november 17, 2021. police commission.

>> this is the last noting of the month of november. if you would all stand for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you. also present with us tonight. actually, call the roll, please. commissioner hamasaki. >> here. >> commissioner yee. >> here. >> commissioner burns. >> here. >> vice president you have a quorum. we have the staff from the san francisco police department and paul henderson from the department of police accountability. >> welcome everyone. tonight we start off with

general public comment. >> the pick lick is welcome to address up to two minutes on items not in the agenda but within the subject to the agenda. comments or opportunities to speak are available via phone by calling 415-655-0001. access code 24968656443. pound and pound again. star 3 if you wish to comment. you may submit public comment in the following ways. e-mail the secretary of the commission. sfgovtv or written comments may be sent to the public safety building. at the time if you would like to

comment press star 3. >> good evening, caller, you have two minutes. >> i am francisco de costa. i would like to remind you, commissioners, that we should stop bringing people from the family to your meetings to tell us about things that they cannot achieve. in san francisco we now know that thousands of people are dying because of the opioids. we know that many of the tourists that come to our city have their cars broken into. it seems that you commissioners are not taking it serious.

i think you need orientation what it means to have quality of life issues. the taxpayers are paying the various departments, including police department, to maintain law and order and to obtain a quality of life in san francisco which is going to the hogs. you commissioners, are busy inviting these people from the family to talk about stuff that cannot be implemented. in fact, it is a paradox that when we look at cops and the 272 recommendations, none of them have been fully implemented. people are fed up. fed up that quality of life

issues are not held up. thank you very much. >> thank you, caller. good evening, caller, you have two minutes. >> hello i am david aaron son resident of district one and wealth and disparities in the black community. felicia jones is our founder. there is an urgency to address black san franciscans. i will call it anti-blackness. when it comes to the use of force, arrest and racial profiling or traffic stops of black san franciscans by the sfpd. i am tired of talking. where is the urgency? if the tables were turned on these statistics and they represented white folks there would be urgency. i agree with michelle obama when she stated that happens to us. when will you take

responsibilities and address the unjust statistics for the love all san franciscans. it is truly your responsibilitity you took the oath to uphold the law. as i said, i am tired. not tired enough to quit. however, tired of beating a dead horse and our concerns foul falling on dead ears. we sought help from the attorney general. unquote. a black fridays can is six times as likely as white to be subject to traffic stop. nine times subject to use of force. 11 times as likely to be arrested. june 9, 2021 commission meeting the disparities in the black community made recommendations for eradicating these

disparities. we will be meeting with the attorney general and discuss these. does the commission have plans to enact? have next steps occurred since june? thank you. >> thank you caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> good evening. i am the. [indiscernable] i am calling to introduce ourselves to the commission as proud member of the coalition. it is a base of community advocates committed to ending racially bias by police in san francisco. recommendations are in a letter submitted to vice president elias on november 10. ban pretext steps and searches. traffic stops are the most common way people come into contact with police. these encountersent in violent

and deadly consequences. san francisco mirrors the state and nation in over policing communities of color. sfpd officers use these violations as pretext to search people inflicting financial and physical harm on black san franciscans. since 2018 they have stopped black six times the rate of white individuals and searched 10 times the rate of white individuals. they accounted for 27% of all stops and 37% of all searches from july 2020 through june 2021. research shows it has little impact on the crime, significant downside a waste of time and resources. stops are banned in other jurisdictions such as berkeley, los angeles, philadelphia and virginia. if you are serious about

transforming the relationship with police we have to take on americans most common interaction with law enforcement pretext stops. we would like to work with you. together we can stop in san francisco and address the disparity in traffic enforcement that can lead to people of color losing that are lives. thank you. >> good evening, you have two minutes. >> hello, this is jennifer wagner, league of women voters. we sent an e-mail requesting to speak with commissioner yee and burn. we have not heard back. we have receive no response. i am calling to ask you to please check your e-mail. i have given you my contact information. we would like to speak with you. we are one of the members of the coalition to end bias stops and strong supporters of their

efforts. thank you. >> thank you, caller. >> may we make it clear speaking for myself and another believe commissioner yee we have indicated we would like to meet with the league of women voters. in late november or early november. do you have anything to say? >> no, our coordinator sergeant stacy will do the arrangement there, commissioner burns. >> okay. thank you. >> i am the executive director

of walk san francisco. we are working to make the streets safe. we are a member of the new coalition to end bias stops. this is the lead nonprofit organization in supporting vision zero ending traffic related fatalities and injuries by 2024. there were 30 traffic deaths in to 20 despite lower traffic due to the pandemic. this should put us on high alert. it was higher than our numbers in 2019. we receive the five year severe injury report last week and year after year over 500 people are severely injured in crashes. last week we mourned the 12 pedestrian killed. 30 year-old school teach you are outside of the school because a driver ran a red light. in san francisco speeding is number one cause of traffic related deaths and injuries. 2019, 40% of traffic related deaths were from drivers not yielding in the crosswalk. who is hit and killed by the

dangerous behaviors? old der adults and people of color. the coalition to end bias stops is a diverse group of coalition that come together to end low level traffic stops in san francisco. walk san francisco joined this coalition because we believe san francisco police should be focused on safety. i urge you to end pretext stops in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you, caller. good evening. you have two minutes, caller. >> i volunteer with disparities in the black community. this is a quote from our founder. there is an urgency to address black fridays scans. it is anti-blackness with the use of force and racial profiling of black san

franciscans. [indiscernable] where is the urgency? tables were turned there would be a urgency. i agree with michelle obama when she stated. it happens to us. when will you take responsibility to address the harsh bias for the love of all in san francisco. not just the black which is your responsibility. you took an oath to seek for good for all in france. i am tired. not tire to quit tired concerns on deaf ears to look for anti-blackness in the chamber is urgency. therefore we sought help from the attorney general. a black person in san francisco is six times as likely as a white person to be subject to a traffic stop. 62% are for minor matters such as turn small. we recommend the cessation of routine traffic stops by sfpd.

[indiscernable] we have not seen any sense of urgency. [indiscernable] we are meeting with the assistant attorney general to discuss this. thank you. >> thank you, caller. >> good evening caller. you have two minutes. >> hello, commissioners. i am janice lee representing the bicycle coalition. as a member of the coalition i want to voice my support today for ending low level traffic stops. we are in solidarity with glide, league of women voters and northern california and

committee on civil rights calling for end of california vehicle code violations. why is the san francisco guy south carolina coalition -- why is the san francisco coalition involved? we historically supported vision zero commitment to ending all traffic fatalities by 2024. you heard from walk sf. it is an epidemic in san francisco. people are hit and killed at twice the rate that people are shot and killed due to guns. 2020 there were 30 traffic fatalities and 15 gun related homicides. there is a resolution offered many years ago. you get quarterly reports like today. you know there are five very specific driver behaviors that lead to the most serious and fatal car crashes on the streets. sfpd focus on five direct officers to focus five specific

violations that are dangerous. first. speeding. second failing to yield to ped defense. [indiscernable] you can see that none of these five behaviors are included as the pretext traffic stop we want to end. data shows they are not making streets safer for those who bike, walk or drive. it shows pretext stops are a waste of resources. >> thank you, caller. >> you have two minutes. >> i am. [indiscernable] the senior government relations coordinator and board member for secure justice and support life foundation. i am speaking as a member of the coalition to end bias stops to

ask the commission to be in favor of ending pretext stops. as you have heard today it is not at all helpful. it is more dangerous for the community and also it affects folks black and brown. you heard multiple statistics 11 out of everyone thousand blacks may be searched as compared to one out of every 1,000 san francisco whites. you have those who are black nine times for likely to use of force come paverred to white. we have seen time and time again excessive use of force by law enforcement of those who are black or people of color as opposed to those who are white. by ending pretext stops, we hope to end up less senning these

numbers that are out of control. i urge the police commission to take this up, consider it, and to support ending the pretext stops. thank you so much. >> thank you, caller. good evening caller, you have two minutes. >> good evening. this is miss brown calling for my son and representing the circle for the support group of mothers and fathers who lost children to homicide. i come to the police commission and everyone stands up. when i was in school we would say i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of checker and to the republic for which it stands justice for all. i say that because i have been saying that since i was a little girl in school. i have a son here who was

murdered with no justice. as i said before. my son was a little boy with blonde hair and blue eyes i wouldn't go through this. every wednesday i get on here my heart pounds what i am going to say. i am going to say the same thing every time i come on here. this is my child and i miss him so. we talk about justice. justice delayed is justice denied. my son has been denied justice. i am still seeking it. thanksgiving is coming up. christmas is coming up. new year's is coming up. another year with no justice. that is why i don't pledge allegiance to the flag. i don't have any justice for my child. i need this to happen. i am in district 5 where me son

was gunned down saving someone else's life. i walk out of my house where i have to see where he laid with people walking around shooting in front of schools. what do we do? how do we solve these crimes. solve unsolved homicides for mothers like myself? i need this to happen. >> thank you, ms. brown. if you have any information call the tip line apartment (415)575-4444. >> good evening caller. you have two minutes. >> i am a member of the coalition to end bias stops. the civil rights of the san francisco bay area. here to support the letter sent to commissioners to end pretext stops.

at our legal clinic we have seen dozens stopped by police for tinted windows or expired registration and were harmed and abused by police. that led to long lasting physical and psychological injuries and incarceration. they are tools of the police to incarcerate those of color and black communities and it must end. jaywalking which we attempted to end the criminalizing on the statewide level led to murders of two black californiaians the 2020 and 2018. police officers are five times more likely to stop a black person and black person. they are dangerous and deadly. we support ending the traffic stops to make all in san francisco safer. we hope to implement our

recommendations in the letter sent to the commission. thanks so much. >> thank you, caller. >> good evening, caller, you have two minutes. >> good evening, commissioners. chief scott. i am a member of the coalition to end bias stops. i like the callers before me urge the commission to push to end the stops by engaging in a real dialogue. we are at a critical juncture. we need to disrupt the pipeline to prison for black and brown men. traffic stops are a good place to start. they can lead to violence. i look forward to working with the commission on this and the commission taking action. thank you. >> thank you, caller. vice president, that is the end

of public comment. >> thank you, sergeant. please call the next matter. concept calendar. safe streets for all quarterly report, third quarter. sfpd monthly report. d.p.a. report. if you would like to discuss any item please advice vice president tonight you would like to place them on the future agenda. there will be no discussion or presentation on these items. >> would anyone like to agendize any matters consent calendar? i will take a motion. >> move to accept or adopt. >> second? >> i will second. >> thank you. sergeant.

>> on the motion to accept. commissioner -- public comment. >> if you would like to comment on concept item 2, press star 3 now. we have no public comment. i will continue with the vote. >> commissioner yee. >> yes. >> commissioner burns. >> yes. >> vice president elias. >> yes. >> four questions. >> thank you. next item. >> 3. chief's report. discussion. weekly crime trends. provide overview of offenses occurring in san francisco. make or significant incidents. a brief overview of events in san francisco having an impact on public lake safety. commission discussion on unplanned events and activities

will be limited to determining whether to calder for a future commission meeting. >> thank you. good evening, vice president elias, executive director and members of the public. i will start this week's chief's report with the crime trends for the week. we have violent crime starting off. we are 47 homicides year-to-date. 9% increase from 43 this time last year. 16% reduction in sexual assaults or rape. 169. robberies 5% reduction. 1964 compared to 2066. >> assaults up 9%. 2067 compared to 1902 year-to-date. human trafficking up 36%. 30 for the year compared to 22

year-to-date. i want to take this opportunity to encourage members of the public to report crimes when they happen. we know that not all crime is reported. our committee engages in the meetings with the members of the communities often times the statistics don't tell the story. we need to have crime reported. we understand where to put our resources. also, it gives us an idea of the challenges in the city. fuller picture. please report if you are a victim of crime. property crimes we are down 2%. burglary are trending in if right direction. fewer crimes than in the first half of the year percentage wise. 6289 compared to 6437 year-to-date. north vehicle thefts even.

516 3com paired to 5186 this time last year. arson up 8%. 291 compared to 270. larceny overall up 13%. 25506 compared to 22489. total prompt crimes 37249 compared to 34382. that is 8% increase. overall crime 8% increase. property crimes i just reported apshared with you. auto burglaries a challenge in the city. we are putting in some of the strategies we have seen some success with. up 32% year-to-date compared to last year. we look at 2019 down 23%. compared to 2018 down 25%.

we have seen at least this week a trend in the central area. we saw downward trend. central area is one of our areas where we had a significant entries. central district fisherman's wharf is a high tourist area. a lot of what is happening with auto break-ins. we will tip with our extra patrols in the central area. fisherman's wharf, motor beach, embarcadero and southern part as well. firearm related crimes we are 51% -- sorry 15% change in the wrong direction. up 15% from last year. 288 aggravated assaults compared to 250.

2019 and 2018, there are 66% increase from 2019, 51% in 2018. terms of other aggravated assaults including bodily aggravated assaults, hand, feet up 20% 598 compared to 599. >> 23% decrease in 2019. 25% decrease in 2018. aggravated assaults involving knives or cutting instruments down 11%. 251 compared to 283 last year. 3% decrease from 2019, 14% decrease from 2018. we are up 7%. 930 compared to 870. 10% decrease from 2019 and 13%

decrease in 2018. the trends on gun violence. 157 gun related incidents nonfatal this year compared to 115 this time last year. 37% increase. total homicide related firearm related homicides is 36 compared to 27 this year. 33% increase. total overall gun violence be fatal plus nonfatal 19 3com paired to 143, 36% increase. individual stations shootings tenderloin largest 39 compared to 22. followed by mission 28 compared to 16. northern 11 compared to 6. bayview 50 compared to 46. central down in shooting.

two compared to three last year. park station up two. three compared to one last year. richmond had one last year no shooting i think department this year. inc. el side down 3. 17 this year compared to 20 last year. 4 compared to two last year. homicides by district. tenderloin has nine. bayview 12. northern seven. inc.ker side 8. southern five. largest decrease 8 last year. bayview 12 compared to 11. tenderloin nine compared to 10 last year. central zero compared to four. southern five compared to two last year. increase in southern. our gun seizures. we still remain steady at 1%

increase in guns taken off the streets. 888 compared to 877 this time last year. 169 compared to 127. we have seen a pretty steady increase in ghost guns from year to year 2018 to 2021. major incidents to report. i talked about this last week. there was end a whole lot to report on this one. homicide incident on october 23rd. our victim was pronounced this past week. they occurred at buchanan in the northern district on october 23 at 9:11 p.m. the officers responded to the

vehicle collision. driver was found in the driver's seat comped with blood. he had been shot and was transported to the hospital. he was pronounced from that particular shooting. we don't have a lot of leads. we need public help. if you know anything about this incident call us. we had another homicide during this reporting period to report. it occurred yesterday. this one was at third at lasalle. 19 year-old male who would have been celebrating a birthday today. suggestion stained a gunshot wound during a car to car shooting between the victim vehicle and another vehicle. the victim died at the hospital. we have some significant leads we are following on this particular case. i will report back as that

investigation develops. we hope to resolve with an arrest with evidence to give the district tore for prosecution in the case. two other shootings to report for this week. one was in bayview at bonneville. this was on november 13 at 10:45 p.m. 22 year-old male shot in the foot. we were unable to locate where the shooting actually occurred. that is pending further investigation. at 12:15 a.m. on november 14th in the engle side district. the 29 year old male was walking in the air when the suspect approached and shot unknown amount of times at the victim.

the individual suspect run away omission towards cesar chavez. no calls were received. the victim was self-transported to the hospital. is expected to survive injuries. that is also under investigation. we need help on that one as well including if you know of or heard of a shooting 3200 block of mission call (415)575-4444 if you can shed light on this. other incidents to report. vandalism islamic center. this event occurred when a person witnessed a subject walking with a beer bottle in his hand, appeared to be a beer

bottle. as the person approached the subject broke the window of the center. no people inside at the time. no one was near the window. no one was injured. deputy chief and acting deputy chief and the investigations borough has reached out to the community. there were no injuries. it is vandalizing a religious facility is a great concern to us and the community. we don't have evidence to prove this was based on prejudice or hate. we are looking into that possibility as well. also, a 71-year-old woman was in the area of filmore and mcallister on november 14th. this is broad daylight when a subject stole her purse by force. during the struggle the woman

was pushed to the ground and hit her head. she was transported to the hospital. she is expected to survive. again, this is the worst of the worst. somebody that would rob a member of our elderly community and hut putthem on the ground and take their purse. if you have information our investigators are looking for video to get evidence to bring this person to act for this crime. last incident robbery with a gun on november 14th at 10:25 a.m. 700 block of steiner. blood daylight. victim was 30 years old approached three suspects as they broke into his vehicle. one of the subject pointed gun at the victim and took the

victim's backpack and left the scene. there was $6,000 in property taken from the victim. no arrests at this time. we hope to locate the evidence to bring these folks to justice as well. we have seen more of these incidents resulting in violent encounters. this is something to get a handle be on. getting to our strategies on that. central district is focused on these types of auto thefts, break ins, particularly as i mentioned earlier in the fisherman's wharf, union square and chinatown. there will continue through december. we are ramping up a park smart education campaign. we are going to the holidays. a lot of people will be shopping. we want peep to have good experiences -- people to have good experiences when shopping in the city.

you will see more flyers on parking meters, community engagement and promoting people to not leave property in the vehicle. our ambassadors are being assigned to the fisherman's wharf, chinatown, market streets, embarcadero, ferry building, along the muni lines in those locations as well. commission approved the department ambassadors last year. we have 23 ambassadors working. we started with eight. we are up to 23. retired sfpd members who go out to become the eyes and ears and work with on duty officers to report what they see and call us when we are needed to prevents things from happening. northern is focusing on the auto break-ins and burglaries in the

northern commercial corridors. additional deploy man in japan town, palace of fine arts. there is a rise on robberies and increased complaints of traffic concerns in the northern district. we are employing a unit to abate robberies. we will have ongoing traffic enforcement needs measured against the northern district including japan town areas. park district is focusing on car break is with both on duty and increasing deployment with tourism that we talked about. we had extra patrols. including the golden gate park area where we have seen up and down with car break ins.

folks in the commercial corridor to mitigate cars being broken into. we will keep those going. as traffic related incidents this past week. we had a fatal incident that occurred on november 10 at 7:55 a.m. at franklin and union in the northern district. our our officers responds and located the victim on the ground. life saving was unsuccessful. he worked at a local school. very sad when anybody loses their life. definitely huge impact to that school and the community at-large.

>> community events. kaiser locations in the city. this is going on through tomorrow. we are monitoring that. the warriors are in town versus the 76ers on the 24th. the trailblazers on the 26th. we will be at that event. gabriel performing at chase center 27th of this month at 8:00 p.m. golden gate park has hey number of event -- has a number of events including concert series tonight. orchestra on the 20th. sunday performance on the 21st. turkey trot on the 25th. the last thing to report we are monitoring the trials going on in georgia and wisconsin.

the ritten house trial in wisconsin and the trial of the defendants on the aubrey case in georgia. one case has gone to the jury and the other case is in the process. we are monitoring that. don't have any information that they will impact our city. we will keep monitoring to see how those events play out. that is my report. thank you. >> thank you, chief. a few questions. did you say that the decrease in autoburgs in the high tourists areas by the wharf were due to extra patrols? >> we think that is part of it. what we have seen, commissioner, and some is displaced. we arevis sable and patrol we see the auto burglaries go down.

we are trying to arrest people there. we have made arrests on these individuals. when we see additional patrols typically it goes down and up in other areas. we keep an eye on displacement. we do think it is effective during some of that activity where we are patrolling. >> you mentioned increase in ghost guns. is the department working with the district attorney and his litigation against the ghost gun manufacturers? >> we have not had any movement on that. i think the legislation just happened. i don't know if it has passed yet. ghost guns and we have a gun related incident. if it is privately manufactured ghost gun or fire alarm, there are loopholes in the law for

ghost guns that i hope will be shored up. i think some of them have. going after the manufacturers. we have to take the guns back to the manufacturers. we have not had a lot of that yet. hopefully we will have success. we had one or two cases that turned out to be federal cases. we are willing to work with the district attorney and do everything to impact the manufacturers to tie the guns back to the manufacturer. this is really what is happening in our state. this is an issue that goes beyond california. we do a better job than some jurisdictions outside of california in reporting the recovery of ghost guns. we have to go after the manufacturer. we appreciate the district attorney's efforts along with the federal partners to address this issue. >> that is great. thank you, chief.

fellow commissioners, questions? >> thank you, vice president. good evening chief. >> good evening. the callers on the ending racially bias low level traffic stops had reached out to president and vice president. have they reached out to you or your office as well? >> no. definitely i would love for us to work with whoever is in those groups. we are in the process of our traffic stop policies that will come to the commission when we get a policy done.

>> i have been working with them. i believe they are going to reach out to you at some points. it would be great if they could get a meeting to express a little bit more in detail what they were talking about this evening. it is something happening at the national level with a number of other major jurisdictions. i think it is important that we look into it and find a way to address this in a way that does maintain the safety for bicycles and pedestrians and everybody else in the city. look out for a letter or e-mail from them. the other thing i want to follow up on what commissioner will elias raised. is there -- we talked about a

unit or units in the auto burglary section. i forget what it is call exactly. basically they go to areas by tourist hotspots or areas where there is indications that may be from past incidents that there is a high probability of them occurring. maybe that is something -- how is that going? you know, what i have been seeing people commenting about it. i was wondering how that is going from the department side? >> it's definitely we have had some good outcomes since we started to do that.

it's not enough. we have seen a sharp rise in these over last year anyway. we have had good outcomes. i will use the term that we say it is. [indiscernable] to understand where these crimes are happening. we see spikes, crews coming in. 10, 15 cars in a short amount of time on a couple blocks. we would like to prevent that. the bottom line when they see officers they will go somewhere else. then we see -- a good example. fine arts we have a lot of break-ins. legion of honor. we put officers there. it went down dramatically.

we saw it at lombar street. it is trying to catch them in progress. it is humbling work. we do see when we put officers there we can at least impact an area. the issue is we can't put officers on every possible where these could occur. >> is there anything -- i know your staff by going to where people are selling the items. what about with the back in way to investigate this or all a matter of getting lucky, being in the right place at the right time and getting a tip? is there another way to address this? >> that is a great question. thanks for asking.

we are involved in several investigations of that nature. we have had some success on investigations in the past where we have gotten search warrants to prove to the courts and conducted them offensing operations, and we recovered laptops and those items taken from car burglaries in quite a few of them. there is that side of the work happening as well. we have a team of investigators doing that. district attorney's office is working with us doing some of their own of that type of work. dia and we are working together to make sure we are coordinated to attack this issue. >> it is ongoing and things, the

tough issues. i don't think it is fair to beat up on the department when it is so hard to investigate if it happens. all you have is a pile of broken glass and in the right place at the right time. reporting on the square miles. i thought i would check in. thank you, chief. >> thank you. >> commissioner yee. >> thank you, madam vice president. chief, i am trying to get a holed of the data for car break-ins to get it from sergeant stacy. i would like to look into on the car rental cars that are coming without of state license plates,

that is not with the department of consumers affairs. maybe the rental cars be held accountable for out of state vehicles to consumers to be harder to id the perpetrators that break into cars a tend to target out of state vehicles. knowing they are out of state. two, they are probably visiting with luggage and items inside the vehicles. a lot of times that can be an additional car break in step. our visitors and resident in the city are subject to it. maybe we can cut that down. i was going to see if we can get that data out on the car

break-ins from out of state license plates. i will probably circle back with stacy on that. number two, thank you, chief, for the opportunity to meet with commissioner jim burns and myself on the tenderloin issues. i know you have been working hard on it. commissioner jim burns is pushing it. there is changes that i see. i drive through there not every day but when i do go by downtown, i usually make it a point to swing around there. i don't know that there are dramatic changes. there are changes on hyde and turk and golden gate. that is right in there. a step in the right direction. more importantly, close to my

heart is the pedestrian fatality on union and franklin street. that is my kids route. [please stand by]

>> we kick off the traffic safety and pedestrian safety event and we have the director superintendent school officials. last year we didn't do it because the schools are closed. this year, we didn't do it and i don't know why. it's really important not only the patrols and our officers and the schools and the crossing guards are at risk to their health.

we do still patrol around schools, do traffic operations around schools. and those traffic messages are important. paying attention to signs and that kind of thing. i meet with the superintendent on a pretty regular basis. it's not too late and it's never too late and so i'll keep you posted the next time i meet with the superintendent. we'll revisit that because it's never too late to put that type of messaging out there. >> thank you very much, chief.

>> vice president elias: thank you, commissioner yee. commissioner byrne, did you have anything to add? >> commissioner byrne: no. >> vice president elias: can we take public comment. >> clerk: yes, ma'am. if you'd like to make public comment, please press star three now. vice president elias, we have no public comment. >> vice president elias: thank you. director henderson. actually. sergeant, can you call the next line and we can hear from director henderson. >> clerk: line item four, dpa director's report. discussion. commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the issues raised for future meetings. >> director: good evening. i have a brief report this

evening. we have currently 684 cases that have been opened so far this year. at this time last year, we had 702. we've closed 776 cases this year. this time last year, we closed 782. we have currently pending 267 open cases. we have sustained 41 cases so far this year. that's a small uptake from last year when we sustained 38 cases. and we have 21 cases through investigations are taking longer than nine months so far which is down from 33 which is where we were this time last year. of those 21 cases that have taken longer than nine months, 18 of the cases are cold cases. we mediated 36 cases so far

this year which is uptick from last year at this time. since the last time we met, we have received six new cases with a total of seven different allegations. 29 of the allegations are for officers behaving or speaking in a manner unbecoming of an officer. 14% of the allegations are split evenly amongst officers preparing an incomplete or inaccurate citation and 14% for alleging that officers were discourteous relating to ethnicity or race. the issues relating to ethnicity or race. the commissioners asked me to

highlight this and articulate that in the weekly breakdown of the cases that came in. in the cases, it involved various issues. one would call for a traffic citation and another one when an officer was encountered and asked to provide information to a complainant. one of the cases came from northern station. one of the cases came from the airport and one case came from mission. three of the cases have not -- we have not determined from the investigation which precinct took place yet. in terms of the audit, i have nothing new beyond the breakdown that i gave last week, but as i indicated, the letter and the outline of the audit was sent to the department and that did take

place this week and foreshadowed that last week. in terms of outreach, on the 15th, dpa hosted a long justice reform international presentation that involved interns as well and several california universities and law schools were invited to come. we're really committed to trying to keep our internship program up and running specifically while folks and students are transitioning back into school. for today's agenda, we have no cases that are on the closed session involving dpa and the senior investigated tonight on the call in case an issue comes up is chris chisnell. the contact information if people want to contact dpa directly. the phone number is 241-7741.

and i will note, we have nothing else on today's agenda, but there is information that is contained on the calendar involving more of our records and more of our reports. and susan gray is here from my office in case there are questions related to any of that information. i believe that that concludes my report, but i may have a followup later. >> vice president elias: thank you, director henderson. a couple of questions for you. of you said that 14% of the complaints you received were failure to take required action. what does that mean exactly? is that failure to investigate? failure of an officer to take a police report? >> director: it could be any or both of those things. i try not to get too very specific especially because when i speak at this weekly thing, these are just the allegations, so i try to take

not a 5,000' level but just a general category without being too specific. also because and i hesitate to drill down too deeply because this is at the stage where they're still allegations and so, i do a little more investigation and you'll get more of the details in the monthly, quarterly, and annual report from all of these things. this is just to give you a direction and what kind of complaints based on what the public is saying. >> vice president elias: is there a certain particular area that these are coming? are you seeing any trends or patterns in terms of they're coming out of certain district station or is that too -- >> director: not really. at this macro level where i'm doing it weekly like this, it's kind of just all over. so you'll get some of that analysis in the monthly reports. you'll get more of it in the quarterly reports and then you get a really thorough analysis in the annual reports where it's all broken down and

highlighted and you can look precinct to precinct to see where the majority are going. but it's hard for me to gage it week to week other than wow something happened this week. typically, when i notice something like that, it's people involved in the same incident. three people were in the car and they all called and it looks like there's a certain spike in the precinct, but it's more reflective of that. i'd rather give information week to week. >> vice president elias: fair enough. i appreciate that. the other thing i'm going to ask you to do is the next meeting or the meeting after before the end of the year, if you can update us on dpa's plan of action with respect to the new law and the expansion of 1421? i'm working with the department on updating the policies and procedures, but i think it's important just to give the public an idea of what dpa plans to do in terms of when the new law takes effect in

january. >> director: i'd love to and i actually have stuff i can talk about. the other thing that i was just going to say in terms of these allegations, one of the ways that you can look at them and correlate them is maybe to look at what internal affairs cases are and so if there's a context. if it feels kind of like an asilo. because if you're able to examine the correlation, you're able to see trends just from the cases and some of the cases translating into the case that is are going into internal affairs because we still don't really have a good tracking mechanism to know what these numbers are as they're building. >> vice president elias: right. thank you, director henderson. i'm going to turn it over to my fellow commissioners. i see commissioner yee. >> commissioner yee: first of all, i want to thank director henderson for inviting me over

to his office at dpa and it was great to go down there and meet the staff and see how the operations happen. my question probably will be going forward and knowing that there will be a sheriff oversight that you'll be working on. i'm just wondering what impact it will have on us here and the police department. so i know he's got everything. he's always got it. he's always sort of one step ahead of me. three steps ahead of me and one step ahead of cindy. >> director: i think it's premature to talk about it. we should schedule it sooner than later.

every commissioner is invited to come down at any time and just so we're clear, we just had a brief presentation about some of the pillars with folks in the dpa and folks from the

audit department, and the chief of investigation giving an overview of how the day-to day cases work and the kind of work that we do in correlation to where we do the way it works thank you so much for raising that issue and maybe we can schedule the -- i'll let you guys when there's something to be said about sheriffs. thank you very much. and thanks for coming down. my staff was happy to see you down there and be able to share with you what was going on.

>> vice president elias: yeah. i haven't been able to see the new digs. >> director: yeah. it's really fancy and government at it the finest. >> vice president elias: okay. commissioner byrne, commissioner hamasaki, anything? public comment. >> clerk: if you'd like to make public comment, please press star three now. and, vice president elias, we have no public comment. >> vice president elias: great. next item, please. >> clerk: line item five, commission reports will be limited to a brief discussion of announcements. to determine whether to calendar any of the future issues raised in a future

meeting action. >> vice president elias: thank you. nothing major for me to report this week. we will be getting a new commissioner. he was confirmed by the board yesterday. max carter-oberstone. he will be joining us at our next meeting and we look forward to welcoming him to our family. we'll start with commissioner yee. i know you've been really busy. anything else to report. >> commissioner yee: thank you, vice president elias. i have nothing else to report. >> vice president elias: thank you. commissioner hamasaki. >> commissioner hamasaki: no ma'am. >> vice president elias: okay. all right. you're up commissioner byrne. >> commissioner byrne: just to reiterate what commissioner yee

said, we had a meeting last friday with staff that was very informative. other people that commented online, commented on changes as commissioner yee did. there's still lots of work to be done there, but it's nice to see things getting better. i look forward to swearing in the commissioner this friday at city hall and i hope i'm able to attend and see some of my fellow commissioners. >> vice president elias: thank you. one thing i did want to mention, i received a letter from glide regarding pretext stops. if you could resend the letter. >> i believe that commissioner

hamasaki was working on these. >> commissioner hamasaki: yeah. i think the letter was supposed to be on behalf of the coalition, but i'm not certain. i haven't seen it, but i can check in with them and connect with you and figure out the best way to move this forward. okay. can we take public comment, sergeant. >> clerk: for members of the public regarding line item five, commission reports, please press star three now. vice president elias, we have no public comment. >> vice president elias: great. thank you. next item, please. >> clerk: line item six. presentation of the early intervention system 2nd quarter 2021 report.

discussion. >> vice president elias: all right. who do we have up? >> we have commissioner paul yett. >> vice president elias: commander, congratulations. >> thank you very much. i'll get started. good evening commissioners and vice president elias, police commissioners. good evening, director henderson and chief scott. i'm with the risk management office and i'm here today to present to you our early intervention system, the summary for the second quarter of 2021. thank you, sergeant youngblood. we have a presentation on our screen. let's start with the early intervention system. i'm going to refer to that as

'eis' going forward. but the san francisco police department preevengs system of individual sfpd members. the intent of the system is to provide nondisciplinary measures to provide the highest level of satisfaction to the public. this is a very comprehensive report. i will be focusing on the highlights. next slide, please. i'd like to give full credit for this report to the team at our legal divisions. this is one of the many projects they've worked on and we have two preventional staff. thank you for putting this presentation together.

okay. what is the early intervention system. we'll get into the details further in this presentation. it provides officers with resources and tools. what the early intervention is not, it's not about warning supervisors or officers. rather it's a way to help officers before they experience adverse events. let's talk about an e.i.s. alert. we'll get into those in a predefining time period. and that's reviewed alerts are

reviewed. the validated alerts are. every other month for review. all right. let's talk about the intervention. let me go ahead and describe what those are. so use of force, department of public accountability complaints, officer-involved shootings, officer-involved discharges. e.e.o. complaints, internal division affairs complaints and vehicle pursuits. so if an e.i.s. is triggered, if an alert is triggered by these indicators, then we will dig deeper and look at associated factors and those associated factors are citizen compliments. there are 14 of them. citizen citations by officers, the training spops. discretionary time off.

so looking at their line of work. criminal cases dismissed. department of works and negative attributes. reports by the officer. charges of assault on an officer and charges of resisting an officer. so quite a comprehensive list. let's go ahead and talk about what those thresholds are. it just takes one officer involved shooting or one officer involved discharge. three or more use of force incidents in a three-month period. three or more dpa complaints in a 6-month period. four or more dpa complaints in

a 12-month period and any six or more indicators in a 12-month period. so there are several thresholds that can be met to trigger an e.i.s. alert. let's talk a little bit about trends. so we have a lot of data to cover. we're in quarter two and the indicators are that there's a 25% decrease in total number of indicator points from year to year. so we went from 485 in quarter two in 2020. there's a decrease of 60% from quarter two. there is a decrease of 30% of total number of uses of force indicators covering the same time periods and then there is

a decrease of 31% of dpa cases of comparison to 2020. so if we want this to trend, we want it to trend down and the numbers support that. the total is broken down by what is triggering the alerts. officer involved discharge will trigger the alert. 27 alerts were triggered by use of force. eight by a combination of factors. 0 with four or more dpa complaints. 0 is a good number.

so by far the largest portion. the team really outdid themselves. there's a lot of data to go over. by far, it's specifically one alert and that's 34 members. five members triggered two alerts. we also break down the alerts by our you know what's triggering these alerts.

mission station has ten alerts and i'll go to the screen. northern richmond has one alert in quarter two of 2020. not only the patrol force, but specialized units. two of those units had triggered alerts and one each is investigative detail and our tactical detail which is part of our special operations. so what happens to these alerts that are triggered. i was recently the captain of the northern station and i've read as a station captain many of these alerts and reviewed them and i really think they're a great tool for patrol.

as i said, a lot of data to present to you. so this is a breakdown by station and by the actual

indicators. as i said this is classified by indicator points in this chart, central station in 2021. we'll just go to the other bart station which has twelve indicator points. the bar chart on top is just the bar chart with the same data. the bar graph on the lower portion of this chart i'm sorry is the count, so it's comparing year to year. and if you draw a trend line through that graph, you would see it's also trending down which is a good trend down. calls for service data by station for the last twelve months. so we are looking at the percentage of stations, the

percentage of alerts, the indicator points and the percentage of all calls for service for the stations in san francisco. as you see, mission station, tenderloin station, the central station, northern station, many calls for service and we're just looking at if the correlations if any with alerts. so we also look at that too. not only calls for service, but part one. violent crimes for the last four months. also, broken down by station alerts and indicator points and in this particular chart, 680 are part one violent crimes. 68 alerts and a total 341. all right. let's talk about interventions.

so an outcome that could come from an alert as an intervention or two there are no open interventions. no new interventions. one intervention was completed and closed and 0 interventions that remain open. and what that means is if, you know, if we reviewed this report, we might as a supervisor put the officer on what we call an intervention. what that means is we'll provide them with resources and training, education, mentorship, whatever it takes in our power to take any sign of corrective steps. not only is there an e.i.s. report, but outside of e.i.s., we have engagements with officers. this is not the only tool that we use. we use many tools for performance improvements. that will include formal counseling. in the same quarter, there's 55

informal counseling sessions and three officers were put on performance improvement plans by their supervisors. that concludes my presentation to you. this was compiled by sergeant naval who is also on this call and we are both available for questions. >> vice president elias: thank you, commander. i'm going to ask a few questions and then turn it over to my fellow commissioners. on page six, you indicate the decreases in the e.i.s. reporting data and i'm wondering what you're attributing the decreases to. is it the pandemic or something else? >> yeah. i think it's many factors. we're in a time where we've just went through a pandemic. so, you know, that's always going to be a factor in pretty much everything we do. i also think there's a lot of good leadership going on at the stations. where we are looking out for officers outside of e.i.s. and we are doing more training and

more counseling and we don't need an e.i.s. to tell us to do that. so i'm going to just credit our department and the people in our department for the work they did and then additionally, you know all the officers know about the e.i.s. system too and, you know, they take note of that and they know what indicators are. they're very mindful of these types of, you know, whether it's a complaint or any of the indicators and they're mindful of their actions that they take every day. >> vice president elias: well, that's good to hear. the other question i had is on pages 24, 33 of the bigger report. it indicates that the airport bureau is up by 71.4% and that the tax force went from 0 to 6. what is that attributed to? >> i really can't speak to the

airport. i'd really have to look into a deeper dive of that data in order to give you a good answer. i can tell you from being on patrol that the gang task force because of a lot of violence i know the chief has talked about in these meetings that they have been very active and proactive in a patrol function in high-risk situations where they want to take high-risk suspects into custody. so that is my anecdotal answer to you. i did not research that and i don't have the exact data to speak to it. >> vice president elias: okay. my final question is aren't we moving to a more databased or data driven type of system rather than what we currently have and when can we expect that? >> absolutely. so i was informed as i took my post for my new assignment and

this was the lieutenant who came into my office and said i need to tell you about benchmarks and benchmarks is a system that we want to move to. i have scheduled a meeting next week with our i.t. division and we are going to talk about the nuts and bolts of how -- what's it going to take to go from a.i.m. to benchmark. and i envision future working groups to discuss how this is going to happen and do it in a very strategic way. so it is moving forward. i don't have a time frame for you, but i will tell you that it is very high on my priority list and i know a lot of folks already have been doing it on the back end and i want to carry that through. >> vice president elias: i'm really happy. go ahead, chief. >> i was just going to say if i could add to it. of the process, some of the things that have to be done. now that we are doing business

with benchmark which is great because we've been waiting on this a long time to get a vendor in. the transfer of data, those types of things, we still have to work out some of that. we're in the process of doing that. there's also -- we want to make sure where it's also about a system that really works for, you know, for us, for the commission, for the public. and we had some visions as to what that is if there is some details that have to be worked out. so the good thing is that we're on our way and as commander's transition, you'll be part of these meetings and we'll definitely, if you want to have a commissioner be apart of these discussions, that would be great as well. but what the commission i know we've had many discussions on what the commission would like to see what some of the answers you want to get. so it would be great to have that apart of how we architect this system that we're trying

to develop. >> vice president elias: yeah. i think -- yeah. definitely. i'm excited about benchmark. i've heard great things and i think that the new system is going to give us a more accurate picture of what's going on and allow the department to track things that really do need to be tracked. the other thing is i'm hoping that obviously, i know commissioner dejesus was happy about fixing the flaws. i know she'll be happy to hear that benchmark is being brought in. ful i do think commissioners should be involved as well as dpa in this process. we will circle back with you to get someone assigned and get that ball rolling. but great job, commander. congratulations on the promotion. fellow commissioners? commissioner byrne. >> commissioner byrne: who came up with the indicators?

>> thanks for the question, commissioner. so i know that the e.i.s. system is not a new system. so it's been in play. i don't know the exact amount of years, but i want to say roughly something like ten years. go ahead. >> commissioner byrne: go on. i'm sorry. >> yeah. so these are -- those indicators were chosen at that time and i wasn't part of the group that chose them, but i can speak to my experience in this department and i can say those are very valid indicators. but to commissioner elias's point, that was ten years ago and we're going to have a discussion about other indicators and things we might be missing and things we might change to improve on the system. >> commissioner byrne: is there any way when officers subsequently, you know, are

getting to i'll just say pop warner, that these indicators were present prior to them getting into the hot water? in other words, a correlation this officer is in trouble, we're going to terminate him? is there a correlation between that and these indicators as a predictor of future problems. >> sure. i think we would need to do an analysis to really give you the direct answer to your question. then i can speak and say that

the indicators that were chosen are chosen for a reason and that's because they are expected. if you have multiple uses of force, that is something that we need to intervene. that's a reason to intervene and to have a discussion on what's going on and take a deep dive into each case. they're very well and i would need to get back to you to see what the data says. >> commissioner byrne: and, finally, as you brought up. most of the people that are indicators are related to use of force if i understood the statistics. >> i'm sorry, commissioner. i couldn't quite hear the question. >> commissioner byrne: okay. it won't be the first time. when i looked at the data, it appeared to me most of the people that ended up in this e.i.s. system related to use of force as opposed to some of the other indicators. if i understand the statistics. >> use of force was the top

indicator. >> commissioner byrne: okay. and i understand because there's a use of force and there's a concern of there being an over use of force hence the deep dives. thank you, commander. >> thank you, commissioner. >> vice president elias: commissioner byrne i would encourage you to speak to our every so talented sergeant youngblood and i'm sure he can give you the historical knowledge that you're speaking on this program. >> commissioner byrne: you know, just a cross b and does b cross c? and that appears to be the tenate of the thing is and some of it makes sense to me, but it'd be nice if there's a way of tracking the officers that are disciplined as to where

those early indicators there because that would be a way of saying the useful benchmark and future trouble. that's all. that was my only thing. i'm new and i'm trying to understand. >> vice president elias: oh, no. believe me. it's very confusing. it took me awhile to get it. any other commissioners? commissioner yee? commissioner hamasaki? no. okay. sergeant youngblood, can we have public comment, please. thank you, commander. >> clerk: for members of the public who would like to make public comment regarding line item six, please press star three now. good evening, caller, you have two minutes. >> caller: good evening,

commissioners. in hopes of hearing the call tonight, i wanted to reiterate the iron wall prohibition which explains if i have done several times previously that the pursuit of specific substances or substances in general tends to cause more potent substances and we as a society are causing our own problems. where we can see this emphasized is with teenagers. so our teenagers consume hard liquor versus european teenagers consume beer and wine. if we want to make a change in our city and i think we do about substances, i hope that we might consider one that has been proven by science to create safer substances in our

city. so by eliminating prohibition. as and that doing so on a regular basis causes more and that is to a more dangerous and more violent situation. thank you very much, commissioners. that is the end of public comment. >> vice president elias: thank you, next item, please.

>> clerk: line item seven, vote on whether to hold item ten in closed session. if you'd like to make public comment, please press star three now. and vice president elias, we have no public comment. >> vice president elias: great. thank you. can i get a motion? i'm sorry, is it the next item, sergeant. >> clerk: yes, ma'am. line item eight. vote on whether to hold closed session 67.10. action. >> commissioner: i'll motion. >> vice president elias: thank you. a second? >> commissioner: second. >> vice president elias: thank you, commissioner yee. >> clerk: on the motion, [roll call] >> do we need comment?

>> comment was before. >> oh, sorry. >> clerk: [roll call] you have four yeses. >> vice president elias: great thank you. >> clerk: all right. i will take us into closed session. >> vice president elias: please do. [closed session]

. >> clerk: item nine held in closed session.

action. >> vice president elias: sorry. can i get a motion. >> commissioner: so moved not to disclose any of the items in closed session. >> vice president elias: second. >> clerk: on the motion not to disclose, [roll call] you have four yeses. >> vice president elias: great. next item. >> clerk: line item 11. adjournment. action item. >> vice president elias: great. all right. i think that's it. i hope you all have a wonderful thanksgiving. >> have a good thanksgiving everybody.

[♪♪♪] >> 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.

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for the state of california i have the privilege of working on special technology projects for the depth of the technology a passion for helping people and a passion for doing work that makes a difference and makes me feel good at night and i think about what i did today and helping every single person in the city as. >> a technology professional a need for more women and more women in leadership roles the diversity and the leadership pipeline is an area that needs a little bit of love. >> a lot of love. >> a whole lost love. >> i'll contribute for the change for women's equality by showing up and demonstrating that the face of success schizophrenia came come in a

variety of corresponds. >> they're a lot of roadblocks for san francisco when it comes to our proposition and finding a play for information that has how to start and grow management so we started to build the san francisco business portal not just consults or the taxpayers and voters they're actually customers we are the government serving the consumers in our neighborhood i point to at least one best that i personally touched with one way or another and makes me feel good about the projects like the business portal and in embarking on this new exciting journey of finding better and efficient ways to deliver services to san franciscans i sit through a lot of senior

management meetings i'm the only woman in the room i know that our c i o is tried to recruit for women and a male dominated environment. >> i've felt unbounded and inspired to pursue a lot of things over time i recognize to be cricked in ways i didn't anticipate you know i've followed the calling but now put me in a position to spend most of my time doing things i love this is the whole point; right? you ought to feel inspired in our work and found opportunities to have you're work put you in service for others and happy doing what you're spending so much time. >> my father was a journalist

lift and my mom a teacher when we finally decided to give up their lives because of me and now i actually get to serve the city and county of san francisco it makes me feel really, really good not this didn't happen overnight i've worked my entire life to get to this point and much more to learn and i have a lot of changes ahead. >> really think about what moves you what you're pat's about and trust that you are sufficient and enough where you are to begin and then is her that you are being tenacious about getting to the next place in the evolution but by all means start with you are and know that's enough

>> in november of 2016, california voters passed proposition 64. the adult use of marijuana act. san franciscans overwhelmingly approved it by nearly 75%. and the law went into effect in january of 2018. [♪♪♪] >> under california's new law, adults age 21 and over can legally possess up to 1 ounce of cannabis and grow up to six plants at home. adults in california can legally give up to 1 ounce to other

adults. >> in the state of california, we passed a law that said adult consumption is legal. if you are an adult and in possession of certain amounts, you will no longer be tried. you will not be arrested or prosecuted for that. that is changing the landscape dramatically. [♪♪♪] >> to legalization of cannabis could bring tremendous economic and social benefits to cities like san francisco. >> this industry is projected to reach $22 billion by the year 2020. and that is just a few years away. >> it can be a huge legal industry in california. i think very shortly, the actual growing of marijuana may become the biggest cash crop in the state and so you want that to be a legal tax paying cash crop, all the way down the line to a sales tax on the retail level.

>> the california medical industry is a 3 billion-dollar industry last year. anticipating that multiplier as 20, 30, 50 times in the consumer marketplace once adult use is really in place, you could go ahead and apply that multiplier to revenue. it will be huge. >> when that underground economy becomes part of the regular tax paying employment economy of the bay area, it not only has a direct impact, that money has a ripple impact through the economy as well. >> it is not just about retail. it is not just about the sensor. is about manufacturing pick a lot of innovative manufacturing is happening here in san francisco in addition to other parts of the state as well as the cultivation. we should be encouraging that. >> there is a vast array of jobs that are going to be available in the newly regulated cannabis industry. you can start at the top tier

which a scientist working in testing labs. scientists working at extraction companies. and you work towards agricultural jobs. you have ones that will require less education and you look towards cannabis retail and see traditional retail jobs and you see general management jobs. those things that are similar to working at a bar restaurant or working at a retail store. >> we are offering, essentially, high paid manufacturing jobs. typical starting wage of 18-$20 an hour, almost no barrier to entry, you do not need an education. >> that means that people who do not have college educations, working-class people, will have an opportunity to have a job at cultivating cannabis plants. there's a whole wide array of job opportunities from the seedling to the sale of the cannabis. [♪♪♪] >> last year, they said 26 million people came to san francisco. >> the tourism industry

continues to be very robust here and the city and county of san francisco is about a billion-dollar industry. >> if we use a conservative cannabis user adoption rate to 15% that means 4 million tourists want that means 4 million tourists want to purchase cannabis. and we need to be ready for them. >> in 2015, as adult use legalization efforts gained momentum in california, the supervisors created the san francisco cannabis state legalization task force. this task force offered to research and advice to the supervisors, the mayor and other city departments. >> we knew that adult use legalization was coming to the ballot and stat that would bring with it a number of decisions that the city would have to make about zoning and regulation and so forth. and i decided at that time, at a know it was a great, that rather than have a fire drill after the ballot measure passes, as

suspected it would, we should plan an event. so i authored a task force to spend a year studying it and we made it a broad-based task force. >> we prepared ourselves by developing a health impact assessment and partnered that with key stakeholder discussions with washington, oregon, colorado, to really learn lessons from their experience rolling out both adult and medicinal cannabis. >> within days of the passing of the proposition, ed lee called on agencies to act decisively. >> he issued an executive order asking the department of public health, along with planning and other city departments to think through an internal working group around what we needed to do to consider writing this law. >> we collectively, i would say that was representatives from g.s.a., as well as the mayor's office, met with a lot of departments to talk through what

prop 64 and the implementation of prop 64 it meant to them. >> the mayor proposed an office of cannabis, a one-stop shop for permits allowing operators to grow and sell cannabis. >> he wanted a smart structure. he wanted a regulatory structure that ensured that kids didn't have access and community's were safe and that consumers were safe. and he wanted to ensure, more importantly, it was a regulatory structure that encouraged diversity and inclusivity. >> this is an office that will be solely charged with a duty of wanting not only the policies that we create, implementing and enforcing them, but also executing the licenses that are needed. we're talking about 20 different licenses that will put us into compliance with what is happening on the state level. >> this is a highly, highly regulated industry now, at this point. we have anywhere from 7-10

departments that will be working with these industry participants as they go through the permitting process. that is a lot of work at a loss of coordination. we are creating a permitting process that is smart and is digital. it is much easier for the user and for community input, and is less mired in bureaucracy. >> for the first time ever in san francisco history, standalone licenses are available for all aspects of the nonretail side of the cannabis industry. now, a cultivator can go in to the department of building inspection and to the department of health and say, with this first registered and temporary license, and then what will eventually be a permanent license, this is the project, this is what i am going to do. >> very rarely in city government do we interact with industries that are asking to be regulated. these guys want to be regulated. they want to be compliant.

they want to work with the city. that is rare. >> san francisco has created a temporary licensing process so that the pre-existing operators here in san francisco can apply for a temporary state licensed. >> we have taken teams of up to 12 inspectors to inspect the facility twice a day. we have been doing that with the department of building inspection and the department of public health. and the fire department. >> it is really important for the industry to know that we are treating them like industry. like manufacturing. like coworkers pick so that is the way we are approaching this from a health and safety and a consumer protection network. this is just the way practice happens with restaurants or manufacturing facilities. >> because there are so many pieces of industry that people haven't even thought about. there are different permits for each piece. you have to set up a permitting

system for growing, for manufacturing, for testing. for delivery. for retail. you have to make sure that there is an appropriate health code. certainly the regulation of alcohol in terms of restaurants and retail it's probably a model for how this industry will be regulated as well, both on sale and consumption. >> it is completely uncharted territory. there is a blessing and a curse with that. it is exciting because we are on a new frontier, but it is very nerve-racking because there's a lot at stake. and quite frankly, being san francisco, being the state of california, people are looking to us. >> we hope that cannabis does become more of an accepted part of society in the same way that alcohol is, the same way coffee is. >> it is a very innovative fear, particularly around manufacturing. san francisco could be an

epicenter. >> san francisco can be a leader here. a global leader in the cannabis movement and set a bar just to other communities and cities and states and this nation how it is done. [♪♪♪] [>> we broke ground in december of last year. we broke ground the day after sandy hook connecticut and had a moment of silence here. it's really

great to see the silence that we experienced then and we've experienced over the years in this playground is now filled with these voices. >> 321, okay. [ applause ] >> the park was kind of bleak. it was scary and over grown. we started to help maclaren park when we found there wasn't any money in the bond for this park maclaren. we spent time for funding. it was expensive to raise money for this and there were a lot of delays. a lot of it was just the mural, the sprinklers and we didn't have any grass. it was that bad. we worked on sprinkler heads and grass and we fixed everything. we

worked hard collecting everything. we had about 400 group members. every a little bit helped and now the park is busy all week. there is people with kids using the park and using strollers and now it's safer by utilizing it. >> maclaren park being the largest second park one of the best kept secrets. what's exciting about this activation in particular is that it's the first of many. it's also representation of our city coming together but not only on the bureaucratic side of things. but also our neighbors, neighbors helped this happen. we are thrilled that today we are seeing the fruition of all that work in this city's open space. >> when we got involved with this park there was a broken

swing set and half of -- for me, one thing i really like to point out to other groups is that when you are competing for funding in a hole on the ground, you need to articulate what you need for your park. i always point as this sight as a model for other communities. >> i hope we continue to work on the other empty pits that are here. there are still a lot of areas that need help at maclaren park. we hope grants and money will be available to continue to improve this park to make it shine. it's a really hidden jewel. a lot of people don't know it's here. >> shop and dine in the 49

promotes local businesses, and challenges residents to do their shopping within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services in our neighborhood, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i am the owner of this restaurant. we have been here in north beach over 100 years. [speaking foreign language] [♪♪♪] [speaking foreign language]

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[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> growing up in san francisco has been way safer than growing up other places we we have that bubble, and it's still that bubble that it's okay to be whatever you want to. you can let your free flag fry -- fly here. as an adult with autism, i'm here to challenge people's idea of what autism is. my journey is not everyone's journey because every autistic child is different, but there's

hope. my background has heavy roots in the bay area. i was born in san diego and adopted out to san francisco when i was about 17 years old. i bounced around a little bit here in high school, but i've always been here in the bay. we are an inclusive preschool, which means that we cater to emp. we don't turn anyone away. we take every child regardless of race, creed, religious or ability. the most common thing i hear in my adult life is oh, you don't seem like you have autism. you seem so normal. yeah. that's 26 years of really, really, really hard work and i think thises that i still do. i was one of the first open adoptions for an lgbt couple. they split up when i was about four. one of them is partnered, and one of them is not, and then my

biological mother, who is also a lesbian. very queer family. growing up in the 90's with a queer family was odd, i had the bubble to protect me, and here, i felt safe. i was bullied relatively infrequently. but i never really felt isolated or alone. i have known for virtually my entire life i was not suspended, but kindly asked to not ever bring it up again in first grade, my desire to have a sex change. the school that i went to really had no idea how to handle one. one of my parents is a little bit gender nonconforming, so they know what it's about, but my parents wanted my life to be safe. when i have all the neurological issues to manage,

that was just one more to add to it. i was a weird kid. i had my core group of, like, very tight, like, three friends. when we look at autism, we characterize it by, like, lack of eye contact, what i do now is when i'm looking away from the camera, it's for my own comfort. faces are confusing. it's a lack of mirror neurons in your brain working properly to allow you to experience empathy, to realize where somebody is coming from, or to realize that body language means that. at its core, autism is a social disorder, it's a neurological disorder that people are born with, and it's a big, big spectrum. it wasn't until i was a teenager that i heard autism in relation to myself, and i rejected it. i was very loud, i took up a lot of space, and it was because mostly taking up space

let everybody else know where i existed in the world. i didn't like to talk to people really, and then, when i did, i overshared. i was very difficult to be around. but the friends that i have are very close. i click with our atypical kiddos than other people do. in experience, i remember when i was five years old and not wanting people to touch me because it hurt. i remember throwing chairs because i could not regulate my own emotions, and it did not mean that i was a bad kid, it meant that i couldn't cope. i grew up in a family of behavioral psychologists, and i got development cal -- developmental psychology from all sides. i recognize that my experience is just a very small picture of that, and not everybody's in a position to have a family

that's as supportive, but there's also a community that's incredible helpful and wonderful and open and there for you in your moments of need. it was like two or three years of conversations before i was like you know what? i'm just going to do this, and i went out and got my prescription for hormones and started transitioning medically, even though i had already been living as a male. i have a two-year-old. the person who i'm now married to is my husband for about two years, and then started gaining weight and wasn't sure, so i went and talked with the doctor at my clinic, and he said well, testosterone is basically birth control, so there's no way you can be pregnant. i found out i was pregnant at 6.5 months. my whole mission is to kind of normalize adults like me. i think i've finally found my calling in early intervention,

which is here, kind of what we do. i think the access to care for parents is intentionally confusing. when i did the prospective search for autism for my own child, it was confusing. we have a place where children can be children, but it's very confusing. i always out myself as an adult with autism. i think it's helpful when you know where can your child go. how i'm choosing to help is to give children that would normally not be allowed to have children in the same respect, kids that have three times as much work to do as their peers or kids who do odd things, like, beach therapy. how do -- speech therapy. how do you explain that to the

rest of their class? i want that to be a normal experience. i was working on a certificate and kind of getting think early childhood credits before i started working here, and we did a section on transgender inclusion, inclusion, which is a big issue here in san francisco because we attract lots of queer families, and the teacher approached me and said i don't really feel comfortable or qualified to talk about this from, like, a cisgendered straight person's perspective, would you mind talking a little bit with your own experience, and i'm like absolutely. so i'm now one of the guest speakers in that particular class at city college. i love growing up here. i love what san francisco represents. the idea of leaving has never occurred to me. but it's a place that i need to fight for to bring it back to what it used to be, to allow all of those little kids that come from really unsafe environments to move somewhere safe. what i've done with my life is

work to make all of those situations better, to bring a little bit of light to all those kind of issues that we're still having, hoping to expand into a little bit more of a resource center, and this resource center would be more those new parents who have gotten that diagnosis, and we want to be this one centralized place that allows parents to breathe for a second. i would love to empower from the bottom up, from the kid level, and from the top down, from the teacher level. so many things that i would love to do that are all about changing people's minds about certain chunts, like the transgender community or the autistic community. i would like my daughter to know there's no wrong way to go through life. everybody experiences pain and grief and sadness, and that all of those things are temporary.

>> call 415-655-0001 and you will be in the meeting as a participant. if your line is on mute, you will be allowed two minutes to speak. calls are taken in the order receive. speak slowly and clearly and turn down the volume of your television. i would like to note that commissioner ronen is present and that concludes my announcements. >> great. thank you. madam clerk. please call the next item. >> approval of resolution findings of the meeting under california government code section 74953. this is an action item.

>> great. we have our attorney here to speak on this. who is here to speak on this? >> this is your attorney neal parish. just as reminder, we did have to cancel the meeting we attempted to hold last week due to technical problem was the comment line. we are starting over with this item. approval of resolution under ab361 to allow the timma committee meeting to continue to be held via teleconference meetings under the special rules of 361 just for the committee. the tim maboard will have their own resolution. this is what you have adopted as the board of supervisors and if

you have any questions, i can answer them. >> great. thank you. i do not see any questions from my colleagues. is there any members of the public to speak on item 2? >> yes, we have two callers. members of the public commenting on item 2. hello, caller, your two minutes begins now. >> i am not sure if i am the person unmuted. i would like to speak as to access to the island the toll charged for recreational users i

am not sure the that is item 2, 3 or 5. if so, please let me speak. >> we are not speaking on that item at this time. >> i will mute my phone and wait until item number 5, public comment. do i need to hit star 3 again? >> if your hand is raised continuously you will be called for every item that comes. lower your hand at this time and when the time comes to speak, raise your hand at that time. >> i will make note you are waiting to speak on item 5. that is the only time i will

call on you. >> thank you. >> hello, caller, we are accepting public comment for item 2. if you would like to speak your two minutes begins now. >> i am waiting for item 5. i will go back to mute. thank you. >> okay. >> there is no public comment for this item, chair. >> thank you for calling in. i hope you can call later. we will close public comment. i will make a motion to approve item 2. can we have a roll call. second? mandelman. roll call vote, please. >> on item 2.

resolution. commissioner haney. >> aye. >> commissioner mandelman. >> aye. >> commissioner ronen. >> aye. >> this is approved. item 3. approval of minutes for the september 21, 2021 meeting. action item. >> any comments on the meeting. public comment on the minutes? >> no public comment. >> all right. public comment is now closed. i want to make a motion to approve the minutes. second? second mandelman. thank you. >> roll call vote, please.

>> commissioner haney. >> aye. >> commissioner mandelman. >> aye. >> commissioner ronen. >> aye. >> there are three ayes. the minutes are approved. >> you need to please call item 4. >> update. this is a resolution item. >> welcome. mr. cordova. >> hi, this is donna waldman. >> i did that again. welcome, ms. waldman. i apologize. deputy director for capital projects. >> thank you. we are excited to provide an update on planning updates for treasure island ferry service today. the service we will go over

today is looking at starting in -- service plan, then we will go over the peer service research we have been doing. early analysis leading to a fare proposal and planning for electric infrastructure. timma is to launch in 2024. ferry service will scale population as new housing continues to be built. developer is finalizing plans for interim service for next year. they will provide update in the following few meetings and kevin griffith is here today to answer questions if need be.

these numbers provide baseline for our service planning work we will go over in the following slides. peak periods were anticipated to drive service demand, recreational midday are to be significant for those traveling to the sports field and ride bikes. this when participate to timing of service through the day and week. detail demand increases for recreational service and seesnal -- seasonal changes here. it is to be significant. recreational trips contribute to this. increase of 3% in 2025, 18% by

2024. summer weekend are to see a 40% increase over the average demand. based on these estimates, it is to be served by single small vessel 30 to 40 minute round trips. by 2035 demand is expected to increase where more frequent trips will be required necessitating an additional vessel. for 2025 includes a number of options. we will take into account demand and cost of operations in order to make this decision. ultimate service is frequent and utilize electric vessels that you can see at the bottom of the screen. art part of the peer study we reviewed similar service u.s. and a broad.

useful insights on fair rates recovery. inter lining multiple the boats in connection to multi-modal hubs lead to more successful service. treasure island is well positioned. we have started to collect information and contact analysis to determine if the proposed fare rates and recovery statistics. fares are above bus fares. to oakland it is reduced. that is to expire next year. not listed is nyc ferry which set their fare same as bus and subway 2.50.

they are a one-fare town. you can see the fare box recovery rating. there is a wide range for fare box recovery. we are taking this into account as we propose the rate for the treasure island service. we are considering other pricing schools on the island. proposed toll of $5 is under fine discussion. we are considering this, existing muni bus fair of 2.50 and pass of $150 per month. timma is working to plan and develop electrical charging on the island. we are considering how treasure island fits into the long-term vision for the bay area. it has potential to drive down the costs and expand access

points for riders. we are working on federal grants to fund procurement of charging infrastructure and vessels. over the next few plans we plan to refine these service plans and rate recommendations. it will consider subsidies and operational costs which depend on boat type, crew size and operation. we hope to establish a service agreement in spring of 2022. with that i am happy to take questions. >> thank you for your work and for being with us. i have a question i didn't ask last time we had this conversation about whether we are considering any sort of fare

discounts for current residents and what the thinks is. i know the initial private carrier is at $5 available to everyone. i got questions about that. for the long-term are we considering potential affordability passes? anything specifically for residents? >> i see rachel has logged on. she will take that question. >> yes, we do recommend discounts for residents on transit fares. that is through the discounted transit pass. timma board adopted it earlier in the year. residents of market rate homes

will be purchasing transit passes through their homeowner dues to provide unlimited access to all transit serving the island. we recommended and the board adopted a discount version of this pass for any resident including residents in below market rate housing as well as workers that a discount. 50% hasn't been adopted. we recommend as a starting point because that is consistent with the start programming and the muni existing lifeline discount. >> great. there will be a transit pass for residents to cover a broad variety of things including integrating with the ferry when

this all comes into being. not specific dedicated reductions on the ferry itself but transit passes available to residents. great. that makes sense. >> no questions or comments from colleagues. open to public comment, please. >> members of the public we are taking calls at this time for item 4. ferry service planning updates. information item. we are taking comments for item number 4. >> hello. caller. use two minutes begins now. >> organizing committee member and business owner. note on the slide about the

interim ferry service starting next year. i won't to know who is going -- what is the cost of that and will that be covered or reduce the amount of subsidies developers are committed to over the next five to 10 years? >> your comment? >> yes, it is. >> no more public comment. >> thank you. public comment is now closed. i think that is an important question if somebody can answer that in terms of the private ferry and how that is being funded and if you could say more

about that. i know that it is going to be launching in january and where can people find information about it? what can we say about that? i was out there last weekend. the city officials and others including the mayor went over to treasure island and they said it was a six minute ride that is impressive how quickly you can get over there. that is really exciting. can you say about the private ferry and funding structure and more information about that? >> invite kevin griffin to speak to that from ticd. >> good morning, commissioners. i can clarify that the interim ferry is 100% sponsored and

subsidized by ticd and will not diminish the remaining obligations going forward. this is in addition to responsibilities to support the program after the launch of the permanent service to fill in the gap until the permanent service can be up. >> five dollars. this is something that i think i will be personally happy to see. we didn't expect the ferry service that quickly. i will watch closely to make sure it is accessible to residents. i hope we use this time to learn and to track and study how it all goes. thank you all for that. i don't have any further questions or comments on my end.

this is an informational item. thank you so much everyone for your work and presentations. if we can please call item 5. >> item 5. transit toll and discount policy. this is an information item. >> for this we have acting deputy director hyatt. welcome. >> you are on mute. >> thank you. my update this morning is on our base toll and discount policy. 10 years ago when the tida board

and board of supervisors proved the development agreement they approved the transportation plan for redevelopment. the adopted goals are that half of the trips be made by transit. the new services be financially self-sustaining over the long run. the project definition included new ferry and east bay transit services to add to the services muni will continue to provide. also, included the measures like parking management to discourage driving during congested time and provide a committed force of operating revenue for the new transit. those strategies were approved in 2011. the developer has a required contribution for the transportation infrastructure

improvements as well as commitment for operating funds to help support the program as the island builds out and until it reaches the full level of demand that is ultimately anticipated. today we provide informational update on our draft recommendations for the base toll policy along with discounts that we recommend for future travelers. we are bringing this to you now because homes are for sale on the island now. new homes on yerba buena and they are planned for occupancy next year. we want to make sure that there the information available to folks who are contemplating purchasing those new homes. the overall program itself is timed for launch mid 2024

subject to closing the remaining funding gaps that we have. first day transit will launch with the whole program. that will include the new ferry service, on and off the island to the san francisco ferry including weekends, every half hour to 40 minutes what our plans and funding strategy include. there would be a connection to all residential and land uses to ferry terminal. at that terminal is where one could catch the new east bay transit serving downtown oakland to treasure island. that will be in addition to the muni service which will continue. ultimately expand with the further spaces of new -- phases

of new development. the transit services and congestion management and the cta are responsible for the ramp on yerba brainna. in preparation for launch in to 24. to be complete next year the west side structure 100% design, multi-use path on the map called the west bend project is in design environmental review. all of these things are converging to wards 2024. treasure island is an equity priority community. for that reason timma and previous boards have established a new goal that wasn't included

in the 2011 agreement. in the 2011 transportation plan about supporting affordability for the low until residents as well as low income future travelers. in support of that this board adopted in 2019 exemption to the toll for current residents. earlier this year and to the last item discounted transit pass for residents and workers with low incomes. then just last march or in september adopted a subsidy for current non-profits and fee services to receive transportation subsidies. what we have today is a proposal for supporting affordability for the future moderate and low

income drivers not just residents, but any future moderate and low income traveler on and off the island. a discount and exemption based on income. base toll policy that we are recommending is intended to be generally consistent with the bay bridge peak hours of operation to reduce confusion and rates consistent with past direction and existing pilots such as bay area express lanes pilot. what that means specifically is for hours of operation, hours of peak period that are consistent with the bay bridge peak periods. the week day peak periods we propose are the same hours the bay bridge has the peak. the hours of operation for the

weekendses are consistent with the ferry service. when the ferry service is available. the proposed rates are consistent at the base left with the titip. in 2011 the titip anticipated the base toll of $5. we are consistent with that. we recommend these discounts. these discounts would be more extensive than the discounts launched by the bay area toll authority right now for the express lanes. more expensive in that it is a much greater group of folks eligible for this discount. it would be anyone at 120% of area median income or below.

that is the population of those that are eligible for below market rate housing would be eligible for 50% discount unless you are very low income traveler in which case we recommend 100% discount. this would be available to any traveler who has a fast track account. not limited to future residents or workers. any traveler with a fast track act would be eligible for the discount they qualify for based on their income. we are going to document all of these recommendations in a revised report. the 2021 version and that will be available very soon. we expect mid-month. we are hosting an open house to answer questions and hear

feedback on the proposals and changes in the 2011 on november 17th. you can find the link to that at our website. thank you very much. i look forward to your questions and feedback. >> thank you. i appreciate the presentation and outreach. can you characterize, and i know this is sort of built around some of the feedback folks have had. can you characterize feedback you receive and how that impacted the proposal in front of us and also what are some of

the ongoing concerns people have as you understand them? >> yes. the feedback that we have heard is around affordability, predominantly. that is the biggest concern. current residents the feedback is i understandna i am a current resident. i will receive an exemption. there is also my family members who maybe live in a different part of the day or there may be a caregiver who comes to the island. for those visitors who are low income, you know, the feedback has been that we need to consider other travelers who are low income and want to access the island, not just current residents. similar for workers. the concern is that it is already very difficult to

recruit and retain employees on the island because it is already a challenging place to access right now. we don't want more barriers to be able to hire and keep employees, especially low income employees. that is why we propose discounts that are available to any traveler. you don't need to be part of the business affordability program adopted in september. you don't need to be a current resident with the exemption that current residents have. this is a discount available to any traveler based on income. >> i am not as familiar how the fast track works. i don't have a car. in terms of qualifying low or moderate income for that would they have to go through a

special process? is that automatic with a fast track? how do you make sure this is acceptable to the people who should qualify? >> this is being set up right now for a pilot on the east bay express lanes 880. it will be a new system designed now. this pilot period that they are conducting is a good opportunity to evaluate it and make sure that it is accessible as possible. steining up. people would need to sign up for fast track account to receive the discount. if you have already qualified for below market rate housing, if you qualified for the care, for muni lifeline, that is

automatically pulled in. if you have already qualified for discount program we use that as proof of eligibility. for folks who haven't qualified oregon through the process to qualify for below market rate housing that is something we need to support. it is the 120% same threshold as what makes you eligible for below market rate housing. that eligibility basis will make sure once you qualify for one then we use that as proof that you qualify for this discount as well. you would need to -- the data setting up now would reverify every two years. >> thank you. appreciate that.

let's go to public comment on this item. >> again, members of the public. we are taking calls currently for item 5, transit-based toll and discount policy draft recommendations. this is an information item. first caller. >> hello this is ross levin on recreational user of treasure island for the last two decades. essentially, listening to this the $5 toll to get on the islands and off the island from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. for nonresident vehicles is disincentive to access the

island. this makes access for watersports such as fishing, wind wind surfing creative. according to the 1965 act, they had the jurisdiction to issue or deny permit applications for changing use of land within its jurisdiction. this included treasure island. the bay conservation development commission granted with the agreement it would expressly provide for vehicle parking and water access for users of nonmotorized small boats at the north end of the island. treasure island was sand filled with state land and subject to public trust which did not allow residential development. what got to where we are now with settlement of boundary

issues with state lands. out come the city and tida develops land for revenue and tax generating uses not normally considered come pattible with public trust in exchange for overall package of public lands for users in san francisco bay plan. it is a private park for residents to good on and off island. no provision for kayakers, officialer men, windsurfers to get to the island with gear or to store gear while using the island. thank you. >> hi, this is jack fin. i agree with everything that was

said. well spoke wen. charging the public who do not live on there for fishing access is inconsistent with the settlement reached with the state land commission and developers during the entitlement be process. the amount of recreational users is very small percentage compared to the new residents of the island you are building now as developers. i am a long time wind surfer and kite border. i would be paying for a toll over the golden gate bridge to go there and the wind comes up in the afternoon. i would be using the island from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the summertime. that is all i had. thank you. >> thank you, caller.

your two minutes begins now. >> i had a question on item 4. >> my apologies i did not see your hand raised for item 4. did you want to speak on item 5 at all? >> no. >> you can speak on item 4 at the end of public comment. thank you. >> this is steve stallone with the treasure island organizing committee and wine.

under item 5 it says the business subsidies have already accrued. we would object to this. it is another instance of trying for months to get information on this. we didn't get it until after it had been presented and voted on in the committee. it ended up the vast majority of businesses on treasure island do not qualify for subsidies. they apply only to nonprofits and food business employees. that leaves out a lot of our major businesses and institutions. it seems that the treasure island yacht club with members, they don't qualify. they are not employees. anybody who has boats there will have to pay the full toll. volunteers, catholic charities have to pay the full toll.

they are not employees, they are volunteers. clients that keep the motorcycle school alive and wineries don't serve food. we were told this is new information and this needs more thought and we had to have another conversation around that. three days later it was passed by the committee. >> thank you, caller. hello, caller. your two minutes begins now. >> this is jim ross ski. the one thing that the staff and

timma is hearing several times the presentation of tolls only one way. if adopted this toll would be the only place in the entire bay area or the state where the toll is both directions. five dollars toll is not $5 toll, it is $10 to get on and off the island. i think presenting it as such is not being consistent with creating openness with the community. i would like to make sure timma presents the toll as both ways. thank you. >> thank you, caller. hello, caller, your two minutes begins now.

>> i am william robertson speaking on behalf of the sailing corporation. we incorporated 1936 to contact the water access to san francisco bay. treasure island is under the idea of state lands commission subject to public trust doctrine which does not allow residential development. the settlement enables the city and county of san francisco, developers to develop a portion of land for revenue, tax generation uses and housing in exchange for the overall package of public lands available in the san francisco bay plans under the bay development commission. the committee planned will prioritize these public areas to make available to residents free of charge. treasure island is board

sailing, kiting, wing surfing and foiling. we need vehicles to bring our equipment to the water. the winds on the island are at best usually after noon or 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon. through until about 8:00 p.m. we would be traveling during the high commute hours. charging the public for what is the public hand is inconsistent with the settlement reached by the state lands committing. the treasure island sailing site as well exist to provide under privilege youth access to the water. thank you very much. >> thank you, caller. hello, caller, your two minutes begins now. >> good morning. i am tom gas berry. i am asking the agency to waive

the toll for watersports users. it is excessive given that tida provided zero amenities. i have been windsurfing at treasure island for 15 years on the northeast side. it is a popular spot for wind spoke and kayakers. anything that can be carried to the water from your car is used there. the popularity is increasing to climate change. wind has gotten better and worse in other places. the master plan shows that watersports park on the right side of that island. current leno facilities at all. if there were a park like that it would be more popular. more people would come to do watersports on the island. as other speakers, mentioned. season april through september. winds come up around noon. we would be coming during the

peak travel times. recreationallists are diverse group racially, economically and socially. the entry cost of the sport is low compared to sailboating. there are no routine fees other than the toll. it is not feasible to take transit. i love to take my electric bike everywhere. because of the size equipment boards are 8 to 9 feet long. kayaks over 12 feet long. over 50 pounds. we have wet suits and it is not possible to take public transit. thank you for your time. >> thank you, caller. there is no more public comment. >> thank you. public comment is closed. thank you for your participation and feedback. i have a couple questions that came up in the call. why are we charging people both

directions? is that accurate? it means if somebody was going to go for a visit to the island they would pay $10, is that correct? >> the toll is both directions. that is correct, yes. that policy is a continuation of what they anticipated it would be both directions and it was readopted by the timma board in 2016 as part of decision making at that time. if one does make an on journey during the peak and off journey during the peak, yes, they would pay peak toll both ways. >> just to reiterate for people because we talked about this. when will the toll go into

effect? [indiscernable] >> so people there to do recreation or part of those sorts of activities and communities is there anything we are offering to them? what is your response to that? >> so for any low income traveler, 120% area median income and below. 60% of the bay area population would qualify for the discounts we are proposing. if you are in the moderate or low income tiles, you qualify for 50%. if you are very low you qualify for exemption. that is any traveler for any trip purpose including recreational trips.

>> got it. any questions or comments? this is ongoing conversation and this is informational item today. this is where the thinks is now. what is the process to finalize this? is there any sense what the timeline looks like here? >> we anticipate bringing this back to this body for adoption potentially december. there is a december meeting. we want to hold the december event to hear questions and answer questions and take feedback and to make the revised document available for review. then bring back to this body as an item for action.

>> great. thank you. any questions or comments from colleagues? i will be engaged in this over the coming weeks and look forward to hearing more from the community on treasure island and the people who visit. about 15 employers eligible. they are all non-profits. then the food services. there are two restaurants and market and deli are eligible businesses. if there is an employer or worker not part of that, there is a couple things. one, we do ask tida to consider

costs of doing business when negotiating the lease. tida is the leaseholding for all businesses. including the businesses that aren't food services or aren't nonprofit. we ask tida to give consideration to cost of doing business when setting lease terms. in addition, the discount policy we are proposing will be available for any future traveler. and for any patron of the businesses or employee of the businesses. >> why is it defined just for those set of businesses and nonprofits. there is a very long standing and thriving winery set of businesses out there. why aren't those defined as food

services? >> this is based on the tida guidance of the resident serving businesses on the island. >> just for resident-serving businesses getting this? >> right. >> okay. well, i would imagine that having visited the breweries and wineries they have a strong item that they are serving. every time i have been there there have been residents there. i am not sure i agree with that definition. i will follow up about that. we are excluding some long standing businesses from the benefits there. i would like to continue the conversation about that. i am not sure that i support that approach.

with that i want to -- this is information item so thank you. madam clerk, please call item 6. >> i just want to make an announce bement. we are still in the middle of the timma committee meeting. item 6 program costs. information item. good morning, chair haney. i am a consulting project manager in the timma to present agenda item 6 the program cost and funding strategy. this is an information item. as you know, we have been working to bring the treasure island transportation

improvement implementation plan. this is an overview of the cost of the operating components of the timma program. quickly as an overview the capital program is $48.5 million. that includes service programming for transit services, transit pass coordination, infrastructure components of the ferry and toll system as well as program management, outreach and capital contingency. on the operating side we are looking at $76 million in the first five years of operations. that is starting in 2024. this includes expenses for transit services, afford ability program and program management. the revenues we expect are also from the full transit fares and

developer subsidy of $30 million in those early years until the program gets up to self-sufficient. the operating budget now including the affordability program as i mentioned and operating contingency and reserves. right now we are looking at a self-sufficient efficiency point in 3,000 units. [please stand by]

>> the $25 million shortfall that you see is going to be subsidized by the developer subsidy. we would put that towards core services, transit services, and a p.d. program fund. we are also looking to fund an affordable program and now we're looking at how to fund the reserves and capital contingency. we are also looking to make sure that these figures are correct so we don't over

correct for the contingency, so those costs, we're also looking to secure low or no cost financing with public backing or possibly looking to work with the developer to provide subsidy. right now, we project that this program will reach financial viability in about six or seven years. next steps, we continue to work with our partner, the regional developers, and the district about ferry vessels and charting infrastructure, caltrans, and we are looking at the congests corridors.

we're digging into the infrastructure bill that was just passed and looking at the state transportation funding, as well, and other public and private financing options or a own from so-called patient investors or an infrastructure bank such as m.p.c. or the city of san francisco. and this funding central gee will be located in the titip update, and we'll bring remember updates back to the committee. so that concludes my presentation, and i'm happy to take any questions. >> chair haney: thank you for that. i know there's shortfalls in different pieces of this and

we're going to have to work together to make sure this is sustainable. is there any public comment on this item? >> clerk: yes, there is. and again, members of the public, we are taking public comment on item number 6, program costs and funding strategies. hello, caller. your public comment begins now. >> i'm sorry. i wanted to speak on public comment. >> clerk: okay.

hello, caller. your two minutes begins now. >> thank you. [indiscernible] thank you for getting funding for us. we've been trying to get that for two-plus years. the cost of the ferry bus service and the on-line [indiscernible] is only $37 million. as supervisor haney said, you have significant shortfalls. it looks like the developer will have to burn through most of their subsidies in the next five years. why not push back implementation and toll -- the financial implementation of all this infrastructure makes sense

and subsidize the bus and ferry for the riders for the next five years? thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. there are no more callers for item 6. >> chair haney: great. public comment is closed. this is an informational item. thank you so much for this presentation, and i'm looking forward to more discussions about this. madam clerk, can you introduce the next item. >> clerk: item 7, introduction of new items. i don't see any commenters on this item. >> chair haney: public comment. >> clerk: we don't need to take public comment because there are no new items introduced. >> chair haney: madam clerk, can you please call public comment.

>> clerk: item 8, public comment. hello, caller. your two minutes will begin now. caller? we'll move onto the next. >> hi. ben [indiscernible], treasure island transit agency. first, i wanted to thank chair haney for coming out and trying the ferry with us. i wanted to ask some questions about the ferry. the slides we all saw said they would start in 2024, so what will be the frequency of the

ferry service, and also, will it be like public transportation, where you have two hours to connect to services, etc., or for example, if i wanted to make a trip into the city for 30 minutes, could i return on the ferry and use my existing pass or is it pay each way, no matter how long you've been in the city? >> clerk: is that it, caller? >> yes. >> clerk: okay. will there be a response or should i move onto the next

caller? >> chair haney: since this is public comment, we'll move onto the next caller. >> clerk: hi, caller. your two minutes begins now. >> hi. this is steve stallone from the treasure island development committee. [indiscernible] along with other ferries on the bay, and i'm not quite sure how that's going to work. i guess my question is, whoever's going to be operating this, that we use union crews. not only because it's the right thing to do to pay our workers good wages, health benefits, retirement benefits, but also

the union ferry workers are trained, licensed, able-bodied seamen. and they are trained in safety on the water, which i think is going to be a concern for any of our people using that mode of transportation. so i hope that all the stuff that we've seen so far in the m.o.u. and slides today don't mention union crews at all, i'm hoping that will be part of how our ferry system operates. we would have to hate to have to walk the lines at the treasure island terminal, but

we really need these to be union jobs. we really have to. >> clerk: thank you, caller. hello, caller. your two minutes begins now. >> jim morowski, treasure island [indiscernible] committee. we've been asking [indiscernible] for this for several years. however, i would urge some of the supervisors to watch some of the outreach sessions that are recorded, given the fact that there's a level of frustration, and it's not because timma and sfcta can't doing their job, they can't answer the questions we've been asking for a long period of time, the world has changed, and most of the questions that

were gone out to planning were ten years ago, and we need them to understand what the impact of a toll would mean on the business community and the community as a whole. i encourage both tida and the supervisors to make an outreach to the community to understand and really answer the questions, and not look at it through just the [indiscernible] of san francisco planning. they're doing a good job, but they simply can't answer the questions the public had, and we'd like the san francisco brs does -- board of supervisors and tida to be close in the

background. >> clerk: thank you, caller. hello, caller. your two minutes begin now. >> hello. alita dupree, my pronouns are she and her. i'm going to talk about treasure island because that's what this meeting is about. treasure island is important to me, and i want to see an aspirational sense of building this island community. i mentioned roosevelt island because about two months ago, i was in new york, and there's this island called roosevelt island, and it's sandwiched between bronx and queens, and they have a ferry line that i first used about 40 years, and they have a subway and bus

station. certainly, an electronically powered ferry system, much like the ferry -- i think it's called the basto ferry -- i think it's in norway, the battery powered ferry between norway and denmark that makes 40 trips a day. there shouldn't be a toll barrier. it should be easier to access for residents, but i would like more things to do on treasure island. if there's more thing to see do on treasure island, i'd definitely want to go there and enjoy it more, just like my time at roosevelt island, seeing the f.d.r. park on the southern tip, and they have

some good places to eat. so while you won't have a tramway, let's have a treasure island that will bring visitors in to enjoy. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. there are no more callers. >> chair haney: public comment is closed. i did just want to -- there was a question at the beginning about the frequency of the new ferry and more details on the ferry and such. is there a place where we can find it without going too far into it now? where can people find information about the timing and the ferry and all of that. >> hi. i think that kevin griffin from trcd is still on the line, and he can speak to that.

if not, we will be bringing this item back next month, and we can bring information to you on information that's already publicly available later today so we can make it available for anyone who is interested, but kevin, please feel free to speak up if you're still here. i know it's over time. >> hi, alana and commissioners. i am still here. we are still working on the details, so we don't want to publish a schedule that's inaccurate just yet, but i can say that the goal it to run the ferry in 30-minute headways during peak hours and every two hours at nonpeak headways. we don't have the schedule finalized, but we hope to have it finalized in the next six

weeks. >> chair haney: and i wanted to make sure it is a union operator. is it a union operator? >> it is. >> chair haney: thank you so much. madam clerk, are there any other items in front of us? >> clerk: no, item 10 is adjournment. >> chair haney: okay. this meeting is adjourned, and i'm guessing you want to have everyone stay on? >> clerk: correct. everyone that's staying on, please stay on. we will begin once sfgovtv confirms that they are ready.

>> as a woman of color who grew up in san francisco i understand how institutions can have an impact on communities of color. i think having my voice was important. that is where my passion lies when the opportunity to lead an office in such a new space came up. i couldn't turn it down. i was with the district attorney's office for a little over nine years, if you include the time as an intern as well as volunteer da, all most 13 years. during the time with the da's office i had an opportunity to serve the community not only as the assistant district attorney but as director of community

relations. that afforded the opportunity to have impact on the community in an immediate way. it is one thing to work to serve the rights of those without rights, victims. it is really rewarding to work to to further the goals of our office and the commitment we have as city employees and advocates for people who don't have a voice. i don't know of anyone surprised to see me in this role. maybe people have an impression what the director of the office of cannabis should be like, what their beliefs should be. i smash all of that. you grew up in the inner city of san francisco. my career path is not traditional. i don't think a person should limit themselves to reach full potential. i say that to young women and girls. that is important. you want to see leadership that looks diverse because your path is not predetermined.

i didn't wake up thinking i was going to be a prosecutor in my life. the city administrator reached out and wanted to have a conversation and gave me interest in the new role. i thought you must not know what i do for a living. it was the opposite. she had foresight in realizing it would be helpful for somebody not only a former prosecutor but interested in shaping criminal justice reform for the city would be the right person for the space. i appreciate the foresight of the mayor to be open how we can be leaders in san francisco. i was able to transition to the policy space. here i was able to work on legislation, community relations, communication and start to shape the ways our office was going to reform the criminal justice system. it is fulfilling for me. i could create programs and see those impact people's lives.

i am the change. it took truants youth to meet with civil rights movement leaders who fought to have access to education. being a young person to understand that helped the young people realize this was an important thing to give up. what we find is that young people who are truanted have a really high homicide rate in our city, which is a sad statistic. we want to change that. >> coming from a community we are black and brown. i don't reach out to other people. i don't think they feel the same way. >> i had the great opportunity to work on prison reform issues and criminal justice reform issues. we created a program at san quentin where we brought district opportunities to lifers and talk about how we are all

impacted by the criminal justice system. we brought over 40 elected das to san quentin for the situation. now we are inviting the police department. our formerly incarcerated group born out of this programming asked for the opportunity to work on a project where we could bring the men in blue on the outside to come speak to the men on blue inside to start the healing dialogue around how the criminal justice system specifically in san francisco impacts the community. i was attracted to the role. there was a component of equity that was part of this process. the equity community here in san francisco is a community that i had already worked with. before i took steps to visit cannabis businesses i thought it was important my team have a chance to go inside and speak to men who had been impacted. that conversation needed to

happen so we know how we are making an impact with the work that we are doing. the da's office as we were leading up to the legalization of marijuana in the state we started having conversations on the policy team what that could look like. the district attorney was really focused on the right side of history for this. we realized it would be quite a heavy lift for individuals who have been negatively impacted by the war on drugs to expunge the record. it was important to figure out the framework to make it seamless and easy. they put their minds to it after some time and many conversations the data analysts and other policy walk throughs on the team came up with the idea to engage the tech community in this process. code for america helped us developed the rhythm to be used

for any jurisdiction across the state that was important to create a solution to be used to assist all jurisdictions dealing with this matter. the office of cannabis is the first office to have a completely digital application process. we worked with the digital team to develop the online application. there are going to be hiccups. we are first to do it. it is one of the most rewarding parts to offer a seamless -- to offer a seamless approach. that is how they can find solutions to solve many of the community challenges. the best way to respond to prop 64 was to retroactively expunge 9,000 cannabis related records for san francisco. it feels like justice full circle for my personal experience. in the past i was furthering the war on drugs just as my

directive. really coming from a place of public safety. that was the mandate and understanding. it is nice to see that pass a society we are able to look at some of our laws and say, you know what? we got it wrong. let's get this right. i had the privilege of being in the existing framework. my predecessor nicole elliott did an incredible job bringing together the individuals super-passionate about cannabis. >> the office was created in july of 2017. i came in early 2018. i have been able to see the office's development over time which is nice. it is exciting to be in the space, stickily in thinking about her leadership. >> looking for the office it is always we might be before my time when i was working for the

forboard of supervisors. i learn new things every day it is challenging and rewarding for me. >> we get the privilege to work in an office that is innovating. we get to spearhead the robust exprogram. >> i am excited she came on board to leverage experience as a prosecutor 10 years as we contemplate enforcements but approaching it without replicating the war on drugs. >> i was hired by cam laharris. i haven't seen a district attorney that looked kind of like me. that could be a path in my life. i might not have considered it. it is important that women and certainly women of color and spaces of leadership really do their part to bring on and mentor as many young people as they can. it is superimportant to take

advantage of as many opportunities as they can when they can intern because the doors are wide open. plans change and that is okay. the way this was shaped because i took a risk to try something new and explore something and show that i was capable. you are capable, right? it was about leaning in and being at the table to say my voice matters. voice matters. >> we are right now in outer richmond in the last business area of this city.

this area of merchants is in the most western part of san francisco, continue blocks down the street they're going to fall into the pacific ocean. two blocks over you're going to have golden gate park. there is japanese, chinese, hamburgers, italian, you don't have to cook. you can just walk up and down the street and you can get your cheese. i love it. but the a very multicultural place with people from everywhere. it's just a wonderful environment. i love the richmond district. >> and my wife and i own a café we have specialty coffee drinks, your typical lattes and mochas and cappuccinos, and for lunches, sandwiches and soup and salad. made fresh to order. we have something for everybody

>> my shop is in a very cool part of the city but that's one of the reasons why we provide such warm and generous treats, both physically and emotionally (♪♪) >> it's an old-fashioned general store. they have coffee. other than that what we sell is fishing equipment. go out and have a good time. >> one of my customers that has been coming here for years has always said this is my favorite store. when i get married i'm coming in your store. and then he in his wedding outfit and she in a beautiful dress came in here in between getting married at lands end and to the reception, unbelievable. (♪♪)

>> the new public health order that we're announcing will require san franciscans to remain at home with exceptions only for essential outings. >> when the pandemic first hit we kind of saw the writing on the walls that potentially the city is going to shut all businesses down. >> it was scary because it was such an unknown of how things were going to pan out. i honestly thought that this might be the end of our business. we're just a small business and we still need daily customers. >> i think that everybody was on edge. nobody was untouched. it was very silent.

>> as a business owner, you know, things don't just stop, right? you've still got your rent, and all of the overhead, it's still there. >> there's this underlying constant sense of dread and anxiety. it doesn't prevent you from going to work and doing your job, it doesn't stop you from doing your normal routine. what it does is just make you feel extra exhausted. >> so we began to reopen one year later, and we will emerge stronger, we will emerge better as a city, because we are still here and we stand in solidarity with one another. >> this place has definitely been an anchor for us, it's home for us, and, again, we are part of this community and the community is part of us. >> one of the things that we strived for is making everyone

in the community feel welcome and we have a sign that says "you're welcome." no matter who you are, no matter what your political views are, you're welcome here. and it's sort of the classic san francisco thing is that you work with folks. >> it is your duty to help everybody in san francisco.

>> testing, testing. there we go. good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the newly renovated maxine hall. [cheers and applause]. i'm san francisco mayor london breed, and i am so glad to be here. and it has been a long time coming. and it has been a trusted location that so many people in this neighborhood would come to time and time again. and there are various challenges with the vaccine, and issues

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