>> supervisor ronen: thank you for organizing this wonderful event. colleagues. it is with great pride i am honoring ellister hubbard. he began as entry level outreach worker. now holds the title of outreach supervisor. from the beginning his passion for work was unique to connect with people to help those living without a home. he has always been amazing. it was the pandemic that showed the true value of his leadership and his heart. from the first days of the pandemic he went above and beyond to reach the most impacted people in the city. throughout the pandemic he never worked remotely. he was on the streets every

single day. not only does he show leadership in the field but he is a great supervisor to his staff. he constantly checks to ensure outreach staff are working in safe conditions and prior teams people working in this difficult job. most recently he volunteered to support the new tenderloin center in addition to existing work site. his willingness to be a team player are essential to get people housed. he is a true asset to our community district 9 thanks you immensely for all of your incredible hard work and love and kind beness that you show to nose that are suffering on our streets. thank you. >> thank you so much, supervisor ronan.

>> thank you, mr. president. thank you supervisor ronan for this tremendous opportunity. it has been a pleasure of working for the san francisco homeless outreach team since 2015. it has been an incredible run. like you said, the pandemic has been challenging but we stepped up to the plate. we have done the workday in and day out. this amazing team i have been working with just ground zero to help the clients that we helped from the streets and the chance to housing and navigation. it is amazing. i served on this team since 2015. i served on every district throughout the city. i served on every team. i have been part of every

special project we have been on, whether it be the tl project, walking through sixth street with the mayor, the now linkage center. i have been there. i couldn't have done it without my amazing team. i want to say thank you for this incredible honor and thank you on behalf of the san francisco homeless outreach team. we will continue to do the work. [applause]. >> congratulations. thank you, supervisor ronan. supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: thank you, president walton. i have the great honor today of honoring a group and movement that grew out of my community call invest black. it was born out of the racial reckoning that followed after the murder of george floyd.

mural was on the 100 block of broad in the neighborhood of my district. historical corridor that once had many black owned businesses and still has many black churches and congregations. this stood as public rally cry to san francisco city government to reinvest in black neighborhoods and spaces around san francisco. as proud supervisor of my area one of five black areas and neighborhoods in san francisco. i have worked tirelessly to support the black leaders, businesses and community institutions in my district. i have used my voice and position of leadership to elevate members of the invest black coalition within city government, departments, city roles, board of supervisors and positions, my office, and other city stakeholders.

the invest black lake view coalition has grown from the june of 2020 protest mural to a call of action. in july 2020 invest black coalition opened up covid-19 testing hub with several partnering non-profits, many community members who later became my staffer helped open the 50 broad site. 100 feet away from the mural. the work of the testing site is highly revered by the department of public health and community garnered a ton of publicity and recognition. 446 randolph has organically broken racial barriers and

rejuvenated community engagement in my area. on top of that, we have also in the last two years opened up one of the city's most important opportunity centers that has done tremendous work to provide opportunities and pathways for employment in our city. today i am proud to honor the members of the invest black coalition and al lies. mary thomas, brown, morton, rivers, janet right. fisher, patty clement and daniel and cathy meyer as wonderful supportsters. from the covid-19 work they rejuvenated the interest in the

african-american community and elevated the voices of the entire community in that area. i would like to if it is okay with you, president walton, have mr. monroe say a few words on behalf of invest black. >> thank you, supervisor safai. i do see them. you are on mute. >> good afternoon. thank you, president walton. special thanks for our supervisor safai. honored to be here with these amazing people as well as the board of supervisors. i am glad that supervisor safai named everyone as part of invest black. very important because everyone that you named stepped up big time for the community. we traditionally come from the forgotten part of the city and

we have to always step up for our community to do everything. we have to fight for everything. since we have supervisor safai he is our voice and most supportive backer of what we are trying to come establish in d11. i also just want to give a special thanks to our team. not just us that we are standing up during the pandemic. people who were volunteering and out there doing all of the things that it took necessary to meet the need and i want to specifically single out michael perkins, that wilkes, marlin short, brittany tar son, kindle starling and lisa wiley who stepped up during that time. we left off one person who has

been very influential and has taken the lead from her father who passed away. i want to give a special thanks to gwen brown in d11. we learned a lot. her father, mike brown, was our mentor. he taught us what being a community member was all about. i am so thankful and honoredtosh here as well. i thank everyone for your hard work. i will pass it over to felicia who is a wrong star at the center. >> thank you, president walton and supervisors and gracious supervisor safai. we appreciate you. we come to you with ideas and concerns and you do not hesitate to find a door for us to walk

through and stated many times before no single person, no single agency, no single community, no single city, no single nation can fight this pandemic. it takes us all to do our part. i am so blessed to be part of the lake view family representing bayview all of my life. lake view and finding a home. when we started the invest black cohort it was the forgotten city. we wanted to put lake view back on the map to let people know the african-american of lake view was here but would answer the call and rise to the occasion. if we called they would come. we provided access. to date we have tested almost 20,000 lake view residents and

provide more than 3,000 vaccinations as well as 15,000 brown bags. whether it was the volunteers busting down the fruit, sweep up the street, move the vans, all of us are equally as important. there is no hero. we are all the supervisor stars. -- superstars. we work together. thank you for the recognition today. [applause] >> congratulations. >> thank you, president walton. >> supervisor stefani. >> thank you, president walton. thank you for the opportunity to honor an incredible man who has done so much for district 2. jackson for management for after-school programming in d2.

our mayor's alma matter. i want to recognize his dedication to the community and under served populations throughout the pandemic. 67% of the students economically disadvantaged. no cost after school program serving 500 students each year. it provides safe and positive safe for participants, students utilize for many reasons mentorship, place to hang out after school and engaging in activities and students part of fen find an important sense of community. it is a key role in the strong community be he does this because his passion is providing young people with access, opportunity and direction. he joined in the second semester

of 2019-2020 school year at the onsets of covid lockdowns. since then he worked to stabilize the thriving programming and provided positive leadership reflecting his uc berkeley degree. he meets demands by fostering posspuff relationships as educator in person and virtually. last year he worked to create the summer program for students. learning losses and summer programs are critical. despite the mounting challenges he has gone above and beyond for the students. i am thankful for his service and thank you for his tour he gave me and my staff. it was incredible to see the program and students in action. i would love to turn it over to

malachi. >> i will be brief. thank you to the board of supervisors. thank you supervisor stefani. all of our city partners to make this work possible. our students are blessed to be able to participate in programs like this. nearly all of the programs throughout the city that work so hard to keep students safe and secure through the pandemic as best as possible. special thank you to my team here. all of the work they do. the administration for support for our students and every person on this call hearing about the work you all do throughout the city and for all of our participants makes a difference. i am grateful for this

recognition. i have to go to run the program. thanks again. [applause]. >> thank you, supervisor stefani. supervisor chan.. >> in my time living in san francisco i have the good fortune of learning from and being inspired by many strong black women in my personal and black life. maria is one of them. we share the vision environmental justice is social justice. she is a mother, write and educatestor. she represents district one on public utilities advicery committee on waste water. former director for waste to zero waste.

vice president on the board of directors. she continues to fight against the climate crisis recycling zero waste program manager for the san francisco conservation. the main policy conversations by helping us to focus on equity and community building. she has lived in richmond district for 15 years raising her son and organizing communities to advocate for social justice and so much more. she also is known that people may need something everybody needs something so nothing, nothing goes to waste. she is helping many people to rehome their items through her efforts. that is the kind of person that

she is. also, what really highlights how she builds community during pandemic is that she also worked to organize donation drives to bring feminine supplies and clothes to homeless women, especially in our district. those are some of the many examples of what she has done. i cannot wait to see all that she will accomplish. no doubt she will make a mark in the san francisco black history. it is my privilege as district one supervisor to recognize her toed. >> thank you. >> thank you, supervisor walton. i would like to thank former

supervisor who appointed me to the cac. it propelled me to get involved in politics in a way i hadn't before. i understood it was important for someone like me with my back ground and my stories to be in the room when folks are talking about zero waste. that we are addressing issues that relate to zero waste. homelessness, affordable housing, living wages, child care, all of these factors that contribute to overabundance of single use products and plastics that are in our communities lettering our streets and have access to certain standard of

living. that is what inspired the beach cleanup. anti-homeless reactions to folks trying to to be at peace and live and have a bit of community. i will continue to advocate for that in the city that i have grown to love and out by the ocean. currently working in the bayview with san francisco conservation core and being able to share my stories and my experience and relate zero waste to lives, how this is not just a job. it is your protecting health when you promote this and you are protecting your future health, yourself, family, community, planet. i will continue to work.

i thank everybody for recognizing and what seems to all of you it is wonderful hearing so many stories and so much work that has been done by so many great black folks in san francisco. thank you. [applause]. >> president walton: i want to thank you for honoring our covid-19 superstars. i apologize to our magnificent honorees for not being able to do this in person. we are still in the pandemic. i appreciate all of you. again like some of united statessed who have been honored today i was excited to see the great work happening in communities during this pandemic. i also want to thank my office for working to set this up and

morris from supervisor safai for working on today's reception. i appreciate both of you and madam clerk this concludes 2:30. please call the first 3:00 p.m. special order. >> 3p special order. 24-27. this is a public hearing of persons interested in the determination of exemption from environmental review under the california environmental quality act issued as common sense exemption by planning department on september 8, 2021 for the proposed project at 2000 oakdale avenue to establish new cannabis retail storefront within existing cannabis micro

business. 125 affirm the exemption it is exempt. 26. motion to conditionally reverse that determination. item 27 is motion to direct preparation of findings. >> thank you so much, madam clerk. we have before us appeal of determination of exemption from environmental review 2000 oakdale avenue. we received request to continue to march 1, 2022 meeting to allow more time to try to come to an agreement. i would like to make a motion to continue this hearing to the march 1st, 2022 board of supervisors meeting. is there a second. >> seconded by supervisor mandelman. we must take public comment before the vote on that

continuance. >> the board of supervisors will now hear a testimony on the continuance. these are 24-27. telephone number is on the screen. using a touch phone dial 415-655-0001. when you hear the prompt enter id 249959637519. press pound twice. you will have join as a listener. you will hear discussion and your line will be muted. when you are ready for the queue to provide testimony that is when you should press star 3. the mr. prompt -- will prompt you when it is your turn. from the office of civic engagement we do have three interpreters. they will jump in to assist in language. i will invite each interpreter

to introduce themselves and provide access information to this remote meeting please. filipino. spanish. chinese. [speaking foreign language].

>> thank you. i just want to say thank you. thank you all three for being present today. now for the callers interested in providing testimony specific to the continuance of determination of exemption from environmental review. first caller. two minutes. welcome, caller. >> i have general comment. >> thank you for being with us. star 3 to go back the queue.

any other callers to speak to the continuance of the oakdale avenue project? welcome. >> madam clerk, there are no callers in the queue. >> president walton: public comment on continuance is closed. on the motion to continue this appeal can you please call the roll. >> on the motion to continue items 24-27 march 1st 2022. (roll call) mr. president there

are 10 ayes. >> without objection the motion to continue this hearing and its associated motions to march 1, 2022 is approved. >> madam clerk, please call the next special order. >> 28 is a public hearing of persons interested in the board of supervisors convening in a committee as a whole february 15, 2022 to hold a public hearing to consider an ordinance which is the subject matter of 29 and 30. to call provide for a special election to be held in the city

and county of san francisco on tuesday, june 7, 2022 for the purpose of submitting to the san francisco voters proposition to incur following bonded indebtedness in the amount of $400 million to finance cost of construction, acquisition and improvement of transportation, street safety and transitory lated capital improvements and related costs for the for going purposes. authorize landlords to pass 50% of the property tax increase to residential tenants. administrative code section 6.27 to require certain funded projects to be subject to project labor agreement provide levee and collection of taxes to pay principal and interest on such bonds, incorporate the provisions of administrative coast setting procedures. [please stand by]

>> thank you for your support on the amendments last week. colleagues, the reason why i asked for those amendments was really because sfmta and the presentation and the ordinance language about how they will spend that money lacked details for me to give me the confidence that this money will be well spent. especially with the equity in mind. it was that reason that i thought we really ought to amend the ordinance. with that said, also there are many challenges that i can think of when it comes to sfmta, not just on this operation, but really on its capital improvements. just to name a few, you have already been tackling these long before i be -- long before i came onboard. the central subway and the l.r.t. there was the controller's report that we all heard at the

transportation co. authority that sfmta cannot deliver the capital improvement project in a fashion, not just to exceed the

standard, but to even meet our standard. i will continue with that. i will vote in support with a lot of reservation. >> the board of supervisors will now hear public testimony specific to the committee of a hole on the general obligation bond for reliability and street safety. for those watching, the telephone number is on your screen. please use your touch phone to dial (415)655-0001. when you hear the prompt, eating -- enter the meeting id. press pound and then pound again. you will have joined the meeting as a listener and you will hear the discussions once you are ready to get in the queue. police press star three and listen for the prompt that indicates that you have been on muted. that will be your cue to begin your comments. as stated earlier, the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs. we have three interpreters here to jump in and speak with speakers who need language

support. i invite each interpreter to traduce themselves in their language and provide access information to this remote room eating -- remote meeting. first we have raymond for filipino, arthur for spanish and agnes for chinese. raymond? span-mac -- [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign language] >> thank you all for being here with us today. for callers interested in providing testimony, police press star three now to get in the queue to speak.

we have 13 listening and three in the queue. please put the first caller through. >> hi there. my name is zac. i'm the advocacy director with the san francisco transit riders. we represent over 250,000 daily riders that take transit in san francisco. i want to voice our strong support for the bond on the june 2022 ballot. it will repair our aging facilities, allow us to create charging stations that support the conversion to electric buses and help address the climate crisis and improve the quality. it will also invest in low income and cost transit improvements like transit only lanes that collectively improve speed and reliability providers by 10-20%. i want to recognize supervisor chan's concerns over delivering these projects. it is critical that every public dollar invested in our system is well spent and improved transportation and equity outcomes for all san

franciscans. however, our sense is sfmta has demonstrated a strong ability to deliver low cost transit improvements that do benefit riders and serve our equity priority communities. i think this bond expands on their ability to do the work that they are very good at delivering, while avoiding potential future boondoggles like what we have seen in the past. and finally, repairing our facilities is critical to an electric bus future that preserves air quality. and while this is something they haven't done as much before, it is a crucial opportunity to advance our city's equity and climate goals. thank you for your time. >> thank you so much for your comments. mr. atkins, the next caller, please. [ indiscernible ]

>> good afternoon, president walton and supervisors. my name is brian and i am walked san francisco's vision zero organizer. we strongly support the 2022 muni bond to the june ballot. there's 400 million-dollar general obligation bond will invest $300 million in what we really need. faster, more reliable service, and over $100 million to help make our streets safer. it is essential to get us closer to vision zero. the fate of eliminating traffic is in line with the fate of sustainable transportation options -- options. we need a convenient space that is convenient and enjoyable, otherwise will continue to be stuck in a car centred, climate backwards state killing 30 people and injuring 500 more annually and traffic crashes. the city asked for an action strategy that is achievable and will make our streets safer.

none of those initiatives will be possible without the funding to implement them. additionally, the funds are leveraged to get more funds. we know the sfmta is ready to put these dollars to work as soon as they are received so projects happen now and not in 10 years. we really can't wait another day for critical funding. we ask for your support for this bond today and in the coming months. thank you. >> thank you for your comments and being with us today. can we have the next caller? >> good afternoon, president walton and supervisors. my name is christopher white. i am the director of programs of the san francisco bicycle coalition and i am also here speaking in support of making sure that this bond goes before the voters in june. at the san francisco bicycle coalition we know a well-functioning transit system is absolutely vital for the

healthy transportation ecosystem. not everyone can ride bikes and all people who live and work in san francisco need options that work well for their needs. this bond can help achieve that. additionally, it would support improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure in the city, which, as you know, is still sorely needed. we have not yet achieved vision zero and the end date for that goal is in may. as a number of the expenditure advisory committees have been learning a great deal about the complexity of transportation funding in our city. the need is great. and the geo bond will, along with the renewed sales tax, be a necessary piece to make sure everyone in the city has access to transportation that is safe and sustainable and accessible and reliable. thank you for all of your work to make that happen. >> thank you for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have any other callers left in the queue?

>> madam clerk, there are no further callers in the queue. >> thank you. mr. president? >> public comment is now closed. as you know, we called items 28 through 30 together. madam clerk, please call rollcall on the ordinance and resolution. >> the hearing has been heard and filed. >> the hearing has been heard and filed. thank you. my apologize. supervisor preston, i did not see you there. >> no problem. thank you, president walton. i just wanted to briefly comment on this item. i want to thank supervisor chan for the important points that she raised here. i want to be clear, though i think we absolutely need this. i think this is a crucial part of delivering the transit that people in the city deserve and expect.

i think it is incumbent on all of us and on m.t.a. and the mayor and the m.t.a. board to tackle the issues, including the issues supervisor chan's raised on project delivery, and oversight and issues that we discussed today around staffing and service, but i really want to be clear with the public. this is part of the package of things that we need to advance to be able to do really important infrastructure investments for public transportation and other street improvements in our city. i would like to be added as a sponsor to this and really look forward to working with all stakeholders, not just around passing the bond, but around

showing the muni riders, in particular in the city, that we are committed to restoring service in a meaningful way to dealing with the burden that they face to making the improvements that we need to make and to assuring folks that we are not just investing in physical improvements here, you know, that are not going to result in better service, but that it is the opposite. and these physical improvements are a key part of us being able to deliver on the promises of a transit first city. please add me as a cosponsor. thank you. >> thank you so much, supervisor preston. i don't see anyone else on the roster. madam clerk, on 29 and 30. >> on items 29 and 30... [ roll call ]

there are 11 ayes. >> thank you. without objection, the resolution is adopted and the ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. madam clerk, this concludes our last 3:00 pm special order. can we go back to item number 9. >> item nine is a resolution to approve amendment number 2 to the agreement between bayview hunter's point foundation for community improvement and the department of public health for behavioral health services to increase the agreement by approximately $3.6 million for a new total of approximately $13.4 million with 15 month term extension for a total agreement term through june 30th, 2023

and to authorize dbh to enter into amendments or modifications to the contract that are necessary to effectuate the purpose of the contract and do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities to the city. >> thank you so much, madam clerk. seeing no one on the roster, we can take this item, same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, we are going to come back to item 10 later in the meeting. would you please read item 11. >> item 11 is the resolution to approve and authorize an amendment to the lease and management agreement between the recreation and park department and the san francisco botanical garden society for the san francisco botanical garden and golden gate park to also include the japanese tea garden and the conservatory of flowers as part of the leased premises which shall be known collectively as the garden of golden gate park. >> thank you.

i don't see anyone on the roster. we will take this item same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. would you please call item number 12. >> twelve is the resolution to retroactively approve amendment number 2 to the agreement between the chinese hospital association and d.p.h. for skilled nursing services to provide covid-19's capacity to increase the agreement by night by $5 million for a new total of $19 million and to extend the term by one year through december 31st, 2022 and authorize d.p.h. to intern amendments or modifications. >> thank you, madam clerk. seeing no one on the roster, we can take this item same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call items 13 through 16 together. >> items 13 through 16 comprise for resolutions that delegate retroactive authority to the san

francisco municipal transportation agency to the following contracts. item 13 for the agreement with i am c.e.o. parking llc, garage management services not to exceed an amount of $46.4 million. four item 14, a retroactive authorization to approve a contract with imperial parking to manage the group garage is comprised of the fallen garages at civic centre, lombard, performing arts, peers street, mission, bartlett, and the seventh and harrison parking lot for approximately $60.3 million from february 1st through january 31st, 2022 and to approve the fifth amendment to extend the contract by one term for an 11 year term from february 1st 2012 and to correct and increase the contract amount by $5.2 million for a total contract amount of

$65.5 million. item 15 is the resolution to retroactively authorize a contract with i am c.e.o. parking llc to group b garage is comprised of st. mary's square, golden gateway and the stadium parking lot. item 16 is another resolution approving the contract amendment with the management of the group c garage is comprised of union square and others. with a total expenditure of approximately $85.7 million through january 31st 2022 and to approve the fifth amendment to extend the contract for a new term going through january 31st 2023 and to correctly contract and increase the contract amount by six-point $6 million for a total contract

of $92.3 million. >> thank you so much, madam clerk. supervisor peskin? >> thank you, president walton. colleagues, from time to time i call out to all of you when items that should have been approved by this board of supervisors under the charter, specifically 9.118, which says that certain contracts of tenure -- of 10 years or more or over $10 million or increases of certain threshold amounts, or in cases of income to the city, income over a million dollars need to be approved prior to their being entered into, and there has been a pattern over many years where some of these slip through the system and i have been working with the controller now for a number of years to try to make this a

failsafe system wherein these contracts don't come to us retroactively, but come to us prospectively, and i thought that this would be an opportune moment to hear from the controller as to where that project and the controls to prevent this from happening in the future are in the controller's shop, and i believe insofar as every single one of these contracts have to be approved by the city attorney. that is probably a good spot where the city attorney can have a checklist that says they have to come to the board of supervisors before they can be entered into or substantially amended. with that, mr. rosenfield, if you could regale this board with how your section control project is going. >> controller rosenfield? >> good afternoon, president

walton and members of the board. supervisor peskin, your question, we have been working with the city attorney's office on new processes and controls regarding these questions. in recent months, the city attorney's office has reiterated guidance to all of their deputies regarding the proper procedures for routing and approvals of these sorts of agreements, additionally they have created a compliance checklist that is required to be completed prior to pushing them forward in the process. our office has built a dashboard in the city's financial system that now is populated with expenditure contracts as they approach these thresholds. we have piloted that dashboard with one department and vetted it and we are now rolling that dashboard out to all departments that they can use to better monetary their compliance with 9918 questions. we just trained cfos on them last week. and then, the next step we are

taking, we intend to have a notice for all departments notifying them of these new tools and asking them to review any agreement that they have outstanding to ensure past compliance with these questions and report back to our office with any findings that they have. i would be happy to answer any questions you have. >> thank you, mr. rosenfield. >> thank you, controller rosenfield. thank you, supervisor peskin. i don't see anyone in the roster. i will assume we can take these items same house, same call. without any objection, these resolutions are adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call item number 17. >> item 17 is a resolution to approve modification number 2 to a contract with covenant aviation security llc to exercise the last to your option to extend the term through june 30th, 2024 and two increase the contract amount by

approximately $7.9 million for new contract amount not to exceed approximately $19.6 million. >> thank you so much, madam clerk. same comments. thank you so much. seeing no one on the roster, we can take these items -- this item, same house, same call. this resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call item number 18. >> item 18 is a resolution to approve the execution of the master agreement for state-funded projects between the city and county of san francisco through the municipal transportation agency and the state of california through its department of transportation for the funding of transportation related projects. >> thank you so much, madam clerk. seeing no one on the roster we can take this item same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call item

number 19. >> item 19 is a resolution to approve and authorize the director of property and the mayor's office of housing and community development to enter into a ground lease for real property owned by the city and located at 78 hate street and 128 octavia street with the octavia associates lp for 75 year lease term and 124 year lease option to extend with an annual base rent of 15,000 for the ground lease. to construct 100% affordable, 63 unit multifamily rental housing developments, affordable to low income households, not to exceed 20 six-point $6 million. again, for the 57 year term to finance the development to construction of the project to authorize the director of property and/or the director of the mayor's office of housing and community development to execute the ground lease and loan agreement to make certain modifications to the agreement as defined herein.

>> thank you so much. seeing no one on the roster, we can take this item same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call item number 20. >> item 20 is a motion to respond to the civil grand jury's request to provide a status update on the board of supervisors' response to certain recommendations contained in the 2019 through 2020 civil grand jury report entitled a recycling reality check and what actually happens to things we put into our blue recycling bins. >> thank you. seeing no one on the roster, will take this item same house, same call. without objection, this motion is approved unanimously. madam clerk, would you please call item 21. >> twenty-one is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to require residential landlords to allow tenant organizing activities to occur in common

areas of the building to require certain residential landlords to recognize duly established tenant association to confer in good faith with said associations and upon request attend meetings and to provide that a landlord's failure to allow organizing activities or comply with stated obligations as to tenant associations may support a petition for a rent reduction. >> thank you so much. supervisor peskin? >> thank you, president walton. this measure would create a tenant organizing right in san francisco, which is a first. i want to start by thanking my cosponsor, supervisor chan, ronen, preston, walton and i also want to acknowledge the precedent for this effort, albeit an unsuccessful one, which i know supervisor preston is intimately aware of. that was california state senate bill 529 which was authored and

introduced by state senator de rosso of los angeles and supported by the statewide tenant's organization, tenants together, along with a number of other statewide tenant groups. unfortunately, that effort at the state level failed, but hopefully san francisco will lead the way locally and maybe it will go the way of california in the future. the push to provide tenants with organizing power comes in the context of an actually -- of a pretty fascinating, albeit scary phenomenon, which is the creeping consolidation of real estate assets by private equity firms and real estate investment trusts. and if you have not seen it, i encourage you all to read february 7th's public peace when private equity becomes your

landlord. veritas here in san francisco has become san francisco's largest landlord in a very, very short period of time, and yet this is an entity which purports not to own any buildings because those buildings are, in fact owned by a pool of unknown investors with expectations for returns on their investments that frankly and candidly ignore the lives of the individuals who we know, because they are our constituents and we represent them, who are providing those returns. the legislation before you is designed to give those constituents, those tenants a seat at the table about issues that directly affect them. unlike the traditional landlord tenant context where a tenant calls up there landlord when there is an issue with the property, this really aims at creating a context for a more collaborative relationship with tenants as a whole.

it is an entirely new concept in the landlord and tenant context, but not a new context in the labor and management arena. and indeed, this borrows a page from the good old school of labor organizing. and in that vein, i want to thank the house of labor who have supported this, along with a host of tenant advocates who have worked with my office specifically and my staff, lee happen or, “i want to thank and appreciate during this last remarkably precarious year for tenants in san francisco and those organizations include the housing rights committee of san francisco, the veritas tenant association, and southeast tenant association, the eviction defence collaborative, dolores street community services, the coalition on homelessness, affordable housing alliance and asian law caucus. i particularly want to think and

shout out lena and debbie who are residents and tenant advocates in the district that i represent, for their tireless advocacy and involvement in this issue from the start and this policy is for them and tenants like them. i also want to acknowledge and thank san francisco apartment association. and while i know they maintain, to put it likely, reservations about this proposal, i want to thank them and their members for meeting with my office about this and offering suggestions to improve it. some of which we incorporated in the ordinance that is before you. with that, i commend this proposal to you and hope that we will pass it today. >> thank you, supervisor peskin. supervisor ronen? >> i just wanted to thank supervisor peskin and his office and all of the veritas tenants who really got creative and took

strategies and tactics from other fights and transferred them over to the tenant context. it is exciting legislation. i love this cutting edge type of creativity and three cheers for this. let's pass it unanimously. >> thank you so much, supervisor ronen. supervisor haney? >> thank you. ditto to that. i want to thank supervisor preston for your leadership on this and your staff and really acknowledge, a supervisor ronen just did, the work of the veritas tenant association. i am a tenant myself and i have been involved in working with other tenants and they have really demonstrated what is possible with this kind of model of being able to organize and negotiate collectively, and obviously it was incredible during the pandemic and will continue to be. i want to make sure that i am

added as a cosponsor. thank you for your leadership. >> thank you, supervisor haney. supervisor preston? >> i wanted to thank you, supervisor peskin, for taking this concept across the finish line and i appreciate your remarks around the statewide efforts on this. i do want to give special acknowledgement to the senator's work on try to move -- trying to move this bill which was very similar at the state level in the building. it is not as friendly to will -- to working people and renters as this one, or at least this body is. all the member organizations got together and the housing rights committee of san francisco, in particular did an incredible amount of work to try and move this forward at the state level. and sometimes we are not able to do things at the state and we are able to do them locally and

they have become models for other cities. this may be one of those. it is just reasonable that folks should be able to organize their homes like they do in their workplaces, and collectively bargain and have a requirement that there landlord come to the table in good faith to talk to them about issues in the building. this is an important piece of legislation and i am proud to be a cosponsor of it. thank you, supervisor peskin for all your work on this. >> thank you so much, supervisor preston. i don't see anyone else on the roster. i believe we can take this item same house, same call. without objection, this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. madam clerk, please calls item 22 and 23 together. >> item 22 and 23 are two

motions that approve the treasure's nomination to the treasury oversight committee. for item 22, this item appoints nancy home and that nomination approves both terms that and in 2022. >> thank you so much, madam clerk. i do not see anyone on the roster. we will take these items same house, same call. without objection, these motions are approved unanimously. madam clerk, let's go to item 31, and ordinance to amend the

code to prohibit landlords from evicting residential tenants from nonpayment of the rent who came due on or after 2022 and was not paid due to the covid-19 pandemic and to prohibit the imposition of late fees, penalties or other similar charges on such tenants. >> thank you. colleagues, this one may look familiar to you because you passed virtually an identical ordinance in 2021. let me briefly describe what this one is and isn't because we have had many different eviction ban ordinances before this body. i want to start by thanking supervisor melgar and supervisor preston for supporting this in committee yesterday. the city acted very swift with these evictions at the outset of

the pandemic. first by the executive order in march of 2020, followed by this body passing an ordinance in june of 2020, which made rent that -- rent debt caused by covid-19 permanently nonevicted bull. then the state intervened in august 2020 to stop san francisco from determining the best way to keep people in their homes. the statewide protections and preemptions are coming to an end on march 31st. obviously, the covid -induced hardship is not coming to an end. we hope it will soon. we are certainly not there yet. san francisco has more than 10,000 pending applications for rent relief, with more than $182 million in requested funds that have not been paid. the ordinance seeks to reinstate permanent eviction protection for tenants unable to pay rent during a state of emergency.

and like the previous ordinance that i reference that covers the april to september 2020 rent, and ordinance that i should note was upheld against a legal challenge by the landlord lobby against the city and the ordinance was upheld by the san francisco superior court. similar to that ordinance, this proposal permanently takes nonpayment eviction off the table where the inability to pay rose out of a substantial decrease in household income or substantial out-of-pocket expenses that were caused by the covid-19 pandemic or any local state or federal government response to covid-19 and that is documented. the rental period covered by the ordinance are from april 1st 2022 through the end of the mere's proclamation emergency related to the covid pandemic. as long as conditions warrant a

state of emergency, people facing hardships should not leave their homes. i want to be clear on this. the legislation does not cancel rents that accrue during the period i have described in the state of emergency. instead the obligations on rent would become a cane to consumer debt if they were not promptly paid. the legislation does establish that the rent debt for these periods is not grounds for eviction and will never be grounds for eviction. i want to thank the displacement coalition for working with my office on this ordinance and also the chief of staff, as well as the cosponsor supervisor chan, peskin, ronen, president walton, and supervisor melgar. thank you. >> thank you so much, supervisor preston. seeing no one else on the roster, i believe we can take this item same house, same call.

without objection, this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. madam clerk, please call item 32. >> item 32 is a resolution to add the commemorative street name, sister vishnu way to the zero zero block of blair alley in recognition of the activists sister vishnu, cofounder of the sisters of perpetual indulgence and her dedication to and lasting impact on san francisco and the global lgbtq community. >> thank you so much, madam clerk. i don't see anyone on the roster. we can take this item same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, we are now at roll call for introductions. >> the first member up to introduce new business is supervisor haney. submit? supervisor mandelman?

>> i have a piece of legislation. i thank you and goodbye. the piece of legislation is an updated version of the four plex ordinance i announced about this time last year. a lot has happened since then, including significant changes in state housing law, the adoption of plan b area 50 and arena targets out have san francisco produce 82,000 over the next few years and the unanimous endorsement of this. what has not changed is this. san francisco continues to struggle to provide housing opportunities for middle-class san franciscans in our neighborhood. the intent of the ordinance is to allow for moderately sized multiunit buildings to be built in our zoning district which make up 60% of the city's developable land that is zoned for housing but have only seen a relatively small amount of housing development in recent

years. allowing for this missing middle housing and neighborhoods that have been preserved for single-family homes is a way not only of helping to meet our housing production goals, but to do so anyway that promotes greater geographic equity in terms of where new housing gets built and in a way that i hope how this will contribute across the city. the ordinance that i am introducing today would, as proposed allow for an exception to density limits up to four units on all our age zoned lots for projects that are not using the state density bonus and are complying with existing hype and open space requirements. this version would also go further on corner lots and allowing for density exception of up to six units on corners, allowing them to fit within the current height and bulk limits. this was a recommendation that recommends the historic pattern of denser buildings on corners throughout the city, including in many rh neighborhoods, as well as the fact that corner

lots with street frontages lend themselves to buildings with more units, which require window spacing out on the public right-of-way or open space and additional means of egress. i should note that this is something we are able to do now following the passage of sb 10 last year. that bill, you will recall, allow city step zoned residential areas without requiring anything for that up zoning legislation. individual projects that take advantage of this exception would still be subject to review. this ordinance will also make any building that includes at least four units subject to a 30% rearguard requirement which is the same as what currently applies in districts, but less than the 45% yard required in rh to an rh three districts. this was another recommendation to the planning commission to comic buildings while adding more units and still preserving our yards and open spaces. the ordinance also recommends another recommendation which is

a state bill that as of januaryt , allows for serial approval for duplexes or lots with two units per lots for total of four in all rh one zoning districts. i'm proposing that the commission recommends we rezone all our age one parcels to our h2 and create our own local equivalent that would allow for the same increase in density or more on corner lots while retaining our local design review and rear yard requirements in these areas. while i agree with sb nine's sponsors that we need to add more housing into historically single-family neighborhoods, we should and can do this in a way that will respect the long-standing pattern and block open space formed by rear yards in the interior that defines many of our residential neighborhoods and is important to providing air, late, and green space which are essential. this ordinance will also include some additional features for any unit or a low-income tenant has lived for the past for -- past five years and with the right of first offer for the prior tenant. he recognizes and reflects

recent changes in state law to allow for a central place for replacement unit requirements in single-family districts. this ordinance will protect historic resources by illuminating the density exception only to projects that can proceed without opposing any effects on a local or state or federal landmark or any ceqa historical resource that we will refer to as category a. i want to thank supervisor haney for his cosponsorship and the deputy city attorney for their work and partnership over these many months. along with the planning department and my legislative aide, who has been working on this for a long time to get us to this point today. my second thank you and goodbye is today is a set day for me and my office but a happy one for tom and equality california. for anyone who missed it, tom

starts tomorrow as their statewide political director. i met tom more than 10 years ago on a mayor campaign. we were founding members of queers for all of love and i still have the t-shirt. over that decade, tom has done extraordinary things. serving two terms on the harvey milk democratic club and hosting and djing 10 of amazing and parties, getting elected to the board state college of san francisco when he served three years as vice president, helping me get elected in 2018 and serving as chief of staff for my office for the past three and a half years. he has done extraordinary things because he is an externally person. relentlessly positive, in marked contrast to his boss and remarkably likable. so hard-working and dedicated to the betterment of san francisco and california and the investment of lgbtq people and all of the allied people. he is also a lot of fun.

with tremendous gratitude for his service to me and my office and to the students, faculty, and staff of city college, we all want to wish tom the very best in his future endeavours. i will miss you, my friend, but i know you will be around. i'm eager to see and follow everything that you will achieve. the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor mandelman. we were joined just a moment ago. we will miss you. supervisor mar? >> thank you, madam clerk. i just have one hearing request today. i am calling for a hearing on cannabis cultivation in san francisco, including permitted and illicit operations. this comes in response to a very concerning crime incident in the outer sunset last week that was a residential robbery and what is it allegedly and illicit grow house. the incident included gunfire on the street and one fatality. through this hearing, it will be an opportunity to evaluate

city's efforts to address public safety and fire hazard concerns of illicit cannabis cultivation facilities and incentivize legally permitted cannabis cultivation in appropriate locations. i am requesting the office of cannabis, sfpd, fire department, planning, and dbi to report. the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor melgar? submits. okay. thank you. supervisor peskin? >> thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, today i am truly saddened to adjourn our board meeting in memory of the beloved, every bubbly, loving, dear, kinsey dang who lived in supervisor ronen's district.

this is, at least from the two of us who have recently passed away at the age of 96. he was born in 1926 in china. throughout his adult life, he was the manager of a general store. he migrated to the state of oregon with his third son in 1985 and relocated here in 1992. his four sons now reside in san francisco, in oregon, hong kong and china. while he and his surviving wife have been well-liked, loved residents of bethany center senior housing in supervisor ronen's district, he has really been a centrepiece of life in chinatown for many, many years, including starting out there in an s.r.o. he was also an eager learner and studied english for a few years when he was living in oregon. he loved being an adult student

of everything of life and music, well into his nineties. when he first moved to san francisco, he was living in an s.r.o. with his entire family. like many immigrant families, they dreamed of living into step up senior housing and out of their s.r.o., and that, like for so many others, proved extremely difficult, given that even affordable housing, quote unquote affordable housing, was out of their price range. in 2001, 21 years ago, he joined the community tenant's association. the largest tenant's association in san francisco and immediately was recognized as what he was, a star organizer, and was quickly elected to the board of directors. he taught naturalization classes for c.t.a. members and hosted popular and rambunctious singing lessons for the seniors. despite his age, he always lived by his personal motto.

helping others is a great source of happiness. he found genuine joy in helping others and exuded an infectious positivity that was an inspiration for his allies in the senior and tenant's movement from myself personally. for many of you who got to know him. he loved c.t.a. because he believed in its mission of organizing seniors and low income communities and was critical to its growth and success. he found a way to champion community involvement and stewardship of the community that allowed him to hang out with his friends every day while getting us to pass cutting edge legislation. even brought that spirits back to his own housing facility at bethany center where he started the jade club. a weekly social gathering for residents to get updated on community issues and encourage them to get civic lee engaged. he always said, i often treat

c.t.a.'s hard work just like my own personal matter. for those who have had the pleasure of organized marching and singing with him, then you know what a bundle of joy and joyous energy he was. always ready to put on his backpack and sneakers and marched to city hall to champion everything from senior operating subsidies, to public safety and more open space and parks. this will be the first chinese new year parade that i won't get to hear him giggling at his own jokes or singing songs. i know it is a tremendous loss for the community, and particularly for c.t.a. we waited a week to do this because everyone really needed some time to start processing his departure. and my most sincere condolences to his four sons and life -- and wife. she cultivated -- she cultivated for so many decades. thank you.

>> supervisor ronen, did you want to speak about him? >> i do. thank you so much. i will rise to do it because that man deserves me to stand. gosh, i feel so brokenhearted. he was just a life force. thank you so much for that beautiful in memoriam, supervisor peskin. he just had something special that very few people have and you felt it almost immediately. when i first began hanging out with c.t.a. originally when i was running for office and seeking their endorsements, and then because we agreed on almost every tenant rights legislation and stood side-by-side fighting to protect tenants, just seeing him in a crowd just lifted my spirits and my heart and immediately resolved any anxieties when you are in a

crowd of people and you are a monolingual english speaker. and many c.t.a. activists and members are monolingual cantonese speakers. i always feel awkward and want to show my appreciation for them and my respect without having the language skills to do so. he would somehow cut through all of that and just grabbed me by the hand and dragged me around and hugged me and introduced me to everyone and despite his english that was worlds better than my cantonese, despite our inabilities to talk, we formed such a bond. it genuinely grew deep affection for one another. i had the honor of honoring him one year for api heritage month

and the crowds that came pretty much took up the whole board of supervisors' chamber. i remember supervisor peskin was so jealous that i got to claim him as a district nine resident. he protested and got up and spoke as well because that is how much he inspired our love and our enthusiasm and support. i will miss you. my deepest condolences. we are so lucky that we had him in our life and in our hearts and we will always carry him with us. may you rest in peace. i love you. >> supervisor chen? >> thank you, madam clerk. i too want to join this in memoriam. i was just about to join c.t.a.

just to wish them happy new year. i got this very sad news and i learned to get to know him. it was good to be in chinatown. is also good to -- when i was running for supervisor, he was -- by the time i saw him for c.t.a., it was no longer in person. it was just on the screen. seeing him try to manoeuvre or zoom and meet and unmute people in their own homes, that was a very difficult setting for me to get to know him. everyone is in their own home and their own setting. he definitely was going to be very much missed. thank you for doing this today. >> thank you, madam clerk.

thank you for saying such kind words? i am not going to repeat what my colleagues have said other than it -- he was always -- such wonderful interactions with him. he was such a bright spirit in such a friendly person and i think he had a permanent smile on his face. he always made you feel welcome. it was a shock for me when i found out from supervisor ronen last week that he had passed away. may he rest in peace. may the wonderful work that he has committed to continue on in his honor. >> thank you. supervisor preston? >> thank you, madam clerk. please add me to the in memoriam. the rest i submit. >> thank you. supervisor ronen? >> sorry. today i have three items.

a letter of inquiry and an ordinance and a request for a bla report and i will start with the little -- letter of inquiry. i will be submitting the letter to san francisco police department chief scott. inquiring about officer response to crimes that are being committed in front of them and clearance rates in our city. i hope that this is not the case, but i am worried that sfpd or some sfpd officers are engaging in a deliberate work stoppage in conjunction to its political rift with the district attorney. in november 2021, the san francisco chronicle reported that sfpd officers responded to the burglary of a marijuana

dispensary and simply watched from their patrol car as the burglars left the dispensary with stolen items, got into their getaway car, executed a three-point turn and drove away. in december 2021, the chronicle reported the tenderly -- a tenderloin woman was assaulted and struck on the head on her way to a laundromat. though she immediately rushed to the tenderloin station to report the incident, officers made no effort to find the perpetrators. after leaving the station, she was never contacted by the police. this past saturday, heather night reported on the destruction of san francisco wine societies park in the financial district. police responded and interrupted the vandalism but then drove away without the perpetrator who continued to destroy the space. following this article, several commenters on her twitter feed relate to their own stories of inaction by sfpd. these accounts are deeply

concerning and send a message to san francisco residents that our officers are not doing all they can to investigate crimes and prevent future harm. these stories indicate a systemic breakdown in the department. the department of police accountability data tells a similar story. last year, of all the complaints alleged, 42.5% of those complaints involved neglect of duty by officers including failure to write incidents reports and/or investigate crimes. the san francisco police department's own clearance rate also paints another troubling picture that the department is not doing the jobs that it claims to. clearance rates have declined. clearance rates were down for robberies by 14%. for burglaries by nine%, for car theft by almost 16%, and for larceny by 36%.

furthermore, stuff i've witnessed further officers tell constituents that there is no point in investigating or arresting perpetrators of crime because the district attorney will not prosecute. this is patently false. the district attorney brought charges in 66% of cases that's the sfpd presented to him. is absolutely unacceptable for police officers to stop doing their jobs because they don't like the way another department is doing its job. last year, the board of supervisors and the mayor increased sfpd business i 28 million for a total budget of $683 million. at the same time, the board of supervisors and emeriti office created 10 straight response teams to address homelessness and people living with mental illness and drug addiction to more effectively address a poverty and public health crisis. despite the increase in budget and decrease in work

responsibilities, they are seeking additional funds from the board of supervisors. i have for one, i'm hard-pressed to give more money to a department when there are so many reports of officers simply refusing to do their jobs. i look forward to hearing chief scott's response to this letter of inquiry, and specifically what he is doing about the reports of officers failing to do their jobs and the record low clearance rates in the department. secondly, colleagues, i am asking, one second. i am asking the bla to conduct a report on the effect of the mayor's 2192 year pilot program to retain sfusd teachers in the most underserved communities. in august 2019, mayor brief

sought to retain and attract experienced teachers by providing an additional $3,000 in the first year and an additional $2,500 in the year after that two teachers in hard to staff schools. nearly all of the san francisco high potential schools or part of this program were in the bayview, mission, and southeastern neighborhoods. we have heard firsthand from teachers who received this stipend and principles of the schools that were part of the pilot program that have made a tremendous difference in retaining teachers and preventing educator turnover. however, the pilot program has ended. the cost-of-living in san francisco, thank you, continues to rise and teaching during the pandemic has only made teachers work harder. teacher retention was an issue in 2019 and is a bigger issue now. i'm asking the bla to report on how the mere's pilot -- how the

mayor's stipend project is being administered and its effectiveness for consideration in the upcoming budget year. and then finally, colleagues, a few weeks ago we introduced an ordinance regulating street vending, an activity that has been a major problem in the mission district for many years. today we are introducing a substantive piece of legislation that we have worked on with the mayor and her staff, and specifically i.v. -- and i believe that i feel comfortable supporting that i feel will help street vendors and the beleaguered neighborhoods that they are selling in like the mission. in short, the legislation requires vendors to obtain a permit for being able to set up

sales on the street or in any public right-of-way. when selling new items or certain more expensive items like tools, phones, computers, bike parts that are stolen from cards and garages across the city, proof of ownership will be required before receiving a permit. when selling used goods like tennis shoes, clothes, no proof of ownership will be required. dpw will be the agency responsible for enforcing the law. the police will not be involved. there are no criminal ramifications for selling goods without a permit. however, if a vendor sells without a permit, dpw can confiscate goods and administer fines that can be reduced or waived based on inability to pay. street vending has become a massive problem in the mission. sidewalks are crowded, and passable, and customers cannot reach the family-run businesses

that pay enormous fees to sell their goods and services and are suffering even more because of the street vending. merchants are upset. they are losing customers during an already difficult covid time. streets are littered with trash and debris left by the vendors. on saturday i couldn't even exit the bus because of the massive umbrellas and blankets lining the streets. the chaos on the streets is unsafe and unsustainable and untenable. a few years ago, my office tried to fix this problem on mission by creating -- lang which mac -- we closed down the street parallel to mission street, provided tables and monitors and allowed vendors to have a safe and orderly place to sell their goods. unfortunately, the intervention failed after close to a year of trying. we ended up serving vendors from out of town who found the spot and came here to sell their

goods. we did not contain the vending on the streets surrounding the area. and because it was my office staffing the program every weekend, it was just completely unsustainable. this time around, the mayor and her staff are working with us on a properly resourced pilot program to run these in the mission and for the properly permitted street vendors to allow them to safely sell their goods in an orderly way. i have tried every strategy you can possibly think of to deal with this problem in the mission, and the bottom line is we have got to permit the vendors in order to get control of the situation. i have not seen the mission look so bad in a really long time. the vendors and the residents are irate, and frankly, they deserve to be irate.

it is untenable and we must do something about it. i want to thank the mayor and her staff for working with our office, for being so amenable to making changes, to the original ideas, to striking the right balance of giving people who are living in poverty away to make extra money without allowing chaos in the streets. colleagues, the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor ronen. >> thank you, colleagues. i don't have anything to submit. i just want to put something on the record regarding the rise and spread of graffiti in the city. i know we have an ordinance on the books that allows those businesses and others to not have to clean up the graffiti during our emergency order. i think this has gone on for two years. when it was introduced was the right piece of legislation. i have gotten a barrage in our

office over the last few months of people complaining about the rise of graffiti and tagging. i think it is time to rethink. i know supervisor mandelman's office and supervisor ronen's office and supervisor peskin's office is really thinking about this. it probably is time to look at ending the grace period because it is really out of control. drive through any commercial corridor in the city and you will see tagging that has just exploded. i know the citizens of san francisco are calling for us to do everything we can to clean this up. i look forward to working with my colleagues and the department to really accelerate removing the grace period and asking people to take responsibility for what we are seeing out on the streets. thank you, madam clerk. the rest i submit. >> thank you. supervisor stefani?

we will return to supervisor stefani and move on to supervisor walton. >> thank you. thank you so much, madam clerk. colleagues, today i'm introducing legislation imposing interim zoning controls for 18 months to require a conditional use authorization and specific findings for proposed parcel delivery service uses pending the consideration of other legislation. this legislation is critical to the san francisco community, as we have seen some companies try to come into cities and neighborhoods and increase pollution and traffic, bringing along jobs that pay below industry standard wages and, in some cases, facilities with serious health and safety concerns. this legislation is meant to give each parcel delivery service project a more thorough

review. we want to make sure that these facilities will benefit those living and working in san francisco before making a decision. as the president of the board of supervisors, i had no idea that the office of economic and workforce development had signed an m.o.u. with a company in district 10, until right before it was reported in the news. members of the surrounding community, labor, and other stakeholders were also kept in the dark this is incredibly frustrating when companies attempt to slide their projects under the radar with little to no accountability to the community. large companies must come to the community and discuss what they plan to do. they must have conversations with folks who live and work in the community, and at least the office of economic and workforce development could have reached

out to our office to have a courtesy conversation. as a community we must be allowed to decide if we want these types of facilities and businesses, and not just to be told that they are moving into our neighborhoods. we are always willing to work with companies that make commitments to abide by environmental regulations and are good employers. however, companies that are looking to come to san francisco with a track record that is questionable at best should be vetted by an extensive community process. you are seeing this happen all over the bay area and southern california, and on the east coast where communities are coming together and saying they want to participate in discussions and planning when their environment will be completely affected by big business. some communities have passed on these facilities, while others have reached agreements, but only after thorough reviews and

strong commitments, which is important to fit the community's needs. i am grateful to the san francisco southeast allianz, united food and commercial workers, and the teamsters for working together with our team on this. i can speak on behalf -- i can't speak -- i can only speak on behalf of san francisco, but i wouldn't be surprised if other communities and other major metropolitan areas develop similar legislation to fit their needs. i would also like to thank the deputy city attorney victoria wong for drafting this. thank you for giving feedback during the planning process, and my chief of staff for working with everyone on this. thank you so much. the rest i submit. >> thank you, mr. president. supervisor chan?

submit? thank you. supervisor stefani? okay. mr. president, seeing no names on the roster. that concludes the introduction of new business. >> thank you. let's go to public comment. >> the board of supervisors welcomes general public comment. the best practice is to use your touch phone. you will be in sync to listen to the proceeding and to provide your comment throughout the meeting. the telephone number is streaming on your screen. when you hear the prompt, enter the meeting id. press the pound symbol twice. you will know you have joined the meeting as a listener once you hear the discussion, but your line will be muted. when you're ready to get into the queue to provide your comment, that's when you should press star three. when it is your turn, listen carefully for the prompt that you have been on muted and begin speaking your comments. during general public comment, you may speak to the approval of

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the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs, we do have interpreters present with us. i would like to give them an opportunity to once again introduce themselves, the service they provide, and the access information to this remote meeting in their language. we will start with bremen for filipino, arturo for spanish and agnes for chinese. welcome. [speaking foreign language ]

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>> thank you. we appreciate your consistency and being with us. and for the service you provide to the community. mr. atkins, we are setting the timer for three minutes. help me welcome our first caller, please. >> hello. >> thank you, we can hear you. i wanted to thank president walton, as well as supervisor chan and supervisor preston and

peskin for the resolution file on the commemoration of the 80th anniversary. the day of remembrance on february 19th. it is virtual this year on saturday at 5:00 pm. [ indiscernible ] i commend you for the resolution. and i thank you for introducing it. >> thank you for your comments and for joining us this evening. mr. atkins, i understand we have

13 callers who are listening and one caller, possibly two who are in the queue. mr. atkins, please help me welcome our next caller. >> good afternoon, supervisors, president walton. i am the new executive director of the task force following in the large footsteps of steve nakata show. i want to thank supervisor preston and supervisor chan for their leadership for co-authoring and commemorating the 80th anniversary of the signing of the executive order 9066. i hope you will plan to join us on our day of remembrance, this saturday, february 19th from 5:30 pm in a virtual event.

my father was incarcerated in arizona for no crime other than his race. he was ripped from the customs of uc berkeley and excited -- and sent to an assembly center and eventually to a desert prison camp. what the resolution does is recognizes the city and county of san francisco and how they were complicit in this most egregious violation of constitutional rights of japanese americans. i hope you will all support the resolution and i look forward to partnering with you in terms of how we can heal the community around this. thank you so much. >> thank you. all right, mr. atkins. can we hear from another caller? welcome. >> hello.

can you hear me? >> yes. >> yes, my name is radley. i am calling to urge you to support the resolution urging the federal government to release leonard peltier and grant clemency after his years of unjust confinement as a political prisoner. this conviction is an egregious miscarriage of justice and it is a violation of the due process rights. he is an indigenous human rights defender and he needs support for being released. he also has just recently contracted covid which affects his help -- health and well-being. i urge you to support the february 24th, 2022 day of solidarity for him. thank you. >> thank you for your comments.

let's hear from another caller. >> meghan's mom was pregnant with her -- born in the western addition, she was at sunset nursery school. she wonders which district will she die in, and which supervisor might memorialize her, remembering her story in some way. she hopes to remember making was denied housing countless of times over decades of dutiful efforts, culminating in the team teach you denial tonight -- despite her insiders socializing -- [ indiscernible ] -- she had disabilities in chemical sensitivities and was taking ada rights accommodations. they were warned to not mention ada rights again as the s.f.

homeless industry retaliates against the homeless to request them. by not having them. no one ever told her how it could represent her in a claim for discrimination against her. for many years, unnecessary and suffering abuse followed while statutes of limitations expired. [ indiscernible ] she was denied equity in her never ending pursuit of safe and affordable homes in her own home town. she weeps every board of supervisors meeting where the unhoused are never represented. she was last thrown out on the street during the rising delta variant. though immunocompromised in matt haney's district as the sheriff

joked about her not dying that night, inappropriately touching her from behind. please remember meghan. please remember meghan. >> thank you for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have another caller in the queue? we have 13 listening and there's about two in the queue ready to make comment. if you are one of the 13, please press star three. let's welcome our next caller. [ indiscernible ] welcome. if you turn down your phone -- turned on your television we will be in sync. >> should i just start speaking now? >> yes, sir. >> hi. my name is paulo sake.

i would like to speak today on item -- on items regarding the resolution commemorating the 80h anniversary of the signing of the executive order 9066. and today -- today's resolution is long overdue. eight years ago, the japanese american community needed the support of our city leaders here in san francisco to help protect our civil and constitutional rights, rather than lend a hand, the police raided our homes, arrested our leaders, and assisted the f.b.i. and military and the forced evacuation of japanese americans from san francisco. i only wish those generations

that were incarcerated were here today to hear that the city is finally recognizing its role that it played in the evacuation and incarceration of japanese americans during world war ii. unfortunately, there's probably only two or three% of those living today. it made its holiday recognition in 1987. the state did in 2020, and now, finally, 80 years later, the city has taken the opportunity to recognize its role. it is long overdue. at some point in time there needs to be a larger discussion about the city's role, its impact, and effect upon our community. it is not just the war.

the studio completely evicted... >> thank you for your comments. please forgive my interruption of your comments. we are setting the timer for two minutes this evening. mr. atkins? do we have another caller in the queue, please? >> supervisors, tonight i am calling to lay attention at the foot of our police department. i want to take note of their lawless behavior as our district attorney has emphasized in managing to use a rape case victim to prosecute them for petty theft. what i would really love to see in our city is more respect for the victims, but moreover for us

to take note of how important it is to have an independent district attorney that is a separate check on this unlawful authority. as we see coming before us shortly, we have propositions relating for funding for the police department and extension to the tenderloin funding and both of those things come for us soon and the expansions of the police that have continued to behave in a lawless way, whether it is refusing to comply with supervisor peskin's surveillance measures, or refusing to comply with the strict attorney or refusing to comply with the court system or refusing to comply with the constitution. you can see they have no interest in complying with the law. i urge you to bring our police

into a law-abiding and respecting relationship with the authority and the city as they clearly are unwilling to do, unable to do themselves. i urge you into an oversight role with this out of line department. >> thank you for your comments. mr. atkins, let's hear from another caller, please. >> hello. can you hear me? >> yes, welcome. >> thank you. supervisors, i would like to encourage you, maybe tomorrow, when you get into your office, go take a walk out to city hall. it will probably be a nice day. passed the library. take a right down

eighth street. just observe what your policies have brought upon this city. walked down to mission street and back up to ninth. go sit in your office and if you can sit there for two minutes and really feel as though you are doing their jobs, my hat is off to you. i am so disgusted by the depths that this city has fallen to in the amount of money that to you, in my estimate, steal from taxpayers and distribute in the most absurd and unregulated ways, and then, you know, you have a three and a half hour meeting before you get any feedback from citizens. you can continue whistling in the dark, but you -- you probably have destroyed the most beautiful city in the world keep

on whistling in the wind, but i am very frustrated. >> thank you for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have another caller in the queue? >> can you hear me now? >> welcome. >> hi. i actually have a comment related to item 35. the closed session. is that appropriate now or will there be a separate opportunity? >> this is your opportunity. >> rock and roll. thank you. related to item 35, i wanted to

speak on three related topics. one is interconnection, two is intervening facilities and the third is metering. i believe that all three are related to billing and safety and that there should be a proportional approach to all of them. that is to say, a single connection, whether it is a streetlight or, you know, a small appliance, that could be metered, perhaps should be, but maybe not. and if the worst that it could do, if a short-circuit in that device or a service might, you know, put out one person next door, then that doesn't need as much load protection as the general hospital or some major downtown office building, which

has a huge load and could have a much more disproportionate effect on neighbouring customers. in some way, there should be a proportional approach to intervening facilities, the greater load needs more protection, and that is 30 seconds, right? >> correct. >> i've got it. all right. and on metered accounts where they could total up the entire load used by the city, subtract the load that is billed to customers, and what is left over, simply build the city. those are unmetered accounts. whether they are streetlights or somebody stealing 20 cents worth of power, it is a lot cheaper to do it that way then to -- >> thank you. apologies to cut you off. we are setting the timer for two minutes. all right. we have 13 callers who are listening and three who are in the queue ready to provide comment. if you are one of the 13

listening and you like to speak during general public comment, press star three now. let's hear from our next caller, please. >> hello. >> welcome. >> hello? >> we can hear you. >> hi. i would like to bring, first, good afternoon and good evening to the members of the board. i would like to bring into view road works. i work in san francisco. i work from 7-3 in the morning. i know this and there has been a trend over the past years that the work that is done on the roadway in san francisco is being done through repeat hours. nineteenth avenue. one of the busiest streets in san francisco, lincoln way, fillmore, they are all being

done during peak hours. 7:00 am in the morning, there are men blocking off the street during peak hours. that lasts throughout the entire day. please, these are contracted workers. why do you think they are not doing these jobs at night when the road is empty? if they want to bid on these jobs, they should accept the fact that these jobs should be done at night. that is holding up traffic. disrupting traffic. you can't get anything done you can't get from one point to the next because of the word work being done. it is throughout the whole city. 7:00 am you are blocking off the streets to do what? one small portion? this is something the board should really look into. i know we have so much stuff going on in the city, but this is one way, this is one point that we can really cut down on. thank you.

>> thank you for your comments. mr. atkins, let's hear from our next caller, please. >> hello. i am a lawful member of the tribe. i am here to support and ask for you to adopt the resolution here to have them be released and to also look at the same resolution for all local tribal members within san francisco to be on the same resolution. we have so often been overlooked and been invisible. we are here today as native americans and we are striving as one another. we look at this day as american indians as american indian day

in solidarity here. i support that. thank you for your time and for listening to my comments. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. let's hear from our next caller, please. >> hello, board of supervisors. i would like to praise supervisor ronen for her initiative to submit a letter of inquiry to chief scott. i think we need to finally address the french laundry dead elephant in the room and that is made or breed. there is no way that chief scott would have unilaterally opted to not participate in the year's long establishment of an m.o.u. to look into sfpd excessive use

of force cases. we know we can't be naïve. we know that mayor breed was in the background offering chief scott her approval to throw a monkeywrench into police investigation. it seems that, unfortunately, these powerful black leaders in san francisco are actually subservient to the police union. i believe that both of these black leaders, which i initially praised, they are betraying the very members of their own community, of the black community. thank you for this time. i appreciate it. >> thank you for your comments. operations, do we have another caller in the queue, please?

>> hello. my name is alice and i am active with the japan town task force but also a resident here in the japan town. i wanted to let the board of supervisors know that i support the resolution of the 80th anniversary of executive order 9066 recognizing that many, many japanese and japanese americans with this executive order were forced out of their homes and put into the relocation camps. san francisco board of supervisors at the time, and officials, supported this resolution. i think it is a great time right now as we celebrate the 80th anniversary commemoration that the board of supervisors of san francisco acknowledged the wrongdoing of this and support this resolution to apologize to

the citizens of san francisco. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. all right, mr. atkins? let's hear from our next caller in the queue. if you are one of the nine who are listening and you would like to provide general public comment, press star three now. otherwise we have just a handful of individuals. perhaps one or two that we might take this group to the end. welcome. >> hello. my name is kristi. i have lived in the mission for over 24 years. i have a very strong constitution for urban problems. the latest crisis has put me over the edge. i woke up in the middle of the night to a strange and loud crackling sound. i saw my neighbor's building engulfed in flames. three fires in an instant. they were evident after the san

francisco fire department put out the flames. the crisis is fires. garbage, tense, whatever you want to call them, people are consistently starting fires throughout the city. there are some great statistics. fires rose by 26% in san francisco last year. does that sound crazy? fires increase by over 50% in the mission, castro, and upper market in 2020. the fire department data shows the rise in fires was mainly termed by garbage fires. it is a broad label use by the fire department including lots of different scenarios. means a fires happen outdoors and involve trash. spokesperson says the frontline firefighters took themselves to encampments. their impact should not be underestimated. any fire is dangerous. we have such a condensed city. records indicate an estimated

80 million in combined property and content damage throughout this year. they were caused by people in and around tense for people cooking and keeping warm. accidents happen, but they happen a lot more frequently. this is not a progressive agenda. you can chalk up some of it to covid, but not at a 50% increase. pundits say we need to how's everyone. not everyone is ready for their own apartment. we need people who can support themselves and provide institutions for those who can't. we can't leave people with drug problems and mental illnesses on the sidewalk to hurt themselves. >> thank you for your comments. please accept my apologies for interrupting you. we are setting the timer for two minutes per person. mr. atkins, do we have another caller in the queue? >> thank you. my name is antonio gonzalez.

i am the director for aim west in san francisco. i am speaking on behalf of the tribal community, and also to speak on item 37, the resolution for leonard peltier. he is an internationally known political prisoner who's release has been called for by scores of congressional representatives, the dalai lama, nelson mandela, bishop desmond tutu, and hundreds of luminaries, as well as many millions of people around the world.

he is suffering his health and needs to go home. the national congress of american indians representing the center across the united states -- [ indiscernible ] thank you very much. thank you for your consideration. >> thank you for your comments this evening. all right. mr. atkins, do we have another caller in the queue, please? >> there are no further colors in the queue. >> thank you kindly. mr. president? >> thank you so much, madam clerk. seeing no other speakers on the roster, public comment is now closed.

madam clerk, we will come back to item 35 after the for adoption without committee reference agenda. and before we go to the for adoption without committee reference agenda, let's go back to item number 10. >> item 10 is a resolution to approve a fifth amendment to an emergency agreement between the human services agency and 231 market street owner lp for the city's continued use of 459 hotel rooms and associated services located at the hout -- at the hotel to increase the contract amount by 24.4 million for a total not to exceed 78.9 million and a potential total term through december 1st, 2022 and to authorize the amendments or modifications to the contract that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities to the city. >> thank you so much. we are going to continue this

item to march 1st, 2022. we will hear from the deputy city attorney. >> the agreement before you is an amendment to an agreement initially entered into under one of the mayor's emergency orders related to the covid emergency. the mayor has recently issued a new order authorizing amendments to the hotel contract to extend potentially through august 31st 2022, but no further under that emergency authority. unless the board adopts a subsequent ordinance off -- authorizing additional amendments for longer terms. the contract before you today has a term that ends on december 1st 2022. it is outside of the authority or the term allowed by the mayor's order. today we are asking the board to continue this item to its next

meeting and at the next meeting, the department will come to you with a department to secure approval and the board if you approve that amendment we will continue this item until the march 22 meeting made by supervisor musk -- peskin, and super -- and seconded by supervisor chan. on the motion to continue? >> on the motion to continue item 10 to march 1st, 2022... [ roll call ]

there are 10 ayes. >> thank you. motion to continue carried unanimously. madam clerk, please call item 36 through 38. >> items 38 -- 36 through 38 were introduced for adoption without committee reference. a unanimous vote is required for unanimous reading. alternatively, a member may require any resolution on first reading to go to committee. >> thank you so much. supervisor ronen? thirty-seven, thank you so much. supervisor chan? thirty-six. thank you, supervisor chan. supervisor peskin? >> thirty-eight. >> thank you. >> madam clerk, please call item 36. >> thirty-six is a resolution to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the signing of

executive order 9066 and to declare february 19th, 2022 as a day of remembrance recognizing the need for increased public awareness of the events surrounding the incarceration of americans of japanese ancestry during world war ii and to recognize the role of the city and county of san francisco actively engaged in, one of the most blatant and civil constitutional wrongs in our country's history. >> thank you. supervisor chan? >> thank you, president walton. colleagues, i have some minor grammatical errors. my office has sent these to you already. i will make the motion to make this nonsubstantive amendments to the resolution. before i do so, though, i would like to thank the japan town and japanese american community for coming together, working with my office, and supervisor dean preston's office on this painful, but necessary reminder

to commemorate executive order 9066. this executive order was signed on february 19th, 1942 by president franklin roosevelt. the order authorize the forced evacuation and removal of over 120,000 japanese americans residing on the west coast. majority of whom were u.s. citizens. our country has tried to hide the history of its concentration camps with very little u.s. history classes teaching the subject. and an attempt to physically will -- erase the campgrounds. sadly, san francisco, our beloved city, did play a part in the forest evacuation of japanese americans. our san francisco police department participated with the f.b.i. in reading the homes and businesses of japanese americans. the board of supervisors passed a resolution banning japanese

americans and japanese immigrants from the employment by the city and county of san francisco. with that action, the board of supervisors expressed their support of the implementation of the civilian exclusion orders and the removal of japanese americans pick today, with the increase of asian hate attacks, the board of supervisors must recognize its role in participation in the forced evacuation and begin the conversation around restitution of the civil and economic losses the japanese-american community suffered. majority of japanese americans lost their homes, businesses, and belongings as they could only take what they could carry.

as a district five supervisor,'s district includes japan town, dean preston and his team have been very thoughtful and respectful to the community and listening to their concerns, and really creating a space. it is very important for all of us to remember. often times we think we speak for them, on behalf of them, most importantly what we need to do now is create a space for our community to speak for themselves. with that. i look forward to continuing to work collaboratively.

>> supervisor preston? >> thank you, president walton. i really want to start by thanking, a supervisor chan has, members of our japan town community in district five, in particular paul oh, sake and dianne, and also many other members of the community who have worked with our office and worked with supervisor chan and called in and sent letters of support by this resolution. it shared those stories and often their personal stories and their families stories. the stories are what motivate this resolution that is before us today.

i appreciate all of the community's advocacy and partnership on this resolution and the broader efforts here. i want to thank supervisor chan and her legislative aide for their leadership on this and for all the work that they have put in to this effort that is before the board. it has really been a pleasure working so closely with them on this and i want to recognize the work of my chief of staff, kyle, for his work. not just on the resolution with supervisor chan's office, but also on an ongoing basis with the japan town community. i will try not to repeat we too much from what supervisor chan has said so eloquently. i will associate myself with her remarks. i think there is a point that supervisor chan touched on. you really deserved the emphasis and i think we recognize, and

through this resolution, that before us to take responsibility as a city for the atrocities and violations of civil rights and liberties that occurred during internment and this period in our nation's history, but i think it is critical that we acknowledge that this body, the san francisco board of supervisors, of supervisor chan noted, played a direct role in furthering that shameful effort. i was not aware before i took office of those direct efforts by the board of supervisors, as noted in the resolution and a supervisor chan has spoken to, all city government and law enforcement agencies assisted in the forced removal of people of

japanese ancestry from san francisco, and the board of supervisors took the unconscionable step of passing a resolution banning japanese americans and japanese immigrants from employment for the city and county and san francisco. these actions collectively have caused generational wounds and while i believe it is important and it is an important step symbolically to acknowledge the history, to declare the day of remembrance, as this resolution does, i think it is important that we also recognize, as this resolution does, that this is only a first step and that we really have a duty to turn our words into actions, to remedy past wrongs, challenge racism, and do everything possible to ensure the survival and future of our city's japan town and broader japanese american

community and culture here in san francisco. i look forward to working with our agencies and city partners with all of you, colleagues and community leaders to make that happen. i think it does. i am proud to cosponsor it. i want to express my thanks to the community and to supervisor chan and her staff for their leadership on this. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor preston. [ indiscernible ] thank you. supervisor ronen? >> please add me as a cosponsor. thank you so much. >> thank you, supervisor ronen. supervisor peskin? >> i want to associate myself with supervisors chan and preston and i am proud to be a

cosponsor. it is a painful subject and i also wanted to remind everybody that the subjects of that internment were first interned in horse stables at the racetrack. there is a small reminder and then we are taken by train to a piece of land north of delta, you caught -- utah called the topaz internment camp which is now a national historic sight and there is a museum of the internment in delta, utah, the topaz internment museum. if you are ever on highway 50 driving east of baker, nevada, go check it out. it is quite impressive hand moving, and is full of the histories of people who live here whose descendents continue to live here, and many of whom

will return here, and some of whom who were born there. [please standby for captioner switch]

made by supervisor chan and seconded by -- >> i have supervisor peskin and i believe we can take that same house same call so motion to amend passes without objection. and for item number 36, i don't see anyone else on the roster. so i believe we can take this amended item same house say call and without objection this amended resolution is supervisor ronen. >> and grant clemency after many

years of unjust confinement and as a political prisoner and declare february 24th, 2022, as a day of solidarity with leonard peltier. >> thank you, colleagues, leonard a member of the ashinobe dakota tribe that's been incarcerated since 1975 and is an internationally known political prisoner. he was convicted in the death of two f.b.i. agents after a 1975 shoot-out in south dakota between members of the american indian movement and the f.b.i. the two co de fend amounts were acquitted by self-defense and he was tried separately and falsified testimony and fabricated evidence. and example of these is the fact that the medical examiner had

testified at his trial and never actually examined the bodies instead his testimony was based on notes from law enforcement and other non medical professionals and even a former u.s. attorney for north dakota of ottawa james reynolds, who supervised the post trial sentencing and admitted the prosecution shaved a few corners and in a recent letter and reynolds wrote we could not provide leonard, we con prove learn odd personally committed any crime on the pine ridge reservation. leonard's release has been called for by many members of the congress and mandela and bishop desmond tutu as well as thousands of amnesty activists around the world and most recently, senator brian shads and senator patrick lehe,

president pro tem joined these calls for learn order peltier release and and diagnosed with covid-19 we can never give leonard back the years he has lost but we can give him a humane shot at recovery and ensure he can live his life free from incarceration. there will be a press conference at the theater in the mission to honor leonard peltier and hear the status of his health and declare february 24th as leonard peltier day. i hope it receives the full support of the board. i want to thank dr. jose cuer andal and the american indian

cultural center for the work on this resolution. thank you. >> thank you so much. supervisor ronen. >> i don't see anyone else on the roster. i believe we can take this item same house same call and with that objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. and emergency inform meet the on going local emergency related to the sudden increase and last monday february 7th, we all received at 3:30 p.m. an e-mail from the clerk's office forwarding a letter from the

acting interim head of public works and with regard to using code section 6.60 regarding overdose prevention programs services at 444 sixth street and evoking or what seemed to me evoking the matter that is before us but i could not find any reference to what public works was doing at the location and didn't seem to be attached in the tockation and from section 660 which is approvals required for determination of emergency and does require a future approval by this board and does require certain documentation being submitted to

the board and but i couldn't tell the work so i did, on that same day an hour later, send carla short an e-mail asking about it. and i received, on the tenth, i guess that friday i am acknowledging receipt of your e-mail and i'm still gathering information but will respond soon so it's a week later, i'm just trying to figure out, it was done pursuant to this so does anybody know what is going on? >> was that a question to our colleagues? >> i mean, we're being asked. >> it's supplemental that triggered this so i can't, i mean, the letter that was attached doesn't really say what is happening at 444 or why we're

using section 6.60 which is emergency repairs work in contract. what is the emergency work repairs or contract? >> madam clerk, do we have anybody from the department of public works? >> we're checking right now to see if we have anyone on. i don't think anyone is. i do, i believe i've just been -- staff are so good they sent me a copy of the letter and if members would like us to send a copy to you we will send it to all of your boxes right now. >> president walton: tom, do you have a response to that? >> thank you, president walton. i just requested from the clerk if it's possible to send the link to the power in our office and he can speak to supervisor peskin's questions. >> he is awaiting the link? >> i'm sorry? >> president walton: he is await the link? >> he is, yes. >> we're sending him a link

right now. >> i tried to raise this through the appropriate channels and we're being asked to vote on the supplementally. >> thank you supervisor preston and i do believe i see andre's -- you are on mute. >> good evening, efforts and i missed the question supervisor peskin. >> thank you mr. power, through the president, last monday a week ago we received a letter from carla short, the acting director of public works invoking pursue apartment to pus emergency section 6.60 for row

pairs work and contracts relating to 444 sixth street for overdose prevention services. it doesn't say what that work or contract involves. i was asking what the work is and the estimated cost and the notification protocols pursuant to section 6.60 of admin code would be and give the emergency declaration and so that was the just of my question. >> and my understanding is that director short if reach out saying we would get back to you and wore trying to figure out specifically whether it even falls within the confines of this declaration and so that project is not proceeding at this point and we will come back

if we proceed so if you have more information and going on and that effort is on hold at this point. >> if for they said that i couldn't ask the questions today but any work in excess of $250,000, absent the emergency requires approval by the board, but it sounds like it's not going forward so thank you very much. >> thank you so much. thank you supervisor peskin. any other questions or concerns about item 38? same house same call and this motion is approved unanimously. wait a minute, we have to do a roll call. madam clerk, roll call on item number 38. never mind.

other you. we are now at our closed session, item number 35. >> item 35 is a closed session for the board of supervisors to convene today february 15th, 2022, for the purposes of conferring with or receiving advice from the city council regarding existing litigation in which the city is a petitioner and an adverse party. this item was scheduled pursuant to a motion approved on january 11th. 2022 and continued on february 1st, 2022. public comment is already been taken on this matter, mr. president. >> president walton: we will now

[roll call vote] >> clerk: there are 10 ayes. >> president walton: we will not disclose our closed session deliberations. madam clerk do we have imperative items? >> clerk: i have none to report. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of supervisor peskin, ronen chan, safai and preston

for mr. king ji dang. >> president walton: do we have any further business. >> clerk: that conclude our business. >> president walton: if we have accept in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to solve their conscious. by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. we should, therefore, protest openly everything that smacks of discrimination or slander. mary mccloud bethune. this meeting is adjourned.

>> on behalf of the san francisco office and historical society, our partners and sponsors, welcome to the 2022 black history month kickoff program. i am aloe williams, president of the society's board of directors. the society was founded in 1955. in 1958, it merged with a local chapter of the association for the study of african-american life and history, which is better known as the national group which started the celebration of what is now black history month. that is the society became the official sponsor of black history month in san francisco. from the beginning, the society has centred its black history month activities around the theme established by the group. the