ever every resource required to do so. thank you for your time. >> thank you, melody. next speaker, please. >> herbert weaner. doesn't the resolution passed previously i doesn't this conflict with equity regardingtic areas? now, you want to make this a universal law this regulations apply throughout the city. this conflicts with all you have the parking areas. now, have these areas in question under d, e, and f, have they posed a community nuance at all? that is one question i have. between 12 and 6. now what about the rest of the day? that doesn't interfere with parking the rest of the day.

12:00 and 6:00 is relatively quiet. i think you should really vote against these proposals. i am in a rush. i will say i am against d, e, f. i think on humanitarian grounds you should vote against it. otherwise, people are being chased helter-skelter all over the city in rvs. the real question is do you want individuals in the rvs sleeping on your doorstep? i don't think so. this is something to consider in the broad context. to be fair, this commission is only part of the problem. you know, there are other agencies that should be part of it and you should consult with the commission on homelessness on this before you take any action. these are the thoughts i have. i would vote no if i were a

commissioner, and i request you to do the same. thank you. >> next speaker, please. kelly cutler. >> coalition on homelessness. i can say what i forgot the last time. with your comment about the policy, it seems like the complaint driven system. since we first came in 2012 with the over size vehicle ban, we have been going through this routinely, and it is created a worse problem. the policy, the legislation that the supervisors are working on, we meet with them to create real solutions, none have happened yet.

moving forward, it is like it ask to create some alternatives. with wolf, i am disappointed. that you don't have the data. he came here to say we are going to send out the out reach team, we are going to do this. there is nothing for them to report back. the real industries the outreach workers, great workers without the tools to offer people. wolf is now resolved, i don't know for who, it is resolved. now there is more streets coming up to be resolved again. i would at least postpone and hold off until we can get some alternatives going. it is currently worked on with the supervisors right now. at this point there is nothing. there hasn't been since 2012.

we keep coming back. there are zero alternatives created -- created. any more public comment? >> public comment is closed. directors, as i have said i am not supporting this. it is obvious it is the only thing. i recognize the jurisdictionally it is limited what we can do. i feel like having taken the stand it is make you go things move forward. i think if as the decision-maker you have to use your position to best influence our people to do the work that needs done this. is a big challenge. we have to -- i personally have to not make it. you can't support moving forward. i don't people we have done

anything in the way we need to have done it. the overnight parking issues, over size vehicle issues are far from any reasonable resolution in that area. not necessarily indictment of this agency, indictment of an entire city. we are not going to solve. we can't keep waiting to deal with a problem because we are trying to solve one aspect of it. we have to do a lot of different things in parts of your life, not one area. that is somewhat we have to do. >> it would be hip full to have staff -- helpful for staff to peak to the impetus of it. >> i have to say i do notice these are no parking overnight for everyone. what i brought up the last time we had something in front of us.

it was no overnight parking for oversized vehicles. neighbors said it was a parking overnight. perhaps staff to speak to how these got on the consent calendar. >> indeed. andy with the streets division. these two, one of them is a piece of a street they came from businesses complaining about parking availability and congestion, garbage and debris and general disorder. towards that point in our policy document that is hand waving. there is a location prone to dumping and parking congestion. as directors have noted and staff this agency is in a tough spot charged with managing the

parking and curb in the streets. when we are called on by businesses we must respond. statement we are compassionate and humanitarian impulse is there and should be. we are attorney by. i -- attorney by that. i think this board has been practicing the notion that we can't do this on our own, but perhaps if we say no, we can motivate others. the supervisors and mayor see that. back to the question. this is constituents, these are businesses saying my business is being punished. the garbage, debris and there are days when i can't get my vehicles in and out of the yard. geographic equity to the points the directors made. the nice neighborhoods have nice

things. i say that within sincere quotes. pacific heights don't have rvs in front of the houses. some of that is because the streets are really regulated out the window. there is resident permit parking, time limits. these corners of the bayview are under regulated, barely street cleaning. problems are pushed to these streets. we are in a tough spot to respond and give them regard and be merciful. we are in that same tough spot. >> vice chair. >> the procedural point you heard director borden. i don't think these should be on the consent calendar. they should be automatically pulled.

i can't believe we would miss it. you have feedback from the board member saying she won't vote for this. procedurally we should voice that as we go forward not treat this as consent. it is not going to be. number two, i support this. you anticipated one of my points. i am cognizant of what neighborhood this is and the fact the neighborhood may say they don't have enough parking regulation to begin with. this may well be a game of cashup. for the geographic issues. we are playing the game of catch up. this is a good illustration of the good faith of views here. i respect director borden's position. it is logical, compassionate and may have the grand effect that

she is searching for. i hope it does. from my view we can't hold individual neighborhoods especially ones who are not politically connected and don't have resources to turn to that others do, can't hold them behind and hold them hostage while the city tries to solve a problem they have been trying to solve for a long time. that is my personal view. i will vote for this. i have trie tried to be transpa. i have given you my views. thank you for working this up, thank you for bringing it to us and representing that part of the city. i hope this will pass and when it did you guys will utilize the same compassion and outreach you committed when i ammenting

these. >> thank you. anyone else? anything to add? i am going to call these altogether. do i have a motion to approve? >> yes. second. roll call vote again. (roll call). >> those passed. aubergine, to the staff and everyone who worked on this. as we heard we want to be as compassionate and careful when i ammenting these. -- implementing these. that gave us hope that is what is going to happen. as we hear from the people working with these people every

day. the solutions aren't there yet. this is a kind of a tough situation for all of us. thank you for continuing to work with it. ms. cutler thank you so much. we will move on. >> item 14 approving the 2019 legislative program for sfmta. >> . >> good afternoon. thank you. i appreciate your attention today. i am kate breen with the legislative program. this program was informed with discussions with the sfmta staff and the various transportation

interests over the last several months. the draft program was reviewed and approved as required by the state legislation committee in november an and reviewed by the sfmta advisory committee this month. i would like to acknowledge my colleagues in pulling this together. in 2019 a new political landscape after the elections. new supervisors and governor and legislature and new dynamics with the house speaker role returning to nancy pelosi. we will look for policy and funding opportunities. at the local level in the packet the legislative efforts are dynamic and recognize -- dynamic. the draft program anticipates

categories of policy and projects in 2019 such as vision zero, contract approvals and many things we can't anticipate that is part of our work. one kiev fort today is the -- one of the efforts is to improve communication was the city hall and board of supervisors. this is a staff effort in the last six months following the conversation last year on the changes. the focus is overall process improvements goal is to provide comprehensive information about better customer service and quick response to priorities by the board of supervisors who represent the interests of the public. accountable and the board of supervisors work. initiative was include response

team implemented in the streets division to advance the critical projects identified by the members of the board, improvements to public hearing, type of infrastructure and what the public should expect in each district. updated enhanced protocols for response to inquiries from the board of supervisors, mayor's office and requests tracked through sales force. a full rollout of the public outreach requirements across the sfmta to ensure outreach to the community on the projects underway in any given neighborhood. these plus planned future initiatives set the foundation to provide comprehensive work and quick response to the board. i felt it was important to highlight that work going on for a number of months internally

and different elements have been rolled out. in the coming year with new supervisors we will see the building of a partner ship responsiveness and accountable. i am moving to the state now. on the state side i think that with the mayor, board of supervisors and new governor we have one theme at the top of the list. that is housing. we will see efforts around housing and opportunities to tie transportation elements to that transportation. with regard to transportation funding those working at the state level and my colleagues statewide are breathing a sigh of relief. of all of the work passing the gas tax and proposition 6 folks

are like let's spend the money we will work for the grants and count on the distribution of formula money flowing for the next 10 years. that i think will get folks capacity to look to housing in other areas where they want to bring the focus. there is a conversation to the transportation development act, the quarter c ent sales tax to fund transit. there are a lot of requests to seek exemptions from requirements under that and both chairs of the committees said enough. can we look at what is not working. if people are asking four exceptions maybe something needs revised. in the coming year we will participate in that effort, is not the least of which is to

ensure san francisco's interest and the funds protected. look at it as an opportunity to educate. some members who have the important lifeline source for public transit. the next item is city wide initiative not just mta. it is important to include a change to state law that seek to address requirement that was put into place a couple years ago having to do with how bond make sures are describes on the local ballot. the up shot if the provisions of the law are maintained it confuses voters of the ballot measure. there are legal memos why this is a barrier for local government funding, schools, public infrastructure, health care and hospitals, particularly

around bond measures. we will work with the city family to look for a remedy on that issue. >> i am talking not showing you my topics. that was number three. then cap and trade. again, growing fund source with potential opportunity to look for funding. earlier discussed light rail vehicle program will seek funds out of the capital rail program and maintaining the ongoing commitment for high-speed rail. next category where we will continue our work as we have over the last number of years and to tom's point earlier and director eagan's program. we have to have policy around enforcement and education and

the things we worked on have been tough fights. we will come back. the first bullet talks about creation of zero traffic fatalities traffic force. in this year that statewide table will provide a forum for those of us proponents of speed management. we will have an opportunity to bring experts to the conversation with a goal of coming up with recommendations that we can advance around statewide policy. you may have seen that recently los angeles had to increase speed limits to enforce speed laws. that ask the way the law is currently written. you have to have speed limits to the 85 percentile to measure how fast the cars are going. we are working with cities around the state to bring awareness.

it will be an education process with the legislature and new members. we are building a movement that takes time. we will work with other proposals that may come to the floor around bikes and safety proposals. vision zero this last bullet is around mode shift. what will it take for members of the public and folks not riding now but want to, disability community to feel safe is being able to get from the bus stop to the vehicle without step anything the street. the concept is to seek an opportunity to you use the existing transit only lane enforcement cameras to enforce parking violation this is bus stops anywhere, not just in or adjacent to transit only lanes.

los angeles and ag transit have interest in this concept. we are lookin looking for some traction. it was the mayor newsome's idea to improve the muni performance. it took 8 years to get the program after three pilots. two or three pilot authorizes. we will see. next category rye is one you -- category is emerging mobility. we will see what the coming year brings around the scooters and shuttles and private transit vehicles. congestion pricing and it is a small cell wireless sites. there are a lot of things in

this with proposals. we don't know what form. this practice towards preempti preemption. making sure that people want one and done. they don't want to navigate individual sty policies. at the state or federal level they are rallying over local government to keep control of the streets and make policies that work best for them. we are mindful of what is coming up. there are discussion us around congestion pricing. this is a deeper dive in terms of what tom ask working on for congestion parking framework and we will be a resource in the

legislature as that continues. on parking somebody told me on accessible parking policy the tough ones take the longest. first is disabled placard reform. san francisco good a deep dive on that issue four or five years ago. los angeles and sacramento picked up the ball. la is looking at legislation around the policy. we will be continuing to engage in that conversation such as there is an opportunity. the take away in this arena is no progress without the engagement of the disability community and equity interest. both of these for lack of better term the larger categories of interest haven't been as engage. to be successful it will be

morrow best. -- robust. parking focusing on the impact of low income individuals and seeking to ensure those programs are implimented explea. we are working on a curb management report. we will see if there are proposals coming from that. housing is a newcom is is a new. parking minimums and maximums and permit streamlining we will look for opportunities. lastly i but not least, sustainabilities and efforts around greenhouse gas emission

reductions, bus electrificationf bus us helping with carbs to understand the unique position with the trolley coach which is zero emission. as we transition to zero emission that we can phase out the trolley coaches under this regulation. the federal component will be kicker. we have a changed federal landscape. it is interesting. there is a lot of bipartisan talk around infrastructure. incoming chairs expressed support for emt charge, congestive pricing but mind full

this won't work for everyone. we are anticipating a robust conversation working to clarify the top infrastructure priorities to make sure we are ready to go. the fast act will be expiring 600 days along those lines. we will behind full of conversations on reauthorizes authorization. autonomous vehicles we have capacity with members of tom's team and our government affairs folks. it is a super deep dive with senator feinstein around the issue of preemption and legal issues in the house and senate autonomous vehicle bills. the guess right now the clock ask ticking to come to agreement.

it seems today it would be hail mary to be successful in passing agreeable autonomous vehicle legislation. you never know. to let you know we are very much involved in those conversations. lastly, the broader context of mobility. it is something we will monitor closely. that is my report. i am happy to answer questions. >> thank you so much. questions or comments. director borden. >> a few years ago when they passed 375. has it helped in terms of regional transportation dollars that all of our housing is transit oriented? >> that is the promise? has that been fulfilled? >> sustainability. they have you merged and there is an opportunity to realize

that promise. the effort underway over the past six months. this year for the first time i have seen is probably as a result of the consolidation. the legislative program is now the number one issue is housing. i would say it is a little early yet. there are definitions within the sustainability community strategy that do not benefit the region. there are conversations so more funds would flow based on disadvantaged communities. i think you have to say there is so much demand and need around housing that they haven't quite delivered that yet. >> curb management. can you talk about the things that you are advocating for? >> i would say not advocating for.

i will see if tom wants to speak. it is who has the right to permit the curb. it is broader than that. >> thank you, mr. mcguire. >> the curb management is all of the tools regulating who gets to use the privileges of the curb. parking paid and unpaid, pick up and loading, putting things like bike chair stations, my division is undergoing a curb management strategy to bring to the board at some point in 2019 to try to suggest ways to better align one of the strongest powers this organization has which is to

control the use of the curb with the new modes of transportation in the city and to figure out how from a 21st century approach would be to support transit first and equity goals. >> am i contradicts to understand some of the things would need approval from the state to change? >> it ask possible. you know, one of the things we find as we dig into the california vehicle code which some people on apply team have memorized, there is quite a bit of power for a city that is willing to be creative. you will hear more about that in 2019. >> any questions or comments?

>> the 50% increase in the congestion on the streets. can you address to how the legislative program seeks to address that? >> tnts are regulated by the tpc. if there are proposals for fees in the context of pricing i don't know. that would be my best specific example i could come up with that i have heard about. >> really the ta commission on the report asked the ta to start redo the pricing study it did back in 2010. as you know, there is likely to resurface in the legislature a bill to authorize pilot congestion management efforts as

there had been last time. i think those efforts could come together. that won congestion pricing for everybody. what we have specifically ask a law this past year that would allow us to put the measure on the ballot next year that would impose a per trip tax on tnts. not clear what support there would be locally let alone at the state level for additional ledge laytive changes in how tncs are regulated in california. we have been trying for six years to know avail. >> obviously you heard frustration not just san francisco, los angeles as well.

cities lacking authority over tncs. any thought to state legislation to empower cities further to address the challenges? >> i haven't heard anybody coming forth specifically. we are in regular communication with the seven largest department of transportation in california. so far there hasn't been a proposal. i won't say a will. i think a proposal to try to take that on. there is an opportunity with th incoming administration and how it works or doesn't work effectively. that conversation started two years ago what should fall with in the purview and what night be under the state agency. it could be those conversations begin again. >> we have a lot of people changing at the state level.

people have been in place for quite some time. i think we will see a lot of new faces and a lot of stunt with people changing. >> the staff report mentions the better market street. we spoke about funding removed from market street. the budget is quite significant. it sounds like it is moving for the first few blocks. can you talk about the plans for overall improvement. >> as we have been talking to folks how to prioritize if we were asked, if there were an opportunity for other projects, better market street rises to the top much the list. it is socialized and people understand the value. getting the $15 million grant

was like a huge surprise. for phase one, which is about $70 million, things are move anything the right direction. we would want to advance when it is ready the full project north of $600 million, i believe, and look for every opportunity to fund it as a marquis type of project. we have no unknown fund sources the center piece of our ask when infrastructure calls for projects come forward. >> thank you. no other directors have questions. i will say thank you so much for the work do you on this. now the job you do is a marathon, not a sprint. the years on the board seeing the work inmuch forward on the things. some of the things we put forward we don't see a huge

success. we see incremental change and the issues get socialized in the state and other cities pick up the baton. the transit only lane enforcement with bus cameras, everybody is starting to realize as there are new fleets with fantastic cameras we have a big opportunity. there is a report that shows higher transit use means safer streets. that ties to the disability community saying that is one of the biggest issues to get safely to the bus. i feel like we moved that along. disabled placard reform was a big list. we didn't get what we started out asking for, we did move the needle. the dmv had an audit that forced

them to tighten controls which helped us. i don't know that we have seen the numbers on it recently. i assume the audits is going to trickle to our streets and we will see some improvement. >> i would hope so. i don't know how far they are in executing their recommendations from that audit. it was a small step but positive step. >> i just want to say thank you. it is a marathon. you guys and your staff are all doing very good work. we appreciate it. >> we are lucky to have the delegation we have. we have unified support. >> i think what you are doing is probably helping to inform other cities and they are looking to pick up the baton and to run with that.

thank you. do i have any members of the public left? no public comment. public comment is closed. do i have a motion to approve this legislative agenda. any opposed. it is approved. skit tight we do have a closed session. >> item 15 discussion and vote pursuant to add enough code section 67.10d. i should note that the city attorney's office is asking that the shank settlements be removed from the agenda. >> do i have a motion and second. we. >> we are back.

item 16, announcement of closed session. the that met in closed session. the board voted to approve the mudawar case. the motion to disclose or not disclose. >> move not to disclose. >> will not disclose. we are adjourned. thank you very much. everybody have a wonderful christmas, wonderful new year. happy holidays.

>> in november of 2016, california voters passed proposition 64. the adult use of marijuana act. san franciscans overwhelmingly approved it by nearly 75%. and the law went into effect in january of 2018. [♪] >> under california's new law, adults age 21 and over can legally possess up to 1 ounce of cannabis and grow up to six

plants at home. adults in california can legally give up to 1 ounce to other adults. >> in the state of california, we passed a law that said adult consumption is legal. if you are an adult and in possession of certain amounts, you will no longer be tried. you will not be arrested or prosecuted for that. that is changing the landscape dramatically. [♪] >> to legalization of cannabis could bring tremendous economic and social benefits to cities like san francisco. >> this industry is projected to reach $22 billion by the year 2020. and that is just a few years away. >> it can be a huge legal industry in california. i think very shortly, the actual growing of marijuana may become the biggest cash crop in the state and so you want that to be a legal tax paying cash crop, all the way down the line to a

sales tax on the retail level. >> the california medical industry is a 3 billion-dollar industry last year. anticipating that multiplier as 20, 30, 50 times in the consumer marketplace once adult use is really in place, you could go ahead and apply that multiplier to revenue. it will be huge. >> when that underground economy becomes part of the regular tax paying employment economy of the bay area, it not only has a direct impact, that money has a ripple impact through the economy as well. >> it is not just about retail. it is not just about the sensor. is about manufacturing pick a lot of innovative manufacturing is happening here in san francisco in addition to other parts of the state as well as the cultivation. we should be encouraging that. >> there is a vast array of jobs that are going to be available

in the newly regulated cannabis industry. you can start at the top tier which a scientist working in testing labs. scientists working at extraction companies. and you work towards agricultural jobs. you have ones that will require less education and you look towards cannabis retail and see traditional retail jobs and you see general management jobs. those things that are similar to working at a bar restaurant or working at a retail store. >> we are offering, essentially, high paid manufacturing jobs. typical starting wage of 18-$20 an hour, almost no barrier to entry, you do not need an education. >> that means that people who do not have college educations, working-class people, will have an opportunity to have a job at cultivating cannabis plants. there's a whole wide array of job opportunities from the seedling to the sale of the cannabis. [♪]

>> last year, they said 26 million people came to san francisco. >> the tourism industry continues to be very robust here and the city and county of san francisco is about a billion-dollar industry. >> if we use a conservative cannabis user adoption rate to 15% that means 4 million tourists want that means 4 million tourists want to purchase cannabis. and we need to be ready for th them. >> in 2015, as adult use legalization efforts gained momentum in california, the supervisors created the san francisco cannabis state legalization task force. this task force offered to research and advice to the supervisors, the mayor and other city departments. >> we knew that adult use legalization was coming to the ballot and stat that would bring with it a number of decisions that the city would have to make about zoning and regulation and so forth. and i decided at that time, at a know it was a great, that rather

than have a fire drill after the ballot measure passes, as suspected it would, we should plan an event. so i authored a task force to spend a year studying it and we made it a broad-based task force. >> we prepared ourselves by developing a health impact assessment and partnered that with key stakeholder discussions with washington, oregon, colorado, to really learn lessons from their experience rolling out both adult and medicinal cannabis. >> within days of the passing of the proposition, ed lee called on agencies to act decisively. >> he issued an executive order asking the department of public health, along with planning and other city departments to think through an internal working group around what we needed to do to consider writing this law. >> we collectively, i would say that was representatives from

g.s.a., as well as the mayor's office, met with a lot of departments to talk through what prop 64 and the implementation of prop 64 it meant to them. >> the mayor proposed an office of cannabis, a one-stop shop for permits allowing operators to grow and sell cannabis. >> he wanted a smart structure. he wanted a regulatory structure that ensured that kids didn't have access and community's were safe and that consumers were safe. and he wanted to ensure, more importantly, it was a regulatory structure that encouraged diversity and inclusivity. >> this is an office that will be solely charged with a duty of wanting not only the policies that we create, implementing and enforcing them, but also executing the licenses that are needed. we're talking about 20 different licenses that will put us into compliance with what is happening on the state level. >> this is a highly, highly

regulated industry now, at this point. we have anywhere from 7-10 departments that will be working with these industry participants as they go through the permitting process. that is a lot of work at a loss of coordination. we are creating a permitting process that is smart and is digital. it is much easier for the user and for community input, and is less mired in bureaucracy. >> for the first time ever in san francisco history, standalone licenses are available for all aspects of the nonretail side of the cannabis industry. now, a cultivator can go in to the department of building inspection and to the department of health and say, with this first registered and temporary license, and then what will eventually be a permanent license, this is the project, this is what i am going to do. >> very rarely in city government do we interact with

industries that are asking to be regulated. these guys want to be regulated. they want to be compliant. they want to work with the city. that is rare. >> san francisco has created a temporary licensing process so that the pre-existing operators here in san francisco can apply for a temporary state licensed. >> we have taken teams of up to 12 inspectors to inspect the facility twice a day. we have been doing that with the department of building inspection and the department of public health. and the fire department. >> it is really important for the industry to know that we are treating them like industry. like manufacturing. like coworkers pick so that is the way we are approaching this from a health and safety and a consumer protection network. this is just the way practice happens with restaurants or manufacturing facilities. >> because there are so many pieces of industry that people haven't even thought about.

there are different permits for each piece. you have to set up a permitting system for growing, for manufacturing, for testing. for delivery. for retail. you have to make sure that there is an appropriate health code. certainly the regulation of alcohol in terms of restaurants and retail it's probably a model for how this industry will be regulated as well, both on sale and consumption. >> it is completely uncharted territory. there is a blessing and a curse with that. it is exciting because we are on a new frontier, but it is very nerve-racking because there's a lot at stake. and quite frankly, being san francisco, being the state of california, people are looking to us. >> we hope that cannabis does become more of an accepted part of society in the same way that alcohol is, the same way coffee is. >> it is a very innovative fear,

particularly around manufacturing. san francisco could be an epicenter. >> san francisco can be a leader here. a global leader in the cannabis movement and set a bar just to other communities and cities and states and this nation how it is done. [♪]

] >> supervisor brown . >> okay. good morning and welcome to the government audit and oversight committee on december 5, 2018. this is the final meeting for the committee of the year. i'm joined