>> good morning. the meeting will come to order. well come to march 20, 2024 meeting of budget finance committee. i'm supervisor chair of the committee and joined by supervisor sor melgar and soon supervisor mandelman.

>> to those in attendance to silence cell phones and electronic devices. should you have documents to be included as part of the file they should submit to myself the clerk. public comment will be taken on each item. when your item comes up please line up . fill out a comment card and leave on the tray by the television tray if you wish to be recorded for the minutes. you may submit public comment in writing. e-mail myself at brentjulipa@sfgov.org. if you submit via e-mail it will be forwarded to the supervisor. you may submit comments by u.s. postal service in city hall at

1 dr. carlton b goodlett place, room 244, san francisco california 94102. items acted upon today are expected to appear on the board of supervisors agenda of march 26 unless otherwise stated: >> thank you. we have budget legislative item report for item 24 and for that one item we will have department presentation and followed by the budget legislative analyst and take questions and comment. mr. clerk, please call item 1. >> resolution approving and authorizing the director of property, on behalf of the city's department of emergency management and the department of technology, to execute a sharing agreement for the

continued use of emergency radio telecommunications and associated equipment, with the department of veterans affairs - medical center san francisco at a base rent of $117,648 per year with 3% annual rent increases commencing june 1, 2024, through march 31, 2029 for an initial term of five years with three five-year options to extend; and authorizing the director of property to execute any amendments, options to extend to the agreement term, make certain modifications and take certain actions that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities to the city, do not materially decrease the benefits to the city and are necessary or advisable to effectuate the purposes of the sharing agreement or this resolution.r advisable to effectuate the purposes of the sharing agreement or this resolution. madam chair. >> thank you. we have our real estate division here. >> good morning chair chan and supervisor melgar. claudia for real estate division. since 1997 the city owned and maintained a 800 megahurt city wide public safety divisions including police, fire public health, sheriff safety divisions. there are 8 tower that provide the grid. the tower at issue is one of

them. in 2003 the city approved enter into sharing agreement with department of veteran affairs medical center for radio telecommunication equipment. to renewals carried the lease to 2023. we started negotiations with the va in 2021. we received a first draft at the end of 2023 and we have been negotiation since. basically we accept their template because they do not negotiate on the template or price. having received the sharing agreement, it took a little longer but we did come to an agreement. the new sharing agreement provides a initial base rent of 117.648 $117.648 year. we do not have an appraisal for that amount , the appraisal from summer 2023 and guidelines support that amount. it is little less then the recommended $10 thousand a

month. the term is for 5 years and commences june 1, with 3, 5 year options to renew. i believe we did send an amendment because 5 years from june 1 is not march, but may and we need to make those changes. thauj. thank you. >> thank you. yes we see you are requesting two amendments to correct the dates in the resolution to match thudprument which is page 1 line 8 as well as page 2 line 20, both changing from march to may. thank you. i don't have any questions. i accomplish it. i know that given the understanding that it is not easy to negotiate with a federal and state partners for many reasons, regulations on all size so i appreciate all your efforts. thank you so much for your work and i don't see any name on the roster and we'll go to public comment on this item.

thank you. >> we invite members who joined us today who wish to speak item 1 to line up to speak right now. madam chair, no speakers. >> thank you. with that, public comment is closed. i like to first amend as requested by the department tochange the date from march to may on the legislation and with that, a roll call, please on the amendment. >> on that motion to amend the resolution as offered by the department of real estate or real estate division, vice chair mandelman, absent. member melgar, aye. chair chan, aye. we have two ayes with vice chair mandelman absent. >> thank you, the motion passes. before we move forward i like to excuse vice chair mandelman till he arrives. i don't think we need a roll call for that.

i don't see- >> no objection. >> vice chair mandelman is excused until he arrives. let's send the amended legislation to full board with recommendation and roll call. >> on the motion to forward to full board with positive recommendation as amended, member melgar, aye. chair chan, aye. we have two ayes with vice chair mandelman excused. >> thank you, motion passes. with that, let's call item 2. >> item 2 is ordinance amending the administrative code to revise the fees for copies of certain documents in and services provided by the office of the assessor-recorder. madam chair. >> thank you, and today we have the office of the assessor-recorder here.

>> good morning chair chan, supervisors. good morning chair chan, supervisor melgar. holly long from assessor-recorder office and joining me are [indiscernible] here to help answer any questions you may have. this legislation seeks approval to amend the fees for copies for recorded documents. it authorize the controller's office to annually update these fees to reflect any changes in the consumer price index. it also updates the fees for notary services to compliance with state law. the mission of our office is to fairly securely identify assess all taxable property. we also record assess and

provide access to property marriage and other records mptd in recent years we have done quite a lot of improvement to expand access to recorded documents. digitized 7 million documents. a few years back we launched record manager, a online tool for the public to search and pay and downloud recorded documents. in addition, to online access recorded documents can be obtained in person and by mail. here is the currency as well as proposed fee. the current fees have not changed in over 25 years despite changes in points of access as well as the cost to obtain these records for the public. we partnered with the controller's office to do a time and motion study and the

proposed fees reflect the direct and indirect costs of providing these records to the public. the proposal is a two tiered fee structure that reflect the level of services. firsts the keys for copies a flat fee of $1.76 regardless of page count. second, the fees of documents obtained by staff from city hall by mail and public kiosk is fee per page. here are the fee differences for the top three most recorded document, which are deeds, deeds of trust and reconconvenience. 67 percent of all transactions are from online users, so for these users the cost fwr average 5 page document is 82 percent cost savings. compared to other counties, san

francisco is a leader among peers and making public records more easily and fully accessible and lower costs. in summary, this ordinance reflects our office values to advance transparency, efficiency and accessibility eliminating barriers to access while recovering the true cost to service the public. thank you and we are available for questions you may have. >> thank you. i don't have any questions about the fee and i as always, the fees increase has public notice and so does this one and posted in advance. supervisor melgar. >> thank you. thank you for the presentation. i am glad you are increasing the fees. 20 years is a long time not to increase a fee. i do is have a question about usage, because i have been in the position of having to go down to the assessor office and

find documents, and the database is not that modern, or you know, user friendly, and we want people to be able to access stuff easily online. that is what the fee structure reflects . we want people to help themselves rather then use staff time or energy, so i wonder if there is effort or thought to maybe increase fees further and help pay for modernization of the system? >> great question. carlos. >> hi, supervisor. i don't know when you were last down in our office. can you--six months ago. did you try the online system and it gave you difficulty or? >> i tried your system there. >> on the kiosk or down at the

consal like the computers? >> the consal. >> okay. i love to learn more about your spoorns. experience. the system updated in 2021, a brand new system. it is sort of as holly mentioned, we sort of see ourselves as leaders in the field in terms of accessibility to the records. we are continuing to make upgrades to the system and enhancements, but if there were particular difficulties you have it is helpful to understand those. >> i can talk off-line about the difficulties. i'm a pretty tech savvy person. i do think there is lots of opportunities for the system to work better, not just for you, but with others for example, the school district using your records to see if somebody is eligible to enroll in our public schools, but somebody has to go over there. it is great if they could just-there was a integration

with the system. i know it isn't a city agency, but it is just a example that like, everybody relies on your system. >> yeah. we have done everything we can, but would continue to enhance the system as possible. i think the goal with the fees is to make records as accessible as possible and you raise a great point which is sometimes a higher fee can-if it supports a easier access point can actually improve access. happy to consider it. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> thank you. you have first hand user experience feedback hire in the chamber. with that, let's go to public comment on this item. >> members of the public who wish to address this committee regarding the item 2, now is your opportunity to approach the lectern. madam chair, no speakers. >> now that public comment is

closed, and with that, would like to move the item to full board with recommendation and a roll call, please. >> the motion to forward the ordinance to full board with positive recommendation, melgar, aye. chan, aye. two ayes and vice chair mandelman excused. >> thank you, motion passes. please call item number 3. >> item number 3, resolution approving a second amendment to the disposition and development agreement between the port and fc pier 70, llc for the pier 70 28-acre site project; authorizing the executive director of the port to enter amendments or modifications to the second amendment that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities to the city and are necessary to effectuate the purposes of the resolution; and adopting findings under the california environmental quality act. madam chair. >> thank you. today we have sf port. >> good morning supervisors. my name is christine.

with me today from the port, josh keen and paul as well as representatives from the port development partner brookefield properties. i'll start the presentation with a quick overview of the project. the pier 70 special use district approved by the port and city in 2017. in blue, the sud incompass 35 acres and up to 3 thousand residential units. 1.75 million square feet of office and 9 acres of open space. development of a twaket acre portion of the sud is governed by disposition and development agreement or dda with a port development partner, brooke field. the 28 acre site is developed in three phases. phase 1 again outlined in blue include up to 600 residential

units. 460 thousand square feet of office and 3 and a half acres of new parks and open space. since project approval in 2017, the project achieved a number of important milestones. [field completed [indiscernible] with exceptional of parks. brookefield also completed the rehab of historic building 12 in 2022 and actively leasing the space. there are however 6 remaining buildings in phase 1. the timing of those buildings is uncertain at this point given the ongoing economic impact of the pandemic and overall market conditions. now on to the dda amendments. as mentioned, phase 1 infrastructure accept for parks is now complete. the port commission recommended acceptance of the infrastructure in january and

the land use committee made a positive recommendation to the full board just this past monday. generally, improvements built to sit estandard will be owned and maintained by the city. while infrastructure not built to city standard is owned and maintained by the port. these port items include things like the frame of the former building 15 that spans 22 street, custom street and sidewalk paver and custom street furniture. service special taxes are identified as the funding source for maintaining port accepted infrastructure. however, due to the delay in vertical development, no special taxes are currently available to fund these maintenance costs. the proposed dda amendment address the short-fall by allowing maintenance cost incurred by port or developer to be treated as reimbursable project cost until special taxes are available. that concludes the presentation.

port staff and developer are available for any questions you may have. thank you. >> thank you. i think given the fact that like supervisor melgar is the chair of the land use already approved this, we don't have further question today on this body and will go to public comment on this item. thank you. >> yes, we invite members of the public who wish to address item 3. now is your opportunity to address this committee. madam chair, no speakers. >> seeing no public comment, public comment is now closed. and with that, would like to move the item to full board with recommendation and roll call, please. >> on that motion to forward this resolution to full board with positive recommendation, member melgar, aye. chair chan, aye. two ayes with vice chair mandelman excused.

>> thank you, motion passes. please call item number 4. >> item 4, resolution approving and authorizing the director of the mayor's office of housing and community development (“mohcd”) to execute documents relating to a loan for the permanent financing of 936 geary lp for property located at 936-940 geary avenue, pursuant to the small sites program and the preservation and seismic safety program, for a total loan amount not to exceed $11,800,000; confirming the planning department's determination under the california environmental quality act; finding that the project loan is consistent with the general plan, and the eight priority policies of planning code, section 101.1; and authorizing the director of mohcd or their designee to make certain modifications to such loan documents, and take certain actions in furtherance of this resolution, as defined herein. madam chair. >> thank you mr. clerk. today we have mayor's office of housing and community

development here. >> thank you. i have a slide show. it is plugged in here. there we go. thank you. so, chair chan, supervisors, may name is sophie rubin with mayor office of community development to request approval of permanent financing at 936 geary street. project comes to the city through the small sites program. the project was structured as a joint venture betwo developers, the san francisco housing development corporation and noven development corporation. related party also act as the general contractor on the project. 42 percent of the households were formally homeless. this is unusual and high for a small site, but we think it is fantastic we are able to support those people.

many of those households were also seniors. several of the units were filled through referrals from catholic charities and those units come with vouchers which is fantastic, it supports our ability to support lower income individuals and our ability to meet the program goals of reaching up to 80 percent ami average for income. there are 31 residential studios at the site as well as two ground floor commercial spaces. both spaces are vacant and we have given the sponsor up to a year to fill those due to current conditions commercial conditions in the neighborhood. there is a commercial leasing plan that would be approved as the condition of the loan if the loan is approved, and we are hopeful that we can find non profits that can lease the space below market rate.

just a few more details about the project. it was acquired in 2021. the rehabilitation completed last year. including seismic up grades, electrical up grades, window replacements and interior up grades. before you have a couple pictures of the inside of one of the renovated units and a layout. and finally, the request is up to $11.8 million in permanent financing that include $4.4 million in past funds, which is a senior mortgage product through the city and up to $7.4 million in small site program funds. it is notable this is probably one of the cheapest programs in terms of small sites program funds we have seen. it is requesting only about half of the maximum subsidy per unit. and through a deed of restrictions we will be

preserving the affordability of all the units in the project for up to 99 years. thank you and i'm available for any questions. >> good morning. nick monard. item 4 resolution approves the loan from mayor office of housing to 936 geary lp. we summarized the loan terms on page 4 of our report and we also note that the city's funding basically paying off a interim financing providing by the housing accelerator fund to fund the acquisition and rehab of the project and doing it in this way and makes the city incur interest cost for the interim financing and there are few city policies that apply because the city isn't directly funding the rehabilitation so we note that as a policy consideration. we have two technical amendments to the resolution.

lower not to exceed by $200 thousand to be consistent with the project budget and correct the address in the resolution and recommend approval as amended. >> thank you. supervisor melgar. >> thank you. out of curiosity, why is the per unit cost lower then other projects we have seen? >> yeah, i think you know, all of the small sites are rehabilitations and just the quality of the building being purchased, there is always some amount of unknown and i think to some extent the project was lucky in that, it just didn't require extraordinary down the bones rehabilitation like many of our projects do. the other thing it is on the larger side for the small sites and you do get a per unit cost benefit the more units there

are in the project. we set our guidelines just across small sites. it isn't dependent how many units there and a 6 or 10 unit project is going to incur more per unit cost to rehabilitate the building then a larger building like this. >> thank you. >> thank you. with that, let's go to public comment. >> members of the public who wish to address the committee on item 4. we have no speakers. >> thank you. seeing no public comment, public comment is now closed. i love to circle back about really the small sites program and the implementation of it and to just kind of have a evaluation of the overall implementation of the small sites program, since we have

somewhat a update of the rules and since last year i think along with supervisor melgar's work, just we'll probably circle back, not today, but eventually we need to kind of look at the results impact and definitely the cost per unit, both not just on the renovation side, but also really including rental subsidies and maintenance and all that. thank you and with that, i would like to make the motion to amend according to the budget and legislative analyst recommendation, amended proposed resolution to reduce not to exceed loan amount, which my assumption is that the mayor office of housing and community development is in agreement on the not to exceed amount reduction? >> yes. >> then, so i like to make the

motion to amend the not to exceed loan amount from $11.8 million to $11.6 million to reflect the project budget and to state the correct address of the project to 936-940 geary street. motion on the amendment. >> on the motion to amend the resolution as stated by the chair, vice chair mandelman, aye. member melgar, aye. chair chan, aye. we have three ayes. >> thank you. the motion passes. with that, colleagues, i like to send the amended resolution-sorry-amended resolution to the full board with recommendation and with that, a roll call, please. >> on the motion to forward the resolution to the full board with positive recommendation as amended, mandelman aye. melgar, aye.

chan, aye. we have three ayes. >> thank you. the motion passes. let's call item number 5. >> item 5, resolution retroactively authorizing the san francisco public defender's office to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $524,765, pursuant to senate bill no. 101 (sb 101), allocating $20,400,000 (community assistance, recovery, and empowerment (care) court fund), as amended in 2023 by senate bill no. 104 (sb 104), to be distributed by the judicial council of california through the state bar via grant awards to qualified legal services providers and public defender offices to provide representation in care act proceedings, matters related to care agreements, and care plans for the period of august 1, 2023, through june 30, 2024. madam chair. >> thank you mr. clerk. vice chair mandelman i think

has remarks particularly on this item. >> just briefly and thank you madam chair. this is a item brought to us by the public defender's office. this board and the mayor have been supportive of care court implementation through the legislative process and now in the implementation process. we had hearings at the board of supervisors on implementation. this is a collaboration of many different departments and agencies and it is not without cost and so, we are grateful to public defender's office for going out and getting the funds. anyone in care court is entitled to representation through the public defender's office and key players to people who need it. with that, we have a presentation from the public defender's office i believe. >> thank you vice chair mandelman. thank you for sponsoring and

for the support of your legislative aid zara specifically. i'm chief of staff for public defender office and also here with colleagues toa and we'll give a briefs presentation. so, the community assistance recovery empowerment act known as care, became effective as of january 1 of 2023. it authorizes family members, housemates, first responders and behavioral health workers to petition a civil court to create a voluntary care agreement or court ordered care plan that can include treatment, housing, support and other services people with untreated schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders. san francisco is one of 7 counties tasked to implement care court effective as of the legislation effective as of january 1, 2023. the funding became and care

court started as of october 1, 2023. the public defender's office were given $478.429 and additional $46.336 totaling $524.765. the current spending period is starts in october 1 of last year to the end of this fiscal year, however, we were given the option to ret row actively bill towards the preparation for care court starting as of august of 2023. our current spending plan towards the funding consist of one fte, a attorney and one fte a paralegal in addition to staffing cost the grant will be utilized for vouchers as such

as emergency temporary shelters, meals, transportation, and any personal hygiene costs that participants may have. with that, i'll let toa speak to what is currently going on with our care court. >> before you go on- >> not a question. big fan of care court and wanted to be added as cosponsor. that's all. >> you had a question? >> there was no question. just wanted to be added a a cosponsor. >> thank you so much. >> my apology. please go ahead. >> morning chair chan, vice chair mandelman and supervisor melgar. public defender office is active participant in care court. to date there are 21 petitions filed for care based on the estimated total population breakdown in cohort 1 with the first 7 counties consistent with the referral rate in other

counties. requires legal service providers to be appointed in san francisco. the office has been collaborating with them. we have referred three misdemeanor clients eligible because they were incompetent to stand trial and found eligible for a different program, mental health diversion. been appointed on one petition for a client stepping down from a community based conservatorship. we also consulted with legal service providers and three other petitions for former clients. in addition, the additional staff resources have been helpful for addressing implementation of sb43, which has expanded the criteria for conservator shf and result in increase of number of petitions for temporary conservatorships. >> with that, that concludes the presentation and happy to answer questions you may have.

>> just want to acknowledge and welcome [indiscernible] welcome saint brandon students to the chamber. you are joining us at the budget and finance committee. we talk about money. [laughter] and budget and how we spend that money, including care court. i do not have any additional questions. i'm eager to hear just the implementation of it. i know we are still in the initial phase of this, and we won't really know until at least a year. it isn't even a year into implementation, but i think it is something for us to really think about and i am eager to see proposition 1 passage or not, and how this will impact all of us in the long-term, not just san francisco, but up and

down the state of california. i'm really pleased that the care court in san francisco at least is moving forward. >> yes. >> and that i think with that, it will actually help the rest of the state in the curve of figuring out whether how to make it better, whether something we need to continue to invest in and how we can invest in it, so i appreciate all your work as always and thank you so much for being here with us, and with that, i'm going to go to public comment on this item. >> we now inslight invite members of the public who address item 5, now is your opportunity to approach the lectern. madam chair, we have no speakers. >> public comment is now closed. colleagues, i would like to move this item and just want to clarify both sponsor of supervisor mandelman and supervisor melgar on the

legislation and move the item forward with recommendation and roll call, please. >> on that motion to forward the resolution to full board with positive recommendation, mandelman, aye. melgar, aye. chan, aye. we have three ayes. >> the motion passes. mr. clerk, do we have any other business before us today? >> that concludes the business. >> we have budget and appropriation committee today at 1:30 p.m. with that, the meeting is adjourned. [meeting adjourned] it.

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was a force of nature. air fwant in some ways but also a man's man. he supper advised the construction and it was the greatest engineering seats in the united states. >> the remow location of dam and reservoir made getting to the site a challenge. >> they had to get access to the slopes of the sierra nevada so they her to build a railroad to get construction equipment and materials into the site. they had to generate power so they built another reservoir to generate power and they did a remarkable amount of work with much less sophisticated equipment than what we have today. >> concrete for the dam was processed at a plant just upstream from the construction site, using sand and rock from the valley. nearly 400,000 yards of cubic concrete were poured around the clock.

>> oshansee was a detailed oriented guy. he was having his man dig down the bedrock and they would dig and dig and pull, you know, out debris and they come and say, okay, we've gotten down. we're down far enough. we need to personally look at it and say, no, dig deeper. >> in may 1923, the dam was completed and named first chief engineer and behind it, an 8-mile chef of the hetch hetchy valley was flooded and holding back 115 billion gallons in the new reservoir. it would take another 11 years to finish the system and bring that water across california to the san francisco bay area. >> this was the moment. it was made pos there's so much involved

with becoming a firefighter. and as a component of being a woman in the field, it takes a lot of perception. it takes belieftelevision. >> (music). >> my name is vet at a original artist based in san francisco. >> i love it i love it i've never seen something else and we see how the people see which is happening and what is going on. kind of cool i wanted to be part of that. >> i saw it 2, 3, 4, 5 minutes you yeah.

>> so we have you - yeah. i started going when i was young but not the type of kid would get food but this is something i really have been progressing on a talent from like other artists. >> this is amazing. >> this is so good yeah, it is so good like the artists. >> i love it. >> what a great project. >> part of the part for have i grants. >> yeah. i love it. >> i serve in for 2 two years now and i really am fortunate to live in a place for art. >> an effort creating places

it serve san francisco soul and that makes them want to see this place; right? with the experience of art in san jose experience in from the get-go sometimes our environmentalist has created tests but we have an opportunity for that and have artists in the storefront part of project you can walk in and experience and hoping we'll be there for a long time. >> this is the first farther easy way of going to spaces i didn't know how it is really cool it would be and we're forced to be in the moment when we're test and creating something really cool. >> makes us feel good. >> as far (unintelligible)

done all temporary and took them down i like the temporary aspect base (unintelligible) (microphone distorted) not permanent can enjoy it. >> >> i am supervisor melgar. i am the supervisor for district 7. [music] i am a immigrant to san

francisco. my family came when i was 12 from el salvador during the civil war. this place gave us security, safety and an opportunity to thrive, so i love the city deeply, and as a mother of three kids who have grown up as city kids, i'm grateful for everything the city has to offer for people like me and families. i have been politically involved my whole life, either in government or a non profit worker and i care about the community. i care about people around me, and i want to make sure that as the world changes around us, other people have the opportunity that my family did. >> we are back in san francisco post pandemic. so important to be out supporting our businesses, supporting our neighbors. >> i'm the first woman to represent the district, believe it or not. i'm the first latina elected to the board of

supervisors without an appointment first ever, so i do think that (indiscernible) i want immigrants to be represented, women, moms, people that have different experiences because that brings richment to our decision making and i think it makes for betting decisions so that inspired me to run. district 7 is one of the most diverse districts in san francisco both in economics and ethnicity. it spans north from golden gate park. it includes all the institutions in the park, the wheel. the music concourse, mew seem to the south to the daly city boarder and west to the organization. includes the zoo (indiscernible) all those fun things and to 280 oen the east. includes city college, san francisco

state. i had ucsf parnassus so very large geographically. it is mostly single family homes, so it is the place where for generations family (indiscernible) nice parks, lake merced, mount davidson. >> this is like a village within the city, so we are very close nit community. we tend to band together and try to support one another and it is a friendly place and families and people to have a cup of coffee and check out the park. >> ocean avenue, which is the southern end of our district is vibrant commercial corridor that mostly cater tuesday the local neighborhoods and the students. as you go further west you have the mall which has some of the best pan asian food offerings in the city. if you haven't been there, it is really fun. as you go up a little bit further, there is

west portal avenue, which is a very old school commercial district where you can still find antique shops and cobbler shops and as well as like more modern restaurants. it is definitely hopping and full of families on any weekday. >> i'm matt roger, the coowner or (indiscernible) >> carl, other coowner in west portal. >> we are a neighborhood hardware store. been a community institution since it was founded in 1936. we had a little bit of everything. (indiscernible) to gardening or gift buying. >> my entire experience in san francisco is this community. it is a very small town feel for a big city. the community is caring and connected. >> what makes me excited doing business in district 7 is i know it sell well. i grew up

here. i knew a lot of customers, parents of friends. it is very comfortable place and feels like home. >> if you go up north, you have the innerpz sunset commercial corridor which has a awesome farmers market on weekdays and plethora of restaurants. there is everything you need. >> friendly and safe and (indiscernible) i love they bring their kids with them. they teach them how to use their money, and it is something you dont see in too many markets in other communities. i love to see the kids come and talking to you. it is something different then i see from (indiscernible) >> the ev access to transit in inner sunset and ability to do a lot of shopping on foot, and now the improved biking with jfk closed to cars,

because we have a 4 and a half year old who rides her bike. we now have a safe place to go and ride bike jz don't have to to worry about traffic. >> graffiti continues to be one of these things that during the pandemic just got out of control everywhere in the city and i do think that it is hampering our recovery of commercial corridors, so some of the volunteers on west portal avenue, some of the merchants got together with interns at our office to do some hands on abatement and we have been doing it regularly. we are doing it once a week and we have a wonderful neighbor, carrie organizing and storing the paint and supplies in her office on west portal, but this needs more then just a volunteer efforts. >> i'm grateful for the collaboration. we passed legislation at the board and put $4 million in the

budget over the next 24 months to help the department of public works hire laborers and labor apprentices to abate the graffiti on private property on commercial corridors. i think that for a couple years this recovery strategy so we can get back up as normal after this awful pandemic. participatory budgeting is a pot of money that is available every year for district 7 neighbors to propose projects that improve the neighborhood and the district. anyone, any organization in the district can propose a project and then it's a vote. it is popular vote. we have 14 projects just approved and they span from you know, a vegetable garden at aptos middle school to pedestrian safety projects on

(indiscernible) it runs the gamut, but it is wonderful because it allows people to be engaged in a real way, and then to see the outcome of their energy and work, because the things get improved in front of them. >> i like it is really close to the parecollect parks and bunch of businesses as well as a calm feel. it is a very peaceful feel even though it is close to a lot of things. (indiscernible) also not boring. there is stuff to do too. >> so, there is lots to see and experience in district

7. [music] >> i don't think you need to be an expert to look around and see the increasing frequency of fires throughout california. they are continuing at an ever-increasing rate every summer, and as we all know, the drought continues and huge shortages of water right now. i don't think you have to be an expert to see the impact. when people create greenhouse

gases, we are doing so by different activities like burning fossil fuels and letting off carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and we also do this with food waste. when we waste solid food and leave it in the landfill, it puts methane gas into the atmosphere and that accelerates the rate at which we are warming our planet and makes all the effects of climate change worse. the good news is there are a lot of things that you can be doing, particularly composting and the added benefit is when the compost is actually applied to the soil, it has the ability to reverse climate change by pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and into the soil and the t radios. and there is huge amount of science that is breaking right now around that. >> in the early 90s, san francisco hired some engineers

to analyze the material san francisco was sending to landfill. they did a waste characterization study, and that showed that most of the material san francisco was sending to landfill could be composted. it was things like food scraps, coffee grounds and egg shells and sticks and leaves from gardening. together re-ecology in san francisco started this curbside composting program and we were the first city in the country to collect food scraps separately from other trash and turn them into compost. it turns out it was one of the best things we ever did. it kept 2.5 million tons of material out of the landfill, produced a beautiful nutrient rich compost that has gone on to hundreds of farms, orchards and vineyards. so in that way you can manage your food scraps and produce far less methane. that is part of the solution. that gives people hope that we're doing something to slow down climate change.

>> i have been into organic farming my whole life. when we started planting trees, it was natural to have compost from re-ecology. compost is how i work and the soil biology or the microbes feed the plant and our job as regenerative farmers is to feed the microbes with compost and they will feed the plant. it is very much like in business where you say take care of your employees and your employees will take carolinas of your customers. the same thing. take care of the soil microbes and soil life and that will feed and take care of the plants. >> they love compost because it is a nutrient rich soil amendment. it is food for the soil. that is photosynthesis. pulling carbon from the atmosphere. pushing it back into the soil where it belongs. and the roots exude carbon into the soil. you are helping turn a farm into a carbon sink.

it is an international model. delegations from 135 countries have come to study this program. and it actually helped inspire a new law in california, senate bill 1383. which requires cities in california to reduce the amount of compostable materials they send to landfills by 75% by 2025. and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a nation-leading policy. >> because we have such an immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbon cycles, government does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean, foryes, sir, and so forth. -- forest, and so fors. we know that our largest corporations are a significant percentage of carbon emission, and that the corporate community has significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions. unfortunately, we have no idea and no requirement that they

disclose anything about the carbon footprint, the core operation and sp360 stands for the basic notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very common sense but is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make real change and that will change behavior because we know that when corporations have to disclose and be transparent and have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assistance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 which requires them to have a food donation program. we keep the edible food local. and we are not composting it because we don't want to compost edible food. we want that food to get eaten within san francisco and feed folks in need.

it is very unique in san francisco we have such a broad and expansive education program for the city. but also that we have partners in government and nonprofit that are dedicated to this work. at san francisco unified school district, we have a sustainability office and educators throughout the science department that are building it into the curriculum. making it easy for teachers to teach about this. we work together to build a pipeline for students so that when they are really young in pre-k, they are just learning about the awe and wonder and beauty of nature and they are connecting to animals and things they would naturally find love and affinity towards. as they get older, concepts that keep them engaged like society and people and economics. >> california is experiencing many years of drought. dry periods. that is really hard on farms and is really challenging.

compost helps farms get through these difficult times. how is that? compost is a natural sponge that attracts and retains water. and so when we put compost around the roots of plants, it holds any moisture there from rainfall or irrigation. it helps farms make that corner and that helps them grow for food. you can grow 30% more food in times of drought in you farm naturally with compost. farms and cities in california are very hip now to this fact that creating compost, providing compost to farms helps communities survive and get through those dry periods. >> here is the thing. soil health, climate health, human health, one conversation. if we grow our food differently, we can capture all that excess carbon in the atmosphere and store it in unlimited quantities in the soil, that will create nutrient dense foods that will take care of most of our

civilized diseases. so it's one conversation. people have to understand that they are nature. they can't separate. we started prowling the high plains in the 1870s and by the 1930s, 60 year, we turned it into a dust bowl. that is what ignorance looks like when you don't pay attention to nature. nature bats last. so people have to wake up. wake up. compost. >> it is really easy to get frustrated because we have this belief that you have to be completely sustainable 24/7 in all aspects of your life. it is not about being perfect. it is about making a change here, a change there in your life. maybe saying, you know what? i don't have to drive to that particular place today. today i am going to take the bus or i'm going to walk. it is about having us is stainable in mind. that is -- it is about having sustainability in mind. that is how we move the dial.

you don't have to be perfect all the time. >> san francisco has been and will continue to be one of the greener cities because there are communities who care about protecting a special ecosystem and habitat. thinking about the history of the ohlone and the native and indigenous people who are stewards of this land from that history to now with the ambitious climate action plan we just passed and the goals we have, i think we have a dedicated group of people who see the importance of this place. and who put effort into building an infrastructure that actually makes it possible. >> we have a long history starting with the gold rush and the anti-war activism and that is also part of the environmental movement in the 60s and 70s. and of course, earth day in 1970 which is huge. and i feel very privileged to work for the city because we are on such a forefront of environmental issues, and we get calls from all over the world

really to get information. how do cities create waste programs like they do in san francisco. we are looking into the few which you are and we want innovation. we want solutions. >> how i really started my advocacy was through my own personal experiences with discrimination as a trans person. and when i came out as trans, you know, i experienced discrimination in the workplace. they refused to let me use the women's bathroom and fired me.

there were so many barriers that other trans folks had in the workplace. and so when i finished college, i moved out to san francisco in the hopes of finding a safer community. >> and also, i want to recognize our amazing trans advisory committee who advises our office as well as the mayor, so our transadvisory community members, if they could raise their hands and you could give a little love to them. [applause] >> thank you so much for your help. my leadership here at the office is engaging the mayor and leadership with our lgbt

community. we also get to support, like, local policy and make sure that that is implemented, from all-gender bathrooms to making sure that there's lgbt data collection across the city. get to do a lot of great events in trans awareness month. >> transgender people really need representation in politics of all kinds, and i'm so grateful for clair farley because she represents us so intelligently. >> i would like to take a moment of silence to honor all those folks that nicky mentioned that we've lost this year. >> i came out when i was 18 as trans and grew up as gay in

missoula, montana. so as you can imagine, it wasn't the safest environment for lgbt folks. i had a pretty supportive family. i have an identical twin, and so we really were able to support each other. once i moved away from home and started college, i was really able to recognize my own value and what i had to offer, and i think that for me was one of the biggest challenges is kind of facing so many barriers, even with all the privilege and access that i had. it was how can i make sure that i transform those challenges into really helping other people. we're celebrating transgender awareness month, and within that, we recognize transgender day of remembrance, which is a memorial of those that we have lost due to transgender violence, which within the last year, 2019, we've lost 22

transgender folks. think all but one are transgender women of color who have been murdered across the country. i think it's important because we get to lift up their stories, and bring attention to the attacks and violence that are still taking place. we push back against washington. that kind of impact is starting to impact trans black folks, so it's important for our office to advocate and recognize, and come together and really remember our strength and resilience. as the only acting director of a city department in the country, i feel like there's a lot of pressure, but working

through my own challenges and barriers and even my own self-doubt, i think i've been try to remember that the action is about helping our community, whether that's making sure the community is housed, making sure they have access to health care, and using kind of my access and privilege to make change. >> i would like to say something about clair farley. she has really inspired me. i was a nurse and became disabled. before i transitioned and after i transitioned, i didn't know what i wanted to do. i'm back at college, and clair farley has really impressed on me to have a voice and to have agency, you have to have an education. >> mayor breed has led this effort. she made a $2.3 million investment into trans homes, and she spear headed this effort in partnership with my office and tony, and we're so

proud to have a mayor who continues to commit and really make sure that everyone in this city can thrive. >> our community has the most resources, and i'm very happy to be here and to have a place finally to call home. thank you. [applause] >> one, two, three. [applause] >> even in those moments when i do feel kind of alone or unseen or doubt myself, i take a look at the community and the power of the supportive allies that are at the table that really help me to push past that. being yourself, it's the word of wisdom i would give anyone. surely be patient with yourself and your dream. knowing that love, you may not always feel that from your

family around you, but you can >> we have a wonderful adult ceramic class. we offer over 10 adult classes in morning and evening. it accommodates people who work in the day, people who work in the evening, people who are day people and night people. we try to cater to the whole group. it's beyond just a clay lesson. it's really a lifeless on. when you meet people you never know what's underneath. sometimes they show you what they want to. and you kind of expect that it's just going to be that. but it's never really what's on the surface. it's really what's underneath the

surface . that's what i try to get at when i do my clay. the camaraderie that we have here. we have students that have been for for many many years. we have students here for the first time. we share our skills, our formulas. this is how we learn. how did you do that? let me show you. that's the attitude that the students and the teachers have here. it's a really wonderful nurturing place.

>> who doesn't love cable cars? charging emissions and we're free which we're proud of you know, it's not much free left in the world anymore so we managed to do that through donations and through our gift shops. you got a real look and real appreciation of what early transit systems are like. this was the transit of the day from about 1875 to about 1893 or

later, you know. cable car museum is free, come on in. take a day. come down. rediscover the city. you can spend as time you want and you don't have to make reservations and it's important to be free because we want them to develop a love for cable cars so they do continue to support whether they live here or other places and people come in and say, yes, i have passed by and heard of this and never come in and they always enjoy themselves. people love cable cars and there's none left in the world so if you want to ride a cable car, you've got to come to san francisco. that what makes the city. without the cable cars, you lose part of that, you know, because people who come here and they love it and they love the history ask they can ride a cable car that has been running since 1888 or 1889. wow! that's something. can't do that with other historical museums. rarely, have i run into anybody from outside who didn't come in and didn't feel better from knowing something about the city. it's a

true experience you'll remember. i hope they walk away with a greater appreciation for the history, with the mechanics with people are fascinated by the winding machine and i hope the appreciation, which is a part of our mission and these young kids will appreciate cable cars and the ones who live here and other places, they can make sure there will always be cable cars in san francisco because once they are gone, they are gone. it's the heartbeat of san francisco that founded the cable and the slot and without the cable cars, yeah, we would lose something in san francisco. we would lose part of its heart and soul. it wouldn't be san francisco without cable cars. [bell ringing]

>> >> >> my name is alex sinclair of willow on the green in san francisco. we are the only british tea shop on the west coast and focused on high quality luxury goods from the u.k. and we have teas and baked goods. we came up with the name because willow is made with baskets and the parklett, a willow green and that is a picnic in the park. i have come up with the idea because i have lived in the neighborhood for a year. seven years ago we had a tea shop. during covid we needed to have a

new flavor and rejuvenate the business. we are between two beautiful businesses. i realized with the shop opening next to the bakery, we had a beautiful tea shop in the area. we started with british teas and want to support local tea makers in the local area. and once you have cheese and biscuits need tea and jam and lemon curd and chocolate and all of these parts basically imported from the u.k. our most popular products come from wales. it's an extra cheddar and next popular product is a jam made with alpine strawberry. so you get a taste of a nice

strawberry. this is about supporting cheese makers and business in the area and women-owned businesses around the world and always want to support the community. we support concerts, we support charities and come to the aid to those in need such as the british society and the san francisco society and the -- >> if you have never had british cheese, i recommend you come in on weekend. all of our staff are highly knowledgeable of all of our products and we are really passionate about what we do here and gives you a chance to explore our culture and food and our values. i encourage you to come to the inner sunset with a beautiful park to be young and academy of

sciences here. come to the shop. we have beautiful baskets and blankets so you can enjoy this wonderful nature and you can support these wonderful businesses out here. >> okay. good afternoon, and welcome to the san francisco planning commission hearing for thursday, march 14th, 2020. for

when we reach the item you are interested in speaking to, we ask that you line up on the screen side of the room or to your right. each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes. when you have 30s remaining, you will hear a chime indicating your time is almost up. when your allotted time is reached, i will announce that your time is up and take the next person queued to speak. please speak clearly and slowly and if you care to state your name for the record, i will remind members of the public that the commission does not tolerate any disruption or outbursts of any kind. i ask that we silence any mobile devices that may sound off during these proceedings, and at this time i would like to take roll commission. president diamond here. commission vice president moore here. commissioner braun here, commissioner imperiale here. commissioner koppell here, and commissioner williams here. welcome. thank you. commissioners, first on your agenda is consideration of items proposed for continuance. item one, case number 2022 hyphen 009383 coa at 4,021st street.

conditional use authorization. it is proposed for continuance to april 11th, 2020 for item two, case number 2022. hyphen 000438 drp at 320 frederick street. a discretionary review is proposed for continuance to. april 11th, 2024. item three, case number 2023 hyphen 006927 ce 858 buena vista terrace conditional use authorization is proposed for continuance to april 11th, 2024. item for case number 2023. hyphen 002390 tr drp at 426 fillmore street. unit c, discretionary review is proposed for continuance to may 2nd, 2024. an item five, case number 2023 hyphen 009433 pca and map at 900 kearney street. special use district planning code amendment is proposed for an indefinite continuance