Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20240714

Impact 100 Affordable Housing project. While the amounts say per project, is much smaller for adus, amounting to a few percent and have a total of a total project, roughly around 3200 on average for most of the small adus. Our hope is that this just stands, bringing Public Awareness to build adus and bring more Property Owners interested in building adus to do that this year, rather than waiting. I am really excited, supervisor mar, that you had your adu workshop and people came out, 150 people, that is amazing. That is really exciting that people actually want to do this in their homes. We know that we have heard multi generational. Seniors love these adus because they are groundfloor. It creates an Affordable Housing unit. I have more adus in my district. Whats amazing, and i do appreciate you adding this small Property Owners, to with these fee waivers. They are so much more less expensive. We look at rents in the city, for one bedrooms almost 3,700 per month. Not many people can afford that. The adus are an average of 2,500 for one bedroom. Even though that sounds really expensive, it is a lot cheaper when you are out there looking for a one bedroom apartment. I wanted to say thank you for helping guide this through. We need more choices for housing and people. I think this is really going to push forward our Housing Stock. So thank you. Supervisor yee can we take this item, same house same call . Without objection, the ordinance has passed on First Reading unanimously. Madame clerk, lets go to our 2 30 p. M. Agenda item. Clerk i have introducing an accommodation, supervisor stefani. Sorry about that, i lost my glasses. Speaking of 50 years. Today i am thrilled to honor perrys restaurant, a beloved San Francisco institution and its owner, perry butler for half a century of operation on union street. At just 26 years old, perry open the doors to his restaurant on august 20, 1969 at 5 00 p. M. At that time, a hamburger cost 1. 60. Since 1969, they have sold over 1 million burgers and the restaurant has grown into a family affair. Perry met his wife joe at the restaurant, and the two since 1978. Perry and joe have raised five children who helped to manage a business. They are now proud grandparents as well. Perry has also served as a setting for the 1972 film, butterflies are free as well as the workplace main character brian in his 1978 novel, tales of the city. The list of regulars at perrys is too long to read in full but includes joe montana, shawn estes, senator dianne feinstein, speaker nancy pelosi, former mayor willie brown. It has also been a friend and partner of the San Francisco giants serving food and drinks at the candlestick club from 19862014. For decades, the iconic white and blue checkered tablecloths, and Sports Memorabilia have created a comfortable and inviting atmosphere. Perrys original promotional flyer called the restaurant to place you could sit and watch the world go by. Fifty years later, that is still true. Thank you perry, and to the entire Butler Family for giving the gift of perrys two union street and all of San Francisco. I am so excited to enjoy your next 50 years, as well. [applause] thank you so much, supervisors supervisor stefani. It is indeed an honor to stand up here. If you would have told me what i was 26 years old, 50 years later i would be here with this wonderful family and you wonderful people i would have not believed a word of it. It has been a marvelous journey. The one question i get most often from people is how heavy lasted for 50 years. The answer is very simple, theres been a tremendous number of wonderful people who have come to perrys going back to day one, going to the present time who do the heavy lifting every day whether it is the host at the front door, the waiter at your table, the bartender the cook in the kitchen who has the most unglamorous job of all but they do it well. All of these people, i wish i had up a list of everybody who has worked for us for 50 years. There is a lot of memories but its not written down anywhere. They are the ones that have made it happen. I get the credit but it is the people that do the everyday work. I have this marvelous family that you very nicely acknowledge. My wife joe, my five children, i would not be [ crying ] sorry. Its not an easy business. Its not an easy town to be in this business. But we made it this far. Thanks to the kids who have taken on the responsibility, theyre going to take it a lot further. We are going to celebrate all week long of august 12. Culminating with a block party on sunday, the 18th, youre all invited. Please come and help us raise the banner of 50 years. Thank you very much again. [applause]. Supervisor yee thank you, that concludes our special accommodations for today. Madame clerk, lets go back and pick up on item number 46. Clerk a resolution regarding nonrenewal of a mail back historical property contract with the owner of 690 market street, the chronicle building specifically assessors parcel block number 311, 069, 7374 and 78 through 79 under chapter 71 of the administered of code. Lets have roll call. [roll call]. Clerk there are ten. Supervisor yee this resolution is adopted. Madame clerk can you please go to the next item . A resolution to approve the Sheriffs Department Electronic Monitoring Program rules and regulations and approving evidence of financial responsibility for the 2019 calendar year. Supervisor yee can we take this item the same house same call this resolution is abducted unanimously. Clerk united item 48. An ordinance to streamline Small Business permitting by amending the Health Planning and police codes to a firm to seek a determination to make the appropriate findings. Supervisor yee supervisor brown. Thank you. Im happy this legislation is before us finally. I spoke about the many conversations ive had with merchants about the time and expense city regulations create for them and about how this legislation is aimed at removing aspects of our city code that are unnecessary, duplicative, overly burdensome and many times it just plain confusing. Our Small Businesses have a lot to contend with right now. Including competition from online retail, rising rents, labor costs, and in this environment there is more reasons than ever to ensure our regulations are truly necessary and serving the public interest. Otherwise they can be the straw that breaks our Small Businesses through needless time and expense. All too often, overly burdensome city regulations can stop a business before it ever even signed storefront and any of our districts or make it harder or impossible for struggling Small Business to adapt to changing times. This legislation is a package of common sense fixes developed in collaboration with Small Businesses and city departments. Fixes that are unanimously supported our planning commission, Small Business commission and the San Francisco chamber of commerce, the San Francisco council of district merchants. These changes include supporting live music venues by eliminating duplicate we have inspections and regulations. Making it easy for retailers to bring reasonable limited Live Entertainment to enrich customer experiences. Allowing for more open air dining, creating opportunities for more to go food service and reforming this planning code to limit the impact of one neighborhood restriction on another neighborhood business. The amendment legislation that is before you today is a little bit stronger. Among other small cleanup amendments, we are narrowing the proposed exemption to the bona fide eating place requirements. Her ticketed Entertainment Venues to only [reading notes] 51 food receipts and a five days a week. These venues still have to operate kitchens, and serve food , but would no longer be called upon to meet requirements that do not fit into their business model. We have removed proposed changes that would have liberalized permitting for Outdoor Activity areas, conversation i hope we can return to at another time. Weve also amended the legislation to preserve a one quarter mile buffer for neighborhood commercial districts around limited commercial uses that now look to the nearest ncd rather than the most restrictive. This guarantees the most appropriate application of neighborhood zoning controls. Today we are introducing amendments that can make changes to two aspects of this legislation. First, based on feedback about the proposed changes to bona fide eating places, the attached amendments clarify that actual and substantial sales of meals are still required during the normal hours of operation of every restaurant including Entertainment Venues. Second, the attached amendment addressed some district desires to preserve but first, around certain neighborhood commercial districts and restricted use districts. We checked in with every office about these specific amendments to ensure they reflect their desire for but first, in their district. I hope you all cast your vote today and support of this legislation. Our Small Businesses are watching and waiting anxiously. Thank you. Supervisor peskin i just want to second supervisor browns amendments. Supervisor yee there has been a motion made and seconded by supervisor peskin. Can we take these amendments without objection . The motion passes. Madame clerk and you take roll call on this item as amended . [roll call]. Supervisor yee this ordinance has passed on First Reading unanimously as amended. Madame clerk please call the next item. Clerk item 49, resolution declaring the intention of the board of supervisors to order the vacation of streets phase two site and to set the public hearing date for the board to convene as a committee of the whole on september 3, 2019 at 3 00 p. M. For all persons interested in the proposed vacation of said street areas. Supervisor yee can we take this item same house same call . Without objection this resolution is adopted unanimously. Please call the next item. Clerk resolution to support Assembly Constitutional amendment number six, introduced by Assembly Members Kevin Mccarty among others and coauthored by scott weiner to allow automatic registration of Voting Rights to those on parole , upon completion of a state of her state or federal prison term. Supervisor safai if the court could please add me as a cosponsor to this. Supervisor yee great. Can we take this item same house same call . Without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. Madame clerk, please call the next item. Clerk item 51, motion to approve the mayoral nomination for the appointment of to the board of appeals for a term ending july. Supervisor yee colleagues, can we take this item same house same call . Without objection this motion is approved unanimously. Madame clerk, can we go to Committee Reports . [inaudible]. Clerk item 52 was recommended as amended with a new title. A motion to approve the mayors nomination for the appointment of ruby, to the board of directors for a term ending february 26, 2022. Supervisor yee can we take this item same house same call . This motion is approved unanimously. Madame clerk please call the next one. Clerk item 53 was recommended as amended with a new title, motion to appoint julie roberts, term ending july 1, 20202 the children, youth and their families oversight and Advisory Committee supervisor yee colleagues, can we take this item same house and call . Without objection this motion is approved unanimously. Next item, please. Clerk item 54 recommended as amended with a new title, motion to reappoint theodora, term ending july 1, 2023 to the entertainment commission. Supervisor yee can we take this item same house same call . Without objection this motion is approved unanimously. Madame clerk, next item. Clerk item 55 a motion to appoint supervisor gordon mar to the bay area executive board term ending june 30, 2021. Supervisor yee can i have a motion to excuse supervisor mark . Without objection, supervisor mar is excused. Clerk i apologize, who was the first on that motion . If you thank you. Item 54, supervisor haney. [roll call]. Supervisor yee without objection this motion is approved unanimously. Next item. Clerk item 56 is a motion to appoint supervisor walton, term ending february 1, 2021 to the bay area air Quality Management District Board of directors. Supervisor yee okay. Can we have a motion to excuse supervisor walton on this one . Motion made by supervisor brown and seconded by supervisor ronen. Without objection, supervisor walton is excused. Roll call please. [roll call]. Supervisor yee without objection, the motion is approved. Clerk a motion to reappoint supervisor mandleman, term ending june 30, 2021 to the association of bay areas government executive board. Clerk no objection. Supervisor mandleman is excused. [roll call]. Supervisor yee without objection the motion is approved unanimously. Madame clerk, i want everybody to know that it is 2 51 and we are going to go to roll call. [roll call]. Supervisor haney that was quick. Today, my colleagues, we are calling on the sheriff and the city and most traders office for a plan to shut down county jail number four at the hall of justice 850 bryant street and present these plans at hearing here at the board. Built nearly 60 years ago, the building has been marked for demolition since 1996, over 20 years ago. Two years ago the city administrator called for the jail to be closed by the end of this year, 2019. Despite this, no active plan exists to close the jail. For the immediate safety of those in the jail which includes hundreds of city employees, staff and those housed at the jail. Many are awaiting trial because they cannot afford bail. The board in the city must take steps immediately to close this facility. No one believes this building is safe area ive met all of the key city officials on this issue , and they all agree, the building is seismically unfit. As a result, nearly everyone who works there will be moved out of this building, including the District Attorneys Office who are said to him of the. The only group for whom we do not have a plan for, are the people who are incarcerated there. And those who work directly with him. Everyone is in agreement that the jail should close and that it will close in the near future. One city official actually told me that the building is so obviously unsafe, and widely understood to be so, that our own department of Building Inspections code read tag it and close it themselves in any moment. Shockingly, there is no plan or process in place for us it is urgent that we change this and develop a plan for the most safe and practical way to close this jail. Two months ago i spent the morning at county jail number four, on the seventh floor of a 50 bryant which sits in my building. It is an old way of building a jail. Forcing those who are incarcerated to spend most of their day in old, small, concrete, crowded cells. It is like a defunct alcatraz prison but without a yard. Most modern facilities including the jail at san bruno house individuals and pods i regularly accessible recreation space. So individuals can spend most of the day outside of the cells in recreational and educational areas. At 850 bryant, large numbers of people are incarcerated for 23 hours a day in small cells with little to no space for counseling groups, Education Programs or exercise. People with severe Mental Illnesses have very little ongoing care and more importantly are not in an environment fit for treatment. 90 of people housed there have not been can convicted of any crimes. Many have been awaiting their day in court for months or years and language and cramped sales because they cannot afford to pay bail or lack of a space and other facilities. Continuing to house people in this facility is also an issue of Public Safety. People who are house their need and deserve individualized treatment and rehabilitation, not concrete cellblocks on a fundamentally unsound building. We are not safe as a community when individuals spent time in this, or treatment, and released back onto the tree. The jail the racial and economic disparities of our citys criminal system. Fiftysix of those held in the jail or black 30 are in need of Mental Health care, a quarter under 25, an 80 of the people are held pretrial. Those incarcerated on the seventh floor, employee sheriffs deputies and other employees including doctors, nurses and counselors. Its also a violation of their safety and wellbeing. For the many staff that work there. In fact, a recent news article in 2017 alerted the public to the fact that the building will likely crumble in a major earthquake. The community has recognized the need to act. Many of you were lobbied, i believe, last week. One hundred Community Members that came and met with our respective offices. Seventy Community Organizations who signed on, united and this amount to take immediate steps. In 2015 we rejected new jail construction, and instead directed departments to pursue ways to reduce the jail population. We are now well along in the process, and need to put forward both a process and a plan for this jail to be closed. We will be asking the city administrator, and the sheriff, who i have looked into as well as Cl