(gavel) >> welcome to the san francisco city and county board of supervisors regular meeting this afternoon at 2:00 pm., tuesday, june 25, 2024. madam clerk, call the roll. >> thank you, mr. president. >> commissioner walton not present. >> supervisor dorsey present. >> supervisor engardio present. >> supervisor mandelman not present. >> supervisor melgar address the commission on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction

present. >> supervisor preston present. >> supervisor ronen. >> supervisor safai for the present. >> supervisor stefani and campaigns present mr. president we have we have quorum. >> thank you are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush (rah-my-toosh) ohlone (o-lon-ee) who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. colleagues please join me in the pledge of allegiance.

i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam clerk do we have any communications. >> yes. mr. president the san francisco board of supervisors welcomes you to the boards legislative chamber second floor room 250 or watch on sfgovtv channel 2 of a or have you the live streamline and submit in writing at you may also watch live at www.sfgovtv.org or use the postal services to the before mentioned and the number one dr. carlton goodlett place room 244 san francisco, california. and today, we have interpreters for chinese from

3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and to make a request under the the or request assistance contact the closing by calling the number. thank you, mr. president. >> thank you, madam clerk. >> colleagues there a motion to. >> approval of meeting minutes: approval of the may 21, 2024, board meeting minutes. my supervisor mandelman and seconded by supervisor preston madam clerk and roll call. >> on the minutes. >> supervisor engardio, aye. >> supervisor mandelman, aye. >> supervisor melgar, aye. >> president peskin, aye. >> supervisor preston, aye. >> supervisor ronen, aye. >> commissioner walton, aye. >> supervisor stefani, aye. >> supervisor walton, aye.

>> supervisor chan and supervisor dorsey, aye. >> there are 11 ayes. >> the motion will be approved (gavel) or the minutes approved as presented after public comment. >> madam clerk please read consent. >> on one through 7 considered to be routine in a member object. >> supervisor stefani. >> yes. severe item number 5. >> on the balance of consent calendar items one through 4, 6 and 7. >> same house, same call. those ordinances are finally passed (gavel) read item 5 and to pay related

fees for the sidewalks for vending in residential districts in the planning code and limit permissible times and streamline and to confirm the ceqa determination. >> supervisor safai this is something been in the making for a very long time i have a very small non-substantive amendment before the second vote before read one time been in touch with the stakeholders and mission street vendors association a piece of language that was struck by accident and thank you for guiding us to the right people feel like we're doing everything we can to move this forward in a right way and just to be clear, which we're talking

about who legal streets are vending and legal vending the process that supervisor ronen is deep, deep involved in my the legal vendors are coming back and we're zeroing in on page 14 lines 15 through 17 we want to add the language that we strict shall urge the vendor to remove items. >> that simple and sfrarld make a motion to add that language back and again, just thank you, everyone for your work on this. >> okay. motion by supervisor safai and seconded by supervisor walton and quick in question to the mayors represent and so far we can't do it as far as the mayor is the chief sponsor acceptable to the mayor?

>> thank you president peskin and, yes it is. >> serging objection with the motion (gavel) is approved without objection and on the item as amended. >> same house, same call. the ordinance is passed on first reading and amended (gavel) madam clerk call 8 and madam clerk call 8 and madam clerk call 8 and the city and county of san francisco as of june 1, francisco as of june 1, francisco as of june 1, francisco as of june 1, 2024, for the fiscal years (fys) ending june 30, 2025, and june 30, 2026. >> 9. proposed interim annual salary ordinance enumerating positions in the annual budget and appropriation ordinance for the fiscal years (fys) ending june 30, 2025, and june 30,

2026, continuing, creating, or establishing these positions; enumerating and including therein all positions created by charter or state law for which compensations are paid from city and county funds and appropriated in the annual appropriation ordinance; authorizing appointments or continuation of appointments thereto; specifying and fixing the compensations and work schedules thereof; and authorizing appointments to temporary positions and fixing compensations. >> seeing no families on the roster. >> same house, same call. the ordinance have finally passed and and next item, please. >> 10. ordinance de-appropriating $6,862,571 from salaries, equipment, and materials and supplies and appropriating $2,770,003 to overtime in the police department and$4,092,568 to overtime in the sheriff's department, in order to support the departments 'projected increases in overtime as required per administrative code, section 3.17. >> seeing notice names on the roster. >> same house, same call. the ordinance is passed on first reading victims and witnesses with compensation claims for the period july 1, 2024, through june 30, 2027. (district attorney) >> same house, same call. the resolution is adopted

policies of planning code,section 101.1; and making findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under planning code, section 302. thank you, madam speaker and thank you to the colleagues on the land use committee who made this act as the bob's seeing names on the roster. >> same house, same call. and long life works code; making findings supporting the designation; and directing official acts in furtherance of the landmark tree designation, as defined herein.

>> same house, same call. the owners is passed on first reading howard thurman way” to the 2020block of stockton street in recognition of dr. howard thurman's legacy in san francisco. >> same house, same call. the resolution is adopted madam clerk please read items 15 through 18 together. >> for resolutions 23 determine that the following liquor licenses will 23958.4; and requesting that the california department of alcoholic beverage control impose conditions on the issuance of the license. issuance of the license. >> 16. resolution determining that the issuance of a type-90 on-sale general music venue liquor license to gst llc, to do business as great star theater located at 636 jackson street(district 3), will serve the public convenience or

necessity of the city and county of san francisco, in accordance with california business and professions code, section 23958.4; and requesting that the california department of alcoholic beverage control impose conditions on the issuance of the license. california department of alcoholic beverage control impose conditions on the issuance of the license. >> same house, same call. the resolutions are resolutions are adopted next item, please. >> 19. resolution adopting the leather and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer(lgbtq) cultural district's cultural, history, housing, and economic sustainability strategy report (chhess) under administrative code, section 107.5.

>> same house, same call. offering medical marijuana can i please be added a co-sponsor. thank you. >> myself as well madam clerk. >> same house, same call. the resolution resolution is adopted next item. resolution is adopted next item. from mutual-help programs, for individuals who seek recovery from substance-use disorders and non-substance-related addictive disorders. >> same house, same call. the ordinance is passed on first reading first reading (gavel) next item, next item, next item,

thereby repealing certain city provisions regulating establishments that sell alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption. >> same house, same call. oh, i'm sorry my apologies supervisor stefani and colleagues, i sponsored this with supervisor dorsey to appeal and support small markets especially the corner stories citywide repeals this chapter three 26 for and da o in charter mandates and fee to cover regulatory regulation and last year was $310 and increases sfpd both responsible for the administrations don't oppose this will continue while the

city attorney and district attorney will enforce the visitation and this will save businesses hundreds of dollars ada small businesses in the post pandemic economy in 2019 an economic legislation working group was created authorize by commissioner anderson and by supervisor fewer the working group 2020 report the businesses selling off site alcohol highlighted they were unequally applied and that charter 26 duplicate the state law and as such recommended the full repeal at small business commission passed a resolution calling for the elimination of da o ordinance and the small business commission unanimously passed a

supportive ones and is supported by the groceries association and independent groceries severability and tinder and many businesses citywide i'm grateful to everyone involved with the rules committee for the unanimous support and want to thank the small business commission miriam for her extensive work on this and henry in the city attorney's office and from the police department and annie from the dujt for drafting this legislation and want to thank my chief the staff for her work on this proposal and both in any office and at the small business commission and the work. is thank you, colleagues. i hope to have your support. >> thank you supervisor stefani seeing no other names on the roster. >> same house, same call. the ordinance is passed on first

reading (gavel). >> madam clerk read item 22. >> 22. ordinance approving the amended airport surveillance technology policy governing the use of pre-security cameras >> same house, same call. the ordinance is passed on commission, for the unexpired portion of an initial one-year term ending july 1, 2024, and for a term beginning july 1, 2024, and ending july 1, 2026. >> same house, same call. the motion is approved motion is approved (gavel) next item, >> 24. motion approving the mayor's nomination for appointment of stephen engblom to the port commission, term ending may 1, 2028. >> same house, same call. the motion is approved (gavel)

thank you for your services controller ed harrington nomination for the reappointment of maria theresa imperial to the planning commission, for a term beginning july 1, 2024, and ending july 1, 2028. >> thank you for your willingness to serve seeing no names on the roster. >> same house, same call. the motion is approved motion is approved (gavel) next item, next item, controller's nomination for the reappointment of lauren post to the public works commission, for a term beginning july 2, 2024, and ending july 2, 2028. >> same house, same call. the smoegs is approved (gavel) next item,

>> 27. motion reappointing gerald demarcus turner and fady zoubi, terms ending july 2, 2028,to the public works commission. >> same house, same call. the motion is evaluated madam clerk committee reports item item item item item item item item 29 yes. >> 29. resolution approving the settlement of unlitigated claims in favor of the city and county of san francisco against the u.s. department of health and human services by payment of$441,521.39 to the city; the administrative claims were filed on december 29, and human services for outlier payments under the medicare inpatient prospective payer system for federal fiscal years 2005-2006. >> seeing san

francisco names on the rosters. >> same house, same call. the resolution is adopted madam clerk go to our roll call for. >> roll call for introductions. >> yes. supervisor engardio first up to introduce new business. >> summit. thank you. >> supervisor mandelman, thank you, madam speaker. >> um, today colleagues, i'm introducing an ordinance to landmark the rainbow flag under house bill and as you recall i introduced this inching on march 26th and may 15th live health commission recommended to pass this to the flag installation brings us to today's introduction the rainbow undergo for the rodents of san francisco and visitors from around the world and the rainbow flag on the plaza is an act of

definances under the international sign for more than a quarter of century time to recognize gilbert's flag as a city landmark thank you to the backer foundation and gilbert board chair charley for their advocacy. >> thank you to the city attorney's office search warrants rich from our planning department and i want to thank the castro merchants want and dozens of organizations of queer leaders expressed support for this landmark dedication and my office has done a lot of work on that and want to thank supervisor dorsey and supervisor

engardio for co-sponsorship and i would be remiss didn't recognize and thank the late tom taylor and all other contributions lovely looked at after gilbert flag and founded this to make sure the continuous of work and with that, colleagues the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor melgar. >> thank you, madam clerk. i have an memoriam today - um, sorry. >> when we close our meeting today i'd like us to please do it as we remember marty though passed away on june 18, 2024, and martin was a try san franciscan born on december 3,

1952, attended the grammar school the 8th grade basketball team was legendary and for sports continued at that and at the olympic club was a personal joy but a legacy to his children and grand children who of athletes and married his high school sweetheart donna and their love story is by the four children and in 1986 marty purchased the tire store a san francisco legendary and it's leadership not only drove the company success but earned the trust and admiration of his

employees and consumers at the marty for the work and the people you'll be forever remembered and cherished and thank you and the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor melgar and president peskin you may recall i announced a financing program to build his or her and cut for red tape more affordable housing for working families we're not building enough of. after several months of careful work with the city attorney's office the mayor's office of housing and community development and a wide arrange of stakeholders for property and nonprofit advocates and labor represents and housing financial experts i'm happy that today, i'm introducing the workforce housing middle income tax financing package that enough is

enough thank you, used the first letters is whammy housing is public infrastructure and like the other critical infrastructure we can't continue to rely on the private market to solve gaps in our infrastructure needs. our housing market functionally is not working right now. and the private market builds housing in economic boom times for only for the wealthy and the nonprofit system builds critically low income housing relationship i relying on subsidies with little or no debt and in downtown times the lobbyists said in the chambers the private market will not build newly the rent increases and they skewer cadet partners san francisco has zoning changes but have not seen the needle move we tried a number of things to you think

stick our 73 though piping units in the pipeline and cut the fees and requirements and granted density increases we have voted for the constraints of reduction legislation but continues to be tens of thousands of fully units and no housing system that responds to the middle class the essential workers with teacher and healthcare workers and bus operators and construction workers will all deserve a chance to live in the city they serve until the introduction of this legislation the whammy legislation will establish and new set of tools that we face in building housing and financing and the whammy program will issue two types of revenue bonds

have not been used before in san francisco. and golf bonds are privately developed and manages in 50 three - the new program will actually work due to three factors first, the first class rents with no minimal public subsidies and second the authority to issue low interest revenue bonds and third, the property taxes exemptions for workforce housing up to 20 ami to maintain the low operating costs and more importantly this program also models a new streamline for leasing affordable housing in san francisco you may have seen the chronicle that covers roadblocks within the program. and my stave and i w the mayor's office of

housing and community development to our black or white man custodial will be coming before the board and the new tools would be applied to acquisition of foreclosed and rent portfolios and downtown to office xhernsz and will be greatly expand if new distribution many bond rates stabilize and tax rules are clarified instead of waste of time this creates a foundation for actual funding applied to real sites in partnership to produce for working families left behind in the ongoing debates offer zeroing and luxury housing planning. in addition colleagues and special use to

create 100 percent affordable housing facilitated in chinatown that will not only allow chinatown seniors to transition out of sros into housing units with open space and access to light and air by enable the last banquet halls serving the new banquet hall and thank you to a previous board of supervisors in a previous mayor for having for sighted to buy that with the site where it is located as 72 pacific avenue in the heart of chinatown and finally, colleagues, i'd like to adjourn today's meeting in the memory of a great bayview chef and food expert who along with alice's warts made san francisco and in the bayview the envy of foodies

all over the world a champion and friend to many and the rest i'll submit. >> thank you, mr. president. supervisor preston. thank you. madam clerk. >> if i want to share with great pleasure the market match program to secure the funding in the approved california state budget. it should be fully funded through 2027 over one hundred san franciscans are getting the dollar for dollar match for residents when they use the products and for fruits

and vegetables and boosts the health and stimulates driving the skalz sales in san francisco 9 of the local farmers' market and flud the alameda in district 9 and the heart of farmers' market in district 5 and as you recall we discussed in the chambers previously the program was initially fully cut the entire program in the governors january proposed budget but thanks to most of tireless oregon statewide for residents if food asset and groups that serve the poor they were able to keep on the pressure until the entire $35 million was recently added back to the state budget to fund the program that funds market match i'm parallel proud of

tenderloin food council which had it's meeting less than a year ago in necessary that formed to address the food insecurity in the tenderloin and quickly organized to restore funds to the successful market match program after the governor announced the cut in the most the food council organized a rally and city hall and went to twice to sacramento with low income residents disproportionately residents of detained in any district to meet with state represents and how for this program programming is and the board in support of market match your honor, the fund to be restored thank you, colleagues for the unanimous support for that resolution

urging the governor to see full may or may not match i believe that made and difference and inspired other city's to have actions and thank you, assembly member who supported the program and assembly matt haney and senator scott weiner malicious or making sure that residents are fed here and around the state and a lot of all thank you to all the people organized to defend this amazing program the market match program into cuts and we're in a time colleagues where costs for food are rising and we are seeing so many working class people really falling through a safety net and in the midst of that over 200

and 20 organizations across the state coming together in the safe market match coalition. and folks who are personally impacted or would be by the cuts but also folks to know they're welfare and well-being is tied to that neighbors that was inspiring to see folks come together and the vicious would to the have been possible without the dedication so thank you, colleagues for your unanimous support and it is great to be able to come back and report on a positive um, from our legislation in combine with statewide organization efforts and today, i'm introducing a follow-up letter of inquiry colleagues as you recall on may 7th i introduced a letter of inquiry regarding the san francisco police departments failure to apply with the senate

bill 481 10e give california insight go into their local law enforcement acquisition and use of military equipment. two weeks ago the department responded to my letter and said that plan to post the report and did in january of this year but reposted by june 15th i'm pleased to report this is the report has now been published which is a crucial step towards transparency as required by the law. i'm taken time to rectify the report i haveer concerns the department will have a completingy of anti protest gear by. >> you confusion devices and machine pepper balls but most concerning the department is exploring for the first time the use of police robot dogs which

are not only expensive but have been very diverse and it is 2450rd square the acquisitions and expenses especially for something like police robot dogs will not make us safer with the as territory we're asking if other departments and the budget challenges and crisis we are in. and so the reality is that per sfpd the board which has the responsibility to review those might commit reports weigh in own the policies not having the opportunity unfortunately, to weigh in on this until after the budget is over i want to flag sometimes a deadline for the sake of having a deadline and and practice consequence those reports about the military equipment and the intent to see

police dogs were in a timeline fashion as the sheriff's department has a timely report deny done in january would have had those report hesitate budget committee is talking about the expenses could 19 inquired about this during the budget process but it was 5 months late we don't have the answers in any event i'll filing a follow-up letter for anymore information about the department acquisitions plans and rationale for the police robot dogs and you think acceptable especially in the budget climate in my opinion to direct any funds towards this you type of purchase before the public and board had the opportunity to weigh in. the rest i submit thank you, thank you supervisor

preston and madam clerk. >> special order 2:30 p.m. - recognition of commendations. first up is supervisor stefani. >> thank you president peskin you want to come up i'm excited who i get to honored honored to serve on the golden gate park bridge highway and transportation district with three of my colleagues supervisor dorsey and supervisor engardio and supervisor safai and simple an incredible government body we all come together and work on issues and actually get along very well, i love our meetings and love getting to know you and it really is an honoree for me to celebrate the distinguished career a trail and asset to the

transportation district each month we have our meetings and we always have an update in the engineer and look forward to the updates. >> what we're doing to keep the golden gate park bridge safe and sound and eva is from poland with a degree if sequestering and joined the district in 1995 as a engineer and later appointed in november of 2010 marking history as the first woman to hold the position and saw enhancements to the ironic golden gate park bridge including the bridge size administrative wind retrofit and the barrier a lot of effort went into that and the physical suicide deterrent having sat in

the meetings and listening to what the parents have gone through and the motions what brought that suicide deterrent and your part is to be celebrated and can't thank you, enough for your effort so many people that are so grateful for your efforts on that and saving lives because of your work. those projects propose challenges and with the integrity and uninterrupted traffic flow on the national parklands and eva a member of society of civil engineers and the academy of - and heavy construction professionals before her work she continued with the department of transportation and eva career is

a groundbreaking achievement and unwavering dedication is an inspiration to all we celebrate her contributions and her role in the safety and functionality of our infrastructure and her engineering profession and please join me in honoring eva for her achievements and her retirement we're going to miss you (clapping). >> i think visually every member of the board as this point seen f you in action at your board thank you for your work. >> i'd like to thank you,

supervisor stafani and the entire board of supervisors. for this recognition. excuse me - >> can't be any worse than the suicidal deterrent. >> this was an important part of the field the golden gate park bridge that i heard referred to as the people's bridge says was built when the people of 6 county the city and county of san francisco agreed to put properties as come lateral for the construction of 9 hepatitis on the other hand, representatives on the board of directors san francisco plays a

role in the governor of the bridge district and during my thirty years with the district i have had pleasure to meet many of them. and working with some of you right now. so this recognition means great deal to me i'm proud to be a chief engineer like the board of supervisors and to be supported by the districts i'm fortunate to have the backing of my engineering department. they are high achieving professionals who strive for excellence and we undertake on the projects i'd like to use this shot moment moment to recognize them. i'd like to thank um, some members of the board who are here with me as my district family to in

full support thank you. >> (calling names.) >> john you the chief engineer and the man, i don't know when t&e he sleeps owe works very, very hard and our secretary of district. um, i'd like to also thank all others in the district because i wouldn't be here without them and want to thank my husband and my favorite and the licenses to, you know, any wrongs i have when i losing my mind (laughter). >> so he has, you know, plays a big part in um, supporting my career. um, i'm honored to

accept this special recognitions and expend my thanks to the board of supervisors. for it. >> (clapping) >> congratulations eva (clapping). >> to dennis and the others at the golden gate park bridge good luck replacing her. >> is you are deputy controller todd in the it chambers a yes. >> mr. r

(clapping.) todd you have been an absolute did he light like the three controllers you are diligent but gets generations of the board of supervisors to agree on things and do it in a way that um, that is transient i think that most san franciscans don't know you owe you a debt of gratitude for your 25 years of bow tie services to the people of city and county of san francisco think people know is that todd came here to get a master degree at uc berkley school where owe received the prices for it's

been a long time coming. analysis and before becoming deputy controller he served the city in a number of roles at the budget and analyst the director for the analysis decision in the controller's office and as a cfo of one thing of the most complex entities for the city and county the public utilities has mentored generations of the city auditors and 13689s campaigning leading with that calm and. >> commissioner rubin: kindness through all sort of climates and global pandemic you were minutes from the special meeting on may 31, 2024. at the center figuring out how to get everyone paid and the city to

run the details unmatched proficient sisters with systems and i don't know what the brand new controller will do without you the golden gate park bridge is built and will find a replacement more affordable housing this truly is imperative to declare july 1st to be deputy controller todd city of the city and county of san francisco i can guarantee you (clapping.) guarantee will pass unanimously by by acclamation it is time for deputy controller to pass the baton the floor is yours.

>> thanks a lot for the recognition. todd deputy controller and thank you for all you're doing a big idea the idea that started off as a side conversation in the chambers oftentimes and reflect on the many years and just so grateful that having gotten to work in the budget analyst office are harvey and others with ben rosenfeld and mr. wagner and very excited for san francisco and vie excited because of the work you do here as well as the other work with the 35 thousand public servants of san francisco and thinking back quickly i know you have a lot of work to do and a lot of good ideas to formulate some of the big things happened because of the people like the board of supervisors. and you and super and ed working on the

first in the state a model for the state of california to use thank you for the chance to work on that and healthy san francisco and universal healthcare for all of san franciscans before the affordable c.a.r.e. act happened i was one small part of teem to figure out how to pay for it and the same-sex marriage argument working with the city attorney's office team herrera and what a pleasure and responder and dloil for the rim fire the third lather fire in california history tempt and up country to make sure the hydro power and other responses was paid for and supported and there covid and

that huge idea that you funded and the public utilities commission to rebuild and update the entire water system thank you for the opportunity to work own that i look forward to hearing halo be next and with the financial system and getting to deploy the last major financial system that involves you can see where the spending occurred to make sure that people get paid on time and turning out to 40 thousand checks a month and with that, i'll close but thanking again, the controller harrington and others and deputy controller and as well she hired me a couple of times and the controller's office team is behind me can stand please the puc team and had the pleasure to work and

more importantly my husband michael of 34 years and covering everything at home for the important work we're doing here appreciated it thank you. (clapping.) todd if you'll do us the honor stepping for the well, we'll give you you a certificate of honor and take your picture as

well. >> (laughter.) >> our next order from supervisor dorsey. >> thank you president peskin and colleagues it is my honor today to recognize a remarkable public servant maria come on up here. >> to recognize a remarkable public servant when we say whose idea to expand the literature for those seeking recovery from addictions and alcoholism or non-substance addict disorders and this legislation pass on first reading i want to express my appreciation to supervisors

supervisor mandelman and supervisor safai and others this groundbreaking program will make san francisco the first that major city in the united states to fully funded the universal access to keep luster from all recovery traditions in all available languages that goes for the 12 step programs like recovery and buddhist and mart reform and as elected politician should be my strong preference that i have all the great ideas i get all the credits but i have worked in the disfigure to know the truth and most of the great ideas if city hall come if dedicated public servant unsung heros see a need and for any wuz to better safety officer san

francisco's and the branch margin for the public library is one dedicated public servant the certificate when i joined the board of supervisors two years ago doreen recognize that no priority was not more personally as a person in recovery and expanding the opportunity for all and maureen know that luster in our libraries is disproportionately in need of restocking she and the city librarian approached me with a plan to institutionalize no person that seeks text should have to pay for it to identify

obstacles and removal them and doreen know about the traditions to understand that the luster and basic text are not an afterthought with the recovery groups and know they help one another and books and stories will offer come their own addictions book reading the central piece whether sharing a buddhist dharma with the 12 steps of alcoholics. >> the library gave away a moved 5 hundred books mostly in english and spanish that pilot disabled more than one hundred books helping people in their journeys with the legislation we

passed think first reading the read for recovery that doreen has championed to all 27 library branches citywide and this worth any program is serving as a role model for saratoga new york announced their own and borrowing our logo and oregon looking at it there and the certificate of honor i'm going to give you see the appreciation of the city but didn't fully reflect many i heard from personally about what this program means to them. to know there is supported by their city and recovery journey and demonstrated but not limited a testament to her commitment and thank you, doreen for your

contributions for inspiring us to find better ways to serve san franciscans congratulations (clapping). >>. thank you. >> supervisor dorsey and supervisors. this has been a lot of work over the past two years and started signal with an idea to increase the and through the collections we if have enough materials to serve the public and i want to thank michael lambert owe heard me and encouraged me to build up that collection i had conversations with other people and international languages and access to services and development office and the recovery community to see what people wanted and the text were most important in 2022 i met

supervisor dorsey and notice that the library was not part of that i mind we want to help too. and we had a few conversations about that and really thankful you you were supportive of idea and you wanted to move forward but that brought us to where we are today, we, give out the books people can keep them and bring them to their meetings and some of the texts can be lgbtq pricey up to $20 or buy them online we want people to access the materials and you know, own that and reading and write on them and keep them for themselves and make them accessible throughout the city i look forward to this program expanding to all 27 branches we have three branches because one

that is going well and thank you to my family in the back and they had to hear about many a lot for the pass two years i want to thank you for that and grateful and so proud of library and proud of what we accomplished at the michael and supervisor dorsey (clapping.) how next order of accomodation

by supervisor mandelman. thank you. president peskin and the friends of harvey milk can come up. >> all right. colleagues this fourth and final tuesday of pride 2024 i am presenting a special accommodations to the friends of harvey milk placing the hardy perseverance for the harvey milk plaza enjoyed the worthy of its namesake reminds me never doubt a small group can not change the world nearly 40 years thin dianne feinstein or board of supervisors john and harvey milk successor harry officially dedicated it plaza at the intersection castro and market the entrance to the recently completed muni station

for house bill for nearly that time the broader lgbtq it has been two decades since the first city sponsored design expectation for the transformation into a great public space and more since andrea started raising funds to pay for this design work and eventually construction drawing to make this plaza possible. for most of that time andrea the friends and especially the deputy director have stunned that dream even in moments not seeing how it would come true the castro is in the an easy neighborhood the violation for harvey milk plaza not free of

controversy but thanks to the friends it feels like we're getting close the redesign of house bill plaza will honor had it with monument is for this around the glazing word hope and gathering space and blow ground space and castro muni station will be a welcoming and vibrant space for propelling the next generation of queer community leaders the new park space near hollywood will represent the 11 months that harvey served in office and the mc a the similarity modernization is the vocabulary the friends or formalized a real organization with a real board of directors and undertake a new round of the

community meetings and work with a long time champion on the board of supervisors and in the state state wiener to - to secure the production of construction documents by dp w and worked for fund to support the efforts and this year the friends federal allocation for the harvey milk plaza revitalization project thanks to the effort of nancy pelosi and the late dianne feinstein the $25 million for harvey milk plaza is a vibrant sf bond b will allow the construction of project to move forward. and i want to thank the friends of harvey milk board of directors

plaza board of directors bryan springfield and jordan and rob a paul next the next time and others. i also want to thank the advisory committee jim and junior and terry and michelle if i left anyone out i apologize and bryan will correct me and call out i don't think he's actually a member of any of our boards but a relent less champion with that, bryan the floor is yours. >> (clapping.) thank you, supervisor mandelman. >> you're long-standing support for the hiblgz plaza has been essential to it's progress i want to thank you to and to the members of your staff especially adam. and harvey milk

message renationals more than ever it reminds us of the power and courage and the necessity of hope and the portions of taking action to create and more justice and inclusive society i'm not sure we're in the chamber where hearing served as supervisor and gives in recognition from you a special sickens and harvey milk said hope will not be silent it is nuflgz that hope can be a driving change and act as guide in difficult times but milks message not about hope but the concept or abstract but hope transformed into tangible action we must actively proof anything else our lives but the lives of others and harvey served as a supervisor and i imagine each of

you feel a personal connection to his story. and decades in the marking the harvey milk plaza project is a testament to theville at&tal roll in bringing about meaning change the plaza has been shaped and guided by the voices and participation of the very community harvey so darryl loved and fought for. and once complete the plaza will be in the center as beacon of inclusion and the ongoing fiektd for equal and the fight for obviously just is a journey still underway. hearings advocacy for activism 234u6z solidarity and recognized that the fight for lgbtq+ including the labor movement and emancipation proclamation the rights of all community the new

plaza la honor harvey's legitimacy and call for civic engagement to a world where everyone rarlg of their finding lives with respected on behalf of the friends our directors and committee member most is of them up now thank supervisor chan, supervisor stefani be president peskin and supervisor engardio and supervisor melgar and supervisor dorsey. >> supervisor melgar, supervisor mandelman and supervisor chan. >> supervisor walton and supervisor safai for this special recognition i had the pleasure of walking through site with president peskin and cumbering to go over the ada

updates and thank you for your time. lastly, i want to share this special recognition by the board of supervisors with everyone single member of the community whoever attended a community meeting about the project and participated in the listening session of working group and southwestern direction a meeting in zoom or shared their thoughts by phone or e-mail this project and this recognition also blinks to them thank you, supervisors. >> happy friday.

>> (clapping). >> commissioner safai. >> thank you president peskin. >> colleagues today, i rise to honor dr. rice mitchell. >> (clapping) its also bittersweet when he lose a legion i understand whether the next cheaper of life with heartfelt gratitude i honor dr. rice mitchell from the unified school district and dr.les is marked by an unwavering dedication for excellence and the deep

commitment to the students and parents and profound impact on the sf zoning district especially in hunters point and has education experience and extensive background in the leadership she has elementary and equation classroom experience and experience as a instructional stenographer and project manager and a turnover principal a and served as director of the new principles director and assistant supreme court of cohort three schools and interim head of pre k and native san francisco dedicated her educational career to sf u s

d and two masters from san francisco state university. for special education with an emphasis in early education and as educational leadership. over her distinguished 10 dr. rice mitchel a pill our of leadership and the visionary leadership has fostered an environment where student thrive contemplating and socially and emotional and her efforts have not only enhanced this but also make sure that every student is given the opportunity to succeed regardless of their background or circumstances hearing contributions city-owned beyond the classroom and giving them compassion and dedication and a

relentless per suit of knowledge and teachers carry forward her legacy of president benson and dr. mitchel a instead of supporter and terminalsless working to create and inclusive educational system and built understanding and brought community together. fair market value a sense of belonging an unity among students and staff alike as was celebrate dr. rice mitchels retirement we have a remark career but the legacy she leaves behind they are or her unwavering commitment to education will continue to inspire and guide us in the years to competency dr. rice mitchel for your decades of service and limp and unyielding

commitment to the betterment you're legacy is a toning impact and wish you the best in our retirement and confident you'r contributions will resinate for generations with deepest appreciation's we congratulate and know your work with our children and families will be missed congratulations (clapping.) i president peskin and supervisor walton and all supervisors on the boards it is my esteem honor and pleasure and to say absolutely thank you, thank you four allowing me to serve the families of san francisco jublth i was bit by

the bug at 13-year-old i tutored a young man, we were going to go to kindergarten but the power i experiences there and just the love of education started at 13 and almost 50 years later excited to have served the children of this fine city and doctor charles really write got my love more students and able to serve in the community i grew up in and to see so many families and children and so many scholarships and come back to the community to serve as well and been my pleasure had h this honor is just i'm really, really full right now and trying not to cry but appreciate this didn't do this work on my own i have my u s d family that snuck

in here and work has been shourmentd by other folks that building in the power we must educate every single one and also more than ever the family that i stood on and the family shouldered i'm happy to have any one hundred and three-year-old grandmother here to witness this and my mother and husband hi champion and they're here and aunt as well thank you, from the bottom of my heart didn't feel like work by minute interrogating i gave and got as much in return i know we are where we are but really building in u.s. 19and building in the power of the team to make a difference for the children that live in san francisco and thank you for this honor and supervisor walton you know how i

feel about you you were with me in the journey thank you for your service and being there for the students in the community. thank you very much. >> (clapping). >> madam clerk please read

the. >> special order 3:00 p.m. >> >> >> years(fys) 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, pursuant to california health and safety code, section1442.5(a) (the beilenson act). thank you, madam speaker and colleagues it is sign of exactly how dire our budget situation has been many, many years since we have had to hold a state required meeting pursuant to the health and safety 42.5 that requires that prior to reducing or eliminating or closing any level of medical services provide by this county that a public hearing is in order before any decision to

proceed and with that, we will hear from our director of health dr. colfax. >> good afternoon dr. colfax. >> good afternoon president peskin and honorable supervisors. we are here to present for the hearing and thank you for holding this hearing today. we will present proposed public health for fiscal year 2024/25 and fiscal year 2025/26 and as well as hear public comment as required by the california health and safety code and as we presented to budget hearing on june 13th dph budget includes a 5 percent reduction in fiscal year 2025/26 and in community-based organizations or cbo funding in areas not tied to matching funds. so those reductions remain we're doing everything we can to work with cbos and

mitigate those those proposed cuts the second were we'll have time to were the cbos and in addition there are additional programs just for services fund by the sure weight and references beverages and dcyf thank you for your time and as dph chief operating officer provide more details. thank you. >> through the chair joshua tree any cfo for the department of public health here to give a quick retirement as well as the details the proposed reductions in our budget the sale health and safety code requires all prior to closing eliminating or reducing medical services to um, within the county facility is

shall have a public hearing 29 board of supervisors prior to stacking action on the the final decision on those reductions here and i will note that not all the proposals before you today actually fall under the requirement of medical services but in terms of transparent we included auto reduction in the service levels may not be medical in nature. um, this first set of reductions here represents before $10 million worth of as a 5 percent across the board reductions to community-based organizations contacts in the second year of the budget. this will tap after july 1st, 2025, and the $10 million calculated on contract that we do not building will leverage or match external

funding i and the breakdown as follows: with our estimate behavorial health with will be impacted by a the second conversation population health of outreach programs at $1.5 million and the san francisco health network will be affected by $1.1 million the actual impact and the number of clients depends on how we implement the programs and councilmember butler said we'll spends the next year for how we will - in addition total medical potential medical services that will be reduced have another set of reductions in our budget that a shift of funding for reductions as well. the next is

um, a reduction relate to the sugary soda tax overall about $2.7 million to be reduced from dph budget to the will be $3 million in the departments budget for existing programs the first two rows the health and community systems grant are represent grants to community for outreach and looking at policy looking at policy areas. overall the first two - the current spending for the rows is $3 million will leave $1.2 million in the departments budget to continue services there. the third line supports grants this was one time funding we had in the current years about three hundred and 50

thousand and at that point we will not expected any one time dollars to continue with those services would stop after current year as expected. in addition, we have three oral health task force three hundred and 50 thousand is 5 hundred and $50,000 that eliminates funding for the oral task force and we do retain 13469 direct oral health services in the soda tax and have dental services will remain intact within the network it's the $200 million is shift to the health and human services programs there and then last but not least we have a reduction to

the street balance intervention program overall looking at a $2005 million reductions and two point one is the shift of funding brought by dcwf as determined the services were not eligible on the basin and said it is actually going to shift $1.2 million for school basis crisis intervening intervention a reduction the they're moving the funding towards another program. and then in addition to that $2.1 million shift a reduction about $375,000 that will be (coughing) included as part of the our rfping that is due next fiscal year. >> overall these are the proposed reductions we have we

are happy to i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you, ms. lewis as supervisor preston. >> thank you president peskin can you explain how dph determined which programs were being cut? >> what was the process for determining this. >> this was done in conjunction with the mayor's office and again, across the board reduction and then the funding shifted i p and the sugar sweet and beverages under the soda tax. >> okay. but in terms of beyond that so in consultation with the mayor's office but no public process or discussion of those? >> no. >> yeah. >> okay. and it is not included

as part of the department part of mayor's office for the june one budget. >> got it and you referenced the funds i don't want to belabor this is involved objective in the budget discussion and hopefully things will get fixed but the moving of funds from dph to hsa around the food healthy grants i talked about i just not - an apples to apples proposal i just - we spent a lot of time earlier talking about the market match program that is literally saved thanks to the leadership of the folks fund through that particularly in any indict and tenderloin folks advocated for the $35 million for low income people for food access meaning the shift of funds from the department of revenue focus to

have a food service component but not the policy advocacy which, you know, i'll argue had in some way for bang for the buck you presented it but the service is funded are quite different. >> yeah.; is that correct? >> overall the $2007 million i understand it is going took reduced out of our budget and transferred to the services agency and got it again, this is somehow beyond this hearing so i wounded belabor it but to say losing those funds has a big impact not just in the dollars lost but the advocacy i have one other question i see others on the roster i'll be quick but the s pi program the street

violation a long-standing program there the public health partially fund through the district is one we have urged that program or something last year to the or be expanded into the tenderloin something that the administration not amenable to but has been agreement and serving the fillmore in addition to that is of my colleagues districts to i'm just trying to understand and until this hearing and preparing for this we were unaware of cots to the s pi time to know if anywhere in the western edition in my district what impact on the services folks can expect to see in year one and year two?

>> i-i should say i understand it will be rfp so may be different providers and that i'm not asking for comments i just want to know nevertheless this coming year this is a program that serves to help reduce violence in the western edition will that continue in the year and similar services be deployed at the same levels once either this procedure or a new one is skid marks through the rfp? and yes. that will need to be determined at that point the $250 million reductions leaves of three will the $5 million in the program in addition about that million dollars and we'll work with the mayor's office in terms of rfping whatever fined we have available in the coming year and determining the services and so is there a reduction this year. >> it yeah effective this

coming year. >> specifically for the fillmore and services to the fillmore and western edition neighborhood. >> yes. to the rfp this is not confirmed but i believe that is fillmore western edition for the entire city. >> 2 what we're trying to get clarity before the meeting we were not able to get you understand you're saying the cut proposed to the program and then that program services a number of neighborhoods. what i'm trying to figure out and leave it my colleagues to advocate if they see fit in they see fit in our neighborhoods but i'm trying to understand the current services will be maintained this fiscal year or whether necessary will

see a reduction in that specific neighborhood. >> we don't have this information in terms of determination how to implement the services with a new contract. >> how will it be determined what neighborhoods feel those kits? >> and what neighborhoods don't. >> i think that is was the department needs to work through a complex issue we have just learned about those reductions and for a shorter amount of time and important to look at the impacts of services and how they can implemented. >> when was of demonstrated this reduction will occur. >> included as part of the mayors property budget so for the last um, yeah month or so not included as part of the departments proposal. >> last question is there a

plan at dph for in form of substitute service to foster community-driven deesclation and violence prevention in the neighborhood currently certified by the agency those neighborhoods lose service with that reduction. >> and overall didn't include any expansion of services we have if i revenue generating not on that time and supervisor correction we the roll back the order reduction and dcyf as of march. >> march? >> as part of their proposal. >> thank you. >> supervisor safai. >> of it's. okay. i'd like to

hear from the. >> so councilmember butler. >> one of the things that jumps out to me councilmember butler we're i think you'll agree we're in a overdose crises in the city; right? so one of the compacts about working with those that are experiencing both behavorial health and substance abuse treatment can you talk about - i understand that the conversation is those were decisions proposed by the mayor's office but what kind of conversations with organizations and what kind of conversations within our department? and it seems pretty dramatic and will good to be what kind of funding i get the breakdown adults 54 percent and children substance abuse disorder that seems like

critical funding. >> (multiple voices). >> i'm sorry, go ahead. >> i just would like to know how in this environment people are decision making from over doses on a daily basis how this decision made and not more of a robust conversations? >> so we followed the programs and policies as required by the city in terms of making sure we came to the budget reductions we met the target according to the structures and creating those targets including to the instructions and when did you receive those instructions. >> ongoing conversations with the mayor's office and ongoing um, conversations we met the 10 percent budget reductions and 5 percent contingency and additional reductions made and just to be clear, are you asking about slide three. >> the 7.34? >> just to be clear.

>> yeah. those are obviously cuts in the difficult environment we would strongly prefer not to make the key things a small part of our behavorial health budget (multiple voices). >> how much. >> $6700 million and that budget includes many other um, funding sources that essentially allow us to bring in a dollar for every dollar spent to mr. medi-cal they're matching fund we made sure that we didn't takes dollars in the pot and known also are other funding from the state, you know, about the mental health those are programs that our general fund don't have a way to draw down the additional funds from a small amount i assure we're doing everything we can to make sure that the work that is being

- those rescues go into effective just to be clear, this is in year two so relative to the investments and revenue streams we hope to get more revenue those those projections were not higher than we currently estimate and had to put those cuts into effectively we'll eastbound working closely with the community and cbos to those cuts mitigate any affect on services. and also you have my commitment we especially concerned about the programs that address the drug overdose epidemic a priority for the mayor and the department. >> okay. i won't jump into the last statement you made but i'll say that my understanding that

the instructions are giving out in november or december you were instructed to make the conversation in november or december? the first - this is the first i've seen this- >> (multiple voices). >> hold on and like to understand because you how you decided those categories and how you'll cut behavorial health got it you have $600 million budget about a 10 percent cut but saying that i made the decision so go offer cbos would not matching fund with straight or federal dollars that is a conversation for sometime and easy to reach out to those organizations and start a process or conversations that is where we're going to end up. the reason i say that your department is 1/3rd of the

city's budget. you all get 1/3rd the city's budget and over year on the budget committee each year department of revenue says we have been instructed to find i think offense but another priority and thirty or $40 million every year on the budget committee i'm i'm trying to understand how you choose those educators. and why if you're instructions were in december, where why you didn't reach anti earlier for a robust conversations what might be pending. because i'll get into the soda tax dollars in a minute i want to understand how you choose behavorial health and how you choose intervention work and those educates they doesn't make

sense. to me. >> just to be clear, on the timeline and we are committed at the department to be transparent and working with the community and making the community as aware of issues whether or not they're reductions or increases in the funding as quickly as possible. the timeline was such that we were not able to present the reductions to the heartache health commission and at that time and those are held in january and february of this year. these reductions came later on after the hearings happened to part of budget i really want to clear up on that. >> how are the categories chosen and all we've gone for every single category equipment

candidate for one every single of them we do the right thing how many clients will be impacted i don't understand. >> those proposed reductions in year two. we have a period of time between now and then to work with the community and better understand when the impacts of those reductions. we will be very focused on mitigating the impacts of those reductions on the community. and our hope is that, you know, those reductions will be mitigated as we hopefully see better revenue generation in year one i want to just to be clear, nevertheless timeline and the transparency we follow the city process for the budget. we had - not an opportunity to be have a conversation with the community about those cuts between now and then because of timeline. and we are here to take public impact on the

reductions and then one of my other things that jumps out to me wisconsin when you get to the soda tax dollars one of the areas that hits the largest want southeast san francisco bayview hunters point and parts of the mission all the opportunities with working with communities around all types of healthy activities healthy food choices all the areas of the city have had food deserts and opened up the food market with the health and human services and passed legislation and found a spot isn't bayview hunters point and again, how difficult choose with the soda tax dollars how was that chosen. >> to meet the target

requirements we were working in a request we move those dollars over to hsa moving from the very important post-prison supervision work you mentioned to the important work around food security. so our finding those funds will be transferred to hsa to benefit the food security issues in communities most effected by >> members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction i said i agree apples and oranges one is actual food the actual education about food kinds and in a lot of work and i think a lot of the soda tax dollars were intend for that who made the decision was that your decision our department to take the soda tax dollars away from the food tax dollars we're robbing peter to pay paul. >> the department proposals. >> (multiple voices).

>> it was dph proposal. >> >> i just have to say for somebody represented the district has a couple of community farms that have been done with community to build up support and build up education and this is what the soda tax dollars were intended for we have the food bank and cal ferocious and federal and state dollars relifetime funds for food education this is very, very important as you can see some of those decisions doesn't make sense. to me i can see if you're a community member and finding out about this in a short amount of time will cause anxiety and a lot and then you see the communities impacted i'd like to read bayview hunters point and celsior and cracker

amazon and valley mission and tenderloin and like all the neighborhoods in the city that need food education activity the most we're tang taking that away doesn't make sense. to me i would hope that i -- i hope capital hill gave me in a roundabout engagement process to things one a overdose crises climbing by the day and have is food insecurity and food education that is completely undermined by this action didn't make sense. >> thank you, mr. president. >> thank you, existed and supervisor walton. >> thank you supervisor safai asked a lot of my question the main thing so i'm trying to understand how you are reducing all the oral task force and the

mission and chinatown and district 10 and what is the impact to the community what that happens. >> so i think that the key one of the key things here is the services will continue. and the service deliver for people we've seen the outreach for the programs but people will still be able o to access dental systems across the system and medi-cal is medicaid for dental service and treatment people in the community qualify for medi-cal will be able to continue access what in reduction reduces the outreach to community that we have done through this tax. those monies will not be used for this outreach services any loirng increase in proposal - yeah under this proposal community will have access to services

they don't know about and i'll say we will continue to. >> we have lots of outreach and case workers. >> i didn't is that you didn't say- >> (multiple voices). >> your responded told me people can have access to a whole bunch of services they don't have information and when i said my statement all of a sudden you have the capacity to fill in the gaps didn't sound you have a - give up your vacancies that didn't make sense and can't plan it here. you told me that the outreach services will be reduced specifically said i called you on that and i told me your staff will fill in the gaps you can't made up what you're doing in this room i'll

say we have been in the middle of a budget process for a little bit now and it is unfortunate that you would spring those reductions many of those i don't know but pier 70 about have heard nothing about getting this if i was the mayor i would be pissed at you we're at a point we are actually the process was going in the right direction and then you do something like this a bait-and-switch and underline the whole process. supervisor chan. >> thank you. >> president peskin i think that i just want to say first, i think that is not just um, for

public health, i want to in terms of budget we face as a city? a difficult time. i think i said that many times through the budget chair and it has been difficult and i think we have said that time and time again, it is a real budget deficit and wanted to confirm with councilmember butler particularity about that hearing and restriction we're looking at the funding reduction on the second year the fiscal year 2025/26; is that correct? and outlined in the presentation the vast majority of reductions were to occur one year two and doing everything we can to mitigate the effects of those reductions. >> yeah. i think that i judge wanted to make reference and context first of all, thank you,

councilmember butler and congratulations on the laguna honda certificate certification i think that it is i'm glad that happened it's been a while to hold own the reserve and thinking about the potential what we will have to do to save laguna honda. so with that, it is load off frankly and so i'm really glad to hear and pleased to hear before budgetary decisions i am that given the fact a decision on a second year budget cut and the reason we have this hearing at the committee of the whole it brings actually basically an alarm wearing surrounding an alarm as committee of the whole and to say that the kind of budget deference we'll have to face in fiscal year 2025/26 as recongregateable and unfortunately, we're going to be about or be there and the reason

i've been time and times staying unfortunate january 25th we'll be here to make tough decisions if we haven't already i think as a budget committee so i think that the question is kind of along when commissioner chambers been saying how do we then, you know, now we know this is what those are the tough choices in fiscal year 2025/26 what other strategies that is head of us our options i should say to be able to save some of the programs and reduce some of the cuts like what are our options? >> um, you're ask me the option foyer two i think the most first of all, planning was

community and having meetings with community at dph or in communities with dph shows up to hear about the concerns about the reductions looking at where those reductions would have a minimal effect i mean, i'm not going to sugar coat it dishonest to say with that let them of reduction no ferry buildings; right? but a lot of data in the community we will try to figure out how to minimize those facts. and we updated some programs more advice so we'll reduce the programs less of after evidence of a fact and certainly try one of the departments is equity and drive our decisions introduce an

equity lens. and i or think hesitate rescues will unfortunately, go into effect more optimistic scenario due to revenue generation and ethics commission and others grants we have a strong record those reductions will find additional funding so those reductions will be mitigated not happen at all but you have my commitment to making sure to we came up with a evidence based plan how those reductions will occur if they need to go into effect. >> i think my response to that streej i have a couple of thoughts i agree that clearly we're in a better tax revenue projection we're going to be many in a better position i'm sure i'm that open administrative with the tax

revenue in immediate terms we're going to remain flat for a little bit i strongly urge the district to work with the goes to identify and identify state and federal funding opportunities to sort of accumulate the funding shortage for the time being and i think that this is also a moment which i'm glad we are having this hearing colleagues through the president to think - we're asking somehow that critical as public health department to find out how to reprioritize funding what happened then itself and robbing one program for another i certainly take that opportunity to shift those

funding from one outside of really critical and essential services and what do we do to allocate to those things we actually prioritize to make sure they are life and death and oral health and many, many things we all value including behavorial health so with that. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor chan and supervisor ronen. >> thank you. >> a councilmember butler i'm wondering in the reason that the reductions are happening because of overall sugar tax collection has gone down. >> i think yeah. i do not able the sugary reduction has drrgdz a reason those reductions had to be made. >> so we're collecting the same amount of tax just making

these reductions just because of - other or overall budget deficit? >> that's - our finding. >> okay. and is the street violence prevention is that separate. >> that's a separate revenue. >> okay. >> (multiple voices.) >> and yeah. >> okay. those were my questions and supervisor mandelman. >> all right.. thank you. >> members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction i apologize you came in my office to brief me and i wanted to make sure i really understand has go on on the two pages. >> yes, sir. >> on the first day on page three there is cut in year two of the budget that are your response to a derivative to come up with the money and you did that by cutting contemplating and in the second year 5 percent

cuts to grant to outside organizations for the work they do and those are the monuments though you've not decade figure out what that will look like and figure out a practice those process that's why we don't have, you know, particularly a lot of p d v pending the goal is specific but where it falls and how it works and what it looks like those are broad categories and cuts urging to be thinking about and not immediately fitting but if we don't find a way the year would. >> correct. >> that's that page and then page 4 which is the second page of cuts has to things. and i want to see if i understand what is going on. the sugary drink distributions were not property

by your department initially your department was told we need the sugary tax money for food over at hsa we're taking that away from you. essentially? >> so just we have a budget process in dph before it comes to the board we present to the commission what was happening in january and february committed to be transparent we had - held meeting with the cbos to discuss the state of budget and that process happened in january and february and lots of engagement around how do we get to the target and exceed this in march and april and may. and maybe into early june yes this is how those reductions how we got the final line which this line was

10 percent and 5 percent contingency and additional dollars were required of the department to meet a goal that's how. >> i'm confused i thought i understand the sugary drink tax revenue was not declining. but the city still getting the money but you're giving this up so it can be used somewhere and a shift in funding to fill a festive in another department. >> may be the mayor's office can clear that. >> through the chair. the timeline by the department of health so for the sugary tax is it is flat and going down as a tax has been productive. >> right and keeping people from buying sodas but fairly flat and

jfld money that we allocate annually and tie it to the amount that comes under in the tax annually but general fund to the extent a general fund deficit it is part of that deficit. >> but it community-based organizations into the reduction part of that meeting their obligations. >> the mayor's office spends many months going back and forth with the public health department how else can we get to - to o grateful target and maintaining primary care and maintaining the revenues from the state and federal government. and ultimately public health helps identify a housing unit of things that too get matching fund with the indirect services not primary care or for clinical services those are for the easy or

unimportant programs but things that councilmember butler thinks himself let's cut those those are a difficult set of decisions for the food security and ultimately those are the proposed cuts we decided to make that budget process is not over. so they're here to talk about that but have a few more days to finalize the budget. >> and then the last - can you just - the street violence intervention prevention will happen the sugar we're passing at street violence intervention program reductions hispanic in both years in the budget how was the thinking around that reduction here.

>> there was again, a shift of funding to another department. that was reducing it's funding for pb i p. >> this is taking. >> that is taking a bucket of resources and there if - >> (multiple voices). >> you're funding this b i p example work and this shifts you're going out of the business but an overall reduction in senate bill i p funding. >> i respond the sb i p was funded direct through the programs and impacting children and youth and then also for adults and public health so ultimately they spent money over to the dph to execute at least a handful of contracts related to this program and the rfp process

this year identified new programming for youth to do violence intervention interruption likewise work with different providers to she are continuing to do offer some of the same services in their budget and through the programs they're offering but reducing the amount but sent to the department of public health it is this is the number i see on the page. so it is as a different type of programming and dph will send out the remainder of those funds for the balance of the program next year. >> if doesn't look like i clarified. >> but the overall this is moaning from dph's and now less money of that money will be coming to dph and correct. >> but the money is spent

somewhere else or an overall reduction. >> some of the money is being extend through new providers and dph's. >> so not a two millions 4 hundred plus rescues in that but a reduction of a lesser amount if the look at the city. >> i'll have to provide through dcyf how they're continuing to fund for had type of services to get that i don't have that number in front of me. >> cumbering and public comment. >> i had to hope back on this soda tax thing is bosht me and through the chair and the city attorney convinced but what was presented to the voters the soda

tax was clearly about community health will strategies and community health education. and so we're taking that money any and our budget chair a drinking water and the director that is was that that money is intended to do go into community and educate people about changing their behavior parallel around water. and not drinking soda and not packing unhealthy any kinds choices and taking that and giving it to the department for food it is to the what is defined by the soda tax that was presented to the voters as community health education and community health strategy so i want to hear from the city attorney what are the assessing and technical aspects of the law they're accessing that building they can shift i'm talking about the mayor's office shifting the money from one department to

another. >> madam deputy city attorney ann. >> the sugary tax was a general tax happens that was subject to a low vote threshold and the revenues can be used for any purpose. and any tax increase so have to have the public health what crises people drink less but the measure didn't promise the money to be used for those purchases the city choose but one of the legal authority for the city to use that for in any general purpose. >> no voter education campaign that talks about the community health strategies - i mean, i think there was but i understand that is a general purpose tax on that technicality they can i guess shift the money i think

we're going to hear a lot of things in the community that feel as though but been lied to i think that is unfortunate because a lot of good work has gone into schools and education and promoting water and promoting anniversary consumption of soda and making healthy choices i'll leave it at that. >> and thank you, mr. president. >> thank you supervisor safai. >> open up for public comment how many folks are here for public comment? >> two minutes for public speakers. >> first speaker here. >> you can't expect to much for people to the wrong education and criminals so you forgot to

ask what about the waste from the previous year? it didn't take thirty years to understand now you more and more people are in need of the pandemic (unintelligible) to more and more and so nobody has a policy to understand. >> we are talking about incompetency coming for the mayor didn't want to push the concept of responsibility on critical thinking throughout the city doss by the way, not interested. wrong. >> thank you >> next speaker, please. >> >> supervisors you should be ashamed or yourselves the

project and the appropriations should be ashamed of themselves how can i make the cuts. and when they effect the most vulnerable and today, i heard the director of hunting makes $6,000 didn't give a shit because he's principles our children are dying. our women are suffering. and you all don't know how the money is spent i came to know about that in november. i'm the 1 who brought street violence intervention to maryland and stabled them i know something. but you have b buffoons are trying to convince us in broad daytime shame on

them. >> thank you franswa. >> hello, i'm a community organizer and as we know and live with the marginalized people and people of color live and blue desert one thing that we can do is educate them and eating healthy foods i agree it is really, really important. citywide i work and do from work with glide on and the next is to be about healthy choices and hate to see that cut or any other educational um, program or cohort in the city to not have the funding it is really, really

important because our people of color are suffering. and 6 poor health and disease and homelessness and it is essentially, we keep this going please. i think that it should not go to another budget. so i ask as a black woman that we keep that money for programs. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello supervisors my name is shshgs a field in the social justice in resident 4 and please reconsider cutting the soda tax programs that are vital to the choices across the city and mentioned previously glide was

anticipating those funds for a black communicated leadership cohort to conduct research and advocacy programs this grant is essential to making sure the black members have a voice that have impacted our lives and most marginalized but those programs don't address the demand nor the causes of varying disagreements the soda tax task force recommend those few minutes for community-driven solutions and interventions marginalized san franciscans and education prevention more we can teach my community and others about the benefits of healthy food choice the fewer sugary drinks we consume and change the culture about food. the city prepared a

plan we replacing ask you fund for glides hsa granted and fund the health programs that are serving low income and populations within the communities (bell ringing) please, please restore the behavorial health fund in next year bublth budget and disappointed with the cuts for members calling and championship the recovery. thank you very much. >> hi my name is - i work with as a coordinator for the oral task force has been completing gutted no funding on the proposed budget by the mayor's office and i'm also part of

small 10 percent of dentist hygienists of latino i speak spanish i know the lack of information the communities gets of they go see the dentist not spoken to in their lack and no access and while programs are being fund like this program at the united unified school district are important we need to acknowledge the horticulture coming they face in engaging with the latino community the community got is to serve and able to connect them with other resources we go directly to the community and speak in their language and ask them directly about their concerns and bridge address. so what is more direct than that? because the service is there didn't mean the community knows and without effective outreach like a

storefront with no signs and no marketing will remain invisible we know how to help us, we know how to to each other the oral health task force the one with the boots on the ground (bell ringing) addressing the under served community in the last 6 years and latino x and asian children are the ones we are helping and 1/3rd of children in kindergarten have cavities the only thing that is consistent about those biggest cuts they stem mel effect the ones that need it the the most do soda taxes need to be respected thank you, (calling names). >> hello supervisors i'm the policy manager for glide in the center for social justice we're

deeply concerned about the proposed cuts how detail underline the community health we ask for the soda tax about the glide programs with the environment grant for action team to advocate for system change three provides critical empowerment and concrete outcomes the intent of the soda tax future land use in line with the soda tax advisory committee. we stand in solidarity with the other soda tax residents are providing direct services direct food access along with empowerment and other programs that actually are a multiplier effect in terms of one dollar spent and brings in from the advocacy work those programs are doing and as president peskin

mentioned we are using the prevention 6 cuts in the successor agency year for the behavorial health and the community equity and promotion and glade empowerment team provides hiv and help it's testing and treatment and prep services as well as medication assisted treatment that to the vulnerable community members we appreciate our consideration and (bell ringing) and urge the cut not from glide. >> thank you for your comments. >> good afternoon rebecca jackson with community formally cats also representing the women coalition and the people's budget. i'm here and grateful for the hearing i'd like to say that community forward has been serving some of san francisco most vulnerable people for over

4 decades. providing critical medical and mental health and behavorial health services that from drop in to medical respite and supportive housing and dedicated beds for hiv positive women identified in individuals that experience homelessness we know that our fact our programs help to save lives and save the city tens of thousands of dollars keeping foingz out of emergency room and out of ambulances but offering a place to push they're wheelchair and have their wound cleaned both you can and can't see here's what i do understand when community cbos who chosen to take on helping to lift those people up how can we do this

when the legs we need are cut out from under us and we pique with the doctor and we believe they understand the critical cross between behavorial and mental health and homelessness we need those funds to keep on providing the services and if cut over $7 million in 25 and your page says to be determined. and when it (bell ringing) listed what is cut it limiting lists everything from the lowest barrier from threshold all the (bell ringing) way to - >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm jessica i'm a staff member with the services and we heard the reduction in health services is cuts to the sugary drinks and

all the cbos received those are doing direct service in marginalized and low income communities last year the services were awarded a three year grant that began in august of 2023 and we were set to have funding through 2026 and greatly disappointed the three year grant has now been rerevoked and cut we serve the asian american pacific islanders in san francisco. in 2016 the asian american pacific islanders had the highest rate of hospitalization and have the highest rates of diabetes our people are surviving from premature dedicates with the city and county asian american pacific islanders have the lowest life expectancy along the asian-american and brothers and sisters we the asian american pacific islanders need resources we need reservoirs to address

health. thank you. >> (speaking spanish.) >> as safe for a better tomorrow i'm a staff member for services. and year one of the grants question accomplished many great things sponsored a team of 8 pi women to graduate from that community health working program described healthy foods and nutrition resources to the asian american pacific islanders families and over one hundred community members received food that were culturally relevant and clothed stanford and organized the successful health and unit day

event attended by over one hundred community members and 235i78z which including testing and physical fitness activities and began outreach for the following two years promise initiative jobs and services to the community for what? we are left wondering who will tell our people that services that are helping to keep them alive are no longer available and dph has stated money will be taken from the healthy community grants and shifted to be invested in food security programs and that our organizations were assumed to be doing outreach we are doing more than outreach but direct security programs and health education and direct services if dph in the city port community then we urge you to be community

centered in our approach and investments. we also want pdf and the city to think know that cutting those programs will harm any potentiality of trust that our discontent has in all as agencies with programs get cut we are still here dealing with those important issues. remember those cuts because our community will. we were told our funding end june 30th we ask the funding is recording back into communities impacted with poverty and health disparities. when you take away funding for the people you are robbing the livelihood of families and young people that are the future of this city our communities are often over. >> ma'am. >> please hear what we are

saying. >> next speaker. >> thank you for your comments. >> before the next speaker we appreciate you all in the chamber today when you show our support make sure you're showing this like that a board rule with no audible sound of support. >> nexus. >> i'm joseph. i'm here to represent services as well as you are asian american pacific islanders in san francisco i'm here to urge the board of supervisors there are things that work with the budget why are we cutting it had; right? need to be legislation made that protects jfld for programs and has worked i don't get how we are able to do do work and you ask for the money back and not support of work that needs to

continue; right? i'm your honor, you rethink the budget cut and give you are people they've been on the short end of things when it comes to decision making and build relationships that with the community and not have the support to move forward please stop using our people to fill our pockets. >> in the right direction. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm cody i work with dish and also a member of supportive housing network i along with my community am mere am here to register my concerns about the cuts to dph especially to the behavorial health services dph has a critical role to play in p.s. h and now is not the time

to be making cuts to those services in fact, we need a more robust set of services from dph. examples due to coordinator industries ph residents are not ready for independent living required for the residents and drug overdose and crises and dph must provide for support for dph providers to prevent over doses and dph is rolling out facts at p.s. h but insufficient to meet the demands for services and lastly cal am offers additional services to meet the demand but for the utilized to ph sites the health plan did a training that was at the request of supportive housing providers network not

hsa. homelessness is a public health crisis p.s. h provide a home for the vulnerable community in san francisco (bell ringing) and we need dph collaboration to make sure the residents get the services they need and thank you for your time. >> thank you for your comments. >> next speaker. >> hello, good afternoon i'm matte i work with the supportive housing and a community development manager and i lead the residents leadership initiatives and harm reduction programs as well as many other things and here to address and echo many of the people in regards to the cuts and permanent housing is a home and beginning but not the end when you get that on on the roof you need to give them the infrastructure and help them see

the power and we recognize the power after existing and trying to transition out of challenges related to maintain and physical health and poverty in general and often substance abuse and chaotic substance abuse i lead up the initiatives that combat an overdose with the soviet of supportive housing but for the the only ones and echo we get, you know, one year or two year funding grants and they get cut we build the infrastructure look at our residents and look at others and say what now this is a huge issue we are in an economic you walk one hundred feet literally detain the city hall steps i see that immediately so behavorial health cuts are a huge, you know, (laughter) precedent we can't be

disregarded thank you for your time and please row consider humans need more shelter thank you for your comments welcome to the in the right direction. >> hi supervisors i work at the family services and the co-chair they have are the social safety net for the homeless services. and those feeling will cut my organizations at the knees we have pretty hard jobs. um, impose served hundred adults and children i'm wondering if anyone in the room knows how hard it is to get behavorial health it is really, really hard when you're a poor person and wondering how many cal contacts with the hotdog plans the late i heard was one, those are matchable

dollars and don't require local match i'm glad we're gouging please, please, please don't do this. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. >> next speaker, please. >> >> good afternoon board of supervisors. >> my name is p the policy coordinator for the central american center we are a community-based organizations that serves san franciscans a immigrants and latinos across the city and our health promotion program is heavily impacted by the soda cuts we provide likely to critical services in a culturally and accessible way we've within increasing community capacity and leadership they can make positive changes in the community and we also be able to improve the health in the latino

community here in san francisco. latino communities and communities of color one of the most enacted by the chronic disease with the soda tax was to address those chronic disease and there the community health we're doing that with health education and community training and so much other work but those allocations are not doing that i'm requesting that the board of supervisors restore the funding and follow the soda tax advisory committee recommendations for community-based organizations grants and the 4 hundred and 50 for bayview hunters point and mission and chinatown. >> thank you for your comments. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm van ness for the wellness program voted to implement a soda tax in 2016 to help to address inequities by the consumption is

sugary drinks and this funding is one of the work in exultance know best how to meet the health challenges of their peers in a way that is mooechlg and effective voters don't want the money to go elsewhere and warns that is devastating cuts to community-based organization grant and the complete enfunding of three task force that work to improve the children's oral health at a alarming rate of - where the city's integrity when that balances on the most vulnerable hard to improve in their health and didn't uphold the will of their voters and the funding for the task forces or

other community-based organizations health programs mean an increase and visits to the slrm and more days missed at school we're asking for low income families to have the funding to be restored and the full restoration of both cannot recommend by the advisory committee our communities have suffered (bell ringing) during the pandemic not the time to make cuts to the programs critical to their health and survival. >> thank you for your comments. >> welcome to the in the right direction. >> that's power i'm with the solidarity with the southeast segment that is slated to lose the precious resources for promoting of health cadet who will take 20 to it thirty

individuals on the weekends to presidio to activities i want to know what will do health skrooing of 20 to thirty children with screening our children and i want to know when w who will connect families to homes and host the weekly workshops over capacity where we have a minimum the of 25 parent and want to who live dot water consumption education you might have seen the water bottles we are promoting this and dph instituted as policy citywide that city dollars will not be used to consume sugary drinks

thank you, councilmember butler for nodding a far better investment than the soda and lack of education and lack of connection to medical homes. i want to where it the social conversation here (bell ringing) we know that preventing and protecting our health is a better investment for san francisco. >> thank you for your comments. >> next speaker. >> hello board of supervisors my name is - with the coalition on homelessness today, i want to address the cutting behavorial health and sheltering and housing behavorial health services provide the support for individuals fax misrepresented and substance abuse challenges many people in shelters and housing programs are experiencing hardship without proper behavorial health care they're built to recover is severely compromised and those

those are the important the absence what lead to healthcare cost in the long-term and when they don't receive the mental health care they will be incarcerated or in emergency rooms but lead to a higher cost could have been mitigated through behavorial health services. cutting the services effect the overlay well-being of our community with people don't get the care and behavorial health services play a role in promoting a safer more stable community the success of our housing program depends on on the holistic approach that addresses a person well-being and is behavorial health is the cornerstone of that approach so don't cut the behavorial health shelters and housing. >> thank you for your comments

welcome to the next speaker. >> good evening supervisors my name is renee here to address the funding for behavorial health services. homeless individuals is perimeterly suffer for the disorders and substance abuse issues and compounding their hardships with the resources that fund our social services, 25 percent of unsheltered population lives with a mental illness and 82 percent of people have suffered from mental illness and this prevents the "x" bart station of mental disorders and investment in those programs will burger us to have crucial care with access to mental illness treatment breaking the cycle and reducing costly entering responses.

>> addressing the bhs needs we can curtail the expenditures on entering healthcare and i'd like to remind you see this is not just about healthcare but dignity and offering hope to those in need and preserving furnishings for behavorial health services not only aligns with our commitment to social equity and compassion but promises approved outcomes and stronger and more resilient communities at the (bell ringing) thank you for your comments. >> next speaker, please. >> hello, i'm is also here to say we can't up to the time i set finland's for the behavorial health services those address that is uplifting and non-oppressive offer therapy and without programs like this this

provide port for people we can't expect to a longtime improvement and additionally people are xrirng homelessness have traumatic childhood and early adulthood providing them with counseling is critical on top of the fact that experience homelessness is a deeply traumas with many people have undergone chronic ointments and physical and assaults without those services to deal with those people are return and and/or self medicate with substance abuse and like commissioner chambers the offer dose is one of the largest issues that our city is face to face to cutting those are ridiculous. that budget will rob people of the possible to improve their lives and in the city and as a city we

want to actually address the issue of chronic homelessness focus on method that support rather than further traumatizing the unhoused neighbors thank you for your comments welcome to the next speaker. >> (bell ringing) >> good afternoon, supervisors see larkin and co-chair we represents thirty agencies and most of members have capital hill contracts that fund low barrier behavorial health and substance abuse services for people on the streets and in shelter and transitional housing and in terms of the most vulnerable people in san francisco with high needs that depend on is services to stabilize and not return to homelessness. is this september why aren't those reductions covered by the millions of dollars in opioid settlement

funds by the way, which is the spending of those funds anyway many providers can't build the infrastructure to build medi-cal yet those cuts for organizations are general fund dollars can't match with medi-cal can't dph draw those down those and why levy those cuts on providers can't build medi-cal and by the way, the last week of june and h p providers don't know but hearing hard to plan the programming with zero information. hespa opposes those thanks thank you for your comments. >> good afternoon, supervisors. um. >> speak bridge into that

microphone. >> i'm with the presidio and councilmember. i'm coming here to say we know that the purpose for the tax is to be to get healthy and as chronic disease - it is atlantic beach outreach and worked with people at the community. like we do we working with the not only with people we work with also work with um, small business owners we encourage them to be selling only healthy food and have 6 healthy stores we work with many years with those people. and we help small businesses as get

customers and we help people to get healthy foods from the store. so also, we educate people on the streets at the outreach ought to do work shop to add do community meeting about how is it eat healthy and how is that soda. that's pane we work in prevention this is disease and educating people (bell ringing) i come in from the school and this is (rustling of papers.) a picture of our art to be if we cut food. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. >> welcome to the next speaker. >> hi supervisors i work for larkin street a member of hespa and as well as supportive housing providers network and the health and human services

network while i understand the logic for programs unmatched by medi-cal i need you to understand targeting those programs. those are the most low barriers safety net programs serving people with the highest needs the community health programs that keep individual out of my costs services they're located in the neighborhoods and delivered by providers that our city's most vulnerable people trust cutting those programs have a negative impact we function as a network and depend on each other to do our own best work and already being asked to do more with less we have underfunded business increase (clearing throat) this really is death by 1,000 cuts we can't rely on each other the whole system starts to

degated that is - asking us to do too the so, please urging you to restore those cuts thank you for your comments. >> next speaker, please. >> >> hello my name is james i work for glade center for social justice i'm here to oppose the cuts to soda tax funding programs the cuts to soda tax programs are necessary to save the services we refuse so let's those for the health community to be pitted against each other and community farm and food pantry and house workers vitality community led

programs that decrease - and support healthy eating and active living the soda tax program is intended to fund we are facing cuts to the action program that provides opportunity for black community members across for research and advocacy for solutions for social equities and members of cohort asking how to refer their friend and communities to this program we don't know but they're essential. we know that soda tax review revenue i ask you to continue the funding for soda tax so we can continue the work on the ground. thank you. >> thank you for your comments and welcome the negligence. >> good afternoon my name is

shirley live in the tenderloin and part of glide center for social just as being part of the group i've been able to learn how to advocate for myself and others and asking we respectfully ask for you to continue for soda tax grant so glide can continue to be through the next year. thank you. >> thank you. thank you for your comments. >> next speaker. >> and hello, i'm executive director of florence and community farm in district 10 the largest farmer and the second productive farm in san francisco i'm here because of entering year two and notified over $5 million dph contract weather cut and allocated the soda tax not a back up budget for any department the permit for to keep our communities life

and health any the impacts are direct workforce and pantry and programs for that local cornerstone stores will end and the rooted of those soda taxes will end i'm here to urge you to please restore the sb funding thank you for your comments next speaker. >> my name is matthew and i spoke a little bit yesterday a different day and different meeting but want to say first of all, thank you for your audience. you're hearing about the soda tax because most of the organizations are are grassroots organizations 0 a lot of time

not a depend on they're matching as far as dollar for dollars or things of that nature and i'm part the tenderloin food council we want went to sacramento and got them put backpack unanimously but lots of organizations here like life and stuff like that they have note had the opportunity to advocate to go to sacramento and stuff like that it's the reason you're hearing from all of them they're doing work in have very, very impoverished areas. >> thank you thank you for your comments welcome to the next speaker. >> hi, good afternoon supervisors my name is tammy working with for - and airport and soda tax don't cut please

and thank you. >> thank you for your comments welcome to the next speaker. >> i'm here on behalf of the hiv procedure network and go into the data and talk about the crises we're facts and circumstances i know that and my colleagues talked about the harm and cabo san lucas is asked to do more with less and truly don't regent the costs to carry out those programs and community-based organizations and given less funding what scares me right now was said in june 2023 the same thing in june 2022 the same thing in june 2021 and the budget is for

dire each and every year the same strategy to under cut the communities and figure out the rest later on i don't understand what that becomes on effective strategy so my ask to you is when you folks in the room or tiring to live through this so change the conversation break the cycle let's stop doing the smans the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. but we'll be back here when the folks will tell you brethren and go with the same solution and undercut the same solution and undercut and fought it out latter they don't want to show up here and can't talk to

clients they're begging for the smamgz please change the conversation and break the conversation cycle and come back again, thank you, thank you jillian johnson thank you for your comments next speaker. (bell ringing) >> hello board of supervisors dph team and colleagues my name is saline the executive director of horizons unlimited and with initiate shocked to here this is the first time learning about the 5 percent cut, i gave three years of my life as a co-chair for dph for the latino response and recovery and we really built a beautiful partnering and serve as health chair chair for the latino community is here and ready want to invite

conversation if we need to have conversations about what the communities needs. i want to offer invitation and the impact of ground loss of behavorial health services as horizon has been the only procedure a substitute outpatient and this was not the best model face to face $5 million in cut to the behavorial health services including our only substance abuse outpatient program because of shifts and requirement for the rfp. the loss dph represents 40 percent of our budget a hypotheticals is a dhoor (bell ringing) what i'd like to offer and learn

more frankly about the funds for the opioid settlement horizons our colleague will talk about that or that absence more we know have not seen any services that are focusing specifically around opioid prevention for young people and have a model that was funded float department of healthcare and like to bring that forward (bell ringing) that model for the city to adopt. thank you. >> thank you. saline next speaker. >> please. >> respected supervisors community folks i'm really happy to be here i'm ross brown the outreach compensated and specialist were horizon for san francisco and i'm also a drug counselor at downtown high school i provide chounl high

schoolers in the city weekly by weekly who are dealing with major issues with addiction. and under the new dph reminders hypotheticals service model will not be feasible destabling the central services weighing seeking 75 staffing and operational funding half of the current 1.5 dph contract loss. these funds will maintain stability in our agencies community and community behavorial health services restructure our substance abuse models and mitigate of 41 horizon budget cut in the loss of dph contract as parts of the your vision and in alignment with the mayors priorities hypothetical will direct the funds to preserve and build on the current model that we use to - created to address opioid and

stimulate atlanta's within our youth and off intervention programs in the area of high schools. we offer stimulant and referrals to treatment some of those kids have filled out their referrals to treatment with me honda and awarded as one year there the department of healthcare for the fathers-in-law and our firefighter of implementations we think that will be scaled our finding the city has 45 appeals and only -. thank you. ross brown thank you for your comments next speaker. >> welcome. >> this is a sad time to have

and found about the community the - that the tax for the soda tax the beginning of june will be cut for all my constituents and i have to say i'm part of the community my family is part of a all and all the great speakers and the organizers w5rgd for what little they get and yet the city of san francisco i talked with matt haney why having the expensive garbage cans and one bathroom if noe valley and councilmember butler i don't know if he went to the community back in the day i worked in the community in 80s and 90s and went door to door before the cuts were and all my family supports in organization

and support the community building the family resources and the health healing few they do all and will other organization i found out of all the great stuff they do. so, please continue this funding. you can look for the other funding somewhere but those nonprofits deserve for funding so, please. >> thank you anna thank you for your comments welcome to the next speaker. >> jennifer freedom and homeless i've been doing this along on and off to draw historical stuff and president peskin i wanted to talk about that and what happens during the great recession we lost $40 million between 07 and 12. the department of public health i wanted to point out one thing

in those health and human services department you guys said exactly how many people will lose their jobs and services and exactly what service they were going to lose that is clear in presentation was not clear that was always done in the hearings and, in fact, dph did it not limited to they were doing the cut and second thing what happened during the revision stage he strategy cut the programs with not matching funds the problem this is what created such a crisis for san francisco we lost that $40 million we're seeing on the streets in terms of behavorial health crisis you can trace those back to the mistakes and because we have the information we are able to fight that board of supervisors and get a lot of that money restored we can't do that with that with

that kind of presentation the previous directors you understand that and would maneuver we had the information we needed. you know, i want to talk about the use e youth zigs before mentioned not all the cuts in the list are included the out patient at horizon that is being cut time to have everyone draw medi-cal dollars, you know, how many important programs we lost in san francisco's? we lost the outreach services were working hand in hand with the severely mileage rate people in san francisco and made sure they're stabilized and got them their medication - (bell ringing) thank you, jennifer. >> hi debbie health and human services network first of all, we stand with the people's

budget in opposing those cuts to public health department and sentinelled i'm going to echo jenny the least transparent budget i have seen in over 25 years of this work. um, dph you in the past have been the gold standard for details on every line item this year we anticipated the contingency cuts back in december but there were no commission hearings many departments executor director department of revenue in the mayor massey makes is do this and the last minute boom out comes the cuts in in departments and last minute categories of cuts with money monuments and no analysis no information or is impacts will be in community engagement, no opportunity to

call on the expertise from combram and explore the alternatives people are constituting shut out and mention as i did yesterday to stop inflation costs due to business expenses for achieving the um, and in particular we want to mention in dpvt ryan white cost of doing business the board added the increase so those organizations (bell ringing) are face to face a three percent contra costa cut not on the list today not to my knowledge and for the following year. >> i'm here to ask this board to fight you've been listening to us for two days don't give up fight for us and our clients and

fight for your constituents and community please keep fighting. thank you. >> a (bell ringing) thank you, debbie thank you for your comments welcome to the nexus. >> hi excuse me for my emotions this is real life stuff going on i'm silva for the youth services born and raised in district 10 and fought for the services and ask you restore the asian american pacific islanders funding from dp y h we created opportunity it life and grow for our families but therefore the core of this life approaching barfs that sustain the lives of asian american pacific islanders in san francisco the goal of this project aims to decrease the type two diabetes and heart disease and asian american pacific islanders to decrease

symptoms and the major components which doesn't exist previously included peer health leadership and mail off of the gift box for food distribution and healthy eating classes and things i've learned through the projects there are two teaspoon of the sugar we give our kids and 9 tea responses in the cans of coca-cola and we want to stop the health sparpts within the asian american pacific islanders communities and please help us help our communities (bell ringing) by restoring our funding thank you for your comments next speaker. >> welcome. >> hello supervisors i'm christina i ask you restore for the soda tax grant with this

grant we were able to higher 8 asian american pacific islanders women trained as city college and all graduated and by i have the highest rates of diabetes and hypertension and cancer impacting our pi community we're one of the most under recommend groups in san francisco didn't pane we're noteworthy the fight in passes we've loss 12 staff members and the productivity of the community and our newly leased office we got in district 10 are at risk that is important for nutrition to be taught with relevance and community focus the resources we provide that needed because just in the last 5 days we had 4 community members under the age of 50

because of chronic disease they are dying i ask you don't forget about our community. >> thank you for your comments welcome to the next speaker. >> and hi, i'm carolina i work for the department cooperation we are current sb grantee we also participate in the competitive rfp for upcoming round of policy and environmental funding which we referred a letter of intent to fund i actually spent my 50 birthday writing part of that rfp i was excited to hear that we had um, inc., one of the process um, and less than a week with our intent of notice to fund we received news from on

may 31st that um, this switch was going around and sb funding will be reduced and since then i've been in a haze of running around trying to figure out why funding was reduces and what will happen to the community members that we've been working being with for years approaches to food security and nutrition and combating hugger. folks in our community we work on is tenderloin food council really appreciate food distribution and food assistance programs but what they really appreciate (bell ringing) to be part of policy solution that are addressing why they need to be given free food bags and having to go to food pantries in the first place and working to address those as

community members to improve health the intent of this funding when it went before the voters. >> lastly who made the decision to reduce funding for hsa food programs in the first place? (bell ringing) putting those pitting those programs against each other (bell ringing) thank you for your comments next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm curtis the community manager at t m b c and first, i'll tell you you a story and most of i heard maybe people knowing and market match funding was restored this year fully restoreed millions and millions of dollars dollars one hundred thousand san francisco homes that will now receive direct food fresh fruits and

vegetables within homicide thousand and guess how it it happens didn't happen by accident but because a group of the folks in the community got together and decided that they needed this service to our families farmers' market and for the the only reason i can tell you for certainty that would not have been restoreed without them they made the difference this is huge for san francisco and that's what happens when he haven't in communities we actually give them the power to advocate for your solutions they make real change. i can't think of a better investment restore the soda tax money. thank you. >> at the courtesy thank you for your comments next speaker. >> i work for the tenderloin development corporation do i

want to advise against the transfer of soda tax away from the department of revenue those grants support valuable organizations and cutting them it harmful in the council one such organization that based a cut to the funding i've seen first hand how the. >> - each meeting takes place in four different languages that is incredible. with translation services to make sure that everyone has a voice is this is an inner valuable voiced the funding works upstream in prevention limiting the tax dollars down the line and saving money. i urge the soda tax

grants are continued thank you for your comments welcome. >> my name is p j we're deeply concerned with the cuts on the essential services to vulnerable san franciscans and the investment to culturally committee and in language education which is is intention of soda tax or sb program and a good example of importance of the portions of outreach and education was during the pandemic sf had access vaccines not newly the outreach program begun how communities knows how to access i can't find food or job if nobody shows you you that if you cut outreach one catch up exist without the other we ask you for restoration and cuts in

department of revenue support did dba reduction and lake into other easements to restore the budget a good example looking at cutting the unrealistic and inequitable biggest in a time of a crisis a waste full move how are we proposing to cut essential services are from out departments but choose in free parking downtown and assist real estate and filing vacancies and unlooked at activation with light shoes and atrocity events stop balancing on the back of our low income working class families and seniors and youth and adults. >> thank you p j for your comments welcome nexus. >> good afternoon, supervisors and mayoral candidates i'm a

member of the league myself and i had stuff to say but, you know, i heard powerful testimony here and you all i've been listening because some of women so powerful, you know, and none of us are embellishing just the truth with the youth organizations and wonderful you need it and change it takes time and the soda tax has helped the organizations and we have voiced and a vote also so urge you to please not take away the soda tax as intended. >> thank you and welcome to the nexus. >> hi, i'm from the people's budget collision and discussing this street intervention program now an expert not because i want

to be but literally no one else is under the program within $.2 million in the dcyf rfp is irresponsible to come before the board and so moved. >> not have an we are which is cut in the program cut by 52 percent in the budget and the only place this investment is coming from from the rest of guarantees in the dph's rfp that is overall a huge reduction in children's services in general and talking about we had to make those cuts to meet the general fund taktsd the general fund is for the decreasing our ongoing commitments are not decreasing the mayor made one hundred and $2 million in general fund cuts and one hundred and 4 increase in the law enforcement we we are not cutting the obligations is the same our priorities have

changed our priorities have changed from families and children's and that's a good question. points and easy things for the mayor's office i wish the mayor was here to hear the budget not the board of supervisors or the fault of implicitly i was forced to be the mayor's office that's why none the cuts makes sense and no community process (bell ringing) her budget and now yours your responsibility to fix this i have a one hundred million dollar in cuts that are easy you can explain to the press very easily those are easy they are in our e-mail and have been for weeks but drop it off at the offices make those cuts and restore those programs i'm sorry this is your job and the mayor is not more responsive but the worse budget i've ever seen (bell ringing) thank you for your comments and

before you speak anyone in the chamber present to provide testimony on the mnlt service cuts or this is our last speaker. >> i spoke before this board before and echo in regards why i have not been practiced back to the fire departments and, sir. >> sir, can you pause for a moment. >> please do interrupt me. >> is this general public comment you're providing. >> we have. >> what is going on and we have not called for general public comment and the problem is - the problem is - >> we're finishing the hearing and then have general public comment in a couple of minutes. thank you. >> thanks so much. >> have there any members of

the public here to comment on item 28 the hearing seeing none, public comment is closed. (gavel) colleagues do have any additional questions or comments while councilmember butler and mrs. louis and his team are here supervisor safai and something a few said no-brainer to capital hill not knowing how many programs last year impacted how many people will be enacted is i understand you can say this is happen next year and have time but many of the programs are not planned on, on ongoing process that presentation today was nationals helpful created anxiety for the community and confusion for that myself as a fast as we can find out how many

people are enacted really important to convey that information and also to know the schedule you continued to follow in terms of our community outreach that didn't seem clear and straightforward at the mr. president. >> thank you supervisor and commissioner mandelman. >> thank you president peskin, you know, i think that it is actually reasonable given those cuts are a year out to for the cuts a year ought to be taking your time to figure out how to do them at least in a damaging because you that that the prospect of significant cuts to support for people if p.s. h in year two are problematic a massive masking expanded the p.s. h how to be make that work not easy and trying to do with

that less than the resources for the providers and the residents would be pretty bad hoping that, you know, the department thinks through what to do going forward that i know you have that in mind urging to recognition we probably need to be increasing mental health resources in our p.s. h so my takeaway. >> all right. i guess didn't require any rops to or mr. lewis. okay. councilmember butler dr. colfax /* dr. colfax. >> i understand your commitment to the planning process that is engaging the community before

any cuts take effect. thank you. >> all right. seeing note other names on the rosters colleagues this matter has been heard and now filed and will be dealt with by the budget and provisions committee tomorrow madam clerk because to. >> roll call for introductions. >> yes. supervisor ronen next to introduce business submit. thank you. >> xhrpdz. >> colleagues i am going to try to rush there this but important in memoriam for many people in the community i'd like to adjourn today's meeting in minimum of ross an harris a lifelong resident born in 19 three 5 general and raise for the mission a ferry haven't lower of man's by all things

cats and advocated foreclosely for cats big and domestic and been spending hours advocating for the welfare and collecting indicate fig republicans and cat clothing and in fact, i don't think i saw her without anything with a without a cat on that pretty sure owned everything and in 1989 moved to the excelsior as a tireless advocate volunteer and activist and in the excelsior was known as universal volunteer signing up for meetings and all community events and ready to step in where and when volunteering countless hours for neighborhoods groups in the excelsior including the excelsior improvement and the excelsior action group and the

excelsior alliance club and friends of the amphitheater and jerry and district democratic club and neighborhood emergency and july figure out parade which the best parade in the city no offense to supervisor engardio and was a annual paired are parade volunteer and newly captains over the years and hallowing was a special day for her the day the party with the garden and reassembled herself and estimate over 35 hundred

children attend her halloween partying and in recognition of our contributions received several awards with neighborhood and combfrt lifetime and recognized by the california senate assembly and san francisco board of supervisors for her it's been a long time coming. dedicated community leadership. >> also for the excelsior mayor ed declared to be rowan harris day and was incredibly generous wrote us xavrn and was truly one of a kind fiercely loyal and such a leader. her neighborhood and community and friends are deeply sand and she leaves behind her sisters and nephews and friends and her dear

excelsior community and a rule she live be nice to each other and impose in any condolences to her friends and family and may she evident in peace and lastly, colleagues, i'm introducing a plan today that will bring union pension fund investment back to the city creating thousands of good union paying construction jobs with oven are reduce the transfer tax for new krushthd rental housing have 12 percent of onsite with 100 percent union labor and $25 million and a lot of debate in the city how we can

will (clearing throat) will change because of housing element and must create capacity for about 82 thousand unions 46 thousand anybody affordable and with the exemption of our housing bonds we don't have a plan to get there especially to meet 46 affordable housing target and then expanded versions of that which will include working families as well. with this ordinance we can put union members and construction works to work on site across the city to meet the goals in the right way the san francisco way like i said 7 years ago in the chamber when i was elected we should be building housing for people that are building housing should able to live and shouldn't be building housing they could never chief for other income

levels building affordable housing on site and we need to use working people's money pension fund money to benefit the working families and fought for working families throughout they career and tenure on this board and excite to put those values to work and want to thank rudy from the construction trade and their entire leadership alex and the work he did to get us here to the finish line and thank ted from 9 and scott over the last couple of years along with greg wagner and his team and ted chandler and carol for the work this was not an easy piece of election took. to go

through the process of conversation and lastly, i'd like to thank supervisor chan for her 345ed co-sponsoring we've done together on that with that colleagues the roast i submit. thank you. commissioner walton and supervisor stefani submit thank you. supervisor walton submit. >> supervisor ronen. >> thank you, madam clerk. colleagues as you can see especially, after we just wrapped up the bills and hearing now we're in the final stretch of of our budget process and this year really is unusual because we started off with facts and circumstances a mid-year budget cuts to city manager's report. >> with so that really created a new economic reality for all of us so i and request to the

public and city departments how we have to control our spending and not no longer add to our structural deficit or we'll be facing and refiscal cliff and, you know, we heard some of the difficulties due the hearings we had i think another level of clarity of what we really are face to face in 2025 frankly the departments the challenges of the department of public health is facts and circumstances one part of entire budget deficit we have to tackle and want to bring a greater transparency to make sure that the public knows that we all know the work that is involved that the committee and what we're trying to do when we

talk about spending reduction and to that evens i'm grateful for the all the members of the budget and prediction committee they did the hard work and spending hours of hearing and listening to me repeating my message every day and to every single department and i want to say i'm grateful that to supervisor walton showing up on time and grateful to (changing captioners. please standby)

really what the budget is going to do is make adjustments tomorrow to the budget in the committee as well. but this way is allowing the public can raetd through in a less technical manner in the motion. we heard about the sugary drink tax, we seek to restore those funding.

we have heard that there is, a reduction in drinking keeper initiative. we want to figure out what we can do to also restore that, we have conversations about workrs right, specific engagement and so on that, is particularly is funded by the city of city administration, through grants tlut grants, office of immigration, immigrant affairs and arts commission and enforcement. so we hope to through this process, through this motion to restore funding as well. we have heard time and time again and thank you to supervisor preston is really championed op this issue to see what we can do and advocate for our community ambassadors who really been a longstanding program, and longstanding ambassadors for neighborhood out of downtown in bay view, visitation valley, mission,

sunset, mid-market tenderloin and china town. and we seek to restore that. we also know that there are workforce development program that was reduced significantly not just with the office of workforce and economic development, but there is also, program workforce development program reduced in human services agency, mayor's housing of housing, community development and we want to restore those as well. we know those are job opportunities for young people, low income households and immigrant workers. we definitely know and understand that, the emergency rental assistance and women and victim services transgender, housing subsidies these are critical services we seek to row store those as well. --restore those as well. we talked about food access and neighborhood base grocery access and neighborhood program, we want to restore those programming.

like supervisor safai had talked about, in fact a resolution that we all supported to restore the fund thating was reduced by the rfp process and really just, really the because of tackling the deficit by the department of children youth and their families, it is through this motion that we want to, restore those funding too. we have heard, i think many of you have received letters, and saw that there is also a reduction for those who do out reach and work in service and survey and understanding and you know, feel the complaints for those who live in single occupancy buildings and really and the cohen forcement program. we understand there is reduction is there, we're look to go restore that. we're also looking to restore fund thating were reduced that

is funded bid the utilities commission, urban agriculture and food justice program. colleagues, it's not an easy task, i want to* to be very frank but i am so grateful to the budget and appropriation committee who really have been, so respectful in collaborative and in a man thaer understand that it's those tough decisions when see no to structural deficits and items that coming to us that will add to the struck tower al deficits. i know those were difficult times for the last two weeks, it's been hard everyday for the committee. so i really again, hope you can join me to thank our committee members and for the thankless job to its never never fun to cut spending. it's, it's very difficult and i

also want to say this, even with make these appropriations through the motion and through the action tomorrow at the budget committee, i want to be very clear though, these are actually one time restoration. it is not an going restoration, we will still be back in january 2025 to tackle the very same issue. these are really one-time funding, one-time restoration, but as you can see it's already taking a lot in order for us to do this work just for this one year. the challenges we may have alleviate some but not all, because the deficit is coming, further deficit is coming. we will have to tackle them in year 2025 but for the time being, i think it's something that we can say, this is where

we're heading towards a fishing goal and last but not least, i want to express my gratitude towards the mayor's office budget director, you know, director ana and sophia, the two of them really been just great to work with. i'm really grateful for their work. i am also grateful to mayor breed for, you know, being open minded and really looking at this motion and looking at what we're trying to restore and to understand the needs and being collaborative in a man thaer we can approach this budget tomorrow. of course, i cannot do this without our controller greg wagoner, is amazing, it's like he's being doing this already. i'm grateful how he's been guiding us through technical adjustment and motions and process to kind of get us to

what we need to do but really in the best interest of our city. i think at the end of the day, what i'm grateful is, every one in this room right now at this moment, for sure, and really also the public and all the stakeholders and definitely every one in room 200, what i'm grateful is we have all are coming together in the best interest of the city, and how do we continue to make sure that we don't fall off that fiscal cliff. so colleagues, i hope to have your continuing support both for this motion which i'm grateful for super majority of the cosponsor but i'm also hoping if and when we have the budget wrapped up tomorrow tomorrow, knock, that you will be in support and vote in support of that budget as well. and the rest i submit. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor chan. supervisor dorsey? >> thank you. >> thank you madam clerk, let's

go to general public comment. >> at this time the board welcomes the general public comment, as we finished the hearing where we did the board took testimony on the medical and healthcare services. so that is no longer a topic for conversation during general public comment. you may speak to the may 21 meeting minutes as presented and items 32 through 34 the items up for adoption without reference to committee. and to speaking, you're also able to speak to general matters as well. all other agenda content as been reported out. we're seth the timer for two minutes, welcome. >> speaker: just to make sure, it is not a lot to mess with hers, grab your seat. now replay to this municipal as

many times you need to and you share as much as possible. there is going to be official coming from france, you're going to see, week in due time. i want to add, if the local situation, with the rights for the, rice and the organization of it, which is, an absolute, it's not listening, too bad, absolute insert to intelligence. in the last that took place q & a to two boys the questions coming from "new york times", we are in san francisco, you know, it's not the same anymore. all of is rigged, the next mayor will be either, or guys

who could product something at the time. you've been swimming enough through ramification of the political system here to at least create a situation, if you follow exactly what i said, but then you do it, i cannot do t.i'm not come petent, i'm proud, i excite to you that the pride is enemy number one of intelligence, because it's a product of denial, of ignorance leading to the trap which is, hypocrite, the trap from which i want to take you out. you need to you need to apply. >> thank you for your comments. welcome.

>> speaker: my apologies earlier, i was cleared by the city to come back to the fire department. this board seems to ignore my issue and enduring the current issue, my classmate beat the shit out of the person in the fire department and you have kept him in the job. i've been wrongful lea cueseded making threats, to the chief of the former department, for what? because of this letter, i spent in year in 850 which was acquitted of. i asked that this committee please reinstate my employment, this is against the law, i have rights as a protected class. i know the president of board of supervisors for years, there is a gentleman over here, supervisors so i'll ask again, please, do something about what's been rectified, the city owes me 11.2 million dollars in

back pay, please do the right thing. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker. >> speaker: good morning, board of supervisors, i'll be brief today. i'm christopher klein and earlier, i heard somebody mention l.ride acoustic dwie, it's a great military equipment and other equipment that is the city is using is called c5isr, the mayor's office is using and national guard is using. it's very problematic because it can take over any computer and command control and that is causing all of your problem, budget problem because there is no fair trade, that's why all retillers left, she is not louing fair trade. so any wai, the secretary of defense, can revoke that at any time and that is coming very soon, so good news.

today the surgeon declared a gun violence--emergency. friday there was a murder in san francisco. the reason i bring that up is because, there is a, it looks like there is a mini war between oakland and san francisco and all appearances that would be correct, however those incidents was caused by somebody in new york. so just be very concerned that technology is the number one priority they should be looking at. everybody should have a power point presentation that i sent. i'm asking the directer of public health and directer of human services to present in a close door meeting to the board of supervisor about the dangers of a i, thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> speaker: i'm a tenant

councillor out of community network, i'm here to express my strong support for renters for justice act and urge you to consider the vital tonser in addressle house hading crisis. costa hawkins incentivized landlords to push long term landlords out of their units and the black and brown communities being pushed out of san francisco. and being forced out of his home because he's not the tenant. the landlord, they will be rest to sub tenant could not afford it anymore. unjust displacement. closing the loop holds and preventing mass rent increase and displacement is crucial for ensuring more stable and fordable housing for residents. i urge you to stand you with

the renters of the city to create an equitable housing future for all. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. coalition representing over 20 organizations in the city. i am here in strong support for justice for renters act and urge all of you to consider its vital importance in addressing the housing crisis in our city. as a case worker, i have encountered clients who have experienced major rent increase which forced them out of their long term homes. this is an example of many tenants affected without loopholes created by the costa hopkins, it's driving up rents for every one and dis portion

ate lea februaryinging seniors and immigrants and people of colors leading to their displacement from san francisco. it's the act is a quick step in repairing state wide. the repair of costa hopkins will help close the loop hopes and prevent mass rent increases and displacement, ultimately ensuring more stable and affordable housing for residents. but passing this measure we can work towards creating a is it san francisco, where all communities can imagine and secure a future without the fear of displacement due to unaffordable housing. i urge all of you to stand with the renters of the city and support for renters act to create a more sustainable

housing for all. thank you so much. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, welcome. >> hello again, my name is pj i'm the work counselor with tom can, a coalition representing over 20 organizations. i'm here to express my strong support for the justice for renters act and to urge all of you to consider its vital importance in addressing the housing crisis in our city. as a workforce counselor, i see a lot of our community members who need job and housing support. work and housing goes hand and hand, san francisco needs workers for its economic recovery, we need to work together creating a san francisco where all communities with k imagine and secure a future without fear of displacement that working class families cannot afford. i urge you to stand with the renters of the this city and

support the justice for renters act to create a more equitable and sustainable housing future for all. also, please support supervisor chan's proposed resolution, thank you for your consideration of this critical issue. >> thank you, pj, welcome to the next speaker, please. >> speaker: hello my name is teresa delalus from so many can and resident of filipina district 6, i'm here to give you a bird's view of my experience. within a time frame of about 12 to 13 years, i went through four eviction processes together with my family and neighbors. one after another, new landlord after new landlord after the original passed away. the new landlords and reality leases were that aggressive.

and the landlord didn't just try to evict us but several other tenants had buildings that they owned at the same time. they were really, they want today flip and sell their buildings. do you know, do you think that costa hopkins will help protect our low communities of low income. absolutely no way. this is portal to malicious landlords and reality agency to see engage in their self interest with no concerns to tenants, go figures. our communities have experienced too much too many displacements. we're here to ask to you protect us. leaders should do their constituents and need. we want leaders to be hands-on to go walk in the streets to see to feel, to smell, to hear, the residents to be our pillars and champions, not just the ten parties and events.

god bless, every one, marami pok. >> thank you for your comments, welcome. >> speaker: hello supervisor, my name is ramon bonafacia a district 6 resident, and with one of the filipino councilors here in san francisco, our coalition representing 20 organizations in the city. i had the privilege of working closely with tenants who face challenges in our city, especially in the housing market and i'm here to express my strong support for the justice for renters act. i have witnessed or we have witnessed firsthand, the detrimental affect of costa hopkins and pushed landlords

tenants out of their units, leading to displacement of seniors and black and brown communities and i have seen impact on individuals who have faced major rent increase and forced out of their homes because they're not the original tenant, the unit where they stayed were built after 1979 or lived in single-family homes. i urge all of you to stand with the renters of this city and support the justice for renters act it is essential for safeguarding, the right of the tenants and a dressing to housing issue by passing this issue we can work towards creating san francisco where all communities can imagine and secure a future without the fear of displacement and affordable housing. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please.

>> speaker: also, supervisors, i'm a resident of district 6 and member of so manykay, i'm speaking for support for justice for renters act and i would like to urge all of you to consider vital importance in addressing the housing crisis in our city. costa hopkins was passed after two decades to repeal rent control. when we could not win a full repeal they focused on this bill and it's been the priority for the tenant. if you say, if you say, you if you say you'd support rent control, do you, then you should support the repeal of costa hawkins and authority to r*e enact the regulation that makes locally. please support the justice for renters with the renters of the city, this act will help create a more equitable and sustaining

housing system that tran sends our own borders bringing the cities together. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please, welcome. >> speaker: good evening, supervisors, i'm alan bianca. in d6 resident, so i'm here to strongly support the act and urge all of you to consider its importance in a dressing the housing crisis in our city. the repeal of costa hawkins will help close the loopholes and tenant protection and prevent displacement, ultimately ensuring more stable and, and affordable housings for, the residents. i, i urge you to stand with the

representativers of the city and support the justice for rent acts to create a more equitable and sustainable housing for all. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. welcome. >> speaker: hello, fred simer ed at housing rights committee. i just want to start by saying i'm really confused at some supervisor couldn't bother to call a single organization that defends tenants in their district and served thousands of tenants in their district over the last ten years. and instead lis tone some random republican at a hunters beach and a bunch of landlord talking points. we don't believe that you can be pro costa hawkins and pro renter. and neither most of the tenants in the city.

the tenant who moved with his boyfriend and 20 years later when his husband died, the landlord raised the rent 600 percent and lost his apartment. the couples in their apartment building who had, who lived in the apartment building for years had kids and when the kids were teenagers had to leave because the building was built in 2000 and was not under rent control. we also have tenants who have lived in buildings for 40 years and it's not under rent control. the tenant who was going to back to her abusive husband because she told me that she was not willing to be homeless with her young daughter. and she would rather have him hit her than to be homeless with her young daughter because of a situation that costa hawkins makes for us and upon hundreds and hundreds of

elderly tenants that walk into our office because they have targets on their back because the landlord can make so much money when they're being he viktd. --inconvicted. these investors even tell them to they will get the tenants out. the only thing rent control and the only thing stopping is costa hawkins. joi, thank you i'm tenants association member and i'm in district 3. i rell' really hope that you can oppose this costa hopkins

and i've always been told that why didn't hopkins go away. it's really important that tenants have this lifted and we need this very much. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, before you speak mark, is there anyone else that would like to address the board during general public comment, please stand up, otherwise mark is the last speaker, welcome. >> speaker: thanks. jesus said if any man serve me, him my father will honor. that's incredible, that's found in john 12. but i was very glad to hear that julian a song has been set free and he's one of the best journalist there are, he's better than james o'keefe or any of those guys. and he spent five years in a

three-meter by two meter prison sell, for 23 hours a day. man. but paul wrote this apisle but it's a letter to the romans and it says, what should we say that abraham our father is pertaining to the flesh is found, for if abraham were justified for his good works, he has for his glory but not before god. for what says the scripture, abraham believed god and counted on to him for right usness, now the regard not wreck end to grace but debt. if you work, your boss pays you for work. but god does not owe man anything except to kill him in and put him in jail. so he node that worketh not of

death but believeth that unjustified the ungodly his faith is counted for righteousness, even as david describes the blessedness from god, saying blessed are they who is inequities are forgiven and sins are covered blessed is the man, i'm so blessed that precious blaof jesus christ has washed away all of my sins. i was a very wicked teenagers, i had broken all ten commandments. >> thank you mark. >> seeing no other public speakers, public comment is closed. >> clerk: items 32 through 34 were introduced for adoption without reference to committee unanimous vote is required for

adoption on resolution on first reading today, alternatively, a member may require to go to committee. >> madam clerk, would you please sever item 32 and on the balance--i'm sorry? >> clerk: amendment? >> supervisor walt. and item 33, is that what he said? no worries and on item 34 a roll call please. >> clerk: supervisor engardio? aye. mandelman? >> aye. fell gar >> aye. >> peskin. >> peskin aye. >> supervisor preston, preston aye, supervisor ro anyone, ro anyone aye, supervisor safai, safai, absent, assumes stefani, stefani aye, supervisor chan, walton, aye. and supervisor dorsey? dorsey aye, there are ten ayes.

>> the motion is approved, [gavel] madam clerk please read resolution number 32. >> clerk: this is for a proposition for november 5th, 2024 ballot and san francisco support for the repeal of the costa hopkins rental house hading act. >> supervisor preston. >> thank you president preston in light of the early departure of supervisor sa fai i would like to move this item to next meeting. >> move to, can we take this without objection. >> clerk: to july 2. >> continued one week to july 2. can you please read item 33. >> item 33, as proposed black caucus based on the reparation

task force. >> supervisor walton. >> i have one amendment to item 33, on page 1, line 10, remove the letter d after damage to read damage versus damage and this is non substantive. >> is there a second for that motion? sektded by supervisor, don't let it die, mandelman, we will take the amendments without objection and on the item as amended same house came call, the resolution is passed a manneded. madam clerk can you please read the imperative agenda? >> clerk: yes, we're commending and honoring san francisco control and her declare july 1, 2024 as deputy controller day in the county in san francisco. >> and certify as provided by

the sunshine ordinance that this resolution is purely commendatory and there, that this matter came to the attention after the agenda was posted, madam clerk, do i need to make a motion to that affect or just make the finding? >> clerk: both findings can be taken with one vote, mr. president. >> excellent to a motion to find the sunshine moved by super ronen and seconded by supervisor mandelman. >> i imagine that everybody would like to cosponsor. >> yes, if there is no objection, we will list every member of this body as a cosponsor and we can even affix supervisor safai. >> clerk: we will alphabetically. >> perfect and if supervisor safai is not happy, too bad.

and there is any public comment on todd day on the first day of his retirement, seeing none, public comment is clodes. on the item, same house same call, resolution is adopted. are there any memoriam? >> clerk: yes, today's meeting will be for mairnt laba, on blaf of supervisor peskin, for the late nasery david. on behalf of supervisor safai for the late ms. rose anne harris. >> we are adjourned. [gavel]

>> nice to see you here and we welcome to june 18, 2024 meeting of the san francisco health commission. secretary morewitz, will you please call the roll? >> commissioner green, present. commissioner guillermo- [roll call] >> thank you. now read the land acknowledgment. >> thank you commissioner green. the san francisco health commission, we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pur