good floon everyone and welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of march 24, 2015. please call the rom >> supervisor avalos, present. supervisor campus. present. supervisor christensen, present. supervisor co00. co00 not present. supervisor farrell, present. supervisor kim, kim not present. supervisor mar. present. supervise rb tang. present. supervisor wiener. present. supervisor norman. present. >> can you please join us in

the pledge of allegiance? >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all . thank you madam clerk are there muneications? >> no communications. ei would like to acknowledge we are joined are by supervisor kim and cohen. can you please reads the agenda >> item 1-6 are considered rutune unless a member objects a item may be removed and considered separately >> any other items from the consent agenda? seeing none. call athe roll >> 1-6 supervisor tang. aye. supervisor wiener aye. supervisor yee. aye.

supervise rb [inaudible] supervisor christensen aye. supervisor co00, aye. supervisor ferrule. eye. supervisor kim. aye. supervisor mar. aye. mar aye. there are 11 aye's >> thete items are passed and approved >> item 7 is ordinance to authorize the department ofnology to enter into agreement of the city and att of suvss of extending the agreement to the nob nub 98 million >> colleagues can key take this item same house and call? >> this item is finally passed. >> item 8 is a ordinance to amend to code for provide procedures for power revenue bonds by the public utilities

commission >> without object this ordinance is fine ampassed newnanimously. >> item 9 rks ordnen to approve issue and sale of revenue bonds [inaudible] not to exceed 48 million to finance capital projects consisting of reconstruction of water and electric facility >> this ordinance is passed unanimously >> item 10 is authorize the office of the treshier toects pand a 100 thoin [inaudible] implement the office of financial empowerment kindergarten to college [inaudible] to provide for creation of a grant funded position >> same house, same call. without objection this is

passed unanimously >> item 11 ordinance to amend the business and tax regulation code to repeal article 3 which contains a tax [inaudible] >> saiment and call, without objection this is passed unanimously >> item 12-before we move the next item supervisor mar-that is sth next item. can you please item 11 >> i believe you are correct, we are oniteal 12. can key have a motion to excuse supervisor mar and supervisor avalos >> madam clerk can you call the roll on item 12. >> item 12 is ordinance to authorize settle. of a law

suit by the people of the state of california for the air [inaudible] against san francisco for 31 thousand >> item 12, tang, aye. pr vise rb wiener, aye. supervisor yee, aye. supervisor breed. aye. supervisor comps, aye. supervisor christensen. aye. supervisor co00. aye. supervisor farrell, aye. supervisor kim, aye. there are 9 ayes mptd the ordinance has passed. >> item 13 is a ordinance to amend the san francisco plan by repealing the 2009 housing element and adopting the 2014 element and making the appropriate findings >> supervisor tang, aye.

supervisor wine eraye. supervisor yee, aye. supervisor avalos, aye. supervisor yee, aye. supervisor comps aye. supervisor christensen, aye. supervisor co00. eye. supervisor sfairal, no. supervisor kim, aye. supervisor aye. 10 eye and 1 no with supervisor ferrule. >> this ordinance finally passed. >> item 14 is a resolution to extend temporary access and use licenses for access use maints of infrastructure near 7th street >> good afternoon everyone, welcome back rick, nice to have you back thip chamler. i have a amendment to item number 14.

this was a item we heard in the land use committee laes week. i'm recommend a few clean upchanges to remove a vague reference that the department has it authority to-[inaudible] you should have receive adcopy of those changes. the department of public works accepts the changes and they are also non substantive. i would like to make a motion that we make these amendments as circulated. >> supervisor co00 made a mogz to amend item 14. is there a second? 2nd by supervisor tang so we take that without objection so the amendments pass. >> before that i hope-i think i agree with this, i just hope i could get a quick summary because i'm not reading quickly

enough. >> supervisor cohen >> it is just cleaning up language so in line 6 on the first page it is a strike through authorizing other official acts is taken out >> i'm not sure if i'm looking at the wrong sheet. what i have is about the program itself beyond the-i'm looking at the wrong one. it is just are removing that one reference? thank you. >> okay, supervisor kim, are we good to go? thank you. madam clerk can you please call dh roll >> supervise rb tang, aye.

wiener aye. supervisor uu aye. supervisor avalos, aye. supervisor breed, aye. supervisor compose aye. supervisor christensen, aye. supervisor cohen, aye. supervisor ferrule, aye. supervisor kim, aye. supervisor mar, aye. there are 11 aye's >> the ruzlution is adoptedue man mississippily >> item 15 is a urge to [inaudible] to adopt a rirenlt that applicants dem krait [inaudible] as part of the commuter shuttle program >> supervisor wiener >> thank you madden president. observe z before us today is a resolution for the

agency as part of the permit process as part of the shuttles to take into account labor harmony or lack there of. san francisco commuter program has proven to be a important way to keep cars off the streets, reduce congestion and reduce our over all green house gas foot print of the transportation systems. as result of the shuttles workers who live in san francisco and knhut to places outside sth city and who would otherwise own a vehicle, live car free or reduce the car usage getting us closer to the [inaudible] city where we want to be. while most of the conversation about the shuttles is focused on who is riding the buses and where they live and work, the

resolution today is concern would the workers driving the buses. the shuttles are operating by private companies that craeckt with large employers. they work for the shuttle directors and not the empleaies riding on the buses. they are on the bus [inaudible] stand up time between 4 and 6 hours between morning and evening shifts. this time is unpaid and because they live in different parts of the bay area they have no [inaudible] because these shetals share bus stops it is impair tav we do as much as we as we can to minimize the [inaudible] a

libber dispute could create grid lock. this resolution call ons the mta boardf directors that requires permit applicants to demonstrate labor harmony with the drivers when submitting for a permit. the resolution doesn't define what labor harmony is and it could mean a variety of things and i look forward to working with it mta board of directs to come up with adition that is broad and minimize impacts on the transporpation system while insureing the fair treatment of those that drive the shuttles. i ask fl support on the resolution and understand superavalos has amendments and will comment after them

>> it is interesting to have this resolution bnch us at this time i support the underlying resolution. the mta board of direct rbs can implement a program without a resolution. what is unique about having this brf me is for a number of years the city is engaged in a debate about how we regulate, how we make sure the shuttle companies properly fwai for the impact that they on the city and public infrastructure and that is something that is debated and discussed. everywhere we go we have a resolution about the shuttle program and konet have a reference about the controversy that is at times tearing the city apart. to me i can't take this moment without having the shuttle program before me in one way or other without having

a greater discussion about unfinished business we have about the impacts of shuttles in san francisco. i'm a labor poren and support labor and support better working conditions and labor harmony. i want to make sure we maximize the work and jobs of people in the city, but we have >> student balance that with the needs we have of the neighborhoods and this resolution which is just for labor harmony doesn't quite do that so i want to add languages so make sure we discuss some things a large part of the public expects us to discuss and that is really the impact of shuttle services on the rest of san francisco. our general plan discusses how we want to be able to divert and [inaudible] residential neighborhoods. i don't believe our shuttle program is

following our general plan and the guidelines about diverting the traffic. the policy 18.1 of the general plan says major and secondary armaterialials carry traffic among the city and local streets are access to and frome homes and other us in each neighborhood, but i know there are many small straets. they could be commercial streets, but they are not artierials clogged at time with shuttle buses. i don't believe they actually play a good role on the side streets thampt ishould be in our arterial part of san francisco. i want to be able to follow general plan 18.1 with some guidelines that we can add with amendments to this resolution and they as follows and i have copies on

all your desks. it is on 1 page and i don't know where it fits with the overall resolution before us. it is at the very end of that document. further resolve the board of supervisors urges san francisco metropolitan transportation board to aamendment section 1914 to retrict busing to using major and secondary arterial streets not designated in the general plan. be it further resolved the board of supervisors urges the sfmta board to report on compliance with transportation code sckz 1914 f 5 which requires the service provider to provide real time locationdality data for each bus and the board of

supervisors requests to analyze the shuttle bus location area to determine how the routes and stop locations can be modified [inaudible] the board of supervisors urges the san francisco mta board to conduct a analssis to demonstrate the nexus between the [inaudible] and traffic and increase cost of affordable houses. the board of supervisors urges to adopt a fee to receiver the cost of the impablth demonstrated in the next analysis. those are my amendments i would like to make to the this resolution and just

to say i know i expect that there will be a statement saying this will delay this resolution from being passed, but i think colleagues all of us can give indication that we'll support the snd lying resolution and whether we support it or not it doesn't give the green light to the board to implement a harmony program sfr labor. that is my motion to add the language i just read to the resolution. >> supervisor avalos made a motion, is there a second? second by supervisor campose supervisor wiener >> i will vote gaens this today. i will say this and i'll be happy as we have in the past have a kbait about the commuter shuttle and happy to

talk about the fact that a significant majority that ride the shuttles if they went away or became so restricted that a mu jortd of the workers would stay in san francisco and drive their cars clogging up the city streets and our highways more than they already are. i am happy to talk about the fact that i represent a district that is right there at the top when it comes to shuttles in terms of residence that ride the shuttles and dependent on them to get to work as well as those that live on the streets and the concerns about the shuttles going down the streets. i will talk about the arterials and side streets and if you put the buses on a small number of streets the people on those streets won't be happy about that chblt when we restrict the number of stops the shuttles it would use it

means they are funneled on a smaller number of streets t. is a debate i'm happy to have, but that isn't the isue that is before us and [inaudible] a separate resolution to have this debate again, he has every right to do that. this is about making sure the drivers of the shuttles are treated fairly and are paid and have benefits and working conditions we expect in this city that values the contributions of working men and women. i understand there sadispute about whether the shuttle program should exist and where it should go, but that isn't what this resolution is about and so colleagues i will be voting against these amendment >> thank you >> supercampus

>> thank you madam president and i support sth original resolution and the amendments. i think that what supervisor wiener is trying to do with the resolution is important and i will be supporting that effort. i think it is important to make it clear that we want the drivers and workingers tobe protected. i think the issue here and this is to our labor friends because i know that they care about this issue, and while some want to narrow this issue to simply labor harmony and work of protection which is important thrrks is a larger issue and that is social responsibility chblt what we want is this companies to be socially responsible and social

responsibility encompasses a number of things. one of them is how a workers are treated and that is a important consideration we should make clear that we want those workers to be protected, but there are other aspects of social responsibility. is the responsibility to the larger society when you have companies that are using public space in public resources without properly compensating the public for that use. in this case those that voted against the pilot were not against the benefits the pilot provides, were not in favor of people driving to work. we want them to take the shuttle opposed to driving, but weologist want the companies to properly comp sate the public that invested in the public transit that is used.

likewise, respecting the rights and concerns of neighborhoods which quite frankly feel they have been left out of the process in daurms how this is implemented. whether it is appropriate for the shuttles to be used in certain parts of residential areas. it is all connected to the larger issue of social responsibility and the labor piece is a important part of it, but i think as we look forward to this issue of what is happening with the so called sharing economy, we need to make sure we don't divorce the various interconnected elements that are clearly connected. i think that is the point here and that is why i support what supervisor avloze is saying. i think all are larger issues here. it doesn't mean we inigate the importance of the labor piece, but it is one of many other issues are

that are important. >> thank you. supervisor avalos >> thank you, i just want to respond to a comment statement put out there that people that are critical of the shuttle system want it to go away and abolish it. there may be people that want to do that but that isn't my intention. my intention is looking at if we have sth right type of regulation for the shuttle system in san francisco and whether we are getting cost recoverry fl the impacts the shuttle system has on the public assets. that to me is the most important of this debate and that is what i try today insert with the amendments that i expect will have a vote on just a second. just a reinforce what supervisor compsose said, i do believe it is important we support the underlying

resolution on labor harmony, but i think the discussion is one sided especially when we know this sit ais gripped by a debate that still continues whether we create a pilot program and feel we addressed the issues or not, the city is still gripped by the controversy that the shuttle system has. we still have work to do that. that is why intent about bringing up amendments to this resolution and will consider bringing this forward in another way in the future. >> thank you. supervisor avalos, before we move to a vote for the amendments, deputy city attorney john gibner can you explain if these amendments were to pass today what the process would be >> sure. if the amendment passes the board will continue

this item either to committee of the whole at the full board or send it to committee for further public comment. either way with the amendment it would require further public comments >> seeing no other members name on the roster, on the motion to amund we have a first and second. roll call vote >> supervisor tang- >> just to make a clarification, >> yes, this is to support or deny the proposed amendments by supervisor avalos to item number 15 >> thank you. no. tang no. supervise wiener no. supervisor yee aye. superavalos, aye. breed, no. supervisor campus aye. supervisor christensen. no.

supervisor cohen. no. supervisor ferrule. no. for visor kim. aye: supervisor mar. aye. 5 aye and 6 no's with supervisor tang, wiener, christensen co00 and ferrule with descentsing vote >> the amendments fail. oorkss item 15, supervisor tang, aye. wiener aye. supervisor yee, aye. supervisor avalos. aye. supervisor breed. aye. supervisor campus. aye. supervisor christensen. aye. supervisor cohen. aye. supervisor ferrule. aye. supervisor kim. aye. supervisor mar. aye. 11 aye's. >> the resolution is adopted

>> item 16 is a motion to appoint john malcolm hillen, andrew [inaudible] dan [inaudible] dan, sandsy sure win and [inaudible] urban forestry >> this is approvedue man mississippily >> itealp 17 is a motion to appoint [inaudible] citizens general over site bond committee >> same house, same call. this motion suprovedue manue ue unanimously >> [inaudible] >> same house, same call >> without ubjeckds this is

approved. item 19 >> a motion to aprove the presidents of the bord of supervisors nomination. predsdant london breed to the board oaf appeal >> same house, came call same call. approved unanimously. madam clerk t is now 2:30 and at this time i would like to recognize supervisor katy tang with accommodation >> thank you prez dent breed and thank you for [inaudible] today is a bitter sweet moment because we are saying fair well to someone from the san francisco police department. i don't know if you know why yoi are here today deputy chief [inaudible] if you can please

come on up. i think that the police department had to bring her in here. today it is very bitter sweet to do this. deputy chief has been with the city of san francisco for over 26 years and she graduated from the 167 recruit class back june 1, 1990 and after that worked a variety of assignments with the san francisco police department in[inaudible] internal investigation and community and media relations. she has served at half thopolice district stations including ingle side, northern, bay view, mission and richmond and serves as the chief of staff after being appointed in may 2011. along with the