Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting

Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the 02/24/2026 regular meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Thank you, Mr. President. Supervisor Chan? Chan present. Supervisor Chen? Chan present. Supervisor Dorsey? Dorsey present. Supervisor Fielder? Fielder present. Supervisor Mahmoud? Mahmoud present, Supervisor Mandelman?

Present.

Mandelman present, Supervisor Melgar? Present. Melgar present, Supervisor Sauter? Present. Supervisor Cheryl? Cheryl present, Supervisor Walton? Walton present. And, Supervisor Wong? Present. Wong present. Mr. President, all members are present.

Great. 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 Ramutush 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 Rama Tush Ohlone community, and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples.

Colleagues, will you join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of The United States Of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. On behalf of our board, I want to acknowledge the staff at S of Gov. Today, that's particularly Jeanette Egenlauf. They record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam Clerk, do you have any communications?

Thank you, Mr. President. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors welcomes you all to attend this meeting in the Board's legislative chamber in person. And when you're not able to be here, you can catch the proceeding on SFGOV TV's channel 26, or you can view the livestream at www.sfgovtv.org. You'd like to if you would like to submit public comment in either writing or by using the Postal Service, you can send an email to BOSSFgov dot org.

Or use the Postal Service San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the number one Doctor. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, City Hall, room two forty four, San Francisco, California, ninety four thousand one hundred two, if you'd like to make a reasonable accommodation for a future meeting under the Americans with Disability Act or to request language assistance contact the clerk's office at least two business days in advance by calling (415) 554-5184. Thank you Mr. President.

Thank you Madam Clerk let's go to approval of our meeting minutes.

Approval of the 01/13/2026, board meeting minutes.

Colleagues, can I have a motion to approve the minutes as presented? Moved by Chen, seconded by Mahmoud. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll.

On the minutes as presented, Supervisor Chan. Chan, I. Supervisor Chen. Chan, I. Supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey, I. Supervisor Fielder. Fielder, I. Supervisor Mahmoud. Makhmoud, I Supervisor Mandelman,

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Supervisor Melgar, I Supervisor Sauter, I Supervisor Cheryl, I Supervisor Walton, I and Supervisor Wong, Wong, either are 11 ayes.

Without objection, the minutes will be approved after public comment as presented. Madam Clerk, let's go to the consent agenda, Items one through six.

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

Please call the roll.

On items one through six, Supervisor Chan. Chan, I, Supervisor Chen, Chen, I. Supervisor Dorsey. Aye. Dorsey, I. Supervisor Fielder. Fielder, I. Supervisor Mahmoud. Aye. Mandelman, I. Supervisor Melgar. Aye. Melgar, Supervisor Sauter. Aye. Sauter, I. Supervisor Cheryl? Aye. Cheryl, I. Supervisor Walton? Aye. Walton, I. And Supervisor Wong? Aye. Wong, I. There are 11 ayes.

Without objection, these ordinances are finally passed. Madam Clerk, let's go to unfinished business. Please call item number seven.

Item seven, this is an ordinance to approve a hotel development incentive agreement between the city and Bespoke Hospitality, LLC, for the Hearst Hotel Development Project to provide 40,000,000 in financial assistance in net present value over twenty years as a percentage of the new transient occupancy taxes the city actually receives from occupancy of guest rooms in a proposed new hotel related to the development and operation of a project on certain real property known as 5th 3rd Street and 17 Through 29 3rd Street to waive chapter 21 gs of the administrative code and certain sections of the labor employment code to ratify past and to authorize future actions in furtherance of this ordinance and to make the appropriate findings.

Please call the roll.

On item seven supervisor chan chan no supervisor chin Chen, I Supervisor Dorsey, Dorsey, I Supervisor Fielder, Fielder, no Supervisor Mahmoud Mahmoud, I Supervisor Mandelman,

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Supervisor Melgar, melgar aye supervisor sotter aye supervisor cheryl aye supervisor walton and supervisor wang aye there are nine ayes and two no's with supervisors Chan and fielder voting no.

The ordinance is finally passed. Madam clerk please call item number eight.

Item eight this is an ordinance to appropriate 18,500,000.0 of fund balance from the port harbor fund to the Port Of San Francisco for stabilization and disposal of dry docks and other shipment improvements and safety measures in fiscal year 2025 through 2026.

Please call the roll.

On item eight, Supervisor Chan. Chan, I. Supervisor Chen. Chan, I. Supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey, I. Supervisor Fielder. Fielder, I. Supervisor Mahmoud? Aye. Mandelman, I. Supervisor Melgar? Aye. Melgar, I. Supervisor Sauter? Aye. Sauter, I. Supervisor Cheryl? Aye. Cheryl, I. Supervisor Walton? Aye. Walton aye. And supervisor Wong. Aye. Wong aye. There are 11 ayes.

Without objection the ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam clerk please call item number nine.

Item nine this is an ordinance to appropriate approximately 311,000 from the general reserve to the municipal transportation agency to support free one hour parking in the Parchment Square Parking Garage February 8 through 03/08/2026 and transit fares for the Lunar New Year Parade on 03/07/2026, of fiscal year 2025 through 2026.

And, I think we can take this item, same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam clerk please call item 10.

Item 10 resolution to adopt a fixed two year budgetary cycle for the following city departments airport port and the public utilities commission for fiscal years 2026 through 2027 and 2027 through 2028, and to define terms and to set deadlines.

And, again, same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call Items 11 through 13 together.

Item Items 11 through 13 are three resolutions that approve and authorize the terms and conditions and authorize the general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and or the director of property to execute a purchase and sale agreement and easement deed with various entities for item 11 with Katie O'Chang for the acquisition of 9.2 square foot easement for a subsurface sewer tunnel under the under and across a portion of 491 Gavin Street, San Francisco for a total amount of $2,500 for item 12. This is with Robert Sui and Tuyen Lee Sui as trustees of the Sui Family Trust for the acquisition of a 298.2 square foot easement for a subsurface sewer tunnel under the under and across a portion of 495 Gavin Street San Francisco for a total amount of 25,000 and for item 11 with waylen brew way hall et al for the acquisition of a 693.2 square foot easement for a subsurface sewer tunnel under and across a portion known as 499 Gavin Street, San Francisco, for a total amount of $32,000 and to adopt the appropriate findings for each items.

Same house, same call. Without objection, these resolutions are adopted. Madam Clerk, please call Item 14.

Item 14. This is a resolution to retroactively approve the fiftieth amendment to the Treasure Island and Structures master lease between the Treasure Island Development Authority and the United States Navy to extend the term for one year to commence 12/01/2025, for a total term of 11/19/1998, through 11/30/2026.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution's adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item 15.

Item 15, this resolution approves the Second Amendment to a contract between the city and Vitalant for blood and blood products for the Department of Public Health to extend the contract by five years for a total term of ten years, 10/01/2021, through 09/30/2031, to increase the contract amount by approximately $18,200,000 for a total amount of approximately 28,200,000.0.

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

Item 16, this is a resolution to approve and authorize the director of property to execute a first amendment to an office lease for the continued use of office space located at 258 A Laguna Honda Boulevard with two Laguna LLC as landlord with an estimated commencement date of 03/01/2026 and to terminate on 02/28/2029 at a monthly base rent of approximately 4,825 for a total annual base rent of $58,000 increased by approximately $145.5 and $148.5 per month in the second and third years, respectively, with one three year option to extend.

Same house, same call, without objection. The resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item 17.

Item 17 this is a resolution to retroactively authorize the Department of the Environment to accept and expend an approximate $299,000 grant from the tech clean California for the period beginning on or about onetwentytwenty twenty six through March '27 to provide heat pump water heaters as part of renovation and repair projects through the low income investment funds Child Care Facilities Fund, and to expand the reach of electrification training to organizations and contractors working in housing rehabilitation programs.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution's adopted. Madam Clerk, please call 18.

Item 18, this is a resolution to approve the tenth amendment to a contract, contract number SFMTA-twenty16 through 17 paratransit broker and operating agreement between the city and transdev services inc to provide paratransit services to extend the term by two years 06/30/2026 for a total term 07/01/2016, through 06/30/2028, and to increase the amount by approximately $30,800,000 for a total amount of approximately $339,000,000

Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call items nineteen and twenty together.

Items nineteen and twenty are two resolutions that reauthorize the execution and delivery of tax exempt lease revenue, commercial paper certificates of participation and taxable lease revenue commercial paper certificates of participation for item 19 series one and series two and series 1T and series 2T in a 150,000,000 of aggregate principal amount to finance the costs of the acquisition construction and rehabilitation of capital improvements and equipment and to authorize the delivery of an alternate credit facility of 163,500,000.0 for item 20 this is for series three and series four and series three T and series four T in 100,000,000 of aggregate principle to finance the costs of the acquisition construction and rehabilitation of capital improvements and equipment, and to authorize the maintenance of a liquidity facility in the total stated amount of $109,000,000

Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolutions are adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item 21.

Item 21, this is a resolution to retroactively approve a memorandum of understanding, an MOU, with the cities of Oakland and San Jose, and the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterrey San Mateo Santa Clara and Sonoma that provides governance structures and procedures for application allocation and distribution of federal or the urban area security initiative grant funds to the Bay Area urban area, as well as for other federal grant funds to the Bay Area urban area, as permitted under the MOU, and to continue San Francisco as the primary grantee and fiscal agent for UWASI grant funds to the Bay Area urban area, as well as for other grant funds to the Bay Area urban area, as permitted under the MOU, 12/01/2025, through 11/30/2030.

Same house, same call, without objection. The resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item 22.

Item 22, this resolution adds the commemorative street name Tin Fu Wu Way on Joy Street between Clay And Sacramento Streets in recognition of Tin Fu Wu's contribution to the women's rights and anti trafficking movement in San Francisco's Chinatown.

Same house, same call, without objection. The resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call items twenty three and twenty four together.

Items twenty three and twenty four are two resolutions that pertain to PG and E. Item 23, this resolution reaffirms the city's continued efforts to acquire the pacific gas and electric company their assets necessary to provide clean green and affordable electric power delivery and service in San Francisco and to ensure system reliability sustainability and safety and item 24 this resolution urges Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Public Utilities Commission to hold Pacific Gas and Electric Company accountable for its actions.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolutions are adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item 25.

Item 25, this is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to remove the fire commission's authority to appoint the fire department physician and to revise the required qualifications for one of the deputy fire chiefs.

Same house same call without objection the ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam clerk please call item 26.

Item 26 this ordinance amends the administrative code to create the Fisherman's Wharf entertainment zone on Powell Street from the Embarcadero to Beach Street the Embarcadero from Powell To Taylor Streets Taylor Street from the Embarcadero to Jefferson Street Jefferson Street from Taylor To Hyde Streets Beach Street from Hyde To Poke Streets Polk Street from Beach To North Point Streets North Point Street from Polk To Larkin Streets Larkin Street from North Pointe To Beach Streets, Beach Street from Larkin To Powell Streets, and Alscombe Way, and to affirm the CEQA determination.

Same house, same call, without objection. The ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam Clerk, please call item 27.

Item 27, this motion appoints Keonte Clark to the In Home Supportive Services Public Authority term ending 03/01/2028.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the motion is approved. Madam clerk, please call items 28 through 31 together.

Items 28 through 31 are four motions that appoint Supervisor Cheyenne Chen to the following as Item side 28 as an alternate member to the California State Association of Counties term ending 12/01/2026 item 29 as a member to the children and families first commission term ending 10/08/2026 item 30 to the San Francisco international airport community roundtable for an indefinite term item 31 as an alternate member to the association of bay area governments Executive Board term ending 06/30/2027.

Colleagues, can I have a motion to excuse Supervisor Chen from voting on these matters? Moved by Fielder, seconded by Mahmoud. I think we can take that without objection. Without objection, Supervisor Chen is excused. Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll on the items?

On items 28 through 31, Supervisor Chan. Chan, I. Supervisor Dorsey. I. Dorsey, I. Supervisor Fielder, Fielder aye. Supervisor Mahmoud Mahmoud aye. Supervisor Mandelman aye. Mandelman aye. Supervisor Melgar aye. Melgar aye. Supervisor Sauter aye. Sauter aye. Supervisor Cheryl Aye. Cheryl, aye. Supervisor Walton? Aye. Walton, aye. And Supervisor Wong? Aye. Wong, aye. There are 10 ayes.

Without objection, the motions are approved. And with that, let's go to roll call.

The first member up to introduce new business is Supervisor Chan. Submit. Thank you. Supervisor Chan, roll call for introductions. We have six minutes until 02:30.

Thank you, madam colleagues. I am introducing a resolution today to support state senator bill nine forty four introduced by senator Scott Winter, which would make acupuncture a covered benefit under Medi Cal. This would allow immigrants, Medi Cal recipients, to access culturally appropriate treatment. About ten percent of our patients utilize Medi Cal to pay for acupuncture services. Access will also serve women's reproductive health.

For women experiencing symptoms of premenstrual symptoms and menopause, acupuncture adds an alternative route for alleviating symptoms. Standardizing acupuncture as a cover services under Medi Cal will be beneficial for many in our community. Thank you, Supervisor Chen, for your early cosponsorships. I also have another resolution. I'm also introducing a resolution today in support of Assembly Member Mahaney's bill AB two fifty five, which will designate May 17 of each year as Bruce Lee Day.

Bruce Lee was born in the Chinese hospital, and his early family history are deeply connected to San Francisco's Chinatown, and he's Chinese performing arts. His parents toured with the performing arts community during an era in which Asian American and immigrants faced persistent discrimination and exclusions. Bruce Lee was more than a martial art artist, a film icon. He shattered stereotypes and redefined what was possible for Asian Americans. His legacy extends far beyond the screen.

He changed how the world sees us and how we see ourselves. Representation matters, and in his contribution, shape the fabric of this city and this nation. On Bruce Lee Day, public schools will be encouraged to teach students this history so that we may continue to carry forward Bruce Lee's spirit and to be courageous and unapologetically bold. Thank you, Supervisor Chen, also, your early cosponsorship. And the rest I submit. Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Chen. Supervisor Dorsey.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Colleagues, I'm going to provide some updates from outside boards and commissions that should take us to 02:30. At the Bay Conservation and Development Commission or BCDC, we are investing in new technology to modernize and support BCDC's planning and regulatory programs. This is a much needed update to improve application process and provide for more information and transparency to members of the public. We recently received an update on the state of our estuary and a briefing on our progress on the regional shoreline adaptation plan progress.

The agency is continuing to engage in robust community outreach on the plan and would welcome the opportunity to speak with any of your respective community groups colleagues who are interested in the topic. We've heard enforcement decisions, including one that was successfully resolved and will help an exciting project in my district in Mission Creek to move forward. So I am happy to thank staff for that. And for the Association of Bay Area Governments, or AABAG, I look forward to welcoming Supervisor Chen to the San Francisco delegation to that August body. At our most recent meeting, we made nominations to the inaugural MTC ABAC Community Advisory Council.

I thank new members for their willingness to serve in that role. We also passed the twenty twenty six MTC ABAC Joint Advocacy Program with the following priorities at the state level for the year. One, transportation funding. Two, housing funding and housing supportive services and policies. Three, pursuing a new round of regional early action planning grants four, SB three seventy five modernization five, monitoring proposals and engaging in discussions related to RINA, the regional housing needs allocation transportation system effectiveness, improving the transit rider experience, transportation project delivery and climate resilience and environment, and finally the plan Bay Area 2,050 plus implementation.

Our federal priorities are similar with a focus on transit and housing funding, surface transportation reauthorization, and climate resilience and environment. On the health service system, which I also serve on, I wanted to provide a brief update from our most recent meeting, which was on February 12. Overall, the health service system remains in good standing with no major audit findings. Routine audits are ongoing, and several major benefit contracts are currently out to bid. The system continues to face pressure from rising healthcare costs.

This is a national phenomenon. The trust fund is projected to decline due to higher medical claims, while the healthcare sustainability fund remains relatively stable. National trends show healthcare costs rising from nine to 10% annually, which will inform future rate decisions. And, I'm sure that's something that we will be grappling with budget time. I also want to acknowledge recent concerns about coverage denials, including for firefighters and cancer patients.

These issues really highlight the need for continued oversight and accountability. I will continue working with the health service system on that and I want to express, single out for gratitude budget chair Connie Chan, who has been my partner in this. The board also reviewed over the next two years proposed budgets which maintain core services while identifying targeted savings. In addition, we approved several items to maintain stability for members, including no increase to basic vision rates. So that's good news and flat rates for life and disability coverage for 2027.

And finally, the system continues to focus on member services with strong demand for the employee assistance program and ongoing efforts to improve call center performance and communications. And that's it for my outside boards and commissions. And the rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey. Supervisor Fielder, we'll go one more.

Madam Clerk, I have an in memoriam, and I'm waiting for the family to arrive. Could we please be re referred back to me?

Certainly. All right, Mr. President, one more?

Let's do one more.

Okay, Supervisor Mahmoud, submit. Thank you. Mr. President.

Oh, my goodness. It really won't turn to 02:30, will it? It's just All right. I'll do a few. Colleagues, I have a couple of items.

First, I'm introducing a resolution of support for State Senator Weiner's SB eight seventy five legislation to remove special privileges that investor owned utilities like PG and E have under current law. This legislation will make it easier for cities like San Francisco to ensure that their residents have access to affordable, clean, and renewable energy through a public power program. I want to thank Supervisors Dorsey, Mahmoud, Sauter, and Melgar for their cosponsorship. And I hope we will have unanimous support when we consider this next week. I have an update from my outside service as Vice Chair of TJPA.

Over there, we're helping to oversee the agency's operations at the Salesforce Transit Center, and progress in developing the portal. In 2025, the TJPA made progress on the portal. We discussed this at the TA recently. But by developing and issuing a request for proposals for major civil tunnel work for the portal, the TJPA successfully advocated for extension of the state's cap and trade bill through 2045, which will enable TJPA to apply for $500,000,000 in grants. We secured, or the TJPA secured amendments to the MTC's major project advancement policy to advance the portal as the region's next major rail extension, and advanced the right of way acquisition and utility relocation as part of the portal's preconstruction program.

So they've been very busy, and we believe we are on track to secure the $3,400,000,000 FTA capital investment grant that was committed to the project under the Biden administration once we secure the local matching funds. And this year, the TGPA will continue to focus on funding design development procurement right of way and enabling works. Lastly, I have an in memoriam for Wayne Justman, who died on 01/28/2026. Wayne was a long time HIV AIDS survivor and advocate, and a leader in the cannabis movement. He arrived in San Francisco in 1993, looking to find a community and family in San Francisco's HIV positive LGBTQ plus community.

He became a volunteer with the San Francisco Cannabis Buyers Club, where he joined the fight to build bring cannabis to those suffering from AIDS. He volunteered as a doorman at the club where he balanced controlling access with getting people who were in serious need of help inside. The original club location was not ADA accessible, so Wayne and others would hoist wheelchair users up the staircase. For many people, Wayne was the first person they would meet when they arrived at the club. Many came in nervous, with a doctor's note in hand, and Wayne welcomed them in and guided them through the intake process.

Eventually, the Cannabis Buyers Club started a small pot farm in Northern California, operated by a number of critically ill patients. Wayne ran farm operations with the other advocates, building community and courageously standing up against raids. After Prop two fifteen passed in 1996, Wayne became the first patient to sign up with the San Francisco Department of Public Health when it rolled out its cannabis patient identification system, giving Wayne the title of patient number one. In his later years, he opened up a small cannabis dispensary a dispensary on DeVisadero Street along with close friends who worked in the movement. His sudden passing is a profound loss to all who knew him and to the movement he helped create.

At a critical and trying time in history, Wayne rose to the occasion, standing up to powerful horses to help people in pain. On behalf of the Board of Supervisors in the city and county of San Francisco, we want to extend our deepest condolences to his many colleagues and countless friends. His legacy will live on in both the industry he helped build and the community he inspired. Rest in power, Wayne Jussman. May your memory be a blessing. And the rest I submit.

Thank you, Mr. President.

And now, I think we can go to our two thirty special order.

Yes, the two thirty special order is the recognition of commendations for meritorious service to the city and county of San Francisco.

And today, we will start with district ten supervisor, Shyamun Walton.

Thank you, president Mandelman. Colleagues, today we are honoring batters up, guns down. Rochon, if you could come up to the podium. I am proud to recognize the incredible community leadership behind batters up guns down the whole movement which began in April as a simple idea. A Facebook post inviting people to come together for a Sunday softball game at Gilman Park has grown into something much more powerful.

A movement that brings neighborhoods together, builds relationships across cities, and creates safe positive spaces for our community. Under the leadership of Roshan Desperny and Randy Taylor, Hot City Frisco turned that vision into action. What started as one team quickly grew into multiple teams and regular community games that now welcome players and families from across San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond, East Palo Alto, Redwood City, San Bruno, and beyond. These gatherings are about more than softball. They're about connection, healing, and reminding us that we are stronger when we come together as one community.

Batters Up, Guns Down represents the belief that prevention starts with opportunity. By creating a space where people of all ages can come together, compete, laugh, and support one another, this movement is helping provide alternatives for youth and mentorship for the next generation. It shows that something as simple as a game can build trust, foster leadership, and open doors for young people who need positive outlets and guidance. Their work also reminds us that violence prevention is not just about policy, it is about people, relationships, and community. It is about showing up consistently, creating safe environments, and investing in programs that uplift our neighborhoods.

Through softball, mentorship, and community engagement, batters up guns down is is helping shape a future where our youth feel supported, valued, and inspired. So today, we recognize the batters up guns down movement for their commitment to bringing communities together, providing positive opportunities for youth, and working every day towards safer neighborhoods and brighter futures for us all. Thank you for leading with heart and for building community and for proving that when we come together great things happen.

Thank you, Supervisor Walton. Look, like he said, this actually started as just a pickup type game, meeting at the community park, local community, but it quickly expanded to a larger, larger, larger focus when we started connecting with cities from Oakland, all parts of Oakland, East West, North Oakland, East Palo Alto, Redwood City, San Bruno. We even had guys even come down from Sacramento. But to Supervisor Walton's point, it really started as a community thing. I'm forty six years old, grew up in the Bayview Hunters Point all my life, and we had a lot of violence in the past.

So it came as a different avenue of trying to prevent violence. So supervisor Walton and Percy can tell you the guys that we have out there and the youth that we have out there at one point couldn't stand on the same street corner or be in the same vicinity at the same time. So, we just took a different avenue using sports, and softball is not a contact sport, so that helps a lot. We wouldn't want to do football as a as a way to get it going. So softball helps a lot because we are on opposite sides of the field.

Biggest thing to hit you is a softball. That hurts too, but it really worked out. And, you know, like I said, we started with one team, then we had one ladies team, and then it just quickly expanded as folks started seeing the community come together in the community park, in the neighborhood, in the rough neighborhood that some folks may consider, and it just became bigger than what we actually thought it would be. And we're going on year number five this year. We'll be starting the season in about two weeks, March 15, every Sunday at Gilman Park.

And, again, it's really about bringing the whole community and other cities to our park to have a good time and show everyone that we can get along and work together. So, thank you again, Supervisor Walton. Totally unexpected. I was never looking for recognition when we started this program, but I totally appreciate you being a big supporter, always coming down to the park and showing your face and supporting the movement. But never, never was looking for this type of scenery or this attention, but I appreciate it. Thank you guys.

And now, I want to invite District 1 Supervisor, Supervisor Chen.

Thank you, President Mendelman and colleagues. Happy Lunar New Year, and Happy Black History Month. Today, I'm excited to recognize a true gem and longstanding Black owned business that has been operating in the Richmond since 1978. Now, this is the interesting part. They are not here today in the chamber because they are in their shop.

And it's how amazing they are. The husband and wife duo, James and Jim Ross Jim Ross. And they are just amazing business owner in Richmond. And I know that they're also a little bit older, and they really enjoy the neighborhood. Jin and James provide quality workmanship that is incredibly rare in San Francisco, and they provide an honest, reliable, and affordable service that is incredibly valuable service for our neighbors.

That is known as the J and R Upholstery Anchors business in our neighborhood. So, in my opinion, their business and their repair skills and craftsmanship is among the best in our region. They have earned the trust and glowing recommendation from so many residents and customers because of their unparalleled experience, care, and dedication. And they truly are the fabric of the Richmond District. The shop and workshop is filled with array of fabric samples, cushions, materials, equipment, and all the essential that magically repair and transform any piece of furniture.

Their work and attention to details truly exemplifies the art of craftsmanship that is made to last. I really appreciate them both, and I think that what we are going to do is that we will bring the presentation and the honor to them in the neighborhood at their shop so that we can bring the community to celebrate them in the Richmond together, along with Balboa Village and other merchants that will then be able to celebrate them at their space. So I just want to thank them to take this opportunity in the chamber for their commitment, but most importantly, their love for the Richmond. And they're located at 3231 Balboa Street between 33rd And 34th Avenue. So we are all going to be there one of these days, along with all their neighbors and customers, so we can celebrate them in their shop and their space.

Thank you.

Thank

you, Supervisor Chan. And next up, I would like to thank Supervisor Cheryl for taking care of one of my constituents when I had managed to get myself overbooked today, but this was an important one to do. So thank you, supervisor Cheryl.

Well, colleagues, I gotta tell you, it's not that heavy of a lift, president Mandelman, when I get the honor of commending a guy like Jesus Morrow. So would you please come forward to the podium here? So, President Mandelman, you may not know this, but we've actually gotten the chance to work together. This is really not that big a

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great deal. But mostly, I think from all of us, we want to say thank you to you. Jesus Mora has led a lengthy career of public service, culminating with his incredibly disappointing, saddening, maddening, but well deserved retirement as Chief Information Officer of the San Francisco Fire Department. Jesus retired on December 31 after twenty years leading the fire department's public safety technology innovation. And you are, as I think you know and I hope you know, widely respected due to your work ethic, intelligence, and willingness to help others.

Born in Venezuela, Jesus obtained his degree in civil engineering there before moving to The United States to obtain his PhD in structural engineering at UC Berkeley. His first full time employment with the city began on 09/10/2001, when he was hired by the Department of Technology as an engineer and project manager. Prior to this role, he worked as a contractor for the Department of Technology on the city's computer aided dispatch replacement project. Now following his work in the successful completion of the CAD project, Jesus was identified as the best person to upgrade the fire department's technology profile based on his previous work assisting then fire chief Joanne Hayes White. And in December 2004, Jesus began an exceptional twenty plus year career with the San Francisco fire department.

And during that time, he oversaw numerous projects directly contributing to operational, administrative, fiscal efficiencies. He was involved in every aspect of the fire department. And throughout his career, he had a unique ability to find a solution to any problem, even if that meant building it himself. Even on Christmas morning, when San Francisco Fire Department's computers crashed, he came in to fix it himself. He developed the custom technology infrastructure that the San Francisco Fire Department still relies on to this day as its backbone.

He created solutions for scheduling, payroll, inventory, inspections, and more. These solutions resulted in significant annual savings for the fire department and for the entire city. And your commitment as a public servant has extended beyond the fire department. You've collaborated with countless departments across the city, including public safety partners and the controller's office. And I personally benefited from Jesus' innovative, collaborative spirit when we worked together to build this nation's first database integrating homeless, public health, and emergency response data for people suffering on our streets called Astrid.

Jesus, I want to thank you personally for your dedication, for your passion, and for your deep contributions in making San Francisco safe throughout your incredible career. We wish you all the best in your retirement.

Thank you. And before you speak, I want to say I want to congratulate you. I've known Jesus, I think, probably for like, it's got to be maybe twenty years or so. Jesus is, like me, a big gay, and we both are big gay runners. And so, we both are San Francisco front runners, but he's also now regularly kicks my ass in Barry's classes.

And so that's sort of and so when I learned that you worked for the fire department sometime in the last year or two, that was an added bonus to know that you're doing all this good work for the city. You also have a couple of chiefs here. We have Joanne Hayes White back there, and we also have Dean Crispin. And I think at least I mean, either of I know I think Chief Crispin did want to say a few words. At least this is what I've heard. I could be wrong. And if chief Hayes White, if you want to say anything, you should come up as well.

Thank you, mister president, members of the board. I had the unfortunate luck of having to be the person that had to say goodbye to Jesus in the last year. And I saw an incredible transformation in him in the one year that we're able to work together. And one was that one that I've seen many times when members of our department or other departments retire is that apprehensive feeling of retirement and apprehension. The first six months, I think he knew he was gonna retire, but he struggled with it.

He battled with it. And I think he really was concerned about what the legacy would be and, of course, how things would move on without him. And I think the fact that we brought Ron DiBiase on board and the fact that we have a fantastic IT staff made him comfortable and at peace with his decision. And I'd like to say this to you, mister Mora. I think a lot of the members of uniform get a lot of credit for a lot of the things we do in the field, but this gentleman deserves an equal amount of credit for the fires going out, the folks getting rescued, and he really deserves all the accolades that he get that he's getting, and we hope him wish him a safe and happy retirement. And,

Chief Hayes White is gonna come on up as well, and then we're gonna hear from Jesus, and then we'll do our photo.

Good afternoon, supervisors. It's nice to be visiting back in the chambers. I don't miss all the time that I spent here that much, but I thank you for what you're doing. Thank you, Supervisor Schirrell, and certainly Supervisor Mandelman, and all of your colleagues. Just briefly, I wanted to say I'm very proud of the man who stands behind me. Thank you so much for acknowledging him. I had the good fortune of hiring Jesus in December 2004. And we had worked together when you were a contract employee, and I said to myself, I've I've got to get him for the San Francisco Fire Department. And like the Chief said, he's really an unsung hero. I've had the good fortune of hiring over 1,200 people in the San Francisco Fire Department to find men and women.

Jesus stands up amongst the first top 10, I would say, of my hires. He is one of the most intelligent, kindest, most humble human beings I've ever met. And not only was he a beloved team member of the San Francisco Fire Department, but has a very close friend of mine. And I wish you well. And we'll get together more now that we're both retired. Congratulations. Thank you. Good

afternoon, supervisors, if I may. Just briefly, a few comments. Mark Corso, finance and planning at the fire department. It is an honor here to be here today to recognize Jesus. He's been just an incredible steward for the city. Just, on a personal level, he's become a great friend over the years. He's always been someone to bounce ideas off of. As, no offense to anybody in uniform here, but being a civilian in a uniformed department can be challenging at times. And so, having somebody in that similar experience to talk to has always been a great resource. But, great friend.

And I think one of the key points too, and he'll tell you this as well, whatever he did, he did so much for the department. But whenever he did anything, he was always thinking what is the best for the people of San Francisco and for the city. And that is, just deserves the utmost respect on a wonderful career. So, congratulations Jesus.

Thank you, Supervisor Charle, and thank you, the board,

Can for you this pull that microphone down? There we go.

I'm gonna hear you well.

And thank you, the board, for this honor. The reality is that I always felt it was an incredible privilege to work for the fire department. I truly believe in the mission of the fire department and the way they help people every day. And just being part of that made me feel that it was certainly bigger than myself. And, I did that for twenty four years and it was sad to leave, but I think it's the right time for me and I'm very happy how things are now at the fire department and the people that are there. And, I look forward to seeing all new systems that are being created after I leave. But, again, thank you. It was truly an honor.

District four, Supervisor Wong.

Thank you, President Menelman and colleagues. I'm proud to recognize the American Heart Association. I'll wait for them to come up. During the American Heart Month for the incredible work they do to save lives. Cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death.

Every year, more than three hundred and fifty thousand cardiac arrests happen outside hospitals in The United States. Most are fatal. What's striking is that seventy percent happen at home, so the person standing next to you, often a loved one, can make all the difference. Immediate CPR can double or even triple survival, yet only forty one percent of people get CPR from someone nearby. The American Heart Association's Nation of Lifesavers initiative aims to change that by empowering everyone to learn CPR and use AEDs, doubling survival from out of hospital cardiac arrest by two thousand and thirty.

And that mission really resonates with me. During my service as an AmeriCorps member in the Army National Guard and while working at the Children's Council, I consistently promoted the work of nonprofits and CPR and AED trainings. I saw firsthand how these skills save lives. And in one instance in particular, when I used to work at Pier thirty nine for security, we responded to CPR. Somebody was having a heart attack in one of the restaurants.

And my fellow security officers and I, we were trained in CPR. And one of them took a lead in giving mouth to mouth and CPR. And we were able to support that person until emergency paramedics arrived. In District 4, the American Heart Association worked with Ocean Park Health Center, Sunset Health Services, and Self Help for the Elderly to support patients and seniors in controlling their high blood pressure. They brought hands only CPR demonstrations to our community health fairs with outreach in Chinese and Tagalog to reach AANHPI, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander communities, especially women who are less likely to receive CPR in emergencies.

Citywide, their outreach campaigns have reached 75,000 San Franciscans. And through partnerships of hospitals, clinics, and consulates, and community based organizations, they've helped thousands of residents learn CPR, improve nutrition, and access quality care for high blood pressure. This work matters. It makes our city stronger, and it reminds us that any one of us can be a lifesaver. On behalf of the Board of Supervisors, thank you to the American Heart Association for your leadership and commitment to building a nation of lifesavers.

Right here in San Francisco and in our Sunset community, I'd like to recognize the leadership team joining us today, Doctor. John Ma, Liza Mudd, Lizzie Felton, and Sarah Fine. Thank you. With that, I would like to turn it over to Liza Mudd, regional senior vice president with the American Heart Association.

Thank you so much, Supervisor Wong. We really appreciate being here. And thank you for the city for recognizing February as American Heart Month. For more than a century, the Heart Association has been working to save and improve lives. And we appreciate your support of the mission here in the Bay Area. Like Supervisor Wong said, the Heart Association has long championed CPR, and specifically hands only CPR, through our Nation of Lifesavers campaign. This year, we're spreading the message that you are the first responder until help arrives so that every one of us is prepared to react in a cardiac emergency. The steps are simple. First, call 911. 2, locate an AED.

And three, know how to perform CPR. We've been proud to serve communities throughout San Francisco in the many ways Supervisor Wong mentioned, and especially in District 4, to promote the well-being of its residents so that everyone can live longer and healthier lives. This Friday, we'll be celebrating more than twenty years of commitment to championing women's health at our annual Go Red for Women luncheon in San Francisco. And this fall, San Francisco can help expand our nation of lifesavers movement and bring awareness to heart health and well-being by participating in the Bay Area Heart Walk, a community event in China Basin Park on September 24. The heart on behalf of the Heart Association, we gratefully accept this commendation in the city and county of San Francisco's continued support of our work.

Thank you.

And from District 5, supervisor Mahmoud.

Colleagues, this black history month, it is my honor to recognize Phyllis Bowie, proud Fillmore native and food justice advocate who is making black history month every day by shaping how our city understands food access and community health and uplifting the importance of food justice in the Western edition. Phyllis, come on up. Phyllis was raised in the film war in the nineteen sixties by her mother, a member of the Black Panther Party. Miss Bowie's activism began early. As a child, she marched for civil rights at city hall, and for her, advocacy has always been lived and practiced.

Phyllis built a successful career as an interior designer and appeared on networks including HGTV, ABC, and TV One. She later founded and hosted the award winning Living with Phyllis Urban Food Show, focused on educating families about food insecurity, urban agriculture, and food sovereignty. Through her popular food education segments, she showed viewers how to prepare healthy, restaurant quality meals using accessible ingredients while elevating culturally relevant food traditions and interviewing local chefs. For more than two decades, Phyllis has advanced housing and food justice in District 5. She supported Midtown Park residents by protecting them from displacement and, during the pandemic, truly stepped up for her community.

She personally carried heavy bags of groceries up multiple flights of stairs to ensure seniors and families received food safely at their doors. One resident shared with us that her goal was to make sure no one was left without support during such a difficult time. She volunteers, often daily, with organizations including Glide Memorial Church, Salvation Army, the San Francisco Marin Food Bank, Project Open Hand, and Booker T. Washington Community Service Center, delivering food to seniors, low income residents, individuals living with HIV, and medically vulnerable neighbors throughout the Fillmore and the Bay Area. Residents describe her how her daily one on one check ins made the day for those she served.

Her leadership extends to youth empowerment and education as well. She created the Black Food Sovereignty Program, providing summer internships for students at Gateway High School. These students built vegetable gardens in the Fillmore, public housing, learned about nutrition and the dangers of processed food, and prepared fresh meals for seniors at Booker T. Washington. I personally had the opportunity to visit the garden with Ms.

Bowie herself, Walking alongside her, hearing directly from the students, and seeing the care and pride they put into every raised bed made it clear to me that this is so much more than a program on paper. Doctor. Alicia Montgomery, executive director of the Gateway Public School, said best, miss Phyllis embodies everything she stands for, justice, health, well-being, and access. Gateway is proud to have her as a partner. Most recently, miss Bowie presented presented before the San Francisco Sheriff's Department Oversight Board to advocate for improved access to nutritious, health supporting meals within our jail system.

In a letter to my office supporting today's recognition, the board expressed gratitude for her willingness to engage with oversight bodies and contribute her knowledge, advocacy, and lived perspective, noting that her work advances the shared goal of ensuring that our systems reflect health, fairness, and respect for all residents. I'd also note that while preparing this commendation, our office received so many unprompted emails from numerous community members, all of which celebrated her compassion, tirelessness, and deep commitment to those she serves. That is just how beloved she is. One resident proudly described her as San Francisco's number one volunteer and educator on food security. Another wrote, her dedication and hard work are truly invaluable to the Fillmore.

Through her works in media, mentorship, direct service, and policy advocacy, Phyllis has ensured that food security in the Fillmore is always at the forefront. Phyllis, on behalf of District 5 in the city and county of San Francisco, we thank you for your leadership and your unwavering dedication to ensuring that every resident deserves access to nourishment and dignity. The floor is yours.

Thank you so much, my supervisor. I first want to thank God Almighty for my strength, for telling me to go forward. Because I think it's one of the saddest things that in one of the richest countries, in one of the richest cities that we have children and we have seniors going to bed hungry. Basics, you all. I have a black community in Midtown Park Apartments that has been promised ownership, and we still don't have it.

We're talking basics like shelter and food. I want to secondly thank my mother, Mrs. Jeannie Bowie, who she put so much into my brother and I with the highest education that money could buy. And her commitment to me was, you take this and you further our community, whatever area you find. The Black Panthers was about food and breakfast for children, and I'm following that.

I want to say thank you to I feel the energy of my friends and family behind me, those who couldn't come, those who wrote in. This is a tough job to be a community leader and to fight for justice. In the film where we have liquor stores on every corner and we have every fast food restaurant within just a four block area. I want to thank everybody that's in the room today that knows my story, that knows my fight, and that knows that I will never, I will never stop fighting. It's hard to do this, but I was meant to do it.

It's in my gut. Some of us have it. Like all of these wonderful people that just got the same type of awards, it's in your gut. It's something that you just can't stop. And trust me, everybody who's in here who knows me, I've quit several times because my feelings get hurt really easily. I want to now also thank the supervisors. I want to thank the city and the county of San Francisco. I want to especially thank my supervisor for starting the redesign of Fillmore. Is it going to happen in my lifetime? I hope so.

But I also know it takes small steps, and it takes commitment, consistency to fight what's right. I just know at the end of this, we're gonna win. And our children, those wonderful children at Gateway I also have worked with children from University of San Francisco in community engagement, and that's our future. For me to teach them how to take a seed and grow and harvest collard greens, and then they go home and tell their parents how to eat healthily. I want to also thank excuse me.

I want to thank a couple of organizations, Booker T. Washington being the number one, that in 2020, after George Floyd, I had a nervous breakdown. And they literally embraced me and healed me with all the wonderful services that they provide to the Fillmore and to people who look like me. I want to say thank you. I will continue this, and I welcome all the other supervisors to come into knowing that the Fillmore needs help right now.

Why do we have liquor stores in every corner? I don't see that in any other neighborhood. Why is it other neighborhoods have fresh fruits and vegetables that's ethnically for them? Why doesn't the Fillmore have that? Why do we have fast foods that poison us? Why do we have kidney dialysis centers opening up more than we do fresh grocery stores? These are rhetorical questions and these are questions I really wanted to be on the forefront of all of you. You have a responsibility. Thank you so much for this unexpected recognition. One of the things I learned probably after my first ten years working with Midtown is I am accountable to me.

I give me the awards because I know what I do when it's dark and when I'm sad and hungry. I want to thank myself for staying to it and looking fabulous when I do it. Thank you. Thank you for all my friends and family. You. Thank you. I love you more.

District six supervisor dorsey.

Thank you president mandelman, Kylan. So colleagues, as we celebrate as we celebrate Black History Month, I wanted to honor someone who represents a standout local example of the long and historically consequential intersectionality of the black community with the movement for LGBTQ plus equality. This is a history represented by such legends as Stonewall's Marsha P. Johnson, the civil rights movement's Bayard Rustin and warrior poet Audrey Lorde. In my view, Kailin Elise Fowler is every bit the worthy local successor to that history for her fearlessness, her tireless work ethic, and her leadership in delivering real change and for being an inspiration to countless San Franciscans.

Kylene is someone who doesn't wait for systems to change. She builds what's missing. And in our city, that has meant creating new ways to connect people, to care, to community, and to opportunity, especially for trans women who have been so often overlooked and who are today facing levels of dehumanization and invective in national politics unlike anything we've ever seen before. Yet that is exactly why Kailin's strength and steady handed leadership matters so much. At the San Francisco Community Health Center, she saw a gap in how people were being reached and supported.

As a case manager, she developed an engagement model designed to connect trans women to comprehensive affirming care. It was thoughtful, it was community driven, and it worked. That model went on to receive national recognition from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But more importantly, it helped people access care in a way that felt respectful and accessible. Building on that work, Kylan helped to bring to life the SHE Boutique, one of the most creative, joyful, and celebratory service programs I have seen in our city.

The She Boutique is a welcoming shopping experience created by trans women for trans women. It's a place where women can access brand new clothing and accessories, pick out items that help express who they are, enjoy a mocktail, and spend time in a welcoming and affirming environment. It's about more than clothing. It's about dignity and confidence and community. A while back, I had the opportunity to visit the She Boutique at the new Trans Thrive facility at the San Francisco Community Health Center.

And what stood out to me was how intentional it is. It's not just a service, but a special and unique space that brings people together, builds trust in community, and makes people feel not just seen but celebrated. And that reflects Kylan herself. When you meet her, you're immediately captivated by her contagious positive energy. She brings people together, she builds connection, and she leads the way in in a way that is both grounded and uplifting.

Kylan's leadership also extends far beyond a single program or a single city. She made history as the first trans woman to serve as a commissioner on the Alameda County Commission on the status of women, where she championed policies focused on safety, economic empowerment and healthcare equity. She serves as the executive board member of the San Francisco LGBT Community Center and as vice chair of the Bayard Rustin LGBTQ plus Victory Fund Leadership Council, helping to support LGBTQ plus leaders running for office across the country and she is an active member of the Northern California LGBTQ plus caucus. And in one of her most impactful efforts, she founded the first sorority dedicated specifically to young trans women focused on STI and HIV prevention, leadership development and sisterhood. At a time when this kind of way at work is facing unprecedented challenges, she continues to lead with courage, with class, and with a clear sense of purpose.

Colleagues, Kylan's work here in San Francisco is helping to shape how we think about care, how we build community, and how we show up for one another. She is not just improving individual lives, she is helping to set a higher standard for how our city serves its people. It is my privilege to recognize her today and honor her for everything she has contributed to San Francisco. Kylan, thank you for your leadership, your vision, and for the difference you continue to make for our community and our city. Congratulations to you. The floor is yours.

And be before you speak, I just want to thank Supervisor Dorsey for doing this commendation. I am also in the Kylan fan club. And you do just have the warmest, most charming, lovely way. You are so sweet, and you are so excellent on a panel as well. And you have done such great work in San Francisco and in the East Bay. And all of us who've gotten to meet you, work with you, be in your presence for a minute are lucky. So thank you again, Supervisor Dorsey, and congratulations, Kylan Fowler.

Thank you so much to all the supervisors, especially Supervisor Dorsey. Standing before you today, I'm humble and grateful for this moment of recognition. Understanding the assignment is often the easy part, but it's in the preparations of creating a lesson plan where real challenges begin. It is here that detail the details of strategizing and planning that we discover the need of our community, our roles as leaders to find solution that resonates with everyone, making it essential to be making it essential to be intentional. We must know how to meet people where they are, especially facing challenging situations.

As a trans woman, particularly an African American trans woman, I am accurately aware of that we have become a target in this political climate. Yet I've always believed in true leadership. Just doesn't offer solutions, but we create them. If I could find if I can't find a solution, I rely on my community, offering them a seat at the table so that we could come together and identify what truly works for us. I stand here today because I never gave up.

In a climate where our voices are often overlooked or disregarded, resilience is essential to me. In this journey, there are some individuals that I must acknowledge. First, I want to thank myself for not giving up. Each of us have a story that shaped who we are, and for me, the journey has began always with perseverance and commitment. I want to express my gratitude to supervisor Dorsey for recognizing my efforts in fostering a more aware, a more healthier community.

Your support is truly loving and unforgive unforgettable. I'm sorry. I would like to express a big thank you to one of the best CEOs and executive directors in the city and county of San Francisco, Lance Thoma, for trusting my vision and granting me the platform to lead. Your belief in me have allowed me to connect in so many levels in this significant journey. A massive thank you goes out to the entire staff of San Francisco Community Health Center for allowing me to lead and for giving me their unwavering support.

Together, we make strides towards a more inclusive future. And to my sister circle, thank you for keeping me grounded, caring, and reenergizing me when I feel low. Your love and support and your backbone of my strength. And last but not least, I wanna thank my parents for recognizing a leader in me at an early age. They've equipped me with the essential tools that I need to navigate in today's society.

They taught me that if I'm not invited to the table, build one. As I conclude, I leave you with this thought. If you find yourself in the position of leadership, don't take it lightly. People voted, and people appointed us for a reason. They trust our vision. This place, that they trust our vision is for a reason. They see our potential, and it is up to us to carry the load and remain intentional and never ever rise above the communities that we serve. Thank you so much for this recognition.

District 11, Supervisor Chen.

Thank you for all presence. Can you go up to the podium? Colleagues, I am proud to honor Joanna Zhang, founder of the a American Art Institute locate in located in District 11. AAI offers programming for young students and adults, drawing, painting, dance, and other visual art classes. Over the last twenty years, Joanna has been devoted to promoting Chinese traditional culture through art, dance, and motion pictures.

She found the San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival to promote independent filmmakers. Joanna herself has also directed, wrote, and produced many short films. She has won awards for acting, directing, and producing in several film festivals. For her philanthropic efforts, Joanna was awarded the 2023 US President's Volunteer Services Award for her active engagement in community nonprofits. Joanna has also served as the president of the Chinese Consolidated Women's Associations.

Her artistry and involvement in entertainment industry is an inspiration for future generations. Thank you, Joanna, for your leadership, commitment to maintaining our culture, and fostering the arts for our youth, especially in District 11 and San Francisco. And I also would like to say a few words in Chinese.

Thank you very much for supervisor Xiaoyan Chen. Thank you for all the city supervisors of San Francisco for your hard work. I'm Joanna Zhang, founder and the president of American Art Institute and the San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival. Our American Art Institute founded in 2009. We are a mature art school.

We offer fine art, music, dance, drama classes for both children and adults. For many years, we offer an offer service for underserved communities. We always have a charity volunteering performance for seniors and the children. I'm proud of our district, the 11. Now it's better and better.

So we will continue to promote the promote the Chinese traditional culture, and, also, we developing friendship between American people and the Chinese people. Here comes our schoolmates, our dancers from our school. Come on. Okay. We come here to celebrate. Thank you again. Thank you very much for supervisor's recognition and the confirmation. Thank you.

Alright, and finally, Raymond Clark, come on up. Looks like you have kids with you. Maybe bring the kids if you like. Maybe. Possibly. They're being cajoled. They're saying no. No, dad. No, we're not into it.

Okay. They're saying not today.

Not today.

Maybe next time.

Okay.

Colleagues, it is my great honor to present a special commendation today to Raymond Clark, President of the Glen Park Merchants Association, and owner of the Clark Technique. The GPMA is a small but mighty organization. I saw, I see some of its leaders out in the audience. It reminds me of that Margaret Mead quote about a small number of citizens being able to change the world. And for the last several years, that organization and the entire neighborhood have benefited from Raymond's efforts, and for the last year, from his leadership as the organization's head.

During that time, he's become a true neighborhood champion, organizing community events, lobbying for improvement funds, and elevating neighborhood concerns across a range of including planning, zoning, transportation, and the environment. During Raymond's tenure, Glen Park has flourished, even gaining worldwide recognition after being ranked one of the coolest neighborhoods in the world by Time Out last year. Congratulations, President Clark, for achieving that achievement. Raymond was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. His lifelong passion for movement and athletics led him to study sports medicine and dance at Ursinus College, a small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania.

And Raymond's first business was a concierge wellness business that provided wellness services to high end condos in Philadelphia. He moved to the Bay Area in 2012, interested in working at the intersection of tech and wellness. In 2020, the COVID-nineteen pandemic devastated businesses across the city, including Raymond's. And in his search for a fresh start, he found his way to Glen Park, a resilient community that was also recovering from COVID and looking to move forward. After walking through the neighborhood and speaking with residents and merchants, Raymond decided that Glen Park was the neighborhood for him and his business.

And, from day one, he took immense pride in Glen Park and embraced the neighborhood, dedicating himself to shaping it into a place that feels welcoming to all who live, work, or visit. A community sign in his window led to his recruitment to the Glen Park Merchant Association by fellow merchant and longtime mayor of Glen Park, Marion Delaire. Hello Marion, Madame Mayor. And he was a member for two years before joining the board in 2023 and being elected president in 2025. He's earned a legion of fans in the neighborhood.

Other merchants have described him as thoughtful and attentive, taking the time to hear out every concern, understand all the details, and make sure everyone is on the same page, which is pretty much impossible. But that is our experience in my office of him as well. I and my team are beyond appreciative of the dedication and time that Raymond and the rest of the Glen Park Merchants Association pour into the neighborhood. With immense gratitude and appreciation. We thank you, Raymond, for your service to Glen Park and to the city and county of San Francisco. And the floor is yours.

Well, President Mandelman, thank you very much. And as he mentioned, I am in the health and wellness business. And also, I am on the board of six. And truthfully, I cannot do it without the other members of my board. And we are called the six pack, very much like Abs.

Because even though possibly just four of us may be visible today, all six of us are always functioning at all times. So even though I'm the one accepting this award, it's really all of us taking it on, because I could not do it without them. So for those of you that are here, please stand, Janet, Paul, Marion. Because you are all awesome also. And Sue and Teresa, couldn't be here today, thank you as well. And let's go, Glen Park. We may have been the thirty fifth best neighborhood. And we are definitely pushing for number one. Everyone says it takes a village. And we definitely have the Glen Park Village.

So come check it out when you have a chance. Thank you.

All right, madam clerk, let's get back to roll call.

Thank you Mr. President. Supervisor Melgar. Submit. Submit. Thank you. Supervisor Sauter.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Colleagues, I have two items today. First, I am introducing a drafting request to prohibit the retail sale of nitrous oxide. 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 US. The product is being brand 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. Nitrous oxide abuse poses real health risks. Research has shown that repeated use can lead to serious and potentially life threatening health complications, including nerve damage, psychosis, and heart attack. One U. S.

Study identified deaths from nitrous oxide increasing six hundred percent between 2010 and 2023. Another study showed that emergency room visits from nitrous oxide misuse had spiked by five hundred percent since 2019. 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. Nitrous oxide canisters create other problems too. A San Francisco Standard article last year noted widespread reports of canisters being found littered on streets, sidewalks, and parks across the city, causing alarm from dog owners and creating more trash.

And, this is one of those areas where San Francisco has a bit of catching up to do. Dozens of other cities or counties across our state have recently passed retail bans, including San Mateo, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Mendocino, Humboldt, Newport Beach, Orange County, and Anaheim. We intend to craft this legislation with targeted exemptions for a legitimate use in the medical, dental, culinary, and automotive industries. So I look forward to working with the city attorney to craft this legislation, which will be shaped by health professionals, youth advocates, and small business input. And as it is formed, I hope it will gain your support as cosponsors so that we can do more to keep our city safe and healthy.

And colleagues, next I am introducing a resolution authorizing the Port Of San Francisco to enter into a lease with Dillon's Tours for the property located at 490 Jefferson Street. 490 Jefferson is a commercial space at Fisherman's Wharf that has been vacant for more than fifteen years. That space had been challenging because of its condition and a functionally obsolete layout. So we're grateful that Dylan's Tours will go into the space. They are a local tour operator and bike bike rental company owned by Dylan David, a San Francisco native with deep community roots.

The business is currently located in North Beach, is seeking to relocate to Fisherman's Wharf to have more visibility and more space. And the partnership is a win for Fisherman's Wharf. They will breathe new life into the space, produce new revenue for a long, vacant building on Jefferson Street. It builds on the momentum we're seeing in Fisherman's Wharf, including many recent retail and restaurant leases, an extension of the Skystar Ferris wheel, and a new plaza at the old Aliota space currently under construction. We're all very excited about this and hope to have your support. And the rest, I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Sauter. Supervisor Cheryl.

Colleagues, today I'm introducing a resolution in support of state assembly bill one nine seven four. Assembly member Stephanie, has introduced a measure to authorize law enforcement agencies to create voluntary firearm storage programs. This builds off of the first safe gun storage program at police stations in the country that we created right here in San Francisco. Thanks to the hard work of Leslie Hu at Pierce's pledge, we are building momentum. We're seeing action in San Diego County.

We're seeing action across California. And I am thrilled that assembly member Stephanie is continuing to build this action, not only to create ways to safely bring guns out of homes at risk, but also to ensure that firearms have not previously been reported as lost, stolen, or involved in a crime, and going further to create ways to destroy firearms that are not being retrieved. This is thoughtful. This is effective. This is safety. And I'm very excited to be in a position to support this, and I hope I can have your support on this resolution. The rest, I submit.

Thank you, supervisor Cheryl. Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, today, we honor and remember the life of Chris a Wayne, a son of San Francisco, raised in Bayview Hunters Point, whose life reflected a deep commitment to family, education, music, and uplifting people around him. Chris grew up and attended schools in SFUSD, including Portillo Elementary School, Aptos Middle School, and Woodrow Wilson High School. Even as a young person, he stood out for his determination and talent. He was an avid basketball and chess player, and in 1981, he served as the starting point guard for the Woodrow Wilson School varsity basketball championship team.

But Chris' impact extended far beyond the court or the classroom. In Baby Hunters Point, he was known as a mentor and a guiding presence for young people and community. He shared his time and his gifts teaching young people how to dance, introducing them to musical instruments, and encouraging them to stay in school and believe in their futures. He understood that sometimes all a young person needs is someone who sees their potential and helps them nurture it. Chris was also a gifted musician who mastered both the drums and keyboard.

His talent and creativity helped him shape the sound and culture of San Francisco's hip hop and r and b scene. Through his work as a producer and lyricist, he contributed to the success and legacy of artists and groups such as Conscious Daughters, Too Short, The Whispers, and The Shocking MCs, along with many other local artists whose career he helped inspire and launch. Chris carried the spirit and creativity of San Francisco with him wherever he went, performing in musical shows and concerts across The US, and yet he always remained deeply connected to the city that raised him. Chris will be remembered as a pioneer of San Francisco music and a beloved member of his community, a loving, caring, and charismatic soul who believed in people and invested in the next generation. His legacy lives on through his daughter, the music he created, the artists he uplifted, and the countless young people whose lives he touched.

May his memory continue to inspire our city for generations to come. The rest I submit.

Thank you, supervisor Walton. Supervisor Wong.

Thank you.

Colleagues, today I'm introducing a resolution recognizing February as Children's Dental Health Month in the city and county of San Francisco. Tooth decay is 100% preventable, yet it remains one of the most common chronic disease in children. And dental hygiene is often dismissed as cosmetic when it's actually fundamental to physical health. When decay goes untreated, it can lead to not only pain, but also serious infections. And it can undermine a child's ability to sleep, eat, and focus at school.

In SFUSD, during the twenty twenty four to twenty twenty five school year, twenty six point six percent of kindergartners had experienced cavities, and the disparities are stark. The rate of untreated tooth decay among black or African American children is twenty seven point two percent, more than three point five times the rate among white children at seven point one percent. Some neighborhoods, including Chinatown, The Mission, Baby Hunters Point, continue to bear a particularly high burden. This resolution also recognizes the work already happening through SF DPH's community based dental services and partners like Cavity Free SF, including community action alliances that engage parents and local partners to promote prevention and access in ways that fit each community. Recognizing Children's Dental Health Month is a simple step, but it sends a clear message.

We support prevention. We support equity. And we want every child in San Francisco to be healthy, pain free, and ready to learn. I'm also introducing a resolution in support of Assembly Bills AB 18 and AB eighteen thirty one, authored by Assembly members Liz Ortega and Patrick Arons, to advance fairness and accountability at the California State University System. San Francisco has a direct stake in this.

We're home to San Francisco State University, and our students, faculty, and staff depend on a strong, stable, and affordable public university. And as a city, we have a longstanding commitment to the rights of workers to organize, bargain in good faith, and have agreements honored. I recently spoke at a rally at San Francisco State, standing shoulder to shoulder with labor on behalf of CSU workers, the people who keep the campus running every day who deserve respect, stability, and fairness. AB eighteen eighteen addresses a fundamental principle. When a contract is negotiated and approved, it should be honored.

CSU workers have raised concerns that the administration has relied on a loophole tied to delay, withhold, or even rescind promised step increases and raises after agreements were reached. AB eighteen eighteen is intended to close that loophole by preventing post hoc funding related technicalities from being used to reopen or nullify wage terms after bargaining is done so workers can rely on commitments they earned. AB eighteen thirty one is about keeping executive pay in check at CSU. It sets a clear cap on what CSU can pay certain top administrators and managers tied to a benchmark based on the governor's pay. It also says CSU can't give those executives a raise in any year when CSU raises tuition on students, and it requires CSU to undo a twenty twenty five decision that increased executive compensation.

In plain terms, if students are asked to pay more, CSU leadership shouldn't be paying itself more at the same time and there should be clear limits on top pay. Taken together, these bills promote a simple, consistent theme. Honor commitments to workers and ensure executive pay practices are accountable, especially when students are asked The to pay rest I submit.

Thank you. Supervisor Wong, Supervisor Fielder, you ask to be re referred.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Colleagues, today I have an in memoriam for a beloved District 9 resident and renowned artist and community builder, Arthur Art Coach, who spent his life enriching environment around him with color, creativity, and love for his community. Art moved to San Francisco in 1984, and after getting married and having a child, his beloved son, Vladimir, he bought a house in the Portola in 1994. For over forty years, Art contributed so much to San Francisco as an active and avid community organizer, but he will be remembered chiefly for his artistic pursuits, which reflected his deep love for the Mission, Bernal, and the Portola by documenting street fairs, demonstrations, and community life in his photography, paintings, murals, and video productions. Art met his beautiful and amazing second wife, Lisa, while studying art at Columbia College in the '80s.

They reconnected thirty years later and were married here at City Hall, officiated by my predecessor, former supervisor Ronan. Together, Art and Lisa served in the Arts and Beautification Committee at the Portola Neighborhood Association and for several years, ran an art and photography studio in the Portola. Art consistently expressed a deep appreciation for the neighborhood he lived and worked in through his pieces, painting beautiful and large scale murals to reflect the Portal's diversity and cultural significance, including a piece commissioned during the pandemic that uplifted people's spirits and gave the neighborhood a sense of hope. In 2018, art was commissioned by San Francisco Beautiful to paint eight cityscapes of different neighborhoods in San Francisco, matched with poetry and displayed on the inside of muni buses with the theme connected communities. The District 9 office has had the privilege of displaying a gallery of his artwork for the last four years, and every person who has stepped through our door has marveled at the breadth and beauty of his representations of neighborhood scenes and celebrations.

In response to a commendation he received here at this board in 2023, he shared, quote, what is citizenship? Working respectfully and responsibly with others and for your community. People who display citizenship take care of themselves and their communities. Citizenship requires social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making. One of Art's dreams was to create an art night at City Hall to celebrate the city's many creatives and to uplift the importance of arts and culture to our diverse neighborhoods.

Given the threats to arts and culture in San Francisco today, I'm hopeful that together we can make his vision a reality and commit to supporting these important community assets and perhaps, indeed, have an art night at City Hall in the near future. Art always took care of his community and celebrated the vibrancy and beauty of life in the Portola, Bernal, and Mission throughout his life's work. I offer my deepest condolences to Vladimir, his son, and his wife and partner in Art and Community, Lisa, and her kids, who are here today to witness this tribute. His legacy lives on in public murals he painted and the gallery of his work that his son hopes to create in their home in the Portola. Rest in power, Art Koch.

We will dearly miss you. Colleagues, I also have two items to introduce today that both serve to preserve and honor the legacy of Latin rock music in the Mission District, including San Francisco's own Carlos Santana. The first is a resolution initiating the designation of the Latin Rock House located at 2880 25th Street as a historical landmark. Owned by local musician Richard Segovia, the Latin rock house is recognized for its cultural significance and mural depicting over 87 local Latin rock and Latino musicians. The second is a resolution supporting a commemorative plaque to be installed in front of 405 Mullen Avenue, the site where Santana lives in Bernal Heights, during which he and his band aids produced his breakthrough album that cemented his legacy as a Latin rock legend.

The rest I submit.

Thank you, supervisor Fielder. Mister president, seeing no names on the roster, that concludes the introduction of new business.

Then let's go to public comment.

At this time, the board welcomes to hear your public comment. If you would like to speak, please line up on the right hand side of the chamber. We are setting the timer for two minutes. I hate to interrupt you, but we want to hear from everyone. You are able to speak to the minutes as presented, items 34 through 40 on the adoption without committee reference, or other general matters that are not on the published agenda but must be within the board's subject matter jurisdiction.

All other agenda content has been reported out to the board by an appropriate committee where the public comment requirement occurred. All right, let's hear from our first speaker. Welcome. Let's hear from our next speaker, please. And if there are any other members of the public who'd like to address the board, please step over in line.

Otherwise, this may be our last speaker. Welcome.

Board of Supervisor and Mayor Office of San Francisco, the title of this speech is Speed Typist. When I was a kid around eight years old, I took a typing class in Roosevelt Middle School in the Richmond District of San Francisco. I fell in love with the task. I spent hours riding the bus of two hands situated in my lap to memorize the monarchy board to visualize how the fingers press the keys on a typewriter. I want to be the world's fastest typist. I spent obsessions passing all the way to my adulthood. Something happened in my first year in City College of San Francisco. I spent two years in high school working in footlocker, so have some bunnies, so I have some Macs and a PC. My friend came over, installed OS two warp. I was blown away.

Everything is possible as long as I have imagination to pursue. I never made it to Lowell High School, so I settled for George Washington High School. After spending three years, I transferred UC Berkeley with undeclared major. I want a computer science major. That was my passion. I'm a Berkeley dropout. Eventually, I graduate UC Davis with a computer science engineering degree. While I'm in Dorr in Berkeley, I shared to my two friends since Central Elementary School. My friend clocked himself typing 95 words per minute. I was disappointed.

I could only type 90 words per minute, so I dropped my passion to pursue instead computer science. I love all aspect of computing. There there, afterwards, I I worked in Symantec, Netscape, Bay Networks, Northell, cash flow, and start up corner where in 2002 I met up with Martin Gromberg the architect of Netscape he's a founder and chief technology officer of Conan where where I worked for six years from 2002, 2008. The reason why I stand here is because I pronounce myself chief software architect of AI. My prior two Super Bowl displaying traffic lights pull, I'm exhilarated to have my vision exposed to where AR browsing and AR rants for flying cars.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments. Alright, mister president.

Public comment is now closed. Madam clerk, let's go to our for adoption without committee reference agenda, items 34 through 40.

Items 34 through 40 were introduced for adoption but without committee reference. A unanimous vote is required for adoption of a resolution on first reading today. Any member may require a resolution on first reading to go to committee.

Supervisor Wong.

Two things. I'd like to add my name to item 34, supporting a strong independent department of veteran affairs. And secondly, I would like to make a motion to continue

Maybe hold on that, but maybe let's sever item 37.

Yes, we'll take that.

Thank you, Supervisor Wong. Supervisor Melgar.

I want to be added as a cosponsor to item 38, please.

Noted.

All right. Madam Clerk, I think we have severed 37. And on the remaining balance of the items, can you please call the roll?

On items 34 through thirty six and thirty eight through 40, Supervisor Chan. Chan, I. Supervisor Chen. Chan, I. Supervisor Dorsey. I supervisor Fielder Fielder I supervisor Mahmoud Mahmoud I supervisor Mandelman I supervisor Melgar Melgar I supervisor Sauter I, Supervisor Cheryl, I, Supervisor Walton, Walton, I, and Supervisor Wong, I, there are 11

adopted and motion is approved. Madam Clerk, could you please call Item 37.

Item 37, resolution to urge the Department of Emergency Management and Department of Technology to prioritize the restoration of San Francisco's outdoor public warning system in tsunami evacuation zones and coastal areas and to allocate funding for this critical public safety infrastructure.

Supervisor Wong. Thank you, President Manilman, for being ahead of meeting a little bit. Colleagues, I'd like to make a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair.

I think you want to continue it for one week. I'll take that. And I would like to second that. And I think we can take that motion.

Okay, Mr. President, can we just put the date on the calendar? That would be one week is March 3. Yes. Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

And I think we can take that motion without objection. And without objection, the motion is approved. All right. Madam Clerk, do we have any imperative agenda items?

I have none to report, Mr. President.

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 Fielder, for the late mister arthur koch on behalf of president mandelman for the late mister wayne justman on behalf of supervisor melgar for the late miss ann duffy Mr. Edward Joseph Reedy, Mr. John Barry, and Mr. Brian Spears, and on behalf of Supervisor Walton, for the late Mr. Christopher A. Wayne.

And I believe 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.

Then we are adjourned.