Lives. May you rest in peace. Supervisor cohen thank you [roll call] madam president . That includes the introduction of new business. Supervisor cohen thank you very much. Madam clerk, i think that brings us to item 44. Public comments. The public may address the entire board of supervisors for up to two minutes on items within the subject matter of the board. Supervisor cohen thank you supervisors, i mentioned earlier i was here at the six hour meeting. I have a leg brace and a back brace and i stayed throughout today. I want to tell you that the years and years of my environmental work are not going to be in vain. I have thousands of articles that i have written. I go before the bay area air Quality Management district and you have some representatives. They dont Pay Attention when you go to the board. The bay area air Quality Management district has employees who want to work very hard and they are told destroy the documents and we have not heard anything from our supervisors and w
Due to the pay and high cost of living in San Francisco. I look forward to your support. Thank you. Supervisor cohen thank you supervisor kim . Supervisor kim submit. [roll call] supervisor mandelman colleagues, it has been one year since the city assumed maintenance responsibilities for nearly 100,000 trees in the street tree program. Today i am calling for a hearing to better understand the program s initial impacts, challenges and successes. Of the hundreds of calls and emails our office has received since july, street trees are the number 2 issue after homelessness. One out of every ten because we receive are related to street trees under maintenance or removal. One year into the program, many of our constituents remain confused about how it works, who is responsible for trimming trees, how to make a request for service and how to opt out. We are calling for this hearing to make help inform residents about the program. We also see it as an opportunity to engage with city department
Affordable housing in the city. But what has happened today, in this meeting, has been a travesty to our democratic process. As one of the fellow Board Members said, a piece of Vital Information was simply plopped onto the floor today without prior notice about a study that the bay area air Quality Management district did. That is just not conducive to the democratic process. That is all i have to say. Thank you. Supervisor cohen im happy to meet with you in the hallway. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is rory and i have been a resident of bayview hunters. 457 years. I use the park a lot. Like every week we have a get together and we do things with the kids down there. I would hate to see it go. I would like to see it improve and beautify. And make it work. Because we have been through a lot. I live right at 127 west point for many years. So i just want to see it work. Thank you. Supervisor cohen thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good evening, supervisors
Them to college. Then in 2013, she was barred from selling her tamales at bars a story that gained National Attention because it became a symbol of changing San Francisco with the support of many, including my predecessor, virginia landed on her feet. She launched a Gofundme Campaign that raised over 20,000 to help her find her own restaurant space. She took over a place at 16th and up and began the process of building and opening a brickandmortar restaurant. Unfortunately, her plans were interrupted by the lengthy process and expense of opening a brickandmortar restaurant in San Francisco. At the time of her death, very, very sadly, she was only a few months away from finally realizing her dream. All of San Francisco mourns her passing this week. Thank you from all of us, virginia, for bringing so much love, joy and really good advice to so many of us throughout our lives. May you rest in peace. Supervisor cohen thank you [roll call] madam president . That includes the introduction of
Thank you. Supervisor cohen thank you supervisor kim . Supervisor kim submit. [roll call] supervisor mandelman colleagues, it has been one year since the city assumed maintenance responsibilities for nearly 100,000 trees in the street tree program. Today i am calling for a hearing to better understand the program s initial impacts, challenges and successes. Of the hundreds of calls and emails our office has received since july, street trees are the number 2 issue after homelessness. One out of every ten because we receive are related to street trees under maintenance or removal. One year into the program, many of our constituents remain confused about how it works, who is responsible for trimming trees, how to make a request for service and how to opt out. We are calling for this hearing to make help inform residents about the program. We also see it as an opportunity to engage with city departments, friends of the urban forest and concerned Community Members about the future of our tr