>> clerk: on february 25, 2020, the mayor declared a local state of emergency related to covid-19, and on may 29, 2020, the mayor authorized all commissions to reconvene remotely. this will be our 12th remote hearing. remote hearings require everyone's attention, and most of all, your patience. if you are not speaking, please mute your microphone and turnoff your camera. sfgovtv is broadcasting and streaming this hearing live, and we will receive public comment for every item on today's agenda. public comment is available by calling 415-655-0001, entering

access code 146-902-9771. when we reach the item you are interested in, please press star, three to be added to the queue. when you hear your line is unmuted, that is your cue to begin speaking. each speaker will have two minutes to speak. you will hear a chime when you have 30 seconds, and another chime when your time is up. best practice is to call from a quiet location, speak slowly and clearly, and mute the speaker on your television or computer. i'd like to take roll at this time. [roll call]

>> clerk: thank you, commissioners. first on your agenda is general public comment. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction. commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. we should open public comment. members of the public, if you wish to submit testimony for items not on today's agenda, please press star, three to be entered into the queue. seeing no members of the public requesting to speak, commissioners, general public comment is closed, and we can move onto department matters. item 1, director's announcements. welcome, director hillis. >> director hillis: good

afternoon. thank you, jonas. just a couple of announcements. one, i wanted to announce that liz accepted my offer to be our new director of current planning, and liz is here today, so just to congratulate her and let you all know that that's happened. thank you. liz is obviously no stranger to the planning department and the historic preservation commission. she's been with the department since 2014, started as an intern, moved through planner one, two, and three. she's been acting director since august, and she was deputy director of current planning for the past seven years. so she even spends her free time in planning and zoning work, so we're excited to continue working with -- with liz. and then, one of her priorities

is definitely working on our residence permitting and budgeting this year. we continue to have problems with our revenues, which we're currently projecting to be about $19 million short for the year. we're hoping we can improve on that. liz has been working, as i have, too, with d.b.i. and the permit center to be able to open up and accept applications than we currently are allowing today. obviously, that is 's a challe with covid and the environment that we're in, but we'll keep you updated on that. that's all the updates i have. happy to answer any questions, and looking forward to the meet being. >> clerk: okay. seeing no questions for

director hillis, item 2, review of past events at the planning commission, staff report, and announcements. >> director hillis: none. >> clerk: okay. seeing none, we can move onto commission matters. item 3, president's report and announcements. >> thank you. congratulations, liz. we're excited for you. we have one very important item to discuss today, and that is our holiday party. as everyone knows, this year, 2020, is virtual, so ours will be. jonas, if we can, i think we're going to just do it after our next h.p.c. meeting in two weeks, so the 18th of december. >> clerk: yes, i'll send out a

virtual invite. >> great. that's all i have. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. item 4, consideration of adoption, draft minutes for your november 18, 2020 hearing. >> move to approve. >> public comment -- is there public comment? >> clerk: there will be. we should take public comment. thank you, commissioner pearlman, for that reminder. members of the public, this is your opportunity to comment on the draft minutes. you should enter the queue by pressing star then three. seeing no members of the public wishing to speak at this time, commissioners, public comment is closed, and the matter is now before you. >> all right. so we have a motion. can we have a second? >> second. >> clerk: thank you. commissioners, on that motion to adopt the minutes from november 18, 2020 meeting -- [roll call]

>> clerk: so moved, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously, 7-0. item 5, commission comments and questions. >> it doesn't appear there are any. >> clerk: very good. moving right along, commissioners, we can go to your regular calendar. for items 6-a, b, c, d, and e for case numbers 2020-010196 l.b.r., 2020-on -- 01 on 0250

l.b.r. and 2020-010253 l.b.r., and 2020-010197 l.b.r., and 2020-010198 l.b.r., for five addresses, 1025 columbus avenue, 420 castro street, 1942 ocean avenue, and 151 clement street, and 1737 post street number 305.

>> good afternoon, [inaudible] in 1951, bimbo's moved to the location where it is today. the property was included within the wilgbtq context statement. as one of the oldest surviving night clubs in san francisco, bimbo's 365 club is a lasting legacy to san francisco and north beach history. staff is very supportive of this application and recommends a resolution to add bimbo's to the legacy business registry.

> >> hello, commissioners. ernest wu, planning commission staff. the next business we have is marcello's pizza has san francisco for 42 years. they actively support the lgbtq community with the platform they have. some nonprofit organizations, they have supported are the san francisco aids foundation, sisters of perpetual indulgence, a.c.t., and many more. we recommend including

marcello's pizza in the legacy business registry. the next is surfaces by david bonk, and they provide a range of wallpaper and grass wall coverings. they also hire locally, and instill people with an interest in interior design and give them real world experience. we recommend adding surfaces by david bonk to the legacy business registry. >> good afternoon,

commissioners. gigi gunther, planning district staff. giorgio's pizzeran has served san francisco for 48 years from the prime minister location --e location at third avenue and clement. [inaudible] diners that stop in are greeted friendly faces and are treated to lunch and dinner in plush red booths with red checkered table cloths while

being able to observe the pizza being made in the kitchen. [inaudible] and a resolution recommending that the business be added to the legacy business registry. the next business is japan video and media. [inaudible]. >> clerk: i'm sorry. i'm going to interrupt you just for a second. you might try turning your camera off because we're having trouble understanding you, and whoever's phone is ringing, you might want to mute your microphone. >> okay.

is that better? >> clerk: that's better. >> he opened his store with a vision of helping americans and others learn more about japanese culture through japanese t.v. and films with english subtitles. since then, their inventory of japanese and korean videos and t.v. shows and film have grown to include thousands of titles in numerous generres. in 1999, the owner organized the first anime costume parade, becoming an annual event. it attracts thousands to japantown each year. japan video and media continues

to give back to the community it serves, donating large amounts of anime merchandise to california's [inaudible] to the san francisco buddhist churches [inaudible] each year. staff is supportive of this application, and a resolution recommending the business be added to the legacy business registry. this concludes staff presentations, and we're available to answer any questions. thank you. >> clerk: great. thank you. we should go to public comment. members of the public, this is your opportunity to address the commission, and you can do so to enter the queue by pressing star then three. we'll go to the first caller. you'll have three minutes.

>> hello. first, i'd like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to present japan video and media for legacy business program. i'd like to tell you about myself and speak about two reasons why we should be nominated. i was born and raised in japan. when i was senior year in college, i came to the united states, which was my dream to see the u.s. through my own eyes. after graduating from university, i decided to stay to practice my english in the right place. in september 1984, i opened the japan video with a strong conviction of a promising future for the video business. i'm sure you are probably wondering how does a video

store stay in business nowadays? well, i have found that many people still want to own a copy of their favorite movies. today, we have become one of the best sources for animes, drama, and special interest films from japan and asia. in addition, we have expanded our product line from d.v.d. to a large collection of anime merchandise, such as posters, key chains, plush dolls, figures, and many more. literally, we made another store inside video store. ever since we opened the store, our company mission has been to introduce and promote japanese culture to the american people. for that purpose, all d.v.d. title we carry come with english subtitles.

another point i wanted to let you know about is our strong emphasis and commitment to community events. in 1999, we organized very first anime costume event in the country to help bring the younger generation to the cherry blossom festival. anime has added a contemporary culture to the traditional festival. it has been very successful and one of the more popular events of the festival today. in addition, to bring more people and revitalize economic activity of the japantown, we organized summer festival and japan center anime fair. every year, we donate a number of the popular anime goods to children's festival and many

items to san francisco [inaudible] church to show our support from the japanese american community. thank you again, and i deeply appreciate your consideration for my addition to the legacy business registry. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is steve nakajo. i'm the executive director of the japantown task force. as a point of information, i'm a member of the san francisco fire commission. i would like today to talk and ask for your approval and support in terms of mr. onichi japan video and media application to the legacy business registry. as you have heard from mr.

onishi, his long involvement in our japanese community, his vision that he had in 1984 to bring the various kinds of media exposure to may i approach tain our community and bridge the gap between san francisco and japan. he also has contributed greatly to the community, particularly to the cherry blossom festival and several nonprofit organizations. the fact that mr. onishi created the first festival in the united states, the anime festival, is a point to his vision and the younger generation, as well. the fact is that japantown has enjoyed several businesses that are a part of the legacy business register, but it is very important that mr. onishi's business be considered

because of the bays of his japanese speaking origin, his japanese base, and to maintain all of the cultures that are there in terms of our japanese community. i very much hope that, again, you can support this long-standing business that has been in the japan center malls. recently, it was called the kontitsu mall, and now, it's called the west mall. thank you, commissioners, for your support of all of our legacy businesses in japantown. thank you, commissioners. steve nakajo. >> hello. my name is tony martin. i'm from giorgio's pizza, and we are so honored to be considered for a legacy

business in san francisco. i think this distinction is deserved mostly because we are all about legacy and maintaining tradition for better or for worse. we are not going to change, and our great customers would be disappointed if approximate we ever did change our -- our booths, our display kitchen, our green awning on the corner of third and clement. we are just so appreciative of our -- of our business opportunity and being part of san francisco community and seeing generation upon generation come through the doors, and it's just -- it's just a great business and a great situation that we have, and we look marched to maintaining that the same way that our parents did when they started the business, and it will be bestowed on our kids

going into the future. thank you so much from giorgios on clement street. >> clerk: members of the public, this is your last opportunity to offer public comment. you may enter the queue by pressing star, three. commissioners, seeing no additional requests to speak, public comment is closed, and the matter is now before you. commissioner matsuda is being asked to be recused from one of the items for consideration as

she works within 500 feet of a location. >> is it too early to make that motion? >> clerk: i don't think so. >> second. >> >> clerkokay. >> clerk: commissioners, on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk >> clerk: what i was going to suggest, as commissioner mat

sued mat -- matsuda is recused from the post street property is to discuss that first and decide any recommendation and then move onto the remaining four. >> okay. works for me. >> commissioner matsuda, we'll see you in a few minutes. all right. looks like commissioner so, did you want to kick us off? >> sur, but i'd like to talk -- or should i actually just talk about japan video and then, i'll talk about other ones when commissioner matsuda comes back? >> yes, please. >> clerk: now, we'll take up the post street support. >> i'd just like to say i'm in full support of japantown video, to get the designation

of the legacy business. it is a landmark -- well, i'm speaking for myself for friends from asian and hong kong. it is a place where you can find some cultural just -- a bridge of the cultural understanding and also learning and the entertainment and the japanese animation and video media is just a lot of favorite for a lot of asian communities, and i'm really happy to see this store and also what it does to the community, and i hope that with this legacy business, it will allow the company to carry on the legacy forward and also continue and maybe perhaps even expand more of the people to japanese culture and unite all the

cultures together. i'm in full support of this. >> great, thank you. commissioner foley? >> i just want to second that, what commissioner so said. i also want to say that my daughter loves anime. i don't really understand it all, but it's great. >> you've made a point. >> commissioner hyland, so do -- or jonas, do we then just recommend -- like, a motion to recommend? >> clerk: yes. >> i'll ask for a motion as soon as i'm done with my comments. any other commissioners have any other comments? i just wanted to point out, i think that i really support this legacy business, but i learned something today through

this nomination, and that is how a small business within, you know, an important place like japantown can actually support festivals. i didn't know that they brought this animation costume festivals or event to the -- to the cherry blossom festival. our legacy businesses are very part and parcel to our communities and our neighborhoods, and we all know the cherry blossom festival, and we will be seeing some challenges this coming year as japantown gets back into business this next year. so i just wanted to say that,

and if no other commissioners have a comment, i'll entertain a motion for this one. >> motion to approve. >> second. >> clerk: thank you. commissioners. seeing no additional deliberation on this matter, there is a motion that has been seconded to adopt a recommendation for item 6-e, for the post street property, the japantown video and media. on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: so moved, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously, 6-0. and we'll welcome back commissioner matsuda, and i will remind her that you have ten days to file with the ethics commission as to the reason of the recusal. commissioners, you have four

remaining legacy business registry applications before you. >> all right. commissioner pearlman? >> thank you. i was chuckling about this particular group because of the two pizza places, both of which i frequent. marcello's was the first pizza place i ever went to in san francisco, and when i was working in the castro back in the late 80s and early 90s, and volunteering for a lot of gay and aids charities and organizations, marcello's, a carried a lot of pizza boxes from them. giorgio's, the first project i worked with them was temple emanuel, and that was the place i would stop when i worked with them over there. so i think as a side piece, we

should have a pizza historic noncontiguous historic district. i think that would be appropriate since there are so many pizza places in san francisco. but i heartily endorse these two, as well as the others. all of them represent the best, you know, of san francisco, and, you know, the best part of why we're here. you know, i don't know anybody, any real san franciscan that would go to a pizza hut or a domino's pizza when we have these kind of places in our neighborhoods throughout the city, so heartily endorse them, endorse them all. >> thank you, alex. commissioner johns? >> thank you. well, you know, commissioner pearlman and i share many things in common. one is giorgio's pizza. by the way, i happened to have giorgio's pizza for lunch,

so -- and i've been familiar with them for many years. i'm familiar with two others of the businesses, as well. one is surfaces. i used to represent a number of very, very high end decorators in san francisco, and frequently, they chose surfaces for our wall coverings on nob hill and russian hill and down in atherton, so it 's a very nice company, and it's so nice to have a wholesale business that's recognized. and finally, is bimbo's 365. i've had a very long association with it, and i did want to share with you a song, which i got from my mother's

piano bench. i hope you can see it. i'm in love with a gal in the gold fish bowl at bimbo's 365, in 1965. the former tenant at that building received the first liquor license after prohibition, so that's another little factor that makes this a historic operation and a -- a real legacy in the drinking community of san francisco. so i support all the businesses, but i am familiar with those three. >> thank you, commissioner johns. i was hoping to hear the song when you said you wanted to share it with us.

commissioner so? >> hello. i wanted to speak to the giorgio pizza. it's always have been my favorite pizza place and also my daughter's and also her girls soccer team, and also just most of the parents of san francisco, glad to hangout at giorgio pizza saturday or sunday after soccer practice, and also, we always frequent there. my favorite pizza, tony. i would hope that you carry that legacy on through generations. it's a very special clam pizza. it's the best in san francisco. actually, i think it's the best in the entire region of the bay area because you can never find anyone make the best perfect clam pizza, so i envy you,

commissioner johns, that you just had a slice today. i really wish that i could bring myself up and get over there after we're done, but this is a family business, and it just permeates from staff level, and also the chef and the cook and everyone. we've been going there for 15 years or longer, and i am in full support. i'm -- would love to see and hear this almost like a community gem continue to thrive and also pull its timeless place in the corner of the inner richmond. it's so nice to have a place to gravitate towards and hangout and also have memories. very happy to hear tony speaking today, and i look forward to seeing you over there soon. my other thing i wanted to talk

about is bimbo. it's just, like, a no brainer. bimbo is not only -- had a long cultural history about music, but it's also having -- they are one of the very few vendors in san francisco with that kind of space that are also accepting the new band that is otherwise not known. i know it for a reason because my friend created the dad band, and they had problem finding places to play because it's just a bunch of dads playing 80s songs, but bimbo's is, like, come on in, you know? we'll welcome you. without bimbo's, i don't think my friend's dad band would have thrived as much in the past six years. so i'm happy to be there after we get out of this pandemic, so i am in full support with all

the recommendations the staff put forward today. they're all really great. i only want to speak about these couple ones that i have personal memories and connections with, but all the other ones are so important to the city. so i want to leave my air time to commissioner foley now. >> have y >> very good. commissioner foley? >> you know, i'm actually familiar with both the pizza places, and i'm actually familiar with the surfaces, and as you all can probably figure, i'm quite familiar with bimbo's and the bar. i just want to give a shoutout to the businesses, because the fact that we're in covid, and they're still surviving, and the fact that they're excited about their business and they're excited about the legacy, it just touches me.

the other thing i learned, commissioner so, is i've never had clam pizza, so i'm going to have one, and maybe i'll drop it off at your house, commissioner so, so you don't have to leave. >> oh, that would be so great. i'll pay for it. >> all right. how about commissioner black? >> well, commissioner foley stole my comment. i'm always so impressed by the legacy businesses, and one of the things that really strikes me is these guys are constantly back. when i was on the board of an aids services commission back in the late 80s, early 90s, they were always providing us with free pizza. they give so much back to the community, and it's really important for us now to give back to them, so i can't encourage people enough, go

order takeout from any restaurant, coffee place, any kind of business that you can do to keep the other businesses -- to keep them going during this really awful time. and i just can't stress that enough. and we've been doing our part. >> excellent. thank you. well, i'm in full support of all four of these additional businesses. i do want to say that while we urge you to keep your brand and maintain your business and your space, you are welcome to evolve and change. while i'm sure that people don't want to see the green awning go away, the legacy business doesn't prevent businesses from evolving. are clams going to be the new pineapple?

i don't know, but keep what makes you special, special. commissioner johns, did you want to add something? >> yeah, i would like to move that we forward the application of bimbo's, marcello's, surfaces, and giorgio's for approval. >> second. >> second. >> clerk: thank you, commissioners. seeing no further deliberation, there's a motion that has been seconded to adopt recommendations for approval. on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: excellent, and commissioners, thank you for joining us today. that concludes your extremely lengthy agenda today. >> all right. we we'll see you in two weeks. we're adjourned. >> thank you. >> two questions .

welcome mayor. >> thank you good afternoon. i'm san francisco mayor. as of today in san francisco we have a total since this pandemic began of 2108 cases.

today is a really tough day. what we're seeing in our city, our region our state is a virus that is taking over. our cases have continued to spike. we're currently averaging one hundred forty new covid positive cases per day compared to thirty four per day that we averaged in late october. we were in a much better place back then. our hospitalization rates are rising especially in our icu's right now. they are rising everywhere. there won't be another county that can help us. yesterday the governor announced his new stay at home order linked to hospital capacity. san francisco is not at that trigger point yet as is the case with the other bay area

counties. that doesn't mean we won't be soon and we should wait to act. if you're not working to stay ahead of this virus you're falling far far behind and very quickly. our biggest fear all along is we won't have a bed for you or your mother, or grandmother or grandfather when they get sick is the reality we'll be facing unless we slow the spread. the measures we've tried so far haven't worked the way we need them to. especially now when we have vaccinations that are really within sight. there is a light at the end of the tunnel. that's why today san francisco joins with several of our bay area partners, marin, santa c

lara and berkeley to lay in with the governor's stay at home order. we know if we wait we're delaying the inevitable. if we wait one or two weeks to have these restrictions placed on us the numbers will be higher and harder to lay down. our goal should be to flatten the curve now. what do these changes mean? frankly, a lot. it's hard and painful. starting sunday at 10:00 p.m. the following activities will be required to suspend-the following services will be required to suspend operations

until further notice. personal services including hair and nail salons, barbershops, eft titions, massages including outdoor operations. dining. restaurants can still delivery and take out. outdoor museums, aquariums and zoos, drive in theaters and performances. entertainment centers including skate parks, go cart racing and miniature golf must close. open air bus and boat operations. the following activities will be required to reduce indoor capacity. retail. all retail establishments must reduce capacity to 20 percent and implement a metering system

to track people coming in and out. this includes places like grocery stores pharmacies bookstores clothing stores and toy stores sm the following activities can continue with modifications in place. hotels may only september reservations for people traveling for work purposes including isolation and quarantine. small gathers must limit to 12 people. outdoor gyms limited to 12 people. youth sports can continue with very strict social distancing and facer covering guidelines. low contact adult sports like golf and tennis may continue. i don't want to do any of this. i know this means people's jobs,

businesses, livelihoods are at stake. this is going to be painful and we need to fight for any relief we can get from the federal government to do this. our local businesses need this help and despite the fact we don't have what we need in terms of federal support they've been doing everything they can to keep their doors open, keep our local economy going. i urge you to continue supporting them. it's critically important to them and a way we can have an impact and our community through this. it's hard on our families and kids f. our community hubs will remain open. the schools that are open will remain open. the schools that are closed can

reopen with a waiver. we must continue to try to open our public schools. i'm not immune from the stress this pandemic causes on people. this is the last surge we should face. it is so challenging because we're tired of it. we're facing a reality that we won't be able to treat patients are sick. people will die because we can't treat people who are sick. we need to do everything we can to make sure we don't face unnecessary tragedy right before this is over. i do want to address the issues about the restaurant i visited in napa county. it doesn't matter if i wasn't technically violating local

health orders. i know as mayor i should hold myself to a higher standard. my job just isn't to lead by the letter of the law but by the spirit of it. i'm committed to doing better. this pandemic has been hard on all of us. there's no play book for this. none of us thought in 2020 we'd be in the midst of a global pandemic. who would have thought this would have ever existed in our lifetime. the impact on our emotional and mental health and that includes me. everyday i do this job. the lives i'm responsible for. the impacts to people's jobs and families. i'm doing the best for this city. nobody is perfect and certainly

not me. the criticism i received is fair. i learned from this moment. i want everyone to recognize that people all around you are trying. they are trying to follow the orders. they are trying to hold it together. it is hard people are losing it. we can't lose it on each other. we can't turn on each other. this isn't about me. i can take the criticism. i wouldn't be in this job if i couldn't. to your neighbors and coworkers to the bus drivers, city workers. they are trying to keep us safe and healthy. please, have a little understanding. the coming weeks are going to be harder than ever before. -what we can do is to make sure that we get through this safely. also we've received some very

good news on our vaccine. they're coming. that means that there is, as i said, a light at the end of the tunnel. dr. koa fax will share some of that news. the initial supply will be very limited the roll out is coming this month. i believe in this city. i want to thank each and every one of you for what you've done so far. it's been almost a year that's felt almost like an enteralternatity of putting our lives on pause. it's been very challenging and i do understand completely. i ask for your patience, understanding, as we get through these final weeks of this challenging pandemic. so that we can really look back on this experience and be proud

at what we've done to get our city through this. i'm going to let dr. co lfax provide an update on exactly where we are at this time. thank you. >> good afternoon. thank you mayor breed for your leadership and dedication to the people of san francisco. unfortunately as the mayor has said we're in our worst surge yet of covid 19. it is stressing health care systems across the state and taxing our health care workers. i wish the people in the hospital now with covid 19 exceedy recovery. my condolences of the loved ones

of those lost from covid 19. unfortunately the current situation is likely to worsen. in san francisco everyday now 145 people in our city are testing positive for covid 19. the virus is spreading rapidly throughout the city like never before. the increase in infections has been climbing for over a month now and covid 19 cases have quadrupled in that time. we need to move fast, keeping ahead of this virus as much as possible. and we need to make hard decisions to avoid a truly catastrophic possibility. not be able to adequately care for people who are sick. we need urgent intervention now

to dent the trajectory of this surge. to begin to turn things around. we have a window but we estimate that we have about one week left to try and stabilize the current flow of covid 19 patients in our hospital systems. that is just one week to slow this virus and ensure we can adequately care for sick people in our hospitals. that is why we decided along with our regional partners in the bay area to act quickly and aggressively to implement the state of california stay at home order starting this monday at midnight-sorry. this sunday at 10:00 p.m. we do not make these decisions lightly. we are here to protect our city,

neighbors and loved ones. we're here to save lives. first slide, please. i wanted to share this slide of what is happening across the state. this is different from what happened in previous surges. for the first time since the pandemic began, every county in california is surging and hospital beds are filling up. when i look at this map, when we look at this map we see our home town, our friends and family in as much trouble as we are here in san francisco. ninety nine percent of california's population are living in the purple tear with widespread transition of covid 19. covid 19 cases have increased by fifty eight percent.

hospitalizations have increased by eighty two percent. this means that when we in the bay area run out of beds to treat our sick patients there will be no mutual aid. no place to send them. we will be on our own and struggling to treat sick people. next slide, please. our san francisco icu intensive care unit bed capacity is quickly decreasing. we are in an extremely volatile position for our health care system. the red x's you see here at the top of the curve are the actual number of icu beds occupied. the blue line indicates our projections. in the last month covid 19 hospitalizations have tripled.

in the last seven days alone san francisco's covid 19 has increased by thirty five spread. if we allow the virus to keep spread ing at this space. san francisco will run out of intensive care unit beds on december 26th. at this rate we believe that all hospitals will have a shortage of beds for any sick person. by january 4th there will be approximately 200 sick people in need of a hospital bed. if things continue on this trajectory by february 4th there could be 1600 in san francisco

in need of a hospital bed. across the region we estimate some bay area counties including santa c lara will run out in the next week. if this trend continues and we don't slow the spread of the virus, we will be unable to care for people in san francisco's hospitals. and it's not only because of beds. it's because we will not have enough nurses and doctors to adequately care for people. remember that map of california. unlike in previous surges every hospital in california is under stress. there will be no place to transfer patients. there will be no other place from which to hire more nurses or doctors from which we would

otherwise be able to do in another health crisis. three quarters of beds are taken right now. one quarter of them are filled with covid 19 patients. please understand this, if or when you or your loved one friend gets sick whether with covid 19 or another condition that requires hospitalization, if this trend continues and we do not all do our part to slow the spread of the virus and it hurts me to say this, but there may not be a nurse or doctor or hospital available to care for you. end of slide please. this is why we are taking such aggressive action now.

this surge is real. it's happening all around us throughout the city. but we can do something about it. the health order initiating the changes mayor breed described will be issued today and effective sunday at 10:00 p.m. we hope these urgent interventions coupled with other recent changes can stabilize our case count and hospitalization. if we move now, if we move today we still have a chance to save lives and cases and keep our hospital functional. we can't let this virus get so far ahead of us we can't properly care for the vulnerable and the community. we've done this before. we've beaten back two surges.

this time it will be tough. the alternative is unthinkable. while there's a vaccine on the horizontal ihorizontallizeon itp the current surge. that's what i hope for. what we hope for. we're all indeed here for the vaccine. this week the state informed san francisco that we'll receive just over 12,000 doses of the vaccine in the next two weeks. initial supply will be very limited. vaccine prioritization is dependent on the time line of the state and federal government. california is making sure that these first supplies are provided to those in direct risk of exposure due to their jobs in health care and long term

facilities including nursing homes. this includes clinical and non clinical employees from the doctors and nurses to the food delivery staff and janitorial staff. the general population, the general population will not have access until the vaccine supply is no longer limited. that is expected to be months after initial vaccinations begin. while there is hope for a vaccine we must battle back this latest surge. we need to pull together and protect our family neighbors and community. we need to pull together for the person who breaks a leg, hip, or has a heart attack and needs that hospital bed. for the essential worker who has no other choice but to work. the driver, paramedic, grocery clerk, postal worker, delivery

driver and our physicians and nurses. for the older adults who sacrificed for so long the outings and visits with family and friends. the shop owners who are trying to have a holiday business season. for those who have not been able to work and are desperately trying to get back. our children who crave social interaction and learning. our community who carry a disproportionate burden of suffering in this pandemic. we are san francisco and we have led the world in our values during this pandemic. let's show the world-let's show each other one more time that we can beat back this virus by working together. thank you.

>> thanks madam mayor for your time. we'll take a moment as questions are coming in. at this ties time it seems we ha variety of health care related questions for dr. co lfax. whenever you're ready director. >> i'm ready. >> the first set of questions are from aaron with the san francisco chronicle. how will you decide to lift the stay at home order will it be in place through january 4th. >> the order is effective until

january 4th. we will be looking at a couple of key variables with regard to lifting the order. one is we will need to see a consistent decrease in the rate of covid 19 diagnosis and hospitalizations in san francisco for at least three weeks. we will need to ensure that we have at least a 25% capacity in our intensive care unit beds at the same time. those will be the key variables we'll be looking at to consider lifting this order. if trends continue and we meet the state criteria for going into their stay at home order we'll be subject to those state restrictionrestrictions and whae required to come out of those

restrictions. >> thank you. will there be any coordination between the bay area counties in terms of taking care of icu patients. for example if city capacity falls below 15%. >> we have been work ago cross the state and region in terms of mutual aid. this summer became overwhelmed with hospitalizations we included patients at san francisco hospital. what is extremely concerning about this surge, this is a national state wide and regional 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. e-mail.

>> welcome everybody. i want to say thank you for catching this important moment. this is a really very critical issue that we're all here dealing with. this is a real nationwide effort to end senseless gun violence to

get guns off the street. this is our ninth annual gun buyback. we have lot of people who are on here today who want to share some information about ending senseless gun violence. before i bring on the mayor, i want to say i'm not against the second amendment, but i am against senseless gun violence. with that said, i want to bring on our mayor, fierce leader, hard working committed, intelligent, beautiful, mayor breed. >> thank you so much for joining this press conference supporting the ninth gun buyback that will take place this saturday, december 12th between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. you don't center to get out your car no questions asked. rudy will provide the details. we want to get as many weapons

as possible off the streets. many of us here have been affected by gun violence. sadly, i feel like it's been my entire life. so many of you know that i grew up in the western addition. we have lost friends, family members and this senseless violence continues. if we can get these guns off the streets, get the guns out of the hands anyone who will use them, it is in the best interest of our communities and it is in the best interest of our families and friends. whether it's a friend or family member or someone we know from the neighborhood, as we are addressing this global pandemic, we are seeing heart breaking news. there's an increase in gun related incidents in our nation. some of the victims being young kids, children. in san francisco, we saw an increase in firearm related incidents during the first seven months of this year compared to

the same period last year. although, we don't know all of the reasons, there's likely a relationship between the isolation, absence of in-person support people usually get during normal times and gun violence. sadly, many of the critical in-person support systems are unavailable to do so in person. there are fewer opportunities for intervention. what we know is that the loss of a life from gun violence has to stop. we all need to work together to save lives and keep our community safe. many of you who are here today, who have been fighting to end gun violence for years. we need you. the gun buyback program provides people with the opportunities to get these guns out ever their hands, off the streets and out of our communities. thanks to the charitable giving and fundraising efforts of our

community partner, we will be able to purchase firearms from anyone who would like to turn them in, no questions asked. this event has brought in 2000 firearms in the past, getting them off the streets. think about in. 2000 guns off the streets because of this program. that means lives saved. this year, we are still continuing this effort to make sure that we are doing everything we can to reduce the harm and the violence on our streets and in our communities as many people are struggling with so many different challenges. this is part of our broader effort both locally and nationally to end gun violence. we need to create common sense gun control legislation so these guns don't end up on the streets. we need to engage local university and residents is so they don't feel compelled to act violently in it first place.

every year in we do this gun buyback, we go and do it at the united player's office and facility location. every year, when i look at those walls, surrounded with african-american men that i grew with, that i dated, that i went to school with, that i played in the playground with, these are men that that are my age that did not center to die. this is what this is about. to make sure there's not one more black man, lost at the hands of anyone. whether that be law enforcement or any other community member. this is about changing the future, especially because african-american men in san francisco and around this country continue to be victims

of gun violence in this country at a young age. we can do better than that. it starts with each and every one of us. i don't want to see another photo go up on that wall. i don't want to see another life lost. help us change that. help us change that by turning in your guns. help us change that by making sure that you're a part of the solution and not part of the problem. thank you to rudy and the united playaz team. we appreciate george floyd brother and his friend who will be speaking with us today. we are so sorry for your loss. we are so grateful that you have taken the time to be here with us to share your words and your advocacy for ending gun violence, especially in the african-american community. thank you to all the community partners who are here to fight

against violence every single day on the streets. i hope all you will continue to join this fight to end gun violence here in san francisco and across the nation. remember, this year's gun buyback event is between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. this saturday, no questions asked. thank you. >> thank you so much mayor london breed. this gun buyback is from different partners from music industry and mother who lost their kids to gun violence, to sfpd and to the private sector. there's so many people here to make this happen. it's not justs doing it. it takes lot of different people to make it happen. when a bullet comes out one of those chambers, it doesn't

discriminate, it doesn't matter. that's what we're doing is to make sure we end senseless gun violence. it's my honor to have this brother coming on next. he's out there in louisiana, baton rouge, he fights all over the world to make sure we end senseless gun violence. he's a good friend of mine. our brother silky. >> thank you, rudy. i want to commend you on the work in you're doing and let you know i and we appreciate you allowing us to be part of what's going on. due to covid, we have to do it virtually. it's better to do it virtually than not do it at all. you still thinking about those that lose their lives to the violence and senseless killing that take place in the community.

that's one of the things that we're very, very, pushing and i'm tearing up because i lost my brother two years ago to senseless killing in louisiana. we're very, focused on getting these guns off the streets and you know like you say, we're not against the second amendment. we want to get the illegal guns off the streets and bring awareness to gun owners that you can take your gun to work and leave it in your car and it becomes illegal gun on the street. this is important for us to make sure that we get weapons out of the hands of the criminals that's committing senseless acts of violence in our communities.

to have the police department to be part of this. even though what happenedly to george, is not something it turns either of us anti-police. we understand that we need the police and we can't let the action of one bad person turn our feelings toward the police to be negative. this is an important event this you're giving. i want to commend you on that. thanks to the mayor for her kind words to the family. we have to get the guns off the street to in order to stop the violence. rudy i commend you and thank you so much for what you're doing. >> neighboring, brother. usually around this time when we go the gun buyback, it's a nationwide effort. this year with the covid, i believe we're like the only organization that's doing the gun buyback. it's the actual anniversary

sandy hook and mayor breed and our late mayor who appointed this gun buyback. make sure we acknowledge them. i want to bring on george floyd's brother. he's been so kind and been involved in the gun buyback helping us out and supporting us. for him to take his time. brother felonious. >> how you doing, i'm brother of george floyd. happy to speak with you guys today. the buyback program, this is something that -- this is my first time being part of one. it's great knowing that you can decrease violence by taking guns off the streets. many people out in the world don't understand just because you can go get a license, it still doesn't mean you should have a gun. they don't show when they look at your background that you have a mental problem. it's not showing certain things. just me growing up in a

neighborhood where i feel -- i see my friends, it wasn't until covid didn't take them out. they died because somebody pulled the trigger, senseless violence killing young men, men that are growing up, wanting to be something in their life. me understanding that california had bad situations in the past. i look at lot of different things when it comes to the gangs and killing. i live in houston, i don't live see a lot but people are still doing it in different neighborhoods. we don't have lot of gangs and stuff. i commend you all for doing what you are doing. we need to have many more all across this nation. not just here in the united states, we need to see it

everywhere. we need to take control of our neighborhood. we need to make sure that we will be here tomorrow. me, thank you all so much by having me here. i want to decrease violence everywhere across the nation. rudy, i can see the heart and your passion. i thank you all, the mayor for participating in this event. i wish i can be there. we're going to have a good time while we're here. thank you all so much. >> we can't never forget that. it takes a hood to save the hood. the hood-to-hood connect. >> if you turn in a thousands guns today, rudy agreed to cut it in half.

[laughter] >> thank you so much. >> i appreciate you for joining us. >> rest in peace to your brother george floyd. i knew we had jamie foxx, i know he's a busy man. he provides support with us also. next, i want to bring on the ceo of empire records, one of the biggest record labels in the country. my brother who's also native of san francisco like me and mayor london breed. >> i wanted to say i appreciate everything that you're doing for the community. i've known you for over 20 years. it means a lot to me who you're doing for the community, what

mayor london breed is doing for the community in helping to keep the streets safe and better place to raise our children and conduct business and run operation in the city. i wanted to say, i truly appreciate. it means a lot to me. i lost a lot of people that i love over the years to senseless gun violence. quite few in the last 60 days. i wanted to do my part to contribute and just be a battery in your back. thank you so much for everything that you do. >> thank you so much, brother godley. he's being really humble. this gentleman here was instrumental of actually contributing to this cause and making this happen. big respect to you. i know you're going through a lot because we lost a lot of good brothers in the music industry. thank you so much. i salute you man and look

forward to working with you. >> i appreciate it. god bless you. >> i want to also bring one of our main partners to make this happen. we can't make this happen unless we got sfpd i agree with them. without them we couldn't do it. i want to bring on our captain of the southern district. >> thank you, rudy. thank you everyone who's participating making this a successful event. gun buybacks are part of a proven strategy to address gun violence and help get firearms out of the wrong hands. we thank you, rudy for your partnership with the police thousand us to participate in providing the resources you need to make this a successful event. i like to thank mayor london

breed for her leadership on this and public safety initiatives, programs like this, they are designed for the sole purpose of raising awareness about gun violence and reducing the likelihood of future gun violence by getting these firearms off the streets. that continued partnership and we at southern station are grateful for the opportunity to work with you and reach out to the community. it's not just one day. people hear about united playaz and they see the work you're doing and they start talking about gun violence. that's one of the things like to get people talking about gun buyback to make sure the word gets out. lot of people will be surprised to know how many of their friends and family members have firearms in their home. we want to make sure these guns are taken off the streets. some people maybe they had a relative passed away and they found a gun in the house and don't know how to get rid of it.

please bring it back to the gun buyback. no questions asked. we don't want guns left carelessly in homes where there can be tragedies with children find guns or if burglars get in your home and they find homes that aren't properly stored. we're glad to be working with you, rudy, the staff at city hall who are helping us with this. we will bring the resources necessary to collect the firearm safely, to get them off the streets and we'll destroy them afterwards. please get the word out and look forward to seeing you there, rudy, little before 8:00 on saturday morning at 10:30 howard street. please everyone, get the word out, get the guns out the house and keep them out of the wrong hands. thank you. >> thank you, so much, captain. when we leave in the morning, we'll have some breakfast burritos.

how about that? [laughter] thank you so much. we have one more speaker. i save the best for last you guys. before i bring the sister on, the outreach that's being done prior to our gun buyback is done by 15 people and everybody who's doing fliers or putting up the post of all ex-lifers. who did a life sentence behind murder but now they're giving life instead of taking life. when captain talked about the destroying the guns, these are the guns right here from the last gun buyback. we're actually invoicin -- destg them. with that said, my partner who actually helped destroy the guns and creates art out of them, is a mother who lost her son to gun violence and she's the founder of the robby foundation.

i want to welcome you, patty. thank you. >> thank you so much. i wanted to thank the united playaz and mayor breed for bringing us together. i'm the founder of the foundation. it's an organization i found in honor of my son robby who was shot and killed who obtained a gun illegally after the weapon was used to kill my son, it was resold on the streets where it was used to commit some other crime. i believe in gun buyback because i know firsthand that one gun has the potential to commit numerous crime and take numerous lives. the week that my son was killed, he laid out his suit on the bed in preparation for a job interview that he was guaranteed to get the job. instead it was the suit that he was buried in. that's what gun violence does in

a matter of second. it can rob someone of their life and change the life of everyone left behind and that includes the prethe perpertrator. now we're in covid-19 this existing health crises of gun violence. since the expand, we've seen sharp increase in gun sales in in june, there was 2.6 million additional sales. we now have more guns in circulation with i millions of children home from school, domestic abuse victims, we have people facing depression due to unemployment and isolation. when you add access to guns, you're facing a convergence of major health crises and more loss of life. i think we all know that low income black and brown community suffer the most when it comes to both gun violence and the pandemic. 2020 has been a challenging year but it has been a transformative

year. it's a year of reckoning where people across the country have marched against systemic racism and injustice. i believe we have to be just as passionate about preventing gun violence which disproportionately exacts -- impacts communities of color. i can do whatever i can to make sure there are fewer mother who lose their children. i want to thank mayor breed. i want thank united playaz and family of george floyd for theiring their passion. so we can put an end to senseless gun violence. i want to encourage everyone to bring your unwanted guns to buyback saturday. you'll never know how many people lives you saved by doing so. thank you. >> real talk. thank you so much. may your son robby, prest in

peace. i want to thank everyone for sharing their knowledge and experience. i'm a survivor gun violence, twice. last time i was shot at in 2012 in this neighborhood that i'm at with someone who got murdered yesterday three blocks up. one gun off the streets where people who say this doesn't work, one gun off the streets can destroy one person's life. that one person life can be the person who can save this whole planet. you never know who that can be, who that person will grow up to be. we want to make sure we get all the guns i can. i'm not against the second amendment, i'm against senseless gun violence. if shouldn't be little kids and innocent people, people going to work working hard for their families and get killed. i'm not trying to advocate violence, i understand the streets. i understand the world that we

live in. i want to be real clear. i'm not against second amendment. one gun that you may turn in, will be the life you may save this world. how about that. thank you guys for all, everybody on here. mayor london breed, patty, captain, silky, all you guys for your effort for help us end senseless gun violence. we got to do it together. united we stand and divided we play. i'm a united player for real. bullets, they don't discriminate and no namessen them. don't wait somebody you love or you know get killed and for you to be involved. you want to be involved now. you play your part. by turning in your gun that's in

your house. thank you guys, thank you mayor london breed for being the leader that you are. >> thank you rudy. can you remind people of the date, time and the location one more time? >> it's this saturday december 12th at 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 at my headquarters. i will give you a $100 for a handgun, shotgun or rifle. if it's a assault rifle, i'll give you $200. you bring me five handgunnings i will give you $500. >> you don't have to get out your car or do anything. drive up, keep your mask on and we'll get it out your trunk. you don't have to do anything. you don't center t -- to talk to anybody. >> we've been planning this for the last two or three months. we have a way where it's all covid free.

it's all covid free. everybody masked up. everybody got chills on. our team with the captain, captain mcdonnell and damien has been together and planning it. we got a great plan to stay covid free and sucker free. thank you. any questions? i want to turn it over to maria valdez. >> thank you, rudy. i'm the san francisco covid command center. we're happy to address any questions that you may have. please e-mail us. dempress@sf.gov.

>> this saturday, december 12th anniversary is sandy hook, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. $100 for your guns, $200 for assault rifles. 1038 howard street. if you want to contact me, get more details, my number is (415)716-4100. any questions? >> not at this time. thank you everyone. >> thank you guys. appreciate you. >> thank you.

. >> 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? haney y

han hane 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.

>> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san francisco's aelectricitied assessor. today, i want to share with you a property tax savings programs for families called proposition 58. prop 58 was passed in 1986 and it was helped parents pass on their lower property tax base to their children. so how does this work? under california's prop 13 law, the value we use to calculate your property tax is limited to 2% growth peryear. but when ownership changes, prop 13 requires that we reassess properties to market value. if parents want to pass on

their home or other property to their children, it would be considered a change in ownership. assuming the market value of your property has gone up, your children, the new owners, would pay taxes starting at that new higher level. that's where prop 58 comes in. prop 58 recognizes the transfer between parents and children so that instead of taxing your children at that new higher level, they get to keep your lower prop 13 value. remember, prop 58 only applies to transfers between parents and children. here's how the law twines an eligible child. a biological child, a step child, child adopted before the age of 18, and a son-in-law or daughter-in-law. to benefit from this tax saving program, remember, you just have to apply. download the prop 58 form from our website and submit it to our office. now you may ask, is there a cap

how much you can pass on. well, first, your principal residence can be excluded. other than that, the total tap of properties that can use this exclusion cannot exceed $1 million. this means for example if you have two other properties, each valued at $500,000, you can exclude both because they both fit under the $1 million cap. now what happens hwhen the totl value you want to pass on exceeds $1 million. let's say you have four properties. three with current taxable value of $300,000 and one at $200,000, totaling $1.1 million in value. assuming that you decide to pass on properties one, two, and three, we would apply the exclusions on a first come, first served basis. you would deduct properties one, two, and three, and you would still have $100,000 left to pass on. what happens when you pass on the last property? this property, house four, has been existing value of 2 -- has

an existing value of $200,000, and its existing property value is actually higher, $700,000. as i said, the value left in your cap is $100,000. when we first figure out your portion, we figure out the portion that can be excluded. we do that by dividing the exclusion value over the assessed value. in this case, it's 50%. this means 50% of the property will remain at its existing value. meanwhile, the rest will be reassessed at market value. so the new taxable value for this property will be 50% of the existing value, which is 200,000, equaling 100,000, plus the portion reassessed to market value, which is 50% times $700,000, in other words, 350,000, with a total coming out to $450,000. a similar program is also available for prepping transfers fl interest r from

grandparents to grandchildren. if you're interested in learning more visit our website >> good morning. welcome to the san francisco county transportation authority transportation meeting for tuesday, december 8th. our clerk is brittany milton. could you please call the roll. >> commissioner fewer. >> present. >> chair haney. >> present. >> commissioner mandelman. >> present. >> commissioner mar. >> absent. >> commissioner peskin.

>> present. >> commissioner preston. >> present. >> commissioner ronen. >> present. >> commissioner safai. >> present. >> commissioner stefani. >> present. >> commissionerruacommissioner . >> present. >> commissioner yee. >> present. >> i will make an announcement about public comment. public comment will be available for each item by calling 415-655-0001 and when prompted enter access code (146)486-8433-pound and pound. you will be able to listen as a participant. dial star three to be added to the queue to speak. you will hear a message advising you have two minutes to speak.

calls will be taken in the order received. speak slowly, clearly and turn down the volume of your television. 30 second lag time during the course of the meeting. that concludes my announcements. >> go to the cac chair report. mr. larson, good morning. >> good morning. chair peskin. i am chair of the citizens advisory committee here to report on the december 2 meeting of last week. the cac engaged in a relatively lengthy discussion of the tentative prop k allocation pending demonstration to you the authority board of a business case analysis to support the use of the joint development project delivery method. the cac members were interested

in the proposed mix between low, affordable, moderate and market rate housing part of the request for proposals for this project. in addition, there was concern about reimbursing proposals up to $500,000, to which staff commented that with the delivery method under consideration a significant investment would be required from proposesors. if s.f.m.t.a. would own the intellectual property that could be use full and incorporated into this or future projects. they had questions about the public private partnership model including risk allocation and cost containment strategies. the cac approved recommending the allocations with the amendment that there should be regular presentations to the cac on the modernization project

as it progressing. item five on your agenda today they were glad to see the buses purchased and this represented a commitment to restore neighborhood bus routes in the future. they questioned the timing of the ethe expenditure since ridep is low. the timelines for common requests as part of the item was so long. not to be completed until 2022. a complaint shared by other members whose projects tend to be a little less complicated, more low impact. the proposal with the final report item 4 on your agenda is

met with enthusiasm by the cac especially the route up to hunters point. providing redundancy and more correct connection downtown. it was positive to learn the bayview has protected the most transit service because of the number of potential workers in the community and that community was hit hardest by the pandemic. with regard to item 7 the downtown study congestion study. the outreach on the new concept in the midst of pandemic. it shared the concerns of the puck oofof thepublic with the lt pricing in the em of the zone that might have to cross in and out frequently. in addition, the lack of data

shown that could assist to determine boundaries was raised. the cac recommended approving the funds for additional outreach and studies. also on behalf of the cac i would like to thank the staff of the authority to the big adjustment to the remote standards and maintaining the high standards in the work and information they present to us. i would like to thank commissioner yee for the opportunity he has given me to represent district 70 the citizens advisory committee for the past six and a half years. that concludes my report. thank you. >> thank you, mr. larson. any questions or comments from members? this is not commissioner yee or commissioner fewer's last meeting. they have one more which we will

talk about next week. theany members of the public to comment on the cac report. >> one caller. >> two minutes begins now. >> good morning. just wanted to appreciate the staff for the detailed minutes that are more detailed than most policy bodies in the city and very helpful to allow me to make very brief comments on some of your following agenda items and i appreciate chair larson and cac meeting last week despite technical issues. it was a good meeting. i wanted to say thanks again. >> thank you. >> any other members of the public for the cac report?

>> there are no more callers. >> public comment is closed. thank you, mr. larson, thank you for nice comments about our great staff and with that, madam clerk, please call the next item. >> i would like to remind you if you are not presenting keep your camera and audio off. we can only allow nine items. item 3 approve the minutes of the november 17, 2020 meeting. this is an action item. >> is there any public comment on the minutes? >> no public comment. >> public comment is closed. a motion to move the minutes from our last meeting made by commissioner fewer. seconded by -- safai and seconded by fewer. >> commissioner fewer.

>> aye. >> commissioner haney. >> aye. >> commissioner mandelman. >> aye. >> commissioner mar absent. commissioner peskin. >> aye. >> commissioner preston. >> aye. >> commissioner ronen. >> aye. >> commissioner safai. >> aye. >> commissioner stefani. >> aye. >> commissioner walton. >> aye. >> commissioner yee. >> aye. >> there are 10 ayes. the minutes are approved. >> next item, please. >> item 4. adopt the 15 third bus study time report this. is an action item. >> hugh, the floor is yours. >> thank you, chair peskin and

commissioners. i hope you can all see my screen now. no problem. this is the 15 third bus study. we did come before you in july for an informational update. now we have done the last few items to complete it and are bringing it forward for adoption. i want to start by thanking commissioner walton for requesting this study, which is coming out of our planning and it was to look at a technical evaluation of bringing back the 15 third street bus to service given a number of community concerns that have been raised across a variety of forums about service on the t and questions about that and the ability of folks to reach downtown, in particular, from the bayview and hunters point. the goals of the study were

about improved access to downtown. wanted to make sure any serviced would focus on cost-effective service. we reviewed quite a lot of work done previously plus our own work that looked at a variety of planning efforts in the study area. we did find and hear very clearly that there were a lot of concerns and interest in bringing back the 15. in the power presentation i gave a full rundown of the background data. today i want to walk you through the couple routes that we tested and evaluated. then i want to give you the high level findings. we looked at two possible

routes, both would be express type routes. both would serve downtown on third and fourth streets and run excess mission bay and dogpatch on third street. 15ax would be local on third street running down through bayview and into visitation valley. then the other of which would be the 15bx more hunters point express to make the loop or routeing through the hill and hunters point for folks and as chair larson mentioned there is wide interest because of the general reduced level of accessibility from that particular neighborhood. the overall findings of the study were that each of these routes would add significant new riders to the muni system. i will say the evaluation for

the study was based on our travel demand model and trying to get information about how ridership would look pre-covid. we were evaluating for the long-term and implementation questions were the seconded part about the current situation we are in towed. you can see the gold bar would be the new riders. left side just the 15ax service. right side you have both the 15ax and bx together, how they would perform. the shadings of blue are folks who wouldn't be be new riders, they would be shifting from other existing services. you can see there is quite a bit of demand for these types of services today. we also did a comparison to

other express bus services muni operated in the past. in particular, just look at travel that is in the peak period and direction so you can see that both the 15ax and bx as am inbound and pm outbound perform similarly to the express bus services today. lower than the most heavily traveled but more than quite a few other services operated pre-pandemic. finally, the new piece of information that we did develop since we last presented to you was about the overall cost to operate the service. these costs are based on average operating costs for buses in the city so they are not necessarily a specifically cost for this service as much as general understanding what the cost might be. we looked at both all day

service as well as a.m. and p.m. only and peak direction service, as i mentioned. then we also looked at operating costs on a per-rider basis. the overall finding that is important is that these costs are well with in line with what m.t.a. has today for other similar types of services or a little lower in some cases. finally, i want to note that while we were conducting this study, s.f.m.t.a. did see these findings and we worked with them and they convened a working group to identify route options for short term implementation. their focus is as much on providing some of the -- addressing some of the particular issues around social distancing and need for service for essential workers during the pandemic.

they saw real opportunity to use this study as a way to help address that need and to demand. the work of that group identified three options for short term implementation of the route. they did recently in the last few days complete a surveys and they have a preferred option which would route through the hill in hunters point and get better service from there directly to downtown and i do have sandra from s.f.m.t.a. today to answer more specific questions if you have those questions as well. with that, that concludes my presentation. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you, mr. lock. commissioner walton, do you have any questions. is 15 is predominantly in district 10. >> thank you so much, chair peskin.

i want to thank cpa for the work on the study and thank m.t.a. as well for being responsive to what the community wants and to bring back a piece of history and culture and improving transportation in the district. this is something the community has been asking for for a long time. thank you for the study. this is going to be something we are excitedded about in terms of the 15 day view hunters point express which should operate early 2021 during this pandemic. i want to let them know that we appreciate you for your response to the community. >> thank you, commissioner walton. any other comments from commissioners? seeing none. is there public comment on this item? >> yes, one caller. >> first speaker, please.

>> david. let me run through my comments. part of the trying this unreliable t line rail service. how is that a problem? i have no issue with the pilot project but is this the best time? is there a timeframe and evaluation to determine whether to make it permanent? does this echoir less service on other parallel muni routes? did that mean duplicate service on third street. if vehicle availability is constraining factor does adding this service delay restoring other routes?

m.t.a. is looking to cut nonessential sources. they talked about laying off 1,000 people. is this the best solution right now? how does this proposal relate to commitments already made regarding transit service to serve the hunters point shipyard development? lastly, this would add an express service to that area at a time when most other express services are not operating. it doesn't pie appear richmond e coming back. the 7x at sunset are not expected to return. i would like to understand. i am concluding. i would like to understand why you are proposing a different

operation. if it is to try it, that is fine. i wanted to raise those concerns. >> are there any other members of the public for public comment be on item 4? >> there are no other callers. >> public comment is closed. are there any final comments from staff? >> i don't have any further comments from our end. i do have sandra online, i believe. you want to say any concluding words about short term implementation. >> good morning, board. yes, this route is going to come into service as part of the january 23rd change, and some of the things that may being it possible. the day church route is going

back to trains and that is making the new service possible. it is everything we are doing is temporary right now. we will do title six analysis march of next year and evaluating the route. ridership will be part of that process. >> basically, you will evaluate it two months in, is that correct? >> you are starting january 23rd and evaluating in march, it will be a very small data set. >> correct but we are analyzing the entire system. maybe given such a short period we give it another more lengthy period of evaluation about ridership and how it is serving people. that is the next time we take stock how the ride is

performing. >> thank you. seeing no other comments from members or staff, commissioner walton would you like to move adoption? >> thank you so much, chair peskin. i would love to move for adoption of item 3. >> item 4. is there a second to that? >> second. mandelman. >> on that motion made and seconded, madam clerk, a roll call, please. >> adoption of the bus study. commissioner fewer. >> aye. >> commissioner haney. >> aye. >> commissioner mandelman. >> aye. >> commissioner mar. absent. commissioner peskin. >> aye. >> commissioner preston. >> aye. >> commissioner ronen. >> aye. >> commissioner safai.

>> aye. >> commissioner stefani. >> aye. >> commissioner walton. >> aye. >> commissioner yee. >> aye. >> the item has approval on the first reading. >> next item. >> item 5. allocate 16878202 in prop k sales tax funds and $234,005 in prop aa vehicle registration fee funds with conditions. this is an action item. >> deputy director at the transportation authority. i would like to note that the s.f.m.t.a. has requested to delay consideration of the replace 30 30-foot hybrid motor coaches request until the january board meeting.

this is to allow the agency some time to put together a very brief presentation on the financial benefits proceeding with the project now rather than later and also to justify why that project was a priority at this time. the revised funding request before you today is for 6 82,000 $600 in prop k funds and the amount has not changed. with that we need an amended motion at some point. i am sure, chair peskin, you will guide that process for approval of requests that are proceeding. with that i will begin my presentation now. the four requests before you today, two from prop k sales tax, and two from the prop aa vehicle registration fee. district 7 is a neighborhood

program funding request for implementing the priorities that emerged from the budgeting process that commissioner yees office undertook. the $132,000 in prop k funds to be added to general fund moneys ready to implement these recommendations on the slide in front of you. there are enhanced crosswalks and traffic calming and various other recommendations to be implemented with these funds. the traffic calming in excelling see or is a request to implement high priority measures that emerged from the community-based transportation band done for the excelsior a year or year and a half ago. the various elements include

speed cushions to preserve the neighborhood and residential feel of any of the streets in the area. the locations are shown in your packet that accompanies this item on our website. the page street neighbor way project is vehicle registration fee first request for improvements on page street. these would implement bump outs at six different locations, four of these buildouts will be landscaped with rain gardens to be maintained by the sfpac. it includes raised intersection of buchanan street, the first of its kind in san francisco. you can see illustration on your slide. the project also includes some

of the other recommendations to improve the safety in this area. this is near a school and various other public facilities. the s.f.m.t.a. is ready to go with this project. 99% design. the m.t.a. would hope to work to complete many of the improvements before school starts in the fall. given the vicinity to the schools. conditions on the request. next item is related to this request to fully fund the project including $1 million allocation of funds from the special fund from former central freeway parcels for this project. as of november 16, 2020, the market advisory committee

approved the resolution of support for $1 million for this project. we will have a presentation on that next. the other condition is that these funds are on the construction support recommending this. this is additional funding above and beyond the $550,000 already budgeting for construction. m.t.a. needs an updated budget. the high budget for this work is because of the coordination that goes along with the rain gardens and decorative asphalt and new type of media. it is th the coordination with e project on golf street. last is lighting improvements. it is the design phase to

install four pedestrian scale lights. this is an important pedestrian path across from the elementary close to the cable car line and the bus drops in the chinatown subway station. i can answer questions. we have project managers here. >> are there any questions from staff? commissioner safai. you are raising your hand? you are on mute. >> no, i don't have any questions. i wanted to comment on this. i want to thank the s.f.m.t.a. i know this money was from prop k two years ago. we went through community prophesies and i have been working aggressively with neighbors.

this is one of the most sought after programs at the neighborhood level that i have been part of as supervisor. so many requests for traffic calming we had to compile await list so we can go back. one of the things we were able to turn on its head when i became supervisor rather than asking neighbors to do 50 plus one. we referred out to neighbors to make it proactive. to date we have done over 40 traffic calming speed cushions. 60 are in the queue. this is part of that. i want to thank staff for working with us and tom mcguire s.f.m.t.a. for working aggressively with us to implement this vision. it is something that has had an

impact on our neighborhoods. pedestrians feel safer. this is something. the magnitude what we do on a normal basis is small. impact is significant. i want that on the record. >> do we need to hear from mr. pick ford? >> mr. pick ford will present the next item. >> okay. any members of the public to testify on this item? >> commissioner preston, go ahead. >> thank you, chair peskin. i wanted to comment on the part of this. i spoke on this project when we

entered the funding request and i appreciate the description of the project that is laid out. this helps in terms of flowing traffic. in the section i sited for the firsted raised intersection in the city. this has many benefits for the community not just more safety around the elementary school but also connecting john moore in a safe way with the park nearby. i appreciate this moving forward. i do want to thank some folks who worked hard for a long time on this project. specifically, maria and mike from cta.

casey, jamie and mark from m.t.a. the entire cac including the vice chair henderson. we appreciate their unanimous support and the neighborhood association, walk sf and the bike coalition who have all advocated for these. it is going to promote safety in the neighborhood. thank you for all of your work on it. >> i am delighted by the lighting. if you have seen this book that just came out. much the first chapter is about three universities in three blocks. it is a neat little short read. it is about time it got decent

lighting. commissioner safai. >> this is one thing i wanted to get on the record. the only thing that has been a little frustrating with this process with traffic calming and i know s.f.m.t.a. is listening. is the conversation between the fire department, s.f.m.t.a. and final decision. one of the things in the notes because public works and fire department has to have public approval. iit may not happen until spring of 2022. fire department is more aggressive in responding. implementation needs to move quickly. spring of 2022 is not an

acceptable time based on all of the work we have done. that is it. thank you. >> seeing no other questions from members, why don't we open up to public comment. >> five callers on the line. >> quickly on these items. i have asked if all of these capital projects are needed given the uncertainty of m.t.a. in general. i appreciate the delay of the 31st as the placement item that we will hear when in the future. they should scrutinies each request and decide which to support. assails tax pro sees need to

prioritize projects in the strategic plan to better align sales tax revenues with projections. i thank staff for hearing my concerns at the cac meeting and updating the contact information. i was going to comment on item 6. i will roll that in here. if octavia study is expected in fall of 2021, isn't this project premature? i believe that reducing travel options in paid salary in the lower hate that you restrict travel blog that it doesn't go through puts more traffic on open cremand concentrates more on open sell.

that is my concern about the project. >> thank you, caller. >> good morning, commissioners. i am kristan lucky, senior organizer on staff at the san francisco bicycle coalition calling on behalf of over 10,000 members to give strong support for this project. i want to thank commissioner preston and s.f.m.t.a. for leadership. we have been working on this for years. it has been great. we are continuing to bring pedestrian and bike safety. i am happy to see the funding request. it will complete safety on the corridor including the raised crosswalk. we are excited to see that.

the first in all of san francisco and i think they really have improvements. i hope to see this funding approved and i look for word to working with you to continue to reimagine this neighborhood street. thank you for your time. >> good morning chair and commissioners. i am bryan hoffman, walk san francisco organizer. i am here to share the the aloe kateing this funding for the project from these agenda item as well as the next agenda item. we are grateful for the yearlong planning and outreach for the project. it is to identify and support

this project. it is approved only in septembe. we know that it is not for everyone especially those walking. each year we see crashes, people walking off for the real needs drivers in the intersections. walk sf is ready for the rain garden at the crosswalks where crashing occur and to the city's first ever protection o on the intersection. it is for people all ages walking on the way to school, to play at the park or just on their way home or walking in the neighborhood. it is more than two years since

approval. they deserve this project moved forward with four years left. thank you. >> good morning. i am the environmental equity program manager at the green lining institute a nonprofit advocating for racial equity for 27 years. i am in support of continued funding for the congestion project. it is the most innovative efforts in equity. i have been particularly impressed by the degree of details and thoughtfuls partnering with community based

organizations and posting co-creation and design worksion. it is preand post pandemic they have high-quality despite the circumstances. it is written about and shared with other cities and country. we are interested in following this model. the project is getting a lot of attention around the country. it is very important to share the strategies in the best practices. it is a larger relevant to all transportation planning and decision makings. thank you for your time. >> thank you. that wases for item 7. comment noted. next speaker, please.

>> we are talking about item 5 right now. >> good morning, commissioners and chair peskin. i am vice chair of the market advisory committee and hayes valley neighborhood association employment committee. calling with in youic support for the im provements. connects schools, parks and housing. during this pandemic things have gotten worse because buchanan has become a cut through north south route. cars can exit the freeway, come up and fly up buchanan. we a lot of stop signs there. this is very important to address this.

long-term the open cell issue is a chronic congestion problem that needs addressed along the entire length of the corridor. this is particularly burdened and causes a hostile situation on the streets. this is a very tent rich part of the city. the very dense part of the city with a lot of car-free households or car-lighthouse holds doing the right thing but putting up with the chronic congestion. this neighborhood is what is needed and it is mitigation from the previous s.f.c.t.a. study of octavia boulevard. i thank dean preston for moving this forward and please support the project.

thank you. >> there are no more callers. >> public comment is closed. i suggest a few changes, amendments to the resolution. why don't we make $16,878,202 should be 682600, is that correct? >> yes, that is the correct amount. >> elsewhere in the resolution where it refers to five projects it should refer to four. for instance where it says four of the five requests. it should say three of the four requests, right?

>> correct. >> whereas on the first page refers to replacement of the 30-foot hybrid motor coaches that should be removed? >> yes. >> okay. i would like to make a motion to amend the resolution as stated. is there a second for that motion? >> second. >> seconded by commissioner yee. we can take that without objection. then unless council disagrees with me relative to the rules of this body and if council does not disagree with me we can vote on the resolution as amended. is there a motion on the amended resolution? >> so moved. preston. >> seconded by fewer.

on that motion made and seconded. a roll call, please. >> amended motion. commissioner fewer. >> aye. >> commissioner haney. >> aye. >> commissioner mandelman. >> aye. >> commissioner mar. >> marabsent. commissioner preston. >> aye. >> commissioner ronen. >> aye. >> commissioner safai. >> aye. >> commissioner stefani. >> aye. >> commissioner walton. >> aye. >> commissioner yee. >> aye. >> there are 10 ayes.

the motion passes. >> next item. >> item 6. approve $1 million in former central freeway parcel revenues for the page street neighbor way project. this is an action item. >> we are recommending the prop aa funds for the neighborhood project. in response to the request at the november 17th board meeting to ensure the project is fully funded we recommend the city use $1 million in revenues from parcels of land occupied by the central freeway once. in 1998 the san francisco voters approved prop e to make the

transportation authority responsible for the replacement project. in that scene was the development of set of projects intended to address the impacts of the new boulevard on traffic circulation. these projects which included sidewalk and bike lane improvements, streets, lighting were funded by revenues generated by the sale and use by the projects. they have been implemented. there is $7 million in parcel revenues. in 2019 the neighborhood program funds for staff to conduct a study to evaluate accessibility and safety and circulation around octavia boulevard. the study is expected to be done by fall 2021.

you can expect to see the projects at that time. meanwhile page street which would construct the safety improvements is ready to advertise for construction as soon as funding is secured. approving $1 million would allow that project to start as soon as spring 2021. you also heard the market on octavia, the advisory commit fee unanimously approved transportation authority approve the funds. that is what we are recommending here today. i am happy to take questions. i know the project manager is available for questions as well. >> any questions or comments? >> thank you, chair peskin.

to just reference my comments on the previous item. the two items overlap in funding the same project here. you know, i want to emphasize this is a real good opportunity to use the funds from the fund to help avoid delays on implementation of the page street neighbor way project. also utilizing the complete funds when we have the recommends on the ongoing study on octavia to conclude in the summer of 2021. reiterate my thanks to those i listed before and urge colleagues t to support this important item. thank you.

>> i did complete my comments. >> are there other members to speak to item 6? if not, why don't we go to public comment. is there any public comment on item 6 which overlaps with the previous item. first speaker, please. >> one caller. >> good morning again, commissioners. i am a senior community organizer on san francisco bicycle coalition. i am calling to support this. as mentioned previously. [indiscernable] this would allow the s.f.m.t.a. to move towards construction. this funding approved i look

forward to working to continue the work to prioritize those walking and biking on page street. thank you for your time. >> does that conclude public comment? >> one more comment. >> good morning. this is jason henderson from hva. i want to reiterate that the s.f.c.t.a. did a study almost six or eight years ago. it called out that page street really needed to be treated as a walkable and bikable street. bikes need corridors, too. please keep that in mind and please support this. this is exactly what the proceeds from the sale of the freeway parcels was meant for. this is spelled out in the

market in oklahom in the octavi. please support this project. thank you. >> there are no more callers. >> public comment is closed. commissioner preston would you like to make a motion for the million dollars of funding. >> in my thanks to the many advocates and staff who have worked on this, i neglected to thank one very important person. i want to thank my legislative aid, preston kilgore in district five and who has been in regular touch with the various folks who i thanked previously, thank you for your work on this item. with that i would like to move that we adopt item 6.

>> is there a second? >> second mandelman. >> madam clerk, please call the roll on that motion. >> commissioner fewer. >> aye. >> commissioner haney. >> aye. >> commissioner mandelman. >> aye. >> commissioner mar. absent. commissioner peskin. >> aye. >> commissioner preston. >> aye. >> commissioner ronen. >> aye. >> commissioner safai. >> aye. >> commissioner stefani. >> aye. >> commissioner walton. >> aye. >> commissioner yee. >> aye. >> it has approval on first reading. >> item . appropriate $550,000 prop k

funds for the downtown san francisco congestion pricing study. this is an action item. >> i am a senior planner of the transportation authority presenting this item. this is an update on the congestion pricing study which

you last heard from us in june about. >> excuse me will you open up the window. we can't see it. it is not open to the full-size of the window. >> yes, that is better. >> this is prop k request. we have an update from the last you heard on the study back in june. we have a major round of community outreach, hearing some of the concerns that you expressed to us back in june whether we could do equitable outreach during shelter in page.

we were focusing on reaching underrepresented folks. i have an update here. the goals of the study are to meet the 15% vehicle trip reduction weekdays. looking forward to planning for as we recover from the pandemic and congestion is down. we are seeing it start to increase in some locations around the bay bridge. the goal is to get traffic moving when the traffic resoundses and ad vance equity. along the lines of advancing equity when we started looking at data we looked at who travels downtown during the peak commute hours. in the bottom bar you can see the folks driving during those peak morning rush hours are disproportionate lehighe lehighr

income. those were less likely to be driving. iin fact, all of the folks downtown only 13% were low income drivers. those are the folks most concerned about protecting from equity as we think about policy solution. from the perspective of looking at drivers representing a quarter of the drivers. half are in the top two income groups. the other thing we looked at that is a take away is that most of the vehicle trips were coming from within san francisco. whereas the quarter were from around the region. we need to address that three-quarters come from san francisco. we can't rely on a problem outside of the city. it is helpful to keep in mind

the substantial number of vehicles downtown, 25% are the tmt vehicles. that is the significant reason congestion increased between 2010 and 2019. they are half of that increase. >> the outreach portion. the overall approach is focused on equity in underrepresented communities. we took the concerns along the entire process. we have been advised by the policy advisory committee that consists of half equity focused organizations. they have been meeting throughout the study process. we also have had another corelment procreation workshops for low income and communities of color and partner with

community organizations to host the workshops where folks can come in and participate without equitable congestion that would work for them. then the co-hosts are the participants. we moved into those we were using a card game where folks could play with trade-offs, fee level, discounts, investments that could develop an equitable program. we transition to remote version of the activity where we mailed packets of materials to people and folks could call in from home or in some cases hear it in affordable housing complex rooms. this is our deepest outreach

with 160 folks primarily from lower income communities and communities of color. beyond that, we also did a range of other outreach activities to reach more broadly. that included public meetings, stakeholder meetings where we spoke to 250 groups, that wases more than 75 in the districts across the city. we had a number of those in language as well. we had additional surveys and texting version for those who had less digital access. we got over 1300 survey responses that included in language custom service as we worked with stakeholder groups to distribute given community needs.

overall we goat quite a bit of feedback. there are a few different ways we let people know about getting engaged. we distributed posters and parking garages. we worked with media to get a number much media hits and in language advertisements to make sure we were reaching those communities. the feedback the top take away will not be a surprise. congestion pricing is a range of opinion from strong support to keep concerned and varies from the neighborhoods close by within the zone.

chinatown, folks had concern. folks in tenderloin attended to be pretty interested in th in te idea. affordability and whether we could design a program that adequately protected lower income groups and maybe gave them benefits. if we could avoid harm there. second was public transit and whether transit would be up to the task given sufficient options for people to choose. also, the effects on accidents. given the impacts covid had had and whether this would be another concern there. benefits were potential to make travel easier and quality of life in the neighborhoods that are most congested.

people most interested in prioritizing the outreach activities included by and large income-based benefits. that would be exemptions, discounts from the actual fee itself as well as potential for transit subsidies. the revenues from the the program funding, reduced fares for low income folks. on investment they were interested in making the transit system better, followed by bicycle safety for top priorities. in the input we developed a set of three scenarios we planned to analyze further in the next ten of the study. these are two scenarios given what we heard very focused on income-based transit subsidies. we also heard interest in

nonresident discounts in trying to balance with the funding. another thing is whether the fee would be just charged to drive into the zone or a lower fee in both directions to driver it across in or out of the zone. we developed a set of income-based discount that has a couple of variations across all scenarios we proposed full exemption for people in the low income groups and then the variation is among the next categories low to moderate income groups, the level of discount to that moderate income category. given the need overall to reach that 15% vehicle trip reduction when we recover from the

pandemic the idea is we would set the base fee for the higher income driver and the discounted as a result of that 15% given the different discounts ranging from $7 in both directions to 12 to $14 in the fee you were paying in one direction. on top of that we also have looked at other groups. across all scenarios discount of 50% for disabilities. this would really only make a difference for folks in those high income groups because they won't get a full exemption on the basis of income. the balance together with the need based discount would be included. one scenario would make a difference for those

hiring but fits in one of the categories. there is a daily cap. those who make more than two trips for child dropoffs would not have to keep paying each time they cross. the proposal how to charge for uber and lyft. we would have the same level of fee so the same amounts apply. the fee would also apply for folks taking any trips within the zone as well. lastly, custody is something in those discount packages. this means we could broaden or deepen the lifeline transit fare using the program revenue.

the other element is refined geography. this would be adjustment to the boundaries we started with. we tried to develop the zone boundaries to follow the natural neighborhood boundaries. we are also including the most congested streets and the on and off-ramps so we wouldn't mover from just one location to another. next step from here as i mentioned we plan to analyze the scenarios. we will share the results in another major round of community outreach to get more input as we move forward, final recommendation. this analysis and outreach will happen in the winter and spring we will return to you next year with a recommendation. lastly, the actual prop k request in front of you today is for the same scope of work that we presented back in june where

we did the contract amendment for the consultant contract. this is the prop k funding request to support that work. that is the same set of additional outreach that our policy advisory committee asked for early in the study. it included additional meetings and additional workshops. those in low income communities and communities of color to accommodate ditoaccommodate the. as i mentioned we will bring that back in the spring. we also do -- now plan for the next round of outreach in the spring. given what we learned from what we conducted in shelter and place. we will look at what the next round of outreach needs to look like to maintain the high level

of engagement and reach the groups we have been able to reach in this round. we will look at whether some scope and schedule and funding options and budget options for the next round of outreach to try to refine that. then we will look for external funding sources for that outreach work. we may need to come back to the board if necessary in the spring if we looked to figure out where things stand for that outreach. that concludes my presentation. i am happy to hear questions or thoughts you have today. >> thank you for that thorough presentation. let's open this up to members. commissioner haney. >> thank you, chair peskin and thank you for your work and the presentation. can you describe in more detail the different options you are

looking at for zone residents? in some versions they have 0% discount. can you describe that a bit more since this is in my district? >> i will bring back up that slide. the idea here is we got varying feedback. some folks want to focus as much as possible the different discounts that we are looking at on the income. there was also interest for those living in the zone having a look at what it would include to have a zone resident discount. two of the scenarios. the one on the left and the right include deeper and broader

income-based 100% up to 33% for moderate. they don't include separate resident discount. the resident discount what that means you would be -- residents would get the discount that applies to their income group or disability for that reason. there wouldn't be a separate discount if you are a higher income resident. this middle scenario here on the other hand the income based discounts are not as broad. 50% discount at low and not moderate. 50% discount for zone residents. that would apply to every zone resident regardless of income level. is that helpful? >> yes. the idea here would be that if you lived in the zone and you had to take a trip outside of

the zone, you would be paying in some cases the full fee? you are basically being charged to leave the zone and come back home. obviously, the zone residents are unique and their continues originate within the zone. everyone else is coming from elsewhere into the zone. they would be charged for basically taking the trip outside the zone because then they have to come home? >> that is true. being a zone resident if there is not a zone resident discount or if there is a 50% and you are in a higher income category, you would be in the inbound scenario. you commute outside the zone and

you would be paying if you come back in during the evening peak period paying that fee. if you commuted you could drive from somewhere with from the zone to somewhere else in the zone and not pay the fee. people in the zone would make those trips in private vehicle without incurring the fees. whereas people outside would have to pay to come in but would not have to pay to drive elsewhere outside the zone. >> i am sure there will be more conversation and a lot of -- you have spoken to people in the zone who have a different view on that issue than people outside of the zone who might not be as concerned about people in the zone. i am sure there will be a lot of

concern about people being charged to leave their homes and come back. the goal here, as i understand it, is to relieve congestion inside the zone, which would be mostly people driving into the area, not really trying to prevent people who live in the area from being able to move around, although obviously we would like to reduce their trips as well where possible. can you go to the boundary slide. i don't have a sense from this slide where we are drawing the likely sort of impact zone. is there a better sense of that or what the actual boundaries would be in i see the community of concern, of course, and the

different transit lines. we are thinking that entire area there with the gray? >> right. the proposal is that this gray line and the white would be the proposed boundary of the zone. we had actually started and this wases the recommendation from the 2010 congestion pricing study with laguna street as western edge of the zone and 18th street as the southern edge. that looked at a wide range of scenarios. we have done some official analysis as part of the study, also. there are tradeoffs with the size of the zone where basic lieu he a larger zone such as within the 18th or this modified

version not splitting neighborhoods from feedback we heard. what this does is encompasses enough of downtown that it could avoid with the smaller zone the issue having people try to drive around the zone and actually adding to congestion in the neighborhood outside the zone. a large enough zone what that means is there is enough reduction of traffic coming into the zone itself that there is actually other cities that have seen decreases in neighborhoods just outside the zone boundary. this is the larger zone. what i was saying is trips within the zone boundary within somebody's own car would be charged. it is large that way. >> it is essentially all of

district 3, 6 and 5 and 9. then a little bit of 10. everything else. got it. okay. i am sure there will be more time for conversation about this once we receive the recommendation. >> one more thing. i would like to note the hours are morning and evening weekday peak periods. somebody who lives within the zone who is traveling outside the boundary or coming back home at a time that isn't the evening or rush hour would not be charged either. it only applies during the morning and evening rush hours. >> may i just add, i do believe

we have received some letters and feedback from mission bay organizations, employers that they do feel like they would like to be outside of the zone. neighborhood groups might be divided. we have tried to avoid splitting neighborhoods. there is a question what is the minimum size of them that could still be feasible and effective to reduce the trips to the core. >> in terms of deciding whether to include a neighborhood or not, is it based on the amount of congestion? the decision to include or in mission bay based on the level of congestion or feedback? >> right. i think it should be as the whole study is based on the technical need and feasibility

of the given configuration and public input. the traffic network is concentrated in the core, meaning south of market and financial district and civic center. we know mission bay is the emerging third employment need, and right now you see it come in over the next 10 years. we expect as that development and central waterfront development we will see that need. we want to do 2030 analysis. >> what you are looking at here is existing 2019 prepandemic congestion level. the next analysis will look to a future year when mission bay will be more built out.

that is the reason we wanted to keep looking at it for the purposes of next round of analysis to see what the congestion looks like when complete. >> i am concerned about models that puts a heavy charge on those living in a zone. to leave home and return and be charged is not the main goal, in my understanding. i think that the problem is that people are commuting heavy into the area. some of the models that don't have a deep discount at all for people inside the zone do not seem fair or equitable to me.

>> thank you. commissioner preston. >> one question on the timeline slide that you gave us the various six steps to get the final pointing a recommendation. can you play out beyond that for the benefit of commissioners and the public. my understanding is once you get the recommendation there may need to be state law changes to facilitate the implementation. in the fastest case scenario what timeline are we looking at once the recommendations are made and assuming they were adopted to the point? how long is the point of implementation? >> thanks for bringing that up? that is one thing i meant to say

and neglected it. thank you. if the board asks us at the recommendation stage to move forward with either the recommendation or modified version and look at next steps there would be several steps that we would need to do before we could implement the congestion pricing. that is why we are looking at this now as congestion has declined. it is now coming back. there is a long lead time here. those steps include working out a lot of specific details how the system would work. at this stage we are looking at the high level what would the policy look like. there would be a lot of work to deal with the details how implementation would play out. we would need state legislation as well. through all of those steps working out the details and a

lot more outreach for input as we go through that in terms of actual user experience of the system and getting into morety tails of each of those elements. we would look at in the three to five year timeline after we complete the study. >> thank you. >> madam executive director, anything to add? >> i believe that is fair and it all depends if we have the support of state and federal government as new york did when we were able to receive $3 million for facilities money. the conditions are important when we would be able to start and have that capacity in place on day one.

i might go back to speaking to commissioner haney's question about zone residents. in london they have a zone discounts. it is 90% discount. in stockholm they don't. in new york city the approval does not include zone discount. they are not done with their discount policy. about 75% of trips driving originate within san francisco. within that is 60% from the zone itself. within that number 25% of the down another -- 25% of downtown are tmc. that is a quarter of the zone trips. the internal trip making is a significant portion who is

driving downtown during the peak. >> commissioner preston. >> i had one question but a follow-up. i wonder on the strategy with going to the state authorizations we need. is the thinking we would have fully baked a proposal, adopted a proposal in terms of the parameters and then begin the discussion? i will just say observing the incredible heavy lift that it is to even get discretion for us to lower speed limits in san francisco, i am wondering if there will be parallel efforts like before this is fully baked will we seek discretion delegated to us locally or is the thinking these have to be sequenced where our proposal is

more fully developed before we start that? >> thank you. we have had ongoing conversations with members of the state legislature regarding authorization for a program like this, in particular senator bloom introduced a bill a couple years ago with senator weiner from the senate side to authorize up to four pilots in the state of california. la metro and city of lr are studying this concept actively. other regions have expressed interest. san diego and sacramento as well. to your point these are not easy to craft and pass at the state level. we have a general strategy in the legislative platform to pursue authority to consider the pricing. as to any specific bill that is up to you to take your guidance

on that. it may not happen in the first go. we hope there is enough statewide support to introduce it and to pass it when the time comes. it could take two years. >> thank you. any other questions or comments from members? i don't see anybody on the roster. why don't we go to public comment on this item. >> there are current lie five callers for item 7. >> first speaker, please. >> davidpel tell again. if anyone thinks i oppose everything in the world. not true. i support city-wide and targeted

outreach on the pricing study. i think it has a lot of things to think about. i support the proposed funding allocation to additional outreach on this important topic. i would note that we should recognize that the world has changed post-virus and that a lot of assumptions should be reviewed. we may need a fresh housing land use and transportation demand projection from the planning department or other city departments that we should look at perhaps after some of the reality has settled out because i am not sure that all of our transportation patterns are going to be the same post-virus. we should bear that in mind. thank you all very much.

take care. >> thank you, caller. >> good morning. i am executive director of the business improvement district. yes, thank you for your presentation. i have spent time with our public affairs committee and we are very concerned about this. wwe will be in the downtown are. this is not the time for this. we have been devastated by covid disproportionately. you heard reports earlier this month showing no convention at

moscone. no business travelers and no office workers coming downtown. these patterns may children in the future. this needs to be taken into consideration. we need to recover downtown and this is a barrier to us. what bothers us when the study was initiated it was never should we or should we not have congestion pricing. we are very concerned. price is a barrier. it is not the time. if we are going to spend money on a study. there is no congestion. traffic is down 90% right now. thank you.

>> good morning, chair peskin and vice-chairman i want to thank you. i am kevin carol and long-term resident and daily user of public transit. i am speaking in opposition to congestion pricing presented today for funding. our small businesses are devastated by the economic impacts from covid-19. we believe this is not the time to consider congestion pricing. timing for the study is inappropriate. if the program were implemented would create a barrier to the economic recovery. it would impact leaves of our employees. the study and i request why none is asked for.

this is the economic impact of covid and we are not having an economic impact study. they require employees to work from home. these are conducted prior to covid. international cities have congestion pricing. we have all heard on this calm discussions about what really needs or helps be strong. we don't have that. the project implemen. our employees must travel powork on bart and muni and when they are not operating they have to drive. they are employees as well. i urge you to not move forward with congestion pricing. thank you so much.

>> good morning. i am calling from the hotel here on fifth and market. thank you for your time and presentation. we have been one of the very few hotels to stay open. i am grateful we could do that. it is not easy. myself and my colleagues have taken pay cuts and reduced hours over this time. tto see this significant money spent on a project to cause greater harm to myself and colleagues at this time is tone-deaf. from a constituent standpoint it shows you are not focused on what matters the most. this is a time when traffic is notcentive. the post covid traffic patterns

are not the same. if we have this study we will get junk data and produce junk data out. grew up in london. i am aware of congestion programs. i have to admit it was where i worked hard and we don't have that here. we need to get that set up before congestion pricing. we are putting the cart before the horse. i urge you to step back. we have a city full of very needy people. please stop adding the taxes and fines. i appreciate you not moving ahead at this time. it is not the right moment.

>> good morning. i am steven cornell. i am vice president of. [indiscernable] registered chair. i think, number one, the particular study is not downtown open study. it was a neighborhood study. it includes nine discount merchants including fisherman's wharf, tenderloin and these are all neighborhood merchant districts. then you have the districts just outside. there has never been an economic study done on how it will affect

the neighborhoods. how will it affect deliveries to the stores. they are done in the morning. coming in and going out. nobody has ever talked to trucking companies, merchants about delivery patterns. we live outside the district and have to make a decision do i go to fillmore street? it will have a economic effect on them. any further studies that are featured will not be very well-done because it is a city hall government building. people do not have to work there until after june of next year. having the study beforehand about people coming to work doesn't show anything. thank you for your time.

>> thank you, caller. >> thank you. good morning, chair peskin and commissioners. i am walk san francisco organizer. we support the allocation to continue and expand outreach for the study. we all know that congestion could be done right. that involves really understanding how it would affect people across the city as well as the region. when i walk from initial outreach. how long it takes to get to the real conversation about trade-offs and priorities. the most common feedbacks,

discounts to the highest concerns. it is to understand the priorities about what can be a strong plan. with the pandemic we appreciate they are creative with online and offline channels. we are glad they have multi link gall sessions. we are continuing to be engaged. we are ready to engage to work through the locations to strengthen the potential proposal. it is a idea that goes forward it will be because there is a plan developed. [indiscernable] it can bring the greatest results for our transit service.

[indiscernable] >> thank you, caller. good morning. i am haley courier, policy manager at transform. we are working at the intersection of equity and climate. i have been participating in the ongoing discussion. i support the effort and thoughtful outreach efforts. congestion pricing is a cutting edge tool to reduce greenhouse gases and manage traffic. if it is in the program, congestion pricing can have huge positive impacts for all of san francisco including zone residents. this benefits all of the

residents. the program targets. [indiscernable] it is necessary for long-term economic. i am encouraged by the proposals set forth. this has the potential to be a model program in the country and all eyes would be on us. i am excited to work with the pac to move forward. it centers on communities of concern. i ask the board to approve the out reach request. they are doing an excellent job. thank you for your support for the study and commitment to equitable outcome. >> thank you.

i am tracey. ehs pil and on the board of the merchants and legislative committee for district merchants. we feel in favor of any outreach proposed. we are encouraged by the ability of the organization to continue working on this project in outreach into communities. there has been no economic study done to assess the impact of pricing on small businesses. then moving through the assessment areas most of them are neighborhoods. the downtown and neighborhoods border on the associations and tenderloin and the valley, south of market, chinatown, fisherma

fisherman's wharf and mission. we should be putting the pandemic behind us. is we do expect to be included in outreach, especially those in the mostly traveled-to areas. thank you for your time. >> this is kit carter. we are involved with the committee. we do support the passage of this appropriation at this time to continue the study outreach. to continue to make sure we get the congestion pricing that is an important tool. it will help increase transit ridership.

[indiscernable] this is to improve the service to help address issues of access downtown and the totality of downtown and safety of downtown. thank you very much. >> there are no more callers. >> thank you, madam clerk. we will close public comment. we have discussed this to a great extent. is there a motion to move this item number 7. >> moved by mandelman. >> is there a second? >> second by commissioner haney. on that motion, madam clerk, a roll call, pleasaroll call comm.

>> aye. >> commissioner haney. >> aye. >> commissioner mandelman. >> aye. >> commissioner mark. >> absent. >> commissioner peskin. >> aye. >> commissioner peskin. >> aye. >> commissioner ronen. >> aye. >> commissioner safai. >> aye. >> commissioner stefani. >> aye. >> commissioner walton. >> aye. >> commissioner yee. >> aye. >> the item has approval on the first reading. >> thank you. is there any introduction of new items? seeing none. is there any general public comment? >> no public comment.

>> okay. we are adjourned. the timma committee members should stick around. the rest can get ready for the board of supervisors meeting.

ch . >> thank you. madam clerk, i believe we have a presenter, deputy director fong. >> yes, thank you very much. this is your quarter report for the third quarter 2020. total liabilities amounts to $1.5 million and include 281,000 in payables to our consultant, and the remains is applied to deferred grant disbursements that weren't disbursed in the last fiscal year. we also have costs for technical services and personnel and nonpersonnel

services for the first quarter. further work is pending adoption and outreach, which you'll hear about in the next item from rachel hyatt, our deputy assistant director. with that, i'm happy to answer any questions. >> thank you. do any members have any questions? seeing none, madam clerk, can

you call the next item, please. >> clerk: item 3 is the toll affordability project. >> thank you. rachel hyatt will present this. >> thank you. the opportunities that the development agreement and the plan within it seek to -- seek to take advantage of are the opportunity to build a transit first community and to build a sustainable environmental sustainable community. the risks to doing that are the

fact that the island are only accessible to the congested san francisco oakland bay bridge and only have one means of access that isn't by car. so the challenges include an income that -- a community that isn't a transit oriented place, and the challenge that goes along with that is to provide those high quality options, and multiple options for getting on and off the island without folks feeling like that's their only choice. the transit plan, accordingly, is a significant level of new transit service that will phase in as development phases in but

will start with a ferry san francisco between san francisco and treasure island and a new bus service between the island and downtown oakland. the ability to walk and bike on island, including access to transportation options that our island currently doesn't have, like bike share and car share, and affordable options for accessing these new services, a subsidized transit pass that will provide passes to all of the new ferries, the east bay transit, the expanded muni service for a discount. the components that the transportation plan includes to manage the risks include managing traffic demand through parking tools and through a congestion toll. the parking will be priced and

has a limited supply, and the congestion toll has two roles. one is to manage the demand for driving on and off the island during congests times, and also to be the source of funding, dedicated operating funding for the new regional transit, the new bay ferry regional transit and on-island shuttle transit. this is our current schedule that the program is working with. the program is called upon to launch all at once, so the new transit, the transit pass, the shuttle, and the toll program will launch together as one program, and as -- as close to the occupancy of new units as possible. the schedule is driven by -- primarily by the infrastructure

completion schedule for yerba buena island, so it, right now, is anticipated to launch in late 2022. this specific item is a continuation of -- or the next steps from the action that the t timma board took in 2019 to exempt current residents from the toll. that policy was approved in november -- or last year, in november 2019, and the next steps that we needed to take from that is to define some options for how to provide that benefit to current residents. we also had started a conversation about how to provide support for current businesses, so nonresidential uses and so that work is now in

its next phase, although outreach is the key next step in the development for nonresidential uses. the last case, which is not the focus of the presentation today but is something that we'll be back to you in the future is how the program can support the low-income households who will move onto the island in the future. there will be 2,000 units at least of below market rate housing, and we need to come back to with options for supporting those future low-income households that aren't living on the island today. some of the inputs that informed the options that i'll

present today include outreach that we did. it was precovid, so during the time frame of the current resident exemption. we held workshops with the affordable housing providers workers' staff, as well as with business owners and workers on the island, and through that exercise, identified a long list of ideas for potential affordability support, which these ideas have drawn from that i'm presenting today, and we're at the point now where we need to circle back and continue that outreach. the objectives for the point that we are now is to put some operational specifics on how

these options could work so that folks can envision how these benefits might work on a day-to-day basis and, you know, be able to envision whether these are processes and programs that will work for them, that will minimize barriers to people being able to access the benefits that they're entitled to as well as be administratively efficient and identify and manage any operational inefficiencies or challenges, and also make sure that timma, as an agency, can identify the resources to keep these services going. so i'll start with the toll to

residents. in each of these options, the eligible set of beneficiaries are the residents who had a lease, a valid lease at the time the policy was adopted in november 2019, we do nknow tha as the developments build out, many residents will be relocated into a new lease into a new unit. tida will define the continuing eligibility for us, so even if they move into a new unit, they'll still be eligible for the toll exemption. the first option is based around a toll tag as a way to provide the exemption, so it would be a -- a toll tag

provided to the eligible leaseholders to the household that would be -- that would provide for unlimited trips on and off the island for no charge. and some things to know about how this program could work, we would need to work with tida to verify the eligible leases and a point of contact for that -- that lease, along -- along with the eligible lease. so the eligible lease and a point of contact that we would be in contact with to enroll. so we would enroll the point of contact associated with the lease and provide them with the exempt toll tags, along with a license and use agreement.

if current residents have a toll tag that they use, we can also register that toll tag and make that the toll tag that receives the exemptions. the second option is a license plate-based way of exempting residents, so in this case, current residents would provide license plates of those people living on treasure island, and then, we would exempt those license plates from the toll. the additional step involved in enrollment with this option is verifying the license plate and

its parking space so that we can connect the households with their vehicle that receives the exemption. among these alternatives, the toll tag approach has fewer administrative steps. it also allows the person to take that toll tag with them regardless of what vehicle they're in; so maybe more flexible that way, and we would point to those considerations as, you know, potentially we

would like to hear feedback on each of these. there are tradeoffs to each of them, and so outreach is our next step with current residents. the expenses, you know, the resources needed to make this program happen are shown here -- the two different kinds of resources. one is the direct expenses that timma would expend to operate the program, setting up the accounts, and managing the accounts and doing the outreach. what's shown is a five-year total projected cost for the -- this option number one in this case. the other type of resource is

funding the current operations. so these are our fundraising to recommend sources for each of those resource needs. option number two has an initial administrative step, and we project, therefore, an additional cost associated with option two both on the direct expenses side as well as

potentially on the resident side. so next, i'll focus on the organizations. the organizations include the catholic chariti mobile support for critical houses and food services. we do recommend that the board consider evaluating this program and adjusting it at a minimum 2500 units or what would be 2027 because we project that the types of

nonresidential land uses will change more quickly than the current residents' population, and so there may need to be changes to the program sooner than the midpoint development. the first option is a cash phase support for these businesses or nonresidential uses. it would be a payment from timma to the business point of contact -- the commercial leaseholder point of contact, and then, that -- that use could apply the subsidy to their greatest transportation needs, whether their primary cost is, you know, compensating their workers for additional commute costs or for their vendors for additional delivery

costs or even for visitors. the intent is to provide a flexible resource. there would not be any tolls associated with handling this option. we would recommend -- we need a basis for the amount that -- of the subsidy, and we would recommend basing that amount on the number of employees. the $600 figure here proposed here is found by assuming one peak roundtrip for a commuter on and off the island five times per week. to put this program into practice, we would need a

partnership to some extent with these businesses or nonresidential leases, tida to verify the leaseholder point of contact, and then us to be in touch to enroll that person to distribute the cash benefit, and then, on how much we need, and then, they would be responsible for distributing that cash subsidy as they need to. the second option would be a toll tag-based option, and thinking here was to mirror as much as possible the toll tag-based option that we've offered for residents, current residents. so that would be focused on low-income employees, and we would provide businesses with a

toll tag for each of their low-income employees. this would be prefilled to fund the assumed incremental costs of one roundtrip daily five times a week. the business responsibilities involved would be to provide timma with an indication of the number of low-income workers that they have. they would then need to handle the toll tags, so distributing them to their workers and then redistributing them when they have changes in employment. timma would be responsible for the auditing associated with this, making sure that we

hahave, for our auditor purposes, proof of the number of employees and of distribution of these toll tags to the employees. this chart shows the five-year total costs that we project, and we project a higher cost associated with the toll tag option because there is more administration required there. the toll tag handling is a cost compared to just a cash-based approach, fewer proofs that need to be provided in the audit trail. so for that reason primarily, we recommend a mobility cash

approach. it is less administratively burdensome, especially on the businesses themselves. but in each case, our next step is to continue the outreach that we had started last year and to seek feedback from both the current residents on these options for the toll exemption as well as from businesses and workers on the options for toll support. i would say that through the outreach we did last year, we heard many ideas that were not toll permitted that were related to other types of commute benefits and making other types of commute benefits accessible to workers, and those things are still very

much things that we support that timma, in many cases plans to provide but can provide in our scope of work. these things are focused on the toll-related support as a subset of the overall range of business and worker supports that we will provide. the last thing is that future low-income households are a remaining policy area that we haven't yet made a recommendation, and the reason is because we want to bring recommendations to you that are consistent with and developed together with san francisco's downtown congestion pricing study. in the sfcta board last -- in just the previous meeting, we described means-based and other types of exemptions and discounts for the downtown

potential corridor price. we would -- we recommend that treasure island be as consistent as possible with the downtown program, and so would -- so consider the same range of options to -- for affordability here for treasure island's future residents. our outreach time frame, most of this will be done after the holidays, circling back with the specific businesses that have contacted us with questions and feedback so far, as well as reaching back out to the business and worker base more broadly to kickback up on where we started the discussion last year. in parallel outreach to current residents to seek their feedback on the toll exemption

technology option, and in both cases, learn more about a demographic question such as how much vehicles does each household have, how many workers does each business have that will allow us to refine the program costs in each case. in spring, when we conduct the next phase of outreach for the downtown congestion pricing study, we will also take that outreach to treasure island and develop, through the co-creation approach, availability for future residents. these are some of the publicity methods that we anticipate using for the outreach. future low-income travelers, i

mentioned consistent with downtown congestion pricing study. we already know that, at a minimum, our downtown scenarios include a 100% exemption for our very low-income residents and a 50% at minimum for low-income, as well as some others that go into the moderate income boand. thank you very much, and i look forward to your feedback and questions. >> thank you, deputy director hyatt. we greatly appreciate it. i have a number of them, but

before i do, i'll check to see if any of my colleagues have questions. [inaudible]. >> supervisor walton: are low-income residents that come in the future are also protected, so just looking forward to that continued work. >> supervisor haney: great. thank you for that work, and i do want to thank the timma committee members, commissioners walton and mandelman, for your strong support on this to make sure we did have a clear plan for residents, employees, and business owners to ensure that

they had an exemption, a fair exemption from this toll. this was a big priority for me, having heard very extensively from residents, especially about concerns around the toll, and i do think that these options that are on the table here are really providing us with a set of opportunities to address that concern, and ensure that we have, overthe long-term, a congestion management plan, but that we are not putting undue and an unnecessary burden on current residents and business owners or employees before the transit opportunities are in place and before congestion is -- can even be an issue at all. i do really appreciate that the revisit milestone is still

4,000 units. that's what we had said previously, and i think that's really important. i do want to give the -- just flag that there may be data that tida currently has that can also help us understand some of the questions that have been raised. in particular, residents that already have vehicles are required to register those with tida for parking management purposes, so that could help to reduce the new burden. it could help us understand how many leaseholders have, for example, more than one vehicle. my guess is that if a number of the units have multiple leases or vehicles, they're more likely to prefer option number

two than option number one because they have multiple people in the home that are continuing to commute. i also wanted to flag that for -- i really think mailing an island-wide survey would be a good thing to do, and also a good way to do it would be tech surveys or ways of getting to people directly. tida has a long history of getting ahold of residents and probably has the best way to get feedback. on the question of the current worker and business affordability option, i know you're getting a lot of feedback as my office is around getting information on what folks prefer. my question is therefore a number of organizations that are not part of treasure island -- for example, ymca. would all nonprofits be eligible for the cash subsidies

or how are we determining which nonprofits -- for example, there's the ball field, the museum, and there are other folks who are out there who are nonprofits who have been operating on the island for sometime and likely will continue to. >> yes, thank you. so -- and we heard that same feedback from the tida board and tida c.a.b. when we gave this presentation in november, so that is something that we need to understand and better understand which of these land uses will continue to be on the island through the development. that information from tida will help us really be more specific about which land -- we know that these land uses, as proposed here, will continue to be on the island, but adding in

and understanding the other land uses not captured here, that we'ill continue to have tt nonresidential space and not continue to occupy that space will -- that that will indicate -- that will complete, you know, the picture of who -- which uses meet the benefit. >> supervisor haney: got it. and obviously, i think once we do have to decide that. i wanted to ask about the transit option. what is the anticipated ferry service state date currently? >> we anticipate the entire

program to launch late 202 2. >> that would be subject to available programs but -- 2022. >> that would be subject to the available programs funding gap, but that is the goal, assuming that there would be island residents by that time chain chachain -- by that time. >> supervisor haney: so the toll for people with exemptions, would it begin even with the ferry services available? >> the toll would be after -- so according to this schedule, it would not be until 2020 --

what is it? 2023? 4? >> no, so 2022. so all -- the transit service and the toll would start together. >> chair haney: there are -- there are buildings that will open, my understanding, that,

you know, i guess the -- especially the -- the bristol and the y.b.i., and there are others that would be subject to the toll, as well as people who are not [inaudible], but we're saying we're going to start it together with the transit option. >> correct. the toll together with the transit option. >> chair haney: we are all very excited with the transit options. the ferry is going to be a wonderful addition, both for the residents there, and to bring people to the island, i think it's going to be a positive thing for treasure island. great. well, i appreciate the continued outreach. i know that -- i'm sure that businesses and employees and, of course, residents will be able to process these different options, and i've heard from a number of nonprofits and businesses, many of which have responded positively to the

mobility cash stipend option, so i'm hopeful that we get additional feedback and thoughts on these things. with that, if there's no further comments from my colleagues, i would like to open it up for public comment. >> operator: there is no public comment at this time. >> chair haney: no public comment? well, that is a surprise. well, hopefully, people will have the opportunity to give comment in a number of other venues, and again, i appreciate all of the work that has been done on this. i do think it's really critical that we provide effective, smart, efficient ways to exempt current residents and provide relief for businesses and employees. i think what you put forward here is thoughtful and will be further informed by the

feedback by island residents, businesses, and employees, and certainly, i'm looking forward to finalizing this in the near future and being able to -- to settle what has been a long process, and i appreciate all the hard work that has been done. with that, i believe there are no further -- oh, hold on real quick. there's one more thing -- >> clerk: we're on item 5. >> chair haney: what about -- oh, there are other businesses on the island.

there are wineries and other businesses on the island. have you thought about which businesses you would include? >> so tida, we've looked to tida here for their help in conveying to you -- to us which noncommercial uses will continue to be on the island so we have an understanding of which uses are -- they'll have their leases continued and be part of the ongoing use that the island has developed. if we are -- if -- as there are changing changes to that, if there are changes to that, we should update our proposal so they're correct about which businesses would be there, and we'll and

support. >> chair haney: got it. great, and i do think it's important to have, you know, in the early next year, some open meetings with targeted specifically at businesses and making sure that's a part of the plan. they have a pretty tight network out there effectively, and with that, i think my comments and questions are done, and i look forward to continuing to partner with you all, and thank you again for all your hard work on this. are there any further final comments or -- deputy director? no? okay. great. thank you so much. madam clerk, will you please call the next item? >> clerk: item 5, introduction of new items. this is an information item. >> chair haney: colleagues, are there any new items?

seeing none, is there any public comment on new items? >> operator: there is no public comment. >> chair haney: great. madam clerk, will you please call item 6? >> clerk: item 6, public comment. >> chair haney: are there any members of the public that would like to speak on item 6, general public comment? >> operator: there are no callers. >> chair haney: great. madam clerk, will you please call the next item? >> clerk: item 7, adjournment. >> chair haney: great. thank you so much. this meeting is adjourned.