415-655-0001 entering access code (146)819-1287. when we reach your item press star to be added to the queue. you will be afforded to submit your comment. when you hear your line is unmuted, that is your cue to begin speaking. each speaker is allowed up to three minutes. when you have 30 minutes remaining you will hear a chime. i will announce the time is up and take the next person to speak. best practices call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly. please mute the volume on your television or computer. let's take roll at this time. commission president hyland. >> here. >> vice president matsuda. >> hear. >> commissioner black. >> here. >> commissioner foley. >> here. >> commissioner johns. >> here. >> commissioner pearlman. >> here. >> commissioner so. >> here. >> thank you, commissioners. first is general public comment. at this time members of the public may address the commission within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. your opportunity will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member may address the commission for up to three minutes. members of the public this is your opportunity to press star three to be entered into the queue. i see no members of the public to speak at this time. general public comment is closed. department matters. director's announcements and review of the past events and the planning commission staff report announcements. >> i can offer the update. >> great. >> department staff. a few updates. you have an update on the u.c.s.f. [indiscernable] concerned about it will not be until after the certification of the fer for january of 2021. they anticipate the murals will be later in 2021. that is the subject we have for now he will update you as we learn more about the status on the murals. i also want to offer an update on the heritage methodology project. commissioner matsuda mentioned this at the last meeting. we engaged with the local community engagement. we kicked off the effort shortly after that. it memorialized on racial and social equity. we recognize historic preservation is focused on. [indiscernable] artifacts and such. locally and globally recognizing the recognition of the heritage oral expression and arts and special practices and festivals and crafts. the project is working to help the department and other see city agencies outline the development of what may be a comprehensive survey and how it interfaces with tangible heritage. a large part is engaging in discussion of stakeholders. we had a group at the planning department and a few weeks ago we are also having focus groups of representatives such as library, art commission, racial equity, cultural district. we are working with cultural affairs locally and statewide. this will benefit the efforts such as cultural heritage in the cultural district. these projects will be brought before you hopefully early next year. i have a legislative update. should i offer that now. >> yes, please. >> this week supervisor peskin introduced the initiation of landmark designation at 447. as we get more details we will share the initiation and significance statement. that designation of the history for that mural to pass the second read at the board of supervisors. it is at the mayor's office. thank you. those are my updates. >> if i could add to the update from u.c.s.f. and the murals. i did have a conversation with the director and it appears that u.c.s.f. is receptive and open, although the negotiations aren't complete. they are receptive and open to including in the m.o.u. that the murals will below indicated to appropriate public location in the new development. it hasn't been finalized yet but they are receptive to our suggestions from the previous meeting. >> great. that concludes department matters. we will move to commission matters. president's report announcements,. >> no report this week. >> item 4. consideration of adoption draftments from november 4, 2020. we should take public comment. members of the public if you wish to comment on the minutes from november 4th this is your opportunity. public comment is closed and the matter is now before you. any comments or motion please. >> i move that we approve them. >> second. >> thank you. on that motion to adopt the minutes for november 4, 2020, commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> i wasn't there. >> doesn't matter. [ inaudible ] >> adopt. >> thank you. [roll call] commission president hyland. >> yes. thank you so moved. that passes unanimously 7-0. placing us on item 5. commission comments and questions. >> i don't see any. we can move on. >> that places us under consent calendar. there is one item on the consent calendar. that matter listed here constitutes the consent calendar. it is routine by the historic preservation commission and will be acted upon when a single vote. there will be no discussion unless requested. then it will be removed and considered at future hearing. 2018-000505 coa at 370 lexington street. certificate of appropriateness. this is the opportunity to pull-off consent by pressing star three. no members requesting to speak, the matter is before you. >> any commissioners wish to pull this off? if not a motion. >> i move to approve the consent calendar. >> second. >> thank you, commissioners. on that motion to adopt -- approve item 6 with conditions under your consent calendar commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> yes. >> commissioner johns. >> yes, commissioner pearlman. >> yes. >> commissioner so. >> yes. >> commissioner matsuda. >> yes. >> commissioner president hyland. >> yes. >> so moved, commissioners that passes 7-0. regular calendar for item 7 case 2020-008490des at 1830 sutter street. this is landmark and i understand commissioner matsuda needs to be reached for this. >> i reside within 500 feet of this property. i request to be recused from this item. >> i move the commissioner be recused. >> second. >> the thank you, commissioners. on that motion to recuse. commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> yes. >> commissioner johns. >> yes. >> commissioner pearlman. >> yes. >> commissioner so. >> yes. >> commissioner mat soda. >> yes. >> commissioner president hyland. >> yes. >> so moved, commissioners that passes 7-0. someone is requesting to speak. commissioners, is staff prepared to make the presentation. >> yes. >> do you have a slide presentation? >> yes, i do. >> okay. >> i see a blank screen. >> let me try again. >> clerk: -- in the slide presentation mode? >> good afternoon, commissioners. [inaudible] planning department staff. the item before you today is [inaudible] located at [inaudible] tand the will go [rights movement. the building is further significant as the work of master architect julia morgan. it was the fir at the time of its founding, japanese -- >> advanced multiple political and social causes, including the site for african american civil rights and [inaudible] with dr. martin luther king, jr. and was a central organizer of the 1963 protest on washington used it as a headquarters for planning activities while he was in the bay area. [inaudible] history to the building's [inaudible] in 18954, the society's first convention was held at 1830 sutter. the convention was part of a national network of lgbtq people who, for one weekend in 1954, helped advanced the lgbtq civil rights movement with increased understanding of gender and sexual expression. finally, the building is significant as a work of master architect julia morgan. over the course of her career, morgan designed over 30 buildings across the country for the ywca. [inaudible] the proposed landmaproposed -- associated with underrepresented racial, ethnic, and social groups. the department has received a letter of support from the japantown commission for your support. the department recommends the h.p.c. provide designation of the building as an article 10 landmark. if approved today, the board will forward the report to the board of supervisors, and [inaudible] would like to speak in support of designation. >> clerk: okay. we should go to public comment. members of the public, this is your opportunity to provide public comment by pressing star, three and entering the queue. you will have three minutes. >> this is woody lebonte from san francisco heritage, and it is always a pleasure to testify on behalf of this significant building, significant on so many levels. we enthusiastically ask you to support and initiate the local landmark designation. thank you. >> clerk: okay. miss [inaudible], did you want to submit testimony? you need to press star, three to enter the queue. >> can you hear me? >> clerk: yes. >> great. i am [inaudible] and i am with [inaudible] historic japanese ywca [inaudible] building as a san francisco landmark. we appreciate your effort with this [inaudible] establiin 198 opened a second preschool site, leasing space from the former san francisco ywca, and we've operated there ever since. in 2002, [inaudible] owner and steward of the japanese ywca [inaudible] in purchasing the building, we made a commitment to not only continue to use this building for our children's program but for the japanese american community. we hope the landmark of this building will promote its unique history and significance. the story of the struggle [inaudible] learned from, and celebrated, and their legacy continues in the families of the young women and families that we served who are incredibly important in the operation and preservation of this building. our thanks to [inaudible] we urge you to recommend the japanese ywca building designation as a local landmark to the board of supervisors. it is an important part of the historic fabric of san francisco which deserves to be recognized. thank you. >> clerk: great. thank you, so members of the public, this is last call for public comment. if you wish to speak or submit your testimony, please press star, three. i see one more additional request. >> hello. my name is karen kai, and i am a member of little friend's [inaudible] women's legacy project, and i am also a member of the board of directors of the asian pacific islander americans in historic preservation, a national organization that promotes historic preservation and cultural recognition throughout the nation, and this is really one of the wonderful legacy of not just the people who founded it, but their communities. and i want to thank frances mcmillan and wanda graves did for their work with the japanese community and the african american and the lgbtq community, as well. i want to thank [inaudible] little friends for their conscientious efforts to preserve the building. i trust and am confident that the commission has read the report, and i thank you very much for that, and i look forward to going on the board of supervisors to inform them about this building and the recommendation, which i'm hoping will be passed. i'm pretty sure it will, that this become one of san francisco's article ten landmarks. thank you. >> clerk: okay. final call for public comment. commissioners, i see no additional request to speak. public comment is now closed, and the matter is now before you. >> commissioner black? >> clerk: commissioner black, you're muted. >> as i mentioned last time, for so many reasons, this is such an important building. it's been the home to several groups important to san francisco history, the nikkei, the japanese women's movement, and it's an underrepresented landmark type. this'll be the second japanese landmark associated with japanese san francisco history. the building still maintains a highly level of integrity, and most importantly, it was designed by master architect julia morgan. it is really a sensational building and it is worthy of preservation under an article 10 landmark. >> you know, i agree with commissioner black, and i agree with this going to the board of supes and getting an article 10 -- becoming an article 10 landmark building. >> hear, hear. commissioner johnson? >> so i move we approve this and send it forward to the board of supervisors. >> i second it. >> second. >> clerk: great. seeing no further deliberation from commissioners, there's a motion that has been seconded to approve the landmark designation. on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: so moved, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously, 6-0, and that will place us on your final item on today's agenda, item 8, the citywide cultural services update. this is an informational presentation. is staff ready to make their presentation? >> yes. can you make susan parks the host, please? she will be presenting. >> clerk: i will make her the presenter. >> great. well, i'll kick us off. good afternoon, fellow historic preservation staff. so the department provided an update in early 2019, on this topic, and since that time, well, a lot has happened. as you know one of those changes is the preservation function in the department is balanced among three physical planners and myself. with that, i am the lead for the cultural resources survey as well as landmarks, supported by my very talents colleagues. as i noted in the annual reporting update from last month, it is anticipated that h.p.c. will be engaged in survey efforts quarterly following this meeting. during those updates, you will be introduced to additional staff who are also working on the survey efforts. today, we really plan to focus on a few key items: development of the historic citywide context statement, a framework of which is provided in your packet, survey advisory groups, including highlighting the next steps for staff, and the anticipated topics for our quarterly report in quarter one of 2021. i will hand it over to susan parks to update you, but first, i'd like to introduce her to the commission. she started as an intern in the summer of 2012 and then as a preservation planner with the department team in 2013. she worked on projects such as sunset surveys, african american, lgbtq, and gave frequent updates to the h.p.c. as the lead of the designation work program. we were able to welcome her back to the department in september 2019, and since returning from leave in may, she has been working solely on the social resources survey project, including historic context statement strategy, methodology, and will be the point person for managing the survey advisory group. i will now hand it off to susan to go through details of our presentation. thank you. >> clerk: you may be muted. >> can you hear me? >> clerk: there you go. yes, we can. >> good afternoon, commissioners. susan parks, planning staff. this is an update on our citywide survey? today, i'm going to take you through the historic complex statement that we've outlined. so starting with why do we need a historic context statement for this project? i've included a couple of quotes from the california department of historic preservation to answer that question, but the key takeaway from this are we're foundation within which we can make decisions related to the treatment and preservation of historic properties, and they determine how broad or narrow our focus should be. the o.h.p. emphasizes that an appropriate and adequate context statement will be we can move forward. they're not intended to be exhaustive academic exercises. they should be easily understood by professionals and nonprofessionals. so that is sort of an outline -- official outline to the entire context that will complete [inaudible] previously and then, the bullet points underneath that represent the themes that we've identified for those subcontexts. you'll see early residential development and earthquake shacks would fall under single-family residential context. and as we complete these documents, we'll bring them to this commission for review. looking forward into our context, we have government planning and fur as the context, public, private, and institutional developments, events that shape the city, and other categories. we do -- we've organized things in this way just to make the most of some of these context statements that we've developed, so anything you see bolded is something that we're either working on or we have worked on as a previous historic context statement. so we have the new deal down there at the bottom left, and that's intended to make the most use of the new deal historic context statement that's been in use for the next few use. it'll serve as a new era of context in the larger citywide historic context. we also have a second section on our cultural district heritage context statement. we do want to point out we've outlined an american indian historic context statement as a priority for us just because we want to recognize that community and give them the opportunity to have this documentation if that's something they decide they want. we also have previously adopted cultural context as per the j.h.f., "let it be" and filipino agenda, we have a a number of context, includie -- latino and filipino agenda, we have a number of contexts, including african american heritage and chinese american heritage, and we're working to rework the haight-ashbury article ten landmark designation into a multiple property nomination for the national register that would of ser -- serve as a counter cull terror context statement for us. and then, we also have a number of in-progress data that we're collecting internally. we have a number of spreadsheets that staff has collected over the years, including women's architects, a women's history project that we had [inaudible] jewish american context statement down the road. we have a subcontext on [inaudible] and then, we have the bulk of this context on architectural styles outlined into subcontexts including early [inaudible], italian styles, the edwardian era in the early 20 century, modern architecture, and as part of that, we're also compiling architects and developers biographi' biographies in order to tell a significant story about those people. so when the items come together, we'll be sharing it with the public. for a citywide survey, we expect that we need to evaluation things through a citywide perspective and a citywide evaluative frameworks. [inaudible] and the identification of potential neighborhood resources, but to fully understand significance and rarity and proliferation of them, we want to look at the styles of the city. we typically think of our neighborhoods in a much smaller way, which we're calling microneighborhoods, and we usually have some sort of ceqa or context survey related to these neighborhoods that we can use for reference -- historical reference and we'll provide in the end. you can see examples are bernal heights or castro where we've done a ceqa review. and how do we assemble all of this information, and how do we collect our findings? we are using a program called arches. you may remember this was presented to you in february of last year. just a high level of review of arches, it's a geospatially enhanced software that we're using. we've been working with the team behind arches to customize updates that should make all of this run smoother in our next pilot. as we survey, we'll be able to geolocate our photos and put building restrictions or anything that we want in the field, and we'll also be able to manage our data that we can input some of the data from the context state, and we'll be able to see that and then do our in-fill selection and also do some post survey research whe that can be traced back to the parcel. we'll be looking at individual resources across the he city, building structures, cultural futures. natural landscapes. we'll be collecting information on dates, landmarks, and architectural styles, and we'll be collect that go on a record called an instance in the arches database. we'll be able to link any related documentation that we come across in the process. we'll come back to you in the next quarter and talk to you a little bit more about our outreach and engagement strategy, but i do want to quickly highlight a few things for you today. we're currently working to set up a core survey advisory group set up with members from h.p.c. and the city family and other experts in the field who are particularly skilled in cultural heritage, planning, or equity related issues. our core side will stay us throughout the length of the survey, and then, our rotating side will be able to rotate in selects members of expertise, something like if they're experts on a particular neighborhood or community his torn or representative of particular neighborhood groups, they'll be rotated in as related topics are discussed. and marselle and i aren't the only ones working on this. we have a number of staff behind us reviewing documents and writing. we have consultants and interns who are working with us on this project. obviously, it is the historic preservation commission that will review our findings. they will review our documents and test our documents and review our frameworks. [inaudible] our own time and our cultural heritage methodology consultants. and then, of course, we have the public whose input is really critical in our research, particularly as we work to uncover sites related to cultural heritage and any assets the public thinks are special to them and unique. that's my portion of the presentation, and i'm going to turn it over to marselle, who can take you through the next steps. >> thank you. if you can progress the slides, that would be great. while waiting for her to move that slide forward -- thank you. so we are still making a lot of forward progress. under the action items are, you know, work that's continuing and [inaudible] now until our next update to you? as far as what we anticipate discussing with you at the next quarterly update, i discussed earlier in the dro are's report about the [inaudible] heritage methodology project that is underway. we will bring something to you at the next quarterly meeting? it's possible that he with may have a kind of final croft of the, you know, recommendations or it just may be a discussion to help guide us to the final product? as far as phasing, we do plan to discuss some modifications to the earlier phasing maps. it will balance our objectives with community sponsored context surveys and larger citywide contexts and their timing as well as balancing racial and social equity goals. for example, in working with the community, our goal is to bring the african american historic context statement forward for adoption. provide to that, we do need to conduct community outreach with the community, and so as part of that, we're hoping to be able to arrange outreach that may celebrate the african american historic context statement and then, you know, focus the phase one of the survey to include bayview and hopefully the western addition, as well, as kind of part of that overall community outreach. part of our work now is that we are preparing to kick off a pilot kind of very defined area of the sunset? you know, because that area has -- it all [inaudible] tracts that are consistent throughout the area, consistent construction base [inaudible], we feel that this will allow for a quick collection by staff and analysis that we can test the arches tools with the collection and database and test our methodology. and we also are in development with our community equity division as well as hopefully an outside consultant on preparing a community outreach and community engagement strategy that will help us not just promote and highlight the work of the survey but also design both passive and active opportunities for the community to provide us feedback. so whether that's community members, individuals submitting photos, documentation, etc., we plan to incorporate that into the website susan mentioned we're creating? but also, a more active posting events, whether that be focus groups or larger community outreach where we can engage with community about what is significant to them. so that is our update for now, we are happy to answer questions, and -- yeah, thanks. >> clerk: great. if that concludes staff presentation, and if there are no immediate questions from the commission, we should go to public comment. members of the public, this is your opportunity to submit your testimony related to this item by pressing star and three to enter the queue. we did receive some interest on this matter, and i do see it. i better this is miss sciutish. >> hi. my name is georgia sciutish, and i live on duncan street in noe valley. i sent in some photos about [inaudible] but i don't know if you got them. i live across from one out by the dolgers, according to the mary brown study, were building in 1927, and it's going to be basically obliterated in a remodel, and this came up to me because i saw in the mary brown it was used to make an art deco home that's just a few doors up from that, an a-rated home, so going back to the balfronts, that was the most common home design of their era. i've seen several in this area be totally remodelled and obliterated, and they're all really interesting buildings. i think they're unique to san francisco -- oh, there it is. so you can see that one. that's 578 elizabeth, the top picture, and that's what it's replaced now. i think that's sad because if you look at the detail, it's from architectural detail, it's from 35, which is a little out of the area that mary brown said it was built in. but that's the replacement, and out of value judgment, i think that's unfortunate. there's another one up in the 700 block of elizabeth, as well. the one this is on, it's really nice. it's on a lot 27 feet wide, which gives a little more opportunity to show the details in these buildings, and the balance. there you go. it's the gray one in the top other photo. you know, i know people like them when they're all together on 39, which was the first area in the mary brown study, or over on park. but on the east side of town, they were the predominant in-fill when these areas were finished being built out, horner's addition in particular. i wrote all of this to -- oh, there's the gray one at the top across the street from me, and it's going to go away. i'm really glad you're going to preserve the art deco one up the street -- or at least it's rated a, and i hope you'll preserve it. but the mary brown study, i hope will be used as you proceed, and look at the battle front, and consider them a unique significant san francisco architectural style. [inaudible] i think it shows it's san francisco, and i guess there are the bells, and thank you very much and good luck and take care and good-bye. >> clerk: okay. members of the public, this is your last opportunity to press star, three to get into the queue. seeing no additional requests to speak, commissioners, public comment is now closed, and the matter is now before you. >> great. thank you, jonas, if i may, i'll go ahead and go first this time. i just want to give a big shoutout to marselle and susan. this has been 25 years probably in the making, so to see this going forward, i am thrilled. i think you guys are doing a great job. the outline is looking good. on our next update, our quarterly update, i would like to see kind of an overall schedule. i know you have one, but if we could see that so we can kind of keep an eye on how we're moving along. and then, we had conversations a year or two ago about the phasing of the actual survey work and the priorities around which neighborhoods are being done when, so i'm not sure how that is being vetted. i know you've given us some updates, but i know it would be good for us to understand that. and then, i had two questions. one specific to the schedule, and that is, as we start assessing individual properties, when in this process will the determination be made as to many category b properties, if they're not going to be -- if we don't know it yet whether they're a, but we know that they're definitely c, when in that process does that determination get made? or do you have a sense? do you want to give that a try? >> sure. [inaudible], planning department staff. we'll have a more detailed schedule for you in the next meeting. it's made up of two components. which is the citywide his cork statement. second part is in the field data collection as well as subsequent data collection -- data collection that's required? so once we have those two components for a particular parcel, whether it's potentially significant individually or in a district, we will then be able to solidify our findings and then start bringing them to the historic preservation commission for review and adoption. one of the things about getting these done as we are facing significant housing and affordability issues, we're trying to understand which properties are historic, obviously, but really, those that are not so that the development pressures can be focused on those category c properties. that's what our pressure cooker issues are, so understanding when that might -- that information may be able to be available is going to be very helpful as we move forward. i do have one other question specific to the presentation. specific to the [inaudible] valley and upper market and castro areas, in the early kind of negotiations in these surveys and context statements, there was some discussion about the irish community that existed before the lgbt community, for example, in the castro, and i didn't see that on anyone's paperwork. is that something we might be looking at or that might come out of that, susan or marselle? [inaudible]. >> it's something that we talked about. it didn't quite make it on the list, but it's been a part of our internal conversations, for sure. i think we need to sort through some of these geographic contexts a little bit more to fully understand how much document we have on this community to learn how much of it is significant historically, but we may have it somewhere. we just need to make sure we fully understand it before we assign ourselves the task of making a new one. >> excellent. it's significant, and i look forward to progressing. >> i echo what commissioner hyland said about the years and years, certainly far exceeding my tenure here at the commission. i had a minor question. i see that the end date was 1989 on all of those categories, and referencing commissioner hyland's question, when do you start and stop? i know 20 years ago was when you said it up -- set it up, 198 wi 1989, but at the far end of completion, how do you keep this up to date to add the next chunks of time, and how often might you do it? is that, like, every decade do you add a decade? i just don't know how that might happen. overall, it's very impressive work, and i know from my work in the city as an architect, you know, having the base information before we started -- before we start a project, you know, will just be an incredible tool to really help out our work going forward, so that's -- this's all. just that question about how do you keep this up to date once it's there? >> i think i'll have to set up a system for how do we update it? we do anticipate there will be things that will run more into the [inaudible] past than others. 1989 was the earthquake and not very far from 1980, which would have been our 45-year mark progressing forward. so we acknowledged 1989, but realizing that certain things may run into the 1990s or 2000s regarding landmarks or civil rights, could run more recent. but for everything else, we will have to figure out a way to update it. >> and one other thing, it's just the -- i believe that the irish were also pretty prominent in the mission, so i think the irish actually -- you can call me johnny o'herlihy, there's some irish in me, but they played a pretty big role in building the city, as they continue to do now, so i think that's a big one in creating our built-in environment, is the irish in the city. thank you so much. >> commissioner matsuda? >> thank you, and welcome back, susan. so good to see you. >> thank you. >> [inaudible] and one question. i think i mentioned this in our discussion about intangible heritage assets, but the city library, the public library, the main branch conducted this survey called shades of california, and that's where normal, every day people, people who don't know anything about preservation, people who don't know anything about community building or advocacy or anything, were allowed to bring photos in to be conned. they could -- scanned. they could have been photos of their families, they could have been photos of their neighborhoods, they could have been photos of their businesses, but that would give you a look at people and places of san francisco that people might not have a lot of knowledge about. los angeles published a book, and it was really great for us to go into kind of the many microneighborhoods that you were talking about because there's really no other way we were able to get that kind of information. and my question is about, you know, the commission -- both the planning commission and the h.p.c. passed a resolution about making racial equity a priority, and i just want to make sure that is a part of this, as well. there are many groups that represent communities of collar that i think need to be recognized and recognized appropriately in these neighborhoods, and i just want to make sure that that land is also incorporated as part of this, but thank you. >> i lo [inaudible]. >> i love that you outreached to the different community subcommittees in our city, and i wanted to bring up part of it [inaudible] that is something that most people, when we talk about chinese at all, it's just about chinatown because it's earned its rightful place. chinatown in san francisco is the trailblazer for what is chinatown. but we can talk about chinese american architecture, which is a different evolution? i'd like you to reach out to the chinese historical association of america. they have well documented different types of architecture and what are the symbol for it? i just love that stuff. you can call me, too, if you like. i also wants to bring up that -- with the cultural lens that commissioner matsuda brought up. there are so much more ethnic groups that makeup san francisco. for example, the filipino americans, they were contributing a lot in the american history. i don't know too much about it, but i know that some of the buildings that were being designated by landmark for either their cultural significance or design itself, i'd like to -- i'm sure that there are many more that we need to kind of make sure that we reach out to -- having all the community -- having all the history heard and voices documented. lastly, a shoutout that we need to go through and identify all the women architects in san francisco, which is sweet. i'm a basit younger than the cutoff line, but i'd like you to not just include women, but also lgbtq architects that are signature. i know being in this field, being a woman is difficult, but i think being lgbtq is also rare, and i think that san francisco is one of the few cities that would embrace their practice and make them feel welcome here. and i would like to see if we have any that have any significant contributions to the city. and i look forward to see the next update, and just great job. i'm really excited, and i'm really happy. this is instrumental, and it's a milestone that i would like to share to my communities of architects and also asian americans. thank you. >> excellent. commissioner black? >> i just want to echo my fellow commissioners. this is such an interesting and exciting process, and as someone who was on the staff end of things for 30 years, you guys should be really proud of what you've done. i know how hard it is to do this, and you're wading through competing objectives and staff changes, and this matter little matter called covid, and funding challenges, so i guess it. it's really hard to do something like that. so congratulations, and i'm really excited about moving forward. >> and commissioner johns? >> well, thank you. i wanted to echo all the wonderful things that my other fellow commissioners have pointed out about this. i did notice, of particular interest to me, what is the san francisco jewish community. i did notice in there that apparently some work is planned with the jewish community in the russian context statement, and i just want to point out that that might not be the most productive line of inquiry since eastern europeans and russian views were really in a very small minority in san francisco until very recently, the 1970s. but there has been an enormous amount of work done on the history of the jewish community in san francisco and, indeed, the entire west and its development, so if there's an opportunity, i could certainly participate in that and introduce part of the staff to an enormous and very, very rich legacy. so you're to be congratulated on this really wonderful report. thank you. >> marselle? thank you. >> hi. if i could just address a few things, that would be really excited. i think that commissioner matsuda noticed the statement of california. just want to let you know that we do have a relationship with the city archivist, so figuring out how to do two things. you know, learn how they were able to look at communities as safely and securely, you know, obtain that information is, you know, one key area we're working with them on. and then, figuring out how to share the information that the department collects with the library as well as utilize their resources is a great point. i also wanted to just note about commissioner so was noting about the chinese historical society? we actually have been working for a few years on a chinese american historic context statement, which we are working with a consultant to do some final work, and we've been working with a community-based author as well as pam wong from the historical society. so they are involved in this product. right now, we're working on just some further expansions to ensure that it is inclusively citywide context. it's focused on chinatown, some on richmond and sunset, and we're ensuring that it does have that citywide element to it, and those are my comments. i think commissioner johns, it would be -- i think we would really appreciate your background on the jewish american stories, so you will likely be communicating with susan probably more on that, so thank you. [please stand by] . >> clerk: great. if that concludes that item, that was just informational, that will conclude your agenda today. while i have your attention, commissioners, just to give you a heads up, i tried to move the legacy business applications from your december 2 hearing date, that there seems to be one that has at least some time sensitivity associated with it, so that first hearing in december will be extremely short, but we will still [inaudible]. >> excellent. well, thank you for trying, and thank you, everyone. i guess we are adjourned, so stay safe, stay well. >> clerk: happy thanksgiving. >> happy holidays, everybody. >> happy holidays. it. >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their shop & dine in the 49 within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services in the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so we're will you shop & dine in the 49 chinatown has to be one the best unique shopping areas in san francisco that is color fulfill and safe each vegetation and seafood and find everything in chinatown the walk shop in chinatown welcome to jason dessert i'm the fifth generation of candy in san francisco still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the pot pals that's why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art we will explain a walk and they can't walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. >> beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is - i really appreciate they love this art. >> from the cantonese to the hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you don't have to go far. >> small business is important to our neighborhood because if we really make a lot of people lives better more people get a job here not just a big firm. >> you don't have to go anywhere else we have pocketed of great neighborhoods haul have all have their own uniqueness. >> san francisco has to all >> my background is in engineering. i am a civil engineer by training. my career has really been around government service. when the opportunity came up to serve the city of san francisco, that was just an opportunity i really needed to explore. [♪] [♪] i think it was in junior high and really started to do well in math but i faced some really interesting challenges. many young ladies were not in math and i was the only one in some of these classes. it was tough, it was difficult to succeed when a teacher didn't have confidence in you, but i was determined and i realized that engineering really is what i was interested in. as i moved into college and took engineering, preengineering classes, once again i hit some of those same stereotypes that women are not in this field. that just challenged me more. because i was enjoying it, i was determined to be successful. now i took that drive that i have and a couple it with public service. often we are the unsung heroes of technology in the city whether it is delivering network services internally, or for our broadband services to low income housing. >> free wi-fi for all of the residents here so that folks have access to do job searches, housing searches, or anything else that anyone else could do in our great city. >> we are putting the plant in the ground to make all of the city services available to our residents. it is difficult work, but it is also very exciting and rewarding our team is exceptional. they are very talented engineers and analysts who work to deliver the data and the services and the technology every day. >> i love working with linda because she is fun. you can tell her anything under the sun and she will listen and give you solutions or advice. she is very generous and thoughtful and remembers all the special days that you are celebrating. >> i have seen recent employee safety and cyber security. it is always a top priority. i am always feeling proud working with her. >> what is interesting about my work and my family is my experience is not unique, but it is different. i am a single parent. so having a career that is demanding and also having a child to raise has been a challenge. i think for parents that are working and trying to balance a career that takes a lot of time, we may have some interruptions. if there is an emergency or that sort of thing then you have to be able to still take care of your family and then also do your service to your job. that is probably my take away and a lot of lessons learned. a lot of parents have the concern of how to do the balance i like to think i did a good job for me, watching my son go through school and now enter the job market, and he is in the medical field and starting his career, he was always an intern. one of the things that we try to do here and one of my takeaways from raising him is how important internships are. and here in the department of technology, we pride ourselves on our interns. we have 20 to 25 each year. they do a terrific job contributing to our outside plant five or work or our network engineering or our finance team. this last time they took to programming our reception robot, pepper, and they added videos to it and all of these sort of things. it was fun to see their creativity and their innovation come out. >> amazing. >> intriguing. >> the way i unwind is with my photography and taking pictures around the city. when i drive around california, i enjoy taking a lot of landscapes. the weather here changes very often, so you get a beautiful sunset or you get a big bunch of clouds. especially along the waterfront. it is spectacular. i just took some photos of big server and had a wonderful time, not only with the water photos, but also the rocks and the bushes and the landscapes. they are phenomenal. [♪] my advice to young ladies and women who would like to move into stem fields is to really look at why you are there. if you are -- if you are a problem solver, if you like to analyse information, if you like to discover new things, if you like to come up with alternatives and invent new practice, it is such a fabulous opportunity. whether it is computer science or engineering or biology or medicine, oh, my goodness, there are so many opportunities. if you have that kind of mindset i have enjoyed working in san francisco so much because of the diversity. the diversity of the people, of this city, of the values, of the talent that is here in the city. it is stimulating and motivating and inspiring and i cannot imagine working anywhere else but in san >> hi. i'm chris mathers with channel 19, and you're watching coping with covid-19. today, i'm going to be talking about exercising during the pandemic. first, i'm going to tell you what i've been doing, and then i'm going to be checking in with some friends and family. i've been riding my bike. all i take is a pair of gloves and a mask if i come into contact with anyone. i try to ride my bike during the time i'm sheltering in place. i try to ride for at least 30 minutes. surfing is my other regular outdoor activity. california state guidelines recommend you don't drive more than ten minutes for a spot to exercise, and although i'm close to ocean beach, i'm a bit wary to go there, so i'm using the time to do some maintenance. filling in gouges and dings, and sanding it down. i'm also repairing holes in my suit. fellow sfgovtv producer chris took his first yoga lesson a couple of years ago and used to go to a class regularly before the lockdown. he and his wife set up a space in their garage for exercising. this routine is from an on-line class by power yoga. deann and andy have been using the ping pong table that they bought off craigslist and set it up in their back yard. ellie has been using this home gym to stay fit. it has everything she needed. and lastly, if the weather is bad outside, you can exercise your mind by doing a puzzle, sudoku, or just by reading a good book. here's a quick recap. since i started this episode, the guidelines have changed. for instance, jack may be able to go golfing with some restrictions. go to sf.gov to get the most up-to-date . >> president yee: of the 26 neighborhoods we have in west portal, it's probably the most unique in terms of a small little town. you can walk around here, and it feels different from the rest of san francisco. people know each other. they shop here, they drink wine here. what makes it different is not only the people that live here, but the businesses, and without all these establishments, you wouldn't know one neighborhood from the other. el toreador is a unique

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