Good afternoon.

Welcome to the April 21st 2026 regular meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Yes, Supervisor Chan.

Chan not present.

Supervisor Chen.

Chen present.

Supervisor Dorsey.

Dorsey present.

Supervisor Fielder.

Fielder not present.

Supervisor Mahmoud.

Mahmoud present.

Supervisor Mandelman.

Present.

Mandelman present.

Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar present.

Supervisor Soder.

Sodder present.

Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl present.

Supervisor Walton.

Walton present.

Supervisor Wong.

Wong present.

Mr.

President, you have a quorum.

Thank you.

Uh Madam Clerk.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Rama Tushalone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula.

As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramatushaloni 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 Ramatush Alone community, and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples.

Colleagues, will you join me in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance?

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

Today that is especially Suze Eno's.

Yes, Mr.

President.

The Board of Supervisors welcomes your attendance here in person at the board's legislative chamber, room 250, second floor of City Hall.

When you can't be here, the proceeding is airing live on SFGov TV's Channel 26 or live streaming at WW.sfgovtv.org.

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Finally, we are in receipt of two memos as stated last week.

Supervisor Fielder submitted a memo dated April 7th requesting to be excused each week between April 7th and June 30th.

And on April 20th, we received a memo from Supervisor Chan requesting to be excused from today's meeting.

Mr.

President, that concludes my communication.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

May I have a motion to excuse Supervisors Chan and Fielder from today's meeting.

Moved by Chen, seconded by Walton.

Colleagues, I think we can take that without objection.

Without objection, Supervisors Chan and Fielder are excused.

And with that, Madam Clerk, let's go to approval of the meeting minutes.

Today we are considering approval of the March 17th, 2026 board meeting minutes.

Can I have a motion to approve the minutes as presented?

Moved by Chen, seconded by Cheryl.

Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

On the minute, Supervisor Sodder.

Aye.

Sodder, I, Supervisor Cheryl.

Aye.

Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton.

Walton, I, Supervisor Wong.

Wong I, Supervisor Chen.

Chen, I, Supervisor Dorsey.

Aye.

Dorsey, I, Supervisor Mahmoud.

Mahmoud I, Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman, I, Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar, I, there, nine eyes.

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

Madam Clerk, let's go to our consent agenda.

Please call items one through fourteen together.

Items one through fourteen are on consent.

These items are considered routine.

If a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately.

Please call the roll.

On items one through 14, Supervisor Soder.

Soder, I, Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton, Walton, I, Supervisor Wong, Wong, I, Supervisor Chen.

Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey.

Dorsey, I, Supervisor Mahmoud.

Mahmoud I, Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman, I, Supervisor Melgar.

Aye.

Melgar, I, there are nine ayes.

Without objection, these ordinances are finally passed.

Madam Clerk, let's go to unfinished business.

Please call item number 15.

Item number 15 is an ordinance to approve the airport airport surveillance technology policy governing the use of the transportation network company virtual virtual Q technology.

Supervisor Melgar.

Thank you, President, and thank you, colleagues.

And I had a lot of questions, but because it's not my committee, I was just kind of subbing.

I ended up, you know, voting to pass it in last week on first reading.

Um, you know, there were some questions that came up uh from folks in the industry.

Um, and I've also heard from labor that there they have lots of questions about the impact uh that this will have on um mostly drivers.

So I um I'm gonna do something very unusual to ask that we send it back to committee.

I think you know um technology has the potential to make our lives better and easier.

Um and it also has a potential to bring up issues and problems that we haven't thought about.

Um and I think this is the case for this.

There are privacy issues under the current climate.

Um, you know, we do have a lot of drivers who are immigrants.

Um we uh there's just there's a lot of questions uh that I have about how this is gonna play out in real life.

So I am gonna ask that we send this back to committee so that we can thoroughly vet it and then hear from everyone as I remember when we heard this item at GAO, there really wasn't anyone who came.

And uh because since then we've had lots of questions from folks in the public.

I do think that people at least should have the opportunity at to add this ask those questions during committee and to get answers and for us to have a public vetting of all the issues.

So I will make a motion that we send this back to committee.

Uh Supervisor uh Melgar has made a motion to uh refer this back to committee, seconded by Supervisor Walton.

Ums or discussion.

Uh can we take that same house, same call without objection.

Uh the motion passes.

Madam Clerk, please call uh item 16.

Item number 16 is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to establish the fire code technical advisory council to evaluate and advise on the criteria and types of evidence a fire marshal should consider in determining whether to waive, modify, or delay certain compliance requirements under the fire code that certain existing high-rise residential buildings have sprinkler systems, and to set forth the membership and duties of the fire cotechnical advisory council.

Please call the roll on this item.

On item 16, Supervisor Soder.

Sodder I, Supervisor Cheryl, Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton.

Walton, no, Supervisor Wong.

Wong I, Supervisor Chen, Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey, Dorsey, I, Supervisor Mahmoud, Mahmoud I, Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman I, Supervisor Melgar, Melgar, I.

There are eight ayes and one no with Supervisor Walton voting no.

The ordinance is finally passed.

Madam Clerk, please call it number 17.

Item number 17 is an ordinance to extend for an additional five years through July 1st, 2031.

The delegation of a authority under Charter Section 9.118 to the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to enter into grant agreements under the SFPUC's Green Infrastructure Grant Program with terms of up to 20 years after the project completion date as defined by the grant agreements.

Please call the roll on this item.

On item 17, Supervisor Sauter.

Sodder I, Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton.

Walton I, Supervisor Wong, Wong I, Supervisor Chen.

Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey.

Dorsey, I, Supervisor Mahmoud, Mahmoud I, Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman, I, Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar, I.

There are nine eyes.

Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading.

Madam Clerk, please call item number 18.

Item number 18 is a resolution to approve and authorize the general manager of the SFPUC to execute a contract with Archer Energy Solutions LLC to provide as needed professional services to Hatchee Water and Power to meet North American Electric Reliability Corporation, Western Electricity Coordinating Council, California Independent System Operator, and California Public Utility Commission regulatory requirements for an amount of 11.6 million with an anticipated time frame from May 2026 through May 2031.

I think we can take this item, same house, same call.

Without objection, the resolution is adopted.

And Madam Clerk, please call items 19 and 20 together.

Items 19 and 20 are two resolution establishing appropriation limits.

Item 19 establishes the appropriation limit of 14.6 billion for fiscal year 2025 to 2026, pursuant to California Constitution Article 13B, due to the addition of local non-residential new construction and the percent change in population within the San Francisco metropolitan area from the previous year for the purpose of computation of its appropriations limit.

And item 20 is a resolution to establish the appropriations limit for special tax districts and infrastructure revitalization and financing districts for fiscal years 2025 through 2026, pursuant to California Constitution Article 13B.

Again, same house, same call, without objection, the resolutions are adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call item number 21.

Item number 21 is a resolution to retroactively authorize the Department of Elections to accept and expend funds allocated by the California Secretary of State in an amount approximately 416,000 to fund the voting system and electric election management system replacement for the period of July 1st, 2025 through August 31st, 2026.

Same house, same call, without objection.

The resolution is adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call item number 22.

Item number 22 is a resolution to approve the agreement between the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Boards Member Agencies regarding the Peninsula Corridor Joint Joint Powers Boards Finance Fiscal Obligations to California Public Employees Retirement System.

Same house, same call.

Without objection, the resolution is adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call it number 23.

Item number 23 is an ordinance to amend the zoning map of the planning code to change the height and bulk districts for the one oak street project to increase the allowed height for the podium of the building from the current base height limit of 120 feet to 140 feet to affirm the sequel determination and make make the appropriate findings.

Same house, same call, without objection.

The ordinance is passed on first reading.

Madam Clerk, please call items 24 and 25 together.

Items 24 and 25 are two resolutions to determine if the liquor licenses will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city.

Item 24 is for a person-to-person premise to premise transfer of a type 21 all-sale general beer, wine, and distilled spirits liquor license to Taza Diamore, doing business as Taza Diamore Cafe located at 700 Fourth Street.

And item 25 is for a person-to-person premise to premise transfer of a type 48 on-sale general public premises beer, wine, and distilled spirits liquor license to 77 assets LLC doing business as BARC 77, located at 77 Camben Drive.

Same house, same call, without objection.

The resolutions are adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call it number 26.

Item number 26 is a resolution to affirm the importance of keeping the independent civilian oversight of the San Francisco Police Commission.

Same house, same call, without objection, the resolution is adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call it number 70 number 27.

Item number 27 is a motion to approve to appoint Supervisor Cheyenne Chen, term ending February 4th, 2030, as an alternate member on the local agency formation commission.

Colleagues, can I have a motion to excuse Supervisor Chen from voting?

Moved by Walton, seconded by Mahmoud.

Without objection, Supervisor Chen is excused.

Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll on item number 27?

On item 27, Supervisor Sauter.

Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl I.

Supervisor Walton.

Walton, I, Supervisor Wong, Wong I.

Supervisor Dorsey.

Dorsey, I, Supervisor Mahmood, Mahmoud, I, Supervisor Manselman.

Aye.

Mandelman, I.

Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar, I.

There are eight ayes.

Without objection, the motion is approved.

And congratulations, Supervisor Chen.

Um Madam Clerk, let's go to our committee report.

Yeah, to our committee reports.

Item 28 was considered by the Government Audit and Oversight Committee at a regular meeting on Thursday, April 16th, and was recommended as a committee report.

It is a resolution to authorize settlement of unlitigated claims on behalf of the city and the people of the state of California against associated pharmacies, J.

M.

Smith Corporation, Louisiana Wholesale Drug Company, Morris and Dixon, North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company, and United Natural Foods for abatement funds in the range of 250,000 to 350,000.

These claims relate to settling companies allegedly improper and unlawful unlawful practices, which contributed to the epidemic of opioid abuse and misuse and caused a public nuisance.

Please call the roll on this item.

On item 28, Supervisor Soder, Sodder I, Supervisor Cheryl, Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton, Walton, I, Supervisor Wong, Wong I, Supervisor Chen.

Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey, Dorsey, I, Supervisor Mahmood, Mahmoud, I, Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman, I, Supervisor Melgar, Melgar, I, there are nine eyes.

Without objection, the resolution is adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call items 29 and 30 together.

Items 29 through 31 were considered by the rules committee at a regular meeting on April on Monday, April 20th, and were recommended as committee reports.

Items 29 and 30 being called are two ordinances establishing entertainment zones.

In item 29 amends the administrative code to create the Glen Park Entertainment Zone and make the appropriate findings.

And item 30 is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to create the Upper Fillmore Entertainment Zone and make appropriate findings.

Let's take these items, same house, same call, without objection.

The ordinances are passed on first reading.

Madam Clerk, please call it number 31.

Item number 31 is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to establish the Pacific Islander Cultural District in and around the Vis Visitation Valley and Sunnydale neighborhoods to require the mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development to submit written reports and recommendations describing the cultural attributes of the district and proposing strategies to acknowledge and preserve the cultural legacy of the district and making appropriate findings.

Supervisor Chen.

Thank you, Paul President.

I would like to add myself as a co-sponsor.

Thank you.

And I think we can take this item.

Same house, same call, without objection.

The ordinance is passed.

Oh, may I add myself?

Alan Wong.

I would like to add myself to this audience as well.

Going once, going twice.

Okay.

Then with that, two new co-sponsors.

Uh same house, same call, without objection.

The ordinance is passed on first reading.

And Madam Clerk, let's go to roll call for introductions.

First up on roll call for introductions is Supervisor Sauter.

Submit.

Thank you.

Supervisor Cheryl.

Colleagues, today I'd like to introduce a hearing on the city's vicious and dangerous dogs unit.

For over a year, this unit has not met.

There is no professional who can administer these hearings.

And at the same time, dog bites are on the rise.

This hearing will focus on delivering a plan to restart those hearings.

A hearing for hearings.

First by filling the vacant hearing officer position, and second by engaging with certified dog behaviorists to ensure our process is informed by the latest research in dog behavior.

Advocates in the dog community, namely those at SF Dog, as well as the police department, the Department of Police Accountability, and more have been working together to ensure that we promote responsible, safe dog ownership in the city.

At the end of the day, this is about public safety.

It's about children, it's about dogs, it's about owners, and it's about all of us.

So I want to thank my early co-sponsors, Supervisor Mahmood and Supervisor Mandelman for supporting this hearing.

And we hope that we get the Vicious and Dangerous Dog Unit back to being a national example in addressing dangerous dog behavior, protecting people and dogs.

Let's not forget that from aggressive incidents in parks in our streets.

Thank you, colleagues.

And the rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Sheryl.

Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

I submit, but I would like to speak after Supervisor Melgar.

Supervisor Wong.

Colleagues, I would like to take a moment today to recognize and memorium the life of my grandmother on Chingpa Ng, who we lovingly called Paul Paul.

She was born in the early 1920s in Macau and lived through both times of prosperity and profound hardship.

Her family owned businesses, but her early years were also shaped by the realities of war.

She experienced loss and uncertainty that most of us can only imagine.

And through it all, she carried a quiet strength and resilience that defined her life.

She pursued education with the hope of becoming a traditional Chinese doctor, driven by a desire to care for others.

That spirit stayed with her as she passed down to our family knowledge of Chinese culture, traditions, and values.

She later married and raised her children, dedicating herself to her family.

While she once considered becoming a Buddhist monk, she chose to remain with her loved ones and instead lived a deeply spiritual life, offering prayers, guidance, and comfort to those around her, especially in moments of loss.

To me, she was not just my grandmother.

She was my teacher, my protector, and a steady presence in my life.

In the sunset, where so many families like mine built their lives, her values continue to guide how I show up for my community every day.

Her life reminds me that strength is often quiet and that the greatest impact we can have is in how we care for the people around us.

Thank you, colleagues, for allowing me to take this moment to honor her.

The rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Wong.

Supervisor Chen.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And Supervisor Mahmood Colleagues, today I'm introducing a resolution to recognize April as Autism Awareness Month with a focus on moving beyond awareness towards real inclusion and tangible appreciation.

This is personal for me, but it is also grounded in what we're seeing across our city right now in 2026.

Programs like Youth Achieve and Bridges from School to Work are helping young people transition from high school into employment, higher education, and long-term independence.

These are the kinds of programs that deliver real outcomes and not just good intentions.

We've made progress over the past decade.

The conversation has shifted from awareness to acceptance and increasingly towards inclusion.

But the data is clear.

Autism is a spectrum, and it presents differently across gender, race, and culture.

For too long, entire communities were overlooked or misdiagnosed.

Today we're seeing more people, especially adults, getting diagnosed later in life, and finally understanding their experiences.

And as someone who is diagnosed later in life, that perspective informs how I approach this work and why it matters.

Nationally, autism affects about one in 36 children, and diagnoses continue to rise.

Here in San Francisco, we demand serve for services continues to grow faster than our systems are built to handle.

At the same time, we're operating in a tight budget environment, and that makes the prioritization even more important.

These investments directly impact people's ability to learn, work, and live independently.

We also need to recognize how critical city infrastructure is, because services like the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority Agency are essential for many neurodivergent residents.

What may seem like a small service change when we discuss things like service cuts involves route adjustment, delayed lines, which can have major impact on someone who depends on consistency and routine.

So when we talk about budgets and when we talk about service levels, we need to remember these decisions show up in people's daily lives in very real ways.

This resolution accordingly recognizes organizations doing critical work on the ground, including Felton Institute, the Bay Area Autism Collective, and the ARC San Francisco.

I want to acknowledge the partnership of city departments and leaders, including the San Francisco Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, Office on Disability, and the San Francisco Unified School District.

Thank you to my colleagues, Cheryl, Dorsey, Sauter, Wong, Melgar, and Walton, for your early co-sponsorship.

Over this last year, I've heard from so many families and parents from individuals across the neurodivergent community.

Their stories make it clear that we have more work to do.

So this resolution is about recognition, but more importantly, about aligning our policies and investments with the realities people are living every day.

The goal is simple.

Make sure every resident has the support they need to succeed and thrive in the city.

Thank you, colleagues, and to have your support on this resolution.

Second, I would like to introduce a resolution for the city and county of San Francisco celebrating Arab American Heritage Month.

Arab Americans have made profound and lasting contributions to the cultural, social, and economic political landscape of this country, enriching the nation's history with their resilience and innovation and creativity.

Arab American Heritage Month, observed in the month of April, offers a meaningful opportunity to honor the diverse cultures and traditions of Arab Americans from 22 countries and to promote understanding of their continued impact on American society.

The Arab American community here in San Francisco has a rich and proud history of contributing to the city's diverse identity with individuals and families from a variety of Arab nations, including Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen, and others, building homes, businesses, and communities in the city for generations.

District 5, where I represent as home to one of those thriving Arab American communities, particularly in the Trender one, where we've had immigration and refugees from Yemen for so many years.

Those residents come from array of backgrounds and traditions that have made significant contributions to our city's small businesses, culture, and societal fabric.

And so this resolution acknowledges and recognizes those Arab Americans who continue to advocate for social justice, equity, and representation, working to ensure future generations thrive and feel a sense of belonging in the city and help shape the like community organizations like the Arab Resource and Organizing Center.

We also want to acknowledge Arab American owned businesses and the neighborhood business alliance that represent Arab grocers and other Arab business chambers of commerce that enriched the local economy while also serving as spaces for cultural exchange, community gathering, and education.

Now more than ever, it's important to uplift our diverse communities and to fight against discrimination, xenophobia, and hate, and affirm our dedication to supporting Arab Americans and all marginalized communities in achieving equality and justice.

The rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor.

President Mandelman.

I will submit my legislation.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Supervisor Melgar.

I'm sorry, my thank you so much.

Colleagues, today I am thrilled to introduce a resolution commending the workforce of the San Francisco Public Works Department and declare April 20th through April 24th, 2026 as Public Works Week in the city and county of San Francisco.

Public Works is one of the largest and oldest departments in the city.

They work tirelessly to ensure that each day, every neighborhood in San Francisco is safe, accessible, clean, functional, and green.

The backbone of this department is the 1,400 employees who sacrifice their days and nights to help the public operate and have these services 24-7.

They are a dedicated group of folks who work diligently to respond to any city emergency that comes up, whether that's removing hazards, dealing with storms, paving the streets, designing public spaces, road repairs, improving accessibility, and so much more.

The public works, real people, real work campaign reflects the people that work behind the scenes every day to serve the community in meaningful ways.

They also help host inclusive programs like monthly neighborhood beautification days, which we've all participated in.

Just this past March, Public Works annual San Francisco Arbor Day Fair planted 100 trees across a handful of neighborhoods in San Francisco.

Community events like these wouldn't be possible without the committed workforce of DPW.

We are grateful to Director Short and all of her staff for everything that Public Works contributes to San Francisco, and we all are excited to contribute to continue collaborating with their amazing team in 2026.

Also, colleagues, uh today it is with great sadness that I joined my colleagues, Supervisor Cheyenne Chen and Shimon Walton in requesting an in-memorium on behalf of the entire board for the late great beloved Reverend Roland Gordon, also known to us as Rev G of the Ingleside Presbyterian Church, who passed away unexpectedly last week.

Just last year we celebrated Rev G's 81st birthday and declared February 13th, Reverend Roland Gordon Day in the city and county of San Francisco.

RevG is a local icon and treasurer who has left a lasting impact on everyone he has met, whose legacy represents the best of San Francisco.

RevG was born in Greenwood, Mississippi before moving with his family to Gary, Indiana, where he was a captain and star player on his high school basketball team.

It was there that he met Mary Jane, the girl who would one day become his wife of over 50 years, building upon a childhood friendship into a lifelong partnership built on the foundation of service and ministry.

Rev G began his ministry first as a student pastor at Ingleside Presbyterian Church in San Francisco on Ocean Avenue.

After completing seminary and completing his Master of Divinity degree, he was ordained as Ingleside Presbyterian Church's full-time pastor in 1983.

The church was more than just a place of worship for Rev G, but a place to build community, healing, and empowerment.

Seeing the church's immense potential, Rev G organized the Ingleside Church Basketball League inside the church's gymnasium, providing a positive space for local youth to learn and play.

Rev G had a profound belief that black children needed to see positive, empowering images of people who looked like them.

From this vision, he created the great wall of witnesses, a massive collage with images that adorn the walls of the church's gym and lobby, celebrating black leadership and black excellence.

It is recognized as the largest black American collage in the world, and it is also officially a historic landmark in the city and county of San Francisco.

His life's work has always revolved around building up young people to achieve their greatest potential and moreover to develop young leaders to become mentors.

Many who grew up without a father found a guide and a father figure in Rev G.

He founded the Thad Brown Academy for Boys, an afterschool program serving young black boys in grades five through eighth.

Through this program, he provided mentorship, leadership, training, computer literacy, discipline, and encouragement, helping shape not only their education, but their character and future possibilities.

Rev G posited his church as a nexus in the Ocean View Merced Ingleside community, facilitating local organizing, providing meeting space for community events, inviting renowned artists to address a community and rehabilitating what is now the City College Station, then the dilapidated felon loop into a beautiful green space called Unity Plaza.

He was a connector that unified faith leaders across denominations and supported strengthening ties between the black and Asian communities.

Our annual lunar new year celebration for District 7 and 11 got its start at Ingleside Presbyterian as a collaboration between my predecessor, former President D7 Supervisor Norman Yee, and Rev G to recognize the unity and deep ties between the Black and Asian communities of District 7 and 11.

Reverend Gordon has been widely recognized for his outstanding dedication to his church and community, receiving the 1995 Coshland Award for Community Service, the 2003 Distinguished Alumni Award for the San Francisco Theological Seminary, the 2004 Alumni Merit Award from his alma mater, Baldwin Wallace College, and the 2023 National Jacqueline Kennedy O'Nassis Award for Outstanding Public Service benefiting local communities.

I will forever be grateful to have known Rev G and the World Peace Affirmation cards.

He would give me and drop my in my office on a weekly basis that he would hand out to everyone, which was inspired by the peace prayer of St.

Francis of Assisi, a constant reminder that we can all be instruments of peace.

I want to share my deepest condolences to his devoted wife, Mary Jean Gordon, lovingly referred in our community as First Lady Gordon, his daughters, Phyllis Bryant and Gail Young, his granddaughters China Gordon, Brianna Bryant and London Young, and his great-grandchildren, Zion McGeever, Ocean Bess in Boston.

He's also survived by his siblings, Perline, Robert Gordon, Stanley Gordon, Stella Gordon, and Richard Gordon, his godchildren, Jamal, Mabrat, Jessica Mabra, Shaheem Sanchez, David Benton, Derek Benton, and Mary Jane, along with a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, cherished friends, and generations and generations of young people from Ocean View Mercedes Ingleside that he touched and mentored.

Rev G's message was pure and simple.

Love is the answer.

And through every life he touched, every young person he guided, every image he created, and every word he preached, that answer continues to live on.

Thank you, Rev G for everything you gave our community.

Through the president, I would love it if we could close today's meeting in memory of Rev G on behalf of the full board of supervisors.

And the rest I submit.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Melgar.

Supervisor Jud.

Thank you, Clark.

Madam Clark.

I want to express my deepest condolence to Rev G's family as well and also to the congregation and community.

Although I only had the privilege to get to know Rev Reverend G over the last few years, he's always embraced me very warmly and offered it his unconditional support.

Reverend G helped to kick off and host the first Luna New Year celebration on Ocean Avenue in 2019, and since then has continued it to host the press event at the Inglesai Pest Batarian's dream.

The gym was such an important space to Reverend G as a former athletic.

He saw how the space could bring neighborhood youth and family together.

The gym, known as Fellowship Hall, is the legacy.

Reverend G covered the gym with a uh with lots of image from the floor to ceiling, featuring faces of athletics, politicians, entertainers, and African American leaders.

Reverend G has done so much for the community, very, very little resources.

His church provides youth programming and assistance to our communities most vulnerable through food programs.

In building community, Reverend G was committed to build across racial solidarity, to nature to nurture Black and Asian unity, and also to advocate for restorative justice for our community, people of color.

For the last five decades, Reverend G has been an inspiration and beloved member of our OMI community.

May we continue to honor and to celebrate his memory.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor.

Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

And I just want to say I send my sincere condolences to Reverend G's family and community.

And I just want to say a few words to add to Supervisor Milgar and Supervisor Chin.

Reverend G was more than just a member of the clergy.

He was a man committed to bettering the entire community around him.

He was rare in the fact that he could relate to young people as well as elders.

He had the ability to connect with everyone across all neighborhoods in San Francisco, and he had a genuinely gentle spirit.

Where most people would not allow others to use their facilities or their congregations for events and ceremonies, he opened his doors and welcomed all.

What I'm going to appreciate the most is the fact that he could provide advice and mentorship, but allow you to receive the information and move accordingly.

Rev G will truly be missed by all communities across San Francisco, and I am proud to say a few words in his honor today.

One of a kind to describe him is really an understatement.

His connection with young people and the tutelage he provided them is unmatched.

His work with other faith leaders to bring people together is part of what made him so beloved.

I want to say condolences again and thank you so much, Supervisor Melgar, for presenting this this afternoon.

Thank you, Supervisor.

See no other names on the roster.

Mr.

President, that concludes roll call for introductions.

All right, Madam Clerk, logistically, uh I believe Supervisor Melgar has made a motion that the in memorium be on behalf of the entire board.

You need a second for that.

No.

Nope.

No second is required.

Um we can take that without objection.

Great.

Um Madam Clerk, let's go to our 230 p.m.

special order.

Our 230 special order is a recognition accommodations for meritorious service to the city and county of San Francisco.

And first up, District 4, Supervisor Wong.

Okay.

Yeah.

Come up.

Today I'm honored to recognize UCSF ALS Center and Dr.

Catherine Lohman Hearth for their extraordinary leadership in the care and treatment of people living with ALS, also known as Lou Gearriggs disease.

ALS is a progressive and fatal neurological disease.

For families facing inherited risk, the burden is not only the disease itself, but also the fear, uncertainty, and delay that can come long before a diagnosis.

For too many families, that has meant waiting far too long for answers, treatment and support.

That is why UCSF's leadership in this field matters so deeply.

Under Dr.

Lohmann Hurst's direction, the UCSF ALS Center has helped lead the way in advancing more proactive, compassionate and research-driven care for patients and families confronting this devastating disease.

Dr.

Lohmann Hirth has dedicated her career to improving care for people of ALS while also advancing research into the early signs and genetic risk factors of the disease, expanding access to clinical trials and helping deepen our understanding of the relationship between ALS and frontotemporal dementia.

Just as importantly, UCSF has been a pioneer in recognizing the needs of people and families who are at risk of inherited ALS.

By helping establish a more forward-looking model of care, the UCSF ALS Center is showing that precision and preventative medicine can and should play a role in how we support these families.

This work sends a powerful message to San Francisco and beyond that people facing ALS and those living with the risk of it deserve not only world-class treatment, but also compassion, urgency, and hope.

On behalf of the Board of Supervisors, I'm proud to commend the UCSF L ALS Center and Dr.

Catherine Lohmann Hearth for their pioneering leadership, their compassionate care, and their commitment to improving the lives of patients and families affected by ALS.

And I'll hand it over to them.

Thank you very much.

This is an incredible honor for our center, and I'd like to acknowledge the people that are with me today.

I have members of our ALS clinic at UCSF.

We also have members from the End the Legacy organization and people who are at risk for developing ALS and FTD.

This honor is particularly meaningful because this is a group that of people that really had to suffer in silence.

They were evaluated by a neurologist and a plan of care established to follow them after they tested positive.

And so I'm very grateful for the N Legacy organization established by Jean Swidler, which allows people who are at risk to come together for support for education and importantly to participate in research so that we can they can take advantage of therapies that we know work best when delivered as early as possible in these diseases.

So thank you very much for this honor.

Sure.

Just very briefly want to say thank you so much to Dr.

Lohmann Hearth.

Thank you to Supervisor Wong and the entire board of supervisors for allowing this unique service, which should not be unique, to be established in San Francisco.

A single photo first?

Okay, let's do a single.

Yeah, let's do a single second thing.

I'll text the other thing.

Colleagues, in honor of Earth Day, I'm proud to recognize a group of neighbors from Hayes Valley.

Can we have the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Cleanup crew come up to the podium?

This crew has turned a simple idea into something truly impactful.

A weekly act of civic care, environmental stewardship, and community building.

The neighborhood cleanup crew is part of the broader refuse refuse and civic joy fund network across San Francisco.

This effort builds on earlier work by the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association's greening committee, which hosted monthly cleanups at Patricia's Green.

From that foundation, a new weekly effort launched in May 2023, bringing together Civic Joy Fund, referee surfuse, and local community leaders.

It started with just 13 participants.

Since then, it has grown into a consistent and thriving tradition.

Today, about 50 volunteers show up every week, sometimes more than 80, and there's no signs of them slowing down.

In total, the group has contributed to more than 150 cleanups, removing over 5700 bags of trash and more than 74,000 gallons of waste from our streets.

But the real story here isn't just the numbers.

Every Saturday morning, neighbors gather at Gambit Lounge, hosted by Edward and Christine Calhoun.

From there, volunteers are welcomed, organized, and sent out by a dedicated team of captains, many of which are here today.

Those captains are David Robinson, Dan Spath, Christine Calhoun, Crystal Shu, Christoph Peters, Jay Smith, Carl Tingwald, Ajay R.

S.

Nelopali, and Edward Calhoun.

What they've built goes beyond a cleanup.

It's a community, people who first showed up as strangers who now return week after week as friends.

Families that bring their children, students that join alongside longtime residents.

Even visitors from around the world have taken part.

On a day of heavy rain when the cleanup was called off, about 25 volunteers showed up anyway and insisted on going out.

That kind of commitment says everything.

There's such a strong sense of mutual support where local merchants offer discounts and perks to the volunteers.

The Gambit Lounge has grown alongside this effort, hosting weekly gatherings and even inspiring events like volunteer-led trivia nights.

At its core, this is what Earth Day is about.

People coming together, taking responsibility for their environment, and building something meaningful through small, consistent actions.

To all the captains and volunteers, thank you.

You've made Hays Valley cleaner, more connected, and more vibrant.

And you've set an example for what a community can look like across San Francisco.

Thank you.

Aside from the fact that you said almost everything I was going to say, so I'm going to shortchange this a little bit.

Um, with a bunch of thank yous.

Thank you, Vince.

And refuse refuse.

What began as something a simple act of community service has grown into an unstoppable movement.

Working toward a shared goal for everyone's benefit, it's very powerful.

Thank you, Manny, for believing in this and supporting it through the Civic Joy Fund.

Thank you, Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association for leading with care and commitment.

Thank you to Edward and Christina Gambit Lounge for giving us this place to gather.

Thank you to all of our co-captains, David J.

Crystal, Ajay, Carl, and also I'd like to thank Joe Maloney, who's sitting in the back.

He's the board president of HDNA.

We work very closely together.

And thank you, San Francisco, for recognizing the commitment of this community in making our city a cleaner and brighter place to be.

Let's go build some more community.

Thank you.

Next up, District 6, Supervisor Dorsey.

Thank you, President Mandelman.

Colleagues, it is my honor to recognize Soma Pilipinas.

As it celebrates 10 years of leadership in advancing, preserving, and celebrating Filipino culture in San Francisco, I'd like to welcome Raquel Radon Diaz and others up to the lectern.

Doctor, okay, come on, come on, come on.

Okay.

So since its original designation in 2016 as the city's Filipino Cultural Heritage District, and sooner soon after, at the state level, Soma Pilipinas has led the cultural districts movement in San Francisco and across California.

Virtually all of it under Raquel's leadership.

Today we are they are launching DECATA, a year-long celebration of a decade of community arts activism and cultural impact.

As District 6 supervisor, I am blessed to represent a South of Market neighborhood that largely comprises the Soma Pilipinas Cultural District.

And while my district is proudly the cultural home of San Francisco's Filipino community, it has been a long-standing practice with my district eleven colleague, first Supervisor Asha Safai and now Supervisor Cheyenne Chen.

Um, to always also acknowledge and celebrate District 11 for being the home of the largest Filipino population in San Francisco.

So you got two supervisor districts.

Um about why I have a special affection for this community.

Uh to anyone who wonders why an Irish Italian kid who moved here nearly 40 years ago from Boston would have a connection to the Filipino community.

If you guess the Catholic church, you're a hundred percent right.

Um churches reopened after COVID, I started going to St.

Patrick's Church, both because it was more convenient than the church I was going to, um, and also because St.

Patrick's has the best candles in Christendom.

Um what I came to discover at that predominantly Filipino parish um was an incredibly special and vibrant faith community.

Um and I have truly come to cherish how the Filipino cultural values of Capua inform and animate anew for me.

Uh my under my own understanding of Catholic teaching, especially as it applies to community and to social justice.

Those cultural values are nobly celebrated by Soma Pilipinas.

And I am incredibly grateful to have had a front row seat to the work that Raquel and her entire team and the entire community um have done over these last four years as supervisor.

Um as our city struggled in its economic recovery after the COVID pandemic, I was so proud to see how Soma Pilippinas stepped up and supported with small business openings and cultural activations.

At a time when the city was really struggling, it was just inspiring to see our cultural districts, especially Soma Pilipinas really step up and put the our community their the all of our city and its economic recovery on their backs.

It's really something that I think when the history of this era is written, you're going to be a real hero of that.

In addition to their long-standing anti-deplo displacement efforts, Soma Pilipinas' chest strategies and community outreach have been critical in stabilizing vulnerable communities at an incredibly fraught time.

Uh my office is really proud.

Everybody in my office is proud to be in support of your work, including the future district gateway at Folsom and Rush Russ.

Uh, like so many Soma residents, we are all looking forward so much to what lies ahead from this amazing organization to Rock Hell and everybody from Solma Filipinas and everyone from the community.

Congratulations on your first decade milestone and to the meaningful community-driven work you do for District 6 and for all of San Francisco.

Thank you.

And you have colleagues, Supervisor Dorsey who want to collect to your remarks.

Um, Supervisor Chen.

Thank you, President.

Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey, for honoring Soma Filipinas today.

I also want to express my deep appreciation for your work because the largest population of Filipinos in the city live in District 11.

Thank you for your partnership with the Filipino Community Center, Balboa High School, Longfellow Elementary to bring Filipino cultural to the schools.

The interpretation classes with SumCAM and City College created more certified Filipino language speakers to meet the growing need for culturally competent services.

Thank you for building workers' solidarity through partnership with labor and jobs with justice to contact know your rights trainings and teaching the history of Filipino displacement, reaching over 500 city workers at DPW, MOHCD, SFMTA, and planning, your advocacy for building affordable housing for families and what your work that you do with API Council.

It's critical for cultural preservations and community stabilization.

These are just a few highlights of your incredible work.

Thank you so much for your leadership, and thank you for advocating for our marginalized communities in San Francisco.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, President Mandelman.

I just want to just say to Roqueo, I have so much respect for your organization and the work that you do.

And it's not just because it's women-led, but it's really a testament to the resiliency and the staying power of your entire community, much like the black community, the Filipino population has shifted here in San Francisco, but you have continued to make sure that there was a strong presence in the presence of the Filipino community is seen.

And so I just want to say thank you for continuing to rep your community and congratulations to Soma Filipinas.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey and Supervisor Chan and Supervisor Walton for your words.

And everyone here at the Board of Supervisors.

Each of you have shown tremendous support for Soma Filipinas and the Filipino community in San Francisco, and we thank you.

Well, I was gonna ask everyone to stand, but um, as you can see, we have here um community leaders and partners who have joined us in receiving this commendation.

We share this honor today with the residents, small businesses, and community organizations which make the Filipino Cultural Heritage District a living and thriving community.

We're grateful to be joined here today with some of the community pillars and unsung heroes.

Uh there are many, many more.

Um not everyone can join, but um, you know, uh we have a really great representation here of the stakeholders and the organizations that we work with.

We are so happy to reach this 10-year milestone anniversary, especially to survive the pandemic and even to come out stronger through the pandemic, economic recession, and attacks against immigrants.

And despite ongoing threats of displacement and defunding, our communities continue to show up for each other and work with other immigrant communities and cultural districts to fight for the right to have a future in the city.

Soma Filipinas 10-year impact could not have been possible without the sustained partnership of legacy Filipino arts and community organizations whose roots in the SATA market runs decades deep, much longer than the 10-year anniversary that we're celebrating today.

We are joined here by community leaders who have been working in the cultural district for the last 10 years.

Some for uh the last many here actually for the last 20 years, and some um for over 30 years, although you couldn't tell because they look um ever young.

Okay, it's really let me see if I can go.

First and foremost, we would like to acknowledge and thank the Filipino American Development Foundation, our mother organization, FADF.

We have MC, Bernice, and Johnny here.

Um, and our thank you for joining us.

And um our sibling programs, Filipino Education Center, Galingbata, and Filipino Mental Health Initiative.

And I think I see charm here.

The board president will probably ask you to do the wave thing instead of clap.

Um our community partners in anti-displacement and housing rights, Sam Can is here.

I think we have PJ, Jericho, and Ramon.

The South of Market Community Action Network have protected so many Filipino families from displacement.

And we're also joined by Bishop, the housing program, which has helped hundreds of migrant families find permanent affordable housing in the neighborhood.

Um we're here with planning commissioner uh Theresa Imperial, who's one of the founders and the new executive director of a Cantora.

I also want to recognize Arween Almario, artistic director of Bindlestiff Studio.

Over since the 90s, Bindle Stiff has developed hundreds of main stage productions, and also an even more community-based actors, playwrights, and producers to tell the Filipino American story.

This weekend they are presenting Cool Arts Burden of Proof, which has received a great review from SF Chronicles, so we hope we could all you could all check it out.

Uh Cool Arts has been around um over 40 years and has been um really making culture and shifting culture in Soma for decades.

I also want to acknowledge Luisa Antonio and Mary Roque from the Bainy and Equity Center, both wearing uh makibaka sweatshirts, um, and Marie uh Teresa Tan, Man Teresa Tan from Canon Kip Center.

Um you wouldn't know it, but they've uh been serving the Soma district for decades.

Um every day uh serving seniors, providing them a warm meal, and also uh making sure they have outlets for their singing and dancing and all of their talents.

Our legacy small businesses are here.

Um, Celia's cleaner, Celia herself in Mangpal, and of course At the Tess of JT's restaurant, um, who's been honored here many times.

Both businesses have been um serving the neighborhood for close to three decades.

Um we are also joined by uh Kat General, who's the president of Apala San Francisco chapter, and members from the Filipino Community Center and Malai Movement, Rachel and Glenn.

We partner with all three organizations to fight for immigrant rights, workers' rights, and human rights.

And um it's so important at this time when all of those rights are under attack.

We also have Jose Petcho of the Filipino Chamber of Commerce, um, president of Filipino Chamber of Commerce, who's a big supporter.

Um, and Desi Dangadan from Cultivate Labs, who popularized night markets in the city, and it's so great to see now night markets happening in almost every neighborhood.

Uh and we also, and they also served um on our advisory committee.

Um she's sitting down, but Olivia Ongpin, who helped produce our Maki Baca exhibit, bringing over 4,000 people to uh to Yerbo Buena for the exhibit last year.

Um, and Jantel Laborinto, who is our chess coordinator.

She's with Rep and helped write the 100-page report.

Did I forget anyone?

Last but not least, I would like to personally extend my deepest gratitude to the Soma Pilipinas team.

Tate Naval, our community engagement coordinator, Christine Abiba, our arts administrator, David Wu, our land use and community development coordinator, Nick S Gira, our marketing coordinator who couldn't be here, and Mario Demira, our assistant director leading programs and operations.

And the Jeepney driver.

I couldn't wish for a better team to do this work with every day.

Um I also want to acknowledge some of our champions in city government.

Besides all of you, there's the folks in the department, Imani from MOHCD, April from OEWD, I saw Jocelyn Manalo earlier, um, other folks in the back.

So did I forget anybody?

I'm gonna be in trouble if I did.

Okay.

Well, just want to say thank you, Board of Supervisors, but really thank everyone here.

It's been an honor to serve with all of you, and uh we're looking forward to the next 10 years of Summer Plapinas.

All right.

And next we have District 10, Supervisor Walton.

Thank you so much, President Mandelman.

Colleagues, today I stand to honor the Curtis Family C Notes.

It is both the honor and a joy to stand before you today to recognize a family whose impact on San Francisco reaches far beyond the stage, far beyond music, and deep into the heart of our community.

Many first came to know the Curtis family through their unforgettable appearance on America's Got Talent.

But here in the Bay Area, and especially in Bayview, we know them as something even more special, a living, breathing example of what it means to use talent in service of community.

Fresh off a remarkable tour across 18 states, from Washington, D.C.

to New Orleans, they have carried the spirit of San Francisco with them, sharing songs from their latest album, Awaken Three, and spreading a message of unity, love, and cultural pride wherever they go.

And yet, no matter how far their music travels, their roots remain firmly planted here at home.

The Curtis family, Papa C, Mama C, and their incredible children, Zahara, Now, ISIS, Kiki, and Phoenix, are more than performers.

They are educators, they are bridge builders, they are healers.

Through their nonprofit, passing the torch, they have created powerful intergenerational spaces where seniors and young people come together through music, storytelling, and shared experience.

In a time when so many feel disconnected, they have chosen connection.

In a time of isolation, they have chosen community.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when fear and uncertainty gripped our city, the Curtis family showed us what courage looks like.

They step forward, not just as artists, but as neighbors, delivering groceries, offering comfort, and lifting spirits with songs that reminded people they were not alone.

Their musical excellence has taken them to legendary stages like Yoshi's, Blue Note Jazz Club, Fox Theater, Conquer Pavilion, and The Bitter End.

They have shared the stage with musical icons like John Batiste and Layla Hathaway.

Yet they continue to pour that same level of passion and excellence right back into their own community.

Their commitment to access and education is equally profound.

As faculty and students at the San Francisco Community Music Center, they embody the belief that music belongs to everyone, regardless of age, background, or income.

And as they step into an exciting new chapter, developing a television sitcom that celebrates their love story with San Francisco, alongside acclaimed producers like Jamie Fox and his creative partners that continue to elevate not only their family story, but the story of our city.

One of the things that caused me to have such high admiration for them is the fact that they know not all only can just sing, but they all play instruments as well.

They also keep up with current affairs, and I remember meeting with them, and every last one of them had a serious question about how I was going to work to improve the district.

I am so proud they are from my community and residents of District 10.

Today we honor the Curtis family, not just for their extraordinary musical gifts, but for their unwavering commitment to justice, equity, community, and care.

They remind us that art is not separate from service.

It is one of the most powerful forms of it.

It is my great privilege to commend the Curtis family for their outstanding contributions, their inspiring leadership, and their continued dedication to uplifting every corner of our community.

And Supervisor Mahmood have some words as well.

Thank you, Supervisor Walton, for amazing commendation.

I think we first met on a small business merchant walk.

And actually, even before that, I met you at your church by surprise.

Jones United.

But the very first time I saw you was when you performed at and spoke at Reverend Townsend's funeral, actually.

And so I've seen how you've personally touched every walk of life in the filmmore from uh communities of faith to when our community needs uplifting the most when someone has passed away to revitalizing our economy with our small business corridor in the filmmore.

And you do it all as a family.

I don't know how you guys stick together.

Um families are complicated, uh, but somehow you're able to perform, and we see the joy and the unity that, and then we you inspire us to be better through your family, through your hope, and through your love.

And so thank you for bringing that inspiration to San Francisco.

Thank you.

To the supervisors, thank you so much.

This is such an auspicious occasion for us to be recognized in this way for the work that we have done in our community.

We are community activists.

Sometimes we do it through our music, sometimes we do it walking the streets.

And so it has been an honor to be a part of this.

We share this honor with the godparents and the uncles who have been an aunties who have made sure that the music was always on point.

First of all, but the other thing is that we are surrounded by a lot of people with love.

Miss Lynette Mackey, people like Felicia Thibodeau, who runs a program, I.T.

Bookman, Mother Brown's Kitchen.

These are avenues that we have taken to go into and help them to help the community.

And it is an honor for us, and I speak for my wife.

As you honor us, we want to honor you with one of the greatest songs ever made, written about a city, the most beautiful song, in fact, that's ever been done.

Seem somehow, sadly, the beauty that was of another day.

In San Francisco.

It goes to me.

To be with little cable call.

I'm halfway to the stalls.

The morning fall.

I don't get my waste in San Francisco.

Above the blue.

And I come home to you.

Madam Clerk, let's go to public comments.

At this time, the board welcomes your public comment.

Please line up to speak on the right hand side of the chamber along the curtains.

You may speak to the minutes as presented, items thirty-four through forty, which are matters on the for adoption without committee reference agenda.

And general matters not on the published agenda, but within the board subject matter jurisdiction.

All other agenda content will have been reported out to the board by an appropriate committee where the public comment requirement occurred.

First speaker.

Yes, guy of this projector, please.

Thank you.

My name is Jerry Dratler.

In September of twenty twenty-five, the board approved the purchase of sixteen sixty Mission Street, the former home of the planning department and the Department of Building Inspection for eighteen point five million dollars.

The building was completed on a five million dollar building permit in 1999 that DBI expired in 1992.

An expired building permit is null and void.

I sent to the directors of DBI and planning requesting the five million dollar building permit be revoked in a notice of violation issued.

In twenty twenty, DBI finaled the null and void building permit.

Former building inspector Bernie Curran approved an administrative permit to final the expired permit, and Matthew Green, the current deputy director of DBI, final the permit on a certificate of final completion.

Between nineteen ninety-three and twenty twenty, sixteen sixty mission street did not have a certificate of occupancy, and DBI and the planning department illegally occupied the space.

The GAO subcommittee of the board needs to investigate the city's involvement with this property.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker.

Hello, supervisors.

For years, residents have had their checks go missing, their money orders go missing.

Domus, the management company makes residents pay rent with cashier checks that never get credited to their account.

Also with the money orders, they do that the same because they've done that to me a few times.

Thomas Paine were um, we've just had a robbery, and they just um moved the criminals.

One is at a sister um place, and the other ones they let go.

Um they won't hand over records that are legally supposed to be handed over from the federal law, the privacy act of 1974, requires for Thomas Paine to share our hood ledgers, our head ledgers.

Please help us out.

This is going on.

They've stolen thousands of dollars from the tenants.

They won't do what they're supposed to do.

We've seen so many changes, and it's not for the good, it's for the the bad.

We're asking you, we're pleading with you.

Please, please investigate.

Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker.

Good morning.

Good afternoon, y'all.

I'm from Thomas Paine Square, also.

A residents over 50 some years been at Thomas Paine Square.

I have seen so many managers and so many people come in.

Like she said, we had a resident that got robbed.

They didn't do anything.

They let them walk, they fired them, but they get to come on the premises, they stay around a corner, they be everywhere.

But they never take care of what they supposed to be.

Thomas Paine have never, as long as I've been living there, these last four or five years.

I have not seen Thomas Paine evaluate themselves up.

All I ever see is that all the black folks rent go up, they rent out places, they um they lease in places out, they get the places and they lease them out.

I'm not prejudiced, but it's just the idea.

Why we can't get what we supposed to get in Thomas Paine Square.

They have stainless steel refrigerators when I have a white one.

I took me four months to get my refrigerator to get a new one that was leaking.

They came in looking at them.

Oh, we're gonna try this.

They tried that, it didn't work.

Finally, they bought me a refrigerator, and then they say we only have a budget of 200.

If you only got a budget of 200, we got people staying in Thomas Paine Square.

That carpet has been in the same places for 30 some years.

They have not moved that carpet.

They talk about coming out and measuring why do you have to measure the carpet?

That is the same thing in the same place.

If we got a three-bedroom, you already measures all the three bedrooms apartments.

You measured the two, you measure the four and the and the one bedroom.

They all the same measurements.

Get the carpet done and remove the patent up underneath and put new patent up underneath things.

Thomas Paine has been so bad since Domus has been the company that we have to be with.

I have nothing to say.

Just get us to have some help, please.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker.

Hello, good afternoon.

I also live in Thomas Paine Square Apartments in Fillmore, San Francisco.

My name is Jessica Salinas, and I'm a resident of Thomas Paine Square Apartments.

For the past four years, I have been a victim of crime and harassment at Thomas Paine Square Apartments.

I've had my tire slash stocked, my children threatened by the same resident.

I've reached out to ownership and to our manager, Domus, but nothing has been done.

Our security is worthless and is owned by Bobby Sisk, who is the chair of the board that controls Thomas Paine Square apartments and is a steward of Bethel AME.

Under law, he should not be able to contract out to a company he owns, but that doesn't stop him.

We paid 3,600 per unit for security every year, which is way more than our buildings, but I've never seen security walk the property.

The San Francisco Stan Standard recently did a story on that and revealed that Bobby was overpaid millions of dollars by the San Francisco Housing Authority.

The city could have investigated Bobby Sis years ago, but they didn't, which has allowed him to make more money off of our misery.

I faced death, I've I faced death threats due to the terrible security at Thomas Paine Square apartments, and we've had other residents who have been nearly killed in attacks.

The same man who has threatened me was the instigator of some of the recent attacks on other women at Thomas Paine Square apartments.

We need the city attorney to investigate Bobby Sisk and make sure he can receive no more money from the city.

We need a new security company at Thomas Paine Square apartments that has no connections to Bobby Sisk.

His greed has endangered us, and we need the city to stop that.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker.

Hey, my name is uh Pat Cocker, and I'm an organizer of the residents of Thomas Paine Square, and I'm obviously here today to speak about the uh living conditions there and everything that goes on.

Um if you look up Thomas Paine Square on your phone, you will see a series of articles over the last year.

You'll see staff members that were caught stealing Christmas gifts.

You'll see that Bobby Sis, the guy who controls the board, has made overcharges by hundreds of thousands of dollars for security that is inadequate and has led to people getting attacked, death threats, and basically this is a problem, especially with Bobby Sis.

The city could have taken care of this decades ago.

If you look up the SF standard story, he was overpaid by the Housing Authority, millions of dollars.

That should have, they should have stopped him from getting any contracts.

And because the city has not been up to snuff on taking care of this issue, this has just gone downhill and has gotten worse and worse and worse.

There's been people that died in fires.

There's the bull, asbestos, just everything terrible you can think of.

And uh, we all know in this city about you know the Fillmore redevelopment in the 50s, they are doing the exact same thing right now.

They are taking they are evicting black residents, many of them who've had their cashier checks stolen, and there's and it doesn't seem like there's much help.

I I gotta thank the flood supervisor for you know uh reaching out to the city attorney's office, but obviously we need more help than this.

This is a serious living condition, and trust me, if this isn't taken care of, people will die.

Trust me on this, it is bad.

It is um everything bad you can think about in housing uh you know, the building, Thomas Paine has, and we need the city to step up to make sure that we can stop this and protect these residents.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker.

Uh yes, good afternoon.

Uh SFGup TV.

Thank you.

My name is Harris Edgley, and I just want to uh three minutes is not a long time, but I want to thank Superville Melgar for the Reverend G.

Um, I'm a former resident, uh, 72 Lobo Street, uh, attended Reverend G's church and visit the Mayflower restaurant many years.

Uh just went to his church last Sunday in the former Sunday, right before he passed.

I'm now resident of the Fillmore for over 50 years, and as the residents just spoke about Thomas Paine, our whole filmmore needs help, right?

I've came here to uh ask you for help before, even with Elliot Hodge Community Center, not the you know, the deterioration of the building.

And as Reverend G's picture is on part of the building that's cracking in the foundation.

We really need help, right?

We've been needing help for years, and unfortunately, you know, we're not getting help that we need, right?

The Fillmore Safeway closed, and now I'm organizing because this grocery stores are an issue in San Francisco right now, right?

You talk about a hearing for dogs, and you know, we need a hearing for grocery stores, right?

We need to get understanding what are we doing with all these grocery stores.

In every neighborhood, there's a grocery store almost closing in San Francisco, right?

And uh one of our prime developments is the Safeway store in Fillmore that we're not getting no justice with, and they're leading the case with this uh development company that's gonna redo all safe way stores.

So we really need help.

So I'm calling for a hearing of Town Hall meeting next Thursday at the San Francisco Library just to start the process.

So I'm asking one of your colleagues, your assistants of somebody to come out and help with this process, you know, and this is the beginning, right?

I'm going across the city now to organize and help my community because the Fillmore needs help.

Ben need help, and we're not getting the justice we need.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker.

Uh good afternoon, you all.

Um my name is Jalen Tillis, and I'm 26 years old.

Long story short, there are four problems that I have that I would like to discuss to this matter.

One, there is a lot of defecation and there is a lot of urination on these streets of San Francisco.

And I feel like not only it is bad to the environment, but it's also bad to the youth that have to walk these streets.

And personally, I feel like we need more bathrooms in the public so people wouldn't have to urinate and defecate.

It shouldn't have to be to where everywhere I walk, I have to look down to make sure I don't step in feces.

I also feel like it's messing up the ozone layer, and I also feel like it's messing up the air quality as well.

And the last like the second one, grocery stores.

Grocery stores.

We have a problem with death in the city too.

And personally, I recommend hiring more security.

And I recommend that um instead of taking it out on the citizens who do not steal in San Francisco.

We have more stricter laws for people who do steal.

Same thing with people who defecate and urinate in the street.

And last but not least, um we still have a major drug problem here in San Francisco.

A bunch of people smoking FEDI in front of daycares in schools, a bunch of people like doing open air drug dealing, like at night, you know.

In the daytime, Daniel Leary's doing a good job, but there's a part that he's not covering, which is at night, where San Francisco, the TOs in particular, is a totally different area.

And that's where you know the freaks come out.

And personally, I think that if Daniel Larry, like, for example, did more canine searches, like ran canines through the cities a lot more, like um just randomly.

I feel like we could crack down on more drug usage as well as drug dealing.

And also, I feel like if we had stricter precautions, a stricter punishment.

Thank you for your comments.

Apologies for cutting you off for providing everyone the same two minutes.

Next speaker.

Good afternoon, members of the board.

My name is Ryan Ortiz, and I work as a legislative intern in Supervisor Dorsey's office.

I'm here today to speak on behalf of item number 34, which declares April 24th, 2026 as Arbor Day.

Our day is a globally recognized celebration that encourages the planting, nurturing, and care of trees.

Trees provide us with more shade, better air quality, noise reduction, and a sense of calm that we could all use in these troubling times.

Trees can have the greatest impact on quality of life in our most dense neighborhoods where there are higher levels of pollution, urban heat, and limited access to green infrastructure.

This time serves as a time to recognize the beauty of the nature that we have here in San Francisco, as well as the sense of community that is created as a direct result of the efforts from our local organizations.

So let us take this time and spend to take a walk and spend a little extra time appreciating our trees, join the conversations that support tree planting, and appreciate the efforts of those who make a better tomorrow for us.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker good afternoon, supervisors.

My name is Denise Heitzenroder.

I'm the uh manager for strategic initiatives at the Department on the Status of Women.

And on behalf of the department, I am here to say thank you and express our appreciation and support for item 38, the resolution in support of April being recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

As you are all aware, we now have a women's agenda for San Francisco.

And some of those key pillars and parts of that agenda involve ensuring that women are safe here in San Francisco in all places, community spaces, schools, transit, as well as in their homes.

We know that there are specific populations in the city and county, including trans women, women experiencing poverty and housing insecure women are at greater risk of sexual assault.

And we want to encourage and request that we continue to make sure that these uh the agencies that provide crucial frontline support for individuals that have experienced crisis are continue to receive financial support and your support in the coming months.

We need to ensure that we are centering survivor survivors, providing holistic wraparound services for them, and making sure that we are centering uh providing culturally relevant uh support to those that have been impacted by sexual assault and violence.

We also need to begin to address the uh growing problem of online harassment and violence that has been translating to more and more real world violence.

We know that AI has led to a massive proliferation of deep fakes.

And we know that this is an emerging problem for young women and women of all genders, trans individuals, and folks all across the spectrum.

Uh thank you all for your support.

This is work that is done in community with community and with our city leaders, and we're very grateful to you for introducing the resolution and supporting it.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker.

Good afternoon, supervisors.

My name is Joyzanne, and I serve as the acting director for the San Francisco Youth Commission.

We want to first thank um Supervisor Cheryl M.

Melgar and Chen for leading this resolution for National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.

Um this resolution was also introduced at the Youth Commission by District 2 Commissioner Cameron Marlowe and also citywide Commissioner Jacqueline Moreno.

So this is an issue that the youth commission have been addressing amongst young people for about 20 plus years now since 2005, and it is still a prevailing issue amongst young people.

So it's not enough to just recognize this month.

Every month this needs to be recognized, and also uh the youth commission in our budget and policy priorities this year is advocating to address and make sure that we are funding education programs and agencies and community organizations that provide education to young people to recognize sexual assault and harassment and to prevent sexual assault and harassment.

So we thank you for introducing this resolution.

We do ask for unanimous um support on this and to make sure that your budget uh coming in June also reflects this.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker.

I just wanted to make sure I can work this uh display.

Yes, SFGov TV.

Thank you.

I'm Peter Warfield Executive.

Can I start the two minutes, please?

Your two minutes is started.

I'm not going to get two minutes.

All right, I'm down to 133.

I'm Peter Warfield, Executive Director of Library Users Association, Library Users 2004 at Yahoo.com, excuse me, at ProtonMail.com, and PO Box 170544, San Francisco, California, 94117-0544.

It's National Library Week, and people are uh talking about, and I'm certainly glad to join in with talking about the value and the importance of libraries to our civic life.

Uh value, especially public libraries to every individual, every community, and our country and beyond.

They're a great asset in helping people enjoy and appreciate and learn about the world around them and within.

Last month the Sun the Sunshine Ordnance Task Force uh found that the library commission was in violation of open government law by cutting all public comment from up to three minutes to two without any kind of process or explanation.

And uh that was not the only thing that uh they did last year, starting early last year, they cut public comment on a particular agenda item, which they'd always had public comment on, and uh a number of other issues.

Uh one of the things I'm concerned about is the library's constant uncritical touting of social media, despite the fact that we've warned them about the dangers.

Here's an example from at the library.

And here is YouTube.

Here's a headline from Meta from the Wall Street Journal about the serious problems that were determined in a court case which awarded the Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker.

Well, not really.

Mr.

Peterson, I'm pausing your time.

There's no there's no electioneering in this chamber.

Thank you.

I'll go ahead and restart uh continue your time.

Obviously, you didn't hear my entire remark.

Sorry.

You've been pranked.

But I would like to get to some issues that I encountered.

Uh like, as you know, I've changed my position on parcel taxes, and I'm a great supporter of the Muni.

Uh yet uh all of a sudden I received in the mail uh from an incident that I thought I was getting a warning when I was interfering with apparently two transit officers that were uh aggressively questioning a um an Asian uh person who couldn't speak English.

And of course, uh my mouth got me in trouble, and so they gave me what I thought was a warning.

But apparently it's a hundred and thirty-four dollar fine that you get when you when you apparently uh don't display.

And if anybody can tell me what the what the uh uh offense is for not displaying, uh I had my identity, I had my uh uh my uh transit card, but I I didn't give the transit card to show that it's been using use, but that is very uh dangerous type of a position to take.

But the real reason that I'm uh um here to talk again is I'm still very concerned about the fact that this board is not doing its duty in order to I feel censure one of its members and induce her to resign because she is holding up District 9.

I see that uh uh excuse me that uh district I see the supervisor is absent.

Thank you for your comments.

Once again.

Next speaker.

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Is the speakers ready while we're while we're waiting for the speaker, is there any other individual who would like to provide public comment?

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Hi, my name is Jessica Pesico, RN Expert Witness and Legal Representative, founder, singer-songwriter, community organizer.

Um so here is what my public comment is.

Could we vote yes for a Senate bill for zero zero nine to stop harvesting organs in China?

That's what people are um wanting outside.

Can we also vote um to against um you know uh streamlining the charter?

We want to preserve the charter.

In fact, we want it strengthened.

Uh we want the arts commission and more um to actually get um more uh uh advocacy and more uh people on there because we need more services in our district.

Um right now in District 10.

We have no banks, we have no Apple store.

Um, but what we do have is um opportunity.

Um I'm going to try to bring up my phone here for a minute.

There are some grants that are available on the government website um for Third Street in the Bayview.

Um if anyone wants to open up a uh storefront there, we'd also like to extend this to the other districts, including District 5.

Uh we want to open up some storefronts and get people some grants.

We need some more businesses in our areas.

Um I only have 35 seconds.

So um when I was attending the uh youth commission, um, they wanted uh there was a six-eye vote to um get uh share uh ride share companies, bike share companies to get helmets for um people who are riding the bikes because they wanted to prevent accidents.

Figure out how you want to vote on that.

It could be costly, but on the other hand, there's uh issues with sanitation.

But if there's nothing to um there's no cost on the consumer, this could be a good idea, because again, we do want to prevent bike accidents.

We know those are costly.

Thank you for your comments.

Seeing no other speakers, Mr.

President.

All right.

Public comment is now closed.

Madam Clerk, let's go to our for adoption without committee reference agenda.

Please call items 34 through 40.

Items 34 through 40 were introduced for adoption without committee reference.

A unanimous vote is required for adoption of a resolution on first appearance.

Any supervisor may request a resolution on first appearance to go to committee.

Supervisor Wong.

Item 39.

Got it.

Uh Supervisor Dorsey.

I'd like to sever item 34.

Sorry, 34.

And Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, President Melman.

I just want to make sure I'm added as a co-sponsor to number 37, number 38, and item 39.

Yes, you have been added.

Thank you.

And Supervisor Melgar.

Saver item 37, please.

And I'd also like to be added to item 39.

Okay.

Supervisor Chen.

Thank you, but President.

I also would like to add uh as a co-sponsor to number 39.

Okay.

All right.

So I think items 34, 37, and 39 have been severed off.

Yes.

So items 35, 36, 38, and 40.

Call the role on those items.

Supervisor Sauter.

Soder I, Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton.

Walton I, Supervisor Wong.

Wong I, Supervisor Chen.

Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey.

Dorsey, I, Supervisor Mahmood.

Mahmood, I, Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman, I, Supervisor Melgar.

Aye.

Melgar, I.

There are nine ayes.

All right.

Without objection, the resolutions are adopted.

And Madam Clerk, please call item 34.

Item 34 is a resolution to declare April 24th, 2026 is Arbor Day in the City and County of San Francisco.

Supervisor Dorsey.

Thank you, President Mandelman.

Colleagues, today we'll be voting on a resolution declaring April 23rd or 24th, 2026 as Arbor Day in San Francisco.

Arbor Day is a reminder that trees are one of the simplest and most impactful investments we can make in our city.

They improve air quality, reduce noise, provide shade, and make our neighborhoods more livable.

That's especially important in dense neighborhoods like the South of Market and Tenderloin where access to green space and tree canopy can have a real impact on quality of life.

This past weekend we saw that action that uh in action in the South of Market where volunteers came together for a neighborhood tree planting day.

It was a great example of the kind of community stewardship this resolution is meant to uplift.

Expanding our urban forest is about equity and climate resilience, helping address long-standing disparities while reducing urban heat and supporting a healthier environment for everyone.

I want to thank the San Francisco Department of Public Works, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, the Friends of the Urban Forest and Board President Mandelman who joined me there for their ongoing work to plant and care for trees across our city.

Also to deserving of recognition are the multitude of tree advocates in communities throughout San Francisco.

Those who partner with our city who push us to do more and who consistently show up to care for and improve their neighborhoods in my district, which has far fewer trees than we should have.

I'd single out for appreciation the Soma West Neighborhood Association and Sean Auckland, a constituent of mine who has undertaking some excellent research and advocacy on this topic.

Finally, I want to give a shout out to Ryan Ortiz, who spoke in public comment.

Ryan is an intern in my office, and I'm very proud of him for the excellent work he has done in researching and pulling together this resolution.

It encourages San Franciscans to get involved on Arbor Day, whether planting a tree, caring for one, or just taking time to appreciate the urban forest around us.

I hope it will have your support.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey.

Without with that, I think we can take this item, same house, same call without objection.

The resolution is adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call item 37.

Item 37 is a resolution to mark the 111th anniversary of the Armenian genocide and declaring April 24th, 2026 as Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day in the city and county of San Francisco.

Supervisor Melgar.

Thank you.

And thank you, colleagues, for your co-sponsorship of this resolution commemorating the 111th anniversary of the Armenian genocide and declaring April 24, 2026 as the Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day in the city and county of San Francisco.

The Armenian genocide is one of the most atrocious crimes against humanity, reserves in the murder of over 1.5 million Armenians by the Turkish Empire.

Yet to this day, there continues to be an official policy of denialism by the governments of Turkey and Azerbaijan.

The Armenian community is still feeling threatened in San Francisco and all over the world.

At District 7 is home to a large Armenian community and several institutions.

In recent years here in San Francisco, there were shots fired at the KCV Armenian School on Brotherhood Way in my district in Arsen that took place at St.

Gregory's in District 2.

An Armenian church that also housed a community center, which was which has still not been fully repaired today.

The cross at the top of Mount Davidson is constantly defaced with hateful graffiti.

Our places of refuge should not be places of fear.

We must condemn these acts.

The Armenian genocide commemoration at Mount David said cross will take place this year on Sunday, April 26th at 2 p.m.

I encourage my colleagues to attend to hold space with a greater community in remembering this trade and recognizing the resilience of the Armenian people in the Armenian community in San Francisco.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Melgar.

Let's take this item, same house, same call, without objection.

The resolution is adopted.

And Madam Clerk, please call item 39.

Item 39 is a resolution to honor the life and legacy of Vichy Ratanapakti on the fifth anniversary of his passing, condemning violence against elders, and reaffirming San Francisco commits San Francisco's commitment to elder safety, violence prevention, community healing, and standing against anti-Asian hate.

Supervisor Wong.

Colleagues, thank you.

I'm proud to bring this resolution forward today.

I want to first thank the Ratanapakti family for reaching out and trusting us with this resolution.

I'm deeply grateful for the opportunity to be here and honor Grandpa Vicha's life on behalf of their family.

Five years ago, on a January morning in 2021, an 84-year-old grandfather named Vichy Rotanapakti left his daughter's apartment in Anza Vista to take his daily walk.

He never came home.

He was shoved to the ground in an unprovoked attack.

He died two days later from his injuries.

The Ratanapakhti family called him Grampa Vicha.

So did the city eventually, and so did the country.

He became the face of a movement that came out of a moment when Asian American elders were afraid to walk their own streets.

And when anti-Asian hate crimes in San Francisco rose 567 percent in a single year.

His family has spent the five years since Grampa Victor's death refusing to let the grief be private.

They have stood at rallies, at press conferences, and at ceremonies, and have done more of their loved ones' memory than most of us will ever be asked to do.

The Ratanapakti family has their gratitude and they have our continued commitment.

I bring this resolution forward as the son of immigrants who grew up in the sunset, in a neighborhood full of grandparents who take the same morning walks Vicha took.

Every Asian American family in this city understood what happened to Grandpa Vicha because every Asian American family sees their own loved ones in him.

Grandpa Vicha became something so much larger, inspired a movement, inspired me and so many other young people to get involved in the communities in the name of safety for seniors.

What we are saying today is what we should be saying every day.

Our elders deserve to move through the city without fear.

Violence against the oldest and most vulnerable among us is an assault on who we are as a city.

This resolution honors Vichy's life.

It recommits San Francisco to elder safety, violence prevention, and community healing.

Thank you, Supervisor Wong.

We can take this item, same house, same call, without objection.

We have no imperative agenda items today.

Could you please read the in memoriams?

Yes.

Today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of Supervisor Wong for the late Ms.

Han Ching Pain, and on behalf of Supervisors Melgar, Chen, and Walton, and the entire board for the late Reverend Roland Gordon.

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.