good morning, everyone. welcome to the monday, april 24th, 2023 meeting of rules of the san francisco board of supervisors. i'm supervisor dorsey, chair and i'm joined by chair walton and committee member safai. on behalf of my clothes i express gratitude to our clerk victor young and the team at sfgovtv for broadcasting the meeting our producer today which is ms. coleena mendoza. >> the board of supervisors and

commit eye have hybrid meetings and providing remote access and comment via phone. >> those here will speak first and then those on the phone line. the public call in number is streaming across the stream. you will hear the meeting discussion but in listening mode. when your item come up and public comment is called those in person lineup to speak and those on the phone dial star 3 to be added to the line if you meaner phone turn down your television and all other listening devices you may be using. you may submit comment in writing e mail them to myself at victor. young sfgov.org you may sends them by u.s. mail to city

hall. 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place room 244, san francisco, california, 94102. items acted upon today will appear on the agenda on may second, 2023 unless otherwise stated. >> thank you. call item one. >> item one is motion approving rejecting the nommation for appointment of vaiesa aquino to the assessor agency commission. >> term ending november 30 of 24. >> thank you, mr. clerk. >> ms. aquino is person. welcome to rowels committee the floor is yours. >> >> good morning. thank you and rules committee supervisor walton, matt dorse and he supervisor safai. thank you for allowing me to speak i'm a native of san

francisco a resident of dog patch and active member of my community. i have lived in this community for 20 years and during that time i seen importance and impact that redevelopment can have oi a community. i am proud to have received 2 certificate of honors recognition of the board of supervisor in 2015 for dog patch party honors the work i have done to improve social interaction in dog patch and 2016 for my leadership in community service and work to improve conscience of angel al and he beautifying our neighborhoods temperature is important top have projects benefit local community through small, local business, contracting, local hiring and as well as having a neighborhood preference for the affordable housing we build. i believe that smart sustainable develop the can improve quality

of life and preserve the character of our city. >> i'm committed to working on the ocii commission to ensure our city continues to thrive and evolve in a way that benefits everyone. i thank you for considering my candidacy, i look forward to the opportunity to contribute to planerating long with my skills and experience to the commission. i also brought with me 2 letters of recommendations if you need it. and have an amazing day and go warriors. thank you. >> thank you. and vice chair walton >> thank you, chair dorse. thank you very much ms. aquino. excited see you wanting to serve in this role and manner as we address all the work around former redevelop will agency and that is happen nothing district 10 and close to your community,

i am excited see someone from dog patch in this role. thank you very much for being willing to serve. >> thank you. i appreciate your wellingness to serve and value your experience and community out roach and engagement and that is manage that is important before supervisor walton and i ocii is important to aloft neighborhoods we represent. reach out to me i will make sure you have my phone number and aware of my staff if there is anything mull pull neighborhoods but i want to make sure we are all engaged i appreciate your willingness to serve. >> thank you very much. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> okay. thank you so much and i think there is no one else who wants to ask a question. mr. clerk open this up to public comment. why members of public who wish

to speak and joining person should lineup at this time. for those remote on the call in line press star 3 to enter the speaker line. for those in the queue wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted that will be your queue to begin your comments. there are no speakers in the room and nobody on the call in line. >> great. thank you mr. clerk. public comment is closed. and i'd like to make a motion to strike the word reject from the motion before it and send this to the full board. we have a roll call >> on the motion to instructor: reject the motion and recommend as amended voice chair walton. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. jot motion pass without objection. >> thank you, mr. young an ums item one approving the major's

nomination for appointment of vanessa a queeno to community investment and infrastructure. goes to the full board with positive recommendation. >> thank you, all. i appreciate it. >> mr. clerk call item 2. >> item 2 is ordinance amending the administrative code to require the board approval of a funding acwaying suspicion and use of law enforcement equipment of the sheriff's department consistent with state law and improving the use of equipment policy. >> thank you, mr. clerk. this was heard become in january when this committee was chaired by my prez seszor now president aaron peskin. this ordinance satisfies the requirement under bill 481. i want to thank sheriff and all of his staff for the work on this equipment policy. especially ronnie sing joining us today. ms. singh welcome.

>> good morning chair dorsey and supervisors walton and safai. i want to provide context and history on our collaboration am in is this regard it propose a fair and transparent military equipment use policy. this dates back to the work we start in the october of the last year when the ordinance was submitted to the board for approval. we had several meetings with then chair peskin and other members of the rules committee as well as opened up comment to any of the board in preparation for the january hearing. chair peskin at this time asks us to work with the public. to really provide what i believe is the gold standard in collaboration in regards to an issue like this, that quite frankly, can be controversial. when public safety and collaboration meet, this is the product. so we worked with the american

friend service committee and the other public members that came forward. myself and i want to give a huge thank you to lieutenant coons and cappine quantico. lieutenant coons and i had 17 or 18 meeting with thes american friend service committee, who in many respects is an supporter with military equipment. we provided feedback. they provide feedback. we edited the document no less then and there a dozen times. january we made final edits. i received a helpful call from supervisor preston's office asking us about a deletion of a comment in regards to chemical agent use on crowd control. we deleted that sentence and we presented that deletion as well as other amendments in january. at this time chair peskin, supervisor chan and supervisor

mandelman unanimously passed this before the full board but with caution and again i thank another member, an pierson who has been great in guiding this criminal lawyer in the world of civil ordinance and legislation indicated that we wanted make sure in true spirit and under the guidelines that we made sure we have 30-day window after that amendment. because that amendment was considered substantive for the purchase passing. so we have waited now to present in to the new rule it is committee members and i'm available for questions as provided, the updated use policy in a more digestible format. also the power point that has been on our website but that the members have a hard copy of this morning and i'm available for questions. if it is a technical question, i will leave it up tollow lute coons, if a policy question i

have upon captain quantico availablism hope that gives you an idea where we have been, upon westbound and are today in hopes we can get this approved and before the full board. >> great. thank you very much. mrs. singh. colleagues any questions or comments? >> okay. i want to express my appreciation. i having been around city hall for a language time i appreciate that the amount of work that is put in on the front end saves us headaches later in the process. so i want to extend my appreciation to you, sheriff, my colleague assistant district attorney attorney's office, obviously, for the help they lend to us and everybody at the sheriff's office for all the great work you did on this. thank you. mr. clerk open this up to public comment? >> members of the public who wish to speak and joining in person should lineup at this time.

for those remote on the public call in line press star 3 to enter the speaker line. for those in the queue wait until you are unmute exclude that is your queue to comment. can we have our first in person speaker? >> hello board of supervisors. speaking of the sheriff, i got a badge here from this weekend's emergency preparedness fair over at on larkin. that was a great event this item is great. equipment usage. um -- and i want to say thank you. . thank you. no further persons in the room can we have our first telephone commenter? i'm jennifer chu with american

friends service committee, we worked with ms. singh and lieutenant coons over several drafts. the proposed policy being considered is compliant with state law and incorporates better practice compared to first drafts. some better practice include for the weapons clarifications on authorized use and providing context on recent use. while we believe there are areas for improvement in considering more careful low to authorize use for assault weapons we phase out the automatic fire weapons no longer needed. we recommend this referred to the full board for consideration and look forward to working with ms. singh and lieutenant coons and the sheriff's office as they appropriate for their annual use report and dialogue on how policies can better protect the people of san francisco

including vulnerable populations. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> can you hear me? yes, we can. >> thank you i'm john coland i work for the american fund service committee and part of the many meetings with the sheriff's office andllow lute coons and weityerate that we appreciate the responsive back and forth about the policies. which we get in the weeds. i recommend you forward this to the full board and believe that the approximate machine gun in the sheriff's office is that is not therzed for deployment >> and supervisor rule.

ultimately we support that. [inaudible] and that also appreciate the policies for use of some items that can be dangerous or harmful. include the consideration as whether children or people who [inaudible] or have environmental health crisis. that those be considered in the over all of whether or not to deploy the weapons. again, hope this committee will forward to the full burden for the consideration. thank you. >> thank you. that completes our callers on the opinion call in line. >> thank you, mr. young. public comment on item twom is

closed. >> and i would like to make a motion to move item 2 to the full board of supervisors with positive recommendation. >> yes. >> on the motion to recommend. vice chair walton. >> aye. >> member safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> thank you on a unanimous vote item 2 funding acquisition and use of sheriff department equipment under the code goes to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> mr. clerk do we have further business >> that completes our agenda for today. >> thank you, everyone we are adjourned

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i want to tell you about what we do here. >> this is san francisco 911. do you need police, fire or medical? >> san francisco police, dispatcher 82, how can i help you? >> you're helping people in their -- what may be their most vulnerable moment ever in life. so be able to provide them immediate help right then and there, it's really rewarding. >> our agency is a very combined agency. we answer emergency and non-emergency calls and we also do dispatching for fire, for medical and we also do dispatching for police. >> we staff multiple call taking positions. as well as positions for police and fire dispatch. >> we have a priority 221. >> i wanted to become a dispatcher so i could help people. i really like people. i enjoy talking to people. this is a way that i thought that i could be involved with people every day. >> as a 911 dispatcher i am the first first responder. even

though i never go on seen -- scene i'm the first one answering the phone call to calm the victim down and give them instruction. the information allows us to coordinate a response. police officers, firefighters, ambulances or any other agency. it is a great feeling when everyone gets to go home safely at the end of the day knowing that you've also saved a citizen's life. >> our department operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. >> this is shift work. that means we work nights, weekends and holidays and can involve over time and sometimes that's mandatory. >> this is a high stress career so it's important to have a good balance between work and life. >> we have resources available like wellness and peer support groups. our dispatchers of the month are recognized for their outstanding performance and unique and ever changing circumstances. >> i received an accommodation

and then i received dispatcher of the month, which was really nice because i was just released from the phones. so for them to, you know, recognize me for that i appreciated it. i was surprised to even get it. at the end of the day i was just doing my job. >> a typical dispatch shift includes call taking and dispatching. it takes a large dedicated group of first responders to make this department run and in turn keep the city safe. >> when you work here you don't work alone, you work as part of a team. you may start off as initial phone call or contact but everyone around you participating in the whole process. >> i was born and raised in san francisco so it's really rewarding to me to be able to help the community and know that i have a part in -- you know, even if it's behind the scenes kind of helping the city flow and helping people out that live here. >> the training program begins with our seven-week academy followed by on the job training.

this means you're actually taking calls or dispatching responders. >> you can walk in with a high school diploma, you don't need to have a college degree. we will train you and we will teach you how to do this job. >> we just need you to come with an open mind that we can train you and make you a good dispatcher. >> if it's too dangerous to see and you think that you can get away and call us from somewhere safe. >> good. that's right. >> from the start of the academy to being released as a solo dispatcher can take nine months to a year. >> training is a little over a year and may change in time. the training is intense. very intense. >> what's the number one thing that kills people in this country? so we're going to assume that it's a heart attack, right? don't forget that. >> as a new hire we require you to be flexible. you will be required to work all

shifts that include midnights, some call graveyard, days and swings. >> you have to be willing to work at different times, work during the holidays, you have to work during the weekends, midnight, 6:00 in the morning, 3:00 in the afternoon. that's like the toughest part of this job. >> we need every person that's in here and when it comes down to it, we can come together and we make a really great team and do our best to keep the city flowing and safe. >> this is a big job and an honorable career. we appreciate your interest in joining our team. >> we hope you decide to join us here as the first first responders to the city and county of san francisco. for more information on the job and how to apply follow the links below.

i'm chanel joyce i'm a firefighter for the san francisco fire department. i currently am the station 4. in the mission bay districtism lived in san francisco in noe valley. grew up with my mom and i went to high school in san ma te'o. after high school i went to mississippi where i played volleyball in university of southern mississippi. what got me going after college was i was applying to place related to fire and police i loved my experience but my family is home. i grew up here and could not be far from my family anymore i came back. >> i have been a firefighter for 4 years the transition to the fire department has been seam tells is the same. team work and coming together.

transitioning to the job med me comfortable that i made the right decision to come become and work for a fire department that is big in diversity and equality and becoming a fell. i got to be a member at a few different fire stations. each station has their own culture. i worked in places that are xroem and with a young crew and had the most seniority have 3 or 2 years in whatever it may be. learning stuff when people have been in the job for 20 plus years and learning from people got in it grew me to adopt and work with everybody. >> a lot of people will come up to mow and say, thank you for your service noise to see a woman in the fire department. you are doing it. it is nice to see kids waiving

look a woman firefighter. they get excited i love that part of the job seeing the excitement that people see. you are a woman you can do this job. every person has a good experience with the fire department. no one ever spokous they say, they are here. they're do this work and everybody loves them. not everybody gets that in their job. i don't do it for the recognition but niez nice to see people that respect had you do and know you did a lot to get here and you still do to work and you set your life on the line for other people. it is cool.

>> this is a meeting of recreation and park commission, please call the roll. >> commissioner buell. >> here. >> grif en. >> here. >> jupiter. >> here. >> commissioner louie. >> here. >> commissioner mizola. >> here. >> this is the park and rec commission meeting, of april 20, 2023, we acknowledge that we occupy the homeland