>> supervisor yee: welcome to our rules committee for january 23rd, i am norman yee and i will chair this meeting. joining me today are supervisors catherine stephanie and hillary ronen who will substitute for safai today. the committee would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv. sammy williams and jim smith who record each of our meetings and make the transcriptions to the public online. are there any announcements? >> >> clerk: silence all cellphones and electronic devices. documents to be included as part of the files should be submitted to the clerk.

items will appear on the januarf supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> supervisor yee: before we start, can we have a motion to excuse supervisor safia from the meeting. with no objection, motion passes. mr. clerk, call item number 1. >> clerk: item number 1 is the ordinance authorizing the data and sheriff's to enter into a greet with the united states homeland security under which d.h.s. would agree to facilitate parole entry for prosecution in san francisco. >> supervisor yee: right now, i believe we have representatives from the district attorney' office here to speak on this item. >> good afternoon. we have a piece of legislation in front of you today to allow

us enter a narrow agreement for the extradition of an individual that's currently in canadian custody. we've been advised that that requires approval and support from the board of supervisors so we have lodged that request here. i have spoken to most members, but i'm happy to answer any questions you may have on the matter. if you'd like more detail. >> supervisor yee: ok. thank you for the brief presentation. is there any public comment for this item? do you want to -- >> yes, my name is mark nicco for the sheriff's department. i'm also here to answer questions you might have. i wanted to let you know that sheriff's hennessey supports our sanctuary city laws and the exceptions in those sanctuary city laws. and supports this amendment or this exception to sanctuary city

for this extradition. i am here to answer any questions. >> supervisor yee: thank you, very much. now, is there any public comments for this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. right now, i believe supervisor ronen has amendments to this item. would you like to talk about that? >> sure. i just want to step back a moment and provide context to this situation we're finding ourselves in. this particular case -- excuse me while i cough. this particular case, the district attorney has determined that there is probable cause and enough evidence to prosecute an individual who they believe raped an unconscious woman while she was in a uber-type vehicle.

the city attorney, as they've done -- sorry. the district attorney, as he has done many times in the past, under a different administration, sought the help of the department of homeland security to seek extradition into the country of someone that fled, charges that were brought against him in order to prosecute the case and bring some possible justice to the victim. the trump administration, as we have seen him do in several circumstances, underred guides of attacking the immigrant community, put up new barriers to the simple request to extradite the individual to prosecute them, in order for the district attorney to make that happen. just like he is seeking billions of dollars to build a wall on the border that will do nothing

to protect our country but is a way to scapegoat and create a political crisis in order to pretend that he is doing something for safety in the country. this is something that is happening right here in this case. it's very frustrating and i wish that the president would get out of our way and let our district attorney keep us safe in this community and to bridge charges against individuals that need to be held accountable for their actions in a court of law. so i'm very frustrated that once again, we are having to take unnecessary steps in order to keep our community safe here in san francisco. having said that, i want to make clear that i do not believe this is an exception to our sanctuary ordinance at all. i take issue with our council

for the sheriff's department. this is a technical clarification that gives the sheriff's office and the district attorney the ability, in this single case, to communicate with d.h.s. under three limited circumstances that the trump administration is requiring in order to parole this individual into the country to be prosecuted. the amendments are making that crystal clear. we're not amending our sanctuary law. we stand by our sanctuary low. it works. we know it has kept our community safe. as a matter of fact, we have record-low homicides in this city because we have such a strong sanctuary law and because the immigrant community feels comfortable coming forward and calling the police and cooperating with the district attorney's office. there are news report about how we are somehow weakening our amending our sanctuary ordinance

but it's not true. what we are doing is signing a letter and giving the permission for the district attorney's office to sign a letter that says that if someone -- an individual is extradited into this country, under three circumstances, if that individual posts bail, if there's not probable cause to continue charges against the individual, or if the individual is acquitted, that the sheriff or the district attorney is allowed to contact us and give them that information. it will be incumbent upon i.c.e. to find out when that individual is going to be released, find out where that individual is being held and to decide to pick up that individual if it choses to do so. so that is, i think, an important clarification and point to make here. with that i have passed out the amendments to the clerk and my colleagues. i basically wanted to make clear

that we're not amending the sanctuary ordinance but instead, if you look at the long title, we're authorization the district attorney and sheriff's to notice if the defendant posts bail, acquitted or if no probable cause to determination is found. on page 2, we are making that same clarification on line 7, 8, 9 and we've added section c to make clear that we are not modifying or altering sections of the administrative code 12h or 12i which is where our law is embedded in our administrative code. once again, we clarify what the permission we are giving to the d.a. and to the sheriff's department. with that, i would make a motion

to ask my colleagues to accept these amendments. >> supervisor yee: before we do that, supervisor ronen, i want to be clear. did you say that the president was in the way of justice? he is putting up barriers where we could possibly put a criminal in jail and he is putting up barriers for local government? >> absolutely. you know, this doesn't happen very often. it doesn't happen very often that the d.a. needs to seek extradition of an individual to prosecute. but in the past, when the d.a. had to go to these length under the obama administration, for example, the federal was always extremely willing to work with our local prosecutors' office to bring an individual into the country for prosecution, under the idea it's important for the individual to seek consequences, especially for violent crimes. so that victims have a chance to get justice.

that has never been a problem in the past. low and behold, when the district attorney went through the same process that they've always gone through, because they have good evidence and probable cause to bring a case, for the first time ever, the president is putting up barriers and blockades for our d.a. to be able to seek justice and in doing so, has delayed prosecution of this case significantly. this is requiring months of work and time in order to do what the d.a. wants to do, which is bring charges against this individual. >> supervisor yee: thank you for the clarification. it's really important for the public to understand that we're doing this mainly because we have a president that doesn't believe in law and order. and creates barriers to law and order. again, i never saw this as an amendment to our sanctuary city ordinance. i just saw it as a clarification of what we can and cannot do.

supervisors stephan. >> supervisor stefani: yes, i'm supportive of the amendments and agree this is not an exception but a narrow agreement. this is something that is very narrow for this one individual. with that, i have two questions. is there another path to bring this person back into the u.s. to face trial for the acts he is accused of committing? >> supervisor stefani, because the individual is now in canada, we're required to work through our federal and the federal of canada to execute the extradition and as supervisor ronen indicated, this requirement was placed on that process. there are not other vehicles as a local prosecutor that we can use to bring the individual back. we did explore other alternatives that might be available to us. we consulted with the city attorney's office but we were not able to identify another

pathway. >> also, i'm very interesting in seeing justice realized and i know the victim wants that as well. i just want to be clear if we don't bring this person back and he gets to go back to tunisia, there's a chance he possibly will never be held accountable of the alleged acts. more violence could be -- he could engage in more acts of violence against women. i think that needs to be clear. if he is not brought back, he will never have to face charges whatsoever. is that correct? >> right. if he is not allowed entry into the country to face charges, we're not able to proceed with the prosecution. we have a victim that would like her case persuade. pursued. he has a right to confront his accusers and work with his defense attorney, part of our

constitution. attached to everybody. and in order to have a full, fair trial, he needs to be present. >> i'm very comfortable with bringing this person back to face justice and i agree it's not an exception but a narrow agreementment we're put in this situation because of president trump and i want to thank supervisor ronen to make it clear what we're doing today. >> supervisor yee: we have a motion to accept these amendments. with no objection, the amendments are passed. can we have a motion to send this item out of committee with positive recommendations as amended. >> does it go as a committee report? or send it as a committee report? >> a committee report is not needed. >> yes. >> supervisor yee: no objection. the motion passes. ok. mr. clerk. would you please call item number 2.

>> clerk: item number 2 is a motion reappointing supervisor sandra lee fewer january 31st, 2021 to the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district board of directors. >> supervisor yee: i don't believe we have any presenters on this item. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public item is now closed. can we have a motion to move this item to the full board with recommendations. >> so moved. >> supervisor yee: well, any objection? motion passes. >> clerk: a motion appointing gordon mar for a term to the city college financial assistant fund oversight committee. >> supervisor yee: i don't believe we have any presenters on this item today. is there any public comment on this item? thank you. there are none. so public comment is now closed. colleagues, can we have a motion

to move this item to the full board with recommendations. >> so moved. >> supervisor yee: with no objection. >> yes. >> supervisor yee: motion passes. mr. clerk, can you please call item number 4. >> clerk: a hearing considering appointing one member of term ending march 31st, 2020 to the commission on aging advisory council. we have one applicant, one seat, and this is a nominee of the district 8 supervisor. >> supervisor yee: ok. if morning star is here, would you like to come up to the microphone. he is not present. are there any questions? seeing none. is there any public comment for this item? seeing none. public comment is now closed. colleagues, can we have a motion to move this item to the full board with recommendations? >> so moved.

>> supervisor yee: with no objection, this item passes. >> just to clarify, this is a recommendation that morningstar will be appointed to seat 7. 7. >> supervisor yee: correct. >> clerk: that completes the agenda today. >> supervisor yee: the meeting is adjourned, thank you, very much.

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>> hi. welcome to san francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an

earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through them. there is no truth that i'm aware of with harvey that dogs are aware of an impending earthquake. >> you hear the myth all the time. suppose the dog helps you get up, is it going to help you

do something >> i hear they are aware of small vibrations. but yes, i read extensively that dogs cannot realize earthquakes. >> today is a spectacular day in san francisco and sometimes people would say this is earthquake weather. is this earthquake weather? >> no. not that i have heard of. no such thing. >> there is no such thing. >> we are talking about the weather in a daily or weekly cycle. there is no relationship. i have heard it's hot or cold weather or rain. i'm not sure which is the myth. >> how about time of day? >> yes. it happens when it's least convenient. when it

happens people say we were lucky and when they don't. it's terrible timing. it's never a good time for an earthquake. >> but we are going to have one. >> how about the ground swallowing people into the ground? >> like the earth that collapsed? it's not like the tv shows. >> the earth does move and it bumps up and you get a ground fracture but it's not something that opens up and sucks you up into haddes. >> it's not going anywhere. we

are going to have a lot of damage, but this myth that california is going to the ocean is not real. >> southern california is moving north. it's coming up from the south to the north. >> you would have to invest the million year cycle, not weeks or years. maybe millions of years from now, part of los angeles will be in the bay area. >> for better or worse. >> yes. >> this is a tough question. >> those other ones weren't tough. >> this is a really easy challenge. are the smaller ones less stress? >> yes. the amount released in small earthquakes is that they are so small in you need many of those. >> i think would you probably

have to have maybe hundreds of magnitude earthquakes of 4.7. >> so small earthquakes are not making our lives better in the future? >> not anyway that you can count on. >> i have heard that buildings in san francisco are on rollers and isolated? >> it's not true. it's a conventional foundation like almost all the circumstances buildings in san francisco. >> the trans-america was built way before. it's a pretty conventional foundation design. >> i have heard about this thing called the triangle of life and up you are supposed to go to the edge of your bed to save yourself. is there

anything of value to that ? >> yes, if you are in your room. you should drop, cover and hold onto something. if you are in school, same thing, kitchen same thing. if you happen to be in your bed, and you rollover your bed, it's not a bad place to be. >> the reality is when we have a major earthquake the ground shaking so pronounced that you are not going to be able to get up and go anywhere. you are pretty much staying where you are when that earthquake hits. you are not going to be able to stand up and run with gravity. >> you want to get under the door frame but you are not moving to great distances. >> where can i buy a richter scale? >> mr. richter is selling it. we are going to put a plug in

for cold hardware. they are not available. it's a rather complex. >> in fact we don't even use the richter scale anymore. we use a moment magnitude. the richter scale was early technology. >> probably a myth that i hear most often is my building is just fine in the loma prieta earthquake so everything is fine. is that true ? >> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally

independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat for >> my name tom hewitt. first of all, i would like to

welcome everyone to come to this fair. this safety fair, we trying to educate the public regarding how to prepare themselves during and after the earthquake and then to protect themselves for next 72 hours. >> hi. my name's ed sweeney. i'm the director of services at department of building inspection, and we put together a great fair for the city of san francisco to come down and meet all the experts. we've got engineers, architects. we have builders, we have government agencies. >> well, we have four specific workshops. we have the accessible business entrance. >> my name is leah, and i am the assistant manager with the

department of small business. i am leading the new accessibility ordinance that helps existing owners better comply with existing access laws. so all buildings that have places of public accommodation in san francisco, they must comply with this ordinance. >> the a.d.e. was setup by the board of supervisors, and the ordinance was passed about a year ago. >> one of the biggest updates that we have is that the deadlines were extended, so all of the deadlines were extended by six months. >> and it's really to help the public, the business community to be specific, to cut down on the amount of drive by lawsuits. >> so on this workshop, we're going to be covering what the compliance looks like, what business examiand property owne need to know how to comply with

the ordinance. we'll also talk about the departments that are involved, including the office of small business, department of building inspection, planning department, as well as the mayor's office on disability. >> hi. i'm marselle, and i manage a team at the building department. today, we'll cover the meaning of a.d.u.s, more commonly known as accessory dwelling units. we'll talk about the code and permitting processes, and we'll also talk about legalizing existing dwelling units that are currently unwarranted. >> this is the department of building inspection's residential remodelling workshop. my name is senior electrical inspector cheryl rose, and at this workshop, we're going to be

answering questions such as do i need an electrical permit when i'm upgrading my dwelling, when do i need to have planning involved in a residential remodel, and what's involved with the coerce process? we're going to also be reviewing inspection process, and the permitting process for residential remodel in san francisco. there's always questions that need answers. it's a mystery to the general public what goes on in construction, and the more we can clarify the process, the more involved the consumer can be and feel comfortable with the contractors they're working with and the product they're getting in the results. if you have questions that aren't addressed in this workshop, you're always welcome to come up to the third floor of 1660 mission street, and we're happy to discuss it with you and find out what you need to do. >> the program is very

successful. the last piece is already 60% in compliance. >> well, we have a very important day coming up. it's sept 15. last four has to be compliance, which means that the level four people that have to register with us and give us a basic indication of how they're going to deal with their seismic issues on their building. >> i'm francis zamora, and i'm with the san francisco department of emergency management, and today we talked about how to prepare for emergencies in san francisco. and so that's really importantiimportant. in san francisco, it's no secret. we live in earthquake country. there's a big chance we will be involved in a major earthquake in the next 30 years, but we don't have to be afraid. these are going to be your first

responders outside of the police officers, paramedics, first responders, these are going to be the people that come to your aid first. by getting to know your neighbors, you're going to know who needs help and who can help in case of an emergency. one of the great ways to do that is for signing7for nert, san francisco neighborhood emergency response team. it teaches you how to take care of yourself, your loved ones, and your neighborhood in the case of an emergency. information is just as important as water and food in an emergency. san francisco has an emergency text message alert system, called text sf. if there's some kind of an emergency happening in san francisco or your neighborhood, it could be a police action, a big fire, a tsunami or an earthquake. all you have to do is text your citizenship code to 888777, and your mobile phone is

automatically registered for alert sf. >> my name is fernando juarez, and i'm a fire captain with the san francisco fire department. we have a hire extinguisher training system. you want to pull the pin, stand at least 8 feet away, aim it at the base. if you're too close, the conical laser that comes out, it's too small, and the fire won't go out on the screen. if you step back, the conical shape on the screen is bigger, and it will take the fire go out faster. so it can tell when you're too close. >> my name is alicia wu, and i'm

the director of a san francisco based nonprofit. since 2015, we go out to the public, to the community and provide training in different topics. today we're doing c.p.r., controlling external feeding and how to do perfect communications in each topic, and also, i hope that they can bring it home and start gathering all the supplies for themselves to. >> on any given day in san francisco, we're very well resourced in terms of public safety professionals, but we all know in the event of a large scale disaster, it will be hours and days before the public safety professionals can get to you, so we encourage people to have that plan in place, be proactive. there's websites. we have a wonderful website called 72hours.org.

it tells you how to prepare yourself, your family, your pets, your home, your workplace. we can't emphasize enough how important it is to be the mac happy new year and welcome back. i would like to remind members of the public that the commission does not tolerate any outbursts of any kind. police please silence of mobile devices that may sound off backward speaking before the commission, you can state your name for the record. [roll call] first on your agenda , is general public comment. at this time, members of the public may address items of the commission on matters that are of this trip subject jurisdiction with respect to

agenda items, your time to address the committee will win those will be when the item is addressed in the meeting. >> does any member of the public wish to speak for a nonagenda item? we will close general public comment. >> item one, under department matters, director's announcements. >> good afternoon. i am with department staff. it appears the director does not have any announcements. >> i think the audience does -- [laughter] >> i am happy to answer any questions you may have. >> item two is a review of past events and announcements. >> good afternoon, commissioners happy new year and welcome back. just one item to share with you. your landmark designation quarterly report would normally be scheduled for today's hearing has been moved to february 6th , and that is so we can present a proposed program for

you before you make a decision on your recommendations for the 1920 budget. you will have that at your next hearing. that concludes my report. >> any questions? >> see no questions, commission matter, item three, present's report and announcements. >> i have a little announcement. many of you know i will not be seeking another term. this will be my final time as president here. i thought it would be a good time to reflect on the accomplishments of the last ten years that i've been on the commission. in addition to many permits and certificates of appropriateness and review of the e.i.r., we have had a few major achievements including the development of a robust landmarks work program and the designation of many landmarks and some districts. and the development of a cultural heritage program and the legacy business program. our plaque program for historic -- identifying historic properties,