things after the bricks and mortars occurred, and before you, it just shows some of the examples, like it takes whenever you move into a building or a house, there are needs that were not anticipated. this funding was created to allow that to happen. and there is optimization and improvements of certain flows that are coming from this type of funding instead of having to come from city funds. likewise, there is a category 2 in here, transforming patient staff and visitor experience. you can read what it also is doing. these are all part of the funding and part of what the zuckerberg fund was created to do, not only build the hospital or complete the hospital, but also to allow for continuous improvement in the hospital services, with a fund that would

not have to depend on the city's general fund. i throughout it would be good for your information also. i think we found that very important for us to realize. thank you. >> commissioner chow. >> and the last item is the consideration of adjournment. >> motion to adjourn. >> so moved. >> second. >> all those in favor say aye. >> aye. >> meeting adjourned.

>> good noon, and welcome to the may 7, 2019 meeting board of supervisor. madam clerk, would you please call the roll. (roll call).

mr. president, you have a quorum. >> ok, great. would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, >> i would like to acknowledge the staff, and michael bodazar who records each of out meetings and makes the transcripts available to the public online. madam clerk, are there any

communications? i have none to report, mr. president. >> i just want to take the privilege before we get started on our agenda that i was able to attend a meeting in washington, d.c. with supervisor stephanie last week, with the chamber of commerce and i would like to report back just something that was so different from previous trips. each of the representatives, mostly all democrats, withoutny prompts talks about what the federal government needs to do to be concerned about. each of them started saying this crisis, nationally, of homelessness, is a crisis of affordable housing and we need to more resources into

transportation. it was so unusual to hear that, because in previous trips i never heard those issues come up, except for transportation. i wanted to share that information and by the way, supervisor stephanie was a rock star there and in two sentences, she possibly could have gotten us $100 million infrastructure improvement for san francisco. thank you, stephanie. supervisor stephanie. [ laughter ] >> and you can explain during roll call. we have approving the minutes from the april 2nd, 2019 board meeting. any changes to these meeting minutes? seeing none, can i have a motion to approve the minutes as

presented? motion by supervisor feyer and seconded by supervisor brown. madam clerk. >> outites 1 through 14 are on sent considered to be rue tune and an item may be removed and considered separately. >> would anyone like to sever any items from the content agenda? supervisor marr, would you like to sever anything? >> no, ok. >> madam clerk, please take the roll on items 1 through 14?

>> supervisor mandelman, aye. (roll taken). there are 11 ayes. >> let's go to the regular agenda. >> item 15 is and ordinance to amend the campaign and conduct code for transportation in the public financing programme and the operation of individual expenditure ceilings for participating candidates. >> supervisor marr? >> thank you, president. i just wanted to share some

remarks about this item. in my race in district 4, for district 4 supervisor last year many fellow candidates were disqualified from participating in public financing due to the unclear deadline tor filing statements of participation. so a as supervisor, i began working on this legislation to prevent this from impacting candidates going forward. there's more work to be done to expand the public financing programme and it doesn't end here. i will be introducing a second ordinance in partnership to further reform this programme to be accountable to the public rather than private and dark money donors. thank you to the ethic's commission, ethic's scarf. staff. i look forward to continuing this crucial conversation in the week to come. thank you.

>> thank you, supervisor marr. out can we take this item, same house, same call? objection to this ordinance has passed unanimously. please call items 16 and 17. >> item 16 is to appropriate 16 millions of certificates of participation to the general service's agency to purchase property located at 814 through 820 bryant street with related demolition and site preparation. item 17 is the resolution to authorize the director of the real estate division to purchase property at 814 through 820 bouyant stree820priant street fn

and to cause the execution of tax exempt certificates no to exceed 16 million and to adopt appropriate findings. >> colleagues, can we take these items, same house, same call? >> the resolution is adopted. >> item 18 is a resolution to fix prevailing wage rates for workers performing work in connection with city contracts or property. >> colleagues, can we take the items, came house, same call? this is adopted unanimously. please call items 19 and 20 together. >> item 19 is to approve the airport contract award for the air, train operation and maintenance between bombardier transportation, inc and the city

through 2029 with one five-year option to renew. for an amount not to exceed 220 million and item 20 is a resolution to approve number one to the concourse between air sun jv and the city for an extension of the term through december 31, 2020. >> ok, colleagues, can we take these items, same house, same call and without objection, these resolutions are adopted. >> resolution item 2 is for a fourth amendment between health right 360 and department of public health for fiscal intermediary check-writing services for an amount not to exceed 109.000000 and to extend the term to june 30, 2019 for a total agreement term,

december 31, 2019 through december 31, 2020. >> colleagues, can we take the same house, same call? without objection,. this isadopted unanimously. >> item number 22 will amend the administrative code for residential hotel status and disclosure to the buyer or transferee prior to the sale or transfer of a residential hotel and affirm the determination. >> colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? >> without objection this is passed on first reading unanimous there madam clerk? >> item 23, to deyear the intention of board of supervisors to extend a property-based business improvement district known as the union scare business improvement district and to levy all parcels to approve the

district plan, engineer's report and appropriated boundaries, to -rorder and set the time and ple to sit as a committee as a whole on july 29th in room 250 in city hall. >> can we take this same house, same call. >> without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. >> madam clerk, item number 24. >> item number 24 is and ordinance to amend the police code to require in general that brick and mortar businesses accept payment in cash with the purchase of goods and services other than professional services. >> supervisor brown? >> yes, thank you. i want toty my nine cosponsors for this legislation. the legislation rights for legal tender ordinance is a lie which we did not have to have on the books but as we know, this law is required and if we are going

to ensure equity of access to all city economy, residents who rely on cash to pay for goods, services and to participate in san francisco's economic life are unjustly discriminated against and excluded for participating in our city's economy when merchants refuse their cash for good or services. in the last major study of the unbanked of san francisco, it was estimated that as many as 50% of african-americans and latin households were unbanked. others who do not have access to banks are young people, seniors, individualings experiencing hopelessness, immigrants, victims of identity theft. since introducing this legislation, i have worked with equity advocates and merchants to make sure the finished product establishes the highest protections against discrimination while ensuring businesses would be able to continue to thrive.

one of the best results of those discussions was the realization of several businesses that were, in fact, dis-crim fating against the poor and other unbanked people. amazon will accept cash at the amazon go stores and looking at ways to accept snap benefits. others followed suit. park casual restaurant chain sweet green announced i will accept cash. it had consequences excluding those who can only pay with cash. the future may be cashless by denying th the ability to pay wh means excluding too many people and in the comin coming years, y

office will work with the treasurer's office to promote bank of san francisco and to help more folks move away from being unbanked. i hope our work is fruitful, but until then, this legislation will go far in ensuring all sanf san francisco has access to the city's economy. >> supervisor stephanie. >> thank you, president. i want to thank supervisor brown for bringing this forward. i saw this, how this population is discriminated against in a way that you are now solving so thank you for that and i want to make note i did add my name as a cosponsor at the last committee hearing so my name should be on this and i don't see it this. i want to reiterate that i am cosponsoring this. so victim. >> supervisor walton. >> thank you, president and thank you to supervisor brown.

this is one of the reasons we need a public bank because our unbanked population continues to have less options and so this is right in line with the big push for a public bank as well. thank you so supervisor brown and all of my colleagues for supporting this. >> colleagues, can we take this same house, came call? without objection, this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. madam clerk, please call item number 25. >> item 25 is a resolution to support california's state assembly bill 392, the act to save lives by shirley weber and kevin mccarty to include policing best practices for police officers to use deadly force only when necessary to prevent imminent and serious body injury or death and require dees cesdees ca allegation when.

bill 230 was introduced man tating training standards and require the peace officer standards and training implements a course of periodic training on the use of force. the bill would require uniform minimum guidelines for adoption by california law enforcement agencies for the use of force. the provisions of sb-230 would be operative continu contingentl 392. there was committee on the need to not just change the standard but have training that really updates the use of force

standard and also prepares law enforcement agencies to able to implement those effectively. it's only in the whereas section so it doesn't require us to send be these back to committee. >> supervisor stephanie. >> i'm sorry -- supervisor safaye. >> thank you for lighting on this issue and thank you fob being agreeable to the amendments. the amendments are straightforward. i think one of the things we want to recognize is that this has been and ongoing conversation at the state capital. they asked those on fighting on behalf of reforms and use of force reduction to come to the table lead by shirley weber and long with cabayeros and also

with the speaker's office and the governor had been working hand-in-hand. i think they rest this is an ongoing negotiation and the ultimate resolution will be based on a compromised solution to both include extreme changes in the training standards along with a change in what is required i in terms of judges wn a use of force has been applied and i think those are realities happening right now at the state legislature. we understand from talking to the governor's office, they're hopeful that by the end of the month this can be resolved. so all sides is been working diligently andiligently and whes stripped of contradictory language, it was a big gesture on behalf of law enforcement and also, that 230 can't become law

without ab392 and that is a reality that is standing there and this recognizes the need for reform, recognises the need to respect life and safety and i think that's what needs to be our highest priority, the safety of our citizens, as well as the safety of our law enforcement officer. but we can't do that without changing the training standards along with changing what we judge to be the appropriate times to use deadly use of force. so i want to thank sou supervisr hainey is a work of progress, and 392 won't be ultimately the final resolution, but i think the fact there's been a significant amount of progress on both sides is recognise recoh the resolution and i appreciate the work supervisor haney has

done. >> i want to thank supervisor hanye for bringing this forward and a discussion needs to be had and no changes need to b this it discussion. i did express concerns about making sure if we change the standard, that we must change the training to meet that standard. i am pleased that ab392 and sb230 have been linked so training is an social component but i know everything is included no one comprehensive bill. we not only changed the use of force but that came with training be including tactic training an early results show as was reported in the chronicle that it's really made a difference. the other point in committee was

the fact that the governor's office is actively working a negotiated compromise with all stakeholders which i think is very promisin promising and i tl sighs need tsides need to come . that's still done. i had a conversation with the for's office and i'm encouraged by what i hear. we were told they are making great progress and i think this is such an important issue to everyone involved in working together, in my opinion, is the optimal process to ensure the outcome for all and it's difficult to take a position on this bill when i know the governor is actively negotiating to bring all parties together. i want to thank you for working on the amendments for bringing sb230 into the resolution. i still think it doesn't go far off and that we're holding out

for negotiations in supporting that and the governor's office interveepeintervened to bring as to the able to have a negotiated compromise is the best for all parties involved. today i don't feel i could support the resolution because of the ongoing negotiations. but i am holding out hope for a negotiated compromise. >> supervisor walton. >> again, i want to just take the time to appreciate supervisor haney for bringing this forward in support of a ab392. our focus is about decreasing the negative interactions between law enforcement and people in community and it continues to be about saving lives and to have the terminology reasonable as the bar that determines whether or not you use force is really unacceptable and it should be

necessary, necessary is how we'll save lives and this is the change that has been needed for a long time and i want to commend supervisor haney for bringing this forward. i agree with you in terms of training being necessary as we roll out the components of the bill once it has passed and hopefully. but we cannot adequately train people to accomplish our goals unless we have the right policies in place. this policy needs to happen so the training can match the policy and we can move forward. and again, it's about keeping people alive, decreasing interactions between law enforcement and community. this bill goes a step towards that. there are so many other things that need to happen but law enforcement should not be used in force unless it is absolutely necessarily. thank you. >> thank you. i want to thank supervisor haney

for bringing this resolution forward and i actually am pleased to see the amendments that were introduced. one of the things i was looking at this before the amendments and it's really important we do this and i looked and i agreed with supervisor stephanie that you cannot just mandate something and think it will happen by itself. we get things from the state all of the time saying you have to do this but there's no mandate for any training or support or anything. i believe this is something that i can support, that we really -- you'll do this new policy, we have to make sure everybody concerned understands the new

policy and how to behave in a new way and that does require training and so thank you very much. i wants t want to put my name as cosponsor. same house, came call? >> there's a motion made by supervisor haney to amend and is there a second? can we take the amendments without objection? good, can we take the item as amended? i think we need a roll call. >> that's right. let me have a roll call as amended. air ai(roll call).

>> there are ten ayes, one no with soup store stephanie in the dissent. this has been amended. madam clerk, why don't we go to deny fofor a brief moment anywao items -- >> 30, roll call for introduction? and then we'll cut away, mr. president, when you feel it's right. >> supervisor mandleman, you're the first to introduce new business.

>> i have two i in memorium. widely considered a giant of california architecture, george homsey's included the coast, garfield elementary school and stephen stations throughout the barrier. his father worked in the automobile shop and his grandfather owned a grocery store on philmore street. george trained to be a naval automotive iteaviatorand went oy architecture at university of california berkley and joined a design firm. george's work thought the state of california included ground-breaking preservation

work atonighted by the national park's service. here in san francisco, his work was known for channeling the bay area architecture and proves like the hermitage. many of you may know his son, shared a phon antidote. in the early 1960 george walked into the randall mul museum and spotted a vacant lot which he envisioned the perfect place to build a home and spent the next six months putting up exterior walls. it would be the home where george would raise his two children. artist ruth fowler was a frequent guest and daniel was asked to work on instainstallat.

in 2006, george was award the maybeck award for california council and those his work won him international acclaim, we will forever remember him as a proud san francisco person and whose work will forever shape san francisco. i would like to ajourn in gardner perry pond who passed away at the age of 813 81. he was born to perry staple's

pond. he served in the u.s. maritime's service from 1945 to 1997 and graduated in 1952. as a gay man, he was and active advocate for lgbtq right and a advocate for society rights and member of operation concern founded in 1974 to provide mental health services to lgbtq people. on january 6, 1974, gardners along with his partner organized a run to be the lgbtq running group known as front-rinsers. f. they used a newspaper group called lavender you. at the time, there were few activities for queer activities outside of bars and this was the first gay group for many early members and the names of members were kept secret for fear they would be outed. they became front-runners to

include 100 chapters around the world and he was involved with the imperial court and in 1985 was the president of the castro lions. he is survived by h.l. todd and many friends. on a perm note personal note, ag man returning to san francisco, front-runners was very important to me. they are also the sponsors of the annual pride run which is one of my favorite and i hope some of you will be joining me in june on saturday morning for this year's pride run. they as an organization provided tremendous support for mark leno to scott weiner to me and so i personally have gratitude for a man i, too, i never met. rest in peace. >> thank you.

madam president. >> madam clerk, it is now 2:32 and let's go to our recognition of accommodations for asian pacific american heritage month. so welcome, welcome to the asian pacific american heritage month at the board of supervisors. today, we we wil will be honourg outstanding individuals from each of the districts who represent the diversity and pride of our asian pacific american community. this year, we have so much to look forward to as we are also commemorating to milestones this year. the 150th anniversary of the completion of the trans continental railroad and the chinese railroad workers who made that possible. as well as the 50t 50th anniversary of the asian

american study's programme at the san francisco state university. asian pacific heritage month salterred as a ten-day recognition by congress in 1997 but became a full month in 1990. many do not realize this, but the month of may was chosen because of the immigration of the first chinese to the united states on may 7th, 1843 and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on ma. we come together today not only to celebrate our accomplishments but to recognise the hardships to get here and the work we must commit to in order to illuminate

those storieses to honour the past and welcome the future. i would like to honour a leader, claudinechang. >> thank you, president. happy heritage month. today, i have with me ron lee who has been a volunteer with the celebration since 2005 and richard hashimoto.

we have a great celebration which we honoured sandy murray of the recipient of public service award and we commemorated two historically significant events that president yi just mentioned for the asian american city's programme in san francisco state which was the first ever such programme in the entire country and to date remains the largest. of course, the chinese workers for the 150th anniversary of the contributions to making the railroad history happen and we're just really a part of american history. so i think we have a diverse community and i think in sanfrancisco, we really not only at every single level including at the board of supervisors show the rest end of the country how we embrace diversity in our country. thank you for our time.

>> if you for all othank you fok you in and thank you for planning this year's festivities and i want to thank the centre on asian american media for their support for today's commendations. they're acclaimed film festival starts thursday and check out cam-fest in 2019. so the order we'll go in, honouring our guests will be myself, supervisor fuer, supervisor marr and the rest of the districts, ok? [ laughter ]

colleagues, it is my privilege to present an accommodation to an individual who has dedicated his life and career to advancing and protecting the rights of the asian pacific american community. and when i call your name, please step up to the podium. dale monomy. [cheers and applause] >> the lists of his accomplishments are lengthy. he's the founder of the annual american bar association and asian pacific bar of california and founder of the coalition of asian pacific americans, which is one of the nation's first political action committees focused on asian american candidates and issues. the cases that he has worked on as a community lawyer is just as

long and impressive. dale represented winnie yushim winnie yushimoro who was arrested for liberation of the army and he defended demonstrators who protested the demolition of san francisco international hotel. he filed a class action lawsuit again washington state university for refusing -- yeah, refusing to offer asian american study's courses and did all of these cases pro bono. most famously, dale lead counsel in the case that overturned fred

carimotsu's defiance who lead in world war ii lead to carimotsus supreme case. it cahe called out racism that e thousands japanese americans from their communities and forced them to mass imprisonment. but dale's impact has not just been as an attorney or as a founder of organizations serving the community. he has taken just as much time to mentor asian american lawyers to grow the next generation of

community advocates who understand asian civil right's movements and our community's important role in the continuing to fight for equity, for all marginalized people. he has built bridges between the asian american community and the african-american community, the latino community, the lgbtq community to build collective power whenever he can. but he me also say that dale plays as hard as he works. it's not all about working for dale. he's never for his slight sense of humor and main he'll give us a sense of that, athletic ain'ts abilities as a star basketball player and his love for music and jazz as well as a good

bottle of whiskey. he was just one of people's managmagazine's top 50's bachels who just finally settled down and his two daughters. you are a sanfrancisco treasure and it is my honor and privilege to present this accommodation to you for all that you have done and continue to do. dale? [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much, president yi. i'm grateful not board of supervisors and it's wonderful to pass those resolutions commemorating the 150t 150th anniversary of the railroad for all chinese workers

were invisible in history until recently and also the third world strike on the philosophy and values and principles to many who grew up during that time. i want to thank you for, especially as you told me, norman, i get an award of the $1 million but i don't want to take this. i want to give this back to the general fund. [ laughter ] >> i would like you to use this to alleviate the homeless problem and pay teachers more salary. thank you very much. [cheers and applause]

>> next up is the supervisor from district one, supervisor furr. >> thank you, president yi. it is with great honor i introduce my honouree reverend harry chuck and i'm thrilled they are constituents of my neighborhood. can you please come up. [cheers and applause]

i first knew of him with over a century of history. although i did not know him well, i knew of him. as a union youth, i was involven com ran houscameron house. i would join others for church service. anoccasionally he would give the seminar. it's worth mentioning many of my givegivesgirlfriends had a seni. he is being celebrated as a film-maker telling stories of civil engagement shaping an entire neighborhood and an entire generation of movers and shake perps he is the codirector

of chinatown rising, this year camp fest. this was a father-son row ducks and codirected by harry's son, josh chuck. chinatown rising thoughtly traces the begins and foundations of political and social activist in san francisco's chinatown during the back-drop of the civil right's movement and the neighborhood activist that has shaped and preserved the community. affectionately referred as a love letter to chinatown this film tells the powerful story of the coming of age of a generation who joined the movement for justice and equality. i would also like to thank cam for supporting and elevating the stories for and by the asian-american community. thank you to cam for donating to our honourees today. if you would like to check out the line-up of films being held, go to camfast.com/2019. before i han the floor ove handf

reverend chuck, i would like to show a slide of canada rising. >> i filmed this in 1972 there are some boxes not on the shelf been s,so i have to take a looke what we have. i grew up in chinatown, a chinatown that seemed never to change. [ ♪ ] >> life was simple and predictable. but you know things around the

company, cold war was going on and in 1965 because of the immigrant and nationality act there was a huge influx of chinese immigrants. chinatown wasn't ready. we didn't have enough housing, jobs or educational programmes. the chinese six companies announced to the world that chinatown did not have problems. i got ahold of a camera and off i went. i began documenting the substandard conditions in chinatown. it was something exciting that i really enjoyed. but quickly, i became aware of

how important seiz these events. my friends weren't just fighting for themselves. they were fighting for something much bigger. something within me told me that i needed to capture it. there was the san francisco state student strike. the law versus nicho alsls, supe court court and the beginning of school integration and busing. there was the gang violence, the international hotel eviction and many of my friends and myself found ourselves completely engaged. this period in china was one of activist.

soon i found myself jumping into the fray, struggling for ten years to get the affordable housing bill. while only a few square blockses inside, chinatown has become a determination in progress. it wasn't always this way. [cheers and applause] >> my husband and i look forward to seeing the world premiere of chinatown rising this thursday and although we are now showcasing the reverend about his film-making talents, he is much more than that, a remarkable human being that actually has left his imprint on

the chinese community and in chinatown in particular and now reverend harry chuck, would you mind saying a few words. >> thank you. it was in 1950, almost 70 years ago, when the city had this programme where they turned over the city to the students and i happened to sit on the board of supervisors. it was for real because they actually conducted a meeting. i was mentored by a supervisor and encouraged to make a motion which i did, which was binding. the motion was about public safety and i think it's somewhere in the archives right now. so i have great memories as a san franciscan. my mother was there during the

earthquake and my grandfather worked on the transcontinent railroad. thank you for this honour. it's been great making this film and i hope you'll see it some day. [cheers and applause]

>> next up, supervisor marr. >> for mayor tv month i'm proud to recognise maryanna and albert chow. a mother and son who has been exemplary residents and leaders in the parkside district. they represent their very best of the rich history of the chinese community's growing presence in contributions to our city and sunset district. please come up. while in 2019, the chinese community and the border api community is clearly an interinaugurainterintegralpart .

the role they play in the city today was made possible by decades of struggle, by movements to expand equal opportunity to win major policy changes including the repeal of the chinese exclusionability in 1943, the civil right's ability of 1964 and immigration reform in 1965 that did away with racist country of origin quotas to establish family reunification as a foundation for future immigration. so that the flowering and the vitality today and in 2019 is the result of all of this history of struggle and political change that we've engaged in with other communities of colour, as well. and the chow family represents the best of what the api community represents in the sunset district in our city.

they first moved to the sunset district in 1975 and maryanna started great wall hardware in 1983. they came from honin hong kong n 1966. at the time the family came virtually without money and the husband worked in restaurants. while maryanna worked as a seamstress. her husband became a general contractor. during this time, ahead raised three children and worked a full-time job and saved every penny to buy her family's first home this the sunset district. and eventually to save more money to open the business, great wall hardware. the hardware business

dove-tailed with her husband's contracting business and that was the very beginning. during the years since 1983 until now, she worked the hardware store alone until albert got out of school to help out. maryanna learned all hardware on her on and they expappe expandem 1100 queer feet 3,000 feet by of course papping the garage and backyard. on the community side, maryanna held sergeant-at-arms for the previous version for the people at parkside and sunset and for a brief time she was a president and helped residents to be tennis courts to double as tai

chi courts. now maryanna as relinished operationrelinquished thisto he. when possible, she like it's to take vacations and when she walks down tarvel street, she can't walk down the street without somebody saying hi. i want to acknowledge her son who has become an important leader in the sunset district, to the taking over the great wall hardware store but as a president of one of the most important neighborhoods and he's become an advocate for interest in the sunset district and pushing us here at city hall putting a lot of heat on me in my first month addressing the real issues in the neighborhood and along taravel street.

thank you to both of you for all that you contributed to the sunset district and our city and i'm very honoured to recognise you today. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, supervisor. i did come from hong kong to the united states and i did work very hard and also try very hard to teach all my children. now they all grow up now. and then, also, i tried to have a business. any time the kids need me, i

could have free time to help them first. family is a first priority for me. and then when i grow older, then i saw the neighbor needs a place to exercise, for the young ones or seniors, especially. that's why i work for a long time with the city to get the exercise area for our neighborhood. it's o on 26th and 28th 28th avenue. and also for the school, at the beginning, they wanted to build a school and the low-income teacher resident. so i am thinking that is not right. we need a school. it has t