Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20180225

Strong neighborhoods and communities versus financial profit and taxes, the city makes taxes whenever we can. Im here knocking on the door of market rate rents. Overhead, please. 80yearold gal, her market rate rent went up 600. She moved to another building and stroked ten months later. Wonderful little couple. Both of these are the nicest people. This couple, i didnt get a chance to shoot the photograph of that. This is the second rent increase. One of our residents who is still living there, a long time resident, about 20 years, she worked for the giants. She has to continue working for the giants because her below market rate apartment isnt paid for by her social security. Section 8, any unit there in section 8 . Any seniors . Weve four different groups of seniors, seniors that own their own home and cant take care of it, seniors whose legs are broken. We need to move homeless and put veterans in. There are disabled and less fortunate people that are part of our community. A market rate rent is a disaster. We need people to be able to stay and live in their community instead of making a yearly hotel. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good evening, supervisors. My name is karen. Im a planner and designer. Im here as a 25 year resident of the city of San Francisco. As a planner of some 40 years and many more than 40 urban waterfront projects including mission rock in the very beginning. Theres not one other project thats ignited the same passions and pride that mission rock has done for me. There are many reasons, but ill touch on three. The essence and value of the probably executive probably executive, the partnership forms and the leadership by the team for mission rock. Essence and values, from the day jack walked into our firm, the first days of this project, from that first day, we didnt have trouble agreeing on the values of what we wanted at mission rock, a place of interest and innovation, comfort, and choice and diversity that would have open arms to all. We agreed on that. That was the kind of think of the torch from the olympics. It was kind of the flame that has sustained us throughout. You will find that commitment to those values, the values of the public. Participation of this site in everything thats in front of you this evening. Community partnership was clear. Youve heard comments about that already, sharing, engaging, and partnering together to decide what should be in this project from the big picture to the small. Lip never been comfortable with a face value of things, but moving on with research and commitment to take the long look. As a result, this will be an extraordinary place to live, work, and visit, well worth the pride and passions that i feel for the project and all of its creators feel in the community, but also for your pride and passions as you take agency on on action on this project moving ahead. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Well, here we go again. Another gentrification of San Francisco. When this is it going to be too much . When is the congestion go to be too much for you people . If you let this project goes, it proves who you really are. Youre not thinking of the poor people that live in dog patch or down there. They cant park there overnight because supervisor cohen wont let them. Its just deplorable how you treat the poor people. Do you think poor people will be able to afford those units . Youre just creating urban blight. Herman got rid of it. You guys are creating it. Youre letting people chop up these houses, create all these expensive units that no one can afford, you know. Its more car breakins. Its more bicycle thefts. Theres more urine in the street, everywhere. I suggest you do not let the the giants need more power, a power out of the bullpen and more youth movement. They dont need this. Thank you very much. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. I thought this was the line for people who were in support of the project . Is this for people in support . This is Public Comment on the item total. Neighborhood activist. Let me tell you a story. It goes back to before most of you were born. The willie brown era, there was a gift horse the city got. It was the mission rock shelter. After a period of time when they built the stadium, they had to close it down, but when the shelter was there, you could actually see the visible homelessness in San Francisco declined dramatically. You could a person could imagine a solution to the homelessness. Thats the effect that shelter had. It was on that it was on the site were talking about here. You know, i would just say that, you know, this this is a good probably executive. Im not opposing the project. My comments are meant to be in addition to everyone elses. There is a huge segment of San Franciscos population thats being left out. Thank you for your comments. Before reverend townsend speaks, are there any other members of the public who would like to address the board on the mission rock financing district number two, the financing district plan and the bond issuance . Please proceed reverend. Thank you. Arnold townsend. I came to support this project with brief remarks because i would hope that supporting this project is as easy for you as it is for me. I will say this this project has been very frustrating to me on one level because one of San Franciscos favorite pastimes is picking apart projects like this. I really tried, and i just wasnt able to. Every time i turned around and i thought i had them, they got me. When i said there was something they were going to miss, i got a call about talking about workforce. When i thought there was some parts of the community they would leave out and wouldnt touch, i got a call about, can you help us talk to local pastors so we can explain the benefits of the project to them. When we talked about the diversity in the housing, they said, no, its not going to be only affordable. Were going to have deep affordability, not the affordable that many of the folk that we serve in our church and community cannot even afford that affordable housing. Were going deeper than that. Then we even talked about the potential for affordability and diversity in the commercial facilities that will be there, in the retail sites. They will be small and broken up. Just at every turn, they met they have met the need and i think its absolutely essential to finally let me say this. The giants are partners with the city. Even when they got turned down for stadiums, they didnt abandon the city and move to santa clara. They stuck it out and shrugged it out. They deserve this approval, but more importantly, the people of San Francisco deserve your approval. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. President breed, supervisors, my name is shelly carol. Im a neighbor in south beach and ive been attending meetings since jellies years and years and years, and people have said everything that i would like to except i would like to reiterate, support the project. Im a season ticket holder. Are there any other members of the public who would like to give Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. This hearing has been held, and is now filed. This matter is now in the hands of the board of supervisors. We will reconvene as of board of supervisors out of the committee of the whole. With that, i would recognize supervisor kim. Thank you so much, madam president. I want to thank again our project sponsor and all of our city departments for their work on this project. It is really something that were all incredibly proud of. Again, the giants set the standard for all of the other developers across our city, particularly for large projects and its really heartening to hear the supervisor is also working on a project that will hit 40 . Its really the leadership of the giants coming out in front for building for our city. And then one final note to reiterate supervisor fewers comments to our Planning Department and mayors office, we want to make sure it includes a robust discussion on children serving facilities. That is to come this year and so hopefully we can have the conversations before then. All right. Colleagues would love your support on the remaining items both item 35 and 36 and then after those items, we will call the rest of the associated ordinances associated with this project. Thank you very much. Thank you, supervisor kim. With that, i would like to entertain a motion to excuse supervisor safai and supervisor cohen. Moved by yee. Can we take that out objection . Without objection, they are excused. And on the items, items number 35 and 36, madam clearing, please call the roll. [ roll call ] there are 9 acyes. Ayes. Item 38 and 39. Add the mission rock special use district and make the appropriate findings. Item 39 also known as the cbbc for pier 48 with a rent of 55,000 per month and approximately 3,000 per month from october through march. Item 40 is the ordinance to approve a Development Agreement for 28 acres of Real Property known as seawall lot 337 for the proposed mission rock mixed use project and suspend the administrative planning and codes. Item 41 is a resolution to approve a disposition between the port and seawall lot 337 for 28 acres of Real Property known as the seawall lot 337. Item 42 is a resolution to approve a memorandum of understanding between the port and other city agencies regarding Inter Agency Cooperation for the proposed mission rock project. And item 43, is the resolution to approve a memorandum of understanding relating to and appointing the Port Commission as agent of mission rock special use district financing district approving related matters as defined here in and to approve the adopt the appropriate findings for items 39 through 43. Colleagues, can we take these items same house same call. Without objections they are adopted unanimously. Congratulations. Madam clerk, lets go back to roll call for introductions. We have that madam president. Ill move to supervisor fewer. Thank you very much. Today, colleagues, its my pleasure to introduce this with the department of environment and the Planning Department to prioritize city wise biodiversity goals to for the c. We all depend for food, health, clean air and clean water. Preservation of our Natural Environment, city departments developed policies that pertaining to the conservevation of natural resources. There is an Inter Agency Working Group who have met to create a citywide biodiversity vision which includes biologically rich ecosystems, equitable access, awareness and experience of nature, community and ecological stewardship. Ecological planning and design. The department of environment and the Planning Department have worked for many months on this resolution with 13 other relevant city departments to articulate goals and develop next steps for making a bio diverse policy real in San Francisco. Urban areas we do not always prioritize our Natural Environment or think about how to preserve and nurture sustainability. Were lucky to be surrounded by Natural Environments. Not all neighborhoods are surrounded by the same, we should be working to make sure Environmental Protection for the benefit and enjoyment of all our communities. I would like to thank supervisor jane kim who has committed to environmental preservation and also represents a more dense district than i for her cosponsorship on this resolution today. In closing, i would like to say that february 16th is the Lunar New Year and this is the year of the dog. So i just would like to say, for people listening or watching this meeting today, everyone a happy year of the dog. Thank you, supervisor fewer. Supervisor kim. Thank you so much. I have two hearing items that i would like to introduce today. The first hearing is for the first report of the safer School Sexual Assault Task Force which my office called upon exactly a year ago. The task force has completed. The report and we would love for them to provide a presentation to the board so we can hear about the work theyve done. As a reminder, we know that recent High School Graduates who are on their way to college have many exciting changes and adventures to look forward to. However, the unfortunate grim reality is for many americans, particularly young 18 and 19yearolds, they fas stats that are scary for many young parents. One in four women are sexually assaulted while in college and 84 of College Women report a Sexual Assault and experience during their freshman or sophomore year. 85 of the victims were assaulted by someone they knew, usually a fellow student and 63 of college men who admitted to committing rape or attempted rape admitted to committing multiple offenses averaging 6 each. The reporting rates for campus Sexual Assaults are very low and on average only 12 of student victims report the assault to law enforcement. Just as disturbing is the aftermath. If a student is sexually assaulted, there is little to no support from college administration. As a result, we see that survivors are violated for a second time as they try to navigate the on campus sis tim testimony as well as system as well as the criminal Justice System which is the worst experience in a persons life. We have been working with many grass root advocates including survivors, faculty and graduates who are immobilizing to raise awareness and create resources and support for survivors who may not know their rights or how to navigate reporting their assaults. These same people commit a years worth of their time and energy to serve on the safer schools Sexual Assault task force with the department of womens status. And this task force provided a vehicle for experts on the ground especially our direct Service Providers to weigh in on what the city and its educational institutions in San Francisco are already doing and what we can do better to support these efforts citywide. The first major report including findings and recommendations of what we can do better, we want to make sure that members of the public and the full board get to hear what these recommendations are as we work to implement them. I want to acknowledge by cosponsors, supervisor ronen, tang, and stefani for cosponsoring our hearing and i look forward to hearing from our task force which included San Francisco Police Department, our San Francisco district attorneys office, and members students and faculty from usf, San Francisco state, and city college of San Francisco. Second, im calling for a hearing on a Behavioral Health Justice Center and court. It was talked about earlier in roll call today by president breed, but we know that San Francisco Police Department receives 20,000 calls for individuals in Mental Health crisis every year. Our General Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Services are unable to accept any new patients for more than two months in 2016 due to lack of capacity. Of the almost 5,000 incarcerated individuals seen by Behavioral Health services between 2014 and 2015, 15 were homeless at some point in their lives and 31 have been homeless in the last year. Of the 77 incarcerated individuals housed in psychiatric housing and jail, 1100 were charged with 100 were charged with a felony and the most common was assault with force likely to commit greater bodily injury. This is an a tenable situation where our residents, visitors, and workers in San Francisco dont feel safe and the individuals in the greatest need of treatment are pushed through a criminal justice revolving door and no one wins. Im calling for a hearing on the Behavioral Health court which has remarkable outcomes. We want to scale this citywide. For those unfamiliar with the concept, the court is part of a system designed to identify people who are in the criminal Justice System was of an untreated Mental Health issue and send them to treatment. The outcomes are noteworthy. After 18 months, 26 of participants are less likely to be charged with a new offense. 55 are less likely to be charged with it was reduced by 40 which is great for the participants and for taxpayer dollars. This Behavioral Health model is a concept that i believe is worth exploring with our experts from department of public health, pd, da, and public defenders office. We want to be able to talk about how we can scale this model so its able to accept more individuals in need of treatment regardless of their involvement but also regardless of their contact with the criminal Justice System. You shouldnt have to commit a crime to get the services and support and housing and shelter that you need. With dont want to continue to promote a system that isnt working. For the families of the individuals suffering from mental illness, we know that this isnt safe or healthy for anyone. Colleagues, we look forward to hearing both of these hearin