Announcements . Clerk yes. Thank you, mr. Chair. In order to protect city employees, the board, and the public during the covid19 emergency, city hall and the board room is closed. Committee members will participate remotely in the conference to the extent as if they were physically present. Sfgov is streaming the public calling number at this time across the screen. Your opportunity to provide Public Comment is available by call 4156550001. Once prompted, enter the meeting i. D. For todays meeting, 1461470836. You will then dial the pound symbol twice to be connected to the meeting. When you hear the discussions, your line will be muted and in a listening mode. When you hear your item, press starthree and wait until the symptom indicates you are unmuted system indicates you are unmuted before you begin your comments. Speak slowly and clearly, and make sure that volume is turned down on all your devices. Alternatively, i invite you to submit your Public Comments could you please call item 1. Clerk item 1 is an emergency ordinance to temporarily protect workers from adverse action if they test positive for covid19, are isolating or quarantining or have previously isolated or quarantined, due to covid19 symptoms or exposure, and to protect applicants from discrimination if they test positive for covid19, are isolating or quarantining or have previously item owe lated or quarantined, due to covid19 symptoms or exposure. If this is your item of interest, now would be the time to dial starthree. Mr. Chair . Supervisor mar thank you, mr. Clerk. Id like to welcome paul monge, whos a legislative aide for supervisor ronen, to present on this item. We also have regina dickendrizzi, chairman of the Small Business commission, to answer questions if needed. Hi, supervisors. Im here to speak on the s. A. F. E. R. Act, which stands for safeguards against employee firings or restrictions. Here in san francisco, widespread testing has been critical to the citys response to the pandemic, but our opportunity to offer widespread testing to the city prevents further transmission of the virus. Unfortunately, for some of our residents, a lack of adequate covid protections created barriers from accessing this testing. While a covid positive worker whos quarantining cannot legally be fired or be forced to use unpaid leave, wosome workers are still vulnerable at being fired just because theyre quarantining. The s. A. F. O. R. Makes it illegal to demote, suspend, or reduce benefits or in any manner discriminate against an employee whos off work because theyre quarantining because of covid19. What really motivated supervisor ronen to introduce this ordinance was a recent study of residents living in the mission, and that study was illuminating and revealing the fear of losing ones employment really discouraged a number of workers from taking care of themselves or feeling force today go to work in the first place. [inaudible] who have no alternative access to income during the period of quarantining. So by expanding employment protections for workers who test positive for covid or quarantining, this ensures that workers can confidently pursue income without losing income or the risk of losing employment. Were hopeful that this legislation will empower citizens to get tested. Lastly, we would [inaudible] capacities and understanding of this legislation, as well as with Worker Rights organizations and the office of labor standards and enforcement themselves. So just to quickly highlight those four amendments, which you all should have, the first is amending sections three of this legislation, which provides a more precise definition of an independent contractor who would be protected under the provisions of this legislation, and it does so by creating a clear threshold to this. Second was 4c, and that is an adverse action taken against an employee was established by a separate independent basis, which could be a workers performance or misconduct. The next would be adding section 4d as a replacement to 5a, allowing employers to require workers to identify the general basis for their absence or inability to work, but it wouldnt go as far as having an employee to provide medical Health Records providing the status of their Health Regarding covid, protecting their health privacy. And last, adding section 4d as a replacement to 5a, affording the affording the department the ability to act upon a potential violation while the due course of an investigation is still ongoing, which means its a little bit longer. It would support a worker being reinstated in the interim period until that incident is fully conducted. So those are the four amendments that we would like to bring forward in partnership with the sponsors here today, and im here to answer any questions. Chair mar thank you, mr. Monge, for your work on this extremely important ordinance to protect workers rights and especially the rights of essential frontline essential workers and particularly low wage workers in these really challenging times right now. So and i think this is just another example of really important legislation that as a board have worked on and moved forward to support workers and support workers rights during the health and economic crisis. And even on for this committees agenda, you know, items 2 and 4 are zoo examples of that, as well. So thanks again, mr. Monge, and supervisor ronen, for all of your work on this, as well as the workers rights organizations on moving this item forward. Im proud to cosponsor it and support it. Colleagues, do you have any questions . Supervisor peskin mr. Chair, i have read the amendments and support those, and thank you, mr. Carroll, for sending those around earlier this morning. Chair mar supervisor haney . Supervisor haney thank you, chair mar. And i agree, this is such a critical protection act. I was out at one of our testing sites a few weeks ago, or maybe its been a couple months ago now. And i was out there with a couple of people out there to be tested, and they were terrified if it came back positive, they would be required when they were forced to quarantine, and they walked away. So this is why i think weve had some challenges in addressing the spread of covid among some of our workers because they dont have access to basic protections in some cases. And so this, along with the p. P. O. Laws and the sick leave laws that youve let on, chair mar, i think is critical to protect our workers and also to protect everyone from the spread of covid in our city. So im not sure that im on as a cosponsor, but i would love to be added on as a cosponsor, and thank you, supervisor mar and mr. Monge, for your leadership. Chair mar okay. Why dont we go to Public Comment . Mr. Clerk, are there any callers on the line . Clerk thank you, mr. Chair. Well see if there are any callers on the line. For those who have already connected to our meeting via phone, please press starthree if you wish to be entered into the queue to speak on this line. For those of you in the queue, wait until you are prompted, and then begin speaking. For those watching through online or on cable channel 74, call 4156550001. Enter todays meeting i. D. , which is 1461870436. Press pound twice, and then starthree to be entered into the queue to speak. First speaker, please. Hi. My name is tyler and i attend city college, and im a courier for doordash. Youd be surprised how many customers request no Contact Delivery and open the door and hope up any way. Its very important for my safety and the safety of all of those people that im in contact with that i would be able to be tested for covid19 if im concerned is that i may be exposed. Please ensure that this ordinance is unambiguous about protection for gig economy workers, and it sounds like one of those amendments maybe is doing that, so that is great to hear, but i havent actually seen the amendments yet, and, you know, i just want to say, you know, that these companies will do everything to say that oh, were not employees, youre just independent contractors, try to claim the law does not apply to them, so try to make the law as unambiguous as possible. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments, tyler. Could we have the next speaker, please. My name is john wong, and i currently live in the city of oakland, but i do gig work on doordash in the city and county of san francisco. You know, as a carrier, like tyler said, i also come in contact, you know, with multiple different customers and restaurant workers every day, so there is a high level of risk, and, you know, its i try to get tested, you know, for covid19 fairly regularly, you know, you know, especially when im concerned that i might have been infected, and, you know, hopefully, i can stay home if i test positive without worrying that my account has been deactivated. But from what ive heard from other gig workers that are organizing say that they have been deactivated if they test positive for covid19. We as gig workers are denied the most basic of safety nets, and we just want to ensure that all of us workers, regardless of whether we are w2 employees or misclassified independent employees, that we get the protections that we need. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments, mr. Wong. Operations, could you connect us to the next caller, please. Operator that was the last caller. Chair mar thank you so much, clerk and operations. Hearing no further callers, Public Comment is closed. You know, actually, i did just want to respond to the two Public Commenters who are dig workers and drivers, and to your points, and just reemphasize, per mr. Monges presentation, one of the amendments that was introduced does establish the definition of a worker that does provide at least two days of labor, and the prior definition does not establish any threshold for independent contractors, so the 16hour threshold provides greater clarity for enforcement of the legislation. Thank you for your comments, and yeah, would just like to move that we adopt the amendments as presented by mr. Monge on behalf of supervisor ronen. Mr. Clerk, can you please call roll. Clerk on the motion to amend as offered by chair mar [roll call] clerk mr. Chair, there are l three ayes. Chair mar thank you, mr. Clerk. And then, i would like to move that we move this forward with a positive recommendation. Clerk on the motion to move this forward to the full board with a positive recommendation [roll call] clerk mr. Chair, there are three ayes. Chair mar thank you, mr. Clerk. Can you please call item number 2 . Clerk yes. Agenda item number 2 is reenactment of an emergency ordinance, that being ordinance number 7420 and also ordinance number 11020, to temporarily require grocery store, drugstore, restaurant, and ondemand Delivery Service employers to provide health and scheduling protections to employees during the Public Health emergency related to covid19. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item should call the Public Comment number, 4156550001. Enter the meeting i. D. For today, which is 1461870436. Press pound twice, and starthree to enter the queue. Finally, mr. Chair, im in receipt of your memo to agendize this item to entertain a motion to refer this item to the full board as a Committee Report for consideration. Chair mar supervisor haney . Supervisor haney yes. If youll recall, this emergency ordinance took effect on may 1 and was already renewed once before but will expire on august 31. This legislation strengthens Worker Protections that are covered by the Health Officers office by giving workers an additional level of protection by giving them the right to file a complaint with olse and ondemand delivery must be reimbursed for purchasing masks, hand sanitizers, or other supplies. It requires that drivers and shoppers offer the option of noContact Delivery. It requires an employers providing [inaudible]. Supervisor haney obviously, we are still very much in this state of emergency under this pandemic and protecting our workers that weve seen under some of the spikes have been put at risk, and some of the cases have been connected to workers being unsafe at the workplace. So this will help with that, and i hope for Even Stronger enforcement and outreach to workers to know that these protections and these rights exist, and i want to thank the Committee Members for their support and sponsorship on this ordinance. Chair mar thank you, supervisor haney, for all of your work on protections for workers during the health crisis. Why dont we go to Public Comment on this item . Clerk yes, mr. Chair, the moderator will check if there are speakers in the queue. For those who have already connected to our meeting via phone, please press starthree to be moved to the queue to speak on this item. For those of you already in the queue, stand by for the prompt, indicating that your line has been unmuted and providing Public Comment. For those of you that would like to call in, call 4156550001. Enter the meeting i. D. , press pound twice, and then starthree to enter the queue to speak. Could we get the first caller, please. Hi. This is tyler again. I wasnt planning to speak on this item, but since it was on the same agenda, i just wanted to call in and mention the way that the Gig Companies have interpreted this. On doordash, if you work in san francisco, you now get, i believe its. 78 extra per day, and that is their way to complying with this. Thats about 3 or 4 a week, and i dont know that thats enough to comply with the risk of masks and sanitizer and wipes to wipe down your car. I dont know if it makes sense to amend this or anything like that, but it might be good to clarify how much that reimbursement should be, and i think you mentioned something about outreach to workers. I think that would be important to let people now how they can take advantage of this and how they can file a complaint if they feel like theyre not being reimbursed enough. Clerk thank you very much again, tyler. Could we connected to the we be connected to the next caller, please . Operator that was the last caller. Chair mar great. Seeing no more callers, Public Comment is closed. Supervisor haney . Supervisor haney one, thank you for bringing it up to the Public Commenter, tyler. Additionally, we heard from some of these companies that it didnt apply to them at all, which obviously it does, and the way theyre complying with it is obviously subject to enforcement and regulation, so i would theres a hotline where you can call to report this, and its one of the reasons why enforcement is so critical here. They obviously have to actually reimburse the cost of or a o were explicit about this in the ordinance the cost of gloves, wipes, masks, and hand sanitizers. Chair mar thank you for that clarification, supervisor haney. So yeah, why dont we we move this forward . I would move that make a motion that we move this item forward to the full board with a positive recommendation as a Committee Report for the august 25 meeting of the board of supervisors. Clerk on the motion offered by chair martha the item be recommended as a Committee Report [roll call] clerk mr. Chair, there are three ayes. Chair mar thank you, mr. Clerk. Can you please call item number 3 . Clerk jaent item number 3 is a resolution receipt owe actively approving a third amendment to an emergency agreement between the Human Services agency and 1231 Market Street owner l. P. , for the citys continued use of 459 hotel rooms and associated services, increasing the contract amount by 25,618,54, for a total amount not to compete 35,608,542, and extending the booking period for a potential total term of april 8, 2020 through july 1, 2021. Once again, mr. Chair, this item has been agendized by the board of supervisors for consideration on their august 25, 2020 meeting. Chair mar thank you. Mr. Rhorer . Actually, chair mar, ill start this, and director rhorer will come along. I do have a brief Powerpoint Presentation that i would like to share with you and the watching public with your permission. Chairman chairman ye. Chair mar yes, please, thank you. Supervisor peskin and chair mar, i do want to thank director rhorer and mr. Pennick for taking time out of their busy schedules to brief me on that. Thank you. Hopefully, you can see the screen. Chair mar yes. Perfect. Ill quickly walk you through the the original contract, some administrative amendments, and the third amendment, which is the topic of todays discussion. By way of overview, the Wickham Hotel is at 12931 Market Street, with 459 rooms. This is the largest city shelter in place hotel, and the issue that brings us before you today is the city will soon exhaust the 10 million allowed under the charter. Were not able to exceed that Budget Authority without board approval. H. S. A. Is requesting authority to increase the contract sum in order to allow the city to potentially remain at this hotel through the end of the fiscal year, june 2021. However, the contract amendment, which we will walkthrough in a moment, does allow for the contract to be terminated by the city prior to its expiration on 60 days notice should the need not continue. Under the original contract, the term began on april 8 and ran through august 8, 2020. Four months, or 122 nights. The city sent a notice to extend on a monthtomonth basis in july, indicating its desire to extend beyond the august 8 deadline. Again, the total number of rooms at play are 459. The room rate is 99 per night again, h. S. A. Did not want to mingle the covid population with the general population. Budget for linens is 75,000 per month. Budget for food is 750,000 per month, bringing it to 9,675,000, which is just shy of the charter limit. We had two administrative amendments that have taken place since the original term. This was done administratively under the emergency ordinance. The Second Amendment was done in july 2020 to increase the contract amount to 9,990,000, so basically to bring us to just below the maximum to give us some breathing room in order to bring the third amendment to this committee and to the full board. The third amendment, which is the topic of todays conversation, opposes rates, terms, and conditions imposes rates, terms, and conditions to remain the same, except the term is extended to give the city site control until june 30, 2021. Again, we have the ability to terminate with 60 days notice should the contract not need to continue. You can see the breakdown on the next line. Basically, were adding 25 million to the almost 10 million, for a total not to compete 35,608,000. Again, this is a maximum not to exceed. That amount would be reduced if we were to terminate the contract early. This is basically the outline of the key business points that makeup the third amendment. Director rhorer from h. S. A. Is here to answer your questions about the programming and the continued needs for the space, and im happy to answer any questions you might have regarding the contract terms. Chair mar thank you so much, director pennick. I did have a few questions either for you or director rhorer. Actually well, the first question is around the the folks that are being housed at hot hotel whitcomb. Are there stable have the rooms been occupied fully, and has had been a pretty stable population there or has there been a lot of turnover there in the use of this hotel . Ill go ahead and take this. Trent rhorer, Human Services agency, director. So currently, we pulled these numbers a couple of days ago. Of the 459 units at the whitcomb, 359 are occupied with 417 guests, and there are some roommates, which are typically spouses or partners. The reason the 66plus units are offline, 30 of them are actually for staff, so at any given time, we have 22 to 24 site monitor staff plus security, so its, you know, a place where they can be arrested from, from their work. We have 20 rooms that we keep vacant intentionally for a buffer. So if a room comes offline, a toilet breaks, or Something Else where we need to move a guest, we keep that room vacant where we can move that guest. 16 of the rooms are offline for cleaning. Because we hold to the c. D. C. Guidelines, it takes a little longer to clean the room. Its not just house keeping. In terms of the population, i dont have actual turnover number does, but its been numbers, but its been relatively stable. We have 16 offline for cleaning now, which is 3 of the total rooms. Supervisor haney, i believe you spent a little bit of time there as an h. S. W. Supervisor peskin hes not allowed to divulge that. Thats a hipaa violation. There were fits and starts. Its much better now, much smoother. We have our incidents just a couple of days ago. We had a gentleman who had a weapon and was threatening security, but we were able to get that taken care of. We have disaster workers monitoring the situation, as we shifted to hiring workers through a c. B. O. Contract. There, they get better training not better training. They have better use working with the population, and i think thats helped. Chair mar great, thank you, director rhorer, for that, and yeah, thanks for all of your work on this particular hotel, and also to director pennick, and its an extremely part of our good use response to the crisis the whole health crisis. Supervisor haney . Supervisor haney yes, thank you, and thank you, director rhorer. I am definitely familiar with this hotel. This is our largest shelter in place hotel, and now we are extending it potentially through july 1, 2021. Is there a an active transition plan in place for moving folks out of that hotel and how soon is that happening . And are you when somebody has moved out of the housing, leaving that room vacant or are you filling it . How are you thinking about the capacity of the hotel . Thanks for that question, supervisor. So the winding down, i guess well call it, of the shelter in place hotels, were going to begin that in november, and thats going to be led by the department of homelessness and supportive housing. The budget thats before the board actually funds a whole host of solutions to ensure that we meet our policy goal, which is to not discharge anyone who weve housed under covid to the streets. So were using the Covid Program as an exit from homelessness, and the mayor has supported that with her budget. So thatll begin around november, and itll look different, depending the needs from the guests. So it could be transition into permanent supportive housing, could be transition into a rental subsidy. Could be rental deposit, could be homeward bound, could be reuniting with their family, any solution thats presented in the budget for fiscal year 2021 and beyond. To be honest, supervisor, we are still backfillng, so what im using as an example, 16 off offline for cleaning, as soon as theyre ready to go through the use of the hot team and others, they are ready to go. We are continuing to lease rooms. We signed into contract three hotels totaling 207 rooms, one of which is coming online today, 101 rooms, and then, the other two over the next 1. 5 weeks, and we are looking at the department of real estate who, i must say, have been fantastic partners throughout this process. We are negotiating for the final 75 to 100 rooms, which would bring us to our budgeted count. Supervisor haney thank you. Got it. Okay. That makes sense. Great. This is a great building with a rich history in our city. It was used as a city hall in the aftermath of the earthquake and the fires. Im guessing they dont want to sell it. Have you opened up that conversation with them as part of project homekey . Well, obviously, supervisor, we wouldnt want to discuss any pending real estate transactions in a public forum, but wed be happy to brief you offline. Supervisor haney okay. Fair enough. Thank you. Chair mar why dont we go to the presentation by Fred Brousseau from the budget and legislative Analysts Office . Thank you, chair. Fred brousseau from the budget and legislative Analysts Office. This would retroactively extend the existing agreement to rent 459 rooms from 122 to 449 nights, so an increase of 327 nights. This agreement was originally executed april 8, 2020, for four months, and this amendment would retroactively approve an extension from august 8 of this year through april 7, 2021. The room rates would all remain the same. Theres a contingency of 15 on each room rate. Theres food and linen charges. The contingency rate is fixed, so thats paid, regardless of the occupancy. The food and linen costs are variable. Theyre based on actual occupancy of rooms. The nottoexceed cost is currently 9 million, would increase to 35,608,542, so its an increase of 25,618,542. What is still unknown, of course, the budget for the current fiscal year, fiscal year 2021, has not been adopted, so we dont know how all the costs related to the Emergency Shelter program and covid19 relates services by h. S. A. And others will be appropriated and how the revisions will affect us next year, but some still to be determined by the budget and legislative Analysts Office. Going back to the ordinance adopted by the board of supervisors in april of this year, which required 8,250 rooms or units to be made available for the homeless largely for the homeless population, and that expired after two months or excuse me, the rooms were to be obtained by april 26. That did not occur to the extent detailed in the ordinance, but we do have details on the number of rooms that have been procured in the report. Quickly, whats been called active rooms or units, there are 3,003 as of august 10, of which 2,239 were occupied, so an occupancy rate of about 74. 6 . H. S. A. Has reported that they assume about a 90 occupancy rate to account for cleaning, transition of rooms, and some of the things director rhorer mentioned earlier. But the actual occupancy has been we will i the 90 rate to date. So below the 90 rate to date. And also, theres some recreational vehicles and congregate settings included in the mix of units being made available. The cost in fiscal year 1920 are also detailed in our report, and theyre for all the program, not just the 1231 market, and that was 51. 9 million, and again, that was covered by fema reimbursements and is expected to be fully covered when the c. A. R. E. S. Funds are added to the mix, along with some state funding. We do have two recommendations in our report. One is to approve the contract amendment as proposed, but we also recommend that the board require that the agency come back in six weeks to report on progress, identifying and removing barriers to ensuring that more homeless san franciscans are being quickly housed, and that progress is being made in securing additional units, and expediting the process of bringing these units into active service. Thats the summary of my report, and im happy to answer questions. Chair mar thank you very much, mr. Brousseau for how the program would come and also the broader housing program. I dont have any questions. Colleagues, do you have any questions for mr. Brousseau . Supervisor peskin no. I think theyve all been asked and set forth. I have no questions. Chair mar okay. Well, great. Thanks again, everyone. I would move that we send this item to the full board as a Committee Report with positive recommendation. Clerk mr. Chair, we should hear from the public who may have called in for this item before we entertain any motions. Chair mar why dont we go to the public. Thank you for the reminder. Clerk of course. While the moderator is queueing up the first speaker, i will just go through our regular routine another time. For those of you waiting by phone, press starthree to be entered into the queue to speak for the item. For those already in the queue, wait on the line and you will hear a prompt, indicating that your line who has been unmuted. For those watching our meeting via cable channel 78 or streaming online, dial 4156550001. Enter todays meeting i. D. Of 1461870436. Press the pound symbol twice, and then star, followed by three to enter the queue to speak. Miss frias, could you present us with our first speaker. Operator there are no callers in the queue. Chair mar great. Seeing there are no speakers, Public Comment is closed. Mr. Clerk, could you call the roll on the motion to recommend this to the full board of supervisors with a positive recommendation clerk. Clerk on that motion [roll call] clerk thank you, supervisors. You have three ayes. Chair mar mr. Clerk, please call item 4. Clerk item 4 is the reenactment of emergency ordinance, ordinance number 10420, temporarily creating a right to reemployment for certain employees laid off due to the covid19 pandemic if their employer seeks to fill the same position previously held by a laidoff worker or a substantially similar position, as defined. Members of the public who wish to call in, dial 4156550001. Enter the meeting i. D. For todays meeting, which is 1461870436. Press pound, and pound again, and then starthree to be entered into the queue. Chair mar colleagues, this is the board of supervisors passed the original ordinance on a 101 vote back on april 23 to protect the tens of thousands of workers laid off due to covid19. It simply requires employers to offer jobs to workers laid off from the covid19 emergency before offering them to other applicants. Since then, tens of thousands have more have lost their jobs, and our reopening is further delayed by an increase in covid cases. We need this policy to remain in effect. Ive introduced a separate ordinance to codify this separate work of protection going forward, and this work will provide continuity so there are no gaps in coverage between the amended ordinance and the upcoming original ordinance. Many employers intend to bring back their workers, but this makes it a requirement to rehire rather than replace their original employees. Colleagues, i ask for your support of this emergency ordinance. So why dont we if theres no comments or colleaguquestio colleagues, maybe we could go to Public Comment. Clerk yes, thank you, mr. Chair. I will review our routine one more time. Please press starthree to be added to the queue if you wish to speak on this item. For those already on hold in the queue, please wait until youre prompted before you begin. You will hear a prompt indicating your line has been unmuted. For those watching via cable channel 78 or streaming, dial 4156550001, enter 1461870436, pressing the pound symbol twice, and then pressing star, followed by three, to enter the queue to speak. Moderator frias, could you please connect us to the first caller, if there is one . Operator sir, there are no callers at this time. Chair mar great. Thank you, operations. Public comment is closed. So again, id like to move that we send this item to the full board as a Committee Report to the august 25 meeting of the board of supervisors with positive recommendation. Mr. Clerk, can you please call roll. Clerk on the motion that this item be recommended as a Committee Report [roll call] clerk mr. Chair, theres no objection; there are three ayes. Chairm chair mar item 5 was actually scheduled as a special item for 12 noon, so why dont we move ahead to items 6 through 25. Mr. Clerk, can you please call items 6 through 25 for closed session . Clerk items 6 through 25 are to be held in closed session. To enter Public Comment on these items, dial 4156550001. Enter the meeting i. D. , 1461870436, press pound, and pound again, and starthree if you wish to enter the queue to speak. Supervisor mar why dont we go to the Public Comment for the closed session on items 6 through 25. Are there any callers on the line to speak to any of these items . Clerk moderator, could you please let us know if there are any callers to speak to the items on the agenda . Operator there are no callers on the line. Chair mar Public Comment is closed. So on the motion to convene in closed session, mr. Clerk, could you please call roll. Clerk on the motion to convene in closed session [roll call] clerk mr. Chair, there are three ayes. Supervisor mar great. Thank you. So were going to now convene in closed session. Chair mar we are now back. Mr. Clerk, please report on the time away. Clerk thank you. On a motion offered by vice chair peskin, agenda item 6 was recommended by a report to the august 25 board of supervisors meeting, and the balance of the agenda items were continued to the september 3, 2020 g. A. O. Meeting, to be also heard in a future litigation agenda. The motions were approved unanimously. Supervisor peskin mr. Chair, i make a motion not to disclose. Chair mar thank you, supervisor peskin. On the motion to not disclose discussions in closed session, please call the roll. Clerk thank you. On the motion not to disclose discussions in closed session [roll call] clerk mr. Chair, there are two ayes, and member haney is absent. Chair mar thank you. Mr. Clerk, our only remaining item, number 5, is a special order item for 12 00 p. M. , so were going to take a brief recess and reconvene the g. A. O. Committee at 12 00 p. M. Supervisor peskin okay. Mr. Chair, as my staff indicated to your staff earlier today, i do have to speak at a noon event with regard to uber and lyft and will get back to the meeting as quickly as i can. Chair mar supervisor peskin. Thank you. So so now, we shall recess. Clerk well be in recess until 12 noon welcome back to the government audit and oversight committee. I did want to announce that supervisor peskin did not is not joining the meeting right now. But supervisor haney and i are here. Mr. Clerk, can you please call item number 5. Yes. Thank you very much, mr. Chair. Agenda item 5, an ordinance amending the administrative code. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this ordinary should call the Public Comment number, as before, it is still 415 6550001. And for todays meeting i. D. , thats 146180436. Enter the queue to speak. A system prompt will indicate that youve raised your hand. Please wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted. That will be your opportunity to begin your comments on agenda item number 5. During this Unprecedented Health emergency, we have also been confronteconfronted with an unpd emergency in unemployment, with more workers having lost their jobs and income since the great depression. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, black workers are more likely to be out of a job or lost income or have left the labor market all together. Economic data shows 1 in 6 black workers are out of a job. And the Labor Department reported in early june that the black Unemployment Rate continued to rise, as the overall Unemployment Rate started to tick down. Since the shutdown started in march, nearly 200,000 san franciscans have lost their job or had hours reduced. To put the numbers in perspective, in the 2008 recession, unemployment figures peaked at 45,000. Unfortunately of many of these workers, lowwage workers and people of color, will not be able to return to previous jobs, because their employers have reduced their workforce or shut down entirely. So theres compelling need to invest in education and workforce training in this moment of crisis for so many. This is central to our citys economic recovery. City college provides the most comprehensive offering of vocation callal training, and tuitionfree thanks to the free city program. Our ability to provide quality public education, including the vital training our citys residents need to get back to work in the wake of covid19 is in serious jeopardy. Restructuring at city college, enrollment loss during the accreditation crisis, ongoing chronic underfunding of the city colleges and the new state funding formula has caused the reduction of over 600 College Classes since 2017. This trend is being aggressively worsened by the challenges of covid19 crisis. And without more funding, city college will lose at least 1,000 more classes in the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters alone. City college is an essential part of san franciscos economic recovery. And the highest enrollments the city college has ever had during the 2008 recession. In this new recession, we can expect demand for the support city college provides to spike as san franciscans try to get back to work or get back into the workforce. In order to help them, city College Needs more resources. So through the workforce education and recovery fund, city college will be able to provide tuitionfree job training and professional development, sustain highdemand vocation cavocational programs r lowincome students of color additional supports and Wraparound Services for enrollment, counseling, academic support and job replacement. Investing in education and workers training pays dividends and we have a responsibility to ensure that our economic recovery includes unemployed workers and lifts up our most vulnerable communities, communities that cant afford to be left behind. My cosponsors supervisor haney and supervisors ronen, safai and wallto wall walton and the chancellor and Diana Gonzalez from College Board of trustees, and City College Students and faculty, as well as my legislative aides ellen and levi for all of their work on this ordinance. Finally, i will be making a motion to continue this item until the next g. A. O. Committee meeting on september 3rd, ever after we complete the boards budget process. This will allow time to consider potential amendments for this ordinance and the administration and structure of the fund that may be needed, as a result of the final version of the work Budget Proposal thats currently being considered through the budget process. So, yeah, thanks again supervisor haney, for your cosponsorship and support of this. And i dont know if you have any questions or remarks. Ill save my remarks for when we hear it in a couple weeks. But i just want to thank you for your leadership, chair mar. And huge support of this. I think city college is more essential maybe than ever. I know thats probably been said before. We have so many people out of work right now. And our economy is changing very rapidly here in the city. And having this fund to reinvest in our pathway to jobs and Workforce Development and education is so critical. So ill save further remarks. But im proud to be a cosponsor. Thank you, supervisor haney. Why dont we go to Public Comment, mr. Clerk. Are there any callers on the line . Clerk thank you mr. Chair. Well see if there are caller in the queue. If for those already connected, please press star followed by three to be added to the queue for the item. For those already on hold in the queue, please continue to wait until youre prompted to be begin. For those who are watching our meeting on cable channel 78 or via streaming link at sfgovtv. Org, if you wish to speak on the item, please call in by following the instructions, which should be crawling across the screen at this time. You do that by dialing 415 6550001. Enter todays meeting idea 1461870436. Press the pound symbol twice and then star followed by three to enter the queue to speak. Could you please connect us to our first speaker, if there is one . Sir, there are no callers at this time. Okay, thank you, operations. Public comment is closed. Mr. Clerk, will you please call the roll on the motion to continue this item to the september 3rd g. A. O. Committee meeting. Clerk on the motion offered by chair martha this item be continued to september 3rd Committee Meeting of the government audit and oversight committee, vice chair peskin . Absent. Member haney. Aye. Haney aye. Chair mar . Aye. Clerk there are two ayes. No opposition with member with vice chair peskin absent. Thank you, mr. Clerk. Is there any further business . Clerk that concludes our business for today. Great. We are adjourned. Thank you. Clerk thank you. Were here to raise awareness and money and fork for a good accuse. We have this incredible gift probably the widest range of restaurant and count ii destines in any district in the city right here in the mission intricate why dont we capture that to support the mission youths going to college thats for the food for thought. We didnt have a signature font for our orientation thats a 40yearold organization. Mission graduates have helped me to develop special as an individual theyve helped me figure out and provide the tools for me that i need i feel successful in life their core above emission and goal is in line with our values. The ferraris yes, we made 48 thousand they were on top of that its a nobrainer for us. Were in and fifth year and be able to expand out and tonight is your ungrammatical truck food for thought. Food truck for thought is an opportunity to eat from a variety of different vendor that are supporting the mission graduates by coming and representing at the parks were giving a prude of our to give people the opportunity to get an education. People come back and can you tell me and enjoy our food. All the vendor are xooment a portion of their precedes the money is going back in whats the best thing to do in terms of moving the needle for the folks we thought Higher Education is the tool to move young people. Im also a College Student i go to berkley and 90 percent of our folks are staying in college thats 40 percent hire than the afternoon. Im politically to clemdz and ucla. Just knowing were giving back to the community. Especially the Spanish Speaking population it hits home. People get hungry why not eat and give okay. Good evening