Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20240714

SFGTV Government Access Programming July 14, 2024

Stefani present. Walton present. And president yee present. Haney present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. President yee on behalf of the board, i would like this acknowledge the staff of sfgovtv, michael and samuel, who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madame clerk, are there any communications . I have none to report, mr. President. President yee okay. Madame clerk and colleagues, before we proceed, lets go to this is our second time were going to do this. Our City Department highlights. Its a new monthly segment that we started a few months ago. Too often we just talk about the problems were facing. This is an opportunity for the board and the members of the public to learn a little bit more about the good work that our departments are actually doing to help make our city a little better. Today we have a short clip produced by our Emmy Award Winning team at sfgovtv featuring the department of environment zero waste grant. We have charles here to set up the clip. The floor is yours. Thank you, supervisor, and thank you seniors of the board of supervisors. Were pleased to a that you allowed us to introduce this video before you today. Im charles from the San Francisco department of environment. The department has a longterm commitment and long history in supporting Community Groups that help the city achieve its environmental goals. To that end, we offer grand making opportunities from our zero waste and carbon Fund Programs and there is usually specific parameters for the funding of the grants, like recycling and composting. And sequestering carbon emissions. But we always want to make sure were ensuring broad cobenefits for our grants. That means were not only using the grants to get closer to the environmental goals, but were also creating jobs, feeding the hungry, building stronger communities. And providing resources to artists and educators who have limited means. This video is a wonderful example of the program. And the funding for our zero waste grants, the goals are very simple. Were keeping excess food out of our landfill. As you know, when you have food waste, food that goes into landfill, it creates methane and this is a Global Climate issue throughout the world. But as youll see in this video, its more than just that. Our impact is bigger than just keeping things out of a landfill. Were able to leverage our projects to serve the community and help some of San Franciscos most vulnerable residents and increase their access to healthy food and healthy produce. And thats kind of the core of what the department of environment does. We like to improve the livelihood of our residents and businesses through environmental services. We want to occupy the space where an environmental outcome, not only reduces emissions, but also feeds the citys most vulnerable. So before i begin, i just want to do a little quick history, because the grant youre going to see in the video is a couple of years old, but in early 2019, we awarded 14 new grants through the program and some of those include garden for the environment, groceries for seniors, and probably many other groups youve heard of. So im going to play the video and then were happy to answer questions you might have i think the audio is on, so im going to hit play. [ ] San Francisco department of the environment is place where big ideas hit the street. We understand the importance of making Climate Action relatable for the everyday person. We know that we dont have all the answers. We need to support our local champions, our local community to find Creative Solutions and innovations that help us get to zero waste. Zero waste is sending nothing to landfill or incineration using reused and recovery and prevention as ways to achieve zero waste. The program is a Grant Program specifically for nonprofits in San Francisco to divert material from landfill. Its important to find the San Francisco Produce Market because there is a lot of edible food that can be recovered that may need additional assistance from our department to find positions to capture that food and focus on food recovery. San francisco market is a wholesale Produce Market that connects farmers and their produce with food businesses throughout the bay area. I think its a basic human right to have access to healthy food and all of this food here is available. Its a matter of creating the infrastructure, creating jobs and the system whereby none of this goes to race. Since the beginning of the program weve donated over a Million Pounds of produce and that resulted in over 900,000 meals to people in our community, which were very proud of. The produce is always excellent. We get things like broccoli, brussel sprouts, bell peppers. Lots of different produce. Everything we use is nice and fresh. So when our clients get it, they enjoy it. And importantly, to me, to feel good about what i do and working in programs such as ecs really provides that for me. Its helping people. Thats what its all about. I really enjoy that. To work at the Produce Market for me represents the intersection between environment and community. And when were working at that intersection, when were using our resources and our passion and our energy to heal the planet and feed the people, nothing is better than that. President yee thank you, charles. Thank you to the department. Could you do me a favor and send this clip to President Trump . Will do. Thank you. President yee this is a segment i hope to add to our board meetings monthly. So please provide your suggestions, if there is any department in the city, any initiatives that you would like us to highlight. Madame clerk, can you please call the first item. Item 1 is ordinance to amend the campaign and governmental conduct code to increase the matching ratio for Campaign Contributions raised by the candidates and the amount of public Funds Available for those candidates. President yee please call the roll. Ronen aye. Safai aye. Stefani aye. Walton aye. Yee aye. Brown aye. Fewer aye. Haney aye. Mandelman aye. Mar aye. Peskin aye. There are 11 ayes. President yee without objection, this ordinance is finally passed unanimously. Please call the next item. Item 2 is ordinance to amend the administrative code to amend heart trouble and pneumonia preassumptions for firefighter and police officers. President yee same house, same council . Without objection, this ordinance is finally passed unanimously. Please call item number 3. 3, ordinance to amend the environment code to require all nonresidential buildings of 50,000 square feet for more to provide all on site electricity demands from 100 Greenhouse Gas free or renewable sources and authorize the director of the environment to adopt rules and to form the ceqa determination. President yee same house, same call . Without objection, this ordinance is finally passed unanimously. Please call the next item. We have two mayoral nominations. Item 4 is mayoral nomination to the Historic Preservation commission for the consideration of chris foley, for term ending december 31, 2020. President yee before we do that, supervisor peskin . Supervisor peskin thank you, president yee, thank you for the oneweek continuance. Nothing that changed nothing has changed. There has been no movement from the administration or the supervisor, but i do hope the fuss that i have put up will inform us going forward. And particularly inform the administration as to what i think is the appropriate way to reach out to board members, particularly in this case, the board member who authored section 4. 135 of the charter, for the Historic Preservation commission. And moreover, to actually reach out to the community. As i said last week, not only is San Francisco Architectural Heritage not the beneficiary of that advance outreach and collaboration, but a host of other organizations that work in the Historic Preservation field, including the Chinese Historical Society and others were not outreached to at all. And so i think that this is not the right way of going about it. We have not read item 4, but i would like to differentate a little bit, for two reasons, which i spoke to last week. One is that as to item 4, which is an appointment to seat number 5, the qualifications for that seat are by design much more broad and flexible. That is not the case in the next item where which hasnt been called yet, but seat number 2 is specifically for a true preservation architect. As i was saying to staff of one of my colleagues, i dont think there is a wide understanding about the architectural field. When you put it in terms of doctors, people get it. There are doctors and general practitioners and that is very different than the subfield of being a brain surgeon or a heart surgeon or podiatrist, but when you do in the realm of architecture, an argument text is architect, thats not true. Im not here to convince you. Im here to say let this be a learning lesson. Let us not do this going forward. The other difference between the two seats, the fact that at least in my experience, the nominee for the item that is before us, seat 4, took it upon himself long before he was nominated to reach out to the preservation community, to reach out to the supervisor, the author of section 4. 135, whereas in the case of the next item, that didnt happen at all. Both nominations, of course, were made while we were on summer recess, which, as i expressed last week, was a little funky. And not really in the spirit of the collaboration that ive mostly enjoyed with this administration. So i think ive spoken enough to seats to this item and the next item. So im happy to have a vote now. President yee okay. We have to take roll call on this one . Okay. Can we take this item number 4, same house, same call . Then this motion is approved unanimously. Please call the next item. Item 5 is the board of supervisors consideration of the mayoral appointment to the Historic Preservation commission of lydia so. President yee please call the roll. Ronen aye. Safai aye. Stefani aye. Walton aye. Yee aye. Brown aye. Fewer aye. Haney aye. Mandelman no. Mar aye. Peskin no. There are nine ayes and two nos, with supervisors mandelman and peskin in dissent. President yee this is approved with 92 vote. Please call 6 through 9 together. Three ordinances that authorize the execution of certificates of participation for item 6, cop not in amount to exceed 96 million to finance Real Property at 820 bryant street, 476 street and lease of laguna honda boulevard. For item 7, cop not to exceed 62 million to finance the acquisition of Real Property at 850 bryant street and the lease at 375 laguna honda boulevard. Same for above as determined by the director of finance. Item 8, in an amount not to exceed 62 million for the hall of justice improvement project. For item 9, cop in an amount not to exceed 78. 6 million and placing various amounts depending on the sales of certification. President yee please call roll. Ronen aye. Safai aye. Stefani aye. Walton aye. Yee aye. Brown aye. Fewer aye. Haney aye. Mandelman aye. Mar aye. Peskin aye. There are 11 ayes. President yee without objection, these ordinances are passed on First Reading unanimously. Please call items 10 and 11 together. Items 10 and 11 are two resolutions that approve airport leases for one retail concession lease between Emporio Rulli doing business as chocolate boutique in the city for seven years, with a two oneyear option to extend or minimum annual guarantee of 150,000 for the first year of the lease. Item 11, sfo cart lease between smarte carte and the city with a threeyear term, with option to extend for 6. 5 million. Mr. President , different house. Oh. Same house same call. President yee without objection, these resolutions are adopted unanimously. Item 12 is a resolution to approve the fifth amendment to the contract between the city and health, to provide comprehensive outreach and programming for Homeless Individuals and extend the term of the contract for an additional 20 months through june 30, 2021 and increase the contract amount from 15. 3 million to a new total of 39 million. President yee supervisor haney . Supervisor haney thank you, president yee. Is there somebody from the department of homelessness that can answer questions. Hi. Director cis on his way to te building. Hes on his president yee we can go onto the next item. Item 13, resolution to authorize the office of Contract Administration to enters into a contract for auctioning services with bar none auction with an anticipated revenue of 1. 3 million for a term through september 30, 2022. President yee same house, same call . Without action, this resolution is adopted unanimously. Item 14. Resolution to authorize the director of property to sell up to 550,000 gross square feet of remaining transferrable developments right, previously authorized from the war memorial complex located at 301 and 401 van ness avenue at fair market value and execute and record certificates of transfer and to take such additional action as may be necessary to effectuate one or more transfers in accordance with planning code section 128. President yee same house, same call . Without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. Please call the next item. Item 15, resolution to authorize officers and employees of the office of the treasurer and Tax Collector to examine sales or transactions and use tax records of the California Department of tax and fee administration. President yee colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, this is adopted unanimously. Please call 16. Item 16, resolution to approve the form and authorize the distribution of a preliminary official statement relating to the execution and delivery of city and certificates of participation for the 49 south van ness project and to authorize the preparation, execution and delivery of a final official statement, and ratify the approvals and terms and conditions of a previous ordinance and related matters as defined herein. President yee colleagues, same house, same call . Without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. Please call the next item. Item 17, resolution to authorize agents to act on behalf of the city for all matters pertaining to state and federal disaster and Emergency Assistance funding. President yee colleagues, same house, same call . Without objection, this resolution is passed unanimously. Item 18, resolution to approve the 2019 Grant Application for the United States department of housing and urban Development Continuum of care program with an amount not to exceed approximately 51. 1 million and to fulfill the board of supervisors review and approval process for all annual or recurring grants of 5 million. President yee same house, same call . Without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. Please call item 19. Item 19 is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to update and revise the legislative findings in support of Indigenous Peoples day. President yee supervisor brown . Supervisor brown yes. Thank you. Today im proud to present community request for Indigenous Peoples day here in San Francisco. These edits ensure. As you know, were guests on land of the indigenous. This makes this legislation more inclusive. It recognizes surrounding nations that moved in and out of the area. And acknowledges that San Francisco was a site for relocation poll resulting in native american people, all of whom contributed to the vitality of the city today. These edits removed previous incorrect resolutions while acknowledging the innovation and groundbreaking resolution that our now neighboring city of berkeley that spurred this movement of the recognition of the people of this the country. I want to thank them for their 526 years of indigenous resistance. Thank you. President yee colleagues, same house, same call . Without objection, this ordinance is passed on First Reading unanimously. Madame clerk, back i see that mr. Go back to item 12. Item 12 is the contract amendment for Health Comprehensive outreach and Case Management programming. Supervisor haney thank you. I have a few questions from you, director. Im very happy to see that were expanding the hot team. I wanted to maybe hear more. It sounds like were extending it for a short amount of time to reevaluate the contract . Or to sort of look at things that might change about it. What are some of the things we look at when we evaluate the hot outcomes . And are those different in this sort of new extended contract . I think that the previous outcomes from the contract that we inherited from the department of Public Health was process outcomes. Like youll have an Outreach T

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