these neighborhoods, and in that capacity, it was great to be recognized by the city and county of san francisco. >> i've been here 40 years, and i hope it will be another 40 yeararararararararararararararr >> this is the regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madam clerk, call the roll. >> clerk: thank you, mr. president. [ roll call ]

>> clerk: all members are present [reading the land acknowledgement]. >> chair: the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place

as well as all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homelands. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and elders of the ramaytush ohlone community and by acknowledging their rights as first peoples. please stand, colleagues, and recite the pledge allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. >> chair: and on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgortv. we have matthew ignaw with us.

are there any communications? >> clerk: in the interest in public health and safety, this meeting is accessible remotely to the public to access the proceedings remotely or on the sfgovtv to participate, the most efficient method is to listen from your touch phone where you will be in live sync to provide comment. the number is on your screen. once you're ready provide public

comment, press star 3 and begin speaking your comment. with respect to general public comment, you may speak to the items on this agenda. and on item 24 whether the board should convene in closed session containing to the wong parties and there are other items without reference. all other agenda content has had its public comment requirement fulfilled. the board of supervisors will accept your written correspondence by u.s. mail. use the address on the screen.

interpretation will be provided for the public comment item to assist speakers with their language needs. we have chinese and spanish and filipino. >> chair: just a friendly reminder for all supervisors to please mute your microphones when you are not speaking. i do have a quick announcement regarding special commendations. we want want to thank everyone for your patience on this and we

will resume our special commendations on tuesday, october 5, 2021, at 2:30 p.m. and we will do it virtually. we are excited to bring this portion of our board meetings back after a 19th month hiatus due to the pandemic. members of the board who wish to honor a community member, business, or organization, we will submit the names of your honorees to my office and the clerk of the board by the thursday before each board meeting. my team will follow up with each office and we will work with the office of the clerk of course to bring the honorees on for the special portion of the meeting. today's meeting, we do not have any minutes for approval. madam clerk, let's go to the

consent agenda. >> clerk: these items are routine. >> chair: thank you. colleagues, does anyone wish to severe any colleagues from the consent agenda? seeing no one, please call the roll. [ roll call ]. >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> chair: these ordinances are passed unanimously. madam clerk, please call item 5. >> clerk: this is a resolution

to retroactively authorize the police department to spend an approximate $1.16 million grant from the department of homeland security federal management agency for the fiscal year 2020 for august 2020 to august 2021 and to waive and direct costs. >> thank you, president, and the colleagues for the one-week continuance during which time i've been in continuation with port staff and sfpd staff as well as my own staff. the recipient of this grant is the police department and not the port, but i understand the police department is not availing themselves of the federally regulated port authority. in my conversations with the police department, they recognized that the technology

in question is substantially similar to technology that is already owned by the police and which is currently moving its way through the approval process of the city's recently formed privacy and surveillance advisory board at the committee on information technology and where we have an opportunity to ensure its safe use and guidance against misuse. i will be supporting this item today. >> chair: thank you, supervisor. seeing no objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. >> clerk: item 6 is an ordinance to require the department of elections to expand the use of vote by mail ballots at

exclusively municipal elections and to encourage the use of these ballots this all elections. >> chair: thank you, madam clerk. i don't see anyone on the roster. can we take this item same way? without objection, this ordinance is passed unanimously. madam clerk, please call new business, item 7 and 8 together. >> clerk: called together, these are two retroactive expanded ordinances for the office of the district attorney. item 7 authorizes a $2 million grant from the john d. and catherine t. mcarthur foundation to implement a site in the safety and justice challenge and to enhance the salary challenges to provide for one grant funded principal analyst position through december 31, 2022.

and also funding the justice reinvestment initiative to fund the salary ordinance for fiscal years 2021-2022 to allow for two class victim investigator positions through the office of the district attorney through september 30, 2023. >> chair: thank you, madam clerk. i see no one on the roster. we can take these items same time same call. without objection, these items are passed on first reading unanimously. madam clerk, please call item 9. >> clerk: this is an ordinance to revise the business and tax code to implement proposition f which amends the growth received tax and proposition l imposing the overpaid executive growth tax approved at the last

election and to make clarifying and other substantive changes. >> chair: thank you. and i do not see anyone on the roster. we can take this item same house, same call. without objection west coast this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. please call items 10 through 14 together. >> clerk: these are five resolutions that pertain to a lease or a contract agreement between the san francisco airport and various entities. for the first four items, these items approve the harvey milk terminal 1 lease agreements. for item 10 with sgsfo retailers, a joint venture as green apples book. and a m.a.g. for $450,000. and for item 11 with jenesco

partners. and with a scoreless little l.l.c. at $365 annual m.a.g. for the first year of belief. for item 12, this approves leases through phases three and four. there is one two-year option to [indiscernible] and for item 14, this is a resolution to approve modification number 3 with a

vanderland to include approximately $3.38 million not to exceed $13.6 million to repair the airport bridges, baggage and handling systems in the domestic terminal and not to extend the contract through september 2022. >> chair: thank you, madam clerk. i do not see anyone on the roster, so we can take these items same house, same call. without objection, these ordinances are adopted unanimously. please call item 15. >> clerk: this is a resolution to authorize the director of property for the property at 160 cap street for a drop-in referral service for a five-year

term for a total annual base rent of approximately $270,000. >> chair: thank you, madam clerk. i don't see anyone on the roster. can we take these items same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call item 16. >> clerk: this is a resolution to authorize a new release between the port of san francisco and the pilara family foundation for the annex at pier 24 on the embarcadero at a monthly rent of approximately $92.8 million with a monthly rent credit of approximately $# 87.1 million with previous capital improvements to the property. >> chair: thank you. i don't see anyone on the roster. can we take these items same house, same call? without objection, this

resolution is adopted unanimously. >> clerk: [indiscernible] -- under the i.i.g. program and to adopt the appropriate findings. >> chair: seeing no one on the roster, can we take these same house, same call. this is adopted unanimously.

>> clerk: item 18 is a resolution to approve the 10th modification to the municipal transportation contract to procure new light rail vehicles with siemens inc. in the amount of $130.4 million, plus costs of cancellation provisions through june of 2025 in the term of contract. >> chair: supervisor preston. >> thank you, president. i want to just start by thanking the budget committee for -- i had a chance to watch that hearing last night and i just wanted to thank chair haney and

the committee for asking things that were on my mind on this item. i do have concerns that i wanted to address those on the record. and fundamentally, i'm just struggling not with the investments in the vehicle in the long term, but the potential for investments in these vehicles and funding of operation and service. i in particular want to recognize and thank our colleague for raising this. they are asking for hundreds of thousands of dollars in new rail vehicles, while also on the operational side we're in a zero

sum game. i think this requires scrutiny. perhaps my temperature on this is a little higher than normal, given that the lines on the chopping block, all five of them, serve the western district and japan town. my district was a national model as a transit-rich district in which now we're being hollowed out after being assured that the lines were temporary and they would be coming back, assurances that we can no longer get on the record. i know your districts are

suffering from lack of service and we've talked about this in chambers. i think as the budget committee explored, there is no dedicated course of funds for this $130 million request plus $190 million in escalation costs. what i'm struck by, is the basis of this request if you read the report is taking pre-pandemic ridership projections, projecting those out and assuming we have the demand that warrants this investment. while at the same time whenever i engage m.t.a., the reason i'm given for not returning lines is we can't use pre-pandemic ridership lines because everything has changed. i'm struggling to reconcile those two things and i also note that the lack of a dedicated

funding source here is concerning not because we won't be able to come up with the funds, but because we don't know if the source will be capital funds restricted to these capital investments or are funds that could be used for operations and instead are being moved over to obtain vehicles. [indiscernible] -- i have some significant concerns and particularly about the interaction to the funding of these vehicles years out and

delivering service to riders right now and over the coming years. i want to know that the mr. chair of these vehicles won't interfere with the lines cut. i want to make sure in the physical infrastructure and the vehicles, but i want to make sure we're not doing this at the expense of vehicles. final l, mr. president, i want to note that tomorrow in budget will involve parking meters and it raises a lot of the same questions. i don't want to suggest that we don't move forward, but i think we should move forward with these two items with capital improvements and how those interact. my discussion and i would like to make a motion to this effect,

in anticipation of the parking meter item that we will hear tomorrow will likely be before us next week, that we put this current item over for a week when we can have a more holistic consideration of the trade-off or lack thereof of service and operations on the one hand and capital improvements. i would like to move to continue this item for a week. >> chair: do we have a second? seconded by supervisor chan. >> thank you, supervisor. i understand that this purchase doesn't really commit us in our

role. i do agree that in every chance that we can get to have a conversation with sfmta not just about their budget but really how they manage their budget in relation to operation, restoring services not just in our own district, but really city-wide. we should continue to have these conversations. i do believe in continuing for weeks along with -- you've given the opportunity to just allow us also to have that conversation and allow the city-wide contract. so i am in agreement with supervisor preston's motion. >> chair: supervisor safaee.

>> we actually did and i introduced an amendment to specifically state that no enterprise funding for services and operations for transit, fare revenue, parking fines and other resources would be included in the five-year capital plan would be used in these l.r.v.s. we made it explicit that they couldn't use those funds. these l.r.v.s would not be purchased until 2024-2025 and at any time the agency can cancel the order, no obligation to the taxpayer. so when we made this change, we also added in that the sfmta would provide a detailed report for funding option two before it initiates the production of

these l.r.v.s and they would have to come back to the budget committee before that's initiated. so we felt like that was a necessary protection in this instance and it gave us the assurance that we would be protecting the operating budget for the m.t.a. secondarily, we will have those questions tomorrow about the parking meters we will make and i drafted a similar amendment that talks about that the operator would have to come back and show us the revenue that's obtained and show us how it takes about three years plus to replace all the meters and there was a detailed analysis that shows the difference between leaving the meters as in and the

difference in revenue for replacing. again, that is why we sent this back to committee and we'll have that conversation tomorrow at the budget committee. i feel confident to move forward. i understand what supervisor preston is trying to do, to link those two together. i feel good about moving those two forward today. >> thank you, president. i am one of the co-sponsors of this resolution and i do not support the motion. i just want to point out that this approach is the opposite of posterity policy. we are investing in something that will support full ridership in the future and that we even need today. my district is served by many

lines and i get a lot of complaints about the n., as i'm sure you do. they use the older vehicles which make a lot of noise. they are less friendly to the neighbors and they need to be replaced. i wish we were buying the 45 that were originally slated rather than the 30. we need an expansion and i want to ensure that this doesn't take away from operations. i am ready to vote on this item. >> i would be inclined to support a one-week continuance, but i want to be sure that this

is not going to interfere with the september 29 deadline for this. i do support this resolution. i support being able to buy these additional cars. i think the worst-performing parts of our system have been the trains for some time. there has been significant improvement for the siemens trains. after a rocky first start, they are performing better than the previous trains ever bid. i want to be in a position to continue to improve our rail performance, but i want to give supervisor preston one week to have conversations with the m.t.a. if that doesn't screw up our ability to have conversations. i would appreciate it if we

could have a comment on that. >> chair: we do have director kirchbalm. >> thank you for that question. through the chair. we do need signatures on this from the board of supervisors clerk and from the mayor's office, provided that those could be done on a quicker timeline than what we were told to plan for, which is a week for each, we can get this done. we have until september 28. the operation evaporates after that. if we have to buy these trains in the future as a stand-alone item they're likely to cost double what this option affords

us. with some health and urgency, we could compress this into a week, we would encourage that. >> i guess the other question is if the city attorney sees any reason why there would be a problem with that from our ability to compress? >> [indiscernible]. >> i am less familiar with the timing of this yootioned r cationed approximately there's contract -- if there is time for a one-week continuance, i would defer to them. >> just for the record, it is my belief that after every board

meeting, the clerk of the board delivers to the mayor all of the teats on all the legislation approved. so that would be wednesday, following the tuesday meeting next. and the mayor signs those forthwith. i am inclined to join the supervisors in asking for an additional week. it was my understanding that if we did not exercise the option, it would be an $11 million hit. through the president to the supervisor, i think there is an $11 million risk out there. it is not a huge risk. while it is well and good for

the budget committee to say future plans will not include operating money, given for all intents and purposes this board of supervisors has limit any authority over the m.t.a.'s budget, that is completely unenforceable. >> chair: thank you, supervisor. >> thank you, president. first, through the president, madam clerk, was there something you were trying to add? >> thank you, supervisor, through the president. pursuant to the charter, the clerk has 24 hours only to submit the legislation to the desk of the mayor and we work with the mayor's office to retrieve it when she has signed it. >> chair: thank you for that. >> thank you both. i was going to make a very similar point and question. i am prepared to vote on this and am supportive of it.

i'm thankful for the explanation of the amendments in committee and the questions asked and for the co-sponsor for her work and leadership on this. with that said, i think there is an item coming forward that raises some similar questions and if it allows our director to address these questions holistically in that context. i think the greater amount of clarity we can have on these questions and having that conversation together, i think i would be fine with also one week. as i said, i support of this today, but i think we have some opportunities to have some more clarity.

>> i wanted to add that i strongly support this item and this is incredibly important to my constituents who rely on the l. and the n. cars, but it's also important for our overall transit system in the city to ensure that our light rail system is fully state-of-the-art as we recover from the challenges of the pandemic. i also appreciate the strong advocacy and leadership on

service. >> thank you, colleagues, for the comments and i want to thank the co-sponsors of the item as well as the budget committee members for their attention to this. and just very committed to getting to the either/or which as a body should be our collective goal and for the m.t.a. as well. as has been stated and i don't think that the week interferes with reaching that deadline. i did want to emphasize as was pointed out that should the item go forward, there is a cost for that as was noted.

while the m.t.a. will need to report to the committee for insisting on that amendment, it is not subject to our approval at that time. this is the one point in time where we have the power to approve or to authorize or not on this, we have possibilities. so long as the prop b. baseline funds are the backstop funding, that includes funding that can be used for operations. i wanted to drill down on that issue to make sure that the spirit of your amendments is the reality if that ends up being

the funding source. thank you. >> i just want to understand [indiscernible] this went through the budget committee and there are opportunities to go through the budget and raise this there. we can also speak with the board because i am supportive of this item. >> i cannot guarantee that if you are not going to run the risk. this needs not only legislative

approval, but a wet signature on the contract. we need everything we can to work with the time frame if that is the time frame that is left. we are bringing it to you today because we think two weeks is time needed more than one week. if we miss september 28, the option goes away. we estimate if we were to go back and rebid this from scratch, it would cost an additional upwards of $100 million to purchase these vehicles. >> i understand what the

supervisor is trying to do with some of the questions. i also heard supervisor preston say that this is their decision to come to us. we put in the assurance that it has to come back to the budget committee. we do approve those final contracts. and no disrespect, i have not heard a well-articulated reason why we are articulating this. we need these vehicles and i'm not going to risk the chance of not being able to buy these light-rail vehicles and having a $100 million hit and rebidding the process. it doesn't make sense to me. i understand what you're trying to do.

i think this has been velveted. we had a lot of debate on this at committee. we dug in deeply and made the strongest amendments we could. normally i would defer to a colleague and come back on that. >> relative to creating the necessary time and getting a wet ink signature, i think the barrier simply insofar as a matter of charter law has to deliver our approval if given on wednesday next would be that the mayor has to be to sign the resolution on thursday and

return it. i guess it's a question to the clerk as to whether the mayor is here to sign it next thursday. >> chair: thank you so much. ms. kitler. >> we will do everything in our power to sign this as soon as we receive it. >> chair: thank you. i don't see anyone else on the roster. i will say that i'm definitely in line to approve this particular item, but i also have enough faith and confidence in m.t.a. and our clerk and the mayor's office to make sure we have the time to get the signatures needed if we continue this one week. i will be supportive of the motion as well. madam clerk, would you please

call the motion to continue the roll. [ roll call ]. >> clerk: for eight ayes and three nos. >> chair: the motion carries.

>> clerk: for item 19, this executes the standard agreement with the california department of housing and community development under the local housing allocation program for an award of $52 million through 2030 and item 20 is for a total award of $6.8 million starting on june 30, 2024.

>> chair: please call the roll on items 19 and 20. [ roll call ] >> clerk: for 11 ayes. >> chair: without objection, these items are adopted unanimously. >> clerk: item 21 was considered by the land use and transportation committee at a regular meeting on monday, september 13. this was recommended as a committee report. item 21 is an ordinance to amend

the planning code to eliminate the requirement of conditional use authorization for residential care facilities for seven or more people in residential, house, or age districts to require conditional use authorization of a residential care facility and consideration of certain factors in determining whether to grant this authorization to a firm, the ceqa determination and to make the appropriate findings. >> chair: please call the roll on item 21. [ roll call ]

>> clerk: for 11 ayes. >> chair: thank you. and i believe this item passes unanimously on first reading. madam clerk, we are now at roll call for introductions. >> clerk: yes, first member to introduce new business is supervisor peskin. >> thank you, madam clerk. as i mentioned yesterday, colleagues, at our land use hearing that supervisor ronin called, today i'm introducing a hearing that follows a number of complaints and concerns that i have received regarding the recent reorganization of the planning department, including what some believe might undermine the charter authorized zoning administrator who for

decades has reported directly to the planning director that was true through all of bob hasner's tenure and until recently cory teagues tenure and that covers almost half a century. previous iterations of the department have prided themselves on internal architectural expertise and interpreting the code that we create and modify in a fair, consistent, transparent, and unbiased manner. the way that the department is being structured i think gives me a modicum of concern that the zoning administrator in particular may be compromised, and i want to hear from staff on that as well as what i'm hearing

with regard to lower level design staff being constrained in their recommendations from doing the jobs that they were trained for and providing analysis at the level that this institution warrants and, frankly, that the public deserves. so i want this board and the public to understand the nature of these implications and for us to be ready to impose solutions if the board thinks we need to put the independence of the zoning administrator and the staff first. with that, i have sadly a number of in memoria. we would like to adjourn today's meeting in the memory of jordine mendini who joined her spouse.

together on the planet earth, they brought laughter and joy for almost 60 years. they had four sons in five years. they got many grandchildren who they tended to in their characteristic and firm manner and modeled in an optimistic outlook for life. she was a proud sister, a graduate of gallileo high. she was a trusted employee at bank of america and later where she became personal bookkeeper to francis copella. she was literally the maternal presence on the board where her son randall elvis d. martini

continues to serve with distinction as the club's executive director. she lived a life of exuberance and was a die-hard 49ers fan. her up-beat positivity, tewiningle in her eye will be dearly missed by all that loved her. north beach is mourning and it is expressed at the local bar that says our i.d., martini, a true legend. my condolences go out to her surviving sons and their wives.

i would also like to adjourn today's board meeting in the memory of edward dayward. on behalf of his daughter, our transportation clerk. he was drafted into the army at the ripe age of 18 just in time for the vietnam war and served for 20 years. he mastered martial arts. as he grew older, he developed a fondness for gardening and loved maintaining fruit trees. he told his kids to stick together no matter what comes your way. he leaves behind 15 grandchildren and seven children including our own erica major.

we thank you for your service. may you rest in peace and may your family follow your words of wisdom and stick together as one family. sorry, ms. major. i know that other supervisors will speak to the passing of our friend gail seagraves. she passed at a hospice in district 3 on saturday and had a steady crew of friends who was at her bedside wrapping her in love in her final days. i first met her where she volunteered for my re-election campaign. she was one of my favorite volunteers. if you could pull her away from her buddy brenda, she was

lovely. she never complained about canvassing on the steep hills in san francisco and loved sending photographs to the campaign of her exploits. she also loved all of the bakeries in north beach. she loved singing queen ballads, volunteering at community streets and volunteering at city hall during the holidays. i've on working on the board of supervisors for two decades and gail was one of the greatest tenants, not just in the tenderloin, but all across the city. when we launched the ballot for all measure, gail was at the forefront to increase

affordability options for san franciscans. and every other measure we put to the voters, gail was there. she was also at the head of reform to provide input on every piece of affordable housing and tenant legislation that i've had the pleasure of working on. she testified at hearings, developed strategies and co-led housing 101 trainings with my staff at the central city s.r.o. collaborative. even after being diagnosed with cancer, she was active in advocating for this. she was fighting the influx of market-rate s.r.o.s in the greater tenderloin area. she was not only knowledgeable about policies that impacted her community, but passionate about bringing more people into the fold of social justice work. she loved arts and culture and

was a tour guide at the museum. and when those at the wildflower institute received funding to map stories in the tenderloin, gail took a couple to meet many artists. during the worst throes of the pandemic, we were focused on s.r.o.s and outreach clinics. and gail was very involved in this. she made connections across every community. it was one for all and all for one. there was a lovely tribute to her which you can read online. on behalf of district 36 or 63, whatever we call it now, i want

to extend my profound condolences to her sister and her former beloved partner and send love to the community at the s.r.o. collaborative who are hurting and missing gail today. i know you'll hear more shortly. that includes my roll call. >> thank you, supervisor peskin. i would be like to be added to the in memorium for gail. thank you for the kind words you spoke about her. colleagues, today i'm introducing a legislative package to extend our local moratorium on no-fault eviction

s and this includes them from expiring and to carry them through the end of the year. as i said from the start of the pandemic, i will do everything i can to prevent people from losing their homes in this public health crisis. while we hoped to be in a better place, some 18 months later, we're not there yet. this is for no-fault evictions that are set to expire at the end of the month. state law makers have as we discussed extensively in the context of other legislation before us, the state laymakers have effectively taken away our

ability [indiscernible] -- one that we will not accept without a fight. the changes in state law have not taken away our ability to regulate other types of evictions. that includes owner evictions, substantial rehabilitation evictions, and a whole range of other evictions allowed under local law. as we continue to deal with the delta variant and an uncertain future with this pandemic, there is no reason to allow people to be thrown out on the streets through no fault of their own. we have passed multiple pieces of legislation. i believe we passed each one of them unanimously and i want to thank you for your consistent support of these pieces of

legislation. thanks to our collective work, these plummeted. i would like to thank my early co-sponsors, president walton and others. i ask that the full board join me in extending these common-sense conditions without delay. the rest i submit. >> thank you, colleagues. first i want to add my condolences to gail and her family and to supervisor haney's office who i know were very, very close to gail.

i know supervisor haney will do the bulk of describing this amazing, incredible person. whenever she was in the room or whenever i saw her, i felt better. i felt like there is goodness in the world. even if there are people who confront challenges with so much grace and dignity and beauty and see the beauty in people and she made me and the world and the community so much better. rest in peace and you'll always be remembered. second, i just wanted to follow up from a very long and a very hearing that we had yesterday at the land use committee. i want to let our colleagues know that supervisors did a huge

favor of allowing me to hear a very frustrating case in my district of a developer who very flagrantly and corruptly worked with, it appears, bernard kern in d.b.i. to build 30 instead of 10 units in my district. it's been a mess. we've been working on it for years and getting information out of d.b.i. has been difficult. i [indiscernible] -- but to irregular migrant out how we can learn from it and make sure it never happens again and you're going to see a lot from us in terms of follow up and systems change, et cetera. we did learn that the city

attorney's office settled a case with the developers. i believe it's a completely insufficient settlement on the part of the city. we also learned that it did not come before the board for approval because apparently the city attorney said they don't send cases that are brought under the public attorney general act for approval to the board of supervisors. they also couldn't answer our questions. and it is person from the city attorney's office suggested we hold a committee of the whole discussion.

it turns out we can't do that. so we will be meeting privately with the city's attorney's office to address our concerns. we want everyone to know that you can do the same and ask for it. it's frustrating. please ask for your private hearings. we are committed to ensuring that there is our impact into settlement agreements. this is involved issues in the department of buildings, inspection, and corruption in our city. and deeply make a difference for our constituents on the street. i just want to mention i'm not introducing a committee of the

whole for that reason, but i'm not dropping the issue, not for a second. and i encourage you all to learn about it because it was news to the chair of our government on an oversight committee that the dean doesn't seek approval for these cases and it doesn't make any sense to me. and finally i'm introducing a resolution for the green new deal offered by [indiscernible] finally we're talking about real numbers that we actually need to see an impact in our schools to fund green retrofits and infrastructure, and add resources for special education. three issues that many of us are

working on. i find more and more that parents are e-mailing me to solve problems in our schools and districts because they don't feel like they're getting responses from the districts or the school board. we have, in essence, become their last resort. getting back to the green deal in the public school. this would provide $445 million to give high-needs schools green retrofits and funding that schools needed yesterday.

and then finally $100 million for educational equity planning grants planning program to address educational disparities tied to income and race and $695 million for title one. gosh, i hope we are successful at the federal level passing this. this is the type of investment that would make the difference that we need. i hope you will all support us when we need a vote. the rest i submit. >> i have a few things asking a draft of legislation regarding

subacute beds in san francisco. we would like to have the city attorney mandate with the number of subacute transfers that happen out of county. this is absolutely uncontionable that there are -- uncontionable -- [indiscernible] the number has dwindled down from a height of over 60 to only # 8 people today. all they're doing is waiting for those individuals to pass away and those subacute beds are being eliminated. so i want to thank supervisor mar and his team for really

advocating on behalf of ken tow and his family to keep his family in county and not send their sun two hours away. all those that need this access, they don't have access to really private transportation. so i just want to say to all of you, imagine if any of your loved ones in the place of mr. zow and their family and you had to travel two or three hours a day just to see your family member recover, this is something that has been sidelined and sidetracked since the beginning of covid and we understand that 100%. 70 beds in hospital was a reasonable number to target. we want to still shoot for that.

chinese hospital has now stepped up. they're waiting to be supported. i think we're going to get 20-plus beds there, but we still fall grossly short of the number of in-hospital beds that we need. we're going to work with government to draft that legislation and fast track that. having this relationship will help us as it relates to subacute care. secondly, i'm calling for a hearing on the number of cannabis licenses in the city of san francisco that have been granted, the number of equity applicants waiting for approval. i'm also interested in knowing the number of equity applicants that currently own and operate their dispensary and how those numbers compare to, as we wrote

in the legislation, the non-equity applicants. in addition, we're interested in having a real conversation and we need to have this on a moratorium. more and more cannabis operators feel like the market is flooded. we're not allowing the industry to flourish. two operators i spoke to say they struggle to hang on. most of them are required by law to be equity applicants and they're not given the right footing to survive under it. we had these conversations privately and let's have them publicly. let's have a conversation about where we are today, how far this industry has grown. are we taxing it appropriately or not.

and where we are. we put that conversation on hold for a few years, but the conversation is right to have a real conversation about where we are in industry today and how the market stands to either support or allow for some of the applicants that we've all lifted up or tried to ift up and how they're doing in thislift up an they're doing in this environment. i have an in memorium for jean, the taxi queen. she was a resident who passed away june 12 at the young age of 68. she was born and raised in the outer district. she attended st. james grammar school and san francisco state. she spent her entire working life in the tourism and travel industry, fiercely promoting san

francisco in the world. she was an accomplished writer, speaker, and photographer who shared her love of travel with whoever would listen. she was a founding member of wow, women on wheels. one of the founders of the national federation of the tourist guidance association. as a san francisco residence small business owner, she fiercely promoted this by being an active promoter of the district merchants. for years to come the funds generated by the investments will come about by the funds.

her father unexpectedly passed away when he was 9 years old. what a wonderful legacy she will leave for those young girls who need that support. today we honor jean and may she rest in peace. >> colleagues, today i'm presenting a resolution residing [indiscernible] hosted by the korean center. this is one of the most important and widely supported holidays in korean center and honoring it today is an honor to our korean community in terms of -- this day embodies the values all of us in san

francisco hold dear. no organization has done more to keep this thriving than the korean center in district two, but also provides resources to the korean community. while they have been an invaluable support to everyone in the city, i wanted to call out their work with underserved communities, the korean center's commitment helping the korean community in the pandemic. [indiscernible] the korean center is just one example of the many ways these communities have contributed to san francisco and the united states. thanks to the community and the center for the decades of support and best wishes to you all. i also have an in memorium.

i would like to close today's meeting in memory of john ignatius inoto after passing away after a battle of cancer. he was brother to former supervisor angela alioto. a life-long san franciscan, john was extremely proud of his si sillian roots. he studied stories to create a genealogy. john and his love of his life brought their daughter to visit the places they were from. despite having six outstanding children, one of his greatest accomplishments was the completion of his book "before the gold." this book provides a fascinating

deep dive into the pre-gold rush history of our city and state. he had a successful law career. with his wife linda, they ran their own law firm. throughout his life, john was especially passionate about politics, civil life, history, and football. he could be found writing football and plays. he had five patents to his credit. he left a lasting impact on the city he loved and all who loved him. he is survived by his wife, linda, and his children and grandchildren and many friends

and extended family who will miss him deeply. he will be remembered for his spirit and his relationships he built with family and friends. the rest i submit. >> chair: [indiscernible]. >> clerk: thank you, mr. president. >> chair: [indiscernible] -- state recreation area as a

vehicle triage center with the enactment of resolution number 3118 in october 2018, the board of supervisor and the mayor declared a shelter crisis and affirmed san francisco's commitment to combatting homelessness and creating a continuum of shelter and service options for those experiencing homelessness. in may of 2019, the mayor approved an ordinance approving the safe overnight parking program to provide eligible people experiencing homelessness residing in their vehicles a place to park and sleep in their vehicles overnight as well as receive case management and other services. the city opened its first vehicle triage program in november 2019, which provided up to 29th parking spaces for people residing in their

vehicles. two-thirds of the increase in the number of unsheltered individuals from 2017 to 2019 was due to people sleeping in vehicles. according to the homeless count conducted by the city in august of 2021, there were 1,088 inhabited vehicles in san francisco, with 677 of them located in district 10. the state park staff and multiple city departments have collaborated to people living in vehicles and encampments. yet, there is still an immense need that cannot be addressed until there is an alternative location for unhoused people to go. we have worked with the office of homelessness and others to discuss a proposed vehicle

triage site to remove barriers and to provide options to connect people to long-term care and housing. there is still a lot of work to do and conversations to be had with neighbors, but we know this is the best option to address concerns. a 312,000 square foot parking lot has been identified own as the boat launch parking lot as an optimal site as a new vehicle triage center. it was recommended by community stakeholders because it is private and remote, has been closed for many years, and will not impact operations parking or recreation use of the area. the property also has existing infrastructure, including water, sewer, pavement, and electrical poles for lights that will allow

the city to quickly convert the site into a vehicle triage center. this resolution for vehicles will allow the city to move forward. the department of homelessness and supportive housing will install a fence with screening. site lighting, guard shed, picnic area, pet area, portable water containers, trash containers, and approximately 150 stalls for r.v.s and vehicles and 50 parking stalls for staff, toilets, and trailers. this is part of several strategies and programs that we have been using to address the

housing need. these solutions have not been realized overnight and will not happen overnight. we are working on compassionate and successful ways to provide housing and support our unhoused population. this will take the collective. we won't stop working until we make the change together. the rest i submit. >> today i am introducing several items. the first is due to my work on the health services board. i would to thank the work of the san francisco health services system which is well led by the executive director and the board

chair. as a member of the health service commission, i know we do good job trying to get the best plan we can in a fairly broken system. i hope to bring fresh eyes on this. i am interested in focusing on the availability and quality of behavior healthcare available to our workers. as we have seen during the pandemic, we have significantly increased the need for mental health services, but have also changed the way that these mental health services are delivered. we have heard from therapists,

patients, increasing telehealth services. we also know that in reality, for many this only worsened access. provider networks that were already insufficient became further strained and follow-up appointment ws r often not available for weeks or months following initial intakes. we know that even a day matters. in order to understand whether our city, workers, and their families are getting the treatment they need in a timely manner including wait time for appointments, length of time for visits and follow-up care, we are asking for some information and statistics about the quality of care provided by healthcare

providers provided to city of san francisco workers. in addition to city workers, i want to know how san francisco as a pool is being served by our [indiscernible] -- the city of san francisco is one of the largest customers in the city. there are 9 million enrollees across california and hundreds of thousands across the bay area. we need to know if we are getting what we paid for. this has only worsened the health crisis. depression and suicidal incidents are on the rise. this has led to millions of broken families.

no one should suffer from back of care, especially after they paid for that care with the promise of access. the 9 million enrollees deserve better. in 2020 we know there was a $6.4 billion profit and is estimate to have $39 billion in reserve. as reported by patients and clinicians, members of the national union, this is plagued by long waits and staffing shortages. we know we all can do better, kaiser can do better in san francisco and in california. the city and county of san francisco need to ensure our buying power to ensure that kaiser lives up to their slogan

and make sure we all thrive under their care and not just those watching the bottom line. therefore, as the supervisor member of the health services commission and member of the government audit oversights committee, i'm requesting a [indiscernible] -- san francisco is the first major purchaser exploring these issues. i hope that our asking these questions can serve as a model for other counties to start thinking, to follow and lead to acadia developing the workforce to provide access to behavior healthcare to truly help africa and californians thrive. [ please stand by ]

shanz they volunteer, they serve in committees, they advocate for improved policies and services so it is high time we make this program available. that's led by our chinese affirmative action and comprise the advocacy network, resource and organizing center, central american research center. as you know, this has really been a long time coming and more work needs to be done because once we authorize this,

we still need to make sure that the education is out there. remove the fear for voting. remove the fear to be out here and speak their minds as for non-citizen residents. thank you, colleagues, the rest i will submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor chan. supervisor haney. >> supervisor haney: thank you, madam clerk. i have one item to add to the beautiful tributes that have already been given in the memory of gale who passed away this september 11th from cancer. gale was a dear friend, a volunteer in the district six office, a fierce tenant advocate and a beloved champion of the tenderloin and she was active as a central city s.r.o. collaborative member and i want to share my condolences in

particular to the members of the collaborative including her close friend who you would see her on with more times than with anyone else felicia and all of the members of the tenderloin community who are grieving. she was a member of her women's group. she participated in transit equity advocacy. fought to get new businesses like the la cocina incubator established and showed up in solidarity every time there was a fight to make the tenderloin better for its residents. i can't think of a single thing that happened in the tenderloin where there was an issue of fairness, where there was an issue of quality of life, of justice where gale wasn't at the forefront. this was her home and she loved the neighborhood and the people in it.

if you knew gayle's story and you knew her life, it would make more sense she grew to appreciate the tenderloin the way she did. she was born in the town of turlock. she herself experienced abuse. she was a victim of violence and, because of that experience, she ended up unhoused in our city and it was the tenderloin that lifted her up. it was the tenderloin where she found a home, where she found a community, where she found a group of people who cared for her and she found love and a warmth and joy that many of us have come to know of her. she was somebody who as supervisors peskin and

supervisor ronen said had a warmth of spirit and a smile that could bring ease and warmth to anyone she was around, but for her, she loved the tenderloin because the tenderloin loves her. and the tenderloin is a special place where there are people like gayle who have been down and out, who have in some cases experienced violence or homelessness and because they've been able to be lifted up, they've spent their lives lifting up others. she fought for the residents across their diversity. she was not ever anyone who, you know, was concerned are rabout who you were. if she needed someone to hug,

she was there. she embodied the spirit of this neighborhood and we will miss her. there are many people in the community who are grieving and we will continue her work. she was a tenderloin legend in her impact and her legacy will be never ending. rest in peace, gayle packwood seagraves. we were so lucky to have you and be loved by you. and your memory will be a forever blessing. i know we're doing this on behalf of the whole board and i also want to note that gayle was a very close friend of supervisor jane kim and in many ways supervisor peskin and supervisor kim brought her into the community activist and politics and also i'm sure if supervisor kim was here, i'd

add her name of support to this even if we're not able to do it formally, i just want to note super kim's love and friendship with gayle as well. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor haney. supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor. supervisor mar. >> supervisor mar: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, i just have one item today. i'm introducing a letter of inquiry to the sf police department requesting data to be certified by the number of bilingual officers in our work on a.p.i. community crime and violence prevention with community groups, mayor breed, the human rights commission and others, it's become even more clear that despite the existing language access ordinance, the city is still not providing full language access to its services including public

safety. in lack of reliable language access has been consistently raised by community ordinance and residents to receiving support during and after a crime incident and especially a hate motivated crime. in recent years, sf p.d. like many government agencies has adopted telephone interpretation due to its convenience. however, insensitive situations involving public safety, violence, or trauma, studies have found that telephone interpretation is often inadequate compared to in-person interpretation, especially for specific populations such as seniors and people with medical needs and i've heard about and even personally observed very concerning language barriers between sfpd and chinese speaking crime victims on a number of occasions so it's over 43% of san francisco residents speaking our language

at home. we need to continue speaking our language and i thank the office of civic engagement and affairs for their work. president walton who has been a strong advocate for ensuring language access across our city. this letter of inquiry is focused on sfpd and looking at -- i really want to look at their officers and staff with our police department. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor mar, supervisor melgar. >> supervisor melgar: thank you very muches, madam clerk. i want to thank supervisor chan for the introduction of the parent voting legislation. i want to just echo her remarks and thank her staff and her.

as well as my staff in the immigrant voting collaborative for their hard work over many years to. and having parents who could not easily navigate and being the constant translator and, you know, intermediary. we know very well how critical the voices of immigrant families are in developing policies that impacts their own childrens' lives. how often these voices are systematically left out and how sometimes, you know, well meaning people want to speak on their behalf not really understanding the realities that of being an immigrant and not speaking the language. so this is a long and hard fight and today is election day. tonight forget to vote.

it is the great reminder that our strength of democracy is being increased and the growing of our voter base. as we see the voter suppression across our state, i'm proud of supervisor chan and our constituents who voted for the rights to parents. i am also introducing a resolution to in collaboration with supervisor hillary ronen, the international day of the victims enforced disappearances as of october 30th condemning the forced disappearances of people in el salvador which is where i was born and raised during the civil war. i am introducing this resolution collaborating with central american community here

in the bay area. you may know that the civil war in el salvador displaced, you know, approximately a million and a half people. there are that many of us outside of el salvador spread all over the world killed 75,000 and caused the forcible disappearance of at least 10,000 folks. these disappearances deprived families and the community of the right to know what happened to their loved ones and denied them justice and reparations. as imputin compounds the anguish and trauma that families live through. you may remember that my mother was a combatant during the civil war. she did disappear for about a year. we did not know what happened to her and she finally re-appeared and we were grateful and for many families who don't have that closure, the trauma is ongoing. tomorrow, we salvadorians

celebrate our country's independent day and i'm bringing this resolution also forward to remember the ongoing suffering caused by the government in el salvador paid for by u.s. taxpayers and honor the thousands of lives lost and the millions of lives impacted by enforced disappearances and calling on the salvadorian national assembly to honor that day, august 30th and help families gain closure. and, finally, i am introducing a declaration to kick off latinx heritage month. tomorrow starts latinx heritage month in the city and county of san francisco and i'm excited to be introducing this resolution as i'm the only latinx member of this body and i believe 2003 was the last

time that the board of supervisors formally passed a resolution recognizing this month. latinos comprise 15% of the san francisco population and we see our influence and contributions in everything that makes our city great and work. our community continues to suffer the devastating consequences of inequities and injustice exacerbated during this pandemic because we have been the most impacted. yet, our folks are resilient and we continue to work hard towards the success of our families and everyone else. so the contributions of the latino community throughout this country is undeniable. we have been essential to the recovery of our city and we continue to do the work day in and day out that makes this city run. so it is my honor to uplift my

community, sit here in a presentation of one of the many stories of resilience and strength and recognize that this resolution, the beautiful diversity and rich culture that the latinx community brings to our city. and the rest i submit. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor melgar. mr. president, seeing no other names on the roster, that concludes the introduction of new business. >> president walton: thank you so much, madam clerk. let's please go to public comment. >> clerk: at this time, the board of supervisors welcomes your general public comment. the best way to provide public comment and avoid the signal delay is to listen from your touch phone. you will be in live sync to listen to the proceeding and provide your comment. the 10 number is streaming on the screen. it's (415) 655-0001. when you hear the prompt, enter the meeting i.d. 24840495457. press pound twice. you'll have joined the meeting and you'll hear the discussion

you'll be muted and in the listening queue. to be added to the speakers' queue to provide comment, press star three and when it is your turn, the system will send you a prompt. listen carefully for "you have been unmuted" and just begin speaking your comments. you'll have two minutes. here, you may speak to the items within the subject matter jurisdiction not appearing -- appearing on this agenda item 24. all other agenda content has had its public comment requirement filled. as we said earlier, we do have interpreters standing by to assist with interpretation. we have today speaking chinese for agnes lye and for filipino special guest lucy ganaden.

i'd like for all three interpreters indicate you are here and you're prepared to provide your services. >> [speaking foreign language]. thank you. >> [speaking spanish] . thank you. >> clerk: ms. ganadan? all right. okay. so perhaps that interpreter needs some assistance if operations could reach out to her that way we can make sure she is available. >> i am here.

i'm sorry. >> clerk: great. thank you. >> okay. thank you. >> clerk: can you please just is a nouns to the community you're here to support them with their community public comment. >> translator: [speaking foreign language]. >> clerk: thank you. we do appreciate the interpreters and your service that you provide to the board and to the community. and so thank you, mr. president. yes. my apologies. >> president walton: no worries. >> clerk: operations, do we have the first caller, please? we are setting the timer for two minutes. welcome, caller.

all right. that might be an unattended line. let's go to the next caller, please. >> hello. hi, yes. my name is robert meyers and my friend actually had to put back into star three to get on to the meeting because something happened with his phone. i have been a homeless person all throughout the city and one of these guys is actually the, you know, witness to all of this and i've been going to city hall, sending e-mails, everything way before the pandemic including during the pandemic have gone nowhere. been assaulted by city employees. been disregarded by members of the board. coming to their office having lies thrown at me.

telling me that i was saying despairaging comments. i'm very upset and i was shoved down a flight of stairs in one of the hotels. i've dropped dead on 24th and mission. i've e-mailed hillary ronen. to mr. walton, i called his office yesterday. talked with a guy who said he's going to reach out. what i'm asking for is not outrageous and i should be entitled to that and when i called back today because he saw no contact by president walton's office. he was not even there, the guy that took the call yesterday. he left no note and i have requested a personal e-mail to the president's office, to hillary ronen's office and stefani's office and you guys come to your offices and you

guys disregard me and call the sheriff on me thinking they're going to do the job and you guys call me, we need to look into it. four months later, rinse and repeat. you're twittering away saying you're outraged about how people like me are being treated. but when i come to the office by e-mail, it's a stand offish we don't care. >> clerk: thank you. >> staff has tried to send me. >> clerk: thank you to the caller. thank you for your comments. operations, do we have another caller on the line? i understand we have twelve listeners and four who are in the queue to speak. if you're one of the twelve, now would be a good opportunity for you to press star three that way you can get in line to speak. sometimes these callers go quickly and you may miss your opportunity if you don't press star three. okay. welcome, caller. >> thank you. is it okay for me to comment on

the great highway closure topic? >> clerk: yes. i believe so. yeah. you have two minutes. please begin. >> thank you very much. i appreciate that. before i start, i would like to express my sympathies to the gentleman who just called. i think there is a real frustration on the part of unhoused individuals and the city between when they see what is, you know, what is expressed publicly from supervisors and what actually happens on the ground. that's a whole other bag of whatever, but i definitely heard the pain in his voice and his frustration and i hope he knows there are lots of people who know what he's going through and we support you. i do want to comment on the great highway cur flufl. i am a 53-year-old woman who

has never driven a car. i still use my bike entirely for all my commuting, all my shopping. i cover hundreds of miles a week. it's an old steel bike and it's the last one i have. but i was really puzzled by how much attention issued of the great highway closure received from the bicycle commission and from supposed bike accidents. it really is not an essential route for commuting. it's not used that much for commuting. it shows a small population for commuting, for recreation, it's another story. but i was concerned because it seems to be part of a pattern where the -- in the contingent and their cohort coming to a neighborhood and demand that change happen with little regard for the people who live

there, in this case, this is a group of white people, people in the sunset what they can and can't have. so i hope we can look a little more closely at who funds these efforts and also focus more on actual essential roots. so coke street to downtown all the way up to down the philmore would be a much more essential route to work on. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. we apologize if we have to interrupt anyone this afternoon. we hate to do so, but we are setting the timer for two minutes. operations, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> hello, supervisors. my name is josh batch. i live here in san francisco. i'm calling encouraging folks to support the prop 12 resolution today.

as you all remember in 2018, that passed overwhelmingly, the ban for inhumane confinement of farm animals in tiny cages where they can barely move an inch. of course, there are serious animal cruelty. proposition 12 supports better conditions for farmers and that's why the national black farmer's association, american indian farmer's association all campaigned for proposition 12. shop workers can't pay for proposition because industrial animal operations exploit workers predominantly people of color. food safety campaigned for proposition 12 because when you get farm animals leads to better food safety and food safety should be just a privilege, it should be for everyone.

these industrial operations also are major contributors to greenhouse gas emission and major climate crisis. natural resource defense council all campaigned for proposition 12. the call, that actually reduces cost to get animals out of cages because healthier animals leads to greater productivity. whether we care about animal cruelty, food worker rights, family farms declining crisis, we all come together to support prop 12. thank you so much for your time today, everybody. >> clerk: thank you for your comments, sir. operations, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> hello, i'm the policy manager of the chinese for affirmative action. i would like to thank supervisor chan and supervisor melgar for their leadership today on behalf of immigrant families in san francisco.

we appreciate you introducing the ordinance the right of noncitizen parents and guardians. to vote for the san francisco board of execution. all parent guardians in the school district we were overjoyed when sf voters passed this measure in 2016. entire board of supervisors upholding the role of the voters and continuing their commitment to immigrant families. at a time when there are voter expression efforts across the country. san francisco can continue to be a beacon of hope. like so many actions to democracy and immigrant voter parents rights permanent. thank you again. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. all right. operations, let's hear from our next caller, please. welcome, caller. >> good afternoon, supervisors. >> clerk: welcome.

>> good afternoon. my name is -- hi. my name's jay donia. i'm a member of the san francisco republican party and i'm here to request you remove mr. john hamasaki from the police commission. at a time when trust in law enforcement is at an all-time low, mr. hamasaki has done everything in his power by undermining efforts to rebuild that trust. antagonizing police officers. he advocating for teams to carry legal firearms and insulted san franciscans with racist and ma soj nisic tweets. thank you for your time. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. all right. operations, let's hear from our

next caller, please. >> hi, my name is david. i'm a san francisco native. i think it's not right that robert has been homeless for more than 15 years. he has been treated very badly by the city they've just not been helping him at all and just ignoring him like he's nothing. and the tweets that all the board of supervisors have made are all false because they have done nothing and -- what? yeah. and it's not right. it's not right. what? oh, in the name of robert, the city needs to reach out to him. it's not fair that we can leave our people behind.

and he's gone to them several times. this is a real serious issue and he has cancer and is dying on the streets and nobody is doing anything. the caller that called previously. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, sir, for your comments. operations, do we have another caller in the queue, please? >> hello. this is danny johnson, the homeless bureau from 2006 also a famous icon. i'm the only one who's ever gotten the homeless people, business people, and communities to all peacefully live together. i did that for about 15 years here in the castro until my son was stolen by hate and i'm the only one who's successfully

done it. anyway, the point is, my friend, he's homeless here and he's all messed up. he's your perfect kind of person you want to get rid of off the street. he uses drugs. he's incoherent. he walks around but here's the thing. i don't know about ten years ago, he was a beautiful, young, very smart, very healthy mid western boy. he came out here and he was turned into a prostitute. this was 30 years ago, if you don't know, the whole city was nothing but gay sex. in every alleyway in every parking lot. you come here from the midwest and you were well wanted. you were well wanted to be a sex servant and they want to make you high. and everybody was getting high. you guys made these. it's your guys' dirty laundry. i'm just wearing it.

how many people are you going to make life from the midwest after you're done having sex with him for 15 years and here's another thing. this person that has cancer and homeless, you guys have this whole problem and you always see the broad. between somebody's house burnt down, somebody's got cancer. somebody who's a famous hero, community members and all these haters are fuelled by you. you need to stop this crap. you really need to do it. bye. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. all right. operations, do we have another caller in the queue, please? >> good afternoon. this is a comment about the legislations. [inaudible] from sfpd.

25 years in sfpd. [inaudible] you just like a doctor who cures patients by treating the patient's neighbor. [inaudible] a testimony to the success of the federally mandated background checks. the criminals who've been gone seven months can't process [inaudible] . they have prohibit them from firearm ammunition and san francisco have the most common firearms crime -- >> clerk: sir. i'm going to pause your time, sir. i'm pausing your time, you have about a minute left. it sounds as though you're speaking about the ghost guns.

yes. that item is on our agenda this afternoon. that is not an item that we can take public comment on as it has had its public comment satisfied in committee. >> all right. >> clerk: okay. so thank you for your comment, sir. >> okay. >> clerk: okay. thank you, sir. all right. operations, do we have another caller in the queue, please? >> good afternoon board of supervisors. my name is steven martin pinto. i'm an sf native and here in the bayview district and i want to talk about the police commissioner john hamasaki and why i think he should be removed. in short, his behavior as a

public official has been quite frankly astonishing and embarrassing. if you look at one of the sfpd general orders which pertains to him while on off duty member shall not use harsh language. he has made unfounded baseless accusations against petition gathering who is collecting signatures for the recall school board. he has repeatedly mocked victims of crime, even victims of crime who have suffered the harm or injury. he publicly celebrated the injury of a police officer. he's made racist statements and he's even come after some of the members of the board of supervisors by criticizing their families simply because they criticized him when he tweeted about gun safety with

relation to kids. so, in short, i would ask you if you think that if you go through the social media accounts, if you think that this is an official who represents the government well, i'd ask you to really think about that and think about the harm he's doing to the city government and that's all i have, thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, do we have another caller in the queue? i think we have four in the queue and twelve who are lined up. if you're one of the twelve, and you'd like to give comment today now's your time to enter the queue otherwise we're going to take the last four to the very end. all right. operations. >> good afternoon. this is barry trumonto. i hope board members have a healthy and safe day. i was a little surprised that

you all attended the meeting last week considering that last tuesday was like the second holiest day in the jewish calendar. i wanted to bring up a couple of topics briefly. first, what happened on this memo about the bathrooms that we could use late at night. because a lot of places are not open, they're not available, especially for taxi drivers and other drivers even the homeless. based off staffing, the bathrooms in the tenderloin and the one over at market and 17th at the chevron station. what happened? we deserve an explanation we deserve to have some alternate facilities late in the morning hours. i don't know why you stopped funding for that. and the second issues regarding the wild wild west. as a taxi driver, i have seen maneuvers on the streets particularly at night that i would never even try myself.

we need to at least try to have a little more traffic enforcement by the police. i know it sounds weird for me to say, but it's very dangerous out there in terms of the drivers and i think that is important that you take this as a high priority to deal with the safety of pedestrians, bicyclists, and other drivers and last but not least, the scooters are really making it a wild wild west, ignoring traffic lights and stop signs. thank you for your time. >> clerk: thank you mr. toronto. operations, next caller, please. >> hello. my name is crystal vera and i grew up in san francisco. i would like to thank supervisor chan and supervisor melgar today for their leadership. we appreciate you introducing the ordinance that will make permanent for rights of noncitizen parents and guardians to vote for the san

francisco board of education. an estimate of one in three children in san francisco public schools come from immigrant families including myself. non-citizen voting gives immigrant families a voice in san francisco. san francisco should continue to support our immigrant families by leading and having a say on numbers who make important decisions that will impact our children. all parents and guardians of kids in which school district decisions that impact the childrens' education. the court making the san francisco board of education elections. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, let's hear from our next caller, please. >> my name is [inaudible] >> clerk: thank you caller for your comments.

operations, do we have another caller in the queue. >> yes. is that me? hello, is that me? the next caller. >> clerk: yes, sir. we can hear you. >> can you give me a thirty-second warning, please. can you give me a 30-second warning, please. >> clerk: yes. we will give you a 30-second warning. please proceed. >> thank you. this is executive director of library user's association library users 2004. san francisco california

94117-0544. last week's library commission meeting which was held [inaudible] thursday, had a progress report about the installation of radio frequency identification tags into library books. and, all we heard in presentation was how wonderful this all was, without a single word about the privacy threats that those tags prevent to the public. more than california and electronic frontier foundation already from 15 years ago warned that these were serious threats to the privacy of the public and left them open to access to the technology so you can see that the unique members and figure out what it was. also, as usf electronics

pointed out that the tracking threat, knowing that a person in the way of the item left them open to be trapped as to where they go and when. none of this was mentioned at the library. >> clerk: 30 seconds. >> okay. a library which claims to protect patron privacy. obviously, the library doesn't care to do that sort of reading. [inaudible] unconscionable, the library has also refused despite our frequent requests to have an auditor review of privacy and data security for patrons as recommended in the last data privacy audit more than ten years ago. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. thank you. all right. operations, is there another caller in the queue, please?

>> madam clerk, that completes the queue. >> clerk: okay. thank you. mr. president. >> president walton: thank you so much, madam clerk. seeing no more public comment. public comment is now closed. madam clerk, we will come back to items number 24 and 25, the closed session. for now, let's go to our adoption for committee and please call items 26 through 31. >> clerk: items 26 through 31 were introduced for adoption without committee reference. a unanimous vote is required for adoption of these resolutions today on first appearance. alternatively, a member may require a resolution to go to committee or have an item severed to be considered separately. >> president walton: thank you, colleagues, would you like to sever any items. i do see supervisor melgar. >> supervisor melgar: 30, please. >> president walton: 30. thank you, supervisor melgar.

i don't see any other colleagues on the roster. madam clerk, would you please call the roll for items 26, 27, 28, 29, and 31. >> clerk: on items 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 -- 31, excuse me. [roll call] there are eleven ayes. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk. and without objection, the

resolutions are adopted and the motion is approved unanimously. madam clerk, please call item number 30. >> clerk: item 30 is a resolution to recognize abortion as health care. objecting to texas senate bill 8 and urging approaches that uplift autonomy. urge the biden administration and congress to pass legislation protecting reproductive rights and to declare the city and county of san francisco a champion of services and reproductive services. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor melgar. >> supervisor melgar: thank you so much, president walton, and madam clerk. it's been several weeks since senate bill 8 has passed. i want to thank all of the co-sponsors particularly my female colleagues who sponsored this right away. i wanted to report a couple things as we introduce this. i posted it on social media and

got deluged with comments from folks probably not from san francisco who were outraged that we were doing this and especially, there was a lot of folks making the comparison to the vaccine mandates how inappropriate it is for government to, you know, mess with peoples' liberties in that way as if. so i am thoroughly convinced with this issue affecting male bodies instead of womens bodies so folks would be singing a different tune. but i am encouraged by the partnerships with san francisco women's political committee, pro-choice, san francisco women's march, the san francisco department of the status of women and the human rights commission who have all been very supportive of women's

right to choose what happens to their own bodies and how to plan for their own families. and i look forward to working with you to explore how san francisco can strengthen our commitment to reproductive freedom and to women's health care. thank you, colleagues. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor melgar. supervisor mar. >> supervisor mar: please add me as a co-sponsor. >> president walton: thank you so much, supervisor mar. and thank you, supervisor melgar. madam clerk, please call the roll on item 30. >> clerk: on item 30, [roll call]

there are eleven ayes. >> president walton: thank you. without objection, the resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call the closed session items, number 24 and 25. >> clerk: item 24 was scheduled pursuant to a board motion made and approved on july 27th, 2021, for the board to convene a closed session today september 24th, 2021, for the purpose of conferring with or receiving advice from the city attorney regarding a settle lment which is the subject matter of item 25. a settlement of unlitigated claims against wing lock walter wong, wong construction, ultimate choice, jaden l.l.c. and jaden international ventures l.l.c. for payments and credits totalling $1.8 million.

the claims involve allegations that the wong parties provided gifts with city officials of the city and county of san francisco in exchange for city contracts to the wong parties. failure to report contracts with city officials and other material terms of the settlement are that the wong parties will not do business with the city including as permit expediters for five years. >> president walton: thank you so much, madam clerk. and, for members of the public that are still here with us, the board will be leaving this regular meeting and convening in closed session and we will return after our deliberations. >> clerk: all right. mr. president, we're going to prepare the room and lock the doors. >> president walto .

>> president walton: we are now back in open session for our september 14th, 2021, meeting. i want to thank the public for their patience and i would entertain a motion if the board finds that it is in the best interest of the public that the board elect not to disclose its closed session deliberations. >> supervisor peskin: so moved. >> president walton: moved by supervisor peskin, seconded by supervisor mandelman. madam clerk, on the motion. >> clerk: on the motion not to disclose, [roll call]

there are eleven ayes. >> president walton: thank you and without objection, the motion carries to not disclose our closed session deliberations. madam clerk, would you please call item number 25. >> clerk: and, just for the record, mr. president, on item 24, no action was taken during the closed session. we'd like to make a note of that in our minutes. on item 25, [roll call] there are eleven ayes. >> president walton: thank you and without objection, this

resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, do we have any imperative agenda items? >> clerk: yes, mr. president, today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following and beloved individuals. on a motion made by supervisor peskin and on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for the late edgar gardea. on behalf of supervisor safai for the late john ignacious elliotto. and supervisor peskin, ronen

and preston on behalf of the entire board for the late gayle seabrave. >> president walton: i do want to state we do not have any imperative agenda items. colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, does that conclude our business? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> president walton: and as we continue to celebrate our children and youth return to school and in-person learning, it's fitting to hear a quote about learning from a young person. "let us remember one book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world." malala esofsie. this meeting is adjourned.

as latinos we are unified in some ways and incredibly diverse in others and this exhibit really is an exploration of nuance in how we present those ideas. ♪♪ our debts are not for sale. >> a piece about sanctuary and how his whole family served in the army and it's a long family tradition and these people that look at us as foreigners, we have been here and we are part

of america, you know, and we had to reinforce that. i have been cure rating here for about 18 year. we started with a table top, candle, flowers, and a picture and people reacted to that like it was the monna lisa. >> the most important tradition as it relates to the show is idea of making offering. in traditional mexican alters, you see food, candy, drinks, cigarettes, the things that the person that the offerings where being made to can take with them into the next word, the next life. >> keeps us connects to the people who have passed and because family is so important

to us, that community dynamic makes it stick and makes it visible and it humanizes it and makes it present again. ♪♪ >> when i first started doing it back in '71, i wanted to do something with ritual, ceremony and history and you know i talked to my partner ross about the research and we opened and it hit a cord and people loved it. >> i think the line between engaging everyone with our culture and appropriating it. i think it goes back to asking people to bring their visions of what it means to honor the dead, and so for us it's not asking us to make mexican altars if they are not mexican, it's really to share and expand our vision of what it means to honor the dead.

>> people are very respectful. i can show you this year alone of people who call tol ask is it okay if we come, we are hawaii or asian or we are this. what should we wear? what do you recommend that we do? >> they say oh, you know, we want a four day of the dead and it's all hybrid in this country. what has happened are paper cuts, it's so hybrid. it has spread to mexico from the bay area. we have influence on a lot of people, and i'm proud of it. >> a lot of times they don't represent we represent a lot of cultures with a lot of different

perspectives and beliefs. >> i can see the city changes and it's scary. >> when we first started a lot of people freaked out thinking we were a cult and things like that, but we went out of our way to also make it educational through outreach and that is why we started doing the prosession in 1979. >> as someone who grew up attending the yearly processions and who has seen them change incrementally every year into kind of what they are now, i feel in many ways that the cat is out of the bag and there is no putting the genie back into the bottle in how the wider public accesses the day of the dead. >> i have been through three different generations of children who were brought to the procession when they were very

young that are now bringing their children or grandchildren. >> in the '80s, the processions were just kind of electric. families with their homemade visuals walking down the street in san francisco. service so much more intimate and personal and so much more rooted in kind of a family practice of a very strong cultural practice. it kind of is what it is now and it has gone off in many different directions but i will always love the early days in the '80s where it was so intimate and sofa millial. >> our goal is to rescue a part of the culture that was a part that we could invite others to join in there there by where we

invite the person to come help us rescue it also. that's what makes it unique. >> you have to know how to approach this changing situation, it's exhausting and i have seen how it has affected everybody. >> what's happening in mission and the relationship with the police, well it's relevant and it's relevant that people think about it that day of the dead is not just sugar skulls and paper flowers and candles, but it's become a nondenominational tradition that people celebrate. >> our culture is about color and family and if that is not present in your life, there is just no meaning to it you know? >> we have artists as black and brown people that are in direct

danger of the direct policies of the trump administration and i think how each of the artists has responded so that call is interesting. the common >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their business in the 49 square files of san francisco. we help san francisco remain unique, successful and right vi. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i'm one of three owners here in san francisco and we provide mostly live music entertainment and we have food, the type of food that we have a mexican food and it's not a big menu, but we did it with love. like ribeye tacos and

quesadillas and fries. for latinos, it brings families together and if we can bring that family to your business, you're gold. tonight we have russelling for e community. >> we have a ten-person limb elimination match. we have a full-size ring with barside food and drink. we ended up getting wrestling here with puoillo del mar. we're hope og get families to join us. we've done a drag queen bingo and we're trying to be a diverse kind of club, trying different things. this is a great part of town and there's a bunch of shops, a variety of stores and ethnic restaurants. there's a popular little shop

that all of the kids like to hang out at. we have a great breakfast spot call brick fast at tiffanies. some of the older businesses are refurbished and newer businesses are coming in and it's exciting. >> we even have our own brewery for fdr, ferment, drink repeat. it's in the san francisco garden district and four beautiful murals. >> it's important to shop local because it's kind of like a circle of life, if you will. we hire local people. local people spend their money at our businesses and those local people will spend their money as well. i hope people shop locally. [ ♪♪♪ ] are going to speak --

>> hi everybody, i'm the general manager of your san francisco recreation and parks department. i'm thrilled to be here with all of you and our honored guests. we have our mayor, our assembly men, supervisor mandelman, our new assessor, our commissioners. to all of the honored and elected guests, we have a ribbon cutting for all of you today that is right up your alley. this is actually the ninth ribbon cutting of let's play sf. this happened -- let's play sf, none of us remember where we were in 2012 but if you were a voter here, you passed a parks bond in 2012 that allowed a community of your peers

including some of our representatives i'll introduce in a second, to identify the most needy playgrounds around the city for public and private investment. we're also joined today by drew becker, the ceo of san francisco park alliance, the recreation parks department and our commissioners and elected family here have worked together to make sure each of the 13 most deserving playgrounds is funded and neighborhoods are revitalized through a combination of play, creativity, of connectivity and if you look at this space, you can see the potential of this project. this project is also the beneficiary of the open space acquisition fund that goes back to the 70s. the city was smart enough -- this used to be a rail line, many who live in the community know this. look what we have been able to

do with it. it's really quite special. this particular 1.7 million renovation includes something that is near and dear to my heart and to the hearts of so many children in san francisco, a nature play area. part of our san francisco children and nature initiative. to give every child in san francisco a nature-based experience every day. it is little projects like this that really make the difference. so i'm really thrilled with that. we also have a lot of ada accessibility features in this project so we can all get out and enjoy our parks and play. we even have green space on that end of the alley for dog walking and exercise equipment and all kinds of fun stuff. this project was a mix of funding services from the let's play initiative and we also have funding from the 2012 community opportunity fund and some will

speak to that in a second. let me just say a few thanks and then turn it over to our mayor. first to all of you for being patient. these projects take time. it seems 2012 was a really, really long time ago but in playground time, it was like a blink of the eye. special thanks to dave who leads the jury commoners. i believe dave is speaking in a bit who wrote the application and dr. michael lindsay, i don't think dr. lindsay could be here today, but the school was very involved in the cof application and design and certainly they're going to enjoy the space. quick shout outs to our partners. the san francisco parks alliance, we wouldn't be able to do these projects without the caring, generous support of the

parks alliance. the san francisco children and nature network, our city family from public works. there are several here. thank you dpw, you guys are awesome. i see rachel gordon in the background i think. and everybody has a mask on. i shouldn't be calling out people by faces because i can't see them. again to our commission. to the parks recreation advisory committee, the committee of citizens that works with us to help develop these projects. i know karen and steven are here. thank you for your presence. to my own staff for their hard work. lisa is here, she has been the captain of let's play sf. i see nick here, thank you nick.

michelle who leads an amazing crew. james, robert, i know i'm going to forget somebody. these are the people who so lovelily and talently care for the space. our commission president likes to say victory has many parents and this is another victory with many, many, many parents. thank you to the entire team of people who have worked on this. in the interest of time, i'm going to turn it over to our mayor. mayor breed. (applause) >> thank you. we want to just extend heartfelt thank you to the people of this community, especially. it was your work, your advocacy that made it possible. people ask me in the last year and a half, isn't it hard being a mayor. we just went through a global

pandemic. it has been tough. yes, it has been tough but being here today makes it worth it every day. i'm here with community. i'm here with people who care about san francisco. and who want to create these amazing opportunities for our children, for our neighbors. that's what this city is about. the same thing happened when the pandemic first hit our city. we all came together like never before and yes, we are one of the densest cities in the country, which is why creating spaces like this are so important, but we also saw despite a global pandemic, we saw one of the lowest death rates anywhere in the country and seeing the highest vaccination rates anywhere in the country. so -- (applause) we should be proud. but i'm not surprised. it's what we do best. when an opportunity presents itself, we don't see just a problem. we see a solution. jury commons is a solution for

the community. it created an old rail yard, a place that this community knew about for many, many years and used for many, many years but had a vision to make it into something that can be extraordinary and that's what you created. all the greenery, all the plants, all the play structures and yes, the advocacy it took to get it done. reaching out to apply for fund ing with the city. you know how difficult the city can be and how difficult it can be to get funding from the city as well. i want to thank the parks alliance stepping in with the last bit of cash to get it over the finish line. it takes a village to make incredible things happen in san francisco and the village of jury commons has been instrumental in making this happen for the community around

us and the entire city. this is an amazing accomplishment, one we should be proud of and one to take us to the next level for economic recovery. we know during the pandemic, our parks were everything for us. our open space and parks, they brought us closer together. i don't know about you, but i didn't know a lot of my neighbors. during this pandemic, going outside, meeting folks, walking around, going to parks, you get to know people you never knew lived in your neighborhood. that's what this jury commons will continue. as we begin to open and recover and go back to our lives the way we knew it once before, this will still serve as an important gathering place for this community to make sure that our kids, our neighbors, we continue to know one another, support one another and get through any challenge that comes our way. thank you for being here today. (applause) i'm like to introduce

assembly member chui. (applause) >> thank you madam mayor, particularly for your leadership during these times. i'm a former musician and i usually don't verbalize the songs in my head but i have to at this moment. the song going through my head is the one that starts with "it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood". i'm going to stop there. it truly is a beautiful day here in this very spot. the mayor has thanked so many folks from her perspective as our incredible leader of our city. i'm going to thank so many of you as a parent. as someone who has a ritual with my 5-year-old son every weekend

of trying to find a new park to play in. and what you have created here is not only going to be the destination this coming weekend, you have given not just kids a slide to slide on, adults something to play on, but just another place for us to bring community together. when i'm in sacramento, my colleagues ask me, hey, you represent san francisco, san francisco seems to have a lot. why are you such a park advocate. i explain to folks that in our amazing city, seven years ago when i was first elected to the legislature, i would tell folks in chinatown, you have immigrant kids kicking soccer balls on top of housing projects and in the mission, you have latino immigrant kids kicking soccer balls down alley ways and a few miles away, the bayview, african american kids from time to time kicking balls on top of formerly

toxic contaminated sites. this is why we do the work we do. we need to make sure our next generation of kids have the opportunities that every child should. the opportunity to play, to thrive, to learn how to be in community with each other, to grow strong and to grow to become the next mayor of this city. i just want to thank all of you who are part of this amazing community. this village, whether from the public sector and from rec and park and with the commission, whether you work with rec and park, from the private sector helping to construct the spot. whether you're from the nonprofit with your vision, it takes all of you coming together. in particular, i want to ask, how many are jury commoners? raise your hand. you guys are the ones who really made it happen. let's give it up for them. thank you so very much. with that, it is my honor to

introduce someone who represents this section of the mission, my good friend supervisor mandelman. (applause) >> thank you. there are a lot of politicians to speak today. i will try to be brief. i do want to say three big thank you's. first to jury commoners and the neighbors. this was a project that came out of the community. i think i remember back several years folks in the neighborhood, dave and others were taking care of this park even in its prior iteration. the vision for what this park could become came out of the community, grant applications were done by community. even until the very end in figuring out that this park needed garbage cans god damn it. the neighbors stepped forward and e-mailed us and we forwarded e-mails to rec park and they figured out we need garbage

cans. tremendous thanks. and to rec and park for both providing joy during the pandemic for finding ways to keep us safe, i remember phil put in the dots around in delores park in early days thinking about social distancing and delivering a service i think people love, constantly our controller studies show people love our parks and grateful for the management they are getting and they really love it when we have beautiful new or renewed parks like this. and to the parks alliance, drew and the alliance, thank you for your partnership with rec park and the work you do in district 8. we were doing a movie night which was fantastic and lovely and delightful. but the mayor and i were out for a ribbon cutting for christopher

park opening, there's a lot of great work happening through the partnership. as a neighbor, i live like a block away. and very grateful to have this as a supervisor, i'm grateful for it. speaking of people who helped get us through the pandemic, the former head of the office of economic and work force development and now our assessor controller. >> thank you supervisor. it is a pleasure to be with everyone today, especially when you step away from the evaluations you have to do being your assessor-recorder here in san francisco but most importantly, i wanted to say thank you to dave, to mary for your leadership in making this happen. ensuring we could get the work done and investments in place. i know how important it is to wake up in the morning and know you have greenfield equipment to do exercise on and i'm happy to

see you here in jury commons and to the department of recreation and parks and all of the work you do to make sure the spaces are open, healthy and safe for our communities across the city. whether here, at jury commons, in delores park or all throughout special places, nooks and allies to enjoy each other, breathe fresh air, be safe and be in community, i'm so grateful to all of you and the parks alliance doing this in so many places around our city. it is needed for all of us of every age. and i'm grateful for drew becker and continued work he does to make this happen. with that, drew becker. (applause) >> thanks. i want to bottle that. thank you so much. really appreciate it. so happy to be here today in this amazing new space created by the neighbors for the

neighbors and for this great community. this is part of our partnership with rec and park the let's play sf initiative. basically it's crowd sourcing for playgrounds that will impact about 20,000 children when they're all open in a few short years. we have raised over $12 million for 13 playgrounds throughout the city. i want to thank the board and donors for making that happen. we are lucky to live in san francisco that prioritizes parks. in the past year and a half, we have realized how important they are to our life, specifically playgrounds. if you remember back in the day, a year and a half ago when playgrounds were closed. there was the outpouring of support to open our playgrounds and i think it reached the state house actually. it was amazing to see. it's really the community like you is what changes that. you change this space with that

as well. the san francisco parks alliance is a proud to support the rec and park department and happy to support all of the amazing things it does. it is by no big issue that the rec and park department is one of the best in the city and county of san francisco. people love rec and park department and under the leadership of phil, thank you so much to him and what he has done for the department. phil, thank you. (applause) investments like this are the reason why -- this is amazing, timeout magazine called san francisco the number one city to live in in the world because of great spaces like this all over the city. you're within a 10 minute walk of all public spaces. new playgrounds and parks and

allies that have come alive. that's the san francisco we know and we're proud of. i'm proud to be a part of it and the parks alliance is a part of it and the rec and park department is part of it and proud to be working for a great mayor like london breed making sure her dream is reality. i want to give a shout out to the capital team. (applause) it's under new leadership. stacy, congratulations on that. and then tara and alex, great job on all the work you do. sarah and suzanna and team, thank you so much. we appreciate being a part of it. (applause) >> thank you. >> i live around the corner on san jose avenue. (applause) i've led the jury commoners as we call ourselves since 2009

which literally means i buy the coffee. i'll stay on the thanks train or describe more parts of the thanks elephant. number one, laura who couldn't be here, who started the jury commoners in about 2004. and started the organization that led to the work that led to us all being here. number two, in i think 2014, eric anderson, the park services manager of this area at the time got me to write a grant for the community opportunity fund, which was unsuccessful. a couple years later, mary who is right there in the purple mask wrote the grant that succeeded and that's why we're here today. (applause) super thank you to mary. and then number three, i want to

thank smart folks at rec and parks, i don't think i fully know how it works but assembled with a community opportunity fund grant money from the let's play initiative and it turned into a more substantial project and that's why the whole park is in great shape now. so what that got us, i want to point out a couple of things i'm personally super happy about. anyone who lived in the area used the old park remembers what it was like. the paths were the crater of the moon, you couldn't get through here even with wheels. it is all great now for everybody to get through here and use the whole park. and number two, a new irrigation system, the things we plant will stay alive for a little while. (applause) as a volunteer, i'm super happy

about that. one more thing. if -- for everyone who is here and interested, this is not an end, this is the beginning of the next step. for everyone here interested helping keep this park in lovely shape it is in today, find me before i go or google meet up jury commoners and you'll find us. join the group and we'll start coming and cleaning up and keeping it in good shape. thank you. (applause) i don't know who's next. >> now to the business of this thing and cut a ribbon. >> okay. are we ready?

5, 4, 3, 2, 1. (applause) ♪♪♪ >> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san francisco's elected assessor. when i meet with seniors in the community, they're thinking about the future. some want to down size or move to a new neighborhood that's closer to family, but they also worry that making such a change

will increase their property taxes. that's why i want to share with you a property tax saving program called proposition 60. so how does this work? prop 60 was passed in 1986 to allow seniors who are 55 years and older to keep their prop 13 value, even when they move into a new home. under prop 13 law, property growth is limited to 2% growth a year. but when ownership changes the law requires that we reassess the value to new market value. compared to your existing home, which was benefited from the -- which has benefited from the prop 13 growth limit on taxable value, the new limit on the replacement home would likely be higher. that's where prop 60 comes in. prop 60 recognizes that seniors on fixed income may not be able to afford higher taxes so it allows them to carryover their

existing prop 13 value to their new home which means seniors can continue to pay their prop 13 tax values as if they had never moved. remember, the prop 60 is a one time tax benefit, and the property value must be equal to or below around your replacement home. if you plan to purchase your new home before selling your existing home, please make sure that your new home is at the same price or cheaper than your existing home. this means that if your existing home is worth $1 million in market value, your new home must be $1 million or below. if you're looking to purchase and sell within a year, were you nur home must not be at a value that is worth more than 105% of your exist egging home. which means if you sell your

old home for $1 million, and you buy a home within one year, your new home should not be worth more than $1.15 million. if you sell your existing home at $1 million and buy a replacement between year one and two, it should be no more than $1.1 million. know that your ability to participate in this program expires after two years. you will not be able to receive prop 60 tax benefits if you cannot make the purchase within two years. so benefit from this tax savings program, you have to apply. just download the prop 60 form from our website and submit it to our office. for more, visit our website, sfassessor.org,

>> chairwoman: the department of disability and aging services commission meeting of wednesday, september 1st, 2021, called to order. i'm the vice president janet spears. this commission meeting is being conducted pursuant to provisions of the ground act and recent executive orders issued by the governor to facilitate teleconferencing to reduce the risk of covid-19 traps covid-19transmissions at public meetings. the governor's executive order has suspended those rules. it requires we continue to notice meetings in advance. as noted on the agenda, members of the public may observe this teleconference meeti