Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20240713

Mr. President , you have a quorum okay, thank you. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff from San Francisco government tv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to you to the public online. Madame clerk, are there any communications . Yes. We have received communications from supervisors mandelman, peskin, and stefani affording the board of their actions and requesting to be excused from todays meeting. Can i have a motion to excuse the supervisors . Made by supervisor fewer and seconded by supervisor walton. If there is no any objection . The three are excused. Plays call the committee report. Item number one is a motion ordering to the voters that an election will be held on march 3 rd, 2020 and an ordinance amending the tax regulation code an administrative code to have the excise tax on persons keeping ground floor commercial space in certain neighborhood commercial districts and certain neighborhood commercial transit districts vacant to find assistance to Small Businesses and making appropriate findings. Okay. I was listening to the last meeting and i didnt chime in then. I will Say Something now which is i want to thank the author of this legislation for bringing this forward. We have been grappling with this issue for years. We have tried Different Things and it seems like nothing has been all that effective. There is a legislation that would allow for any of these storefronts if you wanted to change from the commercial Retail Business to put residential there. If it is designated for family shelter owned business, which is still a commercial usage. And we have not shown much results. It was an approach. So here we go. Without objection, madame clerk, there is a motion and we dont have to have a second. Madame clerk, please call the roll. On the motion to approve. [roll call] there are eight aye. Okay. The motion passes. Right now, one last thing. Lets go to Public Comment. At this time, the public may address the entire board of supervisors for up to two minutes with items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board. Public comment is not allowed when an item has been previously come subject to Public Comment at a board committee. Any Public Comments . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Colleagues, that brings us to the end of the agenda. Madame clerk, is there any further business before us today that concludes our business for today. We are adjourned. Happy thanksgiving break. It. Shop dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their shop dine in the 49 within the 49 square miles of San Francisco by supporting local services in the neighborhood we help San Francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so were will you shop dine in the 49 chinatown has to be one the best unique shopping areas in San Francisco that is color fulfill and safe each vegetation and seafood and find everything in chinatown the walk shop in chinatown welcome to jason dessert im the fifth generation of candy in San Francisco still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the pot pals thats why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art we will explain a walk and they cant walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. Beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is i really appreciate they love this art. From the cantonese to the hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you dont have to go far. Small business is important to our neighborhood because if we really make a lot of people lives better more people get a job here not just a big firm. You dont have to go anywhere else we have pocketed of great neighborhoods haul have all have their own uniqueness. San francisco has to all hi. I am cory with San Francisco and were doing stay safe and were going to talk about what shelter in place or safe enough to stay in your home means. Were here at the urban center on Mission Street in San Francisco and joined by carla, the Deputy Director of spur and one of the persons who pushed this shelter in place and safe enough to stay concept and we want to talk about what it means and why its important to San Francisco. As you know the bay area as 63 chance of having a major earthquake and its serious and going to impact a lot of people and particularly people in San Francisco because we live on a major fault so what does this mean for us . Part of what it means is that potentially 25 of San Franciscos building stock will be uninhibit tabl and people cant stay in their homes after an earthquake. They may have to go to shelters or leave entirely and we dont want that to happen. We want a building stock to encourage them to stay in the homes and encourage them to stay and not relocate to other locations and shelters. Thats right so that means the Housing Needs to be safe enough to stay and we have been focused in trying to define what that means and you as a former Building Official knows better than anybody the code says if an earthquake happens it wont kill you but doesnt necessarily say that can you stay in your home and we set out to define what that might mean and you know because you built this house were in now and this shows what its like to be in a place safe enough to stay. Its not going to be perfect. There maybe cracks in the walls and not have gas or electricity within a while but can you essentially camp out within your unit. Whats it going to take to get the Housing Stock up to this standard . We spent time talking about this and one of the building types we talk about was soft story buildings and the ground floor is vulnerable because there are openings for garages or windows and during the earthquake we saw in the marina they went right over and those are very vulnerable buildings. Very and there are a lot of apartment buildings in san that that are like that. And time to. Retrofit the buildings so people can stay in them after the earthquake. What do they need . Do they need information . Do they need incentives . Mandates . Thats a good question. I think it starts with information. People think that New Buildings are earthquake proof and dont understand the performance the building will have so we want a transparent of letting people know is my building going to be safe in it after an earthquake . Is my building so dangers i should be afraid of being injured . So developing a ranking system for buildings would be very important and i think for some of the larger apartment buildings that are soft story we need a mandatory program to fix the buildings, not over night and not without financial help or incentive, but a phased program over time that is reasonable so we can fix those buildings, and for the smaller soft story buildings and especially in San Francisco and the houses over garages we need information and incentives and coaxing the people along and each of the owners want their house to be safe enough. We want the system and not just mandate everybody. Thats right. I hear about people talking about this concept of resiliency. As youre fixing your knowledge youre adding to the city wide resiliency. What does that mean . Thats a great question. What spur has done is look at that in terms of recovery and in new orleans with katrina and lost many of the people, hasnt recovered the building stock. Its not a good situation. I think we can agree and in san we want to rebuild well and quickly after a major disaster so we have defined what that means for our life lines. How do we need the gasolines to perform and water perform after an earthquake and the building stock as well, so we have the goal of 95 of our homes to be ready for shelter in place after a major earthquake, and that way people can stay within the city. We dont lose our work force. We dont lose the people that make San Francisco so special. We keep everybody here and that allow us to recover our economy, and everything because its so interdependent. So that is a difficult goal but i think we can achieve it over the long time so thank you very much for hosting us and hosting this great exhibit, and thank you very much for joining my name tom hewitt. First of all, i would like to welcome everyone to come to this fair. This safety fair, we trying to educate the public regarding how to prepare themselves during and after the earthquake and then to protect themselves for next 72 hours. Hi. My names ed sweeney. Im the director of services at department of building inspection, and we put together a great fair for the city of San Francisco to come down and meet all the experts. Weve got engineers, architects. We have builders, we have government agencies. Well, we have four specific workshops. We have the accessible business entrance. My name is leah, and i am the assistant manager with the department of small business. I am leading the new accessibility ordinance that helps existing owners better comply with existing access laws. So all buildings that have places of public accommodation in San Francisco, they must comply with this ordinance. The a. D. E. Was setup by the board of supervisors, and the ordinance was passed about a year ago. One of the biggest updates that we have is that the deadlines were extended, so all of the deadlines were extended by six months. And its really to help the public, the Business Community to be specific, to cut down on the amount of drive by lawsuits. So on this workshop, were going to be covering what the compliance looks like, what business examiand property owne need to know how to comply with the ordinance. Well also talk about the departments that are involved, including the office of small business, department of building inspection, planning department, as well as the Mayors Office on disability. Hi. Im marselle, and i manage a team at the building department. Today, well cover the meaning of a. D. U. S, more commonly known as accessory dwelling units. Well talk about the code and permitting processes, and well also talk about legalizing existing dwelling units that are currently unwarranted. This is the department of Building Inspections residential remodelling workshop. My name is senior electrical inspector cheryl rose, and at this workshop, were going to be answering questions such as do i need an electrical permit when im upgrading my dwelling, when do i need to have planning involved in a residential remodel, and whats involved with the coerce process . Were going to also be reviewing inspection process, and the permitting process for residential remodel in San Francisco. Theres always questions that need answers. Its a mystery to the general public what goes on in construction, and the more we can clarify the process, the more involved the consumer can be and feel comfortable with the contractors theyre working with and the product theyre getting in the results. If you have questions that arent addressed in this workshop, youre always welcome to come up to the third floor of 1660 Mission Street, and were happy to discuss it with you and find out what you need to do. The program is very successful. The last piece is already 60 in compliance. Well, we have a very important day coming up. Its sept 15. Last four has to be compliance, which means that the level four people that have to register with us and give us a basic indication of how theyre going to deal with their seismic issues on their building. Im francis zamora, and im with the San Francisco department of Emergency Management, and today we talked about how to prepare for emergencies in San Francisco. And so thats really importantiimportant. In San Francisco, its no secret. We live in earthquake country. Theres a big chance we will be involved in a major earthquake in the next 30 years, but we dont have to be afraid. These are going to be your First Responders outside of the police officers, paramedics, First Responders, these are going to be the people that come to your aid first. By getting to know your neighbors, youre going to know who needs help and who can help in case of an emergency. One of the great ways to do that is for signing7for nert, San Francisco neighborhood Emergency Response team. It teaches you how to take care of yourself, your loved ones, and your neighborhood in the case of an emergency. Information is just as important as water and food in an emergency. San francisco has an emergency text message alert system, called text sf. If theres some kind of an emergency happening in San Francisco or your neighborhood, it could be a police action, a big fire, a tsunami or an earthquake. All you have to do is text your citizenship code to 888777, and your mobile phone is automatically registered for alert sf. My name is fernando juarez, and im a fire captain with the San Francisco fire department. We have a hire extinguisher training system. You want to pull the pin, stand at least 8 feet away, aim it at the base. If youre too close, the conical laser that comes out, its too small, and the fire wont go out on the screen. If you step back, the conical shape on the screen is bigger, and it will take the fire go out faster. So it can tell when youre too close. My name is alicia wu, and im the director of a San Francisco based nonprofit. Since 2015, we go out to the public, to the community and provide training in different topics. Today were doing c. P. R. , controlling external feeding and how to do Perfect Communications in each topic, and also, i hope that they can bring it home and start gathering all the supplies for themselves to. On any given day in San Francisco, were very well resourced in terms of Public Safety professionals, but we all know in the event of a large scale disaster, it will be hours and days before the Public Safety professionals can get to you, so we encourage people to have that plan in place, be proactive. Theres websites. We have a wonderful website called 72hours. Org. It tells you how to prepare yourself, your family, your pets, your home, your workplace. We cant emphasize enough how important it is to be [ ] i just wanted to say a few words. One is to the parents and to all of the kids. Thank you for supporting this program and for trusting us to create a Soccer Program in the bayview. Soccer is the worlds game, and everybody plays, but in the United States, this is a sport that struggles with access for certain communities. I coached basketball in a coached football for years, it is the same thing. It is about motivating kids and keeping them together, and giving them new opportunities. When the kids came out, they had no idea really what the game was. Only one or two of them had played soccer before. We gave the kids very simple lessons every day and made sure that they had fun while they were doing it, and you really could see them evolve into a team over the course of the season. I think this is a great opportunity to be part of the community and be part of programs like this. I get to run around with my other teammates and pass the ball. This is new to me. Ive always played basketball or football. I am adjusting to be a soccer mom. The bayview is like my favorite team. Even though we lose it is still fine. Right on. I have lots of favorite memories, but i think one of them is just watching the kids enjoy themselves. My favorite memory was just having fun and playing. Bayview united will be in soccer camp all summer long. They are going to be at civic centre for two different weeklong sessions with america scores, then they will will have their own soccer camp later in the summer right here, and then they will be back on the pitch next fall. Now we know a little bit more about soccer, we are learning more, and the kids are really enjoying the program. We want to be united in the bayview. That is why this was appropriate this guy is the limit. The kids are already athletic, you know, they just need to learn the game. We have some potential collegebound kids, definitely. Today was the last practice of the season, and the sweetest moment was coming out here while , you know, we were setting up the barbecue and folding their uniforms, and looking out onto the field, and seven or eight of the kids were playing. This year we have first and second grade. We are going to expand to third, forth, and fifth grade next year bring them out and if you have middle school kids, we are starting a team for middle school. You know why . Why . Because we are . Bayview united. Thats right. My passion for Civil Service is inspired by a tradition. Scda stands for supervisorory control and data acquisition. We can respond to an alarm, store history, so we can look at previous events and see what went wrong and if we can improve it. Operations came to scda and said, can you write a program that would run the pumps at Crystal Springs pump station to eliminate peak power usage during daytimes, and we performed that function. I love the puzzle. Every time theres a problem that comes up, its a puzzle that has to be solved, and we do it. Travis writes all the code for the original water system. He is super passionate. He knows every little detail about everything. Hes a great troubleshooter. He can walk into the plant, we can tell hem an issue, and hell nail down what the problem is, whether it be electrical, mechanical or computer. He works very well with others, he knows how to teach, very easygoing, great guy to work with. My passion for Civil Service is inspired by a tradition. Im performing a task that has been done for thousands of years. The aztec had their aqueducts and water supply for the city. We bring water from the hetch hetchy reservoir, and we dont pump it. The romans would have been proud. My name is travis ong. Im a senior i. S. Engineer president yee okay. Good afternoon and welcome to the november 19, 2019 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, would you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call]. Clerk mr. President , all members are president. President yee thank you. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff sfgov tv, Colina Mendoza and jim smith who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk i have none to report, mr. President. President yee okay. So can we please call madam clerk, can we please call the Consent Agenda . Clerk items 1 through 6 are on consent and considered to be routine. If requested, an item can be removed and heard separately. President yee colleagues, would anyone like to remove any items from the Consent Agenda . Seeing none, on items 1 through 6, madam clerk, please call the roll. [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Then without objections, these filings pass unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, lets go to our regular agenda and all items 7 call items 7 through 9 all together. Clerk items 7 is the ordinance to amend the planning code and the zoning map to create the 3333 california special use district. Item 8 is an ordinance to approve an agreement between the city and Laurel Heights partners to develop a site located at california street and presidio avenue with various public benefits. And item 9 is the ordinance to create an encroachment for laurel partners to occupy adjacent sections of 3333 california street to maintain improvements, waiving conflicting requirements under the public works code and to make the appropriate findings for all three items. President yee colleagues, can we take these items same house, same call . Without objection, these items are finally passed unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call items 10 and 11 together. Clerk items 10 and 11 are two items that pertain to the hope sf project. Item 10 is to authorize the delivery of [inaudible] clerk and potrero terrace and to annex housing developments. And item 11 is the appropriation ordnance for the 86. 3 million to the Mayors Office of housing and urban development a2019 through 2020 and the sale pending c. O. P. S. President yee colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Items are passed on First Reading. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call items 12 and 13. Clerk item 12 is a resolution to authorize the controller to cause the execution and delivery of taxable or tax exempt certificates of participation and item 13 is the ordinance designating the 13. 2 million of the c. O. P. S and to establish a controllers reserve pending the authorization of the c. O. P. S. President yee colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, the items are passed on First Reading. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, would you please call item 14. [agenda item read]. President yee colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call . Without objection, this ordinance is passed on First Reading unanimously. [gavel]. President yee so madam clerk, please call the next item. Clerk item 15 is a resolution to approve the First Amendment to the refuse collection agreement between the city and sunset scavenger and golden gate disposable and recycling company doing business as recology and recology San Francisco. President yee colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, this item is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call item 16. Clerk item 16 is an item to authorize the juvenile department to accept and expend a grant from the state and community investment. President yee colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, this item is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call items 17 and 18 together. Clerk item 17 is the agreement between Alaska Airlines and the city to incorporate terminal space formerly occupied by Virgin America into Alaska Airlines Lease Agreement with an estimated rent of 21. 8 million to expire on june 30, 2021, and the other is the lease between Virgin America and the city agreeing to terminate the Lease Agreement with the city following the dissolution of Virgin America. President yee colleagues, can we take these items same house, same call . Without objection, the items are passed on First Reading. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call items 19 and 20. [agenda item read]. President yee colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call . Without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call the next item. Clerk item 20, resolution to approve and authorize the executive director of the port of San Francisco to execute amendment number one to the professional Services Agreement between ch2m hill for the sea call resilience planning and to increase the contract amount for an approximate total of 60 million. President yee colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call item 21. Clerk item 21 is an item to accept and expand a 500,000 grant from the federal Emergency Management emergency for phase two of the early intake switch head slope for management through june 30, 2020. President yee colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, these resolutions are passed First Reading. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call the next item. [agenda item read]. President yee colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, this item is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call the next item. [agenda item read]. President yee colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call . Without objection, this resolutions adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call items 24 through 26 together. Clerk items 24 through 26 are three resolutions that pertain to the project associated with 1064 through 1068 Mission Street. Item 24 authorizes the issuance and delivery of multihousing Revenue Bonds in the amount of 87 million to provide financing for the acquisition and construction of a 258 unit affordable multifamily Residential Housing project at 1064 through 1068 Mission Street. Item 25 approves and authorizes the director of the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development to execute an amendmented and restated Loan Agreement, and a longterm ground lease with 1064 mission, l. P. , in the loan amount of 74,000 for a lerm of at least 57 years to finance the 200 unit 100 affordable rental in order to construction the project once the site is transferred to the city and to adopt the appropriate findings. And item 26 is the resolution to authorize the office of mayors housing and urban development to restate an amended Grant Agreement with 1064 mission Homeless Services center for 13. 4 million to finance the construction of a city owned and operated Homeless Services center to be located on the two groundfloor levels of 1064 through 1068 Mission Street for a grant period through august 1, 2021. President yee colleagues, can we take these items same house, same call . Without objection, these resolutions are adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call item 27. Clerk item 27 is a resolution to approve and authorize the director of the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development to execute an amendment to the loan documents related to an existing Loan Agreement with the San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund for a total loan amount of 20 million and to make the appropriate findings. President yee okay. Colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call . Without objection, this item is adopted unanimously [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call item 28. Clerk this is a resolution of the intention of the board of supervisors to renew a property based Business Improvement district known as the Noe Valley Community Benefit District to levee a fine on all parcels in the district, to approve the district plan, the engineers report, the proposed boundaries for the map of the district, and to order and set a time and place for the public hearing of the board of supervisors to sit as a committee of the whole on january 28, 2020. President yee colleagues, can we take this item, same house, same call . Without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call items 29 through 32 together. Clerk items 29 through 32 are four resolutions that pertain to pier 70 condominiums special tax district 20191 and 2. 1 authorizes the city and San Francisco to establish a tax district, to order and set the time and place for a public hearing of the board to sit as a committee of the whole onnian 14, 2020. On january 14, 2020. Item 2 allows the board to incur bonded debtedness and other debt for the special district 20191. Item 31 declares the intention to declare the special tax district, the special Pier Properties and a future annexation properties. This also sets the time and place for a public hearing for the board toity s sit as a come of the whole on january 14, 2020 and determines other matters in connection defined herein. President yee colleagues, can we take these items same house, same call . Without objection, these items are adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call items 33 through 38 together. Clerk these item pertain to the following six Community Benefit districts or c. B. D. S. Item 32 changed the name of the Rincon Community to the east cut Community Benefit district and to approve the c. B. D. Item 35 approves an agreement with the nonprofit Owners Association for administration and management of the c. B. D. Known as the north of market tenderloin c. B. D. Through june 30, 2034. Item 36 approves an agreement with the nonprofit Owners Association for administration and management of the c. B. D. Known as the Business Improvement district through june 30, 2029. Item 37 is an instruction to receive the annual report for the tenderloin c. B. T. , and item 18 is an instruction to receive the annual report for the lower polk report for 201718. President yee colleagues, can we take these items same house, same call . Without objection, these items are adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call the next item. [agenda item read]. President yee colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call . Without objection, this ordinance is passed on First Reading unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call items 40 through 42 together. Clerk item 40 is a resolution to determine that the premise to premise transfer of a type 21 off sale general beer, win, and distilled spirits license to target will serve the public convenience. Item 41, a resolution to determine that the transfer of a type 21 off sale general beer, wine, and distilled licenses to xing yi will serve the public convenience. And item 42, the transfer of an off sale beer, wine, and distilled spirits license to [inaudible] clerk will serve the public convenience. President yee colleagues, can we take these items same house, same call . Without objection, the items are adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call the next item. [agenda item read]. President yee supervisor mar . Supervisor mar thank you, president yee. This resolution declares a state of emergency to rapidly expand the citys emergency firefighting water system to ensure that all neighborhoods are protected in the event of a catastrophic fire following a major earthquake. The resolution encourages the city to create an affirmative action plan, including to expand the citys High Pressure water lines to all unprotected neighborhoods within 15 years. So complete a study for add to complete a study for adding a new salt water firefighting plant on the north side of the city, to create interim protections within three years by increasing the emergency firefighting capacity in all neighborhoods currently unprotected by High Pressure pipelines, and finally to strengthen public oversight and accountability by requiring an annual report to be presented to the board of supervisors on the status of the emergency firefighter Water Systems preparedness for a major earthquake and fire. This fall, residents in our city and throughout the bay area have been reminded of the importance of Emergency Preparedness as we experienced yet another devastating fire season in the north bay plus a series of unsettling earthquakes throughout the region, and the 30th anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake in our area. Since then, our city has taken steps, including the side mistake retrofitting of buildings, and nert, our neighborhood Emergency Response teams. However, one area that has not been adequately addressed is the threat of wide spring fires after a devastating earthquake. The even more devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake caused 86 deaths and fires following the earthquake. In 1906, the city took the step of building an Emergency Water system for firefighting separate from our water system. That includes 135 miles of High Pressure pipelines and two salt water pumping stations. This system is designed to furnish large amounts of water for firefighting purposes and establishes reliability in the event of an earthquake. Unfortunately, one part of the city is not protected by the firefighting system. Most of the neighborhoods on the west side and southeast districts remain unprotected in our vulnerable to widespread fires and Property Damage following a major earthquake, and San Francisco remains one of the most vulnerable cities in the world and certainly in the United States from id spread destruction resulting from an earthquake and fire. The usgs also warns that the pace of larger earthquakes is likely to increase due to geologic geological reasons, so the resolution were urging today is to bring attention to the urgent issues here in our stay. I want to thank my legislative aide allen wong, and the nanny neighborhood lead many neighborhood leaders in the sunset who have provided input. Id also like to thank the fire department, police department, and office of resilience planningt planning for working with us and the steps that you take to make sure that residents will be protected from catastrophic earthquake fires. Finally, im proposing a set of nonresolution amendments that have been reviewed by deputy City Attorney givner. The First Amendment specifies that the annual firefighting report on the emergency system shall be due on january 1 of each year, and the second by june 30, 2021. Colleagues, i thank you for your support on this resolution. President yee okay. Supervisor safai . Supervisor safai do we need to take mr. President , do we need to take the amendments first or should we president yee do you want to make comments . Supervisor safai yeah, i do. President yee okay. Go ahead. Supervisor safai okay. Thank you. So first, i want to thank supervisor mar for leading the charge on this. This has also been a certain of mine. I appreciate the calling out that we were able to get five, four in the budget, one additional through the state. I think that its important to underscore that there are certain areas of the city that will not certainly have the same amount of underground infrastructure after the 1906 earthquake. It makes sense when areas that have more of the city burned down, they make that decision. Ive had subsequent conversations with the p. U. C. To talk about how we can accelerate some of the studies and look at how and when we would underground the additional infrastructure in some of the parts of my district as well as lower part of your district. I think we would share that, along with president yees district. This is a big concern, particularly in the environment that were in today, and so i want to ensure that the study that comes out talks aggressively about, as you say, through the equity lens, how those areas that are not served by emergency infrastructure for water system is not served and this is a priority. Also want to recognize budget chair and how she was able to push the conversation through the bond process and ensuring that this is also a priority for all parts of San Francisco. So were going to continue to move aggressively. I look forward to continue to worki working hand in hand aggressively with you to ensure that San Francisco moves forward on this. President yee so is there any further conversation . Without objection, then, well accept the amendments. [gavel]. President yee colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call . Without objection, this item as amended is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee this brings us exactly to our 2 30 special accommodations. Wow. Good timing, folks. So madam clerk, lets go to our 2 30 special accommodations. Clerk yes, mr. President. Its now time for a special commendation for transgender Awareness Month to raise the awareness of transgender people and the challenges their community face. President yee thank you, madam clerk. Today, we will be recognizing transgender Awareness Month for the first time at the board of supervisors. I welcome you all to the chamber for this momentous occasion. We as a city stand united in proud support of our Transgender Community and well continue to fight vehemently, fervently against the discrimination and violence that so many of our Community Members have endured. Today, well celebrate each other and uplift the lives of our transgendered leaders. First, someone to explain the order of the celebration. I will turn it over first to supervisor mandelman to make opening remarks. Then, we will have supervisor haney share his commendation as the supervisor representing the worlds first ever transgender cultural district. After that, we will proceed by reverse alphabetical order starting after supervisor haney. So right now, what id like to do is turn it over to supervisor mandelman. Supervisor mandelman thank you, president yee. I want to start by acknowledging that tomorrow is the 20th annual transgender day of remembrance, where we honor the memories of trans folks whose lives have been taken by antitrans violence. Last year, mayor breed launched San Franciscos annual transgender Awareness Month to help raise the awareness of San Franciscos transgender communities. We have the opportunity today to celebrate the contributions of extraordinary trans san franciscans through todays first ever board of supervisors transAwareness Month special commendations. Now to be honest, it should not have taken us this long. 53 years ago, a group of trans women and drag queens led one of the first documents lgbt up risings. We now have the countrys first ever transgender cultural district located in supervisor haneys district which encompassed the site of the riots and other locations