Clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee okay. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart. Would you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv who record each of the meetings and the transcripts are available online. Madam clerk, are there any announcements . Clerk yes. During the covid19 pandemic, members of the board of supervisors will participate in the meeting to the extent they are present in their public legislative chamber. The board understands the need for Public Access is more acute during this covid19 pandemic, and the board believes its essential to have the public participate in this meeting. I will just reiterate some of the opportunities that members of the public have. We are able to receive your written correspondence and make it part of our file. 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That is 4084189388, and when prompted, enter the meeting i. D. , which is 1467445071. Press pound twice, and youll be able to listen to the meeting as it is happening. Lets see here. Two last points. We have two interpreters with three interpreters standing by to assist anyone wanting to provide their Public Comment in language. Im going to ask each interpreter to introduce themselves in their language and then let the Community Know that youre here for them. Well just start with faye. [speaking foreign language] interpreter thank you, madam clerk. Clerk mr. Lisenzo, please. [speaking spanish language] interpreter thank you, madam clerk. Clerk thank you. And miss li, please. [speaking chinese language] interpreter thank you. Clerk thank you. Thank you, all. Two last points, mr. President. We did receive a communication from supervisor walton, indicating that he would be late to todays meeting and is requesting that his comments could excuse him until his arrival. And finally, we do have, pursuant to title 2 of the americans with disabilities act which provides persons with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate in the programs and Services Offered through the city, through a prior arrangement, we have an individual who has requested to make his Public Comment by telephone, and we would like to be able to provide the accommodation as requested. President yee okay. Thank you, madam clerk. So why dont we take the first issue first. Can i have a motion to excuse supervisor walton until he gets to the meeting . Pi supervisor peskin so moved. Supervisor preston seconded. President yee so moved by supervisor peskin and seconded by supervisor preston. Can i have a roll call vote, please. Clerk on the motion to excuse supervisor walton [roll call] supervisor walton madam clerk, yi am here. Supervisor peskin i would like to make a motion to rescind my motion. Second. Clerk okay. So the record will reflect that supervisor walton has arrived. Nice to see you. Supervisor walton thank you so much. Sorry for being late today. Clerk okay. President yee before we get started, just a friendly reminder for all the supervisors to mute your microphones when you are not speaking to avoid audio feedback, and madam clerk, i understand, as you mentioned, that there is a request for accommodation for a member of the public who wishes to do Public Comment. Madam clerk, is there a speaker who wishes to make Public Comment . Clerk were checking right now. Is the caller available right now, mr. Kao . Operator madam clerk, he is. Let me unmute the line now. Clerk thank you. Ill set the timer for two minutes when he begins speaking. Hi. My name is zach, and im a disability advocate and Community Organizer and district 9 voters. I want to thank Angela Calvillo for her efforts towards improving accessibility to these meetings. Im here expressing a concern that San Francisco has one of the smallest urban canopy in the country. Theyre cutting down more trees during covid19, even though scientific studies has sloane that air pollution has been limpged to has shown that air pollution has been linked to more covid19 infections, and the board goes alo of apl goes along with all of these tree killings because the Vice President , darryl honda, is friends with chris buck. I urge the board of supervisors to investigate and take action on this egregious conflict of interest. By the way, this happened on july 1. Just last week, darryl honda was bragging with his relationship, his personal relationship with chris buck. I posted this on youtube. The board of appeals is one of our most important departments and cannot function properly or be remotely in line with all of this personal bias. Please suspend all the tree killings in 2019, especially those ordered by mohamed nuru before his arrest by the f. B. I. Id like to point out that the head of this department that ordered many of these tree killings was arrested by the f. B. I. Clerk thank you for your comments. [inaudible]. Clerk thank you for your comments. Mr. Clerk, that concludes the Public Comments at this time. President yee thank you, madam clerk, and thank you for arranging this accommodation. Madam clerk, lets continue with the communications, and id like to invite supervisor peskin, who has been advising the board on the Economic Recovery Task force, to provide us a brief update if you can since we know that the center has been working very hard to address these issues. And supervisor mandelman can add some comments after you. Supervisor preston . Supervisor preston president yee, thank you. I just want to thank everyone who is serving on the Economic Task force. It really is an norms amount of work going into those efforts, and in particular, carmen chu, our assessor, whos cochair and has really taken the lead in keeping myself, both as a member of the task force and a supervisor, up to date on the latest. Also, jose cisneros, our treasurer. Rodney fong, president of the San Francisco chamber of commerce and cochair, and rudy gonzales, director of the San FranciscoLabor Council and cochair, and also to recognize the work of melissa lighthouse who has been playing a key role in facilitating all of these discussions. And lastly, supervisors mandelman and peskin have been engaged, as well on the task force as well as many of you on the various committees and working groups who have been meeting throughout the month. So the last Task Force Meeting was june 11. The policy Committee Meetings have been working regularly and working groups. Thats been ongoing. Ill give sense a folks of whats coming up. As you all know, the plans to expand the reopening that were set for june 29, the additional businesses were put on hold as a result of increase in the number of covid cases in San Francisco and statewide and the the gradual reopening of local businesses has really been put on pause right now and will resume when recommended based on key health indicators. The city is evaluating the other businesses that have been proposed to reopen. Originally were set for july 13 then moved back to june 29 and now on hold. That includes hair salons, barber shops, indoor museums, outdoor pools, gyms, and zoos as part of the phase two city reopening. So just so the public understands, the things that were previously allowed to people and were not part of the expanded opening continue to operate at this time. You know, i think a lot of the activities of the task force has really been in these weekly meetings and working groups. This arts, culture, and Hospitality Group that has meetings coming up on july 13 and july 22, jobs and business support, which will reconvene on july 16, Economic Development is is scheduled to meet tomorrow, july 8, and the committee dealing with vulnerable populations has the next meeting set on july 17. And i mention these specific dates just to encourage folks and ill give the Contact Information for folks who want to reach out for more information or to hear directly from speak directly to these groups to know exactly whats coming up. The committee has tried to engage the task force to include collection from neighborhood groups, merchant associations, and also directly from workers and their representatives. In terms of outreach, the task force has now received close to 1200 emails and survey responses, convened 40 or more at this point, meetings concerning various policy groups and task forces, and so its pretty a really robust effort. And the next full meeting of the task force will be in august, and well provide that date. So in the meantime, i just wanted to encourage everyone, both colleagues and the public who have questions or comments, you can email the generalrecoverysf sf. Org or the onesanfrancisco. Org. Click the icon in the middle of the page, and theres a lot more recent updates from the Economic Recovery Task force. So i dont know, with that, if supervisor mandelman, has things to add, but thats my update. Thank you. President yee okay. Thank you. Supervisor mandelman, would you like to update . Supervisor mandelman no, sounds good. President yee okay. Thank you, both of you, for continuing to represent the board of supervisors on the Economic Task force. I know that many of the individual supervisors, my colleagues, are participating on a variety of things to get us back into the recovery mode, and i appreciate every one of you, so, madam clerk, lets go to our approval of our Meeting Minutes. Clerk approval of the june 22, 2020, Meeting Minutes, and the july 3 special Meeting Minutes which constituted a quorum of the board of supervisors. President yee okay. At this time, were considering the june 22, 2020 meeting and the july 3 special meeting which constituted a quorum of the board of supervisors. Any comments . Supervisor peskin . Supervisor peskin no, it was my motion to excuse supervisor walton to 2 09. President yee okay. Can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented . Supervisor peskin so moved. President yee okay. Moved by supervisor peskin, seconded by supervisor safai supervisor safai . President yee okay. The motion has been made and seconded. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll. Clerk on the minutes as presented [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Without objection, the minutes will be approved after Public Comment as presented. So, members, lets go to our Consent Agenda. Lets call items 1 through 3. Clerk items 1 through 3 are on consent. These items are considered routine. If a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. President yee okay. Colleagues, would anyone like to separate any of these items from the Consent Agenda . Okay. Seeing no names on the roster, madam clerk, please call the roll on items 1 through 3. Clerk on items 1 through 3 [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. The items are passed unanimously. Madam clerk, lets go to item 4, i guess. Clerk yes. Item 4 is an emergency ordinance to establish cleaning and disease prevention standards in Tourist Hotels and Large Commercial Office buildings to help contain covid19. This emergency ordinance requires a majority vote, two thirds of the board of supervisors or eight votes for final passage with one appearance pursuant to charter 2. 107. President yee supervisor peskin . Supervisor peskin thank you, president yee, and thank you to the cosponsors of this legislation, supervisors walton, preston, and mandelman. We are here in a town that relies or used to rely, in large part, on the tourist industry. This is part of a revitalization and recovery package to send a message to our country and the world that San Francisco is at the forefront of having the safest, cleanest, covid19free hotel rooms in the United States of america. Weve seen some hotel brands, and theres been some newspaper reporting, that some Major Hotel Brands that have not even been changing the sheets in between visitors outside of the city of San Francisco. So this is going to establish San Francisco as the city to come back to and help stimulate our tourist economy. I do have a very minor amendment on page 7, where in i would like to, at the urging of the department of Public Health, delete the double score section from lines 19 to 23 that says use of shares beverage and shared beverage and food equipment, notwithstanding the foregoing refrigerators may be used for the purpose of storing milk. All of that from lines 19 to 23 on page 7, i would like to make a motion to delete. I also want to say that later today, ill be introducing a piece of permanent legislation that will make this ordinance of San Francisco permanently in our codes, and i hope that my colleagues on the board of supervisors will sponsor that, as well. So mr. President , i move to strike the afore mentioned lined on page 7, from lines 19 through 23. President yee okay. Can i have a second . Supervisor safai second. Supervisor safai. President yee okay. So supervisor safai . Supervisor safai thank you, mr. President. Just i know we talked about this extensively in committee, but just to shed light for the other board members, this legislation is an attempt to put at the forefront, as my lead cosponsor said, the workers, and thinking about the protection of the workforce. And i think when we elevate our hotel cleaners, our janitors, and those that are in these spaces and ensure their safety, that then permeates throughout the entire industry. It ensures that the guests, it ensures that the tourists, it ensures that the Office Workers are in the space and theyre conducting their vacation or business in a space thats safe and clean, and that the workers and what were hearing more from the World Health Organization that a lot of this is an airborne disease, that if people are wearing the appropriate coverings of their face and their hands, that we can ensure that environments are safe and clean. So one of the things that was fundamental to this legislation was ensuring, at least in the hotel industry, that a practice that is currently a practice that allows tourists or guests to say if they so choose they should not have their sheets clean, but to mandate, to mandate that hotel rooms would not be cleaned is a complete overreach on the part of, as supervisor peskin said, you know, not having sheets or other things cleaned, is an overreach on behalf of the industry. So what were doing is mobilizing janitors and housekeepers and staff in this industry to enable people to feel safe in this environment because when people feel safe in this environment, theyre going to come back. [inaudible] supervisor safai so this is this will just to ensure for those that were part of those conversations, this was to allow others, whether theyre lactating mothers, to have somewhere to go in these hotels. President yee okay. Supervisor haney . Supervisor haney thank you. I just wanted to clarify one thing and just have this on the record, and i think my office has been in touch with your staff about this, and i think we just wanted to clarify this for the record. We had some questions about how this would apply to buildings that i know you have in your district, as well, that are mixed residential and tourist buildings [inaudible] supervisor haney for those and just how this ordinance, applies to those mixed residential and tourist. So, mr. President , if its possible for supervisor peskin to answer that just so we have that on the record. President yee okay. Supervisor peskin . Supervisor peskin thank you, mr. President , through to supervisor haney. I think supervisor haney just asked and answered the question, which is that very early on in the pandemic, both through an order that came from the mayor of the city and county of San Francisco subsequent website of action, the cleaning standards for s. R. O. S was actually the model for the legislation that is before us today that relates to both Office Buildings and 100 commercial hotels, so that was actually based on the s. R. O. Model. So that legislation is in place, it is unchanged. This is an expansion of that legislation into the private commercial sector beyond residential hotels, so yeah, you asked the question, you answered the question correctly. President yee okay. Supervisor fewer. Supervisor fewer