p.m.. on fridays and saturday we ask to be open until 10. we'll provide bathrooms for our customers on the site. and so, i feel like we're meeting a lot of the concerns. there are -- continues to be brought up we don't pay rent on the site. this is not a public parking lot where we get a permit or public space where we just pull up. we do pay rent on the lot like another restaurant would and all our permit fees and other things as well. you know, they're saying we were there 11-5 on sundays, we have a permit to be there six days a week, 12 hours a day. so we had the ability to do it. we were just trying to get staff and wait until the cu was approved. so we're asking to get the same ability that we had previously in this lot. another idea which sounds like the businesses and neighbors

might conflict on, but the lot is huge. we could provide extra seating for the neighboring businesses as support for their businesses. that might not sit well with the neighbors because there would be extra people in the lot, but that's something we're willing to do. the lot is huge, senor sisig is not going to utilize the whole thing, just the corner of the lot. [bell ringing] and yeah, that's it, thank you. >> thank you. >> president breed: can you provide clarity on the hours you're proposing to operate, because i keep hearing different information. >> proposed hours under the cu is monday through sunday starting at 11 ending at 9 p.m. on week nights, on friday and saturday nights, we stay open until 10. >> 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.? >> correct. >> president breed: thank you. ok, our hearing has been held

and is now closed. and this item is in the hands of the board of supervisors. and i will recognize supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. i really want to thank everyone who came out today. when the appellant first came to our office to share his proposal for a parking lot plus food truck park, at the lot in 17th and valencia, the scope he described was very broad. the range of proposed activities. he talked about pop-up options, a vision up to four food trucks that also served beer and wine, and hours that extended to 11 p.m. his initial outreach to neighbors and their conversations with my office touched about various compromised options but no solid agreement was presented when the cu went before the planning commission. during the commission hearing neighbors expressed strong opposition to alcohol being

served and asked for mitigation to prevent drinking and partying, to limit hours and subdue noise. and matter of fact and specific problem raised by the 25-year-old taco across the street, patrons were crossing the street to use their rest rooms. the planning commission responded to concerns that food trucks would be unfair competition for brick-and-mortar restaurants and authorized the parking use with a prohibition against the restaurant use. i am very supportive of existing small businesses along valencia and recognize that throughout my district, businesses like these are often struggling to keep their doors open. we have seen many of the more affordable restaurants and those owned by latinos in the mission displaced because of rising rents. whenever and wherever possible, we need to take the opportunity to protect those businesses. the legacy business protection that came out of the district 9

office and my cultural district legislation we voted on today, are both proactive tools for stabilizing small businesses. since the commission did i say decision there has been outpouring of support for one food truck we talked about today, senor sisig as unique to san francisco, filipino owned business that offers food options different than what is available on mission street or in the mission i should say. a compliment to the existing businesses rather than direct competition. but both the sponsor and appellant and the neighbors have been organizing support for each of their sides, my attempts to bring them together to work toward an agreement was declined by the opponents. unfortunately, i wish we had gotten a chance to come together and work this out. i am disturbed that this situation has evolved into a fight that pits small businesses both owned by people of color against one another. and it is hard for me to buy the

argument that just one food truck would pose a threat to the adjacent restaurants, but i do recognize the fear that this idea is taking hold. land use decisions are not based on popularity, so it is not the quantity of support or opposition. but what i've received from the public has been for the most part thoughtful and sincere input and i really again want to thank all the people who took time to contact me. i have reviewed everything very, very carefully, been trying to figure this out and trying to come to a compromise that really recognizes every point of view here. for more than a year, senor sisig has been operating under a temporary use authorization without complaints. what i'm proposing for going propose is a compromise that recognize both the desirability of senor sisig as a small business owned by a local person of color, and the necessity of

protecting adjacent restaurants and the daily lives of people who live along valencia street. what i'm proposing is to amend the cu where it now prohibits restaurant use. i would like to amend the cu to allow the operation of one mobile food facility on the project site under a temporary use authorization. the term of the temporary use authorization will be one year. and while the law prevents us from naming a specific business in the conditions approval, my expectation and for the record, is that senor sisig will be the one food truck on the site. during the one-year term of the temporary use authorization we can monitor the impact on adjacent businesses. additionally, i would propose that we add the following conditions to limit competition with other restaurants. that there will be no alcohol and no amplified music on the side, that the hours of operations will be up to six

days per week, with hours limited from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. that toilets with running water for hand washing are available. and if porta-potties are used, they be camouflaged and there be no congregate seating in the area. the sponsor retains the option for other temporary uses such as crafts as long as the sponsor secures a temporary use authorization. so, colleagues, i move to table item 19, amend item 20, so that it conditionally disapproves the cu authorization and approves a new temporary cu with the additional conditions i just described. and i would like this also include in my motion, that we pass item 20 as amended and item 21, directing the clerk to prepare findings. >> president breed: i'll start with the amendment to item

number 20, so supervisor ronen has made amendment to item 20, seconded by supervisor peskin. colleagues, can we take the amendment without objection. without objection the amendment passes. she's made a motion to table item number 19 and support item number 20 as amended. and what to do with item number 21? >> supervisor ronen: to pass it directing the clerk to prepare findings. >> president breed: ok. so madame clerk on the motion, please call the roll. oh, did i get a second? >> seconded by supervisor peskin. >> clerk: safai aye. sheehy aye. stefani aye. tang aye. yee aye. breed aye. cohen aye.

fewer aye. kim aye. peskin aye. ronen aye. there are 11 ayes. >> president breed: the item is approved unanimously. madame clerk, let's go to our next public hearing items 22 and 23. the board of supervisors will sit as committee of whole as to hearing scheduled on may 27, 2018, it's to report assessments costs for information and repair of blighted properties. the resolution is the report of the assessment costs submitted by the director of public works. >> president breed: today's committee of the whole is conducted to consider objections to a report of assessment costs submitted by the director of public works. for inspection and/or repair of blighted properties ordered to

be performed by the director pursuant to the administrative code. let's open the hearing. so with that, first we'll hear from the department. >> good afternoon, president breed and members of the board. my name is kenny bruce, here with alicia wit, representing public works graffiti unit. chapter 80 of the administrative code. the community preservation and blight reduction act requires that property owners maintain their property in a safe and blight-free condition. the code requires public works to inspect graffiti and notify property owners to make corrections. it is the obligation of the property owner to maintain the property free of graffiti and blight. public works notifies property owners by physically posting at the property regular mail and certified mail when blight is posted. the notice of violation provides

information on how to contact the graffiti unit, how to request hearing and extension. if more time is needed to abate, accompanied by the mail notices, we include date-stamped color photos to indicate the extent and location of the graffiti. we also include a frequently asked question sheet with each notice that is mailed. for every notice of violation posted, the graffiti makes considerable efforts to research property ownership, make courtesy calls and send e-mails with photos to property owners. property representatives and/or property tenants alerting them of the new graffiti vandalism on their property and their requirements to clean it up. public works records show is that the majority of property owners abate graffiti from their properties on time. if not abated within the allowed time, a fee is incurred.

in cases where the property owner ignores the notices or refuses to remove the graffiti, the city will perform the required correction and assess the cost through the tax roll, today we request the approval for the assessment of blighted properties. since there is outstanding balance on the properties, public works is requesting that these assessments be added to the property tax bill through this board hearing. the outstanding fees owed are to recoup the city's cost. i thank you for your consideration. >> president breed: thank you. any questions? seeing none, let's open this up to public comment. are there members of the public who would like to provide public comment? this is not general public comment. this is for the 4:00 hearing. not yet for the general. we're almost there.

you're here for the 4:00 hearing? >> madame president, members of the board, i'm a senior project manager with economic development agency, one of the partners at 1990 fulsome, which is a proposed 100% affordable housing project in the mission district. here in response to just what i'm assuming is a clerical error regarding that particular piece of property while we're in a hold for that, we received no notice of blight assessment or for any work done. we have regularly been updated on blight and have gone out and corrected that on a regular basis. so we're hoping that we can work -- continue to work with the department of public works to ensure that we are taking care of the property while we're preparing to undertake our new construction 100% affordable housing at that site in a few

months. so thank you. >> president breed: there is also an opportunity to speak with the representative who is here from the department of public works once we conclude public comment. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is alfred scott, i'm the owner of one of the properties on the list, 887 webster street. and i'm here basically asking that the charges be waived from my property. i get these notices periodically. once i hear about them, i come over and take care of it right away. the one that was in question was issued on january 2, 2017. and i show that i took care of it. i believe i received a call from one of the officers tell meg that -- telling me that i hadn't gotten back do them -- because i had a certain period of time to get it taken care of, which i did right away.

so on april 5, i show that i e-mailed the department confirming that i had taken care of the graffiti and i heard nothing else from them, so i was assuming that everything had been resolved. so i get these notices maybe three, four times a year. i take care of them right away. they're really small issues. and so i don't think i should have to pay for this because i did take care of it. >> president breed: thank you. there will be opportunity to speak with mr. bruce after he conclude public comment. >> thank you. >> president breed: any other members of the comment that would like to speak on blighted properties? seeing none, public comment is closed. for those of you here for this particular item, blighted properties, mr. bruce will be able to talk to you outside. in order to address those particular issues, so if you could -- mr. bruce? yes, if you could step outside

with those who would like to talk to you about the issue and then maybe bring back to us what might be amended from the particular file. we would appreciate it. thank you. ok, colleagues, let's go to roll call for introductions. >> first up to intro does new business is supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: that's right. thank you very much, madame president. just kidding, it's been a long meeting. i have a few things. one i'm going to re-refer, proud to be cosponsors supervisor tang, big announcement that is environmentally friendly, thank her for her leadership but i'll say more remarks on that. secondly, i'm very happy to submit something that is one step in the process of moving forward to 100% affordable project in my district, the upper yard, we're transferring the property from the sfmta to the mayor's housing of community and development. this is a long overdue project,

transit-friendly, immediately above the balboa bart station. it's between 100-120 units of affordable housing for homeless and formerly homeless. we're extremely excited about this and this has been in the works for many years with our previous supervisor along with mayor lee's commitment to proposition a and the affordable housing bond in the past. so the rest i submit on that one. and then the -- i will rerefer on the announcement on straws. and i want to say happy ramadan to everyone. thank you. >> supervisor sheehy: i'll be joining with supervisor breed on an inmemoriam later. i have one for mark kirkland, a

san francisco native who spent most of his life in san francisco. he's the beloved spouse of arlo smith and he passed away from cancer last week. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor. supervisor stefani. supervisor tang? >> supervisor tang: as you read already, i'm introducing legislation and i want to thank supervisor safai, breed, sheehy, peskin and yee. we're trying to ban plastic straws here in san francisco, because basically, they suck. they can contribute to litter on the streets and harm the environment. so the legislation will do a couple of things starting july of 2019. we are going to ban plastic straws and that includes plastic compostable straws.

instead, you would be served with either paper straws or reusable ones. or stirrers, cocktail sticks, toothpicks, cup sleeves, lids, you name it, all of that, those accessories will only be available to customers upon request or in a self-service station. the idea behind that, we as customers don't need the products, but are given those when we enter a restaurant, cafe or so forth. also we're requiring that for large events that take place on city property that consist of 100 people or more, 10% of the beverage cups that are used for the events must be reusable. and lastly, we're banning starting january 1, 2020, flour nated chemicals from the product, they're commonly used to repel water and grease. you'll find them lining your

coffee cups, but they leech in the food and can be taken up in the food as well. and they rescinded the use of such chemicals due to heightened risk of cancer, toxicity and health impacts. the reason why this legislation is so important, the statistics are astounding to me, but our ocean is filled with over 5.5 trillion items of plastic. that is trillion, not million or billion. but trillion. and every day, in the united states, it's estimated about 500 million straws are used every day. that is about 1.5 straws per person per day and that equates to 1 million straws used in san francisco per day. so incredibly alarming. and straws literally fall through the cracks in machines. we are not able to really capture them in the machines we have to properly recycle these items, so they end up in our

landfills or sewer system or the ocean. so it's really important that we really nip this issue in the bud, changing our culture, behavior of using the single-use products and to understand the significant negative environmental impact that are associated with these items. so i want to thank the sf environment for all their work, jack and charles. and of course the director, ashley from my office. i want to thank surf writer foundation who have been working on the ground with restaurants and bars to already have these establishments convert to using paper straws. i want to thank all of the other restaurants and the guys we partnered with today to take leadership on this. especially the babia industry where you're required to use a straw. they're wrapped in plastic as well. so harmful, so i'm glad to see them take leadership on this.

and of course i want to thank gupta, our city attorney who worked on this and the many changes on the legislation. this is really one in many pieces of legislation to help us with our environmental goals, whether it was composting requirements or plastic bag bans, all of these help with our protecting our planet. so again, thank you to cosponsors on this. and i can defer to -- >> i understand supervisor safai and yee has approved that. >> thank you. >> supervisor safai: i'll be brief, i know this is a long meeting. i think this is really, really important piece of legislation. when i came into office last year, my first meeting with the department of environment, i said i want to work on straws, they said, too late, supervisor tang is already working on it. i got in line, we worked together and i know president breed has been working on the issue as a cosponsor as well. but i would just say in the

context of when we're thinking about the planet, thinking about the food chain, thinking about using things that don't need to be used. when you're drinking a cup of water, when you're having a drink at a bar, when you're in a restaurant there is no need to have a straw. as supervisor tang said, i want you to hear this again, one million plastic straws a day in san francisco. in fact, if you talk to bartenders they'll say they're trained to add straws to your drink because they know you will drink it faster with a straw. so you will then order another drink. so this is a really, really big deal. this is about as i said, with the food chain, it's about changing behavior, but it's also about getting to zero waste. if we really believe in getting to zero waste in this city, which we're going to be having a hearing coming up in the next

week to talk about those methods to do that, you cannot even recycle plastic straws and some of the other times as supervisor tang said. they literally fall through the cracks. so even when people think they're doing the right thing by putting a plastic straw in the recycle bin, it ends up in landfill, same with the stirrer, same with the cap and so many small pieces of plastic. the small plastic bits. i want to thank supervisor tang for her leadership and president breed working on this, all of us together and the restaurant industry has also said by removing the straw as an immediate in the drink, they have already seen cost savings. sometimes adds up to 90%, because once people don't see the straw, they don't ask for anymore. and if they do and do insist, we're going to give them an option that is environmentally friendly. and they're doing it in places

like hawaii. they're doing it in other parts of the world. but once we do it here in san francisco, as with the plastic bags, it will have a profound impact. i'm proud to be cosponsor of this today. >> clerk: thank you. supervisor yee. >> supervisor yee: thank you, madame clerk. just add to this issue of straws, i was in the middle of the ocean basically in galapagos and there is not that many people living there. i went to one of those isolated islands where nobody lived. and it was so disheartening when i went to the beach and looked and there was like a layer of plastic, just all around the island. that was probably came from the mainland. so, yes, let's do something about that, thank you supervisor tang. colleagues, change the subject here, food security task force was established in 2005 by the

board and tasked with the responsibility of creating a city-wide plan for addressing food security. that task force was sunset this june 30 and the task force will cease to exist in july of 2018 unless the board extends the task force by ordinance. so i will be requesting the president to waive the 30-day hold so the task force can continue their work uninterrupted. this ordinance will extend the sunset date to 2021 and increases the number of task force members. food security means that all people at all times are able to obtain and consume enough nutritious food to support an active healthy life. food insecurity exists when the ability to obtain and prepare nutritious food is uncertain and not possible. on december, 10, 2013, the san francisco board of supervisors

passed a resolution committing to a food secure and hunger-free san francisco by 2020. yet, still, even in one of the wealthiest cities and countries in the world, 1 in 4 san francisco residents is at risk of food insecurity due to low income, meaning below 200% of poverty. and they struggle to obtain and prepare enough nutritious food to support basic physical and mental health. we need to extend the life of this task force in order to reach our goal of food security for each person in san francisco. background, the task force tracks vital data regarding hunger and food security in san francisco. including the utilization and demand for federal food programs, community-based organizations, meal programs and programs targeting particular

populations. the group educates the public about the role of the food security and public health and advocates for policies and programs that improve food security. current members of the fstf include community-based organizations and government agencies, addressing hunger in san francisco. so, this legislation would allow the critical work of the task force to continue. the proposal would also increase the number of members by five. one employee from the department of homelessness and support i have housing and four representatives of community organization. it would also stream line a task force appointment process and allow city department heads to directly appoint the members. finally, the ordinance would extend the sunset date of the task force to july 21.

i want to thank my cosponsor, supervisor ronen and fewer. and i would like to thank paula jones from the department of public health. and ann quinton from the meals on wheels who continue advocacy and leadership on this issue. the second item i'm introducing is for the appropriation and expenditures of district 7, 8 and 10, participatory budgeting projects. this is actually the fifth year of implementing the participatory program. they secured 550,000 for projects, 250,000 related to vision zero, improving the safety of these seven streets. these projects include

pedestrian safety improvements. the reason i'm introducing this is the appropriation of 800,000 in which 300,000 is for the quality of life projects in my district. this year more than 2200 district 7 residents cast more than 24,000 votes. i will not go through all the projects, but wanted to highlight a few. things like sunnyside elementary will install updated play structure that will be accessible also to children with special needs. the park will receive funding for beautification. the rehabilitation center will be hosting a music and dance performance series on their site. one of the unexpected positive outcomes of the program is that

the interest of the d-7 residents in this whole thing around being prepared for in the case of disasters. a year ago, one of the community was awarded a grant that funded training for 15 new block champions to purchase emergency supply bins, solar panels, cb training radios and training first aid and cpr. this year, there were five different neighborhoods that applied for similar things. and i believe three of them did get funded. so this funding has been really good for our district in terms of having the community really participate embracing their -- having the voice weigh into how

we spend small part of the city money. and i know that district 8 and 10 will the implement d their program this year. and their allocations are included in this ordinance. i don't know if at this point if supervisor cohen or sheehy would like to say anything. >> supervisor sheehy: sure, i want to thank supervisor yee for doing this, for carrying this for us. i want to thank you for your great example -- well, through the chair, because i found this to be a very robust process and we've been following your leadership and template in how this works. i know my constituents, i want take a lot of time, but we funded a number of 11 outstanding projects. we had over 5,000 votes. so next year i'd recommend to my colleagues to look into this, because i found my constituents -- we funded projects similar to what you

were funding, but the part that i was tremendously heartened by is the number of projects in which people ask for funding where they would do the work. so it was like if you give us the money, we'll do the work of the planting or the cleaning. all these projects where they're putting their own efforts as volunteers into it. it's a great way to build community and great way to allow people to participate in the budgeting process. again, thank you, supervisor. >> supervisor yee: i was going to invite supervisor cohen if she wanted to make comments. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for the opportunity. i will comment, but comment in my roll call section. >> thank you. >> supervisor yee: the rest i submit. >> president breed: before we move on with roll call for introductions, i want to go back to items 22 and 23. and mr. bruce, i think -- did he

leave? ok, well maybe not. >> clerk: he must have stepped out. >> president breed: let's go back to roll call for introduction. we can vote on it without him here. we'll hold off and continue with roll call for introduction. >> clerk: you're next. >> president breed: submit. >> clerk: supervisor cohen. >> supervisor cohen: i want to talk about the legislation that supervisor yee discussed. he introduced legislation for participatory budgeting. the residents of district 10 and i are excited to move forward for the next steps. hundreds of community members voted on various projects that would they would like to see implemented in the community. and the projects range from

placing neighborhood trash bins to improving pedestrian safety measures. here are a few that i would like to highlight. first, which has been very well received, restoration of the 29-year-old mural on 3rd. a second very popular item that was voted on was good fatherhood day. which is a community event that provides an opportunity to strengthen father and child relationships. another is youth explosion which as a youth-led organization will include music, dance and spoken word. beautification of the mclaren park outdoor education center and that is shared by supervisor safai and supervisor ronen and myself. so i'm excited about this particular item. and finally, a computer programming class for the youth. now all of these projects will

be great assets inside district 10 and i want to thank you for your support for the legislation. colleagues, i'd like to switch gears a little bit to a little more somber note. i'd like to close today's meeting in the memory of commissioner julius m turman, who passed away this past sunday may 14th. as a trial attorney, counselor and police commissioner, he brought inspiration to every part of his tenure. he grew and led san francisco's office where his practice focus on a broad range of labor and employment matters including litigation, single plaintiff class action and collective action. he provided a full range of counseling services, including in relation to trade secrets,

unfair competition, covenants not to compete and the employment relationship from hiring agreement management and issues and termination throughout self jurisdictions across this country. this is a professional side that we did not know about him, but one thing we did know that was evident in his board service on the police commission, he was a brilliant attorney with strong convictions and was fearless and he demonstrated his fearlessness during trying and difficult times. for the last seven years, julius was a member of the san francisco police commission. he served as its president for the last two years before his resignation ended his tenure earlier this month. he conducted hundreds of discipline hearings and enforced several administrative rules and statutes and dealt with every allegation defense and position associated with administrative employment law.

julyious was a strong voice on critical matters, including his opposition to tasers. inviting the department of justice cops office to assess the policies and procedures of the san francisco police department. helping to write and revise the rules on the use of force policy and working on body worn camera policy among many other accomplishments. both his professional and practical abilities are enhanced by his outside interests. julius received his doctorate from the university of michigan and was committed to the lgbtq right rights. i know there are others who might want to say a few words, but, colleagues, i ask again we're able to acknowledge the life and legacy of our friend

and our commissioner julius turman, madame president, i'll turn the board over to you. >> president breed: i'd like to propose that we do it on behalf of the entire board. without objection, we'll do it on behalf of the entire board of supervisors. and i just want to add that commissioner turman was a good person who deeply cared about the city and county of san francisco and justice for the residents of this city. he was a really incredible advocate on the police commission for the police reforms, but he also treated everyone with respect and worked closely with the community to address many of those issues. he was often times the person i would reach out to and have lengthy conversations with about just a clearer understanding of how to implement those reforms and how long is it taking and

why is it taking so long? and giving me a better understanding of exactly what it takes to really roll up your sleeves and commit the time necessary to implement something so important. he was a great commissioner. he was a great person. really a funny person. and to know him toys love him. -- is to love him and it comes as a shock to all of us to lose such an incredible person at this time, at the height of some of the challenges that we continue to face with the police department. and i know how close you and commissioner turman were, supervisor cohen. and so i know this is really hard for you and so many of his close family and friends. and so i just want to send my condolences to all of this is close family and friends at this time. and also turn it over to supervisor sheehy, who i know would like to say a few words as well. >> supervisor sheehy: yes. i want to salute julius turman

for his tremendous courage. as you look at his life, this is someone that was absolutely fearless. he first came on my radar when he took on the races in the castro, which i still think is a problem. as a community we've been so reluctant to acknowledge, yet he was absolutely fearless in taking on that challenge. and i really am in awe of his work on the police commission. you know, any of us who have had interactions with the police department knows several, very, very fine officers there, but there is institutional structureses that remain challenging to people all across the city. and his unwavering commitment to addressing those issues without fear, with total courage, is an example for all of us who live in the city to never be daunted,

never be afraid, and to always be fighting to make a difference. it is a tremendous loss for everyone in the city, certainly for the lgbtq community, but i really want to acknowledge the loss that my colleague supervisor cohen and president breed, but he will be sorely missed. >> supervisor cohen, back over to you. >> supervisor cohen: i just wanted to add a personal touch. this is a tremendous loss for the city family. i want to acknowledge the turman family and recognize his brother, who flew into town and i want to extend the most heart felt -- heart filled words of appreciation and gratitude for the family that loaned julius to us and did a lot of hard work. he was funny, witty, charming,

great taste in wine, fashion, food. all the makings of a great friend. he was loyal, generous. he is just such a tremendous loss. and words cannot even begin to express my grief. thank you for honoring julius, colleagues, i appreciate it. >> thank you, supervisor. cohen con -- >> president breed: yes, thank you. >> clerk: supervisor fewer. >> supervisor fewer: colleagues, today, i'm introducing an amendment for the november ballot to establish a cannabis commission to oversee the department of cannabis. with the legalization of cannabis, we have an entire industry coming out of the shadows and a whole set of laws and new regulations. this past year, we have discussed om and regulation to

regulate adult use cannabis sales. it's essential these regulations are implemented in a fair and equitable way and stakeholders are represented ensuring transparency and account bt to the public. as this industry continues to grow and we face the possibility of generating additional revenue from a local cannabis tax, we need to have a body in place to oversee that process and make sure that communities and stakeholders are represented. this commission will have seats for a diverse set of stakeholders appointed by both the mayor and the board of supervisors. i hope i can count on your support for the new commission. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: submit. >> clerk: supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: i would like to be added as cosponsor to the legislation banning plastic straws. the rest i submit. >> clerk: no other names on the roster, that includes the

introduction of new business. >> president breed: thank you, madame clerk, please read public comment. >> clerk: at this time, the public may address the board of supervisors on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board to include the april 10, 2018 board meeting minutes and item 26 and 27 without reference to committee calendar. public comment is not allowed on something that has had public comment satisfied. please direct your comments to the board as a whole and not individual members of the board, nor to the audience. speakers using intrerms will be allowed twice the amount of time to testify and if you would like to place a document on projector, just place it on the screen.

>> [inaudible] san francisco here, but i'm -- [inaudible] the commission -- [inaudible] [speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign language] good afternoon. as you know, my name, i am here today to tell to our people, happy holy ramadan. i am here to tell you one billion muslim people around the world doesn't eat for 18 hours

every day. for our religion, they don't eat, they don't drink. 18 hours. i would like to tell you i am very happy to give my good happiness to our friend. not only that and the real people and all the people working in the restaurant in valencia street. besides that, the owner of the new coffee shop in my building. he decided to give all the people who live in my building 20% off. that also good action to see and

happy ramadan for him and his family. god bless all of you. thank you very much and happy ramadan for all. >> miss cross? >> i am going to bring to your attention some need for additional thinking on this matter of homelessness and the structure and the processes of homelessness. as you know, in san francisco, as you know while every new generation of people thinks well, we're going to have the report that will end homelessness in san francisco. instead, we get more homeless. and it isn't practical. i've identified a couple of places. i can't maybe talk about all of them at this point, but i want

to say there is an absence of fair administrative hearings for other problems in the city. there always seems to be someplace that offers a fair administrative hearing, but we don't get that for the homeless. the homeless are ordered to do this, ordered to do that. you're on the streets if you don't do what we say. now that does make for a civil society and i would like to have this matter addressed by the mayor's office and this office in a rational way and rational way is not something that you have a lot of series of people talking for two minutes. there may be some people that don't talk at all. there are other people that have special ideas. and they ought to be respected so they can be developed in a meaningful way. i'm in a situation in which i've tried for year and a half to get a fair administrative hearing. and -- [bell ringing] -- and

what the people do administering, they say, well, you take what we have for the policy decision 26 years ago. otherwise, we don't talk to you. and we don't make any progress on things that need to be decided in an original way for this era. my name is nancy cross. i'm presently at next door shelter. and i would be glad to hear -- [bell ringing] >> clerk: thank you, miss cross. thank you. next speaker, please.

>> i come to you no matter what i do, i always find myself in a position where i'm always advocating for the most vulnerable people who are being violated by the city of san francisco. no matter what your skin color, i'm always in a position where i got to speak up for them and myself. now, here today i'm going to show you a side of me on how i take care of business when i'm in front of a judge, particularly a federal district court judge. for example, this document here, sf -- this document here is from nancy pelosi. this document here explains all the detailed part as follows, epa and state regulation agencies work together to formulate a workplace. and also tetra tech, it's a conspiracy to deprive minorities of their civil rights pertaining to living conditions and due

process and their health and safety. you deliberately contaminate that land and it's been like that for the past 40 years, ok? you explain that you want to spend -- you have spent a million -- over a billion dollars in federal funds over the past 40 years, now you want to spend an additional $36 million to clean up the area and you want to do it in a speedy manner. the document also says that -- [bell ringing] -- she wants to commend the federal prosecutors for getting two of the people who were involved in operations, where hundreds of people were involved. i object to that on the grounds that these prosecutors failed to incorporate law where if you deprive a person of their civil rights, based on depriving civil rights under the color law, you should not be fined more than

$10,000 cash money, shall not serve a prison term -- [bell ringing] >> clerk: thank you. next speaker, please. i'm executive director of library users association the day of tomorrow on thursday, the budget and finance committee is going to meet and hear the budget of the library among others. we ask them as well as you to confirm when it comes to your

turn, to not fund privacy threatening rfid. many folks have been opposed to this for basically privacy reasons. there are also health reasons that people have. here is a letter sent to the library by electronic frontier foundation and the american civil liberties union for northern california. i would like to read you some of those things, supervisor sheehy and peskin, you might be interested. instead of talking while i'm speaking. after some introductory material, both have opposed and continue to oppose the use of rfid technology in libraries because of its significant privacy and free speech concerns. we highlighted the extensive research findings about privacy risks in our previous correspondence with the library and during our engagement with

the rfid library commission. the freedom commit has urged libraries to recognize the risks since 2006. we're unaware of any significant changes -- [bell ringing] -- to systems that would emilrate these concerns. we're surprised the library is revisiting this issue, particularly in the current political climate. i'll go onto the conclusion. they strongly urge san francisco to abandon this imprudent plan to consider the use of hfid technology in our libraries. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. >> supervisor sheehy and i were talking about rfid. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor peskin. next speaker, please.

>> good evening -- >> direct your comments into the microphone. >> good evening, everybody. so today i'm here to point your attention to a very important matter that is very important to us. we are cab drivers, 400 of us,

$250,000. i'm going to talk about the administration was working for ed lee, not for taxi drivers. taxi medallions. more than 600 medallions will go back. we are -- do not allow us to make these. we do not make money. taxi business is over. there is no demand for taxi.

public choice is über and lyft. my two daughters are in college, i don't have money to pay their college fees. i sold my house last year, if you want to see the documentation, i'll show you. i cannot make the medallion payments. life is better in india, but life is worse in san francisco for taxi drivers. so, please, do the buyback program as soon as possible and front the money back to us as soon as possible, thank you so much. >> clerk: next speaker, please. >> hi i'll continue with my cab driver friends, one more thing. how long this injustice is going to continue? are your punching bag because which don't have