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Doesnt file it after the march deadline. Per that recommendation, id like to amend the date like supervisor safai did on the m. T. A. Measure so our intention is to continue the discussion as it relates to the November Ballot measure. But of course, as i said last time, if anyone wants to reach out to our office to learn more and gain a better understanding of what this would do or suggestions you you have, please contact my office. Colleagues, after Public Comment, i would like to have you make a motion to that effect. Thank you, any other colleagues wish to comment on this item . Right now . Lets take Public Comment. Any memples the public wish to comment, please come forward. Waw to line up to the right. If you want to line up to the right, you have two minutes. Good afternoon, supervisors. Im cochair of the [inaudible] coalition. Im here on behalf of the coalition. Were happy with supervisor tang to continue this item to the November Ballot. Many of my colleagues stated at the hearing last week, were strongly opposed to this legislation in the current form for attempting to claw back funding from the dignity fund as it was intended to be as the voters stated in the 2016 per dedicated funding, thats what we wanted it to be. We needed to grow for future needs of the growing disability and senior community. We are dedicated to having a dialogue with supervisor tang and her office between now and november. We appreciate the supervisor tang wanting us to have a dialogue. We look forward to communicating more with her office in expressing our opposition to any future legislation. Thank you. Thank you, next speaker. Im margaret broadkin and i have a deep interest in the Childrens Fund as i believe you know, having been involved in the creation ever the Childrens Fund. Im so happy to hear you are going to continue this. This has not been a conversation, there needs to be a much more robust conversation. I did want to point out that it is a cut when you propose a flat budget to any program or labor group. Its a cut in their ability to provide services. Its a cut in a familys ability to support themselves. I dont think it is fair to say this isnt a cut. I would propose that the current measure has a lot of problems in it. Some of which are specific, but very general problem that i see if you want to continue with a discussion, i think we should start again. I think we should ask ourselves the question of why in this very rich city are we talking about budget deficits and that when we have that conversation, that all of the players with who are stakeholders in the budget participate in that. That would include labor. That would include capital costs. That would include departments. That would include police and fire. Not just have a conversation about the very things that the public has voted on as priorities and were voted on because they werent given adequate attention in the budget. Thank you. [applause] next speaker. Goomp. My name is reese, im good afternoon, my name is reese. Im with friends of the public library. I want to thanks for continuing this conversation. As we discussed last week, there is a number of concerns, i think, that we would like to address. There is a number of concerns generally that i know you are trying to address. Id be happy to and i know our organization would be happy to talk with you and work with you further on your interests in this overall issue and how we can Work Together on it for the future. Again, just like margaret seed, you know margaret said, the library happened through this because originally there were a number of cuts happening before the citizens took it to the ballot. Wed like to talk with you further about how this would move forward. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Im michael bleker. I want to speak in opposition to the Charter Amendment and hopefully it will have some changes. Specifically, i want to speak on behalf of the dignity fund which is opened the system up for seniors, the growing problem of seniors and disabled adults in San Francisco. Where i work, we see an increasing number of seniors. There are approximately 30,000 veterans in San Francisco. 30 are seniors. Its a problem that has not been addressed by the current budget process. This is a way, this is what we do, went directly to the ballot and vets were called out in that proposition. It was a way for us to get into the system which hadnt been addressing our needs. It calls for an assessment of the what needs are for seniors in San Francisco. That will be well follow that and look to that for the direction, but again, this Charter Amendment is not really the way to handle that. Wed love to see, you know, the flawed system addressed in a transparent way. We know that it could be improved and we look forward to that. Thank you. Hello supervisors, debbie from the San Francisco Human Services network. I also spoke last week. Im going to not repeat myself and just say that i think margaret put it so well, that i want to parrot everything she said. I also keep thinking about something supervisor peskin said last week that its a practical matter. This is a readymade Charter Amendment with builtin opposition from everybody i can think of. People with children will hate it, senior also anticipate haight it. People who go to the park also hate it. Its going to be a difficult haul on the ballot with such builtin opposition at every level. Without a conversation, and a good solid policy conversation with stakeholders, i dont see how satisfied reform is going to even work or is going to pass. So, because of that, i really appreciate you listening to the stakeholders. And having this deferred to november will take into account all the seta sides we have in the city and hopefully something can be agreed upon to address those conversation conversationt picking winners and losers. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is lisa. Im here with the [inaudible] i wanted to thank you first for listening. Last week we came and we spoke and especially to supervisor fewer and supervisor [inaudible] when they said at the moment they could not be in support of this. To you too, because i think that it is great that for the first time in so many years that ive been coming here, i feel like you guys started to listen to the community. Thank you. And i hope that Something Better can happen and that this measure doesnt lead to be impulsed. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Hi, katie norman. You know me. Sueser pfeifer. Im a member of the fdr Democratic Club for seniors and people with disabilities. Weve been part of the Dignity Fund Coalition since the passage of it. I know the legislation called for real needs to adapt to the changing needs. Right now the funds can be rolled over and used for other needs as the year goes on or the next year. The fdr club gave the dig noit dignity colaition their award because ive witnessed the carefulness with with which this organization issued the funds, they know this is precious money and it saves and enhances lives. This protects peoples lives. They have been so careful with administering the funds. I would hate to see it go away. This is something historic and im proud of San Francisco for passing. And i hope we can keep it going. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Im the organizer of [inaudible] wed like to add our voice to everyone who has spoken. Also, many of the societyasides built in inequities. Hting for the same things and setasides protect our population. Trigger cuts somehow, i dont think we need them because there is a builtin reduction. Many of the setasides go down. Thats how i understand it. I appreciate this chance to talk more about this. I think these are voter han vot voterapproved mandates. We have to honor that. We are San Francisco. We want to protect the programss that are near and dear to our hearts. Thank you very much for listening to us and for considering more discussions and make it a meaningful amendment, if needed, thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon Committee Members. Im john osaki. Seeing how the legislation is going to get delayed, ill represent them. I didnt get a chance to express my views on this last week, so i thought id talk a few moments do that here today. I think all of us should be concerned about the so solvencyf the city and finances. If this measure is meant to help address that, then in the months ahead, i urge you and all of you to look at this, not just from the standpoint of how setasides effect the solvency of the city, but how many factors affect the solvency of the city. I dont think i have to tell you that the projected deficits were looking at in the future are not because of setasides. There are many factors contributing to that. If that is the goal, then lets look at this in a holistic manner and not single out specific issues and, in this case, resources that are i have to say this, that many of us feel that when times get tough, theyre seen as nonessential. Theyre seen as services that are not critical to people and i think what i feel, and i think what many of the people here feel is that the services are vital to the people we serve and wellbeing of san franciscans. If were going to address the issue of solvency, lets take it from a holistic view. Thank you, very much. Next speaker and if anyone else wants to comment, please line up by the podium. Good afternoon. I was here last week. Im working for the population homelessness for over two decades. 24 years. So what i want to talk about is our families, homelessness. First thing i would like to ask you or tell you, if you want to do changes, if you want to do these amendment changes in doing Something Different for better, i would love to see you guys go into the community and involving all the community. I dont think the process is involving the community. It can be at some point, but i really, when you guys go down to the community and assemble with them and collect recommendations from the community, these kinds ever changes can be more valuable. When it comes this way, and doing the changes, this way is not going to work. You want to make noises. We have to understand that we have so many Homeless People in San Francisco. We have more than a thousand meme that need to go to a shelter. Its cold like hell. Imagine if you and your kids or if you want to go to sleep at night, this a serious issue. I would like to Work Together and create something more realistic about how we want to end homelessness. How we want to create housing. So i would like to be part of this process and would like to invite the families and Homeless People together to come together with us and decide how thank you. Thank you. [off mic] i apologize because i have to cut your time off because Everybody Needs the same amount of time. [off mic] thank you. Thank you for your comments, sir. Thank you. And any other members of the public who would like to speak on this item . Seeing none, i dont know who the vice chair is here, but if he can close Public Comment. Okay. I think Public Comment is closed. Have we made a motion on this . No, i wanted to respond quickly to the members who came out and thawpg for your input. As i thank you for your input. When supervisor peskin took up this measure, we knew it was unpopular to do this. But being the two members of the board who care a lot about our citys Financial Health, we felt it was a conversation definitely worth starting. As you can see, many of you work hard in your fields, care a lot about your work and all of your baselines setasides that you helped get on to the ballot and successfully reflect the value that all of us share in your work. I want to acknowledge that. We as solemakers, when were policymakers when were budgeting, we have to make really difficult tradeoffs that i think, you know, members, if you care about the libraries, you dont have to make the tradeoff. If you care about children funds, you dont have to make the tradeoff. We do when it bad budget times, were forced to decide whether we close the homeless shelter or increase the baseline. That puts us in an unpopular position. But this is a dialogue i think is worth having. With that said, i look forward to the conversation. This is not the only measure or only tool i think to address our budget issues. I know many people are working on a variety of things to address our citys Financial Health in the future. This is not the only thing. In fact, i dont think this does very much. With at that said, colleagues, id like to ask a Committee Member to make a motion to amend the November Ballot and amend to the call of the chair. Ill make that motion. But before we finish this up, id like to say again, i want to thank supervisor tang and peskin for bringing this issue forward as a discussion. I think its only fair, i mean as some of the public mentioned, that when you look at what is causing any type of deficit, is it because of these setasides alone . Or are there other issues. As we all know, one of the things we keep on talking about, as an issue we need to tackle at some point, we just keep on kicking this issue kicking it down the line, which is really, the pension issue. I think at some point, ey a fewf us need to bring it up and say, by the way, to keep us healthy financially in the city, we need to take on this issue. Once again, thank you very much. I made a motion. I second that. Okay. Can you repeat the motion for me, please . Can you repeat were amending iuntil the November Ballot. First and seconded the item is moved and ordered. Please call the next item. Were going back to item three which has been called but for the members of the public, its a charter amend regarding Revenue Bonds for the power facilities. Weve been joined in the chamber by supervisor peskin workinworking with supervisor tn this item. Thank you. We have one small amendment. I apologize for not bringing copies. But the City Attorney can read it to you and hopefully my staff will come with a hard copy for you to see. It is a very small amendment suggested by the former general manager of the Public Utilities commission that seems to be acceptable to all parties. Can i ask a point of clarification on your amendment. Will this require us to have an additional hearing . Yes, any amendment to Charter Amendment will require an additional hearing. Is this amendment that youre making, is it can you talk a little bit about it . Is it something that is necessary . So, i think that staff from the p. U. C. Feels that it will give them more flexibility. So to that end, i think because you dont have another special meeting. We would have to schedule an additional meeting to have an additional hearing. Maybe john, can you come forward . Or i didnt see you there. General manager for power. So as the supervisor mentioned, weve taken some additional input from former general manager and controller Ed Herrington who has been working in his retirement on change tots rules. The rule changes will be coming out. Theyre the accounting rules that apply, lay the foundation for bonds and our relationship with the bond community. The legislation will provide us with more flexibility, the changes that are coming forward through the accounting standards board are allowing for additional assets to be capitalized. We want to make sure that the language in the city charter supports that. So we are supportive of the amendment that the supervisor has brought to you. Now to read it into the record, the language, thank you to my staff. You see in red, and adds otherwise for any lawful purpose of the clean water or power utilities of the city and furtherance of the purposes here prprovided,. Okay. Any additional questions or comments . Seems like that sentence repeated itself. But thats okay. They say thats what we need to have. I guess or otherwise any lawful purpose. That sounds like thats the operative change. Deputy City Attorney, givner, do you want to opine on this . For those of us who are not attorneys, it sounds like the sentence repeated itself. Deputy you say three things in the same way to make it 100 percent clear. I see water, clean water and power. Can you tell us why this is necessary . Its a policy decision for the board whether to amend this Charter Amendment. The p. U. C. Is requesting it. Requesting it because of a concern the current charter language constricts the agencys ability to issue Revenue Bonds for certain types ever projects. It look hr types of projects. It looks like for any lawful purpose is the operative word there in addition to everything else. It repeats of the water or clean water or purposes herein provided. If it was for any lawful purpose, that would be an extremely broad delegation. It is related to water, clean water and power. Okay. I see a lot of conversations going on. Do you want to just you feel okay about it . This is what you want . It looks like it says the same thing five times over. I think the or otherwise, any lawful purpose, is the operative word. As set forth by staff. This will allow for more flexibility and would recommend it. And i thank you because i know it will require one more special meeting. But i promise it will be quick. Okay. We can well i think we have time next week, end of the week if you guys are around. Well work with your staff to make sure that we can. Does anyone want to make a motion to accept these amendments . Wait, we have November Ballot<\/a> measure. But of course, as i said last time, if anyone wants to reach out to our office to learn more and gain a better understanding of what this would do or suggestions you you have, please contact my office. Colleagues, after Public Comment<\/a>, i would like to have you make a motion to that effect. Thank you, any other colleagues wish to comment on this item . Right now . Lets take Public Comment<\/a>. Any memples the public wish to comment, please come forward. Waw to line up to the right. If you want to line up to the right, you have two minutes. Good afternoon, supervisors. Im cochair of the [inaudible] coalition. Im here on behalf of the coalition. Were happy with supervisor tang to continue this item to the November Ballot<\/a>. Many of my colleagues stated at the hearing last week, were strongly opposed to this legislation in the current form for attempting to claw back funding from the dignity fund as it was intended to be as the voters stated in the 2016 per dedicated funding, thats what we wanted it to be. We needed to grow for future needs of the growing disability and senior community. We are dedicated to having a dialogue with supervisor tang and her office between now and november. We appreciate the supervisor tang wanting us to have a dialogue. We look forward to communicating more with her office in expressing our opposition to any future legislation. Thank you. Thank you, next speaker. Im margaret broadkin and i have a deep interest in the Childrens Fund<\/a> as i believe you know, having been involved in the creation ever the Childrens Fund<\/a>. Im so happy to hear you are going to continue this. This has not been a conversation, there needs to be a much more robust conversation. I did want to point out that it is a cut when you propose a flat budget to any program or labor group. Its a cut in their ability to provide services. Its a cut in a familys ability to support themselves. I dont think it is fair to say this isnt a cut. I would propose that the current measure has a lot of problems in it. Some of which are specific, but very general problem that i see if you want to continue with a discussion, i think we should start again. I think we should ask ourselves the question of why in this very rich city are we talking about budget deficits and that when we have that conversation, that all of the players with who are stakeholders in the budget participate in that. That would include labor. That would include capital costs. That would include departments. That would include police and fire. Not just have a conversation about the very things that the public has voted on as priorities and were voted on because they werent given adequate attention in the budget. Thank you. [applause] next speaker. Goomp. My name is reese, im good afternoon, my name is reese. Im with friends of the public library. I want to thanks for continuing this conversation. As we discussed last week, there is a number of concerns, i think, that we would like to address. There is a number of concerns generally that i know you are trying to address. Id be happy to and i know our organization would be happy to talk with you and work with you further on your interests in this overall issue and how we can Work Together<\/a> on it for the future. Again, just like margaret seed, you know margaret said, the library happened through this because originally there were a number of cuts happening before the citizens took it to the ballot. Wed like to talk with you further about how this would move forward. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Im michael bleker. I want to speak in opposition to the Charter Amendment<\/a> and hopefully it will have some changes. Specifically, i want to speak on behalf of the dignity fund which is opened the system up for seniors, the growing problem of seniors and disabled adults in San Francisco<\/a>. Where i work, we see an increasing number of seniors. There are approximately 30,000 veterans in San Francisco<\/a>. 30 are seniors. Its a problem that has not been addressed by the current budget process. This is a way, this is what we do, went directly to the ballot and vets were called out in that proposition. It was a way for us to get into the system which hadnt been addressing our needs. It calls for an assessment of the what needs are for seniors in San Francisco<\/a>. That will be well follow that and look to that for the direction, but again, this Charter Amendment<\/a> is not really the way to handle that. Wed love to see, you know, the flawed system addressed in a transparent way. We know that it could be improved and we look forward to that. Thank you. Hello supervisors, debbie from the San Francisco<\/a> Human Services<\/a> network. I also spoke last week. Im going to not repeat myself and just say that i think margaret put it so well, that i want to parrot everything she said. I also keep thinking about something supervisor peskin said last week that its a practical matter. This is a readymade Charter Amendment<\/a> with builtin opposition from everybody i can think of. People with children will hate it, senior also anticipate haight it. People who go to the park also hate it. Its going to be a difficult haul on the ballot with such builtin opposition at every level. Without a conversation, and a good solid policy conversation with stakeholders, i dont see how satisfied reform is going to even work or is going to pass. So, because of that, i really appreciate you listening to the stakeholders. And having this deferred to november will take into account all the seta sides we have in the city and hopefully something can be agreed upon to address those conversation conversationt picking winners and losers. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is lisa. Im here with the [inaudible] i wanted to thank you first for listening. Last week we came and we spoke and especially to supervisor fewer and supervisor [inaudible] when they said at the moment they could not be in support of this. To you too, because i think that it is great that for the first time in so many years that ive been coming here, i feel like you guys started to listen to the community. Thank you. And i hope that Something Better<\/a> can happen and that this measure doesnt lead to be impulsed. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Hi, katie norman. You know me. Sueser pfeifer. Im a member of the fdr Democratic Club<\/a> for seniors and people with disabilities. Weve been part of the Dignity Fund Coalition<\/a> since the passage of it. I know the legislation called for real needs to adapt to the changing needs. Right now the funds can be rolled over and used for other needs as the year goes on or the next year. The fdr club gave the dig noit dignity colaition their award because ive witnessed the carefulness with with which this organization issued the funds, they know this is precious money and it saves and enhances lives. This protects peoples lives. They have been so careful with administering the funds. I would hate to see it go away. This is something historic and im proud of San Francisco<\/a> for passing. And i hope we can keep it going. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Im the organizer of [inaudible] wed like to add our voice to everyone who has spoken. Also, many of the societyasides built in inequities. Hting for the same things and setasides protect our population. Trigger cuts somehow, i dont think we need them because there is a builtin reduction. Many of the setasides go down. Thats how i understand it. I appreciate this chance to talk more about this. I think these are voter han vot voterapproved mandates. We have to honor that. We are San Francisco<\/a>. We want to protect the programss that are near and dear to our hearts. Thank you very much for listening to us and for considering more discussions and make it a meaningful amendment, if needed, thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon Committee Member<\/a>s. Im john osaki. Seeing how the legislation is going to get delayed, ill represent them. I didnt get a chance to express my views on this last week, so i thought id talk a few moments do that here today. I think all of us should be concerned about the so solvencyf the city and finances. If this measure is meant to help address that, then in the months ahead, i urge you and all of you to look at this, not just from the standpoint of how setasides effect the solvency of the city, but how many factors affect the solvency of the city. I dont think i have to tell you that the projected deficits were looking at in the future are not because of setasides. There are many factors contributing to that. If that is the goal, then lets look at this in a holistic manner and not single out specific issues and, in this case, resources that are i have to say this, that many of us feel that when times get tough, theyre seen as nonessential. Theyre seen as services that are not critical to people and i think what i feel, and i think what many of the people here feel is that the services are vital to the people we serve and wellbeing of san franciscans. If were going to address the issue of solvency, lets take it from a holistic view. Thank you, very much. Next speaker and if anyone else wants to comment, please line up by the podium. Good afternoon. I was here last week. Im working for the population homelessness for over two decades. 24 years. So what i want to talk about is our families, homelessness. First thing i would like to ask you or tell you, if you want to do changes, if you want to do these amendment changes in doing Something Different<\/a> for better, i would love to see you guys go into the community and involving all the community. I dont think the process is involving the community. It can be at some point, but i really, when you guys go down to the community and assemble with them and collect recommendations from the community, these kinds ever changes can be more valuable. When it comes this way, and doing the changes, this way is not going to work. You want to make noises. We have to understand that we have so many Homeless People<\/a> in San Francisco<\/a>. We have more than a thousand meme that need to go to a shelter. Its cold like hell. Imagine if you and your kids or if you want to go to sleep at night, this a serious issue. I would like to Work Together<\/a> and create something more realistic about how we want to end homelessness. How we want to create housing. So i would like to be part of this process and would like to invite the families and Homeless People<\/a> together to come together with us and decide how thank you. Thank you. [off mic] i apologize because i have to cut your time off because Everybody Needs<\/a> the same amount of time. [off mic] thank you. Thank you for your comments, sir. Thank you. And any other members of the public who would like to speak on this item . Seeing none, i dont know who the vice chair is here, but if he can close Public Comment<\/a>. Okay. I think Public Comment<\/a> is closed. Have we made a motion on this . No, i wanted to respond quickly to the members who came out and thawpg for your input. As i thank you for your input. When supervisor peskin took up this measure, we knew it was unpopular to do this. But being the two members of the board who care a lot about our citys Financial Health<\/a>, we felt it was a conversation definitely worth starting. As you can see, many of you work hard in your fields, care a lot about your work and all of your baselines setasides that you helped get on to the ballot and successfully reflect the value that all of us share in your work. I want to acknowledge that. We as solemakers, when were policymakers when were budgeting, we have to make really difficult tradeoffs that i think, you know, members, if you care about the libraries, you dont have to make the tradeoff. If you care about children funds, you dont have to make the tradeoff. We do when it bad budget times, were forced to decide whether we close the homeless shelter or increase the baseline. That puts us in an unpopular position. But this is a dialogue i think is worth having. With that said, i look forward to the conversation. This is not the only measure or only tool i think to address our budget issues. I know many people are working on a variety of things to address our citys Financial Health<\/a> in the future. This is not the only thing. In fact, i dont think this does very much. With at that said, colleagues, id like to ask a Committee Member<\/a> to make a motion to amend the November Ballot<\/a> and amend to the call of the chair. Ill make that motion. But before we finish this up, id like to say again, i want to thank supervisor tang and peskin for bringing this issue forward as a discussion. I think its only fair, i mean as some of the public mentioned, that when you look at what is causing any type of deficit, is it because of these setasides alone . Or are there other issues. As we all know, one of the things we keep on talking about, as an issue we need to tackle at some point, we just keep on kicking this issue kicking it down the line, which is really, the pension issue. I think at some point, ey a fewf us need to bring it up and say, by the way, to keep us healthy financially in the city, we need to take on this issue. Once again, thank you very much. I made a motion. I second that. Okay. Can you repeat the motion for me, please . Can you repeat were amending iuntil the November Ballot<\/a>. First and seconded the item is moved and ordered. Please call the next item. Were going back to item three which has been called but for the members of the public, its a charter amend regarding Revenue Bonds<\/a> for the power facilities. Weve been joined in the chamber by supervisor peskin workinworking with supervisor tn this item. Thank you. We have one small amendment. I apologize for not bringing copies. But the City Attorney<\/a> can read it to you and hopefully my staff will come with a hard copy for you to see. It is a very small amendment suggested by the former general manager of the Public Utilities<\/a> commission that seems to be acceptable to all parties. Can i ask a point of clarification on your amendment. Will this require us to have an additional hearing . Yes, any amendment to Charter Amendment<\/a> will require an additional hearing. Is this amendment that youre making, is it can you talk a little bit about it . Is it something that is necessary . So, i think that staff from the p. U. C. Feels that it will give them more flexibility. So to that end, i think because you dont have another special meeting. We would have to schedule an additional meeting to have an additional hearing. Maybe john, can you come forward . Or i didnt see you there. General manager for power. So as the supervisor mentioned, weve taken some additional input from former general manager and controller Ed Herrington<\/a> who has been working in his retirement on change tots rules. The rule changes will be coming out. Theyre the accounting rules that apply, lay the foundation for bonds and our relationship with the bond community. The legislation will provide us with more flexibility, the changes that are coming forward through the accounting standards board are allowing for additional assets to be capitalized. We want to make sure that the language in the city charter supports that. So we are supportive of the amendment that the supervisor has brought to you. Now to read it into the record, the language, thank you to my staff. You see in red, and adds otherwise for any lawful purpose of the clean water or power utilities of the city and furtherance of the purposes here prprovided,. Okay. Any additional questions or comments . Seems like that sentence repeated itself. But thats okay. They say thats what we need to have. I guess or otherwise any lawful purpose. That sounds like thats the operative change. Deputy City Attorney<\/a>, givner, do you want to opine on this . For those of us who are not attorneys, it sounds like the sentence repeated itself. Deputy you say three things in the same way to make it 100 percent clear. I see water, clean water and power. Can you tell us why this is necessary . Its a policy decision for the board whether to amend this Charter Amendment<\/a>. The p. U. C. Is requesting it. Requesting it because of a concern the current charter language constricts the agencys ability to issue Revenue Bonds<\/a> for certain types ever projects. It look hr types of projects. It looks like for any lawful purpose is the operative word there in addition to everything else. It repeats of the water or clean water or purposes herein provided. If it was for any lawful purpose, that would be an extremely broad delegation. It is related to water, clean water and power. Okay. I see a lot of conversations going on. Do you want to just you feel okay about it . This is what you want . It looks like it says the same thing five times over. I think the or otherwise, any lawful purpose, is the operative word. As set forth by staff. This will allow for more flexibility and would recommend it. And i thank you because i know it will require one more special meeting. But i promise it will be quick. Okay. We can well i think we have time next week, end of the week if you guys are around. Well work with your staff to make sure that we can. Does anyone want to make a motion to accept these amendments . Wait, we have Public Comment<\/a>. Public comment first. Any members of the public wish to comment on this item, pleads pleads please come forward. Seeing none, Public Comment<\/a> is closed. I make a motion to accept this amend. A second without objection. This item is ordered. Then this item will be continued to a special hearing either the first or second of february, it looks like. Then well work with your staff to make sure that works. Any other items before us today . It will be continue to the kawfl the chair . Continued to the kawflt chair, yes, sorry. Any other items before us today . That concludes our business for today. Thank you very much. We are adjourned. 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Im honored to be here to announce my appointment of kathr kathryn stefani as our new district two supervisor. applause as you all know, i had the Great Fortune<\/a> of growing up in district two, and this was the library i visited and the gym i played in as a child growing up. I lived here my entire life and i care deeply about the wellbeing of the residents of district two and safety and success of the neighborhoods. With that in mind, i could not be more confident in my appointment of kathryn as district two supervisor. No one knows district two better or cares more about the community. She served as a legislative aid for district two in city hall for nearly a decade and during that time, she fought for the best interests of the residents of district two, to her like it was to me, it is more than just a job, it is about representing the neighborhoods we live in and were both raising our children in. She has lived in calhallow for 17 years and she and her husband are raising their kids. Shes a familiar face in the community. She can recite the neighborhood organizations and all the people who represent them and understands the needs and concerns of our community, Small Businesses<\/a> and commercial corridors and has a unique insight into the matters most important to San Francisco<\/a> residents and particularly those in district two. Shes always been an admired representative of the district and has beelith her career on drafting policies and not playing politics and earned the respect of her colleagues and built numerous relationships with a broad ray of organizations and individuals. She will enter the board and the Board Meeting<\/a> today in just a few hours, ready to roll for the residents of district two. applause for five years kathryn worked in my office as a legislative aid and i know she is the best qualified to represent our nake nake nakeds neighborhoods and i witnessed her tenacity. And i know she wants to work on homelessness and housing shortage. She will be a friend to Small Businesses<\/a> in district two and a voice for our immigrant community in San Francisco<\/a> and a champion for Public Safety<\/a> measures that matter to every single residents and especially the residents of district two. Kathryn has been a fierce advocate for gun control laws, a National Leader<\/a> on this issue i know shell Carry Forward<\/a> at city hall. cheering she will make sure that our parks are maintained, our streets and sidewalks are cleaned, and our Community Centers<\/a> are supported. From the moment she is sworn in, kathryn will be out there fighting for district two and the city. Thank you for joining us today and im honored to introduce kathryn stefani and well do the swearing in. Come on up. applause dog barking okay. Ready to go . swearing in swearing in swearing in cheering wow, thank you everybody for being here today. Thank you mayor for your confidence in me. This is an opportunity i did not see coming and one i cant pass up. My District Needs<\/a> a supervisor right now and i know the job. I know my community and i know the issues. I know how city hall works. And i am able to hit the ground running. Before i spent nine years as a legislative aid in district two, i was advocating for our neighborhoods. The last two years i have been a Department Head<\/a> in city hall as your county clerk that gives me a unique perspective on how the laws we pass are carried out and realized outside of the supervisors chambers. What you dont immediately see on the resume is why. Why have i chosen the life of public service, a life that began when my dad dropped me off at Georgetown University<\/a> at 16 yearsold to intern for our congressman. I have always had a deep desire to better the lives from those around me. I come from a place of empathy and connection with others and sense of responsibility and obligation to be in service to others and most of all from an urgent need to act on serious issues that are facing my district, our city and nation as a whole. One of those serious issues being Public Safety<\/a>. We all know the car breakins in the city are out of control. When we moved into our house 17 years ago, broken glass on the street was a rarity. Now its a daily occurrence. Just a few months ago my sons friend was mugged in the marina walking home from school. Hes only in the 7th grade. The number of guns on our streets, the fact that our children now routinely face lockdown drills to plan in the event of a potential mass shooter is unacceptable. We have to do better. As a former prosecutor, i understand our criminal Justice System<\/a> and i understand that there must be consequences when people commit crimes. We must provide more resources for our police officers, our das office and our courts so they can make a difference. The homeless issue in our city is a crisis, we all know that. My daughter cries every time she sees a homeless person. Not because shes scared but because shes like me and its hard for her to see someone suffer. We must see these individuals as human beings in need of help. I believe we can look to our nonprofits as models of what theyre doing right. I served on the board of directors of the Homeless Prenatal Program<\/a> for six years and their program is something our city can learn from. I look forward to working on the issue day one. And all of the pressing issues facing district two and our city as a whole. I want to thank all of those who have supported me during this time and encouraged me to accept this position. It has been overwhelming and you cannot know how much it means to me. I want to thank lydia for being here today. She is an incredible friend and ally. applause and i want to thank andrea, president and founder of merge america for her support as well. applause and i see father ken over there, my sons entire 7th grade class, thank you for being out here as well. I look forward to working on your behalf. applause theres so many people i can thank and i will do so later. I cannot thank you all for your support and especially my husband, my children, we agreed to this as a family and we will do this as a family. Thank you again mayor farrell for your confidence in me. Its not a job, its not a title, it has always been a calling. I accept with an abundance of gratitude and promise to represent residents of district two with everything ive got. Thank you. cheering applause mayor farrell youre beginning to see why its such a great appointment. Catherine mentioned it, we are so lucky to have so many elected officials. Father, thank you for being here. I did not see you in the background. Amazing pastor. I want to thank mayor shaff for being here and i know you have a strong relationship with catherine. I would like to ask you up to say a few remarks. applause i met catherine sorry, supervisor laughter that sounds nice. Supervisor. I met the supervisor in 2009 in the 2009 class of emerge california. We were both kind of awkward, dorky policy wonks who bounded immediately because we both had sons named dominic. Thats pretty unusual, right . You were five, my dominic was four and gigi you were a hardly seen bump in the belly that grew over our class time and just as we emerged as graduates, so did you gigi. I cant tell you how fortunate you are San Francisco<\/a> to have this incredible leader. And shes incredible for two reasons that id like to focus on today. And, again, i apologize for not being more formal. When you sat in pajamas in a hotel room drinking wine and joking about our age differences, it is really hard to be formal right now with you supervisor. The first reason is i cannot think of a better word to describe it, this supervisor is a smarty pants. The amount of knowledge and experience that she is bringing to this position is unparallel. You will find many with passion in their hearts and a commitment to take on these challenges but i cannot think of anyone who brings the resume of actually how to effect change within the city and county government. This is what sets this supervisor apart. And finally i do have to mention that she is a mother. That we are in a moment, the metoo moment where we must have Uncomfortable Conversations<\/a> and lift up people from the non dominate identity to shed light and to chart a path for a more equitable, welcoming, Inclusive Society<\/a> and that must start from leadership. applause i can speak from experience that doing this job as a mother is hard. It will not be easy. And when supervisor stefani said that you as a family made this decision together, you as a family will be doing this job together. I ask everyone here in whatever space is part of your tradition to lift up this family in your prayers. The job of a public official, we all know is a hard one. Every day we get up with the hope to solve the unsolvable and we will break the intrackable. Every day we get up with that hope and we do it in a public way, with people screaming in our faces, we do it because we know its the right thing to do. But it is hard and it is very is public. And so, please just know im sorry, what a bad ass your mom is. She really is. She is doing this job for all the right reasons, equip with an unbelievable arsenal of experience and with just a sharp brain and a warm heart that is going to make her so incredibly successful. It is my incredible honor to welcome you, to say congratulations in this moment, not just as an emerge sister or fellow elected official, but someone i am really proud to lift up as supervisor of the city and county of San Francisco<\/a>. applause mayor farrell thank you. I want to acknowledge all the elected officials here today, president london breed. applause supervisor safai. Our District Attorney<\/a> george gaston. Supervisor aaron peskin. Supervisor katy tang. Supervisor hillary ronen. Supervisor kim. In representing district two, one of the great pleasures is working with our amazing neighborhood groups and we have some amazing people serving on the boards and amazing leaders that have dedicated their lives leading the neighborhood groups and i want to introduce one of them, shes been amazing to work with, i know shes a good friend of catherines and president of the calhallow association, laurie brooks. applause hello everyone. This is a complete honor that you have even asked me to do this. I will be a little more formal because i dont want to miss anything. I first met catherine in 2003 when she joined the association board. She was pregnant with her first shylocke child. When i joined a few years early, i too was pregnant with my first child. Most people would say thats bad timing to join a board. But in fact, we not only gave birth to our children, we gave birth to ourselves as community leaders. Catherine took her legal and political experience and dove in and was a tremendous asset to our board. It didnt take long for others to notice her talent. And of course she was snapped up to be an aid and the work she did during the tenure gave her the immediate open door to be working for mark. She proved herself as a capable leader. It was a loss to our board but tremendous gain to the district. Catherine is smart, shes responsive, shes diplomatic, shes empathetic and shes fiercely protective of the neighborhoods interest. Shes a tri athlete that shows how goal oriented she is. She can endure pain and get past the finish line, limping all the way. All these traits and that enormous resume she has will serve the district well. And congratulations to mark for becoming our interim mayor and thank you for standing by our side for the last eight years. You have always guided and supported the neighbors in whatever issues we brought to you, including things like zoning, lombard street, undergrounding of wires, cell phone tires, parking, traffic, crime, all of it. When we approached mark, he would say what are the issues and how can i support you. Sometimes it was pressure that wouldnt benefit him longterm politically but he would stand by us and catherine by his side to make it happen. You are leaving the district in good hands by choosing a very worthy successor. Catherine has earned this appointment. Her nine years as a legislative aid for district two gives her the credentials and respect. Its almost an embarrassment of riches to have this window of time with catherine as supervisor and mark as the mayor, lets Work Together<\/a> these next several months to make a positive Lasting Impact<\/a> on San Francisco<\/a>. Catherine as your friend and fellow community organization, i look forward to continuing to raise our families in San Francisco<\/a> and by example, teach our babies who are now young adults and their friends how to protect and preserve the quality of life in our wonderful city by the bay. Thank you. applause mayor farrell great job. So that concludes our program and catherine and i supervisor stefani, apologies, and i would be happy to answer a few questions. [indiscernible] mayor farrell the one thing i know, supervisor stefani is going to be attentive to every issue inside district two. I would suggest off line we have the conversation and make sure shes up to speed. Thank you. Anybody else . [indiscernible] i do. I will be running. cheering mayor farrell and vick, let me add to that for a second, my number one goal in criteria thinking about district two was having someone in this seat who would represent the neighborhoods of district two the best. Whether that person wanted to run for office or not and catherine does and she has my full support and there is nobody better to represent the residents of district two than supervisor stefani. If nothing else, have a great day everybody. My name is naomi kelly the singlestory for the 775 i started with the city and county in 1996 working for the newly elected mayor willie brown, jr. Not only the chief of staff a woman but many policy advisors that were advising him everyday their supportive and nourished and sponsored United States<\/a> and excited about the future. My name is is jack listen and the executive director of a Phil Randolph<\/a> institution our goal to have two pathways to sustaining a family here in San Francisco<\/a> and your union jobs are stroen to do that i have this huge way to work with the Community Members<\/a> and i think i found my calling i started in 1996 working for willie brown, jr. I worked in hes Mayors Office<\/a> of housing in the western edition and left 3 years went to law school of San Francisco<\/a> State University<\/a> and mayor brown asked me to be the director of the Taxicab Commission<\/a> and through the process i very much card by the contracting process and asked me townhouse the city purchaser and worked with me and i became the deputy administrator and. Having trouble struggling to make ends meet folks will not understand what importance of voting is so we decided to develop our Workforce Development<\/a> services after a couple of years offering pathways to sustainable jobs. clapping. weve gotten to a place to have the folks come back and have the discussion even if participation and makes sense we do Public Services<\/a> but we also really build Strong Communities<\/a> when i started this job my sons were 2 and 5 now 9 and 6 i think so the need to be able to take a call from the principal of school i think that brings a whole new appreciation to being understanding of the work life balance. clapping. i have a very good team around me were leader in the country when it comes to paid and retail and furiously the affordablecare act passed by 3079 we were did leaders for the healthcare and were in support of of the women and support. In my industry i feel that is male dominated a huge struggle to get my foot in the door and i feel as though that definitely needs to change this year needs to be more opportunities for i dont know women to do what tell me dream i feel that is important for us to create a in fact, network of support to young people young women can further their dreams and most interested in making sure they have the full and whatever they need to make that achieveable. 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