there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you. without objection, this ordinance is finally passed unanimously. please call item number 9 and 10 together. >> clerk: items 9 and 10 comprise matters associated with the city's interim budget. item 9 is a proposed interim budget and appropriations

ordinance for the departments and city and county of san francisco as of june 1, 2021 for the fiscal year ending june 30, 2022. item 10 is a proposed interim salary ordinance in the annual budgets and appropriation ordinance ending june 30, 2022 and june 30, 2023 including all positions created by charter or state law for which compensations are paid from city and county funds. appropriated in annual appropriation ordinance authorizing appointments or continuation of appointments and work schedules there of and authorizing appointments to temporary positions and compensations. >> president walton: thank you. please call the roll for items 9 and 10.

>> clerk: for items 9 and 10. [roll call vote] preston is a no. there are 10 ayes and 1 no with supervisor preston in the dissent. >> president walton: thank you. by vote of 10-1, these ordinances are passed on the first reading. please call item number 11. >> clerk: a resolution to approve the proposed interim

budget of the office of community investment and infrastructure. operating as a successor agency to the san francisco redevelopment agency for fiscal year 2021-2022. >> president walton: thank you. please call the roll on item 11. >> clerk: on item 11. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes.

>> president walton: this resolution is adopted unanimously. please call item 12. >> clerk: a resolution to designate clinton reilly communications to be the official newspaper of the city and county of san francisco for all official advertising for fiscal year 2021-2022. >> president walton: thank you. please call the roll for item 12. >> clerk: for item 12. [roll call vote]

there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: this resolution is adopted unanimously. please call item 13. >> clerk: a resolution to designate the following newspapers to be the outreach periodical for various community and to provide outreach advertising for fiscal year 2021-2022. first bar media incorporating doing business as the bay area reporter. world journal s.f. l.l.c. for the chinese community s.f. bayview incorporating, the

street media l.l.c., knob hill embarcadero neighborhood. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you my apologies colleagues. i have an amendment to make this to item. we missed it this year. i'm asking that we do this with the full board. the amendment i would like to move is to amend the resolution to add the san francisco bay times as a neighborhood outreach periodical for the noe valley. san francisco bay times is an important vehicle for public

information to the noe valley neighborhood along with the noe reporter. the resolution will ensure these neighborhoods be named adequately. i would love to have a second. >> supervisor stefani: second. >> president walton: motion made by supervisor mandelman and seconded by supervisor stefani. can we have a roll call on the amendment? >> clerk: on the amendment. [roll call vote]

there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you. amendment passes unanimously. can we have a roll on the amended resolution? >> clerk: on the resolution as amended. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes.

>> president walton: this resolution is adopted unanimously. please call item number 14. >> clerk: an ordinance to fix compensations for persons employed by the city and county of san francisco who's compensation is subject to the provisions of charter section a8.409 and job codes not represented by an employee organization and establishing working schedules and other terms of conditions of employment and methods of payment effective july 1, 2021. >> president walton: thank you. please call the roll for item 14. >> clerk: item 14. [roll call vote]

there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you. this ordinance is passed on the first reading. please call the item number 15. >> clerk: an ordinance to amend the police code to remove the sunset clause from the article imposing a fee cap and other regulations on third party food delivery services. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you president walton and colleagues. i think as we all know and heard as budget and legislative analyst reported on a report requested by supervisor ronen, small businesses in san

francisco have amassed a huge amount of unpaid rent during the covid pandemic. in just the nine-month period last year, over $400 million and over 90% of that debt is unpaid rent from retail sector including san francisco's restaurant industry that was already under tremendous pressure. prior to the pandemic. that debt has grown immeasurably over the course of the past six months since those numbers were presented to us. restaurants and other businesses as we know, original begun to recover as we emerge from the pandemic. by some accounts, san francisco restaurant profits funded by over 90% at the worst point of the pandemic and over 70,000 hospitality sector workers in the bay area lost their jobs. this data is staggering.

i'm proud of this board has raised to try to stay ahead of the worse impacts of this crises with eviction moratorium and relevant to the legislation before us today, caps on the commissions that third party delivery apps can charge to the retail sector for these services. in that context, these delivery platforms, their sale have more than doubled during the pandemic by way of an example, doordash's initial public offering debuted with a market cap of $72 billion last year as their ceo took home $414 million in stock awards. at the same time, while tens of thousands of san franciscans lost their jobs.

doordash, postmeats contributed to the gut employee protection to campaign. frankly that was founded on this information, providing really showing the rest of the country that anti-worker laws can be bought and sold on the highest bidders. the legislation before you today seek to extend protections that were passed during the pandemic. with my office has been working on and prior to the emergency, because reality is, emergency or not, we really haven't heard protect and defend restaurants from the third party delivery apps. a few words of thanks and appreciation first to mayor breed who in conjunction with my office as an emergency order

early on in the pandemic. second to all you have colleagues who enacted this as an ordinance last year. next my tireless staff, have been working on this issue before, during and right up until now. finally to the members of the public safety and neighborhood services committee for their unanimous support of the legislation before us today. which would render, permanent number of small businesses and in particularly, the 15% cap on the commissions that these food delivery apps can charge restaurants. we are engaged in ongoing conversations about how to play a separate services that restaurants can choose to participate in. the reality is, if delivery companies want to be advertising and marketing companies because

that aspect of their business model is more profitable to these platforms and more easily scalable, then they should be able to do so but pursuant through separate contracts without coercion through these restaurants. with that, colleague, i present this legislation to you. i want to thank supervisor safai for his support of this concept from its inception last year. as well as supervisor chan and mandelman for their cosheriff sponsors. >> president walton: supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: i want to add additional color to the conversation. supervisor peskin and i were working collaboratively on this

legislation last fall. as he said, many of the restaurants, many of the businesses that rely on delivery, would not have been able to survive without that option. so many of them felt as though they were in a position of negotiating with a gun to their head for lack of better term. we attempted -- i want to say this on the record -- personally met with every single representative, every single delivery company. implored them to do the right thing. we are in a once in a generation pandemic. these businesses have no other option. the right thing to do would be to negotiate with us with a right number. do it voluntarily. don't make us legislate this. be the leader for the rest of the country. show the rest of the country what the right thing to do in this situation.

they whoas not to. ultimately, we went to mayor breed, as supervisor peskin said, we made the cap at 15%. just add little additional, there's room as he said, for additional services to be negotiated. i do also want to point out that in its worst form, some of these companies have a vested interest in putting restaurants out of business. they have had discussions and have been motivates a conversation around ghost kitchen and set up their own infrastructure where they can deliver food directly to consumers by bypassing this entire industry. i think supervisor peskin would agree, that's why we're working hard on a commercial rent stabilization fund. we're in conversations right now with the mayor on that to expand

that pool. supervisor peskin said, supervisor ronen has another initiative that they're working on to help small businesses begin. but the idea that we would undermine a piece of our economy and a piece of what makes san francisco so special, would be awful for the long-term future of our city. i'm 100% in support of capping the fees for the basic services at 15%. we are also aware of and have our eyes out on these additional fees that we're starting to see creep up. city fees and other fees as a way to circumvent this legislation. that's why supervisor peskin duplicated this legislation. i want to put a word out to the companies that don't pretend you're going to come up with additional fees to try to circumvent this legislation. we think this is the right thing

to do now and it will help our economy survive. appreciate the collaboration and leadership supervisor peskin and mayor breed's office. we will ensure that this is the right way that this important part of our local economy survives. thank you mr. president. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: i want to thank supervisor peskin and safai for their work on this and asked to be added as a co-sponsor. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor melgar? >> supervisor melgar: thank you so much. i wanted to be added as a co-sponsor thankses supervisor peskin, safai and mayor breed for your attention to this. pandemic aside, this emerging industry has profoundly changed the economic of restaurants,

particularly in the neighborhood commercial corridors and in my district and there are districts little bit further out and not as dense and made life much harder for restaurants, retail businesses. i look forward and collaborating and continuing work that you will do to adapt to this new business reality and supporting our small businesses. thank you. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thanks president walton, i echo the thanks to supervisor peskin and safai and i would like to be added as a co-sponsor as well. thank you. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: please add me as a co-sponsor as well. thank you. >> president walton: madam clerk, please add me as a

co-sponsor as well. please call the roll for item number 15. >> clerk: i noted all the co-sponsorship and on item 15. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: without objection, this ordinance is passed on the first reading unanimously. please call number 16.

>> clerk: a resolution to support the establishment of a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week alternative response team. in constituent for more effective response to homelessness. >> president walton: supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: i like to be added as a co-sponsor. >> president walton: thank you. please call the roll for item number 16. my apologies, supervisor chan? >> supervisor chan: i like to be added as a co-sponsor as well. thank you. >> president walton: thank you. i don't see anyone else on the roster. please call number 16. >> clerk: on item number 16. [roll call vote]

there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: this resolution is adopted unanimously. please call item number 17. >> clerk: an ordinance to amend the administrator code to prohibit landlords from evicting residential tenants for non-payment of rent that came

due between july 1, 2021 and december 31, 2021. in making the appropriate findings. >> president walton: thank you. please call the roll for item number 17. >> clerk: item number 17. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you.

this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. please call item 18. >> clerk: a resolution to approve the list of projects to be funded by fiscal year 2021-2022 road, maintenance and rehabilitation account fund as established by california senate bill 1. the road repair and accountability act of 2017. >> president walton: thank you. please call the roll on item number 18. >> clerk: on item 18. [roll call vote]

there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. i believe we are now at roll call for introductions. >> clerk: yes. first up on roll call today is you mr. president. >> president walton: thank you. colleagues, today i have an in memoriam for mr. jose tony a. rodriguez jr. on thursday june 17th, we lost a friend and brother of the labor community. tony was a class act and home

grown member of the san francisco building and construction trade. he was a native san franciscan, born on november 15, 1951 and grew up in the excelsior. he was the first generation of his family to be born in san francisco. his father, jose, came here from the age of 18 from puerto rico and his mother francis came here from mexico at a young age. he graduated from balboa high school and started attending community college with plans to become a history teacher. life intervened and fate brought him to the love of his life. tony and his wife later raised their family. tony served our city through his many associations in the community and through his union,

local 483. he was a longtime delegate and elected officers of the san francisco building and construction trade council and an active delegate of the 46 labor council. he served as vice president for the san francisco fire commission and as assembly delegate to the california democratic party. he was as an active participant in the st. vincent depaul society as well as many other services oriented organizations. he led his life by example and showed his children how service and belief can enrich one's life and lives of those around him. he was a kind and principled leader. who saw being involved in his commune as a way of making progress for working people. he believed that to effect

positive progress, you have to be involved from within. his life was full of it responsibilities, he took great pleasure in watching and attending games for all bay area sport teams. even more than celebrating the wins of his team, he took even greater enjoyment at celebrating the game of his daughters, nieces and nephews. he worked hard to be active and present in their lives. making sure that they knew they were loved and he was mentally proud of their achievements. tony is survived business he --y his loving partner of 46 years and his daughters, meagan, jessica, and marla. he was a caring brother to mario rodriguez -- his sisters and

brothers and uncle to 29 nieces and nephews. on behalf of board of supervisors, we extend our condolences to his wife, daughter and his family and many workers who knew him as a friend and brother over more than 35 years. tony will always be remembered as a wonderful husband, father, brother, uncle and a wonderful friend who dedicated his time and services to others in both his professional and private life. the viewing followed by funeral mass will be held friday june 25th at 10:00 a.m. at st. n francisco. rest in peace, tony. the rest i submit.

>> clerk: thank you mr. president. supervisor chan? >> supervisor chan: thank you. colleagues, on june 2nd of this year, we were remembering the passing of lieutenant vin perez a firefighter, and antonio pelerio. that leads to in memoriam that i'm submitting today. on tuesday june 8 of this year, he passed away after fighting a wildfire at the san francisco international airport parking structure.

on june 8, at 6:30 a.m., firefighter and other firefighters respond fod a significant fire. firefighters worked hard to attack and extinguish the fire which curd on the fourth floor of the parking structure. unfortunately, after returning home from the incident, he suffered a medical emergency and passed away. our firefighters are on the front lines and they really are our heroes who respond tirelessly and courageously to help keep our families, our neighborhoods and our communities safe. as a partner of a firefighter, i

understand this loss weighs heavily on the san francisco fire department and the team. my best wishes for the 127 firefighter recruiting class to be graduated this coming friday and for their future that there may be challenges for them and their families. i really do think that this is great job serving a great city. thank you and the rest i will submit. >> clerk: thank you supervisor chan. supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: i don't have anything to introduce today. i like to be re-referred after supervisor ronen speak on an

item she's introducing. >> clerk: supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: thank you. i have a hearing request and ordinance and in memoriam. happy pride week everyone. in honor of pride, i have two items regarding analysis of sexual orientation. lgbtq have been ignored in the collection of demographic information at all levels of the government. this lack of data has led organizations including the center for innovation and equality california, to advocate for data to be collected by local state and federal governments. now, as in so many areas, san francisco has been the leader in the collection of the data.

in 2016 the board of supervisors passed legislation offered by supervisor weiner adding chapter 104 collection of sexual orientation and general i.d. data. chapter 104 directs the department to collect and record demographic information concerning clients sexual orientation and gender idea so that our city government may use this data to identify the needs of lgbtq san franciscans and evaluating we are addressing those needs. the first item is a request for a hearing on the sogi data.

i look forward to working with the office of transgender initiative to review each department progress in collecting data and to address any underrepresentation of lgbtq client and determine whether queer people of san francisco experience health disparities during the pandemic.

second item is an ordinance i'm so-sponsoring with mayor breed. this will direct the city and county of san francisco to collect sogi data. the city currently collects certain anonymous demographic information from applicants for employment. little is known about the sexual orientation or gender items of job applicants. that's due in large part to provisions of chapter 12e of the administrative code. the city employee sexual privacy ordinance which prohibits the city from inquirerying into sexual attorneyation practice of city employees. this prohibits collection of sexual orientation from city employees and the applicants. chapter 12e was necessary when enacted in 1985 at the height of

the hiv-aids pandemic to protect lgbtq city employees from potential discrimination. at that time, it was assumed that any member of the lgbtq community likely living with hiv-aids and hiv-aids have a tremendous stigma attached to it. the ordinance being introduced today will do four things. it will amend the administrative code to repeal chapter 12e sexual privacy ordinance, it will direct the department of human resources to request the applicants for city employment voluntarily provide anonymous sexual orientation and gender identity information. it will direct city departments to request existing employees

provide the sexual orientation and gender identity information when responding to surveys that severe demographic information. it will direct d.h.r. to collect and retain sexual orientation and gender identity information. we can address gaps and identify strategies to recruit lgbtq employees interested in public service. finally, i have in memoriam. fred townsend died may 14, 2021. born in dodge city, kansas. fred dedicated his life to

serving his community. to devoting himself to numerous organizations and causes. he began his decade of service in the 1960s when he served as a radar man in the u.s. navy for four years. after his time in the navy and became involved in local organizations dedicated to raising funds and building power for the lgbtq community. fred helped to build inclusion for the queer community. in 1978, fred was elected the the duke and royal oak. which was formed in 1973 as a oriented response to san francisco's imperial system.

fred's reign and the movement for lgbtq rights, persisted. fred remain active in the decades that followed as a board member and holding various offices. in 2010, fred received the jose award for his decade of service and named grand duke of the americas and king father to california. fred was one of a kind but also exemplary of a generation. our gay greatest generation that came out, battled the plague and changed the world for future generation of queer people. rest in power, your life was a blessing and your memory surely will be as well. the rest i submit.

>> clerk: thank you. supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: thank you. i submit. >> clerk: thank you. supervisor melgar? >> supervisor melgar: thank you very much. colleagues it is with a heavy heart that i'm sharing this in memoriam request. holly was the assistant principal at lowell high school in my district. was looking forward toens withing the graduation of the class of 2021 before this tragic incident took her life. eshe was set to retire this year after a 28-year career. serving students and families at the the san francisco unified

school district. she was generous, loved working with young people. over the past two years, holly conducted the annual senior award ceremony. which she was very proud. the united administrators of san francisco have set up holly giles scholarship fund in her memory on go fund me. anyone is encouraged to contribute in her memory. we share our deepest condolences with you. may holly's legacy continue through uplifting and supporting young people as she would have. the rest i submit. thank you. >> clerk: supervisor peskin?

>> supervisor peskin: submit. >> clerk: supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: submit. >> clerk: thank you. supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you. i'm very excited to be introducing legislation that i'm calling first year free that would make it free to start a new storefront small business in san francisco. small businesses as you know, we talked about already are the lifeblood of san francisco neighborhoods and employ hundred of thousands of workers. small businesses are often an alternative to minimum wage job. it can be a unique path to living wealth. however, we all know that this past year has been brutal. while most small businesses managed to stay afloat barely there were some who did not make it. now finally, after 15 long months, we are looking ahead

towards brighter times. we need to see how we can do better by small business industry. unfortunately, even prior to the pandemic, neighborhoods across the city were already seeing a proliferation of vacant storefronts. adding to that, the recent budget and legislative analyst report estimated that more than half of retail shops were behind in rent by the end of 2020 to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. bringing support -- at least negotiations and flexibility in a how business operate will help sustain existing businesses. similarly, storefront vacancy tax that voters approved in 2022, will require property owners to work with existing businesses to keep them in place and to welcome new commercial

tenants at reasonable rent. we'll encourage that. similarly, proposition h passed by voters in november 2020, would speed up the permitting process and pending small business recovery act will expand. first year free compliments all of these initiatives by removing a significant financial barrier that city fees create for small business owners even before they ever open their doors. there are over 200 local permits and licenses listed on the office of small business's website from d.b.i. to planning to fire, public works, sfpd. it would rare 11. each come with a fee. right from the start, a new small business that applies for each permit and pay a fee. what the fee does, it will

create one-year pilot program to waive all of these registration and permit fees. so that for any storefront business that's not a formula retail business with gross receipts of $2 million or less. since that is where new small businesses began their journey through the system by registering for a business license. the treasure tax collector will screen for eligibility and enroll eligible businesses in the program and then process reimbursements to the department that issued a permits and licenses so their revenue will be unaffected. our estimate this one-year pilot project will cost about $20 million. in return for that investment, we will see increase tax revenue and new job opportunity, revitalized commercial

corridors. we are also including a six-month valuation and report to the board of supervisors to see if this legislation meets its goals of encouraging working class entrepreneurs to open businesses and help to fill the storefronts and revitalized. this was not an easy legislation to put together. we've been working on it for over a year. intensively for the last few months. i want to thank small business commissioner president, commissioner william ortiz for all of their work. this legislation was originally the idea of manny.

i want to thank him for approaching me to sponsor the legislation. i want to give deep thanks to the proactive and creative support from amanda , o.e.w. and from rebecca, mayor of the permit center, planning staff. this is enthusiasm and encouragement over the dozens of meetings and brainstorming questions has been actually a joy to create this complicated

legislation. i want to give a huge thanks to the city attorney's office. i have been putting my foot on the accelerator with this legislation so that we can hopefully fund it. during this budget process and get this legislation up and running very quickly. it really took an incredible team effort. i want to thank the city attorney's office and the whole team for their fast and hard work on this. last, my chief of staff. one of the amazing people i ever worked with my entire life. who has been spearheading this legislation, putting the puzzle together and really picking the best brains in the city to make this possible. amy, you're just a star in every

way. i'm so appreciative to you. i know that every one of you, my colleagues on this board that saving small businesses is a top priority for you and the mayor. i had wonderful conversation with the mayor the other day who is really excited about this legislation as well. san franciscans agree and are stepping up to shop local and help keep businesses alive. let's send a message with all of these different legislative -- different piece of legislation that creates a package and send a message to small businesses that we value their contributions that we recognize how difficult it is to open small business in city. i look forward to hopefully having all your support. i want to thank our budget chair matt haney for co-sponsoring the legislation and committing to

working hard during this budget process to fund its implementation. i really have high hopes this is a major part of our recovery plan in the city. thank you all for hopefully your support. the rest i will submit. >> clerk: thank you. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: i think we were going to re-refer back to supervisor haney before i go? is that okay? >> president walton: it sure is. thank you so much for doing my job. appreciate you. supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you. i will be brief. i want to thank supervisor roan and her staff for their leadership and hard work.

this is something we have control over. we have given out loans, we have given out grants. we are streamlining, we're addressing, making it easier when it comes to zoning and other things. one of the most simple things we can do is take away all of these fees that run up the cost that make it hard for anyone who doesn't already have significant

means to open a business in our city. i'm really excited to prioritize this. i think this is exactly the kind of thing we should be focusing on during our recovery and it is about our workforce. it's about our economy. it's about tourism it's about at the culture and lifeblood of our city. i'm excited to support this legislation. thank you, supervisor ronen. i wanted to say a word in the memoriam for tony rodriguez. who was close friend to all of us. i wanted to share my condolences with his family, with his friends with the entire house of labor. he will live on in all of the work that he did for working people in our city. the countless people, the hundreds and hundreds of people that he mentored, young people who came into the workforce that he was there for.

he was a role model for. tony was somebody whoever you were, if you said his name, it will bring a smile to your face. tony was that kind of person. he had such warth and such joy. the definition of a good guy. he will be missed. his family and his friends and all of labor is in our thoughts. this city and the working people of the city in particular, owe him such a debt of gratitude for all of his service. thank you, tony for everything. our heart with family and friends and everyone in the house of labor. >> clerk: supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: thank you. thank you supervisor ronen for

your leadership on working on small business issues. i would like to be added as a co-sponsor on that. really appreciate that announcement. hopefully we'll have something coming soon in the days ahead with regard to commercial rent relief. we're working hard on that as well. to have an entire package of fees, money, all of that to boost our local economy and keep our small businesses going on top of the delivery fees which are a piece of that industry. i think we're doing everything we can here locally. thank you and please add me as a co-sponsor. i wanted to add my voice to condolences. thank you president walton for leading on behalf of the entire board on behalf of tony. i want to give a small personal note. tony was one of the people that was at the table when we

negotiated the city wide project labor agreement. he brought a lot of experience to the table. lot of passion and personal experience to that. i know that for all the people in the construction and building trade that followed in his footsteps, that will be one of the parts of his legacy that so many more people will benefit from going forward. as others have said, spent 35 years in the building construction trade industry, paved wait for countless individuals to follow him. cared a lot about equity issues. cared a lot about opening up doors for people of color. just very saddened today by his loss. truly jayed working with him over the decades plus that we worked together. after that, madam clerk, the rest i submit.

>> clerk: thank you. supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: submit. >> clerk: mr. president that concludes roll call for introductions. >> president walton: i believe we are now at public comment. >> clerk: yes. at this time, the board of supervisors welcomes your general public comment. the telephone number is streaming across the 17, it's 415-655-0001. when you hear the prompt enter the meeting i.d., 146 045 1511. we realized you maybe multitasking while waiting to provide your comment. if the line is unattended and silent when we unmute it, we will move ton to the next caller. again, you should be in a quiet location and on the line so you

do not miss your prompt. general public comment. things to be discussed that can be spoken on is approval of the meeting minutes as presented. items 21-26, which we're not turning to committee and but on the agenda. all other agenda content listed satisfied public comment requirement, may not be spoken on during public comment. interpreters are on standby and ready to jump in and assist with interpretation. let's hear our first caller. >> clerk: good afternoon supervisors. this is mitchell with the

affordable housing alliance. i wanted to briefly remind you that last november, proposition i was put on the ballot. while i want to respect supervisor chan and melgar were not on the board at that time, this board unanimously passed a resolution telling the voters what that money was going to be spent on. we know from decades of experience that's the reason why that proposition passed. i wanted to note that there's nasty narrative out there in general. politicians will say, do anything to raise your taxes. when it comes time to spend the money, they'll do what they want. i want to implore you not to be that narrative. you pretty much, i think, need to do what you said to do. i don't think there's really a lot of lead way in that regard. thank you so much.

>> clerk: thank you for your comment. next caller please. >> caller: good afternoon supervisors. i'm also calling about prop i process. since the mayor's does not spend on prop i, i want to ask the full board of supervisors to please incorporate prop i by supporting supervisor peskin's request to support prop i program. using reserve fund for rent relief is important and should not be too contentious. the latest estimate is 24,000 s.f. households to have rent debt from covid. prop i revenues gives us a dedicated funding on top of the

revenue component. i hope that the board of supervisors realize that it has an obligation to do right by the voters. to uphold the past resolution on the use of prop i funds. please ensure prop i revenue is spent on social housing and rent relief as intended. thank you so much. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. next caller. >> caller: i wanted to speak in favor of item 21. recognizing j.o. billups for her organizing cannabis workers and her shop. jo was a staunch supporter of organizing her workplace and was terminated by her employer for

her activity. i think board of supervisors should stand up and show support for workers who are willing to fight for a voice in the workplace and are willing to better their work environment, especially after coming out of covid and coming out of the many issues that have plagued the cannabis industry as it is gone into more legitimate marketing. thank you for your time. >> clerk: thank you for calling in today. we currently have 9 individuals listening and three left in the queue. next caller.

>> caller: hi i'm calling in support of item 21, jo billups. i had the privilege working alongside jo and organizing effort at urbana dispensary. unfortunately they face retaliation from employer that wants to silence their workers and their desire to have a voice at work and be represented by a union. after being fired, jo stood her ground and won. this resolution just applauds jo for integrity and courage in the face of an employer that wanted to silence them. it will show employers across the bay area in san francisco, they can't silence their workers.

it's every worker's right to organize a union. especially within the cannabis industry. it is such a young industry. these workers need representation. thank you in advance and for considering this. thank you to supervisor chan's office for bringing this forward. >> clerk: any members of the public who have calls in, please press star 3 now to line up to speak. we have two callers left in the queue. next caller >> caller: my name is john gomez. i too want to echo what my colleagues are speaking in support of