Thank you very much, director kosinski, and your staff. I think these mostly addressed the concerns. The question whether it should be an ordinance or in the charter, to be clear. All of the commissions are in the charter. If we would create this by charter, it wouldnt be a Charter Commission that has all the responsibilities and duties defined in the charter. So we think its important that we have something that has. I think this is in many ways recognizing that this department is here to stay. One of the reasons why this this department maybe the main reason why this department doesnt have a commission currently is because its a new department. Its only been around a couple years, and the advisory structure that we have is here from a time when we didnt have a Single Department with the authority that your department has, had a single director and all of that. So i want to be clear that one of the things that were doing here by having a Charter Commission is recognizing the critical
Centre of any in the united states. It is the largest collection of monumental municipal buildings of any city. It is a National Treasure and we need a Strong Organization to help tell that story and get people to come because for the last 50 or 70 years, the area has been misunderstood, it has been neglected, and it has been ignored. The c. B. D. Is one of the biggest steps along with a number of others in the last ten years to try to overcome that but more needs to be done. If case in case you havent seen it, i have written it all up in a book that i have put out recently and i hope that you all have gotten a copy and read it closely because the last chapter underscores a lot of the things that happened to mess things up. So i will leave some of my flyers here to encourage you to get the book. [laughter]. Next speaker. Good afternoon. My name is susan and i represent the San Francisco conservatory of music. We are enthusiastic supporters of the c. B. D. We have 400 and more students
Francisco opera. I walk every day from the castro neighborhood into the civic centre neighborhood. I have been in San Francisco for over 11 years and i am just amazed by the transformation that i have seen in civic centre we do have more to do and we would appreciate your support in helping us do that. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors. Patrick mills here representing the bayreuth family of businesses including the by right cafe kiosk on Civic Centre Plaza to enthusiastically support the renewal of the c. B. D. At Civic Centre Plaza and to attest to the astute management of our facilities, your support and opening our business, the safety and cleanliness of the plaza and most importantly, the building of Community Within the Community Benefit district. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors. I live at 100 van nuys. I worked with him on ways to improve civic centre and in 2006 , he authorized the creation of a civic centre c. B. D.
The advisory committees who do such important work. I realize this is an awkward thing to be coming out and speaking in support of oversight over a department that you work so regularly with. So i imagine that, you know, i just want to appreciate your courage and your partnership on this. I think it says a lot that the people who are on the front lines of serving our population thats experiencing homelessness believes strongly that there should be more accountability, transparency, and public input. I think that says a lot. Yes, i talk a lot about speed, and i dont think this is going to slow things down, but theres nothing more wrong than getting it wrong and having to do it over and over and over again. We have to listen to these folks not just at the beginning but throughout the process to make sure that we get it right. And when we deny them that opportunity, we are going to create so many delays throughout the process because were going to have to spend money to fix our mistakes,
Them to manage and control, this is such an important piece of legislation to allow for those that want to agent continue to live in San Francisco, that they would do so with dignity. I appreciate your leadership on this and i am proud to be a cosponsor. Thank you for cosponsoring. Supervisor peskin . Thank you. This is the first time we have ever done this and i just really want to salute your leadership. It is going to have a profound impact on many of our constituents. Thank you. Thank you. Supervisor brown . Thank you. I would like to be added as a cosponsor. Thank you very much. Seniors are our Fastest Growing population. And so this is thinking ahead and working upstream. I really appreciate that. Thank you. Thank you. Supervisor haney . I just want to thank you and commend you for your leadership on addressing not just the needs of this population, but really elevating asked towards having longterm solutions. I would also love to be added as a cosponsor. Thank you. Supervisor ro