tv [untitled] November 24, 2013 5:00am-5:31am PST
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(calling names) mr. president, all members are present. >> thank you ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag. united states of america. on that have - with liability to all. >> colleagues, we have board minutes could you i have a motion to approve those minutes. without objection those minutes are approved >> are there any items. >> those are items are considered routine if a member objects then the agenda could be
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separated. >> on items one through 19. supervisor avalo (calling names) there are 11 eyes. the ordinance is finally, passed next item >> item 20 is an ordinance to amended the park codes the hours of operation from 5:00 a.m. to maintained with certainty expectations and making environmental finding supervisor breed. >> thank you. i have a question for department of rec and park. i know there is a request to
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post signage with the hours and i said to know if there's an estimate of the amount of money it's going to cost and where the money is going to come from. it's part of the resolution if we approve it we're on the hook for it and i don't know where the money is coming from >> if you could ask a representative from rec and park. go ahead >> supervisor sarah for the rec and park department. supervisor we expect the signs costs between $20,250 each we'll use funds from the reserve fund >> i'm sorry. >> so the department gets a
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small property tax set aside and that goes into the open space fund into our communities reserve for projects like this. >> okay. thank you. unless there's any other questions or comments please call the role >> (calling names) there are 6 i's and 5 notices. >> the ordinance is finally, passions item 21. >> it's an ordinance to amended
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the code to prepare and submit a report to the board of supervisors valeting the provisions of the vocation of the cannery dispense. >> call roll. >> (calling names) there are i's. >> is ordinance is passed arrest item 22 is a listening and regulations of massage practitioners. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? >> it's on ordinance to reduce
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certain film fees and extend the expiration day to 23 million for the film. >> colleagues, same house, same call? . without objection this is passed next item >> on item 24 it's a resolution to authorize the human regulatory agency from the stave department of housing to renovate at 41528 for the homeless he shelter. >> good afternoon, members of the public. i want to say thank you very much for allowing me to work on this issue. i had an opportunity to talk about this item. it's been clear that despite the desire of many neighbors it's not possible to have a
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meaningful discussion about the shelter. you've received a copy of the amendments. the amendments are the result of concern race - raised by neighbors. the first amendment is to clarify that the city has a sunset rezoning and seeing that the shelter is within half a mile of a of sex offenders from staying at the shelter. an advisory committee to help implement security shelters and restraining order provide the board with a shelter operations within one year. it's my understanding that the
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mayor's office is supportive of those amendments. while i've had a tremendous and - have had a tremendous amount of respect for mother brown's kitchen this issue this item is completely separate. i don't share all the concerns articulated by the community but i still have a number of concerns that have not been revolved. i believe if the proposal would be in any part of the city there would be 1i7b9 more robust conversation around around this year i think we should be having a citywide conversation about where our homeless folks are living and provide benefits for all folks.
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unfortunately, that conversation is not able to happen and it deserves an evaluation of the exiting services across the entire city with an open cycle. unfortunately awhile we have not been able to support this i building those amendments are necessary for this item to move forward. so mr. president, i'd like to make a motion to adapt the amendments >> verify cohn has seconded it. >> is supervisor cowen done with her statement. >> do you have comments. >> colleagues, any discussion on the amendments.
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supervisor avalos. i do have some concerns. is it necessary maybe this is a question for our director of the agency. is it necessary that we rezone this if it's a shelter on the spot that we do rezoning for current land use? >> supervisor farrell. i'll refer to the office that's been handsomely that issue >> thank you i'm from the mayor's office it is required for rezoning some certain form of p dr we'll come to the board with revisions. >> thank you when the other amendment that's here start on line 8 requiring that registered sex offenders staying at the
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shelter register they will be prohibited from staying at the shelter that's the current practicing practice if you're a sex offender you can't seek shelter at the homeless shelter. >> no, that's not a policy. we do no background checks. what this amendment does is reflect state law where sex offenders are able to reside. state law says they're for bin from residing a certain amount of feet from a park >> so in this case if there's someone who's a registered sex offender they can't be at the shelter. >> should that address be presented to their probation
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officer that would be enforced by probation not our services. we won't be screening folks. it's a relationship between the parolee and the probation officer. >> do we have shelters within other proximitys. >> are you supportive of this amendment? i'm not - >> i'm but in terms of this amendment being in terms of state law it's simply putting into the resolution things of state law. it's nothing to do with our agency >> thank you. >> any other comments on the amendments supervisor campos.
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>> supervisors we intended to convene a community body of both residents business owners in the neighboring areas. as typical when trying to accredit any of our services we feel it's good to have an open dialog when there's opposition from some of the neighbors. in terms of the other koifd node to get the zoning changed is fine as well as reporting back to the board within a year and addressing any sort of security issues that's standard that we do anyway >> with respect to the language that supervisor avalos was
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talking about. >> it's my understanding that when the supervisor has talked about this it's administrator low feasible. >> supervisor jane kim. >> thank you. i want to defied the two clauses. >> when you say two clauses. >> the first recognizing is 02115 jennings is not currently zoned e.r. zoned and its within a park and school and requesting adult probation. >> you want a separate vote on page 2 so 3 separate votes. >> two votes so lines 5 though
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7 and 8 through 11. >> if i may to the author of the amendments through the chair to supervisor cowen. if state law ready requires what's in the language what's the need for the language if that's the law in california >> extra insurance to make sure we're come politically with state law and a right now you don't feel we're come politically. >> there's a sex offender listed on mother brown's 2111 address and that that person has listed 2111 as an address of their condition on their probation.
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i'm looking to make sure we don't have loopholes we definitely have people paying attention. so i can provide you documentation of this if you're interested in > >>. i don't know why we need language to make that happen. i understand the appointment >> when - one of the reasons i asked for continuance i wanted to talk to people and my constituents want to see this reemphasized. so is there harm in reemphasizing it. i don't know so >> any further discussion on the amendments. >> i thought i heard it expressed they don't actually apply state law to any of their
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shelters. >> human services director we don't do screening or background checks for folks to enter our shelters it's not our role our role is to make sure homeless folks need feed and shelter they have access to that. >> any further discussion on those amendments . supervisor cowen >> supervisor kim wants separate votes. i propose we take 3 separate amendments on page 2 around zoning and a separate vote own
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the whereas clause related to the state law regulations and the third amendment would be on all the remaining further resolved includes if that makes sense. >> my apologizes i only saw the two whereas clauses there should be the 3 motions. one is lines 1 through 8 and fourteen through 22. i apologize i didn't see the further revolve. i wanted to comment on my issue with the where was your clause on 8 through 11. i understand their endorsed i'm worried there will be some confusion there's some responsibility to do some prescreening on the sex
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offenders. unless we specifically put into the clause we're not asking the agency to do the prescreening, however, i don't want to waste time i'm comfortable with voting against this clause >> supervisor campos. i said to say she doesn't enforce the state law without express he request that's itself reason why it's where i live in this particular document >> supervisor campos. i'm definitely sensitive inform the issue. i think we have to get to the bottom of how we address the issue at hand. if we're not enforcing the state
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law i don't know if adding the language which is not the agency responsible for enforcement didn't do anything. i will be concerned to make sure we're preventing kids from sex offenders but the agency responsible for enforcing the law do that. i think i don't know if someone from did you want probation here but if that's the issue i want to really do whatever we can to maximize the protection but asking a department that doesn't have that qualifications or responsibility doesn't solve the problem. i really want to get to how do we solve the issue that was
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raised >> any further discussion. supervisor wiener >> just to clarify as i understand this resolution does one thing optional whether we accept the grant. in terms of the sex offender provision the law is what it is. i don't think that changes anything about the laws can i get configuration on what i said >> that is - >> from our - >> your understanding is correct and accurate. this resolution is not passing on responsibility to an harngs s a. the responsibility lies within the adult probation it's only asked to be expressed and it's expresses is in this resolution
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and it will be enforced >> can i mr. roar envy understanding is this amendment is a whereas clause. it doesn't effect any of the bottom line about accept and he extend and doesn't impact the rezoning of the site to allow a shelter there. this would be in any way binding or changing of the law. no supervisor. simply a whereas clause but some of the things raised by your colleagues can have merit. we don't have state law applying to any of our shelters so no it's not binding. as whereas clauses are it's simply restating.
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i understand some of the concerns >> okay. so a couple of things i'm going to be voting for the accept and extend today there's a rezoning process in the future and i assume that the department and mayor's office will be working with supervisor cowen on the rezoning process. i'd be cloind to refer to the supervisor on those amendments since this is not mandating s h a to do anything in the future. there would have to be a statutory change in order to make required changes. i personally have of - i have a concern with the way sex
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offenders have been addressed. i think it was prop 84 more or less makes it illegal for sex offenders to live in san francisco given how dense we are. we set people up for failure. i don't agree who can be in shelters it should be a safe environment but that's a confidence for a different day. ultimately whether to accept this grant i'll be deferring to supervisor cowen on the amendments and will be accepting the resolution >> i have one question to our city attorney. i want to clarify this issue to add some language that says that you know what it currently states that the state department
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will composers this and nothing about the human services i'm president classification >> deputy city attorney. i agree it's implicit in the language but the board can adapt that additional language >> i'll suggest to the maker of the amendment is that spirit of the language in line with what you're conferring. >> yes. >> i have some language on the fly but if you want to word it a little bit for us. >> i think you had a good job. nothing on the human services agency >> i'll suggest that as a friendly amendment if supervisor
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cowen you can accept that. >> yes. >> supervisor avalos. i find it hard to accept sex officer. it makes us uncomfortable it could make us more uncomfortable about the resolution. we're got the adult probation enforcing their state law. in this case we've got a shelter to provide a residence for someone you without a home. i think the shelters would help those who need opportunity in his or her life to stay off the streets and not offend. this mentioning of this resolution he really counter acts what we think about san
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francisco and i find it difficult to support. i'll support the underlying resolution, of course, but vote against the second amendment. the first one is okay >> if i can remind members of the public not to show support of or against resolutions. >> i want to ask director moore if he acceptance what we do for our other single adult shelters. are you planning on supporting or do an evaluation or strategy for safety standards etc., >> we intended to do the
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advisory committee. as you mention we do it at numerous sites particle homeless shelters we assess security needs and public security needs and reporting back to the board in a year is fine >> okay. thank you. >> supervisor campos. >> as the department head do you have a preference whether or not this language around beginning with line 8 whether that language should be in there or not. >> supervisor. it's certainly new territory for the human agency. i thought some of the comments by your colleague is good if someone is a sex offender perhaps that person should be in
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a shelter and not in the neighborhood. but in terms of mixing issues of sex offender even though we're not required to screen it's something brand new to mention around our emergency homeless shelters. we doesn't have any clauses of folks who are convicted of murder. the idea around an emergency shelter is to get someone off the street >> i don't want to put words in your mouth it sound like you don't want to have that language in there. >> i'm going to leave that you to you all to decide 50i7 i've given my concerns. >> let me ask you a final
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question. if we don't add this blank u language would this shelter be anyless save than any other shelter on this issue >> oh, supervisor no. it would be operating in the same manner. accurate number of security and site supervisors and that's the same as our larger shelter. this is the same as the surrounding neighbors >> thank you. >> supervisor yee. in light of what the bottom line is wore voting to accept funding from the state. and concerning the comments that's been made around the
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second whereas clause i'm feeling that at this point, i will not be supporting it; however, because of the discussion we've just had it almost seems as if we should take this issue and have a further sophisticated further conversation about this issue but for me just accept the money from the state for this shelter >> okay. colleagues. any further discussion. we have supervisor cowen and supervisor jane kim has asked to defied the issues so let's talk about the first lines >> supervisor avalos. i >>
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