guess, there are a lot of elevators that need help right now. if there is more funding to figure out, let's do it. but i did want to ask about the ones that are not privately owned, right, you know we have some buildings that don't qualify that are excluded by this. is there some other plan for those buildings? so the cadillac would be an example. can you address what funding is available for them? >> thank you, that's a very important question. so yes, we have another ten million dollars for capitol improvements and nonprofit organizations that are on buildings, they can apply for funding, in fact we have some applications already that we are processing.

and also those nonprofit applications will be able to apply for funding. >> that's correct. >> and thank you, was done through a nofa process as well? >> that wuz done through a similar process not a formal nofa, once again those funds are going to go to nonprofit organization, so it's a little bit different. it's a little more ex pa light. we're project to go announce who is getting the funding during the next 15 days. >> thank you, we look forward to that. >> and you can hold me to do that. >> we'll definitely hold you to that. so if you want to revise it go ahead.

>> i will not revise it. >> okay. le before we go to public comment, the situation the kinney hotel, and i've learned the details on this in the last handful of days. and i don't even know where to begin accept to say that we have >> correct me in i'm wrong, i think hsh was reluctant to continue funding because of

conditions including elevator, which my understanding has been out or significantly malfunctioning for a couple of years. so i just, and again, i, i correct me if i have this wrong. as i understand this, we have this situation of government agency saying this place doesn't work necessarily for on going funding supportive housing in significant part because it has an elevator that isn't working while the same agency are not moving forward to release ten million dollars of funding so tell me i have this wrong please. >> this particular building that you're describing we could not give them funding, the owner stop paying the mortgage

several months ago. so they have been in limbo, they have been in violation of some different pieces of lease agreement. the department has been putting pressure so those issues get fixed. and we have never said that the program is going to come to a close but we have this card if the receivership and the new owner do not make a commitment to making these issues, we will find a different position for that program to be placed. i, personally met with the bank that has the receivership last week. they are telling me that they are ready to make a written commitment in writing to fix the problem and we have communicated that if they do that, we are happy to stay.

it's a another building where residents are leaving and we're happen to keep the building in the portfolio but they must fix the problems and we have been adamant. >> and when you say the problems beinger the biggest problem is the elevator? >> that's correct, that's one of them. ?flt we're in danger of losing that because of funding for elevator repairs. >> as i mentioned before, they will not be eligible to get funding. first of all the building right now is in limbo it's in receivership, so you don't have an owner that could make a commitment to extend, the building is in limbo so they believe that they're going to solve all the problems.

so we hope once the problems are solved, they're going to try to commitment to fix the other problem so we can stay. >> there is no owner of the building trying to attract the owner because it's in receivership and one of the way to see do that, they could be eligible for these, these funds are out there, they can be, they can be applying for them. it becomes a little circular, it is in receivership, somebody is either going to acquire it and enter into a longer term contract so they tb could be shelter and supportive housing for people who are, h.i.v. positive and maybe other populations and so, and the systembling block here is funding elevator repairs. >> i don't think the stumbling block is solely for the elevator repairs it's the

cooperation of owner. that is being overlooked in the hearing, this is financial challenge and we appreciate the advocacy to get this funded, but we need a collaboration and the community does not represent all three entities coming to the table. >> and when we have a two-year elevator not working properly, what is the role, and this is under the per view of hsh, what is the response? what has hsh done to try to get to operative? >> that has been part of the negotiation that has, you know, as i mentioned before, we have given them an ultimatum that either these issues have to be taken care of or the program has to move to a physical different location. >> thank you, let's go ahead

and open up public comment. madam clerk. >> yes, members of the public who line up now a longt side of the windows. all speakers will have two minutes. >> come on up. >> speaker: thank you, this is taifd elliot lewis, this is one of our biggest issues getting our sro elevators fixed. thank you for holding this item. all the problems you exposed by the questions you asked were just appalling to learn about how long it's taken to get funds that already allocated to be spent. i want to tell you share some real world stories of what has meant what has happened as a result of elevators not being

repaired. i've spoken to sro operators that they've had to hire people to carry disabled residents up five flights of floors. it take two to three people to carry awe disabled person five flights up to their apartment and down again so they can go to a medical apartment. that is the only way they can get to a medical appointment by being carried down the stairs. that's a real world consequences of not getting these elevators repaired. many only have one elevators sometimes it's out for months, carrying somebody down the stairs so they can go to a medical appointment. that's awful, all the other meet. thank you for bringing up the cadillac hotels that has been

excluded from this. they're one of the first nonprofit sro in the city. they deserve special consideration and then they're excluded from this. thank you again, thank you for calling the hearing, hsh needs to stop throwing up barriers, i'm sorry to say, but shame on them, they need to do better and fix this problem immediately, thank you very much supervisors. >> thank you, next speaker please. >> my name is ms. hillary brown. i'm speaking of l.a., i'm a member of prosac but i did live in sro for 15 years. it was before i start today use a cane and people who are disabled. i currently live in the filmore in a studio, i admit if ever would not work, i would have a

hard time going up the stairs. and sometimes i may carry groceries, for example i may have six gallons, nine gallons of water, there is no way the heck i can carry all of that up two or three and the third floor with being mobilely disabled. and i am 49, people might think i'm younger than that, but in couple of years i'll turn 50. the public might, i know dean knows who i am for the last five years but people may stereotype me because i carry a cane. when the elevator gets broken down in the filmore we used to get two business days i should say.

>> speaker: if this is how the system works and there is no problems here to fix, then the system is broken and we have to change it. this is not an acceptable way for our city to function when it comes to our most vulnerable residents and ensuring their well being and dignity, thank you so much for this hearing.

>> speaker: other than emerging issues i'm not happily impacted by elevator outage who knows what the future holds. people can get mobility issues and such as hart lieutenant who fell to his death in an elevator shaft because of the elevator being out in the blank in 2015. this is still an issue ten years later, it's pissing me off, i'm sick and fucken tired of us getting the shift, no pun intended. that money for elevators was promised to us, this goes to other issues how we do housing.

most other scatter supportive housing including buildings but no we get stuck. i've seen tenants stuck downstairs and upstairs. we need a free lawyer to sue over building code issues. stop the fucken games, make the tenants whole, i yield my time,

fuck you. and i had to call the fire department they to walk me down the scares, i didn't use the elevators. i had to go to the hospital that day and i was really terrible. the elevator keeps on breaking down, it's on on going thing. it has not broken down for a while but thent fire alarm goes off. and then we have to put up with the social workers and lie to us and take our insurance money and spend it on themselves.

taking advantage of us, the tenants and here we all are complaining about it. >> that's who i speak for, the people, thank you very much. >> thank you, next speaker. >> speaker: hello i'm denise dore'y. and we do realize some elevators were built a long time ago and it's hard to find parts for nem and the parts come from kansas, that's a long way again and some have to be financed and made from scratch.

when i encounter people who fill them out asking me what happened to the the survey to do anything, i don't know what to tell them, i don't know what to tell them. so previous commenter, asylus, he's, that's an really bad perfect example, he's just one voice in the crowd. i couldn't get them all in here. i want to know what to tell them while they're crawling up the stairs. let me know, thank you for listening. >> thank you, next speaker.

>> good afternoon, supervisors ozzy with san francisco coalition. the tragedy of the cadillac hotel is truly appalling but such stories are not new and abuse of tenants and government housing, keep on going. the fact is that poor disabled and elderly tenants have no other options other than dbi that may or may not result in novs and if novs were suppose to fix the issue, then the residents at cadillac hotel did not have to wait five years to get the elevators fixed. all landlords deserve dignity and all landlords are responsible for providing safe and dig fied places for the people that they collect rent from. that's why we stand can the union and faith in action,

behind tenants with serious life and safety issues the right to slum lords? to do we should not have a two-tier system with tenants getting rights while nonprofit having no rights. and by the way, leonard will

draft some legislation and her office instead of doing for the plan. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> taken a long time for these funds to get disbursed. seniors and people with disability are trapped in their rooms because they don't have kitchens or living room, the only fresh air we get is outside. people don't have living room so they need to socialize outside. when the elevator is down, they lose their independence.

it plays with people's mental illness. it costs the resources to support residents who are trapped in their floor in their rooms. fixing the elevators is going to take a larger investment than the 10 million allocated to expedite the process for repairs and on going solution. one solution is to invest into affordable accessible house to go meet the demand of seniors and people are disability who are trapped in sros, thank you so much for holding this hearing. >> thank you, supervisors and staff. born and raised and a tenant with a building with delap tated elevator. i'm elevator union, and also

chair of california elevator a pprenticeship and repair community. i work in sr os in san francisco and--we're still hereafter a year ago. as an industry expert i'm confident to say that these are the most dangerous elevators in the state of california. we have about six other mechanics to testify but they had to go back because of the first hearing look a little longer which we were happy to be part of. our license mechanics and most importantly these tenants, their lives are in danger by not releasing the funds. i don't know how to stress enough that these elevators need the money and the city

delaying this is unacceptable, unacceptable to the tenants, unacceptable for our members, workers are working on these elevators, they're out dating, these slum lords have not been maintaining them properly. thank you and i appreciate you having this hearing. >> thank you. next. >> good afternoon, thank you for having this hearing. my name is ryan lang, i've been a union elevator mechanic for over 25 years in san francisco. i spent thousands of hours on sros repairing them myself. i worked as early as 2019 before i took this position. i worked for the main contractor that took care of those elevators, they had thc housing. i'm intimate lea lea ly aware of those elevators.

somebody else touched the cost of the city when the tenants called the fire department, the fire department to carry them down the stairs. other times i've seen people crawling up and down the scares and leaving their wheelchairs in the lobby. a lot of elevators are old type that stop on the brake, i can remember three times within the last 8 years of people falling down the hoist and dying. last one was on mason street. the other type of issue is the time of contract that these buildings are securing. they're the most minimum maintenance contracts, the bare minimum to where they're not being maintained properly. it ads up overtime. >> you have three more sektsds, that first chime is a warning chime.

>> speaker: okay. and that's the other issue, is the equipment is so old that the long down times is because they have to manufacture the equipment, they have to take them to the machine shops, they have been taken down. my son works for the contractor that i used to work for, he says there are two down right now and because the machines have been swapped out 50 plus years ago and they have not been. so multiple issues. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> angela johnson local 8, i'm here to support my local and support the dis en franchise individuals that live in the sros, they're not being taken off like ryan was saying.

the fire department costs more than if they get the people out of the elevators. so it's about time that the city steps in and make something happen for these people. they're terrified when they're stuck in the elevators when we get there, sometimes they're having mental break downs, it's unsatisfactory to everybody involved. thank you. >> thank you for having this meeting. i think this meeting is long overdue but nonetheless excited na it's come to fruition.

our crisis is here our residents need your help. i find the statement ir reconcilable given the state of the elevators. instead of investing in our selves we have finger pointing, blaming contractor when you point your finger, four are pointing back at you, we have the ability to fix our problems and i implore you to do just that.

put san francisco back to work. i have members at the ready to do the work, i can dispatch 30 crews tomorrow. i don't know how many of you spend time physically and mentally able to perform your jobs but with no work to be had. i can tell from you the personal experience in 2009 that is a lonely feeling, i bee seige on on the 400 members that i represent and repair and modernize and construct, please put us back to work. thank you. >> speaker: hi i'm lauren hall i'm just, i'm here to share in the concerns of many of the residents that have shared.

we see significant health risks for our community and we do our best as housing operators to address those with ex peedsians. another value of shpn, we welcome any opportunity to support expedited process and increased funding put the much needed capitol improvement dmrarz in process and we look forward to collaborating with hsh on that goal and our experience hsh has been challenged with turnover in the

real estate division which is something that we at nonprofit are intimate lea ware of as we're also challenged. one thing we didn't put on the record here is under the current nofa. if you are not able to further expedite it, per my request, which is pending. so you'll get back to me on that. but under the current nofa, when will sro tenants see elevator

repairs? under the currently proposed timeline for the nofa, we would be entering into contract agreements to distribute this. these funds in february, and then it would be up to the contract recipients s to determine exactly when the work begins. sorry, february of 2025. no sorry. did i say that? yes. i'm very sorry. it's been a long day for all of us, no. we are looking to award the contracts in the fall of 2024, and then from there, once the funds have been distributed, the exact time of the construction work is up to the awardee of the contract of the funds. are there any requirements of giving an award as to when the work begins? is that in there? can

you please repeat the question? is there a requirement of giving the award that the work begin within a certain period of time, i don't recall that we have that as a requirement, but i think that that's a wonderful suggestion. okay. and when we say fall, can we be more specific of, again, under the current when the agreements are going to commence here, what's the commitment that they, they, commence by what date? yeah, i think that that's that's something that we should discuss with our contract department. so if we can get back to you with an exact date, please. so you'll get back to me about the exact date, and then also about the request to expedite all of these and shorten all these timelines. that is correct, and then, yes, i would strongly suggest that in your awards that you condition that on the work, we can have a situation where we go through what will be two and a half to three years of delay getting to

this point, and then you give out a grant that these folks who came and testified that they're not even working under these because someone drags their feet and it's a year later, right? like we as soon as that money is out the door, right. they have plenty of time between now and then to line up the work and be ready to go. so i just like there should absolutely be a timeline for once the award is given to when the work starts. correct, is any is any are any bonus points or preference given in your scoring, of these projects as to how quickly the work can be done? is that is that a factor in in deciding which projects to fund? i don't i think that that i don't think that there is bonus points per se, i think that obviously projects that are coming in are going to be, you know, review as

quickly as they come in. so i think that that organizations have an incentive to put their proposals in as soon as possible. okay. well i'm going to suggest that we favor those that are have a short timeline. again, they none of this matters except as it matters to the people living there and as the, the speakers. it's the people living there getting elevators that work. it's workers who are ready to work being on the job. and it's alleviating other city departments and agencies from having to go pick up the pieces. when these elevators aren't functioning. right. so the so i would just strongly suggest that we are prioritize housing or you know, and this is like i don't get as supervisor. we don't get to make these determinations. right. the departments do entirely. it's your it's within exclusively within your purview to decide which of these you're funding, which ones you aren't. but we can certainly make a

suggestion. and mine is certainly that we given all these delays that we're prioritizing those who will be ready to go and make a commitment to be ready to go quickly so that we're not in here a year from now, having the same discussion with the contracts having been awarded, but work still not started. thank you. thank you. supervisor safaí is joined us for the tail end of this hearing and for the. and for his item, which is next. i want to, as i did before you came, thank you and recognize your work, previously on the budget committee. and securing, i think some of the commitments that while they weren't adhered to, i think built some pressure toward getting where we are, where the nofa is, is now out. but wanted to, give you the floor. thank you. i know this has been a long day. i want to thank all the folks from that came out from the elevator constructors and those in the

industry that know these buildings intimately, those that are living in these facilities that have had to endure this trauma and torture. i can tell you, i have an 82 year old mother who experienced something very similar to this a few years ago, one elevator in a building, and she still has knee problems to this day for having to walk up seven stories each day, up and down. and so this is this is not i just what, what frustrates me about this the most is that we fought for this during the budget process. we allocate the money in an unprecedented way because we identify, need. and thank you, supervisor preston, for identifying this issue. and some of that is about knowing your community and listening and following through. and then the money has just sat there and it makes absolutely no sense. while people are suffering and feeling

trapped in their own facilities, in their own buildings, that this money sat there and, you know, i'm sorry, this comes back to leadership from the mayor's office, supervisor preston and i and supervisor chan, we can't direct departments what to do. it only rests with the mayor to direct the department, i can call, i can ask, i can inquire, you all can give us information. but at the end of the day, the charter states that the mayor is the only one that can direct departments. what to do. and it just really breaks my heart to think that millions of dollars are sitting there, i'm happy to hear that it's finally going to go out. it makes sense that you'd prioritize the buildings that have the least amount of work that can quickly get done and you can effectuate. so i appreciate that. supervisor preston, but at the end of the day, this is this is really, really a travesty. and it's unconscionable. we have to get these buildings fixed. we want to partner with the folks that are there, and they've made a commitment to how some of our

most vulnerable residents in san francisco. so this is a way to partner with them. so anything the department can do to expedite this, as supervisor preston said, and i appreciate you calling this hearing today, anything that the mayor can do to put pressure and direct and lead that department would be greatly appreciated so that we can get this done. and effectuated, thank you, supervisor preston. thank you. supervisor safaí, and, just before we wrap up here, i did want to hear from, mayor's office from mr. paulino. i mean, you've been through this hearing. you're familiar with this issue, i, i think i, i guess i want to know a couple things. one is, do you do you share? does the mayor share the dissatisfaction with this timeline in. and the, i should say in the delays in getting

here? sure, tom paulino, the mayor's office. thank you for the question, chair preston. as the mayor had said during question time in january, we, as someone with lived experience in and, living in a building that had an elevator that was in disrepair and having to assist family members, neighbors, etc. wanted to get this out as quickly as possible, and in terms of the timeline, obviously, i know for both the department and for the mayor, the timeline was not, ideal in terms of how delayed it was. so in terms of, i forget the exact phrasing of your question, but her desire was to get this money out and to get the elevators repaired as soon as possible. and in terms of the current nofa and the timeline there, i've, i have requested of the department a harder look at tightening some of these timelines so we can give, especially given the emergency need and the amount of time it's taken us to get here, it is the mayor's office position that kind of this is as

good as we can do? or is there an openness? do you do share the desire to look at ways to expedite this? and can we can we partner in that effort absolutely, in any way that we can partner either on this particular nofa or any other future, projects to streamline the process or reduce red tape or bureaucracy to make that happen. we are happy to partner with with the well, the only red tape or bureaucracy here is mayoral approval of these things. so this is not this doesn't come through. this is part of why i'm pushing you here and why i called this hearing. right. it's because there's nothing legislatively for us to do here. this is you have the money and it goes out and like, are you satisfies the mayor's office satisfied with this timeline in this nofa or willing to partner with us in the department to have a more aggressive timeline? no. 1,000% willing to work to have a more aggressive timeline in any way, shape or form that. yeah. thank you, good to hear that. i'm just going to and i do see that there

there may be some additional questions from colleagues, but i just want to i just want to say this and i you know, i at the start of this hearing, i talked a little about some of the elevator, litigation work that that i did decades ago now. and i truly believe with an issue like this, especially with fixing an elevator and some of the public commenters referenced, there's always like, fingers to point on on this, you know, blame the owner, blame the contractor, blame the part that has to be flown in from france for this obscure elevator. like, i trust me, i've like, litigated this. i've prepared experts for. i've learned more about elevators than than a lawyer who couldn't, you know, fix anything. should should ever have to do. but but and a tremendous respect for the folks who are the real experts on this. but but i come away with a very strong view having seen this, now that like this can get fixed and done when it's a priority to do it, and, you

know, when we sued the owner of residential hotel, we heard all the same, you know, every reason why it couldn't be done, why the parts had to be fabricated, why the they claimed the contractor didn't come, why it would take months and months and months and you know what we did? we got an order from a court to fix it. and you know what happened? the owner didn't fix it. so we had them held in contempt. and then you know what we did next? we got an order that said that the owner at their own expense, had to put every one of these disabled tenants up in a tourist hotel. and you know what happened once they suddenly were going to have to spend tens of thousands of dollars to house people. they fixed it all the like million reasons why they couldn't fix it. suddenly, when there was a threat hanging over them, an economic threat in that

case, and a threat of contempt and potentially being dragged behind bars. they fixed it, right. and so every resident of an sro knows this. people know that when it's a priority gets done. and what really sickens me about what's happened here is, is despite the efforts that we've heard about, it is really clear the administration did not make this a priority for two years and people suffered as a result of that. and it absolutely can get done when we want it to get done. so i'll i'll certainly continue to push on this. i will also engage with the city attorney's office about what can be done legally against some of some of these owners. but this the it's really we're way beyond time for excuses for the delay. we got to get this these funds out the door immediately. supervisor safaí. oh, you were done. okay. i saw you on the roster, okay, so i want to thank everyone for, for

being part of this hearing. we'll continue to, to try to push this forward, looking forward to getting answers from h'sh on this. i'd like to move to continue this item to the call of the chair. and on the motion to continue this item to the call of the chair, member chan. member chan i chair preston, i chair preston, i, i have two eyes. what? vice chair stephanie excused. thank you. that motion passes. and again, thank you all for being here. and, apologies again for the late hour on this, madam clerk, let's call the next item, item number three is a hearing to discuss the san francisco housing authority's housing choice voucher program. the decision to contract out that program to a third party organization, the breach of contract between the third party organization and the sf and the sfha, and the impact of that

breach of contract to the city's housing programs, low income residents and city budget. thank you, madam clerk, and supervisor safaí is the sponsor of this and has joined us. and as a sitting member and voting member of the committee for this item. so that's my understanding. i believe that we have a memo from the president saying as such, but welcome, supervisor safaí floor is yours. thank you. thank you. chair, preston. thank you, supervisor chan. i know this has been a long day, and special thanks to my co-sponsor, supervisor walton, who was here earlier, we called this hearing to provide oversight into the housing choice voucher program. and to look at the decision by the housing authority to

contract out this service and the results of that decision. what is being done today to ensure the best possible service to our most vulnerable residents, the residents rely on this important program to help pay their rent. and one of the most expensive housing markets in the country, in a moment, we're going to hear from the housing authority executive director, tanya ledoux, but before i want to say a few words , some of you probably know, or maybe you don't, but i got my start in this city working at the housing authority. she, worked there for a couple of years dealing with and focusing on youth violence. we built the teen center in sunnydale that we named after mayor willie brown. i joke with him a lot and tell him i was the first one to name something after him. in the city. which is true, i said. now he has bridges and schools and

other things and centers for study at universities. but the willie brown youth center in sunnydale, public housing was where i cut my teeth. and so this issue is very personal to me. i know a lot of the residents that still live in public housing. one of my good friends, just passed away. eddie cottrell just a just a couple months ago, who we honored here in the chamber. so over 15,000 residents, as as, you know, many of them the most vulnerable in our city, rely on housing, and to pay for their rent, they they look to the this program. so i'd like i'd like to start by recognizing the leadership of executive director tanya ledoux and who's come in to an agency that was in transition, only four years ago that was deemed a five years ago, deemed in default by the department of

housing and urban development. and was at the time operating with a $30 million deficit. i can tell you, if you look back in time, every time you look at the housing authority, there's some type of financial mismanagement from the 25 years that i've been here in this city, but she's come in to try to deal with those challenges and put us in a better place than when she arrived. so i appreciate that from the start, but we are in an important moment in the history of san francisco housing authority, where this agency used to provide direct service, used to manage properties, used to manage the housing voucher program, the section eight program. but now they've moved into the contract management business. and so these all all of these contracts, all of the work that's done have their own specific language to housing authorities. and in a lot of ways across the country, that's why you tend to see the same

bidders in different cities doing a lot of the same work, from city to city, authority to authority. so the subject of some of this conversation today revolves around companies like nan mckay, who specializing in getting hud contracts and housing authorities across the country, but now we have a complaint with the housing authority directed at nan mckay. and according to that complaint, nan mckay agreed to administer and operate all core functions of the housing choice voucher program in exchange for up to $32 million over three years. but as a result of that, and this is something that we talk a lot, a lot in this chamber, i know supervisor preston has focused on this. i know, chair chan has focused on this. what are the trade offs between doing the work with city staff versus contracting out to corporations like nan mckay or nonprofit

providers, in this instance, 90 employees lost their job in the city. and nan mckay came in, was fully aware of that decision, took over the administration of the housing choice voucher program, but the housing authority was asked to lay off 90 employees and hired this this private contractor, private corporation who now we are suing for poor performance and breach of contract. so we want to understand how we got here, what we're going to do to make it right. supervisor preston and i co-sponsored just put out something asking housing authorities and the city to expand their opportunities to go after additional capacity for more affordable housing through housing authorities, and just for just to set a little bit of

context, 20 years ago, when i was just starting working with mayor gavin newsom, because i had worked in housing authority and had that experience, we went through a conversation about what we can do to reimagine and revitalize. that's where the hope sf program came about. that's where the decision and my recommendation at the time was to bring in, our local providers, nonprofit providers to work with the housing authority. we talked about having all of the calls for service go to 311, but we made an emphasis and i made an emphasis to advise him. then to keep the section eight program as part of one of the core functions. so here we are 20 years later. many of the developments are being reimagined to add capacity mixed income, which i think is a really good thing. the many of the projects have been

partnerships now with nonprofits where they've added project based vouchers, section eight to those developments to ensure their financial stability. i think that's a positive thing. but i feel like i don't know if our hand was forced. i don't know if it was the right decision, but i can tell you now, having a lawsuit with an agency, see a corporation that didn't necessarily have the best track record when we made the decision to hire them. so i want to understand how we got here and what we're going to do to get out of it, we're no longer in default as an entity, but but managing contracts is an important core function. so this hearing is designed to get to the answers to these questions, we're going to hand it over now to the director led you to present. and then we have a

series of questions to try to understand how we're going to get out of this point, because as many people know, or maybe they don't know, that the voucher program went from almost doubled in the last decade, and a lot of that has to do with the project based vouchers and the rad program, and how we've reimagined financially, stabilizing our housing authorities. so thank you, director, for coming here today. i'll hand it over to you to present. and then i have a series of questions that we can go through. certainly good afternoon, chair preston, and good afternoon. supervisor safíi . my name is doctor tanya icu and i am the ceo of the housing authority for the city and county of san francisco. and i'd like to share that the housing authority was established in 1938 and currently administers over 15,000 vouchers subsidizing rent to underage income households in san francisco. it is both one of the oldest and one of the largest public housing authorities in the nation. programs today are split

between tenant based vouchers and project based vouchers, which include 4500 former public housing units that have been converted to housing choice voucher units, more than any other housing authority in the nation. households that live in these rad units now receive a larger subsidy than they did under public housing, and we know that nationally, the subsidies that are received from public housing, from public housing is quite low, and it is still only one third of the subsidy available to a standard project based voucher unit. our budget is 96 federally funded, with the remaining 4% coming from our ground leases. the authority pays an average of 32 million in monthly subsidies. in general, the tent rent, tenant rent rent portion does not exceed 30% of the household's

monthly income. under my leadership, it is our mission to advance social equity and grow thriving communities by providing quality, safe, affordable housing and resources for residents. in support of this goal, in 2023, the authority housed over 1000 new individuals in our program, and we have another 500 who are actively looking for housing with vouchers in their hands. today thus, it means that we have utilized 95% of its of our annual budget authority of $385 million. therefore, the authority is effectively maximizing the participants receiving assistance in our program. next slide please. why did the authority contract out its hcv program? it was mandated by hud. march 2019 hud declared that the authority failed to

maintain complete and accurate accounting records for its hcv program, leading to an unexpected shortfall of at least 20 million or more in calendar year 2018, thus mandating the authority to enter into an mou with the city and county of san francisco to provide oversight, outsource programmatic and financial administration of the hcv program. it was a directive by hud and the leadership of the city and county of san francisco, and the legislative body of our city. the board of supervisors agreed with the mandate, which was signed january 20th, 20. i continued the work that had already begun upon my arrival with hud's washington, d. c executive office. the authority's board of commissioners and the mayor's office staff to meet the requirements established by hud in partnership with these teams

and with the full participation of the city and county of san francisco, the authority began taking the necessary steps to resolve the financial crisis, which required the operations of the entire hcv program to be outsourced. 16 months later, under my leadership, september 2020, hud determined that these mandated requirements were satisfied. two key items included contracting with nam mackay and associates. in october 2019, an agreement with the city and county of san francisco to formalize oversight and approve the structure of the acv program at the authority. in january 2020, this agreement was unanimously approved by the board of supervisors, specifically, the january 2020 agreement with the city was critical as essential leadership, financial and procurement and contract operations personnel were brought in. starting june 2019, along with staff with me from

the controller's office, who at that time had begun also to support the authority with their operations. as following a competitive request for proposal which is required of all government entities, nam, mackay and associates, inc. was awarded the authority's hcv contract. it is the authority's policy to closely monitor contractors and their work to hold them accountable. as we hold ourselves accountable, problems with nam mackay's performance included, but were not limited for failing to hire qualified staff to perform essential functions and failing implementing implementing quality control measures, and to establish a customer service program, not reconciling financial transactions between the authority and landlords in a timely manner. for 2019, the authority's lawsuit was filed in

november. the financial impacts of nma's failures will be determined through litigation in . what are our key takeaways? close monitoring of contracts continues to be essential, and it was always at the heart of the work that i have done in that agency. it is the authority's policy to monitor all contractors and their work to hold them accountable, and it makes failures in administering the hcv program cost the authority millions of dollars. the specific amount will be determined again through litigation when compared to our overall budget, the amount in question may be small. however, there are significant impacts due to the breach the authority had to use some of our reserves to correct errors made by the contractors. the funds used could have potentially housed maybe an additional 330 under income families. it is now also

the authority's policy to enter into one year initial contract with options to extend. we have split our hcv program and contracted it out to two different contractors, which allows for continuity of our programs due to program size and complexity. this ensures continuity of services to our clients as well. so i'd like to stop there and i welcome your questions. thank you. thanks. appreciate that, so i know that i was here when it was presented to us and was presented us at the time that this was a hud finding. i've been involved in those hud findings, having worked for the department agency before, i know some of those things are negotiable, was there any attempt to negotiate whether

or not these services had to go out? and was the mayor's office involved in deciding that we would actually make the decision to lay off the 90 employees and contract out those services? supervisor safaí there was much negotiation with executive management at hud, and i do believe and i'd like to say this because i think it's a fair thing for me to assert it as you know, and as you've stated. yes you can negotiate, and i think you being at the housing authority also recognized the importance of an agency being in a budget shortfall and an agency that is federally funded and is not funded through its county or its city, and it is not allowed to take funds from its county or city. there are very strict guidelines and rules that are governed through these contracts by hud and so all that could be

done, i, i am quite confident that that had occurred. and even when i came in in june, we were still really working through every piece of this request and ensuring at the heart of this, at the heart of this matter, that we all stand as government and as government employees, as individuals who who represent our constituents, is that the families and individuals receiving these subsidies were at the heart of this very matter, and this was a mandate from hud, which we all follow together. and it was brought before the board as well as a as part of our decision making process. right? no, i guess what i'm saying is, because i remember we met with a lot of the employees and there was a lot of stress at the time, 90 employees is a significant amount of people to have been laid off, and you're right,

there was a $20 million shortfall, even though we're not allowed to have fund and engagement, the city and county did have to step up and provide funding to the agency at that time to help stabilize the agency. so we did do that, so i guess what i'm saying is, i think that you i guess you weren't there. you came in right afterwards. but are you aware if there was any decision making or any final conversation about whether this was the right decision at the time or not, to move forward with it? i understand that hud was asking that as part of a man, you know, as part of a finding, but many of those findings can be negotiated ultimately. so i restate supervisor safaí, i'm firm on my standing and the statement that i made earlier that i'm sure even in being a part of those, some of those processes just as you speak of

the 90 employees, i do also believe and even myself being there is again at the heart, our residents and also at the heart have always been for this city and county are our staff, whether they were the housing authority staff or they are actual city staff, and the impacts that occur to any staff that sit under the leadership of our legislative body and mayor, we do have careful consideration of all the things that must occur. so when the decision was made, then to bring in the corporation and mckay to come in and provide these services, what improvements were we expecting that existing staff couldn't provide? so i'm not i'm going to share it in this way that while i intend to be as open and available to your questions,

what i would ask for you to do and i can come back to you if i need to, with additional response, but that you would all look at our, pending litigation because it is important for me, as the ceo of this agency, to ensure that we do not risk the integrity of our pending litigation. right? no, i see that, okay. i have the i have the filing right here, i guess you could reiterate what was expected. what were the expectations of nanma k as they came in. we expected them to manage the entire housing choice voucher program. and i would like to put a period right there for the sake of our the integrity of our, so okay. that's fine. litigation. so can i ask this then. so nan mckay, who was involved in in the decision making process to hire them. what what you said it was a competitive rfp. does the

people that are involved in the decision making or the rfp process, do they look at the background and the history of the corporations or organizations that you're looking at? because in, you know, according to a 2016 report from illinois answers project, the chicago housing authority had removed nan mckay as a manager as their housing choice voucher program, because it failed to meet the contract requirements. and that was three years before we decided, you know, the housing authority decided to hire them. so what kind of process do you all go through when you're going through your rfp process? so as a competitive bid process, what you are allowed to look at is the information that is provided in front from, the bidder in their proposal that is the information that a panel may may judge the applicant upon. and

those are rules. those are requirements. so they don't do any you don't do any background like what's their track record. have they had any issues in the past. are they a you know i know it's qualified and you know, are they a qualified bidder. but the agency's never involved in looking at are the people that we're hiring. do they have a good track record of success. so as i've stated, we use our rfp process and we follow procurement rules as required. so who's involved in that? is it is that done internally? we have internal and external. we work very closely with hud and we work extremely closely with hud in this process. and as a matter of fact, for each and every time that we have bidded this process out, we work with hud procurement. so we are very deeply i would like to say this. we are very deeply working hand

in hand with with hud at the washington, dc level as well as our regional level to ensure the success of this organization and to ensure the transformation and ensure that we are moving forward in the direction it needs to so that we can preserve each and every dollar that is provided for housing in this city and county. okay. well that i mean, that that might that might necessitate a little bit more follow up because it doesn't i understand what you're saying about the process of you. you look at their proposal, you look at if it meets your guidelines, but we've had conversations in this, in this body before about some of the track record of some of the people that the city and county have. we have contracted with and there have been findings that there was a history or a pattern of not delivering services, financial mismanagement, so on and so forth. that's why i'm asking the

question, because if you have your internal all procurement team and then you said you work with hud, that's great, but it might be it might be worthwhile to then find out if that's something that can be updated, because it would seem to me make sense. you'd want to look at the track record of someone that you're going to hire, potentially, particularly in this case, because just three years prior they were asked to they had their contract canceled in chicago by the chicago housing authority, which obviously is much larger than san francisco's, for some of the same reasons that you all have filed, you know, complaint for damages against them. so that's why i bring it up. is that something that is possible, or is it just you? certainly. we will have that conversation. we are current on our procurement rules. we have we make sure that we are. but i'll be more than happy to follow back up with you and, your legislative analyst to give you a response as well.

that would be good. i think that's important. i mean, that's part of why we're doing what we're doing. we want to learn from mistakes. we want to try to make suggestions, as i said, when i, when i first started 24 years ago, the housing authority went into receivership, and we had a series of and i think you've come in and, and helped to stabilize the organization. i think that's commendable, but it's a very different entity than it was 24 years ago. so if may i, may i make a comment to that? and i would agree with you, as you talk about the history of 25 years ago and the many different things that the agency has gone through, and what i would like to assure you all, and i believe that my track record has shown that in these last almost five years of whatever our has to whatever we have been achieving this agency is transforming. it is on the right trajectory and will continue to do that. and we are

more than happy and open to hearing suggestions and working alongside our city partners and so forth and on to ensure that this agency is here to do what it is has been intended to do for because it is very vital and we are definitely doing the work in this agency. me great. thank you so now, and maybe i'm getting my timing a little bit confused, but was mlk involved in any way in creating the $21 million shortfall that they had that had identified in 2019? was that prior to they them coming in? i did not have a contract with them at that time, to my knowledge. right. so the $21 million shortfall was before they came in, and that was all part of the that was part of the previous problems. that was what the findings were. correct. so they were not involved in that

in any way, although they did come in and they did before we hired them. they were they were doing work with you all. is that right? they were doing some they were doing some initial work prior to being hired. i think they probably have done some work around project based vouchers. but again, i submit to you, i with your line of questioning, i would venture to say very confidently and very safely that at that moment in time i will not say that they are part of the $20 million shortfall. all right. no i the time that we're speaking for as it relates to our concern that we're that you are bringing me forward to this board is 2019 under my leadership got it. well, the complaint that i read says that nemechek failed to

perform its 2019 hap reconciliation by the hud deadline. it also failed to complete its reconciliation in a timely manner that resulted in damages to the housing authority. you guys are alleging a $4.5 million set of damages, and so i know they were they're working with you, with the agency. i don't know if it was with you with the agency prior to then. they came in and they just stopped performing and they actually caused, you know, as has been stated, you know, many families to be impacted. i mean, $4.5 million for vouchers is significant. so i guess what i'm trying to understand is some of the work they were doing in-house, they were there before the shortfall happened. i know you weren't there, but they were in-house working in the agency already. isn't that right? so again, i'd like to stay right in

the bandwidth of why you called me to the hearing, because it's extremely important to the integrity of our case. thank you . okay. i guess what i'm trying to find out is, again, there's a procurement team internally. they were on site doing work, and then they they there was a $21 million shortfall. then they , then they apply for money and then they immediately stop performing, so are there two different contractors now that are doing the work that they were doing? is that right? yes. we have split the contract and purposely and we have paul edwards management and we have cvr associates. we specifically split those contracts so that it because our program is so large and the complexity of the program, we felt that it would be we believe that it would be

much better to do so from a performance perspective as it relates to our ability to ensure contract performance as well as if it should happen that someone isn't able to perform the duties that we have a way we have a way to ensure continuity as we move forward. so what are what are okay, so before nan mckay was doing the whole thing, what are the two different aspects of what each contractor is doing now? so one contractor is responsible for tenant based vouchers and one contractor is responsible for project based vouchers. okay. got it. and how does that break down in terms of numbers, so you're talking about i think there is about six. let me see. and is the size, while

you're looking that up is the size of the contract. we still about the same. yes. so we have, about 7000, 5000 households across nearly 200 project based voucher sites and 7500, yes, 7500 households for our rad site . and the remaining 8000 households are actually on our tenant based voucher project. so those are the they're in the private market. got it. so is the is what's the impact to the current tenants. by current tenants both current and project based based on what's happened with nan mckay. so there is no impact to our current tenants. we continue to move forward. we have not missed one hap payment, housing payment, if you will. as it relates to that's our tenant

based site and as our relates to our project based, side, we have not missed one payment. we have fulfilled every obligation financially that the housing authority is responsible for as it relates to paying all of our hap payments. and on top of that , for the last several years under my leadership, we have had significant reserves where we have been able to lease families . as i've shared earlier in my presentation, so, what are some of the lessons from this? the experience with nan mckay that some of the adjustments i know we talked about potentially looking at the background and in history when you're doing the procurement process, but what are some of the other things that you all i mean, i know you talked about breaking the contract project based versus tenant based, but what are some of the other lessons that that i think, you know, really frankly, i just i'd like to say this as well. i come from the

controller's office. i was the city auditor for ten years. my background primarily is from the accountability portion. and because of that, i'm i'm firm on this. i believe this is why we are today where we are today. financially and have the appropriate controls in place. and when we rewrote this contract, it is metric based and we use those metrics to hold our contractor accountable. and the greatest lesson i learned is not having one contractor at this moment in time, because we are at a place where we have been mandated to contract out. and as a city family, as a legislative body, we've all agreed to what hud has asked us. and with that in mind, while we are in that position, i am continuing to ensure that our that we have continuity and services and that we are able to ensure that our contractors are performing as

intended because it is essential in order to ensure that individuals in our city have an opportunity to be housed and continue to be stably housed. i take this very serious. is can i let me let me follow up on what you just said. i understand you made that emphasis four years ago. they required it to be contracted out. was that a was that a recommendation that they said had to happen in perpetuity? is that something that you have any discretion over anymore about potentially bringing the work back in-house? so at this moment in time, i will just i'm going to answer in this way, we continue to work extremely closely with every level at hud office, ensuring that this agency is transforming and moving in the direction it needs to be so that it is self-sufficient, that we are managing finances in the way that is, is, is expected and continuing to build the trust

with our funder so that as we move year over year, we can be we can continue to discuss where we are and what is best for ensuring that our residents here have this subsidy and we will continue to do that year over year. so was that a yes or a no? it's it will depend. we are doing what we are asked to do and we're performing and building trust so that we can continue to move forward and gain the dollars that we need to . okay, i get it. no, i appreciate that. and i see that and i've, i've i've made that clear to you in the beginning. i appreciate all the work you've done in guiding the department. it would be good to know whether or not that's still an existing mandate from hud. it continues to be a still it's still a mandate. the mandate has not been lifted. it continues to be a mandate that they require the section eight program to be

contracted out. it continues to be a mandate. that mandate has not i have not received. the only letter i've received is you're out of default. i have not received a letter that says you no longer have. you're no longer under this mandate. well, that that would be something that would be good for us to know personally. as i said, i think that i appreciate, what you've done in terms of breaking the contract into two. it would be good to know whether or not that's something that hud would consider. not to say that you would make that decision, but if you have that flexibility, it would be good to know whether or not that's the right thing to do . i think that unfortunately, what ends up happening is when you look at some of these corporations, they're looking at opportunities to make money, and they're not necessarily as tied to the community as when you do have people that are based here. and i understand that there were some problems with the program, and i understand that we were involved in ultimately making that decision collectively, through the mayor's direction,

to finally do away with the internal staffing. but i'm looking we're trying to look for answers and look for potential new direction. and maybe, maybe it's time to relook at that in particular. well, it sounds like you've i mean, i've gone through all of my questions. i don't know if any of the, any of my colleagues have any additional questions or comments. i don't if you're if you're, finished with your questions, i would open it up for public comment. and then if riser chan or i have anything additional we can, you guys have had a long day. everyone's had a long day, so i'll make some closing. thank you. director i appreciate you answering all the questions. should we. should we open up for. yeah sure. go ahead. okay. yeah. thank you. director. let's open this up for public comment. yes. members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up now, along the side by the windows. all

speakers will have two minutes. can we have our first speaker come up, please. good afternoon. supervisor. thank you, supervisor safaí, for holding this hearing. i have been a beneficiary of this housing authority's programs. i'm co-chair, tenderloin people's congress. david elliott lewis, many of the residents in our tenderloin people's congress benefit from housing authority programs. the housing authority has been, i would say, less than stellar in helping our neighborhood. it's been trying to get them on the phone and respond by email has been impossible. you literally have to go down to the egbert address in person to get anything done, any changes made. it's been impossible that the lawsuit against the external provider was entirely preventable. if they had done due diligence by, as you say, checking into this nan providers background, they were a shady operator who didn't deliver on past work, and it was

easily discoverable and preventable. this this could have all been prevented. and for that and you ask these questions of the housing authority and they deflected and failed to answer your questions about why they couldn't check into their background. they could have checked into their background. i cannot believe the federal government would have prevented, a, a purchasing procurement process that didn't involve any kind of vetting of the vendors. there had to be allowed this, you know, if congress finds out about this, they'll just further defund hud, this, this this will hurt hud. the republicans would love to defund hud. so let's fix this. let's let's make better choices in picking vendors and housing authority. please try to answer the questions our supervisors ask of you and not give canned responses. seriously, our supervisors deserve the respect of answering their questions directly, not with platitudes. thank you very

much. thank you. do we have any additional speakers, mr. chair, that completes our queue. thank you, madam clerk. public comment on this item is closed. and, thank you, supervisor safaí. and thank you for your patience. i know, we're expecting this one to be called a lot earlier, but i think it was important, to have the time to get your questions on the record and appreciate you calling for this hearing. and you, do you have some. yeah. i'm going to make some closing remarks, please. so i appreciate the director coming and answering the questions as best of her ability, i will say i think we've learned some, some lessons here. i still don't feel 100, confident or convinced that we can't do due diligence when we have contractors that are putting forward, proposals, particularly when there's not

that many around the country that do this type of work, so it's easily, discoverable to look at the performance of these and whether or not they've been in good or bad standing and other housing authorities, and as i said, they were this particular contractor had been let go and had bad performance at the chicago housing authority, i appreciate the fact that now there's, you know, that there's a path forward in terms of doing the work a little bit more of a bifurcated way, with two additional work. i do think it's something that we should look into in terms of whether or not this work still is required to be contracted out or versus giving the option to the agency to look at bringing some of this work back in-house, this, this housing authority is very different than it was 25 years ago. it's turned into a contract management agency versus a direct service provider. and as you heard from this individual

that spoke in public comment, some of that you lose some of the direct contact with the residents in terms of, accessibility, and i know that that has changed somewhat. so unfortunately, this is something that over the last 25 years or more rears its head in terms of the financial situation. i appreciate this. directors comes with a background. the comptroller's office, and is very concerned about metrics and performance based and overseeing and managing and looking for outcomes. and i appreciate that 100, but it would be good to understand what flexibility that we have going forward. this is an extreme, extremely important program. i would hope that this program could be expanded even further, particularly with the tenant based program. i think our project based vouchers are set. we have a set number of units, but it would be good to

expand the number and the universe of people in san francisco in such a high cost market that we could achieve more, support for people living in this environment, so this has what i would like to do, chair, if we can continue this to the call of the chair, so we can come back and monitor how this process has gone forward, allow the director the opportunity to gather some more information on some of the things that we talked about today, and look at how the how the housing choice voucher program is expanding and then also gives time to talk about some of the questions that you asked in your resolution with looking at additional capacity to go after and expand the number of affordable units in san francisco. so i appreciate that. thank you again, director, for coming out and answering the questions. thank you. chair preston and chan, for sitting through this. and thank you. thank you.

supervisor safaí, i will go ahead and make a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair and on that motion to continue this item to the call of the chair, member safaí i remember safaí i member chan. member chan i chair preston, i chair preston, i. i have three eyes with, vice chair stephanie excused. thank you, that motion passes, and. madam clerk, please call, the next item, item four is a resolution accepting the sheriff's office. military equipment use policy 2023 annual report and inventory and approving requests for purchase and use of additional equipment consistent with the criteria set forth in state law. thank you. and, welcome. thank you for your

patience and a long hearing day, and i want to go ahead and turn the floor over. i thought, i don't know if, miss singer's presenting or you. but go right ahead, whoever you're not. okay my notes were wrong, but welcome , but i'm available. got it. the resolution or anything else? got it. thank you. thanks. thank you . okay. good afternoon, chairman preston and, committee, member chan, we are here today to present our first annual military, equipment report and inventory. we. so it's been a long journey since, our sheriff

presented back in january last year to the rules committee and describe some of the equipment, if not all of the equipment that are actually listed on this report, back in september of 2021, when governor newsom approved ab 481, it effectively changed some of the provisions in the california government, government code section 7070 and also, the san francisco administrative code, section 96, h one part of the requirement is for the sheriff's office to present an annual report of each military equipment in our inventory. and it's also in the possession and also provide information on the use of the equipment the prior year. so we're here to make that presentation today. and captain, before you go forward, can you introduce yourself? i want to

make sure i'm getting your name right. i apologize for the nerves. it's my first presentation in such a distinguished, audience here, but i am alejandro kbb, and i am a captain with the sheriff's office, for the last three years, i was assigned to our field operations division. up until the recently, i've been reassigned to our planning and projects division. thank you. okay, so today we are hoping to present the report and also provide summary of each and every equipment and also a summary of the deployment for the period that is covered and also to seek approval not only in accepting the resolution, but also additional equipment that is included in the report, but. so for your convenience, each slide actually has the page and section number in the report. the first item that i would like to present today is our small

unmanned aircraft system. so it is an unmanned aircraft that is capable of sustaining directed flight designed for gathering information. this is commonly known as the drone for the period that's covered for 2023, the sfso deployed the uas for a total of six days. the first one was the bataan death march remembrance ceremony at the golden gate cemetery at the presidio. this was on saturday, april 15, 2023. the sheriff authorized its deployment and flight for that event. in addition, we also deployed or deployed the equipment for the apex summit for the period covering november 13 to 17, 2023. there is a typo on your handout. i apologize for that. i did correct the presentation, but on your handouts, it's november 13 to 7. please note

that that should be november 13 to 17. so during this deployment we adhered with city policy and we did not record any of the footage that was collected during the deployment. continuing to the deployment page on tuesday, november 14th during our deployment to apec, at the request of sfpd, we redeployed our team to a situation at the western edition where a person was threatening suicide and setting fires. the information provided by the system allowed first responders to not only monitor the subject's question, but also aids the same subject without injury and without any serious incident. and lastly, the sfso used this equipment in training during the reporting period, our pilots and spotters participated

in a total of 128 training hours with other law enforcement agencies that has the same equipment, platform, and this consists of a28 hour training session with four pilots and four spotters in each session. the next section talks about our mobile command vehicles. so we have two types of these vehicles. the first one that's depicted on the slide, that is our mobile command unit. and we also have another type of such vehicle. so these vehicles are simply large trucks. and they are equipped with specialized equipment that can allow us to coordinate events in real time and transport equipment to the event location. it is a perfect venue as a mobile command post for incident commanders to actually manage each incident, and at times disaster response

for the mobile command van. we deployed this during the apec for the purpose of staging our sheriffs resources and also our deputies during the apec summit. this is for period covering november 12 to november 18th, 2023. the only other deployment included route training so that our drivers can familiarize themselves with their routes when they have to deploy to certain parts of the city. and also we use, we actually deployed the vehicle just for maintenance, preventive maintenance. the next portion describes a rapid response vehicle, which is which falls under the same category. this is a non-armoured vehicle and is primarily used to transport equipment and personnel. there is another typo on your handout, for this we actually have additional deployment

information. we deployed the rapid response vehicle to transport training and equipment and staff on 12 dates. and in addition this was also deployed as a response vehicle during the senator feinstein's memorial service here at city hall to transport equipment and first responders. as the next section talks about breaching shotgun and breaching slugs. so depicted on the left is the actual shotgun, and depicted on the right are the breaching shells. the shotgun is a remington 870 police magnum pump action. it is a rugged 12 gauge with a short tactical 18 inch barrel backed by a stout three inch chamber and the ammunition is a compressed copper powder for 25 grain. this is manufactured by royal arms international in 2023. this equipment was used for training on one day for a

total of eight hours by two operators. the next section talks about our 0.556 and 0.223 rifles. these are lightweight, magazine fed, gas operated rifle intend to be fired from the shoulder, and these rifles can fire rounds with accuracy at greater distance than pistols. these are commonly referred to as ars for deployment. we deployed this for training for this period that covers a total of 471 hours. training consisted of basic patrol training for new operators and also qualification course for authorized users and patrol rifle proficiency qualification for members of our special response team. so members of our special response team have a different type of this rifle. it's a different

version if you will, and they are required to qualify at a higher level than the other deputies. to continue for deployment. actual deployment for this equipment, there were four items or there were four events. one was a high risk transport of an inmate for a total of eight hours on one operational period. we also deployed this as the primary weapon for the special response team during senator feinstein's memorial service. in addition, during the apec summit, we also deployed this equipment to the special response team as they were identified as rapid response elements. and lastly, we also deployed the equipment during a joint operation with ucsf during a security movement

of radiological device. and this period covered two days. the next section talks about our sniper rifles. we have two in our inventory. the rifles provide srt snipers, the ability to engage hostile suspects at a great distance with accuracy for the reporting period. we deployed this weapon for two days during the service at the memorial service of senator feinstein and for nine days for training for one of our operators. the next section talks about our mp5 submachine guns. it is a compact, modular, lightweight, shoulder fired submachine gun capable of semi-automatic or automatic fire chambered with nine millimeters for deployment. the mp5 is in

stock, however, it is not currently assigned or deployed. this weapon has been out of commission for at least ten years. employees are not presently qualified to operate the weapon. the next equipment is automatic pistols, so we have the glock 18, which is a nine millimeter pistol. it has the same dimension as the glock 17, which is issued to the deputies. they look very similar. the g18 allows a pistol shooter to fire in fully automatic firing mode for deployment. the sfso did not deploy or use this equipment during the reporting period. this weapon is not authorized for use as formalized training has not been certified or approved by the sheriff. we also have diversionary devices. these are atf controlled class c

explosive devices that emit bright light and thunderous noise to distract potentially dangerous individuals. these are commonly known as flash bangs. the sfso did not deploy or use this equipment during the reporting period. the next equipment is the 40 millimeter chemical agent launcher. it affords the ability to fire a variety of less lethal chemicals and impact munitions from a distance. as for now, we only have chemical munitions. we do not have impact munitions for this platform. deployment we did not deploy this equipment for use in the field. however we deployed it during training exercises only. the next section talks about launch chemical agents. so there are two depicted here. the one on the

left is the canister grenade and the one on the right is the munition. these less lethal options address a wide range of scenarios, from assisting tactical teams dispersal or chemical agent can assist in stopping violent actions. chemical agents can be launched from a safe distance. for this period, we did not deploy or use this equipment during the reporting period. we also have the arwen 37 millimeter impact weapon launcher. it features a revolver like rotary magazine, which holds five munitions and allows for a rate of fire at five rounds in four seconds without reloading. we did not deploy this equipment for use in the field during the period. however however, we use this equipment for training to train a total of 81 operators for a total of 384 hours. there's a typo on your handout. it says 34

hours. that should be 30 384 hours. we also have the less lethal impact munition, the equipment feature there. we have two. the one, the one in green is the projectile that is launched through the ar one. it consists of a proprietary polymer baton, which is intended to be deployed as a means of pain compliance through direct impact at a range up to 30 yards. it is a smaller diameter than the 40 millimeter launcher. munitions capable of accurate, less lethal strikes to specific target areas to the. to reduce the risk posed by human behavior . for this period, we used we used this equipment during training for those 381 operators that was mentioned in the previous slide. next section

talks about our unmanned and remotely piloted ground vehicle. it is small. it is a small and durable. the recon scout throw robot weighs about 1.2 pounds, yet can survive, throws above 120ft and deliver video recon reconnaissance within within dangerous environments. so this equipment is obsolete and we have not deployed this for a long time. which actually brings us to the next section of our report. as we are seeking the approval to purchase additional equipment. page 25 of the report talks about one of those equipment. it is the unmanned, remotely piloted ground vehicle, small and durable. the foresight tactical remote control weighs 11 pounds and is 6.76in tall. it

is a remote control car with lights which can hold a body camera in front of the car. it can provide information for the for the incident commander to make sound decisions. so this platform provides current technology and utilizes wi-fi and bluetooth, gives you better range compared to the obsolete scout that we have in stock and the reason why we want to purchase this equipment is to replace our obsolete one. and last, on our equipment list is we are asking to purchase a kinetic breaching tool. it is a modern alternative to the to the traditional breaching method. this hand-held powered breaching ramp that has been engineered to deliver high impact in an easy to use tool. our purpose is to have our special response team have this device to defeat lock,

barricaded or fortified locations, allowing deputies to conduct rescues. from what i understand is equipment is currently on the sfpd's approved list, so we are asking for just one of these, equipment. so that's our equipment presentation. let's talk about the complaint process that is also depicted on the report. we have entered into an agreement with the department of police accountability for them to accept and investigate all complaints regarding the use and deployment of our military equipment for the reporting period. neither our office, the sfso nor the dpa has received any complaint for deployment and moving on forward. we also want the dpa and our office to create an internal auditing system in conjunction with the process. we're also looking forward to

work with the inspector general and the oversight board going forward. there are other requirements by by the law. one of them is website posting. let me see if this works. here actually. okay. very good. it actually works. so the link actually brings us to the portion of our web page. and if you go to reports. we actually have our equipment report for 2023 posted. okay. it's not working. it's, i would say check it on your own time, but it's the same exact

report that you have with you. so it's been posted, from what i understand, since december, last year. and in conjunction with that posting, we also had, scheduled a community engagement meeting back in tuesday, january 9th, 2024. and i believe attorney ronnie singh, our chief legal counsel, work in conjunction with chief ramirez to coordinate that meeting. okay. so that concludes my presentation, and i yield the floor back to you. unless you have questions. thank you, captain, for the thorough presentation, and i will say i actually don't have a lot of questions. and that is entirely because of, the diligent job of the department in conferring

with my legislative aide, melissa hernandez, in preparing for this as was done the previous year as well. and i, you know, last year we worked with the department to ensure that the policy on the use of projectile launchers was a little clearer, did some clarifications around that and appreciated. and i just wanted to add one thing. this also brings up any comments or questions. chair preston i know it was very important for them in supervisor and chair. preston, i'm peskin and now president peskin to make sure that we continued our work with the community groups that have a very vested interest in the community impact of these type of weapons being deployed and oftentimes used. i think the sheriff has shown, based on his former presentation as well as the well thought out annual report, that clearly lays out the limited, use use of these

important means of force, that we were very mindful in preparing the annual report to be extremely transparent, even with training that is not always cazed deployment. and if you look at several other agencies up and down california, post this law changing, oftentimes you will see that the training aspect is loosely talked about and i worked closely even before this annual report was posted again in the fall of 2023, with john lindsay poland, who is an advocate in the community for the use of these types of weapons. and he was very mindful of the fact that the sheriff wanted to continue in being responsible and being very transparent in the reporting of any type of use. but i think the training

also is an important piece because it helps the community understand that if these items have to be deployed, that the individuals that are using them are being mindful that they have a powerful tool in their in their arsenal and at their disposal and i think it's important as part of the complaint process as well, that we understand what training was given in case a complaint is done. we also entered into a letter of agreement, not only the complaint process that we've set up with the dpa that will be transferred to the ig's office. we actually entered a letter of agreement that was signed by the dpa, as well as the sheriff memo , realizing how important the independent complaint process must be, and that an outside agency must have access to be able to investigate any deployment that is in question or subject to a complaint. thank you. and i just had, one question on, before and i

believe, supervisor chan may have questions as well, just on the, the mp5's, which my understanding is they've been out of commission for according to the, the report for ten years, i'm just curious why we still. why do we have those and what's the what's there function? and is there a plan to, to get rid of them or, or bring them back or what's, what's the status of this? i would have to refer that question to the sheriff and also our range master, because a lot of times when you have equipment, you'll never know when you need one, they are currently out of commission. they need some maintenance and update and in order for us to actually use them, there has to be approved training. and we have to actually train our srt that are the ones who are who will be authorized to use this if that approval ever comes around. great. it would be great

to get some insight. and i don't know if i don't believe this came up in the prior. i'm just in reviewing the report. it actually did. it came back up last year when it was on our original list. so about the fact that it isn't used, and i think this is i think this was the point. it's operable, but it needs maintenance and we would never even think to deploy it without the proper training. and that hasn't been fully explored. and maybe in time we may seek approval to get a new item that is more modern and maybe more functional. and then we would, in fact, you know, put it out to pasture, as they say. thank you. supervisor chen. thank you. i have two questions. and one first is just trying to understand, about you mentioned that it was posted in december 2023 for this policy. it just that report in the inventory. and then you mentioned that january 9th was the community

meeting or the outreach meeting. you had just trying to understand like how many people attended or really more importantly, like who attended because typically it's like a lot of times i think stakeholders that really, like you mentioned earlier, like folks that really have the experience and understanding about military grade equipments and wanting to give feedback, how has that process been since december, i would say fortunately or unfortunately, we had zero attendance and we posted it on the website and sent out emails and it was i was actually surprised. but i think part of the reason is because we had such a open and transparent dialog even before authoring the report, which i think was very different, than other agencies that have have come before rules and the government agency. i mean, this is the very reason why in january of last year, we were having a similar conversation. when i think when you do the work well on the front end, oftentimes you don't

get a lot of, dissension on the back end. i mean, i think also compared to what i have seen on the sfpd list, this is a way shorter list of the military grade equipment that as a sheriff's department of our size , has in jurisdiction, i think my last one is you. now, you're coming in to asking for this new equipment that for purchase and it. could you help me? while i understand that sfpd had the same exact equipment, could you just help me understand? it seems like what you're saying to us today is the fact that you are. because this, a man remotely pilot ground vehicle, that was known as a recon scout throw robot is now completely obsolete. and so you're getting a sort of a 2024 version of it, could you just help us a little

bit, understand? and also just for the public to like, what is the purpose for this and where in what scenario would you be deploying this? and actually i can tell you a funny conversation, but it's i mean, it will be slightly internal, but it's not work product for lack of a better word, there was a conversation in summer of last year about replacing the scout robot and i specifically had a conversation with the srt and i said, it will be a scout robot, correct? it won't be a robot that does anything else. but look around and survey areas in which they are hard to get to. and i was very, very implicit in my advice as advice council that that was the kind of robot that the sheriff's department needed. and that is the type of function that i believe is necessary. and what the scout robot was intended to do when it was still functioning. so that is what it would be used for. it would be used for an operation in which we would be going into a smaller

area where we would need to survey what was going on in the area. it will not be equipped with anything but cameras, so it is complete only for surveillance. and that suggestion was made last year to bring it up. but i really wanted to work with the board on our original military equipment use policy, so i actually advised the sheriff's department to wait and to show how responsible we would be in our first year with the military equipment use, and that we would come back to this committee and then eventually to the board to request something that i feel is a reasonable choice in replacement of something that was outdated technologically. so that really is kind of as transparent as i think we can be. and hopefully that answers your question. thank you. i think mostly i, i think while the city and county of san francisco, the sheriff's

department's role is quite unique for us because we are both city and county and in which we're very grateful. i think that by having our sheriff's department, well beyond like by comparison to other cities and counties, definitely counties that we're we're very fortunate to have our sheriff's department to also be part of, the safety measures for our public buildings. and for that, i really am grateful because for the most part, like, you know, sheriff's department, when people think about it, county jails and just patrolling the city itself or the county itself. but having you in the in the as also function as a public safety measure and augmenting and supporting our police department on top of that, help me understand that overall today, when we're looking at this, i think that this is my final question. and and just, but but again, i think we're just having this discussion. so for public record, if i may say,

is that like with this military equipment annual report, inventory is it's also to help us understand that these will well, for the most part, they will not be deployed because first of all, they are either, they require maintenance or upgrades or that they, that our sheriff's department mostly are not trained to be able to use some of these, at least not now, and that if they were to be deployed or even the replacements that were to be deployed, they will be used for public safety situation in either in our county jail or in our public buildings. i would say. absolutely. and or if we're deployed out in a special circumstances, which oftentimes we do, get requests for aids like apec, like situations like that, obviously, even for senator feinstein's funeral, those are situations in which sometimes the sheriff's department is equally, if not more tasked to be able to deploy

specialized units. that may be sometimes even the sfpd is not able to do. understood. thank you. thank you, supervisor chan, thank you both. i'm not seeing anyone in chambers, but let's go ahead and open it up for public comment in case someone wants to come in, join us. yes. members of the of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up now alongside the, by the windows. all speakers will have two minutes to speak. mr. chair, it appears we have no public speakers. public comment on this item is closed, and i want to say, just to follow up on some of the comments and, and responses and, i don't think the lack of public comment is because of our late hour or lack of interest. i think it is, from what i can tell, very much attributable to what you were referring to in terms of your engagement. i just want to commend you for your engagement with with advocates and i do

think that that transparency and front end engagement with folks who who otherwise would be sending us letters, who are very much monitoring all these things , who are, you know, who who are there are a lot of amazing advocates, you know, with whom we talk about these issues. and, and it's been very encouraging, the extent of engagement that you've had with them as well. and i think it speaks, speaks volumes and, and does explain why we have not had the, the kind of either turnout or letters, raising concerns because i think you've, you've addressed those. so i want to commend you really for following , the letter and spirit of, of ab 481 and, and the public process requirements, the timeline for taking those things seriously. and you know, there's always there's always more work to do. and i know their ongoing, you know, discussions about some

some aspect of it. but but i did want to recognize that. and thank you for your engagement with our office, but also and equally importantly with the advocates who are who are the watchdogs often helping us all be better. so i concur. thank you, and i just want to add, chair preston, i know that you challenged us greatly and in a good way. and when i say challenged, i mean challenged us to really think about, you know, each line of our original ordinance and resolution in many aspects of the equipment. and i think that so many of the comments that you got from constituent s, from district five really helped guide, our original mup, and that helped us guide today's annual report. so i want to say thank you. this is a perfect example of people who may have differing opinions in

certain areas of the law and in public safety, how they can really come together and collaborate. so i really appreciate your collaboration from day one. and you know that this was my first legislative project. so it was a little bit of a bear to take on. but i really appreciate your office then and continue to appreciate your office now, especially melissa hernandez, who i've worked very closely on this issue with. thank you very much. appreciate those words. and definitely echo the thanks to, to melissa hernandez for all of her work on on this and work with you. so, with that i'd like to move to send item four to the full board with positive recommendation on the motion to forward this item to the full board with positive recommendation, member chan, i, member chan i chair preston, i chair preston, i. i have two eyes with, vice chair stephanie excused. thank you. motion passes. thank you both. thank

you, madam clerk, please call the closed session items five through 13, items five through 13 are five ordered ordinances and four resolutions authorizing and approving various settlements of lawsuits in litigated claims in amounts ranging between approximately 36,000 to 800,000. thank you, madam clerk, and before we open this up for public comment on the closed session items, i do want the public to be aware that unless my colleague on the committee desires otherwise, i will likely be moving to approve these items without the necessity of a closed session. as i've had my questions about these settlements answered before the hearing. but let's go ahead and open up public comment on these items. members of the public who wish to speak on these on these items should line up to speak now along the side

by the windows. all speakers will have two minutes to speak. can the first speaker come forward? mr. chair appears we have no public comment. thank you. public comment on these items is now closed, and as i mentioned, i am, do not believe that we need a closed session on these items. any, desire to go into closed session. okay, then i would like to go ahead and move these items to the full board with recommendation on the motion to forward the, items five through 13 to the full board with the positive recommendation seven, member chan i, member chan i chair preston, i chair preston, i have two eyes with vice chair. stephanie excused. thank you. that motion passes. is there any further business before the committee? there is no further business. thank you very much. we're adjourned.

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[music] >> san francisco is known as yerba buena, good herb after a mint that used to grow here. at this time there were 3 settlements one was mission delores. one the presidio and one was yerba buena which was urban

center. there were 800 people in 1848 it was small. a lot of historic buildings were here including pony express headquarters. wells fargo. hudson bay trading company and famous early settlers one of whom william leaderdorph who lived blocks from here a successful business person. african-american decent and the first million airin california. >> wilwoman was the founders of san francisco. here during the gold rush came in the early 1840s. he spent time stake himself as a merchant seaman and a business person. his father and brother in new orleans. we know him for san francisco's history. establishing himself here arnold

18 twoochl he did one of many things the first to do in yerba buena. was not california yet and was not fully san francisco yet. >> because he was an american citizen but spoke spanish he was able to during the time when america was taking over california from mexico, there was annexations that happened and conflict emerging and war, of course. he was part of the peek deliberations and am bas doorship to create the state of california a vice council to mexico. mexico granted him citizenship. he loaned the government of san francisco money. to funds some of the war efforts to establish the city itself and the state, of course. he established the first hotel here the person people turned to often to receive dignitaries or hold large gatherings

established the first public school here and helped start the public school system. he piloted the first steam ship on the bay. a big event for san francisco and depict instead state seal the ship was the sitk a. there is a small 4 block long length of street, owned much of that runs essentially where the transamerica building is to it ends at california. i walk today before am a cute side street. at this point t is the center what was all his property. he was the person entrusted to be the city's first treasurer. that is i big deal of itself to have that legacy part of an african-american the city's first banker. he was not only a forefather of the establishment of san francisco and california as a state but a leader in industry.

he had a direct hahn in so many things that we look at in san francisco. part of our dna. you know you don't hear his anymore in the context of those. representation matters. you need to uplift this so people know him but people like him like me. like you. like anyone who looks like him to be, i can do this, too. to have the city's first banker and a street in the middle of financial district. that alone is powerful. [music]

[music] digital literacy is something severely lacking in our world today and it takes a lot to understand that. food water and shelter have basic necessities so long we forget about wifi and connection to the interenet and when you go into communities and realize peep ople are not able to load homework and talk to teachers and out of touch with the world. by providing the network and system we are able to allow them to keep up in the modern age. >> folks still were not served by internet throughout the city and tended to be low income people, people in affordable housing. people of color and limited english and seniors, all those are high concentrations in affordable housing, so we thought given

that we had a fiber network that stretched throughout the city reaching deep into neighborhoods that would be a perfect opportunity to address it in san francisco. >> the infrastructure the city and star help us run are dejtle programs. it played a critical role from the time we opened during covid till now so we were able to collaborate with online services that offer tutoring and school support. it also helped us be able to log the kids on for online school during covid, in addition to like, now that everybody has switched most of their curriculum online we can log kids on to the online homework, check grades in addition to helping parent learn how to use the school system portm >> the office of digital equity

our goal fiber to housing is insure we have all three legs of the 3 legged stool. the first leg is high quality internet connection. we liken the high quality internet connection to the highway. the second leg is high quality devices. this is the car. you want to make sure the specks on the car is up to speed and lastly, it is important to get kind of that driver's education to learn how to navigate the road, to know the signs to watch out for in terms of making sure you are school while you are surfing the internet it is private so that is the digital literacy piece. >> my daily life i need the internet just to do pretty much everything. the internet has taken so much control over people's daily lives including myself that i just need it to get certain jobs done, i need it for my life. i need it.

>> the program really seeks to where ever possible provide a service that's equivalent or higher speed and quality as the best commercial service . >> we serve all of san francisco, but we definitely have to be equitable in our distribution of services. that means everybody gets what they need to be successful. >> actually one of the most gratifying part of my work here at department of technology, it is really bringing city resources to address problems faced with our communities with the highest need. >> i think it is important because i grew up in a low income community without internet access and it is hard. i think it is important for everyone to have internet access no matter their income and maybe one day their kid will have internet access for us and help the school and with

their skills. >> our market street program started in 1992. the goal was to bring arts to an audience who may not be normally be exposed to contemporary art. for 2023, we chose comics as

the median to highlight san francisco. it could be fix al, science fiction. history. >> i'm fan, i'm illustrator and writer, i grew up all over the bay area. and is post history no history no south. i've been drawing since i was probably four or five. it's just a cool memory, i just remember painting my apron in kindergarten and i would suddenly start painting myself. it was cartoon, it got me excited. in my home life, it was not consistent but what was on tv is always consistent. there is always xy z- channel, cartoon, i would wait for the cartoons to freeze and chase really fast.

i remember getting into anemai as a kid, as a young person because it was one of the avenues of asian-american expression that i can relate to. my project is i'm highlighting 6 trailblazers who's family was tied to san francisco. they all have different forms of art expression. but i noticed through the research that there is a common that connects them all, which is this desire to live life authentically, organickly, speak of the love that they believe in. i made it art students and learning about art history and the place in art with the context of learning about their predecessors. >> sinsawa is synonymous of san francisco. there is a school named after her.

>> wasn't she also in stamp? her art was in 2020. >> do you think she would become a artist? >> hmm, i think she was like 100s of other in the city that love the art. when there is no audience or income, why do we still make art? >> well because we seek to know ourselves and one has to believe like alela, we make art for a lifetime not just a career. i think for some, artist like breathing, it's how we know we're alive. >> it's so incredible to do this project and do the experience that connects generation, the full experience of being artist. >> comics have a rich history in san francisco even from early 20th century. we also wanted to open up public art opportunities for

artist that don't normally apply to public art. >> i hope it stays with them and lingers and they chew on it and think about it. and it may not make a big impact but it's something that opens up the door or starts the conversation or the beginning of something. i would like for it to be a start, whether it's a start of research or start of pondering, yeah, what does it mean to be an artist? and how do i decolonize my mind?

>> good morning. and welcome. it is a glorious day here in san francisco. my name is mia, meeting place manager san francisco. i am thrilled to be here today as we welcome part of our meeting place here at san francisco. this is a really special moment for all of us. i coulden be more excited to be here together with all of you. at inca centers we are committed to transform this beautiful beautiful building into a meeting place, a place tobring people together to meet and eat, to shop and have fun.

our journey began last august, and many of you were actually here that day, when the ikea city store opened for the public. and then in january, we welcomed industerous or flexible coworking space on the 5th floor. today we are here, this is our next big milestone to celebrate opening of the hall. this incredible space really showcase the hard work, the dedication, the commitment from so many of you, and i want to take this special moment to thank each and every one of you who have been supporting, helping, contributing, driving, sometimes even pushing this through and making this day happen become possible. as we stand here today, i am really excited for the future, and what the future holds for

us and i'm really looking forward working with together with you to make this hall concept be successful here in our meeting place and in san francisco. let's make today the beginning of something truly remarkable. thank you. [applause] >> the city of san francisco has been a great partner to us throughout, and mayor breed, you and your team have been amazing support along the journey that we had. and now, we want to of course thank you from bottom of our hearts. i'm excited welcome, mayor breed. [applause] >> thank you so much. it is so great to be here finally.

this is really a long time coming and it goes back to 2018 when i had a chance to meet with the leadership of inca to talk about this empty mall space and a opportunity to do something extraordinary. something that they have not done before here in the u.s. in fact, it was when we hosted the global climate action summit in san francisco where we had leaders from all over the world, companies, mayors, it was amazing. san francisco was on the global stage and san francisco has been an environmental leader in sustainability and so many things. so, it was a perfect fit to make something like this happen, and look at how far we've come. we opened ikea, coworking space and now the thing that brings all of it together, food. food and drinks. opportunities to come together

to socialize in the mid-market area. we are excited about the plant based options with so many great restaurants that are upstairs. we are excited about the bars and coworking spaces even within the hall footprint. we are excited what this will do to bring people together and an opportunity for the workforce, for the hotel and folks who are in this neighborhood to be a part of this. i also want to express my appreciation for working with our office of economic and workforce development and making sure people who live in this community received opportunities to work in this community. that was a big deal for us, so we are very appreciative of what that entails, and being so very intentional about the

different cuisines, the restaurants and people who establish the first porta rican cuisine in the state of california, and not only that, it is plant based. we have a award winning vegan tacos upstairs . we have all kind of great cuisine, because that what san francisco is known for. diversity and incredible cuisine. you don't need to travel around the world to get any kind of food from around the world, all you have to do is come to san francisco and salu hall will provide that opportunity. if you want a cooking demonstration or if you is a small apartment and want to host a bunch of friends, come to the hall. if you want to have drinks after work and you want to hang out with friends, come to salu hall. if you want a party or experience in a private room where dollar there is a bar

and you are order food and baked goods, come to salu hall. it has everything is more. this is why i'm really excited and in fact, if you want to host meetings i know supervisor dorsey said this is going to be his new office. why work in city hall, when you can work at salu hall? that is my goal. [applause] from baked goods to eat yourself or take back to the office, from food you want to purchase and eat at lunch or take home later for your family, and then if you want to go shop at ikea and pick up a few items, maybe couple glasses after breaking all your glasses because you are clumpsy, whatever the case is, the options are here and the options are endless. i'm excited about being here today and i really want to thank inca for just really believing in san francisco. for investing in san francisco.

[applause] and for bringing joy to san francisco. people are trying to write a different story of our city and yes, like any major city, we have challenges, who doesn't have challenges? had just like our family, we have challenges, but you know what we see outside, clean streets. you know what we see outside, urban alchemy and others we see safe streets, we see opportunities, we see change and sunshineing and it is shining bright on san francisco today because salu hall is open for the city to enjoy and the people who visit will have a opportunity to experience it as well. thank you so much for being here. [applause] >> thank you mayor breed. the opening of salu hall in the san francisco meeting place is definitely a big milestone for us in inca center and our

journey in nort american market. today happy to have cindy anderson ceo with inca center here with the wonderful celebration. welcome cindy. >> thank you. thank you mayor breed. yes, this is a very very special day for us at inca center. thank you so much for welcoming us to this fantastic city of san francisco. we are so thrilled that we can bring salu here. this is our absolutely first development of salu hall and it will take place here in san francisco in our first meeting place in the u.s. [applause] and, the whole goal is we want to be an integral part of the rich food culture that we know and that we can experience here

in san francisco. i always had a deep admiration for san francisco and community spirit. i have been here several times with business travels and also brought my husband and my kids. for me personally it feels extra special standing here today. for inca center, we believe that it is so important when we come to a place that we are also really integrating into the community and being a part of the location where we are at and that is what we also feel we will do with this amazing location here in san francisco. and, what we have done is we also believe that food is one of the most important drivers also for our business. this is the reason why people want to come together, socialize, share memory and laughter and also spend time. and, therefore it makes it very natural that we launch our own

food concept together with amazing partners. so, that's why we partner with curb, who are world class with new food businesses. as well as the culinary entrepreneur [indiscernible] also helping and advising us to create this amazing place. and we also upstairs, we also fantastic local food businesses and entrepreneurs that really represent the bay area in this beautiful city. and, we have worked together with ambition to build a place that is really offering a great experience around food. we not only calling this anything place, for us this is a true meeting place. what we hope is that this brings something new also to the mid-market district. so, this is a fantastic day for us. it is really embarking on a

milestone of our journey here in san francisco, and also several mentioned before, we opened ikea store fall last year and earlier this year launched inca center here. now having also salu hall openinged to, it marks the time when we will have a complete meeting place and destination so we are feeling extremely excited about that. what the openings for us represent is we are creating content not just about offering space, it is about offering rel vens for people and the community. we think also with what you mentioned here mayor breed, in terms of the culinary experience, the culture, i think this is the perfect scene also for us to start this concept for first time. and, we don't believe in a one size fits all. wherever we go in the world when we create meeting places

we believe it is important to blend into the local commune ity and respect the local customs. for us, therefore it is important every meeting place is really really reflecting the people that are living and working nearby to our destination and why i feel extremely proud the majority of everyone working and fantastic team we have are also locally. and, none of this of course would have been possible without the dedication of so many people that have been con tributing on the journey to get to this point and there is so many. sometimes you are not there to list some because i'm afraid i would exclude so many contribute. it includes the amazing team at the inca group, inca center, ikea retail who has been contributing into the work and the development what we see today and overall meeting place.

it is also includes curb and fantastic team here at salu hall and partner with [indiscernible] and many many more contributesing to this. and then also of course specifically i like to thank the city of san francisco and of course also mayor breed, because without your help, this wouldn't have been possible and we felt a really strong support on our journey. so, i can't wait now to see this place really busting with people. people coming in in the morning and afternoon in the evening and then not only that creating a experiences. so, i hope that you will love this place as much as i already love it. i fell in love already when i flew in from europe monday, and when i tried the food i fell in love a second time. don't tell my husband, but i'm completely loving so i hope you will share thefullying when me

also. you not only experience the venue and trying the amazing food. so, with that said, big thank you to everyone who has been part of making this possible and now i hope that all of you will also join me for a bit of a bite to eat. thank you. [applause] >> thank you cindy. our next guest speaker here is supervisor dorsey. he is the district 6 supervisor and district covers most of the downtown area, the south of market and of course our neighborhood in mid-market. supervisor dorsey, welcome. [applause] >> thanks so much. i want to express my gratitude for believing in san francisco and bringing something to my district and my neighborhood because i only live a few blocks away. a place i already-a regular shopper here at ikea and as i mentioned as i was coming in, i

said i'm supervisor matt dorsey and here for my new mid-market district office. i i'm surprised the signage doesn't reflect that. i won't need the wifi password and access to a printer. but you will be seeing a lot of me because i like to be in the district on my laptop especially on the weekends. on the way before i got here this morning, i went to another part of my district because there was a opening for a coffee shop, and yesterday in another part of my district there was a restaurant opening there. izy and wooks the first restaurants to open since the pandemic and i have a couple other things opening and one thing i want to say the mayor touched on, there is a lot of negative press played out, the doom loop, that narrative is so 2023. in 2024 san francisco has come back is underway and this is proof of it, and i want to express my gratitude to mayor

breed for the leadership you are bringing and especially here. mayor breed went out and was the best sales woman for san francisco to get this happening in mid-market. it means the world to my district, it means the world to me, so thank you mayor breed for your leadership on leading the come-back and thank you ikea for everything. really looking forward being a regular here. you will see a lot of me. bye. [applause] >> thank you supervisor dorsey. and now, it is time to invite it the managing director of salu hall and partner in operating this unique food destination. ellyse, welcome. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you all speakers and thank you so much for being here, a part of the opening it here at salu hall. my name is ellyse, the managing

director at salu hall leading the operation for curb. welcome to our hub for celebrating food cultures and connecting with each other. there are so many layers here which i believe the mayor literally read my speech. there is a lot that is the same. we have so many aspirations to the space. what does place making mean for salu hall sphis in we are proud to hire from the community. we play a active role in mid-market surrounding districts. we share with you the richness and the aspirations of this community. giving everyone a feeling of ownership is literally being a part of our success. hiring and training for salu hall is a ongoing brauj r project so we are grateful for the work the community of san francisco offered for economic and workforce development. thank you so much for taking

that- [applause] it is really really important. our good will partners. we will always be on the look-out for people to join our team who are eager, passionate about learning and open to new experiences here. empathy is at the heart of hospitality. the people are thoughtful, attentive, and bringing energy to the hall. how else do we create a sense of place and belonging here? that is everyone's question i'm sure. salu hall is a commitment to culinary invasion and human connection. we are the center of joy and dining. we invite guests to indulge their senses and saver the pleasures for good company and good food and drink. salu hall is designed to have fabulous food experiences, most simply put, salu hall offers something for everybody.

we have 11 food concepts explore breakfast lunch and dinner from locate roasted coffee and fresh pastry to whole grain danish style open face sandwiches to mushroom, tacos, noodles with specialty tofu. sip craft beer and local spirits while you learn how to bake up in the cooking school. like we are saying, there is something for everyone at all the times. we are proud to be a partner of the curb family and operating partner with inca centers. curb has a outstanding track record in recording activating pubic spaces and surrounding the world with good food and drink. we are thrilled to open our door s and what we worked so hard for. on behalf of our chefs, our

bartenders, local restaurants, and front of house chain, welcome to salu hall. [applause] >> thank you ellyse. so, without further delay, this is now the moment we are all waiting for. mayor breed, cindy, ellyse, please get into your positions and let's open the doors to salu hall. [applause]

community. >> hello, i'm iowa join the series for the city and county of san francisco for thirty years ago all san franciscans can watch their government in action to reliable service and program tuesday's sfgovtv for all you do and earth upon month in san francisco. today. will goodness there are a lot of folks here temperature xoit to be excited about the environment. right? i'm san francisco mayor london

breed and honored to be here with all of you. to celebrate earth month in san francisco but really push for climate week in the city an opportunity for so many people to participate in being stewards of this planet that we don't own but inherited and as a result we have the. to do everything we can to protect it. through policy, investment, significant change and i'm so excited and glad that san francisco has been an environmental leader. dp pushing for transformtive change in climate policies, in fact. when i served on the board of sprierdzs when we first finally got clean power sf through the board the single most important thing we could do to impact climate change. where almost 4 huh human,000

customers and started our advocacy using equity in climate action plan in the bayview community saw 90 percent. folks stay in the program. manning sty row foam, that was a challenge we did it it is making a difference now. work that we did to ban straws and to find reusability options. i have been you are not happy about those reusable options but the fact is san francisco was generating a million straws a day that were impacting our waste. one other things we are work hard on is to get rid of single use items you order food and put the forks and i bunch of ketchup you don't use in your bag xu put them in a pile and you still never use them? we gotta change that. we gotta deal with the

challenges around upon waste. we are -- so grateful to be here with a number of our leaders including our city attorney david chew. our puc director and formy city attorney dennis herrera the head of the d. environment. and the department of public healing doctor grant colfax i see a lot of council generals here today. thank you so much because it is not just about san francisco it is about the entire world and how we combat the climate. we appreciate your partnership and taking our climate actions plan to your countries and and bringing us the information on the things you are doing to impact the climate. we have many of our commissioners from the d. environment. some of our i don'tee elected leaders yet. they will come rolling in sooner or later. i want to thank the san

francisco bicycle coalition for being here. the san francisco council of district merchants. hotel council, avenue green light. the san francisco chamber of commerce. thank you, friends of the urban forest and the association of the ramaytush ohlone. thank you all so much for being partners on the efforts to really impact the environment in a positive way. i want to also recognize, i think aaron from clean tech is here. somewhere. he is where. upon hey, aaron! now believe it or not. aaron created new technology to repurpose water to make beer. and i think you will try it today. is it good? is it clean, for real? okay. we will try it today. i'm -- it is when? okay. i'm a wine person myself.

when in rome. and we want to recognize buy right they have been a san francisco clean business since 2009. we are glad and we have divisidero in my neighborhood i'm a fan of the work that they do. to talk about san francisco a bit i touched upon temperature muni is one of the greenest floats in north america. 25 years ago we implemented the first state's largest combustible program and it really stinks but it it is good for the environment. today we have 900 businesses including oracle park and chase centerful marriott and the st. regis that are cert for identification under the san francisco green business program. and our airport is the cleanest, greenest in the country. and as i said we launched clean

power and we are continuing to do all we can to really support and protect the environment. and as a the result of all of you being here today, we then and there is manage this you care about. in addition to the incredible women we are honoring today and no, we are not honoring women during march, during women's history month we are choose to be intentional about uplifting so many incredible women who have done amazing things around environmental sustainability. with that i want to introduce to talk a bit about what you can expect for climate action week. how you can make a difference and how can you make so many of the things a per of your life. i want to introduce just and i know morgan of climate base. who will talk a bit about all of the things we have scheduled this week and more for climate action week in san francisco.

thank you all for being here today. [applause]. thank you. sxefrn another round for mayor breed. that was amazing thank you for being a leader in the state. so, i'm justin harden i'm a bay area native and with climate base. founded on the premise that our brightest minds looking for work can be difficult to find the roles that have the most impact. our platform from a lack of job opportunity for people eatingtory tackle tasks for the climate. our mission is to mobilize tality tonight accelerate climate solutions. through efforts connections with individual negligence mission driven opportunitiful cultivated a community and launched the fellowship to support the transition in the climate space and this spring close to 1800

graduates. we see san francisco as a hub. technology and leadership. city's enthusiasm inspired us to organize sf climate week events show casing solutions spearhead by our director i will hand the mooishg over to morgan campbell. [applause] >> thanks, justin. last year we set tout to plant the seed for the first san francisco climate week. we announced intention 6 weeks before earth day and were over everoverwhelmed by the response. our first year over 350 organizations came together to run over 100 events engaging 7,000 in discussions about climate solutions tapped in the passion of the climate community and the building sprint culture of san francisco and the result was the learningest climate garthings it was built by the community for the community. this year we are excited scale

our impact with the support of the city of san francisco and partners at most financial. sales force and the initiative. we are anticipating 15,000 atendsees across 200 events show case how san franciscans forefront of climate development of technologies to funding models that accelerate development the forging of partnerships. we are shining a spotlight on businesses making businesses sustainable. and doing this throughout food. hospitality per ins supporting events throughout the week. so, come out and join us on april 21-27 to celebrate work in our community. and learn about the new path ways we are forging for our future. [applause] all right.

thank you both just and i know morgan. i want to also at this time recognize the rec and park director phil ginsburg. [applause] for those of you who grew up in san francisco you remember what the parks used to be. i'm sure. well, the parks are extraordinary. and every person lives within a 10 minute walk from a park and open space this they can enjoy in san francisco. and it is nothing better than a beautiful day like today. sitting out on delores park or golden gate park or any park amazon any park in san francisco is extraordinary. we appreciate you being here phil ginsburg. [applause] now the next personim ask to speak was not necessary low on the program but i do think he should speak and many should know him. he has been working with the

department of environment for many years and now he is the leader of the department. helping to implement our equity focus climate action plan in san francisco. welcome tyrone jew. [applause] mayor breed, throwing a curve ball in the agenda putting me on the spot. truly, i am up here as one you see my fellow department heads here the leadership of the mayor. my commission and the leadership of all of you. and that's what earth month dpa sf climate week is truly all about. about all of us working together. on our united mission. make this city more equal, just city and this planet equal, just plan and he get there if we are working together.

and so thanks to the leadership of the mayor when we put forward our 21 climate action plan. mayor breed likes to say, 5 years ahead of the state of california. we will be net zero by 2040. [applause] we get there by working together with all of the hard work of representatives here and the mayor and all of us. there are so many strategies we have to employ and innovation and new ideas we have to generate if we will reach our goal and the planet's goal of peculiar sustainable. that's why sf climate week is an important mile stone for this city we are scaling and up bringing community. bring up the best in brightest minds our city has to offer this is the ai capitol of the world and also the sustainability

climate technology capitol of the world as well. this is how we get there. to reach our city genome our planet goals and community goal. again, mayor said when we put forward the action plan did in the say we will set this goal of net zero by 2040 it is how we get there. and if we don't get there with community, together walking hand in hand how this works; to support and grow and empower the communities it is not sustainable transition. i'm excited to be here as the director of the environment department. joined by an amation team a hand to my environment department staff. because we'll get there we will get there as a city. i know we will get there has a nation, thanks to the leadership

of president biden. pel lose and he the reduction act all of this energy and attention as it should have been for a long time is paid attention to as far as where we need to go on this crisis. i'm optimistic thifrngs to mayor breed and awful us here today and thank you so much. thank you. tyrone and thank you and your entire team for the work do you to continue to push the envelope. and make sure this we are leaders in climate action. because the affects of the decisions we make have an impact on the rest of the count row often times i am being contacted by other mayors throughout the united states who want to look at our dliement action plan and want to understand how we were able to infuse equity net

equation and also i should mention the work we have doornld housing and how we talk about housing as a climate issue. making sure that housing is a longer transit corridors and create an environment in the just for people who are within a 10 minute walk of a park but how about those who are able to hop on muni or walk to work in san francisco. it is what we need to do to continue to make sure that we are building more housing, providing opportunity and really meeting our climate goals using every option that we have available. we are grateful that each you as leaders in your communities and throughout san francisco are joining us here today. now to the good stuff. we get to honor extraordinary women who are just dog when they dom this is when we do we do what we do. doing what they do. and as a result of what they

have done and continue to do, they are making real impacts on helping to support and uplift the environment in their various ways. first i will start with ms. julia collins. julia believes if you want to change the world you need to start with our food system. she is a trail blaze in tech and climate sectors and called the queen bee of climate. i like that. like beyonce. but a climate. made history the first black woman to cofound a unicorn company and leads planet forward. and ai powered decarbonization platform that helps companies reduce their green house gas e missions. with that, ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to recognize ms.

julia collins. that may be the first and last time i'm beyonce are mentioned in the same sentence. i'm holding that to my heart. >> thank you so much. mayor breed. thank you so much to the city of san francisco and to everyone who is garthed here to recognize the contributions that many of us are making in service to a healthy planet. i have been working for the last 16 years of food and technology and i have been trying to solve the same problem reimagine mag food systems so they work better for everyone on the planet. the ceo of planet forward i'm proud we are using ai to decarbonize global supply chains. i'm the coceo of my household. family of 4. as the coceo i hold a belief to

be true which is every person has the right to be a part of the solution to climate change. and it starts with something simpleace changing what and how we each whether shifting to plant forward men use or growing food at home or in our communities or reducing that waste this is per of the way we live. the most radical things we can do is shift our food choices. and you one person can't do it alone. one solution alone will not be the silver beaut bullet if we combine 8 billion on the planet many in san francisco we do have a shot at this. and i will close by saying we are live nothing a narrow winnow of time when it is still possible to stave the worse of what will happen as our planet begins to rise. the begins to continue to warm. i wake up every day often sick with the belief that we can and

will get the job done. let's get the job done together. thank you. [applause]. all right. queen bee. and also jewel why's dad is one of our art's commissioners the president of the art's commission here in san francisco. thank you so much chuck collins for your service at this time city of san frap i know you are proud papa now. our next honoree is francis yee. thanks to francis leadership, bb boutique this is year the first ever san francisco certified green business in china town. not just that but francis worked

to achieve the program highest level of cert ifkdz for going above to implement water conversation, energy and waste operations at the boutique to minimize their carbon affordability. make sure you check it out and make sure it is role and purchase something and prosecute motes bike to work days the staff appreciated. she is justice done i number of things to make sure it is incorporate in the the work she does and also making sure this she makes san francisco more beautiful with her amazing fashions and what she is able to sell. again. take a trip to china town to visit. dd boutiques. ladies and gentlemen, francis lee. [applause] i'm going to invite my husband to say a few remarks.

>> thank you. >> yea. we run a business, dd boutiques. it was started by francis mother over 35 years ago in san francisco. and since taking over the operations francisments to offer the business in environmentally friendly and responsible manner to do what little we can do not add to the pollution already there. in the process of being certified green business, not only it reflects her value of being environmentally friendly and that adds to negative consequences for businesses it teaches us of how to make those things sxhap how to minimize waste. so thank you. and thank you the city of san francisco. >> [applause] all right.

our next honoree is claire. claire joined us last week in front of the steps of city hall to commemorate the 10 years of vision zero and how important it is that the city do more. since our time on the youth commission claire a voice for safe streets, access to public transit and sustainable transportation. born and raised in the tenderloin claire leads advocacy at the san francisco bicycle coalition. there, she is hyper focused bridge the gap with the historically under served communities special transportation equity. ladies and gentlemen, welcome claire.

[laughter] wow. thank you so much mayor breed for your leadership and the award and to all of the folk who is nominated me for temperature i grew up in the densest neighborhood in the city where i walkd and took muni every day. i lived the transit first policy before i knew it existed. because i walked, biked and took the bus i developed a deep connection to my neighborhood, neighbors and city at large. a transportation continues to a mix 20% of green house gases it is important we dot w to encourage people to use modes of transportation like walking, biking and taking muni. not only are the modes better for the environment but for our neighborhoods. local economy and personal health. that is why as director of

advocacy for the bicycle coalition i'm so excite body the city's biking and rolling plan. we envision a city interconnected net w of occur free and people prioritized corridors will allow everyone in any part of the city to leave their home. get on a bike and within minutes be on the net w that connected them to another neighborhoods. now is the time to be bold and visionary about how we as a city combat climate crisis and change. and to do that work with equity at the forefront. i have a lot of thank yous, bear with me. thank you mayor breed, thank you to the city staff that worked with me and my team every tail to redesign streets that prioritize people power modes of transportation. thank you to the incredible staff of the san francisco bicycle coalition who believe in our mission to promote the bicycle for every day transportation. thank you to my family who

showed up. very heavily today! my partner and friends for being an amazing support system and most important low thank you to my parents for giving me everything and for showing mote joy of biking at a young age on san francisco's most treacherous streets. [applause] >> thank you. and claire had it bike to workday? may 16th. i want to see all of you on bike to workday in san francisco! who knows may be i will be debuting my new electric bike. because my current bike does not get up the hills well. anyway.

last but not least, vanessa carter is our final honoree. i'm inspired by her ability to empower her fellow educators and youth year after year and equip them with tools to worn day become climate heros of their own. areut author of, is it yellow let it mellow? that's not you? that's. okay. that's what my teach are taught mow in fourth grade a member of the school district vanessa over seen environmental programs for students. to build their environmental literacy. she launch said san francisco's first climate action fellowship for high school students across the district. giving youth an opportunity to engage with our city departments. gaining college and career exposure and the change makers of our time. so with this i like to recognize

and honor vanessa carter. [applause] hi. everyone. it is good to be here and i will wrap it up, it is lovely to be in the presence of other amazing women doing incredible work i look forward to following up with you and wanted thank everyone for doing all of the work you do every day. i know you are all like me you get up every day and wonder, am i doing enough. and in my case, will i be able to look in my son's eye in 10 years and say, i did everything i could? to design a just transition? and unfortunately most days i don't feel i have can. and i don't feel i'm doing enough. part of that was the birth of this climate action fellowship you will meet on april 25 the youth summit the incredible high school students who will be the

leaders in the business world and city government soon. i know there are a lot graduates here that is whale woor doing is continuing the tradition of supporting our under any circumstances stereos to be the change makers we need. thank you all. [applause]. >> well, you guys look like you are hung row for more excitement or are you hungry for our environmental beer? um -- i want to take this opportunity since we have our city attorney here, who has been an environmental champion. before he was city attorney on the state assembly as well as a member of the board of supervisors. i want to before we close to give him an opportunity to say a

few words. >> listen i will say this, i have the honor every day to manage an office our attorneys are advising dennis herrera, tie robe with department of departmentful phil with rec and park. grant ajainicloe fax or mayor and commissioners the policy this is we need so that san francisco leads. because as was said, we don't know how much time we have. i think about the fact that when i take my kid to school every morning at that key remembers the orange sky. that he knows the urgency of this time his generation of second graders worry. about whether they will have a planet to live in when they are our age. we have an obligation at this

moment and this is why our san francisco city attorney's office we have sued polluters and sued folk who is have been spewing industrial dust in the bayview and have been illegally dump nothing treasure island our office has been in litigation and they say this against pg and e because what they have don block our ability to finally have clean power in san francisco. i want to give predecessor credit we have been litigating for 6 years. against the 5 largest companies in the world oil company this is have been responsible for sea level rise costing san franciscans billions when it come to our infrastructure. like our amazing teach and

awardees everyone in this room singling what can we do every day to make sure that by the time i think your sister or who? i'm pointing to this indreadiblely cute student. how old are you? you are 8. my son's age. by the time you are an adult we have to make sure san francisco put ourselves in the map. of continuing to have the cleanest and greenest city in the world and ensuring we have a 100% renewable city. thank you for being here thank you for your leadership. >> not bad for put on the spot. that's what i'm talking about, san francisco! we making it happen and another note, the drug take back legislation this we passed when we were on the board of supervisors we kept 140 poundses of expired and unused medication

out of the bay and landfill. we just -- doing it, doing it. so thank all of you for being stewards and thank all of you for the w that you continue to do. as we have said, there is always more work to do. san francisco can be a global leader and we can't stop. we will not stop. we will get it done and continue to push the envelope and make changes in the city and the country and in this world. thank you all so much. [applause]

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standardized target the disk ball hole. the game involves throwing from key areas toward i metal basket. players use different disks for long distances driver, immediateerate. mid range and precise shot, putters. players begin at the t area. throw disks toward the basket and prosecute seed down the fare way. player with the lowest number of throws the end wins the game. disk golf at glen eagle cost 14 dollars if you pay at the clubhouse. there is an 18 hole course this is free. du see that shot? i won! am i was not very good now i have a huge respect for disk ball player its is difficult but fun. thank you for joining me in the

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and dinner. >> good morning, this meeting will come to order. welcome to the april 18, 2024 regular meeting of the government audit and oversight committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. i'm dean preston i'm joined by voice chair catherine stefani and connie chan here with us as well. for the first item supervisor walton. our clerk is monique and we