>> supervisor cohen: good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i want to welcome you back. it's may 3rd. it's the budget and financesub committee. malia cohen, chair. i want to recognize my felly committee women, supervisor stefani and supervisor fewer. madam clerk, are there any announcements? >> clerk: yes. please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. speaker cards and any copy of documents that want to be included should be presented to the clerk. >> supervisor cohen: all right. we've got a light agenda today. let's dig in. madam clerk, could you call item number one. >> clerk: yes.

[agenda item read]. >> all right. we've gotta mann amanda freed e office of tax resolution and tax collector. welcome, and the floor is yours. >> thank you. good morning, supervisors. amanda freed from the office of the treasurer and tax collector. i'm here today to present for your aful pro -- approval, copies of 102 parcels we are going to be auctioning in june. it continues to go down, and today, it is 102. and today, if i can request this copy replace the original, that would be welcomed. we're required to offer properties for auction that have remained delinquent for nine years. the 102 parcels i bring to you

today are a tiny percentage of the 209,000 total parcels in our city. we collect over $2.1 billion in property tax payments annually. and over 99% of property owners pay their tax bills on time and in full. so before you for consideration are these. as a result of our close partnership with the assessor, the mayor's office of housing and protective services, i'm proud to say we have zero occupied properties on this list for your consideration today. i want to assure you over the past six months, we have pored over each and every parcel here before. we researched the physical characteristics and ownership history for each parcel on the attached list, using property information available from the assessor and the planning department. every supervisor was provided with their list of parcels, along with a one-page sheet that includes the parcel map and other identifying

information about the owner of record. we also expanded our research to identify as many parties of interest as possible. we used our debt collection expertise to search publicly available and proprietary databases, city, county and other governmental records, as well as in some cases social media and internet searches. this resulted in some parcels being removed from the list due to title or ownership changes. in other cases our frequent mailings have resulted in people paying their taxes. yet we understand it is not enough to simply mail to these addresses and hope for the best, so we are closely tracking our return mail and making sure we take additional steps. all of the neighbors are aware, and if they have an interest in the property, we've given them instructions on how to contact us to resolve the matter prior to the auction. wherever feasible, we will also

be physically posting on vacant parcels this month. once approved, this list will also be published in the newspaper of record and will be available on our website. thank you for your consideration, and i'm of course available for any questions. >> supervisor cohen: great. i have two, maybe three. first, a significant number of these parcels are, as you described, timeshare, right? and which means that there are units in the same building. what's the percent of the units in -- in these buildings that are up for auction, and we can use 1000 pine as an example. >> sure, supervisor. i'd have to go back and take a look. the thing that's really unique about timeshare is each particular share is considered a separate parcel, so what you see before you isn't an actual unit that someone could buy and move into, it's most likely one week, you know, an opportunity to stay for up to one week in that particular unit, and it's even very difficult for us, searching through all of the

public records, to figure out which unit and how big and what week. it's sort of an oddity in our system, so we've been working with the five different timeshares, the company buildings so let them know which units are up for auction, and we've had many come off the list already. >> supervisor cohen: so why might they be delinquent on their taxes? >> every case is probably different. i imagine when many people purchase the timeshares, they might not be aware that they mitoparcel taxes, so they would owe school district and city college parcel taxes, bay restoration, etcetera. so while their property tax bill might be quite low, the actual core property tax bill, there are a number of other expenses, so their bill ends up being quite expensive. >> supervisor cohen: i see. so when they're probably being sold a timeshare, they're

probably not anticipating the additional parcel tax. >> that's certainly our best estimate at this time, although we have many time shares where people are paid in full. >> supervisor cohen: okay. now, do you see a pattern? is it a pattern related to a specific company, perhaps? >> no. it seems -- i'm not sure how many timeshare buildings there are throughout san francisco, but these buildings seem to have the majority of the ones in the city, and so it's not a surprise. each building has many. >> supervisor cohen: so i understand you're looking at the building. i'm looking -- i'm thinking about the companies that possibly the building, the building owner partners with to market these timeshares. so you mention that you work with companies. my question is is there a trend, a theme or is there some kind of connection with a specific company that has several timeshare delinquent tax -- >> that's a great question. we haven't seen -- you know, we haven't seen any particular bad

actors. we have seen some companies are much more willing to work with us the first phone call to try to find the owners and reach out. we don't have any major concerns with any of the timeshare companies, per se. >> supervisor cohen: all right. thank you for answering any questions. i don't see any questions from my colleagues. let me go to the public. any member of the public that would like to comment on item one, please come on. all right. seeing none, public comment is closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor cohen: colleagues, i'd like to make a motion to move this with a positive recommendation. if i could take that without objection. okay. without objection, item passes unanimously. item number two, please. [agenda item read]. >> supervisor cohen: all right. thank you.

so this is a resolution that authorizes the sale of $125 million in revenue obligations to finance the san francisco conservatory building, which was approved by this board, board of supervisors on may 2nd, if i'm not mistaken. today, we've got moses koret would you like to say a few words? >> yes. thank you for your support. the project includes not only 113 group dorms but also replaces the 27 residential units that were currently on the site and as a nonprofit educational institution, the conservatory is seeking tamt exempt funds to help finance the project.

we have someone here from the budget and finance office to give more detailed information. >> supervisor cohen: well, thank you very much, mr. travetti. >> thank you. also in attendance, we have a representative from the san francisco conservatory of music who can speak to the details of the project request there are any specific questions about that. just to give the committee and members of the public a brief refresher on the tax equity and fiscal responsibility act allows joint authorities to issue certain types of debt for nonprofit public benefit corporations, and that that can then be issued on a tax exempt basis. but in order for that to happen, tax law requires that the governing body of the jurisdiction in which the project is located approve the financing and the project after providing the opportunity for a duly noticed public hearing before the bonds can be issued tax exempt. so this jurisdiction in this

case is city and county of san francisco, and the city and county would not be obligated for payment on the bonds. we -- hearing notice was published in the san francisco chronicle on may 5th. we held a hearing at the budget and finance office on april 20th. assuming we receive the required approvals that the joint powers authority in this case, the california enterprise development authority would issue tax exempt obligations in an amount not to exceed $125 million. as mr. koret described, a large portion of that amount will be to construct the new 12-story building for education space and dormitory housing and also to refinance a previous project at 50 oak street and 70 oak street. also education stays for the conservatory as well as paying transaction costs on the bonds. just to give you a little bit

of background on the borrower, san francisco conservatory of music began in 1917 as a piano school, and it was formally incorporated as the san francisco conserve acoatory in. in 1976, it relocated to the campus center, and was able to grow into its current state. it's a professional school, commitmented to providing education for its graduates, pursue and engage lives as citizens and performers. the mission of this school is to transform the students. has an undergraduate enrollment of approximately 200 students. if you have any questions about the financing of the budget we're happy to take any. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. i don't think there's any questions. let's go to public comment.

seeing none, public comment is closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor cohen: colleagues, i'd like to make a motion to approve with a positive recommendation, and looks like we can take that without objection. madam clerk, thank you. please call items four, five, and six together. >> clerk: madam chair, would you like me to call item three? >> supervisor cohen: yes, item three, excuse me. [agenda item read]. >> supervisor cohen: all right. we've got supervisor fewer that will say a few remarks and then we'll hear from miss tony moran. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. i'm thrilled that these items are before you today, and with your full support, we'll be

moving to the full board. we worked to secure a $3 million in state funds for improvements to the golden gate dog training area as well as lake merced improvements. for the past three years i've been working with a group of citizens, and now we will be breaking ground thanks to assembly member tang's support with help in identifying state funds. i look forward to kicking off the design process in the coming weeks. thank you very much. >> supervisor cohen: all right. thank you very much. miss tony moran, is there anything else you want to add? >> just -- well, supervisor fewer covered all my points. yes, assembly member ting had secured these funds. he earmarked these funds for these general two projects because supervisor ting -- i

mean, supervisor fewer and park and rec staff had met with him and showed him the need of the grant for $3.6 million. the funds, we have matching funds for both the golden gate park dog training area from park open space funds, as well as for the lake merced project, which from the 2012 park and safe neighborhood block fund. those funds are supporting the conceptual planning process, which is happening now and will also support the design and project construction. thank you for your consideration. >> supervisor cohen: no problem. thank you for your work on this item. supervisor fewer, it doesn't look like -- we're going to go to public comment. is there anything else you wanted to say? >> supervisor fewer: no, thank you. >> supervisor cohen: ladies and gentlemen, if you'd like to come up on public comment, please come up. seeing none, public comment is

closed. [ gavel ] supervisor few [ gavel ]. >> supervisor fewer, do you have a motion? >> supervisor fewer: yes. i would move that we approve this with a full recommendation to the board. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. we can take that without objection. madam clerk, would you please call items four, five, and six. [agenda items read ] >> supervisor cohen: all right. thank you very much. so these three general obligation bond appropriations follow the resolutions

authorizing the sale of the same bonds, one for housing, two for earthquake safety retrofits, which we have heard in committee, and i think we heard on april 12th. we've got mr. travetti from the office of the controller to present. >> thank you, madam chair. i -- to reiterate, i don't have a formal presentation, i just want to call to the attention of the committee and the public that these -- these three ordinances are trailing legislations that go along with the sale resolutions that were heard on april 12th. the projects that these bonds are going to fund were presented on april 12th, and so if there are any additional questions about the projects or the -- or the sale, i'm happy to answer them, but this is just trailing legislation that was held with regard to the 30-day rule for ordinances. >> supervisor cohen: great. i actually do have one question for you. so after the sale of the 2015

affordable housing bond, which there will be a remaining balance of $88.5 million, and then, for the public health is and safety bond, there will be a remaining balance of $121.5 million, what happens to that remaining balance? >> so we issue the bonds as they're needed by the -- the projects. we don't want to issue them until -- until the departments are ready to spend the money because we'll be paying interest on the bonds while we're waiting for the pros cee to be spent, so we review the plans with the departments ahead of time before we determine the right size of the sale. and so when the -- when the funds that we are issuing in this sale get expended, and the -- and it looks like that the departments have a plan to expand the remaining amount,

then we'll do another sale for the remaining balances. >> supervisor cohen: so the short answer is you hold the balance until you have a plan to spend it z. >> right. and then we'll come back to the abortion with anoth board with an authorization to sell the remaining amount. >> supervisor cohen: great. thank you. any public comment come on up. welcome. >> item number five, on the track, we're going the right way. should be low-income and very lock income bracket people. it's an example of discriminatory examples where you discriminate based on geographical location. the way you've got it worded here, it's only for the mission district, so it should be applied throughout the whole city and county of san francisco. in fact, specifically, the fillmore area, where ethnic cleansing took place where you

moved black people from their neighborhood, about 60 square blocks, and 60% was chinese and black people that owned property in that area. so in order for this grant to be fair, it should be applied to all neighborhoods in the city of san francisco, not just the mission district. we have a homeless problem, and by the same response to people that's out on the streets are very low and low-income bracket people, such as people that's got social security, disabilities, and our veterans. by starting that low-income requirement as the lowest income, if you price fix that range above their monthly and yearly income, they'll still remain out on the street. it's not fair to them, and we have an inclusionary law that's not being applied where everybody in the city is included in the inclusion of housing opportunity, so that should be changed throughout the whole city and county of

san francisco: bayview, fillmore, mission district, every jurisdiction of san francisco, this bond should be applied to, not just the mission district. sincerely. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comments. is there anyone else that would like to speak in public comment? all right. public comment is closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. like to make a motion to approve with a positive recommendation -- oh, excuse me. before we do that, i'd like to pivot and go back to the budget and lengtgislative analyst. >> this is trending legislation for the bonds that were approved by this board earlier in the month. there are three bonds appropriations before you. the e-sure bonds are 189 million. the majority of the funds would be used on the traffic company -- the police department's traffic company and forensic services division construction and on fire station 35 at the port.

on the affordable housing, it's 146 million in proceed s. as you pointed out, there would be a remaining 88 million in bonds after the appropriation, and that would be used for various low-income housing, a 143 unit affordable housing unit. and then, the final is the public health and safety bonds of 52 million, with the remaining 121 million to be issued and appropriated at a future date, and the remainder of these funds are for the ambulance deployment facility and for homeless services, and we recommend approval. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. we will will take that recommendation. i'd like to approve with a positive recommendation, and it looks like we have unanimous support, and we will do that unanimously. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor cohen: madam clerk, is there any further

business before this body? >> clerk: there is no further business. >> supervisor cohen: all right. we are adjourned until 1:00. thank you. .

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>> neighborhoods in san francisco are as diverse and fascinating as the people who inhabit them and today we're in the western addition in district 5, where we'll hang with supervisor london breed and experience firsthand the renaissance underway at the buchanan mall. buchanan mall was connecting city blocks from grove to turk street and once besieged by violence, today it's revitaling community spirit with an urban garden. this is where anyone who grew up in the neighborhood and spend

out any time outside we spent time at buchanan mall and we hang with one another and made it work. we had fun together. the good news is that it seems like the activation is bringing the community back to the area. this garden, i think, can do a lot for bringing the community together. my hope is that with these cooking demos, that will bring folks out and they will start talking to one another when they probably normally wouldn't do that. crystal jem started cook as soon as she could start and the coordinator for community grows an organization that teaches cooking and nutrition, sanctifying growing spaces and nourishing communities. >> it was to have a sea of calm for pause and congregating. i see more people out.

if they are out here playing, it's still safer. it's a beautiful spaces and people are less inclined to mess them up. it allows them to want to instill some sort of ownership over this good thing. before we did this buchanan mall project i had walked through here -- hadn't walked through in ten years because of the dynamics of the neighborhood. >> for residents who kov founded green street a local business that offers re-cycling for the properties, activation took opportunity for the environment and community at-large. >> it's the but thy of the whole mission north and from the prison yards together and now we stand here today pushing good energy for those people around us. i learn businesses through this and now i can share business with my community.

>> i want to thank everybody for being here today for this historic signing ceremony. it is been 40 years since the tragic passing of harvey milk and i think as you can see by all the people gathered with us here today, his memory and his legacy here in san francisco lived very strong. harvey emboldened and represented everything here in san francisco that remains true to our hearts today. compassionate, kindness, and a thoughtful person. he stood up for those facing opposition and discrimination. whether it is members of the lgbt community or homeless youth. san francisco has a very strong place in our nation's history of civil rights activism. standing up for what is right and harvey was the epitome of those efforts. he had a vision of the world

where everybody was equal. a vision that we share and embrace here in san francisco. where everyone was treated with respect and dignity, regardless of the color of their skin, religion, economic status or sexual orientation or gender identity. in san francisco, we have to admit, we take that vision for granted. but 40 years ago, those ideas still frighten people. they make people uncomfortable, they make people react in different ways, and harvey knew this message put him in danger. but he persisted none the less because he knew he silenced himself, he would be silencing the next generation of leaders. and today, we celebrate that courage by signing this legislation and renaming terminal one at sfo as harvey milk. we are ensuring his name will last forever and be synonymous

with the city of san francisco. the city he loves to much and we all loved so much today. i do want to thank a number of people that truly made today happen. starting with my former colleague, supervisor david compose. supervisor compose. let us be clear his supervisor compose's pushing for quite some time and bore the brunt of a lot of negativity at different points that got us to where we're here today. and supervisor compose, you have embodied that spirit. to row nan and jeff sheehy for following through at board of supervisors to get where we are today. i want to thank the san francisco international airport for being a partner in this. thank you to to jeff, who was h. thank you for your support as

well as the arts commission for working with the public artist to see dine the signage that will memorialize harvey milk terminal. i want to acknowledge harvey's friends and former colleagues that are here today that knew him and that could speak to him much better than any of us could. but i want to make sure we acknowledge that, because this is the heart and soul of harvey milk we're celebrating here today. today is a great day for us to celebrate in san francisco. it's a great day to remember one of our fallen heroes in the city of san francisco. but it's also a great day to remind us exactly who we are in the city of san francisco. with that, i would like to call up supervisor hillary ronan. >> hu so much. it's such an exciting day for us at the board of exercise. my friend, supervisor jeff sheehy and i were so honored to

carry this legislation through for supervisor compose. those of us who have the plaintiff of sitting in the board chambers and representing our districts at supervisors, most of us hold harvey milk in our hearts and minds. we remember his boldness and idealism and inclusion as we do that work here. and i just have to say that knowing at a time when there's so much hate being spewed from washington d.c. that when queer youth and people come to san francisco and are welcome into harvey milk terminal 1, that they will know they are not only recognized in our city but they are welcome and cherished here. this is a day to celebrate. i want to turn the time to my colleague jeff sheehy. >> thank you. this is been great. thank you david for your work

and tom it's always great to see and you my other colleagues because we were all behind this effort. and i think it's just really amazing that we did this at the airport because harvey was all about opening doors and the first door you come to san francisco will be the harvey milk terminal. it will be wide open of anybody. regardless of where they're coming from or where they want to go. so again, thank you. thank you mayor, it's a great day. >> and now as i'd like to introduce jeff littlefield from the san francisco airport. [applause] thank you. this is a great day. i would first like to say on behalf of the san francisco international airport and the airport district or thank you for having us. this is an honor and this is a historic day and we're very appreciative to be here today. just a couple of comments as we

look forward to working with the arts commission to develop a plan for the design and placement of the art work in terminal one to memorialize the life and legacy of harvey milk. very significant. we're very appreciative. by september 1st we plan to submit plans to the arts commission for the design and the plan for the roll out of the art work. in december 1st, we plan to submit a similar plan to the board of supervisors reflecting how we will proceed foray approval of the board of supervisors. and with that i just want to thank you for having us here today. and we look forward to the roll out of this very successful art work at san francisco international airport. with that i'd like to introduce david campos. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mr. littlefield.

you know, when you think about how long it took for us to get to this point, we are reminded, nothing was really easy for harvey milk. nothing has been easy for the lgbt community. as far as we can come, 2017 was the deadliest year for our community. i think it's only fitting that in the midst of so much violence and hatred, that we in san francisco are sending a very clear message of hope, which is what harvey talked about. i'm happy to see steward milk, harvey's nephew from the milk foundation was here. you see a number of query queert owed efficientlies in san francisco and they're here and other gay elected are here throughout the country and the world because of harvey milk. harvey opened the dor for so many of us.

and as i was coming up to this event i made a point of going up to the stairwell that harvey milk talked about because it's important for us to be reminded that to be reminded there's a reason for us and to see behind us the harvey milk looking down upon us. and i would simply say this as a last point, i was actually listening to the tapes that harvey milk made before he died where he talked about how he was not just about being a candidate for political office, he was really part of a movement and that is what we're honoring today. a movement for social justice. not just for lgbtq and now, we have the first really airport in the country and the world that

actually honours an openly lgbt person and it will be the coolest and gayest terminal it can be and so, before we move on i want to call upon someone who for me, was really instrumental in getting to this point and when i first thought of the idea of naming the terminal, the airport and the terminal, i spoke to him and i think to me he really embodies the movie harvey milk talked about, a movement for social justice and that's a great man who is also a mentor for so many of us, my friend tom omiano. >> thank you, very much. this is a bigger rush than getting an upgrade to first class. i'm looking forward to the lavender lounge that we'll be opening. featuring perhaps a well-known gay comic. this is totally thrilling. when you consider the journey of

milk and of the movement, the day that he got sworn in here, how euphoric. the horrible day that we lost him and the mayor and his recognize recognize decision. san francisco is a singular city, we have singular heroes. we don't name airports after john wayne or ronald regan. we name them after someone who made a contribution to san francisco and i think there's more to discover about the contribution of harvey and the movement that he sparked and showed focus on. so fasten your seat belts, woel have a very non bumpy flight. i look forward to the opening and thank you to the elected who made this happen. i know it's very difficult. it took eight years to get the school named after harvey. eight years. so in a sense this is on the fast track, even though we had to be patient. thank you. [applause]

>> i'm steward milk. i'm harvey's nephew and the co-founder of the harvey milk foundation. you want to come up and join me while i speak. anne was my uncle's campaign manager and we did a lot of support in terms of the initial effort to rename san francisco airport after harvey and that was really through the leadership and vision of david campos. it was a great experience working with him. i also am very appreciative that the mayor has done this ceremony and it was quick to join in in terms of wanting to assign this legislation and supervisor ronan for putting it second and supervisor sheehy. i think it's really no no error harvey is looking over us. for those of you who don't remember, when a bus was

approved to go into san francisco city hall, it took i think about 11 months. the bus was everywhere and everyone objected to where it was. he was the first non mayor to have a bus and so typical of anything about harvey as tom said, there's some controversy in it and it was actually mayor knewsome who just said look, it should be the only one outside of the border supervisor's office and should look over the staircase. you know, this is a very important message to the world. anne was with me in the freedom ceremony when president obama gave harvey pustule usually this country's highest honor. i got to know the kennedy family closely. at that point, karen kennedy, ted's daughter septembering on behalf of them became close friends. she let me know it was her uncle john f. kennedy who said that

who a community honours, who a community remembers, who a community memorializes says so much about that community. and it was only a few weeks after the assassination of president kennedy that j.f.k. airport was renamed from idawyld to send a message about new york, to send a message about this nation. we stand up for the rights of all people. we stand up for civil rights. and so for the people around the world who have the opportunity to fly into a great airport that sfo is and transit through the harvey milk terminal it sends that message that this community honours those who have, not only led but who paid the ultimate sacrifice. and so i always end these type of events with what i was asked by a member of press if we, the

family isn't sad that harvey didn't get to see a day where we would have these wonderful issues and my uncle did see this day. because he dreamed of it and it is what gave him the courage to take these bullets to go in with all the hate mail. he knew they were coming and the courage came from these people and from all of you who have made that vision on behalf of the harvey milk foundation. [applause]

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you'll have the peace of mind knowing you're doing your part in your household to help the environment. we have both the march 20th and the april 3rd commission meetings. are there any changes, directions,