Deputy City Attorney lisa powell, sophia kitler in mayor breeds office, and my legislative aide, edward wright. Colleagues, im open to my questions that you have, and i urge your support for this emergency ordinance today. Thank you. President yee thank you. Supervisor safai . Supervisor safai thank you, mr. President. I just want to say a true great deal of gratitude for supervisor mars leadership on this issue. We did a similar thing on the city side all in the vein of ensuring that city workers would have access to the appropriate amount of leave during this time of crisis. Supervisor mar, i want to thank you for your leadership on taking this to the private sector and thinking about and including those Health Care Workers and other frond line essential workers that have been left out of the conversation. Were in a big fight right now with the large Property Owners in the city and county of San Francisco as pertaining to janitors, frontline workers, and theres all kinds of attempts to cut janitors out of their attempts to access their private leave. I think people shouldnt be using this opportunity to let go of staff or forcing staff to work under these conditions. These go hand in hand, and i just wanted to say that this is timely and necessary and im happy that this is moving forward in an aggressive m manner, and im happy to be a cosponsor of this legislation, if thats not already been made clear. Thank you. President yee supervisor oh, uhoh. Lets see. Am i still on . Supervisor safai yes, you are. Clerk we can hear you. President yee good. Soso supervisor mar made a motion to include amendments. Is there a second . Supervisor safai second by supervisor safai. President yee okay. Madam clerk, could we call roll on the amendments . Clerk on the amendments to item 29 [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee thank you. So without objection, the amendment passes. Madam clerk, can you please call the roll on the item itself as amended. Clerk on item 29 [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Without objection, this ordinance as amended is finally passed unanimously. Madam clerk, lets go to roll call for introductions. Clerk supervisor ronen, youre first up to introduce new business. Supervisor ronen sorry. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Im not prepared. Could you come back to me . Clerk well refer. No problem. Supervisor safai . Supervisor safai thank you, madam clerk, and thank you mr. President and colleagues. I am introducing a resolution today. For those of you that might know, this month, april, is National Child abuse prevention month. This is a time for us to come together to raise awareness of every child that might be in danger of abuse and neglect in our community and protect those most vulnerable in San Francisco. As we are okay. Sorry. As we are working through and dealing with shelter in place, many of the children that would normally get services and have care and have access to oversight from other adults in their home setting, that has been taken away from them. There is a lot of high stress right now. Supervisor stefani referred to that in terms of domestic violence, but people are losing their jobs, theyre losing their wages, and all of this is putting tremendous social and mental challenging social and mental environments, and resources that we have to cope with this need to be increased, especially for Young Children that are trapped in environments that are their abusers. So in the last three weeks, Child Protective Services have had a decrease in their calls by 300 . With after school and other safe spaces closed, children dont have a refuge to them available right now. Im introducing an ordinance encouraging San Francisco to take strong action and adopt policies to protect children during our covid19. Yesterday, Governor Newsom announced a 42 Million Investment to protect our most Vulnerable Children that are experiencing abuse, and so im calling on all of our leaders of this industry, as we have with so many other areas, whether its undocumented families, whether its the unemployed, whether its seniors, whether its the homeless, to raise the need of Young Children that are in abusive environments, and we need to do more. So im grateful for the organizations and agencies like safe and sound who work proactively to create situations of support, but we need to do more in this time in how we help children. I dont want to emerge from this crisis and discover that neglect and abuse rose exponentially, and many children were left, and there was irreparable damage and loss of life. So were calling for more support and 24hour hotlines. Were providing Online Support in different languages for caregivers, allocating service during shelter in place and provide respite care for caregivers experiencing severe stress and continued funding for Family Resource centers. I want to thank joan miller from the Human Resources agency, sonia melara from family visitation services, and Jennie Miller from safe and sound for your voices and your suggestions on how to best support our children. I also want to thank monica chinchilla on my staff, and happy to see Governor Newsom making the announcement yesterday before mine today. I know many of you have children, either younger or fully grown, and i know this will touch home. I look forward to working with other members of the community and our city leadership to put this vision into reality as quickly as possible for our children. The next thing i wanted to highlight is, again, we have many frontline essential workers in the private sector that dont necessarily have the same level of oversight and support and encouragement that we have. Were working very hard with our janitorial sector and Grocery Store workers and Health Care Workers. And i want to thank the companies that are continuing to pay their staff, that are continued to keep their staff on kind of measured furloughs, to remember the people on the frontlines that are essential to keeping our buildings, our society, and our businesses open, and to protect them, to encourage them, and continue to pay them. It was announced over the weekend that the Walt Disney Corporation found a way to pay for an entire year of health care for 43,000 workers in disney. So as one of the wealthiest cities in the united states, with some of the wealthiest companies and corporations, it really is disheartening to hear stories of Companies Finding ways to layoff and cut and undermine the efforts of workers. So i just wanted to highlight that today, madam clerk, and the rest i submit. Clerk thank you so much, supervisor safai. Supervisor stefani . Supervisor stefani thank you, madam clerk. I would just simply like to cosponsor supervisor safais resolution to prevent child abuse and to take whatever action is necessary to do so, and the rest i submit. Thank you. Clerk okay. Thank you, supervisor. Supervisor walton . Supervisor walton thank you, madam clerk. Today, i have one in memoriam for today and thats miss bessie henry who passed on march 27, 2020, when she succumbed to covid19. Tessie loved her family. Her career was a Postal Service window clerk, and she last worked at the san bruno station, where she made many friends. She loved bowling, cooking, and especially making hoghead cheese and other southern delights for her family. She also loved attending services at Cornerstone MissionBaptist Church and listening to the sermons by her pastor, kenneth reese. She was a small woman in stature but was a feisty and strong as they come. She never turned down a good battle or a good fight for what was right. Tessie will be missed by her family, which includes her daughte daughter daughters, sons, grandchildren, and one brother and a host of great grandchildren, friends, and family. Her memory and community will never be forgotten. We wish you a restful rest to miss tessie henry of bayviewhunters point. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor walton. Mr. President . President yee thank you, madam clerk. Today, im introducing a resolution urging congress and the executive branch to act swiftly in enacting the supplemental stimulus package. Speaker pelosi and the House Democrats have been pushing for a more robust interim package of no less than 250 billion and more in aid to Small Businesses, specifically targeting and supporting smaller businesses, particularly those in rural areas that are owned by women or people of color who have struggled to receive loans through the payment protective program that was previously rolled out. And now, Speaker Pelosi has excluded asking the republicans to expand p. P. B. For education and Higher Learning institutions. Many smaller rgs organizations are norganizations smaller organizations are not able to qualify, so theyre asking for more support. We know that such agencies are struggling while the federal Business Administration rolled out their 349 billion program last friday to provide emergency loans to american Small Businesses devastated by the coronavirus. It has been chaotic and many have not received approvals. We are hearing many Small Business owners rejected by lenders refusing to participate in the program. As a city, i commend us for stepping up to provide local grants and loans, but we need more federal support so that those impacted are able to receive the relief they need through this crisis. Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, and so much of our workforce depend on these often family owned businesses for their livelihoods. We are echoing the calls for support. I am hearing from volunteers in the industry asking for help in filling out applications in chinese or spanish because theres no applications available. I want to commend our office of workforce and development, assessor recorder chu, and those trying to advocate for stronger protections and investments. Yesterday, the Small BusinessCommission Also voted on a set of comprehensive recommendations which we would like to concur with, particularly in providing more targeted equitable distribution in support for businesses and organizations historically and systematically challenged with accessing capital. I also want to , supervisor safai, be a cosponsor around your legislation on the child abuse issue, and the rest i submit. Clerk thank you, mr. President. Okay. Supervisor fewer . Supervisor fewer yes. Today, im introducing legislation that will require the city to close county jail number four within six months and a deadline for reduction of the jail population in order to safely close the jail while preventing transfers out of county like santa reeta jail. County jail four number is a dilapidated inhumane facility jail. Its plumbing, sewage, kitchen, and laundry facilities are all in disrepair. If the department of public works, department of real estate, and independent seismic engineers have determined that the hall of Justice Building needs to be decommissioned due to health and safety concerns, including health and safety concerns at the jail. This will set us on a path to closing county jail number four ahead of hall of justice, developing a plan to reduce the population, and close the jail is absolutely the responsible thing to do for both incarcerated people and the deputy sheriffs and jail Health Employees that work there. Thank you to everyone who has worked closely with my office on giving feedback to this legislation, including the close the jail coalition, the deputy sheriffs association, District Attorney chesa boudin, and others, and thank you to cosponsors peskin, mar, haney, ronen, and preston. We cannot delay closure of county jail number four. I also would like to be added as a sponsor to supervisor ahsha safais child abuse legislation, and the rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor fewer. Supervisor haney . Supervisor haney thank you, madam clerk. I know we all recognize the incredible hard work that our staff continues to do during this pandemic, and i send a big thanks to all of those who provide services, and those who have been at the forefront of this health crisis. In particular, the nonprofit staff and the homelessness response system serve vulnerable families and individuals on the street and countless other individuals. Their work is vital to the safety of our homeless neighbors, housed neighbors, and our community. Even in the midst of this crisis, they have been asked to continue their work tasks, sometimes with little to no protective equipment, a lack of guarantees free testing or basic testing protocols in their workplace. Many are reporting to work sites, knowing that they will not be able to keep social distance due to the nature of their work, putting their own lives at risk. On top of that, some of these workers earn competitive wages. Not all of these workers earn competitive wages, and the vast majority earn between 16. 50 and 20 an hour, well below the median wage. As we already know, there are 20 cases of shelter staff testing positive for covid19, and more than 80 cases of homeless guests of shelters and navigation centers. We know how quickly the virus can spread in congregate settings, and its a threat of safety to staff and to all of us. We have not tested every Single Person who works at or sleeps in a shelter or s. R. O. Where we know that there have been positive cases, and for the staff that work in these sites, they have been no reported positives who work in sites where they have no reported positives yet, there have been no testing. Today, im introducing a resolution calling for free testing for all onsite staff in our homelessness response system and testing for all the clients the city is serving. Its absolutely critical, and the resolution also calls for intensive pay for frontline staff that provide Homeless Services but that are not covered by a city contract. We want i want to thank the union representatives, seiu 1021, and the nonprofit workers and staff who have collaborated with us during this resolution. I look forward to having a conversation at the Budget Committee on how we can fairly compensate our workers. I also want to thank budget chair fewer and her staff and having this go to the Budget Committee for a full hearing to discuss some of the budget invocations. Im also introducing an emergency ordinance relating to bathroom access and hand washing station access. We are in the middle of a pandemic, and of course a huge part of how we prevent the spread of the virus is by having everybody stay home when they can. But social distancing is only a part of the overall response. Experts agree that hand washing and social distancing are critical in battling the virus, but for the homeless, ride share workers, taxi drivers who do not have access to bathrooms, this can be very challenging. The centers for Disease Control and prevention have found that covid19 is found in the feces of infected individuals, making access to bathrooms and hand washing facilities on our streets even more critical. Over the past few weeks, ive been in communication with the director of public works, stressing the needs for more bathrooms, including 24hour. Theyve greed to provide ten new bathrooms, and while i appreciate the effort, this is far short of the level needed. With approximately 3,000 People Living on our streets, this is bathroom to approximately 325 people. Both the american rod cres and fema have cited the more robust for one bathroom for 20 people during the Public Health crisis. Im introducing an emergency ordinance requiring the department of public works and the department of Public Health to significantly increase bathroom and hand washing stations to meet the International Crisis guidelines of one bathroom per 50 unhoused residents. These are some of our most vulnerable, and we have to make sure that we are providing these facilities, and currently whats out there right now is grossly inadequate. I want to thank honey mahogany in my office, and my cosponsors. I believe i currently have supervisors peskin, walton, and mar and the rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor haney. Supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman thank you, colleagues. Today, i am asking that we adjourn in memory of phyllis hasskins, who died on april 9. Phyllis was born in tulsa, oklahoma in 1924 and soon moved to northern california, graduated from u. C. Berkeley in 1946. She then embarked on a career in journalist, which led her to seattle, where she met del, and after, they moved to San Francisco. In 1955, she and del, along with other gay and lesbian couples, they began publishing the first lesbian publication the ladder, and remained in publication for 16 years, until 1972. That first year, they published lesbian woman. The couple made history as the first open lesbians to join the National Organization of women. They were also engaged in local politics and were active members of the citys first gay and lesbian political club. They stayed active as they aged, joining old lesbians advocating for change. The clinic that bears their name is currently in financial distress and facing the possibility of imminent closure, which we ca