Transcripts For SFGTV LIVE Full Board Of Supervisors 20151020

Turn your phones off if there is no seats well open up a room in a little bit thank you. So. speaking foreign language. thank you. speaking foreign language. thank you very much good afternoon, everyone and welcome to the San Francisco full board of supervisors of tuesday, october 20, 2015, madam clerk can you please call the roll. Thank you madam president commissioner avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee madam president all members are present. Were joined by mayor ed lee and ladies and gentlemen, can you please join us in the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all thank you colleagues are there any changes for the september 8th percent or september 15th regular board minutes seeing none, motion by supervisor cohen and seconded by the supervisor farrell madam clerk colleagues well take that without objection. Well take that without objection. Those Meeting Minutes have passed an. Okay madam clerk we have a special order with the mayor today can you please read the item yes. The first item of business the policy discussions between the honorable mayor ed lee and board of supervisors the mayor may provide comments up to 10 minutes and supervisor cowen has a question and followup questions are in order so long as the discussion doesnt exceed 5 minutes. Mar welcome opening remarks. Thank you supervisor president london breed and supervisors and it you to the audience that has come here today first, id like to thank president obama and senator feinstein and boxers for in their leadership in defeating an ill conceived bill that would have punished cities like San Francisco i believe our sanctuary city law makes us safer and support your immigrant community i want to take time to talk about two issues ourg u housing and homelessness just last week, i joined supervisor president london breed and leader pelosi to show the hud secretary our plans to revise 4 hundred plus Public Housing starting with 200 family unit you saw first hand how we troofrm from the isolated poverty housing to communities phase two a phase one is the rad rental demonstration project will span across 15 housing sites so 700 million of investment were doing in without displacing any tenants to put in into prospective Housing Authority over 50iers to provide the kind of Capital Improvements that will happen in the next 3 years it helps us to rehab over thirty thousands of housing unit with 1 3rd permanently affordable and thats why were sending a 310 million housing bond that will not raise partitioning to voters that include rebuilding Public Housing and needed Public Housing and for the first time helping the middleincome we showed secretary castro our Navigation Center that is your compassionate and 7eleven approach to see the changes to get the residents off the streets in Supportive Housing services these are fast becoming model this is the Navigation Center reducing hospital stays and incarceration time and safeway lives and just in the first 6 months of Navigation Center we helped 200 and 10 people off the streets with an unanimous door we need more donor to continue to provide counseling u counsels and meals and save shelters thats why i announced the Navigation Center dollars with built in affordability to our donors and speeds us along the path this is tour hope that isnt that correct center will help people to exit the streets get to supervisor cowens question. Thank you, mr. Mayor id like to recognize the periphery from district 10 malia cohen. Thank you and welcome back to the chamber my question is simple i think that is straightforward weve watched the news accounts protests as well as civil disobedience actions not only in the eastern and Southern States as well as the bay area the chronicle report a study of income gap its participant 24 7 the Africanamerican Community and my question is ive mentioned is simple and straightforward do black lives matter or all lives matter thank you. Thank you, supervisor black lives matter ill say it again black lives matter. It is sponsor important to keep saying this and those words in america we know we dont dr. A full equal society all across the city africanamerican children dont have the same Education Opportunities and africanamerican men are jailed 6 times the rate and africanamericans have a harder time understanding a job with the exact qualifications we know those statistics youve heard them and read them and those numbers matter we struggle with those same inequalities in San Francisco but im optimistic i believe the city has the moral compass and the political will to something has to be done and we are as mayor ive made a central focus to let people up and out of poverty thats why im focused on the shared prosperity and affordability agenda that starts with creating opportunity first Economic Opportunities the largest inequality is between someone that has a job and someone that doesnt even with one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country to make sure that people in unserved areas get access to the jobs thats why we created city build and others to help our underserved residents were supportive of local hires so our residents have opportunity for good paying local jobs thats why we create 7 thousand job opportunity for the youth plus this past summer focused on the young people from Underserved Community we need to assure the lifelong from the cradle to college and beyond supporting the Public Schools and have called in our philanthropic partnerss walk salesforce to help were commented to president obamas my brothers Keeper Initiative and launched black family day an africanamerican Educational Achievement and success, in fact, i was delighted to join 5 hundred families at Mission High School where they participated in parenting working groups and received computers so the children have the technology to succeed this is also about Housing Affordability it is a champ for every everyone in San Francisco and particularly africanamericans were rerehabilitating thirty thousand units by 2030 with happy within reach of the middleincome and transforming our Public Libraries above all our communities must be save im proud to interrupt and cycles of violence and organ the community to keep our city save one homicide is too many we know were making a difference but to have a safe city we must insure a difference Police Department our San Francisco Police Department recently run stated the combats academy to train people of color with the hopes that theyll join our police force and the president has convened a task force on 21st Century Policing that made 38 recommendations our San Francisco Police Department to the process of implementing every single one of them those are some of the strategies we are trying to close the inequality gaps let me take the opportunity to say i know that black lives matter goes beyond the economic challenges that that is example im troud proud to say in the poivenlt or appointments of the jerold the public works and the public works depended your juvenile Justice Department and criminal advisors and challenging chablgd families and a host the important positions ive a made sure that africanamericans have the opportunity to serve and manage the city with me thats why it is important for electricity officials to utter those words black lives matter i looking forward to joining supervisor president london breed and supervisor cowen to continue to make sure that africanamerican families succeed in the city. Thank you, mr. Mayor. Thank you for joining us mr. Mayor madam clerk please read the consent agenda. Items two and three are considered routine if someone obtains a matter can be removed. Madam clerk call the roll. On items 2 and 3 supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee commissioner avalos supervisor president london breed. Supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar there are 11 temps. Those items are finally proved and passes unanimously par. Item 4 to appropriate 4 million from the enterprise Wastewater Fund in the general wastewater to pay the claim leg expenses and related costs due to the expenses as a result of the december 23rd in fiscal years 20152016. Same house, same call . Well take that without objection. This ordinance is passed unanimously on the First Reading item 5 please. Item 5 resolution to approve an amendment to the punting. The bayview Hunters Point for Behavioral Health services and increasing the contract for a total amount of 41. 6 million for the period of july through december 31st, 2017. Same house, same call . Well take that without objection. This resolution is adapted unanimously item 67 a resolution to approve 3 emergency contracts in the administration for the Consulting Services sierra detention and siemens to renovate, upgrade the Electronic System for the county jails numbers one and two not to exceed one . 1 million. Same house, same call . Well take that without objection. This resolution is adopted unanimously item 7 a resolution to approve the amended memorandum of understanding with the municipal twinkie for the governance and operations for the program through june 30th, 2025. Same house, same call . Well take that without objection. This resolution is adopted unanimously next item. The authorization of the lease of Real Property on 598 with twin Peaks Petroleum doing business as in the course of the trial to michael for an initial 5 year term for one hundred and one thousand. Same house, same call . Excuse me. Championships sorry supervisor yee. Thank you supervisor president london breed and colleagues before you is a resolution to authorize a Lease Agreement to preserve an expended lease of twin peaks auto care a family run gas station on pa trolley drive many of you have stepped up to fight and save Small Businesses in our own district as i have twin peaks auto care is a Real Community gem and as weve seen gas stations after gas stations shut down in the recent years this one is one with the last remaining independent gas stations in San Francisco that serves the midtown and mary lemon and on the owners mike and nancy took over the management in 1985 thirty years ago years ago it is not often they play an active roll in the neighborhood, however, my office received hundreds of emails and phone calls about this gas stations when it was threatened to lose its lease and personally licensed to numerous stores this business plays because of the commitment to the community by twin peaks auto take care care any office worked with the office of real estate to make sure theyll stay open with 5 years to extend in their lease for years i want to thank the bust for his thoughtful lease and the strongest neighborhoods this is an important serving business im proud to ask you to save this business. Thank you supervisor yee colleagues, same house, same call . Well take that without objection. Unanimously he next item. Item 9 a resolution to authorize the designated city officials to execute and file for the purpose of objecting financial surveillance under the grant for fshgsz urban rear the 2015 grant and the 2015 math granite or grant for the local Government Oil spill program. Colleagues, same house, same call . Well take that without objection. This is adopted unanimously. Item 10 to authorize the general manager to accept and expend one and 20,000 for 80 an implementation for a total up to approximately nine hundred and 86 thousand. Same house, same call . Well take that without objection. This resolution is adopted unanimous item 11 please. Item 11 a resolution to approve in corneas with the Internal Revenue service code of 1986 to protect the bond by the california Enterprise Authority for the principle monument not to exceed 40 million. Same house, same call . Well take that without objection. This resolution is adopted unanimously. Next item madam clerk please call items 12 and 14 to together. Item 12 to confirm the board of supervisors for the sanctuary city and due process for all ordinances and to urge the sheriff to rescind his Department Memoranda regarding the guilty and custom contact and communication and item 14 was received from the government audit and oversight economy for the scapegoating of immigration and the deportation improvement program. Supervisor farrell. Thank you supervisor president breed so colleagues back in july i did a city package and this is a resolution that is one of the component of that reform when the incident that happened earlier this summer gardened our National Attention it brought outlets worse sentiment and misinformation about the citys sanctuary policy and due process you saw a public back and forth between the sheriff and the mayor and the association ending with a request for the mayor to discuss those policies as well as legislation clarity from the board of supervisors i join everyone in this room in hale the recreation that congress within the senate some of those republican advocates were trying to take away the sanctuary city policies of the cities like San Francisco what i dont believe in the aftermath of those tragedies is hysteria i understand the politics we need a thoughtful look and comprehensive look at this will not happen again, we need to take time to look at this policies that maternity be revised one of the policies ive building needs to be revisited and needs to be replaced is the sheriffs memoranda regarding communications within his own department that made him the last ultimate authority in seeing if hitting his department will communicate with the state or federal authorities this resolution first of all, its supporting our sanctuary city policy a pillar of our San Francisco for decades as well as the due process that commissioner avalos offered in 2013 one of the pilars see codified it the discretion for the Law Enforcement to communicate under certain circumstances the due process ordinances seek to prescribe certain circumstances i believe it is improbable to legislate all the policies that our leaders will enconsider in the agency no way we or the may be mayor could have anticipated the individuals presence on the streets of San Francisco this summer and surely similar circumstances unforeseen in the future this individual that was to be deported brought back on a two years old marijuana charge none in the city of San Francisco right now will prosecute or anticipate will be prosecuted and although held for over two weeks in the county jail for two weeks afterwards no way we could have predicted what was going to happen well not predict every circumstance in the future it is right and appropriate to make sure we prescribe those circumstances like sanctuary city and due process for all we restrict what can be done within our Law Enforcement this is necessary for the Public Safety and part of job of magnifying officials if handled well, it should be applauded if not criticized, however, the sheriffs memoranda took that out of the hands of his own department and took our due process further the unlateral decision and a strong violation of the laws in San Francisco now despite some of the actions and comments im taken the time to meet with the rights advocates and understand there are policies and therefore any resolution but i understand their part of group that drafted that with the sheriff he respect their opinions i believe replying the sheriffs memoranda which prohibits by communication on those on behalf of anyone in the department flies in the face of Public Safety for all san franciscans they have think outside the box discussions whether this resolution calls for proactive notification or supports people obviously one is in the true some recently questions around the purpose and in response to the sheriffs request for the legislative at the writing this is what we have in front of the of us we should not be afraid to read the policies and look at the the old internal Asian Pacific islander policy in San Francisco we noted a time of calm and assess the facts at hand and from my prospective the simple fantastic of the matter those sheriff policies are beyond Public Safety i want to say i thanking thanks those at geosupervisor president london breed and supervisor yee and thank you supervisor yee for working together on that i will say up front im supportive of and will be supporting the amendments hes offering today and certain colleagues hope to have your support as well. Madam president before the next speaker ill remind the members of the public no standing in the chamber sufficient time has been granted by the president to look at this point. Madam president. Thank you, madam clerk. Thank you. Thank you very much supervisor cowen. Thank you madam president and again good afternoon, everyone that joined us today through the president id like to ask supervisor farrell to respectfully tabling this resolution he frankly dont think this resolution is necessary or a good use of our time as elected members open 24 member we make difficult decisions every single week look around you this can only garden Media Attention and harmful for Public Policy now what policy to undocumented folks witnessing are we willing to tell them theyre safe because we cant agree on what policy to be implemented theyll take a chance with their lives by coming forward what we talk we can talk all we want in improving Public Safety but as people in the community dont trust Law Enforcement no policy is going to make our Community Safe clapping. all of us room agree the death of kate steinle was sense less and tragic by the way, many of us disagree is on the roll if any that San Francisco existing surveillance and due process for all policy played in this events if members of this board no longer think this is sufficient or that sanction city needs updating lets see talk about that rather than grand standing on nonbinding resolution the sheriff clearly buildings this policy is the right one passing one to dick the sheriff to side synagogue he didnt agree what with not change anything we cannot allow one incident to delicate 25 years of our city policy towards illuminated u undocumented persons in the city and more importantly we cant allow hateful sxheefrt news stations in our city im not afraid of fox news and dont influence how and make my decisions here in San Francisco clapping. so supervisor farrell i ask you privately and pub to respectfully again to consider tabling this item something that protects all our residents thank you thank you supervisor cowen commissioner avalos clapping. was that a motion . laughter second. A motion on the table . Yes. That was a motion to table. Second. Thank you. clapping . Madam president. One second commissioner avalos. Madam president that was a motion to table item 14. Yes. Item 12. Excuse me. Item 12. Thank you. Thank you. So is there a discussion on the motion go back to table. You were next on the roster so i wont take the vote until the board has a had an to concede. I appreciate the comments from supervisor cowen this is a issues i items 12 and 14 that directly affects the population i live if a district over 50 percent were forgotten born and people feel strongly about the protections about the sanctuary city and die process for all ordinances ill be talking about those both in a moment first, i want to tell a story one of the residents who is greatly impacted by the over enforcement of the immigration and customs Law Enforcement eye sanchez please stand up annette ill tell you about the story is because of stories like hers i believe were all safer in a clear separation within Law Enforcement and immigration annette to is a illuminated u undocumented literally with the coalition a month ago ice agents rated her home and placed her in handcuffs hes been a victim of a fraudulent lawyer and had a deportation he would qualify for the president obamas program dopa when her family tried to contact ice they provided inconsistent information ice tried to deport them before the lawyer could submit his paperwork and analytic her grandfather was on a deportation bus headed towards mexico ice claimed that annettes grandfather was a priority for deportation it turns out they confused him with another man of the same name thats example the process is to virtually important in terms of annette said we were not just fighting for him but all elderly and loved one who are being toishgd and criminalized and escape goaded by ice i want to thank annette for sharing her story i wish we could change what is happening at the federal level in terms of how their enforcement of their immigration policies continue weve tried in San Francisco so protect the immigrant community over the years in our first effort was in 1989 we created the sanctuary city policy it thats was responding to a number of immigrant that were fleeing war torn countrys in Latino America we were trying to address and this protection that sanctuary city provides really brought a lot of people into the light of being more involved in civic life here in San Francisco because they felt protected that the local Law Enforcement was not going to turn them over to law officials 20 years later a new federal program didnt exist in 1989 the s con program was create basically footprinting with database that immigration or ice will determine if someone was undocumented and we learned from annette her grater was you confused with someone else that perhaps was undocumented those mistakes happen all the time and the s con program created a drag net across the city people were depowder by the ice and deported and families were torn apart a miss trust between be the communities that rely on Law Enforcement for their own safety and tied the hands of Law Enforcement for them to do the investigations to make our Community Safer we knew with three hundred and 50 other communities or cities and counties across the city that was not the way to go we need protections to prevent this kind of deportation system we created in San Francisco the dues process for in response to the s con program we wanted to make sure we had that clear separation i thank you, colleagues to make that resolution that ordinance passed here in San Francisco is it resulted in other cities having a strong ordinance on their own as well but what happened with the federal government theyve changed the program with a new program called Priority Enforcement Program now instead of like the program would urge the Sheriffs Department to detain someone past their release date theyre asking the sheriff to notify to pick up the phone and call ice saying that a person in their custody is ready for pickup if our communities saw that the Sheriffs Department was picking up the phone to televise that an undocumented person was ready for pick up it will undermine the relationship we tried for due process to undermine the trust within our city between our immigrant community and Law Enforcement and it will make our efforts over the years meaning less thats exactly what supervisor farrells resolution does it come out of an effort to say that the sheriff should pick up the phone with wide discretion to talk to ice to televise someone with ready for pickup truck that is counter to what were trying to achieve in San Francisco but as supervisor cowen was talked about we saw pressure if across the country after the kate steinle incident all of us were hound in our own community our front doors fox cameras were looking for us a fox full reporter in the board chambers trying to whip up hysteria against the immigrant community and the policies here that protect the immigrant community i was hoping in San Francisco we would be immune to using the immigrant community that is escape goaded at the state level as a political football to score points that that resolution is about targeting the sheriff the sheriff who is not popper here in city hall and perhaps not popper in San Francisco but an effort to smear the sheriff the original way this resolution by supervisor farrell item 12 was move forward a gag order nothing nonpolitical about the term gag order if you look at the sheriff memo there is nothing in that that says the word gag i dont see the word gag in the memo but language in the memo that says that we should not be sharing information with ice in a corners with our sanctuary thank you and process for all under what conditions it deputy sheriffs should talk with ice it is illegal and the Sheriffs Department has to determine whether communication happens nothing about a gag order were rescinding any policy in place when the sheriff should have discretion to talk with ice were underlying our due process to protect immigrants ghins the arresting try deportation that will happen once we on the floodgates of deportation i oppose this this resolution has no points whatsoever clapping. the sanctuary City Ordinance still on the books today 26 years later retransacted to withstand the Shifting Sands of politics and due process for all with the shifting winds of politics so we shouldnt be undermining our efforts and more to be thinking about to there will our due process ordinance to meet the new requirements or the new program under ice that calls for notification doss because currently due process to silent i expect the froeg will exploit and in the political realm here in San Francisco people will want to exploit as well along the lines of this resolution so i really appreciate supervisor cowens motion to table i seconded and hope we can get this offthebooks and never attempt this kind of resolution before thank you. Thank you, supervisor clapping. madam president. Madam president through the president to the audience ill remind you of our policy that problems the vocal or other applause before the board. Thank you commissioner avalos supervisor david campos. Thank you madam president i to begin supervisor cohen by saying that i dont think that anyone can really say what needed to be said better than you i will rest with what you said and want to thank you for understanding and capturing what this is about for so many of us not only in San Francisco but throughout the country and this someone who is not an immigrant herself would be able to do that a understand that is very moving on a personal note so it means a grateful to me and in the spirit you made your motion i would once again ask my friend mark farrell to consider withdrawing this resolution i dont think that there was any ill intent and sometimes what happens whether intended or not it comes across a certain way we have an opportunity to work in a united fashion to address those issues in a thoughtful way we have an opportunity to. Today in a unified way i will once again ask to withdraw it and if that didnt happen i will be proud to join in the motion to table. The only thing ill add to note why i have introduced the second resolution it was really done in the context of a resolution that was introduced by supervisor farrell but the context of what is happening at the National Level you you know the negotiating interesting enough this weekend had anecdotal this week and talked about what was happening around immigration donald trump and others are doing around and what the 90th was asking to bring sanity to this topic by refirmly their commitment to sanctuary in this spirit to my resolution refirmly by saying we in San Francisco will not participate in the Priority Enforcement Program p. A. P. And the reason for that that i can make a lot of arguments the only way to provide justice to the region is ask maria i think in the audience to please stand up i want to tell you about here story her story is the story like so many people who would be impacted if we went down the path of operating in patching Maria Hernandez has a tragic story and the fact that we have gotten to a. 3 maria trusts Law Enforcement is a testament as we as a city for more than 10 years maria was trapped in an abusive relationship navigate i dont know though to say this she explains how she almost lost one of her legs because her abusiveer tried to run her over with a car she was afraid to call the police she was afraid her daughters would be left without a mom thats because of issue of immigrationy calling somehow shell get deported maria says im here and alive this story is not just my story but of many of my comrades that go through this maria now works they works with hundreds of Domestic Violence survivors she if didnt want more women to not have the resources to call for help not women to be part of statistics where children with put in naufrts homes abused their moms are deported maria is fighting so immigrant families live like any other family with dignity and respect the best way to horrible or honorable the sacrifice and families is by refirmly our commitment to sanctuary and saying no to the Priority Program no to p. A. P. Thank you supervisor campos. Supervisor mar. Thank you i wanted to also speak in support of supervisor cowens motion to table the farrell resolution i wanted to thank the San Francisco plus Community Coalition of organizations and immigrant rights and civil Rights Groups that have called for a solution and i know there are a number of amendments that will moving forward in a moment im looking forward 0 those discusses but in support of the Community Efforts to have no amendments and to have strong support for supervisor campos resolution as the public can see were doing the best to humanize the lives and experiences of immigrant communities supervisor campos and i were recently in a washington, d. C. At the white house with the gathering of communities organizations and i believe that though those are nonbiden resolution were discussing in the New York Times all eyes are on San Francisco as we defend our immigrant rights policies in the city id like to ask if dan mirror can stand up a champion for Youth Empowerment for Environmental Justice and our communities but also another story of why San Francisco Needs Solutions to Safer Community not scapegoating the separation of immigrants from their families and communities dan meier is story is compelling it is a story of redemption and restorative just like stories like this that make our communities safer if there is a clear separation within the local Law Enforcement we have in the city and federal immigration agents daniel gtdz at a angle of 2yearold as a permanent residents as a young man he made serious mistakes and served in staftd prison hes remorse full and turned his life around in the 14 to 20 years for for the past 14 to or 13 years working at is berkley working his way up as manager and with others from the Environmental Movement an instructor that trance at reflex youth for jacobs in the environmental sector a green jobs advocate as well but in just this of this year ice picked up dan and h he spent 3 months from june to august being bounced around from Immigration Detention Centers none know more of the horrible supervisors than daniel many of the family and friends county contact him as we are incarcerated in the detentions centers but pressures not only from the Ecology Center but the injustice and others daniel was released on august 14th but ice continues to see him as a quote unquote priority for deportation and like thousand of other people caught into the drag net of many others live in fear of being deport daniel is a madly Community Leader and Community Builder and gives back for what he has done his work is about strengthening the communities if we allow supervisor farrell and the various policies of anti immigrant sentiments in San Francisco well see many great Public Servant lake dan be depowder and ripped from their community i wanted to say to the for the San Francisco Member Coalition that is out here over and over again from 1989 to demands that no human being is illegal to todays no scapegoating and in the p. A. P. Program im supportive and appreciate dan and the communities efforts lets table this if supervisor farrell and move forward as a city as immigrant rights and due process for all thank you supervisor mar supervisor kim. Thank you and first of all, i want to say ditto on supervisor cowen that expressed perfectly much of my sentiment around item 12 before you today, i cant support a nonbinding resolution that casts doubts on our policies weve spent decades crafting and negotiating with the Public Safety effort and best practices and our experience on what makes our city safer with as a legislative body have looked this for decades it didnt makes sense we throw away that communication on a resolution not actually achieving San Francisco becoming a safer city this is very permanent for me members of my own family have been nonsense in this country go to our Public Schools and hold jobs and pay takes theyre not some more dangers or violent because of their status status has no correlation to criminal or violent behavior but one commonderm and many of the violent homicides across the countrys that is guns we need gun control and laws that restrict guns are stolen by cars and none not a citizen or undocumented member should assess those types of weapons that cause stress, anxiety and sadness and grief in our city and trout throughout the country we need to think about this and look towards solutions that will get us there i look forward to and ill be that concludes my report the motion to table i have a story as well i will only share it if it didnt pass i have several others comments on discussion on item 12. Thank you supervisor jane kim supervisor yee. Thank you supervisor president breed. First of all, i want to say that for item number 14 i fully in support of voting yes on that as it is written today without any amendments i think it is a duplication of what other city leaders have already voted on and it is something is a resolution to reinforce what we already have thats what ill be doing item number 12 i know a part of me will always question or say to people can we improve on what we have . This always that possibility of improving and in many ways from the sheriff were to look at those memo he may be able to improve i think what is happening today and for the last few weeks is were seeing that people are not not necessarily in their fullest capacity of saying lets think about that lonely and see what we need to do if we need to do anything whatever were trying to do locally the National Media is whipping it up and making it difficult for us to have a good discussion so ill urge my colleagues supervisor farrell to accept the offer of continuing that or tabling this i wanted to ask maria are you here . Maria hi maria i want to tell her story that is why all of us around the table on this Chamber Support of policies we do have you know im going to it is because of her stories like hers were all safer and if under those a clear separation within local enforcement and immigration maria is a survivor of Domestic Violence and a few years ago she witnessed a crime in the tenderloin and among 3 people got out of hand one fell to the sidewalk and hit his head on the ground maria saw he was bleeding from his head she felt powerless and wanted to help but when the Police Arrived maria was very afraid felt a chill through her body and ran she was has always regretted this maria didnt want any at woman or victim to fear the police because the police might be connected to ice maria wants all women to feel confidence to report a crime and police to protect them this is a story especially, when i which is working as a executive director in Human Services in the tenderloin this is a story that was duplicated ero people coming to us and coming to me and saying i was too afraid to step up i dont know what was going to happen we need to protect those people and sovereignty we need to support item number 14. Thank you supervisor yee supervisor farrell. Thank you supervisor president breed and colleagues, i appreciate the discussion just a few things before we have the vote and there will be support to continue or table this item the 3 things first of all, to confuse this resolution with attack sanctuary city and a or due process it does specifically the opposite to say weve worked on immigration policies for decades in San Francisco and this is against the grain of that is completely not accurate this resolution calls for the revision of a memoranda from the sheriff if 2013 we could have pro 86 put 24 blank in the due process this board voted on in 2013 there is a carve out in the sanctuary thank you policy to confuse it is actually inaccurate and disingenuous this is a memorandum the sheriff issued in march of 2015 secondly, i appreciate all the stories as ive spoken with many folks in the human right community my family as well has a similar story my mother is an immigrant from a different country a Different Group then is represent here today but from the german background if you want to talk about coming to San Francisco literally by boot boat with the barricading background to the gefrmz in the mid century here immigrant story and i grew up with is very acute and real someone has a monopoly on their immigrant story we all have them i think people asking act as if therere a monopoly on stories is inaccurate as well how this vote happens i accept but from my prospective voting to continue this item or table it is the exact same thing as voting to support sheriff mirkarimi order his depth cant community with other sentencer if in the the desire of this board in a policy prospective im completely against it i think his order flies in the face of poly Public Safety we didnt consider it in 2013 or vote it when with we passed the die process we do this without consulting or bring it to us if he wanted to stand by the Department Heads that above and beyond ill accept the vote but not agree with that. And to vote for this to table it it is the same so say we shouldnt have picked up the phone i simple dont august with that ill accept the outcome from my prospective the Public Safety residents always should come first. Through the president normally a motion to table is not acceptable but the president thought it was important to put those thoughts out. Thank you, madam clerk. Supervisor wiener. Thank you supervisor president london breed. Excuse me. I think we should vote on this measure on the merits of people can vote, however, they want to vote you dont think i dont see any reason to table it ill not support the motion to table i note we have distributed those amendments by supervisor yee which i was glad to see it seems to me that is moving us towards a Common Ground and significant difference but no reason to table this as seeping and a lot of times whether a resolution or ordinance that people have difference of opinion on it is rare we actually table that ordinance or resolution we typically vote that up and down ill not be supporting to table. Thank you supervisor wiener. Supervisor campos. Thank you madam president call the question so he can vote on to table. On the motion to table item number 12 m call the roll. Supervisor tang no supervisor wiener no supervisor yee commissioner avalos supervisor breed. No supervisor campos supervisor christensen no. Supervisor cowen supervisor farrell no a supervisor kim supervisor mar there are 6 is and 5 nos with supervisor christensen and supervisor farrell and others in the descents the motion to table item 12 passes. Okay. Actually are there any other members of the board that hesitate comments regarding item 14 okay. Image item 14 has already been called ill recognition supervisor breed. I support this resolution as ive consistently supported sang city and San Franciscos effort to protect the immigrants in the community i want to offer a clarifying amendment to see this is with city law certain limited laws codified in the city law that passed over 20 yrlgz years ago and the due process that passes two years ago those competitions are designed to protect Public Safety their codified in San Francisco law it is important that will consistent with them my i an amendment says thought San Francisco full board of supervisors kaildz calls on the sheriff not to participate in the Priority Program as except been by the administrative code 12 dash one plus because p. A. P. Is counter to San Franciscos values and the principles of due process and city and county refugee ordinances the administrative code code 12 h2 dash one a Public Safety exception in the sang city law the administrative code 12 i is the Public Safety in the dye process ordinance the due process ordinances that prohibits immigration detainers is passed with most of us on the board commissioner avalos introduced it in july of 2013 i was the original cosponsor and several of us worked on the limited exceptions to the protection of Public Safety those amendments were introduced at the full board on september 24, 2013, everyone on the board including of thorough of todays resolution supported those amendments and everyone excluding the author of todays resolution supported it, it is worded noting similar exceptions exist under the state act written by tom a. M. I dont think i and their far too board i support the exceptions in San Francisco law as has this board has done in the past i think this is for those nonbinding resolution purports with the binding laws weve passed so colleagues, i hope youll support my amendment to this particular resolution and this is the motion. Is there a second to supervisor president london breed motion sxhekd and supervisor christensen and commissioner avalos thank you i do appreciate the chance thats been made in the proposed amendment from supervisor president breed and while i was not ready to support it today it is consistent with our ordinance on due process for all referencing an ordinance and im okay i could have gone either way it is important to make you know a strong statement against p. A. P. But what is consistent with what we have on the books in San Francisco. Thank you commissioner avalos. Supervisor campos. Thank you madam president. I could go either way on the amendment in the sense i think what the amendment provides is required and a matters of law so along the lines of supervisor yee noted you know, i will vote against it, it is unnecessary it is covered by the law but i certainly appreciate the way in which which was presented and i think in is end whether this amendment passes or not what is important about what were doing here today is something i think is extremely critical which is that we in San Francisco will not be participating in p. A. P. I can tell my colleagues that there are many jurisdictions throughout the state and country are looking for what San Francisco does including places like new york city whether theyre going to participate in p. A. P. I know distance a similar effort to not participate in p. A. P. Has been introduced by chu i didnt garycy in chicago in San Francisco and Cook Community u county join together and say no to p. A. P. That sends a strong message to the rest of the country were not going to have Law Enforcement the arms of immigration. Thank you supervisor campos. Supervisor wiener. Thank you madam president and want to notwithstanding supervisor campos for bringing this resolution forward we voted almost unanimously at the committee go on record asking the city not to participate in p. A. P. I was happy to support that by supervisor campos and i support in resolution today i know that this is an issue that has gotten a lot of attention nationally and looking like but as a city we stood firm to make sure we are not just protecting our immigrant communities but embracing our communities to make sure you you know youre part of community and allowing people to contact Law Enforcement to report crimes without fear of being turned over for deportation so it was good had the federal government withdraw but communities unfortunate they replaced that with another program that has similar challenges ill be happy to support this resolution. Thank you, supervisor wiener. Supervisor yee. Thank you supervisor president breed and proficient the way youve brought the amendments similar amendments we talked about they committee was what i thought i was going to hear when i said ill not support the amendments but because of your sensitivity towards the issue ill be supporting our amendments. Thank you supervisor yee supervisor campos. Well in the spirit of unanimously begin i could go either way in the end the outcome is the same in this spirit ill be supporting that. Madam clerk with that on the amendment please call the roll. Supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee commissioner avalos supervisor breed. Supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar there 11 is. Okay. The amendment passes unanimously and on item number 14 as amended. Supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee commissioner avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar there are 11 is. The resolution is adapted unanimously as amended. Madam clerk can you please next item. Item 13 a resolution to reaffirm approval the clean power sf i didnt want 2015 prelims plan and statement of attempt for the Community Plan including the modifications consistent with the 2015 implementation plan. Colleagues, can we take that same house, same call . Well take that without objection. The resolution is adopted unanimously and before we move on to the next item madam clerk can we are we are doing a 2 30 or 3 30 accommodations. At this time ill move to the 2 30 accommodations i know that supervisor kim and supervisor yee both have accommodations today so supervisor kim. Thank you. I know my honoree is actually county come into the chasms because the chambers were full i want to see if Sergeant Quan and his family are able to come into the chambers now. If not. We can move to supervisor yee and allow him the opportunity to honor. Either of our honorees were not allowed in the chamber was full. So well give them a few minutes to come into the chamber. Great, great. Is your person here, too . Well wait. Thanks whoo whoops. laughter . Supervisor kim supervisor yee its been a few minutes are we ready 0 go . Oh, sorry. I thought id least you know. Im happy to get started so ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to be presenting a special accommodations to our very own Sergeant Quan of the San Francisco Police Department and my favorite stations the tenderloin station assert quan a veteran on the force for 24 years 10 in the tenderloin district he comes from a family of Public Servant hsa as his brother fred is in the scarring very well station on a warm evening he was off duty had he approached a vehicle and bike collision and saw the bicyclists was laying on the ground he immediately jumped out of the car and began cpr on the lifeless young man he never gave up and continued empowering through those determination Sergeant Quan saved someones life we talk about what it means to serve and protect what we sent and not from your men and women in blue Sergeant Quan delays many of the you dont realize the officers are protecting and overtime dont expect or ask for a recommendation shout out to the tenderloin station that works tireless in our neighborhood and cares about the residents in the a neighborhood and everyday day there are officer like Sergeant Quan when in their children in the car they juxtaposing into action and Sergeant Quan is a hero he stopped he saved another human beings life and jumped to action and not many of us can add that to our list of complisht i have to say it was quite challenging to get Sergeant Quan to be here but im glad you came in here with our family and children and your lovely wife patricia of 20 years and your children i know came from school to see their father been e being honored being the super man work so thank you for joiven us i would ask the chamber to please round of applause to Sergeant Quan. clapping. and sense that was so much effort to get you here ivy and may staff spent weeks convincing you to come i wanted to ask your boss captain 80 and Police Commission to come up and say a few kind words as well were trying to make that as pain less as possible. Ill make it painful and when i was told that one of my officers did this act i wasnt inspired that was him it hes a very good sergeant and excellent officer one of those things this kind of officer in general is what we need in the Police Department so he didnt know i was coming actually trying to hid it into me congratulations and very well deserved. On behalf of the Police Commission thank you for taking a moment to thank the individual sometimes that time it not about the big policies and the defeats well have but really about one individual and his fame stopping to save the life of another individual thank you for recognizing this brave officer in the tenderloin station thank you. Sergeant quan please come up clapping. thank you very much for this opportunity board of supervisors and ladies and gentlemen, just want to very quickly say thank you for this opportunity and the commission and once again doing the job that i do im not used to the limelight and recognize i generally do my job the best way to try to make a difference everyday im just honored and lucky i was at the right place at the right time and able to help someone out and made a life difference for that im grateful and once again thank you very much clapping. thanks Sergeant Quan not many of us can say it because of one more life on earth because of you thank you. clapping . Wheres your camera . Sorry. Okay. Congratulations supervisor yee. Thank you supervisor president breed colleagues today, im excited to the honor a remarkable Organization Called jump start a National Organization aimed at insuring that every child in america enters kindergarten protruded r prepared to succeed it was funded in 1993 by a University Students from jail that realized the positive impact individual lives in literacy has had on children in poverty the initiative lass has grown since then nationally by training and supporting College Students to work in Early Childhood program for tutoring for Young Students to date over 40 thousand core members there the curriculum jump start core members work with children twice a week during the Academic Year and fosters the relationships allowing for the instruction jump start has impacted over 80 to us children presenting them for School Success in 1997 jump start launched its effort in San Francisco working with the most under resources neighborhoods including the bayview Hunters Point, Visitacion Valley and Mission District communities in the 20142015 program 94 children jump start were low income to this jump starts engages core members from the State University annually jump start organs a Global Campaign called read for the record for the Early Learning every year they try to break the record for the largest number of people reading the same book on the same day in which the record they hold since 2006 over 14. 5 million children and adults have participated in reading for the record worldwide this year october 22nd marks the read for the rotunda a selected a charming book i schwarzenegger this to the public in that political world not norman thats what theyll be reading thank you very much locally jump start partnered with the rezone the joke red zone read zone a Signature Initiative for the ready to proceed fund for the super bowl 50 post committee focused on investing in strengthening and building the capacity of high quality programs that helps in the bay area the lead contribution from text russia for the read zone it made it possible for 12 thousand bay area children to take home a copy of not norman youll say not norman excluding purchase and kindergarten as someone that worked in the world of early care and education we know first hand how crucial it is to share if low income children are given the opportunity to advance and close the achievement gap with the outstanding work of jump start locally and natalie want to proclaim today is jump start day in San Francisco im pledging to read not norman that thursday and hope everyone will join the challenge id like to welcome the Jump Start Team to the podium calling names president and the ceo from boston shes visiting from boston and jennifer whos the Deputy Director and the regions president would you like to say a few words. Thank you supervisor yee and thank you to the entire board board for this recollection im the Regional Economic development for jump start in california ive been with them for the past 8 years and focusing on bringing this program to increase resources communities and making sure that all children have a higher qualities Early Education experience we at jump Start Building that shouldnt matter what a childs zip code or the parents income they should have a right to a Higher Education experience with a jump start to their rife long learning we so pleased to receive this honor from you thank you very much and thank you for your continued support of jump start and the work were doing here in San Francisco 19 in servicing the communities need and thank you for supporting jump establishments read for the record and definitely read not norman this ye clapping. thank you. Emigrations to jump start now well return to our agenda and madam clerk go to our 3 00 p. M. Special order. Item 17 to 20 a special order and 3 00 p. M. For a person interested in the august 24th approving a proved four lot divisions at bruno heights boulevard and make the ceqa 18 a motion to approve the public works to approve the tenant map and 19 disagrees the departments decision the tenant map and 20 a direction for the appropriation of could have. Its my understanding supervisor campos that you said to ask for a continuance on this particular item. Supervisor cohen and supervisor campos you said to ask for a continuous i wanted to before you request a continuance i know that there was a date in november you wanted to continue this item im only concerned we have the 5m and the 75 howard project were talking about a really long time here at the board on this particular day and looking at the calendar i think that december 1st will potential be a betterment no 3 00 p. M. Special orders p open that particular day i wanted to make that recommendation. Supervisor campos. Sorry. Thank you madam president so with that mid market im happy to make a motion to continue this to december 1st was that the preferred date. Yes. December 1st, 2015. Okay. So supervisor campos. Continue to open. Okay. Did i get that right City Attorney . Okay supervisor campos has made a motion to continue this item to december 1st and to continue it on seconded by supervisor tang and at this time id like to open up for Public Comment on the continuance only is there anyone from the public that wishes to speak seeing none, Public Comment is closed okay and on the continuance to the meeting of the december 1st, 2015, open madam clerk call the roll. Supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee commissioner avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar there are 11 is. Okay. The motion to continue to december 1st, 2015, has passed unanimously madam clerk can we return to our regular agenda. Yes. On and on item 15 madam president. Thank you an ordinance to amend the planning code for arrows in the existing language that was repealed as part of the ordinance just the the code for nonsubstantive language and affirming ceqa determination in making other planning finding. Colleagues, can we take that same house, same call . Well take that without objection. The ordinances passes unanimously on the First Reading. Next item, please. Item 16 an ordinance to alleged the 5 a to expend the sunset date of public works Revenue Oversight Committee for an additional 3 years. Same house, same call . Well take that without objection. This ordinance passes unanimous on the First Reading. Can we now go to the Committee Reports. Concerned and the audit and Oversight Committee on thursday october 15th was forwarded as a Committee Report item 21 a resolution to respond to the proceeding judge on the recommendation in the 20142015 civil grand jury entitled Unfinished Business on 12 for the dea gentleman have you and cause the mayor to accept the recommendations introduce his or her Department Head and through the department of the annual budget. Okay colleagues, can we take that same house, same call . Well take that without objection. This resolution is adopted unanimously oh, wait the house has changed madam clerk please call the roll. On item 21. Supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee absent. Commissioner avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar there are 10 is. The resolution is adopted unanimously item 22 please. Item 22 and 23 considered we the Land Use Commission on monday october 19th and forwarded and item 22 ordinance to amend the general plan by the urging design to change the bulk on the map for 3 so 2 silver avenue making finding regarding the mitigated declaration prepared in compliance with ceqa. Roll call vote. Supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee. Supervisor president london breed excuse me. He had on the roster for i took my name off by accident. For 22. 22 and 23. So im going to suspend the vote and call on supervisor campos for did you call 22 and 23. I only called 22 madam president. So item 22 commissioner avalos. Thank you. I thought you called item 23. I mentioned that 22 and 23 were considered at the Land Use Commission meeting and forward to the board as Committee Reports and only called 22. Call item 23 so we can talk about them both. Madam clerk call item 23 as well. Item 23 ordinance to amend the jewish home of special use district located an 302 silver avenue to allow the special use adopting the finding about the negative declaration and mitigation monitoring and reporting plan and making the predicament finding and commissioner avalos. Thank you supervisor president london breed and madam clerk colleagues those two items the general plan and ordinance to create the jewish home special used district are for a project on the corner of mission and silver avenue where the jewish home currently exists this project is the largest project weve had maybe in 21st century years and in district 11 we have not had serious projects like this come forward and this is one very, very transformative not only for the jewish home and their services but for the neighborhood as well this project will allow expansion of the residents care facility located onsite at the intersection of this goes to paris as well where listing ban the jewish home has been serving the frail residents over hundred and 44 years today, we have the president and ceo daniel in the back of the room as well as others staff as well weve been supportive of project in this process joel and susan diamond the facility has been at the current site for most of all those years opening up in 19 r 1891 now the facility serves nursing facility residents and patients it is a largest privatepublic nonprofit in the state of california thats how big it is they are seeking to expand the facilities to serve at ts an additional 200 and 48 residents that change have the square that will be an open facilities to support older adult that that want to come to one local for all oeshl social and medical needs for the help of subsidizing and reducing the deniedcy on the shrinking federal and state money and the plan to remorseful building and tie the campus to landscape a new contemporary buildings the project adds a greenroom and seating hooking admitting and creates a new plaza at mission and silver a plaza that is currently known as the pillage plaza but a real landscaped and beautiful sites in the future the project will widened the sidewalks along Mission Street and add a new entry at the intersection avalon and longing street it will make a difference on the vitality of Mission Street weve not seen the significant infrastructure growth or development on Mission Street since the 1950s this is a hope to jump start bringing our district into the 21st century many of those elements were added as a result of Great Community Engagement Process to address concerns the neighbors ill not speak my more highly of the effort to meet with the community a lot of input that was taken and design changes based on the input thank you to the jewish home for the great work colleagues, i urge your unanimous support inform this great project in district 11. Thank you commissioner avalos. Madam clerk on items 22 and 23 can you please call the roll. Supervisor tang supervisor wiener. Supervisor yee. Commissioner avalos supervisor breed. Supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar there are 11 is. Those ordinances are passed unanimously on the First Reading. Okay madam clerk go to roll call for introduction. Yes. The first periphery up to introduce new business supervisor wiener. You thank you very much madam clerk claelgz colleagues im introducing legislation to reform and strengthen our Code Enforcement process to make the live buildings in San Francisco crack down on code visitors and creating a fund for small Property Owners to correct Code Violations Code Violations effect our residents all over the city weve seen buildings with boarded up windows and broken stairs and construction work with obvious signs cyber portions of buildings missing we have too many apartments in San Francisco where there are Life Safety Code visions that threatens the lives of the tenants those are extreme conditions that laugh for years this is important for the neighborhood for the tenants and owners and for anyone that is living in an unSafe Building or near an unSafe Building unfortunately times those violations are not being expeditiously addressed too often the Code Violations disconnections occurs the city is aware but this or no action taken by the city for example, in my district we first came crossed this problem on a particular street on fwrand view where was recorded to us an esteem hayward situation where the residents was unsafe in the tender box god forbid a fire various fire inspections and nothing was done you mean we were able to get part of building inspection to take action and found alternative housing but the situation was baited those action is not taken or it takes so long for the action to occur that it is just unacceptable our challenge our complicated code inspection lacks the cooperation and communication among the different departments that leaves accountability and some departments are reluctant to pursue enforcement because of budgetary concerns or other articulated reasons it is difficult to track what is going on in terms of buildings and their problems and complainant against them the system is not working were or for the neighborhood and along with supervisor cowen last year we were hearing various believable and housing and health fire and planning came and recorded on their Code Enforcement procures we were we can improve things after the hearing we worked on this legislation the legislation does the following it grants the City Attorneys office the tort authorized to pursue violations in court with or without referral from the city departments and currently the City Attorney cant take action on Code Enforcements under the department refers the item t this empowers the City Attorney to take action of a will referral has not occurred the City Attorney knows about the problem but cant do anything or the referral happens years after the violation and courts have thrown out the cases why didnt you do anything about it beforehand the legislation will give the department of building inspection the clear and explicit authority to uptotheminute outline open permits on a project where there is a history receipt violations of the various code if it has multiple permits and a serious violations dbi can only suspend that permit and cant suspend other permits the work will continue even though there are egresses violations this allows dbi to suspend outline permits it created a unified Code Enforcement for the fire and building keys 30s those are different enforcements howe how departments conduct the violations and how they hold administrative hearings and assess penalties that will you think, if any, the process how they approach the Code Enforcements and the legislation will have for accountability by have monthly requirement by the departments on initiations noigsz and it finally creates a low interest loans to bring the buildings up to code we know where buildings with in violation of code but the Property Owner do have the resources to correct the violation we allocated into a reserve 4 million in the last budget process to go into this fund we will have to do a special appropriation to create the structure for the resolving loan fund i want to thank the members of the public of the community and the building inspection commissioner Deborah Walker that working closely with our office and the resolving funds colleagues, i look forward to the discussion of moving forward and finally we have a sad memoriam for marjorie a resident of district 8 who passed away at st. Lukes hospital on october 9th at age a of 61 she was born in los angeles and graduated in 1970 and earning a bachelors degree she earned the master degree as a nurse sole practitioner in Oakland Margie had a 40 year career in nursing many, many areas psycho and home care and internal medicine and hiv and ecology and liver helptology pretty sure the whole body marjorie loved the arts and the theatres she loved gardening and a chart member of a Wonderful Community garden in district 8 in diamond height called the Community Garden the Community Came together and worked with the Police Academy to start that on spare land an active member of the First United Lutheran Church a movie beautiful and loved spending time with her family and loving to her dog and by her family husband and children we will miss her dearly and wish her familys condolences the rest i submit. Supervisor yee. Submit. Commissioner avalos. Supervisor campos. Thank you, madam clerk a couple of items the first is introducing a resolution supporting the that time protection of mohab and National Moments in the deter this asks president obama to designate those to an operation the intigz act the desert has spectacular lands that are connective and Cultural Resources across our state securing permit and protection forecast he will mounts will secure the quality of life directly related to the public lands and the desert measures by Dianne Feinstein 245is been working on this year for more than two decades thank you to senator feinstein for challenging that important issue the last issue were talking about immigration and the fact is this is an issue that impacts people from across the globe today, im proud and sad to feel the need to do that to introduce a resolution denouncing the doma rub for thats illegal and racial treatments of the hajz because of the color of their skin the Constitutional Court issued a ruling on december thirds 2015 which serb strips the citizen is thatship of dominicans to any parented that not have dominican ancestry to conduct a mass deportation of more than 200 thousand people 0 who are born if the Dominican Republic but of haij ancestry those are individuals that have never been to hat i only knowing the dominican rub the government is engaged in immoral practices against its accepts is it so important when we see this injustice that San Francisco join many cities states and countries around the world in condemning the government of the Dominican Republic the bay area has a relationship to the struggle to the dominican rub for more than 17 years berkley human rights law clinic has challenged the Dominican Republics not recognizing children born on dominican soil the actions this clinic we are graph for the work their clinics annoy has continued the efforts and leading an Advocacy Campaign to exchange the rights i know well be hearing from the director and students but colleagues hope youll join me to pass it unanimously and consistent with the passage of our unanimous decision and p. A. P. I think that is important for us to send this message today thank you for my staff in the office and the rest i submit. Thank you director ramos. Supervisor cohen. Supervisor farrell. Supervisor kim. I have one item to speed limit today, today it is my privilege to urge our correct me if i am wrong or congress to give a metal to the world war ii veterans the men and women of the philippines and United States performed on Invaluable Service in defense by being an integral part of Armed Services serving with great distinction and help to liberate the philippines in 1944 exactly San Francisco years ago the veterans that served and fought more than 50 thousand made the sacrifice and gave their lives to the idea of freedom and liberty we can do as a country to recognize their valor by awarding those veterans and their survivors the congressional gold metal thank you to supervisor campos and supervisor eric mar and supervisor david campos for your cosponsorship. Thank you supervisor mar. This coming saturday from the richmonds center from 1 to 3 ill host the fourth events we at all uhhuh call them a tenant rights i call it the no evictions gathering a followup to the september town hall that having had over hundred attendees for people in revocations from the Richmond District we began to estrange sisters how to look at displacements folks or in fear the tenants rights have been working with any is the Housing Rights Committee and formally and i corn theyll be there to provide information on the tenants facing evictions and this our richmond no eviction town hall is targeting seniors theyre with their efforts on whole buildings and seniors facing evictions theyve been hard hit by no fault evictions and moeven evictions theyve increased from scoring percent holy to build to share information and build exhilarated for more Information Contact my aid nick 4544712 and as we reach the end of october for those of us with families we are anyone that loves halloween theres an end coming up to a 13 year tradition i think this is the square it habituated house in the Richmond District on 6000 Market Street the form apple market it is usually transformed the basement into a creepy on california near the deli the evening the october from 6 to 9 the main feature of this Haunted House you go down a slide and descend into the depths of something so creepy you wont believe it is a free admission but those who folks want to come from other neighborhoods please take Public Transit or bike or walk this years theme is unfortunately, this is this last year of a 13 why were tradition so dont miss out the founders i want to shout out to alex and his brother that grew up they started this haunt house in 2002 a gift to the community a gift every year at the start at t their house and moved to the basement of the Grocery Store in 2008, and they started smoul small were entitled by growing up in the Richmond District only a few homes gave out candy but over time tests gun a great Events People garter and hang out and celebrate halloween in the way it should be swlbtd and by the third or fourth year on california and 22 every house was partnership and last year 4 halloween parties and people coming to the Haunted House alex this is important to mention he met his future wife at the Haunted House in 2006 they married 6 years later in 2012 when they shut down the block i had the honor of being at their wedding but district one and others that want to join us, please come out an california and 22 i wanted to say a number of events from the saturday cardinal to the Lutheran Church on ninth and kwaer geary to lafayette 1212 to four two events the halloween festive coming up this sunder from 12 to 3 and also the ymcas annual halloween next fry on the 30th 5 30 to 8 that is a 10 theres admission charge and the spur analyzed college of sieves supervisor farrell maybe there in custom that is 35 bucks per kid and charges for children and others celeb fright festive and thanks to mark organizing that on halloween day from noon to 5 30 on balboa all from 35 to 39 avenue from the Simple Pleasures to the balboa park theory please come out and join us and lastly colleagues id like to ask to close the meeting in honor of an amazing woman hundred and 4 years when she passed away a long time tenderloin district she raised 10 children her name was dora young a long District Residents passed on about october leveling at the age of hundred and four surround by here logical family she will be miss by family and friends like my father ms. Wong was barron in china and in 1926 she married sidney wong and 1932 she endorsed in medical school raising 6 small children and loved to drive her austin in china and her husband sidney returned to the u. S. And she and her kids joined her in 1947 opened a Grocery Store and started as a slams and after that dora and sidney have a total of 10 children and in 1972 was in 88 honored ace the mother of the year highly represented in the Chinese Community a lifetime member to the veterans of foreign what is your she loved to play games and visited the casinos dora was admired and gentle and kind and generous and replaced by here Community Dora was beautiful and a blessed person shes survived survived by her husband and children raymond and his wife dora and his wife and sherman she is survived by her brother calvin and envelope fuzz and great grabbed son and others is a special thank you to dr. The miller was in last week in chinatown donations to the church the rest i submit. Madam president that concludes the introductions to new business. Madam clerk please read. At this time the public may address did entire board of supervisors up to 2 minutes to include the minutes and items without reference to committee claurld items 26 and 27 Public Comment not out loud on 22 and 23 those have been subjected previously as a whole and not to individual board members, no one is required to comment on your matter. Speakers using Translation Services get up to twice the time. Talked about tooibdz advise sfgovtv, and take it down when you are finished. Thank you, madam clerk first speaker please. Good afternoon. Im freddie from the coalition filipino borders im a political scientist i want to talk about what is happening within the community the Latino Community we are being victimized since the incidents kate steinle happened on the peers not two long ago were demonize in his this is our faults our supervisors we have none of you came to our defense none of you coming and saying nothing you discriminated guns we have suffering not last week on thursday one person was assassinated none of you said where one of the supervisors came to visit yesterday and no Media Coverage at all what are we animals to you guys you know coauthor to census were the majority were going to 8 of you if you dont know what 86 and the terms mean 86 to be able to kick i mean people are bank of america bad out of street theyre not fuvens so our coalition will be 86 please try to pass a resolution which they can protect the Latino Community and they can be able to 86 any Law Enforcement that kills another human being not latino or any other color 86 Law Enforcement we are suffering were suffering the latino communities is sue my neighbors i already gave you this paper. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Thank you sxooepd and other members im christopher living as howard i rise to comment on the ox cycle ive previously spoken of carbon that moves carbon other than your Carbon Dioxide is taken in by green plants this very the frequency of light and use this to combine molecules and most is eat the carbon and fuel their survival the plants releases ox and the plants from the animal point of view it is relevant to call it the carbon cycle it is part of life cycle after all ox is the lack of it will kill you the u. S. Air force has repeatedly demonstrated did Straight Line between the loss of ox and the loss of mental facilities the less you breathe the more stupider you get i apologize for any stress ive felt recently and felt i had to share i applied the theory of ox the subject of climatic change is too critical to be shy about any part of that the denyers Like Congress twit blackstone born with or will be killers if we dont take care of right now using free energy will achieve world carbon balance thank you supervisor president breed. Thank you he. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is mike brown ive been advocating for the people ever since i can remember whats going on i said whats going on Everyone Wants to get paid okay. And this is the american way but cant you leave something on the table for the people i dont understand that leave something man you know you had the larry in charge get the lapds for one theres and you worked out a dead on arrival with the buying the lands for 8 million you get 15 million sit on our hand and not saying something about that injust the brothers came to you about that and then you have radically could theyve been paying everybody rents and thats cool you, you upcoming super the people and Economic Development and all the people arrested already combrefrndz coming think outside the box let someone else get some, too, and then were at lbe trying to get sound proof those people are doing everything we can not to contribute to the anti mitigation of our people as well the income gap what you all doing hey they aint got no Economic Community i get that okay but this sufficient is playing out so if this economy stops falling all they got billion dollars and billions everyone will jump of we cant come back you know the blood is on our hands put some and let some africanamerican develop that and put a park and highrise with revenue were tired of the plaything we need revenue this was the problem with the hill. Thank you thank you, mr. Brown. Thank you. inaudible . Thank you. Next speaker, please. clapping. madam president before the next speaker ill remind the picking up public no signs to be held in the chamber and no vocal support in support or opposition. No peace. No justice no peace. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Madam president members of the board my name is vicky hover an outings leaders and advocate forever the essential id like to thank supervisor campos for introducing the resolution youre going 3 new monuments in the california desert ive lived many trips to the california desert far away from the city a wonderful example of the quo fwrafk extraordinary diversities that reaches our lives of californians and too years we cheered with senator feinstein established new National Parks in many wildness easier in the deserts those with spate weve learned over the last 219 years with climatic change that we need to connect the protected areas the request of senator feinstein to the wanting to designate 3 new monuments in the desert those monuments with connect protected areas and provide additional protection we need now so i urge you to do you want supervisor campos resolution that will really show the president that he has the covet support he niece to make the resolution thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon supervisor president london breed and board of supervisors my name is iris a Public Servant for another municipality, however, i was born and raised in San Francisco my father harassed an officer with any stepmother my issues of senior surveys we and what is falling between the cracks services that dont address the needs my aunt a 99 years old ive tried unsuccessfully to talk to members of the board of supervisors and to just a meeting out of courtesy has not happened my aunt is harassed to the point of a stroke my car stood up in midmotion by a tic building interested in what we can gain financing at hi aunts remove from that apartment that is shameful Legal Services for the elderly has done nothing the clinics said we denied our services im sure youre not aware that some seniors cant care for themselves but the property prospects in the city are, in fact, killing some of your residents she has suffers Health Impacts that are irreversible i cant get a meeting the trickle down compliment of the politics are even with our Police Department when the police came to my building at my requests they met with the tenants after my aunts locks were changed again shes 99yearold what does she have in the city who can help her shes in a legal battle she cant possible afford to fight with the judicial process no longer ellised. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Fascist country 85 years a holocaust survivor to die god punish that city with mayor ed lee and the board of supervisors. Thank you, sir okay. You have anything else say okay. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello, i. Here to talk about where city tenants kaunt cant use the word harassed i was born and raised in San Francisco and for the past 11 years ive been living in a funky building on chattanooga street in noah valley ive had job changes but one thing that stays the same the rental units apartment in 2013, the parnlts changed hands and on legislative aide to board president london breed passed away and a company that take over in the oakland attendance targeted out of rent control ever since ive called the department of Public Health and the department of building inspection i was on the phone with the Fire Department and thats just to make sure we have fire safety this is for my understanding a series of ceilings not minded in our own housing is what is known as harassment, however, you cant say that advocates and lawyers everyone has told me you cant do it is too hard to prove and there are if you legal remedies variable when i found out it is sort of balancing act ive been having to share i consider personal information to obscure housing you need tenants harassment there needs to be something to say stop bothering me right now there is not and it is a hard thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. Im an assistant clinic professor and an associate director of the human law clinic you see california berkley thank you so much important supervisor campos for sponsoring or sponsoring the resolution on a very important liquefaction and a landmark decide we won 10 years on the haitian a ann is her we live in the Dominican Republic they share the island with haiti and brought hagens in the 21st century over the border to work with the shrug industry to work in tourism and Services Industry and have raised their families in the docking can republic under the constitution they have the right to dominican nationality we document and proved in your case that is true unless our of haitian and poor or black and if you have a foreign sounding last name we won a landmark decision to order did Dominican Republic to recognize the rights of all children regardless of their social original theyre an try and their right to the decision of the Dominican Republic has failed and as a result has stripped hearsay of thousands of people of the right to nationality a lot of the people have since been deported their terrified of the night life raids that the doma ran Police Separate families and childrens from parents and husbands if wives. Thank you very much thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Thank you for the opportunity to speak im here to support of resolution by supervisor campos to do announce the policy as a berkley hifrtd clinic i hope the Dominican Republic in presenting for trial i understand lived in the Dominican Republic and look at the doma cans of hagen descent the dominican government defied the courts orders theyve ordered doma cans children that were born in the Dominican Republic and in violation of dominican law theyve been condemned to a life without hope and no birth certificate cant get jobs and to a foreign country to quiet concretes theyve offered to nationalize some doma cans a true to form the application process was one of the pitfalls and insuv fund and it was onerous and costly ass as a result few have had their citizenship roared and theyve disallowed all applications of hagen by denying them a possibility of citizenship restored theyve resumed the deportions they lack a due processed and rounding up. Com canning officials building with nationalities and they e they have a darken skin are at risk without an opportunity to prove or gather their belongings or necessity their families they go to country they dont have ties i ask you to join the outrage against the Dominican Republic and government with this resolution we hope to urge president obama and others to halt organizing violations. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. Thank you for the opportunity to comment im an alumni of the International Clinic at berkley and at Stanford University law school we have human right i want to talk about the thought Dominican Republic theyve rendered stateless many, many citizens of hayne december set back because of their color and basking in transit when their parents came to the dominican rub they refuse to give a card because of theyre coming perplex such practices if left will signal to others nations it okay to commitment other violation of their naltsz as you may know in some areas like texas Telegraph Hill deny birth certifies of immigrants born an u. S. Soil many children cannot prove citizenship and are denied health care and education the practices resonates with the Dominican Republic and the u. S. District court court ruled that immigrant cant have alternative certificates and some candidates deprive thesons of citizenship that is the same in the Dominican Republic and San Francisco should deny it. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon brifrz im an alumni of the human rights clinic at berkley law im here to does for your support for the condemning the actions of the Dominican Republic were in the mist of a refugee crisis the refugees in peace at any time since world war it is 60 million around the world i got back from the back kins a syria and afghanistan and iraq the world didnt need more refugees unlike syrians that are forced to leave because of war the dominican haynes can stay at home where theyve would most of they are lives unlike the complicated vacation from the middle ante e on the one hand, only one actor that is the Dominican Republic she should be forced to comply with International Raw and fulfill its obligations under the board of hifrts right here right now to prevent hundreds of thousand of people from being deported i urge you to take a stand for justice and freedom and. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. Im pastor im really not a stranger to the board of supervisors. I was here a while back when i was facing foreclosing and here with the ace about the California Cares Program and it was basically reduced to a study and i havent heard anything else but things have progressed it something that has happened im going to be evicted from my property my property has been foreclosed and im even getting the benefit of a jury trial i did find the money to hire a lawyer to have an appeal but i understand that theyre very rail upheld so i spent high time trying to give me people hope in San Francisco spent many years as a crisis responder who helped people that are victims of my whole life is trying to help people and yet im being pushed out there is no reason for this to happen ive been working the whole time and the banks didnt give me a chance to revolve this issue is a miss carriage of justice for everybody to let media lost my home or 20 years i dont understand why that is happening and pray that something can be done so my family if have the indistrict of being evicted from my home of 20 years. Thank you. Next speaker, please. I stands before as and residents of the San Francisco basically the bayer San Francisco is being justified a long time brown and black priced out by developers and industries it didnt serve your families and city hall refuses to pass the programs and as our mayor has passed to the implies i stands here and hear you guys trying to make a sound decisions on what was going on in the Dominican Republic make decisions right what is going on here in San Francisco clapping. we have demands and solutions to our concerns for instance, you guys new housing developed for Public Housing in the public residents she should get a clean slate for back relent we want hundred that person percent preferences the people in our communities can benefit from any new development stop the offsite allowing the developers to do offsite we need Affordable Housing being built the only way for the developers to build with the vefrment that theyre building otherwise, it never happens we want you guys to work with us and try to bring to the table as pastor spoke he unfortunately is in process of being evicted okay im sure youre aware that predatory lefrnd it is wrecking havoc theyre praying on the fact our community a starved and most of residents with despite for money so they ask for unfair loans were asking our supervisors our city supervisor cowen and supervisor president london breed. Yes. Can you please intervene thank you. clapping. madam president i will remind the members and the public no vocal expression in support of opposition youre welcome to use silence. Good afternoon. Im a residence of bayview a bayview ace chapter member we have an unfinished agenda inform bayview has been ripped of money that was allocated to the communities they have an raped and funds have been get off the ground gone those funds need to be brought back to the community not insufficient funds but money we are a working community to pay rents community and everything is at low income or under Poverty Level income as it is meant to building but we do have a finished agenda im of a change agent and were going to change that take care of our front door i realize that internationally people need help but here home first and then you have other people on the outside thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Im also a resident of San Francisco i was born and raised here we need to do speaking the government is for the people how can we see Homeless Children and children being exposed to shelters where there is molestation there is theft you know so it is time for the government and you all to be accountable 40 for the people the workingclass people to extend some Affordable Housing for us i mean you know it is like we cant afford to live here no more and mou how can we be okay with homelessness we see a large percentage of Homeless Population here in San Francisco how can we be okay and children and families and your for the people and see ill say maybe it is ed lee would spend 6 months in a shelter then he could be more emphatic there the workingclass and the locker class people that dont have homes t so thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Im richard dix one with the ct pharmaceutical an africanamerican Pharmaceutical Company in district 10 supervisor cowens district i know mike brown forgot to mention we called for an appointment have several issues with the city it is con mental were on the bayer when our supporting the doma an republic problems and we support that two but i agree with the last but not least ladies that spoke before lets take care of home we are requesting a meeting specifically for issues with malia cohen well have an office on gilman in her district and mike brown made a squall to the office we have not heard back we appreciate a call to attend to some of the issues housing is a definite problem but the problem is not spreading money for jobs and contracts and businesses for the city of San Francisco when you dont have money you cant afford housing and not a job no housing not a contract you cant for the record housing the africanamerican population is from 16 percent down to three or four percent those three or four are paying takes ill appreciate the board of supervisors to address this problem it is dire it is scary and sad for San Francisco to lisa lose the element and culture of the africanamericans that help build the city. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. Ive been in front of that boards several times but ive been living in so for important my whole lives 25 years from lakeview ive been told if i go to school and object a College Degree come back to San Francisco and own a house in the city i grew up if if was a lie theres a crisis in the city brown and black have targeted earlier in the explicit comments a young man talked about being a hopeful costs black few weeks are disprorment impacted by the virtual transit racism. Now without housing if we have housing it is not accurate it is a creme and completely disgusting the black population on this represents 8 percent there that is wrong there are supervisors that are paid to service the people but remain mutes on the issue it is december gusting that plaques only representative a my population only in jail those of you who remain silent ought to be ashamed we need Affordable Housing and need low Income Housing we need to stop the displacement avenue black folks once we leave we cant go anywhere my familys blood is in the streets you augment be ashamed to look at people telling their stories you know we dont have houses you go home to our nice communities and you need to remember the people in lakeshore and fillmore still fighting and surviving you. clapping. thank you. Next speaker, please. Lifetime residents of San Francisco bayview Hunters Point ive been before this bodies many times and always brought the documents to ill not be speaking of myself but you as legislators and is supporter of the law and bodies of the body of bureaucracy in the city for the people article 5 further declaration of policies regarding descents and Employment Opportunities section 3440 declared descent housing and Employment Opportunities are viable for the peace and problematic a hazardous and sanitary housing for manifestation and achievement d lack of employment and frustration which may percipient violence and c balk lack of the employment helps to perpetuate this financial and Human Resources 33171 new development no more redevelopment agencies now the office of Investment Infrastructure has taken over the forgive responsible eats the may i have to administrative the dew responsibilities and obligations of the redevelopments agency the legislation declares that the purpose to expand the supply of low and moderate housing for mr. Employed for peoples to provide investment for the social and psychological growths for allsons and. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. All want to say is that i wont say that lady promised me to give me my part in 2012 to 2015 and he really wanted i want you guys to help us you know and end gentrification how can you take us out of our homes im a kid so thats all i wanted to say. clapping. he speaks for me. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Trying to get my stuff take care of my son. Sorry. Hi, im Paulette Brown im here concerning my son aubrey id like to use the overhead. Thats my son aubrey was murdered 9 years ago and still today no closure or justice for his case his case is a cold case im triepg to keep his memory alive one day ill get justice i have former mayor gaeven thinks who killed her son and since that day since he said that was a slap in the face none has come forth you said it but nothing else was said im Walking Around with a news letter repeating what he said and showing people what i have left of my son this is what i walk around with every day to keep my sons memory alive this is painful for me, i cry every day i die every day i sit outside in front of the city hall to watch people say get over it get over it im tired of people telling me to get over over it ill never get over high sons death my son was a hero how long as a moot am i to derive of grief i dont fight not only for my son but other mothers and fathers having hopes and scares to come out i told you mothers you dont want this to happen you dont want to stand over our childrens casket i also ask dont walk away from us talk to the mothers how you can you do something for us without us. Thank you ms. Brown. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Tom disappointment realizing a Family Member is toxic and seeing a favorite actress just distruck on stage now 5 years after this political process in San Francisco is reached a point it is just a democratic disappointment this party is a disappointment this election is a disappointment ive reached this affair when we only have one mayor running but it could be Something Different because a choice election we may have something of a change a pause and change of direction that would have worked for the intent tank maybe San Francisco. I hope the next mayor has a housing plan as good as this 5 points ellis act violations demand with a appeal and no fault with an appeal number 3 marketrate rents frozen if you can find a long term residents their rent is one rent control outfit and for the renters sdpfd if you live in a renters payment and your building is sold you get some of the money 530 percent of open market next 10 percent for if youre thirty year residents in the local rodent and older than 65 next 15 percent if you lived in the area for 20 years 21 those 15 percent units are for you the next 5 out of time. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Someday. How you doing im raymond im the youths of bay area. Im the socalled thug on the news but let me let you you know im a city of San Francisco employee im trying to figure out how to take care of my kids if you have to leave the city and how to get to work if i leave the city the Affordable Housing is school bus wheres the opportunities for us never the opportunity ill out there everyday this is my first time theyre not involved with the community ive not seen anyone ive been there for 26 years around you dont i did a lot in the community ive seen you all i worked at city hall plenty of time but like i said the Affordable Housing situation with the youth and it is just had a is to be more opportunity like i said everybody is thinking about the dollar i hear people saying we for the people not the youth i can tell you that so im here i dont have a speech i wanted to tell you what im going through right now. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. If i can put this on testify staff and read from second kings chapter 22. Sfgovtv please. And it came to pass when the lords took up el library that el library went with elisha and he said tare here ive of the lord sent me to beth he will and that god with grant me the thing i greatly feared is upon me i was afraid of and he prayed this square feet he wanted to be the next proton prophet but god turned the heart of e allergy to ask him he said i wanted the devil portion id like to say in the god load it is dreamland if he asked me i would ask for a day of the hour of returning from christ he was intref this is a book about the is an ethic Jefferson City connecticut said 1994 is the is an ethic year it is frustrating when. Call talk shows you dont get enough time before i could explain the rabbis have no authority to rise the calendar is in the spring the pass over not in the seven months so i dont know who thought they would finish the most the is an ethic didnt start until the spring were in january theyre in the spring the is an ethic year of 1995 came to the is an ethic year it is important to know as Jonathan Reilly said the exile was based on 70 year restore and rebuild jerusalem. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is david lee ive written a speech something about us as america us as medical examiner all the street people looking at what were doing ive walked every district in this town on foot so much housing i think you know people that have been living there so worried theyre not pretty painting a pretty picture ive said this city is old it needs a bath not at the extension the sentencing and veterans and people i was evicted from my home of 10 years and i was doing nothing wrong they said he was a nuisance i think that is got to stop it has to stop we can live together rich and poor theres a world war world war iii rich versus poor to supervisor campos i respect he really gets in and fights for Homeless People people on the street they live on the street but shouldnt have to but basically, i have a speech for him he gets to my heart you people need to think about it you have nice homes i think everyone in the city deserves a nice home. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello, im wanted to say it is sad too witness this all it takes to have White Supremacy within our community the socalled Progressive Community so have 3 white people two black people, and one asian this is enough to take and kill the soul of San Francisco thats enough to put legislation on the boards that is race and that is a witchhunt and political lynching of an immigrant a person that probably never accomplished moo much because our white police chief does nothing to do anything oh, my god that white woman was killed in San Francisco this black woman whos son was killed we do nothing black lives in this chamber is not matter black sell outs and others jewish be sell outs im a judiciously conservative man, im gay two so it hurts me with others gay jewish men act so insensitive to the need of childrens and arrogance it is pact, etc. That 6 people gets together against the hard working people of that city a built and main this city our prostitutes you will go and sell our political vote to the highest bidder you dont ask for a lubb afterwards this is gus. Any other members that would like to provide Public Comment at this time seeing none, Public Comment is closed madam clerk can we please go to the reference to Committee Without respect to Committee Items please. Items 26 and 27 skfrd for immediate adoption a single roll call vote from the member obtains a matter maybe sound proof and cared separately. Would anyone like to sever any items on the documentation seeing none, madam clerk will you please call the roll. On items 26 and 27 and supervisor tang supervisor wiener. Supervisor yee commissioner avalos supervisor breed. Supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim. Supervisor mar there are 11 is. Those months ago are approved unanimously madam clerk can you please read do in memoriams. Todays meeting will be in memory of following individuals on behalf of supervisor wiener for margie and supervisor mar for the late ms. Dora colleagues this brings us to the ends of our agenda madam clerk, any other business before this committee . Theres no further business. Thank you, colleagues were agenda thank you very the San Francisco playgrounds hitsvery dates back to 1927 when the area where the present playground and center is today was purchased by the city for 27,000. In the 1950s, the sen consider was expanded by then mayor robinson and the old gym was built. Thanks to the passage of the 2008 clean and safe Neighborhood Parks bond, the Sunset Playground has undergone extensive renovation to its four acres of fields, courts, play grounds, community rooms, and historic gymnasium. Here we are. 60 years and 14 million later, and we have got this beautiful, brandnew rec center completely accessible to the entire neighborhood. The new rec center houses multipurpose rooms for all kinds of activities including basketball, line dancing, playing pingpong and arts can crafts. You can use it for whatever you want to do, you can do it here. On friday, november 16, the dedication and Ribbon Cutting took place at the Sunset Playground and recreation center, celebrating its renovation. It was raining, but the rain clearly did not dampen the spirits of the dignitaries, Community Members and children in attendance. [cheering and applauding] hi. Welcome to San Francisco. Stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. Lets look at common earthquake myths. We are here at the urban center on Mission Street in San Francisco. We have 3 guest today. We have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. I want to talk about urban myths. What do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance . Hes sleeping during those earthquakes . Have you noticed him take any special . No. He sleeps right through them. There is no truth that im aware of with harvey that dogs are aware of an impending earthquake. You hear the myth all the time. Suppose the dog helps you get up, is it going to help you do something i hear they are aware of small vibrations. But yes, i read extensively that dogs cannot realize earthquakes. Today is a spectacular day in San Francisco and sometimes people would say this is earthquake weather. Is this earthquake weather . No. Not that i have heard of. No such thing. There is no such thing. We are talking about the weather in a daily or weekly cycle. There is no relationship. I have heard its hot or cold weather or rain. Im not sure which is the myth. How about time of day . Yes. It happens when its least convenient. When it happens people say we were lucky and when they dont. Its terrible timing. Its never a good time for an earthquake. But we are going to have one. How about the ground swallowing people into the ground . Like the earth that collapsed . Its not like the tv shows. The earth does move and it bumps up and you get a ground fracture but its not something that opens up and sucks you up into haddes. Its not going anywhere. We are going to have a lot of damage, but this myth that california is going to the ocean is not real. Southern california is moving north. Its coming up from the south to the north. You would have to invest the million year cycle, not weeks or years. Maybe millions of years from now, part of los angeles will be in the bay area. For better or worse. Yes. This is a tough question. Those other ones werent tough. This is a really easy challenge. Are the smaller ones less stress . Yes. The amount released in small earthquakes is that they are so small in you need many of those. I think would you probably have to have maybe hundreds of magnitude earthquakes of 4. 7. So small earthquakes are not making our lives better in the future . Not anyway that you can count on. I have heard that buildings in San Francisco are on rollers and isolated . Its not true. Its a conventional Foundation Like almost all the circumstances buildings in San Francisco. The transamerica was built way before. Its a pretty conventional foundation design. I have heard about this thing called the triangle of life and up you are supposed to go to the edge of your bed to save yourself. Is there anything of value to that . Yes, if you are in your room. You should drop, cover and hold onto something. If you are in school, same thing, kitchen same thing. If you happen to be in your bed, and you rollover your bed, its not a bad place to be. The reality is when we have a major earthquake the ground shaking so pronounced that you are not going to be able to get up and go anywhere. You are pretty much staying where you are when that earthquake hits. You are not going to be able to stand up and run with gravity. You want to get under the door frame but you are not moving to great distances. Where can i buy a Richter Scale . Mr. Richter is selling it. We are going to put a plug in for cold hardware. They are not available. Its a rather complex. In fact we dont even use the Richter Scale anymore. We use a moment magnitude. The Richter Scale was early technology. Probably a myth that i hear most often is my building is just fine in the loma prieta earthquake so everything is fine. Is that true . Loma prieta was different. The ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. So anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. We are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to San Francisco and a fault totally independent. Much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. So people who were here in 89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isnt really the threshold of damage. When you triple it you cross that line. Its much more damage in earthquake. I want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat for at 1 oclock. My name is to him horn the Vice President of the board of education of the war memorial and have the great honor to chair the trustees oversight competent for this great project id like to welcome everyone here to the rededication of war Memorial Veterans building. clapping. please stand as we bring on the color guard audience please remain standing for the singing of National Anthem in for the singing of the National Anthem its a great privilege to welcome a local favorite renowned soprano stephanie singing the production of sweeney i didnt todd clapping oh, say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave . clapping. thank you, mr. Slide todays dedication president ial be seated todays rededication marks the custodial migration to bring the war Memorial Veterans Building Back to its full bos art beauty it is architecturally significant as a quintet of civic center designed and uttering brown junior of significant importance as on this very stage United Nations chart was dinescy president fromme if 1944 in 1941 the japanese peace twitter was drawn up in the 26 most of seismic upgrade project weve restored and improved this before building for the future of many generations are for san franciscans in Veterans Building a place of great matt haney to San Francisco veterans after whom the building was named lets take a moment to recognize the veterans in attendance today would everyone that served in the air force of the United States please stand and be recognized clapping. thank you im pleased to have so many members of San Francisco city family presented today this is an Municipal Building it is unusual for professionalism arts center to have professionalism art center complex that is own about the the city and San Francisco is unique that f that regard im to name a number of Family Members that are a speaking role but recognize mayor ed lee the president of the board of supervisors the e steemdz supervisor president london breed and former mayor willie brown and mark leon 0 i saw carmen chu assessorrecorder i hope not to miss anyone else for the buena vista for the administration of those buildings we have among naomi kelly the city administrator and other appointed officials i want to single out for special recognition the war memorial managing drooshgs ethically murray clapping clapping. she has been the heart of the project and its vision for nearly 20 years i want to recognize San Francisco public works city architecture edgar lopez and San Francisco Arts Commission decoration tom deacon i didnt i want to significantly out public works Veterans Building pg e tara relay la monday night clapping if beth were the heart of the project tara was its soul id like to acknowledge andy are you mellone and solace a project of this scope doesnt get accomplished without additional partners and id like to recognize a number of them on behalf of the San Francisco post to the American Legion a nelson the commander the integrity and paul chair of the american legacy War Memorial Commission clapping. also the project engineer ron hearing of simpson and hearing and bret and projector superintendent our general contractor and cal builders clapping. again for particular footprint and thanks im grateful appears most of board is here the herbicides Foundation Board of directors the herbs foundation no 1977 that made the initial conservation from the nontheatre awesome what was to become the herbs foundation for the herbs theater the herbs foundation that go warn that step forward with a major grant to fund back stage facilities for the theatre im hoping the tours begin youll take advantage to see all the art and groups that utility this building another important part i or partner i want to recognize opera david and finally id like to acknowledge and thanks the herb awe civics Advisory Committee by peter which provided the creative thinking and funding for a new stage and i cubic shell that will be up here for music performs and make the acoustics in this hall improved after over what this have been the next speaker that the accomplishment of this rooms when the voters approved funding to repair the building of the equating the prerogatives were made for this project city hall was to be first and while it was closed down city hall offices compassing the mayor and board of supervisors were rejected both the Veterans Building as a city hall progresses that became apparently that the voter had not had quit a grand a vision for city hall as willie brown and they ran out of money so the funds allocated for the Veterans Building were rerooted to finish city hall now promises were made that make up for the funding loss and nothing happens for many years but the city administrator at the time was the charger the citys Capital Improvement Program Committee and not a household name outside of city family but a dedicated Civil Servant named ed lee that appreciated the historic and architecture significance of all those Service Center buildings and it was ed lee that kept the project on track during the lean years of the recession and he has been is champion as mayor may great honor to from a the great mayor of the city and county of San Francisco edwin lee clapping. thank you pursue thank you tom for that wonderful introduction well, let me be very truthfully first of all, isnt that a beautiful building Everyone Welcome clapping. it is just gorgeous to be in here and the truth be told why i have a passion for this building because years ago when my daughters were in High School Public high school at the started their own acting and writing organization it was called youth for asian theatre like that and and they searched around the entire city patrol vehicle for space the plays they wrote could be acted out and blodz it came to herbs theatre and they did it standing still room only for their plays see all the parents prosecute Lowell High School standing in the crowds and 33 their heads turned they realized how beauty of a planning place how could a place be made available for High School Students to wrote and wanted to have are theatre plays in those moments we got to tell them what this place is all about and hundreds of thousands of parents and kids learned of the signing of the United Nations charter and the japan peace treaty of the history of events that occurred here and, of course, i got to tell them this is brown where i rjd for willie brown what it was a temporary city hall and the thousands of people that use the greenroom and all the meetings with the veterans held here the practice session with this and that group and everybody came to realize that was a special place so that when we did announce that we were going to make sure that this building that hosts thousands and thousands of kids every year for a variety of reasons would be the home of the Arts Commission and our grants for the arts, of course, our professionalism arts and still be made available to the people that want to have a worldclass beautiful place that has got willie gold trimming and you should see the greenroom it is green and gold youd be so proud of that when but walk in that i the opportunity to take the thinking nonfiction of dollars that the board has made so confidentially open to the private sector to participate and im going took to join in toms accolades to our Department Heads it and tyra proud of public works i spent many years there when we get to do a worldclass building my do they put their best foot forward im prude of entire team they worked with sensitive Construction Company in fact, every one of those construction workers were not construction workers they are artists in this building artists clapping. and i say that in the highest celebration of our Arts Building but your appreciation for arts but say it in combination will have our city and our countrys defraction to the develops and going on theme of education and performing arts the city continues to be im proud of what theyve done in so many ways the restoration of a very important building but more importantly i say this to you im proud of city and county of San Francisco because it is the people that causes the events to be had and to make history in those buildings performances at the highest level and to look at each other and say we will help you do better it is an occasion in which i will continue to be unbashful in announcing we will end chronic homeless for the conveniences by the ends of this year i promise you that that is what. Deserve our veterans have a place clapping. this beautiful recorded Seismic Building is complimented by a most welldesigned and beautiful memorial next door thanks to the Councilmember Justus Charlotte and george you honor us here again, we all want to make sure that the history and the purpose of this this remains that it is history is secure for generations to learn, but that we also have a present use that is invariable to the city of all the agencies that will be here and question think to have a beautifully designed wonderful practices for people to use for generations to come im more than happy about our Capital Improvement program and the People Associated but we all you Work Together and all selflessly do our part and do better than the standard burritos this governments sometimes have and allowed to get well i dont understand those bureaucracies into working with the artists that have been here by way of every possible goal on this project was towed. Including the use of local businesses that had an 18 percent they were at 23 percent by the ends of local talent local people who love this building have been the great peace of rebuilding it to the standard were proud i say thank you to everyone who was part of this lets celebrate by utilizing those building and sharing the creativity that is yes, he did. To come and im so excited to cut this ribbon congratulations, everyone clapping. inaudible . Thank you for your comments our next speaker the president of the board of supervisors london breed who is the supervisor for district 5 the war memorial presize a supporter of this project since its inception they recognizes the importance of that building the peoples building to providing an affordable venue for small and neighborhood artists groups to perform and meet please welcome board president london breed clapping. and. Good morning, everybody. San francisco is the most beautiful city in the world i will argue that point about everyone people come here from far and wide was because of our city landscape and the Golden Gate Bridge and the crooked road are the painted ladies in alamo scare now with the completion of that amazing facility in the Service Center area they will come here to visit our city hall. Puc building one the greatest Brown Building the opera and the grand and the library and the Artists Museum we have one of the most amazing Service Center and now with the completion of that this it is going to make that area even more beautiful i want to thank everyone whos been involved in the project before public and private Interest Rates to making that project work i know that takes hundreds of people millions of dollars ever financing to bring together a project of this nature i was if interim when willie brown was mayor working out of this building it was dark and glom i didnt and now when you walk into the door it is light a brooifrthd place not just because of Energy Efficient lighting but more importantly because of the how late built on the backs of those who fought for in country to make sure that every san franciscan, every United States of america acceptance has the right to live free and in peace we want to thank the developers today and those 0 who have severed our country and on behalf of the board of supervisors on behalf of the city of San Francisco i want to rededicate this building to you for the work for the commitment youve made that you made with looechg our families and going to do what if intoxicate to make your country safe safe question enjoy our freedom in this country because you but that the skies and is work this building yes belongs to everyone in the city it belongs to the artists it belongs to the kids and our Public Holidays and our high schools over San Francisco but more important it is dedicated to you i cant wait to come and visit and see one the amazing plays and wait until the grants for the arts and other individuals move here and really feel this building with the spirit of love and happens with the spirit of what San Francisco has to offer so thank you and im looking forward to seeing whatever o what else theyve done and equilibrium to our new war memorial today thank you. clapping. inaudible . Thank you the public board charged that the administering the entire cultural complex of the war memorial brufts weve had two president s to lead this project over the last 4 years both have done exemplar work the next speaker is the current president of the board wiggles not only lead the board through the completion but structural raising the funds from private sources and implementing the design and creation of Veterans Memorial monument adjacent to this building an original plan for this complex but never accomplished until recently because the lack of funds please want the president of the abbreviating of the memorial wilkinson wiggling. Well, this is really an exciting day i am not i dont know if everyone realize the importance of this particular day but the war memorial bruno heights has been working on this project for 10 years for the record to prescription 2r to today and there were certainly times when we didnt know if it was going to reach this completion but here we are and i think it is very important for there were 8 members of the war memorial bruno heights here in the first round three of us id like the members in the first row to stand up clapping. yeah. And as has been said wherewith the prior speakers this Service Center is an amazing place to invest and travel all over the world and then you come back and see our civic center and i think really after the quake the beginning of the resurgence of Service Center and bringing it back to its full luster certainly has to go to former mayor willie brown that somehow be found the funds he disappeared to build and put that that starts the process of what we are celebrating today and we are celebrating okay upon the reopening the Veterans Building will be a truly productive and multi fundamental building that will be a multi fundamental building that San Francisco, california be proud of it will house this will take place in this building and what will be housed here house 3 city departments the war memorial, the San Francisco Arts Commission and the grants for the arts four Public Assembly spaces for used by a wide variety of organizations in this city 4 public spaces and 23 thousand square feet of office and meeting room for used by veterans organizations 23 thousand were very grateful to private partners when have funded additional important improvements 2309s Veterans Building to make this day possible id like to thank the herbs corporation the board of supervisors for their 2 million grant to provide now and upgraded back stage facilities much neatest look at the theatre itself it is a jewel i would like to recognize the San Francisco opera who has invest 12 millions in private funds for the fourth floor improvements including two new performance spaces that will be used by the opera and available to other performances and activities and our thanks to the professionalism Artists Center organization to rebuild the certifying greenroom wait till you see that it is an absolute knock out today, youll tour those renovated building but there is more to come in january 2016 San Francisco Art Commission gallery the San Francisco gallery which is the municipal arts gallery opens its 3 thousand space for local arts and in february 2016 the San Francisco opera whether open a new diane b center for opera on the figured out floor and thats going to be a terrific space on behalf of the war memorial buena vista id like to thank the mayor, the board of supervisors, the citys Capital Improvement Program Planning committee and the department of public works, and San Francisco Arts Commission their support commitment and efforts and making all this probable thank you. clapping. as a public works project the Veterans Building seismic upgrade project as managed and excused by San Franciscos department of public works and the war memorial is very grateful to them for the magic oversight of this complex site ami id like to introduce San Francisco administrator naomi kelly clapping. good morning, everyone it is such an honor to be here today to be with mayor ed lee and the supervisor president london breed and general mike all the veterans i couldnt agree more with supervisor president breed it iss this is a beautiful this thank you for protecting our borders and keeping us safe clean sf. This is building holes a special placed in my heart you heard earlier from the buena vista tom honoring this was at temporary city hall i was hired into the city and county of San Francisco working for former mayor willie brown this was the place i met ed lee and first met intern london breed and then architect he edgar lopez and the first place i met my future husband harlan kelly clapping. this also is this building holds a special place i chair the Capital Improvement program the veterans is a critical achievement to the Capital Improvement program as one the Capital Improvement program top appraise ill happening happen to see see long term and small Financial Planning is louse us to support this Veterans Building the War Memorial Building hfa happens to be designed by the same architect arborist brown as city hall as mentions heeler this is especially we slshlt to Citizen Technology of this milestone across the street i sit new office across the street on the van ness on the for the last go years the honor of literally overseeing the project with that, ill to take the opportunity to thank you. The Mohammed Nuru and architecture and carolyn i was watching i from across the street and the subcontractors when worked on this building mayor ed lee talked about how local residents worked on this building 33 percent that worked were local San Francisco residents i also want to point out that 50 percent heinecke hours went to local residents im very proud of that fact thank you congratulation to edgar and team yeah clapping. which one the day i called of edgar and get one a years ago during the construction it was so wonderful to see the attendance do detail theyll union street into perceiving it beautiful building as london and i, we looked the murals this is first time i saw the murals from the meeting and edgar was saying in detail they made sure theyll survivor an earthquake and the beauty of the artwork again, i want to congratulate everyone and looking forward to spending many, many hours grants of the arts is moving with with the artists commission well spent time attending the meeting and continually honoring all our veterans so thank you. clapping. without the support of the next speaker is it so exceptional design and Management Team the Veterans Building project would not have achieved a highlevel of success id like to introduce city architect edgar lopez and clapping. good morning, everyone it is an hour 80 honor to be here to acknowledge the design and Construction Team who made this project possible special, special things this ron hearing with others who lead the design team of consultants to achieve what you see today from public works i want to thank especially tara la the project manager who provided the leadership and guiding the project and special thanks thirty to anna the special architect that led the architecture work they spent end lesless hours on the details that is complexity of the project making sure that happens they disfavor to be recognized as well clapping. so while the design teamwork hard to make sure that things went well, the big effort was lead pay the contractor they along with the 29 trade intrausht from roosevelt, steel, plastic and painting and so on put a tremendous amount of effort to make sure it is explicit to heist quality and you can attest to the fact they were very question of in speaking with the Structural Engineer in the week i was asking what he was most proud of he said to me what he was most proud of the details and the effort that seismically uktd the building the amount of technology that had to be built both and make it a Historic Building all beyond the walls a Safe Building and it will be here for many generations to last and most importantly were proud of fact that many parts the building were once covered are back to life you get to see the wonderful architecture that was designed, if any, the original architect arthur brown thank you to all were proud of work and thank you for your hard efforts clapping. now id like to introduce the commander the American Legion eight district and former president of the war memorial nelson clapping. honorable mayor ed lee members of the board of supervisors, state and Community Officials buena vista president barb for the record and members of the buena vista and fellow veterans and citizens of this wonderful city of San Francisco good morning. Im nelson lum the thought of the American Legion on behalf of the posts of American Legion one of the beneficiaries of the trust under which the war memorial wleks was created and many veterans organizations we want to express our appreciation for the undertaking and completing the difficult sxhefks retrofit we are well aware the necessary task surrounding the restoration of our Historic Building to its form glory were guess was extremely challenging it is an arduous journal optometry levels but it is a shining example of what your city can accomplish as a military veteran that served our country for many cases fought wars were honored to be able to occupy the building and share it with the Arts Community with the operas mask now spaces on the fourth floor and the flexible new art dwrerl the San Francisco Arts Commission an is first floor the citys capability to support the arts a leads there is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm for our beautiful new space and we look forward to energy best wishes and congratulations and strengthening the veterans communities our membership treasures the concept of service to our country and service to the veterans and the Broader Community thank you. clapping . Our final speaker today is an extraordinary leader and an accomplished veteran who or retired major generally michael j clapping. generally mite served as the president of the war memorial board of trustees during the renovation project his skills of diplomacy and take smoothed what was not often an easy road along with the current president bash for the record converts the veterans more like in the court for the dream to a reality hes brought much stability to this process and without his strong leadership im not sure we would be here today please welcome the former bruno heights major jay michael mite. Im the last speaker i promise you i will not speak have long i guess it is good afternoon now ladies and gentlemen, today, we rededicate the war Memorial Veterans building as it says in the War Memorial Trust agreement the Veterans Building is intended to honor the memory of the soldiers sailors, marines and war workers men and women who brought impeccable glory to california my pie splendid contributions to the winning of the world war the 1926 groundbreaking it was held for the war memorial complex in included a parade in the Ferry Building all the way up to the war memorial complex then mayor roth issued a application and a operation in youre going outline citizens to participate and attend the summers and then on 11 november the day of that year and more than 50 thousand people gathered for the openly summers the importance the war Memorial Veterans building cant be overstated this building is expression of guldz to all San Francisco veterans for the freedoms theyve fought for and protected through themselvesless services as a veteran im grateful to the city and county of San Francisco for even constructing this great memorial to our world war 1 veterans and im again a great deal of to the city and county of San Francisco for restoring and roanoke county, virginia the great building avenue 85 years and to honor all the San Francisco veterans with such details and such care in perceiving this Veterans Building for many generations to come overwhelm also grateful to the war memorial the buena vista for theyre theyve provided additional funding of 3 million to roommate upgrade and modernize the office of the meeting space for the San Francisco posts of the American Legion and the veterans groups the Veterans Building was dedicated to honor those who figure out and served in world war 1 on a hth anniversary of world war 1 we are rededicating this building to the San Francisco and to thank and honor all the San Francisco veterans thank you very much clapping. a were going to proceed now to the summer of rededication we need your stage countercrew to make a few adjustments give us 30 seconds and 8, 7, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1. 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It is stronger than willpower. Surrounding yourself with artists, being in a culture where artists are driving, and where a huge amount of them is a healthy environment. You are making it safer. Push, push. That is better. When i start thinking, i see it actually sometimes, i do not see it, but when i do, it is usually from the inside out. It is like watching something being spawned. You go in, and you begin to work, excavate, play with the dancers, and then things began to emerge. You may have a plan that this is what i want to create. Here are the ideas i want to play with, but then, you go into the room, and there maybe some fertile ideas that are becoming manifest that are more interesting than the idea you had initially set out to plan. So there has to be this openness for spontaneity. Also, a sense that regardless of the deadline, that you have tons of time so the you can keep your creativity alive and not cut it off and just go into old habits. It is a lot like listening. Really listening to watch what is going to emerge. I like this thing where you put your foot on his back. Lets keep it. Were your mind is is how you build your life. If you put it in steel or in failure, it works. That works. It is a commitment. For most artists, it is a vacation and a life that they have committed themselves to. There is this notion that artists continue to do their work because of some kind of the external financial support. If that was taken away, artists would still do their art. It is not like there is a prerequisite for these things to happen or i will not do it. How could that be . It is the relationship that you have committed to. It is the vocation. No matter how difficult it gets, you are going to need to produce your art. Whether it is a large scale or very small scale. The need to create is going to happen, and you are going to have to fulfill it because that is your life. 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