assistance from the federal emergency management agency to maintain noncongregate shelter in place hotels through the end of the year 2022. as you know and we've talked about in this chamber many times, in march 2020, at the on set of the covid-19 pandemic, a shelter in place order was issued by the san francisco department of public health due to the need for social distancing. during that time, all of us worked together with h.s.h., h.s.a., and the mayor, established the first shelter in place hotel in april 2020 after a major covid-19 outbreak at a congregate shelter which provided our city's most vulnerable residents shelter. since then, we have sheltered over 2,000 unhoused people, but these hotels are scheduled, as you know, to close operations mostly at the end of the year

per the plan issued by the department of homelessness and supportive housing. the consequence of this program winding down before the covid-19 pandemic has gotten completely under control and also before we are able to effectively and appropriately transition people to permanent housing could put people at risk not only of contracting covid but ending up back on the street. we need the time not only to bring people inside at the time when covid-19 is still a risk, which is very much is, but also allow us to reopen our shelters safely, reopen other placement options and allow us to move people from shelter in place hotels to other housing. right now, the fema funds are set to end at the end of this

year, and this cannot be done fiscally without the help of the federal government which has been so key for us thus far. we wrote an emergency ordinance, as you all know, and this resolution is not speaking to what we will do ourselves but simply that we need to continued on going support from the federal government to fund this critical tool in the short-term but also for enough time for us to transition folks effectively and reopen our various other housing options and shelter options safely. so this resolution will urge president biden and congress to sustain public funding for this successful and vital tool in addressing both the homelessness crisis and preventing the spread of covid-19, and i would ask them to do that for a longer period of time, which we know, based on the timeline, that h.s.h. and h.s.a. have reported to us, and we're going to have an

upcoming hearing on their progress that will not, unfortunately, be wrapped up by the end of the year. we need time to do this safely and effectively, and it would be wonderful to have the continued support of the federal government, and the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor haney. supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, madam clerk. i guess i'll start my statement on abag. i think supervisor ronen has updated you, so i won't belabor that. i will say i have joined the abag administrative committee, which means i have been [inaudible] and getting to sit through hearings for each of those, which is time, a lot of time, but that's what's going

on over at abag in my life. on tjpa, where i serve as vice chair, i believe at the last transportation authority, you all saw the phasing plan that staff has come up with and that sets us still on track to be submitting for f.d.a. funding prior to the end of 2023. we're also engaged in a hiring process for a new executive director, and i'm sitting on the subcommittee interviewing candidates, and hoping we get someone good. on csac, where i'm representing san francisco, san francisco does not always send someone to, we had a csac meeting september -- early september. one of the things that struck me, and there was much that was interesting, including information on the national, i think $2.2 billion opioid

settlement, but just going through all the counties in california and hearing their updates on what's going on there as they are beset by combinations of fire and plague, it made me actually quite grateful to live in a city where our infection rates have been dropping, and where although we get smoke, we're not worried about our -- at least until the earthquake, worried about our city burning down. i have a lot of empathy for folks in other counties who are dealing with that. now in terms of my introductions, i will submit a couple of things, but i have a request for a hearing, a request for legislation, and an in memoriam. in the hearing request, this morning, i joined senator

wiener to urge the governor to sign a.b. 110. contingency management is a proven, effective treatment for methamphetamine addiction. there are very few -- actually no other effective treatments that they have found, and so this is actually quite great, giving some folks a reward for reducing or stopping their use of methamphetamine. the task force issued its final report back in october 2019, two years ago, providing 17 recommendations to reduce the negative medical and social impacts and risks associated with methamphetamine use. their top recommendations you

may be familiar with, include the recommendation of a meth sobering center and the establishment of a nonpolice response for folks experienced meth induced crises on the streets. i think some folks here know that we've made progress on some of these recommendations and others we've experienced setbacks and have taken longer than we would like. for the first time since the medical examiner started reports in 2020, more people died of meth overdoses in july than any other drug. two years later, i think it's time to follow up on the meth task force's final report on the progress we've made and the challenges we face. in addition to the department of public health, i will invite

experts and community leaders to participate so that we can hear their perspectives on this important issue. i am also today requesting that the controller and city attorney draft a supplemental appropriation to the san francisco department of elections for the anticipated cost of the special recall election for the three members of the san francisco unified school board -- san francisco unified school district board of education. the signatures that could qualify this recall for the ballot were submitted to the department of elections on september 7. they're currently being verified by the department of elections, which has 30 working days to review them and determine whether they each reach the necessary number of 51,325 signatures. if the signatures are verified, the board of supervisors will have 14 days to vote to hold an election, which would occur between 88 to 125 days after we vote for action, likely resulting in a special recall

election early next year. the department of elections does not have sufficient funded in its budget to administer an off cycle recall election, which they estimate will cost $8 million. the san francisco unified school district would normally be required to reimburse the department of elections for a significant amount of the cost of administering the recall. the school district, which has not included funds for a recall election in their budget, is facing severe budget shortfalls, spending millions of dollars on this elections would add to their fiscal woes. they anticipate a $112 million deficit next year. the district has seen a 10,000

drop in student enrollment this year, and -- as part of this appropriation, i want the city to cover the cost that would otherwise be the responsibility of sfusd so that these millions of dollars can stay in the classroom. i look forward to working with the department of elections, controller, city attorney, and you all on the supplemental as we receive additional information. and finally, colleagues, i'm requesting that we adjourn today's meeting in memory of albert leonard kovalic. albert passed way peacefully on august 10, 2021, at the age of 100, with his family and loving caregiver, felicia, by his

side. after finishing high school, al joined the civilian conservation corps, where his service ignited a lifelong love of nature and gardening. after the united states joined world war ii, he joined a company that built war time instruments in stamford, connecticut. he was assigned to the 15 army air force with the rank of sergeant and served as a tail gunner on a b-25, stationed in lecce, italy. he was awarded two oak leaf clusters and two battle stars for his service. upon his arrival back in the states, he joined a forest fighting unit and met virginia carlson, his wife to be. after al's army discharge, they

got married and moved to san francisco. he worked at ucsf for 30 years. in the early 1980s, al began caring for a piece of neglected city land two doors down from his home. al said the work in the park brought his great happiness and a sense of peace of mind. neighbors have named it al's park, and it is a beloved neighborhood green space for residents and visitors. earlier this year, i was able to celebrate with friends and family and present him with a

certificate honoring more than 30 years of work on al's park. may his memory be a blessing. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor mandelman. supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: thank you, colleagues. just on outside boards, i'm on the commission [inaudible] so i hope to be able to report on precity college at our next opportunity. i'm also on the lafco, and supervisor chan reported very well on the recent work of lafco, and then, i'm on the abag housing committee and

legislative committee. i did want to share a couple of updates on abag. updates that supervisor ronen and supervisor mandelman have referred to in our on going struggle with abag staff over the planned bay area methodology and growth projection, i did want to maybe speak a little bit more positively about plan bay area 2050 because it's an extremely important regional plan that members and the broader community have been working on. plan bay area 2050 is a comprehensive long range regional plan for the nine county bay area covering housing, economy, transportation, and the environment, and the heart of plan bay area 2050 is investments that can be implemented in the bay area at

the city, county, regional, or state level in the next 30 years. after over three years of work, this very ambitious and complex regional plan, as supervisor ronen said, will be considered for final adoption by the m.t.c. and the abag boards later in october. i did want to highlight the housing part of it because that's what i've been focused on through abag, and the plan barrier 2050 has housing strategies that seek to protect and preserve housing opportunities for all income levels and housing strategies. i did want to note that these housing strategies had a cost of $467 billion and also 219

billion for housing development, so we have a lot of work to do to build the affordable housing that we need in the san francisco bay area, but one step forward that has come about through abag and m.t.c.s work with the bay area housing finance authority, and this was established by state legislation, a.b. 1487 that assembly man chiu sponsored and that bafa will provide tools to address the region's housing crisis. and specifically, bafa -- or one key feature of bafa is its ability to raise significant new funding for affordable housing through a regional revenue ballot measure, and this was seriously considered

from november 2020 but was put on hold after polling indicated that it would be hard to pass in the middle of the pandemic, but bafa continues to research funding strategies, and this is an important development that has come about through abag and m.t.c.'s funding strategies. and the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor melgar? >> supervisor melgar: thank you. i will report on my outside commissions. at the september 24 meeting, we approved the report from the finance committee of the

district, and like the m.t.a. and b.a.r.t., the district has seen some recovery along with having received a federal funding to makeup for some of the income that was lost during the pandemic. however, we're not where we're supposed to be in terms of ridership, but like the report that we received from the m.t.a. this morning, the district has seen an increase in ridership on the weekends but not the weekdays, which indicates a lot of folks still have not come back to the office. we also have set a public hearing for october 18 that's going to look at bicycle safety

on the bridge because of reports of folks being injured on the bridge. i will also report on my involvement on the first five commission. as i have reported previously, we are as a city merging the functions of first five in the office of early care and education, so we are seeing an influx of income from baby prop

c, and right now, we are planning for the future of child care in our city, and it is not just an issue of the total slots of child care that we have, but really, the governance, the structure of how we are going to have this very important war continue into the future and provide the early education opportunities that children will need to be successful in k through 12 in our city. there is a great disparity between black and latino children and everyone else in our city, which sets them off at a disadvantage by the time that kids get to preschool and kindergarten, so the committee right now has engaged a strategic planning consultant, and we are in the process of sitting a committee of folks in

the early care education world who will work with a consultant in mapping out a strategic plan for what the program will look like, what we will invest baby prop c in, and how we will structure the work in terms of governance and fiscal oversight in the future, so i am happy to report that i am on that strategic planning committee and will be reporting to you all for the work on this committee. and finally, i have a hearing request at our c.t.a. meeting. i would like to request a hearing, along with our cosponsors, supervisor mandelman and supervisor mar, to dive deep on issues of service, coverage, and frequency for the restoration

of muni. in policy decisions balancing coverage, service frequency, and geographic equity. i want to dive deep on how the decisions that we're making are consistent with our housing element, access and basic service to west side residents, to seniors, people with limited mobility, and those areas with low ridership prepandemic, because i believe that the decisions that we make prepandemic and even temporarily do set us up for patterns of development where future residents and current residents decide to move or live to as we shape our city, so thank you so much. i look forward to collaborating with you all when we hear those issues, and the rest i submit.

>> clerk: thank you, supervisor melgar. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam clerk. first, mr. president, as you requested, i will speak to my two outside duties. i serve on the bay restoration authority, which, as you recall, is the passage of measure aa several years, which generated about $25 million a year. it is a seven-member body that meets quarterly. it is staffed by staff to the california state coastal conservancy. the director, sam shuckett, recent retired, and they are looking for a new executive director. the last meeting was on june 18, where we talked about the equitable geographic distribution of funds as well as the environmentally just

distribution of funds. our next meeting is on october 15. we have a very robust advisory committee that, together with staff, vets proposals for funding that is not only about restoring the bay but is about climate and sea level rise adaptation and preservation of our natural habitat. i also serve on the bay area conservation commission, which is a 27-member body, with one member from each of the nine bay area counties. i serve on behalf of san francisco county and supervisor stefani is my alternate. thank you to supervisor stefani for attending the august meeting. the commission meets once or twice a month, and sometimes there are san francisco specific issues. in may, we received a briefing on the history and policies of

the san francisco waterfront special area plan. in june, we were briefed on the port of san francisco's mixed use development proposal at peers 30-32. no action has yet been taken on that. -- piers 30-32. no action has yet been taken on that, and at our meeting next week, on october 7, we will be hearing more on the historic climate ferry boat that is currently in stockton at pier 9 on the historic waterfront, which would include about .14 of an acre of public access. in addition, over time, bcdc has become an agency that has been very involved on sea level rise issues on a regional basis, and it has been an honor to serve for most of the last 20 years. with that, i will get onto four

pieces of local san francisco business. first, and thank you to the chair of the land use and transportation committee, supervisor melgar, for my hearing on short-term rentals yesterday, and in the wake of that hearing, while there was plenty of good news about the office of short-term rentals and their programs and supervisor campos, as the chief author, and myself as a cosponsor, made some significant changes to the short-term rental legislation with regard to airbnb and the settlement, there were some discrepancies that the office

of short-term rentals presented in october 2018 and what they presented yesterday both as to fines and fees that were collected as well as the number of applications applied for year by year, cancelled, withdrawn, or denied or what have you, so i've asked ben rosenfield to conduct an audit in the wake of yesterday's discrepancies, and we will do that formally, but mr. rosenfield has agreed to do that. second, i am asking the department of building inspection and the design review team that has been overseeing the millennium fix a number of questions with regards to the installing of perimeter piles, which as we know, were paused in august after an enhanced rate of

settlement. there's a number of questions that i'll be posing to them, and i want to thank and acknowledge the acting or interim director of d.b.i. for his willingness to involve additions -- additional structural and geotechnical engineers in peer review, but bottom line, i think that the design review team has been asking good questions, but frankly, admittedly as far as this nonexpert can tell, they've been getting the run around from the engineer of record, and so i'm posing formal questions to d.b.i. and the design team. in addition to that, i was troubled by an editorial that many of you, i believe, read over the weekend relative to the difficulty that the fifth estate, the media has in

accessing court records. i had a good and frank conversation with mike nguyen, the records administrator of sprifrk superior court. we have no oversights over the court, as it -- san francisco superior court, as it should be, and they are in the process of getting into the dawn of the 21 century as it relates to on-line availability of records as alameda county has already done, but i am introducing a resolution encouraging transparency and availability of these on-line records, and it was disturbing that the public information officer for the court was so unprofessional in his treatment of a

professional member of the press, and i would like the court to address that. last but not least, as it relates to city business, i have been informed that the old practice of naming things by resolution must be done by ordinance. to that end, i am introducing an ordinance to name the unnamed press room the barbara taylor press room and will be changing item 46 to a resolution of intent to pass said ordinance, and finally, colleagues, i would like to adjourn today's board meeting in the memory of charlie starbuck, who i just saw a few weeks ago over on chestnut street. he was a long time district 3 resident and beloved public servant. he was born in 1937 in new york, and after serving four years in the air force, he obtained his masters in

accounting from penn state and later a law degree from the university of pittsburgh and moved here in the crazy 1960s. according to an interview that he gave a few years later, one of his first impressions is, and i quote, something was missing in this city, and it was a real lack of street trees. in 1976, mayor george moss connie appointed charlie to the [inaudible] commission, where he served until 1981. he was one of the first members of the department of urban planning, and he rarely missed a tree planting, and it's estimated that charlie personally planted over 8,500

trees in this city in this lifetime. not since john maclaren added more trees to the urban environment in this city. charlie was also the most active member to the presidio parks trust presidio steward program, which i volunteered for for 20 years. in 2011, public works befittingly made charlie the honoree of its annual arbor day planting of a signature tree, who strengthened the community through his work and volunteerism, and the city planted a cork oak in the median, which charlie named buffy, after the city's bureau of urban forestry. charlie said, i'm a long-term bachelor, and i regret not having someone to live on after i die, but now, i have a friend

on almost every street in the city that i will be able to look in on forever. along with the thousands of street trees he planted, he is survived by his brother, sister, and eight nieces and nephews. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor peskin. supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you, madam clerk, and i want to report on the state legislation committee that supervisor chan and i sit on and would like to recognize preston kilgore of my office and cost votes on my proxy there. the committee makes recommendations to the supervisors on pending legislation that would impact the city and county of san

francisco, and this is my first run through the legislative session on this committee, and the committee consists of a -- representatives from the city attorney, the controller, the treasurer, mayor jaez office, and board of supervisors. it's chaired by eddie mccaffrey of the mayor's office and clerked by rebecca peacock of the mayor's office, and i also want to thank the city's lobbyists who work on these bills in sacramento, karen lang and paul yoder. so the legislative committee meets once a month, usually on the second or third wednesday. our last meeting was september 17, and the committee will be taking a break until december, when we'll be resuming meetings to prepare for the next legislative session. right now, we're all biting our nails, watching to see what the governor will sign and what the governor will veto.

i took this occasion of giving this report to do sort of an unofficial tally with the help of the folks in the mayor's office and our spreadsheets on this, and it looks like we've been -- the committee and a lot of us have been tracking approximately 217 bills this legislative session in sacramento. what struck me is how few of the bills we have weighed in on have in fact been signed by the governor. hopefully, that will change in the upcoming days, but the numbers are pretty dramatic. my count is 38 different bills in the state legislature. so far, only six that i'm aware of, unless there's news today, have been signed. for those that want to check out the bills that we have supported as a state legislative committee, they are

listed. i'm particularly excited by a. b-52, which was assembly member ting's bill to raise the fees that are paid to low-income jurors, i think a very important bill and appreciate his leadership on that. i do want to note there are some bills that haven't been acted on. the governor has until just 11:59 p.m. on october 10 to make his final decision. a.b. 43 is one that we have discussed in this chambers, an important bill from assembly member friedman on traffic safety that would give more discretion to local authorities to consider safety of vulnerable populations when it

comes to exceeding speed limits, something that's important to many of my colleagues. as i mentioned, october 10 is the deadline when we'll know, and just want to reiterate, as i've said in prior presentations, to colleagues or the public please reach out with any questions or if you want to elevate any particular bills. obviously, some of them rise to the level where they warrant a resolution from this body, but there are many more that are tracked in the state legislative committee, and always happy to have other bills on our radar, particularly as we enter into the next legislative session at the state, and the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor preston. mr. president, seeing no other names on the roster, that concludes new business. >> president walton: thank you. i just want to thank colleagues for all their work on external

commissions. this is an important piece of our work but devly time-consuming. madam clerk, we are now at public comment. >> clerk: at this time, the board welcomes your general public comment. the best way to provide public comment and to avoid signal delay is to listen by phone. 415-655-0001. when you hear the prompt, enter the meeting i.d. 2484-179-5536. press pound twice, and you'll have joined the meeting. you'll hear the discussion, you'll be muted but in the listening queue. to be added to the speaker's queue to provide your comment, press star, three, and when it is your turn, the system will send you a prompt for you have been unmuted and just begin speaking your comment. here, you may begin to speak to matters that are within the

subject matter jurisdiction of the board but that are not on the agenda today, and the section of the agenda not heard in committee, these are items 43 through 50. all other agenda has had its public comment requirement fulfilled. each caller will have up to two minutes to provide public comment. as stated, we do have interpreters on stand by ready to jump in and assist any member of the public with their interpretation needs. so operations, i believe there are six callers in the queue. let's hear from the first caller, please. >> can you hear me now? >> clerk: yes, welcome. >> excellent. david pillpel. of course, i very much appreciated the outside board's report. anyone who suggests that you as board members are not busy does not understand city hall or the

various other outside boards and commissions and committees that you sit on, and that was an excellent report of all the activities going on. i was intending to call in support of item 47, the naming of the barbara taylor press room, but as i just heard from supervisor peskin, that's going to be redrafted into a resolution of intent with an ordinance to follow. just to tell a very brief barbara taylor story, one of her favorite lines that i loved was when she would ask a question, particularly when mayor brown was in office, and he would say, oh, barbara, you must be completely misinformed, which generally meant that she was right on target and asking the right question, and mayor brown didn't want to address this question or the issue, so barbara is definitely missed,

and journalism in san francisco has not been nearly as good in her absence. i think i'll leave it at that for now, and thank you all very much. it's been a long day. thanks. >> clerk: thank you, mr. pillpel. there are eight callers who are listening and three in the queue. if you're one of the eight and would like to provide public comment this evening, please press star, three. we would want to hear from all of you. operations, may we hear from the next caller? welcome, caller. we can hear you, caller. all right. that may be an unattended line.

operations, let's go to the next caller, please. we'll circle back to that line in a moment. welcome, caller. all right. perhaps we have another unattended line. is there another caller in the queue, please? >> linda chapman. it was with tremendous sorrow that i read charlie starbuck was gone. he was always a friend to nob hill neighbors, and i last time that i saw him, he was digging in the dirt down on post street with the founding members of lower polk neighbors who used their own money to buy trees, and they were among the ones who left when they discovered the secret bank accounts and the purloining of other funds

to go into the pockets of other members, and that leads me to supervisor mar's statements of the i.g. in the absence of an i.g., who does a person go to? i guess i'm going to be calling the aides of supervisors ronen and stefani to get a number of the f.b.i. i was given a number for the f.b.i. point of contact which a mid level -- by a mid level city servant who wanted me to report lower polk neighbors, but it turned out not to be a very good lead, and there are several other things that need to be reported. first, department of building inspection. the chinese senior inspector

and the irish senior inspector were dealing with me to ensure that they would be protecting the developer and the project manager who, you know, who gave a response to supervisor peskin's office that shows their complete disrespect for the board of supervisors and their staff. and then, there were a few other things on the agenda today. money going to the jewish home of all places. the san francisco police chief has still not done the investigation, decided not to, obviously. >> clerk: thank you, miss chapman. thank you. so we understand two callers left the queue, and we just want to state that if it was your intention to give public comment this even, he would have to have pressed star, three, so perhaps you can try again, there were two lines that did not answer, so maybe there was confusion, so we want to make sure that we're catching all public comment this evening. operations, let's hear from the next caller.

i understand that there are six callers who are listening. if you're one of the six, and you'd like to provide public comment this evening, press star, three now, or we'll take this last group to the end. welcome, caller. >> president walton, members of the board, my name is harrison beebe. i am here to call in favor of item 45, which is a resolution pertaining to afghan refugees. the last six weeks have been the worst of my life. i've witnessed so much in the evacuation of afghanistan, and so i'm calling, really, gosh, to convey the support to welcome these new refugees into our country. many of these refugees have

served in support of our armed services, our military. they've supported our american institutions, they've supported schools that have educated girls, so we have to make sure we do our very best to welcome them, and i can't think of a better place than san francisco to have a resolution to well come them. i just want to note that san francisco is home to the largest concentration of afghan americans, so with that, thank

you so much. >> clerk: all right. operations, let's hear from our next caller, please. >> operator: madam clerk, there are no further callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you, mr. adkins. mr. president? >> president walton: thank you so much, madam clerk, and thank you to the public for calling in for public comment. seeing no other speakers, public comment is now closed. madam clerk, we are now at for adoption without committee reference. >> clerk: these measures were introduced for adoption without committee reference. a unanimous vote is required for adoption of these resolutions today. any supervisor may require any resolution to go to committee. >> president walton: supervisor

haney? >> supervisor haney: i want to pull item 45. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: i want to pull item 48. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor chan? >> supervisor chan: i want to make sure you pull 43 and 44 together. >> president walton: supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: item 47. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: want to make sure i'm added as a cosponsor to items 43, 44, 45,

and 47. >> president walton: so, madam clerk, it looks like we'll be voting on item 46, 49, and 50. >> clerk: on items 46, 49, and 50 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you, and without objection, these resolutions -- or these motions are adopted and approved unanimously. madam clerk, would you please call items number 43 and 44 together? >> clerk: item 43, resolution to urge governor gavin newsom

to sign california state assembly bill number 701, authored by assembly members lorena gonzales, and item 44, resolution urging governor gavin newsom to sign california staten arrest bill number 62, authored by senator maria elena durazo, the garment worker protection act. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor chan? >> supervisor chan: thank you. colleagues, last week, i send the governor a letter urging him to sign senate bill 701 and

62. for -- these will eliminate obstacles workers working for minimum wage. i am pleased to report that since the introduction of these resolutions, the governor has indeed signed both of these bills, so these are critical to protecting our warehouse and garment workers and with that, i would like to amend both of resolutions from urging the

governor to acknowledging the governor. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor chan, and the motion to amend items 43 and 44 is seconded by supervisor ronen, and i don't see anyone else on the roster. i believe we can take these same house, same call. without objection, the motion to amend is accepted unanimously. and i believe we can take same house, same call on the amended items 43 and 44, and without objection, these items are adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call item 45. >> clerk: 45, resolution urging our state and federal leaders to bring in more at-risk and vulnerable afghan people to the united states, and that afghan

evacuees and their families be supported in their transition to american life and granted access to significant opportunities and benefits. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you, president walton. i had the opportunity to speak on this, but i wanted to thank the members of the afghan community who came forward what were key in bringing this forward. i do want to say that there were some very ugly things that were said by members of congress and other local and state elected officials about wanting to reject afghan refugees and actually saying that their communities were being flooded and all of that, and i think in that context, it makes it all the more important that san francisco say the opposite, that we're a sanctuary city, but more

important, that we welcome people that have fled war zones, that have fled central america and southeast asia and will welcome them and find ways to resettle them with love and compassion. i think that is our responsibility. so since this resolution was introduced, this challenge and the necessity of this resolution, and we are proud to welcome them to san francisco. thank you, president walton. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor haney. i don't see anybody else on the roster. i believe we can take this same house, same call. >> clerk: mr. president --

>> president walton: oh, different house. >> clerk: on this item -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are ten ayes. >> president walton: thank you. this resolution was adopted. madam clerk, please call item 47. >> clerk: item 47 is a resolution to name the san francisco city hall press room in i say current and any future location, the barbara a. taylor press room, in honor of the legendary reporter barbara ann taylor, whose significant contributions to journalism and

san francisco krisk life while serving as the kcbs city hall bureau chief for more than 30 years have set the standard for integrity and professionalism. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you. i would like to change the resolution to an amendment, and i thank you, colleagues, for your support. i have to point out that when i put both of the memory ral

-- memorial things on my desk, i realized that mrs. taylor and mr. delventhal died exactly the same day one year apart. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor peskin, and i believe we can take these amendments same house, same call, and we can also move forward the amended item, same house, same call, without objection. item 47 passes without objection. madam clerk, please call item 48. >> clerk: item 48, this is a resolution urging president joe biden to pause distribution of covid vaccine boosters to the general population and to take a leadership role in supporting

the trade-related intellectual property rights waiver while promoting technology information transfer as it relates to vaccinations to low-to-middle-income countries in order to end this global pandemic. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk. supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you, colleagues, and thank you for considering this resolution urging president biden to pause distribution of covid vaccine boosters to the general population and to take a leadership role in supporting the trade related intellectual property rights waiver while promoting technology information transfer as it relates to vaccinations. i have made the amendments that i've passed out to you all that urge him to really just continue to follow the direction of the c.d.c. as more

information becomes relevant. i think that's a body that's taking the same concerns that i have and what prompted me to author this resolution in two accounts. i also wanted to thank my colleague, dean preston, for teaching me how to pronounce immunocompromised. thank you very much, supervisor preston. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor ronen, and these are not substantial, correct? >> supervisor ronen: yes, i believe they're nonsubstantial. we can vote today. >> president walton: thank you. we have a motion to amend item 48, seconded by supervisor mandelman, and we will take the items -- the amendments same house, same call. and on the amended item, we

will take it same house, same call. and the item passed unanimously. madam clerk, do we have any imperative agenda items? >> clerk: we do not. >> president walton: thank you. will you please present the in memorials? byeby

[♪♪♪] >> i just don't know that you can find a neighborhood in the city where you can hear music stands and take a ride on the low rider down the street. it is an experience that you can't have anywhere else in san francisco. [♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪] >> district nine is a in the southeast portion of the city. we have four neighborhoods that i represent. st. mary's park has a completely unique architecture. very distinct feel, and it is a very close to holly park which is another beautiful park in san francisco. the bernal heights district is unique in that we have the hell which has one of the best views in all of san francisco. there is a swinging hanging from a tree at the top. it is as if you are swinging over the entire city. there are two unique aspects. it is considered the fourth chinatown in san francisco. sixty% of the residents are of chinese ancestry. the second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. there is a lot of urban agriculture and it was where the city grew the majority of the

flowers. not only for san francisco but for the region. and of course, it is the location in mclaren park which is the city's second biggest park after golden gate. many people don't know the neighborhood in the first place if they haven't been there. we call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. where we are right now is the mission district. the mission district is a very special part of our city. you smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. they have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. and then you walk further down and you have sunrise café. it is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening in the neighborhood and how you can help and support your community. >> twenty-fourth street is the

birthplace of the movement. we have over 620 murals. it is the largest outdoor public gallery in the country and possibly the world. >> you can find so much political engagement park next to so much incredible art. it's another reason why we think this is a cultural district that we must preserve. [♪♪♪] >> it was formed in 2014. we had been an organization that had been around for over 20 years. we worked a lot in the neighborhood around life issues. most recently, in 2012, there were issues around gentrification in the neighborhood. so the idea of forming the cultural district was to help preserve the history and the culture that is in this neighborhood for the future of families and generations. >> in the past decade, 8,000 latino residents in the mission district have been displaced

from their community. we all know that the rising cost of living in san francisco has led to many people being displaced. lower and middle income all over the city. because it there is richness in this neighborhood that i also mentioned the fact it is flat and so accessible by trip public transportation, has, has made it very popular. >> it's a struggle for us right now, you know, when you get a lot of development coming to an area, a lot of new people coming to the area with different sets of values and different culture. there is a lot of struggle between the existing community and the newness coming in. there are some things that we do to try to slow it down so it doesn't completely erase the communities. we try to have developments that is more in tune with the community and more equitable development in the area. >> you need to meet with and gain the support and find out the needs of the neighborhoods. the people on the businesses that came before you.

you need to dialogue and show respect. and then figure out how to bring in the new, without displacing the old. [♪♪♪] >> i hope we can reset a lot of the mission that we have lost in the last 20 years. so we will be bringing in a lot of folks into the neighborhoods pick when we do that, there is a demand or, you know, certain types of services that pertain more to the local community and working-class. >> back in the day, we looked at mission street, and now it does not look and feel anything like mission street. this is the last stand of the latino concentrated arts, culture and cuisine and people. we created a cultural district to do our best to conserve that feeling. that is what makes our city so cosmopolitan and diverse and makes us the envy of the world. we have these unique neighborhoods with so much cultural presence and learnings,

that we want to preserve. [♪♪♪]

>> i try to start every day not looking at my phone by doing something that is grounding. that is usually meditation. i have a gym set up in my garage, and that is usually breathing and movement and putting my mind towards something else. surfing is my absolute favorite thing to do. it is the most cleansing thing that i'm able to do. i live near the beach, so whenever i can get out, i do. unfortunately, surfing isn't a daily practice for me, but i've been able to get out weekly, and it's something that i've

been incredibly grateful for. [♪♪♪] >> i started working for the city in 2005. at the time, my kids were pretty young but i think had started school. i was offered a temporarily position as an analyst to work on some of the programs that were funded through homeland security. i ultimately spent almost five years at the health department coordinating emergency programs. it was something that i really enjoyed and turned out i was pretty good at. thinking about glass ceiling, some of that is really related to being a mother and self-supposed in some ways that i did not feel that i could allow myself to pursue responsibility; that i accepted treading water in my career when my kids were young.

and as they got older, i felt more comfortable, i suppose, moving forward. in my career, i have been asked to step forward. i wish that i had earlier stepped forward myself, and i feel really strongly, like i am 100% the right person for this job. i cannot imagine a harder time to be in this role. i'm humbled and privileged but also very confident. so here at moscone center, this is the covid command center, or the c.c.c. here is what we calledun -- call unified command. this is where we have physically been since march, and then, in july, we developed this unified structure. so it's the department of emergency management, the department of public health, and our human services

hughesing partners, so primarily the department of homelessness and supportive housing and human services agency. so it's sort of a three-headed command in which we are coordinating and operating everything related to covid response. and now, of course, in this final phase, it's mass vaccination. the first year was before the pandemic was extremely busy. the fires, obviously, that both we were able to provide mutual support but also the impact of air quality. we had, in 2018, the worst air quality ten or 11 days here in the city. i'm sure you all remember it, and then, finally, the day the sun didn't come out in san francisco, which was in october. the orange skies, it felt

apocalyptic, super scary for people. you know, all of those things, people depend on government to say what's happening. are we safe? what do i do? and that's a lot of what department of emergency management's role is. public service is truly that. it is such an incredible and effective way that we can make change for the most vulnerable. i spend a lot of my day in problem solving mode, so there's a lot of conversations with people making connections, identifying gaps in resources or whatever it might be, and trying to adjust that. the pace of the pandemic has been nonstop for 11 months. it is unrelenting, long days, more than what we're used to, most of us. honestly, i'm not sure how we're getting through it.

this is beyond what any of us ever expected to experience in our lifetime. what we discover is how strong we are, and really, the depth of our resilience, and i say that for every single city employee that has been working around the clock for the last 11 months, and i also speak about myself. every day, i have to sort of have that moment of, like, okay, i'm really tired, i'm weary, but we've got to keep going. it is, i would say, the biggest challenge that i have had personally and professionally to be the best mom that i can be but also the best public certify chant in whatever role i'm in. i just wish that i, as my younger self, could have had someone tell me you can give it and to give a little more

nudge. so indirectly, people have helped me because they have seen something in me that i did not see in myself. there's clear data that women have lost their jobs and their income because they had to take care of their safety nets. all of those things that we depend on, schools and daycare and sharing, you know, being together with other kids isn't available. i've often thought oh, if my kids were younger, i couldn't do this job, but that's unacceptable. a person that's younger than me that has three children, we want them in leadership positions, so it shouldn't be limiting. women need to assume that they're more capable than they think they are. men will go for a job whether they're qualified or not. we tend to want to be 110% qualified before we tend to step forward.

i think we need to be a little more brave, a little more exploratory in stepping up for positions. the other thing is, when given an opportunity, really think twice before you put in front of you the reasons why you should not take that leadership position. we all need to step up so that we can show the person behind us that it's doable and so that we have the power to make the changes for other women that is going to make the possibility for their paths easier than ours. other women see me in it, and i hope that they see me, and they understand, like, if i can do it, they can do it because the higher you get, the more leadership you have, and power. the more power and leadership

we have that we can put out

>> hello, my name is jamie harper. in this episode, we are featuring the park locations in your very own backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in san francisco with someone special. golden gate park's largest body of water is this lake, a popular spot for strolling and paddling around in boats, which can be rented. created in 1893, it was designed

foreboding and -- for boating. it is named for the wild strawberries that once flores. a pleasant trail follows the perimeter past huntington falls, 110 foot waterfall. two bridges connect the trail to the island. the climb to the hills summit, the highest point in golden gate park at more than four hundred feet. you can get quinces of the western side of the city through -- glimpes of the western side of city through a thick trees. the lake is ada accessible. it has a peaceful atmosphere where you can enjoy a warm day. walk along the lake and watched many ducks, and swans, and seagulls.

it is a tranquil spot to stroll, enjoy each other's company, and sail away. many couples come here to take a ride around the lake, floating under the bridges, past the pavilion and waterfall. for a quiet getaway, it makes for a memorable and magical experience. located on 19th avenue, this grove is the place to wear your hiking boots, bring your family, and bring the dog because it has so much to offer you and your loved ones. it is a truly hidden gem in the city. the part is rich with eucalyptus trees. long paths allow you to meander, perfect for dog walking in a wooded environment.

>> i enjoy this base and the history behind it. the diversity that exists in such an urban city, the concrete, the streets, cars, we have this oasis of a natural environment. it reminds us of what san francisco initially was. >> this is a section for dogs and plenty of parking. transit is available to get you there easily. and the part is ada -- park is ada accessible. there is also a natural lake. this is your chance to stroll and let the kids run free. it also has many birds to watch. it is the place to find some solitude from the city and appreciate what you share with a wonderful breath of fresh air.

, an experienced this park and enjoy the peoples, picnics, and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take a stroll with your loved one hand in hand. located in the middle of pacific heights on top of a hill, lafayette park offers a great square a of a peaceful beauty. large trees border greenery. it features tables and benches, a playground, restaurants, and tennis courts. there are plenty of areas for football, frisbee, and picnics. it is very much a couple's part and there are a multitude of experiences you can have together. bring your dog and watch the mean go with the community or just picnic at one of the many tables and enjoy all of the park has to offer. many couples find this is the

perfect place to put down a blanket and soak up the sun. it is a majestic place you can share with someone you cherish. it is located along the 1 and 10 buses and is accessed from the 47 and 90 buses. it is ada accessible. for more information about reserving one of these locations, call 831-5500. this number is best for special events, weddings, picnics, and the county fair building. for any athletic fields and neighborhood parks, 831-5510. you can also write us. or walking in and say hello at old lock cabin, golden gate

park. and of course you can find more information and reach us at sfrecpark.org.

good morning everyone. who loves transit in san francisco? oh, my gosh, everybody loves transit. who had a great ride? who had a problematic ride? that's actually a pretty good. that's okay. that's good. hi, ktvu. so i am rafael mandalmen. i got to take the j church in with a group of activists who are very committed to getting the j back in the tunnel.

my experience on the j was a mix of the good and the bad. so i will say that two years ago, the last time that we did this, i was not actually able to participate on that day but i think my staff waited 45 minutes. there was like a three to five minute wait but that was fantastic. i was riding with a woman who recently had hip surgery and now there was a transfer at church and market that there was not pre-pandemic and we had to, you know, i think the experience that a lot of folks with accessibility challenges had where we got off and we have to get across this street that is a very hard street to traverse and then it turns out that the elevator that's supposed to make it possible to get down and make the transfers broken. so then we waited for the s-line which is not as frequent and actually involves a fairly rikdy contraption crossing to get into it if you are having

accessibility challenges in getting in. so anyway, it was interesting to see the extra burdens that our system poses for people who may be in a wheelchair or using a walker or a cane and i think that needs to be foremost in our minds as we think about how to make our system work for everybody. thank you to the transit rider's union for getting us here after two years. thank you. it's been a rough couple of years, but i do want to just express my heart felt gratitude to the staff of m.t.a., the staff of the transportation authority, the operators, all the workers who have gone so far above and beyond over this last year and a half for operators getting on those buses and those trains at a time when it was not entirely clear what kinds of risks that might pose to your health when

people were dying and like chicago dying in and getting sick in terrible numbers. it was a very scary time and yet people showed up to work, kept our transportation system moving and we were able to radically in a matter of days transform a system that we had, you know, come to rely on into an emergency system that got our essential workers back and forth to prioritize equity and i'm proud of that. i think our m.t.a. has been recognized nationally for the changes it made in those early days and putting equity first and i think that's something that they can be proud of. as we approach what we hope will be the end of the pandemic, it is clear that we are not out of the woods. many of us, all of us i think are very concerned about the notion that we might be aiming

at 85% of the service that we had prior to the pandemic. i think all of us agree that the service we had prior to the pandemic was actually not adequate to the needs of san franciscans, much less the needs of the additional san franciscans that will be coming to address our affordability crisis. so 85% is not enough and, for me, and i think for all of my colleagues, a very high priority for the next year is going to be figuring out how to get the revenue that the m.t.a. needs to make sure that we are not aiming at worse service than we had before, but are aiming at better service than we had before. and that has been imperative for all the reasons we all know. it is the right thing to do for equity. everyone should be able to get around this city without a car, but it is also an environmental imperative as smoke is filling

our airs -- is filling our air and as we face a global climate crisis, we have to get people out of their cars. so, this is a -- an exciting thing to be back. i love this. i love this event. i love that we're doing a month this year rather than just a week, and, with that, i want to introduce someone as a friend who i worked with and thank you so much, cat carter. >> thank you, supervisor and chair mandelman. what a beautiful day for a muni ride. we keep having these beautiful days for our ride arounds in transit month. thank you all so much for being here. thank you all who did the ride along and leaving a good example. i want to quickly introduce our colleague, who worked

tirelessly to pull this all together and coordinate everything. he's been doing amazing work and he'll be up here a little later. we talk a lot ant our transit first policy and i think we all continue to fall short of that ideal. it's really past time to take our transit first policy seriously. we need to make transit the first choice for people to get around meaning more and better service that's fast, reliable, clean, easy to use and safe. we need to put riders first. we have no more time to waste as supervisor mandelman was just saying, the climate emergency is here. mount shasta has no snow for the first time. fires are causing massive damage across our country. before the pandemic, muni served over 700,000 daily trips while contributing less than 1% of the city's green house gases. back in the '80s, muni served

over 900,000 daily trips. we need to figure out how to get that many people back on muni and more. we know some people face dyer services in the coming days and months, but we need to start building the future. we need -- we know street priority is necessary to do that and we know sfmta has done a pretty good job of that. we've seen them move very quickly to bring faster, more reliable service by putting transit 1 on the streets. but too many riders are still left behind. we have too much service that hasn't come back yet and we need sfmta to work quickly to improve its network. but to really put riders first, we need to grow sfts. we need to invest in it. this is going to take all of us working together. we need to build a vision of a network of fast, frequent, reliable service that connects every neighborhood that provides real accessibility.

we need service that's easy and safe for all. this is the idea behind our 30 by 30 vision to have those fast, frequent routes that travel end to end and that connect all neighborhoods. we need all our city leaders to champion the major funding muni will need. we invite you to keep setting an example. keep logging your rides at ridecontest.org all month long and tweeting your experience. and, our city leaders need all of us as riders and as voters to keep speaking up and showing up to build the future of muni that we need. thank you again for showing up and speaking up today and every day for the future of transit in san francisco. and now, zack will introduce our next speaker. >> thank you so much, cat. we're going to hear from some of our courageous supervisors

who road transit today starting with supervisor mar. >> supervisor mar: good morning, transit riders. it's so great to be here with all of and my colleagues. i'm showing our collective love for transit this morning and happy transit month. i rode in this morning on the n-juda and the ride seemed a little bit smoother with fewer delays and quicker than before. so that was great to see and i believe director tumlin and m.t.a. actually have some data to back that up. so, that's been really great. as you all know, we're in a critical moment for public transit in san francisco. we can't afford to debate measures. we can't afford to be divided and we can't afford to drop the ball on delivering the service

or go back and forth on the world class transit system that's needed and deserved. we need to put our money where our mouth is. that means we need new revenue. we need to make sure every san francisco voter knows what's at stake. we can't go backwards for our climate, for vision 0, for a more livable city and planet and we have to go forward. we need more service not less. more revenue not less. more lines not less. and let's give three car trains on the njuda. let's bring bar to the west side. and, sure, let's tax the rich to fund the bus. and, we need to have the vision to ultimately create fair, free public transit in san francisco because we know every dollar invested and spent on transit pays dividends for our economic recovery, for economic

mobility, for our public health and the quality of air we breathe and for combatting climate change and cutting our city's single largest source of green house gas. mobility is a human right and public good in reliable, fast, fully funded and ultimately free transit is a north star we all should be working for. let's get the basics right, let's dream big and let's deliver. thank you again, transit riders. thanks to m.t.a. and t.t.a. and just all of the passionate transit advocates in our city and my colleagues and i were with you and we're going to keep pushing forward to create the transit system san franciscans need and deserve. >> thank you, supervisor mar. now i'm thrilled to introduce san francisco's very own mayor. mayor london breed. >> thank you. well, good morning everybody. i am so excited to be here with all of you to really kick off

transit month in san francisco and, first, i want to take this opportunity to thank all of the transit drivers, all of our operators, the sfmta staff and many of the folks who during this pandemic were essential workers because we knew that during the pandemic, so many people would rely on public transportation and there was a lot of concern about whether or not it would be safe and i've really got to send a shout out to jeff tumlin and the work he did to make sure we were cleaning the buses on a more regular basis and, yes, they have been cleaned on a more regular basis that we were supporting our drivers and the transit riders union, i want to thank you for raising money for masks and ppe for many of our drivers especially because we saw really high rates of covid with a number of our drivers and you stepped in, you

supported them and that's what this city is all about. we know how important public transportation is. we don't want to go back to the days when i used to catch the bus in high school and junior high. we would always just look this way, look that way, is it coming? we've got to start walking? are we going to be late to school? well, we are new and improved. we have a lot of work to do and part of what the sfmta is trying to do as we speak is to make the system more reliable. make it more efficient. we know what we need, we know it's been very challenging to deliver to san franciscans the service that this city deserves because we're saying take public transit, but we also have to make sure that it's reliable, that it's safe, that it's clean and it's exactly what it needs to be in order to serve what is a world class city especially as we recover.

i want to thank each and every one of you today and i'll see some of you on muni. i've been on muni in this pandemic in disguise because i didn't want folks to bother me when i'm trying to get from point a to point b. every time. i end up missing my stop. so hopefully i'll see you out there on muni this month. thank you all so much for being here. >> hello, good morning everyone. i'll just be the bearer of all good news. like every year, i rode the 49 to city hall. it was fantastic the ride. it was quick and efficient. we got here within 15 minutes or so. it was incredible. and, that's how lucky we are to

have a world class transit system. we're just simply not going to be able to maintain and make it better. that is definitely a priority for me and for all of my colleagues on the board of supervisors and i am sorry that i have to leave early, but i have a very good reason that fits into transit month. i am a representative on m.t.c., the metropolitan commission. so congratulations. please get back on muni. it is safe. it is reliable. it is clean. can't wait to see you on the bus. take care. >> thank you, supervisor ronen. so, we have a couple more supervisors coming up. i'm thrilled to introduce

supervisor chan from district 1. >> supervisor chan: good morning, transit riders. it's good to be here today. i came to san francisco's chinatown when i was 13 years old. i went to galleio high school and the 30 stop was my jam. that was great. i went to u.c. davis, but still used public transit. greyhound and m-track and then when i came back to work to the city, it was getting a little harder. but my first gig in city hall as an aide, i was still living in chinatown and i had the best ride to work. it was on cable car and it was awesome. i love public transit, but at the same time, you know, as my work got more demanding, life was a little bit more demanding, you know, riding around, bus hopping was not easy and for any of you who've

done bus hopping in san francisco, you know it takes some time. if you miss that transfer, you know what, you can just get a lot of anxiety going on in you waiting for that next bus. so i know that means we need to do better with our public transit. you know, today as a supervisor representing district 1, prepandemic in the richmond, we have one of the highest ridership with 38. 60,000 riders, one direction every day. let's bring back to that level and that's what we need to do and because we know that public transit is public good and we ought to fund it like it is. you know what, i want to also give a shout out to carina chan here from china town trip. she reminded me if any of you have known that her interview with ktvu recently, she reminded me that transit equity

is social, economic, and racial equity. let's remember that. happy transit month. >> supervisor stefani: good morning everybody. i am catherine stefani supervisor for district 2. i want to thank everyone for all their work on transportation and to the transit riders. thank you for continuing to call attention to this extremely important issue. i see my neighbor steven chun who now works for the sfmta and it's so great. i have a family of four. i have two kids. we took it right to the giants game. it was safe. it was reliable. it was frequent. we want it to be reliable. we want it to be frequent and we are very lucky we had that

experience the other day. this morning, i rode the 49 in. and, again, it was an easy thing to do. but, i do want to mention something about families and transit because you cannot ignore the fact that it is very difficult for families who have kids to get around the city especially when you have two different school, two different droppoff times, sports, there's so much that families face when it comes to making sure transit can work into their lives. so let's not forget the families in san francisco. i know my former boss used to say transit first does not mean transit last. i want to thank everybody for your continued focus on transit. we are a first class city. we need a first class transit. so thank you for continuing to be here and thank you for your focus on that. happy transit month.

>> hello transit riders. i am dean preston, district five supervisor. i want to thank transit riders for putting this event on. thank everyone else for m.t.a. and all of the workers making our transit system roll even during a pandemic. this month marks my 28th anniversary as an everyday muni rider and i've just got to say, i just love public transportation, love riding the bus, and, like they say in the movie, you've got to love it to hate it. here we are. but, you know, i took my daughter today to school on muni as i always do, and i thought about the fact that it takes me an hour round trip door to door to do that. and, it would take me 20

minutes if i were to drive. and, in too many ways, we are a car first city masquerading as a transit first city. we have to do everything possible with urgency to flip that script. and, so when i think about transit month and thank you for extending transit week to transit month so we have a whole month to celebrate transit, but, you know, i think about all the neighborhoods that i represent that continue to not have their muni lines a year and a half later. i think about district 5 families. i think about neighbors who live up on a hill who are seniors. i think of folks who have seen their muni lines suspended indefinitely with promises for the first year that their line would definitely come back and now a process in place through which their line may be

permanently and forever gone. i think about how advocates and community leaders in the tenderloin and in the filmore had to fight so hard with everything else going on in the pandemic, had to fight so hard to get the 31 balboa back and thank you for fighting that fight on behalf of everyone in san francisco. when i think about transit month, i think about the operators that continue to drive throughout the pandemic as essential workers themselves and transporting essential workers. i think of the transit operators not just here, but in new york city who continue to operate buses and subways in the middle of catastrophic flooding. i think about all the operators from muni, sam trans, and other agencies that went to help in san jose after the tragic p.t.a. shooting. when i think about transit month, i think about the riders, all of you who choose

to or who must use muni and how we as a city have not done enough for you all during this pandemic or ever in san francisco. a transit system should be based on the principles that more service leads to more rides and more riders and less service leads to fewer riders and fewer rides. that is why cutting service and cutting lines for financial savings is a death spiral for transit. we must win back transit ridership as we recover from this pandemic. and unfortunately and it saddens me to say it, right now, riders are being given nothing to fight for. and, are instead too often being asked to just accept

osterity. we must have a more robust vision that inspires people to ride muni and to support the bold funding measures that we need to take to the ballot. we need a vision that includes fair relief on a path to free muni. investment in our workers and more reliable service and not strategies that pit riders from one part of town against riders from another part of town. we need a vision of a world class public transit system for our city for generations to come. and, as supervisor mar put it so well, let's tax the wealthy to make this happen. thank you so much. next up is supervisor haney. >> supervisor haney: all right. thank you, dean. i'm going to ask the easiest question that i know the answer to. who rode transit here this morning? all right. how many of you ride transit most days? all right. well, apparently, they're going

to be tracking. i already looked. there's somebody who already in september has ridden transit over 60 times, so whoever that person is, if they're here, i think their name is anthony, very impressive. you probably know this person. we are going to commit not only this month to ride transit, but to support transit and i want to thank the transit riders union. i want to thank all of my colleagues. jeff tumlin, the mayor, the m.t.a. staff. we always rode over here this morning with a guy named jason from the m.t.a. who works so hard every day 90 this system, to improve it and it has been especially challenging over the lars year and a half and i want to recognize all of them. many of the folks here are involved in supporting this system and improving it and i want to thank all of you, the m.t.a. board as well. one of the things that has been

so important this past year as there have been advocates and i see a lot of the folks standing up here who have fought for our public transportation system every single day over the last year and a half and it was under tremendous strain. other folks have said this, you know, people were scared to go on because they were worried that they might be sick, that it wasn't clean, that it was too crowded. as people stopped riding the bus and the train, lines were cut. all of that was a huge attack on what we know as one of the most essential parts of our city and people stood up and fought is to make sure it was maintained. and i especially want to recognize the folks who fought for the 31. this was a line and give it up for the return of the 31. people in the tenderloin.

people who live in s.r.o.s. families, seniors. we rode the 31 today from district 5. i went over to district 5 with dean preston and a number of folks and we rode it in and it is such a critical east west connecter for the district that i represent and i want to thank you all for fighting so hard for it. the last thing i want to say is i'm the budget chair and my colleagues told me i've been authorized to put this up and to say we are committed to funding muni, funding sfmta. happy transit month. >> supervisor melgar: thank you for being here. i'm the supervisor for district 7. we actually share a longer border with district 5 in san

mateo county than with district 5 in san mateo county. i will talk about the great things we're doing. we're doing really well in terms of transit. i love muni. muni is now free for all youth thank you to my colleagues and to mayor breed for making that happen and, you know, we're committed to training and supporting a new generation of transit riders so that we can have the highest possible ridership and get people out of their cars and into public transit. that's how we solve the climate crisis is to make sure we reduce those carbon offsets and take the bus. that's what we need to do. i am an immigrant to san francisco. i came when its 12 years it cost a nickel back then and muni gave me freedom. it was a freedom that as a kid from el salvador like very few in my generation had in my

country, but here, muni alloweded us to just have the entire the world class city that is san francisco at our feet. if you haven't seen the newest marvel movie, go see it because muni is a prominent character. it's so much part of our identity. i want to thank all of you for your advocacy. t.w.u. and local transit workers who have put their lives and their families and health on the line for the rest of us. we need to keep supporting them and advancing this wonderful public good that is transit. in my district, we have city college, san francisco state, and u.c.s.f. as part of the zoo all of the organizations that rely on public transit to be healthy and expand. we want to make sure that san francisco comes back from this pandemic and public transit is the way. let's fund it. let's fund it adequately. let's pave the way for our future and our childrens'

future by having a muni system that's fair, that's affordable and that is open to all. thank you so much. sorry. i was supposed to introduce my great friend supervisor ahsha safai. >> supervisor safai: good morning everyone. supervisor safai here. in the past, i have to say and truthfully, i've been a big critic of the sfmta and a lot of that has been justified, but today i want to focus on the positive. i think within the last year, even in the midst of this pandemic, there's been a lot of improvement. there's still a lot of room to grow. there's still a lot of improvements to be made. despite all of the challenges and a virus that's spreading rapidly via air internally, our operators showed up to work.

many of those operators live in my district in the excelsior, omy and outer mission and they don't complain. i mean, they do complain, julie, i know you know that, but justifiably, they show up. and, if they have complaints, they make it known, but they still show up and do their job every single day. so i had an awesome driver today on the 14r. her name was "dee." we got from geneva and mission all the way to the inner mission and 14th. my daughter rode with me, got her to school in less than 20 minutes. it was a wonderful ride. the red lanes worked. no one was blocking us. the driver drove professionally and, you know, what, the bus was packed, but it felt safe. every single person was wearing a mask. i forgot my wallet at home.

she still waited for me. i had to come back but we made it on time and i think there has been a lot of good work done and a lot of that improvement has been the result of the advocacy of the transit riders and those that know the system intimately ride it day in and day out. so i'm very happy to say that the part of town that i represent, the essential workers have been getting up every single day to get to work, they're riding those buses. every single one of the buses was packed today. the 14r, the 14, 43, every single one of them. and thanks so supervisor melgar and her advocacy, we have the m-line coming back. that's also serving our district now. that's a really big deal. you know, the 52 excelsior's back. we are making improvements and, yes, my daughter rode for free. thank you, supervisor melgar for your advocacy and mayor breed and the rest of the board and supervisor preston for

really making access for those children and youth a high priority. so we're going to continue to celebrate it this month. we're going to continue to promote muni in any way and ridership as we can and we will invest in the right way. it also means pedestrian safety and traffic calming. so, anyway, proud to be part of this day today, proud to support this effort and i'll stand with all of you in continuing to make muni a priority. thank you. >> good morning. my name is jeffery tumlin and i'm here to say that public transit is fundamental. 47% of san francisco's green house gas emissions comes from the transport sector and public transit is the primary way we're going to make a difference with climate change. public transit is opportunity and our way to correct for past

inequity. public transit is essential for efforts to improve health and safety of our population and public transit is essential for san francisco's economic recovery after this brutal 18 months. i'm particularly grateful to all of our front line and operations crews particularly our operators who showed up to work every single day through a pandemic to make sure that essential workers could continue to get to work. i'm grateful for the incredible creativity and risk taking that all of our transit planning staff did in reinventing the muni system practically every month for nearly 18 months and i'm really proud of the achievements that they've been able to do with all of that work that they did. we're getting phenomenal speed and reliability improments on all of our core systems. yesterday, we released preliminary data that was

showing 20% in speed on the freeway. benefits that i did not think were possible and involved a tremendous amount of risk taking and creativity among our crews. i'm grateful to our traffic engineering team who has invested in designing 20 miles the in order to hold on to all the speed and reliability improvements we've gotten during covid. and i'm grateful to the operatoring crews who on our frequent lines shifted to headway management which has meant that our buses are more reliable than they've been in all of the decades than we have data to support that. i'm so grateful to our riders union who've put up with all of the changes that we've made. the stumbles that we've made, the corrections that we've made in order to try to deliver the best possible transit system despite the challenges we are facing. i'm also here to ask for your

help. i think has been made clear to all of you, muni is facing the worst financial crisis in history. we're so thankful to the government for getting us through last year and this year. what's clear from all of the data from the counselor and the controller's office is we're expecting at least another four years of huge covid related financial losses. particularly to two of our three biggest sources of revenue, parking fees and transit fares. we're going to need a lot of help to find ways to fill those gaps. we, all of us on muni staff believe that we were delivering far inadequate service back before covid. we need dramatic expansion and improment in the frequency, the number of lines, the speed, the reliability. we need a world class transit system for san francisco and we're going to need help from all of you.

i'm also so grateful to all the board of supervisors and have offered their help to find ways to fill this gap to fund mu nshgd eeushgd and to finally deliver the transit system that san francisco deserve its and need. and, with that, i'd like to introduce our sfmt academic board chair. >> thank you so much for that, jeff. i'm so grateful for our staff, the leadership of jeff tumlin in helping to reconfigure transit. our operators were essential workers and it was a really tough time for many of them as they struggled with things in their family. they showed up;, they persevered and they served this city. what was also so illuminating at that time was our riders were essential workers. in those areas where we had a lot of essential workers.

i really want to thank the transit riders, you guys have made such a large difrnts. because so many of our riders are essential workers and can't come up and show up at a hearing and testify and support the need for transit, the voice that you provide is super powerful and i'm so grateful bringing this up, celebrating for a month. we need to tell all san franciscans, public transportation is essential ask we need them to support our ultimate ballot measure which will come in the future for our funding needs. i want to thank the leadership of our board of supervisor, also our transportation authority for all committing here to support our funding in the future. it is really critical. the biggest challenge public transit has is it's not as sexy as so many other areas and it's very costly. especially to maintain the reliability and the service. we want to bring back as much service and all the lines that we can but it's crucial because

covid really battered our revenue sources and we really increasingly depend on the general funds. we don't have the advantage of generating most of our revenue but that means it's more critical that we need your support. we need all of our elected leadership, everyone in the public. the transit riders and everyone to champion us for a future that we can provide the visionary network that everyone wants and deserves and, without it, our city will struggle. i invite all of these people who've been off of transit to come back. we need you to come back to survive and thrive. i need you all to evangelize it taking muni is safe. tell them about our faster service. i live on the 14r, 49 line. i take those buses almost every single day and i have to say

i've been so impressed whether it's 1:00 in the morning or 5:00 in the morning. thank you for your advocacy and let's fight together for public transit. >> thank you, director boarden. director tumlin, director chang. all the supervisors and mayor who made it out here today to celebrate transit month. and all of you who are standing in the sun for the past hour showing your commitment to a better transit future. thank you, everyone. public transit is at the core of san francisco's economic recovery. muni kept us going during the pandemic thanks to the work of the transit operators, our safety ambassadors and all our front line workers who risked their health to keep our city going. roger moranko is unable to be here today.

thank you muni operators and members who kept us going during this pandemic and keep us going today. now, more than ever, we know that muni is more than just a line on the map and more than just a yellow sign post at an intersection. it's a sense of belonging and freedom of movement it's access to education, to jobs, to all the opportunities san francisco has to offer. from the bay view to the richmond. just because i owned a fast pass. but supervisor melgar, it was $0.35 when i was a kid. it's a little bit more today we're gathered here today to celebrate transit but we also know how much further we need

to go. many lines remain suspended with their futures uncertain and sfmta doesn't have the funds it needs to invest in 21st century transit needs. i have hope to reinvest and fund a world class transit system here in san francisco. hope that when we raise our collective voices together, anything is possible. we're the people who make this city hum. the people who never stop riding during the pandemic. who know what's at stake should we fail to invest. but we're also the ones to make this change happen. in fact, we're the only ones who can. so, thank you all for gathering here today. thank you for your energy, for your spirit and for celebrating transit not this month, but every month to come for a world class transit system here in

san francisco. thank you. so that is the end of our rally and press conference. if you have not yet go to ride contest.org to sign up and track your rides this month. we're giving out prizes for winners. we have a ton of events coming up at transitmonth.org and we hope you'll join us throughout the month and going forward in the future. so if everybody can come up here for one last picture, that'd be great. thank you.

>> roughly five years, i was working as a high school teacher, and i decided to take my students on a surfing field trip. the light bulb went off in my head, and i realized i could do much more for my students taking them surfing than i could as their classroom teacher, and that is when the idea for the city surf project was born. >> working with kids in the ocean that aren't familiar with this space is really special because you're dealing with a lot of fear and apprehension but at the same time, a lot of

excitement. >> when i first did it, i was, like, really scared, but then, i did it again, and i liked it. >> we'll get a group of kids who have just never been to the beach, are terrified of the idea, who don't like the beach. it's too cold out, and it's those kid that are impossible to get back out of the water at the end of the day. >> over the last few years, i think we've had at least 40 of our students participate in the city surf project. >> surfing helped me with, like, how to swim. >> we've start off with about two to four sessions in the pool before actually going out and surfing. >> swimming at the pool just helps us with, like, being, like, comfortable in the water and being calm and not being all -- not being anxious. >> so when we started the city surf project, one of the things

we did was to say hey, this is the way to earn your p.e. credits. just getting kids to go try it was one of our initial challenges for the first year or two. but now that we've been doing it three or four years, we have a group of kids that's consistent, and the word has spread, that it's super fun, that you learn about the ocean. >> starting in the morning, you know, i get the vehicles ready, and then, i get all the gear together, and then, i drive and go get the kids, and we take them to a local beach. >> we usually go to linda mar, and then occasionally ocean beach. we once did a special trip. we were in capitola last year, and it was really fun. >> we get in a circle and group stretch, and we talk about

specific safety for the day, and then, we go down to the water. >> once we go to the beach, i don't want to go home. i can't change my circumstances at home, but i can change the way i approach them. >> our program has definitely been a way for our students to find community and build friends. >> i don't really talk to friends, so i guess when i started doing city surf, i started to, like, get to know people more than i did before, and people that i didn't think i'd like, like, ended up being my best friends. >> it's a group sport the way we do it, and with, like, close camaraderie, but everybody's doing it for themselves. >> it's great, surfing around, finding new people and making new friendships with people throughout surfing. >> it can be highly developmental for students to have this time where they can learn a lot about themselves while negotiating the waves.

>> i feel significantly, like, calmer. it definitely helps if i'm, like, feeling really stressed or, like, feeling really anxious about surfing, and i go surfing, and then, i just feel, like, i'm going to be okay. >> it gives them resiliency skills and helps them build self-confidence. and with that, they can use that in other parts of their lives. >> i went to bring my family to the beach and tell them what i did. >> i saw kids open up in the ocean, and i got to see them connect with other students, and i got to see them fail, you know, and get up and get back on the board and experience success, and really enjoy themselves and make a connection to nature at the same time. >> for some kids that are,

like, resistant to, like, being in a mentorship program like this, it's they want to surf, and then later, they'll find out that they've, like, made this community connection. >> i think they provided level playing fields for kids to be themselves in an open environment. >> for kids to feel like i can go for it and take a chance that i might not have been willing to do on my own is really special. >> we go on 150 surf outings a year. that's year-round programming. we've seen a tremendous amount of youth face their fears through surfing, and that has translated to growth in other facets of their lives. >> i just think the biggest thing is, like, that they feel like that they have something that is really cool, that they're engaged in, and that we, like, care about them and how they're doing, like, in

general. >> what i like best is they really care about me, like, i'm not alone, and i have a group of people that i can go to, and, also, surfing is fun. >> we're creating surfers, and we're changing the face of surfing. >> the feeling is definitely akin to being on a roller coaster. it's definitely faster than i think you expect it to be, but it's definitely fun. >> it leaves you feeling really, really positive about what that kid's going to go out and do. >> i think it's really magical almost. at least it was for me. >> it was really exciting when i caught my first wave. >> i felt like i was, like -- it was, like, magical, really. >> when they catch that first wave, and their first lights up, you know -- their face lights up, you know you have

them hooked. >> i was on top of the world. it's amazing. i felt like i was on top of the world even though i was probably going two miles an hour. it was, like, the scariest thing i'd ever done, and i think it was when i got hooked on surfing after >> restaurants will be open for take out only, but nonessential stores, like bars and gyms, will close effective midnight tonight. [♪♪♪]

>> my name is sharky laguana. i am a small business owner. i own a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commission as appointed by mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was

going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open for even a single day or in limited capacity. that hit me emotionally as an artist and hit me professionally, as well as a small business that caters to artists, so i was very deeply concerned about what the city could do to help the entertainment committee.

we knew we needed somebody to introduce some kind of legislation to get the ball rolling, and so we just started texting supervisor haney, just harassing him, saying we need to do something, we need to do something. he said i know we need to do something, but what do we do? we eventually settled on this idea that there would be an independent venue recovery fund. >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you. without objection, this resolution is passed unanimously. >> and we were concerned for these small mom-and-pop businesses that contribute so much to our arts community. >> we are an extremely small venue that has the capacity to do extremely small shows.

most of our staff has been working for us for over ten years. there's very little turnover in the staff, so it felt like family. sharky with the small business commission was crucial in pestering supervisor haney and others to really keep our industry top of mind. we closed down on march 13 of 2020 when we heard that there was an order to do so by the mayor, and we had to call that show in the middle of the night. they were in the middle of their sound check, and i had to call the venue and say, we need to cancel the show tonight. >> the fund is for our live

music and entertainment venues, and in its first round, it will offer grants of at least $10,000 to qualifying venues. these are venues that offer a signature amount of live entertainment programming before the pandemic and are committed to reopening and offering live entertainment spaces after the pandemic. >> it's going to, you know, just stave off the bleeding for a moment. it's the city contributing to helping make sure these venues are around, to continue to be part of the economic recovery for our city. >> when you think about the venues for events in the city, we're talking about all of them. some have been able to come back adaptively over the last year and have been able to be shape shifters in this pandemic, and that's exciting to see, but i'm really looking forward to the day when events and venues can reopen and help

drive the recovery here in san francisco. >> they have done a study that says for every dollar of ticket sales done in this city, $12 goes to neighboring businesses. from all of our vendors to the restaurants that are next to our ven sues and just so many other things that you can think of, all of which have been so negatively affected by covid. for this industry to fail is unthinkable on so many levels. it's unheard of, like, san francisco without its music scene would be a terribly dismal place. >> i don't know that this needs to be arrest -- that there needs to be art welfare for artists. we just need to live and pay for our food, and things will take care of themselves. i think that that's not the

given situation. what san francisco could do that they don't seem to do very much is really do something to support these clubs and venues that have all of these different artists performing in them. actually, i think precovid, it was, you know, don't have a warehouse party and don't do a gig. don't go outside, and don't do this. there was a lot of don't, don't, don't, and after the pandemic, they realized we're a big industry, and we bring a lot of money into this city, so they need to encourage and hope these venues. and then, you know, as far as people like me, it would be nice if you didn't only get encouraged for only singing opera or playing violin. [♪♪♪] >> entertainment is a huge part of what is going to make this city bounce back, and we're going to need to have live music coming back, and comedy,

and drag shows and everything under the sun that is fun and creative in order to get smiles back on our faces and in order to get the city moving again. [♪♪♪] >> venues serve a really vital function in society. there aren't many places where people from any walk of life, race, religion, sexuality can come together in the same room and experience joy, right? experience love, experience anything that what makes us human, community, our connective tissues between different souls. if we were to lose this, lose this situation, you're going to lose this very vital piece of society, and just coming out of the pandemic, you know, it's

going to help us recover socially? well, yeah, because we need to be in the same room with a bunch of people, and then help people across the country recover financially. >> san francisco art recovery fund, amazing. it opened yesterday on april 21. applications are open through may 5. we're encouraging everyone in the coalition to apply. there's very clear information on what's eligible, but that's basically been what our coalition has been advocating for from the beginning. you know, everyone's been supportive, and they've all been hugely integral to this program getting off the ground. you know, we found our champion with supervisor matt haney from district six who introduced this legislation and pushed this into law. mayor breed dedicated $1.5 million this fund, and then supervisor haney matched

that, so there's $3 million in this fund. this is a huge moment for our coalition. it's what we've been fighting for all along. >> one of the challenges of our business is staying on top of all the opportunities as they come back. at the office of oewd, office of economic and workforce development, if you need to speak to somebody, you can find people who can help you navigate any of the available programs and resources. >> a lot of blind optimism has kept us afloat, you know, and there's been a lot of reason for despair, but this is what keeps me in the business, and this is what keeps me fighting, you know, and continuing to advocate, is that we need this and this is part of our life's blood as much as oxygen and food is. don't lose heart.

look at there for all the various grants that are available to you. some of them might be very slow to unrao, and it might seem like too -- unroll, and it might seem like it's too late, but people are going to fight to keep their beloved venues open, and as a band, you're going to be okay. [♪♪♪] >> >> >> my name is jean alexander.

i'm an attorney in the san francisco city attorney's office. i supervise the tax team, giving tax advice to the treasurer, tax collect or, drafting tax legislation. the thing i remember my mother telling me as a child is that you need to be prepared to take care of yourself and i knew that i wanted to be able to do something that i enjoyed. i didn't expect anybody to give me anything because nobody ever gave her anything and i also i always saw her fighting for the things that she wanted in life for herself and for her children. >> my name is jasmine flores. i am working as an admin assistant

in the city attorney's office. i have always enjoyed the tasks that i have been given. on the days i show up and work on my own is empowering. for me, happiness in being more involved in a person-to-person interaction. my dream jobs includes being a physician, paramedic, firefighter, working with animals with the public. on a personal level with self improvement. my sister is the biggest influence in my life because she taught me to go forward with what makes you happy rather that what makes you the most money. >> i graduated from law school in 1972 at a time when there was a beginning to be an influx of women in the

legal profession and tried criminal cases for about 10 years, treatment for delinquent operating programs, government budgets, analyzed fiscal legislation. i came to the san francisco city attorney's office and i have been here for about 12 years advising on tax matters. i did just about anything you can think of. some things that lawyers do and some things that lawyers don't do. >> i'm from the mission in san francisco. i have grown up there and i have lived there pretty much my whole life. living there, i do see other women, some of them older, some of them look just like me like my age and a lot of them work nanny jobs, child care jobs, retail jobs. i don't know, it seems kind of like a

reminder that you are kind of lucky to be where you are, i guess. just when you haven't gone so far at all. i want them to go on maybe go on an interview that's more challenging that they think that they can't get that job. you know, just to kind of challenge and surprise themselves when they get that job and feel better. >> there had been women practicing law for many years, but there were so few of them that a lot of the issues hadn't really come into play and some of them worked out and some are still being resolved like equal pay and women in lawfirms and making sure women

get fair assignments and in the decision making and working with law firms. i consider myself more of a beneficiary of all the women that fought really difficult battles along the way. >> we spoke with people regardless of what they are. that is when you see change. that is a lead advantage.

so law enforcement assistance diversion to work with individuals with nonviolent related offenses to offer an alternative to an arrest and the county jail. >> we are seeing reduction in drug-related crimes in the pilot area. >> they have done the program for quite a while. they are successful in reducing the going to the county jail. >> this was a state grant that we applied for. the department is the main administrator. it requires we work with multiple agencies. we have a community that includes the da, rapid transit police and san francisco sheriff's department and law enforcement agencies, public

defender's office and adult probation to work together to look at the population that ends up in criminal justice and how they will not end up in jail. >> having partners in the nonprofit world and the public defender are critical to the success. we are beginning to succeed because we have that cooperation. >> agencies with very little connection are brought together at the same table. >> collaboration is good for the department. it gets us all working in the same direction. these are complex issues we are dealing with. >> when you have systems as complicated as police and health and proation and jails and nonprofits it requires people to come to work together so

everybody has to put their egos at the door. we have done it very, very well. >> the model of care where police, district attorney, public defenders are community-based organizations are all involved to worked towards the common goal. nobody wants to see drug users in jail. they want them to get the correct treatment they need. >> we are piloting lead in san francisco. close to civic center along market street, union plaza, powell street and in the mission, 16th and mission. >> our goal in san francisco and in seattle is to work with individuals who are cycling in and out of criminal justice and are falling through the cracks and using this as intervention to address that population and

the racial disparity we see. we want to focus on the mission in tender loan district. >> it goes to the partners that hired case managers to deal directly with the clients. case managers with referrals from the police or city agencies connect with the person to determine what their needs are and how we can best meet those needs. >> i have nobody, no friends, no resources, i am flat-out on my own. i witnessed women getting beat, men getting beat. transgenders getting beat up. i saw people shot, stabbed. >> these are people that have had many visits to the county jail in san francisco or other institutions. we are trying to connect them

with the resources they need in the community to break out of that cycle. >> all of the referrals are coming from the law enforcement agency. >> officers observe an offense. say you are using. it is found out you are in possession of drugs, that constituted a lead eligible defense. >> the officer would talk to the individual about participating in the program instead of being booked into the county jail. >> are you ever heard of the leads program. >> yes. >> are you part of the leads program? do you have a case worker? >> yes, i have a case manager. >> when they have a contact with a possible lead referral, they give us a call. ideally we can meet them at the scene where the ticket is being issued. >> primarily what you are talking to are people under the influence of drugs but they will

all be nonviolent. if they were violent they wouldn't qualify for lead. >> you think i am going to get arrested or maybe i will go to jail for something i just did because of the substance abuse issues i am dealing with. >> they would contact with the outreach worker. >> then glide shows up, you are not going to jail. we can take you. let's meet you where you are without telling you exactly what that is going to look like, let us help you and help you help yourself. >> bring them to the community assessment and services center run by adult probation to have assessment with the department of public health staff to assess the treatment needs. it provides meals, groups, there are things happening that make it an open space they can access.

they go through detailed assessment about their needs and how we can meet those needs. >> someone who would have entered the jail system or would have been arrested and book order the charge is diverted to social services. then from there instead of them going through that system, which hasn't shown itself to be an effective way to deal with people suffering from suable stance abuse issues they can be connected with case management. they can offer services based on their needs as individuals. >> one of the key things is our approach is client centered. hall reduction is based around helping the client and meeting them where they are at in terms of what steps are you ready to take? >> we are not asking individuals to do anything specific at any point in time. it is a program based on whatever it takes and wherever

it takes. we are going to them and working with them where they feel most comfortable in the community. >> it opens doors and they get access they wouldn't have had otherwise. >> supports them on their goals. we are not assigning goals working to come up with a plan what success looks like to them. >> because i have been in the field a lot i can offer different choices and let them decide which one they want to go down and help them on that path. >> it is all on you. we are here to guide you. we are not trying to force you to do what you want to do or change your mind. it is you telling us how you want us to help you. >> it means a lot to the clients to know there is someone creative in the way we can assist them. >> they pick up the phone. it was a blessing to have them when i was on the streets. no matter what situation, what

pay phone, cell phone, somebody else's phone by calling them they always answered. >> in office-based setting somebody at the reception desk and the clinician will not work for this population of drug users on the street. this has been helpful to see the outcome. >> we will pick you up, take you to the appointment, get you food on the way and make sure your needs are taken care of so you are not out in the cold. >> first to push me so i will not be afraid to ask for help with the lead team. >> can we get you to use less and less so you can function and have a normal life, job, place to stay, be a functioning part of the community. it is all part of the home

reduction model. you are using less and you are allowed to be a viable member of the society. this is an important question where lead will go from here. looking at the data so far and seeing the successes and we can build on that and as the department based on that where the investments need to go. >> if it is for five months. >> hopefully as final we will come up with a model that may help with all of the communities in the california. >> i want to go back to school to start my ged and go to community clean. >> it can be somebody scaled out. that is the hope anyway. >> is a huge need in the city. depending on the need and the data we are getting we can definitely see an expansion. >> we all hope, obviously, the program is successful and we can implement it city wide. i think it will save the county millions of dollars in emergency

services, police services, prosecuting services. more importantly, it will save lives. as a society we've basically failed big portion of our population if you think about the basics of food, shelter safety a lot of people don't have any

of those i'm mr. cookie can't speak for all the things but i know say, i have ideas how we can address the food issue. >> open the door and walk through that don't just stand looking out. >> as they grew up in in a how would that had access to good food and our parent cooked this is how you feed yours this is not happening in our country this is a huge pleasure i'm david one of the co-founder so about four year ago we worked with the serviced and got to know the kid one of the things we figured out was that they didn't know how to cook. >> i heard about the cooking school through the larkin academy a.

>> their noting no way to feed themselves so they're eating a lot of fast food and i usually eat whatever safeway is near my home a lot of hot food i was excited that i was eating lunch enough instead of what and eat. >> as i was inviting them over teaching them basic ways to fix good food they were so existed. >> particle learning the skills and the food they were really go it it turned into the is charity foundation i ran into my friend we were talking about this this do you want to run this charity foundations and she said, yes. >> i'm a co-found and executive director for the cooking project

our best classes participation for 10 students are monday they're really fun their chief driven classes we have a different guest around the city they're our stand alone cola's we had a series or series still city of attorney's office style of classes our final are night life diners. >> santa barbara shall comes in and helps us show us things and this is one the owners they help us to socialize and i've been here about a year. >> we want to be sure to serve as many as we can. >> the san francisco cooking school is an amazing amazing partner. >> it is doing that in that space really elevates the space for the kids special for the

chief that make it easy for them to come and it really makes the experience pretty special. >> i'm sutro sue set i'm a chief 2, 3, 4 san francisco. >> that's what those classes afford me the opportunity it breakdown the barriers and is this is not scary this is our choice about you many times this is a feel good what it is that you give them is an opportunity you have to make it seem like it's there for them for the taking show them it is their and they can do that. >> hi, i'm antonio the chief in san francisco. >> the majority of kids at that age in order to get them into food they need to see something simple and the evidence will

show and easy to produce i want to make sure that people can do it with a bowl and spoon and burner and one pan. >> i like is the receipts that are simple and not feel like it's a burden to make foods the cohesives show something eased. >> i go for vera toilet so someone can't do it or its way out of their range we only use 6 ingredients i can afford 6 ingredient what good is showing you them something they can't use but the sovereignties what are you going to do more me you're not successful. >> we made a vegetable stir-fry

indicators he'd ginger and onion that is really affordable how to balance it was easy to make the food we present i loved it if i having had access to a kitchen i'd cook more. >> some of us have never had a kitchen not taught how to cookie wasn't taught how to cook. >> i have a great appreciation for programs that teach kids food and cooking it is one of the healthiest positive things you can communicate to people that are very young. >> the more programs like the cooking project in general that can have a positive impact how our kids eat is really, really important i believe that everybody should

venting to utilize the kitchen and meet other kids their age to identify they're not alone and their ways in which to pick yours up and move forward that. >> it is really important to me the opportunity exists and so i do everything in my power to keep it that. >> we'll have our new headquarters in the heart of the tenderloin at taylor and kushlg at the end of this summer 2014 we're really excited. >> a lot of the of the conditions in san francisco they have in the rest of the country so our goal to 257bd or expand out of the san francisco in los angeles and then after that who know. >> we'd never want to tell people want to do or eat only provide the skills and the tools

in case that's something people are 2rrd in doing. >> you can't buy a box of psyche you have to put them in the right vein and direction with the right kids with a right place address time those kids don't have this you have to instill they can do it they're good enough now to finding out figure out and find the future for . >> neighborhood in san francisco are also diverse and fascist as the people that inhabitable them we're in north beach about supervisor peskin will give us a tour and introduce is to what think of i i his favorite district 5 e 3 is in the northwest surrounded by the san francisco bay the district is

the boosting chinatown oar embarcadero financial district fisherman's wharf exhibit no. north beach telegraph hill and part of union square. >> all of san francisco districts are remarkable i'm honored and delighted to represent really whereas with an the most intact district got chinatown, north beach fisherman's wharf russian hill and knob hill and the northwest waterfront some of the most wealthier and inning e impoverished people in san francisco obgyn siding it is ethically exists a bunch of tight-knit neighborhoods people know he each other by name a wonderful placed physically and socially to be all of the

neighborhoods north beach and chinatown the i try to be out in the community as much as and i think, being a the cafe eating at the neighborhood lunch place people come up and talk to you, you never have time alone but really it is fun hi, i'm one the owners and is ceo of cafe trespassing in north beach many people refer to cafe trees as a the living room of north beach most of the clients are local and living up the hill come and meet with each other just the way the united states been since 1956 opposed by the grandfather a big people person people had people coming since the day we opened. >> it is of is first place on the west that that exposito 6

years ago but anyone was doing that starbuck's exists and it created a really welcoming pot. it is truly a legacy business but more importantly it really at the take care of their community my father from it was formally italy a fisherman and that town very rich in culture and music was a big part of it guitars and sank and combart in the evening that tradition they brought this to the cafe so many characters around here everything has incredible stories by famous folks last week the cafe that paul carr tennessee take care from the jefferson starship hung out the cafe are the famous poet lawrence william getty and jack herb man go hung out.

>> they work worked at a play with the god fathers and photos he had his typewriter i wish i were here back there it there's a lot of moving parts the meeting spot rich in culture and artists and musicians epic people would talk with you and you'd get >> president walton: good afternoon. welcome to the september 28, 2021 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madame clerk, please call the roll. >> thank you. >> supervisor chan: present. >> supervisor haney: present.

>> supervisor mandelman: present. >> supervisor mar: present. >> supervisor melgar: present. >> supervisor peskin: present. >> supervisor preston: present. >> supervisor ronen: present. >> supervisor safai: present. >> supervisor stefani: present. >> supervisor walton: present. >> mr. president, all members are present. >> president walton: thank you. the san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their tradition, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost

nor forgotten their responsibilities as caretakers of this place. as well as all people who reside in their traditional territory. as guests we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives the ramaytush ohlone and by affirming their rights as first peoples. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. on behalf of the board of

supervisors, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv. today we have kelowna mendoza to record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. madame clerk, any communications? >> yes, mr. president. this meeting is accessible remotely to the public seeking to monitor the proceedings via cable cast on sfgovtv channel 26 or by viewing the live stream sfgovtv. the most efficient method to participate and provide up to two minutes of public comment is to listen from your touch phone connected to the call in system where with you ill be in live sink to provide -- live sync to provide comment. the number is on your screen. 1-415-655-0001. and when you hear the prompt, enter the meeting i.d., that is

24841795536. you'll press pound twice. once you hear the discussion, you'll know you have joined the meeting as a listener and you will be muted. but once you're ready to provide public comment, press star 3 and listen carefully for the prompt that you have been unmuted and begin speaking your comments. there are two special orders at 3:00 p.m. with respect to general public comment once item 42 is called, you are permitted to speak to the matters within the jurisdiction of the board of supervisors but not on the agenda today. and the hosting items that are not heard in committee, items 43 through 50, all other agenda content has had the required public comment fulfilled at committee. board of supervisors will accept your written correspondence by u.s. mail and e-mail. if you're sending by mail use the address board of

supervisors, 1 goodlett carlton b place. if using e-mail use. in the partnership with office of civic engagement, interpretation assistance will be provided to assist speakers with their language needs beginning with the 3:00 p.m. appeal. at that time we will have the interpret is introduce themselves and the service they provide to the public. finally, if the public, if you are experiencing any issues or any trouble connecting to this meeting remotely, we have a live person standing by in the clerk's office. thank you, mr. president. >> president walton: thank you, madame clerk. just a friendly reminder, colleagues, please remember to mute your microphones when you're not speaking. madame clerk, i believe we're at our consent agenda, items 1 through 14.

>> clerk: yes, items 1 through 14 are on consent. these items are considered to be routine, however, if a member objects an item may be removed and considered separately. >> president walton: thank you. i see supervisor peskin on the roster. >> supervisor peskin: sever item 9, please. >> president walton: thank you. and seeing no one else, madame clerk, please call the roll for all items except item 9. >> supervisor ronen: aye. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor stefani: nooi. -- aye. >> supervisor walton: aye. >> supervisor chan: aye. >> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> supervisor melgar: aye. >> supervisor peskin: aye.

>> supervisor preston: aye. there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: without objection, these ordinances are passed on first reading. or finally passed and the resolutions are adopted unanimously. madame clerk, please call item 9. >> resolution to approve the settlement of unlitigated claim of the san francisco bay regional water control board against the city related to wet weather related overflows from the city's combined sewer system, no formal claim has been filed, the settlement however involves entry of a stipulated enforcement order requiring the city to implement flood control projects in the wawona area, follow some area and lower alemany area and response actions. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. colleagues, first of all, i would like this thank the san

francisco bay regional water quality control board for getting the san francisco public utilities commission to finally address something that has been going on for way too long with regard to the overflows from the city's sewer system and the three aforementioned areas. but i wanted to hear from the puc, because this is an ambitious, over half a billion dollar project, that has to be -- all three projects have to be completed no later than march 31, 2028. so i thought it would be appropriate to hear from the puc as to their plans to finally address this issue and what sources of funding they have so we can get that on the record so this and future boards can hold them accountable. >> president walton: thank you so much, supervisor peskin. and i am looking for the representative. >> mr. president, it's gregory

mow bury. i believe you're on mute. >> thank you very much. you'd think we'd know better. i serve as the assistant general manager for the waste water enterprise at the san francisco public utilities commission. and the three projects that are included in this agreement with the state are all projects that serve the storm water and the combined system for the city. those are under the waste water enterprises overall management and responsibility. so i'll speak to the concerns with the overall ability to deliver briefly and then be happy to answer any questions. so for a quick background, all three of these projects have

been in the wastewater enterprise capital program planning for well over five years. in each case, breaking them down, to give you a quick status, the wawona project is already under construction at this point. that started earlier this calendar year. and is expected to wrap up in 2024. the other two projects, the folsom is the next farthest along. little further along than the 30% design, so it's in final design. and the lower alemany project is in the earliest stages of development. and correspondingly, it has the most allowance in the schedule for refinement of that project. the last two projects, lower

alemany and folsom 17 are fairly system in concept and in terms of major construction activities. they are both large tunnelling projects which would involve the street locations where construction access shafts would be built and then tunnel boring machine would be used for the majority of the construction. so that's as opposed to what you typically see with the large open cut construction projects that obviously can be very much more disruptive. in the case of the folsom 17th area, the design so far, you know, the project is progressing well. the two main challenges we're seeing are, one, securing, of course, the necessary real estate for the staging sites and for the pits.

and the second one is that we're working closely with cal tran on the congested nature of the corridor even when you're fairly deep underground for the tunnelling due to some of the freeway features at the eastern end of the project so to speak. so those are both clear risks that are both being addressed, you know, as the project progresseses. and again for the lower alemany project, it has the somewhat unique characteristic in the agreement that from the time that the agreement is finalized, which we anticipate will be approximately december of this calendar year, the city will have a one year to continue evaluating alternatives to achieve the same flood resiliency benefits in that area and bring that to the board for consideration at that time.

and so there is some flexibility in there, if there are alternatives identified. otherwise, the essentially default direction is the tunnel project. again, construction concepts similar to what i just described for the folsom 17. funding for all three projects is largely, again, reflected in our financial planning. the wawona project has committed funding and we have a new -- what we call a water infrastructure financing innovation act, if you're familiar with that. that's our source of very low cost federal funding that puc has been fairly successful in securing up to this date for our major projects. and all three of these projects are in our most recent with the application which we expect to hear results -- or initial results in about the next two

months. if we are successful with the which havia loans, those will be low cost financing solutions for the projects. typically, those are issued at about 2.5% interest right now compared to about 4% for traditional revenue bonds. so i'm going to stop there. those are some of the main items we're tracking in terms of the understandable concerns with deliverability. and be happy to answer any questions at this point. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you. >> president walton: thank you. madame clerk, i believe unless there is anyone else on the roster, we can take this item same house, same call? and without any objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. oh, i'm sorry. thank you so much. madame clerk, please call the

roll, item number 9. >> thank you, supervisor. on item 9 -- >> supervisor ronen: aye. >> supervisor stefani: aye. >> supervisor walton: aye. >> supervisor chan: aye. >> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> supervisor melgar: aye. >> supervisor peskin: aye. >> supervisor preston: aye. and on item 9, supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. without objection, this resolution passes and is adopted unanimously with the return of my friend supervisor safai. madame clerk, please call item 15. ordinance to amend the planning

code to designate ingleside aces sundial as a landmark and to make the appropriate findings. >> president walton: thank you so much. >> supervisor melgar: thank you, president. i, unfortunately, have to recuse myself from this item as i live a few feet from this landmark. >> president walton: thank you so much. we'll entertain a motion seconded by supervisor stefani. please call the role. >> on the motion to excuse supervisor melgar? >> supervisor stefani: aye. >> supervisor walton: aye. >> supervisor chan: aye. >> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye.

>> supervisor peskin: aye. >> supervisor preston: aye. there are 10 ayes. >> president walton: thank you. and without objection, supervisor melgar is excused from item 15. seeing no one on the roster, madame clerk, please call the roll for item 15. >> supervisor ronen: aye. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor stefani: aye. >> supervisor walton: aye. >> supervisor chan: aye. >> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> supervisor peskin: aye. >> supervisor preston: aye. there are 10 ayes. >> president walton: thank you. without objection, this ordinance is finally passed unanimously. with supervisor melgar excused. welcome back, supervisor melgar.

madame clerk, please call item 16. >> item 16 is ordinance to old the administrative code to prohibit landlords from evicting residential tenants for nonpayment of rent that came due between october 1 and december 31 of 2021 and make the appropriate findings. >> president walton: thank you, madame clerk. please call the roll. >> supervisor ronen: aye. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor stefani: aye. >> supervisor walton: aye. >> supervisor chan: aye. >> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> supervisor melgar: aye. >> supervisor peskin: aye. >> supervisor preston: aye. there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you. without objection, this ordinance is finally passed unanimously.

madame clerk, please call item 17. >> item 17 is ordinance to amend the administrative code to require the police department to consult with the district attorney on all juvenile delinquency cases under california welfare and institutions code section 651 and to provide the d.a. the opportunity to commence proceedings in the juvenile delinquency court in the san francisco superior court. on item 17, supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: aye. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor stefani: aye. -- >> supervisor stefani: no. >> supervisor walton: aye. >> supervisor chan: aye. >> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> supervisor melgar: aye. >> supervisor peskin: aye. >> supervisor preston: aye.

there are 10 ayes and one no with supervisor stefani in the dissent. >> president walton: thank you, this ordinance is finally passed with a 10-1 vote. madame clerk, please call item 18. ordinance to authorize the sfmta to set parking rates at the kezar stadium parking lot and golden gate park underground facility in accordance with the park code provisions, rate-setting on property to make conforming ed it's to the park code, increasing parking rates for the berth holders at the marina small craft harbor and affirm the determination. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. i was going to suggest after consulting with deputy city attorney about the ability for the board of supervisors to maintain some oversight to amend

the subject ordinance at page 5, line 3, by adding the words at the end of that sentence "and the board of supervisors in section 6.10, which would subject approval of the mta's penalty scheme to board of supervisors' approval as well as recreation and parks approval. so i would like to offer that amendment. >> president walton: thank you, do we have a second to the amendment. seconded by supervisor chan. >> supervisor chan: thank you, president walton. colleagues, i also wanted to -- well, thanks to supervisor safai as our vice chair of the budget committee. i want to let you know that we have asked to duplicate this very file and table at budget

committee because it also discussed the parking fees for golden gate, parking garage and we're working with to figure out the resolution passed last week around the golden gate parking garage. how can we achieve equitable access by providing four hours free parking in the garage, and those who have low-income as well disabilities. we're working on that and i want to make sure you're aware of that, it has a duplicated file awaiting for us as well. thank you. >> president walton: thank you so much, supervisor chan. madame clerk, on the motion to amend made by supervisor peskin, seconded by supervisor chan. >> mr. chan -- >> i believe supervisor -- >> point of order. can you reiterate the amendment, please? and if i may, through the

president -- >> president walton: definitely. that's not a point of order. it's a point of information. let me address supervisor peskin since you reminded me. >> supervisor peskin: president walton, colleagues, if we could continue this item until later in today's meeting, the city attorney office is still conferring amongst the deputy city attorney, so i would like to prior to making the amendment ask that we return to this item number 18 later in today's meeting. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor peskin. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: just a point of confusion [laughter]. do we have a copy of the amendment? has that been sent? >> it is four words. it's in section 6.10 through supervisor walton to supervisor safai, at the top of page 5,

line 3, at the end of line 3, where it says recreation and parks commission, to add the words "and the board of supervisors". maybe that's five words. so, in other words, that the sf -- what do you call them now -- the m.t.a., they're position of fines and penalties would be subject not only to the recreation and parks department but also this board of supervisors. the amendment is to add the words at the end of that sentence and the board of supervisors. >> through the chair, is there -- did you give your reasoning behind that? sorry i missed that. >> supervisor peskin: my reasoning is i would like the board to maintain oversight over these penalties and fee increases and we would have the ability in the future to say yes or no as we do to many, many

fees that come through the budget, that come separately. i want to retain this in the future boards oversight over that, but i still need to wait for the city attorney to talk amongst themselves. >> okay. i do have a question then for the city attorney, because we've had a lot of these conversations in committee. i know when it comes to the sfmta in terms of their oversight and authority, when we're handing that authority over to the sfmta, whatever it may be, they have their own governance structure and they're governed by a -- this is the -- supervisor, i'm sorry. i understand you probably know as well, but i wanted to hear what the city attorney had to say. if we do add this, is it -- is there any conflict in the charter with regard to the oversight authority that sfmta retains in terms of setting fees? i know there is a provision in the charter that allows us some control as the board of supervisors, but i'm interested to hear what the city attorney's office has to say about that.

>> deputy city attorney? >> ann pierson. as you know, under the charter, the m.t.a. has inclusive authority over city streets, but it does not extend to those in the park. those are in the jurisdiction over the park commission and the board of supervisors. the question here concerns penalties, not fees. and we're looking at the question of who may set those penalties. i think in this language the board is delegating that to the m.t.a., as well as the process of setting fees, but supervisor peskin is purporting to maintain some control over that. we'll be looking at and that will advise if we can approve later in the meeting. >> thank you. through the chair, supervisor peskin, i know that we have had -- supervisor chan noted we did duplicate the file. there are certain aspects of what she's looking at. i wanted to get clarity on what

the procedure was that you were trying to implement. but i understand now. i understand from the explanation from the city attorney. i wanted you to know why i asked that. we've been having extensive conversations if we can put certain language in. come back and gave us updates on supervisor preston and i were having the conversation about the contracting authority and final authorization for l.r.v. purchases, parking meters. so we're in this back-and-forth with the city attorney as it pertains to the authority of the sfmta. so i was curious where this is trying to land. i understand we do retain certain powers as it pertains to the sfmta fees and park setting. >> supervisor peskin: i don't know that supervisor safai's question is a question, but i'll do my best to respond as the

author of division one and division two of the transportation code and the author of proposition a of 2007. which is to say, i think we are within our legal right to maintain a modicum of oversight over these fees as set forth by the city attorney. as it relates to supervisor chan's request for a duplication of the file in committee, there may be other changes that supervisor chan is interested in. i did discuss this notion with her as to the amendment that i offered, but she may have other suggestions. and we may want to individually, by separate legislation, have similar powers and authorities in section 6.14 of this code, but that is a conversation for another day and not before us today. >> president walton: thank you. >> supervisor safai: great. thank you. i was only highlighting if there needed to be further conversation, we had a

duplicated version, but it seems like your amendment is pretty straightforward. thank you, mr. chair. >> president walton: supervisor peskin, you said you would like this come back to item 18? >> supervisor peskin: at the suggestion of deputy city attorney pearson, that is correct. >> president walton: please call item 19. >> ordinance to retroactively authorize the office of cannabis to accept and expend a $1 million grant award from the board of state and community corrections for the proposition 64 public health and safety grant program for a term of may 1, 2021 through october 31, 2024. and to amend the fiscal year's 2020-21 and 2021-22, the annual salary ordinance to provide for the addition of one grant funded class 1823 senior administrative analyst position for the office of cannabis for the period of july 1, 2021 through june 30,

2022. >> president walton: thank you, madame clerk. would you call the roll for item 19. >> supervisor ronen: aye. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor stefani: aye. >> supervisor walton: aye. >> supervisor chan: aye. >> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> supervisor melgar: aye. >> supervisor peskin: aye. >> supervisor preston: aye. there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you. without objection, this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. madame clerk, please call item 20. >> item 20, resolution to authorize the recreation and park department to accept a $200,000 in-kind grant from t.s.

studio for design services for the fillmore turk and upon the notice of substantial completion. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you, president walton. and, colleagues, i just wanted to thank chair haney of the budget committee for advancing this item to us and also thank the mayor who sponsored this item in my office, co-sponsored it. and i want to recognize and thank the work of rec park and also new community leadership foundation nclf and others working so hard on the renovation of the fillmore mini park. that is a crucial space in the heart of the fillmore and pleased to be supporting this item to get more resources for the design and urge support for this item. thank you. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor preston. seeing no one else on the roster, i believe we can take

this same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madame clerk, please call item 21. resolution it approve the professional services agreement for the curbside management program between sp plus corporation and the city for a three-year term with one two-year option to extend for $20.1 million through october 31, 2024. >> president walton: thank you. i believe we can take this item same house, same call. and without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madame clerk, please call item 22. >> item 22, resolution to retroactively authorize the office of the district attorney to accept and expend a $914,000 grant from the california department of insurance for the workers compensation insurance fraud program term of july 1, 2021 through june 30, 2020.

>> president walton: no one on the roster, we can take this same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madame clerk, please call item number 23. >> resolution to levy property taxes as a combined rate of approximately 1.18 odds. on the city, the school district, office of education, the bay area rapid transit district and the bay area air quality and establish a pass-through rate of .7 cents for 100 of assessed value pursuant to the administrative code, chapter 37, for the fiscal year ending june 30, 2022.

>> president walton: same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madame clerk, would you please call items 24 through 26. item 24 through 26, three resolutions that approve for purposes of the internal revenue code of 1986, section 147f as amended the issuance of tax exempt obligations for the following amounts and facilities. item 24, this is issuance and sale plan to issue by the california enterprise development authority for $17 million to finance the chinese american international school. for item 25, pursuant to a plan of finance by california statewide communities development authority, for $35 million to finance the senior residential and care services and certain other matters related as defined.

and for item 26, a plan to issue and to sell revenue obligations by the california enterprise development authority for $9 million to finance educational and related facilities to be owned and operated by the presidio hill school. >> president walton: thank you, madame clerk. seeing no one on the roster, we can take these items same house, same call. without objection, these resolutions are adopted unanimously. madame clerk, please call item number 27. >> 27 is an ordinance to authorize settlement of the $8 million lawsuit filed by maurice caldwell against the city. this alleges fabrication of evidence in violation of the 14th amendment. >> president walton: thank you, i don't see anyone on the roster. this item same house, same call. without objection, this ordinance is passed on first

reading unanimously. please call item 28. >> item 28 is ordinance to amend the planning code to designate the fresco titled the making of a fresco showing the building of a city in the diego rivera gallery at the san francisco art institute and to determine the ceqa determination and make the appropriate findings. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: please add me as a co-sponsor. >> noted. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor safai. seeing no one else on the roster, we can take this same house, same call. without objection, this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. madame clerk, please call item 29. >> item 29 is a resolution to authorize the acceptance and recording of an ave congratulations easement by the city from shac adrian court apartments for the development at 1 and 45 adrian court in

burling gamecalcal and to affirm the skwal determination. -- ceqa determination. >> president walton: that is adapted unanimously. >> item 30 is ordinance to amend the administrative code by setting march 31 as the annual due date to pay registration fees for weighing and measuring devices and automated point of sale stations used for commercial purposes. >> president walton: thank you. and seeing no one on the roster, we can take this item same house, same call. without objection, this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. >> item 31 is a motion to reappoint supervisor melgar to

the association of bay area governments executive board regional planning committee, term ending september 23, 2023. >> president walton: thank you. i will entertain a motion to excuse supervisor melgar, made by supervisor ronen, seconded by supervisor peskin. madame clerk, on the motion. >> on the motion to excuse supervisor melgar from item 31, supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: aye. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor stefani: aye. >> supervisor walton: aye. >> supervisor chan: aye. >> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> supervisor peskin: aye. >> supervisor preston: aye. there are 10 ayes. >> president walton: thank you. this is adopted 10-1 -- i'm

sorry, 10-0. >> president, that is the motion to excuse supervisor melgar from item 31. >> president walton: thank you, motion to excuse supervisor melgar is passed 10-0. madame clerk, on item 31. >> on item 31, supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: aye. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor stefani: aye. >> supervisor walton: aye. >> supervisor chan: aye. >> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> supervisor peskin: aye. >> supervisor preston: aye. there are 10 ayes. >> president walton: thank you. and item number 31 is adopted 10-0. madame clerk, it is not quite 3:00. supervisor peskin, are we ready

for 18 yet? no, okay, thank you. madame clerk, please call item number 40. 40 was considered by the land use at a regular meeting and was recommended as a committee report. item 40 is emergency ordinance to temporarily extend the covid-19 based limit on residential evictions that allows evictions only if based on the nonpayment of rent, health or safety issues and set to expire on september 30, 2021. i'll state, mr. president, pursuant to the charter, this requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the board of supervisors, which is eight votes for passage on one reading. >> president walton: thank you so much, madame clerk. seeing no one on the roster,

would you call the roll for item 40. >> on item 40, supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: aye. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor stefani: aye. >> supervisor walton: aye. >> supervisor chan: aye. >> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> supervisor melgar: aye. >> supervisor peskin: aye. >> supervisor preston: aye. there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you. without objection, this ordinance is finally passed unanimously. madame clerk, we are now at the time where we should start roll call for introductions. >> okay. first up to introduce new business is supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: thank you, colleagues. today i have a few items.

the first is a hearing as well as a request to the city attorney both involving dbi and co-sponsored by supervisor peskin. in the 18 months since the suspension and then resignation of former department building inspection head tom huey, following charges of legal violation, further allegations have arisen pointing to a deeper web of corruption at d.b.i. that is both undermining public trust and endangering residents across the city. last friday, mission local reporter published a story alleging missing -- and false inspections on property owned by building inspection commission president angus mccarthy, as well as insider conflicts with d.b.i. clients. last night, the commissioner sent a detailed response refuting every allegation and

welcoming investigation. sadly, this supervisor's space in d.b.i. and anyone associated with it has been so eroded by the weekly scandals that are alleged, that with each additional allegation i'll continue to call for a thorough investigation no matter who is accused. and so along with supervisor peskin, i am introducing today a formal request to the city attorney to investigate and report to the board of supervisors on these allegations. this is an important and necessary step along a path that we now have to follow to put a stop to unethical activities and fraud at city departments. the controller's public integrity report issued two weeks ago cited major flaws in the d.b.i. systems that has enabled it to bring in corruption. the scope of the preliminary review did not extend to the building inspections commission, but we know that unconflicted

governance is critical to setting and enforcing ethical standard. d.b.i. and building inspections commission were established in 1994 via charter ballot measure proposition g. supervisor peskin, melgar and i are working together to explore potential options for meaningful structural and systemic d.b.i. reform via charter ballot in june 2022. finally, last but not least, i'm requesting a hearing on d.b.i.'s implementation of the expanded compliance control legislation that i wrote and passed in march with co-sponsorship of every member of the board of supervisors. the law is intended to protect the public by requiring tracking and reporting of parties associated with significant building code violations. i want to know the status of the expanded compliance control, whether candidates of the list have been presented to the building inspection, whether parties who made it on the list are reported to the state licensing board, whether the

list has been published on d.b.i.'s website as required. we couldn't find it doing a quick search. and whether all parties or permits associated with someone on the list are notified and the status of written guidance and training sessions for planning on recognizing flagging permits that signal potential abuse. this is particularly important this last piece because in response to supervisor peskin's request of planning department, for a list of projects in which santos is associated, we got a current list of one, two, three, four, five, six -- 21 -- my understanding from supervisor peskin, this is not even a complete list, of potential owners that are unaware that mr. santos is under indictment and potentially -- or should be on

our increased compliance control list. all of these owners of these properties should have been notified under my legislation and i want to make sure that has indeed happened. supervisor peskin, melgar and i are going to continue to engage in multiple efforts at d.b.i. reform. we're not going to keep our eye off this ball and we're not going to let it go. this corruption has gone on for too long and something needs to change in major, major way. my second set of introductions are related to sfusd. the first is a hearing request about conditions of the k-8 school in my direct, buena vista which have become life-threatening at this point. the district 9 families and staff have been voicing concerns about dangers and unsanitary

conditions at the school for more than five years. in response, sfusd promised to put them in the -- something my constituents helped fight to pass. the school has not been prioritized or funding and the school has continued to experience deteriorating infrastructure as our colleague, commissioner melgar knows, since she ran an after-school program there for many years. they've made headlines and not for good reasons. in 2019, mission local reported on excrement, broken equipment, lack of toilet paper and soap. however, outdated infrastructure continues to present dangers to students and faculties. last year, a student was shocked at the school because of faulty wiring. only half of the children in the second grade class have made the decision to keep their children home from school because they do

not feel physically safe in the building. the high temperature and lack of ventilation have caused children to have eczema and the boys' bathroom has nonfunctioning doors. a child fell and had to be sent to the e.r. last month there was a dangerous gas leak. staff and families reported the odor and the school district dismissed their concerns, it must have been the smell of dead rodents, which is believelible. they ordered all 480 students to evacuate and found a pilot gas fitting that is loose. i am calling a hearing to find

out why there has been such long delays to address the issues and what the plan is to fix it. finally, colleagues, i'm introducing an official request for the budget and legislative analyst to prepare a report on state funding for special education services and its impact on sfusd budget. they have significant structural deficit exceeding $100 million. a major portion of that deficit is the difference between what sfusd spends on their legally mandated responsibilities to provide special education to students who need it and what the state provides for the services. i'm asking how the california fund special education services for local school district, the size of the projected deficit and how much of that is related to insufficient state funding. how the need for special education services has increased in the last decade. and state efforts to right-size

special education funding and why those efforts have failed. colleagues, as you know, i've been very focused on sfusd and the well-being of our children in public schools along with supervisor melgar. if our work in sf rise to create a community school model across the district is to be successful, we have to deal deliveryingly as a -- collectively as a city with the structural deficit that sfusd faces. otherwise, any additional funds that we are able to raise for this -- for our underfunded school district, will be sucked up by that deficit. i appreciate supervisor mandelman's suggestion that we even foot the bill for the special recall election, because if we don't, the bottom line is, that it will be cuts to the classrooms, cuts to the services and the education that our kids

are receiving. that's how serious things are. i know that isn't our normal job. we aren't elected to run our school district, but the situation is so dire that i think we have no choice but to hold hands with the district and it's all hands on deck effort to save our public schools w. that, i submit. >> thank you. >> supervisor safai: colleagues, today, i have a few things to introduce. first of all, seeking to amend the administrative code to allow sheriff deputies to perform contract with private entities to provide supplemental law enforcement services. if you remember in this chamber, we've been talking about organized retail crime and crime. we had a number of hearings in public services neighborhood safety committee. it was in that hearing that we heard directly from walgreen's,

we heard from the gap, cvs and safeway and others about the brazen nature of theft that is happening in the city. the impact it's having on front-line workers. the target in san francisco. wed a meeting with them. they informed us that the safety of their workforce was in danger. they felt unsafe. employees felt unsafe. and that's part of the reason why we're the only place in the country where hours at target had been cut. stores have shut down. -- across our city. prior to the pandemic and through the pandemic many of those related to the brazen nature of theft that is happening. so, we have worked on this issue since that time. put together a working group that includes local 5, 648. that includes the hotel council,

many community benefits district, fishermen's wharf, union square, the council of merchants, s.f. travel, naacp, the california retailers association, san francisco chamber of commerce and many small business owners that have talked about the impact this is having on their customers, the well-being of their workforce and safety. i was happy to hear the chief agree to be the police department chief to be the co-chair of this working group. they announced last week, the chair and the mayor announced doubling down of efforts to supplement our off-duty program with our police officers, but what we have heard over and over again for the past year and even recently is that many of the requests for this off-duty work are unfilled. and people don't show up because there is not enough people that are willing to perform that

service. we are now proposing to expand that to include sheriffs. they're training law enforcement, they protect us in the building, they perform services at s.f. general. they're all over san francisco in a professional manner. so we see this as a straightforward piece of legislation. it expands the pool of people that available. this will not cost the taxpayers of san francisco one dime. the money that will be paid for the off-duty overtime work is by the private entity and employer. this is about deterrence. this is not about going back to the decades of over-incarceration. those of you who were on the budget committee supported me and my efforts along with the mayor to jump start an alternative sentencing program. many of the people involved in this organized retail crime and crime have underlying drug and alcohol addiction issues, so we put that in place. thank you for supervisor walton for your support, for being

there. thank you, supervisor haney, for being there and all the colleagues on the budget committee along with the mayor for strong support in the alternative sentencing. we believe all of this together will help to work to combat what we're seeing in the city. statistically, retail theft might be down, but the brazen nature of what we've seen in this city as evidenced by what all of us saw happen in walgreen's and all of us saw happen in bloomingdale's is on the rise. this is an attempt to deter this type of activity. the district attorney is part of our working group. he's engaged on this. so, we feel very confident that the positive outcome of this will have a really strong impact on san francisco. so we propose that today. and thank you, supervisor mar, for your early support in this effort. look forward to working with many of you colleagues in

furthering these conversations. second piece of legislation that we're doing today is amendment to the police code that regulates cannabis businesses. it's become clear that this board unanimously supports the effort to encourage and ensure that cannabis industry grows and grows in a healthy way in san francisco. and we must do what we can to ensure that equity operators, those that are participating in this industry, are doing it in a thoughtful way. so, in terms of the shaping, how this community looks like and businesses look like, it's also about what responsibilities they have to our community and community members. so today this legislation is another step in doing -- in that direction. this authorizes the office of economic and workforce development to develop standards, governing, certification of apprenticeship programs, but it also talks about the standards that o.e.w.d. may establish in

setting these apprenticeship standards. this ordinance would clarify what office of economic workforce and development is able to propose. including underserved community outreach, and business development plan training. as i stated last week, i believe in true equity in the cannabis industry. and i think it's important that we ensure that the populations harmed by the war on drugs and local residents are prioritized. this legislation strengthens the equity in apprenticeship training by legislating training for all qualified dispensaries in that program. not all are required to participate. this would require the medical cannabis dispensaries ensure that 35% of their new hires come from apprenticeship training programs to the extent feasible. if m.c.d. has more than 10

employees, that the medical cannabis dispensary must enter into a labor peace agreement or community benefits agreement. there has been some attempt to create labor organizations and not truly representative of the labor movement. and so we can have further conversations about that when this goes into committee. these are the same requirements made of the cannabis business permits under article 16 of the police code and adult use operators. and this legislation is an opportunity to further bring cannabis in san francisco under one umbrella and create an equitable and homogenous. it ensures that they're looking in terms of their local hire and how they work with hiring people from certified apprenticeship training programs. and then finally, colleagues, i'm introducing a resolution

honoring october as dyslexia awareness month in the city and county of san francisco. for those of you who don't know about dyslexia, it is unexpected learning in reading. basically, the appreciation of the individual sounds and language, which as i said, speaks to the ability to speak, read, spell and often the ability to learn a second language. dyslexia is a common learning disability that affects 80-90% of individuals that actually have a learning difference. [please stand by] [please stand by]