Transcripts For SFGTV BOS Budget FinanceBudget Appropriations Committee 20240713

Clerk due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect members, and the public, the board of supervisors and the chamber and the Committee Room are closed and so all members will be participating in the meeting remotely. indiscernible and the comments will be available for each item on this agenda. At sfgov. Sorry, sfgov. Tv org, and the number is across the screen. Each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. And the comments to speak during the Comment Period are available via phone, by calling 8882045984 and, again, 888 8882045984, access code, 350018. And press pound and press pound again. When you are connected, dial 1, and then 0, to be added to the queue to speak. You will be lunch lined up in the order that you dialed 1 and 0. While waiting the system will be silent and the system will notify when you are in line and waiting. All callers remain on the line until their line opens and everyone must allow the discrepancy between livestreaming and speaking. Call from a quiet location and speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. And you may make Public Comment in either of the ways, email me at linda. Wong sfgov. Org. If you are submitting Public Comment via email its included in the legislative file as part of the matter. Written comments may be sent via u. S. Postal service to city ha hall, 1 dr. Carleton b goodlett place, San Francisco, california, 94102. Supervisor fewer thank you very much, madam clerk. Call item 1. Clerk its a resolution approving a second modification of the grant between the city and the lowincome Investment Fund for the provision of child care facilities and Technical Assistance to support the citys implementation of the San Francisco citywide plan for early care and education to extend the term up to two years and to increase the grant amount by 37. 2 million. And in the amount of 66 66. 3 million with board approval. Supervisor fewer we have a request to continue this item to the call of the chair. And so we will not hear a presentation, but we will call for Public Comment. So lets open this up for Public Comment. Clerk yes,. Vicepresidenyes madam chairn the queue. Let us know if there are any callers that are ready. Madam chair, allow me a moment to check the queue. Supervisor fewer yes. There are no callers wishing to speak. Supervisor fewer thank you, Public Comment is closed. And to make a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair. Could i please have a roll call vote. Clerk supervisor walton . Walton aye. And supervisor mandelman. Mandelman aye. And chair fewer. Fewer, aye. Supervisor fewer call 2, and 3 and 4 together. Clerk two, emergency ordinance amending the admin straightive code to establish the covid19 disaster Family Relief Fund. And item 3, ordinance amending the administrative code to establish the covid19 disaster Family Relief Fund. And item 4, ordinance appropriating 10 million for the general reserve to provide support through the creation of a Family Relief Fund that will serve undocumented and extremely lowincome families with children 018 years old and who do not qualify for stimulus relief. Those who want to speak, press 1 to speak. Supervisor fewer thank you very much, supervisor walton. Supervisor walton we continued these items from last week because were in conversations with the Mayors Office to work out the details to provide this relief without going through the legislative process and making sure that relief gets to families quicker. Were still having those negotiations and we should finalize everything by friday and i wish to continue items 2, 3, and 4 to next weeks budget and finance Committee Meeting on april 22nd. Supervisor fewer thank you very much, so we have a motion on the table to continue items 2, 3, and 4 to the next budget and finance committee. So can we have a roll call vote. Clerk would you like to have Public Comment on these items . Supervisor fewer im sorry, yes, Public Comments on items 2, 3, and 4, please. Clerk let us know if there are any callers that are ready. Madam chair, please allow me a moment to check the queue. Madam chair, there are no callers wishing to speak. Supervisor fewer thank you very much, Public Comment is closed. Madam clerk, supervisor walton has made a motion, can we have a roll call vote, please. Clerk on the motion to continue items 2, 3, and 4, to the next budget and finance Committee Meeting, supervisor walton. Walton, aye. Supervisor mandelman. Mandelman, aye. Chair fewer . Three ayes. Supervisor fewer can you read items 5 and 6 together. Clerk yes, resolution retroactively authorizing the office of the District Attorney to accept and expand a grant in the amount of 1663,000 for the california Governors Office of Emergency Services for the innovative response to the marginalized Victims Program for the grant period of january 1, 2020, through december 31, 2020. And item number 6, resolution retroactively authorizing the office of the District Attorney to accept and expend a grant in the amount of 200,000 for the california Governors Office of Emergency Services for the Elder Abuse Program for the grant period of january 1, 2020, through december 31, 2020. And members who wish to have Public Comment should call the number on the screen and press 1 and 0 to line up to speak. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. So i see that we have supervisor preston or no, we actually have Gina Rodriguez to join us today. Yes, good morning, can you hear me . Supervisor fewer yes, we can, thank you. Thank you very much. I have a very spor short presentation. Im with the San Francisco District Attorneys office and my name is dr. Gina castarodriguez and im here to just ask for the approval for the two grants retroactively. And these two grants support november the work of the District Attorneys Office Services division. Supervisor fewer sorry, im trying to sorry, im trying to advance the slide. The work that we do at the Victims Services provision is to support every victim of Violent Crime in San Francisco that we make contact with. Weve been doing this for 40 years. We are in the city charter as the organization that responds to victims of crime. In 2019, we served 8,500 victims of Violent Crime. We paid out 1. 3 million in victims of crime compensation. We provided more than 500 hours of outreach presentations and training. And we had our staff participate in almost 2,500 hours of professional development. The grants that were talking about today, both come from the California Office of Emergency Services. The first is the k. I. Grant. Its an innovative response to working with marginalized victims. For San Francisco we targeted young men of color and those infected by Community Violence in 94100, 94112, and 94114, and 94114. And the reason that we chose those zip code says that our data for the last five years show that we have high incidences of violence and Community Violence in those neighborhoods but lower engagement compared to other districts in San Francisco. So for the last three years we have had advocates that focus primarily on those zip codes and respond and work in the community and partner with the communitybased agencies. In 2019, this grant served 415 victims of crime. The second grant also is a grant for elder abuse. This grant is in the amount of 200,000. We were allowed to target a population of elders that we thought that needed extra services and resources. So we chose to look at elders and independent adults who are a victim of pedestrian accidents and fatalities. And also financial fraud. These are areas that we were underserved in San Francisco prior to this grant. We partner with walk s. F. And vision zero in order to provide these services. It allows us to respond immediately when a person is a victim of a pedestrian accident or a fatality and to begin working with their family immediately. And it also allows us to provide a lot of outreach and education around financial fraud. If you go to our website right now we just released a whole series of videos on covid19 fraud, translated in five different languages. And we are distributing that to agencies that work with elders throughout San Francisco to make them aware of some of the unique financial frauds and scams that are coming out right now due to the covid19 health crisis. In 2019, we served 479 victims of crime through this program and did 22 presentations on both fraud and pedestrian safety. Supervisor fewer is that the end of your presentation . Thats the end, thank you. Supervisor fewer okay. Any comments or questions. Supervisor walton . Superviso . No, im sorry. I thought that your name was in the queue. Im sorry. And i have a question are you doing around any work with blessing scams and in the Chinese Community this is very prevalent. So are you giving any services to these scams and doing any education about it in language and culturally sensitive . Yes, absolutely. So a third of our presentations were done in cantonese and mandarin last year. We do heavy outreach to asianlanguage speaking communities, and in the bayview and, of course, in chinatown. We have created thousands of bags that are translated into four languages that is information about scams and frauds, including the blessing scam. Theres the grocery bags that we hand out when we provide information. And my staff generally target agencies that serve elders with resources like food and, you know, day treatment or day services and they provide their presentations during the lunch hour or during the social hour so they can engage with the Community Members and talk about their specific questions or their specific needs. We also do a lot of outreach events, including all of the street events and a lot of the Community Community fairs that happen throughout the city. And right now that were not able to do those things we have created the videos and those videos are in english, spanish, punjabi, cantonese and tagolig, and currently translating into more languages. Supervisor fewer are you doing it around elder abuse in nursing home facilities . We have not done that. We do partner are partner with the elder Forensic Center and i know that the ombudsman and the Forensic Center do a little work in that but we have not done that. Supervisor fewer do you have plans to expand that . This grant, the grant focuses specifically on these two crime parts but i absolutely would be open to exploring more resources to do that. Right now its just a capacity issue. We serve 9,500 victims of crime last year and i have 20 advocates. So we need many, many more staff and, unfortunately, this is a bad time for that so were trying to prioritize the area where is there are not other resources. Supervisor fewer okay, thank you very much. Theres no daily report on this. Lets open this up for Public Comment. Any members of the public that would like to comment on items 5 and 6 . And if you are in the queue press 1, and 0. Madam clerk. Clerk the operation is checking to see if theres any callers in the queue. Please let us know if there are callers that are ready. Yes, i have one caller ready to speak. I will start the queue. Supervisor fewer welcome caller. You have one question remaining. This is Linda Chapman. Again, i dont really have access to agendas, but since this came up, you know, this is something with which i have very direct experience recently. I have already come to the supervisors two or three times well, three times at least in writing and in present about the elder abuse in the jewish home where i was sent for physical therapy. And where the registered nurse in charge of the night shift arrived at 5 30 in the morning and ripped off my clothes and put her hand on my pubic area and rubbed back and forth several times while talking to herself without donning gloves or turning on the light. So apart from the fact that this is elder abuse, you know, lets think about the health practice, you know, that were concerned about hygiene. And i have very good supports morally from the victims advocate, the d. A. , as well as adult protective services. But neither one of them was able to crack this detective in the special units and to give me practical advice as to what to do. You know, to make him to conduct an investigation. Im a retired federal investigator of civil rights complaints which included, you know, even rape and, you know, Sexual Assault and things of that kind. So i know what the elements of an investigation are. Not only did he not do any of them, but it turned out more recently that when i contacted the unit in the d. A. s office after going to Police Commission and after the Police Commission tried unsuccessfully to get the police chief to investigate this, i learned that the detective had actually eliminated the entire report and all of the evidence and so forth. So i would say that they definitely need to have resources and money in order to help people in nursing homes. I am not your typical person to be in a nursing home. Most of them would be unable, you know, to make a complaint or their families, let alone to pursue this matter as i have done. You have zero questions remaining. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. Now Public Comment is now closed. And ill make a motion to move these two items to the board with a positive recommendation that. We have a roll call vote. Clerk on the motion, supervisor fewer to recommend these two items 5 and 6 to the board. Supervisor walton, walton, aye. Supervisor mandelman. Mandelman, aye. Chair fewer. Fewer, aye. There are three ayes. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. And madam clerk, call item number 7. Clerk item 7, resolution retroactively authorizing the office of the treasurer and Tax Collector to accept and expend a grant in the amount of 250,000 from policylink for the purpose of designing and implementing a National Initiative to reform fines and fees from december 1, 2019, through july 31, 2021. Members to provide Public Comments should call and press 1 and 020 line up to speak. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. We have krista brown. Yes, good morning, supervisors. My name is krista brown and i manage the financial Justice Project in the office of the treasurer. And im here to present for your approval a resolution authorizing the office of the treasurer and Tax Collector to accept and expend a grant in the amount of 250 for policylink. The funding supports the financial Justice Project as we work collaboratively with the National Partners to create a new National Network called the city and counties for fines and fees justice. And since launching the project in 2016, the goal of assessing and reforming fines and fees that have a disproportionate impact on lowincome people and on communities of color, and in the three years since we have been really proud to work with our fellow city departments, with many of you, and with the courts to push forward reforms to more than a dozen fines and fees across our city, and to lift tens of millions of debt off lowincome families in our community. We worked with the San Francisco Public Library to relieve overdue fines, and the debts stemming from these fines. And with sfmta to have discounts on fees for lowincome people. And we worked with the sheriff and the mayor to make phone calls free from our county jail. And we worked with many of you and the board and our fellow departments to eliminate many of the administrative fees that are charged to people exiting the criminal justice system, like fees to be fingerprinted, booked into jail or to rent an ankle monitor. Over the course of three years we have found that these fines and fees are often very high paying for lowincome people and causing them a lot of financial distress and very low gain for government, resulting in very few collections or an additional collection cost. And you have worked with the departments to ensure that the reforms that we have advanced are meaningful to the people who need them and are feasible for the departments to implement. And over the last few years we have found that the fines and the fees are really important to work on and weve heard from the cities and counties across the country at least once a week that are hoping to learn from our work and to advance similar reforms. So this grant would support our participation to create a new National Network, the cities and counties for fines and fees justice. That would bring together localities across country to pursue similar reforms. We know that in this crisis that this work is even more important and even more challenging. And the last economic recession we know that many localities turned to fines and fees to balance their budgets, further burdening lowincome residents that were already struggling financially. Through this National Network we hope to provide advice, based on our own experience, to show our San Francisco lessons and to learn from other cities and counties pushing forward similar reforms. Id be happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Supervisor fewer seeing no questions on the queue, lets open this up for Public Comment. Theremadam clerk, lets start c comments. Clerk yes, madam chair. Operation is checking to see if theres an callers in the queue. Let us know if there are any callers that are ready. Madam chair, there are no callers wishing to speak. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. Id like to make a motion indiscernible i dont need to add my motion. Excuse me. So, madam clerk, there i make a motion to move this to the board with a positive recommendation. There is no daily report on this. Could we have a roll call vote on item number 7. Clerk on the motion, supervisor walton. Walton, aye. Supervisor mandelman. Mandelman, aye. Chair fewer. Fewer, aye. There are three ayes. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. Item 8 was noticed at the session and i want to say for the record that will committee will not be convening in closed session for this item. Madam clerk, call number 8. Clerk item 8 to approve and authorizing the execution of a limited payment guaranteee for the benefit of the Silicon Valley bank in the amount equal to 43 million plus accrued interest and any other costs and a limited Payment Guaranty for the benefit of Raymond James tax credit investment, inc, in an amount equal to 3. 2 million, if the construction of the 100 affordable, if it cannot be completed and for other similar notice issued by a court as a result of the current lawsuit. Members of the public who wish to speak or who wish to provide Public Comment on the item should call the number across the screen and press 1 and 0 to line up to speak. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. So today we have with us miss Courtney Macdonald from supervisor haneys office and jane adam, and bob deck from the treasurtreasurer island authori. Excuse me, chair chair fewer. Were having issues with the conference line at the moment so were trying to reestablish that line right now. Should i go ahead . Supervisor fewer madam clerk, should we should miss macdonald go ahead and start . Yes, please, and well reestablish the line and let you know. Supervisor fewer thank you. Miss macdonald, please start. Thank you. And good morning members of the budget committee. Courtney macdonald from supervisor haneys office. I just wanted to make a brief statement on behalf of the supervisor in support of this item. As the first project of the new development on Treasure Island, maceo may is a really exciting and we think a critical and Affordable Housing project that will not only serve as a replacement units for formerly Homeless Veterans on the island but also provide additional and desperately needed Affordable Housing units and serving formerly homeless and lowincome veterans. I also wanted to take a moment to really thank the Creative Team behind maceo may. We know that its been a really long time coming, especially the folks at ccdc and the one Treasure Island, tida, and our office has been really been proud to partner with you all for the past year and a half or so in helping to identify Building Support for this project and moving it forward. So i think that with that, theres some presenters with a lot more detail but, again, i wanted to just offer support on behalf of our office. Thank you. Supervisor fewer thank you, miss macdonald. And now we have i believe don adams. Thank you, chair fewer. I wanted to make sure that everyone can hear me, im on my phone. Great. So im going to echo miss macdonalds enthusiasm and kitement for this project. We are thrilled to be on the cusp of initiating construction and even more thrilled given the current shifting environment economic landscape that were in and a desire to bring affordable units on board as soon as possible. And to provide economic stimulus through the construction itself. I have a very brief powerpoint and i will endeavor to share my screen. And to initiate that powerpoint. Okay, can everyone see the powerpoint on the screen . Supervisor fewer no. Lets see here. How about flow . Supervisor fewer no. Okay. And i wonder if you are able to share the powerpoint . Supervisor fewer indiscernible . Perfect. Great. Ill just keep it in this view. So we are here to request your approval for a limited Payment Guaranty. And this is prompted by litigation brought earlier in the year requesting an injunction on work across the island. As being able to report and as our City Attorney can attest to, we believe that the risk to this project from the lawsuit is imminent. But the lender and investors are requiring a guaranty that is limited to any injunction that might happen due to this particular lawsuit. And so thats the request that we have before you today. Just a little bit of background and context and, again, bob beck from tida is on as well for questions should any arise. This is part of the Treasure Island redevelopment, 8,000 units to be developed in multiple phases and over 2,000 units that will be below market. And over 1,800 of those units are affordable rental housing and maceo may is the first of those projects. Its located on parcel c32, and its part of the initial pink represented first major save. And the source are the team partners. As mentioned its 105 units and for formerly Homeless Veterans and lowincome veterans who live on the island and these would be replacement units for those current households. Also very exciting about this project is that part of our modular pilot program, so its one of three Supportive Housing developments that the city is sponsoring, along with ociii to support the modular housing as a viable methodology that can deliver units faster and more efficiently. It did, however, add to the acuity of the need to close off construction and initiate initie Construction Activity because were in a queue for these modular units and any delay would potentially disrupt our ability to get those units in the very near term. Finally, the other critical issue here is that were under a very closing deadline. So the bond market in california, were now under competitive framework. This project was awarded prior to that competitive framework so we do not want to lose this bond allocation and have to go in under a future competitive round. Finally, in addition to our subsidy, we have vhppp funding along with vouchers and indiscernible contracts. As i mentioned this guaranty request would be a guarantee to provide payment to investor and construction lenders under default, triggered by a work stoppage that would result from a lawsuit and court orders. This triggered event would be a default under the construction loan. That loan has a term of 32 months with a fourmonth extension. So the triggering of that event would be a default that would happen worst case 36 months from now. Again, guarantee is limited to default under the lawsuit. And just for reference, the subject area for the lawsuit is primarily this green hatch area. So our site, c32, sits outside of the area in which the lawsuit is claiming there to be environmental issues. And this further affirms our sense that the risk to maceo may is extremely low. Finally, obtaining of the first guarantee first coming from tida housing subsidy. And these are market rate obligations to pay into a subsidy pool. So we would first use those funds that would be accruing to tida and then o. C. D. Would use its own Funding Sources to make up the difference. Again, we feel that the risk is low and we have sufficient sources that we can draw from should a payment be required. So with that, i will hand my presentation and i will be open for comments and questions. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. I wanted to mention, colleagues, that codevelopers from chinatown and are also available by phone if you should have questions. Are there any questions or comments at this time . Seeing none on the roster, can we please have the daily report. Good morning, chair, members of the committee, the budget analyst office. And this is the board is being asked to guarantee to put through limited payment guarantees with the Silicon Valley bank and Raymond James investments for 43 million and 3. 2 million respectively. These guarantees are in the case that the partner project on Treasure Island would be delayed or stopped because of the litigation. The source of the funds ordinarily the city would not be responsible for repayment of these loans so its specific to the litigation that the city is now asked to take some responsibility for repayment of the loans if necessary. The sources of the funds mr. Adams has already spoken about is 24 million in the housing subsidy and the balance is the responsibility of the Mayors Office of housing. Our discussions with the Mayors Office as mr. Adam stated is that the loan repayment would be low risk. However, there is some risk to this limited payment guarantee. We do consider approval of the resolution to be a positive matter for the board of supervisors. Supervisor fewer thank you very much, miss campbell. And opening this up for Public Comment. Any members of the public that would like to comment on item number 8 . Clerk madam chair, operation is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. Please let us know if there are any callers that are ready. Madam chair, maybe in the meantime i should mention that theres two very minor edits to the resolution that we want to present at this time. Those changes, im happy to read those changes into the record. Supervisor fewer one moment, please. I think that were checking for comments. But quite possibly there could be no speakers on the line, is that correct . Please let us know if there are any callers that are ready. Madam chair, theres no callers at this time. Supervisor fewer thank you very much, Public Comment is now closed. Yes, mr. Adam . I just wanted to call out for the committee that there are a couple minor edits to the resolution before you for consideration. The first is an added resolution at the request of the controller that we add language to the effect that the controller is authorized to transfer legally available appropriations with the guarantees are triggered and became payable. This just makes clear that we would draw any kind of payment obligations from most appropriations that would be authorized by the controller. So thats added in your red line. And were clarifying that the amounts of the guarantees are consistent with the previous approvals that this committee provided and are listed as up to amounts. These amounts will fluctuate to a very minor degree as we move towards closing. So these are just to make clear that its consistent with the previous approvals that is being provided. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. And City Attorney, im imagining that these are not substantive . I have not seen the red line myself, but as described they do not sound substantive. Supervisor fewer thank you very much, lets have a roll call vote on the amendments, please. I make a motion to approve these amendments and if we could have a roll call vote, that would be great. Clerk supervisor mandelman, mandelman aye. Supervisor walt on, walton, aye. Chair fewer . Fewer, aye. Three ayes. Supervisor fewer i move this with a positive recommendation to the full board as amended. Give us a roll call vot again. Clerk on the motion, supervisor walton, walton, aye. And supervisor mandelman. Mandelman, aye. Chair fewer. Fewer, aye. There are three ayes. Supervisor fewer thank you very much, madam clerk, call item 1 for the budget appropriation committee. Madam chair, for your information the conference line is back up. Clerk item 1 to review the budget process and related updates for 20202021, and 20212022, and the budget analysts to report. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item call the item across the screen and press 1 and 0 to line up to speak. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. So i believe today that we have the mayors Budget Office and ben rosenfield, the controller. Hi, chair fewer, this is kelly fitzpatrick. I have a very brief update. I am just using this time to provide you weekly kind of just new information as it becomes available related to what has been focused on as direct city spending versus the operations. You know, city staffing and supplies needed to meet the direct covid response. As well as any Additional Information that we have on state or federal resources to help us with covidrelated expenses. So i have a very short presentation. Im going to attempt to share my screen. I did practice, so hopefully this is working. Can you see it now . Supervisor fewer yes. Excellent. Okay. So the city anticipates over the next month or two to expend about 500 millio 500,000 to r staffing and operational needs for departments. This doesnt include the large initiatives that we have all been talking about related to alternative housing or largests. This is really the staffing for our d. O. C. , sorry, Department Operation centers and e. O. C. S as well as equipment and supplies largely at the department of Public Health. So to date, the departments have expended about 27 million. Thats money out the door. And of which about 16 million of the majority is for staffing and salary and benefits, and almost 70 of that is for our large responding departments, a. P. H. , and s. H. A. And the m. T. A. For the costs for their staff to respond to covid. A lot of this accounting is such that we can claim through fema for staff time related to covid direct responses for running our e. O. C. S and d. O. C. And d. P. H. Has expended about 6. 1 million and, of course, theres largely they have kind of queued up their ability to spend significantly more as the need arises to meet the Health Equipment and the Safety Supplies for p. P. E. And this is about 4 million more than last week when i updated you on this. And then some marginal changes for additional workforce working from home. As well as other kind of transportation, homeless support services, that we have been discussing over the last couple of weeks. And when i last talked to you last week, the Governors Office has outlined a highlevel detail for an additional 500 million of state emergency relief funding. So the state has been the governor has been given about 1 billion worth of appropriation capacity from the legislature and so as we discussed last week, the governor outlined a plan for 150 million of that and 100 million for homeless aid which San Francisco will receive 6 million and 50 million for the procurement of housing and the allocations to be determined across the state for that. And in the last week theyve outlined a plan for another 500 million which includes 50 million for child care for essential workers, and 50 moil yen for projective gear and cleaning supplies and including at child care facilities and these are all statewide numbers for Small Business and about 50 million for foster and enhanced services for i. H. S. Service clients. Its only been a week and we do not know the direct allocations that San Francisco will receive and as a result our departments are looking very closely to understand if there are formulas or allocation models that we will receive. But i wanted to share this with you. However, at the same time, the state senate and assembly who have been on recess have convened and will be holding their first subcommittee on the oversight of that total 1 billion, of which the governor has outlined about at least 650 million for the emergency spending. So there will be hearings tomorrow over that. And also the governor at his Weekly Briefing no, Daily Briefing i apologize on monday, did also discuss that potentially tomorrow or at least in the next week that the Governors Office will be discussing the raw budget and the financial picture. So hopefully more to come on that. So we have a sense of where our states finances are at. He did reiterate that the governors may revise its constitutionally mandated sort of the interesting shape that will take given everything that is going on. So these are the updates that have passed in the last week. Im happy to try to answer any questions or just to hear requests for Additional Information that you would like in subsequent meetings from either my office or the Controllers Office. And with that i will pass it back. Supervisor fewer supervisor ronen . Supervisor ronen i have a quick question. So the 27 million that is expended or the 16. 5 in staffing, that is above and beyond the normal payroll . It likely is inclusive of normal payroll, it is people who are dedicated to the d. O. C. And e. O. C. Theres a lot of existing city staff and were counting for their costs as covid related so that we can try to receive reimbursement from fema for that. In our report that were working on with the Controllers Office and the b. L. A. For the joint report update, we will we will work to try to disaggregate our costs of existing staffing and any additional staffing that may result from covid. But right now this is my understanding is that the majority of just our existing staff who have been deployed due to covid but well work to tease out for both you and our reporting purposes, um, any additional staff. Okay, thats good news, i was getting a little worried. I thought in addition to regular payroll. No, likely a combination but mostly making sure that we can capture as much fema money as possible. Okay, great, thank you so much. Supervisor fewer supervisor ronen . Supervisor ronen thats it. Supervisor fewer supervisor walton. Supervisor walton thank you, chair fewer. Miss kirkpatrick and this might be for you or the controller, but my understanding from checking in with our state representatives that there was a 1. 1 billion, i believe, allocated to our services, 150 million and the governor allowed and have made available to cities and counties. If we could get a report in the future just as were talking about reimbursement in terms of where the Additional Resources from the 1. 1 billion can go and what is reimbursable for us as a city and county here in regards to our homeless population. Particularly as it pertains to tracing individuals in hotels, that would be great. You bet. indiscernible i think that theres a 50 million allocation for hoteling and alternative housing. And as i shared last week, our understanding from the state is that theyre going to take in what jurisdictions across the state have spent and then figure out an allocation model. So as we learn hopefully in the coming weeks, our potential direct allocation of that 50 million, well certainly share that. Of the 100 million dedicated for homelessness, we know that were getting 6 million for that. I think that we may have already received it and it will help for the variety of costs of the department of homelessness, with additional meals and handwashing stations, you know, a variety of needs, and well work to report out exactly what its spent on over the coming months or two. Thank you. Supervisor fewer any more comments or questions from my colleagues . So we dont have a daily report on this. I would like to should we call for Public Comment on this, madam clerk. Clerk yes, madam chair. Supervisor fewer well call for Public Comment on this on item number 1. If the members of the public would like to speak on this item call the number and press 1, 0, to get in the queue. Thank you. Clerk madam chair, operation is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. Let us know if there are any callers that are ready. Madam chair, i have one caller waiting to speak and i will start the queue now. Supervisor fewer thank you. Hello, caller. You have one question remaining. Supervisor fewer welcome, caller. Gentlemen, this is indiscernible and i wanted to bring to your attention that theres indiscernible and i think that because it doesnt work that some of what you have on the agenda and rethinking that everything is in play so that we can ask a question, we are left out. So if you look at the act, theres agenda items that need public input and were not given that opportunity and theres items that have to be read again. Because its illegal. Now im not faulting the supervisors and i dont know who is going to fine tune this system, but in a year 2020, we should have a better system if you say that you want input from the community. I know that the item on Treasure Island, i wanted to give input on that and i was told that indiscernible and messages and i even spoke to the gentleman from i. T. And he said theyre trying to work on that thing. Thats fine. But if we dont follow the requirements, if we dont meet the standards, then whatever were trying to decide is illegal. I dont want to put you all down. This item is very important to us advocates because we do due diligence. And i have to give my input because i have to represent the people. You have to represent the people by doing thank you very much. Supervisor fewer thank you. Other callers . This is Linda Chapman and i have to raise the same issue on behalf of cara. Actually, im attempting to attend this meeting in order to make sure that our point of view regarding the, you know, the hotel issue etc. , would be represented should that come up on the agenda. Theres no way of seeing what the agenda is unless you have internet. You know, and then this is not the first time this is the second or the third time that i have been cut off. Now this time i wasnt cut out of almost the entire hearing, but what mr. De costa is saying is true. You know, cove cada previously e the statement from our state chair that you cannot assume that youre getting input from the public 138,000 households in San Francisco that dont have computer access. This is just really in spades now. And the announcements in the examiner which is really the only thing that we have access to now does not say anything how you do a call in and finally there was one that Say Something about that. They dont say anything about what the agendas are, so i dont know if theres anything coming up on this agenda that i should be listening for or am i wasting hours of my time. And when i do put in hours of my time ive been cut off more than twice. I mean, the phone goes dead. The meeting goes dead. And i cant get back in and i have no idea what the issue is that youre asking Public Comment on and the issues that im supposed to be representing cara on is on your agenda or not. But for sure we have, you know, followed up, both of us about this problem with the brown act and the sunshine act that you have a system that just isnt working. And also publication is only on the internet. Even right now during the hearings were told to look at the screen. You have zero questions remaining. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. Public comment is now closed. I have a question for you, when the conference line was not in operation, were there people in the queue waiting to give Public Comment on item number 8 . There were people on the line and we were not sure if they had queued up or not but at the time item 8 was being heard, we were trying to reestablish the conference line and when we did reestablish the conference line i believe that you guys had already passed on item 8. Supervisor fewer okay. Before the before it went dead there was no one in the queue, but they were listening in. Supervisor fewer there was no speaker in the queue . Correct. Supervisor fewer okay. So let us hear this item on the budget and appropriations committee, item number 1. And we will finish this item and then if it is at the pleasure of my colleagues, i will rescind items to vote on item 8 and open it up for Public Comment again since we had a glitch in our conference line. And then listen to the Public Comment and then revote on item number 8. So lets finish this item. Are there any comments or questions about the report from our mayors Budget Office . Seeing none, i would like today, colleagues, to announce that im releasing budget principles that i hope that will guide the next few months of our Work Together as Budget Appropriations Committee prior to the boards package process in august. I felt a responsibility as budget chair to balance the necessary investments in Public Health measures and support for our most vulnerable communities to meet their basic needs. indiscernible over the next two years. Im worried about the cuts to Critical Services and city staff that we could be seeing on the backend of this crisis that is not to say that we shouldnt be deciding to make critical investments, but as much as possible they want those to be informed and careful decisions. I realize that my role and feeling of responsibility for the budget naturally positions me to be in an oppositional role from many of my colleagues. And that is very difficult. But i have been working with the Public Sector neighbors and nonprofit organizations on these subject principles to ensure that the impact of our Critical Response efforts right now as much as possible does not contribute to our deficit and possible indiscernible and i hope that this resonates with the budget committees and am open to further discussions about Budget Priorities moving forward. These are the Budget Priorities that i am releasing which will be shared on the budget information website. Information website. As well as departments specific hearings as needed. Leverage external resources. We are committed to leveraging new revenues as much as possible to state and federal relief and private donations to sf fund. We are committed to transparency regarded the funds raised or received. Realizing our values. The board is committed to protecting the San Francisco vulnerable residents and assistants to meet needs to address gaps. We are committed to the preservation of existing services that San Francisco residents include on including those provided by the city annan Profit Community organization. Way are committed to Public Employment and job security for city and county including insurance. We are committed to Economic Equity as it relates to services. We are looking at an Equity Analysis of any Service Reductions or staffing changes. Reevaluation of priorities. As the city considers critical investments and choices the Budget Priorities in the coming weeks and months, the board is open to direct discussions with the mayor Office Office about identified one Budget Priorities. Possible allocations to meet the most urgent needs. Considering the significant current year deficit andrewing upon the reserves for the fiscal years 20202021 and 2021 and 2022, legislation impacting the general fund or reserves should be considered as part of the 2020 budget process unless all other options have been exhausted. That means for any urgent need that must be addressed i am asking all Board Members to begin by working with departments and the Mayors Office and asking that members of the board work with the Controllers Office to identify funds that do not come from the general reserve. Having said that, i hope that we will engage in further discussion and feel free to reach out to me or my aid if you have any questions or comments. I see no comments on th on the. I would like to move this to the call of the chair. Could i have a roll call please. I mead a second. Second. Roll call vote, please. On the motion. Supervisor walton. Aye. Mandelman. Aye. Yee. Aye. Fewer. Aye. Lets go back to item 8, i would like to open up the possibility for public motion. I make a motion to rescind the vote of item 8 of the budget and finance committee. On the motion to rescind the vote for item 8 8 for the budget and finance committee. Walton. Aye mandelman. Aye. Fewer. Aye. We will hear Public Comment on item 8. Any members of the public . Please get into the queue and press 10 to be heard. I have two callers to speak. I will start the queue now. Thank you. Chair, fewer, i thank you for taking charge in the proper manner by explaining about transparency and accountability. We advocate, as i said, madam chair. Yes, i can hear you. I thank you for explaining so that we advocates know exactly what is happening. On item number 8, we are concerned about how the issues link to contamination. Our apologies, but we can hear you very clearly so please continue. Okay. Really what i am saying. We advocates are here to address quality of life issues, and we appreciate the work that you are doing. Supervisor mandelman, i tried to keep in touch because i know you are i know your heart is in the right place. I know it is confusing to speak. So what i want to do is for the supervisors and the mayor to Pay Attention to the contamination on Treasure Island. We have gone to Treasure Island to protest. They want to build Affordable Housing here, there and everywhere. We need to address contamination. Thank you very much. Our apologies. Next speaker, please. I am going to say i appreciate your efforts to have transparency, and, you know, the problem is when you dont have a computer item 8 could be about astronauts to the moon, how would i know . Watch channel 26. That is cable. I have no reason to pay for cable because i dont watch it. A lot of households that would be an extravagance. I have access to the technology i need ordinarily. A lot of households dont have access. I appreciate your efforts here, you know, i have called repeatedly to my supervisor in the office and our legislative director called on this issue. You have to find a way other than relying on the computer. Looking at the screen to see the number to call, you know . The way i would get the number is from my supervisor or the clerk and they didnt give the instructions to get in. Time after time the best thing i can suggest is public notices. You could publish the agenda of the meeting in this time in the examiner and the instructions. Finally, after numerous requests they did publish the number to call in. I dont recall if they published instructions of dialing one zero. It is breaking down and not working. I have been successfully using these with my hoh with car and senior disability action. The city of San Francisco has a problem here. That is all i have to say. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Public comment on item 8 is closed. I make a motion to send item 8 to the full board with a positive recommendation as amended. May we have a roll call vote, please. Could we please vote on the amendment, madam chair . I make a motion to approve the amendment. Could we have a roll call vote please. On the motion. Supervisor walton. Aye. Mandelman. Aye. Fewer. Aye. Three ayes. I would like to move item 8 as amended with a positive recommendation to the full board. Could i have a roll call vote, please. On the motion, supervisor walton. Aye. Mandelman. Aye. Chair fewer. Aye. Three ayes. We are adjourned