thank you. >> thank you very much. >> good afternoon. i'm with united to save the mission. research has found that a greater preference for urban amenities, retail, entertainment and service establishments as a main reason for the movement of the young college educated demographic into the central core cities like san francisco. these high income earners are more attracted to the proximity of amenities such as theaters, bars and other less sensitive to changes in housing prices. it only facilitates the travel to the amenities and the travel toward many of whom are not employed in the city. investment and private transportation encourages their proliferation and sensitive neighborhoods like the mission and so macaque it creates increases in housing prices that are small burdens for them, were devastating to low income communities and communities of color. we did have a rally this afternoon at 12:30 pm. i could talk for 20 minutes about some of the impacts of the business owners have had as some

of the secondary results of the mitt -- red lanes in the mission going forward, we demand a robust process. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i think one of the things we need to do is look at the impacts that they have had in the missing -- in the mission district. a lot of our businesses have suffered for quite some time. we have reports out on percentages of income that they have been using. we need to look at those things first before we move forward to try to allow private bus shuttles on these bus lanes. i think we need to look at the bigger picture and how business attracts transportation and it is not working for the folks who are riding the buses on mission street. it is hurting everyone. >> next speaker. >> hello. i'm glad you brought this hearing. i'm here and looking at the red lanes for a long time.

i wanted to make them faster. i did not like they were putting the red lanes in. but it was a 1% fighting against the neighbors picked the poor people and the colored people who ride the bus. it seems to be working but still hasn't addressed the businesses that are being affected. besides the businesses that have been affected in the mission district, we are looking at it as a whole and the red lanes that have been affected. let's get rid of that problem before we get into another problem with privatizing these bus lanes. thank you. >> thank you. >> overhead. >> thank you for this hearing. you had a great turnout. i'm sorry we only have one minute so i will try to speak fast. if you have a hearing on any

sfmta subjects, you will get this kind of a turnout because the public has given up on sfmta boards. the reason i brought this picture is about the red lanes that are coming to 16th street and the 22 fillmore project. the trees are in front of our building. it is our building. the historic red stone building. when i saw the notice that they were taking out a tree, i looked into it and i looked into why. and what i found was the 22 fillmore project is taking out 61 mature trees all along 16th . that will affect many businesses >> duly noted. thank you very much for bringing that to our attention. thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you supervisors. i am with the mission economic development agency. we really appreciate you holding

this hearing today. we appreciate the sfmta has begun to address some of these trends that we have been raising with them. for the sake of time, i have just the facts we know them of great concern in this framework. the definition of transit as we are hearing does not include these private shuttles. there is no data to show that these will not have a detrimental effect on public transit. it is just another experiment on vulnerable communities. nor do we know what the effect is on incentivizing further corporate shuttle programs now that they can move faster than everybody else. speaking of speed, they keep saying the buses move faster, but the sfmta is proving that humans move faster. as we know, they move slower because they have longer walks and especially if you have mobility issues. we need to move from transit first to transit -- >> thank you very much.

next speaker, please. >> the m.b.a. claims that it is projects and programs that are data-driven. where is the data that verifies that red lanes even accomplish their goals while besides the red lanes, there are nonredlined transit only lanes which appear to have been -- have no demonstrated purpose or need than being part of the project. and where is the data on the unintended consequences of transit only lanes? what are the economic impact studies about the negative impacts on merchants and also on displacement and gentrification clock all this happens even though 25% of the m.t.a. budget is from the general fund, taxpayer's fund. it is not surprising that some san franciscans have come to perceive their tax dollars is being used against them. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon.

thank you for holding this hearing. i sent a letter so i will only mention a couple of things. i believe everyone here is concerned with the privatization of our public space and the corporatization of our public process. so i am going to ask that the private enterprise is applying for preferential treatment on our public transit red lanes. they are attempting to compete with public transit entities and also at the san francisco airport and public curb spaces and sidewalks. we need to see the documentation that proves that they have the right to do this. the process is lacking and the public is totally annoyed by the whole process and does not trust it at all. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> hello. my name is dylan. i am a student who commutes all the way from the east bay.

i ride muni five or seven days a week. in my experience, waiting at the station to travel half a mile to the campus on a crowded bus is unacceptable to me. that is why i think the redline should only be available to public transit and not for private. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> afternoon, supervisors. thank you for holding this meeting. i am with senior and disability action. we have heard a number of times how the red lanes are good for public transit and how private -- privatization defeats the purpose. i want to also emphasize the point of people who use public transit but cannot use munimobile due to their disabilities. it has the same effect. the red lanes for paratransit which is group transit and accessible vans and taxis. these are for people who want to use public transit but cannot,

with a red lanes help them. when you privatize them, as you know, we are already having a lot of issues with reliability where people wait up to an hour and a half or two hours just to get their vehicles to pick them up and drop them off. privatizing the lanes makes it even worse for them. thank you very much. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i am here representing the mission emergent association. sfmta has failed to do an economic study of the impact of the red lanes on mission street. we did our own. we surveyed 357 businesses. 301 half reported that they have had a loss of revenue from the red lanes. thirty-three employees have been laid off due to the loss of revenue. fourteen businesses have closed due to the red lanes that have been installed on mission street

three current businesses are going out of business due to this impact that these red lanes have affected our neighborhood to. in addition to that, you have all of these no right hand turns that have been installed and been affecting us. as well as all the parking that has been taken away from mission street so we are here to ask you to pleas remove all the red lanes on mission street. >> thank you very much. any other public speakers? scene none, public comment is close. colleagues, supervisor? >> i just wanted to respond to one of the commenters regarding the trees or the treatise that would be removed. i think that is something that sfmta should look into. that particular building that was shown, that is a historic building in the mission.

i'm not exactly sure why mature trees need to be removed. i know that the same thing happens when an improvement project was done on potrero avenue. there were a significant number of large mature ficus trees that were removed. it changes the character and the composition of that street. one of the things that is beautiful in the mission are the large and mature ficus. i would say that whatever decisions are made to moving forward to, i can tell you right now, the supervisor does not support removing any trees. i am not sure what the justification would be for removing those trees along the path. >> thank you. i will look into it. it is not related to the transit scope. from what i understand, the water and sewer were. we will look into it and make sure that that doesn't happen. >> i understand that. often times, you see a finger-pointing with departments

with these larger infrastructure projects along the transit corridor is. people will come in and say this is being done because of this. this is being done because of that. i don't believe in a sewer replacement project and any justification to removing mature trees. the two are not mutually exclusive. they can coincide and be balanced out. in a process, there is environmental review that has to happen for your project. wherever it is, it has been brought up in the context of moving forward to. so we would like a report back to this body, particularly in my office to understand exactly how the two are correlated. i'm happy to follow up with d.p.w. as well. >> great. thank you. >> thank you very much. mr kennedy, i think what we heard today is people have a deep affection for the public transit system. as frustrated as they are about rail liability, they realize the

importance of public transportation and that the goal of public transit should be that public transportation is the main mode of transportation in san francisco. and that public transit is the people's transportation system. having said that, if there is interest in this board, myself, quite frankly to see a narrowing of the type of vehicles allowed on red carpet lanes, can you clarify the process for doing so , and whether or not that is within sfmta charge a jurisdiction. >> from my understanding, that is an empty a jurisdiction. so i think making a formal request of the m.t.a. to look into trees is the right process to go through. as far as i understand. the process going forward. >> sure. thank you for coming today. i would like to say that the intent behind transit only lanes is to increase the reliability and i do think it is a time to

really explore the responsibility to protect red lanes as a public infrastructure for publicly operated transits. so i would like to work with the community and sfmta. i think to revisit division i and division two of the transportation code so we are clarifying and protecting our red carpet lanes or transit and taxis and paratransit. lets have an agreement to work together on that and see what we can do. i want to thank everyone who came out today to give public testimony and also to voice your opinion and also your adoration or frustration with our wonderful -- wonderful system. thank you for using muni and thank you. thank you very much to my colleagues for allowing me to hold this hearing. i would like to make a motion to have this hearing be filed, please. >> okay. thank you for this hearing. we well, without objection, filed file this hearing.

all right. mr clerk, are there any announcements or any further action items? >> there is no further business. >> this meeting is adjourned. ♪ >> about two years ago now i had my first child. and i thought when i come back, you know, i'm going to get back in the swing of things and i'll find a spot. and it wasn't really that way when i got back to work. that's what really got me to

think about the challenges that new mothers face when they come back to work. ♪ >> when it comes to innovative ideas and policies, san francisco is known to pave the way, fighting for social justice or advocating for the environment, our city serves as the example and leader many times over. and this year, it leads the nation again, but for a new reason. being the most supportive city of nursing mothers in the work place. >> i was inspired to work on legislation to help moms return to work, one of my legislative aids had a baby while working in the office and when she returned we had luckily just converted a bathroom at city hall into a lactation room. she was pumping a couple times a day and had it not been for the room around the hallway, i don't know if she could have continued

to provide breast milk for her baby. not all returning mothers have the same access, even though there's existing state laws on the issues. >> these moms usually work in low paying jobs and returning to work sooner and they don't feel well-supported at work. >> we started out by having legislation to mandate that all city offices and departments have accommodations for mothers to return to work and lactate. but this year we passed legislation for private companies to have lactation policies for all new moms returning to work. >> with the newcome -- accommodations, moms should have those to return back to work. >> what are legislation? >> we wanted to make it applicable to all, we created a set of standards that can be

achievable by everyone. >> do you have a few minutes today to give us a quick tour. >> i would love to. let's go. >> this is such an inviting space. what makes this a lactation room? >> as legislation requires it has the minimum standards, a seat, a surface to place your breast on, a clean space that doesn't have toxic chemicals or storage or anything like that. and we have electricity, we have plenty of outlets for pumps, for fridge. the things that make it a little extra, the fridge is in the room. and the sink is in the room. our legislation does require a fridge and sink nearby but it's all right in here. you can wash your pump and put your milk away and you don't have to put it in a fridge that you share with co-workers. >> the new standards will be applied to all businesses and places of employment in san francisco. but are they achievable for the

smaller employers in the city? >> i think small businesses rightfully have some concerns about providing lactation accommodations for employees, however we left a lot of leeway in the legislation to account for small businesses that may have small footprints. for example, we don't mandate that you have a lactation room, but rather lactation space. in city hall we have a lactation pod here open to the public. ♪ ♪ >> so the more we can change, especially in government offices, the more we can support women. >> i think for the work place to really offer support and encouragement for pumping and breast feeding mothers is necessary. >> what is most important about the legislation is that number one, we require that an employer

have a lactation policy in place and then have a conversation with a new hire as well as an employee who requests parental leave. otherwise a lot of times moms don't feel comfortable asking their boss for lactation accommodations. really it's hard to go back to the office after you have become a mom, you're leaving your heart outside of your body. when you can provide your child food from your body and know you're connecting with them in that way, i know it means a lot to a mommy motionlely and physically to be able to do that. and businesses and employers can just provide a space. if they don't have a room, they can provide a small space that is private and free from intrusion to help moms pump and that will attract moms to working in san francisco. >> if you want more information visit

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>> well, thank you all. we are going to start. welcome to the bristol hotel. my name is randy shaw.

i'm the director of the tenderloin housing clinic. see, i wasn't -- see, i thought, i didn't prepare remarks. why don't we keep people moving in the door here. thank you all for coming. it's really a special day because the bristol is a special property. i don't know that a private bath hotel that would be for lease for formerly homeless people, and the bristol hotel, i would say half of these rooms are bigger than any of our 21 other hotels that we lease. it's big rooms, quality hotels. right where you're going to take a picture, there's going to be a kitchen installed. it's in the building department now. i want to give some background how we got to this point. i think it's important to

realize that when we met with the owner to do the hotel, we agreed on a certain price, but then, there was a private donor who was willing to pay more. i contacted mayor breed the day after she was elected. it took a while, because she was busy and i was out of town. i got together to see what we could do with the property. a lot of people would say hey, we don't have that money in the budget. we can't get into a bidding war with private developers. but that's not what mayor breed said. jeff buckley was with me. she said, do whatever it takes to get that hotel. i said okay, mayor. i called bill, the owner of the

hotel. i called bill, and i said bill, look. we can offer to pay a little more. mayor breed said she really wants the hotel. i'll tell the private people we don't want to use them, this is the key thing where we get mr. bennioff involved. we had an agreement, but we had no funding source for the hotel. so time was passing, and i'll let the mayor pick up the story, but i got a text one friday at 6:00 from mayor breed, saying i got the money for your hotel. and i'll let her tell you -- i'll have her tell you how she accomplished it because it was no small feat. with no further adieu, mayor london breed. >> the hon. london breed: thank you, randy. it's really exciting to be here

today. when we have an opportunity to provide housing like this to so many people who we know are living on the streets, we have to do whatever it takes to get access to this housing. and so when randy and i talked about this in my office, and he told me this was a newly renovated hotel that could provide 58 units of step-up housing, i just got super excited because this doesn't come along every single day. so i started making the phone calls. and not everyone said yes, but mark benioff said yes as soon as i asked him about this project. as soon as he said yes, i immediately called randy and said tell bill to hold off because we have a generous supporter helping us address homelessness here in san

francisco. mark and lynn benioff have been absolutely instrumental for addressing these issues. thank you, mark, for being here today. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: well, we are here to celebrate this along with a number of other things i know we will be able to accomplish in san francisco to address what we know is a real crisis. we have 58 units of step-up housing which creates exits for people who are living in permanently supportive housing who are now able to live independently, and it will also create 58 vacancies in our existing supportive housing that can go to people who are in our navigation centers and who are in our shelters. because of the activism of people like randy shaw in the tenderloin housing clinic and the generous support of mark

and lynn bennioff, we are able to turn this into housing for formerly homeless adults. we all know there's not a one-size-fits-all. we all have a story of our own of challenges of people we have tried to personally hope. i work alongside jeff kozinski who manages the department of homelessness, and there's not a day we don't talk about people we are trying to help. we know that this is no small task. it's been an issue in san francisco for decades, but through bold and innovative solutions, we know that we can make a difference in people's

lives. it's not sometimes just housing, it will be supportive services, it will be shelter beds, it will be all that we need in order to address those issues because sadly, we do know that so many people who are struggling with homelessness are struggling with mental illness and substance abuse disorder, and those are challenges that we have to address in addition to providing a place, a safe, affordable place for people to call home. we know the voters recently approved additional funding to homeless programs, and i'm committed to clearing any additional hurdles that this funding may face. but we can't stop. since july, we have helped 500 people overcome homelessness, and i am working to open 1,000

new shelter beds, this will clear the shelter wait list so that everyone has a place indoors. and our new one system, a central database tracking individual case management and responses is ahead of schedule in signing people up. we had a goal to reach about 2,000 individuals by the end of october. we are almost at 4,000 people in our one system, which is our coordinated system to try and track and help people out of w

introduce the man that's stepped up to the plate and made it happen for us, mark benioff. [applause] >> okay. well, make a little adjustment here. well, good morning, everybody. good morning. and to mayor breed and to jeff and everyone from the city, to randy shaw, and everyone from the tenderloin housing clinic, to all of our friends who are here, and our partners from these amazing n.g.o.s, like our good friend, tamika, larkin street, glide, catholic charities, so many of you who are doing god's work, working on homelessness every single day. thank you for your work. we are ending the crisis of

homelessness in san francisco. and we have a very serious crisis of homelessness in san francisco. everyone knows this is my number one priority. we have over 7500 homeless individuals on our streets, we have over 1200 homeless families, many with two kids each, and it is time to bring this to a close. that is why lynn and i are excited about this announcement, and we are thrilled to be making it today here with the mayor. this is an example of the difference that we are going to make with public-private partnerships, the city, business, philanthropy, and n.g.o.s. this is the path, this is the formula to bring homelessness to a close in our city. when mayor breed, a champion of the homeless, knew that the bristol hotel needed funding

for housing units, she swung into action. she contacted me, and i agreed that this is something we want to do. i glagreed to give $6 million towards improvement of the bristol hotel working to get out of homelessness. bras the because the experts tell us, and the medical research shows that when a homeless person finally gets a home, which is what it's all about, when a homeless person finally gets a home of their own, it's transformative. it's a catalyst for change. it's a reduction of all symptoms and all issues in their life. and i'm told that these units are going to go to people who are living in lodgings where

they have to share bathrooms. these people are on our mind, especially at this season of the year. that's part of what having a home is all about, the basic dignity that every person deserves, and that is why it is my number one priority for our city. randy said getting the call was lik like a miracle, but i'll tell you, when it comes to ending homelessness in our city, it doesn't take miracles, it doesn't take miracles, it takes money, and it takes a lot of money. so this is a solvable problem. there are programs that work. we have many great examples of programs that are working, like randy's program, like tamikay's program. but we need a scale of these programs, and that is going to take a lot of money. that is why with the passage now of proposition c, the city

will start collecting that money january 1. that is the miracle. that is the miracle that i'm so excited about. and a result of the campaign, we identified so many new ideas and so many new opportunities, like the partnership that brings us here today, and many others that we plan to announce in the coming weeks. bristol hotel is a preview, and this announcement here today, is a preview of what is to come because the city will finally have the money to do it. not just to do this, but to do so many other things that are on our list. it's the beginning of a whole parade of new investments to end homelessness in our city. and i want to make one final point. starting january 1, starting january 1, the biggest, the wealthiest, the most important companies in our city, like mine, salesforce, the city's largest employer, will pay

more, about one half of 1% of our revenue to help homelessness. that is very exciting. a lot more buildings like this are going to open up, a lot more shelters, a lot more services, a lot more capablities. that is very exciting. that is the miracle of this season, but that doesn't let anyone off the hook. it doesn't, in any way, absolve the rest of us. it doesn't absolve me, it doesn't absolve you from giving what we can and embracing our responsibilities as citizens and as neighbors. prop c doesn't replace philanthropy as today is evidence of. it complements it. that's why jeff tullio has given $1 million to homelessness. that's why the chair of airbnb has given $5 million to

homelessness. i challenge every c.e.o. in our city to join us, to join sales force, to join the city, to join all of our n.g.o.s as we work to get everyone in a home. join us in the wisdom of st. francis. st. francis, who is the name sake of our city, who said, it is in giving that we receive. that is why we are here, that is what we are doing, that is what we are committed to doing, so we all must be committed to restoring the greatness of our city. this is a san francisco that takes care of its people. it always has. this is a san francisco that is a fabric of tolerance and diversity and inclusion, but it is a city that is a fabric of compassion and love, especially at this time of the year and especially when we look at our city's most neediest, when we walk down the streets and see our homeless and say wow, there

through the grace of god goes i. thank you all for being here today, thank you, mayor breed, for your wisdom and your incredible work, and we can't wait to have this opened it up and getting it used for great order. >> thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you. i do want to say, if you look at the actual practical effect, if mark benioff and his wife had not stepped up, they would have been renting these units out for $2,000 a month, as compare today the 50 -- compared to the 500 to $600 a month. coming up, our next speaker,

gail, who is a tenant in one of our other s.r.o.s, who has to share a bathroom. >> my name is gail seagraves, and i'm a collaborator at the s.r.o. and i'm a tour guide for the tenderloin museum, and i'm also very active in the community. but today, i'm here because i am so excited that the bristol will be opening soon as a much needed step-up hotel. i've been living at the elk hotel which is a supportive s.r.o. for over ten years now, where i have to share a bathroom, and i have to share a shower, and i've woken up many times in the middle of the night because tenants have issues. and this is why this is so important for people like myself. when i came here to san

francisco 12 years ago, i came here for a job. and then, life hit me hard, and the job fell through. and then, when i went through my savings, i had to stay in a shelter, and then an s.r.o. so after working on certain areas of my life, i became ready to move onto a more independent life, you know, where you can have your own rest room and a community kitchen and laundry, those simple yet very, very needed things for a person. not only that, but when people like me that are independent and can live independent when we leave, that will open up so many s.r.o. rooms for those on the streets, for those in shelters. it's just going to be amazing. i have talked to anybody that would listen, i mean, anybody, that we need step-up hotels and

it would just go right around and help everybody. so i am grateful to see this happening with the bristol, and this is a win-win situation with the homeless, and thank you for this opportunity, everybody. [applause] >> so the mayor and mr. benioff will be available to answer any questions, so we're concluding this event. and there will be a tour after you've talked to the mayor and mr. benioff, i'm happy to take people to some of the rooms. i want to give you that. [applause]

>> my apartment burned down 1.5 years ago in noba. my name is leslie mccray, and i am in outside beauty sales. i have lived in this neighborhood since august of this year. after my fire in my apartment and losing everything, the red cross gave us a list of agencies in the city to reach out to and find out about various programs that could help us get back on our feet, and i signed up for the below

market rate program, got my certificate, and started applying and won the housing lottery. this particular building was brand-new, and really, this is the one that i wanted out of everything i applied for. and i came to the open house here, and there were literally hundreds of people looking at the building. and i -- in my mind, i was, like, how am i ever going to possibly win this? and i did. and when you get that notice that you want, it's surreal, and you don't really believe it, and then it sinks in, yeah, i can have it, and i'm finally good to go; i can stay. my favorite thing about my home, although i miss the charm about the old victorian is everything is brand-new. it's beautiful. my kitchen is amazing. i've really started to enjoy cooking. i really love that we have a

gym on-site. i work out four days a week, and it's beautiful working outlooking out over the courtyard that i get to look at. it was hard work to get to the other side, but it's well worth it. i'm super grateful to the mayor's office of housing for having this for us.

gay/lesbi. >> thank you. good afternoon, everyone. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the november 28, 2018 meeting of the rule committee. my name is ahsha safai, and i am the chair of the committee. today our clerk is victor young. i'd also like to thank maya hernandez and matthew ignau from sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk, is there any announcements? >> clerk: