chair cohen, and appreciate the question and share your concern. say to people and policy makers when considering supplementals, asking someone, do you like a certain thing, probably the answer is yes, but i think for me the most important and hardest thing to do is to make these tradeoffs in the largest context. so, if you want more child care spending or more street cleaning or homeless spending, all of those should be considered together when you know how much money you have and what tradeoffs you are making. if you decide to do one thing in ice lake, you are making a choice. you are taking away authority to decide to spend that money on something else at a later date. and any money that gets generated in the current year, from one-time savings, we have assumed that money goes to balance the budget. i always encourage any policy maker that will listen to me to try to maintain making those

decisions whether they can see the whole picture. that's all a better public policy outcome in my personal opinion. >> thank you, the governor was giving his state of the state address this morning, i was able to listen to a little of it, and i wanted to hear what was going to happen with health care funding. president trump has taken measures to try to restrict our federal dollars when it comes to allowing us to fund our public health system, and the state has not really risen to the level of assisting us with backfilling or adding additional funding so state levels. so, what are we going to do with here as a city and county level, how do we address this, i think it's several million dollars, 20, $24 million, between 20 and

$50 million, significant chunk of money that will have an adverse impact on children, seniors, folks with disabilities. what's -- >> i totally hear your concerns. so, i don't know off the top of my head for the children's health insurance program what would be the impact here, but i know that you have called and appreciate state and federal select committee in february, great time to get an update on that program. a couple things i would say, this board and committee in particular, along with mayor lee, were very wise to put aside $50 million reserve for the affordable care act in last year's budget, still unspent and i think that's a really nice thing to have in our back pocket to help mitigate any potential big risks in this year's budget related to health care. otherwise, you know, i really -- still so unknown. i know that this committee as well as our three financial offices are watching very closely. >> ok. colleagues, i don't know if you have any other questions for the budget director.

i appreciate your thoughtful presentation and ongoing concern for the fiscal health of san francisco. thank you, miss kelly, appreciate that as well. >> apologize. >> i thought, i was on the wrong slide here. i was wondering if we could maybe at a future hearing or so hear a little bit more about what we are doing in terms of addressing the rising pension obligation. >> good idea. >> i think that would be great, as well as f.t.e.s. i don't know how we can do this for every department, but i would like to see, i mean, i always see in budget instructions no new f.t.e.s, but yet it still does kind of continue to grow. i wonder if we could do a deeper dive with departments so that at least we have the full set of information once budget season comes. thank you. >> just to clarify, do you mean

looking over the past few years who has grown where and that type of analysis? >> i would say probably the last 5 to 10 years. >> absolutely can provide that. >> thank you. supervisor yee. >> i guess to add to supervisor tang's request, might make sense to break down the additional f.t.e.s that we have added during those years. the funding sources that actually make that happen, where there is, you know, our local dollars versus, you know -- >> we would be happy to provide that and you are definitely right, especially with the affordable care act growths and other things, nongeneral fund sources that also led to growth. and the airport and the m.t.a. are a very significant part of our growth. so, yes. >> and i guess you want to think beyond that. some of the f.t.e.s, the growth that came from outside sources

eventually dried up, and we eventually let go of those positions. so, or did we just absorb them? >> are you asking have we backfilled other cuts with general fund, to clarify, i'm sorry if i don't understand. >> sometimes i know we have contracts that come in or get additional funding from somewhere, to maybe, and the staff the positions, temp positions, for five years or whatever. the money dries up, but do we let go of those positions or do we actually backfill it with our local knowledge? >> i see what you are saying. yes, we have certainly gotten grants over the year and case by case basis whether we backfill them. it's always something i pay attention to, good question. >> i don't think we have any other questions. thank you, go to public comment.

public comment is open. >> this particular issue, i have very much knowledge on and also i don't have knowledge on. so, i'm not speaking to nobody but who look like me in this room here. who has the responsibility but they weren't around with the outmigration. supervisor cohen, yourp auntie was on that committee, miss cohen, i very much respect. so you, young, good looking, don't think i'm doing -- don't come back ten years and say i tried to assault you. bet i'll be at every section. supervisor cohen, in the ten years you talk about growth, what happened to the black, african, what happened to the outmigration, what happened to the dollar signs spent on people that look like me in your community, supervisor cohen.

if linda was here, i would tell her the same thing. she was on the task force, outmigration. the city and county is going to be responsible when i file a lawsuit, talk to governor brown. i don't think he knows what's going down about our population. the lieutenant governor knows, he put together the outmigration and put in charge, i'm the czar, and you look at me like i'm looking stupid like mr. magoo. the budget, my question to the supervisor, on your head and also london breed. what about the black people that look like you and me. what happened to us? we had 3% budget down at the bottom, but budget is 10.1 billion. with a b. but don't say anything about the looks like you and me, supervisor cohen. going to be chairing the meetings. i'm going to be there at every meeting doing what i do right now, expressing that we as a czar of outmigration, we need to

be adhered to, we need some money, too. my name is ace i'm and the case. >> public comment is closed. is there a motion to file? >> yes, motion to file the hearing. >> thank you, motion to file the hearing accepted and passed unanimously. madam clerk, any other business before this body? >> no other business. >> thank you, we are adjourned.

>> good afternoon. the health commission will now

begin. >> i will call roll. [roll call] >> first item on the agenda is at approval of the minutes december 19, 2017. >> i move to approve. >> second. >> any deletions or corrections pertaining to the minutes? all in favor, aye? opposed? approved. >> director's report. >> good afternoon, commissioners. wanted to start my report with the issue of the flu. the flu season is off to an early start nationwide and california department of public health reports widespread flu activity in the state. we encourage san franciscans to get the flu shot and take other steps. we have flu shots being given at

the immune clinics, project homeless, and san franciscans can obtain flu shots at their doctors offices, primary care and pharmacies on a walk-in basis for a fee. in monitoring the flu activity, we've looked at our emergency medical service call volumes that have fallen to the normal range for this time of year. we reached out to hospitals, and while they're fairly full, they're managing to keep up with demand so far. to date, no reported deaths from flu of people under 65. and we have information on our website regarding this. on issues regarding the federal government and health, i just wanted to -- we're closely monitoring three areas. one is the issue of the individual coverage mandate and the impact on those who will not have a mandate to have insurance and as well as the 340b savings

cuts in 2019. and the children health insurance program. i hope to have some review of the three areas and impact and responses that we have for you in the coming meeting of the health commission. also just to let you know, we have been working with st. mary's and u.c. to open up 40 mental health beds. it's an exciting program. mid february will be the opening and we'll send you an invitation for that. that's the end of my report unless there are questions from the report itself. >> thank you. any questions regarding director garcia's report? there's a lot of things on the radar coming up. next item, please. >> thank you. item 4 is general public comment. i'm noting that only members of

the department here. so we'll move on to item 5. >> item 5, let's go. mr. pickens? >> >> good afternoon, commissioners. roland pickens, director of the san francisco health network. it's my pleasure to present to you with the very first update on the network under our newly adopted strategic plan. this slide is one we use in all

of our presentations to you and to show where the structure fits. in today's presentation, we'll review four things. first, i will provide you with a brief review of our journey to guide our strategic planning and performance improvement and daily management activities. next, i'll share with you our current, newly adopted strategic plan, which builds upon and refines the work of our previous plan that guided the journey over the last two fiscal years. third, i will describe how the network is with the greater department of health. and, finally, i will share the status of our quarter one metrics and scorecard.

this slide depicts the journey that started in 2012. and quickly spread to primary care in 2013 and then to the network in 2016, culminating in the adoption at the dph level in the third quarter of last year, 2017, with a dph strategic plan and an accompanying ex-matrix. the ex-matrix is that one-page document, which you have in your supporting information, that cross-references the key elements of our strategic plan. it shows the outcomes and performance measures that we'll measure over the next few years. >> mr. pickens, if i may, and it has an x on the document, just so you know. >> yes. x-matrix, yes.

thank you, mark. i wanted to show the evolution from our previous to our current strategic plan. you will remember when i've come up to present to you, we had nine various strategic, key initiatives. one of the things that we did when developing our new plan and i will talk about this later on, was that we narrowed our scope from nine down to only three strategic initiatives. the ehr readiness, in -- implementing that, and developing our people. and that's been drafted at the dph level and we adopted them at

the network. we prioritize aligning care and finances and outcomes. really to recognize the shift in healthcare reimbursement from fee to service to fee for value. so, again, those are the three things that we'll focus on over the next two years. and that's also very complimentary with the work we're doing with the medicaid waiver and the whole person care. here's the multidisciplinary team that came together this past fall to develop our new network strategic plan. so we had representatives across the network from laguna honda, maternal-child health and central dph, finance, hr and it.

on this slide, we begin to see how we've begun to use the same standard tools like the x matrix, which you have seen before, and the sections throughout all of the visions through dph, with the goal of developing one common language and methodology. and particularly for those of you on laguna honda or jcc, you've begun to notice how we've been using that methodology. so that's across the network and also other parts of the department. and so i put this slide together to show you just another picture of how we're beginning, as we matured over the last few years,

we really started at the divisional level dph. now we've done that strategic plan. the sfg is about to do their strategic plan, and so is laguna. so we're beginning our cascading effect. and then for those divisions to take the priorities and figure out how to implement them. it's incorporating a top-down, and bottom-up approach to strategic planning. so what did we learn over the last two years within the network, as we implemented our first strategic plan when it

comes to using lean as a roadmap. first, we need to have more focus on a fewer set of priorities and initiatives that are aligned with the more global dph plan, particularly giving our challenges with reliable data. secondly, we need to have more alignment across the different sections of the network, rather than having them focus on separate things. we felt it was important to end the other divisions and have some common items we're working on. for example, staff inquiries, and what they've chosen. and, finally, we needed to have a real commitment to fidelity of the lean model. it gives you one of the tools for reporting, but if you don't

put it in practice, you don't get the power of the process and not able to fully monitor and see your progress. one of the things we've done is we've reported a lean reporting calendar for the network and it shows which divisions will be reporting on their various true north and strategic plans. this shied provides a summary of our quarter 1 and our true north metrics. as you can see from the six sections of the network, maternal child health, behavioral, jail health, laguna honda, and dph, we have 47 metrics, which are quality, safety, care experience, work

force, financial stewardship and equity. in terms of quarter one data available at the time of this report, we show that nine of these 47 metrics are on target. 20 are off target. and for some that are off target, many of them are not off target by very much, just one or two points. you are either red or green. there is no yellow, so they ended up being red, being offtarget. and you also notice that 18 show data was still pending at the time of the report or data definitions and sources are still being developed. i wanted to talk more about this. while we've made great strides in improving our ability to capture and report timely and meaningful data, we still have room to improve in this area. obviously, we believe that implementing epic will be one way we can improve our data recording capabilities, also

bringing on behavioral health services into the lean process. it's probably the last big group within the department that we still need to spread lean and do education and training with that work force. as we continue to have more and more of our reimbursements based on performance measures and payments, it will provide incentive to develop more robust data reporting capabilities. so that's just a brief orientation to our new strategic plan and performance for this first quarter. when i come back to you in the next few months with quarter one data, ideally we're on the right track, we'll have more data

available. that's our overview. i am happy to take questions and comments. >> thank you very much for an outstanding presentation and look forward to your additional one and especially some of the variables that you mentioned that you need to look across rather than separate. so well done and thank you very much. >> thank you. >> commissioner? >> i would like -- you're

deciding as a network to use common language, it's making sense. finally sinking in better. thank you. >> if i may, commissioners, going back to the cascading lean slide. the one with the picture. there you go. just to note that we now have the full department under this model. and that we've opened up an office for dph that is working with the other groups. so now it's taken us over five years to catch up and be able to do the work we needed to do as a department. so it's an ongoing process and big learning progress and i would like to thank the partnership that have helped us on the dph oversight of all the work. so now as we fund some of this,

we look at how much can we do, particularly as we do the electronic health record. and then the public health side has their own process as well. everyone in the major divisions are working under the lean model, so i wanted to acknowledge that and thank all the leaders to help us from a department-wide perspective on this >> very good. thank you very much. any other questions or comments? thank you very much. next item, please? >> item 6 the sfdph security update. >> commissioners, this was supposed to come to you in october and it was bumped, due to that it was a very busy meeting, so this report is a few months late. >> thank you.

>> good evening, commissioners, director garcia -- >> excuse me. will you speak into the mike or move the mike over? thank you. >> so i will give an update as far as the development of the security program for dph the presentation will highlight the work that's been accomplished at zuckerberg and laguna hospital and the performance metrics as well as program effectiveness. since this report, we've also developed a security management plan to include performance metrics as well as developing a safety and security committee for primary care and behavioral

health clinics. so this slide and the next slide following calls out eight mile stoin accomplishments in the area of security services, training, education and electronic security systems. so in the area of at-risk response, they've exceeded target as far as at-risk patient response. they had a return of 88%. customer satisfaction surveys are conducted to measure employee, patient and visitors

satisfaction with security at both hospitals. 90% and 81% for the year. this year, we began doing surveys for laguna honda residents, just to receive input from them as far as to provide safety in their environments. so where there are electronic security systems, which is applicable in both facilities here, we want to ensure that they remain operational. on a quarterly basis, we inspect 100% of the system with a target of 98% functional. the overall functionality of a system was 95% and 85%. based on this performance, one of the things we did, we were able to replace the systems vendor at zuckerberg, where

we're getting more timely response in regards to any system malfunctions. we're holding laguna honda's vendor -- we're holding monthly meetings, so we hold them to task for functionality. we've added dedicated security system personnel to address functionality. on a monthly basis, 20 elements of the mou between dph and the sheriff's department are measured as far as compliance, so that reflects that in both hospitals for the entire year. the sheriff's department exceeded the target for compliance with the mou. this chart reflects the crime stats for zuckerberg for three years. and so we have actually a 22%

decrease in crime on campus. a lot of that is contributed to the collaboration that we have with the sheriff's department in regards to addressing staffing assignments, increasing visibility and implementation of a security awareness program that encourages employees to report suspicious persons and activity. increased at laguna honda in crime to 40% through no fault of their own. what we found out is that the data for grand theft of facility property included patients' personal property and that drove the numbers up, which we've addressed that moving forward. the next slides will focus on

use of force. 124 incidents where sheriff's deputies used some degree of force to affect an arrest or address risk behavior, risk behavior, that which is displaying a danger to themselves or others. we break it out. 119 were at zuckerberg and 5 at laguna honda. to give some context, the year prior to this, there were 173 incidents, so compared to 119, a decrease of 33% of use of force on campus and year-to-date, it's been only 58 of these incidents. so on this chart, the chart on the left, you have the type of force, which was used, and you will see in most cases, 88% is what is called physical force.

physical force being control, personal impact or physical takedowns. on the right side, you have the demographics as far as those individuals by demographics that the force was used upon. and then down at the bottom on the far right as far as locations, you actually have the highest being at zuckerberg with campus buildings and that consists of the outpatient buildings as well as the campus grounds outside of the hospital, followed by pes and emergency department. in regards to opportunities and next steps, at both hospitals, there's a huge opportunity to change the culture in regards to calling law enforce kwchment toe

no crime was committed. we had 4,000 calls for patient assist or stand-by or restraint. as a result of that, 40% of the use-of-force incidents were against patients. so we started to address this issue by implementing crisis intervention training for direct patient care. we completed the emergency department. this will assist staff in regards to building competence when it comes to de-escalating risk behavior at the early stage. in addition, also providing that same training for the sheriff's department to give them additional tools as far as how to react with risk behavior in a hostile environment. other measures that the hospital has taken to address this issue include emergency department response plan, address risk behavior prior to law enforcement and a behavioral

environment response team to provide the escalated support to the high-risk departments. this is an update of the security program. are there any questions? >> commissioners, if i may, those of you on the jcc know that security updates have been given at those committees as well. the hospitals are hearing their own data as needed. >> i just want to thank you. it's remarkable how much you've done in the years you've been doing this and to see this kind of responsiveness and this co collaborative work with the sheriff's department. thank you. >> thank you. >> please turn on your microphone. [no audio]

>> sorry. just want to say that we have really been impressed by your leadership and the ability to integrate the incidents and data to make a comprehensive review of the situation. if questions are asked, do we have people from inside the system or are they mostly latino or asian or from this area? all of these things could never really be answered in a comprehensive way because much of the data wasn't there and you've been able to work with your colleagues on the team and all units, whether it be the general or laguna, to really

provide us with comprehensive insight. as far as where the situations take place, the type, classificati classification, time, place, situation, so we want to thank you for really updating a system that was a couple of centuries back. thank you for a job well done. >> thank you. further comments? >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> commissioners, this may be the quickest meeting i've ever attended. item 7, other business. >> do we have any other business? no. >> item 8, a report from january 9, 2018, jcc meeting. there's a summary sheet in front of you. >> okay. a report that in essence the jcc at laguna honda pertaining to members brought before us. it was an excellent

presentation, staff training, etc., and we had a comprehensive review of director price and security at laguna honda, but more importantly, as was shared today, how, in fact, it's linked to our other facilities and institutions, as we take a look at security for patients and staff and our citizens in san francisco. we also went into closed session pertaining to medical certification and approvals, hires, terminations, etc. that was for december. my colleagues, if you would like to add anything to that. if not, that concludes the joint conference committee for this commission meeting. next item? >> item 9, agenda calendar. on february 6 and 20, there will be two budget hearings. please let me know you will not

be attending, for quorum issues and who needs to be updated on the side. that's all i have for the calendar, but it's before you if you have any questions. otherwise, it's adjournment. >> just one thing. i want to see if we can add an item to get an update on insured in san francisco, because there's new articles that just came out and said that last year there were actually an addition of 3 million people added in the united states. if we're ahead of the curve, i would like to know how ahead we are. >> we'll incorporate that into the mandate.

>> thank you. >> yes. >> before we adjourn, i would like to recommend that the commission adjourn in memory of dr. matilda crim, who passed away today. she did tremendous work along with elizabeth taylor and others in research and advocacy at the early days of the aids epidemic. she did so much to address stigma in communities of color and she was a hero. >> second? all in favor, aye. we're adjourned in her memory. any further discussion or comments? welcome back, everybody. happy new year. is there a motion for adjournment? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor, aye. >> opposed?

commission is hereby adjourned. >> raise your right hand please. >> i mark farrell. >> i mark farrell. >> do solemnly swear. >> that i'm support and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> and the constitution of california. >> against all enemies foreign and domestic.

>> i will bear true faith in allegiance. >> to the constitution of the united states. >> and the constitution of the state of california. >> i take this obligation freely. >> without any reservation or purpose of evading. >> and that i will well and faithfully discharge. >> the duties upon which i'm about to enter. >> and during such time as i hold the mayor of city and county of san francisco. (cheering) >> good evening everybody. it is an honor to stand before you this evening. the past six weeks have been an incredible roller coaster for

the city of san francisco. for those of us who knew and worked with mayor ed lee, it has been an incredibly challenging time. he was someone i admired greatly, both personally and professionally. he was incredibly kind to my family, in particular our three children, and he's gravely missed. agree or disagree with his politics, we can all agree he was a great human being, a devoted public servant to the city of san francisco and someone whose life i hope we celebrate as a city for years to come. i personally want to thank london breed for her grace and leadership during this difficult time. she led our city during the mourning of mayor lee and i know she works tirelessly for the residents of san francisco. i want to thank my colleagues on the board of supervisors for

trusting me with this position. i assume this role with great pride and humility. the most important concern for me is the continuity of the government of the city and county of san francisco. residents waking up tomorrow morning, expect muni buses to run on time. they expect police officers to be walking the beat, public works cleaning our streets and all vital services that the public expects us to deliver as a city and we'll do exactly that. and it means tackling the most pressing issues, getting homeless off the streets and into shelter and housing. making sure our streets are safe and clean for san francisco residents. continuing to build on mayor lee's legacy of housing and addressing the housing crisis. the next six months will be incredibly active. san francisco residents deserve

nothing less. san francisco's future, our future is incredibly bright. and despite our issues, we live in the most amazing city in the world. thriving local neighborhoods, the booming economy, natural beauty unrivalled anywhere in the world and adversity and inclusion. this is a time for leadership. it's a time to look ahead. i look forward to the road in front of us all. thank you very much. >> will you take a couple of questions now? go ahead. >> reporter: the reaction to your nomination and vote to point you in this position were very emotional, people were very

upset in the board chamber, claims of racism. there's a division in the city and how will you bring people together and what's your reaction? >> to me this is not about politics. it's about moving the city forward and the continuity of our government. all i can say is i will work to represent every single san francisco resident, no matter the race, ethnicity, religion. it doesn't matter. my job for the next six months is to build on the legacy of mayor lee, to build on what supervisor breed did during her time as acting mayor and make sure san francisco residents get everything they deserve out of the city government and that will be my job. >> reporter: did you see the nomination coming for mayor? >> again, i have heard many different rumors as many people had. but, again, to me, this is not about politics. my focus is not now on the past.

i thank my colleagues on the board of supervisors for entrusting me in this position. i appreciate their support and trust. in my office this is about moving the city forward though. >> reporter: mayor farrell, perhaps -- or wait for june. which path do you choose? >> to me there's one path, making sure that the city and county of san francisco continues to function, deliver the services it does for the city and residents. there's going to be a heated mayoral election and campaigns that have already started over the past few weeks and that will continue through june. my job over the next half year is to make sure our muni buses run on time, we do everything we can to get the homeless off the street. have police officers on the street, make residents feel safe

and deliver all functions that residents expect. >> reporter: you didn't touch on affordable housing. that seems to be the biggest issue. >> affordable housing is top of the list. that's an issue mayor lee spent his entire time in office focusing on and i will continue to build on that through housing and everything else in the city that san francisco is as affordable as it can be for every resident. >> reporter: [indiscernible]. >> to me, again, this isn't about politics, this is a situation that our city charter contemplates. my colleagues, i do trust their -- i appreciate their trust and their judgment in putting me in this position. i look forward to leading the city of san francisco for the

next six months and making sure that everything that our san francisco residents expect continues to get delivered as a government. >> reporter: there were people so passionate and so upset tonight, what do you as mayor now say to them and the people they represented tonight about what has happened and how you plan to charge a path forward. >> i heard the emotion in the room, i was there as well and felt that also. people were passion on many sides of the discussion. over the course of the last month as i have talked with people and residents across the city of san francisco, those emotions have come through. what i will say, i will be mayor for every single san francisco resident. my focus and job as mayor is to represent everybody in the city of san francisco. no matter what their race, ethnicity, religion. my job is to represent everybody and i will do that over the next half year.

>> thank you everybody. >> what is welcome to the january 24, 2018 regular meeting of the public safety and neighborhood services committee. the meeting will come to order. i am hillary ronen, chair of the community, supervisor jeff sheehy will be here and to my

left -- >> please make sure the sound, speaker cards and copies of any documents shall be committed to the clerk. items acted upon will be on the january 30, 2018 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> supervisor ronen: please call item number 1. >> excuse me. agenda item number 1 hearing to temperature the issuance of a liquor license to the gum hua lee business located at 915 stockson street will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. >> i'm officer patrick mack from the san francisco police

department and you have a pcm report for gum hua lee and they have allied for a license and this would allow them to sell beer, wine. there are zero letters of protest. zero letters of support. they are located in plot 148 considered a high crime area. they are in census track 113 which is a high saturation area. and central station has no opposition and alu approves with no recommended conditions. >> supervisor ronen: any questions, supervisor fewer? >> no. i understand that the applicant is here, would you like to speak? no? ok. is there any public comment on the item. public comment is now open. seeing none, public comment is closed. would you like to make a motion, supervisor fewer. >> supervisor fewer: i'd like to make a motion to move this to

the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor ronen: this is passed. can you read item number 2? >> clerk: an ordinance directing the arts commission to erect a statue of maya angelou at the main library. including building names, street names, be women. amending the administrative code to create a fund to accept gifts to pay for the design, construction, repair to public art depicting historic women on city property and affirming the relevant findings. >> supervisor ronen: on behalf of the sponsor i would like to move to continue this item to the call of the chair? without objection -- >> clerk: that would be in order after public comment is taken on

the item. >> supervisor ronen: you're right. i would like to open the item up to public comment. if any member would like to comment on the item, now is the time to come forward? seeing none, public comment is closed. like to make a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair? without objection, that motion passes. can you call item number 3. >> co-chair: item number 3, ordinance amending the health code to ban the sale in san francisco of animal fur products. >> thank you very much, supervisors, colleagues, so today we have before you a legislation that would ban the sale of fur in san francisco. and i will have a couple of amendments that i have passed out before you as well, so there will be a few changes such as the operative date. but i wanted to share that i know this is a topic that can arouse a lot of emotion. i know that there are many folks

in the room who have done a lot in terms of animal welfare and i want to thank all of you, there are so many different organizations out there doing this work. i was inspired after seeing that the city of berkley had passed a similar legislation after west hollywood had done the same as well. i think it is really important because a lot of times you know we talk about fashion and apparel and this is what the legislation would impact specifically, apparel and accessories that contain fur. we don't know how the animals are actually treated, what kind of conditions they're living in. throughout the world, you know, fur has become such a popular product. and not just for apparel, but for so many other things. and fur farming has just gotten to the point where animals are again living in cramped spaces. they are electrocuted, some of

them. there are so many different methods, i don't want to get into it how they are treated to obtain the fur. i don't believe we should be profiting on the backs of animals. literally. so, one of the things that we're trying to do here is really to send a strong statement here in san francisco, which is that we find it unacceptable to be selling fur, or manufacturing fur here in the city, so i know that there are some businesses that do carry products that contain fur and certainly that will be something we'll be hearing from some of the businesses today as well. but i do think it is important for us to take the stand here in san francisco. so, some of the folks that i want to thank here, direct action everywhere, who has been working on this, compassionate bay area, the coalition for

animals. for free west hollywood, free berkeley, and peta and so many other organizations. i know that a lot of times people say these animal welfare organizations are extremists, right? i will say without them, people going into fur farms and so forth, we wouldn't know the conditions the animals live in. i wanted to speak up on their behalf. it's no secret i love animals. with that said, colleagues, i wanted to share some amendments i'll be making today. so we did amend some of the findings, so you'll see that throughout the beginning of the legislation. we are changing the operative date to january 1, 2019. you'll find that on page 4, line 1-4 as well as on the last page, i believe, last page 6, line 19. we are removing the exemption for non-profits and that's on page 4, line 7.

we are amending legislation to specify that sale of used products and manufacturing from used fur products is included as part of the legislation and that's on page 4, line 13-14. so, colleagues, i'm hoping we can adopt those amendments today. from my understanding through the city attorney office those amendments require that this legislation be continued to another hearing. so with that, i'm happy to take any questions. i did want to also mention because i got a lot of questions about this, leather is not part of the legislation, it's just fur here. so with that, i know a lot of people want to speak on the item, if it's ok with the chair, i'd like to open it up for public comment. >> supervisor ronen: is that ok, supervisor fewer? ok, i have a few speaker cards, richard, stanley and deborah.

anybody else who would like to speak, line up on this side of the room, that would be great. please come forward. each member of the public will have two minutes. >> thank you, supervisors, ladies and gentlemen, my name is richard and a very long time ago i was chair person of the san francisco animal control and welfare commission which reports to this board. in the year 2000, october 11th to be exact, the commission recommended at this very same board the ban of fur sale products within the limits of the city of san francisco. there was a less than enthusiastic response from that board. however, this issue has not changed. the fur industry is still based on cruelty rather here or abroad. this issue was brought to the commission's attention bit sale of coats -- by the sale of coats that were trimmed in mongolian wolf lair, but it turned how the

to be dog hair because there was no way to check. and either was appalling to be used to trim jackets. to my shock and dismay, currently fur is making a horrible comeback, you see it from the fashionable designers and celebrities wearing and promoting fur. make no doubt, it's the same old cruel industry and there are plenty of fur-free alternatives. to borrow from my friends and colleagues at peta, there is no need to be cruel to stay warm and look cool. it's a horrible thing to do. i would like to thank supervisor tang for bringing up the issue and i strongly urge everyone to contact their board members from their district and pressure and urge that supervisor to vote for this long overdue piece of legislation. thank you very much. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. next speaker, please.