Question. You can assume that once the building is developed, is becomes the responsibility of h. S. H. In that way. Supervisor haney h. S. H. Is tracking and managing vacancies and placements for these mocd portfolio buildings as well . Last thing just for h. S. H. , just so im clear on next steps. We talked about determining common language to use around vacancies. One system, the advisory group. Are there other key next steps that you sort of at a high level, to address this in the next three to six months . What sort of the immediate next steps that you would say . I think you got most of them supervisor haney. In the immediate shortterm, we have a plan related to the hotel and those who already been assessed to do what we know doesnt fix the problem but can drive down vacancy rapidly. We need to fill these units quickly as possible. We have more people we can work with to become housing ready. Other things continuing the new Leadership Teams connection with our Housing Providers to understand things like the language differences are they just language differences, are they more substantive. We want to make sure that we have transparency in our offline vacancy tracker to get that correct with our provider partner so we can all share in the mutual transparency that will ultimately allow. Im curious in the cost impact of offline. Like we have 5 vacancy rate, what is the Financial Impact for the city. I think its relatively small but thats a question that i really you flagging. We need to track down. One system improving the stopgap measure, continuing the progress that i really appreciate them acknowledging on the way which we communicate and collaborate which is recent governance of the one system. Which people from those groups are on that committee that will help us feed the governance of the one system. Then just working as fast as we can through the tools we relaunched. Like the resolution conferences to rapidly fill things now while we continue to look to the systems. Supervisor haney i appreciate that. All of the next steps that you laid out there. Just quick question for the Housing Authority what is the actual versus desire timeline as you see it now involved with the Housing Authority placement process . Generally it takes probably 30 it might take up to six weeks sometimes eight maybe. My goal really in talking with my team, can we get below 30 days. Because it is so critical to families and individuals into their space. As i continue to work in this fiscal year, my goal is to figure out what can we do differently to really assist in the process. How can we through our meetings, we do it quite well with veteran affairs, with h. S. H. And some of our coordinated entry programs. As a matter of fact, to begin to shore up how quick were getting individuals i really like to see it done in three weeks. Im not sure if thats possible. My goal is again, to get it under 30 days. It is a long time 30 days. However, there are requirements by hud in terming terms of how individuals are noticed for being considered for vacant unit. If you recall in my presentation, i said that anyone may apply when we have an open wait list. I said it that way, because there are no specific parameters set for actually applying. That eligibility screening does not kick in until someone is ready, potentially eligible to go into a vacant unit. Because of that, it can also drag out the timeline. There are places where we are in the process, we can do better. I will come back to you with a better answer. Supervisor haney i appreciate that. I appreciate the goals to do it as quickly as possible and support you in that. Obviously these placements are critical and the longer we get backed up, the more people who are without safe and secure housing, which is what we want everyone to have access to. [please stand by] 146415, 4487. And press the pound twice and star, 3, to enter the queue to speak. Please connect us to our first speaker. indiscernible . Clerk caller, are you there . Caller yes, this is sarah short, with Community Housing partnership. And were a Supportive Housing provider. Mostly in the tenderloin. We house formerly Homeless People. So were trying to get people off of the streets and into our housing. Unfortunately, we have had close to 80 vacant units for approximately a sixmonth period. And so weve experienced all that our folks from the Supportive Housing network spoke of in their presentation where we are trying to do our best to house people during this housing crisis during this pandemic and, obviously, people with that. And were unable to fill these units. So we support the proposals by the Supportive Housing network providers. We think that there needs to be far more transparency from them and that the Housing Authority in terms of tracking, in terms of sharing with us information about the process, we think that there needs to be ongoing coordination and communication with the Housing Providers such as us so that we can troubleshoot, so that we can have these conversations in realtime about why these moveins are not happening. We i think have a lot of valuable information about that and what, you know, is going wrong with the process. And we need individual assistance for the applicants themselves so that they can navigate, you know, through this bureaucratic system and hopefully make things smoother that way. Just to remind people of the context we have swelling numbers of Homeless People on the streets living in tents during a pandemic. And it is just absolutely egregious that we have a situation where there are so many vacant units and Supportive Housing the very type of housing that is meant to serve that population. And we, you know, talk to other Housing Providers and we are having conversations with the Supportive Housing networks. Clerk thank you for your comments, sarah short. Can we be connected to the next caller, please. Caller so, supervisors, let me state very clearly that you keep on having the same type of discussion. You had them before the pandemic and youre having it now. You need a centralized system where all of the information goes in one place. The quickest way to help everybody is to have case managers with wrap around services. That you have heard the lady say before. The people who live in the tents, they dont want to hear about some grand talk. Somebody has to fill out the application, somebody has to get them ready, and somebody has to put them where they belong. So we have aaron peskin, and the thousands of s. R. O. S, s. R. O. S should not exist. People living in s. R. O. S in San Francisco live like animals. Now, about this this vacant housing and all of these units and hotels. And the ones that are paid by fema fema is not going to pay the city if you dont abide by their rules. Fema has a checklist, why dont we have a checklist . Why do we give someone six months, one year on the waiting list . Fema is not going to pay this city. Theyre going to be in debt problems soon. When we think that well hoodwink fema but you wont hoodwink fema. And some of the supervisors who are not doing their duty. Thank you very much. Clerk thank you for your comments, mr. Decosta. The next caller, please. Caller hello i am the director of the chronic homelessness indiscernible my comment would be that sometimes indiscernible and providers work hard to address the problem and there are significant problems. So i have often been a harsh critic of the citys homelessness policies and even the department. I think that weve made significant progress on this issue but i think that its also important to do a couple things as we do the ongoing analysis. Firstfu of all, the vacancy rat. I would continue to measure those things differently. indiscernible particularly on the amount of time that it takes from their pending status to actually move in. And then vacancy, obviously, could be indiscernible . But i think if you separate it out you have about in the data presented today about a 4 vacancy rate. And i would just be careful not to try to take that vacancy rate below 2 or 3 . 2 or 3 , i was in an Affordable Housing development for 25 years before taking this job and you do want some vacancy rates in the system. Because its important for there to be turnover in projects. And its important for there to be thoughtfulness in the projects. So you dont want to you dont want to get to zero on vacancy. So i think that theres been significant progress. I think that theres some ways to go, but actually not very far. And, again, i would encourage us to just a 2 or 3 vacancy rate as the total that you want to see and get to. Heres what i will say thank you. Clerk thank you very much for your comments, chris block. The next caller, please. Mr. Chair, that completes the queue. Thank you, operations. Hearing no fathe further callerc comment is closed. Thank you, supervisor haney, for calling and organizing this really important hearing. Yeah and welcome back, vice chair peskin. You guys have any final remarks . I just i had heard that they wanted to weigh in on one more piece of this. And then we can close the hearing. Okay, a report indiscernible and it would be great to have some ongoing feedback process provided, not all just individual agencies. Because many of us are having the same struggles in trying to work closely with the Housing Authority, whether that is leasing vacant units or having other Financial Issues addressed through the Housing Authority. This is a new process, this is a new entity at the Housing Authority, that would be very helpful. We have established and have already had that conversation and more fully, and it would be great to have that partnership with the Housing Authority on a regular basis. Thank you. Thank you. Supervisor that would be great. And i appreciate all of the folks who have called in and all of the presenters and all of the departments and the Housing Providers. I agree with the last caller who said that we should be setting the goal to 2 or 3 vacancy rate and that we should be streamlining these processes. I know that theres a lot of moving parts to this and there has been some progress. I would say that im happy with some of the progress and im thinking that the vacancy rate remains far too high and that the differences and th the understanding of what is happening are different between the Service Providers and the department. So a lot of what we wanted to do here is to unearth that, which i think that we have done, but i hope that the next time that we have this conversation that well see more progress on the numbers and a greater sense of the collaboration and the shared understanding of how the systems work. And what the numbers that we should be looking at are. So thank you again, chair mar, for having us to have this hearing here. And something that im committed to continuing to work on, it will help us all. As was said, when you have people on the street who are on the sidewalks and the tenderloin and south of market, in my district, or who are waiting now in hotels or waiting, you know, in navigation centers, we want to get those folks into housing as quickly as possible. Because that also opens up another spot for somebody to get off of the streets. And that saves lives normally, but it definitely, absolutely saves lives during this pandemic. So i appreciate the urgency and the commitment to it from everyone involved. Thank you, supervisor haney. So in closing this very informative and important hearing, what is your interest, would you like to file the hearing or continue it . I would like to continue it to the call of the chair. On that motion, mr. Clerk, can you please call roll. Clerk on the motion that this be continued to the call of the chair. [roll call] mr. Chair, there are three ayes. Great, thank you. Mr. Clerk, can you please call item 8 through 30, im sorry for closed session. Clerk agenda items 8 through 30 are settling lawsuits and litigated claims against the city and county. Members of the public who wish to provide comment on these items should call the Public Comment number, it is 41565500001, and enter the i. D. Of 146, 415, 7487, and press the pound symbol twice to connect to the meeting. And then press the star key followed by the number 3 to enter the queue to speak. The prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand and wait until the system indicates that you are unmuted and you may begin your comments. Mr. Chair . Thank you, mr. Clerk. Why dont we open it up to Public Comment before closed session. Are there any callers on the line . Clerk can you let through any callers on the line for the litigation agenda . Mr. Chair, there are no callers in the queue. Thank you. Hearing no callers, Public Comment is closed. And so why dont we move to closed session on items 8 to 30. Clerk on the motion that the litigation agenda to be considered in closed session, vicechair peskin. Peskin, aye. Member haney. Haney, aye. Chair mar. Mar, aye. Mr. Chair, there are three ayes. Thank you. We will now convene the meeting will come to order. We welcome to the thursday, august 20 meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. Im gordon mar, the chairman of this committee. Joining me is supervisor aaron peskin and matt haney. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Thank you, mr. Chair. In order to protect city employees, the board, and the public during the covid19 emergency, city hall and the board room is closed. Committee members will participate remotely in the conference to the extent as if they were physically present. Sfgov is streaming the public calling number at this time across the screen. Your opportunity to provide Public Comment is available by call 4156550001. Once prompted, enter the meeting i. D. For todays meeting, 1461470836. You will then dial the pound symbol twice to be connected to the meeting. When you hear the discussions, your line will be muted and in a listening mode. When you hear your item, press starthree and wait until the symptom indicates you are unmuted system indicates you are unmuted before you begin your comments. Speak slowly and clearly, and make sure that volume is turned down on all your devices. Alternatively, i invite you to submit your Public Comments could you please call item 1. Clerk item 1 is an emergency ordinance to temporarily protect workers from adverse action if they test positive for covid19, are isolating or quarantining or have previously isolated or quarantined, due to covid19 symptoms or exposure, and to protect applicants from discrimination if they test positive for covid19, are isolating or quarantining or have previously item owe lated or quarantined, due to covid19 symptoms or exposure. If this is your item of interest, now would be the time to dial starthree. Mr. Chair . Supervisor mar thank you, mr. Clerk. Id like to welcome paul monge, whos a legislative aide for supervisor ronen, to present on this item. We also have regina dickendrizzi, chairman of the Small Business commission, to answer questions if needed. Hi, supervisors. Im here to speak on the s. A. F. E. R. Act, which stands for safeguards against employee firings or restrictions. Here in San Francisco, widespread testing has been critical to the citys response to the pandemic, but our opportunity to offer widespread testing to the city prevents further transmission of the virus. Unfortunately, for some of our residents, a lack of adequate covid protections created barriers from accessing this testing. While a covid positive worker whos quarantining cannot legally be fired or be forced to use unpaid leave, wosome workers are still vulnerable at being fired just because theyre quarantining. The s. A. F. O. R. Makes it illegal to demote, suspend, or reduce benefits or in any manner discriminate against an employee whos off work because theyre quarantining because of covid19. What really motivated supervisor ronen to introduce this ordinance was a recent study of residents living in the mission, and that study was illuminating and revealing the fear of losing ones employment really discouraged a number of workers from taking care of themselves or feeling force today go to work in the first place. [inaudible] who have no alternative access to income during the period of quarantining. So by expanding employment protections for workers who test positive for covid or quarantining, this ensures that workers can confidently pursue income without losing income or the risk of losing employment. Were hopeful that this legislation will empower citizens to get tested. Lastly, we would [inaudible] capacities and understanding of this legislation, as well as with Worker Rights organizations and the office of labor standards and enforcement themselves. So just to quickly highlight those four amendments, which you all should have, the first is amending sections three of this legislation, which provides a more precise definition of an independent contractor who would be protected under the provisions of this legislation, and it does so by creating a clear threshold to this. Second was 4c, and that is an adverse action taken against an employee was established by a separate independent basis, which could be a workers performance or misconduct. The next would be adding section 4d as a replacement to 5a, allowing employers to require workers to identify the general basis for their absence or inability to work, but it wouldnt go as far as having an employee to provide medical Health Records providing the status of their Health Regarding covid, protecting their health privacy. And last, adding section 4d as a replacement to 5a, affording the affording the department the ability to act upon a potential violation while the due course of an investigation is still ongoing, which means its a little bit longer. It would support a worker being reinstated