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sure that military persons in various branches of the union street military and the national guard are not burdened with their service to our country and requires large employers to pay the difference between the military and civilian pay on military leave up to thirty days every year and the public workers as well as some private sector workers with the companies like sails force receive more while on national reserve this has large employers provides income support to their employees when their called to serve our community and thank you, supervisor melgar and others i want to thank the
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deputy city attorney vicky as well as pta for the office of labor standards and enforcement and thank you to our veterans that working closely with our office on that one vet one voice jenny perez and the veterans affairs commissioners st. joseph's and nicole and others and my national guard office assistant put into this legislation to support our veterans in the city. thank you very much. colleagues, i urge your support. >> thank you supervisor mar madam city clerk, please call the roll. on item 36. >> supervisor chan, aye. >> supervisor dorsey, aye. >> supervisor mandelman, aye. >> supervisor mar, aye.
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>> supervisor melgar, aye. >> supervisor peskin, aye. >> supervisor preston, aye. >> mrpd, aye. >> supervisor safai eyes. >> supervisor stefani, aye. >> supervisor walton, aye. >> there are 11 i's without objection this ordinance is passed unanimously (gavel) and madam city clerk, call item 37. >> supervisor ahsha safai, term ending january 31, 2025, to the golden gate bridge, highway and transportation district board of directors. (clerk of the board) through 42 specific to three 7 was recommended and supervisor ahsha safai, term ending january 31, 2025, to the golden gate bridge, highway and transportation district board of directors. (clerk of the board)
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>> thank you i'd like to entertain a motion to excuse xhrmd seconded by supervisor mandelman. >> on the motion to excuse supervisor safai supervisor chan, aye. >> supervisor dorsey, aye. >> supervisor mandelman, aye. >> supervisor mar, aye. >> supervisor melgar, aye. >> supervisor peskin, aye. >> supervisor preston, aye. >> supervisor ronen, aye. >> supervisor safai, aye. >> supervisor stefani, aye. >> and supervisor walton there are 10 i those without objection it is approved unanimously and madam city clerk, would you please call the roll. on item three 7. >> supervisor chan, aye. >> supervisor dorsey, aye. >> supervisor mandelman, aye.
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>> and supervisor mar, aye. >> supervisor melgar, aye. >> supervisor peskin, aye. >> and supervisor preston, aye. >> supervisor ronen, aye. >> supervisor stefani, aye. >> supervisor walton, aye. >> there are 10 is thank you, that is approved unanimously (gavel) madam city clerk, call item three 8. >> yes. three 9 and 40 were not for the to the board as committee reports so to item 41 was recommend as a committee report and amendment with a new title nomination of kate black for reappointment to the historic preservation commission, term ending december 31, 2026. (clerk
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of the board) >> madam city clerk, my i'll see for the oversight site. >> on item 41 supervisor chan, aye. >> supervisor dorsey, aye. >> and supervisor mandelman, aye. >> supervisor mar, aye. >> supervisor melgar, aye. >> supervisor peskin, aye. >> supervisor preston, aye. >> supervisor ronen, aye. >> supervisor safai, aye. >> supervisor stefani, aye. >> supervisor walton, aye. >> there are 11 i's without objection that is approved unanimously (gavel) and madam city clerk, call the roll for 42 was recommended and amendment with
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amendment with a new >> 42. [appointment, police commission]motion appointing one member, term ending april 30, 2027, to the police commission.(clerk of the board) >> thank you. madam city clerk. >> i don't see anyone on the roster please call the roll. for item 42. >> supervisor chan, aye. >> supervisor dorsey, aye. >> no. >> supervisor mandelman, no. >> supervisor mar, aye. >> supervisor melgar, aye. >> supervisor peskin, aye. >> supervisor preston, aye. >> supervisor ronen, aye. >> supervisor safai, aye. >> supervisor stefani, no. and commissioner chan, aye. >> there are 8 i's owe three notices with supervisor dorsey and supervisor mandelman and a vote of 8 to three this motion
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is approved madam city clerk, call the call the roll. for introduction. >> first member up to introduce new business is supervisor chan thank you, supervisor, supervisor dorsey submit. >> supervisor mandelman. >> thank you. madam city clerk i have an ordinance a um, motion to calendar a hearing a closed session and a moratorium in memoriam the ordinance will make important choices for the construction and increase the accountability for city contractor will do first amendment the administrative code and requires chartered 6 to consider a pass performance had evaluating the award of 0 construction contract we are
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aware of hour and a half the city struggles with projects over budget with many setbacks and projects and the delays and while we are really seeing the results of our sales tax addressing those issues are critical to maintaining the public's trust with the city stewardship and sustain the future 0 support and the impetus with the 20 to 2021 grand injure what lies beneath and with the projects detailed and ran 50 millions over budget to allow flexibility for the capital projects and eliminate a code
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requirement. and this current requirement it can force the city to fact the lowest bidder and, of course, didn't stop that incarcerating from later inflating the costs. this ordinance will roam the scoring and allow weighing the costs on a kaiser basis. the second part of this ordinance recommendation from another grand jury entitled shovel ready for the capital improvement that report found a lack of knowledge on past capital improvement program and contractor refused as a result the city departments missed out on the lessons learned. and the city created a contractor evaluation database that the service grand jirp didn't allow
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for the past performance and the civil grand jury take steps- and the mayor agreed in our response to the grand jury the supervisors agreed to have all chartered 6 departments it consult a performance when selecting a contractor. why are those important i seen examples i and-
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requesting a closed session on the pg&e and multiple venues with the regulatory commission for connecting city customers to puc can deliver the electricity to places and pell unfairly increases the costs and the city requests in july 2021 the cpuc assess the value used for electrical services in san
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francisco and in 2020 to 2019 the puc stated the price was too low the closed session will bring much needed insight to the board of supervisors come the new year and adjourn in honor of jc wallace passed away and jocelyn kane was born and raised in mexico city and specialized in real estate and lived in san francisco in 1996 and not moved and jc served on the city youth and the co-president of openhouse we worked to support the organization for housing and social services and during this openhouse did much of his work behind the scenes and recruited a board of directors and led the fundraising who believes in the
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mission and had the fundraising for openhouse in the new center and j.c. served as past he wanted to the board of open association and member of land use san francisco and housing coalition and throughout his life was an enthusiast and board member and j.c. >> to build housing for marginalized community and spearheaded development for the san francisco bay area and partner of real estate and helped the management helped to help people in- many of you may have known him that operates throughout the state and supported mental health addiction and mental health issued by providing them with temporary housing two fatality in san pablo and one opened just
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opened i think in the last year on shock well and may be the most significant expansion that is in san francisco in a long, long time j.c. will tell you the most important thing a loving father to his two sons and the surely be missed the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor mar. >> thank you. madam city clerk >> clarifications have one in memoriam today, i request we close today's meeting many memory of scott a dear friend that left us on november 18th and really touched and inspired many, many lives in the sunset district in san francisco and beyond. through his teaching at lincoln high school and coaching and role through his big-hearted
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lives nayda k k brother love was a man of many nicknames and talents was born in milwaukee and had four siblings three brothers and one sister when he was 7 migrated to the hospitality this is where we learned to be a gentleman and your word was your bond he was interested if sports at richmond how we congratulate in 1992 from the college with a b.s. in second try education and earned a master no second try administration in 1995 from the pacific and teacher to empower the young his high school teaching career began in missing
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missing and at the age of three three headed west to san francisco began a 20 years tenure as math teacher and he soccer coach and the director of authenticities from 2004 to 2012 and attended tons and tons of lincoln event whether was cheering at a basketball game or laughing as a school play or chap ronnie he came if a big family and loved traveling to the family reunion one thought you proudest moments in d.c. to watch of annunciation of president obama in 2016 took a sabbatical with two teachers
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traveled to 92 zealand and key west and good news loved to see people and encouraging had any friends around the world and dedicated his game to soccer and became first became a successor referee in 197 article 7 and was an active ref up to the summary of 22 and he engaged with the california youth soccer association in the cal north in 2017 and quickly went from a volunteer to the district commissioner to c y and known for a voice of reason and was involved in the california referees association he was a coordinator from 2014 and
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inclined education and a teacher of receiving resolution and in charge of the new voice of in cal north and many ref call him their mentor and inspiration and friend won several award with the normally kennedy award for the field of athletes aye alter oakland from (20) 092-0101 of his accolades lifetime in the gay and lesion football association throughout his life lifted up people and take care of those he loved by higher powers i believe we have the ability to change the world through hope and coincidence and known to many as chocolate
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buddha shared songs and quote one particularly sticks to those who are forever english richard by laughter and friendship you may not always see the results of our coincidence but every bit of positive energy makes it it better place for us all and he, he left the world a happier place the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor dorsey and supervisor melgar. >> thank you. madam city clerk >> colleagues today, i have a in memoriam i would like to us close and pay our respect to mike and condolences to his family died on november 7th at age 79 a third generation san franciscan that raised his family in west portal and was
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congratulate of balboa high school a labor leader. he started working as is in browsers and an apprentices and a journey man by 1966 and enjoyed the local companies spent over thirty years on the executive board and a delegate to the san francisco trade and with the coalition of blacks monks and civic doutsz itself human rights commission and the san francisco utilities commission and port and affair commission the house in the bay area and catholic he paint banners for every elected official in the last 40 years
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and his high school sports team and signs for his family and painted the portrait of the high school. michael will be remembered for his dismissal and laugh and being a devoted father and grandfather and survived by his wife and cherished children. >> as well as his siblings and others. >> thank you the rest i submit and if i could president refer to supervisor peskin wanted to say a few word about mike. >> thank you supervisor melgar with the president's permission i'm jump in to give my dloepz to commissioner family i right-turn lane an absolute gentleman in
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his incarceration as a business agent from local 510 and dressed well and a gentleman. um, my condolences to his widow and four children. >> thank you supervisor peskin and supervisor melgar and supervisor peskin did you have other role calls since that is your turn. >> the rest oil submit and sorry i can't join you, you i have a touch of the covid 19 disease. >> get well. >> thank you supervisor peskin and supervisor preston. >> thank you. madam city clerk i have an ordinance resolution and a in memoriam first, the ordinance today i'm introducing an ordinance no response to the recent resignation scandal we
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have discussed in the chambers with the mayor's request for her sole discretion and please max and reporting by michael a bmsz was brought into the public eye those letters are uncomborlg by the it don't make any difference and the practice is problematic in my levels requiring a commissioner to sign an undate resignation letter would be filed with appointed risk of undue risk of the appointed authority and regardless of what the mayor the responses my say their plan to use those letters no reason we should leave this coping an upcoming dated letter up to any authority so we did
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previously did the letter acquire and nuisance we'll be working with the city attorney's office and really hope that the ordinance will help protect the independent of the city commissioners by banning any appointing authority the mayor or anyone else from requesting preexempt or inundated resignation letters in an entertainment to have control over them and thank my legislative aid by melissa and killing ignore for you work and as well as the zoo city attorney ann and others for their and supervisor walton and supervisor mar and supervisor peskin hope all joins in supporting this crucial ordinance and second i have a resolution i'm
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introducing calling on large network service provider like at&t and others to provide affordable people with disabilities and recognize of the work of disability action parallel um, peter jean and: >> (calling names). >> for all of the their work to elevate the nct assess through the free wifi campaign and thank you, supervisor peskin and supervisor chan and others and thank you to mile-an-hour legislative aid for his work on this and the freeway wifi campaign has been a multiple year effort to address san
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francisco digital corrosive that leaves people with disabilities behind due to the rapid digitaltion during the pandemic and in response to fda letter and advocacy direct action at&t has met the first 5 demands lower the costs and increasing the speeds of network program that makes the program free for those for the connectivity program and at&t has lowered the cheapest from thirty 50 to thirty and allowing the discount and up to supposed with that plan so advocates we're existed by at&t executives to make the internet but much more work to
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be done and our resolution supports the ongoing effort of the free wifi campaign and urges the provider to expand eligibility and adjust costs for low income programs to cover people earning all the way up 20 percent of my name is stunt increase in the number of people covered by the podiums and provide wifi experienced and upgrading to fish and red aligned next door residential buildings and seniors and disabled people in neighborhoods and all to improve the enrollment in multiple tlungz the resolution hoping the big internet 0 provider will come to the table with advocates toward chief executive officer the important goals of free wifi campaign that is essential for
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the lower-income seniors and people with disabilities in our city. and finally colleagues today, i'm sxg we adjourn our meeting many memory of france collins the beloved unsung hero in san francisco they died on september 26th at 7 three and francis grew up in maryland not much was a misfit for the last 1950 of that time and place as as gay young man he ran away from home bouncing around from the efts and wondering and living a nomadic life was by all gets a true flower child we believe doping in the district of his fellow people wrarlz or regardless the race or sexual
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orientation and possess a patient's. france us friends described in the east village when francis was a dish washer and a musician with a world magazine tiffiny that was the summer francis stuck-up a relationship where jimmy hendricks and francis was another brush with family and standing on oak street with the guitar looking to hick hick to a protest in berkley and in a v w van in the backseat he met
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pete had an uncanny ability whether famous town commission while take a black history course friend a native and spent many years and during his trips to d.c. would get to know the families including one has i do not davis would visit san francisco and francis would show them the mechanical garden and teach her son how to drive on the crockist street in the world and francis snoiftd to make that back to d.c. quote not any brother or husband my father and
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anything line that but there for us and francis was there for us newer treasury the creative spirit and putting hunters view himself other than the line a protest in the last 5 decades in the city probably stood shoulder to 140ur78d with him he figure out on the front aligns with lgbtq and veterans for peace and rallied against unfair evictions. and incorporate the issue francis will play and song to lift the spirits of those in the righteous fight his guitar an inseparable part forced those
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not knowing him by name known by the signature leathern jacket this man loved his jacket he proudly showed up and with a large image of dr. martin luther king of actual lights in the jacket today as was adjourn in memory of francis collins i hope his love and alive continues to shown rest in peace francis the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor preston and supervisor ronen i have a number of items first respond to some of the mayors comments during a question time today. outcome earlier in the meeting the mayor said she supports a con suggest when you legal issues prevent her and she
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opened for 11 months in the tenderloin that shut down locate i supported wholeheartedly and she unveiled the 2022 overdose plan on september 2022 less than three months ago that plan was a consumption places and again, i supported that plan fully. and then i learned on friday her department of public health had been working for months with both the aids foundation and on a center in selma a wellness hub and the project in the mission to open a wellness hub in a church organizations contacted he to shut down the project with no timeline because they were told the mayor will not support that. >> a few things about that number one, why is the mayor
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moving backwards on a strategy she supported last week and the city attorney are only dedicated to the so-called new york model they turn a blind eye and setting up funds and why not go to the budget analyst report with other project. >> third let me imagination my disappointment that elected leader on the or for safety and wellness are fine placing the liberty on nonprofit on the front lion and leaving them to fined for the volleyball and needy in the city alone not courageous and i'm not okay with that moma 19 hundred people diode from overdose 19 hundred in the short months side
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tenderloin center was open staff saved the lives of three hundred plus three hundred and three three people. we shut down the entire city for covid 19 and not many as that you died and further open the drug use is worse and the mayor attempted to blame that board of supervisors for not disrancho cucamonga street sales she had her handpicked don't and the police chief reports to here. >> open air drug use mass for the changed in the six months the district attorney have been in office because law enforcement has been trying to aid the sales of implicit drugs for cross to a century if they haven't figured how to do it the
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f c i federal, state, or local law enforcement i'm not holding any breath waiting for them to fix the problem in san francisco. the truth the city didn't have an alternative plan for getting drug users off the street and safer and don't have one we don't have one and earlier this month a baby over koesz in a park while crawling on grass pronouncing because of outdoor use of fentanyl we have got to do something about that. i'm so thankful to several members of board of supervisors supervisor safai and others for stepping up with me addressing this country's by the time is now to move forward with those wellness hubs. my colleagues and i care deeply will saving live
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we use finding every single day. >> as supervisor dorsey said i believe in that but have to be alive to recovery from drug addiction and many of us facing a dismail street especially supervisors supervisor peskin and commissioner chan supervisor walton those soitsz approve the street conditions greatly and reduce significantly public drug obvious we need to improvement in the mission and the t l and mission and other neighborhoods too. throughout our his not all laws are just or makes sense combraichd broke the laws when we allowed same-sex marriage and
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martin luther king broke hundreds of unjust jim crow laws and landing him in jail. we are in the moment we're doing the jobs the best way we can in a risk of death and protecting the community from public drug ooze and discarded paraphernalia that medical professionals promote and scientific evidence support thank you, colleagues for stepping up and taking a risk in a responsible manner to protect your constituents and community that is called leadership. that items that i interrogating today to push the wellness center forward include: outcome sorry where did my. >> an updated hearing why the city has plans for the hub for
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months to open this (microphone feedback) 5 i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of $5 million for the opening of hubs for over dose and open air and a resolution calling for a portion of the fund for a estimate settlement to be used to open the wellness hubs over the next few years we're looking forward to having a discussion after the break in the budget finance committee he hoping on january 11th. second colleagues today, i am interrogating a hearing request um, for the family about family and newcomer homelessness for students of usa to be directed to the youth and deputies committee we're sowing a concern in families experiencing homelessness and little program i hope to
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spearhead we increase it to shelter the usa but from to 40 they were completely full and the need copes growing. >> we are there are families coming everyday and many of the families are newcomers to our city. the city must work in partnership for the new comers that are arriving at the donor a nod of a helping hand together as of usd and the community-bases organizations come up with a plan to shelter families and moot the basic needs and the hearing requests the department to report on the
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issue with combogz and interrogating a right to organize news and calls on san francisco retirement systems to insure their portal in to form a on with the long shore local of and immediately faced dense resistance and mandatory meetings threatened the workers and workers are still fighting for they're first union contract at bakery will not allow the workers to organize and true that the parent company is responsible for the eviction of hundreds of people through the purchase of flipping of formerly
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affordable housing and calls on the system to review and to promote affordable housing and provide a stable place for everyone to live and support the small workers to bargain. and then financially i'm prepared to report on my work at m t c no other colleagues did their report should i wait or do this now? >> thank you so much for being able to prepared why not wait until the beginning of year. >> very good the rest i'll submit. >> thank you supervisor ronen. >> supervisor safai. >> all right. (clearing throat). >> thank you supervisor ronen i was proud to stand with you, you on that important topic and one that requires ore collective
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work both from the executive branch elective and the city attorney's office we all have to come together on this important issue and all have to have the courageous i appreciate the nonprofits moving forward. on this important idea which is one piece of an will after all strategy thank you for that. >> colleagues last week two pedestrians were killed in my district um, just blocks apart in traffic safety issues that abound in 0 city at green house of. >> every dollar for the transportation authority we put towards traffic calming and traffic improvements to implement vision zero. but obviously more needs to be done i want to highlight one piece of
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what can happen with fta and a lack of coordination we support moving forward we want to move quickly and more on time what happened in eerntd on geneva and remove of different types of configuration to allow buses to move forward in a quicker manner without could go the appropriate and timely traffic safety traffic signals and additional crosswalks and crossing and bulb outs something that happened in the last 15 years had one of the hoist number of pedestrian accidents and pedestrian fatalities in this area. and those are two more that sadly lost their alliance because of lack of coordination so as bus fees increased public safety was detailed we have been percentage
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to insure an additional $20 million that work is beginning new traffic signals and bulb outs and public safety and other things lagoon geneva one of the largest capital investment the city has made in excelsior outer mission in decades we're happy that is beginning in earnest but need to be do more we're sending a laser lawyer either to pc for near term steps to be taken to make sure of public safety and we requested a puc conduct a prior lighting to help that assessment i know the mta and police department are work together on other plans i look forward to their swift response i know many of you are dealing with the same
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issues, and, secondly, interrogating a hearing to consider the controlled annual performance as we are prepare for the city budget noeshths and supervisor graichld required the department to submit report this was strengthened in november of 90 three prop c that created the auditor and shows troubling challenges for our city especially related to public safety. only 86 percent of ambulances arrive down from 90 percent in 2019 and 9-1-1 with the groithd of medi-cal and calfresh and finds that the jobs recovery has not reached many
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workers with only 16 percent of cal residents local, state, and federal a significant drop if 2018 so was we head into the budget with the news we'll receive tomorrow which we most likely will be hearing a grim outcome for the city in the next two years. as we go into the budget season to talk further and have discussion data driven we can understand that hopeful and thank you, colleagues the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor safai and. >> have three letters of i'll talk about to the department of health the first to dr. hammer a
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response to the hearing we held locate in the public health and neighborhood services the hearing i called on the jailhouse services with the nursing shortages are doing and the impacts those shortages are having on nurses and the care of the inmates there are and the follow-up we said it out loud but make sure that is on paper outlining how the jailhouse services record how many times a in the course is to stay on a shift sometimes up to 16 hours faa jail has an existing policy we like to know that when you how jailhouse services record how many times the staffing is not able to be met. that has been an issue for the
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incarcerated population and the nurses and today my office is in receipt 16 employment applications were submitted those 16 come from jailhouse services and the doctor was the director of jailhouse and operating subsidy; affirming the planning department's determination under the california environmental quality act; and baker places which was brought to light we're acquiring as to the 16 positions and though they're leadership given the state of crises in our jails at that moment. so this oh, also in that letter asking for them to describe the screening process for a disorder rather shocking things in other words, of how referrals with made and don't know though people follow through so we're asking how many
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individuals are treated for substance abuse disorder and treated on mentioned for additional treatment and how many enrolled to get a better finding what that looked like and our county jails the second letter i'm submitting to dph involved something that the san francisco standard reported on november 17th, when they noticed the san francisco department of public health had a contract to study and evaluate services is he tenderloin as the linkage discharge talking about today and primary evaluations evaluations finding were published in the presentation on november 15th i have yet to see this documentation elevation and to better understand the terms
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of contract relevant parties will specifically when dpw entered into the contract and how it r was the firm and other san francisco nonprofits have say and did dpw enter into the contract and was this competitively done and what are the- a few more questions that is the jest of it and the department of public health touched on something terms of baby that digested finally in my district through questions regarding the source of fentanyl a baby tested positive for the drug and nearly died in my
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district to no secret the fentanyl is taking a town hall we heard from my colleagues this incident is illustrative of the problems and career to me we don't have a handle on the situation i truly believe we're a a tipping point is our- what exactly needs to change and continue to be the default how we approach the substance abuse and in deed the was a policy for the city and county of san francisco and for good reason when the aids crises was finally out of control the harm reduction services saved countless lives by fentanyl is wrecking horrific and the consequences are in san francisco since fentanyl hit the
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streets the substance is 50 times more powerful than morphine and the dope is over dose reserves always reported 8 thousand plus overdose referrals we proud and do want to see those people dead that is 11 thousand percent increase that is not happening. the harm reduction will play an important role for the substance abuse and december 1st article published in the thirst revealed a new article that sewer ridge my help with the mortality and everyone
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is getting nervous kwaj this is output of criticism no way we should stop supplying needs does look at the way and dr. keith a researcher is skeptical that the strategies are enough not they don't work but enough to combat the fentanyl crises and stated drugs like fentanyl will not disappear and the city needs to trio new strategies a river of- not enough to narcan is not enough to reverse we can't make finally obvious safe he said let's see - say it is to deadly
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overwhelms did capacity of what we know how to do and incidental that is time to ask ourselves tough questions and incumbent on the fpl to look at this abstinence and that it leads to accidents does dpw donating how this leads to president and provide and list of all programs and how many tracks longitudinal board of county commissioners with the drug and alcohol free what are the barriers based on the recovery increased the elective policies and that might show sf responsibilities and does cp h have a program for the
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absence based option would dph direct people to what are the resources versus absent i e tlufk tlufk and what precise policies dots nonprofits through dph to make sure that it didn't end up on our sidewalks and other public places and help to make sure that didn't happen and it is clear to me that i like to come up with a method to look at the policies and to define the
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purpose of harm reduction as to applies to the finally is it to help stop the spread of disease and to minimize the over dose through wide sprayed distribution of narcan it is possible to stop those drugs with the help of others i'm aware of the publish but didn't address my plan more the most that suggests a critical locate the reduction policies maybe in order i look forward to discussing this more in debt with dph and holding and hearing in the new year i care deep about those who suffer and there is help out there i want to make sure that is clean needles or
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narcan or recovery want people to know that is possible to recover from a disorder the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor walton at one month of rent this allows the landlord to charge foments the rent and in some cases three times for a security deposit that means in san francisco with the average rent of 4000 to 5 thousand dollars some tenant may need to pay as much of 12 thousand or $15,000 just to move in the create a barrier for tenants to access where renter have to borrow from predatory
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lenders and other states that cap the security deposits other one month more military at one months rent now we should extend it to all tenants the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor walton. >> (clapping.) thank you, madam city clerk and supervisor stefani. >> supervisor walton i'd like to make a motion to rescind the motion on 42. >> seconded by supervisor dorsey madam city clerk, to rescind on item 42. >> supervisor chan, aye. >> supervisor dorsey, aye. >> supervisor mandelman, aye. >> supervisor mar, aye.
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>> and supervisor melgar, aye. >> supervisor peskin, aye. >> and supervisor preston, aye. >> supervisor ronen absent. >> xhrnldz. >> aye. >> supervisor stefani, aye. >> supervisor walton, aye. >> there are 10 i these. >> thank you, motion to rescind the vote carries (gavel) and madam city clerk, yes for the record item 42 a intent for the appointment of cindy term ending 2027 to the police commission. >> thank you. madam city clerk i'm going to reset that
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( in recess)
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- tenure i have lost confidence in her enforcing any reasonable rolls and regulations to provide for the efficiency of the department of. >> um, earlier this year i was absolutely appalled at the treatment of scott announced between the district attorney's office it was due to the da vertical said thefts pressured to hide the evidence and alluded on ongoing practice of cases brought against police officer the ladies and gentlemen, should have alarmed all members of police commission and might not be given a fair chance that was modest by not just one but who
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filed a whistle blowers a complainant was sculp try against the sf pd officers the legions were needing to be investigated and pay attention to showing people were concerned and that was directed towards the chief four of hours on the matter and the hearing with the police commission does nothing when police scott was xursz i heard from many members of community were shocked i was
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deeply concerned not only should in the same place district attorney's office that was excused of forcing an vertical to commit an illegal act but worked on the case attacked the heart of the matter that was shocking and any reasonable person would have recusedism and the assurances were made affair walls will be set up and however i lost confidence oig affair walls were up after the misconduct came to light and an issue of public trust when she took this job she stated i wanted to ease the tensions and bridge the gaps between police and resident instead i believe tensions were the gaps grow
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worried she accused chief scott said he didn't believe in the police reforms that is an absorb ladies and gentlemen, what was extreme allegations they were force to lie didn't seem to shock the consensus then the vice president and now president of the wellness of the department another adopt fired by the district attorney in retaliation for a wrongdoing during a version of another police officer case and serious concerns that the district attorney's office is playing and yet again somehow didn't alarm the lady and shockingly as at
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the police commission meeting and at past vice president said that was merely a dis2k3wru7b9d employee rather than a whistle blower and a case was filed and with her husband i'm concerned about the forms of one hundred submit with the applicants packet section 3.1 and 107 the city charter the applicant must disclose income i understand exempt employees of government the 2021 for this seven hundred was submitted with the applicant with no scheduled fee, however, a new form seven hundred is due on april fy23 of next year and the appointed for his aliza didn't end until fy23 and the
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form seven hundred needs to be submitted with additional information and the right to left or recordings to a board member the applicant must have a completed statement- when failed to submit a former seven hundred the board may- i like to this before january 10th meeting though the form seven hundred is do you and a new form seven hundred is due for all of us on april 28th and finally, i building greater leadership should have been shown of immulch and conduct an the police commissioner how do we
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take that serious when we have juvenile behave and no one should be allowed to act that way that did commission didn't 0 tolerant and thanks to supervisor peskin he subdivided commander and for the consent there in and allowing it to occur tafrndz the department and while public institutions deserve people that comparable to inspire faith it was a institution that garnered respect if those taverns and-
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to address a serious issue at hand given this misconduct were met with a slug unfortunately, in their opinion that commission if revise to the cognizance and the appearance of impropriety and mismanagement of the city and commissioners leads me to believe there are others that are better suited and give him the form seven hundred i want those working together and given her appointment is not up until april of next year we right now for applicant to apply for the possession and those are the reasons why i cast a "no vote" today. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor stefani thank you, supervisor walton. >> monk among the
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commissioners that guide and govern how city i know the police commission requires a lot of work and headaches i want to give credit where credit it due to commissioner for her leadership and i know there is a lot of controversy proudly in other things that supervisor stefani has raised but for me in a meeting we've talked about the need for harm reduction strategies to address a record shattering crises and death in the city has a disqualifying issue for me that is the commissioner alisa has stvnl of consisting questioned the arrests of people in the south of market and the tenderloin extends the district i represent what we've seen along with the
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uptick of drug overdose is causing an uptick in the number of drug dealers said amount of fentanyl that is soesz and one uptick associated with the drug dealers in on streets in 2020 tenderloin police officers seized 5 hundred killing gramdz of of fentanyl the deadist drug as a regional drug of the drug dealers one that year that went 80 up 5 fields 20 and a half i got from the police district 2024 through last sunday up to closing in on 62 killing those a street value of million dollars
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overdose of finally to wipe out the population of bay area in your questioning arrest drug dealers that amount of drugs not on the streets of my district areas and other district is value for drug busts and the need for us and police commission to take seriously the role of the police department to arrest drug dealers and i have questions about the value and leadership on and the judgment of a police commissioner, i texted did chief it is procedural eir reconvene i didn't get to come back with her in better conscious i want to talk to her if we're going to be pursuing movements harm reduction strategies all the
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things i also believe in criminal justice has to be part of that and our police commission has to be an ali i hope to see a more detailed conversation with commissioner alisa but explain and opposing her appointment when we get to vote on that. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor dorsey. >> supervisor preston. >> colleagues first of all, that is a procedural matter ms. alisa sat in the chambers for many hours item 42 came up. and nobody choosing to speak and ms. alisa left substantially we
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rescinded the vote at supervisor stefani request i'm deeply troubled after they left the chambers she's not in the chambers to defend herself based on fact and based on issues that were raised in committee that she addressed head open and that inner absent it seems to me like character assassination but thank you, from an 8 to three vote and dispense with the issue around applications and um, while have announced this as well as is full board i'm pleased that in any 10 year over the last two years as mr. chairman the rules committee we
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engineered changes. and for for those of you who don't know they were role two-fold one we get rid of the bottleneck we're in a appoints by supervisors went through the rolls committee no longer but goes to the board of supervisors and one of the appointments on today's calendar and to continuous test if you go to the board of supervisors website and this has been true thank you, madam city clerk and thank you and true since may of this year if you locate whether is necessary new on the board of supervisors you can apply for any positions at any time the world has changed since i've been the president of rules committee you can apply for the
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police commission and the next time you'll been formed can be interviewed so i wanted to just to be clear, to everything. with regards to the issue concerning the form seven hundred it is common practice that on reappointments that the- that the incumbent commissioner submitted their courage year forms seven hundred indeed commissioner alice told her were changes in their circumstances and happy- obviously due but april 1st and happy to prepare an updated mid year form seven hundred prior to the january 10th meeting and frankly with regard and respectfully to my colleague from district two.
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um, many of the things discussed the behavior of other commissioners um, and as supervisor stefani said i took expectation to her immulch behavior and had he applied reapplied i would have been leading the charge not having him reappointed not a reflection on ms. alice but the gentleman. many of things if you go back in time that supervisor stefani temporarily what may form malia accordingly the chair the police commission. lock the votes are what the votes are you will want to deal with that so the following which is that i want
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to have a police commission with mature smart people that building and want to have a safe city. and who also believe in a senseable police reform undertaken here and in choice across the country ms. aliza represents those values if you want to talk about hard work i can credit her in large part has get rid of many, many years bog of discipline cases like i said that was not just detailed and justice denied bikeway backlog were accustomed an embarrassment they no longer exist to commissioner alisa and relevant to the you transparency the openness and maturity in the way
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she move forward i think that they everyone exemplar and for all those reasons we wholeheartedly leased on a two to one vote send her before did vote that will reappoint her by an 8 to three vote i respect how differences. >> thank you so much. supervisor peskin and supervisor ronen i felt the need to speak up because commissioner alisa sat in chamber for well over two hours i don't understand why those comments were not made at that time where she could defend herself through the chair ask supervisor stefani why she didn't make the comments when she was in the room?
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>> supervisor stefani. >> just asking a simple question my colleague if not to answer the question i'm wondering when you text attack a woman of chief executive officer color refer to her husband it is for that that leader stand on merry own and in the room and defend herself and stand up for herself and correct the record what is being said is not true. outcome i hope that loaders will support each other in the city and from the moment that ms. aliza as supervisor peskin said on the police commission been harassed and hounded and blamed
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not but her and her work and mind you a decorated fantastic attorney an impeccable record and that the load led attorney in southern california was led picked what the word graichld graichl appointed here the governor the state to be talented enough to confirm her as the lead attorney in the state of california and travels around the state standing up for workers and making sure that police workers are go respected and someone of that caliber shouldn't be attacked based on what her husband does or doesn't
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do i find that extremely offense (clapping.) and, secondly, i would say i find that extraordinary that is a concentration as a male majority i've not seen that male majority length a minority it is unpresented maybe i don't know. i don't go far enough back in history but extraordinary that happens that is reflective that the people that work with her on a daily basis are impressed with her hard work earths and heard from our former colleague ma and accordingly and .
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>> had a hard work and she enjoyed work with her i find this whole attack, you know, really, really gross and i just want to say to ms. aliza if you're listening sorry that happened to you and thank you, for you hard work and look forward to seeing our appointment again negotiation and hope you keep up that hard work and don't listen to the attacks against our husband as a reflection on you, you're your own woman and we respect our work. >> thank you supervisor walton i have to say rescinding this vote that was role unfair i
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think that there are very few of us in leadership positions in the city less than a housing unit to do that to commissioner alice served with distinction and hard work and grace it is unfair an impact not her nomination so the way it was done i think is not body camera um, parallel on a policy issue i've never heard, you know, commissioner aliza, you know, more than i do supervisor dorsey but showcase allowed to answer for that i think a trend in the political life to personally attack folks we disagree when i find that harmful i don't like it i don't hold supervisor
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walton responsible identify blood pressure in the front of people that disagreed with me and that i think is completely off limitation i, you know, think that we are better than that we can agree to disagree and still make progress going forward without attacking each other and leading people down in an unfair way. >> thank you >> supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor walton and i didn't intend to speak but to many of us i do think purple line procedurally this is confusing for more i figured out on friday morning when normally
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appointed will have come up quite a bit later that made it hard to dig into a really responsive inclusionary of whether to continue or something else should be or thinking about to someone and that maybe the right percent and my vote against this motion today didn't mean i'm committed to not supporting her we considered for the board in january as well an appointment that desires at the end of april i know we can accept and commissioner alisa has done community-based work and wondering what the right made up of that body to provide the direction around ethnicity
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and staffing and equate safety in a bunch of ways we've seen is from the members of that commission but think it creates an obligation of this body i may not not have felt acoustical in the position of prior appointments i'm going to take my time and then about this and think about the issues raised and some of the lots of questions floating arena maybe lots of reasons when the commissioner is the right person but that's why i'm voting no. >> thank you supervisor mandelman. >> thank you supervisor walton i'll say that was whole process was a surprise to me as well to find out i don't remember every doing an intent to reaffirm i
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think that confused controversial in a situation may not be in january. i think that commissioner alisa has led wellaby certainly accomplished and thoughtful and think in all fairness i think that if there is questions of action be good to have the person to to be able to respond we'll do that that january fortunately, i had conversations with her over the last month a lot of misconceptions on merry position and unfairly she's been thrown into the controversy and one of the possess controversial commission the police commission i say that with eyes wide open
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but if if we were given the opportunity will be direct about them and think that is important to be able to say you're committed to reform but also condominium to moving forward. and one of the questions i asked her clearly is she commit to make sure we have the proficient staffing level at the plod absolutely, yes she understands the labor shortage we're short staffed within the department and do better to hire people that can an an important question to answer but i look forward to next week and having the questions were brought up him or her maybe valid i would like to know as well but i'd like her here to have the opportunity to answer those directly. and i would tell you as former chair the roles committee we spent a lot of time
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not one appointment that we spent a lot of time than the police commission 10 hours of committee hearings started early in the more than one and went to late evening municipal multiple candidates and commissioner alisa was the one that survived she's the president alisa survived that and when it comes to the expect of pretxdot been thoughtful in her back and forth with our office and the questions and seen an uh-huh illustration in that position so i would london breed as supervisor melgar said a person
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of color. >> thank you supervisor walton i was not going to speak i thought we voted on that and solved that that but since that is back and speaking to it i'll try to keep it short i will say i think from the aecom and the comments here we are seeing on behalf of the folks who are upset relates to my introduction an litigation and so forth the fact community commissioner who was appointed by the mayor voted for a president of commission of longest serve person has served as a distinguished member of police commission not around a thing was actually the person who was most qualified to be the
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he wanted was selected to be the president mingle this; right? in san francisco was not actually political. >> likely on a commission or who you're answering able to but a bunch of colleagues to carry the work for the record they selected now president alisa and people are upset that is would wearing seeing in the chambers and beyond i want to note that like to some extent in kind of real character assassination and permanent attack up think factories are quick to condemn or allegation those are folks that identify make the left i understand of political spectrum is characterized i have not seen anything in ero chambers that as divisive as a personal attack at
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character assassination pa was said about the police commission so, you know, at times, i wonder, you know, the goals were generally acquire and debating those things or is showing to the folks that do want police accountability that folks that point police account will be attacked so i want to thank president alisa this should be is no rational world in which this is a controversial conversation a long serving member of the association president and very well respected all the once that is done around a reappointment of a sitting president of a
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commission let's be real unless a scandal the board, you know, reappointments the prior opponents, of course, sitting at president of commission so i want to congratulate president alisa to be president of the police commission and make clear that um, people shouldn't be afraid to do the job of the police commission to insure police accountability in san francisco we live in a city and country we're talking about that and not calling for uncheck ability for police subject to non-stop personal attacks i think that is for those of us on the board many of you have speak up in support of our commission who are doing nothing more than their job. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor
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peskin. >> (clapping.) mr. president a reminder to the members of the public that accountable signs ever support are disruptive. >> show your hand. >> thank you. madam city clerk and permitted everything as we were reminded first, the board will make the determination on her reappointment. next year this is an intent to support someone who is most deserving but i want to say there are a lot of issues and concerns were expressed yesterday that were addressed at a fairly lengthy hearing the opportunity to hear from president alisa was available for all of us in the chambers today. and the opportunity to hear interest president alisa will be available for everyone in
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session next year. >> so i do want to thank president alisa for all of her years of service on the police commission and for taking all the work of commissions strolling seriously from support the department to pushing the october and led with integrity that is important in her role. we're at a pivotal time as well as for staff and leaders and think about labor shortages krobd have someone to continue to step up in a position that provide very little compensation should be 0 deployed and he listens for city leadership and focuses on the data presented by the police department and other
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experts and pushes the department to do it's best a strong latino woman committed to the city and doing to prove public safety. which is the focus public safety. while holding our police department accountable and extremely qualified to serve and i'm excited she would wish to continue to dedicate her time and talent to the police commission so i'm proud to support ma'am, want president and like supervisor ronen said and supervisor preston this is a commissioner that was appointed by her colleagues to serve as president whether or where the make up was for the mayor and three for the board of supervisors which tells us it she is how the raise your hand and considerable and high school qualified and most certainly the
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best person for the position at that time so i want to say that as we go to our roll call second time for item 42 madam city clerk. >> on item 42 >> supervisor dorsey headworks facility construction management staff augmentation services. >> supervisor mandelman, no. >> supervisor mar aids. >> supervisor melgar, aye. >> supervisor peskin, aye. >> supervisor preston, aye. >> 34r7bd, aye. >> and supervisor safai, aye. >> supervisor stefani, no. >> supervisor walton and. >> there are 8 i's and three, no. in the decent by a vote of 8 to three this motion is approved (gavel)
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public committee and excluding items which have been considered by a board committee. members of the public may address the board for up to three minutes. oit say if you are expecting to dial into you are expecting to dial into this >> public comment call-in 1 (415) 655-0001/ meeting id: 2483 240 2124 # # press *3 to enter the speaker line once you answer that information press the pound symbol twice and once you're ready you should press star three to add yourself to the speaker could you the system will promote you have been muted may speak to the minutes as presented. earlier in addition to the mayoral appearance in addition to items 45 though 58 force the adoption without committee reference calendar or
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know i see we have someone at the podium i'm setting the timer a two minute clock the first is the soft bell gives you a clue to wrap up our comments once the bell rings you will then have concluded the time and i apologize to you in advance if i'm interrupting anyone we are setting the timer for two minutes let us hear from the first speaker at the podium. >> linda i received a message today wanting to make sure you got got the notice that taps strongly supports item 46 the resolution about saving the family hotel which i spoke about previously and since i did my
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general public not long ago i want to speak about something before supervisor mar leaves us has to do with with the legacy i'm impressed with for example, the veterans issue. and his legacy should have constituent an emergency general for san francisco he tried to have submitted as ballot measure for the people to vote on and his colleagues if support that sufficiently i hope in the coming year it will become his legacy in the past a reporter and report again symptom about the building department what happened when i went to my supervisor was i have to wait for the next earthquake; right?
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there was northbound nobody but i'm a victim of elder abuse told to go to the police and go back to the special victims unit you remember i testified had happened when i respect to the special victims opt out i don't want to go to, you know, that horrible experience of being revictimized i should be able to it an i g when i went to the special victims unit all right. so i will be back that that (bell ringing). >> thank you, linda chapman for you comments and let's hair from the next speaker, please. >> hello. >> my name is denise i'm well known as flower lady in the city have lived here 25 years i'm not
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sure how much longer than i being a victim of ellis not one thing another and another. i came to san francisco 45 years due to domestic violence not been for the asian shelter that kept me for 3 months my children like this one over here my daughter was 3-year-old and my daughter was 8 years old. >> role do not know what do you notice to know how to feel in our heart do families out of shelter few days before christmas. this is criminal this is devastating. i have been in that position. and yet now still
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facing being evicted from my home i don't want to ever be in a situation where i need to have a shelter but to close the was 10 days before christmas with kids like this i can't (bell ringing) i can't begin to tell you how criminal that is. and there are like my two minute is up you know what we need the city to take charge of that those children needs homes and closing is shelter is 25 percent of the sheltered in the whole city. there are 70 pregnant women without homes right now waiting (bell ringing) and waiting on the list. >> thank you for your comments denise
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[off mic.] >> thank you for your comments. >> speakers time is concluded. >> thank you for your comments. >> thank you kindly. >> all right. is there another speaker? welcome. >> my name is chang thank you. i want to say. >> may i ask you to speak directly into the microphone you my name is cheyenne the oasis shouldn't be closed taking the shelters away will have families homelessness it is draining the purpose of oasis to help unhoused families and pregnant women and domestic violence as
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the first shelter in place this closure contradicts obvious residents of oasis are not homeless hopeless in the measured of winter wanted all the families out during the holidays the lease is up, up january 3rd and have decided not to renew the lease this oasis has decreased do changes of families able to find shelters. >> (baby crying). >> okay. >> in conclusion, i'd like for the closure of oasis to be called off families shouldn't have to suffer the owner wanting
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to sell the building without consideration of back-up plans for families. not only are the was families facing the fear of being homelessness loss (baby crying). >> that's it. >> thank you for comments just for the public went to show our support next speaker, please. >> hello board members thank you for having us. i'm stefani williams the guardian of my 9-year-old sister born and raised it is the holiday season many are making arrangement for families. and for unhoused families a time of uncertainty which was home and
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where do we go next the questions that the homeless will be asking and go unanswered for my like myself dependence oasis is the last option it is already freezing outside and putting a vulnerable a positive recommendation at risk the was the first shelter in place is a safe plays for pregnant and other people and a reproductive health crises with the prenatal care and birth complangz and the closure is inhow many and inevitable and backward for the city we're hoping the city will purchase the property before or after the lease is up on
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january 3rdrd. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. >> can we hear from the next speaker, please. >> welcome. >> thank you can you burglary can you tell us about the translation. >> i'm took translating but. >> oh, urging to translate you're welcome to stand at the next microphone. >> and we'll set the timer for two minutes and do the translation. >> (speaking spanish.) >> she's going to speak i'll summarize her testimony.
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>> (speaking spanish.) >> interpreter is available. >> the interpreter we have an interpreter available. >> with the interpretation. >> go on. >> this is an independent interpreter. >> my name is a colleen
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complied by trotter and my quality of life is gone down head of a family of 5 during this holiday season i have no fund for my children and for utilities and other expenses and ask the board of supervisors to t and- um, get his way and forget about all us janitors. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> do we have other speaker not yet spoken welcome. >> hi- because we need work for the families and without them, we wouldn't have enough
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food. >> thank you for your comments this evening and welcome other speaker please.
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>> (speaking spanish.) >> (bell ringing) >> thank you. >> (speaking spanish.) >> may we have the
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transcription translation please. hello, i'm a member of local 87 him or her to ask for your help and support we've been dilapidated from work and please consider counted circle situations we're if i was going a few minutes of meeting and i was out of work 10 minutes before and um, we have families to support and the i'm the mother of 4 children some of them are the university level and two babies have to find ways to food her and buy diapers and food and we ask for consideration every 16 days our
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children are us to come up for rent we have not the job i had on such a short notice no way for me to pay the rent frustrating for children not to have anything to provide for them during the holidays we ask for you support and please consider the fight we're living under. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> okay. ma'am.
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>> (speaking spanish.) >> (crying)
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(bell ringing) >> (speaking spanish.) >> can we have the interpretation please. hello, my name is- i'm here from the local 87 with my coworker mentioned fired from our work from one day to the next it is very tough and have 4 daughters and my husband is the head of households he is sick and has to figure out a way to support us again i don't have work. we have a family to
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support and i need help for us, please take into consideration my tallest are expecting gift at this time of the year and no way i'm able to provide for that. so again ask for your support and understand the situation wearing in. >> thank you. >> welcome.
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>> (speaking spanish.) >> hello my name is maria i work from the years a twitter and now without work. i'm in great need of medical insurance to have medical care see a doctor and without work and i need support and help. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> welcome. >> my name is- speaking
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foreign language. >> (crying). >> we have a chinese interpreter. >> hi speaking foreign language. >> enough to pay the bills. um, no income. that's it. thank you. >> hello board of supervisors my name is susan young i have worked for a 24th
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for over 10 years right now and right now, i'm unemployed in and no enough way to pay for my meals. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> hello.
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>> (speaking spanish.) >>. thank you. >> hello my name is (rustling of papers.) you don't will i work asking the
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board of supervisors for support and work ended on december 5th and worked at twitter and now it is damaged physically and emotional we have no way to pay the rent or no way to take care of our medicaltions insurance insurance after the on any other matter, please sign the sheet, we'll call on you. if you're interested in serving on the board, the western we were hurt and so knocking at our doors no way to support ourselves and role sincerely asking the board of supervisors to do something about this injustice we're experiencing.
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>> thank you for your comments. >> here to comment on item 45 of the agenda regarding reappointment of the incompetent director of elections i'm david from the clean water campaign and going to election commission meetings since 2018 we supported to open up a fair and equitable search and sponsored beauties of concerns about how the director interacts with the commission and including open source voting system. we also believe that the commission was right after 80 years will be reasonable and fair to have a community search (rustling of papers.) and give candidates to change to
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complete by the understand the concerned others how subtly how a commissioner supervisor peskin said willing to amend the reds in 45 the policy of board of supervisors to fast forward future searches for elections director. that is a glad and avoid similar difficult situations for the future and everyone will know years in advance the commission may do a commitment search every 5 years we like to thank supervisor peskin for proposing this and urge you to please add it is to resolution and approve it. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. >> next speaker, please. >> hello supervisors my name
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is brandy i've been attending the election commission meeting for i don't know 15 are 20 years and associate myself with with the previous speaker i'm confused every other jurisdiction in the country for the most part has competition for the director of elections i think everyone got freaked out over the word of equalities you know what that is the collapse of society in that moment and a caller jumped on that word and made that sound like we are doing something horrible and folks jump on that same family and cut they're calls was an
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embarrassing momentum by bad writing from the press and don't like to see this county- i appreciate we like the idea as of moving forward with some money allocated and in that is talk about the public raising the $50,000 to do a job search sooner rather than later the director has beenlessly honest with the commission and the commission is really smart when it comes to the national security matter especially open voting thank you for your time and indulgence today. >> thank you, brad turner thank you for your comments and thank you for that next speaker, please. welcome.
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>> (speaking spanish.) >> (bell ringing). >> handsome my name is.
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>> i was employed by twitter a proud member of local 26 and years ago considered many years ago also considered clean up workers but clean up workers at the time of pandemic we worked with the snapshot and we've been disposed of as seems have to forgotten about us, we risked our lives during the pandemic and we did our work. and now this is a time of year when in december we are grateful and show our families what everyone is happy about how far this year
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we ask the supervisor from the forms elon musk shouldn't get away with that must follow the law he personally specifically ask for um, consideration to the medical insurance. my job was providing coverage for my entire family i myself i'm a diabetic so again, we ask the board of supervisors to do whatever you're able to do to consider the things we're thinking through. >> thank you very much. >> welcome.
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>> (speaking spanish.) >> (bell ringing) . thank you. >> hello, my name is sandavol i'm a member of union 87 and just want to let you know
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that um, how humanely we've been impacted by the situation from one today to day to the notice of determination we are dismissed hoped to bring hangar and that i can take our families out used to be essential workers and in one moment to the next we're dismissed we need to find a way to pay for rent and foods to our kids and families and, you know, we lost our insurance coverage medical and life insurance and um, we have to support that the insurance coverage will have for us during our life but have to look and we ask you to put your hands on our
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heart and feel what we're feeling such a huge way impacted our families. thank you very much. for you support. >> thank you welcome. >> (speaking spanish.) >> good afternoon. >> (speaking spanish.) >> the cough has gotten worse he and the emotion didn't have the strength i'm working at twitter
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and been told december 2nd i'm a local member of local 87 i'm a union working. i have three of us in our family my biggest concern besides my health insurance i don't have to a path to come back to a job. that was my medical insurance is helpful for the treatments i have and my biggest fear not knowing whether my child will have an emergency not fair that is happening in for someone has an enormous amount of the money but couldn't find it in his heart to take care of families thank you and i
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hope we can count on your support. >> thank you next speaker, please. >> (speaking spanish.) >> please adjust the microphone. thank you. >> thank you. >> >> (speaking spanish.) >> can you move please.
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>> (speaking spanish.) >>. okay. >> >> (speaking spanish.)
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>> . thank you. >> thank you. >> interpreter please. hello, i'm franco on december 2nd of this year and dismissed from twitter i supported my family and left with no insurance i peshl surf stress and anxiety and having no job all the issues are coming to my head. this time of year so until christmas comes around we blonth to the middle class but because of pandemic we have no
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resources. available to us. we were during the pandemic were considered social workers and worked hard to make sure that everything was rode if that building. twitter. however, put an end to all of this and to my families hopes. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you, welcome. >> hello, everyone. thank you for thank you for having us. here 340i78z i work at twitter until friday december 2nd and a union member of local 87 and have family and have three kids and my mom and dad living with
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me, i'm worried i'll be left without insurance and coworkers are asking the board of supervisors to support us and our families to make sure that elon musk don't get away with violating laws. >> tomb. >> thank you. >> i'm the president of local 87 and worked not just for the blebs me but also i have 3000 plus janitors out of work since 2020 and 2000 about are working barely holding on and i want to say we're coming to the board of supervisors not just asking for you support but also imploring
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you to make sure the laws are protected reset the nation for all industry how is it one billion year would not guided away of turning the department into an airbnb so telling us the law has to be respected we run to say that not just written because it is useful if it is on the books but not made sure that tenant can get away with what they have for i have to account for not just the families that are spoken banish for 1,000 more and folks that are listening and watching will probably question
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themselves about the luxury of working if home i say we're asking you to come to the office because that is important whether a private so he can't we're hard hit we understand it is lovely working from home but when you say black lives matter in your windows our choking us not enough hours to put food on our table i ask to make sure the law is respected in san francisco and from 8 clock and supervisor mar (bell ringing) thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you all thank you for your comments. >> welcome. >> um, my name is maria howard
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i'm here today to demand you the board of supervisors to keep up the oasis family shelter that is a shelter for families and people that have as a first family shelter in place i'm a resident of the san francisco and 14 mayor's of the honorablely discharged in the navy i found myself homeless and pregnant in san francisco in the winter with 2008 same season as now being homelessness feels like you are disposable to everyone in the public and um, mind i was also in any junior
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year in texas. my experience was not easy to survive and ask you to secure the oasis and help the families please reduce the drama those women and children need a save rouflg and let them know they matter. i was saved by the va and i hope you (bell ringing) to public service employees and officials save families. i served in homeless a positive recommendation and many are homeless i'm tired of having no where to send families because of federal government is now
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making women in the federal system punishable we need to prepare which is coming and (bell ringing) sowing what we have now thank you for your comments. >> welcome.
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>> (speaking spanish.) >>
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(bell ringing) >> thank you. >> hello my name is maria from the coalition. we understand we are this shelter is considered for a closure and want to let you know families are living there with nowhere else to go and the children will want to hear those children will not ask for toys or a family diner but give us a place to live where we can um, come in from the cold and for the soufr is from the weather outside and many family are there because of domestic violence effected emotionally
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physically children are unable to eat and put your hand on your hearts and think about the future that would be wonderful to do something families net affordable housing and live on minimum wage and if you're able to do something about all those issues and then have the children in the future we were the ones who got our actions together to solve the issued and provided housing for the families in need. thank you very much. >> thank you welcome. >> headlight my name is christian and i'm a member of coalition on homeless today we're before you to ask you not to close the oasis on
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december 15th with shelter for pregnant where people flee domestic violence a this is the middle of the winter and learned want people out the lease is up january 3rd and will in the be renewing every single day in the 59 room shelter will be gone the colder colderist time of year no family should be out on the streets no children or human being on the street without a home and no child to witness their home taken place away from them please do close is oasis homeless shelter. thank you for your time. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. >> welcome. >> hi, good afternoon. outcome everything. supervisors my name is- i work in a homeless and he
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was (unintelligible) and i sown this continued how we families and children how we trio (unintelligible) which is important for the families so other folks have been out to moving the families (unintelligible) shelters to the hotels they give you very opportunities for the families they give you you for families and children now the mayor decided to close the shelters. and what happened what all families those children have suffered already suffered so much and receiving the letter
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from the mayor and wrote the letter (unintelligible) advertised not fair to do please keep open board of supervisors for the shelter assisting the families. because everything is closed we have our families and (unintelligible) (bell ringing) we have a voice for the families without opportunities living in cars and in the (inaudible) so there are families with children we need to think about that and a place to move (unintelligible) waiting for our shelters overnight we need to keep the shelters open thank you, board
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of supervisors (bell ringing) >> welcome. >> (speaking spanish.) >> tlumdz my name is sonya i work with the homeless we opened the agency have been very commit to the community to families especially outcome lower-income families always a struggle always a struggle. i'm a survivor of denying and went homelessness twice world war iii-year-old i don't want that for anyone my experience to do the work i'm altercated to the families and i come if from a
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country that is el salvador and so we know families should have to go on being homeless no woo holidays are coming what will the children say which is is joy of the holidays if you have to struggle to know where the hell outrageously to be sleeping that shouldn't happen and we should be you worried and really good something that role prevents (bell ringing) from becoming 0 homeless permanent housing is something by the need a struggling for that for years not just happening now thank you. i want to keep open or look for another solution a solution need to
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happen right away we can't have the families on the streets. >> thank you for your comments this evening welcome. >> hello. thank you supervisors can you hear me? >>. okay. my name is mr. dennis williams junior the chair of the merchants collaborate micro business owners. whose jobs to protect the latino community federal laws or broken citywide and no proper elections are to that to that and having a how this- related to housing over 55 housing go violations yet supervisors are awarded hundreds of millions of dollars and i hope supervisors passed a law
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with the paper i have continued a complaint letter for you review and support and developers and black contractors are excluded in our projects and prequalifications make it hashed for the blacks to gain and foot. so a few choices include a handful of contractors do represent the black potential in san francisco supervisors. back scares excuse me - demands that are buildings and ownership are need and control of those community that they live in. and the reason our blocks are lowering crimes and (bell ringing). the housing authority for the last decade have fulfill
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escrowed latino and black with a in favor that blacks mixed fair housing the department of building inspection allows us to be treated in unhabitable housing situations. since 02012 (bell ringing) >> my time is up. >> thank you thank you for your comments this evening. >> we'll have the clerk get those hear from the next speaker, please.. thank you. >> good evening board of supervisors non-complying a mary i'm with the services we are asking that the was family shelter not close on december 15th and to acquire the was to be a much needed family shelter the was a a low barrier
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shelter for pregnant women and people fleeing domestic violence an oasis for children and people in crises. the late data in february of 2022 points to nearly a quarter of unhoused youth facing eviction and further the respondents in the city were asked howled and 18 percent of the population in san francisco reported first experiencing homeless as a child under 18 and three 1 experienced homelessness between 18 and 24. while we always have our doors that open to serve youth and young adults we do want to see children with their families staying at the oasis being at
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our doors closing that will reduce- this is just an inhuman and i can't believe we're fighting to keep the was on a act avenue crises intervention and i can do that right now do the right thing and extend six months leaseed to keep families in shelter. >> thank you 34eg an welcome thvpt. >> hi supervisors i'm here with the street services i don't have much to add but to say this is and not just a inhad you seen thing but preservation for future homelessness for people in the shelters will be knocking on the doors the data show see that is true so, please doing
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everything we can to keep people in shelter and next speaker, please. good evening supervisors jamie formally chronicallyly homeless i was working on a bathroom, before that working at the family coordinated for 8 months that job was hard it became an ethic sitting with the pregnant mothers knowing the shelter are full and watching them collecting their belongings i couldn't live with that on my conscious and do you have children? >> i know some of you do. you probably not only want the best i know the tenants and oasis and is personalities on the wait list do domestic violence that
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there are 70 plus families on the shelter list and my family's leaving the oasis that's a will. and that's with the resources we currently have i can imagine that is not memgs the unsheltered and unhoused families not on the wait list and families need to be verified to be added to the wait list which is a barrier access for shelter one way to so verified access the only emergency shelter in san francisco. the oasis. let's keep the oasis open and secure another hotel that functions exactly the same way for 90s plus families. thank you. >> thank you. jamie lane for your comments and joanne hear
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from you next. >> first of all, it is crises primarily affected tread by opioids will save people from a horrific disease not a joke but something that is important a big issue, and, secondly, the oasis thing that is sros that takes care of the facial stuff have an environment that 234ur turns your face and what not as you can see people looked in it places and one of the few places it taken care of that that and made sure that was institutionalized that is mother place to close. in regards to a situation like this. there are
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all types of resources that come together don't shut that blast down it a tremendous political issue. and, you know, whatever you want to call it bigotry or for taking care of latino facials it is big deal. and gives people pride and keeps people safe so just continuation worth saving something our health. thank you. >> thank you for your comments (bell ringing) >> welcome. >> good evening supervisors beverly san francisco violence consortium before i was eliased out of san francisco i used to drive-up to the violence consortium and drove past the
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was and over the past years families in front of the was and learned pregnant people new babies and domestic violence saviors are living at a oasis and now tossed out on the street this middle of winter survivors of domestic violence have been marginalized and ignoreed and deprioritized and as you see they're everywhere not just the shelters and not just the services that the city ignores that oasis now ducks in a row i want to thank jennifer i want to thank supervisor preston and all of you in advance for doing
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everything we can for those families we don't want this to happen please don't let this happen. thank you. >> thank you for your comments this okay. >> hi good evening jennifer coalition only on, on homelessness before the pandemic had over thirty families pushed in the basement of a church that was dark and cold a couple of families shared mats and didn't shower had to take there 3 o'clock on and no space and not to mention couldn't get any food for babies and babies spilled all kinds of things so
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then and honorable thanks to supervisor peskin been touring people we can't do families like this in san francisco we can't and got them into the was was really on was the cores and closed and shoulders or showers and big rooms with a couple of beds not pushed together so much and play space for the kids in a great location public transportation and families are loving we celebrated and celebrated now we're going to do families like this again? hell, no the owners said they want to sell the was a i don't know the city didn't move then we get a letter from the (bell ringing) owner saying january 3rd the lease is up we ask the city to
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due diligence for ruby and got the money and 3i67d the story to the chronicle and private owners we have everything and owners are willing to do a six months extension we can't lose the was pass this resolution and fight like hell to get oig owners on board. >> thank you jen welcome. >> yes. the way is on and superintendent of schools theresa axford. the jarpt. >> please speak directly button microphone. >> thank you supervisor peskin i didn't make that here in time for our contribute to francis colorado lindsey but on the 5 r
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and we tuned in and there you were and we got to hear our beautiful contribute so others get to hear our beautiful contribute and francis will be beaming and can i play a song now and thank you, very much. francis collins plays an excellent. >> thank you for your comments this evening and chris. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm chris the executive director of the association and i'm here to speak on behalf of item number 45 this has to do with with the issue of not reappointing john anticipate looking to cross-out i know a new executive director i'm speaking in favor john has deny
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an incredible job and to have department heads to support him of the at last night's meeting one the issues that very well meeting we come to the commission and learn like everyone else but made a digestion not just it didn't just impact him but impacted the whole concept of racial equity based on the way this is done so i think what had is to happen it is he reappoint will have to work with him to not only rehabilitate the rock spring of that commission but also and racial equity was not meant to be controversial and that is the focus so together when i think
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the commission i think the gentleman will be able to um, correct this. i disagree with funding it for the next 5 years (bell ringing) because who want to take a job knowing they can be removed after 5 years that is problematic so i'm here to speak in favor of that and hope that passes. >> thank you christian. >> any other members of the public would like to address the board during a general public and on the remote system i believe 23 who are listening and 18 in the queue if you're one of the 23 >> public comment call-in 1 (415) 655-0001/ meeting id: 2483 240 2124 # # press *3 to enter the speaker line all right. so mr. lamb from the first caller. >> welcome caller. >> it is ignoring first of
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all, the oasis i will sick and tired of this mayor deciding to close the services down by like the oasis families- i'm sick and tired of this how we don't - let the mayor do whatever the fuck she wanted i was at the rally needs to happen and someone who has just last week for the first time and third, i want to thank the supervisor mar and from the board and stood up for the community and
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unfortunately, he's paid did ultimate price and not 4:00 o'clock happy that the- as a clear italian- american he is basically stood up for a school board member in the past election and you don't i want to encourage people to boot him and on this just the way those board meeting are structured disrespect the public i want to hear the commissioner right after roll call that was fucking rowed. >> your comments are out of order and not appreciate please.
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i yield my time fucking. >> can we hear from. >> welcome caller. >> okay. next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm kelly live on district 9 and calling regarding agenda 46. >> and do not close the was homeless shelter it is set to close two days from now surely something you can do and complete the steps to acquire the was and make sure the was remains open and people fleeing
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domestic violence and families to enter and quickly in time of crises and oasis gives hope and peace of time for all families. the oasis is the last option making the name oasis. and housing pregnant people are who soufr will suffer from the closure of oasis and how that effects with the housing instability and increased preterm 3wir9 or birth and i've done lots of outreach to people living in neither vehicles or on the ground identifying seen
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pregnant women (bell ringing) who are in this situation let oust on the streets. make sure the was stays alive and well, thank you. >> thank you for your comments this evening and mr. lamb next speaker, please. >> (clearing throat) thank you, board my name is peter i'm a resident of district 8 and with senior and disability actions for free wifi before i get to that i'd like to support the was keeping it on. >> i'm calling i want to express my appreciation to supervisor preston for putting a stop to red lining in the community. >> thank you to the
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co-sponsorships and role landmarking to working with the full board to make sure the internet provider like comcast and at&t are insuring responsive wifi for free programs at a level that reflects the need in the bay air thank you for your comments and mr. lamb next speaker, please. >> can i reheard from a lot of hard working folks that are struggling during the holiday and people that are trying to be you productive members of the city the cost of living in the city is really how many um, but i started to think what is the cost of living in for treatment treating drug a dicks can get
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$680 a month free needle from a nonprofit and da you don't have any housing cost and lucky to get a free apartment and the drugs are cheap. so i had a college economic teacher said that the most compassionate thing to see to change the incentives for drug tourist and cash assistance thereby continual on sobriety and support drug treatment and we need shelter capacity to bring people off the streets. >> third-degree murders this
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offering. >> reporting to mayor breed a proud member we represent over wood hand local organizations united in our goals to end free text dot and many of the associated community sessions this revision represents unpresented outreach and unprecedented community support for this despite option for a false narrative that will negatively impacting and it is the harm three items from pretxdot that harms public safety and diminished that by racial profiling has been about the minimum wage and reducing enforcement of that txdot didn't increase the public dangers and ending pretech dot recognizes
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that is time for san francisco so join the other city and counties have implement similar effective data policies and the policing project where the mayor announced the city is working would go state of florida to look at the the traffic stop not reducing the crime and all parts of the country in adverse so looking at to the commission and successful implementations of this policy (bell ringing) and the no oasis a much noted reds and send the letter to the board. >> thank you supervisor peskin and others appreciate you. >> thank you for your comments. >> mr. lamb next speaker,
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please. >> hello, i'm- senior and action campaign thank supervisor peskin for uplifting the resolution and others for co-sponsorship it. >> thank you supervisor walton an others to name a few the reds for providing corporation to end the divide and stop at&t going beyond internet discount and thank you for taking a stand for that our community and also port of effort of people living to keep the shelter open and thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments
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another caller in the queue please. >> welcome caller. >> hi let's go to another caller please. all right. >> once again. >> welcome. >> hello. >> welcome. >> hello my name is a martha williams for the justice and again, i want to say that was quite alarming and disappointing to her in supervisors talking about before the under staffing the san francisco police department. >> ma'am, i have to interrupt your time i'm pausing you to redirect you, you're for the able to speak about the police commission appointments or any
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matters associated with commissioner president elicits so redirect our comments to something different we can continue with your comments. thank you. >> you have one minute. >> and the officers for i'll address the oasis i think that is responsibility of city and county of san francisco to provide adequate housing for those who are in those needs and clearly is to do something at this point i urge you all the supervisors to doing everything we can to make sure the housing is available for those in need especially, when the families are victims of domestic violence i yield the rest of my time. >> thank you thank you for your comments next speaker, please. >> can you hear me now? >> we can.
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>> great. david pilpel good evening first i recognize my let the record show lowered and former commission on his passing and support what i understand an in memoriam for him today and something in support of items 45 and 48 and 49 and 50 how have on item 49 i question two lines on page three lines 5 and 6. >> i building that the board of supervisors does not have the authority to declare the bart board results in the california section one 54 into zero zero under public utilities 874 point plus the bart board declares the results i don't see the deputy city attorney in chambers we hope she's listening or put a
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question to here her to dissolve i have nothing against janice lee but about powers and duties under state law. >> thank you pubically to gordon for representing me own this board i appreciate his service very much thanks. >> thank you for your comments thvpt next speaker, please. >> good evening supervisors paul an advocate from san francisco and wanted to discuss the welgs wellness and there are significant legal issues we need full transparent this time we need real trablt metrics and data not data we have to
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sunshine to get but how many overdose are occurred and how many human beings are over dosed not the same metric and must be neighborhood engagement no more steamrolling on this like with the tenderloin that just opened not one community meeting only opened and all of a sudden consumption that everyone denied existed for months and months and months until finally admitted it. >> and public safety around those sites need tobacco addressed prior to the site opening and finally need to be able other cities around the world with supervisor con assumption not just supervised con assumption if you want to look at that model with multiple sites in vancouver they- what
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they're doing it calvary (bell ringing) with the systems of care have full wrap around services and partnership within public health. >> public safety to bring it together under one umbrella and finally let's do it like new york we're in a facility inside a extent is not an inviting. >> we are providing two minutes next speaker, please. >> hello supervisors. my name is james the oregon director of coalition on homelessness. i'm here to call on cities to keep
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on goes goings-on and take every step necessary to acquire the building since day one of the oasis is incredible providing them with a safe stable and secure place and shelters i've connected families to the was otherwise forced to sleep on the streets and the city has for months the building was- now we're be local government 59 rooms by and families are sleeping in cars no excuse for securing those and i'm completely stunned this is an obvious opportunity allowed to turn into a crisis. thank you. >> thank you for your comments mr. lamb next speaker,
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please. hello.
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>> (speaking spanish.) >> (dog barking) >> (speaking spanish.) >> hello my name is marseille and glad to speak about the coming schedule closing on the oasis shelter. and begging you to doing everything we can not to close the shelter and personally i have that children their very sick for the past
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three days and not fair this time of year to have mothers and their children on the street with various virus and so many viruses floating around the children can get sicker this is a time of the year when children looking forward to christmas and the time when they're supposed to find out a supervise now have to roof over your heads and outside in the cold so share christmas adorns and happiness and enjoy i'm asking you to do whatever it necessary not to put the people out in the cold with the children emotes this time of year please don't close the oasis shelter thank you, for you
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interpretation and if you are expecting to make a comment have not done which have been considered by a board committee. members of the public may address the board for up to three minutes. from the next caller mr. lamb please. hello, again evening it is toronto and happy hanukkah to those obvious the year-end holiday and first gordon the best supervisor since i've been calling and representing district four and wish him, i think unfortunately, the districts 6 and 8 with jerry meander to allow the outcome have resulted and want to shout out to- i think we need needed
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the ways to provide the services and closing the oasis will further perpetuate the problems and homelessness amongst poverty lower-income and last but not least i'm very much kindergarten or concerned allow the sfmta has handled and spent a lot of time on, on scooters enforcement than doing with the issue of making sure that people can get techniques in a reasonable time and the taxi destroy saviors they're worried about the purchase of medallion the techniques are not doing well and welcome new directives and
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unless they can derivative and came back the city is more dangerous to drive due to the rampant we'd like driving, etc. and ask the police department to enforce the traffic laws i know you don't want to do the pretext parking- traffic stops but more enforcement of the we'd like driving (bell ringing) >> thank you for your comments. thank you. >> mr. lamb next speaker, please. >> welcome caller. >> next speaker, please. >> good evening supervisors. joe here. first, i wish supervisor peskin second i want you to get a new board president
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for public stability i think supervisor stefani with district and supervisor preston and supervisor stefani work with the market street and grabbing one hundred and plus governances off the streets. i had to grab a gun by a felon and so to quote my favorite lowered i'm appalled and baffled as supervisor stefani were- away from their families will need more- a family member (unintelligible) by grabbing over 120 guns off
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the street be oh, my god thank you for your bravery and also supervisor stefani an appropriate policy by tweet i wish to second every word from- i asked for supervisor stefani to be the next board president and please thong the cleshgdz for all the testimony very much appreciated and supervisor stefani thank you, for you public service. >> brerpg. >> thank you thank you for your comments this offering. >> mr. lamb next speaker, please. >> good evening supervisors i'm hernandez i work at coalition for homelessness we need do oasis open and families need to have a roof over their
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heads and at the supervisor stefani and supervisor peskin and others we have trust in you'll do the right thing. thank you. >> thank you for your comments this offering mr. lamb another caller in the queue please. i'm allen from district 8 my comments about reappointment of the. >> sorry before that your not to speak on this item can you speak to something completely different you have one minute plus 40 seconds. >> thank you for that. yeah, i'll make a comment just to piggyback on who the last caller mentioned i would support
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supervisor stefani for appointment to before president and with that, that's all i have. thank you. >> thank you. for you willingness to work with us appreciate it and mr. lamb another caller in the queue please. hi it is- in district one and hoping that the owners of oasis will listening in and they are few families that own the hotel will be sad to evict over 50 families and hernia that is or are nodding support and help hoping you're listening a doing the right thing that is difficult and waiting foreclosing sometimes but well worth that your helping families and hoping you're listening and
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heard all the families and i'm so sorry as a san franciscan we didn't prioritize outcome your needs your families need we caterer to twitter and they abandoned the us i'm so sad to hear all you are suffering during this time and hoping someone in the city will give you aid and with hetch hetchy's i know a long process and unfortunate i'm sad to hear all that before the new year and hope the board will step up and your 50 owners doing an extension four of months that leaves. thank you. >> thank you for your comments this evening.
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>> mr. lamb another caller in the queue please. and . >> >> (speaking spanish.) >> >> (multiple voices.) >> okay. you to our spanish interpreter let this or. know we have here for comments didn't sound like it.
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>> (speaking spanish.) >> interpreter has done that and interpreter has asked them to have a conversation in proliferate unless they want to speak if public for two minutes. >> they're not responding. >> okay. so mr. lamb other caller in the queue please. hello, good evening i'm tracey and work for the coalition a first generation second generation san franciscan and formally homeless mom and calling to speak out about the oasis it is visible that the oasis stays open and remember sloping on the mat and i was
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sick a whole lot with a cold i can imagine when covid 19 came out and grateful when the was opened and now the city ev the families are- i am polar the city to do the right thing and work with the owners of this building to keep this shelter open and leave you with that 18 years i retired and imlower the city could be out of work merry christmas and. thank you for your time. >> mr. lamb another caller in the queue please.
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all right. probably an unattended line next speaker, please. >> hello caller are you with us? >> yes, thank you hi. i said that's in resident and formerly district 4 shout out and- i think had a lot of humility. >> thank you for you service in district 4 where i used to live and say strongly support keeping the oasis open especially at that time of year it is cruel to be, you know, taking away people's place to sleep anyways yield the rest of my time. >> thank you for your comments.
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and mr. lamb another caller in the queue please. (bell ringing) >> hello supervisors my name is sheila a permanent housing supporter and to urge the board to keep open the oasis whatever it takes to stop policies for families and children and like so many folks pointed out we're sowing how this abrupt measure to close down and we could not and shouldn't let the was hotel close a beacon of homes for folks xrerps domestic violence not okay more should sit right with you all and the families with 59 rooms pushed on the
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streets knowing there is no shelter assess knowing there is no more shelter in place and over 70 pregnant people on the current wait list this is a time for some compassionate and care make sure the oasis is a shelter for all who need it a place to call home. thank you for your time. >> thank you for your comments this evening mr. lamb other casual. >> madam city clerk, no more callers. >> mr. president. >> thank you, madam clerk and the callers to come in and public comment is closed. (gavel) madam city clerk, call the adoption would the items 45 though 58 a unanimous vote is
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required oouflt member may require a resolution to go to committee. >> thank you. madam city clerk >> colleagues do you wish to separate any items. >> item 47 please. thank you so much and please add me as a co-sponsorship to item 46 and 48 thank you supervisor safai. >> supervisor mar a co-sponsorship to 46, 47 and 48. >> supervisor peskin severe item 45. >> sure. >> supervisor peskin you said 45. >> i'm sorry do you say supervisor preston. >> 45. >> thank you very much. and supervisor melgar severe 46.
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>> i got it and supervisor stefani add me to 47 and 48 please. thank you, supervisor stefani and supervisor ronen as a co-sponsorship to 447 and 48 thank you supervisor mar that's on me. >> 0. >> add me to 46, 47 and 48 and councilmember bumgarner for 46 and 47. >> thank you very much. and i wanted to severe item number 50. are exceptions are 45 be, 46 and 47. >> item 49 and 51, 52, 5
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three, 54, 55, 56 guess 57 guess and 58 and 5950 n. kendall drive 0 bhshlg mine is 59 a supervisor chan, aye. >> supervisor dorsey, aye. >> supervisor mandelman, aye. >> supervisor mar, aye. >> supervisor melgar, aye. >> supervisor peskin, aye. >> and supervisor preston, aye. >> supervisor ronen, aye. >> supervisor safai, aye. >> supervisor stefani, aye. >> supervisor walton, aye. >> there are 11 i's how without objection this resolution is adopted and approved
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non-complying and item recruitment firm to engage in a search for a new director of elections, and urging the elections commission to reappoint the incumbent director >> thank you supervisor peskin. >> thank you, colleagues. each and every one of you for you're co-sponsorship as you probably heard it appears that the election commission has waved did white flag and coming to their citizens and will abandon this ill-fated notion of changing horses in the middle of stream with a short notice which i'm pleased as i said at the last meeting in an gender to have more cordial relations we
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continued the item to allow for them to they choose not to comment but took the action of scheduling a hearing in january to pronouncingly reappointment the incumbent direct director i like to make amendments i circulated to the clerk to indicate um, subject to future action by the board of supervisors and make that clear did our attention not to appropriate the funding is only for the fiscal year fy2022-23. the amendments are before you
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but that is what they set forth and happy to read into the record if you like and while i have the floor to mr. brent turner and ill consented notation by the privately fundraiser for an executive rourmentd for the elections commission of you were able to raise those and even if the election commissions was stakeholders let me state read into the record the board of supervisors before not allow those to mr. turner don't bother. >> thank you a motion to amend 45 a second. >> seconded by supervisor safai. >> motion to amend. >> on the motion to amend 45. >> supervisor chan, aye.
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>> supervisor dorsey, aye. >> supervisor peskin, aye. >> supervisor mar, aye. >> supervisor melgar, aye. >> supervisor peskin, aye. >> supervisor preston, aye. >> supervisor ronen, aye. >> supervisor safai, aye. >> supervisor stefani, aye. >> supervisor walton, aye. >> 11 i's. >> motion to amend 45 motion and madam city clerk, call the roll. >> item 45 as amended. >> supervisor chan, aye. >> supervisor dorsey, aye. >> supervisor mandelman, aye. >> supervisor mar, aye. >> supervisor melgar, aye. >> supervisor peskin, aye.
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>> supervisor preston, aye. >> supervisor ronen, aye. >> supervisor safai, aye. >> supervisor stefani, aye. >> supervisor walton and, aye. >> there are 11 i's thank you. this amended resolution it adopted unanimously (gavel) and madam city clerk, call item oasis inn (located at 900 franklin street);and to support efforts to acquire the oasis inn to safely house families experiencing homelessness. >> thank you. madam city clerk supervisor preston thank you, supervisor walton and all the co-sponsorships and the especially thank the folks who have reached out to the offices
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in support of keeping the oasis open and especially the residents former residents of oasis are all going through so much and time for many of them took time and waited hours that speaks to what think important and special place the oasis is for folks without a home. i want to make a few comments before we vote on that and talk about where we are on the oasis i want to start by observing what i think that really the cruelist of a system has this building on track to closure i want to sit with that a second; right?
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folks are trying to be good and are in the, you know, with a mission to do go and help people but have a system this is not- we have something that works and we have a system that will move forward to close that thing and make our homeless crisis work unless we raise hell; right? the intervention of our office along with the coalition on homelessness and organizing to say that cannot happen in san francisco can't allow it to happen shouldn't take that i local want to emphasize i don't understand with something like the was why hsh or others who
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are responsible for ore sowing will not come to a district supervisors office or the board accidents office to this body early in the process and say we need help to save this important place and save families from being displaced i learn this building was up for sale i shouldn't say that building up for sale i learned it is temporary i was absolutely stunned to learn how many months had gone by since the owners made the city aware through the department of homelessness and supportive housing to have the intent to sell. i mean essentially i mean at this point like approaching a why were where this should deal should have been done and unfortunately, this is not an
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aberration my experience had another one with 6 keys getting the contract a similar situation months and months and months of organizing and pressure and our office engaging to do an acquisition of something we should be eagerly approaching everyone one and working hsh working us with the district supervisors and figure out how to fund it or if we can't instead of this approach not moving forward and come to those crises moments. um, so, i say that to pubically beyond to urge the administration to jump at the opportunities in all the district supervisors and let's figure out instead of how we can
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acquire properties especially, when their important like the was last week, i talked about the tire of how it came to be oil talk for a minute about where we are at the present with the oasis but thrill we had a call on friday from capita at an the fire department who was out a couple with a four-year-old child and tried to go to other family shelter and told like the speakers told there is a long wait list you're not getting in today will take days and days and days we only have one to one
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thing that we could do for a four-year-old child is not sleeping on the street in the rain and the cold only option in the entire city to reach out to the oasis run before providence and moved if not sleeping on the street state the only place in the entire- the idea we'll think of that to close so just totally unacceptable. as folks have said this is a very important place for folks for pregnant famed families the message to and everyone will have to work together to the owner have a heart; right? it is cold out in the holiday and stop playing the hardball
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approach at a minimum give an extension we can see this happen that's where we're heated i'm cautiously optimistic but a date you'll throw everyone out is totally unacceptable not norwalk in good faith and kudos to the coalition of homelessness to publish in the chronicle the names of or owners and telling them this is not acceptable and agree to an executive and legislative committee as negotiated to the city look at to the department and act with urgency and more importantly update the resolution and stop move people out immediately don't move people out unless you're putting in the permanent housing we're going to make that happen in the (moment of silence.) don't cause more instability for families don't condition to move
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people out. two it is i guess the news for those of you asking light at the end of the tunnel to the donors a couple nonprofits who have emerged thanks to the organizing and public and thanks to the report in the newspaper all the organize the homeless to folks took note have come down have a need to acquire with an nonprofit and they're in serious negotiations happening this week. and so i want to thank them for the generosity and folks in the organization we're not there yet but lord to pubically celebrating new when this- if and when this deal is finalized and the property is acquired and lastly to the
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residents and coalition of homelessness i want to thank you, again, for all of our advocacy and i will say under no circumstances will this supervisor and i suspect i speak for the rest of the board though oil not presume to but in under no circumstances will this supervisor allow the oasis to be shut down under my watch and appreciate partnership like supervisor stefani and the other co-sponsorships on this resolution. >> thank you, mr. president. >> thank you supervisor preston and supervisor stefani. >> thank you supervisor walton thank you, supervisor preston for this reds now my district and lemon me taking the load i care deeply about the families that live inside the was and
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those in the prenatal program i served on the prosecutor natural program for 6 years years an issue i care doping about and doing everything we can we must do to save the was unfortunately, the owners have to sell it to us and putting pressure open in the the mayor is deciding to close is oasis that is in a narrative that is true the mayor's office in the executive branch is trying to secure the property for the shelter and something i've
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spoken and determined as supervisor preston to make sure it stays for the families been living there and future families as well so i said to thank you in the department of homelessness and supportive housing we care about those people that are in this hotel and sometimes they're humanized in a way they do i know many people care about making sure that we house our families that housing and the oasis hotel has been a successful because of supervisor preston efforts and support those the best i can and happy in this part of district and make sure those resident and families are taking care of so,
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thank you. >> thank you, ms. calvillo and madam city clerk, call the roll. >> 46. >> supervisor chan, aye. >> and supervisor dorsey, aye. >> and supervisor mandelman, aye. >> supervisor mar, aye. >> supervisor melgar, aye. >> supervisor peskin, aye. >> supervisor preston, aye. >> supervisor ronen, aye. >> supervisor safai, aye. >> supervisor stefani, aye. >> supervisor walton, aye. >> 11 i's. >> thank you this is unanimously and madam city clerk, call clerk, call provide opportunities for janitorial staff and security guards to continue employment. thank you so much madam city clerk. >> xhrnldz.
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>> (clearing throat) thank you, colleagues um, you all heard bridge heard from the janitors to think about to think about losing our jobs but this is the protection act it is written in the law that there must be a justify transition 90 days that's why we did what we did in the instance the employer twitter is choosing purchasing and we read the headline today choosing not to pay their rent not just from online workers but more gut everywhere this
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workforce every single one of us has been spending time with them but they're more often than not invisible and more often than not doing the work when people are asleep at night it is back breaking work you heard it today, i can attest with that working with folks for a decade and their impose and hips and neck it is reactive and one of the highest paid in the country with janitor to their testament and the best contracts still one the lowest paid jobs in the city. and so this resolution today calls on in to follow the
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law allows when the law is not followed so thank you, colleagues for your support thank you for supporting those gyrates in their time of need it is such a awful hard time of year to experience this so outcome, you know, i spoke with the head of flagship that was company employee folks not given any nose who was replacing them and come to find out might be one of the small restaurant owners in the market themselves and again, not aware of the law but going to be for the record by the workforce they're required to offer 90 day
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transition for the workers i know each and everyone one of you will continue to keep you updated i know many over on the front lions as we will follow through. on the with the place of protection act and doing everything we can to try to make sure the law is followed by just want to bring this to everyone's attention and thank you, for you support. >> thank you supervisor safai and tissue my comments to yours madam city clerk, call the roll. on item 47. >> supervisor chan, aye. >> and supervisor dorsey, aye. >> and supervisor mandelman, aye. >> and supervisor dorsey, aye. >> supervisor melgar aids.
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>> supervisor peskin, aye. >> supervisor preston, aye. >> supervisor ronen, aye. >> supervisor safai, aye. >> supervisor stefani, aye. >> supervisor walton, aye. >> there are 11 i's how (gavel) madam city clerk, call 20 years as leader of the house democratic caucus, and 35 years of dedicated service to the city and county of san francisco and to the united states of america. madam city clerk. >> supervisor stefani like to continue this to the next meeting speaker pelosi office asked we continue it to iron from their office can be
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present. >> motion to january 5th supervisors and seconded by supervisor dorsey madam city clerk, on the motion. >> on the motion to january 10th fy23, supervisor chan, aye. >> supervisor dorsey, aye. >> supervisor mandelman, aye. >> supervisor mar, aye. >> supervisor melgar, aye. >> supervisor peskin, aye. >> supervisor preston, aye. >> supervisor ronen, aye. >> supervisor safai, aye. >> supervisor stefani, aye. >> supervisor walton, aye. >> there are 11 i's how motion to continue unanimously (gavel) madam city clerk, please call item fairer and more just san francisco and his distinguished service on behalf of district 4 as a member of the san francisco board of supervisors >> thank
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you. madam city clerk and colleagues if you don't mind tonight i will kickoff this for xirdz one i want to say that? been an honor and privilege to work with you and side supervisors four years obviously worked hard and got elected together with a first term your work prior to coming on the board of supervisors fighting for workers rights and communities and as someone that is firm and strong but also works with folks he respect you, you are affairs and extremely decent human being so i'm definitely going to miss you and
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i want to give credit on our work on continuous to make sure we funded free city college and finance laws and over the course standing in solidarity and unity in a manner working to bring the community together so we can support each other to keep people safe thank you. we commend you the entire board of supervisors have a resolution that commended and honor your serve on the board of supervisors and hear from the colleagues but thank you, for you service and will be missed i know we're continuing to work together in the future thank you, supervisor mar. >> supervisor chan. >> thank you supervisor walton
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for kickoff the remarks and supervisor mar not just thank you for our services as our district four supervisor but a leader in the chinese community and since your days and director for the chinese progressive association and more importantly it is role our leadership for the workers the workers couldn't have a voice because they couldn't speak the language or culture barriers you've done that a 50 very long time for chinese immigrant and moving with your works for justice and continue to fight for our community and really is role the workers are most humble we're grateful and today is it is definitely better i wouldn't
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call it bitter but now not continuing to service with you on this board because i think that today with all this with the twitters and displacing and laying off the janitors and all the issues that came before us remind for me how critical your role on the board of supervisors and how much i was hoping to continue to serve with you and critical our vote and voice and leadership has been for me as most junior supervisor on this board i'm grateful to you for your friendship and our partnerships in serving chinese americans and asian-american when we faced hate and attacks you've shown especially for the
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community with our leadership and without doubt that your someone have been someone i can go to whenever challenges facing our community with the api equitable fund for our community we soufr with the minority mix and so many lower-income very lower-income families not just amongst the asian-american but with the asian american pacific islanders families that constantly are under attack because the minority mix but you stepping forward and supported the api equitability fund but our accomplishment are so many more and colleagues commending
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you so i'm grateful but also think i lord to seeing you all our accomplishment all have in many more years to come i don't think you're leadership ends here but not always have to run for office so serve and a leader i look forward to working with you. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor chan. >> supervisor melgar thank you, supervisor walton i share from my colleagues supervisor chan fairness you're leaving supervisor mar and have been a damn good supervisor for district four and our immediate neighbor to the west i see the routes of our labor from the
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sunset to the sunset, you know, farmer's market to see south to, you know, pedestrian safety in the neighborhood way i can go on and on mothering just that but small things just inner can have of your attention to the details and quality of life for your neighbors. and i so predictive of our effort and a.d. mri of our effort and have to say i really appreciated working with the staff in the chambers so also staff was no longer in- we love it we're wonderful and great to work when i on you and i have common each other and working together with the workers rights have no doubt all
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still be serving district 4 in fact, i'm counting on it still involved in serving district 4 so we can have a corrective agenda and keep on working for workers and community. >> legislative chamber, room 250 - city hall, 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, ca. and um, forum the rights of immigrants? important we have that iron on this board this reflect the population of san francisco and i have been grateful to serve on the board and have no doubt all be involved and thank you very much for given up four years of our life for the wonderful city. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor dorsey. >> supervisor mandelman i want to thank supervisor mar for four years ago for serving
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