>> good morning, everyone, the meeting will come to order. welcome to the first meeting of the year, the january 13th, 2020, meeting of the rules committee. i'm supervisor ronan, and seated to my right is supervisor catherine stefani, and seated to my left is supervisor gordon mar. and we are joined by supervisor shamon walton. i would like to thank our clerk and those from s.f. gov. tv for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> yes, please silence all electronic devices.

speaker cards and documents should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the january 28thf supervisors' agenda. item number one is a hearing to considering appointing one member term ending 2023, to the oversight committee. one seat, one applicant. >> chairwoman: hi. is atori laou here? a beautiful name, did i pronounce it correctly? >> yes. >> chairwoman: is good. come on up. do you have any presentation or thoughts you want to share with us. >> i would like to introduce myself and share with you why i would like to join the committee, if that is okay with you. >> chairwoman: that would be fantastic. >> i've been living in san francisco for 21 years, and i work both for software and investment management companies. and i'm very fa familiar with

expenditure ough aud dids auditd oversights. i attended the meeting of the ashbox since last september, and i visited the re reservoir in december, and the southeast water treatment in november. and in august, i visited the hedgegy water system. and i'm really impressed by the scale and magnitude of the public is structure that we own and operate in san francisco. and what is really important to me is to ensure we take good care of this infrastructure, and we maintain and up great it for future generations to come. it is a big budget, and i think it is important that san franciscsan franciscosan fra

(indescernable). >> chairwoman: i just had a question for you. i've been working quite closely with the p.c. on attempting to acquire pg&e's structur infrastructure r the transmission of energy of electricity to san francisco residents. have you been following that effort, and how do you feel about it? >> i've been following it in the news, and i think it is a big opportunity for san francisco. as you drive around the city, you can see poles that are not even straight, they're kind of crooked. it appears to me as a lay person there is quite a bit of deferred maintenance there. and certainly upkeep and upgrade, necessarily. i think there is an opportunity for san francisco, if it can be done right, in a way that makes sense for san franciscans.

>> chairwoman: great. music to my ears. is there any other questions? supervisor stefani? >> i would just like to say i know atori, and i know he would make an excellent addition to this committee. so i speak very highly of him, and we've known each other for a while now. >> chairwoman: do you want to do the honors of making a motion? oh, after we have public comment. thank you so much. i think that's all of the questions we have. thank you for your presentation. i'll know open up for public comment. if there is any member who wishes to speak, now is your time. seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor stefani. >> i would like to move that we appoint atori to the revenue bond oversight commit in seat one. >> chairwoman: without objection, that motion passes unanimously. thank you so much,

mr. atori. mr. clerk, can you please read item number two. >> a hearing appointing one member ending december 3, 2e oversight committee. there are two applicants, and one seat. >> chairwoman: okay. thank you. is sean richard or anna ray grabstein here to testify? i don't see either one of these. supervisor walton, would you like to speak before public comment or after? >> i will speak before. real briefly, if you will allow me. thank you, chair ronan. i want to say i had the privilege of, when i was on rules, of nominating sean richard to serve on the oversight committee. there were some technical aspects that weren't taken care of in his application, in terms of the start time for his retail operation that is up and running, so he is definitely a qualified applicant. he is someone who has worked in our community for decades here in san

francisco, and started an organization to fight against violence, and now being someone who qualified as an equity applicant who has experience working in and with our communities is just exciting, and my hope is that he can be nominated again. so he can actually serve on the committee. i just wanted to come in and speak on that. >> chairwoman: thank you very much, supervisor walton. supervisor stefani? >> i wanted to speak in favor of sean richard. we worked together in the movement, as he has "brothers against guns." we sat down and talked about this committee, and, of course, he is one of the first applicants to be granted a permit under the office of cannabis' equity program. he should continuing serving in this capacity. >> chairwoman: thank you. seeing no other comments from my colleagues, i want to open up this item to

the public. is there any member of the public who wishes to speak on this item? no worries. good morning. >> good morning, supervisors. i had no intention of speaking on any public comment for any item, but i just wanted to share that when i had heard that mr. richard had opened up a facility, honestly, it was so heart-warming to hear that. there is just a level of reassurance that comes over someone from the community, such as myself. when you hear that, it just -- that's the yes, what these programs are for. and when we see somebody who has come from us, who has worked so hard to make our community better, and to be a role model for others to emulate in this process, i want to let you

know that is a wonderful thing. so for myself and my family, i want to communicate that we're really supportive of sean richard being on the committee, and also so happy that he is our first, through the programming, opening up a facility. thank you very, very much. >> chairwoman: thank you so much. any other member of the public wish to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. i just wanted to remark i know both of these applicants as well, and i think they would both be phenomenal additions to this body and in fulfilling this seat. but i have to agree with both ms. moffet and my colleague, supervisors walton and stefani, sean richard is uniquely exciting to serve in this seat, being the first equity applicant to open a

store. i can't imagine a more important perspective to have on this body. and i also, along with my colleagues, i don't think it is an accident. i'm a big fan of his work, and that's because he just does extraordinary, tremendous violence prevention work in our community. so i, too, will be supporting mr. richard for seat 12 on this body. supervisor mar, do you have any comments? or supervisor stefani, would you like to do the honors again? >> sure. i would like to move this forward, appointing sean richard to the cannabis oversight committee in vacant seat 12, to the full board with positive recommendations. >> chairwoman: and without objection, that motion passes unanimously. thank you, supervisor walton, for joining us. we're going to miss you. [laughter] mr. clerk, can you read

oit number three. >> a hearing appointing one member, term ending october 19, 2021, to the eastern neighborhood committee, one seat, one applicant. >> chairwoman: this is my nomination. i am incredibly honored to nominate kemtry moffet, a long time district 9 resident, who has served in a number of capacities in our city, both as a school board-elected commissioner, and as an all around active community member in so many ways. it is such an honor to nominate you, and i wanted to know if you wanted to come up and share any thoughts with us. >> thank you so very, very much, chair ronan

supervisors. good morning, and i wept tmeantto say happy new year when supervisor walton was here. i have been thinking about being on this committee for a while. i just had to wait for things to clear off my plate. i had to graduate for my doctorate. but i've always been watching this committee because i not only have lived in district 9 for so long, since 2004, 2005, but also have lived in district 10, since the '90s, so this area and its growth and expansion, and the environmental issues, but also, you know, the transportation issues that have come across between district 10 and district 9 are on the forefront of my mind all of the time, as well as the area -- my area of expertise, which is education. and not just any type of education, but my doctoral degree is in education for speakers of other

languages. and also adult learners. so what i hope to bring is really a deep sense around educational concerns, but also, you know, to remind the folks at ucsf, of the promise that was made to the residents of district 10 and district 9, that while mission bay's growth, which has been expotential, was really quick, one of the things that was promised was they would do an adult education program for residents. i want to make sure i support and remind them of that promise to the community. i would be honored to sit here, but also bring my education app to the committee. and i'm so grateful for your nomination. >> chairwoman: and i'm so grateful for your willingness to serve. thank you. and now i want to -- >> any questions?

>> chairwoman: sorry. any questions? no? is there any member of the public who wishes to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. i would love to make the motion to forward applicant kemtry moffet with positive rome day recommendation, sitting in seat 6. without objection, that motion passes unanimously. congratulations. should i reopen item number two? okay. mr. richard, we just unanimously appointed you. [laughter] to the committee. but i wanted to give you the opportunity -- do you want us to make a motion to withdraw your nomination so that you can speak, or are you happy with just letting things move forward? i'm going to leave it up to you. >> let's do it again.

>> chairwoman: yeah. let's do it again. you missed supervisor walton, who was here to speak on your behalf. but you might as well hear all of the wonderful things we had to say about you. supervisor stefani, do you want to make a motion? >> yes. i move to rescind the vote on item 2 and move to reopen. >> chairwoman: without objection, that motion passes. mr. clerk, can you read item number two again. >> a hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending december 3, 2020, to the cannabis oversight committee. >> chairwoman: i see we are joined by mr. sean richard, one of the applicants. would you like to come forward and make some remarks? ms. moffis also spoke on your behalf. >> well, thank you, supervisors. it's an honor. it has been a long time

coming. i have been in this community and this city of san francisco for over 51 years. and i am proud to be a member of this oversight committee that was nominated by you four lovely people. and thank you so much. it's an honor. and as you know, my store is now officially open. yes. and i'm really excited about ili'm moving forwardit.i'm moving forward. "brothers against guns" was started 25 years ago, behind the death of my two brothers, who was murdered. and i didn't imagine, by any chance of me standing before you, talking about overseeing -- sitting on a committee of legal marijuana, and i am thrilled about it. the fact that i will be able to not only employ

folks, but at the same time take some of the profits of the money that we receive from our store and put it back into the community, and that was part of the oversight goal of me joining forces with that type of brand, which is the cookies brand, make insuring that themaking sure thk to the community. 5% of our profits will go back into the city. it won't just be particular organizations, it will be many types of organizations. the only difference is i know how stressful it is to put together a proposal to get some money. i'm not going to do all of that. i know all of the organizations out there doing the work that needs the money, all the way from sunset to chinatown to the bay view, to the western addition. they will automatically be blessed with some of that money. i want to just say thank you, guys, for appointing me to the oversight committee. i really appreciate it. >> chairwoman: thank you so much. we really appreciate you.

you can go back -- i don't know if we're going to spend a lot of time repeating everything we said, but if you go back and watch the video on s.f. gov. tv, you will see how much you are appreciated and loved in this city by us. >> thank you so much. and the work is still going to continue with "brothers against guns, guns," so i just wanted to put that out there as well. >> chairwoman: thank you. we wouldn't accept anything less. thank you so much. i'll now reopen this item for public comment. if any member of the public wishes to speak -- anybody? no? oh, you're not allowed by the rules. you can only comment ones. but -- so i will ask my colleague, supervisor stefani, to make her motion again. >> thank you. i want to reiterate how amazing sean richard is.

and he is going to be amazing on this oversight committee. thank you so much for all of the work you do, "brothers against guns," and we've worked together for a long time, and you're an amazing advocate not only for gun violence, but for equity on cannabis issues. i would like to move to appoint sean richard, and forward this to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> chairwoman: without objection, that motion passes anonymously. mr. clerk, can you please read item number 4. >> it is a hearing appointing two members in indefinite terms to the college oversight committee. there are two seats and three applicants. >> chairwoman: thank you. if we can call the applicants up in order. win monki, good morning. how are you? >> good morning. so i can speak orally

because i don't have a presentation. good morning, everybody. i want to introduce myself. i am born and raised in san francisco, grew up in filmore, mission, and sunsitsunset, and have attended ucsf as a student since 2011. and i've participated since its initiative, and have contributed to the discussions in the free city coalition, with community groups, students, union folks, and other community members. and so, yeah -- yeah, throughout the application for free city, on the ground from door-knocking, from speaking, i had aimed to really keep the students in mind, right? because at that period, i was part of the solidarity committee, which was

already fighting against anti-student policies, that was predominantly pushing predominantly students of color out of an educationtha tha education ty deserved. from there to participating in the free city coalition, it has been exciting advocating for this visionary program, and looking at it from line by line, from looking at what are the conditions that we want to consider? and keep in mind that students are facing issues, and keep their needs in the free city initiative. my aims and goals while being an active member, hopefully, on the free city oversight committee, is to contribute to the transparency and democracy that has transpired. this program has changed the conditions of my peers, including myself. me and my brother also qualified for free city,

and so seeing how it really has grown and been implemented from its inception until now, and have been really, really exciting, and so i hope to further deepen my commitment through this committee and challenge my peers alongside in the committee to also be vocal, critical, and vigilant in this time, and to also seek any timely opportunities that can be voiced, any opportunities that can also expand, potentially, you know, and advance the program as well. so if we really believe the principles that education is a human right, i really hope to serve on the committee and work alongside with others based on this principle. so thank you. >> chairwoman: thank you so much. are there any questions? great presentation. any questions? no? thank you so much. thanks for your willingness to serve. and i see connie ford. would you like to come up

and present? thank you, chair ronan and supervisors. my name is connie ford. the first thing i want to say is i highly recommend win mah. she is exemlary in exemptlary. in the bierpg o beginning of the 20th century, this country made a good decision to decide to include education, k-12 for every citizen in the country. that was really a wonderful thing. during a lot of that time, if you got a high school degree, you had access to the path into middle

class, working class jobs so you can thrive. in the last couple of decades, things have changed. and now that is not adequate. you get a high school degree and it doesn't mean much. you need to go on. and so the -- so that's really what started the whole discussion of free city. and president obama started it during his term in 2015, saying that he thought everybody should have access to a free community college. and then a few states took that up. tennessee, portland, oregon, and minnesota, i think, and it was at that time that we at san francisco started studying it. and then with jane kim's leadership, and the leadership of the faculty at city college and then labor and community, you know, we were able to win that fight. and we won it and then we were able to fund it. and that was in '17, and

so '17 and '18 was the first year. and then there was an oversight committee on that, and i served on the oversight committee as the community representative. on that, there was a subcommittee that tasked us to make an annual report. and we did. and it took a long time. and it was dcyf, the controller's office, 2121, and myself. and we worked tirelessly for a year and produced this report. and it is now up on the website, in november of '19, where the mayor approved it, the controller's office approved it, and everybody did. and it was a tremendous success. it was took away people's fears. it raised the population of going, and it stabilized those who were already getting scholarships by giving them an extra stipen, so that they could do their

books and their transportation and all of that. it did have five recommendations for improvement, because we all know city college had some ups and downs now. it is those five, and this is really the reason i would like to serve on the commission again, so that as a community member, we can keep clear on the definition of free city, expand it, if possible, but at least make these five recommendations real and clean it up a little bit. so that's why i'm running, and i appreciate being here and working with all of you. >> chairwoman: supervisor mar? >> thank you so much. i don't really have any questions for you, connie. >> thank you. >> chairwoman: do you want to wait until we hear from the last applicant? okay. kevin fraser? >> i believe that mr. fraser communicated with your office, and i believe there is an e-mail on your desk. >> chairwoman: oh, i'm sorry. thank you.

thank you very much. do you want to speak before public comment? okay. supervisor mar. >> thank you, chair ronan. i wanted to briefly acknowledge and thank win manki and connie forward. i've had the great pleasure of working with both of you very closely on these issues. before my role at jobs of justice, and now on the board of supervisors over the past year. i think the two of you are the most qualified people that i can think of to fill this seat, the student seat, and the sort of general public seat on the oversight committee. the two of you really are among the most -- have demonstrated the most deep commitment to city college, and just capability in really organizing around the complicated issues to strengthen and support

city college here, from the campaign to originally create the free city program in 2016, to over the past year in the complicated, but ultimately, very successful work we all did to ensure the full funding for city college for the next decade. and city college, as we awe know, continues to face challenges. i think this oversight committee for free city college is cite clee importanis criticallyimportant r issues. as a board of supervisors representative, i look forward to working with you. thank you. >> chairwoman: thank you so much, and thank you for your leadership, supervisor mar, on this very important program. i really appreciate your voice on this. we'll now open up this item to public comment. any member of the public who wishes to speak, please come forward now.

>> sorry. >> chairwoman: don't be sorry. we love hearing from you. >> good morning again. i had no intention of speaking, but i just want to support the two members of the community, and the student member, because this committee does need their voices. working for a little bit with city college myself, i know that some of the challenges that were met the first few years of free city, and just the bumps of something new and so large coming forward, in terms of rolling out something like this that has such public goodness, but also has such bureaucratic -- i don't know what to call that -- poop. it is what it is. with the help of a really strong oversight committee and these two members here, win and connie, i just want to support them going on the committee. i really have a lot of trust in their work

already, that i've seen, and i'm really confident that they'll be helping with smoothing out some of the rough edges there. thank you for their consideration. >> chairwoman: thank you so much. any other member of the public wish to speak? seeing none, public comoancomment is closed. i just wanted to say i read mr. fraser's e-mail, which was very compelling, and i just want to appreciate his interest in willingness to serve. but today i'm going sto be supporting connie ford for seat 14, and win manki for seat 4 -- i'm sorry if i'm mispronouncing your name. how do you pronounce it? i believe it is very important to have the continuity of ms. ford on this body so that she can continue her excellent work on this program that is so important to our

city. you've been there since day one, and i think having that continuity is extremely important. so i just wanted to appreciate mr. fraser so much for being willing to serve and for sending this very compelling e-mail to us. it is very appreciated. but today i'm going to be supporting connie ford. and i would like to ask supervisor march h mar. if he would be willing to make a motion. >> i recommend win manki to seat 4, and connie ford to vacant seat 14. without objection. >> chairwoman: and without objection, that motion passes unanimously. mr. clerk, can you read item number 5. >> item 5 is a hearing

appointing one member to the park open space advisory committee. one seat, one applicant. >> chairwoman: wonderful. this is a district 6 nominee. mr. roddy, are you hear? good morning. >> good morning. >> chairwoman: thank you for being willing to serve. >> no worries. i'm patrick roddy, and i've been working in the city since 2011, and working in the tenderloin since 2013. i did a lot of work around the alcohol prevention coalition, the store frontage work, and i'm working with that, and helping youth around the abc argument around certain stores should sell alcohol as well. but i recently -- now its been going on three years -- been working at boddecker park for boys and girls of san francisco. in that time, it has been eye opening to see what is

going on and what is happening, and the advocacy, and the former person who had this seat, anna g., i worked closely with around the parks network and how we connect as parks. really what it comes down to is that in the tenderloin, if you give everybody in the neighborhood a piece of open space, you get half a yoga mat, which really isn't acceptable. when you look at the equity of some of the parks and how safe those parks are, it becomes a concern. especially with working in that network trying to get more parks activated, and more park safety activated. and how do we partner to make the best of the situation that we have? >> chairwoman: thank you so much. i appreciate your willingness to serve. any member of the public wish to speak? seeing none, public

comment is closed. anybody wish to make a motion? >> sure. i'll do it. i move that we recommend appointment to the parks recreation and open space advisory committee, patrick roddy to seat 17. >> just note, a waiver is required for this applicant if you do want to make a recommendation. >> with a residency waiver. >> chairwoman: without objection, that motion passes unanimously. congratulations. mr. clerk, is there any other business before us? >> that completes the agenda for today. >> chairwoman: thank you so much. the meeting is adjourned.