And do you think. Its going to be. Its going to are so exciting, the meeting will come to order. This is the april 29th, 2024 rules committee meeting, and im going to start over just in case the meeting will come to order. This is the april 29th, 2024 rules committee meeting. Im supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. Im joined by Committee Vice chair shamann walton. And believe it or not, ladies and gentlemen, committee member, supervisor ahsha safai is on time today. Dont. That is just messing with you is fake news. Dont say that into the record. Our clerk is victor young and i would like to thank susie enos at sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes. Public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda. When your item of interest comes up and Public Comment is called, please line up to speak alternatively, you may submit Public Comment in writing in either of the following ways. Email them to myself. The rules Committee Clerk at victor argue young at sfgovtv. Org if you submit Public Comment via email, it will be forwarded to the supervisor and included as part of the file. You may also submit written comment via us mail to our office at city hall one doctor carlton b goodlad place, room 244, San Francisco, california, 94 102. Please make sure to silence all cell phones and Electronic Devices documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today are expected to appear at the board of supervisors agenda on may 7th, 2024, unless otherwise stated. That completes my initial announcements. Thank you so much. Can you please read item number one . Item number one is motion to approving rejecting the mayors nomination for the appointment of lydia su. Term ending june 30th, 2026 to the Planning Commission. Thank you so much. And miss zo is here. Joining us. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Chair ronen, supervisor safai and supervisor walton. First, id like to thank you for your continued support of my Public Service journey over the past decade. Im a chinese american immigrant from hong kong, a native cantonese speaker. I live in San Francisco more than half of my life. Im raising my child here in the mission and we love our city. As an architect, a problem solver, and a mom, i continue to build bridges and get things done on the commissions and nonprofit boards that i served. Most recently, my ten year serving on the sfmta board of directors. Has been a very illuminating and humbling experience. Im very proud that i know how to drive our muni electric bus, but besides that, i have to emphasize the dire situations were facing, the struggles we have on the streets are real. The fear of lack of Public Safety are real. People living at the last straw of their life before becoming homeless are super real. With all that said, i believe everyone deserves to feel safe. We deserve to have a sense of belonging and have a place to call home. Simply put it this way, everyone deserves to have a roof over their heads when i become a Planning Commissioner, i will prioritize my focus on improving our housing governance and policies to address our immediate needs and adapt to our future population growth. I Will Champion transit oriented mixed use Housing Development for affordable homes. I will embrace the significance of our communitys history and equity. I could not think of any more suitable commissions to serve with my unique skill sets. As an architect, real estate, land use urban planner i have hands on experience in transportation, Historic Preservation, affordable housing, public art, and Community Outreach all together. I hope that with the support of the board of supervisors and the Mayors Office, i am ready to get to work yesterday already. Thank you for your leadership and consideration to my appointment. Thank you. Well, thank you so much for your willingness to serve and everything youve already done for the city, let alone your willingness to do even more. Colleagues, do you have any questions . Supervisor safai no, i just want to say ive had some good conversations with, commissioner over the last few years. And so i think its nice when you have someone that brings a level of qualification that she has to the table, the work that shes done on at the Historic Preservation commission , being a licensed architect and planner and just, you know, being a mom, raising her kid in the city from all different perspectives, i think all of those things will add a significant, perspective of being an immigrant, being, bilingual, speaker. All of those things bring a unique perspective to the Planning Commission. Im happy to hear you say that. You youre interested in Transit Oriented Development and smart growth for our city. I think those are all really important factors. And so i look forward to supporting you and happy that youre going to be serving on the Planning Commission. Thank you for your willingness to serve. Thank you. Thank you. And well have more questions and comments after Public Comment. But right now im going to open this item up for Public Comment. Thank you. Thank you. Yes. Members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up to speak at this time. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes. There will be a soft chime when you have 30s left and a louder chime when your time has expired. We have, one person with accommodations online. Hello caller. Good morning. You may begin. Can you hear me . Yes, i can hear you. Thank you. Good morning, supervisors, chairman and supervisors. Safai and supervisor walton. My name is nancy, im here today in my personal capacity to speak in support of the nomination of lydia fell, and her confirmation. Ive had the pleasure of serving with, director. So that and the mta board of directors, for the duration of her term. And while im very sad to see her go, i think she is an ideal fit for the Planning Commission as she has laid out for you. She has a very unique skill set of understanding, Historic Preservation, but also in this time of the Housing Element and all the things that are before the Planning Commission, we need people who have Smart Transportation experience, and we will have had experience with mta as we tried to really fold in our Transportation System with our housing. Im thinking specifically about the west side and all of the developments that are hopefully be occurring there. We need people who know the west side, the transportation challenges of the west side. And so i believe that, director chau has that the , very unique and appropriate skill set for the Planning Commission and is the person we need, to be our next Planning Commissioner. So i urge you to approve her nomination. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any other speakers in the room who would like to make Public Comment on this matter . Please approach the podium and line up at this time. Good morning, honorable members of the committee, my name is doug chan, just to refresh your memory, ive served on a variety of commissions over four decades. And it. This morning, its particularly gratifying to speak in favor of a nominee who is so extraordinary, highly qualified, to perform, and to conduct the peoples business at the city Planning Commission during my presidency of the Chinese Historical Society of america, lydia sat on our building and grounds committee, and it is rare to have a nominee who has this combination of skills, both in terms of design, project management, a good feel for the economics, particularly for nonprofits in Capital Improvement projects. She also runs her own firm and i think has a great feel for the needs and concerns of Small Businesses. Shes an extraordinarily well qualified side, nominee who actually reflect the soundness of your process from the Historic Preservation commission, prior to that, on the art commission. Now, currently serving as a member of the board of directors of the sfmta. So you are getting a multidisciplinary, candidate, perhaps more important, and that is many, san franciscans. All they ask of city commissioners is to be fair and impartial jurors. And youre getting someone who is well attuned to the collaborative process and should be able to accommodate all the concerns of those, persons and parties who appear before the commission and its quasi judicial capacity. You will see no finer candidate for this commission. And im proud to support your forwarding her nomination for confirmation by the full board. Thank you. Good morning, commissioners. My name is rosa. I am a director of Community Planning and policy at Chinatown Community development center. And on behalf of ccdc, were very honored to support lydia on her nomination for the Planning Commission. We are very excited to have someone who is so Community Minded and through her experience and being in multiple commissions and her work, we think she is the perfect fit for the Planning Commission, through my time working with her, she has constantly put the community first, making sure that the community is constantly being outreach to and communicated to for every single project thats being worked on. And if there were any situations that arise that had problems, shes constantly finding a solution with the city and with the community to come together and find a joint solution that works for everyone. I think thats very hard to come by, i think constantly, its very hard to Balance Community and what the city needs. And she definitely does that very, very well, and in my time of working with her a lot, shes definitely very Community Active with us about every single project shes done. And i think with her experience with working with the Chinatown Community and the city in general, she just has so many experience and knowledge that she can bring forward to the Planning Commission that we havent seen in a very, very long time. And so were very excited to see her join the Planning Commission, especially as an api woman on the Planning Commission again. So thank you very much. And thank you for supporting her on this nomination. Morning, supervisors. You know, this is okay. I read it because its kind of early for me, as you guys know, right way early. So i want to read this. So my name is stephen lee. Im a Small Business owner and Community Leader in chinatown. I have known commissioner. So when i first started my own Public Service, in 2012, its amazing how many appointments and commissions and nonprofit boards she serves, i like to share a few things that i admire about commissioner. So first off, shes selfemployed, single mom, Small Business owner, and a founder of her own architectural management firm. Commissioner soul has a rich experience in design, urban planning and transportation. Before opening her business, she worked at a large, at a large and oldest american Architectural Firm in the country and was the first aapi woman to be promoted as a technical associate. Expanding her, engineering and design capabilities, and heres what i know commissioner soul believes in. She believes in housing for all, making neighborhood transit friendly, ways to fight Climate Change and Historic Preservation, and concerned about Public Safety, shes also, improved living environments, cultural equities and families of Business Owners in the bay area. Now that i share a working experience in the Aapi Community with commissioner soul before she was appointed to sfmta, we served together on. The portsmouth square garage board, where we actually worked on, less car break ins, financial, rebuilding and cleaning and beautification, also when she was on sfmtas or she is on the sfmta board, we worked on a lot of the miscommunications. Okay. Thank you. Oh, please support commissioner soul. Are there any additional speakers on this matter . There are no additional speakers. Thank you. Supervisor walton. Thank you so much, chair. Thank you so much, chair. Ronen. And again, just want to thank you, commissioner. So i remember when you first came to rules committee as a candidate to serve on the Historic Preservation commission. And i read about your qualifications, had a chance to talk to you. And like i said before, you were qualified then, and youre qualified now and just want to appreciate all the work that youve done for the city, serving on that commission and going on to mta board of directors, and now being willing to serve on the Planning Commission. Its a lot of work, working on the Planning Commission. But do look forward to working with you on making sure that our city is continue continuing to push towards equitable design and making sure that everyone can live here and benefit from San Francisco. So just want to thank you for being willing to serve. Thank you, supervisor safai. Thank you. Thank you. Its wonderful to hear some of your colleagues and other people in the Community Speak on your behalf. For all the tremendous work that youve done and the qualifications you bring. I just i would be remiss this morning, you know, given the citys mandate to do 82,000 units citywide and the steep climb that that is, you know, youre taking on this role, youre going to be one of the voices for how we lead and plan and achieve that goal. My question is, one of the things that the state came down and said is that theres a lot of internal barriers within the Planning Department. Theres things that the Planning Department has imposed on itself. And project sponsors as an architect has gone through that process. I know you know it intimately, but theres things that we need to remove as part of the internal review process that will help streamline the development of housing, that will help us to achieve those goals if its even achievable, 82,000 units over the next eight years. And some of it is our own barriers, some of its just the economy, right . The lending markets, the cost of construction. Investors are not investing in. Its something thats not unique to San Francisco, but i would like to hear you to speak a little bit about the internal barriers within the Planning Department that are self imposed, and what you might do to take on working to remove some of those to help streamline the development of housing and construction in the city. Thank you for the question. Supervisor ahsha safii. And thank you for all the amazing, comments about, me taking on to this journey, speaking of, how do i go about looking at internal organizations, i do believe that i have a pretty good track record of building consensus and also understanding different divisions had and team. What what are they working on so hard of . And then what are the areas where we can also streamline and , be able to more, be more efficient and cut down, continue to cut down more barriers. So i will look at the organizational, structures for the Planning Department. My understanding with my tenure there serving as a Historic Preservation commissioner, we, the Planning Department, had already reorganized itself three times. I think there might be a need to do more of this, and when i joined the Planning Commission, being able to see the entire department instead of just one division, and also there are a lot of interagency processes that we need to also tackle with. So its not just within just the Planning Department, but its all the other agencies that had, that had collaborations with to in order to get things done for example, is the Mayors Office of disability, dbi and dpw and sometimes its puc. And then if we got fortunate enough that we will have to also talk to pg and e. So i will do all of that, and i will be able to pick up the phone and also ask with the support and help with all the amazing talent we have in the Planning Department and also, each of your supervisors districts, your amazing legislative a is also be able to really be helpful to, chime in to, to get a collective processes of understanding where are there a lot of issues. But then we need to distill down to what are the most critical culprit. And then we need to focus on, bringing them down. Bring the barrier down. Thank you, thank you. Well, i am very excited to be supporting your nomination, and i just want to express my gratitude to you for being willing to serve again in this new role. And with all your experience on so many different city commissions, is it . I think itll itll be such an asset to the Planning Department that youll be able to understand the inner workings of how mta Historic Preservation, the Arts Commission work, and they all intersect with with your work on on the Planning Commission and the fact that your single mother living in district nine, you could not be a more perfect candidate for this supervisor. So it is my honor, to make a motion to remove the word rejecting from line three and from line 11 and move this to the full board with positive recommendation. Yes. On the motion to amend and recommend, as amended. Vice chair walton, i , walton i supervisor safai safai i chair ronan i ronan i the motion passes without objection. Thank you. Thank you for your support. Thank you so much. Mr. Clerk, can you please read item number two . Item number two is ordinance amending the administrative code to allow city departments to enter into and amend agreements for construction goods and services and Real Property leases with Government Entities without complying with solicitation requirements that would otherwise apply and without adhering to provisions of the municipal code that impose obligations on contracting parties as a condition to agreements with the city. Thank you. And super president peskin, would you like to make any comments . I want to thank you, madam chair, for scheduling this item and just briefly say that i think this responsibly removes some contracting barriers for agreements with other governmental entities. And while we have a host of provisions in a number of codes, that uses our buying power to effectuate, Public Policy goals, this ordinance would, as it relates to contracts between us and other governmental entities, eliminate and otherwise waive those provisions, this would be a benefit to a host of departments and i was convinced after hearing a wide range of examples, from Public Health and the airport and the Public Utilities commission about missed opportunities and opportunities that take too long and are otherwise thwarted, that this was a long overdue piece of legislation, and where we could take advantage of, the expertise of the United StatesGeological Survey for various work or work with other airports. In other cities that would be beneficial to our airport without, a set of bureaucratic hurdles, and with that, it is my pleasure to turn it over to jeremy spitz from the Public Utilities commission, who has a presentation. Thank you. Good morning, mr. Smith. Good morning, chair ronen. Good morning, supervisor walton. And thank you, supervisor peskin, president peskin, for sponsoring this ordinance. Were all very excited about it, as you said, im jeremy spitz with the sfpuc presenting on behalf of several departments and the sponsor. So as you know, departments often enter into agreements with other Government Entities such as caltrans, ucsf, bart, the National Park service, tsa, and on and on. As you can see on this slide, these agreements are generally for noncommercial purposes, such as mutual aid, regulatory requirements, or to support Critical Health or Education Services that only another Government Entity can provide. These other Government Entities are generally not willing to abide by all of the citys contracting requirements, or have their own governing law in the subject Matter Department s are required to obtain several waivers for each of these agreements, each of which takes significant staff time and resources. So the ordinance before you today proposes changes to the administrative code, enabling city departments to contract with other Government Entities without having to adhere to typical solicitation requirements. It proposes to remove obligations typically imposed on contractors engaging with the city, aiming to streamline processes and remove barriers to agreements with other government bodies. This ordinance allows the city flexibility to enter into an agreement with another Government Entity using the other Government Entities terms, if needed, and the process would be significantly simplified and shortened. The citys regular internal procedures relating to contracting authorities, such as budgeting, delegation of authority and approval would still be in effect, and it does not alter charter section 9. 118, so it would not change the agreements that come to the board. Just to give you a sense of the universe of agreements that were talking about here, we worked with the City Administrators Office to pull some data. There were about 540 intergovernmental contracts within the last five years by 29 departments. The median value of these contracts is 200,000. And the total of all of them was 2. 3 million. So were not talking about a huge chunk of anyones budget. These are very narrow and specific agreements for specific services that only these other Government Entities can provide. And as you can see on this slide, the majority of these agreements over the last five years were with other cities and counties, all of which were in california or all of which were in california, and the majority of which are our neighbors in the bay area. The rest are state or federal agencies, educational institutions such as city college and ucsf, and regional entities like bart, the housing authority, the bay conservation and development commission, the transbay joint powers authority. And to conclude, were talking about a very small set of agreements here that would not otherwise be going to private contractors, the ordinance before you is intended to be a time saving, Good Government reform, and with that, i am here to answer any questions. Im also joined by several colleagues from sfo, who are here to answer questions as well. Thank you very much. Fantastic. Thank you so much, supervisor walton. Thank you. Chair. Ronen, thank you so much for the presentation. And i do want to just appreciate the briefing that i did receive on this. I had concerns, until i fully understood, but i do just want to make sure and make clear that this doesnt let private contractors off the hook for any labor requirements or Community Benefits requirements that we have here in the city. Thank you, supervisor, for the question through the chair. Correct, these would not have any impact on any contracts with any private contractors. I dont think theres any more questions. So thank you so much for your presentation. Thank you very much. And we can now open this item up for Public Comment. Yes members of the public who wish to speak on this item should speak at this time. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes. Are there any speakers for Public Comment on this matter . I do not see any speakers at this time seeing none. Public comment is closed. I want to thank president peskin and the puc and all the city departments for bringing this forward. I am so in favor of removing bureaucracy when it no longer serves a meaningful purpose and im thrilled to join, this this measure as a cosponsor. Please and i think we need to do more of this type of work that, you know, we might have placed a extra bureaucracy on something at some point that served a purpose. But when our departments are all coming to us , telling us that it does not serve a purpose anymore, then we need to save time and money and get rid of that bureaucracy. So i appreciate this legislation and, im happy to make a motion to send this item forward to the full board with positive recommendation. Thank you, madam chair. Yes. On that motion, vice chair walton i walton i supervisor safai safai i chair. Ronen i ronen i that motion passes without objection. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you, president peskin. Thank you. Mr. Clerk, can you please read item number three . Item number three is an ordinance approving a Surveillance Technology policy for the San Francisco municipal transportation agency. Use of Driver Safety video analytics. Thank you. And we have sohail warsi here to present. Good morning. Hi. Good morning everyone. My name is suhail warsi and ill be presenting our video safety Driver Safety video analytics policy. So just to describe what the technology is, this Technology Uses the audio and the video, in our, vehicles, what it does is it just triggers a, the recording of the audio and the video whenever there is a predefined, events are triggered, for example, if a driver has a sharp turn, the g forces will be taken into account. And based on that, it will start the recording process. If theres a sudden stop, it will also record that because these are all the events that are already preprogramed in the system, if a driver is using the cell phone while they are also operating the vehicle, it will also record that information as well. So there are different triggers that that initiates, and then it records that, this technology is currently is in place. And all of our rubber tire, we are in the process of developing an rfp to introduce the same technology in our lrvs as well. Just to give you an example, this is the example. As you can see, that there are two cameras facing one, for the drivers side capturing, the driver and also the point of view of the driver. What driver sees as well from, front facing camera. This is, the report that we get in pdf format, that identifies the drivers name, the event number vehicle that the drivers were driving. What triggered that event, the behavior and then the our contractor puts their comments saying that this is what they think happened. And, sfmtas staff reviews that. And based on that, make the decision that it is really happened or it is something that needs to be further investigated, the use case, again, it is there to identify the collusion dynamics, causation. And the other factor, investigate passenger fall event , exploring a potential safety improvement. Also infrastructure because when the vehicle is just driving around our city, we also check to see if the trees are kind of blocking, any signage, for example, or anything that needs to be fixed. We also get that information as well, also review any customer complaints, as well in there, identify any operator training issues because again, all of this, the main purpose is to train the operator also at the same time commend them for their Good Behavior at the same. And also theres a opportunity for training also provide that as well. With regards to the life cycle of this technology, the collection happens only when an event happens. This is all predefined event. Like i said earlier, it will be the gforces. For example, certain stop of the vehicle sharp turns, anything that you can think of, we have programed it there and it just triggers only for that. And this recording is only not more than 12 seconds, so it records, let me confirm that. I think its, eight seconds before the event happens. And. The four seconds after that event happens. So the total of 12 seconds that it records. So it doesnt record anything beyond that. So its not really quite Surveillance Technology. Its more of the kind of see where event happened and see how we can investigate and make things better for the future. So that is the collection process, and also when the events trigger with regards to sharing of the data, we have identified, staff member within the department that uses their unique password to log into the system and see that we also do share this internally with the sfpd, if it is requested, City Attorneys Office and public defender. However, we do not share this outside of our city and county of San Francisco unless there is a subpoena issued to us then within the range. If we have that record, then we do share that, retention, we keep all of the data for 365 days. And the pdf version that i showed earlier where it was showing all the drivers information, vehicle information, we keep that longer because not really quite pii, personal identifiable information is just that event happened and we are keeping that, to investigate and to any disciplinary action, for example, if we need to take so with regards to disposal of this data on the 366 day, we get rid of all the data. So we dont really keep that. And again we are talking about only the 12 seconds of data. Not more than that. But we keep it for 365 but 366 day. We delete that, the data is stored of course, in the local sd, drive and download it on the 24 hour basis from the vendors cloud, we have, introduced this, technology went through the same, back in january of 2023. We got approval from them, on february 24, 2023. We also presented this policy to the committee on Information Technology on april 20th, 2023. And it was also recommended to bring it to the board here. With that, i have my colleagues as well to answer any questions that you may have about this technology. Thank you so much, colleagues. Any questions . No. Is there i just have one question. Is there any, anybody opposing this legislation at all that you know of, there was some, changes that were suggested by the pccep. It was more like we were using very generic or very kind of wide term saying that we dont see that there will be any impact. And they say change it a little bit to say that potentially. So we just change those words. But other than that it was approved. Okay, i think its very thoughtfully done. And i just want to appreciate that its potentially used to commend drivers who are particularly successful in, in a, in incidents and for those training purposes as well. I, i think that oftentimes we use all this Surveillance Technology only as, you know, something to reprimand workers. But i really, really appreciate the fact that you included also commending workers for the fabulous work they do every day. So i just wanted to appreciate that. Thank you, and we can now open this item up for Public Comment. Yes. Members of the public who wish to speak on this item would speak at this time. Each speaker will be allowed to allow two minutes. Are there any are there any speakers on this matter . There do not appear to be any Public Commenters on this matter. Public comment is now closed, mr. Clerk, id like to make a motion to send this item to the full board with positive recommendation. Yes. On that motion, vice chair walton, i walton i supervisor safai safai i chair. Ronen i ronen i the motion passes without objection. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you so much, mr. Clerk. Are there any other items on the agenda . 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Medina [ music ] the two largest bridges in the road, symbolizing pioneer and courage in the conquest of space and time. Between these two great bridges, in historic San Francisco bay, heres tribute to the achievements of our time. Hes a dream come true, Golden Gate International exposition on manmade Treasure Island. The 402 acre Artificial Island was build by engineers from 1936 to 1937 on the neighboring buena island. 300,000 tons of rock was used to build a seawall around an existing sand ball then followed by filling the interior with dredge material from the bay which was consistent of modern sand. The federal government paid for construction ask three permanent buildings which would serve as a potential future airport. Treasure island was constructed at the same time as the bay bridge and it was a project of Works Progress administration to construct this island, which was initially used to host the Golden Gate International exposition. Carnival gone big. It was busy. It was going to become an airport after the exposition but it was turned over to the navy and turned over to a military base for the next 50 years. 1941, the United States army moved to Treasure Island as america prepared for world war ii. The island was a major training and Education Center with 4. 5 million personnel shipped overseas from triangle. After the war ended in 1945, Treasure Island was slalthed to be an airport slated to be an airport but aviation changed and the clipper were no longer in regular service, and the island was never developed as an airport. The navy continued their presence on Treasure Island. During the cold war years, the island was a myth Training Center and for military efforts throughout the pacific and asia. Personnel trained on and shipped from Treasure Island and supported military activities in korea, vietnam and the persian gulf. The base was listed for closure by the navy in 1993 and the city began a process in 1994 under the redevelopment agency, forming a citizens Reuse Committee to look at potentially plans for the island, islands future. After the base closed in 1997, the Treasure IslandDevelopment Authority was created to develop and implement a reuse plan. The navy has completed their environmental cleanup in that area and last week, the California Department of Public Health issued a radiology unrestricted recommendation for that portion of side 12. Its a big milestone for the project. The Treasure IslandDevelopment Facility was setup to implement the master plan that was adopted by the board of supervisors in 2011. Given the importance of housing in the city, both the affordable component and the market rate housing, we felt that it was important to review what the housing plan is at Treasure Island. The Development Facility and indiscernible that oversees the implementation of the master plan to make sure that the master plan, which was adopted by the board of supervisors and adopted by the city and after meeting, thats plan that the city approved. The members of the board was appointed by the mayor and the board of supervisors. [multiple voices] the indiscernible is very detailed plan. Looking at the ecological aspects of the island, looking at the geotechnical aspects of the island, but also making sure that there is an ongoing of development thats in keeping with what the original plan was, which is that we have up to 8,000 rooms of housing and theres retail and hotels. But also that there is open space thats created so its an overall plan that guides the whole development of Treasure Island and the buena island. Materials used during the construction of Treasure Island severely compromises the integrity to build structures. In todays geotechnical engineers standing, Treasure Island soil is being readdressed for soil stabilization for future development. A mechanical stabilization process is being used to consolidate the liquid fashion of the mud and sandy soil. Because Treasure Island is a manmade island, we have to do a significant amount of soil improvement before we can build new infrastructure and New Buildings on the island. In the foreground, you see here, its a process called surcharging we we import additional topsoil to simulate the dead weight of the future buildings to be constructed at that site. So this is causing bay mud that underlies island to consolidate over time and we can monitor that and as that consolidation primarily consolidation is complete, then this soil will be removed to the intended finished Floor Elevation of the new structures. [ music ] in the 1989 loma earthquake, the ground level of this island dropped by four inches. Pretty much uniform across the island. Loose sand material used to build the island, whether it gets hit by a seismic forces, the sand moves and consolidated. One of the processes to further stabilize the loose granular ground, a dynamic rate is used to densify the soil by High Frequency mechanical vibrations. The rig in the background has four hpiles that goes down through the upper 50 feet of sandy material and as they vibrate, they vibrate causing that san material to consolidate and settle so as we do that process, we observe about 18 inches in settlement so the ground level around that equipment will drop by 18 inches, so this causes that same type of event to happen through mechanical means rather than through a seismic event. The dynamic vibrant compaction rate vibrates the soil every four square meters and moved along to the next section. To further assure stability, tamping is followed around the site, compassion takes approximately three to four months to complete 12 acres. Once the compassion and tapping is done, its settled ask using laser alignments to assure a Level Service to build on. I think that every city when they have the opportunity to do something that is as large as Treasure Island because Treasure Island is five Hundred Acres and it depends on their needs at that time and in 2011 to now, the most important are thing for the city is housing. Theres two aspects to that master plan. One, was the new district for San Francisco. 8,000 units of housing, which is all levels of stability. The other indiscernible is 300 acres of open space and parks. And actually, its the largest addition to the park system in San Francisco since indiscernible 300 acres and this is a tremendous gift to the public, both the housing, which we desperately need in San Francisco as well as an open space and park system which really is going to be worm class and it will attract people in San Francisco but attract people locally as well as internationally. Cmg architecture was brought to the project once they award the agreement between the city of San Francisco and the United States navy. Cmg has earned National Recognition and numerous awards for merits and design, social impact and environmental stewardship. We were a part of the project in the beginning when the developer initially was awarded the exclusive negotiation agreement or the ena with the city and they partnered with the planning and Architecture Group and we joined that team to work with the developer around the city and community to come up with a plan for Treasure Island. So theres quite a lot of open space in the master plan and theres a couple of reasons for that thats pragmatic. One is that the amount of area that could be converted for private use on Treasure Island was very limited, actually it wasnt allowed at all because Treasure Island was previously public open waters and protected by the tidal and trust act to be redevelop for public use. But there was a land swap that was allowed and approved by the governor of california, governor schwarzenegger to be put on a public trust for a one to one swap to be taken out of the trust to be developed for private use such as residential and that amount of land was 89 acres which leaves a bunch more space that cant have housing on it and the question was, what to do with all of that space . There could be other public uses that allowed such as Conference Centers or museums or universities or things of that nature but what made the most sense for this location was to have more parks in a really robust parks and open space plan and thats what led us to the plan we have now. Planting strategies for Treasure Island and buena island are to maximize habitat value in the park areas wherever appropriate and where we can to create comfortable at the pedestrian scale. There are these diagonal lines that go across the plan that youll see. Those are wind row trees like you see in agricultural landscapes where they are tall tree thats buffer the winds to create a more calm areas down at the pedestrian scale. So of course, we do have some areas where we have play fields and surfaces where kids need to run around on and those will be either lawns or like you see in norm at sports field. Related to where the housing is on the island and its convenience to the walk to the transit hub, i mentioned were trying to create highquality pedestrian and the innovations of Treasure Island is called the shared public way and its a road that runs down the middle of the neighborhoods. Its a curbless street, cars are allowed to drive on it but pedestrian can walk down the middle of the street and the cars are to yield the rightofway for pedestrian and its intended for streets where theres a low traffic volumes and the traffic speeds are low so while car was allowed, theres not a lot of reasons for cars to go on that street but its to create a social street thats much more pedestrianfriendly and prioritizes pedestrians and bikes. One of the interesting things is working with all architects that have been designing buildings in the first phase to encourage them, to create architecture that welcomes people to sit on it. Its wlm like sticking its toe out and asking someone to sit on its toe so buildings integrate public seating and places for people to hang out at their base, which is really, the opposite of what you see often times in this city where theres defensive architecture thats trying to keep people off it. This is architecture thats trying to invite people to come and inhabit it at its base. Incorporated in the Landscape Architect of Treasure Island are wetlands, which are designed to factor in coastal Erosion Control from incoming Sea Level Rise and natural animal habitation and stormwater runoff treatment. Theres different kinds ever wetlands planned for Treasure Island and they have different purposes. They are stormwater wetlands thats treating the runoff from the island and filtering that water before its released to the bay to improve the Water Quality in the bay and the ocean and the first phase of the large wetland infrastructure is built on buena island to treat the storm water from buena island. We might see that when we go out there. There are tidal wetlands plan for the northern side of the island where the Sea Level Rise adaptation and flood protect for future Sea Level Rise is held back away from the edge of the island to allow Sea Level Rise to come onto the island to create future tidal wetland which is helpful for the bay in the future as we see sea level wise flood out existing wetlands and there are some natural vernal pool in the wetland thats captured rainwater and capturing certain habitat so theres three purposes of the wetland primarily around Water Filtration and habitat creation. Consumable sustainability was incorporated in the redesigning of Treasure Island. Innovative urban farming is included in the plans to foster economic viability, conservation of water, and to promote ecological sustainability. The urban farm is 20 island. And its a commercial farm to produce food. Its not community where the volunteers and neighbors grow their own, its commercially run to maximize the Food Production and that food will be distributed on the island. And interestingly, the urban farm is tied into the on island Wastewater Treatment plan which creates recycle use for water on the island so water used to grow the island will be a sustainable force and were trying to close the loop of water, food, and create a new model for sustainability. Part of the design for sustainable landscape was incorporate natural form water garden filtering systems, the first of three natural stormwater gardens is here on buena island. And a total of ten will be on Treasure Island. Water from storms, street runoffs from neighborhoods has the possibility to collect toxic materials as it makes its way back into the surrounding bay. This garden has been a model for future, natural filtering systems through out the bay area. Whenever a storm comes through, all of the water, you know, it lands on the streets, it lands on the top of the buildings, and at times it often collects a lot of heavy metals and greases and it needs to be cleaned and before sent back into the back. It goes into the pipes and stormwater drainage and put into our stormwater basin and then all of the plants and soil youre seeing in there, they are acting as a filter for all those oils and heavy metals and greases and all things thats coming off the roadways, coming off the development and so its treated here in the storm water basin and then its sent out into the bay as a clearer product and cleaner water which increases our Water Quality here and throughout the bay area. So the structure in the center of each basin is what we call the for bay. Thats the point at which the stormwater exits out of the storm drainage system and into the stormwater basin itself. So the for bay is shaped as almost a gate to kind of push all water out through the pipes, all of those rocks help to disburse it before its sent into the stormwater basin itself. The storm water basin was designed to fill up to the height of the berm of the side youre seeing here. So this is juncus and these are wellknown fresh water grasses found in any place around the bay area that you find standing water or in a drainage channel, youre going to find a lot of these junket species. This is a leave a lifter in the bio treatment. It soaks up a lot of water, to soak up the contaminants and heavy metals, so its kind of our backbone species. This one is called douglas siana and the common name is mug war. Its a beautiful plant but doing the heavy lift and pulling, those contaminants out of the storm water and pulling oil to help treat the water before its sent back into the system and back into the bay. This plant is known as salvia or hummingbird sage. It has a lot of habitat value in that its a strong pollinator plant. Obviously, you can see the pink and purple flowers which come up in the springtime and attracts a lot of hummingbirds, a lot of bees which help to pollinate the other species within the garden and throughout the rest of the island and all of those native plants. All of these plants are designed to be able to take a heavily inundation of water over a several day per like standing water for a long time. All of the plants can withstand that and honestly, thrive in that condition. So all of these were selected based on the ecological and habitat value but also their treatment and functional value for stormwater. This is super tiny. Its very much a big part of our design and master plan for the development of the island. It was a navy base and a lot of navy housing on this island specifically for around 80 years and during that time, a lot of innovative species were introduced on the island, eucalyptus, a lot of different european and algerians plants were on the island. We wanted to bring in the native eye college here on the island before the navy started to redevelop it and introduce some of those Invasive Species so the species youre seeing in this stormwater garden in the basin and the upland area was a part of those types of ecology s thats trying to be returned to this side of the island but different other spaces through out the islands development. So whenever we started this process, we identified a number of species of native plants that seem applicable to the ecology that were trying to grow. Theres 45 species, so a theres 15 species so they are hard to find in the nursery trade so we needed to grow it ourselves to achieve the biodiversity thats in the design here. As a part that have process, we brought on a Nonprofit Group called ledge, leg which is literacy for environmental justice. They grew those plants and put together the plant palates you see. Most of landscape was inundated with Invasive Plant species eradicating species and having the plan on buena island and Treasure Island. Literacy for environmental justice, a Community VolunteerEducational Program involved with restoring local habitats and preserving San Franciscos unique bio tie varsity, teamed up with the Redevelopment Group to grow the 50,000 native plants to to repopulate Treasure Island. The city of San Francisco set up meetings between leg and they came in with high expertise and urban design, and architecture, and Green Infrastructure, but they really hadnt worked with flytive plants worked with native plants at scale and they were also kind of scratching their heads, like how are we going to grow 50,000 native plants from remnant native plant populations. It was a unique partnership of figuring out what plants can grow, what plants will function in stormwater gardens. Not all native plants are ascetically pleasing to Landscape Architect, so we kind of worked around what plants are going to be pleasant for people, what plants are going to provide habitat, what plants are going to actually be able to sequester carbon, deal with erosion, preserve the island biodiversity as well as be able to manage all of these stormwater treatment on the island. Theres about 33 naturally occurring native plant species that survived the last one hundred years on yorba buena island. We were able to go in and get the seed and salvage plants in some cases, some of the Development Work that occurred was actually going to destroy native Plant Habitat and we went in before the bulldozers and before the roads were build and the new water tanks were installed and dig them up, divide them, hold them, of the 50,000 plants we grew 40,000 of them inhouse and the other ten, we had to rely on our partners to do it. With the 50,000 plants we did, we did 100 species and 95 of them are from the county of San Francisco. About the other five are from the state of california. But the other 95 species really are the native plants that have been here for thousands of years. We used Collection Sites such as angel island, the presidio had genetics for the projects in San Francisco. We used remnant Plant Habitats at Hunters Point and we used a lot of genetics from san bruno mountain. Just to collect and process all of the genetics was a twoyear process. And then it was about a two or three year process to grow all the species. This is the infamous its a low, growing sprawling native herb and its in the mint family and im rubbing my hands on this and its extremely aromatic. It feels like a flush of peppermint just came across my face. Its edible. You can make tea out of it. Its a great digestive plant for settling your stomach. It has been cool to introduce yerba buena to yerba buena. This plant is called dutchmans pipe. When in bloom, the flower looks like a dutchmans pipe. And another thing thats unique about this plant is, its the whole specific plant for the pipeline swallow tail butterfly. So some butterflies are able to adapt to other species and can use larva and food from different species. In the county of San Francisco, theres only about three or four healthy populations of this plant. These particular plants were going to be destroyed because of the Green Infrastructure project needed to put pipes in and needed to demolish all water tanks and build new water tanks for the island, so we were able to go in, dig them up, cultivate them, extrapolate dozens of plants into hund hundreds of plants and restore it through the restoration process. One day one of my nursery managers was down here and she found the pipeline butterfly have flown over from Yerba Buena Island and came to our nursery on Treasure Island and was breeding on this plant. And successfully did its life cycle inside of our nursery. So, it . How that butterfly knows its out there and find it, this is one of those unique things that we cant explain why butterflies can find this species but if we grow it and put it in the right location, they will return. So the plants were looking at here is faranosa known as just dedlia or live forever. The construction is it work happen nothing that area, its likely to be destroyed. A unique thing about this plant and the unique succulents we have in california and the live forever plant can live to be 150 years old. Recently, the state of california just did special legislation to protect this plant. I think in its intact population on the island, theres less than 50 of them, so to be able to grow several hundred of them and have them be a part of the plant palate of the stormwater gardens that was installed recently is an increase of biodiversity and a step forward towards protecting the natural legacy of the island. I moved to Treasure Island in 1999. I believe i was one of the first residents on the island. I have seen how the island has been destroyed and reconstruct since its beginning to restore the island to its native form is extremely important to me because that will help all the animals come back to the island and make this place even a better place to live. I want to be here because these are people i know, so that was my first thing is just, like, i wanted to come here to help out and be with indiscernible and to actually put my hands in dirt. I feel like we as people dont work in army we dont see the benefits of plants, like, but i just learned about a plant that if you rub it enough, it turns into soap. Thats cool. And we need those things. We need to know about those things. One really unique thing about this project is the scale. To use 50,000 native plants over 7 acres is a scale we have never seen. It really is trailblazing when we think about the 350 or 400 acres of open space that is planned for Treasure Island, it sets the stage for what is possible. Theres a way to use naturebased solutions at scale to meet the needs of Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, the crisis of local extinction and create natural environment. The first phase of the project sets a stage for what is possible and i just feel really blessed to have been a part of it. One of the main focus on triangle is keeping vehicle traffic to a minimum. For residents and visitors, Public Transportation is highly encouraged and will be the center point of keeping the island pedestrianfriendly, retaining an open space sent and providing an eco system that reducing carbon emission we need the transit to be successful because if we had 8,000 homes here and everybody was trying to use their car to access the bay bridge every month, it will overwhelm the system. New on and offramp are being constructed but all over the focus of the development is to be very transit oriented. Triangle itself is very flat and very bikeable and walkable as a result and so theres a focus on using both bus and Ferry Service to get from the island to San Francisco in the east bay. There will be a number of transit demand management tools that will be employed of the two new ramps to and from the to the island and allowing a limited number of cars to access the bridge and there will be a management toll to encourage the use of transit. All the market rate housing on the island, the price for residential unit whether thats a rental apartment or a for sale condo, the price of the unit is decoupled from the price of the parking spot. So people can buy a condominium without paying for a parking spot. They choose to have a parking spot, they would pay an additional price. Market rate residents are required to purchase take transit pass each month through their hoa fees or through their rent so the residents will begin the decision of driving or taking transit with a transit pass in hand each month. That transit pass will function as a muni fast pass allowing people to take muni and transfer within the muni network and function as an ac transit allowing people to take ac transit to the east bay and transfer within the ac Transit System and it will also provide unlimited access to the Treasure Island ferry. Treasure island is going to take decades to be fully build out. Its going to take some time for it to reach the envelope that was passed by the board of supervisors and maybe there will be changes to it as well. We dont know what is going to happen in 50 years but im confident by the fact that the plan that was adopted was fully, fully thinking even for its time and the building the island to a way its sustainable, it addresses Sea Level Rise, but also gives the public the open space and parts that are so necessary to fill Treasure Island. Theres economic, certainly, challenges and whether were going to be able to build out all of what was desired in the master plan, it will time will tell, but i think that the last ten years, weve been coming to this point. We are seeing incredible progress and the infrastructure is being finished by the island. Market rate housing is being finished. Affordable housing is being finished. And so, we feel within the next five years, substantial part of what we had envisioned is going to come to fruition. The journey of becoming a firefighter is no easy feat, it requires navigating and overcoming challenges to protect and serve the community. Established in 1866, the San FranciscoFire Department has evolved and grown to represent the community and meet their needs along the way. The division of training is responsible for training all new members entering the department, as well as develop, and provide corchlhensive Fire Suppression and Emergency Medical Service instruction to all members of the department. This video provides a glims into the 130 recruit Academy Class 21 week training program. In preparation to take on one of the most challenging and rewarding professions in the world. To become a firefighter in the San FranciscoFire Department. [whistle] i oknow there is going to be a lot of shoveling and it will not come easy. I know it will not be given to me. Am i going to be able to keep up and do all the physical a pects of what the academy will request of me . On the hand you have been given a opportunity you worked so hard to get to, but on the other hand you dont have the job yet and have so much work you have to do to get in the field so it is double edge sword. I need it but this is just the beginning. [music] we are entrusted with people. Our job is indiscernible we want people to be firefighters. The chief picked the people. Our job is train them. We make sure that we are challenging them, but at the same time supporting them and that is a fine line, because we want to see how these people react. It is imperative for the Training Academy and Training Staff to make sure we are getting the best out of these individuals. I always tell them, we will challenge you, but also going to support you. We are not going to trick you into certain things but we want to make sure we make it difficult and make it so that you are performing at your best when somebody is on their worst day. The process is grueling, however, the reward at the end is what its all about. We have 21 weeks to form this group of 51, and to functioning individuals on a working engine or Truck Company in the city and the challenge there is that when you walk through the door, you should be able to take care of business right away. When i first got on the job and hit the streets and got my first fire, which is 4th alarm fire which they throw a lot of people in the big building, happened in the first 30 minutes of me stepping in the fire house. We hire a vast group of people with different backgrounds and experiences, which is kind of interesting as well, because it makes up our department and we have a kind of hodgepodge of people, but they all get taught the same thing. We have people fromwe have a guy in the class whoofs a social worker. We have a person who was a firefighter, multiple firefighters. San francisco does things different then most Fire Departments but they have upper hand so we try to pair those with some sort of experience with people who dont in study group said. We tell them the first week get in a study group and that is a group for the rest of the academy so you will be the support group for each other. My name is Julian Martin a recruit in the 130 academy for the San FranciscoFire Department. The Fire Department what drew me to it to begin is a concept you are always learning. You are always learning something a92. Now fire or situation is alike. No med call will be the same, and that aspect is something that is always changing is what drew me to it. When i was 19 i enlisted in the United States army and was in college at the time, so i was enrolled simultaneous in the reserve officer Corp Training out of leehigh university. I was indiscernible and Lee High University and completed by bachelors, but commissioned out of Lee High University as a officer in the California National guard. When i graduatesed i immediately went to fort indiscernible missouri to complete training for being a chemical officer which is indiscernible i think my background in chemical hazmat with the army was beneficial and the department as well. High energy,b that is how i categorize julian. High energy and ability. She is very capable. She is one of those people pretty much anything she tries she can do well. She is a musician also. She is a artist. She is the kind of person that push other people to be the best version of themselves, just because she also wants to be the best version of herself. She is a very dedicated individual, and it was a treat but also a challenge because that is the way she is. Very competitive and ambitious. Emilyi am a recruit with the San FranciscoFire Department. I remember how do i become a firefighter in a major city . I typed that into google and a lot of things came up. Getting certification like firefighter 1, emt, paramedic jz these are things i knew nothing about so a lot of research. For me having lived in california and visited the bay area many times i said to myself, i decided the pentacle for me of being a structure firefighter, being a city firefighter which coming to San Francisco. I am originally from new england. I grew up in a Traditional Town in new hampshire. When can i was a kid i never had Fire Fighting on my radar. Never something i thought about doing. When i in college i studied environmental conversation. I always appreciated the outdoors and really cared a lot about protecting the outdoors, so for years after college i worked with kids in the outdoor education, so taking kids on backpacking trips, takes kids on hiking trips, and just helping them develop appreciation for the outdoors. It was basically a opportunity to not have a desk job and for years i was chasing that job that didnt involve sitting at a desk and be outside with people which makes sense it leads me to firefighter. Next thing i knew i was heading up to alaska to be a firefighter. That was the switch and never looked back. Emily is a person that very much someone who cares about other people and will put other people needs before her own. She is extremely caring and thoughtful. I also think she is extremely adventurous as well. I remember when we first met, when we were living in yosemite being in ah of her adventurous side. My name is jenna. Everybody called johnny for short and im a recruit with the 130 academy for San FranciscoFire Department. City girl, born and raised in San Francisco. Literally my entire schooling has been right here in the city of San Francisco, and so thats part of me and part of my identity, and what keeps me so grounded to the city i was raise d in. My brother is a firefighter and he has been a firefighter many years. He is absolutelyhe loves his job and always has tried to bring people along with him. Those he loves and that he thinks would be fit for the job. I told this lady about this service and about this career path back when she was 22 years old after graduating from usf, i tried to put in her ear, i think you would be incredible at this profession and she said ill think about it. That is always something in my ear, but to be honest, my encounter with the Fire Department that kind of sparked that interest and the reason as to why i wanted to become a firefighter, because at the age of 15 i lost my mother to gun violence and it was the Fire Department when they came to my home, it was the reaction of the firefighters that i felt cold. Their reaction to my situation. I didnt feel support. That is just my perspective of the instant it happened, but that is something that stuck with me. I dont want someone like me to go through what i went through because i know how that felt. I took the leap of faith and i said im going to change my career entirely, but now i see for myself just within my recruit class that there is a lot of diversity. It was really comforting to me to see that and know that these are the people who are going to be my first family, because we share a special bond. She was ready. She was hungry, and sheevery drill we did, every practice we did, all the exercising she was doing, she was hungry for it. I couldnt possibly be more proud of her. A real basic Building Block is just like crawl walk run. Our crawling stage is like just putting your gear on. We have our ppe, which is about 20pounds, the packs are 20 pounds. Just those two alone you throw on 40 pounds of weight and by the end of the academy we have your ppe on, go on indiscernible breathe through the bottle, climb up a ladder, crawl through a window, search fwr a victim, bring the victim through the window and extricate through the window. The progression of the testing ramp up pretty quickly. In the 10 week cycle it seems like a long time, but for the recruit you can ask them im telling you it is a rigorous academy and keeps on getting harder. Academy starts at 8 oclock. We do our pt. Whatever it may be, whether it is running in a circuit or amazing raise, and are that lasts anywhere from a hour to hour and 30. From there we go to a class room. We learn about the different chapters, whether it is indiscernible hose appliances, building construction, whatever it may be. That usually takes us to lunch and from there we get separated into skills groups. indiscernible how many victims. Which we have typically about 4 rotations of the different skills we get touches. It is still very early in the process. If you envision each class like a bell curve where most in the middle, if you have a class with really long tails those are harder to train, because you have people at the back end who are really struggling. This class seems to have small tails. I dont see anybody struggling yet. I dont see anybody truly standing out. But again, it is early. We havent done any testing yet. I am learning a lot with fellow class mates. They need me and i need them and the really difficult evolution and training and the first couple days are crucial to understanding like how people react to certain situations because not everybody is the best under pressure. Not everybody is the best tying a knot about there are some that are super fast with hose lines. Finding everybody strong point and emphasize those and use to our advantage is important in the first couple weeks. Something that challenged me probably the most and has been probably the biggest learning curve is really focusing on the ability to let go of something when it doesnt go well in the moment and move to the next thing. That i think has been one of the Biggest Challenges in this academy, because the realty is you make a lot of mistakes every day. You do a lot of things well too, but you make a lot of mistakes and if you hold on to each one of those mistakes it is just going to snow ball into more mistakes and it will lead to more stress and being hard on yourself. I had to learn a lot of different new skill sets. Things i wasnt familiar with like chain saws how to hose lines and so getting the technique because a lot of the job is about the technique. It is not about having the brute strength or anything like that, it is using your body mechanics to your advantage. When my body cools down indiscernible [music] we have the academy set up it gives everybody the opportunity to practice the skill set they need to. San francisco is its own entity. We pride ourselves on the traditional Fire Department in the sense we still use brass fittings, wooden latters, surrounded by three sides of water so all risk Fire Department. You can go downtown busy highrise, out to the coast for surf rescue. We have a mix of everything and we all have to be wellrounded firefighters and that is our entire job to make sure that we are profeshant. As we train our roles will be to evaluate along the way. The role we have is to get them ready for fire house culture. To be a firefighter requires a fair amount of discipline. You have to understand the rules of the game. Understand how to behave, how to appear, how to interact with the public and one of my roles is to make sure the recruits understand that and adhere to the codes of conduct and behavior the department lays out. Okay, today is monday. The monday after my first big week of testing. Two double day testing thursday and friday. We had to do a ems skill, take a written test and 8 different Fire Suppression manipulatives. We got our report card back today and if you cant tell by the way im smiling now, i passed every skill that we had to do. Your girl got zero deficiencies, so i am very proud of myself of being able to pass. You know, our saying is we dont fail people, they fail themselves. We give them all the information they need. We allow them extra hours prior to the start of class and stay late after hours, and we hope they take advant nl if they need help. They vocalize when they dont know something and part is ego. If i want to pass the class i need to ask for help. There is no slowing down. Once the training is moving it isnt stopping for anybody. You are on the training or off. We dont have time to stop. We want them to pass, but they have to have their heart into it. If they think it will be easy that isnt the way it works. I want to speak about what happened on september 22, 2022, which was week 14 i believe. Week 14 or 13. There was a big moment for me, because it was the week that i got injured. I had the ladder not completely fall on me, but it put my body in such a way it basically injured my shoulder. I had a little nerve damage coming from the top of my right shoulder radiating down. From what i remember, the ladder was coming down and a sudden movement it swerveed one way and swerved back and i remember i couldnt feel my right arm. I tried to hold on to the ladder and it just basically just hit me in a certain position, and i fell over, and i remember feeling a combination of so much pain and honesty nothing at all. She had a pretty good scare of a injury, and her determination and just the way she goes about things. She is not very demon struative or outspoken but works hards and puts herinose nose down and just works. [music] so, today is our last day in the academy. I think there is a lot of things going through my mind right now. On one hand, i feel incredibly relieved to be at this point. It has been a long 5 months. It has been great, but it has been really challenging and definitely really tiring, so it feels really relieving to have reached this mileston. We graduated friday and just feels really exciting. You know, speaking for myself, i think im preoccupied worrying about starting work soon, but i think for my family and my partner, im excited for them to be at graduation. This is not just a journey i have been on, but a journey they have been on as well. Especially my partner. She has been immensely supportive of me throughout this process. On the other side of the coin, it is nervewracking we go out in the field and do the job. It is mixed emotions for sure. Super excited. It has been a long long 16 weeks, and at the end i finally get to graduate, get to be a firefighter. Im looking forward to most is taking our time at Treasure Island and bring into effect to help people. So many things that are going on in my mind at the moment because of the fact today is the last day that we are actually on our training grounds on Treasure Island. I cant believe im actually here and i made it these 5 months. Getting in here doing the best i could possibly do, but now it is graduation is just so close. Im just nervous. I created this family within the 130 Academy Class where we have gotten to know each other and gotten to do skills together, but now when i go to my probationary home, now i will get to know those people and learn so many more skills and just get all the hands on experience and you know, create that second family. It has been overwhelming. Just the amount of support that i have received. My family is my core and is my biggest support system and they have been there and have just expressed unconditional love and support every step of the way. [music] good morning 130. I know this is a exciting day for you, and this is just one of the many milestones in your career. I am really proud of the division of training and im proud of you, 130. You took the lead and you worked hard. You worked as a team and thats how we always do it in the San FranciscoFire Department. This is a Proud Department with a proud history. We fight fires like no other Fire Department. We are Community Paramedicine and alternatives to policing. We are firefighter emt, firefighter paramedics, but we are so much more as you are going to find out during your careers. I do solemnly swear, that i will support and defend, the counsitution of the United States, and the constitution of the state of california, against all enemies foreign and domestic. Today i graduated from San Francisco 130 recruit class, and i became a San Francisco firefighter. I feel absolutely amazing. I thought about how i feel graduating, but feeling it is crazy. Im so so excited to get started. I will be in station 9 in the bayview. Industrial part of the city and im extremely excited to do everything the truck does. Learn how to raise and lower the aerial. Get to all the different ladders and practice them in real life and apply them to situations that we are seen in the academy, but to see them in real life will be a brand new thing. [applause] going up to the stage to get my badge, i was thinking about how sweaty my hands were. I was trying not to trip, and but in realty i was just thinking about how special the moment it was, and to be honest, it felt like everything stood still for a second, and it was a special time to reflect on the journey. I feel proud of my class mates making to graduation. I feel a lot of love towards my classmates and lot of respect and admuration towards the instructors. It feels good to be at this point after 21 weeks of hard work. I would say i felt an immense amount of pride for what she accomplished. Having been along the ride, before academy, being a part of the journey that lead up to interviews and then academy and getting to this point. I know how much she has overcome and accomplished. So proud. Im so proud of you. [calling out name] to be honest, i am had a ball of emotions just running through me right now. It is like electric energy. To have all the overwhelming support from my family, from my friends, from everybody in the department, and from Oakland Department as well is truly just overwhelming and very emotional at the same time. Hoping ethe whole thing is surreal to me. She pinned the badge on me when she was 15 years old and coming to today and seeing where she is at now, i couldnt possibly be more proud. She has a heart of passion. She has a lot of heart. When i saw him up there, it was just overwhelming. I was like, i will not cry, i will not cry. I tried to hold it back, it just couldnt. The chief says, who will cry first. Who will cry first . Okay. indiscernible im supposed to be tough. Man the last time i like to introduce the newest bravest San Francisco firefighters, 130 [applause] so, im now at station 9 on the truck. In the bayview. Junk yard dog. The day before graduation was to ask questions what we are supposed to do and probationary firefighter instead of recruit. My first day was november 22. It was i was one of the lucky ones. I had my full weekday. I had 4 days after graduation to get my mind right, get ready to go to work. Our instructors complaint us in the dark so we wouldnt know what to expect so when we got here, its how we adapt to a situation, not so muchthis is what will happen. This is what you need to do. I was kind of freaking out before i really havent been in a fire station before, and every Single Member was super welcoming here. I think the most important thing is being yourself. Knowing when to contribute and when to kind of sit back and listen, because there is a wealth of knowledge around you everywhere. Everywhere. I could talk to any person in the station and learn so much. I think i have been able to hold on to what people have been telling me a lot more here and learn a lot more in a lot less time. Transitioning from graduation to being a probationary firefighters coming with a lot of changes. You learn the tower and skills and information and once you get thin field you realize how all those people come together in real time, which has been super cool to see how it all unfolds in the field. I have been super lucky. I got placed at station 17 on engine 17 and i have just been super fortunate to have a really great group of folks to work with, who put in a lot of time and energy to help get me up to speed. I say with i first started the academy and was nervous and excited. There is a element of nervousness with being a probationary firefighter because you are trying to keep up and learn as much as you can. I say from the academy till now there is also a lot of confidence building that happened. The first two months what really stuck out to me is just how tight nit the station is and how much people really care about the work that they do and really pushes me i think to be better at the job. Apparently im a probationary firefighter for the San FranciscoFire Department, so the last 5 months i was in the tower in the academy lead me to here of drilling, testing, requiring all the basic Foundation Skills to become a firefighter. Now im actually actively doing it, but more specifically at the current house im stationed at, which is station 10, i am also the role of emt because we are on a als unit where there is a paramedic so im the paramedic backup providing them whatever they need as their assistant, but when it comes to fires im the one with the nozzle to put out the fire. Me and my main concern is getting through probation because i dont have job security at the moment, because you can be let go any time if you are not meeting the expectations of what it is that they require from you. I want to be good at what im here to do in the position im in now. The call volume i have seen during my watchs are 7 to 10 calls within a day, which is pretty moderate. Im just waiting for my first fire. [laughter] indiscernible step on it and measure at the shoulder. We talk about being a model to other agencies, again we hire very diverse group. Male and female. As long as you meet the standards and are able to take care of the business of the Fire Department and Public Safety and being able to get along with your coworkers and all these stressful environments is key. You are not a individual here. We are made up as a team, so you have to be willing to listen. You have to be willing to learn, and you have to be willing to push yourself all the way to the end and youll be successful here in San Francisco. People ask, you just go to fires andno, we go to everything. Anything and everything 911 is called. It depends on the person and where they are at. We invite everybody to come try if they think they can get here, then by all means, we are a great department. Large department. Busy department, and we have a lot of things to see while working here. Best job in the world to this day. We prep them as best we can. All the experiences and instructors and myself, we again our job is to see themwe want to see them be successful. We want to hear good reports. It is like being a parent. I are want to make sure when they leave we want to hear good things and if we dont want also want to check and make sure, what happened . I want to hear from now the probationary firefighter what happened and how we can best support them, because they are not recruits anymore. They are professional probationary firefighters and just because they left the tower doesnt mean we are done with them. Im more invested in them now now that they are my brother and sister then a recruit because i could be working with them in the field. I found a career i absolutely hundred percent love. It is very rare that you you can find a profession that you can love that much. Im a public servant. I never want to forget the roots of what we do. We serve the citizens of San Francisco. Im serving the citizen of San Francisco now by training new firefighters. By job is best prepare them what they will be going to into the future. In the Community Whether we are driving around, we are on a call, or shopping, the way that the Community Looks at us and looks at me is kind of surreal, because it hasnt fully sunk in. Sometimes i have to reflect and say, you made it here. Be proud of yourself. Be proud of your accomplishments because for me i want to strive and do more and be better. [siren] i would say first of all, we dont just employ firefighters, we employ everybody on the ambulance. Emt and paramedics. Firefighters and ems is a great opportunity. It is really important we have people who look like the community we are serving and thats part of the reason many joined this department to create change from the inside and we have done a lot of that and we will continue to do that. There is a place for you here as a ems, as a paramedic, as a firefighter. You just need to be able to put in the work. This is a big deal being in Public Safety in San Francisco working for the San FranciscoFire Department. It is a commitment. What better place if you want to serve your community then the San FranciscoFire Department . [music] [siren]