"final m.t.a. decision shall not include, 3, decision by sfmta, related to a bus rapid transit project and that there is not preferential access and loading zones that is in vehicle, taxi, authorized emergency vehicle or golden gate transit vehicle." i want to thank the m.t.a. staff and my staff for helping to draft the amendment and chair tang and supervisors kim and safai that sent this to the full board with a positive recommendation. with that, i ask for your support and would like to move the amendment. >> president cohen: thank you for that. supervisor peskin. any other discussion for item 46? motion has been made by

supervisor peskin. seconded by supervisor safai. before we take action on this item, i want to recognize supervisor catherine stefani. >> supervisor stefani: i would like to be added as a co-sponsor. >> president cohen: madam clerk, can we please do a roll call vote. >> clerk: after you accept the amendment without objection. >> president cohen: we'll take that without objection. all right. madam clerk, now please call the roll on the item as amended. >> clerk: [roll call vote]

>> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president cohen: without objection as amended, passed on first reading. madam clerk, can you call items 47 and 48? >> clerk: these two are being called together represent affordable housing credit and development agreement. item 47 is an ordinance to amend the planning code to allow the use of affordable housing credits for proposed development at 1629 market street and to make the appropriate findings and affirm the ceqa determination. item 48 ordinance to amend a development agreement between city and strata brady llc to allow for use of affordable housing credits and to make the appropriate findings. >> president cohen: thank you. can we take this same house, same call?

yeah, we can. without objection, these ordinances are passed on the first reading. >> clerk: item 49, ordinance to amend the planning code to modify the date in which products must obtain a building or site permit from the ceqa determination and to make the appropriate findings. >> president cohen: supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: we had a lengthy discussion at land use and we looked at who is impacted by what we affectionately call the use it or lose it clause. in other words, for entitled projects grandfathered into our new inclusionary housing affordability. there's been a direct and transparent expectation that the developer is going to build and build timely. after evaluating the 33

development projects on the pipeline list, we were able to establish that actually only two projects were seriously at risk for not meeting the december 7, 2018, deadline of obtaining a site permit, which was in the original legislation. and we were able to reach a compromise extension for projects seeking to avail themselves of the grandfathering benefit by amending the legislation to give only entitled projects 18 months from the date of entitlement or by december 7, 2018, whichever is later. the time to secure a site permit and demonstrate that the project is serious about building in a timely manner. it is to ensure that the projects availing themselves of a state density bonus in exchange for grandfathering, subject to fees on bonus units. you are already getting a freebie from the state by using the state density bonus, so you

don't get an additional freebie on top of that from the city. that amendment is not ready yet, but we want to be sure of having this be included in the final degree ageig -- legislation. this is something that the planners were interested in and they will have to hear this amendment before it comes back to us,o i will introduce that when it is ready. >> president cohen: supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you. i will be supporting this legislation today. and i am appreciative of the amendments that my colleagues, supervisor kim and peskin, made at committee. i wanted to make a couple of comments. i've been committed to building as much affordable housing as i possibly can in my district and i'm really excited to say that we have one project under construction and another celebrating a groundbreaking

tomorrow and five more soon to follow. and at the same time, i pushed and negotiated with market rate developers to get the best package of community benefits that i can each time that a project has been approved. of the pipeline projects that will be affected by this legislation, six are in my district, with the possibility that one more may reach entitlement before december 7. these projects were already grandfathered once after the proposition c in june, 2016, when the voters told us that future projects should build 25% of the units as on-site affordable. i appreciate the amendments, as i said, that my colleagues made last week at the land use to limit the extension to entitled projects only to -- and to offer a more reasonable 18 months rather than the 30 as originally proposed to move from entitlement to site permit or building permit. but it's also important that we keep in mind that inclusionary requirements are imposed not as

a benefit, but as a mitigation for the increased need for affordable housing created bid new market rate units. in 2016, the city's residential affordable housing nexus study calculated this demand as an on-site requirement at 24.1% for rental projects and yet we are allowing these projects to go forward with between 13% and 16%. the link between market rate housing and increased demand for affordable housing is not something that we can simply ignore. when we lower the inclusionary rate to meet investor's expectations of financial return, we dig ourselves deeper into a hole. beyond this list of pipeline projects, i look forward to working with the community and developers to get projects back on track to meeting our inclusionary housing needs. thank you. >> president cohen: thank you. supervisor kim? >> supervisor kim: i want to add my support for the compromise

moving forward today. when we originally crafted this grandfathering ordinance in 2016, anticipating the passage of proposition c, which would raise the inclusionary obligation of market rate developers, who is our single largest source of affordable housing now in san francisco and throughout the country, since the federal government has decided to go out of the business of building affordable and middle-income housing. we've seen a number of projects muff through, understanding that they had submitted project prop oe ow osals. understanding there is always delays. i do think what we're moving forward with is a fair compromise to ensure certain projects make it in time to move forward with their project as proposed. but to answer ensure that other projects move quicker to getting their project across the finish line, because we need to build

the housing as quickly as possible. i'm pleased with what is being introduced today and ask our colleagues to support it as well. >> president cohen: thank you. madam clerk, i would like to answer my name as a co-sponsor as well. >> supervisor brown: i am really in support of this. because of the fact that i think it's really important that we definitely push the number of affordability, but also not to kill the project. and i think what we're seeing is a lot of developers -- and i had one on divisadero that was grandfathered in at 13.5 and that's why i pushed to bring it up to 20%. but i think a lot of developers now are looking at the density bonus to go higher and get more units. and i absolutely feel that we should have the fees on those density bonuses. so i would like to add my name

to this and i'm in full support. thank you. >> president cohen: anyone else like to speak on this? can we take this same house, same call? without objection, this ordinance passed on the first reading. madam clerk. >> clerk: item 50, ordinance to amend environmental code to allow food vendors to supply plastic straws only upon request, allow for the sale of plastic straws and to affirm the ceqa determination. >> president cohen: any last-minute remarks? all right. can we take this same house, same call? thank you very much. without objection, this ordinance is passed on the first reading. madam clerk, next item. >> clerk: item 51, diesel-free by 33, to establish a goal to cut diesel use to 0 by 2033.

>> president cohen: same house, same call. without objection, resolution adopted. madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: i believe supervisor kim wanted to recall 52-56, which have been called and are before the board. have to do with the central south of market plan. >> president cohen: are you ready? >> supervisor kim: i am. i want to thank the board of supervisors. this plan has been on the board for 8 full years. right off the top, i want to thank a number of people who are integral in making sure that the plan came before us today. i want to thank director ram, john worthheim, and lisa chen

and josh whiskey, who have practically lived in my office. and i also wanted to very, very strongly thank our city attorney's office who has drafted all of these amendments that are complicated, but important in making sure that we're putting a balanced plan that allows us to accommodate increased growth and jobs and housing but also keeps in mind that we are building a neighborhood that residents live in and that we want to build complete streets and parks and public transit, sustainability, and affordable housing. and so i want to recognize victoria wong, peter millionedge and john givner. i've had three legislative staff members, april yenning, bobby

lopez and john ukobo. it's an inter-agency project that began in 2011. central soma is 230-acre area in downtown with excellent public transit and contains numerous, underdeveloped sites. it's proposed to accommodate the growth in employment and housing in the core of the city and the bay area region. the central soma obtains goals and objectives and policies such that the result serves the best interest of the city and the neighborhood that exists in the south of market area. through this process, we have worked with the community to make sure that we're drafting the best possible plan for all those that are involved. we sat through countless community meetings, individual h.o.a. meetings, to ensure that every voice was heard and we tried to incorporate as much of that as possible. we heard loud and clear over the last year that the plan is not building enough housing.

and certainly when this flannaghan -- plan began in 2011, it did not anticipate the housing crisis that would ensue. so understanding that, we've increased that up to 8,800 units, residential units. the central soma area plan will net roughly $2.1 billion in public benefits, almost $1 billion will be set aside for affordable housing, to be specific, $940 million. 44% of the plan benefits, acknowledging the number one issue that we've heard which is to build more affordable and more middle-income housing and units that are multi-bedroom for families and so this prohibits s.r.o. units not 100% affordable housing. this plan will also be the very

first in the state to take advantage of 8773 authored by david chu. we will be streamlining housing projects and commit to union labor and prevailing wage under a certain height in central soma plan. we also understand that production distribution and repair and the arts continues to be an important need in the south of market and is a major part of our identity. there will be no net loss of p.d.r. and i want to acknowledge steve wartheim that worked to be sure that p.d.r. will grow. plan is subject to replacing all p.d.r. under proposition x, which the voters passed in 2016, plus nonrest derthal projects that are required to build new p.d.r. we also established a p.d.r.

relocation fund to support businesses during the construction process if they need to move out of the project sponsor site. this will supplement building services providing a fund for businesses displaced by new construction, potentially providing one-time support with subsidies. we want to ensure that we continue to build a livable neighborhood. south of market was originally built as a manufacturing industry neighborhood with 5-lane streets with narrow sidewalks and long blocks. we are investing $110 million to upgrade the streets to complete the available of walking and widening sidewalks to ensure that pedestrians feel safe walking on sidewalks like harrison, which are quite narrow, and creating dedicated facilities for transit and cycling. this plan will also approve a

plan that sfmta has been attempting to move forward for years, which includes the environmental review for howard and folsom streetscapes, which can make it akin to valencia in the mission. we also have identified at least three key sites, which will dedicate land to affordable housing. another key site that will dedicate land for a new multiuse park in central soma and another that will dedicate land to build a new recreational facility for a public rec center for south of market, which includes a swimmiswim pool. this is probably one of the most exciting benefits for many of our families and children. they're very excited to see a swimming pool built. we're ensuring that key sites will contribute to building housing or affordable housing

and working to ensure that this occurs and we have other major sites proposing housing, over 1,000 units, which is 330 townsend, and the creamery along with 4th and bryant. we also have another site dedicated to 100% affordable housing. 821 howard street, 200 units of affordable housing. i've thanked our city agency and staff members. i want to recognize our community groups that have been following the plan for 8 years and input and amendments for all of them. we are soma coalition jobs for justice, action network todd co. colleagues, i mentioned 113 amendments were made over six land use. i have three more amendments to

make. all of them have been heard at land use and are substantive but will not require us to continue the vote today. and so i have handed -- distributed to board members. again, these have been discussed. i'm introducing them to the final plan. commissioner safai wanted to introduce them with regard to ground floor on one of the sites. >> supervisor safai: yes. we had the opportunity to talk about heights of ceiling. and we've met with with the project sponsor and got greater explanation. part of the recommendations from the planning department, parts of the site will be at 17 feet. others based on the way that the

slope of the land is will not. overall, in general, they're doing a significant job and have dedicated and committed to building affordable housing adjacent to that. after having further conversations, i'm fine with the recommendation from supervisor kim and project sponsor and we're happy for this amendment today. thank you. >> president cohen: thank you. is there more, supervisor kim? >> supervisor kim: two more positives of the plan. it will be required to build on-site childcare facilities. and i'm proud that it will be included for the first time. and i want to acknowledge supervisor fewer's continued advocacy to make sure that we plan for a public school, potentially public high school, in south of market as well. and i will continue to meet with our board of education as well

as our sfusd central staff office to make sure that we're pursuing that expansion of being able to provide education -- public education, for our new families in south of market as well. so, colleagues, this has been probably one of the biggest and more complex area plans that i have worked on. it's technically the third area plan that i worked on after transit district center plan if you don't want to include treasure island. it's been an honor to help build the future of san francisco within district 6 and be able to work on area plans that will greatly grow our neighborhoods to accommodate the growth we're seeing throughout our city. and so i simply ask for your support today of this plan and hope that you can pass it unanimously. thank you. >> president cohen: thank you, supervisor kim. colleagues, any other questions or are we ready to go? all right. don't be so excited.

>> clerk: supervisor fewer is on the roster. >> supervisor fewer: thank you, president. i just want to thank supervisor kim for all this work, all these years, of this planning. and -- but i do want to just point out that what i find disappointing in this plan, as supervisor kim has mentioned, there was not planning for the development of a school in central soma. some of them are parcelled out and there's no room for a school. i do think this is an area where we're lacking. and it's been lacking for years. we're not working with them, what is in the pipeline, what we are developing, so we can capture as many public school families as we can in a city with the lowest percentage of school-age children of any large, urban city in the united

states. i think we can all agree if we didn't have families in san francisco, it would be a sad place. we plan to build 100,000 new households by 2040 and developing a new community and i know it's a central soma plan, but what i see in the communities is that we're building actually a brand-new community with priority on family housing and affordable family housing. it seems to only make sense that we would plan for a public school in that area. that school -- that area which is a school desert and that we are building and building more households and family households that we want to really keep families here and want to build lives that are viable and also have opportunity and families stay here, then we must think about public education.

i'm thrilled that all the departments are getting together to work on a plan to create enough schools so that every child in san francisco can be educated at a san francisco public school. and i think this is a responsibility of a government agency to advocate for public education as public education is a great equalizer of our society and the foundation for our democracy. although it's difficult for me to vote for a plan that i feel is lacking in a very major way and that is lack of planning for educational opportunities for students and i want to recognize all the work that supervisor kim has put into this, not to mention the city departments, and not to mention the city attorney's office, and all the neighborhood groups that have come out to advocate and so i

will be voting in favor of this plan, but i want to note that we have the responsibility to grow families here and make sure they're healthy and viable. and one of the institutions that makes that happen is our public school system. i hope that the meeting the 28th will be productive and we move forward with positive, strong planning with the san francisco unified school district so we can meet our goals of raising the percentage of school-age children that live here in san francisco, having raised three children here myself, i know it's a wonderful city in which to raise children. thank you. >> president cohen: thank you, supervisor fewer, appreciate hearing that. supervisor kim, which items are you amending today? there are four that are open and

that we're discussing. >> supervisor kim: there are three pages that i have distributed to members of the board. the first effective litigation is added to section 249.78 section f. the second, which also deals with litigation is added to new subsection 249.78g. >> president cohen: is it pertaining to item 52 or -- we can go to the city attorney. >> supervisor kim: my apologies. >> president cohen: that's okay. >> deputy city attorney john givner. this is for item 53.

>> president cohen: thank you. supervisor kim, anything else? >> supervisor kim: no. >> president cohen: okay. so supervisor kim has made a motion to amend item 53. is there a second? supervisor yee, i saw your hand. seconded the amendments, and we can take them without objection. without objection, item 53 is amended. madam clerk, is it best to call items 52, 53, 54, 55 and 56 together? >> clerk: call 52-56 together and 53 as amended. >> president cohen: we will do that. can we take that same house, same call? without objection. passes unanimously. madam clerk? >> clerk: roll call for introductions. supervisor fewer.

>> supervisor fewer: submit. >> supervisor kim: rerefer. i'm introducing one new ordinance today. this legislation is an amendment to proposition c known as baby prop c, which passed on june 5, 2018. there was a request to be considered for a credit to the new tax liability under proposition c, if the developer's provided on-site childcare facilities within their commercial buildings. this would apply a tax credit to early rent tax owed, new tax of 1% for warehouse, and 3.5% for other commercial spaces. framework for early childhood

education is essential to providing quality care that our youngest san franciscans need. we need infusion for child care for families, we need facilities to make sure that we have safe places for young babies and toddlers to go. the childcare tax credit will offer a tax credit equal to 20% of the rent paid by childcare facility. facilities with 1-49 children will be offered a credit of $7,200. with 50-99, a credit of $16,000. and facilities 100 or more, eligibility for $36,000 credit. we know that early childhood education is not a luxury. it's to ensure that they're nourished and meet potential. it is what allows many of our working adults and parents to continue to work. it's why we offer more resources

to make childcare affordable and unsentiviizizizizizize -- incen. there are only 8 childcare facilities downtown. having childcare options located where parents work versus where they reside, allows them to be near their children if there is an emergency. opening near public transit corridors, it is having parents not run around before dropoff and pickup. it decreases emissions and increases safety. we're making progress in changing the realities for working parents. giving developers incentives to provide resources to fix the downtown desert. we know it's a huge benefit to our employers as well.

national u.s. chamber of commerce states they've seen increases productivity when on site childcare facilities are provided. we believe it's a benefit to our businesses, too. i want to recognize ben rosenfield and our staff for helping us to craft this rebate program and jared and graham dobson and early care and education for advicing us how we can make it an incentive. amanda freed and scott ryber. and, of course, i want to thank my partner on this issue, supervisor yee, who has led on this issue his entire career. and i want to thank him for including me in my final two years on the board to work with you on this groundbreaking program. thank you.

>> clerk: thank you. supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: i would like for us to adjourn in memory of paul duncan quick paul quick was born on april 9, 1961, memphis, tennessee. although he was diagnosed with a congenital heart disease, a diagnosis that would affect him the rest of his life, he went on to do incredible things, devoting his life to helping others. paul moved to california and landed in san francisco in 1981. working as paramedic, he was a union organizer and worked to support his fellow workers. after working for department of public health, paul went on to serve homeless, lgbtq and h.i.v.-positive san franciscanf.

paul provided life-saving compassion and care for substance abuse and trauma of living without shelter. he often provided free consultation for programs that serve people with h.i.v. and people with substance abuse issues. having dedicated his life to helping others, paul lost his life to his heart condition following an unsuccessful transplant. he's missed by friends, family, co-workers and patients, which owe him endless gratitude for his life's work. i will miss running into paul at the gym and around the castro. he was supportive of my civic activities, even as he thought that my migration to the democratic party was misguided he had become a member of the green council.

having seen his mortality, he wrote his own own bituarobituar. i will close it how he did, "don't mourn, organize." >> clerk: thank you. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: submit. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. a few items today. first, i wanted to just make a brief statement. i was planning on introducing legislation that would have directed the department of homelessness to create a vehicular navigation center to prohibit people living in their cars in our neighborhoods. the legislation i was working on, which i will put aside and may introduce if necessary, would have required people being

moved out within 6 months and required specific benchmarks and progress reports. however, i woke up with word about other supervisors working to solve this crisis, and frankly, it was welcomed news. hopefully my of the legislation won't be needed. for close to a year, i've been begging the director of homelessness, to deal with the growing crisis of people living in r.v.s. he has said that r.v.s were not a priority and that he didn't have the funds to address the issue. i want to give a special thanks to mayor breed for raising the urgency around the issue and making it the priority that it needs to be. up until now, the only way that the city has been dealing with homeless individuals is by

banning overnight parking on streets where they congregate. these have pushed most reevehic into districts 9 and 10. 60% of the vehicles are in those districts. in portola, dozens of r.v.s are parked in front of a reservoir across from residential homes. residents of r.v.s have dumped their waste in the gutter, a public safety risk to the neighborhood and the city's drinking water supply. we must act to fix this issue with urgency. half measures and delays will not cut it. i'm thrilled, absolutely thrilled, to hear that this is now a top priority for the mayor's office. i look forward to meeting with the mayor and to continue to work with supervisors safai and brown to hear the details about the program they're creating. i will be watching for the impact that this has on my district, as i'm sure supervisor cohen will as well.

and i'm looking forward to a marked difference in our neighborhoods and want to thank the mayor and supervisors brown and safai for taking the responsibili responsibility. related but different, i am going to introduce legislation to address another issue and an increased number of commercial trucks that are parking overnight on residential streets, including food trucks and box trucks and hauling trucks. parking is a major issue for the residents of the portola. it's fought like -- not like the mission. it's not a transit-rich neighborhood. it's where seniors and multigenerational families live. there are bus lines, but they're crowded to the gills every single day. and it's one of those neighborhoods in the city where having a car is often still

needed. and the increased presence of the commercial trucks. what happens is people park far away and it's scary to walk home late at night in the dark in the neighborhood. while we don't have any current regulations on the books that would allow a neighborhood to ban commercial vehicles overnight, i am introducing that possibility. a supervisor that would want to do it would have to go to the m.t.a. board and ask for a specific street. this legislation would allow us to do that, which we cannot do now. i look forward and hope that this will make a big difference in our neighborhoods for our residents. the third item i have is very simple. and quite touching and sad.

i'm introducing an ordinance today that will allow for the installation of a commemerative street plaque in front of hillcrest elementary school in honor of selena lamb, a beloved student that passed away earlier this year. it will waive the permit and inspection fees and allowin installation to move forward. selena was a 3rd grader at hillcrest elementary school. she joined the hillcrest community as a toddler accompanying her parents and older sister to the school and began attending as a kindergartener. she occupied a special place in the hearts of everyone at hillcrest. she had a contagious smile that would light up, classroom, playground, after school. her friends and classmates remember her as a girl always smiling and sharing her snacks. in february of this year, selena unexpectedly passed away due to illness. she is terribly missed by her

friends and family and community. this plaque will be installed next a tree and will serve as a reminder to the joyous and kind spirits that she brought to her school and community. finally, i'd like to ask the board to close the meeting in honor of the late audrey wells, a renowned artist and screenwriter who lost a courageous, hard-fought battle with cancer on october 4. audrey moved to the bay area to pursue her education at u.c. berkeley before becoming a deejay at the local jazz station. the values she fell in love with played a central role in her career in hollywood. it was here that she began working on her debut film, "truth about cats and dogs." ms. wells was a champion for advancing both gender and racial representation, creating empowering and heartwarming tales with a variety of voices, many of whom were strong and

inspiring lead women, the truth about cats and dogs, under the tucson sun, game play. audrey was a leader for 20 years, inspiring and paving the way for inspiring women in film. ms. wells didn't get to experience the release of her film project. she will be deeply missed by her family, friends in our community and i offer my deepest condolences to her husband, brian, and daughter tatiana. the rest i submit. >> supervisor safai: thank you, madam clerk. to pick up on a few points that supervisor ronen said. would like to recognize the commercial parking ban, port ola. we had a parking town hall last thursday, probably one of the most attended town hall meetings

i've ever been to in my district in the 15 years i've been working there. well over a few hundred people showed up. i would like to say that i appreciate the creativity and want to be added as a co-sponsor to that. want to push the sfmta to think about these issues that we've been talking with them for two years about commercial parking and how there's a lot of empty retail storefronts. there's a lot of space in the city that can be utilized. the idea that people would be parking large vehicles in a heavily residential and family and senior district is creating extreme adversity. i would like to be added as a co-sponsor to that. and also the work that we've

done and made an announcement today. a few months ago and to added additional signage and the encouragement of supervisor brown and others said we will not put up signs to ban them. it would be pushing them neighborhood to neighborhood and want to come up with a solution. we buckled down and spent the last few months coming up with a policy. that was announced today with the department of homelessness and the mayor and that we will be redirecting resources from the encampments. we'll identify a location in the city that will be an r.v. triage center, because we don't want to encourage the permanency of these, but want to be able to analyze the makeup of people in the r.v.s. are they veterans, families, people down on their luck that

are traveling, students, those that might be renting them out. and/or people that are very similar to hardcore homeless. we will have wrap-around services. we will identify a place for storage. some vehicles should not be on the streets. they're not able to run. we want to give people the access to housing and mental services and/or shelter, if needed. want to thank supervisor brown and her staff, with department of housing and the mayor and supervisor ronen tackling this problem collectively. that's the second thing. the last thing, we've worked on two city-owned properties. we put an r.p.f. out the first

month i was in office. it was awarded to a free clinic, clinic by the bay, and to art spin. this will be their permanent home. they will restore a mural. arts commission is giving some money. department of real estate is giving $400,000 and remaining $2 million will be raised by the nonprofits to restore and rehabilitate the buildings. leases have been negotiated. it's not $1 a year. it's pretty close to market rate. in exchange for the money they're raising to rehab the buildings. we're giving them long-term leases and giving a home and permanency to two very important nonprofits that are doing phenomenal work in my district. so proud of that negotiation and the work that the department of real estate along with my staff and the two nonprofits have

participated in to complete, so we're very happy about this coming to conclusion today. the rest i submit. >> supervisor stefani: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, at our last meeting, i stood here and talked about a resolution i was introducing regarding the 11 people killed at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. today i'm here to talk about another mass shooting. i have not even been on this board for one year and this is the third time i'm up here talking about a mass shooting -- parkland, tree of life synagogue, and now the borderline bar and grill. i'm doing this because i refuse to normalize what is going on in this country, november 7, 2018, a gunman attacked the borderline bar and grill in thousand oaks, california. the victims were college students, a deputy sheriff,

former marine, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters, and they deserved better. their lives were cut short. many of them just as their adult lives were starting. sean adler, cody gifford coffman, jake dingman, jacob dunham, alena housley, ron ellis, ventura county sheriff's office, dan manrique, justin meek, mark mesa jr., christina morriset morrisette, tyler adonis, a survivor of the las vegas shooting, one year, six weeks later, gunned down in a bar. and noel sparks. following the shooting, susan orponos stated, "my son was in las vegas with a lot of his friends and he came home. he didn't come home last night

and i don't want prayers. i don't want thoughts. i want gun control. and i hope to god nobody else sends me any more prayers." as a mother of two children, i cannot imagine her grief. i've met too many mothers and father was have lost their children to gun violence. it cannot continue. if you think this cannot happen here, you are mistaken. everybody says, i never thought it would happen here. it happened here at 101 california, one of our national nonprofits, law center to prevent gun violence. i am intent on fighting for gun safety reforms. we have a reform called gun violence retowning order. it was ab-1014. signed by the government.

it allows close family members to petition the court to take guns away from those that are a lethal threat to themselves and others. for the past couple of months, i've worked to ensure that law enforcement officials are properly equipped to educate the public and prevent massacres like this from occurring in the future. members of the public need to know that gun violence restra restraining orders are an option to protect themselves. i will not be one of those people that sends thoughts and prayers. i send a promise to continue to fight for gun safety measures, including expanding the use of restraining orders and press our legislators to act to end the nationwide gun violence

epidemic. the victims of the tree of life synagogue, the victims of parkland, the bar and grill deserve better and i would like to submit an in memoriam for the victims of the last mass shooting. the rest i submit. >> supervisor tang: submit. >> supervisor yee: thank you. just quickly, i want to thank supervisor kim for introducing the ordinance that would provide some incentive for developers. as she mentioned, it's something that we've been lacking and we haven't had much luck with those type of efforts. and especially with the pop c passing, eventually, we'll win

the lawsuit and we'll have resources to provide more services, but we have to find the sites for them. and in particular, we're focusing on younger children. 0-3 or 4. and as most people know, they -- parents like to bring their infants closer to work so they're close to them. versus when they're preschoolers. they're more willing to be closer to their homes so it's an important piece of legislation and i'm glad that i'm co-authoring with supervisor kim. i want to follow up with what we've been working on. in case the mayor has not

thought of it or staff hasn't, i've been inquiring over at cow palace, with the huge parking lot. the only time they use it is when there's a gun show. maybe we should occupy it so we don't have gun shows. the rest i submit. >> supervisor brown: yes, thank you. i want to chime in, looking at rvs and homes on wheels that supervisor ronen and mandelman have been working on for months and mayor breed has come forward to look at this and address it.

i want to thank our staff. our staff has been really deep in the woods. and trying to dig everything up to find out what was happening and how to address it because this is not only a homeless issue. it's a housing issue. it's a mental health issue or health issues, period, and transportation issue. so there are many facets that we have to look at this. and many times living in the situation, the foundation of someone's home is not concrete. it's wheels. we should look at it that way. want to thank everyone for stepping fore wo-- forward and working together. i appreciate it. i have a couple of different things. i'm happy to introduce for the

department of environment of energy efficiency refrigerator grant. the department of environment will expand the current maintenance in food and beverage sector pilot project, also known as keep it tuned. this will help small business owners and managers to better maintain the refrigerator systems. and my last item is in memoriam to robert henry laws jr. died september 27, 2018, with his wife and sons at his bedside. a long time member of haight ashbury neighborhood association, served as president in 1967. robert went to high school here

and attended university of san francisco. he was commissioned as officer in the u.s. army, going on to receive a law degree from u.c. berkeley. he practiced law for many years, eventually being appointed to administrative judge. robert worked to protect the powerless, defending civil and voting rights. he was a loving husband, grandfather and courage, loyalty and wisdom. he loved books, ideas, and poetry. he tied his own flies. our community will miss robert dearly and his grieving loss of a leader, friend and family member. i would like to adjourn this meeting in the memory of robert henry laws jr. the rest i submit. >> president cohen: thank you. good evening, everyone. it's been somewhat of a long meeting, with the three appeals, but i have two pieces of

legislation i would like to introduce. i'm saddened that the city attorney's not here or deputy city attorney because i have a drafting request. so i will save that, because he's probably listening close by. i will move on. talking points. talking points for the introduction of the african-american arts and culture district. the concept came about when supervisor david compost introduced the cultural arts district. i'm so pleased that you honored a great infrastructure.

so i'm introducing legislation to establish the district in hunter's point neighborhood. 4% of the population is african-american. 28% remain african-american in the bayview community. now it is arguable. it is the largest group of african-americans, homeowners, in this neighborhood. i think it's probably still the case. bayview, as many of you all know, is a vibrant community that embodies the history and tapestry of the african-american experience in san francisco. from those that worked on the shipyard to those that work at general hospital and the industrial parts as well as the small businesses that pepper the 3rd street merchant corridor. it's time that we recognize the contribution. particularly as we combat the

outmigration of the african-american population in the city. we need to work together to preserve the legacy of those whose blood, sweat and tears are interwoven in the community. it's an opportunity to acknowledge the neighborhood's history and uplift the cultural assets, arts, tradition that are uniquely born. by establishing this district, we're creating an opportunity to cultivate and enrich and advoca advocate for african-american cultural stability and advocacy. i hope you will join me in joining me in this piece of historic legislation. i want to recognize -- i have a host of folks, some of those are still holding on in the chamber today. thank you very much, the neighbors and friends and working group members, that

remain here. i want to give a big shoutout to larry mcclendon -- [cheers and applause] who is from the mayor's office of economic and work force development. he hit the ground running when he came into working with the city. i shared with him it's one of my priorities. i want to recognize earl shaddock, and britney chaquado. they've been with us from day one. so, earl, tyra, april, thank you very much. [applause] also want to provides dwayne jones, who has been an advocate for the long time in the bayview community and devin richardson, i see you there and we've had our hand on the project as well and want to acknowledge that. and, again, megan mitchell, she

was here earlier, anita a anand and eloise patton. we're delighted to join the bayview community, african-american community to the social fabric and history of san francisco. thank you very much. this is a very exciting day. okay. deputy city attorney, still not here, but i will go ahead. in conjunction to the african-american arts and culture legislation, i'm introducing a drafting request to develop a way to incentivize for the cannabis retailers in the city and county of san francisco. since the beginning of the medicinal marijuana movement, dispensaries and growers have given away free product so that people suffering from h.i.v.-aid