Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting

Good afternoon. Welcome to the 05/05/2026 regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Yes. Supervisor Chan. Present. Chan, present. Supervisor Chen. Present. Chen, present. Supervisor Dorsey. Present. Dorsey, present. Supervisor Fielder. Fielder not present. Supervisor Mahmoud Mahmoud not present. Supervisor Mandelman

Present.

Mandelman present. Supervisor Melgar Present. Melgar present. Supervisor Soder? Present. Soder present. Supervisor Cheryl? Cheryl present. Supervisor Walton. Walton present. Supervisor Wong. Wong present. Mr. President, you have a quorum.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramatush Ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramatush Ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Rammutush Ohlone community, and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples.

Colleagues, will you join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance? On behalf of the board, I'd like to acknowledge the staff at SFGov TV. Today, is especially Colina Mendoza. They record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam Clerk, do you have any communications?

Yes. Thank you, Mr. President. The Board of Supervisors welcomes your attendance here in person at the Board's Legislative Chamber, Room 2 52nd Floor Of City Hall. When you can't be here, the proceedings are airing live on SFGov TV's Channel 26 or live streaming at sfgovtv dot org.

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Finally, we are in receipt of two memos as stated over the last several weeks. Supervisor Fielder submitted a memo dated April 7 requesting to be excused each week between April 7 and June 30. And on May 4, we received a memo from Supervisor Mahmoud requesting to be excused from today's meeting. Members, Mr. President, that concludes my communication.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Colleagues, could I have a motion to excuse Supervisors Fielder and Mahmoud from today's meeting? Motion made by Chen and seconded by Walton. Colleagues, I think we can take that without objection. Without objection, Supervisors Fielder and Mahmoud are excused. And then, Madam Clerk, let's go to our consent agenda, items one through five.

Items one through five are on consent. These items are considered routine. If a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately.

Please call the roll.

On items one through five, Supervisor Walton. Aye. Walton, aye. Supervisor Wong. I. Wong, I. Supervisor Chan. I. Chan, I. Supervisor Chen. I. Chen, I. Supervisor Dorsey. I. Supervisor Mandelman. I. Mandelman. Supervisor Melgar. I. Melgar, aye. Supervisor Soder. Aye. Soder, aye. Supervisor Cheryl. Aye. Cheryl, aye. There are nine ayes. Without objection, these ordinances are finally passed.

Madam Clerk, let's go to unfinished business. Please call item number six.

Item number six is the ordinance retroactively authorizing the police department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of 6,250,000 from the US Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to fund 50 new police officer positions for approximately the period of 10/01/2025 through 09/30/2030, and amending the annual salary ordinance.

And colleagues, I think we can take this item, same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is finally passed. Madam Clerk, please call items seven through nine together.

Items seven through nine are three ordinances adopting memoranda of understanding to be effective between 07/01/2026, through 06/30/2030, between the city and, for item number seven, the San Francisco Police Officers Association for item eight, the San Francisco Firefighters Union Local seven ninety eight, IAFF AFL CIO Unit two and for item nine, with the San Francisco Firefighters Union Local seven ninety eight, IAFF AFL CIO, Unit one.

I think we can take these items, same house, same call, without objection. The ordinances are finally passed. Madam Clerk, please call item number 10.

Item number 10 is an ordinance temporarily excluding certain sites from the provisions of SB 79 that require local jurisdictions to allow residents to show uses on sites within one half mile of a transit oriented development stop permanently excluding sites located in industrial employment hubs, amending the planning code to permit additional density and height for residential projects on certain parcels within one half mile of a transit oriented development stop, adopting an alternative plan to SB79, and making appropriate findings.

Again, same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is finally passed. Madam Clerk, please call item 11.

Item number 11 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to authorize the sfmta to establish a curbside electric vehicle charging station permit program amending the public works code to reflect the authority of the sfmta to issue permits for the curbside electric vehicle charging station program amending the transportation code to authorize SFMTA to impose administrative penalties for violations, and making appropriate findings.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is finally passed. Madam Clerk, let's go to new business, item number 12.

Item number 12 is an ordinance appropriating $1,500,000 from the general reserve to the public defender to support the projected increases in salaries and fringe benefit costs in fiscal year 2025 to 2026. And pursuant to Charter Section 9.113 C, this ordinance requires a twothree approval of all members of the Board of Supervisors.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam Clerk, please call items thirteen and fourteen together.

Items thirteen and fourteen are two resolutions approving agreements with the Department of Disability and Aging Services. Item 13 is with Homebridge, Incorporated for contract mode in home supportive services, increasing the agreement amount for a new total not to exceed amount of approximately $158,000,000 with no changes to the original term and effective upon approval of this resolution. And item 14 is with the San Francisco In Home Supportive Services Public Authority for independent provider mode in home supportive services for a term of five years from 07/01/2026, to 06/30/2031, and for a total not to exceed amount of approximately $991,000,000

Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolutions are adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item number 15.

Item number 15 is a resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept and expend a grant increase from the National Institutes of Health through Florida State University for participation in a program entitled Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIVAIDS Interventions Scientific Leadership Center for a total amount of approximately $408,000 for the total period of 01/25/2023, through 01/14/2027.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item please call item 16.

Item number 16 is a resolution retroactively authorizing the office of economic and workforce development to accept and expend a grant in the amount of 50,000 from the state

of

California, California National Resources Agency for Americans with Disabilities Act, restroom improvements at the Charity Cultural Center Services Center during the fiscal year of 07/01/2025, through 06/30/2026.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item number 17.

Item number 17 is an ordinance amending the transportation code to authorize the director transportation to approve temporary street use permits under certain circumstances amending the administrative code to authorize the director of transportation to approve certain street closures proposed by community benefits districts under the downtown entertainment event Activation Program and making appropriate findings.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam Clerk, please call item number 18.

Item number 18 is an ordinance amending the housing code to revise qualifications and deadlines for conducting structural maintenance inspections and making appropriate findings.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item 19.

Item number 19 is an ordinance conditionally accepting an offer of dedication and quick claim deed for real property from the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure for a segment of East Clementina Street between Bill And Main Streets for maintenance and liability conditionally accepting offers of improvements from Trans Bay to Family L P and Trans Bay to Senior L P waiving the application of ordinance number ten sixty one to allow establishment expansion and reduction of official sidewalk lists through administrative action associated with the street segment and Trans Bay to public improvements and making appropriate findings.

Same house same call without objection the ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam clerk, please call item number 20.

Item number 20 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to authorize the public utilities commission to purchase utility infrastructure from customers that the Public Utilities Commission would otherwise be required to install, subject to specified conditions.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam Clerk, please call item 21.

Item number 21 is a resolution adding the commemorative street name Helen Wakazu Way to Julian Avenue in recognition of her legacy as a founder of Friendship House and her contributions to the Native American community in the city and county of San Francisco.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call Item 22.

Item number 22 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to state that it is city policy to expand the availability of site based permanent supportive housing that prohibits on-site illicit drug use among residents, bar the city from funding new site based PSH for people experiencing homelessness that prohibits evictions on the basis of drug use alone, and require HSAs HSH to survey residents of site based PSH to assess their interest in living in either drug tolerant or drug free PSHs.

Chair Dorsey.

Thank you, President Mandelman. Colleagues, I would like to make a motion to continue this item for one week. Apart from one of my co sponsors being unavailable today, I also am encouraged by conversations I've had with recovery community allies in the medical community who believe that there is still common ground to find with the San Francisco Marin Medical Society. As I mentioned in my letter yesterday, I am proud to have stood with this organization over the years on issues like defending our enforcement of health warnings for ads for sugary beverages As a private sector campaign strategist, when I worked with Supervisor Walton and others in 2019, to defeat an effort by Juul Labs to overturn some of our tobacco control laws. It includes legislation we had worked on to expand access to buprenorphine and narcan and also for their support of the recovery first ordinance.

So, I'd like to think that we've got some good common ground that we can stand on. And I have made a commitment to colleagues that I'm going to do everything I can in the week that we have to find common ground.

All right. Supervisor Dorsey has made a motion to continue for one week, seconded by Supervisor Sherrill. Colleagues, can we take that without objection? Without objection, the motion passes. I would note that we have been joined I think, is Reverend Brown out there? There he is. I would note that we've been joined by our by a former member of this board, Reverend Amos Brown. Welcome. Little applause.

Very nice.

Madam Clerk, please call Item Number 23.

Item Number 23 is a resolution supporting and recognizing the importance of the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program and encouraging the San Francisco Unified School District to continue to provide high school students the opportunity to participate and ensure the program is preserved as currently constituted.

Supervisor Wong. Thank you, President Mendelman. GRTC has been in San Francisco's public schools for over ninety years. Today, it operates at six high schools Babboa, Galileo, Lincoln, Lowell, Mission, and Washington. And it serves over 900 students who choose to enroll, and over 600 more who use the program's physical education option.

Enrollment has grown from three fifty students three years ago to over 900 today. That growth is happening because the students and families who make this choice find real value in it. The program teaches leadership, communication, first aid, conflict management, government structure, financial literacy, and other skills that prepare young people for life after high school. The cost is shared equally between the Army and the school district. And the program does not recruit cadets into joining the military.

Cadets described their GRTC community as a second family and as a safe environment where they belong. That is a meaningful outcome for any after school or co curricular program serving over 1,000 kids in the city. I want to thank you to supervisors Dorsey, Manoomin, Melgar and Cheryl for co sponsoring. And I want to thank the over 100 current GRTC cadets, parents and supporters who took the time to write to this board. The volume of correspondence reflects the value of the program that provides in students' lives. Thank you.

Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, President Mandelman. I am trying to understand what we are doing here. I do think that JRTC is a program that is beneficial to students in the school district, but I also know and it is not true that the cost is shared equally by the school district and federal government. The school district and the federal government pay for half the salaries of the educators, but the school district pays 100% of the benefits for that position and 100% for all equipment, etcetera, for the JLTC program. Support JLTC, but I can't support something that is urging the school district to possibly spend more money on a program that is a department of justice program.

So I'm really trying to understand what is the resolution doing here, what are we urging the district to do, are we telling them to use more school district resources for JROTC which is a federal program, what are we trying to attempt to do with this resolution?

I don't see anyone in the queue. Someone want to respond. I do see someone in the queue. Supervisor Walton.

Pressed the wrong button. Okay. Thank you, Supervisor Walton. The purpose of the resolution is to support the continued preservation of the GRTC program. As many have seen in past years at the school district, the GRTC program has been at risk before.

Back in, I think, 2006 or 2008, the city passed I think it was Proposition B supporting the GRTC program in our public schools. And today, there's continued support and advocacy to ensure that we maintain our GRTC program as is. During committee, we had instructors and former students come and speak up to the importance of this program and their concerns about its continued preservation in the school district. And I'm here to support that the JROTC program be able to remain in the school district as currently constituted.

Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, President Mandelman. So just for my clarity, we're not asking or urging the school district to spend another dime on JROTC. We're just supporting that the program stay as is. Yes, as currently

constituted. There is not a request for more funding for the program. It's to preserve it as is. Thank you. Supervisor Chan.

Thank you. I mean, I think that if that's the case, it be Supervisor Wong will consider a friendly amendment on page two, line 20 that indicated, for that clause. The clause is currently stated to say, resolve that the city and county of San Francisco recognizes the importance of the JRTC program and encourage SFUSD to continue to provide high school students the opportunity to participate in JRTC and to ensure the program remains fully, fully operational when SFUSD no longer face budget deficit. So, like in the in the page two, line 20, after the clause, I say remain fully operational when SFUSD no longer faces budget deficits, or experience budget deficits.

May I have these amendments been shared with Supervisor Wong prior to this?

No, but No. I mean, I think that if this is springing up, I'm just kind of bringing this up. Up. Okay.

All right. Well, was I'm happy to defer consideration of this item to later in the agenda if folks want to think about amendments. This was in committee. Amendments could have been made in committee. Supervisor Wong, you can deal with us how you want to if you'd like a little more time to think about proposed amendments.

I'm open to amendments. I just haven't seen it so far. So, if there's a

Okay. So, I'm going just suggest that if supervisors want to talk about this sidebar conversation, that's fine. We can come back. Looks like Supervisor Melgar might have something she want. Nope. Okay. Anybody object to oh, Supervisor Walton, want say something?

Thank you, President Mandelman. I definitely don't object to moving forward with your suggestion. I wouldn't even mind continuing this item another week but remember and I you're correct we could have addressed amendments in committee if you recall this came initially to the full board to go on for adoption without committee reference, which I definitely had a problem with that and definitely thought it should have gone to committee. And I did not think as we were having this conversation before it got to us that it would come in this same form. I apologize for not submitting any amendments earlier, but definitely would support the suggested amendment of Supervisor Chan.

And if Supervisor Wong wants to address this during this meeting or possibly continue it to next week, I'm definitely supportive of that. I'm I'm trying I know it came to the Fokker. I'm trying not to vote no on this. Yeah. But I do struggle knowing the school district budget intimately with making a blanket statement saying we support one specific program that, again, is a federal program that's problematic.

Okay. Supervisor Wong can think of he can count. He certainly can count. He can think about whether he wants to try this day, whether he wants to try it in a week with a continuance, whether he wants to try to amend to potentially get, you know, unanimous support. I don't know what's going on. I'll leave this in his hands. And we will, after Supervisor Scherle, continue on with other items and come back to this.

Yeah, I just think this has had plenty of time for discussion.

This is sorry, what? Say that again.

I think this has had plenty of time for discussion.

Okay. Sounds like Supervisor Scherrill's ready to vote. But we will take it up later. Madam Clerk, you want to please call Item 24?

Item Number 24 is a resolution condemning immigration and customs enforcement action urging the United States Congress to fund the Transportation and Security Agency and urging San Francisco law enforcement agencies to continue to abide by sanctuary city policies.

I believe that we're back to being able to take the same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, can you please call Item 25?

Item 25 is a resolution determining that the issuance of a Type 90 on sale general music venue liquor license to the Mello LLC to do business as the Mello SF, located at 1401 H Street, will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of San Francisco, and requesting that the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control impose conditions on the issuance of the license.

Same house, same call, without objection. The resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, I think we have a committee report.

Item number 28 was heard by the Land Use and Transportation Committee at a regular meeting on 05/04/2026, and was recommended as the committee report. It is a resolution approving the official naming of certain unnamed public and private streets and the proposed renaming of the existing Bill Walsh Way to Giants Drive along Gilman Playground Park.

All right. And we'll do this. Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. And, Madam Clerk, I think we can do two minutes of roll call.

All right. First up on roll call is Supervisor Walton. Thank you, Supervisor Walton. Supervisor Wong.

Okay, there it is. Colleagues, today we honor the life of Sunset resident Jim Garcia, Jr, a proud San Franciscan who passed away on April 15 at the age of 61 after a long and courageous battle of cancer. Jim was deeply rooted in the sunset. He grew up in the neighborhood attending St. Cecilia and St.

Ammatius, and later went on to the University of San Francisco, where he played Division I tennis and was among the top players on his team. His love for sports stayed with him throughout his life. He played in local softball games for more than twenty years and gave back as a coach at Saint Cecilia, mentoring generations of young people, including his own children. As a general contractor, Jim helped build homes across the Sunset and throughout San Francisco, including the home where he raised his family. He took pride not only in the structures he built, but in the people he taught along the way.

He shared his skills generously, training with young workers and working side by side with his son. For Jim, it was never just about the work. It was about building something lasting and bringing others along with him. Many in the community also knew Jim through his passion for cars. From meetups along the Great Highway to gatherings at Speedway Meadow, he brought people together. His love for Mopars, especially his red road runner, was unmistakable. It was not just a hobby. It was the way he connected with others and built lasting relationships. Jim was also an athlete in every sense of the word. From tennis to baseball to years on the softball field, he showed up with energy, discipline, and heart.

As a coach, he gave that same spirit to young people across the sunset, shaping not just players, but confident and resilient individuals. But above all, Jim was a devoted husband, father, son, and friend. He shared thirty four years of marriage with his wife, Teresa, and together they raised Rachel, Antonio, and Gino in the sunset. The fact that he built their home with his own hands says so much about the kind of man he was, Steady, hardworking, and deeply committed to his family. What stands out most is how many parts of the sunset Jim touched.

The homes he built, the players he coached, the friends he made, the neighbors who knew they could count on him. His life became part of the fabric of the neighborhood in a quiet but meaningful way. And I want to share this. In the sunset, some of the most meaningful lives are lived quietly. People show up for their families, their neighbors, and their community without ever asking for recognition. They just give day after day, that was Jim. His strength and courage through his illness were an inspiration, but it is the way he lived with generosity, pride in his work, and deep love for his family that will stay with us. On behalf of the board, we extend our deepest condolences to his wife Teresa, his children Rachel, Antonio, and Gino, and the entire Garcia family. We're grateful for Jim's life, and he will be deeply missed in the sunset and across our city. Thank you. The rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Wong. Supervisor Oh,

let's we'll

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door at 02:30. All right. So we'll come back to to roll call. But, Madam Clerk, can you call our 02:30 p. M. Special order?

Yes. Our special order at 02:30 is recognition accommodations for meritorious service to the City and County of San Francisco.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. And, as has become tradition for the first Tuesday of AAPI Heritage Month, I wanted to invite the co chairs of the APA Heritage Committee to come on up. The chair, Claudine Chang president of the APA Heritage Foundation, Claudine Chang co chair, Al Perez. Your partners in crime, who we all know and love, are not here, but are here in spirit, Dennis Yee, Grace Horakiri, and Thomas Lee. Claudine, who we all know, has been the driving force behind the APA Heritage Month celebration for twenty one years.

It's been recognized nationwide every May since 1978. San Francisco's celebrations began in 2005 when Claudine first pitched the idea to Mayor Gavin Newsom. And, it is an amazing, wonderful citywide celebration with film screenings, and author readings, and cuisine, and dances, and performing arts. And we are grateful to you for doing it year after year. And we want to welcome you to tell us what's going on this year. Claudine.

Thank you, board president and supervisors. You must have read our celebration guide. Oops. It seems that you already described many of the events. Supervisor, so, yes, this is, AAPI Heritage Month again, and we are so excited.

This year, because of the efforts of the committee, we have over 100 programs throughout the month of May and in the many day neighborhoods. I I feel we feel that there's something for everybody to enjoy, and the theme this year is elevating cultures. Elevating cultures is this really a call to action. A call to action that we that's we need to do more to there are two aspect of that. We need to do more to amplify the individual unique cultural heritage of each of the AAPI ethnic group.

And at the same time, we also want to amplify what the group looks like when we come together. It we the API community really makes up a very beautiful fabric for this of the city. And so I think that while we appreciate, the youth uniqueness of each, we also want to celebrate the togetherness of our many ethnic groups together. For many of you, and I think all of you have been to our events in the past and in recent years, our initiatives includes neighborhood activation because we think that we really must spread the love around. So, you'll hear from El Perez in a in a couple minute seconds.

He's gonna talk about the neighborhood outreach program that have began in one neighborhood, now into five neighborhoods. We are also very proud to share with you our youth engagement efforts because it's nothing more important to our community than to nurture the next generation of youth leaders. Starting last year, we have a group of we what we call the UU AAPI Youth Advisors. They are the ones that manage the program that is called the AAPI Youth Changemakers Award. And it is really has become a very good opportunities that we have created for members of that advisory group and working in close, with in close cooperation with the San Francisco Youth Commission.

And we are very excited to have been able to be able to launch that last year and to continue it this year. And some of the highlights, in the celebration guide, you can all find out more about our programs at apasf.org. But I must say that this year, we're gonna have a couple of interesting things. This is the first year that we'll in invite you to celebrate AAPI month on the water on the water, and we mean it because of the, partnership with CYC. You are all invited to get onto the Dragon Boat and to to paddle with us.

It will be a lot of fun. It will be at Lake Merced this Saturday at noontime. Please be there. Sarah one in convince me and assure me that no swimming experience needed as long as you can balance yourself in the boat. But, really, it is gonna be a lot of fun.

It's gonna be a great family fun event, and I hope that men and all of you, if you can make it at the time and to do that. I also want to just call out to one important event, and that is the Cantonese opera, sing along. And I know that a number of the supervisors here have been practicing. And I think it'll be it's it's really going to be great fun. I think there's so many aspects of our cultural heritage that although we have been doing this for twenty two years, every year, we find something something new, something that, oh, we haven't we haven't done that.

We haven't amplified that. This, we haven't, you know, focused on that. So I I think it is really amazing what collectively we can do together. So, before I turn to, our co chair, Al Perez, we, the committee, only have to ask from, all of you. One is, to attend as many events as you can in your district and and and also throughout the city and county of San Francisco.

Please do because it'll be always good to see you there with your presence and with your support. And the second ask is for those of you who have a newsletter, and I know many of them do, please do spread the word about celebrating AAPI Heritage Month. All of your officers have received our publicity toolkit prepared by Thomas Lee, and I hope that you will take the opportunity to help us amplify. Thank you so much. And he is my partner in crime, Al Perez.

Thank you, Claudine. Hello, board of supervisors. My name is Al Perez. And in addition to APA heritage month, we also wanna celebrate San Francisco Small Business Week. So we wanna invite you all to dine local and eat global at this project that we call Chao Fun.

It's a cultural, culinary festival in neighborhoods in Excelsior, Ocean Avenue, Geneva Avenue, Visitation Valley, and this year, we're expanding it to Portola. And it's a way for us to celebrate small business owners, local merchants. We're calling it a dine around instead of restaurant week because we want to be inclusive of mom and pop bakeries, boba cafes, and bars. They're not traditionally called restaurants, so we're calling it a dine around. It's for two weeks, May.

And so, we have this passport program to encourage as many of you all to support many of the restaurants. Every time you make a purchase, you get a stamp on your passport, and you need only four stamps to qualify for some very exciting prizes. So we wanna invite everyone in the city to come out to this to our side of the city. And I wanna thank, supervisor Chaya Chen for your strong support for this program. It's gonna be a lot of fun. So please come out and support local merchants and culture in our side. Thank you.

What other areas besides the Excelsior?

Oh, yes. So this year, we are we have 71 participating merchants across the Excelsior, Ocean Avenue, Geneva Avenue, Visitation Valley, and Portola. So, yes, this amazing diversity of cultures and ethnicities in this part of the city. So we'd love you all to try, like, it's almost like traveling around the world just through cuisine. Please come check us out. Oh, our website is chaofansf.com.

Thank you.

And, but not least, so for those of you who have not signed up for the Cantonese or First Sing Along, it's never too late. Please talk to me or find me somewhere and and or email me, text me, and we'll get you be to be a part of it. I promise it will be great fun. Thank you.

Thank you both. I'll leave behind some

passports so you guys can all get a copy and experience Chao Phan in our area.

Alright. We'll see you tomorrow night at Herps Theater. Thank you. And now we will respond to our we will return to our regularly scheduled programming with district eleven supervisor Chen.

Thank you, board president. Come support child fund. Come to visit District eleven as well. Colleagues, may I ask Susan, Richard, and Norman to come to the podium? Colleagues, I'm very proud to kick off AAPI Heritage Month by honoring San Francisco today, a pioneer of world class lion dance in San Francisco and internationally.

Yao Gongmun has operated for over fifty years in San Francisco, setting the gold standard for lion dance performances, winning competition locally and internationally. Their reach is worldwide with schools in The United States, Hong Kong, Australia, and Canada. Their lion dances have been a highlight to over 43 Lunar New Year parades, countless grand openings, celebrations, and cultural events. Yao Gongun's outstanding performances brings immense positivity, cultural pride, and hope to our community. Grandmaster Bill Lee has been an integral leader in both San Francisco and Chinatown communities, unwavering supporting the preservation and achievement and advancement of art and culture.

The current generation of is led by three fierce and dedicated masters, Susan Yee, Richard Au, and Norman Lau. And Norman is a proud member of District eleven. They continue to guide and mentor future generation of students, tirelessly supporting the preservation and advancement of their martial art. Master Susan is the only female Yao Gongwun master. Under her instruction, a promising generation of Yao Gongwun students are emerging, winning gold and silver medals.

Master Richard has dedicated over twenty five years of preserving and teaching Yao Gongwuns in Chinatown and Sunset District, actively contributing to community events and cultural education. Master Norman found Lion Dance Me to advance modern lion dance while preserving traditional foundations. He has created programs and opportunity to empower youth leadership. Lion Dance Me has been incredibly successful in competition locally and internationally. In 2023, Lion Dance Me won the Western Lion King title at the Genting World Lion Dance Championship in Malaysia.

Also, as a District eleven supervisor, I'm incredibly proud to have Norman from our district. Under their leadership, Yao Gongwun continued to thrive and bring the people together in unity. Whether it's youth exploring martial arts and lion dancing for its first time, or seniors and family watching a performance in their neighborhood, continues to enrich our cultural landscape and strengthening our community bonds. I am also introducing a resolution today to recognize 05/15/2026, as Day in San Francisco to celebrate contribution and dedication to Chinese cultural heritage, education, and community. And I will also say a few words in Chinese.

This is like these are the words that we often hear when you have lion dance and and and dragon dance.

Supervisor Sauter.

Thank you, President Manilman, and thank you, Supervisor Chen. What a apt recognition for this month. I just want to add my quick appreciation and really my awe of your work. It is always a joy to see your performances. And, you know, my favorite part, and I saw this this weekend as well at seeing a lion dance, my favorite part is the beginning of a performance or a show or a grand opening.

You know, maybe there's a few people around, but then quickly, when the energy picks up, when the noise starts reverberating throughout the streets of Chinatown, all of a sudden you see a crowd just form. And you see people who are local coming just from down the street, but then you see people coming all the way down Granite Avenue. And it's just such a sight to behold, and I will never get tired of it. So thank you for your work. Thank you for what you do to really bring the youth in.

It's always so amazing for me, as well, to just see, you know, within these costumes and within the lion dance, you have kids of all ages. And just what an incredible what lessons they are learning, both the physical stamina and strength of Lion Dance, but also just all of the work of collaboration, and of teamwork, and responsibility. So, you for all your work.

And now the floor is yours.

Good afternoon supervisors, distinguished guests, elders, SIFU students, friends. On behalf of Yao Gongwen, Kung Fu Sports Association USA, we are deeply honored to accept this special accommodation today. We are sincerely grateful to the city of San Francisco for recognizing not just our organization, but the rich tradition of Chinese martial art that's been passed down through generations. Is more than just kung fu and lion dance. It is a system that cultivates discipline, respect, perseverance, and a strong sense of community.

I would like to pay my deepest respects to our predecessors and teachers, especially grandmasters Wang Chung, Chan Chan Chun, Bill Lee, Derek Lee, Michael Lau, and David Louie. Their guidance, sacrifice, dedication have allowed this tradition to continue to grow here in The United States. This recognition also belongs to our students, families, and supporters. Many of them trained quietly and consistently, not for recognition, but for personal growth. Through their efforts, they carry for the values of humility, strength, and integrity into their daily lives.

Here in San Francisco, especially within Chinatown, organizations like ours serve as more than training halls. There are places where culture is preserved, where generations connect, and where young people find directions, confidence, and purpose. We accept this combination with gratitude and also with renewed sense of responsibility to continue teaching, to continue serving our community, and to represent our culture with honor and respect. Thank you, supervisors, and thank you for the city of San Francisco for this meaningful recognition.

Well, hello, everyone. First of all, it's exciting when I walk into this room and I get to see all these faces in a different atmosphere because usually I see you at a lot of many of events supporting all of community everywhere you go tirelessly as supervisors and, you know, officials of our city. So, you very much. And I'm just so very thankful that our group gets to be know get to get to have a day to be recognized. And, I can't be any happier because I've been doing this for forty years, and I remember as a eight, nine year old kid joining, and I see a lot of people in the room from Claudine to self help for the elderly, Annie Annie, who's not here, where we got our first opportunity.

And I remember being in Chinatown, it's like a safe haven where you come to a community as a kid not knowing what life is. It gives you guidance. You know? Right? And that guidance has been instrumental in my life and is something that has encouraged me to understand how to give back. And I'm just so proud to be able to pass it on, and I'm very thankful for, my immediate family and Sifus and everyone who have definitely supported me along the way, as well as the community. The community has been a huge part. And I think everyone in this room sets a great example of coming together in a community. It may have differences, but you know what? We always grow, and I feel that.

And that what makes me drive to be better for the city too. So thank you very much. Thank you.

District one, Supervisor Chan.

Thank you, President Mandelman. Today, colleagues, in honor of AAPI heritage month, I would like to recognize Mr. Ding Li. And Mr. Deng Li has been a leader in the Chinatown community for over five decades.

Deng Li. He has been a great member of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, also known as CCBA, holding many roles, including the former president presiding president, former president of Ningyong Benimolent Association, Chinese hospital board member, and vice chair of the board of trustees at the Central Chinese High School. CCBA is one of the oldest umbrella organizations in Chinese American community, initially established to provide essential services, fights discrimination, promote Chinese culture, and organize community affairs during times of intense hostility and racism, critical work that they continue to do today. CCPA was galvanized by the landmark Supreme Court case US versus Wong Kim Ark, which the court later ruled in favor of the community, the Chinese American community, and helped enshrine birthright citizenship for everyone, the very same right that is being threatened again by the current Trump administration. Mister Deng Li immigrated from Hong Kong to San Francisco with his family in the nineteen seventies.

He first joined CCBA because his father was part of the leadership team. Deng was father's his father's chauffeur waiting in the car until his father was done with meetings and banquets, often at the historic Far East Cafe, which uncle Billy was I think he was here early on too. And it's also where uncle Billy manages. Mister Deng Li's father thought it was a waste of time for Deng to wait around. He suggested that he join CCBA, and he quickly became one of the leaders.

During the COVID nineteen pandemic, Dane was one of the organizers of the first anti Asian hate rally and marched during the pandemic long before it became a national movement, fight the virus, not the people, was the chant from Chinatown, Portsmouth Square to Union Square, recognizing its significance. In 2022, the Smithsonian archive, the 20 by four foot red vinyl banner from the rally for its permanent collection. Mr. Dengli worked with Chinese hospital and former supervisor Aaron Peskin, and created the very first mobile COVID-nineteen testing station for low income SRO tenants in Chinatown. Mr.

Dengli has been partnering extensively with nonprofit to advance the well-being of low income seniors and families, including Project Light Collaborations with Sao Hao for the Elderly to Raise Awareness on Census twenty twenty and Tai Chi Foundation to distribute food and care packages to SRO seniors. Today, he's moving food steam forward on cultural preservation effort. He leads pilgrimage to Dutch Flat and Coma, two of largest historic Chinese American settlements, and Golden Gate, Golden Spike National Park to honor the thousands of Chinese American laborers who sacrificed their lives to the construction of the railroad. As a leader of Chinatown Historical and Cultural Artifact Committee, he is also leading a team of volunteers to preserve, archive, and organize over 30,000 documents stored at CCBA's meeting hall. He hopes that future generations can learn about CCBA's critical historic role, and he dreams that the artifact can be displayed at CCBA's very own history museum.

I also want to say, you know, that I want to express my personal thanks to Mr. Ding Li. During my first term, we first to landmark Lincoln Park, which includes of a Cong Chao memorial. And in that site, of mister Dane Lee's work, we are able to not only celebrate that site to honor our ancestor, but we also were able to bring together the Legion of Honor leaders, Lincoln Park community leaders, even the golf course leaders, to come together to really honor the Cong Chao Memorial. So with that, in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, thank you, Mr. Dengli, for all your contribution and leadership for our community.

But before you speak, supervisor Chen.

Thank you, president. Thank you, supervisor Connie Chen, for celebrating. Mr. Denny, thank you so much for everything that you have done and you continue to do in supporting our community and preserving arts and culture and history. And also, I want to speak on behalf of the Lee's Family Association.

You are instrumental leadership in all these years, and also continue to provide platform in uplifting the younger generation within the family's Association and continue to provide a lot of opportunity to nurture the young people. This is something that I see that the Family Association, under leaderships like you, continue to give lots of hope to our younger generation, but at the same time, continue to have lots of program that is caring for our older generation to make sure that we bridge the gap, that we our cultural heritage and our history continue to able to carry forward. And I with with that, I know that you are in the front and also in the back, but I also want to recognize your wife who is here today with you. And I think without, you know, the family support, it's also impossible for for a lot of the good work of your and your leadership to be continued to be outside and to be a mentor for the younger generation like mine. So I also want to express my gratitude and appreciation and our love to your wife.

Thank you.

Jason, Jason. Thank

Supervisor Sauter.

Thank you, board president. Supervisor Chan, thank you for bringing this recognition for Mr. Ding Li before us. It is well deserved. And, you know, there's hardly an initiative in Chinatown or an organization in Chinatown that you are not involved with, that you are not touching, that you are not leading in some way. So it's been incredible to learn of your work, of your contributions, and all you've done in the past, but all you have on the horizon. I look forward to working with you, and I think you're a perfect example of the city and the community working together. So thank you, and congratulations.

Thank you. And now the floor is yours.

Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, all the board members, distinguished guests, and all the good friends. I'm so grateful I have this great honor to me, and I'm just surprised. And then I just let little regular people and just do whatever I have to do for the community. And because as the member of the association and CCPA, also my family, I lead associations.

Anything I just learned from my history as a CCPA had he has a hundred seventy five years history, always a fight for the the right for the human rights. All the things I've like, case and eco protection under the law or bilingual education, and also is political asylums, all kind of case to educate me how to learn how to serve the committee. And I just want to follow our insisters' footsteps, extend their spirit. So continue to service to the people, for the community. That's about my goal.

And also, supervisor Chen mentioned that Kong Tao Memorial. I still got a lot of work to be done. I've my dream is will be set up the monument over there to show the hundred eighty years ago what our insistence over there to how they fight for the for the living, for the life. That's my my goal, my mission. I wish everybody can help me to do that, to continue to service the community. Thank you very much.

District two, supervisor Cheryl. Well, thank you, President Mandelman and colleagues. It is my absolute honor to commend Leslie King for her outstanding dedication as co leader of the Avila Street Corridor Neighborhood Association. Leslie, please come up to the podium. Now Leslie was born and raised right here in San Francisco, a community organizer, arts advocate, and now a mother of two who brings creativity, warmth, and a deep commitment to civic life in everything that she does.

Now, often in these commendations, we recognize people for decades and decades of service, for living in a neighborhood or being part of an organization for thirty years, fifty years. But I think it's also important to remember that here in San Francisco, the magic of this city is the mix of people who are newer to a neighborhood with the people who have been there forever. And I am so proud to be able to celebrate you because you dove in with both feet and both hands and now both children, along with Sarah, without whom none of this would be possible. I know. I'll say it, so you don't have to.

No, you do have to. But since moving to Avila Street in the 2024, Leslie wasted no time organizing block parties, neighborhood associations, and fostering the genuine connections among longtime residents and newcomers alike. The Avila Street Corridor Neighborhood Association is a newly formed but already beloved organization dedicated to building community and connection in the marina, bringing neighbors together through those shared moments, those casual get togethers, and the now signature annual events that are traditions. Now, among those traditions is the famous Avilla Street Halloween celebration that Leslie has now helped take over the organization of, bringing joy and a sense of belonging to residents of all ages. Professionally, Leslie works in business development and marketing at Looking Up Arts, a San Francisco nonprofit supporting large scale interactive art where she also serves on the board of directors.

Her background in event management spans major community festivals, including the Mountain View Art and Wine Festival, as well as corporate events here in San Francisco, experience she now channels directly into strengthening her own neighborhood. But beyond community organizing, life Leslie quietly gives back by mentoring individuals and students navigating the job search process, reflecting her belief in lifting others as she rises herself. Leslie embodies the spirit of what makes San Francisco's neighborhoods thrive, Neighbors showing up for one another, building traditions worth celebrating, building families right here in San Francisco, and turning their streets into communities. So Leslie, on behalf of the Board of Supervisors, thank you for your energy. Yeah, I know.

I'm excited, too. I agree. Thank you for your creativity and for your commitment to making Avilla Street and this city a warmer, more connected place to call home.

Thank you so much to Supervisor Cheryl and the city for this honor. That's my daughter, Talia. She's very excited to be here with us today. I was born and raised in San Francisco, as you mentioned. And prior to last year, I've never really known any of my neighbors. I also could have never told you the name of a district supervisor of mine. We moved to Avila Street a year and a half ago. And that's because we took our daughter trick or treating on Avila when she was three weeks old. And we fell in love and thought it would be a really amazing community for our family to be in. My parents live in the marina as well.

And we were so excited to move there, but we were actually kind of a little disappointed when I got there. And I started meeting a couple of my neighbors and learned that basically no one on my block knew each other except for maybe the person who lived next door. So I happened to see this random posting from the Civic Joy Fund. They were doing something called a block party fund, and I thought it would be a cool thing. So I applied for it.

And we got this grant, and we were able to host our first block party on Avila Street. We got support from Cheryl's office, and we were able to launch a really awesome party. We've now had two big block parties, the fall one, which had over 500 people, and the smaller one this past weekend with about 200 people. But we now have so many more people in our neighborhood that know each other. People tell me this constantly.

I have neighbors who've lived on our block for thirty years who constantly tell me that they know more people now from me and from the last year than they have in three decades of living on our block. I personally can't even walk from my house to Chestnut Street without it sometimes taking an hour because I run into so many neighbors that want to chat. My kids get to grow up knowing the other kids on their block. And for me, I had a lot of friends that were leaving San Francisco. And a lot of it was they were drawn to the idea of this community you often find in the suburbs where you kind of know your neighbors.

And I never, ever, ever want to leave San Francisco or my house, for that matter. So I plan to stay forever. And I'm just really happy to be a part of creating this community. What's really amazing is that this connection didn't stop at the block party. We now have an active neighborhood association with a WhatsApp group that has 60 people, a directory of 120 households.

We've been sharing disaster preparedness resources. We were able to warn neighbors when there was three home break ins on our street in a short period of time. Or yesterday, my neighbor texted me when she saw I was parked in street cleaning, and I was able to avoid getting a ticket, something that otherwise never would have happened if you didn't know who that who I was. Anyways, the gatherings are just, to me, more about more than just one fun afternoon. And I think creating the foundation for real community and knowing your neighbors is a huge part of that.

So I'll just say thank you to Civic Joy Fund and the city and my family and for just the city for recognizing how powerful something as simple as neighbors coming together can be.

So thank you.

District three, supervisor Sauter.

Thank you president Mandolin. Colleagues, today I have the honor of welcoming Harrison Anderson to our chambers for a special recognition. Harrison, would you please come on up and join us? Harrison is a district three dad who channeled his love for walking into something bigger recently after tragedy struck. On Saturday, March 14, Harrison laced up his shoes and started walking.

He didn't stop until 50 miles later. Along the way, he kept followers updated on Instagram, talked to nearly a dozen reporters and helped raise thousands of dollars for safe streets advocacy with Walk San Francisco. Harrison started walking because he was shaken by the death of a toddler in Mission Bay, killed in February at a large dangerous intersection. This death came amidst a devastating start to the year in which we've seen far too many people killed in our streets while simply trying to move about their day. Harrison started his long journey at 7AM in District 3, course, choosing the beautiful Enochulbirth Park above Russian Hill to depart from.

He zigzagged across the city and then ended back at Eno Coolworth Park just before midnight having after having walked 50 miles across the city. Harrison, thank you for taking action. When many see tragedy, look away, but you step forward. You put one foot in front of the other and you got a lot of attention out of it. Your action generated thousands in donations for safe street advocacy with Walk SF and caught headlines across the Bay Area to draw attention and remind us of the crisis of dangerous streets.

I know this is personal to you as you have a young son and walk and take public transit throughout the city. Because of your work, your son will have a safer city to move through when he grows up. You have my word, will do everything on this board to help with that as well. Thank you, Harrison. I love to hear some of the highlights of your walk in a moment and and hear what you saw in that 50 miles across our city. We usually give people flowers when we recognize them. We thought after all that walking, you could use a new pair of socks. We're gonna give you some new San Francisco socks. But for now, I'll invite you to say a few words, and again, tell us about that walk. Thank you.

Thank you so much, supervisor, members of the board, and everybody here. First, I wanted to say thank you so much to everybody that donated to the fundraiser for the Walk San Francisco. We raised nearly $6,000 from over 100 different donations and I heard from people not just here in San Francisco but across the country about how pedestrian safety has affected them. As a nation we' spent the last eighty years prioritizing infrastructure for cars, not people, and it's an evident problem across the nation. I know that this resonated with a lot of people.

Last fall, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that San Francisco has the lowest percentage of children of any major American city at just about 13%. Now whenever I hear from fellow parents reasons why they have children and leave the city it tends to fall into two camps. Number one is affordability and then number two is safety and the safety issues that they bring up to me aren't crime or the unhoused things that we typically think of. It's having safe spaces to be outside playing with their kids. And so much of that has to do with our sidewalks and our intersections and the behavior of drivers.

So I am counting on you members of this board to do everything you can to bring safer streets for families like mine because we' the future of San Francisco we' not going anywhere I believe it was tennessee williams that said there' three american cities new york San Francisco and New Orleans and everywhere else is Cleveland we' not headed to Cleveland so please don' make me walk 60 miles next time let' have 50 be enough Thank you.

Next up, District 4, Supervisor Thank you,

President Mandelman. Good afternoon, colleagues. It is my honor today to present commendations to two remarkable leaders in the Sunset's cultural and dance community, Miss Amy Kai and Miss Lisa Zhu. Their dedication, creativity, and community spirit have enriched the lives of countless residents in our city. Many in our Chinese and AAPI communities are familiar with plaza dancing and its roots in both traditional and modern folk dance forms.

What began as a simple and accessible way for neighbors, especially seniors, to stay active has grown into a cultural phenomenon across cities worldwide. Beyond movement and music, plaza dancing brings people together. It supports physical and mental well-being, creates belonging, and keeps cultural traditions alive in the Public Square. Here in San Francisco, miss Amy Kai has been a pioneer in this movement. She founded the San Francisco Square Dance Team in 2009 and began gathering residents in the West Sunset Playground for outdoor practice.

For the past seventeen years, her leadership has built more than just a dance team, it has built a community. Under her guidance, the group has become a place of joy, connection, and cultural exchange. One of the dancers who grew under Amy's mentorship is miss Lisa Zhu. Lisa began as a member of Amy's team and, through her talent and dedication, became the team coach of the San Francisco Happy Dance Team. She continues to carry forward the values and inclusivity, discipline, and cultural pride that plaza dancing represents.

Both Amy and Lisa have contributed immensely to uplifting community spirit throughout the sunset and beyond. Their work has encouraged healthy movement among seniors, supported emotional well-being, fostered intergenerational friendships, and shared Chinese dance culture with the broader San Francisco community. Today, we also recognize their visionary leadership in organizing the upcoming dance legacy, San Francisco Plaza dance Dancing Grand Performance event, taking place this Saturday, May 9 at Saint Anne Of The Sunset. As part of this as part of our city celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, this event will bring together performers across the Chinese dance and plaza dance community to honor tradition, celebrate diversity, and showcase the artistry that thrives in our neighborhoods. I want to extend my warm welcome to all of you to participate at this event.

For their years of service, cultural leadership, and their deep commitment to strengthen their community for dance, we proudly offer today his commendations to Miss Amy Kai and Miss Lisa Zhu. We thank you for all you have done and continue to do for our city. Oh,

Supervisor Chen.

Thank you,

Hello, everyone, dear supervisors. My name is Amy Chai. I'm 80 years old, and I have established the San Francisco Square Dance Team for seventeen years. And through these years, we've been practicing weekly at the Otayga Library Sunset West Sunset Square or playground. And for this coming Saturday, the performance will involve 13 groups and also more than 200 performers.

So we welcome every one of you to participate in this AAPI celebration and encourage us for learning and thriving and uplifting the community together. My name is Lisa Shi, and I'm the team coach and leader at the San Francisco Happy Dance team. And every week, every Wednesday, we offer free community dance teaching classes in the Sunset District. And we are very well received and loved by the diverse community. And our team's mission is to spread positive energy, and also cultivate friendships, unity, harmony in the community, as well as to promote the very beautiful and elegant Chinese folk dance and square dancings in this community and throughout The US.

So this Saturday, again, we sincerely invite every one of you to participate at the Saint Anne celebration. It's at 1PM on Saturday, May 9. Thank you so much.

District six supervisor dorsey.

Thank you president mandelman colleagues as we kick off san francisco small business week it is my honor to recognize a well loved SOMA establishment, Binnie's Kitchen. With this commendation, we also celebrate the inspiring story of its co owners, Binnie and Sunita, two immigrant women from Kathmandu, Nepal, gifted restaurateurs whose skills contribute so much to our city's culinary scene. In Binnie's kitchen, they have created a space where guests are welcomed like family and introduced to the rich traditions of Nepali cuisine. Having had many opportunities to visit, Benny's myself, I can say firsthand how exceptional the food is as are the drinks. Their Momos however are truly standout.

Fresh, flavorful, made with unmistakable care and single handedly responsible for earning Binnie the moniker from the SF Gate food critic as the Bay Area's Queen of Momos. Their mango lassi is also a treat, the perfect balance of sweetness and tradition, just great chai too. In fact, never before have I grown so hungry just delivering a commendation or writing one in this chamber. Benny's Kitchen's legions of fans attest to its excellence in a multitude of ways. From its five star reviews online to its neighborhood wide buzz, this is an exemplary small biz business not solely because of their great food, but also because of the love and neighborliness these two remarkable women offer to their customers and to the community at large.

Binnie and Sunita's journey as immigrant business owners reflects resilience, determination,

and

a deep commitment to our neighborhood and its diverse communities. They have built a successful small business that also brings people together across cultures and backgrounds. Their restaurant has become a cherished part of the neighborhood where stories are shared, friendships are formed, guests feel at home and where we occasionally have neighborhood meetings. Their success in SoMa where there are so many small businesses like restaurants that have really faced ongoing challenges in recent years merits a special commendation for this small business week. Despite neighborhood challenges, Binnie and Sunita have remained steady and committed, continuing to invest in their business, their customers, and the community around them.

Their perseverance speaks not only to their strengths as entrepreneurs, but also to their belief in SOMA and its future. Binnie and Sunita, they've enriched our city in countless ways through your food, your hospitality, your neighborliness as an example. I am so grateful for the opportunity to be your supervisor, to thank you for your commitment to the city we all love, and to celebrate the continued success of your business for many years to come. As we recognize and celebrate Small Business Week, I am proud to honor Binnie's Kitchen with this recognition for its enduring contributions to SOMA and to San Francisco. Congratulations.

Namaste, and thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for this honor, supervisors. It truly means a lot to me, my sister, and my entire team of Beanie's Kitchen. We started with a simple, very, very simple goal, to share authentic Nepalese food and bring our culture to our community here in lovely, lovely, lovely San Francisco.

This year marks our fourteen years of serving continues to SOMA, a graduate from La Cocina, a nonprofit organization. And this recognition encourages us to keep grow and grow and keep on going. I want to thank you, my team, our customers, and everyone who has supported us along the way. We wouldn't be here without you and the entire team and our lovely clients. A special thank you to Mahanash, very grateful, and Supervisor Dorsey, very grateful, and of course, Urban Aclamy for your tremendous support, and in SOMA community.

Thank you again for believing in small business like us, and an immigrant woman who will keep on going. Thank you.

All right. With that, madam clerk, let's go to our three p. M. Special order. Please call items 2627 together.

Items 2627 are hearing and resolution to consider an approval report of assessment costs submitted by the director of public works for inspection and or repair of blighted properties ordered to be performed by said director with the cost thereof having been paid out paid for out of a blight abatement fund.

Great. We have before us a hearing on the report of assessment of costs for blighted properties. And we're going to be hearing and I guess I'm opening that hearing. And then we are first going to hear from the Department of Public Works.

Good afternoon, President Mandelman and members of the board. My name is Wu Ju Chang, representing San Francisco Public Works Code Enforcement. Article 23 of the San Francisco Public Works code known as the graffiti removal and abatement ordinance and chapter 80 of the administrative code known as the community preservation and blight reduction act requires property owners to maintain their property in a safe and blight free condition. The code requires public works to inspect graffiti and notify property owners to abate the graffiti within thirty days. When graffiti is observed public works issues a notice of violation and notifies property owners by posting a physical notice on the property and sending out copies of the notice via USPS.

The notice of violation contains information on how to contact the graffiti unit, how to request a hardship hearing, how to request an extension of additional time as needed. Date stamped colored photos showing the extent and location of the graffiti is available on request. For every notice of violation posted, the graffiti unit makes a considerable effort to research property ownership and makes courtesy calls or sends courtesy e mails to property owners, property representatives, and or property tenants alerting them of the graffiti vandalism on their property and abatement requirements. If after the thirty day period has passed and the graffiti has not been removed, we will post a courtesy final notice informing the property owner that a blight fee will be levied should the graffiti not be removed. A blight notice is then issued to the property and a blight fee is assessed.

If the graffiti is not removed within fifteen days of the blight posting the city can elect to hire a contractor to remove the graffiti on private property at the additional expense to the property owner. The intention of this division is not to collect fees but to ensure that graffiti is removed in a timely manner. However, when a property owner fails to pay the flight fee or the fees related to the abatement costs public works will submit an assessment for the overdue amount to the board of supervisors for consideration to include in the next regular tax bill on an annual basis. Since the last hearing in May 2025 up until 12/31/2025, 3,298 notices of violations without fees were assessed or issued. Of those locations, 110 or 3% were not abated in a timely manner and assessed the flight fee.

21 of the 110 or 19% of flight fees were paid. A total of four hardship hearings were requested in which 11 individual cases were reviewed. A total of 82 unpaid invoices were submitted for your initial consideration. As of 05/05/2026, invoices totaling at $9,480 were removed from the original list through payments made in recent months. 20 of the 82 invoices were paid, roughly counting to 24, $7,900 recovered out of $32,192 which is about 22%.

Four invoices were waived, totaling $15.80 dollars Therefore, the report we are submitting for your consideration today has 58 invoices totaling $22,712 including the 12% administrative fee as of twelve p. M. Today. It is here that the department request the board's approval of the list for inspection and repair of plighted properties. Thank you.

I don't see any comments or questions from colleagues. And so I believe we'll open this item up for public comment. If you're a member of the public who would like to speak on items 26 or 27, please come up to the podium. And if there's more than one person, line up on your right, our left. Yeah, come on up.

Good afternoon. Sir, I'm one of the, cited, owners. And, my oversight of the notation of the graffiti. I actually called to try to get some guidance, but I didn't get a reply on the last notice that they posted on me. I was requested that I come in here.

I asked one of the public works inspectors because I did not see any graffiti in my property. I took a picture of my property today. I did find a little drawing on a little brick, which was very small, and I cleaned that up. It was pencil. But as I talked to an inspector today, he showed me a little tag at the bottom of one of the bricks, which I completely overlooked.

So I asked for leniency on my citation. I will take care of that. My oversight was not to be able to look at those pictures. Was unable to look at the pictures. So, I ask for leniency on this item.

All right. Thank you.

Thank you.

Folks are going to have we we got a line over there, so feel free to line up. And department staff are here and can talk to people, and we will be asking them to talk to people outside the chamber when public comment is over. Can we have our next person?

Supervisors, good afternoon. My name is Alan Kwong. Not Alan Wong, yeah. People ask me if I were to go for the sensor supervisor. I said, no, that's Wong.

My name's Kwang. So, I represent an association in Chinatown called Ying Benevolent Association. And, they own this building on 19 and. And, this year, 2026, I was voted the president of the association. And right after I became president, I was handed over a lot of letters from, yeah, graffiti from the health department because, yeah, a lot of the association members, they don't know what's going on.

They say, why we have to pay? Well, that's the San Francisco law ordinance. We have to, you know, go by that. So, this time, I would like to ask for a waiver of this graffiti. Because right after I took over, we we did a lot of painting again.

Right after we repaint the graffiti, another one will go up again. It's 19 And Tel Avail. The building is on 2004 19th Avenue. So, we got I talked to Jose Ramirez. He told me that there was opt in program that I can, you know, request the city to do some work on it. So, that's what I did two weeks ago, and then we got approved. So, I'm just

Thank you

for see your if we can get that way.

Thank you for your comments. We're providing everyone the same two minutes. We do have members of the public works staff that you'll be able to talk to about your properties.

And for members of the public who may not want to make public comment, you can also talk to staff who are here to talk.

Please proceed.

Hello. My name is John Little. I have been come here to talk about 969 Buena Vista Avenue West. This property is particularly ignored. The property owner has been negligent where there are also liens on water and trash.

And I have been occupying and, abating the graffiti at this property. As of two Sundays ago on April, we entered the property, have been occupying it and, it has been painted over. It has been tagged again twice and repainted over within a single day and, every single one of the dozen nearby neighbors or store owners, who's walked by and seen us doing this has, been in support. We're planning to we've paid for three or so gallons of pink out of our own pockets, me and a couple friends, some of whom are in attendance and planning to pay this fee out of our own pockets. However, if it is within the board of supervisors' discretionary power, we would love to see that fee waived or reduced since we have, as of occupying the property, abated this graffiti particularly quickly and sent in the e mail to SF Public Works as directed on their website.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments. Next speaker.

Good afternoon. My name is Juana Thomas, and I'm here on behalf of Mercy Housing. The property is located at 131 6th Street. It's on the Minna Alley. There we do have a mural. We did have a mural on the side of our building. It was graffiti to the point where it was going to cost us an astronomical amount of money to try to restore the mural. The mural has since been painted over. The graffiti has been removed, and we're asking if the fee could be waived for us.

Thank you for your comments. Next speaker.

My name is Salvador Vasquez and I'm the owner of the property of 2987 to 2995 24th Street. And, well, I been in that business, in that building since 1975. And, I've been trying to catch up or to bring that building to the court. It was for a while that it was every two months or so. Last year, I painted the graffiti or I repainted, and the next day, it was done again.

And, I finally got this letter with a fine or something that I never got before. But, again, my building, I tried the best that I can and I I tried right now. I made some pictures of it because the worst that I've done was that they went, as the lady before said, that they never painted over the murals. But last year, they went even over them. So, I was offered a grant of $22,500 through the city to repaint it, and I asked what do I have to do.

They told me that I have to have a police report. I have to have so many things that I couldn't even get possibly because I don't know who who is doing this thing and it's done overnight, and how can I watch over or do anything? I don't know. But, as again, as I said, I I have pictures of the building right now as it is. And, fortunate, for the last couple of weeks or three weeks, nobody have done any graffiti.

But in the past, that was done. I painted it and the next day it was done again. I just noticed across the street there is a building that I saw the man painting it. I saw and I have a picture of that here too. Saw

Thank you for your comments. Apologies for cutting you off. We're we are providing everyone the same two minutes. You will have an opportunity to speak with the public works staff. Next speaker.

Hello. Thank you for letting give me a chance to speak in these chambers. My name is Nikos Glimadakis. I own the property at 15 Dubose Avenue. Like the other fellow property owners, you know, I've gone and painted over the graffiti. And because of my building's proximity to a skate park across the street, which is also graffitied with murals, I'll paint it. And literally, the very next day, it'll be covered again. And I'll paint it again, and it'll be covered again in graffiti. Or I'll paint it again, and it'll be covered with murals. And so, I've done some things to mitigate that.

We've put up lighting. I've put up lighting to light up both the front of my property, the neighbor's property to the left, and the neighbor's property to the right, which the neighbors appreciate. Because when I get tagged, they get tagged as well. You know, I'm six generations in San Francisco, and this city runs in my DNA, and I would love to get some kind of respite for the fine. And I can come back tomorrow, show you that I'll paint the building tomorrow, and the very next day, it'll be graffiti again. And it's a big issue. And it's a hardship on property owners. And so hopefully, you'll allow some kind of mitigation for the fine. I appreciate it. Thank you so much.

Thank you for your comments. Are there any other individuals who would like to provide comment on items 26 or 27? Seeing none, Mr. President.

All right. Public comment is now closed. And seeing no other names on the roster, this public hearing, item number 26, has been heard and is now filed. And we do have has our public work staff gone out into the yep, they're outside. So if people, or they're going outside.

If people want to engage and talk with Mr. Chung about assessment, please do. And we'll come back to item 27 later in the meeting. Alright. I think then that possibly we could go back to item 23, madam clerk.

Yes. And for the public, this item has been called. Item 23 is the resolution supporting the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps.

Supervisor Wong. Thank you. I appreciate colleagues, Supervisor Chan and Supervisor Walton, for bringing up potential suggestions. And at this time, for the suggested changes, I don't think that having the changes would meet the original intent of the resolution, which is to urge the school district to preserve the program as currently constituted if there are concerns regarding budget. So I would not like to see amendments and like to have it go forward. This item has been thoroughly discussed in committee and appreciate the conversation and the testimony we heard. At this time, I respectfully ask for your support and would like to call for a vote. Thank you.

Supervisor Walton. Thank you, and I just want to say I respect Supervisor Wong's choice of not wanting to accept the amendments, I will say that I don't feel comfortable urging the school district to do anything that may hamper their ability to balance a budget. I am the lone person on this body that has served on the board of education, understands the school board's budget intricately, and I definitely know that they should have the latitude to be able to address their budget constraints the way they need to. Again, I think this is a program that most certainly is doing good things with groups of young people in the district. But it is the Department of Justice program, and quite frankly, in the right world, they would be funding the program in its entirety.

The school district has stepped up in a major way to make sure JROTC operates here in San Francisco, but I don't feel comfortable urging the district to preserve any program that is not specifically academic when they say their focus right now, of course, is to make sure that the 40 plus thousands of students receive a quality education.

Madam Clerk, please call the roll on this item.

On item 23, Supervisor Walton. Walton, no. Supervisor Wong. Wong, I. Supervisor Chan. I. Chan, I. Supervisor Chen. Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey? Aye. Supervisor Mandelman? Aye. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor Melgar? Aye. Melgar, aye. Supervisor Soder? Aye. Supervisor Cheryl? Cheryl, aye. There are eight ayes and one no, with Supervisor Walton voting no.

And the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, let's go back to roll call.

Next up on roll call for introductions is Supervisor Chan. Thank you, Supervisor Chen. Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Colleagues. I am today calling for a hearing to explore options on how San Francisco can better utilize its own real estate assets to revitalize our Market Street corridor and better leverage the draw our workforce and citizenry would offer to attract more private investment and reinvigorate our civic center and our downtown. Priority number one, in my view, should be relocating our hall of justice to the Market Street corridor. This mid twentieth century behemoth was first identified as a serious seismic hazard in the Agnos administration and then listed for demolition in the Jordan administration.

And, we have tempted fate far too long for too many years to allow its closure and relocation to languish further. The Hall Of Justice additionally reflects the kind of land use decision typical of the mid twentieth century. When convenient meant off the highway rather than on a transit corridor, you know, decisions have ceased to serve us well in the twenty first century. And they're the kind of land use problems we now have a once in a lifetime opportunity to solve with some of our adaptive reuse initiatives. There's no reason why the Hall Of Justice couldn't be prioritized as one of them.

The rebuild or major replacement of the Hall Of Justice right now accounts for approximately $417,000,000 in our capital plan. And it's hundreds of workers and thousands of visitors including 30,000 jurors annually would doubtless find a Market Street location more accessible and would collectively benefit the neighborhood of Mid Market And Civic Center with its economic activity. We furthermore don't lack for options on or near Market Street which could include the San Francisco Center, 5 Ms, the Old Mint, the Whitcomb Hotel, Twitter building, 1 South Van Ness, 1455 Market and others. Notably, the Emporium side of the San Francisco Center once housed the California Supreme Court 120 ago. So, its reactivation as a judicial destination for the state's courts could bring its historic use full circle.

Beyond adaptive reuse policies, we may also have acquisition options. Especially in terms of federal assets that the Trump administration and GSA identified last year for possible sale. These could potentially include 50 UN Plaza. You may also recall that the Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building was listed for a time. Think, you know, here in San Francisco, we would welcome in mid market a Speaker Nancy Pelosi Hall of Justice if that was something that we could acquire.

Neither are we limited to in this discussion to to the Hall of Justice alone among Civic Center Civic Center appropriate real estate assets. The Police Academy would do well on or near Market Street. I know that is something that is we have another real estate asset that has been in its location for a long time. There are doubtless other real estate assets too that we could be looking at from our real estate division, our office of economic and workforce development that we could explore. As well, I will be inviting expert perspectives from private sector professionals in adaptive reuse projects, including some who have years of familiarity with projects in San Francisco, to weigh in on how we might be thinking better and more creatively to leverage our city real estate assets and make San Francisco's Market Street the showplace it deserves to be.

The rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey. Supervisor Mandelwyn.

Submit.

Thank you. Supervisor Melgar. Thank you so much, Madam Clerk. Today, I just have an in memorial in memoriam for Larry Mazzola, Sr. Larry Mazzola, Sr.

Was a towering figure in San Francisco's labor movement and a steadfast advocate for working people. He passed away at age 82, leaving behind a legacy defined by strength, loyalty, and transformative leadership. A proud native son, Mazzola devoted nearly five decades to Local thirty eight and the United Association, rising through the ranks from assistant training director and organizer to business manager and financial secretary treasurer, where he set a national standard for wages, benefits, and workplace safety. Known as the relentless fighter who never wavered in defending his members, he helped secure prosperity and dignity for thousands of construction workers and their families. His influential his influence extended beyond the Union Hall into public service, where he served with distinction for twenty six years as a San Francisco Airport Commissioner, including eighteen years as president, before retiring in 2022.

Additionally, he served on the Golden Gate Bridge Commission, the Recreation and Parks Commission, served as vice president of UA District five, vice president on the California State AFL CIO Board, and as vice president of the San Francisco Labor Council, and the president of the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council for thirty years. Mazzola's enduring impact lives on in the lives that he improved, the institutions he strengthened and built, and the city that he helped to build. Larry is survived by his wife of fifty eight years, Stephanie, his children, Larry Junior, Stephen, Laurie, and their spouses, and his grandchildren, Joey, Nick, Sophia, and Stella, and his sister, Joanne. All his favorite people call them papa. Services will be held on Friday, 05/08/2026, at 10AM at St.

Mary's Cathedral. Through the president, I would love it if we could close today's meeting for the whole board in memory of Larry Mazzola, Sr, on behalf of all of us. The rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Melgar. And I will make a motion that we do that on behalf of the full board. There we go.

Thank you, Supervisor Melgar. Supervisor Soder.

Thank you. Colleagues, earlier this year I indicated that I was drafting legislation to prohibit the retail sale of nitrous oxide. And today, I am introducing this legislation. I'm doing so after a few months of productive conversations to make sure we craft legislation that works in response to this growing health concern. The recreational use of nitrous oxide often referred to as laughing gas or whippets has been exploding in popularity in San Francisco and across The United States.

The product is being branded in colorful canisters and marketed to youth under names like Galaxy Gas, Miami Magic, and Cosmic Gas. This shows a clear pattern of manufacturers following the playbook of big tobacco and vape, marketing dangerous products to youth and vulnerable populations. When inhaled, nitrous oxide can cause health complications including blood clots, nerve damage, heart palpitations, paralysis, and in some cases, death. Prolonged use can also lead to spinal cord and brain damage. The San Diego County Sheriff's Crime Lab has noted an uptick in cases of suspected driving under the influence of nitrous oxide, including 18 car crashes in just a one year period.

A recent study from the University of Mississippi underscored the dangers of nitrous oxide, showing a five seventy eight percent increase in deaths between 2010 and 2023. The authors of this study point to a rise in availability in accessible locations like gas stations and corner stores, as a reason for the spike. So, our legislation focuses on retail stores in these location and these locations, while allowing exceptions for legitimate industrial uses such as medical, catering, research, and development. Since a ban on nitrous oxide in The U. K.

Passed in 2023, usage among young adults is down by approximately 60%. And across California, dozens of cities or counties have recently passed retail bans, including San Mateo, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Mendocino, Humboldt, Newport, Orange County, and Anaheim. I want to thank Tita Bell in my office for her thoughtful and thorough work on this, Jana Clark in the city attorney's office as well, and thank you to the Department of Public Health and the Police Department for conversations to ensure effective enforcement. I'm happy to be introducing this legislation today with the full support of the San Francisco Marin Medical Society. I'd also like to thank my cosponsors, Supervisors Wong, Cheryl, and Melgar. And the rest, I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Sauter. Supervisor Cheryl.

Colleagues, today I'd like to adjourn, our meeting in memory of Doris Fisher, cofounder of The Gap, champion of education, and devoted philanthropist, whose vision helped reshape the American retail industry and whose generosity continues to transform lives. Doris peacefully passed away on Saturday at the age of 94. Doris Lee Feigenbaum was born on 08/23/1931 in San Francisco to BJ and Dorothy Feigenbaum. Doris attended the Catherine Delmar Burke School for Girls in San Francisco and went on to earn an economics degree from Stanford in 1953, where she would later serve on the board of trustees from 1992 to 2002. She married Don Fisher in July 1953, beginning not only a lifelong partnership in love, but one of the most consequential entrepreneurial collaborate collaborations in American business history.

In 1969, Doris and Don opened a single store on Ocean Avenue in San Francisco selling blue jeans and records. That store became The Gap, a name Doris herself coined, a nod to the generation gap and the young consumers they hoped to serve. As the company's fashion merchandiser for nearly forty years, Doris was, by her family's account, the spiritual leader of the company's values and its sense of responsibility to others. The Pitchers built the gap into a global retail brand, changing the way Americans dress and bringing affordable, well organized, accessible clothing to nearly every shopping mall and urban retail district in the country. But despite her extraordinary success, Doris lived pretty consistently, driving the same Buick station wagon year after year, wearing her decades old outfits and never really changing too much.

Together with Don, Doris became an avid collector of modern art, building the Doris and Donald Fisher collection to include more than 1,100 works by 185 artists, including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Chuck Close, and Ellsworth Kelly, now on permanent display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Education, though, was perhaps Doris's deepest passion. She and Don donated millions to schools, teacher training programs, and college prep programs for underserved communities here in San Francisco and across the country. Her son Bob said she got more enjoyment sitting with schoolchildren than almost anything else she did in her remarkable life. Doris is survived by her three sons, Bob, Bill, and John, 10 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.

Her husband Don preceded her in death in 2009. From a single store in San Francisco to a global brand, from gallery walls to classroom chairs, Doris Fisher's legacy is one of creativity, integrity, and an abiding belief in the potential of people. We extend our deepest condolences to the Fisher family and all who mourn her passing. May her memory continue to inspire generations of entrepreneurs, educators, and community builders to come. The rest I submit.

Thank you, supervisor Cheryl. Mister president, that concludes roll call for introductions.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Could you add me to Supervisor Cheryl's in memoriam if he does not object?

Yes. All right.

And with that, Madam Clerk, let's go to public comment.

At this time, the Board welcomes your public comment. Please line up on your right hand side of the chamber along the curtains. You may speak to items 31 through 34, which are the items on the Forward Option Without Committee Reference Agenda, and general matters not on the published agenda but must be within the board's subject matter jurisdiction. All other agenda content will have been reported out to the board by an appropriate committee where the public comment requirement occurred. Each speaker will be provided two minutes. Will the first speaker come forward?

Hello. I'm Barbara Bella, I'm speaking to you today as a civilian, as a citizen activist, once again seeking support for to sponsor legislation to end the sale of cigarettes with plastic filters. My colleague, Vince Yoon, who will speak to you in a moment, has organized over 22,022 volunteers across the city. And from this work, he has concluded that no district is immune from the dangers and the pollution caused by cigarette litter. Given this, if someone who has mobilized tens of thousands of individuals is telling you that our clean streets that cleaning up our streets is not sufficient, but that actually we have to stop it at the source, that should be persuasive on its own.

We cannot clean our way out of this. We have to stop it at the source. I know each of you have heard daily from constituents that you want a cleaner city, that they want cleaner streets. But too often, this is interpreted as cleaning up after the mess. What we need to do is not just clean up. What we need is prevention. If you have a leak in your house, you don't just mop the floor. You fix the pipe. Right now, we're mopping up cigarette butts from sidewalks, from parks, from beaches, but we cannot stop this toxic waste. Ending the sale of cigarettes fixes the pipe at the source.

Our effort has broad support, eight of the world's leading experts on this topic, 29 neighborhood associations, over 5,500 petition signatures. Momentum is building beyond San Francisco. Vince and I just spoke at the illegal dumping conference in Oakland. And after our presentation, supervisor Nate Miley of District 4 Of Alameda County agreed and committed to take on this legislation. We can do this too. I really appreciate that supervisor Sauter has is ordering the BLA to study the impacts of this ban. We have the science, the ordinance, and the citywide support.

Thank you for your comments. Next speaker.

Hi, everyone. Vince Ewan of Refuse Refuse. Thank you for hearing my comments. You heard it before, so I'm not saying anything new because everyone knows that cigarette butts are the number one contributor to plastic pollution in our environment. Very easy to ignore because they're so small, but when you meet a new volunteer who joins one of our cleanups, inevitably the first thing they say is like, wow, I didn't know so many people still smoked. And so, they're everywhere. As I'm spending this two minutes, there's hundreds of cigarettes butts being littered in San Francisco, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands across the world, and we just can't stop it. I mean, we'll continue to go out there. We're averaging about 500 volunteers a week now. I think we need more than that.

And we're doing our best, but it's a small drop in the bucket of what we're able to accomplish. And the only way to help us is really to do something upstream. So we have the ability and power, and I'm encouraging citizens to come out and clean up what we can, but there's just no way we can do it ourselves without the help. So we're we're empowered to pick up the butts, but we don't hold any power to do anything upstream to prevent this waste pollution. And that's why we've come to the Board of Supervisors because you all have the power to do so.

And I think it's inevitable. Supervisor Sauter was listing off, rallying off the names of communities banning nitrous oxide. I think the same thing's gonna happen here with cigarette butts, plastic cigarette butts, and it's just inevitable. And you see Alameda County instantly jumping on it. And so we can rat off the list, and it's just gonna be a matter of where San Francisco lies in that list. Are we gonna be near the top with leaders like Santa Cruz, or are we gonna be at the bottom with other followers? But either way, it will happen. In the meantime, we'll be picking up butts. And it's very easy because Santa Cruz has already created the playbook. Tara Leonard of their public health department has created very much a turnkey way for us to introduce that here in San Francisco, and she's willing to hold your hand through it.

So we're just looking for, you know, supervisors who would be willing to support this. Melgar supervisor Melgar, think it goes great with your pairs very well with your smoke free patios. You know, the unintended consequence of smoke free patios is they go to the curb and they litter it. So I don't want servers to get secondhand smoke, but

Thank you for your comments. Next speaker.

Hello. Today, recognize and remember the missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, two spirit people, as well as happy Cinco de Mayo, an Asian American indigenous native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander month. I have to ask, where is the good judgment in a mayor, a wealthy white man, roaming around the city in his luxury Rivian just to bully homeless people in public or or ever? Where is the good judgment in pushing abstinence only recovery as though the human species is one monolith? Where is the good judgment in cruelly cruelly ignoring the reality that humans are very diverse, so we need very diverse options and solutions for people with substance use disorder.

Where is the good judgment in continuing to throw money at policing when scholarship and community shows policing is not a silver bullet solution to safety, that housing, basic income, food, social enrichment, and services, and health care are what make a community thrive. Where is the good judgment in slashing funding to these social services and closing health clinics like Cole Street Youth Clinic, Larkin Street Youth Clinic, and Southeast Mission Geriatric Clinic? Where is the good judgment in defunding black and other, communities of color when the federal government is racially resegregating America? Where is the good judgment in not actually putting in a real effort efforts to fight the transgender genocide happening in America being done by the federal government? And I am not radical for saying this.

An actual genocide prevention institute has said this is happening in America. You wouldn't know it though based off of your actions in here. Trans people are fleeing very various parts of the country to San Francisco. I have heard that since last year, we now have twice as many transgender people in this city looking for refuge. We need investment in our survival. I mean yeah. Oh, god.

Thank you

for your comments. Next speaker.

My name is Bob Hall, and I'm speaking on behalf of Keep Crocker Real, a grassroots community organization representing residents of Crocker Amazon in the Excelsior neighborhoods. I'm here to ask the board to introduce a resolution initiating an article 10 city landmark nomination for Crocker Amazon playground before it's too late. Crocker Amazon is not just a park, it's one of San Francisco's most significant surviving New Deal landscapes. Designed by master architect, William G Merchant, built between 1934 and 1941 with over $938,000 in WPA funding. The largest New Deal investment in any single San Francisco playground.

It is a place of genuine historic importance. The city's own cultural landscape report completed just last year documents that significance. And, right now, San Francisco Rec and Park, in partnership with the San Francisco Giants Limited Liability Corporation, is proposing to demolish it. Over 100 WPA era tree WPA era trees are are going to be removed. 20 acres of historic grass replaced with PFAS Laddin, artificial turf, and expanded parking.

The park fenced off the park will be fenced off and handed over primarily to baseball. An open community commons serving Pacific Islander seniors, families, and immigrants in a designated environmental justice neighborhood will be turned into a private sports complex. This committee has the power to act. A board resolution initiating article 10 nominations triggers a demolition stay. The one tool that can stop irreversible harm while the historic preservation commission does its work. I'm asking the board to introduce that resolution now. Construction is targeted for 2027. The 80 foot tall trees cannot be replanted. The landscape cannot be restored. Please act before San Francisco loses this community treasure forever. Thanks.

Thank you for your comments. Next speaker.

Let's see if this shows up.

Let's see.

Okay. I'm just gonna read off the top because it doesn't show right here. So, I just wanna let people know that on May 9, there's gonna be two cleanups in the Bayview. One is gonna be at 10AM on 1605 Gerrals Avenue, and then the second one is gonna be at, 06:00 at 2, 2022 Lane Street, at 5273 3rd Street. So come on down.

We're here to clean the environment up. There's also going to be a career transition conference tomorrow. If you look up career transition conference design your future with AI plus web three, it's gonna be online from 05:30 to 08:30PM tomorrow. It's free. There's also the opportunity to get a storefront grant.

If you go look at apply for a grant to an open as new storefront, you can see that the, grant opportunities go from about 50 to a 100,000 or so, and it's gonna be in the Bayview. There's other areas. Check it out. The applications end on May 29, so get it in. Also, I'd like to propose that we open up, the city career center downstairs to not just include, citywide jobs, but if we could open it up to open it to train people for other types of jobs because right now, it's not a policy in place.

It's more of an administrative policy in place to keep it for citywide jobs. There's no law or ordinance requiring it. Because we know that there is such a need right now for employment, let's open that career center up, and let's try to put some sit to stand desks in there to accommodate those with disabilities.

Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker.

President, Manleman, Board of Supervisors, my name is Richard S. D. Peterson. And, really, really, why do I have to see National News to see that two supervisors have been arrested at the San Francisco Airport? This is very embarrassing.

You've gotta realize that San Francisco, the Bay Area, and much of the tech industry for certain are not all blue Democrats. There are many Republicans in this city and in this state. You just can't ignore that when you're protesting on certain issues. Everybody can be against ICE. Nobody wants ICE to run rampant over our city or over our citizens.

But really, what's the difference between stopping traffic at the airport and motorcycles stopping traffic on the Bay Bridge? Is it the political ideology? I really don't have that much more to say, except as one added thing, as Colombo would say. I'm really concerned about the PG and E and the collaboration with the city, even though the city is trying to take over the electrical portion of PG and E, but the bills on gas are just astronomical. I've had a cottage for over fifty years, and it's gone from $25 uninsulated, and now it's a $100 simply for gas.

And and it's been insulated, And I don't do any laundry, and it's just hot water. So get ahold of PG and E. But I'm really disappointed.

Thank you for your comments. Are there any other individuals who would like to provide general public comment? Seeing none, Mr. President.

All right. Public comment is now closed. And Madam Clerk, let's go back to item 27.

Yes. For members of the public, this item has been called. It is the resolution approving the report of assessment costs for blighted properties.

Afternoon president Madeline members of the board so thank you for the opportunity to resolve those matters with the with the constituents. It was productive. We will be waiving in good faith the seven members from the public and their fines assessed. We will provide you with an updated I believe more of a red lined list was provided to the clerk, and we will provide you a true up to date list tomorrow morning once we have assessed. In a matter of the last few hours, we did have a few emails that came in which we would like to get resolved prior to final approval from yourselves.

Thank you.

All right. Thank you. All right. I think we have an updated report.

Yes. We are making copies. But the addresses to be stricken from the list will be 533rd Avenue, 969 Buena Vista Avenue West, 131 6th Street, 1131 Mission Street, 2404 19th Avenue, 2987 24th Street, 15 Dubose Avenue, 200 Portrero Avenue, 960 Portrero Avenue, and 1271 Portrero Avenue.

Okay. So, colleagues, can we accept the amendments to the report without objection? Seeing no objection, those changes are accepted. And then, Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll on the resolution with the amended report?

Yes. On item 27, Supervisor Walton. Walton, I. Supervisor Wong. Aye. Wong, aye. Supervisor Chan? Aye. Chan, aye. Supervisor Chen? Aye. Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey? Aye. Supervisor Mandelman?

Aye.

Mandelman, aye. Supervisor Melgar? Aye. Melgar, aye. Supervisor Sauter? Sauter, aye. Supervisor Cheryl? Aye. Cheryl, aye. There are nine ayes.

All right. Without objection, item 27 is adopted with the amended report. And with that, Madam Clerk, let's go to the for adoption of the committee reference agenda, items 31 to 34.

Items 31 through 34 were introduced for adoption without committee reference. A unanimous vote is required for adoption of a resolution on first appearance. Any supervisor may require a resolution on first appearance to go to committee.

Anybody want to sever anything, colleagues? I am going to sever 34 to briefly speak on it. And Supervisor Melgar.

Hi. I just wanted to be added as a cosponsor to item 32, please.

All right. The clerk, I think, has noted that. And Madam Clerk, can you call the roll on items 31, 32, and 33?

On items 31, 32, and 33, Supervisor Walton Walton, I. Supervisor Wong Wong, I. Supervisor Chan Chan, I. Supervisor Chen Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey, aye. Supervisor Mandelman. Aye. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor Melgar, aye. Supervisor Soder, aye. Supervisor Cheryl, Aye. Cheryl, aye. There are nine ayes.

Without objection, the resolutions are adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item 34.

Item number 34 is a resolution recognizing May 2026 as Jewish American Heritage Month, and May 9 through the sixteen, twenty twenty six, as San Francisco Jewish Week in the city and county of San Francisco.

Thank you, Madam Clerk colleagues. This is a combo resolution for Jewish American Heritage Month and San Francisco Jewish Week. Again, thank you, Supervisor Melgar, for your co sponsorship. Supervisor Melgar and I have been alternating doing this. And thank you, Supervisor Dorsey, for your co sponsorship as well.

As folks know, Jewish immigrants first arrived in San Francisco during the Gold Rush, many fleeing persecution in Europe and finding here what so many were denied elsewhere, opportunity, community, and acceptance. By the eighteen seventy's, San Francisco was home to the second largest Jewish population in The United States. These early residents helped shape the city as merchants, civic leaders, and philanthropists, establishing community institutions and laying the foundation for generations to come, and that legacy continues today as the Jewish community remains deeply engaged in civic life, working to build a more just, inclusive, and compassionate San Francisco. San Francisco Jewish Week is in its second year brought to us by Value Culture and Adam Swig. The celebration highlights Jewish culture and small businesses, chefs and artists.

And there will be daily events during the week from Valkyrie's Jewish Heritage Night to Robot Shabbat and A Taste of SF Jewish. And so happy to call attention to both of those. In fact, Mr. Zwig and Value Culture are having a press announcement right now, which folks can head over to after this if they would like to. And with that, I believe we can take this item. Same house, same call, without objection. The resolution is adopted. And, Madam Clerk, could you please well, no. Do we have any imperative agenda items?

We have no imperative agenda items today.

Then could you please read the in memoriams?

Yes. Today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals. On behalf of Supervisor Wong, for the late Mr. Jim Garcia, and on behalf of Supervisor Melgar and the entire board, for the late Mr. Larry Mazzola Sr, and on behalf of Supervisor Cheryl M. Manzelman, for the late Mrs. Doris Lee Fisher.

All right, colleagues, think that brings us to the end of our agenda. Madam Clerk, do we have any further business before us today?

That concludes our business for today.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Then we are adjourned.