>> welcome to the february #, 2021 meeting of the land use and transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. i'm supervisor myrna melgar,

joined by vice chair preston and supervisor peskin. the clerk is erica major. and i would like to acknowledge sfgov-tv, thank you for staffing this meeting. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes, due to the covid-19 health emergency, and to protect the board members and the employees and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will participate remotely. this precaution is taken to the stay-at-home order and declarations and directives. the committee members will attend through video conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if physically present. public comment will -- [broken audio] and sfgov-tv.org are streaming the number across the screen. each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. comments are opportunities to speak during the public comment period and are available view

phone by calling the number 1-(415)-655-0001. again, that number is 1-(415)-655-0001 and the meeting i.d. is 146 646 6079 again, 146 646 6079. and then press pound and pound again. when connecting you will hear the meeting discussion but you will be in mute and listening mode only. when your interest item comes up press star, 3, to be add to the speaker line. speak clearly and slowly and turn down your radio or tv. and you can submit by emailing myself eicca.org... and if you submit public comment via email it's forwarded to the supervisors and made part of the

official file. written comments may be submitted via u.s. postal service to city hall 1 doctor carl goodlet place, san francisco, california, 94102. and finally, items acted upon today are expected to appear on the board of supervisor's agenda of february 9th, unless otherwise stated. madam chair. >> chair melgar: thank you so much. please call the first item. >> clerk: yes. item 1 is an emergency ordinance to restrict landlords from evicting tenants for non-payment of rent due to the covid-19 pandemic. to provide comment call the number on the screen, 1-(415)-655-0001. and the meeting i.d. is 146 646 6079. and then press pound and pound again. if you have not done so already,

dial star, and then three to line up to speak. the system prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand. madam chair? >> supervisor moliga: , supervisor preston will you provide your remarks? >> supervisor preston: thank you for getting this on the calendar and this was an emergency ordinance and very time sensitive when introduced. i would like to do -- to address it and i will be making a motion after remarks to continue the item to the call of the chair. before today, madam chair, and the emergency ordinance to extend the eviction protections for non-payment of rent due to covid-related financial hardships. we introduced this item on january 19th, i was at the request of the tenant advocate community, who are expressing

that the renters that were impacted and the folks they were counselling, were understandably terrified that the existing protections that were laid out under the state bill a.b.-38 were to expire on january 31st. yesterday, and although there were ongoing discussions of extending the state-wide protections there was a palpable fear that that would not materialize before the february rent and months of back rent became due. and so in response we have introduced this emergency ordinance which sought to extend by 60 days the local eviction protections that we currently have in place in san francisco to cover rent starting february 1st. then on monday last week, we learned about the new proposal sb-11, the state level, that would extend the state-wide eviction law through june of this year. as well as create a program for rent relief.

this bill was unveiled really at the last minute, negotiated primarily between the governor and leadership of the senate and the assembly without tenant advocates participating to a large extent, as far as i know, without a lot of input even from our s.f. san francisco legislators and delegation in the capitol. this was a leadership deal, left no time for amendments, no real opportunity for public input. no hearing such as this for the public to call in and to be heard. it was passed on thursday last week and then signed into law by the governor on friday. this news i greet with mixed feelings. in an immediate sense, the state bill provides some peace of mind for impacted tenants that are worried about what would happen today on february 1st, when so many folks had their rent come

due. so there's a five-month window before evictions are allowed to move forward and that is certainly very important and good news, particularly in parts of the state that don't have a city council or a board of supervisors that has been passing protections against evictions where these state protections are the only protections that exist at all. so given the proposed 60-day effective period of the emergency legislation that's here before us in committee, and given the length and the timing of the state-wide extension provided by sb-91, and given the state preemption -- and i will address this a bit more in a minute -- but the state preemption of any further covid non-payment protections locally, i don't believe that our legislation needs to move forward today and as such as i

have mentioned we'll make a motion to continue it to the call of the chair. before i do make that motion, i just wanted to share some additional thoughts on these developments and, obviously, things have been moving quickly with good news and bad news across the board here. but, you know, i think that broadly speaking, it is a positive step for the state to step in with a proposal to have protections and rent relief in california. but i see three real problems here. one is the limited nature of what was passed. and the second was how it was done. and the third is the actions by the state in tying the hands of local government. so from the first point, what was done here is just not enough and it does not meet the needs of the moment. the state has the power to issue a complete and comprehensive eviction moratorium. the governor's press releases

since early in the pandemic continue to inaccurately to portray his actions as if there is a broad eviction moratorium in place in california. and the problem is that the reality hasn't really matched up with those public statements. the governor has not and apparently will not issue a true eviction moratorium, nor has the legislature in california stepped up to pass that kind of true protection for folks who are struggling during this pandemic. as for the rent relief part of the program, that program is voluntary. it will do some good in some cases but for most vulnerable tenants, the bill will leave them on the hook for 75% of their rent. better than being on the hook for 100% of their rent. but it's not relief and the state needs to step up in a more robust and bold way.

second from my discussions with state-wide advowicates and i alluded to this earlier, the -- the tenant advocates were completely shut out of this process, despite months of dedicated organizing. and to wait to the last minute and then fast track such important policy decisions, to do that without the folks who represent those most vulnerable and have expertise on evictions, who for months have been demanding to be heard in this process, i think that it's a textbook way to make poor public policy. and i think it shows in the resulting policy, which will leave most tenants vulnerable and in growing and massive debt. and, third, and perhaps worst of all, the initial reading of sb-91 indicates that efforts to provide stronger local protections will be preempted by the new bill. so even if after recognizing

these potential shortcomings in the state law, san francisco wanted to pursue additional stronger local anti-displacement measures to protect tenants who are unable to pay rent because of covid, it appears that our hands have to some extent been tied by state. and i just want to say because we become a little numb to what some of these words mean and we hear them all the time -- preset. ion and state versus local -- you know, it's really outrageous i think that the state government would be acting to stop localities like san francisco from going beyond what they're providing in state law when it comes to protecting our own residents. it is one thing for the state to set the floor of minimum protection. and we could criticize whether they went far enough. but they set a floor. and to allow cities to add to that locally, that's what the

states should have done. it's quite another for the state to create some protections, but then wrap up in those protections bans on local legislative bodies taking additional steps to protect their residents. and i strongly object to that. and really i would say to the governor and to the leadership in sacramento, shame on you for including any preemption provisions in a bill of this kind as we're all working -- i would hope all working -- to try to prevent displacement and alleviate rent debt that tenants are struggling under. the final thing, my office has also introduced legislation similar to what's on our agenda today that's not an emergency ordinance. it's a permanent amendment to the administrative code, a regular ordinance. and that will come before this committee in the future and i do

intend to -- to use that as a vehicle really to explore every opportunity to protect our most vulnerable tenants, including protections that extend out beyond the state preemption, which runs through june. so with that and just relative to the items before us today we would like to make a motion to continue the item to the call of the chair, thank you, chair melgar. >> chair melgar: thank you for your astute analysis and comments as always. supervisor peskin, did you have some comments of your own? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam chair. i wholeheartedly associate myself with the comments that you just made. i am highly reluctant to score any recall of any kind, but i do

believe that this governor is completely out of touch. i am quite despondent that there was no communication with the cities like san francisco, and other similarly situated cities. this notion of preemption that i think that you did a remarkably good job of explaining, you said it just right. it should set minimum standards. this city, along with many others that has been fighting for repeal of the ellis act, which the real estate industry got their way with in sacramento, mostly folks like us get elected to local government to make the best and right decisions for our local population which in the case of san francisco even during covid remains a two-thirds renters' town. and the fact that the state of california is using their powers

to preempt the city and county of san francisco and other similarly situated governments is as you have said truly outrageous. having said that, i will support just as a function of what has happened relative to sb-91, the continuance of this matter but i stand with you. >> chair melgar: thank you, supervisor peskin. madam clerk, do we have any public comment? >> clerk: thank you, madam chair. we have two listeners and one in queue. and we have mr. koe assisting us today with the callers. so if you could please unmute the first caller. >> caller: hello committee, i wanted to thank you for letting me speak and thank you madam chairperson.

i'm justin goodman, an associate attorney with zachman and patterson and i'm here representing the san francisco apartment association and the small property owners of san francisco. what i wanted to share with the committee which, obviously, the committee is well aware, is california sb-91 was signed into law last friday and has immediate effect and we agree with the statements of supervisor preston that it supersede the local authority in this area. while you're speaking on this, we had particular concerns with -- i know this is an emergency ordinance, but like the rent increase moratorium it obviously could be extended and this was written in an open-ended language to allow further continuances, particularly with san francisco's smaller property owners. we thought that it was overbroad in including section 37.9, sub-b of the administrative code that is an exemption on the provisions for owners who rent

bedrooms out of their own apartments and we thought that impaired our small property owners' right of privacy. but in general this is something that needs state-wide attention and unfortunately has gotten it and we appreciate that sb-91 has sought relief for landlords which is something that is absent from our local regulations in this area. and, again, particularly with the small property owners, many would have had difficulty meeting their own costs, including mortgages with lenders now suggesting they need to pay or they'll be in default and lose not only their rent units but also their homes when they have not received rent for a year. so we appreciate that california has enacted what we perceive as a more balanced solution to this problem. and, certainly, there should be and can be more voices at the table in future legislation, but in the meantime we believe that this occupies the field and preserves section 11.7905 of the code of civil procedure that has the supremacy of state law in this area and we urge the board,

obviously, to understand what supervisor preston has pointed out in that for the time being that there's no local authority to act in this area. thank you very much for your time. >> and, madam chair -- >> chair melgar: thank you, mr. goodman. yes, supervisor preston. >> supervisor preston: i'm not going to engage in a back and forth dialogue with the last speaker, but i will note for the record that in the early months of the pandemic, the san francisco apartment association repeatedly reported -- what is my personal experience as a small landlord in san francisco, that the vast majority of their tenants were paying 100 cents on the dollar. so we've seen less of those reports from the apartment association, but i believe that the comments of the last speaker are not actually supported by that. >> chair melgar: thank you, supervisor peskin. do we have any other public

comments, madam clerk. >> clerk: thank you, madam chair. can you confirm that there aren't any other callers? again, if you would like to be in the queue you would press star, 3, and you would see your number on our side and we can admit you. >> madam chair, we have no callers in the queue. >> chair melgar: great. so with that, public comment is now closed. and there is a motion on the floor. madam clerk, do you -- i'm sorry -- yes, vice chair -- >> sorry. i did want to comment briefly before we vote and just in light of the comment. you know, i just want to -- to make it clear that when -- when there is a reference by one of the leading eviction law firms in the city to go about the more

balanced approach taken in sacramento, what that means, i just want to be very clear and make sure that the public understands that i as someone who has spent quite a bit of time working in our state capitol on tenant rights issues, there is a dynamic in our state capital where our state legislature and our governor refuse to act on landlord/tenant matters to protect tenants unless they get consent of the landlords they are regulating. that is the dynamic in our state capital. where our san francisco board of supervisors is willing to adopt policies that protect tenants, even when at times those policies are opposed by landlords that we feel that it is our duty to do that and to prevent displacement and that occurs locally. and that occurs in other city councils and board of

supervisors in cities around the state. it rarely occurs in sacramento where the landlord industry is given a virtual veto power over tenant protection. so when we have a behind closed door deal and then we characterize that as if there were a balanced approach taken in sacramento, what is really meant is that what was adopted is fine with the landlords who approved it and who were at the table when tenant advocates were not. it's no way to make policy, we need bold leadership right now to address the issues that i know that you, chair melgar, and you supervisor peskin, have led on for years and years in san francisco. and it is a sad day when we see this kind of weak policymaking at the state level. and as i said though, the problem is not that sacramento

has not solved all of the problems with this bill. i don't think that any of us expected that. but for them to then tie our hands is inexcusable. we will find every way that we can to get around that, to pass the protections locally that we need to, and, frankly, to work with our state legislators and we have been in touch with assembly member chu who is continuing to work on his bill, which is not the bill here that passed, right. and he is continuing to work on his bill with tenant advocates to take effect when these current preemptive measures expire in june. so this is not the beginning of this conversation, not the end of this conversation. probably the middle of this conversation. but it's a very disappointing time for the state to come together to pass some protections, but then to use that as an opportunity to actually stop cities and counties from protecting their

residents. thank you. >> chair melgar: thank you, supervisor preston. madam clerk, supervisor preston made a motion to continue this to the call of the chair. would you please call roll. >> clerk: yes, on the motion as stated by supervisor preston [roll call vote] you have three ayes. >> chair melgar: thank you. are there anymore items on our agenda? >> clerk: that completes the business for today. >> chair melgar: thank you so much, so we are adjourned. thank you.

>> good morning, welcome. i'm michael lambert, your city librarian. on behalf of the library commission, we're so delighted that you could join us today for this important announcement. i would like to acknowledge our library commissioners that are present, teresa, tanya, pete, john, and dr. lopez. thank you all for being here. madam mayor, welcome. we are so honored that you could participate in this event. we appreciate your leadership of our city and we are super excited about your announcement

today. with that, i will invite you to get us started. maybe i was premature on that. oh, there she is. [laughter] >> did we start already? [laughter] >> i was just welcoming you and thanking you for honoring us with your presence and your leadership. we're super excited about your announcement today. with that, i invite you to get us started. >> all right thank you michael. i appreciate that. good morning everyone. i'm really excited to share some incredible news. as you may know, before i was mayor and even before i was on the board of supervisors, i served as the executive director in the western edition. i saw how deeply important arts

are and in creating a vibrant and diverse community. believe it or not, i used to sing in a choir, dance, and perform, but i was not the best at it. however, the arts connects us to one another. it bridges the gap in our culture by helping us understand each other. they are how we express ourselves during our brightest and happiest moments, and sometimes some of our darkest ones. for people of all ages, arts and culture can help us navigate a world that can be confusing and strange. they can also provide opportunity not only for jobs and income, but for people who are in under served communities to find their voices and to make sure they are heard. that includes the role of our city's poet laureate. since lauren was made our first poet laureate in 1998, this prestigious honor has showcased san francisco's finest poets

from many diverse backgrounds. their work has reminded us how it means to be a san franciscan, it reminus -- reminds us of our diversity and calls attention to our most pressing issues and inspires us to create a more equitable and just society. it inspires young people to search for their voice in a way that may not have -- that they may not have thought was possible before. it opens doors of opportunities for them to pursue their dreams. that is why i'm so excited today to announce our eighth poet laureate. before we get to the big announcement, i would like to thank and recognize our outgoing poet laureate kim shuck for her imcredible service for our city.

she represented our city beautifully through her work and has given her time over the past few years to serve our community. whether teaching at the local colleges, universiies and public schools or helping the library launch their first ever american indian initiative, kim on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, thank you for your service and we would be honored if you close out your tenure with one last reading as poet laureate. >> thank you mayor breed. there we are. i do have a poem. it's called san francisco has a new poet laureate. pick any bench, stoop, any fourth star in this city or over it. sit quietly, you'll hear the water of time. keys rattling, heart and

innovation, war and colonization that only grows on the south side of that mountain right there. you'll hear the poetry of place, popsicle sticks scratching on the curb, jump rope songs, chess moves and love curses. every night in some back room, the future and past in autopsied words, gorilla words shouted at unsuspecting somewhere in north beach. the skyline mutters poems that have been and poems to come. if you stand at the cafe's door too long, you will hear what they choose to call in this moment a poem. old wives tales along valencia, you can hear the purring of fog as they pass through, the paintings comment quietly on every new show and if your hearing is very good, ambrose's

dictionary runs on a certain bar on a certain bar stool and the faint laughter from one of sam's jokes will still grind breath. victims in more languages that you can see, and the unbound seat 3. there are songs of varying and unbaring to found all over the richmond, every bench, every head stone under the sand. paula talks stories at state, at tables and cafes that turned to bars. john's words rattled justice and the voices of those taken in captain jack's war has made them into their own songs too. there is an eighth poet laureat of san francisco and with the title comes more wealth and words than all the great libraries that have ever been. i would like to add that you will hear a lot about honor and

responsibility. there are a couple of tricky things. one of them is that people will steal your pens. i had some pens printed up. i'm not going to say what they say and i don't think they will prevent your pens from being stolen, but they will raise the value of their resale on ebay. i'm going to share with you just very briefly what dr. jose said to me a couple of days after i was named the seventh poet laureate. he said that everything you have done up until this point got you here and none of that will matter. what matters now is what comes next. have a great time and you do know where my kitchen table is when you want to hide. take care. >> thank you so much kim for that amazing poem. thank you for representing san francisco so well over the past few years.

we look forward to seeing what comes next for you. now, it is my great honor to announce our eighth poet laureat. i had the privilege of knowing this individual for many years as he worked and volunteered at the african american art and culture complex. he has mentored men young men and women that came through our doors and taught them how to find their own vote and make themselves heard. his poems are just one of the many ways he fights for racial justice, equity, and human rights. he has shown our community what it means to be a successful poet, as a black man from san francisco. we are incredibly proud of the work he has done so far, especially his commitment to inspiring black men and boys and providing support for young people in our community. he will continue the work that our ancestors did as they fought for their own voices to be heard. i am beyond excited to see what

he accomplishes as the san francisco's eighth poet laureate. i am happy to present tongo martin, the eighth poet laureate. >> thank you madam mayor for this incredible, incredible honor. i prepared some words that i hope i make it through. i'm already filled with tears. >> i'm going to let you have the floor, it's so great to have you. thank you for all the magic you created over the years. as i said earlier, when we work together at the complex, there were a lot of challenges, especially with our boys and we had unfortunately a lot of

violence in the community and just seeing you as this literary figure and inspiring these young people to look at other ways besides, you know, being out in the streets and doing stuff that was happening then, focusing on how poetry, how music is poetry, and how they can really shift their voices to tell their own stories. you brought that to their lives and i know they continue to carry it with them today. so, you have been an inspiration for so many years, directed at so many generations of people. i'm so grateful that you accepted this honor so now i want to turn the floor over to you so that people can know who you are. if they don't know, now they know. we're looking forward to the work that we know you're going to do to make san francisco proud. so the floor is yours tongo. >> thank you.

thank you very much. incredibly humbled and honored. also, deep appreciation to the selection committee. i want to send love to my mother and brother as i am only an extension of their love, imagination, and revolutionary commitment, love to my two powerful sisters and the whirlwind that has nothing on us, love to my family above mud and lava, love to my father and the rest of the village that is not here in the physical form. i would also like to thank kim shuck for being a leader of poets and beautiful force of the

people. a poet of any station is secondary to the people. a poet of any use, that belongs to the energy and consciousness of the people, one of arts most important incarnation is that expression of mass resistance but really what art teaches us with its dominantable energy, the indominantable energy of an idea is evident that it is oppressors themselves who are in the position of resistance. it's bigger than any imperialistic, cognitively reflected in any generation. the power is ours and it is

oppressors who are resisting us, resisting humanity, resisting us pretty well. it's resisting our right to determine our reality, resisting a coming epoch of liberation. mass participation in art is what is always created in san francisco, futurism. san francisco has legend too fearless for me to count myself as one of them. i am from this legendary collection of thousands and thousands of participants, revolutionary history and culture. i'm proud to be one of the anonymous thousands in san francisco who have road these buses all night, who has been raised in marcus's bookstore, who wants justice for mario woods and alex, who wants

freedom. what the people taught me is that unity is the only thing and taught me that individualism, as it is practiced and codified, romanticized in this society is not really about your adventure through life but at its core, unfortunately, individualism is about practicing the selective humanization. other people are only human beings when it suits individual interest. civilism of sorts, that is deeply connected to slavery, both from what the society evolved from and process that addicts you to and power struggle that alienates ourselves, and at no point do we find the dehumanization of other people, the deanimation of people acceptable, are let alone necessary for an individual

journey. so as much as i would love to assign the rest of my days to an individual invention, that time is over. history is heightening, showing us more and more everyday that we're part of people, a people beyond systemic description, and we need the entire pallet of protecting human rights and nurture human curiosity. the madness we see today shouldn't be surprising. these apartheid nativity scenes come home to roast and a capitalism in crisis, what is mixed in with the parole papers and the environmental racism and program deliverables and

passivism. we're in a time of epochal shift where this is opening its arms if we don't open the historical process more critically. where do we go from here? what is our revolutionary practice or more conveniently, it begins with cultural work. it transforms the way that we relate to each other, transforms the way we relate to the earth, to a way that is conducive to liberation. a poet belongs to the energy and consciousness of the people, respecting their spirit. my only aim as poet laureate is to join with that energy, join with that consciousness in order to create vehicles of unity.

events, workshops, readings, publications, these are all just vehicles of unity. i will never tire in building as many as the city can handle. so, meet me at the library. [laughter] >> if you can't make it, i will for sure meet you wherever you are. let me now say rest in power to cure junior and diane, and i will conclude with this poem titled faithless. a tour guide, through the robbery, he also is. cigarette stand, look at what i did. ransom water and box spring

gold, this decade is only for accent grooming, i guess. ransom water and box spring gold to corner store, war gangs, all these rummage junk. you know, the start of mass destruction begins and ends in restaurant bathrooms as some people use and other people clean. are you telling me there is a rag in the sky waiting for you? yes. we should have fit in. warehouse jobs are for communists and now the whistling is less playful and if it is not a city, it is a prison. it has a prison. it's a prison, not a city. when a courtyard talks on behalf of the military issue, all walk takes place outside the body. a medieval painting to your right, none of this makes an impression. you have five minutes to learn. when a man goes sideways barb

wire becomes the roof. did you know they killed the world for the sake of giving everyone the same back story? watching indiana, fight yourself into the sky, oh penny for when. it goes up and over your headache, marking all aspirations, the first newspaper i ever read and the storefront, they left us down where the holy spirit favors the bathroom. for those in the situation offer 100 ways to remain a loser. watching those clock, what are we talking about again? the narrater at the graveyard, 10 minute flat. the funeral only took 10 minutes. you're going to pin the 90s on me, all 30 years of them? why should i know the difference between sleeping and the pyramid of corner stores on our head. we die right away. that building wants to jump off other buildings, those are down tone decisions.

what evaporated on earth that we can be sent back down? thank you all again, much love. i want to give the whole roll call right now but that's too many. much love to all my family and thank you again madam mayor. thank you. san francisco for better for worse, which you are raised, you know? >> thank you so much tongo. just so you know, the chat is blowing up. there is so much love and excitement for what you will bring to san francisco and i just want to thank you so much. thank you for the incredible poem and your inspiration and just everything that you continue to do. i look forward to what you will

accomplish as our city's poet laureate. i can't wait. it's going to be exciting, especially when we open up. when you talk about meet me at the library, it's like that's your slogan now. [laughter] >> so we're going to take it to another level. that's your slogan, meet me at the library. hitting all the libraries all over san francisco. >> that's right. >> just inviting the people in and really bringing it back to some of the basics. you know, with the way technology is nowadays, sometimes we get away from just picking up a book or picking out a book or looking through an index card. i guess we don't look through index cards to find books anymore. sitting there and having discussions, i'm looking forward to what you're going to bring and really excited about that. i really want to thank the people that nominated you. you know, there was a really compelling, you know, letter of support that you know, went into

all the details about your work. you have a lot of fans out there. i want to thank the selection committee, the people who served and had to go through all of those applications because i got to tell you, it was a hard decision and i was so excited that so many people in san francisco, you know, really embraced and support poets in such an incredible way. there are so many wonderful nominees. i'm looking forward to you connecting with all of them as well and really the outgoing poet laureate kim shuck, thank you for that poem and your commitment to san francisco and the role you have played over the years. thank you to san francisco public library and the commissioners who are joining us here today and our librarian, michael lambert. so many amazing people and i think that based on your comments today, meet me at the library, that's going to be a new part of the campaign to

really bring people together, to inspire and to really you know, set things off on a whole other level. thank you tongo for your work and commitment. we're so honored that you will be san francisco's eighth poet laureate and if there is anything left to say, you're welcome to have the floor. if not, we can turn it back over to michael lambert. >> i just want to say much love and appreciation. >> great. >> thank you so much madam mayor. my heart is full, #meetmeatthelibrary. congratulations tongoo. i want to thank all of you for joining us this morning. our public affairs office is happy to help facilitate any interviews with our new poet lawyer -- laureate, thank you all and have a great day.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> right before the game starts, if i'm still on the field, i look around, and i just take a deep breath because

it is so exciting and magical, not knowing what the season holds is very, very exciting. it was fast-paced, stressful, but the good kind of stressful, high energy. there was a crowd to entertain, it was overwhelming in a good way, and i really, really enjoyed it. i continued working for the grizzlies for the 2012-2013 season, and out of happenstance, the same job opened up for the san francisco giants. i applied, not knowing if i would get it, but i would kick myself if i didn't apply. i was so nervous, i never lived anywhere outside of fridays

fridays -- fresno, and i got an interview. and then, i got a second interview, and i got more nervous because know the thought of leaving fresno and my family and friends was scary, but this opportunity was on the other side. but i had to try, and lo and behold, i got the job, and my first day was january 14, 2014. every game day was a puzzle, and i have to figure out how to put the pieces together. i have two features that are 30 seconds long or a minute and a 30 feature. it's fun to put that al together and then lay that out in a way that is entertaining for the fans. a lucky seat there and there, and then, some lucky games that include players. and then i'll talk to lucille, can you take the shirt gun to the bleachers.

i just organize it from top to bottom, and it's just fun for me. something, we don't know how it's going to go, and it can be a huge hit, but you've got to try it. or if it fails, you just won't do it again. or you tweak it. when that all pans out, you go oh, we did that. we did that as a team. i have a great team. we all gel well together. it keeps the show going. the fans are here to see the teams, but also to be entertained, and that's our job. i have wonderful female role models that i look up to here at the giants, and they've been great mentors for me, so i aspire to be like them one day. renelle is the best. she's all about women in the workforce, she's always in our

corner. [applause] >> i enjoy how progressive the giants are. we have had the longer running until they secure day. we've been doing lgbt night longer than most teams. i enjoy that i work for an organization who supports that and is all inclusive. that means a lot to me, and i wouldn't have it any other way. i wasn't sure i was going to get this job, but i went for it, and i got it, and my first season, we won a world series even if we hadn't have won or gone all the way, i still would have learned. i've grown more in the past four years professionally than i think i've grown in my entire adult life, so it's been eye opening and a wonderful

learning [♪♪♪] >> i really believe that art should be available to people for free, and it should be part of our world, you shouldn't just be something in museums, and i love that the people can just go there and it is there for everyone. [♪♪♪] >> i would say i am a multidimensional artist. i came out of painting, but have also really enjoyed tactile properties of artwork and tile work. i always have an interest in

public art. i really believe that art should be available to people for free, and it should be part of our world. you shouldn't just be something in museums. i love that people can just go there, and it is there for everyone. public art is art with a job to do. it is a place where the architecture meets the public. where the artist takes the meaning of the site, and gives a voice to its. we commission culture, murals, mosaics, black pieces, cut to mental, different types of material. it is not just downtown, or the big sculptures you see, we are in the neighborhood. those are some of the most beloved kinds of projects that really give our libraries and recreation centers a sense of uniqueness, and being specific to that neighborhood. colette test on a number of those projects for its.

one of my favorites is the oceanview library, as well as several parks, and the steps. >> mosaics are created with tile that is either broken or cut in some way, and rearranged to make a pattern. you need to use a tool, nippers, as they are called, to actually shape the tiles of it so you can get them to fit incorrectly. i glued them to mash, and then they are taken, now usually installed by someone who is not to me, and they put cement on the wall, and they pick up the mash with the tiles attached to it, and they stick it to the wall, and then they groped it afterwards.

[♪♪♪] >> we had never really seen artwork done on a stairway of the kinds that we were thinking of because our idea was very just barely pictorial, and to have a picture broken up like that, we were not sure if it would visually work. so we just took paper that size and drew what our idea was, and cut it into strips, and took it down there and taped it to the steps, and stepped back and looked around, and walked up and down and figured out how it would really work visually. [♪♪♪] >> my theme was chinese heights because i find them very beautiful. and also because mosaic is such a heavy, dens, static medium, and i always like to try and incorporate movement into its,

and i work with the theme of water a lot, with wind, with clouds, just because i like movements and lightness, so i liked the contrast of making kites out of very heavy, hard material. so one side is a dragon kite, and then there are several different kites in the sky with the clouds, and a little girl below flying it. [♪♪♪] >> there are pieces that are particularly meaningful to me. during the time that we were working on it, my son was a disaffected, unhappy high school student. there was a day where i was on the way to take them to school,

and he was looking glum, as usual, and so halfway to school, i turned around and said, how about if i tell the school you are sick and you come make tiles with us, so there is a tile that he made to. it is a little bird. the relationship with a work of art is something that develops over time, and if you have memories connected with a place from when you are a child, and you come back and you see it again with the eyes of an adult, it is a different thing, and is just part of what makes the city an exciting place. [♪♪♪] >> after my fire in my apartment and losing everything, the red cross gave us a list of agencies in the city to reach out to and i signed up for the below-market

rate program. i got my certificate and started applying and won the housing lottery. [♪♪♪] >> the current lottery program began in 2016. but there have been lot rows that have happened for affordable housing in the city for much longer than that. it was -- there was no standard practice. for non-profit organizations that were providing affordable housing with low in the city, they all did their lotteries on their own. private developers that include in their buildings affordable units, those are the city we've been monitoring for some time since 1992. we did it with something like this.

where people were given circus tickets. we game into 291st century in 2016 and started doing electronic lotteries. at the same time, we started electronic applications systems. called dalia. the lottery is completely free. you can apply two ways. you can submit a paper application, which you can download from the listing itself. if you apply online, it will take five minutes. you can make it easier creating an account. to get to dalia, you log on to housing.sfgov.org. >> i have lived in san francisco for almost 42 years. i was born here in the hayes valley. >> i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery three times. >> since 2016, we've had about

265 electronic lotteries and almost 2,000 people have got their home through the lottery system. if you go into the listing, you can actually just press lottery results and you put in your lottery number and it will tell you exactly how you ranked. >> for some people, signing up for it was going to be a challenge. there is a digital divide here and especially when you are trying to help low and very low income people. so we began providing digital assistance for folks to go in and get help. >> along with the income and the residency requirements, we also required someone who is trying to buy the home to be a first time home buyer and there's also an educational component that consists of an orientation that they need to attend, a first-time home buyer workshop

and a one-on-one counseling session with the housing councilor. >> sometimes we have to go through 10 applicants before they shouldn't be discouraged if they have a low lottery number. they still might get a value for an available, affordable housing unit. >> we have a variety of lottery programs. the four that you will most often see are what we call c.o.p., the certificate of preference program, the dthp which is the displaced penance housing preference program. the neighborhood resident housing program and the live worth preference. >> i moved in my new home february 25th and 2019. the neighborhood preference program really helped me achieve that goal and that dream was with eventually wind up staying

in san francisco. >> the next steps, after finding out how well you did in the lottery and especially if you ranked really well you will be contacted by the leasing agent. you have to submit those document and income and asset qualify and you have to pass the credit and rental screening and the background and when you qualify for the unit, you can chose the unit and hopefully sign that lease. all city sponsored affordable housing comes through the system and has an electronic lottery. every week there's a listing on dalia. something that people can apply for. >> it's a bit hard to predict how long it will take for someone to be able to move into a unit. let's say the lottery has happened. several factors go into that and mainly how many units are in the project, right. and how well you ranked and what

preference bucket you were in. >> this particular building was brand new and really this is the one that i wanted out of everything i applied for. in my mind, i was like how am i going to win this? i did and when you get that notice that you won, it's like at first, it's surreal and you don't believe it and it sinks in, yeah, it happened. >> some of our buildings are pretty spectacular. they have key less entry now. they have a court yard where they play movies during the weekends, they have another master kitchen and space where people can throw parties. >> mayor breed has a plan for over 10,000 new units between now and 2025. we will start construction on about 2,000 new units just in 2020. >> we also have a very big

portfolio like over 25,000 units across the city. and life happens to people. people move. so we have a very large number of rerentals and resales of units every year. >> best thing about working for the affordable housing program is that we know that we're making a difference and we actually see that difference on a day-to-day basis. >> being back in the neighborhood i grew up in, it's a wonderful experience. >> it's a long process to get through. well worth it when you get to the other side. i could not be happier. i could not be happier. good morning. the meeting will come to order.

welcome to the thursday, januarf government audit and oversight. i am gordon mar, chair. joined by committee member matt haney and gordon peskin. do you have any announcements, mr. clerk? >> yes, thank you. to protect board members, city employees and public the board of supervisors chamber and committee room are closed. precaution is taken pursuant to local, state and federal orders and directives. committee members will attend through video conference and participate to the same extent as if present. public comment is available for each item. both cable channel 26 and sfgovtv are streaming the public public call in number on the screen. your opportunity to speak during the periods will be available by

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community benefit district, business improvement district and green benefit district with respect to private contributions and disclose use of surveillance technology to the board of supervisors at public hearing. members who wish to comment on this should call the public comment number now. 415-655-0001. enter the meeting id, press pound twice to connect to the meeting and press star followed by 3 to enter the queue to speak. it will indicate you have raised your hand. wait until you are unmuted. i will repeat these instructions for public comment. >> chair mar: thank you for bringing this item forward. the board is yours. >> supervisor peskin: thank you

for scheduling this and thank you, supervisor haney. this combines different public policy conversations we have been having. this is the committee that hears the annual reports on community benefit districts and sole business improvement and sole green benefit district. this is also a committee that has discussed legislation around the appropriate use and authorization of surveillance technology. chair mar, you have also been a leader on this board around transparency and ethics. this resolution, which is a resolution urging oewd to combine those things, months ago when reviewing the management agreements of benefit districts,

we did an ad hoc survey as to whether or not they accept anonymous contributions in general, particularly for the purpose of surveillance technology. we have been hearing reports that some of these cbds which are extensions of the city and alter egos of the city were blanketing communities from japan county and union square with surveillance technology in one instance widely in the press and accusation and subsequent lawsuit alleging that some of those surveillance cameras were unlawfully accessed to monitor peaceful protesters. this also comes at a time when other cbds, namely the castro

cbd is contemplating accepts over a half a million dollars from a person of high net worth who is involved in local san francisco politics and was quoted in the "new york times," which raised eyebrows about the intent of the donor and the role that cbds play. what cbd's relationships are with the city and whether or not they follow or should follow other city policies. i present this resolution to you in that context which would urge oewd to establish administratively that these extra city entities authorized by the board of supervisors and that can be disbanded by this

board of supervisors that the districts would be required to disclose all contributions that are made in their and annual reports so they could not be anonymous contributions and prohibit them from accepting any anonymous contribution. those would have to be reported. it would urge that cbds and similarly situated districts be subject to oversight as we have done for our 53 departments before they can use surveillance technology in a manner that could be potentially harmful to members of the public or show their first amendment rights so i really want to thank oewd staff who have been very collaborative with me and my staff, lee hepner, as we go

through this as well as alvarez from public works. they are in this meeting if we have questions. i have a little amendment which is not that important because it is just a resolution urging, bu consistent with our public ethics reporting requirements that contributions under $100 would not be reportable and that could easily be suggested in a resolve clause on page 2 at line 4 that says approval process for all private contributions over $100. with that, mr. chairman, i am available to answer any questions. >> chair mar: thank you so much, vice chair peskin. i just want to say that i really appreciate this resolution you

are bringing forwarder. it is another of many measures that this board has put forward in the past year to ensure transparency and ad -- adequate oversight for financial transactions the city is engaged with and to ensure that we have high ethical standards for all of that. i would love to be added as a cosponsor. supervisor haney, any remarks before public comments? >> supervisor haney: no and thank you for your leadership. i would like to be added as cosponsor. >> chair mar: why don't we go to

public comment. any callers on the line, mr. clerk? >> clerk: jim smith from the department of technology is assisting us with public comment. i will go through the routine to make sure we hear everyone's voices. if you are connected press star 3 to be added to the queue for this item. if you are on hold in the queue wait until you are prompted to begin. you will hear that your line is unmuted. for those watching on cable channel 26 or streaming link or if you wish to speak call in now by followingenstructions on the screen. dialing 415-655-0001. enter meeting id1648769772 followed by pound pound then pressing star followed by 3. you will be entered to speak. if you hang on we will check our

numbers. mr. chair, there is a report from mr. smith there are no callers in the queue. >> chair mar: public comment is closed. vice chair peskin do you want to make the motion? >> supervisor peskin: thank you to the deputy city attorney for his work and my staff lee hepner who said all city staff has been wonderful to work with on this. thank you, lee, and staff and deputy city attorney and thank you, mr. chairman and colleague haney for cosponsor ship. i would like to move to the full board with recommendation. >> clerk: were you looking to make an amendment on page 2, line four? >> this could be done administratively this is a high level resolution. thank you, mr. carol, i would

like to give that guidance to oewd. at page 2 line 4 i would like to insert the an for mentioned language that says all private contributions. insert in excess of $100. i would like to make that motion and i will make the motion to send the item as amended with recommendation. >> clerk: on the motion offered by vice chair peskin the item be amended. vice chair peskin. >> aye. >> member haney. >> aye. >> chair mar. >> aye. >> then mr. chair, there is no opposition. on the motion that the item be recommended and submitted to the supervisors vice chair peskin.

>> aye. >> member haney. >> aye. >> chair mar. >> aye. >> mr. chair, they ayes. >> chair mar: mr. clerk please call item 2 and 3 together. >> clerk: agenda 2. resolution receiving approving annual report for the civic center 2018-2019. three is resolution approving annual report for central market community benefit district for calendar year 2018. this is from the property business improvement law and agreement with the city. members of the public to speak on these two resolution call public comment number now. that is 415-655-0001.

meeting id1468769772. press pound pound to connect and press star followed by 3 to enter the queue to speak. it will indicate you raised your hand. when you are unmuted you may begin comments. i will repeat these instructions when we go to public comments. >> chair mar: i would like to office chris from the office of workforce development to present on these two items. >> good morning and happy new year, supervisors, i will wait until the presentation comes up. thank you for assisting with that. mr. chair, if it is okay with you, we would like to do the civic center presentation in completion first then move to the mid market. >> sure. >> thank you. this is the fiscal year 18-19

community been fit district annual report. as you know, community benefit districts are governed by state law 1994 act and local law article 15 of business and tax regulations code. this resolution covers the report for fiscal year 18-19. we ensure all bids meet management plans. we conduct an annual review of the financial reviews and provides a summary memo to the board of supervisors. the civic center cbd is property based district with budget $691,000. fiscal year 18-19 it was approximately 8 $71,000. it was established in 2011 and was set to expire in 2021.

it was renewed last year. we will speak about the service areas safety, cleaning beautification and activation of public spaces. oewd staff reviewed the following budget related benchmarks. whether the variance between budget for each service was within 10% from the management plan, whether 1% of civic center cbd actual came from sources other than assessment. budget amounts was within 10% from the actual and bench much mark 4 if it is indicates the funds from the current piscal year and projects to be spent in

the upcoming fiscal year. the civic center cbd did meet this benchmark and has historically met this benchmark. the cbd received over 67% of their funding for fiscal year 18-19 from non assessments revenue and met this benchmark as well. for 3 the cbd met this benchmark and historically met this benchmark. for benchmark 4 the cbd did indicate carry forward how to spend in the upcoming fiscal year. in conclusion the cbd met all benchmarks through state code and management agreement with the city. it began renewal campaign 18-19 that ended in july 2019.

93.59% of the vote in favor of renewal. 6.41% against. it was renewed through 2034. they have an engaged board of directors. it is in good position to carry out mission alongside public and private sector partners. with me is ms. ever wine for her portion of the presentation. >> are you there? >> just starting off with a great spot of your front yard hoping we can get back to this

sooner rather than later. the civic center cbd core services remain the same through the end of 2019. here we have our team, ambassadors, parking garage greeter, we have the day and evening ambassadors. evening support the evening arts with folks getting to public transportation after events. we have our playground safety monitors during the day. through the evening as well. then we partnered with mid market cbd on the annual safety summit at the theater with a lobby full of exhibition tables from local safety providers.

we had an active shooter training at that safety summit. some cleaning and maintenance stats for you here. i think they are all showing. due to the limited size of the budget, we were only able to do 46,000 square feet of pressure washing per year. it is higher now. excessive trash removed from city walks. most often from overflowing city trash cans. 11,000 meals over the year. all sorts of graffiti removed from public and private property. we renewed the district in 2019. the better part of our 18-19 fiscal year was spent on

outreach. about renewing and potentially expanding. this was particularly important. we would be picking up folks that didn't know us. many did but many did not, also. here is the next slide. the map on the left is the district established in 2011. the map on the right is the district we had hoped to successfully renew just picking up more parcel on the east side of golf street. some south of market and then new folks around the un plaza. this is just a list of all of the outreach that board staff and our fabulous renewal steering committee carried out. a lot of open houses and one-on-one outreach.

we were instrumental in getting the cafe open in civic center plaza. they were doing fabulously well up until the pandemic hit. currently shut. we hope to reopen as soon as possible. we were able to do seven free community events in the 18-19 program year. we were successful in activating all three plazas that connect city hall to market street. this is un plaza. we did fulton mall and civic center plaza. during the holidays we had musical performances. the final of those seven events was our amazing tree lighting in

front of city hall in partnership with numerous public and private agencies. primarily the recreation and park department. we missed that this year. we very much hope to get it back next year. that is it. thank you. >> may we move on to mid market community benefit district, central market. >> vice chair peskin may have a question. >> for the mid market central market, but i can wait until after the presentation. >> please proceed. >> thank you. this is the fiscal year -- calendar year 2018 mid market community benefit district annual report. central market cbd is operating

under calendar year report for quite some time. community benefit district business improvement districts governed by 1994 law and article 15 of business and tax regulations code. oewd this covering calendar year 2018. ensures they meet management plans or staff conducts annual report review and financial review and provides board of supervisors with a summary memo. mid market cbd is property based with initial assessment budget $1.2 million. fiscal year 17-18 budget considereds with calendar year 18 was $1.4 million. renewed in 2013. expires in 2038.

mid market cbd operations. executive director is here to speak about the program achievements. service areas public safety, cleaning maintenance and contingency and reserve. oewd reviews the following benchmark -- benchmarks. if it was within 10% from the management plan. two, if the mid markets cbd came from other than assessment revenue, whether the variance between the budget was within 10% from the actuals and four, if the cbd indicates the funds carried over from current fiscal year and designating projects in the upcoming fiscal year. for benchmark 1.

mid market cbd met this requirement in calendar year 2018 and has met this benchmark. benchmark two, mid market met this benchmark for calendar year 2018 and met this benchmark. benchmark 3 it did meet the benchmark and historically met it. the cbd did indicate carry forward how it was to be used in the upcoming calendar year. they did meet this benchmark. in conclusion it has met the benchmarks through state code and agreement with the city. it continues to implement service plan effectively. they have an active board of directors and good position to work alongside public and private sector partners.

>> thanks, chris. mid market very active in 2018, but still very much a neighborhood in transition. this is the corner of eighth and market, the site of trinity residential units annie whole foods to come in this year -- and later the whole foods. this is a snapshot. in 2018 it was 199 par cells, $1.4 million budget. parcels in yellow are under development. biggest one on the left is the related site 1550 mission and new city offices which is now done. core services provided seven

days each week 7:00 a.m. to 7:0. public safety and economic development support. i want to point out ongoing challenges for many reasons but namely that these issues make our job in the market very, very hard. the excessive open air drug use, encampmentses, which are at a all-time low very much thanks to healthy streets. we only have seven or eight tents in mid market and zero in civic center. fingers crossed. we have people in better housing situations. a couple cbd are to embark on

together. we need a solution for excessive illegal vending. it is forcing out into the street and united nations is causing issues. cleaning and maintenance folks continue just a few statistics of the many we collect. syringe needle collection number is not a typo. we collected 9,000 needles -- 29,000 needles from sidewalks in 2018. our wonderful community ambassadors are out providing directions and fee feral -- referrals, meeting and greeting with small businesses daily, getting to know the resident was

and providing significant social service outreach. we continue to have security camera programs when we can afford to we send out co-responder safety teams to pair an officer with a community outreach ambassador. again, the safety summit we did in partnership with civic center cbd provided active shooter training and folks from zuckerberg general hospital came to do a fabulous presentation on the stop the pleaed campaign. we had over 300 in attendance on market street. our economic development support

we go for retail vacancies on the website and to real estate people in the network. we still have significant retail vacancy challenges on market street, but in 2018 in and around the district we were fortunate to welcome these four new businesses. virtual reality, beer store that just moved or purchased their location. fabulous greek coffee and cafe. unfortunately now closed. the very famous magazine has a retail out post on sixth street. that is it. thank you very much. happy to take your questions. >> chair mar: thank you for the presentations and for all of your good work on these two

cbds. vice chair peskin, question? >> thank you, chair mar and thank you to all of your staff for your incredible work, which we as folks who used to work across the street have all seen and i think i can speak for all of my colleagues, we appreciate. relative to the earlier conversation on item 1, when oewd prepared a survey a couple months ago back in november about the use of security cameras and surveillance technology, there was an interesting one that popped up on the spreadsheet and i don't know if you recall this or not. it was fascinating to me, which is that the mid market cbd under

the list of agencies that have accessed records from your surveillance technology, interestingly enough it included the united states department of agriculture, which raised an eyebrow. i thought maybe it had to do with the civic center market perhaps. i wasn't really sure why if you remember why they requested security camera footage age gave a reason for it and who they could share it with and pursuant to our laws whether they i guess these laws wouldn't pertain to the cbd but whether they entered into an agreement not to share the information or to destroy the information. i wonder if you remember anything about that. i have been meaning to ask about

that. i was interested. there may be a difference between united states department of agriculture and the joint terrorism task force or ice or department of homeland security. >> i will get you as many details as we have. i don't think we have many, but we can contact the folks that do that for us and see if they have more information. it was drug-related and something on ninth street south of market. i don't think it was the united nations plaza. i will see if we can get more information on that. >> supervisor peskin: i appreciate it. when i saw that a couple months ago, i was curious about it.

this came up and reminded me i have been wondering about that. it goes back to the earlier item which we have already discussed as to why i think cbds and the bid and gbd should be subject to these city policies. thank you very much for the answer. >> chair mar: supervisor haney. >> supervisor haney: thank you for your great work. it is wonderful to partner with you and just to see the continued focus and results during a very challenging time for everyone and the neighborhood. i did want to ask. i thought it was really great that you added the point about active storefronts. i wanted to ask if that is something that you track more comprehensively in terms of

business open for delivery or have shut down altogether? is there some sort of regular ongoing tracking or database of that in the district? >> yes. ground floor retail and tech companies to find out what their hopeful return to normal activity looked like, but, yes, i do have a list for civic center and mid market how businesses responded a few months ago. we do not have the updated. we would only track storefront activity for mid market that is not in our management plan for

civic center. we do it a little bit anyway. it is in our nature. for mid market we will be preparing an updated list of what is open, closed and now vacant and available. >> it is in the mid market? civic center is different in a lot of ways. the mid market with sixth street and all of that would be good to know how those businesses are doing and which are open and how many are closed and that sort of things. >> we have lost a few folks on sixth street. it has weathered the storm much better than say market street because the spaces are smaller. >> this is another quick question.

one of the things that i have been really interested in and we have spoken about is how to better activate the side streets and allies -- alleys along sixth street. they are within the cbd. we put money for activation and events and outdoor things. is that something you are involved in or thinking about? how to better activate and utilize some of the alleys for more public uses and positive uses? >> yes, certainly. i think we put together before out door dining ceased. we put together a nice marketing piece from the folks in minute plaza, the one end of the district. we have done the sixth street art walk for nine years. i hope we get to do one more so

we can say we have done them for a decade which brings people to the sixth street corridor and ad andadd jay sent alleys. stevenson street has the most potential for activation. there is active stakeholders there, and the park alliance is currently programming that. you know, in these uncertain times, i think participation has been low. once we return to inviting people to gather in groups again, i really think that 500 block of stevenson has the most potential. >> i went as much as i could on those thursday evening events. i very much hope when we open

back up for outdoor dining and gathering that we will see more activity there. >> thanks for the presentations and all of your good work. why don't we go to public comment. mr. clerk, any callers on the line? >> clerk: we will check. for those who connected via phone press star 3 to be added to the queue. if you wish to speak for these agenda items at this time. for those on hold please continue to wait until you are prompted to begin. for those watching on cable channel 26 or through streaming or sfgovtv if you went to speak please call in by following instructions on the screen. dial 415-655-0001. enter meeting id1468769772.

pound twice and star 3 to enter the queue to speak. we don't have any callers in the queue. >> chair mar: thank you. public comment is now closed. i will move we send both items to the full board with positive recommendation. >> clerk: on the motion offered these items to the board of supervisors. >> peskin. >> aye. >> haney. >> aye. >> chair mar. >> aye. >> mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> item four east cut community been fit district annual report

for 2018-2019 with the district management agreement with the city. members of the city who wish to comment should call the public comment number now. 415-655-0001 enter meeting id 4. please wait until you are unmuted to begin comments. i will repeat these instructions for public comment for this item. thank you. >> chair mar: i would like to welcome back oewd. the floor is yours. >> thank you.

senior program manager. we are here for the fiscal year 2018-2019 annual report for the east cut community been fit district. we are governed by state and local laws. this resolution covered annual report for fiscal year 18-19. we ensure all cbd are meeting management plan. we conduct annual review of financial reviews and provides the board of supervisors with a summary memo. the east cut cbd is property based community benefit district formed in 2015. initial assessment budget $2.4 million. fiscal year assessment budget to the city was $3.8 million. it is to expire in 2030.

the east cut cbd is staffed by executive director robinson and the team public safety, cleaning, maintenance, parks, green space, communication, management and operations. mr. robinson is here to people about the program achievements in the fiscal year. oewd reviews the following benchmarks for the cbd. whether the variance between budget amounts was within 10% from the management plan. two, whether the cbd percentage from sources other than assessment revenue were met, three, whether the variance between budget for each category within 10% from the actual, four, did the cbd indicate the funds carried over from the current fiscal year and

designate for upcoming fiscal year. one, they did meet this in 18-19. missed this last fiscal year. indicating an improvement. the east cut cbd has a unique general benefit. each percentage is by service area. all four service areas requiring requiring. >> ben: fit they met this benchmark. three, they did not meet this benchmark. in explaining to oewd, the cbd indicating due to closing the sales force park due to cracked structural beams they were not able to spend the money in the park. mr. robinson will speak to questions regarding that. the cbd did indicate funds

carried over and projects to be spent. east cut cbd met three out of four benchmarks through state code apmanagement agreement with the city as previously mentioned. benchmark three was not met as a result of cracked beams at the sales force transit center which closed center for nine months. paid for 80% of the park expenses during the period was open and nothing for remaining three fourths of the year where the park was closed. this reduction in the actual expenses pushed all other percentages out of line. oewd beliefs they will meet this in the future when the park is re-opened to the public. they implemented the service plan in the district and performed well. they assisted with design and continued partnership with downtown streets team, continued

to implement service plan with cleaning and safety, maintain active board of supervisors in several subcommittees. mr. robinson, please take over. >> chair mar, good morning. i am executive director of the east cut community benefit district. grateful to share the highlights from the fiscal year 18-19. the east cut cbd is from east second street to stewart, north mission to bryant. including the fastest growing residential and commercial properties. what doesn't get mentioned about the growth of the neighborhood. it has the largest growth in affordable housing with 1,000

units built in the last five years and 500 planned for the former transbay terminal site. point of pride the planning anticipated building the first truly dense mixed used neighborhood that is socially and economically diverse with multi-modal transit options. like most cbds primary function is stewardship. we work hard to ensure sidewalks and public spaces are clean and safe. it provides clean and safe services 24 hours a day seven days each week. we were the first to offer the services day and night. it made a significant difference in the ability to maintain clean sidewalks and streets. fiscal year 18-19.

the team made significant positive impact on the neighborhood as demonstrated on the slide removed 6,000 graffiti tags. removed 2000 needles, two 00,00s including topping off trash cans daily including staff every day working to connect those living unsheltered with services whether they are non-profits or city services. these are a few images of the team at work. before and after of the debris we picked up. the city trash cans and working with those living on the sidewalks. the east cut community plays significant role in parks and open spaces. only cbd with such a mandate. it is in our budget at the end

of the presentation. i will walk through each part now. this is a map of the district highlighting the existing and planned park spaces shown in green. 333 harrison street was really the first public part. east cut provides maintenance and land scaping to this park and friendly activities throughout the year. east cut cbd funds 80% of sales force park with tjpa including the programming which pro-covid entailed 30 events each week, pays 80% of landscaping, janitorial costs and everything in the park space the cbd has a significant role and financial

investment in. while not open in fiscal year 18-19, the park did break grounds. it is a small pocket park off guy street. this will support the future park at the center of the former transbay terminal one acre site. we are partnering with public works and rec and park on design and ocii to get it built. finally, the future under ramp park planned 2.5-acre park will be operated by the east cut cbd. this is without bus ramps and fremont street off-ramp from the bay bridge. you will see how it became named

under ramp park. finally, east cut is a new neighborhood. community is just taking shape. cbd is playing an active role to create activities for the community to gather, to be informed about events related to planning in the neighborhood and create spaces for community buildings. in fiscal year 18-19, it was proud to participate in fulton street. first new route to sunday streets in 10 years. east cut cbd regularly activates vacant retail with art and community gatherings. we had a monthly series in the vacant retail space. we also used these ray can't retail -- vacant spaces for civic engagement.

pop up storefront for resilience by design and global conference at moscone center. we linked with city staff. pictures on the right from the east cut cbd event at the commons, mercy housing project to get feedback on the proposed m.t.a. bus route coming to the neighborhood. also, we regularly program park space in the neighborhood. picture on the left is family event at emerald event. right is neighborhood happy hour cbd hosted at sales force park. this is the funding streams for each of the areas presented on. the overwhelming majority of funding goes to parks cleaning and safety. management of the organization and communications and economic development work is done on a

shoestring. that is my presentation. thank you for ongoing support of cbd and thank you, supervisor haney foreign gagement with the neighborhood and partnering on several town halls and events. thank you to each of the community members here and i am happy to answer any questions. thank you so much. do you have any questions or comments? supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: i am familiar with your operations because we work so closely together. i am looking forward, in particular, for some of the work around community building to be able to start up again. seeing people come to the parks

and public spaces. the future of the neighborhood as an active residential neighborhood in addition to a soace for commercial activity is really exciting. you have been such a key part of building that. i can't imagine that without your help. thank you. i am excited about the future of the neighborhood. people appreciate the work that you all do. thank you. >> supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: no, sir. >> chair mar: any callers on the line for this item? >> clerk: we will go through it. on cable channel 26 or streaming

or sfgovtv if you wish to speak call in now following instructions on the screen. dial 415-655-0001. enter (146)876-9772. then press pound twice followed by star then 3. you will be entered to speak. for those connected to the meeting press star 3 if you wish to speak now. for all speakers, wait until you hear the prompt that says your line is unmuted. that is your opportunity to provide comments. checking with mr. smith. we do not have callers on the line at this time. >> public comment is now closed. i move we send this item to the full board.

>> clerk: on the motion with recommendation of gao. vice chair peskin. >> supervisor peskin: aye. >> member haney. >> hair hair aye. >> chair mar. >> chair mar: aye. >> there are three ayes. >> thank you. mr. clerk item 5. >> agenda 5. ordinance amending the police code to protect gees from adverse employment action if they test positive for covid-19 are aslating or quarantining or previously isolated or quarantined due to covid-19 ex spokes you are. to protect applicants from discrimination if they test positive for covid-19. the quarantining or previously isolated or quarantined and to sunset an emergency ordinance for similar protections. members who wish to comment on

this should call the public comment number now. 415-655-0001, id1468769772. press pound twice to connect and press star followed by 3 to enter the queue to speak. it will indicate you raised your hand. wait until you have been unmuted to begin comments. one more thing. i received a memo requesting this matter be on the agenda as a committee report for potential forwarding to the board of supervisors for the january 12, 2021 regular board meeting. >> chair mar: thank you, mr. clerk. thank you supervisors ronen and walton for bringing this forward previously as emergency and now regular. this is one of many important measures that this board has

moved to support workers during this health pandemic and economic crisis. i would like to welcome up the legislative aid to supervisor ronen who is speaking on this item today. >> thank you. happy new year. i am a legislative aid for supervisor ronen speaking on her behalf. this ordinance makes permanent the provisions in the safer act. safeguards against firings and employer retaliation. the act is an emergency ordinance that supervisor ronen introduced back in july which expands employment protection for workers not able to work because they test positive for covid-19 or must quarantine due to covid symptoms or exposure. this ordinance serves to ensure that worker protections in place

become permanent and remain in place after the city's declared state of emergency is lifted. [please stand by]

because they've tested positive for covid or quarantining. any worker whose rights are violated under this law is able to file a report from the office of labor of standards. it has the authority of payment of lost wages or charging employer for every violation that has taken place. we believe the assurance that a positive diagnosis will not

result in a worker being filed from their job with that in place. this legislation encourages residents and workers to get tested for covid-19 so they can meaningfully contribute to our city's ongoing work effort. so with those opening remarks, i'd be happy to take any questions. >> thank you so much for all of your work on this extremely important workers' right protections. colleagues, any questions or remarks before we go to public comment? no? all right. why don't we go to public comment. are there any callers on the line? >> for those watching our meeting on cable channel 26, via streaming link or sfgovtv, if you wish to speak on this item, please call in by following the instructions on your screen. dial 1-415-655-0001. and to the meeting 146 862 2654

##. press the pound symbol twice and then star followed by three. i'm checking to see if we have callers. we have no callers, mr. chair. >> thank you, public comment is now closed. i'd like to move that we recommend this item as a committee report to the full board. >> on the motion offered by chair mar, vice chair peskin? >> supervisor peskin: aye. >> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> supervisor mar: thank you. mr. clerk, can you call item

number 6. >> agenda 6 is the reenactment of emergency ordinance 74-20 as reenacted later by ordinance 110-20, 156-20, 230-20, to require grocery store, drugstore, restaurant to deliver health and scheduling protections to employees during this public health emergency related to. those who would like to comment should call 1-415-655-0001. enter the meeting i.d. of 146 876 9772 ##. press the pound symbol twice and then the star key followed by the number 3. the system will indicate you raised your hand. you may then begin your comments. like the previous item, we have

a memo from your desk requesting this item be moved to the committee reports calendar on january 12, 2021. >> supervisor mar: thank you, mr. clerk. thank you, supervisor haney, for your leadership on this additional extremely important workers' rights measure during covid. the floor is yours. >> supervisor haney: thank you, chair mar and thank you for the cosponsorship. we're acting to reenact the emergency ordinance for protections for grocery store, restaurants, on demand delivery employees. if you recall, this first took effect on may 1 and was reenacted several times since. it is extended for an additional 60 days. legislation strengthsens workers

be protections because it gives workers an additional level of protection as well as a mechanism to file complaints with the office of labor standards enforcement. i hope we can reenact this. it's been an important source of protection for a set of workers who are especially vulnerable. thank you. >> supervisor mar: thank you, supervisor haney. why don't we go to public comment. are there any callers on the line? >> thank you. we'll check one more time. for those who have connected to the meeting by the phone, press star followed by 3 to be added to the queue. for those on hold in the queue, continue to wait until you're prompted to begin. you will hear that your line has been unmuted. if you're watching, if you wish to speak on the item, follow the instructions on your screen. that is by dialing

1-415-655-0001. then by entering the meeting i.d. of 146 876 9772 ##. then pressing star followed by 3. hang on for a moment while i check with mr. smith. mr. smith is informing me as before we have no callers in the queue. >> supervisor mar: thank you. public comment is now closed. supervisor haney, do you want to make the motion on this? >> supervisor haney: i move this to the full board as a committee report for consideration on january 12. >> on the motion offered by member haney this be recommended for report, vice chair peskin? >> supervisor peskin: aye. >> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> there are three ayes. >> supervisor mar: thank you, mr. clerk. can you call item number --

>> >> vice chair peskin? >> supervisor peskin: aye. i'm sorry, what. >> supervisor mar: i thought you were waving your hand. >> supervisor peskin: no i was waving at connie chan swearing in. >> agenda 7 is reenact of emergency ordinance. >> supervisor peskin: i have to speak at this. sorry i can't participate in the last item. >> supervisor mar: okay. >> we'll note that -- all right. this ordinance reenactment will create a right to reemployment for certain employees laid off during the covid-19 pandemic if their employer seeks to fill the same position as or a position

substantially similar to held by the laid-off employee. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call the public comment number now. that number is 1-415-655-0001. enter the meeting i.d. of 146 876 9772 ##. then press the star key followed by the number 3 to enter the queue to speak. please wait until the system indicates you've been unmuted. we have a request from your desk that this be moved to the committee report calendar on january 12, 2021. >> supervisor mar: thank you, mr. clerk. colleagues, you know, like the previous two items, this is another important measure that the board has taken to support workers during the pandemic and economic crisis. we've also voted on this policy several times before, so i'll

keep my remarks brief. this will reenact our emergency back-to-work ordinance for a further 60 days. the goal behind this policy is to ensure that workers are rehired rather than replaced, because we know economic security and public health are inextricably tied. it's critical that this protection for laid-off workers remain in place. i'm grateful for your support for this policy in the past and ask for your support again today. mr. clerk, why don't we go to public comment on the item? >> we'll go through the routine one last time. for those connected, press star followed by 3 to be added to the queue to speak to the item. for those on hold, continue to wait until you're prompted to begin. you'll hear a prompt that

informs you you've been unmuted. those watching through sfgovtv, channel 26, please call in by following the instructions on the screen. that is by dialing 1-415-655-0001. entering 146 876 9772 ##. press star followed by 3 to enter the queue to speak. if you hang for just a moment, mr. chair, i will check one last time with mr. smith. mr. smith is informing me we do not have callers in the queue for the item. >> supervisor mar: thank you. public comment is now closed. i'd like to move that we can send this item to the full board to the january 12th meeting of the board of supervisors. >> clerk: motion offered by chair mar this be recommended. noting that vice chair peskin is absent, member haney?

>> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> clerk: mr. chair, there are two ayes and one absent. >> supervisor mar: thank you, mr. clerk. is there any further business? >> clerk: there is no further business. >> supervisor mar: great. we are adjourned. i want to thank you for joining us for this very important

conversation about covid-19 vaccine. i'm joined by san francisco's health officer and the deputy director of health to discuss in more detail san francisco's plan to distribute vaccines as quickly as possible. the doctors are medical experts helping to lead the city's response to covid. we're lucky to have them here to help answer the questions that many san franciscans are asking. i know this is a topic on everybody's mind. we've never done anything like this before in this country, in this state or city. vaccinating this many people in the midst of a pandemic. it's a process with many moving pieces. while many things are out of our control, we're in good shape in san francisco with a plan in place to get people vaccinated

quickly once we have the supply we need. to start off the conversation, i'll give a brief overview of the current situation in san francisco and then we can get right into the conversation. san francisco is moving full speed ahead on covid-19 vaccinations. we're creating a network of vaccination locations across the city. high-volume sites, partnerships with pharmacies, uzbekistaning -- using existing community sites. to do all this, we're coordinating with the health care providers who are receiving a majority of the vaccine doses from the state, such as kaiser permanente and ucsf health. creating targeted efforts to make sure communities that have been hit the hardest by covid, have access to the vaccine. won friday, we opened the first of three high-volume vaccination

sites in san francisco at city college on ocean avenue. they started with 500 doses per day, but will have the capacity to administer at least 3,000 doses per day once we have the supply and are fully ramped up. in addition to the sites opening at the muscone center and the san francisco market and the bayview, we're also working to bring vaccines to people in the communities most impacted by covid through community clinics and mobile vaccination teams. this has been a collaborative effort and we're so thankful for our partners, the health care providers and the community organizations work with us. we have a plan and we're ready to distribute 10,000 doses at least bare minimum per day once we have enough supply of the vac. so far, the amount of vaccine

we're receiving from the state and federal government is inconsistent and unpredictable. we need more vaccines and we'll continue to do everything we can to be ready when our supply of vaccine doses increase. but for now, vaccine supply remains our biggest constraint. so this is such a big piece of the puzzle. why don't we get started in the conversation? and let's ask the two incredible doctors that are joining us today, who are really leading this effort, thank you for joining us and either one of you can answer this question. what is the current situation with vaccine supply in san francisco? and why are vaccine supplies so limited? >> thank you, mayor. and maybe i will start and then the doctor can fill in if there are pieces i missed. as you said mayor, the main thing, nationwide vaccine production is limited right now

and that's the underlying issue. vaccine getting to us in san francisco and getting in the arms of people in san francisco is also very, very complex. so the federal government directly allocates a small portion of the doses that it has and then the rest of it gets divided up and allocated by the federal government to the 50 states. once our california share has arrived, then it gets allocated not just to our 58 counties, but also large health care organizations. in fact, in san francisco, two-thirds of the vaccine that is coming into the county is going straight to our health care partners. that's important to realize. as you mentioned, not only are we not receiving all of the allocation, but just a minority, but it's very erratic and unpredictable because of the supply issues. that means we can't know from week to week how many spots we'll have available for people to get vaccinated. the state also determines what

the priorities are for vaccination. again, as you said, very important to know. and right now, the priority groups are health care workers and they are people that are 65 and older. these are the people who are most likely to get covid-19 and the people who are most likely to die if they do become infected in the case of older adults. so as an example of that, in san francisco, people aged 65 and older make up 15% of the people who get covid-19 in our county, but they make up 85% of the people who die. so that's why they're prioritized first, but it is that scarcity of vaccine right now that causes the biggest problems. then are logistical problems with the vaccines and being able to get them to people. >> mayor breed: so can you tell us a little more about how this works? how many doses have arrived in san francisco? and how many have been

administered? and can you also explain, i think there is confusion around the second dose because there is, you know, a question about the timing of when the second dose should be administered and whether or not we can just administer all the first doses and hope we'll get enough second doses to administer those. can you explain the numbers and specifically explain the second dose so we can have a clear understanding of that? >> yes, thank you. so as of today, san francisco has received 144,000 doses, but just to put that in perspective, if we talk again about the people who are currently eligible in san francisco, including health care workers and people 65 and over, that group in and of itself is 210,000. so if you think about two doses being required for these vaccines as you said, that requires 420,000 doses.

so we don't have nearly that amount. each of these vaccines requires a two-dose course. they have to be repeated at either three or four weeks. the difficulty is you can't mix and match the doses. we have to make sure it's the same dose. of the 144,000 vaccines, we have administered 80,000 of them, 58 percent. and of the remaining doses, they're almost all allocated to ensure that the people who received their first dose are able to get full protection from the vaccine by getting the second dose. when you account for that as well, there is 98% of the doses that have come to san francisco are going to the people of san francisco who need them. >> mayor breed: can you help understand -- i think some of the questions, too, that people have is, what happens if you don't get it within the third or fourth week? you don't get the second dose at that time, what happens? is it just not effective any

longer? >> i can maybe take this one. so this has been study across the nation and right now, at the national level, they're saying that you could get the second dose up to six weeks later. the state is looking at this recommendation and they're finalizing how they want to approach it. so we're waiting for that. right now, we're trying to hit the marks of three to four weeks after, but if we get recommendations to adjust, we'll do so so we can get vaccine out in the most efficient manner possible. >> mayor breed: that's a real interesting point that dr. phillip made earlier today, just that folks are not completely -- they don't completely understand why we are basically pretty much out of doses. and i think it's important -- and it's complicated, but it's important to talk specifically about the path. we're not just holding onto vaccines. we're getting them out the door

as soon as we have them and we don't have control over all the ones that come to san francisco, but maybe you can talk about the path that a vaccine follows from when it is assigned to san francisco to when it is administered. and i know that you can probably only mostly speak to what happens with the department of public health, because we only have control over the vaccines that we receive. >> should i start? or would you? >> maybe i'll start with the logistical part and then you can talk about the clinical implications. because these vaccines were processed in a very quick manner, they require a little bit more logistical effort than normal vaccines. so the pfizer vaccine needs ultra-cold freezing which is -60° and that's not normally how we distribute vaccines. so that temperature control is

extremely important for the vaccines to remain effective. at every stage from when they are produced at the manufacturing and as well as transport across the country into the county, that temperature control has to be maintained. once it's in the county and it's put into a health care system or the department of public health, we have to ensure that that temperature control conditions until it's ready for use. -- continues until it's ready for use. it's required for the health care systems to have ultra-cold freezer storage to do the pfizer vaccine and get it out. moderna is a little bit better in the fact that it requires freezers. and we can use our own freezers to do that. and the health care system has freezers. but i want to emphasize, the vaccines are fragile. you have to be not only temperature-controlled for storage, but as soon as they're ready for use, there is a lot of requirements around how that use happens. i'll turn it over to dr.

phillips to talk about that. >> yes, these vaccines, these are not the type that you and i are used to in our homes. these are specialized equipment in medical centers. and what we know is that once we start the process of thawing the vaccine, that is another process, then it also has a limited life within the refrigerator of several weeks. and once we take the vials, they actually contain multiple doses of vaccine, so you can get either up to six or 10 doses for individual people from each vial, but once you open the vial, you have six hours to use it for you have to discard the rest of the vial. the last thing anyone wants to happen is wasted vaccine. so the logistics, the planning and equipment for doing this is

not parallel. so the idea that, you know, for flu vaccine we're all used to going into the local pharmacy or doctor office and getting it easily. that is a very different scenario than we have right now with covid vaccine. both because of the requirement of the specific vaccine and the scarcity of the vaccine. we're hoping in the future we get to a point that will be -- that it will be like the flu vaccine, but we're not there yet. this is the limitations we're working with in the city to make sure people are vaccinated. >> mayor breed: the city has made a decision to set up massive sites that require their own logistics. we have city college which we opened with ucsf, the muscone center and the san francisco produce market in the bayview. those are the other two sites that will open. these sites are going to play a huge role in efficiently

providing the vaccine to people who live and work in san francisco, but it's a huge logistical undertaking to establish and operate a site like this. tell me about how these sites will work. >> i can talk about that. you know, this site and this planning has been going on for months now. i really have to say that it's been a huge collaboration between city partners, between our health care system and between our community partners to really think about and plan and operate these sites. and part of the planning is that we need to ensure these sites are high-volume sites. they're able to get to, as you were saying, mayor, up to that 10,000-marker across the city. we need the space requirements we need the infrastructure to store the vaccine. we need the proper electricity. and additionally, people after they get the vaccine, they have to wait 15 minutes after to make sure they don't have a reaction.

you have to have the appropriate places for people to be monitored. so based on that, with all of our, you know, all of this collaboration, there have been three sites looked at and deemed really as the right places to get this up and running. and part of how this came to be is that we know the sector of the city has been most hardest hit by covid and covid cases. so really looking at that area to ensure that we have vaccine available for those populations, so city college as you mentioned, the bayview, were some of the first sites. and then additionally, the muscone site. once they were identified, we worked to determine how is this going to work? as dr. phillips statemented, we're only getting a third of the vaccine coming into the county, so we need our partners to be part of the collaborative to administer the vaccine.

for city college, they have 18 lanes available and it can do thousands of doses a day potentially in the future. it launched with ucsf last friday with 500 doses because that's the amount we have now, but as vaccine flows in at a more robust rate, we'll be able to increase the number of people that get vaccinated there. all these sites, we're looking at drive-thru as well as walk-in so people can get to the sites. >> mayor breed: i'm understanding that the city college site basically, based on the number of doses that they have left, so that the appointments are through tomorrow, is that correct? >> that is correct. they are through tomorrow. and that's, again, based on the vaccine allocation. we will hopefully get more news about allocation in the next 24-48 hours and we can start planning ahead. >> mayor breed: so tell us about

who can get vaccinated at these high-volume distribution sites? i think -- are they open to anyone regardless of who their insurer is? >> so, mayor, again, the limiting factor as you've both said, it is limited to health care workers and people that are 65 years of age and older. but as you pointed out, we really want to do all the complicated work on the back end and build these systems so it is simple for the people who live and work in san francisco to know where they can go to get a vaccine. so, yes, the goal is, and the plan is, as vaccine supply increases, that anyone will be able to access vaccine at these sites, no matter who is operating the site, whether it's ucsf or kaiser permanente. i don't have to be a kaiser permanente member to go to that site. that is the goal. we're going to be shared

resources, sharing accessibility across the city for the benefit of all of the residents and people that work in san francisco. >> just for clarity, we know in san francisco we're still in tier 1a and that includes people over the age of 65 and health care workers, in-home support service workers, emts and we anticipate that network is about 210,000 people. so we've heard a lot of folks who have been a little, you know, bothered by the fact that san francisco has not gotten to teachers, bus drivers, police officers, and, in fact, ma written has gotten to other counties. can you explain that and why it's a lot different here in san francisco than it is in other counties? >> one important reason is that

we have such a robust health care system. we have so many health care workers that are here in san francisco serving our residents every day. that is a strength. that is part of the reason why we have one of the lowest death rates of any major city. and that means that it's going to take us longer to vaccinate all those people that have been serving us throughout this entire year of the pandemic. so that is part of the reason why we have not yet been able to move past the health care workers into -- into the other tier. that is actually a strength that we have this large health care workforce here. and so we acknowledge that and we also know that with the limited vaccine supply we're getting, we're moving through the group as best we can. with all of my health officer colleagues across the region, all of our goals in every county is to get every resident, every worker vaccinated as quickly as possible. it's a shared goal.

some of us, like san francisco, have a larger share of the health care workforce than other counties do. >> mayor breed: i want to express my appreciation for the work you all did early on to get vaccinations to people who are in assisted-living facilities, both laguna honda and other places where some of the highest-risk patients have been. it was a huge undertaking and it was done very well. and although we've had our challenges when you think about a place like laguna honda, with over 700 patients and all of those employees, the work that was done there with your partners, in this case, walgreen's, it was significant to be able to accomplish that. let's talk about eligibility for this vaccine. how does one go about getting one? >> so i can talk about that. operational side. there is a couple of different ways. if you're a health care worker,

generally we recommend you start with your employer because a lot of them have been able to get vaccine through themselves or the big health care systems. if you are an independent person that is not associated and has not been able to through your employer get a vaccine, is it talk to the health care system. as dr. phillips remarked and stated earlier, the health care systems are now vaccinating all health care workers. and have made this available to people outside of their network. so that is one way to access vaccine. the other way is, you know, we are working on trying to get networks up and running. not only through the health care system, but also through other partnerships like our pharmacy partnerships. and our community health care clinics. again, hopefully as the vaccine becomes more accessible to san francisco, some of these other partnerships can start to

vaccinate our health care workers. for the over 65 population, again, this is a large population. we're, you know, saying that those that are in the higher age ranges should be the priority because they're at higher risk of death. so a lot of the health care systems are starting with 75 and over which is appropriate. but the goal is to get to as much as of this population as quickly as possible. it is dependent on the vaccine allocated. we will get to you. i know there is frustration and anxiety around this, but we're getting it out as fast as we can. we hear your concerns. given the limited supply, we're having to prioritize. that does not mean if you're in the priority groups you will not get the vaccine. they will get this phase done hopefully in the next 2-3 weeks, but that depends on the allocation we receive. >> mayor breed: dr. bobba, i

know some have questions about the safety of the vaccine. can you tell us about the safety record on both types of the vaccine and why they should take the vaccine when the opportunity presents itself? >> yeah. both of these vaccines have gone through extensive trials in terms of safety records. now they have been studied across a major part of the population. actually, recently, there was literature released by the cdc showing of the more than four million doses given, there were only 10 anaphylaxis episodes across the entire country. so very minor amount. and all of those were reversed immediately. that's been in the media, that anaphylaxis the concern, but it's a very rare concern and that is why we monitor for 15 minutes afterwards. in terms of other side effects, the main side effect is probably after your second dose, you can get muscle aches, feel fatigued. you might get an injection site

redness or soreness. all of that generally, you know, resolves within 24-48 hours. so the ability to have a 95% effective vaccine to covid for outweighs the concerns around the vaccine. especially in our communities that are really being devastated by the disease, where we're seeing hospitalizations and death, the benefits outweigh the risk. >> mayor breed: so basically you are strongly recommending the two doses. can you tell us why -- and then tell us who is going to be keeping track of the first and second dose and how that works to ensure that the second doses are available for the person that receives the first dose? >> absolutely. so, yes, two doses are recommended and depending on the type of vaccine that you start with. remember, they're nearly identical in terms of high

efficacy, 95% for both of them. whatever one you get that is available, that is the one you should take. doses are in short supply. but you need the same kind fort follow-up dose. that is going to be three weeks if you get pfizer and four weeks if you get moderna. we are keeping and we're tracking and there is very detailed documentation that is required, another one of the logistical challenges that has to go to the state. we know who has gotten the vaccine and when they're due for the follow-up. that is part of the system that is being built across the city. health systems have ways of doing it and we're doing that in covid command as well, to know when to call people back and schedule them for the follow-up shot. the efficacy, that very high 95% protection, is really only shown when people get the two doses three or four weeks apart, depending on the vaccine. so after people get the first dose, they shouldn't feel i've

gotten the vaccine and i'm in the clear. they really need to have the second dose. so as we were talking about, this is part of the thinking, when we get our allocations, we want to make sure we can for now schedule people at the 3-4 week interval, so we're planning accordingly. we want to be able to give people the second dose. that is part of the logistics and the thinking through how to do this well for the people who need the vaccination. >> mayor breed: one of the things that i wanted to just kind of touch upon, because you know, i think there are concerns that the city should be completely responsible for this, right? like that we should take on the responsibility even though it's not necessarily within our control. we remember the beginning of this pandemic. we had to set up these testing sites from scratch. we didn't have enough needles. we didn't have enough p.p.e. there were challenges with setting up the sites and a lot

of the testing fell on the hands of the city and county of san francisco. and there were challenges with the private health care providers who were also receiving test kits, but we were then, as a city, held responsible for administering all the testing and in many cases there are still people who are using the city system to test, even though they have private health care insurance. it's been one of the most challenging things that we've had to face. and part of, you know, of course, my push as mayor to the state and the feds is to provide more supply to our public health care system so we're administering more faster, because of our lack of control over the private health care providers. luckily, at least, the private health care providers are working with us, even though we don't have the data completely. how is this system that we have set up now? how is this plan we have set up

now to administer the vaccine, how is this going to be better than what we had to deal with with testing especially with our private health care providers? >> yeah, i think i can start and then dr. phillip can weigh in. one of the big things, a lot of the lessons we learned with testing, we're using them to plan for vaccine. what do these sites have to look like? how do we get a large number of people through them? how do we meet the demand? one of the major differences here, is that testing potentially had an open market that you could go purchase test kits. that's not the same with vaccine, right? this is a very limited supply. it is being tightly controlled at the federal and state level. there are specific allocations coming in. we have to work in partnership because if we don't collaboratively work with our health care system, it will be decentralized and not well-run

process. and so this is actually, you know, i will say, it's making -- we have to ensure that there is collaboration. in some ways, it's forcing collaboration because this cannot be successful if the health care system does it on their own and the city does it on their own, we have to come together to serve the residents of san francisco based on the allocations we're getting. so far, that collaboration is abundantly clear, the health care system is really being in partnership with us at these mass vac sites. the mass vac sites are looking at one way to distribute the vaccine, but there needs to be a community focus here with community sites and community hubs that can give the vaccine with a much more personal level, with community providers that know the community, have trust with their residents. so we're looking at multiple ways to get the vaccine out. again, the health care system, whether they're large or smaller doctor offices, it will be part

of this and working collaboratively. >> mayor breed: the last question i want to ask, because i think one of the biggest concerns i have is a lot of the misinformation and the criticism about san francisco and our rollout for the vaccine. the impression we just started planning for this yesterday. the impression that we're not prepared, that we're not getting the vaccines out fast enough. there is a lot of information and, sadly, it's causing a lot of confusion out there. and it's really causing a lot of frustration amongst many san franciscans. and i just want, you know, either one of you or both of you to talk about the fact that we have prepared for this early on. we're getting the vaccines out as quickly as we can. and how well we're doing in san francisco, especially compared to other places, even though it might seem confusing, especially

because of the second dose. tell us your perspective as the two leaders of this effort, you know, how you believe san francisco is doing? and how we can anticipate that we will do even better, especially once we get the supply? >> yeah, i'll start and dr. phillip, you can finish. so in terms of our planning, our planning started as soon as we heard that the vaccine trials were occurring and they were promising results. over the summer, we started planning over this and we dusted off the previous summer with h1n1. when we came to fall, the flu vaccine clinics as a model, even though the flu vaccine, the requirements around storage is different, we have to think about what is the impact of covid on administering the flu vaccine? what is the spacing requirement?

the protective gear? so that happened all through the fall into the winter to get the flu vaccine out. we built on that to think about, we know the understanding around flu vaccines. we know past experience of mass vaccination clinics. as we understood how allocations were going to happen, we worked closely with the health care system to develop these different strategies in addressing the needs of the community in terms of getting vaccine. so the mass vaccination sites, the community sites, our pharmacy partnerships are really the pillars of how we're going to get vaccine out. all of this is going to be ongoing improvement. as things start to rollout, as things change, we're going to be adept and nimble to change with them. but at this point, the city has a robust plan to get the vaccine out as quickly as possible as long as we get more supply. >> thank you. dr. phillip, you want to add

anything? >> i agree 100% with dr. bobba. i think the only other piece i want to emphasize, this planning has been going on for months and it's why we're poised to be in such a good position when the vaccine is available. looking around, i think the approach you alluded to, having any door be the right door for a person in san francisco to get the vaccine is unique. it is community-centered, individual-centered. it really makes the system work the people instead of the other way around. and i think this is the right way to get vaccine out to people quickly. so now we just need the vaccine. i also want to say that this is a good problem to have. there was no guarantee that we would have highly effective vaccine at all just a year after this brand new coronavirus was identified. so, we are up to this challenge in san francisco. we have built an amazing

infrastructure. we have great people as a city with the health care partners in the community working on this, as we heard this afternoon. and we're looking forward to getting more vaccine and really rolling up peoples' sleeves and getting vaccine in there. >> mayor breed: let me thank you both for the work since the beginning of the pandemic. thank you, dr. phillip and dr. bobba. you've been incredible leaders in the effort. we appreciate all the work done by the people who are part of the department of public health. i know that everyone is ready to be done with covid. i'm so ready to be done with covid myself. and just know that we are doing everything we can and i have confidence and faith in the work of the department of public health here in san francisco because they're the reason why you see san francisco, one of the second densest cities in the country, have one of the lowest death rates in the country. it's because of their work. it's because we acted fast. we have been a leader.

so now is not the time to fall apart. more than ever, we're going to have to be patient. we know that the vaccines are here. we know that with a new president who is prioritizing covid vaccine production, that we anticipate that more will be to come. and so it just means that we have to just be patient. we have to wait our turn. and we will get there. we got great news yesterday we'll be reopening san francisco with outdoor dining and a number of other salons and places of business that could not open in the past. that's good news. we're headed there. so now is not the time for us to, i think, question the decisions of the department of public health or lose faith. we're going to get through this. the light is finally there. we know there is clearly a lot to discuss on the vaccine. we can't get to it all today, but we'll continue to provide regular updates to the public

about the vaccine in san francisco. and we're regularly updating information, which is available online at sf.gov/covidvaccine. we know we're at the mercy of the state for supply. as soon as we have supply and information, we'll get the vaccines out the door. as a reminder, anyone who lives or works in san francisco, can sign up for a notification when they're eligible to get a vaccine. we really appreciate the time you took to listen to dr. phillip and dr. bobba on what we're doing here in san francisco to address the questions and the challenges around the vaccine. it's clearly complicated, but we'll still get there. i have faith and confidence in what i think is one of the most incredible department of public health anywhere in the country.

our numbers speak to that. we will get through this and we appreciate everything that you all have done to follow our health care orders. looking forward to seeing you all in person fairly soon. thank you for joining us. [ ♪♪♪ ] >> welcome to the san francisco planning meeting remote meeting for january 28, 2021. the planning commission rei