and having served san franciscans for over 40 years, i don't see any changes for the good. and i see the turnover on the side of the san francisco county transportation authority, a great turnover. and i don't see any diversity. i don't see any diversity. and when i say diversity, i don't mean one type of diversity, i mean, do you all really represent the constituency, the taxpayers of san francisco? having said that, i see the supervisors are busy having a sidebar, and that tells me something. supervisors, one, to become a supervisor, you must represent. and for the newest supervisors, you can look what's happening around you. when somebody's giving public comment, which is sacrosanct, and you're having your public conversations, and you think you're really smart, i can write, and that's the reason why i have my blog. >> chair peskin: is there any further public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> chair peskin: and the t.a. is adjourned. [gavel] >> good morning, please welcome san francisco gay men's chorus, performing "singing for our love ." [♪] ♪ w

san franciscans. [cheers and applause] >> our former district attorney could even be the next president [cheers and applause] >> it is time that our city holds its head up high again. it is time we believe again. yes, we have our challenges, i see them every day, just like you. i'm frustrated just like you about the issues that face our city, but i'm also motivated, because there is no problem we caps off together, no challenge we won't face together, there is , as president clinton said, nothing wrong with san francisco that can't be fixed with what is right about san francisco. [cheers and applause] >> homelessness in san francisco has, for decades, been described as a sad reality, an impossible problem, just part of our city. i don't accept that they are just a few years ago, he only had to walk a few blocks from city hall to seat tent encampments lining our sidewalks , clips covering whole blocks on division street. today, those encampments are gone. that is partly because we have been working to build more shelters, more housing, and help more people. in the last six mont

, that they represent face, but also so many san franciscans in our l.b.e. community face, as well. and i really appreciate the fact that you all were so actively engaged in helping us get to this point. thank you to your commitment and passion to the workers of san francisco, and thank you to the person who led the effort, who basically was phenomenal in his work. clearly, larry, sr. has taught you well in terms of being a fierce, tough negotiator in representing workers in the city and county of san francisco. ladies and gentlemen, larry mazzola, jr. [applause] >> thank you, miss mayor. so i'm not sure how many of you know this, but this started 2.5 years ago with a process, and it started with a phone call. phil ginsburg and mohamed nuru called me 2.5 years ago and said we want a citywide project labor agreement. can you get this done? i said i don't know, guys. it'll be a tough task, but i'll try, and here we are. like ahsha says, p.l.a.s are -- are great for workers. they're going to be great for the workers of this city, union and nonunion alike. a lot of people don't underst

office. i would like to introduce a fourth-generation san franciscan who grew up just ten blocks from city hall. the honorable presiding judge, garrett al wong of the superior court of california for the county of san francisco who will present the oath of office to our newly elected members. judge wong? >> thank you. [indiscernible] >> happy new year and happy day. >> we are here to witness and celebrate the swearing in of five new supervisors who stood for election last year, and are about to begin their new terms for districts two, four, six, eight and ten. i think we need a cheer there. [cheers and applause] >> and is a fourth-generation san franciscan i am deeply honored to administer the oath of office to those who are so committed to serving the public good. let's get going. let us begin. i will have the supervisors of two, four, six, eight, and ten stand in the order that there district numbers are. [laughter] >> it starts left and then goes right. okay. all all right. very well. please raise your right hand, and i want you to start with catherine stefani, and repeat after me.

, san franciscans made a bold and compassionate statement with prop c, st. anthony's is a member of our city, our home coalition, a diverse collection of organizations supporting populations experiencing homelessness in san francisco. collectively, we ask the board of supervisors especially those on the san francisco budget and finance committee to use some of the $185 million eraf funding for housing and homelessness until prop c is decided. we believe that the solution to homelessness is simple: housing. rapid rehousing is an intervention designed to quickly connect people to housing and services, and we believe that funding these solutions is in all of our interests. to be clear, we understand the need for and support funding for education and teachers. we have spoken to retired teachers who volunteer in our programs and encourage our teachers to allocate eraf funding for homelessness and education. personally, my mom was a teacher and my father was a social worker, so i embrace the solidarity in this room, and i hope you all will, as well. thank you. >> good afternoon, superviso

thank you. [laughter] >> i am a deputy public defender and native san franciscan. ms. miss ronen possesses personal traits that we have seen in great leaders. above and beyond basic qualifications for the job, she has consistently advocated for righteous civil rights, causes such as women's rates medical care, criminal justice reform and education. these are things that advance all of humanity forward to, all of us, all san franciscans, for all of the supervisors in all of the districts. she has integrity that she habitually demonstrates when she does good, when nobody is looking. not because she's going to get some benefit or political favor, or personal gain. she does it because it is the right thing. is the human thing. regardless of how inconvenient it may need to her. -- it maybe to her. she has consistently been courageous, which inspires us motivates us makes us wonder why when she has health care, she has education, and she has had women's rates. -- women's rights. she has not had to abandon her political point of view because she is so courageous when exercising her dipl

think from your point of view, it seems like san franciscans are divided because you get advocates coming to you and people are telling all different things. san franciscans are actually stunningly united. 78% of san franciscans say that housing, cost of housing, homelessness and related issues are their number one issue. so, i support the mayor's priorities for how to spend the eraf funding, all of it on housing and shelter and homelessness prevention but at least 78% of it should go to the issues that 78% of san franciscans all agree are number one. thank you. >> good afternoon, board of supervisors. my name is kimberley hill brown. i am the secretary of the san francisco public housing tentative association. i represent all family development under public housing through out the city. i was born and raised in san francisco. mostly living in district 10, 5 and 9. we represent. our board has been to the town hall meetings of district 6. we support all of our residents throughout this city. i say that to say that equity will not suffer wrong to be without a remedy. if hud only fund

affordability is a right. [applause] >> this is how we create housing for all san franciscans, and i will continue to work with our state legislators, our regional partners, our new governor, because housing affordability isn't just a san francisco issue , it is a crisis throughout the state of california. we won't always see the results of these efforts immediately, it may take some years to his see some changes, but then we have started to build more aggressively 20 years ago, we wouldn't be in the situation we are in today. [applause] >> we might have inherited a problem decades in the making, but we cannot be the ones who pass it on to the next generation. [applause] >> as we grow, we must make our streets clean and our communities safe. since my first day in office, i have been out walking our neighboured neighborhood. this is not okay. it is not healthy. and while there is much more to do, we are working every day to stop it. it is no secret i have put in a lot of focus in the tenderloin and the south of market. i am committed to improving these neighborhoods. so far, we have

for all san franciscans here in the city as we serve on the san francisco police commission, and i want to thank the mayor for that. [cheers and applause] >> hello, i am one of your new commissioners, so i want to take the opportunity for you to tell me what your concerns are, and make sure we are a voice representing your concerns in this community, as the mayor said, elite make up a small population of the city, that it is so wonderful for it to be in a room like this, and with a police chief like we have, i just want to keep the momentum going, and have d.j. and i be a voice for you. [cheers and applause]. >> my name is bob hurst, i just became president of the police commission on wednesday. [cheers and applause] >> this is a great event, i'm happy to be here, i hope to come back, thank you. >> and last, but not least, i want to take a moment of silence to recognize two legends in the community that we lost yesterday. some of you may have heard that an incredible artist, eugene wait to, the husband of lynette white passed away, and so she is definitely hurting right now, so ple

family of san franciscans, we can keep our community safe and ensure that all of us will have the happiest lunar new year that we ought to have. have a wonderful day, and thank you. [applause] >> thank you. now we want to introduce our commanding officer of central station. thank you very much, kyra. hello, everyone. i am a proud fourth generation san franciscan and a native, and i'm proud to be the commanding officer of central station of which includes chinatown. today, i am joined by my colleagues at central station, including my housing and foot beat personnel, and i'd like to introduce them. first is sergeant albert chiu. [applause] >> officer dustin sang. [applause] >> officer dexter sang. [applause] >> officer marisa chung. [applause] >> officer philip leung. [applause] >> officer alex anton. [applause] >> officer jennie mau. [applause] >> and officer reginald pena. [applause] >> and all of them, as i mentioned, work housing and are foot beat officers, and they primarily focus in the chinatown area. it is very important to us that you know us and that we add faces to our na

, we see a huge inequity and what a wealth gap like this can do to everyday working san franciscans, and those poor or not working, with struggle so hard to stay in this wonderful, fabulous city. when you say to somebody, vote for me, it is very heavy, it is a very profound, it is such a commitment, it is sometimes hard to get it out of your mouth to say vote for me, and believe in me. but everyone here today who is elected here, has said that two people, and people have believed in them, and people said, i will vote for you because i believe in something better for me, the single mom, for the black community who hasn't been able to get an economic base here in san francisco. i think all of us here on the board, we will come together, and i hope we will to work together collectively. there are thousands and thousands of people who are depending on us to do our job, and to put differences aside, and any hurt feelings, or anything else aside, because it is not about us, but frankly, it is about the people that we have sworn in to serve on a raise our right hand, and we swear the oath of of

franciscan. mayor breed said something yesterday that nothing wrong with san francisco that can't be fixed what's right about san francisco. today is an example of that. i want to welcome everyone to district one. i want to acknowledge all the people here who's leadership and hard work was vital to it project. thank you to our amazing san francisco fire department and chief joann hayes white and to our fire commission president and fellow fire commissioners to our service. thank you to public works and our director for delivering this incredible project and doing it on budget. it was definitely worth the wait. finally, i want to thank the residents of district two and san francisco for your support and commitment to prepare a resilient city. we know this project could not have been possible without passing the bond in 2010 and 2014 and your commitment to earthquake safety makes all the difference in the world. it was worth the wait like i said. fire station 16, originally built in 1938 has been a home for the firefighters who proudly served geldengate valley and marina for the last 8

husband went to as a child and he's a fourth generation san franciscan. it's a place we can still go to today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories of what was san francisco like back in the 1950s. >> i'm the general manager at tommy's joint. people mostly recognize tommy's joint for its murals on the outside of the building. very bright blue. you drive down and see what it is. they know the building. tommy's is a san francisco hoffa, which is a german-style presenting food. we have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. you prefer it to be carved whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. you want your pastrami to be very lean. you can say i want that piece of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want it with some sauerkraut. tell the guys how you want to prepare it and they will do it right in front of you. san francisco's a place that's changing restaurants, except for tommy's joint. tommy's joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip

whereas the ethics commission has been charged by san franciscans to impartially and effectively administer and enforce the city's governmental ethics, campaign finance and lobbying laws. and whereas paul a. renne has served with a member of distinction to the san francisco ethics commission since he was first appointed in 2012. and whereas he was reappointed in 2013 to fulfill a six-year term of office as an ethics commission during which he was elected to serve as commission president in 2015 and 2016. and whereas commissioner renne completed his full term of office on february 1, 2019. therefore be it resolved on this 15th day of february 2019 that the ethics commission acknowledges paul a. renne appreciation for his distinguished service and leadership and gratitude for his enduring commitment to accountability and integrity in san francisco city government. >> vice chair kopp: i would move approval. >> commissioner smith: second. >> chair chiu: i have a hearty second. okay. i would love to take public comment -- and also, commissioners, as well, i'm so sorry. don't mean to o

get there. at the very foundation of who we are san franciscans, every person on this board care about what you brought to us today. it's not an easy task. we want it make all you happy. with that said, i also held a community meeting in district two to talk about this. the same issues came up. some people they have to go to homelessness. some people said, just put it in reserves. i want to guarantee you that we are trying to come up with way we think is best. voters are clear, prop g, themed -- they want teachers to get salary increase. baby prop c, they want people to have opportunities for child care. november prop c, we needed to deal with our homeless issue. we need invest in our resources that deals with good outcomes. i just want everybody to know that as these are altitude up in litigation, we get this windfall money, we're trying to really figure out how we can save lives, how we can keep teachers in the city. it's not an easy thing. there are issues to consider in terms of reserves and the recession coming and making sure a when we get windfall, we're not always investi

you left off. yes, 78% of san franciscans think the condition of the parks is improving, according to the poll released by the san francisco chamber of commerce. the annual poll revealed satisfaction with the department is not only high but on the upswing. city residents who believe parks are improving or who approve of the work of our department jumped from 70% in 2018, which was itself quite high, to 78% in 2019. while those gave a disapproval rating to the department fell from 11% in 2018, which was very low, to 8% this year. lowest dissatisfaction or disapproval rate ever. survey revealed unsurprisingly some angst about the general direction of the city on issues that everybody is talking about. and so given that in particular where we saw some other things dropping, the results were pretty satisfying and again a testament to the hard work of the staff, from gardeners, tree toppers, park rangers and custodians, and very much so this commission. leading us in a direction that is working and give people a great deal of satisfaction. so, congrats to everyone. this weekend is full

is john l. jr. i'm a san franciscan and equity applicant and grew up in the western addition and i have dedicated over 25 years of my life an activist, football coach and community servant. fighting for social justice, fighting for better quality of life for all san franciscans and fighting for humanity. i am here today representing the san francisco equity group, s.f.e.g. would you please stand up. as you see, we're a grassroots diverse organization comprised of 20-plus equity applicants an community activists, community leaders representing the sections hit by the war on drugs. we're dedicated a fair functional social equity program in san francisco and beyond. we are proud to come here on this day to support our brother sean richard who deserves the opportunity after dedicating much of his life saving and changing lives in his community and throughout san francisco. sfeg members, say aye if you have been a community activist for over 20 years. say aye if you've been a qualified equity applicant. say aye if you're a native san franciscan. say aye if you're life has been impacted

obligation to use this incredibly highly valuable public land for the good of san franciscans especially those who need it most. getting it right means that these communities must be involved in the decision making in a meaningful way. so this is an immensely lucrative project for whatever developer gets chosen. since it's on public land, we need to make sure the selected developer is ready to support the community and be a good neighbor. the only way to ensure that the public benefits -- that the project benefits the community equitiablely and to make sure that the -- is to make sure that the most directly impacted communities have a very clear role in the decision making. so specifically, we're calling for a suspension in the decision making of this project until a meaningful and transparent community effective process can be established. this includes holding community forums and have at least one community representative and labor representative be a part of the evaluation panel. >> thank you. >> clerk: thank you. >> miss gomez, well confidenti -- welcome. >> good afternoon. i sent a