>> welcome, everybody to our newest department of human resources base we're really happy to see all of you here. um, thank you to are not on today's agenda. >> and vice chair mandelman and city administrator carmen chu in the audience and all of our coworkers from around the city our job seeks and community members are here we're thrilled to have you here and hope to see a lot more of you in that open space. >> for the department of human resources this is a home coming

before the loma linda architectural you came here to get a city job the city clerk with the nervious center the civic service department and the what is the high-rise department the lifeguard i didn't think that existed packaged what index cards and the place where we kept all the records about all of our city employees where we councilmember del prado the records but the architect happened and every chain in the building has been opened up in the beautiful civic building that is it is today and department of human resources and all of our hiring and career support work we're thrilled to be back here. um, we are coming back but not bringing the note

cards and not filling up the space as you can see it is open and modern we have a lot of investment in the system we're going coming back with a lot more flexibility i think a greater commitment to the job seekers and open up the opportunity for more city employment. we have launched a new. >> accessible and responsive software tracking system i think many of the people in the room are familiar due to the investment if mayor london breed making the support with the board of supervisors over the last few years. this career center will port is the job applicants and will provide information how to get a city job and how to advance your career in the city and including the alternative pathways

apprenticeship sf and the case to the city employment and get people with disabilities into the city employment and providing the coaching and the demise indication to vaps our career we're thrilled to do that and i want to bring in a lot of energy into that space. um, anybody who gets a city job about finding themselves here but the fingerprinting has moved from one stop van ness and starting with our first time appointment. >> (yelling). >> (clapping) and so for all of you who want to have a career in public service, want to make a great wage and benefits, have stable long term employment this is the place to come. we're going to hear from some of of our colleagues and guest speakers

before that i want to first recognize the people in this department of human resources around the city have helped to make that happen start the treasurer cisneros (clapping.) ridge avenue plat amendment in the prime raechlt in city hall no easy to come back by thank you to the treasurer for supporting us to all of our my colleagues at dhr and especially to the um, our manager deputy kate howard and she sits there to make things happen thank you, kate (clapping.) and workforce director julie will be supervising all the activity and lots of activist in the space as well as our director for employment services

will organ all this did new front counter of the department of human resources and still doing things in one time but most of walk in travshg is right here (clapping.) um, i want to introduce our the career center manager are you here somewhere? there she is (yelling) and to the building management, of course, i saw rob here easily helped to build this up and to the civil servicing commission sandy is here (clapping.) they have the duty and chapter of rule making that helps to guide our work everyday i think that commission is keenly aware of its roll today to help us breakdown the barriers with the

city employment process. so with that, i first um, my first opportunity to work with mayor london breed when the housing authority. >> circumstances outside of their control most of employees will be laid off and mayor london breed directed us with the department of high-rise to figure out what to do about that being laid avenue off in a job the worse things can happen to montana in this hearing knows that we need the that and button a lot of energy and creativity um, everybody who wanted to work for the city had the opportunity to expedite and we're successful we provide career counseling and job parliament and worked with outside employers that was a great success the same energy we want to bring to this going forward so mayor london breed

been our great supporter we're looking forward to her today and welcome her up to the podium now (clapping.) thank you, carol and i must say i've never seen this mo most people smiling in h.r. before (laughter) we can how hard to so to do the work you do everyday we know when there are various community fairs and other things throughout no we see you many of you out there to get people young people back in the day as many of us know that was hard to get a city job. for a fact so many of us have tried and tried again and filled with complications and the frustration the bureaucracy and everything you can name all the layers of challenges that make that difficult to get employment

our directly attributed to are not on today's agenda. >> are not on today's agenda. >> but i'm about get rid of human process and making it easier people with good benefits and retirement changes people's lives one of the things (clapping.) that is always been important to me and especially, when we helped and works the hosting employees we put a ballot measure on the ballot and we wanted to protect our tenants and allow they're years of service in the housing authority to be transferred to their years of service in the city and county of san francisco we know how difficult it is to work all your life and all of a sudden wonder where your money went and don't have a nest egg to take care of you knowing with the like to life paycheck to

paycheck is why this jock center is so important to me. i know when i served as is executive director of the african-american we were an art center but became a job center working with kids and those with before all the technology with computers that was hard filling out the paperwork and using the technology to type in stuff on times typewriter who remembers what a type writer it is? no too many people know we had to use tip writers to use and we have all the technical advances yet too many barriers it takes too long, it, too confusing and all people want to do it get to work. can you imagine a 6 year process to get a city job and by that time have you a job over

from someone's or your struggling all the layers of challenges to make it difficult for people to become gainfully provide in the city advertised center is moving towards a better future i want to proficient the staff 6 dhr the xoorl leadership i work day to day not just for the city employees providing guidance and support and at departments what to do right and wrong but more importantly 0 how you help people in order to complete the paperwork and fire hydrant all the things and finally supervision you give them to say hang in it there we're going to work with you and that is what this center represented to over interviews people can say the right things and hone the skills

and they don't miss a beat in the application process and the thing i'm most proud of how we have programs that help people before they even interstate sfoif our apprenticeship program for labors and gardeners our. >> (clapping). >> work city drive and cityville and city ems and all the things that help get people ready when we go into the employment opportunity they're ready to hit the ground on day one that's with all the 4 thousand citizens we have an extraordinary opportunity to hire more people and faster 10 to one we want to make sure (clapping.) that people have the sport they need to be as effective in delivering services to the city

and county of san francisco. and we want to marry that we're continuing to put our best foot forward delivering and when you talk about opportunities for advancement and the growth in or segments those who are are who or only showing up to work three days a week maybe want to show up 5 days a week with the balancing you guys are talking about the way that i move you were in a career the way you learn and grow comes from hands-on-experience and developing relationships when someone is calling a sea saying hey carmen chiu i have a job that mr. take you to the next level how about being the - that's what we need to get get to make sure we are preparing

the next generation of the city leaders that people you all and public service we want to you do well in our job but successful in our careers that takes work and growth and development this center will be that and so many more to insure the success of our stir moving forward lastly, i know we have a couple of other speakers here but i got to say during action pack many of you, you went outside of scope of your careers and help the city put it's best foot forward in the workspace 9-1-1 or dispatchers or folks cleaning the streets and did the very best of san francisco and, i.e., was so proud of everything you did to make sure that people know who we are as a city. we

are not going to continue to let others define us, we know would we are we're the very best and everything to do with our workforce and the work that you go ahead to pit your best foot forward and i'm excited about that center and the future of san francisco it is bright we're grateful and fired up and ready to go and get people hired. thank you very much. (yelling) (clapping.) beautiful thank you, mayor london breed and okay next i'd like to call up the president of service employees international union 10 to one teresa. (clapping.) it is no sweet we're no some tense negotiations would you right now with a our labor partners none of that stops us from the work we do everyday and

we talk to each other all the time and for those of you who don't know her teresa is a nurse assistant at laguna honda hospital and a lot of people, you know, when laguna honda hospital was under threat and all the work that went into saving that very important historic facility protecting fragile people teresa is a i am reintroducing today the workers inside the laguna honda hospital for employers and in the correct me if i am wrong o congress things i don't know but about please welcome teresa. >> all right. (clapping.) good morning all and a pleasure to be here on this circumstances yes we're a fighting with the negotiations and? that is a

necessary and positive thing uplifting and helping workers i have a whole bunch of things written but i'm going to speak from my heart i have three minutes i'll make that quick i'm proud to see this career center because for years um, when i became a leader in san francisco and when i became the vice president of one of the presidents of f c i index one of the things that was up in my mind how do we support workers not just the contract but how do we uplift workers and create that opportunity where every work can know whether ours is a generator or nurse whatever you can chief your highest dream

you're highest goal in our career arrest or other fields you can make a transition and that's where you were born department of police accountability matter who you love didn't matter the color of our skin does matter (clapping.) those things are not things that we control. and those things should not be used against us so when i started, you know, getting seriously involved in the leadership i kept wondering and i actually reached out to the city i work with lou i can't think and with a whole bunch of leaders in the room um, in trying to start thinking though how do we create this pathway and this uplifting resource and opportunities that tells every working they can be what we

wanted to be if you want to remain and generator no shame. >> so i'm from jamaica and, you know, one of the things that was the most painful thing for me was to watch my mom working in a food truck i'm an only child and my mom is a single mother. my mom worked in a food truck for 20 years and one day she takes two buses to work. and one day um, it was one hundred and 60 people working in the food truck they made wine and vinegar things like that and manufacturing locations in jamaica but let mow get to say my mom and one hundred and 60

workers show up to the fact and involved in working there between 10 and 20 years my mom wasn't was one of those and the fact was closed. they said we sold the business. after 20 years never late for work. never called in sick. my mom had no pension. no healthcare, nothing. she had to start from scratch and washed people clothes and did anything she could to hustle to make a living outside of that she bought a house i went to one of the best high schools and did a great job in you can't can and choose to come to america i'm one of the few immigrants gets to do that i choose to come to

america i say it as an budget for my kids to have great chance of college and came here got a job worked for the insurance destroy and took the first job i could get and became a nurse and get the licenses worked at one of the most stellar institutions in the city and in the country laguna honda is and i know at the same time went to san francisco state. finished (clapping.) my first degree, you know, and then because i have to figure out working and earning a living i did the university of phoenix and did a masters this is the pathway many of us have to take and at that time i had to do that half the time doing

homework and driving because i had to move to sacramento because i couldn't afford to live in the city no more but this was the story of an average working (clapping.) . okay. >> and so i don't need to preach teu but to say this career center is some of the intrinsic and issues and barriers at least that's my hope we're creating that have to implement and make that work but also on my heart i know that if this is not right we will promote workers we will overcome the um, the rave buildings of racism and open people's eyes

and you can do that your a single mother and struggling for work we can found a pathway to make that happen in 10 to one we created the contract with the program in our contract to help works to go to school and feel safe that in itself is goodbye so many other barriers babying sitting how do you do all those things and how do i earn, you know, the full living how do you have someone to help you to catch not going to school in 10 years i see a career center as that opportunity to open that pathway to remove the barriers and to give each person a chance one last thing a good education creates generational wealth and

not forget about that as a black woman i know we have to work ten times harder and as people of color we know that is always the struggle to ride but the bottom line we slavery should have killed us removed us. look at her? yes who knew; right? (clapping.) look at me, i'm running one of the biggest unions in this country up and coming those are because we continue to fight we are resilient and we believe in ourselves let's give all the workers that same chance and opportunity. thank you. >> (clapping.) >> wow. >> thank you, terry is a. >> next, we have up the special assistant to the big

manager of northern california district council of labor an u layoffs title we know him as vince and a friend of mine and he's the heart and soul along with teresa males or females us in the direction of any quality training so vince (clapping.) . thank you very much. and thank you, teresa for covering everything it that needs to be covered i'm going to talk really, really quickly a native san franciscan and left in 2020 don't have the same satire about leaving the district but give us a appreciative and the perspective is this place is great i look forward to coming back here about relationships i

mean did relationships we have together with one another is something to focus on that's how we get things done; right? focus on solution like this urgent here you're in the front row those are messages being sent by lynching and putting workforce in the front role that's why i wanted to be here work together carol and chris and julia a privilege for me to come back here and work and i'm not with the local union anymore and carmen chiu, i know who my friends are we we need something we don't ask for stuff for ourselves but people we represent so when i go to carmen chu hey she's like oh, but she trusts me enough and know we're

trying to doing the right thing and making this citywide and recognized by all (clapping.) i'm not sure i talked to it seis increase but right front center at city hall (clapping.) and focusing on what is positive. here. instead of focusing on negative focusing on our solutions. >> we week posted in the at the same time director what labors are and i'm committed to be and hoping all will be to make it better for people that come behind us. thank you very much. carol (clapping.) . okay. >> a couple of more 13shgz next up you're newist commissioner long term colleagues use to be union

representatives in 2021 and met him an interim at chinese for affirmative action now own the commission and a a city commissioner and works and zoo now and we're reconnected and pleased to welcome him up here thank you. i first fall want to thank the mayor for the foresight and the introduction of this and such a great friend and tloeshd me over 20 years you made the big time carol. >> that's awesome i want to let you know i'm the newest city council and we have the people from all walks of life nice to have a career center ms. defining the ms. maland for everyone whether in the bayview

or chinatown or on the west side of the city i wish we had our career center hear when i was employed that might have helped me with my lifetime skill set but want to say as commissioner my commitment to accordingly to work with you and to streamline the civic civic center commission and i will work with the fellow commissioners on issues to make sure we have speed up the hiring process and at the same time maintaining the integrity of san francisco. thank you very much. >> (clapping) one last speaker and go ahead and cut our important verbal ribbon through example d o dj the executive director of developers a job training

institution to the san francisco and the served on my commissions we collaborate into something called the workforce committee but looking forward to hearing your condominiums. >> for the most part thank you to carol and to mayor london breed and it is beautiful day today. and i want to say good morning, good morning. good morning. >> so i'm dj the ceo of young community developers and don't want to imagine a myself mayor london breed but i've been doing this work since 2007 i've been working with under served underrepresented individuals across the state starting with my hometown in sacramento before teresa migrate here and

interesting enough i've been in san francisco how many folks b know about the general obligation bond? that's where 2 stated from go box to bog on the san francisco police commission and on the oversight board i've done nothing but serve in the city and county of san francisco you don't have to clap for that (laughter) for me that only means i've be able to show the way for individuals coming behind metropolitan big deal the ceo an organization that started in 1973 three organization was founded bows individuals coming from the rural south to san francisco and turned away. the purpose of south center that hey we deserve those jobs and apprenticeships we deserve to be in the union. and we divide and created programs for the

individuals of southeast segment to get those jobs here in san jose we fast forward and looting at the intersection how jobs are at the center of it all one of the things i absolutely love and it was unified resurrounding to make sure i spoke today we're no longer talking about but jobs but a career centers careers are what people need and individuals living in the city and county of san francisco being in the jobs they right hand your city it is great city and i'm proud to serve be part of 2 to with the workforce alignment committee to make that place a better place for all of us. thank you. >> (clapping.) a with that, so back in here

mayor the department of high-rise we see you folks and all around thank you for all you do i did thank vice chair mandelman and with that, we're going to officially opec the career center and thank you for being here. and bringing the energy. >> great job. >> get a job. >> you get a job. >> (multiple voices). >> all right. [off mic.] >> all right. everybody join

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>> what we're trying to approach is bringing more diversity to our food. it's not just the old european style food. we are seeing a lot of influences, and all of this is because of our students. all we ask is make it flavorful. [♪♪♪] >> we are the first two-year culinary hospitality school in the united states. the first year was 1936, and it was started by two graduates from cornell.

i'm a graduate of this program, and very proud of that. so students can expect to learn under the three degrees. culinary arts management degree, food service management degree, and hotel management degree. we're not a cooking school. even though we're not teaching you how to cook, we're teaching you how to manage, how to supervise employees, how to manage a hotel, and plus you're getting an associate of science degree. >> my name is vince, and i'm a faculty member of the hospitality arts and culinary school here in san francisco. this is my 11th year. the program is very, very rich in what this industry demands. cooking, health, safety, and sanitation issues are included in it. it's quite a complete program

to prepare them for what's happening out in the real world. >> the first time i heard about this program, i was working in a restaurant, and the sous chef had graduated from this program. he was very young to be a sous chef, and i want to be like him, basically, in the future. this program, it's awesome. >> it's another world when you're here. it's another world. you get to be who you are, a person get to be who they are. you get to explore different things, and then, you get to explore and they encourage you to bring your background to the kitchen, too. >> i've been in the program for about a year. two-year program, and i'm about halfway through. before, i was studying behavioral genetics and dance.

i had few injuries, and i couldn't pursue the things that i needed to to dance, so i pursued my other passion, cooking. when i stopped dance, i was deprived of my creative outlet, and cooking has been that for me, specifically pastry. >> the good thing is we have students everywhere from places like the ritz to -- >> we have kids from every area. >> facebook and google. >> kids from everywhere. >> they are all over the bay area, and they're thriving. >> my name is jeff, and i'm a coowner of nopa restaurant, nopalito restaurant in san francisco. i attended city college of san francisco, the culinary arts

program, where it was called hotel and restaurant back then in the early 90's. nopalito on broderick street, it's based on no specific region in mexico. all our masa is hand made. we cook our own corn in house. everything is pretty much hand made on a daily basis, so day and night, we're making hand made tortillas, carnitas, salsas. a lot of love put into this. [♪♪♪] >> used to be very easy to define casual dining, fine dining, quick service. now, it's shades of gray, and we're trying to define that experience through that

spectrum of service. fine dining calls into white table cloths. the cafeteria is large production kitchen, understanding vast production kitchens, the googles and the facebooks of the world that have those types of kitchens. and the ideas that change every year, again, it's the notion and the venue. >> one of the things i love about vince is one of our outlets is a concept restaurant, and he changes the concept every year to show students how to do a startup restaurant. it's been a pizzeria, a taco bar. it's been a mediterranean bar, it's been a noodle bar. people choose ccsf over other

hospitality programs because the industry recognizes that we instill the work ethic. we, again, serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. other culinary hospitality programs may open two days a week for breakfast service. we're open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner five days a week. >> the menu's always interesting. they change it every semester, maybe more. there's always a good variety of foods. the preparation is always beautiful. the students are really sincere, and they work so hard here, and they're so proud of their work. >> i've had people coming in to town, and i, like, bring them here for a special treat, so it's more, like, not so much every day, but as often as i can for a special treat. >> when i have my interns in their final semester of the

program go out in the industry, 80 to 90% of the students get hired in the industry, well above the industry average in the culinary program. >> we do have internals continually coming into our restaurants from city college of san francisco, and most of the time that people doing internships with us realize this is what they want to do for a living. we hired many interns into employees from our restaurants. my partner is also a graduate of city college. >> so my goal is actually to travel and try to do some pastry in maybe italy or france, along those lines. i actually have developed a few connections through this program in italy, which i am excited to support. >> i'm thinking about going to go work on a cruise ship for

about two, three year so i can save some money and then hopefully venture out on my own. >> yeah, i want to go back to china. i want to bring something that i learned here, the french cooking, the western system, back to china. >> so we want them to have a full toolkit. we're trying to make them ready >> he is a real leader that listens and knows how to bring people together. brought this department together like never before. i am so excited to be swearing in the next chief of the san francisco fire department, ladies and gentlemen, let's

welcome, jeanine nicholson. (applause). >> i grew up total tomboy, athlete. i loved a good crisis, a good challenge. i grew up across the street from the fire station. my dad used to take me there to vote. i never saw any female firefighters because there weren't any in the 1970s. i didn't know i could be a fire fighter. when i moved to san francisco in 1990, some things opened up. i saw women doing things they hadn't been doing when i was growing up. one thing was firefighting. a woman recruited me at the

gay-pride parade in 1991. it was a perfect fit. i liked using my brain, body, working as a team, figuring things out, troubleshooting and coming up with different ways to solve a problem. in terms of coming in after another female chief, i don't think anybody says that about men. you are coming in after another man, chief, what is that like. i understand why it is asked. it is unusual to have a woman in this position. i think san francisco is a trailblazer in that way in terms of showing the world what can happen and what other people who may not look like what you think the fire chief should look like how they can be successful. be asked me about being the first lbgq i have an understands because there are little queer

kids that see me. i worked my way up. i came in january of 1994. i built relationships over the years, and i spent 24 years in the field, as we call it. working out of firehouses. the fire department is a family. we live together, eat together, sleep in the same dorm together, go to crazy calls together, dangerous calls and we have to look out for one another. when i was burned in a fire years ago and i felt responsible, i felt awful. i didn't want to talk to any of my civilian friends. they couldn't understand what i was going through. the firefighters knew, they understood. they had been there. it is a different relationship. we have to rely on one another. in terms of me being the chief of the department, i am really trying to maintain an open

relationship with all of our members in the field so myself and my deputy chiefs, one of the priorities i had was for each of us to go around to different fire stations to make sure we hit all within the first three or four months to start a conversation. that hasn't been there for a while. part of the reason that i am getting along well with the field now is because i was there. i worked there. people know me and because i know what we need. i know what they need to be successful. >> i have known jeanine nicholson since we worked together at station 15. i have always held her in the highest regard. since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. she is easy to approach and is

concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. i appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the fire department today. >> there is a retired captain who started the cancer prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. he started looking into it. in 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the san francisco fire department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. it was a higher rate than the general population. we were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didn't have to worry about the paper

work when they go through chemo. the turnout gear was covered with suit. it was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and helmet. the dirtier you were the harder you worked. that is a cancer causeser. it -- casser. it is not -- cancer causer. there islassic everywhere. we had to reduce our exposure. we washed our gear more often, we didn't take gear where we were eating or sleeping. we started decontaminating ourselves at the fire scene after the fire was out. going back to the fire station and then taking a shower. i have taught, worked on the decontamination policy to be sure that gets through. it is not if or when.

it is who is the next person. it is like a cancer sniper out there. who is going to get it next. one of the things i love about the fire department. it is always a team effort. you are my family. i love the city and department and i love being of service. i vow to work hard -- to work hard to carry out the vision of the san francisco fire department and to move us forward in a positive way. if i were to give a little advice to women and queer kids, find people to support you. keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep trying. you never know what door is going to open next. you really don't.

[cheers and [cheers >> i am supervisor melgar. i am the supervisor for district 7. [music] i am a immigrant to san francisco. my family came when i was 12 from el salvador during the civil war. this place gave us security, safety and an opportunity to thrive, so i love the city deeply, and as a mother of three kids who have grown up as city kids, i'm grateful for everything the city has to offer for people like me and families. i have been politically involved my whole life, either in government or a non profit worker and i care about the community. i care about people

around me, and i want to make sure that as the world changes around us, other people have the opportunity that my family did. >> we are back in san francisco post pandemic. so important to be out supporting our businesses, supporting our neighbors. >> i'm the first woman to represent the district, believe it or not. i'm the first latina elected to the board of supervisors without an appointment first ever, so i do think that (indiscernible) i want immigrants to be represented, women, moms, people that have different experiences because that brings richment to our decision making and i think it makes for betting decisions so that inspired me to run. district 7 is one of the most diverse districts in san francisco both in economics and ethnicity. it

spans north from golden gate park. it includes all the institutions in the park, the wheel. the music concourse, mew seem to the south to the daly city boarder and west to the organization. includes the zoo (indiscernible) all those fun things and to 280 oen the east. includes city college, san francisco state. i had ucsf parnassus so very large geographically. it is mostly single family homes, so it is the place where for generations family (indiscernible) nice parks, lake merced, mount davidson. >> this is like a village within the city, so we are very close nit community. we tend to band together and try to support one another and it is a friendly place and families and people to have a cup of coffee and check out the park. >> ocean avenue, which

is the southern end of our district is vibrant commercial corridor that mostly cater tuesday the local neighborhoods and the students. as you go further west you have the mall which has some of the best pan asian food offerings in the city. if you haven't been there, it is really fun. as you go up a little bit further, there is west portal avenue, which is a very old school commercial district where you can still find antique shops and cobbler shops and as well as like more modern restaurants. it is definitely hopping and full of families on any weekday. >> i'm matt roger, the coowner or (indiscernible) >> carl, other coowner in west portal. >> we are a neighborhood hardware store. been a community institution since it was founded in 1936.

we had a little bit of everything. (indiscernible) to gardening or gift buying. >> my entire experience in san francisco is this community. it is a very small town feel for a big city. the community is caring and connected. >> what makes me excited doing business in district 7 is i know it sell well. i grew up here. i knew a lot of customers, parents of friends. it is very comfortable place and feels like home. >> if you go up north, you have the innerpz sunset commercial corridor which has a awesome farmers market on weekdays and plethora of restaurants. there is everything you need. >> friendly and safe and (indiscernible) i love they bring their kids with them. they teach them how to use their money,

and it is something you dont see in too many markets in other communities. i love to see the kids come and talking to you. it is something different then i see from (indiscernible) >> the ev access to transit in inner sunset and ability to do a lot of shopping on foot, and now the improved biking with jfk closed to cars, because we have a 4 and a half year old who rides her bike. we now have a safe place to go and ride bike jz don't have to to worry about traffic. >> graffiti continues to be one of these things that during the pandemic just got out of control everywhere in the city and i do think that it is hampering our recovery of commercial corridors, so some of the volunteers on west portal avenue, some of the merchants got together with interns at our office to do some hands on

abatement and we have been doing it regularly. we are doing it once a week and we have a wonderful neighbor, carrie organizing and storing the paint and supplies in her office on west portal, but this needs more then just a volunteer efforts. >> i'm grateful for the collaboration. we passed legislation at the board and put $4 million in the budget over the next 24 months to help the department of public works hire laborers and labor apprentices to abate the graffiti on private property on commercial corridors. i think that for a couple years this recovery strategy so we can get back up as normal after this awful pandemic. participatory budgeting is a pot of money that is available every year for district 7 neighbors to propose projects that improve the neighborhood and

the district. anyone, any organization in the district can propose a project and then it's a vote. it is popular vote. we have 14 projects just approved and they span from you know, a vegetable garden at aptos middle school to pedestrian safety projects on (indiscernible) it runs the gamut, but it is wonderful because it allows people to be engaged in a real way, and then to see the outcome of their energy and work, because the things get improved in front of them. >> i like it is really close to the parecollect parks and bunch of businesses as well as a calm feel. it is a very peaceful feel even though it is close to a lot of things. (indiscernible) also not boring.

there is stuff to do too. >> so, there is lots to see and experience in district 7. [music]

>> [gavel] welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting. clerk please call the roll. >> clerk: supervisor chan. >> here. >> clerk: present. dorsey. >> present. >>. >> clerk: en guardio present. supervisor melgar. >> present. >> clerk: supervisor peskin. >> present. >> clerk: supervisor preston. >> present. >> clerk: supervisor ronen. >> present. >> clerk: supervisor safai. >> present.