>> thank you, supervisors. >> supervisor yee: supervisor cohen, would you like to make some remarks? >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much, president breed. i want to recognize the outstanding work that the department of public works is doing. thank you for the leadership, mohammed neru. it's appropriate and fitting that ed's neighborhood is named after our mayor, ed lee, who also comes from public works. but i just want to acknowledge leadership within -- christina olia and jim cassell, thank you for dedicating your life and your talents to the city of san francisco. >> supervisor breed: thank you, supervisor cohen. our next commendation will be by

supervisor katy tang. >> supervisor tang: thank you. i'm excited to be honoring david allen, educator and para professional with the sfusd look working at independence high school and would i like to ask him to come on up and if you could join me for a round of applause. [applause] i also wanted to acknowledge that he's joined here today by deborah allen, his wife, principal anna claster, and assistant principal, kelly kruger. i'm sure that he stands out every day in the classroom, it's what david did outsde the classroom that i really want to highlight today here at the board of supervisors. as you all know, i've been very interested in working on issues around human trafficking. it's unfortunately, very prevalent in our society, but what is most alarming and what people don't realize is how often it occurs in our backyards here in san francisco. but thankfully, we're grateful that the san francisco unified school district takes this issue very seriously and they've begun

to hold special training to educators and para professionals and administrative staff know how to identify when students might be a victim of trafficking and how to respond if they believe this is the case. one of the things that they learn is to speak up if they notice something that's out of the ordinary. this is exactly what david did. shortly after he received his training, he recognized two of his teenage students exiting a building downtown that was known for drug and sex trafficking activities. he noticed some other thin terms in the classroom as well. he wasn't at work and wasn't sure if he should report the incident or not but he listened to his gut and recalls what he learned at the training and ultimately made the decision to report what he saw. after he reported the incident, the principal worked closely with the wellness staff at the school and brought in other community resources that led to the students getting the help

that they need. so david is just the kind of educator that we need in our city and he's been working with our school district for 10 years, beginning as a para professional, working with special needs students. in his current role, working under the guidance of his principal and assistant principal and assisting linda thalimoda in tutoring math. he is interested in the para teachers program offered, which allows him to be on a pathway to become a teacher. after passing his entrance exams, david hopes to ender the program to become a high school special education teacher. i want to thank david for li listening to his instincts and standing up for his students. thank you, david, and proud to have you here to recognize today. [applause]

>> thank you, supervisor tang. and i would like to thank you and the city of san francisco and i believe in what you are trying to do with the sex trafficking and i do care about our kids. and i would like to thank deborah, my wife, for her love and support, my principal, anna clafter, assistant principal, kelly kruger, and linda salimota, who i work with very closely, and thank them for their guidance so i can become the best educator i can be. thank you. [applause]

>> supervisor breed: congratulations, again, mr. allen, and thank you, again, to are your service. give him another round of applause. [applause] that concludes our commendations for today. congratulations to all the honorees. we truly appreciate what you continue to do so make san francisco an amazing place for each and every one of us. with that, we'll return to our agenda. madam clerk, let's go to committee reports. >> clerk: item 22 considered by land use and transportation committee at a regular meeting on june 4, 2018. and forwarded as a committee report. item 22, resolution authorizing the authorization center at 1950

mission street and 20 12th street through december 31, 2021. >> supervisor breed: okay. we have a different house. madam clerk, on item 22, please call the roll. [roll call] >> clerk: there are 10 ayes. >> supervisor breed: the resolution is adopted man newsly. supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: i would like to make a motion to rescind

the item on 19. >> supervisor breed: seconded by fewer. can we take that without objection. approved. >> supervisor peskin: i would like to change that verbal amendment from january 30, 2018, to today's date, june 5, 2018, on the advice of legal counsel. >> supervisor breed: is that most appropriate since this is the first reading? does it matter, mr. givner? >> it is appropriate to capture the two development agreements that supervisor peskin was intending to capture with this amendment. yes. we recommend that today. >> supervisor breed: supervisor peskin made a motion to amend. seconded. without objection? without objection, motion approved. on the item as amended, can we take that same house, same call? >> i think we have a different house. katy is back. >> clerk: she was on the last one. >> supervisor breed: we can take it same house, same call? without objection, ordinance as

amended passes unanimously first reading. roll call for introductions. >> clerk: supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: i will speak to the resolution proudly sponsored by the female supervisors row affirming our commitment to women's access to affordable family planning, in light of u.s. department of health and human services to prohibit title 10 funding for clinics and other organizations that provide abortion or abortion-related services. and so way wanted to go on the regard again, and we've brief us willy done so. with that, i submit. >> clerk: supervisor yee. >> supervisor yee: is it okay if i co-sponsor that?

[laughter] i wanted to be sure. >> supervisor tang: all male colleagues are welcome. >> supervisor yee: i would like to co-sponsor that. i'm introducing a resolution that means a lot to my family and myself. this resolution calls upon our congress to award the congressional gold medal to chinese-americans from world war ii. last week we came together to commemorate memorial day to honor the fallen men and women who have sacrificed for the country. there are so many communities that have made contributions with little or no credit. during world war ii, more than 13,000 chinese-americans served in all branches of the military, despite having totalling only 120,000 in population, meaning over 10% of the population

served in the military during world war ii. now that meant during this time, asian-americans were faced with widespread, blatant racism and dirimination. 40% of chinese-american soldiers were not native-born. and were unable to fully naturalize until after the war ended, because the chinese exclusion act was still in effect. like many groups, chinese-americans fought for a country that refused to recognize or respect them. chinese-americans fought in all theaters of war, including in new guinea, iwo jima, philippines, italy, normandy, d-day, and battle of the bulge. this recognition effort is long overdue and part of a national movement to shed light on this very important part of the history. we currently have two

congressional bills, hr-2358, introduced by representative royce, and senate bill 1050, introduced by senator tammy duckworth, last may. however, these bills are stuck in committee. we're joining other city of councils including boston and new york to join the call to recognize the heroes of our chinese-american community and honor them with the highest commendation that congress can bestow to chinese-american world war ii veterans. we urge our congress to move swiftly, as many of these veterans are no longer alive to see this happen. and i -- i'm aware of this because when i mentioned that there was a tiger unit, segregated, flying tiger unite,

chinese-americans, there is a book that's been published to talk about this and in the book, i realizized it was my father-in-law that was in there. so i want to thank my -- i want to thank my co-sponsors, supervisor tang, fewer and kim for joining me. i also want to acknowledge the chinese-american citizens alliance and chinese-american world war ii veterans project for their leadership initiative. let us never forget the contributions of our community. let us rise together in paying our respects.

the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor yee. supervisor cohen. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. happy election day. yea! anyone else excited? no. okay. i guess it's just me. two things i want to talk about today. first of all, i want to -- i'm calling for an audit for the independent investigations bureau, also known as the iib, which is housed in the district attorney's office. the d.a. is our chief law enforcement officer and with this audit will help us bring greater transparency and accountability in officer-involved shootings. you see, what is going on, there is $2.7 million that this body has allocated to this bureau to

provide an independent investigation every time an officer discharges his or her weapon. and i believe that it's time for us to call for a thorough review of how and where and when this money is being spent. recently, as you know, district attorney determined that he was unable to charge the officers in the mario woods and luis gogora-pat shootings. the purpose of iib is to "evaluate the evidence to determine whether an officer has violated the legal standard of objective reasonableness by discharging their weapon." i want to understand how it is objectively reasonable to shoot someone 21 times. in the case of mario woods and in the case of luis gogora-pat, why did it take 2 1/2 years to

announce the decision not to charge the officers? are these investigations bg conducted in the most efficient manner? how is necessary evidence gathered to proceed with investigations or are we just chasing a pipe dream? is there no way to hold police officers accountable? these are some of the questions that i will be looking for to determine the answers. despite allocating millions of dollars to the district attorney's office to investigate officer-involved shootings, we still don't have the answer to this simple question -- do we hold police officers to a different standard of justice than the ones we hold other citizens? this audit will help us examine the policies and procedures that are followed in the investigation so we can take the necessary steps to address continued police violence. thank you. if anyone would like to join me in this request for an audit and a review, please don't hesitate

to add your name. the second piece i would like to discuss today is i'm introducing the cannabis tax legislation for the november ballot. many of you know i'e spent a considerable amount of time developing the equity program and working with our office of cannabis. and for several months, i've worked with the cannabis tax working group calling the cannabis legalization task force and meeting with in dustry and community stake holders. in building the tax, it was important that the city maintain patient access through the compassionate care framework. that is why we're leaving medical cannabis untaxed in san francisco. and that's why i want to acknowledge my colleague, supervisor sheehy, who has been a very, very strong, fervent supporter of this notion and the tax will reflect that. we want to incentivize what

we're calling upstream businesses, like manufacturing in san francisco, ensuring that made in sf continues to be a possibility and keeping it in our city and council. it features a small business exemption and a tiered rate that differentiates between retail and upstream businesses. we recognize the challenge of starting up in an entirely new industry in san francisco, and quite frankly, watched our neighbors struggle with an overly burdensome 10% rate, crowding out well-intended operators. as we bring a complicated permit fee structure on-line, we want to make sure that we are not

being overburdensome to those that try to play by the rules. we also want to be mindful that we're not giving competitive advantage of those that operate in the shadows and operate illegally. we delayed the tax implementation until 2020, giving operators the space to grow, while we as a city prioritize bringing all operators into the sunlight and into compliance. i want to thank the members of the task working group, mo jameel and scott weber. and also from the mayor's office, amika chadry, and supervisor jeff sheehy and my legislative aide. also recognizing nicole wheaton, who has been instrumental -- excuse me, nicole elliott, from the office of cannabis. i look forward to your support on this measure.

we'll continue discussions and will have more discussions in july and hopefully this will appear on the november ballot this year. thank you. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor cohen. supervisor fewer. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. i'm introducing an in memoriam for kathleen russell, who captured the two spirit of a san franciscan. she was sm ki free spirited, supported local politics and organization, was a champion for animals, gave to those less fortunate and wanted everyone to be treated fairly and humanely. kathleen was an avid gardener and would literally stop and smell the roses in and around our glorious city parks and open spaces as she truly enjoyed living in the magical city she called home for 40 years. she walked the city every day with her terrier grace. she greeted everyone she met with love and light. she gave her time and beauty to

all and was beloved by the community. in 2014, kathleen was awarded the unsung hero award from san francisco beautiful to the daily care she gave to a garden on fulton and stanton. that he maintained this area as it was outside of the focus of the gardener. she even carried plants to her home across the street during droughts. kathleen was honored by the san francisco spca for her 30-plus years of selfless dedication to animals in their care and for her ongoing participation in the animal assisted therapy program. through this program, kathleen and grace comforted patients in hospitals, nursing homes, senior centers and psychiatric facilities in the bay area. as a longstanding member of the california academy of sciences and the legion of honor,

kathleen enjoyed visiting the rotating exhibits and would spend hours contemplating each work of art and shared the san francisco gems with many of the out of town guests when they visited. kathleen was proud to call san francisco her home and san francisco with all of its beauty and charm was an even better place for having kathleen as one of its own. she passed away in her home march 12, 2018, and will be rememberedrly b her community. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor fewer. supervisor kim. supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam clerk. i would like to join supervisor ronen in an in memoriam, which she will speak to for the passing at the age of 75 the incredible artist and person renee yanez. and then i want it say that i'm

pleased to be introducing legislation today co-sponsored with mayor farrell to help accommodate some of the critical mixed-use and office development that will continue to provide a host of benefits for san francisco's growing neighborhoods without undoing the important policies of 1986 marked growth protections proposition m. i've discussed this matter with supervisor kim and hope she, too, will be a co-sponsor. prop m assured that office creep did not decimate housing or decent dece decentivize what could be housing. it will allow 1.3 million square feet of office space previously converted to residential use to be reallocated it our office space as commercial space is available to be developed, which

will pave the way for critical projects, including the preservation and rehabilitation of our world-renowned historic flower mart south of market. and the rest i will submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor peskin. supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: yonk. today of have three items before the in memoriam. first, request for a hearing on the planning department's six-month report on zoning controls in the mission. i'm looking forward to hearing back from the community as we contemplate the more permanent controls. second, an amendment to the police code article 43, which regulates harassment-free access to reproductive health facilities. my office has been working with planned parenthood on valencia to protect women as they have to run the gauntlet of harassment heyry to get health services. it requires police to require a

written warning before requiring dispersal of a gathering. this is an anomaly and not found anywhere else in the police code. so i'm amending the law to make it standard. lastly, i'm introducing a resolution in opposition something on the ballot that would raise new hurdles for jurisdictions to generate revenue through taxes and fees the american beverage foundation has funded this to the tune of $4 million so far, as well as the california business roundtable. it would undo the decision to eliminate the super majority requirement for initiatives based on the ballot through voter petitions, but would tie our hands for requiring a 2/3 majority for all new taxes, special or general, including retro active to petitions on

today's ballot. t would eliminate the ability of cities to put a tax measure on the ballot without a 2/3 board of supervisors vote. and it would create a burden on departments that depend on fees by requiring that they be calculated on actual costs rather than reasonable costs. the california league of cities is opposing this measure and other cities are passing similar resolutions. i want to thank the city attorney's office for flagging this and to supervisors fewer and sheehy for co-sponsoring. very sadly with supervisor peskin -- thank you. this is because today's election day and i've gotten no sleep whatsoever. sorry, my dear colleague. i would like to close today's meeting in honor of renee yanez, dedicated artist, activist and patron of the arts in the mission. he passed away may 29 at the age of 75. when he was just a child,

remember yes and his family moved from tijuana to san diego. before he could enroll in art school, renee was dra into the vietnam war, where he was assigned to a medical unit. during his downtime, he sketched. what seemed to be an interruption in his life, turned into a formative moment when a lieutenant noticed his sketches and persuaded him to work with servicemen suffering from ptsd, where he could use his art to help them deal with trauma and violence of the war many this is where renee began to understand the power of art. this continued as renee witnessed the civil rights movement unfold firsthand. like many, he saw peaceful protesters beaten for participating in sit-in protests. as he would later recount, there was so much hate, "it affected my being. it politicized me. when i got back, i had a different view on art." after being discharged from the military in the mid '60s, renee

invested his time to making art and giving voice to the mexican-americans in the bay area. he enrolled in the san francisco art institute in 1970. renee wor o his most significant projects here in san francisco. alongside several other mexican-american artists, he helped to found a cultural institution in the mission district. in 1972, he brought the traditional mexican holiday through art installations, which shape how the holiday is celebrated in our city. and helped countless artists make their way in the city, g fin hopeful creators and nurturing and developing their talents. 7 saw his work as the distinctiveness of mexican culture, not totally mexican, not totally american, but its

own character. "i came to realize that not everything that happens in this country is hybrid. it's not totally pure. in fact, we're creating the culture here." he's been a creative force in the san ayci area for decades, renee himself was an credib modest man. he told an interviewer that more than anything he wants to be remembered for how lucky he was to have such good friends. fittingly, he spent the last weeks of his life surrounded by close, dear friends. the city of san francisco is honored to carry forward his powerful legacy. may you rest in peace and power, renee yanez. the rest i submit. >> clerk: supervisor sheehy? mr. chair, seeing no other names on the roster, that concludes our roll call for introductions. >> thank you. please call public comment. >> clerk: and this time, the

public may address the board up to 2 minutes within april 24, may 1 minutes and may 3 special meeting of budget and finance, and items 25-31 on the adoption without reference to committee calendar items. public comment is not allowed when an item was previously in public comment at a board committee or new or unfinished business. direct your remarks to the board as a whole, not to individual supervisors and not to the audience. speakers using interpretation assistance will be allowed twice the time. thank you. first speaker, please. >> before i talk, i would like to give my message to supervisor kim. [speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign language] >> ed lee, he lost his life. [speaking foreign language]

ladies and gentlemen, i would like to give my message to every one of you. today is the last day for our mayor and a new day for the new mayor who will be man or woman. doesn't matter to me. doesn't matter to all of us. we need a mayor that is strong. he can understand and have courage to clean san francisco from the drug dealers and drug addicts. i would like to let everyone know that we need someone who can understand how we can treat us. without any of that [beep]. we see a lot of [beep].

and we see some overs talk about, we do this. we do that. we don't need more [beep]. the [beep] we are full about it. ladies and gentlemen, before i leave my spot, i would like to tell you, congratulations to anyone who is going to be supervisor or to be mayor today. congratulations to mr. newsom. thank you very much. and god bless you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm peter warfield, executive director of library users association. the library desperately needs accountability. i want to thank budget and finance committee for its questions and comments to the

library during budget hearings and i hope you will continue to critique and question things that the library is doing. last week, the library commission approved a change in hours that chops 15 hours from the evening hours that the library is open. those, in fact, are the hours that patrons have said they most want more of. the evening hours are 8:00 to 9:00 and in one case, 7:00 to 9:00, at golden gate valley, merced, north beach, presidio, richmond, sunset and western addition. and three of those are losing an hour each from all of their evening hours. two of two evenings at ansa, north beach and three of three

at sunset, losing one hour in closing at 8:00, instead of 9:00. it's the exact opposite of the surveys that the public wanted many the public said they were 51% in favor of more evenings or later hours. only 32% wanted more morning or early hours or weekend hours. and yet all of the cuts and no adds are being provided at the -- in the opposite way of what the folks had said. there are alternatives to this and i will have ideas of how to allocate the rfid member to get more hours, find fee systems -- >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> i'm particularly solemn occasions in the old testament, you could put your hand -- you would swear to the lord your god, and i don't take what i'm

going to say lightly, and i will put my hand on the bible. i guess you put your left hahn on the bible and you raise your right hand and i acknowledge, of course, the presence of the almighty here. if i'm going to lie to you, i'm in big trouble. i swear to the lordod o abraham, isaac and jacob, that what you are going to hear is not a lie. it's true and it happened to me yesterday, okay? i was praying in the graveyard for direction, because steam master didn't have any carpets to clean. so i went out to tell people about christ. i drive in front of this house, okay? i get out of the house and i notice a sign that says "hate has no home here." [please stand by]

it will be interesting. god is god and the word of god isn't changed because we are selfish and do what we want to do -- >> thank you, next speaker, please.

>> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is thomas mcdonough. 15 mission garages owned by the city and county of san francisco. the city is contracted out to a parking operator true on what may be the biggest parking garage in the city. the parking garage is located in what is considered a safe and desirable neighborhood. my car has been broken into three times in that location, car has been damaged and valuable items have been stolen. i believe the property owner is negligent. it's a problem the management is extracting as much money as they can from a trusting public and they are minimizing costs by cutting back on such basic elementary things such as security. i think their contracts are being immediately cancelled you should seek a contractor who does business in a responsible manner. in my work as a tour guide i

represent san francisco as a great city to visit, do i need to adjust my presentation and inform global travelers that san francisco's under belly is falling apart at the seams, welcome to the wild west. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> thank you, madam clerk. [speaking foreign language]

a state is reay a state. the government of the affairs of the people when they are administered well and according to rules of justice by a king or principled persons of the state or whole body of the people but when the king is unjust which i call a tyrant or the principle persons are unjust and by agreeing together form a faction, or even the body of the people are unjust, an abuse for which there is no name i know of, be called a tyrany of people from the moment they are unjust because they are no longer a multitude of people united by a community of rights and interests.

>> madam clerk? >> good afternoon, john william templeton. san francisco is the most segregated construction market in the country. there are about 120,000 construction workers in area, only 600 african americans from san francisco working in the industry and the proposed project labor agreement would make it worse. there's a new class of litigation that looks at the impact of public policy on creating equity that uses the 1981 ku klux klan act. and to move forward on this without adequate public representation and comment is going to leave the city with exposure on that and a number of other issues so we urge you to take the time to make sure

that all the perspectives of ending discrimination in the industry are taken into account. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> thank you, board of supervisors, my name is mr. jacobs for civil rights in the san francisco bay area, we represent women and minority owned firms. we urge you to vote no on item 28 regarding fast tracking the project labor agreement ordinance. fast tracking this consequential ordinance authored by the now acting mayor disregards concerns for women and minority contractors. we are not asking you to oppose the p.l.a. ordinance at this time, we are asking you to give the most vulnerable contractors time to participate in the process. the city's capital plan calls for $35 billion in capital improvements over the next nine years.

this presents a tremendous opportunity to achieve contracting equity for disadvantaged vulnerable communities. let's take the time to get this right. please keep this ordinance in the g.a.o. community and let's have a full and fair vetting of the proposed ordinance. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, board of supervisors. my name is doug parrish, the president and c.e.o. of red dipper. we are an l.b.e.d.b.e.s.b.e. small electrical contracting company. we recently got our contractors' license and we asked the board to vote no on item 28. the motion to advance the citywide p.l.a. ordinance to a full board vote this should not be fasttracked under the tenure of an appointmented care taker

mayor, mayor farrell was placed until san franciscans were able to elect a new mayor. rushing through legislation that will touch on billions of contract dollars is undemocratics and violates the due process that should be granted to the smaller minority and women contractors. it will leapfrog the process of committee hearings, not conducive to i a meaningful process of working with minority contractors to find the right minimum threshold to ensure that we and others have an opportunity to get their foot in the door. we respectfully ask you to take action that will allow them to participate fully in the legislative process.

as currently drafted we are highly concerned the proposed ordinance will result in harm to communities of color. we ask for due process and fair consideration for the interests of minority, women and small contractors. lastly i just want to point out there's a current complaint with the san francisco unified school district, the city is subject to a civil rights complaint related to s.f. -- >> thank you for your comments. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> hello, miguel golares with -- engineering. i've had the opportunity to talk to many of you about p.l.a. and i stand before you recognizing the previous people who stood before you and talked about different activities regarding the community. and in talking to some of you supervisors recognize i was getting feedback that the

community was asking for too much that the p.l.a. was too big of a deal for the community to ask for and i said to myself when doris ward sat here and said the community of color wasn't getting their fair share, was she asking for too much? when she can with asian inc was dealing with discrimination with asian housing, was he asking too much, when our brothers and sisters in l.g.b.t. community asking for benefits were they asking for too much? i say to you that we're not asking for anything. these are the rights we have been given from this board to the community. what is being asked is for things to be taken away and that's not fair that'not right. not without due process. this city is a light tower and a beacon of light that shines throughout the country that this country follows what we do.

unfortunately december 12th, our beacon of light was extinguished and we are waiting the next few days we will have a new beacon of light that will give us hope and opportunity to pass a p.l.a. that works for all. please defer this and vote no on 28. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon my name is nina [inaudible] with [inaudible] i would like to express our objection to the proposed p.l.a. ordinance that public project is discriminated against small contractor. the ordinance take employment opportunity away from the san francisco residents.

the audience ordinance will discriminate against non union. this was put together hastily without asking for any feedback just like an executive order. it's hastily put together given benefit to union contractors without any regard to what happen to the rest of the small business contractor. i suggest the city should adapt a $25 million contract threshold that obama used for all federal construction contracts. before the contract should be p.l.a. contract.

this is successful -- of a community be success. the assistant program do not push to request the member have to be union and it's benefit to all small business and not only a few. i would like to please vote no on number 28 p.l.a. ordinance. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hi, good afternoon, my name is may -- i'm here to tell all the supervisors for no for p.l.a. i'm a single mother of two little kids. i'm currently working as a laborerer worker to support my two babies. if all citywide project requires p.l.a. requirement then my employer will reduce my hours deeply. and they have no choice and

only hire union workers. how will i maintain income for my family. the union workers could be from other states not from this local. it's very unfair for us who live and grew up in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon president breed, supervisors safai, ronen, peskin, sheehy, ronan yee -- we work closely with asian american contractors association. this morning i sent the following email to supervisor jane kim, i'm pleased to have known you and been your constituent for years. hello supervisor kim, we are highly concerned about item 28 on today's b.o.s. agenda.

we ask that you exercise your discretion to schedule a hearing on the matter at june 20th audit and oversight committee. a forum in partnership with asian contractors association, you address the p.l.a. issue as follows. the p.l.a. has not been passed yet. we are currently in discussions about the right size for public works projects. i look forward to working with you on figuring out the right size to open opportunities and doors for contractors and employees who tend to be people of color, end quote. fast tracking the legislation by allowing it to leapfrog the community you chair is not conducive to a meaningful process of working with minority contractors to find the right minimum threshold to ensure they have an opportunity to get their foot in the door, therefore we respectfully ask you take actions that permit

minority contractors and their employees to participate fully in this legislative process and i wish you all a happy election day, a celebration of democracy. let us celebrate democracy by ensuring full due process of our constituents here. as currently drafted we are highly concerned -- >> thank you for your comments. next speaker? >> good afternoon board of supervisors, my name is michael moao. i'm part of the leadership team. i would like to echo the comments of the previous speakers. we believe the board should vote no on item 28 to advance the proposed citywide p.l.a. ordinance to a full vote of the board. in essence fast tracking this legislation and bypassing the committee hearings and having debate at that level, we

believe it lacks transparency, it lacks due process, it's just not the right way to pass legislation that is this important that will affect so many people, so many businesses here in san francisco. the small business community always understood that this legislation will have that full debate and would allow a process to reach out to our small business community. we don't think that's happened. as well as a.e.c.a. i'm also a member of san francisco council district merchants association, south of market business association. it's not even on s.a.m.b.a.'s radar or merchant group, mall business groups in san francisco. so if that reach-out has occurred i think that's a fundamental flaw. there's a reason why it should not be fasttracked. lastly i would indicate that appeal a. is a complicated process.

it's always merited comments pro's and con's. the board has read the ordinance and familiar with the pro's and con's from the board side and the other side, unless you know both sides it should not be approved and we ask you to vote no on item 28. >> thaechblg you for your comphepts. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, i'm president of a small business located in the bayview area. rhyme here in a humble way to ask you slow down what seems to be a fasttracked process on legislation. i consider myself semi successful in this business but it's not because i had a level playing field that i successfully navigated. it was tough. and i believe this type of legislation reduces, not

expands the pool of companies like myself. you are looking for a small and robust pool of small businesses that will some day come, will also contribute to becoming dues-paying members. so we all want the same thing. we believe that to fast track this process is probably not going to get you where you want to be. i would advocate we really take the time to look at the impact and anything that at the end of the day reduces the number of businesses that are out there is not really what you want to do and i believe with data you will see this is exactly what will happen. so again, i ask that you would really consider the impacts of what this legislation will do. >> thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker? >> hello, my name is charles

jones wideman construction. it's a little emotional right now. but i want to share this one thing with you. i sat up here for the very first time and i heard everyone's fight. everyone had a fight they were presenting. now we need you all to fight with us. or i'm out of business. what am i going to tell my kids and my community? this is going to affect everyone. we need you all to have a heart and dot right thing. america can be great, it's just through san francisco, let's go, we need you, slow it down. it's all right, slow it down. i'm planning on going union one day. right now the city doesn't pay, it takes 2-3 months to get paid, the union want their money every month or it's off with your head or they need to start a program we can guide small businesses to become successful in the union. we need you all to slow it down, please. thank you. >> thank you for your comments.

next speaker. >> good afternoon president proceed and members of the san francisco board of supervisors, nicole, we represent several large small diverse minority companies in san

stockton, san leandro. this is a terrible policy, i would encourage you to vote no on item 28 today. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors, president breed, supervisor fewer, supervisor yee,

supervisor tang, supervisor kim, supervisor peskin, supervisor ronen and the rest of our board of supervisors. my name is baird fong. i'm a fourth generation san franciscan. i have had the privilege of serving the city through the san francisco human rights commission from 1983 to last june of 2017. as a contract compliance officer. in my role going back to '83 we got complaints from minority-owned firms they weren't getting access to contracting. so the board of supervisors called for a study. the study took a good year to find out what was happening to city contracts for the year '83-'84. they found less than 2% of all

contracts were going to minority and women-owned firms. we need to establish an ordinance to make this system more fair. from that period on growing 12-d, 12-d-a, 14 a, 14 b with every effort to increase their opportunity to grow and develop. through help of the h.r.c. there will be an advisory committee, a lot of input and growth over the years. the community strongly encourages taking out the obstacles for inclusion of asian pacific islanders, black and latino businesses. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker?

>> i'm a certified small business by the state of california. i'm a woman-owned business. i have been in business for over 15 years. and during that time i have always had at least two install crews here in san francisco. i built the prospect, part of the prospect and i finished a china live. i finish on time. i finish on budget. and my crews are safe. i hire my staff and my employees from san francisco, not necessarily all of them but i look in san francisco first. i train your local workforce. i'm a merit shop. i'm not signatory to a union.