>> it's around the iroquois nation's separations of government. i voiced these concerns in the newspaper.

they are not concerns -- this is not disrespectful, but i think that we all need to take note. the iroquois nation ultimately, our federal state and local system of government, and those separations here between the legislative and executive branch, is what makes the city and this country one of the greatest in the world. i am disappointed. i understand it is legal. i understand it is politics. but i am disappointed. i don't check for the record, think it's necessary that the president to be stepping down today. i don't think it's inclusive. i don't think it's democracy at its best. i want to put that on the record. it is legal, it is legitimate. it is politics. it is not the end of the world. but i think it kind of undermines separations between the legislative and executive

branch. and i totally understand why, in the instance of the board of supervisors president, why an individual can vote for him or how self. because unlike in the case of the mare which we experienced on january 23rd, there is a pay raise involved, we were advised. there is no conflict in voting for oneself. what i am taking issue with, is it seems a little inappropriate for the outgoing mayor elect to be voting for the chief of thiss legislative branch. and i mean no disrespect, supervisor breed. i wanted to say that. it is important it be said and recorded for posterity. having said that, i think all ten of us, and whoever the new incoming supervisor -- we have to watch what incoming, one from district eight and whoever comes from district five, we will, as

we have in the past, continue to work together and do so with respect for the betterment of san francisco. >> thank you supervisor peskin for your comments. i too was disappointed in what had occurred in january, and in order to move our city forward, it is important we move past the arguments and the petty politics for the purposes of doing the job necessary to make sure that we move our city forward. i think it's irresponsible to leave a gap in the presidency, especially after what had occurred with our mayor and what we experienced, which none of us anticipated. as you said, it is perfectly legal, despite the decision in january that was perfectly legal. we may not agree on how, and the results of the decisions, but ultimately i hope we can agree that the work of sam spence -- san francisco needs to get done and we need to move forward to. it is a very short time. so there will be an opportunity

to elect another board president in january of 2019. thank you for your comments. >> thank you. i will make a nomination today, but i will not comment on this issue. but after supervisor peskin made his statement, i think it is extraordinary that we've never had a case in which the mayor elect does get to participate in the voting process for the head of another branch of government. that is what it is in today's vote. i want to take this opportunity to nominate a colleague of mine who i came in in the class of 2010. we have spent eight years, close to eight years working together. i really have to say it. we have both grown so much on this board. in fact, we really spent our doubt -- adult life serving on

the board of supervisors together. we are the same age and we went through many of the challenges that occur when you join an elected office that can be, at many times, unpredictable, challenging, and rambunctious. sometimes a little mean but also incredible. incredibly great. i have really enjoyed watching supervisor melia :-colon develop and grow as a public servant, and as an elected leader over the past eight years. it has my pleasure to serve with you and i'm so glad we came on board together as tw to what the young women of colour, that wanted to serve our communities, and i still remember the day that sharon hewitt introduced us. in 2,009 she said that -- she came up to me and she said you both need to support one another. and i remember sharon because of how persistent she was in

insisting that communities of other art -- color are together. we cannot win when we are divided. we cannot win when we fight over scraps. we can only win when we are in coalition with each other. i remember the class that she used to coteach with my former boss at chinatown community involvement centre, and the work that they so intentionally dead to bring our community together. i still hold those words dear to my heart today. it was an incredible loss for both of us and many of us were in this room when she passed away in january. she has proved yourself as chair of the budget committee over the last two years, and as many members of the public have noted, has been an inedle advocate in taking on one of the most difficult issues in this country today. which is how local police work and how we can ensure everyone feel safer when they see a police officer walking down the street. and what that actually means.

i think that that is an ambitious goal, a challenging goal, but when you have truly taken on. many of us have shied away from it because it is a difficult issue. i want to appreciate how much you've studied this issue and what an advocate you have beco become. it has been incredible to watch you at both committees and advocating on this issue, among with many others. i would like to nominate my colleague here today for the president of the board for the remaining six months of this term. >> k. supervisor kim has nominated supervisor cohen. >> thank you. i also wanted to just briefly mentioned that i do think it is a shame that today the duly elected incoming supervisor of district eight won't be able to participate in this vote for who will serve as a first president in his first six months of the term. i just want to note that, you

know, this was a very close mayoral election. as i've congratulated president-elect breed on her absolutely fair when, i do think that the city is one that is a very divided. i'm just really hoping that we are going to be able to work together in that cooperative spirit that you have definitely, at you want to work in that spirit, and so do i., moving forward. so that we can bring the city together and we can work on these tough issues that we have to solve. that the city expects us to solve. i'm looking forward to that. i also wanted to talk a minute about supervisor cohen who i will be supporting as the next board president. supervisor cohen and i have a balk at times, and we've also been great allies at times.

you are tough, she's tough, she's passionate, and she is professionally spontaneous. something we don't always get from political figures. and supervisor cohen has taken some righteous -- righteous stands on issues that are important to me. she has been a clear voice on the need to protect immigrants and has fought against the weakening of local sanctuary city laws on several occasions before donald trump made it popular to do so. i want to no that. that is important. she was there with us a long time ago. when many people were not. i will always, always deeply appreciate that. she has been a strong and meaningful advocate for police reform, as we have heard from many of the public commenters today. she hasn't been afraid to stand up to the police officers association when they tried to bully her, and she has voted with the so-called progressives on more than one occasion to ensure a strong independent

police commissions. that means a lot. supervisor cohen has also been a leader on ensuring equity goals are met in the emerging cannabis industry, and that is something i know means a lot to many of us on this board of supervisors. i believe that in this time of great change in our city, not just great change in the mayor's office, but also on the board of supervisors, where we wihave at least five new colleagues in a very short period of time, that as we are transitioning after a tough election season, and another tough one, in just a few months, that supervisor cohen will provide the ability that this body needs after quite a tumultuous time in the city. so it would be my great pleasure today to be supporting the nomination of supervisor cohen for the next board president s see. >> thank you.

>> thank you. it is an honor to support a friend of mine that i have known for almost 15 years. someone that we started our political journey together on a campaign for mayor and here we are. congratulating our new mayor elect. i think that this transition is appropriate. it is timely. we have an opportunity to bring this board together in a unanimous way. in a conciliatory way. i thank -- i think supervisor cohen has the lead on some important issues. i want to highlight two that are near and dear to my heart. the idea of taking on multiple multibillion-dollar industries, one being the beverage industry, one that has chosen to single out, consistently, communities of color in their marketing, in their design, in their ability to try and bring in new customers, i think that was a heroic effort. i really, really congratulate

you on that and how important that is added to the lasting effects it will have. we are beginning to see that. we are beginning to see water stations put in. i can attest to my own child he was in kindergarten and second grade. seeing the entire culture of the way we view sugary beverages change in front of my eyes. you are a big part of that. that will have a lasting effect on not just san francisco, but our entire state. secondly, another multibillion-dollar industry, the tobacco industry. it is another one that has singled out communities of color, particularly in the african-american community. through marketing, design, menthol cigarettes, flavoured tobacco, with all the things that we learned about. i was proud to cosponsor the legislation with you. truly, it was a learning process. we learned that if you don't become a cigarette smoker by the age of 18 or 19 or 20, you will never become a cigarette smoker. that is what this campaign and

this fight was all about. and she led that. those are two things that show a lasting -- that will have a lasting impact on san francisco, but also show the ability to lead and lead on important issues where others were not able to lead to, and to challenge multibillion-dollar industries. i'm proud today to support you as my friend, and as my colleague. >> thank you. >> thank you. this with the lot be the last time i get to say president reed. you know, supervisor cohen probably doesn't remember this. but i met her the first time -- this was in an elementary school. i don't know if you remember that. no, you don't. i was on the school board at the time. you know, when you choose to

speak later, you begin to run out of things to say that other people haven't said already. i think all those issues that my colleagues have already pointed out, issues that you can lead on, are very commendable. i certainly have senior leadership, and i've seen you grow, also, from the time of this elementary school until now. i guess, one of the things that nobody has mentioned yet, i think you should get some credit for also, is the joint forces to support the seniors and passing the dignity fund. was at last year? or three years ago? in your leadership, i've been a really, really -- happy with your leadership being the budget

chair. i've seen you -- what you learned from last year and applied it to lap -- this year. it has made such a difference in how you've grown and so forth. and i think part of why i will support, why i want to support you as i've seen the leadership that you display. not only on the budget committee but also on certain issues, in particular, asking questions about what the police department is doing and not doing and what they should be doing. i think you constantly stand up to a very hard set of issues with the police department, and i think becauseyore at strength in that, hopefully in the next six months, we can continue to move forward. i'm happy to support you for president. >> thank you.

>> thank you president to breed. i wasn't going to say anything, but it is so rare of an opportunity that we actually give praise to the people who serve on this board. i think public service is so difficult. it's one of the things i think i've learned of being on this board that it is a very hard job. it is a job that you take home with you every night,d you really don't ever shake it off, even on vacation. i will say that i have really grown to respect the leadership of it supervisor cohen. i think that what i particularly like about her is that she has integrity. she has courage. it is so lacking in so many politicians and elected officials. she has a moral -- the moral courage to stand out. i think when you see someone be

strong and courageous, it allows you also to look within yourself to find your own courage to make the right decisions. and i think she should be recognized for these groundbreaking -- this groundbreaking legislation that she has authored. it is true about the soda facts -- tax. the sugary beverage tax. she just bought the tobacco industry. she will serve us well as a board president and she will serve us well on the board of equalization next year. i really like the fact that if she is not that nice to me, i say to her, you know, that's not nice and she apologizes. but then i really appreciate that sometimes she is not so nice to those people that actually are really not nice to people too. i look at her and i say, yeah, you go girl. and then i just want to say, during that hearing on hunter's point shipyard, completely inspired by your courage, but

also your ability to really nail them on what they have not done for your community, and i just have to say, that i think this next six months withou as our board president, i hope to learn more from you. i hope to also serve you as a member of this board, and i wish you a lot of luck. i think that you will serve us all a very, very well, with a lot of integrity. a lot of courage. a lot of patience for how good we all can be. >> thank you. thank you. i hope you are not letting this get to your head to, now. [laughter] just kidding. all these kind words. i guess it is a preview for all of the great things we will say about you before november. you get a preview of it. i think i first met supervisor cohen when i was an intern and

you are in the mayor's office. a lot has happened to the both of us in the last decade or so. you truly know your district really well and it's a really fereicult district, with so many issues an challenges that you have to work on, addressing, responding to, but also being proactive about. i have also, like everyone else, seen you grow in this role. the chairwoman ship of the budget committee. as everyone has said, we love you speak your mind. you make us all laugh. thank you very much for your leadership and i look forward to seeing you in this board presidency. >> thank you. >> i just want to add that when i was pregnant with my daughter, i was going through the emergency program and i got a call one night and she said hi, this is supervisor cohen and i'm your mentor. she was assigned to be my mentor she has been my mentor since. you know, to have three women on this board -- three emergency

women on this board and seven women on this board, you are a fierce female leader that i look up to. i want to let you know that when i've been on the board, a very short time obviously, and i worked with you as a legislative aide. at i appreciate in you is the fact that we have not always agreed, and when i reached out to you to learn from you, you have been so kind and gracious. i think that is so important. we don't always agree on things. it is really important that when we don't, we reach out to one another and try to learn from one another and do it in a gracious way. i thank you for doing that. i just want to thank you for all the work you've done to encourage other women to run for office. you are a leader in that regard, and again, thank you for being my mentor and for canoeing -- continuing to be so today. >> thank you. i just want to say that i am really excited to move to room

200 and have the ability to work with you as a leader of this board. we've been through a number of incredible battles together over the years and i can't believe we've been able to make it this far. the challenges with the industries that you've stood up to, the challenges with issues in a very complicated community that's continuously neglected to kak how you have stood truong -- strong and tall in this chamber to defend the residents of district ten and putting them at the forefront of the decisions that you've been able to make, it has been incredible to watch. we have grown in these positions together, and your heart, i know, is not only for your district, it is for this city. i am grateful for your leadership on the budget and your leadership around cannabis, around police reform, fighting the tobacco industry, and the sugary beverage industry and all the other great things that

people had talked about on this board. it shows you have lead by example and you will continue to be a leader here in working with your colleagues and working with me and other department heads to help us move a san francisco to a better place. i couldn't think of anyone better and more deserving to serve in this capacity. i am so grateful and honoured for your leadership, your friendship and your support over the years. i'm looking forward to a day when aware -- when we are all doing a lot of great things for this city where we see and feel the difference. this is a testament today of just how well you have worked with your colleagues and how you will be a great board president to move us in the right direction. at this point, seeing no other names on the roster, i will ask, are there any other nominations? i will ask again, as required by

angela garrick are there any other denominations? there being no further nominations, nominations are closed. colleagues, is there any discussion? and we will now proceed with the election for board president. madam clerk, please present the principles for this election. >> given that there is just one name in nomination, i think we can dispense with the principles. >> thank you madam clerk. [laughter] angela breaking the rules. [laughter] all right, colleagues, army readare weready to vote? madam clerk, on the item, please call the role [roll call] >> when i call your name, and i will be calling it in a boat that we have taken today, you will mention the name in nomination you would like to see as our next board president. >> all right [roll call]

ughter madam president, there are 11 votes for supervisor cohen to be our next board president. >> congratulations to supervisor cohen, the next president of the board of supervisors. [applause] at this time, we would like to give you an opportunity to make remarks. >> ok. i have a couple remarks. i had thoughts organized but when i listen to you all speak, there's a few things i need to correct. [laughter] >> first of all i want to say thank you very much.

it is such a tremendous honor for me to be elected unanimously. i know how difficult that it is for this body to make unanimous votes. i'm grateful for the kind words. kt, it did not go to my head, but it went to my heart. i want to say to the members of the public out there that, you know, i've made a heck of a career being everyone's second choice. [laughter] everybody's second choice. [laughter] and this has been an amazing ride. i will say my last remarks for december. but i want to stay a couple things. supervisor kim, i remember sharing -- she was sharing that when you we were put together other other times wheand there i would come home crying to shar sharon. and she said, it doesn't matter. she's your sister. that has truly been ingrained. it is true. when you think about it, we do

rise above it. the sisterhood is absolutely strong, and you guys touched on it a bit. you are able to lift people where they are. and help people along. i want you an acknowledge everye who has been with me from the beginning. this has been a tremendous ity.ow i when i was elected and have been growing in a very public forum ever since. i really want to also recognize my staff. my staff and interns from the past and in the present that have helped me get here. and of course, mom and dad. at home they are watching. and i will go back to my prepared remarks so i can keep it together. [laughter] ok. in the meantime i'm excited to work with all of you in this new role. i want to start with the clerk

of the board. happy birthday. you've been tremendous help to me. not only in the budget but as a young elected trying to find her way in the world of politicsn san francisco. and of course, our deputy city attorney who always provides excellent counsel to me even though i sometimes need to take a second opinion. [laughter] it is never personal but it is always fun, i tell you. i want to also let the supervisors know that this is going to be a house that is going to always stand strong and fight for democracy and keep a san francisco first of mind. no matter who sits up there or who sits in the mayor's office. that is the charge of the oath we take the day we aresworn in. i am grateful that you have seen enough in me in my character to elect me to serve the last remainder of this year as board

president. the past several months, seven to be specific, have been very difficult to get through. each of us have been in the leadership role in navigating our friends, our family, our constituents through the tumultuous choppy waters since the passing of ed lee. thank you. thank you for your unwavering service and i look forward to standing shoulder to shoulder with everyone to do my part to continue to improve on the lives and the citizens of all of san francisco. thank you very much. [applause] >> all right. thank you very much. ok. well at the end of this meeting, i will no longer be president, but i am honored to have served in this capacity, and i am so

grateful that supervisor cohen has stepped up to the plate and you are all going to be in good hands. i will be at the meeting next week for sure as well because i will still be on the board of supervisors until then. >> week after next. >> the board is on recess, to have a wonderful 4th of july holiday, and we will see you all on july 10th. with a bat, madam clerk, please read the in memoriam. >> given that there are no in memoriam's cemented today, i want to say thank you for your service to the department. we in the clerk's office have grown a lot working with you and we appreciate all of your service and we don't -- don't forget us when you go to the mayor's office. congratulations to you. >> i will still send you my time, angela kak with the bat, seeing no other things on the roster, madam clerk, are there any other items before us today? >> that concludes our business

for today. >> we are adjourned.

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>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting for tuesday, june 26, 2018. madame clerk, please call the roll. >> thank you, madame president. [roll call]

>> madame president, you have a quorum. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. please join us for the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisable with liberty and justice for all. ok. thank you, madame clerk. are there any communications? >> yes. there is one to report. this is mostly for the members of the public as the board of supervisors is aware. we are in receipt of a communication dated june 20, 2018. from president linden breed resigning the office of board president. effective at the end of today's regularly scheduled meeting, june 26, 2018. and as required by charter section 2.116 and board rule 6.1.1, items 53 through 55 are on today's agenda so the board may consider nominations to take public comment on the

nomination and to conduct an election for the next board president to become effective at adjournment. >> thank you. colleagues, is there a motion to approve the minutes for may 22, 2018? moved by supervisor tang. second by supervisor sheehy. can we take that without objection? without objection, those meeting minutes will be aproved after public comment. [gavel sounds] all right, madame clerk, let's go to our first item. >> special order at 2:00 p. is an appearance by the honorable mark farrell. no questions submitted from supervisors representing districts one through four. the may yar may now address the board for up to five minutes. >> thank you, mr. mayor. welcome to the board chamber. you have the floor. >> thank you, president breed. mayor-elect breed. good afternoon, everyone. happy to be here once again and for the final time speaking with you as mayor during our

monthly question time program. i'm going to be short today. but i just wanted to say that for the past seven and a half years, being able to serve the residents of san francisco truly has been an honor as someone like many of us serving in this chamber, who's born and raised in san francisco, it really is impossible to state how significant it has been and what an honor it has been. as a youngster, i never would have been able to imagine that i would come into the building every day for more than seven years working on issues that matter most to san francisco residents, to our businesses and to our visitors here in san francisco. you know, first of all, to represent the residents of district two, the neighborhoods that i was born and raised in was an incredible honor. and these past six months have been incredibly special as your mayor. i've had the honor of working closely with so many people who care so passionately about the city of san francisco. on the issues and challenges that we collectively face, that we all want to address together. it's been a humbling experience and one that i will never

forget. i'm also very proud of all that we've accomplished over the past six months and i leave this office with great hope and optimism for the future of our city. because i know san frcisco will be lead a mayor who shares my compassion and dedication to this city. during these turbulent times when you face a federal administration that specializes in bigotry and cruelty and a president who preaches hateful and did advicive rhetoric, i want to make sure that i pledge my full support to mayor-elect breed and i vow to stand by the city and show the country what it means to share in san francisco values. mayor-elect breed and i have already met about the transition. i look forward to continuing to meet in the up coming week. and i have offered and commit my full support and pledge the full support of my staff to make this transition as smooth as possible. i've talked before about how everyone in the mayor's office was so incredibly kind when i came in. and i pledge to do exactly the

same and show the same hospitality for mayor breed and her administration. as i prepare to step down as mayor, i want to again extend my appreciation to the wonderful people of our city family. to the members here on our board of supervisors, our department heads, all of our wonderful public employees, and everyone else who i was fortunate enough to work with during my time here in office. it has truly been an amazing ride and i'm incredibly grateful for all who made this possible. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor. we appreciate your kind words. [applause] ok, madame clerk, let's go to the consent agenda. >> items one through nine are on consent. these items are considered routine if a member objects an item may be removed and considered separately. >> roll call vote. >> and items one through nine -- [roll call]

>> there are 11 ayes. >> those items are adopted unanimously. item number 10 please. >> and ordinance to call and provide for a special election on tuesday, november 6, 2018 for the purpose of submitting to san francisco voters a proposition for the city and counter to incur $425 million of bonded debt to finance the construction, reconstruction, acquisition, improvement, demolition, seismic strengthening and repair of the em barcadero wall.

hoe, same call?this item, same without objection, the ordinance the >> passed unanimously. madame clerk, please call items 1 and 12 together. >> item 11 is the proposed interim budgets and appropriation order nance for departments of the city and county of san francisco as of june 1, 2018 for the fiscal years ending june 30, 2019 and june 30, 2020. item 12 is the proposed interim annual salary ordinance enumerating positions in the annual budget and appropriation ordinance for the fiscal years ending june 30, 2019 and june 30, 2020. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, the ordinances finally pass unanimously. madame clerk, please read items 13 through 25 together. >> items 13 through 25 are 13 ordinances that adopt and implement various memorandum of

understanding or m.o.u.s between the city and the following union locals for ryinterms. items 13 and 14 are the m.o.u.s between the city and the firefighters union. both local 798 and unit one and unit two to be effective july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2021. item five, ordinance to adopt a decision and award of the arbitration board establishing the m.o.u. between the city and san francisco police officers association effective july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2021. item 16 and 17, the m.o.u.s between the city and municipal capex tiffs association, fire and police, effective both for july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2021. item 18, compensation for employees of the city, subject to provisions of charter section a8.409 in job codes not represented by an employee organization and establishing working schedules and other terms and conditions of employment and methods of

payment effective july 1, 2018. for items 19 and 20, an ordinance to adopt and implement number two to the 2015 through 2018m.o.u. between the city and union of american physicians and dentists. unit 17 and 18 to update certain terms and conditions of employment and to extend the terms for both m.o.o. uz through june 30, 2019. for item 21, adopts and implements amendment number six through the 2007-2018 for the city and m.o.u. local 2021 for h-1 fire rescue par ed manyics to update the language and extend the term of the m.o.u. through june 30, 2020. for items 22 and 23, adopting and implementing amendment number one to both the 2014 through 2019m.o.u. between the city and the transport workers union local 250-a and multiunit, unit 28, to implement a union access to a

new employees' program for both. and for item 24, adopting and implementing amendment number one through the 2014-2019m.o.u. between the city and craft occasion and for item 25, an ordinance to adopt and implement amendment number three to the 2014 through 2019 m.o.u. between the city and international federation of professional and technical engineers, local 21, by aed ago one-time base wage increase to classification 8240, the public safety communication coordinators effective july 1, 2018 and to appropriate $150,000 in training funds for fiscal year 2018 through 19 for a total training fund for that year of $900,000. >> all right, colleagues. can we take those items same house, same call? without objection, the items are adopted unanimously. madame clerk, item number 26. >> an ordinance to amend the planning code to eliminate discretionary review hearings

for projects that contain 100% affordable housing upon delegation by the planning commission, to provide for planning department review of large projects located in c-3 downtown commercial districts and for certain minor alterations to historical landmarks and in conservation districts to consolidate standardized and streamlined notification requirements and procedures to require newspaper notice in residential, commercial and mixed-use districts to affirm the ceqa determination and make the appropriate findings. >> supervisor p/esskin. >> thank you, madame president, colleagues can. as i discussed last week when we continued this item, the ordinance before us seeks at least in part to substantially curtail community involvement in the planning process and frankly has been shrouded and impervious to community input. as i mentioned last week, i wanted time to craft a handful

of amendments that are before you to this item that i believe mend or go a long way to mending some of the sources of consternation in this lengthy 70-page-long piece of legislation. but first i want to reiterate that these amendments i'm about to propose would preserve the streamlining of approval as for 100% affordable housing projects. and in that regard, i don't think there are two sides to this conversation, but one loud voice in agreement that we are in the midst of a housing crisis and it is incumbent upon the city to do whatever we can to facilitate the construction of 100% of affordable housing projects. i can also live with the process improvements for minor alterations to historic landmarks and large projects in the downtown c-3 zone which is district that i represent. though i'm not in the least persuaded that anyponent of this measure has met their burden of showing that these changes will alleviate enough pressure on the planning department to perform its other functions. that brings me to the broader point here.

which is that much of this ordinance seeks to solve a problem that is not about the housing cry theys we all agreed upon. but rather the fabricated problem of neighborhood and community input in the planning process. the implicit message here is that by removing opportunities for communities and neighborhoods to weigh in, we'll be able to build more housing faster. and while there may be room for improvement on some projects, there is to allow for a modicum of input and the rebuilding of badly-needed trusts in the exercises of discretion by decision-makers in this city and in the institution of government more generally. in a specific issue of land use and planning, we talk about how community and neighborhood groups exercise their discretion whether it be king of the discretionary review, the environmental review process. but we talk very little and do even less about the myriad of ways that city officials,

whether bit the planning department, m.t.a. or building department also exercise discretion and the direct and indirect harm causes the communities when that discretion is exercised, negligently or wrecklessly. when the city is in a position to exercise discretion at odds with the community and immediate surrounding neighbors, avenues for community input and review are necessary if we're going to build and maintain trust in our local democracy and ouren mraiing process. -- our planning process. for those reasons, it is incumbent on this body at this time to focus on ways to rebuild the trust in our community. while there is ample room in the agreement of this extensive ordinance, particularly as it relates to affordable housing, many provisions move us in exactly the opposite direction of building that needed trust. so, it is with that preface that i want to propose a number of amendments which we've received lots of e-mails about as well and i referenced them last week

for your consideration and i've distributed copies of the proposed amendments. f*ushs let me start by saying ey ave all of the ordinances streamlining revisions for the 100% affordable housing projects in place. 100% would be subject to add mifn tiff approval and not subject to discretionary review. 100% of affordable housing projects would be subject to planning review director for consistent si with bonus design guidelines and other applicable guidelines. 100% affordable housing projects may be granted waivers by the planning director from open space, rear yard and unit exposure requirements. the amendments would maintain the or did nanls's streamlined review of large projects located in the c-3 and certain minor alterations to historical landmarks subject to article 10 and 11 of the planning code. amendments would preserve the 30-day notice for all permit applications that are subject to 30-day neighborhood notice in the current planning code in sections 311 and 312.

this includes permit applications for changes of use, establishment of formula retail, establishment of m.c.d. use and significant residential construction promises, for example demolitions, entirely new construction and removal of residential units. pop-outs, which i think is a term of art and not of science, but extensions into the rear yard, up to 12 horizontal feet and two stories tall in the rear yard, planning code section 136-c would remain subject to 30-day neighborhood notice. these amendments are subject to all other permit applications to standard 20-day neighborhood notice and the other notice procedures set forth in planning code section 333. finally, it maintains the existing resin by 17 plan notice which communities fought for for many, many years so they could actually see plans that were meaningful wrather than the shrunken ones that

used to appear on eight by 10 pieces of paper and establish online notice for all permit applications. with, that i believe supervisor ronen has an additional amendment that she spoke to last week and she would like to propose. otherwise, colleagues, i thank you for your support. >> supervisor peskin has made a motion to amend. is there a second? seconded by supervisor ronen. supervisor ronen. >> thank you. yes. i want to thank supervisor peskin and the additional moment that i spoke about last week has to do with language access. many of my district's constituents are mon low english, chinese or spanish speakers and need to engage in discussion about construction and land use in our neighborhoods. the land use that i'm presented will ensure that people with limited english will received a quat information for these notifications to be meaningful.

the amended language will contain the same basic information translated as is required in english. with these dments, i am supportive of this legislation. i appreciate that the mayor is encoding elements from the late mayor ed lee's executive director. i have submitted complimentary legislation to ensure that projects receive that are 100% affordable receive absolute top priority from city departments as they go through the post entitlement permitting and this legislation will be at land use next months and i hope to have your support. but i do believe that we must balance a speedy process with the ability of neighbors to weigh in. and as we're undergoing tremendous change, we need

construction and density done right. and we do this best by including the voice of the community. so with these amendments, i'm happy to support this legislation. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor ronen. supervisor tang? >> thank you very much. i do appreciate colleagues and especially through ronen and inskto incorporate the feedback that we've heard and all received many, many e-mails on. however, i received the incorporated version of all the amendments right before this meeting. i am a little concerned. one of the things that i think we have agreed upon is regarding the neighborhood notification and i expressed that i was actually -- i am ok with neighborhood notification that are subject to 311, 312 to remain at 30 days and the rest to be at 20 days. that would actually augment the amount of public notice for many of the projects subject to 10-day notice and increase it up to 20 days. again, it is a fine compromise

if people want neighborhood notify indication. -- notification. that is something that i will agree to. in looking over the legislation, for example, this piece in here around alterations. it seems like that is a significant change. and so i was wondering if supervisor peskin could actually explain that first. >> and also supervisor tang, these amendments were just passed around. they do seem quite lengthy and i will definitely continue the discussion, by would like a moment to take a look at them before we approve them. supervisor peskin, do you want to respond? >> i had a sidebar conversation with deputy city attorney kate stacey and it was not our intention to broaden. but there is a little bit of new information i think we can fix with a very small tweak. so, deputy city attorney stacey, would you like to speak to that?

>> thank you, president breed. kate stacey from the city attorney's office. the language on page 41, lines 20 and 21 would go back to code language that exists now and that code language is -- well, the language on page 41 starts with an increase in the exterior dimensions of a building, including but not limited to, the features set forth in 136c25. the existing code language is -- excuse me. i have to find it. an increase to the exterior dimensions of a building, except those features listed in 136-c1 through 136-c24. and 136-c26. so it would still include the so-called pop-out in 136-c25, but it would return to the present code revisions.

>> that is entirely acceptable to me and i think addresses through the president to supervisor tang what you're getting at and what i intended the amendment to do. >> ok. but i'm not sure that the -- i mean, the reason why i supported this out of land use committee is because i thought that this legislation actually was helping to streamline certain things that, you know, such as windows, dormers or so forth that we didn't feel should go through notification. i think bigger projects, yes. neighborhoods want to know -- neighbors want to know what's going on. but when you're talking about kind of, again, windows and dormers, is that something that we really want to -- i mean, i think i defer with you on that. >> so i would defer to planning department staff that there are all sorts of exceptions currently in the code to section 311 relative to notice. i believe that those actually include windows and depending

on their dimension, dormers. but i will defer to planning department staff. >> thank you, supervisors. planning department staff. that is correct. there is a number of features in section 136 which already are exempt from notification. those are the features in sections 136c-1 through c-24 and the features in section 136-c26 as the deputy city attorney just read off. c-25 is the provision related to that rear yard modification that currently today does require notification. >> so, what i would suggest is that we further -- i would make a further amendment, which is to take what deputciy attorney stacey just said on page 41, lines 20 and 21, which is to accept out 136-c one through 24 and 26.

>> supervisor tang? >> i think it just speaks to the overall nature of the amendments. you know, we got kind of like a draft word document earlier but i didn't get to see this until just now. so, you know, there are other things in here, for example, from what i understand. the planning department are generally guidelines for planned submittals that are now codified. there are so many changes that i'm wondering either we can delay it to the later in the meeting so i could read through it and understand it or continue the item itself. >> i would prefer the former to the latter and also deputy city attorney stacey, if you want to walk us through -- i mean, i've spoken at a high level about what the amendments i have offered do. but if you want to speak to it, you're welcome to do. so but i prefer to see if we can re-entering the course of the meeting come back to it and if that doesn't work, we can discuss it further.

>> i would also add that i prefer that we walk through the amendments to make it clear that there's an intention, there's something that was expected as a result. but these are very -- this is a very lengthy document anja read this whole document as i manage this meeting. and so either we can walk through these particular amendments to get a better understanding and make proposed changes as it relates to each of those proposed amendments. i think that would be probably most helpful so that we are all on the same page. >> and madame president, i'm happy -- this is a big document, but the amendments from last week are actually only in a handful of places. the first one is on page 29. at line 16 and line 24.

referencing different code sections. the next one we discussed is on page 41. there is conforming change of section reference on page 43. >> so first of all, supervisor peskin, there was an amendment to your amendment. but we haven't passed so it i'm going to basically move an amendment to your amendment so is there a second to that? seconded by supervisor ronen. can we take that without objection? without objection, the amendment to the amendment that has not passed has actually passed. you guys understood that, right? >> yes. >> ok. so, we still have an amendment with an adjustment that we are actually going through now as we speak and so we are at the next one. page 41. so, that's incorporated now as a result of that change. >> correct. and then the bulk of the

amendments are in -- depending whether you have a yellow one or a gray one -- are the notification sections starting at page 44, including the language access amendments on -- >> i'm sorry to cut you off. can you go back to page 43 with -- so there was a change in the section. can you explain why? >> yeah. so, this was to make it clear that removal of residential units would require 30-day notice pursuant to section 311 of the code. i earlier said, and ms. stacey feel free to jump in, by felt that should require additional notice, removal of residential units. should not be a 20-day notice so that now ties it to section 311, rather than section 333. >> got it. >> did i describe that correctly, counselor? >> yes, president breed. kate stacey from the city attorney's office. it mi