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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>> i coming today with good idea to give or village lady. 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 address issues of homelessness and of course substance abuse that may be leading to some of the additional litter and behavior that we're seeing on our streets. but in the meantime, our residents are begging for relief. it's just not okay to have to step over human feces or

dumping of litter on the ground when we know that with additional resources and with additional manual street sweepers that we can address this problem today. the reason why we are also asking the board to support this today instead of in july is that the sooner we appropriate these dollars, the sooner we can spend down our dollars with these community bases organizations that provide street sweeping in our neighborhoods or hire more street sweepers with our budget. we know this often takes two to three months for the city to do, and frankly our residents cannot wait. colleagues, i thank you for your support and i thank you for engaging in this very important dialogue. >> president breed: thank you, supervisor kim. supervisor tang? >> supervisor tang: so from the information provided, it looks like this supplemental will help fund about 40 temporary positions, is that

correct? >> supervisor kim: yes. so we are asking that a portion of this take, approximately 41,150 hours of temporary labor for street cleaning sfervices, which equals approximately 19.8 or 20 full-time positions over the course of the year and will increase our street environmental services program by approximately 8%. >> supervisor tang: okay. and so i don't know if these are the quarter ambassadors that we have currently? is that what kind of the model that we're looking at in terms of these positions? >> supervisor kim: well, it's actually a blend, so it is a mixture of the ambassador programs and the workforce development programs that we partner with our community based organizations and organizations here at the city. and i welcome mr. stringer to answer any specific questions on how public works would spend down the supplemental

appropriation. and i guess while mr. stringer comes up, i guess every year during the ad backs process or even the regular budget process, i have asked for additional corridor ambassadors for hot spots even in district four, whether it's additional steam cleaning or corridor ambassadors along corridors that weren't covered, that's something that i have done in the regular budget process. but something that i haven't gotten the answer even though the funding was approved, we have trouble hiring these ambassadors to clean our neighborhoods. i just want to know if we're hiring 20 positions, how do we anticipate doing this at this time frame? >> so it's going to be a mix of both our workforce development programs with nonprofits, and as well as city hires. the -- the nonprofits will be able to be on board a lot faster than city hires will, but it'll be a blend of both.

>> okay. and i'm just wondering if we could do that for the regular corridor ambassador program, because i was told quite a few times that we have trouble hiring or retaining some of these corridor ambassador zblz so we hired them through hsa, actually. we ha we've started to do our own, actually, because some of them don't work out. we are looking into permanent hires of dpw, as well, and then transitioning them into our apprenticeship program. >> i know that there have been a lot of supplementals that come through the board of supervisors. i'm one that tends to vote no on them, because i know that a lot of them happen to come close to the budget season. while i absolutely agree that our streets are filthy and that we need to do more in terms of cleaning, and the numbers have gone up, from what i read in the budget analyst's report, streen cleaning funding has

also gone up by 46% since fiscal year '13-'14, so since the number of complaints gone up, we have also funded more to our public works department for that. so i think at this juncture, we're very close to the budget proceedings happening. i don't see why we can't wait for literally a month or two to be able to implement some of the changes that mr. stringer mentioned. i'm really glad to hear that in terms of the hiring and where you're going to hire from for the corridor ambassadors, but i think again trying to say that we'll have 40 people -- 40 additional positions within this next -- i don't know, week or so, i think is a little bit unrealistic. but again, i am there with you in terms of thinking that yes, we could always, always do more to keep our streets clean, needles off our street, feces off our street, all of that. i just don't think it's necessary in the form of a supplemental at this time,

april, when we're about to go into budget deliberations. so again, it's something that i've asked for personally for district four every year. i think if we all had issues, we should ask for them during that regular budget time, as well, so i will not be supporting supplemental today, but not because i don't believe in street cleanliness. i just don't believe we need to do it in the form of supplemental right now, but i do want to thank sf public works because your office is always wonderful to work with. every time we contact you, your team is very responsive, so i do want to thank you for that. thank you. >> president breed: thank you. supervisor tang. supervisor cohen. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. first, i want to wish a belated happy birthday to larry stringer. >> thank you. >> supervisor cohen: this is an amazing guy doing a lot of work for the people of san francisco that many people don't want to do. supervisor kim talked a little bit about the appropriation that we took back in fiscal year '11 -- fiscal year '11 --

2011 and 20123 when we appropriated money to the small business revolving fund, and i just want to highlight that was during a massive economic recession, and supplementals are created for a vehicle to us address emergency problems immediately. and i also want to highlight that we did pass this supplemental. it was also a revolving loan fund, which means that over time, it was actually being paid by, so it's not a one time expense on the city, and that the city was actually getting its money back. and so colleagues, i also want to bring to your attention that -- that i'm not going to be supporting the budget supplemental today, and i also want to share with you that the supplemental appropriations, i think, are going to continue to contribute to a problem that we're having, and that we see manifesting on the streets today, and that's kind of a haphazard piecemeal approach to

how we are dealing with our budgeting process. so as the budget chair, i'm really going to stand here and try to defend the budget process. that way, i want to encourage everyone to stick with. we have a process that we need to ride all the way through, and i think it's a very thoughtful process that allows us to make decisions based on -- allows us to make policy decisions. supplementals reward quick wins, and without really addressing the issues of a syst systematic under investment. this is another piece of an approach that i would ask you not to consider today. we are working hard to make the process more transparent, to make it more focused, to hold the mayor's office more accountable to our directions and our priorities.

i just wanted to highlight for you this week, this thursday, the budget committee will be dedicating -- will dedicate its entire board meeting to our city street cleaning budget process and identifying what resources are available and most importantly where are the gaps, the gaps in services, and we where need to put more attention. we'll hear from the department of public works for their strategy for tackling the citywide issue and their priorities for additional resources, paying particular attention to a point that supervisor fewer has called out as a budget committee member, equity, making sure that every street that is filthy has the resources needed and that making sure that that -- that the -- that the moneys available are equitiablely distributed. we'll hear from public health about street behavior. we will hear from public health about needle disposal and most

importantly how we should be thinking about our streets from a health perspective. we also need to approach the citywide issue in a citywide manner and have a policy-level conversation around whether our approach to street cleaning is working. is sounds like there's some parts that may not be working, so through this process, we are going to be tweaking this -- the -- the allocation of dollars to ensure that it is working. the supplemental, unfortunately, circumvents the citywide system, and it circumvents the citywide prioritization of putting one neighborhood -- prioritizing one neighborhood over -- over another, and i really want to minimize that from happening. today, you might have heard mayor has indicated that he has intent on working with us on a citywide solution. our hearing on thursday will give clear instructions on how -- excuse me -- we as a

board would like to see -- would like to see that done, and so the mayor indicated today in the chronicle that he will be voting against such a supplemental. but regardless of how this vote turns out today, i want to thank supervisor kim for sounding the alarm, for being a valiant champion in committee about a month ago about how we should be spending this supplemental money, and i hope the booze and members would recognize that supplementals doesn't finish the job, it starts, to scratch the surface. we need geographic equity when it comes to our street cleaning, so all of our constituents deserve or advocacy, and we it have to give them a holistic strategy, and i hope that you will join me in not supporting the

strategy today. thank you. >> president breed: thank you, supervisor cohen. supervisor yee? >> supervisor yee: first of all, i'd like to say bringing up this issue whether it's a supplemental or any other way, we can, it spot on. it's really something that we need to discuss. i mean, it seems like talking it over with our controller and legislative analyst, when we -- when we -- it was asked of the supervisors, what's your priority, clean streets was up at the top of the list, it seems. and so in many ways, it's a question of are we going for a process that we need to go through for the budget process that maybe to get to this -- this in the more specifics probably?

the question i have is why didn't we do this last year? it's almost the same issue. and the question should have been last year, in which we would have had more resources to address this. and i don't have the data -- the an latrialytical data in ff me. i do walk out of city hall probably four out of five days to have lunch. and just going to my -- to the restaurants around here, i kno notice there's been an increase of street blocks in which it's difficult to walk-through where i have to hold my nose, and that's all part of having a clean street, meaning, do we have enough rest rooms for people to use? so i -- i 'm not against supplementals, but i also want to know how we're going to

spend this money and whether it makes in i sense to have this amount or not, so i want to, through the president, ask supervisor kim or staff -- if you're asking for 2.5, is the intention for that 2.5 to roll into being utilized next year, fiscal year, or are we thinking we're going to spend 2.5 in two months? >> president breed: supervisor kim? >> vice president brandon: thank you, supervisor yee. i did first introduce the supplemental appropriation in january , and so how it now, i early april, so i think it is a valid question how we can spend 2.5 million over the next three months or, you know, can we slightly reduce that amount and be sure that we cover the increase in next year's fifrk will increase budget.

my guess is that public works can probably spend unlimited sums of money to clean our streets, but i will reserve that question for the department. >> supervisor kim, bruce robertson, public works, no, we could not spend 2.5 million between now and the end of the fiscal year. what we can do is request a supplemental for additional equipment, as well as we can make sure we get our nonprofit on board to provide services in the tenderloin, and then we can begin the hiring process. and as department director stringer mentioned, we have gotten a lot more nimble in hiring the 16 positions, but it would not expedite the $1.6 million for staff, so the short answer is no. >> and i appreciate supervisor kim's questions -- if you could just stay at the mic. >> president breed: one second. supervisor yee, were you done with your comments?

>> supervisor yee: i mean -- no. >> president breed: okay. >> supervisor kim: i'm so sorry, supervisor yee. i apologize. >> supervisor yee: no, it's okay. regardless when we appropriate this money, whether it's now or three months from now, the department still has to go through the same process. so i'm in the thinking that what we're -- there's almost no disagreement that we need to get working on this issue. i feel we could get smaller amounts appropriated so we don't have to wait three months from now. i truly believe -- and i'm pretty tolerant of what i see in the streets that it's getting worse. and it's not everywhere, but

certainly, in certain areas, it's getting worse, and it needs some help. i'm willing to support a smaller supplement where we can get things started. because i looked at more recently -- i don't know if it was a controller or somebody showed me a list of projects and programs that would support such an effort that would cost almost the same amount as what supervisor kim is suggesting. so again, it seems like somebody, the department, has thought this through already in terms of what would be a good approach. so i just like to say i want to support a jump start on this. >> president breed: thank you, supervisor yee. supervisor ronen? >> commissioner renne: sur . >> supervisor ronen: sure. i'd love to continue hearing the questioning, but having personally cleaned the b.a.r.t. station which was in great need of cleaning every single day in my district, i can say that

every day that areas of our districts are kept clean makes a big difference in the lives of our businesses and our residents. and because the materials out there are so hazardous, whether it be human waste or needles, it can really hard hit neighborhoods. in communities like the tenderloin, like the mission, you could not get started fast enough. i just want to appreciate dpw for your incredible work. i, too, work with you pretty much every day, and i really think that this use of unassigned funds in our current budget makes perfect sense. now if we were tapping into reserve funds or some other source of funding, i would have reservations and think we should plan it according to the

normal budget process, but given it -- the condition of our streets and how hazardous the condition is -- the materials are, i would say that this is appropriate. i do want to appreciate chair cohen for the approach you're taking to the budget this year. i'm really excited about it. i think it's the type of leadership that we need. i think it's going to make us have a different experience than we've had in previous years. i appreciate your comments, supervisor cohen, and i'm really excited about participating in the process that you've setup, but i'm really in support of this supplemental whether it's the full 2.5 million amount or a lesser amount that we might discuss in a minute. i do think it's something that's not only appropriate but something that our residents are demanding of us and rightfully so. >> president breed: thank you. supervisor stefani? >> thank you.

just want to associate myself with the comments of supervisor cohen and supervisor tang on this. i absolutely do agree that our city streets are dirty and need our attention. there is no question absolutely whatsoever that we have to do something about it. there's no question, and moreover, we have to look at what's making our streets so incredibly dirty. it is ae a high priority to me, and it's one that i've communicated to mayor fairly and the chairman of the budget and finance committee. i've also been given assurances by the mayor that he is working on addressing this issue and is working on a comprehensive plan for the entire city. the thing about these funds, to me, i don't see it as extra money, i see this as money that should be applied to our budget deficit over the next three years, which is $136.9 million. after we figure out how to deal with that, a significant structural deficit remains. there is an increase of