Supervisor engardio, present. Supervisor mandelman, present. Supervisor melgar, present. Supervisor peskin, present. Supervisor preston, present. Supervisor ronan, present. Supervisor safai, present. Supervisor stefani, present. Supervisor walton, present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you madam clerk. The San Francisco supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. The San Francisco supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Colleagues, please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Colleagues, we have a motion to approve the Board Meeting minutes of march 26, made by supervisor mandelman, seconded by supervisor dorsey. On that motion made and seconded, a roll call, please. On the minutes, supervisor preston, aye. Supervisor ronan, aye. Supervisor safaion the minutes supervisor safai. Ahsha. On the minutes. Safai, aye. Stefani, aye. Supervisor walton, aye. Supervisor chan, aye. Supervisor dorsey, aye. Supervisor engardio, aye. Supervisor mandelman, aye. Supervisor melgar, aye. Supervisor peskin, aye. There are 11 ayes. Those minutes will be approved after Public Comment as presented. Madam clerk, would you please read the special order 2 p. M. . Special order 2 p. M. Is the appearance of todays meeting by the honorable mayor london breed present to engage in formal policy discussion with eligible memberoffs inboards. The mayor may address the board up to five minutes. Welcome mayor breed and you are welcome to start with any opening remarks. Supervisor peskin, we are here matching like blue tie, blue outfit. We came ready to go, didnt we . Anyway. Hi, everyone. San Francisco Mayor london breed. Hi, to members of the public and folks here from the board. Today i want to talk a little bit about joy. Now, in these brown walls i know we dont often times see a lot of joy, but when we talk about revitalizing the city, woo ehave to talk about the arts, entertainment and night life. Yes, our work on revitalization will always involve tax reform Business Recruitment and improving the conditions on our streets, but we also need to bring a little more joy to our city. Yesterday i had the opportunity to attend an annual night Life Entertainment summit. What we hear over and over from those in this industry how hard it is for many Small Businesses to actually run their business. How the city needs to find ways to support bringing people together and to celebrate in our bars, our restaurants, our night life. These businesses not only bring excitement and culture to our city, but they bring jobs and revenue. We made changes to the planning code to relax restrictions and we created new programs like the, Just Add Music so it is easier for these businesses to bring in someone to play a guitar, piano or any other type music. We made a hundred changes to our Small Businesses. We gotten rid of hundred layers of bureaucracy to get to yes, and we are investing in live music and entertainment across the city most recently with the sf live Concert Series kicking off saturday in golden gate park. We are also working to support outdoor festivals in neighborhoods throughout the city. Last week i introduced legislation to make it easier for our communities to put on a party. Night markets block parties and Farmers Markets and thank you supervisor engardio for bringing the night life market to the experience of our communities. By eliminating fees and streamlining permitting for vendors, we can do more. We can spread joy to more parts of the city. This thursday is a example of what we want to encourage. The first night of a new series called, first thursdays that is funded not by the city, but by members of the community for the whole community. This is good for our city, it is good for Small Businesses, it is good how people view our city. Too many people who might live outside San Francisco only see us for what they see on social media or on the news, but if people come to chinatown or to the sunset for a night market or if they go downtown for a night time festival, they will see the very best of San Francisco. They will see our people, our communities and our streets come alive with excitement in the way that only San Francisco can. And this is good for San Francisco and good for the economy. It is good for the future of our city. When it comes tonight life, we are saying improvements. In 2023 the Entertainment Commission received a 53 percent increase in applications compared to 2022. This makes a total of 125 entertainment permits issued to venues in those two years. It includes the stud, the San Francisco gay man chorus, Chan National Queer Arts Center on valencia and the music city hotel. These are great steps, but we can do more so lets do our part and wave fees and remove restrictions. Lets support live music and Small Businesses. Lets lift up the Arts Culture Entertainment and night life in our city. Lets open the streets for fun and joy. We will always have the serious important work to do here in city hall but we cant forget the spirit what makes San Francisco so special to the bay area and the rest of the world. Im clearly in a good mood today. Thank you. Madam clerk, can you call the first and only topic . Yes, the topic submit ed by supervisor preston is the tenant right to counsel. Please ask your opening question. Thank you president peskin and yes, yes, yes to live music everywhere, so thank you for those introductory remarks. Good afternoon mayor breed and thank you for being here for question time. My question is about the right to Counsel Program. As you know, prop f passed in 2018 establishing the right to counsel for tenants facing eviction. Guaranteeing that any tenant who receives an eviction notice gets free legal representation is one of the most effective antidisplacement strategies we have. It is also extremely Cost Effective saving the city a estimated 10 for every dollar spent thon program. At a hearing yesterday on the right to Counsel Program at which your office of Housing Community development presented mohcd released multiyear data showing how effective this program has been. 63 percent of tenant fully represented by an attorney are able to stay in their homes and 92 percent avoid homelessness. The program overwhelming benefits low income tenants. San francisco is seen as a nation wide leader when it comes to the tenant right to council. We have the most Robust Program for right to counsel in the entire country and for that i think we should all be proud. As we work to recover from the pandemic with rising evictions after the expiration of eviction bans, the tenant right to Counsel Program is more important then ever. Mayor breed, my question for you is, will you commit to continue funding the tenant right to Counsel Program at least the current annual amount of 17. 7 million in your upcoming budget . Thank you supervisor for the question. Mayor breed, you may respond. Thank you for the question supervisor preston. Let me just say, we all know this is a difficult budget year. We are facing significant deficit and tough decisions will need to be made that will impact programs that all of us in the room care deeply about. When it comes to tenant right to Counsel Program, we know this program has seen trumendsing success as you mentioned and my data might be similar, but a littleworded differently here since the program started in 2019, we invested nearly 68 million and provided legal representation to roughly 12 thousand tenants to prevent them from being evicted. That is tremendous results and as weyou and i both know, prevention is the key insuring people do not beit come homeless in San Francisco. This is definitely at the top of my priority list. I am engaged with the number of conversations around some changes and adjustments and things we need to make to the budget. I havent gotten into details what we might do in this particular program and cannot commit to the amount of funding you mentioned, but i am definitely looking at the data, what the cost s are and making sure that we make a decision so right to counsel is funded appropriately so no matter who you are you can get the kind of support necessary in order to receive services when you are facing an eviction as a tenant. Thank you. Supervisor preston you may ask a followup question if you so choose. Thank you and thank you mayor breed. Im hopeful there will be no cuts after you complete that review and just want to invite you to be in touch with our office if we can Work Together on that to insure there are no cuts to this crucial program. I wanted to follow up on a crucial issue that enabled the right to counsel to be so effective as you point out, particularly recent years and that is availability of rent relief funds. As you know voters have twice taxed the ultrarich in 2018 with prop c and 2020 with prop i to fund local rent Relief Program that is unprecedented in u. S. History, and as laid out in a bla report dated april 23, since the start of the pandemic our city already dispensed 60 million through the local program and stabilized 20 thousand of San Franciscos most vulnerable renters. Having these Funds Available has often meant the difference between eviction and housing stability and provided a crucial tool for the attorneys who are working under the right to Counsel Program to actually stop evictions. It is my understanding there are still significant rent relief Funds Available which is good news and ongoing dedicated tax revenue that add to that. That said, i think there is a risk the funds at some point were not there yet, but some point will not meet the need of the non payment evictions as those continue to be filed at higher rates then during the pandemic, so my followup question for you is, will you commit to working collaboratively with our office and this board to insure that our city maintains a sufficient local rent relief balance to prevent as many evictions as possible in San Francisco . Thank you again for your question, and consistently not just as mayor, but a member of this board, prevention has been a top priority for me and making investment in rental relief to prevent someone from becoming homeless is just as important as right to counsel. As you said, they go hand in hand and so making sure that people have access to these resources is important and my plan is to insure that there are sufficient resources to the best of our ability during this budget cycle possible. More so to insure that these programs are effectively helping with the challenges that we are experiencing. We are again doing a very deep dive on what is happening with the program, who are receiving the resources, and whether or not there are some challenges around how the money is being spent and some of the repeat requesters of this resource, so that we can insure that people who really need this money that is available for them and we prevent people becoming homeless, but also that we are addressing some of the challenges around the abuse to the use of this money. We need to make sure there is a accountability component that is part of this as well. I will commit working with the board and your office to insure resources necessary for prevention are sufficient to continue the success of all the great programs we have done. Thank you. Mayor breed you may ask a question to supervisor preston or any other supervisor pertaining to the same topic if you do desire. I do have a question for supervisor preston, because over the years during the budget season, i have been extremely collaborative and very supportive and generous to many members of this board, especially when it comes to things that are important to you, important to your districts, because many of those things are important to me as well, but unfortunately in some cases you have still not supported the budget and voted no against the budget as a whole, and what i wanted to ask in my question is, you know, especially because the things you have requested in many cases have been provided. If that is the case in this particular budget, are you planning to support or reject the budget as we move forward in the direction of trying to Work Together . Supervisor preston, you may respond to the mayors followup question. Thanks for the question. Ill need to see the budget to know if im voting for or against it and look forward to making it as strong as possible. I made clear in the budgets i voted against why i have voted against them, and the two main reasons that i voted against recent budgets were unprecedented and massive increases in sfpd budgets, as well as the refusal of your office to allocate prop i funds to social housing, and i hope those are both things we can talk about. I think it is essential as we look at the budget in a difficult year to make sure that we are not cutting the services and the safetynet that those most vulnerable in the city rely on. That will be my focus when i see your budget. I highlighted the right to counsel which is certainly one and eviction prevention which is certainly one important part of the budget, but as you know, we need to evaluate the budget as a whole. I start out approaching a budget as one i hope i can support and intend to support, and well see whats in the budget that you put forward and are then the changes that the board makes to make sure that those most vulnerable in our city are sentards centered in a budget the board passes. Thank you for your response and thank you madam mayor asking your first followup question ever and that concludes the special order 2 p. M. This matter has been heard and filed. Madam clerk, please call the consent agenda. Item 215 are consent and considered to be retune. If a member object as item may be removed. Would any member like a item severed . Seeing none, well take 215same housesorry, supervisor safai. I wanted to make sure i didnt missyes. Can we remove item 15, please . Sever item 15. Supervisor walton. Items 214 well take thosesupervisor walton. Take those same house, same call. Those ordinances are finally passed First Reading and resolutions adopted. Madam clerk, would you please read item 15. I want to duplicate the file and sendcan i do thet . Lets read item 15 before you do anything. Madam clerk, please read item 15. Ordinance to amend the public works code to streamline the enforcement of vending requirements and restrictions. Clarifying vending permit application and compliance requirements, require certain vending permitees to register with the Tax Collector and pay related fees, prohibit stationary sidewalk vendor vending in residential districts to limit permissibleveneding times and streamline vending regulation and affirm the ceqa determination. Supervisor safai. Yes, can i duplicate the file and send back to the rule said committee, please . You can definitely duplicate the file and then the board can vote to send the duplicated file back to committee. The duplication is your right. The file is duplicated and then there is a motion to send the duplicated file back to committee, which is going to be identical as the original file, so then it will automatically die. Doesnt it have 30 days once duplicated . No . Madam deputy city attorney. Ann pierson. It will be identity for 30 days. The original will not go into effect [multiple speakers] okay. Alright. So, motion to send the duplicated file to committee made by supervisor safai, second by supervisor ronan and take same house same call. Mr. President that goes to rules committee . Yes, that wouldyes. Would go to rules committee, and on the item 15, we will take same house, same call. The ordinance is finally passed. Please call the next item. Etum 16, ordinance to amend the administrative code to provide that the general Obligation Bond passthrough from landlords to tenant calculate on the amount the property tax rate increased due to general Obligation Bonds since the tenant move in date or 2005 which ever is later and allow relief from general Obligation Bond passthrough based on financial hardship. Same house, same call. The ordinance is finally passed. Next item. Itesm 17 ordinance amending the administrative code to require department seeking board of supervisor approval to enter into contract for emergency repairs to provide estimated cost for proposed emergency work and upon completion repairs a summary of the actual cost. Same house, same call, the ordinance is finally passed. Madam clerk, please read 18 and 19 together. Items 18 and 19 are two resolutions that authorize the Police Department to retroactively accept and are expend for item 18 inkind gift of 900 units of naloxone valued at approximately 48. 750 through the naloxone distribution project funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental HealthService Administration and administered by department of healthcare services. Item 19, accept and expends approximate 70. 500 grant from the California Governor Office of Emergency Services for the Paul CloverdaleForensic ScienceImprovement Program to train and procure equipment for the Criminology Laboratory with the project period beginning april 1, 2023, through june 30, 2024. Same house same call the resolutions are adopted. Item 20, resolution to approve the terminal 2 coffee cafe lease between gauva and java sfo inc. Doing business as blank point cafe and la colombe coffee roasters. 12 year term with two one year option to extend. Same house, same call, the resolution is adopted. Next item, please. Item 21. Resolution authorizing the Airport Commission to accept and expend a grant in an amount not to exceed 90,972,120 and any additional amounts up to 15 of the original grant, that may be offered from the federal Aviation Administration for the implementation of the recycled water system project, for the period of october 1, 2023, through september 30, 2028, contingent on receipt by the Airport Commission of a grant offer from the federal Aviation Administration. Same house, same call the resolution is adopted. Next item. Item 22, this item accepts and expend 1. 4 million grant from california board of state and Community Correction officer wellness Mental HealthGrant Program to improve officer wellness and expand Mental Health sources for sworn members with the project period beginning july 1, 2022 through december 1, 2025. Same house, same call, the resolution is adopted. Next item. Item 23, resolution to establish appropriations limit established at approximately 11. 7 billion for fiscal year 20232024 pursuant to california constitution article 13b due to the addition of local non residential new construction and the percent change in population within the San Francisco metropolitan area from the Previous Year for the purpose of computation of the appropriation limit. Same house, same call, the resolution is adopted. Next item, please. Item 24, resolution to exempt from the Competitive Bidding policy set forth in administrative code section 2. 61, the potential lease on a portion of the east end sea wall lot 301 with skystar wheel, llc for the continued operation of observation wheel and to adopt the appropriate findings. Same house same call the resolution is adopted. Madam clerk, please read three department of Public Health contract amendments, 2527 together . 2527 are three resolutions that pertain to department of Public Health contract amendments. Item 25, approves the third amendment to the agreement between Bayview HunterPoint Foundation and department of Public Health for Substance UseDisorder Services to incroesus the agreement for new total amount not to exceed 15. 4 million 18 month Term Extension through december 31, 2025. 26 is approval for Second Amendment to the agreement between the regents of university of california and department of Public Health for behavioral Health Service for high ringe transitional age youth adults and older adults to increase agreement by 84 million for new amount of 133 million Term Extension by 5 and one half years and new total term through june 30, 2028. Item 27, this item approves the First Amendment to the agreement between the San FranciscoPublic Health foundation and the department of Public Health for Food Security services to increase agreement for amount now not to exceed 11. 2 million, 5 year Term Extension and new total term june 30, 2029. Supervisor walton. Thank you president peskin. I want to speak to 25 and thank chair chans and colleagues on budget finance committee, Controller Office and budget legislative analyst for holding this organization accountable. I want to thank the Bayview HunterPoint Foundation taking the work improving their programming seriously and give credit for taking the actions requested of them. As a valued city partner i believe they know what is at steak prr for the clients, community and itisy as a whole and looking forward to their continued improvements and work with the city as we move forward. They provide a valuable service and this partnership is important. Just wanted to state that. Thank you president peskin. Thank you supervisor walton. Supervisor chan. Thank you president peskin and thank you so much through the chair to supervisor walton for recognizing the Critical Services that partner like Bayview HunterPoint Foundation provides. I do want to be clear that, we want to really make sure that all the services and thank you again president peskin for calling all the items together, that seeing all the Critical Services that we are looking at, it is right now looking at all these to see the contract amendments is what i want to specifically point you to colleagues at the Budget Committee. We are seeing these contract amendments coming through the committee and that at times we need to really rightsize the contract. Seeing potential things like the inflation cost increase, because of food cost, so thanks for our contract like the Food Security, or things like including this item 25 that an organization really requires catch up to do due to challenges they face during the pandemic, but really to see we need to catch up with performance audit and some other Accountability Measures that we really need to reevaluate some of the contract. It is really my goal to see these contract amendments to allow them to come in in a shorter term and lower dollar amount, so for us to be able to have the opportunity to reevaluate them again and allow this body to make decisions before it is too late like some other contracts we have seen previously that we did not really come to a space where it is all most 6 month s to possibility of door close that organization and this continuance of services that we really make improvements to those contracts and to those organizations. These contract amendments that come before you today and hopefully in the coming months really with those lessens learned and i look forward to having your support and know that when these contract do come before you, they are actually vetted and well thought out and but to continue to ask for your trust and support on these contract amendments. Thank you. Thank you supervisor chan. I think we can take these three items same house, same call. The resolutions are adopted. Madam clerk, lets go to 2 30 special order commendation. 2 30 special order commendations are for to honor individuals for their Meritorious Service to the city and county of San Francisco. First in order is district 1 supervisor, connie chan. Thank you president peskin. Colleagues, im delighted to recognize the Asian PacificAmerican Heritage foundation for their tireless work coordinating the Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage month in the city and wanted to recognize this is 20 anniversary of this celebration. Join ing us today from the Celebration Committee are [calling names] may is the aapi heritage month and an Amazing Forum that supports arts, cultural programs while also creating a space for civic engagement. This year celebration is particularly special, like mentioned earlier, it is really the 20th anniversary. A labor of love from the Celebration Committee and showcase that continues to evolve engage and really dazzle the community each and every year. The 2024apa Heritage Award honorees who will be recognized tomorrow at the kickoff are also Cherished Community organizations and leaders that remind us about the shared histories and Community Resilience inclusiveness and of the fight for equity. Those are also details in the resolution we will be voted on today at the adoption without reference to committee. Each year the Celebration Committee before you create a celebration guide and now it able to find online to highlight the diverse cultures in our aa pi community and uplift our cultural and communities and spotlighting our communities. I like to encourage all of us this month, but really also remaining of the year to support these events and activities in perspective districts and across the city during this month and again, just really want to give a special shout out to claudine chang. Has always been dedicated, unveiling and activities, finding ways to bring us together and hold us accountable to make sure we do celebrate not just this month but the communities, the aapi communities across the board, so it is thank you and with that, now the floor is yours. Before mrs. Chang speaks i want to add my words of thanks. I was here for the first one. I cannot thank you enough for sticking with it now for what has been a generation and i have watched as the community, which is a very large and Diverse Community that is not just the chinese american community, but encompasses a broad swath of the api Community AcrossSan Francisco. It has been uplifting to watch. It has been a pleasure to participate in, it spans arts and culture and entertainment and has been profoundly meaningful, so to mrs. Chang and mr. Lee, who has been doing this for all most all that time and to everybody else who has given of their time and their volunteerism, i just want to extend my heartfelt gratitude. Go ahead. Sorry, supervisor safai. I want to say a couple things about thomas and al, the cochairs. Claudine you are amazing. I want to say a few words about cochairs thomas and al, both residents of district 11 and for all the tremendous work theyve done to uplift the aapi community. Commissioner perez, thank you for establishing and working in such strong ways to create a culture of solidarity unity and pride and the work youve done with the pir aid and child fund, excelsior and all the ways you promote api in the district and thomas for your drive, creativity and the excitement you bring to Building Community and using your personality to really work with people has been a true joy to watch, so thank you for both of your grassroots engagement, thank you for being the cochairs and thank you again claudine your tremendous work uplifting this celebration. Thank you for letting me say a few words. Thank you supervisor connie chan, supervisor peskin and supervisor safai. It has been 20 years. It feels like yesterday. At times it feels like such a long time, but we were able to do it because supervisor chan says, it a labor of love. It is amazing sometimes thinking back. We never had a office, we dont have paid staff and year after year the Community Want to come together because we feel so passionately about sharing our arts and culture and traditions with everyone else. This year the theme of the celebration is moving Forward Together and we really meant it since day one. Connecting celebrating 20 years of connecting and uplifting communities. I think we have done that pretty good and making good progress. To cite one example, when we started in 2005, i think at that time we had already 30, 40 volunteers on the date of the event and everybody helps to promote awareness. We started every year to compile all the events in the city so people can go through our website to see what we can do in the month of may. [indiscernible] and then in the year 2016, we decided that well, we are here to build community. It is good all the Community Partners feel they are a part and playing critical role, so we decided okay, we will start the partners. Through the pandemic, this year because of the good work of the Outreach Committee we reached over 180 civic and non profit organizations, that responded to our emails and calls and signed up as partners. This is opportunity to invite everyone. Tomorrow at the event we will screen the 20th anniversary video. I hope those who can make it enjoy watching it because it is about capturing the spirit what we are doing, why and what we are celebrating and all about community. A community so diverse, but at the same time, we want to embrace the uniqueness of each ethnicity. It is about uniqueness and also about togetherness so we appreciate your support through the years. We hope to see many if not all of you tomorrow at the theater and im verywe are able to do it because we have our volunteers. We are all volunteers and with us today is cochair al perez, thomas lee, who is a brain behind every single piece of design and our website, apasf. Org and work of love of thomas here. Then the chair of our awards committee, grace [indiscernible] also a cochair and running around in preparation for tomorrow. So, we have a good Planning Committee of 30 some people and tomorrow well have volunteer crew of over a hundred. We hope to see all of you and would you like to add something . Anything to add . So, thank you so much for this commendation and all we want is to see you tomorrow. Thank you. [applause] thank you. Before i love we all you to have the 18 and wear with pride. Especially in may, but year round so i like to pass it around. I think i did that before but i like to do it again. We will wear it with pride tomorrow evening across the street. Thank you. Our next special order commendation will be presented by supervisor preston. Thank you president peskin. Colleagues, today im honored to recognize miguel, housing justice leader who has been organizing with the coalition on homelessness in San Francisco three decades. Miguel, come on up. [applause] in 1989 miguel left mexico for the United States settling in San Francisco by 1993. Upon arrival, his aspirations began to unravel and he found himself without many supports he was counting on, including a home. He tried to work out of the situation working tirelessly from 7 a. M. To 11 p. M. In a restaurant washing dishes but victim to exploitation by the Restaurant Owner who took advantage of miguels citizenship status and language barrier knowing he couldnt seek help. The exploitation resulted in physical and financial abuse. Miguel earning a meager 20 per week for his labor. To cope with his hardship, began to selfmedicate through drugs leading for cycle of arrests for Substance Use at times involving Excessive Force by Law Enforcement and found himself in jail for three months in 1993. Miguel knew he wanted to turn his life around while in jail met two men who told him, as soon as you get out, you need to find [indiscernible] and the coalition on homelessness. For those unfamiliar, [indiscernible] direct Service Organization founded in 1993 by jesus perez alongside then current Coalition Homelessness director, paul boden that supported the undocumented community. As soon as he was released from jail miguel set out to find [indiscernible] and the coalition. He soon found himself at a shelter where late homelessness advocate arnet watson was giving a speech and spoke to a room of 3540 people sharing the coalition on homelessness mission, inviting all who resonate with their cause to join as volunteers. Recognizing this as his chance for change, miguel eagerly signed up and remained dedicated to the coalition every since for 30 years. He devoted his life to people who are experiencing and who have experienced homelessness in San Francisco. At the coalition on homelessness, miguel had a leading role in 2018 prop c, the our city our home ballot measure which brought hundreds of millions of dollars to the budget annually to fund homelessness services, Homelessness Prevention and housing. The majority of his direct service work involves helping homeless families stabilize moving them from off the streets and from transitional housing to permanent homes. He spends his days building relationships with people experiencing severe suffering and trauma and helping them overcome these struggles to become leaders in the community. Tremendous skillset of a true organizer who mentored so many other organizes rers here in San Francisco. It is with great pleasure and appreciation that we recognize miguel housing justice organizer for coalition on homelessness. For 30 years of fighting for revolutionary change with and on behalf of unhoused people in the city and county of San Francisco. Miguel, thank you for your Tremendous Service to the city of San Francisco. [applause] thank you very much. Miguel, sorry, mr. President , i see we have another supervisor on the roster before miguel. Supervisor ronan. Miguel, i wanted to personally thank you as well. Im over here. [laughter] i have known and worked with you so many years and have always deeply admired you and your passion and your care and the humanity with which you treat everyone and i want to offer a personal congratulations and thank you for 30 years of extraordinary work. Thank you. I incorporate just what supervisor ronan and preston said miguel and sorry, i missed your event the other day, but jenny sent an email saying it was the next day. At any rate, the floor is yours. Thank you. Anyway, so, you know it is really hard for when you trying to change your life and doing better, helping others. One of the biggest opportunities given to me is to become the human rights activist and housing justice organizer. It is because i wasfor so many discrimination in the city. I was abused so many times from the police like everything with Homeless People and been focusing more and more on black and brown people. Definite. It happened to me a lot. So, that part we need to become an organizer. I have my bachelor degree. I finished my school in mexico. But i choose to come right here for different reasons. In the human being whothat has different results. [indiscernible] i want to say, i dont see a problem for me. I see my learning skills, my process. I have been seeing so many Different Things happens to people and at the same time, i have been helping these people too. One of the main things making me be here today and expressing to you guys, we have so many Homeless People. I was homeless. We have so many Homeless People on the streets and for 30 years i seen the same problem and no changing. We tried to create proposition c to show the mayor, to show the city that it is possible, we can charge 4 and 5 percent of the rich people to give to the people poor. It this happens and it is possible. Wetry to Work Together to make sure we provide services to Homeless People. But it not happened. I am so sad because i see these issues every day and keeping to continue and happen and happen and nothing being changed. We have about 400 families andhfwe have so many families waiting for housing for years and years and years. We have Family Living in a hotel for example and it is homeless too for 28 years. It is still there with the childrens. We have families who are working in the community be leaders and they still living in these conditions. So, when i talking about this issue we are facing and how many things we really doing for people, we doing really little. When the mayor telling us, we all responding so much Million Dollars on homelessness, i want to say, it is not true, because we still having problems. This year for over many years i come here speaking to you guys about the budget for many many years. So, what happens right now, we want to figure out the money from the youth. We want to figure out money from kids and families, so this is a solution to the problem on homelessness . No. Not solving anything. We create moreso, again, coming back to my main point what i was saying earlier human rights activist and housing justice organizer, because we dont have a choice. You dont give a choice to us. We need to bring the people herelet them know we need to do changes and we can do together. It is possible. Give you a chance for families and the youth and give a chance to the childrens because those childrens are the future of San Francisco. Thank you so much. [applause] thank you miguel. Our final special order commendation comes from our district 6 supervisor, matt dorsey. You can wait, matt. Sorry, my apology. [applause] thank you. This is not our final. I apologize. Supervisor walton. Colleagues, in advance of International Workers day tomorrow, it is my honor to recognize the front line essential workers of labor union local 261 for their hard work and dedication to the residents, commuters and visitors of the city and county of San Francisco. It is especially appropriate i think to offer this commendation on the eve of may day,ing which holds meaningful historical significance for the labor and Workers Rights Movement world wide. May day has origins reaching back to 1886 and hay market ride in chicago when the American Federation of labor called for a nation wide strike in pursuit of a 8 hour work day. At a time work days were 16 hours or more, a peaceful rally and support of workers rights turned violent on that tragic day in history with a bombing and gun fire that claimed at least 11 lives with dozens more injured. In the 138 year since, International Workers day has come to represent an important occasion for us to honor the sacrifices of workers and labor unions that they are a part of and to continually renew the struggle to honor labor and protect working families on issues like wages and benefits, Workforce Development and protection work place safety and so much more. Many of us know about the work labors do in the private sector, building housing infrastructure, commercial project that create jobs and boost our local economy but also represent 900 men women and non binary in the Public Sector who work for a number of city departments including public works department, rec and park department, public utility commission, port and sfo international airport. Our Public Sector labors perform essential city services, including landscaping gardening and horticultural work to keep the parks and open spaces beautiful and staff the city tree nursery that opened in my district. They provide environmental and Safety Services and general maintenance and buildings and facilities city wide across multiple city agencies. They prepare for and clean up after all the joyful parties that mayor breed spoke about earlier. Including the first thursday coming up in my district thursday may 2, dont miss it. Labor is generally do the work and can speak for district 6, do the work in district 6 neighborhoods that quite frankly make all of you a lot more popular then the district 6 supervisor and in those neighborhoods. The laborers are partner with the city on our preapprenticeship Training Programs come include opportunities for member ozf the Recovery Community close to my heart and look forward working with you on. Like healthcare workers and emergency First Responders and many City Employees who put themselves on the line times of urgent need, we count on the 900 Public Sector members of labor local 261 to help our city run, but rise to the unforeseen challenge hads that come with running a major american city. During the pandemic that meant showing up each day for the essential work maintaining streelts sidewalk and parks at great risk to yourselves and families. We continue to advance our city economic recovery, the work of the Public Sector laborers is critical helping keep San Francisco beautiful and welcoming. Colleagues to recognize the work of Laborers Union local 261 for International Worker s day i like to bring up the members of the labor committee, which represents the union and interaction with the city including the recently successfully concluded contract negotiations. I understand this City Committee helps secure major wins for work place equity for women this year as well for the city wide Apprenticeship Program in the recent contract negotiations. It has been 15 years since the last time the board of supervisors through then supervisor alioto recognize the unique important work of labors with a formal commendation and i thought it was appropriate this year in recognition of may day. It is a perfect opportunity to do so again so colleagues, thank you for joining me and commending the member leaders of local 261 [calling out names] [applause] congratulations to you. Thank these leaders and many other members of labor local 261 for your hard work on behalf of our city. [applause] i like to invite up if i may vince courtney, jr. And joshua to offer their own words for these remarkable city leaders and then we can present the certificate. We got somebody on the roster. Supervisor melgar. Thank you. Sorry, supervisor dorsey. Thank you so much for doing this for this Amazing Group of people. I just wanted toin addition to all the things you said, wanted to give a special shout out as district 7 supervisor, because over the last 4 years since i have been supervisor, your members have done just so much work postpandemic. We rolled out the Graffiti Abatement Program which would not have happened if not your members stepping in immediately and addressing the growing problem of graffiti throughout the city on commercial corridors and then the last couple years, we have seen in district 7 for lake merced, the golf course, mount sutro, mount davidson, all these trees that have been uprooted because of so much water. The changing climate. The roots being just weakened by constant drought and then more water. But your members have been there to make sure people are safe, that things are done quickly and it is Pretty Amazing to watch how dedicated to Public Safety and to the beauty and good working of our city. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart and from district 7 and thank you supervisor dorsey for this wonderful recognition. [applause] thank you for your kinds words. President peskin and the board of supervisor, these are ride or die brothers and sisters. This is how a union works. It is the people that actually do the work year in and year out decade after decade to give their lives to Civil Services. Guys like me come and go. Josh will talk about our union, but i want to talk about all of you. Tomorrow is may day. It is International Workers day and the work you guys do for the city, including youthe work you do for the city doesnt get acknowledged by our members. The assist from each and every one of you over the years and past few weeks, supervisor engardio working on the preApprenticeship Program excites me. Supervisor dorsey, excited about a lot of the super significant critically important things we are able to do in the future. Supervisor walton, we actually met some critical goals in connection with there workforce alignment committee. What is the difference between the Public Sector and work they do and what we value and do in the private sector to give people a opportunity to work in our industry, it doesnt go unnoticed the amount of time effort and energy trying to make it betder for the workers privileged to represent. Supervisor stefani, two assists for you this bargaining cycle. Along the lines what i was talking about supervisor walton. The equity issue for female employees we were successful of your help [indiscernible] we were successful resolving the matter at the bargaining table and transparent way. Really proud that and want to thank you for all that. I want to thank each and every one of you taking the time president peskin to recognize these workers. It is hard to get indoors. They like being outside and dont like sitting through these sorts of things but it is a great honor for me. I have to thank my boss oscar who assigns me to do this work. It is a great privilege and honor for me and ill continue to do it for as long as they will have me. Josh. [applause] thank you brother dan. Thank you members. Leaders and thank you supervisor dorsey. Josh special assistant to the Northern CaliforniaDistrict Council laborers rchlt i have to say, having spent a number of years in City Government and continue to be a city resident, having the chance to go around to different counties with 30 thousand members within Northern California, the thing people ask all the time policy makers, other public stakeholders they ask, how do you do it in San Francisco . How is it done in San Francisco . How are your leaders, your supervisors, your legislators, what is it like working with them, what is it like working with your mayor, with your departments . You do it it every day and i think supervisor dorsey starting with you in this commendation, 15 years, all most to the day after the last time the recognition was paid to these front line essential workers working so hard, we thank you so much and vince started and i just wanted to do it too. Supervisor stefani for work around transparency and supervisor safai. Supervisor roaner right to recover program that provided relief to many members. Supervisor mandelman work to city college days and supporting the apprenticeship. President peskin, your first work with the union goes back maybe the 90 working to help support our work in the parks and being someone who cares so much about neighborhoods. Sop sop walton you go back to all the work throughout your life time and Workforce Development. Supervisor preston came here member leaders the concern at the bargaining table and offering support and taking your time is amazing. Supervisor chan support and create beautification and work our members do. We take note and appreciate it. Supervisor melgar, the work landmark to help do the work around graffiti abatement and support the open spaces and supervisor engardio, you recently said lelts polk partner on a Job Training Partnership connecting to the mayor preApprenticeship Program in your district to advance the emerald neckless. The mayor and her team to get a great contract. This is how it is done in San Francisco. You recognize and honor all front line essential workers, all City Employees. Kudos to you. This is how it is done. Thanks everybody. [applause] and congrats. [applause] i will come out with these and colleagues anybody who wants to be in the photo up here. [applause] supervisor walton. Thank you so much president peskin. Colleagues, it is with great admiration we honor mrs. Willered harris who is a remarkable [applause] who is a Remarkable Community hero at 104 years young. [applause] embodying the spirit of resilience, compassion and unwavering commitment, mrs. Harris was born in chicago and raised in jackson tennessee. Dedicated to service and advocacy and unwavering force for positive change. Mrs. Harris earned her bachelors degree from Medical College and master from new york university. She arrived in San Francisco in 1957. She served as the first African American nursing supervisor and the first African American director of nurses at mount zion hospital. Mrs. Harris is committed to community service, dedicating time and energy to making a positive impact in the lives of others. Mrs. Harris has served as chair of the board of directors for the Haight Ashbury free clinic and the president of the San Francisco commission on aging. In the 1970 she secured a federal grant for free clinics in areas of most need. This included hunter point, potrero hill, and the mission. Still in operation today. Additionally, today marks mrs. Harris 75 year as a proud member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority inc. [applause] a public Service Organization of College Educated women committed to the Constructive Development of its members and to Public Service with primary focus on the black community. Mrs. Harris embodies the organization values of sisterhood, scholarship, service, and social action. Still at 104 years old, mrs. Harris active water aerobics and takes piano lessens acknowledging you are never too old to learn. When asked how to feel about reaching the century mark, she says age aint nothing but a number and mine is unlisted. She continues to support district 10 businesses as well as support communities across the city. Mrs. Harris legacy of leadership, compassion is unwavering and her dedication and selflessness serves as inspiration to all of us. Happy birthday, thank you and congratulations. [applause] thank you supervisor walton. We are honored mrs. Harris. Go ahead. Thank you very kindly. I like to first say thank you for taking your precious time to spend with me and of course, i must give kudos to my good cheering section, the ladies in red. [applause] i am 104 years old. I was born in 1919. I have two Adult Children right behind me. I have five grandchildren and six greatgrand. As you know, you heard part of my work career, which is in nursing. Again, as i said, i was the first black supervisor director of nursing at mount zion hospital and stayed there 16 years and moved on to receive and to be part of a federal grant. It was designed to put free clinics in the area of this city which was most needed. We put clinic in potrero hill, Hunters Point and in mission. Those clinics are still running today under the supervision of department of health. [applause] i left there i left there and took another job as nurse consultant for the state in the department of aging. I commuted from San Francisco to sacramento on a daily basis. Many people wanted to know why i was so crazy but there was another reasons. I had a carrot dangling in front of me, health and dental benefits and i thought, i can work, i can do my job and that is what i did. I have lived in San Francisco for over 60 years. Most that time in one little house there in the coal valley district. I am very interested in the civic activities. I have voted every year. I have volunteered as a poll worker and i even opened my garage as a polling place, so i kept very active. I was also the chair of the drug and Alcohol Committee under mayor moscone. I received commission as a president of the San Francisco commission on aging under the auspices of mayor art agnos. I began to be active in the activities that was very near my home in the Haight Ashbury district and became the board of directors of the Haight Ashbury clining and i sat under the auspices of the flower children. I have been very active and continue to be so. Most people ask me the question, what is your secret for getting to be 104 . My secret truly is the good lord who i believe i am his vessel to carry joy and happiness through so i might be able to give a cup of strength to some needed soul. Of course, i do exercise, i walk, i do bike, i do water aerobics, and i am also very active in the piano. I started taking piano lessens when i was age 90 in order to do something about the arthritic fingers. I figured if i to pay someone to teach me i would work them. I didnt forget when i didnt have to pay the piano teacher. Im hearty eating. Anything you put before me im willing to eat. I have a very good appetite. I also have to admit, a little brandy dont hurt. [laughter] my doctor wanted to know what is a smidgen. I said, go to google. [laughter] i dont do the brandy often, however little bit in your coffee really starts your day. I am going to tell you just a little quick joke. The man was sitting at home on his porch, old man. Smoking his pipe, rocking in his chair. His neighbor came by and said, good morning, john. What are you going to do today . He said, nothing. He said, you said that yesterday. He said i didnt get finished. [laughter] so, i have not gotten finished. Im still active with the deltas. Im active with my church all Saints Church and still trying to get rid of doing nothing, but again i say to you, i thank you so much for allowing me this opportunity, for caring, and for sharing your time. I will also say as george burning said, grow old with me, there is much yet to come. [applause] thank you mrs. Harris for gracing us with your presence. [applause] [applause] madam clerk, can we return to our regularly scheduled agenda item 28 . Item 28, resolution to authorize and approve the First Amendment to Real Property lease located at 1305 and 1309 evan avenue. With raul and denise arriaza husband and wife undivided 50 percent interest and Linda Lee Olson and carl edward olden as trustees of the olson family trust october 16, 2014 as to undivided 50 percent interest as landlord for extended 5 year term through june 13, 2028 at base rent of approximately 39 thousand for base rent of 470 thousand. Are roll call, please. On item 28, supervisor preston, aye. Supervisor ronan, aye. Supervisor safai, aye. Supervisor stefani, aye. Supervisor walton,i absent. Supervisor chan, aye. Supervisor dorsey, aye. Supervisor engardio, aye. Supervisor mandelman, aye. Supervisor melgar, aye. Supervisor peskin, aye. There are 10 ayes. The resolution is adopted. Next item, please. Item 29, resolution to approve and authorize the director of property to enter into a license with honeybe food corp doing business as joll ibeeusa at license fee of 1200 annually with 3 percent. Same house same call the resolution is adopted. Please read items 30 and 31 together. 30 and 31 are two resolutions that pertain to 2550 irving street. Item 30 is resolution that approve and authorize the director of property to acquire Real Property located at 2550 erving street for 9. 6 million to place the property under the jurisdiction of the mayor office of Housing Community development for use in constructing Affordable Housing to approve and authorize ground lease to lease the property back to the borrower for 75 years and annual base rent of 15 thousand to construct 100 percent affordable 90 unit multiunit rental Housing Development for low income households and approve authorize amended restated Loan Agreement for 17 million, 57 year loan term to finance the development and construction of the project and are adopt the appropriate findings. Item 31 authorizing the execution and delivery of multifamily housing revenue note for 63. 8 million to provide the financing for construction of the project and approve various forms and execute various loan documents and agreements. Seeing no names on the roster, and the same house, same call, the resolutions are adopted. Next item, please. Item 32 is resolution to authorize the director of property to execute First Amendment to lease between the city and la cocina of property at 101 hyde street to extend the lease one year for total term through december 31, 2026 to reimburse the tenant in the amount of 106. 5 million for sidewalk improvement to allow shared use commercial kitchen to remove utility payments by it tenant until expiration or termination of the lease and forgive past utility payments retroactive march 1, 2020 to date of First Amendment to lease not to exceed 115 thousand. Same house same call the resolution is adopted. Next item, please. Item 33, resolution to find the proposed Lease Development of piers 30 and 32 or 3032 and sea wall lot 330 and approximately 15. 3 acres site generally located along the embarcadero between bryant and beale street is feasible under administrative code chapter 29 and to endorse the term sheet. Roll call. Preston aye. Supervisor ronan, aye. Supervisor safai, aye. Supervisor stefani, aye. Supervisor walton, aye. Supervisor chan, aye. Supervisor dorsey, aye supervisor, engardio, aye. Supervisor mandelman, aye. Supervisor melgar, aye. Supervisor peskin, aye. There are 11 ayes. Next item, please. Item 34 was referred without recommendation from the budget and finance committee. Ite resolution to approve the third amendment to the agreement between tryfacta inc. And department of Public Health for personnel for amount not to exceed approximately 11 million and term of june 1, 2021 through december 31, 2024. I should have said the last item, the resolution was adopted. Supervisor chan to item 34. Thank you president peskin. Colleagues, this item came out of Budget Committee without recommendsation so ypt to give context as to why and what i still hope that you would consider is to support it, even though it is without recommendation. First, this contractbefore us started off in two fiscal years ago with about 5 million. It now escalated well into 11 million. The budget and legislative Analyst Report indicated that there were billing dispute that lead to wlaut we are seeing now of escalated cost. We see that this contract is going to be through this year december 31, but it is really notit is really to finishing up the contract, but to finishing up also the back payment that was left over from 2023. This contract amendment really highlights the nurses shortage Staffing Shortage that we have in San Francisco. We in december approve a 39 million overtime based on the fact that that is included. About hundred thousand hours of overtime in laguna honda alone. We are seeing we approve not to exceed of 85 million across country for nurse registry contracts, so we can meet the demand of the nurses throughout the city. We know it is a problem that we have yet to solve. It is the reason why this came out without recommendation. F it is warning to ourselves as a body as we coming up with the budget conversation, that we not only hold department of Public Health accountable, we also hold ourselves accountable for tracking spending and make sure as we continue to try to problem solve the nursing shortage, we really have to figure out a longterm solution and not just with these shortterm contract, so that we hire our nurses because as needed through these contract, we know it is not enough. We know it is still not meeting the demands. We still have to pay overtime and so i ask that should these type of contract come before us again, which is very likely in this upcoming budget that we start asking ourselves the tough question what we need to do as a body and as a city to really have a longterm and shortterm solutions, because our nurses are burned out. It is not safe for our nurses and for our city to keep up with this pace. With that, urge for your support of this item, but i think that we need to start to really take this conversation seriously. Thank you. Thank you supervisor chan. Supervisor melgar. Thank you so much. I wanted to thank chair chan for her leadership and framing the issue. I will be supporting this item. I do want to put on the record what i said in committee, which is, one of the things that we promised folks at general hospital, 17 years ago through their collective Bargaining Agreement was a Child Care Center, and we have not made good on that promise. There is great deal of value in terms of both recruitment and retention that comes from that. It is a promise we have made. We have you know, had grievances filed repeatedly and lost so i want to make sure that as chair chan said, if theres a new contract that comes before us on this, that we do what we can to make sure that Staffing Shortages are addressed and one of the low hanging fruit is do something we promised to do is Child Care Center at general hospital, but again, as chair chan said, i urge you to support this, it is something we need to laguna honda and general hospital, but please Stay Together and watchful. Thank you. Thank you. So, on item 34, colleagues can we take that same house, same call . The resolution is adopted. Please read the nextite item. Resolution to accept the Sheriff Office military equipment use policy for 2023 the annual report and inventory and to approve the request for purchase and use of additional equipment, consistent with criteria set forth in state law. No names on the roster, same house same call the resolution is adopted. Next item, please. Item 36 ordinance to amend the planning code to designate San Francisco fire station 44 located at 1298 gerard street as a landmark and affirm the ceqa determination and make the appropriate findings. Same house, same call, the ordinance is passed First Reading. Next item. Item 37, resolution to authorize the place ment of commemorative plaques at two locations within the north beach neighborhood known as little italy at the sidewalk near the northwest corner of the intersection between stockton and union streets and the Southwest Corner of the intersection between stockton and filbert street to celebrate prominent figurers in the Italian American community and direct the department of public works to complete this work. Supervisor stefani. Thank you president peskin. I wasnt feeling a lot of joy when i walked in today. I have to admit, but after those commendation and looking at this resolution i say i got there so that is good. I want to thank you so much president peskin for taking the lead on this and really being there for the Italian Community and the 6 years i have been here we have been able to do a lot. The italian American Heritage heritage day and month. We had celebrations at city hall that we havent had in a long time and now this resolution which authorizes two bronze plaques in north beach which honor former mayor George Mascone and [indiscernible] historic Italian Community. The plaques are the first of many and thrilled to take the first step making the full San Francisco little italy project realty. Eventually this honor walk will create a sidewalk pathway marked by many commemorative plaques exhibitions and experience mobile app throughout north beach. All together this project celebrate many individuals who contributions were prominent in the Italian American community and integral to the north beach neighborhood essence. I want to thank again president peskin for your partnership on all these issues and taking the leadership on this as well. I want to thank Council General of italy, sergio, his husband, the San Francisco little italy honor Walk Foundation board of directors, especially president jennifer and all who contributed to furthering this cultural project. Also [indiscernible] here in committee with the San Francisco italian athletic club. Look forward joining fellow leaders and thank you colleagues i look for twrd to your support. Thank you. It was a pleasure collaborating with you and consul general and community and are thank you to respective staff who did all the hard work and im glad to see that joy was brought to you by this and the special order commendations even though it was the mayorjoyous beginning of the meeting. Supervisor dorsey. On behalf of the [indiscernible] little italy of my ancestors i like to be ated as cosponsor. So noted. Supervisor safai. [indiscernible] it shall be. Well take the resolution same house same call. The resolution is adopted. Madam clerk, lets go to our roll call for introduction; first member to introduce new business is supervisor preston. Submit. Thank you. Supervisor ronan. Thank you. Introduces a resolution in support of sb997 introduced by Senate Member anthonywould allow students to carry naloxone nasal spray at schools. It also allow school to provide Fentanyl Test strips to students. Drug overdose is a leading cause of death in the United States and San Francisco felt the impact with more then 800 accidented Overdose Deaths last year. Young people including students in middle and high school are not immune. There is increase presence in availability of opioids including fentanyl and counterfit pills that are much higher risk of accidental overdose. Despite drug use among adolescent decreasing there is increase in Overdose Deaths which are linked largely to the presence of fentanyl and counterfit pills such as oxy codone. If is reported some are using social media to connect to dealers who sell pills laced with fentanyl which young people persons purchase. A key intervention to reduce fentanyl relaced overdose death is increase access to Fentanyl Test strips. The fda approved narcan as a safe effective medication. Countless medical and Public Health professionals long [indiscernible] Narcan Administration training as a key effective prevention intervention to drug overdose. Allowing student to carry narcan and expand access to drug test steps they are empowered to intervene during emergency whether on campus or in the communities. This bill is evidence based and practical. It gives young people the tools to prevent or reverse overdose and ultimately help tackle drug related overdose among stud nlts. I want to thank the Youth Commission and especially our district 9 commissioners skylar dane for advocating so passionately on the important issue and for working with us to introduce this resolution. The rest i submit. Thank you supervisor ronan. Supervisor safai. Thank you madam clerk. Colleagues, today introducing legislation aimed at attracting accredit public universities to downtown which i have been working on over a year. Well create a Category Fund name, the Downtown University attraction Retention Fund that provides financial insentsives to Public Institutions interested in locating their presence in key neighborhoods such as soma, union square, and the financial district. The Public UniversityInvestment Fund is designed to welcome contributions from public and philanthropic sources and aims to replicate stories we have seen around the country. One is most notably in phoenix arizona where their downtown experience much of what we are seeing here today and had a remarkable resurgence since they began this process in 2006. Following the creation of Arizona StateUniversity Campus there. Today enrollment in the downtown is 11 thousand students occupying over 3 million square feet of former office space or new office space, new educational space and according to recent study by the University Design institute, lead to the attraction of more then 6 and 6 and a half billion worth of investment in the area. We have been talkic about the reality of the Office Market being at the lowest point in the last 30 years and now more then ever is the time to invest public dollars in the creation of Public Education institution in the downtown in a innovative way. Many probably noted just two weeks ago a building that sold in 2019 for every 60 million sold on the market two weeks ago for 6 and 6 and a half million. This is time in San Franciscos Real Estate Market history that we probably will not see again for maybe another 50 to hundred years. I believe that one of the most effective ways to create a more thriving and economically vibrant downtown is needs a shot in the arm to do so. I believe this fund should probably begin with around 25 million but before we do that we need to start the conversation about bringing students to downtown and board of supervisors before it is reality. We know this model works, we know we can do this and this is a historic opportunity and ill say this and said over the last year, what do students like to do other then study . They like to spend their Parents Money so that will generate trips to cafes, restaurants, clubs, retail, invite visitors into our downtown and i can tell you colleagues, we met with the president of Arizona State university, met with a entire delegation and toured the downtown and they were very interested what we have to offer here in San Francisco. They just recently purchased and making that Downtown Los Angeles so we know there is interest in the market. We know if we lay the table for this we can put together an exciting vision to reimagine our downtown. Other then that, i appreciate the opportunity. Look forward having the conversation with you all and the rest i submit. Thank you supervisor safai. Supervisor stefani. Submit. Supervisor walton, submit. Supervisor chan submit. Supervisor dorsey, submit. Supervisor engardio, submit. Supervisor mandelman, submit. Supervisor melgar, will return and supervisor peskin. Thank you madam clerk. Colleagues today introducing a resolution focusing and celebrating our collective work on Affordable Housing in honor of may National Status as Affordable Housing month. I know there will be many activities and opportunities to learn more from our affordable houseers tenant advocates and stakeholder groups throughout the month, so i look forward to our all participating and just in time for Affordable Housing month, which also starts tomorrow, excited to announce ordinance i have been working on with a dedicated team of housing advocates on for profit and non profit sides which i hope refocusory attention what i consider the real challenge of and solution to our Affordable Housing crisis. San francisco Housing Market needs to be fixed. It is not working and despite the many efforts we have undertaken, which have not moved the needle and talking about massive cuts to inclusionary on site, im talking about various rezonings, talking about increased density, im talking about rezonings we have undertaken, we have yet to unstick the Pipeline Projects over 70 thousand of them despite all these efforts because what is really missing is financing, and in this moment that we are in with Interest Rates being high and as one developer lobbyist maybe inadvertently said at Planning Commission the rents are too low, and so manywhile there iswe kront a housing system that responds to the needs of the middle class working families and our essential workers, including our teachers, our helt care workers, First Responders, bus drivers, construction workers who all deserve the chance to live in the city that they serve and thats why and i really want to thank the folks in the world of tax exempt financing who helped me and my staff craft this legislation, i am announcing the housing we need act, which establishes a new set of tools to address the single Biggest Issue that private and non Profit Developers face in building housing and that is access to affordable capital. The housing we need program would enable the city to issue two never before used type of project Revenue Bonds for housing in San Francisco. Governmental bonds for publicly owned privately developed and managed housing and 501c3 bonds used by housing owned by non profits serving a governmental purpose. The new Program Works really because of three different factors. First, affordable working class rents which are sufficient to cover expenses and service debt with no or minimum public subsidy. The authority to issue low interest tax Revenue Bonds financing and third, property tax exsemption for Workforce Housing up to 120 percent ami to maintain low operating cost. Also model a streamline process for accessing and leasing Affordable Housing in the city and sets clear directives to mayor office of housing and Community Development to remove barriers to existing Affordable Housing programs to the maximum extent allowable by law. These new tools can be applied to a variety of project such as acquisition of for closed distressed rent controlled apartment portfolios. Downtown office to housing conversions, public suplus property sites and expanded hopefully in the future when bond rates stabilize and tax rules we are trying to crarify threw the courts and change in state law are resolved. I think instead of spending our time arguing about paper entitlements we are creating the foundation for a funding mechanism that can be applied to real sites, marshal the capability with local steak holdsers and to preserve and produce housing for San Francisco working families who needs really have not been adequately met. Secondly colleagues, i am requesting the Office EconomicWorkforce Development film office and the San FranciscoFilm Commission work with our hospitality and film communities to develop a comprehensive plan to hoestz a World Class InternationalFilm Festival like sundance which indicated desire to relocate the gathering site outside of park city utah else where and i think we are uniquely positioned to be that elsewhere. We are rich, we have Rich Heritage in cinema on the Silver Screen or behind the camera and home to incredsable film assets whether independent cinema and film housing toroxy to exploratorium Film Department or letterman digital art center. The incredible organizing efforts and hard work of reenergized film sf office. This board of supervisors honoredand her incredsable small and mighty team shortly after assuming her leadership role and expanding impact beyond the film rebate program. She and her staff engaged our office and supervisor dorseys office and coalition of Film Festival and Community Based film non profit to look at the 9th street corridor as a film district and figure how to have a bigger voice in city collaboration around film in general. If you look at the annual report you see the strides that the film sf office has taken, including organizing the first sf delegation to sundance and hosting events there. If anyone can lead us to renaissance in film in San Francisco im optimistic about the teamwork between mrs. [indiscernible] and her commission who got back from the first Film Festival in vietnam. We want to see comp rehensive how San Francisco hosts partners with and support the film economy and hope that the plan can involve non profit Film Coalition stakeholders, artsert intainment community, remaining independent Theater Companies and private theater, international airport, sf travel and building manager association to name a few and perhaps sundance will be inspired by and optimistic in the planning efforts. Thank you colleagues, the rest i submit. Thank you mr. President. And supervisor melgar submitted. Seeing no names on the roster, that concluz the introduction of new business. Lets go to general Public Comment. At this time, if you wouldnt mind come down and line up your right hand side. You can speak to approve of march 26 meeting minutes, the mayor appearance and policy discussion. You may speak to items 4049. Those items on adoption without Reference Committee calendar and general matters not on the agenda but must be within the subject matter jurisdiction. Welcome to our first speaker. Thank you. Good afternoon board of supervisors. As each know, im christopher cline. I spoke about [indiscernible] District Attorney office on individuals using systems such as sure lock giving out illegal access. Where are we with those referrals . Due to Public Comment [indiscernible] tried to evict me, bankrupt me and stalled doimation and grants to my non profit. Prejudice violence ends now. Late last week i also urged the director of Public Health and Human Service agency to launch a investigation specifically at 250 kearney street with abnormal amountf odeath and incident resulting in serious injury. These are not the only location. This can cause [indiscernible] getting shot or killed. Yesterday 4 Law Enforcement officer killed and others [indiscernible] accessed and our jammed. My prayers for those families. All most daily there is another mass shooting. Since 2020 in San Francisco there have been over 3,000 overdoses, forget about the 75 million loss of disposal income including taxes. In the name of peace unity and community i like to take a moment of silence to remember the victims from not just our community, but all communities. [moment of silence] thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon board of supervisors. Great to see you all here today. It is always a thrill. I usually dont know what im going to say until it comes out of my mouth, and but let me just say that i very happy to see the mayor today. Very great. It is always great. To remind us issues that are effecting the city and programs there to you know, do what it has to do. Im very happy. I think you all are as well and we will all be happy very soon about the Different Things going on in the city. I dont have anything to say. I thought i did, but i dont. Im really kine of at a loss for words. Butd but thank you all. Thank you thank you thank you thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Alright. Before this next speaker, if you are here to speak please line up, otherwise this will be our last speaker. Hello. I wanted to encourage you to allow the moratorium to lapse given the potential supply of [indiscernible] housing sitting empty. For other buildings now occupied you provided Strong Tenant protections that you should be proud of and confident and yet many condominiums [indiscernible] despite decline in market rent. Some concern might exist about overbuilding given present market weakness. However, if you allow the moratorium to lapse without resorting to a lottery again, it would stimulate job create housing supply and tax revenue rather then to witness potentially more buildings taken out of circulation. Increase risk in liability in the present economic climate. We need more residents to support the growth of the local economy, the condo moratorium exist against population growth and exnomic expansion. It should expire without contest and without detaching impediments towards conversion. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. May day, you say may day. It is french and means help. May day, to help me. [indiscernible] cinema, yes. My way. Because cinema has been infected by propaganda, so it is interesting to see all the propaganda evolve. That is whey we go to 70 years ago before 10 years before the [indiscernible] the reason why Everybody Knows that you dont know what you are doing. It is because if you did, you wouldnt say what you say. Or what you do. You will focus on beauty. Beautybasically you wouldnt lie. No matter what. It means you dont know what you are doing. Step by step. In the new system of education, any way, there is going to be the first thing. You understand how to be happy to justify your reason for being, which is simple. You focus your attention on the emotionalthat we call beauty. Thats it. Extremely simple to understand. 7 years old. Elementary school. If you dont do that, you lie, therefore, you cant be happy and you die. It is a consequence. Never mind, i talk about the other space. Knowledge that is light, that is intelligence. Next stage to expand to you how light sitsthat fits on matter that is full circle and eternal. Thank you for your comments. Mr. President. That will conclude general Public Comment. Madam clerk, can we go to our adoption without Committee Reference calendar . 4049 introduced without reference. Unanimous vote is required for resolution on First Reading today. Any member may require resolution First Reading to go to committee. Would any member like a item severed . Supervisor melgar. I like to be added to item 40, please. 40. Supervisor melgar you said 40 . Yes. And supervisor stefani. I like to be added to 40, 43 and 44. 40, 43, and 44. On the adoption without reference calendar supervisor walton wanted to be added. Add me to item 40. Added as cosponsor on 40. Supervisor safai like to be added to item 40. That correct . Okay. That will be the order. Seeing no other hands raised, names on the we have all 11 members from your staff communicating with us that you like to be on. All 11 are on item 40. There you go. You already did it. Same house same call the resolutions are adopted and the motions approved. Madam clerk, it doesnt sound like we have in memoria today. None to report, mr. President. We are adjourned. [meeting adjourned] good morning everyone. Welcome. Im katie lamont and with me isroxany huey and together we are leading tndc as interim co ceo. So pleased to have you with us this Beautiful Day to celebrate the reopening of ambassador and ritz hotel. Exactly this day has been a long time coming, and it is so wonderful to share with all you who help make it happen. As many know, tndc experienced a tragic loss with the sudden passing of our ceo. It is meaningful our first Ribbon Cutting without him is on the pavilion of this Historic Building. The bricks of the ambassador have witnessed pain, suffering and loss and they have also seen care, compassion, restoration and joy. We hold an amazing tenant talent show every summer where you all are standing and it is one of my favorite things about tndc. To preserve the life of the ambassador and ritz as supportive and mindful homes where people live and develop community with their neighbors and with the people that work here, this is part of mor ilo vision endureing vision providing stable homes for all members of our community. I like to read a few words spoken by morilo about the ambassador and follow with a moment of silence in his remembrance. He said, the ambassador holds a rich and cherished history in the heart of San Francisco. During the 1980 and 90 served as a sanctuary for newerous aids patients extending compassion and support to those without means to care for themselves or connect with support networks. We take great pride in continuing endureing legacy by preserving as Affordable Housing for our commune ity. Lets take a moment. [moment of silence] thank you. It is now my pleasure to get this Ribbon Cutting started by inviting district 5 supervisor dean preston to say a few words. [applause] thank you katie and roxanne and thank you all for being here and i want to first just start by acknowledging what a difficult time this is for the tndc team with the passing of morilo and thank you all for pushing forward and honoring his legacy of which this reopening of the ambassador and the ritz is a part. I also want to say, i am really thrilled that katie and roxanne are at the helm, two incredible leaders and we are looking forward to continuing to partner with them and tndc. This is very exciting. To be here at this opening, i have the honor and privilege of representing the tenderloin in city hall. I wish i could take credit for all this, but there was this thing called redistricting in 2022, so the plans here were actually underway before i was even representing the district, so i feel im cheating coming in at the Ribbon Cutting and celebrating work that definitely predated me here in the district, but i got my start as a housing lawyer in the tenderloin. Have been in and out of pretty much every sro and as someone who represented tenants in sros, mostly in the privately owned ones when they were not up to code and tenants needed repairs, i can tell you the huge difference between some of the poorly maintained dilapidated old sros here in the tenderloin and buildings like this, that actually get the care, the renovation and the Supportive Services to make these units real homes, safe, decent habitable and supportive homes in the tenderloin. Our sros here in the tenderloin are a huge part of why this community in the tenderloin continues to be a place and one of the few places in San Francisco where low income people can afford to live, and it is really exciting to see this kind of attention and love and funding poured into making sure these homes will remain low Income Housing for years to come thanks to the hard work of tndc with support from the city and i want to thank and acknowledge dan adams and mayor office of housing who are here and also other partners, including u. S. A bank and others who you will hear from, but looking behind me at the ambassador, i think one thing im struck by is i have never seen this kind of rehab. The combination of old and new here, i think it is fantastic. And looking at the exposed brick and the Historic Building maintained in this way, but updated so that folks who need Affordable Housing have top notch Affordable Housing in our district. We are proud to be a part that and looking forward to supporting not just the reopening here at the ambarder and the ritz but expanding even in touch budget times to make sure we support the renovation and expansion of our sro Housing Stock here in the tenderloin so thank you for being here today. Thank you again katie and roxanne and i dont know if im turning the mic back to you or whether turning it over to our next speaker. Am i turning it over to the next speaker. Alright. Im pleased to welcome Lisa Gutierrez from u. S. Bank. Thank you so much. Please give her a warm welcome. [applause] thank you. I want to start by sending deepest condolences to tndc on the loss of your fearless leader morilo but cant think a better way to celebrate his honor with Affordable Housing with the Beautiful Day and beautiful grand open. Im Lisa Gutierrez with u. S. Bank and thrilled to be part of todays event for the Ambassador Hotel project we provided nearly 70 million in construction lending and nearly 67 million in tax credit equity. At a time when other Financial Partners hesitateed to move forward with the investment due to the complexities, u. S. Bank leaned in and that seems to be part of our natural course and im proud of our team. Some who could not be here today, so not nearly going to take all the credit it took to close this transaction. It was a real labor of love between the tndc, mayor office of housing and u. S. Bank. We specialines complex Development Like this other 30 years. Understanding the relocation plan of the vulnerable resident population to align with many public Funding Sources and rental subsidies all while managing the building rehab needs of this beautiful Historic Building. Tndc and impact finance worked together nearly providing 120 million in finance and 67 million in equity and regionally in San Francisco metropolitan area impact finance provided 1. 36 billion in construction lending and 1. 40 billion in equity. Since 2005, the u. S. Bank foundation donated approximately 265 thousand to tndc. In fact, we look forward to support the 43 anniversary this may and we hope we see all you there. We believe everyone deserves a place to call home and in collaboration with many of you, we are truly making a difference in this community and across the state. Our efforts care and creativity Going Forward will be critical as we continue to make Affordable Housing in our communities a prioorty. Congratulations to all involved in bringing this Transformational Development and get the well deserved refresh for the residents who call the Ambassador Hotel home. Thank you so much. [applause] good morning everyone. Thank you for coming out today to celebrate the regrant opening of the historic ambassador and ritz hotel. Project manager with Housing Development team. I had the privilege to work on both projects during my tenure at tndc working on these complicated hybrid and scattered site projects really helped me understand and appreciate the hard work that goes into providing Affordable Housing. I still remember the first time i attended a walk at the ritz. Mind you, i never worked in construction before. The team handed me a roll of blue tape and said put a piece of tape where you see imperfections. I was so excited because i might not know construction very well, but very good spotting mistakes. In that moment, i knew being a project manager was for me. There were many people i want to give thanks to. The design team, the partners architects, construction managers, joe blanco and chris rivera, historic architect, tndc Property Management and countless consultants on the project. It took so many smart creative people to bring these rehabs to fruition. I like to thank the Construction Team who from day one were ready to help problem solve the uniquely difficult financing and construction issues at these buildings. Fantastic partners on a extremely difficult rehab. And now that i have been at tndc a few years i recognize how special it was to have a all woman project management and Construction Team on the ritz. Thanks to their hard work, the ritz hotel has expanded community room, totally rehab common spaces and new windows. The team on the ambassador was especially patient with us as we work through so many potential ways to seismically strengthen the building. I like to thank jonathan, scott and the team for the Incredible Team work. You have a creative solution for every construction challenge we had. The enormous structure is part of the seismic upgrade work and dont know how they fit all the steel in the building. Finally, i like to thank chris comings, emily and alberta for Housing Development for leadership on the project and for being amazing mentors. Thank you spending hours to explain the intricacy of the financing structure of the ambassadors and the ritz to me and others. I can tell you that there is nothing more fulfilling having tenant move back in and seeing how much they appreciate the new spaces. And thats it. Next we have kevin, tndc Overdose Prevention outreach coordinator. Thank you. [applause] thank you hang. Good morning everyone. My name is kevin lu, a member of Community Organizing team as our Overdose Prevention outreach coordinator. You may wonder what that means. A important aspect of my work is meeting with residents in the sros to inform on the challenges associated with preventing overdose in San Francisco as well as facilitate discussion around folks experiences and their overall sort of understanding of drug overdoses and what that looks like as far as solutions that they can come up with to this problem. That includes meeting with residents in this very building and we also outreach to folks in the surrounding community as well as the residents in the buildings. We partnered with department of Public Health to kickstart a project to install boxes that hold narcan on each floor of our three sro buildings including here at the Ambassador Hotel. With the help of the residents i meet with, i hope to collect survey and interview responses to understand how to better support and resource residents to reverse and prevent overdoses. What inspires me to do this work is sth legacy of hank wilson who operating the ambassador as de facto hospice at the height of the aids epidemic. The sick were welcomed here. Extraordinary care givers doctors nurses family members and volunteers and these providers learned the culture of the folks that stayed here and spoke to them as partners in care. Full of compassion. The hotel was about caregivers finding way to reduce suffering and Health Risk Due to drug use and hiv. Community base Harm Reduction was the cornerstone. The efforts helped establish vaeft for residents and move the city of San Francisco to establish Needle Exchange programs. As the Overdose Prevention coordinator, Building Community is key if we solve the Substance Use challenges in the tenderloin and owe a lot to healthcare and public heth cares in the city. Tndc is committed to bolstering the efforts. Building community we can empower and educate folks to cocreate solutions that are grounded in the lived experiences and collective wisdom. I truly believe that when we amplify community voices, we can build the longterm systems we need to support those and address addiction in the city, so thank you very much and next up we have bob ostertech. [applause] thank you. Im going to talk a little bit about the history here. I made a documentary movie about the early years of the ambassador in the 1970s and hank wilson, the force of nature behind it all. The story actually begins before aids in 1970s when San Francisco was just becoming the gay mecca and dozens of people were arriving at the grayhound station every day. Many of them very young, teenagers, gay boys, transjnder people arriving by the dozens every day with no money and no where to go. A former Kindergarten Teacher named hank wilson decided he would make a place for them to go and answered a classified ad in the newspaper that says the ambassador was looking for a manager. He became the manager at that point. The building did not look like this when hank took it over most of the rooms didnt have doors, everything was completely trashed. Hank furnished the building with donated furniture he found here and there and created a space very very different then what we have now. There were no banks supporting the ambassador at this time. In fact, there were no non profits supporting the ambassador at this time. This was all done out of pocket and trying to make it work. Check day was quite the thing at the ambassador. Hank would go to the bank empty the bank account and cash into his socks and then walk back to the ambassador and cash everyones checks. Somehow made the thing work financially without any support from anyone. It was very important to hank that he didnthe wasnt constrained by any organization, because he wanted to make things work. He wantedif something didnt work, he wanted to try a new thing and new thing and didnt want to ask for permission from anybody, and thats how he made it work and then aids arrived and the early days of aids are hard to explain to people who didnt live through it. There was a level of stigmatization that is hard to imagine, but all the other hotels in the tenderloin would not allow a person known to have hiv to enter the hotel, and so hank opened the doors and this became an unfunded, seat of the pants, diy hospice for indugent people dying of aids. Many hundreds of people died of aids in this building. One day five people in one day died in this building. They had memorials for them in the lobby. This was the time when it was difficult to even get a ambulance to come to the hotel. Just making it work, hank was basically inventing Harm Reduction before we even had the term, Harm Reduction. He did it all out of the seat of his pants. He lived in a one room roach infested apartment. He didnt own a bed. He was very curious person, hank wilson. Slept on the floor, lived on nothing and for 20 years he did this. So, im very glad to be able to share that story. It is story that San Francisco can be proud of. Very unique story that i think shows the heart of this city. If there was anybody i have ever known who did not want to be recognized for anything it was hank wilson. Very very big guy with a very very small ego. The running joke about my movie is he wouldnt have wanted the movie to be made about him. I walked in the lub lobby and shaw a beautiful mural painted by this wonderful artists and i think maybe hank would have been okay with people coming into the hotel and seeing his smiling face welcoming them into the hotel. Thank you. [applause] im now pleased to introduce our mayor, london breed. [applause] first of all, lets give brandon another round of applause [applause] many have tried and have failed to do Whitney Houston justice and he definitely is one who has succeeded. It is so great to be here with each and every one of you and i just want to start by expressing my condolences to the tndc staff, morilo was such an amazing person and full of life and excitement for housing justice and i know its a big loss to the tndc community and we appreciate the fact that so many of you are still rolling up your sleeves and continuing the important work that he cared so deeply about. Today is a perfect example that. Both the ambassador and the ritz, not the ritz carlton, i know somebody probably used that joke. The fact is, we have a important responsibility here in San Francisco to not just build new housing and be as aggressive as we can to remove the barriers on new housing construction, but we also have a responsibility for preservation, because we want to insure that no matter what happens, whether there is a earthquake or anything else, we are able to protect our existing Housing Stock, and by making the kinds of investments we are making today that provided an opportunity to do significant rehabilitation on over 200 units, which includes as you know, the ambassador as well as the ritz, as a way to protect and support our most vulnerable residents, those with challenging disabilities and making units accessible. It was so critical that we did this work for preservation purposes, so we are grateful to be here to celebrate the milestone as a huge improvement not just for what we did and what we made happen, but for the lives of the people that this will impact. The people who will live here and will be able to enjoy this beautiful courtyard and enjoy their units and the people that they live with. It is truly wonderful to be here. It is such an incredible blessing that these individuals will have a chance at a new start at life, but also for those who were moved temporarily and moved back, a new beginning with a new place with new opportunity and hope for a better day. So, ypt to thank you for the work they do for Affordable Housing for so many in our various communities. Many people want us to do the job of helping people transition into housing and permanently supportive housing, but organizations like tndc do the work and in fact, since 2018 when i first became mayor, we increased our permanent supportive Housing Stock where we provided Additional Support for those who need additional help, we increased that by over 50 percent and that takes partners, that takes resources, that takes investment and that takes the opportunity for us to work and support the incredible things we know we need to do to get the job done, so it is really great to be here to celebrate such a milestone, so thank you all so much for your work, your advocacy, and making it possible for people to have a safe affordable place to call home. Thank you. [applause] do a quick photo op and then a closing. Thank you mayor. Appreciate your comments today. This past sunday was International Transgender day of visibility, which is a good reason to remind us that where we stand right now is only steps away from the riot at comptons cafeteria, which was a turning point for lgbtq plus activism. This building and this district have always been welcoming for the most marginalized people of the city and tndc is a part that. As a transwoman, im proud to be here now with katie and all the other tndc staff that are with us today who have the great responsibility to take care of this building and to take care of the residents of the Ambassador Hotel. I like to thank todays guest speakers, the residents of the Ambassador Hotel and all Community Leaders who made this day possible and celebrated with us. I invite you to make the way to the pavilion. In the pavilion you will see a miniart gallery features images of residents of the Ambassador Hotel provide pd by documentary photography darcie padilla who spent time in this building between 1992 and 1996. Finally, if you wish to take a tour of one of the units, go talk to one of our staff at the tndc table and they can help you with that. Thank you again for your support of tndc. I view San Francisco almost as a sibling or a parent or something. I just love the city. I love everything about it. When im away from it, i miss it like a person. I grew up in San Francisco kind of all over the city. We had pretty much the run of the city cause we lived pretty close to polk street, and so we would in the summer, wed all all the way down to aquatic park, and wed walk down to the library, to the kids center. In those days, the city was safe and nobody worried about us running around. I went to high school in spring valley. It was over the hill from chinatown. It was kind of fun to experience being in a minority, which most white people dont get to experience that often. Everything was just really within walking distance, so it make it really fun. When i was a teenager, we didnt have a lot of money. We could go to sam wongs and get super soup for 1. My parents came here and were drawn to the beatnik culture. They wanted to meet all of the writers who were so famous at the time, but my mother had some serious Mental Illness issues, and i dont think my father were really aware of that, and those didnt really become evident until i was about five, i guess, and my marriage blew up, and my mother took me all over the world. Most of those ad ventures ended up bad because they would end up hospitalized. When i was about six i guess, my mother took me to japan, and that was a very interesting trip where we went over with a boyfriend of hers, and he was working there. I remember the open sewers and gigantic frogs that lived in the sewers and things like that. Mostly i remember the smells very intensely, but i loved japan. It was wonderful. Toward the end. My mother had a breakdown, and that was the cycle. We would go somewhere, stay for a certain amount of months, a year, period of time, and she would inevitably have a breakdown. We always came back to San Francisco which i guess came me some sense of continuity and that was what kept me sort of stable. My mother hated to fly, so she would always make us take ships places, so on this particular occasion when i was, i think, 12, we were on this ship getting ready to go through the panama canal, and she had a breakdown on the ship. So she was put in the brig, and i was left to wander the ship until we got to fluorfluora few days later, where we had a distant florida a few days later, where we had a distant cousin who came and got us. I think i always knew i was a writer on some level, but i kind of stopped when i became a cop. I used to write short stories, and i thought someday im going to write a book about all these ad ventures that my mother took me on. When i became a cop, i found i turned off parts of my brain. I found i had to learn to conform, which was not anything id really been taught but felt very safe to me. I think i was drawn to police work because after coming from such chaos, it seemed like a very organized, but stable environment. And even though things happening, it felt like putting order on chaos and that felt very safe to me. My girlfriend and i were sitting in ve 150d uvios bar, and i looked out the window and i saw a police car, and there was a woman who looked like me driving the car. For a moment, i thought i was me. And i turned to my friend and i said, i think im supposed to do this. I saw myself driving in this car. As a child, we never thought of police work as a possibility for women because there werent any until the mid70s, so i had only even begun to notice there were women doing this job. When i saw here, it seemed like this is what i was meant to do. One of my bosses as ben johnsons had been a cop, and he i said, i have this weird idea that i should do this. He said, i think youd be good. The department was forced to hire us, and because of all of the posters, and the big recruitment drive, we were under the impression that they were glad to have us, but in reality, most of the men did not want the women there. So the big challenge was constantly feeling like you had to prove yourself and feeling like if you did not do a good job, you were letting down your entire gender. Finally took an inspectors test and passed that and then went down to the hall of justice and worked different investigations for the rest of my career, which was fun. I just felt sort of buried alive in all of these cases, these unsolved mysteries that there were just so many of them, and some of them, i didnt know if wed ever be able to solve, so my boss was able to get me out of the unit. He transferred me out, and a couple of weeks later, i found out i had breast cancer. My intuition that the job was killing me. I ended up leaving, and by then, i had 28 years or the years in, i think. The writing thing really became intense when i was going through treatment for cancer because i felt like there were so many parts that my kids didnt know. They didnt know my story, they didnt know why i had a relationship with my mother, why we had no family to speak of. It just poured out of me. I gave it to a friend who is an editor, and she said i think this would be publishable and i think people would be interested in this. I am so lucky to live here. I am so grateful to my parents who decided to move to the city. I am so grateful they did. That it never the city has undertaken a Pilot Program to hook up private privately owned hotels. The Community Members say this is helpful for them especially for the seniors and families with kids from seniors being able to connect with the family during the pandemic and too watch the news has been really helpful during this time where they are stuck inside and are not able to go outside. For families it is important to stay connected to go to school, to get connected so they can submit resumes to find jobs during the pandemic. [speaking foreign language] challenges that might seem for the fiber in chinatown is pretty congested. The fiber team found ways around that. They would have to do things such as overnight work in the manholes to get across through busy intersections, and i think the last challenge is a lot of buildings we worked on were built in the early 1900s and they are not fitted with the typical infrastructure you would put in a new building. We overcame that with creative ideas, and we continue to connect more sites like this. Highspeed internet has become a lifesaver in the modern era. I am delighted that we completed three buildings or in the process of completing two more. I want to thank our department of technology that has done this by themselves. It is not contracted out. It is done by City Employees. I am proud and i want to take a moment to celebrate what we are doing. I dont want to be involved in the process after it happens. I want to be there at the front end to help people with something in my mind from a very early age. Our community is the important way to look at things, even now. George floyd was huge. It opened up wounds and a discussion on something festering for a long time. Before rodney king. You can look at all the instances where there are calls for change. I think we are involved in change right now in this moment that is going to be long lasting. It is very challenging. I was the victim of a crime when i was in middle school. Some kids at recess came around at pe class and came to the locker room and tried to steal my watch and physically assaulted me. The officer that helped afterwards went out of his way to check the time to see how i was. That is the kind of work, the kind of perspective i like to have in our Sheriffs Office regardless of circumstance. That influenced me a lot. Some of the storefronts have changed. What is mys is that i still see some things that trigger memories. The barbershop and the shoe store is another one that i remember buying shoestrings and getting my dads old army boots fixed. We would see movies after the first run. My brother and i would go there. It is nice. If you keep walking down sacramento. The nice think about the city it takes you to japan town. That is where my grandparents were brought up. That is the traditional foods or movies. They were able to celebrate the culture in that community. My family also had a drycleaning business. Very hard work. The family grew up with apartments above the business. We have a builtin work force. 19 had 1 as 1941 as soon as that happened the entire community was fixed. Determined to do the job as democracy should with real consideration for the people involved. The decision to take every one of japan niece american o japanese from their homes. My family went to the mountains and experienced winter and summer and springs. They tried to make their home a home. The Community Came together to share. They tried to infuse each home are little things. They created things. I remember my grand mother saying they were very scared. They were worried. They also felt the great sense of pride. Japanese americans. My granduncle joined the 442nd. When the opportunity came when the time that was not right. They were in the campaign in italy. They were there every step of the way. President truman pays tribute. That was the most decorated unit in the history of the United States army. Commitment and loyal to to the country despite that their families were in the camp at that time. They chose to come back to San Francisco even after all of that. My father was a Civil Servant as well and served the state of California Workers compensation attorney and judge and appellate board. My parents influenced me to look at Civil Service s. I applied to police, and Sheriffs Department at the same time. The Sheriffs Department grabbed me first. It was unique. It was not just me in that moment it was everyone. It wasnt me looking at the crowd. It was all of us being together. I was standing there alone. I felt everyone standing next to me. The only way to describe it. It is not about me. It is from my father. My father couldnt be there. He was sick. The first person i saw was him. I still sometimes am surprised by the fact i see my name as the sheriff. I am happy to be in the position i am in to honor their memory doing what i am doing now to help the larger comment. When i say that we want to be especially focused on marginalized communities that have been wronged. Coming from my background and my family experienced what they did. That didnt happen in a vacuum. It was a decision made by the government. Nobody raised their voice. Now, i think we are in a better place as country and community. When we see something wrong we have change agents step up to help the community affected. That is a important thing to continue to do. You talk about change and being a leader in change and not knowing whether you have successes or results. The fact of the matter is by choosing to push for change you have already changed things. Through inspiration for others, take up the matter or whether it is through actual functional change as a result of your voice being heard. I think you have already started on a path to change by choosing that path. In doing that in april of itself creates change. I continue in that type of service for my family. Something i hope to see in my children. I have a pretty good chance with five children one will go into some sort of Civil Service. I hope that happens to continue that legacy. I am paul, sheriff of San Francisco. [ music ] im San Franciscos first drag laureate and the first one in the world. The drag Laureate Program and the position is one this celebrates an artist for being the best in their craft and im proud to have received that xroel it it is afternoon ambassador role. A role that represents the lbgtq community in San Francisco the focus on the drag performers and transactivists and performers in San Francisco as well. When i heard the city was creating the drag laureate role i was so excited because it did foal like they were paying attention to us. And cared about when we gave culturally and economically to the city here is your new drag laureate for the city and county of San Francisco im getting the call from the mayor i was chosen was fantastic day. I will always remember. I thought that it would just be about the bay area. Because of what happening in the world it became a national story. I hope it can shine a light on San Francisco and how they take care of the drag community and the lbgtq community. I hope that i can help carve out this position and create a role with programs and events this can be passed down to future drag laureate this is come after me and can set a stage and standard for what this program is in San Francisco and national low and inner nationally. There is a rich history in San Francisco. That the drag community has been part of. Im very proud to follow in their footsteps and able to maintain what the drag community has done in the past and move forward with creating a bright future. My job is to elevate and celebrate im connie chan district one supervisor and welcome to the richmond. Im an immigrant and came to San Francisco china town when i was 13 years old with my mom and brother. My first job is at the Community Organizer for Public Safety with San Francisco state. And land in the city hall and became a legislative aid to sophie maxwell. Went through city departments when Kamala Harris was our District Attorney im proud to represent the richmondad district supervisor. [music] we have great neighborhood commercial corridors that need to be protected. The reason why we launched the neighborhood business for supporting the [inaudible] for 15 years special more. We have the Legacy Business Program the business around for 30 years or more and thought, you know, we gotta make sure the next generation contains for generations to come. Am im ruth the owner of hamburger haven we came back on july 11. We were opened in 1968 at that time i believe one of the owners of mestart today went through a guy named andy in the early 70s and my father took it mid 70s. Originally was just a burger joint. Open late nights. Then it changed over the years and became the breakfast staple. We specialize in breakfast, brunch come lunch now. I love this neighborhood. I grew up here. And it feels like home. I walk down the block and recognize people of people say hello. You say hello you talk and joke. Has that familiar environment that is enjoyable and i have not experienced anywhere else. There are many things i would like to see improve ams the things we might see are making sure that our tenants stay housed our Small Business in tact and those are the solutions that will contain to push to make sure that you know our communities can take root, stay and thrive. Im proud of you know, welcoming folks to the richmond. Everyone loch its we got Farmers Market every sunday there. The you see really business at the noaa. Ice cream at toy folks and going to chop for book like green apple. And thats when you like the deal is pizza place haall families love. You will see a lot of great chinese shops that is readily available for everyone. And that is just thein are richmond there is more to do in the richmond. What is love is the theatre. I mean adam and with my wife jamie, own Little Company called cinema sf we operate the balboa theatre. The vocabularying theatre on sacramento and soon the 4 star on clement. Balboa theatre opened in 1926 and servicing this Outer Richmond neighborhood since then. And close on the heels the 4 star opens since 1913. When you come in to a movie theatre, the rest of the world has to be left behind. But you get e mersed in the world that is film makers made for you. That is a special experience to very much we can all think of the movies that we saw in the big screen of with everybody screaming or laughing or crying. It is a shared Human Experience that you get when you go in to places that are gatherings and artist presented to you. A shared experience is the most precious. And the popcorn. [laughter]. At the balboa especially, we stroif to have movies for people of every generation from the pop corn palace movies on the weekend mornings, for families and kids. This is for everybody of all ages. What is great about the richmond is it is a neighborhood of the immigrants. Belongs to immigrants not ap i immigrants you will see that there are also a Huge Population of rush wrans and ukrainian immigrants they stay united you am see that the support they lend to each other as a community. And cinderella bakery is another legacy business. If you go on the website it is known as a russian bakery. The first thing you see their pledge to support the ukrainian community. You will see the unity in the richmond im so proud of our immigrant community in the rich monthed. My dad immigrate friday iran the reason he stayed was because of the restaurant. Has more centamential value it is the reasonable we are in this country. When he had an opportunity to take over the instruct he stayed that is why we are here part of our legacy and San Francisco history and like to keep it going for years to come. Another moment im proud to be supporting the richmond and the only Asian American woman elect in the office and as an immigrant that is not happen nothing 3 decades. You see it is my ability to represent especially the asianamerican community. In my case the chinese speaking elders in our community that really can allow me to communicate with them directly. Im Program Director of adult day centers. I have been here for 7 years i love to help the communities and help and the people with disability. I foal a connection with them. I am anim grant i love helping our community and new immigrants and improvements. If you want nature, richmond is the neighborhood to go we are between ocean beach heights and golden gate park. I love the Outer Richmond. For me this is the single best neighborhood in San Francisco. Everybody knows each other. People have been living here forever. It is young and old. The ocean is really near by. And so there is that out doors ocean vibe to it. There are places to seat Golden Gate Bridge it is amazing. Businesses are all small mom and pop businesses. Houses get passed down generation to generation. It has a small town feel but you know you are in a big city at the same time. Its got a unique flavor i dont see in other neighborhoods j. It is about being inclusive we are inclusive and welcome the communities, anybody should feel welcome and belong here and shop local, eat local. We believe that with that support and that network it come in full circle. It is passing on kinds knows. Thats when richmond is about that we are together at once. Welcome to the richmond. [music] good afternoon the meetingly will come to order welcome to it will 24, of the boj and Appropriation Committee im connie chan and joined by melgar, walton and shortly vice chair mandelman and president supervisor peskin. Our clerk is brent jalipa i would like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting, mr. Clerk do you have announcements. A