Commissioner chan is very in touch with the Veterans Community, and in process of working with two areas of interest in the San Francisco community. The first one is getting free access to the state parks and recreation, and the state level recreation b. M. R. , as well. Jason is currently managing the Veterans Justice Court as a men tar coordinator. Mentor coordinator. I was so impressed with sitting down with both [inaudible] chair ronen thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Next speaker. Good morning, supervisors. My name is linda yee. I hope you dont just consider bill barnickel for the next four years as a commissioner, i hope you appoint him. I cant say how much he did for my 96yearold dad who served in the borna war theater. I helped him through the application process. It was really difficult. We waited, and we waited. Two years later, no word from the Veterans Administration. So i finally contacted Congress WomanJackie Speiers office, and they said my dad did not qualify. So i appealed that decision. Still, no answer. Then, a year later, i accidentally met bill barnickel, and through a mutual friend, i told him his story. He told me to contact and set up a meeting with those kind folks at the San Francisco county Veterans Service office. I dont think it took more than a few months, and he got the award, so it was really a big learning process, but it was something my dad earned because he fought for this country from 1942 to 1945. My dad was finally getting his pension at age 93. Today, hes 96. He would have been here today, but its difficult for him to get around. He fully supports bill for helping him. I dont see how you can have anybody else do the job that bill did for my dad and other elderly veterans just like him. So do the right thing, reappoint bill as a commissioner of Veterans Affairs for San Francisco. Thank you. Good morning. My names carl pang. Im currently employed by the city since 1962, served in the marine corps. I applied for my veterans assistance. The first time i went out to the hospital, the doctors had the nerve to tell me yes, you do have cancer, but youre making too much money because youre still employed. I ran into bill about a year ago, and i told bill my story. Bill says thats ridiculous. So i was able to go out with bill. And i judge a person not by what they say, but what they do. Bill really pushed everything through, and just not quite not quite a month ago, i got 100 disability from the v. A. So i really appreciate everything that mr. Barnickel has done, and theyre all good commissioners. Thank you. City leaders, neighbors, and veterans of San Francisco, thank you for taking the time to support San Francisco and its people. My name is nicholas, and i live in ingleside. Im a combat wounded veteran, decorated with a purple heart, Operation Iraqi freedom 2004. Right now, i volunteer with jason. I met jason at sfsu where he led veteran students to access benefits and service. Hes personally assisted me in accessing my benefits and care. Hes organized and educated veterans at sfsu about the city and federal options for care. Thanks to jason, i will be a homeowner in 60 days through the b. M. R. Program. Jason was promoted to look at sfsu Veterans Office to officially work in a capacity to help veterans get through the education system. For the past year, jason has volunteered without pay at the Veterans Justice Court first as a peer mentor and then as a peer mentor coordinator. He assists the most destitute among our community to Access Health care and housing and apply for their benefits and engaging with the Veterans AdministrationHealth Care System through the Citys Department of health and human services. Jason will be an invaluable asset because of his continuous Selfless Service in the community. He urges veterans from any situation to get on their feet and get to a better place. I think jason chittivong will bring our veterans home. Further, id like to add that bill barnickel [inaudible] clerk speakers time has elapsed. Chair ronen thank you very much. Thank you so much. Next speaker. Good day, supervisors. My name is irwin umbau, and im a managing supervisor of citibank. Id like to support bill barnickel about three years, and i think the three words that can describe him are dedication, motivation, and commitment. My nephew, who recently separated after seven years from the air force, came to me and said im separating into civilian life. Bill took him by the arm and walked him through the process of getting all his benefits. Bill and i study martial arts in the same school. There was a veteran there who separated from the navy, and he walked him through the whole process of getting health care, education, housing, and career development. I participated in a lot of his efforts, and i look forward to participating with him in the future. I have not been with him socially where he has not found a veteran to help. I hope that helps you. Good morning. My name is gordon tan, and im born and raised in San Francisco. Im here in support of hanley chan. Ive known him for many years, and i know his dedication with the commission. Hes always hard working, has a good network of people that he knows, so i think he provides good support for all the veterans out there. Thank you for your time. Chair ronen thank you so much. Next speaker. Good morning, supervisors. My names vern glen, and normally, i talk about nothing but sports. Im a t. V. Guy. Thank you for the applause. But im here for hanley chan, so im going to step out of the sports land and talk about him. We go back 20 years, and ive never seen him stop. I dont know where he gets his energy from, but you watch him work a room, you watch him fight for you, and it will just be unbelievable. Paul mayamoto went for sheriff. How did that work out . Got sworn in about a month ago, and when he needed help, he called hanley chan, and we saw the end result. Hes the kind of guy that just will not stop and just continue to fight. You need him on your team, you want him on your team, so hey, hanley chan, just remember the name. Chair ronen great voice. Good morning, supervisors. My name is vernon xi. Im a product of San Francisco. I was born and raised in San Francisco, product of the rotc program in high school. Shortly after i graduated high school, i enlisted in the United States marine corps. After i separated, i was very unaware of my benefits, and ive been out for four years, and i have finally started applying for benefits. After i met hanley chan, hes constantly reaching out, making sure im speaking to the right people, getting the kacare i need, so i support hanley chan. Thank you. Good morning. My names bob vicari, Robert Vicari officially. Im here to represent bill barnickel for one main reason. He got me what i deserve. Im a veteran in the korean war. I ran into bill in the sunset, and he had heard i ran into trouble with the v. A. Getting hearing aids. He said you should be getting hearing aids. Youre a combat veteran. He took me down to the city, at 2 vanness. I met a guy named gallagher, and then i went to the v. A. Center, met a lady by the name of liz. I had a couple of interviews, down in texas, got veterans evaluation services, got into the mix, and not only i got my hearing aids, but they treat me very nicely over at the v. A. , and the only thing i can say after everything has been said thus far is that hes your man, and hes my man for sure. Thank you very much. Chair ronen thank you so much. Good morning, supervisors. My name is victor olivari, and im the chairman of the veterans association. I dont envy your job. This is the second year that weve had a ton of overwhelming candidates. I did try to make your job easier to commence a rules committee to review all the applications and then recommended them to the commission. The committee is recommending douglas boullard and Courtney Miller. The only job were responsible is advising the board of supervisors and mayor about policies that might affect veterans. If theres a fifth person that you really like, please let us know, and we will do our best to make sure that person gets in front of the mayors office. The commission right now is made up of 11 men and three women, which i think is something very important to note. We have eight people of color, thats four a. P. I. , one african american, one hispanic, one middle eastern, and one lgbt. What we are missing is gaps in experience. We need subject matter experts, and this is well beyond Public Comment or any support of candidate. We have gaps in workforce development, education, housing, project management, and Employee Resource Group development. So with that in mind, beyond the official recommendations of the board, i wanted to highlight the applications of three other prospective applicants in case you do not wish to fill those other two seats. Those are eric deng, daniel shaffer, and jason chittivong. Thank you for your time, and im available if you have any questions. Chair ronen thank you so much. Next speaker. Good morning. My name is ralph martinson. Im here supporting bill barnickel. I met bill, and he got to know me a little bit, and he said, marine, im going to help you. That was difficult for me. Its sometimes difficult for some of us to reach out for help. I know that after i was discharged, Honorable Discharge in 2006, Operation Iraqi freedom combat tours, immediately went to graduate school, got married, things were looking bright, but i was carrying some things that hadnt been resolved just yet, and bill was there for me. Bill said im going to take care of you, marine, and he dogged me out. I was trying not to go to the best of my ability, and he just stuck with me every step of the way. To this date, besides the ratings and benefits, just the help received, whatever it is, the Mental Health counseling, the supports, financial help, i think it really stopped me from going in a really wrong turn in my life, and i always appreciated him for that. Chair ronen thank you so much. Is there any other member of the public who wishes to speak . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel]. Chair ronen so you all have left us with an impossible task. It is just incredible to see the breadth of dedication to one another. I want to thank you all for your willingness to serve. All both of my colleagues want to speak. I will just say that i am very in favor of reappointing hanley chan to seat nine and william barnickel to seat three. Clearly, you are going above and beyond your duties in providing support to fellow veterans, and i just want to thank you so much for doing that and explain and support your renomination to the commission. I also believe that women are underrepresented on this body, and so i would like to support Courtney Miller for another seat on the commission, and then, the remaining seat, its very difficult to say, but i wanted to hear from my colleagues before making a decision. So supervisor mar . Supervisor mar thank you chair ronen. I also want to thank all of the very impressive applicants for not just your willingness and serving on the Veterans Affairs commission, but for your service to our country and your dedication and service to San Francisco. As the son of a veteran and somebody who has family who are veterans, its just inspiring to me to see all the different ways youre helping in our city. I yeah, i guess i this is a really hard decision to make, you know, as chair ronen has stated. And i i also support the reappointment of hanley chan and bill barnickel. I have worked very closely with both bill and hanley on Veterans Issues and been really impressed and inspired by all of the direct work that both of you are doing to support individual veterans and families navigating to navigate our challenging Service Systems and bureaucracy. But also, youve done so much to educate me and other city leaders on the needs of our Veterans Community and towards improvement to our system and towards services to veterans. And i i also am supportive of doug boullard as a new appointment to the commission. Doug is somebody that ive gotten to know very well through his work as a Jrotc Program at lowell, but also citywide through the Jrotc Program, so im impressed by doug and his dedication to young people and his mentoring of young people through the jrotc people and what hes done to bridge the work between the veterans and military and the commission. Chair ronen thank you. Supervisor haney . Supervisor haney yes. I also want to thank all the folks that came out and applied. Its amazing to hear about everybodys Extraordinary Service and how you continue to help people in the community, especially veterans in our city. I know for bill and for hanley and for all of the members of the commission, you all go above and beyond, and its just extraordinary how many people youre able to connect with and support and be there for. So i just want to appreciate all of the members of the commission, and everyone who applied, for those who wanted to be on the commission, because we have a limited number of spots, i hope that you continue to be engaged, and i hope that there are ways for the commission to promote and support your leadership in the meantime, and hopefully, youll have a spot on the commission at some point. I also just wanted to give a shout out to hanley whos somebody it seems like most of us know, and just thank him for being everywhere and for educating all of us and elected officials about the needs of veterans in our community. And then, i also wanted to speak to doug boullard. Hes somebody i got to know very well when i was a School Board Member and have always appreciated his role especially working with young people and just the professionalism and the effectiveness with which he does his work for jrotc. Even when there was disagreements with the School District sometimes there are he always was an effective voice for leaders and veterans on the jrotc. Im a guest on this committee, so i would defer to the chair on the final recommendations. Chair ronen okay. So listening to the comments, i will make a motion to move forward with positive recommendation william barnickel to seat three, Courtney Miller to seat six, douglas boullard to seat eight, and hanley chan to seat nine. And if i can take that without objection, that motion passes unanimously. [gavel]. Chair ronen thank you so much. [applause] chair ronen for those of you who didnt get a seat, please reach out to the mayors office, and commissioner hanley can be helpful with that. Thank you so much. Mr. Clerk, can you please read item three. Item three is a hearing considering appointing one member, indefinite term, to the streetlevel dealing task force. Chair ronen thank you so much. Give you a minute if you could please take the conversations outside, we still have business. Id appreciate it so much. Thank you. Thank you. Supervisor haney, do you have any opening comments . Supervisor haney sure. So i want to thank the rules committee for making the appointments previously to the street level task force. This task force has actually already started to meet, and unfortunately chair ronen sorry. If theres any further conversations, if you could take those outside, thank you so much. Thank you. Supervisor haney thank you. Unfortunately, one of the members, janet hector, who was previously appointed, had to withdraw. So we have six applicants for this one seat. Some folks are here today with us, and some were not able to make it. Weve read all of the applicants beforehand and have considered any applicants. [inaudible] i got myself back together, and now, i have my own office that i help people Homeless People get acquire housing every day, and im standing here in city hall. And i just think i have a good outlook on how like, give a good information on open like, the task force and ways to help either the people dealing drugs get programs or focusing on the drug aiddicts getting programs. And thinking more of the drug dealers, getting help for them, seeing if theyre willing to use their skills for other purposes, but thats what im here for. Thank you. Clerk thank you. Good morning. Im kenneth kim. Im a licensed clinical psychologist and senior directing programs at glide. I was really exciting about janet joining the task force because of its charge. Shes someone whos incredibly knowledgeable about this information. For myself, i came into this work growing up in approximate Government Housing myself, being exposed to Violent Crimes myself. Most of my experience has been in foster care, so my experience in drugs have been through foster parents, mostly in contra costa county. Impart i am part of the Community Advisory committee, and i think my strength is being a bridge between the Mental Health systems. Ive managed medicare contracts for ten years, and really, the challenges on both sides. With my work in glide, i helped lead the safe injection sites, what they look like, and how to apply the principles. Ive been involved in the 300 ellis block safety group, as well as becoming a member of tndc to help them with their member services. So in a really short time, ive been all over and appreciate advocating for all sides and also creatively pushing for a systems change, which i know this group is charged to do. So thank you for your consideration and your time. Chair ronen is there any other applicants that is present . We will now open this item up for Public Comment. Any member of the public who wishes to speak, please come on up. Good morning, supervisors. Id like to speak in support of nicholas parise. He is i work at hospitality house and have known nicholas for the past year. He has a lot of integrity and potential leadership. Recently, he he presented to our entire staff how to use narcan to save lives on sixth street, which he had done himself. So i would like to speak in support of his application. Thank you. Good morning, supervisors. My name is mike. I am the clubhouse director for the boys and girls club of San Francisco right here in the tenderloin. I am here to i dont have the words today for dr. Kenneth kim. Ive known dr. Kim for several years now. He is someone whos from the community in that hes knee deep in the work that were doing on a system basis. If were looking for someone that has a multifaceted approach, multifaceted ideas, dr. Kim is probably one of the best people i can think of. Whether its systems driven work, Community Driven work, dr. Kim has done it all in spades. I think this committee is a or this task force is a great way to kind of get things started, and i think dr. Kims perspective in all this work will be beneficial. He has Mental Health and Behavioral Health background, and i think we all know that the levels of trauma that come from street level drug dealing is multifaceted. Its not just being against the rules or breaking laws, theres a lot of trauma that goes with street level drug dealing, and whether its the people dealing drugs, or the people using drugs or the community, dr. Kim brings a specific experience to that work all at the same time. Thank you. Morning, supervisors. My name is Kate Robinson from Tenderloin Community benefit district. Im here to support ken kim for seat number two on the street level task force. Not only do i think dr. Kim is extremely qualified for the seat, i also think its appropriate to have the seat remain with glide in respect to their lead program and Harm Reduction programs. I think its critically important to have glide and particularly dr. Kim at the table for this task force. Ive worked with kim in partnership over the last two years with the block safety group and the 300 block of ellis, and his intelligence, his commitment to solutions, his ability to really bring people together with opposing views. I urge the supervisors to appoint ken kim. Thank you. Chair ronen thank you so much. Can i give you my card, too . Thank you. Good morning supervisors. Im associate director of the ucsf community engagement. Through ctsi and ccsi, ucsf is striving to make our science more useful and applicable to keeping our communities healthy and safe. Our approach is to promote health and Health Care Equity and patient centered care through partnership and collaboration. For the past five years, ive had the honor to serve on the tlhip advisory committee, coordinated by st. Francis hospital and foundation. Its a unique platform for stakeholders to collaborate. Im very fortunate to have the opportunity to build these bridges of health and health equity. The tlhipcac that i met ken kim. Ken serves aresource and a as a resource and leader on drug addiction and drug use. Kens exceptional knowledge comes from the depth and breadth of his clinical administrative experience which in turn comes from a lived experience, living in public housing. Kens seemingly inexhaustible passion for Better Health care in district six drives him to help others, and my institutes included, to build their capacity chair ronen thank you so much. Is there any other member of the public who wishes to speak . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel]. Chair ronen supervisor haney . Supervisor haney yes. Id like to thank mr. Nicholas and dr. Kim for applying. For anyone who wants to attend, theres sort of a more Public Feedback meeting thats going to happen this wednesday. The whole task force will be there. So again, i just want to appreciate you both for applying. Im going to make a motion to appoint dr. Ken kim to be appointed to sit in vacant seat two. Chair ronen and without objection, that motion passes unanimously. Thank you so much, both of you, for your willingness to serve. Mr. Clerk, can you please read item 4. [agenda item read]. Chair ronen supervisor haney, would you like to make any opening remarks . Supervisor haney yes. I want to thank all of the applicants, including those of you who are still around, for joining us today. The Soma CommunityStabilization Fund was created in 2005, and its mission is to stablize the community and promote equity through funding recommendations and priorities that mitigate the impact of development. Some notable highlights of the funds investments include the build out of the soma Child Care Center at transbay, seed funding for the bill soro housing, acquisition for a new Permanent Location for soma playas, and much more. Throughout the funds history, the board of supervisors has always honors the recommendations of the c. A. C. , and so it has real influence in shaping the neighborhood and prioritizing investments to stablize residents and businesses. It is critical this responsibility is held by people who know and have been invested in soma. Their expertise, history, and relationships in soma will be critical in making decisions for allocating these public dollars. I want to thank claudine, adele, and we appreciate your years of work and dedication to the c. A. C. And its members. Today, we have eight applicants. One applicant withdrew their application, and i know some applicants are here and some are not. I know weve reviewed all the applications beforehand and reviewed all the information submitted by the applicants. So for the applicants that are here today, if you can lineup and approach the podium one by one and share a brief statement why you would like to be a part of the soma Stabilization Fund. Chair ronen come on up. Hello, supervisors. Thank you for the opportunity to present my qualifications for the soma Stabilization Fund. I will quickly run through the various Small Business projects that i have worked on over the last 11 years, the majority of which have been in or near soma. In 2009, i opened farm table, a little cafe that could, and a social experiment where everyone shared a single table. In 2012, farm table built a Community Funded parklet, and in 2014, i was hired as a consultant by the american skefsh to conservetory theater. In 2018, i cofounded jolenes, located on the soma mission border. Today, im also here as a representative of the leather lgbtq cultural district enforc enforced by board president bob colfar. I am deeply invested in the preservation of somas lgbtq culture to preserve, promote and protect Small Businesses in soma. Chair ronen thank you. Next speaker. Good morning. Good morning again, supervisors. I apologize. I forgot to state my name. Im Allen Sampson minello. I thank you for your time today. I work in your district, and i live in your district, so thats kind of cool. Any ways, i im here today to speak as a current member or as a member of the soma Stabilization Fund. I served in the past the past 15 years, i served almost ten of those years, and four of these years as the chair. I lived ive been living in San Francisco for 30 years, and i 15 of those years have been working or living in the south of market area. I was the artistic and managing director of a Performing Arts Center on sixth street for the Filipino American community. Ive also worked very closely with many of the Soma Community organizations as a voluntary supporter and Community Advocate including somcan, the oasis for girls, west bay, and of course the united players. Im very proud of the work we have done as a c. A. C. , and thank you, supervisor haney, for listing our accomplishments. Thats going to give me a little bit more time to talk about what we see for the future of the c. A. C. Were very excited to continue our work. Theres still much more stabilization that needs to be done with many of the organizations in the south of market area. As you know, with the Rampant Development thats going on in soma, its very crucial that the fund continues, and i am very excited i would like to continue my work with my colleagues on the c. A. C. Reading the list of applicants coming in, its even more exciting because we have some folks that are applying that have really strong integrity. I know thats my time, but id also like to speak on behalf of chris roam asmasanta. She had to leave for a meeting with the san mateo housing authority. She is applying for seat four, which is the housing seat. She has served for on the soma c. A. C. For eight years. She lived in soma for eight years, also, and is familiar with the services and the nonprofit organizations. She has a background in urban planning and housing. Shes worked for various cities and counties in the bay area, addressing the need for affordable housing. While at the c. A. C. , chris worked with the staff and community organizations, along with the San Francisco land trust to pilot our small sites on the natoma street. Subsequently, this launched the city small site program. Chris is excited to continue the work of stablizing lowincome residents in the south of market area. Thank you for your consideration, supervisors. Good morning, supervisors. I am here, applying for district six, seat seven. I think that ive been in San Francisco for about 20 years and soma about ten. I think my connection to soma and the Small Business owners could add to the stabilization of the neighborhood. I think moving forward especially after a major purge happening now, we should potentially see some major growth and in moving forward, i would like to be an assess to the community as well as a valuable resource to the businesses and the community in the neighbors alike. I dont have a tremendous amount of spare time, but any free time that i could add and help with the community and the growth is certainly appreciated on my side. I thank you for your time this morning. Yea for veterans, and go task forces drug task forces, and thank you for your time. Chair ronen theres no more applicants here. We will now open this oh, raquel, come on up. Good morning, supervisors still morning, right . My names raquel redonidiez. During the years when we foughtor the fought for the rebuilding of the Elementary School and the park, im excited for the opportunity to help serve on this committee to prioritize funding for cultural preservation, community facilities, and the expenditure of fees for central soma. Im also excited to serve with the other applicants, both those who have previously served as well as those who have put their names forward. It is a critical time for our Community Whos made our home here for over 100 years as we learn just how Many Community members we have lost in the last few years of hyperdevelopment and displacement in the neighborhood. We know weve lost half of our population since the last census. But we are a Resilient Community and we will fight to continue to make the south of market a Viable Community for everyone. As with the rincon hill plan, this new phase of the Stabilization Fund must ensure that Development Fees from central soma are used to mitigate harm that will be caused by the Luxury Office and Hotel Developments and the great need for affordable housing. There must also be strong alignment with the Stabilization Fund and other soma advisory committees. I hope to serve on this committee, and lastly, id also like to contribute to having the c. A. C. Play a larger role in weighing in with the board of supervisors and also mohcd to address to, you know, not only on policies and strategies for Community Development but also to advise against initiatives that contribute to displacement and bring harm to the community. Thank you. Hello. My name is michelle olivas. Im trying to say a lot really fast. So i am born and raised in San Francisco. I have spent the last 20 years of my life in soma as a soma resident, and so my reasons for wanting to serve on this committee are both personal and professional. On the personal side of things, like, ive shared often my youngest daughter refuses to sleep in her bedroom because her windows open onto our alley, and shes traumatized by the fighting and the things she hears out on the street. In her 13 years, she has seen more dead bodies on her way to and from school than i did in my entire k through college education, and i grew up in the mission when Gang Violence still had a way more Significant Impact than it does now, and thats unacceptable. Theres a very different reality for folks who live in soma than those who come there during the day or have their businesses there. For me, its important to have a Resident Voice on the committee. Secondly, when the Stabilization Fund first started, we were squatting at the rec center and had about three or four staff program. We are now a 501c3, and we have a staff of 30. For me, its important that we take full advantage of this opportunity. The Stabilization Fund that was sunsetting was a great opportunity for folks to stablize their services. When we deal with folks and families daily, we need their c. B. O. S to be stable, so im ready to make sure that they are stable and not always in crisis because that Ripple Effect hurts our Community Just as much as the gentrification and the development does. Thank you. Chair ronen now we will open this up for Public Comment. Any member of the public who wishes to speak, please come on forward. Come on up. You might be our only speaker, so come on up. Take my time just kidding. Hello. My name is paul barreira. I work with soma filipinas. Id like to say that the soma c. A. C. Is a really important body, and i support everyone whos put their names forward. The body is a crucial place for soma projects and people to find their space for expression. I work closely with many of the applicants, including chris, allen, John Elberling, raquel, kim let me make sure i dont leave anyone out caroline and misha, and even those that i dont know personally, i appreciate theyre willing to serve in this capacity. I hope that the future of the soma c. A. C. Can help address displacement pressures as well as enable the many facets of the filipino and working class communities in the soma, to continue to fluorish, so i hope that all of these applicants will find support from you. Thank you. [inaudible] chair ronen seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Supervisor haney . Supervisor haney thank you, and thank you to all of the applicants, and for the folks who are serving on the Stabilization Fund now, thank you. What i am going to do is we have so theres seven seats and theres also a number of alternate seats. What im going to do is make a motion to appoint five members, s and then, for the applicants that arent being appointed today, your application will remain active, and id like to bring this back in march to make the final appointments. Im motioning for John Elberling to fill the seat of a senior resident of soma, mish a, raquel to represent an arts or Cultural Organization in soma, allen to fill the member seat who has expertise in employment development, and adam to fill the Small Business seat. So for the other folks, we will continue to have your applications be active as we make the final decisions at the next meeting. Chair ronen okay. Clerk madam chair, just so you note, the specific qualifications are not assigned to a specific seat number pursuant to the vacancy notice, so the qualifications for this body is floating, and that information is appreciated, but we still need to assign to a specific seat number. Chair ronen okay. Clerk thank you the qualifications for all the seats are the same, so they must supervisor haney so i just need to assign a number to them . Clerk yes. Supervisor haney okay. So all right. It doesnt really matter, does it . Just in that order, john to seat one, misha to seat two, raquel to seat three, and adam to seat five. Chair ronen without objection, that motion passes unanimously. [gavel]. Chair ronen mr. Clerk, is there any other items before us today . Clerk there are no other items before us today. Chair ronen thank you. The meeting is adjourned. [gavel] shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their business in the 49 square files of San Francisco. We help San Francisco remain unique, successful and right vi. So where will you shop and dine in the 49 . Im one of three owners here in San Francisco and we provide mostly live Music Entertainment and we have food, the type of food that we have a mexican food and its not a big menu, but we did it with love. Like ribeye tacos and quesadillas and fries. For latinos, it brings Families Together and if we can bring that family to your business, youre gold. Tonight we have russelling for e community. 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One man said ill upsetting the order of universe i want to do since a good idea not the order of universe but his offered of the universe but the ministry sgan in the room chairing sha harry and grew to be 5 we wanted to preach and teach and act gods love 40 years later i retired having been in the tenderloin most of that 7, 8, 9 some have god drew us into the someplace we became the Network Ministries for homeless women escaping prostitution if the months period before i performed Memorial Services store produced women that were murdered on the streets of San Francisco so i went back to the board and said we say to do something the number one be a safe place for them to live while he worked on changing 4 months later we were given the building in january of 1998 we opened it as a safe house for women escaping prostitution ive seen those counselors women find their strength and their beauty and their wisdom and come to be able to affirmative as the daughters of god and they accepted me and made me, be a part of the their lives. Special things to the women that offered me a chance safe house will forever be a part of the who ive become and you made that possible life didnt get any better than that. Whove would know this look of this girl grown up in atlanta will be working with produced women in San Francisco part of the system that has abused and expedited and obtain identified and degraded women for century around the world and still do at the embody the spirits of women that just know they deserve respect and intend to get it. I dont want to just so women younger women become a part of the the Current System we need to change the system we dont need to go up the ladder we need to change the corporations we need more women like that and theyre out there. We get have to get to help them. With that, directors, we have. Director chang is sitting in for director haney. Additionally, we have two new members that were welcoming, director forbes, who is representing the San Francisco mayors office, and tom lynne is representing the municipal transagency. With that, director chang . [roll call] and noting that director debars is also absent. With that, we have a quorum. Item three, communications. Directors, im not aware of any. Seeing none, well move into item four, board of directors new and or old business. I believe we have director lipkin with some informat