>> good morning, welcome to the san francisco county transportation meeting for today, tuesday, february 26, 2019. our clerk is mr. cantinia. if you could please call the roll. >> commissioner brown. brown absent. commissioner fewer. >> fewer present. >> commissioner mandelman? >> present. >> commissioner peskin? >> present. commissioner ronan? absent. commissioner stefanie?

>> present. commissioner walton? >> present. >> we have quorum. >> with that, let me present the chair's report by beginning this meeting to express my/our heart-felt condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues to the late, great public defender, jeff adochi. the staff have worked closely with two organizations jeff was instrumental in founding that are building youth community and capacity in those neighborhoods. insistence to the bayview move, the neighborhood transportation plan, we are collaborating with these grassroots groups to increase access to schools, jobs, and essential services. and now we will redouble

or efforts to press forward with jeff's team to implement these plans expeditiously in honor of jeff's memory, as no doubt he would have wanted. i know we'll be offering up memories this afternoon at the board of supervisors, but i just wanted to acknowledge that it has been a pretty shocking are surreal, and very sad several days, and i know we are all still processing. i just want to use this moment to say that i'm grateful to work with each and every one of you every day. and with that, i will not start crying. i want to thank several members of this commission for serving in key leadership roles at the t.a. this year. thank you, commissioner yee, and to vice chair stefani for serving with me. and with chair haney and vice chair walton, and finally serving on our

personnel committee will, vice chair mandelman and ronen, thank you for agreeing to serve on that committee. and we have a full agenda this year, marked by several major planning, funding, and project delivery efforts, and i appreciate your complect tiff support. collective supports. one of the most important projects is to bring in downtown rail to the closed terminal. at the last meeting, we were just hearing governor newsom's remarks in the state of the stay, announcing new chair and oversight measures for high-speed rail. it was later emphasized that the governor and the high-speed rail authority remain committed to delivering the california high-speed rail, including all phase 1 documents for the san francisco to

los angeles system, and to seek additional funding to build out these segments. colleagues, this was the case the day before the governor's remarks, and continues to be the work ahead. as i said in the chronicle last week, or two weeks ago, our imperative remains advancing downtown rail extension. we have a train box that sits empty as we speak, and constituents who are waiting to be connected to regional jobs, as well as vice versa. at this point, as we all are, committed, and i am unphased, and there is a sense to move this project responsibly with oversight and project management. i know we all share that sense of urgency, and we'll stay focused on doing what we need to do to make this project a reality. and that means finishing cal train lec electricification. and as commissioner,

supervisor walton understands, it means looking at governance and oversight both for the joint powers board of cal train as well as the trans bay joint powers authority. so there is much more we can say on this, but i am committed, and we all need to be committed, to bringing cal train into our downtown core. finally, in honor of black history month, i want to recognize the work of garrett morgan. the inventor of a tool that we all use every single day. perhaps we take it for granted, but the three-positioned traffic signal, also known as the stoplight, was patented by mr. morgan in 1923. though it was not the first traffic signal, it was the first one to have the middle yellow light. and it was remarkably

smart. mr. morgan actually invented it after witnessing a bad traffic accident on a busy corner, and that is when he realized there needed to be a little more time between stop and go. he eventually sold the rights to general electric for $40,000, and with that, i conclude my comments. is there any complic public comment on the chair's report? seeing none, the public comment is closed. and we will go to ms. chang. >> on behalf of staff, i also wish to express our condolences to jeff's family. today i begin my report on the development of this california p.o. c. we have been advocating for the california p.o.c. to open the data reporting with regard to ride-sharing companies. they submit reports to p.c. o.c. , but they have not her heretofore been released to the public.

as far as a proposed ruling from the p.c. o.c.is tha c. is they should require these companies to report some accumulative or aggregate data, consistent with cb1014, the clean miles program, and 1776, and the c.p.o.c. reports eight metrics as state-wide quarterly totals, and they would be reported at geographically areas. and perhaps even more detail than at the city level. we're evaluating the proposed rule-making, and we're finding so far that there is some positive development here, of course, and there should be some data to be shared publicly, but we do believe they should go further, and to meet the mandate of the too senate bills i mentioned, and to meet our other needs around planning and coordination and management of our street network.

we have submitted comments to that affect, together with sfmta, and the city attorney-general's office, and we'll be happy to keep you posted on those data activities going forward. that's a positive development i wanted to report. also, i was pleased to present with the self-help counties, with the barry caucus of legislature, these are the 25 counties in california that have self-imposed, voter approved sales tax for transportation. we thank the leadership and all of the committee moniemembers for their passage, and for implementing those critical road improvements and road repairs and transit projects across the region. and i joined dale johnson with laurie berman, where we discussed even more and very important ways to streamline project delivery. this is local approval,

this is caltrans approval, and resource agencies' approval, to better coordinate. and we have them from the sales tax measures, and the state also has its priorities. it is very important, particularly for us to coordinate on the sb-1 programs, well ahead of of the funding deadlines. on the downtown extension, i wanted to report back that our staff has finished procurement of consultants to assist us with this work. in a team of experts and peer reviewers, assisted by the partner agencies, who will be in the room with us to work through three different tasks. one, to review international and domestic rail best practices. two, project delivery and finance strategies to deliver this project. and, three, government and oversight. and we're happy to report that is under way and we'll be presenting more of an update next month.

we had eric cudo update the pgpa citizens' advisory committee on the status of this report last week. turning to bart, the bart trains are running one hour later and the morning, to enable vital repairs in our trans bay, the critical earthquake safety work. there are over 2400 east bay riders coming into the city at that hour, and it is very important that we ensure they maintain their access, and bart has worked with a host of transit operating across the region. 64% of the riders coming in from the east bay disembark downtown. so the plan does create 14 new express buses that run from 3:45 a.m. to 6 p.m., and two san francisco and peninsula routes. please visit

www.bart.org, and we'll keep tracking this to make sure that service remains reliable and as good as possible. san francisco has received $8 million from the active transportation program for two projects. last month i mentioned the $2 million alaini safety project for signals for pedestrians and bicycles close to the farmers' market area, and this was one of the top recommendations from the 2017 study, and it continued with commissioner ronen. and we shared with commissioner haney, and now with all of you, we received a $6 million regional grant from m.t. c., for the sixth street pedestrian project. the t.a. did help m.t. w w. with these early phases, and we still have $9 million to implement

these projects. so that's really good news, commissioner haney. the project does include reduction in vehicle lanes, new traffic signals, street escape scape improvements from jones to market street and on golden gate. and we joined commissioner stefani and staff from her office with the community in the knots hill area for a public meeting on the crooked street, where we've been identifying solutions around a potential reservation and management system so we can increase the safety and management of that very important attraction. but it is also a neighborhood, so we want to ensure liveability and safety for all of the residents, and to accommodate the very many important tourists and visitors who come every year. we'll continue to work with folks like the russian hill neighbors, and the equal area, and as

well with s.f. travel and tourism industry partners. please look for an update in the coming month or two. and we're working with the state legislature to help departmenidentify potential legislation to enable a pilot in the future, should that be desired. finally, i just wanted to mention a couple of things. our staff has been busy out there working together with collaborating with researchers and other partners. we've been invited, and have been speaking to, a number of organizations. i want tod wanted to height higd the transportation research board. and i gave a key note at the international transport development program. these international exchanges are becoming ever more important, as we learn from their experience, as we learn about things like condition management and priechpricing.

and they're interested in our work around new mobility, as well as other topics. the transportation authorities technology also testified recently at the british columbia legislature on a hearing on ride-hailing. and so congratulations to joe for doing a great job up there to advice the committee on crown corporations, which is their name for t.n.c.s, and he has been the recipient of an award from the zeffer foundation for his expertise in this industry. with that, i conclude my remarks. >> chairman: thank you. any questions from our secretary director? any public comment on this item? commissioner haney. >> thank you, chair peskin. i just had a quick question about the work around the downtown extension and tjpa? is there a timeline for report? is it going to come to us in phases or all at once? i know there are some things waiting on that to

move forward, so i'm interested in when it will be done and what our role will be with it? >> thank you, commissioner haney and for serving on the board of directors. the schedule is to deliver that in the may timeframe, and this is something that is consistent with our earlier scoping efforts, when we brought the work to the board for approval. we hope to bring you an interim update, and we committed to doing that with anyone else who would like an update in the meantime. >> chairman: thank you. mr. cosner? >> my name is francisco de cosner. and i come here from time to time, and i represent the walk mulroney, the first people of this area.

and i will be meeting the chair person tomorrow. and i heard generalities, and being a student of philosophy, i like to disect and disect. so we're talking about the trans bay, and we now know that the main box, the underground box, cannot even accommodate the number of trains that it was supposed to accommodate. and in all of the deliberations, not once has that come out here. see, there is a lot of talk, a lot of representation, and some of them are my good friends, on the trans bay joint commission, however, we have to get used to giving quarterly and

by-annual reports so we have something in writing on this. the other thing is, with a population that is growing 830,000, it grows to sometimes a million or one and a half million during the daytime, we're not paying attention in the increase in the carbon footprint. the carbon footprint, in its totality from concrete, aggregate, commercial use, transportation and all. because we have to pay attention to the health of our infants, our children, our youth. does it compromise health? thank you very much. >> chairman: thank you. are there any other members of the public for public comment on the chair's executive director's report. seeing none, the public comment is closed. mr. clerk, could you please read the consent agenda.

>> items 5 to 11 were first approved at the february 12th board meeting, and being considered for final approval. the meetings are considered routine. the staff is not planning to present on these items. if a member objects, any of the items can be removed and considered separately. >> chairman: is there any public comment on item number four, approval of the february 12th minutes? seeing none, the public is closed. would any member like an item or items severed from the consent calendar. seeing none, a roll call, please. >> a motion and a second. >> chairman: a motion made by commissioner walton, and seconded by commissioner brown. [vote taken]

[vote taken] >> we have final approval. >> chairman: thank you. is there any introduction of new items? seeing none, is there any general public comment? seeing none, we are adjourned.

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>> chair fewer: the meeting will come to order. i am supervisor sandra fewer, the chair of the budget and finance committee. this is the february 27, 2019 meeting. madam clerk, are there any announcements?

[agenda item read]. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. madam clerk, can you please read item number one. >> clerk: item one, item amending the resolution between the west side health center and behavioral health services by increasing the amount by 19 million for an amount not to exceed 23.9 million and to extend the current contract by three years. >> chair fewer: thank you. i believe have we have michelle ruggles here from the department of public health, and this item was continued

from february 13. >> okay. i think this contract is the sum of its parts, so i think it's helpful to understand the backgrounds behind each program, and i hope that will make my own explanation to you clearer. so we continue to be in agreement with the report recommendation both this time and last time, to approve the proposed amendment to extend this contract from one year to a total of 4.5, and to approve the corresponding funding for each of the fiscal years. the department remains committed and confident in its support of continuing this contract. as you know, this proposed continuation contract includes funding for three programs. two of the programs, the

outpatient and the crisis programs, provide mental health and crisis outpatient services to an african american target population. we conduct annual program monitoring reports of each individual program. each of these -- both of these two programs met starts in 14-15, 15-16 and in our most recent annual program, they exceeded standards. that was in 16-17. i recognize from last time, there was some concern about the solicitation rankings of the r.f.p.s use to select these two programs. i just want to point out a few important items for consideration. the first is we conducted a solicitation to continue our existing services. so the department did not have a goal of trying to consolidate or change service providers, and i think if you -- if the report showed the detail for each agency listed, you would

say that they are spread all over the city, and most have a unique target population if not a neighborhood population. as noted, all of the applicants were reselected, and all of the applicants were then and continue to be our contracted service providers with ongoing client service relationships and caseload. so i know that no one wants to be ranked last. if you look at the actual score and compare the scores ge agai each other, but if you look at the score achieved, you'll see that west side achieved 69 and 73% of all possible points. they may not have been an

a-plus, but they're not red flagged scores. the third program that's in there is called west side assertive value treatment. this is a program working with some of the highest needs clients we have. in our most recent year monitored in 16-17, the program solidly met standards, and as i noted last time, we continued and worked with west side with respect to the number of slots that they had -- client slots in that program, and we reduced the slots in agreement with them to reflect what historically they were serving of an 80% client load. so we appreciate that west side is continuing this program and there by ensuring the

continuity of care for these clients. so just in summary, if you roll these programs back up into the contract that you have before you, then i would just repeat that the department is very supportive of this contract with west side and hope that with this additional information that has been provided to you and in my report that it's now more clear also to you. >> chair fewer: any questions from my colleagues? oh, sure, let's hear from the b.l.a., please. >> good morning, chair fewer and members of the committee. severin campbell from the budget analyst's office. we did report this to the committee, and at that time we recommended approval and still recommend approval but are

available for any questions you may have. >> chair fewer: colleagues -- yes, supervisor stefani. >> supervisor stefani: thank you, chair fewer. i want to thank my colleagues for entertaining the motion to continue a few weeks ago, and i want to explain a little bit why i asked for that continuance because i don't want west side community health center to feel picked on. when we were looking at the report two weeks ago, there were concerns when we looked at the report. when i look at the global issues going on, homelessness, drug abuse, that are going on in our nation, i was forced to ask some hard questions. everyone agrees the situation on our streets is unacceptable. people shouldn't live on the streets with drug problems and mental health problems. we're required to ask the tough

questions. i was happy to have the follow up meeting with the b.l.a., severin campbell and with michelle and other representatives from the department of public health. and based on those in-depth conversations with michelle and the d.p.a. and reviewing the past performance with west side in detail and reading the b.l.a., i feel i've seen the information i need to be confident in this information. while it was reported that west side underperformed in certain areas a few years ago, two of the three items in this contract, community crisis program and mental health assistance it met or exceeded requirements. i know that d. ph and west side have worked over the last couple years have worked to adjusting the number of clients and value to a more feasible

amount. after those changes were met, the intensive program has continued to meet all standards. so i think a lot of the confusion, too was that the west side contract was one of several initial behavioral health services contracts were one-year-long rather than anticipated fie anticipated five years. i understand after talking to miss ruggles that that was due to delays in implementing services. so again, i want to thank you, miss ruggles and alexander i also want to thank marian jones, the c.e.o. of the organization, which wrote a

letter shedding light on some of the issues that i think we need to look at as legislators. behavioral health services is a critical part of helping struggling san franciscans, many of them who are living on our streets. i believe we need to continue improving our standards, mand do believe we need to hold all service provider accountable, including the city, and this is what will drive the change i think we need to really solve the crisis facing us. based on the information i received in the interim, i am in support of the contract and will be voting yes to move this forward to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> chair fewer: okay. thank you. supervisor, any comments? no? i'll just mention that last week, we had further information to clarify this contract. i think we are -- i mean, i -- you know, i was very vested in this because i understand that

west side is the only provider providing culturally competent services for african american clients and wanted to make sure they would get any technical assistance that they needed, but also made sure that it wasn't from 180 to 80 participants and 80 is the number they were actually serving. that even though you had slots for 130, they were actually serving 80. >> that's my understanding. in negotiations between the department and west side, they reached that number. >> chair fewer: and because i think there's such high need, i'm wondering, what is the ultimate goal? is the ultimate goal that the intensive case management program would grow to 130 participants or is it the goal that they would stay at 80? >> the goal right now is to continue the contract the way it is.

the department is undergoing a redesign of our entire intensive case management program, so it may change -- or it's intended to change the model so that there's different tiers of where you are in your need for intensive services. so i think once all of that is figured out, then it will be reissued as a solicitation and it's open, but our goal is to definitely maintain the service -- the client load that they have. >> chair fewer: okay. so i think that what i would look for in this is that if we see such high need x that they are currently serving 80, but after you do a redesign, and if there is an opportunity to i am crease the capacity, then, i would say that this is something that should be considered, and the resources put to this program should be reconsidered and need more technical assistance to bring the caseload up to the needed amount, which if it's 130, then

it's 130. as i said, they are the only provider that's providing this culturally competent services for the african american community, so i'd like to make a motion with a positive recommendation to the full board -- oh, public com. is there any members of the public that would like to comment on this, please come on up to the podium, please. welcome, and you have two minutes to speak zm thank y. >> thank you. my name is marian jones, and i want to thank you for looking at this more deeply because the services that we provide are very important. i really hope that you look more closely at how we're

funded and the way that other programs like west side are funded because there are problems inherent in the medi-cal funded system. in fact, we have served 130 clients for three decades, and to have essentially the same b budget with a few increases means it's impossible to serve 130 clients with the same money that you had 15 years ago. i just want to point out that we have an amazing staff, and we do amazing work, and also that no other -- no other provider in the city applies to provide intensive case management services, and i think that is because of the way that we are funded. and i'm not sure that we will be able to continue to provide because as we've been reduced to 80, you know, our budget has been cut by $600,000, which is a huge amount we're struggling

to be able to provide the best services possible to a community that really deserves much more than we're able to offer. but most importantly, i wanted to say thank you. >> chair fewer: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i was wondering, because it looks like maybe it's something like $300,000 per year per patient, how much of that -- how much of that money goes towards the infrastructure, like, for the facility itself, the building? >> chair fewer: yes, supervisor stefani. >> supervisor stefani: thank you, chair fewer. i just want to thank miss jones for coming up today and would like to follow up with you and have a meeting with you. i learned a lot about billing, and there's some follow up questions i have for d.p. h.

staff, so i'd love to follow up with you. thank you. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. i think in light of the comment of the public speaker, this budget should reflect the need, and if it's in need of several mental funds to keep this going as they're the only provider of mental health -- severe mental health case management, i think it's something we need to keep going. >> we will look into that. we do have other intensive case management programs, but not with the same target populations, so we'll continue to explore. >> chair fewer: so we -- i think this committee is specifically looking at this targeted population, and that

if this is a great need, and the budget does not reflect the need, there is a reason for supplemental funds. i think what you'll find in this budget committee, we'll be looking at equity issues. and if we find this is the only provider for services that are culturally competent for our african american population, i think we need to look at supplemental funding. public comment is now closed. and i'd like to make a positive recommendation to bring this to the full board. can you take that without objection? thank you very much. [applause] >> chair fewer: madam clerk, can you please call item number two. >> clerk: item number two,

ordinance authorizing the treasurer in the event of a partial shutdown with the united states government occurring tweeb february and december 209 to secure a short-term line of credit in an amount not to exceed 20 million or in the alternative partner with one or two companies for the purpose of paying employees or federal employees working at the san francisco international airport. [agenda item read]. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. i believe we have amanda reed from the san francisco treasurer's office. >> good morning, supervisors. amanda freed from the office of the treasurer and tax collector. i did present on this item last week. i don't know if you'd like me

to represent on this item. i'd be happy to. >> chair fewer: no, but can you speak to why we had a continuance. >> sure. the amendment we sought last week was simply to extend the authorization of this program through the end of december 2019 so if a shutdown occurs at the end of september when the spending bill expires, we would be poised to offer these services. >> okay. and i believe there is -- we heard from the b.l.a. last week. is there an addition on this? none. colleagues, any comments? seeing none, let's open this uptor public comment. is there any member of the public wishing to comment on this issue? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: miss reed, i have a question for you. are there other loan programs for folks like this, for example, folks reentering out of incarceration? i think when we talk about a needy population, that i

understand that it is beyond the forces of these individuals that this, you know, shutdown happened, but we also have so many communities that actually could benefit from loan programs like this, so i just wanted to know, are there other loan programs like this that actually serve our lowest income folks? >> i believe there are programs that the city offers and then through our office. i know that the office of workforce and community development offers some. >> chair fewer: i know i'm willing to pass this item out of committee because we don't currently have a shutdown. we may have another one. i don't know how our president feels, whether he'll change his mind or not, but i just want to caution our committee also that we have other really needy

populations in san francisco that we're not actually giving this kind of fiscal assistance to, and that we should also be looking at those populations, too. any way, i'd like to make a motion to pass this out of committee with a positive recommendation. can i do that without objection? done. thank you. >> thank you very much. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: madam clerk, please call item number four. [agenda item read]. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. i believe we have ellen murase. >> in the week of terrible and tragic events, i have good news. our department has been awarded

a two-year, $385,000 grant by the blue shield of california foundation as part of the leveraging collaboration to end domestic violence program. this grant will establish a multisector collaborative to engage new sectors and community leaders to implement community specific prevention strategies, to promote healthy relationships and to combat domestic violence. in 2017, there were over 22,000 crisis calls concerning domestic violence in san francisco. our partners providing over 27,000 emergency shelter bed nights. the police department responded to over 3,000 cases of domestic violence, any one of which could have resulted in homicide. in 2017, there were four cases of incident partner violence homicides. our objectives for this grant, very briefly, is to want convened partners from among 13

sectors that have been identified to shape community members on domestic violence. a roster of our potential partners is listed on page five of your grant pact. number two, the coalition will implement parallel prevention strategies that focus on healthy relationships with young adults and families in the bay area of san francisco. finally, throughout the grant, the coalition will evaluate the different prevention strategies through preand post assessments and submit reports and recommendations to the san francisco family violence council. the grant is highly collaborative and funds four

agencies to participate in a larger collaborative, as well as implement prevention strategies. specifically, the grant pays for young community developers to implement healthy relationships training in their workforce development program, safe and sound, formerly san francisco child abuse prevention centers to hold trainings, bay cat to support high school students in the creation and production of a social media campaign to address harmful gender norms. finally, the grant will full a half-time position at our department to provide objectives and manage the grant. the condition is retroactive because we need to expend it as early as possible in this new year. we received notification of the award on december 10 of last year, prepared the package and introduced the ordinance on

january 18. elise, who developed the grant proposal and i are here to answer any questions you may. >> chair fewer: colleagues, any question? seeing none, let's open this up for public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. there is no b.l.a. report. i have one question. can you talk about what the new grant position in your department will be doing? sfl yes. we'll be facilitating grant programs, putting together support for the advisory council, so really staffing from beginning to end the grant deliverables. >> chair fewer: okay. any comments? seeing none, i'd like to make a motion to move this to the board with a positive recommendation. can i take that without objection?

[gavel]. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. madam clerk, can you call item number five. [agenda item read]. >> chair fewer: thank you, madam clerk. there is no speaker on this except our supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, chair fewer. thank you for considering this. the ordinance will establish procedures for the office of cannabis to regulate legal cannabis sales by creating a cannabis events permit. on january 1, ab 2020 went into effect, giving cities in california the authority to approve temporary cannabis events. san francisco is a city that has long embraced community festivals and gathering as well as the cannabis industry, and with this ordinance, we will be leading the way on the

implementation of ab 2020. regulating cannabis events allows the city to maintain its commitment to public health and safety by ensuring permitted businesses are supplying safe products. we believe that additional regulation discourages illegal sales by instilling confidence in products that the public are buying and ensuring that the only events in our city are involving licensed and permitted businesses. a few key points on this legislation. only applicants who have already received an event organizer license issued by the california bureau of cannabis control will be eligible to be

locally permitted. you must have both state authorization and a local cannabis permit in order to engage in sales or consumption at these events. ab 2020 left a fair amount of autonomy, giving the city plenty of opportunity to detail our regulations and event guidelines. the office of cannabis will have the ability to impose additional conditions to permits, tailing the permits after consultation with various agencies. applicants awarded the permit will have the opportunity to ensure compliance with local and state laws. the city will have the ability to revocpermits if providers engage in illegal activity.

this will allow the city to ramp up cannabis events slowly and thoughtfully, permitting only a select group of events. this will ensure that the office of cannabis isn't overwhelmed. prior to january 1, 2020, the only events that will be considered for applications will be those that have been previously held on a regular basis that have previously received permits from the city and where there that's been significant unregulated cannabis activity. the fee may be waived once for a verified equity applicant or equity operator. ultimately, i hope this legislation will accomplish what all of our recent cannabis legislation has sought to do, bring this newly legal industry in a way that supports local

small businesses and equiti equitium -- equity applicants while putting controls in place. we appreciate the feedback that we received from city and department staff, industry shake holders and event producers. we -- stakeholders and event producers. we look forward to hearing more comments and information. eugene, can you come up and let us know what the roll out for cannabis permits will look like for t