Transcripts For SFGTV BOS Full Board Of Supervisors 20240711

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] okay. Thank you. On behalf of the meeting, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv who record our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public on time. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. During this health crisis, the board of supervisors is meeting remotely and will proceed as though they were meeting in their public chamber. The board of supervisors realizes that public input is essential and more important during the time of covid19. So we hope that the public will take advantage of the following opportunities to participate in this meeting or comment remotely. If youre using the u. S. Mail, please address the envelope to the San Francisco board of supervisors, city hall, 1 carlton b. Goodlett place. Thats San Francisco, california, 94102. If sending via email, send to bos sfgovtv. Org. You can watch the proceedings on your television by utilizing channel 26. An important point is just to be aware of the signal delay, and when you are ready to provide your Public Comment, turn down your television and instead use your touch phone. You can listen to the proceedings and be in sync to provide your comment. The telephone number is 4156550001, and when prompted, enter the meeting i. D. Number. Thats 1467382415. Press pound, and pound again to join the meeting as a listener. To make Public Comment, press star, three, and listen to the prompt that your line has been unmuted. There are five separate public hearings. I wont review them all, but these items are noticed to begin no earlier than 3 00 p. M. , and Public Comment will be associated for each item. If your purpose is to provide testimony during general Public Comment, just wait for item 36 to be called, and you are able to speak on the minutes. I actually have that number incorrect, my apologies. It is general Public Comment, if youre waiting for that is apologies item 42. You are able to speak on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board not on todays agenda, and items 43 and 44 on the afford adoption without Committee Reference calendar. All other items on the agenda are not content eligible for your Public Comment. Okay. We do have interpreters present today. I would like each of them in succession to let the public know that youre here to assist them with Public Comment. [names read] [speaking cantonese language] [end of translation]. Interpreter thank you. [speaking spanish language] [end of translation]. [speaking tagalog language] interpreter thank you, madam clerk. Clerk thank you all for being here. So were working hard to not leave anybody out of the process. We have somebody standing by to help you with any problems you have at 4155545144. Thank you. President yee thank you, madam clerk. Just a friendly reminder to all my colleagues to mute your microphone so we dont have any feedback. I also want to let the public know that next week will be thanksgiving, which traditionally, for the last few years, any ways, we havent had a meeting on the tuesday before preceding thanksgiving. Unfortunately, for the public, you will not be able to hear us next week, and but we will be back the following week after that. And as already spoken by madam clerk, were still in a health crisis, and we should heed the recommendations of our public or Health Official to really, really limit or minimize the number of people that youre going to be interacting with during thanksgiving. Maybe virtually is best at this point. We are still spiking a little bit in San Francisco, and thats a warning for all of us, that its not over until its over, and we seem to have a little ways or a long ways before things are going to be over when it comes to really keeping your guards up or protecting yourself or your loved ones. So okay, then at this point, what id like to do, madam clerk, i understand i have received an accommodation request. Youre muted. Clerk apologies. Not today, mr. President. President yee okay. Then then what well do right now is go ahead and go to our consent agenda. Please call items 1 through 7 together. Clerk items 1 through 7 are on consent. These items are considers to be routine. If a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. President yee okay. Sorry. Madam clerk, go ahead and call the roll. Clerk on items 1 through 7 [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Without objection, the ordinances are finally passed. Madam clerk, lets go to item 8, the next item. Clerk item 8 is a resolution authorizing the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing to execute a standard agreement and home key documenting for up to 30 million of home key grant funds from the California Department of housing and Community Development to Episcopal Community services for the acquisition of a 130room Tourist Hotel located at 440 geary street i apologize, mr. President. For use as proposed future permanent Supportive Housing, proving and authorizing h. S. H. To commit approximately 27. 4 million in city funds to satisfy local match and operational subsidy requirements for five years, to commence following board approval and upon the final award, and affirming the Planning Departments determination under the California Environmental quality act, department of homelessness and Supportive Housing. President yee okay. Supervisor peskin . Supervisor peskin yes, mr. Chair, i would like to be added as a cosponsor. President yee okay. Madam clerk, please call the roll. Clerk on item 8 [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee all right. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam clerk, lets go to the next item. Clerk item 9 is an ordinance amending the Building Code to require new construction to utilize only electric power, amending the environmental code to provide public hearings on implementation of allelectric requirements, adopting findings of local conditions under the California Health and safety code, and affirming the Planning Departments determination. President yee okay. Madam clerk, lets call the roll. Clerk on item 9 [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Without objection, the ordinance is finally passed. Madam clerk, lets go to item number 10. Clerk item 10 is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to require notification to prequalified contractors and written documentation of contractor selection from prequalified lists and written documentation of contractor selection for work assigned under asneeded public works professional Services Contracts, and to require the controller to audit such selection documentation. President yee okay. Then supervisor stefani . Supervisor stefani thank you, president yee. Colleagues, the proposal before you will amend the administrative code [inaudible] that former director of public works mohamed nuru used to direct contracts to recipients without any documentation or oversight. That was drafted to respond to finding number four. It creates a new strict set of rules governing the use of prequalified contracting tools and as needed professional Services Contracts which Gave Department heads broad discretion to direct certain kinds of contracts to certain individuals and which were ripe for abuse. The city will be required to solicit these contracts publicly through a competitive solicitation, evaluate bids using consistent criteria, justify their selection, and retain the documentation for audit. According to the city auditor, the former director of punl works used those contractor tools to issue over 160 contracts totaling over 220 million over the last three years. Also, according to the city auditor, the previously director of public works would occasionally director contracts to the same vendor repeatedly with very little justification. This proposal means that any time one of these contracting vehicles is used, the other qualified vendors will be notified, and the department will have to document this justification for whom they selected. No matter what the amount, we will no longer be left wondering who got what contract and why. It is my hope that in responding to this process of corruption, we can instill a sense of trust of our government among our residents. I really want to thank my cosponsors, supervisor safai and the members of the g. A. O. Committee, as we heard this twice, supervisors peskin, haney, and mar, and also supervisor mandelman, for your cosponsorship, as well. I ask for your support. Thank you. President yee madam clerk, roll call, please. Clerk okay. On item 10 [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Without objection, the ordinance is passed on First Reading. Okay. Madam clerk, why dont we go ahead and please call items 1 not 1 11 through 18 together. Clerk items 11 through 18 are ordinances that adopt and implement various memorandum of understanding or m. O. U. S between the city and various locals. Item 11 is ordinance adopting and implementing the Second Amendment to the 20182021 memorandum of understanding between the city and county of San Francisco and the San Francisco Firefighters Association local 798, unit 1, to defer wage increases currently set for fiscal year 20202021, extend the term by two years and set wages for the additional term. Item 12 is the ordinance adopting and implementing the third amendment to the 2018 through 2021 m. O. U. Between the city and the San Francisco Firefighters Association to defer wage increases. Item 13 is an ordinance adopting and implementing the First Amendment to the 20192022 m. O. U. Between the city and county and the municipal executives association, toup date the grievance procedures. Item 14 is an ordinance adopting and implementing the First Amendment to the 20182021 m. O. U. Between the city and county and the municipal executives association, fire, to defer wage increase does currently set for fiscal year 20202021, extend the term by two years, and set wages for the additional term. Item 15 is an ordinance adopting and implementing the First Amendment to the 20182021 m. O. U. Between the city and county and the municipal executives association, police. Item 16 is an ordinance adopting and impummenting the Second Amendment to the 20192022 m. O. U. Between the city and county and seiu to update the work study provisions. Item 17 is an ordinance adopting and implementing the First Amendment to the 20192022 m. O. U. Between the city and county and the seiu local 1021 staff and per diem nurses, to make administrative amendments to the overtime provisions. Item 18 is an ordinance amending ordinance number 10620 fixing compensation for persons employed by the city and county whose compensation is subject to the provisions of section a8. 409 of the charter, in job codes not represented by an employee organization, and establishing working schedules. President yee okay. Madam clerk, please call the roll. Clerk on items 11 through 18 [roll call] president ye clerk mr. President , you have 11 ayes. President yee okay. The items are passed on First Reading. Madam clerk, call item 19. Clerk item 19 is an ordinance adopting and implementing the tentative agreement between the city and county and the San Francisco Police Officers association including adopting and implementing the first amend to the 20182021 m. O. U. Between the city and p. O. A. , to defer wage increases currently set for fiscal year 20202021, amend the retention premium provisions, amend the 10b overtime provisions, extend the term by two years, and set wages for the additional term, and approving settlement of two grievances file by the p. O. A. Against the city for a not to exceed amount of 359,613. 87, the grievances were filed on march 25, 2020 and june 29, 2020, and involve compensation disputes under the m. O. U. President yee okay. Supervisor ronen . Supervisor ronen the reason i will be voting against approval today is because the department of Human Resources failed to achieve even minor agreements to Police Reform, one of the most important issues of our time. I find d. H. R. S procedure on negotiating for reform on the p. O. A. S m. O. U. Quite trouble willing. Carolyn eisen said when the board directed her to negotiate this, she attempted it under duress. Combine that with d. H. R. S insistence on holding meetandconfers in my insistence that are wholly within the managements prerogative, and i have a major difference of opinion with d. H. R. On the appropriate scope of its work. I have such a difference of opinion with d. H. R. Here that today, i announce legislation to create transparency over the closed door negotiations between d. H. R. And the p. O. A. In the future. I want to be clear about some of the reforms that could have been included as Side Agreements in this m. O. U. As you all know, a major component of Mental Health s. F. That supervisor haney and i authored includes the creation of teams of Health Professionals that will answer calls in occasions of people in Mental Health distress instead of the police. Since interim director miss eisen doesnt believe in including these items in discussion, we have lost an important opportunity. For all we know, the p. O. A. Could have decided to deny an agreement, denying the process to moving this process of Mental Health s. F. Forward. We could have had a plan where the p. O. A. Had a plan to address the persistent Racial Disparities or use of force or a si and the list goes on and on and on. Remember that the d. O. J. Had 272 recommendations for reform, and we have only reached substantial compliance on a fraction of those recommendations. Why would we lose this golden opportunity to make significant progress on reform . Giving up this opportunity makes no sense to me, and for that reason, i cannot support the m. O. U. Before us today. I will say that no matter what happens with this vote today, i know that there is significant consensus among us, elected officials, community activists, organized labor, and allies, that much more needs to be done to make our communities safer, and i remain committed to working in a Broad Coalition to identifying and using every possible tool in our disposal to advance Racial Justice in policing. Thank you for hearing me out, and sorry that i cannot support this m. O. U. Today. President yee supervisor preston . Supervisor preston thank you, president yee, and i would like to associate myself with the remarks supervisor ronen just made. I share many of the concerns that have been raised. I did want you know, one of the things that has come up in discussions is is certainly the and this is all second and thirdhand because none of us are at the table and an issue being addressed separately by legislation as supervisor ronen announced earlier today. But i did want to get on the record one of the things that we have heard repeatedly in considering this m. O. U. , and and that is and president yee, i dont know the appropriate whether it is acting director eisen or another representative of the mayor who, through the president , would be able to answer this. But the the claim has repeatedly been made publicly and in media that to reject this m. O. U. For the police would result in nonpolice workers, city workers being laid off, and i would like to know if that is the position of the mayor or of d. H. R. As we consider how were voting on this. President yee so sofia, are you y you sophia, maybe thats a question for you. Are you with us . Yes. So i would first defer to director eisen, and then, i would tag in after she speaks. President yee okay. Director eisen . That is not my position, that a rejection of this contract would result in layoffs of City Employees. President yee okay. And miss fitsler . Thank you, president yee. I had to get my camera on. Apologize for the delay. I think that is not the position of the mayor, either. Certainly, we have said that resulting in the additional fiscal impacts of not passing this m. O. U. Would require that the mayor, again, look at a number of financial choices, one of which could include potential layoffs, but certainly, i would not direct line between this m. O. U. And layoffs of any workers, police or otherwise. It is it is a policy choice that remains before the mayor. President yee supervisor preston, go ahead . Supervisor preston yes, thank you, president yee, and, mr. President , just to follow up with miss kipler, is the thre thre the threat to layoff city workers, is that gaining force in the m. O. U. . Not to my knowledge, supervisor. Supervisor preston thank you, and thank you for clearing the air on that, i think its important because i think we all, and certainly this board stands with