. you went to the right. you went to the rallyiterally tell me that right when we're walking in here? i've been yeah okay. good morning everyone. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the 22nd, 24th regular meeting of the rules committee. i'm supervisor safaí, chair i'm joined by vice chair, supervisor walton and the clerk is victor young. eugene labbadia at sfgovtv for broadcasting this. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements this on each item on this agenda. when your item up and public comment is called please line up to speak. altern public comment in writing in either of the following ways committee clerk at v-i-c-t-o-r-y o youngsfgov. org. if you submit publicrded to the

supervisors and included as part of thetten comments via us mail to our office in city hall. doctor carleton place room 244, san francisco, california 94102. please make sure to silence all cell phones andms acted upon today are supervisors agenda on july 30th unless completes my initial announcements please call item number one. item number one to amend the charter of the city and co change the age factor percentage for benefit calculations such become members of the fire department on and reach a higher age factor percentage at an lowered from 58 to 55. the retirement age have or will become members of the fire department on and after january 7th, 2012, reached the highest age facto percentage and election to be held on november 5th, 2024, there was a request that sent out as a committee report 100. i more presentations this morning. i think a lot of was discussed. i'm just going to open it up straight for the public who wish to speak on this item should

time. each speaker will be allowed two minutes. there will when you have 30s left and a louder chime when your time has expired. what's the time? e, folks. i want to talk to the public here? first of all, i'mdefend supervisor ronen, who made the rightause your time and interrupt you. i beg your prohibited in this chamber. you may not advocate speak against any candidate or ballot measure. we are speaking but you cannot speak against a specific supervisor. during this meeting i on the on this ballot measure you can speak on the ballot measure and hardcore hardcore let me try it again. okay. see the cops andet all kinds of money, and but the problem is, i don't wa them to get it on the backs of the cri they're doing here. they had a consultant came to them, and th the hell do you want this year? we can get you anything higher office or to hold on to their own office.et you the head of the board of supervisors

this. i'll get you the most liberalsian to support this because they're running for something. and they can't af i'm all for giving more money to safety services, but not on the back of crippled take the drop program back and said, why instead of three? and said we want to retire three years early. he said, no problem at you refigure our pensions, so that we only have to get invested for, for, for the the money for that. no problem at all.ee. you'll be the only one in the city. these. and the fact that they're. thank you next speaker. good morning, supervisors. my floyd rollins. i'm president of the san francisco just rise to say thank you again forhat has been done on this, this is very important to our have identified as the number one killer of. so, you know, we thank you for all of the work and all

of the conversation that's. you know, i can't express how important this is to all ofnd well-being of the fire service as a whole. so it's greatly not go unnoticed. and i just have to the work that you continue to do to help make the ci our jobs, better for the health and well-being of the workforce. thank you. thank you individuals want to commentpublic comment is closed, before i hand it over to want to say that we haven't updated report current amendment that were in fiscal the first year, the impact of this charter amendment would be a is something that started out over $10 million thank the firefighters local 798 and supervisor stephan office for their leadership on this. it is come down significantly almost $7 million a year. and that was left out of the conversation, i just wa it, is the amount of money the city pays for claims that are put in for cancer, and that's a so in some ways

there's definitely going to be some savings in before, this is something that i was not aware this body for the eight years. so the amount of exposure being the number one leading cause of death for firefighters is unacceptable. and we need to be doing everything we can to as they're putting themselves in harm's way. of this charter amendment. i think it's the righ trying to save lives. and i can tell you as someone couldn't imagine carrying around 50 pounds of weight running i burning fire for another seven years of my life. so i just want to say 55 seems about the right age for individuals retire and retire with dignity and have their body and health and having to experience cancer. president peskin, thank you. supervi safaí, you're you said pretty going to say, but i wanted to actually t the rules committee, including supervisor what the rules committee should do a piece of legislation, negotiate andmise. and i think all of those amendments that this

committee made that. and the product that is before usor safaí said, makesense, it makes health care sense. and ultimately ibelieve in out years isng to save the city money. so with that, i to for this measure to the full board of supervisors.say a word supervisors and former board president matt gonzalez called me the other day long pattern and practice of the rules committee to forward b full board for the entire to decide they have come not pass. they have come with recommendations to pass it. no recommendation, butning whether a charter amendment or a gener obligation bond should go to the ballotally an obligation of the full board of supervisors and shouldn't be up in committee. the committee is here to make the amendments that this

committee made, but ultimately final decision as to whether or not to board of supervisors. and that's beenaround which is now pretty much a quarter of a cent. so, i'm, i'm glad that things arel board, as am i, but i got to bite myur comment there because i had a charter amendment in the. anyway, if you canrk, and we want to and i want too the full board with a positive recommenda committee report. yes. on a motion as a committee report to the full board ofon walton i president. peskin i, peskin i chair safaí i safaí i the motion passes withoutse call number two. item number two to the voters at an election to be held on nordinance amending the administrative code to establish a first responders stude forgiveness fund for the purpose of paying outstandingated education educational and training expenses incurred while employed by the city police

department, fire department, or sheriff's dechers, supervisors or coordina item. so i'm just going words real quick. first, i want to thank supervisor walton, being my this initiative ordinance would amend the administrative codeponder student loan forgiveness and ongoing education fund. we all know the dire situation we it a lot at the board of supervisors. staffing shortages in critical positions, especially first responders./+medics and emts, police officers, firefighters nurses and deputy sheriffs. and our care ecosystem are severely strained. because of this, incentives to prevent a catastrophic breaking point can attract and retain excellent, qualified candidates to ecosystem. so this fund would provide real financial relief by covering students outstanding job related educational expenses for city employees who are the police department, fire department, sheriff's department 911 dispatchers. both supervisors coordinators. these are all the people we count on every single proper

staffing levels, to qualify, an need to be hired into one of these in 2025, and work for at least is to build up this fund to forgive up to $25,00 employee. and so the bottom line is we, first responders, and we must support our first r positive step that we're taking to attract andretain that we need to get back to ensure that we have basic and, and i just want to say the reason we're ballot today is we've put forward other administrative code changes and funds, that the i want to make sure that we have the opportunity for our our residents of san francisco to weigh in this a mandate very similar to what we did with prsimilar to what we did with other ballot measures that stated very will would be that weuld have a mandate to follow through. and so whoever the we would want them to make this a top priority. since we've so with that, supervisor peskin supervisor safaí,

so i am prepared to offer this to the full board of but i have, a long held policy that the ballot things where the ballot, where we don't have the ability to pass a law. so charter amendments need ballot because only the voters can change the charter. general obligation bonds need to go to the ballot because only the general obligation bond. but initiative ordinances are what here every day, and i support this legislation. it tomorrow at the board of supervisors. itthis is an ordinance, and the support to pass it here at the board of suped to be an appendage to the ballot where we could just be doing waltonir safaí. and just want to say that id to support this. i think that we saw the federal lot of residents and communities across sure that we could forgive student loan debt

which is somethis a lot of our our working families from being able to get aheadand so i appreciate us being able the local level particularly for our first responders. and i look to supporting moving this to the ballot. thank y item for public comment if yes. members of the public who wish to speak on this item speak at this time. each speaker will be allowed two minutes. there'll when you have seconds left and a louder chime when your time public who would like to provide public comment on this matter? ipeakers at this time. great. i close comment miss supervisor, i would only add that a funding mechanism like proposition i, a new source of funds, or with a set aside which would require a charter amendment, it would need to go to the ballot. but this source of funding to fund that fund. so again, ihink this is something that we could do any tuesday afternoon at the board i'll just add that we certainly didn't want toad the ballot with any requests for additional funding charter

amendments that are coming that have to do with nurses and our firefighters and others, weion in that regard and knowre of in the budget process but we wanted aeciate that. thank you, so i'd like to make a motion to this item to the full board with positive recommendation. yes. on , vice chair walton a walton i peskin. no you. safaí i the motion passes with president p dissenting in committee. please call the next item. item number three is a hearing to considerber term ending november 30th, 2024 to the ballot simplification one applicant, pamela troy. seat? oh

e in somewhat of a bind maybe we can skip the next item. we'll come back to this one. do you about this? i do not, but i would say that insofar as the way thisith the ballot simplification, with the ballot simplification committee, and has to be a nominee of the national academy of t we don't really have aoice, and we do have the ballot simplification i don't think we should get in the way of it. no, no, i just wanted to give her an opportunity if she wa we can come back to this item, i. what did you say? if you can, please call. item four. yeah. okay. yeah. let's go. item number four. item number to consider appointing five members. terms ending june 2026 to the reentry council. we have five seats and

18 applicants. thank you mr. clerk. i think we give people the opportunity to come present can take it one by one. so do you have the order, yes. we can go by the list on the agenda if can call taylor james hart i'd like to requ assume that the chair to limit your comments to approximately two minutes. if possible. good morning. my name is tyler james hart senior. i am both a forctive and contributing member of my community of know the northernmost county in the san francisco bay are before this committee today to highlight the reasonsi should be appointed to seat one of the reentry counsel for the city and california. i served ten consecutive years of corrections and rehabilitation from the age of 1 for the crime of second degree attempted robbery.nder at the time of my conviction, and have had no subsequmy release seven years ago. this september, i will tell you now th i'm a survivor in life as a victim of violent crime, and i spent incarcerated in our state's prison system at the time o

product of my poor judgment. of course, but also that of abuse, as well as substance abuse related issues factors. most 19 year olds have no conception of that time since my release, i have earnedegree in sociology with an emphasis in ethics justice and policy from thersity, chico, where i'm currently completing my master of business management. additionally, since myve worked extensively, returning inside local ja and evidence based reentry and rehabilitative services. in my jail in juvenile hall in napa county, as well as inside the state prison, cmf and vacaville mule creek state california, and at solano state prison, also in vacaville and overseen multi-site service, enhanced homeless shelter operations across napa, solano and sonoma counties. i have funded by the napa county district attor on the juvenile justice coordinating council. sb 823. my current role is the director of operations for an 80 bed behavioral health treatment facility in the interest of time i will conclude by saying that i have community and have

helped hundreds of formerly incarcerated same. i believe that the decisions made on this council wi affect the city and county of san francisco, but nt also believe that if lasting and meaningful is going to happen for our community and our society in the reentry and justice reform space, this is where that will begin. thank you. th. questions fromthe project. thank you applicants list is jeremiah anthony davis jeremiah davis, are you present in the time? there is no response. moving on. the on the list is rasheen thomas okay. next on. tabora morris, and i'm going for seats two, three and four. that guy

he's more qualified than i am, let's see herethings that i wanted to bring upys for being given the opportunity to possibly se on the reentry council, if given this opportunity, i an example of what has worked, whatt also needs help. and since my, i've been from the reentry back into society. when the first steps of reentry begins. one of the things about living in san francisco versus other cities of, fortunately to have heard from others from other cities and the resources that they had available to them versus what san francisco. and i was also able to give various individuals based on the information that i to even with all the resources offer, there still are obstacles in certainand currently are still not available through some of the r experienced personally, let's see, for seat two, i have an expertise in providing services for individuals exiting by my sharing of resources and

information. research. and for individuals that i previousl i have came across, for, i have been recently released from this year. so that makes me eligible seat four. unfortunately, i've had multiple prison terms my qualifications for the fourth one in itself. currently, i'm enrolled in the community health care worker progra. and in that also i'm working on journalism two, i like to that i can with this reentry council. and if it's used for helping people i like to participate inity to do so. all right. thank you next on the list of speakers is tyler john. i'm moving on to the next party. good morning, my name is anthony party. i am a returning citizen, just getting done

doing, 11 years in federal prison. for, seat incarcerated quite a few times so i have experience with who are in and out of prison actually h so i've also, during my tools that would allow me actually prosper in a manner in which i i've been out of prison for about nine months and so, i am iw what the bunk feels like, and i still know what the tastes like. and so therefore, i have a the ability to relate those who have suffered of course they put the president of barksdale incorporated, which is a you and we work with inmates and those who are formerly incarcerated to give them tools and s them lead a better life in society, one of the things that i specialize in teach. i have created a curriculum that i

belied on this committee to help individuals further prosper, iave also worked with an organization called returning citizens, who works very c public library, i've doneg engagements all over california, in my time out, i've spoken at chico state. i've worked corps, helping the youth there to be able to elevate their themselves educationally. and so i believe that i am definitely qualified with the information and tools thate to bring to this committee to ultimately help those return. thank you. next billy hong lee. hi. good morning. excuse me. hi. good morning everyone. my name is billy. i am currently applyingt and four. so for c one it asks, if survivor of violence or crime. and yes, i do. for c two it individual individuals exiting the criminal justice i've been out for two years during my two years, ofrceration, i have been pursuing my higher education. i

am currentlyfrancisco state university, where i am a research assistant for organization called project rebound, where i seek to understand tf higher education not only with recidivism but also how back into society with loved ones and the impact have to their community. looking beyond the numbers and diving statistics represent, for c four, i have multiple incarcerated first at in 2008 when i first turned 18 term was in 2014, where i spent ten years in prison, since i very closely with people exper that the foundation to not recidivating is having a live. so i was able to intern at the department of homelessness and supportive housing as a really, willie brown time, i learned so much, so much on how to help people not slip through the cracks. and i am also a house manager wint foundation for community improvement, where i'm working veryith people who are experiencing families, who are experiencing homeless strong passion for helping people who believe that compassion ability equals lot of us were not taught the

tools to become sembers of society. and now that i have gained those toolsing my incarceration, where i was part of the delancey street program i learned how society. i would like to help others transition back into very strong mind where i'm always trying to think solution, solution solutions. no there problems out here. and through the reentry council that's what i'm trying to figure out all the problems out here so that i could others who are transitioning back into society so that we can he really want to live positively and try to break the stigma that has with people who thank you. we'll call you back up if we have any questions please call th. yes. next on the list is isaac lee creswell. isaac lee creswell. i'm moving on to lorenzo juan castaneda. next next. good morning. good he's here. oh, good. i'm right here. oh good. perfect y'all. how y'all doing? so, name is lorenzo. first and

foremost, i'm, i'm a native out here. i'm from, ramaytush is, my fa was, 8 or 9 years old. i've bed on. i got and i was in my addiction and criminality for a little over 29 years. so to transition and to reenter the community. i'm applying for seat two, and seat four. and, all the i, right now, i work in a detox stabilization center, i'm working on a nonprofit for reentry. and, i also been in recovehree years now, so i discharged, probation. parol been many institutions up and down california and instead consecutive,

i've had to come home multiple times. multiple terms, multiple firsthand i have insight andple. and i don't, my i have a strong opinions or gainst, harm it's not working right now. and what i would bring to table is something that works. thank you. thank you cruz. hi, everybody. my name. i'm originally from berkeley california. i've been homeless on the streets of san francisco, addicted to crystal meth age of 16. i've beenjails and programs, some of which are hi long stride, i'm now a graduate of young adult courn sober for almost four years now curr of art university, where i study fashion design and i'm currently employed by positive directions equals change, where we practice peer a really strong line

of abstinence from drugsilities that are strongly rostered reentry population. afterntry umbrella. i've come to understand t for people and createrganize the natural world. i've learned that the only the justice involved individuals, but also thetext and community around them. i believe that thr attempt to do the next big thing or becomehing, but simply doing what makes sense to us. weeveryone and a sense of freedom for all.k. speaker. next speaker is michelle maxwell okay. hi. my name is michelle maxwell, and incarcerated student at uc berkeley. right now i'm applying for seats believe, and, my incarceration when i was still how it began. and i was in and out for a long time of trauma in my life

and, some addiction issues i have been wa violent crime and witnessed crime in my at the age of 15 and cam, i did myison term when i was 23, and my final prison term started when i 41, and that was eight. for eightd since i've been out i have, i'm close to getting my bachernia and i work now with individuals, in a shelter family regained custody of my daughter. who i lost my i was incarcerated. sorry. and, i think that women have a unique set of in reentry. and i would a voice in this council. i am. also have a lot of experience with a successful reentry have been out over three years now and i'm still continuing to, advance i

can contribute a lot to this cou hope that i am selected. thank you. thank . any questions from the committee? okay. please call the next person the nexdo. my name is joanna puli for seats one, three and four of the reentry i held jobs in customer managerial roles. i also worked as an analyst in for the state of california labor commissioner's office and cal osha i also taught sunday school for things took a turn after i was sexu member for seat one, i formerly incarcerated at san francisco county and am a survivor of domestic violence and sexual i was just recently last year on january the reentry services through citywide at the castlely, was the main source ofunity

for seat four, i have multiple terms of incarceration over the course of approximately five years, two counties in california, e prison term in florida. currently, i work as a peer rams at the co belief the that reentry starts fromthe walls of incarceration. i hope that the reentry to put programs in place that are accessible at the right times, to help stop the revolving door of be a role, a voice for those that that are hidden behind the barrier of having youthank you, next, speakers is emilio bustamante good morning. members of the board ofervisors. my name is emilio bustamante, and i'm honored here stand here and express my interest and qualifications in becoming a council in seats 2 or 4

individual who's personally experienced the challenges of reintegrating into society, i believe i bring aive and understanding to the table. my professional experience in public service specifically in creating equity within the criminal justice system, has further deepened my commitment to advocating. i'm excited about working towards san francisco, because iat this county has served as a model for reentry in california since changes first brought by adult realignment, although i'm not a francisco county, i rent in oakland. i work prison law office in berkeley, and i'm a consultant forn the region. and i also grew up in . i served nine years in custodyars. my academic background includes public policy and a bachelor's in economics. i believe th employment history, i'm well equipped with the knowledg to analyze legislative issues and develop effective that by leveraging my personal experiences edu expertise, i can contribute meaningfully to the council's

collaborate with stakeholders and policymakers and community members to develop policies that promote rehabilitation and reduce recidivism, is the limit. right. so thank you for your consideration. thank you. our next james lawrence logan jr. present at today's meeting? moving on to the next speaker. erin mccall is unables jamie harrison. sutter. good morning. my name is jay sutter an i am seeking appointment to seat 2 or 4. member of this community and a recovering addict, i spent fivecrack cocaine and sustained over 25 arrests, five year period. i entered treatment in june 2021 and have since worked as a reentry employme helped over 300 justice involved individuals find via employment here in san francisco. we're most importantly, we are here to createoutcomes for those exiting incarceration in an effort to reduce anddivism is not an

issue that exists in more victims. it creates otherwise preventableies of addiction, property, crime, and violence. if w communities we have to find innovative and culturally rople most likely to recidivate. that would be seeking set appointment today. my first priority as a seated member of this council would be to augment our current policy in the city and county of san francisco. ordinance effectively bans the box and prevents employers from inqu to a job offer, and furthermore mandates that employerscandidate of the right to appeal upon adverse te. an appeal by a job candidates go ignored. the lack of a response mandatedidate's right to appeal is mootwledges, reads, considers, and replies in writinge in a reasonable time frame. examples of a response mandateion and policies adopted at other parts of california. in lo county, employers are required to respond within candidate's appeal against a notice of adverse action. in a detailed

mandate that provides a foundation for a dialog between a job candidately increasing the chance of a fair chance hir implore the city and county of san franciscos we should be the beacon of reentry employment as the world's most progressive and compassionate community. thank you. thank you, the next speaker, next on the speaker list is hello, board members. thanks for having us here today, i'm speaking on seat six, which is not for me, but for ourretrial diversion project. we appreciate the board creating this opportunity serve on the reentry council san francisco pretrial based organization that serves people exiting the san francisco we serve approximately 5000 people a year diversion case management, and or teams. really excited to be part of this council to bring that perspective to the involved, in addition to the work we do onyears, we've really tried to transition

to meet the needs our clients that are exiting the jail with programseatment that are covered outside of medicare, to get people and where they've been exposed to addiction andization housing so that when people do they have an opportunity to rest their heads and, and services. we have a team of peer navigators we've b work in the streets in the community to help people where theyed to services, enhanced care management team that's now able to do fullal billing, we've added additional clinicians, and w new office space, which we're calling the justice equity, equity and healing center, to provide more opportunities for our clientsng in new partners to the space. so we really appreciate youration for our seat on the council. my the person will not available is joanna hernandez, who's our director of loved has also been involved in the community in working in this field. so thank you very much. thank you. are there any applicants not yet spoken? are there any additional applicant

to this body who has not yet spoken the listed applicants have spoken who are present. any members of the public want to speak? members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up to each speaker will be allowed two minutes.ar to be any public commenters for this matter. thank you. chair safaí a to all of the applica, all of whom i say this every timeseats on the reentry council. i'm always impressed and touched by people with lived experiences who want to serve in this better and advise on policy. and it's always a tough ch say, i want to point all of you, but can only appoint five of you, and i share with my colleagues what my thoughts are, a go about that. obviously, having diversity of, race and gender, is part of that i prefer, if we can,

to emphas who live in san francisco county, so that i just want to throw that out to my collea a bunch of tough choices but that's kind of the way ibout this. and i'm happy to make suggestions, but we'll defer this panel. supervisor walton thank you so much, chair safaí. and i too, just one want to application to serve, we do truly appreciate everyon up. this is an important council. just want to thank all of you for taking that step. obviously, we have some tough choices to make here definitely like, hearing from all of you experiences and know and understand, that you are qualified t, to be in these seats. and so i that if for some reason you're not chosen, obviously lot of opportunities to serve here in san francisco. so justurage you, of course, to continue. to submit involved, because exactly for you, and the timing may be may be again excited

about the fact that you want torve here in san francisco. but like supervisor peskin deference to folks who for several different reasons. but i just wanted to stateppreciate all of you and we have a tough. yeaheasy to come and share y experiences, but when you do do thatit makes the whole community stronger. so really want to tcourage to coming out and sharing your personal stories. and as everyone here said, could, we would put every single one of you on on the to defer to san francisco residents. and so our task here. so i think i we've heard, given the experience and by the way, many of the came here today, their lived experienced, their education, has been absolutely extraordinary. and i just want to thank you all for that, do is i'd like to move to put billy hong lee in seat number one, anthony

party and seat number two, joe, joanna pulido and seat number three. and lorenzo castaneda a number four. and then reappoint mr. david moroff. and , anyone that was not inclu any way as a slight to your experience. given the circumstances, it's just, we're trying to residents first and keep coming back and stay want to say, for those of you that talked about based and the work with positive directions and some of good fortune of working with positive directions. i was, along with my colleague here, supervisor walton, toence based sober living and recovery models as an please keep advocating for that we spectrum. harm reduction is important fore that that can't move toward abstinence based, and havi get access to methadone, way, not having to assemblyman haney's moving a bill to have morehich will speed up recovery and we have

to balance it out. and so i appreciate the here today. and please do keep doing the great work advocating for if i can have a motion, yes. the it will be recommended seat one. anthony party to sea joanna pulido to seat three. lorenzo juan castaned to seat four. and david moroff on that motion, vice chair walton a walton i president. peskin i, peskií i that motion passes without objection. thank you can we go back to item number three, see if. yes. item number%fearing to consider appointing one member term ending november 30th 2024 to committee. we have one seat, one applicant, pamela troy. yes she is. yay thanks for coming out today. thank you, thank you. we'll just let people file out.

proceed. hi. my name is pamela i am applying for appointm simplification committee. i will background in writing that covers both, some journalism, technical writing. i have worked both in corporate and the nonprofit sphere as a, as a writer who, you know with an emphasis onuccinct and clear, i consider lucidity, duty of a writer and, am very keenly interested in the ballot simplification committeee for not being present because i was at the co interested in what was going on, and would like very much to serve. i do have alection related, doing election related includes, as far back as 2 to work as a poll watcher during that presidential election feel very strong clear, transparent and above lucid election process questions from

committee memberslf. it is a it is a lot of fun. and i just want to say i'm i'm always astounded with the history of san francisco and tochans institute. yesderful institution. and it was for out of out of work gold. it's, you know, i hope it it's still strong so far. i hope it will continue. and i do have i've retired, but i've maintained my ties. maybe they can make space for some out of work supervisors. we would. we wouldyou. any members of the public wish item? seeing none public comment is closed i would like to send this to the full board with a positive recommendation the 170th anniversary of the mechanics go, chair safaí just, this is a motion to appoint pamela troy to ballot simplification committee. there is a request that t as a committee report. seat number one recommended as a committee re. vice chair. walton, a walton. i

peskin i chair safaí i saf i the motion passes without objection. ce. thank you. sir, please call item number number five is a motion approving rejecting then for the reappointment of jose lopez to the board of appeals for a four year term ending july 1st, 2028. that this matter be sent out as a committee report. great. so to say something about yourself. thank you. good morning supervisors i'm jose to the board of appeals. i first moved to in 2007, currently living in the outer richmond. before that, i lived for years in the bayview and the mission districts, as former resident of districts ten and nine, as a child of mexican deep value for making the city accessible folks from all backgrounds. and i think thatd of appeals has been successful at that in the time that i've serv during difficult pandemic, times, we've been able to to, to really get aic input to decide matters fairly, to decide them so

that folks can move on with, with theirserving as the president of the board of one of the initiatives that i've taken upon myself is to provide some more resources that are particular appear before us without the assistance of counsel so i think that reflects that value for equity, for o would be a pleasure and a privilege to cos serve, i'm here for any questions. and thank you for your consi. thank you so much on the roster for questions, can we go to pub on this item? i will just i'll just thank commissioner lopez for his service. i watched the board of appeals from time to time, and i thin discharging its duties correctly and adequately as quasi judicial body. and i've been around and seen times when, it was politically charged and people werepointing authorities. but this is a board of appeals that doesn't seem to be subject to political influence and is doing it on the merits and the law. and so thank you mr. and your service. thank you. appreciate that. thanks for your

service.rd work, with not a lot of recognition and acclaim and thanks. but this is important so really appreciate your dedication. thank you, members public who wish to speak on this itemo time each speaker will be allowed two minutes. good morning, good morning, supervisors. thank you for your serve with commissioner lopez on the board of appeals. i'm tell you that, commissioner lopez should be his reading which, in prepa for our hearings, he listens of the testimony, both from the publ in favor? those not so, he6ns very clearly to the presentations made by city staff, evaluates fairly and, and attempts on the statutes which are, invoked by the of san francisco. he also does a great job of herding the cats. that's us. who are the hismissioners as he is taken on the presidency. we appreciate hisrship. we appreciate his participation. and i hope that you affirm very

much. thank you. are there any speakers for this matter? there are no additional public comments closed, i'd l make a motion to send this item to positive recommendation, can we maybe we amend this matter to legislation? yes. and to recommend it as amended, as a committee report? yes, yes, on thatr walton a walton i i safaí i that motion objection. please call the next item next on the agenda is item number six. motion to apeskin. nomination for the reappointment of kevin willi inspection commission for a two year term ending july first 2026. hi. good morning myis kevin williams. i'm here to briefly speak with youment to the building inspection commission. as way i'm an attorney with a practice focusing on representation ofnants, consumers and small businesses and r here in san francisco, i've seen the negative impact of defectivbuilding and, dilapidated

conditions on the residents of san franciscoerved a year on the building inspection have approached my role and my service as one ast and advocacy for the residen taken that approach when reviewing department recommendations on legislation or hearing an abatement. if reappointed. i hope that role, specifically, if reappointed, i will attempt to do wo improve the department's, budgeting, transparency work of department information available to the commission. large in larger available all residents of san francisco have access to inspection, i'm available for any questions. and otherwou. if i may chair safaí, i just want to thank mr. williams who is qualified not onlyrience on the commission, but because of his work lawyer, and i was proudhe commission

and hope that we are able to full board with a positive recommendation. and again, thank him for his any other comments or questions from committee members? seeing none, let's open up to public comment public wish to speak on this item should line up to speakill be allowed two minutes. are there any speakers who wouldthere are no public commenters on this matter. a great well, thank you, mr. williams for your commitment to this is a two year term to july 1st 2026. so thank you and ears. i know that you're paying specialng inspection issues visited an sro just recently inand understanding were advocates there that, you know tenant advocates there to wcommission, in the past, there's been attem funding of that, those positions. i think it's important ton communicate with tenants, speak their language cultural needs, and then also that information then gets of building inspection commission so that

youan make the right decisions in terms of oversight and effectiveness. so i appreciate you having that voice on the commission and your commitment to serve. great. than to make a motion approving this reappointment of mr. williams to the build word rejecting throughout. and are we sending this committee report as well? no. okay on the motion to to delete rejecting throughout the legislation and to recommend, as amended, on that motion, n i president peskin a peskin i ch i safaí i that motion passes without on the agenda ismber seven. motion to approving rejecting the mayoral the planning commission for a four year term ending july 1st,so good morning supervisors of the rules committee. my name is sean mcgarry, and i'm honored to be the mayor's nominee for little more information on me. i'm afrancisco. originally born in ireland, 1995. i'm a proud three.

amazing. kids, two of which students. i'm fortunate enough to own a home here in san francisco. all of this has been possible fact that i'm a 30 year 34 year construction professional at the traveled to london and became an apprentice carpen 17th birthday. five years later i journeyed carpenter. i immigrated to san francisco in 1995 andrs union in 1997. i've worked in the construction industry as an apprentice carpenter, a journeyperson carpente carpenter and i actually worked on the mechanics in 2002. injury on the job,er for the nor-cal carpenters union. in 2008 representative for carpenters local 22. in 2010, i became theblic sector field representative for carpenters local 22, was offered the job of senior field representative for local 22. in the private sector, my duty is tounion working in san francisco, who work under the conditions of the carpenters master agreement. the drywall master a agreements in the

public sector. my duty is negotiate and maintain various memorandum of of san francisco, san francisco unified school university of california and the golden gate bri forward to working with the planning department in order to a planning commissioner, and i humbly seek your approval inthis morning and any questions, any questions from any committee , in, i this is an important appointment, so definitely come with all the forward. just want to talk a little bit about the citywide rezoning effort as it pertains to density to give you a little moment to talk about that as itins to the housing element and how we're going to achieve that. so start somewhere, and we have a massive hill to climb, we have a housing element already. it's beend of supervisors. we do have a problem been talking about, lacking now. so that's only growing. we have to start by looking at transit

corridors that alreatructure to take extra dense density or upzoning. so basically, we have to take a closer look at market street geary boulevard, judah and taraval. again, we have to somewhere and we're a a lot to learn and everybody has to ben, specifically there's been a conversatione transit corridors, as you said, and thinking about height you think are the right heights for those commercial corridors, and how would youanning commissioner? so personally, i live in the i liv. so if you look at geary boulevard there maybe ar, a good example would be arguello and gest shy of that, which would be the institute of aging, ucsf that's like a 6 or 7 story building that is totally not out of placet geary boulevard does have an awful lot of small mismatch got a big infrastructure and a lot of the ground floors are actually, i do believe if we can positive ecosystem by having residentialommercial and existing existing businesses in the a preferential

treatment as to gettingse ground floor units. so are you saying 6 to 8 storeys is the is ? i don't see it as a problem. you know, i d. and then what about's a lot of conversation about, process. i seems as though that's been taken out of the city's hands now with code compliant now, for planning, it's going depending upon the size or 120 days depending on the size.hat's been kind of taken out of the planning department. but what about the pipeline. so it's a tough one. it have basically has taken taken local control out of it. but do have is basically we'll have prevailing wage health care hire helmets to hardhats. and what formerly incarcerated, of which we spoke of which would have all those peopl carpenters union or to actually build those units and hopefully drive downan actually afford to live in them. so so your

70,000 units is in the pipeline is to talk about the opportunities for different people. but i but i'm speaking specifically about whatt's role in helping to unstick those going to get those out of the pipeline besides opportunity, which i agree with you, is 100% important. we have to build at all levels, local government does have put to basically builddid, i believe is doing a great job. state could come inome in, but i would have no control over that. but all possibilities to ensure that everything that can get built does get built, because we i've got three children i've got a house that they're getting bigger. they're grow up, they're going to move out. it's my job as a always know it's a safe. their house is a safe plac but they're going to meet their significant others and want we've got a problem. and that going to grow. so we do have. okay. great. so my last question commissioners

have different approaches making themselves available, in the planningmmunity and they're engaging on specific projects and issueswhat will your approach be when associations or others reach out about specific projects? how will you engage and how accessiblehe process? as a commissioner? i'm i'm a union representative at heart. i'm i'm totally accessible site. if your problem is my problem, i sort that. sort out that problem, i have t 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 whatever hurdle it is to actually get done. that's just an inherent the inherent carpenter in be totally available from on site job walks to meeting developers, getting them all, lined together. if the community has for instance the community has helmets to hardhats in ll of those community parts or any

section of the the right to actually work on the on the jobs that are being buil hear. i know that when some commissioners get on the planni they turn their cell phones off no longer someone that wants to engage on reading the packet. i'm not going to talk to i think it's important, particularly when you're having impact on different commissioner to make yourself available. so that's why glad to hear you say that. that won't be a problem, theeld, they call me on my personal phone. they don't call me on my go. okay. appreciate that, commissioner any other questions frommembers? okay, great. thank you. we'll call you backf we have any other questions. thank you, any members of the public wish to comment come forward. yes. members of the wish to speak and line up at this be allowed two minutes. good morning. supervisors, committee members. my menjivar. i'm a proud member of carpenters local 22, s the mission district. i met sean mcgarry when i sean was always helpful. he would always give me a job information. one thing that stuck with me was to

learn my craft and master it. sean leaseback sampled demonstrating a deep commitment to honestansparency and accountability. his leadership and every member's voice is heard and valued. are incredibly fortunate to have sean as ayou for your time. hello. good morning. i'm standing in for charlie lavery, local three operating engineers. my name is ethan lester and an affiliate of the san. it is my pleasure to stand in strong support of sean commission. his nomination by mayor breed is a testament to his years of advocacy, of working class san has discernment in support of responsibleenefits community businesses in san francisco. as sean has r ranks of carpenters union, local field representative for a 4000 carpenters in san francisco advocated

in improvement his members. his experiences bring a unique will enrich discussions andions of the city planning commission. for these reasons, i am confident that mr. mccreery will to the san francisco planning commission. thank you. a letter for the clerk. i will, you canhe podium. i will pick it up. thank you. or afternoon? soon to be supervisors. joshua ahsha with thefornia laborers union, we represent nearly 30,000 members valley to oregon and our san francisco local, letter of support as well to support the mcgarry to the planning commission and mr. who's not only committed to the city's obligations and aspirations to build the housing at all income levels that's required by the housing element. but to do so with creatin good

union construction jobs supporting labor standards creating opportunities for lpport our local economic situation in our communities, bolstering the local economy furthering our served as the director of that mr. mcgarry, personally and organizationally, with carpenters local 22, some of the earliest supporters of local hire, mr. mcgarry responsible for bringing in tons of localm city build, academy and community partnerships into the union now successful journey level workers. on a personalmission of my own and and baseball fields and athletic facilities. he's a really out there in the community, a fising his family and very connected. and we want that in. commissioners, good morning. thank you for allowing me the. good morning. thank you forto speak today in support of

sean mcgarry. my name is pedro a field representative from carpenters local 22. for over four working closely with sean in representing private and public sectors. as labor leaders aim is to provide agency to all construction workers by safeguarding their interests through a fair and equit. in our line of work, understanding the broader needs of the community is fundamental to effectively advo of workers. i. this involves not just represent in a wide range of making informed decisions, fostering meaningful collaboration, and building long lasting forum. this skill set is exactly what. his extensive experience and commitment to the community make this role. i am honored to recommend sean great colleague and nomination for appointment of the planning commission. thank you. good mo, chair safaí

vice chair walton and is timothy rife. i'm a field 22. i'm here this morning to speak in favor san francisco planning commission, i met ago as an apprentice carpenter. sean has always an interest in workers, you know, and that's something i noticed bac and as i went through my apprenticeship and i saw him become a his interest in workers the care of is you know, outstanding, i've with him as a field reps always there for the members whe and he sits and listens to them. i think sean terrific asset to the planning commission, and he will be fully engaged., it's a great appointment. thank you very. are speakers on this matter? there are speakers. final comments or questions. colleagues seeing thank you, mr. mcgarry for stepping

forward. i this is this is one of the commissions in the city thatgnificant amount of time. youme back up. it's okay. you can if you want to, it requires significant amount of time. it is a it is amecommitment. the amount of information, the amount of magnitude, the amount of impact that the decisions that you're being the level of experience you have in the construction industry understand what it means to actually see a financing to construction and then bringing the perspective of and women, i think that's also really, really important. it's import to have a voice that understands why prevailing wage, why many of the things that labor has fought for important, and that's important to have that voiceure there's times you're going to have to juggle an issue. and but we all do that on the city. attorneys will be there to advise you as that presentsf there's a particular job or project, you know, you'll juggle that in the sure that that's not a big deal. what's more important is tmmittee

and being a voice for working men and women, and i and as also a parent, in the city and underst then the last thing that i'd like to that you talked about giving people opportunities that haven't had opportunities thinking about that when it comes to these jobs and the impact on community, is really, really important. so you today. thank you. and i like the fact that your cell phone on, because i don't like when the commissioners get on and all of a sudden disappear. they need to be accessible to the they like what they're going to hear or not, and t and say, i will make my decision based i'm going to come and listen and hear you out. so the commissioners that i've worked the planning commission, the ones that have made themselves accessible, or the were the most successful. so appreciate that. okay, so i think this, i'm going to make , removing all the rejects from this send this item to the full board withive recommendation. yes. on the motion to amended, vice chair walton, a walton i president peskin, a peskin thank you

i that motion passes without. please call the next item approving rejecting the mayoral nomination for the planning commission for a four year term ending jul good morning, chair safaí vice chair name is jessie minardi. i am not amy campbell. i, director of boards and commissions. and as i believe you, you are aware unfortunatelyinee, is unavailable to be unable to be is on a pre-planned family vacation abroad arrangement with the prior chair's office, miss campbell a written statement, for me to read on her behalf. before you read that can i just ask a question? of course back anytime soon? well is on a three week vacation. oh, ok she is on a three week vacation. go ahead a know, whatever previous, commitments were made, iersonally feel like. and we've talked

position. i know she comes with, you know, with wonderful the last line of questioning that i did the previous applicant. i think it's important to have the record and have that dialog. so i personally feel like is she coming back anytime soon? because i know we have a meet and read the read the, letter and then i, we can talk amongst ourselves about how to how the best way to proceed is. chair safaí, i was going to read an interest of time, but you have the full good morning, supervisor walton, supervisor safaí. supervisor peskin, please accept my sincnot being able to attend this important hearing in person. i am cur pre-planned family vacation. i regret that i cannot join you nomination to the planning commission is a great honor for sly. thank you for allowing me the opportunity to have theby way of introduction. my name is amy cam but have lived in california for the past 18 of which have been as a resident of san francisco since 2011. i've neighborhood my home, and it's where my husband raising our two children. i

appreciate so much our that the neighborhoods of san francisco, like the castro are what helped tol. professionally, i'm a licensednia and have been practicing for over 17 years. much of my career has been focused on the built environment and placemaking and findingbuildings can be reinvented and made more relevant to meet. i currently practice at gensler a global design ae i also act as a studio director and practice area and adaptive reuse. since the pandemic, i've passionate about reimagining cities through the conversion of underutilized office buildings, and i've had a prominent voice dia discussion around what's next for downtown san franciscol experience can bring a valuable perspective to the expertise can help ensure that new projects are visual the city, while also being reasonable and practical. in additio community impacts, i can offer an understanding of the real stakeholders such as building owners, organizations. s had the honor of serving on the historic preservation commission. my time on the com rewarding. i've learned the importance of coming to

hearings how to listen objectively to community concerns, and the value of prov explanatory feedback to better foster dialog. when take the knowledge and perspective i'v the hpc forward with me to the planning commission to help growth while still safeguarding each neighborhood, its people, and the unique s. as i've learned on the hpc, i s and regulations are changing rapidly these days, making this a particussion. and while we cannot change the rules of the road, we cta the implications and real world impacts and make the most infomendations that we can. i believe that san francisco needso grow and evolve. we also need more housing for all people. carries the responsibility of making our growth reality. and iforward to focusing on long term goals and outcomes in ensureating meaningful and sustainable impacts at all scales while also displacement and protecting the socioeconomic and cultural if confirmed, i look forward to co wide range of people and different neighborhood groups so i can gain broaderstand their concerns, ambitions and growth outlook for the me to continue to make informed decisions along the way time for the city and i am enrich the

dialog at the planning commission. as aand someone who genuinely, genu people. i hope you agree. it would be an honor for mee city of san and county of san francisco as a plne and enhance the quality of life for all residents. thank you for your time and consideration. thank youts or questions? so as i before, i'm my inclination would be decision today. and continue until she's ately, she's out of town for the next two weeks and wes scheduled but what i will fact that we didith her. she was appointed actually just pretty recentlyeélast, like, what 4 or 5 months six months took ah. november. sorry. time flies. when you're having fun. so it was it was pretty remember an extensive conversation with her and, and the thing appreciate, the conversation that we she's talked about this before, was the focus on how transition

from large commercial retail spaces to smaller spaces and transforming that into more of a mixed use solution, i felt like it thoughtful approach, and her experience and background would make a good, addition to the commission, so it's unfort have a conversation with her. i know she would have enj, but i think i'm okay today with moving forward and putting her on the planning commission, i don't members feel. i met with her extensivelywas. we confirmed her nomination to the hi suitably impressed and have great. supervisor walton. okay okay. okay. so we will remove all, like, make a motion. oh open up public comment. any members of the ahead. are there any members of the public would like to make public comment on this matter? not trying to steal your job. okay, i do not see any

speased, so i'd like to make a motion removing all the rejecting language f the motion and sending this item to the full board with a positive recommendation. yes, and a recommend as amended, vice chair walton, a walton i president peskin i peskin i chair safaí is without objection. great. please call the next item motion to approving rejecting the mayor's nomination the municipal transportation agency board of directors forour year term ending march 1st, 2025. mr. chen, please come forward, quickns good morning. chair safaí, vi. peskin. my name is mike chen. i've been nominated by san francisco municipal transportation agency board of directors, lydia. so i am here because i believe in transportation as the essential connecting force between franciscans to jobs, to childcare, health care education, places of worship, and their family. and friends. i believ francisco should be safe, reliable

equitable. a bit about ten year resident of san francisco and i currently rent with my in a one car, one bicycle household every weektransit, bike, walk and ride in friends cars to get around the city. sfmta citizen's advisory council for four years, and for two on the committee. i worked with my fellow council agency, ask questions of staff craft recommendatiations to the board of directors. i perspective to the mta board, which currently asian pacific islander representation. as a long time communities, i hope to give voice to both groups so that together we in san francisco works for everyone. thank you for your time. and i look. i have a few start and i'll let anyone else jump in last time we appointed someone to the mta was janet. correct. and we had an extensive conversation about the valencia street bike lane. i want to give you an about why it's so problematic did wrong

and what needs to be improved. you know, with valencia i think the mta been it's been a very tough job, i think trying to balance priorities are to make sure that people are safe as he agency's charter have access to customers access to the loading ac, and access to, places for theires to get around. i think that currently, as my understanding is that is that the agency is working very closely, blockerchants to, to, to street, which it seems that most of the valenciad the agency are now all on board withrunning bicycle lane. and i am very heartened by the efforts that the agency is taking to really work every single blockingle merchant to look at every single possible possible curbimize opportunities for merchants, for parklets, it's has is very it's very hard the agency the first iteration with

the center running bike lane was an e parking as possible for merchants, that said, i think that said, you know, staff staffble. they can make mistakes. and i think we learned a it's not just about maximizing parking, it's also about access. it's abou other that other things. and so what we're going. i hope that it will be installed as merchants after the holiday season in early 2025. y mean, i had a little take. i the agency did a process around 14th and 15th and then they presented this as a years. i don't care what anyone says. it's impact that it's had on businesses, i mean impact it's had on pedestrians, the impact it's that ride their bikes frequently. i mean n and i just the problem that have with sfmta is they and they don't do doing community outreach. they'rer mess.

so i guess that's what i'm about and talk about a little bit more. because want to have a protected bike lane. we want there f traffic in general. but the way it's been rolled out the point where it's beenity. and i don't care what you can come study, and you can try to make the argument that it hasn't had the neighborhood, but it's had significant impact on the neighborhood.n because that model then is taken to other parts of the y thanks president peskin. and the work tha, tried to remove some of the political influence from more nonpolitical decision making authority entity, but thats played out with no regard or no attempt to really fully engage in community i think that's one of the biggeste done over for the agency. i mean, that's one. so i want to about that, because there's some other things about the agency that i but i want i want you to respond to that on mycil. i've heard many

complaints from the public and also from my fel members about outreach. and i've seen that happen at the full board, i agree with you that the agency could do a lot morebviously something, a disconnect. i think is staffing, for example, language outreach people and have for example and trying i think they're trying to work as much as possible for outreach. but disconnect. and where people on the ground, for example, merchants. right. see enough. when if i were would i would want to. one of my priorities will be to outreach work, because the process currently does nott up the language issue because just recently there's this conversation about doing bike lanes. north beach chinatown, and then all of a sudden they have a one in the community knows. and i think supervisor peskin's office found b happenstance that all of a sudden there was a proposal in chinatown. i mean, how does that happen? that makes nomean, we have historic neighborhoods in theright up there as probably neighborhood

in our city. so for plan or one that's not knowledgeable of the community, can't speak the language, doesn't have it's just un it's me at all. and ie biggest things we said when we did bike to work day is like, there's this agency that wants to talk about doing all these things communities of color and underrepresented communities, but that's not represented in the stat see any of that in the staff. you don't seeaff. so your job as a commissioner is to hold that the department is held accountable, because th have a lot of money for a lot of different positions to managers. and i don't see a lot of prepresented in that department. your feedback is well taken. i, mys, sharon ly and lydia. so spent a lot of bring more language access to try to tryerest groups in chinatown to the lot of work to do, i have i have heard you. supervisor chair or chair?ut having more, local

liaisons. not just project. project engagement, but more, more local neighborhood so that people have are able to build that relationship, that's take back to the mta and see if there's something betterperience that many that, that supervisors offices have projects, projects, projects come in, people parachute in see the same people, in your district rail project or the street safety project or the project. absolutely. and here's the other thing attended over the years? ie advisory committee, but have you attended co the community meetings commission, meetings commission meetings. while i was chair, every month i gave the cac chairs report board meeting and i attended. i bring that up is because i think almost 100% of the time they have a unanimous vote? where is the attempt from that to push back on the agencynt of them, but standing up a culture of this department. i could keep going. on the on the ticket supervisor safaí, i thin important issues. and he is

correct, i was the authorroposition a in 2007. that too strong mta commission and turned it into an. reasons, which supervisor safaí touched on, with the fundamental assumption that the commission would really discharge its duty in accountable and responsible. and look, i have no simple. every aspect of what the mtaith is extremely complicated, and way, i was an early proponent of the proposition that merged that created the mta. and utility in bringing parking and and public transit under one roof. and of successes. fundamentally, what we all get in the work that we do is trust and is built through relationships, and trust is trust is built through representation. and you referenced, former

commissioners, ly and so the supervisor represented chinatown, and also as a, has, represented the chinese american city for many, in large because a lot of the days emanated from chinatown. and that's w and what have you that community, a community that relies on the mta and public voice. and i mean, you know, quite member commission, there should probably be more than one token american, but what is that there be real relationship, realmmunication between the commissioner, like so, or like sharon ly, who were very, very present in the community, listened to the community,

and gave the community a real commission and behind the scenes. i mean that supervisor safaí was talking about, which was perceived rightfully or wrongfullyy the chinatown community as an affront and an insult, an evolved that way. i honestlyi, i don't know, i mean, i cert my displeasure, but i word from the chinatown transit rely on and have worked with for most of the last quarter of a century who by the ushered in new, younger, activists and professionals, and let me be i kind of not kind of i hoped that this nominated somebody who came from that. and connections from the community, for the community, but that was not theice, can you tell me a little bions are to chinatown, to chinatown trip to the chinese american, asian american?

transit communit when you talk about the mta itself, operators, come from the community. i of the transit workers union, local 258. is irwin lum, people many phil chin all actually came of the mta as operators. and thenise and activism to holding muni acc a little bit about. i have not heard one word of usually profile, i mean, this is one of the m the city. this is the only commission that has legislative powers, like t, albeit it is a non-elected position. and usually by now i have gotten a letter support of the nominee. i've, you know, gotten a call from or a norman fung or a queen ofn radio silence. can you speak to that? yes. my i recognize i have very large shoes to and that my community was not is not necessarily through chinatown trip it was through through

other organizations, i have a lot of work to do to build trust with people my i hope that track record shows that i have someone who and someone who's willing to be an advocate. and as withitems ago, that i'm willing to be someone who spends a lot of ti. and what other organizations were youin that weren't chinatown organizations? i'm chinatown has a very organizationsedible histories which, by the way, are go beyond the boundaries they really are models with interests all over the city. i as much from them about, you know you know, eight and the 15 30 and the 45. i'm just put itq- my some democratic clubs, including the ed lee asian pacific democ club, the glbtq asian pacific alli representation and issues facing the broaderty. so more on

the political side in the policy transit side. thank you. do you speakbelieve, the board president may speak be. i, my, i grew up in, and mandarin speaking household, my, my cantonese is limited to ordering dim sum. thank you. any other committee m? okay. we'll open it up for public comment. up. yes. members of the public wish to should i speak at this time? each speaker will be approach. hi supervisors. my name is bob esfand in my personal capacity today as a friend of i'm here to urge you to support his nomination t mike has been a friend of mine for over seven years. actually,e day, and in the time i've known organizations, he was talking about the political advocacy

and, and i have known him to be someone who is extraordinarily detail oriented, takes the time to talk to everybody, whether agrees with them or not, on various substantive issues and sometimes jung issues and mike is somebody who, in the time him on the issues that we've agreed with on the issues we've disa, fiercely passionate about the about theissues, about making transit a better thing that se thing that allows you to get around in the cityther it's by, a bike or by a bus, or our light system or any of the other methods that wordinarily passionate about those things. to our broader issues around climate change and who i think would be a phenomenal voice on the mta boar the envelope on getting the agency to be better abn challenges you all talked about, but also about getting and getting them to really move faster when it comes tto happen to make sure that we can all get around safelvironmentally friendly way. i hope you support his nomination and iu have a good one. good

morning supervisorsn fabris, the community and policy manager at san francisco transit rider supported nonprofit organization advocating for public transit city. i'm here today to urge you tofor the appointment of mike chen to the sfmta board of directors a member and former chair of the sfmta citizens advisoryuld bring years of experience working on transportation and representing the community to the sfmta board, he understands the challenges facing the agency improving transportation options for all san francis several weeks, our staff and volunteers have had a chance tonderstand his priorities. and while we don't see exactly eye every single issue, i believe that he will take a facing the sfmta board consider the multimodal needs including the needs of the hundreds of thousands of muni every day. for those reasons, i urge you to urge you nation to the sfmta board. thank you., supervisors and board president. my name is i'm very

proud to urge you today to chen, for the supervisors to be i mean, for ess to say that mike is such a pa understands the impact it has on our communities willing to listen toembe and super excited for the possibility of having mike chen continue the public service thatt. thank you. thank you additional speakers for this matter? there are no, no more co great. oh, no more members of the publicomment is closed. supervisor walton, thank you. safaí, just a couple of questionseel about policies that shut off access to the rest of the city, like the great highway or the segregated jfk?

without without necessarily talking about future projects what i would like toay is to look at the agencies, look, look at see hey, is this is this policy agency's charter to make sure that people can things and the and the and to recreation,th parks, easily and quickly. i don't think is necessarily a good thing, but i will consider those things. and also within the lenstand the supervisor has had a lot of concerns about access for people from district to golden gate park and i hope for park, that the mta is taking concrete steps to make to make access better, for example, by taking over the underground garage that's underneath the music concourse and making sure that those a equitable way so that there is there is good access. what are your thoughts about policies like free campaign for a free and funded muni, and i think that's the latestxample. in a in a i

would love i my ideal, my ideal is affordable and accessible for everybody, in the world we have to the i understand the agency is as much as possible, i that we make sure that those that those choices do the least ability to pay i'm, i'm aware, for that we could for example increase the income limit to be able to qualify for discounted programs and and to make sure that that we that our fares and fine the other policies that the mta does, does not unfairly the least the, the s franciscans with the least ability to pay. thank you, supervisor peskin. yeah so thank you for those questions. andponses to supervisor safaí. and nominee chen, i would and i don't know if chinatown trip other, aapi tra a position on this nomination like colleagues for us to considerppy to

affirmatively reach out to them. i would like them this. this is kind of the sadly the one position on this seven member commission that has i would like the opportunityom them because all we've gotten so far is radio silencewilling, i would like to continue this item to chair. i'll, i'll if i can do that between now and whenule it for next week. i will do that. if no do it after the recess, but i'd like that opportunity. rosa walton, any it to continue. okay, okay. well it sounds l there's a majority that would like to continue i do believe and this is why i was asking many of the do believe the magnitude of the seat requires a little bit it's worthwhile to, have some of groups that supervisor peskin is talking about some of the questions that supervisor walton, brou to weigh in. i, i want to the fact other commissioners, that the mayor has put forward with no experience you've actually done

the work and citizen's advisory committee, you've been engaged you've issues. you've put your head down to kind of really, both the large and the mundane really important. and i think that some of the things that we've you to think about as this is continued so you can come back and speak a little bit more about tcommunity engagement, some of the things that could be done that would be sensitive, some of the impact that the commission has in the agency itself. so, body to continue the item today, asking some of the groups list supervisor peskin, of groups that you wanted in particular? because i think not just for you asking them to weigh in, but i think gives an opportunity for mr. chen also to reach out to them., i think that's even better. that's even better. i mean, that's usually been and maybe you've done this. i don't know. do you know, groups again? chinatown trip. yeah. i think that in in the, in the corner of the world that i live in and i think chinatown trip is remarkably important.

and establishing that relationship as part i mean, it's kind of like are forced to go and make these connections at the front end. it would be a missed opportunity if ask you to really do that particularly as that. and by the way, i say that to other nominees, too. actually said, hey, i want you to alsotive here. and i mean, it can be th, different banquets and family associationsyou. but chinatown trip has really been the public transi group that i mean i think when sh ly showed up, i think when lydia so showed up, shesay, we met. we've established a relationship. i think that for the group chinatown trip. yeah. and that may collaborative conversation may lead to the to, you know, meet and get some buy support from, you know but yeah, chinatown trip. got it. okay and just so people don't think that, you know, this is i mean, this is an organization that is by decades that adv historically was

discriminated against. there were, proposals. this is long before any of our times, longo cut service. in recent years the issues around and, you know bus lanes and, and but it's all actually been done in a pleased and proud of. and given the recent not just incidentidents, plural where the m intentions. i mean, it's not there's, there not a malicious bone. i mean, it's just to know that i have a commissioner who, rather than the phone and call jeff tumlin is doing that end. and i think that requires that buy in at the beginning. okay great. so what we'll do then is we'll motion to continue this item to the call of th opportunity to meet with that group and any other groupnk is important. think about some of the things that we've talked about we can you can coordinate if it's something that week, then we can coordinate

this week. if not, then it would be after you. did you have anything else you wanted to add? no. thank you for your consideration. all right. thank you. okay. yes. on motion to continue this matter to the call of the chairhair walton, a walton i president peskin i peskin i i safaí i that motionobjection. thank you. and, mr. in front of this body today? there are no adadjourned. thank you. thank you.

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