measure wouldn't have taken effect until january 2019, would have missed the june and november election cycles. we have an opportunity at least for those thing that's don't require a lot of staff work to set up new systems to go into effect immediately once the mayor signs this ordinance. so you have a chance to move it out, get it back to the board, they are ready to adopt this ordinance, get it back to the mayor and back to practice and hopefully the ones who require systems improvements could be put into practice more quickly waiting six or eight months from now. we all want to see this work and hopefully the compromises that come out of this process if that's the right word for them will still be for progress and we thank you for your time and anything we could do to help you in future work, we are here for the long haul, this is not something we are walking away from, we have the same inherent goals and interest in open and clean government that you do, we are active participants in this process. thanks.

>> chairperson d. chiu: thank you. >> good afternoon, i'm jan masoka, state wide alliance more than 10,000 non-profit members, commissioner chiu your earlier comment about this being a long journey certainly was the most under stated thing i've heard in a long time. i respect the fact everybody here has worked to hammer out a compromise it seems nobody is really thrilled with, but nonetheless perhaps the best compromise that could come out. what we at a state level are concern world is issue of vitality of the non-profits and how this kind of regulation could inadvertently hurt that economy. for example, my corner store was robbed recently near where i live in san francisco. i'm against armed robberies of corner stores, we could probably stop them by requiring every person entering a corner

store would have to submit identification and be frisked and that would simply put all the corner stores right out of business. i'm afraid in the well-meaning efforts to do something about corporate contributions and individual behest contributions will put our non-profits out of business. any time we put volunteers and possible donors in jeopardy, we in effect say you have to submit i.d. and be frisked before you can enter this corner store. thank you. >> chairperson d. chiu: thank you. >> good afternoon madam chair and commissioners thank you for allowing us all to give comment and welcome commissioner ryan, nice to see you here. my name is toren lewis, with nationwide association of non-profits with our oakland

office where i'm a northern california counsel. without belaboring the points that my colleagues in the local non-profit community have made i want to similarly really thank and applaud the staff and commission for your efforts over this long dialogue and it really has been a sincere iterative process and i think every version of this legislation, however complex it is, has always reflected the concerns and input of the community, so we certainly appreciate that. along those lines i would also like to join my colleagues and respectfully requesting that the legislation be moved forward so that this iterative process can be continued within

input from the board of supervisors. we think it's been an extremely constructive process, also an innovative one doing things like the joint hearing. so again, we would really like to applaud the process, we think it should continue to move forward and we appreciate all your hard work on this and think it's really a lot of improvements toward including non-profit voices and reflecting concerns in the legislation, thank you. >> chairperson d. chiu: thank you.

>> making contributions to candidates of their choice. section 1.161 campaign ads currently interpreted by the san francisco ethics commission staff, the requirement for a state committee which does not file its reports with the ethics commission to include as a disclaimer on its ad the committee's financial disclosures are available at the commission's website results in a false and misleading statement to the public, section 1.161a2 should be revised to apply solely to committee who's file reports with the commission. section 3.203 and 3.207 create new conflict of interest provisions which are not needed since state law and regulations mandate recusal when financial

interests conflict with an official's private interest. advice letters and regulations issued oefrp the years provide much needed clarity in interpreting the conflict of interest laws. regarding behesta payments. the disclosure is automatic once the financial threshold is met. proposed legislation poses unnecessary complications regarding when it would apply. filing of a report by the official should be sufficient, it's overly burdensome to require donors and recipients to also file reports and one could only conclude the legislation's intent is to discourage such donations. i recommend that you not adopt

amendment number 1 prohibiting behesta payments. the authority to recover 25% of an award will simply encourage frivolous lawsuits. thank you. >> chairperson d. chiu: thank you. >> there's no other public comment. so i believe we have four motions before us. madam executive director, would you call the motion and we will do a vote by roll call as we did in the joint meeting of the board of supervisors. >> thank you. the first motion was by commissioner renne, seconded by commissioner lee to adopt the ordinance as amended by the board of supervisors april 3rd with the recommendations contained in the safe presentation today. commissioner chiu? >> aye. >> commissioner kopp. >> no.

>> commissioner lee? >> aye. >> commissioner renne. >> aye. >> commissioner ryan. >> aye. >> motion carries on a 4-1 vote with commissioner kopp in the dissent. the second motion is a an amendment offered by commissioner kopp and seconded by commissioner chiu to clarify language on page 7 of the ordinance lines 8-9 regarding the use of the term elected officer. commissioner chiu. >> aye. >> commissioner kopp. >> aye, >> commissioner lee. >> aye. >> commissioner renne. >> aye. >> commissioner ryan. >> aye.

>> the next is to amend ordinance to insert the behested payments banned back in the body of the ordinance as described circulated today. commissioner chiu? >> no. >> commissioner kopp? >> aye. >> commissioner lee. >> no. >> commissioner renne? >> no. >> commissioner ryan. >> no. >> the motion fails on a 4-1 vote. with four members in the dissent. next is motion by commissioner kopp to amend section 1.170 regarding the right of private action by a resident to allow for 25% recovery of penalties by that resident. that was seconded by commissioner renne. commissioner chiu. >> no. >> commissioner kopp? >> aye. >> commissioner lee. >> no.

>> commissioner renne. >> no. >> commissioner ryan. >> no. >> the motion fails on a 4-1 vote. >> we have one final motion to adopt the ordinance as amended. and forward to the board of supervisors. >> i thought that first motion was adopted 4-1? >> it was, but there was also a subsequent amendment to change some language that commissioner kopp had raised. a tech dal clean up also subsequently adopted so this would now adopt the entirety of the ordinance as amended by those two. >> i will make a motion that we adopt the ordinance as amended by --

>> commissioner lee. >> i would like it to be recognized. >> commissioner kopp? >> thank you, i will vote no on this regressive ordinance. mr. marsdella who has more experience and time and effort than anybody on this podium on this subject described the present state of a proposed law which is regressive. it's regressive from what voters passed in 2000. i erroneously referred to that as pop significance j. -- proposition j, it was proposition o. for those who have gotten their

way, namely non-profit organizations, they want us to vote for it. they will probably sell stake in the voters handbook to further deceive voters in the city and county of san francisco. they argue these changes which stay secure on a wholesale basis have made this better. what a joke. this proposed legislation is palliative. all the substantive requests of the non-profits primarily, have been adopted as part of it. there won't be any revisiting of the law for another decade or so. 2000 was followed by the 2003

obliteration. it will be 2028 before future ethics commission or the voters of n san francisco, or the board of supervisors demands law for pay to play. it's cliche but as good of a description as the english language affords us. and of course it's been changed by the board of supervisors. that's to be expected. they have to run for reelection or election. they have to get votes. the ethics commission members don't have to get votes. and that is why the law

uniquely, the law establishing the ethics commission permits the ethics commission to submit directly to voters' proposed changes in the law. not as a palliative but to stop the inequitous passage of pay to play. i won't be fooled in thinking whatever the letter of the proposition is in november, that this will solve the problem. i may go beyond that. those are the reasons in summary form that i will vote no. >> commissioner lee?

>> commissioner y. lee: thank you, madam chair. i think i've said this several times but as someone who has benefited directly from non-profit, i started my career with a wonderful non-profit, my mom benefited from non-profit service providers everyday for the last few years of her life. i don't question commissioner kopp's view, his view of pay-to-play among certain players. just like there are bad apples in the corporate world, i don't pretend that 100% of the non-profits are angels, but at the same time i must speak up to really defend the thousands

of service providers who work with difficult circumstances with a very passionate belief they are doing a common good for the city and for the residents of this city and i think that for them they have a voice they represent a community who do have a voice in the community's policy, legislative process and if that is being perceived as pay to play then i salute them for standing up on behalf the community and i think there may be ways, the dedicated community service providers and

they are leaders in our community, i think that's a disservice. >> commissioner renne? >> >> commissioner p. renne: i think all of us would like legislation that would legislate money out of politics. there is no simple legislation that can deal with the problems that exist. so they created prop-o but it became a nullity, partly

because the courts said it was a violation of the constitution. i would commend the staff and i commend all the people who met, who were seriously concerned about trying to deal with the question of money in politics and how can we eliminate its influence as much as possible and stay within the law. and i don't disagree with commissioner kopp that this bill isn't as strong as i would have liked it to be, but it's a step in the right direction, it sends a message and i see no reason why the commission can't

continue to be vigilant and propose additional regulations or rules that will hopefully at least moderate the influence that these enormous sums of money that float around in elections but it's a complex problem, not something they can say, well it's too weak and we shouldn't have done it. we sent a message and we are continuing to work on it and i think we are moving in the right direction. >> chairperson d. chiu: commissioner renne, i would like to associate myself with your remarks and i agree and i think there's always room for improvement and i think it's always on wards and upwards. so i think we have on the floor a motion seconded to approve the ordinance as we just

amended it and to send it to the board of supervisors, so madam executive director, would you please call the roll. >> commissioner chiu? >> chairperson d. chiu: aye. >> commissioner kopp? >> no. >> commissioner lee. >> aye. >> commissioner renne? >> aye. >> commissioner ryan. >> aye. >> the motion to approve the ordinance is amended and return it to the board of supervisors is approved on a 4/5 vote with one dissent, commissioner kopp in the dissent. >> chairperson d. chiu: thank you. so next item is agenda item 5, additional opportunity for public comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda pursuant to article 7, section 2. no public comment?

motion to adjourn? >> move to adjourn. >> second? >> second. all in favor? aye. >> adjourned.

okay. you're looking rad today, and i'm not going to talk too long. i usually like to talk and

preach, but let me tell you, a restoration of public housing, affordable housing forever. give yourselves and everybody here a hand. come on. tdc was approached in 2015 to take over this public housing. i'm going to tell you, i was here and the units weren't looking too good. and now it looks like the high class vip, it's a collaboration between the mayor's office and housing and urban development, and you all get to speak later. but i'd like to highlight mayor lee. mayor lee was the one who said we need to do something about being on the troubled list and the housing story, and he just came up with the idea about who was the sean donovan and the hud folks, and i can talk more about that. but let me tell you.

it does take 2 persynergy. let me tell you -- raise your hand if you're on staff for ccdc. i know joanna is the project manager, and she'll get to speak at the end. but i know the residents, they had faith. they trusted us. without the residents, you can't do nothing in this city. so it's a trust and the collaboration, that they did all the work. joanna led, our project manager, you get special kudos. i know eric wong wants it, too. special contractor. so much love and energy, and san francisco's leading the way for the whole country, i think. and what are we going to do with the public housing? but for now, i know the mayor's in a rush, and we are so thankful that he's present

here, and i'm sure -- oh, the mic doesn't go that high. let's see. give it up for mayor farrell, come on! >> all right. thanks, everyone. see, we can get it high enough. you know, they were just showing me -- take a look at that brochure and take a look at the difference between two years ago and what it is today. i am incredibly proud to be here at 227 bay. first of all a few it yous. again, thank you, china down cdc. thank you for your staff, thank you guys and girls. thank you to our mayor's office of housing and community development, kate hardy, and joaquin is here, as well. thank you so much. so our housing authority, dar is here. thank you to the entire housing authority. and thank you to bank of america who's been a partner to us as we rebuild these rad

projects. thank you to b of a. as somebody who grew up in san francisco i drove by here all the time when i was a kid. and you when you drive by and see buildings that were neglected for years and years, and now, it looks like a brand-new housing. when you see this, how pumped are you here to live in this? when we think about our housing crisis in san francisco, it is not just about new housing, although we have to put our gas pedal on it and build it faster than of before, but it's also rehabilitating existing housing units, so that people in san francisco can live in them with pride and dignity, but it's all about affordable housing in san francisco. i am here as a steward of mayor lee's legacy, as well. this is something that was core to who mayor lee was.

reverend mentioned it earlier, but i want to pay tribute to him as we sit here. he's 13450i8ing right now. -- smiling right now. i know there's no place he would rather be than today. i know we're going to have similar ribbon cutting projects throughout the city of san francisco that all of these partners have worked on together. to all of these living here, the tenants, congratulations. please standup. please be recognized and standup, everybody. [applause]. >> i'll tell you, if you can't get excited about this, there's nothing you'll get excited about in the city of san francisco. i'll tell you, have a great rest of your day. thanks, everyone.

[applause]. >> is supervisor peskin here yet? not yet? let's give it up for san francisco housing authority and did you know i was on the commission back in the 90's? and i was so happy -- there's dreamers and producers. and we're producers. that's what we're celebrating today. >> good morning. my name is darius, and i'm the director of the san francisco housing authority. for me, things like this are sell b celebratory, but it's also a time for reflection and taking a step back and looking at this. today, we're making big progress. we're making great strides in the city. after spending a couple decades when norman -- when i was on the commission and i was working at the human service

agency and there's a lot of work happening, what i saw again and again was those exact same problems would fall between city departments. it's when city departments would get territorial, and these problems would come in and they'd get solved. and when i've seen those problems get solved, i've seen collaborations between departments like ccdc, with communities, with neighbors, with residents, everyone coming together to work on those issues. excuse me. when i feel like rad is a shining example of that, everyone coming together, and what i think about from the housing authority, it's repositioning ourselves to think about the city, on behalf of the entire city and all san franciscans as opposed to being so focused on our department, and that's the work we need to do in city government. today, the housing authority is experiencing its strongest partnership with the city ever. and i want to specifically

thank kate and lydia from the mayor's office of housing and community development, and your staff for the partnership you have developed with us. i've been doing this work for quite sometime, and i'm not exaggerating. it is the strongest i believe it's ever existed with the city, and it's like this with them. you're seeing it, what's the outcome? it's the outcome of 227 bay. as norman talked about it, mayor lee went deep and worked with joule i don't know castro who was the secretary. and when he had the opportunity to jump in, he jumped in and jumped in right away, and thank god he did, and thank god everyone jumped in so early. and now you're seeing this happen, and you're seeing these buildings happen. and now mayor farrell is carrying it forward, and you're seeing this, what's happening at these buildings at 227 bay.

as i was coming out and getting ready to speak, i asked my staff? what happened? what happened at 227 bay? we had bad things happen and good things happen, and i wanted to read what will daniels, who oversees our rad program said to me. staff really tried to understand the process in order to make the transition successful. i do not remember having issues with 227 bay for the lease up and conversion process, which says a lot about the team that they have there. ccdc's team was solid and worked so closely with us. and then he said, the last thing he said, i do look forward to make an already good working relationship even better going forward. this is coming from the guy who's the point. he's on the ground. he seize what's going on with him. i like what he said going forward, because that's what we're going to do with the housing authority.

this is along term affordable housing going forward. our staff will continue to do eligibility. we'll continue to do inspections of the units and we'll make sure residents will get their housing, and when vacancies come up, we need to move expeditiously to fill that have vacancy, and we will do that. i want to thank several people: our executive director, will daniels, oversees our rad team, kyla reynolds and the leadership of hers, the weightless teams who get these units sold quickly, and the director of lease housing to move us to high performer status from hud. i also want to thank the residents. thank you for trusting us, and thank you for believing that we could actually get this done and frankly putting up with us. because you have had to experience so much stressful,

time sensitive deadlines and rehabilitation happening in your home, which is incredibly stressful, and i just hope you're pleased with the end product. thank you so much. >> i'm still looking for supervisor peskin, but i know supervisor jane kim is here. want to come up and say a few words? >> supervisor kim: i am here on behalf of supervisor peskin who is currently chairing our san francisco county transportation authority meeting as we speak. he excused me from the rest of the meeting so i could represent him and his office, but also just as a former chinatown community development center aaluminlunni, i'm just proud of the work you have done today. rad and the rehabilitation of our public housing units is no small feat, and it says a lot that this is the first rad project to be completed in the

city. just as it is important to build low income new afford annual housing, it is just as important to rehabilitate existing low income housing in our city. 227 is reminiscent of a time when our country invested in housing. that was many decades ago, and now 50 years later, we are -- we are having to invest in making sure that these units can stay permanently affordable for our families, our seniors and individuals with disabilities much into the future, so this project is incredible important. i'm so important of all of the partners that came together on board to make today possible for our 50 households here at 227. and i do want to acknowledge

many of the staff members that worked to make this -- this possible. and dar acknowledged the tenants for your trust in us and having been involved with many public housing transitions. it is incredibly tough, and it's easy to understand why residents don't trust working with government and relocation and rehabilitation processes, but we also know that the staff play a very important role in building that relationship of trust and ensuring residents that they'll be able to come back to their homes of many, many years and often decades, and so of course want to acknowledge our great fareless leader, reverend norman fong. i'm about to acknowledge them, the relocation team, cathy lamb and tony leigh, our community organizers donna chan and wendy chan, and resident services.

thank you so much. this process is so difficult, and the reason why we're here today is really because of so much work of the staff on the ground that's made this possible, and of course the many people that have already been acknowledged, the mayor office and all of our financial partners, but the staff, you do tremendous work on the ground, and thank you and congratulations to everybody. >> okay. you know you need money to get stuff done. who you going to call? you're going to call ari? senior vice president of developing, ari, of bank of america and merrill lynch. >> good afternoon. it is a pleasure to be here this evening -- this morning,

this afternoon, today. i guess it's kind of strange. i remember what this place looked like. it didn't look anything like it looks like today. i remember what the residents looked like when i came to visit before ccdc took over the property. it doesn't look like anything like what the residences look like today. this has been an amazing transformation, and it's been an amazing transformation because of many, many, many people. a city, state and local government to get this done. first, i'd like to thank the former mayor. he was really a great partner. he was the affordable housing mayor in san francisco. he was one of the rehabilitaas of america did this project. we knew how committed he was to affordable housing at his core, which is the reason we did this. i'd like to thank the current mayor farrell, supervisor kim, and of course the mayor's office of housing and workforce development, ed hartly, and

many, many other people that i see, lydia, in the crowd. you guys did an amazing job. you made the impossible possible. and then, of course, the people that do the work: ccdc. you guys -- just look at this project. it is -- it is really -- we use this -- just -- you know this picture often because if it's hard to believe it's the same building, what it is today versus what it was before. and of course, the san francisco housing authority, you were willing to hand over your baby, and i think it's going to do pretty well. so, you know bank of america had its roots in san francisco. we started actually as the bank of italy in 1904. we've been here during the good times and the bad times.

we've been here during the 1906 fire, when our founder went out with literally cash in hand and helped rebuild the city. we helped build the golden gate bridge and the ferry building. that's why when mayor lee came to us with a crazy plan to rhenvate 29 projects and 3500 units and finance it in two years, we were all in. and so this investment's really huge and transformational for bank of america, too. just to give you an idea, we invested $2.2 billion in financing in rad. last year, bank of america, one of the largest banks nationwide, invested $4.2 billion, and we invested 2.2 here. [applause]. >> so we're committed to san francisco, we're committed to

building affordable housing. we're also committed to our nonprofits. ccdc has been a neighborhood builder, our bank of america charitable builder over the years. our over 4,000 associates volunteer over 40,000 hours a year in san francisco, because we all believe in san francisco to the core. i'd like to thank some bank of america associates who work odd this. we had dozens and dozens of people, and two people here who worked on it. rob reinhart and kr ar-- carri horton, thank you for your work. i love seeing affordable housing, i love seeing renovated units, and i also love seeing new units, and i can't wait for the next grand opening. >> now, this is the most important part.

we need to hear from the residents themselves. you going to come up? oh, anthony. i remember, we met two years ago in that little community room that we just tripled the size of. and i want to acknowledge wynn palmer, too, the president. standup a little bit. come on. look grand. yeah. give him a big hand. he said he wanted to sit back there with all his women over there. okay. >> okay. [ speaking native language ]

>> my name is anthony wong. i've been living in this building for over 20 years. i like this building because of its location. it has easy access to public transportation. [ speaking native language ] >> in the past, every household

in this housing unit, in the past, they had miroaches, and they were very difficult to get rid of. the fire alarm sound would often go off with no reason. firefighter would be here all the time. it was very disturbing to the residents. [ speaking native language ]

>>. >> now the chinatown community development center has taken over, they renovated the building inside and out. it's like new. now the courtyard has flowers, trees, chairs and table for the staff to rest. there is full-time staff on-site. we have different kinds of activities to entertain us and to socialize with neighbors. it adds joy to our lives. [ speaking native language ]

>> now i hope everyone can give a round of applause to chinatown community center and ageing in place, please. >> we're almost there, folks. okay. you know, before the ribbon cutting -- where's the ribbon? okay. oh, okay. you know where it is. just wanted to -- you know, i can't explain it, but china dotown cdc staff putt so much, and it's that that makes housing possible with the residents, and i want to bring up the project manager, joanna ladd, and her mom and sister are here. i met you in washington, d.c. were you doing housing there?

any way, joanna, she loves our residents. she -- i love you. [applause]. >> thank you, norman. i'm joanna. as he said, i've been the project manager at 227 bay since the project began in 2014, and we have so many to thank for how the project turned out. please take a look inside of your program for a full list of our partners. we would like to call some out by name. our general contractor, am1 construction, and our architects. so not only does this project look great, it actually came in under budget and returned money to the city, and that is -- [applause]. >> thank you. >> can we have it back? >> and that is a testament to the quality of the design work and the quality of am1's construction work. we have a host as you have

heard of public and private financing partners who helped us build a budget big enough to do the important expensive things like install a full sprinkler system at this building. of course the u.s. department of housing and urban development created the rad program in such a way that allowed us to rehabilitate the building for its existing residents. our state funders, the california debt limit allocation committee and the tax credit allocation committee, no major affordable housing project in san francisco moved forward without these funders. our permanent lender, freddie mac, and our investment lender, bank of member. they made sure there were activities for residents during construction to ease the stress during construction, which tells about the kind of private partner they are. [applause]. >> enterprise community partners, neighbor works america, and the local

initiative support corporation all provided chinatown cdc with capacity building funding to make sure that our organization was ready to take on the challenge of bringing on 600 units of public housing into our portfolio. the san francisco -- yes, sure. [applause]. >> the san francisco department of ageing and adult services is funding our program to bring on-site supportive services for residents to this building for the first time in its 47 year history. [applause]. >> and of course, the san francisco housing authority and the mayor's office of housing, it has been so inspiring to work alongside these self-less, hard working city staff to correct 50 years worth of wrongs against our public housing residents of san francisco. this was a monday amountal challenge from a policy standpoint, and it is one that our city staff dove into

because they rightly saw it as the last chance to save public housing in san francisco. we at chinatown cdc are lucky to have a huge expert team of developers. i just particularly wanted to call out the california partnership housing corporation, which was the architect of the incredibly complicated financing program that allows the city to move all 29 of its rad projects forward on virtually the same timeline. [applause]. >> next to last, i want to acknowledge the work of chinatown cdc staff. our housing development construction management, property management resident services community organizing, relocation, asset management, accounting and executive staff met every week for over three years to make sure that this building lived up to our vision of what public housing could be. every single person who touched

this project works entirely too hard. they think about our residents in every moment, and that is the power of community based housing development, and that is the power of transferring public housing to the very advocates who have been fighting for better living conditions in public housing for over 40 years. [applause] >> and finally, thank you again to the residents of 227 bay street. the residents of 227 bay street endured two years of construction in their homes so that this building could be preserved both for them and for future generations of san franciscans. that is an incredible sacrifice, and the residents of this building met that call. as you can tell from mr. wong's speech, with grace and patience and understanding. and so thank you for believing in us, and i think the because

west we can acknowledge your sacrifice is to wrap up the program. so we will be leading tours from right in front of the elevator on this level as soon as the ribbon cutting is done. we'll also be serving refreshments in the community room right through those double doors, so thank you for coming and take it over, fearless leader. >> didn't she do a great job? and her mom is here. you're going to help -- as they setup the ribbon, i need your help because i always believe in the people's blessing, so at the right time, i'm going to have you repeat the words after me. may the residents and all who come to 227 bay be filled with the rad spirit of -- repeat after me? peace! joy!

hope! lo love! brersity. all right. could you come on up and help -- you're the coalest president. you know, i think trump needs some sprinkler work there, too. but any way, we've got more sprinklers. all right. all the big shots, come on up.

>> chairman brinkman: lest call this meeting to order. please call the role. >> [role call]