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.

>> good morning, welcome to the december 14th, 2020 meeting of the rules committee. i'm chair of the committee with me on the video conference are rules' committee vice-chair supervisor catherine stefani and rules committee member supervisor mar. our clerk today is victor young and i'd like to thank sfgov for staffing this committee. >> due to covid-19 health emergency and protect members members to the employees and the public the legislative chamber room are closed however members will be participating in the meeting remotely and they will participate if they were

present. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda both channel 26 and sfgovtv are teaminstreaming the numbers acre screen. call (415)655-0001. and again that's (415)655-0001. the meeting i.d. 146 961 6060 and press pound and pound again. the item of center comes up, it will be added to the speaker line and best practices to call from a private location and speak slowly and turn down your television or radio. you may submit public comments via e-mail to myself, the rules committee clerk at

victor.young@sf.org. it will be forwarded and included in the file. that completes my public comment. >> thank you so much mr. clerk. can you please read item number one. >> clerk: yes. the california department of public-health to prioritize california public school educators for phase 1 covid-19 vaccine access and i believe there's a request on this item. >> thank you so much, mr. clerk. and this is an item i'm bringing forward. colleagues, this could not come at a more important moment and this resolution urges governor newsome to prioritize public educators for phase 1 vaccine access. in the early stages of the

pandemic, san francisco and other counties across the state required the closure of schools to slow the spread of coronavirus in the community. school districts and educators across this states stepped up and adapted to the changes of school close your by shifting towards online distance learning at a scale that had never been attempted before. even with innovative distance learning measures in place the covid-19 school disruptions have had an adverse effect on k-12 learning and especially among low income students and students of color. the on going school closures have substantially cut students' learning time, limited the ability of educators to provide their levels of support, and diminished opportunities for students to develop their social and emotional skills, and increased rates of anxiety, depression, obesity and other serious health conditions amongst students. the disproportionate health and economic effects of covid-19 on

black, latino and asian and native american families with higher rates of job loss and covid-19 infection have only exacerbated the educational challenges and learning gaps that students of color have had to endure during this crisis. while schools have been closed for nine months now, state officials have failed to prioritize enough resources to support schools safely reopening as part of the state's covid-19 recovery efforts and many school districts remain closed with no clear time lines or commitments to reopening in the near future. if we condition act now to resolve these dangerous disruptions to our public education system, the deep learning deficits caused by school closures could have and will have lasting impacts on our students in the form of behavioral and academic challenges, grade repetition and increases rates of school truancy, suspension, expel sun and drop outs overtime. i have spoken to countless

public school families in my district and -- they are literally seeing their children fall through the cracks right in front of their eyes and they are desperate to have their kids return to school. i have also spoken with many educators who are willing to return as long as there are health and safety protocols put in place at their school sites. california state health officials are developing a phased distribution plan in partnership with the u.s. interest for disease control that will determine which segments of the population and which classes of the essential workers will be prioritized for receiving the vaccine first. it is still unclear where educators will fall in this state's priority ranking which will be decided over the coming

weeks. providing vaccines to all school site personnel, including teachers, para educators, nurses, councilors, janitors, and other support staff will be critical to our abilities to safely reopen schools as soon as possible and get our students, families and our society back on track. this resolution urges the governor, the california of public-health and all other state health officials to prioritize the school system by providing teachers and school support staff with vaccines immediately so we can safely reopen schools and get students back into the classroom. it also calls on state officials to subsidize the cost of vaccines for educators and school support staff to ensure equitable and timely access to these vaccines. education is the corner stone of our democracy and at a time when our testimon democratic institue

under attack we will protect the integrity of public schools ensuring they're well resources and equipped to overcome the current and future challenges presented them by the on going public-health crisis. we owe it to our students. it's time for governor newsome to prioritize public education in a real substantial way for the first time during this public-health crisis. i want to thank a couple of individuals who have been instrumental in drafting and working with us to put forward this resolution. including susan solomon, and annabella from uesf, who have worked on this with us this morning and there was an article in the chronicle that shows california teachers association at the state level is pushing for a similar before i turn it

over to supervisor mar, say that i i will make a motion a few amendment to the resolution and on page one, line 22, and adding whereas, for decades, california public schools have struggled with systemic under-funding by the state and resulting in one of the lowest spending rates relative to thrates.page 3, lino cross out the word professionals or that's line 10 and replace it with para educators, librarians, councilors and nurses and then online 12, adding the language where proper testing contact

tracing and ppp and antation protocols is another important measure for preventing school-based outbreaks and protecting students, families and educators alike. there's a couple more on page 5. line 1, we wanted to add that we agree with the governor and initial and public school educators be next in line and add it would go additional clauses page 5 starting line 9 for the result the san francisco board of supervisors urges governor to increase state investments in public schools over the coming years and to support the recovery in resilience of california public education system and be further

resolved the san fan will support and resources to the san francisco unified school districts to ensure a layered covid-19 prevention plan own site testing, ventilation, filtration and indoor air quality and small and stable student cohorts to prevent the risk of outbreaks and well cordoned vaccination efforts that provide easy access to vaccines if they're available, such as school-based vaccination sites. with that, colleagues, i hope to have your support and next is supervisor mar. >> thank you. i want to thank you and united educators of san francisco and the parents that have been advocating so strongly and as a parent, public school parent

myself and someone who represents a district with a very large preportion of families with children, our public schools, i absolutely agree about the urgency of this resolution and for us in our city and state to safely reopen our schools since possible and i know stefani, heard continue to hear from parents in my district and families about the great challenges that this distance learning has presented for them and we certainly face that in our family and how it's also really exacerbated inequity in our education system so, i think this resolution and really urging the state to prioritize teachers and other public

schools employees for the vaccination is such an important step we can take to support savory openinsafereopening of o. i would be like to added as a co-sponsor. >> thank you so much to supervisor mar. i appreciate that. i really wanted give a special thanks to my legislative aide, paul monta. we have been spending our time and days investigating how the city and county can help the school district open up at a safe and faster rate. just watching the kids suffer and our district has been really, really challenging for all of us. so, paul, thank you for your tremendous nonstop work on this issue and i appreciate you. with that if we can open this item up for public comment.

>> clerk: members should call (415)655-0001 and the meet, i.d. is 146 961 6060 and press pound and pound again. if you haven't done so dial star 3 to lineup to speak and the you have been unmuted and you may begin your comment and do we have any members of the public who are public comment today? >> yes, we have three callers in the queue. >> hello. >> hi,. >> please, proceed.

>> my name isn't vet and eye public school parent and the distance and it's a parent collected that seeks and advocates for equitable solutions for san francisco public school and i'm commenting in support of the resolution. i want to read a statement for our members who cannot take the time off to all the in this morning. i'm a childcare providers in die view and they have a hard time with distance learning and they're displaying anger and losing interest and showing difficulty learning and sometimes they cannot tell what you they did in class because they've lost interest in learning and cannot focus anymore. they are bored and it could be an i remember stated and --

other childcare providers and mind self have been open since june and this is from me and commenting again on behalf of the parents in our district. we urge governor newsom to prioritize and bring students to the class where they learn and thank you. >> a act parent leader and i'm here this morning to share our parent support for the city's educators to be prioritized as essential workers for the covid-19 vaccine so they may feel safe and be safe as they return to the classroom for in-person learning and some will

chose distance learning many of our hard-working families in san francisco and across our state are desperate to return to school and they're losing income as they stay at home to assist with learning and they're struggling with their own insomnia and they suffer of isolation and our low income students are impacted. many of our english language learner are failing tests that determine their academic future. they feel unprepared because many don't have a quiet space or fluency with technology. equity in our state public school system cannot be optional it's essential and so our our teachers. we must have a commitment to

educate our children by prioritizing them for vaccinations so they can return to our schools. providing vaccines to all school-site personnel including teachers, parents, janitor and support staff will be key to reopening our schools safely and efficiently. thank you. >> caller: good morning, supervisors and thank you for allowing public comment. my name is seth and i'm a proud parent of a fourth grader in the san francisco unified school district at the amazing glen park school. i am also a member of decreasing the distance. most, although not all of san francisco schoolchildren are suffering through distance learning. despite principals and teachers and parents heroic efforts to try and provide emergency pandemic learning, away from classrooms and school buildings. our kids need to be back in

school. with numerous studies describing and documenting the short and long-term hair that prolonged distance learning is bee falling our children. teachers and staff and children and families the number of children that would be allowed to go back to classroom are too few and too long delayed. providing early access to vaccines to teachers and staff bo accelerate our professionals and being able to feel safe about returning to inperson teaching and could hasten the return of thousands of schoolchildren back to schools. where they can thrive again in the company of their teachers and peers. providing early access to vaccines to public schoolteachers and staff, is also simply the right thing to do. school is essential. teachers and principles and staff members and para professionals are essential workers. they deserve to be prioritized in a society that values

equitable access to education, and values the essential work of educating and taking care of our children. furthermore, providing vaccines to our essential school workers as early as possible in the vaccine distribution process. woods sent a powerful signal to children that they themselves are essential and that their needs are being centered and prioritized by our society and by our leaders. we can do no less. send a strong message to governor newsom and california stakeholders. >> do we have additional callers? this is seth, i was just giving

comment. >> your two minutes has expired. public comment is two minutes long. are there any other members of the public for public comment at this time? >> and i want to first acknowledge and really thank supervisor ronen for her

leadership on this issue censuring that all workers that work a -- toget the vaccine andn into consideration rather than just saying schools are made up of teachers and students and i really want to acknowledge that schools are made of an echo system and more than just teachers and students and it is so important to ensure that as we get the vaccines that this vaccines are offered to all workers at a school site. more importantly, i want to say yes we need to ensure educators are some of the first workers to get the vaccine for others who are essential to the function of our society and i want to make sure the vaccines is the first steps in keeping our environment school site safe and extra and i

want to acknowledge and hilary and acknowledge and essential of making sure and -- madam chair, that completes the queue.

thank you for doing our very best to get us back in our beloved school communities as soon as possible. i would like to make a motion to amend the resolution as i stated earlier and if we can have a roll call. >> clerk: on motion to amend -- >> supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >> chair ronen. >> aye. >> if i could make a motion to send the amended motion forward with positive recommendations as a committee report. >> the motion to recommend the matter as amended as a committee report, supervisor stefani.

>> aye. >> mar. >> aye. >> and you can read item number 2. >> a pointing two members, terms ending november 19th, 2022 to the advisory committee and we have two seats two applicants. >> thank you so much. so, we have mark branch that you are and and to say and seat nine and are you here and would you like to present to the committee. >> fantastic, please. let us know your interest and experience relevant to this committee. >> ok.

well, i've been bicycle mechanic for, gosh, eight years. not working right now though. i used to race bicycles. i was on the national team for four years and late '70s, early '80s pre covid and i'm particularly interested these days in the -- i've been on the committee for a few years. i'm particularly interested in some of the things happening with the ai technology as it pertains to the things that will be happening on the roads because their algorithms being programmed they're going to process the trolley program.

when a vehicle cannot avoid a collision, there's programs and it is there was a and the bicycles advisory was aware of this stuff. essentially what i'm interested is conversations about equity and so there's a permit that is approved as i understand it for

ai technology on the streets of san francisco so it's something i'm working with my supervisor office to understand better and to bring to the committee. so, essentially my interest in that is just to make sure that we address issues of equity. just in a nutshell, there's a article that was written and called the moral there are no good options and it turns out that this ai technology in a car can determine age, race and gender of individuals and in the course of this article it describes how there have been conversations about who -- how

do you distribute harm? i just want that to be done he can witt plea and it should be done -- whatever those algorisms are there should be ways for the public to speak to that. and so i'm vehicle itsed to get thagoing to get thatgoing. if anyone has appreciate being a part of this and thank you. >> thank you so much. it looks like you have your biggest proponent in your house right next to you.

i don't believe they were able to make it and she's been a fantastic member of the committee and she has been part of the pueblo program of the organization and she works for huckle berry youth and has just really broad and perspective. despite the fact she couldn't be here today that you will support her work and her continues and enthusiastic support and advocacy on behalf of youth and biking in san francisco. with that we can open up this item for public comment.

>> clerk: members of the public should call on this item. the meeting i.d. is 146 961 606 o and press pound and pound again. if you haven't done so, you can unmute and begin your comments. do you have any members of the public for public comment on this item? >> we did not hear that? could you repeat yourself, please? >> public comment is closed.

i will ford the seat to 3 and seat 9. bicycle advisory committee to the full board with recommendations. supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >> chair ronen. >> aye. >> motion passes without objection. >> thank you. >> thank you, mark. appreciate you. thank you for your work. >> mr. clerk, can you please call item number 3. >> clerk: item number 3 is a hearing to consider appointing one member term ending august 1st, 2021 to the south of market community planning advisory committee. >> thank you. and we have one appointment, mary claire to seat 2 nominated by supervisor haney.

is mary here with us today? >> hi. >> hi, how are you? >> i'm good. good morning. >> good morning. is there any information that you would like to share with us about your work and why you are a playing for this position? >> i'll give a quick run down and who i am and why i want to serve on this -- >> i'm here today to ask for your support in appointing me to serve on the soma planning (inaudible). i was born and raised in the tenderloin and i moved back and fourth between here and soma. i'm in school for urban planning at san francisco state university because i want to be a education planner and i want to serve on the cac because i watched my district change, be gentrified and i walked down the street and i see some of the

wealthy 69twealthiest parts of n francisco next to the poor parts. i want to serve on the cac because i believe in centers racial and social equity where community voices are leading this process. when i was 18-years-old i was hired by the community network to be a pedestrian safety coordinator where i worked on the fulsome street scaping project for two years and that brings much needed biking infrastructure for the neighborhood and that was just recently passed by the city last year and that my last few years i was there transit organizer where we were worked on a campaign with the goal (inaudible). a campaign that was successfully one this year with the support of the board of supervisors to not include fares on working class people so for the last five years i've worked on (inaudible) and transit campaigns and district 6 and this work continues in my

current job where i work at the san francisco bicycle coalition as their downtown community organizationer where i get to work on more sf street scaping projects in the tenderloin and bringing programs like (inaudible) to the south market where there's been zero slows streets as of right now. it's a pointed to serve some of the safety and i promised the center city planning processs in equity and.

>> yes, we can hear you. please, proceed. >> thank you, good morning. my name is kathy di luca and i

called in and i saw mary claire on the agenda speaking up in favor of her appointment. i've worked with mary claire as an advocate for transportation in the city for years and she's a fantastic add ver advocate. she gives so much back to the community and i wanted to say you all would be crazy not to support her in this so thank you for considering and mary claire, i'm super excited about you. >> thank you. >> can we have the next caller, please. >> i'm calling to support mary claire. i've worked with mary claire in

a number of context for years and south of market and she's extremely came able and the definition of a true community members. she's a part of fabric of this city and she's been instrumental in the filipino community's response for grocery delivery during shelter in place and i know that she's an excellent advocate for many positive things in this city outside of her work in bicycle coalition and the south market community and the filipino community and this is a -- we've fully supported this as an organization and i support her appointment as well as an individual. thank you.

that completes the queue. >> thank you. public comment is closed. i was wondering if supervisor mar wanted to do the honors for this one. >> yeah. i'd love to. thank you so much, mary claire, for all of your incredible leadership and activism. on behalf of your community and transit and transportation issues. so i would like to move that

we -- actually, amend the resolution to delete the word reject and -- >> supervisor mar. this is starting off as a hearing so all you need to do is make the recommendation to appoint. >> i would move that we recommend the appointment of mary claire to the south of market community planning advisory committee. >> that would be for seat number 2. >> thank you. >> yes. >> yes. >> on that motion, supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >> chair ronen. >> aye. >> motion passes without objection. >> thank you so much mary claire we're excited for your work. mr. clerk, can you please read item number 4?

>> clerk: yes. item number 4 is a hearing pointing one member term ending october 19th, 2021 to the earn neighborhood citizen advisory committee and one seat one applicant. thank you so much, kelly cobeck is being nominated by supervisor mandelman and.

>> she's a long time community activist and a mom and is exactly the kind of person we want to serve and we hope to have your support for her nominations. thank you. >> thank you so much. kelly, hu here and do you want to say anything? >> >> it you hear me ok. >> sure. i did prepare a little statement and i wanted to thank supervisor mandelman for the consideration to the post.

i'm happy for the opportunity to be of service to my community and the committee and city at large. i'm 47, a mother of three, co owner of burnal cutlery. we've been in business for 16 years. we were established in 2005 and and we founded the business and utility room at the back of an apartment of important avenue using $40 to buy an center stone and print flyers and selling knives and after years working from home workshops we opened our first brick and mortar shop and what used to be the 331 court land small business incubator collective in 2010. we've moved twice due to out growing our shelves and we're now at home on valencia street in a mission district. i've been a resident of san

francisco for 23 years and i'm happy to call it home and i'm proud to raise san franciscans and i'm thinking of ways that would be a service to such a position and perspectives and life experiences i hold to include a deep understanding of the difference between cultural competency and the contribution i offer is gaining economic independence by being a small business owner for over 16 years and a member of the recovery community, sober and clean for 18 years. and it's never lost on me each day when i go to work on valencia street that i won't suffer as an addict, and

alcoholic on the same street that i now own a small business. they give back to their community and as such maintain the fabric of our local communities. this is never lost on me and as an owner and i'm very happy to step up again here for the cac and to add the voice of small businesses. so keeping it brief, i'm happy to answer any questions you might have and i wear so many different hats in the community as a food justice activist and researcher and i'm happy to answer questions with that as well. thank you for having me. >> chair ronen: thank you so much, kelly. as you know, i'm a huge fan of you and your work in the community and your store. i wish i could not imagine a better appointment for supervisor mandelman to make. i just echo everything tom said about you and your statement

said it all. you're someone that i just deeply admire and look up to so thank you for everything you do and i know you will bring that same passion and deep experience and love for your community that to the eastern neighborhoods committee so thank you for your willingness to do this. it's really wonderful. since i see no other comments, i'm going to open this item up for public comment. members of the public should call -- press pound and pound again. if you have have not done so dial star 3 to lineup to speak and the system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand and please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. do we have any members of the public for public comment?

>> yes, we have one caller in the queue. >> hello everyone, i'm chair of the san francisco small business commission speaking on my own behalf as an individual. i want to echo tom's comments and chair ronen's comments, kelly is a wonderful member of the small business community. we're very lucky to have her. she's an excellent choice for the appointment to the cac and i support it wholeheartedly, 100% and kelly, i got your back. feel free to give me a call if you need anything, i'm here for you. thank you. >> thank you. do we have any other callers on the line for public comment? >> hi, this is (inaudible).

i'm calling from valencia street we've been there over 50 years and i'm calling manny's behalf and just to say that i think it's really important to have a small business owner and -- >> i don't think we're taking public comment on that item yet and is it it will be the next item. thank you. >> so sorry. my bad. >> no problem. >> are there any other callers for this item? >> 201338 regarding the appointment to the eastern neighborhoods for the advisory committee. >> that completes the queue. >> >> thank you so much. public comment is closed. and i would be quite honored to

make a motion to forward the appointment of kelly to seat 5 of the eastern neighborhoods citizens advisory committee to the full board with positive recommendations. >> on that motion, supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >> chair ronen. >> aye. the motion passes without objection. >> thank you so much, kelly. >> see you soon, take care. >> thank you, tom for coming to committee. >> mr. clerk, can you please read items 5 and 6 together? >> yes, item number 5 is a motion the mayor's combination for the appointment of manual to the municipal transportation agency board of directors term ending march 1st, 2024 and item number 6 is a motion improving the nomination for appointment of fiona hennessey term ending march 1st, 2024.

>> thank you so much. so, first i will call up each of the nominees to speak and perhaps answer questions and from the supervisors and then we will call public comment together for the two appointments so, anybody who calls in can make comments about just one of the appointments or both as you chose. so, first, we will welcome manny, good morning, hi. >> >> good morning, can you hear me. >> yes. >> caller: awesome. thank you so much for bringing me on this morning. my name is manny and i'd like to thank london breed for this nomination. my name is manny, like i said, i'm the owner of a small business on the corner of 16th and valencia, i'm in my small business right now and a little bit about me, i'm originally from los angeles, california, i

first moved to san francisco about 10 years ago. i've worked on a couple different presidential campaigns and local campaigns. different advocacy organizations and i'm currentl current on thef the merchants association and on the board of the jewish community center of san francisco and i'm an appointment of the small business commission in san francisco. i came to san francisco over 10 years ago. my first time here i spent a summer working as a street canvasser. i lived at third and irving and i would take the palo station everyday and get my assignment from my clipboard and i would transit out to different corners of the city. i fell in love with san francisco in that summer and it was through transit i explored and understand this amazing city of ours, taking the n into powell station and all sorts of bus and money' trains so all different corners of the city to raise money for same-sex marriage reforms.

same-sex marriage equality. for the first five to six years of living in san francisco i relied on public transit to get around and i lived at the corner of 24th and castro and i took the 24th or 48 to castro station or the 24th street bart station to get downtown. chair ronen, supervisor, mar, and supervisor stefani, i'm honored to be considered to join the board of the san francisco municipal transportation agency and i ask for your support. i believe i would be a good addition to the board for three reasons. the first, is small business owners deserve a seat at table and i come from a small business families and my mother's family escaped in poll ant and the holocaust to move to brick lynn and opened up a store and a store that my mother grew up in and my father is holl cop and

small tablecloth and waking up sunday morning pack up family truck to sell at festivals on the weekends. i understand very much the hard work that goes into opening and running a small business as a small business owner myself and it's in my blood. and the relationship our transportation the streets, workers and small businesses have never been more important and we've lost 3,000 small businesses and unimaginable numbers since march in our city. and i've seen firsthand how decisions made by the sfmta in closing streets to cars and allowing the shared spaces program to on three presidential

campaigns and i would bring an organizers' perspective hearing all voices, bringing people together and advocating. i am a advocate and small business owner so that experience is useful on the board and my third my role at manny's and my small business as a connector of people to politics and it's allowed me to be the start of the funnel for a lot of folks who have no idea how our city government and politics in general works and i think the sfmta really needs more people, right now, to bring them into the process of government. especially considering the very dire economic straits we're in and the big decisions that will be needed made o'er the coming months and some personal notes,

my father was almost killed by a bus when he was a young man on his motorcycle in israel and he was in the hospital for a while and my grandfather was run over by a drunk driver coming own early morning from synagogue one sunday and he was told he was never going to walk again sevenly he was able to walk and so, these issues of pedestrians and car safety is important and personal to me and i've met with 12 union reps and democratic clubs and community groups in the richmond, chinatown and mission and more and merchant associations and anti displacement and gentrification groups, taxi advocates, the coalition to end poverty as well as all 11 supervisors. i'm staying this role seriously and i'll end by saying to me, mobility is freedom and it's my believe that a city like ours should create access to that freedom for everyone everywhere.

it's given the opportunity to serve, i promise, to be a fierce advocate on this board. it will bring my community to the board. thank you so much for the consideration. >> thank you so much. colleagues, do you have any questions? >> chair ronen: what is your most common way of transport? >> i took the 24 to castro station and i took the 48 to the 24 loss and i live in a couple blocks so i walk and because the

way bus routes work from where i live to where i have here it would be a lot quicker to just walk or take a moped and as i need to go downtown and home i take the underground muni from castro station. >> chair ronen: great. you will be the first small business owner to be on the mta board. can you talk a little bit more about how you see that new role and particular role and what concerns the small business you might want to highlight on mta board governance? >> for sure. i just want to, not to correct you too much but gwen is a small business owner and she represents the dgra for a while. the only distinction it's important that i own a physical space on the street which

because of -- i don't want to take credit away from chair borden. >> chair ronen: thank you for the correction. >> so, there's a couple things. one, hiss tryingly there's been a lot of tension between the small business community and the sfmta and part of it is a lot of big projects at the sfmta ha undertaken to accomplish its goals and have in many ways felt left out of the deliberate process. i want small business brought in the middle, not after a project is vetted infernally. to understand how a particular project might impact the small businesses on the ground. for instance, i'm on the 16th street bus improvement project construction mitigation task

force. it's a long name. as you i'm sure snow, chair ronen, sfmta is considering a lot of improvements to 16th street and it may involve a lot of construction and i wanted to get involved in that because i didn't want to have another long multi-year construction process that would potentially kill businesses on 16th street, many of whom are legacy businesses and they've been here for a while and are barely hanging on by their fingernails so and the pandemic has at the sfmta in ways we've never seen before because we are required to basically utilize the space outside of our businesses if we're going to stay alive and i'm looking to succeed and and

the sfmta still is one of the main ways that employees of small businesses, my employees included, get to their places of work and if we have unreliable muni trains, if we have buses that are not picking up there and if i can be a good board member and help the sfmta be strong, it will have effects on small businesses. >> got it. thank you. >> i wanted to let you know ex let my colleagues know i've been getting text from organized labor from the trades council and the san francisco labor council saying that they support your nomination so i wanted to let you know that and congratulate you for working with labor because i know

specifically the twu250a that dua andhow you could make deciss which lines to restore and how and with which priority and how we're going to get back -- get people back on to public transportation as we begin to recover from covid. it's something that as our mtvc representative i'm fretting on and i would love to hear your thoughts on that. >> two very big questions and questions that i've been thinking about a lot as i've prepared for this conversation i'll take the second one first.

right now, public transportation, what is filtered down to the average person like myself is that transportation should be taken for essential trips and if you are not taking for essential trips, you shouldn't take it and so, we have not officially end the shelter in place order and we're telling the san francisco public it's ok to use public transportation again first. i think vaccinations will help. getting people back to school will help and reopening our downtown, our convention centers, our events, all those things are going to meet to first happen in order to feel comfortable again taking public transportation. so i think the next three to six months will be very critical and there's been a cooling effect on not just people taking public transport but everything and of course we know this in our commercial corridors. you can get take out delivery and you can shop at retail but because of the news, not just in our city but around the country,

folks are trying to do their and many cases mean staying home. the way the sfmta handled which lines to cut, to me, seemed like the right framework to thinking about bringing them back. which is, if you live in an area, with a high concentration of people who rely on our public transportation system, exclusively, to get around and especially to get to work, those are the areas that should be prioritize and with existing services and quality of service and consistency of service and you know, you have seen that with the lines that have been kept.

a lot of these lines have been kept, including the 14 and 14 1r take worksers to their jobs and reopen and we should go backwards and what areas have who require our public transportation system for economic mobility and freedom and bring back service to them. the case of the 27 in the tenderloin. which had a critical purpose in bringing folks north/south within the tenderloin and served as specific senior community and it's going to be brought back on january 23rd so we also need to think, we can walk and chew gum and we can be surgical in some of the improvements that made in communities where people need them most. >> i just have one more question before i turn it over to my

colleagues. i know many -- i know because i've been contacted by many members of the latin x community that feel frustrated that despite being such a large rider o.p.p. ship oridership of muni t have latin x representation on the mta board and not to say that your playing the role of being the rap of the latin x community but given your connection to the mission, i'm just wondering, what specific outreach you've done to that particular community and how you feel like you are represent the latin x community on the board? >> well, representation matters as you know and i'm not latin x. so, i won't be able to represent the latin x community as a latin x person. as a mission, small business owner, before -- a year before i even opened manny's and i think the meeting i had was with you

chair ronen, i went through a year-long community engagement process. i believe i asked, we were at charlie's cafe in bernal heights and i said who in the community do i need to meet before i even start looking for a place. you give me a list of people and i met whom all of them. i say, when it was announced i was being nominated for this, one of the first conversations i had was with eric, peter to talk about the nomination how i can represent needs of their community. i've been serving with close proximity who wrote a letter of endorsement and i've gotten to know roberto hernandez through popping into meetings at the mission merchants and advocacy around carnival and i will say that my advocacy for small business has had a disproportionate impact on essential workers in the mission, who are, like we know,

disproportionately latin x. there's small business owners have kept their jobs until the this past weekend. i've had to go through the gauntlet as most people know, and ordered and begin earning the respect of the community around me. it's not something that i've asked for without walking the walk and that doesn't mean i'm not very much learning and asking questions and listening. i do think that the gauntlet of the first two years of trying to run at civic space in this community, has taught me much and in some cases have earned the respect of folks who need representation on this body. >> chair ronen: thank you. i appreciate that. >> thank you, chair ronen. first of all, thank you so much,

manny, for your willingness to serve an the mta board and step into this really incredibly important role in bringing all of your expertise and experience of activism around a wide range of issues, particularly small business issues in our city to the important work of the mta board that has going to be even more challenging at this moment of unprecedented budget deficit. i just, chair ronen asked a number of the questions that i had but i did have one other question and that is, as you know, sfmta has moved quickly during shelter in place to implement a lot of new innovative strategies for adapting our streets. the shared spaces program is important and the slow streets initiative and in my district the closure of the great highway or really the opening to

pedestrians and bikists have been incredibly important and during this pandemic. at some point, in 2021, the emergency authority for these measures will likely end and so i guess my question is, what are your thoughts about how sfmta would approach this transitional period, what's the right level of outreach and for keeping any of these long-term programs and. >> i know it's of supreme importance to you. >> i think a lot of the -- i think the pandemic provided us an opportunity to rethink how our streets serve our communities.

and i think in general, the opening up of our streets, pedestrians, cyclists and small businesses has allowed to us see each other again which in a moment of extreme anxiety and trauma and i don't think can you put a price on what it's like to just be able to experience community in a safe way and it's good for sustainability and safety so i think a lot of boxes have been checked by the slow streets shared space and some of the larger changing of art streets. there's been consternation for some in particular residents of neighborhoods and freeways that have even changes to the amount of cars street closure and the profession specifically and the process should be happening

right now and it is and what is the design process look like for them. the community, as a whole. want to keep them both the folks who utilize these closed streets i did with the outer avs, and they're not inconveniences too much and they could hold a lot of beauty for our town and to inspire pride and accomplish the

goals have been at the score of sfmta and i'm excited about them and proud of many of them and i have enjoyed page to keep them in the future. >> thank you. actually, i had one other question. it's a follow-up to supervisor ronen's question and your response around your given their lack of representation on the mta board and your deep decision connectioconnection to the miss. i did hear from organizations and leaders in the latinx community that they haven't had a chance to sit down would you to talk about transportation and transit priorities for the community. for example, the latino democratic club so i just wanted to i guess make sure that you are committed to continuing to

engage in the community with the latinx community immaculate. >> it was did two hours long and if there are specific organizations, other than the latino democratic club, i would be more than happy to sit down with them. >> great. thank you, manny. >> i don't have any other questions. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. supervisor stefani. >> thank you, chair ronen.

i do not have any questions, as we've had spoke about your nomination earlier and i've known you for -- it seems like a long time because you are one of those people you meet and you feel like you've then them for a long time because of the person that you are and what you bring to civic engagement in san francisco. i was absolutely thrilled to see that the mayor nominated you, manny, for this position. your experience is a small business owner in this city speaks volumes to your experience and what you've lived through. not only with transit but recently having your window smashed, i think that you know you absolutely know what it's like for small businesses to try to survive in this city. also, your outreach and the way you view neighborhood and community involvement, i think it's extremely important as we

discussed around things like bike share and how you went through that. you've experienced that and so i really can't think about someone better for this job in civic mind and i want to do more others who want for the city and i think you don't capitalized division and amazing quality and i can't thank you enough and in san francisco and i look forward to seeing what you are going to do on the mta board of directors. thank you for willing to serve. >> thank you so much, supervisor. i really appreciate that.

>> now we're going to hear from ms. fiona hines. >> can you hear me ok? >> we can hear you perfectly. >> good morning supervisors and clerk young. good to see you all. thank you for having me this morning. as chair row men mansioned and i'm i'll give you some recent information on me. i'll be brief and i'll also try to incorporate some responses to the questions that you asked manny. i want to thank the mayor for her nomination and tyra for believing in me and shep shepheg us through the process and for those who don't know me or haven't met me, my name is fiona

and i currently serve as the director assistant at independent loving resource center which is a disability rights and advocacy organization. i oversee all of our policy work, including our transit work. i am a native san franciscan who lives in the outer richmond. my main form of transportation is transit. touching on some of the experiences that i have in the transit world, as i mentioned, i oversee our policy portfolios. that includes active work with the vision zero coalition and the senior disability work groups, who has created in the

past a accessibility guidelines tools kits for protective bike lanes which is used by the mt a and our next project will be hopefully a guideline for best practices with regards to open spaces like the great highway and so, i also serve on those. i have experience in advocating for programs such as the essential trip card and also holding our transit and making sure that system runs as smoothie ansmoothly and efficies

possible. paratransit and taxis are also a key part of the tranc transit sm that seniors and people with disabilities rely on. most recently in terms that i've been active in the different tenderloin work and so again, the restoration of the importance of really holding down some community outreach in cards to that and i will i believe that when it comes to covid recovery, and restoration everything at the mta should be viewed and with the equity and restoration of service we should

be looking specifically at restoring lives that serve our communities of concern and ask not just that serve our that are well served and by transit so looking at that and also communities are concerned at making sure everything related to the mta is equitable. manny mentioned in his remarks the shared spaces and closed streets programs and those have undoubtedly saved some small businesses that there are there are concerns in the visibility community with how, as we get

into more creative ways of using our right-of-way, right, with the slow streets and open space and shared streets programs, how do we make sure that the right-of-way remains accessible and the pass of travel for also accusing all kinds of mobility devices whether they're even a new mobility like it's scooter or a how do we all share the right-of-way and so looking creative creative solutions, and also getting into there's been transition to looking at new ways of mobility and how do we

make sure that and it's possible and i also want to adjust that i think that equity is key in all areas of the sfmta and i strongly support there's a position added in the office of that equity hopefully here shortly and communication to you as the word of supervisors and to the public is i think they do a good job on the whole but it always could be done better and

so making sure that the mta is held accountable and knowing as transparent to the public as things can possibly be as it relates to both the large capital projects such as the central subway or i know that there's been a lot of controversy around that and also the restoration of the communication that could be better to the public so making sure that that happens and that as mta does good out, good outreach to under serve communities would be a priority of mine and i think another priority of mine would be we know that recently, a couple of

large capital projects have been in the news for not running on time and all the sources various running overdue to and such, i think particularly in an era of budget short falls, i think that looking hard and dealing with our capital projects, and making sure we are deliver on those and really making sure that we go into accountable and not just the rubber stamp for the mta and really asking the questions and that would be a priority of mine as well and also i have

relationships with a lot of advocates in the disability community and other communities as a whole so i would be good at doing the on the ground outreach that machine' talked about in his remarks. i think i will close my remarks since i'm unable to make public comment and with my support for milmy fellow nominee and who wod be an excellent member of the mta board and also i think in the era of the chair safes streets program i think.

>> to manny head of time. you are very organized and honest. with that, i see that supervisor mar has a question. >> yes. >> thank you. even more so now with the challenges we're facing with our transportation and the safe streets work. i appreciated the opportunity to meet with you recently and i was

so 'em criesed and your deep commitment to not just advocating the needs and for all vulnerable communities and populations in our cities and yeah, and i thank mayor breed for pullin putting forward your nomination and you are such an incredible important leader and activist and voice in our city and so, yeah, i don't real fifth have any questions and i think your remarks really touched on some of the questions i have. thank you for what you do and the willingness to step into this important role. >> thank you, supervisor. >> agree. i have one question for you.

which is about -- how am i blanking on the name of this. vision zero. it's not working. we're having a disturbing amount of death and serious injuries as a result of collisions. do you have any thoughts how we can improve vision zero. >> with the, let me say the vision zero clock is ticking and i appreciate the board of supervisors has really tried to double down its commitment to the bureau and i think a community engagement process and safety education is key to vision zero so any pedestrian

safety education efforts we can do, it's also been shown that any guy and feed enforcement and and he also created street skipped design and using scape design and using it on our streets but i think it's really education both in (inaudible) and really excited to see the

great work you do on the mta board. supervisor stefani. >> i want to echo your concerns around vision zero.

we had an excellent discussion about this, about enforcement and speeding and especially with regards to my concerns along the geary corridor and i value that and i know it's something we're not doing well on and she said the clock is ticking on this so, i appreciate your attention to this. we discussed paratransit. i worked on that a lot when i worked for supervisor peer and the a mention it needs to be geting and i value your experience and your advocacy on that and your ideas so, i just am thrilled with this appointment as well and i think mayor breed definitely has given us two nominations two appoint's that will girlfriend this city well. >> we will now open this item up

for public comment. every member will have two minutes to speak on either or both candidates. >> yes, members of the public who wish to apply public comment on item, should call (415)655-0001 and and and if you haven't already done so and a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. wait until the the system indicates you have been unmute and you have your comment. can we have the first caller, please. >> good morning, i've opened a retail hardware store for 39 years. during those year i've been involved with the merchants, and

the legislative representative and i represent myself and the council and the folk street merchants. we're an unrepresented community. we've always sought and the mta and before the mta and and he used to have the community person of the month awards and we were advocated of that and we gave ut one of the awards this is a great opportunity to have manny appointed to be a local merchant representing us. he doesn't just represent his own little area, he represents a lot of people and i've seen it in many meetings in different

things and he is active and engaged. i really highly encourage all of you to confirm manny to the mta board. we would be very, very happy and appreciative. thank you. >> can we have the next caller, please. >> caller: good morning, supervisors and chair ronen. this is amelia linde. calling for the sfmta board. she is well-known for reaching out, listening and building consensus across our community, not just in the community around him but with groups all over san francisco. she is creative and problem

solver and will bring a. >> zahra: and represent the needs of san francisco small businesses and residents alike. they have resounding impacts on the communities they service and the experience is a user and a resident and understanding how the decisions from sfmta. manny will ask the right questions and stakeholders and he will build bridges to help the sfmta board better serve all san franciscans. so thank you for your time and we urge to you support manny's nomination. >> thank you. can we hear from the next call caller? >> sorry. >> hi, this is jessica layman with senior sim debate honored .

she's all over the city and all kinds and does a great job of translating that experience and connecting it with what other people are dealing with and figuring out what does that mean for policy and practice and she's good at listening to people and listen to people, two communities that are critical when it comes to transportation and pedestrian safety and she will also listen to every other community and and she will work

effectively with the members of the board to be able to make really positive change for the city. especially at this time and we're dealing with the pandemic and thinking about what recovery may look like and i think fee known a and to have on the bored to address that. thank you. -- board. >> can i have the next caller, please. >> i am a small business owner in the outer sunset. board member of the i'm supporting manny's nomination. we know him as the owner of his civic engagement space and a friend, client and most recently as a fellow steering committee member for prop h. i think all of us know that he is hosted hundreds of events and

they have enriched our city in ways. and a as a board member he spearheaded that have streets and giving businesses a fighting chance. it's taken a huge hit on the small business community and employs half of our city and hanging by a thread and this is a really pivot at moment for us to increase and from our representation perspective she's a queer, small business owner of color but also someone who has served with distinction and built policy expertise on the challenges faced by small buses as a small business commissioner. given the reduction of muni

service and these impacts on our future of transit operations, we will certainly see shifts on commutes to downtown job centers and also shifts in operations of our businesses to park let's and outdoor services and curbside pick ups and and i can't think of a nominate better position to revitalize our commercial corridors and our transit system many of i ask that you recommend manny for the sfmta board of directors.

i'm at the community benefit district and serve as chair of the traffic and safety task force and a long-term residents with the tenderloin. it's the center of san francisco spike or more equitable and the residents and the reliability affordable transit to live their lives and it can turn live in one home into tragedy and they need leaders to improvement in commitment to this work to assure we achieve a brighter future. it will be one of these leaders. she's an active member of the tenderloin task force showing up and volunteering to make better

policy and help us all advance crucial change. the traffic safety task force will like the boards are strong support for fiona's nomination for the sfmta board and i would like to say this is a growing trend and she will do wonders to serve on the board as well and is i want to say give support to manny as well. i think as many people have said, his small business experience and his community organizing experience play a crucial hope in helping the mta.

>> caller: thank you, supervisors. my name is lori thomas and i'm a small business owner and i own two restaurants in san francisco and i'm also executive district offer golden gate restaurant association this year. i'm in strong support of manny and for this position. i believe that manny would be an excellent and a much needed addition to the sfmta board. he said he is the first brick and mortar business owner to be on the board. he is passionate and knowledgeable and he cares so deeply for our city. his experience as a small business commissioner shows he understands the process to be

valuable contribute or to a board of sfmta to run the online forums and the chats with mazing industry leaders and political laiders across the u.s. shows that et cetera respecte he is rc lit. it's key to have business leaders work with our city government and i think he would be an excellent addition because again, many of our workers really rely on muni and we're so worried in the restaurants that we have that available if and when we can come back again so thank you for interesting him and i really would advocate for him to be chosen. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. can i have the next caller, please. >> good morning, chair ronen. my name is brian and i'm walk san francisco vision zero organizer and i'm here to share

walk san francisco's support for the confirmation of fiona to the board of directors. we worked with fiona for years through efforts and the tenderloin traffic task force and each are places we've seen work effectively across groups to find solutions improving transit access and pedestrian safety. what is a parent every time that her knowledge of transportation issues and her focus for considering how decisions actually impact those most vulnerable and who use our streets, especially seniors and people with disabilities and particularly as a member of the senior disability workgroup of the vision zero coalition, her expertise and solutions focused approach have been really important and ink mental in a work on disability street safety issues. her participation and feedback and insights into into the working groups publication get into the curb to protect bike lanes that were for pedestrians has improved our city's ability

to deliver bike infrastructure for people walking and biking particularly seniors and people with disabilities and and thoughtful candidate for that board and we urge you and thank you. >> thank you. >> can we have the next caller, please. >> >> hello chair ronen and supervisors. this is chair of the san francisco small business commission but i'm speaking today on my own behalf and i am strong support of both candidates fiona is an incredible and inspiring person advocating for transportation and will be a wonderful addition but in particular i want to talk about manny, who i've had the distinct honor of serving on the small business commission with

for the past year throughout the pandemic and i want to echo and validate everything that everybody has said and about him being thoughtful and considerate and and a really great bridge builder and advocate for the city as a whole but what i am going to mention is he is really funny. [laughter] he is just hilarious. and i can't tell you how much of a joy it is to work with someone like that when you are working your way through a pandemic and everything is very dire and dark and he brings joy and light and humor and it's an honor to have worked with him and it's an honed tore call him a friend and i'm grateful for his contribution to the city and i think you should forward the recommendation as i know you will.

thank you, so much. >> thank you. >> next caller, please. >> caller: thank you for your leadership, supervisors during this difficult time. my name is martin. i am an avid transit users, board member of a co-chair of the (inaudible). co-chair of -- and voice chair and chair of pedestrian and community safer better streets for walkers and i deal daily and i think manny gets things done thoughtfully in both the lgbtq community and jewish community and i support his appointment of directors because of his ridership in the community and the favor which is essential in any representative of the board. similarly i want to echo previous callers and disability

seniors and is a very active personal and tenderloin traffic safety force underserved neighborhoods and i advocate for her appointment as well and they're both great picks. >> thank you. can we have the next caller, please. >> hi, everyone, thank you for taking the time and providing an opportunity for us to speak. i am a commuting student and devout community member and organizer and i reside in nor' valley and i'm speaking on my own behalf calling in sort of manny and to request to his qualification and i've worked alongside manny for the last two years as part of his team for his small business in the

mission district called manny's. and he is a great community member capable of listening and caring for other communities members and a great source of innovative thinking of what san francisco should look like and trans identity is and manny is a great employer, skaterring to the needs of others and creating an environment that is open and comforting and empowering. he has created a blue plinth how to think out of the box and understanding and cooperation and to transform the city of san francisco he is not a trade to ask questions and he is passionate about making it a beacon of hope and a refuge for

many and preserve the spirit of such a progressive city. he is qualified and diligent with his responsibilities when it involves the community and helping to he has experience and having worked for the obama and clinton administration and locally for mark leno and chief-of-staff and on contributing to the bicker picture and what is good for all and not just some. he is the dedicated small business owner and waiverring. >> next caller, please. >> good afternoon or it's just about afternoon, chair, ronen, commissioner stefani and march,

and i'm helping seniors and adults with disabilities get access to free and low cost transportation services. i had the great pleasure of working with fiona for six years on transportation advocacy in san francisco. and when i learned that she was nominated i just thought, what the heck, what an amazing appointment and how did this not happen sooner she's fantastic and she's smart, really hard-working and easy to work with and not only she's that rare person that understands the experience of users, of our transportation system, but the policies, political structures and the agencies that create and regulate the systems and that is rare in an advocate and a board member and incoming board members for sure and she has

such a deep understanding of the disability community faces and in terms of our transportation system and she's seen firsthand how changes that the mta makes nor groups or modes impact folks with disabilities, for instance, the city's protected bike lanes and they have been a great boone for a lot of bike riders but have really caused some challenges for people walking and fiona has been involved in making sure that those designs, of the bike lanes, work for everybody. just really adding a lens that the sfmta doesn't really have now and during this pandemic we're seeing a burden of people getting around. these photographic at risk aren't as comfortable using muni right now and fiona understands this. i encourage you, i urge you, to approve fiona's nomination will

make the city's transportation system better for everyone who gets around in our city. thank you for your time. >> thank you. just for members of the public, if you have not already done so, please dial star 3 to be added to the queue to speak. for those on hold, please continue to wait until the the system indicates you have been unmuted. can we have the next caller, please. >> hello, chair ronen and supervisors mar and stefani. pretty well echoing what everybody else about manny to be appointed to the sfmta. i'm a past president of the council of district perch ants h ants and i've been working for bricks and mar to be to be on this committee and we do care

about transportation and small business, it's a partnerships we have to work with and he really cares and he is amazing. i haven't seen anybody who has got as much energy as manny does. and he does care about all of us and not just the small business and transportation but the community at large. he is tireless, passionate, dedicated for small businesses so i urge you to please appoint him to recommend his appointment to sfmta board of directors. he is a great guy and i admire him and i hope he is appointed. thank you, very much, this is hendrik, bye-bye. >> thank you. can we have next caller, please. >> hi, my name is tracy and i'm in the mission. i've been serving on the board of the mission merchants

association for eight years and a delegate with the council of district merchants association serving on the legislative committee and i'm calling to publicly lend support for manny's appointment to the sfmta board and the small business community would be thrilled to have someone that understands the needs of small business and participating in decision-making and community outreach. as a personal note, i want to say that i've worked with manny in the neighborhood for outreach and personally reached out to him for support in areas that i was looking for more additional information on and i have to say as busy as he is, he is always taken the time to pick up the phone to call and to be a real community leaders and i would like to support manny in the position of a board member of the san francisco mta. thank you. >> thank you. >> next call,er please.

>> i am born and raised in san francisco. i'm committed to san francisco. and our ka lino and i'm a hammy owner and points we have sur viced this panned through many changes and it's been a big part of it and i really strongly feel it's important to have small business owners representing us on the board and i want to say that in all the years we've been there it's very rare to have someone is snow by and get to know us and ask us how we're doing and ask us our needs and it's been great. i want to commend manny and support his nomination and he has gotten to know us and he stays in touch with us and he is

test us and e-mailed us and calls us and asks us how we're doing and what we need and he thinks about it and thinks about all the things we need and he is gone far beyond and sometimes because of gentrification and valencia street and all the things that have happened there, it's great to hear him say to me many times do you want me to sit down with you and him so he is a definitely unity bringer to thank you for the shared space and everything you've done. you brought out block together and get us all talking and helping each other to make it through these tough times.

there you go. thank you for your time. >> can we have the next caller, please. >> hi, everyone. this is den and i am the founder of the san francisco bar owner alliance and the president of the entertainment commission and i'm speaking on my own opinion today not theirs. i'm speaking in support of manny as commissioner of the mta and no matter how bad we think things are for small business right now in san francisco, i guarantee you they are worse and they're going to get worse even. part of the rebuilding process is going to be drastically involve or very crucially involve decisions that will be made by the mta both on shared spaces, use of outdoor space and helping on businesses recover from this unprecedented disaster

and i don't think there could possibly be a better person to fill the position and help us than manny. everybody -- [please stand by]

>> -- in fact, when it was originally senior action network, and i have to say that because rarely have i seen two candidates i feel very qualified for this position. not only qualified but actually willing to do the work. fiona, i've worked for her for at least five or six years, she

was part of our transit coalition group. she's been a very thoughtful, very creative with ideas about how to solve issues. manny, i've only known him a few weeks, but i'm impressed with all the work that he's put in and his knowledge. i'm very impressed. he's really serious about that, and that's impressing me quite a bit, so i really hope that both members get forwarded to this committee, and i'm really

grateful that we have such qualified members put forward to the board. thank you. >> operator: thank you very much. can we hear from the next caller, please. >> hello. i'm rick lobshire, and i'm the chairman of the board of the union square foundation as well as the chair of the better market street c.a.c. i'm a native who grew up in my family's small business on market street. i'm here to give my personal support for both nominees, manny and fiona here. manny will bring more of the forward thinking needed as we move more into an uncertain future. fiona brings deep experience and knowledge to both general and mobility issues that are

more important now than ever. i'm proud to add my support to all the others you have heard from today. thanks. >> operator: thank you. can we have the next caller, please. >> good afternoon, chair ronen, supervisors mar and stefani. my name is paul valdez, and i'm going to add a different perspective to all the other comments. i'm a pedestrian, transit rider, and a person who has biked for over a decade in our city. i'm an active member for the san francisco bike coalition, and a participant in the simon biking event, in celebration of those we lost in biking

accidents. in addition, i was one of the initial volunteers in working with manny in jump starting the valencia street shared space program. as you can see, from the safety on our streets, it's paramount, and with the exception of fiona's statement, i didn't hear too much about street safety. i want candidates who are well rounded and who can see transportation strives and joy -- strifes and joys, and i want candidates who can see all perspectives when we put them forward for a vote. thank you. >> operator: thank you. can we have the next caller, please? >> can you hear me now? >> operator: we can hear you. please proceed. >> great.

good afternoon. david pilpell. i support both of these appointments. i don't know many well, but i met him once at an event. i think he would be a good board member. you heard from him and others in support. i do know fiona well. we served together on the sunshine ordinance task force. i found her to be thoughtful and not a rubber stamp for staff and, you know, in both cases of manny and fiona, i think they would not be a rubber stamp, would listen to the public, ask questions, and provide oversight. m.t.a. has serious fiscal and planning operations issues, and the public needs to be heard there. and as someone who's followed them forever, the public does not always feel heard or is heard there.

back to manny for a second. we may not agree on everything. we disagreed on prop h, but you know what? that's okay. we did so respectfully, and i don't want to agree with everybody all the time, and i think healthy debate and discussion in the city is important, and when we lose that, we lose more of the city. by the way, it was nice to see the obamas stopping by behind manny. please send them regards, and happy hanukkah. since these are not listed at committee reports, i presume they'll be before the full board of supervisors in january, nevertheless, i hope the nominees will follow full board meets until they're confirmed, which i expect, and i think they'll do a fine job, and i think they're both outstanding nominations. happy to support. thanks very much. >> operator: thank you. can we have the next caller,

please. [speaking spanish language] >> clerk: hi. we can hear you. please proceed. >> my name is doris campos. [speaking spanish language]

>> chair ronen: this is doris campos, and she's calling to support manny yekutiel. she she works across the street from manny's, and she's known him for two years. and in these two years that i've known him, he's demonstrated to me what an incredible human being he is. he has a character that makes him the best candidate to occupy this position.

[inaudible] >> chair ronen: he is a young man who negotiates with hope. i think he's an incredible leader that many people don't yet even know exist, and manny inspires the best of people with his actions and his words.

ever since manny came to 16 street, the street has glowed. he came to the street -- i've been there for 40 years, and he went business to business to lend his hand and to support us, and since he came, the street has been glowing.

that's why i'm calling in. i'm calling in because i want to support this incredible human being who is going to do such a wonderful job in the position that he's been appointed to. and i just want to thank you all for your time and for listening to me and for the translation. >> operator: thank you. can we hear from the next caller, please. [end [end of translation]. >> operator: madam chair, that

completes the queue. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. i just want to thank all of the callers who -- gosh, i think it was exclusive support. it was one person after another supporting these incredible human beings, and i just want to thank the mayor for makes these wonderful appointments. i want to thanks miss hinze and mr. yekutiel and the effort that you give to serve in this capacity. stepping up during this time is a heroic act because you're not stepping into an organization when it's thriving, you're stepping into an organization when it's in crisis, and that willingness to take on this role is just incredibly admirable, and i really appreciate you both for that.

and with that, i was wondering if supervisor stefani would like to make the motion on these items? >> supervisor stefani: absolutely. i strike the word rejecting, and approve the appointment of emanuel yekutiel and fiona hinze to the municipal transportation board. >> clerk: on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: the motion passes without objection. >> chair ronen: thank you so much.

mr. clerk, can you please read item 7. >> clerk: item 7 is an ordinance amending the campaign and governmental conduct code to update the conflict of interest code's form 700 filing requirements by adding, deleting, and changing titles of designated officials and employees to reflect organizations and staffing changes, and by refining disclosure requirements fore designated officials and employees. and this is an action item. >> chair ronen: thank you. and we have city attorney shen to present on this, and we have representatives from d.h.r. as well as representatives from the airport and p.u.c. mr. shen, would you like to

present this item? >> yes. good afternoon, chair ronen, supervisor mar, supervisor stefani. thank you so much for making the time on this agenda. i realize it is the very last committee agenda of the year, so thank you for making this something we could get to this calendar year. this is a routine update of the city's list of form 700 filers. under state law, we are required to do this process every two years, and we actually started several months ago with extensive help from the clerk's office, as well, that i should mention. i don't believe there will be anyone from the clerk's office today present at this meeting, but i want to specifically thank angela calvillo and eileen hugh from the clerk's office for their help in

serving. we also have, as supervisor ronen has mentioned, representatives from d.h.r., who met extensively on the meet-and-confer process, as well as representatives from the airport who have been added to the city's list of form 700 filers. we have some very minor amendments that we would like to present now. if you'd like me to do that now, i can go ahead and do that now, or i can do that after everyone else speaks. >> chair ronen: go ahead and do that now. >> thank you. the first is we missed one requested change from the [inaudible] this position is currently vacant, and it was something we just missed when we were going through the legislative process. the second is after the

meet-and-confer, the p.u.c. had a chance to take an even closer look at their changes and made some tweaks to their requested positions or requested changes, actually removing some positions and changing categories for some 700 positions. we also made an amendment that will actually take effect in the beginning of 2022 that will facilitate the ethics commission's electronic filing of form 700 submissions. it will make the process move along a little bit more smoothly, so thank you to the committee for their consideration. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. and did anyone else from the representatives wish to present? okay. just here to answer any questions. supervisor stefani or supervisor mar, did you have

any questions? no no? okay. let's open up this item for public comment. >> clerk: yes. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001. the meeting access code is 146-961-6060. press pound, and pound press, then star, three to be entered into the queue for public comment. mr. tue, do we have any public comment? >> can you hear me now? >> clerk: we can hear you. please proceed. >> great. david pilpell again.

so this [inaudible] categories. for example, page 18 of the packet, let me go there, page 17, legislation still has clerks and secretaries at d.b.i. listed, notwithstanding in their alleged digest that the code should not include employees who carry out clerical or ministerial tasks. i assume they're carrying out clerical or ministerial tasks,

and if not, they should get reclassified. and then, at h.s.a., it listed managers by title, and at p.u.c., it lists managers by general service crafts. whichever way we're doing it, i think it should be consistent across the various departments. there are also some deputy directors at various departments who aren't listed, and i think they should also be category one. finally, two last points. the new commissions and departments approved by the voters in november need to be reflected, and i guess we'll pick that up in the future. but if they're picked up before the next two years revision, i

would ask that they be named to cover the streets and sanitation and the sheriff's oversight board. and i still support the ordinance that makes the necessary changes, and i hope for more consistency in the future. thanks very much. >> clerk: thank you. can we have the next speaker. >> operator: madam chair, that completes the queue. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. public comment is closed. deputy city attorney shen, i just wanted to ask if you believe that any changes should be made based on the comments of mr. pilpell in public comment? >> not at this time. as you can imagine, the deputy director in another department may have different responsibilities than the deputy director in another department. there will be some changes that

will be made by recently enacted measures. thank you so much chair ronen. >> chair ronen: okay. thank you so much. well, with that, i would be happy to make a motion to amend the ordinance as described by deputy city attorney andrew chen. >> clerk: yes. on that motion to amend -- [roll call] >> clerk: the motion to amend has been approved without objection. >> chair ronen: thank you. and now, i'll make a motion to forward the amended item to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> clerk: yes. on that motion -- [roll call]

>> clerk: the motion passes without objection. >> chair ronen: thank you so much, and thanks, everyone, for being here with us and sticking it out for the long meeting to answer questions. appreciate you all. and mr. clerk, do we have any other items on the agenda? >> clerk: that completes the agenda for today. >> chair ronen: then the meeting is adjourned. have a good day, everyone.

>> he is a real leader that listens and knows how to bring people together. brought this department together like never before. i am so excited to be swearing in the next chief of the san francisco fire department, ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome, jeanine nicholson. (applause).

>> i grew up total tomboy, athlete. i loved a good crisis, a good challenge. i grew up across the street from the fire station. my dad used to take me there to vote. i never saw any female firefighters because there weren't any in the 1970s. i didn't know i could be a fire fighter. when i moved to san francisco in 1990, some things opened up. i saw women doing things they hadn't been doing when i was growing up. one thing was firefighting. a woman recruited me at the gay-pride parade in 1991. it was a perfect fit. i liked using my brain, body, working as a team, figuring things out, troubleshooting and coming up with different ways to solve a problem. in terms of coming in after another female chief, i don't

think anybody says that about men. you are coming in after another man, chief, what is that like. i understand why it is asked. it is unusual to have a woman in this position. i think san francisco is a trailblazer in that way in terms of showing the world what can happen and what other people who may not look like what you think the fire chief should look like how they can be successful. be asked me about being the first lbgq i have an understands because there are little queer kids that see me. i worked my way up. i came in january of 1994. i built relationships over the years, and i spent 24 years in the field, as we call it. working out of firehouses. the fire department is a family.

we live together, eat together, sleep in the same dorm together, go to crazy calls together, dangerous calls and we have to look out for one another. when i was burned in a fire years ago and i felt responsible, i felt awful. i didn't want to talk to any of my civilian friends. they couldn't understand what i was going through. the firefighters knew, they understood. they had been there. it is a different relationship. we have to rely on one another. in terms of me being the chief of the department, i am really trying to maintain an open relationship with all of our members in the field so myself and my deputy chiefs, one of the priorities i had was for each of us to go around to different fire stations to make sure we hit all within the first three or four months to start a conversation.

that hasn't been there for a while. part of the reason that i am getting along well with the field now is because i was there. i worked there. people know me and because i know what we need. i know what they need to be successful. >> i have known jeanine nicholson since we worked together at station 15. i have always held her in the highest regard. since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. she is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. i appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the fire department today. >> there is a retired captain who started the cancer prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he

noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. he started looking into it. in 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the san francisco fire department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. it was a higher rate than the general population. we were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didn't have to worry about the paper work when they go through chemo. the turnout gear was covered with suit. it was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and helmet. the dirtier you were the harder you worked. that is a cancer causeser.

it -- casser. it is not -- cancer causer. there islassic everywhere. we had to reduce our exposure. we washed our gear more often, we didn't take gear where we were eating or sleeping. we started decontaminating ourselves at the fire scene after the fire was out. going back to the fire station and then taking a shower. i have taught, worked on the decontamination policy to be sure that gets through. it is not if or when. it is who is the next person. it is like a cancer sniper out there. who is going to get it next. one of the things i love about the fire department. it is always a team effort. you are my family. i love the city and department and i love being of service.

i vow to work hard -- to work hard to carry out the vision of the san francisco fire department and to move us forward in a positive way. if i were to give a little advice to women and queer kids, find people to support you. keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep trying. you never know what door is going to open next. you really don't. [cheers and

ch rs and . >> 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