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[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the 06/24/2025 regular meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you, mister president. Supervisor Chan. Present. Chan present. Supervisor Chen. Chen present. Supervisor Dorsey? Present. Dorsey present. Supervisor Engadio? Angadio present, supervisor Fielder. Fielder present, supervisor Mahmood. Mahmood present, supervisor Mandelmann?

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Present.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Mandelmann present, supervisor Melgar Melgar present, supervisor Sauter? Present. Sautter, present. Supervisor Sheryl? Cheryl, present. And supervisor Walton? Present. Walton, present. Mister president, all members are present.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Thank you, madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone 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 SFgovTV and today, particularly, Kalina Mendoza. They record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam Clerk, do you have any communications?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you, mister president. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors welcomes you all here to attend this meeting in the chamber, which is located within City Hall on the 2nd Floor in Room 250, or you may watch the proceeding on SFGOV TV's channel 26 or view the livestream at www.sfgovtv.org. If you'd like to submit your public comment in writing, you can send it via email to bos@sfgov.org or use the postal service. Just address your envelope to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. The number one, Doctor Carlton B Goodlett Place, City Hall, Room 244, San Francisco, California 94102. To make a reasonable accommodation request under the Americans with Disability Act or if you need to request language assistance, contact the clerk's office at least two business days in advance by calling (415) 554-5184. Thank you, members. Thank you, mister president.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Thank you, madam clerk. Let's go to the approval of our meeting minutes.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Approval of the 05/20/2025 board meeting minutes.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Colleagues, I don't see anyone with changes. So can I have a motion to approve the minutes? Moved by Mahmood, seconded by Cheryl. Madam Clerk, will you please please call the roll?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: On the minutes as presented, supervisor Cheryl. Cheryl, I. Supervisor Walton? Aye. Walton, I. Supervisor Chan? Aye. Chan, aye. Supervisor Chen? Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey? Aye. Dorsey, aye. Supervisor Angadio? Angadio, aye. Supervisor Fielder? Fielder, aye. Supervisor Mahmoud? Mahmood, aye. Supervisor Mandelmann?

[Richard S. D. Peterson (public commenter)]: Aye.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Mandelmann, aye. Supervisor Melgar? Melgar, aye. And supervisor Sautter? Aye. Sautter, aye. There are 11 ayes.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Alright. With that objection, the minutes will be approved after public comment as presented. Madam Clerk, let's go to the consent agenda, items one through 12.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Items one through 12 are on consent. These items are considered to be routine. If a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Alright. I don't think anyone wants to sever any of those. So madam clerk, please call the roll.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: On items one through 12, supervisor Cheryl. Cheryl, I, supervisor Walton. Aye. Walton, I. Supervisor Chan. Aye. Chan, I. Supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey, I. Supervisor Angadio? Aye. Angadio, I. Supervisor Fielder? Fielder, I. Supervisor Mahmood. Mahmut, aye. Supervisor Mandelmann?

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Aye.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Mandelmann, aye. Supervisor Melgar? Aye. Melgar, aye. And supervisor Sautter? Aye. Sautter, aye. There are 11 ayes.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Without objection, these ordinances are finally passed. Madam clerk, let's go to unfinished business. Please call items thirteen and fourteen together.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Items thirteen and fourteen comprise the proposed interim budgets for the budget and appropriation ordinance and the interim annual salary ordinance. Item 13 appropriates the estimated receipts and expenditures for the departments, as of 05/30/2025 for the fiscal years ending 06/30/2026 and 06/30/2027. And item 14 enumerates positions for the fiscal years ending 06/30/2026 and 06/30/2027 to continue, create, or establish positions to enumerate and include positions created by the charter or state law for which compensation is paid from city and county funds and appropriated in the annual appropriation ordinance, and to authorize appointments or continuation of appointments to specify and fix the compensation and work schedules thereof, and to authorize appointments and fix compensation to temporary positions.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Alright. Let's take these items, same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinances are finally passed. Madam Clerk, please call item 15.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item 15. This is an ordinance to authorize settlement of the lawsuit filed by Ridgegate Apartments Inc. Against the city, concerning the real property located at 524 Howard Street for a stipulated assessed value of the subject property for property tax purposes of approximately 65,000,000 as of 01/01/2021. Or if the assessment appeals board does not accept that stipulated assessed value agreement that the assessment appeals board will hold a new assessment appeal hearing to determine the assessed value of the subject property as of 01/01/2021 for the fiscal year 2021 through 2022.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Let's take this item, same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is finally passed. Madam Clerk, please call item 16.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item 16. This is a resolution to authorize the mayor's office of housing and community development to expend South of market community stabilization fund dollars in the amount of approximately 2,300,000.0 to address various impacts of destabilization on residents and businesses in the SoMa, 07/01/2025 through 06/30/2027.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Again, same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item 17.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item 17 was referred without recommendation from the Budget and Appropriations Committee. A resolution to approve the First Amendment and authorize the director of property on behalf of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to amend the lease with Lawrence b Stone Properties zero eight LLC as landlord of the real property located at 2177 Gerald Avenue for continued use as a temporary shelter program submitted under chapter 21 b of the administrative code as a core initiative lease to authorize the city's contribution of up to approximately $3,000,000 for additional improvements, including any predevelopment costs incurred to add approximately 82 shelter beds and a utilities upgrade at the property, to expand the footprint of the temporary shelter program, and to affirm the CEQA determination and to make the appropriate findings.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Thank you, madam clerk. Supervisor Walton.

[Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10)]: Thank you so much, president Mandelmann. And colleagues, as you know, this item was forwarded to the full board from budget and appropriations committee without recommendation. But I have had the opportunity to make changes to this resolution, which would have expanded the Gerald Common site from 60 beds and no free parking, and would have added an additional 82 beds at the site, and would have also dramatically increased cost at the site. After conversations with the mayor's office, I'm happy to report today that we will be amending this resolution to only provide resources for a utilities upgrade and eliminate the inclusion and expansion of 82 additional beds at the site. The mayor has agreed to work with community and our office to explore what will be best at the site and with inclusion of community voice. I wanna thank my entire district ten team, Tracy, Lindsay, Natalie, and Percy, for keeping me level headed during these discussions, my colleagues on the budget and appropriations committee, the mayor's office, and, of course, our budget chair, supervisor Chan, for working on this as well. The main thing that I have always maintained is that the best outcomes come from including community voice when making decisions. With that, I am going to read into record the amendments which I have distributed to all of you at the start of this meeting. Page line page one, line two, add 1,246,746, and strike 3,055,982. Page one, line eight, add 1,246,746, and strike 3,055,982. Page one, line nine, strike to add. Page one, line 10, strike the entire line. Approximately 82 shelter beds through a dorm build out to an existing building on the page one, line 11, strike property and add four, strike to support the expanded footprint. Page one, line 12, strike of the temporary shelter program. Page three, line 12, strike to initiate phase two of the program through. Page three, line 14, strike as the city would. Page three, line 15, strike the entire line. Add an additional 82 shelter beds through a dorm build out of existing building on thee. Page three, line 16, strike property into a congregate dormitory and add two, add electrical, and add better. Page three, line 17, add existing facilities, Strike expanded footprint of the program and strike under the page three, line 18, strike terms of the First Amendment. Page four, line two, Add 1,246,746. Strike 3,055,982. Page four, line seven. Add 1,246,746. Strike 3,055,082. And page six, line two, add 1,246,746, and strike 3,055,982. And I wanna make sure that these amendments are not substantive or let's hear from the city attorney.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Deputy City Attorney, Brad Russell. Yes. These amendments are not substantive, and the board can adopt them today and move the item forward.

[Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10)]: Thank you so much. And so I would like to move that we move this item forward with the amendments.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: A motion has been made by supervisor Walton. It has been seconded by supervisor Chan. I would like to congratulate, supervisor Walton and the District ten team and to thank you, also to thank our, budget and appropriations chair, supervisor Chan, for all of your work on this, also to thank the mayor's office and, our board liaison, Adam Tonksabott, but also Kunal Modi, and at HSH, Shereen McSpadden and her team.

[Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10)]: And the city attorney.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: And, of course, the city attorney. And I think this is a very happy development. So with that, I think I can take that motion without objection, folks. Yes. And then on the amended item, I think we can take that same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Alright. Madam Clerk, please call items eighteen and nineteen together.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Items eighteen and nineteen are two resolutions that determine if liquor licenses issued will serve the public convenience. Item 18 is, determines that a type 90 on sale general music venue liquor license to Bergamot Oil LLC doing business as Club Deluxe located at 1511 Haight Street. And for item 19, determining that the person to person, premise to premise transfer of a type 21 off sale general beer, wine, and distilled spirits liquor license to Bottles and Bites LLC doing business as Bottles and Bites located at 1799 Union Street, will both serve the public convenience and to request that the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control impose conditions on the issuance of both licenses.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: And we can take these items same house, same call. Without objection, the resolutions are adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item 20.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item 20, this is a resolution to endorse the TCAP, the Tenderloin Community Action Plan investment blueprint, as the community led strategy to support equitable recovery and revitalization in the Tenderloin and to encourage city departments, philanthropic, and private sector partners to use the TCAP investment blueprint as a guiding framework to coordinate future investments in the Tenderloin.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: We can take this item, same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam clerk, please call item 21.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item 21. This is an ordinance to approve the surveillance technology policy for the municipal transportation agency's continued use of existing automated red light and no turn enforcement cameras.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: And again, same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam clerk, please call item 22.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item 22, this is a motion to reappoint Laura Thomas to the Entertainment Commission for a term ending 07/01/2029.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Same house, same call. Without objection, the motion is approved. Madam clerk, please call item 23.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item 23. This is a motion to confirm the appointment of Pratibha Tecky to the police commission term ending 04/30/2029.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: And I think we can take the same

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: supervise of supervisor Steven Sherrill as an alternate to seats one, two, three, terms ending 06/06/2027 to the enhanced infrastructure financing district public financing authority number one.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Colleagues, can I have a motion to excuse supervisor Sherrill from the vote moved by supervisor Melgar and seconded by supervisor Sauter? Without objection, supervisor Cheryl is excused. Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: On the motion to excuse supervisor Cheryl from item 24, supervisor Walton. Aye. Walton, aye. Supervisor Chan? Aye. Chan, aye. Supervisor Chen? Chen, I. Supervisor Dorsey? Aye. Dorsey, I. Supervisor Angadio? Aye. Angadio, I. Supervisor Fielder? Fielder, I. Supervisor Mahmut? Aye. Aye. Mandelmann, aye. Supervisor Melgar? Melgar, aye. And supervisor Sautter? Aye. Sautter, aye. There are 10 ayes.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: I think we excused supervisor Cheryl twice, but we will he is excused. And then I think we can take the motion, same house, same call. Without objection, the motion is approved. Madam Clerk, let's go to roll call.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: First up to introduce new business is supervisor Cheryl. Give you a little time to get back to your desk.

[Stephen Sherill (Supervisor, District 2)]: Submit.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Submit. Thank you, supervisor Walton. Submit. Submit. Thank you, supervisor Chan. Submit. Thank you, supervisor Chen. Submit. Thank you, supervisor Dorsey.

[Matt Dorsey (Supervisor, District 6)]: Thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, I am today announcing a legislative drafting request to establish the San Francisco Hate Crime Reward Fund, which would authorize the chief of police in coordination with the district attorney to offer informants a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the conviction of a hate crime perpetrator. This proposal comes after a spate of high profile incidents over the last year that have been investigated, and in some cases, prosecuted as hate crimes in San Francisco. Early in my career, I worked with then district attorney, Arlo Smith, to establish the DA's hate crimes task force, which developed policies and protocols for prosecuting these crimes at a time when California had only just enacted its hate crime statute. Much later in my career, I worked as a civilian member of the police department command staff. A two year stint during COVID, '19 in which San Francisco witnessed a six fold increase in hate crimes directed against our AAPI community. Hate crimes are defined by a bias motivation that enhances the seriousness of existing crimes, which can range from graffiti vandalism to serious and even violent felonies up to and including homicides. So I think it's important that our hate crime reward fund offer flexibility of up to $100,000 to account for the wide range of pro possibly applicable crimes. One feature of hate crimes that's important to recognize is that it is rarely the aim of a perpetrator to victimize any one individual or business solely, but rather to instill fear in entire communities. We have seen that in many communities here in San Francisco over the last year. A Jewish business and anti Semitic attack in recent weeks. Still another attack on an AAPI senior last month. Threats against our trans community and LGBTQ plus community more generally. And anti Muslim vandalism and harassment at local mosques last year. As a city enriched as ours is by its diversity and committed to pluralism as San Francisco is, we should lead on these issues. In my view, a generously funded hate crime reward fund will help to flip the script on lawless bigots by instilling fear into hate criminals that informants will be well paid to bring them to justice for their hateful vandalism and violence. Especially in times like these, it's it's vital that we take these attacks seriously. This reward fund that I'm proposing will send a strong message to would be hate criminals in San Francisco that our city is doing exactly that. I want to thank controller Greg Wagner and his office with whom I'm working on options for structuring and funding this fund, which may expand on SFPD's existing reward fund, which is right now limited to homicide cases. In either case, it would be an SFPD funded fund, and the legislation would ensure that it's open to philanthropic support. I also wanna thank my early cosponsors, supervisors Cheryl Sauter, Mahmoud, and Gardeo, and Chen. As always, I welcome the opportunity to collaborate with others as this legislation moves forward, and the rest,

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: supervisor Dorsey. Supervisor Angadio. Submit. Thank you, supervisor Fielder. Submit. Thank you, supervisor Mahmoud. Submit. Thank you, supervisor Mandelmann.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: I have a brief introduction, colleagues. Today, I'm introducing legislation that builds on our city's all electric new construction ordinance, which the board passed in November 2020. That ordinance generally prohibits new construction projects from installing gas piping and appliances with specified exceptions. The legislation I'm introducing today will expand the all electric ordinance to now include major renovations. That is alterations and additions to existing buildings that include substantial upgrades to mechanical systems and structures. I wanna thank supervisors Mahmoud and Fielder for their early cosponsorship. And I want to thank Tyrone Joo, Charles Sheehan, Cindy Comerford, Barry Hooper, Joseph Piasecki, and Alice Herr from SF Environment for all of their work, as well as Rob Kapla from the city attorney's office, and Calvin Ho and Brad Phelps from my office. And the rest I submit.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you, mister president. Supervisor Melgar? Submit. Thank you. And supervisor Sauter?

[Danny Sauter (Supervisor, District 3)]: Legislation alongside mayor Lurie to advance the five thirty Sansom project, a major downtown development that will bring countless neighborhood benefits. This represents the most ambitious new development in the northern part of downtown in decades. A 41 story tower will rise, comprising mixed uses across hotel, office, restaurant, and retail. And when completed, it will generate more than $800,000,000 in annual economic activity. This project makes it clear that our downtown recovery is real and quickly accelerating, but I'm also excited about this project for all of the neighborhood benefits it will bring about. First, it will deliver a new state of the art Fire station 13 to support our fire department as they serve parts of Chinatown, Financial District, Embarcadero, Barbary Coast, Telegraph Hill, and Jackson Square. Additionally, the project will generate nearly $15,000,000 in affordable housing contributions to the city to support the creation of a 100% affordable senior housing at 772 Pacific Avenue in Chinatown or other developments within District 3. And this is money we will see quickly with an initial $2,000,000 paid within six months of the entitlement. And finally, as we face real fiscal challenges, we should be excited about the $14,000,000 in annual general fund revenue that this project will contribute. And this should be a reminder that we can meet our budget challenges through growth as well as through savings. I also wanna recognize the heavy lifting that my predecessor, Aaron Peskin, did over the past decade to move this project forward from a vision to now being on the cusp of groundbreaking. The board of supervisors, including many of my current colleagues, endorsed this project in a resolution passed in November 2024 with an 11 to zero vote. This project also has widespread support from labor who recognize the tremendous number of good paying jobs that will go into the construction and maintenance of this project. I'm very happy to see this project moving forward in my district. After a planning commission hearing in July, I look forward to this legislation coming to the board for consideration later in the summer. I hope it will earn your support so that we can get shovels in the ground, a new fire station built, and affordable housing funds distributed. And the rest, I submit.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you, supervisor Sauter. Mister president.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Thank you, madam clerk. Let's go to our 02:30PM special order, recognition of commendations.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: It's now time to recognize commendations from meritorious service to the city and county of San Francisco.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: And we will start today with district two supervisor, Cheryl.

[Stephen Sherill (Supervisor, District 2)]: Colleagues, today is the last board meeting of Pride Month. And today, I am so honored to commend Harry Breaux. Harry, would you please come join us up here? Harry, for those of you who have not had the pleasure to meet him, is an extraordinary Stan Franciscan whose life has been defined by resilience, by creativity, by service, and most of all, by compassion. Harry moved to San Francisco in 1970, currently lives in Cathedral Hill, and he is District Two's representative on the Department of Disability and Aging Services Advisory Council. Born and raised in a small town of Louisiana, quite close to where many of my family comes from, Harry brought with him a quiet strength and a fierce sense of justice that would come to define his role in San Francisco's LGBTQ plus community. After testing positive for HIV in the early nineteen eighties, during the harrowing early years of the AIDS epidemic, Harry threw himself into the volunteering community as a powerful advocate and friend for others negotiate navigating the long road of survival. Since then, Harry has volunteered with the Shanti Project, the SFA AIDS Foundation, the Senior in Disability Action, and many, many more helping provide emotional and practical support to our disabled residents as well as AIDS survivors. Harry is not just a witness to history, but he's a shaper of it, showing up for his community as an activist and an artist. He is dedicated to carrying on the memory of the friends he lost in the epidemic, sharing their stories to ensure they are never forgotten. And if you know Harry, you know that he does all this with remarkable humility. Most recently, he spearheaded the creation of the large scale pride flag mural at the Jane Warner Plaza in the Castro, a vibrant and lasting tribute to the LGBTQ plus community's visibility and resilience. As our representative on the DAS advisory council, he continues to lift up the voices of community members who are too often overlooked. Whether it's mentoring others, advocating for services, or marching down Market Street dressed in full rocky horror for pride, Harry embodies what it means to live boldly and give back. His story reminds us that pride is not only about celebration. It's about remembrance, visibility, and honoring those who paved the way. We're grateful today, and I am always grateful for Harry Bro and for his lifetime of service, strength, and spirit, and we are incredibly proud to celebrate him this Pride Month. But for me personally, Harry is a constant reminder that success and passion and a life of commitment to friends is not always a linear journey. You are an inspiring reminder to me personally that sometimes we may fall, and sometimes we may doubt, but that only gives us more strength. And that success and a better life only comes through some hardship. And every down is just a weight on the step towards more ups. And you personally have inspired me to keep pushing forward, as I know you've inspired so many others. So Harry, I wanna thank you, quite frankly, for being you. I'm so grateful to know you just a little bit that I do. And I know that my thanks is shown by so many others here in San Francisco. Harry, thank you.

[Harry Breaux (honoree, public)]: I wanna thank you. It's a very moving thing to be honored. And I want to thank San Francisco for what it's given me in the last fifty, sixty years. And I also want to point out that we're under what I consider to be duress in this country right now for the LGBT community. And I wanna be grateful for anything that this board can do to continue to support the LGBT community in this city and in the world by our example. I'm very grateful. And I wasn't prepared to make any speech,

[Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10)]: so I'm

[Harry Breaux (honoree, public)]: kind of fumbling. But San Francisco is the beacon in this country for treating people the way they should be treated, for treating each other with humility and compassion and sympathy and empathy. And if we don't continue to do that, the country is gonna suffer, because I know from the way that I put that mural in Jane Warner Plaza, primarily because it is on a worldwide web camera that can be seen twenty four seven and deliver the message that the Castro and San Francisco is open to all people, no matter what their gender or their needs or any of the rest of it. Anybody can come to San Francisco and be cared for as a human being and treated well. And I hope that that continues long after I'm no longer around, which being 80 years old, there is a limit, and I realize it. So for the rest of my time, I will be fighting for those principles at San Francisco and the city that's named for Saint Francis will engender. Thank you all for your support in that and your continued work toward those goals.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: District 5, supervisor Mahmoud.

[Bilal Mahmood (Supervisor, District 5)]: Can we have mister minister Marvin White

[Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10)]: to come to the podium?

[Bilal Mahmood (Supervisor, District 5)]: Colleagues, today I have the profound honor of recognizing a visionary artist, spiritual leader, and truth teller whose work has reshaped how we understand faith, justice, and joy here in San Francisco. We are here to celebrate minister Marvin k White, the minister of celebration at Glide Memorial Church.

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[Bilal Mahmood (Supervisor, District 5)]: Whoo. Whoo. Wh and whose leadership speaks not just to the soul of a congregation, but to the soul of our city. He's a public theologian, a preacher, and a poet who brings people together across perceived boundaries of race, sexuality, gender, faith, and identity. And it invites us into a more loving, liberated, and unified future. When I first asked around about minister Marvin, I expected to hear about his work at Glide, his sermons, or his art, and I did. But what I heard most clearly over and over again was more importantly how he makes people feel. People said he gives me permission to feel joy again. He helps us grieve honestly and celebrate fiercely. He reminds us that God is not done with us yet. Whether on the stage, behind a pulpit, or holding space for healing, minister Marvin brings people into a deeper relationship with themselves, with one another, and with a higher calling towards justice. Minister Marvin earned his master of divinity from the pub the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley. I will not hold it against you as someone from the other school. And he's never stopped creating sense. He is the author of four books of poetry, including Our Name Be Witness, Status, and Two Lambda literary award nominated collections, Last Rites, and Nothing Ugly Fly. His words have been performed on stages across the country and adapted for screen, and he himself has toured nationally and internationally as a member of the groundbreaking performance collective, Pomo Afrohomos, one of the earliest group centering queer black narratives on stage. He has led writing workshops in classrooms, prisons, and churches. He is a Cave Canem fellow, and he helped found two vital spaces for queer and BIPOC writers, Fire and Inc and B Glam. In 2019, he was named one of the YBCA one hundred for his cultural and community impact. But his artistry is not separate from his ministry. At Glide and throughout his life, he has used storytelling as salvation and imagination as resistance. When Reverend Cecil Williams selected minister Marvin to serve Glide, he didn't just choose a successor, he chose a path forward. Minister Marvin leads with celebration, but he's not afraid of grief. He leads with laughter, but he does not ignore pain. And above all, he leads with love, radical, inclusive, embodied love. In a world where so many queer and trans people have been told that faith does not belong to them, minister Martin Marvin has rewritten that script. He has reminded us that the divine can be found in a poem, in a protest, and in each other. His leadership during pride month and Juneteenth is not incidental. It is essential. He shows us what liberation can look like when rooted in history, acceptance, and looking forward. Mister Marvin is what we, in District 5, call a light, and what we, in the Tenderloin, as a resident, call a light as well. Not a spotlight, but a lantern. Something you can carry with you, something that helps you see more clearly, and something that calls you home. He is part of a lineage of black, queer faith leaders who have redefined what the church can be, not just as a sanctuary, but a stage, a school, and a site of resistance. He's not only building a spiritual legacy, he's building a space for healing, for art, for presence, and for endless possibility. So colleagues, please join me in recognizing minister Marvin k White for his visionary leadership. The board never gets that applause. Unapologetic joy, his enduring ministry, and his ability to see holiness in places the world too often overlooks. Minister Marvin, thank you for showing us that celebration can be sacred, that poetry can be prophetic, and that community can be a church. On behalf of the people of District 5, The Tenderloin, and the city and county of San Francisco, we are proud to honor you today.

[Minister Marvin K. White (honoree, GLIDE Memorial Church)]: You guys will appreciate this. There's a two minute time clock right here, and and I'm a black gay preacher. Thank you. It is an honor and a privilege to be a resident of District 5, to work in District 5, to know the streets of The Tenderloin intimately, to walk them every day, three times a day with my 150 pound dog, and to know that there is ministry in the Tenderloin just by walking amongst the people and learning to find the beauty and to and to know your way home by the people, whether they're posted on the corner or standing in line for food at Glide. It

[Mary Trammell (public commenter)]: is an honor to be here

[Minister Marvin K. White (honoree, GLIDE Memorial Church)]: at this point in my life.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Mister White, can you please speak directly into the microphone so we can best hear you?

[Minister Marvin K. White (honoree, GLIDE Memorial Church)]: Yes, ma'am.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you.

[Jim Haas (honoree, public)]: Thank you. Thank you.

[Minister Marvin K. White (honoree, GLIDE Memorial Church)]: I wanna say that I stand here in the long shadow of the late great reverence Hesa Williams and and Janice Mircatani, form former poet laureate, but also in the new day of our new president and CEO, doctor Gina Fromer. It's it's an amazing thing to be able to walk from Cecil and then walk with doctor Fromer towards this new legacy and this new vision of GLIDE. I think my proudest moment is, yes, this award, but also that people look at me and go, him? You mean he gets to? You mean that same one that was and I've seen black gay men become activists and leaders. I've seen senior women become leaders and advocates. I've seen queer people become artists only because they've seen me, and they know that it's possible that we can start wherever we are. So I am honored. I am honored to live in a city and in a place where what your life experience is can determine what you can give to the city. It doesn't exempt you or exclude you from anything. It is the place where you start your ministry and your activism and your artistry. So thank you so much to my friends and families and colleagues and my community as well. I love serving and working alongside you all. Thank you again, supervisor, for this honor.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: District six supervisor Dorsey.

[Matt Dorsey (Supervisor, District 6)]: Thank you, president Mandelmann. Colleagues, as we celebrate leaders from our LGBTQ plus community for pride month, it is my distinct honor to recognize James Jim Haas. Jim, if you could come on up to the lectern. Now, Jim is a longtime District 6 resident whose legacy isn't limited to the cause of LGBTQ plus equality that he has championed for more than fifty years. In fact, his legacy includes a city that is more beautiful, more walkable, more livable, and in every respect, truer to its rich heritage and storied history, thanks in large part to his urbanist vision and activism that was often years ahead of his time. Jim Haas is a fifth generation San Franciscan whose contributions to our city and its LGBTQ plus community spans decades. After graduating from Stanford in 1964 and Columbia Law School in 1969, Jim practiced law until his retirement in 2010, specializing in real estate and land use. Beyond his legal career, however, it is Jim's LGBTQ plus advocacy and extraordinary public service we celebrate today. In 1983, Jim began hosting meetings in his kitchen. Small gatherings that would spark historic progress toward LGBTQ plus inclusion. From those meetings came the Bay Area Nonprofit Nonpartisan Alliance, San Francisco's first LGBTQ plus political action committee. It would raise and distribute funds to support many candidates and causes. And it would eventually be folded into California's first statewide LGBTQ plus PAC to broaden its mission. Jim helped lay the foundation for generations of LGBTQ plus political engagement and representation, working, among others, with the late Jim Rivaldo, whom I consider a friend and mentor. In 2004, during San Francisco's historic winter of love, Jim served as a volunteer marriage counselor, officiating weddings for 30 couples. It was a moment of joy and courage in our city's long march toward equality, and Jim helped make it real one ceremony at a time. But Jim's civic impact reaches far beyond LGBTQ plus issues alone. At his urging, then supervisor Jack Molinari, with the endorsement of then supervisor Harvey Milk, who sat at this very desk, introduced the ballot measure in the late 1970s to create our elected charter commission. That measure passed. Jim was elected a commissioner. And although it took another decade and a half, that commission's draft eventually became the basis for San Francisco's modern city charter of 1996. Jim would go on to chair the Citizens Transportation Committee in the nineteen eighties, helping to pass tax measures that funded key transportation improvements, and that would create the San Francisco County Transportation Agency. He also led the Embarcadero Freeway Citizens Committee, which successfully battled a multitude of powerful interests to finally tear down the Embarcadero Freeway. A civic eyesore that, for thirty years, blocked access to our cherished waterfront and that was damaged in the nineteen eighty nine Loma Prieta earthquake. Now, today, most people have either forgotten, or maybe never knew, how herculean a political task it was to remove that freeway. Voters had soundly rejected a 1986 ballot measure by a two to one margin to tear it down. And that it finally happened is testament to Jim's leadership and persistence. Jim has also been a tireless advocate for our civic center, fighting for improvements there for more than two decades, from supporting the campaign for a new main library to helping restore city hall to organizing the mayor's first civic center stakeholders meeting. In 2019, Jim published the San Francisco Civic Center, a deeply researched book that captures the history and meaning of one of our city's most iconic spaces. It is available on Amazon and Kindle. This is a required reading for anyone who wants to understand the historic heart of San Francisco and to gain insights from this as a blueprint to fulfill the promise of Civic Center for generations to come. Today, Jim remains a thoughtful contributor to our civic conversations and influential urbanist, a valued member of the District six office's unofficial brain trust. And whether it's advocating for cleaner streets, public safety, or simply offering a well timed bit of wisdom, Jim leads by example. During Pride Month, as we honor those who've paved the way for LGBTQ plus rights and representation, it is especially fitting that we recognize Jim Haas, not just for what he has done, but for how he has done it, with integrity, with purpose, and with a lifelong commitment to the city he loves and calls home. Jim, on behalf of a grateful board of supervisors, a grateful LGBTQ plus community, and a grateful city, we thank you for your lifetime of service and your effective advocacy. We proudly celebrate you today.

[Jim Haas (honoree, public)]: Supervisors, I'm humbled by supervisor Dorsey's choosing me for this honor. Yes, I've been around, for a long time, and I have roots to go even further. I think that made me feel, particularly obliged to, invest my spare time and energy into the city. I don't know if any of you remember that I think it was the Kaiser Cement Company had an ad that said, find a need and fill it, and that's sort of what I did. I took on tasks that needed to be done. Often, nobody else was particularly interested in them, and I got involved. I have to say, supervisor Dorsey, that many of these projects I got involved with involved quite a bit of a conniving and other, perhaps, underhanded techniques to get them done, but the goal was to get them done. I guess I'm proudest of two things. The, the work, for the San Francisco committee, the sales tax, that was sort of a free floating committee. Mayor Agnos wasn't particularly interested in it. The supervisors hadn't, at that time, had a little idea what it was all about. And there was a period of time when Mayor Agnos wasn't even talking to me, but we got it passed by 55%. Those were in the days when you could get things passed by 55%. And I am I've never asked, but I suspect that the sales tax and the related activities of the San Francisco, County Transportation Authority has generated, several billions of dollars investment in transportation in the city. And, of course, you all, the members of the board of supervisors who are the commissioners, get to go to monthly meetings and you get your $150 stipend as well. The other thing is my work at Civic Center, first with the library. And, you know, writing that book was a great achievement for me. There was a rumor spread by a work colleague of mine that I couldn't write anything. And, of course, the book came out. It was published by the University of Nevada Press, and I had the good fortune of having the great California historian, Kevin Starr, guiding me and urging me on to get it done. But it is kind of the template of where we are and what why this is important, and because I found that before that, people had no idea what this was all about and why it came about and what its significance was. And I'm now 83, and I'm not quite done yet. There's more things to do to complete, and improve civic center, and I hope I have several more years, to to see that. So, I thank you for this honor and the opportunity to, reveal my life's activities in the public realm before the public.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: District nine supervisor Fielder.

[Jackie Fielder (Supervisor, District 9)]: Thanks, president Mittelman. I'd like to welcome up to the podium, Malia Espanol and the whole crew at Mother Bar. Please come by. I am so honored to recognize Mother Bar today, a lesbian and queer bar in the heart of the Mission on 16th Street. Mother is more than just a bar. It's a sanctuary where all identities are embraced and celebrated. It's a place where queer women find community, joy, and belonging. Born from a vision to fill a long standing gap in San Francisco's queer nightlife, Mother Bar has become a home base for queer women and femmes that have lacked a place that centered our experiences. At the heart of Mother is Malia Espanol. Malia has been shaping San Francisco cultural spaces for years, from running beloved bars like Pops and the Parkside to opening up her own Muay Thai gym. Malia has created spaces where connections flourish. With mother, she created something really special. She created a neighborhood bar where queer people feel safe, feel seen, and feel celebrated. Mother keeps queer women's history alive whilst building something new. It stands as a reminder that queer joy is vital, especially right now, and spaces like these are necessary to our survival. Mother is helping shape the future of queer San Francisco with every night it opens its doors. It's more than just a place to party. It's a sanctuary, a celebration, and a reminder of the power of chosen family. To Malia and all the folks here, the entire mother team, I extend my deepest gratitude, especially as a queer woman of color. Thank you for creating a space that feels like home, where joy, self expression, and community flourish. Your unwavering commitment to the LGBTQ community doesn't just inspire. It uplifts and empowers us all. And congratulations on all you've built, and happy pride. Here's to so many more nights of magic, music, and love.

[Malia Espanol (Mother Bar co-founder/representative)]: Hi. Thank you.

[Unidentified Mother Bar team member]: Thank you for

[Malia Espanol (Mother Bar co-founder/representative)]: all you do. I'm a little unprepared. I came to the city thirty five years ago. I spent twenty five in the Mission District. But in the nineties, sort of the queer community was thriving, and we had spaces and events and artists and, you know, we had we had such a community. And, I've slowly seen that sort of disappear. And coming out of COVID, I looked around for community and could not find it. And so in sort of a a love letter or an offering to the community and to the youth of the city, I thought it was important to open the bar. And, I found these guys. And, you know, I create the bones, and they really are the, like, the heartbeat of of the bar. And thank you so much, and thank you to all of you guys. And let's just keep on providing the space for, you know, everyone in the city.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: District 1. Supervisor Chan.

[Connie Chan (Supervisor, District 1)]: Thank you, president Mendelmann. Colleagues, it is truly a privilege to be able to invite and recognize Madeline Lim, a celebrating a celebrated filmmaker, producer, director, adjunct professor, and longtime LGBTQ activist whose films have been screened at sold out theaters at film festivals from across the world. Her work has been embellished with numerous prestigious and highly competitive awards that is too many to name. Her work has also been featured at prominent local institutions, including Di Yang, an Asian Art Museum, and broadcasted to millions of audience on PBS. Madeleine's activism started in her early twenties. She ran an underground lesbian feminist newsletter in Singapore for two years, and later became actively involved in the Association of Women for Action and Research, an organization that advocates for gender equality and provides critical support services for women in Singapore. In 1987, Madeleine co wrote and directed a skit called the Miss Pageant Beauty Contest, a parody, on the Miss Pageant Beauty Contest in celebration of International Women's Day. Shortly after the event, her co author was arrested by the Singapore government. Madeleine escaped persecution and eventually made her way to San Francisco. Ten years later, she created the award winning documentary, Samba Balakan in San Francisco in 1997, a film that is still banned in Singapore for its exploration of race, sexuality, and nationality. Continuing to see a lack of broad representation for queer women of color, even in San Francisco, she cofounded Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, QUACMAP, a local organization that supports the creation and distribution of films that address current social issue affecting LGBTQ plus women of color and their communities. Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project provides training, screening opportunities, and resources to filmmakers so they can authentically reflect their life stories and build community through art and activism, particularly during this time when so many of our immigrant and LGBTQ plus community members are under attack by our own federal government. I know that San Francisco must continue to amplify and make space for queer women of color to tell their stories. And, I am just so proud and and that we get a chance to invite her to be here. But to also say that I think oftentimes, current women of color, it's definitely in Asia, really continue to be not only marginalized, but also criminalized, on so many level, through so many layers. And their stories are not told. And, oftentimes, they're left behind. But to have someone like Madeline Lim and willing to tell their stories, and understand the risk, to take that they must take, and the filmmakers themselves as well. And just to be able to create that safe space for them to tell their stories is just amazing. And for that, I'm just so grateful, not just for the queer women of color right now, but really for the generations to come, so that they, hopefully, one day, maybe take this for granted, to be able to say, yes, this is a safe space, and this is their role, and that they can be proudly to be who they are, not just in United States or San Francisco or California, but all around the globe. And so thank you for your contribution.

[Madeleine Lim (honoree, founder of QWOCMAP)]: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much to all of the supervisors, President Mendelmann, and especially Connie Chan for this recognition. I am deeply humbled and touched. In the seventies, I was a queer teen, coming of age. And I was pulled out of my classes by the school principal, being counseled to be straight, get a boyfriend, put on makeup. I almost did not survive my coming out. And as supervisor Connie Chen mentioned, I escaped Singapore because I was doing underground LGBTQ organizing. And it was getting dangerous. I was in my early twenties, and I did not you know, who wants to who envisions hanging out in jail? Right? I did not. And I came to San Francisco. It was my sanctuary. San Francisco is a beacon for so many. For those of us who are LGBTQ, those of us who are immigrants and artists. Filmmaking kicked my butt. It was my calling. I think I knew I was a filmmaker when I was deeply engaged in an argument. I was 15. My girlfriend was a year younger. And, you know, those arguments at that age are life and death, literally. And I remember stopping the argument for a second, thinking in my head, this might make an interesting film one day. And then I went back to my argument. I made a documentary called Samba Bulacan in San Francisco, through San Francisco State University's program. It won several awards. It toured international film festival for about two or three years at every film festival that I attended, whether it was LGBTQ film festival, or people of color film festival, or human rights film festival. I found myself among one handful of queer women of color filmmakers. And it occurred to me, if we are not the ones telling our own stories, our own lives, our own communities, our own experiences, who will? I knew as an independent filmmaker, I would make one film every three to five years because of the fundraising involved. But I knew if I taught filmmaking, I could teach an art form that is so expensive, that has an economic barrier associated with it. In one year, if I have 40 participants, in ten years, I would have had 400 participants. In twenty five years, we have had over 500 films created by our queer women of color, by non binary transgender people of color communities. 500 plus films. No other arts institution in the world has this collection of films about our community. I was so not trying to start a nonprofit. I was really trying to make change, and it happened to be through film and teaching. We just presented our annual film festival. It was our twenty first queer women of color film festival a couple of weeks ago at the Presidio Theater. We had over 1,500 people come through the three days. We screened over 49 films through seven screening programs. It took us twenty years to grow our organizational budget to $500,000 twenty years. Because racism, sexism, homophobia are blatant in fundraising. Queer women of color are constantly perceived as a niche within a niche within a niche. When in fact, we are really bridges. When that happens, our lives are devalued, our work dismissed. This year marks our twenty fifth anniversary of our organization. It's a huge milestone for us. However, in March, unfortunately, we had a grant, two grants actually, from the San Francisco Human Rights Commission canceled. And $500,000 is half of our organizational budget. It was not fair. It was wrong. It was unjust. And, unfortunately, there is no recourse. It would have supported a second year of our Korean trans black filmmakers artist fellowship program. No similar program exists in the entire country, except here in San Francisco, at QUACMAP. The second grant would have supported a queer and trans apprenticeship program. It would both grants would have developed workforce would have been workforce development. There were 38 organizations that got their grants canceled. They were all people of color led organizations that served people of color communities. So San Francisco is a beacon shining brightly globally. This beacon is made up of hundreds of diverse multiple lights. Lights that are our grassroots community based nonprofit organizations that provide a much needed anchor, especially right now during this tumultuous, unpredictable stormy period. Hundreds of local lights coming together to create this global beacon that we live and call home in San Francisco. I implore you, support your local anchor arts and culture organization. QuocMAP is queer led, immigrant led, people of color led. Protect the most vulnerable among us because if we don't, who will? We are celebrating pride. To be honest, my heart is heavy. These budget cuts have had an emotional, physical, mental impact toll on all of us. We have been operating on reserves all year. It's our twenty fifth anniversary, and I am afraid that our doors might not stay open after this year. So thank you for this recognition. It is much appreciated. And happy pride, everyone.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Alright, colleagues. That brings us to District 8, And I am going to beg your forgiveness. Last I of course, for June, we get very excited about lining up special LGBTQ individuals to get honored at each of our Tuesday board meetings. And last week, because of circumstances beyond our control, our honoree was not able to be honored, and so I invited her to come back. But we also have another great honoree for today. So we're gonna I'm giving myself, a presidential privilege to do two in one day, and I, beg your forgiveness. First up, I'm gonna ask Ron Galman to come up. So Ron, is the San Francisco Symphony's longtime director of education and youth orchestra, and he is retiring this month after forty two years of service to the symphony. Since joining the symphony staff in 1983, Ron has been a visionary leader whose work has transformed the way orchestras engage with their communities. Appointed director of education and youth orchestra in 1995, Ron has overseen the conceptualization, implementation, and management of the symphony's portfolio of educational programs, initiatives that have become national models under his leadership. Described by the Wall Street Journal as the industry standard and hailed by the New York Times as a music education powerhouse, these programs have opened the door of opened the world of music to countless young people and families. Throughout his tenure, Ron has led with heart, humility, and the strong conviction that music has the power to inspire and motivate young musicians. He launched and continuously grew the adventures in music program, which has reached every student in grades

[Jim Haas (honoree, public)]: one

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: through five in San Francisco's public elementary schools since 1988. He's overseen concerts for kids, music for families, inside music, and sfskids.org, the symphony's interactive digital learning platform. His commitment to young musicians is perhaps best reflected in his stewardship of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, which has flourished under his guidance as one of the finest ensembles of its kind in the world. Ron also championed lifelong learning and community engagement through programs like Community of Music Makers, which brought amateur musicians onto the stage at Davies Symphony Hall to make music alongside symphony professionals. Across every initiative, Ron has ensured that the symphony's educational offerings reflect the highest standards of excellence, access, and inclusion. In addition to his work at the symphony, Ron has been a powerful advocate for arts education at the local, state, and national levels. He's represented San Francisco at conferences hosted by the League of American Orchestras, Americans for the Arts, and the Arts Education Partnership, and has served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts and the California Arts Council. He's a longtime member of the San Francisco Community Music Center, where he chaired the program committee and served two terms as chair of the National Education Leadership Committee of the of of the League of American Orchestras. A proud District 8 resident since 1982, Ron has also contributed as a performing artist singing for forty years as a volunteer member of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus. His deep love for music, community, and public service has left an enduring legacy in San Francisco and well beyond. Thank you, Ron, for the immeasurable impact you've had on the lives of generations of students, families, and musicians, and for your contributions to ensure that San Francisco remains a global leader in arts and culture. Congratulations, Ron, and happy retirement.

[Ron Gallman (honoree, SF Symphony Education & Youth Orchestra Director)]: Thank you. Thank you so much, President Mandelmann, and thank you to the Board of Supervisors. Of course, as you can imagine, I'm deeply, deeply honored to, receive this commendation. It it's, wonderful to be recognized for forty two years of, really, dedication and service to the cause of the arts and arts education in San Francisco. My work has been working with the arts, ensuring that everyone has a place in the arts, and that the arts can serve everyone in our city, and especially San Francisco's public school children, but also reaching every community of San Francisco, our state nationally and beyond internationally. I must, thank and give credit to the San Francisco Symphony, for its ongoing investment in music education in this city. That really has fueled my work over these past four decades, being associated with an organization that is so committed to ensuring that as a core part of its mission, that it serves its community through art and arts education services. And, of course, I am very, very, pleased and very much inspired by the long standing relationship between the symphony and the San Francisco Unified School District. My work with the San Francisco Unified School District is also another one of those aspects that has fueled me, working in partnership with the district to ensure that every single child in San Francisco gets a well rounded and balanced education that includes music and the arts. I would say that, we all know that support for the arts is critical in keeping San Francisco, this city, vibrant. And, as I step down from my role as the San Francisco Symphony's Director of Education and Youth Orchestra, after forty two years, I very much am looking forward to seeing, watching, and doing what I can to help continue to ensure that the arts really, remain vibrant, that they grow, and that they thrive, because those can only be good things for us, the city of San Francisco. So, thank you very, very much. I'm very, very honored.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Alright. One week late. Rebecca Rolfe, come on up.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Rebecca has

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: spent a lot of time in this chamber over the years in June. It has not always been enjoyable, and you've got to sit through two special commendations. So thank you for sticking with it. For this final Tuesday of pride month, it is my honor to present a special commendation to Rebecca Rolfe who will be retiring later this year from the San Francisco LGBT Center, which she has led so very capably for seventeen years. She joined the center staff in 2003 as the deputy executive director, one year after it first open its doors at eighteen hundred Market Street. In that role, she oversaw the organization's budget, staff, and community programs. In April 2007, the board selected her to serve as executive director. She would turn out to have been an inspired choice. During her nearly two decades leading the center, she has helped to make it one of San Francisco's indispensable queer organizations, a community hub that offers housing resources, employment and financial services, arts and culture programming, and support for youth and trans communities. The mission of the LGBT Center is to connect our diverse community to opportunities, resources, and each other to achieve our vision of a stronger, healthier, and more equitable world for LGBT people and our allies. The mission is an inspiring one, but I do not believe the center would have survived to fulfill that mission without Rebecca's leadership. Indeed, in its early days, burdened by crushing construction debt and finances that as a consequence never quite balanced out, the center's survival was an open question. In 2017, Rebecca and her board put that question to rest with a $10,300,000 new mark new market tax credit funded major capital remodel that remade the physical structure to better serve community needs and generate more revenue for the center's ongoing operations. Before she joined the center, Rebecca served eight years as the executive director for San Francisco Women Against Rape, managing its budget, developing and expanding its programs, and raising grant funds to sustain the community based rape crisis center. And between her executive director roles, Rebecca worked as a policy analyst for our own department on the status of women. Her work involved analyzing data related to gender discrimination issues affecting women and making recommendations for new policy. Rebecca, you have accomplished amazing things in your professional life and especially at the center of these last twenty two years. It has been a privilege to be able to work with you, to learn from you, to benefit from your counsel. Your retirement is very well deserved, but nonetheless, bittersweet for me. I don't wanna say I will miss you because I very much hope and strongly suspect that you will continue to find ways to engage in the fights for justice and equality and a more perfect San Francisco. For now, I will just say, Rebecca Rolfe, we love you very, very much. We thank you very, very much. And with that, the floor is yours.

[Rebecca Rolfe (honoree, Executive Director, SF LGBT Center)]: Thank you so much, president Mandelmann, and thank you so much to the board of supervisors. I have spent a lot of time in this chamber, as recently as yesterday when I had one minute limit, and I was like, I'll be back tomorrow. So now now you're hostage. But I really wanna accept this award on behalf of community, the queer community here in San Francisco, the incredibly, beautifully, broadly diverse community, that we, are part of and serve. I want to thank the people. The center's been a labor of love, not just for me, but for so many people who have labored so hard to make sure that this is an institution that lasts for our community, and that what we offer every single day, really speaks to the broad, needs of our community, and that we continue to be here to to meet those needs, to fill in the gaps, to identify what's emerging. Because the truth is that across the country, our community is under attack, and that includes here in San Francisco. Especially trans and non binary individuals, along with immigrants and asylum seekers, black folks, we are all under attack. The hatred that we are witnessing is not new, but it is escalating. From policies that seek to erase our very existence, to widespread funding cuts, to vital safety net programs, to the targeting of those who dare to speak out against discrimination and rising fascism, the threats are imminent. Even in San Francisco, we continue to face the impact of homophobia, transphobia, and the impact, the intersections of racism and gender bias in housing, healthcare, employment, and safety. At the same time, we're seeing more people arrive seeking, sanctuary, resources, and refuge. We owe it to each other to be ready to meet that need. And all this is happening at a time when we are facing huge budget challenges from the federal government and at a local level. These are impacting our programs and services, and resulting in reduced services for our community, most tragically for the most vulnerable members of our community. Leadership matters. I really appreciate your recognizing my leadership, but no one leader can solve what we're up against. It is going to take all of us. I look forward to continuing to work with partnership, in partnership with all of you, with the incredible organizations that make up the fabric of this community and this city, with the many citizens, the queer community, all of our allied communities. Because to find a solution, we need each other. We need to protect each other. We need to show up for community. We need to show up for each other. And we do need to invest in the organizations that we want to see endure this moment. So thank you so much for this on behalf of community. It is my pleasure and my honor to serve such an incredible community and to stand with so many amazing leaders who are honored here today. I'm a little intimidated. But it's it's just a pleasure and and an honor. So thank you so much.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: And I think, madam clerk, that takes us to public comment.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you, mister president. At this time, the board welcomes your general public comment. If you'll line up on the right hand side of the chamber, we are setting the timer for two minutes. You may speak to the approval of the May 20 board meeting minutes as presented. Items 27 through 31, the item and items on the adoption, but without reference to committee part of the agenda

[Harry Breaux (honoree, public)]: I'm sorry.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: And other general matters not on today's agenda, but must be within the board subject matter jurisdiction. Welcome.

[Mark (public commenter)]: Alright. You know, there's so many lies told. I I couldn't put it better than, a divine sentence is in the lips of the king. His mouth transgresseth not in judgment. A just weight and balance are the Lord's. All the weights of the bag are his work. It is an abomination to kings, and you're all like little kings. Right? But it says here, it's an abomination to kings to commit wickedness because the throne is established by righteousness. Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him that speaketh right. The wrath of a king is as the messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it. Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil with the proud. Pride is always spoken of in a negative manner in the word of God. It's it's always spoken of. But if you're proud about sin, if I'm proud about being a ladies' man, you know, I should be ashamed of being a ladies' man if I was a ladies' man. And you should be ashamed if you're a homosexual. K? God condemns it. It doesn't mean you cannot be forgiven, but it does mean that God God condemns it. There have been people that used to be homosexuals, you know, and then they got saved.

[Mary Trammell (public commenter)]: I used to

[Mark (public commenter)]: preach with a guy at UC Berkeley. What's his name? He was a manager of a gay bar, and he became a Christian. I forgot the guy's name, but Jesus is coming soon. He really is. When Trump made his Easter profession, that was after 360 sabbatical cycles and 360 from the start of the times of the Gentiles, that Jesus' death and resurrection was the greatest event in history, and it was. He's coming soon. Call out to him today.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you, Mark. Let's hear from our next speaker.

[Chris Wood Klein (public commenter)]: I have a handout.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: We'll we'll come and collect that from you.

[Chris Wood Klein (public commenter)]: Good afternoon, board of supervisors. For the record, my name is Chris Wood Klein. I also go by sergeant Klein of the United States Marine Corps. I just passed out a portion of a document that was submitted to federal court, and I have until 07/14/2025 to file an amended claim with specific incidents for each one of the four questions. Pay particular attention to questions two and three on violations of FISA guidelines. However, today I'm asking the city and county of San Francisco to join forces with me in a class action lawsuit against state sponsored terrorism so that the victims in San Francisco can receive funds from congress from the congress enacted by statute fund set up for US victims of state sponsored terrorism. San Francisco was victimized for a variety of reasons, such as politicians that represent San Francisco, be it at the local, state, and federal level, you host fleet week every year, there is a large veteran population, and there are still military presence in or around San Francisco to include the twenty third Marines, Travis Air Force Base, and Pilar Point Air Force Base that is currently being used for US Space Force and several other units. Unfortunately, the deadline for the sixth installment has passed. I urge each of you in this room to partner and join forces so that the victims can be compensated, and San Francisco can get its fair share of the fund. The deadline just passed was on 06/02/2025, and I previously presented prior to that date. I'm confused and dismayed by several who have refused to move on this at a much quicker pace, as San Francisco suffers perhaps one of its most financial downfalls in history. Let's work together, San Francisco, not against each other. Again, there's there's gonna be another date, but that doesn't fix your budget for this year and next year. If it would have been submitted on time, there wouldn't have been a budget issue this year. Thank you.

[Deputy Clerk/Clerk’s Staff (timekeeper)]: Thank you for your comments. Next speaker.

[Unidentified public commenter (facial recognition request)]: I have a handout for each one of y'all board supervisors. I'm asking for the police department to have facial recognition and the police department. That's what the letter's regarding. It's for every one of them.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Please continue.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: You have a minute and thirty five seconds left.

[Unidentified public commenter (facial recognition request)]: That's all. That's all I have to say. I just wanna present the letter to them and for y'all to read it and not just look at it, take it real serious. Thank you.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you. Let's hear from our next speaker. Welcome.

[Unidentified public commenter (trans flag and gender-affirming care)]: Good afternoon, city supervisors and fellow esteemed neuroscientists. It's pride week as we're all aware.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: And, for me and my family and for much of San Francisco, this is as close to

[Unidentified public commenter (trans flag and gender-affirming care)]: a holy holiday as we're possibly going to get. But it's dire times. And recently, the FBI has set up a hotline for anyone to call in to report health clinics that might be harming children by, quote, performing general mutilations. Now this is a thinly veiled attempt at anti trans propaganda and specifically anti gender affirming care propaganda. It's a vile act. Now reading the writing on the wall, UCSF, Stanford, and the gender confirming center here right here have all ceased providing gender affirming care for anyone 19. That happened this week. Not to be undone in acts of abject cowardice, our mayor somehow, either accidentally, but very likely purposefully, did not include the trans flag in the pride flag raising ceremony at City Hall. Now this is the first time that this has happened since I can remember. We have lots of photographic evidence showing the trans flag right there behind every mayor's speech for as long as I can remember. That did not happen this year. Okay? It's not surprising for a conservative mayor who is cooperating with ICE, but it is quite frankly a surprise for this city. Now your job as legislatures, as a legislative branch of this government, and I can't believe I have to tell you this, but I do, your jobs is to check the mayor's executive power. It is not to stand behind him in social media posts smiling like you're his personal assistant ready to do his bidding. Okay? He is not your constituency. We are. The people of San Francisco are. It's Tuesday. Pride march is Sunday. The trans march is Friday. I expect and I hope that somewhere in or outside of city hall, the red flag and the trans

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you for your comments. Welcome to the next speaker.

[Zachary Friel (public commenter, SOMCAN; District 5 resident)]: Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is Zachary Friel. I'm with Somcan, and I'm a D Five resident. Yesterday, the budget and appropriations committee heard from hundreds of San Franciscans opposing the devastating cuts to our city's social safety net. The mayor has chosen to balance the budget by slashing essential services like legal aid, aid, workforce development, food banks, and homelessness services for families and transitional aged youth. At the same time, some of the richest corporations in the city, namely Airbnb, Uber, and Lyft, have sued the city for over $400,000,000, prompting the city controller to put hundreds of millions of dollars into a litigation reserve. That money could be covering all of the layoffs and all of the cuts to our services in this budget several times over. Why should our communities have to suffer because of their greed? Billionaires and corporations need to pay their fair share. They got rich on our backs. They should not be able to hold our tax dollars hostage. However, our city is prevented from passing a wealth tax on those who have exploited our labor, flipped our homes, and displaced our community members to get rich. We support supervisors Chen, Chan, Walton, and Fielder's resolution and call upon our representatives in Sacramento, assembly member Matt Haney, assembly member Catherine Stephanie, and senator Scott Wiener, to pass legislation that will allow local jurisdictions like ours to pass a wealth tax. Billionaires and corporations need to pay their fair share, and we need to redistribute the wealth to our communities. Thank you.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you for your comments. Let's hear from our next speaker.

[Mary Trammell (public commenter)]: Good afternoon. My name is Mary Trammell. And I was here in early May to discuss why I haven't gotten my settlement from the city. I used to work for the Human Rights Commission. Hi, mister Walton. I know you you represent my district.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Ma'am, please address your comments to the board as a whole.

[Mary Trammell (public commenter)]: I just spoke to him. That's all. I know he's a part of the board as you are, and I have not been paid. I was it was settled in December. The last time my attorney would speak to me was in early March and he told me that before I would get settled that the board of supervisors and the mayor, your case has to go before them. Now, there's three other coworkers of mine that was fired from the human rights commission. And they didn't wait no ten no seven months. And I'm here to say that I had a good experience working for the city, but you need to take take a close look at who you hire for directors and managers because those people are not on the same wavelength as you. They want you to do what they want you to do. They don't want you to obey the rules and regulations. And I'm an old farm girl. We crop tobacco. You had one way to do it and that was right. Well, these city managers and directors, they're they are lasciviously sneaky. And I was here a month ago. The lady in the pink over there is the one that had someone to get my phone number and personal information, email and so forth. I haven't heard from nobody. I went down to my lawyer's office in Redwood City. He I don't know if he was in there or not. Knocked on his door. He didn't ask. Twist the doorknob. It was locked. Now, who do I need to talk to? Who can I talk to? Will somebody tell me what the hell is going on? Oh my god. I don't wanna have to go to channel seven.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Ma'am, I have some information for you if you'll just step over to the

[Mary Trammell (public commenter)]: The the lady in the pink did that in early May. And I hope you can get back to me.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Man, I have information for you.

[Mary Trammell (public commenter)]: Please, Jennifer.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Let's hear from our next speaker, please.

[Unidentified public commenter (restaurant incident complaint)]: You're not American, you're white. This is the warm welcome you'll receive from Diana Delgado and fellow employees of Simcoe restaurants at Pier 39 if you're not privy to being a foreign national fucking off our own, our own being citizens. Let me ask, could I make such a statement without being charged with a hate crime? Could I make such a statement and retain my employment? Could I make such a statement and not be defined a fascist? To be clear, I am for immigration, but what I'm not for is for foreign citizens fucking off our own, whether that be by denial of wages, stealing our jobs, or murdering us with drugs while holding us to standards they do not follow themselves. To anyone bitching for reparations for dead ancestors they never knew, don't forget mine for being strangled for thirty five minutes to then be charged with criminal damage to property and spend four months in custody for taking down a curtain with shit on it. Among the other countless crimes committed by the shit of every race that makes everything a race issue instead of a mutual respect issue. Miss Chen, you bitched today about our rights being taken away by the federal government. What about the city government? Are you living with shit stapled to your wall with miss Chin? While my Asian landlord defines me as

[Matt Dorsey (Supervisor, District 6)]: a free

[Jim Haas (honoree, public)]: floating drunker.

[Bilal Mahmood (Supervisor, District 5)]: He's a dresser.

[Unidentified public commenter (restaurant incident complaint)]: As I'm denied due wages, sexually assaulted at work, and laughed at, as I'm asked if I want to go back to jail, Are you all living with shit stapled to your walls? We've got an $840,000,000 police budget with more than three quarters of those officers not being residents of San Francisco. Here's all of our money. Please don't fuck us off. I think we've seen how great that ideology has worked out. Despite the public health department having a $3,200,000,000 budget, during my most recent incarceration, I witnessed multiple individuals remaining with shit in their pants for a week at a time.

[Deputy Clerk/Clerk’s Staff (timekeeper)]: Speaker's time has expired.

[Unidentified public commenter (restaurant incident complaint)]: Security and mental health professionals walking by as they regularly

[Deputy Clerk/Clerk’s Staff (timekeeper)]: Next speaker, please.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Because the reality is they don't care. They don't care because they don't live here. They don't care because they're not citizens.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Next speaker.

[Sean Sunshine Strickland (public commenter)]: Greetings and salutations, San Francisco. My name is Sean Sunshine Strickland the Strickulator, sometimes known as the Supergirl of San Francisco. And, I just wanna take a moment of time for us to reflect and pray for the good people here in the city, all of you. And please join me for about ten seconds of silence. My message is to Donald Trump, the president of The United States Of America. You claim to be a person who believes in unity and peace, and yet your actions and your words reflect otherwise. If you were truly a person of peace who had agape love, great spirit love inside of your heart and soul, then you would be doing things and saying things to bring people together. Not just a United States Of America, but also helping to pave the path forward to a united earth. That's what I believe in. I'm not sure what you believe in. You've been given nothing but pain and suffering to the people when you should be giving love. Love is the first thing that should come out of your mouth. I believe in infinite diversity and infinite combinations. I believe in love, respect, and understanding to all human beings. And I believe that everyone is created equal. And that every life, all LGBTQIA life, all people of the rainbow should be treated with love, respect, and understanding on the planet Earth. Thank you.

[Deputy Clerk/Clerk’s Staff (timekeeper)]: Thank you for your comments. Next speaker.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Hi.

[Chanel (public commenter, ENDC)]: My name is Chanel, ENDC, board member, director of higher education. I just wanna speak to the supervisors involved with

[Jim Haas (honoree, public)]: the the

[Chanel (public commenter, ENDC)]: budget committee. You know who you are. And, mentioned it about, in 2000 well, actually, 2016, voters, voted for a free, City College. And it did so well, like, two years later, 2019, a budget was, we voted to have ten years of city college free. And so as promised, we're supposed to have city college is supposed to be free and that we're supposed to have that 14,000,000, I believe, in, twenty twenty four, twenty five, but we only got half of that. And that is, is promised that we'll get, like, 7.2, but it got up to, I believe, 9.3. But that that is not enough. It's like we fell short. So I just urge you that you could put more money into the play for, like, 17 or 18 mil because it was this promise for us to have ten years of free, you know, city college. And on a on a personal note, I just wanna know I just wanna say that, I live in New Jersey. I'm from South Jersey. And I did go to a community college, and it really saved me. And I had no idea that I had a learning disability. So that college helped me gave me confidence to the point that I was able to transfer to another college, which is Rutgers University. And I just wanna say that free I wish I'd be able to pay free in my time to and, I'm not gonna mention my age, but back in the day. And I just hope that this is an opportunity for anyone who wants the education, because, you know, mine is a terrible thing to waste. We had this opportunity. We voted for it. Our taxpayer money voted for this. And I I hope I hope

[Deputy Clerk/Clerk’s Staff (timekeeper)]: Thank you for your comments. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please.

[Unidentified family member of homicide victim (public commenter)]: We was here to speak on behalf of our mother. She just came up to you guys and handed out a letter. We just wanted to read part of the letter, basically, regarding injustice with our brother who got killed last year. We just wanted to see, if it's possible to pass the law for the, for facial recognition, but we'll read you part of the letter. I am writing to respectfully urge the board to revisit and reconsider the current policy prohibiting the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement in San Francisco. As a concerned resident and advocate for public safety, I believe that with appropriate safeguards, this technology can be a powerful tool to enhance public safety, assist investigations, and improve the overall effectiveness of police work. When used responsibly and and transparently, facial recognition can help identify suspects in serious crimes located locate missing person missing people and prevent real time threats. Many major cities around the world are successfully incorporating this technology into their public safety strategies. San Francisco, as a public leader in both tech innovations and civil rights, is uniquely positioned to set the standard for ethical and regulated use. So, we just wanted to bring that up to to your knowledge, just because San Francisco does not have a facial recognition thing for SFPD, and we were just wondering if it can get waived. So and, yeah. That's all we wanted to say further. Thank you.

[Deputy Clerk/Clerk’s Staff (timekeeper)]: Thank you for your comments. Next speaker.

[Miss Brown (public commenter)]: You know, I like to use the overhead.

[Deputy Clerk/Clerk’s Staff (timekeeper)]: SF GovTV.

[Miss Brown (public commenter)]: Yesterday, I was, they had the

[Deputy Clerk/Clerk’s Staff (timekeeper)]: Miss Brown, if you could speak into the mic. I'm sorry.

[Miss Brown (public commenter)]: Yesterday, they had they had the Juneteenth, and I was marching with the mayor, and I I marched with this picture as I bring my pictures here all the time. And the, SFPD, the the fire department and all of them, we were all marching. So it was hard for me to walk with this picture. We said Juneteenth was the day that freedom, but our children aren't free. Our children that are being murdered on the street aren't free. I bring this picture of my son all the time saying he's one of those children. My son was shot with a semiautomatic gun, 30 rounds of bullets, left that gun to my son, saving someone else's life. I come here and I said I don't just fight for my child, but I think about all other mothers and fathers that are out there suffering. Look at all these unsolved homicides and murders that are not solved. And mothers like myself and other mothers are still suffering in silence. This is the picture I walked with with the mayor and and asked him, you know, I know I I I believe that he understands what's going on with us mothers. You know, when you get in, you said accountability, service, and justice. That's what we need. Next month will be the here's another unsolved homicide. Maddie Scott's child is over here. This is what the perpetrators left me, a lifeless body. This is what they left me, my son laying on a gurney lifeless. Who wants to see that? This is what I have to remember for the rest of my life. He was my only son. We said hate crimes. This was a hate crime. I don't care about black on black crime. This was a hate crime. And mothers of my like myself are still suffering. Something needs to be done.

[Unidentified public commenter (trans flag and gender-affirming care)]: I'm tired.

[Deputy Clerk/Clerk’s Staff (timekeeper)]: Thank you, miss Brown. Next speaker, please.

[Richard S. D. Peterson (public commenter)]: Good afternoon. My name is Richard SD Peterson To the board and to the supervisors at large, I want to apologize. I used to be a fairly decent extemporaneous speaker when I was a trial attorney. Since long COVID and a couple of strokes, my mind has been a little waddled, and that's why I've got out of intellectual property law and now into fortune telling, because fortune telling is far more easy and predictive. And if you've seen the ads on TV for lawyers, apparently, you can say pretty much what you want. As a fortune teller, there are an innumerable number of restrictions, including advertising. And I don't know how I'm supposed to contact clients. I mean, psychically, is that the way? But the topic I really want to talk about is productive protest. As you know, last week, this meeting was disrupted for about four hours by a so called city service union serving the public. And as a public member, I only can stand and I only can stay so long before all of a sudden I'm going to either fall down that's why I wear a protective motorcycle jacket or not. So productive that's not an example of the disruptive nature of that protest was not productive. And there are other ways of productive protests. If you see in the streets, certainly the no kings thing, why are we waving Mexican flags? I just don't know. Things are so topsy-turvy. Thank you.

[Deputy Clerk/Clerk’s Staff (timekeeper)]: Thank you for your comments.

[Curtis Bradford (public commenter; Tenderloin resident/organizer)]: Good afternoon, supervisors. Thank you for, letting me speak today. I really, my name's Curtis Bradford and I'm just a Tenderloin resident and I do community organizing in the neighborhood and in the city. But, I really wasn't even here today to say anything. I came for an event earlier. But, after hearing a couple of the comments today, I just felt like I wanted to get up and say something to the folks who are watching. Which is, most of the folks here in San Francisco are good hearted folks. And we care about each other. We love each other. And we support each other. The Tenderloin, for example, is probably the most diverse 49 square blocks in America. We have every creed, every race, every religion, every language. It is every sexuality, every orientation, every gender identity. It is an amazing community. And we demonstrate regularly how we can all live together in joy and in peace and support each other. And I just want folks listening who might have heard some contradictory messages today that you're welcome here. We love you here. The majority of us here love you. You're a beautiful person. I see you. You're beautiful. God sees you. You're beautiful. And I just want you to know you're loved. Thank you.

[Deputy Clerk/Clerk’s Staff (timekeeper)]: Thank you for your comments. Next speaker.

[Unidentified public commenter (5G towers)]: What happened to Angela? She just flew away. It's like okay. What's not fake for sure is that intelligence knows that pride is is enemy. Right. Yes. Okay. Such as after that, the stigmatization of colors on this. It's kind of almost surprising that you haven't tried yet a black rainbow. Never mind. I've got more important to say about these five g towers. Yes. Connected to the fact that no matter what, you cannot justify their presence, which is nefarious by saying that it is for high speed Internet. Because I said several times before, that speed is danger. So high speed Internet means no matter what, high danger, Internet, clear enough. Solved. Yes. Now what's the next stage? Because you have now one week to start removing most of these five g or even six, I don't know, who knows, things that you didn't ask the people to put on. I explained that to you last week. When? Okay. Now never mind. Hurry up. Don't forget your breakfast with your orange signalization for the fake word work road work, sorry, that you put all over the countryside to peace again. Sorry. Everybody off. This includes your yellow fluorescence, yellow globalist signs pretending to care about pedestrians or anybody anybody else, whereas it's exactly the opposite. A rehab your unintelligence is neutralizing itself, as I said, and you make your conspiracy absolutely obvious for everyone. Congratulations. That's all we need. Have a good day. See you next week. Yes. July 1.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you for your comments. Are there any other members of the public who would like to address the board during general public comment? Please step up. Alright. Mister president.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Public comment is now closed. Madam clerk, I think we wanna reopen roll call.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Yes. Supervisor Walton asked to reopen roll call.

[Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10)]: Thank you so much, president Madelmann, and thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, I do have an in memoriam for this meeting. It is with deep sorrow and heartfelt respect that we honor the life and legacy of Queen Ayesha, affectionately known as auntie John Ina, a true light and leader in the Samoan and Pacific Islander community. Queen Ayesha Ina was a bright shining star. Born in South San Francisco, she attended Parkway Middle School and graduated from South San Francisco High School. She held close to her heart, her family, her faith, and her second home, the Samoan Community Development Center. For twenty three years, Queen Ayesha devoted herself to SEDC and to the Visitation Valley and Sunnydale neighborhoods. Her passion for uplifting the next generation was unmatched. And she worked tirelessly to ensure our youth were embraced with love, guided by culture, and inspired by her unforgettable joy. Queen Ayesha embodied her culture in every way. Through song, through dance, and through her unwavering commitment to preserving and celebrating Pacific Islander traditions. Anyone who walked the halls of SEDC knew when the queen was present. You could hear her singing church hymns with power and grace, filling the space with spirit and song. At every community event, Queen Ayesha brought her full authentic self. With pride and confidence, she declared, the queen is here. And the entire room will light up in response. She was a force of love, warmth, and hope. She created space for our youth to feel seen, supported, and valued. Her passing is a tremendous loss, but her legacy is forever. It lives on in the heart of SEDC and every young person she mentored and in the strength of a community made better because she was part of it. Queen. Thank you for your service, your spirit, and your unshakable love. Long live the queen. The rest, I submit.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you so much, supervisor Walton. Thank you, mister president.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Thank you, supervisor Walton. Thank you, madam clerk. Let's go to our for adoption of that committee reference agenda, items 27 through 31.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Items 27 through 31 were introduced for adoption, but without committee reference. A unanimous vote is therefore required for adoption of a resolution on first reading today. Alternatively, a member may require a resolution on first reading to go to committee.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: I'm gonna ask that we pull 29, and I don't see anyone else. So madam clerk, can you call the roll on the remaining balance of items?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: On items 27, 28, thirty, and thirty one, supervisor Cheryl. Cheryl, I. Supervisor, Walton.

[Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10)]: Aye.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Walton, I. Supervisor, Chan. Aye. Chan, I. Supervisor, Chen. Chen, I. Supervisor, Dorsey. Aye. Dorsey, I. Supervisor, Engadio. Angadio, aye. Supervisor, Fielder? Fielder, aye. Supervisor, Mahmood?

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Aye.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Vandelman, aye. Supervisor, Melgar? Melgar, aye. And supervisor, Sautter? Aye. Sauter, I. There are 11 ayes.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Without objection, the resolutions are adopted. And then madam clerk, can you please call item 29?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item 29, This is a resolution to condemn antisemitism and all forms of race and religion based violence in San Francisco and to reaffirm its commitment to an open, inclusive, and safe city that actively opposes all forms of hate, including those based on religion, ethnicity, race, sex, national origin, immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and disability.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, I introduced this resolution last week in the wake of a number of recent anti Semitic incidents locally and nationally. Here in San Francisco, we've seen the repeated targeting and harassment of prominent Jewish individuals, businesses, and institutions. We've seen bullying and even violent assaults on Jews of no particular prominence at all. In The United States, at different times in our history, it has been easy for American Jews to imagine that antisemitism is not a thing here. I certainly believe that growing up in San Francisco. My grandmother had come to The United States in the fifties, bringing my father across the Atlantic on a boat. Two survivors of the continent gone gone mad. She had seen anti Jewish hate up close and had lost most of her family to it. But that was Europe in a different time. That kind of thing just couldn't happen in this country. The Irish writer, Connor Cruise O'Ryan, described antisemitism as a light sleeper. That observation seems particularly relevant to the current moment in this country where hatreds of all kinds are rousing on the right and the left. The United States in 2025 is, of course, not Europe in 1933, but ancient bigotries do seem to find a way to adapt themselves to changing times. And Jews know do know from our history that those hatreds left unchecked can do unimaginable harm. So colleagues, I believe at the very least, this is a moment for our board of supervisors to speak up about this particular form of hatred, to condemn it, and recommit ourselves to ensuring that San Francisco continues to be a welcoming city for Jews and for all people. I wanna thank you for your unanimous cosponsorship. I wanna thank JCRC, and I wanna thank especially supervisor Melgar for your input on language. And I wanna thank Melanie Mathewson in my office for all of her work on this. And I think we can take that item, same house, same call, without objection. The resolution is adopted. And madam clerk, do we have any imperative agenda items?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: There are none to report, mister president.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Then could you read the in memoriams?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Yes. Today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individual on behalf of supervisor Walton for the late Ayesha Antijohn Ena.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: I think that brings us to the end of our agenda. Madam clerk, is there any further business before us today?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: That concludes our business for today.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Then we are adjourned.