president hyland: thank you. shann shannon murch. i joined the cultural district meetings a few months ago and was overwhelmingly impressed with what s happening. i wanted to tell a cute story about three kids from lyric who came. they said we are here to advocate for space because right now, this isn t a space for us to be. so this meeting of the minds has really inspired me, and i hope that you guys can see that, as well in reading and hearing these stories that we are telling you today. thank you. president hyland: great. thank you. nicolle church. okay. any other member of the public nicolle church? hello. thank you, commissioners. my name is cole church. i m here in support of the recognition of this resolution. i this the stories that i want to tell is coming here as a young person. i moved here when i was 19. i came from a very small town in northern california. i didn t have any sort of queer role models or queer community. i had no community when i move
ok. good afternoon. and welcome to the san francisco historic preservation commission regular hearing for wednesday, may 1, 2019. i would like to remind members of the public that the commission does not tolerate any disruption or outbursts of any kind and to please silence your mobile devices that may sound off during these proceedings and when speaking before the commission, if you care to state your name for the record. [roll call] first on your agenda, commissioners, is general public comment. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission, except agenda items. with respect to agenda ems your opportunity to address the matter will ber afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. good afternoon. my name is ger r i scott. geri scott. i live on gilbert street, which is a p
the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. good afternoon. my name is ger r i scott. geri scott. i live on gilbert street, which is a possible renaming issue under consideration by our district six supervisor matt haney who wants to change the name of this street to jeff idochi way. and in oakland, we have an historical commission within the planning department that says you have to get approval for that and this approval has never happened with this street name. edward gilbert was in the hall of fame. he was the man whose name was the reason why our street was named gilbert street. so, it is a very old and historic neighborhood where we live and work. it has residential buildings in front of the hall of justice and it was named after edward gilbert who was a pioneer in the hall of fame and one of the original congressmen in san francisco. voted by a total majority except for six votes. he was a democr
commissioner matsuda? vice president matsuda: i have a question, probably a procedural question for staff. so i don t think any of us are against the cultural district, but the citywide historic context statement for lgbtq history, that is almost final, right? and there were a number of recommendations for implementation in there, and i just want to make sure that they am i just i guess to confirm that these measures will be implemented into the cultural district work program or how does that work? can you explain that to me? sure, yeah, i can talk a little bit about the relationship between the lgbtq cultural heritage strategy in the districts. the cultural heritage strategy is meant to be a document shared by the lgbt community anywhere in the city. therefore, many of the programs and resources and tools that are recommended are meant to be accessed by anybody regardless of their geography. so the so the scope of those tools is relatively broad. the intents is tha
first on your agenda, commissioners, is general public comment. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission, except agenda items. with respect to agenda ems your opportunity to address the matter will ber afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. good afternoon. my name is ger r i scott. geri scott. i live on gilbert street, which is a possible renaming issue under consideration by our district six supervisor matt haney who wants to change the name of this street to jeff idochi way. and in oakland, we have an historical commission within the planning department that says you have to get approval for that and this approval has never happened with this street name. edward gilbert was in the hall of fame. he was the man whose name was the reason why our street was named gi