you all here. Miss mayor, thank you so much. I appreciate it. [applause] hello. I own a desert business where i create a variety of putting desserts. It all started with banana pudding but has evolved into everything. Stop by my booth to learn more about my business. I would like to thank andrea baker for giving me this opportunity to grow my business here. Being here will allow me to serve customers, gain more customers and just gain the experience that i need to own and operate a business. Thank you. Thank you to the mayor for coming out and supporting, and thank you to bayview for their continued support. [cheers and applause] all right. It is time to eat, people. [laughter] it is time to order up the barbecue and the desserts and everything in between. Make sure, as was said earlier, that you not only show up today for the opening, but you continue to come back and support these incredible entrepreneurs who are part of the fabric of what makes the bayview Hunters Point such a special community in our great city. Thank you for being here today. Enjoy yourselves. [cheers and applause] about two years ago now i had my first child. And i thought when i come back, you know, im going to get back in the swing of things and ill find a spot. And it wasnt really that way when i got back to work. Thats what really got me to think about the challenges that new mothers face when they come back to work. When it comes to innovative ideas and policies, San Francisco is known to pave the way, fighting for social justice or advocating for the environment, our city serves as the example and leader many times over. And this year, it leads the nation again, but for a new reason. Being the most supportive city of nursing mothers in the work place. I was inspired to work on legislation to help moms return to work, one of my legislative aids had a baby while working in the office and when she returned we had luckily just converted a bathroom at city hall into a lactation room. She was pumping a couple times a day and had it not been for the room around the hallway, i dont know if she could have continued to provide breast milk for her baby. Not all returning mothers have the same access, even though theres existing state laws on the issues. These moms usually work in low paying jobs and returning to work sooner and they dont feel wellsupported at work. We started out by having legislation to mandate that all city offices and departments have accommodations for mothers to return to work and lactate. But this year we passed legislation for private companies to have lactation policies for all new moms returning to work. With the newcome accommodations, moms should have those to return back to work. What are legislation . We wanted to make it applicable to all, we created a set of standards that can be achievable by everyone. Do you have a few minutes today to give us a quick tour. I would love to. Lets go. This is such an inviting space. What makes this a lactation room . As legislation requires it has the minimum standards, a seat, a surface to place your breast on, a clean space that doesnt have toxic chemicals or storage or anything like that. And we have electricity, we have plenty of outlets for pumps, for fridge. The things that make it a little extra, the fridge is in the room. And the sink is in the room. Our legislation does require a fridge and sink nearby but its all right in here. You can wash your pump and put your milk away and you dont have to put it in a fridge that you share with coworkers. The new standards will be applied to all businesses and places of employment in San Francisco. But are they achievable for the smaller employers in the city . I think Small Businesses rightfully have some concerns about providing lactation accommodations for employees, however we left a lot of leeway in the legislation to account for Small Businesses that may have small footprints. For example, we dont mandate that you have a lactation room, but rather lactation space. In city hall we have a lactation pod here open to the public. So the more we can change, especially in government offices, the more we can support women. I think for the work place to really offer support and encouragement for pumping and Breast Feeding mothers is necessary. What is most important about the legislation is that number one, we require that an employer have a lactation policy in place and then have a conversation with a new hire as well as an employee who requests parental leave. Otherwise a lot of times moms dont feel comfortable asking their boss for lactation accommodations. Really its hard to go back to the office after you have become a mom, youre leaving your heart outside of your body. When you can provide your child food from your body and know youre connecting with them in that way, i know it means a lot to a mommy motionlely and physically to be able to do that. And businesses and employers can just provide a space. If they dont have a room, they can provide a small space that is private and free from intrusion to help moms pump and that will attract moms to working in San Francisco. If you want more information visit sfdph. Org breastfeedingatwork. 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But most importantly, working for the city and county of San Francisco gives employees an opportunity to contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the citys future. Thank you for considering a career with the city and county of San Francisco. Hi today we have a special edition of building San Francisco, stay safe, what we are going to be talking about San Franciscos earth quakes, what you can do before an earthquake in your home, to be ready and after an earthquake to make sure that you are comfortable staying at home, while the city recovers. The next episode of stay safe, we have Alicia Johnson from San Franciscos department of emergency management. Hi, alicia thanks to coming it is a pleasure to be here with you. I wonder if you could tell us what you think people can do to get ready for what we know is a coming earthquake in San Francisco. Well, one of the most things that people can do is to make sure that you have a plan to communicate with people who live both in and out of state. Having an out of state contact, to call, text or post on your social network is really important and being able to know how you are going to communicate with your friends, and family who live near you, where you might meet them if your home is uninhab hitable. How long do you think that it will be before things are restored to normal in San Francisco. It depends on the severity of the earthquake, we say to provide for 72 hours tha, is three days, and it helps to know that you might be without services for up to a week or more, depending on how heavy the shaking is and how many after shocks we have. What kind of neighborhood and Community Involvement might you want to have before an earthquake to make sure that you are going to able to have the support that you need. It is important to have a Good Relationship with your neighbors and your community. Go to those community events, shop at local businesses, have a reciprocal relationship with them so that you know how to take care of yourself and who you can rely on and who can take care of you. It is important to have a batteryoperated radio in your home so that you can keep track of what is happening in the Community Around and how you can communicate with other people. One of the things that seems important is to have access to your important documents. Yes, it is important to have copies of those and also stored them remotely. So a title to a home, a passport, a drivers license, any type of medical records that you need need, back those up or put them on a remote drive or store them on the cloud, the same is true with any Vital Information on your computer. Back that up and have that on a cloud in case your hard drive does not work any more. In your home you should be prepared as well. Absolutely. Lets take a look at the kinds of things that you might want to have in your home. We have no water, what are we going to do about water . It is important for have extra water in your house, you want to have bottled water or a five gallon container of water able to use on a regular basis, both for bathing and cooking as well as for drinking. We have this big container and also in peoples homes they have a hot water heater. Absolutely, if you clean your hot water heater out regularly you can use that for showering, drinking and bathing as well what other things do people need to have arent their home. It is important to have extra every day items buy a couple extra cans of can food that you can eat without any preparation. Here is a giant can of green giant canned corn. And this, a manual can opener, your electric can opener will not be working not only to have one but to know where to find it in your kitchen. Yes. So in addition to canned goods, we are going to have fresh food and you have to preserve that and i know that we have an ice chest. Having an ice chest on hand is really important because your refrigerator will not be working right away. It is important to have somebody else that can store cold foods so something that you might be able to take with you if you have to leave your home. And here, this is my very own personal emergency supply box for my house. I hope that you have an alternative one at home. Oh, i forgot. And in this is really important, you should have flashlights that have batteries, fresh batteries or hand crank flashlight. I have them right here. Good. Excellent. That is great. Additionally, you are going to want to have candles a whistle, possibly a compass as well. Markers if you want to label things if you need to, to people that you are safe in your home or that you have left your home. I am okay and i will meet you at. Exactly. Exactly. Water proof matches are a great thing to have as well. We have matches here. And my spare glasses. And your spare glasses. If you have medication, you should keep it with you or have access to it. If it needs to be refrigerated make sure that it is in your ice box. Inside, just to point out for you, we have spare batteries. Very important. We have a little first aid kit. And lots of different kinds of batteries. And another spare flashlight. So, alicia what else can we do to prepare our homes for an earthquake so we dont have damage . One of the most important things that you can do is to secure your valuable and breakable items. Make sure that your tv is strapped down to your entertainment cabinet or wall so it does not move. Also important is to make sure that your book case is secure to the wall so that it does not fall over and your valuable and breakables do not break on the ground. Becoming prepared is not that difficult. Taking care of your home, making sure that you have a few extra everyday items on hand helps to make the difference. That contributes dramatically to the way that the city as a whole can recover. Absolutely. If you are able to control your own environment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. We are all proud of living in San Francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. So, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. Absolutely, it is my pleasure. And thank you for joining us on another edition of building. Good afternoon and welcome to the mayors disability counsel. This is friday, july 19, 2019. In room 400 of San Francisco city hall. City hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs, and other assistive mobility devices. Assisted listening devices are available and our meeting is open captioned and sign language interpreted. Our agendas are also available in large print. 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