Test, test, test, test, test, test, test good afternoon, everyone and welcome to the San Francisco full board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, july 26, 2016, mr. Clerk call roll. Supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos not present supervisor cowen not present per supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar not present supervisor peskin supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee madam chair we have quorum thank you and supervisor cowen is walked in ladies and gentlemen, can you please join us no pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you and madam clerk are there any consumptions. Yes. Madam chair we are in receipt of a communication if the mayor communicating his veto of file one six 0660 urging the delegation to amend or oppose the buy right approval the budget tailor bill ive submitted a consumption to the board indicate if their tdr in switzerland a meeting send me a communication. Colleagues in the what happened last week where the clerk and myself had to remind Board Members of the appropriate conduct of board i want to set the tone by reminding colleagues of rule 5. 12 regarding the conduct of supervisor may not directly or indirectly we any form of the word to another supervisor or other supervisors in any conduct or motivate unworthy or unbecoming of a supervisor id like to set the tone madam clerk the approval of the minutes and Board Meeting minutes a 3 special minutes of special meeting rescheduled and recess Meeting Minutes of the that a quorum of the supervisors for june. Colleagues a motion motioned by supervisor peskin and seconded by supervisor farrell colleagues without objection without objection those Meeting Minutes will be approved after. Next speaker, please. The content agenda items 1 and 2 calendar, are considered to be routine and may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission, the public, or staff so requests. Roerltd on items one and two. Supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor peskin supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor cowen supervisor farrell there are 11 is. Those ordinances are finally passed unanimously madam clerk please call items three and four. Are the proposed consolidated budget. Appropriations to appropriate all estimated expenditures for the departments of city of San Francisco as of may 31st and item 4 the proposed consolidated annual salary for the positions in the annual budget for the fiscal years ending june 2017 and june 2018. Roll call vote. On items three and four supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor peskin no supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor cowen supervisor farrell there 10 is with supervisor peskin in the descent. Those ordinances are finally passed please call items 5 through. Theres no further business. The orientals that accompany the budget and item 5 the ordinances that adopts the graffiti clean up and designating a seem for the tax 15 and item 6 amending the administrative code for the membership and professional traditions and others organizations and neck the administrative codes to adopt fee for department and set the process for the annual adjustments and item 8 the ordinance for the administrative code to establish the District Attorney neighborhood justice fund. Item 9 the ordinance to amend the administrative code for the director of health to enter into management car care for people covered under the state program and next to set the patient rates by the department of health this requires 9 vote pursuant to the chapter and item 11 an ordinance to amend the administrative code to streamline the Statutory Authority for the Assistance Program and make others modifications to the indetergents aid and item 12 for the fire code to there the overtime from one and 33 to one and 34 per hour and next to the administrative code to impose a credit card cost estimate by the city. Roll call vote. On items 5 through 13. Commissioner kim supervisor mar supervisor peskin supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor cowen supervisor farrell there are 11 is. Those ordinances are finally passed unanimously item number 14 an. An ordinance for a special election on november 8th for the purpose of submitting to the voters a proposition to amend prop a approved in 1992 to incur the go bonds for the purpose of making the amendments to the Affordable Housing and the Mayors Office of loan for the purposes to acquire and convert at the risks multi unit buildings to permanent housing. Colleagues, can we take that same house, same call . Without objection the ordinance is finally passed unanimously and item 15. For the business and tax code to impose a transportation starkly at the rate of twaerldz for a period of 25 years for the state board of equalization and is limit by the amount to 4 years from november 2016. Roll call vote. On item 15. Supervisor kim no. Supervisor mar supervisor peskin no supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee no supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor cowen supervisor farrell there are 8 is and 3 notices were supervisor kim supervisor peskin and supervisor yee in the descent the ordinance is finally passed item 16. An ordinance to amend the administrative code for the city contractor that provide health care and social services to seek to collect and analyze the data for the Sexual Orientation and gender identified of the clients they serve. Roll call vote. Supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor peskin supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor cowen supervisor farrell there are 11 is. The ordinance is finally passed unanimously item 18. Item 17 madam chair . Supervisor peskin 17. We just oh, 16 i apologize call item number 17. Item 17 and 18 were referred without recommendation from the Transportation Committee and item 17 an ordinance for the administrative code to establishment the downtown preservation funds to vacate a portion of jessie street and a portion of alley and first street with the ocean wide project on 55 street. Roll call vote. Supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor peskin no supervisor tang supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor malia cowen commissioner farrell last year 10 is with supervisor peskin in the dissents. This ordinance is finally passed item 18. To amend the planning code for the construction of accessary dwellings as long as inlaw unit on all lots in areas that allow the retail use. Supervisor farrell. Thank you id like to ask we hear this labor market in the calendar to work out the technical glitches and passes unanimously last week and anticipated doing so we want to make sure all the language is in there and well be back that with. Madam clerk call items 19 and 20. Are the ordinances to amend the campaign and governmental conduct code for the city codes for a campaign pumpers committee a motion submitted to the voters an ordinance for the amending the governmental conduct code. Supervisor peskin. Thank you, madam chair and colleagues for the vote last week we want to commend make a motion to table item 20 youre aware there is a a ballot pursue that was submitted with 4 members of the board and in so for if the mayor signs to an or before the last day ill work with the other 3 signers to remove if it the ballot assuming the mayor signs that by about date. Commissioner peskin to table item seconded by supervisor tang colleagues, can we table without objection without objection the motion to tackle passed unanimously and madam clerk on 19 please call the roll supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor peskin supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor cowen supervisor farrell there are 11 is. The ordinance finally passes unanimously madam clerk call items 21 through 23 together. Item 21 is at chapter mainstreamed to amend the municipal chapter for the maintenance of street trees and establish a fund for the maintenance of trees on San FranciscoUnified School District property and amend the tax regulations code for a specialize parcel tax with the increases of the appropriation by the amount of parcel tax from 2016 and to affirm the ceqa discretionary item 322 a first draft to amend the for the maintenance of street trees from a budding frrn to the city and affirm the ceqa determination item 23 was referred without recommendation from the board of supervisors budget finance subcommittee to a motion for the amending of the tax code to impose 0 utility users tax on persons using the electrical for the charges incurred an exemption for persons using Renewable Energy resources supervisor wiener. Thank you very much madam president today is an exciting day we finally we believe have come to a consensus about once and for all fixing our broken street trees first of all, can i ask folks here to support our effort to go to the ballot and ask the voters to fix the broken street trees everyone in the program who supports it stand up thank you. clapping. colleagues street trees are not the sexiest subject in the world but it matters and this is a Grassroots Movement that hesitate before brewing for a a long time of people in the city that thinks that trees matter they matter to the environment and health to our quality of life, and people who understand that that for way two along the city of San Francisco has neglected our urban forest and gone beyond neglect by isnt it true dumping responsibility on adjacent Property Owner whether or not they planted the tree or whether or not they want the tree or know anything about taken care of of trees and the physical responsibility to whether theyre a 25 ceo or an 80yearold Social Security recipient that treats Property Owners unfairly and guarantees a deratd and dying urban forest it is long past due of this terrible, terrible system and have the opportunity to fix it for the last 6 years ive had the honoring of partnering with supervisor avalos and the friends of the urban forest to move a solution forward weve worked collaboratively with the Planning Department and the public works and environmental groups anticipate neighborhood groups weve convened hundreds of community meaningful weve spoken about this issue weve spoken with Property Owner groups were worked with everyone who should be involved a Broad Based Coalition enough is enough the city needs to take back the trees and the sidewalks for tree related damage and take back liability earlier this year we introduced legislation a ballot measure to go to the voters and to seek relief to have the city take back the trees and actually pay for it he know that trees dont compete well, in the budget if we simply take back the trees the trees will die because this building will not adequately fund tree maintenance needs from the beginning we were clear that we needed to take back the trees and have dedicated lockbox funding to do that the initial proposal included a combination of baselines aside what the city has spent for the last ten years and a progressive parcel tax weve had a lot of communications there that issue to make sure we are sending not just the best possible measure to the voters but a measure that has the best possibility of passing to fix this once and for all supervisor avalos has been working with me and thank you to him for his partnership and he creative thinking we had to continue this last week that was unclear if well be able to put this on the ballot and last week, we spoken more time than either of us care to admit to try to resolve this i want to thank supervisor avalos for his creative thinking for coming up with great ideas to incorporate into this measure today so colleagues before i today weve distributed amendments that will had had following will continue to meant the city take back the tree relates sidewalk damage and liability and then to create a baseline in the budget of 19 million which is the total cost weve formulated with finally and the Controllers Office to pay for that the 34ur will provide the mayors with an opportunity as with the transportation and housing sales tax depend on what the Financial Condition of the city at the end of this year to determine to move forward but were confident this will move forward and we know that the mayor cares about trees as well sow r so this measure a great one supervisor avalos and you are in partnership and will ask you colleagues to make those amendments today and then this is on the agenda already for the thursday and friday special meeting so that i hope well place this on the ballot and want to thank friends of the urban forest for the unending work for 40 years for the urban forest and on this measure in particular he thing andrea in my office that did enormous work over a a long time to move forward move forward to colleagues he ask for your support and now with our permission madam president im going to turn it over to supervisor avalos. Okay. Before we take the amendment he will recognize supervisor avalos. And thats a motion and so so supervisor wiener has made a motion to amend seconded by supervisor avalos colleagues the amendment without objection without objection the amendment passed amazing supervisor avalos. Thank you supervisor president london breed i might not describe trees as sexy issue that is an essential issue and district lovely trees have been a big effort that the residents came together to help to develop the neighborhood to bring a sense of belonging beauty to the neighborhood and make sure that our neighborhood can be a place where people are actively involved with the landscaping looks like so the university has been a big part a many, many resident in any district that have been working closely to make sure that district 11 can grow the university it is unfortunate because district 11 it is hard to do that a lot of concrete and a lot of telephone poles more telephone poles than trees in district 11 but people understand that trees are about a sense that quality and people in any district that dont have disposable income finds is difficult to take care of trees when the city is passing on that responsibility to them and trees and situations for people in district 11 that struggling to pa pay their mortgage and having to take care of the damage the tree might make can be a disagrees event so thats a solution a great solution and it is one that is really clearly helping neighbors in San Francisco that are generally not given a lot of support and reliberal wanting to take care of planting new trees well have many trees that have been taken out because Property Owners dont want to take care of the trees this is been a really great experience working with supervisor wiener on this measure we often dont see eye to eye but trees we do to me this is an issue that is a progressive issue the moderate issue an issue that united the board of supervisors i work hard to make sure our board can be united i know that supervisor yee is also looking at how we can insure that when this measure kicks in by july 1st of next year well have a program in place because well already set a reserve relishl program but by Charter Amendment for the future and doing that with a fund that supports long term make ready for ever for trees in San Francisco thats a huge thing this is also an environmental issue our trees are the greatest source of carbon in San Francisco we can remove Carbon Dioxide by funding more trees that nursing or enables us with clean power to do our part in restoring Climate Change that is devastating the world im proud to be part of this effort i was concerned about moving forward with another parcel tax the San FranciscoCity College Board of trustees has put a reauthorization of the parcel tax on the ballot i think that is hard for Property Owner voters to choose two parcel tax or have to choose between them if they only want to support one and other revenue measures it is difficult to move forward with other parcel tax to help to resolve the tree issue when another one is there because the remedy measures with the revenue cosponsored it made it possible for us to attempt to tap both one of the sources to be able to cover the program for trees we want to commend thank all my colleagues that have been working on new source of revenue with our photo tax and transfer tax increases that are coming forward i know that several of us on the board worked on those measures they enable us to have the flexibility in the budget to quality this set aside and have a stream of funding for the tree program i want to engage supervisor kim and supervisor cowen and supervisor mar for their work on revenue i think this is really important to move on trees above all thank you, jeremy in any office that has tried various because of you know throwing dangerous on the wall to see what stays on the wall and this effort to actually link with new Revenue Sources without a new additional source to the ballot is one that really will work and one that all of San Francisco will see the benefits of as we move forward. So thank you to jeramy colleagues before we go further i do want to im going to table item 22 which say was any version the tree tax measure i kind of stopped working on that with in place with supervisor wi