>> chair ronen: good morning, everyone. the meeting will come to order. welcome to february 10, 2020 meeting of the rules committee. i am supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. seated to my right is rules committee vice chair catherine stefani, and seated to my left is supervisor gordon an mamar. i'd like to thank sfgovtv for airing the meeting. do you have any announcements,

mr. clerk? thank you, and can you please read number one. >> clerk: agenda item number 1 an ordinance amending the city code to authorize the city administrator identifying those departments that would qualify as business entities or associates under hipaa and to require the city administrator to develop and maintain a citywide hipaa policy. >> chair ronen: great, and i understand there will be a brief presentation? great. >> good morning, chair ronen and committee members.

we have emily cohen from the mayor's office, and i have a very brief presentation for you about our hipaa covered entity designation ordinance. i'm also joined by bill barnes from the city administrator's office who will present on their part of the ordinance. so as i'm sure as most folks are aware, hipaa is the federal law that's to protect personal information. it allows large cities or municipalities to declare themselves a hybrid covered entity. san francisco has not, and it creates a large compliance

burden for multiple city departments, even those that could not create activities. it increases our liability under hipaa, and it leaves gray area when it comes to compliance and data sharing. the ordinance that we have before you declares the city and county of san francisco a hybrid entity. i've been working with the controller's office and city administrator's office to determine which are covered entities and which are not. it's been a lengthy process, and we've consulted with a hipaa consultant to make sure we're following the process. a hipaa entity is essentially a health plan, a health care clearinghouse, or a health care

provider who transmits health records electronically for medical purposes. most city departments do not perform those activities, and so the ordinance would declare us a hybrid, and under the ordinance, the city administrator's office will be responsible for maintaining a list of those city departments, and they must submit that list via resolution to this board within 30 days of passage and then no less than three years. should a city department's resolution change, a simple list brought before the board will list the remaining

departments. i'm going to turn it over to bill to talk a little more. >> bill barnes from the city administrator's office. so as you know, the city administrator oversees the city's priorities through a charter amendment that was placed by supervisor peskin. and the city administrator would be responsible for developing and maintaining a hipaa policy. and the legislation is focused on the legal designation as a hybrid entity, but it's also focused on improving cross departmental sharing. one of the things that we hear from departmenting is sharing information on patients or clients. understanding which ones are hipaa and which ones are not will be a key reason why we share hipaa.

i want to also acknowledge the city attorney's office which has been working with us on this for a while. going forward, each of the departments that is covered under this ordinance would have their own data policies, and for the members of the public and supervisors, we also oversee a program called data s.f. which classifies all data sets in the city based on their protected and that sorts of thing, and this fits neatly into the processes and data requirements that the city administrator already performs, and i'm available for any questions, as is emily. >> chair ronen: do you have a sense of the departments already that you expect will be covered by the -- by hipaa?

>> sure. so we will make recommendations -- this committee that's been working will make recommendations to the city administrator's office. we expect the san francisco police department, the san francisco health plan, and the san francisco fire department to be the three entities that perform this. >>. >> chair ronen: i'm so happy this is finally happening. sometimes seeking data from departments that are not conforming with hipaa, they use hipaa as an excuse to not share that. if i could be added as a cosponsor, i would appreciate it. supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: thank you, chair ronen. i'm wondered why we haven't been a hybrid designation and why now, when other counties in

california already? why hasn't san francisco? >> you know, i'm not sure why we haven't gone through this process. city attorney ann pearson may be able to weigh-in. i was brought into this process, how do we involve data sharing for people involving homelessness. it's a much larger conversation beyond this issue, so i'm not sure what the delay was in doing it, but it's become clear that this is a simple and necessary first simp to ensuring our privacy and accountability for the departments that are covered. so certainly, the time is now. we shouldn't delay further. i would like to speak quickly to your point, chair ronen, that this is absolutely a big deal to help us improve how we share data and how we protect data. this is not the only privacy law that many departments are

hopeful to you. there are other state and federal privacy laws that departments need to comply with. >> if i could just take a moment to supervisor stephanie's question, so just for the public and members of the board, we have been complying with san francisco general, laguna honda. i don't think this was needed when it first came out, but as things have come along, it's been clear that you need better rules of the road and better ordinance. i think when we first started, it was like our structure was sufficient to just operate with the city as a whole entity, and now the hybrid allows us more focus on meeting these requirements. >> supervisor stefani: okay. thank you. definitely, this is the thing to be doing. i just have one more questions in terms of what are the benefits that we expect to

derive, excuse me, from becoming a hybrid designation? i know departments will be able to share information, but what does that look like in real life? how is that going to help people? is this going to help people get into recovery programs quicker? what exactly will it allow us to do? >> this will focus those added layers of cost and responsibility only on those departments that need to make those requirements. and so it will have, i think a benefit across departments. people who aren't covered by hipaa won't be bound by the same costs and regulatory requirements. a paramedic picks someone up, they drop them at the hospital. you have a firefighter at the fire department, a nurse they hospital, they're all covered. that's what we're trying to do.

as it provides health coverage for all residents, it would make those programs more efficient. thank you. >> chair ronen: supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: supervisor stefani asked the questions that i would have asked. i believe that health care is an evolving issue, so thank you so much for your work on this, and i would like to be added as a cosponsor. >> chair ronen: thank you. we'll open this up for public comment. is there any member of the public who wishes to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. do you want to do the honors? >> supervisor mar: i would move this forward to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> chair ronen: and without objection, that motion passes unanimously. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. can you please read item number two. >> clerk: agenda item number

two is a hearing to consider appointing three members, terms ending april 10, 2021 to the graffiti advisory board. madam chair, there are three applicants, and there are three seats. >> chair ronen: thank you. and i believe we have all applicants here. no? is devin jones here ? yes. come on up if you'd like to share anything with us. >> hi, hi. thank you all for having me -- sorry. my name's devin jones. i work for the san francisco pretrail diversion project. i wear a number of hats over there but one of my main focuses in pretrial diversion is i've been a member of the street services program for five or six years. are either of you familiar with

san francisco pretrial diversion? okay. well, a little background. we act as an alternative to sentencing programs, so that's basically what we're most known for, and our main focus is to provide pretrial supervision for those pending legal court matters in san francisco. this ensures people are not just sitting in custody during the pretrial portion of their case, but the program i'm mostly involved in, sesp, our street environmental services program, my role has been to coordinate efforts to address graffiti in the committee. i supervise clients assigned by the court to deter future

involvement by community service. and i supervise them by making them clean the graffiti themselves. we can address the issues facing the city by the ongoing struggles of graffiti vandalism. i'm also eager to learn of resources and bettopportunitie better focus those who view graffiti as art. we have discussions at our meetings between street art and graffiti. so while my work is mostly on addressing older teens and younger adults at vandalizing or defacing property, i'm looking forward to learn more in this seat, seat 12 if i am given this opportunity. thank you. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. thank you for your willingness to serve.

it's really important, and your expertise is perfect for this body. really appreciate it. any other questions? no? thank you. >> thank you. >> chair ronen: is darcy brown here? no. and is daniel kling here? come on up. >> good morning. >> chair ronen: good morning. hi how are you? >> doing well, thanks. my name is daniel kling. i've served a couple of terms on the graffiti advisory board. i work for recology. i'm a san francisco homeowner. i have two children in the san francisco public schools, and i am a former public educator. i see the graffiti advisory board as an opportunity for me to give back to my adopted city. i came from chicago, and one thing that i really feel strongly about is, you know,

helping san francisco be a clean, liveable, and blight-free city. so serving on the board is something that i can do to give back to the city and be a model to my kids. >> chair ronen: can you just tell us about any accomplishments that you feel that the board has made over the couple of years that you've been on it? >> sure. working with then supervisor now mayor breed on the graffiti penalties. i serve on the law enforcement advisory subcommittee, and working with the district attorney's office on the one main graffiti task force with sfpd, i think we've made good strides at getting graffiti vandals off the streets and hopefully not doing what they did anymore. if you look at the hibernia

bank, and the graffiti there. that was thousands upon thousands of dollars, and we helped deal with that situation. i think there's some good value to be had. i think our analyzing databased on the 311 app and -- analyzing our databases on the 311 app has been extremely helpful in analyzing graffiti in the city. >> chair ronen: well, thank you so much. anybody like to speak on this, come on up. >> my name is sharon rose. i'm with san francisco pretrial diversion. i'm devin's supervisor. i just wanted to come and speak on his behalf. the past five or six years,

he's been on the graffiti abatement program. he takes participants out to clean the streets of san francisco. he's a hard worker, dedicated worker, and i think he'll be a great asset to the board. so thank you for considering his application today. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. appreciate it. and seeing no more public comment, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: are you familiar with miss brown? >> supervisor stefani: yes, chair ronen. i am very familiar with miss brown. she is one of my constituents, and i am fully confident in her ability to serve on this board. >> chair ronen: do you want to do the honors? >> supervisor stefani: sure.

and i want to thank daniel and devin for their service. i'd like to make a motion to forward with full recommendation to the board to seat devin joans on seat 12, darcie brown in seat 13, and daniel kling in seat 15, and forward to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> chair ronen: without objection, that motion passes. thanks so much for your time today, and for coming on behalf. is there any other items today? >> clerk: there is no further business. >> chair ronen: then the meeting is adjourned. thank you. [gavel]

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with clean energy is important to us as well. we heard about cleanpowersf and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. it was super easy to sign up. our bookkeeper signed up online, it was like 15 minutes. nothing has changed, except now we have cleaner energy. it's an easy way to align your environmental proclivities and goals around climate change and it's so easy that it's hard to not want to do it, and it doesn't really add anything to the bill. valencia has been a constantly evolving roadway. the first bike lanes were striped in 1999, and today is the major north and south bike route from the mission neighborhood extending from market to mission street. >> it is difficult to navigate lindsay on a daily basis, and more specifically, during the morning and evening commute hours. >> from 2012 to 2016, there were

260 collisions on valencia and 46 of those were between vehicles and bikes. the mayor shows great leadership and she knew of the long history of collisions and the real necessity for safety improvements on the streets, so she actually directed m.t.a. to put a pilot of protected bike lanes from market to 15th on valencia street within four months time. [♪] >> valencia is one of the most used north south bike routes in san francisco. it has over 2100 cyclists on an average weekday. we promote bicycles for everyday transportation of the coalition. valencia is our mission -- fits our mission perfectly. our members fall 20 years ago to get the first bike lane stripes. whether you are going there for restaurants, nightlife, you know

, people are commuting up and down every single day. >> i have been biking down the valencia street corridor for about a decade. during that time, i have seen the emergence of ridesharing companies. >> we have people on bikes, we have people on bike share, scooters, we have people delivering food and we have uber taking folks to concerts at night. one of the main goals of the project was to improve the overall safety of the corridor, will also looking for opportunities to upgrade the bikeway. >> the most common collision that happens on valencia is actually due to double parking in the bike lane, specifically during, which is where a driver opens the door unexpectedly. >> we kept all the passengers -- the passenger levels out, which is the white crib that we see, we double the amount of commercial curbs that you see out here.

>> most people aren't actually perking on valencia, they just need to get dropped off or pick something up. >> half of the commercial loading zones are actually after 6:00 p.m., so could be used for five-minute loading later into the evening to provide more opportunities or passenger and commercial loading. >> the five minute loading zone may help in this situation, but they are not along the corridor where we need them to be. >> one of the most unique aspects of the valencia pilot is on the block between 14th street. >> we worked with a pretty big mix of people on valencia. >> on this lot, there are a few schools. all these different groups had concerns about the safety of students crossing the protected bikeway whether they are being dropped off or picked up in the morning or afternoon. to address those concerns, we installed concrete loading islands with railings -- railings that channel -- channeled a designated crossing plane. >> we had a lot of conversations

around how do you load and unload kids in the mornings and the afternoons? >> i do like the visibility of some of the design, the safety aspects of the boarding pilot for the school. >> we have painted continental crosswalks, as well as a yield piece which indicates a cyclist to give the right-of-way so they can cross the roadway. this is probably one of the most unique features. >> during the planning phase, the m.t.a. came out with three alternatives for the long term project. one is parking protected, which we see with the pilot, they also imagined a valencia street where we have two bike lanes next to one another against one side of the street. a two-way bikeway. the third option is a center running two-way bikeway, c. would have the two bike lanes running down the center with protection on either side.

>> earlier, there weren't any enter lane designs in san francisco, but i think it will be a great opportunity for san francisco to take the lead on that do so the innovative and different, something that doesn't exist already. >> with all three concepts for valencia's long-term improvement , there's a number of trade-offs ranging from parking, or what needs to be done at the intersection for signal infrastructure. when he think about extending this pilot or this still -- this design, there's a lot of different design challenges, as well as challenges when it comes to doing outreach and making sure that you are reaching out to everyone in the community. >> the pilot is great. it is a no-brainer. it is also a teaser for us. once a pilot ends, we have thrown back into the chaos of valencia street. >> what we're trying to do is incremental improvement along the corridor door. the pilot project is one of our first major improvements. we will do an initial valuation in the spring just to get a glimpse of what is happening out here on the roadway, and to make any adjustments to the pilot as

needed. this fall, we will do a more robust evaluation. by spring of 2020, we will have recommendations about long-term improvements. >> i appreciate the pilot and how quickly it went in and was built, especially with the community workshops associated with it, i really appreciated that opportunity to give input. >> we want to see valencia become a really welcoming and comfortable neighborhood street for everyone, all ages and abilities. there's a lot of benefits to protected bike lanes on valencia , it is not just for cyclists. we will see way more people biking, more people walking, we are just going to create a really friendly neighborhood street. [♪]

good afternoon. and welcome to the land use and transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. for today, monday, february, 3, 2020. i am the chair of the committee, aaron peskin joined by committee member supervisor dean preston to my left, our clerk is ms. erica major, ms. major, could you please make any announcements? >> yes, please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of a file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you. could you please call items 1 through 3 together. >> item number 1 is a resoln