Evictions but protecting folks from being taken advantage of during this time, and very concerned around price gouging issues and Consumer Protection and things that we have only seen the beginnings of, and particularly if this is prolonged that well see more. And i think theres a lot to do on that front as well. And then just more broadly what we have been doing, and i look forward to comparing notes with folks on whats working and whats effective is on the outreach side. So we have been calling every senior facility in district 5, all places of worship in district 5. Were moving on now to cutting lists of seniors individually and having oneonone calls with folks in the district. And i really do believe that the beauty of district representation is that were able to do that. We have a relatively manageable group of people to reach out to. So were doing that by phone and were going to also be launching Virtual Office hours and some other ways that folks can participate and meet online. So as i said, i really would welcome hearing in the upcoming days what is working for folks and what are effective ways that when were not able to meet facetoface with our constituents in the same way that folks are able to meaningfully connect. Thank you. Supervisor fewer . So my office has been really been concentrating deeply on building a safety net around my constituents and my neighborhood. A couple years ago we launched one in richmond which has four basic concepts. One of them is we take care of each other. So we have a website that we already had all of the communitybased organizations that have joined. So we have listings of them. And we have also about 3,000 of our constituents who have joined in the community and then we have also have had about over a hundred Small Businesses. But we have been having almost daily phone calls, conference calls, with all of the organizations like c. B. O. S which actually serve the senior population in my district. So we have been coordinating around meals, meal delivery, what everybody is doing and how theyre augmenting their programs and were plugging in support and giving out information. But were the conduit to the one richmond website that we direct everyone to to help Small Businesses and communities and posts for volunteerism and the most uptodate information about the vs the coronavirus ane things that are happening within the district to impact them. I feel that it is my main responsibility as an elected official that the people of my district are depending on me to be a leader and also in times of panic and in fear to know that they are not alone, that weigh are in this we are in this together and we will get through this but we have to Work Together to do it. So were doing a Campaign Around how to keep to obey, quite frankly, or adhere to the Public Health guidelines. I think that what we heard today in closed session but also in the public session, is that the main thing is to get the word out there so that people comply and people actually are following the rules of what we know has worked in other countries and other communities to actually to help stop the spread of this virus. And i feel that in my district i have a lot of Vulnerable People and it is my job to put a safety net around them so theyre fully informed, they are supported, and they are supported by each other also. And so in this time when Public Health and all of these departments are working on these huge, huge issues, housing thousands and thousands of Vulnerable People and finding hospital beds i find that what i can contribute is to keep this community of 80,000 people safe to have a safety net around them and so and also that they are not overburdening our system with a lot of phone calls and also i have as i said a lot of seniors in my neighborhood trying to keep them also connected through phone trees and phone banks. But also just trying to keep everyone fed and making sure they have resources. As chair of your Budget Committee were still doing meetings via telephone now, with groups that want to meet with us around budget. I think that chelsea in my office has 15 meetings set up to talk about the budget. As your budget chair i feel that my office does 10 times the work of your offices around been. It is going budget. It is going to be completely challenging this time because in years past as you know that we have been adding things and it looks as though the outlook is not good and we will have to cut. And that is always a very, very hard thing i think for all of us to do. And a lot of those decisions i think come down to our Budget Committee. So i just want to say that i think that during this time though that it is about unity. I think that about working together. And this is a very scary time in San Francisco. But its a very scary time in our nation. And also in the world. And in San Francisco, as i said before, you know, this is when were put to the test we perform. And i think that well be fine. I just want to also express to president yee that i am happy to have my office take a shift down at e. O. C. And help participate in that effort. Thank you. And thank you to everyone for everything that theyre doing. Supervisor ronen . Yeah, i just want to thank you all. I got a lot of just great ideas in terms of the district and constituent work. So just agreeing with supervisor preston that if we can hear back from each other how those straft gees are going i strategies are going i think that would be helpful. In terms of our budget chair, supervisor fewer, a lot of the items that were going to bring forward are going to cost money. And so im wondering if we can start to come up with some principles in the Budget Committee about sort of how were going to prioritize, where were going to add money and subtract money . Because those are this is not i cant say that . Im not an attorney but an attorney would stand up and say that you cant say that. So the item that were still in the middle of it is the hearing and i think that weve heard from the people who are asked to speak and the conversation is going beyond the scope of the notice item now that were talking about different budget opportunities and budget solutions. Okay, i thought that it was the citys response to the covid virus, the covid19 virus which is allencompassing and the notice says the city of the whole. But, anyway, i said what i needed to say there. So, again, thank you president yee and to the clerk staff for making this happen. I know that its really late and you all want to go home so i appreciate it. We still have a few more items. To remind everyone here, we have a few more options. Clerk Public Comment . Seeing none Public Comment is closed. Ooh ill make a motion to file this item. The motion passes to file the item. Lets go to our 3 00 3 00 item. Number 16 i believe. Clerk item 16 is a hearing of the board of supervisors sitting as a committee of the whole on march 17, 2020 at 3 00 p. M. For the members of the board to hear and receive specific findings with Police Staffing citywide and to request that the budget analysts to report. Okay. Here comes the matrix. Colleagues, i was going to continue this item. So wed like to continue this item, this hearing to the board of supervisors meeting on april 6, 2020. I can have a motion. Moved. Clerk and well take Public Comment when you are ready. Supervisor walton, did you say move . I did move the motion. Thank you. Is there a second . Supervisor ronen. And on this item any Public Comments . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Can we take this motion, same house, same call . So the item is continued to april 17th, 2020. Madam clerk, lets go to the agenda. Clerk items 1924 with adoption without resolution to the committee. And on First Reading alternatively a member may require a resolution to go to committee. Okay. Can we take these items same house, same call . Seeing no objection, then these motions are are passed. Resolutions are passed. What else do we have . Clerk on behalf of president yee we have an imperative item, a motion concurring in the actions taken by the mayor on march 11, 2020, and march 13, 2020, to meet the ongoing local emergency related to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic declared on february 25, 2020. We have an item to have the board to adopt two separate findings unanimously. Adoption on the item itself, lets take the findings first. A motion then to find this resolution is imperative as to threatening serious injury to the Public Interest and thus meeting the standards of sunshine ordinance, made by supervisor walton and seconded by supervisor stefani. And without objection can we have a discussion on that item . Im not going to object to sunshine or brown, but i do have quite a number of questions for the City Attorney. And i refer to this earlier relative to our powers and authorities. But im happy to concur with sunshine and brown. Okay, let me do that first and then well get to the item itself. So is there any without objection then, this finding is accepted. Now to the brown act finding, is there a motion that finds the need to take action . And bringing to the attention of the board after the agenda was posted and thus the motion meets the standards of the brown act. Motion made by supervisor walton and seconded by supervisor peskin. And without objection, this finding is accepted. We must now take Public Comment on this item. Is there any member of the public who wishes to speak on the imperative item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. And now the assessment of the imperative motion itself, supervisor peskin . So, mr. President , colleagues, before i even ask the questions that i have, insofar as it was almost impossible for nonelected officials to come into this building, were any members of the public actually able to come to this meeting . We saw a couple people earlier, but id like to ask that question for the record. Madam clerk, is that yours to answer . Clerk there was an actual complaint from a member of the Boards Office who had some concerns about confusion that might have occurred when individuals wanted to walk through the doorway. There was some confusion. Supervisor preston your office contacted us about their concern. But other than that we did not have any complaints about today. So id just like to note for the record that while were in the middle of covid19 that it seems to me that downstairs people are having trouble getting into the building. So that is noted for the record. As it relates to the items before us, madam deputy City Attorney through the president , if you could tell us what our powers and our authorities are. We have heard earlier today that we have seven days to do something, what happens if we dont do that in seven days. And can you explain under an emergency order pursuant to every subsequent declaration that is issued by the chief executive, what the function of this body is . The function of this body is to ratify both the initial declaration of emergency, which this board has done. But also to ratify any orders made pursuant to that declaration. So so far the mayor has made it was two earlier today, i believe that its now three, and theyre brought to you today through this resolution for your ratification. You do not have to ratify them, in which case they would not be effective. And whats the sevenday timeframe . The mayor declared the emergency and may issue orders pursuant to the emergency and they may last for seven days until the board takes action. So you will need to ratify within the seven days. So if the board fails to act, what happens . If the board fails to act i believe that the declaration and the orders would no longer be valid. I believe or is that cited in code . I believe and i can double check. Okay. So we all definitely voted unanimously on the declaration of emergency. So as the supplemental proclamations that are before us, i believe that theres one that is timestamped 11 march, 2020, at 1 50 p. M. I dont know the time but it was on the 11th. Can you as our attorney and counsellor in front of the 11 members of this board and the public explain what that declaration what that supplemental proc proclamation . It is sum vised in the resolution summarized in the resolution. But the one that was issued on the 11th would order the controller to develop a policy to allow the city to continue to provide funding under existing agreements to nonprofit organizations who may be unable to perform all of the duties under those contracts. It would suspend deadlines set by local law requiring city bodies to take action within a specified time if they do not comply with those deadlines. It complies with the board and it gives the board latitude if it cannot meet and comply with the timeframes that apply. And suspend the charter requiring members of the city policy bodies to attend meetings in person. That order by the mayor has been complemented by a similar order by the governor which is with various provisions of the brown act. To extend the deadline to pay licensees and defer quarterly tax payments for Small Businesses. The second supplemental proclamation . To impose a moratorium on, evictions for nonpayment of rent on tenants impacted by covid19 and suspend for 60 days the shut off of Power Service and the imposition of late penalties by the p. U. C. And would suspend the initiateiation of lien for delinquent water and sewer bills during the emergency and the controller to accept and extend donations for the purposes of emergency meanedness and sustain the residents and the businesses. Third supplement to the mayoral proclamation . That was signed today after i entered this room. So i have not read it in full and its not captured here. So were being asked right now to ratify or agree with a third supplemental mayoral proclamation that you cannot advise us on because you have not yet read it . This resolution does not propose that youre ratifying the third one. It would only ratify the first two. Got it. And so relative to the third one, which i have concerns with on page 4 at item 5, which i previously expressed, explain to us what our powers and authorities are relative to the seven days. If we fail to act, if we act, when do we lose power on the third supplemental declaration . You have seven days in which to ratify it and during that time you could choose to decide that you will not ratify it and pass and say that you do not ratify the particular acts that are expressed in this one. As i said, i will confirm what the impacts of taking no action within seven days. Right. Heres the problem the problem is that its entirely possible that this policy body that is Department Number one that is the only Standing Department in this town since the 1800s stops meeting. We may meet virtually, the governors waive the brown act, but what i need to understand before this board leaves or if we need to change the concurrence motion to ratify or reject the third supplemental declaration. I need to understand that if this board fails to act in seven days, does it continue or does it cease . Im going to have to get back tooto you on that. If you would like to wait ill look it up now. Yeah, we can just sit here until you do that. Because im fine with the first two. I read those. The third one you have not read we have not read and if it goes into if it becomes effective and we cannot reject it, if we fail to meet in seven days, and were in an emergency situation and our job is to be a check and balance to the executive branch, i need to understand, we need to understand, our powers and authorities. I will look. I will also say that im aware that the clerk is making arrangements for this body to be able to meet remotely so that i understand that. I will be at the e. O. C. At 09 00 hours but i need to understand what our powers and authorities are and if we cannot reject it after seven days, we need to talk about that before we adjourn. Okay. Fair enough. While shes doing that why dont we just vote on the item itself which is inclusive to the supplements that were laid out already. Lets see, do i need a motion for that . Yeah, you do, you do. But this third supplement indiscernible supervisor peskin, supervisor peskin . Yes, sir . I would be happy to make a motion to concower in the actions to meet the local emergency as set forth in the motion on the imperative calendar that only deals with the two aforementioned first and second supplements to the mayors proclamation declaring the existence of local emergency. I would like to subsequently, depending on the advice from counsel, to move or not move the third supplement to the mayoral proclamation. So i am making a motion to concur in the actions to meet local emergency relative to the motion that is before us on our desks as to the first and second supplements to the mayors proclamation. Is there a second . Supervisor fewer. And, madam clerk, if we vote on this right now and approve it, do we have i guess some leverage still to discuss the third supplement which is not on this agenda . Clerk given that supervisor peskin made it very clear, that you would dispose of this item and then the body could at another time or in this conversation talk about that. I withdraw my motion pending counsel. You can keep the motion, its just that we wont vote on it. All right. Okay. So, first and second it and well just wait a few minutes. Hold on a second. Mr. President , are all 11 members in receipt of the first, second and third supplement to the mayors pr proclamation . indiscernible . So are all members in receipt of the motion concurring with the actions of the mayor . Those actions are set forth in two separate documents. Are those actions before us, do you guys even know what were voting on . We have a twopage motion concurring. We dont have the two documents that are referenced. All right, at least i dont. So the first one is a supplement and dated 11 march at 1 53 p. M. And the second one is dated march 13th at 4 47 p. M. And that they are