Commissioner anderson. Here. Commissioner harrison. Here. Commissioner mcdonald. Here. Okay. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the may 21st commission meeting. Just a few notes before we get started for the public. Can you hear me, stacy. She is in a different system. Okay. Somebody commented in chat andrew perry. He thinks stacy is on mute. I think she is while she is talking on a separate system to the public. I can see the mute button there. We are now on item 2. The president s report. Thank you very much. The president s report will be very brief. I want to congratulate all commissioners on Technology Skills and being able to get on the call and i want to thank the public for participating remotely. We are trying our best under these circumstances. I want to congratulate all staff and general manager for all of the work getting done during these challenging times, particularly in the broader sense of assisting the mayor and community in trying to solve the broader problems. That
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Its important to shop local because its kind of like a circle of life, if you will. We hire local people. Local people spend their money at our businesses and those local mean that wor people willr money as well. I hope people shop locally. [ ] good morning everyone. Lets get started. I am tom mcguire, i am excited to be here today to christen this brandnew increasingly carfree space in hayes valley. Remember the freeway over our heads. We took that down. We didnt stop there. We have been working with the neighbors and residents from the city to make patricias green and octavia boulevard to have more space to walk and enjoy the valley. We have several speakers sharing about the opening or closing to traffic and opening for people of this section of octavia. I want to thank the mayor, whose leadership has been very strong. I will introduce the district five supervisor valley. This is amazing, isnt it. It was interesting because i was standing in the street, and i thought i am in the str
If they have had a history they have security not just for the place but for their own other patrons. Maybe if you dont want to do metal detection, maybe they can do pat downs to just see. I think were getting tricky because its getting invasive. Its in condition five. I think if we do Something Like this, we have to be very strategic about it, but i defer to my colleagues. Yeah, and i understand its just a bar, but because the past history, i think we should all be a little cautious. In six months, they can come back and say the crowds totally different or whatever, and it maybe that we can just lead the conditions. Im just curious in terms of if there is another case thats an l. L. P. That requires an i. D. Scanner and metal detector wand. 10 00 p. M. . Im still awake at 10 00 p. M. Whats your concern about safety . Because if its 2 00 a. M. , its more appropriate . Well, its a question of equity to me. Like, how we have enforced in the pass. Well, i understand equity, but i think we