it's an easy way to align your environmental proclivities and goals around climate change and it's so easy that it's hard to not want to do it, and it doesn't really add anything to >> 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.

♪ >> 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 sfdph.org/breastfeedingatwork. ♪

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>> this is one place you can always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your san francisco history used to be. >> we hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought them here and down the line. >> even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. and they tell us that. >> you're going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality

products and something that's very, very good. ♪ >> the legacy bars and restaurants was something that was begun by san francisco simply to recognize and draw attention to the establishments. it really provides for san francisco's unique character. ♪ >> and that morphed into a request that we work with the city to develop a legacy business registration. >> i'm michael cirocco and the owner of an area bakery. ♪ the bakery started in 191. my grandfather came over from italy and opened it up then. it is a small operation. it's not big. so everything is kind of

quality that way. so i see every piece and cut every piece that comes in and out of that oven. >> i'm leslie cirocco-mitchell, a fourth generation baker here with my family. ♪ so we get up pretty early in the morning. i usually start baking around 5:00. and then you just start doing rounds of dough. loaves. >> my mom and sister basically handle the front and then i have my nephew james helps and then my two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking. after that, my mom and my sister stay and sell the product, retail it. ♪ you know, i don't really think about it. but then when i -- sometimes when i go places and i look and see places put up, oh this is our 50th anniversary and everything and we've been over

100 and that is when it kind of hits me. you know, that geez, we've been here a long time. [applause] ♪ >> a lot of people might ask why our legacy business is important. we all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry. our lineage and i'll use one example of tommy's joint. tommy's joint is a place that my husband went to as a child and he's a fourth generation san franciscan. it's a place we can still go to today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories of what was san francisco like back in the 1950s. >> i'm the general manager at tommy's joint. people mostly recognize tommy's

joint for its murals on the outside of the building. very bright blue. you drive down and see what it is. they know the building. tommy's is a san francisco hoffa, which is a german-style presenting food. we have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. you prefer it to be carved whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. you want your pastrami to be very lean. you can say i want that piece of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want it with some sauerkraut. tell the guys how you want to prepare it and they will do it right in front of you. san francisco's a place that's changing restaurants, except for tommy's joint. tommy's joint has been the same since it opened and that is

important. san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from. tommy's is a place that you'll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors

does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. the business really boomed after that. >> i think that the flavors we

make reflect the diversity of san francisco. we were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it. businesses come and go in the city. pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and there's so much competition. so for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by the city has been really a huge honor. >> we got a phone call from a woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still owned it and she was so happy that we were still involved, still the owners. she was our customer in 1953. and she still comes in.

but she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that we're carrying on our father's legacy. and that we mean so much to so many people. ♪ >> it provides a perspective. and i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, you're missing the context. for me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. >> i just think it's part of san francisco. people like to see familiar stuff. at least i know i do. >> in the 1950s, you could see a picture of tommy's joint and looks exactly the same. we haven't change add thing. >> i remember one lady saying, you know, i've been eating this ice cream since before i was born. and i thought, wow! we have, too. ♪

>> i moved into my wonderful, beautiful, affordable housing march 7th. i have lived in san francisco since i was two-years-old. i've lived in hunters view for 23 to 24 years now. my name is vlady. i use titus and i am the resident commissioner for the san francisco housing facility. from the very beginning, this whole transition of public housing and affordable housing was a good idea. but many, many residents didn't think it would ever actually

happen. it's been a life changing experience. and i'm truly grateful for the whole initiative and all those that work on the whole sf initiative. they've done a wonderful job accommodating the residents, who for many years have lived in delap tated housing. now they have quality housing. i was on a street where the living room and the kitchen and stairs. it wasn't large enough to accommodate. the children are grown. i had the accomplish of having a dishwasher in my home. i really like that. [laughter] i really like not having to wash dishes by hand. we still do it from time to time. the mayor's office has been a real friend to us, a partner. we know that our city supports us. i love san francisco.

just to be able to stay in my community and continue to help the residents who live here and continue to see my neighborhoods move into new housing, it's been a real joy. it's been a real joy. >> hello, everyone here i am a london breed. i am the mayor of the city and county of san francisco, and i am so very excited to be here with each and every one of you here. many of you probably know i grew up not too far from here on eddie and laguna in public housing that was managed by the san franc h