Transcripts For SFGTV Mayors 20240704

Gone many many years without have formal recognition. We would have award ceremonies and recognizing officers for crisis interventions and things like that, but Nothing Specific and separate and stand aloneered raing regarding the day to day work the Police Officers do every day. This is a very challenging award to decide on because our officers do such great work. It is hard to pick the best awards for the circumstances. Today hear a couple great things our offices have done so able to find good things and recognize our people for. Happy to be here today. Lastour first ceremony was room 201 and we stuffed in there and had a great time and recognized officers and families but grateful to make it formal and thank you mayor breed. Alright. Round of applause for mayor breed, please. [applause] so, before i call the mayor up, i just like to recognize many people in the room today and many of our sponsors. Chief scott unfortunately couldnt be here. We were all planning to come together. We had a incident in the city the chief had to respond to so ill fill in for him and his remarks. I like to recognize the president of board of supervisors aaron peskin. [applause] thank you. Supervisor rafael mandelman. [applause] our San Francisco Police Commissioners walker, benedicto, yee and burn. Thank you commissioners for being here. [applause] our sheriff for paul mimamoto. See this is what we put together, a nice backdop so identify have something to take a photo with. I like to recognize members of command staff and professional staff here today. Very grateful for all the support. Tenderloin station, i see plain clothe officers and i know that take you off the street, put you right back on as soon as we can, because you is a lot of work to do out there, but we are grateful you are here to support your fellow officers and thank you to aaron pera from Community Engagement to put this event togethers. I also like to thank the sponsors, without the sponsors it would be very challenging to make this happen. Bxp, specifically bobpieceer, rob dale, steve cullven, retired chief sur. It was chief surthat pushed all this to get this going again. And retired deputy chief john loftus. The hiat reej agency, hearse corporation, San Francisco Police Officer association, and jp morgan chase. I like to thank prologueus,boma, hotel council, alex bastion, union square alliance, melissa rodriguez, the neighbors for better San Francisco, the San Francisco counsf of district merchants, thank you for being here today and ground floor, alex turk thank you for being here and all friends and supporters, that you can so much for making today a possible. With that, i like to call up mayor breed for a few words. [applause] good evening everyone and thank you all so much for joining us here today. Let me start by thanking the members who are being honored from the San Francisco Police Department for continuing to put your lives on the line to serve and protect the people of this city, despite the challenges that knroe i know we all know Law Enforcement continues to face. Thank you to family members and friends and those joining us here as well to support these extraordinary officers who are being honored. Your support is extremely important. Your prayers are always welcome because we need to make sure they continue to be safe as they go about the work of the people of the city and county of San Francisco. Thank you to our elected leaders and our sponsors and our supporters, our commissioners and so many people who serve in the capacity to insure that when we are doing the work of the people of San Francisco, that we are reminded about the people who are actually out on the streets doing the work on our behalf. The city has been experiencing a lot of challenges, and as i said, Law Enforcement has not always been treated like they should. In some cases by the leaders of the city, including myself. And bringing this event back has been an opportunity to really make sure that we are not just pointing the finger, making policy decisions and not having discussion and talk with the men and women of the department. I had an opportunity to visit many of the police stations throughout San Francisco, and have really hard conversations with the people who are doing the work, because often times as policy makers, as leaders, we are making decisions about policies, we are making decisions about investment, yet we have no idea what it feels like to actually roll up our sleeves and put ourselves on the line the way the people we are honoring here today do every single day. This is a way to just really highlight some of that work, because we hear enough about the complaints. We hear enough about the people who are trying to put our city down and in particular, put this department down. This is an opportunity to elevate this department, and elevate the work that you do and the hard choices that you have to make in the split seconds that you have to make them. We know that it is complicated. We know that people may not all understand, but we know that you also love this work and you love what you do and you enjoy being out there making sure that youre able to make these decisions to save lives. We appreciate it and today as you hear about some of the stories, some of the stories offrom a different perspective. You hear about car breakins in San Francisco, but what you dont always hear about, is the fact our officers are on the ground making those arrests and recovering property. Going out of their way sometimes to make sure that someone whos suit case was stolen, they are looking for information and they are delivering their suitcase personally so their trip isnt completely ruined. What you dont hear about, is when people are asking for help and making the calls and they are the ones that are showing up, and i know that it is hard, i know it has been challenging, but today really is about making sure that your stories are told. Making sure that the people in this room, some of your families and friends and leaders, that we all know and understand and value it, but also members of the public. Because i will say that we hear about the stories. We see that on social media. Whats happening and the complaints, but you dont always see the arrests and the work and some of the things that occur and that happen after the fact. Because we dont just walk away after a crime is committed. Thats when a lot of the real work begins. The investigations that happen. The search warrants that occur. Putting together the evidence necessary to make sure that perpetrators of crime in this city are really brought to justice and all that work takes place because of the men and women of the San Francisco Police Department. So, i want to thank you all so much for being here today to celebrate. We were at the last officer of the month event in a very small Conference Room in my office, and i thought, this is a important celebration and it is only appropriate that its celebrated in a important venue like city hall in this magnitude to recognize how important each and every one of you are to serving and protecting the city and county of San Francisco. Thank you all so much for your service and congratulations. [applause] okay, thank you very much mayor breed and all your support. I like to call up the president of the board supervisors to represent the board of supervisors, president aaron peskin. Thank you assistant chief lazar, on behalf of myself and the ten members of legislative branch of government and my colleague, rafael mandelman, let me add to the mayors words to say that, we see you, we appreciate you, we thank you, and as district supervisors we actually as acting captain mureno knows, we hear the stories up close and personal and we actually know the rank and file. I know indiscernible i know gary and we see them every day interacting in the community. Many years ago, there was a controversy at city hall where one of my colleagues who was post certified by the way, said, that we needed to mandate community policing. I was a new supervisor. This was about 20years ago. I said what is community policing, explain this to me. When he explained it to me, i realized that is exactly what i had at company a. Police who knew the names of shop keepers. Police who knew the stories of what was happening with a individual who was on the street. Police who went above and beyond the call of duty and dug into their pockets to make things right on the streets of San Francisco. That is what i experienced and like mayor breed, i have to say, we havent said thank you enough. I think we all live in our worlds and if there is one thing i have gotten out of the covid experience is that we just have to say thank you and acknowledge all of our city workers more often, particularly the city workers who have the toughest jobs who see the toughest things. I will say, because i dont want to steal my acting captain from company as thunder that gary dexter, the two of you went so far above and beyond the call of duty in saving the Young Persons life, and aphending the individual who perpetrated those crimes. It just sends shivers down my spine. I cannot thank you you two enough, as well as your colleagues from tenderloin, southern and northern stations for similar deeds. Thank you. [applause] okay, thank you president peskin. Before i begin pmy remarks i want to echo something that mayor breed said and really just thanking the families for being here and for supporting us. Today is about you as well and your loved ones receiving the recognition but you are as well, because without you there is no way we can do this work day in and out so grateful you are here today. I got to meet families and look forward meeting everyone after so thank you. Today we are acknowledging San Francisco Police Officers who went above the call of duty showing bravery, professionalism and compassion in the work for the first 3 months of 2023. The officers work around the clock and prepared to respond to emergency jz crimes in progress throughout the city. These officers show dedication and commitment to the people of San Francisco and the members of the sfpd. Their tenacity, diligence, propossessionalism were on display for incident responded to as a primary unit or backup to assist fellow officers. I want to thank perry and dexter who rendered aid to a stabbing victim on stockton and sutter streets. Stopped the uncontrolled bleeding which may have saved the victims life and the victim was a student from galileo high school. I want to thank officer indiscernible working robbery and burglary enforcement in San Francisco on april 21. The officers assisting a visiting youth base ball team after their van was burglarized. The officers helped recover the team stolen property and arrest the suspect. The coach was so impressed by these officers he wrote a letter saying we have never seen Police Officers like them and youll hear more from acting captain merino about the letter. I want to thank oser chilly. He goes by chilly, he isnt here today. And officer victor from tenderloin station who on june 22, respaubded to a Fatal Shooting in holiday plaza. Both officers or officer chilly administered cpr to the victim and later located video footage orphthe incident. Officer indiscernible located suspect and weapon minutes after the call. These are exciting cases youll hear about and at this time, i like to call up acting captain mark marina to offer up two of the awards. Mark, if you can come on up, please. Good afternoon everybody. My name is mark merino, the acting captain at Central Station. I want to apologize because when i typed this out, size 14 font looked like a appropriate font. Not sure it is with the lighting here. Thank you chief. The first award i want to present are two members from Central Station where i work. Very proud of these two individuals. First dexter sang and gary [applause] i want to read what happened and why they were chosen for this award. March 13 this year 4 30 at sutter and stockton was there was a attempted homicide that took place on board omuni bus. Dispatch broadcast the stabbing occurred in stockton and sutter. Suspects pointed out by witnesses. They were able to detain without incident. The suspect two companions fled but before they were detained as well a short time later by other officers. Meanwhile central Patrol Officer gary and dexter responded to the area to assist. They were advised by witnesses in the area that a stabbing incident occurred onboard a muni bus. They boarded the bus, which parked on stockton street and found the victim on his knee in a pool of blood with lacerations to neck area. Officer sang and indiscernible removed the upper garment performing life saving measures to stop the bleeding. Transportded to San Francisco general hment and the actions by the offices saved his life. Numerous officers assigned assisted in the complex investigation which included the stabbing weapon, conducting multiple interview jz obtaining Video Surveillance from numerous sources. The suspect was booked. Attempted homicide. I like to congratulate for their fine work officer gary and dexter sang. [applause] [applause] okay, im privileged to also give out the next award. There is a incident occurred in Central Station and like to call from southern station officer hector and northern station, officer david [applause] ill read this as well. This occurred in the Central District april 21, 2023, north and mason, burglary arrest. Working the robbery and burglary enforcement operation downtown San Francisco. Outside the normal assigned area of responsibility. During the assignment he assisted in the arrest of auto burgry suspect responsible for multiple burglaries that day. They located unoccupied van with damaged window. Minutes later contacted by kyle crandal a base ball coach. Mr. Crandle confirmed the van was theirs and had been broken into. A important bag containing critical med caution was missing. Immediately sought to recover the medication by calling the officers transporting several bags of evidence recovered from the suspect veem vehicle. The partner was able to locate the bag and at request of officers turned around and returned the medication to the scene and returned to the coach. Medical emergency averted. Crandle was so imprez 79d chief scott, High School Teacher and base ball coach for the base ball team in rochester new york. A Inner City School and our Varsity Baseball Team is in San Francisco. We dropped player and coaches off as Fishermans Warf and parked the van on the street. Parked less then 40 minutes. When we returned we were greeted by two offices who asked if the plan belonged to me. Victims of smash and grab. Officers identified themselves as San Francisco Police Department in civilian clothes. They were on detailed in unmarked car for smash and grabs and saw the van being burglarized. They arrested three individuals. We found not only did they stold one bag but a bag of player just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Insulin and medical equipment in the bag. As the head coach i had a range of emotions and shared this was going to ruin our night. The officers saw our team and responded with, we will not let this ruin your night. They immediately asked for the victims to describe his bag then called the partner transported in the 7 or 8 other bags. The partner identified the bag, the officers asked the partner to turn around and bring the bag to the scene. Officers advised how to clean up the mess and secure the window. Helped locate a broom, cardboard and duct tape and filled out a police report. Within 20minutes the players recovered all items, the window secure and on our way to the giant game. We got to the game on time. The players oen the team commented in the van, we have never seen Police Officers like them. They made such a positive impression on the players. In a day and age with so Much Negative attention towards the police, i want to share your officers exalismifyed what police work should be about. Your offices should be very proud of the impact they made. With gratitude, coach kyle crandle. [applause] [applause] i like to acknowledge captain luke martin and acting captain sylvia lang. Luke martin from southern and sylvia lang from northern. Last i like to invite up for our last presentation is acting captain matt mason from tenderloin station. [applause] lieutenant mason, tenderloin station. It is my honor to introduce officer victor custudio star 1547, officer chilly is on vacation and also will be honored today. On 6222023, approximately 2440 hours, tenderloin station officers respond to call of shooting and homicide at holiday plaza. Upon arrival, officer chilly, as he gave permission to call him, because i dont want to bircher his name. Chilly initiated first aid. Used a chest seal and cpr to help work on the victim. Maintained life saving efforts until the victim transported to sfgh. After ambulance departed beganwitnesses located video footage orphthe incident. In the video chilly discovered a image of the suspect. Direction of travel he relayed to the officers. Officer custudio one of the top plain clothe officers under indiscernible had to go off script there, located a potential suspect. Entering a taxi cab at 8 and mission. Custeedio was in plain clothes, maintained visual of the suspect, indiscernible team members to the area, met with Sergeant Jones and developed a plan. Once the plan was developed, resulted in them arresting the suspect and taking into custody safely, the suspect and officers. Eracying officer located the gun used in the crime inside the taxi cab where the suspect had been seated. The suspect was positively identified by witnesses. Booked in Homicide Investigation ensued. The officers learned the victim did not survive his injuries and passed away. This is a textbook example of Outstanding Police work. The officers involved in the incident utilized all the principles of San Francisco Police Department, rendering aid to the victim. Responding to a crime, running to the fight as we like to say, not shying away, going to a homicide suspect with a firearm in a area freak wbted by tourist in holiday plaza. Conducted a thorough investigation, identified on the suspect with minutes that danger criminal was placed into custody and booked in jail. These officers are deserving of the award for their teamwork and taking this Violent Offender off the streets. [applause] [applause] okay, mayor breed reminded me about the best part for last. Not only todays awardees get it meet the mayor and elected officials and get recognized and get a beautiful plaque and a lot of thank you and photos, but alsothey also get Gift Certificate presented by the San Francisco Police Departmentfor the San Francisco Police Department cop of the month, they get a complementary onenight stay in a Beautiful Hotel here in San Francisco, the h hight regency. Congratulations on your awards, your accomplishments and more importantly for your fantastic careers. Congratulations. [applause] okay. And 500 cash, thank you very much actingyes, thank you very much. Mayor breed, ill do better next time on all the gifts, but thank you for the reminder. She helped me on that. At this timebefore we conclude, if we can have the entire group of photo with mayor breed, elected officials and others and then when we are done there, please enjoy the complementary food and beverages in the back. Thank you again for attending today. Congratulations. Thank you to the families. Have a great afternoon. [applause] i think a lot of times we get in adult lives we are afraid to follow our passions and think life cant be that easy. But i truly do believe i followed my heart this time in my journal in City Government i did not know that is where my passion lied. I kept following it and ltd. To great opportunity to serve the city. [music] im katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. Small business contributes to San Franciscos economy. They provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a Million People in San Francisco. And roughly 90 of the businesses are defined as small businesses. So, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. Small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. A play where people gather. Know each other and form memories about the city. At the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in San Francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are feeling with issues. Our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. I was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. I wanted to being an olympic swimmer. And i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up. And i never anticipated entering in politics. This opportunity came along wh started working for former supervisor carmen chu and she became the district 4 sunset district supervisor. That was my firstent row in politics and government in a different level. And so when i was finishing up my time working for legislative aid i thought, i will go off and do something else. May be explore opportunity outside of City Government what was then approached by this opportunity to also serve as a district 4 supervisor. If not the traditional route that many people think of when you enter in politics. A lot know that is manage than i want to do and run for office. That was not part of my culture and upbringing with manage my parents were wondering why i wanted to go in that role this legislation and important because so many women when have it return to work after having a child feel embarrassed or dont feel comfortable asking their supervisor for will any lactation accommodations. I saw it as an opportunity you could use the position where you have tools creating legislation and pass laws and where people listen to to you help the community and pass cause catharsis important to the city and individuals. My family immigrated to the United States from taiwan. And they came here in pronl probably late 20s almost 30. And so, they came also in the knowing english limp barely read or write but had to quickly understand english to i cant haveigate services and find a job in america. I grew up in the San Francisco sunset district i spent most of my childed hoo up until i went off to college. So when i started working in City Government, i think i had mixed reactions about my involvement working government because for some of our parents generation, there is i bit of distrust in government. I think there are questions about why i was entering in this field of work. I think you know when i went in City Government i thought about my parents like so many other who is have to navigate City Services and resources english first language and help the individuals both navigate, intercept that is on an application approximate signage. It is fulfilling to mow to help people like my parent and feel like government is there to support them and not to harm them. My parents are happy that i retired early from politics and being a district 4 supervisor i could have continued on for a couple more years approximate decided to leave early. I think that over all they were able to see some of my work appear in the chinese newspaper. Through that they were able to see i was able to help communities in a tangible way. The member of the board of supervisors. Transportation authority. For the city and county of San Francisco. Congratulations. I think about one importance when i was worn in as district 4 supervisor. Years ago, and someone actually came up to me during the swear nothing ceremony and said, wow, im traveling here from canada, and i just i could not believe i saw an asian female worn in in this role a leadership role this meant so much that someone would say that and felt they were inspired by the scene. So i hope that as more people see people that look like them and more women coming in positions of leadership than i feel they can doing the same. Person this inpyred me is carmen chu who is our city add administrator but also was district 4 supervisor when i worked with her as a legislative aid. At this point, i too, was skeptical of going in politics. I saw someone who had herself never seen herself in politics. Got thrown into it and put her heart and soul and dedication to serve people. And it gave me the confidence to pursue that same job and i honestly would not have either chosen or accepted or considered serving on the board of supervisors were not for carmen. If you want to make your business accessible. In my role in City Government where i have seen the most challenge is people who dont know you and you are here to serve and help them that they classify you as our City Government and here to hurt you. So, people will talk to you and and just you know treat you disrespectfully. And sometimes i noticed that they might do more to me as a female compared to my male colleagues. But you know i try to be empathetic. One of the most significant barriers to female empowerment we feel like we have to be 100 meeting all of the qualifications before we think that we are qualified to do a job. If we look at a Job Description or an opportunity to come your way well is self doubt about whether you can fulfill the obligations of that role. I think that the confidence is huge and sometimes i think we make up for it by trying to gain more experience. More and more and more in whatever we can put under our belts well feel better. That may not be the case. We might be qualified with when we have already accomplished. I started rock climbing indoors a couple years ago as an activity to try to spends time with my husband and also to try something new and i finds that rock climbing there are so many parallels to life. You know when im on the wall im concentrating and trying to make it to the next piece without falling. There are daying you think im not making progress. You come back and wow, i hit another level. And so i feel like in our daily lives and w we think we are not making enough of i change in the city. And sometimes we have to take out time to reflect every day as long as you try and give it your all and you look back you will have made a significant contribution there is no limit to where you go in terms of rock climbing. I want to reminds myself of that in terms of daily life. Follow what it is you are interested in, what makes you feel excited about wake up every day. You never know and be open to all the possibilities and opportunity. [music] San Francisco this is an exhibition across departments highlighting different artworks from our collection. Gender is an important part of the dialogue. In many ways, this exhibition is contemporary. All of this artwork is from the 9th century and spans all the way to the 21st century. The exhibition is organized into seven different groupings or themes such as activities, symbolism, transformation and others. Its not by culture or time period, but different affinities between the artwork. Activities, for example, looks at the role of gender and how certain activities are placed as feminine or masculine. We have a print by uharo that looks at different activities that derisionly performed by men. Its looking at the theme of music. We have three women playing traditional japanese instruments that would otherwise be played by men at that time. We have pairings so that is looking within the context of gender in relationships. Also with how people are questioning the whole idea of pairing in the first place. We have three from three different cultures, tibet, china and japan. This is sell vanity stot relevar has been fluid in different time periods in cultures. Sometimes being female in china but often male and evoking features associated with gender binaries and sometimes in between. Its a lovely way of tying all the themes together in this collection. Gender and sexuality, speaking from my culture specifically, is something at that hasnt been recently widely discussed. This exhibition shows that its gender and sexuality are actually have been considered and complicated by dialogue through the work of artists and thinking specifically, a sculpture we have of the hindu deities because its half pee male and half male. It turns into a different theme in a way and is a beautiful representation of how gender hasnt been seen as one thing or a binary. We see that it isnt a modest concept. In a way, i feel we have a lot of historical references and touch points throughout all the ages and in asian cultures. I believe San Francisco has close to 40 asian. Its a huge representation here in the bay area. Its important that we awk abouk about this and open up the discussion around gender. What weve learned from organizing this exhibition at the museum is that gender has been something that has come up in all of these cultures through all the time periods as something that is important and relevant. Especially here in the San Francisco bay area we feel that its relevant to the conversations that people are having today. We hope that people can carry that outside of the museum into their daily lives. This is one place you can always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your San Francisco history used to be. We hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought them here and down the line. Even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. And they tell us that. Youre going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something thats very, very good. The legacy bars and restaurants was something that was begun by San Francisco simply to recognize and draw attention to the establishments. It really provides for San Franciscos unique character. And that morphed into a request that we work with the city to develop a legacy business registration. Im Michael Cirocco and the owner of an area bakery. The bakery started in 191. My grandfather came over from italy and opened it up then. It is a small operation. Its not big. So everything is kind of quality that way. So i see every piece and cut every piece that comes in and out of that oven. Im leslie ciroccomitchell, a fourth generation baker here with my family. So we get up pretty early in the morning. I usually start baking around 5 00. And then you just start doing rounds of dough. Loaves. My mom and sister basically handle the front and then i have my nephew james helps and then my two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking. After that, my mom and my sister stay and sell the product, retail it. You know, i dont really think about it. But then when i sometimes when i go places and i look and see places put up, oh this is our 50th anniversary and everything and weve been over 100 and that is when it kind of hits me. You know, that geez, weve been here a long time. [applause] a lot of people might ask why our legacy business is important. We all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry. Our lineage and ill use one example of tommys joint. Tommys joint is a place that my husband went to as a child and hes a fourth generation san franciscan. Its a place we can still go to today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories of what was San Francisco like back in the 1950s. Im the general manager at tommys joint. People mostly recognize tommys joint for its murals on the outside of the building. Very bright blue. You drive down and see what it is. They know the building. Tommys is a San Francisco hoffa, which is a germanstyle presenting food. We have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. You prefer it to be carved whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. You want your pastrami to be very lean. You can say i want that piece of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want it with some sauerkraut. Tell the guys how you want to prepare it and they will do it right in front of you. San franciscos a place thats changing restaurants, except for tommys joint. Tommys joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. San francisco in general that we dont lose a grip of what San Franciscos came from. Tommys is a place that youll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. Youll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. Thats important. The service that San Francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in San Francisco. So well help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of San Francisco. But i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in San Francisco that has history and that is unique to San Francisco. It started in june of 1953. And we make everything from scratch. Everything. We started a you we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. The business really boomed after that. I think that the flavors we make reflect the diversity of San Francisco. We were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it. Businesses come and go in the city. Pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and theres so much competition. So for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by the city has been really a huge honor. We got a phone call from a woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still owned it and she was so happy that we were still involved, still the owners. She was our customer in 1953. And she still comes in. But she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that were carrying on our fathers legacy. And that we mean so much to so many people. It provides a perspective. And i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, youre missing the context. For me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. I just think its part of San Francisco. People like to see familiar stuff. At least i know i do. In the 1950s, you could see a picture of tommys joint and looks exactly the same. We havent change add thing. I remember one lady saying, you know, ive been eating this ice cream since before i was born. And i thought, wow we have, too. music . I started the o was with a financing and had a Business Partner all ended up wanting to start the business and retire and i did was very important to me so i bought them oust and two weeks later the pandemic h4 one of the moments i thought to myself we have to have the worse business in a lifetime or the best. We created the oasis out of a need basically so other people bars and turning them into a space and when the last place we were performing wasnt used turned those buildings into condos so we decided to have a space. What the pandemic did for us is made us on of that we felt we had to do this immediately and created this. unintelligible . Where we would offer Food Delivery Services with a curbside professionalism live music to bring spectacular to lives we are going through and as well as employ on the caterers and the performers and drivers very for that i think also for everyone to do something. We had ordinary on the roof and life performances and with a restaurant to support the system where we are and even with that had terribly initiative and hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt had to pay our rent we decided to have an oldfashioned one we created club hours where you can watch to online and or be on the phone and raised over one quarter of a Million Dollar that of incredible and something that northbound thought we could do. We got ourselves back and made me realize how for that people will show up if i was blown away but also had the courage but the commitment now i cant let anyone down i have to make the space serviceable so while this is a full process business it became much more about a space that was used by the community. And it became less about starting up a business and more about the heart of what were doing. This building used to be a and one of the first one we started working on had we came out what a mural to wrap the building and took a while but able to raise the money and pay 5 artists to make a design around many this to represent what is happening on the side and also important this is who we are this is us putting it out there because satisfies other people we dont realize how much we affect the Community Around there when he i want to put that out there and show up and show ourselves outside of those walls more fabulous. And inspires other people to be more fabulous and everyone want to be more fabulous and less hatred and hostility and that is how we change the this meeting is called to order at 2 06 p. M. The sheriffs Oversight Board meeting in session. On behalf the board wield like to thank the staff at sfgovtv for providing assistance to broadcast and moderate the meeting. View the broadcast on cable channel 26. Please stand to recite the pledge. Present member brookter is late. Vice president carrion. Present. Member nguyen. Present. Member palmer. Present. Member hsu. Present. President week ter. Present. Congratulations to member palmer on his reappointment. Said recognized that since our last meeting i remember afuhaamango and carrion for another 4 year term. And we are moving agenda item 4 to come after agenda item 9. Can you call the first item. One, general Public Comment. Public is welcome to address the board for items not on the agendaful comments or opportunity to speak are available for members ever public present in person by approaching president podium. Those yoining remote call the next which is on the screen 4155540001. And entering access code 2599 300 5252. When Public Comment is announced follow the prompts to be added to the queue. When you hear, good upon afternoon, you have 2 minute this is is your opportunity to make Public Commentful you have 2 minutes to provide your upon comments once they vended you will be moved out of the queue and back in listening as a participate in the meeting unless you disconnect. Members may stay on had listen for noorth item called to make Public Comment by pressing star three to be add back to the queue. One Public Comment in the room. Good afternoon. Good afternoon will the second time you seen me. I say, hi. Im jerry. I think that time i said i think if we keep going with action it will not be good. I think. I dont know what the sheriff is doing. I mean we are no matter you are all friends you want to work with parties. I think something is not happening. Upon i think it showed will the more and more obvious that there has to be a step forward to make something happen we be in trouble. I mean. Thanks. I know you understand had im saying. We were under pressure of [inaudible]. 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