. >> i'm matt haney joined by members of the committee. i want to thank sfgov tv for broadcasting the meeting. today's meeting has a hard stop of 10:00 a.m. due to scheduling issues. we ask all comments from committee members remain brief, including vice chairs and we'll limit public comment to one minute. are there any announcements? >> clerk: i do and a bit of house keeping. we are not yet joined by supervisor ronen. the board of supervisors committee room are closed but members will be participating remotely to the extent they are physically present in the

chamber. this is taken pursuant to the various local and state orders in effect at this time. committee members will attend through video conference and participate to the same extent as if they are physically present. public comment is available on each item on the agenda. the public comment call in number is being streamed across the screen at this time. each speaker is allowed one minute to speak in preparation for the meeting. comments or opportunities to speak during the public comment meeting are available by calling 415-655-0001 and id is 187-101-3610. your line will be muted but when your item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added. call from a quiet location,

speak clearly and slowly as i'm trying to do and turn down your television or radio. you may also submit public comment by e-mailing the usual clerk, linda wang. or you can send your comments through the post office to our office at city hall. all of the contact information is on the front of the agenda. and items acted upon today will be acted on by the full board, the 2:00 meeting for march 23rd 2021. that's the report. >> supervisor haney: can you please call item 5?

>> it is an ordinance to the mayor's office of housing and community development for rent relief under the resolution and relief fund in 10 million $50,000 for affordable social housing under the housing stable fund in 2020-2021. members of the public who have public comment should call the public comment number now. 415-655-0001, meeting id, 187-101-3610 press the pound key twice and then star 3 now to line up to speak. >> supervisor haney: thank you mr. clerk. we have -- i don't think we have any presentation on this item. we have heard it before. is there a bla report on the

item? >> hey chair haney. we reported on the item last week. i'm happy to answer questions if there are any. >> supervisor haney: great. i take that back, i see supervisor preston is with us and would like to speak. >> supervisor preston: i will keep it brief. i do want to thank you chair haney and president walton, supervisor ronen and supervisor mar for your co-sponsorship on the item and for all your work on the budget item and others on the agenda. i just wanted to urge support for this item to allocate the rent resolution and relief fund and housing stability fund. i am available if there are questions. thank you very much.

>> supervisor haney: thank you for your leadership and staff as well. any questions or comments staff? it looks like vice chair safai. >> supervisor safai: i wanted to be added as a co-sponsor. i meant to say that last time. i appreciate the hard work of supervisor preston and everyone involved. >> supervisor haney: fantastic. you have the whole budget committee behind you now. all right. mr. clerk, are there any members of the public who want to speak on this item? >> clerk: thank you mr. chair. we are working with the department of technology to see if we have callers in the que. in the meantime, i'm going to remind callers how to connect to the call. you will dial 415-655-0001 and enter 187-101-3610 and press pound twice and then star 3 to line up to speak.

are we allowing -- how much time for speakers? >> supervisor haney: one minute. >> clerk: thank you. could you please connect us to the first caller if someone is on the line? >> mr. clerk we have no callers in the que. >> supervisor haney: public comment is now closed. i also -- i figured i was a co-sponsor because i have been on various iterations of this. mr. clerk if you can add my name as well to the item. >> clerk: done. mr. chair, are you frozen? are you still there? >> supervisor haney: am i frozen? >> clerk: we hear you now. >> supervisor haney: i want a motion to move it to the full board as a positive recommendation at the board meeting today. is there a second?

seconded by president walton. >> clerk: i take it the chair has asked for a vote on the motion offered. the motion was offered by chair haney and seconded by supervisor walton. on the motion, vice chair safai? is anyone there? >> supervisor safai: aye. (roll call) mr. chair there are four ayes and one absent, supervisor ronen. >> supervisor haney: this will

move to the full board today as a positive recommendation with a committee report. thank you supervisor preston. mr. clerk, can you call item 2? >> clerk: ordinance appropriating $104.9 million to provide relief for small businesses, including those property crime, arts, cultural centers, cultural equity and youth learning initiative, san francisco city school district, overdose prevention and support for family relief struggling as a result of covid-19 and placing

$6,520,705 in general reserve. public comment on this item call 415-655-0001 and enter the id number and then press pound twice and then dial 3. this is a committee report like the previous item. >> supervisor haney: thank you mr. clerk. supervisor mar. >> i would like to be added as a co-sponsor to this and want to thank you chair haney for all of your work on -- with all of the committee members and other colleagues on discussing priorities and building consensus for this. thank you so much. >> supervisor haney: thank you supervisor mar and thank you as

well. i do have to amendments which i will bring forward but colleagues, other questions or comments? president walton? >> supervisor walton: thank you, i wanted to say thank you to the budget committee, especially to your staff, abigail has done a wonderful job working with everyone and to the mayor's office working with you as the chair to come to an agreement on what to do with the resources we have available. everybody has been working hard. we have a lot of work to do to get the resources out to our community, but i appreciate everyone working in a unified manner. >> supervisor haney: thank you. i appreciate that. is there a bla report on the item? i believe there is. >> this is nick minard from the budget office. we do not have a revised report given the timing of the legislation.

but having reviewed it, we consider approval to be a policy matter for the board of supervisors. >> supervisor haney: thank you. mr. clerk, is there any public comment on the item? >> clerk: thank you. members of the public, if you have already called in, dial star 3 to be lined up to speak for the item. for those watching the meeting on cable channel 26 or online, if you wish to provide public comment on the item, you need to call in now. 415-655-0001, id is 187-101-3610 and then press the pound symbol twice and then star followed by 3 to enter to speak. those in the que, wait until you

hear the line has been unmuted. >> we have no callers in the que. >> supervisor haney: all right. public comment is now closed. there are two small amendments for consideration that my office has previously circulated to everyone on page 6 line 9 for the cultural district's transfer should read not arts commission. for the family relief fund transfer owd instead of osb. and then ms. sandler is here for follow up. are there further questions or comments before i move the amendments? seeing none, i want to make a motion to accept the amendments

for the item, is there a second? >> second. >> supervisor haney: roll call vote please. >> clerk: (roll call). there are four aye's and member ronen is absent. >> supervisor haney: the amendments are accepted. see if any other colleagues want to make final comments. i'm going to say a lot more and thank you's at the board meeting today but i wanted to thank all

of you colleagues on our committee for close partnership and working together on this. and mayor's office as well. i do think this is a proposal that -- extended plan that meets the moment and that invests in our most vulnerable residents and our small businesses and help with our recovery. and really prioritizes different needs that really can't wait any longer. so i do think not only are we spending on the right things, we did it in a way that was collaborative and all of you participated and contributed and i want to thank everyone for their leadership. with that, i want to make a motion to recommend the item to the full board with a positive recommendation as amended as a report today at the board of supervisors meeting. is there a second?

>> clerk: second safai. >> supervisor haney: and roll call vote, please. >> clerk: (roll call) mr. chair there are four ayes and one absent, member ronen. >> supervisor haney: great. fantastic, thank you colleagues for your work and thank you for -- to the clerk and clerk's office for help and sfgov tv to help us have the meeting on such short notice and getting this done and again, thank you colleagues for all of your work and to abigail in my office who

did tremendous work on this as well. this will go to the full board with a positive recommendation today at the board of supervisors meeting. are there other items before us? >> clerk: no further business. >> supervisor haney: great. this meeting is adjourned. ♪♪♪ >> i have 2 job titles. i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall.

this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because it was destroyed in the earth wake of 1906. construction began in april of 1913. in december 1915, the building was complete. it opened it's doors in january 1916. >> it's a wonderful experience to come to a building built like this. the building is built as a

palace. not for a king or queen. it's built for all people. this building is beautiful art. those are architecture at the time when city hall was built, san francisco had an enormous french population. therefore building a palace in the art tradition is not unusual. >> jimmie was an incredible individual he knew that san francisco had to regain it's place in the world. he decided to have the tallest dome built in the united states. it's now stands 307 feet 6 inches from the ground 40 feet taller than the united states capital.

>> you could spend days going around the building and finding something new. the embellishment, the carvings, it represents commerce, navigation, all of the things that san francisco is famous for. >> the wood you see in the board of supervisor's chambers is oak and all hand carved on site. interesting thing about the oak is there isn't anymore in the entire world. the floors in china was cleard and never replanted. if you look up at the ceiling you would believe that's hand

carved out of wood and it is a cast plaster sealing and the only spanish design in an arts building. there are no records about how many people worked on this building. the workman who worked on this building did not all speak the same language. and what happened was the person working next to the other person respected a skill a skill that was so wonderful that we have this masterpiece to show the world today. >> president walton: good afternoon. welcome to the march 23, 2021 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madam clerk, please call the roll.