>> okay. did the planning department through the chair take guidance from that legislation to then allow medical use for this project based on that legislation? >> my understanding is that we notified them they are not allowed to do that, and suggested we did not encourage them one way or another. my understanding with the legislation, because i was the manager of legislative affairs when it was past, was because the medical campus was closing down, in the neighborhood was concerned these businesses would leave, and the foot traffic would leave. allowing them on the second floor would preserve the retail on the ground floor, also having offices on the second floor would help in more activity to the street. >> okay. at that time connected to the apartment ever suggest more housing at the site? i know the lucky penny was worked out at the same time where the special use district was used to increase density, so

i don't know if at that time that was something that was brought up. >> it did not come up. they are maximizing the density so we did not encourage anymore. >> supervisor brown? >> yes, maybe it is a project sponsor, how much housing did we lose in this project for the medical offices on the second floor? >> the answer is zero because the maximum amount of housing is what is there. we can't have more housing, which is what you're planning staff just said. >> i'm just saying, when you first proposed it, you are thinking about doing housing there and then it was changed on the second floor. is that -- that is what happened and then it was changed by supervisor farrell to put it to put medical on the second floor. >> i am the project architect doshi has been around the project longer than i have. >> that's what i want to know. when it was first proposed, in i guess 2014 with ground-floor

retail, and then it was housing. so how much -- if that is the case, how much housing was taken away for the second floor? >> the original proposal back in 2014, we had an arch related activity on the second floor, which is allowed by the n.c. prior to 2014, many of the medical dental use was only allowed on the ground floor and not on the second floor. many of the uses that are there now are grandfathered in. if someone tried to put in a new use before the legislation came in, the medical and dental would not be allowed on the second floor, so many of the people that spoke today, if they were to move out and try to move back into a space prior to 2017, it was not allowed. now it is allowed to have that use on the second floor. we didn't lose any housing, we've always had the nine -- nine units per floor on the

third and fourth floor in the project. >> my question was that you never proposed -- there was never a discussion nor you had ever thought about putting housing on the second floor? >> that is correct. >> supervisor stefani? >> one more question, what is the makeup of the 18 units in terms of studio, one bedroom, two bedroom? >> it is six one-bedroom, and 12 two-bedrooms. >> are you done? okay, any other questions? i see none. is there any motion that you would like to make, supervisors? >> thank you. so my office has convenes discussions between the project sponsor and the neighborhood, i've been out to the neighborhood, i've listened to everyone's concerns. thank you for coming out.

at this time, we received from the project sponsor a list of 11 additional conditions that would be part of the conditional use permit. late last night i want to thank the project sponsor for putting those forwards. i think that the neighborhood would like some additional time to review those, and therefore, and i have discussed this with the appellants and with the project sponsor, i'm requesting one week to continue the remaining item. i understand the hearings have been filed, but if we can continue the matter for one week so we can have the neighborhood look at the conditions that have been proposed, i have copies of them, i have given them out to some of the appellants, and we can have further discussions with the project sponsor and come up just come back in one week and take care of the ceqa appeal and the c.u. appeal at that time. >> there is a motion to continue the item to our tuesday meeting on february 5th, 2019. is there a second? >> seconded by supervisor safai.

i guess we can take this motion same house, same call. without any objection, the motion passes. again, these items will be continued to the full board meeting on tuesday, february 5 th. madam clerk, i will go back to item 47, and that is when we had already closed 46 in terms of filing the hearing, and now i want to turn it back over to supervisor walton, if you like, i believe you might have some amendments. >> thank you so much, president yee. the first amendment to item 46 incorporates an adopted january 22nd, 2019 s.f.p. u.c.

commission resolution, number 19 -0024, allowing public utility easements to be determined surplus, and vacated through the construction of replacement public utility facilities. the second amendment his five conditions for vacating the streets by each phase of development through the director of public works, and satisfactory completion of said conditions, which include recording a phase final map, and reserving rights through a temporary public utility easement, until replacement facilities are constructed and operating. i also would like to note that since it came up in the land use committee meeting in october, that ownership of the newly constructed streets and infrastructure will be returned to the city, face by face as they are constructed. this will be done through a thorough city inspection process and subsequent legislative action. i also understand that mercy

housing and city staff are here and present to answer questions. thank you. >> okay, i don't see any questions. so is there a motion to amend -- is there a second? supervisor fewer seconded, colleagues, can we approve item 47 -- let's approve the amendments. colleagues, can be have a motion to amend and second, can we have this same house, same call? okay. amendment is passed. [please stand by]

>> president yee: so at this time, i would like to ask if

supervisor fewer would have any comments. >> supervisor fewer: thank you, president yee. i think we'll hear public comment first, and then, i'll make a motion. >> president yee: okay. are there any public comments on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel]. >> president yee: then i would say that the public hearing is now -- well, it's open, but i want to also say that it's my understanding that the appellant has withdrawn the appeal. supervisor fewer? >> supervisor fewer: president yee, that is correct. i make a motion to approve item 49 and table items 50 and 51. >> president yee: okay. thank you. okay. so we have a motion, and now, i need a motion -- by supervisor

safai. madam clerk, roll call, please. >> clerk: on the motion to approve a approve item 49 and table items 50 and 51 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president yee: so motion passes unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, i believe that's the end of our 3:00 special order items, and what i'd like to do is return back to our regular agenda items. i believe we're on item 30. >> clerk: item 31. >> president yee: 3 # is.

madam clerk, please call item 31. >> clerk: it [agenda item read]. >> president yee: supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: yes. so i have an amendment that's being passed out, which essentially asks us to do the opposite. i want to amend the resolution to state that the board of supervisors determine the type 20 license will serve the public convenience and the necessity of the city and county. i want to thank the p.n.s. committee for hearing this item. and as you all know, there was a challenge where the applicant, patrick mccarty of tank18 was unable to attend. i believe he's actually here today. he had an emergency, a person

emergency that prevented him from attending. and at hearing, there was some -- a member from the public that alleged that tank18's bring your own bottle event was violating the type 75 license. i believe i can clarify that, and just in general, tank18 has been a good neighbor, an upstanding business, has a lot of support in the community, and particularly at a time when our small businesses here are struggling and we have a number of vacant storefronts in the area. i'd like to propose that we amend this resolution and state that the license transfer will serve the public convenience and i'm happy to answer any questions. again, mr. mccarty who was not able to be at the p.n.s. hear

because of a -- hearing because of a public emergency is here, and i'm sure would be available if anyone has any questions. >> president yee: okay. so there's a supervisor made by supervisor haney -- a motion made by supervisor haney to amend. is there a second? supervisor ronen. can we take these amendments without any objections? okay. amendment passes. [gavel]. >> president yee: sorry. can we -- without objection, can we take this -- can we take this amended resolution, as amended? okay. no objection or same house, same call? motion passes. [gavel]. >> president yee: okay. madam clerk, can you call item 32. >> clerk: 32 is a motion --

[inaudible] >> clerk: -- will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and requesting that the california department of alcoholic beverage control impose conditions on the issuance of the license. >> president yee: okay. colleagues, can we take this item, same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 33, mr. president? item 33 is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to extend the termination date of managed care contracts approved under section 21-a.3 from december 31, 2020 to december 31, 2025. >> president yee: okay. colleagues, can we take this, same house, same call? without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 34 is an

ordinariance to amend the administrative code to extend the sunset date of the graphy advisory board to march 1, 2022 and to require the board to submit annual rather than biannual reports to the may i can't remember and the board of supervisors. >> president yee: all right. colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? without objection, this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 35 is an order to authorize the district attorney and sheriff to send a request for entry of patrol to the united states department of homeland security to facilitate parole entrance into the united states and authorizing the district attorney and sheriff to notify d.h.s. immediately if the defendant posts baylor is acquitted or if no probable cause determination is found. >> president yee: okay. colleagues, the district attorney's confirmed that this ordinance is no longer needed and asks for us to table this

item. so i have some speakers or some questions. supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: yes, thank you, colleagues. this has been quite a frustrating experience dealing with this ordinance and the antics of the trump administration. the d.a. approached me over the break to inform me for the first time in their experience that the trump administration was demanding that they would extradite a man who was accused of raping an unconscious woman in his vehicle if the d.a. signed a letter informing d.h.s. of the disposition of the case -- in the case that the individual was granted bail, there wasn't -- the judge didn't file probable cause to continue with proceedings or if the individual was acquitted.

this is the first time a request like this was ever made to the d.a.s office aside from the fact that they've had to seek extradition of individuals accused of crimes many times in the past. once again, as we found time and time again with the trump administration, he was more concerned about exploiting a crime than about working with the local district attorney's office to bring charges against an individual and ensure that individual was entitled to his due process rights and that the victim had the opportunity to face her accuser. it was more important to the trump administration to exploit a crime and scapegoat the immigrant community than it was to work with our officials to pursue justice and keep our community. the trump administration has been playing games with this

particular case ever since. first, they said that they required this letter in order to extradite the individual. then, facing a deadline from the canadian government where the individual was being held, they decided to transfer the individual to san francisco. then, they said they would not transfer the individual to custody in san francisco, then they did transfer the individual to the sheriff's office in custody, and now, they're saying they don't even need the letter in the first place. enough games, enough games. today, i'm going to make a motion to file this item, especially since the individual has already been transferred to the sheriff's custody, has already been arraigned, has already been assigned a public defender, and the case is under way. but i wanted to take the opportunity to be very clear, that i am going to join in the

future with my colleague, shamann walton who has said from the beginning that the trump administration is playing games, and he refuses to participate in those games. i will refuse to ever participate or even consider a resolution like this again. we were -- i was trying to work with our d.a. to make sure we did not violate sanctuary ordinance but were able to bring this individual back so that he could seek -- he could be -- have a trial, and my colleague, shamann walton was right all along. this is just games, and i will have nothing of it. i also will just take the opportunity to say that similar to the games that he's playing with this case, that the trump administration, despite the fact that supposedly six months ago he signed an executive order ending the separation of children from their families at the border, that there is a child coming back to san

francisco this evening -- she's arriving on a flight at 10:00 p.m. at san francisco airport. she's 17 months old and has been separated from her mother and her father for months. he's still playing games with immigrant children separating them from their families. they had to wrestle -- d.h.s. agents had to wrestle this screaming child from her father's arms to take her away, and now, the mother has weekly face time interaction with her where the child won't even look at her mother. this is what this administration is doing. we will not play games with you, mr. trump, anymore. do not bring these ordinances to us again, d.a., because if he is going to play games with immigrant lives then it's on you. if you refuse to work with our

local government in order to bring charges against an individual where there is probable cause to bring this individual to a trial and to justice, it's on you. we're no longer going to play your games. and with that, colleagues, i would like to make a motion to file this item. >> president yee: before we move on that, supervisor walton. >> thank you, president yee, and thank you, supervisor ronen. i just wanted to go on the record and say this because i think one of the cornerstones of what makes our city great and safe is our sanctuary policy. and we know a heinous crime was submitted, but in terms of who was trying to block the justice of this individual is the department of homeland security, and they would not allow us to extradite this individual. and they should be ashamed of themselves with playing chicken with people who are the victims

of crimes, as well as the d.a. should be ashamed for bringing something to us which in my opinion is not in the jurisdiction of this body. they had the opportunity to sign the paperwork to bring the suspect in san francisco, and that's what should have happened. but asking the board of supervisors to play a shield on something like this i think is inappropriate and incomprehensible. the federal government has been attempting to sensationalize and politicize sanctuary policies in order to rush this ratest -- racest immigrant position in san francisco. and asking us to violate our sanctuary policies is something that can never happen again. and this is the fault of the federal government with games that they want to play with lives and families. and like supervisor ronen, i hope we never see a request like this come up again because

a precedent like this asking us to violate our sanctuary policy could be irreversible in the future, and it's something we need to remember going forward on the board of supervisors. >> president yee: supervisor fewer? >> supervisor fewer: yes, i want to associate myself with supervisor walton's comments. i think we were being baited from the very beginning. i was a little shocked it came out of committee. i just want to warn us that this is a slippery slope. in the words of bill hing, who actually wrote our sang twaer city ordinance, this is a very slippery slope. i want to say the reason that people are undocumented -- the reason that undocumented people here in san francisco can live viable, healthy lives, the fact that they can take their

children to school and go to work and be part of their community is we have put a blanket of protection around them. and if we put one tear into that blanket, there is another tear and another tear and another. and when every undocumented person in the united states has a target on their back, we should not be taking away that blanket, we should be doubling that blanket. it's not enough to say on the steps of city hall, standing arm in arm, we will stand by you. it's not enough. it's when the rubber hits the road, we tell our undocumented community that we are there with you no matter what. i just want to say the rest of the united states who have sang twaer t -- sanctuary cities, they, too, have signed onto being a sanctuary city. and don't think the trump administration is raining hard

on them. they are, too. in san francisco, we stand for something. in san francisco, people look to us. when we chip away at our sanctuary city law, the rest of the nation looks at us, too. they stand strong because we stand strong. we have a bigger responsibility bigger than our jurisdiction of san francisco. we have a responsibility to the united states, to the rest of the world. i think this moment was actually very telling for me. i think that it is a time when we really need to double down. the trump administration has hired the most -- i think they are very, very intelligent, these people who he has hires -- hired, and they're very intelligent on immigration law. we must also be kept abreast of what was going on, but also we need to be aware that we could be baited at any time. i also want to say that i am proud here in san francisco that we have not buckled down. i am proud that we have said

with our undocumented community, we will stand strong, we will continue to stand strong. we will stand by you, we will stand by our word that we have given time and time again that we will stand by you. and the rest of the nation is counting on us. and when i spoke to bill hing, he said, you know, sandra, this is a really slippery slope, and i would caution you not to go down it. i knew from the very beginning that this could be very, very dangerous. so i just wanted -- i just had to comment that this is the time that we're living in. why in the world would we ever cooperate with an authority that has taken children away from their families, and detaining people at the border and of calling these people names, and it's just been so ridiculous, this whole thing? why do we ever, ever, ever consent to anything that they ask of us? i think the only way we fight this is we stand united, we set

a precedent for the rest of the united states. we stand strong. in san francisco, our word means something. thank you. >> president yee: thank you for your comments. [applause] >> president yee: and i just will -- will say two sentences. during our committee, when we heard this, i believe i tripped on the slope, and i'm glad my colleagues picked me up. so -- and i slipped. so there's a motion by supervisor ronen to table this item. need a second. seconded by supervisor walton. can we take this motion to table, same house, same call? [gavel]. >> president yee: so without objection, this item's tabled unanimously. madam clerk, please call the

next item. >> clerk: item 36 is a -- >> president yee: i'm sorry. before you do that, the next -- i want to tell the public that the next few items, we're going to be excusing individuals on this board because we can't vote for ourselves. okay. supervisor -- i mean, madam clerk. >> clerk: yes, item 36 is a motion to appoint supervisor kathrin stefani to the mental health board, term ending january 31, 2021. >> supervisor peskin: move to excuse supervisor stefani. >> president yee: okay. the motion is made. is there a second? second by -- the motion was made by -- who made the motion? supervisor peskin, seconded by supervisor safai. if there's knno objection, the we will excuse supervisor stefani. madam clerk, please call the roll on this item. >> clerk: on item 36 --

[ro [roll call] >> clerk: there are ten ayes. >> president yee: okay. so this motion is passed by a vote of 10-0. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, could you please call the next item. >> clerk: item 37 is a motion to reappoint supervisor vallie brown to the golden gate district board of directors term ending january 31, 2021. >> president yee: okay. colleagues, can i have a motion to excuse supervisor brown. >> supervisor peskin: so moved. >> supervisor safai: so moved. >> president yee: okay. supervisor safai. is there a second? seconded by supervisor peskin. as soon as she's out of the

room. so the motion to excuse supervisor brown made by supervisor safai and seconded by peskin, without objection. supervisor brown is now excused. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call roll on this item. >> clerk: on item 37 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are ten ayes. >> president yee: okay. this motion is approved with a 10-0 vote. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 38 is a motion to reappoint supervisor and president norman yee to the golden gate bridge highway and

transportation board of directors term ending january 31, 2021. >> president yee: okay. i guess there -- colleagues, i need to be excused. can somebody make a motion -- >> supervisor peskin: i will make a motion to excuse president yee. >> president yee: okay. >> supervisor peskin: on that motion made and seconded -- okay. [gavel]. >> supervisor peskin: so we did that item without objection. on the item, roll call, please, madam clerk. >> clerk: on that item -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are ten ayes. >> supervisor peskin: next item, please.

>> clerk: item 39 is a motion to reappoint supervisor hillary rope to the san francisco lafco agency formation commission -- ropen to the san francisco lafco agency formation commission for a term ending february 23, 2023. >> president yee: can i have a motion to excuse supervisor ronen? moved by supervisor walton and seconded by supervisor brown. so with -- without any objections, then, supervisor ronen is excused. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, can you please call roll call. >> clerk: on item 39 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are ten ayes.

>> president yee: okay. this motion is approved unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, next item -- can you please call items 40 and 41 together. >> clerk: items 40 and 41 are two motions. item 40, reappoint supervisor sandra lee fewer to the san francisco local agency formation commission to a term ending february 4, 2023. and item 43, repine supervisor fewer to the brisk transportation board of directors term ending january 31, 2021. >> president yee: okay. can i have a motion to excuse supervisor fewer? supervisor brown, and seconded by supervisor peskin. if there's no objection, then, supervisor brown is excused. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call roll call for items 40 and 41. >> clerk: items 40 and 41 --

[roll call] >> clerk: there are ten ayes. >> president yee: okay. this motion's approved -- these motions are approved unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 42 is a motion to appoint supervisor gordon mar to the san francisco city college finance oversight committee for an indefinite term. >> president yee: okay. can i have a motion to excuse supervisor mar? and can i have a second? okay. so i have a motion made by supervisor ronen and seconded by supervisor mandelman.

and without -- to excuse supervisor mar without objection, then, supervisor mar is excused. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call roll. >> clerk: mr. president, could you please repeat the motion and second. >> president yee: supervisor ronen made the motion, and seconded by supervisor mandelman. >> clerk: thank you. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: on item 42 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are ten ayes. >> president yee: okay. the motion is passed unanimously. [gavel] count

[gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call next item. >> clerk: item 43 is a motion to appoint three individuals to the graffiti advisory board. >> president yee: okay. madam clerk, please call -- >> clerk: on item 43 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president yee: okay. then the motion is approved unanimously. madam clerk, please call the next item. [gavel]. >> clerk: item 44 is a motion

to appoint sara souza to the eastern neighborhood citizens advisory committee to a term ending october 19, 2019. >> president yee: supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. i just couldn't let the opportunity pass me by without saying a few words in fair of sara souza. sara souza is one of the most passionate hard working and exciting leaders in san francisco today, and we are so lucky that she has stepped up to sit on the citizen's advisory committee. just last week, she made history when she was appointed to the committee of the san francisco democratic party. she is also the sitting president of the san francisco latino democrat club, and works as a community organizer at the california reinvestment coalition. sarah came to the united states

in 2001 from brazil when she was 15 years old. the daughter of a single mother, after graduating mission high school, she attended san francisco state university and earned a master's degree in public affairs at the university of san francisco. she is just a dynamic incredible leader that is just going to is not to serve -- going to serve our city and make us proud. it is my honor to be supporting sara souza for this position today. [please stand by]

. . . >> i believe we are going to committee reports. looks like we are on item 60. >> yes, item 60 and 61 were considered by the budget and finance committee at a regular meeting on thursday. item 60 is a resolution to aprove an agreement between pacific gas and electric company and the city and county for services from clean power sf in

the amount of $20 million from january 1, 2019, through december 31, 2028. >> we take this as same item, same call? supervisor peskin. >> thank you. just through the president to the chair of the budget committee, or to somebody from public utilities commission, and i think there is a good story here, but we should get it on the record, which is why is this retroactive? >> is there an answer? >> i see puc staff. >> hello, supervisors. michael himes, director of the clean power sf program for the san francisco public utilities commission. the agreement with pg&e before you is a service agreement for clean power sf that is required under state regulations to allow

the city to operate the program. under the agreement, pg&e continues to provide distribution services, billing, collection of payment from our customers. the agreement -- the clean power sf was operating under an existing agreement which expired on december 31 of 2018. puc staff had negotiated a new agreement leveraging the existing terms and conditions after some discussion be the city attorney's office, decided to bring it to the board. we had not initially anticipated bringing it to the board given the fact that this agreement can only be entered into with pg&e and the combined term of the agreement would exceed 10 years. it was concluded this required board approval. that agreement was -- or that

determination was made in the fall. the san francisco public utilities commission approved execution of the agreement at the meeting and given the recess of the board in the winter, we weren't able to bring the item to the board in advance of the expiration of the previous agreement. hence, the san francisco public utilities commission general manager executed the agreement prior to expiration of the previous and we are now operating under this agreement. we bring it to you now for retroactive approval. >> supervisor peskin. don't do it again please. >> understood. >> okay. >> can we take this item same house, same call? seeing no objections, and then the resolution is adopted

unanimously. [gavel] >> madam clerk, please call item 61. >> a resolution to support the city's participation in the united states census, to authorize the city administrator to enter into the state of california outreach agreement, and to designate the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs to conduct the activities required by the agreement. >> supervisor peskin? >> a that is from the previous item. >> can we same this item as same house, same call without objection? this is adopted unanimously. >> madam clerk, it is time for roll call. >> roll call for introductions. >> i have four items to announce i will be introducing, three of which are related. as we all know, the five, nearly five-week government shutdown was a total disaster and deeply impacted many people across the country. estimated 800,000 workers nationwide were impacted be i

the shutdown. thousands of which of whom live in san francisco. many of these workers live paycheck to paycheck, and they were held hostage by the tactics of the white house. although the shutdown has ended temporarily, there is a possibility that it may continue, and that more worker cans go without pay. i heard personally from workers in our city who were concerned about how they were going to pay their rent, pay for child care, pay for utilities. this was shameful situation and it had deep impacts on our city. there was also a lot of concern about services being interrupted, how we were going to address the fact that the federal government and critical services locally were being interrupted. we saw at cities across the country responded swiftly and some cities even in california forgave utility bills, offered free public transportation, rental subsidies. san jose even did a moratorium

on evictions. and other specialized services. we authored and are presenting a resolution and i want to thank south koreas ronen, walton, mar and yee for co-sponsor rg and laying out some of the things we can do. this resolution is still needed because the shutdown may either start up again, sadly n a couple of weeks or we have to make sure with such an immoral and racist insistence on a border wall that we are prepared in the future if this happens again to stand up and be there to provide assistance for our workers. we are going to call for that resolution to be heard along with a hearing where we're going to ask for our departments to come forward including the treasurer, the mayor's office, oewd, the airport, puc, to help us explore some ways we can provide immediate assistance to

impacted workers anden ensure that services are protected. so we'll hear that resolution along with this request for a hearing, and we want to make sure we're prepared in many ways moving forward if this happens again to immediately respond. i also am going to be introducing one way that we are responding a critical way, together with the mayor, to take the mayor and the treasurer to take concrete steps to providing federal relief for federal workers if the government is shutdown again. the ordinance authorized the treasurer to secure a short-term line of credit not to exceed $20 million to administer individual loans for impacted worker who is live in san francisco or work at s.f.o. the interest-free loans will be made up to $6,000 and can go a long way to provide immediate assistance to any federal worker who needs it. i want to thank mayor breed and our treasurer sisneroos for

their important leadership on this situation that can if necessary provide immediate support to thousands of struggling individuals and families in our city. we are taking this step forward together. i am also going to be introducing a hearing related to our city's cold and wet weather policy as it relates to homelessness. i was surprised to find out that during the recent storm earl yer this month that we did not have a more urgent and robust plan to address individuals who are living on the streets in the extreme weather. there was a media report in the "examiner" that only 25 additional mats were set up during what was a brutal storm, and we left thousands of people on our streets without the protection and shelter they need. our response to homelessness whether there is extreme weather or not impacts all of us, neighbors, most importantly the people living on the streets,

businesses, and as i know as a city we are committed to ending homelessness, but we have to be prepared as we will see more rainstorms, heat waves, fires, wind, and cold, and will relate to what happened hahs year with some of the worst air quality that we have seen. how are we preparing so that we respond actively and urgently to provide shelter when there is extremely poor air quality, wind, heat, and certainly rain. i will be calling iffer a hearing regarding the city's response to homelessness during extreme weather. i am calling on the departments of homelessness, public health, public work, and the police departments to see how we can improve the policies. invite my colleagues to join me. >> thank you, supervisor haney. >> supervisor mandleman. >> thank you. i have two items today. first, i am introducing an ordinance along with the lead co-sponsor, supervisor brown,

and supervisors haneey, walton, stephanie, and fewer that will establish procedures for the office of cannabis to regulate legal cannabis sales and consumption at temporary events by creating a cannabis event permit. on january 1, ab2020 went into effect giving cities in california to approve temporary cannabis events and has long embraced community festivals and gathering as well as the cannabis industry, and with this ordinance, we will be leading the way on local implementation of 2020. the ordinance creates a process for the office of cannabis to permit regulated events that support local small businesses and the local economy and also prioritizing public and consumer safety and preventing youth access. it does not approve any specific event, but rather, creates a framework by which events may seek -- [chanting in background]

>> i want to thank the people who were just in this chamber,

the passionate teachers and the passionate parents who really do care about our public schools, and i don't fault any of them for showing their passion, again , i want to thank all of them for coming in here and showing us what they care about. i believe we are still in roll call, and it would be supervisor mandelman. wasn't you that started this class. >> it was, i was talking about cannabis. [laughter] >> cannabis events. our cannabis events ordinance creates a process for the office of cannabis to permit regulated events that support local small businesses and our economy while also prioritizing public and consumer safety and present -- preventing youth access." does not approve any specific event, that creates a framework for illegal cannabis sales and consumption. the city has been permitting

large and small events for decades, in this ordinance will allow us to build on our robust permitting framework to bring events that would otherwise feature an illegal cannabis component into a regulated space this will help to prevent illegal sales and consumption of untested cannabis products, occurrences that in the passive put attendees touch our lives in danger. this provides the process for event producers to create safe spaces where legal retailers consults tested, safe, and legal products to age-appropriate attendees, instead of allowing illegal sales to continue. as with all of the regulatory controls, this is the first time we are putting these controls in place. for that reason, i recognize we have work to do to refine the first round of policymaking. in the coming weeks, i'm looking forward to engaging with cannabis industry stakeholders, event producers, staff, and my colleagues on this exciting piece of legislation, in addition to supervisor brown, i want to thank our offices and the office of cannabis for all

the help that they have provided secondly, i am calling for a hearing on the availability of mental health services and drug treatment for san francisco's justice involved population. fifty years ago, our response to mental illness was far far too many, lifelong his douche -- institutionalization in a state run psychiatric facility. we have made significant progress since then, largely ending in appropriate hospitalizations and moving people into less restrictive settings. the reality is, we never fully made good on the promise of a robust community-based care model that centers on the dignity of people suffering from mental illness. across california, in the absence of the community-based care system adequately funded resourced and scaled to meet the need, our jails and city streets have taken the place of long-term institutionalization. in our san francisco county jails, individuals with substance use disorder and serious mental illness make up a large number of those being

booked. a recent b.l.a. report found that between november 2014 and october 2017, 70 3% of individuals entering the jails had a history of substance use or a combined history of substance use and serious mental illness. these folks are more likely to be rearrested, and on average have longer stays in jail than individuals about serious mental illness or substance use issues. notwithstanding these challenges , san francisco has innovated new models that can and do break the cycle. the behavioural health court does a amazing work with individual -- individuals facing felony or misdemeanour charges, their intensive case management and supervision, in and devises -- incentivizes treatment. for more than 250 clients participating each year, for the more than 250 clients participating each year, be healthier -- behavioural health court changes lives. seventy 6% of clients at a history of homelessness when they enter the program, and upon graduation, 80% are housed. i am all about -- all of us

would have been much happier if it was 100%, but it is significant. makes community safer, reducing recidivism for 26% and 50 5% for violent charges in the 18 months after clients enter the program. we know that it saves money. on average, participants save the criminal justice system over $10,000 in the first year of participation. i had the honor of speaking at the court and drug courts graduation ceremonies last year, and i'm deeply inspired and impressed by the work being done by the caseworkers, attorneys, public defender scott judges, caseworkers and the graduates themselves. i was disturbed to learn through these visits that despite the success of both programs, participants wait on average 6-8 weeks for placement and treatment of services. on some cases, the weight is much longer, and that is with caseworkers, attorneys and judges calling on behalf of these folks. these challenges near that larger problem of inadequate treatment and services. without access to alternatives, mentally ill and addicted pert

individuals with continual psych -- continue to cycle through the system. if we'll deliver on the promises of institutionalization in the end of mass incarceration, we must provide real mental health treatment for those who need it. we need to know what it would take to ensure that people in court and drug court aren't waiting months for placement and services, and we need to know what it would ensure to ensure access to services throughout the jail and justice involved population within a reasonable period of time after booking. to help us better understand these issues, i'm calling to a hearing to evaluate the need for mental health and drug treatment resources for participants in the behavioural health and drug courts, as well as the broader jail and justice involved population his. i want to thank aaron in my office for her help working on this, and i look forward to this hearing. the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor. supervisor mar kor. >> colleagues, i'm introducing three items today.

i am requesting a hearing on home burglaries and home invasion robberies. i have heard from many of my constituents who were really concerned about the apparent rise in home burglaries in our neighborhood residents fear and insecurity have increased in light of the burglary and attack on the elderly resident in visitation valley. i want to acknowledge the great leadership and work that supervisor walton and president yee have done to support the family and the community over there. this issue hits home for me because there has been to home invasion robberies near my house in the last year, including of my next-door neighbor, just two days after the november election at hearing will allow the board and the public to examine the number back frequency, and locations of home burglaries, as well as calls for service, reports, arrests, and prosecution. this will allow us to raise community awareness, foster greater understanding, and approach better solutions for home burglaries and invasions. i want to thank my cosponsors, supervisor walton and mandelman.

secondly, i'm requesting a hearing on switchbacks on light rail lines, including third street, and angle side. the switchback is when every passenger on a munimobile train is kicked off in the middle of the trip and left to wait on the street, sometimes in the dark, the cold, or the rain, while the train is rerouted to other passengers. i am asking sfmta to explain this practice to the board and the public, why and how often it is used, and how we can prevent switchbacks. our office has heard from constituents every single day who have had their commutes and lives interrupted and delayed by switchbacks. they deserve answers, i would also like to recognize my cosponsors for this hearing, supervisors walton and safai. i am submitting inquiry to gather information to inform potential policies to provide

financial incentives to single-family and multifamily home owners to construct accessory dwelling units as an affordable housing strategy. we need to explore all possible options to build affordable housing. a.d.u.s are an underutilized solution appropriate for my district, and many others. despite efforts to streamline the a.d.u. permitting process, a very few have been built, only 23 in 2017, the last year for which the planning department has data. the estimated cost to build and a.d.u. is $200,000, which is prohibitive for many homeowners. while streamlining the process is very important, and i applaud all the work that mere breed, supervisor brown, in my predecessor, supervisor tang, have done on this issue, we can and must do more and to encourage new a.d.u. his. providing meaningful incentives from the city and ensuring these units are kept affordable could

go a long way to aid our efforts to address the housing crisis in a way that is a win -win -win for the city that needs more housing, for homeowners who need more support to create these units, and for renters who desperately need more affordable options. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor. supervisor peskin? >> thank you, madam clerk, colleagues, i was actually going to start by talking about a piece of legislation my office has been working on for a long time, but i will actually do that one second, and i will start actually with the big show , the big show is that some $400 million of money from heaven rained upon the city and county of san francisco, and as with the budget, how we spend and allocate that money is really about what our fundamental values an