. you went to the right. you went to the rally literally tell me that right when we're walking in after you for weeks. yeah okay. good morning everyone. this meeting will come to order. 22nd, 24th regular meeting of the rules committee. i'm supervis i'm joined by vice chair, supervisor walton the clerk is victor young.hank eugene labbadia at sfgovtv for. mr. clerk, do you h morning, yes. public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda. when your comes up and public comment is called please line public comment in writing in either of the following ways rules committee clerk at v-i-c-t-o-r-y o young at sfgov. org. if you

submit public will be forwarded to the supervisors and included as part of t file. you may also send your written comments via us mail to our office in city doctor carleton place room 244, san francisco, californ 94102. please make sure to silenceices items acted upon today are of supervisors agenda on july 30th unless completes my initial announcements. thank you, mr. clerk. please call item number is a charter amendment. their draft to amend the charter of tcisco to change the age factor percentage for benefit calculations will become members of the fire department on and reach a higher age factor per lowered from 58 to 55. the retirement age have or will become members of the fire after january 7th, 2012, reached the highest age percentage and election to be held on november 5th, 2024, there was a sent out as a committee report 100. is any more presentations this morning. i think a lot of was discussed. i'm just going to open it up straightyes, members of the public who wish

to speak on thisne up to speak. at this time. each speaker will be allowed two minute chime when you have 30s left and a louder chime when your time has expi. what's the time of time, folks. i want to talk to the public here? first of al defend supervisor ronen, who made the right decision. i like to pause your time and interrupt yony political activities are prohibited in this chamber. you speak against any candidate or ballot measure. we are speaking but you cannot speak against a specific supervisor. during this meeting on the on this ballot measure you can speak on the ballot measure and hardcore hardcorege, the let me try it i would love to see the cops andghters get all kinds of money, and but the problem is, i them to get it on the backs of t they're doing here. they had a consultant came t the hell do you want this year? we can get you anyting for higher office or to hold on to their ow i'll get you, aaron.

i'll get you the head of tpport this. i'll get you the most liberal asian to support this because they're running for something. andin i'm all for giving more money to services, but not on the back of crippledcops said, we'll take the drop program back and not make it five years insteaders 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.ove in three. you'll be the only one in the city.heir face. and the fact that much, victor. thank you. next speaker. good morning, supervisors. my floyd rollins. i'm president of the san francisco just rise to say thank you again for that has been done on this, this is very important to our have identified as the number one firefighters in this country. so, you know, we thank

you for all of the work and all of the conversation that'snd forth. you know, i can't express how important this is to all ofhealth and well-being of the fire service as a whole. so not go unnoticed. and i just have to you for all of the work that you continue to do to better and help make our jobs, better for the well-being of the workforce. thank you. thank you individuals want to comment none public comment is closed, before i hand it over tjust want to say that we haven't updated report current amendment that were made. and so in fiscal the first year, the impact of the first year of this charter amendment would be a is something that started out over $10 millio thank the firefighters local 798 and supervisor steph office for their leadership on this. point where it is come down significantly almost $7 million a year. and one of the things that was left out of the conversation, i 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 insaid before, this is something that i was not of even being on this body for the eight years. so cancer exposure being the number one leading cause of dea firefighters is unacceptable. and we need to be doing as they're putting themselves in harm's way. of this charter amendment. i think it'se trying to save lives. and i can tell you as someone i couldn't imagine carrying around 50 pounds ofo a burning fire for another seven years of my. so i just want to say 55 seems about the right age for individual retire and retire with dignity and have their body and health having to experience cancer. president peskin, thank you. safaí, you're you said pretty going to say, but i wanted to actuallys of the rules committee, including supervisor ronen, for doing precisely what the rules committee should do a piece of

legislation, negotiate and compromise. and i think all of those amendments that this committe that. and the product that is before ussupervisor safaí said, makes policy sense, it makes health care sense. and ultimately i believe in out years is ally going to save the city money. so with that, i to for this measure to the full board of supervisors.e just say a word of supervisors and former board matt gonzalez called me the other day has been the decades long pattern and practice rules committeee full board for the to decide they have come not pass. they have come with recommendations to pass it. no recommendation, but the sacred act of determining whether a charter amendment obligation bond should go to the ballot is really an obligation of the full board of supervisors

and shou up in committee. the committee is here to make the amendments that this committee made, but ul final decision as to whether or not to put it on the ballot to the full board of supervisors. and that's been case as long as i've been around which is now pretty much a qua. so, i'm, i'm glad getting to the full board, as am i, but i got to bite your comment there because i had a charter amendment inlater. anyway, if you can call the roll, mr. clark, and we want to and i want to make a motion to send this item to the full board with a committee report. yes. on a motion as a committee report to the full board of ípasses withoutse call number two. item number twos a motion ordering submitted to the voters at an election to ben ordinance amending the administrative code to establish a first responders forgiveness fund for the purpose

of paying outstanding related education educational and training expenses incurred while employed by the cityembers of the police department, fire department, ortment. paramedics registered nurses or 911 dispatchers, supervisors or rst, i want to thank supervisor walton, being my item, this initiative ordinance would amend the administrative code responder student loan forgiveness and ongoing education fund. we all know the dire situation we about it a lot at the board of supervisors. staffing shortages in positions, especially first responders. paramedics 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 candidat serve our city's public safety ecosystem. so this fund would provide financial relief by covering students outstanding job related educational expenses for city

employees the police department, fire department, sheriff's department and 911 dispatchers. both coordinators. these are all the people we count on every sing day, and we must prioritize proper staffing levels, need to be hired into one of these 1st in 2025, and work for at least is to build up this fund to forgive up employee. and so the bottom li must respond, first responders, and we must support i think this is a positive step that we're taking to attract and retain that we need to get back to ensure that we have 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 citizens of san francisco our residents of san francisco to weigh indeclare this a mandate very similar to what we did similar to what we did with other ballot measures that will would

be that we we would have a mandate to follow through. and we would want them to make this a top priority. since we'veassed the budget season. now so with that, supervisor peskinyou. supervisor safaí, so i am prepared to offer this to the full but i have, a long held policy that the ballot things where the ballot is required, 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 bonds need to go to the ballot because only general obligation bond. but initiative ordinances are here every day, and i support this legi we could pass it tomorrow at the board of superv doesn't need to go to the ballot. this is an ordinance, a the support to pass it here at then't need to be an appendage to the ballot where we could just be doingsor walton chair

safaí. and just want am, excited to support this. i think that wernment step up for a lot of residents and communities ac sure that we could forgive student loan debt which keeps a lot of our our working families from being able to get ahessful. and so i appreciate us the local level particularly for our first responders. forward to supporting moving this to the ballot. thank. clark, can you open up this item for publ yes. members of the public who wish to speak on this item speak at this time. each speaker will be allowed two minutes. there'l when you have seconds left and a louder chime when your timef the public who would like to provide public comment on this matter? any speakers at this time.ublic comment miss supervisor, i would only add that a funding mechanism like proposition i, a funds, or with a set aside which would require a charter amendment, it would need to go to the ballot. but thisout a

source of funding to fund that fund. so againhink this is something that we could do any tuesday afternoon atsors. thank you supervisor peskin. i'll just add that we c overload the ballot with any requests for additional funding charter amendments that are coming that have to do withd nurses and our firefighters and others, we confusion in that regard and knowe taken care of in the budget process but we wante@? mandate from the voters so i appreciate that. thank you, so i'd like to make a this item to the full board with positive reco, vice chair walton a walton i peskin. no you. safaí i the motion passes dissenting in committee. please call the next items. item number three is a hearing to consid one member term ending november 30th, 2024 to the ballot one applicant, pamela troy.? ohet me double

check. i did not get request to extend. okay. i think we're in somewhat of a bind maybe we can skip item and call the next item. we'll come back to this nything about this? i do not, but i would say that insofar as the way thisith the ballot simplification, with the ballot simplification committee, has to be a nominee of the national academy of we don't really have a choice, and we do have the ballot simplification committee coming up. so i don't think we should get in the way ofw 100. i just wanted to give her an opportunity if she so we can come back to this item, i. what did you say? if you can, please call. iteah. okay. yeah. let's go. item

number four. item number four is a hearing to consider appointing five members. terms 2026 to the reentry council. we have five 18 applicants. thank you mr. cl think we give people the opportunity to come present can take it one by on you have the order, yes. we can go by the list on the agen can call taylor james hart i 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 productive and contributing member of my communityf na know the northernmost county in the san francisco. i'm grateful to speak before this committee today to highlight th why i should be appointed to seat one of the reentry counsel california. i served te of corrections and rehabilitation from the age of 29, for the crime of second degree attempted robbery. time offender at the

time of my conviction, and have had no convictions since my release seven years ago. this september, i will 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 was a product of my poor judgment. of course, but alsophysical abuse, as well as substance abuse related issues factors. most 19 year olds have no conception of didn't at that time since my release, i have earnedelor's degree in sociology with an emphasis in ethics justice and pte university, chico, where i'm currently completing my m management. additionally, since myse, i have worked extensively, returning inside and evidence based reentry and rehabilitative services. in my jail in juvenile hall in napa county, as well as inside cdcr at san quentin state prison, cmf and vacaville mule8jone california, and at solano state prison, also ineveloped and overseen multi-site service, enhanced homeless shelter across napa, solano and sonoma counties. i havesk youth funded by the napa county district on the juvenile justice coordinating council.ommittee for

napa county. my current role is the director of operations for an 80 bed behavioral health treatment facility the interest of time i will conclude by saying that i community and have helped hundreds of formerly incarcerated same. i believe that the decisions made on thi affect the city and county of san franciscoso our entire state. i also believe that if is going to happen for our community and our society in t justice reform space, this is where that will begin. th. questions from. the project. thank younext on the applicants list is jeremiah an jeremiah davis, are you this time? there is no response. on the list is rasheen thomas. tabora

morris, and i'm going for seats two, three and four. that he's more qualified than i am, let's see one of the things that i wanted to bring up is i like to thank thank you guys for being given the on the reentry council, if given this opportunity, i an example of what has worked, what what also needs help. and since myi9, i've been from the reentry back into society.s 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 had, i can attest to even with all the resources that that we have to offer, there still are

obstacles in certain wasn't and currently are still not available through some ofhave experienced personally, let's see, for seat two, i have an expertise in providing services for individuals by my sharing of resources and information. and also research. and for individuals that ithat i actually know and others that i have came across, for, i have been recently released fromarch of this year. so that makes me eligible seat four. unfortunately, i've had multiple prison termsould be my qualifications for the fourth one in itself.'s see. currently, i'm enrolled in the community health care w. and in that also i'm working on journalism two, i like to that i can with this reentry council. and used for helping people i like to participate inportunity to do so. all right. thank youtb. next on the list of speakers is ty charlton. i'm moving

on to the next party. good morning, my name is anthony party. i am a returning citizen, just doing, 11 years in federal prison. so that qualifies me for, seateen incarcerated quite a few so i have experience with who are in and out of prison actually so i've also, during my tools that would allow to actually prosper in a manner in which i i've been out of prison for about nine months and so,till know what the bunk feels like, and i still know what the tastes like. and so therefore, i have a the ability those who have sufferednces that, of course they put on themselves, i am the president of barksdale incorporated, which is a publishing company, and we you and

we work with inmates and those who are forme incarcerated to give them tools and them lead a better life , one of the things that i specialize insomething that i teach. i have created a curricu can be utilized on this committee to help individua prosper, i have also worked with an organization called returning citizens, who public library, i've done speaking engagements all over california, in out, i've spoken at chico state. i've worked with job corps, helping the youth there elevate their themselves educationally. and so i i am definitely qualified with the information and i have to bring to this committee to ultimately help those return. thank you billy hong lee. hi. good morning.

excuse me. hi. good morning everyone. my name is billy. i am cu and four. so for c one it asks, if survivor of violence or crime. and yes, i do. forces to individual individuals exiting the criminal justice system. so i've been out for two years during my two incarceration, i have been pursuing my higher education. i am currentlyan francisco state university, where i am a research assistan organization called project rebound, where i seek toluence of higher education not only with recidivism butnnects back into society with loved ones and the may have to their community. looking beyond the numbers and the humans that the 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, sinced very closely wit that the foundation to not recidivating place to live. so i was able to intern at department of homelessness and supportive housing as a really,

willie time, i learned so much, so much on h help people not slip through the cracks. and i am alsonters point foundation for community improvement, where i'm working very closely with people who are experiencing families, who are experiencing strong passion for helpingring society. i believe that compassion ability equalsa lot of us were not taught the toolssitive members of society. and now that i have gained thoseally during my incarceration, where i was part of the delancey street program i learned how society. i would like to help others transition back intoay. i have a very strong mind where i'm always trying to of solutions, you know, solution, solution solutions. no thereof 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 couldo help others who are transitioning back into society so that we really want to live positively and try to break the stigma that has with p thank you. we'll call you back up if we have any questions person. yes. next on the list is isaac lee . isaac lee creswell.

i'm mo lorenzo juan castaneda. next next. good morning. good he's here. oh, good. i'm right here. oh y'all. how y'all doing? so, my name is lorenzo. first and foremost, i'm, i'm a native out here. i'm from, ramaytushne. this is, my was, 8 or 9 carcerated, off and on. i goton17 years behind the wall. and i was in my addiction and criminality for a little over 29 years. soike to transition and to reenter the community. i'm applying for seat two, and seat four. and, i qualify. i qualified i, right now, i work in a detox stabilizati, i'm working

on a nonprofit for reentry. and also, i also going on three years now, so i discharged been many institutions up and down california and consecutive, i've had to come hom. multiple terms, multiple exactly firsthand i have insight and the people. and i don't, my i have a strong op against, harm it's not working right now. and what i d table is something that works. thank. thank you cruz. hi, everybody. my name is lucas cruz. 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

been of jails and programs, some of which are long stride, i'm now a graduate of yo. i've been sober for almost four yea of art university, where i study fashion design currently employed by positive directions equals change, where we practice peer a really strong line of abstinence froross facilities that are strongly rostered reentry population. after the reentry umbrella. i've come to understand for people and create systems, we begin to organize the natural world. i've learned that only the justice involved individuals, but also theding context and community around them. i believen an attempt to do the next big thing or thing, but simply doing what makes sense to us. we can facilitate a form of recovery for everyone and a sense of freedom for all. thank you speaker. next speaker is michelle maxwell okay. hi. my

name is michelle maxwell, an am a formerly incarcerated student at uc berkeley. right now i'm applying for one and four, i believe, andn my incarceration when i was was how it began. and i was in and out for a long ti of trauma in my life and, some addiction issues i ha violent crime and witnessed crime in myntil i left at the age of 15 san francisco prison term when i was 23, and my final prison term started when i was 41, and that was eight. for eightears, and since i've been out i have, i'm close to getting california and i work now with individuals, in a shelter family shelter. i have 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 wouldhave 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 like i can contribute a lot to i hope that i am selected. thank you. . any questions from the committee? okay. please call the next person thenah pulido. my name is joanna for seats one, three and four of the reen council. prior to incarceration, i held jobs in customer managerial roles. i also worked as an analyst inrecords for the state of california labor commissioner's office and cal osha i also

taught sunday for things took a turn after i was 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 januar the reentry services through citywide at the castleecifically, was the main source ofthe community for seat four, i haveerved multiple terms of incarceration over the course of approximately five years, two counties in california state prison term in florida. currently, i work as a peerlor with rams at the belief the that reentry starts from the walls of incarceration. i hope that thecan help 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 been justice

involved. thank you. thank you, next, speakers is emilio bustamante good morning. members of the board of supervisors. 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 aperspective 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 i that this county has served as a model for reentry in california since the 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 forations in the

region. and i also grew up in . i served nine years in custodyyears. my academic background includes a ma public policy and a bachelor's in economics. i believ my employment history, i'm well equipped with th to analyze legislative issues and develop effective that by leveraging my personal experiences e expertise, i can contribute meaningfully to the council's re collaborate with stakeholders and policymakers and community members to develop policies that promote rehabilitation and reduce recidivism think, is the limit. right. so thank you for your consideration. thank you. our next james lawrence logan jr.e you present at today's meeting? moving on to the next speaker. erin mccall is unablepeaker is jamie harrison. sutter. good morning. my name is jay sutter i am

seeking appointment to seat 2 or 4. member of this community and a recovering addict, i spent five cocaine and sustained over 25 arrests, five year period. i entered treatment in jun 2021 and have since worked as a reentry employment specie helped over 300 justice involved individuals find viable employment here in san francisco. we'reost importantly, we are here to create incar mration in an effort to reduce andsm. recidivism is not an issue that exists in more victims. it creates otherwise preventable casualties of addiction, property, crime, and violencen our communities we have to find innovative and culturallye people most likely to recidivate. that would bee 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 prior to a job offer, and furthermore mandates that employers a candidate of the right to appeal

upon adversede upon employers to actually respond to the athis response. mandate. an appeal by a job candidateften does go ignored. the lack of a response mandateas a candidate's right to appeal is moot ur acknowledges, reads, considers, and replies in writingcandidate in a reasonable time frame. examples of a response mandaten and policies adopted at other parts of california. in los , employers are required to respond within five days to a candidate's appeal against a notice of adverse action. in a detailed mandate that provides a foundation for a dialog between a jr, greatly increasing the chance of a fair chance h implore the city and county of san franciscoty as we should be the beacon of reentry employment, gi progressive and compassionate community. thank youfz. thank you, the next speaker , next on the speaker list is. hello, board members. thanks for having us

here today, i'm speaking onhich is not for me, but for our pretrial diversion project. we appreciate the board creating this opportunit serve on the reentry council san francisco pretrial based organization that serves people exiting the san francis we serve approximately 5000 people a year diversion case management, and or teams. part of this council to bring that perspective to the organizations involved, in addition to the work we do on for 50 years, we've really tried to transition to meet the need our clients that are exiting the jail with programs treatment that are covered outside of medicare, to get people and where they've been exposed to addiction andion housing so that when people do come out they have an opportunity to rest their heads and, and services. we have a team of peer navigators we've built work in the streets in the community to help people where they connected to services, enhanced care management team that's now able to do fulldi-cal billing, we've added additional clinicians, and we're new office space, which we're calling the

justice equity, equity and healing center, to provide more opportunities for our clients bring in new partners to the space. so we really appreciate yourconsideration for our seat on the council. my the person will not available is joanna hernandez, who's our director ofna has a loved one has also been involved in the community for in working in this field. so thank you very much. thank you. are there any applicantsve not yet spoken? are there any additional applicant to this body who has not yet spokenf the listed applicants have spoken who are present any members of the public want to speak on this item? members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up to each speaker will be allowed two minutes.not appear to be any public commenters for this matter. peskin. thank you. chair safaí and to all of the applicants, all of whom i say this every timeuncil. 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 choice say, i want to point all of you, but can only appoint five of you, and i just wahare with my colleagues what my thoughts are, as to how t. obviously, having diversity of, race and gender, is part of that i prefer, if we can, to emphasize and who live in san francisco county,o that i just want to throw that out to my colleagues. i know a bunch of tough choices but that's kind of the way iinking about 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 everyone up. this is an important council. and so all of you for taking that step. obviously, we

have some tough choices to make here. yo definitely like, hearing from all of you experiences and know and understand, that you are qualified, to be in these seats. and so i that if for some reason you're not chosen, obviously there are opportunities to serve here in san francisco. so just to encourage you, of course, to continue. to submit your n involved, becausehat is exactly for you, and the timing may be may be apprlso, am again pleased excited about the fact that you want to francisco. but like supervisor peskin, ow deference to folks who for several different reasons. but i just wanted to state we appreciate all of you and we have a toughou. yeahsy to come and share your personal experiences, but when you do do that community stronger. so really want to thank you all forr courage to coming out and

sharing your personal stories. and as everyone here said, if could, we would put every single one of you on on the to defer to san francisco residents. and so th our task here. so i think i we've heard, given the g way, many of the people th came here today, their lived experiencees around, their education, has been absolutely extraordinary. and i just want to thank you all for that, like to 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 and number four. and then reappoint mr. david moroff. and to s again, anyone that was not included, any way as a slight to your experience. just, we're trying to choose san 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 the good fortune of working with positive directions. i was, along with my colleague here, supervisor walton, to push forwarder living and recovery models as an al advocating for that we do need a whole spectrum. harm reduction is important for those that that can't move toward abstinence based, and having t get access to methadone, way, not having to assemblyman haney's moving a bill to have more speed up recovery and access we have to balance it out. and so i appreciate the perspecti 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 seat two. to seat three. lorenzo juan castaneda david moroff on that motion, vice chair walton a walton i president.

peskin i, peskin safaí i that motion passes without objection. thank you can we go back to item number three, see if. yes. item number three is ther term ending november 30th 2024 toion committee. we have one seat, one applicant, pamela troy6ñ. yes she is. yay thanks for coming out today. thank you, thank you. we'll justpeople file out. please proceed. hi. my name is pamelaretired. i am applying for appointment to simplification committee. i will background in writing that covers both, some journalism, technical writing. i have worked both in thefit sphere as a, as a writer who, you know with an emphasis on be succinct and clear, i consider lucidity,irst

duty of a writer and, am veryg> keenly interested in the ballot simplification committeefor not being present because i was at the committee interested in what was going on, andch to serve. i do have a background in volunt election related, doing election relatedrk. this includes, as far back as 2004, to work as a poll watcher during that presidential election feel very strongly about clear, transparent and above all. great. questions from committee membersy yourself. it is a it is a lot of fun to say i'm i'm always astounded with the history of san francisco and toinstitute. yes out of out of work gold miners. t. it's, you know, i hope it it's still going strong so far. i hope it will continue. and i do have i'veained my ties. maybe

they can make space for some supervisors. we would. we would welcome tu. any members of the public wish to comment this item? seeing none public comment is closed i would like to make a send this to the full board with a positive recommendation on the occasion of the 170th anniversary of the mechanicshere you go, chair safaí just, this is a motion to appoint pamela troy to ballot simplification committee. there is a request that this be sent as a committee report. seat number one recommended as a committee report walton. i president. peskin i peskin i chair safaí i safaí i the motion passes without objection. thanur service. thank you. sir, please call item number number five is a motion approving rejecting thee reappointment of jose lopez to therd of appeals for a four year term ending july 1st, 2028. ther that this matter be sent out as a committee report. great. so you have a couple minutes 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 sev districts, as former resident nine, as a child of mexican im deep value for making the city accessible folks from all backgrounds. and i think thatthe board of appeals has been successful at that in the time that i've served during difficult pandemic, times been able to to, to really get a fairly, to decide them in a t so that folks can move on with, with their livesusrrently serving as the president of the board of appeals, 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 and reflects that value for equity, for openness and accessibilit be a pleasure and a privilege to continue serve, i'm here for any questions. and thank you for your consideration. thank you so much on the

roster for questions, can we go to public comment will just i'll just thank commissioner lopez for his service. i watched the board of appeals from time to time, and i think that the correctly and adequately as an impartial quasi judicial body. and i've been around and seen times when, it was politically charged and people wereinting authorities. but this is a board of appeals that doesn't b subject to political influence and is doing it the law. and so thank you mr. lopez, and your service. thank you. appreciate that. thanks for your service. i know it hard work, with not a lot of recognition and acclaim and thanks. but this is importantm so really appreciate your dedication. thank you, members public who wish to speak on this item should line up t allowed two minutes. good morning, good morning, supervisors. thank you for your service. my naswig. i serve with commissioner lopez on the board of appeals. i'm tell you that,

commissioner lopez should be renewe his reading which, in preparation for our hearings, he listens testimony, both from the public. those in favor? those not so, hehe listens very clearly to the presentations made by city staff, evaluates fairly and, and attemptssed on the statutes which are, invoked by the of san francisco. he also does a greatats. that's us. who are the his taken on the presidency. we appreciate his leadership. we appreciate his participation. and i hope that you affirm you very much. thank you. are there any additi speakers for this matter? there are no additional public comments closed, i'd like to make a motion to send this item to the full board with maybe we amend this matter to delete rejecting throughout the legislation? yes. and to recommend it as amended, as a committee report? yes, yes, on thatice chair walton a walton i i safaí i

that motion passes without objection. please call the next item next on the six. motion to approving rejecting president aaron the reappointment of kevin williams to the building inspection commission for a two year term ending july first 2026. hi. good morning myame is kevin williams. i'm here to briefly speak with you the building inspection commission. as way a backgroundan attorney with a practice focusing on representation of and representing tenants and smalinesses here in san francisco, i've seen the negative impact of defective building and, dilapidated conditions and that im on the residents of san francisco year on the building inspection commissi service as one as one of cov for the residents of i've taken that approach when reviewing departmentdering recommendations on legislation or hearing an abatement. if reappointed. i hope that role,

specifically, if reappointed, i will attempt to do what work to increase thehannels of department information available to the commission. andña large in larger available to the publure that all residents of san francisco have access to inspection services, i'm available for any questions. and otherwise, thank you forsafaí, i just want to thank mr. williams. who is qualified not onlyhis experience on the commission, but because of his work lawyer, and i was proud the commission and hope that we are able toboard with a positive recommendation. and again, thank him for his service. any other comments members? seeing none, let's open up to public comment the public wish to speak on this item should line up to speak peaker will be allowed two minutes. are there

any speakers who would are no public commenters on this matter. a great well, thank you, mr. williams for your commitment to serve. again, i think year term to july 1st 2026. so thank you for being and ears. i know that you're paying specialo building inspection issues as it relates visited an sro just recently ind understanding that t tenant advocates there to work directly with the, in the past, there's been attempts by the may positions. i think it's important to have a voice, someone that can communicate with tenants, speak their language understand their cultural needs, and then also that information then gets of building inspection commission so that youerms of oversight and effectiveness. so i appreciate youur commitment to serve. great. thank you. so i'd like to make a motion approving this reappointment of mr. williams to the building inspection word rejecting throughout. and are we sending this as a committee report as well? no. okay on the motion to to

delete rejecting throughout the legislation and to that motion, vice chair walton a president peskin a peskin i chair safaí i safaí i that motion passes without objection. please on the agenda is item number seven. motion to approving rejecting the mayoral nomination the planning commission for a july 1st, 2028, please. good. sorry. morning supervisors of the rules committee. mcgarry, and i'm honored to be the mayor's nominee for san francisco little more information on me. i'm a 30 year residan francisco. originally born in ireland, i immigrated to s 1995. i'm a proud three. amazing. kids, two of which are sfusd students. i'm fortunate enough to own a home all of this has been possible. made possible by the fact that i'm a 30 year 34 year construction professional at the traveled to london and became an apprentice carpenter. one month after 17th birthday. five years later i journeyedpenter. i

immigrated to san francisco in 1995 and joined the ca union in 1997. i've worked in apprentice carpenter, a journeyperson carpenter, a lead carpententer and i actually worked on the mechanicsan in 2002. in injury on the job, for the nor-cal carpenters union. in 2008 i became a field local 22. in 2010, i became the representative for carpenters local 22, and in 2022 i of senior field representative for carpenters local 22. in the private sector, my duty is to service all thers union working in san francisco, who work under the conditions of the carpenters master agreement. the drywall master agreement and various agreements in the public sector. my duty is to various memorandum of understandings including t francisco, san francisco unified schooltrict, university of california and the golden gate bridge highway forward to working with the planning department in order to a planning commissioner, and i humbly seek your approval in

morning and any questions, any questions from any committee members, i mean, i this is an important appointment, so definitely come with all the skstepping forward. just want to talk a little bit about the citywide planning. rezoning effort as it pertains to density to give you a little moment to talk about that as it element and how we're going to achieve that. so we have to, and we have a massive hill to climb, we have a housing element already. it's been approved 11 to 1 board of supervisors. we do have a problem w been talking about, lacking now. so that's only growing. by looking at transit corridors that already have the extra dense density or upzoning. so take a closer look at market street lombard street, van nessnue, geary boulevard, judah and taraval. again, we have to start somewhere and we're actually st a lot to learn and everybody has

to beifically there's been a conversation around thinking ab said, and thinking about height and density. what doight heights for those commercial corridors, and how would you approach that planning commissioner? so personally, i live in the i live in. so if you look at geary boulevard there maybe arguello, a good example would be arguello and geary of that, which would be the institute of aging, ucsfr 7 story building that is totally not out of place lot of small mismatch got a big infrastructure and a lot of the ground floors are actually empty, so. b, i do believe if we can create a positive ecosystem by having residential abo existing businesses in the area, gettingferential treatment as to gettinge you saying 6 to 8 storeys is the is the? i don't see it as a problem. you know, i don't it. and then what abouthere's a lot of conversation about,

process. i mean, it the city's hands now with sb 423, something'sw, for planning, it's going 90 days depending upon the size or 120 days depending on the size. that's been kind of taken out of the planning department. but what about the 70 p pipeline. so it's a tough one. it's have 4 local control out of it. but what weis basically we'll have prevailing wage health care e, local hire helmets to hardhats. and what formerly incarcerated, of which we spoke to of which would have all those people would carpenters union or to actually build those units and hopefully drive downan actually afford to live in them. sour res 70,000 units is in the pipeline is to talk about the opportunities for different people. there h, 100. but i but i'm speaking specifically about whattment's role in helping to unstick those going

to get those out of the pipeline and start buil besides opportunity, which i agree with you, is 100% important. we have to build at all levels, local government does have a serious ro put to basically build the mai did, i believe is doing a great job. state could come in come in, but i would have no control over that. but i would s all possibilities to ensure that everything does get built, because we do have a pro i've got a house that they're getting bigger. they're going to grow up, they're going to move out. it's my job as a hey always know it's a safe. their house is a safe place to come but they're going to meet their significant others and want we've got a problem. and thatng to grow. so we do have to start somewhere. okay. great. so my last questionlot of commissioners have different approaches making themselves available, in the planning process n the community and they're engaging on specific projects and issues, what will

your approach be when residents associations or others reach out about specific engage and how accessible will you be duri the 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 hav sort that. sort out that problem, i have to i find a solution. there's always ten reasons not to do something but one reason to actually get past whatever hurdle it is to actually get just an inherent the inherent carpenter in me. be totally available from on site job walks to m meeting developers, getting them all, lined up together. if the community has for instance. if the community has helmets to hardhats inted, if they have local hiring it, all of those t section of the community have the right to actually work on the on the jobs that are being built. hear. i know that when some commissioners get on the plan they turn their cell phones off they're no longer someone that wants to

engage on reading the packet. i'm not going to talk to important, particularly when you're having impact on different to as a commissioner to make yourself available. so that's why so i'm glad to hear you say that. that won't be a problem, thethe field, 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 backupf we have any other questions. thank you, any members of the public wish to comment on this item?lease 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 les stuck with me wasg me to learn my craft and master it. sean leaseback sampled demonstrating a deep commitment to honesty transparency and accountability. his leadership and forward every member's voice is heard and valued. are incredibly fortunate to have sean as au 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 sanes. it is my pleasure to stand in strong support of seang commission. his nomination by mayor breed his years of advocacy, advocacy of working class san has discernment in support of responsiblet that benefits community businesses in san francisco. as sean h ranks of carpenters union, local field representative000 carpenters in san francisco advocated in improvements of his members. his experiences bring a unique will

enrich discussions and 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 the podium. i will pick it up. thank you. or afternoon? soon to be supervisors. joshua ahsha with theern california laborers union, we represent nearly 30,000 members valley to oregon and our san francisco local,itted a 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 cre good union construction jobs supporting labor standards creating opportunities for support our local economic situation in our communities, bolstering the local economy furthering our served as

the director ofan say that mr. mcgarry, personally and organizationally, with carpenters local 22, some of the earliest supporters of local hire, mr. mcgarr responsible for bringing in tons of localents from city build, academy and community partnerships into the union now successful journey level workers. on a personal in the mission district, got some kids of my own ands and baseball fields and athletic facilities. he's a really out there in the commun raising his family and very connected. and we want that in. commis members, good morning. thank you for allowing me the.ers. good morning. thank you for to speak today in support of sean mcgarry. my name is ped a field representative from carpenters local 22. for over fourf 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. in our line of work, understanding the broader needs of the community is fundamental to effectively of workers. i. this involves not just in a wide range making informed decisions, fostering meaningful collaboration, and building long lasting forum. this skill set is exactlyhe table. his extensive experience and commitment to the community make this role. i am honored to recommend a great colleague ande the nomination for appointment ofrry to the planning commission. thank you., chair safaí vice chair walton and is timothy rife. i'm a fieldrs local 22. i'm here this morning to speak in favorto the san francisco

planning commission, i met sean 20 plus years ago as an apprentice carpenter. an interest in workers, you know, and that's something i noticedhen. and as i went through my apprenticeship and i saw him become a his interest in workers the care ofng is you know, outstand with him as a field repyears, and he's always there for the members and he sits and listens to them. i think sean terrific asset to the planning commission, and he will be fully , it's a great appointment. thank you very speakers on this matter speakers. final comments or questions. colleagues seeing thank you, mr. mcgarry for stepping forward. inow that this is this is one of the commissions in the city significant amount of time. you need to come back up. it's okay. you can

if you want to, a significant amount of time. it is a it is ame commitment. the amount of information, the amount of magnitude, the amo of impact that the decisions that you're being i think the level of experience you have in the construction understand what it means to actually see alt from financing to and then bringing themen and women, i think that's also really, really important. 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 voicee. i'm sure there's times you're going to have to juggleqxnd presents on an issue. and but we all do that on a daily basis in the city. attorneys will be there to advise if there's a particular job or project, you know, you'll juggle that in theá4 sure that that's not a big deal. what's more important is committee and being a voice for working men and women, and irward. and as also a parent, in the then the last

thing t say is the things that you talked about giving people opportunities that thinking about that when it comes to these jobs and the impact on community, is really, really important. so phone on, because i don't like when the commissioners get on and all of a sudden disappear. they need to be ac, whether they like what they're going to hear or can hold their vote and say, i will make my decision b i'm going to come and listen and hear you out. so the commissioners that the planning commission, the ones that have made themselves accessible were the most successful. so appreciate that. okay, so this, i'm going to make, removing all the rejects from this, from this motion and send this item to the fullhe positive recommendation. yes. on the motion to amended, vice chair walton, a walton i president peskin, a peskin i thank you i that motion passes without. please call the next item. item number eight is a

motion approving rejecting the mayoral noent of amy campbell to the planning commission for a four year good morning, chair safaí vice chairmy name is jessie minardi. i am not amy campbell. , director of boards and commissions. and as i believe you, you are aware unfortunately, amy campbell, the mayor's nominee, is unavailable to be unable to bee is on a pre-planned family vacation abroad arrangement with the prior chair's offi a written statement, for me to read on her behalf. before you read that can i just ask a q back anytime soon? well she is on a three she is on a three week vacation. go ahead know, whatever previous, commitments were made, i personally feel like. and we've talkedvious position. i know she comes with, you know, with wonderfulo the last line of questioning that i with, the previous

applicant. i think it's important to those things on the record and have that dialog. so i persoi asked, is she coming back anytime soon? because i know we havahead and read the read the, letter and then i, we can talk amongst ourselves about how to how the best way to proceed chair safaí, i was going to read an the interest of time, but you have the fullon there. so, good morning, supervisor walton, supervisor safaí. supervisor peskin, pleaseor not being able to attend this important hearing in person. i pre-planned family vacation. i regret that i cannot join you nomination to the planning commission is a great very seriously. thank you for allowing me the opportunity to ha statement read on my behalf. by way of introduction. my name is originally from the east coast but have lived in california for the past 18 of which have been as a resident of san franciscáj neighborhood my home, and it's where my raising our two children. i appreciate so much our learned that the neighborhoods of san francisco, like the castro are

make this city so special. professionally, i'm a licensed architect in the state of california and have been practicing for over 17 years. much of focused on the built environment and placemaking andxisting buildings can be reinvented and made more. i currently practice at gensler a global design firm, where i also act as a studio director and and adaptive reuse. since the grown extremely passionate about reimagining cities t underutilized office buildings, and i've had a media discussion around what's next for downtown san franciscofessional experience can bring a valuable perspective to the expertise can help ensure that new projects are vis to the city, while also being reasonable and practical. inition to community impacts, i can offer an understanding of challenges being faced by various stakeholders such as building ownfit organizations. had the honor of serving on the historic preservation commission. my time rewarding. i've learned the importance of coming to hearings how to listen objectively to community concerns, and the value of providing thoughtful and explanatory feedback to

better foster dialog. when making my recommendations, i'm excited to take the knowledge and the hpc forward with me to the planning commission to growth while still safeguarding each neighborhood, its people, and. as i've learned on the hpc, i laws, rules and regulations are changing rapidly these days, making this a particularly interesting time for the planning commission. and while we cannot change the rules of the road, we certainly do our very best to understand the implications and real world impacts and make recommendations that we can. i believe that san franntinue to grow and evolve. we also need more housing for carries the responsibility of making our growth reality. and i forward to focusing on long term goals and outcomes ind towards creating meaningful and sustainable impacts at all scaleslso preventing displacement and protecting the socioeconomic and cultural diversity of our city. if confirmed, i look forward wide range of people and different neighborhood groups so i can gainad understand 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 confident

that i can help enrich the dialog at the planning architect urbanist, resident, parent, and someone who genuinelyout the people. i hope you agree. it would befoserve the city of san and county of san francisco and enhance the quality of life for all residents. thank you for your. thank you, committee members, any comments or was saying before, i'm my inclination would be not to make a decision today. andunfortunately, she's out of town for the next two meetings scheduled but what i williate the fact that we did conversation with her. she was appointed actually just pretty recently. it was within the last, like, what 4 or 5 months in november. yeah. november. sorry. time flies. when you're having fu. so it was it was pretty remember an extensive conversation with her and, appreciate, the conversation that ween she's talked about this before, was the focus on how transition

from large commercial r spaces to smaller spaces and transforming that into more of a mixed use solution, i felt lik thoughtful approach, and her experience and background would make a good, addition to the planning commission, sofortunate that we were not able to have a conversation with her. i know sh opportunity, as would i, but i think i'm moving forward and putting her on the planningtee members feel. i met with her extensivelyshe was. we confirmed herd was suitably impressed and have no issues. right. okay okay. okay. so we will remove all, like, make a motion. oh wait. we got to open up public comment. any members of the ahead. are there any members of the public would like to m comment on this matter? not trying to steal your job. okay, i do not see any public

comments closed, so i'd like to make a motion removing allm 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 peskin i chair safaí i passes without objection. great. please call the next item motion to approving rejecting for the appointment of mike chen to the municipal transportation agency bo a four year term ending march 1st, chen, please come forward, quickroductions good morning. president. peskin. my name is mike chen. i've beened by the mayor to the san francisco municipal transportation agency board of replacing succeeding lydia. so i am in transportation as the essential connecting force betw franciscans to jobs, to childcare, health care , places of worship, and their family. and francisco should be safe, reliable, convenient affordable, climate friendly and

equitable. a bit about me i am a ten year resident of san francisco and i boyfriend near divisadero and geary in a one car, one bicycle household i take transit, bike, walk and ride in friends cars to sfmta citizen's advisory council for four years, an for two on the committee. i worked with my ifferent parts of the agency, ask questions ofdations and present those recommendations to the board of directors. ie my lived experiences can bring an important perspective to the mta board, which asian pacific islander representation. as a long time both communities, i hope to give voice to both groups so that togeth in san francisco works for everyone. thank you for your time. a many membersuestions i'll start and i'll let anyone else jump in. so the last time we appointed someone to was janet. correct. and extensive conversation about the valencia street bike lane. i want you an opportunity to talk about why it's so problematic and what

the mta did wrong and what needs to be improvedu for that opportunity. you know, with valencia i think the mta been it's been a very tough job, i think trying think priorities are to make sure that people areafe as they get around san francisco, as part of the agency's charter and as well to make sure that merchants have access to customers access to, and access to, places for their employees to get around. i think that currently, as my is that is that the agency is workingk with merchants ton of valencia street, which it seems that most of merchants and bicycle advocates and the agency are now all on which is a side running bicycle lane. and i am very heartened by the efforts the agency is taking to really work every single merchant to look at every single possible possible curb, to maximize opportunities for merc parklets, it's i think the challenge is that the agency has

is very it's very hard first iteration with the center running bike lan to maximize as much parking as possible for mercha, i think that said, you know, staff re fallible. they can make mistakes. and i think wewell it's not just about maximizing parking, it's also about other that other things. and so what we'r hope is a great solution. and i hope that it will beest after the holiday season in mean, i had a little take. i the agency did a processike lane around 14th and and then they presented this as a pilot. a pilot is not two years. i don't care not two years. and the impact that it's had it's impact it's had on pedestrians, the impact it's that ride their bikes frequently. i meany and i just the prob have with sfmta is they are extremely management heavy a good job doing

community outreach. they're constantly having to clean up their mess. so i guess tk about and talk about a little bit more. because want to have a protected bike lane. we flow of traffic in general. but the way it's been rolled out to the detrimental actually to the community. and i don't care ww me a study, and you can try to make the the neighborhood, but it's had significant impact ony concern because that model then is taken to other parts of th thanks president peskin. and the work years removed, tried to remove some of the political influence the process, and give more to this entity, but that then has played out with no regard or attempt to really fully engage in community i think that's one of the bi be done over for the agency. i mean, that's one. so i want to give you an opportunity to talk about want to talk about but i want i

want you to responde on the citizens advisory council. i've heard many complaints from the public an members about outreach. and i've seen that happen at the full you that the agency could do a lot more obviously something, a disconnect. i thinke the agency i chinese language outreach people and have for example and t trying to work as much as possible disconnect. and where people on the ground, for example, merchants. enough. when if i would i would want to. one of myill be to figure out how we can really make this outreach work, because the process currently does not seem to be working. i'm glad you brought up the language issue because just there's this conversation about doing bike lanes. north chinatown, and then all of a sudden they one in the community knows. and i think supervisor peskin's happenstance that all of a sudden there wasproposal for a bike lane in chinatown. i mean, how does that sense. i mean, we have historic neighborhoods in theity, but i

think chinatown would be right up there as neighborhood in our city. so for plan or one that's not knowledgeable of the community, can't speak the language, doesn't have someone doing the outreach. i mean, it's just it's just un it's indefensible. it makes no sense to me at all. and and that was one of the biggest things we said when we did bike to there's this agency that wants to talk about doing all t communities of color and underrepresented communities, but that's not represented in the you don't see any of that in therepresentation in the staff. so your job as ais hold is to make sure that the department is sure do have a lot of money for a lot hire a lot of managers. and i don't see a lot of represented in that department. your feedback is well takendecessors, sharon ly and lydia. so spent a bring more language access to try to try to connect. i, the interest groups in the agency, there is still a lot of work to do, i i

have heard you. superv about having more, local project engagement, but more, more local neighborhoodased engagement. so that people have are able to build thathip, that's something that i would like to take back to the mta and seeing better because because probably the experience that many that seen is that maybe projects, projects, projects comeon't see the same people, in your district rail project or the street safety project or the bike project. absolutely. and here's the other thing. how many mta commission meetings have you attended mean, i know you're on the advisory committee, butmmittee meetings? the committee? sorry, the community meetings commission, meetings commission meetings. w attended the i every month i gave the cac chairs report to the to the 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 attemp from that body to push back on the agency, not just

approving everything that's brought in front ofg, we are going to change the culture of this department. i could kee on the on the ticket supervisor safaí, i think, touched on some profoundly important issues. and he is correct, i wa proposition a in 2007. that took a strong mta commission and turned super strong mta commission. of reasons, which supervisor safaí touched on, wi fundamental assumption that the discharge its duty in the agency and look, i have no fantasy about this being simple. ever deals with is extremely complicated, and way, i was an early proponent of the proposition merged that created the mta. and utility in bringing traffic and public transit under one roof there's been a lot

of successes. fundamentally, in the work that is built through relationships, and trust isnd trust is built through representation. and you commissioners, ly and so and i say aso's represented chinatown7 of the last 24 years and, and also, has, represented the chinese americanl over the city for many, in because a lot of the transit activism in the old days 's why we have chinatown trip and what have you it's always been important to that community, relies on the mta and public voice. and i mean, you know, member commission, there should probably be seat to an asian american, but what is important to me is that there be real relation

trust, real communicationa so, or like sharon ly, who were very, very present in thevely with the community, and gave the voice on the commission and behind the scenes., sometimes there were just just the incident that supervisor safaí was, which was perceived rightfully or wrongfully by the chinatown community as an affront and evolved that way. i hon i, i don't know, i mean, i certainly expressed on behalf of my constituents my displeasure, but i have not heard one word from thetes that i rely on and have for most of the last quarter of a ushered in new, younger, activists and professionals, and let me be very clear. i mean, i kind of not kind of mayor would have nominated somebody who came from that. and had those deep, abiding

communityunity, for the community, but that was not theor's choice, can you tellur connections are to chinatown, to chinatown trip to american, asian american?t community, which, by the way, and when you talk abomany of the operators, come from the community. i mean, the former head of the transit workers is irwin lum, people many phil chi of the mta as operators. and then devoted that expertise and activism accountable. can you tell us a little bit about. i have not when a high profile, i mean, this is ons in the city. this is the only commission that hasisors, albeit it is a non-electe and usually by now i have gotten a letter from chinatown trip in support of the nominee. i've, you know you know, a gordon chin or a norman fung chin radio silence. can you speak to

that? i recognize i have fill, and that my the chinese community was not is not necess was through through other organizations, i have a lot. i have a lot of work to do to in chinatown. i hope that my i hope track record shows that i have s and someone who's willing to be an advocate. and as with items ago, that i'm willing to be someone who spends a lotf time to build those relationships. and what other organizations were you involved in that weren't chinatown fabric of organizations incredible histories which, by the way, are go beyond the they really are modelslaborated with interests allver the city. i mean, i, i hear as much from them about, the 29 and the, you know as i do about the 30 and the 45. i'm just put in bus numbers. but

my some, some democratic clubs, including the ed lee club, the glbtq asian pacific of representation and issues facing, asian pacific islander community. so more on thee in the asian community, less on the policy tr. yes. thank you. do you speak cantonese, i believe, the boardn i do. i, my, i grew up in a mixed korean, and and i speak some of that and my, my cantonese is limited to ordering dimunderstood. so is mine. thank you. any time? okay. we'll open it we'll call you back up. yes. members of the public wish to speak on this item. should i speak at this time? each speaker allowed two minutes. please approach. hi supervisors. my name is bob esfandiari. i'm here just in my

personal capacity today as a frie i'm here to urge you to support his mta board mike has been a friend of mine for over seven years. actually, seven years in a month of the day, and in him, in some of the organizations, he was talking about the political advocacy transit advocacy and something i have known him to be someone who somebody who takes the time to agrees with them or not, on various substantive issuesnship building issues and mike is somebody who, him on the issues that we've agreed with on the issues we've disagreed with, he has been someone who is, fiercely passionate about the issues, about making transit a better city and a better thing that allows you to get whether it's by, a bike or by a bus, system or any of the other mend mike is extraordinarily passionate aboutse things. he sees how they are connected to our broader issues around climate change he is someone who i think would be a for continuing to push the envelope on getting t communication challenges you all

talked about, but also abo and getting them to really move faster when need to happen to make sure that we can all get an environmentally friendly way. i hope you support his thank you for the time. you have a good one. good morning supervisorsi'm dylan fabris, the community and policy manager at san rider supported nonprofit organization advocating for city. i'm here today to urge you to approve the mayor's nomination for the appointment of mike chen to the as a member and former chair of council, mr. chen would bring years of experience and representing the community to the sfmta understands the challenges facing the agency improving transportation options for all san franciscans. over the past several weeks, our staff and volunteers have had meet mr. chen and better understand his priorities. and wh to eye on every single issue, i believe that he willsured, logical approach to the issues facing

consider the multimodal needsanciscans, including the needs of the muni every day. for those reasons, i urge you toe you to approve mr. chen's nomination to the sfmta board. thank you. good morning, supervisors and boardncon and i'm very proud to chen, for the supervisors to be i mean sfmta. and needless to say that mike is such a passionate advocate for transit. he understands the impact it has on our communitie and what good policy looks like. he'sommunity members and, and super excited for mike chen continue the publicate about. thank you. thank you. are there any additional speakers for thisere are no additional public commenterse commenters. okay great. oh, no more members of thpublic comment is closed safaí, just a couple of

questions feel about policies that shut off access to the rest of the city, like the great highway or the segregated jfk? without with about future projects what i would like is, is to say is to look at ther to see hey, is this helping in the agency's charter to make sureet around safely, can get around to the things and the andmple, with parks, easily and quickly. i don't thinkgaril thing, but i will consider those things. andens of equity. and i understand the supervisor has had a lot of conceistrict ten to parts to golden gate park example with golden gate park, that the mta is make to make access better, for example, by underground garage that's underneath the music concourse and makt in a equitable way so

that there is there is go from all parts of the city. what are your thoughts about policies lik muni? i've seen the campaign fully funded muni, and i think that's the latest from the transit riders for example. i would love i my ideal, my idealm that is affordable and accessible world we have to the i understand the is making very difficult choices, as would like to see that we make sure that thos not burden people with the least ability to pay example that we could for example increase the income to be able to qualify for discounted programs to make sure that and to make sure that that we that fares and fine policy and some of the other policies that the mta does, does not un burden, those t franciscans with the least ability to pay, supervisor peskin. yeah so thank you for those questions. andponses to

supervisor safaí. andd like to and i don't know or other, aapinsit advocates that we regularly hear from have a like colleagues for us to considerd i'm happy to affirmatively reach out to them this. this is kind of the sadlye one position on this seven member commission that has historically been that link, so i to do that and hear from them because all we've gotten so and if you are willing, i would like to chair. i'll, i'll if i can do that between now and when schedule it for next week. i will do that. do it after the recess, but i'd like that o“po. rosa walton, any thoughts? yeah, i'm supporting it toe there's a majority thatld i do believe and this is why i was asking chen, i do believe the magnitude of the seat requires a littleconversation. i think it's worthwhile

the groups that supervisor peskin, maybe some of the questions that supervisor waltonght up having an opportunity for those groups to weigh in. i, say i really like the fact other commissioners, that the mayor has put forward with no experience you've ac the work and citizen's advisory committee, you've been engaged been thinking about these issues. you've put your head down engage on transportation issues, both the large and. and i think that's really important. and i think that some of talked about today, i'd like to ask you to think about as so you can come back and speak a community engagement, some of the things that could bely sensitive, some of the impact that the commission terms of decision making versus just it's the will of the body to continue the item without making a decision today, asking list supervisor peskin, of groups that you wanted? because i think not just for you asking them to weigh in, gives an opportunity for mr. chen also to reach out

to t yeah. and engage with them. i mean, i think that's even better. that's usually usually by now there has been and maybe you've done this. i don' can you say the groups again? chinatown trip. yeah. i think, in the corner of the world that i l i think chinatown trip is remarkably important. and establishing that relationship as part of the process is i meanlike running for office. you are forced to go and make these connections and, and i think it would be a missedt ask you to really particularly as that. and by the way, i say that actually said, hey, i want you to also be a representative here. and i mean, it can be things like going to, you know, different banquets and fam and what have you. but chinatown trip hasadvocacy group that ly showed up, i think when lydia so showed say, we met. we've established a relationship. i think starts there. so that's the group chinatown trip. yeah.

in in an open collaborative them saying, hey, we might want to, you know, meet in and some support from, you know but yeah, chinatown trip. got it. ok and just so people don't think that, you know, this is i mean, this is an orga by decades that advocated for, i mean chinatown historically was discriminate, proposals. this is long before any of our before an mta existed, to cuthave been issues aroundemoval and, you know , and but it's all actually been done in a way that i'm very pleased and proud of. and given the recent but incidents, plural where staff with the best of intentions. i not a malicious bone. i mean, it's just to know that i have a commissio up the phone and call jeff tumlin is work at the front end. and i think that requires

that buy in at the beginningay great. so what we'll make i make a motion to continue this item to chair, give you the opportunity to meet with that group you think is important. think about some of the things day, and then we can you can coordinateng that happens within the next week, then we can coordinate this week. if not, then the august recess. thank you. did you have anything else wanted to add mr. chen? no. thank you for your consideration. all right. thank you. the motion to continue this matter to the. vice chair walton, a walton i president i safaí i that motion passes without objection. thank youd, mr. clerk, are there any other items in front of this no additional items on today's agenda. okay. we are adjourned. thank you. thank you.

today's special guest is jeff tomlin. >> hi.ng san francisco rising. to show that is focused on restarting reimagining our city. our guest today is the director transportation of us to talk about the 23-24 budget with the muni equity strategy projects across the city. welcome to the show. >> thank you it be here. >> i see the sfmta's budget for and 2024 has been approved. how will it help provide a stro few years for o >> it has been a challenging cowiped out the basic finances. is funded primarily from transit fares parking fees and set aside for a general fund and covid has meant

we of our parking and transit for revenue. recover them until 2027. this budget takes a one-time federal release funding between now and task is to rebuild trust with the voters that can actually deliver on their goals includes things like making muni faster, more frequent, and more reliable. includesnd making everyone feel safe riding the bus. it means taking advantage of the amou experience in order to advance equity so that we invents invest the most amount of money in communities that need our most. it also means supporting san francisco in its larg basically two years b and 2024 in order to build trust with the voters and figure muni movi it is in 2024 and 2025 when the one-time federal release fund went out. >> are you pla up? >> as a result of covid, we have 1,000 vacancies in the

organization. that is why muninot fully recovered. this budget allows us to fully staff through 2024, which means we can resto invest in safety, and invest in other better for everyone >> can you talk about the mooney service equity strategies? as you move pandemic, how has that plan been updated? i have he upgrades in progress. >> we have be equity during muni's recovery. we have been basing our work on this is the plan we update every two years t of san francisco and helps us direct our transit resources where people need it theat means people with low income, people of seniors, people with disability, children all the folks who have the fewest choices. during covid, when we to strip back the transit system, 13 qua all of the agency's resources to the equity neighayview chinatown, the mission the

valley and even through our we have continued to deliver the best muni service's so -- to the neighborhoodswe are still operating more frequent service in core lines in equity precovid. and the result of that isaordinarily high ridership. we are finding, for example byency and reliability on lines like the 22 fillmore that getting 133% of precovid ridership even when the overall system is only at about half of t that is 133%. that is on weekends. at about 96% of precovid ridership on our main e on weekdays. we're also investing a whole variety ofed at making transit work better, particularly for people withilities. on the market street corridor, our elevators to the back to the 1970s and need significant right now we are busy working on renovating the elevators the station. we have completed the elevator upgrade for the platform. we are now working on the

westbound platform. elevators and make them a lot more reliable, prioritize people with choices. >> that's great. changing topics slightly, i understand improvement project is halfway completpaces made the product -- project more complicated? >> yes. lots of th the terminal project more including things like covid and supply chain on the first phase of the terra vale project which rebuilt the street from sunset boulevard to the zoo including infrastructure of the streets the underground utilities tot more resilient, and make sure that to rebuild the street, hopefully in a lifetimes. we also learned about the particularly with neighborhood businesses and residents. we want to make sure that we are the city is suffering and we we're doing things like partnering with the office of economic workforce development to support neighborhood businesses through programming during this time.sure thatreate shared

spaces in the parking lane, some of those need to be the way while the utility work is done underneath them. we are making sure that we will either move those platforms and outdoor eating areas back as theyhem so that we are not adding to the burden of local businesses and that we help everyone re challenging time. >> quite right. finally,o quick build projects have been well received. can you talk about the evans street project? >> o the things we did during covid was dramatically expand the rate of what we quick build projects, which a fast-moving projects using simple and cheap materials in order to redesign streets they work well as get a lot of feedback from community larger capital project that converts plastic stuff into concrete and trees and, you know, curb have been finding is that our quick build safety to cut severe injury and fatalities bet depending

upon the location on the techniques that we have the highest rate of traffic crashes particularly injury cr we focused on evans, which is really important connector for all transportation between the bayview and the centrhoods of san francisco. also a street with a terrible track record of severe crashes. on evans what we are and plastic posts for the time being, is takingare out there right now, andne in each direction plus turn valencia or south bend this, or nass, is with one lane in each direction plus a term pocket can move just as much two lanes in each direction. left turning vehicles mean the two l these road diets that we do have been tremendously effective for improving safety outcomes for exacerbating traffic. they do make all cars slow down the

speed of the most prudent driver.eek we are getting started in partnership with the department of public works on work to restripe between third and cesar chavez, and as part be collecting a lot of data, talkinuig in the industrial district and talking to folks in the bayviewbout how it is working. we will make some it is successful, then capital-intensive to make it permanent. if it is not successful, we willhe way that it was, having s i really appreciate you coming on the show. thank you for the time you have given us today. >> it has been great being much. >> that is it for this episode. we will be back shortly. you have been watching san francisc >> >> >> >> is bal. born and

car equipment technically i'm a transit operat and work at the cable car (indiscernible) and been here fors now. i grew up around here when i was a little can i. my hang in china town with her friends and i would ge the door, go play and finddo. i ended up wandering down here when i was a kid and found these things. ♪ [ mus >> fascinated by them and i wanted to be a c time i was a little kid. i started the emergency at the end of 1988 andr a year and a half and i got lucky with my timing and got here at cable car that time it really took average five

to maybe seven years on a beniority to come over here. basically, this is the ever a bus. this is your basic transportation and at the time at its height, 20 different routes ask this powerhouse there were 15 of them through out the entire t the cable car division and bunch with muni for 25 cars for 23 years. this is call things are horses and work hard so they have toave a place to sleep at night. joking. this is the powerhouse is down-- that's downstairs and soul of the system and this is where the cable cars sleep you can put a titlebarn. since 1873 and back in the day it was electric but it has a good function as being called the barn. yeah. >> i am the superintendent of cable car vehicle maintenance.

and we are on the first and a half floor of the where you can see the cables are moving at nine and miles an hour and that's causing the little extra noise hearing now. we have 28 power cars and 12 california 40 revenue cars. then with have two in storage. there's four gear boxes. it's gears the motor. they weigh close to 20 tons and they had to do a to get them out of here because when they put them in here the barn was the whole barn that year so it's difficult for a first of time at a time and now they are all brand-new. room have the four monitors that play the monitors them and in case of an she can shutdown all four cars if she needs to. that sound you heard there gentleman building, rebuilding a cable. the pounds each and they lost three days before we have to rebuild th grips the bottom point is undergrounds a giant buy strip and closes around the kab and

they pull it weighs 2,500 people without people so it's heavy, emergencyg it offer the hill. if it comes offer the hill it could be one wire but it turns into a ball and they cannot let go of it and it's a billion pushing the grip which is pushing t car and there's no way to let go so they have to have the900 to shutdownn emergencies and the wood brakes last two da wear out. a lot of maintenance. ♪ [ music ] ♪ ♪ >> rail was considered to be the

old )2 tires, cars, t's new. there were definitely faster and cheaper, there's no question about that. francisco, we went through the same thing. the mayor don't need cable cars (indiscernible) blah blah. we can with buses. they are faster and cheaper and more economical and he cents part. he was right. 1947 when they voted that i'm surprised base of the technology and the chronicle paper says cable cars out. that was that was the demise of the cable cars. >> (indiscernd, stop. no. no no no. she was the we're going to fight city hall. she got her frien t from a group called the save the managed to get it on the ballot. are we going t cars or not? head turned nationwide and and city hall was completely nt of backlash they got. this is just a bunch -- and said basically, 3-1 if i'm want our cars and phil and her

group we have. and literately if it wasn't f cable cars. people saw something back then we see today that you can't get rid of a beautiful and itical monument at the time and now it is and it wasah we had freight back then. we don't have ber one tourist attraction in san francisco. it's historic and the only national moving monument in thrl san francisco did keep the cable car so it's a fascinating feel of having something that is so historic hills of san francisco. and obviously everyone knows san francis famous for their hills. [laughter] and who wo guess that they were trying to get rid of it which was a crazy idea at the time because they felt automobiles were cars and getting rid of the cable best thing for the city and county of san francisco, but thank god it didn't. >> how soon has changed? the diverse of cable cars -- came to cable car, barn was the

first cable three or four being a grip person. t toughest and challenging job in the entire >> i want to thank our women who operate our because they are a crucial space of the city to theave wonderful women -- forward, yes. [cheers and applause] these these ladies, this is what it's about. continuing to empower women. is willa johnson is and i've been at 13 years. i came to san francisco when five years old. and that is the first time i rode and i went to see a christmas the christmas worker and that was thear and didn't ride again until i worked here. i was in the medic i wanted a change. some peo that but i started with the mta of september of 1999 and came over car in

was a general sign up and that's when yo signed up as aconductor and came over here and been here since. there were a few ladies that were over at wanted to come over here and we had decided we wanted to leav come to a different division and cable car was it. i do know there has been that work the cable car in the years and i am the second person to r the cable car and i also know 19 i think 60s and women not even allowed to ride on the side of a cable car s exciting to know you can go from not riding on the side a cable car to actually grip and driving the cable car opened the door for a lot of people to hav to do what they inspire to . >> i have some people say i wouldn't make it as a conductor at woods and i came and made it as i conductor and t was to come to

this division. and i like >>he just tapped into the generalcisco tend to have of this is ours it's special it's economically and you know a rationale sense does it from here, if you think from here no we don if you think from here yeah. and it she was right. so.... and i'm grate her. very grateful. [laugh >> three, one. [multiple voices] [cheers and >> did i -- i did that

>> some of the d8 are the castro andoe valley and diamond heights and valley. >> hello, i'm supervisor representing d8 the supervisors. >> i had also been interested in politics and puck and when i was in high school 13wrir78 with periphery on the board of supervisors. and got involved in um, in local was grown up at the