Stop the criminalization of all people in the country. Lastly i celebrate this as long as we continue to work for a World Without cages and to abolish ice. Thank you also much. [applause. ] next up is supervisor haney. Supervisor haney thank you for organizing this. Today i am so proud and excited to honor the committed, brilliant, activist activist Community Mother ms. Gomez. Anyone who knows her, knows that she is never afraid to fight for what she believes in. She has done so much to empower and support especially young people across my district, our city and the entire state. Crea is a Second Generation san franciscan and currently lived with six beautiful children. Her grandfather immigrated from his home in mexico. He was an activist working alongside sister chavez and willie brown. In his footsteps she is a Community Organizer and advocate in the city. She was a part of the anti Displacement Coalition and later served as director of the Homeless Prenatal Program where she supported 200 pregnant women. She is the director at the young Womens Freedom Center. The organization which is headquartered in district six that worked within cancer rated women cancer rated women and girl, heal from trauma, advocate on behalf of themselves and sister and transform the conditions, systems and policies that lead to intergenerational cycles of poverty. At 16 she was one of the first to go through the young Womens Freedom Center program. It was there that she learned we have the power to affect change, that experiences have power and knowledge and power can help her overcome any obstacle. Her experiences at a youth at young Womens Freedom Center inspired here. She spent 25 years working to help other women recognize their own personal and collective power to encourage them with a system against them. She is advancing the sister warriors freedom, a statewide group of 400 women and girls. Sd42 known as the getting home safe act which was inspired by the tragic case of jessica st. Louis who died on july 28, 2018 after released from the jail at 1 30 a. M. The california recently approved sp42 and if it is signed into law. Is it signed yet . We need that law signed. The bill will require jail throughout california to provide people who are eligible for release during nighttime hours with the option every maining in a safe waiting area until morning. For those who choose t to be released. It requires jail so the person can arrange a ride home. I had the honor of working together with all of us at the board on our plan to shut down juvenile hall, which she was very much a ladyder in, and it was her commitment to supporting the needs and aspirations and voices of youth that made such a tremendous difference in that effort. It is a pleasure to know you and to see your work, to see the way you lift up other people and i am so grateful for your work and the opportunity to be able to recognize you today, long overdue. Thank you so much for everything you do. We love you. [applause. ] i want to thank my family. My parents are here. My cousin and aunt are here. I want to thank my siblings from young women freedom and i want to thank the board of supervisors. It is important that we acknowledge we are at a place in history where San Francisco has a board of supervisors doing more than just honoring the folks in the community but working to have a place in the city and a city built on our culture continues to thrive and exists with us here. Thank you so much and i appreciate this. I am very honored. Thank you. [applause. ] next up is supervisor mandelman from district 8. Thank you, president yee. Supervisor mandelman first, thank you supervisor ronen and paul and all of the amazing people that put this together. District eight is home to many Phenomenal Community organizations. The Community Services is one of my favorites. When my office asked who they would like to mom name for the month nominate. They wanted somebody who embodies the women of color and their contributions to the community. I am proud to recognize a tire less latin leader in the local, regional and National Movements for worker rights. I will say a lot of nice things about you. She is a legend. In district 8 she is leader and codirector of the workers rights program. Born in mexico, her mother worked cleaning houses while her father was a farmer and garner. In 1985 she immigrated to the United States. Four years later these was among the first 8 to join the project started by the immigrant leaders with the sponsorship of the Northern California coalition for immigrant rights. She met other women who experienced Domestic Violence and faced the same struggles as Domestic Workers. After learning about her rights she knew her mission was to help other women be heard and build collective power together. In 1996 she joined the staff as coordinator of the theater project. Since 2000 she led a workerrun collective she founded with fellow rights champion. She united and organizations women to earn fair wages, secure employment and become leaders in their communities. In 2012 they joined the workers rights program. When she first started it took 8 months to just get a job and she was forced upon her own belongings to help it stay afloat. Today there are more than 100 members. 300,000 per year for members and receives to many job referrals they cant count. They have been on the front of the bill of rights. Winning the first victory in 2013 and then in 2016 granted permanent over time protections for Domestic Workers in california. In 2011 she was selected to represent United StatesDomestic Workers at the International Labor organization in geneva for the United Nations convention. As the cofounder coalition and national Domestic Workers alliance and a local leader, she has dedicated three decades of her life to improving the lives of immigrants and workers and nurturing the leadership in the struggle for dignity and equity. She is a mother, grandmother. When she can find the spare time a songwriter who enjoys composing songs. In the face of the changing economy where the Worker Protections are threatened, her fight is more important than ever. I am so pleased to have this opportunity to honor you today. Thank you for all that you do. Now talk to us. [applause. ] [speaking spanish]. Thank you everyone and supervisor for this honor. I want to share my story. I never went to school. [speaking spanish]. It really moves me to hear you tell my story because i am a very humble person, and it really touches me. I have spent my life fighting for social justice. [speaking spanish]. I really want to recognize and thank my daughter who is here today, and has a lot of needs. As her mother it is my responsibility and as a latino woman, it is my responsibility to fight for her and the community. [speaking spanish]. I am just hoping that one day my 15 grandchildren can see my legacy and see that all of the effort i put into fighting for social justice and immigrant rights movement, which isnt easy. It is an artform, that they are able to see the fruits of this labor. Speaking spanish]. I really want to thank the Domestic Workers today. This is my job. I am fighting for a working conditions that are dignified, just for this community. [speaking spanish]. I want to thank garcia, who is my mentor and who taught me a lot. You see, i never went to school, so i do my work based on my life experience, based on an immigrants life because there are so many women who come to this country and dont speak the language, but they do have a mission to contribute to their communities. [speaking spanish]. Thank you so much. applause . Supervisor mandelman many thanks for the amazing translation. Next up is supervisor marr, district four. Chair mar thanthank you, president yee and thank you for coordinating this really incredible showcase of talented leaders, inspiring leaders here in the city. I am really superexcited to add from district four, sunset district, and recognize a really inspiring young leader with deep roots in our city who is another really exemplary example of the theme today. Angelica is a sophomore at city college in San Francisco. Her studies are in the areas of sorb ology and american studies. Her dedication has motivated her to follow an educational path to fight for values in her community. Being a mexicanamerican woman is part of her identity she incorporates in her work and dedication to serving others. Angelica is a fourth generation San Francisco native and lived in the sun set her entire life. Her mother was born and raised in sunset and is currently a returning student at city college, while working as a message therapist. I am pleased she is present today as we recognize her incredible daughter. Angelicas years were spent in district four neighborhood schools and thanks to support of teachers she was able to attend lowell high school. During her time she was involved in the Jrotc Program where she acquired a desire to help others in need and began to develop as a leader. In her time at lowell she participated in learning projects from cleanups at ocean beach to teaching a Junior Achievement class at the dye ane feinstein elementary. She has been a strong ally for the lgbq students. She is a worker at the queer resource center. She works for access to technology. While an employee she was one of a handful of Community Members working to implement a food program on campus to address Food Insecurity at City College Students. As advocate for safe errands more accessible bathrooms she is working with various student organizations to ensure the college addresses this need. Currently, angelica is serving the second year as the president of City College Student council at the main campus. For three years she is spending her time for her peers and creating avenues for student voices. Her goal is to achieve transparent between administration, faculty staff and students. Her colleagues are proud to unify people from all backgrounds contributes to her success as a leader in her community. This year i am excited she will serve as the associated students appointee to the Free City CollegeOversight Committee which this board just created. Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do. I know you will do in the future for your peers for city college and for your community. You make me proud to represent the sun set district on the board of supervisors and give me so much hope for the future. Thank you, angelica. [applause. ] thank you. I am very shy. I want to say how honored i am to be standing and be one of the many valuable latin leaders in San Francisco. I want to thank gordon and his office for thinking of me. I often times downgrade myself, but again i want the thank not only my mom or the board of supervisors. I want to shout out to the city college community. A lot of my work and what i do in my community is because of the people who i surround myself and there is a lot of mention of my work for the lgbq community at city college. I learned a lot about the important of intersectionalty and addressing the various over crossing issues that affect people in that community. I am really glad to be able to work to make sure that all voices are heard at city college. Represent lie i also forgot to mention that i was involved in an effort to create spaces for noncredit students to participate in Student Government at city college which is a bigfeet. I want to give a shout out to all of my peers who are not here today. In closing, i want to thank my adviser who is here today. She has been one of my rocks in growing as a ladyder, too, lady leader. Thank you. Then lastly, thank you, mom, for being here. I wouldnt be here today if it wasnt for her. Thank you, molly for being here. You are a rock star within our community. Thank you. [applause. ] next up is supervisor peskin from district three. Supervisor peskin thank you, president yee. Before i start i want to add my words of thanks to supervisor ronen and her staff for doing this and i also want to acknowledge my latin exchief of staff for coming up with the great idea of honoring my honoree from last year, patricia, who is a supporter of the flower market by patronizing and obtaining all of the flowers where i went last evening. Today i am delighted to honor a woman i have long add fired who truly ex emfired the theme of this years latin heritage month who has changed the face of california politics in the last legislative session. That is not an understatement. Sarah was raised by a single mother. She came to the u. S. With her mom and sister at the age of 15 from brazil and attended mission high and later San Francisco state as an undocumented student. She later earned a master from usf and in february of this year was appointed by my former colleague and supervisor reason nans former boss to the San Francisco county Central Committee. This really was a big deal in so far as she became the first dreamer and daca recipient in california to serve on the Central Committee ever in the history of the state of california. [applause. ] that paved the way for our own legislative delegation scott weiner and david chu to move forward the bill 288 to allow dreamers tps and green card owners to run for county Central Committee in the state of california. While that bill did not end up getting out of the California State Senate this year, i know that collectively with sarahs leadership and our work we are going to make it law next year. [applause. ] think about it. Given that lat inex are the Largest Group in california and out number the caucasian population in california for half a decade, we are long overdue to create a pathway for representation. Thanks to sarah, all those in california are one step closer to having a seat at that table. [applause. ] sarah, has cosponsored multiple resolutions addressing social and economic inequities. It is not surprising given her focus at the California Reinvestment Coalition on Financial Inclusion for women and communities of color. Those of you who have had the pleasure of working with her know her to be bubbly and humble, genuine and caring and passionate about the things we care about, affordable housing, economic justice, equitable education and the kind of person who is always looking to uplift others. She proudly serve on the board of directors of the Community Resource center and eastern neighborhood cac, organizing for immigrant communities for over a decade. Met with more members of congress than everybody on the board of supervisors combined and has participated in the emerged leadership program. I can go on and on, but sarah you are an inspiration. I hope that someday you run for office. [applause. ] thank you, supervisor peskin and to all of the members. I also want to add that i am the president of the latino democratic club. I am so grateful for this acknowledgment. I am not used to getting awards. I am usually acknowledging the leaders. For me to be here for someone to acknowledge my mom, lieu instilled the passion to help others, to give back to the community. She raised me as a single mother and figured out how to succeed in this country. Because of her hard work and commitment i am able to give back to the community. I want to acknowledge a special friend of mine who when i was looking for Public Policy experience he was there for me and insured that i gain those skills. His name is gabriel medina. I want to thank him and the Latino Community and for your commitment. [cheers and applause] [applause] next up is supervisor stefani from district two. Thank you. I also want to thank supervisor ronen and her aids for organizing this, and congratulation to all the honourees who have preceded my district two honourees. It is truly inspiring to celebrate these stories and to recognize how immigrants are the backbone of this country and i am proud to be in San Francisco where we not only recognize that but we celebrated. Colleagues, today i am proud to honor alberto and lily meyer. They are longstanding members of our neighborhood and they, like all of our honourees, are a testament to the strength and importance of our diverse communities. Alberto first came to San Francisco from mexico as a chemistry student at San Francisco state. After college, he returned to mexico, h. Which is when he met his wife. He was on vacation in veracruz and she was there helping her mother run a restaurant. Together they moved back to San Francisco in 1981 to start their life together and they spent a beloved fixture on union street ever since. With nothing but their tireless work ethic and lilys family recipes, they started a small Catering Company in 1987 and it should come as no surprise to anyone who has tasted their food , especially their burritos, that the small Catering Company grew to become a big restaurant on buchanan, one of my Favorite Places in San Francisco to get mexican food. For the last 32 years, alberto and lily have remained rooted in the traditions in which they were raised and their menu reflects their values. All their food is made right in front of you from scratch with the freshest ingredients. They have worked hard to keep the quality of their food high and prices extremely low. It is hard to find a delicious meal in San Francisco for 6, but thanks to alberto and lily, it is not impossible at union. In addition to these fabulous Small Business owners, they are kind, compassionate, engaged members of their community, and has spent the last three decades making their adopted home a better place for all of us. I am lucky that there son attended the same school where my kids have gone and they have been incredible members of the School Community right now. Their lives, traditions, and careers have always spanned two countries and we are all better off because they were able to do that. Thank you to alberto and lily for your dedication dedication to our community. You embody the best of what the American Dream has to offer. Thank you. [applause] i just want to think all the board of supervisors and especially supervisor stefani for recognizing and bringing up our humble beginnings. We thank you for your support and we are very happy, as we have always been, we are very honored to be part of this community that is embracing all races, all nationalities and all cultures. We are so happy and very grateful, very honored, and thank you, again, for everything [applause] mr. President , if i associate myself with supervisor stefanis words, i have been a long time customer, so thank you. Thank you. Okay, we are getting down to the last section. Theyre two more of us left. Next up is supervisor walton from district ten. Thank you. Thank you supervisor ronen. Thank you for coordinating the ceremony and congratulations to all of the awardees here today, most of which i also wanted to chime in and say some special words about, but i also didnt want to be here until midnight. Congratulations. It is my honor to be able to recognize the work of yolanda gutierrez. [applause]. Known to most as jolie. She is the daughter of immigrants who came to this country from nicaragua and mexico and met here in the United States looking for a better life. They worked hard to provide the children with a bright future. Their father owned a Small Business in the bayview and their mother worked at s. F. General and they are both here today to celebrate with us. Jolie was born in San Francisco and attended public high school, graduating from Downtown High school in 1993. Yolandas family lost her brother to street violence when she was young, in this tragedy was heartbreaking. The gutierrez family, like so many other families, had to suffer this senseless loss of life. Yolanda new that this pain was so deep and committed herself to improving the lives of others in efforts for them to avoid having ever feeling the same pain. After having an opportunity to do community service, her life was changed. She began to work with young people and provided them with a platform to be successful in her own commute in their own communities. I have often watched her go above and beyond to help someone else advance and grow. At first, as executive director of young unity developers, she became a part of the team and it was evident from the very beginning that her spirit was genuine and her motives peer. Jolie was instrumental in conducting formerly incarcerated young people to jobs and careers , and help them become productive role models in their communities. Meza g. , is known to participants, always made sure she exhausted every available opportunity for everyone she served. No one was on savable, although true to the mission, her deep love for community gave her all the skills she needed to help people in bayview Hunters Point and across San Francisco. Yolanda was one of the key leaders in developing the i. P. O. To organize a Violence Prevention Program where formerly incarcerated transitional raised youth forgiven job training, city employment, and Case Management in order to maintain gainful employment and to reduce recidivism. Theyre all of this, she is amazing mother of her son, alonso, who is right here with us today, as well. She loves him more than anything she is currently with urban strategies and continuing to connect bayview residents to jobs, supportive services, and anything that they need. Aside from today, one of my proudest moments in life was when i had the opportunity as a member of the board of supervisors to personally give her her degree on stage in the spring of 2017 at city colleges graduation where she received her degrees in criminal justice and social behavioral science. Give it up for that. [cheers and applause] yolanda is a Great Team Player and brings that special touch of celebration to everything. She is a true event planner at the heart, and most often, i have had to try to stop her from turning a small gathering into in Academy Award like presentation. [laughter] she knows how to put together a party. This extra touch makes a celebration so much more personal. As a resident of bayview and someone who works in bayview, she is an example of overcoming what so many of our residents face even in this great community. No greater example of her love for this community then when in my first week of office, it was her that dealt with the families of homicide victims. And in her mind, serving our communities a 24hour job and she was there every step of the way, helping victims families get through the worst times of their lives. She has had to endure these also through personal experience. Im very excited to Honor Community advocate, mother, big sister, leader, and personal close friend and sister, miss yolanda gutierrez. [applause] [cheering] thank you, thank you, everyone. Im deeply honored for this recognition today. First off, i just want to give all glory to god because without him, none of this would be possible. Secondly, my parents for paving the way for us, coming from mexico, and nicaragua at a young age without any family support, they were here alone, they managed to be have the American Dream, owned businesses in the bayview, and do things for us, and pave the way for us, for all five of us. I just want to say thank you to my parents. Also, to murray, if she is in here still. She saw something in me that i didnt see in myself for about 22 years, when i was a young girl walking into a Community Center to do community service, and from that, i just want to continue to fight for justice, and a big shout out to tracey for connecting me with such a great man like shimon who is just a great leader to me and has paved the way for me, also, and to my son, alonso, i want him to know that you can dream to be whatever they you need to be, son. And to beat and to all my Community Members, and everyone here today. Thank you so much. I am so honored today. Mr. Walton, i love you. Thank you. [applause] [applause] all right. I guess it is my turn. Supervisor ronen and your staff, i am truly honored to introduce the best i saved the best for last. Im introducing my latin x. Honoree, the one and only, fabulous sonia torres. [cheers and applause] come on up. She was groped he grew she grew up in mexico city. She is only a few blocks from where i live. It is worth mentioning that she also has a staff that speaks vietnamese. Her program actually, in reality , is a multi lingle program. She started her Family ChildcareSmall Business when her children were small, they are both grown and in college. She says she has a job but it does not work. A lot of parents tell me the raising kids is a lot of work. I am glad you think it is not work. As someone very familiar with Early Education and teaching young children, sonya, what you do is probably the most important work, and it is not easy. In 2018, she was recipient of the health apple award. This recognition is only awarded to early educators who have demonstrated commitment to nutrition and civil activity and to have incorporated this philosophy into the curriculum. She is very unassuming. [please stand by] theres a huge unmet need a while back for their families, so she started sharing caring for them in the evening. Many of them work night shifts and nights in hotels. Her Family Childcare is also open to families that need her services until midnight. This allows families to work. Evening hours continues to be an unmet need and sonya offers this to our community. As if running a Family Childcare with extended hours isnt enough , she also volunteers at st. Anthonys. The theme this year couldnt be more fitting. As latin x. Immigrants, who Small Business provides bilingual education that supports the growth and development of our San Francisco children and families. I couldnt be more honored to recognize her today. I am grateful for this opportunity to really honor latin a latin x. Woman who has impacted nearly a generation of San Francisco families. Sonya, would you like to say a few words . [cheers and applause] many thanks. Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to be here and be honored. I really appreciate it. I would like to say thank you so much for approving the programs. They really support me a lot. It is my pleasure to work for people with low income like the arts program, homeless people, that is my pleasure. This job, you have to not only do it because you have an education, masters, no. These people need, also people with incredibly good patients. And also, i feel so proud because every morning, they get a healthy breakfast. It has to be healthy to start the day to start to learn. And my lunch is also very heart healthy with no oil, no salt, and no sugars. Thank you so much for supporting me. I have been getting a lot of support from them and i really feel very blessed. Thank you to my coach, thank you to reagan, im a little bit nervous, and thank you to you guys. I really appreciate it. My lord bless you, everybody. [cheers and applause] once again, congratulations to all the people that were recognized today. What a great group of people to recognize. Thank you, my colleagues, on the board of supervisors for really being so thoughtful about who you wanted to honor. I wish i could honor each one of them by myself, but i guess i only get one. Again, thank you very much. We will build on this. Next year we will make this bigger, right . All right. Lets move on to our business. Madame clerk, lets go back to item 20. Item 20 is an ordinance to amend an administrative code to reenact and revise the Tourist Hotel conversion ordinance which restricted the conversion of hotel rooms in large Tourist Hotels to condominiums, and to delete the sunset provision and to affirm the secret determination. Colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call . Without objection, this ordinance is passed on First Reading unanimously. Please call the next item. Item 21 is an ordinance to amend administrative code to establish the streetlevel Drug Dealing Task force to advise the board of supervisors and the mayor and the city departments regarding policies to address harms related to streetlevel drug dealing in the tenderloin, civic centre, midmarket, and south of market neighborhoods, into set forth the membership and the duties of the task force can we take this same item, same call . I think there are amendments, mr. President. Supervisor haney . Thank you. We do have some amendments before you that are pretty simple. I just wanted to thank all of the Community Organizations and residents and Small Businesses who brought this proposal forward. I also want to thank the rules committee who passed this unanimously and all signed on as coauthors. I appreciate that. What is before you is legislation to create a streetlevel Drug Dealing Task force. This will bring together the Department Leaders impacted individuals, residence, to begin to put forward a more comprehensive strategy that really gets at the root of this crisis that is impacting these communities. The task force has seats that are appointed by the board of supervisors and will be comprised of a very Diverse Group of individuals. There will be 12 seats. The task force will look at crime prevention, recidivism, economic development, diversion, and alternatives to incarceration. It will hold public hearings and solicit testimony, and ultimately you will have the power to access data and provide recommendations to this body, as well as to the mayor and other departments. Thank you to the Budget Committee and budget share fewer we were able to secure 200,000 of funds to the task force in this years budget. Im hopeful that putting all relevant stakeholders and departments in the same room will lead to meaningful collaboration and dedicate us to address the Harms Associated with this crisis. The two amendments that are in front of you, first on page five , line 21, i highlighted on your copy that we are adding the department of Emergency Management to the list of departments to provide data, and second on page six, line nine through ten, we are adding of the workforce about mint program as another data point to be analysed and collected by the task force. I think we all agree that all of our resident should have safe and healthy neighborhoods and that we should protect the most vulnerable members of our communities. I also believe, as a representative of soma and the tenderloin, their residents and organizations who have a lot of good ideas about how we can approach this differently, with Creative Ideas to really get at the root of this problem, and to get our departments working together more effectively. That was something that came out of the hearing that we had in the b. L. A. Report. It really didnt have an effective strategy that was coordinated across the departments. With that, we would like to take these amendments with positive recommendation. Is theres a motion to make amendments and seconded by supervisor peskin. If there is no objection, then the motion to amend passes. Colleagues, can you take this item same house, same call as amended . Okay. Without objection, this ordinance is amended is passed on First Reading unanimously. Please call item number 22. Item 22 is a motion to appoint supervisor mandelman for a two year term to the association of bay area governments executive board Regional Planning committee. Colleagues, and we have a motion to excuse supervisor mandelman, . Made and seconded. Without objection, super mandelman supervisor mandelman is excused. Please call roll on this item. On item 22. [roll call] there are ten aye. Okay. The motion passes unanimously. I believe we are going to committee reports. Yes. Item number 23. Twentythree and 24 were considered by the government audit and Oversight Committee on a regular meeting and were forwarded as committee reports. I dont 23 is an ordinance to authorize settlement of the lawsuit filed by gregory sapper tely. This alleged personal injury on the city street. Colleagues, can we take these items roll call, please. [roll call] there are 11 aye. Without objection, these ordinances are passed on First Reading unanimously. That was just item 23. Would you like me to read item 24 . Without objection, this is passed on First Reading unanimously. I dont 24 is the ordinance authorizing less settlement of a lawsuit against the city 425,000. This lawsuit involves a personal alleged injury on a city street. Can we take this item same house, same call . Without objection, this ordinance is passed on First Reading unanimously. Lets go to im a little confused. I think there is item 25. Twentyfive was considered by the rules committee but was not forwarded as a committee report. In this case, lets go to roll call for introductions. First member to introduce new business is supervisor ronen. Thank you so much. It is with Great Sadness i offer this in memoriam to remember a native son of San Francisco whose life was taken suddenly and senselessly earlier this month on sunday, september 8th he was yet another victim of the gun violence epidemic facing our city and was only 19 years old. He was dedicated to his family, friends, and community. He grew up in San Franciscos mission district. Later in his youth in an attempt to escape violence that he encountered in his community, he relocated to oakland where he became heavily involved in Communities United for restorative justice, a Youth Leadership develop and program focused on combating youth criminalization and mass incarceration. He became a member and youth leader at a church where he participated in outreach and mentored other youth to stay out of trouble, complete school, develop Workforce Skills and learn about Community Healing practices rooted in the cultural traditions of african people. He also participated in policy work and other Community Justice coalitions across california to advocate for legislation that improves opportunities or people impacted at the Justice System and pass a statewide initiatives like the california act to save lives, which establishes the nation enforcing California Law enforcement. He was also an artist on a rubber. Wrapper. His friends and colleagues described him as one of his best as a best young leader and a brilliant young man with a lot of talent. He will be so deeply missed by those he left behind