Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes, thank you very much, mr. Chair. In order to protect the public, Board Members and City Employees during the covid19 health emergency, the room is closed. This is taken pursuant to all various local and state federal orders, declarations and directives. Committee members will attend this meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present in our chamber. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda, both San Francisco cable channel 26 and sf gov tv are scrolling a callin number across the screen. It will be available by phone by calling 14156550001, and once youve connected youll be prompted to enter the meeting id, 1462251223. Following that you will press the pound symbol twice to be connected to the meeting. When you are connected you will hear the meeting discussions but your line will be muted and in a listening mode only. 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This information is available on the front of the agenda as well for your reference. Items acted upon today will appear on the agenda of december 1, 2020, unless otherwise stated. Thank you, mr. Clerk. Please call our first item. Agenda item no. 1 is a hearing to discuss the San Francisco housing conservativeship preliminary evaluation report. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this hearing should call the Public Comment number, 14156550001. Enter todays meeting id, 1462251223. Press the pound symbol twice to connect to the meeting and then press the star key. The system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. Please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may then begin your comments. Mr. Chair . The chair so, colleagues, this has been a very long hearing. We began it back in june, and to refresh everyones memory, in june i was concerned that the my office had heard concerns about the fact that the 1045 program which the city had opted into about a year prior at that point, or more than a year prior, had still not resulted in a single petition for an sb1045 conservatorship. We began this hearing in june to understand what the reasons for the delay were and received assurances from Public Health and the office of the public conservator had made progress, that they had been delayed by covid and other things, but they were on the cusp of, in fact, being able to bring a petition. We had them back in july and again heard that they were making progress but had not yet been able to identify a candidate or bring a petition. We skipped august. We decided to give them a little bit of time and had them back in september, and september again heard much the same, that they were making progress but still had not quite gotten around to bringing a petition. At that september meeting i decided again to give them, you know, a little more time until today, november. Its been basically two months since then, six months since we had our hearing because it had taken seemingly far too long, six months ago, to bring a single petition under sb1045. I said in september that if the petition had not been filed petition had not been filed by the date of this hearing that i would no longer be berating the staff in these departments and i would want to hear from the directors, from grant colfax and trent lohr, and in fact here we are november 12, not a single one has been filed, and so i do think it begs a deeper question about what we are even doing with this program if we intend to pursue it, if not why not, and what we are going to do about the population of folks that sb1045 was supposed to address. Unfortunately director colfax is not able to be here today, and so i do want to hear from him, and i will be making a motion to continue this hearing to our next regular meeting in december where we will be i hope hearing from directors colfax and lohr about sb1045 implementation and the issues that the citys difficulties in implementing this very Small Program raises. So ill make that motion. We will need to take Public Comment on the motion, or on the continuance. Is there no comments from colleagues, which i do not see, lets open this up to Public Comment. Thank you, mr. Chair. Do we have any callers in the queue for this agenda item one. For those already connected to our meeting via phone, please press star followed by 3 at this time if you wish to speak on agenda item no. 1. For those already on hold in the queue, please wait until you are prompted to begin. You will hear a prompt that informs you your line has been unmuted. For those watching our meeting on cable channel 26 or streaming item, please call in now if you wish to speak on this item. That would be by dialing 14156550001, enter the meeting id for todays meeting, which is 1462251223, press pound and then star three to speak. Could you connect us to our first caller . Operator there are no callers in the queue. I will not say a few more things about Public Comment and i will close Public Comment. I have made a motion. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll. On the motion offered by chair mandleman, that this hearing be continued to the date of december 10 meeting, that being the next committee meeting. Vice chair stephanie . Aye. Member walton . Aye. Supervisor mandelman . Aye. The motion passes. We can call our next item. Agenda item no. 2 is an ordinance amending the health code to prohibit smoking in all dwelling units in multihousing complexes containing three or more units and all common areas. To remove the exception for child care facilities located in private homes, to require the department of Public Health to initiate a Public Information campaign to raise awareness of the smoking prohibition, to require the department of Public Health to initiate the imposition of the suspend the provision of the health code by this ordinance which requires owners or managers of multiunit housing complexes to provide certain disclosures regarding whether smoking is authorized in certain units. And affirming the determination provided by the planning department. Members of the public who wish to provide public on this ordinance should call the Public Comment number. I will repeat it. 14156550001. After youve connected to that call, enter todays meeting id. Todays meeting id is 1462251225. Press pound twice and then star and then three to enter the queue to speak. A system prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand. Please wait until the system indicates that your line has been unmuted. That will be your opportunity to provide your Public Comment on this agenda item. Mr. Chair . The chair thank you, mr. Clerk. President ye, i believe you are here. Yes, i am. Thank you. Take it away. Thank you, chair maendelman. Thank you for hearing me on this item today. I am joining you all to discuss legislation to protect residents of multiunit housing from the Harmful Health impacts of Secondhand Smoke. I am proud to join my to be joined by my colleagues, supervisor walton and fur in sponsoring this legislation. Today we are discussing the right of our residents to breathe clean air. Many decades ago people did not have the right anywhere to breathe clean air, not restaurants, not bars, not Sports Events, not common areas and not on Public Transportation. Maybe some people are old enough to remember these things. When science proved there was a link between Secondhand Smoke and Health Impacts, when people breathing the Secondhand Smoke, things changed. Today we have laws prohibiting smoking in most of these situations. We can enjoy without having to breathe in smoke. We can participate in large crowd venues like concerts and Sports Events without worrying about the harmful effects of Secondhand Smoke. I was alerted and reminded that San Francisco has fallen behind many cities in enacting policies to protect our most vulnerable from Secondhand Smoke, a mother with an infant. She contacted my Office Asking for help because her infant who was subjected to Secondhand Smoke from her neighbors and Health Impact this would have on her infant. Our reply to her at the time was its the sad state for our residents, but thats the policy of the city, which is currently in San Francisco if you live in multiunit building you do not have the right to breathe clean air, unlike many cities throughout california. I would like to thank the Public Health experts and advocates who worked with our office to ensure that the policy will be effective, including San Francisco tobacco free coalition, researchers at the university of california San Francisco, the heart and wellness association, Bay Area Community resources, americans for nonsmokers rights, and the American Cancer Society. In january we held a hearing. That seems so long ago now, but it was in the middle of january, before the pandemic, at this committee on the Health Impacts of Secondhand Smoke. We heard from Public Health experts from Secondhand Smoke exposure was skyrocketing in recent years. We also heard residents from multiunit housing were particularly at risk from exposure. When my office was contacted by those suffering from Secondhand Smoke, including those with Chronic Health issues and families with small children, we looked into that, as i mentioned before. And here are the facts about smoking. Smoking is the single most preventable cause of disease and death in the united states. Its responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year. Secondhand smoke alone is responsible for more than 41,000 deaths per year and causes cancer, lung disease and and heart functions. It also causes increased health risks to children, seniors and those with existing Health Issues. Secondhand smoke can cause permanent damage to childrens growing lungs, pneumonia, ear infections, sudden infant death syndrome, and can make asthma attacks more frequent and more severe. Unfortunately home is one of the most common places where we can be exposed to Secondhand Smoke. Residents of multiunit housing are more likely to be regularly expos exposed. Our health code prohibits smoking in common areas, as mentioned before. This legislation would amend the health code to prohibit smoking inside owneroccupied and rented units of multiunit housing complex complexes of three or more units. It would require that signage be posted in common areas and residents are notified as a policy by the Building Owner or manager. The department of Public Health conducting a Public Information campaign to raise awareness of the policy and to share information about available Smoking Cessation resources to support residents addicted to nicotine. Half of san franciscans live in multiunit housing. Residents of multiunit housing are likely to be people of color and will more likely be lowincome. Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in the homes Amplifies Health Inequities and disproportionately impacts our most Vulnerable Community members. By granting relief to residents living every day with Secondhand Smoke in their homes is more important than ever as we continue to battle covid19 pandemic and prepare for a flu season. We know that Secondhand Smoke exacerbates the impacts of many respiratory illnesses. During this time, we have asked San Francisco to stay at home to slow the spread of covid19 and asked children to go to school remotely, we know there are san franciscans who cant escape the smoke in their homes during the day and arent able to breathe clean air. If i am a parent of a child who suffers from asthma or a person recovering from covid19, right now i get no help at all if a neighbor is smoking every day right next door or downstairs. Its legal for everyone to smoke inside their own unit regardless of the serious and Dangerous Health consequences. We should not prioritize to smoke over the right to breathe smokefree air. This is simply unacceptable. I also want to say that we know there may be some concerns surrounding unintended impacts that a smokefree housing policy can have on tenants addicted to nicotine, specifically there are concerns around how this policy could be misused to evict tenants. That is why this ordinance specifically states that violation of the policy is not grounds for eviction. Over the past ten years, 63 cities and counties in california have adopted 100 smokefree multiunit housing policies. Im hopeful that these policies will increasingly become the norm. In San Francisco we have against tobacco and Secondhand Smoke to protect the health of our communities. We can and should continue to protect our most vulnerable communities from this devastating Health Impacts of smoking. There are a few nonsubstantive amendments i would like to propose today. My office has shared hes amendments with all the members of the my office has shared the amendments with all the members of the committee. First, the health code currently prohibits smoking in enclosed common areas of buildings that have two or more units. This ordinance we introduced would change the law about smoking in all buildings with three or more units. This will clarify that smoking will continue to be prohibited in common areas of twounit buildings. Second, we would like to add language that clarifies the intent of the legislation to prohibit smoking in all housing used to provide child care, including child care facilities that operate in singlehome families or duplexes. Third, we would like to include an exception that would allow for the use of medical marijuana in multiunit housing. And finally we would like to include clarifying language to speak that not only is violation of any part of this ordinance not grounds for eviction but existing tenancy to prohibit smoking in a tenants unit. So chair mandelman, i hope that the committee can adopt these amendments later, but before you take action, i would like to bring up a few presenters. Waynt to thank the department of Public Health i want to thank the department of Public Health, marina speegel from the tobacco project and jennifer colliver from the Environmental Health branch for joining us today. I believe that they are here and are prepared to share a brief presentation with us. I hope theyre here. I cant see them. Im here. This is jen and marina is here too. Shell probably be coming on in a second, and shell start the presentation. Good morning, supervisors and everyone. Let me see. We have prepared a presentation for you this morning. Can you see the screen, the presentation on screen . Yes. Fantastic. Well, good morning, supervisor mandelman, walton, stefani and others. I am the acting Community Engagement lead for the tobacco free project and our program is part of a Community Health equity and Promotion Branch within the department of Public Health. First we wanted to thank you for your leadership in addressing the leading cause of preventable deaths through tobacco prevention policies and programs, including policies such as prohibition of unauthorized ecigarettes, so sales and others in the past. Your support continues to be a leader in implementing laws that protect communities, especially pe