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Valencia has been a constantly evolving roadway. The first bike lanes were striped in 1999, and today is the major north and south bike route from the Mission Neighborhood extending from market to mission street. It is difficult to navigate lindsay on a daily basis, and more specifically, during the morning and evening commute hours. From 2012 to 2016, there were 260 collisions on valencia and 46 of those were between vehicles and bikes. The mayor shows great leadership and she knew of the long history of collisions and the real necessity for safety improvements on the streets, so she actually directed m. T. A. To put a pilot of protected bike lanes from market to 15th on valencia street within four months time. [ ] valencia is one of the most used north south bike routes in San Francisco. It has over 2100 cyclists on an average weekday. We promote bicycles for everyday transportation of the coalition. Valencia is our mission fits our mission perfectly. Our members fall 20 years ago to get the first bike lane stripes. Whether you are going there for restaurants, nightlife, you know , people are commuting up and down every single day. I have been biking down the valencia street corridor for about a decade. During that time, i have seen the emergence of ridesharing companies. We have people on bikes, we have people on bike share, scooters, we have people delivering food and we have uber taking folks to concerts at night. One of the main goals of the project was to improve the overall safety of the corridor, will also looking for opportunities to upgrade the bikeway. The most common collision that happens on valencia is actually due to double parking in the bike lane, specifically during, which is where a driver opens the door unexpectedly. We kept all the passengers the passenger levels out, which is the white crib that we see, we double the amount of commercial curbs that you see out here. Most people arent actually perking on valencia, they just need to get dropped off or pick something up. Half of the commercial loading zones are actually after 6 00 p. M. , so could be used for fiveminute loading later into the evening to provide more opportunities or passenger and commercial loading. The five minute loading zone may help in this situation, but they are not along the corridor where we need them to be. One of the most unique aspects of the valencia pilot is on the block between 14th street. We worked with a pretty big mix of people on valencia. On this lot, there are a few schools. All these different groups had concerns about the safety of students crossing the protected bikeway whether they are being dropped off or picked up in the morning or afternoon. To address those concerns, we installed concrete loading islands with railings railings that channel channeled a designated crossing plane. We had a lot of conversations around how do you load and unload kids in the mornings and the afternoons . I do like the visibility of some of the design, the safety aspects of the boarding pilot for the school. We have painted continental crosswalks, as well as a yield piece which indicates a cyclist to give the rightofway so they can cross the roadway. This is probably one of the most unique features. During the planning phase, the m. T. A. Came out with three alternatives for the long term project. One is parking protected, which we see with the pilot, they also imagined a valencia street where we have two bike lanes next to one another against one side of the street. A twoway bikeway. The third option is a Center Running twoway bikeway, c. Would have the two bike lanes running down the center with protection on either side. Earlier, there werent any enter lane designs in San Francisco, but i think it will be a great opportunity for San Francisco to take the lead on that do so the innovative and different, something that doesnt exist already. With all three concepts for valencias longterm improvement , theres a number of tradeoffs ranging from parking, or what needs to be done at the intersection for signal infrastructure. When he think about extending this pilot or this still this design, theres a lot of different design challenges, as well as challenges when it comes to doing outreach and making sure that you are reaching out to everyone in the community. The pilot is great. It is a nobrainer. It is also a teaser for us. Once a pilot ends, we have thrown back into the chaos of valencia street. What were trying to do is incremental improvement along the corridor door. The Pilot Project is one of our first major improvements. We will do an initial valuation in the spring just to get a glimpse of what is happening out here on the roadway, and to make any adjustments to the pilot as needed. This fall, we will do a more robust evaluation. By spring of 2020, we will have recommendations about longterm improvements. I appreciate the pilot and how quickly it went in and was built, especially with the Community Workshops associated with it, i really appreciated that opportunity to give input. We want to see valencia become a really welcoming and comfortable neighborhood street for everyone, all ages and abilities. Theres a lot of benefits to protected bike lanes on valencia , it is not just for cyclists. We will see way more people biking, more people walking, we are just going to create a really friendly neighborhood street. [ ] right before the game starts, if im still on the field, i look around, and i just take a deep breath because it is so exciting and magical, not knowing what the season holds holds is very, very exciting. It was fastpaced, stressful, but the good kind of stressful, high energy. There was a crowd to entertain, it was overwhelming in a good way, and i really, really enjoyed it. I continued working for the grizzlies for the 20122013 season, and out of happenstance, the same job opened up for the San Francisco giants. I applied, not knowing if i would get it, but i would kick myself if i didnt apply. I was so nervous, i never lived anywhere outside of fridays know, andfridays fresno, and i got an interview. And then, i got a second interview, and i got more nervous because know the thought of leaving fresno and my family and friends was scary, but this opportunity was on the other side. But i had to try, and lo and behold, i got the job, and my first day was january 14, 2014. Every game day was a puzzle, and i have to figure out how to put the pieces together. I have two features that are 30 seconds long or a minute and a 30 feature. Its fun to put that altogetl r together and then lay that out in a way that is entertaining for the fans. A lucky seat there and there, and then, some lucky games that include players. And then ill talk to lucille, can you take the shirt gun to the bleachers. I just organize it from top to bottom, and its just fun for me. Something, we dont know how its going to go, and it can be a huge hit, but youve got to try it. Or if it fails, you just wont do it again. Or you tweak it. When that all pans out, you go oh, we did that. We did that as a team. I have a great team. We all gel well together. It keeps the show going. The fans are here to see the teams, but also to be entertained, and thats our job. I have wonderful female role models that i look up to here at the giants, and theyve been great mentors for me, so i aspire to be like them one day. Renelle is the best. Shes all about women in the workforce, shes always in our corner. [applause] i enjoy how progressive the giants are. We have had the longer running until they secure day. Weve been doing lgbt night longer than most teams. I enjoy that i work for an organization who supports that and is all inclusive. That means a lot to me, and i wouldnt have it any other way. I wasnt sure i was going to get this job, but i went for it, and i got it, and my first season, we won a world series even if we hadnt have won or gone all the way, i still would have learned. Ive grown more in the past four years professionally than i think ive grown in my entire adult life, so its been eye opening and a wonderful good morning, everyone. The meeting will come to order. The this is the march 18, 2020 budget and finance committee. Ii would like to thank kirwan cooley and matthew ignown from sf gov tv. Any announcements, madam clerk . Please make sure to silence all cell phones and documents to be included in the file shall be submitted to the clerk. Thank you. Can you please call item number one . Resolution with section 147f of code 1986 as amended, the execution of loans by the California Municipal Finance Authority in one or more series pursuant to a plan of financing and in aggregate amount not to exceed 20 million. I continued this item for more information from the school and thank you very much to San Francisco for providing this committee with more information about their institution. And i would like to open this up for Public Comment and seeing none, Public Comment is close. I would like to move this to the board with a positive recommendation. If you can take that without objection, thank you, colleagues. Madam clerk, please call 26. Item 2, a ground please for 1. 6 acres of shoreline property for open space for a term of 66 years at an annual base rent of 1. Number 3, to put public utilit Utilities Commission for Planning Design and possibly increasing support with agreement not to exceed 11 million for the anticipated period of april 2020 through april 2031. Number 4, resolution for the authorized to accept 355,000 for board of state to assist local agency for recruitment is training and probation personnel, established by the board of state and community corrections. Item number 5, resolution to resurrect they authorize the office of the District Attorney to accept and expand a grant in the amount of 451,000 from the california Governors Office of emergency services, county Victims Services program for january 21, 2020 and january 31, 2020 and 6, authorizing amendments to the indenture and trust to the citys variable rate, multirevenue bond in an aggregate Principal Amount of 211. 9 million issued in 2016 for providing financing and construction of a multifamily Housing Project located at 450 fulsome street. Thank you very much. Lets open to Public Comment on items 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. I would like to move 26 to the meeting of march 25th. Budget and finance Committee Meeting . Yes. Thank you very much and we can take that without objection, thank you. Any other business . This meeting a adjourned. Chair ronen the meeting will come to order. Welcome to the march 9, 2020 meeting of the rules committee. I am chair hillary ronen. Seated to my right is rules Committee Member catherine stefani, and seated to my left is Committee Member gordon mar. Id like to thank sfgovtv for airing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. [agenda item read]. Chair ronen thank you. Can you please read item number 1. Clerk item 1 is a motion appointing Megan Wallace to the Treasury Committee for a term ending june 30, 2021. Chair ronen thank you. Megan, if you want to come up . Thank you. My name is Megan Wallace. I just want to share a little bit about my qualifications. First, ive been a Public Servant in the areas of budget, finance, and Public Service for approximately 15 years. In 2008, my family moved to San Francisco, and i began my service with the city and county of San Francisco in the Mayors Office of housing and community development, first under mayor gavin newsom and then under temporary mayor edwin lee before moving to the Port Committee and working with that budget. Part of my work was overseeing the Bond Committee and most recently delving into ifde and issuances. Prior to transitioning sorry. As c. F. E. Of sfusd, i now oversee the School Facilities bond program, and we are preparing to go out for a bond sale this coming spring. Additionally, i just want to share that i am a resident of San Francisco. Ive lived in the city just over ten years, first in the neighborhood of Bernal Heights and then in the neighborhood of m mira loma park. All told, im a dedicated member of our local community, and ive been a Public Servant for over 13 years. And with my experience of budget and finance, i feel im a good qualified fit for this role. So thank you. Happy to answer any questions. Chair ronen thank you. Is there any questions . Thank you so much. Were so glad youre willing to serve in that capacity, as well. Thank you for that. Now lets bring this item up for Public Comment. Is there any member of the public that wishes to speak, please come forward. No . Seeing none, eric meinke isnt here . Page shaw, eric meinke is working at this time. If you have any questions for the treasurer and tax collector, im happy to answer them. Chair ronen i just had notes that he was coming. Any other Public Comments . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Would you like to do the honors . Supervisor stefani yes. Im very pleased to support Megan Wallace for this position. Weve worked together in many different capacities, and im glad to see you nominated to this board. Id like to move to approve the appointment of Megan Wallace to the Treasury Committee and move this forward with a positive recommendation. Chair ronen and we can take this item without objection. [gavel]. Chair ronen mr. Clerk, can you please item 2. Item 2 is appointing one person, term ending june 30, 2022, to the aging and adult advisory counsel. Chair ronen and is janet petty here . Thank you. Im honored to be here to be considered to be on the aging and adult advisory committee. I earned my doctorate degree in organizational learning at the university of San Francisco where ive been a professor for 20 years. Human services have been the cornerstone of much of my work. Ive worked with organizations like glide, city college of San Francisco, united way the bay area, and the red cross, where ive been tasked with providing services to the adult and aging population. [inaudible] and many of them, as you know, are seniors. I interacted with many, and i manage a team of 12 who raised the money to support the programs, and it was at that point that i became seriously committed to working with seniors in San Francisco. My i was the foreperson of the San Francisco civil grand jury in 2015, and it was during that time that year that i learned about advocate programs for independent aging populations in the city, and i now look forward to reengaging in these efforts to ensure Quality Services and attention to our growing aging population. We all know that we currently face a Public Health crisis challenge due to the spread of covid19. Its been noted that the elderly are at particular risk, heightened by the growing number of cases in california, attributed to community spread, and if a member of the commission on aging Advisory Council, i will support the work of the commission to provide services to the aging population of San Francisco through this crisis and beyond. So thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve. Chair ronen thank you for your willingness to serve. Any questions . No . No. Thank you so much. Thank you. Chair ronen any member of the public wish to speak on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel]. Supervisor mar yeah, id be happy to. I recommend that we make a motion to accept janet petty nominated to the aging and Advisory Council. Chair ronen thank you. We can take that without objection. Thank you so much. [gavel]. Chair ronen mr. Clerk, can you please read item three. [agenda item read]. Chair ronen thank you. Hi. I am ian fregosi, legislative aide to supervisor fewer, which she apologizes she cannot be here today. The purpose of the Reentry Council is to coordinate local efforts to support adults exiting San Francisco county jail, San Francisco juvenile Justice System out of home placements, the California Department of corrections and rehabilitation facilities, and the United States federal bureau of prison facilities. So currently excuse me. So there are Seven Members of the Reentry Council who are formerly incarcerated persons, but none of them are allowed to serve as an officer of the council who can chair the meetings. Currently, all of the officers who are responsible for chairing the reentry meetings are criminal Mission Neighborhood<\/a> extending from market to mission street. It is difficult to navigate lindsay on a daily basis, and more specifically, during the morning and evening commute hours. From 2012 to 2016, there were 260 collisions on valencia and 46 of those were between vehicles and bikes. The mayor shows great leadership and she knew of the long history of collisions and the real necessity for safety improvements on the streets, so she actually directed m. T. A. To put a pilot of protected bike lanes from market to 15th on valencia street within four months time. [ ] valencia is one of the most used north south bike routes in San Francisco<\/a>. It has over 2100 cyclists on an average weekday. We promote bicycles for everyday transportation of the coalition. Valencia is our mission fits our mission perfectly. Our members fall 20 years ago to get the first bike lane stripes. Whether you are going there for restaurants, nightlife, you know , people are commuting up and down every single day. I have been biking down the valencia street corridor for about a decade. During that time, i have seen the emergence of ridesharing companies. We have people on bikes, we have people on bike share, scooters, we have people delivering food and we have uber taking folks to concerts at night. One of the main goals of the project was to improve the overall safety of the corridor, will also looking for opportunities to upgrade the bikeway. The most common collision that happens on valencia is actually due to double parking in the bike lane, specifically during, which is where a driver opens the door unexpectedly. We kept all the passengers the passenger levels out, which is the white crib that we see, we double the amount of commercial curbs that you see out here. Most people arent actually perking on valencia, they just need to get dropped off or pick something up. Half of the commercial loading zones are actually after 6 00 p. M. , so could be used for fiveminute loading later into the evening to provide more opportunities or passenger and commercial loading. The five minute loading zone may help in this situation, but they are not along the corridor where we need them to be. One of the most unique aspects of the valencia pilot is on the block between 14th street. We worked with a pretty big mix of people on valencia. On this lot, there are a few schools. All these different groups had concerns about the safety of students crossing the protected bikeway whether they are being dropped off or picked up in the morning or afternoon. To address those concerns, we installed concrete loading islands with railings railings that channel channeled a designated crossing plane. We had a lot of conversations around how do you load and unload kids in the mornings and the afternoons . I do like the visibility of some of the design, the safety aspects of the boarding pilot for the school. We have painted continental crosswalks, as well as a yield piece which indicates a cyclist to give the rightofway so they can cross the roadway. This is probably one of the most unique features. During the planning phase, the m. T. A. Came out with three alternatives for the long term project. One is parking protected, which we see with the pilot, they also imagined a valencia street where we have two bike lanes next to one another against one side of the street. A twoway bikeway. The third option is a Center Running<\/a> twoway bikeway, c. Would have the two bike lanes running down the center with protection on either side. Earlier, there werent any enter lane designs in San Francisco<\/a>, but i think it will be a great opportunity for San Francisco<\/a> to take the lead on that do so the innovative and different, something that doesnt exist already. With all three concepts for valencias longterm improvement , theres a number of tradeoffs ranging from parking, or what needs to be done at the intersection for signal infrastructure. When he think about extending this pilot or this still this design, theres a lot of different design challenges, as well as challenges when it comes to doing outreach and making sure that you are reaching out to everyone in the community. The pilot is great. It is a nobrainer. It is also a teaser for us. Once a pilot ends, we have thrown back into the chaos of valencia street. What were trying to do is incremental improvement along the corridor door. The Pilot Project<\/a> is one of our first major improvements. We will do an initial valuation in the spring just to get a glimpse of what is happening out here on the roadway, and to make any adjustments to the pilot as needed. This fall, we will do a more robust evaluation. By spring of 2020, we will have recommendations about longterm improvements. I appreciate the pilot and how quickly it went in and was built, especially with the Community Workshops<\/a> associated with it, i really appreciated that opportunity to give input. We want to see valencia become a really welcoming and comfortable neighborhood street for everyone, all ages and abilities. Theres a lot of benefits to protected bike lanes on valencia , it is not just for cyclists. We will see way more people biking, more people walking, we are just going to create a really friendly neighborhood street. [ ] right before the game starts, if im still on the field, i look around, and i just take a deep breath because it is so exciting and magical, not knowing what the season holds holds is very, very exciting. It was fastpaced, stressful, but the good kind of stressful, high energy. There was a crowd to entertain, it was overwhelming in a good way, and i really, really enjoyed it. I continued working for the grizzlies for the 20122013 season, and out of happenstance, the same job opened up for the San Francisco<\/a> giants. I applied, not knowing if i would get it, but i would kick myself if i didnt apply. I was so nervous, i never lived anywhere outside of fridays know, andfridays fresno, and i got an interview. And then, i got a second interview, and i got more nervous because know the thought of leaving fresno and my family and friends was scary, but this opportunity was on the other side. But i had to try, and lo and behold, i got the job, and my first day was january 14, 2014. Every game day was a puzzle, and i have to figure out how to put the pieces together. I have two features that are 30 seconds long or a minute and a 30 feature. Its fun to put that altogetl r together and then lay that out in a way that is entertaining for the fans. A lucky seat there and there, and then, some lucky games that include players. And then ill talk to lucille, can you take the shirt gun to the bleachers. I just organize it from top to bottom, and its just fun for me. Something, we dont know how its going to go, and it can be a huge hit, but youve got to try it. Or if it fails, you just wont do it again. Or you tweak it. When that all pans out, you go oh, we did that. We did that as a team. I have a great team. We all gel well together. It keeps the show going. The fans are here to see the teams, but also to be entertained, and thats our job. I have wonderful female role models that i look up to here at the giants, and theyve been great mentors for me, so i aspire to be like them one day. Renelle is the best. Shes all about women in the workforce, shes always in our corner. [applause] i enjoy how progressive the giants are. We have had the longer running until they secure day. Weve been doing lgbt night longer than most teams. I enjoy that i work for an organization who supports that and is all inclusive. That means a lot to me, and i wouldnt have it any other way. I wasnt sure i was going to get this job, but i went for it, and i got it, and my first season, we won a world series even if we hadnt have won or gone all the way, i still would have learned. Ive grown more in the past four years professionally than i think ive grown in my entire adult life, so its been eye opening and a wonderful good morning, everyone. The meeting will come to order. The this is the march 18, 2020 budget and finance committee. Ii would like to thank kirwan cooley and matthew ignown from sf gov tv. Any announcements, madam clerk . Please make sure to silence all cell phones and documents to be included in the file shall be submitted to the clerk. Thank you. Can you please call item number one . Resolution with section 147f of code 1986 as amended, the execution of loans by the California Municipal Finance Authority<\/a> in one or more series pursuant to a plan of financing and in aggregate amount not to exceed 20 million. I continued this item for more information from the school and thank you very much to San Francisco<\/a> for providing this committee with more information about their institution. And i would like to open this up for Public Comment<\/a> and seeing none, Public Comment<\/a> is close. I would like to move this to the board with a positive recommendation. If you can take that without objection, thank you, colleagues. Madam clerk, please call 26. Item 2, a ground please for 1. 6 acres of shoreline property for open space for a term of 66 years at an annual base rent of 1. Number 3, to put public utilit Utilities Commission<\/a> for Planning Design<\/a> and possibly increasing support with agreement not to exceed 11 million for the anticipated period of april 2020 through april 2031. Number 4, resolution for the authorized to accept 355,000 for board of state to assist local agency for recruitment is training and probation personnel, established by the board of state and community corrections. Item number 5, resolution to resurrect they authorize the office of the District Attorney<\/a> to accept and expand a grant in the amount of 451,000 from the california Governors Office<\/a> of emergency services, county Victims Services<\/a> program for january 21, 2020 and january 31, 2020 and 6, authorizing amendments to the indenture and trust to the citys variable rate, multirevenue bond in an aggregate Principal Amount<\/a> of 211. 9 million issued in 2016 for providing financing and construction of a multifamily Housing Project<\/a> located at 450 fulsome street. Thank you very much. Lets open to Public Comment<\/a> on items 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 . Seeing none, Public Comment<\/a> is closed. I would like to move 26 to the meeting of march 25th. Budget and finance Committee Meeting<\/a> . Yes. Thank you very much and we can take that without objection, thank you. Any other business . This meeting a adjourned. Chair ronen the meeting will come to order. Welcome to the march 9, 2020 meeting of the rules committee. I am chair hillary ronen. Seated to my right is rules Committee Member<\/a> catherine stefani, and seated to my left is Committee Member<\/a> gordon mar. Id like to thank sfgovtv for airing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. [agenda item read]. Chair ronen thank you. Can you please read item number 1. Clerk item 1 is a motion appointing Megan Wallace<\/a> to the Treasury Committee<\/a> for a term ending june 30, 2021. Chair ronen thank you. Megan, if you want to come up . Thank you. My name is Megan Wallace<\/a>. I just want to share a little bit about my qualifications. First, ive been a Public Servant<\/a> in the areas of budget, finance, and Public Service<\/a> for approximately 15 years. In 2008, my family moved to San Francisco<\/a>, and i began my service with the city and county of San Francisco<\/a> in the Mayors Office<\/a> of housing and community development, first under mayor gavin newsom and then under temporary mayor edwin lee before moving to the Port Committee<\/a> and working with that budget. Part of my work was overseeing the Bond Committee<\/a> and most recently delving into ifde and issuances. Prior to transitioning sorry. As c. F. E. Of sfusd, i now oversee the School Facilities<\/a> bond program, and we are preparing to go out for a bond sale this coming spring. Additionally, i just want to share that i am a resident of San Francisco<\/a>. Ive lived in the city just over ten years, first in the neighborhood of Bernal Heights<\/a> and then in the neighborhood of m mira loma park. All told, im a dedicated member of our local community, and ive been a Public Servant<\/a> for over 13 years. And with my experience of budget and finance, i feel im a good qualified fit for this role. So thank you. Happy to answer any questions. Chair ronen thank you. Is there any questions . Thank you so much. Were so glad youre willing to serve in that capacity, as well. Thank you for that. Now lets bring this item up for Public Comment<\/a>. Is there any member of the public that wishes to speak, please come forward. No . Seeing none, eric meinke isnt here . Page shaw, eric meinke is working at this time. If you have any questions for the treasurer and tax collector, im happy to answer them. Chair ronen i just had notes that he was coming. Any other Public Comment<\/a>s . Seeing none, Public Comment<\/a> is closed. Would you like to do the honors . Supervisor stefani yes. Im very pleased to support Megan Wallace<\/a> for this position. Weve worked together in many different capacities, and im glad to see you nominated to this board. Id like to move to approve the appointment of Megan Wallace<\/a> to the Treasury Committee<\/a> and move this forward with a positive recommendation. Chair ronen and we can take this item without objection. [gavel]. Chair ronen mr. Clerk, can you please item 2. Item 2 is appointing one person, term ending june 30, 2022, to the aging and adult advisory counsel. Chair ronen and is janet petty here . Thank you. Im honored to be here to be considered to be on the aging and adult advisory committee. I earned my doctorate degree in organizational learning at the university of San Francisco<\/a> where ive been a professor for 20 years. Human services have been the cornerstone of much of my work. Ive worked with organizations like glide, city college of San Francisco<\/a>, united way the bay area, and the red cross, where ive been tasked with providing services to the adult and aging population. [inaudible] and many of them, as you know, are seniors. I interacted with many, and i manage a team of 12 who raised the money to support the programs, and it was at that point that i became seriously committed to working with seniors in San Francisco<\/a>. My i was the foreperson of the San Francisco<\/a> civil grand jury in 2015, and it was during that time that year that i learned about advocate programs for independent aging populations in the city, and i now look forward to reengaging in these efforts to ensure Quality Services<\/a> and attention to our growing aging population. We all know that we currently face a Public Health<\/a> crisis challenge due to the spread of covid19. Its been noted that the elderly are at particular risk, heightened by the growing number of cases in california, attributed to community spread, and if a member of the commission on aging Advisory Council<\/a>, i will support the work of the commission to provide services to the aging population of San Francisco<\/a> through this crisis and beyond. So thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve. Chair ronen thank you for your willingness to serve. Any questions . No . No. Thank you so much. Thank you. Chair ronen any member of the public wish to speak on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment<\/a> is closed. [gavel]. Supervisor mar yeah, id be happy to. I recommend that we make a motion to accept janet petty nominated to the aging and Advisory Council<\/a>. Chair ronen thank you. We can take that without objection. Thank you so much. [gavel]. Chair ronen mr. Clerk, can you please read item three. [agenda item read]. Chair ronen thank you. Hi. I am ian fregosi, legislative aide to supervisor fewer, which she apologizes she cannot be here today. The purpose of the Reentry Council<\/a> is to coordinate local efforts to support adults exiting San Francisco<\/a> county jail, San Francisco<\/a> juvenile Justice System<\/a> out of home placements, the California Department<\/a> of corrections and rehabilitation facilities, and the United States<\/a> federal bureau of prison facilities. So currently excuse me. So there are Seven Members<\/a> of the Reentry Council<\/a> who are formerly incarcerated persons, but none of them are allowed to serve as an officer of the council who can chair the meetings. Currently, all of the officers who are responsible for chairing the reentry meetings are criminal Justice Department<\/a> heads and members of the Mayors Office<\/a>. So this would allow one of the formerly incarcerated members to chair the meeting. Jose bernal, a formerly incarcerated member, and the other six members, proposed that one of the members be allowed to chair the meetings, and it was supported by the other members. The council decided since they were seeking an amendment to the officer clause, that they should also focus on cleaning up the other language in the ordinance. This is in line with supervisor fewers resolution to adopt personfirst language, which was adopted unanimously by the board of supervisors this year. So if its okay with you, chair ronen, im going to turn it over to joffrey, who can speak a little more about this ordinance and can answer your questions. So thank you for your time, and we hope to have your support. Chair ronen thank you so much. Hello, supervisors. I also wanted to give you one more clause that was added is, like, a conflict of interest clause. So one of the beautiful things is that our seven formerly incarcerated individuals got a job with a Law Enforcement<\/a> agency, and so it appears to be, like, two votes because she now works for a Law Enforcement<\/a> agency, and one of those clauses is if you are hired by any of the City Department<\/a>s that sit on the board, within 90 days, were the according to the update, were asking you to resign. But that 90 days gives the person a chance to resign. We dont want to discourage people from taking city employment while theyre on the council. Ian did not speak to that, but i wanted to know that. Because she works for adult probation, and it look like adult probation may have two votes. Shes a very hard advocate. She doesnt care who she works for, but we dont want a conflict of interest. While we opening it up, we might as well clean it up. So that is the reason for that. So if you have any other questions . Supervisor stefani i just have one quick one. In terms of the conflict of interest, can you just expand on that a little bit more . Like, what would be the conflict of interest if someone was taking their experience being formerly incarcerated and now working for the city in any capacity . I understand that its adult probation, but i just dont understand where the conflict is . Like, where is the division that would arise . So you can work for the city, just not one of the departments that sits on the council, so if one is a member who came if she got a job at the library, it wouldnt be a conflict. But when they vote, our vote, especially when in april, when we look at criminal Justice Reform<\/a> bills, it could look like adult probation, they could vote in line with Law Enforcement<\/a>. Members were questioning that. Supervisor stefani okay. So like any board, the port, the p. U. C. Is not on our board. Its 13 boards, like criminal justice, department of health, all that stuff. People want it to be nonbiased. Supervisor stefani okay. Thank you. Chair ronen thank you. Is there any other member of the public who wishes to speak on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment<\/a> is closed. I think this makes a lot of sense and would love to be added as a cosponsor, and with that, i will make a motion to send this item forward with a positive recommendation, and without objection, that motion passes unanimously. [gavel]. Chair ronen thank you. Mr. Clerk, can you please read item 4. Clerk item 4 is an ordinance amending the police code to make an existing exemption to the paid parental leave ordinance to employers with fully paid family leave policies consistent with recent changes to state law. Chair ronen thank you so much. Supervisor stefani, do you want to make any opening remarks . Supervisor stefani yes, thank you. Colleagues, before you is a small technical change to our citys paid family leave program. In 2016, San Francisco<\/a> became the first city in the country to ensure that employees receive 100 of their salary when they took paid parental leave. So San Francisco<\/a>s Program Works<\/a> like this. Under California Law<\/a>, in 2016, workers could take up to six weeks of partial paid parental leave. In San Francisco<\/a>, employers are then required to pay the difference of these employees salaries so they are making 100 of their salary up to a certain limit. And last year, i think we all know that Governor Newsom<\/a> extended the partial paid leave by two weeks to extend to eight weeks of partial paid program. Our citys current policy has an exemption for employers that provide more generous leave than required by city law. If an employer zoo giving fully paid leave to an employee for a number of weeks equal to or more than what is required by San Francisco<\/a>s current law, they are exempted from the law because they are doing more than we require. When the time was extended from six weeks to eight weeks, a loophole was offered. The change in front of you would strike the word six weeks and replace with as required by the city and the state of california. This item was heard by the Small Business<\/a> commission on january 27. The Commission Voted<\/a> unanimously to recommend that the board of supervisors approve the legislation, and as a mother and, i know, supervisor ronen feels this way, too, this is a very important issue. I had the benefit of strong paid leave laws when i had my daughter, and it made all the difference. All of our workers deserve this leave, when it is particularly hard for lowincome paid workers to get by. I ask you to close this loophole and make sure that all San Francisco<\/a> workers have full leave. Thank you. Chair ronen thank you. Any questions . Did you want to make any statements mr. Mulligan . Okay. Thank you. That was very clear and thorough. Thank you so much. I really want to thank you for this legislation. I it it feels, as a new mother, almost impossible to take your child to child care before theyre a couple months old, so even that is too short of a time, so i appreciate the governor expanding that period of time, and this legislation makes all the sense in the world to me, and id like to cosponsor it, as well. And do you want to do the honors . Sure. Chair ronen and thank you for cosponsoring. Supervisor stefani id like to move this forward to the full board with a positive recommendation. Chair ronen and that item passes unanimously. [gavel]. Chair ronen mr. Clerk, are there any other items on the agenda . Clerk that completes the agenda for today. Chair ronen thank you very much. The meeting is adjourned. President yee okay. Good afternoon. Welcome to the march 17, 2020 regular meet ongoing meeting of the San Francisco<\/a> board of supervisors, even though its not regular. Madame clerk, the roll . Fewer present. Haney present. Mandelman present. Mar present. Peskin present. Preston present. Ronen present. Safai present. Stefani present. Walton present. President yee present. All members are present. President yee thank you. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States<\/a> of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. President yee so on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who record each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Thank you. Madame clerk, any communications . None to report, mr. President. President yee thank you. I do want to take this opportunity to share with the public that given the stayhome order issued yesterday by the mayor to reduce the spread of covid19, the board of supervisors will continue to meet and deliberate on essential action items during this time. Members of the public are advised not to leave their homes unless it is essential, however, we recognize that open access to this government body is a basic tenet of democracy and civic engagement. To the extent possible, were working on ways to allow for remote Public Comment<\/a> during this emergency order. We are in extraordinary times and want to ensure that members of the public are able to engage in the safest way possible. During this emergency well we may also be moving the board of supervisors meetings and Committee Meeting<\/a>s remotely through video conferencing. These meetings will still be streamed online and to the public over sfgovtv. Colleagues, we are in this crazy time and would like us to formally decide on these future possibilities once the system is up and running. I would to ask for a motion to allow remote teleconferencing of future board of supervisors meeting and remote Public Comment<\/a>s . Can i have a motion . Made by ronen and seconded by safai. Madame clerk, please call the roll. On the motion, mandelman aye. Mar aye. Peskin aye. Preston aye. Ronen aye. Safai aye. Stefani aye. Walton aye. Yee aye. Fewer aye. Haney aye. There are 11 ayes. President yee thank you. The motion passes unanimously. Thank you, colleagues, and members of the public. As were still finalizing details of the remote access, please continue to check our website at www. Sfbos. Org for updates for future meetings. I want to remind the public we have teleconferencing over this emergency period. We will return to meetings back at the board of Supervisors Chamber<\/a> as soon as we feel appropriate to do so. And we look forward to that time when were back to business as usual. Please stay safe and stay home. If you are able to. Call 311 if you have any questions or need nonemergency assistance. 311 is for nonemergency. Today, were approving the minutes from february 11, 2020 board meeting. Are there any changes to the Meeting Minutes<\/a> . Seeing none, can i have a motion to approve the minutes . Motion made by supervisor fewer and seconded by supervisor preston. Without objection, those minutes will be approved as presented after Public Comment<\/a>. Colleagues, i want to take a moment to explain several agenda changes we intend to make during this meeting. First, when item 16 is called, the public hearing on the findings and recommendation of Law Enforcement<\/a> staffing numbers, i will ask for a motion to continue item 16 to the date of april ill give you the date later, but basically, its not crucial they present today even though it would have been a good discussion, but we can wait for that to happen. Now, to the purpose of this continuance, circumstances are changing rapidly with the covid19 disease and the citys response is ever evolving. For item 25, supervisor ronen is requesting this body to meet as a committee of the whole for the public hearing on the citys preparations on response to this Health Emergency<\/a> and global pandemic. Originally, this public hearing was scheduled for special meeting on thursday, march 19, 2020, but due to the urgent nature of the Health Emergency<\/a>, i do not believe it is prudent to wait until thursday to provide Important Information<\/a> to the public and learn the citys response. Ill be asking for a motion to amend item 25 to reflect the public hearing for todays meeting in addition to thursdays meeting. If necessary, to ensure the public can learn information today. Further, before the public hearing takes place, i will be introducing an imperative item to call for a closed session to also take place today at 3 00 p. M. The closed session will be to discuss potential threats to the security of or the Public Access<\/a> to public buildings, services and public facilities during the local Health Emergency<\/a>. With the following Department Heads<\/a> reporting. That would be william scott, chief of police, sheriff of the sheriffs department, chief of the fire department, chief of staff for the Mayors Office<\/a>, city controller, director of Human Resources<\/a>, executive director of department of emergency management, director of health for the department of Public Health<\/a>, executive director of Human Services<\/a> agency, director of department of homelessness and supportive housing, director of San Francisco<\/a> international airport, port of San Francisco<\/a>. As already indicated, after the closed session, the public hearing on city preparation will be called and open to the public. It is urgent we have an open discussion about policy proposals and responses to the Economic Health<\/a> service and housing impacts with respect to the covid19 Health Emergency<\/a>. Do any of my colleagues have questions . Okay. Madame clerk, can you please read the consent agenda. Items 1 and 2 on consent. If a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. President yee anyone want to sever any items . Seeing none, madame clerk, i think we already called roll. Can we just take this same house, same call . Okay. This item is finally passed unanimously. These items. Lets go to regular agenda. Call items 35 together. Items 35 are three resolutions submitted to the board from the Airport Commission<\/a>. For a term of ten years, a minimum annual guarantee of 240,000 for the first year of the lease. Item 4, resolution to approve the terminal 3 boarding area f food and beverage kiosk lease between sidewalk juice as tenant and the city acting through the Airport Commission<\/a> for a 10year term and minimum annual guarantee of 136,000. Item 5, resolution to approve the terminal 3 boarding area f between elevate, a joint venture and skyview concessions. President yee same house, same call . Without objection, these resolutions are adopted unanimously. Please go to item 6. Resolution to approve and authorize the director of property to lease Real Property<\/a> at 1156 valencia street at base represent of 400 rent of 400,000 a year to expire february 28, 2023. Plus twoyear option to extend and authorize the reimbursement of 300,000 toward the cost of lease hold improvements and to execute the documents and make modifications in furtherance of the lease. President yee same house, same call . This is adopted unanimously. Item 7, resolution to authorize the department of Public Health<\/a> to accept and expend 3 million grant to the Tipping Point<\/a> community to participate in a program entitled hphh, Tipping Point<\/a>. To create new psychiatric Respite Center<\/a> beginning january 16, 2020 through january 15, 2022. President yee colleagues, same house, same call . Without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. Lets go to item number 8. Item 8 is resolution to authorize the San Francisco<\/a> Police Department<\/a> to accept and expend 66,000 grant from the state of Department Parks<\/a> and recreation to procure equipment and gear for the period of november period to commence following board approval through november 30, 2020. President yee same house, same call. Adopted unanimously. Resolution to provide Revenue Bonds<\/a> for the financing and accusation of 108 multifamily rental using product consisting of three structures. President yee colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. Madame clerk, lets go to next item. Item 10, resolution to approve and authorize the execution of Loan Agreement<\/a> with Mission Housing<\/a> development corp, California Limited Partnership<\/a> in an amount not to exceed 28 million. President yee colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, this is adopted. Item 11. Item 11 resolution to urge the administrative staff of the department of Public Health<\/a> to include frontline registered nurses and physicians in their decisionmaking process to implement to the extent possible an expedited hiring process to less than 90 days of application, to see staffing requirements with contracted registered nurses by implementing a ceiling of 5 or less. And to provide annual violence prevention and Disaster Preparedness<\/a> training. President yee same house, same call . Without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. Item 12 is ordinance to amend the police code to make existing exemption to paid parental leave ordinance for employers with fully paid family leave policies consistent with recent changes to state law. President yee colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, this ordinance is passed on First Reading<\/a>. Item 13, ordinance to amend the administrative code to require that mayoral and board of supervisors appointments to Reentry Council<\/a> expire following a members hiring. And to require that the fifth officer be a formally incarcerated member and to increase the number of 12 to 13, the number of members that constitute a quorum . President yee same house, same call . This ordinance is passed on First Reading<\/a> unanimously. Item 14, motion to approve the treasurers nomination of Meagan Wallace<\/a> to the Oversight Committee<\/a> for term ending june 17, 2022. President yee same house, same call . Without objection, this is approvedly. Item 15, a motion to appoint janice petty to the commission on the aging Advisory Council<\/a> for term ending march 31, 2022. President yee same house, same call . Without objection, this motion is approved unanimoussy. Unanimously. President yee madame clerk, even though its not quite 2 30 there is nothing to discuss to continue an item. Could we take it right now before the time set . Clerk no, mr. President , but we could go to roll call for introductions. Mandelman submits. Mar . Supervisor mar thank you, madame clerk. Colleagues, i have one resolution im introducing today that relates to the topic of the day. San francisco has led the nation as the first place to enact mandatory paid sick leave as well as Family Friendly<\/a> workplace and paid parental laws. These were ground breaking, but they were not designed with Public Health<\/a> emergencies in mind. San francisco must lead once again to ensure that everyone is economically healthy as well as physically healthy and workers can afford to shelter in place. The emergency expansion of paid sick leave announced by mayor breed yesterday is a positive step forward, but its not enough to leave it up to the employers to decide. Over the weekend, the house of representatives adopted a comprehensive Coronavirus Relief<\/a> bill that includes expanded paid leave, but shockingly, it exempts the largest employers who represent 54 of the workforce. The largest corporations dont need a bailout. Workers do. We need all hands on deck from washington to sacramento to city hall to ensure our workers are taken care of. So today im introducing a resolution along with supervisor haney urging action to expand access to paid leave during Public Health<\/a> emergencies. We need to make sure workers know what rights they have and that those rights are enforced and protected. Some will have accrued paid sick leave they can use under San Francisco<\/a>s paid sick leave ordinance and some will be eligible for unemployment insurance, but not all employees know their rights or how to access the benefits. So this resolution calls for the creation of a multilingual workers right hot line so everyone can access the information and rapid enforcement action to know their rights and protect them. We need to expand workers rights where they feel to meet the urgency of our current crisis. Under the law today, there is no assurance that workers who must stay home will be paid. Under the law today, nontraditional workers, domestic workers, laborers and undocumented workers do not have access to safety net programs like unemployment insurance. Under the law today, nearly one quarter of the United States<\/a> workers receive no form of paid sick leave. So this resolution urges the United States<\/a> congress to mandate that all employers provide their employees with additional 14 days of paid leave during Public Health<\/a> emergencies. With public funds provided to make it possible for small and mediumsized businesses to comply. And it further urges action by congress to the governor and state legislature to meet our current needs. With this resolution, we will support bills on the state and federal level that would move us toward these needs and commit to act locally to fill gaps where state and federal action falls short. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you. Supervisor peskin. Supervisor peskin ive got one in memoriam that i submitted and in the interest of time will submit the rest. President yee supervisor ronen skipped . No, im after preston. I dont know how that happened. Im sorry. Thank you. Supervisor preston . Supervisor preston thank you, madame clerk. Colleagues, i have several items today and just wanted to start by thanking deputy City Attorney<\/a> for moving very, very quickly on these items. I greatly appreciate it with everything going on. I appreciate the quick turnaround. So, first, i am introducing a resolution calling on the governor, the courts, and the mayor to immediately suspend all eviction activity, except evictions necessary to protect for safety. Im sad to report as i speak today, eviction notices are still being served in San Francisco<\/a> and eviction cases of our residents are still moving forward in our courts. This is absolutely the last thing we need right now. To quickly recap where we are in residential evictions, there has been a lot of discussion and activity. I introduced an ordinance last week to ban nonpayment evictions arising the crisis. The mayor and i had an opportunity to meet and she issued a directive against nonpayment evictions from covidrelated loss of income. This was an important step. Its a start, but unfortunately, its not enough. I urged mayor to broaden her directive to create a real Eviction Moratorium<\/a> that is comprehensive and includes no fault evictions. Barring action on that, well continue to move forward with the ordinance i introduced last week, tailored to make sure we address no fault evictions. I want to thank the Mayors Office<\/a> for her work on these issues. Sophia kitler. The San Francisco<\/a> superior court has given at best a mixed message. The court changed its website in a way that suggested that all jury trials, including eviction cases would be continued and delayed for 90 days, but tenant attorneys are told its business as usual and eviction cases are proceeding in the courts. People obviously cannot shelter in place if theyre having to show up and defend themselves from eviction, so i call on the San Francisco<\/a> superior court and state Judicial Council<\/a> to make sure these cases are postponed and wanted to thank the folks at the eviction defense collaborative for bringing this to our attention. The governor has weighed in with an executive order as you know, yesterday, this was an important step forward. Id like to thank the governor for this action and in particular the ordinance lays out the stakes and why keeping people housed is so critically important. However, like the mayors directive, the governors executive order addresses nonpayment arising from loss of income and does not address other types of eviction, so our resolution urges further action from the governor. Colleagues, ive seen a lot of good from folks in the last week with outpouring of neighbors reaching out. Some of those include landlords in my district, but, unfortunately, there are those who seem to lack the most basic compassion at this time and its to deal with them that we must take the actions at all level of government to stop evictions during this crisis. I want to thank my cosponsor on this resolution, supervisors ronen, haney, mar and fewer, and look forward to working with you all to pass this resolution as quickly as possible. Second, im introducing an emergency ordinance to protect Small Business<\/a>es from eviction due to nonpayment of rent arising from covid19 measures. I want to thank my colleague supervisor ronen, who ive been working with closely on this issue for more than a week and weve been trying to find a way around state law limitations and fortunately, some of those were lifted yesterday by the governor. Even before this Public Health<\/a> crisis we heard daily from Small Business<\/a>es worried about making rent and the current Health Crisis<\/a> has made those fears more intense and immediate. And many businesses are wondering if theyll ever financially be able to reopen. With april 1st approaching, many are concerned about paying the rent when the revenues have been reduced and in many cases complete completely eliminated as most businesses have been shut down. The fear eviction and default is real and growing. We need to make sure help is coming from the many levels of government. Locally, the private sector. Small businesses, as we know, are the life blood of our local economy and define our neighborhoods. So thanks to the executive order issued by the governor. Yesterday, we were freed from some of the limits that normally restrict our ability to take action around rents and evictions when it comes to Small Business<\/a>es. So to make sure that businesses are not displaced and permanently closed during this state of emergency, and after the state of emergency, im introducing an eviction ordinance covering Small Business<\/a>es, the first of its kind in any municipality in california. I want to recognize in addition to deputy City Attorney<\/a>, business leaders, including Kristin Evans<\/a> and the Fillmore Merchant Association<\/a> and the Small Business<\/a> commission for their advice and counsel on this measure and for their advocacy. I understand from a press release that i received while walking into the chambers today that the mayor has announced an intention to move in a similar way around to prevent Small Business<\/a> evictions. I welcome learning the details of the proposal which we havent seen to date. And finally, with apologies for the long roll call for introductions, there are others we will submit on, but one other, which is that as we urge everyone to shelter in place, we obviously have many who have no shelter. Even as units sit vacant across the city that could be housing folks that are vulnerable. One such property that is vacant in my district is 555 fulton street, which many of you will sound familiar to you, because its been at the center of the ongoing corruption investigation in the federal the criminal complaint. What a lot of folks dont know about 555 fulton, its a vacant, 139unit building sitting there, turnkey ready, with permissions for folks to reside there. We have a family sleeping on mats on a floor, kicked out, despite our shelter in place, theyre kicked out each day in the morning to fend for themselves for the day. And we also know a considerable number of the people who are most at risk right now in our homeless are seniors. We need to house these folks in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus. I think the property at 555 fulton presents an opportunity to help meet this need. Thats why i issued a letter to the owners of the property urging them to use these available units for temporary housing for homeless families and seniors. And given the severity of the crisis and the importance of the shelter in place directive, units that have not been committed to buyers should be made available for temporary occupants. I want to assure all with vacant units, now is the time to step up and contact your District Supervisor<\/a> and make these Units Available<\/a> for temporary occupancy. As a remind der, San Francisco<\/a> has a Good Samaritan<\/a> law, so if you provide temporary housing youre not necessarily making a longterm commitment to house folks indefinitely. Well need all the units in the days and weeks ahead. Thank you. The rest i submit. Supervisor ronen yes, thank you, colleagues. And first i just wanted to thank every city leader and member of our departments who have been working around the clock on this crisis and to protect as many people as possible. Your work is amazing and i wanted to appreciate each and every one of you. I speechly wanted to especially wanted to thank my colleague, dean preston, never been so happy to have a leading tenant rights attorney on the board of supervisors as i am right now, the ability to write your own legislation with the help of the City Attorney<\/a> office in this matter has been incredible and i really appreciate the work that youve done to stop evictions, not just nonpayment, but no fault evictions of resident and commercial businesses. Thank you so much. Its been a joy to work with you. Thank you on that. And towards that end, supervisor preston and i, together with supervisor haney have also been working on a Small Business<\/a> rent Stabilization Loan Program<\/a> for the city and county of San Francisco<\/a> which would help to stop the irreversible loss of Small Business<\/a>es due to the coronavirus Public Health<\/a> emergency. Because of restrictions on travel and gatherings, patronage has decreased to Small Business<\/a>es substantially, putting tens of thousands of Small Business<\/a>es and hundreds of thousands of workers at risk. It has businesses scrambling to see how to stay afloat. Some businesses wont survive without us. They need our help and need it now. The state and local officials are working to open the way for supervisor preston to introduce the legislation he Just Announced<\/a> preventing Small Business<\/a>es from being evicted. There are now some immediate resources on the way for shop owners. And it is an essential, but businesses will need more than a stopgap moratorium. They will need replacement income to pay rent the minute that moratorium is lifted. And honestly, it is discouraging that our state lawmakers have passed a 1. 1 billion measure that includes nothing for individuals and Small Business<\/a>es. And then they suspend the legislature for four weeks. I want to interlude to say that im proud of us, colleagues, for continuing to work nonstop during this crisis. It did shock me to read this morning that the state legislature has recessed until april 13th. Ive been depending on the legislature to pass several laws and for us to fill in those gaps, but now it appears that its hard to defend that we may be the only game in town for a little while. That has upped my urgency when it comes to the workers that supervisor mar just listed that are left out of state and federal programs. Its incumbent upon us more than ever to lead the way here. So this rent stabilization loan and whatever is coming on behalf of independent contractors and immigrant workers is at the forefront of my mind. I also wanted to thank supervisor mar for taking such a lead in the area, especially with jobs of justice, which is an organization that works with workers that earn money in nontraditional ways and are in the low age workforce. I wanted to mention that the federal Business Administration<\/a> has declared a disaster in the bay area, while impressed with speaker pelosis ability to broker an agreement for action, it doesnt go far enough. Thats why this rent stabilization at the local level is needed. This will open the door for larger Economic Injury<\/a> disaster loans, but everything ive heard about the Small Business<\/a> administration at the federal level, it will take a long time to get it up and running. And it may be very hard for Small Business<\/a>es to access. And it may be impossible for many to apply. These loans in cases in many cases will have to be secured and will require a level of proof and documentation and bureaucracy that many of our Small Business<\/a>es will not be able to get through. So my legislation is intended to respond to the urgency that our Small Business<\/a>es face right now. Ive been working with the Treasurers Office<\/a> to move quickly to create a 20 million Small Business<\/a> rent stabilization program. Im introducing the ordinance authorizing the city to secure a line of credit and accompanying ordinance creating the funds. The city will provide no interest loans to cover three months of rent, mortgage or other fixed operating costs with no payment due to the city for 12 months. I have heard some comments that 1. 1 million gross receipt threshold is too low. And im really open to feedback on this issue. We can change that amount at Committee Without<\/a> expanding the time for us to pass this ordinance. This will help businesses hold on through the immediate month ahead and will pair well with the federal and state help. The treasurer has included a generous estimate of 600,000 to cost the total cost of the program, 300,000 for staffing. Current Interest Rates<\/a> are expected to cost 250,000, but the appropriation will accommodate 300,000 just in case. Because these are nointerest loans, this will be the city covering the Interest Rates<\/a> from the bank. Again i wanted to thank supervisor preston and haney. I am asking and have asked president yee to waive the 30day hold. Ideally, id like to hold the committee this week or next and get this before us at next tuesdays board meeting. As the covid19 crisis evolves, we want to send a message loud and clear, San Francisco<\/a> Small Business<\/a>es and employees, weve got your back and youre not alone. The second item im introducing is a resolution together with supervisor mandelman. We have a constituent who often talks to both of us when she reaches out shes my constituent. Catherine kuszczak, thank you for the suggestion. She reach out urging us to enter a resolution and talk to grocery stores, hours or time periods where only those that are strictly sheltering in place, but need to access groceries can have time where theyre not going to have contact with people who have not been sheltering in place to get those groceries. So were introducing a resolution today in order to urge those stores that are considered essential to have senioronly and immunocompromised only shopping hours. We will send that to the organization and as many essential business groupings that we can find and well be asking the mayor to include this official petition on behalf of the city. Once it passes on outreach that the city is doing for coronavirus. With that, the rest i will submit. Clerk thank you. Supervisor safai . Supervisor safai thank you, madame clerk. I have one item. Its part of the conversation that is happening at the National Level<\/a>. I think its many of the things were hearing about on the National Level<\/a> are emanating from the local level because were the ones dealing with this on a daily basis and have the most interaction. So some of the things youve talked about in terms of eviction defense, i know last week we introduced resolution on banks, moratorium, utilities, moratorium, so people wouldnt get their Services Shut<\/a> off, we need to do more to put pressure on the banks. I think that is coming. I think there is a time when people are not going to be able to pay their mortgages as well as their rent. What im calling for today, a conversation is happening at the National Level<\/a>, but its essentially a resolution urging the United States<\/a> congress and the executive branch to enact an economic stimulus package that relates to the coronavirus, giving every american and adult 5,000 for every 30day period that this National Emergency<\/a> stays in effect. They need to survive. Without income, because theyve been asked to stay home, they wont be able to do that. Here in the chamber, were deemed essential employees. Our salaries ill continue. There are certainly salaries that will continue. When youre talking about janito janitors, Hotel Workers<\/a>, Small Business<\/a>es and all of us and the mayor have talked about, so many people will not be able to go to work. Without going to worker theyre not going to receive a paycheck. And without a pay check, how are they going to survive . Ive been talking with and working with janitors on a daily basis and working with their leadership. Weve been talking to Hotel Workers<\/a>, those in the tourist industry. I know that the tourist industry as well as the hotels have been talking with supervisor peskin and the Mayors Office<\/a> how we might be able to change many of these hotels into shelter in place for those who need it, for the need of quarantining and how are those buildings and all those places being cleaned by Hotel Workers<\/a> and janitors and so on. So this is important aspect. There is a conversation that will come hopefully sooner rather than later once there is immunization, that immunization will be free to every american in the United States<\/a> or any individual living in the United States<\/a> and there would be a robust paid leave, sick leave package. Anyway, i dont know if well be able to vote on this at a certain time. I would ask the president to waive the rule, but we wanted to get in on the record so we could have this conversation and push we happen to have the luxury of having speaker of the house represent San Francisco<\/a>, so hopefully this package will be talked about. Hopefully theyll be expanding it beyond a 1,000 check to every american and increasing it to a point where its usable, particularly in the bay area. Just also wanted to say, ive been monitoring all my colleagues work theyve been doing in terms of getting information out. I want to appreciate all the hard work that every one of have done contacting your constituencies, contacting your providers, getting the information out as quickly as you can. Its helpful, because were all able to feed off of one another, the mayor and her team, the clerk included. All of us out here doing our job. Something i might have missed, maybe supervisor peskin and his team are dealing with, or whoever it might be, but its been helpful to have the information on social media and the way youre getting it so quickly to constituency. Thank you, mr. President , and the rest i submit. Clerk president yee . President yee i have two imperative agenda items today. The first is motion to convene in closed session today at 3 00 p. M. To discuss the potential threats to Public Service<\/a>s and facilities which i discussed previously. This an important meeting given the sensitive nature of emergency were in. And i want to thank several of you that have brought this up. In particular, supervisor peskin for really putting a lot of meat into the thought of why we should do this and how were going to do this. The second is demotion to concur with the mayors supplements due to the proclamation declaring an existence of a local emergency that were issued on march 11, 2020 and march 13, 2020. These include important orders that allow for deadlines to be suspended during the emergency and allows bodies such as the board of supervisors the ability to attend meetings remotely. These supplements to the emergency order need to be ratified by the board in seven days. As such, i hope we can approve this motion later today. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you. Supervisor fewer . Supervisor fewer thank you. Colleagues, today i am introducing a resolution that calls for every San Francisco<\/a> resident to step up and do their part to help stop the spread of the coronavirus and help each other during this crisis. These are unprecedented times and unprecedented times calls for unprecedented actions. According to the New York Times<\/a> today, drawing on a scientific report, without action of individuals to suppress new cases, 2. 2 Million People<\/a> in the United States<\/a> could die. Were all needed to step up and fight this crisis. Today, im calling on residents, elected officials, and communitybased organizations to join forces to unite and protect our communities. This is something everyone can and should do. The Treasurer Office<\/a> was in the news discussing her experience in italy during the outbreak. She made a good point. People here have been focusing on the Economic Impacts<\/a> of this crisis which is obviously important to all of us, but our top priority at this time must be to contain the virus and preserve human life. Im introducing a citywide callout for every San Francisco<\/a> resident to step up. Im asking for every Supervisors Office<\/a> to take leadership to ensure in their districts there is a streamlined conduit for accurate uptodate information to reduce calls to 311 and Public Health<\/a>. Im also asking them to coordinate volunteer efforts in the community to assist with communitybased organizations, food delivery, distribution, food preparation, supporting Small Business<\/a>es and checking in on neighbors and friends. Im asking the department of disability to expedite the volunteer screening process, to get more volunteers to the food and delivery service. I am asking for everyone to do your part. If youre able bodied, help unload groceries and package them. If you have a car, bicycle, scooter, help deliver a meal. If youre homebound, call a friend who is vulnerable to check in with them. Or join a phone tree to check in on isolated seniors. If you want to support Small Business<\/a>es in your neighborhood, buy them from online. Make a donation to the San Francisco<\/a> food bank. Do something. If you are sick, stay home. If you think you have been exposed, stay home. Follow Public Health<\/a> mandates. Take this seriously. Being a san franciscan means something. Yes, we are complicated, we are also compassionate. We care and when we need to, we step up. This is our strength and the core of who we are. We can do this. In doing so, we can save lives and show the rest of the country how absolutely fabulous we are. Today, i am also introducing a resolution that calls on Governor Newsom<\/a> to if have a moratorium on Small Business<\/a>es and follow new yorks need by allowing on sale to sell alcohol. This pandemic will have a listing effect on our economy for years to come. We must do everything we can to help our Small Business<\/a>es stay open during this unprecedented time. Especially our Corner Stores<\/a> and small grocers who provide crucial access to food and other resources. For hundreds of thousands of residents in the city. A moratorium on fees would provide overdue relief for Small Business<\/a>es struggling to weather this storm. The governor should also take action to temporarily alter state alcohol licensing policy by allowing bars and restaurants with on sale alcohol licenses to sell food and alcohol for o offsale. By allowing our bars to sell alcohol along with food, we can provide immediate substantial lifeline, hopefully preventing closures. To be clear, this policy change would only apply to purchases that include food as alcohol alone is not an essential service. New york has already taken the step to allow residents to order in from their favorite restaurants, bars, wineries and other establishments. California should follow before its too late for Small Business<\/a>es. By urging the authority to make this small change to our state alcohol licensing laws, the governor could save treasured institutions across the city and help ensure greater access to food delivery at a time when social distancing is an imperative to Public Health<\/a>. Finally, colleagues, i want to make a couple of other comments as each and every day we learn more about the ripple effects related to covid19 crisis in our necessary efforts to spread the illness. Today im reminding everyone that during this busy time it is also the time to fill out the United States<\/a> census. The census happens only once every ten years and its important everyone fills it out. The remain in place order, all outreach has been suspended, so were asking people to go online and fill out the census information. It gives us an accurate account about our population. Some of the top census funded social services in San Francisco<\/a> are children and education, transportation and infrastructure, and housing. I just completed the census myself after receiving my notification to participate in the census last week. I urge everyone to do the same. It only takes a few minutes and it is online at finally as budget chair, the Economic Impacts<\/a> are likely to be staggering while the mayor and board are looking at ways to support Small Business<\/a>es and families, well see a big impact on city revenues. More discussions to the citys economy and the citys budget will progress in the coming weeks, but i just want to note as others have, this city truly needs leadership from the state and federal government to help provide relief. Locally, we will need to rethink our approach to the budget process. My office will be working with the budget Committee Member<\/a>s, departments and Mayors Office<\/a> to discuss possible changes and share updates as soon as possible. Thank you. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you. Supervisor preston . Supervisor preston apologizies, i forgot to request to waive the 30day rule to emergency ordinance as related to evictions. No you did, you said it. President yee before supervisor haney, im getting texts from my staff who i usually have to listen to. My staff is pointing out that we are not practicing good social distancing, so im going to recommend that the end people stay at their desk for now and the middle person stay in the desk and the other two back up so youre six feet away. So like supervisor mandelman, could you back up a little bit . Thank you, i dont want to get in trouble with my staff. Thank you, president yee. I also just want to acknowledge all of the work that everybody has been doing and to thank everybody for their leadership at this time for all of you who are here as well as the mayor and her staff. I know everybody is working harder than ever during the time of this crisis and so i want to appreciate everybody. I have a few resolutions i want to speak a couple of other issues that other folks introduced. The first is im costatesponsoring resolution with supervisor mar closing the gaps that exist on paid sick leave and other types of leave that individuals, workers, need to be able to access right now. In these times of great need, we want to make sure that our workers know that we support them and currently California Law<\/a> and San Francisco<\/a> law does not include sufficient provis n provisions for the Health Crisis<\/a> were facing. We want to change those laws at the federal and state level. Business 6 has a high concentration of businesses, hotels, bars, cafes, arts, and like many of you, ive been hearing about the challenges theyre facing. Supervisor mar and i introduced a resolution that calls for the support of a number of bills that can help to provide needed leave and relief at this time. The first is the family first Coronavirus Response<\/a> act, h. R. 6201 which was recently passed by the u. S. House of representatives. As written, the bill would amend the family and medical leave act and expand needs related to the coronavirus, but it exempt large employers with 500 or more employees. Were asking that the act be amended to apply to all companies, including those with 500 or more employees. We call on Governor Newsom<\/a> and the California Legislature<\/a> to address gaps in Financial Support<\/a> or paid leave for workers ordered to stay home. There is a bill, ab3123 that protects workers from retaliation when they take leave during Public Health<\/a> emergencies like the epidemic. They can use their earned sick leave if their place is ordered close, or if the employee is providing care or assistance to their child whose school or Child Care Provider<\/a> is closed by order. Under this proposed bill, if an employee is complying with an order issued by public official, ab3123 states that employer may not discharge or retaliate against that employee. We also want all of the effected workers to access information, so the resolution calls for oawd to jointly create a multilingual hot line for San Francisco<\/a> workers to access information and rapid Enforcement Actions<\/a> to protect the rights and benefits to eliminate language barriers. We know that the health of our residents comes first and in order for folks to be certain theyre safe and secure in following the health orders, whether that is any individual resident but especially low wage workers in the heavily impacted service industry, hospitality, tourism, folks who are already having a hard time struggling in one of the most expensive cities in the world, this is especially trying time for them and we have to make sure that our laws reflect the needs of our workers right now. We are also looking at the ways to close the gaps here locally and our own paid sick leave laws. Secondly, im introducing a resolution in support of emergency earned income tax credit which would provide a tax relief check between 1,000 and 6,000 to every american who earned less than 65,000 last year. As supervisor safai spoke about, its critical that we call on federal and State Government<\/a> to step up. The level of need and impact is far beyond what we could provide on our own. There would be more than 200 million American Workers<\/a> who would qualify for the tax relief and we have to prioritize the needs of our workers as events are cancelled, work hours cut and theyre laid off. The goal of the earned income tax credit, within three weeks, 200 million americans would receive tax relief checks followed by Monthly Payments<\/a> through the end of 2020. In our city, many that employ working class people will have a significant climb in their consumer base. We have a Hotel Occupancy<\/a> rate that has plummeted from 80 to 20 over the course of just one week. The proposal would serve independent contractors and hourly gig workers by providing a refundable tax credit, equal to 100 of family leave wages by employer. I know many of us are concerned about the fact that there are many independent contractors, gig workers, rideshare drivers, who are not going to be able to access the same level of unemployment, dont have access to paid sick leave and other things that can protect them during this time. So across the board earned income tax credit that would come in the form of a check immediately to families would alleviate the devastating impacts that people are feeling right now. This is one of the things i think the federal government can do to assist us during this time. I want to speak in support of two of the measures that were introduced by me colleagues, supervisors preston and ronen. I know many of us have heard extensively from Small Business<\/a>es in our districts, folks who are having to shut their doors because of the prohibition on certain types of businesses being open. Dramatic loss of revenue, fear they have to lay folks off and cant pay their rent so im really excited to be cosponsoring the two ordinances, one that would offer this Small Business<\/a> loan program for businesses. Many folks need urgent injection of cash. This would provide that. And also giving them the same assurance weve given residents, which is not have the fear of eviction over their head. These are two important things. Ive also reached out to sfmta and am going to engage with their board about some of the questions around enforcement and fee enforcement locally. And well be putting something forward around that to make sure that during this time were not putting excessive and unnecessary burdens on our residents because of either tickets or fees that can add up and create unnecessary burdens making it difficult for them to abide by the Health Measures<\/a> as well. The rest i submit. Clerk supervisor ronen . Mr. President. That concludes the introduction of new business. President yee i see there is probably going to be Public Comment<\/a> short, so i wont divide it up, because there are items we need to hear since its about already past 3 00. Ill take Public Comment<\/a> on general Public Comment<\/a>. Go ahead, sir. 36,000 people died last year of the flu. 50 have died of the chinese wuhan virus. Why isnt somebody saying this . And fewer are believing the democrats, honestly. This is nothing more than a new russian collusion hoax by the democrats. That is exactly what it is. And nobody here is saying anything because you hate trump, you hate america, and thats your goal, okay . Thats your goal. 36,000 died of the flu last year. Weve had 50 so far. Thats how many get hit by lightning. Thats how many are eaten by sharks totally every year. Having said that, i am asking people to read luke 21 for an hour, nothing but luke 21 for an hour, do mark 13 for an hour, and then matthew 24 for an ohou. Thinks the longest discourse that christ gave. It answers two questions. Question number one, when is the temple going to be destroyed . And number two, when are you going to return . Jesus said this, there will be signs in the sun, moon and stars and upon the earth there will be distress of nations with the sea and the waves roaring, men fails them for fear of looking after those things which are coming upon the earth. Two years ago we had a total solar eclipse, think about that, coast to coast. The last time that happened is 1776. Its true 99 years before the one we just had, we had a coast to coast, but that was not only in the water. This was only in the water. This is a sign. And its still not too late [bell ringing] president yee any other speaker . President yee madame clerk, any callers on the line . I believe there is one, mr. President. President yee lets make it happen. Im on the phone ready to make Public Comment<\/a> at the board of supervisors. Please proceed. Just one moment, ill start my timer here for my two minutes. And here we go for two minutes. Hello, my name is michael. Im a public advocate for the city. First of all, thank you for taking remote Public Comment<\/a>. I ask that you in the future have Public Comment<\/a> at a fixed time for every meeting at the start of the meeting, take 15 minutes of Public Comment<\/a> so the public knows when to call in to make Public Comment<\/a>. That is how berkley and Oakland City Councils<\/a> deal with general Public Comment<\/a>. My next item is every supervisor i am asking you to hold regular virtual town Hall Meetings<\/a> about the coronavirus epidemic. Please start using zoom for regular virtual town halls. My next item is, im calling on every member of the board of sups on the d triple c to immediately resign. Supervisors, you have one job, protect the city from the coronavirus. Supervisors cannot moonlight with a second job. You need to pass a law that prevents supervisors from doing any other job but being a member of the board. Finally, im asking every District Business<\/a> organization [bell ringing] to set up Senior Citizen<\/a> shopping hours. Im a Senior Citizen<\/a> with aids. I need to know there is a special time in the morning for me and my husband to safely go shopping at stores in the castro. Again, please set up seniors shopping hours in your districts so we can take care of our supplies. Thank you very much. [bell ringing] president yee any other Public Comment<\/a> . Seeing none, the Public Comment<\/a> is now closed. Madame clerk, at this time its past 3 00, i would like to call item 27 out of order. The board convene in closed session to consult with various Department Heads<\/a>, police chief, fire chief, chief of staff, the director of the department of Human Resources<\/a> to discuss the potential threats to the security or the Public Access<\/a> to public buildings during the local Health Emergency<\/a> regarding the Novel Coronavirus<\/a> disease, covid19. President yee we have an imperative item which requires the board to adopt two separate findings by eight votes before unanimously adopting the item itself. Lets take the sunshine ordinance finding first. Is there a motion that finds this resolution is imperative as to threaten serious injury to the Public Interest<\/a> and thus meeting the standards of the sunshine ordinance made by supervisor peskin seconded by supervisor walton. Without objection, this finding is accepted. Now, to the brown act finding. Is there a motion that finds that the need to take action came to the attention of the board after the agenda was posted and thus, the motion meets a standard of the brown, motion made by supervisor peskin, seconded by supervisor stefani. Without objection, this is accepted. We already had Public Comment<\/a> on this item or we have general Public Comment<\/a>. Is there any mr. President , just caution, please call for Public Comment<\/a> on the imperative motion . President yee sure. Well take Public Comment<\/a> on this item. Is there any member that wishes to speak on the imperative item. Seeing none, then Public Comment<\/a> is now closed. Now, on the substance of the imperative motion itself, a roll call vote. Madame clerk. Mandelman aye. Mar aye. Peskin aye. Preston aye. Ronen aye. Safai aye. Stefani aye. Walton aye. Yee aye. Fewer aye. Haney aye. There are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Then without objection, this motion is approved. So now we will be moving into closed session, so i ask the public to leave the room and. President yee so the public is still welcome i guess. We have another imperative item i forgot. I dont know i guess im supposed to do something . Madame clerk, call item 25. Clerk item 25 motion directing the clerk of the board of supervisors to schedule a committee of the whole hearing on march 19, 2020 at 11 00 a. M. For members of the board of supervisors to convene and departments to report regarding city preparations in response to the covid19 Health Emergency<\/a>. President yee im totally confused. This is not on there. I understand there are amendments that would like to be introduced by supervisor ronen. Are you ready . Supervisor ronen id like to amend item 25 to replace march 19 with march 17. Second. President yee motion made by supervisor ronen and seconded by supervisor preston. I dont think this is an imperative item. Thats why its so confusing. There has been a motion made and can we take this without objection . Then motion passes. Mr. President , im assuming the time doesnt matter, it says 11 00, should i strike the 11 00 a. M. As well. Supervisor ronen id like to do an additional motion to strike 11 00 a. M. President yee okay. As the seconder, basically the thursday meeting is being supplanted by todays meeting. I maintain my second on the second motion. President yee okay. Any objection . Without objection, the motion carries. Im sorry. This is really confusing, so bear with me, folks. Im supposed to take 3 00 imperative item 27 first, then we come back to the items. Got it. All right. Colleagues, now i have to ask the public to leave if there is any more public members in here. All right. Sheriffs . Are we set . Colleagues, we are now back in open session for the board. May i have a motion that the board finds that it is in the best interest of the public that the board elect not to disclose this clos closed sessions deliberations. A motion, please. Made by supervisor stefani. Can i have a second . Supervisor preston. If theres no objection then the motion shall pass. Madam clerk, lets go to item 26. 25. Clerk 25. Item 25 motion to direct the clerk of the board of supervisors to schedule a committee of the whole hearing today for members of the board of supervisors to convene and for departments to report regarding city preparations in response to the covid19 Health Emergency<\/a>. President yee supervisor ronen my apologies in public that we went long, but we will get something out of this. Go ahead. Thank you so much. Colleagues, i want to thank you and to all of the departments that are still left, which a few of you, but i appreciate that you have been here for so long when you have so much work that youve been doing nonstop. But the reason that i called this committee of the whole was because we have a lo law in california called the brown act. Which is really important to ensure the Government Accountability<\/a> and transparency. But it has made it extremely difficult for all 11 supervisors to talk to one another and to talk at the same time to our department staff. And as a result many of the departments that have been working nonstop are getting 11 phone calls asking the same question and having to report the same thing. That seemed like it made no sense to me whatsoever. That at the same time the public deserves to hear whats going on from the department and the board of supervisors should be working as much as possible in a coordinated fashion. So i asked i introduced this item so that we could have that conversation. Unfortunately, we had a closed session before this that lasted a lot longer than any of us anticipated. And so were not going to have that much time today for this open session. But i know that many myself and many of my colleagues have burning questions for some of our departments that were going to ask today. And then most importantly once all of the departments leave its an opportunity in public for all 11 of us on the board of supervisors to have a conversation about what it is that were working on and how were talking to our districts so we can get ideas from one another and so that were not doubling up on work, that we can join forces and make sure that were maximizing our limited time during this crisis. So for the departments that are still here, i wanted to call you up and to just ask you if youre working on or developing any sort of program or precaution that you have not yet publicly announced so that we know thats in the works and can be collaborating with you. Because we know that there is many holes in what we need to do as a city to make sure that from helping every single the department of emergency management. If theres anything, thank you so much for sticking around, that you have not yet announced to the public that youre working on, including what you told us about in closed session. If you could announce that so its public information, we would appreciate it. Thank you, supervisor ronen. The director of Human Services<\/a> agency. We did announce to our to the 250,000 or so clients who received services from h. S. A. As well as Community Partners<\/a> that we closed all of our Client Service<\/a> centers to the public as of friday at 5 00 p. M. Our benefits, should there be any issues with the current benefits, should folks need to apply for benefits, meaning cash assistance, cal fresh, formerly called food stamps or medical were Available Online<\/a> and via the phone. Our Service Centers<\/a> are still operating with essential staff who are doing their work from home. But, still available. And we do have staff onsiteoll. Replacement of your medical card or e. B. T. Card to Access Health<\/a> care and food, and emergency housing vouchers and emergency food boxes and any other issue that may come up that cant be dealt with over the phone. As well as for clients who dont do Internet Access<\/a> and they can do anythingal those Service Centers<\/a>. So we havent announced all of that. And we have suspended all of our welfare to work activities, sort of doesnt make a whole lot of sense to be helping people to look for jobs right now. So we closed that service to the public. I could go into our care in shelter plans now citywide if youd like, supervisor. That sort of concludes the Human Services<\/a> specific information. Sure, if you could explain to the public what you explained to us in closed session. Yeah, id be happy to. So the Human Services<\/a> agency per the citys Emergency Operations<\/a> plan is charged with providing care and shelter for the residents of San Francisco<\/a> in the case of a natural a case of a disaster, any sort of disaster. In this case we activated our departments Operation Center<\/a> a week ago monday because it was very clear at that point that this virus was moving much quicker and much broader than we had anticipated. Our housing response is for the following populations primarily populations who need to be quarantined because theyve been exposed to the virus or they need to be isolated because they have tested positive for the virus. And they do not have a means, given their current housing situation, to quarantine on their own, to selfquarantine. So who is that population . That is the 19,000 or so individuals who live in single occupancy hotels with shared bathrooms on each floor and shared often shared kitchen or eating facilities. These are both privately owned s. R. O. S as well as publicly leased or operated by nonprofits. So thats 19,000 or so people. And the other population that cant selfquarantine is, of course, our Homeless Population<\/a>. And the numbers, you know, always elusive and were operating around 10,000 for that. And this includes both Homeless Individuals<\/a> who may be on the streets as well as our Homeless Individuals<\/a> and families in the shelters and Navigation Centers<\/a> and the like. Now very, very difficult, of course, to predict onset rates. Not only in terms of pace, but in terms of numbers. In consultation with the department of Public Health<\/a>, epidemiologists and the director, and the target that we laid out last week was 3,500 units. The units were looking for would be units that are going to selfquarantine, they have their own bathroom and we have the ability to bring them food and the ability to provide services onsite should we need that. The 3500 is broken down as follows, about 2,500 for individuals who need to selfquarantine and about 1,000 for individuals who need to be isolated. The difference between, again, quarantine and isolation quarantine is someone who has been exposed but not tested positive. Or someone awaiting a test. And isolated is someone who has been confirmed. And the reason that we operate separate those two because the room characteristics and the needs are different depending on that population. So, so far the population that we need to address immediately, meaning they are in the hospital now and need to get an alternative place to be are Homeless Individuals<\/a> who are awaiting test results. Its only a handful. And at this point the hospitals are either at green or yellow and theyre not taking up bed space that we need for others. However, that number will grow. And so we have secured 86 units, i believe yes, 86 units, that we have right now to begin moving those folks from the hospitals into those units. No one has moved yet and that needs to be in consultation with the health side of the house. In addition we have identified an additional 508 units at six Different Hotels<\/a> throughout the city and were currently in purchase rent lease negotiations with them as well as setting up staffing plans, feeding plans, etc. And that would bring the total number of units i keep saying units, its generally hotel rooms to 594. We hope to have it secured for our use by the end of this week. Were confident that that number is sufficient for the Public Health<\/a> needs. We, however, are not stopping there and were continuing to deploy our staff and others to assess hotels that have now come forward to us. Just in last hour sitting in the closed session, five hotels totaling over a thousand rooms were brought to my attention and my staff will be following up on the next day or two. And, unfortunately, for our Hotel Industry<\/a> and most particularly our workers prenomnantly who are facing layoffs and the loss of money to the hotels, they seem very eager to partner with us on this. So were i am confident that we will have enough rooms for the Health Population<\/a> or the population that needs it through the department of Public Health<\/a>s intervention. If i could talk a little broader, so we prioritize as i said individuals who need to be quarantined and isolated per Public Health<\/a> orders. The second population, we are setting up alternative shelter for our individuals and families who are currently residing in our Emergency Shelter<\/a> system who are in facilities that dont allow, dont have enough space, to provide the social isolation they need. Meaning six feet of separation. We are deploying my Department Operation<\/a> staff to assess asitey shortly, so this comes in the form of churches and the Interfaith Councils<\/a> are very generous and coming forward with plenty of sites for us. Because the schools are closed ill now look at potential cafeterias or gymnasiums and several other sort of larger facilities to assess and then the most difficult part with those congregated areas are the staffing. And the nature of some of the needs of the population and their acuity sometimes requires a higher level staff than simply hotel staff or a volunteer or a Disaster Service<\/a> worker. So thats the next sort of phase that were looking at. And then the final phase would be the general Homeless Population<\/a>, individuals who are on the street. I know that director kazinski and the team has been doing work around education on isolation even on the street and the separation among tents and educating and providing them with resources that they need. But the governors orders recommended this and i think that its good Public Health<\/a> practice that we look at expanding our shelter capacity for individuals who are currently on the street who havent shown any signs of being exposed or havent, you know, been tested and the like. And so thats sort of our third phase. We can really do that in conjunction with phase two which is assessing for what im calling shelter thinning and sort of decreasing the populations in our shelters, obviously, for our Homeless Population<\/a>. So the heavy lift for that again is staffing and the high level of professional staff needed, especially given the needs on the Public Health<\/a> side for trained clinicians. So two quick questions before supervisor haney who is also on the roster. Do you what about People Living<\/a> on the streets that are experiencing homelessness that are over 65 or immunocompromised . Excellent question, supervisor. You know, again, were sort because this is our third phase we havent sort of ironed out all of the questions. Certainly wed want to prioritize that population and working with, again, director kazinskis team and the outreach teams to identify those people. Another population, since were sort of breaking down subpopulations, are seniors living in our shelter system. And different alternatives for them, perhaps providing them with Hotel Vouchers<\/a> or some of the hotel rooms that i mentioned for the other populations because of the vulnerable nature of their situation and their age and other health conditions. So we dont currently have any plans to address that population . Street population that is possibly vulnerable . We do not. Well, planning is one thing and we could think about plans in terms of executing that plan, no, we have not begun to execute a plan to get vulnerable 65 plus year old people off the streets and into shelter. And then the 3,500 units or beds or independent units with independent bathrooms, how did you come up with that number if theres 19,000 people so ill tell you. So the we used a range, an onset range with the department of Public Health<\/a>. And its ranged from. 07 of the population to 5. 8 , ballparking it, i could look it up but the decimal is not germane. 5. 8 of 19,000 is about 1,700. But we put sort of a vulnerable population kicker on that 5 , 5 plus percent. And assuming that the rates can spread in homeless shelters or on the street would have a higher incidence of onset. So the 3,500 really represents over 10 , 13 . You know, again, its so difficult to nail down the numbers and this is far from precise and were taking the best direction from the health experts. Its not my area of expertise from the onset in china and italy and the best advice from the c. D. C. As well. And i would just argue for planning purposes, i think that my colleagues will ask questions, but every person sleeping on the streets has a weakened immune system because of the elements that they deal with, the lack of sleep they get because its almost impossible to have a good nights sleep, etc. So i hope that collectively we can develop a plan. Supervisor haney . Thank you, president yee. My questions were along those lines about the general Homeless Population<\/a> in particular, older individuals, obviously, these folks cannot home isolate. They cant shelter in place because they dont have access to it. Why why arent we planning right now to get all of those folks inside immediately . I dont supervisors, i dont want to leave you with the impression that were not planning. Were always planning. Its figuring out how to execute that. And, you know, were taking the best we can from the Public Health<\/a>. And their biggest concern was viruses ripping through s. R. O. S and shelters where we have particularly s. R. O. S where we have a lot of vulnerable people. And as you know among the 19,000 s. R. O. S, and particularly with privately s. R. O. S, a lot of seniors are among those s. R. O. S in very tight communities. That threat per the department of Public Health<\/a> is more imminent than a threat of people being disbursed on the street. So thats where we took that guidance from. Certainly, individuals on the street are vulnerable and theyre vulnerable for a lot of reasons. And were tackling that. You know, we, the city, staffing, only have enough resources to tackle this, much like the medical community. And we need to triage where we see the greatest need and the biggest risk and that assessment is through health and the 19,000 people that i spoke about earlier, the people in shelter already and s. R. O. S. So you said that we had about a thousand at the hotel rooms and 500 plus that have already been secured and should be online. Those are almost entirely it sounds like for people who need to be isolated in some way, and it sounded like you felt like were sort of getting to a stage where were going to have enough of those rooms. Why isnt our goal to actually go out and get enough hotel rooms and spaces that wed be able to house this much Larger Population<\/a> and if there is state resources. So the department of Health Guidance<\/a> is not to take a homeless individual who is on the street and to put him or her in a hotel room with no services. Very difficult for d. P. H. To work with that client. They would prefer that they stay on the street . No, i didnt say that, supervisor, thats not a fair interruption, please. What would they prefer . Can i finish . Sure. They would prefer that people on the street are placed in shelters and congregate areas where they can better monitor them and bring the services onsite to make sure that theyre safe. Were talking about people with addiction problems. We dont want folks by themselves in hotel rooms and we dont want people who we quarantine to need to go out and treat their addiction by leaving quarantine. This is not the portrayal that we dont care about this population its offensive. I didnt say that. Well, it was implied, okay . Im following the department of Public Health<\/a>s guidance and they want more congregate settings, and also for folks on the street. They do not feel that its in good health for them and Public Health<\/a> to isolate individuals like that in hotel rooms with a closed door and no services. So is there a plan to get the folks who are on the street right now into congregate settings . I told you earlier in the response to supervisor ronen that our priority is the 9,000 people in 19,000 people in homeless shelters and s. R. O. S and that is our number one priority. As we build up capacity to deal with them well move to the next phase which is those on the street. Now in the last 3 1 2 hours that i stood in that bench back there, i have been working with the Interfaith Council<\/a> and others to get specific sites and my team will go out and assess probably beginning tomorrow. So the planning is occurring 24 7. So is there a number of beds that were trying to secure to get people to congregate settings and how many have been expanded so far . At this phase its just probably not necessary to target a number at this point. Were running as fast as we can go to get as many congregate settings as we can. Today were going to activate bill graham for tomorrow, and bill graham is not suitable and cant come online for a couple weeks. Have there been any public buildings, you know, either like bill graham or rec and park buildings or other facilities that have made been made available and to expand bill graham is not suitable. Theres too much for various reasons. You know, st. Marys cathedral has always been a good partner and thats a very good facility. And the Interfaith Council<\/a> through the winter interfaith shelter that occurs during the rainy months would offer their churches. Certainly, the gymnasiums and the schools that are closed and the cafeterias. We could have capacity just back of the envelope given all of that for easily a thousand, 2,000. The key though and the difficulty is that this is not this is a population that as you know very well, supervisor, that has some very acute needs. No health needs, addiction and we cant just get volunteers and Service Workers<\/a> from other City Department<\/a>s to staff them. Its not safe for them and not safe for the Homeless Individuals<\/a>. So the key is really less individuals and identifying them and providing the cots and everything else, which we can do pretty much in 12 to 24 hours at any particular site. Its the staffing and because d. P. H. Is so stretched and because our nonprofit partners are so stretched its a difficult thing. President yee if you dont mind and supervisor preston dont mind to hold your questions for a minute, and mary ellen has to leave in a minute. So if you can stick around i have about another 14 minutes before i meet with the policy folks, thanks. Mary ellen, i just wanted to make the announcement that we talked about but i want to say publicly that i cannot thank you enough for everything that youre doing. Youre truly a hero. Well, thank you. Im not a hero. Im a Public Servant<\/a>. This is my job. This is the work that my team has prepared for. It wasnt quite exactly what we thought that we were going to get but its what we got. So i just wanted to share with the board that at muskoni city that is the city emergency Operation Center<\/a> on monday you might want to clean that off before touching the microphone. That in order to both expand our operations and in order to have the appropriate social distancing, so that we could have the safest environment for the over 120 staff from 26 departments that are activated at mumusconi. The question if theres anything that were doing that the public doesnt know about we are working in every area of the city and every area of response that you can possibly imagine. So im very pleased that the board is going to send a liaison and a liaison team that. Is going to be the best way for you to all understand whats happening there. I welcome you there. However, i do want to let folks know that we have very Stringent Health<\/a> screening protocols in place that we put in place today. And so whoever is coming which i havent gotten the final on what that is i need to share with the folks this evening. But im very proud of the work that were doing there. Were here to support the department of Public Health<\/a> and were here to inform the public. We are here to protect the most vulnerable and ultimately our number one goal is to protect the health and the safety of all San Francisco<\/a>ians and everyone who is here in San Francisco<\/a>. Well the me demonstrate what we do a lot. Thank you. One of the things that i will mention quickly and then ill done unless you guys have questions is a critical function in the e. O. C. Is the logistics and resourcing. So we we coordinate all of the city resourcing there and so were very acutely aware of the there are many supplies and things that City Department<\/a> needs that we do not have. This is a state and a global many of these things are shortages globally and were working incredibly hard to try to source these materials that we need. I will just say that on a final note i thought that it would be fuel that would bring us down but apparently its Hand Sanitizer<\/a> that will bring us down to a crashing halt. So thats all. Any questions from you . President yee no, but i have to make a comment supervisor ronen. You know, not only you but your whole team have been marvelous in responding and so its not just your team i know how you feel, supervisor. President yee anybody ask to ask questions of mary ellen. No . Mr. President , i saw supervisor prestons name on the roster. President yee i wasnt too sure. Thats why i asked. Are you asking her a question. That was on for go ahead. If you press your button your name will be removed. President yee you can press it twice. I dont know if hes done. President yee no, no, hes coming back. So press it twice. So supervisor preston, mr. President , thank you for your indulgence to miss carol. Pursuant to the board of president s delegation, i will be there tomorrow morning pursuant to the direction of the president and i will appear with one of my staff, that will be my legislative aide, and i will appear with one member of the clerk staff, that would be mr. Wilson ing. I have been informed in the ever changing protocols that our original notion of doing this on a daily basis has changed. So i will be at the e. O. C. For one week continuously during the operational hours, which i now believe that are 9 00 to 5 00, although those may expand. And our team of three will be there. To my colleagues, as we try to optimize and make more efficient the communication with every Single Department<\/a> head, as we try to optimize our communication with our constituents, starting tomorrow morning at 9 00, send me everything. I will triage that as i learn how this works. I have been to sims nems training 17 years ago after there was an earthquake. But if you can send me all of your communications, i will run that up the chain, ill run that down the chain, it will be a twoway source of communication. And if you need to call me, call me and well take it from here going forward. President yee thank you. So i have my composure. Adding to what supervisor peskin said, supervisor peskin, myself and sonny and sophia were able to go on the first day that it set up. I wanted to see how they were setting up so that we could actually give everybody a sense of what we should be doing. And the teams down there are just fabulous. Theyve been working day and night. The second team which is a volunteer team, put out to try to manage who is participating. So the second team will be my office which is after the first week, with the second week, and then supervisor safai already came to me because he heard about it. So if your offices are willing to do this, can you please let me know and i could help. Were trying to juggle which office should be there first or next after three weeks. And im pretty sure by the time that the first week would have been completed, a lot of the kinks would be worked out of the situation. For instance, i think that we should have a dedicated phone down there with a phone number so that we dont have to worry about who we call now, you know, just call that number. Thats one thing. And the other thing is that i want to let you know that the quick thought around this link, when you think about volunteering your office and i dont want to pick on anybody, that if youre relatively new to being a supervisor and your whole team is relatively new, you know, theres something to think about. Theres for more experienced aides, they know how to navigate those departments a lot easier. So theres something for us to consider that we want good experience with this so it doesnt become a burden on the other Staff Members<\/a> of the other departments trying to do emergencies. So thats what im requesting of all of us, okay . And, mr. President , if you will give me, colleagues, 48 hours to kind of figure out the basic protocols and mary ellen will let you in and youre not covid19 p. U. I. I. L. I. Or presenting, please feel free to come in and watch and help us out. President yee yep. Thanks, we look forward to seeing you in the morning and working with all of you. Were all in this together. President yee okay, thank you. And are you still here . Theres a few more questions. Supervisor peskin . Supervisor peskin . Sorry, supervisors, i had to take a call. President yee supervisor haney, were you finished . Im sorry that i cut you off. Not quite. Do you have a sense of how many shelter beds and congregate settings we have expanded so far . Do we have more people now inside over this week . We dont. We havent expanded beds in our congregate facilities yet. But thats being worked on . Absolutely, yeah. You speak about the plans to use public facilities and schools as shelters and have you been in touch of School Board Members<\/a> and they werent aware of it. So the easier facilities are ones that we had a prior engagement with, primarily churches and public buildings, nonsfud buildings but city buildings like bill graham as an example. Were also repurposing one of our Navigation Centers<\/a> by moving the central waterfront, by hopefully moving them from one n. A. V. Center to another which i think gives us 65 spaces. So the combination of churches and that n. A. V. Center and im blanking right now, theres a whole other group of folks im happy to provide specifics. But, again, with the churches and that were probably at 350ish. Again though, staffing is the issue. One thought that we had is to identify within the existing adult shelter system which is close to 2,000 beds, 1,955 or Something Like<\/a> that, identifying individuals who are in that system who would be able to who would be okay should we put them in a hotel room, who dont really need the intensive services, who can manage their own affairs and, of course, there are people who fit that description who live in our shelters. So its just a matter though of being able to identify them. So that would relieve some space, of course, from shelters and provide that social distancing or allow others to come inside. And then, you know, its not unlike our drills for earthquakes or elnino which i, unfortunately had to do many times and expanding our facilities. Supervisor ronen, i appreciated asked earlier about what can you do as the board. And talk to your constituents about if they feel that theyre able to, to step up and volunteer. We dont need 100 of people in a shelter who have special training. We also need volunteers to just help with flow and, you know, light supervision and running errands and things like that. What is the best way for people to sign up for that . Is there a centralized place . Well first go to the d. S. W. S, theres plenty of city workers who have been furloughed who we would call back to help with this. But the Interfaith Council<\/a> has a very large list of folks who are happy to volunteer and they have in the past. So thats where well go at first. But we can raise that at im sure that there is a community branch, at the u. O. C. Can put out a call for them at their Emergency Operations<\/a> center. So that all makes sense. Just last thing they want to say is that if there are spaces that are like commercial spaces or other sort of vacant spaces that may be privately controlled and they want to make those Spaces Available<\/a> or even we might identify those spaces that we might want to use, is that under consideration for that is the third category of offers that i have set in my mind. Yes, weve already had two offers of that. The Salvation Army<\/a> generously reached out and the one on valencia, i believe, and then a private building in the southeast is currently being available. I think that they said 1 150 to 200, so those are starting to flow in and as part of our team of folks who are going out and assessing, that is something that theyll be looking out as well after they have done the easier lower hanging fruit facilities. There was one more question and in terms of staffing were doing expedited staffing to get people in as quickly as possible into the Public Health<\/a> space. Because staffing sounds like its a big barrier for us and in this space as well. Are there ways that youre expediting hiring and doing things and able to get people online much quicker, and offering incentivized pay to be able to bring people on and keep them on . You know, were not at this point, supervisor. Im not sure well, well explore it. I mean, i think that the easiest way is to deploy our Disaster Service<\/a> workers and our City Employees<\/a> who are furloughed. In my department right now of our 2,400 employees, those who cant telecommute who are nonessential i probably have a couple hundred at least. So thats easier to do and that is their responsibility as a city employee. Thank you. Sure. President yee okay, so before i propose a question. indiscernible supervisor preston . Thank you, president yee. And thank you to supervisor haney who asked many of the questions that i was going to ask and i appreciate your answers so ill keep it short. What im trying to understand is on the individual units or predominantly it sounds like hotel rooms, if youre successful in securing the numbers of those that you have referenced and if there are potentially more, is the idea to have that excess capacity available for the phase one folks . Or to move into it sounds like you were considering some of the folks in phase two who may be able to live independently. Yes. Which is the plan . So the plan is to so heres the difficult balancing effort. We know that theres going to be much larger spread of the virus and people are going to be infected. We know that a lot more people are going to be exposed and need to be quarantined. We dont know that curve. Its very difficult to predict. So were going to want to hold back a certain percentage of those rooms that we have secured as vacant to manage that flow or surge. Thats, you know, thats difficult mass and a difficult analysis to do. Once we have the universe of rooms under our control, well be able to look at that better. But, yeah, certainly, people who are not in that sort of first category of 19,000 who could manage in a hotel room and dont need access to services and dont have other needs that we couldnt address in isolation, sure, that would be an appropriate use. And the other piece that i had mentioned in closed session and i havent yet today in the open session is the need for First Responders<\/a>. And, again, supervisor peskin, and thanks for him for raising this and i think that its vital that they can stay healthy and serving the city. And lumped into that is not just First Responders<\/a> and the health care world, its things like transit operators and other people that are vital to the operation of the city. And i know that hotel owners, you know ill say this in the Public Meetings<\/a> that theres going to be hotel owners that would love to do that and would love to market themselves as a First Responder<\/a> hotel does thats not a problem. Its a massive deployment and a massive exercise of thousands and thousands of rooms for these populations. And supervisor haney, ronen and supervisor preston are certainly mindful of your concerns over the general Homeless Population<\/a> and where they fit in that prioritization and well take that back to our leadership there and make plans to address that and get that online quickly. My folks are doing fantastic work. To be able to get 600 rooms in a matter of days is impressive. So we can pull this off. I think we are i think that as it relates to us, whether with Property Owners<\/a> and Apartment Building<\/a> owners that have empty units and the list goes on as well as the hotels, right . What is unclear to me still understanding that the number of units that you need for your top priority folks is not you know, you dont know for sure what you need but i assume that you know for sure the number that you need to set aside and prioritize for that. How do we get there as quickly as possible and get beyond that so that we can start doing the triage of the priority two and three groups to get them into those units . Again, as i said in closed session, we have a meeting and ththe mayor is meeting with dr. Cool colfax and i to see what we have to offer. And we have over a thousand rooms in five hotels that have approached me in the last few hours. So im confident that well get there, supervisor. If i could do this since this is a public meeting. Should you all and your aides and the public hear of folks reaching out, we have a tracker email that goes into our doc. And its hsadocplanning sfgov. Org. And every request is put on a tracker request and followed up on. Again, hsadocplanning sfgov. Org. Thank you. Supervisor fewer . Yes, thank you, supervisor. I just wanted to mention to my colleagues that the resolution that i proposed today is for our offices to actually help to facilitate a smoother transition than rather than we know that there are people who want to volunteer and were at a shortage now of workers, shelter workers, and that there are people so within our communities that as just said that could volunteer some hours. Im asking everyone and supervisors to use the power of your office to actually consolidate and be a Clearing House<\/a> for these volunteers to direct them to certain places. 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