for all of the defendants if they would look out. what this is covering is the project codes updated every year in the financial system utilized to track the cost for an emergency response situation and the activity codes used to track the time for the situation to get the maximum cost reimbursement. the new system allows us to track much more efficiently and report out more efficiently. i want to alert everyone to the memo coming out today. >> thanks, mark. very important project codes. it doesn't feel important now, but in the moment, you want those handy and your folks to have them. anyone else? >> yes. >> i am phyllis with ss card. i wanted to let everybody know

sf card is a new program in california called california for all. it is an emergency preparedness campaign aimed at the most vulnerable populations. some of the comments referenced the need to prepare for everybody in california. san francisco got a grant to work with agencies that serve people with language barriers, social isolation, poverty and other access and functional new challenges, and we are sf card is going to be working with up to 50 local agencies that have the trust of their clients to really make sure that these people are not left out in preparedness events and there are grant funds for those agencies.

i have some information about this program if anybody would like to see it. there are a couple ways agencies can participate. i encourage you to grab one of these with the information. >> revalue the relationship and the way you link to the members of the community we wouldn't normally be able to connect to. thank you. anyone else? any general public comments? seeing none. we are going to call the meeting to adjourn. next meeting is december 20th. the power is all restored. thank you. the demonstration is still happening. thanks, everyone.

>> i am calling the meeting to order at 5:36 p.m. hello and welcome to the tuesday, september 17, 2019 commission. if you are a member of the public there are speaker forms on the front table or come to the microphone. we do ask everyone turnoff cell phones or put them on silence. we want to thank sfgovtv and media services for sharing this meeting with the public. we will start with the roll call. (roll call).

>> we have the first order of business public comment. this is for any public comment for items not listed on the agenda. seeing none, general public comment is closed. next is 2. approval of minutes for august 20, 2019. i will ask for a motion for approval of the minutes. >> motion. second. any public comment. seeing number none, it is closed. (roll call). >> the minutes are approved. the agenda item report from executive director. >> thank you and good evening, commissioners on my topics to

discuss with you this evening, i wanted to first apologize as i mississaugmiss reported somethiu at the last meeting regarding streamlining. i think i said it had passed when in reality at that point it passed through first reading. my apologies. i will give you an update. it has passed now. that is great. on wednesday, september 11th mayor breed signed the legislation and it will go into effect on october 11 to enable retail businesses to diversify offerings to attract new business models to vacant storefronts and increase opportunities for retail and nightlife businesses to sell vacant storefronts. it will support live music by

limiting doilycative inspections and will reduce the food service requirements for new and existing entertainment venues. it will clarify planning codes provisions around liquor license types in order to bring consistency to the process. update on implementation. as we approach this effective date in october, the office of economic and work force development will meet with all departments impacted by the legislation including us and we will discuss implementation and outreach included in the package. our role in this, too, not only are we going to be educating ourselves as defendant staff on how -- department staff on how we will handle the permits differently. we will do an education campaign to definitely incorporate

educating constituents in a newsletter as well as at the summit this year. moving right along, i want to give you all an update on the special events steering committee born out of the mayor's executive directive supporting special events. a copy is in your binders. you can follow along if you want. you have seen it a couple times. this calls upon city departments to review the current permitting process and identify solutions to make the process more friendly, streamlined and efficient for event organizers as well as city employees and residents. the mayor convened the committee to handle the review and make recommendations to the mayor. she designated two co-chairs the city administrator as well as

director torrez. all role in this. i am serving as a member of the committee. we are also assisting the co-chair in the mayor's office to provide research and support for the meetings. we kicked off the first meeting at the end of august. this is going to run through the end of november. from her directive the mayor is asking departments to look at a few different buckets. we are looking at digital permitting, fees and ways to reduce fees, as well as organizational structure. i don't want to get too in the weeds with those because they are ongoing topics with in the committee. as we have drafts i want to share those with you so you are informed throughout the process. the group is engaging event

organizers in the process which we did prior to this committee which was the impetus behind creating it in the first place. by way of focus groups and small interviews to continue to understand the pain points around the process as well as ideas from their end on potential reforms. i will keep you informed. if you have questions along the way, i am available at any point. finally, we have an update for you. i think i mentioned this. i might not have mentioned this at the last hearing. it might not have happened at that point. we issued an administrative citation relative to a sound truck permit that was appealed. in that process the appeal goes to the controller's office, and they assign a hearing officer there. it is much different than appeals to the entertainment

commission or by way of entertainment commission decision to the board of appeals. it is handled administratively. you will see the pre-hearing statement we developed to support our citation and issuance of it as well as response to the appellant. we had the hearing last week. we are waiting on a decision from the controller. it is over a minor infraction of $100, but, you know, we will keep you appraised where that appeal process goes and whether or not we win. do you have any questions? okay. >> one comment on the previous item and just pointing out that in the executive directive from

the mayor the actions are taken by the entertainment commission and staff. i just wanted to take some -- i want the entertainment commission taking credit for moving forward and laying the groundwork for the special events work being done. i am glad you are representing us in that process, and i hope it makes things easier for all of our applicants and people looking for permits. i am glad you are involved. >> as we all know, our department as well as commission are a little bit biased. we support our constituents who are organizers. by nature of that we want to find where the holes are and where there are potential improvements so dillon's work is vital in all of that and it is

great that we should always say thanks. we are looking at that work as part of the steering committee on how to improve it and how we can utilize that in potential future reforms. >> i just want to sort of second that. i want to commend the mayor for assembling the steering committee. it is way overdue. it can do a lot of good to make small cultural event in the city more frequent. i also think it is fantastic we have a meaningful seat at the table that is a wonderful thing. i am happy that you are doing all of this extra work on it. thanks. i want to give a shout out to oawd forgetting the streamlined legislation passed. there is a long road. i know that ben is watching this and i am excited for him and

everybody and i commend the mayor for signing this. the hard work paid off. >> is there any public comment on our director's report? seeing none, public comment is closed. item 4 is report from the deputy director. >> thank you and abou good even. i will take you through the report on the highlighted sections. page 1 with club 26, you have seen this on your report for a few weeks now, and i want to let you know that we are responding to complaints that come in on the weekends. i have spoken with the head of security and it is about the outside dispersal at 2:00 a.m. they are in compliance with the

security conditions on their permit. however, during the week that is when we receive the complaints. we don't have inspectors in the field on sunday through thursday at 2:00 a.m. i have asked the station to help us. we are still working that out. i will say of the times we have responded on the weekend, they are in compliance so that is where that stands. if we go on page 3, looking at royal oak, just letting you know we have received 8 complaints since the last hearing about this location. they are not having live entertainment, it is streamed music they are playing with doors and windows open, and we have been receiving neighbor complaints. the inspector has responded and determined it is not live entertainment. i have spoken with the owners and let them know we are receiving these complaints.

they are not eligible for appeal due to the zoning district unless they do conditional use authorization. they are willing to go for llp. the bulk of people come after 10:00 p.m. we will see where that gets us. i looped in northern station and asked for support on this as well. on page 7, just bringing to your attention there is a flea market on saturdays and sundays. we are receiving complaints about them, quite a few complaints. again daytime events unless we schedule an inspector for the daytime we are in the field at night. it is hard to respond to. now we received complaints two weekends in a row we will coordinate an inspector to determine if they need a permit for this and what has happened.

inspector roberts is in contact with the complaints, and we are doing our best to respond when we have people in the field. moving on page 12. virgin hotel. the inspector went to conduct a routine site inspection and this is a complaint i will let you know this came in on sunday after he responded -- excuse me. this came in on sunday after he conducted the routine site inspection on saturday night. we have been receiving complaints about this location specific to the rooftop bar. on saturday night when the inspector went to do the site inspection he did find the dj after 10:00 p.m. it was close to midnight. it only allows entertainment on the roof until 10:00 p.m. they were issued a notice of violation for this. financi want to bring to your

attention there was an outdoor event that happened with quite a few complaints about it. we did contact the event producersers. we will set a sound limit for outdoor entertainment events prior to the next event that they host. we were informed no more outdoor entertainment with music events happening until next summer. the rest of the year we will have and into the beginning of next year we are keeping that on the radar. that is all that i have highlighted for you. i am happy to answer any questions you may have. >> i am curious if they don't have a poe and they are playing their music just cranking it up, what do you tell them? they have no permit and no dj, not in our purview.

they are disturbing the peace. what is the next recourse? >> royal oak? that is one example. anybody for my own information. >> what generally happens the inspector collects contact information and then i reach out to the contact information, hopefully, the owner to follow up to say this is not permitted. you must have an entertainment license for this. sometimes that works. some people comply because they didn't know. in the event it is an out vitthat they are not wanting to get a permit, then we have to bring in pd. >> correct me if i am wrong. are you referring to places that don't host entertainment at all? >> if they can't get one and just play streaming music way up there without disregards we can't do anything about it, what is the next recourse.

>> a venue that doesn't host entertainment we would take investigation in pursuing that. they don' don't want to pursue e would engage the police department to enforce. we are looking at code relative to this today. it is not that common where we are dealing with a place that has no oversight from the police department to regulate. within police code, you have to be in compliance with the eight decibels. >> are we allowed to give them a ticket? >> that is where it is very odd. when we look at actual staff within the city that use sound meters and understand sound code, it really is us relative to entertainment or music. we could set a limit. it is not attached to an entertainment permit. we are trying to sort that out. we don't want to use staff hours on things we can't cost recover

on through the permit application or license process. we want the neighbors to be able to enjoy. >> we don't want them to say, well -- i don't think that is the issue. we reglate sound when somebody has a permit and the police regulate if there is no permit. in this case the applicant may be applying for limited live. in that case we will have the opportunity to talk. >> so say if they get an llp and do entertainment until 10:00. after 10:00 they stream music, if they want to go louder after 10:00 thanks is not acceptable. they have to be in compliance with the sound limit at all times. they can be regulated by us. if the place has sound

complaints currently pd enforces that and says turn it down when they have the availability to do so. they are working on heavier things. >> the neighbors have a number evera numberof -- number of the. >> you know you have local pd, local politicians, neighborhood groups. all of these things get together, trust me. i know. i have never been on that side of it. >> we have never had a problem. >> his all have permits. >> my personal feeling that is not -- we have laws around what it is we can and cannot do. >> we keep responding to the calls and we are not getting recovery from it.

>> when we respond, we look to investigate on the entertainment front. i am not going to have my staff go out multiple times if we are not finding entertainment. at that point we have to send it to the police department. we have a sound monitoring fee so we could cost recover on that if the police department wanted to utilize our services in setting limits and enforcing them in some way, shape or form. >> i think commissioner lee is bringing up an interesting conversation. i want to go back to where we started at the meeting with both executive director's comments. i am looking at the flea market right now. i certainly don't want to understate the frustration of the neighbors. i also think this could be exactly what we are talking about when we talk about small cultural events. maybe we could get in front of these things and see if we can get this to be an approved event

because i think we are just so darn bureaucratic, it is a complex process. part of our charge is to promote entertainment. this flea market could be a good fit. i know there are a lot of things to overcome. as we have said in the past. this flea market would be easier managed if they were actually permitted. what i am putting forth to you and your staff is seeing if we can license them at least in some capacity and actually turn this into a positive and make this to what president blieman was saying earlier, a real cultural event. i have no idea what the flea market is. it could be a asset and attract people. i think that is what we are all

shooting for. instead of lookin at these straight up violations, which it is, but if there is an opportunity to make good out of it and meet the mission that is put upon us to promote entertainment and bring about these little events, this could be an easy one, and, hopefully, satisfy the concern of the neighbors. >> thank you very much for the report. any public comment on the report? seeing none, public comment is closed. moving along. we are on number five. police department comments and questions. i don't see any officers present. we are moving to number 6. the next item is hearing and possible action regarding applications for permits under the jurisdiction of the entertainment commission. deputy director please introduce the items on the consent agenda.

>> the two permits on the agenda are accessory permits. they both received an outpouring of support. the police department had no added conditions and i am happy to answer any questions you have about these. >> motion to approve. >> second. >> so there is a motion to approve the consent agenda. any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. (roll call). >> all right.

congratulations. your permits are approved. please follow up with the deputy director at your earliest convenience. the final agenda item number is number 7, commissioners comments and questions. >> i just would like to propose we close tonight's meeting in the memory of a dear friend who passed away presently. he and his band mates were my introduction of the san francisco live music. i would like to dedicate the session tonight to the base player of native elements jamie durand, jimbo, may you rock on forever. >> anybody else have anything? i have a few things. first to congratulate commissioner coulcommissioner cg reappointed.

i want to point out the three cultural institutions near the ballpark that closed this week. padros and pete's tavern shuttered out of the blue. nobody saw it coming. it is an indication of the state of small business in the city right now. the costs and everything that is going on that is making it regard to do small business. i am just want to continue to think about ways, for example the streamlining legislation and steering commission to make small business easier to flourish. i want to say the 4:00 a.m. bill which became the 3:00 a.m. bill died in the assembly, never came out of the assembly. it is not on this calendar this year for legislation which is

very sad and i think it will show us the rest of the state still views nightlife as a nuisance. in san francisco we see it as a economic and cultural driving force. it makes me proud to live here. knowing senator wiener, it will be back. he is the energizer bunny. maybe the 12th time is the charm. any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. we will close tonight in honor of jamie jimbo durant, and the meeting is over at 6:01 p.m. thank you.

>> good afternoon and welcome to the september 17th, 2019 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madame clerk, please call the role -- please call.

[roll call]. >> thank you, mr. president. [roll call] mr. president, you have a quorum >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, would you 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 kalina, who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. madame clerk, are there any communications? >> i have known to report. >> when you reach reached the consent agenda. >> item one through four are on consent. they are considered to be routine. if a member objects, and i do maybe removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, would anyone like to sever any items from the consent agenda? okay. then, madame clerk, please call roll call. [roll call]

there are 11 aye. >> without objection, these ordinances are passed unanimously. madame clerk, let's go to the regular agenda. >> item five is an ordinance to levy property taxes of taxable property on the following agencies. the city and county of san francisco, the unified school district, the county office of education, the community college district, the bay area rapid transit, and to establish a pass through rate of the assessed value for residential tenants

pursuant to administer each of code chapter 37 for the fiscal year ending june 20th, 2020. >> colleagues, carries take this item same house, same call? b yes. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? it is adopted unanimously. please call the next item.

colleagues, can we take this option same house, same call? this is adopted unanimously. please call the next item.

[reading items] >> supervisor mar lee. >> i am incredibly excited to bring this ordinance in front of the board today along with my cosponsors. we know that the path to a more responsive government and a fair , more just future is through a stronger democracy. with our democratic norms under assault in 2019, it has never been more important to do the work to strengthen our democracy the ordinance before us as is a greatest expansion it is based in a simple idea, public official should be accountable to the public and this accountability must start with how we are elected. for public financing of elections allows candidates to compete in campaigns, increasingly flooded with

private funds from super pacs. it amplifies the voice of our constituents and it provides greater regulation and accountability for those who seek office. this is not a controversial idea most importantly, it increases the amount of public funds available to qualified candidates. increases the matching ratio from 2-1 to 26-1 while limiting a matching contribution. this will significantly amplify the overall impact of the program was specifically amplifying the impact of grassroots small donor donations from individuals because the value of your voice in our democracy should not depend on the value of your bank account. it also increases the initial individual expenditure sealing by the same amount of the increase in public funds, and

includes some code cleanup on inconsistent fundraising periods and reporting thresholds. i am proud of the incredibly collaborative process that brought us here more than a year in the making. by working closely with the ethics commission, community stakeholders and civic groups, we build consensus for these reforms. i'm also proud of public financing 2.0 has a support of the aclu, common cause, fair vote california, the brennan center for justice, the camping legal center, the ethics commission and my colleagues. i want to thank every member of the community who worked with us through this process and especially steve hill, esther marks, pedro hernandez, peter keane and john gallagher. i also want to thank the ethics commissioners for their unanimous support and ethics commission policy and the deputy city attorney.

>> colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this ordinance is passed on first reading. madame clerk, please call the next item. >> i'm sorry, supervisor brown, did you want to speak on nine? >> no, ten. >> item ten is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to amend heart trouble and pneumonia presumptions for firefighter and police officer industrial disability and deaths as a result of duty retirement benefits pursuant to the charter section 88.500, this matter requires nine votes of all the members of the board of supervisors to approve passage

of this ordinance on first reading. >> supervisor brown? >> thank you. we are considering an ordinance to amend the ministry of code that affect first responders' ability to seek disability and retirement benefits. last week, many of us in this chamber stood to honor the brave first responders who lost their lives on september 11th. today, we have an opportunity to honor first responders who put their lives on the line every day on the streets of san francisco. due to this inherent nature of their jobs, the stressful conditions they work under, and from exposure to harsh chemicals , our firefighters and police officers are more susceptible to developing heart disease and suffering traumatic heart attacks in the general public. this ordinance will bring our administrative code into alignment with the state labor code, codes of other municipalities in the bay area, area, and our own administrative code governing disability benefits. san francisco firefighters and

police officers must prove that any heart trouble or pneumonia they suffer from as a result of being on the job. under this proposed change, those disabilities are presumed to be a result of the conditions first responders work under. essentially, if a firefighter or police officer suffers from heart trouble or pneumonia, and then applies for disability benefits, the workmen's compensation will -- if there's no evidence of those conditions that existed at the time of higher. this change will have a minimal fiscal impact and prevents a cause of a disability to any prior existing disease if no evidence of heart trouble or pneumonia are identified in the physical examination of the member conducted at the time of their initial higher. i want to thank all of my colleagues for cosponsoring and joining me, and giving back to our firefighters and police officers who risk their lives

every day for the people of san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. >> we got to see a simulation of

what firefighters go through firsthand. many supervisors joined us to observe and see how things were happening. it was a very amazing experience i just say that this is now more important than ever, the fiscal impact is fall -- small, recognizing the amount of stress and what they expose themselves to on a daily basis, that is what this piece of legislation recognizes and in many ways, it is long overdue. it brings us in line with state policy. >> supervisor ronen, you had your name on there? >> yes. thank you. i also wanted to thank you for bringing this forward. it is a no-brainer piece of legislation. [please stand by]

>> i just wanted to thank the fire department for really putting in an alarmist amount of resources into giving us that experience. it was an experience i will never forget, and i just want to thank our firefighters and our paramedics from the bottom of my heart for everything we do every day. it is extraordinary work. it is terrifying work, and it is hard work, but we need to. thank you.

>> they sacrificed so much to serve our communities. i learned a lot not -- not just on the physical aspect of what they did, but also learning about everything that they do to respond to vulnerable people on our streets. often they are the first responders for people who are experiencing drug overdoses and i had the opportunity to talk at great lengths with them about what that experience is like and so i think it is important that we, as a city, step up and be there for them, supporting them with all of the possible benefits, and this is a conversation we had before, but also there is not his physical impacts, with the emotional and

the tremendous -- dramatic aspects of their job that we also really have to be there for them in ways that they are there for us only people in our community. i appreciate that we are stepping up and this is just a good time to remind us of the continued responsibility that we have two them even after they have performed their service to make sure that they are supported in their health minutes -- benefits after and during retirement. >> i just want to add my one tone to the course in terms of the challenges that our firefighters face every day and what we got to experience the full morning on saturday.

there's so much thought that goes in to one single call, so many things that our firefighters have to remember, which are really about life and death, both for firefighters and for the communities that they serve. i just want to continue to command -- commend our firefighters and say that even though i had a strong appreciation for firefighters before saturday, it definitely was a very enlightening experience. thank you to supervisor brown for bringing this forward. >> i also wanted to thank supervisor brown for bringing this forward. i didn't get a chance to duplicate what supervisor walton did this weekend, but three of my staff members did go and told me it was a wonderful experience i think this is the least we could do for our first responders. at that, let's see, let's take

this same house, same call? okay, without any objection, the ordinances passed on first reading. okay, madame clerk, can we go to item 11 through 14 together? >> items 11 through 14 together constitute four resolutions that receive and approve for annual reports for fiscal years 2017 through 2018 for item 11, a fisherman's wharf community benefit district and the portside community district. for item 12, the noe valley district, for item 13 the, the top of broadway community benefit district in item 14, ocean avenue benefit district.

>> colleagues, can we take these items same house, same call? without objection, these resolutions are adopted unanimously. madame clerk, please call your next item. >> the ordinance to amend the environment code to acquire all known residential things of 50,000 square feet or more to provide all on-site electricity demands from 100% greenhouse gas free or renewable forces and to authorize the director of the department of the environment to adopt rules and regulations for implementation and to affirm the sequel determination. >> supervisor brown? >> thank you. first off, i want to thank my colleagues who have joined me as cosponsors for this legislation. as a supervisor, i have done my utmost to continue my work to reduce san francisco's carbon footprint that started with my years of work as a legislative aide on clean power s.f. to achieve our goal of net zero emissions by 2050, we need to use less energy and we need a clean or renewable energy supply

when we think greenhouse gases, we are right to think cars, but we also have to think buildings. transportation is responsible for 40 6% of our emissions, but just behind it is the building sector, which produces 44% of our greenhouse gas emissions. that is why am proud to introduce energy benchmark legislation earlier this year to help buildings become more energy efficient better management. that is why i am proud to be primary cosponsor of this clean, electricity legislation to require all commercial buildings over 50,000 square feet to use energy from 100% green house gas free or renewable resources. this legislation will be supported by significant investments from clean power s.f. and renewable energy, including building new facilities. those commitments a climate action and the environment are some of my longest and deepest held. we must change, we will change, and i'm committed to do this and

to help lead the change along with my colleagues here at the board. thank you. >> okay. colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, his ordinances passed on the first reading unanimously. please call the next item. >> item 16 is a motion to appoint individuals to the commission of animal control and welfare, terms ending april 30 th, 2021. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this motion is approved unanimously. could you please call item 17 and 18 together? >> item 17 is a motion to approve the mayor to do nomination for appointment of chris foley to the historic preservation commission, term ending december 1st -- 301st , 2020, in item 18 is a

motion to approve the mayor to do nomination for appointment of lydia so to the historic preservation commission for a term ending december 31st, 2022. >> supervisor peskin? >> thank you. colleagues, i rise to tell a couple of stories from years ago these are in the days of 2004, i believe it was when there was no historic preservation commission in san francisco. unlike many cities around the united states of america, we didn't have a historic preservation commission, we had an antiquated body from the late 1960s at the dawn of the preservation movement called the landmarks preservation advisory board. in those days, this body, the elected board of supervisors, could not vote to designate a landmark unless the preservation advisory board had recommended it to the planning commission and the planning commission had

recommended it to the board of supervisors. supervisor maxwell was interested inland marking the old shipwright his cottage at 900 innes street today earlier on our agenda, item number seven , i believe it was. we allocated some money to clean that sight mac up. and the good people of india basin and up on the hill wanted to see that area preserved, but a developer bought it out of bankruptcy and wanted to rip that thing down. years later, in 2004, because of politics, because the mayor at that time appointed all the members of the landmarks board, even though the community wanted it, even though it was worthy of preservation, they deadlocked 3- 3, and it cannot come to the board of supervisors. later on, we went to the voters for the charter amendment that created the historic preservation commission, and

only then were we able to landmark the shipwright cottage which is now part of india basin shoreline park and i want to tell that little piece of history. when we created section -- that section of the charter, it was embraced by the voters of san francisco. we looked at the best practices of other cities relative to qualifications for a number of different seats, and two of those seats were for preservation architects, other seats had other qualifications, some of them more general in scope, but what i -- i'm going to rise today to ask the board to give this and the mayor treaty office, to give this a little bit more thought, and before i get to that, i want to tell a second story. there are a number of different

ways that commissioners and up on commissions. the vast majority of appointments and indeed, they are appointments, or where the mayor appoints, in her sole and absolute discretion and pursuant to section 3.100 of the charter, this body has 30 days to affirmatively, by a supermajority vote, reject that commissioner. they are there are also a handful of commissioners, important ones, the police commission, the planning commission, the board of appeals , the historic preservation commission, where the mayor does not appoint, the mayor nominates. in the same way that the president of the united states nominates somebody for the supreme court and united states senate may affirm or deny that nomination by a simple majority vote. this is one of those. the story i want to tell, sorry for being long-winded, because it is seldom or rare that the legislative body rejects the

nominee, is the story that before the summer recess, we approved an individual that the mayor nominated for the board of appeals. i am sure many of you sat with that individual. we voted for that individual in and use -- unanimously. we made a mistake. the board of appeals is a body that is there to correct manifest injustices by other decision-making bodies in the city. there was a case in the northeast corner of san francisco where a family that had lived there for 27 years, a monolingual, cantonese family, was constructively evicted.

they were threatened with eviction, they ultimately took a buy out. they consulted with the chinatown community development center and there was a record of it. they were pictures of them with their belongings on the sidewalk after 27 years, and the developer who constructively evicted that family had a development proposal, and the planning commission did the absolute right thing consistent with the policies that we espouse unanimously on this board of supervisors. they took discretionary review, and unanimously denied that project because they did not want to reward the developer for his behavior. the developer appealed that to the board of appeals. mind you, our side, the people side, only needed, and supervisor mandelman is smiling because he knows, is a former member of the board of appeals, you need four out of five votes. fortunately, it turned out okay. we got the number of votes.

what the individual that we said yes to argued to overturn the planning commission in a way that would have of what -- awarded this individual for terrible behavior, as we are working to preserve affordable housing. the reason i'm telling you this story is not to cast dispersions on either of the nominees for the historic preservation commission, but to say that we have to be careful, and respectfully, to say to the office of the mayor when it comes to appointments like this, an appointment or a nomination that was made during our summer recess when most of us were not around but still within the time clock that is before us today, that it would be -- it would behoove the administration, particularly when they know that the author of that charter amendment is mostly elected members of this body, to do

affirmative outreach. not only with the supervisors, but with the community. by the community, i anybody reach out to the chinese historical society? did anybody reach out to the historic preservation professionals to vet these individuals? no. did anyone reach out affirmatively, until late in the game, to the only nonprofit organization that does and has advocated for historical preservation in san francisco for almost a half a century? no. is the political pressure on? yeah, it is. as we go forward, not only in the instance of this or preservation commission, but in all of these that we have to have a much better process. i am absolutely more than bothered about the lack of diversity on historic preservation