workers, quite frankly, and making a wage that none of us could actually live on. we are not asking for a wage of $30 an hour or $20 an hour or we're asking for a wage for them of $17 an hour. and these workers, they do not have sick leave, they do not have vacation. when you think about all these other city workers, the two and three weeks vacation, and then after you've worked for the city for so many years, you get five weeks of vacation, and over time pay. these people have no vacation days, no sick days, they have no days off. so let's just think about that before we take a vote next week. i hear my colleagues about being fiscally prudent, and that -- and i have to echo supervisor had said, is that we're in time now where we can -- we can give them some cushion, we can be

generous. and we want to look at budget cuts, look at it during our budget season when the budget legislative analyst actually gives us recommended cuts, and then, let's take these cuts and see if we can find this money for the lowest wage workers who take care of people that we dearly love and care about. and that means your own family members. too. thank you. >> president cohen: thank you. supervisor brown? >> supervisor brown: well, i just wanted to clarify something that supervisor ronen said. i mean, i talked about reply experience of working in a -- my experience of working in a nonprofit. not to say now i have a city job and everything's fine, the reason i talked about it is i have empathy for people that make low wages. that's what i'm talking about. i want to really thank my colleagues for taking this on, supervisor ronen and supervisor fewer, and then supervisor kim

that started this. this is something that we should be talking about year-round. if you want to be talking about poor people, we should be talking about this every time we decide anything that we do. are we doing something for the poor in san francisco. are we willing to give up some of our plaza programs, our parks programs? are we willing to look at these things that we do all the time, and where they're out pet projects, are we willing to give them up and help out the poor in the city. so i just want to thank you for standing up for something that's really hard, i know that, and all the work and energy you put in there, thank you. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. there was a motion made to -- motion made by supervisor fewer, and it was seconded by supervisor ronen. this was, again, the motion to accept the amendments. can we do a roll call vote?

>>clerk: yes. [roll call] >>clerk: there are ten ayes and one no, president cohen in the dissent. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. the amendments are accepted. madam clerk, let's see, is there a motion to send this item to committee? supervisor fewer? >> supervisor fewer: actually, i would like to make a motion to bring this as a committee of the whole to the full board next week. >> president cohen: okay. that motion's made by supervisor fewer, seconded by supervisor yee. can we take this without objection, to sit as a committee as a whole?

all right. we take that without objection. thank you. this ordinance is going to be continued to october 23 of 2018. madam clerk, what's next? >>clerk: public comment. >> president cohen: all right, ladies and gentlemen, favorite time. day, public comment. plea please -- favorite time of the day. >> i want to make note that you skipped public comment and went to item 56. >> president cohen: we're in public comment now. we didn't skip it. >> everything that every one of you are speaking up for, i've been speaking about it for years. now it's in your family, now you want to address it and about you talking about -- you've got all these millions of dollars in the city account, that's not coming from this administration, that's coming from the president of the united states america, and quit making mistakes, acting like you got something to do with the multimillions of dollars when you've got in the account now.

when you took over and by the last same response to ed lee's life, you had an $88.2 million deficit. when you took over that, you still had that deficit. when the president of the united states did that tax cut, that's when the economy started booming. now i want to back up here. i believe giving in credit where credit is due. i want to give credit where credit is due. i want to salute supervisor kim for -- she said that my demonstrations in low-income where property is being kept is based on being overlooked and not including the low-income and very low-income bracket in the housing opportunity. but you've got to stop -- not stop there, because you're not following instructions. you're talking about rule 415. 410 is not the one that's not being applied because every building is supposed to have 410 incorporated where each and every project is supposed to

have 10% of their units for low-income people. that means 225 of those apartment building complexes is supposed to be for low-income and very low-income bracket people and you're not using it. then you turnaround and wonder why you've got so many people on the street. you're contradicting yourself. >> president cohen: next. >> supervisors, today, i was here earlier, and i ran to the m.t.a. meeting, and i ran to the education outreach and training committee meeting limpgnked to sunshine. and the common theme is the lack of quality of life issues. now i commend the three supervisors -- more than three supervisors have their heart in the right place, but we're

getting closer to having empathy for the poor, the seniors. i go incognito into the camps to have that segment of the population -- help that segment of the population, so i know. but we still have supervisors who wheel and deal. so you know, it affects them so much that they won't even work with their fellow supervisors. they want to take a stand, oh, this didn't come to me at the right time. it doesn't matter. what matters is that we take care of our seniors, that we take care of our poor, that we stand tall and represent. that's what matters. now, this $30 million that i don't know how it was spent, and now, the mayor came here, and she made a statement on behalf of all of you all, that all of you all agree, so she said, that that $30 million will be -- you

know, the missing $30 million is not going to affect anybody, and do whatever it takes -- people won't suffer. listen, we have a government, and there's a process. we have to learn humility. otherwise, this city -- and i'm going to say is loud. this city will fall flat on its face. thank you very much. >> president cohen: next speaker. >> i'm requesting the overhead projector. it is mere consequence dense that i'm bringing this issue on the 50th anniversary of tomi smith and carlos smith's

protests at the olympics in 1968 to address racism and injustice. it is no coincidence that i'm bringing this on the opening day of the n.b.a. season. as you may know, i am the author of proposition i. it was defeated in the june 2018 election. it got 42% of the vote. that's 98,000 people who agreed with me. what did they agree to? they agreed to me, with me, that san francisco owes oakland an apology for how it grabbed the warriors from oakland. and in the coming weeks, i'm going to describe why you owe the city of oakland an official

apology. now i know i'm not going to get it, but i'm way ahead of you on this. but i'm saying, in this illustration, where it shows the late mayor ed lee, stealing oracle for san francisco, i should be able to put up or shut up when i make that statement. so i'm going to be doing that, beginning next week. and i'm saying that san francisco, you should be ashamed of yourself. a world class city helps its neighbors, it does not help itself to its neighbor's jewels. >> president cohen: next speaker -- next speaker, please. >> the bible says trust in the lord, with all thine heart, in all thy ways, al knowledge him,

and he shall direct thy paths. that word, i say, ye know, which was published throughout all judea, and began from galilee, how god anointed jesus of nasareth, who went about doing good and healing, all that were owe pressed of the devil, for god was with him, and we are all witnesses of things which he did, both in the land of the jews and in jerusalem. unto witnesses chosen before god, even unto us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead, and he commanded us to preach unto the people and

to testify that it is he which was ordained of god, that in his name, who so ever believe in him shall receive remission of sins. whole peter spake these -- that on the gentiles also was poured out the gift of the holy ghost. do you realize what you just said there? >> president cohen: next speaker. >> do we have a quorum?

>> president cohen: yes. >> peter dreckmeyer. i'm with the tuolomne river trust, and i want to thank supervisor peskin his plan in support of the bay area water delta plan, and the other supervisors who have cosponsored that. i want to mention there are some speakers that had to leave, but the environmental and fishing communities are really united behind the bay delta plan. it's a really high priority for us. i've worked for the tuolomne river trust, and we've had some good times with the sfpuc at getting things done, but i've appalled what they've done on the bay area delta plan, really stifling public dialogue about it. they've had two meetings -- two public meetings in a two-year period, and we had to lobby for both of those. and there was 1.5 years in

between them. and now, what's happened is they are working behind the scenes with the trump administration to put pressure on -- from department of interior on the u.s. fish and wildlife service. it really casts a bad light on san francisco. we have one of the most dynamic ecosystems in the world here with the bay delta, and it's collapsing under our watch. it's unconshonabcoinable that s francisco should be in bed with the trump administration to do that. i do want to say there was one public entity that did have a debate on the bay delta water quality control plan. bosca hasn't had any voted, san francisco hasn't had any votes,

but the city of palo alto had votes, and after hearing from -- [inaudible] >> preside >> president cohen: next speaker. >> denise lewy. resident of san francisco my entire life. my household averages 12 gallons perperson perday. we want our water savings to go to the environment, not to other businesses or agriculture. today you've heard many citizens speak on behalf of the environment and sustainability. kris in a pappas, president of the league of san francisco voters asked to convey the support for the league's water

plan. we have no ballot measure to vote whether san francisco should support the state water conservation plan, so we're counting on you to take action to ensure that the p.u.c., one, stop opposing the plan, and two, stop talking about litigation, should the plan be approved. you doept have to be an expert -- don't have to be an expert on water, eco systems, or endangered plan and animal species or even climate change to know that humans have affected all of these to potentially disastrous effects. our natural resources are being degraded by our population numbers and lifestyles. i urge you to go on record as individuals or as a body to let the state water board know that you support the bay delta water conservation plan. maybe you can even get the p.u.c. on the right side of

this. thank you. >> president cohen: next speaker. >> good evening. i'm eric young, and i'm here on behalf of trout unlimited, which is an organization that represented thousands of anglers that are concerned about the watershed that supports thousands of steelhead and trout. i am the president of the golden gate chapter and past president of the state council. first of all, we'd like to thank supervisor peskin for his resolution. 65% of the state's native species will be extinct in 100 years if present trends continue. the san francisco p.u.c. is now taking a position that is

contrary to science and is opposed by our recreational fishing and conservation members who believe that it will damage the eco systems of affected rivers, streams, and the san francisco bay and delta. the state water resources controls board's proposal for increases flows on the tuolomne and other rivers that flow into the san joaquin is already a compromise, let than what the scientific report does prepared for the proceeding, other agencies, major academic institutions, and conservation groups have stated is needed to restore healin restore healthy salmon runs. people in san francisco are world leaders of innovation in every sector, and we should be leaders for this sector, as well. we hope that the san francisco board of supervisors will reject the san francisco p.u.c.'s efforts to defeat the state water board proposals to maintain 40% of the river's flows. instead, follow the science and

direct the san francisco p.u.c. to work with all stakeholders on developing local and regional water supplies while diverting less water from the tuolomne. thank you. >> president cohen: next speaker. >> good evening, madam president, members of the board of supervisors. my name is doug obiji, and i'm a senior council with the defense resources council here in san francisco. i've spent the last ten years working on the bay area delta water quality plan. we can do better, and san francisco epitomises that. working together, we can sustain the economy and restore the health of the environment. today, on the tuolomne river, primarily due to the

agricultural water districts, but with diversions from san francisco, more than three-quarters of the water is diverted in an average year. it's not surprising that we've seen or native salmon populations crash. this is a resource that belongs to all of us, and we can do better. i want to thank supervisor peskin for introducing his resolution and look forward to continued dialogue with the board of supervisors, so that we can push the p.u.c. to take an environmentally responsible position rather than a knee jerk position to requiring flows in the river. thank you. >> president cohen: next speaker. >> good evening, madam chair and members of the board of supervisors. i'm chris shoots.

i'd like to support supervisor peskin's resolution and give you some context about why it's important for you to weigh in. on october 1, the u.s. fish and wildlife service wrote a letter to the nerl energy regulatory commission retracking its january flow recommendations for the tuolomne river. in its october 1 do over letter, the u.s. fish and wildlife service agreed to the flows recommended on the lower tuolomne. this retraction followed lobbying of elected officials and senior officials of the department of interior by representatives of the irrigation districts and the sfpuc as well as a visit by secret of the interior ryan zinke. now, the service will plan flows that do not interfere with the

project's operation related to water supply and management. this was a good old fashioned beat down of a federal fish agency by the trump administration. the next stop is the state water board, where the department of the interior is openly threatening to disobey and ignore state regulations on flow and water quality. staff of the sfpuc have told us they've been at arm's length from some of this political maneuvering. we urge the board to support supervisor peskin's proposed ruz resolution plan and the delta plan consistent with bay area values. thank you very much. >> president cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good evening. i am cindy charles. i am a native san franciscan, i've been fishing on the tuolomne river since i was a kid. i wanted to thank supervisor

peskin for his resolution. i am also here to state that i am deeply disappointed at the actions and the attitude of the san francisco p.u.c. with regard to the bay delta plan, the state water board bay delta plan. i have been attending some of these meetings, i've made comments. i am very disappointed in their attitude or their position of aligning with the trump administration in opposing the state water board plan and undermining the science. i have fished the tuolomne for many years. i am seeing it degraded. it's time to get things fixed, otherwise, it's pretty much over for the native fishes. i just want to thank you for this opportunity to share my comments. thanks. >> president cohen: thank you.

next speaker. >> hello, supervisors. i'm john mcmannis. i sent all of you an e-mail yesterday urging your support for the resolution supervisor peskin introduced. i don't know how much of what make sense in our e-mail, but we'd be happy to follow up with meeting with you or your staff how the position of sfpuc runs counter to the jobs of many of our members in the salmon industry. it's odd that the san francisco p.u.c. is taking a stand in opposition to the state water board. you would think the state water board is some radical group. it's not. its position is informed by the california department of fish and wildlife. you've got two state agencies in

agreement that the delta and bay are drying, and the p.u.c. is saying we can't give up one drop. it doesn't resonate with the values of san franciscans, and i say that as a native san franciscan. i've been here all my life. again, to go with the sfpuc, basically embrace is taking the fish out of fisherman's wharf. we don't have salmon, that's for sure, if they have their way. it's just remarkable that i'm sitting here listening to others saying that the sfpuc is carrying water for the trump administration. we look to all of you as the back stop to the sfpuc, and we hope that you support the peskin resolution. thank you, supervisors. >> barry nelson with western water strategies and golden gate

salmon association. we're -- and i would also like to support and thank mr. peskin for introducing his resolution. we're not here today solely to talk about the tuolomne river. the tuolomne river is part of the larger bay delta estuary. there are 23,000 salmon fishing jobs in california, and frankly, those won't survive. the salmon fishing men on fisherman's wharf, the fishing boats, they won't survive. it is the most important salmon fishing. this is local jobs, local, healthy, sustainably produced foods right here in your community. we're here today because amazingly, despite the fact that our salmon are collapsing, the

sfpuc has been aggressively fighting protections for salmon and protections for san francisco bay, and it's recently come to light as you've heard, that the p.u.c. has been working with the trump administration to undermine protections for salmon fishing that -- for salmon. that just strikes us as remarkable. the science on this issue is resolved. greenhouse gases contributed by the change, smoking causes cancer, we need more flows passing through san francisco bay. you know these things. there is literally decades, mountains of scientific evidence over the last quarter century demonstrating this. we know this. there is no uncertainty here. the sfpuc simply doesn't have a leg to stand on, and that denial of science, denial of protections for san francisco bay, denial of protections for local jobs -- [inaudible]

>>clerk: thank you for your comments. sfgov, there's a -- >> okay. here we go. my name is dave warner. it's an honor to speak with you today. you guys are a very diverse board, which i think it wonderful. boy, was i surprised to see san francisco was opposed to the state water board's bay delta plan. i thought we were among the most environmentally conscious in the state. then i learned that los angeles was planning to reduce their water imports from 85% to 50%. if we were to match los angeles, supporting the delta would be a piece of cake. then, i was learning that santa monica was reducing their imports to zero. san francisco, our water

diversions cause severe environmental damage, and we're pretty fixed at water coming from the sierra past, present, and future. today, 85% is the same thing for los angeles, but thanks to an apparently adored mayor, they're reducing to 50%, and they could go to zero imports by 2050. the sfpuc has been moving slowly. i've been going to their meetings for two years ago, but no movement. when elected officials like you get involved, results happen. years ago, the santa monica city council voted to eliminate water imports, which they are now close to achieving. just a couple of months ago, the p palo alto voted to support the

water reduction plan. >>clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker. >> madam president, members of the board of supervisors, my name seas noah oppenheim. i'm the executive director of the north coast fisherman's organization, representing ports from santa barbara to alaska. based here in san francisco. i am the president of san francisco. i'm here to speak to you on behalf of our industry, imploring you to support supervisor peskin's resolution. thank you, for those of you who have joined him, thank you. for those of you who haven't, i hope you will take the time to learn about what it take to see preserve and -- takes to preserve and protect one of our most cherished resources here in

san francisco. if we don't change the course of devastation in our rivers, we won't have a salmon fishery, we won't have sport fishing on fisherman's wharf, which brings millions of dollars of revenue in our city. we've had two completely closed season in the last ten years, and two severely curtailed. we are staring at the brink of complete failure, and this is a choice. this is an active decision that water managers, state and federal agency appointees have made. i hope that you won't make it, as well. i hope that you will support the salmon fisheries that we all love and support mr. peskin's

resolution. thank you for your time. >> president cohen: are there any other speakers after mr. gilberti? all right. mr. gilberti -- you'll be our last speaker tonight. >> tom gilberti. thank you. bravo on 56. when recessions come, recipients lose hours. we somehow survive. we need to repeal costa hawkins. let people have a chance at rent control and stay in their place instead of getting evicted for these -- okay. dignity homes for seniors. how many -- did we get -- in mission rock, how many are we getting at india basin? city -- the city missed and is missing chances to have our less fortunate, our seniors, in homes

that are being built. we need to connect our weaves, the weave of our society again. ten months ago in this chamber, i remarked about when we were establishing an official starting line for the new mayor, and we kind of pulled president breed back from interim mayor. i had remarked that i had hoped if she did become mayor, i would be pleasantly surprised by what she would promote. and yes, on safe injection sites, yes on recruiting police from our local neighborhoods, but a big no -- she fell on the wrong side of the fence on make r measure c, giving up $300 million for the city, that we need, that we need, and we will need more, but we're going to have to do well with what we've done. we need to let our local people

and our local fish thrive and survive. time for changes, people, and you are the changers. let's get it going. bye. thank you. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. are there any other members of the public that would like to comment in public comment? seeing none. public comment is closed. thank you to the men and women that came and spoke about supervisor peskin's resolution. i look forward to bringing the p.u.c. into this chamber and before us so we can get to the bottom of this. >> supervisor peskin: madam president, i did not put it on the calendar without community approval. >> president cohen: we will let it work its natural process. madam clerk, do we have any further business? >> we have in memory. >> president cohen: in memory. >> on behalf of the late norman tanner, on behalf of the late dr. jack boatwright, and the

late milton james, and for the late frankie kennedy. >> president cohen: all right. i just want to also recognize our friends at sfgov tv for their assistance with today's broadcast. and ladies and gentlemen, with that, we are adjourned. >> they tend to come up here and

drive right up to the vehicle and in and out of their car and into the victim's vehicle, i would say from 10-15 seconds is all it takes to break into a car and they're gone. yeah, we get a lot of break-ins in the area. we try to -- >> i just want to say goodbye. thank you. >> sometimes that's all it takes. >> i never leave anything in my car. >> we let them know there's been a lot of vehicle break-ins in this area specifically, they target this area, rental cars or vehicles with visible items. >> this is just warning about vehicle break-ins. take a look at it. >> if we can get them to take it with them, take it out of the cars, it helps.