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Public education we need it for everyone and in that light we mentioned how the survey and had so many responses 11 hundred responses what can San Francisco Unified School District do to help keep you as an employee in the district out of that ill not mention a i will mention a couple of negatives nothing ive returned i had enough and another person said this is one of the worst district in california im wearing a tshirt San Francisco 210 east statements are on the fast side ill hope in light of what williams talked about well be constructive how to come up with better pay for San Francisco and our students . Another one of the statements what can the district do to help me to stay here value me as an employee period that value can come with heir pay most definitely address that like crazy but is a babblsabbat please consider what we have said tonight. Good evening commissioner Vice President walton im carolyn the u a sf for paraprofessionals and a special paul rivera k through 8 there are important facts i wish to share with you the first there is currently 49 vacant paraprofessional positions in the district all last year and this year not been a time when all paraprofessional positions have been filed like cedric said security is paraprofessional that puts the most vulnerable students in a difficult situation students that need more attention rely an paraprofessionals to provide that support this affordability crisis push our paraprofessionals out of San Francisco meaning our students are losing the stability like janet comes from antioch two hours each way shes a paraprofessional we need the district to do the right thing and work with our Bargaining Team to make sure that all paraprofessionals can afford to stay if San Francisco i have been a paraprofessional for 27 years paraprofessionals love their jobs i love any job i love any school and i cant think of a admonish rewarding job but to keep our jobs and help give our students a stable and safe and supportive learning environment we must call think you to do the right thing we look forward to prove negotiations thank you. clapping. im ken tray a student teacher in galileo and had my first job anothers bop and Shawn Richard was among my first students shawn could have benefited from a safer and secure School Environment the district failed africanamerican students like shawn back then and the district has arisen to the occasion i want to tell you that u e sf is doing to try to insure those dark times of the trump era those dark times indeed what we are doing to help to insure the safety and security stability of our students were one of the founding agencies the Response Time this is how dark we have to be a Founding Member a Response Network that is preparing ourselves as educators and helping to prepare our neighborhoods and communities that to defend the worst kinds of tissues we fear during the trump era specifically without details the Response Network is preparing to respond when the immigration and undocumented students and families are under attack by ice or other federal authorities that leads to their d portion another part of the emergency respondents to prepare the educators to respond in a fiscal and timely manner when hate crimes against our amounting students and we hear against the Jew Community and the lgbt students we are creating an Emergency Response forget and during this era a very scary and dark and dangerous times the school board has to take the lead in a Response Time for the response the educators the adults in the classrooms and the hallways with our students are failing you have to dig deep and respond as if an emergency and play our role to provide the stability for the educators of San Francisco because janet is commuting if halfway to mars and Cedric Williams commuting if across the bridge and people as far away as antioch keep the teachers and the paraprofessionals in this town your part to dig dope and make sure that every bit of the resources goes to provide a decent living an affordable living in in town to compliment the efforts on the Housing Market to keep the folks here this is has to be your Emergency Response and doing everything we can to keep the communities save and do everything you can. Good evening commissioner Vice President walton and commissioners im susan and this month marks the beginning of any 20th year as one of your school indoors recruitment is upon us be aware of the community we expedite with to pay their educators more than sfusd much more up to 20,000 more in san mateo and seinquire and 20,000 more those educators have fulfill paid health care for their families and themselves last month on 27 with a Labor Committee heard the Teacher Attrition and retention this is the presentation in my hand the number one answer to the question where are teachers leaving sfusd not surprisingly dissatisfaction with salaries. What to take into consideration to bring the teachers back more than 40 percent said if i salary were higher i would come back when asked how difficult to pay rent greater than 50, 57. 8 percent exactly paying hair mortgage was difficult or very difficult and as someone that is evicted from her long time residence i know that what feels like if i feel this is difficult or somewhat difficult was before image what im facing 70 plus teachers say their income is the majority of their income the data reflects a single most driving force for enhancing recruitment and retention a significant salary there time for you to come to the bargaining table with a financial commitment to the people that do the direct work of the district and recruiting and retaining educator is directly related to save and Supportive Schools with our educators in the classrooms and support in the building the work the district didnt happen you must make good on our promises to the families of this city by making a promise to our educators and pay them more thanks so much. clapping. good evening commissioner Vice President walton and commissioners and sprernt youve heard from half hour the Bargaining Team i think theyve made their points im sussusan thus with 32 of our schools as part of national day with the alliance to reclaim schools hundreds of educators pledged to keep our students safe in light of the new United States agenda on saturday there were over three hundred women at the march with a lot of you and championship education not deportation and dump hate we have students to educate we are here for our students as youve heard our rallying cry is safe and Supportive Schools the new reality adds a dimension to the word safe our schools are the heart and the sanctuaries we are ready to fight for the students and schools but the other reality the affordability crisis in San Francisco and the longer and longer consultants creates a challenge for the educator what weve heard from the educators is about safe and Supportive Schools and reporting the and the affordability crisis we thank you and look forward to the negotiations starting february 14th thank you. clapping. thank you any comments or statements if any colleagues. No hearing none, roll call vote. Ms. Casco. Mr. Cook mr. Haney. Ms. Mendozamcdonnell. Dr. Murase. Ms. Norton mr. Sanchez and mr. Walton. 7 is. Thank you and our last special order of business the adoption of the calendar for the 20172018 school year i believe you all have a corrected copy in your packet sprernt for the hat trick our chief of the Labor Relations. Thank you so the background is the process of setting up the structural calendar for the Ferry Building feedback from parents the board of education has the Sole Authority to adopt the structural calendar for the district and i would like to read into the record there are two corrections to the calendar include in the board agenda the first correction is that there are 18 structural days in february not 19 and the second correction is that the last day of instruction is wednesday, june 6th not tuesday june 5th. Thank you, sir and we do have Public Comment on this item. calling names . You each have two minutes at the microphone. Mr. Chairman we have Miranda Martin been sitting her. And Miranda Martin audience good evening superintendent and commissioners a special welcome to mr. Cook and conveyance welcome back ive served think this committee over 10, 12 years now on and off and i choose not is to be involved im richard executive director of the u a sf this year i choose to come the meetings i sat with all the labor partners with the parents representatives, etc. And we did interpretation work we xhoemsdz and brought up facts about moving here and there and a mathematician figured out the days and dealt with the units we did hard work and im wanting to represent 200 and 82 of the administrators to say this is the calendar that we can live with that is initiative and progressive and it move forward and i think we feed to adjust for the childcare issue opening up different venues for this during the week the thanksgiving with other times parents are working and need daycare i am proud and support this new academic calendar for negotiation thank you. Hello and holly a parent in the district i want to say i appreciate the new academic calendar starting closer to labor day it makes things easier for me as a parent. Im the director of the policy for schools we had the opportunity to sit on the calendar economy i agree that was very hard working committee and a lot of thought both the proposal that is before you today, i do want to note this is something that persistent care about a lot parent dont have a direct say in in decision but this year there was a survey that went out with the Parent Advisory Committee and translated into 3 languages sfusd helped United States to get it out to many families and 4 thousand responses and it was very mixed people have strong feelings about on both sides and the one thing that came through loud and clear it will be people existed about a longer break and thanksgiving the people that are not exist is it is a hardship i hope we keep in mind and work underway to figure out if there is an appetite for the x tell essential program not funded through the grant but find ways to support the families that cant afford the care during it went it is a burden on families shifting a burner from sfusd to the families i hope that there is an effort probation officer make that as easy by providing lists of caregivers and onsite help at our schools thank you. clapping. thank you thank you all it is amazing to be here and see all the work you guys are thats the biggest commit and wanting and commissioners, thank you for being here im mr. Scott a teacher in the district my history the change that has happened now with the calendar i was when it changed before the only thing want to get it on the record for the symmetry and Summer School program and working backwards june is a high hiring time for businesses hiring time for businesses and thats when many of the kids need to be involved in working and also my is a good cut off time because for any business stand point airfares go up and balancing out the first and second semester the first time that was good for the second semester to be longer we had statewide testing in april that is decreased also working backwards on the calendar you were looking to indigenous day that is a good thing to have and Business Days a good thing to have and behove youre having thanksgiving off this is more break and with the starting the year starting earlier like the idea of symmetry two 9 weeks in the first and second semester it does allow us time to get the students i understand the idea the thing that comes up is Getting Started closure to labor day what is problematic won on the high school and school gets started you have students Getting Started and their immediately taking a break breaking the continuity i know youre familiar with a law passed we are are have to work on students not working especially with mathematics to support i have as a mathematic structure continuity is very, very important and the balance with the calendar dual enrollment is an option for High School Students with the city college this takes us off the calendar match up and i think thats all i have i want to make sure you have that and get it on the record thank you for all you do clapping. i do want to speak about the calendar for paraprofessionals youre a week off at the thanksgiving is going to be a hardship for parents they will have two days extra not paid in that pay period i want you to look at that i understand theyre paid at the end of the just year but before the holidays theyll be paid 3 days that will be a hardship for paraprofessionals i dont know if that whether two paid unpaid days in that pay period thank you. clapping. commissioner norton. Thank you i want to say im in favor of the new calendar i have gotten some folks camp mather be me about the hardship of the week at thanksgiving i want to acknowledge that that will be i know a hardship for some working families and parents as mentioned i do think that given the pattern weve seen in recent years over a a long time absence during that week this is an acknowledgment it is the way it is going to im in favor i want to urge the district to try to partner with rec and park and with you know other nonprofits to see if we can off options to families prairie with care on those days parent work or cannot afford to take the days off i want to thank you u e sf and the commission for coming up with a solution ive been disturbed with the absence and the last instruction that happens that is difficult for students so thank everyone inform coming together on this proposal i think that will be better for our kids. Dr. Murase. Two questions weve heard from the first family nativeamericans if we could choose the indigenous language and has theyve been a saifsz those two days will have and if so possible to redirect overseeing savings to create options for families to have childcare during those two days i emphasis ms. Nortons with partnership with the city but shouldnt be openal but obligated to have a list of resources for families that need conferring for that week. I can respond we are working now working closely with millie executive director for our Community Schools and family partnerships and reaching out trying to determine just what the need will be and to that end when parent rental that are the excel Program Register in the spring have a part on the registration are you interested in having some kind of childcare during the thanksgiving week get an assessment and determine and where the sites will need it issues around providing food for the students that do come to the programs do you have a School Program also that we need to look at because there will be an increased day for out of school not going to be a half a day but a full day so theres a number of issues that we have started to discuss and depending on the boards action to explore to provide options for families come next year. Mr. Sanchez. Apropo to the title of the day any prohibition for that term instead of columbus day were using that. It is a catchall kind of. Weve gone beefrt over the years and now thats a standard why not take columbus day have a board resolution. Can we just do that. I dont think we require a board resolution advertised clear where our focus is tonight. Well take it off for the instruction am calendar thats fine one thing at a time laura. I want to echo i mean commissioner nortons concerns why we are heading direction seeing many, many teachers and others that are Staff Members taking one or both days off and the students not being there the instructional is optional and the loss of ada we want recoup is amazing high we should obviously we need to come up with childcare opportunities for families that are struggling during those two days commissioner Vice President mendosamcdonnell. Thank you so i am willing to support this although weve gotten concerns if parents particularly from families that are working two or 3 jobs to be able to have this work for them. So in addition to rec and park im more interested in figuring out how the students what come to the site so it didnt impact the families in that way and curious what carolyn was ref to she said the two days the paraprofessionals will not get paid explain that, please. Those are two unpaid days but in discussions in the committee and before this the request by the union they have floating holidays one of the i dont know if it is one or two of the floating holidays are identity to a day so well we want to give them more flexibility that he requested flexibility when theyll take for example, the lunar new years this is designated if they can have the flexibility to take that during the thanksgiving week balance it out the lunar new years week is one day and more to give them flexibility with their floating holidays. So we could use their floating holiday for those from days. Yes. Thats were going to discuss this in negotiations to go into the contract. That has not been determined. That is there to give them the flexibility in using those two days. Do the teachers get paid. Yes. Thats because of. The salaries are spread out for everyday no difference in our monthly salary. No matter how many days if youre off two weeks. You get paid over the winter break as well. But the teachers contract for those types of things are different from the paraprofessionals. The paraprofessionals get paid for the hours they work. So the two floating to use if they choose to. They have right now i think that is four or 5 i dont know if we increased it theyll more flexibility with the floating holidays to use them right now their designated that is something well write into the contract to give them that flexibility. Commissioner cook. I want to appreciate all the work that was done putting this together and followup on commissioner murase about the Financial Analysis is that possible to put together and if so when can we see that. Well, what ill do ill talk to h. R. I mean we are trying now to determine what was the loss in ada or the attention and the cost of substitutes more importantly i think that was one of the drivers with taking the week off the shore number of unfilled substitute requests that we had during that week each of one of those days 5 and 6 hundred absence that was a disruptive environment for the schools to that has been something weve looked at i mean weve talked about this before i came into this position but talked about that for four years ii, try to get some numbers in terms of the dollars amount it is i can look at that. The other thing im wondering how the absence on this day before holiday compared to other holidays. Absences for the teachers. This week. And teachers leading up to other holidays if theres like a i can imagine if we expand it a week people will leave on friday one thing what is the sense of schools having a plan from the goal to keep people the entire week before a holiday is there something that will be addressed by school sites to make sure that happens and how this compares to people leaving before other holidays like a similar problem with every holiday so and i. I think we will potentially and having never done this we are going to try this right now the situation is those two days are the hoist absentee days we see in our school year there is a desire to get a jump on a 3 day weekend i think if people have the week off theyll stay and finish the week i dont think we are going to see a big spike in the friday before the week just and you know proolg we wont have any days in school. laughter . Weve never seen a friday spike between 5 and 6 hundred. Just that we already know for spring break for example, we know the number of teachers that take the friday off not comparable to monday and tuesday with the thanksgiving recess i can say ive talked to with many principals it is an incredible burden anyone is on site that day it is crazy and nothing comparable in my view. So i do want to echo some of the statements from the colleagues, i agree with the calendar and schedule but with that said, even in my other life he dedicated to make sure we provide opportunities for families for the additional two days i have a question about did the cost of substitutes outs weigh the costs to pay the paraprofessionals for those two days. That were going to have to look at that i dont have that answer. I think we definitely need to look at that because if were going to make them take the week off we need to be prepared to consider and look at if we are paying more for substitutes and we can pay the paraprofessional i think we can look at some options i mean, if theres going to be a we can certainly explore that theyll need staff we can have that as an option can be other Work Opportunities for that those two days because maybe 3 days where theyll be you know childcare going on at the schools so thats another possibility. Im definitely not looking at for an answer but about like to see the numbers. Yeah. We need to get more information because a and going back to your other point in terms of floating opportunities that exist now you mentioned what happens in the lunar new years use that as a floating holiday but what happens because school is not in so im not understanding how this supports or prepare. The thought that allows them to distribute between the defense of having no money coming in versus a week where you can have some money coming in versus during the lunar new years you are working with the president s day so work days during that time is sdrbtdz the floaters you can distribute them not impacting the total number of days as carolyn said but presents an issue in the thanksgiving week. Thank you. Any other comments questions roll call vote. Thank you mr. Cook mr. Haney ms. Mendozamcdonnell dr. Murase ms. Norton mr. Sanchez and mr. Walton 7 is. Item l discussion of other education issues there is none tonight. Item n m consent calendar resolution removed and previous meeting for second reading and action there is none tonight. Item n vote on consent calendar which was moved and seconded under section f. Thank you mr. Cook. Yes. Mr. Haney ms. Mendozamcdonnell dr. Murase ms. Norton mr. Sanchez mr. Walton excuse me 7 is. Thank you pursue item o consent calendar resolution severed for immediate action there is none tonight. Item p ill now introduce and assign to committee the superintendents proposal for First Reading. For the record there are no Board Members proposals for the for the First Reading and authorization to grant or any alternative to deny the petition this is referring to the budget and Services Committee may i a motion and second. So moved. Second. Item r Board Members report well start with Standing Committees report from committee as a whole commissioner Vice President mendosamcdonnell we have a report on the middle School Design proposals and also things in the works and its good. Thank you commissioner Vice President mendosamcdonnell. Board delegates to membership organizations. Yes. Ill be attending the Conference Meeting tomorrow morning in sacramento. Thank you for representing dr. Murase. Other reports any update from budget and business services. President trump oh, okay. Know i wanted to announce that the Budget Committee will moot february 1st at 6 00 p. M. Building grounds and services thank you. The building and Grounds Committee has been moved from this monday to next monday january january the 30th are we moving it up to 5 30 or 6. At 5 30. Thank you curriculum and program committee. Working on confirming a date in early february some dates that were pulling for. Rules and policy and legislation and meeting february 6th at 6 00 p. M. Thank you added our committee on students assignments. Moving the merge on tuesday at january 31st at 6 00 p. M. So commissioners were all on the same page i need to correct the time well start and 6 30 instead of 6 00 p. M. And, of course, the existing and x ray hart for San Francisco open government Ad Hoc Committee on Labor Relations and affordability will be this thursday at 6 00 p. M. And also want to announce the ct e at the palace hotel hopefully, youll see the wonderful criteria taunts and pathway and our Unified School District and city college committee. So on thursday evening the broufts will be nominating they are and elizabeth their officers with the officers once their elected making appointed to the committee we are tentatively scheduled for. So fetish 22. F other informational items there is none tonight. And adjournment therefore, be it resolved nun together memorials and the board will go into closed session ill resolved none tonight memo well reassume the regur board here we go rotator from last week first read out the report if closed session actions taken on january 17th, 2015, in closed session the board bids a vote of picking up one executive director and one nay mr. Sanchez approved one supervisor and anticipated litigation the board has given direction to the Jennifer Lowe ill read the closed session from tent first vote on a stipulated proposal roll call first, we need to move and a second. I second. Thank you. Roll call vote. I need to know what im taking a vote on. There is a motion that has been seconded for the students spoke. Mr. Cook mr. Haney ms. Mendozamcdonnell dr. Murase commissioner mendozamcdonnell fronds mr. Sanchez and mr. Walton 7 is. Thank you the board by the vote of that indies indies is with to employees for additional dudes and stanford the board by a vote of 6 is give the authority to settle for a stipulated amount this meeting is adjourned. clapping. in 2013 San Francisco legislators newsom agreed to allow the reciprocate of our soft story buildings those building house one and 20 thousand resident a program of that collect requires extensive outreach and this continuation of that process who is here and bill graham the perfect venue so in 2014 we have the first earthquake retrofit a huge success were repeating this model what weve done it put together venues that are time professionals and contractor are financing institutions a other services that help people comply with the retrofit and as you can see the thousands of members of the public their assessing over one hundred vendors to comply with the ordinance or make improvements on their property i came to get specification information and puck h picking up information if you dont know what twaur doing i take it overwhelming. Were pleased a Critical Mass of people are keying into knowing their relents and understanding what had are the next steps to take and theyre figuring out who to talk to not only the contractor by the mustards and the architect and the Structural Engineers and getting the full picture of what options are necessary and being proacti proactive. So im very pleased to see the soft story buildings 99. 9 percent complies the highest of the program of this scale of the history a citywide effort high Blood Pressure in every stretch of San Francisco to understand real risks associated with earthquake and those are universally agreed on. At some point you need to gather information ill be talking to another engineer to come out and take a look at it and basically get a Second Opinion im for second and third opinions it is inspiring to see all the Property Owners that want to do the right thing and for proactively figuring out what the solutions to get them that. What is amazing to me here we are over two years of first retrofit fair and at the time we are rh2 out to contractors to help us and reaching it out to Design Professionals that soft story buildings is in any and people understanding how to comply now it is different an industry that springs up as a result of the their professed and gotten the costs down with lower Financing Options and these are defined and now the gene progression and have the buildings are buildings and the compliance we understand the 2020 one and 20 thousand San Franciscos 15 messenger of our population will live in a retrofit building those people buildings or lives in buildings with 5 or more residential building is soft story and wood frame and built before 1978 that house that one and 20 thousand san franciscans. San francisco is being the leader in getting in done and as you may know los angeles passed their retrofit law two months ago at the sort of taken San Franciscos lead on the one and tenth anniversary as the residents San Francisco this is a road map to the city and going to give us us plan are these to keep folks here on a disaster and steps to build a resident waterfront by 2020. This involves more than one and 80 individuals and over 60 nonprofits and other companies this is a huge plan and what are the challenges we realize that people are concerned about climatic change, Sea Level Rise and not only the affiliated hazards but things hike youre our amp infrastructure and consumed by social and other things we see this in society everyday and how we try to mitigate those are ultimately a direct result how resident we are after earthquake other issue out of the strategy of the concept after a major earthquake of keeping 95 percent of population here in San Francisco thats the single best thing to help a equitable recovery to keep people here keep people back to work and kids in school and a residents of normal after a disaster. Alliance energy in our partner undertook comprehensive bid process we interviewed a halfdozen of folks who wanted to have a part of our soft story buildings are ordinance so Alliance Energy project programming is a clean assess energy a special financing that is done using the taxed authority of local multiples and one of the interesting features the loan is tied to the property not the vital if an individual didnt have good credit but it is another option for people not able to comply to find another avenue the assessment is actually places on the property and the builds for in that come literally a line item on the tax bill thats how you pay off the segment and tax. 20 or thirty years is all paid up front there are advantages your property tax well it is important to give people on option and many private banks that provide loans over a are shorter term we wanted to create a longer pay back term. I think the next step for Property Owners after at the create themselves to take the plunge and quit the working downey done and have works of work done right of the right rest of the Property Owners can understand this process across the city. We need to do it. It is safety you know thats the bottom line safety. Earthquake safety a everybodys responsibility that is providing the resources that people need to get done if you want to know more of the resources as a san franciscan please visit the light for our streets illuminating our ideas and values starting in 2016 the San Francisco Public Utilities commission is xhoefl that light with new led with the did i audits for better light for streets and pedestrian and theyre even better for this vitally lasting longer and consuming up to 50 Percent Less Energy upgrading takes thirty minutes remove the old street light and repeat 18 thousand 5 hundred times while our street lights will be improving the clean energy will remain the same every San Francisco street light is powder by 100 percent godfathers hetch hetchy power in one simple word serious as day turns good morning ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon want to welcome you balk to the land use transportation thank you sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting thank you leo and Nona Melkonian i want to recognize our clerk eric can will help us run the meeting smol and im supervisor cohen the chairman and Transportation Authority jeff sheehy i think this is your first land use transportation meeting mr. Clerk, any announcements . Yes. Electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Thank you. Items acted upon today will appear on the january 31st agenda board of supervisors board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. All right. Thank you very much call item one. The ordinance amending the subdivisions for the design of a subdivisions for a mc2 or park map provides for Community Facilities to each parcel. Ladies and gentlemen, supervisor farrell is 9 thorough of this item and today jeff here from his office to present welcome. Thank you supervisor cohen jeff legislative aide to supervisor farrell interest for hearing this item hes out of town a noncontroversial issue i promise to be brief the Video Services are a part of our everyday lives we view this with the power and services we view the future and make sure that again subdivisions are create on the residential and commercial side those have the supportive for the Communication Services for the public the policy is straightforward currently our local law no requirement for the invention so for the communicates this ordinance will implement the state law provision that allows San Francisco to add that within a subdivisions installation of the infrastructure from a cost and labor perspective is minimal and in some cases raise the value the property given the Communication Services we want to make sure the necessary infrastructures are in place to support the technologies that serve our resident and businesses i humbling ask youre support. Supervisor peskin has a question for you. Thank you, madam chair the only question . More of a question for the City Attorney in as far as the definition of Communications Service provider references the various state public works codes as section 5840 and plus other sections the one thought i had maybe we want to say as they are defined today so that every time the state changes their definitions this law is not inadvertently impacted. Sure. A technical thought and maybe john gibner, deputy City Attorney. Is dealing with his sons class came and visited the board chambers might be able to answer that. Thats not a bad idea we want to make sure the Communications Services are by the state and in the approval process to be in the public rightofway. It ammunition. Supervisor peskin will you be making that amendment. Maybe before that jet john gibner, deputy City Attorney. Thoughts on that. Why not go ahead and seethe to Public Comment. Ladies and gentlemen, this is an opportunity for any member of the public to speak on item one, two minutes on the other items on the agenda two minutes a soft chime indicating thirty seconds remaining and Public Comment is open i welcome you to come up to the microphone seeing none, Public Comment is closed. At this time thank you. All right. Well mr. Peskin. Should we go to the next item and wait for City Attorney john gibner, deputy City Attorney. And welcome the gentleman back. Can you get the deputy City Attorney mr. Clerk item 2. Amending chapter 41 for the Hotel Conversion for the redefinition of transit and tourist use and with the low income household. Supervisor peskin is the author of that item. Thank you, madam chair for scheduling this item i want to open up the hearing with give you a little bit of background this law is on the books for a long time over a third of a century and fine fwund a quarter of a century ago as the world changes it needs to be finetuned again, the district i represent in the Northeast Corner of the city is arguably the most historic one that along with the tenderloin houses sit portions of the housing dating back to the 19 century those neighbors have housed the low income longshoremen and the manila town throughout the city seasonal labor depends on the sros for lodging awhile following pay as you go work opportunity sometimes working to support families elsewhere filipino and chinese and japanese in japantown and africanamerican recognizing from the south found a home in singleroom occupancies hotels in San Francisco unfortunately, a wave of demolition swept across San Francisco an unwarranted america throughout the United States decimating believe it or not one million sros unit between the mid 19 san jose and 90s to diminish and convert those low income units many into condo and some hotels and to was no exemption in between 1970 and 2000 almost 9 thousand unit were demolished and within 1980 and 2000 im sorry 24 71970 and 19802000 were diminished and substantially another 64 hundred and 70 were you converted the country in San Francisco didnt the to replace the unit and throughout but United States saw increase in the Homeless Population as displaced were about pushed below the remarks. Supervisor peskin i want to be added as a cosponsor many sros remain a source of Affordable Housing and your 34ur will protect this Housing Stock and protect low income residents from leaving did. Supervisor sheehy thank you. Welcome its good to see you. Thank you supervisor peskin for such a detailed and succinct history of an ordinance been around since 1946 state and local or shortly before the ordinance in 1981 a moratorium the city passed to protect those units that was seeing those residential gift rooms despair there was a housing emergency so for this type of housing that was opted out by then elderly and disabled so as you said supervisor this ordinance has not been amended since 1990, 1992 and been around a while and we do have currently quite a few measures to enforce the ordinance primarily to treat ios residential units if being xhefrntd there be approximately 20 thousand a little bit less than 20 thousand gift rooms and 5 hundred hotels three hundred for front of the hotels the rest run by nonprofits along with the nonprofit buildings are participate in city programs and the la of the problems are for profit hotels and others conversion of a lot of the residential gets guests rooms this will be addressed and slide artists necessarily the Business Records they need for tax purposes and other reasons weve in the past seen the coming back of the books, if you will, of records that didnt reflect how the building is operated enough hotel do this they talk about the proper rents this is an important part of the legislation we are doing this for a 7 can i rental if a breeder hotel is out there a lot of them are renting for 7 days ask for a lot more information well have a better understanding and be able to monitor and be fair in the residential for the residential use so there are other issues in the ordinance 3 would be helpful to the department if it is violated one of the things that is taken away a taller change the occupation so have 25 percent of the residential guest rooms thats abuse and if somebody is constantly not giving an accurate picture theyre representing the room on essentially for tourists use as part of investigation will be able allergy to see the significant evidence that will be taken away that is given create a situation were not encouraging to the app unquote record were encouraging them to file the ordinance and preserve the rooms with that, i dont have anything else to add at this point if you have any questions ill be happy to answer them. Supervisor peskin. If you can explain the Preservation Fund and the in lui conversion funds work. Thank you, supervisor when Residential Hotels was the cal hotel contaminate i at a time we were looking 50,000 a unit and one hundred and 50 thousand were told they have research by the Mayors Office of housing those units should be at a point around three hundred thousand a unit without that kind of upgrades to the legislation were at a disadvantage with the reminded that is needed to preserve those rooms. Thank you particularly for the seniors and the immigrants for facilities this was a Housing Stock that needed to be protected we find were continuing to lose the units in the 1990s many of you came to us and the organizations to ask for stronger enforcement and allow for nonprofit a point of action to support our city and City Attorneys office in suhr were protecting those units your on the ground and see the units that we see for the protective status it is great to see that over the past two decades this was one of the most important and effective collaboration that the city has with our nonprofits and our Community Leaders in assuring we dont losses more sro hotels given the immense housing crisis that is unprecedented over the last couple of years were seeing that many have never we never thought well see the sros rooms of thought it couldnt happen but i think this piece of legislation is an important next step in further the sro conversion ordinance and glad to be a cory represent the district with the most sro hotels im proud of the fact that not only do you search warrant this but the strong i did Community Leaders that helped us to shape this protective through the work youre seeing on the ground and the difficulties you face in lowerincome the sro i want to thank the central city thank you and commissioner peskin an others for putting this altogether before us today role proud to honor your work all right. Supervisor kim. Before you got here supervisor sheehy and i added our names with all due respect were going to do this ordinarily when that bell rings your time is up thirty seconds a remaining of 30 seconds left from the sro collaborative calling names . So in order to help move in transition lets cue up and get ready when the speakers speak either microphone works. The floor is yours welcome. speaking foreign language. good afternoon, board of supervisors thank you for this space youve given us to express ourselves. speaking foreign language. im an outreach working in the mission four sro hotels. speaking foreign language. so im going to ask the lady to translate you can stand over at the podium. speaking foreign language. my worry agency a outreach worker in the hotel speaking foreign language. is that in those times were losing a lot of the hotels for families use. speaking foreign language. and the few that remain are at a high price. speaking foreign language. and we know were living if difficult time and the salary that our families are earning dont allow them to find a place better than what theyre at. speaking spanish. theyre in small spaces and suffer from mistreatment. speaking spanish. and discrimination. speaking spanish. so i ask you if you believe that all of our children have the right for dig if i did housing. speaking spanish. why up to now so the has been done. speaking spanish. the right thes of our children are violated. speaking spanish. thanks thank you hopefully moment youll do something on behalf of our families thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi thank you, everyone my name is katie a staff member at the mission sro collaborative thank you for having this space and hearing us we really appreciate it for the sro collaborative one of the things we go door to door and do the outreach at the sros and help them with each other to build a community i think we have a unique preserve agency on the ground witnesses to this work im here to present data if our research that shows we need stronger bombardment ill speak about 5 hotels in the mission the merry a bell on 19th street in 2015 the report in january 2015 that three filed recorded zero tourist unit and the tropic can has one residential tenant remaining we have booked on airbnb and recorded tourists zero e line captain have told us everyone is tourist and dont let us in and one of the interesting things they have 43 vacant out of 80 puss rooms in a tourist city like San Francisco hard to building those are 3 examples and you know there are more we can can you be where clearly the report so not lining up with what we see on the ground and at the rate this is going in this past two years an 8 percent loss of sro stock in the mission alone not counting loss if marketrate housing but that rate means in less than 25 years all sro housing will be gone with the conversions to marketrate housing that that will be less. Thank you is come down. Good afternoon. Born and raised in San Francisco, california and currently a mission sro Collaborative Program corridor and here to say that during this time we ought to be doing everything we can to protect the vulnerable pomths with the families residing in the sro hotel and close the loopholes giving advantageous to landlord and we need to move this to the full board thank you for your time. Thank you for your work. Hi good afternoon, supervisors im also born and raised san franciscan and currently at Mission Housing im representing the mission that is a coalition of 20 communitybased organizations with social work in the mission and former leader of the sro collaborative and thank you to supervisor peskin for taking the lead and thank you to all the organization that do a lot of the people power work that is needed to bring those problems and Bring Solutions here as well this is something i was working on when i was at collaborative that was necessary innovative is not an act worthy ever continuation we must find ways to insure that people are supported you must be willing to reexamine the regulations that in times of crisis protects the vulnerable that legislation not only protects the Housing Stock but sending a message to those who seek to personally gain the jig is up the mission stands behind those changes and considering you have at me as a cory think things will change thank you. Thank you next, i have tim. clapping. hi, everyone thank you for being here and thank you to supervisor Peskin Office for leading this charge of it and i just want to say especially in these times in San Francisco is committing ourselves to be a skaurng city if you make laws you have to update them we are going to keep the laws as is for example, if you believe in the alternative that those hotels will build more units if they rent them out you can look at the hearing what will happen verse 6 hotel unit in the central city that hurts because the knew that was pretty much bs the rooms are not confront you need to update those laws to have the facts rather than looking at paper so you know this in addition to the fact that you know if you dont get the hotel owners to you know have the buildings inspected by dbi you know if you dont have peace things will not get better thank you. For the record that was 2 more the next speaker, please. All right. calling names thank you good morning supervisors im gil dbi commissioner and here to let you, you know on behalf of the commission we thank supervisor Peskin Office and supervisors that cosponsors this back in the spring at the commission we were walked through the conversion process we recognized that many of the clauses and rules in chapter four 1 were antiquated and for todays Housing Market needs to be updated i sent a letter we appreciate the inclusive way that supervisor peskin and supervisor kims office went about crafting this legislation and many of the secrets cd i crafted to enforce the laws and help the community we involved sro owners who many of them want to do the right thing and have a shadow cast on in bad operators with a profit and here to say we support support this legislation and thank you on behalf of the commission thank you. All right. Next speaker. Is tommy oh, please come on up if you want to come thats fine. speaking spanish. good afternoon. I work for 17 years with families that live in Residential Hotels. speaking spanish. and this is a kwofrt moment our families having lived in Residential Hotels. speaking spanish. first, because the rents have been raised x abundantly families used to pay 3 to 5 hundred now 15 hundreds for a oneroom hotel. speaking spanish. its to painful to see that families are suffering so much. Suffering against great discrimination. speaking spanish. discrimination by the rich and powerful because theyre not thinking about the wellness the children only about theyre on benefits. speaking spanish. and i remember 17 years ago in the beginning of any work the conditions were very bad and Work Togethered with dbi and made a strong effort to make sure those conditions change. speaking spanish. because people with report what is going wrong and dbi can send someone that can help them. speaking spanish. and now that is conditions in the hotels are better that they are cleaner the rich and powerful do come to take the places of our families. speaking spanish. thats why ladies and gentlemen, of the board of supervisors we ask to come together with you to make changes for the most eventual families. speaking spanish. thank you. We believing in you and want to continue to believe in you. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi tommy from the Human Rights Committee were 100 percent in for the support of this legislation and grateful to supervisor peskin for bringing this this is long overdue weve noticed in the clinic as we see tenants come in from sros and reporting what is happening and the fact they cant afford the sros anymore i wont repeat what other people said im in agreement with the speakers before this mike i want to add something that is not pointed out yet that is the Divorce Hotels have always been a place where lgbt folks find a room if you go back not 70 during harvey milk times the sros were for the workingclass and especially young people that were they came here and the sros were their residences before they got an apartment not the case no more unfortunately, because other speakers said the cost of the hotel rooms are high and 40 percent of Homeless Youth in the city that are lgbt and homeless cant afford a hotel room with the converting of those rooms to hire price is making it more difficult for those folks to get a hotel room i know that everyone is in support and hope it gets quickly we are certainly need it. Thank you randy shaw. Thank you supervisor cohen and other cosponsors and for me who was here in 1980 with a brawl and battle to net e get any water down version of this ordinance passed and spent every year in the 1980s to get any ordinance passed and wasnt until 1990 they closed the major loopholes that was a process in august of 89, 6 hearings and didnt become law until later this is a change of eludes and people not coming down in opposition if hes a great time for the city of San Francisco it is a loanly battle to save the sros looked at people didnt know what sros were every time someone joined the board of supervisors we need to explain you have a no the private kitchen not a private bacterium and you spend that much money and now you guys get it Alice Griffith the internet made that forum necessary when we passed the 7 day rental you cant with the internet trying to move 3 days and everyone else is moving out it is a scam we have to see the change and thank you all and supervisor peskin thank you for your support randy part of that process of evolution that has to do with with our team educating people 0 thank you pursue all right. I have have calling names . Hello, welcome. Hello speaking foreign language. good morning supervisors im with the association. speaking foreign language. today, we have tussle over 50 members to attend to close the loophole on the usage of sro and all the members standing upright behind us. speaking foreign language. we are very much against divorce owner that tries to use many opportunities to convert those residential unit into Tourist Hotel. speaking foreign language. and i was very much disgusted the owner tried to cover up the socalled displacement units that are compatible. speaking foreign language. and deliberately leaving vacant and not renting them to residents making it even harder for immigrants and low income families to find Affordable Housing. speaking foreign language. to many low income families and in any immigrants and seniors living choosing to live in an sro is not a free choice. speaking foreign language. it is often the only choice for low income families and they have not other choice we dont want tenderloin and the mission turning into areas welcome for tourists the acts of those owners are purely profit and disrespect for residents. speaking foreign language. the very purpose of those lose that were originally to be protect the families and now people using the loophole therefore i ask city hall to look at this problem seriously and approve this amendment and measure thank you very much. clapping. thank you good afternoon just for the record davies i live in the sro but i support h across o this is our town not company town i come as a person that lives in a sro that is located with the district but the majority of units including mine have private bathroom believe it or not that means i could be kicked out in a wet street as a transgender woman i need that more than a tourist that goes out for the Golden Gate Bridge and scarf out double double i saying as a segregated transwoman im worried about Deputy Superintendant will do i shouldnt have to worry about dying on the street and mini tourism i want to say im glad supervisors are supporting this coming together to support this i want to say in conclusion dont be trump like please keep marginalized people in their homes. clapping. thank you. Okay ladies and gentlemen, i hate to rain on our parade we have to no applause rule there we go if you like what you hear give a wave it looks really good if you dont like what you hear thumps down we appreciate you for that. Next speaker. Welcome thank you. Its yours. speaking foreign language. hi supervisors good afternoon im one of the sro families. speaking foreign language. im in full support of the legislation im a single apartment in the family i cant afford expenses when speaking foreign language. for us without sro unit we become homeless so it is very important we could keep the sro unit and pass this legislation. speaking foreign language. at the same time like all sro families we are seeking better housing for our kids so we hope that we all Work Together to push for better housing for all for our children. Thank you. Thank you. speaking foreign language. okay hi, everyone hi supervisors im one of the sro families in chinatown im in full support of amendment i came to the u. S. In 2005, 2015 a couple of years ago at the time the rent is around one thousand over one thousand dollars for a small room we couldnt find any place it was hard looking for sro unit we have no way of squeezing in our in laws tina sro like matchbox size no room to live no room to sleep however, this is the situation were facing. speaking foreign language. okay we have been i have a lot of friends looking for sros they couldnt get any no room available were not renting to families with children and then owners are converting some of the sros into tourist rooms making fewer and fewer opportunities for us to look for even sro housing. speaking foreign language. okay because of the divorce housing even making us the families and people in sros worry about being evicted becoming homeless, even Affordable Housing out of our reach we have seen 6 hundred 70 size room is about 2,000,000 thats not affordable for the lowerincome people it is out a lot of luck speaking foreign language. thank you. Thank you. Now that supervisor peskin had come up with that amendment we hope sloan we can pass it and keep our Affordable Housing thank you. calling names thats me. Okay come on down. Good afternoon, supervisors im raymond i work for the Market Action network some cam bans in the in with sdmaimz district so thank you supervisor peskin for bringing forward this legislation and the rest of the supervisors support in legislation were also part of sro collaborative i want to talk about the families we serve on the side of south of market the sro conversion is one of the costs and one of the reasons that families are pushed out into the street and thats why families are leaving the city the main reason of gentrification in our neighborhood now you you know we say homeless were not you know not with an person but families who be homeless we have families you know weve been trying to help people apply more Affordable Housing that is a long process it it takes time and years ; right . Thats why that is important we protect and preserve our sro housing sro housing is not ideal but over our heads you know its a good stepping stone families with waiting to get into Affordable Housing i of the you to thank you for supporting this legislation lets Work Together and keep our families in that city thank you. All right. Thank you next speakers ill have calling names . Thank you supervisors thank you. Im with the local 2 you know the hotel market weve watched over the last few years its record high as Property Value that is a growing incentive for owners to convert to Tourist Hotels doing that would be a tragedy not just for the city but our city Hotel Industry many live in sro hotels with dozen at cluster of 6 hotels that most recently convert to tourist to push people out of the housing means pushing the workers that keep our economy vibrant and this further exacerbating in crisis that working people have in the town and making our economy at least to function the way and Hotel Workers desire to live in the city and Residential Housing we need to do more to protection this this is common sense and vote this into law. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Ill judah south of market activist as an organizer i help the families apply more Affordable Housing but because of the high cost of living in the city and the Affordable Housing for families we end up applying for housing in an sro this is the only source of housing our families can afford so we urge your supervisors to please save our sro hotels and the metrics to prevent owners from converting and on behalf of the families we stand in support of supervisor peskin legislation thank you. Thank you, next speaker. Good afternoon Committee Members im kevin im a Pedestrian Safety organizer with the sro alcoholic and in support of Hotel Conversion ive lived in sros for almost 15 years not glamorous and not socially acceptable housing it is still housing and afford and a lot better than or else on the streets or in a shelter i have nothing against the Hotel Tourist industry but for the sros unit their threatened to be re7bd out from people not wanting to live in turn and with the homeless in San Francisco how can we do that in people will not get into a place to live i want to thank supervisor peskin thank you for all your hard work and urge you all to support those amendments and save our sro units and stop renting them out to tourists thank you for your time. Thank you. Next speaker, please. speaking foreign language. good afternoon, board of supervisors my name is a al had an im a immigrant and here with the mission collaboraticollabo e collaborative. Im asking for no more evictions of people so the units are converted for tourists use. speaking spanish. so ive been without a home important a period of time ive been hopeless and thinks how hard it is thankfully i was able to move out of that situation and find a place in a hotel but i have been kicked out of my hotel room twice and im here so that didnt continue to happen in the mission. speaking spanish. so ive been living many a hotel room for two years in the tenderloin but i fear with those rising prices and values of rooms i might lose any housing it will be difficult to find oath place with those high prices. speaking spanish. thank you and hopefully, you can support this amendment were fighting for, thank you. Thank you tony rob else after tony a few more cards calling names . Supervisors thank you for introducing this piece of legislation my name is tony i work for seniors and date action seniors have been very hard hit by the affordability and theyve shoulder much of the burden of this crisis for many seniors the sro hotels are the only housing they can get and to put that in danger is to put seniors in danger of being homeless ive seen that scenario happen we know when seniors and people with disabilities become hopeless their lives are very much in danger this legislation and the amendment is very much an issue of common sense a its been a Long Time Coming and it desensitize the illegal conversion and the ramon and other schemes that sro owners and operator have used on their tenants for many, many years and gives dbi the enforcing powers to monitor the sro heretofore and again seniors have and people with disabilities are a hard enough time justice navigating day to day living issues and having the stress of that they shouldnt have thank you very much. Thank you teresa. Good afternoon teresa and im today representing north Beach Tenants Committee because the past year and a half people are afraid their lose their sros rooms the new owners or management is not no longer renting to permanent residents or san franciscans rather to tourist theyre very worried when they ask about maybe having a senior friend who is looking for a place to live theyre told no. Were not doing any more renting but rooms are remaining vacant i want you to know because the communities the sros im familiar with in my neighborhood one in particular was was sold was bought and attempted to evacuee people and so create a Tourist Hotel out of this this is where 82 yearly person working as a fisherman his entire life but one person came to his rescue and so im glad that supervisors are again coming to the rescue we need to preserve those communities they are Community People depend on each other the fisherman and the longshoremen and the sros im fume with i know there are families i know there are elderly in other sros also in the neighborhood im so glad youre doing something about that remember those are people in the community so lets keep their Homes Affordable i also found an ad for the same place where that is actually advertised as a tourist home and 1,500. Welcome. Yeah. Thank you. Next speaker. Maam, your glasses. Teresa your glasses were left up here. Thank you very much. Good afternoon my name is a dining at manager of the sro collaborative a program of delores Street Services wire enthusiastically in support of the Hotel Conversion ordinance amendment we particularly support the new definition of residential rooms from 7 to 3 two days that will close the loophole that allows tourists to book for 7 days and check out early this is a common practice that sro and landlords use to get around the fact that they have to report all the tourists staying where they are you will probably get environmentalist from any sros and landlord their renting it out to families and i encourage you to visit those sros and met their socalled tenants youll find what we find a hotel full of tourist and site approaches and no accurate reporting landlord will pay sro tenants they would make them ought to be bad people that dont pay rent landlord have protections against people that violate their lease and sro tenants need protection thats a fact we work with sro tenants and visit those sros everyday and found that the tenants are thoughtful and working hard families students, children, mothers and arts and people with disabilities theyre smart and their politically engaged so we love the amendment to the hbo and thank those who are sponsoring and cosponsor and will work tirelessly to help our live changing work thank you. Thank you, thank you. Brenda washington. Brenda. Sorry i got brenda washington up next okay. Hi good afternoon, supervisors thank you for hearing us today my name is linda washington im with the divorcing collaborative and work with the disabled action also im a senior and lived here my whole life a resident of sros that ive been living in permanently for the last seven years and i was around back in the day when randy talked about how they used to shut off us like cattle go to this hotel and that hotel everybody was pushing a cart with their belongings and going back and forth and been on the committee to catch 40e89 people that would renting their room overnight i heard it with my ears and seen it they are trying to get us out it all about money i appreciate me and and companions we get to the bottom of this we need our sros really, really bad thank you. Thank you brenda. I love brenda. All right. Next speaker. Come on down. speaking foreign language. good afternoon. My name is merri merriam. speaking spanish. its more much more attractive to lease rooms. speaking spanish. to lease rooms on a short term basis to tourists and students from families that have a lot of money. speaking spanish. one of the things as someone that works in the soma looking at the critical conditions our families are living under. speaking spanish. where families have the beds and a little bit of clothes maybe a tv and something to eat a refrigerator to eat on top of. speaking spanish. they dont have their basic necessities not a bathroom not a kitchen. speaking spanish. and i really wonder where those families will that have so little resources to be able to pay a high rent here in San Francisco. speaking spanish. and i ask you since you have this in our hands to consider the reality we are living in in San Francisco and across the country. Thank you. Okay. Next speaker. Good afternoon. Supervisors noimdz a gail and im a tenant organizer with the sro collaborative im here in support of the divorce Hotel Conversion like brenda i was on that committee that made phone calls and walked in to the sros that were not supposed to be rent to tourist and they were we have quite a while it is important for the community and those of us in the sros and those that need to be in sros that we just want 24 law and thank you supervisor peskin. Thank you, gail. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Cabinet members good afternoon. Welcome im sorry a proud member of a sro collaborative a project of the Community Services im here to support supervisor peskin changes and owners of the hotels they need to be held responsible for the h co violations to change this proposal will give the dbi the authority to do just that. Im sorry my notes are kind of. Thats okay. Finances should be increased to insure compliance and measures put in place so the Charter Services serves the people it is meant to serve with the state of emergency on housing here in the city the city please dont let the residents of San Francisco go down supervisor peskin thank you for thank you for all your hard work and hope you guys continue to serve our city well. Thank you. Good evening supervisors and listening supervisors im asia ac e i have big, big problems with those bogus vendors that are managing those sros i only recovering from surgery general hospitals so all the policymakerss know im getting housing when i get the application it stops because of the sro and over 15 one of the owner is standing up there acting like he didnt know who im talking about randy shaw with 13 or feinstein buildings one of the biggest reciprocates of this funding and most are landlord and landlord now the thing i was at rowland was one of the boater ones managers and people got stabbed i told randy ill not pay another damn dime until they pay for mine and people are evicted and ax ace was going to pay but randy said i refuse to pay the money for ace so i am so sick and tired of all the developers and the city and county funding people hundreds of misdemeanors for people they dont give a damn im speaking for the residents and mine and randy shaw i dont know why you funded them ill further any investigation to show the investigation of the sros thank you. Next speaker, please. calling names . Good afternoon land use and transportation im randy a Community Organizer and a sro collaborative to support the amendment and actually give any time to michael. Thank you, roy appreciate that. My name is a Michael Harrington work with the San Francisco collaborative those on Church Street im also one of the people that were making phone calls to try to catch the 40e89 owners renting to tourist i live in an sro and blessed to see one i dont want to go back on the street we need to update the rules and regulations. Thank you fernando is the last card anyone else that wants to speak please do so quickly come up to the podium and last call for calling names . Good afternoon corey smith on behalf of the housing coalition. Were supportive of the legislation thank you. Next speaker good afternoon, supervisors and thank you for prorng in legislation ill fernando with the Community Counseling organization and want to point out that the definitions for the comparable units with the Housing Developers is important as we saw in the Hotel Conversion attempt in the beginning of the end of last year that when potential conversion units are presented they actually become low income unit that are defined in the amendment that are represented to you for example, that proposal that came before the Planning Commission was proposing as the conversion a project that was presented on their website as a project that would before ma illegal units here at the pretty much for the 21st century urban user group folks that live in the tenderloin in south of market in the mission and sros we need to create housing that serves those folks thank you. Thank you very much please last speaker come on up. Good afternoon. Im Raul Hernandez im here representing the divorcing uniteed collaborative thank you, supervisor kim and others for in legislation and we are facing an unprecedented housing crisis in the city that is not nudes we have more than 3 thousand plus Homeless Children in San Francisco Unified School District the sros are a last resource now it is there becoming a hot commodity because the gentrification of profits the city is facing we are here to provide our only conditional support and thank the department of building inspection for the support of our sros thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, Public Comment is closed. At this time supervisor peskin thank you supervisor sheehy and for all the moving testimony and testifiers thank you one and all i have one tina technical minor amendment on page 6 at line 21st and would like to make a motion that we strike the last 4 letters on that line so that that ends at permanent resident and perspective permanent resident. Without objection that legislation passes and like to send the item as amended to the full board with a positive recommendation for hearing next tuesday, january 31st, 2015. All right. Without objection we accept that motion thank you. Thank you supervisor peskin. clapping. congratulations for all the hard work. All right. Mr. Peskin madam clerk bring item one. Ordinance for the subdivisions code to require the subdivisions for the map parcel map with the Communication Services building for each parcel. Thank you, madam chair. After a brief side chat with john gibner, deputy City Attorney. I have not had a chance to speak with the office of maker ill id like to suggest we insert some language that says as those 3 Public Utilities Commission Code sections maybe amend from time to time er words at that effect if mr. Gibner will incorporate into the matter ill make that a motion for item number one. Motion accepted and that motion carries unanimously thank you all right. Madam clerk item 3. No maam, minute recess thank you. Good afternoon, everyone we are going to come back into session thank you mr. Clerk i think the last item of business item one i think we introduced the amendment and we accepted the payment but doesnt vote on the item as amended thats correct. Could we get another motion and take a vote. Madam chair as far as i made the amendment id like to move the amendment to the full board with a positive recommendation that item passes thank you all right. Madam clerk item 3. Amending the planning code for a Transportation Demand management to require the Development Projects with the design features for the port of sustainable forms of transportation. Im the author this is the third consultant of Sustainability Program that is aimed to improve the Transportation Program as the city will accommodate for new growth the Planning Department and mta have been working on this program for two years what we have is the result of a robust outreach progress by the Planning Department and mta staff with the public and transportation advocates developers and stakeholders so colleagues supervisor peskin you may recall supervisor sheehy we heard this item we continued this item brown from december since then the Planning Department and mta and my office have been working to resolves the outstanding issues ill be introducing a number of false imprisonments amendments resulting in Light Conversations but first want to acknowledge the team of the Planning Department and we want to recognition mta staff who have been working on this program and done an incredible job thank you very much and now want to bring up our director of the Planning Department director rahaim he gave me a frown i dont know maybe hes not illustre after director rahaim well hear from sinking from the mta board and commissioner were you sheryl and now wade. With craft from the Planning Department that will be making the presentation wade well call you up last. Thank you. Im john rahaim with the Planning Department and thank you for working with us i would like to thank our partners at the mta and the ta both of whom have been involved in the process and thank you for a lot of work this is how we address the transportation impacts from the new development as you pointed out the 3 part strategy that included the changes to the Fee Structure and second changes how we analyze the impacts and this is the 3rd of a way of addressing the demand for transportation that is created by new development so as you pointed out weve had a lot of outreach over the weeks to address some of the final concerns from many members of the community were at the point the stakeholders are in general agreement and further discussion the legislation before you sets out the policy and Regulatory Framework for the tdm, if you will, the memo of items that the developers may choose from it maybe amended overtime they did on thursday fact of the matter made changes to the program they approved a few months ago we believe those amendments will alleviate the concerns from a small subset of projects that are Small Projects and large projects that were coming out i caught in the program as we defined it so we do think that it were at the point well urge you to move forward given the transportation challenges that we face and the growing number of promotions that are coming online we hope to get this online to address did transportation amendments from those projects and move forward so with this i want to introdch brinkman from the mta. Thank you supervisor cohen and supervisor peskin and supervisor sheehy im Cheryl Brinkman im now the chair of the program theres been a lot of changes to the Program Since you last heard from us in november or december that addresses the concerns again say what sets this program apart a few things the flexibility this ordinance calls on point the fact of the matter for the flexibility of how theyre met to respond to the specific projects concerns and it is responsiveness the ordinance is built to be responsive to the citys landscape it changes a lot of everyday well make the were committed to incorporating new information and keeping this program up to date like many of the programs and policies and projects at the sfmta that will be a Living Program and make changes as we go it has a commitment to monitoring with the developers moved to be held accountable for the demonstration of ongoing compliance but the city with the enforcement to make sure the projects follow through on the commitments and the transparency never before has the public the neighbors and others and the concerned individuals have as much sight into this and a new interactive online tool will help to do that and morning aside from reducing the trail miles reduces the Green House Gas emissions and promotes active months of transportation and with the vision zero by reducing the number of vehicles on road i ask we move forward as quickly as possible the sooner we can see the benefits on the Transportation System and keep up with the growing city thank you for your time thank you, thank you. Well, wade wait craft oh. No problem. Hi, thank you chair cohen and supervisors cooperate for the Transportation Authority and wanted to add our voices to with the executive director tilly chang sends her apologizes she cant be here shes in negotiation with caltrans torso were proud to be here with the colleagues if a breeder strong Interagency Team that develops this ordinance and programs we greatly appreciate the work weve been able to do with the mta and folks with the City Attorneys office and making sure that all of the dot all the is and cross the ts this is really a program San Francisco, california be proud of both because that is already stronger in and of itself and because it has several ways to make sure that it keeps improving over time id like to add two main points to one director rahaim and director brinkman made first is Cost Effectiveness we oversee the sales tax we Pay Attention to the Cost Effective of the public investments and we know that people who have transit passes will use muni more and people with the bike lanes are those so to people that live and work are going to make your Transportation System work better and reducing the impact of the growth from both traffic and a carbon stand point the second on monitoring and elevation evaluation as a county km a the Transportation Authority will support the implementation of the tdm through the monitoring and evaluation like in the design of the program were committed to bring a focus in a performance based approach we are confident those will continue with the investments and the Transportation Services emerge so finally join any colleagues and ask you to implement that as soon as possible thank you. Jeff ive got one the question if i may madam chair. Absolutely. Let me start by saying we are i think all pleased to see a collaboration between 3 agencies that are truly independent of one another obviously the mta which has its own independent charter and the Transportation Authority that is actually, the other hat that the board of supervisors wears as commissioners that actually is a subdivisions of the state of california and not part of the city and county of San Francisco and uses separate Legal Counsel what have you and im not trying to be knit picky i dont think we wearing our board of supervisors hats can actually as a matter of planning code law commit to separate sate agencies to anything that says shall we can encourage i think i realize the deputy City Attorney represents the board of supervisors not that Transportation Authority commission but i think the language on page 13 i dont think that im not a lawyer trying to play one on tv i dont think that is legal the ta can do it in the absolute authority but at the top of page 13 that the city and county of San Francisco can bind the Transportation Authority in fact, of policy thats we dont want to break that precedent either attorney. Through the chair. John gibner, deputy City Attorney. Got a couple of different versions so page 13 it says every 4 years following the report of ta. Uhhuh. The Planning Department shall prepare a report containing the same information so the board can direct the Planning Department to take actions throw by ordinance and could make those conditional on the ta actions but as you said the board cant direct the ta. Your read is the shall applies to planning but not to the county Transportation Authority. Is that correct . Okay. Perfect. Thank you for that classification john gibner, deputy City Attorney. Wade come on up and begin the presentation thank you. I think you provided a copy for us; is that correct. Good afternoon wade Planning Department staff and as you heard im once again here with a great Interagency Team has been discussed im not going to go over this at length this element this component of the overall transportation Sustainability Program is the last to be adopted of this program we had two hearing and seeing none, hearings and i was asked to look at this weve heard and building we have done that. Just a reimbursed this shifts from sro trips to the option this occurs through the lovely acronym Transportation Demand management or tdm and or onsite amenity and programs for new development this program reduces the amount and distance of the vehicular travel for new development and therefore the goal to reduce vehicle miles traveled the program has received unanimous support from the Planning Commission both in august originally and then with amendments look various other boards and commissions as well other advocacy grasps as director brinkman referred to the initial goal to reduce the miles traveled but other additional benefits like the vision zero goals because every mile we rows if driving is less traffic exposure particularly for our month vulnerable citizens and those walking and bike ill go over the 3 Program Basics as weve gone over this before but the program will basically have 3 basics and those basics will live in whats called the tdm standard that is referenced in the ordinance which the Planning Commission has the authority to adopt and easement over time the first basic component a point that every project needs to achieve that is unique to each project the points the fact of the matter will be achieved through project sponsors selecting transportation Transportation Demand management measures with a memo of options and so through the reflection of those measures will create a tdm plan for their projects the memo has 66 options for importance to have flexibility how they create the tdm plan and etch option is assigned a point value that is point driven not policy driven based on how effective those measures reduces the vehicle miles they reduce the vehicle miles to an extent some more so than other the few look at the bottom of the slide thing on the low range that reduces and points with commercial development to the more memoranda and to provide for bicycle beyond what the code required and then on the highend one of the most effective tdm measures to reduce the parking supply and the third component of the program and maybe the most important is the implementations strategy so there are two parts this is the first is that we would evaluate and update the program over time based on research that we do so we want Transportation Demand management a come a time field we want to be nimble and update reflect that the second part youve heard the Program Standards will have a proactive monitoring and reporting this occurs through a preoccupycy site and reporting and once every 3 year site audit this consists of an ordinance that sets the policy that director rahaim talked about the box for the program the regulationsism will live in the tdm standards i mentioned earlier the ordinance just references the creation of those standards the tdm Program Standards are living documents and they are created and amended by the Planning Commission they are not subject to the boards approval today but they implement the policy that will be and so forth in the ordinance which is before you. And they include those 3 basic components the point, to death the memo of opposition and the implementation strategy this document as mentioned was adopted by the Planning Commission in august and then we had some amendments that were adopted last week and again, this document is a living document and can be amended over time by the Planning Commission and the reign we want the document to be updated over time to reflect new research and to address the significant comments to make sure the Program Works and thats exactly what occurred last thursday these this slide summarizes the amendments made at the Planning Commission last thursday we transmitted this morning or afternoon the resolution and staff report from that Commission Hearing im not going over those but to point out something future that director rahaim pointed out that the Program Prior to last thursday worked for the vast majority of projects and the amendment were making were dealing with the projects at the margin and some amendments to individual measures. In terms of next steps staff plans on posting those amendments tdm online and those maximums will be incorporated into a webbased version of the tool we realized released for the decision makings to see how the Program Works the toll is a some version we plan an incorporating those from last week into that in terms of the legislative process obviously youre aware we hope to go to the full board after the Committee Hearing and then when the ordinance is effective really we all consider the fun will begin well hire staff that has been approved in prior years budgets and do initial evaluations to make sure the Program Works and we would evaluate and amend the Program Standards over time with the Planning Commission this is again, a living document that insures the Program Works with that, that concludes my presentation. Im available to answer any questions thank you, thank you colleagues in any questions. Why dont we open up for Public Comment ladies and gentlemen, come forward and Public Comment in some amendments ill take into the record after comments. How do i switch to the overhead awesome im jonas from the Hayes Valley Association we cautiously enforce the Transportation Demand Management Program before you but reject that the two amendments that went through the Planning Commission last week, we dont think that was in the right direction we on the tdm ordinances was too generous on parking parking is the strongest tool in Transportation Demand management so we were appointed to those those go through the commission as a living document an ordinance that will be revisited that i urge the city to look at the baseline for the parking right now it is 13 points for the first 20 parishes and go up one point im going to get into the weeds this is market octavia youve got thousands of new Parking Spaces coming in here and i dont on the Planning Department if you look at the eir for example, for one oak understand this generates car trips to the 101 ramp to the south bay the methods right now are not picking up theyre old methods used in transportation analysis that really underestimating the impact of this parking space so i think instead of one point for each additional 10 Parking Spaces it should be 5 and doing everything we can to discourage excess parking and also ask questions what were the 3 projects that would have gotten through with the warriors eastern i know there was another 1 16th stre 1 16th street potraro. Ive been here several times talking about the Transportation Demand management last meeting we spent a lot of time with the planning and talking about this to familyfriendly housing thank you, supervisors for encouraging staff to continue to work on the plan and thank you to the staff and recent activities in the legislation were pleased to enforce the amendment before you with the ultimate tdm plan thanks so much. All right. Next speaker. Thank you, supervisors thank you for the opportunity to speak my name is megan im the director of the program on health and equity with the department of health im happy to be here to support the Transportation Demand management ordinance and Program Standards for the potential impact on health in San Francisco many years youve Program Works to productive the air quality and safety and active dpw health plan im chief executive officer reducing the fees is essentially, we building the tdm program will be an important part and housing jobs estimated more than 6 hundred thousand cars will be added to the streets if we remain status quo this the congestion and a significant reduction of quality of life more people will be killed more on the Public Transportation will decline it is essential to reduce the cars with support in helping with the walking and biking the tdm is a smart approach by providing great credit for intervention and reducing parking and Shuttle Services we appreciate the flexibility of the Program Construction that will allow for judgements and standards on best practices we pleased to see built in monitoring as the tdm lacks oversight we understand the policies are important to insure those Health Benefits to the resident are reflected in the next generation in conclusion we believe the policies consistent are key to meeting the air quality and transportation we support the tdm ordinance and program and look forward to ongoing collaboration with the Planning Department and other agencies to advance those who work and live in the city thank you for your k. Thank you. Im with the San Francisco Human Services and in appreciation with the nonprofits we had been expressing some concerns about this ordinance for about a year particularly its impact on citys funded providers that serve the disadvantaged resident and thankful for the opportunity to work with the supervisor cohen and commissioner peskin and sfmta and Planning Department and hope the amendment to address the largest of those concerns for public understanding those developments are different from other developments they generate far fewer vehicle miles traveled we work with communitybased organizations serving the low income populations that walk and take transit and not increase the costs are barriers to developments that will address the crisis of nonprofits displacement we have been faced over the last several years and especially concerned about Parking Spaces that are department of the Emergency Management for city funded Services Like shuttles for seniors and people with disabilities those doesnt matter what incentives theyre still not any reduction in vehicle miles traveled doesnt make sense it will there the cost to the developers we will asked for a few exemption for the nonprofit and exemption for those Parking Spaces we hope overseeing amendments will be accepted today and by the full board and again, thank you for working with us on this issue. Next speaker, please. Calvin wench a Steering Committee member and with the hours organizations id like to associate myself with the racks of ms. Learner and ask you to adopt waving the fee for city funded health and Service Nonprofits id like to also address and thank first of all, commissioner cowens and others for supporting the exemption of permanently 100 percent Affordable Housing developments from the traffic math plan i believe there is a consistency if that exemption the exemption language defined Affordable Housing up to one and 50 percent of medium no other jurisdictions in the area independence affordability a lot of one and 20 percent above medium this seems like to be an oversight clearly ill hope that b1 section 169. 3 on page 8 percent would be amended to see one and 20 percent of medium which will be consistent with the findings of within the document that is found on page of 169. 1 which defines Affordable Housing as welder and 20 percent of medium and studies that shows quote household earning more than one and 20 percent of medium drive more than twice as many miles and own more than twice as many vehicles as extremely low income household as thirty percent of medium is seems odd to find in a transit Reduction Program affordability at a level in which you are giving household that drive cars more heavily than otherwise i urge you to amend the ordinance thank you. Thank you in depth. Gamechanger chair cohen and commissioners im nicole the executive director of walk sf on behalf of the walk sf and members we want to share our support for the tdm ordinance and urge to move forward with approval by the board last friday marked the inauguration of the most powerful person in the country that believes is climatic change is a hoax and will dismantle the process on Public Health department i along with you marched an saturday to demonstrate well not stand for going backwards and everyday for the next 4 years we are going to need to work at the local level to move climb friendly policies forward this ordinance does that by macro sustainable healthy the choice as you know walk is the most Sustainable Way to get around and the easiest on ways to experience with equipment it is also a critical pathway to taking trips every transit trips begins and ended with a walk well be working with the Planning Department to strengthen the tdm program and working to incorporate complimentary legislation into this policy and with that, we will urge again, our support of this policy as it stands and hope that it move forward thank you. Thank you, next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors corey smith on behalf of the housing coalition. Here to support the Transportation Demand management proposal in front of you today asking the other departments and organizations in terms of the ordinances that were introduced with the maam, parking this is trick because we believe that less cars are better, more transportation is a better idea and more walking at the same time our members prefer parking for their projects so it is a tricky balance i know that folks are trying to figure out the other aspect i want to encourage based on any comments by the previous speaker to work on ways to implement this into the ordinance and appreciate that they are looking to find solutions that will appease owl stakeholder i support this bill today. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon. Im with the community of Housing Organization first of all, i want to thank you for moving forward i think this is high time we began to really emphasis the direction of folks out of cars and using transportation Affordable Housing developers that is what our tenants do they ride transit first, i want to support the words of deb r yes many of the tenants are clients of the organizations with h s n they dont drive to Supportive Services they take transit so i think that is certain to main that exemption for the fee organizations and we find ways of exempting the city organizations from this requirement the second thing i want to say i appreciate the work that the Planning Department has done with us to address the concerns around Affordable Housing as calvin mentioned it is interesting to see awhile finding is pointing out the critical need and the critical difference between housing that is affordable to folks under one hundred and 20 percent under medium and i want to share a table done by jeff hopkins transform that shows that vehicle miles traveled by different income levels on the blue that you see there you see very low income and extremely low income and low income moderate that is folks up to one hundred and 80 percent area medium income and jumps to more one hundred and 80 percent area medium income so as you cancer the standards consider all the income levels under one hundred and 80 percent of area medium income in providing housing. Thank you fernando next speaker. Sue hester ive been vrd the eirs and commenting on them for a long time that colors any testimony the Planning Department like eir and have enormous amounts of parking are portionly high dense cords speaking have been reading the eirs if you give a lot of parking at the initial time when you consider the project that will drive forever and we have to face a couple realities one we are developing a lot of housing in the corridor market and van ness and Mission Van Ness as has a lot of park and two things have happened one is that we have a commute that is enormous and as the Planning Department goes through rezoning central soma as they go to 15 hundred mission and 1 hundred market that is the same thing as 1 oak street theyre making decisions they cant undo by policies like this if at the give the marketrate that will be a lot of people from San Mateo County their commuters in reality youll not be able to out change the project by doing a project process tdm weve had area plans adopted specifically from central soma and the eastern neighborhoods called for a new muni line they were never implemented so we do grant printing calling for additional muni from potraro and to south of market and dont do these and putting too much market thats the context. Thank you very much any other members that want to speak on item 3 seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Thank you i wanted to give the Planning Department or probably the Planning Department is the most interesting department laughter i think to give feedback on some of the testimony from calvins testimony from the ami level from one 50 to one hundred 20 so were consistent with some of the other regions. The reason for the one hundred 50 that was used in the Sustainability Fee Program there was a exception there are mobility a city program that will support the projects at that level the rest of the code the gentleman is right the program for the housing up to one hundred and 20 percent well be fine with lower than one hundred and 20 percent we were you using the numbers from allocate part of Sustainability Fee Program. So beginning from the other parts of code but not going to put it in jeopardy. Okay. Thank you very much. Okay so a couple of things colleagues, i want to i have several amendments id like to read into the record first, id like to change the grandfathering and phase in those to apply with the mraktsz and instead of the Development Application second id like to remove the requirement to present a complete tdm plan to reapplication and third id like to make a requirement of a one year preemption analysis and report fourth id like to subject tdm standards to be in effect at the time of the application instead of the Development Project approval fifth suggest a change or amendment changing a clerical error are grupgs the electricity should be 10 benefits in the beds and exempting the building with 24 or less units from annual monitoring and enforcement fees and voluntarily update fees the 7 is exempting the nonprofit organizations to receive the funding from the city from paying Development Review ongoing monitoring fees and voluntary update fees and also want to recognize that the tenacious leadership of Debbie Letterman you heard during her Public Comment there is some concerns from the nonprofit providers particular those that receive the city funding to provide those serviced and the concern about air their ability specifically many of the Parking Spaces and the facilities provide the city funded services im thinking meals of whole and Meal Delivery or transportation of clients as much as seniors and people with disabilities i do think we should subject those to the program and introduce the amendment for the spaces from the tdm standard and will find that it will find those these in a document circulated to you on page 6 line 19 and colleagues for clarity any other Parking Spaces with the nonprofits choose to implement in their facilities will be subject to tdm okay now the graham our police to any right pointed out another error i want to correct thank you supervisor peskin this is on page 6 that the legislation line 21 the full sentence reads start on line 19 as such comma the board of supervisors finds the spaces dedicated for the supervisors provided for human rights and Service Organizations should be included in the existence im going to change that from should be to shall, shall be excluded in the definition of parking space on the definition of standards any questions i can take them up inner i believe commissioner cowens you have an amendment. I agree with the commissioner kims raised by members of the public and director rahaim poke to relate to the one hundred and 50 versus the one hundred and 20 on page 8 as well as the change you read into with the Human Services should to a shall i think as far as you, you as is department will reside over the Program Standards unless we get cranky and legislate them to you should to show a is good let me say that is obviously evolving thing and weve now had a number of hearings thereon or theres been many cooks in the kitchen nobody so totally happy i agree with director brinkman this is flexible and will evolve this the dawn of this new pioneering system well continue to tweak it for all the staff that have tried to convince me this is the best thing sins spread i thank you for your adolescence and a consistent theme with those no disrespect for planning the enforcement quite frankly isnt one of your strong suits not a square foot this is a system that is prethd with the dedicate i mean this is an ageold thing you guys need more enforcement staff but this theoretically comes with a source of funding for those staff and youve analyzed how many projects that employs to and how many projects that will likely do pounce of the market in the future and how many people you can hire with that said, one of the amendments that supervisor cohen has just suggested which is and there is some rational for it well actually done it in other areas this is relative to 24 or less units any big question is kind of a question more for the controller but maybe you guys see in as far as a flat fee of one thousand bucks of property and exempting out the smaller properties what does this do for the resources for the ftes youll not have enough funds to enforce it it falls flat on its face. Thank you. Do we have controller staff director rahaim take a stab. I totally understand the need i appreciate the question i know your concern ill say that in the last 9 years weve tripled the staff so thanks to the support of this board i will say were looking at it what we think is the number of projects in that size rank 24 units is a small percentage the total project subject to the ordinance that is doable within the actual fiscal analysis not uncommon for the other forebodes for the subsidies of smaller ones done throughout the planning code and remember that the way this program is structured when we do the analysis you start with a base fee in a project goes beyond that were able to charge time and materials i think there is a number of ways to do it im committed to have fulltime staff committed to this. Director rahaim any only concern is that first, it seems counterintuitive youll charge the same unanimous fee as a 15 unit project i think that staff did a pretty good job of explaining why that was counterintuitive but make sense i dont want this sorry mta youll think im picking on you but i am for this to turn into a google bulb i bus at the beginning people say no, no, no Cost Recovery is a buck and myself went this dont make sense and after they sharply their pencils yeah, it is a lot higher this is a little bit different you have a captive audience of google or whatever and the kind of audience so i dont want to be in a position you come back in 6 months or year or even two years and say wow. Now the 24 and under project has dropped out we have a wave the fee for the big projects to 2,800 a year i want to make sure you guys have crushed the numbers and the promise of real dedicated staff particularly this economy will not last forever and will be a down turn and pick between the things and this presumably has its dedicated source of revenue youll not have enough money i i mean i want to make sure that the people below the level of department at wades level really building that if you exempt out the 24 from the annual fee youll not be back here in a year to raise the fees or all the complaints and the person moving urban design group the improvement by the way, none of us are dump we saw a former department of inspection commissioner doing his own Development Project hello so wade assures me buildings it. And specifically for the director rahaim referring to the sized project when we looked at two fiscal years of projects that were before the commission for approval one was less than 20 unit sort of a cut off looking at it the next fiscal year 5 or 6 projects that were combined six or seven projects that would have been at this size i think yes. I believe that. Thank you wade. All right. Lets make one more motion thank you director one more motion to change the im level that stated on page 8 from one 50 to one hundred 20 as area medium income and this ill add an amendment ive made and a comment from supervisor sheehy. Yes. Through the chair id like to join as cosponsor. Great with the amended version and show the appreciation for all the work that is done over the years definitely need real transit as someone that gets my kids to school every morning the more cars we get off the streets the better. Are you schlepping. I think people there okay. About two hours on public transit. Its okay supervisor okay ladies and gentlemen, weve got a whole bunch of amendments thank you to mta, ta and the Planning Department staff you guys i want to recognize any staff that have been equally tremendous and supervisor avalos put a lot of staff hours that is not easy and supervisor peskin said this a fluent document well take a time out for now and colleagues without objection colleagues okay without objection this passes as amended mr. Clerk item 4. Shall we i make a motion to send it to the full board with a positive recommendation. To the full board with a positive recommendation. Off it goes item 4 a hearing on the impasse of adult use of marijuana use. Okay okay. And the sponsor of this item changes the house quickly thank you. Thank you to the sponsors and stakeholders for item 4 we appreciate you sitting around all day were grateful. Im the sponsor of this item this is a very important item before you the california voters legalized the use position and retail sale of nonmedical or adult marijuana use across the state of california 64 lagoons the regulatory prop 64 allows the locality to tailor the implementation of the law to the needs and preserves so in anticipation of this the board of supervisors created the Cannabis State Legalization Task force to advise the board and mayor and the departments of potential legalization we can understand the policy questions that are specific to the cannabis industry no doubt that the board of supervisors and the city agencies will be faced with difficult policies discussions and post proposition 64 environment my hope to work alcoholic with the residents and stakeholders and you experts to develop policies that will allow this industry to thrive in our city, to become complaint with new existing laws and to also to compliment the neighborhood the neighborhood character and the environment that of what theyre trying to blend in today well hear in the cannabis Legalization Task force for us to consider and bring up the Task Force Staff who will kickoff this presentation want to recognize the Task Force Staff and members thank you. The floor is yours welcome. Thank you very much thank you for your time today my name is michelle im a member the San Francisco cannabis legalization force team on on behalf of the task force ill begin this one update and that the presentation that is prepared for the committee the task force is in two parts part one ill provide a highlevel and succinct overview the task force purposes and the theme of the recognitions that are designed by the task force in the 3 main categories Public Safety and land use and social you gentrification and city prima facie case for part two the task force were lined up will address the committee and highlight the specific represents one the 3 main categories that members feel are important for the supervisors consideration in the interest of moving the systematically through our presentation and the timeframe ill requesting the questions be held. After the presentation. Yelping. Got it. So in november the voters passed the adult use of marijuana the act the key provision are legalize the adult use and possession and retail sale of number one medical adult cannabis across the state for 21 and older and creates a regulatory system for the cannabis industry and the bureau of marijuana controlled to oversee the process at the state level and have local control with left to right to their those to their needs and preferences the state is scheduled to begin listening in january 2018 the task force was in response to the legislation legalization efforts at the state level the board of supervisors created this in the ordinance of 2015 the task force was established as an advisory body on the legal social and land use and enforcement issues so the policymakers can address this process thank you. The 22 seat will task force will be active for two years that began in 2016 and the work of the task force is first year is presented to begin today in january of 2017 the goal of task force what as to make represents in the 3 main areas we discussed and the task force conducted in order to do that monthly Public Meetings to design the finalize 84 represents that are referred in the year one report so the first main area is Public Safety but the recommendations of all categories are the conformation of research and analysis, expert testimony and discussion that will be evident to the committee in the summary they are meant to all the universe of issues with the legalization of this and year two builds on the recommendations and makes specifically relate to the implementations at the local level in San Francisco the could he topics under the Public Safety social environment category combined thirty recommendations to address the sub categories Public Safety, public con smupgs and tourism and hospitality the discussion during the task force of this area focuses on driving under the influence policy, neighborhood safety issues and social environment consideration the key recommendation that are addressed in this report include that Public Safety standards and protocol should be revised to insure the protection of the community. San francisco should provide public consumption options in the city and use exposure can be limited by the existing model for the research and San Francisco should develop policies that include a variety of cannabis and hospitality options the second main category of land use is social justice has 3 recommendations count ii recommendations of category land use and social justice and Workforce Development the discussions of this topic focused on retail and nonretail adult use and Business Zones and approval process as well as the diversity within the cannabis Industry Office of economic Workforce Development and Business Opportunity the could he recommendations themes that are addressed in the report includes San Francisco should provide for rail and nonrail cannabis locates to a effectively assess the adult zoning the land use businesses making process it in need of objective standards and San Francisco should develop Cannabis Office of economic Workforce Development and pathways that reflect social justice principles in all aspects of the industry the third main category is the framework deputy 23 recommends to address the 3 sub categories licensing and taxation and revenues and Agency Oversight the topic in that area the regulation and framework included local licensing possibility local Cannabis Regulatory Agency responsibilities and local taxation consideration the key themes that emerged include San Francisco should have a local cannabis licensing that builds on the system and considers the local needs and San Francisco local cannabis taxation theme should consider the impact on the allot market the tax revenue 19 could support the justice and cannabis regulation will require the oversight in collaboration across multiple city agencies that provide a highlevel overview and the content ill transition to the Task Force Members that will present the Public Safety and social environment thank you. Welcome. Good evening my name is sarah i was a appointed to the cannabis Legalization Task force as the Public Policy i have fibromyalgia i was born and raised in San Francisco i want to see good policy were here to discuss the over consumption and driving under the influence we landlord from the state of colorado when they didnt have allowance for public consumption so for smoking the elbow use the eatable use causes the number of people that visit Emergency Rooms theyre only treated for water it make sense a simple Educational Campaign like try 5 milligrams to side Educational Campaigns to show people we showed people who are overly medicine indicated status on women and allow the public use of medical cannabis so how to have San Francisco look at outdoor it should be consumed where abstract tobacco is and dispensaries shall have safe places to use onsite and the attorney to look at privatizing locations with the beer places swrs this we saw the state of mayor willie brown they treated people like criminals my concern if im driving any kids to school and have not smoked in what week not credit card a criminal how with, support of chp how we can figure out the high toners versus low tolerance and vapor requires and being the lead in having education simple to the drunk campaign thank you for your time. Just as a point of your information commissioner cowens will be stepping out he is a 5 oclock commitment but supervisor sheehy and i will remain. Please. Good afternoon. Im sarah ic 12 on the task force and one of the vice chairs im coming to talk about education both for patients and into cult use for consumers and in the industry itself just because we are going to adult use didnt change the reaction in the body we need to empower consumers by having educational materials available for anotherables, etc. And also have a empower push with the industry to educate people that are working in this so they can educate the consumers in having Higher Standards of education and people working in the agency in conjunction with the other institutions city college, oak street etc. I came to the task force as an educator and a cancer survivor both to show it is incredibly helpful for us to have access to cannabis in addition to be effective you need to have education standards in place thank you very much good evening my name is corey a administrator from San Francisco who represents the Unified School Districts im responsible for the Educational Program funded by the education ill share some information about cannabis and legalization how we are working together to with mindful of exposure and health and education and support education in the Public Schools and vocal and Job Opportunities for the graduates ill share good news we are funded actually with the compliance of federal funds that is important to know that state and local funds for Health Education and services and the other Educational Services out of sf and ucsf so nationally the youth survey we survey 7 ac and 9 graders on their use of substances and their behaviors you ask about 40 percent plus young people tried marijuana in high school in San Francisco were about 28 percent and middle school 9 percent we dont have national fingers but working to have more on the top of exposure at the same survey captured the number of students that are 2005 of students in high schools and in 201523. 8 percent a decrease so some areas we Work Together in education and comprehensive services and sort of support for our students is we have a sort of a disproportionate use of marijuana in our nontraditional schools about 12 percent on gastro campus again, we surveyed the students and the numbers are not great as in number an amount in quantity the numbers of students that report seeing marijuana generally in their lives is 6 point plus and Mission High School is 17. 4 in high school so folks like to see folks not using this age group and choosing to roll focus on their health and education with that, our health and education we have the proper support of services to address any needs and their families as well so we support our students opportunity for you know beyond college and beyond high school and also to make sure they are space adequate housing for them to continue their education thank you. Good evening supervisors my name is bashar im representing the neighborhood coercion and past wanting of an association and the chair the the Compliance Committee we have on our board i volunteered for this task force i felt the committee had a learning curve we have 3 mcd approved on the same night the Committee Found there is loopholes in the existing mcd we want to see this addressed i hope to have more information to take back to my district ill ask the board of supervisors to place importance on the concerns where will that be legal to smoke and are the burgundy checks adequate and how to remove the retailer not in combines or compliance with the cbo school the biggest issues before the neighborhood and the majority of Association Members and the individual ive spoken are concerned about the clustering in selfdefense under a ground for the board of education will be the green zone a lot of people didnt want to advance the green sown 3 years the supervisor alavlos talked about they have the green zones expand we agree with that but at the time, no supervisor willing to do that its been suggested by my neighborhood anyone that is as an mcd will keep the taxes earned and that money goes to the Police Department for their needs and also to require we want to go indirectly to the supervisor of that district so for the Civic Improvement if any supervisor wants to talk with me about that ill be happy to meet you in your office thank you. Hello supervisors i practice business law and talk with the land use about land use and any ideas our Retail Locations and rail Zoning District and nonretail locates for retail location gray draw a comparison to the medical rules first pointing out this cannabis is made possible by age groups to bring the medical cannabis into 2014 for a Retail Locations of medical retailer the Planning Commission recommended 6 hundred feet from schools by comparison for adult use retail we recommend that retail 6 hundred feet from schools and the buffers exist but boss both of those are measured by path of travel we know that San Francisco is a dense city and sometimes you walk around the block to get to the door depends on to say the street line will be a measure of distances as a path of travel hearsay evidence location to retail zoning the zoning process should vary from one zone and not be the same for all zones we recommended the zone process be more rigorous and like a commercial district we can have conditional use authorization and less rigorous like downtown and Zoning District have notice finally for nonretail use for the manufacturer the cannabis use the planning code to have the zones for schools because they make sense. 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Good afternoon, supervisors noimdz a jennifer im with the local 648 im in the labor seat train and education is something that San Francisco values the task force recommend a training component for that workers like an educated Apprenticeship Program some residents of San Francisco are over locked they dont have a College Degree they can have classroom train to retain those good jobs the apprenticeship is a proven track record of success been around a long time Human Resources apprenticeship was one of the organizations that protected the minority and women in the industry apprenticeship is about working with business all work sites benefit there are certify practices and have a standardized training San Francisco workers that have Apprenticeship Training and education will not only understand the workplace theyll be getting the train and skills and compensation this San Francisco, california do there a cannabis Apprenticeship Committee approved at the state level working with city college and other educators to implement this program thank you. Good afternoon, supervisors im laura thomas with the policy alliance and the seat on the task force we have xhoeven communications with the job train we spoke about ways to create opportunities for enterpriseship and our recommendations address to overcome some of the barriers that are experienced by people trying to get employment but as ownership stake in a Legal Cannabis industry we see the negotiation of marijuana as an opportunity to repair some of the damage done in the country and in the city to serve and we recommendations around reducing the barriers and creating priority rights or preferences for those harmed by the war on drugs and trying to aid the economic barriers including the access to capita with loans as a way to increase access to the business using some of the exist