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management of these thousand property-based green benefit district known as the dot that's in northwest the duracell through june 30, 2025. >> same house, same call without objection resolution adopted unanimously >>[gavel] >> item 7062 and 76 resolution to approve the agreement with nonprofit owners association for ministration management the savage property-based committee benefit district known as the greater bank on hill committee benefit district for the period june 30, 2030 >> same house, same call without objection resolution is adopted unanimously >>[gavel] >> item 77 >> item 77 consumed by the land-use transportation committee and regular meeting on monday summer so that was forwarded as committee reports. it's a resolution to temporarily close the public sidewalk on second street two new montgomery said on june 11 5 pm-10 pm >> same house, same call without objection the resolution is adopted unanimously >>[gavel] >> all right. where are we?
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>> conduction of new business >> under rollcall for introduction. everyone be submitting except for me. i'm just getting to mdm. clerk. >> supervisor campos >> i have everyone else doesn't it. >> supervisor dan >> thank appreciate your time and consideration for very important matter that i do want to discuss with you today. you all know the listen officer involved shooting on wednesday we've all watched the reports. there's going to be a series of hearings i'm going to be introducing over time. i welcome anyone that wants to join in with me for cosponsorship. and i do want to acknowledge cause i reach out to me, who've been incredibly supportive not only giving advice on how to handle but
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also emotionally supportive supervisor avalos came to one of our neighborhood-i don't call -vigils and i recognize you for that. thank you. this been tremendous brotherly sister love that's come out of the mission. the mission piece clapboard of just an absolutely incredible. i am introducing a hearing request to evaluate our police studies here in sentences. this hearing request to explore alternatives to the use of force and to re-examine the san francisco police moment general orders. i'm specifically calling general orders 2.07 police officer disciplined process followed by 5.01, use of force and 5.02, police use of firearms. this is an opportunity for us to come to the table and discuss the
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policies we have that govern the city. i look forward to moving ahead with all the stakeholders including the community joking really begin to continue to identify implement long-overdue reforms to our law enforcement system and also to be evaluate our existing policies which are crucial, as we continually work to rebuild the trust and more importantly the transparency between law enforcement and the public. the rest i will submit. >> thank you. supervisor farrell? colleagues, i want to today we continue to be talked about in san francisco as technology innovation capital of the world but i think were all painfully aware of the board of supervisor on city's technology has been lagging far behind for some time. i store number about 4.5 years ago, to
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the board of supervisors having our e-mail system beyond lotus notes the painful transformation and that was. thank you mdm. clerk for our support during that period of time here i'm sure most of you are aware as the city would maintain a high-speed fiber-optic facility to provide internet connectivity to run city departments and to residents and businesses to projects like free wi-fi market street and public housing sites in san francisco. the importance of internet connectivity in today's world can't be understated. it's no longer a nato but i continue to say we should talk about in terms of the economic right and i think you need to be treated as utility not only here in sentences go but as a federal government arctic classifies it as such earlier this year. in our ongoing discussions expand these categories of the city government is critical to understand the current state. so, i have to be-conduct a survey of our city to province catalog their fiber assets in
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order to see a we can manage them going forward. the report was released last thursday and found responsibility for fiber network assets dispersed among and within many different city departments. it's incomplete. kept in different databases in many instances paper records and for my perspective, having simply a critical understanding of what we have in getting our own house in order first is necessary step to move forward. the report found although city determines can estimate the length of fiber under the control they don't have a centralized competent database to pull that information from. it also made two key recommendations to consider legislation to consolidate consider as this did reporting as well as consolidating responsibility for dysfunction potentially today but for tomorrow going for. that's why today with supervisor eric mar
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i want to thank you for his leadership in this area over the past number of years amid using a ordinance require our city to develop a map and catalog of our city-owned fiber-optic assets. right now, i will say that this is the anticipated to be under the purview of the qc which is one of our city agencies that has number of fiber assets under our ground. however, having continuing talk with other technology and look forward to finding the proper home for this. however, as the federal government did classify broadband internet as utility earlier this year that the puc would be the appropriate home for this, but if you are sure this is practical going for. we will have those discussions potentially committee is not before. it does set the stage as well for future discussions around broadband expansion here in the city of san francisco. i didn't do my believers we need to get our own house in order before we span the future. the recommendation couldn't be more
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clear. i look forward to discussions ahead and thank you supervisor mar for your support and the rest estimate >> supervisor campos >> today i'm actually >> supervisor kim >> te deum asking to draft legislation they're sharing economy bound package. san francisco has been a conversation over the past few years but in particular is experiencing unprecedented change. many which has been posited are envious amen success and growing wealth. however, what this change were experiencing unprecedented displacement large and small in many ways when you talk to your neighbors and your friends across the city, we also threatened with this license from the city we love others or income could far too many families displacement comes in the form of addiction a literal
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expulsion from the home and the neighborhood. the real estate prices and rents at an all-time high displacement is also painful reality that only the very wealthy can afford to buy or rent a home here in san francisco. a recent poll commissioned by todd go last week showed that 60% of san franciscans are very concerned that rent is due out. 62%. another 15% is somewhat concerned that rent is due. only 3% in the poll stated it was not a concern are not very concerned. overwhelming number of those that took this poll also stated if they had to move today that they would not be able to afford to live in san francisco. there's a pervasive sense were using the city that we love one community at a time. but we do not have to the city they used to be-what used to be san francisco is inevitable. i believe that with political will and community support we can save the soul of
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our city over the past few years have been successful moving for new affordable housing production and demanding developers make room for the rest of us as a profit from building new housing overall and proud my district has created more affordable housing than any the part of the city and in fact we are building over 50%. we need more supply of all kinds of housing to meet the growing demand generated by those moving here and we've done other things do with acted to protect businesses thank you supervisor campos. we've increased the minimum wage to $15 an hour and we've also unanimously passed earlier this year increase protections for our tenants. but there's still much more to do to ensure san francisco remains a home for all this. that is why today i'm proposing they're sharing economy package of legislation which will make sure those are profiting from the change in san francisco also pay to protect. so as we change we can change for the better and not for the worse. so i'm requesting today that the city attorney began to draft
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an ultra luxury housing fee go increase by quarter percent the transfer tax paid on buildings and luxury homes and condos that sell for more than $5 million. we can't stop people from coming to san francisco and creating a market for luxury homes but we can make sure the market forces that incentivize building luxury homes also protects san francisco and contributes to building more affordable housing to keep san franciscans here. i'm also ask as part of this real estate transfer tax that we create a new bracket for sales over $25 million in effectively the first sitting california to do so. we will create 3% bracket for sales of luxury homes, luxury condos and buildings that are over $25 million. working with the controller's office over the last couple of months, we have found that this would generate close to $32 million a year on average over 10 year period.
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although this new rate may not be limited to other residential buildings it's worth noting in new york is a mention tax which a 1% surcharge paid by the buyer on residential sales of more than $1 million. this proposal is approved by voters as a mention will generate close to $32 million a year that we can use to build more affordable homes, private transit services we need to fix muni, the parks, public spaces, libraries and other services we want and need. again, i want to thank and acknowledge the controller's office who's been working closely with us for the last four months to come up with a couple seems how we can do this and also knowledge drafting several proposals for what we can to protect our city. part of this package i also want to examine other revenue sources get a muscle asking the city attorney to draft an increase to the nightly fee paid by hotel desks and san francisco with her love of the sharing economy this past november as the largest operator, hotel operator bmb
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campaigned [inaudible]. the sharing economy is reality the generated benefits many did a largely unregulated industry also pose a legitimate questions about who is that these benefits and how to mitigate the impact on the housing market which has been further exacerbated by units being taken off the market for short-term rentals. we should share in a fair way that benefits everyone. this 1% increase in what is called our transit will generate up to $27,000,000.02. funds that we can spend on housing homeless families addressing mental health and substance abuse for most honorable resins and other programs that keep san francisco the panel need city were proud in the world can't wait to visit. based on the controller's website this week the first time there's an increase on this tax in san francisco since 1996. would you be 20 years next year. i would
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like to board my colleagues to consider dedicating these funds for mental health and substance abuse services especially for those that cannot afford the treatment such as very low income residents and are homeless residents. these are just a few of the ways that i think this work this board can act to protect san francisco and when approval it will make a real difference for so many of our residents struggling renters homeless families and those that are fighting to stay in the city and stay in the city that we love. i think the choice is clear. when we asked the question, i have to say, are we all stronger when were all doing better and if the lowest level amongst us we all do better? colleagues whom i look forward to kicking off this dialogue over the next components these are just proposals and i think we have a number of months to discuss with the best revenue source are and also even whether we should dedicate these funds to specific services or needs intercity bus. the rest i submit? supervisor mar
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>> welcome to supervisor asking for rejoining the sport. i want to thank supervisor farrell for the city infrastructure data and reporting transverse. i think it's long overdue. i think my angle in support and cosponsoring is to really keep focused on digital inclusion and the huge digital vibe that exists in the city with seniors , kids and families and low income and also many middle income people that can afford that expediting big cities like chattanooga and austin many others that are claimed to be -cities we should be in the forefront and if we can't even find where our fiber networks are, wherein some trouble right now, i think it hopefully the work that supervisor farrell are doing grassroots committees can really help make sure our city stays in the forefront of
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digital cities nationwide today i'm also directing the city attorney's office to draft legislation with a coalition of disability rights in grassroots people with disability organizations. we call it the bill of rights for people with disabilities in city employment. i want to thank johnson lines in particular of the fdr card for spearheading a lot of our work. thanks two-mayor's office on disability and joanna-ffor their key work. the mayor's office on disability in the disability council and the task force that's when working with us on dignity implement rights for people disability in city employment. i also want to just say that people with disabilities, it's widely known are only one third as likely to be employed as people who don't have disabilities. we are trying to make changes so that we can put the script on that. also, important people disabilities is about dignity for employment for basic value
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of people in society. i think it's about giving people an opportunity to be financially independent. it's not a canada. bringing invaluable people into city employment. it's also a cultural shift that's needed in the city as we learn from the 8825 year anniversary of the american visit with disabilities act the cultural shift has to be about seen people disabilities is a great benefits for our departments and our city employment and normalizing issues surrounding reasonable accommodation for them as they work not just at entry level positions at all levels throughout the city government as well. lastly on to thank the grassroots coalition has come together to demand and work with us on passing a bill of rights for people with disabilities in city employment. the rest i will submit >> supervisor peskin >> i've nothing to say. >> supervisor tang >> supervisor wiener
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>> supervisor the? if it's okay with supervisor cohen i like to be a cosponsor of your bank the rest estimate >> supervisor avalos >> i also want to cosponsor supervisor cohen and red as the leadership she's taken especially with her district and the immense pain. it's been really disconcerting to me that the police department has been there a tone deaf to what's been going on and the feelings of the people in the neighborhood in district 10 notes a across the city as well. just the efforts of the police department who explained what was going on with the video is completely in convert only controversial. it's very understandable how they're putting out their version of things that it speaks rate poorly for the department. some very interested in seeing how we can get some answers and
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better answers look forward to participating in the hearing. yesterday, as well, the land-use committee has looked at the super bowl festivities event happening in the city. there was actually nothing was particularly alarmed. i think our role on the board is to shed light on what's happening in the city and how reason our city resources for events like this. the apartments were very very dismissive of us are questions we had to ask magically asking about costs with the impacts the general fund were going to be. of all the apartments that spoke about their plans, i was really glad to see that the mta have put together a lot of really good plans but how they would stage transit facilities around the area, but they cannot tell us what the cost was going to be. lisa berman could really cause with the impact is going to be,
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which stations were going to be involved and how would one point officer said that there will be minimal staffing move from our neighborhood districts to the event were no staffing move to neighborhood just next to the event but it turns out to be staffing coming from the districts to the event. so not quite sure what that person was saying. we know this can be immense costs. so far there've not been any permits or decisions that were made about the super bowl before us on the board of supervisors did it's really important we get in front of it before the cost gets out of control. so, just as the budget analyst provide some information for us. yesterday we were told by the department that they were budgeted to do work for the super bowl and then from the luminary draft information from this budget analysts who pulled from the apartments, there's nothing in their budgets. please, fire only wb, mta is
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nothing budgeted for the event but we know the costs are going to be good with good handle on. i'll be asking and appreciate supervisor cohen as well making a request on the budget analyst to track with the spending is going to be. for the super bowl and how we can make efforts to clamp down on what could be costs that could estimate as refund a corporate event for the whole world to see. the rest i'll submit >> thank you. pres. breed >> i just want to start by acknowledging supervisor cohen on the recent officer involved shooting in her district. a real tragedy and she has definitely been a leader in trying to work with members of the community, work with the family and try and bring a level of peace and justice to the community. so minor to be a cosponsor in this hearing and looking forward to a very detailed discussion about how
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we can make sure that legal force is not an option in any instance here in rc. are we working closely with supervisor cohen in trying to identify alternatives in trying to make sure we do everything we can to change the culture of this police department so this does not continue to happen. with that, supervisors, type something incredible to announce. today i'm very excited to announce a housing affordability ordinance, which am introducing. today, i'm privileged to represent -neighborhoods each a few blocks from where i grew up and where i've lived all my life. i know why people love these neighborhoods so much and i know how hard it is, especially these days to find homes you can afford and as supervisor kim mentioned earlier, people
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potentially could be displaced in their current homes they're not certain that they can afford anything else in the city. i'm in the same situation where my building in my future is uncertain as well. just imagine the supervisor cannot afford to find something in their district then what are we doing wrong here in the city and county of san francisco? were clearly in a housing crisis and regrets respond accordingly. that is why i'm excited to introduce legislation that will create the highest affordable housing requirements and san francisco history. for the fillmore corridor. under my legislation developments of 10 units or more on private property will be required to include them at least, 23% affordable units on-site or 25% off site. that's nearly double, double the current citywide standard of 12% on-site. last summer the board passed my legislation.
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commercial transit districts along the-and fillmore corridor. the a lot of the districts around the city allowed for more housing units within a giving-given building size. which creates more of verbal units than those set as a percentage of the total units. get more affordable unit units and ship it to rate units without bulk increases for building the and cds were a great first step. but i also want to increase the required percentage of affordable units. unfortunately, 2012 proposition c which the voters passed by huge margin limits the affordable housing rate to 12% and prevents the city from passing laws to raise it. so, we want to increase the requirements on fillmore we were told we could not. we can
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bask in the planning department. we can asking the city attorney and we asked him to study the language and we were told, again and again and again it was not possible. finally, we've found a way to raise affordable housing requirements even under the strict terms of proposition c. i asked the city attorney for the highest percentage possible under state under local law. this week the first time that sony legislation raises housing affordability percentages under proposition c. other large committee planning efforts like eastern neighborhood plan, it'll be the first time that an nct has required increased affordable housing percentages. most of all, it will be the highest affordable housing requirements covered. i should add here, supervisor kim, similar position c at 525 harrison which revolted ontario today. by allowing an exception to the tower separation
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requirements she was able to increase affordability requirement in that building. it is great she was able to do that and i'm happy were finally so increase affordability, but proposition c should not be an obstacle we have to work around. the city's charter should help us build housing for people, not hold us back. that's why i think it's important we go back to the voters in november of 2016 with about measure to raise affordability standards. we can start with good-and fillmore. we've got multiple developers proposed in the neighborhood and we need to act fast to ensure they are as affordable as possible. i will make sure any development contain the highest possible amount of units that neighborhood residents can actually afford. as my legislation moves through, look for to working with the community on what they want in terms of the eligible income levels for the affordable units in the nct. specifically the ami. the neighborhood preference
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legislation on which i was proud to partner with supervisor cohen and so many others will finally guarantee him a finally, the neighborhoods get to live in the affordable units that get built in their community. this legislation for fillmore will guarantee the highest percentage of any neighborhood in the city on private party. so, finally, that we afford units in the neighborhood that residents can actually get to live to get >> thank you. >> i want to thank committee leaders including tim hickey president of the north panhandle neighborhood association and jj strand the past president of the north panhandle the beard association as well as-is also a past president of the north panhandle neighborhood association. horizontal on behalf of the district 5, i'm proud to introduce the highest affordable housing requirement ever. i know i said that like 20 times. i mean it. also,
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college, i have one in the morning and i know the hours late but is it really important in the morning. dave karp was born on dave karp was born on june 4, 1916. he was actually the owner of cole's hardware store. he was born a polish immigrant parents and san francisco attended mission high school. from a young age he showed a strong work ethic sign candy at baseball games and delivering telegrams working at the shipyards during world war ii and in 1959 mr. karp brought the cole's hardware store that is been in the cole's alley neighborhood since 1920. it was a one-man band. pick up merchandise in the morning, stock and mark them throughout the day while helping customers and ringing up sales at the same time. in the evening he visited customers homes to do home repairs and improvements using
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the stores inventory while his wife marge helps watch the store. mr. karp's business grew quickly and it's easy to see why. not only did he have a conference of inventory. he also offered friendly and knowledgeable service. his model can be easily seen a large same at the reddish. there's no strangers here, just friends we have not met. when mr. karp's son, rick, join him as his business partner cole's hardware became even more successful. his father and son duo expanded the business into the neighborhood establish it is today with branches in the bernal heights and rot westerville neighborhood to another, and soon to rockridge in open get mr. karp passed away october 25, 2015. he was a loving husband, father, grandfather and beloved neighborhood leader. he succeeded in death by his sons, rick and larry and four grandchildren. he will be dearly missed and i know the store at whole value be honoring his legacy this
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wednesday. thank you ladies and gentlemen and the rest i submit. >> thank you. seeing no other names on the roster that includes the introduction of new business >> thank you. can you please republic,. >> at this time the public may now address the entire board of supervisors corrupted 2 min. on items with the subject matter jurisdiction of the board to include the minutes and items on the adoption without reference to committee counted items 80-82 bubblegum is not allowed when the item really subject to public comment and a board committee pursuant to the board tools directory marks to the board as old not to individual supervisors nor to the audience. like to display a document on the overhead projector please go a state such an move the document when you like the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting. >> thank you. first speaker please. >> good evening it's almost 10:50 pm i'm peter warfield said dr. barbara users
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association were for better lobbies for everyone. and graduations to the new member. two things. we had a win at the sunshine ordinance task force last month there are serious problems with sunshine at the sunshine ordinance tass force. other users association one case last month. the tass force on san francisco polarities had unlawfully failed to provide a key document regarding video comments. video comments is the library's new public catalog, which comes from the canadian vendor and has many many problems including the fact that it breaks privacy, allows censoring of patrons and you can read more about it in the october and you can read more about it in the october 2015 observer were have an article. very importantly, the sunshine
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task force is being undermined in a variety of ways including inadequate and at times poor support from the city attorney and the clerk of the board. of immediate concern is a set of proposed changes with regard to how complaints are handled. that is now pending in set for hearing next month. the changes would undermine basic open government concerts and even law. for example, the proposals would allow complaints to be not accepted on the judgment of just the clerk's office alone and that decision is previously made by the full task force. be glad to provide additional information and welcome questions here and at our e-mail address, library users 2004 2004@yahoo.com. >> thank you. next speaker, please.
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>> good evening. my name is richard to go i'll be brief. i'm in a situation where i'm having getting conflicting guidance from two different city departments as a homeowner in the city i got along with everyone else and respondwater consumption by large amount including landscaping by 25%. i did that during the standard mechanisms and not to go into that. it's all well and good and have no complaint there. unfortunately, that happened in june. in september i got a letter from the city urban forest rate inspector telling me they want me to plant a street tree in the well of my sidewalk. so, i have one there is a declared water emergency i'm told by one agency
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apartment to reduce my water consumption and told by another one to increase my water consumption. i would just like to ask that in the event-ansari happen that general manager of the public utilities commission has declared a water emergency at some these tree replacement will be suspended until the water emergency is over. i have documents being distributed. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> once again rodney joe. i just want to say i'm down here in a very long time. where great day to come out and speak . i like to really think it erin peskin. erin, thank you.
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again i need you down here. it was good to see what up in the potrero hill a while back. when they were fighting the-any spoke on the other wishes and was really welcome to see you. i was hoping he would be here today when i posted some of the issues because you need him down here. the board of supervisors will he take the time to extract somebody's knowledge to make the city work and i think we are ready to do some great things. so, erin, welcome back. let's get moving. we can do it. other than that i just want to speak out on some issues concerning the-we get a lot of traffic over there. get
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a lot of projects in the works or whether there were fighting and we thought one of on the kaiser project and we won on that one. we group called clone responsible he could weaken the group called save the hill. we really need to think about mortgage about this traffic problem in the city. so, erin, if we come to you one day we hope you will get on board with this and fight tooth and nail like we did the washington street project. this a lot of stuff happening around the potrero hill reynaud were going to need your help. welcome back. >> thanks. any other members of the public would like to provide public comment at this time? spew it over, so close >>[gavel] >> madam clerk can we go to our next item, adoption without reference to committee.? item 80-82 being considered for immediate adoption without
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committee reference. i may or may object and have it considered separately.? supervisor cohen we do i like to sever item 80? and 81. >> all right. which is take each item in order. >> madam clerk please call item number 80? item 80's and approval of a 90 day extension for planning commission rebuke of a ordinance grade india for housing bonus program.? speak: >> colleagues, this at the request of the supervisor tang she's a few technical cleanup amendments to this resolution. the clerk should be circulating them to you but i'll read them into the orchid on page 2, line 17 but i'll read them into the orchid on page 2, line 17 september 29, 2015 to to october 6, 2015. the second item, second change on page 2 line 25 change every 22nd 2015
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to april 3 change every 22nd 2015 to april 3, 2016. i like to make motion to about these technical moments >> spicer speak on the made a motion to adopt the minutes of the second by supervisor avalos. colleagues. take the minutes without objection get without objection commitment has enormously >>[gavel] >> and click on item 80 can you please call the roll >> item 80 supervisor campos aye speak out cohen aye suite farrell aye kim aye mar aye peskin aye tang aye wiener aye yee aye avalos aye breed aye there are 11 aye >> the resolution as amended in wesley. >>[gavel] >> call item anyone please?
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item 81 resolution to urge the adoption of the shelter monitoring committees recommendations permitting the human services agencies imminent danger policy as it pertains to victims of domestic violence.? supervisor cohen >> slicer supervisor >>, have a policy in which to who which people who self-report are involved in domestic violence incident, both victims and perpetrators are currently denied service in all family shelters for 15 days. no, this was a pretty silly a 30 day period for denial of service until just recently. this is unacceptable given that victims of domestic violence need services the most. so, we are urging hsa to work with the shelter monitoring committee in changing this policy. the resolution before us today,
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supervisor be tank would like to make the following non-cousin of amendment first. i find the policy our house with the city funded family shelters and not a formally adopted hsa policy. second, for consideration, amending line 17 page 1 from 30 days to 15 days to reflect the recent change in policy.? thank you supervisor cohen. sit moved and seconded. carlito tapia mimicked without objection speaker without objection the amendment passes unanimously. >>[gavel] >> colleagues, we take item 81 as amended same house, same call without objection item 81 the resolution is adopted as amended. unanimously >>[gavel] >> it into mdm. clerk >> no one has anything on
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agency. can you please call item to speak of motion to write the budget website analyst to conduct a performance audit, services in san francisco. >> colleagues, canepa this item same house, same call without objection the motion is adopted unanimously. >>[gavel] >> mdm. clerk. >> yes, today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individual on behalf of pres. breed the late mr. dave carr. >> mdm. clerk, is there any more business before us today? >> that concludes our business for today. >> colleagues, we are adjourned. see you next week. >>[gavel]
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