down there. it would be nice, empowering. a year or two ago, we were going to let 19-year-olds have the vote in this city. i was again it, nonplussed, but now, i would like to see every 16-year-old get to vote. america is going in the wrong direction. adults, their grandparents have not been able to help. we need fresh blood, simplicity to get things done again. we need to bring our governments home, and 16, 17, and 18-year-olds now where their neighborhoods are and where they're going, they can only help in the change. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, fellow american citizens.

i exercise my constitutional authority, and my name is kathleen wells, and i am the national executive entrepreneur. i'm submitting with the clerk the paperwork of my united states constitutional judgment demand andlene for u.s. currency and move to release to me $500,000, $9.5 million, and an additional $5 billion. i also have an additional executive order. this order goes into the history, the laws, and the facts of our american money system and the facts around the verl reserve dictatorship, whereas the declaration of independence and bill of rights

is the law in all states and cities. whereas the federal reserve act of 1913 was not properly ratified by the congress in 1913, whereas the privately owned federal reserve has no written contract with sufficient legal consideration, plus the national currency supply. whereas the money velocity, pieces of money in circulation has dropped approximately 50% since 2008, declaring a public safety emergency. whereas the federal reserve bank central dictates for present-day homelessness created asset inflation which has produced the need to access interest-free currency to solve the problems of this health hazard and protect the general

population. [inaudible] >> president yee: thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you. >> president yee: next speaker. are we done with speakers, sir? excuse me. are you speaking, sir? >> well in light and in part of the reasoned alleged occurrence and unfortunate incidents at laguna honda hospital and legislation to help seniors remain in their own homes and help mentally ill residents in group homes where there's the benefit of a ready make social environment and peer group, i

applaud you. some of you know i provided security on a psychiatric ward for 30 days a couple of decades ago. one evening, a lone psychiatric nurse asked i assist her placing a patient in a five-point restraint. at no time was he saw for a mental health orientation. i reminded her the patient's

book of rights, told her to stop frightening him, and bitterly returned to her desk. along another vain, you may be aware of the fact that billions of dollars in penalties have been paid in settlements in recent years by major pharmaceutical companies who have allegedly been targeting seniors in nursing homes, paying kickbacks to doctors, manufacturing powerful hypnotics to treat minor illnesses such as confusion -- >> president yee: okay. any other body want to speak? if -- seeing none, then public comment is now closed. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, let's go and call for adoption without committee agenda item 58 through 65.

>> clerk: items 58 through 65 were introduced for adoption without reference to committee. a unanimous vote is required for resolution s on first reading. alternatively, any member may require a resolution to go to committee. >> president yee: okay. would any colleagues like to sever any item? supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: i'd like to sever item 62. >> president yee: supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: items 58 and 59, please. >> president yee: so madam clerk, let's take item 60, 61.

>> clerk: 63, 64, and 65. >> president yee: okay. >> clerk: okay. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take these items, same house, same call? without objection, the resolutions are adopted, and the resolutions are approved unanimously. madam clerk, please call item 58. >> clerk: item 58 is a resolution to oppose california state assembly bill 68 authored by california assembly member phil ting. >> president yee: supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, president yee, colleagues. as i said, this has been on the agenda the last three meetings. i don't like this lightly. assembly member ting is a

former colleague and friend. i was a little bit ahead of my time in 2002 when i introduced our first a.d.u. law in san francisco 17 years ago. i did not tell you how delighted i am that we're all falling all over each other, whether it's the mayor's executive orders or what's been done by supervisors chiu and wiener and my predecessor, christiansen, supervisor mar who's working with planning. many members of this board, we are all over it. as a matter of fact, we have been the example to the state of california and many municipalities have copied us, and now the state legislative is falling all over itself to

repeat. item 58 was based on a.d.u.s. >> i am truly for assembly bill 68 as it relates to jurisdictions that do not have robust controls, that do not have a.d.u. control schemes, god bless. in san francisco, if out of here 1 -- our 120,000 single-family homes, if 5% did it, we'd have 30,000 low-income

homes. my office continues to work with assembly member ting. i think our office has disseminated a fact sheet to all offices in this building with respect to three outstanding amendments, but i think given the late part of the session in sacramento, it is important for san francisco to go on record saying we're only going to support this bill if these amendments are made. i would like to thank the members of the public from the housing committee and the coalition on community housing, and i hope it meets your approval. i have offered a number of amendments that are not substantive in nature. they are all items have i spoken to in this speech and

specifically, ab 68 should be amended to allow san francisco to apply waivable standards to a.d.u.s to ensure rent control and san francisco's vigorous rent control protections remain feasible. >> president yee: there's been a motion and seconded by supervisor ronen. and without objection, that is passed. so can we take this item as amended, same house, same call? seeing so, then this resolution passes. where am i at? number 69 -- >> clerk: number 59, mr. president. >> president yee: number 59.

[agenda item read]. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, colleagues, for the one-week continuance. in the intervening week, i've had the pleasure of being regaled with the land made island but not the man made island that is treasure island. they may well apply to besh ab -- yerba buena island, but it clearly does not apply to treasure island, and i want to thank our county surveyor for walking me through that relatively obvious piece of history, so i have no questions, and i will support this matter. >> president yee: okay.

can we take this same house, same call? then this motion passes unanimously. madam clerk, item number 62. >> clerk: item 62, resolution to support california state assembly bill number 5, authored by assembly member lorena gonzales to codify the california supreme court's decision in dynamo versus lodge that a person is an employee in terms of wages and benefits. >> president yee: supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, press -- president yee. thank you, again, supervisor peskin for your tireless and

successful efforts, and a growing number of san franciscans are working for big corporations with 2.9% of san francisco corporations receiving a salary from an on-line platform. uber drivers are in the 10% of all wage and salaried workers nationwide at nearly $6 below minimum wage in san francisco. because these businesses classify workers independent contractors rather than employees, they leave them without health insurance coverage, without social security to support them in retirement, without any of the fundamental protections that have been in place more than half a century.

late last month, supervisor mar and i held a hearing at the public safety and neighborhood services committee on the issue of employee classification in the gig economy. dozens of gig workers came out to share their stories about their struggles to make ends meet without a living minimum wage, health care access, or any of the employee benefits they would be subject to if they were employees. ab 5 would codify a 2018 california supreme court decision that resets the past for employment status to establish a presumption that workers are employees. it comes as no surprise that not all big corporations are in

support. indeed, yesterday's l.a. times reported that a coalition funded by the california chamber of commerce paid uber and lyft drivers up to $100 to protest before a big senate rally last week. the employees overpower workers to subvert workers' protection is not new, but it is certainly not consistent with san francisco values. i believe it's important that san francisco stand in solidarity with workers across the state and look forward to this board passing this resolution of support for ab 5 today. i want to thank my lead cosponsor, supervisor peskin and eight other sponsors for their support of this resolution and others, and i

want to again thank erin in my office and give a special shoutout to lee hepner in supervisor peskin's office, as well. >> president yee: all right. colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this item motion is adopt -- resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, can you read the memoriams? >> clerk: today's meeting will be adjourned in loving memory for the young leader dav

davon hehn. >> president yee: okay, colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes our business before us today. >> president yee: okay. we are adjourned. [gavel] .

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>> good afternoon and welcome to july 16th, 2019 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madame clerk, please call the. [roll call] -- please call roll call. [roll call]

mr. president, you have a quorum >> okay. , we will get started in a second. i need to talk to our -- okay, we will get started in a second. i need to talk to our city attorney.

>> sorry about that. i think we cold will call already. okay. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] >> on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at san francisco

government television, michael and maja, who record each of our meetings and make their transcripts available to the public online. madame clerk, are there any communications? >> yes, i have a communication from the office of supervisor gordon mar. he is expecting not to be of the board meeting today and requests to be excused. >> okay. could i have a motion from supervisor stefani and seconded by supervisor. without objection, supervisor mar is excused. colleagues, today we are approving the minutes from the june 11th, 2019 board meeting and the minutes from the june 13 th 2019 special meeting at the budget and committee -- budget and finance committee. are there any changes to these

meeting minutes? seeing then, can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented? motion made by supervisor walton and seconded by supervisor brown then without objection, those minutes will be approved after public comment. madame clerk, please call the first item. >> item one is an ordinance to call and provide for a special election to be held in san francisco on tuesday, november 5 th, 2019 for the purpose of submitting to the san francisco voters a proposition to incur $600 million of bonded indebtedness for affordable housing improvements and to adopt the appropriate findings. >> supervisor peskin? >> thank you. colleagues, as i mentioned it last week's board meeting, it has been brought to my attention

that even though since the days that a supervisor enacted legislation to have all of our general obligation bonds have 5050 pass-through his, indeed, in some cases, general obligation bonds are being passed through to tenants and all in all of our districts that are actually raising their rent. this did not make sense at first to me because the whole concept is that we are issuing as much debt as we are tiring, and our marginal property tax rate therefore is not going up, so presumably there should not be any increased pass-through his to tenants. but as it turns out, because, and our controller can give you his lovely graph, we have debt that preexists that 5050 pass-through. that is not always the case. and to that end, and because we

want uniform support for this affordable housing bonds on our november ballot, i indicated last week that i would be introducing legislation that would include hardship provisions for tenants. this is very commonplace. it is commonplace on utility pass-through is, it is commonplace on operating pass-through his, and hopefully it will soon be commonplace for general obligation bonds. i have discussed this with representatives of the tenant's community and the landlord community and hopefully this will be accepted by everyone and we will have uniform support for this measure. to that end, i have passed out each and every one of you members and amendment at pages ten and 11 to add a new section 18 which would read, landlords may pass-through to residential tenants under the rent stabilization arbitration ordinance, administrative code chapter 37, 50% of any property

tax increase that may result in the issuance of bonds authorized by this ordinance. here is the operative sentence, the city may a ordinances authorizing tenants to seek waivers from the pass-through is based on financial hardship. so i would like to make that amendment, continue this one week to a committee of the whole and then vote for this on second reading at our last meeting this month. by way of disclosure, this would make this measure the late measure. i want everybody to be aware of that going into this, and i hereby make that motion that i have described to item number 1. >> supervisor brown? >> i would like to sign on, please. >> i will consider that a second >> you are just going to second? this is an amendment. okay.

there has been a motion made and seconded by supervisor brown. roll call. [roll call] >> there are ten aye. >> okay. even though this will delay the final vote for the bottom measure -- >> it is a -- it is continue to a committee of the hole. >> i understand. i just want to say something. is that okay with you? so the good thing is that we

still have enough time to still put it on the ballot. so, supervisor peskin, you just made a motion to continue. >> i would like to make a motion to continue this to a committee of the whole for next week, july 23rd, please. >> okay. is there a second for that? supervisor mandelman. can i take this same house same call as amended? okay. motion passes to continue this item. >> that would be on first reading, mr. president. >> yes. >> okay. >> could we go to item number 2. >> item two is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to establish the cooperative living opportunities for the mental health loan fund and the program to finance the acquisition of residential properties operated as communal housing for people with chronic mental illness and/or substance use disorders.

>> okay. colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? without objection, this is passed unanimously. madame clerk, please go to items three through seven. >> item three through seven comprised five ordinances that authorize settlement of the following lawsuits. item three is settling a lawsuit filed by joseph alvarado against the city for $175,000, filed on september 6, 2018. it involves an alleged personal injury on city streets. other material terms are a waiver of the san francisco general hospital lean and further appropriates the amount for the public utilities commission wastewater enterprise fund balance. item four, authorizes the settlement of the lawsuit filed by gwendolyn woods against the city for $400,000, filed december 11th, 2015 in the united states district court, lawsuit involves alleged civil rights violations. item five settles the lawsuit filed by margo grant against the city for $175,000, filed on

october 20th, 2017 in the united states district court, northern division of sand -- of california and involves an employment dispute. autumns -- item six authorizes assessment through dixie against the city for $125,000, filed october 23rd, 2017 in san francisco superior court and involves alleged medical negligence and item seven authorizes settlement of the lawsuit filed by general washington against the city for $40,000 from generally fifth, 2016 he san francisco superior court. and involves an alleged personal injury sentences go general hospital. >> can we take these items same house, same call? without objection, these ordinances are passed unanimously. madame clerk, please call the budget items eight to 24. >> eight through 24 beginning with item eight, is the budget appropriation ordinance to appropriate all estimated receipts and expenditures for departments of the city as of june first, 2019.

item nine is the annual salary ordinance. new positions in the annual budget and appropriation ordinance for fiscal years ending june 30th, 2020 and june 30th 2021. item ten is the ordinance to adopt the neighborhood beautification and graffiti cleanup. item 11 is the ordinance to authorize refunding certificates of participation for multiple capital improvement project not to exceed $100. item 12 is an ordinance to appropriate refunding certificates of participation for $160 million to places place these funds on roller's was there. i can 13 is the ordinance to amend the fire code to increase certain fire department fees. item 14 is to amend the park code to permit the recreation and park department general manager to said guest docking fees at the marina small craft harbor.

item 15 is the ordinance to amend the park code regarding nonresident fees a certain specialty attractions. item 16 is the ordinance to amend the park code for temporary surcharges at the japanese tea garden. item 17 is the ordinance to amend the administrative code, eliminating fines for overdue library materials. item 18 is resolution to approve the fiscal year 2019 through 20 budget for the office of community investment and infrastructure. for fiscal year 2019 through 2020 budget. item 19 is resolution to concur with the controller's establishment of the consumer price index for 2019 and to adjust the access line text by the same rate. item 20 is a resolution to concur with the controller certification item 21 is a

resolution to authorize the planning department to accept and expend 625,000 from the california department of housing and community development for a planning grant program fund. item 22, resolution to accept and expend grants funds for the department of public health. item 23 is a resolution to approve the fiscal year 2019 through 2021 expenditure plan for the department of homelessness and supportive housing, and item 24 is a resolution to authorize the san francisco public library to accept and expend an $808,000 grant of in-kind services, cash money from the friends of the san francisco public library. >> supervisor viewer? >> thank you. i would like to take this opportunity to speak a little bit about the budget and this budget process for 2019. i would like to first thank the

board, the mayor, the mayor's office, my fellow supervisors on the budget committee. he office clerk's office, especially long advocates and community organization. i think in the beginning it was daunting. so many city budgets is only asks. in fact, over $400 million in community asks. i would like to especially thank tracy bullard who was the backbone of this process, working closely with departments , advocates, the mayor's office in the offices of other supervisors. i want to appreciate my legislative aides were holding it down well we were deep in the budget stuff. and to thank all of the aids of the offices for their support. chelsea and i both learned a lot during this process, but the biggest lesson was how dependent san franciscans are on a budget that serves them well and reflects the values of our city. i would also like to recognize

cameron? patrick for her hard work and collaboration, as well as sophia kittler, also our hard-working budges late -- budget legislative office and ever controller, and his team. it takes a team to deliver an astounding budget, and i was honored to be part of the team. many thanks to john gibbon are for all those hours of public testimony and reading of the budgets to make sure that we were legally sound, and i would like to thank all the public servants, in particular the department heads for their honorable work that they do every day to serve the residents of san francisco. public service is not only noble employment, it is imperative to have public servants who deliver city services to the residents of our city. you, the workers of the city and county of san francisco are the machine that makes the city run every day. thank you all again, and especially to president you for forwarding these opportunities to serve the city and this board

in the capacity of budget chair. inc. you. >> budget chair fewer, i really want to personally thank you in public. i think more than that, just the process that you took us through was very smooth. i know it was a lot of work on your staff to make that happen, and there was open discussions, and there were a lot of needs, as you pointed out. at the end of the day, we were able to put a budget together that actually provided resources

for many of the needs that we feel are very important to us and to our residents in san francisco and i really also want to appreciate the mayor's office and her staff, and ben rosenfield, and also harvey rose 's b.l.a.'s office. they sat with us throughout the whole process and i'm really glad that we got it done. today we would not be able to vote on it, unfortunately because we have to continue our items, and so thank you very much, supervisor viewer. now, these items are all related to the budget, and since we introduced it at the same time, even though some may not need to be continued, and i'm talking about items eight through 24, i would like to have a motion to

continue all these items to week , two next week's july 23rd meeting. there is a motion made by supervisor mandelman and seconded by supervisor brown. can i take this same house, same call? then we will continue all these items eight through 24 until next week. madame clerk, please call item number 25. >> item 25 is a resolution to amend the budget legislative analyst services contract to enact a three-point 2% cost-of-living adjustment effective july 1st, 2019, to exercise a final two-year option and increase the total contract amount to 18 million from genui, 2014, through december 31st, 2021. >> colleagues, can we take this

same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madame clerk, please call the next item. >> item 26 is an ordinance to retroactively approve an agreement between the san francisco public utilities commission and the california independent system operator for reliability coordinator services , for an initial 18 month term through july 6th, 2020, to suspend the administrative code section 21.9 , subsection b., to authorize automatic renewal of contract term in excess of ten years without returning to the board for authorization, and a maximum cost not to exceed $3 million. >> okay. supervisor peskin? >> thank you. i just would like to note that i have been briefed as to the retroactivity by the department of the public utilities commission and understand and support the retroactivity in this item. >> okay. then colleagues, can we take

this same house, same call? without objection, this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. madame clerk, hall the next item >> twenty-seven is a resolution to retroactively approve the six amendment to the revenue agreement between public works and jc to co- for an automatic public toilet and public service program to extend the contact -- contract term by 166 days and extend the termination date to june 30th, 2019. >> can we take this same house, same call? without objection, this is adopted unanimously. please call 28 through 30 together. >> twenty-eight through 30 are being called together. item 28 as a resolution to provide for the issuance and sale of city general obligation bonds for the embarcadero seawall earthquake safety. item 29 is a resolution to authorize the issuance and sale of $50 million in aggregate

principal amount of city general obligation bonds and to make the appropriate findings for both items 28 and 29, and for item 30 , an ordinance to appropriate $50 million of this series 2019 be embarcadero seawall earthquake safety general obligation bond proceeds to the port of san francisco in fiscal year 2018 through 2019. >> colleagues, can we take these items same house, same call? without objection, these resolutions are adopted and the ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. please call item 31 and 32. >> item 31 and 32 are two resolutions at approved agreements, item 31 a proves the cargo facility lease between china airlines limited and the city for space in airport building 648 and adjacent ramp space on plot ten for an initial term of one year with two when your options to extend for an annual base rent of $1 million. item 32 is a resolution to approve a 2011 lease and use agreement between the city and

iberia to conduct light operations at san francisco through june 30th 2021. >> can we take these same house, same call? these resolutions are adopted unanimously. please call the next item. >> item 33 is a resolution to authorize the department of homelessness and supportive housing to apply for the california emergency solutions and housing program from the california department of housing and community for approximately $1.8 million. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? this resolution is adopted unanimously. please call the next item. >> thirty-four is resolution to authorize adoption of the san francisco mental health services act annual update for fiscal year 2019 through 2020. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? this resolution is adopted unanimously. next item, please.

>> thirty-five is a resolution to approve an amendment number 4 to a san francisco public utilities commission agreement for preliminary design and environmental services, power transmission project with urs corporation americas to increase the amount for a total not to exceed $11.5 million, a total duration of 11 years and eight months and to execute a name change from u.r.s. corporation america's to u.r.s. corporation. >> can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. please call item 36. >> thirty-six is a resolution to approve the fourth amendment to a contract between the municipal transportation agency and the transbay joint powers authority for transbay transit center program services to extend the term through december 31st, 2019 and to reallocate funding within task budgets at no additional cost. >> can we take this item same

house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. please call the next item. >> item 37 is a resolution to approve amendment number 2 to the agreement between richmond area multi services inc. and the department of public health for behavioral health services through the peer to peer programs, to increase the contract amount for a total amount not to exceed $28.3 million and to extend the term for a total term through june 30th, 2021. >> colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? this resolution is adopted unanimously. please call the next item. >> thirty-eight is a resolution to approve and authorize the director property to acquire real property located at 1515 south van ness avenue from lnc san francisco holdings for a purchase at $19 million to construct affordable housing, adopting findings that the conveyance is consistent with the general plan and to execute documents to make certain

modifications and take certain actions in furtherance of the purchase agreement and to assume a lease in certain service contracts. >> supervisor ronen? >> thank you so much. when i took office two and a half years ago, i inherited an appeal of the luxury apartment building that was first proposed for this site. the community was appalled at the shockingly low numbers of affordable units included in the initial proposal. they appealed and i was able to bring them together with members of the community and they reached an agreement that doubled the number of b.m.r. on site. the appeal was withdrawn on the project was approved. that was in march of 2017, but despite been fully entitled, the project did not start construction. ultimately, the developer decided they didn't need the project expectations of the investors and opted to sell and move on. so here we are, a true win for the community, another 150 units of affordable housing in

district nine. this purchase was made possible by a $5 million jumpstart grant from that former supervisor, david compost that was secured directly from the state when he served on m.t.c., which is the first regional investment of its kind to recognize the link between transportation and affordable housing. we now are considering how to activate the vacant billions -- building for the immediate term a temporary arts, cultural, and services, and i'm excited that in the future will be choosing community-based nonprofit to develop the site to build the affordable units that district nine and the whole city so desperately needs. i wanted to thank and give so much credit to kate hartley and mohcd stuff for the work to complete this purchase and to mission housing activists who never give up. thank you so much. >> thank you. colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this

resolution is adopted unanimously. please call the next item. >> item 39 is a resolution to retroactively authorize the mayor's office of housing and community development to accept and expend 5 million-dollar grant for the metropolitan transportation commission for the affordable housing jumpstart grant program through june 30th , 2029. >> can we take this same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. please call the next item. >> item 40 is an ordinance to amend the environment code to raise the amounts stores style charge for checkout bags from 10 cents to 25 cents per bag to require that precheckup backs provided by customers before they reach a point of sale be recyclable or compostable and to affirm the secret determination. >> supervisor brown? >> thank you. i would like to first thank my cosponsor, supervisor peskin and safai, and the department of environment.

this legislation updates and strengthens our checkout back ordinance. in 2012, we were the first city in california to introduce the checkout bag charge. we have been a leader when it comes to plastic and 20 waste and we are still struggling to reduce waste. san francisco generates 3 million tons of waste a year. despite our efforts to date, this amount continues to grow. we are recycling and composting with the best of them, but it is now clear that we will never achieve our zero waste goals if our consumption and generation continues to grow. we need to change. we need to make refuse the new recycling. in 2012, the sent -- san francisco was the first sitting california to implement a 10-cent charge on all bags at checkout, including paper, plastic, and reusable bags. since we have implemented the checkout bag charge, many other california cities have followed

suit. and today, a dozen other cities in california have mandated a checkup bag charge higher than 10 cents. the cities of san mateo, santa cruz, monterey, pacifica charges 25 cents, as to the counties of san mateo and santa clara. it is time for us to do the same this legislation proposes to increase our bag charge from 10 cents to 25 cents, effective july 1st, 2020. this legislation also takes a new step in combating plastic waste. it requires that precheckout bags such as produce or bulk item bags provided to the customer prior to checkout are composed double or made of recycled paper. these are the bags that you might see the produce aisle to back up loose foods or vegetables. they are typically clear in color, made of polyurethane or other plastic film and are extremely thin.

they are also very difficult to recycle or reuse. recently, some businesses have been using noncombustible green bags -- green plastic bags in the produce aisles. people think they are being responsible environmentalists because they compost, but they are actually being fooled by these types of plastic bags. these types of plastic bags absolutely screws up our composting. if passed, starting july 1st, 2020, the single use plastic produce bags will no longer be allowed to be provided to customers at stores and including farmers markets. it is time for us as a city, as a leader on the environment, to step up. we only have this once 80, this one planet, and it is all on us. thank you. >> thank you. madame clerk, can you call the.

[roll call] code -- can you call roll call. [roll call] there are ten imacs. >> okay. this item -- this resolution is adopted unanimously. >> it is an ordinance. >> thank you. this ordinance is passed on first reading. why don't we go to -- before we go to commendations, let's take item 41. >> item 41 is a resolution to declare the intent of the board of supervisors to order the

street vacation for the entirety of seawall lot 337 and setting a hearing date for the board of supervisors to sit as a committee as a whole on september 3rd, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. for all persons interested in the proposed vacation and public-service easements to come and provide the public comment. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madame clerk, let's go to our 2:30 p.m. commendations. >> yes, mr. president. i believe i have two. one from supervisor fewer and one from supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin, would you like to go first? >> thank you. colleagues, today i have the distinct pleasure of recognizing a woman who is almost half a century career in the newspaper business has seen the industry adapts to no shortage of dramatic change.

this kind of institution is such a gift for san francisco, so i would like to bring leah up to the podium and just take a moment to reminisce about the adventures of san francisco's. [cheering] premier print informant and influencer here in the people's house. welcome to leah guard check. [applause] she started her career as a clerical worker 47 years ago at the san francisco chronicle before the industry was driven by cliques and digital circulation and then started her writing career as a columnist in 1984 when i was still in college her colleagues have spoken about her den mother qualities, as well as the inspirational and intentional work she has done to pave the way for other women writers and journalists. she spoke recently on a show about the