more year 'cause they can't afford to make so little to continue in the job that they love doing so much, as their commute gets farther and farther from the city and county of san francisco. and -- and most heartbreakingly to hear that we actually have swaths available in our child care centers today, but we can't fill them because no one is willing to make so little -- or actually, i should say, no one can make this little and live anywhere close to san francisco to serve our children and our families. so i'm going to propose today that we move forward with two measures: one, the 140 million commercial receipts measure that supervisor yee and i began discussing public plea in september of last year for child care and early childhood education. i hope 11 members of this board gets behind a 1 billion geobond for affordable housing in november november . i hope i have all of your support for child care on june

20, 2018, and i hope i can count on you all for endorsements as we move forward to the voters. >> supervisor safai: great. thank you. any other members want to make comments? okay you're done, so i think we'll make a motion to file this. okay. without objection, this is filed. please call item number three. >> item number three is -- [ inaudible ] -- who have not filed their form 700 sunshine ordinance declarations or certificates of ethics training from participating or voting on matters before their board. >> supervisor safai: great, thank you. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, supervisor safai. i know you all have been having a long hearing, so i will be as brief as possible. thank you for hearing this legislation. as civil servants and elected officials and public officials, we are held to a higher standard, and it's critical

that we are very transparpt, and there are laws around that. the statement of economic interest, the form 700's that we all file, that commissioners file, that department heads file, is public information that allows members of the public, members of the press, to know what our financial interests are, and unfortunately, there are some folks who do not file them, and while there are penalties, i've come up with something that i think will help incent those who have to file these, to do so timely. i just want to give you a little bit of background information, and i have a handout to pass out to you from the ethics staff, which i'm passing down. >> supervisor safai: thank you

wendy paskin-jordan a . >> supervisor peskin: and this is a filing of 2017 that was due for the 2016 year, and of course i'll be turning in our form 700's by april 1st of this year for the 2017 year. but the good news is that out of 505 folks who were required to file, there were 88% who filed on top, and there were -- which is about -- which means about 70 folks did not file timely. subsequently, 60 folks did file, and 15 never filed. this legislation is very, very simple, which is if you have not timely filed, you will not be able to vote as a board or commission until you file. i hope this will get 100% compliance. i know that supervisor stefani

raised an issue with her staff -- or my staff with problems that folks have encounters getting the appropriate form uploaded from the i wanter net. i'm not sure w -- internet. i'm not sure why that's been a problem. out of 505 people, 90% of them were able to comply. if someone wants to petition the ethics commission and show cause for why they were not able to timely file. i've filed ten of these in the ten years i've been on the board of supervisors , but i'm certainly open to questions.

>> commissioner staff aknee -- stefani, do you have a question? if not, i have a question. so how does someone know that they're supposed to file. >> if you look on page 103, this is the campaign and government conduct code, it says that -- well, there's a couple things here. if you look at page 4, it says in subsection b, the ethics commission shall maintain on its website with the names, departments and positions of persons that are required to file form 700, and they have to update that list no later than ten days after the submittal of a statement, and then, you'll see on page 3, subsection d, public announcement, if a member of a board or commission has failed to file a required statement at the beginning of each meeting of the commission or board that occurs after the applicable deadline for the submission of the statement, the commission sector any city staff that fulfills that role

shall announce that the member has failed to file a statement as required by this ordinance. >> supervisor safai: no, i see that. so is the ethics commission going to contact the secretary of that particular commission? that's what i'm asking. they could put it on their website, the person could come in and say i've submitted. i don't know if it's been reviewed or not, but it's been posted. how is the commission secretary going to know -- i'm just thinking the mechanics through. >> supervisor peskin: these things are uploaded in real-time. >> supervisor safai: no, i get that. what i'm saying is how will the commission secretary of let's say the planning commission know? that's what i'm trying to find out. >> supervisor peskin: so that will be a duty of that secretary to make sure that every member of the commission has timely filed? >> supervisor safai: does it say that?

do we need to file an amendment to say that, through the chair. >> supervisor safai: thank you for saying through the chair. there are rules here, so appreciate playing nice in the sand box. >> deputy city attorney jon givner. i don't think you need to add it to this ordinance. you could. many secretaries of commissions are already tracking who's filing and when. basically, everybody has to file within 30 days of assuming office, and then, therefore, on april 1st, so it's basically a once a year thing that commission secretaries tiply check on and often assist with. i believe the ethics commission currently informs commissions and commission secretaries of non-filers, so i think practically speaking, it works out. you could add it to this

ordinance, but you don't have to. >> supervisor safai: yeah, i understand the practice. i just want concerned that there -- there might be a step that needs to be that the ethics commission would -- i don't know. but i guess the commission secretary's already doing the work to ensure that the members timely in their filing, and if not, then, they follow through. supervisor stefani? >> do i say through the chair to talk to -- >> supervisor safai: no. i'm just joking because supervisor tang corrected when he several times when i was talking. >> i just wanted to follow up, supervisor peskin, on the issue that was brought to my attention earlier today that when commissioners who are told that they could file electronically, i guess the problem they encountered was the appropriate form was not sometimes uploaded for them to fill out, and they'd reach out for the department and it would take several days to get

corrected. i don't know if that's worthy of an amendment or just knowledge at this point, but i'd like your thoughts on that. >> supervisor peskin: i mean, this is one computerized -- everyone use dos the same database. it's all net filed. i've never heard of somebody having the wrong one. you go onto net file, and it pops up a form, and you fill it out, and then you hit submit. i've never heard of this before. i don't know if deputy city attorney givner, if you want to quickly think about some language that, you know, allows somebody to petition for cause to the ethics commission because they've got a compelling story, but again, i mean, out of 505 individuals, all by 15 figured it out for the 2017 year. >> the ethics commission may

have some input on just practically how often this happened. if you do want to make an amendment to that effect, i'd recommend that if you're going to pass this out to the full board, that we work on that amendment to propose at the board or that you continue it today and we can work on it before the next committee meeting. >> supervisor peskin: and i see that kyle is here from the ethics commission. >> if i may. thank you, committee members. i'm kyle krueger with the ethics commission. i'm our senior legal and policy analyst. so electronic policy particularly in its early stages, has been in place for about five years. i know there were some hiccups with that, but you at the board and the late mayor ed lee have helped us build out better processes in the system. i don't think it's going to be a problem going forward.

in addition to that, building on our education and compliance team, we'll be much better able to sort of answer and get back to people, you know, within 24 hours and really be able to rectify these issues quickly. thank you. >> supervisor peskin: and supervisor stefani, through the chair, i'd be happy to work on -- if we want to send this to the full board and work on some language that could allow the director of ethics under certain circumstances to waive if there's a compelling reason somebody can show cause. >> yeah, i don't think there's any reason to delay it here today in committee. definitely open to looking at this a little bit more, and then you and i working together, if we even feel we need to amend anything. >> supervisor safai: i have a question, also, supervisor peskin. or maybe the person from the ethics commission can answer the question. other than posting on your

website, who has filed and who hasn't filed, is there anything else that you -- that you all do in terms of form 700 for commissioners, because we're talking about just commissioners today, right, supervisor? it isn't everyone that has to file a form 700. >> correct, commissioners, relative to this voting. >> so i think your question in terms of what other activity do we do to put people on notice, i guess? so we do numerous trainings -- >> supervisor safai: that's not what i mean. >> okay. >> supervisor safai: if they've filed or have not filed, do you let people know if they have not filed? >> correct. we do a number of follow ups, first by e-mail notification. usually, it's actually two or three e-mail notifications, and then, it goes to calls, but any way, there's a process, i guess, is what i'm trying to say after they have not filed or actually we notice them -- if we notice you're coming close to the deadline when you have not filed your thing, we will provide an update to you that you need to get it in or

provide that update to the appropriate person in that person's department, and then after that, we will follow up, as well. >> supervisor safai: and particularly for the commissioners, do you call the commission secretary? >> yes. it's my understanding, both, not all, people have secretaries, necessarily, but they may have another individual in their office that has that responsibility. >> supervisor safai: okay. great. so supervisors, since we're going to be adding an amendment, maybe can we just clarify, since the commission secretary is going to have to be the one to call out in the meeting that this person isn't going to be able to vote today because they haven't filed in a timely manner, can we just amend language formalizing the process in this commission, make that firm contact with the commission sector the responsible party for that particular commissioner? is that okay?

dpeept city attorn deputy city attorney givner. >> that is okay. >> supervisor safai: supervisor stefani is going to be working on something with supervisor peskin. >> just glancing back at the ordinance and the regulations, so the ordinance currently allows the ethics commission to require electronic filing, and the ethics commission has adopted regulations that require the commissioners to file electronically. one of the regulations that the commission adopts years ago allows any person that's required to file electronically to make a written request to the executive director of the ethics commission seeking permission to file a paper copy instead, and the ethics commission executive director has a certain amount of time to respond to that. i don't know if that fully addresses your concern, because if someone gets in there on april 1st and tries to file and

can't pull it off electronically, they might end up having to file it late. i just wanted to throw that out there as a current fix. >> supervisor safai: okay. so i guess we have to make a motion to amend based on those things, but actually, we can send this to the full board with recommendation, and then you'll be drafting. so motion to -- >> do we need to take public comment? >> supervisor safai: okay. any member of the public wishes to comment on this item, please come forward. seeing none, public comment is closed. >> supervisor yee: go ahead and make a motion to recommend this to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor safai: great. so moved. without objection, that item is ordered. thank you, colleagues. oh, thank you. please call item number four. >> clerk: item number four is a hearing to consider one member appointing term ending january 6, 2022 to the housing

commission. there is one seat and three applicants. >> supervisor safai: great. any initial comments from colleagues? seeing none, we'll just go ahead and call up the applicants. why don't we call up our current commissioner, miss dooley? please come forward. >> good afternoon, supervisors. kathleen dooley. i'm here to hopefully retain my seat on the small business commission. you know i feel that this is a very difficult time right now for small businesses, and we really need to have folks on this commission who have a full understanding of both legislation process and also the ability to get out there on the street and help people who are having problems in their small businesses. i think that's, you know, part of our role is to go out there

and help people. i'm a long-time florist, so i'm out and about all the time. i do my best to direct people to where they could best get help, and that's very rewarding for me. i also think it's important for a commissioner to have a good background and community involvement and, you know, know a lot about the neighborhood they work and live in. i'm a founding member of the northeast business association, and i know firsthand on a daily basis the problems that go on in our business corridor. last year, i helped a small business open, the person who was opening didn't speak much english, so i just stayed by his side to get through all the permitting for a food business, which we all know is pretty

complicated. i also have spent a lot of time with supervisor tang, working with the ada regulations and trying to find a way to rectify the differences between city, state and federal laws to make sure that we both provide the access that we need for our disabled population and also to make sure that the merchants understand and can comply. i have helped several groups of small businesses organize so that they would have a little more power to address issues in front of them. that includes the small independent pet stores, and also members of the san francisco flower market. i worked for a year on a panel with the planning department about trying to look at formula retail now, compared to what it was when we first put that into

effect to see if we needed to make any changes. i'm a current member of the mta small business advisory groups which works with mta to try to help with outreach, and working with small businesses when they do large infrastructure projects to make sure it hopefully works for everyone. so these are some of the things i'm working on. i'd like to continue my work. i'm working right now on helping brand and promote or legacy business to get it out to as many people as possible to let them know what the benefits are. to this effect, i'm asking for your vote to reappoint me. thank you. >> supervisor safai: great. supervisor yee, did you want to ask a question? >> supervisor yee: no. >> supervisor safai: sure. go ahead. thank you. >> supervisor yee: it's great that you're on the small business commission for a

while. you know, i held a hearing recently on a commercial vacancy, and i don't know if you followed that or not, and there's some reports on the vacancy that we see on certain corridors. i don't know if you have discussed it in the -- at the commission meetings at all, but do you have any personal thoughts about how to address this? >> you mean of vacancies? >> supervisor yee: yes. >> well, we've gone round and round for years now about the idea of some way to compel landowners to actually rent their businesses. we've done surveys, you know, we've looked for ways, you know, the carrot and the stick, and i have to say we've not yet been very successful. one thing i'm thinking about -- i brought this up before with the commission -- is looking

into a program where perhaps some of these small businesses could purchase that retail space. i've seen a few people do this in north beach, the owners retain the residential above, and so i still think that might be a good way, ultimately, of retaining some of these permanent spaces that are just sitting there empty. it is a huge challenge. i've been working on it for many, many years, and you know i'm really happy to see anything coming forward that might help with that, and certainly, our commission, that is something that we would want to -- to help you with. >> supervisor yee: that's an interesting thought. i would like to discuss that idea with you further at another time. >> supervisor safai: any other members of the committee wish to ask any questions? i'll ask a couple questions. you've been on the commission now eight years? >> yes.

>> supervisor safai: and are you an active member of any association. >> north beach business association. i'm an active member and been on the board. >> supervisor safai: and how many years have you participated in that capacity? >> roughly about 15 years. >> supervisor safai: and how do you think that informs your work on the commission? >> well, because i think i'm in my neighborhood in a commercial corridor, not unlike many others, and i'm just hearing what's going on, what are the things that really of had great importance to the neighborhood. for example, that's why i joined the mta outreach group because i think that for all the merchants, the idea of when they come in and dig up their streets and really harm business is a problem, and we would like to see something happen to that the corridor would have more information before it was set in stone that they could work with the corridor to try to make it a

situation that would be more helpful to the corridor. i see it. we got through it in our neighborhood, and i see it and i hear it when i go to that mta meeting. >> supervisor safai: and how about the legacy business program? i know that's been something that's been championed and promoted here, and how has the small business commission played a role in that? >> well, i think we were looking once again for a way to help out and gain some sun light and recognition for our incredibly valuable heritage businesses. we give out some grants to people to help with everything from rent to improvements, and right now, i'm working on a committee that we really want to get out there, we want to promote and brand legacy program to get it out there to have more people know about it, to apply and become a part of

that great group of legacy businesses. >> supervisor safai: i just have one last question, and in following in the line of supervisor yee's question about have vacancy. we had a whole presentation about how it's affecting small businesses in san francisco, and it's increased, in some ways, the pressures on small businesses and contributed in a lot of ways to the vacancy rate. we also heard in that presentation that a lot of the conversations really begin with the property owner, and a willing property owner or one that's understanding of the current market. we've had conversations about a vacancy rate tax, taxing vacant properties with regard to those that keep their rekale spaces have a can't. we currently now have a $710 a year registration fee, but that was only about 500 businesses

registered last year, what was it, maybe five or ten at the moment, and we know there's thousands of -- at least vacancies throughout the entire, so i just want to hear you talk about that since you have the perspective -- >> you know, i think it all kind of ties together in a sense, which is yes, the small businesses have suffered. for example, i worked with the independent small pet stores, and despite their bet effort, they're being driven out of business by the on-line stores. i think the ultimate thing kind of works with the legacy business which is you've got to find something that you can't just get on-line. we've kind of come to that point now, and in terms of all these many absentee landlords, i've spent years trying to figure out how to get these people to rent their storefront as a reasonable rate. i know there's vacancies on

grant avenue and north beach, and it's not that busy a corridor right now, and i just wish there was some way we could reach out to these landlords who somehow think they're going to get a million dollars in rent from a tiny storefront. >> supervisor safai: yeah. >> it's just -- you know, we're still working on it. it's a huge problem. >> supervisor safai: and you've had a good attendance record over the years? >> i have. the only time i've been missing is if i'm ill, or once in a while, i take one off to go on vacation. >> supervisor safai: okay. thank you. any other questions? madam clerk, do we call all three and then take public comment. [ inaudible ] >> supervisor safai: okay. great. thank you. we'll call you back up, commissioner dooley. okay. i guess we'll call up the next applicant, miss sculis, will you come forward.

i'm sorry if i didn't say that properly. >> hi. my name is antigone sculis. i lived in los angeles for ten years and recently moved back three, four years ago to open my private practice, dental practice in san francisco right across from the trans-america pyramid. i'm a practicing dentist with my own practice. living here for the last three or four years, i've been more recently getting involved in the community. i i'm a minimum ber of the san francisco chamber of commerce, and recently completed their chamber leadership conference this year. we had a downed transportation. i helped lead the population health day, where we organized a variety of lectures coming in to speak on topics in regards to hospital settings, the under served, kind of bring together

a great day for our members on population health. i've also been involved in the san francisco dental society, where i am on the professional development committee, where we bring in a lot of lecturers from all over the country to talk to our members about clinical practice and running a business, and running a dental practice. i've also -- i've recently joined the united democratic club where i'm the member, director, and have been trying to learn more about policies and issues in san francisco. i'm also volunteering at scott weiner's office on fridays where i've been doing the lesa, learning about state politics and local politics. i started my practice three years ago, and through that, i understand and realize all the problems that go along with finding space to lease in san francisco, particular storefront spaces to lease that are affordable. i had colleagues that did this

in 2009, the comparison from then until i was looking about three years ago, was probably five to $7,000 a month in rent, and it's just become a serious problem for people trying to start their own business in the city, so i feel with all these experiences, i feel like i could be an asset leader in the milennial generation in san francisco. >> supervisor safai: i'll ask one of supervisor yee's favorite questions. have you attended any of the small business commission meetings? >> i have not attended. i watched a couple on the sf government tv. >> supervisor safai: okay. great. we'll call you back up if we have any questions. the third applicant we'll call up is miss reese mytton. please come forward. >> good evening, providers. my name is sherise benton, and

i am a san francisco native and also a small business owner here in san francisco. my business is a cannabis business, which is new to us. i have a delivery service, and before that, i was a hairstylist to all the silicon valley elite, which are -- and they work with a lot of startups here. i'm seeking this position to the small business commission because i see need for cannabis industry representation. as we know, the core of the economy of any city is their ability for small businesses to be sustainable and profitable. small businesses in our neighborhoods contribute to communities in both creating jobs and establishing safer neighborhoods for our residents. i look forward to contributing to ensure the small business commission to serve the public in the most effective and efficient way. cannabis, without question, is going to be a big tourist commodity, and with that being said, because i am on the other side of the business, and we do

do deliveries to the tourists, i think i can have a fresh perspective on not only the cannabis, but even small businesses, being a small business owner. i've worked for the department of public health in my years and also job corp., so i've worked with lower income communities, lgbt, and other communities across the board, and i've also been active in the community and talked to people. i've volunteered for st. james infirmary, and i think it's a need for a different perspective just as being a small business owner here, and navigating the goods and bads of trying to create a business for myself. i am here in the community. i live in the dogpatch, and anywhere i go, i like to support small businesses, because i think without them,

there's no us. so i think that kind of wraps it up. i don't have people here to speak, but i do have letters where people who was not able to come that represent -- that know me and also have small businesses here, and that's the representation of the san francisco community. >> supervisor safai: thank you. colleagues, any questions for miss benton? i'll ask one question. so you've been in the delivery business, as we talked about earlier when we met for the last -- over the last year. how do you think that's helped you to understand what it means to be a small business owner in this city? >> a lot, just because i'm the first african american business owner in cannabis, and not only that, i had to navigate through everything in the last, let's say, 60 days, because of the new regulations and laws, and just for somebody to get

through that alone and for me to be able to study and learn that, that should show the supervisors that i am about business, and i am a person that can be on the small business commission because if i can take something like cannabis, which is like an alcohol license and be able to navigate it and get to the next point of the state license alone, that i think that i can play a big part on the small commission -- business commission. >> supervisor safai: great. thank you. okay. so is there any members of the public that wish to comment on this item? >> yes. mr. chairman, art agnos. i'm here to speak for kathleen dooley, but i wanted to ask the clerk to take note of the time because in this era of question times for mayors, and you, your board complaining that not

enough time is spent by the mayor here, answering questions or talking with you, i have spent three hours and 45 minutes listening to you doing your work and contributing a little bit, so i want a little trivia record for that: this mayor spent three hours and 45 minutes in these chambers, and i challenge any mayor, including willie brown, to match that. okay. i met kathleen dooley four years ago when peskin couldn't handle the flower mart by himself, so he wanted a little more heft in his political action. this was before he was a supervisor again, and so he called me and asked me if i would come and get engaged and try and keep the flower mart thereafter almost 100 years in the city and after 50 years in a location that a developer was seeking to wipe them out of. and of course i agreed and went

there and started working with them, and there was this vivacious woman that was there when i was there, whether it was 5:00 in the morning or 6:00 at night or whatever, explaining what i was needing to know in order to be more effective to help them accomplish the goal of keeping the flower mart in place. she interpreted policy, she advocated policy, she interpreted to the clients, to the low income small business people of various diverse backgrounds what we were doing and how we were going to do it. it was a marvelous display of what a commission does when they have a commission to the issues they join that commission to. we all look for the kind of background, the talent, the skills that will make a contribution to our city, but rarely do we have a chance, we policy makers to see those

people we appoint in action at 5:00 in the morning at 900 t:0 night or anything in between. kathleen dooley does that, and i think she is worthy of reappointment. thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you, mayor. next speaker, please. good evening, supervisors. kriss schulman. i had the pleasure of knowing my kathleen dooley for ten years now. i got to know her when i was the secretary of the small business commission, and i found miss dooley to be one of the most informed, one of the most caring, and one of the most engaged commissioners on the commission. over the past several years, i've transitioned into a new career in the cannabis industry, and over the last several months, as your board debated the cannabis regulations and her commission also chimed in on the cannabis

regulations, i was very impressed with her level of engagement, the hours that she spent with myself and others learning about the regulations, becoming immersed in the industry, really going the extra mile, and it was reflected in her knowledge at the commission meetings, and her understanding of the industry and the recommendations that she made, which i appreciated, so i speak very highly of her, and i would support her appointment, and i appreciate your consideration today. thank you so much. >> supervisor safai: thank you. any -- oh, mr. cuara. >> i don't know if i qualify as a member of the public. good evening, supervisors. thank you for hearing us this evening, chair safai, and to be with you, supervisors yee, stefani, and peskin. my name is brittany chiquata, and i'm an attendant in the office of supervisor of district ten, malia cohen.

i'm here to voice my support for sharisse benton. during the drafting and redrafting of the cannabis legislation, miss benton differentiated herself, not only as a fierce advocate with a deep understanding of the opportunities and challenges faced by small cannabis business owners, but also as someone who grasped the short and long-term implications on small business sustainablity. in many ways, miss benton is an anomaly in her own right. it's obvious there are not many women in the cannabis industry here in san francisco or statewide, much like african american women who occupy this space, and it's really been through her own education and

tenacity and incompetegenuity she's here. she's put in the work, a self-starter, fast learn, and overall has the personality to bring a fresh perspective to the small business commission. i have personally appeared before the small business commission on a number of issues, mainly relating to public health and the intersection with small businesses, including cannabis regulations, and there's definitely a need for someone in the industry's perspective. this is not a knock to any of the members, but there is clearly a lack of familiarity or just a lack of fully embracing cannabis industry operators as small business entrepreneurs, and i think as the industry continues to grow it will be important to have someone like miss benton who's a member of the small business community to help bring perspective as we continue to regulate the industry. so i would just close by saying

that i think that, you know, every political body needs to have adequate and wide ranging representation among its leaders and decision makers, and in this case, small business commission, in having a variety of representatives as commissioners will help ensure that our very diverse small business community will continue to grow and thrive. so i thank you for your time and respectfully ask for your support for miss benton's candidacy on behalf of supervisor cohen. >> supervisor safai: thank you. supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you -- >> supervisor safai: wait. any other members of the public wish to comment on this? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor pes minute? >> supervisor peskin: i also wanted to advocate on behalf of commissioner dooley, but wanted to add one other thing. commissioner dooley has done a tremendous job in working with businesses in chinatown and beyond that, actually having

chinatown businesses and north beach businesses collaborate together, not only to attract new businesses, but they've also built remarkable social and professional relationships. there were a number of people that wanted to testify on her behalf, but had to leave because of the late hour. i know you've received a number of those, and commissioner dooley actually collaborated and brought the nbcdc together for what became the east-west noodle fest. that was a wonderful collaboration and brought out people from chinatown and the people from north beach. it was great to see everyone working so nicely together. >> supervisor safai: supervisor stefani. >> thank you, supervisor. i think it's really hard when you have three very well

qualified capped dindidates, a just want to give praise to all three, because i think all three are definitely qualified to be on the small business commission, and i want to thank kathleen dooley for her years of service, and i love supervisor peskin's comments about being able to bring diverse communities together. as we think about the future of retail, i do think it's also very important to understand and act on the challenges that are facing new businesses, and i think khancannabis is a very industry. i think it's important to have cannabis voices on the industry, so they with work to sustain small business owners in this new frontier. according to forbes, the cannabis industry has the chance to be heavily influenced by women, but there's a concern

that as the business matures, it could shift to more traditional male business roles. i reached out to sherise after she reached out to me, and i was very impressed. we had a very long conversation about this issue, and i this i having talked about this, and my concerns about the industry and where it's going and how we regulate, that you know, sherise really is a trail blazer in this new industry as a woman of color entrepreneur, she's breaking the grass ceiling. so -- yes, the grass ceiling, so you know, she is -- and she's also done a lot of work on the cannabis equity problem. i think talking about equity in this business is extremely important and, you know, i'm impressed that she grew up in district ten. she's a san francisco native

and health worker and able to work with diverse stakeholders. i like the fact that she's a mother, because there's a lot of issues arpd the cannabis industry and being a mother, and looking at the edibles. there are a lot of issues that are facing this industry that i think would benefit from someone with a lot of knowledge in this industry on our small business commission, so therefore, i'd like to make a motion to appoint sherise benton to seat two with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor safai: but you do that, i'll say a few things -- supervisor yee, did you want to make a motion or did you want to say anything? >> supervisor yee: i was going to make a motion. >> supervisor safai: we have one motion so faf. i'm just going to make a comment before we act on those motions, and supervisor stefani what i usually say as chair

when we're faced with multiple people. i was able to meet with all three applicants. i was impressed with all three applicants. i think they bring a wonderful set of diverse background and experiences to the table. i also have a rule and i expressed this to commissioner dooley, as chair, i like to give opportunity to new people if the standing commissioner has been there for ten years. you've been there for eight, so i'm willing to give you the opportunity to serve one more term if i'm chairman, great. if not, then somebody else will have that opportunity. i think miss benton does write a wonderful set of experiences to the table. i think she's a newly minted business in an industry that's going to continue to grow, no pun intended, and i think she's done a tremendous job in sitting down and talking with her in making her way in that industry and had a tremendous

role in helping us shape the legislation with supervisor cohen's office and others on equity. miss sculis has been active and gone through the chamber training process and making herself available and in terms of her civic duties and volunteering and wants to be more involved, so regardless of the out come today, i think we did have three wonderful applicants that we can come back to and encourage to support them moving forward. so i appreciate that, and i appreciate the opportunity to sit down with all three of you and learning about your experiences, and i look forward to working with you. so we have a motion by supervisor stefani with a recommendation to send a positive recommendation to the full board. i think we have to act on that before we take any other

motions. >> supervisor yee: do you need a second. >> supervisor safai: or we can just make a second -- or can we have multiple motions? >> clerk: we can have multiple motions, but we'll take them one at a time. >> supervisor safai: okay. would you like to make your motion, supervisor yee? >> supervisor yee: i was on the rules committee, and i found it hard to be on before i was called back to duty, because today is exactly what happens all the time, where you only have a limited number of seats, and you have well qualified people, and today's no different. there's three, to me, very qualified people that can serve on this commission, but i also have a practice of -- that's been real consistent that if there is a standing commissioner that wants to rhea

ply, arhea -- reapply, and has shown engagement. not only is miss dooley engaged, but she seems very effective in her role, so i would like to nominate miss dooley to continue to be on the small business commission. >> supervisor safai: okay. so we have two motions on the floor. we'll take the motion from supervisor stefani first. >> clerk: yes. on the motion to recommend sherise benton, supervisor -- [ roll call. ] >> clerk: there is one aye and two noes, with supervisor yee and safai in dissent. motion fails. would you like to take the

second motion? >> supervisor safai: yeah. i think, do you want to say something? i'm sorry. >> just procedurally. since that motion failed, and supervisor yee's motion, can we forward it out to the full board without recommendation. >> supervisor yee: that's not my motion. >> supervisor safai: yeah, that's not what you are -- >> you'd like to take the next one? >> supervisor safai: she was going to make an amendment, and he doesn't want to accept that amendment, so that amendment fails, so we'll just go ahead and take the vote on the item itself. >> clerk: so on supervisor yee's motion to accept commissioner kathleen dooley. [ roll call. ] >> clerk: there are two ayes and one no with supervisor stefani in the dissent. the motion passes.

>> supervisor safai: okay. thank you. so that item was voted affirmative, so it is ordered. congratulations, and for those that weren't appointed today, we look forward to working with you, and we will continue to do that in this office. please call the next item. >> clerk: item number 5 is a -- there is one seat and one applicant, with the applicant requiring a residency waiver. >> supervisor safai: okay. great. so i think we only have one person for this seat, if you want to come forward and address the committee, and thank you for your -- thank you for your patience, mr. mayor. duly noted, three hours and 45 minutes -- three hours and 45 minutes? no, we've still got the joint powers and the ballot -- thank you for waiting. >> good evening, supervisors.

i'm ashley ravishe. i'm the president of the league of women voters of san francisco, and i want to thank the committee for considering my nomination today to the ballot simplification committee to fill the unexpired term ending november 2018. i respectfully request the committee to apply the residency waiver as is allowed for san francisco elections code for when a qualified resident candidate may not be found. the ballot simplification committee is a -- vital to the league. we have a permanent seat on the committee. it's part of the groundwork for keeping politics out of the election process in the ballot, and we did have a candidate, and unfortunately, the honorable chief judge karen cl clapton, who we put forth her

nomination, is longer able to meet all of the committee meetings for an unforeseen reason. i am the league president, i have been the president of the league of women voters for three years. i've been sitting on the board for eight years. when i started my work with the league -- excuse me -- basically working hand in hand with the ballot simplification sitting member, whereby i developed the pro and con guide for the league and helped distribute that english, spanish, and chinese. i've never been to a hearing committee meeting because of the nature of my relationship with the pro and con guide meant that i met regularly with adele for briefing. i guess speaking to the

residency waiver that i'm asking for, i used to be a san francisco resident. i lived in district three, i lived in district two, and as we discussed at great length this afternoon, i had to leave the city. i couldn't afford to live here anymore. i couldn't afford to raise a family here, and yet my dedication to san francisco continues now with sitting on the board and now acting as the president of the league of women voters, and thank you. >> supervisor safai: great, thank you. yeah, no, we often do residency requirements, particularly when we have appointments that have to come from specific bodies. have you participated in and gone to the process as measures were going to the ballot? have you sat through that, and are you aware of -- i'm sure you are. i just have to ask for the record, because when we did an

appointment for a couple of people last time, they made it very clear that you know, you're essentially in some ways giving up about a month of your life, which is condensed into one period before the ballot, so is that something you can commit to, and is it going to be okay? >> yes, i can commit to it. i would like to echo mayor -- >> supervisor safai: agnos. >> agnos, thank you. it's been a long day, call to this committee to the grboard supervisors to help dissect measures before they are brought to the ballot. 26 measures in 2016, we almost ran out of the alphabet, and that was just a bit too much. for the voters, part of what i do for the league is to help entice voters to participate,

not just register, but to actually turn out and vote, and so i would like to echo that call to your committee as well as to the entire board, but know, i have not sat on a hearing for specifically the ballot simplification committee, but i am well aware that it takes all day in some instances, and that it is an entire month that you are setting aside based off of research and attending and hearing. >> supervisor safai: great. thank you. commissioner stefani, do you have any questions? okay. great. can i entertain a motion? oh, wait, we have -- >> public comment. >> supervisor safai: i think there's something going on. it's your theme music. any other members of the public wishing to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. that's what happens when your committee meeting goes past a

certain hour, there's events happening in the hall. so supervisor stefani, can i entertain a motion? >> yes, i make a motion to send this out to the full board with full recommendations. >> supervisor safai: including a residency waiver? >> yes. >> supervisor safai: for seat two on the small business -- i'm sorry. i'm reading the wrong one, for the ballot simplification committee. okay. without -- no -- without no objection, that item is ordered and moved. congratulations, and thank you for your continued service. >> thank you. >> supervisor safai: did you get the full language of the -- >> yes, yes. >> supervisor safai: okay. great. please call item number 6. >> clerk: item 66 is the hearing to appoint one member and one alternate member to the joint bay powers authority. there are two seats and two

applicants. >> supervisor safai: we can do it together. okay. with you let's just do this one, yeah, let's do this one first. okay. so miss -- wait, which one -- item number 6, right? >> clerk: item number -- >> supervisor safai: right. so unless there's any initial comments from colleagues, miss nadia cisea, will you work forward and address the commission? >> good morning, supervisors, nadia cisea. it's -- for a number of reasons, particularly with the role i'm in right now as executive director of the office of community investment and infrastructure, and the role we play in partnering with the transbay joint powers authority as well as acting in consultations with city partners on developing the

redevelopment area within the transbay, and the fact that we are responsible for aligning the assembly land to produce revenue to finance the transbay transit center, as well as incremental state parcels, to fund the ongoing state debt, as wg as ongoing funding for the transbay joint transit center. i should note that over the years i've worked on the project in various capacities, and i've been part of the city family that's worked with the tjpa that's worked first to setup the community's district that was established in 2014, and worked with a -- in the state, as well as locally to get information done and work with the developers in determining the rate and method of apportionment, as well as working on creative solutions

to work to fund the gap that was announced in 2016-2017, so i have been actively involved in the project in various capacities, as well as in my prior position providing the financial expertise and working with the city family to provide a funding -- bridge funding to meet at least the phase one of the development. and there's still work to do with phase two, so that we know -- as we know, phase two, the downtown rail extension is still being looked at in terms of the realignment, and that was in the billions of dollars, so there is a role for me and the board to think that funding

options stis options exist. so i've worked with the tjpa folks on the -- in terms of all the financial nuances and provisions and sensitivity to getting additional -- also carrying the same revenues for the loan that exists, so i feel i bring a different skill set to the board. the board is currently situated, including various representatives from transit organizations and public works, and so there's no one that's on the board that has the financial expertise that i will bring to the board, so i look forward to the opportunity to working with my partners and my alternate, so if this committee decides to put me forward to look in the best interests