[applause] >> before alvin speaks, there's a few supervisors who would like to ask some comments also. supervisor ronen, you're up. >> yes. alvin, i can't even imagine coming to city hall every day and you being gone. you were one of the first people to train me on our computer system, about eight and a half, nine years ago when i was a legislative aide. and seeing you ever since has been a comfort and brought joy to, no matter how stressful the day was, because you have that air about you, where you are just calm and stable and know how to fix things. [laughter] and for those of us that are nutty in these halls, stressed out, making deals, trying to figure things out, your calm presence has always just brought me a lot of joy. and i really want to thank you

for that. i want to thank you for your commitment, for your stability, for being there, for fixing everything. you absolutely deserve this time with your family. i'm going to miss hearing about your family and your kids and your grandchildren. and it's so fun to hear your stories. but congratulations. thank you for everything you've given to the city and county and to us. >> thank you. >> supervisor stefani. >> thank you, president yee. alvin, i am so sad to see you go. when i started here in january of 2007, you were right there making sure i knew how to use the computer here. such a joy to see in the hall, such great demeanor. such a sweet man and i'm really going to miss you. i wish you the best in your

retirement. and thank you for everything that you've done, not just for us here, but for the entire city and county of san francisco. >> thank you. >> supervisor fewer. >> thank you, president yee. yes, alvin, i just wanted to take this opportunity to personally say thank you for all your service. and i think what especially i like about you, not only you're a great computer knowledge, you're always such a nice person. always upbeat, always so pleasant to be around. you know, there's a lot of unpleasant people at city hall. and not my colleagues, though, of course, guys. but i just wanted to say, i think that you're -- when i see you in my office, it's -- as my colleagues have said, you're always calm, but so kind. and, you know, to offer me passwords that i can remember, for example. but also i just wanted to take this opportunity to say personally to you, i am wishing

you much joy, much love, light, good health and good luck throughout your long retirement, alvin. >> thank you. >> i'd like to invite our madam clerk to make a few comments. >> thank you, mr. president. as we know, there's a lot of professional staff in the clerk's office, who deserve a lot of praise. but no one more than you today, alvin moses. mrs. moses here today with you? hello, mrs. moses, we want to thank you for the time you've allowed alvin to spend working in our office. he has the deepest respect of a lot of the clerk staff, who are actually here in the chamber today. there isn't anything you couldn't do, alvin. whenever you would cuff your chin and say, "don't worry, that's why i'm here." [laughter] so we would all instantaneously have a lot of confidence that you knew the path forward, even though it looked like it was a

simple fix for a solution. i bet john knows it wasn't always the easiest option. it was probably what was best for the department. pretty difficult. you implemented it, nevertheless. you can put aside all of the computers and just know that you've trained up nav, you've got the best colleague in john, who are probably going to miss you the most. but we're all going to miss you. and you're a very calm presence, you're a professional, your style. i mean, you were the dean of all of us in the clerk's office. and when i was a legislative aide as well, you were also the dean from the clerk's office on the i.t. team. so thank you so much for all of your assistance and we will definitely miss you. your job is done. you now need to shed the employee, you know, current employee of the city and county. be that retiree, you're going to

receive all of your next assignments from mrs. moses. >> yeah. >> [laughter] we look forward to your future. and we invite you back. this will always be a home for you. i very much appreciate the last 23 years getting to work with you. so thank you, sir. we will miss you. >> thank you. [applause] >> and i just want to add my congratulations to you, in terms of being able to move on with your life and actually enjoy your life now. [laughter] and now i have to say that when something happens, as everybody else has mentioned, something happens with our computers, in the office, you know, we really, all four of us, my three staff and myself, we go into panic attack. and it's the craziest thing, you know, when people do go in panic

attacks. it lasts for a long time. but as soon as you walk through the door, it's amazing how things just almost instantaneously, we calm down. because we know it's going to be fixed. and i thank you for your service. >> thank you. [applause] >> the operative word in this situation are just two, thank you. i started my journey with the city and county of san francisco in 1988, with the san francisco fire department, as was mentioned as a material and supply supervisor. then i transitioned to the office of contract administration or purchasing, as it was known then. from there in 1988, some 23 years ago, i was privileged to become -- let's see an i.t. administrator for the board of supervisors.

and the reason why i say thank you is simply this. it has been my privilege to work with a group of people, dedicated with the proposition of serving the city and county of san francisco audits citizen -- and its citizenry. so the congratulations not only goes to me, but it also goes to the board of supervisors, it goes to, let's see, the office of the clerk of the board and the person of angela, it goes to operations, goes to, let's see, the legislative section, going to administration, because you have made, let's see, my tenure here not only doable, but also enjoyable. so thank you. [applause] >> alvin, i would like if you can honor us and come into our

sinner circle. and we would love to take a photo of you.

>> one, two, three. [applause] >> make a speech about it. >> okay. i'd like to invite supervisor mar to offer his commendation. >> thank you, president yee. today i'm pleased to present a very special commendation to nick anderson, who is a sunset district resident, who is tremendous act of bravery was recently recognized by the carnegie hero fund commission. nick, would you please come up front.

since 1904, the carnegie medals, like this right here, have been awarded to community members who risk their lives, to extraordinary degree, while saving the lives of others. and i'm so proud that nick, who is a san francisco resident and a sunset neighbor, was one of 19 individuals from throughout the u.s. in canada recently awarded carnegie medals for their acts of heroism. in may 2017, nick, along with his girlfriend tracy spears, who is also here today, saved five people from a burning vehicle, when they stopped at the scene of an accident in mendocino county. six people were inside a pickup truck that collided with an s.u.v. on highway 101 in the early morning hours. fire broke out at the front ends of both vehicles. with another man's help, nick pried open one of the truck's rear doors and free a 7-year-old

boy from his seat and removed a 22-month-old girl from her safety seat. handing her off to another person. as nick moved around the truck to reach the passenger side, he heard someone moaning from inside the covered bed. he reached through the cover's rear window and lifted the injured man through it, lowering him to the road. he then entered twice more to remove two women in the truck, as flames licked the front windshield. the fire rapidly spread and engulfed both vehicles. tragically neither driver survived. so on behalf of the san francisco board of supervisors and the carnegie hero fund commission, i'm truly honored to recognize nick anderson for your courageous and quick-thinking actions that saved the lives of five others. thank you so much, nick. [applause] [ please stand by ]

>> supervisor ronen: -- and worked in a financial aid office as a work-study student. after his a.a., he transferred to ucsf. meanwhile, he continued his work in the financial aid office and was eventually promoted to academic counselor. because jorge had become an expert in financial aid and was beloved by students, he was chosen to become the dean of the financial office. jorge became the dean of the mission campus when it opened. recognizing the challenges and addressing the educational

needs of the community and seeing the need to consolidate the classes into one location, jorge helped organize a group of community leaders, teachers, and classified staff who worked for 34 years of building a permanent home in the mission. in august 2007, the dream became a reality and jorge was the dean. over the 12 years he was the dean, he realized that most students worked so he made sure that resources are always available to assist students through the process of getting educated, whether that meant getting certificates, transferring to university or just building skills. the mission campus serves a

majority of minorities, but the majority of the students are latinx. jorge and his wife, whom he met at city college, raised their family in san francisco. his son, his daughter, and their six-year-old granddaughter are here to celebrate their dad and grandfather, plus many colleagues from city colleague are here to cheer him on as he begins what will certainly be a remarkable next chapter. jorge, i cannot thank you enough for believe in the transformative power of

education. thank you for touching the lives of thousands of student throughout the course of your career. thanks to your dedication and vision, city college in the mission campus will continue to provide amazing education opportunities for every who passes through its doors. you have shown the way, and you have forged the path even through your retirement, thank you so much. [applause] >> president yee: supervisor mandelman, would you like to say a few words? >> supervisor mandelman: yeah, just a very few. i had the opportunity to work with jorge when i was on the city college board of trustees. i just want to thank for your extraordinary work for all those years, but particularly through the tumult of the

accreditation crisis. you a you were an anchor for the institution and, college made it through. [applause] >> president yee: okay. all yours. >> about 45 years ago, i was almost homeless. i knew that education was the door for the american dream. city college had been that door for me. it's always nice to work in a place that you enjoy working and doing something that you love to do, and let me tell you, education works. like me, there are thousands of people that can tell you about how city college have changed their lives. i want to thank you, all the supervisors, for your support to city college of san francisco, for your support to free city. this is just an amazing city,

and without city college, it wouldn't be the same. thank you to all san franciscans for giving me the opportunity to live in this beautiful city and work at city college. thank you. [applause] >> president yee: okay. supervisor mandelman, please present your commendation. >> supervisor mandelman: thank

you, president yee. george ridgely, come on up. we need to honor you. today, i am honored to recognize a queer community leader and a person who for many years has put on one of the city's biggest and best celebration, george ridgely, the execute director of san francisco pride. george took the helm of san francisco pride in 2014 and in july, he will be producing his sixth and unfortunately final pride. on june 29 and 30, pride will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the stonewall riots with a rally in civic

center as well as a parade on market street. putting a parade on for 1 million street is hard work, but george makes it look easy. he has led the festival through some of the our community's biggest highs and lows, from celebration in 2014 to mourning in the wake of the pulse night club massacre in 2018. before joining pride, george spent 11 years producing another iconic, and he ran his own production company where he managed the production of the

lgbt's soiree. he's been also involved with the castro street fair. as i mentioned, this san francisco pride will be george's last at the helm, but he won't be going far. he'll be going to the city. on behalf of the san francisco board of supervisors, i want to thank george for your tremendous service to pride and the lgbt in san francisco.

george ridgely, everyone. give him some applause. and now if you'd like to say a few words. >> thank you, supervisor. it's an honor to be here today. it's a privilege to do the job i do, so to get a thank you from the board of supervisors is pretty spectacular. i could never believe when i was a little kid in maryland that i would be running the biggest pride event in san francisco if not the world. i'm gradef i'm grateful to the community and to the city to be able to lead the organizations that i lead and the millions of people that they touch. as diverse as they are, the street fair and beta breakers and pride, they are so reflective of what san francisco is. i pretty much pinch myself

everyone morning that you get to do this, and hey, that's pretty cool. i'm really excited to take the next step and work with the city and work on the other side of the aisle. thank you for this today. it means a lot. [applause] >> president yee: thank you. that concludes our special commendations for today, so madam clerk, i believe, let's go back to item 15. >> clerk: item 15 is a resolution authorizing the

mayor's office of housing and community development to stablize t stablize -- yo yee i see that there's a few missing people, so please take the roll on this. >> clerk: on item 15 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are nine ayes.

>> president yee: okay. this resolution is adopted with nine votes. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 16 is not aordinance to amend the planning -- an ordinance to amend the planning code to designate paper doll as a historic site and to make the appropriate findings. >> president yee: thank you. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, president yee. because i own property within 500 feet, i need to excuse myself and i will do so forthwith. >> president yee: okay. can we have a motion -- supervisor stefani and seconded by supervisor mandelman. madam clerk, please call the

roll. >> clerk: on item 16 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are nine ayes. >> president yee: okay. this ordinance is passed with a 9-0 vote on first reading. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 17, ordinance to allow arts activities as a principlely permitted use in the r.c.d. to conditionally permit night time entertainment uses in the r.c.d. in historic buildings and buildings that contribute to a historic district and to principlely permit such uses in landmark building 120, the st. joseph church at 1401 howard street to

exempt night time entertainment from the 200 foot buffer and affirm the ceqa determination. >> president yee: okay. madam clerk, i think we need to call the roll on this one. >> clerk: on item 17 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are 10 ayes. >> president yee: ordinary. this ordinance is passed on first reading with 10-0 vote.

[gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call the next item. [agenda item read]. >> president yee: supervisor peskin -- or -- >> supervisor peskin: i'll defer to the maker. >> supervisor safai: so colleagues, this is a resolution related to a.d.u.s. we have had discussions for months in land use and transportation committee. i'd like to thank supervisor peskin as well as members of the community that have waited patiently. this is a two phase program.

one is a ministerial program, and one is ensuring that we have a local waiver program. it is making sure we have what is required at the state level. it is state law. essentially, how the process works is if you want to put an a.d.u. in r.h.-1 through r.h.-3, you have to do it after the construction is done. this mirrors who at is allowedt the state level. we did this to look at new construction and ensuring that we would maximize a.d.u.s and new construction. we also were aware in some cases if there were demolitions or expansions that we would have to take into account the noticing of existing tenants, and that were some of the amendments that supervisor peskin and the tenants advocates worked with us on,

and so essentially, we would notice the existing tenants that construction was going to happen, when it was going to happen, and how it was going to happen. we also fixed the zoning tables to ensure that it conformed with state law. we had this go through the planning commission and as i said multiple conversations at the land use and transportation committee. this will be a step forward in ensuring that we get more housing and more density in areas that have been low, to get more additional density. and then, we tried to take some additional steps where if we were allowing variances, and some of those variances were allowed to be captured under rent control. essentially, this piece has had a lot of legislation, a lot of

input, and a lot of support from the community and others that have waited patiently for it. before i hand it over to supervisor peskin, we do have one piece of cleanup. we strike out the word "off-street parking" on page 22. you all have a copy of that. that's just to conform to the copies. i'd like to thank staff for all of this and supervisor peskin's office. and i will hand it over to supervisor peskin. >> president yee: supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, president yee. i want to thank supervisor safai for bringing this forward and be clear what this means for the city and county of san francisco. as supervisor safai mentioned,

i was an early supporter of a.d.u. over a decade and a half ago. and then, in 2016, when i first got back on the board after being gone for seven years, i was proud to coauthor the expand of the city's a.d.u. citywide. but in all of those iterations, the work that was done by my predecessor, as well as supervisor wiener, all were predicated on a.d.u.s being subject to rent control, and

earlier today, supervisor mandelman and supervisor stefani talked about the ongoing trend in the state legislature about our preemption to do what's right for our constituents. the needs of san francisco are very different, and the history of legislation in san francisco is very different than in other places, whether it's scooter legislation in a highly congested, crowded, dense city or whether it's a.d.u. legislation as it relates to rent control. so unfortunately, yet again, we're being preempted. let's talk about what this is. this is legislation, for all intents and purposes, means that single-family legislation in san francisco no longer exists.

and i absolutely support legislation that would densify single-family homes if that wou predicate them an a.d.u. here, supervisor safai was more than willing, and in the coming weeks, i will continue to work with the state lemgislature an continue to try to recapture some of the that flexibility that we once enjoyed. so while i support the legislation, my support, unfortunately, because of that is qualified, but i will vote for it today. >> supervisor safai: through the president, supervisor peskin, can you just explain a little more for the listeners what happened because it would

be interesting to hear so everyone understands exactly this has nothing to do with what we did why our legislation. this has something to do with the vote we took this past week. >> supervisor peskin: as the state legislature is trying to, over the past couple of sessions, carve out -- and they have not -- while we continue to be able to do it in multifamily, multiunit buildings, we are preempted. there is a bill in the state legislature. i have spoken as recently as a couple of hours ago to assembly man ting. office is in conversation with the mayor's office to some

amendments that were made to assembly bill 68. i don't want to get down in the weeds with it, but i'm hoping we'll be able to come up with something. and by the way, i don't want to go down this path, but it is entirely possible if we're not able to iron those out, i will ask president yee and supervisor stefani to oppose assembly bill 68 unless properly presented to this body. but i hope that we don't have to go down that path and can figure something out that our legislators will carry and will not be killed by the legislators in sacramento. >> president yee: recognizing supervisor safai, supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: thank you. what is this amendment? >> supervisor safai: this is to amend the tables -- we voted

last year to remove the requirement for off-street parking, so we're just bringing it into conformity, through the chair. >> president yee: okay. so -- >> supervisor safai: i just want to add, did you want to say something? >> president yee: no, no. >> supervisor safai: i'm just going to close with all that being said by supervisor peskin, i think this was a good and thoughtful process. i think there were a lot of people involved in this process. i think we have the ability now to continue to add density, to add more housing and more a.d.u.s in multiple categories. i think this encourages new construction to think about adding a.d.u.s rather than coming back later and doing what we know actually happens in the construction process where they build the space in, and then, they do it without the requirement -- without the approval, without the proper documentation, and then, it

comes after the fact and puts people in harm's way. this allows for, in new construction, again, also for the spaces to be sprinklered. it allows for spaces to be thought of, both ingress and egress. so we're thinking about the health and safety of the people that will be living in this property. the last thing i did not highlight is we talk about a minimum size of the a.d.u.s, so it's not an afterthought, it's a good balance of the people that would be living there. so all that said, colleagues, i ask for your support, and i think this would be a big step forward for the city of san francisco, and as supervisor peskin said, he's been working on this for two decades, and i know there's other pieces of legislation -- in fact, we split the file, and supervisor peskin has some additional work that he is doing that will go back to the planning commission, so i ask for your

support. thank you. >> president yee: so i have a question on this legislation, and i may -- supervisor safai, you may have the question or if i need to ask deputy city attorney givner. many of these legislations have a different impact in my district because we have so many associations in district 7, because they have their own bylaws, what we call cc&rs. and when this was coming up, many individuals would contact my office asking what right do we have under the cc&rs, and they could never get a straight

answer. i'm just wondering how this legislation if passed affects the cc&rs today. >> supervisor safai: i'll defer to city attorney givner. >> mr. givner: deputy city attorney jon givner. the homeowners can agree to add additional restrictions in cc&rs. the ordinance itself does not change the cc&rs or allow uses that the homeowners agree to restrict in their private agreements. so in other words, the city proposes a zoning overlay, and homeowners associations can agree to restrict themselves

more closely than city law restricts them. >> president yee: supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: just a clarification. if the cc&r didn't contemplate something of that nature, then how is that dealt with? i think that's more the point of supervisor yee's question. if they didn't contemplate the -- i don't know, whatever it may be that then comes down from the state as part of state law, and it then comes down as a local ordinance, if it didn't contemplate higher levels of density, how is that dealt with? >> mr. givner: i'm -- i'm not entire leisure how to answer. i think it depends on the particular cc&rs of the particular h.o.a. we're not regulating the content of the cc&rs, so it sounds like a question the

h.o.a. would have to resolve among its own members. >> president yee: i haven't seen my h.o.a. cc&rs in 30 years. i think they allow an inlaw apartment, so if they sign on to the cc&r if they bought the home, does this legislation give them the right to break the agreement? >> mr. givner: this legislation does not change the terms of any private agreement, so it -- it changes the city's zoning rules but doesn't impact a private agreement between homeowners.

>> president yee: okay. i think that's helpful. thank you very much. i believe we have to take -- there's -- there's a motion to make an amendment. is there a second on that? seconded by supervisor peskin. if there's no objection, then, the amendment is passed. [gavel]. >> president yee: can we take roll on this item as amended. >> clerk: on item 18 as amended -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president yee: okay. thank you. madam clerk, please call the

next item. >> clerk: item 19 is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to advise the controller to submit reports concerning the safe overnight pilot program and amending the police coded for participants to participating in the pilot program as a vehicle for principal habitation. >> president yee: supervisor brown? >> supervisor brown: thank you, president yee. my office has worked collaboratively with h.s.h. and san francisco police department to create a simple carveout. with this legislation, our triage center and overnight safe parking program can

operate and safely and securely. program participants who have to resort to live in their vehicles while receiving services on-site will be protected. we will also have clarity with our police department. we learned from the 2019 point-in-time count san francisco homeless population increased by 17%. much of that was driven by individuals and families living in cars and r.v.s, and i'm asking my colleagues to support this so we can have a solid start on this program as soon as possible. this is a growing issue, and it needs to be addressed. thank you. >> president yee: okay. thank you. colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. madam clerk, please call next item. >> clerk: item 20 is to

appoint ike kwon to the treasure island board of directors to a determine ending april 30, 2022. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? colleagues, this item is approved unanimously. madam clerk, call the next item. [agenda item read]. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? without objection, this item is approved unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, can we go to committee reports? >> clerk: yes. items 22 and 23 were considered by the budget and finance committee at a special meeting may 26. item 22 is an item to declare that the public necessity require the seismic

retrofitting of various safety emergency response centers in an amount not to exceed $628.5 million and to adopt the appropriate findings. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? without objection, this item is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 23 was not forwarded and is not before the board. the next item is introductions. supervisor safai. okay. refer. supervise stefani? >> supervisor stefani: may i please rerefer, as well. >> clerk: supervisor call walton. >> supervisor walton: rerefer.

>> clerk: okay. supervisor yee? >> president yee: colleagues, i am proposing legislation to assist our ageing population in san francisco. by 2030, 26% of our preponderates will be seniors. -- of our population will be seniors, and we need to invest and give thoughtful attention to places that seniors can age in with dignity. seniors 60 and older makeup almost a quarter of the persons in san francisco who are under the poverty line. the city has not planned for or built sufficient housing suitable for seniors today. in our city's pipeline of affordable housing units, only 12% are being proposed for affordable senior housing. not only are we not building enough housing for seniors, when we do build them, they are

clearly not affordable for seniors. many seniors are surviving off of fixed income such as social security. not even the most affordable housing units are fixed at 50% a.m.i. for one person, that income is roughly $41,000. seniors makeup to three times less than that on their fixed incomes. this situation is untenable as more of our residents are retiring and relying on fixed incomes. seniors who are housing insecure can be spending up to 150%, 150% of their income on rent. this is not a burden anyone should have to bear, especially those who have no safety nets. this is a life or death situation for many of our elders. the problem is clear, but with you need to start focusing on

solutions. the affordable housing bond work group on senior housing provided recommendations that we can start and act upon it now to help provide a measure of stability. for the first time ever, they will propose dedicated funds to building new affordable senior housing. this is a start, but this only solves one part. the question is how can we make sure these units actually are affordable so that the seniors aren't shut out of qualifying? this is why we are introducing s.o.s., or senior operating subsidies program fund to meet the demand for truly affordable senior housing. this program will lower the cost of a unit to meet seniors

where they are at. instead of 50% of a.m.i. units, units will be set at 15% and 20% a.m.i. so that seniors can actually qualify to enroll in these affordable housing units. this is hopefully the start to a more thoughtful strategy of how we can support our ageing population before it is too late. we will also be working through the budget process to ensure that this fund is able to support a demonstration program to start getting seniors into truly affordable housing units. i want to thank the seniors and advocates who have come out time and time again courageously sharing their stories and struggles. colleagues, i hope i can count on your support when it comes

up. the other thing i want to introduce is i want to urge the university of california san francisco to introduce labor harmony as part of their negotiations with resident physicians at ucsf. in medicine, this is a doctor hierarchy that everyone who has had a visit at a hospital can be confused by. in a large teaching hospital such as ucsf, you can see medical students who are not licensed physicians, physicians in training, and then others who are fully trained and then supervising other physicians. a resident is somewhere in the middle of this doctor hierarchy. they are typically a physician who has graduated from medical

school and is now pursuing 2 to 7 years of specialized training in an area such as internal medicine. reside now resident physicians can be disciplined for different reasons, including not meeting the so-called professionalism standards. this can be very subjective determination and asking for a process by which a resident physician can appeal to a neutral party is a reasonable request, so right now, they don't have that. especially given the consequences can be very serious, residents who are

disciplined are up for termination in a residency program, which can result in the end of a medical career for an individual. the resolution that i am cosponsoring today urges ucsf to demonstrate a commitment to -- to labor harmony in their contract negotiations by including language that would allow resident physicians an opportunity to appeal discipline imposed on them that is alleged to meet professionalism standards. it does not mandate any outcome or overturn any decisions made, but it would afford dual process protection to resident physicians, provide thousands of hours of vital medical care to many of our san francisco

residents, visitors, and workers each day. so i want to thank my colleagues for their support, especially my cosponsors, supervisor mar, brown, peskin, safai, and haney, and ronen. so i appreciate your sponsorship. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, president yee. supervisor brown? >> supervisor brown: thank you, today i'm introducing amendments to the legislative code that affects our first responders when they suffer from heart trouble or pneumonia. this will bring our ordinance into line with the state labor code. state municipalities in the bay area and our administrative code governing these types of benefits for sheriff's department. due to the inherent nature of the condition, the conditions

they work under and exposure to harsh chemicals, our firefighters and police officers are more susceptible to developing heart disease and suffering heart attacks than the general public. under the state labor code, those disabilities are presumed to be a result of the condition that the first responders work under. the board of supervisors made this change that i'm proposing. they made the change for our sheriff's deputies in 2015, and it's time we do it for others that work in public safety. the ordinance that i'm proposing today will bring san francisco into alignment with state administrative codes and labor codes we have for other officers in the city.

in 2015, the city did not have the data we have today which clearly demonstrates that heart trouble and heart attacks are serious hazards for firefighters and police officers and are more often than not a direct result of their condition under their -- that they work under. i want to thank my colleagues, safai, stefani, walton, and yee. i also have an inmemory -- in memoriam for wayne woods, or as we called him, speedy. wayne was a long-term community activist in the