francisco transgender film festival was founded in 1997 by my friends christopher lee and alex austin, and we are the first and longest running transgender and gender nonconforming film festival in the world. founded at a time when other film festivals would not screen trans and gender nonconforming filmmakers. we are proud to still be part of ongoing movements, supporting expression and leadership of communities of color, immigrants, and all trans and queer people. especially now as we are fighting the negative impact of gentrification against all of our communities. i am very honored and humbled today to accept this commendation. thank you very much. [applause] president breed: congratulations, shauna, and thank you so much for being here today. our final commendation will be given by supervisor yee. supervisor yee: thank you once again. i m going to be switching gears a little bit now. i want to honor and recognize the san francisco bay area families for safe streets.
country. and the ways that we are doing work together, so thank you. i would like to say that the san francisco transgender film festival was founded in 1997 by my friends christopher lee and alex austin, and we are the first and longest running transgender and gender nonconforming film festival in the world. founded at a time when other film festivals would not screen trans and gender nonconforming filmmakers. we are proud to still be part of ongoing movements, supporting expression and leadership of communities of color, immigrants, and all trans and queer people. especially now as we are fighting the negative impact of gentrification against all of our communities. i am very honored and humbled today to accept this commendation. thank you very much. [applause] president breed: congratulations, shauna, and thank you so much for being here today. our final commendation will be given by supervisor yee. supervisor yee: thank you once again. i m going to be switching gears
rights in san francisco for over two decades, she was the first transgender woman to serve on the board of directors of san francisco women against race, thank you, i love that organization so much. and the first transgender woman selected to be a san francisco pride grand marshal. her contribution as a community builder have led her to serve on the board of two prominent trans organization, the transgender gender variant justice project and the transgender law center. shauna is a trail blazer. always building visionary movements through bold initiative. during the 1990s, she co-founded the transgender film festival to create spaces for transgender spaces to explore their own legacy, experiences and gender self-determination. also the first of it s kind in the world. showcasing films by and for transgender people. shauna s contribution expands her anti-violence activism. co-founded transaction, an organizing project uniting trans voice, demanding police accountability amid in
do mean it. thank you very much for the recognition. when you thank supervisor yee you are not just thanking norman, but the entire team there providing support to all of us as around the neighborhood and all of you as well. something to say, i really appreciate receiving this commendation from you. the expression i heard once, amazing what you get done if you don t care who gets credit and i really think your leadership is personified that kind of ideal and we appreciate that very much. and it s a wonderful thing in our community, and nice to be recognized, as all of you know when you are recognized as part of a neighborhood committee, you know, it guapna lets me be president, they suffer me. whether it s putting together a playground, serving the neighborhood association, the merchants, it s the people in the community that make it happen and on their behalf i ll accept the commendation, say thank you, and let you guys get on with your work. thank you very much. president
land 6 good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors land use and economic development committee. i m scott wiener the chairman of the committee and to my left is supervisor malia cohen and committee vice-chair jane kim will be joining us shortly. our clerk is andrea ausberry and i want to thank sfgtv for broadcasting today s meeting. madame clerk, are there any announcements. please silence all electronic devices and completed speaker cards and documents to be included in the file to be submitted to the clerk. items will appear on the december 16, 2014 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. thank you very much. madame clerk, item no. 1. a resolution granting permission to occupy a portion of a public right-of-way at 157-24th avenue. the department of public works is here for item 1. good afternoon chair wiener and supervisor cohen, nickelsen with the department of public works. this is a request to basically constru