Good afternoon, everybody.

Welcome to the January 6, 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.

Chen present.

Supervisor Dorsey.

Dorsey present.

Supervisor Fielder.

Fielder not present.

Supervisor Mahmoud.

Mahmoud 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 Ramitushaloni, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula.

As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramatusha

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

Ramatusha Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples.

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, and to God, indivisible,

with liberty and justice for all.

On behalf of the board, I want to acknowledge the staff at SFGovTV.

Today, that is especially Kalina Mendoza.

They record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online.

Madam Clerk, do you have any communications?

Yes, Mr. President.

We are in receipt of a memo from Supervisor Jackie Fielder requesting to be excused from today's meeting.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Could I have a motion to excuse Supervisor Fielder, made by Chen and seconded by Dorsey and colleagues?

I think we can take that without objection.

The motion passes.

And Madam Clerk, was that it for communications?

To finish quickly, the board welcomes your attendance in the chamber for our first meeting

of the legislative session.

When you're not able to be here, the proceeding is airing live on SFGOV TV's channel 26,

or you can view the live stream at www.sfgovtv.org.

You can send your public comment in writing if you send an email to bos at sfgov.org,

or if you're using the Postal Service, address the envelope to the San Francisco Board of

Supervisors.

The number one, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, City Hall, room 244, in San Francisco, California,

94102.

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Americans with Disability Act, or if you need to request language assistance, please contact

the Clerk's office at least two business days in advance by calling 415-554-5184.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Let's go to approval of our meeting minutes.

Yes, approval of the November 4th, 2025 Board Meeting Minutes.

Can I have a motion to approve the minutes as presented, moved by Walton and seconded

by Chen?

Madam Clerk will you please call the roll. On the minutes as presented

Supervisor Melgar. Melgar aye. Supervisor Sauter. Sauter aye. Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl aye. Supervisor Walton. Walton aye. Supervisor Wong. Wong aye. Supervisor

Chan. Chan aye. Supervisor Chen. Chan aye. Supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey aye.

Aye.

Supervisor Mahmoud?

Mahmoud, aye.

And Supervisor Mandelman?

Aye.

Mandelman, aye.

There are 10 ayes.

Without objection, the minutes will be approved after public comment as presented.

Madam Clerk, let's go to our consent agenda, items 1 through 3.

Yes, items 1 through 3 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 1 through 3, Supervisor Melgar. Melgar, aye.

Supervisor Sauter. Sauter, aye. Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl, aye. Supervisor Walton. Walton, aye.

Supervisor Wong. Wong, aye. Supervisor Chan.

Chan, aye. Supervisor Chen.

Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey, aye.

Supervisor Maakmood. Maakmood, aye.

And Supervisor Mandelman. Aye.

Mendelman, aye. There are 10 ayes.

Without objection, these ordinances are finally passed.

Madam Clerk, let's go to our regular agenda, new business.

Please call item four.

Item four, this is an ordinance to amend the planning code to define a family as a household,

to eliminate numeric limits on unrelated family members and requirements that family members share meals,

classify residential care facilities that serve six or fewer persons as residential uses,

to include certain groups of six or fewer people and associated operators as a household,

to clarify the zoning administrator's enforcement authority,

to administratively subpoena documents, and to affirm the secret determination

and to make the appropriate findings.

Let's take this item, same house, same call.

Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading.

Madam Clerk, please call item five.

Item five, this resolution determines that the person-to-person, premise-to-premise transfer

of a type 21 off sale general beer wine and distilled spirits liquor license to

Royal Mart LLC doing business as Unimart located at 1201 Howard Street will not

serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and to request that

the well to request that the Department of Alcoholic and Beverage Control deny

the issuance of the license and we can take this one same house same call

without objection the resolution is adopted madam clerk please call items

six and seven together item six and seven are two resolutions that determine

that two liquor licensees will serve the public convenience or a necessity of the

city item six determines that the person-to-person premise to premise

transfer of a type 48 on sale general public premises beer wine and distilled

spirits liquor license to Big Sky LLC doing business has Club 895 located at

895 O'Fall Street and item 7, which determines that the person-to-person, premise-to-premise

transfer of a type 20 off-sale beer and wine liquor license to Caldero LLC, doing business

as Caldero, located at 2149 Union Street, that both will serve the public convenience

or necessity of the city, and to request that the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage

Control impose conditions on the issuance of each license.

And again same house same call without objection the resolutions are adopted

Madam clerk, let's go to roll call

Or oops, sorry, I rather call please call item 8 item 8

This is a resolution to accept the biannual surveillance report under the administrative code section 19 B

point 6 for the juvenile probation department and

This one we can do same house same call without objection the resolution is adopted

And now let's go to roll call.

Thank you, Mr. President.

First up to introduce new business is Supervisor Milgar.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Colleagues, today I am introducing a resolution along with Supervisors Chen, Chan, Fielder,

Mandelman, Cheryl, Wong, and Mahmood to commemorate the Roe v. Wade decision on January 22, 1973,

which for nearly 50 years recognized abortion as a fundamental constitutional right and affirmed the ability of individuals to make personal health care decisions free from undue government influence.

While the Roe decision was overturned by this Supreme Court in 2022 by the Dobbs decision, its anniversary remains a powerful reminder of the role government plays in either protecting or undermining bodily autonomy, privacy, and health care access.

The consequences of the Dobbs decision were profound and immediate, enabling states to criminalize, surveil, penalize reproductive health care, causing disproportionate harm to women, to girls, to non-binary people, particularly those who are low-income, medically underserved and underinsured, black, indigenous, Latina, people of color, immigrants, and young people.

San Francisco has long served as a national leader in protecting reproductive freedom and advancing reproductive justice.

Our state laws and constitution provide strong protections for reproductive rights, including explicit privacy guarantees, abortion and contraceptive access, protections against harassment, obstruction, violence at reproductive health care facilities.

Ultimately, this resolution matters because local governments are on the front lines.

At a time when national rollbacks, today we saw it, it's a war against women and children in our country right now.

Clearly and publicly, we must support reproductive freedom, bodily autonomy, privacy, reproductive justice.

It remains core values of our city, and we will actually actively defend them.

San Francisco enacted additional safeguards to ensure safe, unobstructed access to care

and to hold accountable those who interfere with patients or providers.

This resolution reaffirms the city's commitment to upholding these safeguards,

reinforces coordinated protocols with the police department, district attorney,

Department of Public Health, and other agencies to ensure accountability for violations of clinic

access and safety laws, and makes clear that city resources, personnel, and data will not be used to

assist out-of-state investigations or legal actions targeting reproductive health care that is lawful

in California and in San Francisco. In closing, I want to thank the Department of the Status of

women, especially our new director, Dr. Diana Arroche, and her staff, the Commission on the

Status of Women, Planned Parenthood, the health care providers working in partnership with our

Department of Public Health, and our city attorneys for their leadership, and steadfast work defending

reproductive freedom for women and girls in San Francisco. The rest I submit. Thank you,

Supervisor Melgar. Supervisor Sauter. Submit, thank you. Supervisor Cheryl.

Colleagues, I'd like to adjourn today's meeting in memory of Diosdado P. Bonitao, a pioneering engineer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist whose work and inventions helped shape the modern personal computer and whose generosity expanded opportunity for generations.

Known by all as Dado, he pioneered key computer and graphics chip technologies that made personal computers more affordable, powerful, and practical for everyday use.

Dado Bonatau peacefully passed away this past Christmas day in Palo Alto surrounded by family

and friends. He was born on May 23, 1946 in Iguig, the Philippines, to Salvador and Rosita Bonatau

and was raised in a rural farming community grounded in humility and hard work. Encouraged

by his father to pursue education, Dado excelled academically, graduating at the top of his class

and earning a place at Ateneo de Tugaygarau, a Jesuit boarding high school far from home.

He later earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Mapua Institute of Technology in Manila,

graduating cum laude.

In 1968, Dado came to the United States as a design engineer at Boeing,

contributing to the 747 Jumbo Jet program while continuing his education at the University of Washington,

where he met his future wife, Maria.

He was accepted into Stanford's graduate engineering program in 1970.

At Stanford, Dato earned his master's degree in electrical engineering focused on computer architecture and semiconductor systems.

He went on to hold influential engineering roles at National Semiconductor, Commodore International, Intercell, Seek Technology,

bridging hardware and software at a time when few could.

As an entrepreneur, Dato co-founded Chips and Technologies, where he designed the world's first single-chip PC chipset,

which accelerated global access to personal computing.

He then became a respected venture capitalist of the Mayfield Fund

and later founded Tallwood Venture Capital, mentoring founders,

including influential semiconductor and communications startups.

Dato's professional achievements were recognized with multiple honors,

including Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year,

multiple appearances on the Forbes list,

and being featured on the Philippine postage stamp

for his contributions to science and technology.

Deeply shaped by his own journey from modest beginnings to global impact,

Dado Bonatau believed in giving back through education and innovation.

He was a key supporter of the Citrus and the Bonatau Institute,

a University of California research center focused on creating IT solutions

that generate societal and economic benefits for everyone.

Through founding the Philippine Development Foundation,

he expanded access to scholarships, entrepreneurship, and innovation

for young Filipinos around the globe.

And through the Bonatau Family Filipino American Education Scholarship,

California residents of Filipino descent and pursuing STEM

are able to get support for their college education.

Dotto is survived by his wife of 53 years, Maria,

his children and their spouses,

and nine cherished grandchildren,

including local District 2 residents,

Tala Bonatau, his daughter,

son-in-law Thomas Growney,

and grandson Lucas Kelly.

From a farmer's son to a Silicon Valley pioneer

and global philanthropist,

Dotto Bonatau embodied the premise of education,

perseverance, and service to others.

And on behalf of the Board of Supervisors,

we extend our deepest condolences to the Bonatow family and all who mourn his passing.

May his memory continue to inspire innovation in service of community

and opportunity for generations to come. The rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Cheryl. Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Can you please re-refer?

Re-refer? Certainly. Supervisor Wong.

I'm introducing a request for a hearing on the widespread power outages

that began on December 20th

and left nearly one-third of San Francisco

without electricity.

With periodic outages continuing for several days

and full power not restored until December 23rd.

The Sunset District had six power outages

in the month of December.

This was not a minor inconvenience.

Families lost heat in the middle of winter.

Seniors were stranded in their homes.

One of my constituents, a 95-year-old man

who relies on a ventilator had to be rushed to the hospital at two in the morning.

People watched their phones die, worried they'd lose their only connection to 911.

Garage doors wouldn't open, traffic lights went dark, and caused chaos at busy intersections.

Small businesses on Irving Street had to throw away everything in the refrigerators

during one of the busiest weeks of the year.

This is not the first time I've raised concerns with PG&E.

after outages hit sunset on December 7th and again on December 10th,

on December 11th, my office sent a formal letter asking for answers

that the level of reliability is unacceptable.

Yet the root cause of the December 20th outage remains under investigation.

That is why we need this hearing.

Our residents deserve answers.

They deserve to know why a substation fire near Mission and 18th cascaded

into an outage affecting the entire western half of the city.

They deserve to know what additional compensation is available.

One, the current credits PG&E is offering $200 for residents, $2,500 for businesses.

They need to know that this is inadequate to cover the losses actually suffered,

and they deserve to know what PG&E is doing to make sure this does not keep happening.

I want to thank Supervisors Mahmood, Chan, Cheryl, Melgar, and Sader for co-sponsoring this request.

I urge the President to refer this matter promptly so we can get answers for the people we represent.

Secondly, in addition to the hearing request I just introduced,

I'm also submitting a letter of inquiry to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

While the hearing on the outages will help us understand what went wrong on December 20th,

We also need to understand what options exist to make sure this doesn't keep happening.

I know the city has been exploring acquisition of PG&E's local infrastructure for several years.

My letter asked SFPUC for a briefing on the practical, fiscal, and operational considerations to acquire, maintain, and operate a publicly owned electric grid so this board can be fully informed and positioned to act.

This is about doing our due diligence.

What would it cost?

What financing is available?

Does the city have the capacity to operate a grid?

What's a realistic timeline?

This inquiry will help us understand what's within the city's power to do

and what our options are moving this forward.

The rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Wong.

Supervisor Chan.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Colleagues, today with early co-sponsorship from Supervisor Mac Dorsey,

I'm introducing two resolutions to hold PG&E, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, accountable for the blackouts that began on December 20th, 2025,

and affected over 130,000 customers from across the Richmond sunset all the way to Chinatown and South of Market.

These outages disrupted small businesses, seriously impacted seniors, people living with disabilities, and caused public transit delays and station closures during the holiday week.

Over the course of the holiday break, the Richmond District endured six power outages, six power outages.

And not to mention the substation at 24th Avenue and Balboa created a lot of disturbance for our neighborhood.

Families have to dispose groceries, refrigerators filled with holidays, ingredients, and essentials.

Some of the most significant concerns during these outages were the impact to our homebound elders and residents whose health and wellness are dependent on reliable access to refrigerated medications and other special care.

The first resolution reaffirms the city's continued efforts to acquire PG&E's infrastructure deemed necessary by a 2019 report from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission in order for the city to meet our goals for affordable, safe, and reliable power.

protection of the environment and achieving climate goals, transparency and public accountability,

workforce development, and equitable access to clean, green, and affordable electric power.

These blackouts are the results of neglected infrastructure maintenance by PG&E,

a private company more interested in profits and raises for executives

that outweighs their concerns for investment in safety and reliability.

The second resolution is to urge Governor Gavin Newsom and the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety to withhold PG&E safety certificates until all the infrastructure under its control have been properly inspected and maintained.

And that includes San Francisco's infrastructure.

For too long, PG&E has been given unilateral control over the state's power grid without being held accountable for the maintenance of the system, leading to devastating fires, loss of life, and continuing blackouts leading to loss of property and income.

PG&E's ongoing preventable disasters and failure to upgrade and improve its infrastructure

proved the company cannot deliver electricity to our residents in a safe, reliable, and affordable manner.

Therefore, we're urging the governor to halt the issuance of their safety certificate for 2026

so that PG&E can be held accountable for these failures.

They must answer our call.

and our questions until the governor grant them the safety certificate and the rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Chan. Supervisor Chen.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Colleague, today I'm submitting a letter of inquiry regarding the services support system for fire victims in San Francisco.

Over 2025, I've seen many fires impacting homes and apartments in my district and throughout the city.

I'm requesting information regarding the city's protocols to assist victims of fire when these disasters occur.

I am directing this LOI to the San Francisco Fire Department, Department of Emergency Management,

the Human Services Agency, and the San Francisco Police Department.

I'm requesting data regarding the services that are provided to fire victims, protocols for services delivery, language access, as well as data on the leading causes and rate of fires by district.

My goal is to gain a better understanding of the gaps and needs in the services that we can improve upon the support to fire victims when these traumatic incidents occur.

I want to thank my legislative aide, Charlie, for his work on this.

Secondly, I also want to introduce a resolution recognizing January 2026 as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month.

Human trafficking, labor and sex trafficking are exceptionally pervasive crime that have multi-generational impacts on individuals and families,

impacting everything from public health to housing security to public safety and more.

This year, the San Francisco Bay Area will host two major sporting events,

with the NFL Super Bowl 60 and FIFA World Cup.

San Francisco is anticipating a massive influx in tourism, hotel bookings,

putting on to our local business, and more.

With such a significant increase in travelers,

there are also growing concerns that incidents of human trafficking are to increase.

As such, it's important that we begin 2026 by reaffirming our city's commitments to survivors of trafficking and the impacted communities,

and committing to prioritize funding and resources for programs and services that work to prevent human trafficking and support survivors.

I want to thank advocates for their feedback on the resolution language, Supervisor Chen for her partnership writing this resolution,

and other co-sponsors like Supervisors Melgar, Walton, Dorsey, Fielder, Cheryl,

Mandelman, Mahmood, and Warren for their support.

And also thank you to my legislative aide, Jackie, for her work on this.

The rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Chen.

Supervisor Dorsey.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Although I have nothing to introduce today, I wanted to add my voice to Supervisor Chanz

to express my appreciation for her leadership on the need to once and for all municipalize

our electric utility.

I am likewise appreciative to Supervisor Wong and Mahmood and others for their leadership

in calling for a hearing, and I would ask to join as a co-sponsor, and I will be an

enthusiastic participant.

What San Franciscans experienced over the holidays was the predictable result of a private

utility that has historically failed to invest in safety, maintenance, and reliability, and

it's why San Francisco needs a municipally owned public power system.

Whatever else we find out about what caused the December 20th outage, here's

a spoiler alert. It's because PG&E is an investor owned utility accountable to

shareholders before ratepayers. And until that changes we can expect more of the

same just as we have for decades. With tens of thousands of residents and

businesses experiencing the loss of power for days, public transit shutdowns,

seniors and people with disabilities left without even the most basic services.

This is a system failure that is unacceptable.

And these outages underscore why San Francisco must continue to move forward in realizing the public power system we should have had more than a century ago,

so that we may all benefit from improved reliability, public safety, accountability,

and a utility system that is finally accountable to ratepayers and not shareholders.

I would express my appreciation to former city attorney Dennis Herrera and current city attorney David Chu and for all of my former city attorney colleagues in that office who have worked on this municipalization effort for many years.

We are going to get there.

I am proud to co-sponsor with Supervisor Chan this resolution, both resolutions.

I thank her again for her leadership.

Thank you, Supervisor Wong, Supervisor Mahmood, and others for your leadership.

And I hope that this effort enjoys unanimous support.

And the rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey.

We will interrupt roll call and come back to it later.

I would note that we have been joined in the chamber by former Supervisor Susan Layal, who is here.

And that's where it's...

Also, City Treasurer and PUC General Manager.

And then we also have our current District Attorney, Brooke Jenkins, is in the chamber.

Thank you.

As well as lots of other important people.

Madam Clerk, could you please call our 230 special order?

Yes, the 230 special order is the recognition of commendations for meritorious service to the city and county of San Francisco.

And we will start with District 6, Supervisor Dorsey.

Thank you, President Mandelman.

Colleagues, today I am honored to recognize our outgoing interim chief of police, Paul Yep, with a special commendation and to thank him for his exceptional service to the city and county of San Francisco.

Chief Yep.

Step up to the lectern.

Thanks.

Paul Yep is a San Franciscan through and through.

Born and raised in this city, a graduate of Lowell High School and San Francisco State University,

Paul's career reflects a deep and lasting commitment to the city he loves and to the communities that have helped to shape him.

In January 2025, Mayor Daniel Lurie coaxed Paul Yep out of his post-SFPD retirement to serve as his policy chief for public safety.

But in June, with the departure of Police Chief Bill Scott, he was selected to serve as San Francisco's interim chief of police.

Now, those of you who've heard me advocate for police full staffing, as the broken record I have been on that issue since I got here,

you've heard me talk about the disproportionately large generational cohort of police officers reaching retirement age.

These are the Bill Clinton-era cops hired back when the federal government helped localities fund police hiring in the 90s.

Well, virtually all of them are reaching retirement age now, and San Francisco is no exception.

And although Paul Yep's tenure as SFPD chief was brief, it came at a pivotal time with a number of high-ranking retirements.

At a moment when San Francisco needed him most, Paul Yep's experienced leadership in overseeing a generational changing of the guard at SFPD was significant and vitally important in ways that will benefit our city for years to come.

Paul brought more than 28 years of law enforcement experience to his role.

Over the course of his career with the San Francisco Police Department, in fact,

he served as commander in the chief of staff's office for overseeing risk

management and staff services. He previously led Central, Northern, and

Richmond stations, as well as the staff services division. He also held

specialized assignments in domestic violence, vice crimes, human trafficking,

community relations, and as director of basic training at the police academy. As

As a member of SFPD's command staff, Paul played important roles in the department's work on 21st century police reforms, policy development, and strategic planning.

Above all, he is most proud of his outreach to San Francisco's neighborhoods, for which he has been widely recognized for strengthening trust and engagement with diverse communities across our city.

I recall this myself during my own two years as a civilian member of SFPD's command staff during the COVID crisis.

With the massive COVID lockdowns, there were a number of community-based news organizations

facing very dire financial consequences in San Francisco.

As the commander overseeing police recruitment at the time, Paul Yepp worked with me to make

sure that SFPD front-loaded its recruitment advertising expenditure to better support

our ethnic and LGBTQ plus community-based news partners when they needed it most, and

to successfully recruit no small number of community-based officers in the process.

He believes, as I do, that real community engagement must also include community-based journalism.

But during Paul's time as interim police chief, SFPD didn't just oversee a changing of the guard among its command ranks.

It also continued to make meaningful progress on public safety citywide.

Measured crime categories fell to historic lows, reflecting the dedication of officers on the ground and the more effective use of voter-approved tools.

Partnerships with state, local, and federal agencies were strengthened.

And for the first time since the onset of the COVID pandemic, SFPD saw a net increase

in officers patrolling San Francisco's streets and neighborhoods.

Outside of his professional life, Paul is a devoted family man and Bay Area sports fan

who enjoys golfing, travel, and martial arts, interests that reflect his hard work, self-discipline,

inclusivity, and balance that well exemplify his leadership.

Chief Yepp, San Francisco was fortunate to have your steady hand and deep experience guiding our police department even for a short time.

Your dedication to public safety and to the city has left a lasting impression.

On behalf of the Board of Supervisors and the people of the city and county of San Francisco,

it is my privilege and honor to honor you with the universally recognized reward for excellence in policing, donuts.

So congratulations.

Congratulations, Chief Yepp.

And I have some colleagues and I think some others who would like to say a few words.

Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey.

Yes, Chief Yepp, you should settle in because there's a long line of people who want to talk.

So Supervisor Mahmoud.

Chief, I just wanted to thank you over this year of working with you in partnership,

echoing everything that Supervisor Dorsey said.

But I think a couple things I want to acknowledge as well is that the speed at which you instituted changes

that I think have long been sought in the city have led to the outcomes that Supervisor Dorsey mentioned.

I can just speak from our district's perspective in District 5.

When there was a string of burglaries in the Fillmore, you and I worked together,

and you immediately put in police ambassadors

that haven't been sitting in the Fillmore or Hayes Valley in years.

I know in the Tenderloin,

where a community that has been asking for beat officers for years,

and there's been no increase,

you work with Captain Sullivan,

and I don't know how you guys did it so fast,

why people have been asking for so long,

but it just showed that you listen.

You listen to the needs of the community,

listen to the needs of the district,

and some of the most vulnerable communities in the entire city.

and these are permanent changes that are now going to benefit the residents of District 5

and San Francisco because of your tenure and listening to community and working on behalf

of this community as well and so I just again commend the speed that you've worked at how you've

listened to community and really made strides on rebuilding our ranks but also in taking steps

towards solving our drug crisis as well.

And I know the Tenderloin, Fillmore, Hayes Valley,

all the way to Haight-Ashbury and District 5,

extremely grateful for your service.

And I want you to know this won't be the last you see in me as well.

On a personal note, Chief Yep and I share the same Muay Thai instructor,

and I've made a news resolution to come back this year,

so please go easy on me.

So, thank you.

Supervisor Cheryl.

Yeah, I was kind of figure out what I should address you as.

Are you chief?

And then I realized you're still chief.

So as a policy chief or as an interim police chief, your service to the city is just thank you.

It is no small thing to come out of retirement to continue to serve this city.

And that was a huge leap of faith that you took, and we are all the better for it.

And so first of all, thank you for that.

second I want to echo Supervisor Mahmoud's remarks on speed speed to action is incredibly important

and you had that in spades and thank you and I especially want to thank you for your partnership

on two very critical things in my district that maybe don't get enough attention but you paid

attention to them the first was your support of the Planned Parenthood site on Bush Street you and

your command staff were fantastic in in responding there and I just want to thank you for your

attention to that. And also, for your attention on a project that may seem small but has already

saved lives, and that's creating the first in the nation safe gun storage program in conjunction

with Pierce's pledge, you took something that easily could have been held up in bureaucracy

and, well, I don't know, maybe, well, we got to see, and you made it happen quickly. That's real

leadership. And I just want to thank you for your service and your continued leadership, and it's

great to know you're not going anywhere. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Supervisor Chan.

Thank you, President Mendelman. And I would say, Chief, still thank you just for all the things that you have done.

I think that when you step up to the place to return back to City Hall and knew that it was not going to be easy as our public safety chief or the mayor and advisor to the mayor,

You knew that the job was difficult, but you came back and you make sure that it was a good transition.

And I truly believe that you did that in the best interest of the city.

And truly, again, you demonstrated.

So oftentimes, a lot of people questions our intention, the things that we do here inside City Hall.

But I think that you have demonstrated since your return back to the department,

but that you really were doing this in the best interest of our city.

Not only that, for all the things that you have done through budget

and during the time of budget and through all the reforms,

is that you have also demonstrated that it was always been your intention

to nurture the next generation of leadership within the department.

And that it shows that from the rank and file to all your commanders

and your deputy chief throughout the time when you were our acting chief

to now that we now have Chief Derek Liu as our new chief.

All these were work because of your leadership

and that you have done that selflessly.

So for that, we're grateful, and thank you so much for your work.

Supervisor Chen.

Thank you, Board President.

Thank you, Chief Yeap.

As an almost one-year supervisor, I firstly want to thank you for all your support,

coming to District 11 multiple times to talk with the merchants

and also coming to support our events in District 11,

your leadership and your dedication of keeping San Francisco safe,

without words that can really describe.

But thank you that it's proven and it's keeping San Francisco safe

and our city is on the rise, as the mayor usually say this word.

But I also want to say a few words to thank your wife and children for sharing you

and all the sacrifices that you make from family time.

It is really valuable.

And also, you know, all those sacrifices really makes it also invaluable

to make sure that you are able to continue to, you know, serve your role,

keeping San Francisco safe.

And our community is very proud of you.

I am very proud of you.

So I want to also thank that.

And a very personal note, I actually made it to your list of one of your favorite supervisors.

So I am very happy for that.

And I'm also very much miss all those promotion events in the last decade that I was part of your commander,

controlling all those banquets at Far East.

And then we're going to continue to celebrate you.

But I do look forward, continue to celebrate with you again at FIIs with other title and achievement.

And with that, I also want to thank again.

Thank you so much for all that you have done.

Thank you.

Supervisor Sauter.

Chief Yepp, thank you for stepping up in this past year.

I think in this past year you were put in, asked, offered in two different really, really critical roles for our city.

And in a short year, we all see and we feel the impact of your work.

It's remarkable.

And I have great respect for you for stepping forward in both of those different roles in this past year.

You know, I think that, you know, as others shared, the thing I respect most about you is that you get tough problems put before you.

And you field tough calls from us.

but despite that you look for you look for answers and you look for outcomes you don't

make excuses when you could make excuses and you always try and figure out a way to improve things

and and you've done that for my constituents for my communities in district three many times in

this past year so i really appreciate all of that work everything you've done this past year but

everything you've done for our city the work we did almost a decade ago now when you were at central

station, you know, folks still remember the impact you had there and still speak fondly

of you in that District 3 community.

So thank you for everything.

I know you won't be going far, and I look forward to all the time ahead.

And thank you again, Chief.

Supervisor Wong.

Okay.

Thank you, Chief.

I'll keep it short, but I just want to thank you so much for being a true public servant,

being able to come back to serving the city

and being willing to step up into the roles that you have.

And also over the past year,

just seeing the drastic changes and improvements in public safety,

it's a real credit to your leadership,

to the community and to the city and county of San Francisco.

So those are...

And also being able to take innovative approaches in law enforcement

and being able to bring a level of professionalism and pride to the profession.

So I really appreciate your work and I'm looking forward to continuing working with you.

Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, Chief.

Just want to echo the sentiments of my colleagues, but also really appreciate you for, in your short time as the chief,

for not only being responsive but actually listening and understanding that terminology matters.

We had conversations about things that affect community and how officers respond into certain communities,

and we worked together to make those changes, and you were very responsive and amenable to having those conversations.

So I want to appreciate you not just for that, but obviously for all the work you've done here in your role as a police officer in this city.

Thank you.

Supervisor Melgar.

Thank you, President.

Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey, for this.

Chief Yep, thank you actually for a lifetime of dedication to the city and county of San Francisco

for this item, particularly for the last two jobs you've held that I have personally benefited

from your great competence and wisdom and also your experience, your life experience that you

have brought to this job as somebody who was born here and, you know, like knows the community inside

and out and all of the different universes that exist side by side in San Francisco because

representation matters and also experience matters. So thank you for all of that. I want to say that,

you know, leadership is difficult. As some of my colleagues have said, people question our decisions

and our motivations. So it is difficult to be in those positions that you've held.

But being a transitional leader is even more difficult because it's a thing in and of itself.

You know, people question you even more and any changes that you make, people are like,

what? You know, so and you have done it with grace and elegance and respect for the rest of us. And

so I just want to thank you for the stepping up, but also the role that you played in the history

of our city. So thank you. Thank you, Supervisor Melgar. I think everything has been said, but I

would add as the warm-up act for the mayor that Chief Epi stepped in to this role at a uniquely

important moment for the police department. Having been through a significant period of reform that

was hard, but also now dealing with increasing demands from the public for a renewed focus on

the basics of safety and having to balance all of the competing claims made on your department.

That would be challenging at any time, and I think especially over this last year. So we're

very, very grateful that you've stepped forward. I think it is a mark of the respect that is for

not just the folks from the community are here, not just your captains and command staff who've

showed up, but also your elected public safety partners, our district attorney and our sheriff

are both here. And I'm going to invite each of them to speak before you do, Chief. But first,

I'm going to invite the mayor to come forward and say a few words. Hello, Mayor Larry.

Thank you, Board President.

To the supervisors, Happy New Year.

It's good to see you all.

My goodness.

Paul, why are all these people here?

They're you.

It's a testament.

It's a testament to your 28 years of service.

I remember getting to know you.

We would go on walks in Chinatown and through your old district,

and we literally couldn't go a half a block without people being like,

Captain, Captain, or, you know, just saying, Paul, we miss you.

And everybody would say thank you.

And I just, you know, the supervisors have all said it very eloquently.

You came in during a very, a time of transition for the department.

You not only gave me a lot of strength and support,

you gave this department strength and support when it needed you are a bridge

to this next generation of leadership here that is all around and this

department is in incredible shape and a lot of that credit goes to you and to

your leadership I I could go on and on I won't do that because there's a lot of

people that want to say a lot of nice things about you but it's an honor to be

able to call you not only chief but also a dear friend,

someone that really helped make San Francisco in 2025 the safest

in many respects on record since the 1950s.

That is a testament to your leadership

and to everybody at the SFPD who is behind me and behind you.

And I wish you, I know you're not going anywhere,

So expect those late-night phone calls from me to continue.

And on behalf of a grateful city, we are indebted to you, we appreciate you, and we say thank you.

And this honor and this recognition is well-deserved.

So thank you, Board President, and thank you to the supervisors for honoring him today.

Thank you all.

Not yet, Chief.

Yep, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, come on up.

So I don't know what you were thinking a number of months ago.

I remember after I got appointed, I was like, what was I thinking?

What did I just step into?

And there is no harder thing to do than to follow a police chief that was here for eight years,

the longest, I think, on record, but also at a time with a brand new mayor and multiple brand

new board members who all, I'm sure, called you constantly about what SFPD needed to do to serve

not only the entire city for the mayor, but each individual district. And so I really do want to

point out that you came in at a time where it couldn't have been more challenging just as the

person in leadership to have so many demands placed on you. And, you know, as most people

know, Chief Scott and I were very close, and it was a significant feeling that I had, obviously,

when he left, and not knowing, you know, what was to come for the partnership and the relationship

that would be built between me and whoever took over. And I have to say in this room that from

day one, you reached out to me, and you were a tremendous partner. You called me about everything

that you thought I needed to know or be a part of, and so for that, I have to just show my

appreciation for you, because I don't take that for granted. I know this city doesn't take it for

granted. They've seen far too many decades of DAs and police chiefs not getting along, and so I

I think that's a true testament to your leadership and to your selflessness, not only to take over the helm for that interim period, but also to serve in the way that the city continued to need.

So I am just so grateful for you and the fact that we were able to push through this so seamlessly and continue to make San Francisco safer because I couldn't do that on my own, certainly.

but also I see so many community members here particularly from Chinatown in the Asian community

and look it's been a rough road for some time in this city for particularly our Asian seniors but

the overall community and I know what it meant to so many people in this room to have you as the

leader and what you have done to reinstill a level of confidence that that needs will be met and so

I just wanted to point that out because it hasn't been said, but to make sure that we see that.

And I know so many people feel that, and that's why they're here.

And so thank you.

And Supervisor Dorsey, I see you in the queue.

I was going to offer Sheriff Miyamoto an opportunity to speak if you wanted to.

Sheriff Miyamoto.

You know, I'm going to break from everything that everyone's been saying, and I'm just, I'm very disappointed you're leaving.

Because now I have to work with two individuals from SI, two Wildcats, when we had them outnumbered as Lowellites.

But I will say, regardless of what schools we come from or our backgrounds, when we all come together in public safety, we're doing it out of our heart, out of our mind and spirit.

And you brought that to the table.

I was nothing but honored to work with you.

And in recognition of that, I will not share any stories of our time at UC Davis together.

Because although the statute of limitations has run out, that probably wouldn't be a good thing to say in front of all these people.

So thank you for the work you've done and for just being a friend.

And now, before we invite Chief Yep to speak, Supervisor Dorsey.

So as the presenting supervisor, I'm going to invoke the District 6 privilege to invite a public safety partner in Rudy Corpus from United Playas to just briefly...

I know...

Thanks.

First off, Happy New Year's, all the supervisors.

President Manelman, thanks for having me, Sher.

I'm from San Francisco, born and raised,

and I'm honored to speak on a brother of mine right here,

and somebody who lived on the other side of the gun who's

an ex-felon.

For me to come here and to speak and say how proud I am of you,

to me, it's kind of foreign, right?

But I come here because I believe in integrity, loyalty, honor,

and all the values that a human being should have, which you have, Paul.

And that's why, man, when I started doing this work,

it took me a long time to build relationships with the police

because when I grew up, we didn't trust the police.

And to have somebody like you that I met that was in a force,

it was easy, man, because you had all those values as a human being.

And so I respect you.

You know, thank you so much for what you have been doing for this whole city,

because last month, at the end of the year, me, you, this guy right here, the DA,

we got over 230 guns off the streets of San Francisco.

And with your team here who's been doing a great job because doing this work now, I understand

to see that being police officers is probably one of the hardest jobs you can have on this

planet.

I couldn't do what you guys do.

So I said to the captain right there, what's happening, player?

And so I just want to say thank you so much for what you had contributed to this planet,

this city, for the people of San Francisco.

And I look forward to meeting and working, continue working with you or the new chief that's in place.

Because I believe in you guys, my brother.

I really do.

And for somebody who was, like I said, as an ex-felon, I got a lot of respect for you, brother.

And so all the homies told me, man, to tell you what's up.

All right, Supervisor Dorsey, can we let the man speak?

I think we'll do.

Thank you, Chief Yepp.

I would like to, we do have at least one police commissioner.

I see Larry Yee out there, and I see a number of city commissioners who have showed up for you, Chief Yepp.

Chief Yepp.

Great.

Thank you, President Mandelman.

Thank you, Supervisor Matt Dorsey for this honor and for the donuts especially.

And thank you to our supervisors for all your kind words.

It means a lot.

And I have really enjoyed working with you in this capacity.

And I just have to tell you and the public that I have the utmost respect for what you do.

And I can tell you up front and behind the scenes that you are absolutely pro your communities.

You fight for them, and I'm just proud to stand beside you for that fight for your community.

So thank you for all you've done for San Francisco.

As a longtime law enforcement and public safety professional, it is always humbling,

a humbling experience to hear when others list your accomplishments.

So thank you for that.

It doesn't happen often, so I very much appreciate you.

Also, thank you to our community members and leaders.

You're all out here.

for your continued support, but more specifically for the entire San Francisco Police Department

and the officers, many of them who are here with us today.

I want to thank you for all the work that you're doing to make San Francisco safe.

And grateful to you.

I also want to thank our SFPD command staff who are also here,

including Chief Derek Liu and Assistant Chief Nicole Jones.

It has been an absolute privilege to work alongside this command staff and our SFPD officers throughout my police career.

The last six months serving as interim chief of police was an honor of a lifetime.

Thank you, Mayor Daniel Leary, for trusting me to lead the finest and greatest police department in the nation.

Thank you.

I want to take a moment to reflect on the work and some of the accomplishments of our

department and of our officers.

San Francisco's historic low crime rate at 25 to 30 percent decrease is a direct result

of our police officers' hard work as they consistently prevent and investigate crimes,

protect our communities, and hold criminals accountable.

We opened a new real-time investigation center, or ARTIC, to deploy technologies like drones

to support the work and efforts of our frontline police officers,

tracking criminals who come to San Francisco to commit crimes like retail theft and car break-ins.

I am truly grateful and proud of all our officers and their commitment to serving our communities in San Francisco.

Thank you.

I am also grateful for the strengthened partnerships with our local, state, and federal public safety partners to combat open-air drug, illegal drug sales, and drug use.

And fugitive recovery in San Francisco.

These operations would not have been possible without the help from the San Francisco Sheriff's Office.

Thank you, Sheriff Paul Miyamoto.

the District Attorney's Office

thank you, Brooke Jenkins

the DEA, the FBI, the United States Department of Justice

and the U.S. Attorney's Office

the San Francisco Police Department has intensified operations

around drug enforcement

our federal partners have also increased their own operations to support our sheer goal of keeping San Francisco safe.

Just last year alone, the Drug Market Agency Coordination Center, or DMACC, seized 56 pounds of fentanyl,

while officers made over 6,600 arrests related to drug activity.

Collectively, our message is clear.

Anyone selling or using illegal drugs in San Francisco will be arrested.

Police officers will continue this effort for as long as it takes.

We need more police officers in our communities.

And we've been doing some work on recruitment.

Yes, we are hiring.

This past year marked the first net positive

in officers patrolling the streets and neighborhoods

for the first time since the 2020 global pandemic.

The SFPD Academy has had four full classes in a row with the newest Academy class starting last month.

What is encouraging is that we are seeing more high-quality applicants due to our work on streamlining the hiring process

and increasing outreach and advertising for both entry-level and lateral police officers.

morale among police officers is higher as we continue to focus our efforts on providing back

back to basics police services that is what police officers do best keeping our streets

clean and safe for those who live work and play in san francisco i will close with this

with chief derek lu and his command staff now leading the san francisco police department

our mission of keeping the city safe with integrity and respect will continue to flourish, grow, and thrive.

Thank you again, San Francisco residents, Mayor Daniel Lurie, for the opportunity to serve San Francisco as Chief of Police.

Thank you to all the SFPD officers for your commitment to serve, protect, and engage our communities.

I am proud of all of you you are all back there thank you for that

stay standing thank you to all the community members and leaders all of you

out here who have continued to support this department and all our officers

This is for you.

Sorry, Mayor, I'm going to steal a line from you.

Let's go, San Francisco.

And let's go, SFPD.

Thank you.

Chief, yeah, if you and the mayor would like to join us in the well.

Where's my donuts?

Do we want to have the DA join as well on the share?

Fair enough.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Supervisor Dorsey, I bet your staff would love to do a large group picture out in the rotunda, is my guess.

and you should be here for my

accommodation but I will excuse you

I understand

plan.

Thank you.

I got some good pictures.

A lot easier than this next.

Oh, my God.

No, it's just taken a while to...

Yeah.

Chief Yep, if you do the handshakes out in the hallway, that will allow people to leave the chamber.

Hello, how are you?

Yep.

Aye, and you're not up yet.

Oh.

All right.

So, Brian Dahl's going to get that door closed.

Can you help me close the door?

And as we prepare for the District 8 commendation, I would note that we have been joined by current

City Treasurer Jose Cisneros.

Thanks for joining us.

Good to see you.

All right.

So I would like to invite the Community Partner Network Advisory Committee to come on up.

Ildiko, Rashik, Irma, Jolene, Kath, Matthew, Michaela.

Colleagues, and I suspect some of you might want to say some things too about this group

as well.

Today I'm recognizing seven San Franciscans who stepped up to help right the great wrong

done to so many community organizations by the mismanagement and ultimate dissolution

of the Parks Alliance.

And they are Ildiko Poloni, Executive Director of the Sutro Stewards, Rashid Zarif, President

of the Buena Vista Neighborhood Association.

Irma Lewis, president of the Friends of Esprit Park.

Jolene Yee of the Friends of Franklin Square.

Kath Sakalakis of Friends of Lakeside Village.

Matthew Blaine, chair of the SF Urban Riders.

And Michaela Dudley, Chief of Staff of Third Plateau.

Now, it's my understanding that eight months ago, these people did not know each other.

Today, with a little bit of assistance from City Hall, but a whole lot of help from very generous private donors,

they have done something extraordinary.

Last spring, as everyone on this board knows all too well, the Parks Alliance collapsed after years of financial mismanagement.

Projects stopped overnight. Nearly 90 community groups, organizations that maintain our trails, restore our playgrounds, and care for our open spaces,

were suddenly left without the funds that had been raised and entrusted to the Parks Alliance.

small businesses went unpaid, volunteers who had already spent their own money to

finish projects had no idea whether they would ever be reimbursed. I am pretty

sure that each of us has stories from our own districts to this effect. And of

course this was not just a betrayal of City Hall, this was a betrayal of regular

San Franciscans, the people who every day take it upon themselves to make the

city better in ways one might expect the local government to do, but for a variety of reasons

it does not.

But as that sorry story was playing out, two other more hopeful things were happening on

parallel tracks.

On one track, the leaders of impacted organizations began finding each other and strategizing

about how to make their organizations whole and maybe even come out of this disaster stronger

on the other side.

Ildiko Poloni of the Sutro Stewards and Rashik Zarif of Buena Vista Neighborhood Association

were there at the beginning of this organizing effort.

Two leaders became six, and soon a broader group came together with a shared purpose,

restoring what had been lost and protecting the future of their work.

This grassroots effort became what we now know as the Community Partner Network.

Now, at the same time, Susan Hirsch of Third Plateau, who's hiding back there in the audience

because she doesn't like being acknowledged and is now being embarrassed by President

Mandelman, began to explore the possibility of raising private philanthropic dollars to

make the community organizations whole.

She reached out as well to the mayor's office and me and others as she worked to identify

funding solutions and a path forward for getting community groups paid.

Eventually, the mayor's office sort of merged these two conversations.

By June, Stacy Slaughter and Alicia John-Baptiste and Susan Hirsch sat down with this group,

the Community Partner Network Advisory Council, to consider a path forward.

Enter Michaela Dudley, Chief of Staff at Third Plateau.

Together with Susan and the leaders of the Community Partner Network, they worked day

and night to secure the needed funding.

Ultimately, they identified nearly 50 donors and raised more than $2 million to cover what the Parks Alliance had misspent.

A few organizations and individuals deserve a special shout-out.

Baker Street Foundation, Crank Start, the Power Station Foundation, thank you Enrique Londa, Randy and Bob Fisher, and I think Randy's here,

the John Pritzker Family Fund, Sue and David Tunnell all gave very generously.

Our own Rec Park Commissioner here, Kat Anderson, contributed to the effort.

The generosity of the folks who contributed to this is notable in that many of these individuals and organizations

had themselves been victims of Parks Alliance malfeasance.

Contina Impact, led by their program director, Amanda Plasencia,

stepped up as a fiscal sponsor to help manage and distribute the donated dollars,

and Rob Wexler, senior counsel at Adler and Colvin,

ensured that everything was done by the book.

The San Francisco Neighborhood and Parks Fund opened for applications in mid-September,

and by mid-November had identified all eligible recipients across the city.

By the end of December, the money was successfully distributed to the organizations who were owed it.

And so it seemed appropriate here as we start 2026 to acknowledge this milestone and thank this group of people who helped us get here, our honorees, Ildiko, Rashik, Irma, Jolene, Kath, Matthew, and Michaela.

The Tales of the Parks Alliance is truly a dispiriting one, but the tale of the Community Partner Network gives us hope.

These leaders and their partners in the philanthropic sector turned a worst possible scenario into a blueprint for what's possible when everyday but extraordinary San Franciscans work together to make a better future for us all.

What were previously 90 plus community groups working independently across San Francisco are now a collaborative model for stewardship of San Francisco's parks and open spaces for generations to come.

And so I want to invite, I think I'm inviting Ildiko and Rashik or Rashik and Ildiko or any of you to come forward and say a few words.

But you know what? Before you're able to do that, I was right that my colleagues would want to say some things.

Supervisor Cheryl.

Well, thank you, President Mandelman, and thank you for commending this effort, these volunteers, the whole cohort of supporters.

you know when I think all of us most of us sat in these chambers in a fairly bewildering session

several months ago it probably would have been easy to go home and cry and maybe we did but

you also stepped up and got organized and took action and that is just such a great

example for this city now of you all I will be honest I know Kath the best and the fact that

you all are people that Kath wants to stand next to means that you must be absolutely stellar

so I want to commend all of you for that because I think the world of Kath and so for you all thank

you you know in district two you know we're very lucky to have friends of Lafayette Park Alta

Plaza Park Francisco Park Conservancy and they've got great leaders Anita Dents, Stefan Franz,

Mark Meyer and and I work most closely with them but you all make this city great your dedication

does and in all this they're also you know it showed that the city came together you know Susan

Thank you so much for your leadership.

Happy I see you out there.

Yeah, no, Randy, that's you.

I'm talking about you.

Happy I see you out there.

No, yeah, thank you for your friendship and leadership.

And, you know, I think what's great is that, you know,

Kat Anderson, the president of the Parks Commission,

got Parks Commissioners involved, and Kat and Carrie Wintrobe,

who I think might be here, thank you for your leadership

and stepping up and making this community effort as well.

But to you all, thank you for your stewardship.

for your leadership and providing an example of how we can get our hands dirty to make

things better.

Thank you, Supervisor Cheryl.

Supervisor Melgar.

Thank you, President, for this recognition of these wonderful people.

I think this effort is the love child of competence and leadership.

And I'm really grateful that after all of those agonizing conversations that I had with

so many people in District 7, including Ildico and CAF and the Detroit SEPS people and like any

number of organizations that had for years been working really hard to love our city and to raise

funds and to do the hard work to meet our collective goals. After the implosion of the

Parks Alliance, you know, we had all those really difficult conversations. I think it was like the

first conversation I had with Alicia and John Baptiste when she first came on board. And so

I am, number one, really grateful to this mayor for taking it seriously. Number two, really grateful

to Susan Hirsch for, you know, the just big lift of connecting people, connecting donors,

and providing a framework. But I also, I'm so grateful for all of you because it takes a lot

of faith, not just in the process, but in each other and in community to like step outside the

comfort zone and say, okay, we're going to build something new and it's going to work because it

has to, and to, you know, create something new and wonderful out of it. So thank you for the

recognition, President. Well deserved. I'm grateful for all of you and for your hard work and that we

have you to thank for having a future in San Francisco for all of these wonderful projects

and all the work that we're trying to collectively do together. Thank you.

Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, President Meadowman. I just want to, first of all, just take the time to thank each

and every one of you for your advocacy, not only on behalf of some of your own organizations,

but for all the organizations that had to suffer because of the tragedy that was the Parks Alliance at the time.

You all stepped up through hearings, through many conversations, and brought community together during this process.

And so I want to appreciate each and every one of you for that.

This was something that could have turned out differently,

and it was a disaster for a lot of organizations and a lot of community.

And so all of you working together with some of our folks in the private sector and some of our folks in community that understood the magnitude of how communities and neighborhoods were affected.

This is something just to say that this is what San Francisco is and should be about and people should come together when we have issues like this in our city.

So I want to thank all of you for taking that big step and coming together to look out for the rest of the communities all across San Francisco.

Thank you.

Thanks, Supervisor Walton.

Did I see another supervisor in the queue or maybe not?

Okay.

Well, with that, then, we will invite, I guess, Ildico?

Ildico.

Hello.

Thank you, Supervisor Mandelman.

Thank you, everybody in the chamber.

Thank you, all the supervisors.

Thank you, everyone, for coming.

My name is Ilda Coppola.

I'm the executive director of Sutro Stewards.

It's the new year, January 1st, just happened.

And, you know, usually I do New Year's resolutions.

This year, I was, like, laid out flat with exhaustion

and really feel the need to, like, step back and think about what's happened.

and I think overall the takeaway for me is echoing a lot of what people have said but I think what was

unusual and and incredible was the way that we did all come together so not just the seven of us here

but also everyone in this room all the community partners the city government city agencies funders

the mayor's office. And really the question wasn't whodunit, wringing our hands with the blame game,

but how can we prevent future harm and how can we minimize the harm? Because already harm has

been done. When I first saw that newspaper article from the Chronicle on April 28th,

really exposing the extent of the Parks Alliance dysfunction, my heart like fell through the end

train that I was riding at the time. And I knew within weeks that not only were we going to lose

all our money, but we were going to lose our fiscal sponsor. And that's exactly what happened.

So the question became when Rashik and I met, and also he's incredible. Thank you so, so much.

So when we met, the question really was, how do we get our money back? Because this is

absolutely unacceptable and also where are we going to land what is our fiscal home going to be

so with everyone coming together today here we stand with over 80 80 community groups who have

received more than 80 percent of their money back thanks to efforts by susan hirsch and all the

wonderful donors in this room and beyond most of us have found fiscal homes the fiscal sponsors

deserve a huge thanks. These are groups that, you know, many of whom were understaffed and really

rose to the challenge. So like independent arts and media, livable city, community initiatives.

I'm sure there's others that I'm not remembering right now, but many fiscal sponsors who

even created like ad hoc agreements in the interim in a temporary situation. Like people really just

figured out how can we make this work. And I think that's too often forgotten. And really what it

takes. It's like, what are the creative mechanisms? If the goal is X, how the F do we get there?

And we figured it out. So still there are community partners who don't have fiscal

homes yet. And we're not abandoning each other. We're coming together. We've formed a collective

to continue to support each other. So this story has the potential to continue its positive

momentum. And I think that's something that we can all take away from this, is that when we come

together and we sort of do away with typical boundaries between city government and neighbor

and community member and city agency and funder and dog walker, that we really can do amazing

things.

And when I look at where we are sitting in the year 2026, we got to do that, guys.

Like, there's a lot of really crazy stuff happening in this city and in this country.

so we

I think let's take this momentum and continue

with it

just tremendous gratitude

to everyone here

and I really see this as

a commendation not for only

the seven of us but

for all the community partners

we wouldn't have been able to raise the money

if it weren't for the work that

community partners have been doing for decades

so if any of you want to stand up who aren't here

right now or who aren't standing here

but who do represent a community partner.

I know there's others of you in the room.

Are there not?

They're shy.

Okay.

Well, I see this as an award for them as well.

If it weren't for their work,

no one would have taken this as seriously

as they ended up doing.

So thank you.

Rashid.

Rafa, you going to give me two minutes?

Yes.

I'm not going to say as much time as you want.

District 8's own Rashik Zarif.

Thank you, Rafael.

Thank you, Eldiko, for that acceptance speech, as well as thank you all for your comments.

It's really appreciative to be recognized for what we've done.

But it's really important to note that we didn't do this alone.

I do want to recognize the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor's Office for doing your part.

It was very eye-opening on what you've done behind the scenes,

listening and supporting your constituents.

You stepped in to bring the right stakeholders together.

Thank you, Susan, for everything you've done through this connection.

You publicly elevated the need for accountability,

and that was just a small piece of that.

So with that, we thank you.

To the donors, we recognize you.

Your donation, no matter how big or small, spoke loudly

that the work that all our community groups have done matters,

that we are a critical part to improving our city,

and with that, we thank you.

To the 90-plus community groups that have suffered the past year, we recognize you.

You've had to put trust into seven random individuals that really we did not know each other.

Somehow it all came together from different parts of the city to represent them towards an uphill battle that was thought impossible to achieve.

We stuck together, we worked together, and we succeeded to that, succeeded together.

And with that, we thank you.

To the families of the advisory committees, especially my wife and kids that are back here, we recognize you.

You endured missed dinners over the summer, late night calls, countless hours of family time sacrificed for the betterment of our city.

So with that, we and I myself, I thank you.

Here is the surprising part of the entire experience in the last eight months.

While we started working with each other eight months ago,

the majority of us are just meeting each other for the first time physically today.

There was no playbook in what we did.

This was uncharted waters, personally and professionally.

But we had a goal we were striving for.

We had the love of our city to keep us going.

Imagine the possibilities if just five or ten more new groups are formed,

not to just point fingers at you guys to fix city problems,

but to work together in pointing towards how to solve them together.

That is the true magic that San Franciscans can harness.

Thank you.

Thank you all, and I'll come out there now.

All right, we're being moved.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Let's go back to roll call.

Or actually, no, we have a 3 p.m.

Let's go to our 3 p.m. special order, Madam Clerk.

Thank you, Mr. President.

The Board of Supervisors, sitting as a committee of the whole,

scheduling pursuant to a resolution approved on December 9th,

item 9, 10, and 11.

Item 9 is a public hearing of the board,

sitting as a committee of the whole today for two items.

Item 10 was referred without recommendation

from the Land Use and Transportation Committee.

It's an ordinance to order the vacation of portions of Hawes Street,

Griffith Street, and Bancroft Avenue for the development of the San Francisco Fire Department training facility at 1236 Carroll Avenue

to reserve public utility and access rights in favor of the city and easement rights for existing PG&E overhead electrical facilities

to approve the interdepartmental transfer of the street vacation area from Public Works to the Fire Department

to authorize official acts in connection with the ordinance

and to affirm the CEQA determination and to make the appropriate findings.

And for item 11, an ordinance to amend the zoning map of the planning code

to change the zoning use district designation of assessor's parcel block number 4877,

lot numbers 001 through 004, and assessor's parcel block number 4852, lot numbers 002 through 022,

the full width of Bancroft Avenue between Griffith Street and Hawth Street, and the full widths of

Griffith Street and Hawth Street between Carroll Avenue and Armstrong Avenue, collectively known

as 1236 Carroll Avenue from PDR 2, Production, Distribution, and Repair, District 2, and

to P, Public, to change the height and bulk district designation of the aforementioned

parcels and assessor's parcel block number 4852, lot number 001, from 40-X to 90-X, and

to affirm the secret determination and to make the appropriate findings.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, President and Madam Mayor.

Colleagues, this hearing is aligned with two critical pieces of legislation, ordering

the vacation of portions of Hall Street, Griffith Street, and Bancroft Avenue to facilitate

the development of the San Francisco Fire Department's new division of training facility

at 1236 Carroll Avenue.

This project will consolidate and replace outdated training facilities currently located

on Treasure Island and in the Mission District, creating a modern, state-of-the-art campus

for live fire, classroom, and equipment training, as well as urban search and rescue simulations.

This project has received strong support from the Bayview-Hunters Point Citizens Advisory

Committee and will have a positive impact on the Bayview and surrounding community.

This is a vital investment in public safety and workforce development, and I urge your

support for these important next steps in advancing the fire department's training capabilities.

Thank you, President Mandelman.

Thank you, Supervisor Walton.

We do have Fire Department and Public Works to present, and so I would invite fire to start, I guess.

Good afternoon, President Mandelman, Supervisors.

My name is Gareth Miller, Assistant Deputy Chief of the San Francisco Fire Department.

Thank you for considering this matter.

It will support the development of a new San Francisco Fire Department Division of Training.

The Division of Training is the foundation of the San Francisco Fire Department.

All firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics learn their job skills at the tower, as it is known.

They return throughout their career for skills maintenance, updates, and professional development.

But most importantly, the Division of Training is where the mission of the fire department

and the commitment to service is instilled in every new class.

For almost 160 years, the San Francisco Fire Department has been protecting lives and property.

In that time, the role of the fire department has grown and increased in complexity.

and today we truly are an all-hazards agency.

Our members extinguish fires, complete technical and water rescues,

mitigate behavioral crises, medical emergencies, and hazardous materials incidents.

Most of the training occurs at the formal naval facility on Treasure Island,

which is planned for demolition.

A new SFFD division of training is truly essential to our department and our city,

and I thank you for your time and attention.

President Meadowman, Supervisors, Scott Moran from Public Works, Project Manager.

I'll give you a quick overview of the project and the legislation.

As Chief Miller had explained, this is a consolidation of the two existing training facilities,

one on Treasure Island, which needs to be vacated, and the other which is quite antiquated at 19th and Folsom.

Those two facilities will be combined into a new location in the Bayview District.

This shows a rendering of the site relative to the surrounding.

It's actually just northwest of the original Candlestick Park area and across the bay from Hunter's Point.

The site is shown in the center in red, and it's adjacent to the California State Parks land,

which is to the east, and they plan to eventually build a state park visitor center to access the

bay trail that will eventually connect Hunter's Point all the way down to Candlestick Point.

To the west is a site owned by Prologis, which has potential to eventually build a distribution

center that will be about 40 feet tall. Directly across the street on Carroll is the northwest

corner of the Candlestick Point development, which is the large

mixed-use redevelopment area.

And then the other areas to the north and to the west are

industrial. This shows planned development

for the site. The buildings that are concentrated close

to Carroll Avenue are where the occupied buildings will be.

This is the administration building, the classrooms, and support

structures. Directly to the north are the training buildings. These are unoccupied structures that

simulate a variety of different types of building structures in San Francisco and a variety of risks

for rescue and fire operations. The site will be entirely accessed from Carroll Avenue, the primary

entrance being at the east side aligning with what was or the paper street of Griffith Street,

and then there'll be a secondary service entrance on the west side

on what was Hawes Street on the Paper Street.

This is a rendering showing the planned build-out for the site and its uses.

This is another rendering kind of showing a perspective

looking down Carroll Avenue with Hunter's Point in the background.

This is the primary public entrance and the main vehicular entrance

and the entrance at the street level for the public.

And this is a view looking down Carroll towards the west

with the planned improvements on Carroll Avenue.

The site itself is actually made up of 26 individual parcels

and three paper streets that we hope to vacate.

The entire site, including the paper streets, is just over eight acres,

and the legislation has two components,

the street vacation, vacating the three streets that were talked about, Hawes Street, Bancroft,

and Griffith Street. And then there's also the planning code map amendments, which are a zoning

change and a bulk height change. The street vacations, this rendering quickly kind of shows

you where those streets are. These were paper streets that were planned but have never been

built. And based on where the bay is, these streets really wouldn't provide any access to anything

that it dead ends in that area anyway.

Also, the site itself drops off significantly

on both the west side, on the left of the image here,

and also on the north side, the right side of this image.

Under these paper streets, there are two PUC utilities,

a sewer main that runs underneath Griffith Street to the north

and connecting to Armstrong, and then also a large box sewer

that runs under Bancroft and up Hawes.

In addition to that, there are also some overhead power lines

on the far west side of the site within Hawes Street

that bring supply power to the two industrial buildings

directly north of the site.

For those utilities, the PG&E overhead power lines,

there is easement language that's incorporated

into the street vacation ordinance.

For the PUC box sewer and sewer main,

there is a memorandum of understanding

that has been signed between PUC and the fire department.

The adjacent landowners that would be affected

by the removal of these future streets,

California State Parks on the east side,

which abuts the paper street of Griffith,

has given a letter of support for the vacation,

and then Prologist on the west side that abuts Hawes Street

has also given a letter of support.

The planning code map amendments.

Currently, the site is made up of PDR2,

or production, distribution, and repair, and P, public,

and the plan is to change it all to public to match the planned use

and to be supportive of the fire department's uses in the future.

The bulk height change is primarily driven by the fact that there are the need for training structures that need to be tall.

One of them is in the center of the site at the top.

It's a simulated communications tower that is used for rescue scenarios.

The other one is a training tower that's 84 feet tall,

and it simulates an office building on one side of it and a tall apartment building on the other side of it.

Those structures were purposely placed as far away from the residence as possible

to avoid imposing structures and also to keep those training exercises away

from the residential areas.

Those two structures are shown in this rendering away from the planned future development

around this area.

The next page has two sections that show the relative heights of the planned development

and the site.

Look, the first one is looking to the east down Carroll Avenue

and shows the site with those tall buildings on the far left

and the planned future development of the candlestick point

on the right.

At the bottom shows the potential future building

by Prologis on the left and those tall buildings

in the distance.

Again, those buildings are purposely set back away

from the road.

Community outreach.

we've actually done quite a bit of outreach to the community.

And in August, the Bayview Citizen Advisory Committee

actually voted unanimously to recommend the Planning Commission

approve the Planning Code map amendments.

And then in summary, the legislation is the street vacations,

Bancroft Avenue from Hawes Street to Griffith,

Hawes Street from Carroll Avenue to Armstrong,

Griffith Street from Carroll Avenue to Armstrong.

And then the planning code map amendments are the change in zoning from PDR2 to public

and the bulk height change from 40X to 90X.

The planning code map amendments were recommended for approval by the Planning Commission on 1016

and then also recommended by the Land Use and Transportation Committee on 128.

And that is a summary.

Thank you.

Thank you for your presentations.

I do not see any

oh I do see a colleague in the queue

Supervisor Chan

Thank you President Mendelman

just want to thank the fire department

for their work

there was a federal grant

funding that actually came through the budget

committee to contribute to the

to continue to finish

this training facility

I want to be a co-sponsor

and thank you to Supervisor

Walton and

Mendelman for

leading the way with the street vacation it's a necessary step I would like to be a co-sponsor

to the street vacation and just really continue to express my support for the training facility

that's not only benefiting San Francisco but really for the the state of California and as

we continue to fight wildfires it's been very difficult and just want to just express the

gratitude it's it's always difficult to train firefighters in these scenarios and having a

training facility is critical not just for us but for the state thank you thank

you supervisor Chan supervisor Walton did the work on this I threw my name on

because I value the work and I think it's important as you do so with that

let's go to public comment on this matter this is not general public comment

This is items nine through 11 that we've just had a presentation on.

And I don't see anyone coming forward to speak on that.

So we will close public comment on this matter.

And then I think we can say that this matter has been heard and is now filed.

and we will now consider items 10 and 11.

Madam Clerk, I think, can we take these items same house, same call?

Yes, Mr. President.

All right, we'll take these items same house, same call, without objection.

The ordinances are passed on first reading.

All right, now let's go to roll call.

Yes, resuming roll call, we have Supervisor Mahmood.

Colleagues, on December 20th, as we are all well aware, a fire at PG&E substation plunged 130,000 households and hundreds of traffic signals into darkness.

This outage interfered with holiday shopping, food access, and the safe operation of our street network.

The significant disturbance is why I co-sponsored Supervisor Wong's hearing to hold PG&E accountable.

Thank you, Supervisor Wong, for your leadership.

However, the situation on our streets during the outage was exacerbated by the large fleet of Waymo autonomous vehicles,

which struggled to navigate the dark and uncontrolled streets.

The Chronicle reported that dozens of Waymos came to a halt blocking intersections and holding up traffic.

Autonomous vehicles were stranded as they waited behind other AVs,

and human drivers and pedestrians had to maneuver around the stopped vehicles.

There were also reports of Waymo's blocking emergency response vehicles.

These chaotic scenes could be seen across the city until Waymo pulled its fleet off the street for the weekend until power was restored.

Whether from electrical fires, a violent winter storm, or a protest downtown, this won't be the last time autonomous vehicles will have to face situations on the street that are far from typical.

I believe autonomous vehicles can play a role in the future of transportation to help reach our Vision Zero goals,

but only when these companies operate responsibly.

We need to know what went wrong with these vehicles,

how they are preparing themselves to ensure the next disaster won't lead to the same chaos.

As Waymo's fleet grows and new autonomous vehicle operators come to San Francisco,

we need to know the city can work with them on operating safely in emergencies.

If these vehicles are to share the roads with human drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists, they must be able to handle human traffic, direction at intersections, treat signalized intersections as four-way stops if they are unstaffed, and get out of the way of emergency vehicles when necessary.

We also need to know that the Department of Emergency Management, the Fire Department,

and the Municipal Transportation Agency are confident in the responsiveness of both Waymo

as a company and individual Waymo vehicles to move off the streets during emergencies.

That is why I'm calling for a hearing to be held in the coming weeks on Waymo's response

to the December power outages and ensuring that city agencies have the tools necessary

to deal with these new entrants to the transportation system in times of emergency.

I'm inviting Waymo leadership to answer questions about the points of failure for their vehicles

and what they are doing to improve operations moving forward.

I'm also inviting DEM, SF Fire Department, and MTA to discuss how we can avoid what experienced last month from happening again.

Thank you to Supervisor Wong and Supervisor Dorsey for your co-sponsorship of this hearing

and your collaboration and proactivity on our city's response to this unacceptable incident.

The rest is a bit.

Thank you, Supervisor Mahmoud.

Supervisor Mandelman.

I will submit my legislation, and let's go to General Puppet.

Mr. President, Supervisor Walton has to be re-referred.

All right, Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, President Mandelman.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Colleagues, with deep respect and gratitude,

I want to read this in memoriam

and honor the life and legacy of

Matai Chief Asatasi Tevita Semu Siataga, a devoted public servant, community leader,

and beloved family man. Mr. Siataga dedicated 33 years of service to the city and county of San

Francisco, including 19 years as a muni bus operator. Through his steady presence and

unwavering commitment, he played a vital role in keeping San Francisco moving, ensuring the safety,

reliability, and dignity of public transportation for countless residents and visitors.

His work reflected not only professionalism, but also care for the people he served every day.

Beyond his career, Mr. Ciotago was deeply committed to community. From early on,

he was involved with the Samoa, Mo Samoa, nonprofit organization, where he worked to

uplift Samoan and Pacific Islander families, preserve cultural traditions, and strengthen

intergenerational connections. As a Mai Tai chief, he embodied leadership rooted in service,

humility, and collective responsibility. Born in Samoa in the village of Tagamonano,

Mr. Sia Taga carried his cultural values with pride throughout his life.

His legacy is one of hard work, compassion, faith, and dedication to both family and community.

Mr. Seataga passed away on December 22, 2025.

He is survived by his loving wife, Ursula Naur Seataga, 12 children, 8 grandchildren,

and thousands of nieces and nephews, all of whom carry forward his spirit, teachings, and love.

We extend our deepest condolences to his family and all who were touched by his life.

His contributions to San Francisco and to the Samoan and Pacific Islander community will not be forgotten.

Rest in peace, Chief. Your service and legacy live on. The rest, I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Walton. Mr. President.

Let's go to public comment.

At this time, the Board welcomes your general public comment.

If you wouldn't mind line up to your right hand side of the chamber along the curtains

You may speak to the minutes as presented earlier items

14 and 15 on the adoption without committee reference agenda and other general matters that are not on today's agenda

But must be within the board's subject matter jurisdiction and we're setting the timer for two minutes

And welcome to the first speaker. Hi. How are you? My name is Molly. I'm a home homeowner in district 4

Excuse me, Molly, can you speak directly into that microphone?

I can, as it's better.

Perfect.

My name's Molly.

I'm a homeowner in District 4, and I have three kids and a husband and a cat, dog, and a lizard.

I'm part of a group called Outer Mamas.

We're 800 strong, and I lead a political subcommittee called Sunset Parent Advocates.

And I want to talk about something that wasn't addressed today but is extremely timely, which is Sunset Dunes.

it's interesting to see today that we're honoring stewardship of our parks because I think it's

well known that you all and Mr. Wong would like to introduce a ballot to reopen the Great Highway

and close down Sunset Dunes I just want to speak for my family and the families I know

we use it every single day and we don't want to compromise that enables it to only be open on the

weekends and cars during the week, that effectively destroys it. It takes away our public play

structures, our art, our skate ramps. It takes away the wind phone, which I personally find very

sacred because I talk to my dad and my grandparents and my cousin and my aunt, who all left me in the

past few years. And I think it's a sacred space to a lot of other people. And so I ask you to

please not destroy the place where we connect to our past and connect to our families presently

because you're listening to people who may want to live in the past. And I get it. People are

angry that the road closed and they're loud. But I think they've moved on. They found other

routines. And I ask you to please listen to the families who are too busy to come here today

because we have kids and school drop-offs and babies and aging parents. But we're out there

every day. We're there at 10 p.m. when my baby can't sleep, and we're there at 6 a.m. when the

toddler wakes up too early, and it's because we're there all the time that it's the third most popular

park in San Francisco. The people of the city voted, the governor said it was a legacy. The

New York Times said that other cities should follow our example, and I think she can even

consider... Sorry. Thank you, Molly. That concludes your time. If you have something to hand in, we're

happy to take that from you. Molly, we're happy to take it from you and we'll put it into the

minutes. Okay. All right. Thank you kindly. Let's hear from our next speaker, please.

Good afternoon, Chair Mandelman and members of the board. My name is Sarah Yoll and I'm with PG&E's

Government Affairs. On December 20th, a piece of equipment at our mission stuff station failed,

which resulted in a fire and approximately 130,000 customers losing power.

Since that time, there have been pockets of customers in the Richmond and the Sunset districts

that have experienced additional outages,

and we are addressing the cause of these outages to improve our customer experience.

We have hired an independent investigator company named Exponent

to conduct a root cause investigation.

We are pushing to have this investigation completed as soon as possible and will likely have preliminary results in February, which we will share with the city.

We are eager to participate in the hearing that has been requested and any other after-action meetings that will help us improve coordination in the future.

As the cause of the equipment failure is still unknown, we respectfully ask the board to refrain from drawing any conclusion until the investigation results are available.

We would also ask that you wait to schedule the hearing until after the preliminary results of the Exponent Reporter released in February

so that the hearing is well-informed and most productive.

We are going to be transparent with our learnings and are committed to making any recommended improvements with a sense of urgency.

We are proud of our ongoing investments to enhance the system that serves San Francisco.

We are continuing to make additional investments, and we remain committed to working closely with the city to learn from this outage as we strengthen resilience and build a future-ready utility.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you for your comments.

Welcome to our next speaker.

Good afternoon, President Mandelman and Board of Supervisors.

My name is Richard S.D. Peterson.

Ordinarily, I talk about parcel taxes and the effect of parcel taxes on the west side versus parcel taxes in the downtown region.

But the mayor's plan for transit is under threat.

I know the Board of Supervisors has taken certain steps to ameliate the potential effects of the transit plan.

I 100% support Muni.

I take Muni.

I don't drive, so that's out of the question.

But what I would like to warn you about is the new bill, SB 677,

that is being proposed by the representative, actually from San Francisco,

regarding development and the potential effect it will have on speculation

on all of the housing and all of the development

that the mayor is planning

and the board of supervisors is attempting to control.

So in any event, keep your eyes out for SB 677.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Welcome to our next speaker.

Hi, my name is Zach Sharp,

and I work for Luminol Solar,

a woman-owned local solar installer that has been in San Francisco for 22 years.

As Supervisor Chan, Dorsey, and Wong already brought up,

San Francisco was recently hit with a massive power outage

that left our residents cold, in the dark, and scared

because their home security systems and health care equipment, like ventilators, weren't working.

Our residents weren't just inconvenienced. They were less safe.

Hundreds of Luminol clients, however, only experienced that outage

outage for a fraction of a second as their solar and battery systems instantly went into backup mode and began powering their houses.

While this solution so obviously benefits San Franciscans,

solar and storage has been facing immense headwinds from every level of government,

obviously from the federal and state, but we are getting hit hardest here at home in San Francisco.

Local San Francisco fire code has made installing batteries so overly complex and costly

that San Francisco has the reputation for being the most difficult place to install home storage batteries in the country.

And if you don't believe me, just ask chat GBT.

We fully understand that the fire department takes extremely conservative approach

when determining their interpretations of fire code with the goal of safety.

And we agree that safety is the most important goal, full stop.

That is why we don't think that limiting who can make their homes safe and resilient

to only the wealthiest in our city is good policy.

To just give it one example, solar installations only need one inverter.

However, if a home requires multiple batteries, multiple inverters are required,

which increases costs by thousands of thousands of dollars, and it provides no additional safety.

We understand that the 2025 fire code will be given to you in the next week or so.

We ask that you keep safety and resiliency of our residents in mind as you review it.

There are other planned interpretations of fire code that will continue to strangle solar and storage, like requiring three-foot clearance around all skylights.

Thank you for your comment, sir.

If you'd like to submit that for the record, we're happy to take that from you.

Before we hear from the next speaker, if there are any other speakers in the audience who would like to address the board during general public comment, now's your time to get in line.

Welcome, sir.

Board members of San Francisco and Mayor's Office of San Francisco,

the following message has backing from Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Jensen Wan, CEO of NVIDIA.

It's titled G-TTP, Generation 2 Transmission Protocol.

As I mentioned in my previous public comment, I'm going to be the 48th president of the United States.

I know it's going to be a hard pill to swallow for a lot of people.

If, and that's a big if, chief executive, I'm going to do it right from the get-go.

When I was a kid, my mom, who passed away in 2012,

forcefully signed me up for after-school Chinese program.

I lost interest and eventually dropped out.

Ananga, that's my Chinese name.

When you grow up, you're going to regret it.

And she was right.

Since my college years, I started to learn Cantonese,

but I cannot read Cantonese.

I could only memorize it phonetically.

so I'm going to do what Jensen wants to tell me the story he once met a Japanese gardener

picking tiny little moss in a large garden and he approached him and said why are you picking

these tiny moss and the garden is so big and what he said is I have all the time in the world

so basically when you do something that you love you have all the time in the world

Just before the end of 2025, I submitted a message to the mayor of San Francisco.

I'm going to tackle the $600 million budget deficit.

How am I going to do that?

I'm going to report very slowly, week by week,

and tell you all these backing from the tech executive

how I installed the Generation 2 transmission protocol,

which pays waste for flying cars for the next century.

If you look up the Internet, the Times Magazine is as architect of XAI.

Elon Musk recently, with Jensen AI, said he's backing me as a chief architect of XAI.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Welcome, Mr. Duffy.

My name is Willa Duffy.

I'm a resident of the Tenderloin, the less political name of the area is the Northam Market Planning Area.

It's actually in, most of it's in District 5, but there are actually two parts of it that are in District 3 and District 6.

But I just make a general public comment that if someone comes up here and asks you to verify something by asking chat GPT,

you should take that for what it's worth.

Thank you for your comments.

Are there any other speakers in the chamber?

Welcome.

Good afternoon, supervisors and President Mandelman.

I'm Kat Anderson, president of the Reckon Park Commission.

I'm here to speak on item 14 in the name of fun.

There's an opportunity to commemoratively name a street in Golden Gate Park after our beloved alligator, Claude.

and I just wanted to say a couple things about Claude.

I was particularly saddened by Claude's passing

because Claude was hatched in 1995, the same year as my son Patrick,

and he is devoid of pigment, much like my very white son Patrick,

who would be completely mortified if he knew I were here saying it today.

And he also came to the California Academy of Sciences, Claude did, in 2008,

along with my favorite president, Obama.

But we're going to have a great time.

I believe there's going to be a community celebration January 28th,

which we'll probably hear about more from Supervisor Melgar.

And just wanted to say that you do a lot of hard stuff

and you handle a lot of tough problems,

but it is fun to do things just for the heck of it.

So thank you very much.

Thank you for your comments.

All right, Mr. President.

All right.

Public comment is now closed.

Madam Clerk, let's go to our For Adoption Without Committee Reference agenda, items 14 and 15.

Items 14 through 15 were introduced for adoption but without committee reference.

A unanimous vote is required for adoption of a resolution on first reading today.

Alternatively, a member may require a resolution on first appearance to go to committee.

Supervisor Melgar.

14, please.

That's sever item 14 and Madam Clerk could you please call the roll on item 15.

On item 15 Supervisor Melgar.

Aye.

Melgar aye.

Supervisor Sauter.

Aye.

Sauter aye.

Supervisor Cheryl.

Aye.

Cheryl aye.

Supervisor Walton.

Aye.

Walton aye.

Supervisor Wong.

Aye.

Wong aye.

Supervisor Chen.

Aye.

Chen aye.

Supervisor Dorsey.

Aye.

aye. Supervisor Mahmood. Mahmood, aye. And Supervisor

Mandelman. Aye. Mandelman, aye. There are 10 ayes. Without objection,

the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item 14.

Item 14, resolution to urge the Recreation and Park Commission

to commemoratively name a street in Golden Gate Park

Clawed the Alligator Way. Supervisor Malgar.

Thank you so much, and thank you, colleagues, for hearing this item. First, I want

to thank our illustrious president of the Red Park Commission, Kat Anderson, for being here

and for the partnership with the department and the Academy of Sciences. As you probably know,

we entered into a partnership with Mission Local to ask San Franciscans how we should

rename the street in the park after Claude. We got an outpouring of just wonderful involvement

from San Francisco's thousands of people voted voted on this. I think some of you did too.

But what struck me the most is we also got so many like emails, text messages, phone calls

from people who told us wonderful stories of their memories with Claude, of how important

he was to their childhood, to growing up, to finding about the natural world, to interacting

with our parks and the Academy of Sciences. It really represented the best of who we are as a

city and how we take up that responsibility of stewardship of nature and taking care of others,

whether they're our own species or other species.

Folks know that Claude was a little bit different,

that in the wild he probably would not have survived

to the long age that he lived in at the Academy of Sciences.

So again, I'm really grateful.

Thank you for your support.

This is the third time that we do this at the District 7 office

after voting on Blue Heron Lake and also on the parrots,

and that was great fun.

It's a great way to involve the citizens of San Francisco in something that we all will remember

and that marks an important place in our city and in our hearts.

So I ask for your support for this resolution.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Belgar.

I think we can take this item, same house, same call, without objection.

The resolution is adopted.

And Madam Clerk, do we have any imperative agenda items?

There are 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 Cheryl, for the late Mr. Diostado Parmitan Benatau.

On behalf of Supervisor Walton, for the late Matai Chief Asutasi Tavita Seemu Seataga.

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.

Thank you.