desire to swap 2 parcels of land, one in the south of market and one the former printing press on marin street in order to secure an appropriate temporary relocation site for the beloved san francisco flower mart in order to demonstrate the city's continued commitment to a beneficial arrangement for all of the parties involved, the resolution puts a clear stake in the ground this we want to move the relocation process along in parallel with the central planning effort that is underway. the resolution demonstrates the acknowledgment of our puc that conveying and exchanging the properties will give the puc more room for equipment storage and provide a home for more than 50 flower mart vendors that employs, hundreds of workers,

artists, and is beloved treasure in san francisco. i also want to thank and acknowledge the mayor and his staff who are helping guide this process through the coming couple of months. in addition, i am introducing the equity for impact transportation tax that i mentioned at the transportation authority commission meeting earlier today that would utilize our existing tax rate for a new category of business, private transportation companies, as bike share and other emerging industries like the e scooters that everybody is explainin como us about. it's good city and practice to make sure the laws keep up. we have to move as quickly aztec and make sure that they are clear and equitable rules that apply to this business sector. as such, this tax is a long overdue update to our tax

structure which recognizes the emerging and evolving businesses of private transportation, whether it's fixed route businesses or multi billion dollar commercial carrier businesses like uber and lyft. while capitol hill shells out federal tax cuts and funding streams for projects are drying up, local jurisdictions struggle to fund basic services and build out the necessary infrastructure to keep pace with growth here in the city. of course, we are all aware of the widening income gap and that further highlights the need to identify new revenue to mitigate the impacts of population growth and demands on our public infrastructure. this tax, according to the controller, will generate up to $35 million annually to fund city services and much needed capitol improvements. the city has been very generous and welcome private transportation companies with open arms in the effort to

attract jobs and while we've been very successful at that, our tax laws have not kept pace and have not captured the value of the investments we've made in attracting these businesses. fundamentally, this is about equity. everybody has to pay their fair share and play by the same rules, including billionaire corporations that have been flying under the tax radar. in rock -- recognition, they would -- it has over stayed its welcome. it's time to right the scales and return value to the hardworking people of the city and county of san francisco. would it tax less than 1% on private transportation companies. that's the same as exiting tiers utilized by the rest of large businesses here in san francisco. this is a corporate business tax, not a tax or fee on drivers or passengers. i ask for your support to put it before the voters on the

november ballot. because this is not a regulatory scheme, we are still resolute in my desire to see the state finally and appropriately regulate transportation network companies and private transportation services to ensure the safety of consumers and the general public. finally, as we've all been watching on tv this morning and bits and pieces between meetings, the united states judiciary committee has been questioning the founder and ceo of facebook since earlier this morning about the cambridge analytica scandal releasing information of 87 million facebook users. that data was exploited and weaponnized to undermine our

democracy. he referred to facebook as an idealistic and optimistic company and platform. but that is a far cry from its original motto which was if you recall, move fast and break things. internal memos from 2016 discussed that the proceedings today reveal admissions from facebook vice president that facebook's growth and connecting people warranted potential harm. so we connect people. that can be bad if they make it negative. maybe it costs a life by exposing someone to bullies. maybe someone dies in a terrorist attack. in the bay area, the capital of tech innovation, we are inundated with emerging technology and business models predicated on the collection and sale of our private data. this emerging technology clogs our streets, our sidewalks, our screens, and our attention spans. i think that for most residents of this city who not only use

but are confronted by the use of emerging technology, the lived experience is that these companies are moving fast and breaking things. the city must do a better job of protecting its residents against fundamentally disrupting technologies for profit. it is our job and our obligation as regulators and representatives to put a firewall around private entities that pose not only obvious dangers but also as in the case of cambridge an lit i ca -- analytica. as our federal government races to understand to what extent our information was misused, i am today requesting that our city attorney begin drafting a measure for this november's ballot that would prohibit the city and county of san francisco from contracting or doing business with any private entity that fails to adhere to the

highest standards for data protection that traffics in or monetizes in any way the private information of consumers or that collects copies or stores the private personal information of its users for any purpose other than is absolutely necessary for the provision of its services. we cannot sit by while private companies pursue an unrestrained profit mode with ruthless and reckless intent, whether it is e-scooters or jump bikes, anything that requires a permit from the city and county of san francisco that has a lease or a contract with the city should be subject to those provisions. the rest i will submit. >> thank you. madam president, i will refer the floor back to you and we'll return to introduction of new business at the appropriate time. >> thank you, so we have three commendations as i've stated previously. we will begin with supervisor

stefani. >> thank you, madam president. many colleagues, last tuesday, i introduced a resolution to recognize our san francisco giants on their opening day at at&t park. and we continue today to celebrate the giants 60th season in san francisco. i'm glad you're all here at the podium. since calling san francisco home 60 years ago, the giants have had 12 playoff appearances, 6 pennant wins, and three world series wins. we've had the pleasure of watching skilled managers like the first african-american manager in major league baseball, frank robinson, dusty baker, the three time world series champion, they have led many players. so many san franciscos are close to our a nounments and broadcasters since listening to

the commentary for deck ates. we're fortunate to be joined by one of my personal favorites. you this for being -- thank you for beinger other. i would also like to acknowledge the incredible contributions the team and organization has made in our communities. the giants organization has been a significant leader in protecting our environment. they have been recipients of recycling and sustainability awards, including california's highest environmental honor, the governor's environmental and economic leadership award. this season, also serves as the 25th anniversary of the giants partnership, working side by side to raise awareness for education, care, and services to end aids. the organization has also been the leader in professional sports supporting recruit and equality for the lgbtq community including being involved in the

it gets better campaign. they filed a brief to the u.s. supreme court in 2015. the giants community fund supports junior giants baseball which serves 25,000 participants annually to develop character, confidence, leadership, and team work in girls and boys in over 90 leagues. the giants have participated in national gun violence awareness day on june 2nd through their support on social media. the color of the national gun violence awareness day is orange. so it's nice to have the giants participate in your orange and black colors. i want to thank joey nevin for helping to make that help. in 2016, espn named them the sports humanitarian team of the year. i want to thank them for their incredible contributions to our city over the last 65 years. we look forward to so many morsel operations in the years to come and especially this year given it is an even year. we are proud at this time to

offer you to comment. thank you. >> thank you. i like your glasses, by the way. gamer. i love coming to this building. it has a lot of unbelievable memories for all of us in this giants organization, standing there in front of city hall during the parades. in this room especially because you can feel the history and the strength of the city of san francisco, and it's powerful. we are an organization that's been around 60 years in this city. it has been a great relationship and the support we receive from the city is something that amazes me, and i stand here today representing all the people that have worked in our organization, the folks in the front office that have directed and lead our organization and all of the players that have worn the uniform that says san francisco across their chest. it is a great honor for all of us to represent this city.

we feel the weight and the responsibility of this city when we stand on those base lines that are introduced every year to start a new season. it allows us to say and say it loudly, to anybody who'll listen, we are the giants. we are san francisco. we will always be san francisco. to the board of supervisors and to the mayor of san francisco, we say thank you for your recognition. thank you. [ applause ]

>> thank you all for being here and congratulations again and special shoutout to jack for your work with our styrofoam ban and working with the ballpark to address those particular issues. it is no surprise that you all have been chosen as an environmental leader in a number of things that you've done at the stadium as well. so i just want to say thank you for working with my office and the city on that particular issue. congratulations again and thank you for your service. okay. with that, we have the next commendation for the day. it will be given by supervisor fewer. >> thank you very much president breed. it is my pleasure today to commend karen shane and karen, can you come on up?

i've had the pleasure working closely with her as the member of the re-entry council. she has a long history of working on criminal justice issues, beginning in 1976 when she began visiting women prisoners in 1976 as a participant in a women's prisoner project at the university of california santa cruz. she has provided legal services leading the organization and supervising an effort to provide counsel to survivors of intimate partner battery. she went on to the women's foundation of california where she developed and led the foundation's criminal justice and county policy work to change california's alliance on incarceration. beginning in 2014, karen joined the re-entry division of the san francisco probation department, and as re-entry apology planner, she was respond for the community corrections

partnership. in her role, karen consistently worked to improve outcomes for justice involved people in san francisco and beyond. beyond the regular meetings, she convenessed, karen helped to implement san francisco's reinvestment initiative resulting in documentation of racial disproportionallity in the criminal justice system and a call for action. she helped to achieve the gold of the re-entry counsel through active support of criminal justice reform bills including bill reform, silva saysments mitigation, expanded protections through ban the box, expungement relief and strengthening pretrial services. during her time with the city and county, karen received an award from the san francisco human rights commission and the end of trenches award from the senior offenders project.

i've been impressed with her skill and her transition will be a loss to the re-entry counsel and her route to change the system and existing racial disparities. that says, the lawyers committee for civil rights is definitely gaining an asset. karen, on behalf of the entire board of supervisors, i want to thank you for your strong moral compass to always do the right thing. for those who are most in need. your commitment to human and civil rights, your warm women coming and friendly smile and equally as warm perso personalid your generous personality that continues to give us and make us a more just society. i will miss working with you and i hope to work with you on future projects as i know you will continue doing your good works. thank you so much, karen.

[ applause ] >> so thank you so much to you, supervisor fewer and the entire board, including president breed. i have really learned so much while i've been, would go for the -- working for the city of san francisco. it's difficult to make change in city government. i've met so many people since i've been here in all of the city departments who are truly committed to making this city a great place to live and work for everyone. it's been a tremendous challenge, and i've watched real change makers work hard to make change work for everyone. but this is an uphill battle. as we watch out migration of african-americans continue in unprecedented numbers as we see children fewer and fewer children attending public schools in the city as we watch the number of our homeless neighbors increasing, as we see the number of people with serious mental health issues unable to find the help they need, we are in danger of losing the battle for this city. so while i'm deeply thankful for

the kem endation -- commendation and feel represent for the people you represent, i'm also troubled. i started working here because i wanted to see what it was like to work from the inside, to work on needed changes from a different perspective. i'm proud of the work that we've done together, particularly in deepening the discussion about racial disproportionallity in our criminal justice system. we need to move from understanding the problem to actually making solutions and implementing them. so the last time i was in this room to receive an award, it was from the human rights commission. i was excited to receive it, but it suddenly became an extremely humbling experience. many of my coawardis were killed by san francisco police officers. they refused their awards saying they didn't want an award. they wanted justice. san francisco is yet to provide that justice. with conversations about

providing tasers to police officers and broadening the armed scope of our probation department, we're not moving towards real solutions, but opting for the appearance of safety while putting our most vulnerable residences in harm's way. i moved here in 1972 seeking and finding greater diversity and inclusion. we seem to have lost our way. i look to all of you to help us get on a path that honors all of us. so thank you, i really am honored, and i have to be who i am. so thanks. [ applause ] >> thank you for your words and

your service. we will have our last commendation for the day. it will be given by supervisor peskin. >> thank you, madam president. last but not least on the occasion of his last day of being in his 80s, tomorrow is his 90s birthday, my friend ernie who has been part of the north beach and san francisco scene for many, many decades. loved by one and all in the neighborhood, his story is linked with the city and county of san francisco through journalism, through the jazz scene, where he partied with the likes of duke ellington and others. every aspect of ernie is north beat from his love of food and culture and understanding the

intertwined communities of chinatown and north beach and expressing it so elegantly in three books, one of which will be launched tomorrow evening at original joe's on the occasion of ernie's 90th birthday. his first book which you could buy at the butcher on the corner, little city meats is where i think i bought that book, which he did a number of years ago, sketches from a north beach journal which features a series of profiles of the larger the life characters dating back from the california gold rush all the way to the present day. the second book, which i had the pleasure, i think, of writing a little foreword to, san francisco appetites and afterthoughts in search of the good life by the golden gate articles, music, arts, old

builds, and lifestyle of the city. as i said, tomorrow, stops along the royal road, adventures from a lifetime of travel, paying tributes to his family who is here. i got to read that copy when i was on vacation last year and even showed ernie where a couple of typos were. and it pays tributes to writers who have inspired him to hop around the globe, recounting improbable and really incredible tales as he traveled. congratulations ernie for all of your work and for being -- making the scene what it is. controlled substance, ernie. >> thank you very much. [ applause ] >> i missed one thing, which is -- and this is to supervisor stefani. we share something, which is all

three of us have a column in the marina times every month. >> yes. i guess that's true. thank you, supervisor peskin. i really appreciate your good thoughts, your good words. thank you to all of the supervisors. i do appreciate this very, very much. becoming 90 has sneaked up on me. one day i was 65, and the next day i was 90 years old. it just seemed like it happened overnight. my wife likes to say, the older you get, the better you get. then she adds, unless you are a banana. i guess i am a banana. so i want to thank all of you for your attention here today

and for your good wishes. i hope that we can repeat this for many years to come. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> congratulations, ernie, and thank you so much for being here today. >> thank you very much. >> okay, ladies and gentlemen, that concludes or commendations for the day. we will return to our regular agenda. we left off with our roll call for introductions. madam clerk. >> thank you. supervisor ronen.

supervisor safai. >> i don't have anything really to submit. i just wanted to added as a coresponse or to the land swap that supervisor peskin introduced today with the flower mart. >> it's done. supervisor sheehy. >> submit. >> supervisor tang. >> submit. >> supervisor yee. >> thank you. colleagues, today i am introducing a resolution in anticipation for the asian-pacific american heritage month in may. given the anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric and policies emanating from washington, d.c. which has lead to increased acts of intolerance against immigrant communities, there has been an

increased effort from communities to remove names from public statues in places which honor figures who espouse racism. there has also been an increased movement both nationally and globally to recognize women's historical contributions and the role in current professional and public settings. we have successfully -- we have been successful at the local level in doing many of these things. for example, supervisor cohen's legislation to rename columbus day to indigenous people's day. supervisor peskin's legislation to remove herman's name from the plaza. students from the university of san francisco renamed the campus building from hall to toler; after a an african-american.

not only have they removed the names, we must know our history in order to not repeat the mistakes of our past. this is why i am introducing a resolution to name phelan to frida way and remove the other name. james dphelan served as a mayor and senator. he supported the chinese exclusion act of 1882, an immigrant act of 1924, which basically -- and the chinese and japanese immigration from entered erg the united states. he ran his senate campaign on

the cheap california white and save our state from aggression. he also supported legislation to make interracial marriages illegal. a state name is named after his father. the mayor's anti-immigration policies smears his father's name. san francisco is a city which prides itself on values of inclusion, tolerance, and respect for multicultural diversity. we will not tolerate exclusion, racism in our communities. let's reflect our values to make san francisco a better place to live. i look forward to your support. the rest i submit. >> thank you. president breed. >> thank you. colleagues, today i'm introducing legislation that supports senate bill 1045 authored by senators scott wiener and henry stern.

it creates a conservatorship program that will provide housing and wraparound services to care for the most vulnerable residents in our state and our city. those who are chronically homeless suffering from severe mental illness and struggling with substance addiction. conservatorship is provided for people who are disabled and cannot care for themselves. the state has two conservatorship programs, one that is designed for individuals who are unable to care for themselves due to mental illness and one for individuals who are unable to care for themselves due to physical health issues, cognitive impairment, or elder abuse. unfortunately, these existing programs don't provide san francisco the flexibility or the

tools we need to help some of the most difficult to serve individuals who are dying on our streets. sadly, the conditions are worsening every single day. according to our last homeless count and survey, 31% of our homeless population is chronically homeless. this top lation is struggling -- population is struggling with severe health conditions. 65% of chronically homeless individuals property struggling with alcohol or drug addiction. 63% reported suffering from a psychiatric or emotional condition. and 45% reported suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. the most at risk subset of this population, approximately 338 individuals, are accessing the most emergency services. this is the group sb1045 is

designed to help. you can't walk anywhere within a half-mile radius of even city hall without seeing someone who is clearly in distress or suffering from serious addiction challenges. if i were on the streets without shelter and then a mental state that inhibited me from taking care of myself, i would want someone to intervene. i would want medical attention, housing, and stability. but just because these individuals are difficult to serve doesn't mean we simply give up. it is not humane to allow those who are chronically homeless and severely mentally ill or grappling with addiction to wither away on our streets. we know the status quo is not workingment attempting to serve the needs of our chronically homeless population who suffer from the most severe mental illness and addiction through emergency room visits,

interactions with law enforcement, temporary social services, and incarceration is costing the city hundreds of millions of dollars every year with no means of ending this cycle. the combined cost of these repeated services are significantly higher than providing stable housing and supportive services. we have proven that with the opening of the richardson apartments located in my district. 120 individuals who receive complete wraparound services in a safe, affordable place to call home. we must do the hard work and the creative thinking it takes to get the most at risk individuals off our streets, to get them housed, healthy, and stabilized for the long-term. i'm tired of hearing we can't do anything about it or our hands are tied because if there's a will, there's a way. sb1045 is one way to help us deal with the mental health

homelessness and substance abuse crisis in san francisco. as it stands today, we have no way to conserve the most at risk individuals. struggling with chronic homelessness, mental illness, and substance abuse challenges. in a supportive housing environment with wraparound services, as i said, the richardson apartments is a perfect example of how it could work. this bill also provides us with another tool in order to address those issues. sb1045 creates a conservatorship provides housing with supportive services. under the bill, the department of public health, the sheriff's department and general hospital can recommend that a person is conserved who is chronically homeless and suffering from serious mental illness or substance abuse disorder, which results in frequent visits to

the emergency room, attention by police under a 5150 hold or frequent psychiatric evaluations. if approved by a judge, the individual would then be compelled to stay in supportive housing and receive wraparound services for up to one year with the opportunity to petition every month for review. this bill will give san francisco more tools to actually make a difference for those we see who are suffering on our streets every day with the most acute mental health and substance abuse issues. sb1045 is currently moving through the senate committee process and it passed. i'm committed to introducing the local legislation to enact this bill. the rest i submit. >> thank you, madam president. seeing no other names on the roster, that concludes the introduction of new business. >> okay. madam clerk, let's go to public comment. >> at this time, it is the public's opportunity to address

the entire board of supervisors for up to two minutes on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board to include the march 6th, 2018 board meeting minutes and items 49 through 58 on the adoption. public comment is not allowed when an item has been previously subject to public comment at a board committee. [ stand by ]

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her name is jane kim. [ inaudible ] >> i know her feeling about my city, and i want to ask if she want -- our supervisor, if you break it between 25 or 51, as volunteered to help and clean the city from the garbage and the -- broom the city as we see in channel nbc with her, we're going to save 50 million every year. we're going to let the tourists come into our city, and we're going to have business in hotel, in restaurant, in anyplace. jane kim, look to me.

i support president barack obama, and i'm coming to you to support you today for cleaning the city of san francisco. you can't commit that by yourself, but if one of our supervisors is going to bring it for you and to our city between 25 or 51 to clean the city? i like you, i like your courage, and i am going to tell you, you writed my name at number one volunteer to clean the city with you. you can't make it by yourself, but we all about -- [ inaudible ] >> you know why? because you are nice, and we love you. you don't know me, i love you if you like it or not. >> president breed: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. andrew yip.

preliminary hearing sayers always take good care of the people to accomplish the goals and objectives of maintaining the livelihood of the people, and are defending the common core of national security. [ inaudible ] >> those who occupy high positions must serve others with virtues. besides, their only self-cultivation, they must treat others with love and kindness. if a leader can show us virtue and be kind to others, one shall be love and be supported by the people. world leaders should set a good example for leading on the people to behave accordingly live out by morality. one is to deliver the teachings

of true principles on the matters of social issues to educate our people on better improvements of personal virtues as a good citizen. the so-called cultivation of virtue is the rise and fall of a country. being patriotic to the nation, loving one's parents, having to trust being kind, righteous and courteous is a good thing that one person must put forward to the true happiness of one's life. thank you. >> president breed: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good evening, supervisors. the month of the ballot or the bullet is fast approaching. the ballot or the bullet will explain itself. in a few months, there will be

thousands of students graduating. as you come across that stage, you will have a diploma in one hand, and a voting card in the other. soon you will make a difference. voting is for the people, by the people. thousands of college students in san francisco must vote. you have the power, you must have the attitude. it's not the altitude, but the attitude will determine how high you will go. you are not out of bound. you are the new millennium voters. you will not vote the same way your parents did in the past. those picking up pencils now can pick up an acting female mayor for san francisco with the good of san francisco at heart. candidates by or may not have been born in the slums, but the slums is not born in you. you can rise above circumstances. many san franciscans are suffering. thousands of you marched

against deportation and gun via violence. let's vote for the right female acting mayor. you cannot sign up on change, you must keep up on change. >> sir, i am pausing your time, just very quickly pausing your time. if you could refrain from talking about compaining in am the chamber for any particular candidate, that would be greatly appreciated. if you could continue your statement, please. >> it's time. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good evening. my name is sam. i am from -- i opened a restaurant in san francisco 43 years already, stockton and parkway. but we have very problem right

now because the tenants on the property, they are remodelling the property. we have to shut the restaurant four time already. every time the half day for the repair of water, something, something like that, okay, okay? first time they needed two men only. first, they say able to finish, and next, they say july. and then, december, and then, now to say april -- this year, april finished. april pass already. they say maybe, maybe may. maybe may. but they make my business, all business go down 40% already. seven -- seven shop closed down already, okay? nobody coming to chinatown, okay? we don't know -- what can we do? but now, i shut off my

restaurant two weeks. you know why? because we don't have the money to be able to payroll or next -- next 14 days. we have to stop for us, okay? because i know this money will be slow, okay? stop first. i am looking for many to open again, for sure, i will open again, okay? we opened the wrong time, okay? we do a lot of things with san francisco. we do a lot of things in san francisco. we have a lot of problem with it now, okay? so can we help support us some money or everybody on -- over there, please? okay. >> thank you for your comments. [ inaudible ] >> thank you for your comment, sir. [ inaudible ] >> thank you, sir, for your comments. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i got it.

thank you very much. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is victoria westbrook, and i am the director of operations for code tenderloin. we do workforce development and coding classes in the tenderloin and in western addition and for residents on treasure island. i'm here today to let you know that we have requested -- there is request for funding for coding in the mayor's budget -- in the budget for district five and district six, and i'm asking for your support when those budgets come up for vote. i'm asking you more to help us increase access and opportunity for the marginalized people in the city so that they can gain access into the economic viability through technical positions. i have given you these -- this folder. please support us in the future budget votes. >> thank you for your comments.

and before the next speaker steps up to the microphone, are there any other members of the public who would like to address the board of supervisors on general public comment? please proceed, sir. >> well, my name is joseph keenan. i am a member of the code tenderloin. five years i dropped out of society, and about five months ago, i met code tenderloin on the streets of san francisco. i am homeless, and i still am. i'm living at one of the shelters. through the engagement of learning how to code it's transformed my life. it's engaged me into learning that there's a community out there interested in helping me and providing me avenue news

and paths to -- of hope. yesterday, i interviewed for my first job in a long time. it's a very high paying job, and, you know, i -- i wanted to share my story of -- of engagement and the power of learning to do something like coding. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> thank you. g tom gilberti. recently i mentioned supervisor ronen and duffy cleaning 16th street b.a.r.t. station, muni

station. mentioned supervisor yee with his importance in the 17th avenue, 19th avenue muni stop. this board needs to get reinvolved with muni. the people need it. the people need as much contact with making decisions in this city as possible. further back, i mentioned the piranhas devouring of ththeir . this is uber and lyft. the text industry being in alamo, and the text industry is being in dire straits. this board has given no help. how many of you can afford to throwaway a far of a million

dollars in six years, and not need help? that commission needs help from you guys. marijuana, the city that knows how. 99% of the people that have been working and taking care of marijuana for decades when it was illegal are now locked outside. they can't comply. that's not the way we want to go here. last time i spoke, i mentioned a political contribution donation room that receives all contributions and donations to political candidates. and in this way, they come in, they receive -- they get registered, and they're cleared. names with dollars. simple. [ inaudible ] >> -- was also. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please.

>> thank you, madam clerk, president breed, ladies and gentlemen of the board. today, supervisor peskin introduced legislation about facebook, accused of weaponizing sensitive personal information and using it to manipulate the emotions of its users. well, that all sounds like extremely good rhetoric. however, what do you think citywide case management does? those people that you pay over $1 million this week? what do you think they do, except weaponize sensitive personal information and use it to manipulate the emotions of their clients? it really sounds extremely hollow. a lot of things in here sound extremely hollow. last meeting, president breed spoke about aligning the expenditures of this city with the values of this city.

well, that also sounds like good rhetoric, but since when are the values of san francisco including -- inclusive of trauma, terror, and torture? and why are you funding it through citywide case management community focus? this is the essence of assertive community treatment. it is to coerce people in any way possible. these people have been given a freehand to ignore your laws, to ignore the laws of state, of this nation, to ignore the constitution of this state, and by implication, this nation. you pay a lot of attention to perspicuous -- i'm sorry. i'm running too short on time, madam clerk. >> thank you for your comments.

madam president? >> president breed: thank you. are there any other members of the public would wish to comment at this time? seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk, let's go to the next item. >> clerk: given that it's 3:18 madam president -- >> president breed: let's go to our 3:00 special order. [agenda item read]

. >> president breed: supervisor cohen? >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much, and colleagues, i know everyone is looking forward to hearing this item, but i'm going to have to ask for your consideration. i'm requesting another one-week continuance. we are close between the committee and the developer, but we're still in discussion. i'm actively trying to mediate a solution, but -- so we're not quite ready to move forward today, so i'd like to ask for a continuance of one week. thank you for your consideration. >> president breed: supervisor cohen has made a motion to continue this to the meeting of april 17th, 2018, seconded by supervisor peskin. colleagues, before we vote on the continuance, is there any members of the public who would like to provide public comment specifically on the

continuance, please come forward at this time. no? okay. seeing none, public comment is now closed. [ gavel ]. >> president breed: colleagues, on the item, madam clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: on the motion to continue to april 17th, items 41 through 44 -- [ roll call. ] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president breed: this item will be continued to the meeting of april 17, 2018. okay. let's go to the next item. >> clerk: item 48 has been called from committee. it's an ordinance to prop

2.5 million of prior year's fund balance in general fund to public works for street cleaning and projects in fiscal years 2017 through 18. >> president breed: supervisor kim? >> supervisor kim: thank you, president, colleagues. i know this item is exciting today, so exciting we had to call it from committee. and i do want to thank my sponso sponsors peskin, fewer and ronen. i like many of you hear from our constituents based on the quality of our sidewalks. the issue of our street cleaning requires a lot more of our resource and our attention, and we have seen a significant increase by 73.5% in calls for services for street cleaning

between fiscal year '15 and fiscal year '17. in fiscal year 2015, the city had 56,886 additional calls for street cleaning services. that amount nearly doubled in two years to 98,676 service orders citywide. we currently here in the city have about 285 full-time street sweepers who can cover five to eight blocks perday, but we know that we need to do more. just to put this in perspective, the city of honest kong, which by the way has 7.3 million people, has 978 street sweepers that work every day to clean the streets from sunrise to sunset. now, we won't achieve that number, but eve if we are able to add more resources onto our streets, it will certainly help, and i know director nuru, who i almost text on a daily

basis about litter dumping or feces that i find on my way while walking around our neighborhoods knows that we need more services. now, i also understand that -- the discussion that we need to address the actual causes of what is increasing the litter and dumping that we're seeing on our streets. but while addressing many of our crises including our homelessness and opioid crisis on our street needs to happen. we know that in the short-term, we can at least provide relief to our residents and workers and tourists by providing additional services as we attack and address the long-term issues of our street conditions. back in september, our office began the supplemental appropriation work requesting the city attorney and the controller to work on our office on ensuring if there are any surplus dollars, meaning

any unspent dollars in the first six months of this fiscal year, that we would dedicate it towards increasing our city's manual street cleaning budget, and that the distribution of those services will be determined based on the data of street cleaning needs. and i want to make it very clear that we are not going to prescribe how these services are met, so i'm not asking that they be dedicated just to district six or just to the downtown area; they will be deployed citywide based on the needs as determined by our public works department. i do see one of our lead directors of public works, mr. stringer, who is here to answer any questions by the members of the board, and colleagues, i ask for your support today. i know that this is something that's always a tough conversation to have outside of the normal budgetary process, but i do want to remind my colleagues that every single year, we have had a

supplemental appropriation come before this board of supervisors, and most of them have passed unanimously. in my first year on the board of supervisors, we passed a supplemental appropriation to expand our small business revolving loan fund. we've also had supplemental appropriations to fill in for federal cuts on hiv treatment and funding. we also two years ago passed a supplemental appropriation that i had introduced to expand our citywide pit stop program, which is our monitored public rest rooms that really have decreased the amount of human feces and urine in the neighborhood where they have been deployed. so i think that this is something that the board has regularly engaged in. i started this, again, in september, because i feel that if there are ever any unspent dollars in our budget, they should be dedicated to public works and to street cleaning. in the long-term, we must ades