Transcripts For SFGTV LIVE Police Commission 20151008

Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. President loftus, i would like to call roll. President loftus, commissioner turman, commissioner mazzucco is excused. Commissioner hwang, commissioner mall era, we have gregory suhr thank you and welcome to october 7, 2015, Police Commission meeting. We have been dark for a few weeks. Item one. Adoption of the minutes action july 22nd, august 5th, august 19th, september 2nd, september 9th, september 16th. Colleagues you have these in your packet. I move for adoption. Second. All in favor say, aye. Aye. Any opposed . Motion passes unanimously. Next item. Item two consent calendar. Police Commission Report of disciplinary actions Third Quarter 2015. On the consent calendar. Im going to focus on the Police Commission report for the Third Quarter. Any questions on this report . Do i have a motion . I move to accept the report. Second . Second. All in favor say, aye. Aye. Any opposed . Item 3, Public Comment the public is now welcome to address the Commission Regarding items that do not appear on tonights agenda but that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. Speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department or occ personnel. Under Police Commission rules of order during Public Comment, Neither Police or occ nor commissioners are required to respond to questions. Public speaker my name is herb ert weiner. The law is absolutely why cant pedestrians and other automobiles. Its crazy. Laws have to equally apply to everyone. Now, i have a riddle for the bicyclist. Suppose they yield and go to the red light. Some drivers, the light is green and he has the rightofway and he kills him. A lawsuit maybe filed but it doesnt make sense if you are dead. You cant collect posthumously. The other thing, this is crazy. If i am a pedestrian and a car hits me, that is equally wrong. It has to apply to everyone and actually the bicyclist are actually putting themselves at risk for this idaho law. I dont know where it came from. I wish it would go back under a rock. I would hope the police are caught in a dilemma because they are caught between political forces. This is clearly a wrong headed idea and i wish to file my protest. Thank you. Thank you, sir. That matter is before the board of supervisors currently. Thank you. Good evening, next speaker. Public speaker you are unbelieve avenlt board of supervisors want to we cant do it without help from the public. Somebody knows something. Im with you, but lets go to another topic. I get jetlag. I flew back from boston today. I was at the Police Commission in boston. Commission evans. They call him a commissioner. They dont call him a police chief. Congratulations. I heard you got married. I hear everything out here. We have a lot of things going on in San Francisco. Our homicide, where are we now . 41 . About that. I could be wrong. Boston 64. New york 144, philadelphia 311, but the good things, a lot of good things are going on. Teresa, im not really a bad guy. Yes, teresa, im not really that way. You have to address your comments to the whole group. Huh . Address it to all of us. Not anyone individual. Go ahead. Ms. Brown. Its on you. Next speaker . Public speaker hi. My name is paula brown. I would live to use the overhead. Im here again concerning my son. Who was murdered august 14, 2006 , to a semi automatic gun. I would like to use the overhead. Did you start my time over . Can you start me over . My time . Again, my name is paula brown. Im here concerning my son who was murdered august 14, 2006 , to a semi automatic gun. 30 rounds of bullets left inside my son. Until this day there is no closure. I am seeking justice and seeking we implement a place for these flyers like these can be in a permanent place. I have to go out in front of city hall to scream and holler concerning my son. It doesnt feel good doing that. I again had to corner another mayor, ed lee to talk to me and he slammed the door in my face. Thats really hurt my feelings. Under the circumstances its been 9 years. I have never done anything to him. It says here, Paul Hennessy says that hes arranged meetings through him to meet with ed lee. Paul hen sonhas never arranged a meeting. The reason why i came to mayor ed lee is because i happened to be in front of the building. Mr. Hennessy wasnt very good at saying why are you here . Who invited you . I dont like being lied on. Thats another thing. Im a mother who is grieving for her son and i wouldnt lie on nobody. I dont want anybody lying on me. Its not that i hate mr. Whatever his name is. I dont think he should have said that in the newspapers when it was a lie. I never did that. I never said that. Now, what i will say is gave in news som said he knows who killed my son. The d. A. Knows who killed my son. What are we going to do about that. I also fight with other mothers and father. This is what im left with. Hes in a casket. We need new venues. Not the pictures. Put it at the bus stop so they can see who they murdered. Maybe the crimes will stop then. Thank you, ms. Brown. Is there any information regarding there is a tip line. Thank you, ms. Brown. Next speaker . Public speaker yes. How do you do this . My name is chandler, the mother of yalani regarding a homicide. I would like to acknowledge and thank the board of supervisors for bringing the initiative concerning the reward. Im truly thankful for london breed acknowledging that. The mother, the hebrew nation is out there protesting and there was not a program established concerning the rewards. Because she sees us constantly out there. There were two hebrew boys murdered january 9th. This is the result. We are not out there to form a fashion, but we would definitely like to see the results concerning these African American children. The next item i want to bring to the table. I spoke with chief suhr, i received a ticket a few weeks ago saying that i did not stop at a stop sign which wasnt true. The Police Officer did falsify the document by inventing a street that me and my daughter, 24 was no where around. Im asking you to look at the ticket and investigate the Police Officer and find out why did he falsify this information and im looking forward to Going Forward and making sure that this particular homicide is definitely solved so we can go forth and continue to fight for these African American children and thanking the hebrew nation to understand and Paulette Brown being here. No other organization has come to fight for this initiative for the reward. No organization, none of the religious institutions. Its basically been the hebrew mothers and Paulette Brown. I also want to speak in regards to the request to speak with the mayor or meet the mayor. We have sent in emails and made phone calls and knocked on doors and have not been able to meet with the mayor of San Francisco. We choose to meet with the mayor himself as they have acknowledged Katie Steinle who was murdered at the whaufr. Its sad not to acknowledge all of these homicide. Thank you very much. There is an officer looking into the matters of complaint. Hes there to help you. Is there any additional Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Sergeant, please call the next line item. It does sound like we are having some technical difficulties. Item 4 a. Reports and announcements. Chiefs reports. Discussion. Review of recent activities. Presentation of the Third Quarter 2015 fdrb findings and recommendations and ois investigative summary. Real quick on the comments made by the speakers of the homicide of ab real. There is an award for 250,000 and we are working with supervisor breed and the Mayors Office to update and or increase the local ordinance which allows rewards up to 100,000. I know inspector sanders who has the quadruple case. We are actively working on that. With regards to recent events. We had the castro street fair saturday, a very large crowd, no incidents reported. We did have one robbery and we did discover a homicide victim over the weekend however at the very other end at golden gate park. We dont believe it is related at all and we are working on this case actively and we do believe we have some leads and im not at a little a liberty to discuss that. Monday night our officers responded to a car that pinned him and through him in the air over a car and he was taken to general hospital, a 406 which is the most alarming call any officer can care. The officer is down. Fortunately the officer, i say only but bad enough suffered broken ribs and no head trauma at all. He should recover. Did you say there was a suspect in the case . Yes, there is three suspects in custody. Two of the suspects we would not have gotten were it not for the public as everybody fled the scene and they assisted us. Thank you for that. We cant do it by ourselves. Do you know if that case is charged . I do not. We will follow up on that. This is a business week in San Francisco and president barack obama has made it that much interesting. Its fleet week. Weve been working all week on preparation. We were out on one of the ships earlier this week during preparedness training. The leadership seminar kicked off. The president arrives later on this week and will stay for about 48 hours. We will work with the secret service to provide all the protection for the president. Friday night, is the Bruce Mahoney High School Football game. Very well attended at the stadium on saturday. We have the 1010 parade. Also saturday morning is the graduation of our Academy Cadet class. The young folks in college that maybe have an interest in Law Enforcement we have a couple of csi kids from ll hutch study that they did during the summer, they are in that class. Its just a great group of kids, we are now over 50 akkad cadets that have helped us out. The 1010 parade on saturday and of course the italian heritage parade sunday. Blue angels, the Technical Navy flyers practice friday and shows are saturday and sunday. For traffic purposes if you dont need to go downtown and you can find a place to see it, thats a good idea or take public transportation. Also today was walk and roll to workday. And school. It was walk and roll to school day. I was escorted by an adorable little sixyearold, sydney. I can tell you all about sydney, she talked to me the whole way. She told me not to cross and if i walked a couple blocks, i could find swens ons ice cream. It was a great morning. Really cool. On a business note. The rfp proposal for our body cameras has posted. There is a prebid Conference Wednesday october 14th at 10 00 a. M. At the Controllers Office at 1155 Market Street at the large Conference Room where we will brief any Companies Interested in bidding on the contracts. As we have discussed as you all take the policy piece down that track, the practical piece, the hardware piece, the software piece is moving down a parallel track and hopefully they will intercept it so we can engage in a pilot as we have hoped by january. And then finally the city actually im going to give some props to one of my fellow Department Heads our terrific Human Resources director callaghan who accepted the National Association for Human Resources and for conviction review program. The city was the sole recitizenship i recipient award for the Human Resources program that go beyond good government. The reason i bring this up is i dont think anybody knew this happened. Since this was on tv, i think its important. Some people dont think these Second Chance things work. The history review program, the police have an unconscious bias and individuals with conviction histories are not denied opportunities to work for San Francisco. All applicants who are finalist for employment in San Francisco are fingerprinted and those are sent to the department of justice and review any resulting reports for conflict for the specific job the candidate is seeking. The dhr has received conviction histories of nearly 14,000 final candidates for employment in San Francisco. About 1400 had conviction histories and after rigorous reviews a vast majority were cleared from their performance and only 27 of 14,000 finalist were ultimately disqualified from employment in specific jobs they applied for which represents. 002 of the total candidates fingerprinted. Really cool and nice to be able to accept that. Kudos for a city for a Second Chance program that works. Wow. Thats great. Thanks for sharing that. That concludes my report. Any questions for the chief . Commissioner hwang . About the body cameras. It includes the cameras in storage cost . Yes. If we were to change the policy from 1 year retention to 2year retention. I wonder if it would affect the bidding process at all . The more data we have to store, the longer we have to store, the changes to the cost dramatically. If one company that say the cameras are cheaper but the other ones, the cheaper storage would our policies still with considerations want one or two 2 years for the bidding process in terms of their policy . If another company had a better storage plan or what have you and then of course the minimum requirement is it has to be stored a year and then obviously any data thats attached to a case number whether it be civil or criminal or administrative at the occ, that would be stored far longer than even 2 years. So that the questions really how long do we store the data that is not at issue in anyway shape or form would you keep that for the one 1 year that is the main staton filing for civil cases and administrative cases and the like and or would you keep it for two and or would you maybe keep it for one and keep the difference obviously indefinitely because they would have to be kept until all appeals were exhausted. Thank you. Commissioner dejesus . Is this going out to bid as rfps . Yes. Thank you. That is what this is. Its a referral for proposal for anybody to come and meet whatever the specs are. For all of our twitter followers. We will be tweeting a link and maybe the chief has more information. I have to ask at our next meeting on body cameras for the department to break down the difference on the 1 year retention time for storage versus 2 years because what commissioner hwang is alluding to there are areas and one of those pieces is probably variable if you think about if you had to keep an extra year of storage. That should be something that does not directly affects the policy but we want to be aware of it. I think its going to be presented at our next meeting. It will be in the proposal, but it literally compounds. So whatever you have for the first year for two, then the next year is four and on and on and on. The cost of data storage over time pyramids pretty quickly. That date october 21st. Not our meeting, the meeting about the cameras . Its the 16th. The meeting with the rfps with the cameras. No that meeting is wednesday the 14. Okay. I had a question for the chief. Homicide to date . 39. Where were we this time last year . I believe we were about in the ballpark of 35. I dont remember exactly, im sorry. Okay. Got it. Any other questions for the chief . I have to remind you last year was a record low year. Any questions for the chief . Okay. Sergeant please call the next line item. We need to for a presentation fdr findings and recommendation. Good evening and welcome sergeant. Thank you. President loftus, commissioners, my name is Sergeant John from the Police Department internal division and i coordinate the officer involved shootings team and investigations team. I will talk about the firearm discharge review board and where we are with the officer involved shooting investigations. Our last firearm discharge review board had convened july 1, 2015. That was the second quarter. It reconvened tuesday september 22nd and there were 4 cases the board reviewed which are oid, 315 and oid 415 and ohis 13005 and ois deputy chief alley and deputy chief redmond and tom were there and the acting deputy chief was from the airport bureau. The advisement commissioners were present. Director hicks and acting captain brekoni from risk management. I will give you an overview of the cases we looked at. Oid occurred on the 1400block of oakdale. This case approximately 1818 hours, uniformed officers from bayview responded to a residence on the 14block of oakdale responding to a 911 call. Voices were heard. The officers responded to investigate. They made their way to a resident and a pitbull emerged and ended up biting the officer on the hand and buttocks. The officer fired shots at the dog and the dog expired. Oid 00315 kuld july 27, 2015. Fulton street between larkin and hyde. About 1844 hours the police were patrolling the area and observed what could be a narcotics transaction and began to approach the subjects involved. As they approached the suspect released the dog and the officer retreated. The officer drew his weapon and retreated until his path was blocked by a vehicle. He then fired at the attacking dog and the dog sprintd away and recaptured by its owner and take by animal control. That was in the policy. There were two ois reviewed by the board an officer involved shooting occurred on april 7, 2015. Which has you may is right by mission station. At approximately 2 00 a. M. , the officers responded to that area regarding a large fight that was occurring and said there was one subject with a gun. There were at least ten males and officers pointing one hand at the persons involved at the altercation. When the officers moved with a clear and asked the suspect to comply with the gun. The officer fired and the suspect was hit and taken into custody. A second person involved in this altercation was also struck. This shooting was determined to be impulsive. The other officer involved shooting was ois between larkin and oh farrell streets. This occurred at approximately 2211 hours. The officers heard a series of gunfire. As they pulled up northbound larkin, the officers got out of the vehicle and saw a subject who was on it would be the eastbound side of oh farrell shooting westbound down oh farrell. They saw another person running down the street from the line of fire. One of the officers fired at the suspect and he turned around and fled eastbound on ofarrell and apprehended after a short foot chase. Two people were struck and 1 person was killed during the gun battle the officers responded to. That was determined to be impulse. There were two people hit that the officer responded to. Not involving the officer. They were shot on oh farrell street. The officers responded from larkin street. It was west of their position. Thank you. Those were the 4 cases reviewed and the next attentively scheduled as the holidays are coming up. Tuesday december 22nd. No holidays for the Police Commissioner. We are scheduled for tuesday december 22nd to go with the next fdrb. I will give you now an overview of where we are with the officer involved open cases. The last time i appeared was august 5, 2015. Since that report, two 2 cases i just covered both of them, ois 130005 and 13007 have been presented to the frb signed off by police chief. Reports prepared for the Police Commission. One is in editing. You have one and the other one is on its way. And all the other pieces are completed. These will be removed from the list. And since my last time i appeared, 2 cases opened. One of them if you recall occurred between the time the reports were prepared and i appeared. But officially its now appearing. O is 15005, 15006 and you will hear about those later in closed session. Both occurred outside of the city. Sergeant, both of these cases were from 2013, the two that were just closed . Yes, maam. That happened about 2 years. Yes, maam. How are we doing on timing on the ability to close cases . It continues to be approximately two 2 years at the current rate. Sergeant, can you do me a favor, can you find out from regional colleagues how long it takes because im such a broken record on this. It seems to me now especially with the officer involved shootings and the issue of transparency and the constant justice delayed, justice denied. If you can survey if we are out of the norm because it feels like an awful long time. Joe says we are Getting Better and i know im not saying this to you because we are waiting for the d. A. Its interesting that our last two ois occurred in the county. Those will both be the criminal investigation and d. A. Review will be in that county. If you can find out. Maybe im just overall concerned and somehow we are outliers and we can look into it more deeply. Sorry, eye i have to back up here. I will do that. Thank you. Okay. So, for summary of the current open ois cases, there are 13 right now. They are in review with the District Attorney of San Francisco and we are waiting charging decisions in these cases and the corresponding sf p. D. Administrative pulls. We have one investigation being the officers of san mateo and waiting for information from san mateo and corresponding administrative investigation is tolling in that case. We have one that you will hear a little bit later today under investigation by the san mateo department. Active investigation. Year by year, at this point we have 2 cases, again 13005 and 13007 that have closed. It will disappear from these list as an open case. Two remain open from 2013. Thats a 003 and 008. The oldest 003 occurred march 15, 2013. We have currently 7 open cases from 2014 along with the d. A. Waiting charging decision. So you have a list there. Sergeant, can i ask you a question because you said something as many times as we have this conversation. You say while we are waiting and these cases are being evaluated by the District Attorney, you in your internal affairs cannot dough an investigation into any policy violations or anything that would happen . Technically no. We just cant finish it. We cant conclude it until that last piece. It doesnt come to us. It could end up needing a hearing. There are tolls and you have done your investigation or that ultimately the resolution of the administrative side. Right and you have seen how its worked out where we are able to get the final declination letter and usually ready to plug in these last pieces and we get it finished in a matter of weeks. All the interviews are done. The tolling applies to really the statute of limitations. Right. In 2014 we have 7 cases open waiting charging decision. 2015, there are three 3 cases with the San Francisco District Attorneys office waiting to charging decision. One 1 case with the san mateo county, District Attorney waiting to charging decision and 1 case active criminal investigation in san mateo. Thats where we are at. Great. Any questions . Commissioner hwang. If its inappropriate let me know. One issue we are discussing are body cameras is officers giving voluntary statements post shootings. What impact would you see if the officers were to invoke and not give voluntary statements. How would that impact your investigation and i know thats slightly different but i wonder how it might impact. Im going to stop here looking at the City Attorney because that matter is not agendaize tonight. I have asked sergeant and commander chaplain and im going to ask someone here to discuss this when its agendaized. I dont think we can talk about that now. Im looking at the attorney. To the extent, it relates to the officer involved shooting so you can answer but if its about the body cameras, it has to be agendaized. To para phrase how we might state the process . Your investigation. You have the officers statements . I think just real quick, the biggest way that it would really affect the administrative investigation is i can see big problems with getting closure on the criminal investigation. I will get everything in a compelled statement i would get the statement but i wouldnt be able tro provide that to the criminal investigation. That would be something they wouldnt be privilege to, they wouldnt have access to. For the criminal investigators, to get the information that i would have by a compelled interview; they would have to find some other way. We dont have that process. Okay, thank you. Any other questions for sergeant crudeo . I was going to ask for clarification, whether they are involved or not you can compel them but time wise you cant get it quicker . No. In a criminal investigation, that officer just like everybody else has every right to invoke his rights. In an investigation the officer doesnt. I would order the officer under the threat of terms termination would have him provide that information. But that Information Capital be cannot be used against the officer. Anything acquired in that manner and i would have to order the officer to answer, i cant, i cant provide that to the criminal prosecutor. So they are going to have to get to that information in a completely different manner. If its voluntary, its different. Yes. If its different. Thats how the process works. Our process now is they confer with their attorney and determine what their best course of action is and typically they provide a voluntary statement to the criminal investigator and then there is a subsequent statement. Our criminal investigators dont get but its made to ia. Vicepresident turman . You answered my question. I was going to ask for the voluntary of the statement. Since i have this moment, im going to ask another question and deputy City Attorney cabrera will tell me if im off topic. So i noticed on the coverage of the daily picture. Does one have to have it im certain its not on the agenda. Im going to exercise my rights. Sergeant crudeo, thank you very much for your presentation. Thank you. Okay. Sergeant please call the next line item. Item 4b. Occ directors report. Review of recent activities. Good evening president loftus, commissioners, members of the public. Occ is in riverside attending the conference. The National Association civilian oversight of Law Enforcement. She will be back on friday. The report will wait until the next Police Commission meeting. She will give it. Thank you very much. Okay. Any questions for ms. Franco . Okay. Thank you. Next line item. Item 4c, Commission Reports and Commission President s report. Colleagues, i have two things to discuss. We have our next body camera Community Meeting on the 21. The third wednesday when we have the Community Meeting at 6 00 p. M. At the Salvation Army crock center. Thats for fellow commissioners and members of the public who are watching. That is also up on our website. That will be our last and second final meeting. For folks interested please join us at that meeting. Thats in the tenderloin. And we are scheduling out the rest of the process. For everyones planning purposes, we are dark the following week and come back on november 4th. The plan for that meeting is to allow us time to have the discussion without having action but having time to have some experts here. Sergeant is going to work to walk through various issues are in the policy. But it is our recommendation and im interested in feedback where we dont actually vote because my sense from all of you is you want some time to think through and ask questions. The trade off for that is that we have the meeting on the fourth and discussion but no action. Certainly the public is welcome to come. Given veterans day in the middle of value or, we dont have another meeting in november. It kicks up to december 2nd to actually vote on the policy. Im interested in thoughts bortsd in discussions with the Commission Staff and a sense of how quickly well be coming off the hills of the last Committee Meeting. Thats the thought. If there are other thoughts, im certainly open to this. Commissioner hwang . With the rfp process . Chief, do you want to answer that . The rfp process, i think you need to do your work exclusive of that process. The contracting process is going to take as long as it takes. The other reason weve taken this approach is we are not on track. If they start theirs before ours, its going to be years before we get them. Whats probably going to happen again if we have this discussion on november 4th, we are able to answer questions, give some direction and we finally vote on december 2nd, that vote isnt even final yet because it has to go to the meet and confer process and it will come back to us for final adoption. I think there is a time where the process and i know sergeant is aware of where we are. When you were talking about this earlier, it will just depend on what you decide. I apologize. I missed it. It seems everyone is comfortable with that schedule. I know im pushing with how fast im trying to move this. Well get the issue on the draft policy and well have until november to do what we need to do and vote on december 2nd. We are getting the commissioners website. Get excited. Thats going to be coming and we will launch it and you will be able to get biographies. Colleagues, any reports from you guys . Okay. Sergeant please call the next line item. Item 4d, commission announcements and items identified for consideration at future meetings actions. Colleagues, i will remind you next week, this is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Our next items on dgo and number of certificates given to our partners. Other things that are coming up in the near term . Commissioner hwang . I think next friday october 16th t Agency Officers is having their scholarship dinner and i will probably attend that. I understand from supervisor jane kims office that next tuesday at the board of supervisors meeting they maybe honoring officer patrick kwaung of the tenderloin station for a life saving event. Finally on october 24th, at the square. Its been an annual event for the last 5 years. Great. Anything further on that . Sergeant, please call next line item . Public comment. Any Public Comment on the items that we just covered which are specific to items 4 a through d . Public speaker i got an interview for ets. When you look into this. The Police Department and i do think that at these stations need to be as you know i dont think to have the contest in 2006 and 2009, but i do want to go ahead and start to come up and working with the United States and meeting because i think these injuries are happening because there are people that dont think there is love and that other things are being forgotten because some people that hang on their efforts. A new progress and make sure that everything is safe. Our children and every event and issues any ways in a new chapter. Thats the reason why the things are happening with the Police Department and with everything real issues. Its more progress in each area and thats why i need you know thank you. Further Public Comment. Welcome ms. Brown again. [video] it is quite an to experience the death of a loved one. Since 2004 San Francisco has experienced an unprecedent number of homicides. 60 of the homicide victims are people of color. Their loved ones living in neighborhoods of scarcity have to deal with the crime and violence and other neighborhoods that surround them everyday. And according to london breed for the last six 6 years they have average 50 homicides each year. When you wanted to know how many homicides per year, she says its about averaging about 50. Something needs to be done about it. Thank you, ms. Brown. Is there any additional Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Sergeant, please call the next line item. Item 5, Public Comment on all matters pertaining to item 7 below, closed session including Public Comment on vote whether to hold item 7 in closed session. Is there any additional Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Next item. Item 6 vote on whether to hold item 7 in closed session including vote on whether to assert the attorneyclient privilege. Colleagues, i move to not disclose thats the second time. We have a second . All in favor say, aye. Aye. Any opposed . Motion passes. We are in closed session. Commissioners, we are back on the record. For the record you do still have a quorum. Thank you, sergeant. We are back in open session. Please call the next line item. Item 8, vote to elect whether to disclose any or all discussion on item 7 held in closed session. Move to not disclose. All in favor say, aye. Aye. Any opposed . Motion passes. Item 9, adjournment. Action items. So moved. Second. All in favor say, aye. Aye. Any opposed . We are adjourned. Thank you, everyone. See you next week. [ meeting is adjourned ] tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Heat waves. Massive heat waves. Tick. Severe droughts. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Devastating. Devastating hurricanes. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick tick tick tick tick tick our future. Tick tick is up. To you. Tick. Go to fightglobalwarming. Com while theres still time. 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The upcoming visit the plans and programs package of our we are talking about with our feedback and participation that is important to us not everyone takes this so be proud of taking annyou. How is everything doing this morning. Yeah. Good morning, good morning happen october 1st welcome to the indemnification Awareness Month events im dr. Murase executive director of the one and only status of Women Department yeah. While were waiting for the mayor who is in the audience please raise your hand if if your part of the con tomorrow other nonprofits service paradises in the room please raise your hand clapping. do we have Commissioners Department heads are city officials or city staff to support this cause clapping. there office of the city administrator other Community Members to dedicated to uventd solutions for Domestic Violence clapping. all right. Thank you everyone for coming out we have a role in england Domestic Violence were especially Police Department to have mayor ed lee his comment to ending indemnification is evidence in the hectic budget and beginning later unanimous lighting of city hall purple youll have to come back to see city hall to demonstrate his commenting commitment a number of very important announcements to make many morning please help me welcome the champion to end Domestic Violence mayor ed lee clapping. thank you emily and thank you to you and the commission to our city agencies our elected leaders that are here as well to join me in a need to refresh our collaboration and to do more to end Domestic Violence were not just talking about reducing it we should really focus our sites on ending it and emily is right. I begin by making sure that the budget that we have and its a large budget but what ive tried rush very much in the years to make sure that the work with the board to say have it budget reflect our San Francisco values and one of the strongest value together agreement walter without any doubt to end Domestic Violence and in doing so i want to point out that more people and everybody has a role in this it is not just our eloquent Community Basis agencies that do an tribal wonderful job a key to our success noting not only the commission on the status of women not just me or elected officials we should find more partners and increase and build a movement constantly to find more partners to evidently ends Domestic Violence were finding out more and more it takes our entire voyage of San Francisco duo to do a better job im very proud of our budget an additional Million Dollars i know when we announced that not only were their smiles but conform that the voices and the ideas you have the penetration that goes into ignorance about this or excuses or misinformation we need to go deeper and wider with our message this additional noirldz is consistent westbound a direction weve had 90 in our entire budget in the years weve increased grants in our Domestic Violence programs by over a hundred and 10 percent and we will side more if there are better ideas to come up with those ideas penetrate that ignorance that we know is out there make sure were always doing many currently and competent way go to our youth and hit the next generation theyre with us and always say not only Domestic Violence it is skulks and Human Trafficking alls areas we care about we Work Together to make sure we do even more we also and know there are victims here we need to work but even better you can help us identify the things that led up to the horrible incidents youve faced but also about recovery how do we recover completely not no one gets left behind how to help their fathers and mothers the family nebraskas members dont even better so symbolically this city will be lit up and wear purple and show purple and have that meg out but as you may know those things are symbolic we need to have that message taken t taxi is deeper and wider today, im very proud to make sure that you know your city is not only supporting we want to be a great part of it thats why a couple of announcements today on very important programs were launching today the very first consistent with what i said we need to have a lot more communication so were providing very strong adds and were going to infiltrate spaces an muni buses to maybe anymore areas of the city that will want it place adds out to launch and Education Campaign that we fled to end Domestic Violence and we need to help people understand what to do so this launch on the muni spaces begins now we b have been working with muni were going to smartly not just kind of saying lets put up adds but took data from the family violations couldnt and look at the 911 calls come from in the city and concentrate our areas this is where things are or things are happening this is smart using dale data an Incredible Council of people report to us where things are happening and focusing our energy and hell on the other hand, youll see some are wearing ive getting got 3s in different languages and complained in areas of the city we know things are happening chinese and spanish and english, of course, and more languages to make sure he got to make sure the message is out so not just the symbolicness of purple as explaining what we do we are also part of the message here is that we created a website the website is called learn what to do. Org learn what the do again educating everybody about how to help folks in need and help folks recover and recognize and understand the red flags the commission has been great in identify that people on staff have identified there is also part of that launch and learn experience we now have a website you to go to a cultivating competent websites in difference of different languages to understand how to help im also proud in announcing implementation that connects our City Employees directly to the officer efforts in the community weve worked dwlos with nike and all the departments within our audience as i said earlier volunteers that xhimentd committed yourselves to be part of the movement within the city family of volunteers to create a liaison people who are going to do help others understand and make sure that things are record this is an incredible effort by the city i know that our director of Human Resources mickey is hear and speaking in detail im proud of City Employees ive worked alongside of you for 27 years and stwreel proud whether you work with the Police Department, in over commission on the status of women with our staffer on the board and staffer in the Mayors Office whether youre working in addition like the City Planning Department or commission i want everybody to talk about it and understand it even more this is a Great Movement this is something that weve been proud of i know in recent years we slntd you know months of no homicides and, of course, we are met up with unfortunate circumstances and this reminds us how much more work we have to do more than just standing beside you we need to bring more people in and have city hall with no room for standing of people that want to commit themselves for more we begin with the thirty thousand people government that we have im proud to represent but i also want to say thank you to the numerous communitybased agencies i repeat it youre the key to our success and able to talk to people their culturally challenging different languages and the things that happen in their families and connect in a right way the Police Department and the department of Public Health and the social department and responder to be we have to do better and more and more in government given a Stronger Foundation we have it were trying to prevent this from happening we know if we let go of things things will happen and get more and more about preservation we need more propose properly educated and trained in other words, to do that im proud to make sure your city is lit up and people to wear those the purple and to make sure that people are aware what im mostly proud of the day to day work the confuses the break there is no when our dealing with violence you know when i speak of a victim but people that know people that are involved in violence Domestic Violence you know it is sometimes extremely difficult to talk to people a brown that tension started happening and gets away this is a challenge a lot of people it is kind of easy after the violence has happened to then touch someone it is harder it is harder to get to those red plastic bags flags and say this is going in a bad way stop slow down and Start Talking and resolving that before it gets out of hand this is what youre city is privileged to do with a strong budget and have that budget reflected in our San Francisco values thank you for being here today and not only celebrating awareness but making sure that works more for everyone and thank you for understanding the more roles that everybody has to play in order to get to zero homicides but also stop the violence thank you very much. clapping. thank you so much mr. Mayor this year were focusing on the people who are working in the trenches we have our Services Providers and liaisons over here clapping. and were so fortunate to have our Assessorrecorder Carmen Chu clapping. and Supervisor Scott Wiener has joined us today clapping. and next up the president open the commission of status of women airbnb debris served over 15 years under there 3 marries a mayors a fierce leader please join me in welcoming our leader. clapping. thank you well, good morning San Francisco look at us my goes on every year we gather to acknowledge and get moving on Domestic Violence Awareness Month this crowd gets larger and it just makes any heard heart 80 so glad as emily mentions ive been on the commission of status of women for women for some time a privilege and honor when they says im the most Senior Member people are calculating my age im proud to stand with the folks behind me and most specifically with our mayor every time i hear the mayor speak to those issues i know from more than just strong policy stance and problematic efforts it comes from his heart i, tell i appreciate that so very much lets thank our mayor for the leadership hes providing on a daily basis to make sure all our families are savvy want to quickly acknowledge other folks with us certainly we have our friends from the District Attorneys office that worked very hard give them a hand absolutely clapping. and our collaborative efforts sunny shorts a champion against Family Violence in the brainchild of so many great things including working with the sfiekz and the rfp program so were god gladys shes been with us for some time and dedicated leader on this issues that is the first Domestic Violence campaign at aimed at by a stands in the city that is very key and very important i think that maybe the first bystander campaign in this country so you youll are here not only to gather together to get things started for San Francisco but you, your leading the way for 24 nation so as the mayor mentions that were addressing all relationships all family relationships and espousedal relationships including the lgbt relationships the ads are in english and spanish and chinese and has mentioned we use and working hard to make sure that is driven it is database so we dont just go out and plaster the city with information and that may not necessarily target those audience or those members of our community that need it the most the Family Violence council has been just exceptionally so wonderful and so very helpful and so strong and they focus on this particular campaign so we thank them also be running adds an facebook so talk about a really powerful partnership with our tech leaders here that are based in San Francisco theyre going to be a very critical part of this particular add campaign along with okay. You cupping that i had gets the grinders laughter and people media so we thank them and any of their representatives many, many thanks and appreciation everyone has a role no stopping Domestic Violence we know a value of this city is Domestic Violence is a Community Issue is as Community Matter thats when we come together as San Francisco family to make sure that those persons that are witnessed to that are seeing as the mayor described feel safe and supported in their effort to possible save someones life to possible save someones life so we want to make sure that we create and atmosphere and environment and ethic in this city about safety for everyone that is appreciated and imagineable that someone can provide to be an aide and assistant ive very proud to represent the Historic Commission on the status of women and this particular effort and going to count on every single one of you to spread the word to make sure we end Domestic Violence so thank you all for being here this evening clapping. and one other thing that people can also go and visit learn what to do. Org got that is a that with me. Learn what to do. Org. repeated. spread the word. If i could ask the Domestic Violence liaisons to come over your next speaker someone making the first appearance so liaison come over here well recognize you. Go liaison. laughter . clapping. while with were going it a few for shout outs representatives from the Police Department lets give them a beg hand clapping. and folks from the Mayors Office km clapping. the juvenile Probation Department thank you for joining up i us clapping. barbara gazacy from the Health Department and joys and beverly from the office of labor standards i saw nancy from the das Office Someone making her first appearance in this annual Human Resources mick write callahan responsible for the recruiting and remaining over thirty thousand employees of the number one employer City Government a new program that the mayor annuity please help me welcome Human Resources director Mickey Callahan clapping. thank you very much it is a privilege to be here and privilege to speak about an Exciting New Program that dr. Murase and mayor ed lee mentions our Domestic Violence Liaison Program were struggling about how to reach out to at the employees with though thousand employees there will be 13 hundred City Employees that are survivors of Domestic Violence Domestic Violence is also a Human Resources issue with 65 percent of humans reports that effects their ability to work and the cdcs the Domestic Violence is 1. 8 billion nationwide we care about our employers we wanted to provide them resources in the same way as a Wellness Program were happy to work with wonderful staff in the department want status of women i want to call up kendall and some of the clapping. Human Resources our chief policy person clapping. and so the program is launching this month we have posters on the workplace and 50 people as you see men and women all backwards we want everyone to feel they can call someone they trust i want to close with at quote from one the application we received from a volunteer which i found compelling actually 3 but youll only cry but let me read this one ive been a victim myself and believable it is extremely important for someone experience Domestic Violence it have support and wanted to their my journey to emphasize it can happen to anyone and survivalable thats the wonderful kind of volunteers we have thank you very much dolores park thank you very much nike and a couple of folks we have the 3 Family Violence youll hear if later clapping. so next is we have a very special treat christian from a sfusd while at Burton High School startled an Innovative Group that helps athletics to raise awareness and your understanding a grant from the children of families please help me welcome christian organ clapping. hello and thank you one thing im christian im the cofounder of this my sophomore in high school there was so much t of assault from athletics and work with my quiche to the side he cape about how to be part of the solution he kauptd with that a rape preservation to know that athletics are telling the exultant that is going on and needs to stop at that time the other athletics in the High School Football team we trained them how to write grants and went back to the department and started that is consistent of a curriculum and taking talking about the infrastructure of rape and what is didnt understand as we talked about the deposition rape and soushl souls that he rape and gang we give them the specifics and the real life situations we got into the puma prevent they wanted to take this message out and showed what we leaders how to come up to reach a mass of people we calm can you came up with the annual preservation of rape we got approval from the staff from Burton High School i went to the principal and explained it and rape awareness from there, i took news to the academy and they were ecstatic from there we created poster in every language to plaster the walls of Burton High School so anyone that walked the hauls we are supportive of the victims after that we keep k kept Going Forward and now at santa fe state weave had our first rape awareness last year clapping. the pumping school to move forward having chapters United Nations nationwide to educate young men so they have a knowledge and opening the table for discussion which they grew up they can be better functioning adult and have a role in the conversation so sooner we can put an end to this heinous crime thank you clapping. thank you so much christian and telling missouri ma we appreciate that now turn to a Nonprofit Service committee as you can see the Society Director the asian shelter in so 88, 27 years ago i went to this year shelter which will go on to become only the third shelter in the country to help asian families please help me welcome clapping. good morning, everyone start to wiggle our tows so how calibration keeps going im very happy to be here im over and over kid with the asian shelter some of my coworkers are here on october fierce the start of the Domestic Violence month we know that Domestic Violence Awareness Month not the most were aware of Domestic Violence we know department of transportation Awareness Month is the month we push awareness heard than at t any other awareness we growing and working to address it in all the diverse ways so when i look across the room and till when i drive around San Francisco on any day this might be a mark but when i drive around the city i think about all the different was and the different people who are work on case of Domestic Violence every day i think about crisis workers and the shelter advocates and Police Officers and introoerm decreases and lgbtq advocates and burn staff and probation officers and leaders and journalists that be definitely putting a story out that Public Benefits worker in every sector but youth workers and teachers and childcare workers and attorneys in immigration law. Criminal law and judges and Family Members and friends and loved ones and it is a lot of people who are really toughing Domestic Violence every day with the roll im not talking about the people that are just in life i think about our city as people mentions a hard year in the Domestic Violence field so i think about children who have stopped their fabricate from killing higher mother and crisis to protect themselves from acts and about transgender women that have lost their life since we meet october 2014 im thinking about the access support for the people in the room and been the people that have not the people who lives have mattered more in the public eye or the mainstream movement and people lives that have not and people that come into contact and witnessing Domestic Violence and nerve and feeling there might be more dread of Domestic Violence and currently using a pattern the graduation and cell and denies october 1st what will i say what are we trying to make more aware and what conversations are the conversations we want to push ourselves this month than many other moments the sooner moment to have those conversations not the moments after a tremendous loss has happened we want to talk about more than that denies though sometimes starting the conversation is more than just recognizing Domestic Violence happens in 11th relationship not just straight relationship we the 80 want to go further, however, from the conversation starts there lets start where we or it is more than that making survivors and Community Members aware obviously the conversation should start there or not we want people to know what we provide in the city were not here to tell you what you do or judge you over the experience the violence were not here to say you must do abc d or whatever thats not what we were going we want to people to know im with the asian shelter or people to know weve trained anti advocate Domestic Violence protects to talk about what is happening to you not a special right were not going to think about it which someone calls what language is that we want people to know transpeople you can come o to a ows some save places in the area and other lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders we have programs that are not just thinking that we can fit you into what exists but programs trying to center you this is real and barriers our addressing and lowerincome but youre addressing barriers youre facing that deserve special attendance and special programming safety funding not other funding that gets cut i think also the things were trying to build is also more than saying there are all those bystanders with a role to play we know that every survivor didnt get programming he know that we do know that every survivor goes to someone that he trust at some point you go to the friend the trusted Community Member maybe not member who that will support you but go to Small Business that is our role to see those people as the kind of personnel whether they have a badge or degree maybe in mechanic engineering theyre also people that need support and training they need help with awareness and understanding that not just Domestic Violence happens but their victims or perpetrators but Domestic Violence is a nuance we want them to know we want to build their awareness if someone fights back or swears or there is no something that didnt mean that person a an abuser if youre a mythical unicorn of a human being we want our people to be seen as people and respond with xhashgs compassion and nonin the right direction judgment and support and in the papers all the time having the responses ive never seen him angry or upset which hes at my housed we start from different places some people start with that and hear department of transportation no, no were totally respect if he will if he thats not how Domestic Violence works what happens at home didnt happen everywhere thats the whole point we want to build are you think the awareness of everyone ourselves as workers and Community Members and family friend and sooner rather than later and action dominates from awareness so action in weve come a long way month is a big deal. clapping and next it alicia the volunteer corridor for women inc. It stands for women organized to make abuse nonexist shell let know about assistance to family and friends exercising abuse please help me welcome. The clerk will take the roll good morning, everyone. Good morning. Aim alicia the Economic Workforce Development corridor at women inc. Weve worked to empowers the survivors to create lives free of violence within the lastful few years we offer services to those if he should by woman we receive call many from survivors themselves and receive calls from Community Partners and friends and families seeking support how to help loved ones we notice the gap in San Francisco of Family Members of survivors weve created a support group with the Family Members impacted by Family Members the support group begins in october we encourage you to call for information we recognize denies can effect multiple people at levels we recognize that ding is a communities issue with a role to play the healing is important we hope by offering the forgives tools to take back to our communities to help the communities healing where our a friend or Family Member embarked by defendants no. 1 denies youre not alone and support it a big deal thank you clapping. thank you, alicia before we introduce your last speaker talking about how everyone has a big role to play shout out to her and her team theyve created an app for Domestic Violence i siefrlz looking for sincerity so, please checkout that auto save night an app on your phone next last but not least i want to thank Beverly Upton the director of the Domestic Violence consortium clapping. shes a true force of nature nothing gets in between beverly and woman experiencing Domestic Violence countless lives have an saved by her were pleased to stand together with her please help me welcome our hero Beverly Upton clapping. thank you so much thank you all im also so overwhelmed when i see our work is seen thank you all so San Francisco is on a long road and the road leads towards progress and safety and justice it is long i been at the consortium tech 10 years and youve been there 15 years were on a path heated in the right direction we have a lot to do and were going to do it were going to do it together when we look at the progress weve made over the last few years i wish mayor ed lee was here thank you for increasing the small budget but it gets bigger every year for people shelter and seeking hedge Fund Different languages to survivors everyday those dollars make a huge difference thats a Huge Investment in our community our beloves communities the Mayors Office wait laughter the San Francisco Police Department wow. I mean, look how far weve come bilingual apps on the phones and language lines figuring out how to speak to the survivors everyday trying to do berries the commission everyday under suzy loftus trying to do betters everyday is it perfect no do we agree on everything no, but we are on the path we are on the path clapping. c hr wow. Progress huge Police Radios making something that was a dream happening looked at our colleagues our advocates our friends in their purple lace how autism is that how autism is that we need to mix everybody and make sure that all the advocates know the liaisons and probation sunny and chief karen and andrea wow. A Great Partnership to make sure our Intervention Program is efficient active and Getting Better theyre too on the path to saving lives we have to help them get better we are we are clapping. and then we talk about the beloved community we have to talk about the department of the status of women born to do this work this was why the department and the commission was founded it grows every year and captains but this is added heart we love them we love their leadership the staff that does so much and the staff and emily who always such a thoughtful leader on those issues clapping. and then our beloved community our beloved communities while were at fundraiser and doing the things their answering the phones and getting people that are so afraid in so many languages to say you save wow. Thats huge you guys are are saving lives every single day i think about the department of the status of women the staffing and pulling together the council katie and shawn y in a and childs abuse fits together to continue on this path it such an honor im so grateful and have to say that we still have no more work to do the two lastly homicides i see you there you know my heart is with you the last two Domestic Violence homes we had and perhaps more but the 20 last who were gun violence someone that shouldnt have had a gun raised it in anger and killed someone at the end of a Domestic Violence episode we have to address gun violence the d b community clapping. and im part ever it i think weve been shy over the years because we have so much to do just doing what we are doing were kind of afraid to try to expand but look here is our opportunities we can join with our brothers and sisters trying to keep guns out of the hands of violent people those are our brothers and sisters were not alone all of us are moving on the path we need more i need to take a second before he hope to end on a high note i want to honor the folks that lost their lives to Domestic Violence and have to say it not as over and over kid said not always in the paper it is the suicides on the bmg or the Golden Gate Bridge or the child that was over and over infanticide over and over the person that left San Francisco or ended up in the bay they started here they are all ours can we have a moment of silence to think about them thank you silence . So with that, lets try to move into denies Awareness Month make sure that we all keep working together we all take care of each other that work is hard work lets move that path is wide and room for all of us thank you very much clapping. thank you so much beverly we want to ask my staff to come forward i want to thank all the Department Staff please come forward calling names. clapping. so given the amount of work our department do dont people think i have a department of the hundred people he want i to see our staff were also helped by policy fellows calling names who are here by really want to thank ken that has worked on this from start to finish please give her a big hand dolores park and so finally we want to thank the Deputy Director of staff Paul Monte Sereno son and thank you all for joining us and be sure to take pictures of city hall purple tonight pux welcome to culturewire. Today we are at recology. They are celebrate 20 years of one of the most incredibly unique Artist Residency programs. We are here to learn more from one of the resident artists. Welcome to the show, deborah. Tell us how this Program Began 20 years ago. The Program Began 20 years ago. Our founder was an environmentalist and an activist and an artist in the 1970s. She started these street sweeping campaigns in the city. She started with kids. They had an exhibition at city hall. City officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. We thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle, it is a great educational tool. Since then, we have had 95 professional artists come through. How has the Program Changed over the years . How has the program what can the public has an artist engage with . For the most part, we worked with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program like ours. Over the years, we tried to include artists and all types of mediums. Conceptual artists, at installation, photographers, videographers. That has really expanded the program out. It is becoming so dynamic right now with your vision of interesting artists in gauging here. Why would an artist when to come here . Mainly, access to the materials. We also give them a lot of support. When they start, it is an empty studio. They go out to the public area and we call it the big store. They go out shopping, take the materials that, and get to work. It is kind of like a reprieve, so they can really focus on their body of work. When you are talking about recology, do you have the only Sculpture Garden at the top . It is based on work that was done many years ago in new york. It is the only kind of structured, artist program. Weit is beautiful. A lot of the plants you see were pulled out of the garbage, and we use our compost to transplant them. The pathway is lined with rubble from the earthquake from the freeways we tour about 5000 people a year to our facility, adults and children. We talk about recycling and conservation. They can meet the artists. Fantastic. Lets go meet some of your current artists. Here we are with lauren. Can you tell us how long have been here so far and what youre working on . We started our residency on june 1, so we came into the studio then and spent most of the first couple weeks just digging around in the trash. I am continuing my body of work, kind of making these hand embroidered objects from our daytoday life. Can you describe some of the things you have been making here . This is amazing. I think i started a lot of my work about the qualities of light is in the weight. I have been thinking a lot about things floating through the air. It is also very windy down here. There is a piece of sheet music up there that i have embroidered third. There is a pamphlet about hearing dea nearing death. This is a dead rabbit. This is what i am working on now. This is a greeting card that i found, making it embroidered. It is for a very special friend. While we were looking at this, i glanced down and this is amazing, and it is on top of a book, it is ridiculous and amazing. I am interested in the serendipity of these still life compositions. When he got to the garbage and to see the arrangement of objects that is completely spontaneous. It is probably one of the least thought of compositions. People are getting rid of this stuff. It holds no real value to them, because theyre disposing of it. Were here in another recology studio with abel. What attracted you to apply for this special program . Who would not want to come to the dump . But is the first question. For me, being in a situation that youre not comfortable in has always been the best. What materials were you immediately attracted to when you started and so what was available here . There are a lot of books. That is one of the thing that hits me the most. Books are good for understanding, language, and art in general. Also being a graphic designer, going straight to the magazines and seeing all this printed material being discarded has also been part of my work. Of course, always wood or any kind of plastic form or anything like that. Job mr. Some of the pieces you have made while you have been here. Taught me through some of the pieces you have made while you have been here. The first thing that attracted me to this was the printed surface. It was actually a poster. It was a silk screen watercolor, about 8 feet long. In terms of the flatwork, i work with a lot of cloddish. So being able to cut into it come at into it, removed parts, it is part of the process of negotiating the final form. How do you jump from the two dimensional work that you create to the threedimensional . Maybe going back from the 3f to 2d. Everything is in the process of becoming. Things are never said or settled. The sculptures are being made while i am doing the collages, and vice versa. It becomes a part of something else. Theres always this figuring out of where things belong or where they could parapets something else. At the end goal is to possibly see one of these collage plans be built out and create a structure that reflects back into the flat work. Thank you so much for allowing culturewire to visit this amazing facility and to learn more about the artists in residence program. Is there anything you like our viewers to know . We have art exhibitions every four months, and a win by the public to come out. Everybody is welcome to come out. We have food. Sometimes we have gains and bands. It is great time. From june to september, we accept applications from bay area artists. We encouraged artists from all mediums to apply. We want as many artists from the bay area out here so they can have the same experience. How many artists to do your host here . 6 artist a year, and we receive about 108 applications. Very competitive. But everyone should be encouraged to apply. Thank you again for hosting us. Thank you for including us in culturewire. 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 hello, i am with the recreation and parks department. We are featuring the romantic park location in your backyard. This is your chance to find your heart in santa and cisco with someone special. San francisco with someone special. Our first look out is here at buena vista park, a favorite with couples and dog walkers. Both have a significant force. A refreshing retreat from urban life. The romantic past that meander up and down the park under pines and eucalyptus. Hang out in this environment and you might see butterflies it, fennel, and then the lines. Dandelions. Is ada accessible. Public transit is plentiful. We have conquered the steps, we have watched the dogs, and we have enjoyed a beautiful view. This is a place to take someone special on a romantic stroll and enjoyed a beautiful look out. Welcome to Corona Heights located in the heart of this district. It offers a view of the downtown skyline, the bay bridge, and the east bay. It is one of the best kept secrets in the city. It is hardly ever crowded. On any given day, you will run into a few locals. , bought a 37 bus to get there without any parking worries. For legged friends can run freely. There is also a patch of grass for the small box. It is a great place. It is a wonderful place to have these kinds of parks. That dog owners appreciate it. Take time to notice of the wildfires that are on the grassland and keep your head out on the lookout for hawks and other bird life. Be sure to take your camera and be prepared to take a view of the city will not forget. It has a beautiful red rock formations. You could watch the sunrise over the bay. This is another one of our great lookouts. We are at mount davidson. 928 feet. This is the place for you to bring someone special. To not forget that dogs and enjoy all of the pathways and greenery that surrounds you. It provides a peaceful oasis of open space and great hiking trails. The spectacular view offers a Perfect Place to watch the sunrise or sunset with someone you love. It is a good place to get away from the hectic life of the city. Come up here and listen to nature, i get some fresh air. That view is fantastic. Where sturdy shoes. Hikers get the feeling of being in a rain forest. Mount davidson is also a great place to escape the noise and the bustle of the city. Take the 36 bus and it will drop you at the entrance. It is quite a hike to the top but the view is worth every step. This is the place to bring that someone special. Golden gate parks largest body of water is an enchanting place. Is a popular spot for paddling around in boats, which can be rented. Created in 1893, it was designed for these your boating for leisure boating. It is named for the wild strawberries that once flourished. There is also a waterfall, two bridges, and trails the climb to the summit, the highest point at more than four hundred feet. You can catch glimpses of the western side of the city that make this hilltop a romantic look out. For public transit, i take the n train. The lad the ad lake is ada accessible. Watch many ducks, swans, and siegels. Seagulls. It is a great place to stroll and sail away. Many couples come here to take a ride around a lake, going under the bridges, passing the chinese pavilion and the waterfall. For a quiet getaway, making for a memorable and magical experience. Located on 19th avenue, this growth is the place to where youre hiking boots, bring the family and the dog because it has so much to offer you and your loved ones. It is a truly hidden gem in the city. The park is rich with eucalyptus trees. Long paths allow you to meander, perfect for a dog walking in a wooded environment. I enjoy the history. The diversity of nature that exists in such an urban city, concrete streets, cars, we have this oasis of the natural environment. It reminds us of what the history was. There is a section for dogs and plenty of parking. Transit is available on the 28 bus to get you very easily. The part is ada park is ada accessible. It is also a natural lake. This is your chance to stroll around the lake and let the kids run free. It also has many birds to watch. It is a place to find and appreciate what you a wonderful breath of fresh air. Come and experience in this park and enjoy the people, picnics, and sunshine. This is a lovely place to take a stroll with your loved ones. In the middle of pacific heights, on top of these hills, it offers a great square, a peaceful beauty, large trees and grass and greenery. It features tables and benches, a playground, restaurants, and tennis courts. There are plenty of areas for football and picnics. It is very much a couples park. There are many activities you can experience together. Stroll on the pathways, bring your dog, or just picnic at one of the many tables and enjoy all that it has to offer together. Many couples find this is a perfect park to throw down a blanket and soak up the sun. It is a majestic place that you can share with someone you chairs. Lafayette park is also easily accessed from the 47, 49, and 90 buses. It is ada accessible. We are here at the historic palace of fine art in the marina district. Originally built for the 1950s exposition, the palace is situated on San Franciscos number waterfront. It is ada accessible and is reached by the 28, 30, and 91 bus lines. Set against the reflecting waters of the lagoon and eucalyptus trees, the palace is one of San Francisco post most San Franciscos most romantic spots to relax with that special someone while listening to the water and gazing at the swans. A beautiful to view from many locations along the mattoon, an ideal place to all lagoon, an ideal place to walk with a loved one. Reservations for weddings are available at sfrecpark. Org. Discarding contains plants referred to by William Shakespeares plays and poems. Welcome to the Shakespeare Garden here in the famous golden gate park. Located near the museum and the California Academy of sciences, the garden was designed by the California Spring blossom and wildfilower association. Here is a truly enchanting and tranquil garden along a path behind a charming gate. This garden is the spot to woo your date. Stroll around and appreciate its unique setting. The gorgeous brick walkway and a brick wall, the stone benches, the rustic sundial. Chaired the part share the bards word hundred famous verses from a shakespearean plays. This is a gem to share with someone special. Pack a picnic, find a bench, and enjoy the sunshine, and let the whimsical words of William Shakespeare and floats you and your loved one away. This is one of the most popular wedding locations and is available for reservations. Take a bus and have no parking worries. Shakespeares garden is ada accessible. Located at the bottom of this hill, it is a secret garden with an infinite in captivating appeal. Carefully tucked away, it makes the top of our list for most intimate pyknic setting. Avoid all taurus cars and hassles by taking a cable car. Or the 30, 45, or 91 bus. The garden was designed by Thomas Church in 1957. Grow old with me, the best is yet to be is inscribed on a sundial. It is anchored by twin white gazebos and flowers that bloom yearround. This is the place to tell someone special or the place to declare the commitment you two share. Weddings and the event reservations are available for this adorable hidden gem. We know there are many other romantic parks in San Francisco. We hope you have enjoyed this torre of lookouts, picnics, and strolls that are available every day. Until next time, do not forget to get out and play. For more information about reserving one of these romantic locations or any other location, call 8315500. This number is best for special events, weddings, picnics, and the county fair buildings. Or for any athletic field, call 8315510. You can write us at or walk in and say hello. And of course you can find more information moresfrecpark. Org. Just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of San Franciscos our community to the meridian gallery has a 20year history of supporting visual arts. Experimental music concert, and also readings. Give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. And lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] meridians stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. It gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. It is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. You want to feel like your work this summer that it can do some good. I felt like at meridian, it could do some good. We did not even talk about price until the day before the show. Of course, meridian needs to support itself and support the community. But that was not the first consideration, so that made me very happy. His work is printed porcelain. He transfers images onto and spoils the surface a fragile shes of clay. Each one, only onetenth of an inch thick. It took about two years to get it down. I would say i lose 30 of the pieces that i made. Something happens to them. They cracked, the break during the process. It is very complex. They fall apart. But it is worth it to me. There are photographs i took 1 hours 99 the former soviet union. These are blown up to a gigantic images. They lose resolution. I do not mind that, because my images are about the images, but theyre also about the idea, which is why there is text all over the entire surface. Marie in moved into the mansion on powell street just five years ago. Its galleries are housed in one of the very rare Single Family residences around union square. For the 100th anniversary of the mansion, meridian hosted a series of special events, including a World Premiere reading by lawrence ferlinghetti. The birth of an american corporate fascism, the next to last free states radio, the nexttolast independent newspaper raising hell, the nexttolast independent bookstore with a mind of its own, the next to last leftie looking for obama nirvana. [laughter] the first day of the wall street occupation set forth upon this continent a new revolutionary nation. [applause] in addition to its own programming as of artist talks, meridian has been a downtown host for San Francisco states wellknown port trees center. Recent luminaries have included david meltzer, steve dixon, and jack hirsch man. You can black as out of the press, blog and arrest us, tear gas, mace, and shoot us, as we know very well, you will, but this time were not turning back. We know you are finished. Desperate, near the end. Hysterical in your flabbergastlyness. Amen. After the readings, the crowd headed to a reception upstairs by wandering through the other gallery rooms in the historic home. The third floor is not usually reserved for just parties, however. It is the stage for live performances. Under the guidance of musical curators, these three, meridian has maintained a strong commitment to new music, compositions that are innovative, experimental, and sometimes challenging. Sound art is an artistic and event that usually receives short shrift from most galleries because San Francisco is musicians have responded by showing strong support for the programming. Looking into meridians future, she says she wants to keep doing the same thing that she has been doing since 1989. To enlighten and disturbed. I really believe that all the arts have a serious function and that it helps us find out who we are in a much wider sense than we were before we experienced that work of art. Good morning and welcome to the budget and finance Committee Meeting and, my name is supervisor mark farrell and i am joined by tang and i want to thank the sfgtv as well as the clerk. Do you have any announcements . Please silence all cell phones, items acted upon today will be appearing on the october, 20th board of