The public who would like to address the board during general Public Comment, please come to the podium. Tom gilberti. Seems like the 30 second warning bell is not working. Parking space, inspirational offices. Remember the grade schoolteacher, remember a high school teacher, the inspirational ones. What are, what were, what are their values to a people . Muni, 700,000plus rides perday, 24hour cycle, a highly efficient except for the wheelchair elevator, vanness is a disaster. The elevator, kricivic center, powell, disaster, lets hope they can work, but for the most part, pollution reducing, climate control, great organization. Then tell me why we cant have teachers living at 1 oak . Why we cant have Police Officers living at 1 oak . The sheriffs in this room living at 1 oak . The grade schoolteachers affecting our children, High School Teachers affecting our children, weaving our society. We take it for granted, and were losing it. Reality of the Real Estate Industry doesnt have to be defined by the financiers of the Real Estate Industry who put their money in politicians pockets. Mayor lees got a million plus. A Healthy Community should be always our goal. 1 oaks, vanness, civic center, 12 lines of muni transit. Anywhere in the city, we need to see reality and work with it. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Madam president. Are there any other members of the public whod like to provide Public Comment at this time . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. Supervisor peskin . Supervisor peskin thank you, madam president. This has been a really weird, unfortunate bunch of days in San Francisco, whether its the racial intolerance that were seeing in and around the cannabis issue, but i rise to speak to the issue in and around the comfort woman issue. When i ran for office the first time in 2000. Sir, if you want to speak to that particular issue, were going to have to supervisor peskin im speaking under item 41, not under item 14. Im actually speaking under item 41, which is my roll call. Oh, but i think since the item is on the agenda, and correct me if i am wrong, we just have to reverse the vote and supervisor peskin madam president , i need not speak specifically to item 14. I can speak about item 41 in general. Okay. Supervisor peskin and i can speak about it thusly, which is at a moment in time where there are women who are coming out in droves about roy moore, whos running for senate in alabama, when there are women coming out, talking about harvey weinstein, this is actually a moment where i can standup as a supervisor who never ran for congress, doesnt do geopolitics and say, hello, everybody, there were war crimes that we can actually reckon with, and i know yawn givner givners yawn givners getting a little uncomfortable because im confusing it with item 14. I just have to standup and say, in San Francisco, where so many japanese were interned pursuant to order 9066, i cannot associate myself with the comments of individuals who do not want to recognize war crimes and crimes against humanity and crimes against women and thats exactly what happened, and i just wanted to say it for the record. Its not why i ran for the board of supervisors, but i thought somebody needed to say it. Thank you, supervisor peskin. Madam clerk please read the items to adoption without rerchs to committee. Clerk items 43 through 49 are being considered for adoption without reference to committee. These items can be considered by a single roll call vote, otherwise severed and considered separatelily. Supervisor fewer. Sorry. Id like to sever item number 49, please. Before we move forward, id like to entertain a motion to excuse supervisor farrell, moved by supervisor ronen, seconded by supervisor tang. Can we take that without objection . Without objection, supervisor farrell is excused, and on the items 44 through 49 through adoption without reference to committee, madam clerk, please call the roll. Clerk [ roll call. ] clerk there are nine ayes. There are nine ayes, the item passes unanimously. Please read the next item. Supervisor fewer. Thank you very much. As a member of the Reentry Council, i am happy to have brought this resolution forward on their behalf in the council, chaired by the mayors office, public defenders office, chief of the probation officer, District Attorneys Office and the Sheriffs Office voted unanimously to support this resolution. Currently only a handful of reentry serves are provided in San Francisco for private for profit companies, but i strongly believe as im sure all of you do that as a city and county, we want to minimize Reentry Services provided by for profit private companies. This resolution urges city departments to prioritize nonprofit organizations where the city does contract out does contract out Reentry Services, and i hope i have your support today. There are currently two private companies funded by the city and county of San Francisco, and thats lca, leader in community alternatives, and thats funded through the Sheriffs Department, and America Works thats funded through oed and adult protection, and i think you should know the Reentry Council has representatives from the Sheriffs Department and also Protection Department but from department of health youth and their families, the Police Department, department of Child Support services, department of public health, department of homelessness and support of housing, Human Services agency, juvenile protection, offices of economic and workforce development, the San FranciscoPolice Department and other Public Officials include representatives from the California Department of corrections and rehabilitation parole Operations Division and u. S. Probation office, and they all voted unanimously on this resolution. I hope i have your support today. Thank you, and supervisor fewer, can you specifically talk a little bit more about the the funded organizations and specifically maybe what they do, and what is the challenge with the competitive process and why are forprofit agencies able to obtain these contracts over nonprofits . Supervisor fewer so the many of the ones that are operating in San Francisco and also throughout the state of california are state contracts, so we have no control over them. Today, we heard some representatives from geo, and geois the geo group, which is a private prison business, and actually its the second largest most profitable prison business in the united states, but they extent also internationally. We feel personally that it is at odds with what we are trying to accomplish with Reentry Services, which is that we hope people dont do do reenter into civilian life and not reenter the prison system. In order for geo group to be profitable, they need to have a steady stream of prisoners, therefore, we feel its in opposition. This resolution just urges the city and county of San Francisco to actually prioritize nonprofit organizations for Reentry Services. President breed but more specifically, does the city does the city contract that currently exists for the purposes of reentry, do we contract with any for profit agencies at this time . Supervisor fewer yes we do. President breed that do not include state funding, and specifically, i think thats what im trying to understand. What do they do . Supervisor fewer sure. So we fund leaders in community alternatives, and that is funded through the Sheriffs Department, and then we fund America Works, and that is funded through oed and adult probation, and Sheriffs Department and adult probation also voted in support of this resolution. President breed is there a reason why these programs receive funding over some of the others that might have competed for the same opportunities . Supervisor fewer you know, i cant answer that question. I believe there are people in the audience karen shane from adult probation that could answer that question for you. President breed thank you. Supervisor fewer thank you, chair. Im karen shane from San Francisco adult probation, the Reentry Council. One of the things that the Reentry Council did determine that they want to do is take a good look at what the Reentry Services are, make sure we have the best Reentry Services, have an evaluative Services Going forward, so its a lot bigger issue that we originally thought, but its on the agenda for the Reentry Council. As to your question, president breed, sometimes there are not nonprofits that are able to do the contracting. For example, lca provides electronic monitoring through the Sheriffs Department. I dont know this, but i dont i dont believe that anyone had applied to do that through the that was a nonprofit, and so thats one of the reasons why we tried to make this resolution a resolution rather than a requirement, that you know, if that and that certainly if there if someone is going to make an argument that their services were stronger, better, less, you know, whatever, that would certainly have an impact on the provision of services. The idea of this is mostly its really to place San Francisco on the side of really working for reentry. On behalf of supervisors yee and kim, for the late miss janet hee. On behalf of supervisor peskin for the late mr. Nathan roth, mr. Gino perrini, and on behalf of supervisor fewer and yee on behalf of the late dr. Roland yo, on behalf of the entire board of supervisors at the suggestion of supervisor fewer, peskin, kim, and yee, for the late mr. Herbert patrick lee. President breed colleagues, this brings us to the end of our agenda. Madam clerk, is there any further business before us today. Clerk that concludes our business for today. President breed we are adjourned, good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to city haul. My name is london breed. Im president of the San Francisco board of supervisors, and i represent district 5, the amazing district that houses the incredible 3rd Baptist Church, which we plan to make official landmarking status today. Arent we excited . I just want to say one, praise god, right . Praise god, thank you for being here, thank you for supporting this ceremony. We are honored here to have the mayor here to perform the ceremony who will speak in just a little bit, but i want to thank my colleague, aaron pes k kin for sponsoring this legislation, and thank you for supervise cohen for joining us here today, as well as our city administrator, naomi kelley. This is a wonderful day today. Im so excited. Remember when we celebrated with reverend brown and lady jane brown at the celebration with bill clinton, and i told you we would make this happen, and we made it happen, and look how quickly we made it happen . Well, i didnt have a choiz because reverend brown was calling me every single day, every day fighting for this community, every day fighting for this community, and one thing i want to say about 3rd Baptist Church, which is my church, my home, thank you for welcoming me. Thank you for continuing to a beacon of light in this community, who need a place of sanctuarn, who need a place to call home, who need a place to feel welcome. 3rd baptist has been doing this longer than almost any other place in San Francisco. It is an unappreciated institution because of its advocacy for being on the front line for anything related to challenges with our community, the displacement of our community, the issues with our children in the public schools. Every single occasion when there has been an issue in the city and county of San Francisco related to our community, 3rd baptist is at the front lines, trying to make sure we speak truth to power and we change the city for the better, and so it is only fitting that we come here today in city hall, and we celebrate our community, our accomplishments, and all that we have done to make San Francisco a better place, but more importantly, we leave a Lasting Legacy with the changes in San Francisco making 3rd Baptist Church a landmark location, make sure that the next generation of young people, and the next generation know that we are still here, we have left a lasting impression. We have built this city, and we are not going anywhere. And so so with that, id like to turn it over to our mayor to speak a few words, and then, well get to a few other comments from some of the amazing members of 3rd Baptist Church. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome mayor ed lee. President london breed, you have already said and expressed a lot of my feelings about this legislation today, but let me welcome each and every one of you here to the peoples palace. This is your house, as well, and this whole city is all of yours because we want this city to continue the strong efforts of being inclusive, being the rainbow city, welcoming everybody, but also working for everybody, and i want to say thank you to each member of the board of supervisors that are here today, our city administrator, our commissioners, our Department Heads for all sharing this wonderful moment. But i also want to start out by saying thank you to reverend amos brown. Your leadership on so many issues, reverend, kind of defines what the 3rd Baptist Church is all about, especially on challenges that face people of color. Youve been consistent, youve been steady, and youve been guiding us with the greatest amount of integrity in whatever capacity that you have filled. And this is exactly why the supervisor and president breed said that when amos and his wife, mrs. Jane brown, celebrated their 40 years at 3rd Baptist Church a few months ago, they didnt celebrate by themselves, it wasnt just community, it was people from all over the country that came in here bill clinton, governor jerry brown, reverend jesse jackson, they all came out because they recognized the Historic Center that the 3rd Baptist Church represented, but they also know that the reverend not only speaks locally, he speaks nationally and internationally. So congratulations reverend on 40 years of your life here at 3rd Baptist Church and for the city and county of San Francisco. Thank you, reverend brown. 3rd Baptist Church has been around since 1855, ladies and gentlemen. 160 years 52 . 1852. Okay, my notes, my staff, go back to the history books, correct that history. Make sure we have the right history. Its important because, you know, when other parts of the country talk about their landmarks, and we get kind of embarrassed, what kind of history theyre embracing, i think were embracing the right history right here with a building that has housed people of African American descent and worship since 1852. And you know whats significant about the 3rd baptist . cause ive always felt welcomed, that it wasnt just African Americans, what the reverend, what everybody else did was make it a center for everybody to feel comfortable with. Thats the significance of 3rd Baptist Church. It was for everyone, and when you go there, and you do wrong things, youre going to be condemned. Ive been there when people are condemned. Sometimes i use the word, oh, looks like a crucifiction have been going on, but ive also been there with the greatest moment of blessings happen because people do the right thing. And you know, 3rd baptist does have that line, whats right and whats wrong. Thats what we have to do with our kids, help them figure out whats right and whats wrong, and when you go to 3rd baptist, you can help them gain the moral ground. Thats important to kids these days. They dont know the difference between right and wrong, were going to lose more folks. This is whats important to 3rd baptist, and this is why its been so welcoming to me and to so many others, so by making the 3rd Baptist Church a historic landmark today, were not only preserving the building, were sending a larger message to the San Francisco bay community, we respect all the people who have been here for generations, we respect you, we respect the community. We honored the work that you have done. Its hard work to allow people to recognize whats