surge. again, the reason we're taking aggressive action now regionally is we are very concerned that all the intensive care unit bed dollars and the hospital beds in the region and state can be overwhelmed and there may not be mutual aid available. this surge is so much more serious than what we've seen before. >> the next question come dollars from mission local. what activities are most tied to new cases and is that how these closures were determined? >> we know that the more we move around, the more we engage, gatherings, interactions, particularly indoors, the more likely it is we'll see a spread of the virus. this action today takes

aggressive steps to limit the spread of covid 19 in the city. and we know for activities that do continue, it will be so important to wear those masks, socially distance and use good hygiene. >> thank you director and thank you madam mayor for your time today. that concludes today ed's press conference. for any other question please e-mail. thank you all for joining us.

. nk you all for joining us. >> chair ronen: the meeting will come to order. welcome to the december 7 meeting of the rules committee. i am hillary ronen, rules of the committee. with me are supervisors catherine stefani and supervisor victor mar. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. [inaudible] >> clerk: committee members will attend the meeting via 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 the agenda. both channel 26 and sfgovtv.org are streaming the number across the screen. comments or opportunitied to speak during the public comment are available by phone by calling 415-655-0001.

again, that's 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 146-030-5414. again, that's 146-030-5414. press pound twice, and when you enter the meeting, you will be in listening mode only. when your item of interest is called, enter star, three to be entered into the queue. alternatively, you may submit public comment by e-mail to me, at victor.young@sf.org.

>> chair ronen: thank you. can you please read item number 1? >> clerk: yes. item number 1 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to expand the boundaries of the american incidentian cultural district and provide additional details regarding the cultural and historical significance of the district. >> chair ronen: and this is a matter continued from last week, so i think all we need is public comment. >> clerk: yes. members of the public wishing to comment should all 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 146-030-5414. press pound, and pound again,

then press star, three to be entered into the queue. mr. qiu, do we have any public comment at this time? >> operator: yes, i have one public caller in the queue. >> good morning. i just wanted to reiterate -- i'm [inaudible] for the american incidentidian cultura district. i just wanted to reiterate my support for this item, and my huge thank you to paul and supervisor ronen for going above and beyond and making sure we can do this change on such short notice. just wanted to reinstate my comments for the california native people who once suffered on these lands and were moved from these lands. it's important to be able to

protect this site for all of our relatives and those who enjoy it now. thank you to all the folks behind it that are supporting it. thank you. >> chair ronen: thank you so much for all your work. are there any other members of the public who wish to speak on this item? >> this is debbie sant contracti -- santiago with the washoe tribe of california and negative. this has always been an area where they have worked and lived and all over the areas there in san francisco, so this would be a great part of the

cultural district, of the heritage, and also the history of our cousins in this way when we came down and treated between each other, so i would urge you to please add that into the cultural district, and we can move forward and be a part of everything else as part of the first people of this country and here of san francisco. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you very much. are there any additional callers? >> operator: madam chair, that completes the queue. >> chair ronen: thank you. public comment is closed, and, again, thank you for everyone that has been an integral part of this effort. with that, i would like to make

a motion to send this item to the full board with positive recommendation. clerk cle >> clerk: as a committee report? >> chair ronen: as a committee report. >> clerk: recommended as a committee report. on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: the motion passes without objection. matter will be recommended as a committee report. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. can you please read item number 2? >> clerk: yes. item number 2 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to establish the guaranteed income advisory group to advise the board of supervisors, the mayor, and the city departments regarding the establishment of a guaranteed income pilot program. >> chair ronen: and this is supervisor haney's program, and i believe he's with us today. supervisor haney, did you want to start us off?

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haney-- >> supervisor haney: yes, thank you. the need for a guaranteed income is clear here in san francisco, especially during this pandemic. people are unemployed, food lines and services are overwhelmed with demand, and countless people are worried about how they're going to pay their rent. in district 6, we have the highest poverty rate and the lowest median income as compared to the rest of the city. the district 6 poverty rate is nearly twice the average citywide, and there are thousands of people in the district i represent, and i'm sure in the districts that you represent, who are struggling now more than ever. dozens of cities around the country including san jose, seattle, los angeles, and new orleans have already pledged to

create or have created advisory groups. contrary to what critics say, guaranteed income is not a replacement for work. instead, it is a much needed part to supplement families in desperate need of an economic safety net. this advisory group would advise the board of supervisors, mayors, and various city departments on the path to economic security specifically outlined in this ordinance. the proposed ordinance would create an 11 ber advisory body. the board of supervisors would appoint eight members, the treasurer, the executive director of the human rights commission, and the executive director of the h.s.a. would each appoint one member. by no later than december 31, 2021, they would submit a report modelled on the best

practices of guaranteed income, and challenges in the implementation of such programs, how a guaranteed income program may be associated with reductions in poverty, crime, and violence, how it affects work stability, economic stability, consumer protections, and economic mobility, and how it would affect children and families in san francisco. i also want to note that there have been efforts underway currently with guaranteed income pilot programs in san francisco, which we are all very excited about, and this advisory group would also provide additional information to support those programs, to continue them, to build on them, and to create a framework for further guaranteed income pilot programs here in san francisco. there are two nonsubstantive amendments to the legislation that i would like for the committee to adopt. the first amendment is to

accommodate the seats from 9 to 11 members. we would like to accommodate one person younger than 24 hours of yaj -- 24 years of age currently experiencing poverty, and someone with antiracial and discrimination training. i hope you all will join me in supporting this ordinance, establishing this guaranteed income advisory group with this broad coalition in partnership with the treasurer's office. in doing so, we will join many cities across the country, including our neighboring

cities, who have already started joining the work in this movement which is now more essential than ever during this pandemic. and i believe that amanda fried from the treasurer's office is here to answer any questions that i cannot, and lastly, i would like to thank abbie al monte in my office, as well. >> chair ronen: thank you so much, supervisor haney, for this. i believe i'm a cosponsor, and if not, i would like to be added as one. i have been working with amanda fried on another piece of legislation coming up voss domestic workers, and i know there's tons of complicated issues involved in starting a program like this, and so i just want to appreciate both amanda's work as well as our treasurer, jose cisneros, who

cares so much about financial equity in our city and are just such great partners in this work. so i wanted to -- i don't have any questions for amanda, but i just wanted to see if she wanted to make any remarks or statements? >> thank you, supervisors haney and ronen, for your kind works. no, i have nothing to add. just excited to be working with all of you, and excited about the work ahead. >> chair ronen: okay. so with that, i see no other comments, so we can open this up for public comment. >> clerk: yes. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 146-030-5414, then press pound, and pound again. if you haven't already done so,

please press star, three to lineup to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted to begin your comment. mr. tue, do we have any public comment at this time? >> operator: yes, i have three callers in the queue. >> good morning, supervisors. can you hear me? >> clerk: we can hear you. please proceed. >> thank you. calvin click with the san francisco youth commission. first of all, thank you to supervisor haney for sponsoring this legislation and to his legislative aides, courtney, for coming to present to us a few weeks ago. on november 10, youth commission voted unanimously to forward this with a positive recommendation. in the past, we have supported universal basic income and guaranteed income as, you know,

solutions to not just the situation that we are facing with this pandemic, but broader issues of systemic poverty in san francisco, so we are very pleased to see this happening. we are also very pleased to see that a youth seat will be added to the commission advisory groups. this is one of our recommended amendments that we had made, and we're also glad that a focus around how this guaranteed income would impact residents and families. thank you, supervisor haney. only thing i would add to that is we would ask the committee to consider how -- if it would be possible for advisory group members to be compensated for their time, and also to add perhaps some focus around specifically solving for the issues of how a guaranteed

income program would reach financially marginalized populations, including, but not limited to undocumented immigrants. nonetheless, we absolutely support this legislation and hope you pass it out of committee today. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. next caller, please. >> hi. can you -- hi, can you hear me? >> clerk: yes, we can hear you. >> hello? >> clerk: please proceed. >> hi. my name is dr. zaya malawa here in san francisco, and i'm running a program called the birth project in san francisco. i really support this measure, and i think it's important that san francisco develop a basic income program within the city limits. we know that there's a strong connection between stress and health outcomes, and we know that in a city as expensive as san francisco, financial

insecurity is causing a great deal of stress, which is causing a lot of health challenges, particularly in communities that have been subjected to racism. also, when we look at the black, pacific islander, latinx communities, we see disparities that we haven't been able to touch for a very long time, and it's costing people their lives, so one solution that might be able to dispel some of that stress is a cash program. while some poor people might need housing, i poor people might need to figure out how to fix their car, make an investment, or go back to school. so when we give people an income, we're giving them the dignity that they know how to meet their needs rather than being kind of dictated to by large benefits programs with a lot of restrictions. and lastly, i just want to lift

up the programs like urban renewal and red lining, programs that are based in racism, have caused huge harms, particularly to the black community. i think if the city wants to be authentic in its goals to be equitable, we need to figure out how to start to make repairs for othe policies in or past that have caused harm. >> clerk: your time has expired. thank you. next caller, please. >> hi. my name is sophia tabula. i was born and raised in bayview-hunters point. first generation american

samoan. i've had the honor of, like, giving testimony for the abundant birth project, and i just wanted to say how hard it's been for me, like, being a first time, having had to access child works and all of that, how hard it has been being a first time mother, and just, like, what a tremendous impact guaranteed impact would do for my life and my daughter's life. i wish there was more to say, but i'm more so emotional, but again, echoing everything everyone said. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. can we hear from the next caller, please. >> hello. can you hear me? >> clerk: yes, we can hear you. please proceed. >> hello. my name is debra, and i'm calling in as a resident of san francisco for nearly 20 years, and i'm also a social epidemiologist and assistant

professor at ucsf, studying the effect of income on underserved communities. i'm thrilled to see additional and broader income work in san francisco, and especially the focus on children and families that have just been included. so we know that ample evidence from ongoing guaranteed income programs, international uncondition cash transfer programs, as well as policy evaluations of policies like the earned income tax credit in particular, but we know that giving people money improves their health and well-being, and certainly no period is more critical to ensure life along health in early pregnancy and childhood. i think we have an incredible opportunity here in san francisco to focus on those that have been most harmed by economic exclusion and also the dramatic racial disparities

that we are currently seeing from the covid pandemic. i also want to lift up that as we have seen in the early work of the abundant birth project, it's so important to include all leadership in the program design and evaluation to ensure that what we create has the potential to mitigate the harms from economic inequalities and also health inequalities. thank you so much for putting forth this legislation. >> clerk: thank you. can we hear from the next falle caller, please. >> hi. i'm [inaudible] and i'm also from the abundant birth project. i'm having problems with income and property, so i just want to touch on how another income will be for african americans and pacific islanders.

>> clerk: it appears the caller has completed the comment. mr. tue, do we have any additional callers? >> operator: madam chair, that completes the queue. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. public comment is closed. supervisor haney, did you have any closing comments? >> supervisor haney: first of all, i just want to thank everyone who called in for all the support, and especially the individuals from the abundant birth project. dr. malawa has been such an extraordinary leader in our city on this issue, and supporting people with guaranteed income project that they have launched, and we hope that this advisory group will be able to both provide opportunities for further projects and assist the one that's needed, and i hope with

dr. malawa's leadership, that san francisco can continue to be a leader in guaranteed income. one thing i will say, there are many groups that we believe could and should benefit from guaranteed income, and there were a lot of folks, transitional age youth, undocumented people, certainly, the black and pacific islander communities that could be specifically targeted for guaranteed income pilot programs. we didn't name those groups extensively in the -- the -- the actual resolution because -- or the ordinance because, really, the focus of this group is going to be looking at the different groups, looking at the type of programs that could exist, and we didn't want to put together a lift that was noncomprehensive. of course, the list is the groups that could most benefit from this and could benefit

most from guaranteed income programs. so just in response to some of the points, absolutely, this group should look at undocumented individuals and how they could benefit from this, as well as a number of other groups. so with that, i would ask that we put this forward to the full board, and would love to have you as a cosponsor, supervisor ronen, and anybody else. i think this is going to be a really important thing for the future of how we address poverty in our city. >> chair ronen: thank you, supervisor haney. supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: thanks, chair ronen. i just wanted to thank supervisor haney on his work on this very innovative issue. this has been a growing problem over the last decade and has only been made more urgent with

the pandemic-induced economic crisis in our city, so thank you so much to you and to all of the people in this community who have been working on this and also laying out a thoughtful and strategic process to develop our guaranteed income pilot program, so i would love to be added as a cosponsor. >> supervisor haney: thank you. and one other thing that i wanted to add, there are dozens of other cities that are establishing pilots but also establishing similar advisory groups, so there will be a massive amount of expertise and knowledge, some of which will be specific to san francisco in our case that we will all be able to benefit from and hopefully implement a lot of recommendations. >> chair ronen: supervisor mar,

i was wondering if you wanted to do the honors? >> supervisor mar: yes. do we first need to move to accept the amendments presented? so i would move that, and i would move that we send the item as amended to the full board with positive recommendations. are we sending this as a committee report? is that the request? >> chair ronen: supervisor haney, would you like -- yes. >> supervisor haney: yes. >> chair ronen: we are. >> supervisor mar: okay. as a committee report. >> clerk: yes, on the motion to amend the ordinance -- [roll call] >> clerk: the motion passes without objection. on the motion to recommend the matter as a committee report as amended, on that motion -- [roll call]

>> clerk: the matter will be recommended as a committee report. >> chair ronen: thank you so much, mr. clerk. thank you so much, supervisor haney. mr. clerk, can you please read item number 3? >> clerk: yes. item 3 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to establish the early education economic recovery program to provide grants and interest free loans to early care and education providers to help cover costs associate with the covid-19 -- associated with the covid-19 pandemic. >> chair ronen: yes, and i think we are joined by president yee, and i'm pleased that president yee is sponsoring this, and i would like to be added as a cosponsor.

>> president yee: thank you, chair ronen, for considering this today. this is important for how the pandemic and school shutdowns has left residents and businesses in dire straits at this point, and it doesn't seem to be getting much better, and the impact just continues to grow, as you know. so i want to first start off saying thank you for the cosponsors, which are mayor breed, supervisors ronen, safai, mar, and fewer. what this does, it will provide economic support to some of the hardest hit, hardest working essential workers we have, early childho early care educators. early care educators, also known as child care providers, have been suffering greatly during this pandemic. many of unable to support their

families that need them the most. more than 100 licensed family child care providers have gone out of business since march 16. money of these were the most affordable options for families. while family child care providers are hard hit, we are hearing this from center care funded providers, as well. many are on the brink of collapse, so right now, i just want to bring up deputy director denise garino to make a n a few remarks about the challenges that our early childhood sector is facing. denise? >> thank you, president yee and chair ronen for this opportunity.

i just want to confirm you can see my screen? >> chair ronen: yes. >> i just want to provide a brief presentation that 1346 our early childhood providers have been experiencing right now. our programs have been meeting the challenge, for the most part. they've been struggling, but they've been doing an amazing job just trying to keep up. so i just wanted to bring up, as many of you probably know, we went through extensive outreach to talk about our priorities for our early education for all, also known as baby prop c funding. while all this information -- and this is a list of priorities in the order, the first three, all of these priorities are still relevant. but of course, these past several months have made us consider what programs need asap, and that really is, for

2020, recovery. and -- and so, you know, thanks to the full board who has recently approved our five-year spending plan, we are definitely working within the parameters of that spending plan with the prop c -- sorry, with the recovery efforts. and so lots of national news in emergency room its of what's happening to child care. president yee had just very eloquently mentioned what's going on now. the center for the study of child care employment conducted a survey recently with almost 1,000 child care programs throughout the state, and the biggest finding, the key finding is that with covid mitigation, it has introduced new financial challenges for programs through the the date because of decreased capacity and increased cost. we at oece have recently put out a san francisco survey, very fresh off the press.

we're still working on the analysis, but at least half of our respondents feel they could benefit from supports, whether in the form of loans or grants to sustain their operations for the next several months. over 20 are beyond depleting their reserves and are unlikely to be able to sustain operations for the next few months, so these are the ones that we feel are in dire need of some supports. so just a couple of quick notes. we have 55% of the oece responses and 66 providers were receiving supplement parent supports, and they're all very valuable in our city, as you all know. and then, just a little snippet of why their costs are going up. gloves, disinfectant, hand

sanitizer, p.p.e., a lot of things that programs didn't have in their budgets before march. and then, even from providing masks for children and staff and hand wipes and sanitizers and beyond what they'd normally use. so our e.c. community have been stepping up to this child and have been very innovative in maintaining a balance in what's best for child development and what's best to keep themselves and families safe and healthy. so i just want to appreciate all of our e.c.e. programs that have been working hard to maintain this safe, healthy, and best programs for children. thank you. >> president yee: thank you, denise. and thanks for your program. it shares some insights into

the dire straits that some priors are experiencing. when we look into different programs, many -- and i'm talking more of the -- the programs are not in the system -- within the city system, but they're trying to do it on their own, whether they're nonprofit or for-profit. and what i'm hearing is that many of the people that are either the director or the owner are not paying themselves anymore, so pretty bad situation. so i -- you know, i think my colleagues have heard my ssc

schpiel without my saying it, so i'll keep it short. this is our one-time opportunity to help our providers, and we chose to help all the providers in san francisco because any loss of supervisors, regardless of whether they're in the city system or not in the city system, nonprofits or for-profits, if they collapse, you know, then the entire system's going to collapse because people will be scrambling, competing for what's left, these slots that are available to them when they go back to work. and here, we have an opportunity to save them, and hopefully, when things get better for us in regards to the pandemic, then the office of e.c.e. will start looking at increasing the capacity in the

city because there are about 3,000 -- 2500 to 3,000 low-income children -- children from low-income families that are just waiting with no slots, and now that we have the funding, we may not have the capacity to serve them all. and then, this should be even enough funding to really start chipping away at the moderate and the middle-income to help them as much, because $25,000 for tuition is ridiculous. when you compare them to the u.c. system, where they're paying, i don't know, $13,000, $14,000 a year. so i guess i just want to end with that, and see if we have public comments, and hopefully, it will get out of committee with a positive recommendation.

thank you, chair fewer -- i mean -- chair -- i'm sorry. chair ronen. >> chair ronen: force of habit. president yee, i'm going to miss you being on this board for many reasons, but your championship of early childhood care and education is -- you're irreplaceable. there's no way that anyone can fill your huge shoes on this one, and the good news is you'll be close by, and we can get your advice and help, and that you'll be pushing from other -- from other places because this is your life's work, and i just cannot appreciate you enough for what

you've done for this crucial, crucial -- i don't even know what to call it, but part of our society. early childhood education can and does impact the lives of many people, and it can mean the difference between someone having a successful life or not, and you -- i'll just -- i will just always be grateful for the legacy you lead in this area and the difference you've made, so thank you. supervisor stefani? >> president yee: my goodness. >> supervisor stefani: thank you, chair ronen. i cannot agree more on this. i just was feeling emotional as you were talking on this, president yee, and i want to thank you for this and for your passionate advocacy over the years for early childhood education. supervisor ronen says it all. it's been amazing, and it's been wonderful to see.

i'm going to miss you so much. you're so kind, and you have such a big heart, and you've poured it into this cause. supervisor ronen and i are both moms. we know how -- we know what this feels like to work outside the home and, you know, need care for our children and the struggles during this pandemic. we know that parents and child care providers during this pandemic have really struggled so much, and i really think this legislation is essential, so thank you so much, and i would love to be added as a cosponsor. >> president yee: thank you. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: yes. i would just echo my colleague's comments and thanks to president yee for your many years of leadership on these

issues. for my constituency, these are really incredibly important issues, and i really appreciate you sort of moving quickly on this emergency -- or the economic recovery program for preschools and child care centers because i -- i -- yeah, i've been hearing, like all of you, from so many center providers in my district as well as parents about the urgent situation that they're in. i just had a couple of questions. what's the timeline for -- assuming that the board, you know, does move ahead and adopt this really important economic recovery program. what's the timeline for the program to get vetted and get this economic support out to the providers? >> president yee: so ann and did denise, you can correct me, but

i'm trying to be as aggressive in the timeline as possible. we're starting a relatively new concept for the office of e.c.e., but it's not new -- totally new because they've worked through the care s.f. they seek $1 million to help families in san francisco in the child care system, so they have sort of the background and the structure to move it quickly. several things have to happen, supervisor mar. we're probably -- this generally would come maybe -- if this is step one, or this is step two, and step one already was approving the five-year plan. there should have been step two and three. this is probably step four, but trying to move things as quickly as possible. so number one, the next thing

that really has to happen is for -- and you'll be receiving it -- i'll be introducing it, actually, tomorrow -- so provide security to the money that we're going to unlock through a bottom system. that is a mechanism that we put into prop f to guarantee that -- and it probably never will happen because we're going to win in court, but if we lose in court, then it's guaranteed that there's some ability to payback the money. so that's going to happen -- that needs to happen first. and the office of e.c.e. will be introducing a memo to -- to the budget committee because the money that we've collected is put on reserve on the -- the budget committee reserve, so

they -- the budget committee has to free it up. so those things have to happen. and then -- and then, in the meantime, the office of e.c.e. needs to develop the details of -- of the program itself, and that's going to take some time. i think it's a little unrealistic to expect that the r.f.p. or the application process will be ready before christmas. it's probably going to be ready in january, where people can just apply, and then, hopefully -- i know i'm being pushy, but i hope that people will get checks by the end of february, so that's pretty quick for a new program to roll out and to have the details that it needs to, you know, make sure that we do it right and for us to -- for people to

apply and then cut the check. so denise, i know i'm being pushy. >> no, you're actually right in line with our internal timeline thinking of all the steps that have to happen before all the money gets released. we're hoping or planning to be ready by january, at the very least, to put out. we'd like to -- once this is approved by the full board, we'd like to put out interest forms to get people in the know that this is going to happen, and then, by january, having the applications out. we've already started work by talking to some organizations through our contracts that we already have that may be able to support this from an administrative process, so we're already moving straight ahead on the hopes that this goes forward. president yee, you're a wonder, so i don't anticipate that any

of us will be disappointed, so we are moving forward, knowing that we're going to have to be ready to go as soon as possible, so we're thinking january just because of the steps to get the funding released, so it sounds like we're all on the same time frame. >> president yee: and it's really important -- i want to add that it's really important that there's the thinking -- as denise mentioned, there's a few organizations that can help with getting the word out, and also providing language capacity for those providers that are not english speakers, which makes it difficult for them to apply for these things. >> yeah. thankfully, we already have the infrastructure to help with those programs. >> supervisor mar: yeah. that time frame sounds, you know, really impressive, you

know, given how complicated this all is, so i really appreciate all your work on it. and my colleagues on the committee are committed to fully supporting this moving ahead. thank you. >> president yee: thank you, supervisor. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. so we will now open this item up for public comment. >> clerk: yes. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 146-030-5414, then press pound and pound again. if you haven't already done so, please press star, three to lineup to speak, a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted to begin your comment. mr. tue, do we have any public comment at this time? >> operator: yes, i have three

callers in the queue. >> oh, hi. can you hear me? >> clerk: we can hear you. please proceed. >> yeah, my name is maria [inaudible] and i'm the organizer as pare organizer at prarnt voices, and i would like to take this opportunity to thank the president of the board, norman yee and making sure that we have proposition f and we're able to cover prop c. hopefully, we'll win in court, but having said that, the funding is helping to build access to child care. people need assistance in writing their business plan. if you are limiting grants to those as providers only, we are

not helping those most in need. i would urge the o.c.e. to create goals and equity. consider a provider's relationship with an agency and the provider associations. long-standing commitment to taking children with subsidies, and also priority neighborhoods. they must have a solid business plan, commitment to financial business support. furthermore, i would like to also encourage o.c.e. to provide support for whatever insurance child care providers need because i believe those are not cheap. so that's all i'm going to say for now. thanks so much. thanks to all the board members who works hard to make sure that our children are served and our providers are healthy and compensated well. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. can we hear from the next caller, please.

>> hi. my name is pat sullivan. i am the president of the board of the -- of the family child care association of san francisco, and i wanted to thank president yee, the board of supervisors, the office of early care and education, and all our community partners for all their help in helping us get through this horrible crisis we're in right now, and i just want to say how grateful we are for all the help we've already gotten, and thanks to all the dedicated efforts of so many, we were able to pass out hundreds of literacy bags to providers. we collected p.p.e. and pass it out all over the city. we pass out food bags. we gave over the shoulder support to family child care providers who were trying to file for p.p.e. loans -- p.p.p. loans and other lift grants and other types of support, but we're just barely hanging on

out here, and we really could use some help, so although we're grateful, we may not make it through. we've already lost 100, and we don't know how many more child care centers we will lose before the end of the year. we are so fortunate that so many have tried so hard to keep us all together, but you know, times are tough. so i would really encourage you to support this effort, and thanks so much to norman yee. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. can we hear from the next caller, please. >> yes, good morning. my name is gabriela judd

somali. [inaudible] one in supervisor mandelman's district and one in supervisor walton's district. we employ 12 native spanish speakers and teachers. 11 are san francisco residents, and one lives in daly city. the income they earn in child care work with crucial for the -- are crucial for their families. all kinds of developmental studies argue that the ages of zero to five are arguably the most important for development of young children. i think we under that these e.c.e. programs are critical in s.f., and i would like to say that for profit and nonprofit programs are essential here in san francisco. our programs did shutdown in

march. we continued to pay teachers and continued to pay benefits. fortunately, we obtained federal p.p.p. funds to cover payroll, but that was just one part of our cost. most providers are suffering a big double bind of higher cost and low-income. most of us to meet the requirements had to enroll few you a er students and allow more income for p.p.e. some other schools have morning only and then afternoon only programs. for those schools, that enrollment is cut in half because you're not allowed to do that anymore. other schools had to cut completely in order to maintain cohort sizes, and spanish only programs are closing their stores on december 4 --

>> clerk: thank you. can we hear from the next caller, please. >> operator: madam chair, that completes the queue. >> chair ronen: thank you. then public comment is closed, and supervisor stefani, would you like to do the honors? oh, you're on mute. sorry. >> supervisor stefani: of course i am. thank you so much. yes, i would like to move this item to the full board with positive recommendation and as a committee report. >> clerk: on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: the motion passes without objection to recommend the matter as a committee report. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. thank you, president yee.

you're on mute, as well. >> president yee: i just want to thank the committee members for passing it out with a positive recommendation, and i hope you understand that just because you only had three speakers today that there weren't people that were really wanting to do this. no, i think the supervisors appreciate it. they get it. we don't need to convince them, so thank you very much. >> chair ronen: thank you. and mr. clerk, do we have any other items on the agenda today? >> clerk: that completes the agenda for today. >> chair ronen: then that completes the agenda for today. thanks, everyone. have a great day. bye-bye.

>> welcome to the land use transportation committee for december 7, 2020. i am chair, aaron peskin, joined by supervisor safai and committee member preston. our clerk is ms. major. do you have announcements? >> due to the covid-19 health emergency, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this is taken pursuant to the statewide stay-at-home order and statewide directives. committee members will attends through video and participate as

if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item of the agenda. channel 26, 78, 99 and sfgovtv are streaming across the number. each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. comments or opportunities to speak are available via phone by calling 415-655-0001. the meeting id1469924841. press pound and pound again. when connected you will hear the meeting discussion and you will be muted in his senning mode only. when your item of interest is coming up dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. call from a quiet location,

speak clearly and turndown your television or radio. you may submit public comment by e-mailing myself at erica.major at sfgovtv. it will be forwarded to the supervisors and made part of the official file. written comments may be submitted by the u.s. postal service to city hall room 244 san francisco california 94102. items today will appear on the board of supervisors agenda december 15 unless otherwise stated. mr. chair. >> thank you. can you please read first item ordinance of the hunters view phase three project in the

hunters board neighborhood the interest in the areas and the san francisco housing authority not with standing the requirements of the ad min code 23 and affirming appropriate findings. members of the public to comment on this item call the number on the screen. 415-655-0001. the meeting id1469924841. pound and pound again. please press star three to line up to speak. mr. chair. >> thank you, ms. major. we heard this a week ago. we have questions about who would ultimately steward this property. we have subsequently gotten an e-mail about that. is there somebody here from ocii or the housing authority or public works to present?

>> we have lydia. >> we spoke earlier or late last week. go ahead, lydia. >> good afternoon. thank you for the opportunity to follow up on the questions that were raised last week. we do have a powerpoint that we can present to summarize what we discussed last week. if you prefer, i can just address really your key issues, i believe. supervisor, you had a question about what would happen under the vacation ordinance if the developer were not able to complete the infrastructure as proposed. >> that's correct.

>> and/or if the city did not accept the infrastructure improvements as proposed. >> that's right. >> so we have explained to you and i will explain for the committee that there is an infrastructure ground lease structure during the infrastructure improvements. during the time that work is going on and new streets are being built there is a short term ground lease the housing authority that anticipates the city will accept improvements, and if for some reason that were not to happen, the housing authority would potentially need to own and maintain those improvements. they would fund the developers to cover the cost of maintaining the street improvements. as you know, the housing authority is fully disposed of the hunters view property. they don't have operating funds

available to operate the streets. if for some reason the housing authority could not or would not accept the responsibility we would have to involve hud to do a workout and new agreement between the city, hud and housing authority to come up with a solution. this has not been a problem on previous projects. the first hunters view improvements will be accepted by the city shortly. we do not anticipate this condition. >> thank you, lydia. your e-mail sets that forth very clearly. you have assed the questions i raised a week ago. we are doing with time that is unanticipated things happening repeatedly. i thought the questions should be asked. any questions from committee

members? seeing none, madam clerk, let's open up to public comment. are there any members of the public to comment on item 1? >> we have dt. she has confirmed there are zero callers in the queue. >> public comment is closed. i would like to make a motion to send this item with recommendations to the full board of supervisors. on that item, madam clerk, a roll call, please. >> the motion to recommend. supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> supervisor preston. >> aye. >> you have three ayes. >> madam clerk. please call the next item. >> item 2.

resolution initiating landmark designation under article 10 for the ingle side tear raises and sundial court and sundial park situated within then trada court. if you wish to comment call 415-655-0001. (146)992-4841. press pound and pound. please press star three to line up to speak. mr. chair. >> thank you. this is a cool thing. when i was reviewing this over the weekend and looking at the google images, my wife said have you ever been there? i said no. but with that it seems completely deserving. is there a member of president yee's office here to present? >> yes, thank you so much, chair

peskin. i am from the staff here to present. we are delighted to bring forward this to the land use and transportation committee. i am surprised this hasn't been landmarked before. that is precisely why we are bringing it forward. it was brought to our attention from the san francisco heritage. that district 7 has so many wonderful, charming structures like this that are about 100 years old. we don't have many landmarks. supervisor yee earlier this year wanted to do more of though those. it was derailed with covid-19 response. we would like to bring this forward today. it is definitely a treasure in the district and for the city. we welcome you to come to district 7 to walk along this beautiful icon of the west side

of san francisco. it stands 17 feet high and is a working sundial. if it is okay with you, i would love to share the screen to provide background information on this. mr. labounty was the author of the book that provides the background of information about the inaboutthe stories. we are delighted to have him today. i would like to hand it off to him. >> before we go vote. i want to say in addition to the fact that it was interesting item in early subdivision on the west side of the city, it has been a great play feature for many kids and families. the floor is yours, mr

mr. labounty. >> thank you. are you able to see my presentation? >> we can. >> good afternoon, supervisor peskin, saw fieand preston. i am from the san francisco heritage here to share some information on sunday dial park, which is within the ingle sideter operations neighborhood. it began in 1911 by the urban realty improvement corporation led by joseph leonard a architect and builder known for work in alameda and the san francisco jordan park and richmond districts. he performed a horse racing track and earthquake refugee camp to develop the residence park with winding streets, ornamental gate and landscape community spaces. location of sundial park is circled in red. the parks of the early 20th

century featured public benches and fountains and stairways to serve as marketing and to provide a sense of place, identity. for the terraces he began by installing the sandstone pillars as gateways which survive today the streetlamps and archways are gone. in 1913 in competition with st. francis wood and forest hill. he decided he needed something greater. there was massive pools and fountains. he decided to add a new element to the terraces. the circular park on the court was landscaped with a central sundial 34 feet in diameter surrounded by winding pathways, plantings and four columns with

benches. the sun dial, the angle piece that creates time keeps is 28 feet in length and 17 feet high. it had a reflecting pool with two seal heads. >> has the historic integrity been compromised? >> the pool and the seal heads are gone. the rest of the sun dial park is intact. >> wouldn't the planning department say it is compromised? >> depending on what you feel the significance is. they were gone before 1930. the sun dial is a neighborhood icon and place of pleasure since that time. >> proceed. >> i would be okay if you bring the seal heads back. the plantings on the sections of

lawn denoted cardinal direction in the shape of nsew for the directions. wading pool and plantings were removed by the late 20s. the other elements of the park remain including four columns each representing a different classical order. the columns were meant to represent four times of the day morning, noon, afternoon and night. four seasons and four ages of life. childhood, youth, adulthood and old age. on top of each column is an urn with the freeze to that. leonard designed a dedication pageant that took place on october 10, 1913 including electric lights, music and play

starring neighborhood children, and a procession which included two of the first children born in the terraces homeowners. each was pulled in a baby buggy by a live stork. >> how diverse is the stork? >> sundial stork was a potential tool to the buyers, of course. this is a tour from downtown showing the terraces. the urban realty improvement published a promotional booklet on the sundial size, importance and relation t sundials and highlighting the benefits to homeowners. the park and sundial have been a gathering place for more than a century. it is the site of annual picnics

and celebrations. since creation the park and sundial have been a playground and informal climbing structure and slide for the children. this is in 1930. this wases when i took about five years ago. sundial park is appreciated and enjoyed bidenerations of residents. the sun dial is distinctive, puzzling and elegant at the same time. an icon of the neighborhood situated in one of the foggy neighborhoods it is a timepiece. it is a worthy candidate for city landmark status. thank you. >> thank you, president yee and chief of staff. any comments from the members of

the land use committee? i would like to affix my name as co-sponsor. vice chair safai. >> you took the words out of my mouth. i would like to be added as co-sponsor this is in close proximity to my district. i have spent a lot of time in this area. it is a wonderful landmark, given the history of that area and it is referred to as a race track in the area. these are beautiful, beautiful homes. often times people feel like they are transported to another part of the bay area. it is unique. the sun dial is tremendous. i am happy to be part of adding my name as co-sponsor. >> thank you, vice-chairman.

supervisor preston. >> yes, please add me as co-sponsor as well. i will confess in my 27 years in san francisco to never having visited this site. i am very interested now that we are back out and about at some point. i will say it is one of the great pleasures of serving on the committee and these matters before us to learn about corners of the city with such historical significance that have not been at least on this supervisor's radar. thank you, president yee for bringing this forward. >> before public comment. i want to say there are any number of places in urban areas on the planet earth where former horse track racing facilities have become urban neighborhoods. from havana, cuba, to many other places in mexico city.

some of the most incredible neighborhoods are built-up around former race tracks. i share in common with member preston the fact that we have never been to this place in our city. we are both going to go. field trip with that, ms. low, if there is nothing to add let's open to public comment. the floor is yours, ms. low. >> there is a minor amendment that wases brought late. i apologize not providing this sooner. page 2, line two, there are four classical columns to be way finders at is noter, south, east, west. they were 45 degrees off. to reflect the factual information in the findings. >> they are not cardinal directions? >> they are just off by 45°. we are thinking we should strike

out the language on the cardinal directions of north, south, ea east, west on page 2. >> are they off 45°? here we are off by 17° from magnetic north. was it really 45? i am happy to strike the language? >> mr. labounty? >> north, south, east, west on the sundial was in planting that said nswe. there were ads that said they represented the four cardinal directions. they do not line up that way. maybe supervisor preston. >> i am peskin not preston. >> supervisor peskin they were off originally because of our angled situation. they don't seem to represent the true cardinal direction.

>> disputing 45 versus 17. i am happy to strike that. subject to public comment will make a motion to do so. if there are no other comments why don't we open item 2 to public comment. madam clerk. >> thank you, mr. chair. we have 11 listeners, two in ky. first caller. >> i was premature with public comment on this topic. good for the moment. >> thank you. item number 2. >> i am robert. 40 year resident of ingle side terraces. thank you, woody for the summary. i believe they deserve landmark

status. i believe i can answer the question about the position of the columns. they are not at the cardinal direction. they are at what is called the ordinarynal direction northeast. >> that would be 45. >> 45°, right. north, northeast, southeast, southwest. they have always been that way. magnetic north. it is geographic north. it is not related to magnetic north at all. now up to my points about the description woody covered so well. if you google the sun dial you have got hundreds of web pages and images online. please take a look at that. you will find woody's website and i have a website with pages

about the sun dial. >> i did that over the weekend. those are amazing images over 100 years. >> yes, they are. i would emphasize one point. the sun dial is not air garden ornament. it is precise. it is 34 feet for a si circumference of 100 feet. it is accurate within one to two minutes. the sun dial is not the world's largest but it is as accurate as larger sundials. to mention a personal thing. i put together that shows the minutes to be added to or subtracted to the sundial time throughout the year to get local

clock time. i have asked the homeowner association for a plaque near the sun dial to replace the plaque originally present. i am going through the public library pictures. you can see if you magnify the picture, you can see the plaque on the north side. it has been missing since the 1930s. last picture i found was 1929. i would like to replace that plaque and you can convert sun time, which is very accurate, to your local time. if there are other questions i would be happy to answer them. >> we will have future opportunities. this is the initiation and actual landmark will come back to this board. unfortunately, president yee will not be on the board but his

successor will be on the board and she will have some of the same staff. supervisors preston and safai and myself will still be on the board. we look forward to seeing the final landmark designation before us. are there any other members of the public for item number 2? >> there are no more callers in the queue. >> public comment is closed. we have said everything we have to say. thank you, mr. labounty and san francisco heritage. i would like to make a motion to move the amendment that has been suggested by ms. lowe. on that motion, a roll call, please. >> motion as stated. supervisor preston. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> supervisor peskin.

>> aye. and i would like to make a motion to send the item as amended with recommendation as committee report on that motion. a roll call, please. >> motion as stated. supervisor preston. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> you have three ayes. >> next item, please. >> ordinance amending the administrative code to report on housing needs for seniors with people with disabilities. input from the mayor office. to comment on item three, call 415-655-0001. 146-99-2484 one. pound pound. if you have not done so press star three to line up to speak. system will indicate you have

raised your hands. mr. chair. >> i believe you are presenting on this as well, ms. lowe? >> yes, sir. thank you for hearing this item today. this legislation comes from our work in trying to highlight the needs of seniors and people with disabilities in san francisco. as you know the federal government failed in its role in providing housing. san francisco stepped up to fill this need. we are definitely a long ways away. what we discovered is that the affordable housing for people with disabilities and seniors is not really affordable. as you know one of the fastest growing groups of people in san francisco are seniors. in 10 years one in five

americans will be over 65. because of the diminished ability to save for retirement and lack o affordable housing. people have worked hard aging on to the street. 1990 only 11% was 50 or only. today it is 50%. if you want to avoid human tragedy and costs of frail and aging population on the streets we need to examine the housing strategies now and into the future. we need housing options to address that most seniors and people with disabilities or on fixed incomes cannot qualify for affordable housing which requires being at or above 50% of the area income. now 50% of the area media income

is $45,850 for a household of one person. the averaging retiree right now receives less than $1,500 per month in social security benefits. that total is less than $18,000 alley. even higher income earners are running into trouble because of longer lifetimes and unanticipated health issues and rapidly growing living costs. without affordable housing seniors will spend fixed incomes on housing costs and forego medical care and basic needs such as food. no one should have to make that choice. supervisor yee asked for hearings on the affordable housing for the city and those with disabilities. he wants to ascertain the number of assisted living, independent living, affordable versus middle income units that have been built and are being planned for

the future. what does the housing strategy look like when it takes for our aging population into account without an eye towards fixed incomes most seniors have. from the findings we discovered the city fail to provide the housing for seniors and disabilities. two. the city has no plans for senior housing and people with disabilities. over the last course of the last two years with the affordable housingbon of 2019, we fought really hard with community advocates to dedicate $150 million of the $600 million affordable housing bond for senior housing. we want to make sure that funding is made affordable for those we are trying to house. before you today is legislation to jump start this issue and to

get the data that we need to respond accordingly. the original legislation asked for biannual report to compare the rents what we are charging and the median rents of seniors and disabilities in the city. we ask for the department of disability to undergo a needs assessment to better understand the housing needs in san francisco. these are followings on the streets looking for stable housing and those housed right now but looking to move out of their homes because they are no longer able to live or age there. we don't have that data to plan ahead. there are a number of amendments not substantive. as you know, due to covid-19 when we first initiated this the due dates for the reports have

since been overdue. we are asking to amend the legislation for time for the departments to adequately meet the deadlines of the reports. we are asking the needs assessment and pipeline due october 2022 and every three years there after. every year starting in october 2021 an overview report which would compare the rents we are charging t to the rent for e people we are trying to serve. the main changes. i am happy to go through the amendments. we are here today with the director of disability and aging services, the human services agency, the mayor's office and the mayor's office of disability

to answer questions. one of the things in the amendments is to call off this should be interagency. we have a lot of direction across agencies. we have a lot of processes going on. we want to streamline that through the department of disability and aging services to fast track this as soon as possible. >> thank you, president yes. in this report and i am a co-sponsor is profoundly important. yes, we are in the middle of covid and delaying the implementation and reporting requirements is something i personally have to agree with the i like it or not. we all have to agree with. i want to project and report be

a success. this is not something that heretofore has been here. i think while i am prepared to vote for the amendments shared with me and committee members which we can talk about, i think that what you just said, ms. low, this has to be collaborative between dos and mohcd and one thing you did not say is planning. planning actually -- and i believe that during the policy discussions you tried to get planning in here, although you did not invoke their name. i really think that all three of those agencies have to come together if the information in those reports are going to inform decision-makers in a way that allows us to adjust public

policy. i wanted to throw that out. i see vice chair safai would like to engage. i want to make sure there is a commitment between the various agencies. dos has not done it before. i am an old guy. mocd, mayors office of housing and community development and planning. with that, vice chair safai. >> thank you, mr. chair. the amendments that i received does reference the planning department and does talk about the mayor's office of disability. >> i will interject. i was only referring to ms. lowe's comments that planning was not present.

i see they are present. >> the other thing and i appreciate that. our office also reached out to president yees office. i think this is extremely important. i think that having an inter agency report talking about needs of seniors and housing challenges is extremely important. we highlighted for them that we thought also the department of homelessness should also be involved in participating in one of the required departments to assist in compiling the proposed data. in 2019 during the homeless count, it was very clear that over one-third of the homeless and unhoused individuals are over the age of 50. one in 10 over the age of 60. when we look watt some of the information sited such as the five yearlongtudenal study where

they examined 450 homeless individuals and they talked about this in 2019. individuals that were age 50 or older. one in four experienced difficulty walking. nearly half became homeless after the age of 50. so we need -- it is important that this needs assessment and production pipeline is extremely important. we also want to make sure it is inclusive and that we are talking about a population that might to many people not be 100% on the radar. seniors that are unhoused. i would like and i think it is a friendly amendment. supervisor yee's office is open to it. that the department of housing be one of the departments to

compile the proposed data. >> thank you. ms. lowe, on behalf of the sponsor any comments on that suggestion? >> we support that. we didn't include it because the mayor's office of housing has that information. it is really important to call it out, given, like you said the vice chair safai a great number of people on the streets are homeless and people with disabilities. >> member preston. >> thank you. i just had a question on the timelines. i am curious from just we have a number of different reports from the housing balance report and now with prop i, we have been talking with ocd to work out timing there on reports. we will be talking with another

agenda item later. >> relative to the reporting on the funds. it strikes me as i look at calendaring of this. >> dean, prop i is a general tax? >> we have been trying to be sensitive to the various overlapping reports here, and i don't know the extent to which these overlap with the work involved in preparing other housing related reports. the question as much for the staff whether it may beings sense as we put these reporting obligations in. should they be staggered with other things, along with housing

balance? i don't have a sense if they are a disstipulation body of work versus where the work is the same and we should line up deadlines together? >> supervisor peskin you raised two issues. one, which is the idea of making this efficient. the second is that i used to work in nevada. i called them ely on the eastern side of the street. is it ely or elie? >> it is ely. >> i was right it was ally. >> ally, minnesota. >> your name is eli? >> it is ellie. >> supervisor, i am glad i was

right. it is a cool town. you are a great city official. with that relative to the motion of consolidating these various reports and functions which i totally agree with supervisor preston. we don't want to have redundancy. we want to not inundate this board or future decision making bodies with 18 tidbits of information when we can get one or two reports that can inform our decision making. what is your response? >> well, than thank you so muchr bringing that up. i am looking at the list of reports to the board. we make nine annual reports to the board. on top of that we make quarterly reports to the board on affordable housing.

we don't currently have any october reports. we do have september reports and december reports. these are an annual report, as i understand it, i don't think we have any problem with october just because it actually, this will be a different set of data, different presentation and different analysis, i think october would be fine. again, i appreciate the thought. >> thank you. not that it is germane to today's decision, but do you think that there is any benefit or efficiency from consolidation of any of these ninetic reports? >> you know, i would need to get back to you on that. i appreciate the concept of

streamlining. when the content varies dramatically in the reports. sometimes we do benefit from spacing them out so we aren't burdened by too much reporting all at once. >> i don't want to consolidate for the notion of consolidation. if there are efficiencies to be gained, it would be an interesting thing to think about. i think member preston and i would be interested in making sure this operates -- when we get 10 reports, we respond to the two. when we get three reports, we respond to the one. i am just saying to the extent some of this information can be consolidated, that would be helpful to decision makers. i hear you. it is not an issue today. member preston. >> thank you, chair.

i want to clarify that there is a huge value in a stand alone report. my question is more targeted around the timing so it is, you know, i am open to, as mr. chair, you indicated looking at the reports to see if there are more efficient ways. i don't want to in any way detract from what is an important exercise embodied in the ordinance to make sure we get the reports. i would like to have the lines of communication open. as we do things with scheduling that we are sensitive to that. it is helpful to know. sometimes there is value in stag gerring. sometimes it helps to not have all of deadlines at the same time.

i would like to support this and would be added as a co-sponsor as well. >> madam clerk, let's open this up to public comment. first speaker, please. >> we have 13 listeners and three in queue. first caller, please. >> i am calling in support of this very important legislation. it is so needed. we have no idea what we actually have and what we need. i think of seniors that i know

who are evicted around the corner from me have been applying for housing at seven different places. they are wait listed. they need accommodations. it would have to be specific to their disabilities in terms of being able to continue living there and living in the city. i wish that 2022 was actually a different date like 2020. i understand that it takes a lot of time to put all of this together, but if we could try to do it sooner rather than later to have these reports to actually start building what is needed. for affordable. the housing now is unaffordable. affordable housing if we can make sure we ensure affordable housing, that would be wonderful. thank you so much, president

yee, on this. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you, supervisors. the development center. i want to thank supervisor yee for the tireless work on behalf of seniors throughout the city. when the groups noticed the disparity between rents charged and actual income for seniors, we went to supervisor yee and immediately he grasped the situation and thought about a creative endeavor and legislative solution with the senior operating subsidies. this is a really collaborative tool that we were missing the

data. data is what this legislation is about. we would support a consolidation of data. i think that it is fundamental that at the basic level of what are the rents charged? at what level? what is the income of an average senior that is fundamentally important. the needs assessment of the needs of the seniors and people with disabilities as they age in place and live in san francisco. i know from my time serving the district 7 community there are many in district 7 that would like to downgrade from homes that they no longer need but they want be to stay in the neighborhood. getting a sense of what the fo folks need throughout the city is important. we support this legislation.

we look forward to seeing it the sooner the better this ordinance answer report. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> lenda chapman, a member of the action team. i want to mention that the failure of the homeless managers to take advantage of the resourceses temporarily available for lodging and your ordinance we formed a committee to deal with the subject that actually you are talking about now. housing for homeless and disabled people. whale we have not considered this ordinance, i would like to say in general it seems like it is on target. i have one question which is whether it is written in a way

for the existing resources data. for example, the federal census has a lot of data on nob hill. i am not sure it goes into disabled. it should be material that you could get from the planning department, the mayor's office of housing rather than spending money trying to develop additional data. i would suggest a meeting about having affordability survey to cost $3.9 million. i have seen six units, three bedroom flat available for less than that which would provide a lot of housing. i would hope you would look into making sure you are not going to have to do a lot of extra stuff. some tavtime is worth it. the other thing i want to do. it is a concern of ours when

housing is available now or has been. it is cannibalized. housing for elders or disabled. the granada hotel and broad more have been providing housing for old people forever. we have known people who lived in one of those hotels. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i am here from district 5, long time affordable housing advocate for seniors and disabilities. it is long known among the seniors and those on fixed income, very, very low income applying for affordable housing. number one, there is nowhere

near enough. two, when asking for affordable housing far out strip actual income. thanks to supervisor yee, the city will be required to document these realities. the supervisors will be equipped better to intel get bely plan for affordsable housing for seniors and people with disabilities. some kind of equity injustice. according to what the community needs. i urge you to pass this legislation. i hope these reports could be done annually. with the agency copperration and include all seniors and those with disabilities. i urge this report not be consolidated or combined with others. this needs attention, urgency

and focus on the problems of seniors and those with disabilities which have long been ignored. thank you very much. especially supervisor yee. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> to the chair. that wases the last caller. >> we will close public comment. ms. mcspaed den. >> yes. >> how are you doing? >> good. how are you? >> just having a ball. you heard my earlier comments where in i said that this wases not in your house but about to be and wanted to have transparent conversation with you and ocd and planning and who is now represented by ms. flores

if you think you can get together to make this a meaningful report to help me and my colleagues now and in the future to make good policy off of this. >> that is a good question. i do think we can. we have had some preliminary conversations about this even over a year ago when president yee first brought this to our attention and we came together as departments and started talking about what it would look like. the thing that dos brings is serving people with disabilities and older adults. as a population we are charged with thinking about the needs of older people and people with disabilities. i look forward to working with colleagues and planning and mayor's office of disability

with controller's office to ensure we are accessing all of the available data and thinking together about what we need to track and how we are to use that data to work together to better the situation for people with disabilities and seniors. i know lydia and director shaw have good information about what data exists for them. i want to stress that the mayor's office should be part of this. they bring together -- they bring knowledge about the communities and ada and accessibility in general and and know about what is available for people with disabilities in a way our department is not. i think if we all come together to form a committee of the people within our department who would be best suited for this ,

we are very much able to come up with a good report. the overview in october and the more deep report in 2022. >> ms. mcspaeden all of these things need a lead agency and quarterback. do you believe your agency can play that role? >> i do believe that. >> relative to the current legislation and amendments which have been shared with this committee and your department relative to the involvement of the mayor's office on disability are they sufficient in your mind? >> i actually think if we had time we could strengthen it a little further. the other departments are clearly called out in there. i have a recent version.

there are a few changes we discussed. >> ms. lowe, i looked at the changes you sept me yesterday -- you sent me yesterday. i will let ms. mcspaeden and you discuss that if you add that at the full board tomorrow that that would not be substantive. i am not the city attorney. ms. lowe can you first address whether or not you believe the solid issues she has raised are addressed and if not i will defer to the deputy city attorney as to whether or not adding between now and tomorrow should this committee choose to forward this could be done so and they will not be substantive. >> thank you. i believe the amendments reflect the changes requested by the

department of disability and aging services in calling out the collaboration with the departments. the mayor's housing of planning department, office of disability. i think there is a friendly amendment to include department of supportive housing. we should talk to the controller's office. one thing i want to implore this committee to do since president yee is not going to be here. we were trying to do this during the last budget cycle is that there probably needs to be resources or thought to some budget inn conclusions for this work. i think it is something to keep in mind. same with the senior operating program to lower the leve the we most current projects on boards

for seniors. those require the future board to ensure this is done on time. i believe the amendments set forth today reflect the changes requested by the department. >> thank you. deputy see attorney pearson. i assume that is not fully articulated amendment by vice chair safai relative to inclusion of hsh is not substantive. is that true? >> that is true, chair peskin. >> i believe that we can include that in the same amendments by adding hsh. does that work for you ms. pearson? >> it does. where are you adding it? looking at the amendments des contributed earlier would that

be page 2 line 15? that is departments would consult with? >> yes, it would be on the version i have page 2, lines 17-18. >> subsection c beginning with thousand shall work in collaboration with? >> yes. >> again, on page 4 lines 6-7, sf. it would be present in collaboration with the planning and mayor's office of disabilities. homelessness we are adding in that section. >> correct. >> thanks for clarifying. >> okay. on those two amendments.

i would move them on behalf of president yee. roll call, please. >> motion as stated. supervisor preston. >> aye. >> supervisor safai iowa aye. >> supervisor preston. >> aye. >> those were on behalf ofvis chair safai. the floor is yours. >> thank you. you made the amendments on dos, right? >> i made the amendments on hsh and i misspoke and i said on behalf of the president. it was really on behalf of yourself. my apologies. >> you did my work. i was going to make sure i am added as co-sponsor as well. >> madam clerk, if you can show that the actual motion was made

by vice chair safai. i jumped the gun as to hsh amendments. let the record so show. >> i mean but also to the chair. i did say i had already -- i didn't make the formal motion in my comments i did say i was proposing an amendment we would add. that is a fair clarification. >> it was articulated by ms. low and our deputy city. i jumped the gun and made the motion. you are now cosponsor as amended. >> i was on the roster. i think we are waving instead. >> i don't see you on the roster. yes, you are at 2:27 p.m. sorry. >> no problem.

one thing i want to make a comment around i don't see anything to explicitly names the factoring and loss of units. maybe it is implied when we talk about the housing needs for seniors and people with disabilities that would include some data or analysis around units that we are losing. whether by conversion, eviction, things to december proportionatly target seniors. is that soon to be part of the reporting on need or captured else where? >> supervisor preston that is in housing balance to some extent. we don't drill down relative to

seniors. that is a good question relative to the subset of data. ms. lowe. >> it is not called out. it could be studied through the analysis of planning on where we are, existing unit we have. i don't know if we want to call it out in the legislation or by way of speaking at a desire to the director to include in the reporting comments maybe they can do that administrative. >> we could do it to housing balance. we could do it tonight at the full board. i believe in any event it will not be substantive. shall we do it now, tonight, relative to the legislation before us, is that correct?

>> that is correct, chair peskin. >> what is your desire? >> i would be happy to communicate further with ms. low on whether it can be done by just the understanding of the departments as part of assessment of need or whether tomorrow i would propose it if it works a friendly change. >> that is a good policy. let's figure that out between today and tomorrow as it relates to conversations with the sponsor's office and with the planning department, hsh and the other participants. we have not included controller. before we vote, vice chair safai, i see your hand. >> i am okay. i had raised it before group mse

roster. >> yes, sir, we have other amendments not read in the record. do you want me to read them or is it understood that we would be reading. >> i meant your entire legislative package but by way of transparency. i believe those were included in my earlier motion. say them for the record. i move those prior here to. >> summary of amendments in the short and long times for simplification by stricting eye annual and to reflect that the report will be working within put from may or's housing and community and other departments. we are adding other departments.

section 111.1a. we will strikeout previous date of july 1, 2020 for the housing need overview for seniors and people with disabilities report and including october 1, 2021. by october 1st every year except in years where dos publishes a report under c under 111.1. in the same section we will be adding language quote and shall include the number of existing units by neighborhood, housing type, units occuby paid by seen years and disability as well as disability. these will be included with people with disabilities overview reports data analysis. next section 111.1b.

simplifying to indicate the mayor's office will contribute any data that is required to produce for the overview report. to strikeout in lines 9 through 14 language that wases added in the previous section. section 111.1c. we willed language to indicate the department of adult services will work not only with the mayor's office of housing but planning department and mayor's office of disability to produce the housing needs assessment and pipeline report for seniors and people with disabilities. line two 17 through 18. we will amending from october 1, 2020, to 2022. amend the schedule to every third year there after. section 111.1c1 and 2. we are clarifying the language

that they will be doing the analysis for the needs assessment and pipeline report not only for tenants but also homeowners. we are adding -- striking the word or and including the words and who are. reading seniors who are tenants and homeowners. next section for people with disabilities who are tenants and homeowners. next section 111.1f. we will include language the report shall be presented by the department of disability and aging services in collaboration with the office. this is prior to the friendly amendment which includes homelessness and supportive housing. >> that wases all contemplated in this discussion and previous motion. thank you for adding to the record. i would like to make a motion to

send the item as amended. madam clerk this is with recommendation as a committee report on that motion a roll calling please. >> supervisor preston. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> you have three ayes. >> next item, please. >> resolution urging governor newsom and california state legislature to discontinue permitting for any new oil and gas extraction and to set cal on a path to phase out existing oil production in line with the paris climate goals. members of the public to comment on item 4 should call the number on the screen.

415-655-0001. 1469924841id. press pound pound if you have not done so already. press star three to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. >> mr. chair. we are joined by supervisor mar for this item. vice chair safai if you can take over for a few minutes i am going to the boy's room. supervisor mar, the floor is yours. >> thank you, chair peskin and supervisors of fieand suppressston. i call on governor newsom to take the urgent actions needed to end fossil fuel extraction in california to protect the health and safety of front line communities most directly impacted by extraction and to

ensure a just transition for the workers in the oil and gas industry. last year we declared a climate state of emergency in san francisco. this state continues to extract 200 million barrels of oil every year and natural gas. in the first six months of this year the state has issued 190% more drilling per minutes under the first six months in office. this is climate denial. if we never build a new oil or gas well. the fossil fuel production will push the globe past 2° of warming for our climate. into a world to displace more than $1 billion and result in food insecurity worldwide. colleagues we are in a climate

crisis. we see it with our raging fires and to have any hope of the livable future we have to leave fossil fuels in the ground. the labor organizations united to make this demand of california as the last chance. in this resolution is rooted in their goals to stop the new permits, phase out existing oil production and roll out health and safety buffers. this resolution is rooted in science. i have included 17 supportive studies and research papers to the file showing sources and research that led us to these demands. as we reckon with the covid crisis. climate justice is a public health issue. exposure leads to a large

increase in the covid-19 death rate. in living near the site has irreversible impacts on the individual and community health. increasing risings nor cancer, asthma and more. as we reccome with racial injustice. we must say it is a racial justice issue. 90% of those impacted are people of color and continuing to extract fossil fuels is environmental racism. as we reckon with the recession we must remember that climate justice is an economic justice issue. california's oil and gas industry directly employs over 150,000 workers statewide. indirectly supports 200,000

additional jobs. workers will require a full set of just transition policies to support them as the industry contracts including job retraining opportunities. there is opportunity for new green jobs as part of the transition away from fossil fuels with potential for $725,000 per year to lower the co2 emotions by 2030. we need statewide leadership to make this happen. i want to thank the youth commission for their support aprecommendations to make its language inclusive and to recognize the work of youth organizers. my office has distributed by e-mail by all of you. i am grateful including youth in

the bay area for leading the way on the livable future for our planet. their futures are affected the most. finally, i want to thank all members of the last chance alliance for leadership especially the group leaders that advised us on this resolution including 350 bay area, sierra club, climate emergency coalition. in conclusion, california cannot be a true climate leader without addressing dirty oil and gas production in our borders. i urge you to support this resolution and the voice to leave the fossil fuels in the

ground. >> thank you, supervisor mar. is there anyone, any departments or anyone speaking to your resolution today or is that it? >> i didn't arrange any presentations. >> thank you. >> do you have anything to say before public comment? >> just briefly. i want to thank you for bringing this forward and all of the advocates. also, just for all of your leadership, supervisor mar, on these issues. we talked quite a bit on the green new deal and i know it is an area of high priority for you. i think this is a very important resolution. i just wanted to thank you for

bringing it forward today. >> thank you. public comment, please. >> thank you, vice chair. we have 14 listeners in the queue. if you can unmute the first caller, please. >> i am a resident of district 8 and member of the emergency coalition. i want to thank supervisor mar for leadership to bring this before the board and everyone's comments. i will be brief. to echo some of the comments supervisor mar made. despite his purported climate leadership governor newsom has expanded the oil and gas generally in california. science said we can't use a

small fraction in the world for global warming. exxon knows this. last year it is writing down the natural gas by $20 million as they focus on the green future. we need to send a strong message this must stop. this is a great step in doing so. thank you. >> next speaker. >> i am a resident of district 10 and member of the climate emergency coalition. grateful to supervisor mar for authoring this resolution and edward wright. i am concerned former governor brown and consenter governor newsom ignored the widespread demands of california to ban

fracking. governor newsom pledged to ban fracking. it is permitted and continues. it needs to stop. release of methane is a major contributor to global warming. chemicals poison wells. it wastes precious water during the drought which may continue for years. there is the danger of gas explosions and fracking can induce earthquakes as it has in oklahoma. please support this resolution urging the government to lead the transition of fossil fuel and urge them do protect the industry workers by well paying jobs to produce clean not dirty energy. keep it in the ground. thank you. >> next speaker, please.

>> i am jeff white sell in district nine. this is a third voice in support. thank you, supervisor mar for this resolution to the board. taking it to governor newsom. i want to speak on the transition aspect of this resolution or problem. was read from the director of climate and energy policy and current trends fossil fuel extraction will not be economic in california. prices will be too low in two years. all of those people wishing for extraction are looking at a bleak future no matter what happens.

>> fossil fuel transaction can't end soon enough. governor newsom should adopt the policies and to sign on to governor newsom. thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. calvin quick, legislative officer from san francisco youth commission. on november 2 we voted unanimously as supervisor mar stated to support this amendments. we appreciate supervisor mar for including those amendments, and for sponsoring this very needed resolution. our state is not doing enough to

live up to the goals of addressing the climate crisis. you know, we need all pressure that we can get on the state to put an end to oil and gas exing transaction for all of the reasons that supervisor mar and other commenters have stayeded. if youth coalition supports this. re-urge the board to consider the municipal actions that we can be taking that we haven't taking banning natural gas in new construction. how to phase it out of existing construction. look forward to working with members of the board and the great community organizations and activists groups working on this for years now to continue to make sure we are actually

addressing the climate crisis to the committee today. >> thank you, mr. clerk. next speaker, please. >> hello. i am a resident here in district two. i want to thank supervisor mar for leadership on this issue. it is a very good idea. we need to discontinue the oil and gas permits, prior set back and just need a transition off fossil fuels. it is good to bring this to the governor and pressure our state represents. scott weiner made a lot of promises in his campaign. i think the board can do more to try to reduce consumption of

natural gas. get us off fossil fuels. it is important to have a transition to different paying jobs, you know, many of them could be in public transport as we move away from cars. thank you so much for your work on this. i hope it passes. >> thank you, sir. next speaker. >> can you hear me. >> yes, we can. >> yes, this is martha hawthorne, i live in district nine. i am chair of the climate justice committee of seiu10-1. we represent 60,000 members in northern california including all of our city and county workers in san francisco. thank you, supervisor mar for your leadership on this issue.

my union is on record supporting a just transition away from fossil fuels to a renewable energy system. over a year ago on june 22, 2019 our local wide executive board approved a resolution to join the last chance alliance to call on the leaders. to stop new fossil fuel projects, fade out existing fossil fuel production with a just and equitable transition, and support set back limits creating a 2500-foot health and safety buffer zone between homes and schools. our resolution is totally in line with supervisor mar's resolution.

we support supervisor mars resolution completely. why did our union take the step over a year ago to pass our own resolution? our members, essential public health workers are enduring extreme wet and and police. i am a nurse. many of our members live or work within 25 feet of fracking sit sites. many have lost housing in landslides and fires. join the last chance alliance and call out governor brown and newsome's reluctance to adequately address the crisis of climate and environmental racism. governor newsom -- >> that wases incredible testimony. i appreciate that and i associate myself with your comments. next speaker, please.

>> i am a constituent. >> go ahead. >> i am a constituent in district 3. i echo previous callers and support this resolution. i want to thank supervisor mar for leadership on this issue before the board so san francisco can speak with a unified voice. i support urging governor newsom to discontinue the new permits and require the 2500-foot back. that change terrifies me. we need to stop burning fossil fuel also. we must do two things. [please stand by]