Transcripts For SFGTV LIVE BOS Budget And Finance Committee 20160210

The recent relatively lastminute changes in the structure of this bond and the fact that the Capital Planning process has been obviated to a certain extent. When 54 million comes out and is replaced with things that were not vetted sufficiently through the Capital Planning process, i feel that is creating a precedent that could be down the road will be continually stop using the Capital Planning process. At your 10 we should be recommitting to the capital process and not starting to ignore it. So, while all of the replacement projects are worthy and virtuous, i think that adhering to the process and keeping our bonding process and the sanctity of the whole is more important than creating a whole and filling it in. I could vote for a bond those 54 million less in size. I could vote for the ponderosa originally proposed a for the bond before us today. Thank you. Supervisor tang i echo everything that supervisor peskin yes said. However, when deviation is that i will support the bond overall because i dont want to see this not passes of board of supervisors. I think the majority of the projects here originally not subject to the recent addition of the 54 million i think that all of those were great. They were well vetted through the process we normally have and i did have a lot of concerns about what had happened at the last minute. I really hope to not see that happen again. In fact, i would like to work with the Capital Planning team who works very hard on this and thank you very much to all the staff who spent so much time putting this together to make sure that our process is one that will not eventually turn into something that is happened i think this if it was disappointing to see that outcome could however, i didnt recognize in the grand scheme of things these projects are very important to San Francisco and they should move forward. With that said, i will also be introducing a piece of legislation later to when the capital plan in light of the animal care and control shelter those removed from the bond and i want to thank all the 10 cosponsors on that. Ill talk about that later, but again, i hope that today we understand that moving forward our Capital Planning process should be respected and no more lastminute changes. Thank you. Supervisor wiener im of two minds of this. Ill be honest i struggled with this. Im not voted against the bond since coming on the board of supervisors. I was tempted to do so here because i also thought it was an absolutely horrible process that led to the removal of the shelter from this bond. On the one hand, as supervisor peskin articulated, im a big believer in the Capital Planning process. On the other hand, also i am a big fan of theor am very awareits the 11 of us, the board of supervisors as the elected representatives of the people the ultimate responsibility and decisionmaking power to place or not place bonds in the ballots and to craft that bond. I believe the removal of animal care and control for the bond fails either test. It fails the test of Capital Planning process because it was removed at the last minute. I think frankly in a very transparent way that i think it also fails the political test in terms of the views of this board of supervisors as supervisor tang just mentioned, i think every member of the board is a cosponsor of the resolution to change the capital plan in terms of making sure we fund the renovations needed to shelter and so despite the fact the strong support on this board and it was part of a planning process, it was still removed at the last minute. That doesnt sit well with me. I dont think its a way to go and its my expectation that this will not happen in the future. We have to get a new shelter. Right now, the shelter is seismically unsafe and that impacts the thousands of animals who are in these shelters and also impacts the workers who, every day, working in the shelter that is seismically unsafe. So, this is not an option. Something we have to do. So im glad to cosponsor supervisor tangs measure make sure we move forward with making new shelter reality. But i will vote for the bond today. Despite my misgivings about the process. A number of very important Capital Projects in this bond and im not prepared to disregard that and vote against it even though this is not a good process. Thank you. Supervisor campos yet again i rise to agree with supervisor wiener and supervisor tang. Let me say that i am concerned by the process and i understand and appreciate what supervisor peskin said and i really thought long and hard about how i should vote and the specific issue for me has been the issue of animal care and control. I dont really know exactly how that decision to take out animal care and control came about. Im a big supporter of Mental Health, but i also believe and i think its something i quoted before, the greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I really believe that. I believe the idea that we would move forward without, with a bond, without taking care of animals is something that goes against my principles and what i believe. In deciding how to vote i ended up airing on the side of supporting the bond out of deference to the process and my colleagues and because i also know that there is a commitment to make sure that animal care and control is taken care of it so, it is with that understanding, that i will support the bond today and also supports the cosponsor the effort by supervisor tang to ensure theres proper funding of animal care and control. If i believe, as this process moves forward, though we havent taken enough action or havent done enough to address the needs of animal care and control, i withhold the right to withdraw my support, but it seems that were going to do everything we can as a city to take care of animal care and ginger. The issue of Mental Health and animal care, theyre directly linked. You cant really do one without the other. I think that the reason why you want to make sure theres a commons approach that includes the issue of taking care of animals is that i just dont think it would have the success you need to have on the Mental Health side without doing that. So, with the understanding that we are going to take care of animal care and control, i will be supporting the bond but again i will continue to monitor the situation to make sure were doing what we can and especially San Francisco, i can tell you this, not just in my district and i dont say this because im a gay man, but theres no way that san franciscans will support a bond if they feel that were not doing right by the animals of San Francisco. I dont see that happening. I think its in our interest because its the right thing to do but also politically to make sure we get this right. Tang. Supervisor yee agreements agree with the comments that have been made. In regards to this vote it was difficult because of the Budget Committee there was a reason why it wasnt passed out without positive recommendation to the board and partially because of the issues that were already noted. The process itself, theres been a process that was developed for these type of decisions and i was going to fully support what was originally presented that included the animal care and control shelter, so two things about this vote that makes it difficult to one, we might have lost the opportunity to shoot the care of that shop i just visited the shelter of a few weeks ago and its deplorable. The conditions people to work in and the animals living there and something needs to be done. So, i will also be supporting or cosponsoring the supervisor tang resolution to make sure this is going to happen. I think the process again i want to be respectful of the people that took the time to vote these concepts and the vetting of what to put on the bond. It seems at this point is somewhat of a process that didnt quite fit that. Its really easy for one to get up upset with that and not support this bond, but there are so many things that need to be done that was on the original bond. When i weigh out the factors, i will be supporting this item. I might have to bite my tongue on this but i will support it. Supervisor cohen i think its an interesting time that we are living where nuns in a soup kitchen are getting addicted we cant even get our act together to rebuild an animal care and control shelter where weve got seniors struggling to remain in San Francisco and our Young Children are afraid of the police. That isthose are many of the issues were dealing with here at this board one thing that has been consistent them at least a couple weeks in this chamber, has been a desire to see process and established process, followed through. No shortcuts. I am hopeful that Department Heads and staff as well as those in the Mayors Office are listening and paying attention that its unfair for people to come to us in the 11th hour with urgent requests and expect us to ignore our process. Its unfair to the people San Francisco. Iso funded a little ironic that we have a process discussion last week where an item was asked to not go to committee to come to the full board when we guess its a board rule but we have a process that we send legislation through to the rules committee. So, i had to point out that. I also want to point out something that is phenomenal in the bond that is incredibly important in the southeast part of San Francisco. Last week, we dont with the Wastewater Treatment plant and this week i want to talk about the Southeast Health clinic. There are some phenomenal pieces, phenomenal projects, that are in dire need of support. First, is General Hospital. You know we are going through many upgrades with General Hospital and General Hospital, think by her own admission, previous occasions, recognizes the importance that the staff, doctors and researchers, the wonderful work they do time in an timeout is oftentimes a thankless jobSan Francisco General Hospital is slated to receive 222 million of this bond. Department of Public Health Community Centers and clinics slated to receive 50 million and again 30 of that 59 is slated for the Southeast Health client. Ambulance deployment facility and they put fire station which again is in bayview slated to receive 50 million of muchneeded upgrades. Then, of course the albatross in the room, homelessness, Homeless Service Sites Program also slated to receive 20 million. This is quite a significant bond that we are going to be debating and hopefully putting forward to voters in the november election. But, i want to ask a few questions to the Capital Planning team is here with us in the chamber. Please excuse my back. A couple questions for you. So, many of the changes have been proposed as lastminute change. Perhaps you can talk to us about your staff internal process on how you came towith things like swapout one 11 project for other project could maybe you can talk about how that came about . Brian strom. The Capital Planning program. The addition to the bond are items that that are noted in the capital plan that we had to get a Capital Planning committee eating with was up amendment to bond. Thats what we have a consideration of putting Animal Shelter into the cop program, which the Capital Planning committee was fully supportive of. Then, also had discussion about looking at these three other programs. The fire stations are certainly a large need in the capital plan and the part of an ongoing program. That Program Addresses these needs progressively over time, so we know that we could actually put considerably more money in the fire stations and was still being significant need that. That was a summer situation with our Health Clinic where we know over the next five years, this close to 60 million in renewals, just to keep the Health Facilities in the state of good repair. Then weve also received a number of requests over the years from the department of Public Health around trying to implement this new more family centric wellness model. We also have that as a deferred item in our capital plan. So those are there. The shelter the Homeless Service sites are sites that are we have less definition over. We do know we have three shelters that have significant needs. Again, just to keep them in a good state of repair and renewal. Thank you very much thank you. Supervisor kim im not can repeat the concerns brought up by supervisors but i think there were a lot of questions around the process, which mr. Strom just somewhat addressed today. I know this is in theyou can refresh my memory, is the additional cost of moving the animal care and control shelter out of the program into certificates of partitioned Participation Program . Nadiaoffice of public finance. A capital plan proposes in the toolbox to fund Capital Projects. The general Obligation Bonds and certificates of participation. General Obligation Bonds are highly rated. With certificates of participation, their notch or two differentials in terms of rating and because it doesnt have the full faith and credit is the least obligation and is more cosseted so the premium price to it. For purpose of this analysis, infinity, is a 60 basis point differential and as a result in additional interest cost. What is that additional amount. . I understand the bond and the cop. Under this structure be required to have use and occupancy of the acid. Because of the Construction Permit what is the dollar amount difference . Because they notice the dollar difference is 36 Million Properties of this and ousted based on second assumptions it could be lower right now were projecting a 36 million difference if you can walk me through, again, why this was determined to be more costeffective or perhaps it was not the reason behind moving the shelter out . I assume in the swapout maybe other Capital Projects were considered under the cop program. Is that the case . I want understand the rational one when into the program and whats been recommended for the cop . I cant say that by adding the animal control under the certificate of Participation Program or the general fund program would still meet capital plan policy, which is 3. 25 of discretionary revenue. We had capacity sword falls within that capacity but beyond that the other option was to pay cash i dont want to interrupt you but my question is not to i questions, visit we get the animal care and control shelter in the bond and then the items were put in. So its mainly the fire station, the new health centers, and a variety of different neighborhoods, and is it right to say the cityowned assaulters and subsides rabbit . Yes Sophie Knotts walked in those programs and get the animal care and control, what wouldve happened to these three other additions to the bond program equips how we have funded it . What would be a schedule look like . I just want to understand what we weighed before this ultimately came before us . Brian strom with a Capital Planning committee. City administrators office. As i mentioned, we have a lot of needs in the capital plan. So, these three projects were proposed to eight amendment process. I mentioned with the neighborhood fire station, ongoing needs with evident fires this meet if they were not prettier they would probably would be expected to take part in the next earthquake safety Emergency Response bond which is an 56 years. If youre talking about the Health Clinics, we have a bond of believe its in 2020 or 2021 and as with some of those of the next the address where they would been deferred from the plant. As you recall, we have seen the roomthis bond was originally a higher amount. May room so we could also do the housing bond that was last november. So, those are sort of part of the decisions. The shelter the Homeless Service sites, we actually have an submerging it in the capital plan working with Human Services Agency Departments to look at how they can better utilize their space. Thats ongoing. Though in the past year theres been discussion about a new department so will effectively needs around that new department as well i do understand that our d is much greater than any single bond we put before the voters can accommodate and i dont have i only a member of this board has any issues with us rehabilitating i need fire stations, community Health Clinics, or homeless shelters and service sites. I just want to summarize what you said. If we do put the in this bond [inaudible] it shows they would been part of a greater bond so that maidens and rehab would be deferred. So i understand that. So its completely new kind of concept new kind of addition in terms of ethical finance. We were considering other types of improvements for the cop . Correct. I think my final question, by the way, i really do want us to improve our high demand to make health centers. I do think we need to expand our access to Mental Health and urgent care Substance Abuse and other services it for years weve needed to rehabilitate many of her home assaulters like next door and msc south. Im glad that consideration was put in the bond and i fully supported. By one hesitation is that it doesnt seem to be welldeveloped plan in the sense we have not identified with the needs are and what the priorities are good so, can you articulate what the process would look like after we approve this bond . Yes. Every second it shot at it. Since this is since were talking letter program were not icy to lay out specific projects and specific sites because we dont have ceqa determination or them. So the expectation is we have a public process in the sense we are to have a summit of needs is a measure of its run 29 for the three sites. We have a which three are you referring to . Is it three . Time to recall. Sam dodge is one that can help better. I know Hamilton Houses one of them. Supervisors, embassy south on fifth and bryant, 1001 cold st. Which is next door in Hamilton Family shelter in the tenderloin those were the three that were identified potentially for bond use since we cant do that find them in the bond program . Thats right. Those three shoulders arent incredibly neat in repairs and dda of grace. I am fairly shocked about the need of there. Thank you. Supervisor farrell colleagues a matter reiterate much was said. I agree with concerns on the process over this bond. However i will should also take perspective here that the netit is incredibly positive we have a commitment on behalf of this board to move for the animal care control shelter. I want to specific commands supervisor tang for advocacy on a. Both on the resolution today that we introduced as well as her comments Budget Committee process and general advocacy. Within this building on the topic. I figure something we also stood out in advocacy that issue. At the same point in time, on the flipside, we have from a potential passing the voters perspective and the point perspective, but stronger bond here in terms of the items included in it and i think in particular, we cant ignore the fact but is now been included in terms of additional money for our firehouses in neighborhoods as well as Mental Health and homelessness, this is a glaring issue weve all talked about it quite a bit on the homelessness and mental the issue of sexism in our neighborhoods racing all day. We hear from residents inside and out of our own disappeared every survey in the city of San Francisco. Thing opportunity to put a significant investment in the services and resources the time of significant need in the city cannot be overlooked. I think its critically important that something am strongly in favor of. Why agree with the comments about process i think we should take a step back and think where we are today we have in front of us on both sides the cop is Going Forward as well as the bond something we should be proud of i think the residents of our city would benefit from greatly. Supervisor mar i want to say im in agreement with what supervisor farrell just that. Thank you so much to the mayor for advocating for i would say this incredibly equitable bonds because its looking after Homeless Services, mentalhealth issues department of Public Health. Its more equitable by adding in various programs. Im in agreement to be surprised by the process but when it comes down to it, im very pleased that se. Health ctr. Supervisor cohen mentioned, to the various neighborhood fire stations in the Homeless Services that they are included. Thank you supervisor tang to pick up the animal care and control which i totally support but i think what it comes down to do we support its an either or, i support Human Services over the animal care and control. Adding a little bit different than supervisor campos his comments but i would say its not an either or. We could do both but the certificates of participation is not yet mentioned, may cost us more over time, im seeing this as a whole passage we have a whole Equitable Health and safety bond thats moving forward and making commitment to animal care and control which absolutely needs to be rebuilt and like supervisor he mentioned i visited to see the conditions i think our communities are safer when we have a strong animal care and control that can take care of our needs and our neighbors. Tonight he and brian, and the Capital Planning committee i know its a hard job balancing all the different capital deferred maintenance at all the different needs the city has good i think this is a winwin and e bond but also a commitment for honorable animal care and control for the future. Thank you. President breed is your representative on Capital Planning committee i take full responsibility i apologize for this bus. My issue and why this came about has a lot to do during the process when we all together rejected the jail. It was clear that folks in the city wanted to see others to do something differently we want to make sure we were hearing the combines whats happening out there every civil date on our streets. There are Homeless Individuals without services and without a place to go. There are people who, unfortunately, sadly, have Mental Health weighted issues, citizens of issues and other things and we do not have the capacity to support that. Process cant get in the way of process. We have work to do. We have make some hard decisions to get that work done. Not just the need to rehabilitate the homeless shelters. There is a need to make sure that these clinics in our neighborhood have the capacity with these patients on a daytoday basis. We made it clear that we do not want to see these individuals taken to jail get we didnt want to see them taken to general. We wanted them to get services. We wanted them to get treatment and part of that is making sure that we have these facilities within our neighborhood have the capacity to support these individuals that we are doing everything we can to make this a priority. It does not mean that we dont care about having the kind of animal care and control facility that the city needs good what this does mean, from my perspective, i am hearing what my constituents are saying to me every day about the issues around homeless about the issues around Mental Health, wanting me as a member of the board to do something. So, i want to apologize again because i do know that we all care about process. We want to make sure that when this process is put into place that means something. I get that. But i do want bureaucracy and process to get in the way what we need right now today and they need to get this bond passed by the voters and get this implemented sooner rather than later. I know that its not a solution to all of the problems. Its capital supports and there will be a need for operation support. Part of why i asked for a thorough combines of budget and legislative Analyst Reports on homeless related services in the report that we get to Program Brought the city to understand how our dollars are being spent and how maybe we need to be redirected or directed to other programs. This is not an either or for me. There is a commitment to make sure that we rebuild animal care and control, but from my perspective, this is something that we need to address Public Health, something that is sadly not something that i believe what we see with our eyes. Not what we hear about in numbers. Now we what we hear about in progress we see with our eyes having everyday and are sick people need help and lead to make sure we make adjustments accordingly to help them it changing the font is the right thing to do. The responsible thing to do. I understand we want to be responsible legislators responsible twoway process so people know its open and transparent and in this particular case i think the most responsible thing to do is answer the call was happening on our streets rainout i make inappropriate adjustment and i do hope that each and every one of you will strongly consider not only supporting this bond but making sure that we get it passed by the voters in november. Thank you. Thank you. Supervisor peskin first of all i want to say that i do not question the prerogative of this board to enact and put before the voters whatever chooses. As i listen to the conversation today, pursuant to supervisor kims question, by ignoring the Capital Planning process we are going to end up costing the general Fund Overtime and additional 36 million in money that we could be using on the operational side. That we could be using to address homelessness, street repaving Public Safety. Thats precisely why weve had a rational Capital Planning process. Thats the cicely what we are abandoning in here today. With that i hear from mr. Dobbs by the utmost respect for but is been in the shop for three months . This an emerging need. They dont know how precisely theyre going to spend this 20 million. The underpinning of the Capital Planning process was that it forced departments to go out and figure what kind of deferred maintenance that they had. It forced departments to actually put together cogent conference of plans. Lets be honest with one another. Homeless is not an emerging need against defendant it was a problem 15 years ago. Its become an acute problem now. Weve all known that. We dont come along at the last minute and start shoveling 20 million into a whole because we packed a project out. Thats not responsible. Particularly when we know its point across the general fund 36 million overtime. It gives me no pleasure to stand before you and the voters of the San Francisco to dissent in this matter, absolutely comfortable that its a 101 decided im doing it as a point of principle and i respect our president s comments relative to the sanctity of the Capital Planning process im making a point and the point is, lets adhere to that. Yes, we can change the capital plan as emerging needs emerge. But lets do it that way. The fact that this i mean homelessness did not just start happening in the last month. It makes no sense. So, im doing this, colleagues, and i dont in any way need to be sanctimonious, to remind us, lets not do this again in the future. With that im not to spend the next five months of my life going to have a Community Meeting to say to vote no honest pop is me i want to be a learning moment and for this body bit president breed thank you supervisor peskin. I can appreciate your comments i want to say that we can get this bond passed by two thirds vote i do know forever going to not only get to these projects but even get to the Animal Shelter and fulfill our obligation to basically seismically upgrade many these facilities that we promised to rebuild and to make available for the concept of services we need to provide to those folks out there sleeping on our street. Yes, sadly homelessness is existed since i can recall born and raised in the city and every so, i see somebody living on the street who has clearly out of their mind, clearly a struggling. It breaks my heart that i think we have to work faster to get this stuff done and sometimes, again, process gets in the way and i dont see that happen this time around. But i do really appreciate and respect your comments. Supervisor peskin through the chair to the president had leapt pay for cop . Seal these are paid back throughto the extent we have a not yet fully formed not yet totally fully baked emerging need for 20 million in money for msc south, next or what have you, i would much rather payuse rents for 20 million to retire bonded indebtedness and for 54 million to retire bonded indebtedness as mr. Dodge and his team worked through that. We spent a quarter of 1 billion per annum on the most is on the stump it i do with you its sidewise. I agree it needs to be fixed if theres no question about that. But we need to have a robust general fund in order to do that. If were going to float cops, when we float 29 and cops and put 54 million into a general Obligation Bond because that money frankly, is cheaper. See no additional names on the roster president breed because ive heard this mentioned before just be clear, this wasnt well thought out we dont specifically know what we plan to spend the money on, basically, for example, for the 20 million in Homeless Service in order to address some of the repairs in our shelters, three cityowned homeless shelters, this would include fixing the plumbing, roof, fire alarms, kitchen ed and security access, heating and ventilation, electrical system and seismic upgrades. Funds to be used to remodel, modernize require facility to improve Homeless Services to the navigation sensor and sf hocking. As we all know, 20 million is a lot of money when you talk about capital repairs for just one facility its really challenging to how far is this 20 million really going to go . So i think this bond as outlined specifically how the money is going to be used for the purpose of rehabilitating many of our facilities. I do think that, as i said, it wasnt anticipated that we would do this now and we were maybe going to kick the can down the road and do it later or when emergencies came up we would allocate funding or repair emergencies, but again, this is an important need for my perspective. Its not an emerging need. Its important need that they went to move forward to doing it and it spelled out right here exactly what were going to be using the funds for. I think that is for sure but we are out there talking to voters about this bond for making it clear to each and every one of them that this doesnt raise taxes. Each and every dollar will be used for something extremely important to address issues around homelessness and Mental Health and other services and that the process and all the other things we are discussing here today should not get in the way of our ability to get this thing done and get this thing passed. See no additional names on the roster, clerk please call mr. Chairman, the general obligation resolution to grant Public Interest and necessity under ordinance four election has eight has 88 vote threshold to pursuant to the golf items 31 and 32, supervisor peskin nay, tang aye, wiener aye, ayes aye breed aye, campos aye, cohen aye, farrell aye, kim aye, mar aye. Our 10 aye and one nay with supervisory peskin dissented irresolution is adopted and ordinance past anniversary is present please call the next time item 33 was considered by the venues Transportation Committee and read the meeting on monday item 33 was considered by the venues Transportation Committee and read the meeting on monday, february 8 and was recommended as a Committee Report with a new title. Im 33 ordinance amended with planning code to acquire conditional use authorization for the removal many residential units in the commercial district whether legal or illegal and require compliance citywide landscaping impermeable services, scribbling additions and residential mergers do exempt from the conditional use application requirements illegal units that are perceived prior planning approval of many the building codes require that notices of violation in a district or the filing of application to legalizing illegal unit mrs. Unfeasible under the Planning Commission or the Planning Commission approves its removal supervisor avalos first of all i want to thank the Landuse Committee for forwarding the Committee Report yesterday. We all know we lost thousands and thousands of units over the past many years. This displaces many residents and San Francisco. This is one for this legislation is one tool that we have two preserve our housing and make it difficult for housing to be demolished, to be merged into smaller or larger unit. And converted. This actually legislation that was a much larger piece of legislation that was citywide were. This legislation that is before us today is affecting the downtown commercial cthree district for setting conditional use, for merging demolishing or converting units. It also applies citywide for how projects that a 20 increase in gross floor area, how they would be required to permeable surfaces in landscaping done. So that applies citywide but most of all we are protecting units from being demolished or merged were converted in downtown cthree district. Its important that we prove this today because the control supporting tenants and dcthree area will be expiring on march 1. So, is of utmost that we move this forward quickly. Later it will have a second part of this legislation affecting units, in all units of the rest of the city come before us early march. I urge your support, collect the data. Supervisor kim i just want of knowledge and think supervisor avalos in his office for their leadership and bring this legislation for. I know they have been working on this promised a year since may of last year and i do want to thank him for splitting the file so that we could immediately address the cthree downtown portion of this legislation. Two dozen issued this board has heard extensively about supervisor avalos has gone through the mechanics of how this works but again i want to remind members of this board our office has started fielding calls starting in 2013 from residents throughout the south of market and we are learning even citywide out that had been rented out units as residential and buildings that were zoned for commercial use. That was a time period, as long as stemming back 2025 years ago when landlords have buildings zoned for commercial and not able to rent them out. So decided they would instead profit by legally renting them as rental units. There are cases that they did with the tenants know they had to get a business license or commercial license to reside there to have a veneer of commercial use. There are other cases with those tenants do not tell the landlords were illegal. Now the housing and commercial has heated up these Property Owners are now discovering that they can make more money from using it for its original legal use. This is the type of greed incentivized conviction were trying to enforce a jacket in many residents that live in for as many as 21 years and now theyre getting eviction notices because of the horse feel they can make more money off of other uses. What this legislation will do is that we will give the Planning Department an additional level of oversight to see if we can protect hes existing residential units allow them to convert to residential as a legal use so we can protect many of these tenants to live in these units often artists, middleclass residents, a work in our grocery stores. They also owned businesses. These are exactly the types of resins we want to keep here in San Francisco and its important we move on this portion of the ordinance quickly as the interim control that this board has twice unanimously supported come to expiration. So, i do in advance want to thank my colleagues for supporting our many residents. One building in particular that if the election had gone through or go through individual be the largest eviction seen in San Francisco since the fall of thein 1977. Want to do what we can purchase for this building but for residents throughout the city that are facing these types of pressure and again want to acknowledge supervisor avalos for spending time over the last year working on this legislation. Thank you. Supervisor Carlos Avalos i want to thank germy public in my office. Shepherding this legislation breed aye cohen aye, ngo aye kim aye, six mar aye good nara levens got the ordinance is passed unanimously on a First Reading the apple madam clerk, please go to will call for introductions. Supervisor peskin is the first supervisor to introduce new business. Colleagues, today ashley probably right now our Ports Commission is considering a craft industry relief plan for the crabbers that weve all read about in the press. Im quite pleased to see the port keyed the please of our local maritime tenants who been adversely impacted by this recent Environmental Crisis in our bay. Ive asked for the scope of the rent relief package to be extended beyond our commercial crabbers to adjust the Collateral Damage suffered by her seafood suppliers and fish process. The seafood industry is a vital economic driver for our city and we are to protect our fish folk some of them have been operating at Fishermans Wharf for as long as for generations. The relief packages is a great first that but i think we need to extend it to some folks been left behind namely Fish Processors who have been suffering because since the crap toxin epidemic are seafood suppliers and processors have also been hit. San Francisco Examiner reese reported the fishing industry generates about 2. 35 million for the ports in revenue is one tenant recently told me, revenue brought in is by this industry to the entire city totals in the hundreds of millions of dollars per unit and makes sense if you think about crap and the fishing industry and what it does for San Francisco. So, i will be working with the port of San Francisco to see we can extend that package. Its not accented today i may bring resolution or even ordinance in front of this body. Today, together with supervisor kim im also introducing a supplemental appropriation to help offer relief to our impact Small Businesses and local vendors were displaced at great expense to their own Financial Stability and bottom lines by the super bowl l event that took over downtown for three weeks and actually still in the process dismantling while many people have a great time and tens of thousands of folks visited super bowl city, the last day getting so full it was actually closed, there were a number of folks who were left behind. Specifically, im talking about individuals that had existing valid permits bday street artists of which there are approximately 70, 10 of whom were given new spots done by the mosconi center, but 60 of whom were kicked to the curb and not compensated. Im talking about our sidewalk vendors. Talk about individuals that have had permits or licenses to do everything from shining shoes to selling hotdogs. I think that we are the city that knows how, so today together with supervisor kim im introducing a supplemental appropriation in a very modest amount of 100,000, as well as inclusion of a super bowl l impact fund. The sources of revenue to that fund will be any contributions or donations made by the Host Committee while we did not get santa clara style 100 cost reimbursement amount we actually did have some small so those could be a source of funds. In addition in the months ahead we healing from the controller as to what the increase hotel tax sales tax and other sources of revenue would be over last year and to the extent the rosy productions come true that could be a source of funds and finally of course the board can choose to appropriate. I will be following up with additional more specific legislation about how the fund should be administered if we get beyond having an amount of money to take care of those street artists and vendors who we were directly responsible for displacing an impact. The rest i will submit. Thank you. Thank you. Supervisor tang colleagues, im following up on our conversation at first that we had regarding the general Obligation Bond. Today, i am joined by nine other colleagues so thank you very much to those colleagues for cosponsoring with me a resolution to amend our 10 year capital plan to move the handle care and control shelter project or from the Coupon Program into the certificate of Participation Program. As was mentioned in the previous discussion, im not thrilled that it will cost more under this program. However, my understanding is that this will at least introducing this resolution today we will be able to make this a much more certain project, and just to speak about a few of the things that are happening where the animal care and control facility. I know that many of you have tickets were already but it is just heartbreaking to hear that there are animals who had to have their legs indicated because they have slipped into certain parts of their kennels andyes. Its very heartbreaking to hear these things. With the fact they dont have adequate space to store some other emergency supplies were vaccinations, or the fact they have to use a warehouse type elevator that is very scary that i wrote today as well. There have aadequately separate animals when they are suffering from some type of illness and a lot of times these things can spread to other animals in the animals dont recover as quickly as they should. So, i think that everyone here understands the importance of the facility, not just preambles but really for the employees who work there also for families that have animals. As we all know, its estimated there are more dogs than our children here in San Francisco. I think that its important if we think about how it is that our city facility can serve us in the event of a Natural Disaster or emergency, that are Animal Shelters should also be something that is adequate. So, thank you again to all of the cosponsors. We will be following up with legislation in april to do the actual financing piece of this again this resolution today the forces to amend the 10 year capital plan two of the project out of one Funding Program into another. So, i also would like to really take the opportunity to thank virginia donahoo from acc, the director there everyone who works there, so hard in this very dilapidated facility to take care of at least around 10,000 animals per year that they have taken. Then, secondly, i have a resolution today amending the special tax district that we have set up. Financing we have in place for nubile energy and seismic improvements. This was a special tax district set up for the Property Owners who want to take out loans and engage in Renewable Energy proven source seismic retrofit, that those loans would be tied to the property versus the individual themselves. We had hoped this would be a better incentive to get people to more easily engage in these programs. The way, manning the special tax district today is to allow it to also serve accessibility access financing programs. Accessibility improvements. Last year i introduce legislation regarding a citywide ada program so that we can move towards making our city much more accessible for everyone. So, in light of that legislation, which is currently still being worked on, i hope the special tax district will allow to be easier for people to take out loans for 80 improvements. With that i submitted thank you. Supervisor wiener when i heard about the idea of using some of the super bowl proceeds in terms of the expected increase in tax revenues for a particular purpose, i thought that another good use of that money would be to try to increase shelter opportunities so that we can move People Living in tents off of our streets into the shelter system it you may recall a few weeks ago i sent a letter to a number of City Departments asking for details about what the plan is to get these folks out of tents into shelters or other forms of housing so that we can no longer have tents on our sidewalks. Its not an acceptable state of affairs. Its not healthy or safety living in those times where this running committees and we have to work very hard to transition these folks into shelter, into housing and off of the streets. So, we submitted a draft requesting the citys Attorneys Office are supplemental appropriation to utilize the portion of the super bowl proceeds to fund shelter and other housing opportunities to move specifically our population living in tents out of tents into shelter into housing and then to reduce and ultimately eliminate tents on our sidewalks because its not a humane state of affairs. In addition, today i am introducing a hearing request on a topic that unanimous support of the board for. Specifically, open source voting. Colleagues, as you note secure and Transparent Elections are the backbone of our democracy. Currently, Voting Technology consists of a black box system created by private vendors Holding Proprietary software that is unavailable for public review. But we can do better. We need to be moving towards open source election systems. Which means that the source code, the system design, and other materials used to run the election system would be publicly available for inspection. By supporting this transparency we can instill Greater Public trust in our election system. Additionally, open source voting can be run on commercial office shall hardware like tablets and prejudice which are less extensive than proprietary hardware. Making this a fiscally smart move in and in addition to a no benefit democracy. Last year the board of supervisorsand thank you colleagues unanimously supported the resolution i offered in support of San Francisco moving to open source Voting System. I want to thank you again for that support. The resolution, as you will recall, asked lascaux to conduct further study of eight feasibility and cost effectiveness of implementing open source Voting System. I want to thank lascaux for its terrific work in analysis and the study was published and it showed or presented various options of how we can move towards open source system. Thereafter, San Francisco Elections Commission held a number of hearings on the subject and passed a resolution calling for this board and the mayor to fund and implement an open source Voting System by 2020. Defendant commission for it supports open source voting in particular i want to thank chrisvp of Elections Commission for his advocacy and hard work on this issue. Today, Hong Kong Foreign oversight hearing to take a look at plans from the election to fund, design, implement open source Voting System will provide for more transparent secure and will be viewable election system. At this hearing will talk about what we can find in the upcoming budget process to get this project moving forward now and what the overall budget cost projected rollout schedule for open source Voting System can be in San Francisco. I look forward to continuing to work with our cities departments. Members of this board and Mayors Office to move this Good Government measure for the rest i submit thank you. Supervisor i submit supervisor avalos colleagues, im asking you the City Attorney to draft legislation to create a Housing Stabilization Preservation Fund. Is the funding available to people who would like to legalize inline units that have been deemed not up to code. This is something that came up as we were working on commercial use legislation for demolition and conversions. We found that there are many residents who have inlaws, but they are not yet up to code and legislation could require that people bring their buildings the units of the legalization. But many who dont have funny we want to make sure that funding could be found within the city for that. Back in 2012, when we passed up Housing Trust fund, i added language to that fund that would enable low income people to be able to make their buildings up to code or safe, or make them energy efficient. This could be a source of funding for the new stabilization Preservation Fund them asking the City Attorney to draft. There is also in the department of building inspection funds set aside by Deborah Walker to look at how buildings can be brought up to code as well. And supervisor wiener has been wanting to see these funds could be available for supporting legalization efforts as well. So, these two funds will hopefully enable many units to come up to code and make housing much more help available for tenants were living and unauthorized or two for unauthorized units in the speaker get the rest i will submit the thick thank you. Residence breed good afternoon close to ely evening card. Today im introducing a resolution in support of the impact custodian workers at ucsf who were fired after peacefully organizing their working condition it between 2011 and 2014, ucsf spent nearly 3 million on contact and Custodian Services from impact groups many of the workers played by Ucsf Medical Center were chinese immigrants. They work fulltime and did the same job as directly employed us ef faction of ucsf paid impact as much as 29 per hour but the contract paid his employees only 18 an hour. In 2013, the pay was cut to 10. 74 per hour. That is barely above our minimum wage of 10 our minimum wage of 10. 55 that the degree. Workers responded by working with the uc servers were. Union afscme local 3299 to begin organizing for better treatment. They doubled the hourly pay and benefits such as health and pension, guaranteed wage increases, and paid time off. In march of 2015 ucsf did not renew its contract with impact group resulting in many of these workers losing their jobs. Then the university then began working with another contractor. The dispute between ucsf and local 3299 has prompted an unfair labor practice complaint filed by the general counsel of the Public Employee relations board. In response to that complaint, ucsf claimed it cannot hire the impact workers because they do not speak english sufficiently, even though they had already works for you see for many many years. These workers exercise rights guaranteed by the Higher Education employment employer employee relations. They should not face retaliation for trying to improve their working conditions. More important, it concerns me as a president of the board of supervisors that the second largest employer in the city and county of the San Francisco refuses to hire qualified workers aced on the language they speak. San francisco is a diverse city as an inclusive city. Implement his commission has no place here. It fundamentally differs from our core values and my resolution urges ucsf chancellor dr. Sam haygood and Medical Center ceo, mark polaris, to work with local 3299 to rehire these former impact custodians as fulltime ucsf employees with the union, with union representation. I want to thank Connie Thorne from sf proud and paul smith wino is here today with some of the individuals impacted by this chain of events. I want to thank you for your work on behalf of the impact workers may also want to thank my cosponsors for supporting me on this resolution, supervisor kim, thank you very much for cosponsoring this with me along with supervisor peskin, cohen, and wiener. Colleagues, this resolution will be before us at the meeting of february 23 and look forward to your supports. The other item, which is not an item, today is mardi gras. If that tuesday. We celebrate and San Francisco one of the best districts in San Francisco, district 5 in the fillmore. So invite each and every one of you to join us on the fillmore at some Amazing Restaurants between gary and eddy streets of fillmore. 1300 on fillmore. Sheba lounge. Fat angel. The progress. We have some incredible restaurants, but also will be celebrating outside along fillmore and ofarrell at the Fillmore Plaza and performing i will be, fillmore slim. Please join us. Itll be great celebration. We look for to seeing you all there tonight and the rest i submit. Thank you. Supervisor campos you can add me as a cosponsor of your resolution around ucsf and i want to make sure im on record supporting the ask me 3 to 99 employees. I think it said we find ourselves where we are hopefully ucsf will do the right thing by these workers. The first item is a resolution that a major to sing along with pres. Breed and supervisor norman yee, think the other supervisors mar, Avalos Peskin and kim. This resolution provides a framework for a resolution, hopefully a settlement of the issues raised around the tech show programs. In contrary to the parade of horribles layout by some folks, the point of this resolution is actually to allow the program to continue. To allow it to continue and the idea is through this resolution we are asking the minnesota Transportation Agency to codify some of the key concepts that are embedded in the resolution following discussions from folks with the various parties that are involved. Even though were not at a point where a resolution is finalized im cautiously optimistic we will get to this point. But the gist of this resolution is one that will have a program that continues for one year with a review of six months that we would the number of stops at the present number which is 125. That we would ask the municipal Transportation Agency in collaboration with the San Francisco county authority, which is essentially made up of members of this board, to explore different options for the system. The explanation doesnt mean that we in fact will do any of this, but it simply means due consideration of a hub system or other potentially more efficient model. We also are asking, or actually confirming, that we have pursued the maximum recovery of cost thats permitted under the law. We also are asking for additional funds necessary to have proper enforcement Going Forward, that we restrict large vehicles from small neighborhood streets. We are also calling for cleaner vehicle emissions standards. We want a guarantee of laborpeace which is an important consideration i know for all my colleagues. We want better monitoring of air quality in the event there are significant increase in individual stocks and that we commissioned a study on the possible impacts that commuter shuttles have along with other factors on the grid displacement. We believe that San Francisco has made it clear they want this program to continue but they also made it clear they want the companies to pay their fair share my and they also want to make sure there were concerns in the interest of neighborhoods are taken into account. Lastly, that there is at least a thorough analysis and study of the issue of displacement which is what we are asking to do. So, im cautiously optimistic and again i want to thank pres. Breed. I would think supervisor music and their respective staff with the parties, the appellants, the various companies that the amendment involves the industry and im cautiously optimistic we will get to a resolution that works for the entire city. I also want to note and thank supervisor kim and her staff because they also have quite a bit of role and we would not be here without her leadership. The second item, and want to fit my cosponsors. Supervisor avalos, kim, yee, peskin mar, is consistent with commerce issues have last week around a contract introduction of a motion tracking the budget and legislative analyst perform conducted performance audit of the citys real estate division. I believe that something that could be very helpful and beneficial as we move forward. The rest i submit thank you. Supervisor cohen. Supervisor farrell collies, i have one item today. A new technologies businesses specially. San francisco the services they offer change our economic basket in San Francisco and across the country weve Ondemand Services and platforms like lift, other innovative businesses alone are workers especially the latest of more Flexible Work hours allowing them to work for multiple platforms and services as well. The rise of these platforms and services has contributed to an increased amount of people now working jobs as independent contractors, freelancers, whether employee classifications across the country as well as right here in San Francisco. If you read some of the broader Economic Trends that continue to show more and more people are choosing to be selfemployed or work for multiple platforms and services the flexibility and other benefits those types of jobs can offer. We all know that the traditional path that existed for generations in this country and elsewhere working for one job for 30 years and then retiring is simply not reality anymore. Just as the types of workers are choosing to get more Flexible Work options, the new economy and workforce does raise questions on the type of benefits responsibilities workers and company should expect. The rise of this economy and workforce we have discussions about whether 20thcentury work standards definitions work in a 21st century economy. Thats why today im introducing a hearing request and calling on her citys chief economist to produce a first of its kind report on the data economy inherent San Francisco. Specifically, masking a chief economist to produce a report that contains the form. The size and scope of this gig economy and workforce here in San Francisco, how much these workers are earning innercity, the different type of employee classifications gig workers may fall under, what worker benefits may or may not be available to these individuals, and anything else subsequent about this city the chief economist deems necessary to report on. Was this port is pleaded with in our citys history we had detailed information of our workforce within San Francisco city limits. I believe i called us i firmly believe all workers regardless of employee classification deserve access to traditional worker benefits just like other employees they deserve some form of a safety net that chance there hurt on the job, get sick or family issues to attend to. Look forward to the release of this report the discussions ahead of this extremely important policy space at the rest i submit thank you. Supervisor kim. Have two items today. The first is a request for hearing and the second is an in memoriam. Before that i do want to express my cosponsorship of two of the ordinance and resolution this before to get one of the supplemental appropriation to support our Small Businesses and three vendors displaced in super bowl l and second for the resolution urging ucsf also in the district i represent along with supervisor breed to rectify the serious breaches of workers rights by hiring the fired impact orders as fulltime employees. Im calling for a hearing today before the idea of having the city and county of San Francisco establish one unified database Data Visualization program to talk advantages from every department and also about uavs for city programs. Just last week, and often noted statistic that has been reported in the press San Francisco chronicle reported that the city spends at least 240 million on Homeless Population but cannot track the results. We know that eight City Department oversee at least for hundred contracts to 76 private organizations to do with an address very serious issue innercity, homelessness. San francisco is the worlds Capital Technology yet we do not yet have a basic toolkit tracking all of our spending the results of our programs. Or City Government cant track the efficacy of all of our spending in one place. Even the smallest businesses in San Francisco basic database to monitor expenditures and return on investment. Yet, weve not done the same. From the bakery on the corner to the largest corporation, what is called Customer Relationship are used to make programs in business is more effective. San francisco is home to salesforce one of the largest providers in the world. There are bright spots such as our primary efforts but the data is not yet fully centralized it isnt always shared and most of all, it isnt always acted on to make your services more effective. In particularly concerned that the steps of inefficiencies plague our efforts to combat homelessness bill we need to make sure were using every dollar effectively to help homeless residents get off the street and get back on their feet. I know we have many programs analyzed do incredible work in the city and that in fact her problem would be far worse and far larger if not for these Incredible Services at both cities and nonprofit organizations provide like supportive housing. But we should know how much more dollars are being spent on housing folks, how well its working, and make sure were doing more of what works and less of what is not working. Some proposing office of civic Innovation Energy Technology Officer johnny together to create a single system to track how all of our money is spent and whether its producing the results with the goal of making this Program Tracks every dollar, every program. The cities made bold promises before. Weve also made Real Progress on upgrading our technology. But we need to do more. We have a homelessness crisis affordability crisis and eviction crisis is further exacerbating what was seen in a homelessness issue here did it we need to make sure we can account for the dollars have been spent. I hope that this hearing we can bring together the City Technology committee and Department Head to view what each of the department is doing and what would you do to unify these programs. I think that its important to have this dovetail with the Mayors Office work on centralizing many of the services in a department of homelessness thats currently in discussion today is also the subject of another hearing in cosponsoring with supervisor melia cohen. I do i think supervisor avalos and campos for joining in and so finally i want to submit and anymore am. Its with a heavy heart i share the news of the surpassing of the leader ofhe was struck by a car last week in San Francisco died over the weekend. For those who do not know, natural work of employers of management house cleaners and home attendance, families and allies were grounded in the conviction that dignified and respectful working conditions benefit worker and employer alike. According to lindsaythe bay area organizer for handinhand who knew very well and works closely with her passing domestic bill of rights sure these words with us today. She brought light humor and honesty to hand in hand. She had a contagious laugh and never afraid to exactly what she thought. She was also a powerful advocate an ally to the Domestic Worker movement giving critical testimony to support the passage of ab California Domestic bill of rights. Theres always those for social justice who go above and beyond and we all know every effort there are always those who volunteer when no one else will. Who do the work that no one else wants to do. That was her. We will all miss her and her positive energy. Her willingness to try new things and do things to support handinhand and Domestic Workers movement. Remember, when she spoke at the rally in sacramento, was a passage unaligned along with many of her other work in uniting workers. There will be eight Memorial Service in stockton this week and we are still waiting the details i will pass that along to the public as soon as we learn them. But i do ask that we adjourn our Board Meeting in her memory and also the remembrance of how important vision zero his as a policy could we can have lives taken away by these collisions that take place on our streets and take away members of our community suddenly and quickly and often those who contribute so much to our lives and our community and the rest i submit. Thank you. Supervisors do not cement better president campos ssp my project. Just a quick point. I do also joined in the in memoriam for the tragic death of this amazing woman. I want to note im introducing a hearing request to follow up on a hearing that supervisors wiener and yee on the issue of car breakins in San Francisco and calling for a followup hearing to be held in Public Safety delivered Services Committee so that we can have a better understanding of the various strategies that the Police Department the Attorneys Office, and others following to address this abbott epidemic threats i submit better president that concludes the introduction of new business. Thank you. Can you please read Public Comment at this time the public may now address the board in its entirety for up to 2 min. On items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board. To include items on the adoption without reference to committee calendar. Public comment will not be allowed when an item is previously been subject to Public Comment a board committee. Pursuant to the boards will, direct their remarks to the board as a whole and not to individual supervisors and not to the audience. Speakers using translation assistance will be allowed twice the amount of time to testify to be like to display a document on the overhead projector the state got to sf gtb remove the document when you would like to screen to return to live coverage of the meeting. Thank you. First speaker emma please. I have in my hand of the San Francisco chronicle today. Including our madam clerk, you have one. [foreignlanguage] ladies and gentlemen i have a few issues today to discuss with you number one, happy new chinese here for our chinese residents. Number two, congratulations to denver and God Bless America and San Francisco for the super bowl. Number two, [inaudible] he discriminated against many of us anything his money can take him to the white house. The other one, his mama or his mommy thinks she has the keys to the white house. We are sick and tired of bush and his family. Enough is enough. I want to tell to both of you [inaudible]. Ladies and gentlemen, the way you have a giddy today and you can see by your eyes [inaudible] on the red carpet. I never saw that in any other country. Even our supervisor, he does not come with a red carpet. He is here neared. Ladies and gentlemen, our country is different than the world. 5 million egyptians bowing for mr. Mubarak. 5 million egyptians. That means 250,000 250,000 every day. In my country and my family and the other families, they are struggling to live. I would like to tell you thank you to america. Thank you to San Francisco. Im here 30 years. Im trying to give my voice to every one of you to wake up and to help us [inaudible] was happening to my times. Enough is enough. Its been 44 years i have not seen my country. Ive not seen my family. Thank you. Did god bless all the thank you. Next speaker, please. [inaudible]. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is christopher doll out it of six in howard 10 blocks less than 14 m from sea level. I rise to comment on the grueling hegemony. [calling names] for patrick only has 12 billion. These are all lies but to recognize billionaires from forbes billionaire list. None of them have european surnames and therefore to be part of the ruling hegemony the white hegemony, they must be honorary white people. I hope they appreciate the burden. Congratulations to them. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. Thousands of Senior Citizens reside at the San Francisco units for this coming year of 2016, the fourth time in the last four decades, three of those within the last five years the Social Security administration will not issue a costofliving increase to Senior Citizens who depend on Social Security. In addition, its predicted there will also be no increases in 2017 or 2018. Social security administrations rationale is that the Consumer Price index has fallen due to the lowering of gasoline prices. This is a bitter irony for many seniors get a large percentage of whom dont drive and see everything from Food Pharmaceuticals and other necessities climbing regardless of the following gas prices. Many private passions also coordinate their increase with the Social Security ministration skoda so many other seniors are impacted as well to my request of the supervisors and i called a few of you of your staffers, is that the board grace of legislation any retired Senior Citizen collecting Social Security or private pension type ii and living in a rent controlled units from having to pay any increase in years where no cola increase is issued by the Social Security administration. Seniors on fixed income are living on the edge just 12 increase in rent conoco developing increasing cola can mean the difference between food on the table were doctors visit or necessary Prescription Drug purchase. With the loss of their living units. This is a timely request and hopefully the board supervisors walked immediately and set legislation to impact seniors retroactively to january 1 of this year. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi. Im a San Francisco taxidriver. I do not taxidriver for about four years. Now i drive for de soto it basically im here to talk about what you guys called the economy and like uber and left have the software that they must get some being regulated by now because his regular vet of the state. Basically, all insane is like this. Us taxidrivers had a career and now these companies to that career and they made people who work in that industry need to pay less. So its no longer agree. Its like a parttime job for people with no future. You drive a cab you can become a medallion ordered another way to survive. You have a career. Youve done something new, something. Now with these gigs economy, its anybody who wants to work for a few hours. Do they really care about the job was a just a quick buck . Taxidrivers take the time to be educated beside our days talked about the city and enjoying. I just feel like because these companies have money and the sponsored by people like google, the kind of looked at as its good. Really its destroying the people i worked on for decades. As far as solutions, i dont know well i can tell you its kind of like its pretty bad already late taxidrivers i know some live in their cars when these people take care of a family and save for college. This income these Big Companies with billions of dollars they hire celebrities to market and advertise these Companies Like your cool and hip really is just taking the money and giving it to Merrill Lynch big investors thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is vickie graves. Im episcopal deacon and i dont live in the city i live in vallejo. I could not afford the city. I felt a need to truck in here this afternoon, this evening, because i work here with the San Francisco night ministry. Might be used to be folk college. Just a couple blocks down here at leavenworth mcallister, we have a sunday Eucharist Service and reserve lunch to our homeless congregation regulars. We do the same at 16th and mission, and i know there has been a lot said in the past, a few weeks around super bowl. There are no sweeps going on but let me tell you, two sundays ago, the Community Bicycle police came by and intruded on our service ticketing the, two other ministers, and handcuffing and ticketing one of our congregants who is sitting on the grass, private property. The swedes have been going on. This last sunday un plaza, down the block, was swept clean. The people on our little park area removed from one side to the other. As a federal policeman on one side and the city policeman on the other side in the shooting people back and forth. We need to stop making homelessness a client. We need to find People Housing not just shelters. Affordable housing. Finally, we needand im glad to hear what i heard today, we need to thank you. Next speaker, please. Good evening. I am johnthis is about the super bowl. Havent heard enough about it yet . I hope none of the players got had concussions in this years super bowl. Many players in the game are descendents of former american slaves. In the past, gladiators also were slaves who fought for the amusement of the welltodo in the stands. We dont fight to the death, but we are willing to accept had concussions that might affect a players for the rest of their lives. All lies matter. Thank you for listening. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is michaelon the street artist in Justin Herman plaza and i like to address the supervisors today about both what happened to us and how we can get compensated. First of all, 70 artists that were not displaced is 130 artists that were displaced and we seven are supplied for the 10 spots available. Super bowl city would not existed of the cigars were kicked out of the businesses. Although Sales Revenue youre talking about funding all these different programs and projects would not exist if the street artists were not kicked out of their spots. To make it more heinous, we werent offered any condensation for the loss of our business and we were not offered any like or similar alternative spots to set up in. We have not been offered any reduction in reimbursement to the piece we paid to be in the spot. As supervisor peskin suggested, not suggested that said, we pay a license fee. That license fee may not guarantee us a specific location, but it does guarantee us that we have the opportunity to go out and sell our businesses. So when you consider pain considering the money coming in for the super bowl city and for the revenues generated by the nfl, the street artists should be at the top of the list for reimbursement because all of us lost our businesses for 22 days. In my instance, had i been able to set up in super bowl city, and be considered an part of that that could be anywhere from three 6000 of lost revenues. Thats a considerable amount of money for me and for the Small Businesses. I hear everyone talk about the homeless. We actually support homeless by hiring them. Many of our artists are Senior Citizens who need the money to pay the rent and supplement their food. Thank you very much. I appreciate your time. Thank you. Next speaker, please. On george baker and appreciate your time. Not a great public speaker but i appreciate what i heard today. I heard a lot of great things that youre actually addressing the homeless situation and looking for solutions. I applaud you for doing that. Its a lot of work out there. I know youre looking at multiple angles how to tackle the problems. In my experiences of being homelessness is that you have to look at the big picture and come up with Permanent Solutions please speak directly into the microphone i apologize. I look at the i was in technology for a long time. I know theres a pretty large amount of money its not always money that solves issues but at the end of the day, i look at the 1700 Department Expense code for i guess its for housing and employment and i dont know if its going to be 1 1000 of 1 saw necessarily tackling longterm strategic goals of housing and homelessness. Its all interconnected. But it be and of the day, i think you could look at maybe not building or refurbishing homeless centers. You may want to look at building new shelters to house additional people. 4000 people. Or 1500 people. With a permanent shelter would be a transition time in and out. It could be a lot more cost effective. From a real estate perspective, youre looking at apartment buildings at 2 million. With that, alternate over to the experts but i want to let you know its a big issue thats been around for a long time. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good evening board of supervisors. My name is john timmons. Im one of the displaced street artist. Right now im looking at bills i cannot afford to cover. Including a San Francisco waterville. What do i do . . To i write to the board and say im a San Francisco crs that got displaced . To set it straight abandon deposit for 15 years. Prior to that i been a homeless person since 1984. The street Artist Program is what made me no longer homeless. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon my name is Suzanne Markel fox. The vice chairman of the neighborhood association. We stand with the polk district merchants ation and our support of the many Small Businesses that are the personality of our neighborhood. Very character of polk street is by plans to install formula retail about the ncd in times of the essence. Form the retail is an important part of our national economy, but as unintended consequences and cited in [inaudible] when applied to areas and polk street with big ops projects may check more business but at the expense of Small Business. Unable to compete on price and margin, and under constant pressure on rents, Small Businesses cannot be sustained. The result is a loss of these neighbors of commerce and in the color full nature of the neighborhood changes to a sterile monochrome, no different from strip malls we find across america. We support stronger formula retail controls in the polk ncd to protect our unique neighborhood identity and wellestablished local merchants like swan oyster depot in business for 100 years. The jug shop, 50 years. And the dual market, 30 years. These businesses are part of our local family and a powerful draws for tourist dollars and taxes. From the retail work very can activate preserve it but Small Business health in hayes valley and north beach. Along polk Street Commercial rent are through the roof emerges are under the additional pressure of polk street redesign and the vrc we stand to lose many of our neighborhood businesses to form the retail we do not act now. Stronger formula retail control combined with smart city planning will preserve the vibrant commercial corridor that protects good character and also welcomes smart mixeduse Housing Development without displacing one single residence or business. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good even get my name is joseph foreman on the order of natural market. I been in business for 32 years now. Serving in the community im also here discussed the formula box store proposals to limit them in our commercial districts specifically the polk street area. What makes San Francisco such a unique place to live is because we have these small shopping communities. They designed for walking businesses and have always been housed by small individuals and family businesses. What is being proposed at the 365 location jock by the lombardi Sports Center will have a major impact on polk Small Businesses, especially those with food in their format. I have watched several businesses over the years as a native San Francisco disappear in our neighborhood communities because each time big stores open up it puts pressure on the Smaller Stores to continue to survive. We dont just one store selling cigarettes and beer and wine. We want them to sell the goods the committees are looking for. So, im here to support what we can doto protect the community. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Im here to share some statistics about homeless in. Theres a lot of misinformation out there so i want to clear up a few things. One is theres over 7000 was people on any one night in San Francisco. Theres only one shelter bed for every 5. 5 Homeless People. The majority of Homeless People in San Francisco were san franciscans before they were homeless. Studies have shown that municipalities have saved money, housing Homeless People it is cheaper to house someone there to keep them homeless. San francisco is more antihomeless laws than any other city in california, a whopping 22 was used against Homeless People and i think thats discussing. Last year, 11,000 citations were given to Homeless People for resting were sitting, and when they can pay their find that leads to warrants, loss of access to housing, destroyed credit and more. Also, there are 3300 Homeless Children in San Francisco, 61 of homeless adults have a disability. 30 are lgbt q and the majority are people of color. Something to think about in our personal note i happen to be a transgender man and when people ask me with a Transgender Committee and San Francisco what committed i know people who are afraid to leave their house. I have a friend whos doesnt feel safe in the shelter and a veteran who friend who took his own life evidence pointed heartstrings but its a true story. Its affecting human beings thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is ray is all business on polk street. 11 years i hope i can be a legacy as well, 30 years going. I just want to say thank you to proviso peskin. I support your efforts for controls on form in the retail and thanks for keeping the oldschool values of San Francisco a lot. Thank you. Next speaker, please. President of the board, supervisors, and supervisor peskin my name is linda patterson. A been a street artist since 1980. 27 soft ominous trends in the economy just as id by then ive been sewing my blood prince were improving and 29 when the economy tanked. Having to leave my onebedroom apartment [inaudible] i came back to the city where i still live in a sro and north between most all my Social Security benefits this we take an early phase the rent on my room. In 2012 my feelings for the Tech Industry eased as sales after purchasing a cell phone is finding up with square socket process critical errors. That old phone had to be replaced in january so i could take card readers. This is a chip reader. This was an unexpected expense. Due to the fact i lost space [inaudible] i generally feel on saturdays in january and february when sales are slow in Justin Herman plaza is our only venue for foot truck victory about my sales potentially very some nothing to over 400 on any given day. In the past film crews have reimbursed us at the rate of 200 per day for loss of selling spaces. For myself i would consider 600 of their reimbursement at this time of year for the three saturdays and selling opportunities lost at Justin Herman plaza lost to the super bowl city. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. My name is claire kate and i been a street Artist Program since the 70s. I did take time for a tech job but ive been on and off for all my adult life. I cherish it. I feel thats an Incredible Opportunity to be there. But the city allows us to be in the best spot one of the best spots. To miss 22, plus, we dont know when we are going back, days, its a struggle now and to catch up it would be great if we got compensated and i know a lot of my friends and colleagues are really on the edge and this could make the difference. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, supervise my name is scott. Im in a street artist since 1974. So over 40 years is pretty much a career. At one time i was a manager of an arts and Crafts Market at Justin Herman plaza and we also often entertain different events we share the pauses with us. This event of course was much larger and pretty incredible for a lot of people who enjoyed it. But for street artist, we were told in november that we need to be compensated will be given spaces near the super bowl city. Unfortunately, the commission was not able to ingratiate any spaces for us. So we were put out for these 22 days. By the Christmas Season was pretty wet as you know. So a lot of the street artists looking forward to this big event but in january looking forward to this big event but in january 4 we were told of course, it was going to be any compensation and we would be placed on the outside of the event we tend a lot of cigars had to scramble. This week of course is valentines week and were waiting for the super bowl structure to come down. Is a very important week for street artists to make money and sales especially because the weather has been nice. Not only did this regards have to put up with the events being placed in the first place, and during the event, but a loss this week as well. Many people really did enjoy that events. Sure was pretty awesome super bowl city they put up. Unfortunately, the artists whove been there for years were not invited to the banquet. So i appreciate supervisor kim and peskin for sponsoring putting this resolution 12 compensate for some of the loss that street art is in part. The city of San Francisco often writes about how they take care of their art community. So this opportunity to step up and take care of us as well. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello, supervisor. My name is mike my photographer. First off id like to thank supervisor peskin and supervisor kim for looking into this. What i like to show you is here, this is when the street artists first started at Justin Herman plaza. Back then it was called the embarcadero plaza. It was a dump. Nobody wanted to be there. The supervisors actually all one of the street artists out of the union sc to want them out o Fishermans Wharf. They want them in this area that had embarcadero. The hyatt was not even built than im sorry. The embarcadero freeway. They want us in a spot where we would not make any money. At that time, the street artists started their they been there ever since. When mayor alioto heard we were down there the street artists were down there, he was very happy with it and he put out a press release that stated. Chinn refers 1972 San Francisco chronicle mayor hollywood is quoted Effective Immediately he said this regards will a fulltime use of the embarcadero ctr. , plaza. Like i said we been there ever since and is a little confusion about the term street art and graffiti artists have coopted the term. Street artists by their nature, their own work and if we want, decision for 200 per day or two back that sales. Thats gross sales. Thats not net income get you to take out the materials, the cost to sales taxes security test we have to pay both sides. The display the computers the cell phones the credit card processing. Etc. We got no medical care we get no dental bill paid holidays no vacation the pension overtime no minimum wage. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. My name isjohns good a lot of people getthe periods that i was in a mental ward and which was appends the prison in the first place [inaudible]. Im still trying to get the right medication. Its ridiculous. The medical health i get here and all these years ive been here. Though he thinks about the suffering i went through just being here in San Francisco. It was a major crime. You could never see the real talents. I have a picture already thats drawn out. Its about an angel [inaudible]. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good evening, supervisors get my name is on the chairman of the local association am proud to stand with local poke merchants and boat District Merchant Association to support stronger form of the retail controls on polk street. Sometimes it takes a series of dramatic events to bring the Community Together to ask for change. In our case, the last year and a half weve been about a with bigbox retailers like target and whole foods were trying to swap away one of only half a dozen subsites and district 3 to build muchneeded housing in the greatest housing crisis in modern memory. The lombardi site will build really 62 units of housing evictions are at alltime high in our neighborhood. Alice, people want to move to our neighborhood. Thats a good thing. We have to build housing first. We also want to protect our local businesses could we need to stand firm and say that district 3 the historic