san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from. tommy's is a place that you'll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and th

voted on for the students of san francisco be given to the students of san francisco. i really appreciate this move on part of the board of supervisors to make sure that happens. as you all know, we are up to $1.5 trillion in student debt. higher than the mortgage debt in this country. we have a real huge problem. thanks to you, we don't have it here at city college. thank you, very much. >> good afternoon. i am a community organizer with community housing partnership. i work with low income and formerly homeless residents. before free city college past, college wasn't an option for the people in our buildings. but i am in full support of the passage of this legislation because we can -- we are realizing that the elimination of barriers for low income people is a human rights issue and i want to thank supervisor kim for making this happen, and of course, this committee and i urge that you passed this. thank you. >> hello, board. i am here with district five. city college has been truly life-changing for me. when i heard that city college was going to be free, i went ba

we all deserve a home in san francisco. [applause] >> in conclusion, as the chump administration tries to strip away our rights, it's important we all remember that we will continue to be protected in san francisco through our leadership , through our office, and the work that each of you are doing every day. together we can remember our trans resilience and that we are never alone. i hope you will join us for this important work because we cannot do it alone. volunteer with local programs, get involved, volunteer and give because we all need a fierce cheerleader. so together, let's make sure that no one gets left behind. everyone deserves a safe place to sleep, wellness and a community that celebrates them. now it is my great honor to welcome our wonderful mayor, lyndon breed. [applause] -- london breed. [applause] >> thank you. aren't we lucky to have such incredible leadership for our office of transgender initiatives here. we really appreciate you. thank you. thank you all for joining us here today. we are here to celeb

i love san francisco. just to be able to stay in my community and continue to help the residents who live here and continue to see my neighborhoods move into new housing, it's been a real joy. it's been a real joy. >> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san francisco's elected assessor. when i meet with seniors in the community, they're thinking about the future. some want to down size or move to a new neighborhood that's closer to family, but they also worry that making such a change will increase their property taxes. that's why i want to share with you a property tax saving program called proposition 60. so how does this work? prop 60 was passed in 1986 to allow seniors who are 55 years and older to keep their prop 13 value, even when they move into a new home. under prop 13 law, property growth is limited to 2% growth a year. but when ownership changes the law requires that we reassess the value to new market value. compared to your existing home, which was benefited from the -- which has benefited from the pr

of the san francisco community clinic consortium. our organization represents 11 of the nonprofit community health centres in san francisco. collectively, our members serve 113,000 san francisco residents which is about ten% of the population. we also serve about 4200 healthy san francisco people and 46,000 other enrollees. our organization serves two functions. one is a common voice for the health centres under our umbrella organization and the second one i will speak to them just a moment. in terms of the 11 health centres that operate throughout san francisco, with a quick survey out to them, they reported back that they have difficulty obtaining search and medication vaccines and medications and also inhalers, particularly for the healthy san francisco population. they also work to cover creams and ointments for people who have psoriasis and other issues where these medications might not be around and the expectation is patients will pay for them out of their own pocket which is very hard for them to come up with. the second char

the san francisco department association, the bar association of san francisco, u.c. hastings college of law, who all take part in our landlord clinic and finally lower polk numbers, middle polk c.b.d., steering committee and the residents and businesses of the lower polk community. so with that, i would be happy to take any questions. >> thank you so much, mr. martin. i know you only have a tiny portion of district 6 but i do really appreciate lower polk c.b.d.'s work with sergeant mccauley playground. thank you for in concluding us. that was a discussion when the c.b.d. was initiated and we had asked to have the playground included. it has made such a tremendous improvement on that block to have someone tabling the pit stop and thank you for having your team present. i'm really excited we'll break ground on the renovation of that playground. we have a lot of work to do. i really hope that we can continue to partner and i will proving that particular corridor. >> thank you, i want to thank you for your tremendous support of the park and the programs that are operated

this is a live look in san francisco. unhealthy air are cancelling classes, and schools across the region are cancelling outdoor pe. let's bring in jeff ranieri. tell it to us straight. is it getting any better? >> we might not see a substantial change looking into next week. what we're looking at are the air quality monitoring stations across the bay area. you can see the key at the top of the screen. find your city, and what you'll see here is the most unhealthy air is in santa rosa, then plenty of red in the north bay, down to san francisco and the south bay. that's unhealthy air right now. tomorrow's forecast keeps unhealthy air for the north bay down to about san francisco. and then it's unhealthy for sensitive groups in the east bay and the south bay. those with asthma, any kind of respiratory problems. smoke advisory in effect so you have to limit your outdoor exposure. i'll have more on when this rain will help us out. >> how bad is it? tonight we did ask the experts about this unhealthy air quality. >> in the sho

the republican party of san francisco, the democratic party of san francisco, to rebuild to the acute care hospital and trauma centre at san francisco general. this also gets to a larger issue about the true cost of corporate charity. and what message does it send when we are willing to grant our public facilities in exchange for a one-time donation while the entities behind those donations turn around and oppose even the most modest taxes which when allocated to our fund, give the citizens of san francisco and to this board the oversight on how those funds are spent? i really want the city to reassess the value of giving up these naming rights, and the message distends relative to our role as stewards of the public trust. more than naming rights, this is about the integrity of institutions and spaces that are overwhelmingly funded by public money and taxpayer dollars. i want to thank city attorney dennis herrera for his commitment to helping us remove the name zuckerberg from that san francisco institution. the rest i will submit. >> thank you, supervisor peskin. supervisor ronen? >>

san francisco could be an epicenter. >> san francisco can be a leader here. a global leader in the cannabis movement and set a bar just to other communities and cities and states and this nation how it is done. [♪] >> this is one place you can always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your san francisco history used to be. >> we hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought them here and down the line. >> even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. and they tell us that. >> you're going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something that's very, very good. ♪ >> the legacy bars and restaurants was something that was begun by san francisco simply to recognize and draw attention to the establishments. it really provides for san francisco's unique character. ♪ >> and that morphed into a request that we work with the city to develop a legacy business registration. >> i'm michael cirocco and the owner of an area

i am a san francisco native and a rental property owner and manager in san francisco. i have lived here my whole life and being in the business for 15 years. i look forward to the opportunity to serve the community as a member -- as a commissioner on the rent board. my business includes a lot of work bringing petitions in front of the rent board and i'm proud of the work that i do and i look forward to helping the community by helping to foster constructive solutions to difficult problems at the rent board and hearing the cases on the merits. i see this opportunity as continuing a commitment to community service that i have had for my whole career and even going back before i went into the working world. i currently serve as the vice president of the board for building together san francisco, helping to keep a low income seniors and disabled people in their homes and to renovate community facilities for people of all parts of the community. i also do a lot of work as a board member for the san francisco apartment association. i teach property management courses as part

in particular now, in san francisco. this expensive city experiencing the largest wealth gap we have ever experienced. i see how you are on strike fighting. i see how you would have to strike in order to demand wages and healthcare that you deserve. i just want to say thank you for coming out today. thank you to supervisor ronen for calling this hearing. we have heard many times in this chamber from elected officials that say labor stays united. these weeks of the strike for local 2 to unite here, you've demonstrated the tenacity, the determination and also how stead fast you are in believing in your right to earn a living wage here in san francisco. and so i look forward to hearing from you today. >> supervisor mandelman. >> i want to thank supervisor ronen for calling for this hearing. i am just struck by the disrespect of this major international corporation in not responding, supervisor ronen, to your request to have them come here and a explain to a city that is being impacted every single day by this strike what th

the san francisco department of the environment and the san francisco bicycle coalition. on gender differences in the experience of urban spaces and climate policies particularly the use of san francisco bike lanes and this item is for discussion. >> director rafael, would you like to introduce this item. >> i would be honored to do so. so while the healthy nail salon project came out of the understanding of the problem statement, what you are going to hear started from a question. and that question was given to us by a non-profit called c40 cities which is a global network of cities looking at climate change and the president is the mayor of paris. she is a big believer in asking the questions how is our work impacting women so she said a challenge to the cities that were part of c40. can you ask the question about gender when you are trying to look at your climate change policy. it was embarrassing when we looked at our climate action strategy and it has questions and looking at grouping people and not gender. we took the challenge and said where do we like to start? we

san francisco police department. very challenging. very challenging, but it created an opportunity for them to actually build relationships with the police department which was a great opportunity, and now i can say that a lot of those young women actually have relationships with officers. mayor breed was also -- she was very support him throughout the whole entire process. i was actually able to meet her then, back in 2015, for the first time. we as the interns knew she was fighting for funding that helped youth get experience in programs in these jobs. after the first summer, i decided to become a police cadet. one, i made the decision because they were paying youth who were still in college to actually just support as police officers -- well, support these police officers, i was also hired as the coordinator for the c.s.i. program, which was a big role, but i was prepared for it. i had a lot of help, and i've actually been coordinating up until this past summer. my next role that i'm actually planning to take is i

san francisco could be an epicenter. >> san francisco can be a leader here. a global leader in the cannabis movement and set a bar just to other communities and cities and states and this nation how it is done. [ adjourned. >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shop & dine in the 49 with within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 my name is jim woods i'm the founder of woods beer company and the proprietor of woods copy k open 2 henry adams what makes us unique is that we're reintegrated brooeg the beer and serving that cross the table people are sitting next to the xurpz drinking alongside we're having a lot of ingredient that get there's a lot to do the district of retail shop having that really close connection with the consumer allows us to do exciting things we decided to come to treasure island because we saw it as an amazing opportunity can't be beat th

in particular now, in san francisco. this expensive city experiencing the largest wealth gap we have ever experienced. i see how you are on strike fighting. i see how you would have to strike in order to demand wages and healthcare that you deserve. i just want to say thank you for coming out today. thank you to supervisor for calling this hearing. we have heard many times in this chamber from elected officials that say labor stays united. these weeks of the strike for local 2 to unite here, you've demonstrated the tenacity, the determination and also how stead fast you are in believing in your right to earn a living wage here in san francisco. and so i look forward to hearing from you today. >> supervisor mandelman. >> i want to thank supervisor ronen for calling for this hearing. i am just struck by the disrespect of this major international corporation in not responding, supervisor ronen, to your request to have them come here and a explain to a city that is being impacted every single day by this strike what this pos

san francisco means that lots of students aren't ready. it makes people more ready for high school. other statistics show that if dennis don't take enough meth and science in high school, they effectively cut off over 60% of possible majors in college. this is particularly relevant for young women and that commensurately has issues when it comes to lifetime earnings. i hope that we can all join and continue to support a program and it even goes into other neighbourhoods. i am so proud to know that this program exists in san francisco and for his longevity. >> i too am a lucky parent of a parent who gets to go to mission science workshop. we just signed on this year to be part of the program and every one of our graves gets to go two or three times a year. our faculty club, as we sit and decide, we spent a lot of time trying to raise money to help augment the programs that our schools can offer. it was a no-brainer for us. it was the first thing we said we wanted to add this year and in a year where we had to keep everything as is or cut pr

welcome to san francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through them. there is no truth that i'm aware of with harvey that dogs are aware of an impending earthquake. >> you hear the myth all the time. suppose the dog helps you get up, is it going to help you do something >> i hear they are aware of small vibrations. but yes, i read extensively that dogs cannot realize earthquakes. >> today is a spectacular day in san francisco and sometimes people would say this is earthquake weather. is this earthquake weather? >> no. not that i have heard of. no such thi

francisco hosting this for san francisco city. learning how to make dumplings and knowledge of dumplings. they love to do it and all enjoy it. >> this is definitely not my first time making it, so i have definitely improved a lot. the first couple of time s i tried to make dumplelings they looks inedible. they have definitely improved. there is a special dumpling eating contest, which is amazing. everyone those eat the dumplings that they made and see how many they can do. i'm curious as to how many they going to be able to down today? >> don't forget to write down what you are eating today. >> we make all different kinds of dumplings and enjoy what they made. so after that, we'll have contact how many pieces of dumplings they can eat and announce the winner today. >> are you guys ready? five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause] >> e.a. all right. e.a. >> thank you so much for joining us today. today with mayor breed, we are honored to celebrate our community's -- community's brazilians as we continue to advocate for equa

city college free for all city residents of san francisco. it has since been a wildly successful program, allowing thousands of new students to attend city college. some of those students are here behind me today. >> supervisor safai: thank you. yes. thank you. next speaker. >> one minute or two minutes? so good afternoon supervisors yee, stefani, safai, and kim. i'm a member of the city college board of trustees, and i'm here to speak in support of our amendments. i want to thank everyone in all their work on free city and also my colleagues on the board for making this a reality. this program is really about creating a pathway to opportunity for all san franciscans to pursue their dreams and their goals of furthering their education. i'm in support of this program and this amendment, and it has been a great success, and our college has worked extremely hard to make sure that we're doing everything possible to ensure that students graduate on time and free city is really part of that, so please pass this amendment and thank you so much for y

it is not a living wage here in san francisco. i think it's important to do this, because this is the right thing to do. in a city where the economy is booming, where some of our low-income and moderate wage workers wh workers should have a piece of the pie. we don't leave anyone in this city behind, people who makeup the fabric of what san francisco is and who we are. this is a bold statement, and i just want to honor everyone who was at the table and thank you to mayor breed and her staff once again for coming to this agreement. i'd like to take a moment, also, to introduce my colleague, hillary ronen, who was so instrumental working with me on this legislation. supervisor ronen? [applause] >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much, supervisor fewer. i just wanted to make two quick points. thank you to the mayor. one of your biggest budget commitments that you've made to this workforce says a lot about your values, and we just want to thank you so much for that incredible, incredible commitment. and then, number two, this piece of

i love san francisco. just to be able to stay in my community and continue to help the residents who live here and continue to see my neighborhoods move into new housing, it's been a real joy. it's been a real joy. [♪] >> i am the supervisor of district one. i am sandra lee fewer. [♪] >> i moved to the richmond district in 1950 mine. i was two years old. i moved from chinatown and we were one of the first asian families to move out here. [♪] >> when my mother decided to buy that house, nobody knew where it was. it seems so far away. for a long time, we were the only chinese family there but we started to see the areas of growth to serve a larger chinese population. the stress was storage of the birthplace of that. my father would have to go to chinatown for dim sum and i remember one day he came home and said, there is one here now. it just started to grow very organically. it is the same thing with the russian population, which is another very large ethnic group in the richmond district. as russia s

san francisco could be an epicenter. >> san francisco can be a leader here. a global leader in the cannabis movement and set a bar just to other communities and cities and states and this nation how it is done. [♪]. >> i just feel like this is what i was born to do when i was a little kid i would make up performances and daydream it was always performing and doing something i feel if i can't do that than i can't be e me. >> i just get excited and my nickname is x usher my mom calls me i stuck out like a sore thumb for sure hey everybody i'm susan kitten on the keys from there, i working in vintage clothing and chris in the 30's and fosz and aesthetic. >> i think part of the what i did i could have put on my poa he focus on a lot of different musical eras. >> shirley temple is created as ahsha safai the nation with happens and light heartenness shirley temple my biggest influence i love david boo and el john and may i west coast their flamboyant and show people (singing) can't be unhappy as a dr. murase and it is so fun it is a joyful instrument i learned mo

san francisco could be an epicenter. >> san francisco can be a leader here. a global leader in the cannabis movement and set a bar just to other communities and cities and states and this nation how it is done. [♪] >> growing up in san francisco has been way safer than growing up other places we we have that bubble, and it's still that bubble that it's okay to be whatever you want to. you can let your free flag fry he -- fly here. as an adult with autism, i'm here to challenge people's idea of what autism is. my journey is not everyone's journey because every autistic child is different, but there's hope. my background has heavy roots in the bay area. i was born in san diego and adopted out to san francisco when i was about 17 years old. i bounced around a little bit here in high school, but i've always been here in the bay. we are an inclusive preschool, which means that we cater to emp. we don't turn anyone away. we take every child regardless of race, creed, religious or ability. the most common thing i hear in my adult life is oh, you don't seem like yo

so peter, on behalf of the san francisco board of supervisors, and the san francisco small business commission, come on up here. [applause] >> i want to give you these commendations, and thank you for everything that you've done to myself, the neighborhood. we have dan bergerac, president of the castro -- neighborhood castro merchants. dan, do you want to say anything here? >> peter on behalf of the board of castro merchants and the over 320 members of board of castro merchants, thank you for all of the efforts on our behalf. thank you for providing wonderful stores for the castro community to enjoy, and thank you so much for all that you've done for the neighborhood. it's all appreciated, and it's all remembered. thank you. [applause] >> well, thank you for the honor. it's very much appreciated, and i love the castro. i've been there for 35 years, actually, because i worked for somebody else before i opened my own store, and i've seen a lot of changes, but i think we're in a good place, and i want to say thank you. [applause] >> and if you have not checked out, peter has the best window displ

my name is jody maderis of walk san francisco. we're the 20-year-old pedestrian advocacy organization. i am here to strongly support this important amendment to amend parking minimums in san francisco and would like to express my thanks to supervisor kim and all the work she's done to bring this to this committee and i'm hopeful we can get this out of committee and bring it to the board soon to continue her legacy. and i also want to second that with supervisor kim to say, yes, i want to be the first major city in the united states and lead the way for the environmental smart policy. it's important as you heard from what we ed -- experienced last week. it's a transit-first city and transit love first policy are and resonates with walk san francisco. i feel as an organization we do need to support this because we do need to start putting our chips in with the transit, walking and biking for us to be a real transit-first city and a vision zero city to eliminate traffic fatalities by 2024. we heard from you all at the last committee

i was born in san diego and adopted out to san francisco when i was about 17 years old. i bounced around a little bit here in high school, but i've always been here in the bay. we are an inclusive preschool, which means that we cater to emp. we don't turn anyone away. we take every child regardless of race, creed, religious or ability. the most common thing i hear in my adult life is oh, you don't seem like you have autism. you seem so normal. yeah. that's 26 years of really, really, really hard work and i think thises that i still do. i was one of the first open adoptions for an lgbt couple. they split up when i was about four. one of them is partnered, and one of them is not, and then my biological mother, who is also a lesbian. very queer family. growing up in the 90's with a queer family was odd, i had the bubble to protect me, and here, i felt safe. i was bullied relatively infrequently. but i never really felt isolated or alone. i have known for virtually my entire life i was not suspended, but kindly asked to not ever bring it up again in first grade, my desire to

one small part of a larger san francisco city. i want to thank -- there so many people to think here today. i want to thank two more people. actually, michael, who helped me build this place. [cheering] and all of our staff. because without them, i couldn't have done this. without our great city, i wouldn't even have done this. thank you to san francisco. thank you ed lee. thank you to my dad. [cheers and applause] >> we have one more if his representative is here. could you come forward? >> hello. i wanted to recognize the grand reopening. thank you again on behalf of the california -- thank you. >> i would like everyone to stay in place while the cameras proceed to a center for the picture with london in her baseball outfit, and then you can all come out. all right?

san francisco can't do it alone. but we are lucky that we have incredible partners who are willing to step up to the plate and they are still hiring for this location and looking for great and dedicated people to help facilitate this process and serve the community. in fact, thank you for your service in working with one of the clients who is here and who is actually working with the homeless population and is housed herself. michelle, in fact was a client and was working with the homeless population and is now housed herself. so this is what is -- what success looks like. it is having a coordinated system and working together, providing the right resources, providing shelters, providing housing, getting rid of the bureaucratic red tape that prevents us from building housing in the first place. i am looking forward to collaborations with all the 90 -- nine d. bay counties to address this challenge. access points cannot only just exist in san francisco, but also throughout the bay area. we have to build those partners

in 2017, visitors spent $9.1 billion in san francisco. hotel companies clearly play a key role in that economy. i have already mentioned that i reached out to mr. sorenson to speak of this hearing. i really sincerely hoped they would be here to tell their side of the story. after all, san francisco is known as one of the most important tourist destinations in north america. we generate some of the highest room rates in the country and are a market every hotel company wants to be in. our city isn't just another profit center on a spread sheet somewhere. our city is a place where real people struggle to build a future, to raise families, to grow old together. doing that is getting harder and harder for so many. from what i hear, that's the reality that led to the strike, which is the subject of this hearing today. i want today see if any of my colleagues wanted to make opening remarks before i call up the president of local 2 to speak from the union's perspective about what is driving the strike and what this dispute means to the city as a

i'm from the san francisco public utilities commission. the program came about with state wide legislation in 2002 to enable people to take more control over supplies. i first heard of the program when the organization was advocating to launch clean power sf. what i'm most excited about, it's going to bring 100% renewable energy to my home and reinvest into renewable energy infrastructure and jobs. i had gone to a lot of street fairs and heard from the staff at the san francisco public utilities commission to sign up for clean power sf even before it launched. >> we learned about clean power sf because our sustainability team is always looking for clean operations. linkedin is the largest online network. there are about 530 million members using our site. in this san francisco office there's about 1400 employees working in roughly 400,000 square feet. >> after signing up for the program we heard about the san francisco program and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. i'm the co-owner of the new wheel electric bike shop

i have a letter from san francisco on speaking on behalf of of san francisco. san francisco forest alliance is asking, once again, why does san francisco continue to expose women and children and other deadly herbicides? as you know, on august 10th 2018, in san francisco, a trial of dimensions -- the jury found monsanto guilty and ordered to pay 289.2 million in damages to the school district. the jury determines that the company knew about this and purposely deceived his partners. by now, roughly a thousand 700 plaintiffs have made claims in state courts across the country alleging the exposure of the herbicide led to various types of cancer. as part of that, they remain in san francisco and still use this pesticide. and other widely herbicide in san francisco is -- pesticide -- it is 20 times as toxic and causes severe burns at relatively low levels of exposure. is a high priority for replacement at least since 2009. the forest alliance first started keeping track. it is used on grass, where children eat and sit. instead of committing to pesticide free parks,

mark grubber with the san francisco taxi workers alliance. and i want to thank you the supervisors who weighed in with the m.t.a. against their terrible plan to ban most cabs from the airport. on the same day that that plan was approved in most of its elements, the airport commission passed a rule that is going to forbid taxi drivers from conducting free speech activities in the taxi lots. this has been going on for decades. i started driving a cabin 1983, and ever since that cab drivers have had the right to hand out materials, collect signatures on petitions and then so forth in the taxi lots. we always get a permit from the airport to do that. we follow their rules, and it just makes no sense that they would, you know, stifle this free expression at this point, except for the presumptions that they are doing it in concert with the m.t.a. to quiet taxi drivers' voices, to impede organizing at a very, very critical point for our industry. the taxi lots at s.f.o. are the only common ground that taxi drivers have to meet together, to talk, the

these services are free and low cost for small businesses in san francisco. and my second item, i asked that we adjourn the meeting today in memory of the western addition and fillmore residents in san francisco who lost their lives in jonestown for two years ago. for two years ago, on november 18th, the jonestown tragedy left a deep wound in our community. the wound was deeply felt in district five for hundreds of residents of the fillmore western edition lost their life in the senseless tragedy. 900 people,, many women and children died in the jungles of guyana. today there are survivors living in district five. my heart goes out to each and every one of them. i'm inspired by their resiliency , and i commend them for their ability to stand strong, and continue to let the light shine on each and every one of them. today we memorialize the past and looking towards our collective future with hope. today we will recognize the heartbreaking path -- pass and tend to our wounds. we will also look to our families, our friends and our leaders, our youth, and say, ne

i came back, and worked in san francisco as a prosecutor. so, i was a d.a. here in san francisco. one of the very first people that i met that helped mentor me at the d.a.'s office was tippy, right here, one of the first few people that i met when i came back as a prosecutor working as a lawyer. so i worked at the district attorney's office for 17 years. don't do the math. it was a while ago. and i ultimately rose up from being a trial attorney and management, and i was kamala harris' chief while i was there at the district attorney's office, while she was the elected district attorney. and when she left the office, i left and then went into city hall, where i worked with our previous mayor, mayor ed lee, and i served as his deputy chief of staff. and i focused on public safety and did a lot of the work in conjunction can the police commission. until very recently, when i became the executive director for the department of police accountability. for those of you that don't know what that agency is, we are charged here doing investigations of complaints with the police department.

my name is jason and i am a resident of san francisco and the supporter of san francisco rising. i personally have witnessed the power education has in cultivating informed, engaged, creative and caring neighbours and citizens and that is exactly why i voted yes on prop w. i believe we must reduce barriers to education. it goes for our undocumented neighbours, it goes for the increased people that will be attending city college. because once free city college comes out more and more, enrolment will go up. it is disappointing to know that after my neighbours passed prop w., there was an undercutting of funding and it is really crucial to me that we enact the will of the voters and actually supporting free city college. i am fully in support of extending it for 20 years. >> hello. i am a student and part of the free city coalition. i want to ask the audience, raise your hand if you've ever taken a class at city college? that is almost everyone in the room. raise your hand if you want to make ccsf have sustainable funding for ten years or even longer? yes. and raise your hand if you