Thank you, madam secretary and now ill call for adjournment and commissioner driscoll, did you make the motion . I cant remember. Motion has been made and seconded and you have the call. Right. Thats why i said, i wasnt sure. All in favour for adjournment. Meeting is adjourned. No objection to ajourning. Thank you very much. Good afternoon. Welcome to the june 9, regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Could i have roll call, please. Thank you, mr. President. Supervisor fewer. Present. Supervisor haney. Supervisor mandelman. Present. Supervisor mar. Present. Supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor preston. Present. Supervisor ronen. Present. Supervisor safai. Present. Supervisor stefani. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. Supervisor yee. Mr. President. All members are present. Thank you. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Place your right hand over your heart, please. I pledge allegiance to the flago f america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who record each meeting and make the transcripts available to the public online. What i would like to do is before we go to communications, and before we get into our special order at 2 00 p. M. , i would like to at least say a word or two. Before we get started i want to acknowledge George Floyds funeral today and thank the city family, particularly m. T. A. , for halting all Public Transit from 12 00 to 12 08 p. M. To acknowledge the wrong that happened to mr. Floyd and to the many other black and brown individuals in our country. Clerk, lets go to the 2 00 p. M. Special order right now. Special order at 2 00 p. M. The mayors appearance. The bordwell comes mayor london breed to discuss the questions from the supervisor representing district five. The mayor may address the board for five minutes, two minutes for questions and or answers. Okay. Welcome, mayor breed. Do you have any opening remarks . Mayor breed thank you president yee for allowing me this opportunity. I want to acknowledge what we know is the hurt and the pain that so many people are feeling in this city, in this country, and i want to thank you for being an incredible ally and acknowledging some of the injustices that we know have existed in our country for far too long. Both you and supervisor fewer and others have been champions on the board of supervisors around reforms to our Police Department. In fact, you and i work hand in hand to make those changes. I do understand that while this may be a difficult time for so many of us that it is also an Incredible Opportunity to do something that has never been done before. I just want to start by acknowledging there have been protests. I appreciate and demonstrate respect for protesters out of the pain and agony and frustration of so many africanamericans who have just really been discriminated against, disregarded, disrespected even in San Francisco where you think we are extremely liberal, where we have implemented amazing policies. Something is wrong because those policies have negatively impacted the africanamerican community, and i am honored to be mayor at this time because what we are claiming to be and what we need to be are two different things. We cant continue to say we care about black people and we care about change that needs to occur in the africanamerican community, and at the same time the policies we push are counter to that. This is our opportunity. If we dont want to see what happened to george floyd and so many other africanamerican men to continue to happen in this country, then we have to make sure that we prioritize our policies, our decisions, our finances in a way that can be effective for black people. I am grateful to supervisor walton for agreeing to partner with me on the effort to decrease the funding in the Police Department and to specifically direct that city african that to the africanamerican community. There are a lot of people with advocacy groups in the city dictating policy. In the africanamerican community, this is not respected. There is lip service and there are not real results that can actually make a difference in peoples lives. When i am pushing for policies, everything i push for has everything to do with my experience of growing up in poverty, being forced to live that way and getting tired of people who arent black trying to say what is right for my community. That is the lens i operate under, and that is what i will continue to do as mayor. Yes, it is important to take care of the entire city, but when you look at the data and look at what has happened to africanamerican people in particular, we have to do something different. It cant be about being divisive. It is about working together, if you really care. It is not your way or the highway or my way or the highway. How do we Work Together to bring about real change . How do we listen to the community . Just because africanamericans are less than 6 of the population doesnt mean they dont have a voice and dont deserve representation. It is time to change what we do in San Francisco, and my hope as a result of the pain of this movement that it will be used in a way that is productive and effective to make sure that not one more black man dies at the hands of Law Enforcement. It is what i am committed to. Also i am committed to the changes in the outcomes of africanamerican lives in this city. I hope the board is sincere in the willingness to join me in this battle. Thank you, mayor breed. I lost my notes. If you need me to lead on. Thank you, mayor breed. Would you please call the first topic. Submitted by the district five supervisor preston regarding the covid19 homeless response. Thank you, madam clerk. Thank you, madam mayor, for your remarks, also for working closely with supervisor walton on redirecting Police Resources to the african comment. I look forward to work with you both on that. It is absolutely crucial. Up in seattle with police tear gassing protestors, i want to thank you for the curfew last week and the efforts in the last few days to deescalate and allow protests to occur. I see appreciate that. Our response to covid19 has thus far kept the city from living through a curse that could have been far worse and we applaud your early leadership in making that a reality. The covid19 response to homelessness is with conditions worsening for thousands of Homeless People at risk due to age and Health Associated with the tragic burden of homelessness. Every supervisor here can attest to constituents housed and unhoused demanding answers and solutions. People want a plan and they want action. The board passed legislation to house 8250 people in hotel rooms which was not implemented. We demanded that homeless be admitted in this orders that admit them from everything from picnicking to exercise and golf. We see no progress towards the health order. We have had outbreaks in shelters and crisis on the streets is growing. My question, madam mayor, when will you present to the board or public a comprehensive plan to address homelessness during this state of emergency . Mayor breed thank you, supervisor for your question. I want to be clear. My goal has always been to focus on doing what we can as it relates to homelessness. If we are going to talk about homelessness, we need to have an honest conversation about the fact this crisis is not going to solve our homeless problem. The fact we have people suffering from Substance Abuse and Mental Illness who have had serious difficulty in trying to get them to even accept a hotel room when they fall under the vulnerable category. We have been able to place over 2000 Homeless People in hotel rooms. We have helped in the bayview in particular people born and raised in this community who are homeless who basically were able to get access to 120 trailers right now as we speak. We set up safe tent sites. You were agreeable setting up one in your district working quite well. I just drove through that area the other day and noticed many of the tentsen campments were moved to that site. Is it perfect . No. Do we need to do more . Yes. But we also need to be realistic. Lets remember that with the challenges of people experiencing homelessness there is a real need to increase capacity to meet the need. We have to keep the Homeless Population safe that we are accepting responsibility for, but also the people working with this community. It has been very difficult. Rather than making demands, work with me. Work with me on meeting the challenges. Work with me on providing real solutions. Know what is actually going on and talk with the social workers and various agencies and nonprofits out there putting their lives on the line to do this work. Dont you think as an africanamerican woman seeing over 40 population of africanamerican people, many of those in the tenderloin are people i know and grew up with. Dont you think i would want to do everything i can to get them off the streets and get them housed . Nothing is more important to me. I am willing to work with all of you on solutions and deal with this as it relates to the budget. Lets have an honest conversation about so many people not in the system of care and there have been a lot of black people, in particular, waiting years for housing. I am not skipping the line over them for somebody who was given a bus ticket to come to San Francisco for services. It is a lot more complicated. I hope that rather than just being difficult and frustrated and mad like we all are, why arent we working together on this . That is what i am committed to. Supervisor preston, do you have a followup question . Yes, thank you, president yee. I think we are working together and i want to recognize the great work that is being done by many in your administration. You reference project we recently collaborated on with the safe sleeping site in the city. I am not suggesting that good work is not being done. I do want to follow up by asking what sorry. There is somebodys background disturbing. I dont know who it is whistling. Can we all mute if we are not speaking. Thank you. Thank you. I would like to just get maybe a clearer answer when this city takes on complex and difficult issues, and i think we agree tackling homelessness issues within the handdemic or without the pandemic is complex. This city can rise to the challenge. Yesterday we saw the climate plan which is complex. There is a plan in place. I think i just want to reask and would respectfully request a clearance. Can we expect a more comprehensive plan, not a list of things being done unquestionably. There are good things done. There is not a comprehensive plan. L we have one and if so when when it comes to homelessness . I am sorry, president yee. Go ahead and respond, mayor breed. Mayor breed i am sorry you dont believe what we put out for the plan for the tenderloin was comprehensive. I am sorry what we proposed in what we were doing under the covid19 response with a number of details around what the plan is in terms of getting people housed, the staffing and the number of other things. I am sorry you dont believe that is clear enough. I think that from my perspective there is a plan in place we are implementing that plan. If there are things you are looking for or you think are missing from the plan, we are happy to work with your office to try to implement. There is no way if we didnt have a plan we would have been able to get the safe sleeping site up so quickly as well as other sites we have been able to push for around the trailers. Farther of the plans, of course, include working with communitybased organizations to make sure we have staffing and training and other things. I am not certain what more we can provide you with. Thank you, mayor breed. I want to distinguish that there is a very clear and i want to commend you on individual sites, excellent planning and work by various departments. That is different from an overall citywide plan to address homelessness which we dont have. Mayor breed, it is your turn to ask supervisor preston a question if you have one pertaining to the same topic. Thank you for the opportunity. Are you done . Mayor breed yes. Thank you very much, mayor breed for being with us today. We will go back to our regular sequence of agenda. Thank you. Madam clerk. Any communications to share . Yes, the minutes will reflect due to the covid19 pandemic members of the board of supervisors will participate verbally through video comment as though physically present in the chamber. Provisions are made for the public to participate in the following way. Without internet u. S. Postal service will deliver written correspondence. Address to the San Francisco board of supervisors, city hall, room 244, San Francisco california. You can use your cell phone to listen to proceedings. 415 6550001. When prompted enter the access code 145 3394609 press pound twice and you will have joined to listen to the meeting in progress. 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Each speaker has up to two minutes to speak on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board. Speak slowly and clearly. Address the board as a whole, not individual members of the board. You are welcome to get in line early. Last two points the office of Civic Engagement and her Staff Members interpreters. Each of them will introduce themselves for members of the community. Lets start to let the Community Know we are here. [speaking spanish] thank you. Now agnes, please. [speaking french] thank you. [speaking filipino] thank you very much. Mr. President , approximately 2 15 p. M. We received a communication from the Mayors Office, board liaison, submitted communication the mayor has received a communication from Jeffrey Gordon creed withdrawing himself for consideration for nomination to the Police Commission on item 12 on the agenda this afternoon. Could you provide the actual communication that the mayor received, that would be appropriate for our files and the members. Thank you, madam clerk. President yee, can i have the question . We will ask when the item comes up. Sounds good. Before we get started, friendly ryande reminder to mutr microphones to avoid audio feedback. Today we are approaching the minutes from the april 21, board meeting. Madam clerk. Are there any changes to these Meeting Minutes . Seeing none can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented . Is so moved, supervisor preston. Second peskin. Please call the roll, madam clerk. [please stand by] over the california Governors Office of emergency services, and in response to the Public Health emergency related to covid19, in pursuant to 2. 107, affirmative vote, twothirds of the board of supervisors or eight members on final passage today. I see please call the roll. [roll call vote taken] motion to rescind the vote. No objection . Ill state for the record that the roll call vote is not supposed to be interrupted, even for any worthy cause. Just for the record ill state that. Ok. Supervisor fewer. Apology, and madam clerk apology. I have an amendment to item number 2. And i would like to propose an amendment, shall i do that now, president yee . President yee yes, we are not voting right now, and so you have the floor. Thank you very much. Colleagues, again apologies to being late on this. At budget and finance committee, to delegate the boards authority to make changes to city contracts in order to maximize possible reimbursement from fema, requirement for more transparency and reporting to the board on any amendments made to existing contracts. Thanks to the statements, working on the offers and language, amendments can be found on page four, line 10 through 18. Section 4 reporting requirements. In seven Business Days of the excuse under the Artificial Intelligence of section 3, the purchasers or the department entering into the amendment con saultation with the controller shall advise the board of the amendment. In ten days of the expiration of the emergency order, listing all agreements recommended under authority of section 3 of this emergency ordinance. President yee ok. Is there a second . Mandelman. Motion to amend. And seconded. President yee for my colleagues, and i probably responded incorrectly when madam clerk pointed out shouldnt be disturbing the vote. Next time i will not disturb the vote and have a vote voted on and then rescinded. A motion on the floor and seconded. Could we have roll call on the amendment. On the amendment. [roll call vote taken] there are 11 aye. President yee without objection, the motion to amend passes. Go ahead, a motion . No. No. President yee call roll on the amended item. Item 2 as amend amended. [roll call vote taken] 11 aye. President yee without objection, the ordinance as amended a finally passed. Madam clerk. Items 3 and 4. 3 and 4 together are two resolutions retroactively approving the federal Aviation Administration and grant, authorize the Airport Commission to expand for item 3, approximately 7. 8 million in grants, and any additional up to 15 from the grant offered by the federal aviation and administration of the noise insulation program. Covering period of october 1, 2019, through september 30, 2024. And ten up to 254 million for the purpose, and january 20, 2020, through january 19, 2024, from the federal Aviation Administration. President yee please call the roll. Items 3 and 4. [roll call vote taken] 11 aye. President yee without objection, the resolutions are adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, lets go to items 5 through 7. Clerk items 5 through 7 are three resolutions declare the intent of the board to reimburse certain expenditures from future bonded indebtedness, to the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee and issuance of Residential Mortgage bonds in aggregate principles. Not to compete 71 million for 55 mason street, 216 eddy street, and item 6, and for item 7, for purposes of Internal Revenue code of 1986, amended the issuance and sale of Residential Mortgage Revenue Bonds by the city in principle amount not to exceed 80 million for 2340 san jose avenue. President yee please call the roll. Clerk items 57. [roll call vote taken] clerk 11 aye. Ok yeah. Without objections, resolutions are adopted unanimously. Please call the next item. Clerk 8, resolution to support the nonviolent activists, facing prosecution in Sonoma County over the amendment to expose the conditions on animal and factory farms. President yee madam clerk, call the roll. Clerk item 8. [roll call vote taken] clerk 11 aye. President yee without rejection, adopted. Lets go to items 9 and 10 together. Clerk items 9 and 10, 2 resolutions that determine for item 9, transfer off sale general beer and wine and distilled Liquor License doing business as east cut traders, 301 howard street, suite 120, will serve the public convenience and necessity of the city and item 10, transfer of 21 off sale beer and wine. Doing business as andronicos Community Market at 37532nd avenue and 3132 clement street. District 1. Conditions on the issuance of the licenses. President yee ok. Madam clerk, please call the roll. [roll call vote taken] clerk 11 aye. President yee ok. Thank you. So these resolutions resolutions are adopted unanimously. Next item, item 11. Clerk 11, ordinance to amend the business and tax regulations code and administrative code to temporarily suspend the imposition of the vacancy tax through december 31, 2021. President yee ok. And supervisor on the roster . I see it now. Supervisor peskin. Supervisor peskin thank you, president yee and for your consideration of this item, colleagues and particularly thanks to ronen and the rules committee for affording to the full board with unanimous recommendation. As we are all aware, the world changed quite a bit since the voters voted on this in november. Im sorry, voted on this in march with over 70 of the voters passing prop d, historic front vacancy tax, at a time when the coronavirus was not yet being discussed in terms of sheltering in place, social distancing, or the shuttering of so many Small Businesses across the city and county. We dont know the full extent of the damage to our neighborhood commercial corridors and we know we are all committed to getting them back on our feet, but i think we all agree the Global Pandemic definitely is in the category of severe unforeseen events that is throwing a wrench into the proper functioning of this voter approved tax. As you all know, the measure itself allowed twothirds of the board of supervisors to amend the ordinance in certain ways and before us today is delaying this by one year and its really important to note that the exact folks that asked us to put this on the ballot and the voters to vote for it, the Small Business Community Supports this oneyear extension in implementation, and also have to note the City Attorneys Office would have needed to develop implementing regulations and they have been extremely busy dealing with all aspects of the coronavirus emergency but i do want to thank San Francisco voters for seeing the wisdom in this tool and i want to reassure everybody that in time this vacancy tax will work precisely as intended when our economy recovers. I do want to offer two minor nonsubstantive amendments which i have distributed to each of your offices. On page 5 and 6, clarifying the timelines by which the controller must submit a report on the tax and also on page six as i mentioned earlier uncodified that sets forth a twothirds vote of the board to pass and with that, colleagues, i commend your vote on this item. President yee ok. Motion to amend, is there a second . Chair ronen second, ronen. President yee seconded by ronen. Madam clerk, call the roll on the amendment. [roll call vote taken] clerk 11 aye. President yee this ordinance as amended passes. Clerk i believe that was just on the amendment, mr. President. President yee oh, darn. Ok. Roll call on the amended item. Clerk 11 as amended. [roll call vote taken]. Clerk 11 aye. President yee ok. So, the ordinance as amended passes on First Reading. Madam clerk, lets go to roll call. The next item s. Motion rejecting the mayors nomination of the appointment of geoffrey gordoncreed to the Police Commission for fouryear term ending april 30, 2020. Im happy to report, mr. President , that miss kidler was able to provide the actual withdrawal letter from the nominee. President yee ok. I believe supervisor ronen, you are on the roster, and supervisor walton if you wanted to also speak, go ahead, place yourself on the roster. 12 and 13 together, or 12 doesnt exist. Item 12 right now. And theres ill wait until item 13. I can wait until item 13 as well. President yee ok. So unless you are willing to call them together, that would be ideal. Theres a withdrawal, so i would like to have a motion. Number 12. President yee. I believe im on the roster to speak on item number 12. Ok. You just showed up. Ok. My apology. Go ahead, supervisor fewer. Thank you very much. I just would like to take a moment to thank mr. Gordoncreed for putting his name into the hat to serve the residents of San Francisco. I recognize it is not an easy endeavor and to put yourself out there in the job of a Police Commissioner is a volunteer job and very time consuming and so i want to thank mr. Geoffrey gordoncreed for putting his name out there, and willingness to serve the people of San Francisco in this capacity. President yee ok. So i think you need a motion to table this item. Thats correct. Could i have a motion, please . Supervisor mandelman made a motion, seconded by supervisor stefani. Supervisor stefani sure. President yee all right. Do we need to vote clerk yes, mr. President. President yee roll call. [roll call vote taken] president yee motion to table passes. Item 13. Clerk rejecting mayors nomination for the appointment of nancy tung to the Police Commission for a fouryear term ending april 30, 2024. Chair ronen thank you so much. Colleagues i led a rules Committee Hearing on the mayoral nominations to the Police Commission and i think both stefani and another can attest it was a painful experience. The two nominees shed share experiences and took testimony of more than 100 callers. After seven hours i made a motion to recommend the board reject both appointments. I want to make clear that both geoffrey gordoncreed and nancy tung are accomplished and experienced attorneys who care deeply about Public Service. Whi while i disagree on policy with nancy tung, i believe geoffrey and i agreed on quite a bit. I opposed the appointments of both individuals. During this moment in history i believe we must heed the calls of the millions of people in the streets literally begging for radical change, and how this Country Police its residents and especially its black residents. Neither nancy tung nor geoffrey gordoncreed have been significant in the Reform Movement and not leaders. They are investigating discipline and appeals. Four years ago in a response to a series of fatal officerinvolved series and racist and homophobic tests, a review of police practice, resulted in 272 reform recommendations, antibias measures, changes in the use of force and how they interact with community members. Making the changes recommended in the report will make a meaningful change in our department and it is outrageous that four years in only 40 of the 272 recommendations have been completed. I believe that we need every person on the Police Commission to be working with life or death urgency and full commitment to reforming our Police Department and to ending racist policies that are leaning to extreme bias and killings. Board supervisors can act local in a meaningful way. We have the power to see who sits on the Police Commission and only those with a passion in and leading the right for Police Reform. We can make change at the local level. We have a Strong Movement and bold elected leadership can get it done. We need everyone on board and that includes a Police Commission that is rooted in the longterm fight for systemic change. Nancy tung has been a prosecutor for two decades, and ran for San Francisco District Attorney in 2019. During her campaign she consistently showed her approach to policing and criminal justice contrary to the values of most san franciscans. Publicly supported equipping with tassers, unwillingness to fire Police Involved in the killing, opposed reform measures to rein in use of deadly force and losing propsation h would have taken away power the Police Commission to decide whether the department should use tassers. I wont comment any more on geoffrey gordoncreed since he has withdrawn his name from consideration. But i have respect for both candidates, i dont believe they are the people we need to lead sfpd reforms. San francisco has a Strong Community of criminal justice advocates who are committed, active and effective in shaping and implementing reform now. Qualified candidates with clear track records and who are ready to turn our Police Department around and address the deep racism in the force and its policies. Protestors are demanding that any one with an ounce of power to overturn business as usual do so. They need us to make moves that are big, fast and urgent to radically shake up a system that has led to the killing of black and brown people. I will not be voting to any candidate who does not have the record of working and leading reform efforts. I hope my colleagues will join me in rejekting this nomination and look forward to receiving new nominees for our consideration shortly. Thank you very much. President yee thank you. Supervisor walton. Supervisor walton thank you so much, president yee and first i want to say thank you to the rules committee for thoughtful deliberation and thorough hearing around these appointments. I know that there was a lot of work that went into really vetting these two appointments and i want to appreciate the entire committee, especially chair ronen, for the way she conducted the hearing. I would also like to at first take a moment of silence for george floyd and other black people and people of color who have been killed at the hands of Law Enforcement at this time. Thank you colleagues, and everyone for obliging george floyd and his family. This is one of the most important votes, if not the most important vote that ive had to make while on this board of supervisors. And this present time we need dramatic change to Law Enforcement policy and operations, we need people who have a track record of Justice Reform and Justice Reform principles. And this day of antiblackness, and mass incarcerations, and killing of black people and people of color, it is imperative we have people on our Police Commission that understand the need for Aggressive Police reform and who do not have a history of enabling some of their very behaviors that need to change in our Police Department. This is not a time we need people on the Police Commission that are not about systemic change, and not about ensuring that Law Enforcement is communityminded and communityoriented. Those are important qualifications needed for Police Commissioners, especially at this time. The fact that the proposed appointee does not think there should be consequences for the officers who kill mario woods, this is at a very time where black men and black people, and people of color are being killed by members of Law Enforcement without consequence. So that belief in itself was already enough for me to not support this appointment. Then you look at the current climate. The only reason an officer will put their knee on someones neck for over eight minutes and literally kill them is because they believe there would be no consequences for their actions. Like the mario woods killing. This is at a time where there should be no tolerance for this type of Police Misconduct. And we need commissioners that understand that and fight for that. I do not see a history of fighting for Justice Reform, or fighting for community color, communities of color from this panel. That is very problematic for me and should be for anyone who is concerned about the current state and relationships between Law Enforcement and community. There is no way someone who is constantly fighting for Justice Reforms within Law Enforcement and fought for the department of justice recommendations to be implemented. There is no way someone who has fought against the mass incarceration of black people and people of color. There is no way that someone who has fought to close our Juvenile Hall and work to develop a place where young people can thrive, be rehabilitated and successful members of society. There is no way that i am a black man with black sons, black grandsons, black nephews, entire black family can stand by and let this appointment go forward. There is no way that i can stand for all of those principals, and turn around and support when someone who has loudly spoken out against the closure of Juvenile Hall, and against fighting for the rehabilitative traits that exist in our young people. No way i can support someone who fought for tasers, even after seeing oscar grant killed like an animal on the bart platform because of the i was reaching for my taser rhetoric. No way as a black man targeted by the Police Officers association and exposed to their racism and insensitivity and divisiveness that i could support someone who has received money for them while running for an office that has at times totally focussed on locking up black people. Its not about the race of the candidate or ethnicity, but about the beliefs and the historical track record of the candidate not being what is needed for our city and our community, especially at this time. I believe one can atone for their mistakes and past beliefs and you can grow and learn to think differently. That does not happen overnight and we need folks in our Police Commission that had not only condone fights for equity and justice, but will lead the fight for equity and justice. Again, i want to thank the rules committee for their thoughtful and thorough hearing around these appointments and i stand by their negative recommendation on this appointment and i think it will be disrespectful to our community, the black community, if you do support this appointment. And that is coming from my heart, that is coming from me as a black man, and from someone who understands if we truly are about change, and we are truly about making sure that negative policies dont continue in Law Enforcement, then we have to be truly about supporting the communities that we say we want to reach out to and step up for. Thank you. Thank you. Supervisor fewer. Supervisor fewer yes, thank you president yee. I just want to mention that i had a long conversation with nancy tung and i think that every one of my colleagues realizes people who keep track of these votes that i have been very consistent on my votes about Police Commissioner appointees. I was the only no vote on many commissioners as i will not vote for anyone who is pro taser. I was a no vote, the only no vote on commissioners that have come before this board because the appointees were pro taser. This is no different. Having said that, i do think that the Chinese Community deserves and needs representation on the Police Commission. I dont think the Chinese Community and the communities of San Francisco need to have a Police Commissioner that is pro taser, and also through my conversations i think that what nancy tung and i disagree on is that involvement of organized groups, Police Reform and the influence that they have, and how we can actually how we can actually have those reforms move forward and actually minimize the voice of some of these opposition groups. I also think that this appointee who i hope the next one that the mayor brings forward is chinese also, is a chinese speaker and in touch with the Chinese Community. As i said before, i have been very consistent on my votes for the Police Commission. I have not waivered, this is completely in line with all the rest of my votes. I think this body knows that i have led the votes against the reappointment of commissioners we knew were not aligned with the people of San Francisco. So i think to thank miss tung for putting her name in and years of Public Service but i will not be able to support her appointment. And i am saying it is because of her stance on being pro taser, not only that, i think that this also, her ideology around Police Reform and whats happening with policing in San Francisco that we just have a difference, and so thank you. President yee thank you. Supervisor preston. Thank you, president yee. I want to thank my colleagues for their remarks and associate myself with supervisor waltons and supervisor and i want to thank the rules committee and chair ronen for really doing i think a very fair and thorough vetting of the candidates. I think we are in a moment as supervisor walton has described in the past few weeks where thousands and thousands of people have taken to the street across our nation to show their outrage and are protesting in disgust at the horrifying acts of Police Violence sparked by the callous murder of george floyd and we have seen more and more Police Misconduct in response to the protests. My office alone, and im sure my colleagues i have received over 7,000 emails, 7,000 emails. More than i have received on any other issue since joining the board in december. Telling me to defund the Police Department. Our mayor and supervisor walton have joined forces to announce their efforts, an entire nation that is talking about the need right now for serious change in how we police our communities. Its in that context that this nomination comes before us, and this as my colleagues said, this is an accomplished prosecutor, this is a candidate, though, who is completely out of step with the Reform Movement that is taking hold and that we need to support by our appointments. This is someone who receives the maximum allowable donation from the San Francisco Police Officers Association Just last year when running for office. This is someone with no connection to the police Reform Movement. Who supported tasers, Arming Police with tasers. Who opposes the firing or prosecuting of the officers who killed mario woods and the officers who killed jessica williams. And as my colleagues have stated, opposed the closure of Juvenile Hall. There are so many incredibly qualified people who could serve on the Police Commission, a body, the body that is tasked with oversight of the Police Department. We need someone who is committed to reform, has a demonstrated history of reform, and very importantly, 100 independent from San Francisco Police Officers association. So i will be voting against this appointment and i urge my colleagues to do the same. Thank you. President yee thank you supervisor. Supervisor supervisor haney i agree with the comments thus far. We are obviously in an unpreden time in our country, and i was out like many were last week and i have never seen a demonstration like that in San Francisco in our own city. Thousands of people, all united, demanding Police Accountability, challenging us to use every power and influence we have as elected officials to ensure a complete and radical change in how we approach policing. Not only in other cities, but here in San Francisco. We as many people have said have a Police Department that has had its own awful, brutal instances of police murder. We have a Police Department that has a department of justice come in and put forward 272 recommendations of which only 40 have been completed. If Police Reform is urgent anywhere, it is here in San Francisco. And we have not been moving fast enough. So to respond to what the people on the streets are demanding of us right now means ensuring that our Police Commission is made up of people who have a deep track record commitment in expertise on Police Accountability and reform. I laid out a set of expectations that i think are foundational and basic in terms of what we should expect of whoever is appointed to our Police Commission. This is true always, but especially true now at this moment when we know we have to go so much farther. And they are very basic. You know, we need someone who has expertise, demonstrated expertise and Police Reform and accountability. They should understand the issues and have demonstrated that understanding in their work. Secondly, they should have actually have a track record of fighting for and winning reforms. One of the most important reforms that has taken place in our state, ab392 as it relates to fatal use of force by police was put into place just a few months ago, and i would expect that whoever we appoint to the Police Commission right now not only supported that, but deeply understands and demonstrates why its needed. And lastly i think it should be somebody who has worked with the Police Commission, who has testified, worked with groups to go in front of the Police Commission and i agree that miss tung has a lot that she has accomplished and a lot to be proud of in her career, i dont think she meets any of those three criteria that i feel should be objective criteria for who we put forward in this most important position in this most urgent and unprecedented moment in our history. So i hope that we can choose from one of the many people in our city who does meet one of these criteria, and i do think its important that we have somebody who represents the Chinese American Community in the city, but they should also meet these criteria of deep involvement, commitment, and background as it relates to the issues of Police Accountability and misconduct, what the Police Commission does. Its not just general safety policy, but its about Holding Police accountable. I appreciate miss tung interested in serving and Broader Service to the city but i think this moment demands of us to put forward someone to this body who can step up to the urgency and the scale of the moment that we are facing as it relates to policing. President yee thank you. Supervisor peskin. Supervisor peskin let me associate myself with the comments of the previous speakers of whom there have been five. Ill be the sixth, which is a majority of the board of supervisors. But all of this has been obvious to everybody for many days now, and the only thing and im positing this, i dont want a response, is why unlike the previous candidate in the previous item number 12 this individual has not withdrawn. That would have been the proper thing to do. I wanted to state that for the record, but i am ready to vote in the affirmative on the motion that would deny this individual a place on the Police Commission and despite her accomplishments in the legal field as prosecutor, i agree with the previous statements of my colleagues. Thank you, mr. President. President yee thank you. Supervisor stefani. Supervisor stefani thank you, president yee. I want to acknowledge what a difficult vote this is and a few words regarding why i plan to vote against the motion to reject the mayors appointment to the Police Commission, along the lines with many of the things of course i said in the rules committee, and i also want to acknowledge i know a lot of people are feeling pain right now, we all are, i mean, if you are not theres something wrong with you. You know, not just here in San Francisco but across this country. We have seen so many images from our own back yard to the nations capitol, so many people have gathered, so many people to make clear that black lives matter and to protest really our broken criminal Justice System and demand change, to make change that is needed. And last week president obama challenged mayors and local leaders across the country to commit to reform. Im grateful mayor breed was among the first to sign on to president obamas pledge and more grateful we live in a city that has already enacted all of the what are called the eight cant wait reform, banning chokeholds, and exhausting all things before shooting, and duty to intervene and stop colleagues from acting improperly, banning shooting at vehicles, establishing the use of force, and requiring all uses of force be reported and its crazy to think thats not that doesnt happen in Police Departments but i know in San Francisco we lead the way on that and on so many things. Of course these are just some of the important steps here in San Francisco and i know there is so much more work to do. And i want to respect all those that have continued to work on this very important issue. Its clear from the remaining Obama Justice Department Reforms that we still have a lot to complete and it is Crystal Clear now that thousands are marching in the streets to demand justice and demand we work at a much paste pace and we should. This moment i think, while incredibly painful, has also been, you know, inspiring, of course, hate for a moment like this to even have to exist to get this many people to wake up and realize something has to change. And its really interesting, of course, for this moment to be presented with this unique backdrop to be considering this mayoral appointment to our Police Commission. And i just want to say, too, what i said in the rules committee and i meant it, i so respect supervisor ronens opinion and supervisor mars opinion, my colleagues on the rules committee and respect every opinion voiced here today. I know that we all bring our own perspective and experiences to this decision and look to different leaders to sometimes help us make our decisions. I just want people to know i do hear you, even though i may not think like you or i might vote differently than you, i hear you and i want to work with you, and i want to work with everyone to move the needle forward quickly on the remaining criminal Justice Reforms that we absolutely need to enact. You know, i look at this from this point of view, and this is where i think we differ. Our charter gives the mayor the responsibility to nominate four members of the Police Commission and san franciscans have elected london breed mayor on two occasions in just as many years. And i really do believe that San Francisco is fortunate to have a mayor who is incredibly knowledgeable about Law Enforcement and reform and from both her not just legislative experience, but from her personal experience and her professional experiences. I know mayor breed often speaks of the violence she witnessed as a kid growing up in Public Housing not far from city hall and its not something i can ignore. And im not saying you are ignoring it, but for me this is how i feel. Many of us know that the mayors brother is incarcerated, and i think fewer know that her cousin was actually killed by the police in San Francisco, thats something i just learned recently. And we also know that mayor breed has led the way for Police Reform in the city and has done a lot on the subject. Eliminated harmful fines and fees, happy to vote on, unanimous vote at the board of supervisors, thought it was necessary legislation and of course authoring prop g in 2016, created our independent, again, this is rare for most places, but our independent department of Police Accountability as we know it today. In addition, and wrapping up, her two appointments to the Police Commissions have been thoughtful, capability additions to the body. And this one remaining appointment of nancy tung, and i understand again why so many people have issues, and this one i thought very hard about, and i voiced concerns to the mayor, some of the current concerns that are brought up by others, concerns i have had that have not been brought up by others that are different than yours, and i had a good talk with the mayor about why she feels that nancy tung would be good for the Police Commission and why she feels based on all of her experience that this would be a good addition to the Police Commission. I just want to say, too, like i said, i understand the points made, and i do know nancy in a way that others have not known her, like through gun violence prevention work with moms demand action where one of our platforms is police gun violence is gun violence, and we fight hard against that, and we fight hard against stand your ground laws in other states and thank god we dont have that law in california. And we argue for more funding for our california violence intervention and Grant Program and we are successful in getting the governor to increase funding for that. I have seen her advocate for things i think would help, not as far as other supervisors would want it to go but i have seen her in a different light. And the one thing that stood out to me about her and understanding the issues brought up, and having been a prosecutor myself, that she is one of the only attorneys in San Francisco actually convicted Law Enforcement officers accused of misconduct and i have no no, like reservation that she wouldnt hold every single officer accountable to the full extent possible if they come before the Police Commission. I know that based on the case that she actually prosecuted, and i know that from talking to her. Also you know, being able to stand up to her colleagues in the San Francisco district Attorneys Office on another issue, i thought showed good judgment in terms of being able to really hold people accountable for the wrong misconduct. So, leads me to the conclusion that i know we, you know, several of you said accomplished, smart, compassionate to issues to the Police Commission and i do have full confidence shes more than capable of carrying out the reforms we need in San Francisco, especially considering the other commissioners on the Police Commission more than capable of doing this work, and together as a body i know they will deliver and i am confident at that. And finally, i just want to say i respect, and i cant say it enough, i think its really important for us to be able to disagree in an agreeable fashion if that makes any sense, i do respect the different points of view on this matter but i think for me personally, and not putting this on you, but me personally, it is a mistake for me to ignore the perspective our mayor brings to the table in putting miss tungs name forward. Thats where i come out on this, without disrespecting the very important things said by my colleagues, i vote today consistent with the vote made in committee and also look forward to working together on all the Police Reform measures that have been talked about and hopefully we can bring an end to the really crisis and the other pandemic that is facing our nation, so, and with that i will conclude. Thank you, president yee and colleagues. President yee thank you, supervisor. So, let me say a few words here. What ive seen in recent days is sort of a moment in time different from what i witnessed certainly this past decade and we, the last few decades. We are all accustomed to seeing marches and demonstrations around the civic center or the downtown area. And so its nothing new, thats what we are seeing on the news. What i have not seen are things that are going on in the city thats never happened before. Even this weekend there was a demonstration oral i, if you may, in the bay view community, in supervisor waltons district, that i dont think really caught much media at all and showing the frustration in that community. But even beyond that the other thing i went to on sunday was another march, and i dont think theres ever been a march along ocean avenue before, and there were several thousand people and it was youthled, and mostly families that went through there. I im not very good at estimating, but to have i was thinking 5,000, it could be maybe less than that, but several thousand, and thats unheard of in district 7. So, what im seeing is really, really much more larger piece of society is saying lets make some changes. You want changes, and i think, you know, this is the moment where we should take advantage of these opportunities and make these changes. Given that, let me give it more focus. You know, i think maybe supervisor fewer mentioned it but there is not a chinese american or chinese representative on the commission, the Police Commission, which i think is really sad. We have not had one for a while now. And yet we are, the chinese American Population is one of the bigger populations in San Francisco. So, and so i want to state that up front. We need a chinese representative on this commission and we need a complete overhaul in the Police Department. Authentic commitment to our immigrant communities, especially those whose language barriers. We have not progressed much during my time here on the board. And over the past few years these tensions have only been exacerbated by the often lack of care we sense from the system itself. I believe nancy has experience but what i want to see is someone who actually has done the work with the community, and who has taken both stands for real change not just incremental reform. I know this is difficult, this is a difficult vote for many asian residents to understand, but we deserve better. We should not settle for nominations just based on their race alone. I believe we need someone invested in the a. P. I. Community and building to fight hard for the changes needed for equity and justice. So, i am unable to support this nomination, will vote on the affirmative on the motion today. So, thank you. Roster, anybody else on the roster, so, madam clerk. Can we have a roll call, please . Clerk item 13. [roll call vote taken] clerk ten aye and one no, supervisor stefani in the dissent. President yee ok. The motion is approved, 101 vote. Madam clerk. Lets go to special order. Clerk item 14 through 17 comprise decision on public works dated may 6, 2020, 4 lot vertical subdivision with proposed lot one being five new residential condominium residents, lo the 2, 1 new commercial space, proposed lot 3, 3 new commercial condominium units, and 4, 2 existing residential apartment projects. At 3000 through 3012 larkin street and 898 north point street. Approve the tentative map for the north point street and larkin street project. Item 16 is the motion to conditionally disapprove public works decision and disapprove the tentative map, and item 17 is the motion to prepare financing. President yee thank you, madam clerk. I understand that on june 1, 2020, the appellant committed a request for this to be withdrawn. Appellant and the project sponsor are both here in attendance and have asked to make a brief remark on the withdrawal request. Before we go there, supervisor stefani, make any remarks at all on this item . Supervisor stefani no thank you, president yee. In light of it being withdrawn, no comments to make. Thank you. President yee sure. Thank you. New hear from the appellant, asked to provide a few brief remarks on the requested withdrawal. Clerk operations team. Sent the appellant through, please. One moment, madam clerk. Preside president yee hello, online . Hello. Clerk mr. Etchebery . All right. Stand by. Welcome. President yee are we getting him online . Clerk sir, you are able to speak, we can hear you. Im calling to leave a Public Comment. I think you have my line confused with somebody else. Sorry, one moment please. Clerk thanks, john. Its hard to place telephone numbers with names, and unfortunately the system does not allow us to do that. Appellant is on the Public Comment line now. Press star three to indicate whether you are on the Public Comment line. Madam clerk, i do not see the appellant on the Public Comment line. President yee is the representative from the project sponsor, would she like to make a remark, maybe go to her first . Peggy berlise . Clerk if you did call in, please press star three. And then we can hear you speak. Madam clerk, the project sponsors are here in the team meeting. They would be, as you said, peggy berlise and also jeremy shaw. They are both here in attendance at the teams meeting. They could unmute themselves and turn on their cameras to present. Clerk ok. Welcome. Thank you. Okay. Im unmuted, this is peggy berlise. Clerk we can hear you. Excuse me . Clerk we can hear you. Ok. Thank you. I think mr. Etervery appeal is again appeal of the variance decision. He is appealing the map in regard to parking that has been approved at the project and that is not a ground to appeal a tentative map under california law. Are you finished . I am. President yee ok, thank you. Able to get him at this time . Clerk mr. President , madam clear, we do not see he has attended this meeting. He was also extended an invitation to the teams meeting directly. He did indicate prior to the meeting he would be here but we have not seen him attend. He has not shown his, he has not came online. President yee ok. Thats ok. Go ahead and see if any Department Representatives wish to make any comments. President yee, the city and counter surveyor in the interest of time unless you have questions of our application, this is mostly a planning type appeal and i believe planning is available to address that issue. President yee ok. I dont need you to speak unless you wanted to, from the departments. If not, well go straight into Public Comments. Now that the appeal has been requested to be withdrawn. Any Public Comments for this particular item . Any members in the queue, press star three and then speak, well be able to hear you. One moment, madam clerk. Let me unmute this person right now. Thank you. My name is zack carnasi, i request to leave a very brief Public Comment. Would that be allowed . President yee for the items we are hearing right now . It is not. But my Public Comment has to do with accessibility issues, calling into the meetings, and i just would love to leave a quick Public Comment. Its a quick president yee you do have the opportunity on general Public Comments. I wont, because of the accessibility problem, calling into the meetings. Very hard for disabled people to call in. Very difficult access code to dial in, and the call drops, i dont know if i can get back in, why im asking for this accommodation. President yee madam clerk, how do we handle that . Clerk mr. President , allow the individual this accommodation and then well take his comments and return to our item. President yee ok. So, speaker, go ahead and we are going to take you out of order and allow you to speak for two minutes. I greatly appreciate that. Thank you so much. My name is zack karnacis, disability advocate and i post videos of meetings from city hall on youtube to highlight accessibility issues, like this one, which unfortunately it is extremely hard for disabled people to be involved in city Hall Meetings right now because of the really difficult access barriers. When we use accessible technologies like hands free and other things because we have disabilities, its difficult to type in the long pass codes. I had to call in four different times, emailed the board of supervisors and enter the pass code half a dozen times to get through to this meeting today. I dont understand why there is a pass code for a Public Meeting. Its a Public Meeting so anybody can join. I dont know why there would need to be passwords for that. Additionally, on the video channel the names of people speaking in Public Office are removed from the video display so it is very hard to understand who is speaking, and what item on the agenda is being discussed. Most importantly, these meetings have different passwords, different systems for logging in, ive been to three different meetings remotely, all different access barriers, different star three, star this, pound that, its very, very hard for disabled people right now to be involved in important public decisions that affect our lives as high risk people that can fall victim to covid. Thank you so much for your time. Appreciate you granting me this opportunity to speak to you and i apologize for interrupting the normal flow of the meeting. If it was not for this access issue, i would not have requested that. Thank you so much for your time. President yee thank you, no apologies needed. It is difficult, even for people with no disabilities, its confusing for a lot of people how to even access the meetings. As you know, this is all new stuff forced upon us because the pandemic, and madam clerk, if we could maybe check into how we could do that for the people with disabilities, that would be appreciated. We will take his comments very seriously and determine if there is anything further we can do to assist. The last thing we want is any barrier for anyone not to be able to participate in our meetings. Thank you. Ok. So, i will get back to items 14 to 17. There were no speakers, and make a motion to table supervisor stefani, would you like to make that motion, or somebody else . So moved. Im sorry. We have not finished the Public Comments on this item, i believe. Then ill wait. President yee ok. You can make the motion. Lets continue with Public Comments on these items. I dont think we closed it yet. Clerk checking with operations. Any other members in the queue, speakers . Madam clerk, no more speakers on the queue. Motion made to table this item by supervisor stefani, a second . Supervisor mandelma supervisor mandelma supervisor mandelman mandelman. President yee ok. Lets have a roll call on the item s. [roll call vote taken] there are 11 aye. President yee table these items passes unanimously. Lets go to the next item. Clerk committee reports. Item 18 considered by the government audit and Oversight Committee at a regular meeting on monday, june 4th, recommended as a committee report. Its an ordinance to amend the planning and building codes to reauthorize the waiver of fees related to granting legal status to existing dwelling units constructed without required permits and extending the waiver through december 31, 2024, and require annual reports on the Fee Waiver Program and make the appropriate findings. Ok. Madam clerk, please call the roll. [roll call vote taken] clerk 11 aye. President yee without objection, the ordinance is passed on First Reading. Madam clerk, item number 19. Clerk first ill state items 19 and 20 considered by the land use and Transportation Committee on june 8th, and both recommended as committee reports. Item 19 is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to prohibit landlords from evicting residential tenants for nonpayment of rent, not paid due to the pandemic. From imposing late fees, penalties or similar charges and make the appropriate finding. President yee supervisor haney. Oh, im sorry, you you are before the item was called. Supervisor preston. Supervisor preston thank you, president yee. Sorry about that, entered it before the agenda item. Colleagues, i am asking for your support of this legislation to provide permanent eviction protections for renters affected by covid19. Item was heard yesterday in land use and discussed extensively, over five hours of Public Comments, thank chair peskin and supervisor safai for listening to the Public Comments yesterday. Absent this legislation there can be little doubt that when the Eviction Moratorium that we have in place that is temporary expires, there will be thousands of filings to give tenants notice that they have three days to pay rent or quit, and what would follow as the New York Times recently predicted is an avalanche of eviction, unprecedented in scale and in harm. We need to do everything in our power to avoid that fate. Thats the intent of this straightforward change to chapter 37 of the administrative code before you today. Add as defense of nonpayment eviction, showing the tenant experienced income loss due to covid19 or expenses. In effect, it would permanently take nonpayment eviction off the table for San Francisco renters struggling to pay back rent due during the state of emergency. In addition, prohibits late fees, penalties, interest or other charges to tenants related to delayed rent. No person unable to pay rent on time because of this Global Pandemic. Something unpredictable and over which they had absolutely no control. No person should ever have to worry about being penalized with late fees or eviction under the circumstances. Thats what the legislation does for the sake of clarity, here what it does not do. It does not waive the rent, the tenants obligation to pay the rent or cancel the debt. It takes it off the table. It would be akin to a consumer debt, which a landlord could elect to pursue in any manner they see fit. A tenant with the means to pay would have every reason to follow through on their obligation in the same way every reason to pay the monthly credit card bill or student loan payment. Colleagues, it has become abun dantly clear the Health Effect haves fallen on low income people or people of color, and the same people that will be kicked out of their homes. Everything to do in our power to offer everything allowed by law. I urge your support and would like you to join the following organizations come out in support of this legislation, and i will read them quickly because the list is long. San francisco tenant union, rousing rights committee, Affordable Housing allowance, Chinatown Community development center, unite local two, sciu, different groups, and local 250a, united educators of San Francisco, harvey milk club, and just cause, senior disability action, gray panthers, eviction defense collaborative, tenderloin development corporation, asian caucus, Richmond District rising, Communities United for health and justice, coleman advocates, Filipino Community center, chinese for affirmative action, Community Tenants association, Public Health justice collective, democrat club, mentioned twice, and jobs with justice. Thank my cosponsors, walton, haney and peskin, and my legislative aide, and Robert Collins from the rent board for being available at land use and this hearing for questions, finally, to thank the San Francisco antidisplacement coalition and the member organizations for their leadership on this important legislation. Thank you, colleagues. President yee thank you. Supervisor haney. Supervisor haney thank you president yee. Thank you supervisor preston and your aide and the organizations that came together around this. As you said, this is an unprecedented situation that we face and it requires us to take unprecedented measures. It is unthinkable that once the Eviction Moratorium would be lifted that we would see potentially thousands of people in our city receive threeday notices to quit, to be evicted. I get stopped on a regular basis in my neighborhood by people who are terrified of that prospect. We as a city cannot leave them on their own and if they were evict, we would have to come to their support either way. This is a smart change in policy. It is one reasonable, it is proactive, and its the right thing to do. So, i think we will prevent a lot of homelessness with putting this policy in place. We will protect a lot of people so they can stay in their homes and stay in the city, and we will also be able to create clarity so people know the protections available to them, and we dont have massive confusion and panic as people dont know if they are going to be able to just stay where they live. So, again, i thank you for your leadership on this and the many organizations. This is absolutely something that we have to do, and we have a responsibility to do for the many tenants in our city right now who are, who have been impacted by covid19 and concerned about whether theyll be able to stay in their homes. Thank you. Supervisor peskin. Supervisor peskin thank you, president yee. Colleagues, i wanted to remind everybody what i said in committee which is we have actually all voted on this exact language once before, actually twice before on may 19 and on june 2nd in legislation that i introduced, and the moving paragraph is literally identical in file number 200457 which was this exact legislative scheme for individuals and single resident occupancy hotels and direct you to page five of that legislation that has the exact word for word same paragraph that is in file number 200375 and reads as follows. Notwithstanding any lease provisions to the contrary, a landlord of a Residential Hotel unit as defined in 41. 4 may not, the moving part, impose late fees, penalties, interest, liquidated damages or similar charges due to the tenant nonpayment of rent if they can prove its from the pandemic in section a1d, landlord may not recover possession of the unit due to the failure to pay late such charges when subsection a1d applies. Foregoing sentence shall not enlarge or diminish rights with respect to such charges with the subsection a1d does not apply, and that is virtually the identical language that is set forth in file number 200375 that is before us today. So i hope that we all vote in the same way as we voted on may 19, and june 2nd. Thank you, mr. President. President yee thank you. Supervisor fewer. Supervisor fewer thank you president yee. I want to say as a landlord and a small Property Owner i have thought a lot about this and understand the concerns small Property Owners have and i agree there needs to be relief for small Property Owners who face legitimate hardship for the loss of rental income. However, its important toerm even if landlords are allowed to evict the tenants unable to pay rent, it would not solve this problem. This legislation does not prevent land lords to recover payment. Does not relieve them of their debt. They will not lose their homes as they struggle to get current. Ive heard landlords say if they cannot be evicted for nonpayment of rent, what do they have to pay raent . It assumes all are free loaders, offensive and completely untrue. Going into debt and taken into Small Claims Court or having credit damaged is more than enough motivation for those who can pay do so. Those unable to pay have every reason to want to work out a payment plan with their landlord. Supervisor preston mentioned the vast majority of tenants, 97 have continued to pay rent during the moratorium, and only applies to the limited number of months covered by the moratorium. If landlords started evicting tenants for unpaid back rents, that would be a loselose for tenants and landlords, landlords would not recover the back rent and tenants would lose their homes. We have decided as a city the eviction is necessary, the only way the rate of eviction should be postponed. I understand the concerns of unintended consequence but the consequence of not acting is far greater. So, i would probably be supporting this legislation today, and then look forward to hearing more about supervisor prestons proposal for the relief fund for small Property Owners facing hardships due to this crisis. Thank you, and thank you to supervisor preston for bringing this important legislation forward. President yee thank you. Supervisor ronen. Chair ronen thank you, president yee. I am so grateful to supervisor preston for offering this legislation. The cruelty of this pandemic shows itself in so many ways, but one thing is clear. What you are experiencing depends when you are rich or poor, salary or hourly, citizen or pant, owner or renter, black or brown. And it has never been more glaring. What we have seen is the Health Crisis turned into an economic calamity. Shortterm moratorium was some help for renters while in place. And it will take time to regain full employment and financial stability. Even those who have been able to return to work will not be able to pay off back rent in a short time. When the Health Orders are lifted we cannot have people facing imminent eviction. Stimulus checks are spent and the augmented Unemployment Benefits expire in july. Many people have already drained their small savings and those who dont qualify for federal support are now in their third month of struggling just to put food on the table. We always new the stopgap measure is not enough and so glad that supervisor preston recognized this and has offered this solution. What we need is a soft landing, way to ease out of this crisis. It will not help unpaid back rent but forestall the immediate possibility of eviction and would otherwise be a tragedy citywide. Its a common sense next step and plan for the overall plan for recovery. I hope my colleagues will join me in supporting this legislation. Thanks so much. President yee supervisor safai. Sorry, sorry, i still have a hangover from yesterday, sorry about that. We sat through seven hours of testimony and it was actually very thoughtful, and this is a very, i think this is an issue that people have taken and charged. Unfortunately a lt of misinformation. As supervisor peskin said, very straightforward. This is an attempt to say and to clarify that during this crisis, during this pandemic, we dont want to we dont want to put people on the street. And as supervisor haney said this city would be dealing with this citizenry. So i appreciate the clarity that this is not a rent removal, its not removing peoples obligation to pay rent, this is only saying what the governor has said, what the mayor has said and what the board is reaffirming, that we are not going to evict people for nonpayment of rent. And its clarifying it one step further. For the period during this emergency order in place, we are not going to come back and say you are evicted now because you are in arears, you are behind, you have some way. What i know is almost 100 of landlords are good people. Almost 100 of tenants are good people. And the idea that tenants would find a way to look at this and take advantage of the situation or landlords would turn around in this crisis and take advantage of the situation, everyone is struggling right now in this crisis. And so what i am committed to, and im glad supervisor preston referenced in his remarks yesterday, we need to find a way to do exactly what los angeles did, which is creating a Significant Fund from which people can draw if they need rent assistance, mortgage assistance, los angeles has committed over 100 million to that fund. And we will get an additional round of stimulus money and with that additional round of stimulus money i think the majority of the anxiety around this housing security conversation will be dealt with, and i know San Francisco will put this first. But as supervisor preston said, and supervisor fewer said in a very eloquent way, people are not going to just not pay rent because they will jeopardize the credit report. They can still be taken to court in breach of contract. They will have the burden of proof to show they need this. And for most people, pay stubs, bank statements, stimulus checks a very straightforward coverings. And yesterday, people are already beginning to work out payment plans. [please stand by]. At the end of the day, this is acknowledging the crisis and no way diminishing the crisis and is not overemphasizing the struggle that many of the tenants are facing because these are real struggles and i am happy to support this and we will find a way to work out the fund that will be needed to actually address this crisis. Thank you. Thank you. Supervisor stephanie . Supervisor thank you, president yee. Before i make a few points, i want to recognize supervisor preston for the work on this issue. I know he and his staff want to this to be successful. And thank you, supervisor preston, and i agree with supervisor preston about the need to protect tenants during the state of emergency. Tenants we know are particularly vulnerable during this economic downturn and we should do everything allowable under state and federal law to protect them. However, i do not believe that this proposal will hold up to a legal challenge and cannot in good faith vote for it today. There is a high risk that a court would strike down the prohibition on evicting tenants for missing rent payments covered by the governors executive orred e and i want to briefly explain some of the legal reasons why i have there. First, the takings clause. I can see looks on faces. The takings clause is the u. S. And californias constitution that prohibit taking private property without just compensation and constitute the illegal taking an and the law would be struck down. Also the, contracts clause and regulate any regulation and plaintiffs can challenge the coordinates on the ground and interferes with existing contracts and the preeventive order and recognizes the right to collect rent as a fundamental attribute of any lease. Unfortunately, for these reasons, this is something i looked at into greater than just what i have been told. I looked into this. And for these reasons, i dont believe San Francisco will prevail if sued. And one of our greatest responsibilities here at the board of supervisors is to safeguard the citys finances to ensure basic service like water, sewer, road, fire, and protecting tenants as well, of course, and creating funds as has been said by other supervisors and sheltering in place while necessary to protect health and safety has had a major impact on the citys financial position and in the controller has projected a deficit as large as 1. 7 billion over the next two fiscal years and quite a bit of uncertainty around this number. And could be even higher. I do believe this legislation, although definitely very well intentioned and needed to protect the tenants as supervisor preston has done well and will continue to do, and i do believe, though, this will lead to a costly lawsuit that the city will eventually lose, and while i deeply appreciate the reasoning behind the proposal, it is not one in good fit that i can vote for it is not one in good faith that i can vote for today. Thank you. Supervisor yee first of all, i want to thank supervisor preston for actually bringing this legislation forward. In terms of protecting tenants and making sure they dont get evicted and so forth, and i have struggled to actually come to a conclusion where i want to land on this. And i want to tell you why and i dont want it to be interpreted as i didnt care about tenants an there was an attempt to do this earlier to make sure that during the pandemic crisis that none of the tenants would be evicted. Then there was a period of a moratorium to pay it back. I would have definitely supported a longer moratorium for people to pay it back. The reason why i struggle with this is that we have this traditional sort of pit the tenants against the land lorsd an landlords against the tenants and thises how its being played out. And part of it is i feel like were actually as the government not being responsible for trying to help both the tenants and the Property Owners. And were just saying, okay, we dont want one party to suffer who is suffering from the financial crisis that they are going through to be at this point responsible for the rent and until later when they can pay it back. And then for the time being the Property Owners have to take the burden of whatever comes out of that. And i just feel like the way it is written right now, it is a little tricky for me because on the one hand, i support the moratorium and support a lot of this that is in here. And there is even some clauses in here where we could look at funding in which i think supervisor preston and supervisor safai had alluded to. I would definitely support this fully if the funding was there, and part of what i am struggling with is, can we get that funding or not to unburden some of the small Property Owners that i know that they cant also afford some of the burden. And i am rambling a little bit, and i feel like if there is and hearing more commitment to get this funding. At this point i think its very crucial that we actually get this funding to alleviate the burden of the rent itself. And we as a government and want to make sure that none of the landlords or tenants are hurt from the pandemic itself. And i am actually making my decision as i am talking. So this is a hard one to trust if we can get that if happened from a few months and there is probably a will on this board to find the way to get some of the funding to actually support both tenants and i am convincing myself that this is important enough for me to vote yes. And thank you, president yee and colleagues for all your comments. And president yee, i look forward to working with you and others on strategies to secure the funding that we need for small Property Owners who experience hardship due to lost income and look forward to working on that with you. I do want to briefly respond to supervisor safais comments regarding legality. Just that all of those points raised go through the identical arguments that were made against a piece of legislation that i worked on and very proud of and worked with in 2016 to prohibit the eviction of during the school year and face the same issues and the case that the landlord lobby decides to sue. I hope they dont but they may. And litigated up to the courtover appeal and the takeings clause and same arguments and ultimately the court of appeal ruled our protections and eviction protections were totally within the right of the city to pass and enforce. Im confident that the same will be found if and when there is a lawsuit in this case as well. I think it is worth fighting for defending them in court and to face eviction. And the very proud and we in City Government and city and county of San Francisco have led the way in making sure that this Public Health crisis does not become a displacement crisis and that is not one person that takes credit for that and temporary protections at this board and that is the there have saying that that he was going to not carry out evictions during this period. And that is the San Francisco superior court saying that they would not allow evictions to move forward during this time. That is the mayor working with our office and with others to pass strong temporary protection. And i urge all of you to take this next step to show that unity again to be a model not just standing up for residents of San Francisco but being a model for other cities in california and nationwide on making sure that this Public Health crisis does not become a displacement crisis. Thank you. Thank you. We are done on the roster here. Madam clerk, can you call the role . [calling of roll] there are 10 ayes and one know with supervisor safai in the dissent. And this is passed on First Reading by a 101 vote. Madam clerk, please call the next item. The First Amendment for the freeway and Maintenance Agreement between the city of pedestrian to include city maintenance of bicycle lanes and cycle tracks along alemany boulevard and freeway interchange along state route 10s 1 and 280. Okay. Madam clerk, go ahead and call the roll. [calling of the roll] there are 11 ayes. Without objection, the resolution is unanimously approved. Please call the next item. U an item 21 to be considered by the rules committee on june 8 and recommended a z a committee report. As a reenactment of an emergency ordinance number 5920 to temporarily require private employers with 500 or more employees to provide Public Health emergency leave during the Public Health emergency related to covid19 and pursuant to charter section 2. 107, this item requires an affirmative vote of 2 3 of the entire board of supervisors or 8 votes. President seeing no one on the roster, please call the roll. On item 21, supervisor mandelman. Aye. Supervisor mar. Aye. Supervisor peskin. Aye. Supervisor preston. Aye. Supervisor ronen. Aye. Supervisor safai. Aye. Awe supervisor stephanie. Aye. Supervisor walton. Aye. Supervisor yee. Supervisor fewer. Aye. Supervisor hane. Aye. There are 11 ayes. And is this without objection and this is passed unanimously. Madam clerk, lets go to roll call. Supervisor mandelman is first up to introduce new business. A submit. Thank you. Supervisor mar . Thank you, madam clerk. Colleague, i have two updated i want to share today and calling for a hearing on work in progress and Housing Affordability and Housing Affordability strategy and the housing recovery strategy and the pandemic and to Public Health and how housing inequity is a matter o f life and death. We need an Affordable Housing frame work that reflects and is responsive to the times and the actual housing units. And it is clear that we cannot continue that they have been and that the status quo must change. Excuse me. The goal of the inventory is to take inventory of the Affordable Housing work of the Planning Department and that is done so far to have informed how pedestrian should be moving forward towards recovery in a more and justice future. Secondly, i am working on an emergency onetime fee waiver legislation to support Small Businesses most impacted by the covid19 in our shelter in place orders. Every business is hurting and we have seen how many have not been able to find relief with bureaucratic hurdles for loan and Grant Programs that leave the most vulnerable businesses out. My legislation would provide direct Economic Relief by waiving license and registration fee. Bringing up resources for businesses to purchase ppe and for staff or material necessary to take advantage of opportunities to expand operations through the shared spaces program. It is one less stressor that could mean the difference between opening or staying shuttered forever. If we invest in opening our economy safely, we need to invest in the most impacted Small Businesses and help them follow through successfully so entire neighborhoods can once again thrive. Thank you, supervisor mar. Supervisor peskin. Submit. Thank you. Supervisor preston. Thank you, madam clerk. I have several items. First, colleagues, today i am introducing housing stability package which will articulate a new paradigm for creating more equitable housing outcomes in San Francisco. The premise is simple. As we reel from the worst recession in recent history, we need to demand more from the wealthiest investors and institutions and use the revenue generated by an increased tax to make sure that san franciscans can get back on their feet without worrying about keeping a roof over their heads. The package has three components that i will outline now. First, as i have mentioned, a couple weeks ago and we are introducing a ballot measure for november to double the transfer tax on sales of property 10 million or more. For properties that are valued more than 10 million but less than 25 million, the tax rate will go from 2. 75 to 5. 5 . For properties at more than 25 million the tax rate will increase from 3 to 6 percent. And these taxes are paid by the seller of the properties. In order to deter real estate speculation, the increase tax amounts will be waived if a Property Owner chooses to sell to the city or to qualified nonprofit to create permanently Affordable Housing. The increased tax amount is estimated to generate at least 100 million annually during the recession, and in the range of 150 to 200 Million Dollars after that. Second, half of the funds that are generated by the tax will be directed to a rent resolution and relief fund. We are introducing an ordinance to create that and this will provide grants to Property Owners who voluntarily waive back rent for the tenants due during the covid19 pandemic. This is what was referenced earlier about the assistance for small Property Owners. This program explicitly prioritized small landlords with 10 or fewer units and will cover up to 50 of the unpaid monthly rent. Any funds that arent granted to the landlords will revert back to existing back rent programs. So choosing the ordinance regarding the other part of the fund. The other half of the fund generated by the finance transfer tax to finance the acquisition of property with land banking and with the Municipal Housing and Affordable Housing on site. And by taxing the wealthiest Real Estate Interest funding and covid related rent relief and dedicating resources with the legislative package putting that statement into practice. I want to thank my early cosponsors supervisors ronen, mar, walton, and i look forward to working with Community Stake holders to support this critical package of housing stability measures. Second, today i am introducing a resolution urging the San Francisco federal credit union to have the loan forebearance plan for the medallion holders who have outstanding loans. The taxi industry, as you know colleagues, have introduced since the current pandemic and since the beginover shelter in place, Taxi Services have decreased an average of 80 in San Francisco, and taxi trips have decreased by over 90 due to the reduction in air travel at the airport. What is clear is strict enforcement of loan terms at this time when the crisis impacting driver income so severely creates the risk of further undermining drivers and the taxi industry while both are in distress. And the sfmta wrote a letter on march 20 and requested that the credit union take the worldwide events into account and establish and extend the taxi medallion loan forebearance plan and as a result, the credit union established a twomonth loan forebearance program for the months of april and may. The challenges associated with covid19 have not subside and the taxi industry is still experiencing an unprecedented decrease in business and as a result, sfmta wrote a second letter to the credit union on may 29 requesting an extension of the tax and loan forebearance program for an additional 90 days. On june 8 the president and c. E. O. Rejected m. T. A. s request to extend the taxi medallion loan program and therefore, i am introducing this resolution to urge the San Francisco federal credit union to extend the taxi medallion loan forebearance program for an additional 90 days. Finally, colleagues, i would like to offer an in memoriam for devlin neil oconnor. Colleagues, as you may know, a cyclist was killed recently in my district on frederick street. A car driver doored the cyclist and sending him into an oncoming vehicle. His death is a tragedy and a stark reminder of how much more we need to do to protect the safety of pedestrians and cyclists in our city. The psychists name was Devlin Oconnor and it is in his memory that i ask we adjourn todays board meeting. He was born july 26, 1988. At 31 years old, he was a loving husband, son, brother, friend, and colleague. He recently married the love of his life kelly after 10 years together. He was taken on may 29, 2020 from his friends, family, community, and his own future. Devlin is survived by his wife of nine months, kelly oconnor, his parents kathrin and terrence oconnor, and his brother colin oconnor. He was the type of person who would call you out of the blue to check in on you. He made a habit of picking up the phone instead of texting. He was the friend that would show up for you no matter what you needed. He would listen with compassion, empathy, and always seemed to have the answers. If you were lucky enough to be friend with him, he was the number one fan to talk through business scenarios and he always showed up. He was a young man who cherished spending time with family and friend. He made most of what california had to offer and taking trips to anderson valley, tahoe, monterrey, yosemite and frequent drives to see his inlaws. He was an avid cyclist for Mountain Biking and road biking. He loved been outdoors from running the grill at the family home in truckee to picnics with his friend. During the week he and his wife love cooking new recipes together. He had a passion for technology. He was everyones goto Tech Department when they ran into any issue. So many more moments and plans yet to come for devlin. From owning a home with his wife to taking the honeymoon trip this year, one day having a family of their own and advancing his passion for Mountain Biking. He had the kind of energy that lifted all those around him. The loss is deeply felt among his family and friend. May his memory be a blessing. Thank you. And the rest i present. Thank you, supervisor preston. Supervisor ronen. A yes, thank you, angela. Today i have three items. The first is an in memoriam that i offer in Great Sadness to remember a native son of San Francisco whose life was taken suddenly and senselessly one week ago. On tuesday, june 2, sean was shot and killed by police and he was only 22 years old. Sean was dedicated to his family, friends, and community. He attended middle school and graduated from independence high school. He was the child of argentinean immigrants and the middle of three children. He became involved with a youth serving nonprofit in the Mission District focused and providing culturally competent programs and services and Health Employment and leadership development. From 2015 to 2017, he participated in horizons life works program. As a participant in life works, he demonstrated his passion for learning, reading, and mentoring other young people to develop a love of learning as well. His friend and colleagues at horizon described him as compassionate, kind, and thoughtful, and a natural born leader. Shawn was committed to social justice and was involved in the fight to secure justice for others who are shot and killed all of whom were shot and killed by San Francisco police in recent years. It is telling that one of the final messages he shared with his sister was a petition demanding justice for george floyd who was killed a week earlier by minneapolis Police Officers. In the last few years shawn has worked as a Security Guard and more recently as a carpenter. He wanted to give back to his family by buying his mom a home and using his skills to fix it up. He will be so missed by those he left behind including his parents and sisters. I would like to say to the family and friend of shawn, i am so sorry about in inexplicable loss of your son, brother, and friend, and i want to express my deepest condolences. We must continue to stand up for each other, our family and neighbors in the face of the White Supremacy and Police Violence thatnt cos to claim the lives of youth and young people of color. Related to the killing of shawn montorosa, today i am introducing a resolution to require the Police Department to release the body camera footage of the officerinvolved shooting that claimed the life of this man. As i said, he was killed on june 2 at 22 years old. According to the Police Departments own report, he was kneeling unarmed and had his hands up in a surrender position when he was shot five times by the vallejo police. One of the final messages he shared was a petition for justice for george floyd who was killed by the Minneapolis Police one week earlier. Shawns death comes at a moment of National Outrage and a policing system that continues to perpetuate racial injustice. For years civil rights have run up against a Police Department that has disproportionately targeted people of color and rarely held accountable for his actions. Over the past decade, they have shot 32 people, 18 fatally. Over the past decade, no officer has been fired for their role in the shooting during that time. According to public records, the officer responsible for shawns death had fired his gun at a person three other times while on duty over the last five years including two shootings within a sixweek period in 2017. This resolution urges the mayor and the city of vallejo to require the Police Department to release the body cam footage and bring Greater Transparency to the case and help the family obtain justice. And i hope to have your support on this resolution. The third item which i am happy to say i am do with the support of the colleagues is our resolution to voice a strong opposition to an agreejs you and predatory attempt by the state to grab desperately needed local revenue. They have provided provision in the education on the bus trailer bill moving through the state budget process that will severely cut San Franciscos share of our local property taxes. I am introducing this an as an imperative item to vote on it today. I learned of it this weekend after the agenda has been pushed and they are expected to hold a final vote on state budget next monday and along with it, this bill. We must make the governor and state and california has shifted revenue to the state Education Revenue Augmentation Fund not to actually augment, as you might think it would do, but to allow the state to reduce the general Fund Obligation to public schools. The way it has worked anns it is tough and any remaining funds are overturned. As a 20182019 budget year, San Francisco and four and in fiscal year 20192020, that excess added 200 million to the city budget to invest in Affordable Housing, Mental Health facilities, child care and Early Education and local property taxes and supporting local need. We have been anticipating about the same amount for fiscal year 20202021 and factor that into this years budget planning. Now the California Department of finance is proposing an unprecedented move to take back the fund. Now while we are in the midst of a Major Economic crisis, and the state is proposing to change the rules and cut off access to local funds to fund essential services and the Department Guidelines are written retroactively to repay Prior Year Fund and there are threatening Civil Penalties that dont comply. It is ugly and we have to stop it. This calls on Governor Newsom and to reject this and calls on the chairs and the senators to strongly oppose the department of finance and vote down for the education omnibus trailer bill. Lets be real. The city and entire state face unprecedented fiscal challenges. We need all levels of government to be working together and it doesnt make any sense to take from local jurisdictions. I want to thank Ben Rosenfeld for his assistance and neighbors in other counties with whom we are carrying a united message in opposition to the measure and the unanimous cosponsorship of my colleagues. And the rest i submit. Thank you, supervisor ronen. Supervisor safai. Thank you, madam clerk. I just wanted to give a short update. We have been talking for the past month about trying to give targeted support in areas where our citizenry needs the most help. And in this particular situation i just would like to thank president yee for his report and leadership and the mayor for supporting our request and our desire to help Family Child Care providers. It was announced late last friday so it was something that went a little unnoticed, but for the people that it will help, it is a really big deal. We were able to work with give to sf and allocate 1 million to and to help pay rent, to help pay their mortgage, and help pay their staff. And if you recall, we put forward a resolution asking and urging Governor Newsom to immediately release the 350 million in cares act money they have that will be released most likely sometime in july or august, but in the meantime, many of the Family Child Care providers that provide accessible, affordable child care are predominantly immigrant and female run and allow us to access child care and in this situation and in most cases going to facilitate people going back to work. So we put 1 million aside and there is a grant and not loans and they will directly help the providers stay in business and provide the valued service. I just wanted to thank president yee and the mayor for their support. And to let folks know if you have Family Child Care providers in your district or if there is those not ling and with the outreach and Childrens Council and another group to thank in particular for working with us on this that we will continue to get the information out. The rest i submit. Thank you, supervisor. Supervisor stephanie. Submit. Okay. Thank you. Supervisor walton. Submit. Thank you. Supervisor yee. Mr. President . Supervisor yee so i want to thank supervisor safai for actually leading the way to get the 1 million to support our and our providers and for those that dont know what they are and they are licensed facilities that be across every home and while there is nobody going to the centers because of the pandemic, they are they have low income and so it is really hurting them. I also want to say that i was able to get a meeting with a few of them and to educate their staff about the uniqueness of the operations. So again, thank you, supervisor and mayor on this as introduction and i wanted to say a little bit about that. I want to thank supervisor ronen for this item. And the move from the States Office of finance will be damaging to San Francisco and especially impact our most vulnerable communities. I just want to thank controller Ben Rosenfeld and his team for their work in and as we mentioned by supervisor ronen, i have been working with a good voice and sent a fivecity letter and that includes us in San Francisco and marin to basically let the Governors Office know that this is a really big mistake that they are making and doesnt make any sense that they are doing it at this time. On top of that, and moving forward, they will make this with the proposal to make this metro active in terms of the cuts for two years and the previous two years and this is already money that we spent. So i dont know what they are thinking. Maybe they are not thinking. Maybe that is the problem. I just wanted to let everybody else know that theres different efforts to counter what this proposal is trying to do. The rest i submit. Thank you, mr. President. Supervisor fewer. Submit. Thank you, supervisor. Supervisor haney. Thank you, madam clerk. I have two items. One is a hearing that i am calling for which will actually be a scheduling hearing that is open but i wanted to say word about it. And as many of you, i am sure, or all of you are aware, yesterday the federal investigation into public corruption in our City Government has led to additional indictments and this now has led to two director level individuals within our City Government being charged with public corruption and both the director of public works and our director of the office of the Mayors Office of Neighborhood Services. And we have also had another director of a department and director of d. B. I. Who resigned or was asked to resign because of corruption. This is three director level positions in four months and it is a huge betrayal of the public trust and huge betrayal of the hardworking employees of the city and especially in the department of public works and a betrayal of the residents. Corruption has a very real impact on the quality of life in our city and the people of San Francisco are suffering from the failures of corrupt Public Officials doing their jobs. The Directors Office of Neighborhood Services and the department of public works are two officials who are most directly responsible for keeping our streets and sidewalks clean. And according to the allegations at the very time that our city was becoming literal International Embarrassment for filthy streets and sidewalks, these two individuals are alleged to have been lining their own pockets. I really cannot think of anything more infuriating when i think about the people who are walking on the streets of my district, across trash and feces at the same time as these two folks are spending their time taking money for themselves and rolexes and other things and using the trust we gave them as Public Servants to enrich themselves. This sort and this requires us to act with urgency and accountability and transparency. We cannot just continue as though this is not happen. This is not normal. It is absolutely deeply to ruhr to the legislators. We have investigations ongoing from the city controller and the City Attorney. I really do want to thank and commend the City Attorney in particular for their offices continued deep digging on this scandal. With that said, we were told that we were going to receive regular updates from the work of the controller to look more deeply into bad practices and to really understand the depth, particularly within public works and other departments, and recommend changes. I know there has been a lot going on. But as far as i know, we havent received any such report and nor have we received any updates. So the critical, essential nature of our oversight function needs to be performed to the fullest and highest level. And so i am going to be calling for alongside supervisor mar, preston, for a hearing to be reopened to provide regular updates on the investigation. We need to shine line on what is happening and most importantly on how were going to prevent anything and i am concerned from having the public trust having three directors in four months going down on corruption. We have to act swiftly and urgently and in a very systemic way to restore that public trust and to prevent this from happening in the future. The second item that i am introducing along with cosponsors supervisorings ronen, walton, and preston is a right to safety protest act. All of us have been watching and most of us it sounds like participating in the movement to ensure Police Accountability, Police Reform, that has swept the country, and our own city. And we have seen across the bay in oakland, san jose, and other parts and protestors who have gone out peacefully and have been met with overwhelming force. In particular, protestors have found themselves sometimes and often face to face with tear gas, rubber builts, flektability and weapons that should have no place in our city or and the youthled protest through the mission, there were thousands of people including many families and children. There were officers who were out there with flexible baton round and some of which in some cases were pointed out protestors. This is unacceptable in our city and we should set a very clear line in terms of what we view as acceptable under our laws including that military weapon, chemical sprays, and should never be used on peaceful demonstrators and some of the types of weapons should be banned completely and never used on anyone in our city. This is something even more urgent and important during a pandemic. Today we had a press conference and we included nurses and doctors o who explained that many of the chemical agents comprise the respiratory system in a way that makes you more vulnerable to contracting covid19 and spreading it to others and the fact that they are at greater risk of covid19 is unthinkable and we have to be clear that it doesnt happen here. I want to encourage the governor to take immediate and urgent executive action. We have legislation that the City Attorney will prepare for what this will look like in San Francisco, but in reality, it shouldnt happen in oakland or san jose and a gentleman was shot with rubber bullets and eye doctors are saying that rubber bullet cans make people blind. And this is absolutely atrocious and we should be protecting people who want to exercise their freedom of speech, not attacking them violently with weapons of war, gassing them or shooting them with dangerous projectiles. We will be drafting this with the City Attorney and bring forward soon and i think will set the standard for how to deal with peaceful protesttors and make sure that weapons that should have no place in our city are banned entirely. Rest i submit. Thank you, supervisor haney. Mr. President , we see no other name on the roster and that could conclude roll call for introductions. Okay. Thank you, madam clerk. I just let me what we are going to do is go ahead and open up for puck Public Comment. Each speaker will have up to 2 minutes to provide Public Comment. For those who would like to dial in, the telephone number is 4156550001, when prompted enter the access code 145 3394609. And my staff have given me a bit of an update on this for the gentleman if he is still on listening, that we utilize that access code so that we can identify the meeting. There are multiple meetings going on and this particular code identifies our meeting. We will still work with Mayors Office on disability to see if there is anything further we can do. And so if you have entered the access code, press pound twice to join the meeting and you will have joined the queue to speak. And you specifically do that by dialling star 3. And the system will prompt you when it is your turn. You have to listen very carefully and your location should be quiet. If you miss it, you wont know that it is your opportunity to get into the speakers line. Speak slowly and clearly to understand your message. And remember to keep your comments within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board and address the comments to the board as a whole, not to individual members. I will have the individuals from the office of Civic Engagement and we will start with you, mr. Krestanza. [speaking in foreign language] [speaking in spanish] thank you very much. We will go to our next representative. [speaking in foreign language] thank you. Next speaker. [instructions in foreign language] thank you, madam clerk. Thank you very much. And while the first queuer is being queued up, if you want to submit written comments, u. S. The Postal Service board of supervisors room 244, San Francisco, california, 94102. And if you have the internet, submit your written correspondence via email to board. Gov. Supervisors sfgov. Org and watch the meeting live streamed and watch channel 26. It is cable cast which results in a 20second broadcasting delay. We have 13 listeners and four individuals in the queue who would like to speak. Just for the rest of you, dial star 3 to place yourselves in the queue. We are ready. Please go ahead, first caller. Welcome, caller. You will have two minutes. Hi. My name is sarah shoe of bright lane defense and Environmental Justice organization in San Francisco. I am speaking on item 29, the Resolution Finance for square Improvement Project and is fiscally feasible and responsible. Especially for is s. R. O. And chinatown residents with limited options, open spaces are key to the communitys health, cultural, and physical well being. Extensive Community Input has been taken for the redesign and improvements will support the Chinatown Community and bring longterm economic benefits to San Francisco as a whole. Rebuilding will employ san franciscans through the deep landmark local hiring policy and support local businesses. Please support the resolution today. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker please. I am Francisco Decosta and what i want to bring to the attention of the board of supervisors is that a lot of females are suffering in San Francisco. I brought this up again and again. And it is very difficult to contact any entity of city hall. For all practical purposes, city hall is dead. You can leave a message. Nobody returns the calls. Everybody seems to be working from home and this is going to be until maybe august or so. In the meantime, you dont have a mechanism to address our seniors. Transportation, health, safety, and as long as you receive one single dollar from the federal government, you have to take it to the seniors and to the most vulnerable. And for some reason many of the departments have not done it. They are busy doing things that may be necessary because of the pandemic, but they also have to cater to the taxpayers. They also have to kater to the most vulnerable. And the vulnerable are dying, slowly dying, and thats wrong. So you all have to wake up. I know one or two of the supervisors in the right place and most of them i dont like saying something and speaking in generalities and that will not do. We have to wake up and do the right thing. Thank you very much. Thank you, caller. And if there are members of the public who are trying to reach any office in San Francisco, please contact the office of the clerk of the board under the board of supervisors and i will give you the telephone number 5545184. And my staff are in, not every day. We are working remotely, but we work very hard to answer every single phone call that comes through and we will make sure that we route you to the right department thank you. Can you send through the next caller. Welcome, caller. You have up to two minutes. Caller hi. I am erica gee and i am speaking on item number 29. I represent the committee for better parks and reck in china town Community Development center. We in the community have been in strong support of the renovations of portsmouth skwashgs and we testified that our work with the recreation and Parks Department have been fiscally responsible and feasible. We have come up with a community process, one that has had five Community Review meetings and the architects schels and we have been thoughtful in thinking about the renovations of portsmouth square. One that takes into account the possibilities of construction and all the necessary renovations to come up with the design and that the community is really supported. And we want to strongly support that this is fiscally responsible and valuation with the Planning Department and Environmental Review of the proposed project as require by ceqa. And the question is the living room at chinatown is much needed for public thelt and and will provide Economic Development for community thats been hard hit and needs something new for way finding, for tourists and for residents alike. And please move forward and support this fiscally feasible project in portsmouth square. Thank you for your comment. Next speaker please. Caller hi. I am a longtime resident of pedestriSan Francisco, 40 years. I have heard from you today that we have had four resignations for corruption. It was not until the death of george floyd that we have had supervisors and our own mayor london breed speaking out acknowledging that they have been aware of social injustices within our own Police Department. I bring this up as an issue and the social injustices were known and this has been under your watch and under the watch of the mayor. I courage you to call for checks and balances and accountability within the and thank you. I yield my time. Before i have the next caller speak, there are 10 individuals listening and one more follower in the queue. If you are listening and would like to speak, please press star 3. Welcome, caller. You have up to two minutes. Caller hi. I am and i am the executive director of Community Youth center. And i am also the cochair of the asian and Pacific Islander council. Speaking on item number 29 to fort and its fiscal, feasible, and also responsible. This is the Community Center place so the square is dilapidating from outdated infrastructure and design. The project plan for portsmouth is fiscally responsible given the side and many use of the project. The project is anticipated to become construction ready in a timely manner. It has related from and hard to believe part of the larger Public Health plan and the pandemic has helped opening china town. And lastly, funding the portsmouth will create open space for the community and also provide longand who for tourists and visitors and who is trying to support many individual businesses. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Just to confirm, that was the last caller, correct . Madam clerk, that was the last caller. Thank you so much. Mr. President . Okay. Lets get going. What . That was it for Public Comment . Hearing no more, i guess we have to close Public Comment. Lets go to adoption without Committee Reference from item 24 through 34. Introduced without Committee Reference and unanimous for First Reading and any supervisor may require resolution to go to committee. Okay. Would anyone like to sever any items . I dont see anybody. Supervisor i will sever 26 and 31. 26 and 31. That leaves 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, and 34. Okay. Supervisor haney, sever 24 and 25. Thank you. Just looking out for you, supervisor haney. That is okay. You can take care of this week. 24 and 25. 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, and 34. Go ahead and take roll call on the reminder which you just named. [roll call on remaining items] item 24. Can we call both of them . 24 and 25 together. That is okay. 24 and 25. And 24 is the motion to monitor the sheltering committee to meet remotely and item 25 is the motion to thorred the local that are both no longer and to table both items. Is there a second in second by supervisor fewer. Roll call, please. [roll call vote being taken] there are 11 ayes. Thank you, without objection, both items are tabled. Item 26. Item 26 is a motion to authorize Sunshine Ordinance Task force to meet in june 2020. And colleagues, i was asked to table this resolution and the board ordered the mayor to authorize commissions advisory and policy bodies to meet the Sunshine Ordinance Task force with the Important Role that this will create unique circumstances and we support their ability to meet but also recognize that unlike other bodies, the Sunshine Ordinance Task force along with the Youth Commission and the assessment board and the department that provide administrative support here is part of the board of supervisors. I will be work with the task force to ensure that we have a system in place that does not overtax our staff and our technology limitations. So we will explore a motion on that next week. For now, i would like to table the item. And can i have a motion to table item 26 . Move to table. Supervisor fewer, i believe. And second . I second it. Peskin. All right. Peskin. And then madam clerk, can you call the roll . On the motion to table item 26. [calling of roll] there are 11 ayes. This item passed unanimously or the motion is passed unanimously. Madam clerk, please go to 31. Item 31 is the resolution to opposed Governor Newsoms may revision proposal to eliminate Adult Day Health care and communitybased adult services. Thanks to my cosponsors walton, preston, and safai and fewer, we opposing the governors may revision proposal to eliminate Adult Day Health care and the communitybased adult services. These proposed cuts are immoral and irresponsible and the updated programs are the most Cost Effective cure and treatment for frail elleders and Skilled Nursing facilities. If the elimination of funding is approved, 37,000 californian wills lose their safety net and the costs will be shifted to other parts of the Health Care System due to increased hospitalization. And with the motion and nursing home admissions. As we also know, the covid19 pandemic and Governor Newsom with the programs deemed an essential service that protects the very people most at risk to covid19 due to age and understood lying health conditions. There are 700 frail elders and adults with disabilities being served by adult day and community programs. This proposal is needed with the utilization at this time will be decimated. And with that project and to state senate and the assembly chose to go against these cuts. And with the changes to governors may revision proposal. Madam clerk, can you call the roll please . Hold on. Im sorry. Supervisor mar. Excuse me. Thank you, president yee. I just want to thank you for your work on this resolution and on these issues. Thank you. Supervisor peskin . Ditto. Please add me as a cosponsor. Madam clerk, can you call roll . On item 31. [calling of roll on item 31] there are 11 ayes. Okay. This resolution is passed unanimously. Madam clerk, i need to rescind the vote on item 34. It was e. L. A. Report on that item that i forgot about. So a first and second. Can i have a motion to rescind 34 . Motion to rescind. And seconded by . Mandelman. Okay. This first and second for motion to rescind. Madam clerk, please call the roll on item 34. Roll call on motion to rescind item 34. There are 11 ayes. So the motion to rescind pas passes. What i would like to do is ask if they are on this meeting. And if they have a report on item 34 there she is. Could you go ahead and give your report . Thank you. Thank you. The sixteenth supplement has two items that have fiscal impact. The first is the provision for the department of Emergency Management and mayors housing to identify the sites to be used as safe sleeping sites and these would be temporary sites for unhoused individuals to camp. The estimated cost provided to us and discussion to city staff and 150,000 for site set up and vary depending on the site location and amenities at the site and then for the purposes of the report and 85 per night for individuals camping on one of the sites. And however, we were provided Additional Information by the department of Emergency Management that gave the range from 57 per site to 194 per night per person on each of the sites. It really has to do with the level of services and the 24hour Services Provided on each of the sites. Our recommendation in this instance is the general fund costs and they have not been currently reported due to covid data in reporting site. And so we recommend that department of Emergency Management report back to the board of supervisors on the actual site cost. The other issue is extending the citys provision for emergency paid leave for city workers. And this was an existing provision that is being extended to june 30. And this provides up to 80 hours of emergency leave depending on the purpose of the leave. This supplement is about 1,000 per day depending on the type. According to the department of Human Resources so far 2,000 employees have taken advantage at the cost of 5. 5 million. And approval of the motion is a policy matter for the board. Thank you very much, ms. Campbell, for your report. Any questions about this . I dont see any on the roster. So why dont, madam clerk, go ahead and call the roll on this item 34. Calling of roll on item 34. There are 11 ayes. Okay. This motion is approved unanimously. Madam clerk, lets go to item 35, imperative agenda. On behalf of supervisor ronen and cosponsored we have the resolution urging the california governor to shift local property taxes to the state and impose penal tis and calling on the state legislature to strongly oppose the department of finance proposal and the educational Revenue Augmentation fund, the egraf provisions in the omnibus trailer bill. Thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, we have an imperative item that requires the board to approve two separate vote and is there a motion and second on the sunshine ordinance that finds this motion has a serious finding and failure to approve the motion today would be do serious injury to the Public Interest and thus meeting the standards of the sunshine ordinance. Can we have a motion please . So moved, ronen. And second . Preston. Okay. There is a motion and second. Roll call please. Mr. President , you also could have the brown act as well and take the vote together if you wanted. That sound great. Now to the brown act finding. Is there a motion that finds the need to take action to the attention of the board after and that this meets the standards of the brown act. Can i take the same . To continue . If they approve. Ronen and preston for brown act finding. And now call the roll on both findings. [calling of roll on sunshine and brown act] there are 11 ayes. Without objection these findings are approved unanimously. President madam clerk, can you call on the importance of the resolution itself, can you call the roll . Clerk i think, mr. President , you were going to have me call Public Comment first. President it is not visible on the paper, but yes. Clerk read your mind. Do we have anyone in the queue . For Public Comment on this item. To anybody who is online right now, and wish to speak on Public Comment, press star 3 right now. Thank you, mr. See. Madam clerk, there is no one in the queue. President please call the roll. [calling roll on the imperative agenda item] there are 11 ayes. President okay. Without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, please read the in memoriams. Todays meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals. For the late mr. Devlin neil oconnor and on behalf of supervisor ronen for the late shawn monte rosa. Colleagues, that brings us to the end of the agenda. Madam clerk, is there any further business before us today . That concludes our business for today. Thank you, madam clerk. As there is no further business, we are adjourned. Thank you. My background is in engineering. I am a Civil Engineer by training. My career has really been around government service. When the opportunity came up to serve the city of San Francisco, that was just an opportunity i really needed to explore. [ ] [ ] i think it was in junior high and really started to do well in math but i faced some really interesting challenges. Many young ladies were not in math and i was the only one in some of these classes. It was tough, it was difficult to succeed when a teacher didnt have confidence in you, but i was determined and i realized that engineering really is what i was interested in. As i moved into college and took engineering, preengineering classes, once again i hit some of those same stereotypes that women are not in this field. That just challenged me more. Because i was enjoying it, i was determined to be successful. Now i took that drive that i have and a couple it with Public Service. Often we are the Unsung Heroes of technology in the city whether it is delivering Network Services internally, or for our Broadband Services to low income housing. Free wifi for all of the residents here so that folks have access to do job searches, housing searches, or anything else that anyone else could do in our great city. We are putting the plant in the ground to make all of the City Services available to our residents. It is difficult work, but it is also very exciting and rewarding our team is exceptional. They are very talented engineers and analysts who work to deliver the data and the services and the Technology Every day. I love working with linda because she is fun. You can tell her anything under the sun and she will listen and give you solutions or advice. She is very generous and thoughtful and remembers all the special days that you are celebrating. I have seen recent employee safety and cyber security. It is always a top priority. I am always feeling proud working with her. What is interesting about my work and my family is my experience is not unique, but it is different. I am a single parent. So having a career that is demanding and also having a child to raise has been a challenge. I think for parents that are working and trying to balance a career that takes a lot of time, we may have some interruptions. If there is an emergency or that sort of thing then you have to be able to still take care of your family and then also do your service to your job. That is probably my take away and a lot of lessons learned. A lot of parents have the concern of how to do the balance i like to think i did a good job for me, watching my son go through school and now enter the job market, and he is in the medical field and starting his career, he was always an intern. One of the things that we try to do here and one of my takeaways from raising him is how important internships are. And here in the department of technology, we pride ourselves on our interns. We have 20 to 25 each year. They do a terrific job contributing to our outside plant five or work or our Network Engineering or our finance team. This last time they took to programming our reception robot, pepper, and they added videos to it and all of these sort of things. It was fun to see their creativity and their innovation come out. Amazing. Intriguing. The way i unwind is with my photography and taking pictures around the city. When i drive around california, i enjoy taking a lot of landscapes. The weather here changes very often, so you get a beautiful sunset or you get a big bunch of clouds. Especially along the waterfront. It is spectacular. I just took some photos of big server and had a wonderful time, not only with the water photos, but also the rocks and the bushes and the landscapes. They are phenomenal. [ ] my advice to young ladies and women who would like to move into stem fields is to really look at why you are there. If you are if you are a problem solver, if you like to analyse information, if you like to discover new things, if you like to come up with alternatives and invent new practice, it is such a fabulous opportunity. Whether it is Computer Science or engineering or biology or medicine, oh, my goodness, there are so many opportunities. If you have that kind of mindset i have enjoyed working in San Francisco so much because of the diversity. The diversity of the people, of this city, of the values, of the talent that is here in the city. It is stimulating and motivating and inspiring and i cannot imagine working anywhere else but in sannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. June 10, 2020, regular Budget Finance Committee meeting. I am sandra fewer, chair, joined by supervisor walton and mandelman. I would like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting the tv. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and protect board members, City Employees and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating
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