closely during my prior tenure at department and was just incredibly -- i am so grateful for being able to have done that and be training as a department and seeing what she was building and what she developed and with all the kindness and guidance and commitments that is shown through in everything she did so just acknowledging that and supporting the words that have already been spoken and her spirit and we all feel her spirit with us here today. thank you. >> thank you, dr. colfax. commissioners, any questions or comments? not seeing any questions or comments, thank you again for your presentation and for giving us an update on this critical work. i just personally i particularly

appreciate the slides showing the journey of someone who is receiving care and their experience and how we can provide services to them. it helps visualize and understand what the experiences from sort of a client perspective so thank you for that as well. >> commissioner christian raised her hand after you began speaking. >> thank you president bernal and thank you mark. i just want to say thank you and how grateful i am as a person who lives in san francisco and someone who works in the criminal-justice system and has spent a number of years working with the population that people who need and and seeing up close

and firsthand what a difference it makes to have these great emphasis on providing the care that the person needs and a coordinated way in a way that is collaborative with who do work closely with some people in the population and i wanted to know, i know there would be written 237 in the -- i don't know if you call it a pilot originning thor theinitiative what about bg in more people and how do you know what the capacity is that

you are going to aim for? i'm just curious to see what work goes through there. amber, do you want to take that? sure, i guess i consider this was a pilot program to better understand what it will take toktoeffectively serve this population and we heard to be successful, we need to ensure we have adequate staffing to support inner agency care coordination it's a high touch work and we also need a shared tool set and so we're really excited about the implication of the ethic care cor din module because it's all od and better identify and cohort and groups in the future should the department chose to carry on this work in this way.

>> thank you, i can't imagine the circumstances we would not want to expand this work. for only people outside of the public-health system and you know, ela person to the system and you talked about it being high touch work and seeing how high touch it is and seeing it does give result and it can work and it's not a trajectory or always up and always down it's up and down and it's the way of life for human beings and please note your work is experienced by those of us who see it in another realm as experiencing working thank you. >> thank you very much for your

important words. we really appreciate it. it's great to hear that. >> she will keep in that mind as a model for this work. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioner christian. >> thank you. commissioner chow. >> yes, thank you. and i want to thank everybody for their wonderful presentations. i'm looking at the future chart and i'm trying to understand because you've already developed an entire system that seems to be working so well and does it mean that whole person incompetent greateintegrated cae people. how much better can you get and what does the full person emigrated care have to what you

are already doing with the 200 -- 238 or some odd people. are we meaning to add more people or additional services or just trying to understand our next steps that you are talking about. >> so i'll address that. so, whole person integrated care is a constellation of clinical programs and you'll of which serve primarily serve people experiencing homelessness so these are programs interested in the health department and in different areas and until we hold them together, and started to integrate the program they did not all work in a

coordinated way with each other. by having one organizational structure a director to a medical director and really coordination through the ccm module and ep dick and case conferencing and cross training staff and we hope that we can do a much better job of taking care of this essentially a larger than the 237 who are in the shared priority group and it's really all people experiencing homelessness who touch our systems and provide these services and the health department. so, none of these is a new program and the newest program is actually in care so that's the data design and quality

increasement program that came about because of the current medical waiver and now it's a waiver that is ending and wore bringing it into whole person integrated care as the data and design team for these clinical programs. so, i hope that answers your question. i'm really excited to have them all come together and i think we addressed, it was really signed of fast tracked this work of coordination and synchronizing our work with covid because we had to come together and say how does cheap medicine and how do we work with the care coordination team for transition and our respite group in terms of comment -- how can we

elaborate our work is much more integrated and coordinated and the epic work wore doing right now is the culmination of that. >> if i may just try to understand the follow-up, our current whole person care is a wonderful example to try to draw these agencies together as you depicted here to try to work on everybody that needs this beyond the 237 and will the 237 stay in this pilot then and a group or is that going to really transition so that the 237 might be 500 or 600 within the whole person integrated system? >> amber was correct in how she addressed that the commissioner and it's a pilot and we really learned a lot from it how much

you can came by coming to the table together and across agencies with human services agencies and the department of homelessness and supportive housing with services and focus on the population that we can find as being highest needs and where we can really make some progress focus on a defined group of people. the boundaries around that group will fade away as we implement this module and epic as we figure out how we continue those cross agency work after the end of the waiver which was ending

at the end of next year as we continue to see the benefits of cross agency collaboration, in our care of these complicated population. not just 237 but but really the whole the with complex behavioral health medical, and psycho social needs. in terms of sustainability, our new homeless health resource centers that you heard of referred to that would be opening in november of 2021, that will be a sustainability plan for this because we'll be co located and staff will be co located with hsa and hsa team

and we'll have a place for people to come to access housing benefits and healthcare as we've envisioned in our homeless and care work. thank you for helping to amplify further and we can all look forward to the build out of this future. a great legacy for maria x. >> this is definitely her vision and this agency collaboration and data sharing was her vision. >> >> thank you. >> any other questions or comments? >> thank you for the great presentation and we look forward to hearing back the next time. thank you. >> we'll move on to the next item which is other business. commissioners have any other business?

>> i believe we can move on to the next item. which is closed session. did we have a motion to enter into a closed session? >> moved to enter. >> so moved. >> i'll do a roll call vote. [ roll call vote ] all right. so thank you to everyone who is not going in the closed session. i'll turn a function to cut you off and thank you to the public who joined us. you also will be cut off from this portion but you can stay on if you like and join later. to see what happens. commissioners, give me 30 seconds please to turn on the extra.

>> commissioner chow [roll call] thank you for a great meeting. >> thank you all, great to see you. >> thank you. >> great to see everybody. >> good night.

>> the meeting will come to order. we welcome to the thursday, august 20 meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. i'm gordon mar, the chairman of this committee. joining me is supervisor aaron peskin and matt haney. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. thank you, mr. chair.

in order to protect city employees, the board, and the public during the covid-19 emergency, city hall and the board room is closed. committee members will participate remotely in the conference to the extent as if they were physically present. sfgov is streaming the public calling number at this time across the screen. your opportunity to provide public comment is available by call 415-655-0001. once prompted, enter the meeting i.d. for today's meeting, 146-147-0836. you will then dial the pound symbol twice to be connected to the meeting. when you hear the discussions, your line will be muted and in

a listening mode. when you hear your item, press star-three and wait until the symptom indicates you are unmuted -- system indicates you are unmuted before you begin your comments. speak slowly and clearly, and make sure that volume is turned down on all your devices. alternatively, i invite you to submit your public comments

could you please call item 1. >> clerk: item 1 is an emergency ordinance to temporarily protect workers from adverse action if they test positive for covid-19, are isolating or quarantining or have previously isolated or quarantined, due to covid-19 symptoms or exposure, and to protect applicants from

discrimination if they test positive for covid-19, are isolating or quarantining or have previously item owe lated or quarantined, due to covid-19 symptoms or exposure. if this is your item of interest, now would be the time to dial star-three. mr. chair? >> supervisor mar: thank you, mr. clerk. i'd like to welcome paul monge, who's a legislative aide for supervisor ronen, to present on this item. we also have regina dick-endrizzi, chairman of the small business commission, to answer questions if needed. >> hi, supervisors. i'm here to speak on the s.a.f.e.r. act, which stands

for safeguards against employee firings or restrictions. here in san francisco, widespread testing has been critical to the city's response to the pandemic, but our opportunity to offer widespread testing to the city prevents further transmission of the virus. unfortunately, for some of our residents, a lack of adequate covid protections created barriers from accessing this testing.

while a covid positive worker who's quarantining cannot legally be fired or be forced to use unpaid leave, wosome workers are still vulnerable at being fired just because they're quarantining. the s.a.f.o.r. makes it illegal to demote, suspend, or reduce benefits or in any manner discriminate against an employee who's off work because they're quarantining because of

covid-19. what really motivated supervisor ronen to introduce this ordinance was a recent study of residents living in the mission, and that study was illuminating and revealing the fear of losing one's employment really discouraged a number of workers from taking care of themselves or feeling force today go to work in the first place. [inaudible] who have no alternative access to income during the period of quarantining. so by expanding employment protections for workers who

test positive for covid or quarantining, this ensures that workers can confidently pursue income without losing income or the risk of losing employment. we're hopeful that this legislation will empower citizens to get tested. lastly, we would [inaudible] capacities and understanding of this legislation, as well as with worker rights organizations and the office of labor standards and enforcement

themselves. so just to quickly highlight those four amendments, which you all should have, the first is amending sections three of this legislation, which provides a more precise definition of an independent contractor who would be protected under the provisions of this legislation, and it does so by creating a clear threshold to this. second was 4-c, and that is an adverse action taken against an employee was established by a separate independent basis, which could be a worker's performance or misconduct. the next would be adding

section 4-d as a replacement to 5-a, allowing employers to require workers to identify the general basis for their absence or inability to work, but it wouldn't go as far as having an employee to provide medical health records providing the status of their health regarding covid, protecting their health privacy. and last, adding section 4-d as a replacement to 5-a, affording the -- affording the department the ability to act upon a potential violation while the due course of an investigation is still ongoing, which means it's a little bit longer. it would support a worker being reinstated in the interim period until that incident is fully conducted. so those are the four

amendments that we would like to bring forward in partnership with the sponsors here today, and i'm here to answer any questions. >> chair mar: thank you, mr. monge, for your work on this extremely important ordinance to protect worker's rights and especially the rights of essential frontline essential workers and particularly low wage workers in these really challenging times right now. so -- and i think this is just another example of really important legislation that as a board have worked on and moved forward to support workers and support workers' rights during the health and economic crisis. and even on -- for this committee's agenda, you know, items 2 and 4 are zoo examples of that, as well. so thanks again, mr. monge, and

supervisor ronen, for all of your work on this, as well as the worker's rights organizations on moving this item forward. i'm proud to cosponsor it and support it. colleagues, do you have any questions? >> supervisor peskin: mr. chair, i have read the amendments and support those, and thank you, mr. carroll, for sending those around earlier this morning. >> chair mar: supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you, chair mar. and i agree, this is such a critical protection act. i was out at one of our testing sites a few weeks ago, or maybe it's been a couple months ago now. and i was out there with a couple of people out there to be tested, and they were

terrified if it came back positive, they would be required when they were forced to quarantine, and they walked away. so this is why i think we've had some challenges in addressing the spread of covid among some of our workers because they don't have access to basic protections in some cases. and so this, along with the p.p.o. laws and the sick leave laws that you've let on, chair mar, i think is critical to protect our workers and also to protect everyone from the spread of covid in our city. so i'm not sure that i'm on as a cosponsor, but i would love to be added on as a cosponsor, and thank you, supervisor mar and mr. monge, for your leadership. >> chair mar: okay. why don't we go to public comment? mr. clerk, are there any callers on the line?

>> clerk: thank you, mr. chair. we'll see if there are any callers on the line. for those who have already connected to our meeting via phone, please press star-three if you wish to be entered into the queue to speak on this line. for those of you in the queue, wait until you are prompted, and then begin speaking. for those watching through on-line or on cable channel 74, call 415-655-0001. enter today's meeting i.d., which is 146-187-0436.

press pound twice, and then star-three to be entered into the queue to speak. first speaker, please. >> hi. my name is tyler and i attend city college, and i'm a courier for doordash. you'd be surprised how many customers request no contact delivery and open the door and hope up any way. it's very important for my safety and the safety of all of those people that i'm in contact with that i would be able to be tested for covid-19 if i'm concerned is that i may be exposed. please ensure that this

ordinance is unambiguous about protection for gig economy workers, and it sounds like one of those amendments maybe is doing that, so that is great to hear, but i haven't actually seen the amendments yet, and, you know, i just want to say, you know, that these companies will do everything to say that oh, we're not employees, you're just independent contractors, try to claim the law does not apply to them, so try to make the law as unambiguous as possible. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments, tyler. could we have the next speaker, please. >> my name is john wong, and i currently live in the city of oakland, but i do gig work on doordash in the city and county of san francisco. you know, as a carrier, like tyler said, i also come in contact, you know, with multiple different customers and restaurant workers every

day, so there is a high level of risk, and, you know, it's -- i try to get tested, you know, for covid-19 fairly regularly, you know, you know, especially when i'm concerned that i might have been infected, and, you know, hopefully, i can stay home if i test positive without worrying that my account has been deactivated. but from what i've heard from other gig workers that are organizing say that they have been deactivated if they test positive for covid-19. we as gig workers are denied the most basic of safety nets, and we just want to ensure that all of us workers, regardless of whether we are w-2 employees

or misclassified independent employees, that we get the protections that we need. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments, mr. wong. operations, could you connect us to the next caller, please. >> operator: that was the last caller. >> chair mar: thank you so much, clerk and operations. hearing no further callers, public comment is closed. you know, actually, i did just want to respond to the two public commenters who are dig workers and drivers, and to your points, and just reemphasize, per mr. monge's presentation, one of the amendments that was introduced does establish the definition of a worker that does provide

at least two days of labor, and the prior definition does not establish any threshold for independent contractors, so the 16-hour threshold provides greater clarity for enforcement of the legislation. thank you for your comments, and yeah, would just like to move that we adopt the amendments as presented by mr. monge on behalf of supervisor ronen. mr. clerk, can you please call roll. >> clerk: on the motion to amend as offered by chair mar -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are l

three ayes. >> chair mar: thank you, mr. clerk. and then, i would like to move that we move this forward with a positive recommendation. >> clerk: on the motion to move this forward to the full board with a positive recommendation -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> chair mar: thank you, mr. clerk. can you please call item number 2? >> clerk: yes. agenda item number 2 is reenactment of an emergency ordinance, that being ordinance number 74-20 and also ordinance number 110-20, to temporarily require grocery store, drugstore, restaurant, and on-demand delivery service employers to provide health and scheduling protections to employees during the public health emergency related to covid-19. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call the

public comment number, 415-655-0001. enter the meeting i.d. for today, which is 146-187-0436. press pound twice, and star-three to enter the queue. finally, mr. chair, i'm in receipt of your memo to agendize this item to entertain a motion to refer this item to the full board as a committee report for consideration. >> chair mar: supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: yes.

if you'll recall, this emergency ordinance took effect on may 1 and was already renewed once before but will expire on august 31. this legislation strengthens worker protections that are covered by the health officer's office by giving workers an additional level of protection by giving them the right to file a complaint with olse and on-demand delivery must be reimbursed for purchasing masks, hand sanitizers, or other supplies. it requires that drivers and shoppers offer the option of

no-contact delivery. it requires an employer's providing [inaudible]. >> supervisor haney: obviously, we are still very much in this state of emergency under this pandemic and protecting our workers that we've seen under some of the spikes have been put at risk, and some of the cases have been connected to workers being unsafe at the workplace. so this will help with that, and i hope for even stronger enforcement and outreach to workers to know that these protections and these rights exist, and i want to thank the committee members for their

support and sponsorship on this ordinance. >> chair mar: thank you, supervisor haney, for all of your work on protections for workers during the health crisis. why don't we go to public comment on this item? >> clerk: yes, mr. chair, the moderator will check if there are speakers in the queue. for those who have already connected to our meeting via phone, please press star-three to be moved to the queue to speak on this item. for those of you already in the queue, stand by for the prompt, indicating that your line has been unmuted and providing public comment. for those of you that would like to call in, call

415-655-0001. enter the meeting i.d., press pound twice, and then star-three to enter the queue to speak. could we get the first caller, please. >> hi. this is tyler again. i wasn't planning to speak on this item, but since it was on the same agenda, i just wanted to call in and mention the way that the gig companies have interpreted this. on doordash, if you work in san francisco, you now get, i believe it's .78 extra per day, and that is their way to complying with this. that's about $3 or $4 a week, and i don't know that that's

enough to comply with the risk of masks and sanitizer and wipes to wipe down your car. i don't know if it makes sense to amend this or anything like that, but it might be good to clarify how much that reimbursement should be, and i think you mentioned something about outreach to workers. i think that would be important to let people now how they can take advantage of this and how they can file a complaint if they feel like they're not being reimbursed enough. >> clerk: thank you very much again, tyler. could we connected to the -- we be connected to the next caller, please? >> operator: that was the last caller. >> chair mar: great. seeing no more callers, public comment is closed. supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: one, thank you for bringing it up to the

public commenter, tyler. additionally, we heard from some of these companies that it didn't apply to them at all, which obviously it does, and the way they're complying with it is obviously subject to enforcement and regulation, so i would -- there's a hotline where you can call to report this, and it's one of the reasons why enforcement is so critical here. they obviously have to actually reimburse the cost of or a-- o we're explicit about this in the ordinance -- the cost of gloves, wipes, masks, and hand

sanitizers. >> chair mar: thank you for that clarification, supervisor haney. so yeah, why don't we -- we move this forward? i would move that -- make a motion that we move this item forward to the full board with a positive recommendation as a committee report for the august 25 meeting of the board of supervisors. >> clerk: on the motion offered by chair martha the item be recommended as a committee report -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> chair mar: thank you, mr. clerk. can you please call item number 3? >> clerk: jaent item number 3 is a resolution receipt owe actively approving a third amendment to an emergency agreement between the human services agency and 1231 market street owner l.p., for the city's continued use of 459

hotel rooms and associated services, increasing the contract amount by 25,618,54, for a total amount not to compete $35,608,542, and extending the booking period for a potential total term of april 8, 2020 through july 1, 2021. once again, mr. chair, this item has been agendized by the

board of supervisors for consideration on their august 25, 2020 meeting. >> chair mar: thank you. mr. rhorer? >> actually, chair mar, i'll start this, and director rhorer will come along. i do have a brief powerpoint presentation that i would like to share with you and the watching public with your permission. chairman chairman ye

. >> chair mar: yes, please, thank you. >> supervisor peskin: and chair mar, i do want to thank director rhorer and mr. pennick for taking time out of their busy schedules to brief me on that. >> thank you. hopefully, you can see the screen. >> chair mar: yes. >> perfect. i'll quickly walk you through the -- the original contract, some administrative amendments, and the third amendment, which is the topic of today's discussion. by way of overview, the wickham hotel is at 12931 market street, with 459 rooms. this is the largest city shelter in place hotel, and the issue that brings us before you

today is the city will soon exhaust the $10 million allowed under the charter. we're not able to exceed that budget authority without board approval. h.s.a. is requesting authority to increase the contract sum in order to allow the city to potentially remain at this hotel through the end of the fiscal year, june 2021. however, the contract amendment, which we will walk-through in a moment, does allow for the contract to be terminated by the city prior to its expiration on 60 days notice should the need not continue. under the original contract, the term began on april 8 and ran through august 8, 2020. four months, or 122 nights. the city sent a notice to extend on a month-to-month basis in july, indicating its desire to extend beyond the

august 8 deadline. again, the total number of rooms at play are 459. the room rate is $99 per night again, h.s.a. did not want to mingle the covid population with the general population. budget for linens is $75,000 per month. budget for food is $750,000 per month, bringing it to $9,675,000, which is just shy of the charter limit. we had two administrative amendments that have taken place since the original term. this was done administratively under the emergency ordinance.

the second amendment was done in july 2020 to increase the contract amount to $9,990,000, so basically to bring us to just below the maximum to give us some breathing room in order to bring the third amendment to this committee and to the full board. the third amendment, which is the topic of today's conversation, opposes rates, terms, and conditions -- imposes rates, terms, and conditions to remain the same, except the term is extended to give the city site control until june 30, 2021. again, we have the ability to terminate with 60 days notice should the contract not need to

continue. you can see the breakdown on the next line. basically, we're adding $25 million to the almost $10 million, for a total not to compete $35,608,000. again, this is a maximum not to exceed. that amount would be reduced if we were to terminate the contract early. this is basically the outline of the key business points that makeup the third amendment. director rhorer from h.s.a. is here to answer your questions about the programming and the continued needs for the space, and i'm happy to answer any questions you might have regarding the contract terms. >> chair mar: thank you so much, director pennick. i did have a few questions either for you or director rhorer. actually -- well, the first question is around the -- the

folks that are being housed at hot hotel whitcomb. are there stable -- have the rooms been occupied fully, and has had been a pretty stable population there or has there been a lot of turnover there in the use of this hotel? >> i'll go ahead and take this. trent rhorer, human services agency, director. so currently, we pulled these numbers a couple of days ago. of the 459 units at the whitcomb, 359 are occupied with 417 guests, and there are some roommates, which are typically spouses or partners. the reason the 66-plus units are offline, 30 of them are actually for staff, so at any

given time, we have 22 to 24 site monitor staff plus security, so it's, you know, a place where they can be arrested from, from their work. we have 20 rooms that we keep vacant intentionally for a buffer. so if a room comes offline, a toilet breaks, or something else where we need to move a guest, we keep that room vacant where we can move that guest. 16 of the rooms are offline for cleaning. because we hold to the c.d.c. guidelines, it takes a little longer to clean the room. it's not just house keeping. in terms of the population, i don't have actual turnover number does, but it's been -- numbers, but it's been relatively stable. we have 16 offline for cleaning

now, which is 3% of the total rooms. supervisor haney, i believe you spent a little bit of time there as an h.s.w. >> supervisor peskin: he's not allowed to divulge that. that's a hipaa violation. >> there were fits and starts. it's much better now, much smoother. we have our incidents just a couple of days ago. we had a gentleman who had a

weapon and was threatening security, but we were able to get that taken care of. we have disaster workers monitoring the situation, as we shifted to hiring workers through a c.b.o. contract. there, they get better training -- not better training. they have better use working with the population, and i think that's helped. >> chair mar: great, thank you, director rhorer, for that, and yeah, thanks for all of your work on this particular hotel, and also to director pennick, and it's an extremely part of our good use response to the crisis -- the whole health crisis. supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: yes, thank

you, and thank you, director rhorer. i am definitely familiar with this hotel. this is our largest shelter in place hotel, and now we are extending it potentially through july 1, 2021. is there a -- an active transition plan in place for moving folks out of that hotel and how soon is that happening? and are you -- when somebody has moved out of the housing, leaving that room vacant or are you filling it? how are you thinking about the capacity of the hotel? >> thanks for that question, supervisor. so the winding down, i guess we'll call it, of the shelter in place hotels, we're going to begin that in november, and that's going to be led by the

department of homelessness and supportive housing. the budget that's before the board actually funds a whole host of solutions to ensure that we meet our policy goal, which is to not discharge anyone who we've housed under covid to the streets. so we're using the covid program as an exit from homelessness, and the mayor has supported that with her budget. so that'll begin around november, and it'll look different, depending the needs from the guests. so it could be transition into permanent supportive housing, could be transition into a rental subsidy. could be rental deposit, could be homeward bound, could be reuniting with their family,

any solution that's presented in the budget for fiscal year 2021 and beyond. to be honest, supervisor, we are still backfillng, so what i'm using as an example, 16 off offline for cleaning, as soon as they're ready to go through the use of the hot team and others, they are ready to go. we are continuing to lease rooms. we signed into contract three hotels totaling 207 rooms, one of which is coming on-line today, 101 rooms, and then, the other two over the next 1.5 weeks, and we are looking at the department of real estate who, i must say, have been fantastic partners throughout this process. we are negotiating for the final 75 to 100 rooms, which

would bring us to our budgeted count. >> supervisor haney: thank you. got it. okay. that makes sense. great. this is a great building with a rich history in our city. it was used as a city hall in the aftermath of the earthquake and the fires. i'm guessing they don't want to sell it. have you opened up that conversation with them as part of project homekey? >> well, obviously, supervisor, we wouldn't want to discuss any pending real estate transactions in a public forum, but we'd be happy to brief you offline. >> supervisor haney: okay. fair enough.

thank you. >> chair mar: why don't we go to the presentation by fred brousseau from the budget and legislative analyst's office? >> thank you, chair. fred brousseau from the budget and legislative analyst's office. this would retroactively extend the existing agreement to rent 459 rooms from 122 to 449 nights, so an increase of 327 nights. this agreement was originally executed april 8, 2020, for four months, and this amendment would retroactively approve an

extension from august 8 of this year through april 7, 2021. the room rates would all remain the same. there's a contingency of 15% on each room rate. there's food and linen charges. the contingency rate is fixed, so that's paid, regardless of the occupancy. the food and linen costs are variable. they're based on actual occupancy of rooms. the not-to-exceed cost is currently $9 million, would

increase to $35,608,542, so it's an increase of $25,618,542. what is still unknown, of course, the budget for the current fiscal year, fiscal year 2021, has not been adopted, so we don't know how all the costs related to the emergency shelter program and covid-19 relates services by h.s.a. and others will be appropriated and how the revisions will affect us next

year, but some still to be determined by the budget and legislative analyst's office. going back to the ordinance adopted by the board of supervisors in april of this year, which required 8,250 rooms or units to be made available for the homeless -- largely for the homeless population, and that expired after two months -- or excuse me, the rooms were to be obtained by april 26. that did not occur to the extent detailed in the ordinance, but we do have details on the number of rooms that have been procured in the report. quickly, what's been called active rooms or units, there are 3,003 as of august 10, of

which 2,239 were occupied, so an occupancy rate of about 74.6%. h.s.a. has reported that they assume about a 90% occupancy rate to account for cleaning, transition of rooms, and some of the things director rhorer mentioned earlier. but the actual occupancy has been we will i the 90% rate to date. so -- below the 90% rate to date. and also, there's some recreational vehicles and congregate settings included in the mix of units being made available. the cost in fiscal year 19-20 are also detailed in our report, and they're for all the program, not just the 1231 market, and that was $51.9 million, and again, that was covered by fema reimbursements and is expected to be fully covered when the

c.a.r.e.s. funds are added to the mix, along with some state funding. we do have two recommendations in our report. one is to approve the contract amendment as proposed, but we also recommend that the board require that the agency come back in six weeks to report on progress, identifying and removing barriers to ensuring that more homeless san franciscans are being quickly housed, and that progress is being made in securing additional units, and expediting the process of bringing these units into active service. that's the summary of my report, and i'm happy to answer questions. >> chair mar: thank you very much, mr. brousseau for how the

program would come and also the broader housing program. i don't have any questions. colleagues, do you have any questions for mr. brousseau? >> supervisor peskin: no. i think they've all been asked and set forth. i have no questions. >> chair mar: okay. well, great. thanks again, everyone. i would move that we send this item to the full board as a committee report with positive recommendation. >> clerk: mr. chair, we should hear from the public who may have called in for this item before we entertain any motions. >> chair mar: why don't we go to the public. thank you for the reminder. >> clerk: of course. while the moderator is queueing up the first speaker, i will just go through our regular routine another time. for those of you waiting by

phone, press star-three to be entered into the queue to speak for the item. for those already in the queue, wait on the line and you will hear a prompt, indicating that your line who has been unmuted. for those watching our meeting via cable channel 78 or streaming on-line, dial 415-655-0001. enter today's meeting i.d. of 146-187-0436. press the pound symbol twice, and then star, followed by three to enter the queue to speak. miss frias, could you present us with our first speaker. >> operator: there are no callers in the queue. >> chair mar: great. seeing there are no speakers, public comment is closed. mr. clerk, could you call the

roll on the motion to recommend this to the full board of supervisors with a positive recommendation -- >> clerk. >> clerk: on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: thank you, supervisors. you have three ayes. >> chair mar: mr. clerk, please call item 4. >> clerk: item 4 is the reenactment of emergency ordinance, ordinance number 104-20, temporarily creating a right to reemployment for certain employees laid off due to the covid-19 pandemic if their employer seeks to fill the same position previously held by a laid-off worker or a substantially similar position, as defined. members of the public who wish

to call in, dial 415-655-0001. enter the meeting i.d. for today's meeting, which is 146-187-0436. press pound, and pound again, and then star-three to be entered into the queue. >> chair mar: colleagues, this is -- the board of supervisors passed the original ordinance on a 10-1 vote back on april 23 to protect the tens of thousands of workers laid off due to covid-19.

it simply requires employers to offer jobs to workers laid off from the covid-19 emergency before offering them to other applicants. since then, tens of thousands have more have lost their jobs, and our reopening is further delayed by an increase in covid cases. we need this policy to remain in effect. i've introduced a separate ordinance to codify this separate work of protection going forward, and this work will provide continuity so there are no gaps in coverage between the amended ordinance and the upcoming original ordinance. many employers intend to bring back their workers, but this

makes it a requirement to rehire rather than replace their original employees. colleagues, i ask for your support of this emergency ordinance. so why don't we -- if there's no comments or colleaguquestio colleagues, maybe we could go to public comment. >> clerk: yes, thank you, mr. chair. i will review our routine one more time. please press star-three to be added to the queue if you wish to speak on this item. for those already on hold in the queue, please wait until you're prompted before you begin. you will hear a prompt indicating your line has been unmuted. for those watching via cable channel 78 or streaming, dial 415-655-0001, enter

146-187-0436, pressing the pound symbol twice, and then pressing star, followed by three, to enter the queue to speak. moderator frias, could you please connect us to the first caller, if there is one? >> operator: sir, there are no callers at this time. >> chair mar: great. thank you, operations. public comment is closed. so again, i'd like to move that we send this item to the full board as a committee report to the august 25 meeting of the board of supervisors with positive recommendation. mr. clerk, can you please call roll. >> clerk: on the motion that this item be recommended as a committee report -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, there's no objection; there are three ayes. chairm >> chair mar: item 5 was

actually scheduled as a special item for 12 noon, so why don't we move ahead to items 6 through 25. mr. clerk, can you please call items 6 through 25 for closed session? >> clerk: items 6 through 25 are to be held in closed session. to enter public comment on these items, dial 415-655-0001. enter the meeting i.d., 146-187-0436, press pound, and pound again, and star-three if you wish to enter the queue to

speak. >> supervisor mar: why don't we go to the public comment for the closed session on items 6 through 25. are there any callers on the line to speak to any of these items? >> clerk: moderator, could you please let us know if there are any callers to speak to the items on the agenda? >> operator: there are no callers on the line. >> chair mar: public comment is closed. so on the motion to convene in closed session, mr. clerk, could you please call roll. >> clerk: on the motion to convene in closed session -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> supervisor mar: great. thank you. so we're going to now convene in closed session.

>> chair mar: we are now back. mr. clerk, please report on the time away. >> clerk: thank you. on a motion offered by vice chair peskin, agenda item 6 was recommended by a report to the august 25 board of supervisors meeting, and the balance of the agenda items were continued to the september 3, 2020 g.a.o. meeting, to be also heard in a future litigation agenda. the motions were approved unanimously. >> supervisor peskin: mr. chair, i make a motion not to disclose. >> chair mar: thank you, supervisor peskin. on the motion to not disclose discussions in closed session,

please call the roll. >> clerk: thank you. on the motion not to disclose discussions in closed session -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are two ayes, and member haney is absent. >> chair mar: thank you. mr. clerk, our only remaining item, number 5, is a special order item for 12:00 p.m., so we're going to take a brief recess and reconvene the g.a.o. committee at 12:00 p.m. >> supervisor peskin: okay. mr. chair, as my staff

indicated to your staff earlier today, i do have to speak at a noon event with regard to uber and lyft and will get back to the meeting as quickly as i can. >> chair mar: supervisor peskin. thank you. so -- so now, we shall recess. >> clerk: we'll be in recess until 12 noon welcome back to the government audit and oversight committee. i did want to announce that supervisor peskin did not -- is not joining the meeting right now. but supervisor haney and i are here. mr. clerk, can you please call item number 5. >> yes. thank you very much, mr. chair. agenda item 5, an ordinance amending the administrative code. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this ordinary should call the public comment number, as before, it is still

(415)655-0001. and for today's meeting i.d., that's 146180436. enter the queue to speak. a system prompt will indicate that you've raised your hand. please wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted. that will be your opportunity to begin your comments on agenda item number 5.

during this unprecedented health emergency, we have also been confronteconfronted with an unpd emergency in unemployment, with more workers having lost their jobs and income since the great depression. amid the coronavirus pandemic, black workers are more likely to be out of a job or lost income or have left the labor market all together. economic data shows 1 in 6 black workers are out of a job. and the labor department reported in early june that the black unemployment rate continued to rise, as the overall unemployment rate started to tick down. since the shutdown started in march, nearly 200,000 san

franciscans have lost their job or had hours reduced. to put the numbers in perspective, in the 2008 recession, unemployment figures peaked at 45,000. unfortunately of many of these workers, low-wage workers and people of color, will not be able to return to previous jobs, because their employers have reduced their workforce or shut down entirely. so there's compelling need to invest in education and workforce training in this moment of crisis for so many. this is central to our city's economic recovery. city college provides the most comprehensive offering of vocation callal training, and tuition-free thanks to the free city program. our ability to provide quality public education, including the vital training our city's residents need to get back to work in the wake of covid-19 is in serious jeopardy. restructuring at city college,

enrollment loss during the accreditation crisis, ongoing chronic underfunding of the city colleges and the new state funding formula has caused the reduction of over 600 college classes since 2017. this trend is being aggressively worsened by the challenges of covid-19 crisis. and without more funding, city college will lose at least 1,000 more classes in the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters alone. city college is an essential part of san francisco's economic recovery. and the highest enrollments the city college has ever had during the 2008 recession. in this new recession, we can expect demand for the support city college provides to spike as san franciscans try to get back to work -- or get back into the workforce. in order to help them, city college needs more resources. so through the workforce education and recovery fund, city college will be able to provide tuition-free job training and professional

development, sustain high-demand vocation cavocational programs r low-income students of color additional supports and wrap-around services for enrollment, counseling, academic support and job replacement. investing in education and workers' training pays dividends and we have a responsibility to ensure that our economic recovery includes unemployed workers and lifts up our most vulnerable communities, communities that can't afford to be left behind. my co-sponsors supervisor haney and supervisor's ronen, safai and wallto wall walton and the chancellor and diana gonzalez from college board of trustees, and city college students and faculty, as well as my legislative aides ellen and levi for all of their work on this ordinance. finally, i will be making a motion to continue this item

until the next g.a.o. committee meeting on september 3rd, ever after we complete the board's budget process. this will allow time to consider potential amendments for this ordinance and the administration and structure of the fund that may be needed, as a result of the final version of the work budget proposal that's currently being considered through the budget process. so, yeah, thanks again supervisor haney, for your co-sponsorship and support of this. and i don't know if you have any questions or remarks. >> i'll save my remarks for when we hear it in a couple weeks. but i just want to thank you for your leadership, chair mar. and huge support of this. i think city college is more essential maybe than ever. i know that's probably been said before. we have so many people out of work right now. and our economy is changing very rapidly here in the city.

and having this fund to reinvest in our pathway to jobs and workforce development and education is so critical. so i'll save further remarks. but i'm proud to be a co-sponsor. >> thank you, supervisor haney. why don't we go to public comment, mr. clerk. are there any callers on the line? >> clerk: thank you mr. chair. we'll see if there are caller in the queue. if for those already connected, please press star followed by three to be added to the queue for the item. for those already on hold in the queue, please continue to wait until you're prompted to be begin. for those who are watching our meeting on cable channel 78 or via streaming link at sfgovtv.org, if you wish to speak on the item, please call in by following the instructions, which should be

crawling across the screen at this time. you do that by dialing (415)655-0001. enter today's meeting idea 1461870436. press the pound symbol twice and then star followed by three to enter the queue to speak. could you please connect us to our first speaker, if there is one? >> sir, there are no callers at this time. >> okay, thank you, operations. public comment is closed. mr. clerk, will you please call the roll on the motion to continue this item to the september 3rd g.a.o. committee meeting. >> clerk: on the motion offered by chair martha this item be continued to september 3rd committee meeting of the government audit and oversight committee, vice chair peskin? absent. member haney. >> aye. >> haney aye. >> chair mar?

>> aye. >> clerk: there are two ayes. no opposition with member -- with vice chair peskin absent. >> thank you, mr. clerk. is there any further business? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> great. we are adjourned. thank you. >> clerk: thank you.

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[♪] >> i am the supervisor of district one. i am sandra lee fewer. [♪] >> i moved to the richmond district in 1950 mine. i was two years old. i moved from chinatown and we were one of the first asian families to move out here.

[♪] >> when my mother decided to buy that house, nobody knew where it was. it seems so far away. for a long time, we were the only chinese family there but we started to see the areas of growth to serve a larger chinese population. the stress was storage of the birthplace of that. my father would have to go to chinatown for dim sum and i remember one day he came home and said, there is one here now. it just started to grow very organically. it is the same thing with the russian population, which is another very large ethnic group in the richmond district. as russia started to move in, we saw more russian stores. so parts of the richmond is very concentrated with the russian community and immigrant russian community, and also a chinese immigrant community. [♪]

>> i think as living here in the richmond, we really appreciate the fact that we are surrounded three natural barriers. they are beautiful barriers. the presidio which gives us so many trails to walk through, ocean beach, for families to just go to the beach and be in the pacific ocean. we also also have a national park service. we boarded the golden gate national recreation area so there is a lot of activity to do in the summer time you see people with bonfires. but really families enjoying the beach and the pacific ocean during the rest of the time of year. [♪] >> and golden gate park where we have so many of our treasures here. we have the tea garden, the museum and the academy of sciences. not to mention the wonderful playgrounds that we have here in richmond. this is why i say the richmond

is a great place for families. the theatre is a treasure in our neighborhood. it has been around for a very long time. is one of our two neighborhood theatres that we have here. i moved here when i was 1959 when i was two years old. we would always go here. i love these neighborhood theatres. it is one of the places that has not only a landmark in the richmond district, but also in san francisco. small theatres showing one or two films. a unique -- they are unique also to the neighborhood and san francisco. >> where we are today is the heart of the richmond district. with what is unique is that it is also small businesses. there is a different retail here it is mom and pop opening up businesses. and providing for the neighborhood.

this is what we love about the streets. the cora door starts on clement street and goes all the way down to the end of clement where you will see small businesses even towards 32nd. at the core of it is right here between here and 20 -- tenth avenue. when we see this variety of stores offered here, it is very unique then of the -- any other part of san francisco. there is traditional irish music which you don't get hardly anywhere in san francisco. some places have this long legacy of serving ice cream and being a hangout for families to have a sunday afternoon ice cream. and then also, we see grocery stores. and also these restaurants that are just new here, but also thriving. [♪] >> we are seeing restaurants being switched over by hand, new

owners, but what we are seeing is a vibrancy of clement street still being recaptured within new businesses that are coming in. that is a really great thing to see. i don't know when i started to shop here, but it was probably a very, very long time ago. i like to cook a lot but i like to cook chinese food. the market is the place i like to come to once a year. once i like about the market as it is very affordable. it has fresh produce and fresh meat. also, seafood. but they also offer a large selection of condiments and sauces and noodles. a variety of rice that they have is tremendous. i don't thank you can find a variety like that anywhere else. >> hi. i am kevin wong. i am the manager. in 1989 we move from chinatown to richmond district. we have opened for a bit, over

29 years. we carry products from thailand, japan, indonesia, vietnam, singapore and india. we try to keep everything fresh daily. so a customer can get the best out a bit. >> normally during crab season in november, this is the first place i hit. because they have really just really fresh crab. this is something my family really likes for me to make. also, from my traditional chinese food, i love to make a kale soup. they cut it to the size they really want. i am probably here once a week. i'm very familiar with the aisles and they know everyone who is a cashier -- cashier here i know when people come into a market such as this, it looks like an asian supermarkets, which it is and sometimes it can be intimidating. we don't speak the language and many of the labels are in chinese, you may not know what to buy or if it is the proper

ingredients for the recipe are trying to make. i do see a lot of people here with a recipe card or sometimes with a magazine and they are looking for specific items. the staff here is very helpful. i speak very little chinese here myself. thinks that i'm not sure about, i asked the clerk his and i say is this what i need? is this what i should be making? and they actually really helped me. they will bring me to the aisle and say this is battery. they are very knowledgeable. very friendly. i think they are here to serve not only the asian community but to serve all communities in the richmond district and in san francisco. [♪] >> what is wonderful about living here is that even though our july is a very foggy and overcast, best neighborhood, the sleepy part outside on the west side is so rich with history, but also with all the amenities that are offered.

[♪] >> coping with covid-19. today's special guest. >> i am chris manners, you are watching coping with covid-19. my guest is the director of economic and work force development here to talk about the programs the city has in place during this crisis to help small businesses and vulnerable and disconnected residents. welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. it is a pleasure to be here, chris. >> start by talking about gift to sf. it provides many of the resources we are talking about. could you tell us a little bit about the focus of gift to us.

then we will talk about specific programs. >> i very much appreciate the question. for anyone who is watching right now, so much of the work that has been accomplished to serve most vulnerable is because of very generous donations to the give to sf covid-19 response and recovery fund. over $28 million has been fund raised to support areas as important as housing stabilization for vulnerable communities, food security programs which has been a big issue not only in san francisco but up and down california and of course across the nation. very much thinking about workers and family members who may not have been access to state and federal programs the same way that others who are impacted have and do. that was to make sure families and workers were supported with woulrelief.

small business community to make sure they have access to loan was and grants. we are excited how diverse we have been able to do this. we have been able to roll these out to ensure that our communities are supported by our city together with all of us with city funds and philanthropic dollars to help realize them on behalf of the community's needs. >> that is great. now, many of our small businesses don't have large payrolls. they are unable to qualify for the federal ppp loans. does the city have active programs available for small businesses to help with ongoing expenses such as rent while they are still closed? >> certainly. one of the programs we launched in partnership and because of the ability of the give to sf loan fund presented us with was for loans and grants to do that.

we knew in the beginning that it was not easy for smaller businesses not connected or those who were to get an answer around relief provided through ppp. we have seen success of the program. we knew it was important at the time to also have the san francisco hardship mcwas emergency loan program be launched and designed to support businesses who needed resources the most. we have committed $15.5 million in ongoing covid-19 small business financial relief. we have awarded grants and loans to over 400 small businesses thus far. we wanted to make sure that we were equitable about that approach always guidings work through racial equity lens. one of the most important pieces is ensuring every district would be represented and also more equitable work and places where we were doing that work would be

supported through these efforts. in the first phase $1 million to 128 small businesses and 29 different neighborhoods with up to $10,000 in funds to support those who were experiencing loss. we set aside a minimum of $2 million for low and moderate income owners to ensure they were supported with relief efforts. neighborhood goes like lower filmore, bayview, castro and excelsior. long-term businesses have given to the city and we want to give bamto them as well. then because we were looking for additional funding sources, we took dollars that we had with existing partners already with our partners to do small business work and help convert to support women entrepreneurs

around san francisco and very specific neighborhoods for mini grants to serve immediate needs. every little dollar helped. >> one of the programs that just become available. right to recover. >> i am glad you are asking about right to recover. we know that it is extremely valuable right now as we look to incentivize community members disproportionately impacted by covid-19 by economic hardship, spaces to work in because they need to provide for families, having access to the economic relief or wages that you count on to protect yourself, stabilize your families, support your families and children or parents or extended family. that is a huge disincentive if you believe you may not have access to quarantine to do what we want you to do.

if you are sick to get tested. if you test positive to quarantine and stay home. so that you can get better and not infect anyone else. that comes at a cost. you are not going to work, not making wages. for so many low income workers that is not acceptable. this is to provide relief based on the individual to give minimum wage for that period of time. when they walked into the testing site they knew if i test positive is there a program to help me, we could say yes? that was important to mayor breed, extremely important to supervisor ronen and they worked together to make $2 million available to support these individuals. together with the department of public health we have a holistic system to fill the gaps that may

exist to encourage people to get tested to do the right thing. wear a mask, social distancing, not going places when they are sick and doing our part to make sure they were incentivized. >> not having sick pay with the virus would be really stressful. >> iit is important for undocumented. we know the lat inx is more than 50% of the positive cases and may not have access to sick leave or financial hardship to do the right thing and to quarantine with financial reli relief. >> as we start another new releaf program. african-american small business revolving loan fund. how will that fund work? >> well, i am very, very proud. this fund. i do have to give a shout out to

our invest in neighborhoods team who worked day and night with the african-american chamber of commerce and main street launch to support the zero percent interest loan up to 50 thousand dollars. we have been striving to be specific and target communities of color and african-american small business entrepreneur community. it is so much more difficult for this community to access resources and it was important to do something in this moment that is reflective of a movement we know has been emotion for such a long time. for us to do something real, provide financial relief for the community in this ka this way ar them specifically. we are very proud to get this up and running. we look forward to applications being live so people from the

african-american and black business communities to get relief. flexible terms. forgiveness up to $50,000 for those loans which can make a huge difference fought only for relief when you think about rent for a small business but also in terms of long-term recovery and being smart about the moment. there are businesses with the ability to be open, even a little bit. it is a stress on them. there are others that don't have the ability to do this at all. where is their relief? they wait for us to do our collective part to ensure we can re-open. these dollars, very specifically for the black entrepreneur community are important for long-term viability success. that is good for them, the diversity of the city we hold dear and we need to be proud of. >> do we have active programs

for disconnected or underserved communities? >> absolutely. as i was mentioning just simply about the right to recover program. when people go to the mission hub at 701 alabama within the mission district to serve the community, they are providing food security, access to resources. what they have done is extraordinary in terms of partnering with the city with relief efforts to help pay and maintain food distribution for families. thing are important like the latin x to do so many dishes with one item masa. access to rise, cereals, milk, butter, fresh foods and vegetables. that is across the city in the entirety in those areas of need. to ensure those programs are made available for our most

vulnerable communities. seniors or families who desperately need that help. >> finally, is there a website specifically designed to provide access and information about these resources? >> one of the easiest things to do, people have a general question and to want don't have access to the internet call 3-1-1. reach out. we have been working closely to ensure the members and staff have the information they need to get what you need. as you call in. most specifically for workers, employers, nonprofits to go to our website oewd.org and click on covid-19 which is a large button on the site. you will find a full list of information specifically designed for you as employer, as worker and nonprofit so that you know where to go for resources. also, our phone number 554-6134

for the small acciden small bus. the incredible staff are administering those lines. if they don't answer they will get back to you so you can talk to a real person in multiple languages. also e-mail sfosbasfgov.org. again, visit the website oewd.org and you can find that. in terms of workforce (415)701-4817. someone will get back to you if they don't pick up immediately to answer your questions if you are a worker. then to donate. give to sf.org. all of that information is to find to the website if you need

resources or you need an understanding how we are phasing re-opening or updated information, please visit us. we will get back to you. we look forward to serving you and the community to get through this very, very challenging time. >> that is great information. thank you so much for coming on the show. i really appreciate the time you have given us today. >> it is a pleasure, chris. thank you for helping get information out to our communities. people are aware your government is hard at work on your behalf to get you what you need during a dynamic and challenging time. >> that is it for this episode. we will be back with more information shortly. this is coping with covid-19. i am chris manners, thanks for watching on sfgovtv.

>> >> president caen: i'm the president of the san francisco public utilities commission. at this time i would like to call to order the regular meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission. today's date is tuesday, september 8, 2020. roll call, please. >> president caen? here. >> vice president vietor: here. >> commissioner moran: here. >> commissioner maxwell: here. >> commissioner paulson: here. and we have a quorum. >> president caen: good. will you please read the