Hello, mine is not turned on. Mr. President , supervisor aaron peskin is rising to make a motion to recess the Board Meeting pending legal counsels answer to our last question. Second . Second. Seconded by supervisor mandelman. Can i ask a question. Could we could i make a friendly amendment to your motion and say that we we leave it to our president to decide whether or not we need a special meeting on monday or or if were unable to vote down the order number three . Yeah, thats what i suggested earlier that if we dont get a clear answer then we could always do that. And we dont need a motion. Excuse me. Can you get to the mike, i cant hear you. Theres a motion on the floor to vote on the first and second supplement and there wasnt any questions about that, except supervisor peskin asked if we read it point of order. Actually there is a motion to go into recess. So i think we need to address that motion first. Oh, okay, i was getting there. Can i make a friendly amendment to the motion before we vote on it . I think if the body wants to vote on a motion to recess they could. If the president wanted you to state your friendly amendment, the first and second would have to agree to it. I see. Do you agree to it . So we could come back in five minutes and whatever. So, colleagues, in the age of love and covid19, not getting basic answers to the most important legal questions about the authority of Department Number one, the legislative branch, are things that we have to have in realtime that we should have actually been advised of days ago. I am happy to step out of these chambers and to ask our deputy City Attorney if she cannot resolve this question, which i would imagine that is set forth in a very basic citation, then we can continue this. If that is not the case, i would accept the friendly amendment. But if we can we dont have to recess, but, mr. President , if the sergeantatarms can go consult with the City Attorney as to whether or not this is going to be answered in the next five minutes or the next five hours, then i would accept or not accept the friendly amendment from my good colleague from district 9. We are in session and i will leave it for now until we get an answer. Were in session and were just not saying anything. So if you would like to turn off your microphone currently that would be good. Mr. President , i would respectfully suggest that we vote on the motion made and seconded to recess until we 10 minutes. I stick with my motion to call the question. Call the question to recess. Supervisor walton . indiscernible . I know that you seconded it already. Okay, roll call. Clerk 10minute recess, mr. President. Yes, or shorter. Clerk supervisor mandelman, and supervisor mar. Mar aye. And supervisor peskin. Peskin aye. Supervisor preston, preston aye. And supervisor ronen, ronen aye. And supervisor safai, safai a, and supervisor walton, walton aye. And supervisor yee, yee aye. And supervisor fewer . Fewer aye. Okay, welcome back from recess. So what we have on the floor right now is i believe that its still valid the motion, seconded to to accept the the findings we voted on that already. Just the item itself. And now the item is just before the board, mr. President. Supervisor peskin. Thank you, mr. President. It is my understanding that as to the motion that is before us on the imperative calendar, concurring with the actions taken by 11 march and 13 march that there were typographical errors and i believe that the copy before us fixed those errors, is that true or not tr true . The president s office indicated that it is true that the typos have been corrected. Okay. So in the dearth of legal advice to this body and the legislative branch, im happy to vote on the affirmative on the motion that is before us on the imperative calendar and, mr. President , i hereby respectfully request that an absence of legal advice that we schedule either inperson or virtually a special meeting of the board of supervisors on monday, to deal with the third supplement to the mayors proclamation. So there was a request and i will honor that to schedule that for monday. Thank you, sir. So we have a motion on the floor. So roll call please. Clerk supervisor mandelman. Mandelman aye. Supervisor mar, mar aye. Supervisor peskin. Peskin aye. And supervisor preston. Preston aye. And supervisor ronen. Ronen aye. And supervisor safai, safai aye. And supervisor stefani, aye. And supervisor walton, walton aye. And supervisor yee, yee aye. And supervisor fewer, fewer aye. Supervisor haney, haney absent. There are 10 ayes. So the motion carries. Deputy deputy City Attorney pearson, did you have an answer . Because were wondering what action to take with the third item. So i apologize for the delay. This is not an issue that our office was advised on before. Under state law when the mayor declares an emergency the board must may last for seven days until the board ratifies it or chooses not to. Thats with respect to the declaration of emergency. Under the charter, the board is also expected to ratify any orders that are taken or made pursuant to that declaration. The charter does not include a specific deadline or timeframe for that action the way that state law imposes on the act of ratifying the declaration of emergency. So whats being brought to you now are is a request to ratify the orders under the charter and the board must ratify them but as i said that theres no specific deadline. So they must be brought to you as quickly as possible. When they are brought to you may choose to ratify them or not. If you dont if you dont take action and dont meet for the next 10 days theyll remain in effect until you do. You will have not lost your opportunity to take action. And to vote to not ratify them if thats your choice. The first statement that you made, that you talked about in which it sounded like we were to take no action that the action would be in effect for seven days, and if after that that we dont take any action that the action would disappear . Thats according to state law . There are two things that this board is asked to ratify. One is the initial declaration of emergency made now, a couple weeks ago. And under state law the board is required to ratify that within seven days. And had the board not taken action within seven days there would not have been an ongoing declaration of emergency, but the board did ratify that. So these supplements should be ratified but theres no time limit . Right. The supplements are not a new declaration of emergency. These supplements are orders of actions taken under the emergency authority. And those are required under the charter to be ratified by this board but as i mentioned they are not subject to the strict sevenday timeframe that is the declaration of morning is emergd be subject to. If you dont act as i said for 10 days, they will remain in effect until you do. And our action could be to ratify or not to ratify . Or to alter. Or to alter. Supervisor peskin, did you still have a question . Thank you, mr. President. Through the president to our legal counsel, can you please advise this body as to the original declaration which explicitly stated that this board could not that any of us would or want to cancel that declaration of emergency. How would that technically work . I would assume that you would do that by motion. So, in other words, relative to timeframes on a given tuesday, a member could introduce a motion to cancel and on the subsequent tuesdays calendar the board could vote by a majority to cancel . Under the charter normal notice posting of agenda requirements under the board of supervisors are not applicable to the boards actions pursuant to the ratification of the declaration of emergency and the orders issued thereto. So there may be so there might im not talking about ratifying but talking about canceling. You would do that by motion. Are you asking how long what type of notice that you would need to give of your motion . Yes, maam. I mean, in an emergency situation could we do that in 24 hours, 7 72 hours . An emergency to declare that theres no longer an emergency . Correct, because, listen this is not going to happen what im looking for is advice to this body which is a check and balance to the executive branch of government as to what our authorities and powers are. So what im trying to determine is and i do not believe that the mayor of the city and county of San Francisco would ever abuse her authorities or her powers, but if we believe that to be true, do we need 24 hour notice, 72hour notice, oneweek notice, how does it work . Supervisor peskin, i suggest that she do the research and get it to us by the 24 hours with the answer because right now i get a sense that you need to have some time to look more carefully. I will totally defer to you, mr. President , relative to supplemental orders that do not appear to be covered by state law but appear to be covered by charter law, i would like to reiterate the advice that i think that you gave us. Which is that we can act at any time, failure to act does not in any way affect our future powers, is that true or not true, through the president . That is true. Under the charter the mayor should be bringing these orders to you as quickly as reasonably possible so that you may act. Either to concur, amend or not concur. And if you do not and in the period that you do not act, they will remain in effect and you will not waive your opportunity to act when you do meet to consider them. Okay, and then let me to underscore one word that you said. That is unbelievably important, and i want to make sure because youve said it twice, through the president , the word amend which is that this body can actually amend the chief executives order. Thats correct. Thank you, maam. Supervisor fewer . Yes, deputy City Attorney, so just for clarification, if when the time that we are not voting on that, if her mandate is in effect, is that correct . Im sorry, could you repeat the question . So is it an order for her mandate to actually be in effect, the board must vote on it . Or if we choose not to vote on it, it will remain in effect until the moment that we do vote on it . Its the latter. It will remain in effect until you do. So that means that it is happening in other words, it is happening without our permission, is that correct . Or without our its happening pursuant to the original permission that we delegated unless we revoke an order or amend the order or ratify the order. So, quite frankly, just to vote on it is somewhat of a formality, because it is still in effect even if we vote on it or not, is that correct, mr. Miskin, supervisor, through the supervisor. I mean, is that right . I have no idea. Oh, is that right . Theres two there are two orders that have been issued or three now and two that are the subject of this resolution. They are now in effect. And they will be until this board takes action and you may choose to ratify them, or you may choose to not ratify them. But if you choose to not ratify them it means that theyre still in effect though, is that correct . At the point that you choose to not ratify them, theyd no longer be in effect. Okay. Thank you. So in that case, mr. President , i would like to make a motion to rescind the vote on the imperative calendar as to the motion concurring with the actions taken on 11 march, and 13 march. And the reason for that is because rather we vote today on it to ratify that its still in play . Based on the advice that we have received, if we fail to act, it is in it is deemed to have been in essence a concurrence until we act. Okay, so theres a motion to rescind the vote. Any objection . A second to that . Can i have a second . Supervisor ronen. Any objection . I think that the house has changed. So we need to vote on it. Yes, it has, right. On the motion to rescind, supervisor mandelman . Mandelman aye. Supervisor mar, mar aye. And supervisor peskin, aye. And preston aye. And supervisor reasonnen, aye. Supervisor safaia, aye. And supervisor fewer, fewer aye. And supervisor haney, haney aye. There are 11 ayes. So is there a motion to continue this item to next week . I still had more questions for the City Attorney. Supervisor ronen. Thank you. So given that we can amend these orders, can we also add additional orders . Given the importance of these questions, of this emergency and these answers, i would prefer to have the time overnight to look into all of the questions that you have. There have been very few emergencies declared in the past and im aware of prior emergencies that orders have been made that the board did not agree with and were overturned by the board. But i would much prefer to not give you quick answers in such thats totally fair. I think that is a great plan and i am glad that we just rescinded the vote then that we just took. That sounds great. If you could give us the answer to that question, that would be great. And one other question for you to research is, if we add a new order that the mayor doesnt agree with, does she have the power to veto it . Thats another question that youll look into . Thank you. Supervisor preston. Thank you. And along similar lines, just understanding better the process if we were to amend one of these supplemental what that process would be. And whether the ball then goes back to the mayor or that becomes the final order. And i want to say that i appreciate supervisor peskin teasing this out a bit and i think just to observe that we have a number of things right now that are both the subject of mayoral supplemental orders and parallel legislation moving in this body. And so to the extent that we have the authority in this process to amend more efficiently we can sort of merge those efforts for the board to weigh in. But i think that its critically important that we understand what that process is moving forward. Supervisor peskin. Through the president to deputy City Attorney pearson, i know that you have the hardest job with a new client that happens to be 11 people, and i appreciate your indulgence and, please, do not mistake any of whats going on tonight in the middle of an emergency as a reflection on anything. These are the fundamental questions of this board, of our democracy, and this emergency moment. So, please, do not mistake anything that i am asking or that were asking in any way personal whatsoever and were just living through some tough times. And as elected officials we really have to understand the checks and the balances, so bless your heart. So, madam clerk, just handed a note to me to say that the mayor does not veto motions. So whatever that is. And so right now id like to have a motion to continue this item to the march 24th meeting. So moved. A second . Okay, seconded by walton. And no objectionings. And the motion passes to continue the item to next week. And so deputy City Attorney, so theres been several questions that were asked. And as i agree with you, rather than just at this point, that you can do research and if you could give us a written answer, is 24 hours adequate . Absolutely. Tomorrow at midnight. All right. Madam clerk, anything else. Clerk yes, mr. President. Todays meetinga adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of supervisor peskin for the late mr. Mel sharp. Okay. So with nothing else then, the meeting is adjourned. 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. 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