you don't fuck around. you went to the were you literally tell me thatñ in here? i've been after you for weeks. yeah okay. good mor will come to order. welcome to the july 22nd, 24th regultee. i'm supervisor safaí, chair of the rules committee. i'm joined by vice chair, supervisor walton and our and supervisor, aaron peskin. the clerk is victor young. i'd also like to thank eugene labbadia at sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements this morning, yes. public comment will be taken each item on this agenda. when your item of interest comes up an)fd pu please line up to speak. alternatively, you may submit public comment following ways. email them to myself. the rules

committee clerkyoung at sfgov. org. if comment via email it will be forwarded to as part of the file. you may also send your written comments via us mail to our office in city hall. when doctor carletonoom 244, san francisco, california 94102. please make sur all cell phones and electronic devices items acted upon today are expected to appear on the board of supervisors agenda on30 otherwise stated. that. thank you, mr. clerk. please call i one. item number one is a charter amendment. their draft to amend the charter of the city and county of san francisco to percentage for benefit calculations such that persons who have or will becomee department on and after january 7th, 2012, reach a hig factor percentage at an earlier age, lowered from 58 to 55. the retirement age at which persons who have or will beco members of the fire department on andr january 7th, 2012, reached the highest age factor percentage and electionbehe november 5th, 2024, there was a request that this matter be sent out as a

committee report 100. i don't think there's any more presentati lot of was discussed in committee last week open it up straight for public comment. mr. clerk. yes, members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up to speak. at thiseach speaker will be allowed two minutes. there will be a soft chime when you have 30s left andpuder chime when your time has expired. what's the time? two minutes, two minutes. a lot of time talk to the public directly here what happened here? first of all, i'm here this morning to defendight decision. i like to pause your time a i beg your pardon? any political activities are prohibited in this chamber. you may not advocate or speak against any candidate9 are speaking on this ballot measure but you cannot speak a during this meeting i was supporting the supervisor ballot measure you ca hardcore hardcore here. in your old age, the again. okay. i would love toand firefighters get all kinds of

money, and but the problem is, i don't want to see on the backs of the crippled, blind and crazy. and that's what they're doing here. theynsultant came to them, and the consultant said, hey, what the can get you anything because everybody's running for higher of to their own office. i'll get you, aaron. i'll get you the head of the board of supervisors to support the most liberal asian to support this something. and they can't afford to say no. but againfor giving more money to safety services, but , blind and crazy. then the cops said, we'll back and said, why not make it five years instead of three? and the firefighters said we want to retire]d years early. he said, no problem at all. well, how about you refigure our we only have to get invested fo last year we'll get the money for that. no problem at all. all. we'll move in three.ou'll be the only one in the city. these items are ridiculous on their face. and the fact that they're. thank you

very much, victor. thank you. next speaker. good morning, supervisors. my name is of the san francisco firefighters, local 798, i want to j thank you again for all of the work that has been done very important to our members and very important to what we have idteenti!8ed number one killer of firefighters in this country. so thank you for all of of the conversation that's gone back and forth. you know, i this is to all of our members, to the health and well-being of the fire service as a whole. so it's greatly appreciated as the work does i just have to rise to say thank you for all ofo do to help make the city better and help make ouré jobs, better for the health and well-being of the workforce.thank you. any morej individuals want to comment on this item? seeing none public hand it over to president peskin, i just want to say we haven't updated report from the comptroller, given the c made. and

so in the first year ofter amendment would be a 3.7 million. so this is something that sta out over $10 million a year. want to thank the firefighters local 798 and supervisor stephanie's office getting this to a point where it isome down significantly almost $7 llion a year. and one of the things that was left of the conversation, i just want to underscore it, is the amount of money theys for claims that are put in for cancer, and cost to the city. so in some ways be some savings in the long run, and as i said that i was not aware of even being on so the amount of cancer exposure being the numr one leading cause of death for firefighters is unacceptable. and we need to be doing everything we can to fight this.ñ% in harm's way. so i'm 100% supportive of this charter amendment. i think it's the

right thing at this moment when we're trying to save lives. you as someone that's 51 years old i couldn't imagine carryi weight running into a burni life. so i just want to say55 seems about the right age for individuals have the right to retire and retire and have their body and health and mind in order without having to experience peskin, thank you. supervisor much what i was goingually thank the members of ronen, for doing precisely whatmmittee should do which is to take a piece of legislatioeg compromise. and i think all of that this committee made did just that is before us as supervisor safaí said, fiscal sense. it makes policy sense, it makes i believe in out years actually going to save the city money. so with that, i am prepared to vote to for full board of supervisors. and then finally, let me just say a about, my

experience on the board ofs and former board president matt gonzalez called me, it has been the decades of the rules committee to forward ballot measures to the full board for the entire board of supervisors to decidethe with recommendations of do not pass. they have recommendations to pass it. they have come with no the sacred act of determining whethert or a general obliga go to the ballot is really an obligation of the full board of supervisors and shouldn't be bottled committee is here to take public comment, to make the amendments that this committee made, but ultimately to leave the whether or not to put it on the ballot to the fullf the case as long as i've been around is now pretty much a quarter of a century. so, i'm, i'm glad that things are getting

to the full board a i got to bite my tongue after your comment there a charter amendment in the past that we can talk about later. anyway, call the roll, mr. clark, and we want and i want to make a motion to send this item to the full board with a positive recommendation as a committee report. yes. on a motion to recommend as a committee report board of supervisors. vice chair walton walton i president. peskin i, peskin i chair safaí i safaí i the objection. please call number two. item number two is a motion ordering submitted to the held on november 5th, 2024. an ordinance amending the administrative code to establish a first responders student loan forgiveness fund for the ptanding student loans and job related education expenses incurred while employed by. for employees who are sworn members of the p or sheriff's department. paramedics registered nurses or 911 dispatchers, superso coordinators. thank you, mr. clark, this is my item. so i'm

just going to say a few words real quick. first, i want to supervisor walton, being my lead co-sponsor on this item, this initiative ordinance would administrative code to establish a first responder student loanveness and ongoing education fund. we all6 tions, e 911 dispatchers paramedics and emts, police officers, firefighters nurses and deputy sheriffs. public safety and health care ecosystem are severely strained. because of this, we need creative incentives to prevent a and ensure that we can attract and reta, qualified candidates to serve our city's public safetygá real financial relief by covering sten out student loan debt and job related educational expenses for city employees who are sworn members of department, sheriff's department paramedics, emts, registered nurses and 911 dispatchers. both supervisors and coordinators. ese are all the people we count on every single day, and we must prioritize

proper qualify, an applicant would n categories. after january 1st in 2025, and workt least three years, the goal is to build up this fund to 25 million and to $25,000, per bottom line is we must respond, first responders, and we our first responders. and i think this is a positivep retain that we need to get back touasic e critical ecosystem. and, and i just reason we're putting this on the ballot today is we'veorward other administrative code changes and funds, that mayor has ignored. and i want to make the opportunity for our citizens of san francisco our resident directly and declare this a mandate very similar with prop i, very similar to what we other ballot measures that stated very directly, that the voters will would be that we would create this and we would have aow through. and so whoever the next mayor will be, we would want them priority. since we've passed the budget season. now so with that,,

thank you. supervisor safaí, so i am prepared to offer this to the full board of supervisors to vote on, but ic have, a long h be used only for things where the ballot is required, where ability to pass a law. so charte to go to the ballot because only the voters cio bonds need to gollot because only the voters can pass a general obligation bond. initiative ordinances are what we do here every day, and i support this legislation. but we could pass itrvisors. it doesn't need to go to the ballot. this i think you have the support to pass boa of supervisors. and it doesn't need to be an appendage to could just be doing our jobs right here. thank you. supervisor. thank you so much. chairst want to say that i am, excited to support this. i

think that we saw the federal government step up for a lot ofacross the country to make sure that we could forgiveomething that really keeps a lot of our our families from being able to get ahead and be successful. and so i appreciate us being able to do something at the local level responders. and i look forward to supporting moving this to the ballot. thank you, mr. clark, can you open up thisment if there is any yes. members of the public who wish to should line up to speak at this time. eacher be a soft chime when you have seconds left and a louder chime when your time has expired. are there any members of the public who would like on this matter? i do not see any speakers at this time. great. i close public supervisor, i would only add had this come with a funding mechanism like proposition i, a new source of funds, or with ach?auld require a charter amendment, it would the ballot. but this is a just creating a fund without a source o again, i think this is

something that we coun at the board of supervisors. thank you supervisor peskin. i'llinly didn't want to overload the ballot with anyts f given the amount of charter amendments that are coming that have to do with 911 call operators and nurses and our firefighters and others, we don't want there to be any confusion in that regard and that 100, this can be taken care of but we wanted a mandate from the voters so i appreciate that. th motion to send this item to the full board with positiven that motion, vice chair walton a, president peskin. no peskin. no chair. safaí i thank youn passes with president peskin dissenting in committee. please ce. yes. ier appointing one member term ending november 30th, 2024 to the ballot simplification committee. we have one seat, one applicant, pamela troy.hj seat one. is pamela here i don't one

moment. let me double check. a response to my request to extend. okay. somewhat of a bind in terms of time. maybe we ca this item and call the next item. we'll come back to this one. do you know anything about this? i do not, but i would process works with, with the ballot simplification, with the[c insofar as this has to be a the national academy of television arts and sciences, that a choice, and we do committee coming up. so i don't think we o, no, i know 100. i just wanted to give her an opportunity if she was on her way to, to speak. so we can come back to thiste sounds good. yeah. okay. if you can, please call. item four. yeah.

okay. yeah. let's item number four is a hearing to consider appointin ending june 1st, 2026 to the reentry seats andqs think we give people the present themselves, and then we it one by one. so do you have the order, yes. we can on the agenda if we can. if i can call taylor james i'd like to request i assume that the chair is acceptable to trying to limit your comments to approximatel2iy two minutes. if possible. good morning. my name is tyler jamesart senior. i am both a formerly incarcerated individual and a productive and contributingember of my community of napa county, california. the know the nortancisco bay area. i'm grateful to speak before this committee tog day to highlight the reasons why i should be appointed to seat onety and county of san francisco, california. is in the

california department of correctionsn from the age of 19 until the age of 29, for the crime of degree attempted robbery. i was a first time offender at the timehad no subsequent convictions since my release seven years tell you now that i'm a survivor in life as a victim despite the ten years i spent incarcerated in our state's prison of my arrest, i was a product of my poorf course, but also that of intergenerational trauma and physical substance abuse related issues factors. most 19 year of. i know i certainly didn't at that time ve earned a bachelor's degree in sociology with an emphasisolicy from the california state university, chico, where i'm currently completing my administration in health care management. additionally, since release, i have worked extensively, returning inside local jails and prisons providing trauma informed and rehabilitative services. in my local jail in juvenile hall well as inside the cdcr at san quentin state prison, cmf ande creek state prison in ione california, and at solano california. i have developed and

overseenti-site service, enhanced homeless shelter operations across napa, solano and sonoma counties. i have overseen diversion programing for at risk youth funded by the napa county district attorney's office, and i currently sit on the juvenileil. sb 823 subcommittee for napa countyr of operations for an 80 bed behavioral health treatment in napa, california. in the interest of time i will concludeccessfully navigated reentering my community and have helpedrly incarcerated individuals to do the same. i believe thats made on this council will not only affect the city and s, but also our entire state. i lasting and meaningful change is going to happen for our community7dhe reentry and justice reform space, this is where that will begin. thank you. thank you. questions from. the project. thank you, next on the applicants list is jeremiah anthony davis. in the room at

this time? there is no response. moving on. the next on the list is. rahsaan thomas. okay. next on the list is tabora morris. morning. my name is tabora morrising for seats two, three and four. that guy who just applied for seat one, i he'sal am, let's see here, one of the things that i wanted is i like to thank thank you guys for being opportunity to possibly serve on the reentry council, if given this opportunity, i will use myself as an example of has been working, and what also needs help. and since my incarceration, during my incarceration been from the first day working on my'; reentry back into society. and to me, basically that's when

the first step one of the things about living in san is that i've had the privilege of, fortunately to have heard from others from other cities and areas and the resources thatha we have available in san francisco. and i was also able to give my input to various ition that i had, i can attest to evenith all the resources that that we have to offer, there still are necessities that wasn't and currently are still notry programs that i have experienced personally, let's see, for seat two, i have an expertise in providing services for individuals exiting the criminal justice system resources and information. personal knowledge and also research. and for individual previously that i actually know and others that i seat three, i was, i have been recently custody in march of this year. so for there. and, seat four. unfortunately, i'vead multiple prison terms and that would be myrth one in itself. let's see. currently, i'm enrolled in thecore

worker program over at city college. on journalism two, i like to help any way possible that i can with used for helping people i like to participate in that and actually get an opportunity to do so all right. thank you. next on the list speakers is tyler john charlton. i'm moving on to the next speaker anthony party. good morn is anthony party. i am citizen, just getting done federal prison. so that qualifies me for, seat number four, i've been times. so i have experience the troubles that those who are in and out of prison actually have. and so i've also, during

incarceration, equipped myself witht would allow me to actuall in which i am now, i've been out of prison for i am i still know what the bunk feels like, and food tastes like. and so therefore, i have a the ability to relate to those who have sufferedjf those particular consequences that, of course they put on themselves, i am the president of barated, which is a publishing company, and we you$/ know, utilize social reform. and we work withat inm incarcerated to give them tools andkills that will ultimately helpad a better life in society, one of the things is financial literacy, which is something that i teach curriculum that i believe can be utilized on thisividuals further prosper, i have also worked with an organization called returning cly with the san franciscoare

done speaking engagements all over california, in my time being chico state. i've worked with job corps, helping the youth t to be able to elevate their themselvesve that i am definitely qualified i have to bring to this committee to ultimately help those return to society. thank you. thank you. next on the list of speakers is billy hong lee.. hi. good morning everyone. my name i for seats one, two and four. so for c one it asks, if i identify as a survivor of violence or crime. do. for c two it asks for, providing services to criminal justice system. so i've been out for to years, of after incarceration, i have been pursui attending san francisco state university, where i am a organization called project rebound, influence of

higher education not only with recidivism also how the formerly incarcerated reconnects back ones and the impact they may have to their numbers and diving into the humans that the statistics represent four, i have multiple incarceration times. i was incarcerated first at in 2008 when and then my second term was in 2014, where i spent tenen out, i have worked very closely with people experiencing homelessness because i believe that recidivating is having a place to live. so i was the department of homelessness and supportive housing as a brown fellow, during that time, i learned so much, so much on how to help people not slip through the cracks. and i am also a house manager with the bayview hunters point foundation for com i'm working very closely with people who are experiencingwh experiencing homelessness, i have a?]ing people who are reentering society. i believe that compassion ability0d accountability, you know, a lot of us were successful as

positive members of society. and now that, especially during my incarceration, where i was parthe delancey street program i learned how to transition back into society. i would like back into society in a positive way. i have a very always trying to think of solutions, you know, solution, solution solut are a lot of problems out here. and through the reentry council that's what i'm trying to learn. i'm trying to figure out all the problems out here my skill set to help others who are transitioning back int society so that we can help people who really want to live positively and try to,shat has with people who are incarcerated. thank you thank you. we'll call please call the next person. yes. next onll. isaac lee. i'm moving on to the next speaker is lorenzo juan castaneda. next next. good morning. good morning. ohe. oh good. perfect, good morning y'all my

name is lorenzo. first and foremost, i'm, i'm a native out muwekma ohlone. this is, my family's been here generations and, ever since i years old. i've been incarcerated, off and on. i got 17 years behind the wall. my addiction and criminality]t/ for a little over 29 yearnow what it's like to transition and to reenter society, reenter back in the community. i'm applying for seat one. seat two, and seat four. i qualify. i qualified all the way around. i, right now, ion center, i'm working on a nonprofit for reentry. and i'm also, i also been in recovery going on three years now, so i

discharged, probation. parole. i've been many instituti up and down california and instead of doing it consecutive. multiple terms, multiple violations. so i know exactly firsthand i have insig and information on how to really help the people. and i don't, strong opinions or biasness against, harm reduction. i feel like it's not working rightbring to the table is something that works. thank you. thank you, next speaker is lucas cruz hi, everybody. my name is lucas cruz. i'm originally fromy5 rk. i've been homeless on the streets of san since the age of 16. i've been to in and out of jails and programs, some of which are highly reputable. yet were unsuccessful. and after a long stridete of

young adult court. i've been years now currently attending the academy of art university, where and i'm currently employed by positive directions equals advisory and push a reast and alcohol across facilities by the reentry population. after participating in working underneath the reentry umbrella i've come to understand that when we provide resources for people and create systems, we begin to organize the natural the focus is not only the justice involved individ surrounding context and community around them. i believe that toughollaborative process, not in an attempte next big thing or become the next big thing, but simply doing what makes sense us. we can facilitate a form of recovery for everyone and a s]#ense ofor all. thank you nick. next speaker. .

name is michelle maxwell, and i am a formerly incarceratedi'm applying for seats one and four, i, i began i began mypk still a juvenile. that was how it began. and i was in a, i had a lot of trauma in my life and, some addiction issues, and, i have been was a victim of crime in my family, until i left at and came here to san franciscoi did my first prison term when i was 23, and my final p was 41, and that was eight. for eight years. i've been out for three years, and since i've been out close to getting my bachelor's degree at the university of california and i work now with homeless individuals, shelter. i have regained parental rights to while i was incarcerated. sorry. and, i am here because i think

that women h a unique set of issues that they face in re would like us to have a voice in th lot of experience. and i have i haveover three years now and i'm still continuing to, advance and progress, and i just feel like i canto this council. and i hope that i. thank you. any question? okay. please call the next person thespeaker is jonah pulido. my name is joannayp pulido. i'm applying for seats four of the reentry council. prior to incarceration, i held jobs in customer service in supervisory and managerial roles. i also worked as an analyst in charge

of public records for the state of california labor respectively. i also taught sunday school for 20 years. things took a turn for thingsfter i was sexually assaulted by a family membert one, iunty and am a survivor of domestic violence and assault for seat three. i was just recently released from san francisco county last year on january 31st, 2023. through citywide at the castle, specifically, was the main sou support for my transition into the community fort four, i have served multiple terms of incarceration over the course five years, two counties in californiain nevada, and a state prison term in florida. currently, i counselor with rams at the community justice service center. it is my firm starts from behind the walls of inc reentry council can help to put programs in in the right places at the right

times, to help stop recidivism. i hope to be a role, aaven't found theirs that are hidden behind barrier of having been justice involved. thank you. thank you, next, speakers is emilio bustamante. goodning. members of the board of supervisors. my name is emilio bustamante, and i'm honored here to honored to stand here and express qualifications in becoming a member of the reentry council in seats 2 or 4 as an incarcerated reintegrating into society, i believe i bring a unique perspective and understanding to the table specifically in creating equity within the criminal justice system, has my commitment to advocating to fair and just policies. i'm excitedoug collaborative, creative, and successful reentry programs inn francisco, because i know that this county has served as a r the changes first brought

by adult realignment, although i'm not a resident of san fran for the prison law office in berkeley, a consultant for various legal firms or organizations in theso grew up in san jose. i served nine years. i've been out of custody for eight years. a master's degree in public policy and a bachelor's in economicse that when coupled with my employment skills necessary to analyze legislative issues andfective solutions. and i believe that byeveraging my personal experiences education and expertise, i can co to the council's underlying missions. i'm also ready to work and collaborate with stakeholders and policymakers and promote rehabilitation and reduce recidivism. and that bell, i think, is the limit. right. so thank you for your consideration. thank you. our next speaker is james lawrence logan jr. james logan, are you

present at today's speaker. erin mccall is unable attend today's meeting. next speaker is jamie harrison. sutter.ing. my name is jay sutter and i am seeking appointment 4. i'm a formerly incarcerated member of this community aent five years addicted to crack cocaine andarrests, over a five year per of 2021 and have since worked as a reentry employment specialist here in san francisco, and i've helpece involved individuals find viable employment here in san here today for several profound reasons. most importantly, weere to create measurable outcomes for those exiting incarceration in an prevent recidivism. recidivism is not ans9 a vacuum. recidivism creates more victims. it creates additional casualties of addiction, property, crime, and violence. if we want to reduce recidivism in our communities wetive and culturally responsive ways to empower those people most likely to recidivate. that would be me

and other members that are my first priority as a seated member of employment based fair chance policy in the city and while the ordinance effectively box and prevents employers from inquiring about a candidate's criminal history prior to a jobthermore mandates that employers notify of a candidate of the right to upon adverse action. there is no mandate made upon employers to to the appeal. without this response. mandate. an appeal can and often does go ignored. the lack of a respormines the entire ordinance as a candidate's righte that employer acknowledges, reads, considers, and replies inwriting to any appeal made by a job candidate in a reasonable response mandate exist in legislation and policies adopted atth california. in los angeles county, employers are required five days to a candidate's appeal against a notice of adverse actionten assessment, a mandate that provides a foundation and an employer, greatly increasing the chance of a fai hiring, practice and reentry employment. i implore county of san francisco to adopt an ordinance

of similar integrity as we should be the employment, given our reputation as the world's most progressive and compassionate community.. thank you, the next is rodney rice rice, nextthe speaker list is, david moroff.mbers. thanks for on behalf of seat six, which is not for me, but for our agency, the san francisco pretrial diversion project. we al$ serve on the reentry council san pretrial is a nonprofit, community based organization that serveseople exiting the san francisco county jail. we serve approximately 5000year, through our judicial services, diversion case management, and or teams. and we're really excited to be part of thisthe organizations involved, in addition to the work we do we've been doing for 50 years, we've really tried to transition to meet the needs of our clients

that are exiting tl programs like out of county treatment that are covered outside of medicare, to get people support outside the environmentsxposed to addiction and mental illness, stabilization housing so that when people do come out of jail they have an opportunity to rest get connected to our services. we have a team work in the streets in the community to help people where they are and get them connected to services, enhanced care able to do full person care through medi-cal billing, we've added additi clinicians, and we're also about to open a new office space, which we're cal and healing center, to provide more opportunities focx under one roof and bring in new partners to the space. so we consideration for our seat on the council. my the person will be serving when i'm not available isoa who's our director of strategic partnerships, joanna has a loved one in the san francisco county jail and has also community for many years in working in this field. so thank you thank you. are there listed today who have not yet spoken speakers?

who is the applicant to this body who has not yet spoken? i believe we have all of li spoken who are present. any members of the on this item? members of the public who wish to speak speak. at this time, each speaker will be allowed there does not appear to be any public comr this matter. peskin. thank you. chair safaí and supervisor walton and particular thanks applicants, all of whom i there's seats on the reentry council. i'm always impressed and touched by people with lived experiences who capacity and make things better and advise onpolicy i always say, i want tof you, but having said that, we can only appoint fivend i just wanted to share with my colleagues as to how to go about that. obviously, having

diversity of, race and gender, is part of other thing is tha, if we can, to emphasize and appoint folks who live in n so that i justy colleagues. i know we have a bunch of tough choices but that's kind start thinking about this. and i'm happy to make suggestions, but we'll defer to my friends on this panel. slton thank you so much, chair safaí. andne want to thank everyone who submitted an application to serve, we do truly appreciate everyone wanting to step urtant council. and so just want to thank all of you for as president, peskin stated, obviously, we have i definitely like, hearing from all of you and hearing about your experiences and know and understand, that you are qualified to, to be in these seats. and so i want you to know

that if for some obviously there are a lot of opportunities to serve here just want to encourage you, of course, to continue.si to submit your names to continue to stay involved, because something might open up that is exactly for you, and timing may be may be appropriate. and i also, am again pleased to see so many applicants and excited that you want to serve here in san francisco. but like supervisor peskin, most certainly, do show live in san francisco for several different reasons. but, that we appreciate all of you and we have a tough decision to make. thank you. yeah i can only imagine it's not easye your personal experiences, but when yo, it makes the whole community stronger. so really want you all for your courage to coming out and sharing your perso we could, we would put every single one of you on on the body, but we do have to defer to san

francisco residents. and so that's part of our part of our task here. sou think based on what we've heard, given the given the breadth of experience and by the way, many of the people that came here today, their liv@ó turning themselves around, their education, has been absolutely extraordinary. and i just want to thank you all for that, so what i would like to do is i'd like billy hong lee in seatparty and seat number two pulido and seat number three. and seat number four. and then number six. that sound good. and againhat was not included, please don't take this in any way as a6xience. given the circumstances, it's just, we'reo choose san francisco residents first and keep coming involved. and i just want to say, for those of

you that talked about harm reduction versus abstinence based and the work with positive directions and some of the other organizations, i've had the good fortune of working with positive directions. i was one of the loudest voices, along with my ervisor walton, to push forward some abstinence based sober living and recove alternative sentencing, so please keep advocating for that we do need a whole spectrum. harm reduction is> important for those that that can't move toward abstinence based to get access to methadone, in a more effective way, not having to wait. i know we're moving the assemblyman haney's have more access, which will access to recovery. so we have to balance it out. and perspectives that were brought here today. and please do keep doing the great work advocating for these, this community. so if i can have a motion, yes. just to confirm the it will be recommended with, billy lee to seat one. anthony

party to seat two. joanna pulido to seat castaneda to seat four. and david moroff to seat six. yes, on that motion, vice chair walton a walton i president. peskin i, i chair safaí i safaí i that motion passes without objection. thank go back to item number three, see if. number three is the hearing to consider appointing one member term ending the ballot simplification committee. we have one seat, one applicant, pamela troy. yes she is. yay bye, everyone. thank you. thanks for com today. thank you, thank you. we'll just wait one second. just let people file out. please proceed. hi. my name troy. i'm retired. i am the ballot simplification committee. i will

my i have a background in writing that covers both, some journalism, technical writth in the corporate and the nonprofit sphere as a writer who, you know with an emphasis on being succinct and clear, i consider the first duty of a writer and, am very keenly interested in the ballot simplification committee. i apologize for not being present because was at the committee meeting and was very interested in what election related, doing ele volunteer work. this includes, as far back as 2004, traveling to new orleans to work as a poll watcher during tha presidential election, and i feel very strongly about the need for a clear, transparent and above all lucid election process. great. any questions from committee

members? enjoy yourself. it is a it is a lot of. and i just want to say i'm i'm always astounded with san francisco and to learn about the mechanics institute. yes it's a wonderful institution. and it was for out of out of work gold miners. that's interesting. it's, you know, i going strong so far. i hope it will continue. and i do have i've retired, but i've maintained my m they can make space for some out of work supervisors. we would. we would welcome them. very definitely. all right. thank you. any members94 wish to comment on this item? seeing none public comment is closed make a motion to send this to the full board with a on the occasion of the 170th anniversary of the mechanicstitute. i support that there you go, chair safaí just to clarify, this is a motionwrint pamela troy to seat one for the ballot simplification committee. there this be sent out as committee report? yes, as

a committee report.ittee report. vice chair. walton, a walton. i president. peskin i i the motion passes without objeion. thank you. thank you for your service. thank you. ll item number five. item number five is aa motion approving rejecting the mayor's nomination for the reappointment of jose lopez t board of appeals for a four year t. there is a request that this matter be sent out mmittee report. great. so you have a couple minutes to say something about yourself. thank you. good morning supervisors i'm jose lopez seeking reappointment to the board of appeals. i first moved to san francisco in 2007, currently in the outer richmond. befoor several years in the bayview and the mission districts of districts ten and nine, as a childv immigrants, i have a deep value for to folks from all backgrounds. and i think that that the board of appeals has been successful

at that in the time that i've served including during di, we've been able to to, to realet lot of public input to decide matters in a timely manner. so that folks can move lives and their business, i'm currently serving as the president of the board of appeals, one of the initiatives that myself is to update our website to provide some more resources that are particular help to folks who appear before us withoutl and so i think that reflects that value for openness and accessibility, it would be a onsideration. thank you so much. i don't see anyone on the roster for go to public comment on this item? i will just i'll just thank commissioner lopez for his service. i watched the board of appethink that the board is discharging its duties an impartial

quasi judicial body. and i've been around and seen times when, it was politically charged and people were listening to their appointing authorities. but this is appeals that doesn't b doesn't seem to be subjt on the merits and the law. and so lopez, for your work and your service. thank you. appreciate that's a lot of hard work, with not a lot of recognition and acclaim and thanks. but this irtant work for our city. so really appreciate your ded. thank you, members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up to speak at this time each speaker will be allo good morning, good morning, supervisors. thank you for your service. my name is rick swig. i serve with commissioner loz onth just here to tell you that, commissioner lopez should be renewed, he does his reading which, in preparation for our

hearings, he!< l to, all of the t public. those in favor? those not so, he is he listens very clearly to the presentations ma and, and attempts to make decisions based on the statutes which are, invoked by the city of san francisco. he job of herding the cats. that's usthe his fellow commissioners as he is taken on the presidency. appreciate his leadership. we appreciate his participation. and i hope that you affirm his reappointment. thank you very much. thank you. are there any additional speakers for this matter? there are no addition speakers at this time. greatosed, i'd like to make a motion to the full board with positive recommendation, can we maybe we amend thisuo delete rejecting throughout the legislation amended, as a committee rep motion, vice chair walton

a walton i president peskin i peskin i chair safaí motion passes without objection. please call the nex the agenda is item number six. motion to approving rejecting president aaron peskin. nomination forto the building inspection commission for a two year term ending 2026. hi. good morning my name is kevin williams. i'm here to briefly speak with you about my application for reappointment to the buildingas way a background i'm an attorney with a practice n of tenants, consumers and small businesses andsenting tenants and small businesses here in san francisco, i've seen building and, dilapidated conditions and that impact that it can have on the residents ofh san francisco, i've served a year on the building inspectionçe sight and advocacy for the residents of san francisco. and i've taken that approach when reviewing

department action, considering recommendations on legislation appeal. if reappointed. i hope$ continue and expand that role, specifically, if reappointttempt to do what i can to improve the department's, budgeting, transparencyk to increase the channels of department i large in larger availablee public and ensure that all residents of san franciscoave access to inspection services, i'm available for any otherwise, thank you for your consideration. if i may chair safaí, i just wantms. who is qualified not on because of his experience on the commission, but because of his work as a tenant side lawyer, and i was proud to renominate him to the commission and hope that we are able to afford him to the full board with a positive recommendation. service. any o or

questions from committee members? seeing none, let's open up to public comment. yes. member of the public wish to speak on this itemhould line up to speak at this time. each speaker will be allowed two minutes. are there any speakers who would like to comment on this matter? there are no public commenters on well, thank you, mr. williams serve. again, i think this is a two year term to july for being the eyes and ears. i know attention to building inspection to tenants, i visited an sro just recently in chinatown, and understanding that there were advocates there that, you know tenantere to work directly with the commission, in the past, tby the mayor to cut the funding of that, those positions. i think it'ave a voice, someone that can communicate with cultural needs, and then also that information then gets sent back to department of building inspection commission so that you all can make the right

decisions in terms of oversight and effectiveness. having that voice on the commission and your commitmeank you. so i'd like to make a motion reappointment of mr. williams to themmission, and removing the word rejecting throughout. as a committee report as well? no. okay on the motion to amend to delete rejecting throughoun and to recommend, as amended, on that motion, vice chair walton a walton i presí i safaí i that motion passes without objection. please call the next item. next on the agenda is item number seven. motion to approving rejecting the moral nomination for the appointment of sean mcgarry to theg commission for a four year term ending july 1st, 2028, please. good. sorry. good morning supervisors of the my name is sean mcgarry, and i'm honoredsco planning commission. a little more informatio0 year resident of san francisco. orig

francisco in 1995. i'm a proud husband, a father of three. amazing.h are sfusd students. i'm fortunate enough t here in san francisco. all of this has. made possible by the fact that i'm a 30 year 34 year age of 16, i traveled to london and became an apprentice carpenter. one month after my 17th birthday. five years later i jo out as a journeyperson carpenter. i immigrated to san 1995 and joined the carpenters union in 1997. i've the construction industry as an apprentice carpenter, a carpenter, a foreman carpenter and i actually worke bank back in 2002. 2007, after an injury on the job, i became a union organizer for the nor-cal carpention. in 2008 i became a field representative for carpenters local 22. in010, i became the public sector field representative for carpenters loca and in 2022 i was offered the job ofers

local 22. in the private sector, my duty membership of the carpenters union working in san francisco, terms and conditions of the carpenters master agreement. the drywall master agreement and various project labor agreements in the publicy duty is to negotiate and maintain variousf understandings including the city and county of san francisco, san francisc district, university of california and the and trust. i look forward to working with the planning francisco as a planning commissioner, and i humbly?8 seek your approval in this process. thank you for your time this morning and any questions, any questions from any members, i mean, i this is an important appointment, so ills. so appreciate you stepping forward. just want to talk a little rezoning effort as it pertains to density and height. i want to give you a little moment to talk about that as it pertains to the housing element and how we're going to achieve that. so we have to start somewhere, and we have asc

massive hill to climb, we have a housing element already. it's beene/ to 1 by the board of supervisors. we here 82,000 units, we've been talking about, lacking for over a year now. so that's only growi we have to start by looking at transitidors that already have the infrastructure to take extra dense density or basically, we have to take a closer look lombard street, van ness avenue, geary boulevard, ju start somewhere and do that. but there's a lot to learn and everybody has to be involved. so i mean, specifically there's been a conversation around thinking about the transit corridors, as you said and density. what do you think are the right heights for those commercial roach that as a planning commissioner? so personally the richmond. so if you look at geary boulevard there, a good example would be arguello and geary, just shy of that, which would be theute of aging, ucsf that's

like a 6 or 7 story building thatut of place but geary boulevard does have an awful buildings. it's got a big infrastructure lot of the ground floors are i, i do bie series a positive ecosystem by having residential above commercial and existing area, getting preferential treatment as to g those ground floor units. so are you saying 6 to 8 store right height? i don't see it as a pro know, i don't it doesn't kill the skyline. and then what about in the pipeline? there's a lot of rsation about, streamlining the planning process. i mean, it seems as though that's been taken out of the city's hands nowh sb 423, something's code compliant now, for planning, it's going to be 90 days depending upon the size or 120 days so that's been kind of taken out of the planning department. but what about the 70 plus thousand units in the

pipeline. so it's basically we have 423 are basically has taken taken loc roof it. but what we do have is basically we'll have prevaili apprenticeship compliance, local hire helmets i and also people formerly incarcerated, of which we spoke3m, today, all of all of which would have all those people would have a place in the carpenters union or to actually build those units and hopefully drive down the price. they can actually afford to live in them so your response to the 70,000 units is in the pipeline to talk about the different people. there has to be opportunities, right? no, 100. but i but i'm the planning department's role in helping to u units? how are we going to get those out of the pip and start building them? besides opportunity, which i agree with you, is 100% important. we have at all levels, local government does haerious role toyor's office of housing. i

did, i believe is doing a great job. state could come in federal could federal could come in, but i would have notrol over that. but i would seriously be looking at it all possibilities to ensure that everything that can get built does get built, because we do have a problem. i've got three children i've got a house that going to grow up, they're going to move out. it's my job as a parent to ensure that they always know it's a safe. their back to. but they're going to meet their significant others and want to live somewhere themselves and we've got a proble and that that 82,000 is just going to growha to start somewhere. okay. great. so my last quonti is a lot of commissioners have different available, in the planning process when people have questions in the community and they're engaging on specific , what will your approach be when residents of the community or organizations or associations or others reach about specific

projects? how will you engage and how accessible will you be during the process? as a commissioner? i'm i'm aa representative at heart. i'm i'm totally accessible, i'm on the job site. if your p down. i have to sort that. sort out problem, i have to i have to find a solution. there's always ten reasons not to do something but you have to find that one. one reason to actually get past actually get the job done. that's just an inherent the me. so i will be totally available from oneeting the community to meeting developers, getting them up together. if the community has for instance, i see opportunities here today. if the community has helmets to hardhats in it, if they have formerly incarcerated, if they ha it, all of those the community parts or anyn of the community should have the right to actually work on the on the jo no, that's good to hear. i know that when some commissioners get they turn their cell phones off, they're no longer accessible. they're no

longer someone that wants to engage on the issues and they want to. oh, i'm reading the packet. i'm nottalk to anybody, but i think it's important, particularly when you're having neighborhoods to as a commissioner to make yourself available. soy i asked that question. so i'm glad to hear you say that. that won't be a problem, the membership i worked with in the field, they call me on my personal phone. they don't call me on my work phone. there you go. okay. appreciate that, commissioner any other questis from committee members? okay, great. thank you. we'll call y up if we have any other questions. thank you, any members of the public wish to comment on this item? please come forward. yes. members of the public who wish to speak and time. each speaker will be allowed two minutes. good morning.thony menjivar. i'm a proudber of carpenters local 22, san francisco native, raised in the mission district. i met sean mcgarry when i was going through my apprenticeship. sean was always helpful. he would always leads and contact information. one thing that stuck with me was sean always telling me to learn

my craft and master it. sean leaseback transparency and accountability. histhinking approach ensuring that every member's v are incredibly fortunate to have sean as a field representative at local 22. thank you for your time. hello. good morning. i'm standing in for charlie lavery, i'm a business agent. my name is ethan lester francisco building trades. it is le p stand in strong support of sean mccrery for the city planning commission. his nomination by mayorúçed is a testament to his years of advocacy, advocacy in service franciscans and has discernment in support of responsible development that benefits community businesses. as sean has risen through the ranks of carpenters union,al 22 to become senior field representative for a 4000

carpenters in san francisco, he has consistently advocated in improvement with living standards of his members. his experiences bring a perspective to all that will enrich discussions and decisions of the city planning commission. for these reasons confident that mr. mccreery will be an outstanding addition to the san francisco planning commission. thank you. a letter for the cle leave it at the podium. i will pick it up. thank you. good morningr afternoon? soon to be supervisors. joshuahs northern california laborers union, we from central valley to oregon and our san francisco local, local 261 submitted a letter of support as nomination of sean mcgarry to the planning commission and mr. mcgarry, we find someone who's not only

committed to the city's obligations and goals and aspirations to build the levels that's required by the housing element. but to so with creating good union construction jobs supporting labor standards creating opportunities forractors, all of which helped support ourocal e in our communities, bolstering the furthering our economic recovery, and having serveds the director of city build in the past, i can say that mr. ganizationally, with carpenters local 22, some of the earliest supporters ofy himself was responsible for bringing in tons of local residents from city build, academy and community partnerships into the union apprenticeship and their now successful journey lev some kids often run into mr. mcgarry at the parks and baskeball letic facilities. he's a really out there in the community, a family person raising his family and very connected. thanks. committee

members, good morning. thank you for allowing me the opportunity. please proceed. committee members. good morning. thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak today in support of sean mendez. i am a field representative from carpenters local 22. for over four years i've had the privilege of working closely with seanrepresenting workers across both the private and public as labor leaders our aim is to provide workers by safeguarding their interests equitable workplace. in our line of work, understanding the built environment and the broader needs of the community is rights of workers. i. this involves not representation, but also actively engaging range of perspectives. listening carefully is crucial for making informed decisions, collaboration, and building long lasting

relationships to a civic forum. thist sean brings to the table. his extensive experience and commitment to the community make him exceptionally well-suited for this role. i am honored to recommend sean who has truly been a great colleague and mentor. i respectfully ask that you approve the nomination for appointment of sean mcgarry to the planning commission. thank you. good morning, chair safaí vice chair walton and president peskin. my name is timothy rife. i'm a field representative with carpenters local 22. i'm here this morning to of the nomination of sean mcgarry to the san francisco planning sean 20 plus years ago as an apprentice. sean has always taken an interest in workers, you know, and back then. and as i went through my apprenticeship and i field rep his interest in workers t workers and workers well-being is you

know, outstanding, i've had the privilege of working with him as a field rep now for nine plus years, and he's alwayäers when they come in. and he sits and listens to will be a terrific asset to the planning commission, and he will be fully engaged. and i think, it's a great appointmen much for your time. are there any additional speakers on this matter ? there are no additional speakers. questions. colleagues seeing none. thank you, mr. mcgarry know that this is this is one of the commiss requires a significant amount of time. you don't need to. you don't need to come back up. it's okay. want to, it requires a significant amount of time.50aa real time commitment. the amount of info of impact that the decisions that you' presented

with. i think the level of experience you have the construction industry is really important. it's important to understand what it meansq to actually see a project get built from financing to construction to completion, so i think perspective of working men and women, i think that'ss important to have a voice that understands many of the things that labor has fought in these positions is important, and that's important to have that voice represented. you'll have to juggle. i'm sure there's times you're goi to have to juggle when your union comes and presents on an issue. d n a daily basis in the city. attorneys will b you as that presents if there's a particular job or project, you know, you'll right way. and i'm sure that that's not a big dealyou're going to be on the committee and being a voice for working men and appreciate you stepping forward. and as also a parent, the city and understanding the city's future, and that i'd like to say is the things that you talked about giving people opportunities that haven't had opportunities and

thinking about that when it comes to these+' jobs and the impact that these jobs have on community, is really, really important. i'm happy to support you today. thank you. and i you said you're going to have your cell phone on, because i don't like when the commissioners get on there for these jobs and all of a to be accessible to the community. they need to be accessible, whether they like what they're not, and then ultimately can hold their vote and say, i will on the facts, but i'm going to come and listen and hearxk you out. so the commissioners that i've worked over the years from the planning commission, the ones that have made themselves accessible, or the ones that i think were the most successful. so appreciate that. okay, so i think we need to send this, i'm going to make a motion, removing all the rejects, from this motion and send this item toan board with the positive recommendation. yes. on themend and recommend as amended walton i president peskin,yi i chair safaí i thank you i that motion passes without objection. please call the next. item

number eight is a motion approving rejecting themination for the appointment of amy campbell to the planning commission term ending july 1st, 2028. good morning, chair safaíce chair. walton. supervisor. peskin. my name is jessie minardi. i am not amy campbell. i am mayor breed's, bo commissions. and as i believe you, a, amy campbell, the mayor's nominee, is unavailable to here today as she is on a pre-planned family . and so, per an arrangement with the prior has prepared a written stat me to read on her behalf. before you read that can question? of course. is she planning on coming back anytim she week vacation. oh, okay. she is on a three and read her statement. i just, i don't know, whatever previous personally feel like. and we've talked with amy before from her previous

position. i know she comesc wonderful qualifications, very similar to the last line of questioning that i did with, the previousportant to have those things on the record and havefeel like that's why i asked, is she coming back anytime sooneting, next week, but go ahead and read the read the, letter and then i, we can talk amongst ourselves about how to how the best way to proceed is. sure. okay. and chair safaí, i was abbreviated version in the interest of time, but version there. so, good mornin safaí. supervisor peskin, please accept my sincere apology for not being able to attend this important hearing in person. i am currently overseas on a pre-planned family vacation. iot join you here today. the mayor's nomination to the planningmmission is a great honor for me and one i take very seriously. thank you for ñnallowing mcúe the opportunity to have the statement read on my behalf. by way of i amy campbell. i'm originally from the east coast but have lived in 20 years, 18 of which have been as a resident of san

francisco since 2011. i've called the castromy home, and it's where my husband and i are currently raising our two children. our neighborhood, and i've learned that the neighborhoods of san are what helped to make this city so special. professionally, i architect in the state of california and have bee my career has been focused on the built ways that existing buildings can be reinvented and made more relevant to meet today's needs. rr gensler a global design and architecture firm, where i also act as a director and practice area leader for building transformation and adaptive reuse. since the pandemic, i've grown extremelyhrough the conversion of underutilized office buildings, and i've had aominent voice in the local media discussion around what's next for downtownan fra. i believe my professional experience can bring a valuable perspective to the work of the commission. my expertise can he are visual and functional enhancements to the city, while alsoble and practical. in addition to communitf the real time challenges being faced by

various stakeholders developers, and nonprofit organizations. since november 2023, i've had the honor of serving on the historic preservation commission. my time on the commission has been deeply rewarding. i've learned the hearings prepared on each case how to listen objectively concerns, and the value of providing thoughtful and explanatory feedback to making my recommendations, i'm excited to perspective i've gained on the hpc forward with me to the planning commission to help shape the city's growth while still safeguarding each neighborhood, its people, and the unique sense of place. as i've learned on understand that many of the laws, rules and regulations arehese days, making this a particularly interesting time for the planning commission. and while we of the road, we can certainly do our very best to understand the the most informed recommendations that we can. to continue to grow and evolve. we also more housing for all people. everyone in the city carries the our growth reality. and i look forward to focusing on long utcomes in ensuring our efforts are directed towards creating meaningful and sustnat all scales while also preventing

displacemental diversity of our city. if confirmed, i look group so i can gain broader perspectives and better understand their concerns, ambitions outlook for the city. this will allow me to continue to make inform. this is a transformational time for the city and i am confident that i can helplanning commission. as an architect urbanist, resident, parent, and someone , genuinely cares about the people. i hope younor for me to serve the city of san and county of san francisco as a planning commissioner and enhance the qualitank you for your time and consideration, committee members, any comments or questions? so as i was saying befor not to make a decision today. and until she's back but unfortunately, she's out ofn for the next two weeks and we have no more meetings scheduledill say is, i do appreciate the fact that we did have an opportunity to have a

conversation with her. she was recently. it was within the last, like, what six months took office in november. yeah. november. sorry. . so it was it recent, but i do remember an extensive conversation with her and, and the thing that i appreciate, the had specifically. and then she's talked about th, was the focus on union square and how transition space that into more of a mixed use solution, i felt like it was a really thoughtful approach, and i think someone with her experience and background planning commission, sotjñ it's unfortunate that we were not able toe would have enjoyed that opportunity, as would i okaday with moving forward and putting héóning commission, i don't know what other committee members her extensively before she was. we nomination to the

historic preservation commission and was no issues. right. okay great. supervisor walton. okay will remove all, like, make a motion oh wait. we got to open up public cobe public wish to comment? oh, sorry. go ahead. are there any like to make public comment on this matter? not trying to stealo not see any speakers on this matter. public comments closed, so the rejecting language from the motion and sen the full board with a positive reyes, and a motion to amend and recommend as amended, vice chair walton, a walton i president peskin i peskin i chair safaí i that motion passes without objection next item. item nine is a motion to rejecting the mayor's nomination for the appointment of mike chen to directors for a four year term endinma 2025. mr. chen, please come forward, quick introductions

good morning.hair safaí, vice chair, walton and board president. chen. i've been nominated by the mayor to the directors, replacing succeedingbecause i believe in transportation essential connecting force between people. it connects san franciscans to jobs childcare, health care education, places of worship, and friends. i believe that transportation in sancoliable, convenient affordable, climate friendly and me i am a ten year rent hñof currently rent with my boyfriend near divisadero and geary in ay one car, one bicycle household every week i take transit, bike, walk and ride in4zriends cars to get around the city. i served on the sfmta for four years, and i chaired the body for two on theth my fellow council members to learn about different parts of the staff craft recommendations and present those recommendations to the believe my lived experiences can bring an importantn perspec currently lacks lgbtq and asianresentation. as a long time advocate in both

communities, i hope to giveoth groups so that together we can ensure that transportation in san franciscoyour time. and i look forward to your questions. many members. i have a few questions i'll start and i'll le. so the last time we appointed someone to the mta was janet. correct. and we had an extensive conversatio, redesign andwant to give you an opportunity to talk abo and what the mta did wrong and what. thank you for that opportunity. you know, with the mta has has done it's been it's been a job, i think trying to balance a lot of things. i think pri t sure that people are safe as they get around san francisco, as part of the agency's charter and as well to make sure that merchants havcess the loading access and, and access to, places for their employees to

get around. i think that currently, as my understanding the agency is working very closely, block by block with merchants to, to, to for the next iteration of valencia street most of the valencia merchants and bicycle advocates and t board with which is a side running bicycle lane. very heartened by the efforts that the agency is takingery single block with every single merchant to look at ev possible curb space, to maximize opportunities for merchants, for parking, for loading for parkleit i think the challenge is that the agency h the agency the first iteration with the center running bike lane was an effort to maximize as much for merchants, that saidd, you know, staff staff are are fallible. they cane learned a lot from that to say well it's not king, it's also about access. it's about loading. it's about other that what we're going. i hope is a great solution. and i hope installed as merchants request after the holson

in early 2025. yeah. i mean, i had a little bit of slightly different take. i the agenc. they started a protected bike lane around 14th and 15th and then they stoppedhis as a pilot. a pilot is not two years. i what anyone says. it's not two years. and the2s impact that it's had on businesses, i mean it's impact it's hadans, the impact it's had on even people that ride their bikes no one is happy and ikñ just the problem that the biggest problem i havere extremely management heavy.f and they don't do a good job constantly having to clean up their mess. so i guess that's what i'm asking you to think about little bit more. because yes, of course we want to have a want there to be a better flow of it's been rolled out it's been completely mismanaged to the point where it's been

detrimental actually to the community you can come and show me a st try to make the argument that it hasn't had any impact on the neighborhood, but it's had the neighborhood. so that's that's my concern because that mo to other parts of the city. and yes, we thanks president peskin. and the work that he's done over the years removed, tre from the process, and give more nonpolitical decision making authority to thisity, but that then has played out with no regard or no attempt to really fully outreach. and i think, i think that's:5 one of the biggest problems that needs to be done over for that's one. so i want to give you an opportunity to talk that, because there's some other things about the agency that i want to talk about but i want i want you to respond to that on my time on the citizens advisory council. i've heard many complaints from the public and also from my fellow council members about outreach. and i've happen at the full board, i agree with you that the agen more on

outreach. there is obviously something, a disconnect. i think between where the agency is staffing, for example, chinese language o example and trying i think they're trying to trying tok as much as possible for outreach. but there is definitely a disconnect. and where peopleeú example, merchants. right. see is that is not enough. when if i were to be confirmed i wou priorities will be to figure out how we can really make this outreach w process currently does not seem to be working. i'm glad you brought up thlanguage issue because just recently there's this conversation about doing bike lanes. north beach of a sudden they have a meeting no one in the community supervisor peskin's office found out by happenstathere was a proposal for a bike lane happen? that makes no sense. i mean, we city, but i think chinatown would be right up there as probably the most historic neiin so for them to have

a plan or of the community, can't have someone doing the outreach. i mean, it's just indefensible. it makes no sense to me at all. and i and that was one of the biggest work day is like, this agency that wants about doing all these things and reaching out to communities of color and underrepresented represented in the staff at all. you don't see anyn the staff. you don't see any of that representation in the staff. commissioner is to hold is to make sure held accountable, because they sure do have a lo money for a lot of different positions to hire a lot of nagers. and i don't see a lot of people from the community represented in that department.your feedback is well taken. i, my predecessors, sharon ly and spent a lot of time to try to to try to try to connect. i, the interest groups chinatown to the agency, there is still a lot of have, i thinkave heard you.

supervisor chair or chair? safaí talk about having more, local liaisons. not just project. not just project by project local neighborhood based engagement. so thatild that relationship, that's something that i would like to take bac if there's something better because because probably the experience that many that, that supervisors offices have seen is that maybe in, people parachute in you don't see the same people, district for, for between the rail project or the safety project or the or the bike project. abs. how many mta commission meetings have you attended over the years? i mean, i know you're on the advisory committee, have you attended committee meetings? the committee? sorry, the community com i was chair, i attended the i every mont the cac chairs report to the to the board meeting that up is because i think almost 100% have a unanimous vote. where is the pushback? where is the attempt from that body to push back on the agency, not just approving everything that's brought in front standing up and saying, we are

going to change the culture o this department. i could keep going. but as president, peskin's on the on the safaí, i think, touched on some profoundlyhe is correct. i have, i was the author of proposition a in 2007. that took a strong mta commission and turned it into a super strong mta commission.oj for a number of reasons, which supervisor safaí on, with the fundamental assumption that the commission would reallydi holding the agency accountable and responsible. and look, fantasy about this being what the mta deals with is extremely complicated, and nuanced. and by the way, i was anproponent of the proposition that merged th i saw the policy utility in bringing parking and trafficnd. and there's been a lot of successes. fundamentally,

what we all get in the work that we do is trust and trust is built through relationships, built through communication, and trust is built through representation. and you referenced, formerco and i say as the supervisor who's for 17 of the last 24 years and, and also as a resultte american community all over the city for many, in large part transit activism in the old daysated from chinatown. and that's why we have chinatown trip and what. and, it's always been important to that community, a community that disproportionately and public transit, to have a voice. and i mean, you know, quite frankly with the seven member commi more than one token seat to an asian important to me is

t there be real relationship, real trust, real communication between the commissioner, like lydiao, ly, who were very, very present community, listened to the community, work collaboratively with the community a real voice on the commissionñy, sometimes there were just just the incident that supervisor safaí was talking about, which was or wrongfully by the chinatown community as an an insult, and how it honestly i, i don't know, certainly expressed on behalf of my constituents have not heard one wor chinatown transit advocates that i rely on and have worked with last quarter of a century who by the way, have welcomed and ushered in new, younger, activists a very clear. i mean, i

i hoped that this mayor would have had those deep, abiding community connections from the community by the community that was not the mayor's choice, can you me a little bit about what your connections are ton trip to the chinese american, asian transit community, which, by the way, and the mta itself, many of the mean, the former head union, local 258. like, there are so many chin all actually came up through the ranks of thehen devoted that expertise and activism to holding muni accountable. can you tell us a little bit about. i have not heard one word of usually when a highrofile, i mean, this is one of the most important commissions in the city. this is has legislative powers, like the board of supervisors non-elected position. and usually by n

letter from chinatown trip in support of the nominee., gotten a call from you know, a gordon chin or a queen of chin radio silence. can you that? yes. myecognize i have very large shoes to fill, and that my advocacy in the chinese community wasnecessarily through chinatown trip it w have a lot. i have a lot of work to do to build trust with people in chinatown. i hope that my i hope that myows that i have someone who is a strong listener and someone who's willing and as with sean mcgarry, a few items ago, that i'm spends a lot of time to build those relationships. and what o involved in that weren't chinatown organizations? i'm chinatown has a very rich fabric of organization with pretty incredible histories which, by the way, go beyond the boundaries of chinatown. i mean, they for and

have collaborated with in over the city. i mean, i, i hear as much from them about, you know the 29 and the, you know, eight and the 15 as i do about thed the 45. i'm just put it in bus numbers. but advocacy was with some, some democratic clubs, including the ed lee asian pacific democratic club, the glbtq asianh# alliance, working on issues of the broader, asian pacific islander community. so mo political side in the asian community, less on policy transit side. yes speak cantonese, i believe, the president may speak better cantonese than i do. i, my, i a mixed korean, and, and mandarin speaking household, and i speak some of that and my, my is sum. understood. so is mine. thank you. any other committee member questions at this time? okay.

we'll open it up for public comment. we'll call you back up. yes. members speak on this item. should i speak at will be allowed two minutes. please. hi superv is bob esfandiari. i'm here just in my personal capacity today as a friend of mike's. you to support his nomination to the mta board mike has for over seven years. actually, seven years in a month of the the time i've known him, in some of the and, and transit advocacy and something i hav to be someone who is extraordinarily detail oriented, somebody who takes the time to talk to everybody, whether he agrees with them or issues and sometimes just more relationship building issues and mike is somebody who, in the time i've known him on the issues on the issues we've disagreed with, he has been someone who is about the issues, oumaki t thing that serves our city and a better allows you to get around in the city whether it's by, a bike or bus, or our light rail the other

methods that we use to get around mike is extraordinarily those things. he sees how they are connected to o and he is someone who i think would be a phenomenal voice on the mta board for continuing to push the envelope on getting the agency to be better about those talked about, but also about getting them to think bolder and getting faster when it comes to the things that need to happen to can all get around safely, quickly and in an environmentally friendly way. nomination and i thank you for the time. you have aors. i'm dylan fabris, the policy manager at san francisco transit riders, which is the rider supported nonpro organization advocating for public transit riders here in the approve the mayor's nomination for the appointment sfmta board of directors as the sfmt citizens advisory council, mr. chen wo years of experience working on transportation projects and representing the community to

the sfmta board, he understands the challeng and is passionate about improving transpor options for all san franciscans. over the past several w a chance to meet mr. chen and better understand his priorities. and while we don't see exactly eye to eye onue, i believe that he will take a measured, logical approach to the iss facing the sfmta board and will fairly of all san franciscans, including4o hundreds of thousands of people who rely on muni everye you to urge you to approve mr. chen's nomination. good morning, supervisors and president. my name is omar rincon and i'm very proud to urge you today to vote for mike chen, for the superv, for the borough of sfmta. and needless to that mike is such a passionate advocate for transit. heunities and what good policy looks like. he'silling to listen to community members and, and super excited for the possibility of having mike chen continue theáe service that

he's so passionate about. thank you. are there any additional matter? there are no additional public commenters, no more commenters. okay great. oh, no more members of the public. so public comment is closed. supervisor walton, thank you. chairons, one, how do you feel about policies that shut off accesslike the great highway or the segregated jfke' without without necessarily talkingects what i would like to think about very hard is, is to say agencies, look, look at the agency's charter to see hey, is is this policy helping in the agency' charter to make sure that people can get around safely, can get around to

hings and the and the and to recreation, for example, with i don't think that every single thing is necessarily a good thing or a bad thing, but also within the lens of equity. and i understand the supervisor has had a lot of concerns about access for people from district ten to partso golden gate park and i hope for example with golden gate]p mta is taking concrete steps to make to make access better, for example, by taking over the urse and making sure that those rates are set in a equitthat there is there is good access from all parts of the citywhat are your thoughts about policies like free muni? i've seen theam14qign c for a free and fully, and i think that's the latest from the transit riders for e in a in a in an ideal world i would my ideal, my ideal world is a transit system that is affordable for everybody, in the currentand the agency is making very difficult choices, much as possible, i

would like to see that we make sure that those that those choices do not burden people with pay i'm, i'm aware, for example that we could example increase the income limit qualify for discounted programs and to make sure that that our fares and fine policy and some of the o unfairly burden, those the least the, the san francisty to pay. thank you, supervisor peskin. yeah those questions. and responses to supervisor safaí. nominee chen, i would like to if chinatown trip or otr,i transit advocates that we regularly hear from havea position on this nomination but i would to consider, and i'm happy to. i would like them to weigh in on this. this i the one position o historically been that link, so i would like the opportunity to

do that and hear fr all we've gotten so far is radio silence and i would like to continue this item to the call of the chair. i'll, i' between now and when we would have to schedule i will do that. if not, we'll do it after the opportunity thoughts? yeah, i'm supporting continue. okay, okay. well it sounds like there's a majority that would like to continue it. i i do why i was asking many of the questions. mr. chen, i do requires a little bit further conversation. i think to, have some of the is talking about, maybe so questions that supervisor walton, brought up having an opportunity for those to weigh in. i, i want to say i really l unlike some of the other commissioners, that theexperience you've actually done e been engaged you've been thinking about these issues. you've put y to kind of really

engage on transportation issues, both the large and the mundane. and i think that's rt. and i think that some of the things that we've talked about today, i'd to think about as this is continued further. so you and speak a little bit more about them, in terms of community engagement, some ofs that could be done that would be more culturally sensitive, some of has in terms of decision making versus just the agency itself. so, it's the will of the body to continue the item without making a decision some of the groups did you have a list groups that you wanted in particular? because i th them to weigh in, but i think it gives an opportunit reach out to them. yeah. and engage with them. i mean, ieven better. i mean, that's usually usually by now there haseeand maybe you've done this. i don't know. do you know, can you say the trip. yeah. i think that in in the worldr he world that i live in and represent, i think chinatown tr remarkably importantpart of the process is i mean, it's kind of

like running for office. you are t and make these connections at the front end. and, and i think a missed opportunity if we didn't ask you to really do that particularly as that. say that to other nominees, too. i, i've want you to also be a representative here. be things like going to, you know family associations and what h but chinatown trip has really been the public transit advocacy group that i mean i think when sharon ly showed upia so showed up, she they were able to say, we met. we've think that for me, it starts there. so that's yeah. and that may in in an open conversation may lead to them saying, hey, we might want to, you know, meet and get some buy in and somexr yeah, chinatown trip. got it. okay don't think that, you know, this is an organization that is precedes me advocated for, i mean chinatownd against. there

were, w'÷;is long before any of our times, long before an mta existed, service. in recent years there have been around parking, removal and, you know bus lanes and actually been done in a way that i'm very p and given the recent not just incident but iere the mta staff with the best of intentions. i mean, it's not there's, there's, there's not mean, it's just but in i want to know commissioner who, rather than me having to pick up the doing that work at the front d. and i think that requires that buy in at the beginning. okay great. so what we'll do then is we'll make i make ainue this item to the call of the chair, give you the to meet with that group and any other group that you think is important. think ab that we've talked about here

today, and then we if it's something that happens within the next week, the can coordinate this week. if not, then it would be after the august recess. thank. did you have anything else you wanted to add mr. chen? no. thank consideration. all right. thank you. okay. yes. on this matter to the call of the chair. vice chair walton, a peskin i peskin i chair safaí motion passes without objection. thank. and, mr. clerk, are there any other items body today? there are no additional items on today's agenda. okay. we areou thank you.o

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