>> chairman: good morning, ns welcome to the rules committee of the san francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, may 24th, 2021, i am the chair, aaron peskin, joined by vice chair, supervisor raphael mandelman and connie chan. our clerk is mr. victor young. do you have any ?owments?

>> clerk: yes. due to the covid-19 emergency, and to protect board members, city employees, and the public, the committee room and board of chambers room are closed. committee members will. attend the meeting through video conference to the same extent as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on the agenda, both on sfgovtv.org or on the number screening across the screen, you can call 415-655-0001, the meeting i.d. 1874896279, and then press ##. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussions, but you will be muted. when your item of interest comes up, dial *3. speak clearly and slowly and turn down your

television or radio. alternatively, you may submit public comment by e-mail at vivtor.young@sfgov.org. it will be forwarded to the supervisors and be included as part of the official file. that completes the official comments. >> chairman: thank you. can you please read the first item. >> clerk: item is a hearing to appoint one member april 30, 2022, on the commission for animal control and welfare. >> chairman: thank you, mr. young. colleagues, we heard most of the seats for this body last week. i am delighted that mr. van horn has reapplied for seat seven, which has to be a licensed veterinarian. and has served on the body in the past. mr. van horn, do you have any comments?

i saw you, mr. van horn. the floor is yours, sir. he was on there a second ago. >> clerk: he is still currently logged in. there you go. >> how is that? >> chairman: that's perfect. >> sorry. i've been kicked off twice in the last 30 minutes. we're trying with my iphone at this point. for the last couple of years, i have been the veterinarian occupying seat seven mainly because i haven't been able to wrangle anybody else into doing it. but i am happy to continue. i've tried to stay impartial in terms of subjects that come to the commission. i feel like my position there is mainly to reflect

the veterinarian profession as a whole. i mean, i've got colleagues who work with peta and also colleagues who make their living in the beef industry. i have colleagues that are all about, you know, animal research and other colleagues that are absolutely not. so i try and just bring background from all parties and their views to the various topics that we're discussing. if anything, i think i've done a pretty good job of staying impartial through my input on the various topics that have come up. and if people are happy with my work, i'm happy to keep serving. >> chairman: thank you so much, mr. van horn. we very much appreciate your service and expertise that you bring. and your colleagues seek your reappointment. and thank you very much for your willingness to continue on, and i am

sorry for your failure to wrangle another veterinarian for seat number seven. is there any public comment on item number one, mr. young? >> clerk: yes. members of the public, who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001, the meeting i.d. 1874896279. then press pound and pound again. if you haven't already done so, please dial *3 to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comment. at this time, we have no members of the public in line for public comment. >> chairman: okay. then public comment is hereby closed. and thank you, again, mr. van horn. i would like to make a motion to send this item with recommendation as a committee report so that it can be heard with the

other applicants that we approve next week. on that motion, mr. clerk, a roll call please. >> clerk: this is a recommendation for appointment to seat seven. >> chairman: that is correct. >> clerk: on that motion. [roll call] >> clerk: the motion to recommend as a committee report is adopted without objection. >> chairman: next item, please. >> clerk: thank you. item 2 is a motion approving or directing the mayor's nomination for the reappointment of julia patiknik to the treasure island for a term ending february 26, 2025. >> chairman: thank you. commissioner, are you there and ready to say a few words? >> yes, i am.

good morning. >> chairman: good morning. >> can you hear me okay? >> chairman: we can. >> thank you very much. it is great to see all of you today. i'm really thrilled to be renominated. i've already served a short 30 month stint and really enjoy working with the board at treasure island. i'm sharing my 20 years of expertise and energy in the environment. we have had continual blackouts on the island, and i've been working with different groups to try to find solutions for the community. i've been working on backup batteries, and also working on equity and community justice issues, working with the newest board member and with community leaders to help on making sure that the transition is just as reasonable and really some of the work that i do with the coalition-building across the country, bringing shared lessons learned so we can implement and really work on transparency and accountability. and so as the two islands

move towards this development to really make sure that we're constantly working with the community and approving their voices in the process, so it is not just one versus the other, and it is more of a joint work in progress. i would love the opportunity to continue to work with the community and with the staff and the current directors on moving us forward in a just and equity way. >> chairman: thank you so much, commissioner. are there any questions from members of the rules committee? seeing none, i -- oh, commissioner? supervisor chan? >> i just want to make a quick comment. i'm really glad that you brought up about the power shortages. i do feel like every time when we have a storm in san francisco, somehow that treasure island always gets the short end of that stick. and it always happens there. so it is just music to my

ears. i have great sympathy for my supervisor, matt haney. and he was the only supervisor who could not walk his entire district. i always have the pleasure to be able to do door-knocking in my district simply by walking there, and to know that treasure island truly is an island. and yet they're still really part of the community of san francisco. and we need to continue to make sure that whatever we do there is inclusive, and make sure that they do have voices. so it is great to hear that that is the first point that you brought up. i appreciate that. >> thank you. it is really important. the same with the toll issues and the congestion and the ferries. the accessibility is so critical, and it can't just been for one group of people. that connective tissue that makes san francisco so great as a community, i agree. we have to constantly keep saying that message and

showing by our actions that we can do this. >> chairman: is there any public comment on item 2? >> clerk: members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001, the meeting i.d. 1874896279. then press pound and pound again. if you haven't already done so, please dial *3 to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your public comment. at this time, we have no listeners and nobody in line for public comment. >> chairman: okay. public comment is closed. i would just like to start by thinking you for your service and soon to be your continued service to the treasure island development authority board of directors, and also acknowledge your work at nrdc, and i will say

not apapo to this, i'm in receipt of a letter which or nrdc signed on to this morning questioning whether or not the city attorney should be the next general manager of the public utilities commission. a fascinating letter. we'll have those discussions at future meetings. having said that, i would like to make a motion to amend the subject motion by removing the word "rejecting" at line three, and removing the word "reject" at line eight. on that motion, mr. clerk, a roll call, please. >> clerk: on the motion to amendment, supervisor mandelman? >> aye. >> clerk: supervisor chan? >> aye. >> clerk: chair peskin? >> chairman: aye. >> clerk: the motion to

amend is adopted without objection. >> chairman: i would like to send the motion at amended with recommendation to the full board of supervisors. on that motion, a roll call, please. >> clerk: yes, on that motion, supervisor mandelman? >> aye. >> clerk: supervisor chan? >> aye. >> clerk: chair peskin? >> chairman: aye. >> clerk: the motion is adopted without objection. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. congratulations, julia, and colleagues, we are adjourned. >> thank you.

>> good evening this is the meeting of the san francisco commission on the environment and the time is 5:07 p.m. cell phone pagers are still prohibited. please turn devices off. due to the health emergency, the commission on the environment meeting room is closed. however, commissioners and department staff will participate remotely. this precaution is taken pursuant to the state wide stay at home order and all orders, decorations and