Mr. President , you have a quorum thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at San Francisco government television, michael and kalina, who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madame clerk, are there any communications . I have known to report. When you reach reached the Consent Agenda. Item one through four are on consent. They are considered to be routine. If a member objects, and i do maybe removed and considered separately. Colleagues, would anyone like to sever any items from the Consent Agenda . Okay. Then, madame clerk, please call roll call. [roll call] there are 11 aye. Without objection, these ordinances are passed unanimously. Madame clerk, lets go to the regular agenda. Item five is an ordinance to levy property taxes of taxable property on the following agencies. The city and county of San Francisco, the Unified School District, the county office of education, the Community College district, the Bay Area Rapid transit, and to establish a pass through rate of the assessed value for residential tenants pursuant to administer each of code chapter 37 for the fiscal year ending june 20th, 2020. Colleagues, carries take this item same house, same call . B yes. Colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call . It is adopted unanimously. Please call the next item. Colleagues, can we take this option same house, same call . This is adopted unanimously. Please call the next item. [reading items] supervisor mar lee. I am incredibly excited to bring this ordinance in front of the board today along with my cosponsors. We know that the path to a more Responsive Government and a fair , more just future is through a stronger democracy. With our democratic norms under assault in 2019, it has never been more important to do the work to strengthen our democracy the ordinance before us as is a greatest expansion it is based in a simple idea, public official should be accountable to the public and this accountability must start with how we are elected. For Public Financing of elections allows candidates to compete in campaigns, increasingly flooded with private funds from super pacs. It amplifies the voice of our constituents and it provides greater regulation and accountability for those who seek office. This is not a controversial idea most importantly, it increases the amount of public Funds Available to qualified candidates. Increases the matching ratio from 21 to 261 while limiting a matching contribution. This will significantly amplify the overall impact of the program was specifically amplifying the impact of grassroots small donor donations from individuals because the value of your voice in our democracy should not depend on the value of your bank account. It also increases the initial individual expenditure sealing by the same amount of the increase in public funds, and includes some code cleanup on inconsistent fundraising periods and reporting thresholds. I am proud of the incredibly collaborative process that brought us here more than a year in the making. By working closely with the Ethics Commission, Community Stakeholders and civic groups, we build consensus for these reforms. Im also proud of Public Financing 2. 0 has a support of the aclu, common cause, fair vote california, the Brennan Center for justice, the camping legal center, the Ethics Commission and my colleagues. I want to thank every member of the community who worked with us through this process and especially steve hill, esther marks, pedro hernandez, peter keane and john gallagher. I also want to thank the Ethics Commissioners for their unanimous support and Ethics Commission policy and the deputy city attorney. Colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call . Without objection, this ordinance is passed on First Reading. Madame clerk, please call the next item. Im sorry, supervisor brown, did you want to speak on nine . No, ten. Item ten is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to amend heart trouble and pneumonia presumptions for firefighter and Police Officer industrial disability and deaths as a result of duty Retirement Benefits pursuant to the charter section 88. 500, this matter requires nine votes of all the members of the board of supervisors to approve passage of this ordinance on First Reading. Supervisor brown . Thank you. We are considering an ordinance to amend the ministry of code that affect First Responders ability to seek disability and Retirement Benefits. Last week, many of us in this chamber stood to honor the brave First Responders who lost their lives on september 11th. Today, we have an opportunity to honor First Responders who put their lives on the line every day on the streets of San Francisco. Due to this inherent nature of their jobs, the stressful conditions they work under, and from exposure to harsh chemicals , our firefighters and Police Officers are more susceptible to developing Heart Disease and suffering traumatic heart attacks in the general public. This ordinance will bring our administrative code into alignment with the state labor code, codes of other municipalities in the bay area, area, and our own administrative code governing disability benefits. San francisco firefighters and Police Officers must prove that any heart trouble or pneumonia they suffer from as a result of being on the job. Under this proposed change, those disabilities are presumed to be a result of the conditions First Responders work under. Essentially, if a firefighter or Police Officer suffers from heart trouble or pneumonia, and then applies for disability benefits, the workmens compensation will if theres no evidence of those conditions that existed at the time of higher. This change will have a minimal fiscal impact and prevents a cause of a disability to any prior existing disease if no evidence of heart trouble or pneumonia are identified in the physical examination of the member conducted at the time of their initial higher. I want to thank all of my colleagues for cosponsoring and joining me, and giving back to our firefighters and Police Officers who risk their lives every day for the people of San Francisco. Thank you. Thank you. We got to see a simulation of what firefighters go through firsthand. Many supervisors joined us to observe and see how things were happening. It was a very amazing experience i just say that this is now more important than ever, the fiscal impact is fall small, recognizing the amount of stress and what they expose themselves to on a daily basis, that is what this piece of legislation recognizes and in many ways, it is long overdue. It brings us in line with state policy. Supervisor ronen, you had your name on there . Yes. Thank you. I also wanted to thank you for bringing this forward. It is a nobrainer piece of legislation. [please stand by] i just wanted to thank the Fire Department for really putting in an alarmist amount of resources into giving us that experience. It was an experience i will never forget, and i just want to thank our firefighters and our paramedics from the bottom of my heart for everything we do every day. It is extraordinary work. It is terrifying work, and it is hard work, but we need to. Thank you. They sacrificed so much to serve our communities. I learned a lot not not just on the physical aspect of what they did, but also learning about everything that they do to respond to Vulnerable People on our streets. Often they are the First Responders for people who are experiencing drug overdoses and i had the opportunity to talk at Great Lengths with them about what that experience is like and so i think it is important that we, as a city, step up and be there for them, supporting them with all of the possible benefits, and this is a conversation we had before, but also there is not his physical impacts, with the emotional and the tremendous dramatic aspects of their job that we also really have to be there for them in ways that they are there for us only people in our community. I appreciate that we are stepping up and this is just a good time to remind us of the continued responsibility that we have two them even after they have performed their service to make sure that they are supported in their Health Minutes benefits after and during retirement. I just want to add my one tone to the course in terms of the challenges that our firefighters face every day and what we got to experience the full morning on saturday. Theres so much thought that goes in to one single call, so many things that our firefighters have to remember, which are really about life and death, both for firefighters and for the communities that they serve. I just want to continue to command commend our firefighters and say that even though i had a strong appreciation for firefighters before saturday, it definitely was a very enlightening experience. Thank you to supervisor brown for bringing this forward. I also wanted to thank supervisor brown for bringing this forward. I didnt get a chance to duplicate what supervisor walton did this weekend, but three of my Staff Members did go and told me it was a wonderful experience i think this is the least we could do for our First Responders. At that, lets see, lets take this same house, same call . Okay, without any objection, the ordinances passed on First Reading. Okay, madame clerk, can we go to item 11 through 14 together . Items 11 through 14 together constitute four resolutions that receive and approve for annual reports for fiscal years 2017 through 2018 for item 11, a Fishermans WharfCommunity Benefit district and the Portside Community district. For item 12, the noe valley district, for item 13 the, the top of broadway Community Benefit district in item 14, ocean avenue benefit district. Colleagues, can we take these items same house, same call . Without objection, these resolutions are adopted unanimously. Madame clerk, please call your next item. The ordinance to amend the environment code to acquire all known residential things of 50,000 square feet or more to provide all onsite electricity demands from 100 Greenhouse Gas free or renewable forces and to authorize the director of the department of the environment to adopt rules and regulations for implementation and to affirm the sequel determination. Supervisor brown . Thank you. First off, i want to thank my colleagues who have joined me as cosponsors for this legislation. As a supervisor, i have done my utmost to continue my work to reduce San Franciscos Carbon Footprint that started with my years of work as a legislative aide on clean power s. F. To achieve our goal of net zero emissions by 2050, we need to use less energy and we need a clean or Renewable Energy supply when we think Greenhouse Gases, we are right to think cars, but we also have to think buildings. Transportation is responsible for 40 6 of our emissions, but just behind it is the building sector, which produces 44 of our Greenhouse Gas emissions. That is why am proud to introduce Energy Benchmark legislation earlier this year to help buildings become more Energy Efficient better management. That is why i am proud to be primary cosponsor of this clean, electricity legislation to require all commercial buildings over 50,000 square feet to use energy from 100 Green House Gas free or renewable resources. This legislation will be supported by significant investments from clean power s. F. And Renewable Energy, including building new facilities. Those commitments a Climate Action and the environment are some of my longest and deepest held. We must change, we will change, and im committed to do this and to help lead the change along with my colleagues here at the board. Thank you. Okay. Colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call . Without objection, his ordinances passed on the First Reading unanimously. Please call the next item. Item 16 is a motion to appoint individuals to the commission of animal control and welfare, terms ending april 30 th, 2021. Colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call . Without objection, this motion is approved unanimously. Could you please call item 17 and 18 together . Item 17 is a motion to approve the mayor to do nomination for appointment of chris foley to the Historic Preservation commission, term ending december 1st 301st , 2020, in item 18 is a motion to approve the mayor to do nomination for appointment of lydia so to the Historic Preservation commission for a term ending december 31st, 2022. Supervisor peskin . Thank you. Colleagues, i rise to tell a couple of stories from years ago these are in the days of 2004, i believe it was when there was no Historic Preservation commission in San Francisco. Unlike many cities around the United States of america, we didnt have a Historic Preservation commission, we had an antiquated body from the late 1960s at the dawn of the Preservation Movement called the landmarks preservation Advisory Board. In those days, this body, the elected board of supervisors, could not vote to designate a landmark unless the preservation Advisory Board had recommended it to the Planning Commission and the Planning Commission had recommended it to the board of supervisors. Supervisor maxwell was interested inland marking the old shipwright his cottage at 900 innes street today earlier on our agenda, item number seven , i believe it was. We allocated some money to clean that sight mac up. And the good people of india basin and up on the hill wanted to see that area preserved, but a developer bought it out of bankruptcy and wanted to rip that thing down. Years later, in 2004, because of politics, because the mayor at that time appointed all the members of the landmarks board, even though the community wanted it, even though it was worthy of preservation, they deadlocked 3 3, and it cannot come to the board of supervisors. Later on, we went to the voters for the Charter Amendment that created the Historic Preservation commission, and only then were we able to landmark the shipwright cottage which is now part of india basin Shoreline Park and i want to tell that little piece of history. When we created section that section of the charter, it was embraced by the voters of San Francisco. We looked at the best practices of other cities relative to qualifications for a number of different seats, and two of those seats were for preservation architects, other seats had other qualifications, some of them more general in scope, but what i im going to rise today to ask the board to give this and the mayor treaty office, to give this a little bit more thought, and before i get to that, i want to tell a second story. There are a number of different ways that commissioners and up on commissions. The vast majority of appointments and indeed, they are appointments, or where the mayor appoints, in her sole and absolute discretion and pursuant to section 3. 100 of the charter, this body has 30 days to affirmatively, by a supermajority vote, reject that commissioner. They are there are also a handful of commissioners, important ones, the police commission, the Planning Commission, the board of appeals , the Historic Preservation commission, where the mayor does not appoint, the mayor nominates. In the same way that the president of the United States nominates somebody for the Supreme Court and United States