Good afternoon and welcome to the november 5th, 2019 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Happy election day. Madam clerk, will you please call the role. Thank you, mr. President. Supervisor brown, brown not present. Supervisor furer, present. Supervisor hainey, present. M arc ndelman role call . Mr. President , you have a quorum. Please join me in the believe of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republican for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, Lawrence Brian and michael balazar who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts Available Online to the public. Madam clerk, any communications . Yes, mr. President. I have one from the office of supervisor valley brown. She will not be at the meeting and requests to be excused. Can i have a motion . Supervisor furer and seconded by supervisor ronan. So motion to excuse made by first and seconded. Supervisor brown is excused. Today we are approving the minutes for the october 1, 2019 board meeting. Are there any changes to these Meeting Minutes . Seeing none, can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented . Motion made by supervisor furer and seconded by supervisor ronan and these minutes will approved after Public Comment today. Madam clerk, can you please call the Consent Agenda . Items 18 are on consent. These items are considered to be routine if a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. Would anyone like to sever any items from the Consent Agenda . Seeing none, please call the role. Items 18, with supervisor brown being excused. role call . There are nine a youre es. Yes. The items are unanimously passed. Lets go to our regular agenda. Item 9 is and ordinance to amend the health code to require the department of Public Health to maintain and operate a 41bed adult residential facility. Out. Colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Its passed unanimously. Please call item 10. An ordinance to amend the planning code to amend the housing linkage fee and inclusionary housing. Colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, this is passed unanimously. Madam clerk, the next item in. Setting forsetting forth to y transfers for a vacation before being recorded in the office of the recorder and to affirm the planning departments confirm ace under the Quality Development act. The house has changed and role call. Item 11. role call . There are ten ayes. Great. So without objection, the ordinance is passed. Madam clerk, call the next item. Item 12 is an ordinance to amend the planning code to allow a Grocery Store use that is a formula retail use in the fulton street Grocery Store, special use district on fulton street between laguna and octavia streets. Same house, same call . This has passed unanimously. Please call item number 13. An ordinance to amend the health code and business and tax regulations code to update and replace the current food preparation and Service Establishment categories, disclosures and permit fees. Colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, this ordinance has finally passed unanimously. There been a request to rescind . Item 9 and 10, please. Any objection . Seeing none, then we will rescind the vote on items 9 and 10. Supervisor pes capitokin. Supervisothere was no second. Seconded by supervisor walton and without any objection, then the votes are rescinded. Madam clerk, call 9 and 10 again. Item 9 pertains to the health code and city operated adult residential facility and item 10 amends the planning code for the jobs housing linkage fee. I believe we can take this same house, same call. Madam clerk. Yes, mr. President. Colleagues, same house, same call . Seeing no objection, these two items pass unanimously. Madam clerk, can you call the next item . Item 14 is a resolution to approve and authorize the Real Estate Division to sell cityowned Real Property located on west lucille avenue for 170,000 to richard s. Jr. And to affirm the sequ determination and make the appropriate findings. Same item, same house, same call . This has been adopted. Item 15, rose los resolutiono execute an agreement for clean power sf, purchase electricity related products from Pacific Gas Electric company for 11 million, january 1, 2020 through december 31, 2022. Same item, same house, same call . This is adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, item number 16 . Item 16 is a resolution to authorize the department of technology to enter into an agreement between the city and converge one, inc, to purchase cisco products and services for 65 million, term ending novembe. Same item, same call . Without objection, this has been adopted unanimously. Next item . 17 is a resolution to approve a First Amendment to the Grant Agreement between the Adult Probation Department and the region of the university of california to operate the Community Assessment and services center, to increase the Grant Funding for approximately 18 million and to extend the performance period for three years for a total term, november 1st, 2017 through october 31, 2022. Same item, same house, same call . This resolution is adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, please call items 1822 together. Items 1822 are five ordinances, item 18 repeals the 2016 Building Code in its entirety and consisting of the 2019 california Building Code and 2019 residential code as amended by San Francisco. Item 19 repeals the 2016 existing Building Code in its entirety and enacts a 2019 Building Code, consisting of the california Building Code as amended by San Francisco. Item 20 repeals the 2016 electrical code in its entirety and enacts a 2019 electrical code, consisting of the 2019 california electrical code as amended by San Francisco and item 21 repeals the 2016 mechanical code this its entirety and enacts a 2019 mechanical code consisting of the 2019 california mechanical code as amended by San Francisco and item 22 repeals the 2016 plumbing code in its entirety and enacts a 2019 plumbing code consisting of the plumbing code as amended by San Francisco and for all fiv five ordinances ados the appropriate findings. Same house, same call . These ordinance are passed on First Reading unanimously. Please call the next item. 23 is a resolution to urge the Treasure IslandDevelopment Authority to expand relocation and transition benefits for post development and dispostion agreement households. Colleagues, same house, same call . Without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, item number 24. Item 24 is a resolution to declare the intention of the board of supervisors to order the vacation of streets in the india basin project site located generally at ennis avenue between griffith and earl streets and sets the board of supervisors hearing date of december 10, 2019 for all persons interested in the proposed vacation of the said street areas. Colleagues, same house, same call . Without objection, this is adopted unanimously. Put madam clerk, item number 25. A resolution to declare a state of emergency regarding pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in San Francisco. Supervisor marr. Thank you. I just want to be added as a cosponsor. Thank you. Well, i want to really thank supervisor hainey for introducing this legislation. As we all know, in 2018, there there were 23 traffic fatalities and more than 500 injuries on the streets. And right now, its only early november and we have surpassed that number. Its hard to keep track because i get notifications from the Police Department with fears like on a daily basis or every few days, i get a notification that another person has been fatally struck by a vehicle. But we all must remember that for those family members and friends and for the survivors, its a lifetime of heartbreaking and trauma. Its important to recognise in 201, we made promise on a number of fatalities. However, year over year, the number of severe and critical injuries has not gone down and 2019 is looking like one of the worse. A middle cooler was killed in my district this year and a young czech worker, feet from a protected bike lane was killed. A majority of those impacted are pedestrians in crosswalks and many are elderly. If these were homicides, we would be seeing headlines and protests but because these are pedestrian bicyclists, some dont make it on our radar. When we know that 70 of the fatalities and injuries occur in only 13 of our streets, that requires action. We are informed weekly of life loss by residents walking or cycling and we must do everything in our power to prevent these crashes. These are not accidents. They have preventible and this is an emergency and will be voting in support of this legislation. I look forward to working with my colleagues on tangible and aggressive policies to stop this trend of our residents dying in our streets. Simply because they are trying to get around. So i want to thank my colleagues, so right now, supervisor walton. Thank you, president yu. I wani. I want to echo your sentt and i asked to be added as a cosponsor. Supervisor hainey. Thank you. I want to thank you for your leadership on vision zero and continuing of championing this work. I think there clearly have been some areas in which we have had setbacks over the last year, but i know that with the leadership of this board, with your leadership, that were going to turn it back in the right direction. This resolution really calls for more urgent immediate emergency actions that can take place to prevent traffic fatalities and we highlighted a few that are in this resolution and i think theres a commitment from the mta and from the Mayors Office to work on those. We highlight doubling redlight cameras, expanding smt auyuittuq National Parking control, auyuiq nationat auyuittuqnational parkh the mta and Mayors Office to make sure this happens. And thank you, president yi, for this leadership we face as a city. Thank you. Supervisor safayi . Thank you for bringing this forward and your leadership and to be added as a cosponsor, as well, please. Supervisor stephanie. Thank you, i, too, would like to be added as a cosponsor. Thank you, colleagues. Can we take this item, same house, same call . Without objection, this is adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, please call the next item. Item 26 is a charter amendment, first draf draft to d the charter and city of sanfrancisco to provide Retiree Benefits to the employees Housing Authority who started working for the city on or after march 7, 2019 and before march 1 in between a break with employment with the Housing Authority and employment with the city and to affirm the sequa determination. So colleagues, can we have a motion to continue this item to the meeting of november 12th, 2019 . So move. Moved and seconded by supervisor safaye. Without objection, this item will be continued mr. President , supervisor walton is on the roster. Im sorry. Just a question, why are we continuing this item . Because thats what the charter we need a week. Ok. Supervisor furer. Thank you, supervisor peskin. Yes. President yi, i want to be added as a cosponsor. So colleagues, this is a motion to continue, made without objection and this is continued to tuesday, november 12th, 2019. Madam clerk, please call the next item. Item 27 is an aaron to amend the administrative code to discost the Workforce Committee and workforce alignment. Colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call . This is passed on First Reading unanimously. Madam clerk, the next item . Item 28, to amend the administrative code to extend the sunset date for the Advisory Committee to october 1, 2020 and require the committee to recommend changes to its structure and doubts. Duties. The Pedestrian SafetyAdvisory Committee was enacted in 2002. It was the first and still is the own committee dedicated to pedestrians safety. We have Division Zero coalition, but thats made up of mostly city departments. Although, over the years it has had many iterations, peacing act is as relevant today as it was 17 years ago. In order to strengthen the peace act, this legislation requires that within six months, peace act will submit to the board, recommendations on possible changes to their structure or duties. And the voice of the pedestrians among all street users must remain strong and at the forefront as they are the ones most impacted. We must all be committed to the vision zero and im thankful on the peace act for their dedication. I look forward to collaborate stronger policies and get us to zero. So thank you to my cosponsors, supervisors hainey, ronanr,n and martin and furer. This is passed unanimously. Please call 29 and 30. Items 20 and 30 together are two motions to approve the treasurys nomination for item 29 of amy brown and item 30, of brenda mcnolte to the treasury oversight committee, both terms ending september 30, 2023. Can we take these items, same house, same call . These motions are approved unanimously. Madam clerk, i guess we should go to role call for introductions. Yes. Supervisor furer, youre first up to introduce new business. Submit. Supervisor hain earthquakes. Submit. Supervisor marr . Thank you, madam clerk, colleagues. For quite number of years, probably before john givener was the attorney to this body, we have been wrestling with the academy of art, some not me. The academy of real estate and today im introducing a number of documents related to a settlement with ongoing litigations thalitigation that y City Attorney hererra. I would like to thank the City Attorneys office for being remarkably dogged on this issue, which many mayors, not this one, have swept under the rug. A number of years ago, state senator scott weiner held a hearing in this room with regard to homelessness and kelly heramoto, who many of us know, was standing at that microphone, iand to tell the truth, i was doing emails and half listening. There was a question about stabilization beds. Mr. Heramoto said we had some 100 plus stabilization beds. I said the last time i was on the board, we had some 400 stabilization beds. What happened to the balance of them . And she said, well, they were mostly masterleased buildings in the southern edge of what is district 3 and many of them had been gobbled up by the academy of art is i wen and i went to ty attorney and said, mr. City attorney, long past time we litigate this matter and i am quite delighted we are bringing the settlement before the board of supervisors. Im honoured to put my name on it. I encourage all of you to put your names on it and this legislation will result in significant Public Benefits in the norm of Affordable Housing payments, administrative penalties and agreements relating to the division of student housing, as well as a reduce threduced footprint. I want to thank kristen jensen, Dennis Hererra and even you john givener and the rest i will submit. Thank you, supervisor peskin. Supervisor ronan. This weekend on 19th and susseness, we, too, had a senior pedestrian killed by a truck. She was crossing the intersection at 19th and her name was pil su saong. The board is declarin declaringt is beyond tragic that we are memorializing a victim of this awful, awful crisis that we have in our city. Sfmta is taking a close look to see if there are things to do via engineering and construct to make that intersection safer and they and sfpd is investigating the incident and not released any details. But she is survive by her daughter, miss sook and may she rest in peace and may the family please except our deepest condolences. The rest i submit. Today im submitting a request for the need for expansion of safe parking lots in the stay and county of San Francisco. President yi has been pushing and has been Standing Shoulder to shoulder with me since we started this conversation about the lot that straddles both districts and my district and i know hes admitte committed to g that. We want a fuller conversation. Since we started this conversation a year ago, myself, supervisor ronan and supervisor valley brown, we have a lot that is about to open and it will be the first lot in the city and county of San Francisco, but one thing weve learned is that the increase in amount of homelessness in sanfrancisco has been almost 70 attributed to People Living in vehicles. This is not a trend that is unique to sanfrancisco. This is something that is happening nationwide. It has absolutely coincided with the recovery of our economy and with the expansion and the tightening of our housing mar