Are closed. Members will participate in the meeting remotely. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda on both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org. Theyre streaming the number across the screen. Comments are opportunities to speak are available via phone by calling 415 6550001. Again thats 415 6550001. The meeting i. D. Is 146 344 9722. Press pound and up and down again. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussions and in listening mode only. Best practices are to call prosecute a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly. And turn down your television or radio. Il you may send comments at victor. Young sfjgov. Org. If you submit Public Comment via email, it will be included as part part of the official file. That completes my announcements. Thank you very much. Can you please read item number 1. Clerk hearing to consider appointing one member to the aging Advisory Council. Paricia spaniak are you hear . Yes. Do you have any remarks . I have supervised on the Advisory Council for a number of years. I worked for the Community Living campaign, whose role in life is to fight isolation and loneliness with seniors across San Francisco. We offer now over 200 programs a month on the zoom classes. We do regularly scheduled checkin calls, food delivery, were very active in fighting loneliness and isolation in San Francisco. Supervisor ronen thank you so much for your work. My colleagues have no questions or comments, we can open this up for Public Comment. Clerk yes. Yes. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item should call 415 6550001. The meeting i. D. Is 146 344 9722. Then press pound and up and down again. If you havent already done so, please dial star 3 to line up to speak. Please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comment. Operations, do we have any members of the public . For Public Comment . [distorted audio] clerk gives us a moment while we figure out whats going on. Chair ronen sure. Maybe they could write it in the chat. Clerk actually we cant. Were not allowed to use the chat while were in meeting. Oh, sorry. Clerk they are working on it. Yes. I received word that we have no one in the queue to speak at this time. Chair ronen okay. Thank you so much. Public comment is closed. And id like to make a motion to forward the appointment of paricia spaniak to seacliff 9, to the full board with positive recommendation. [roll call] clerk the motion passes without objection. Chair ronen great. Thank you so much for your service. Its been an honor to serve. Thank you. Chair ronen thank you. Congratulations. Mr. Clerk, can you please read item number 2. Clerk yes. Item number 2 is a hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending february 1st, 2022, to the park, recreation and open space advisory committee. One seat, one applicant. Chair ronen thank you so much. Similarly to item number 1, supervisors, this is a district 11 appointee and supervisor safai couldnt be here, but sends his strong recommendation and support. Steve currier, are you here . I am. How are you . Chair ronen im good. How are you . You know, im going to second what you said and supervisor safai said. Its a brandnew dawning. I couldnt be happier. Yes. [laughter] chair ronen well, thank you for your willingness to serve again. I know supervisor safai is very excited. Did you have anything you wanted to share with us . Well, no. Thank you. Thank you for supervisor safais his reelection. So im very happy about that. Its been an honor for me to serve on, as we all say prozac, the park, rec, open space advisory committee. Its been a good two years. Ive been on since march of 2018. A great group of people. I think the only underlying sorrow, regarding the 150th year of golden gate park, is that we couldnt support we couldnt be there to celebrate. Were all there in spirit. I think we have a great team. And i look forward to being that member for the next two years. And i thank you for your support. Chair ronen thank you so much. Thank you. And theres no comment from my colleagues, well open this up for Public Comment. Is there any member of the public who wishes to speak on this reappointment. Clerk yes. Members of the public who wish to file Public Comment, call 415 6550001. The meeting i. D. Is 146 344 9722. And press pound and up and down again. If you havent already done so, please dial star 3 to line up to speak. Please wait until the system has been unmuted and you may begin your comment. Do we have any members of the public for Public Comment today . There does not appear to be any callers in the queue at this time. Chair ronen okay. Then Public Comment is closed. It sounds like r2d2 every time. Supportive of your nomination. Well, thank you. And id like to make a motion to forward the appointment of Steve Currier to seat 22 to the full board with positive recommendation. Can we please have a roll call vote. Clerk on that motion, supervisor stefani. Aye. Clerk supervisor mar. Supervisor mar aye. Clerk chair. Supervisor ronen . Chair ronen aye. Clerk the motion passes without objection. Thank you so much. Chair ronen congratulations. Have a wonderful rest of your day. Mr. Clerk, can you please read item number 3. Clerk a hearing to consider appointing one member, term ends december 31st, 2022, to the sugary drinks distributor tax advisory committee. One seat, one applicant. Chair ronen wonderful. And miss Kiana Sezawar Keshavarz was nominated by the Youth Commission. And my understanding is that austin is here to speak on the nomination. Austin, are you here . Yes. That is correct. Hello, supervisors. Chair ronen good morning. Please feel free to go ahead, austin. Good morning, supervisors. Hopefully a better day. Better for our anxiety. Im austin with the Youth Commission and also the Staff Support for the sugary drinks distributor tax advisory committee. My role has been uplifting the youth word, supporting the youth leader with the adult leaders and the staff and the community, such as [indiscernible]. Microsoft teams meeting and working with them on the outreach that you see. For the past two years, hes been youth staff has served for only one year at a time. And this year with kiana, were hopeful shell stay for a twoyear term. And our process began in july starting this conversation at the youth clinic. And other folks within the eastern mission. And so because of the outreach, we doubled the number of applicants, which went from two to when we first started to five applicants. But kiana really stood out to our commissioners, growing up in the district 10 with how food deserts, food inequity and Racial Disparities interact. And kiana has demonstrated time and commitment to our community, her district. And as the youth tends to go into the Community Outreach work group, we wish to have a young person that has that experience in the Community Outreach. And has strong relationships with the community. And we know that within the community, to empower them away from big empowerment. So rather than treating the system or treating the cause. And she definitely demonstrates we look forward to working with her and that is our comments. Chair ronen thank you. Thank you so much. What a lovely recommendation. Appreciate you. And if theres no comments, lets open this up for Public Comment. Kiana may be on the line. Chair ronen oh, sorry. Yes, please. I believe i saw her name on the list. Chair ronen oh, yes, please. Thank you so much. Im so sorry. Please. No problem. Good morning. My name is kiana. Im 16 years old and in 10th grade. I have gone to Public Schools for most of my life, i currently attend an independent school. I live in district 10. Im really passionate about activism, nutrition and community organizing. And in terms of my ideas for this position, ill start out with my experience. About Student Leadership and fundraising, i lead south asian students and Activism Program at my school. I was a part of the youth board for makeawish, helping to fundraise and distribute funds. And then about outreach, organizing and fundraising, i was the core district 11 youth [indiscernible] and ive belong to the Youth Community garden. And i helped organize. And in terms of Public Health and nutrition, i volunteer at the food [indiscernible]. Thank you so much for that recommendation, by the way, austin. And everything living in district 10, how marginalized and access to health programs. And then also having on both sides going to public and private schools. How youth are often dont have access to quality food and health resources. And as somebody whose mom works for the education program, which was defunded, i have experience with health programs, to help marginalized communities. As you see, i hope to offer my perspective. And also passionate about this role for my experiences. [indiscernible] i really hope to help the program in marginalized communities, especially food deserts and communities of color, specifically black and asian. What i would like to do on the board and hopefully my role is to have more Community Outreach and although my job is to bring public perspective to this issue, having more Community Outreach and Community Input on the function. Chair ronen wonderful. Thank you so much. For your willingness to serve. Its really exciting. And, you know, i just want to say the importance of your work is getting greater and greater every day because of the pandemic and because children are stuck inside at Home Learning with less exercise than normal. And so, you know, what ive been hearing from General Hospital and the obesity clinic there, is that so much of the amazing work that theyve been able to do, to stabilize young people that are struggling with obesity, has gone backwards during this time. And so i really think that youre coming into this work at one of the most important times that you possibly could. Im really grateful that youre taking on this leadership role and willing to do this. Thank you. Thank you so much. And do any of my colleagues have any comments . Yes, supervisor stefani. Supervisor stefani i want to say thank you so much for your service and willingness to serve. I have a son who is a 10th grader. And i know that this pandemic has been hard on teenagers and all kids, too. To see you taking an activist role in something thats so important, its so impressive. I continue to be astounded by the next generation and the youth and i just thank you so much for your participation and trying to make a difference. Thank you. Thank you. Chair ronen supervisor mar, did you want to say anything . Supervisor mar also as a parent of a 10 st. Grader, yeah, i just wanted to thank you so much, kiana, for all that you have already done. And for your yeah, your commitment to stepping up to this Important Role on this advisory committee. So we really, really appreciate it. And look forward to you doing great things. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. I look forward to this, too. Chair ronen wonderful. Wonderful. Can we please open this item up for Public Comment . Clerk yes. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item should call 415 6550001. The meeting i. D. Is 146 344 9722. And press pound and pound again. If you havent already done so, please dial star 3 to line up to speak. A system proprietor will indicate you have raised your hand. Please wait until the system indicates that you are unmuted and you may begin your comment. I am just waiting to see if we have one caller in the queue. Thats for Public Comment at this time. Caller good morning. My name is jackson morgan. I am the executive director of the youth center and clinic. And i am also on my third term as cochair of the sugary beverage well, sdddtax. Weve been working with the Youth Commission. Austin, thank you so much for all of your great work and all of the Youth Commissioners. And we are really, really excited and ready to welcome kiana into our on our tax. So this work is super important and weve been really needing more youth voice. Again really excited to support this candidate. Chair ronen thank you. Clerk that completes the members of the public in queue to speak at this time. Chair ronen thank you. Then Public Comment is closed. And i am honored to make a motion to forward the appointment of kiana im so sorry is im mispronouncing your name. To the full forward with a positive recommendation. Can we have a roll call vote. Clerk on that motion, supervisor stefani. [roll call]. Clerk the motion passes without objection. Chair ronen okay. Wonderful. Congratulations, kiana. Well see you soon. Thank you so much. Austin, thank you for all of the comments and recommendations. Its very sweet. Thank you. Bye. Chair ronen thank you. Mr. Clerk, can you please read item number 4. Clerk item number 4 is a hearing to consider appointing three members, terms ending junt Rights Commission. Three seats, three applicants. Chair ronen wonderful. And if we could hear from mario paz, one of my favorite immigrant rights leaders, in district 9. Good morning. Good morning, chair. Superviso ronen. Weve beena dark cloud for the last four years. Weve witnessed insanity in the separation of children from their parents. And the one policy after another with antiimmigrant. The policy initiative that was promoted by this the outgoing administration. Thank goodness. We now have an opportunity to reimagine the system and we are most excited at the commission to be at the forefront. San francisco has always been a beacon of light. During these four years, we standed for our sanctuary policy and we continued to stand to celebrate immigrants and continue to fight. And we are very, very proud of the work that we are highlighting all of the atrocities. Again we continue to uphold San Francisco values. I look forward to continuing that work. Again im very excited about finally being able to pass comprehensive immigration reform, with citizenship from undocumented communities, that we can get rid of the rules that were impacting our immigrants. That they went as far as to really dismantle, [indiscernible] so im very excited and very humble. And really thank you for your consideration. I would like to also endorse my colleagues Celine Kennelly and nima rahimi. Theyre wonderful leaders for our immigrant communities. And again thank you. Thank you, supervisor ronen. Chair ronen thank you so much. And i just have to say that you have been such a leader in our community, in the mission, serving so many latinx families. I just want to say how grateful i am for all of your work. Thank you. No, thank you. Thank you, supervisor. Im grateful to you also for all of your support. And the other supervisors. Thank you. Chair ronen thank you. And next well hear from Celine Kennelly. Celine, are you here . I am. Apologies. Sorry. I had to figure out getting myself off of mute. Chair ronen no problem. Good morning. How are you . Its good to hear from you. Thank you. Good morning. Its a pleasure to be with you all this morning. And, yes, i will echo new dawn, new day. And i think great relief, not only locally and nationally, but also globally. I can say with my hand on my heart that the entire eilis h theyve watched the elections over the last week, as most of my family stayed up through the night following everything that was happening. So it is very exciting time. So i would like to thank you for the opportunity to be before you this morning. I am delighted to be reappointed to the immigrant Rights Commission. I have served on the commission since 2012. And it has been my pleasure to be part of the amazing work that the commission has done. For 22 years, we have fought for the rights and dignity of immigrants and other underserved and underrepresented communities. From rights to the sanctuary ordinance, we have worked with our Community Partners and fellow commissions to ensure inclusive, fair policies and conditions that make San Francisco a safe and welcoming a place for all people to thrive. It has not been an easy road for immigrants in recent years especially. Weve seen a steady stream of antiimmigrant policies, demeaning and hateful rhetoric and attempts to diminish the many,yes of hardworking, lawabiding immigrants and communities of color. We are thankful that we are moving towards a new dawn and a new day and we look forward to being able to be part of a move towards more humane, fair policies for our immigrant communities. There are many important issues facing us and the immigrant Rights Commission has been active as ever on major issues. We were very excited at the passage of prop c. And stand in support of the commission has partnered with the office of Civic Engagements and immigrant affairs to ensure that our commissioners have Language Access and assistance at every meeting and are able to participate in meaningful ways. We look forward to seeing the extension of our commission and other commissions within the city. As chair of the commission, i have been delighted to be in a position to work with and to support and to lead my fellow commissioners with, as always, undying support from vice chair paz, other members of the executive committee and, of course, the office of Civic Engagement. We have partnered with the Recovery Task force to hold special hearings on covid19 impacts on immigrant in june of this year. A hearing which fed into the overall outcome of the economic Recovery Task force and their findings. We have also in the last 12 months had a special hearing on daca, as we hope to see a more positive move for daca with a new administration. A joint hearing with the human Rights Commission on the border crisis. And we had begun a series of neighborhood specialty hearings in district 10 at the end of last year, which unfortunately we ended up having to put on hold, our series, due to covid. We recently passed a resolution on the treatment of the immigrants, followed by a hearing early in the new year. We are excited at the board resolution declaring war on racism. As a result of this resolution, we have established a Racial Equity working group, which is dealing with the access of Regional Equity and the human Rights Commission to look at how we can support and make change around Racial Equity within our city. And we were, of course, very involved in census 2020. The vice chair and i were members of the complete count committee. And the commission as a whole, the office of Civic Engagement and immigrants in deliverance of a complete count. I would like to thank director paz, robert simpson, all members of the complete count committee and the entire staff of the office of Civic Engagement and immigrant affairs for all of the work that they have done in delivering as complete of a count as we could for the city and county, in what proved to be an extremely difficult year to find everybody. So i am as i say, im delighted to be given the opportunity to again serve on the commission. It is an honor. We have a wonderful commission. We have a very diverse commission. We have a few seats to fill. And weve got some great ideas as to how to continue and expand the diversity. I thank you for this opportunity. Chair ronen thank you so much, celine. Youve done such incredible work over in the number of years on this commission. Were so grateful to you for it. And thanks for mentioning c yay how immigrants are going to be able to serve on the immigrant Rights Commission. Imagine that. So exciting. Were finally going to be able to take advantage of the talents of so many more people in the city and county of San Francisco on our local leadership bodies. So another piece of fantastic news for our city and our country. So thank you, celine. Did anybody else want to say anything . Were good . Okay. Okay. So next we will hear from our last, but not least candidate, nima rahimi. Thank you, supervisor ronen. Thank you, supervisor mar and stefani. Its been an honor serving on this commission. The board of supervisors first appointed me during the first year of the trump presidency. And i have worked with my fellow commissioners to resist the agenda from day one, leading special hearings on the muslim ban to a special hearing on the crimes against humanity hes committed at our southern border. To his attempt to break our promise to our daca brothers and sisters. When our Yemeni Community faced obstacles to send money to their families, caught in the middle of the civil war, i helped Bring Community members to our commission to help their stories on the record. We worked with our San Francisco treasurer to provide advice and recommendations to our yemeni neighbors to navigate this issue. Further, in collaboration with the economic Recovery Task force, we listened immigrant communities and leaders to advise the task force on how best to serve our immigrant families during this time of economic crisis. And most recently, and im very proud of this, especially because it just passed. I worked with Community Leaders say sarah souza. Iserve on the iranianamerican bar association, after served on the board of the Northern California chapter for seven years. I also serve on the board of a Community Nonprofit called the Equality Center generation plus, supporting the social, civic and economics. We have a lot of work to do. Im so excited about President Biden and Kamala Harris election. I want our commission to support this administrations efforts on immigrant rights and help inform as San Francisco goes, as california goes, so goes the nation. We have important work to do. Id be honored to continue serving our city and county as an immigrant Rights Commissioner. Thank you so much for your consideration. Chair ronen thank you. Thank you. Now we can open this item up for Public Comment. Clerk yes. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item, should call 415 655000 415 6550001, the. Is 146 344 9722. Then press pound and up and down again. If you havent already done so, please dial star 3 to line up to speak. A system prompt will indicate you have raised your happened. Please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. We are checking on if we have any members of the public in queue to speak at this time. We have zero callers in the queue to speak. That completes youre on mute, chair. Chair ronen thank you. Before i close Public Comment, i wanted to give an opportunity for commissioner kennelly to speak on behalf of her in support of her colleagues. Thank you, chair ronen. I will be brief. I am delighted that theyre back up for reappointment to the immigrant Rights Commission. They are both dedicated, passionate, informed, and big picture thinkers in terms of policies that affects the lives of immigrants. They have been they have been so active on the commission. They have been leaders and they are an absolutely phenomenal addition to our commission. I am delighted to speak in their support. And i hope that we can move to a positive recommendation for both of them. So commissioner rahimi, and commissioner paz, thank you for your dedication to the environment Rights Commission. Ronen thank you so much. And with that, Public Comment is closed. And i am happy to make a motion to forward the appointment of mario paz to seat 6, with a residency waiver. Celine kennelly to seat 7 and nima rahimi to seat 8. To the full board with positive recommendation. Can we take a roll call. Clerk on that motion, supervisor stefani. Supervisor stefani aye. Clerk supervisor mar. Supervisor mar aye. Clerk chair ronen. Chair ronen aye. Clerk the motion passes without objection. Chair ronen fantastic. Thank you to all three of you. Keep up the amazing work and thanks for being willing to continue to serve. Thank you, supervisor. Chair ronen thank you. Mr. Clerk, do we have any other items on the agenda . Clerk thats our agenda for today. Chair ronen okay. Great. The meeting is adjourned. Have a great day, everyone. Bye. He is a real leader that listens and knows how to bring people together. Brought this department together like never before. I am so excited to be swearing in the next chief of the San FranciscoFire Department, ladies and gentlemen, lets welcome, Jeanine Nicholson. applause . I grew up total tomboy, athlete. I loved a good crisis, a good challenge. I grew up across the street from the fire station. My dad used to take me there to vote. I never saw any female firefighters because there werent any in the 1970s. I didnt know i could be a fire fighter. When i moved to San Francisco in 1990, some things opened up. I saw women doing things they hadnt been doing when i was growing up. One thing was firefighting. A woman recruited me at the gaypride parade in 1991. It was a perfect fit. I liked using my brain, body, working as a team, figuring things out, troubleshooting and coming up with different ways to solve a problem. In terms of coming in after another female chief, i dont think anybody says that about men. You are coming in after another man, chief, what is that like. I understand why it is asked. It is unusual to have a woman in this position. I think San Francisco is a trailblazer in that way in terms of showing the world what can happen and what other people who may not look like what you think the fire chief should look like how they can be successful. Be asked me about being the first lbgq i have an understands because there are little queer kids that see me. I worked my way up. I came in january of 1994. I built relationships over the years, and i spent 24 years in the field, as we call it. Working out of firehouses. The Fire Department is a family. We live together, eat together, sleep in the same dorm together, go to crazy calls together, dangerous calls and we have to look out for one another. When i was burned in a fire years ago and i felt responsible, i felt awful. I didnt want to talk to any of my civilian friends. They couldnt understand what i was going through. The firefighters knew, they understood. They had been there. It is a different relationship. We have to rely on one another. In terms of me being the chief of the department, i am really trying to maintain an open relationship with all of our members in the field so myself and my deputy chiefs, one of the priorities i had was for each of us to go around to different fire stations to make sure we hit all within the first three or four months to start a conversation. That hasnt been there for a while. Part of the reason that i am getting along well with the field now is because i was there. I worked there. People know me and because i know what we need. I know what they need to be successful. I have known Jeanine Nicholson since we worked together at station 15. I have always held her in the highest regard. Since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. She is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. I appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the Fire Department today. There is a retired captain who started the Cancer Prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. He started looking into it. In 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the San FranciscoFire Department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. It was a higher rate than the general population. We were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didnt have to worry about the paper work when they go through chemo. The turnout gear was covered with suit. It was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and helmet. The dirtier you were the harder you worked. That is a cancer causeser. It casser. It is not cancer causer. There islassic everywhere. We had to reduce our exposure. We washed our gear more often, we didnt take gear where we were eating or sleeping. We started decontaminating ourselves at the fire scene after the fire was out. Going back to the fire station and then taking a shower. I have taught, worked on the decontamination policy to be sure that gets through. It is not if or when. It is who is the next person. It is like a cancer sniper out there. Who is going to get it next. One of the things i love about the Fire Department. It is always a team effort. You are my family. I love the city and department and i love being of service. I vow to work hard to work hard to carry out the vision of the San FranciscoFire Department and to move us forward in a positive way. If i were to give a little advice to women and queer kids, find people to support you. Keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep trying. You never know what door is going to open next. You really dont. [cheers and [ ] i actually knew when i was young, when i was in high school. It was the iconic dancer. [ ] the hula that he did was what im totally accustom to. The extensions that he did where he left hula flavor of the rest of his dance and performance was almost like stepping into a new sphere. Its not just the physical, the movements and the tempo and the lyrics, its that he keeps it, i think, philosophically connected. [ ] he was young. He was ready to be molded. He came with a combination of fear and respect and awe many of its a Perfect Place for a new student to be because it offers you that opportunity to mold them. With patrick, when he came to class, he was like a sponge. Like a sponge. And he kept true to it. You know what im saying. When it was starting to study, he was so intense. He had to be told to relax. Patrick is a sweetest, kindest, most loving man i met. He is charismatic. He is motivating. He is inspiring. He is brilliant when it comes to choreography. Youve got the whole package. I think patrick is a good example within the whole world of being able to have a firm grasp on past traditions while shooting forward. The First Time Ever i kissed your mouth with hula songs, theyre in hawaiian. Not Everybody Knows hawaiian. When you watch a hula, you dont understand the story being told. He can use ledge songs and put a hula do it and everybody understands what its about. [ ] when they came out in that black and that one simple hairpiece, less is more. You get to enjoy the dance. You get to enjoy the faith. Those are the things i look for. [ ] i think he is one of the best risk takers. And he makes me braver, to try things. I love thinking of an audience going, what the hell. What . [ ] i think its all about variety. He looks for Something Else that could relate to other cultures, other people other than just hawaiians, it allows him to explore other cultures. They are so loyal to him. Whatever he brings, they know that they will be surprised, entertained. A part of something that is inclusive rather than exclusive. [ ] he loves San Francisco. San francisco embraced him when he needed it most. And he is on a constant give back. He has built such a nice inga tral working relationship with the community. His passion for it is, i think what touched me most. Theres a drive there. Theres this energy that comes from him that motivates you to do better. It motivates you to do more. It gave me that encouragement to start my own group. To do what he is doing. I want to replicate that. I have some young hula students that are excited to be a part of that lynn age where it falls back and goes all the way back. It motivates them to want to keep doing it. Im very proud to be the fly on your wall. To know that you have made me proud and that you will carry the legacy with you. He is so deserving of this legacy and it will carry on. With everything that he has given. You do leave a legacy in passing. You go. You go catch your legacy. And you continue to teach hula. You come back and you learn more stuff and you keep teaching me about that kind of stuff. And then, with all of that, laugh. [ ] president yee good afternoon welcome to the november 10th, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, can you call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call]