. >> chair peskin: good afternoon and welcome to the land use and transportation meeting of august 10, 2020. i am chair aaron peskin, joined by supervisor dean preston. i don't believe that we've been joined by our vice chair, supervisor safai, but he will be joining us, but -- we have been joined by supervisor safai. our clerk is miss erica major. miss major, do you have any

announcements. >> clerk: thank you, chair. precautions are taken to a statewide stay-at-home order and all other state and local orders, resolutions, and directives. members and the public will stay at home and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were present. sfgovtv.org and channel 26 are streaming the number across the screen. 415-655-0001. the number is is 146-247-2457.

then press pound, and pound again. when there are items of discussion, you'll be muted. if you wish to enter public comment, press star-three to be entered into the queue. if you submit public comment via e-mail, you may could do by submitting it to me,

erica.major@sf.org. >> chair peskin: thank you, miss major. [inaudible] >> clerk: -- the system prompts will indicate that you have raised your hand. please wait for the system to say you're unmuted to make your comments when we get to public comment. >> chair peskin: thank you, miss major. colleagues, as you know, the voters of san francisco passed proposition e for housing for

educators. this is a slight tweak that would run concurrently, and if approved by this body, would be sent to the board of supervisors as a committee report. this legislation introduced by president yee relative to the mix of three-bedroom units that's been reviewed by the planning commission that has unanimously recommended this to this body, and with that, i will turn it over to president yee's chief of staff, general. >> thank you, chair peskin, and supervisors safai and preston, for allowing me to make this presentation. this would allow us to create a

mix three bedrooms in future proposition e educator housing buildings. as you know, affordable is an obstacle for many families to access housing stock, but we don't have opportunities for larger or multigenerational families to live in these housing stocks, and we want to make sure that we are establishing a principle to get a mix of two and three-bedroom housing units. we want to be able to attract workers to san francisco and retain them, so with that, we hope we can count on your support on this legislation.

>> chair peskin: supervisor yee is creating a legacy around educators, early childhood development. miss meloni, would you like to say anything? >> i would just like to say there were several public commenters which was heard at the planning commission earlier this week, including the united educators of san francisco, who voiced their support for the ordinance, and i'm here to answer any questions. >> chair peskin: thank you, miss merlone.

are there any questions or comments, supervisor safai or preston? with that, is there any public comments? >> clerk: thank you. michael michael from public works is going to let us know if there are any speakers in public comment. for those of you not in the queue, press star-three to enter the queue, and for those of you already in the queue, wait until you receive a system prompt telling you that you have been unmuted. >> chair peskin: do we have any speakers? >> there are zero callers in queue. >> chair peskin: okay. seeing no members of the public for public comment, public comment is closed. and colleagues, if there is knox, i would like to make a motion to send this item to the

full board of supervisors with recommendation as a committee report to be heard tomorrow, august 11. on that motion, madam clerk, a roll call, please. >> clerk: on that motion, as stated by chair peskin -- [roll call] >> clerk: you have three ayes. >> chair peskin: all right. next item, please. >> clerk: item 2 is an ordinance amending the planning code to reenact a provision permitting nonretail professional services above the fifrts sto first story in the chinatown community business district zoning control table, which was inadvertently deleted in recent

enacted legislation. to enter t to -- >> chair peskin: thank you, miss major. as miss major just stated, this is indeed a technical correction to an item that was inadvertently deleted, and this will reinstate the nonretail professional services above the ground floor are permitted. mr. starr from the planning department, is there anything you would like to add to that

nifty synopsis that i just gave, or ms. merloni, or anybody from planning. we're fixing a mistake. >> i believe that we are satisfied with your description, chair peskin. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you, miss merloni. are there any questions or comments from members? seeing none, is there any public comment on item number 2? >> clerk: thank you, mr. ch r chair. michael is letting us know if there are any public callers. if you have not done so already, please press star-three to be entered into the queue. if you have not done so. please wait until you are unmuted to begin your comments. >> there appears to be no comments. >> chair peskin: thank you, michael. public comment is closed, and i would like to send this forward with a positive recommendation

in due process to the full board. roll call on that item, please. >> clerk: on the motion as stated by chair peskin -- [roll call] >> clerk: you have three eyes. >> chair peskin: could you please read the next item. >> clerk: yes. item number three is a reenactment of emergency ordinance, ordinance number 84-20 to establish protections for occupants of residential hoteling during the covid-19 pandemic. members of the public who wish to provide public comment during this period should call 415-655-0001. enter the meeting i.d. and president pound, and pound again. to enter the queue, press star-three or raise your hand. please wait until the system has indicated you have been unmuted to provide your

comments during public comment period. >> chair peskin: colleagues, before you make a motion to continue this item and take public comment, i would like to first thank my colleague, supervisor katy tang, who is now the liaison between the department of public health and the board of supervisors for working to attempt to craft amendments to this emergency ordinance that we previously enacted which, candidly, the department of public health, due to any number of constraints on the human resource side and the relative side, testing equipment, swabs, what-have-you, have not been able to fully implement. dr. stephanie cohen has agreed to reach out to the three s.r.o. collaboratives in the intervening week to figure out

what they actually can do. i don't want to impose legislation that is unrealistic, but i do want to continue to take every step and utilize all of our resources to make sure that covid-19 does not spread in some of the most transmissive environments in congregate setting, that being the s.r.o. hotels. with that, seeing no further comment, i'll open this up for public comment and then, i'll continue this for one week pending dr. cohen's outreach to the s.r.o. communities. madam clerk, there any public comment? >> clerk: mr. chair, michael from public works is checking to see if there are any callers in queue. i believe there's one caller in queue. michael, please let us know when the callers are ready, and go ahead and unmute them.

>> hi. this is theresa flanders, seniors and disability action, and i just want to declare my absolute support for this ordinance. it is so important, and i also want to thank the members of the board for supporting this. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you, miss flandrick. thank you, please. >> sorry. zero callers remaining in the queue. >> chair peskin: okay. public comment is closed, and i would here by make a motion to continue this item one week, to the meeting of august 17. on that motion, madam clerk, will you take a role call vote, please. >> clerk: on the motion as stated by chair peskin -- [roll call]

>> clerk: you have three ayes. >> chair peskin: thank you, madam clerk, could you please read the next item. >> clerk: yes. item number 4 is an emergency ordinance to temporarily prohibit construction projects in buildings with any residential rental units that require the suspension of water or electricity service to residential tenants without providing alternative sources of water and power due to the covid-19 pandemic. call 415-655-0001. enter the immediating i.d., and press pound, and pound again. if you have not done so already, please press star-three to lineup to speak. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted during public comment, and you may begin your comment.

>> chair peskin: thank you, madam clerk. first, i'd like to start by thanking the cosponsors of this emergency ordinance: supervisors walton, ronen, and preston, and i particularly want to thank my aide, lee hepner, as we've gotten call after call after call. as you will remember, on march 16, when shelter in place went into effect, there was a temporary prohibition on construction, and that has temporarily been eased and waived, but there are many people sheltering in place, but they are not sheltering in peace. some of this construction is essential, some of it is nonessential. there have been a handful of band actors who may be harassing and intimidating tenants out by doing

nonessential construction, whereby water and electricity service is disrupted for days at a time, and this is a common sense ordinance that will allow construction to continue on the one hand but treat tenants with dignity and respect on the other. i would like to offer a number of amendments, and i want to thank folks from the building industry and from the landlord industry for making some common sense suggestions. and let me go through these amendments. one of them -- the furtheirst s on page 2. i'd like to insert an item on-line 14, relative to the exemption of affordable housing. colleagues, this is in your hands, and as set forth in

subsection e, which reads, affordable housing are less likely to be the subject of ongoing construction work. tenants in affordable housing units, including lock term tenants in that housing are less likely to be recipients of harassment, therefore, high market rate rental units have been excluded from this exemption. on-line 7, insert, after water shut-off, exceeding two hours in a single day, the property owner provides an alternative water source, including, but not limited to, bottled or

gallons of water. insert, after shutoff, the property owner provides an alternative wat alternative source of power. line 13, strike caused by one week's advance notice, and strike the last sentence in that subsection, so it would read the -- [inaudible] >> chair peskin: -- the name and contact information of a liaison who can provide information and respond to tenant concerns. subb-1, in the event of an anticipated water or electricity shut off lasting

more than two consecutive hours or four nonconsecutive hours in a single day, all impacted residents must be provided with 72 hours advance written notice. and sub-2, in the event of an anticipated water or electricity shut off of more than two consecutive hours or four consecutive hours on two or more consecutive days or on more than three days in a single week, all impacted residents must be provided with written notice at least one week in advance -- sorry. i'm not dieing of covid-19 -- of the first weekly shut off and prolonged construction projects. subsection c. if over the course of construction, the need emerges to shut off water or power for more than two hours, construction must pause and may only resume pursuant to the notice and alternative accommodations provisions of subsections a and b of this

emergency ordinance, provided, however, the department of emergency management may allow the project to continue if it will cause a great emergency hazard. in other words, if there's an emergency, construction will continue. subsection d, if there's use of loud tools or instruments for any prolonged period of time -- [inaudible] >> chair peskin: -- if, one, a property owner and all impacted residential tenants agree to terms other than those set forth in subsections a through c, and the property owner submits an e-mail to an address established by d.b.i. reflecting the terms and duration of that agreement.

or, sub- 2, all impacted residents reside in the building where all of the units have a 100% affordable purchase price or rent set at 120% of the adjusted median family income ad determined by the mayor's office of community housing or the fair market rent area that contains san francisco, b, that does n-- fo life of the project for a minimum of 55 years, whichever is longer, by recorded regulatory agreement and consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local regulatory requirements. that is the exemption for affordable housing. and finally, on page 5,

subsection 4, insert at line five, upon finding a first violation, d.b.i. shall issue a warning of property owner, along with a copy of this ordinance. after receiving the order, property owner shall be required to send a notice to d.b.i. along with a copy to any residents impacted by this ordinance. failure to do so will constitute another violation of this ordinance, and subsequent violations, d.b.i. shall issue a notice of violation and/or other citation pursuant to its authority under the building code. so those are the changes that i would like to propose and would like to, again, thank folks in the construction and tenant-landlord industry or those suggestions. are there any questions or comments from members?

supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: thank you. can we make a motion to accept these now or should we wait? >> chair peskin: i'll do that after public comment. >> supervisor safai: okay. so thank you, supervisor, for these -- i got these from your staff as soon as you have them. really appreciate them. i just wanted to talk to a couple of things just for my own experience as a tenant right now and some of my experiences in the past, one of the things that gives me a little bit of reservation. and again, i think this is a really important piece of legislation. i understand that a lot of people are sheltering at home, and it makes sense that we should be doing this to ensure that, you know, that people aren't having to experience undue stress during these times, for sure. my question is i just think about routine maintenance.

we just had a -- we had a leak in our bathroom about a week and a half ago, and they had to come shut the water off for a little more than a couple hours. so what i wouldn't want is this to be an impediment for routine maintenance, and i just wonder if there couldn't be some kind of reference language. i see the language if d.b.i. believes this could be a health and safety issue, but it seems that some of these could be avoided with having d.b.i. in the conversation if it's just the property manager and the tenant using, you know, the kind of allowable time frame. so i just wanted to put that out there, see what you thought. i would hate to think that this would then become an impediment for routine maintenance. as i said, we had to shut our

water off for a couple hours. and then, what happened -- again, you said construction inbuilding. so if there's not sewer work or electrical work related to pg&e or p.u.c. because again, last week, just by chance, pg&e came, and they had to shut the power off for eight hours on our streets. this is construction projects in buildings with any residential units. so i just wanted to put those two things out there to see what your response was and see how you think it would play out in practice. >> so relative >> chair peskine to the former question, let me make a couple of statements. routine maintenance is

something that is foreseen -- >> supervisor safai: i'm sorry. let me clarify. if there's something that arises, an emergency, a leak or something, you have to come in and shut off the water. not the routine, scheduled maintenance. that's easy, but if you're responding to an immediate hazard, how do we deal with that in this legislation? >> chair peskin: so let me just say as a small landlord in san francisco, that has happened to me. i have had emergencies where pipes have burst. i don't think i've had any electrical emergencies, but i definitely have had water emergencies, and they've all been dealt with in relatively short periods of time. the reality is, this is going to be complaint driven. this is really directed at a number of bad actors, some of them with thousands of units, some of them with a handful of

united. when we did the press conference, we did it in front of a building in my district by a woman who's clearly being harassed by a small landlord who is trying to drive her out of her mind and out of her unit despite the protections that are afforded to her under the law, but the reality is, this is going to be complaint driven, and then d.b.i. will be able to come in there and demeray whether or not it is legitimate or not. the reality is -- and let's be real about this reality. if a pipe burst, and it took more than two hours to fix, by the time d.b.i. gets there the next day, it's going to have been fixed. as you said, and certainly in my experience, most of these things are handled in less than two hours, but the fundamental underpinning of this legislation is pretty simple,

which is if you're going to shut the electricity off or shut the water off, you've got to supply alternative means of water, which could be five-gallon bottles of water or one-gallon bottles or a generator that's enough to power a computer. as to your kpaexample, supervi safai, pg&e is not legislated by this legislation, but that could be the subject of a piece of future legislation whereby pg&e is held accountable. >> supervisor safai: no. the thing i appreciate in that situation by pg&e, they let us know a week in advance. there was noticing. we were able to prepare, make preparations. that was the thing i liked

about this, that there was advance notice and follow through. i guess, my question is where did the number two hours come from? how did you guys come up with that? >> chair peskin: and i guess i just responded to that. if you do two hours, and the project takes three hours -- and again, this is going to be all complaint driven. by the time that d.b.i. gets out there late that day or the next day, the project will be done. if you do four hours, it's going to be six hours. so this is going to be all complaint driven. not to use an old cliche, but to use pornography, d.b.i. will know it when they see that. >> supervisor safai: so your response to the two hours versus responding to an

emergency if there's a leak or there's a back-up or there's a clog or if there's a blown circuit, your thing is hey, they're going to get the crews out there. if they have to shut the power down longer than that, it's going to be complaint driven, and they'll be aware of that. and in the case of longer incidents, you've seen the parties a parties and think that this is workable. >> chair peskin: and as you've said in your earlier comments and as i've experienced as a small landlord, generally, these things are ameliorated in

a few hours. supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: it's not something strict liability, if it's 2:05, the landlord is somehow on the hook for something, it's how long the repair is anticipated for. so i hope i'm reading that right. the issue is a repair or procedure that's anticipated to be over two hours. i don't think anybody is going to be sitting there, with a stop water, saying 2:01, there's going to be consequences. am i reading that right? >> chair peskin: you are reading that right. and furthermore, on page 5, section 4 -- this legislation is really aimed at the bad actors. upon a finding of a first violation, d.b.i. sends a warning and does a little

education, so you've really got to be a bad actor before you get a notice of violation. this is actually a pretty amazing piece of legislation, but if the bad actors intend to keep acting body, i intend to beef it up. >> supervisor safai: thank you. >> chair peskin: supervisor preston, do you have any other comments or questions? >> supervisor preston: i just want to say, chair peskin, thank you for bringing this up. i hear about this from a lot of constituents. there's a lot of discussion about evictions, moratoriums, back rent, how we're handling these issues. but some of these issues, they don't make the headlines as much, but in terms of impacting people's day-to-day lives,

things like water interruption, real estate agents showing people's homes, things like that become really magnified when you're sheltering in place. so i just want to thank you and your staff for digging in on the details of what is really a huge impact on a lot of people's lives. and to your point, chair peskin, there are so many that are going to be unaffected by this. the ones coming out and dealing with a burst pipe immediately are really going to be unaffected by this. the unfortunate reality is that there are some landlords that know that folks are stuck at home, that know that interrupting water, service, power, among other things, has a huge impact on folks, and unfortunately, as you say, are

aimed at getting out long-term tenants, so this is great legislation and hopefully will deter some of those actions. >> chair peskin: thank you for those comments, supervisor preston. if there are no further comments or questions, why don't we open this up for public comment. madam clerk? >> clerk: thank you, mr. chair. michael is checking to see if there are any callers in queue. have you have not done so already, please press star three to be added to the queue. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted, and you may begin your comment. >> i have six callers in the queue. >> chair peskin: first speaker, please. >> hi. my name is dave cunningham, and i live in district 8,

supervisor mandelman's district, at 610 clipper street, and veritas-clipper is proposing nine a.d.u.s where the parking is starting in 2021, and i would like to ask that they hold off on this unnecessary construction completely until the covid pandemic is over and we're able to go to work because i work from home, and i have to be on aulig d call all day, and it's very hard for me to make calls when they're excavating and drilling and making all kinds of noise. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please.

>> this is theresa flandrick from s.d.a. i'm glad this was created because i know many stories from the bad actors exactly you have talked about or even work that was to be done outside, however, the workers said they had to come inside to do something and were not wearing masks, and that was the home of two seniors over 80 years old. so it's -- it's kind of sad that you even have to create this very common sense legislation is dealing with the bad actors.

i like that you are dealing with that, so thank you so, so much, supervisor peskin. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello? >> chair peskin: hello? >> yes. my name is armin blasy, and i live in telegraph hill. if you can hear this. this is what i have to live through from 8:00 in the morning until about 4:30 in the afternoon. they're drilling literally 6 inches from my feet. it's going on and on, and the landlord has given us no option on this. i have to shelter in place because of an injury, and i can't even think straight. i'm -- i'm not getting enough sleep. this is just intolerable, this whole condition, this drilling. and i'm concerned that the people who are doing the drilling aren't engineers, and

they might hit -- rupture a gas main downstairs, like, below me. i don't know how this thing can be resolved. i know this has to be looked into. my address is 2 genoa place in san francisco, and i don't know why they're doing this at this point in san francisco. it doesn't make any sense to me. i can't go outside and get away from this noise, and i'm not able to sleep at night. i'm under a doctor's care for lock of sleep, and a back injury. there's nothing i can do. i have to be on the site. i have to stay here, and it's kind of like torture. it's kind of like being in kay foreign country and being tortured and in a cell where i can't move, and i get radio blasts. any way, i hope you see this

message, and i hope someone looks into this because this is ridiculous. i've called the rent board, i've called lawyers, and no one's returning my call, so i just want to thank you for this time, and i hope that my guy in district 3 looks into this and gets this settled because this thing is going to go on for eight weeks. >> chair peskin: thank you, sir. i noticed you live at 2 genoa. i live about two blocks away. i will come and take a look at this on the way home. please feel free to e-mail me at aaron.peskin@sf.gov or call

415-554-7450 to discuss this further with me. next speaker, please. >> hello. this is ray tilliman. >> chair peskin: go ahead, sir. >> hello? hi. this is ray tilliman in district 6. i'm in mat haney's district, and i'm in geary street, located at geary and hillman. i've had the pleasure of going to city hall numerous times to discuss this landlord. we're in a situation where there's a major covid virus happening. to get away from all of the issues of paying rent, which is very difficult in a subsidized building, with big segments of our economy that have been shutdown. we've been trying to pay rent, and we've had our water and

services shut off. we have homeless people vomiting and defecating. i've been infected by it, and i come in to wash, and there's no water. i've had to go to my next-door neighbors to wash up after cleaning vomit off our steps. construction people track that in to our lobby. i also suffer from asthma. this is a comorbid issue. this could lead to my death if i go to kaiser with a lung compromised by asthma due to the plaster dust. i'm fed up, and it's a woeful disregard for human life, quite frankly. we need to be human and get it together a little.

that's my comment. >> chair peskin: thank you, sir. next speaker, please. >> hello, this is anastas anastasia yovannopoulos, a tena tenant advocate. we were called to a [inaudible] and they were converting apartments as soon as people moved out, subdividing apartments, and they had a terrible time with the noise, and they shut off them all. so i'm appreciative that supervisor peskin has put in the requirements to give notice, give notice of -- for the two days and the other

longer notice, because that's important to tenants, especially during covid. you don't have water, you want to know how long that's going to be shut off, and when, so you can make your plans. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name's susan marsh, and i'm a tenant activist, who among other things, have worked with the veritas tenants. as you know, the tenants have been subject to harassment during this pandemic, which of course could be deadly. make no mistake about it, they are bad actors. they have a reputation of doing this before the pandemic, and that's no accident. their business model, and the business model of their emulators depends on this.

once again, this could be deadly. this needs to be stopped. i thank supervisor peskin for introducing this legislation, and i strongly urge you to pass it. >> chair peskin: thank you, ms. marsh. next speaker, please. >> hi. i'm calling to support the emergency ordinance that supervisor peskin has written. you know, people are experiencing, with the pandemic, they're worried about contracting a virus, they're experiencing significant anxiety, and they shouldn't have to deal with anymore stress on top of everything that they're already dealing with while sheltering in place, and also worrying about rent. putting forth this emergency ordinance is the least we can do for people in this situation. thanks.

>> chair peskin: thank you for your comment. >> clerk: next speaker, please. >> this is jonathan randolph. thank you for the legislation, supervisor peskin, and thank you for the amendments. i am a little bit concerned along the same line as supervisor ahsha safai's concerns. a couple of months ago, one of our tenants had a leak, and together, we unscrewed it, and we found that the item wcartris defective, so we went to home depot to replace it. what if home depot were not open? it would have been overnight.

i think we should have a -- you know, i think there should be language that would make it so that it's not illegal to do things in good faith because i don't want to -- you know, i don't think it's a good idea to make things illegal even though they're necessary. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you. and to the last speaker, and i don't want to be argumentative, in a case like that where it went on for an extended number of hours, i would assume that you or i as decent landlords would figure out how to provide alterna alternatives of water or power. >>, like, wat >> like, water bottles? >> chair peskin: exactly.

that's what the legislation says. >> hi. i'm a veritas tenants. i'm in support of the legislation and what the legislation says because veritas has been increasingly -- how do i say this in proactive during to construct, to build -- to have people that don't live in my building enter my building during the pandemic. there's been a tremendous influx, it seems like more than before the pandemic, which is disturbing. i've experienced a number of incidents. for instance, this afternoon, i was walking my dog -- i was trying to get into this meeting, and before i got into the meeting, i was walking my dog. one of the workers wasn't wearing a mask, and i asked him to wear a mask, and he called me a faggot. it just shows that veritas has

acted in terribly bad faith, and during a pandemic, it's just not safe to bring people in here. there's no contact tracing, and they're not taking precautions before they enter the building. i thank supervisor peskin for passing this, and thank you so, so much for what you're doing. >> chair peskin: thank you, and i am sorry for what you're going through. next caller, please. >> there are no further callers in the queue. >> chair peskin: are there any other members of the public that wish to comment on this item? going once, going twice -- >> we have one public caller. >> chair peskin: oh, go ahead. >> hi, supervisors. thank you for the opportunity. i think i didn't raise my hand.

this is charlie goss with the san francisco apartment association. i certainly understand wanting to protect tenants from disruption for voluntary work. we would ask that you all consider creating an exemption for code-mandated work. providing alternate water doesn't seem to be problematic, but we are concerned about alternate power. if you're providing a replacement battery for a laptop, that's one thing, but if you need to provide alternate power for a 50-unit building, that's another thing. bringing in a number of generators would also increase the noise. supervisor mandelman has extended one tier of the four-tier seismic retrofit mandate. so we're concerned that the effect of this ordinance is that it will postpone code

mandated work, so we would ask that you create an exemption, and then also extending the deadlines for the tier one, two, and three retrofits as well as the panel upgrades for next summer. certainly under the intent of the ordinance. the city has some deadlines coming up for code mandated work and residential deadlines. we'd just ask that you consider that. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you, mr. goss. and just so that we're clear, the electricity replacement standard is that which would allow internet use; that that's a standard in this legislation. but insofar as the city attorney has determined that the amendments that i've made are substantive, i do intend to continue this item for one week, so that gives us a week

to discuss the items that you raised. so are there any other members of the public who would like to comment on this item number 4? >> there is one remaining caller? >> chair peskin: okay. next speaker, please. >> hello? >> chair peskin: hello? >> hello? >> chair peskin: hello. >> hello. my name is sean tiegren, residential builders association. i'm calling to say, i do appreciate the amendments, but as an overview, construction is exploratory and reactionary in nature. we don't know what we're going to find when we open up these walls, so once we open up, these legislation or these amendments will give us a platform to make the necessary adjustments and facilitate some form of a quick fix, and then, if more work is necessary, with

the proper notification, we can go further. it allows good actors to do what they need to do while combatting abuse. it's temporary, it should be here for three or four months, and it's something we can all live with. it's a difficult period that we're all living through, nobody can deny that, and we're all willing to roll up our sleeves and do what we need to do to make this tolerable for everybody. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you, mr. tiegren and let us never make the enemy of the good. are there any other members of the public who would like to testify on this item number 4? madam clerk? >> clerk: mr. chair, d.t. is checking to see if there are any callers still in queue.

>> there is a caller on the line. >> chair peskin: next speaker, please. >> hi. i'm a veritas tenant, and veritas is proposing completely unnecessary unit additions to my building, and i'm wondering if we couldn't completely ban unnecessary construction during covid-19. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you, sir. seeing no other members of the public on this item, public comment is here by closed. [gavel]. >> chair peskin: colleagues, i would like to make a motion to move the previously-read-into-the-record amendments. on that motion, a roll call, please. >> clerk: on the motion as

stated by supervisor peskin -- [roll call] >> clerk: you have three ayes. >> chair peskin: and then, i'd like to make a motion to continue this item one week to the meeting of august t17, 202, wherein i intend, if there are no substantive amendments, to send this to a meeting with a committee report on august 18. roll call, please. >> clerk: on the motion as stat stated by supervisor peskin -- [roll call] >> clerk: you have three ayes. >> chair peskin: we are adjourned. >> supervisor safai: thank you.

>> still a lot of people wonder since the trees have a lot of issues, why did we plant them in the first place?

>> trees are widely planted in san francisco. with good reason. they are workhorses when it comes to urban forestry. we have begun to see our ficustrees are too big and dangerous in san francisco. we have a lot of tree failures with this species in particular. this is a perfect example of the challenges with the structure of the ficustrees. you can see four very large stems that are all coming from the same main truck. you can see the two branches attached to one another at a really sharp angle. in between you can't it is a lot of strong wood. they are attached so sharply together. this is a much weaker union of a branch than if you had a wide angel. this is what it looks like after

the fi c.u. resolution s limb . >> we see decline. you can see the patches where there aren't any leaves at all. that is a sign the tree is in decline. the other big challenge is the root system of the tree are aggressive and can impact nearby utilities, and we can fix the sidewalk around the tree in many cases. we don't want to cuts the roots too severely because we can destabilize the tree. >> in a city like san francisco our walks are not that wide. we have had to clear the branches away from the properties. most of th the can canopy is one street side and that is heavyweight on those branches out over the street. that can be a factor in tree

limb failures. a lot of people wonder since these trees have a lot of issues. why did we plant them in the first place? they provided the city with benefits for decades. they are big and provide storage for carbon which is important to fight climate change and they provide shade and really i think many people think they are a beautiful asset. >> when we identify trees like this for removal and people protest our decision, we really understand where they are coming from. i got into this job because i love trees. it just breaks my heart to cut down trees, particularly if they are healthy and the issue is a structural flaw. i have also seen first hand what happens when we have failures. we have had a couple of injuries due to tree failures. that is something we can't live

with either. it is a challenging situation. we hate to lose mature trees, we hate to lose mature trees, >> chair fewer: good morning everyone. this meeting will come to order. this is the july 31, 2020 regular meeting of the san francisco local agency formation commission. i'm sandra lee fewer. i'm joined by gordon mar and matt haney. do we have any announcement. >> clerk: yes, due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect commissioners city employees and the public city hall is closed. however, members will be

participating in the meeting remotely. this precaution is taken pursuant to the various local and state federal orders, declarations and directives. commission members will attend the meeting through video conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. both channel 26 and sfgov tv.com are streaming the number across the screen. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments to speak are available via phone by calling 415-655-0001. then pound and then pound again. when connected you will hear the

meet discussion and in listen mode only. when your item come up, dial star three to be added to the speaker line. best practice is speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. you may submit public comment in either of the following ways. e-mail to myself the lafco cle clerk, or by u.s. mail at one dr. carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california 94102. that concludes my announcements. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. please call the item number two.

>> clerk: approval of the lafco minutings from the june 19, 2020 regular meeting. >> chair fewer: any comment or questions. let's open this up for public comment. >> clerk: members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001. please dial star three to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand. is there anyone on the line? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> chair fewer: public comment is now closed. i want to make a motion to approve the lafco minutes from

june 19, 2020. do i need a second for that? >> clerk: yes. >> chair fewer: second please? >> second. >> clerk: motion to approve the minutes. [roll call vote] you have three ayes. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. do we need to excuse missioner pollock from this meeting? should i make a motion? i like to make pa motion oexcuse commissioner pollock from this meeting. could i have a second please? >> supervisor mar: second. >> chair fewer: roll call vote

please. [roll call vote] you have three ayes. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. please call item number three. [agenda item read] >> chair fewer: thank you very much. we have our executive director presenting on this. >> thank you, good morning commissioners, bryan goebel executive officer. this item will authorize the lafco to enter an construction with banner production to provide renewable energy consulting to the lafco. the lafco is mandated to provide oversight of cleanpowersf in

august of last year we issued a request for qualifications for renewable energy expert in three service areas. i outlined all of this in your packets. by the okay deadline, we haved a total of seven responses. they met the minimum qualifications to work with lafco. there was only one response for service area one, which is to support lafco's oversight of cleanpowersf. we gave all of the respondents a second chance to apply and by the february deadline received a total of four responses. on march 13th, we convened an r.f.q. evaluation panel made up of chelsea from chair fewer's office and a legal counsel. of all four respondents, vanir scored the highest in the supervisor and proposal evaluation. on june 16th of this year, the

lafco issued an intent to award a contract to vanir. the panel were impressed with vanir's presentation during the interview and their understanding of the role lafco plays with cleanpowersf. they have done their homework. as well as by the firm's documented expertise and proven record in the renewable energy field. they are a minority and women owned company. the staff member for the role at vanir will be jenny witson with extensive knowledge of renewable energy issues. the team who will work with lafco, i outlined this in your packet, includes developing the framework for the c.c.a. program in los angeles. they have c.c.a. experience. this would allow us to significantly strength and our oversight role of cleanpowersf by retaining expertise from a

firm with experience in this field. i'm very excited to work vanir going forward. my recommendation is that you approve the contract. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. any comments or questions from my colleagues? seeing none, let's open up for public comment please. >> clerk: members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001. if you have not already done so, please dial star three to line up to speak. please wait to indicate the system has unmute you. are there any members of the public wish to provide public comment on this item? >> yes, i have one in the queue.

>> hello commissioners, eric brooks with californian for energy choice, i worked the last 14 years to get cleanpowersf off the ground. support of this, the diversity and the expertise that this company and team has is both crucial and impressive. it's great to see this going forward. there's one big caution and hopefully vanir is watching this as well so they get this message to both the commissioners and to vanir, the big caution is that all the expertise looks great but the one thing that i don't see from either of the commission or the contractor is the plan and the ability to integrate all that spirit expero

plan a virtual power plant for the san francisco bay area like the sydney, australia renewable plan. that's what the advocates have been watching for 14 years. it's not coming from the sfpoc. we need this contractor to be expert on power plant and hire contractor to build it. that's absolutely crucial. it's the one thing i would say to step up your game on both the commission and the contractor. thank you. this looks great. it's great to see that we're moving forward and i look forward to communicating with all of you in the future including vanir. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. anyone else on the line? >> that completes the queue. >> chair fewer: public comment is closed.

mr. brooks, comments are noted. i think we are now able to make a recommendation to approve the contract with vanir construction management as mr. goebel has recommended to us. >> supervisor mar: i had a question for mr. goebel. i wanted to clarify is the contract with vanir going to cover all three service areas? i noticed lafco received responses to the r.f.p. from different bidders in the three different service areas. vanir only submitted a response

to service area one and service area two but not service area three which identify proposed programs for communities of concerns. i wanted to clarify whether the scope of this contract will cover all three service areas? >> chair fewer: mr. goebel? >> thank you for that question commissioner mar. i want to add that jenny whitson from vanir johnson us as well. no, this contract only covers service area one, which is supporting lafco's oversight role of cleanpowersf. i think it could maybe be possible that vanir could help us develop scope of work for service area three, which other service they didn't apply for. this is mostly to support service area one. >> chair fewer: commissioner mar, would you like to hear from jenny whitson from vanir. she's available for comment to

answer questions. >> supervisor mar: yes, sure. i'm curious how -- whether lafco will be pursuing consultant support for service area two and three? >> it is my goal that we'll be able to -- based on what i heard from commissioners in the past that service area three is a priority, particularly picking up on winston parson's work that he did with his report with number of power disconnections in san francisco and doing work in this area and other work that the commission deems a priority for communities of concern. i'm not sure if ms. whitson would care to say a few words. >> mr. goebel and commissioners, vanir is excited to support the

lafco and service area one oversight of cleanpowersf. in termings of the comments that we heard, we'll work with mr. goebel and commissioners to consider any advocacy comments be and recommendations and incorporate those accordingly into lafco's recommendations. we're very excited and we look forward to working with lafco and many other stakeholders that are looking at the cleanpowersf implementation plan. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. ms. whitson to reiterate the question from commissioner mar about working in areas two and three. would you be able to lend any expertise. i know that your contract for service area number one. i'm assuming that you have the

expertise for two and three should we expand the scope. is that correct? >> yes, we -- we do have the technical support and expertise for service area two. we are willing to help develop the scope for service area three. we can certainly help with developing that as well. >> chair fewer: commissioner mar, any other questions or comments? >> supervisor mar: no, thank you so much. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. i think that seeing no one else in the queue, i like to make a motion to approve this contract. could i have a second please? >> supervisor mar: second. >> chair fewer: roll call vote please. [roll call vote] you have four

ayes. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. please call item number four. [agenda item read] >> chair fewer: mr. goebel? >> thank you madam chair. commissioners, this item would

allow the lafco to extend its contract with the jobs with justice education fund to conduct another survey of on demand workers in san francisco. the focus of this survey would be delivery workers. who are among our front line workers now. our previous survey, those delivery workers who participated in the survey, mostly in san francisco, more than 60% of them. i gone into detail on this in your packet but the survey would have two part. the team would recruit for a representative survey of workers on four platforms, two grocery and two food with a target of 200 workers on each platform. they would also conduct a survey of delivery workers are unionized. to understand how the work is performed when the workers are employees with union representation. this will then compare the difference and have some analysis on that. the first step of this next

phase will be to do a pilot to develop a methodology that prioritizes public health and safety for the team who will be working in the field. a part of that how they will determine whether or not this would be in-person survey using all the safety protocols and or whether it would be a phone survey. i think that's something they hope to work out with the pilot. we do have funds left over from the previous representative survey since it was cut short. that would cover the pilot phase and then conducting the next survey would actually be dependent on additional funding from private foundations to the tune about $360,000. we've already applied for one big grant and i'm starting to work now with the team on fundraising strategy moving forward. i feel confident that we can raise those funds. i'm looking forward to this next phase of work with the survey team. the contract will be extended

for one year and my recommendation is that you approve the contract. with that i'm happy to answer any questions. >> chair fewer: thank you. any comments or questions from my colleagues? seeing none, let's open up for public comment please. >> clerk: operations checking to see if there's callers in the queue. for members waiting online and wish to speak, please press star three now to be added to the queue. for those on hold, please continue to wait until the similar indicate you have been unmuted. anyone on the line? >> i have one caller in the queue. >> hello general commissioners. eric brooks again. this time representing our city of san francisco, local grassroots group and the san francisco green party. i wanted to really -- you

probably already thinking in this direction, it is vital during the virus crises that we get responsive and data on what front line workers need because of the virus crises. especially with we're just finding out today that congress is totally dropping the ball on support -- unemployment support maybe a lot lower and that essential workers like this, is vital that we're paying them a lot of money. soothe like doing this. we really need to get data and responses specifically on that. not just for this industry but this will cover but if we get the right kind of responses it will apply to uber and lyft and maybe even whole foods workers, grocery store workers, you name it. so we can get some guidance on

giving real relief to front line workers and make sure they're paid well enough to justify the hard work that we're having them do. those are my comments. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. anyone else in the queue? >> clerk: i don't believe there's anyone else in the queue. >> madam chair, that completes the queue. >> chair fewer: thank you. any comments or questions from my colleagues? commissioner mar. >> supervisor mar: thank you. i wanted to thank executive officer goebel and my former colleague, the academic partner and others for all your work on this groundbreaking study on workers in san francisco. i fully support extending the contract for jobs for justice,

to do a new surveys with the food and grocery delivery workers. i'm very interested in following up on recommendations that came out of first round of survey and supervisor haney -- particularly the recommendation to explore licensing system for food delivery. i think the second phase of the survey of those workers will align well with us and initiatives that can support these workers better. so thank you. >> chair fewer: thank you commissioner mar. any other comments? i like to add my ditto to exactly what commissioner mar said and thank mr. goebel

especially for staying with it and being able to fund these really important studies. thank you very much. having said that, anyone else in in the queue? i make a motion to approve the reservation authorizing the second amendment -- no, second amendment to the agreement between lafco and the jobs for justice education fund for on demand delivery workers. can i have a second please? >> second. >> second. >> chair fewer: roll call vote please. [roll call vote] >> you have four ayes. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. can you please call item number five. [agenda item read]

>> chair fewer: i think today we have our counsel inder khalsa to present this item. >> good morning madam chair and members of the commission. it is my pleasure to bring to you today an extension to the

>> chair fewer: i see no one in the queue. we can open this up for public comment. >> clerk: operations is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. please press star three now to be added to the queue. for those on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. is there anyone on the line? >> i have one caller. >> it's eric brooks again. this time representing all four of the groups that i mentioned. just to give thumb us up to

renewing the executive officer's contract. it's been very refreshing to work with bryan. today's meeting is a clear indication that bryan is getting stuff done and his ability to get the supervisors to realize the importance of this commission has been important as well. i would urge you to approve this. thank you. >> clerk: i believe that is the only caller in the queue. >> that is correct. that completes the queue. >> chair fewer: thank you. public comment on item number five is closed. i would like to make a motion to approve resolution for bryan goebel executive of office services. second please.

>> second. >> chair fewer: thank you commissioner cink. -- singh. [roll call vote]. you have four ayes. >> chair fewer: please call item number six. >> clerk: item number six is public comment. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001. if you have not already done so, please dial star three now to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. please wait until the system

indicate you have been unmuted. is there anyone in the line to speak? >> yes, i have one caller. >> hello again one last time. commissioners, eric brooks representing all four of the groups that i mentioned before. i can't say this with enough urgency. if you look what's happening in washington d.c. right now, the trump administration's handling of the economic crises that has merged from this virus and other problems with the economy is dismal at best. even the leadership of the democratic party is not stepping up to make sure that things are funded and the people are funded the way they need to be. housing is producted the way it needs to be.

i would urge you to take the public bank off the back burner because we're now facing a situation where san francisco is likely to be under extreme crises, especially for housing even with the protections that we've got in place. it's vital that we make sure and get the public bank on the front burner and moving forward as quickly as possible so we can get people out of harm and get coops funded and things like that. so we can fund things like cleanpowersf that will be much easier to build than saving the planet if we get money from a public bank to build that virtual power plant. sydney, australia power plant that i was talking about before. i don't think that we can leave public bank to decide at this point. thank you. >> chair fewer: thank you. >> clerk: that is the only

caller. >> chair fewer: okay, public comment is now closed. madam clerk, is there any more business today. >> clerk: no further business today. >> chair fewer: thank you very much everyone. we are adjourned. >> welcome to rules committee. with me is the vice chair stefani and member gordon mar.

we are joined this morning by supervisors. i would like to thank sfgovtv for thanking this meeting. do you have any announcements? >> due to the health emergency and to protect board members the board of supervisors chamber and committee room are closed. members will participate in the meeting remotely. community members will attend through video and participate as if they were physically present. public comment is available on each item. channel 26 and sfgovtv.org are streaming the number on the screen. comments or opportunities to speak during the public comment period are available via phone call (415)655-0001. 415-655-0001.

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from supervisor peskin's office is having a hard time getting on. if we can have it help and call item 2 out of order. >> hopefully we can figure that out while we hear item 2. a resolution supporting reparations plan to comprehen civil address inequalities in the african-american community as a result of slavery and advisory committee for the african-american committee. >> supervisor walton would you like to make opening remarks? >> thank you for hearing this

this morning. beforbefore the murder of george floyd to bring attention to the plight of black people in america in san francisco we introduced resolution for reparations. we have known injustices for the black community in san francisco and across the country. we unanimously introduced the resolution in support of reparations plan at the board of supervisors. first, i want to thank all of my co-sponsors, the entire board of supervisors. i think that says something to the communities of color and black people in san francisco. i thank each and every one of my colleagues. today we are here to hear the resolution on reparations for the black community as introduced during black history month. i would like to acknowledge the

work of human rights commission director and her chief of staff, human rights commissioner jones and also james bail from the burns institute from working with us around some of the equity focus work. our nest step when this is passed will be to complete a series of community input sessions that we started pre-covid-19 pandemic. we will introduce the legislation for the working group to develop and implement the reparations plan for the black community in san francisco. it is important to note that we stand on land that was taken from the native-american community members where families were torn apart and children sent to boarding school from

1619 to 1865 from a recording standpoint when slavery ended with the 13th amendment and soon after the chinese communities were excluded from entering the countries due to the chinese exclusion act of 1882. in rent history the black community was red lined to the out skirts of the city. japanese americans were sent to internment camps. they have been targeted and most recently the newly latin students. the trauma continues to exist in our communities today. this is not the america we envisioned but this can be the san francisco that we need to correct the wrongs of history.

we cannot forget the pain and suffering of aning of ancestors. we are the wildest dreams of ancestors whose voices were silenced. here i stand before you to open the conversation on reparations to lead to a plan with a reparations package for black people in this city. the institution of slavery broke up families and matched away the opportunity to create wealth and build opportunitying from our families from generation and generation. we are excited to work along with black community leaders in san francisco, city partners, organizations, faith-based organizations, community allies and the office of racial equity to create the advisory committee to help develop the true reparations plan. it is time for the city and

county of san francisco to honor the commitment to the african-american population in the city. the city has acknowledged the wrongs through chapter 12y now it is time for compensation for slavery that playing that p.l.a. this is one of the first steps towards true reparation for the black community in san francisco. we will hear from the director of the human rights commission this morning as well as the human rights commissioner jones and mr. james bail from the burns institute. chair ronen, if it is appropriate i would love to call up director davis at this time. >> please do. >> thank you. director davis, you have the

floor. >> thank you. hello, happy monday to everyone. thank you supervisors for this opportunity. thank you supervisor walton for your leadership and the work on behalf of the african-american community and the city of county of san francisco as a whole. i am grateful to share a quick update of the work we have been doing. as i was looking over the announcement i am grateful so many of the supervisors signed on and made the commitment. they are helping to address some of the wrongs that have happened not just nationally but locally. redevelopment as well as what we saw with imminent do main a lot of people suffered. i am going to share my screen and go through this you see my screen?

>> yes. >> great. again, really grateful for this opportunity to be part of this work. part of this conversation around reparations is repairing the impact of broken promises and system failures. we want to give money to people. we want to talk about the system failures and promises and what has contributed to the inequity on black people in the city and county of san francisco in criminal justice, health, income or achievement gaps that we see. we know that black people comprise less than 6% of the san francisco population yet they represent 38% of the unhoused, 46% of the people incarcerated in jails. 55% of juveniles on probation and 30% live below the poverty level. the school district students

make up less than 7% of the san francisco unified they are more than a third of suspensions in high school and middle school. what we want to do is have a commitment to restoration. bigger conversation around reparation. this idea of what does it look like to begin healing? what does it look like to fix the system? just giving money is not going to address the systematic failures and challenges that continue to perpetuate inequities we see. what we are talking about in the framework we have been working on is to recognize anding knowledge the harm done. the city has done and take accountability for decisions of policies that pre-date you. my family didn't own slaves or i didn't own lives or this doesn't apply to me.

we have to own the history and systems that have impacted and contributed to this before we were on the scene. we want to honor the contribution of the black community beyond slavery or civil rights. we want to understand the full history of black people, respect and understand that black people hold multiple intersecting identities. reject policy violence. understanding that sometimes the policies that we create actually contribute to this and cause harm on black communities instead of the benefits or the things we hope they will create. part of what we did with supervisor walton and mayor breed was to really center, to listen and center lived experiences of black community members. they were much more involved in participating in the process.

reparations should be a conversation with data as wishes of community. we want to respect what we hear. we want to prioritize investment. the slide that didn't load was the one that highlighted the fact that we had over 600 people participate in our community meetings, 200 were folks in multiple meetings, 400 unique, 398 participated in the survey. 250 young people participated in the survey. meeting with hope sf with 72 people in that meeting. meeting with the core group of young people with 40 young people in that meeting. we hosted several meetings with mega black focused on black community stakeholders and we

had 152 participate in those meetings. during 13 weeks as part of the engagement around reallocating sfpd dollars we engaged 1,000 people in two weeks do help us develop the community's priorities. some of what we heard in terms of allocating funding, economic justice, justice reform, health and wellness, housing. again, looking at the big buckets, what we want to do is talk about the priorities identified by community. we know the mayor's office has in this initial budget allocated $60 million to support the black community. these are the drafts. i have had initial conversation with mega black.

these are buc buckets where it d go. $36 million to department of public health. that is a big place holder for very specific ideas and programming. we have healing centered practices. communities didn't want to stick with health and wellness or mental health. they felt that was european-centered language. they wanted to get away from additional strategies and think about healing cente center heald practices. this is where it would go. you can see some of the buckets. you can see in both department of public health and in oewd there is a line item for lbgq

plus. to seniors calling out that we are not monolithic. lbgq plus would be able to benefit there. are special needs in the community we want to make sure to address. you can see here more specific some of the ideas in the buckets around what we heard from community in terms of priorities, college scholarships. if there are 200 african-american students why don't they each get $25,000 toward college? one of the biggest investments researchers found is investment in early education. that has been seen to make an impact in success in school and life and reduces social cost. this will do with community as we continue the conversation. to show big buckets what some of the work looks like.

here in the slide when we share it later you would click on the link. we have a 12 page supplemental from partners in the lbgq plus community where they did research to help us understand the need to drill down and support them with specific set asides for this work. justice reform, homelessness. housing, home ownership. the support for down payment assistance. the accountability and system change building out models built from the world bank to increase accountability across systems and in community. we heard clearly community members didn't want us to just hold the city accountability but make sure the agencies funded to do this work are also held accountable. ultimately, we are looking for commitment to reparations to create formal body to

interrogate the san francisco past, identify opportunities for repair, build framework and lead the effort and compensate participants for their time in that committee. all of the slides didn't load but that is ultimately the general learnings that we got from the community engagement process, the plan is that as part of this there will be monthly meetings that will continue. as we build out to think where the money is allocated we can continue to hear from community. there will be quarterly meetings more about where the money was allocated and whether the community is seeing the impact. there is huge concern saying we are giving money to dcyf or school district where we have seen not the best outcomes. the community wants the ability to say this is not working and the city will be responsive to

those concerns. really trying to build out. monthly as well as quarterly. hoping as the task force or advisory committee for reparations is committed we will be able to partner and leverage that to advance the work. i think that is it for me. just really grateful to play part in this work. i would have to say over the last month, although it is a lot, being able to hear from people, engage in that process and hear from folks that are happy to sit in the room and listen or participate or share my thoughts, we have over 700 recommendations through the process that will be shared in this kay. -- in this way. they want to be part of the process and that it wasn't given to five people to make a

decision for them. >> thank you so much, director davis and chair ronen, for, again, allowing us to present today's resolution. i want to apologize for my mistake earlier. i know that commissioner jones is not going to be able to make it this morning. there is a conflict. i don't see mr. bail listed as presenter. >> he just came in, supervisor walton. >> i am on the phone. i couldn't get in on the zoom link. i am on the phone. >> thank you. we are excited to have you. mr. bail is here. he has been working with us on our equity work in the city over the past year plus we want to give him time to also talk about reparations and some of the work we have been doing together.

>> we have just been working on, as cheryl suggested, getting information from the community and looking at data that we can get from various departments. looking at how it is that we might be more equitable and think about away that is distribution and redistribution of current funds in a way that actually provides a fair start and head start to people in the city traditionally dispossessed, especially in the neighborhoods where that occurs. we have been looking at a variety of sources. through this process, which has been going quickly. it is a lot going on. we are in the process of coming up with something that we think

is strong and do-able. at this point i will just leave it at that. as we try to gain more and more consensus how it is we should proceed. i will leave it at that. >> thank you so much, mr. bail. as you know, this work is very time heavy, and we have a lot of folks that we need to hear from and participating. it is important to have people on board to help us guide and facilitate the different conversations happening at many different level. i am excited we are to this point that we are acknowledging the wrongs and injustices and working together to come up with tangible opportunities and outcomes for the black community. chair ronen, i am going to pass this back to you. i know there may be questions. i have an amendment.

you can tell me if you want it presented now or wait until after we hear from everyone. >> can we hear that now so the public can comment on the amendment. >> it is minor. it was sent out to you as well. page 3 line 17 instead of the san francisco board of supervisors will create an adviser re. it will be the san francisco board of supervisors intend to create an adviser re. we will have legislation to create the committee. >> can i ask. i know that james bell wasn't able to get online. would it be okay for the deputy to share the slides that he had? >> i would love that, chair ronen. is that all right with you? >> of course. thank you.

>> thank you, brittany. >> no problem. let me share me screen quickly. >> good morning, everyone. i am going to talk through a few slides about mega black sf, a collective of black voices here in san francisco representing different sectors so folks who work in san francisco or who

serve the black san franciscans in some capacity, and we are a new collective that began in march of 2020. really we are fighting for visibility and justice for black san franciscans. the framework is built around the following: we are fighting for economic power, investments in public education for black students who have the worst test performances in the state of california, land for businesses, cultural events, wealth building. it is important to get a history of black economic opportunities, consequences for discrimination on the job, housing is targeted

displacement of back people from -- displacement of black people. diverse body of experiencing people who have been displaced from san francisco but still work in the city. folks who spend 80 to 90% of the waking hours in san francisco at least pre-pandemic. i work here and my aunts and grandma and cousinses live in the city. a quick capture of some of the participant organizations of mega black. we want to highlight those

organizations. housing collective, b-magic, a range of expertise in representation. the structure looks like it is not unlike the latino task force. we are supported by the human rights commission. mega black hosting multiple monthly community meetings to share information and opportunities foreign gagement with the public. we are creating a safe base for black civic participation. it is between a clearing house and hub for folks with black identity to get better involved in san francisco advocacy. i would like to highlight the first meeting in may. we started developing learning

collaboratives for distance learning and still pushing on that topic. we launched working groups in june. a number of subcommittees that are the pillars that i discussed. ththe letter to mayor breed. that passed the human rights and health commission. that will be before this board tomorrow at the meeting of the board of supervisors. we launched a wellness fund, money for black economic opportunities in san francisco. we sent a letter this morning regarding the budget allocation exclusively for black people which you should have received. here is a highlight of the meetings that we posted and the different ways to get community

members. the strategy for the framework in moving the mega black work forward. we are advocating resources for the black community. i will be explicit. we don't want to be lumped as people of color we want attention to the disparities that disproportionately affect black people. we are trying to visualize the atrocious disparities the black people in san francisco experience. that is breaking down in our working groups, policies and implementing strategies for those improved outcomes. then updates that we began that are across neighborhoods. mega black is engaging with

diverse communities, represents, workshops to increase participation and to ensure we are all doing a lot of ground setting and foundational work to make sure we are on the same page and unite in how we move forward. visibility of black people. moving forward we are focused on interagency and organizational collaboration and increasing the black peoples' voice politically in san francisco. >> this is james bail. the process is everything now that you can see how we are structured. as you said they are labor and

community-intensive in terms of getting voices in to get consensus. we are looking at other practices from around the country and also having deliberations amongst ourselves to the best way forward. thank you, brittany and director davis for being able to be more specific about the process we are going through. we haven't arrived at a place yet, but you can see this is the process we are going through to get there. >> thank you so much for the presentation. again, i want to say that the importance of mega black in terms of us achieving reparations and the equity we have been fighting for in san francisco is very important. you heard the talk about is not being too dissimilar from the formulation of the latino task

force and their work and it is exciting to see everyone come together and focus on what we need in the black community. thank you for the presentation and thank you, mr. bail, and back to you, chair ronen. >> thank you so much. i am peach less. this is incredible, absolutely incredible. i want to thank you so much, supervisor walton and director davis and all of the leaders inn maygininmega black. it is similar to the latino task force in many ways, it has some news innovative components that i have never seen. i am just so excited about this work. i think it could be a model for the nation of reparations

structure that is centuries overdue. i just feel so proud to be watching you invent and unfold this work and to be an ally in supporting you every step of the way. i don't know how you are doing everything you are doing, director davis, because you are many places that i have been. you are doing an extraordinary job. i don't know how you do it all at the same time. thank you so much. you have been there for the latino community, you have been there for women that are surviving sexual assault, you have been there for every community that is fighting to finally get their due in san francisco. you are doing an extra job. i want to publicly recognize that and thank you from the bottom of my heart for that.

thank you. >> you all are an amazing board of supervisors making it the community voice. i am grateful to not get caught up in politics and focus on people. thank you all so much for the work that you do. >> with that i want to give a chance for my colleagues on the rules committee to make a couple comments before we open up to public comment. supervisor stefani. >> thank you, chair ronen. i echo what you said in your comments. i am thrilled to be on the board of supervisors at this time when we consider this work, which is some of the most important work we will do. i want to thank you, supervisor walton for leading the charge and director davis, you and your efforts and everything that you do since i have looked up to you for so long, and i am so happy

that you are helping to lead the charge. with mega black sf and the presentation, i feel this is suchness work. it is centuries overdue. i listened to the 1619 podcast with nicole hannah jones. i loved it. not loved it. i learned a lot from it. i loved her attitude. i didn't own slaves, what does this have to do with me? it is not about that. it is about the discrimination that has long existing for centuries in housing policies, education, criminal justice system, health care, and reparations for that. when i was -- in february. it seems like years ago. i was in washington, d.c. with my 10-year-old daughter and went to the african museum of history

and culture. learning more and more and more, you know, feeling you are an educated person and understanding there is so much more to learn. then from that education so much healing to be done. how we participate in that together i think that it is just incredible that we are all on the same page here is a unanimous effort in the city and county of san francisco. like chair ronen said we can lead the nation in ther in this. i than thank you all for your leadership and i want to help however i can. thank you very much for this work. >> thank you, supervisor mar. >> thank you. i want to double echo your comments and supervisor

stefani's deep appreciation and amazements to the leadership of supervisor walton and director davis and mayor breed on this important and long overdue work. that is more important right now in this historic moment of reckoning. extreme injustice in the african-american community and i am excited that we are unified in supporting this resolution and moving forward with the creation of advisory committee on reparations. i thank you for doing it in a community-driven way. thank you. >> with that we will open this up for public comment. >> members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001.

the meeting id is (146)530-0679. press pound and pound again. if you haven't done so, please dial star 3 to line up to speak. the system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. wait until you are unmuted to begin your comments. we have 19 callers on the line with three in line to speak. do we have the first peopleker, -- first speaker, please. >> caller: good morning. thank you for this incredible work. your comments echo many of my thoughts. thank you for your words and

brilliance. thank you for supporting this work. i am a proud resident of san francisco and member of mega sf and the director located in belleview. the entire block and member of the wellness and mental health committee and public health committees, i want to touch on a couple of quick homes. the racial trauma our black and african-american communities are suffering deeply. inferiority from the system of white supremacy. the existing mental health system failed our communities. we need mental health services. we really need to do some additional work around the work

that mayor breed started around anti-black racism. i look forward to continuing to support those and being present at this amazing opportunity to create a model for the united states and truth and reconciliation for black and african-american folks in this country. >> thank you. next caller, please. >> caller: i am isabel. sf resident. calling to support jane matollly for the s.f.m.t.a. board. >> we are not on that item at this time. we are taking public comment on item 2. >> so sorry.

>> please press star 3 and when we get to your item press star 3 again. >> i apologize. >> next caller. >> caller: i am jeffrey morris, member of sf black wall street and community advocate. i will be in the tenderloin housing block. i want to thank supervisor walton, mayor breed as well as this board of putting black

people first. san francisco has a black problem. i want to highlight some other horrible numbers we see. san francisco has the highest number of black children in child welfare, disparities in child welfare. black women 18-39 are the highest for domestic violence in the city. the status of women has not budgeted a black focus domestic violence training. i would like to talk about predatory relaws. this is a long time waiting. i see our allocations. our commission, status of women and so many departments for the black struggle.

this makes black people struggle. they do not about us. they whitewash it and wonder why the problem is not solved. this committee is wonderful. we have to continue with the 10 to 20 year plan to fund this to get rid of this black problem. thank you all. >> thank you. next caller, please. >> caller: thank you, committee members and supervisor walton and everybody working on this. i am bruce wolf.

on behalf of the affordable housing community and advocacy groups i work with. keep up the excellent work. this is a long time coming. congratulations. >> next caller, please. >> caller: i am cliff barger. i grew up the suburbs of boston and in my public education i heard about all of the ways african americans were oppressed and into the 1800s. it wasn't until i moved to the bay area 8 years ago and became involved in housing advocacy i learned about the injustices that were continuously perpetuated into the last

septembethethe lastcentury. i want to thank the board of supervisors, particularly my representativetive walton for moving this forward. it is clear this is necessary and i hope we can all work together to fix these injustices. thank you. >> next caller, please. >> caller: good morning, everyo. i am calling in as director for the office of racial equity and i am excited to support the work of supervisor walton as we move forward to this tremendous opportunity in seeking and securing reparations on behalf of the black community. thank you, chair ronen and supervisor stefani and

supervisor mar. we have never -- we can see that in the outcomes. in every sector from education, health, housing, homelessness, and the criminal justice system and right now we have a tremendous opportunity for justice. we have a tremendous opportunity for reparations and i will walk alongside you to do this work. i ask the allies step up. injustice to one is injustice to all. as we move forward to reparations and making this opportunity realized we want to make sure we have everyone at our side. when we say black lives matter, black policies matter, black leadership matters and black

people matter. i look forward to working with you on this journey. >> next caller, please. >> caller: good morning. i am glenn brown. i am here to support reparations recommendations brought forth by director davis and supervisor walton. i want be to thank the board of supervisors forgetting us this space. i am here on behalf of mega black, sf black as well as black wall street. i am in the omi reparations for the black community in san francisco and in lake view is long overdue. i appreciate you guys providing

this space for us. thank you very much. >> thank you. next caller. >> caller: i am executive director of the leadership counseldation in support of reparations. i want to thank supervisor walton and director davis of the human rights commission for work in getting this to this point. it is very fitting the board of supervisors is pushing the effort. it was the board of supervisors that allowed and approved the renewal from the federal and state level to operate in the city. it is the board of supervisors through the federal and state entity to implement this and our

board of supervisors that allowed for freeway projects to happen in our community. i know most of you were not born when the board of supervisors was makes these initiatives, but it being carried through is happening to this day. i want to commend supervisor walton. that is why we are here today. i commends him and thank supervisor fewer and brown for implementing the office of racial equity. through this crisis if it were not for the office of racial equity, the black community would be in a much worse commission. they rolled up their sleeves and have done amazing work. i wanted to go for that position. i am glad i didn't because what they are doing is mind-boggling.

i thank you for all your hard work. >> next caller, please. karl. >> that completes the queue. >> thank you. >> with that does someone want to make a motion to incorporate the amendment and then motion to

send it to the full board? speaker mar? >> i would like to move that we add the amendment presented by supervisor walton today. >> roll call. >> on that motion to accept the amendments. >> supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> speaker mar. >> aye. >> chair ronen. >> aye. >> the motion passes. >> supervisor mar. >> i would move we send this item as amended to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> on that motion supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >> chair ronen. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> thank you so much. congratulations. >> chair roman, i do want to

thank the entire rules committee and director davis. i want to say for us on the board of supervisors we are at the point be where we have an opportunity to continue to make history and everybody is stepping up in so many ways and we are able to do that because of our focus on equity. i want to thank the committee again. thank you so much. >> thank you. have a good day. i know you are busy. can you please read item 1. >> the ordinance amending the administrative code to the society of professional journalist as nominating body to hold the seat on the sunshine ordinance task force needed for journalists from racially ethnic

minority owned news organization. >> thank you so much. sorry that you had a hard time getting on. it is good to see you here. >> thank you very much. sorry for the technological difficulties. thank you to the clerk's office for helping with that. good morning. the legislation before you this morning is straightforward. in 2017 an organization called new american media which had for about 20 years been the nominating authority for a seat on the sunshine ordinance task force dissolved in 2017. at the time their executive director did tremendous work around making sure that the media landscape was diverse body and had representation at all level.

submitted a letter to the board of supervisors advocating authority to nominate to the seat. subsequent the society of journalists and task force submitted a letter requesting that seat assignment be moved to the society of professional journalists bringing the authority from two to three seats on the task force with 11 members. keeping with the mission statement of new american media, this legislation assigned that seat to be nominated by the society of professional journalists making sure we are still nominating somebody who is representative of a racially or ethnic leoned institution. we are expanding to ensure we are also inclusive of journalists whose work focuses on issues of minorities or working with the public whose

audience is minority or racial or ethnic community. the reason is in changing the landscape we have the consolidation of ownership and it is more difficult to track ownership. if we are making sure this is a body diverse and representative. ownership is not the best. i have submitted amendments to that effect to bring in the eligibility. they adopt a broader version of the definition of a journalist appropriate for the 21st century freelancers, individua individue should think what the journalist is. i have submitted amendments to that effect on pages 3 and 4 of

the document that i submitted. i am happy to read to the record. i explained them. >> it is fine. you have explained well enough. >> wonderful. i would respectfully request those be moved. i understand those are substantive to require a one week continuance before they go to the full board. thank you very much. >> the american media with something we took very hard making perfect sense to be assigning this to someone who would have fit the qualifications of a new american media appointee. thank you for taking this on. if there are no comments from colleagues i will open up for public comment. >> members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call

415-655-0001. the meeting id i is (146)573-06. a testimony will indicate you have raised your line. can we have the first speaker, please. >> caller: good morning chair ronen, members marand stefani,

and mr. hefner. i am pass president of the league of women voters. i also held seats on the task force for eight years. i was the chair of the task force for two years. i am currently chair of the steering committee of san franciscans for sunshine. i would like to say that we strongly support this amendment to the sunshine ordinance that originally nominated members for has long been empty. i believe fpj is most

appropriate to appoint to that seat. we support this and we hope you will pass this on to the full board. thank you so much. >> thank you. next caller, please. >> caller: good morning. i am richard knee. i am active in a number of sunshine advocacy organizations including the society of professional journalists, and san francisco for sunshine. i also served on the sunshine ordinance task force from 2002 to 2014, chairing for two of those years. i stronstrongly support the tase seat for the minority community

journalist. legislation would make it easier for the task force and committees for quorums. spj norcal has won numerous awards for leadership on sunshine and media diversity pan is suited to succeed new america media as nominatetor for the task force seat in question. i urge this for favorable consideration from the rules committee and full board of supervisors. >> i would like to note for the record we have 16 caller on the line with seven lined up to speak at this time. next caller, please.

>> caller: david. good morning. it seems like reunion of former task force members. several comments. new california media and new america media no longer resist. replacing with similar journalist would provide intended representation on the task force in common sense way without changing current structure. a larger discussion was needed before the virus emergency about the structure and the functions of the task force and sunshine ordinance and i think that discussion is needed even more now during and props following the virus emergency, if it ever ends. i look forward to being part of that discussion. four, thanks to supervisor peskin and lee hepner for your work on this.

five, i have not seen the amendment and i intend to do so when it is available to the public. thanks very much. >> thank you. next caller, please. >> caller: good morning. matt dreams. it is my fellow colleague rick mentioned our organization has a lot of experience with nominating other seats on the task force. i want to thank lee and supervisor peskin for working with us on this to transfer this additional seat to us. really to strongly support this change getting the task force back up to the full 11 members, which it hasn't been for quite some time now and diversifying in the process is critical.

thank you. >> next caller, please. >> caller: good morning. i am christine peak, attorney, one of the co-chairs of the freedom of information committee. i am speaking in favor of the new amendments. i would like to thank the supervisors for considering these amendments. thanks, supervisor peskin for sponsoring. thank you, staff, for working on them. i know our predecessors did a lot of work to make these changes to happen so the task force can be filled and can continue to carryout its important mission.

we urge the committee to support the recommendations of supervisor peskin and his staff, mr. hepner, this newly amended language we agree this would be consistent with the purpose and intent of sunshine ordinance and vital. if these aren't acted we would be honored to accept this and stay true to the new american. thank you. >> next caller, please. >> caller: hello. i am a journalist in san francisco for the past 13 years. i am a resident of the mission district. i serve as co-chair of the freedom of information committee along with christine, who just spoke. thank you for considering this today. we support the language suggested by hepner and

supervisor peskin and thank you for attentio attention to this . the media is good for telling stories about diversity. we want to keep this seat for a journalist to bring this to to task force. we are able and willing to pack sent the nominating powers for the seat. the committee has a long tradition for nominating strong task force members. we would be honored to search for the candidate as well continuing the new america media leg dassey. i hope u-- we hope you will supt this. thank you. >> next caller, please.

>> caller: good morning, supervisors. bruce wolf, chair of the sunshine ordinance task force. thank you for supervisor peskin and lee hepner for moving this forward and for you all to share this today. this is a long time coming, this amendment, the sunshine ordinance task force signed a resolution that is specific and important to the amendment. it is the lifeblood of democracy and our work. we urge you support and to forward this to the board of supervisors urging the same. thank you again. >> thank you. next caller, please.

>> caller: good morning. i am a member of the society of professional journalists. our organization has been worried about this vacancy on the sunshine task force for several years, and i am calling to appreciate lee hepner's effort goes to get this situation rectified.

i hope that the supervisors vote in favor of this amendment. thank you very much. >> thank you. next caller, please. >> caller: this is bruce. i am a long-time member of spj, co-founder of the original spj task force many, many years ago. largely responsible through the

bay guardian for getting the task force going and the original initiative passed here in san francisco. i am delighted to be here today in this unique experiment sitting here at home watching on television and being able to pitch in to say this is a long-needed amendment. we are delighted that lee hepner and aaron peskin put this forward and that the spj leadership has taken this on and we have a lot of speakers who want to make this happen. there is no better time in the world to have a sunshine ordinance task force working even in this odd way than right now. we can all be proud of the fact that the ordinance and the task force is the first and still the

best of its kind in the country, if not the world. now is the time to bring it in and make this amendment work, give us a full task force, make it easier to get a working number and move on. thanks very much to everybody. i am happy to participate in this unique experiment. thanks very much, thanks to the board. >> next caller, please. >> madam chair, that completes the queue. >> thank you so much. with that i am happy to make a motion to accept the amendment if we can have a roll call vote. >> on the motion to accept the proposed andment. supervisor stefani.

>> aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >> chair ronen. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> if i can make a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair just in case with the intention of putting it on the next agenda. >> on the motion to continue to the call of the chair as amended. supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >> chair ronen. >> aye. the motion passes without objection. >> thank you, mr. hepner. appreciate your work. take care. mr. clerk now read items 3, 4, 5 together. [please stand by]

. . . . if you are calling in for more than one applicant, please make your comments collectively in the two-minute period for each caller. and with that, good morning, everyone. we'd love to hear first from

eduardo santacana and would love to hear about your interest and qualifications for this position. >> thank you, chair ronen and members of the rules committee. thank you for the opportunity to be here today. i am honored to be nominated to continue to serve as a commissioner on the board of appeals and would like to thank the mayor and her staff for nominating me and supporting me through this process and the fellow commissioners on the board for their support, guidance, and amazing work on behalf of the people of san francisco. and two of you over a year ago when i was first nominated to serve on the board of appeals so i will be brief and happy answer any questions you may have. i have been a residents of san francisco for 10 years and with my wife and two-year-old daughter and mother-in-law in the inner parkside neighborhood. so the past five years i have

work work as a trial lawyer in jackson square and before that i was in law court for judge taylor in the san francisco federal court and a judge for the d.c. circuit court of appeal. in my work i litigated a wide variety of cases including commercial and intellectuals prodisputes, but it does not include the type of cases that come before the board of appeals. so i am able to participate fully in the board's work without fear of conflict of interest. and that being said, i also devote a significant portion of my time to pro bono work, representing unaccompanied young minors seeking asylum and other forms of immigration relief in the united states. i am tleled to be nominated to continue to serve on the board of appeals. we are working through extraordinary times for a number of different reasons. i am just incredibly grateful

and have been throughout the year that i have been on this board for the opportunity to serve my community. and i hope to do that for the next four years with the opportunity to have a full term. my work on the board i think has been fruitful, and i think my contribution as an attorney in particular has been appreciated by my fellow commissioners. and hopefully by at least some of the people who have appeared before us. although not everybody always leaves happy. my goal as a commissioner in every case is to prepare diligently, to research the law when the law is unclear, to listen carefully to the parties and to insure that every party leaves the committee room or more recently the video conference with the confidence they were given a fair hearing. and that is what i would like to continue to do on the board of appeals. i also very much appreciate the opportunity to continue to do

this work with my fellow commissioners, including commissioner swig and honda whose nominations are also before you today. so with that i will thank you for listening to me and if you have any questions, i would be very happy to answer them. >> thank you so much. and again, thank you for all your hard work on this body. i wanted to see if either of my colleagues had any questions. nope o kay, great. so now we're going to move on to mr. swig and we have the extremely interesting situation that i have never seen with a mayoral appointment and the board president appointment are switching. i have no idea why, but sound good to me. if you could do the same and tell us a little bit about the history and qualifications and interest in continuing to serve in this position.

>> thank you, supervisor ronen. ask you ask that question of the upcoming fellow supervisor honda, but it has been a great honor to serve on the board of supervisors seat for the last six years and thank you today for all the supervisors for the opportunity to speak today about the enthusiastic desire to continue as a commissioner for the board of appeals. with well over a decade of experience as a commissioner for both the now defunct redevelopment agency and then the board of appeals, it has been a great honor to serve the city government and citizens of san francisco. and to resolve permit disputes and govern the statutes with the rights and permissions and based

on my experience and the rulings have the permit and with the same subject matter, so consistent and diligent decision making is always a deeply serious exercise. and sometimes as commissioners we are not entirely comfortable with the governing laws or statutes, we consistently have to remind ourselves that we must adhere to legal parameters even when we feel there may be an alternative to the not legal solution as well. and reached out to the board of supervisors for reviews of legislation. and most of the cases consider neighborhoods prodisputes where

planning and regulations and also many items which have low impact on the citizenry including the urban forest, the installation of cellular communication towers and monument removal. and legal guidance and jurisdiction combine with the views of community health and cultural social justice. these cases the commissioners often placed in a painful position of ruling according to the law even when there might be alternatives and consideration of public opinion evidence commentary and other social justice considerations. i have felt the communication for active dialogue with the public to establish empathy, understanding and dispute resolution. and the tough part is as

commissioner santacana noticed and not everybody walks away happy because there's only -- one side always does not realize their intent. and my dedication and experience and tenure would support the affirmation for another term as a commissioner to enable and insure that the public gets the best possible solution to permit disputes and ask that you support are reappointments of the fellow commissioners honda and santacana and toward the commissioners. >> a thank you so much for your hard work over the years and checking with my colleagues and any questions or comments? >> and last but not least, mr.

honda, do you want to explain the switch? >> and first of all, good morning, madam chair ronen, supervisor stefani and mar. i was appointed in 2012 by the late, great mayor and re-appointed by him in 2016. this time around i felt the beliefs were a little more aligned with the supervisor norman yee and that is why he graciously and humbled that he nominated me for this appointment. first of all, may name is darryl honda and i would like to thank you for the community to speak and with the long agenda and president norman yee has

nominated me to come back to the san francisco board of appeals as the commissioner. and with the definitely need it and often the appeals are the process of 5 to 10 years. the what they are going through and the approach is to read a brief and listening to the horizontal comments and to prepare each hearing with fresh eyes and knowing some of the processes have gone as long as they have and more importantly and resolve some of the matters prior to litigation and they will generally tend to go to litigation. as the fellow commissioners have mentioned, as well as you are aware of, trying to get different parties with different

views often is a recipe for disaster. sadly t decisions that i make as a commissioner after careful deliberation are not going to make everyone happy and sometimes the decisions are not that popular. i have lived in the city for over four years and dad lives in hawaii and woman in san francisco and some school here and some school there. and i have been here with my wife for 33 years as of next week with two adult children. i'm eduardo's neighbor. so it is good for commuting when we have meetings. my main job other than as a commissioner is a realtor. i have been a realtor in san francisco for over 22 years. i consider myself a responsible

realtor in the over 600 transactions that i have completed and never had any arbitration or board litigation and i will not represent any owner from lsx nor have i. we discussed that the appointment with our late mayor ed lee and i am seeking the appointment from you, the board of supervisors. i have missed only six hearings in that time and as you are aware, birthdays, anniversaries, vacations, they all come up on days that we are supposed to be at city hall. that is a level of commitment that i have made and my honor to serve in the last seven years.

and i will take your questions if know. thank you for your consideration. sorry a little nervous. >> thank you so much. i have a couple of comments but wanted to see if my colleagues do first. >> i wanted to thank you, all. we have had an incredibly packed agenda in the rules committee because of the amount of ballot measures we have been reviewing and i am so impressed with your work and commitment on the committees on the hard job and the important job and role. and the time and dedication that you have put into this is so commendable. and to apologize for putting you

on that agenda today. and to accommodate that to let the time lapse without a chance for the public to way in and wasn't right and i wanted to get you on as soon as possible and i want to recognize and thank how little time you got to come and give your presentation and why it was so important to have the hearings. before the time lapsed and you were automatically reappointed. thanks again and for your willingness to accommodate. and with that, i wanted to open this open for public comment. did you want to say something, mr. swig? and opening up for public comment. they will have two minutes to speak on any -- all or just two

of the commissioners that you would like to comment on. >> members should call 415-655-0001, meeting idea is 146 530 0679. and press pound and pound again. if you haven't already done so, dial star 3 to line up to speak. the system prompt will indicate to begin the public comment. >> there are no speakers in the queue. >> thank you. then public comment is closed. >> aam happy to make a motion to forward all three nominees to

the full board with positive recommendations. madam chair, i believe we need to amend the motions to delete the word rejecting throughout the legislation. >> an i knew you were going to tell me that. xhe, i would like to amend the motion to make a motion for all three nominees to remove the word rejecting and send to the full board with positive recommendation. and if we can have a role call vote and to defer them to and recommend them to the full board meeting. on that motion, supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> stefani, aye. >> supervisor supervisor mar? >> mar, aye. >> chair ronen? >> aye. >> ronen, aye. the motion is adopted without

objection. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, supervisors, very much, for your support. >> thank you so all three of you. take good care. thank you for your service. have a good day. >> mr. clerk, can you please now read item six and seven together? >> item six is a motion approving and rejecting the mayor's nomination for the appointment of jane natoli. item even is the appointment of sharon lai to the mus any mall transportation agency board of directors ending march 1, 2021. >> thank you. is ms. natoli here? >> i am here. >> great. thank you so much for being here today and especially to ms.