Hinsey. President kinsey. President director. So present. So present. Director kahina walking right in. Thank you, chair. Ekin right in time here. Egan present. We are expecting director hemminger. Although however, director yekutiel is not expected today. You do have a quorum and for the record, i note that director hinsey is attending this meeting remotely. She is reminded that she must appear on camera throughout the meeting and in order to speak or vote on any items places you on item number three the rigging and use of cell phones and similar sound producing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. The chair may order the removal from the meeting room. Any person responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone or other similar sound producing Electronic Devices places you on item number four approval of minutes for the september 19 meeting. Director hemminger directors. Are there any changes to the september 19th minutes . Seeing none, please open Public Comment for a
Im the advisor board president for the American Indian cultural district, as well as a member of Mission Destino and other committees and councils here in San Francisco. So i am ariana ortega, peace people of nicaragua. From my mothers side and the seneca nation on my fathers side. I was born and raised here in San Francisco and retired in 2020 from a senior manager position with the sfmta to after 32 years of service. But as i mentioned and what im doing now is important work that i am many of you are doing on behalf of our community is that work is never done and should be reflected in all the work you do and all aspects of your lives. We are brought together by our ancestors is to fulfill the prophecy of the eagle and the condor. The prophecy tells of this time when the Indigenous Peoples of the north and the south earth would reunite to renew you and protect our original knowledge, strength and connection to our earth. Mother this is a time of reconciliation. Mission. Reunion educa
Public comment callin dial 14156550001 access code 2664 232 9116 password sfgov dial star 3 to be added to speak in the queue. In addition to inperson Public Comment, the commission will hear up to 15 minutes of remote Public Comment on each agenda item. The commission will hear remote Public Comment on each item in the order that commenters add themselves to the queue to comment on the item. Because of the 15minute time limit, it is possible that not every person in the queue will have an opportunity to provide remote Public Comment. Remote i will now call roll. [roll call] you have a quorum. Item 2. President s welcome. Well start with the land acknowledgment. Ramaytush ohlone land acknowledgement the San Francisco Fire Commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have n
Now lets start with leadership. First of all, Political Leadership is critical to moving the ball forward in this city. And we want to really thank the mayor and we want to thank the board of supervisors for working together politically to sustain these programs because its taken about five years for us to get to this point. And that could not be done in isolation. So thank you , madam mayor. Thank you, jonah ortega, coeur dalene gang. But we also want to thank our city departments and the leaders from our city departments for the collaboration that theyve done in getting this program to where it is. We want to give a big, big thank you to the Housing Authority led by tanya liturgy and chaired the commission chaired by Joaquin Torres. Thanks for coming out today. We want to give a big thank you to the Mayors Office of housing, eric shaw. And of course, we want to thank the department of building inspection. Who in many ways built the foundation for this program over the long term. All
Attendance, silence cell phones and Electronic Devices to not interrupt proceedings. The board and committees are convening hybrid meetings that allow in person attendsance and Public Comment while providing Remote Access and Public Comment via telephone. Public comment will be taken on each item on the agenda. Those in person will be allowed to speak first and take those waiting on the telephone line. Those watching remotely and streaming throughout sfgovtv the public call in number is streaming across the screen and you will be hearing discussion and muted. When your item comes up and Public Comment is called, those in person should line up to speak and those on the phone dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. If on the phone please remember to turn down the tv and listening devices is and each speaker is allowed up to 2 minutes to speak. You may submit Public Comment in writing in either of the following ways, email to myself at brent. Julipa s frkts gov. Org. It will be forwa