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

>> i am iris long. we are a family business that started in san francisco chinatown by my parents who started the business in the mid 1980s. today we follow the same footsteps of my parents. we source the teas by the harvest season and style of crafting and the specific variety.

we specialize in premium tea. today i still visit many of the farms we work with multigenerational farms that produce premium teas with its own natural flavors. it is very much like grapes for wine. what we do is more specialized, but it is more natural. growing up in san francisco i used to come and help my parents after school whether in middle school or high school and throughout college. i went to san francisco state university. i did stay home and i helped my parents work throughout the summers to learn what it is that makes our community so special. after graduating i worked for an investment bank in hong kong for a few years before returning

when my dad said he was retiring. he passed away a few years ago. after taking over the business we made this a little more accessible for visitors as well as residents of san francisco to visit. many of our teas were traditionally labeled only in chinese for the older generation. today of our tea drinkkers are quite young. it is easy to look on the website to view all of our products and fun to come in and look at the different varieties. they are able to explore what we source, premium teas from the providence and the delicious flavors. san francisco is a beautiful city to me as well as many of the residents and businesses here in chinatown. it is great for tourists to

visit apsee how our community thrived through the years. this retail location is open daily. we have minimal hours because of our small team during covid. we do welcome visitors to come in and browse through our products. also, visit us online. we have minimal hours. it is nice to set up viewings of >> the bicycle coalition was giving away 33 bicycles so i applied. i was happy to receive one of them.

>> the community bike build program is the san francisco coalition's way of spreading the joy of biking and freedom of biking to residents who may not have access to affordable transportation. the city has an ordinance that we worked with them on back in 2014 that requires city agency goes to give organizations like the san francisco bicycle organization a chance to take bicycles abandoned and put them to good use or find new homes for them. the partnerships with organizations generally with organizations that are working with low income individuals or families or people who are

transportation dependent. we ask them to identify individuals who would greatly benefit from a bicycle. we make a list of people and their heights to match them to a bicycle that would suit their lifestyle and age and height. >> bicycle i received has impacted my life so greatly. it is not only a form of recreation. it is also a means of getting connected with the community through bike rides and it is also just a feeling of freedom. i really appreciate it. i am very thankful. >> we teach a class. they have to attend a one hour class. things like how to change lanes, how to make a left turn, right turn, how to ride around cars.

after that class, then we would give everyone a test chance -- chance to test ride. >> we are giving them as a way to get around the city. >> just the joy of like seeing people test drive the bicycles in the small area, there is no real word. i guess enjoyable is a word i could use. that doesn't describe the kind of warm feelings you feel in your heart giving someone that sense of freedom and maybe they haven't ridden a bike in years. these folks are older than the normal crowd of people we give bicycles away to. take my picture on my bike. that was a great experience. there were smiles all around. the recipients, myself, supervisor, everyone was happy to be a part of this joyous

occasion. at the end we normally do a group ride to see people ride off with these huge smiles on their faces is a great experience. >> if someone is interested in volunteering, we have a special section on the website sf bike.org/volunteer you can sign up for both events. we have given away 855 bicycles, 376 last year. we are growing each and every year. i hope to top that 376 this year. we frequently do events in bayview. the spaces are for people to come and work on their own bikes or learn skills and give them access to something that they may not have had access to. >> for me this is a fun way to get outside and be active.

most of the time the kids will be in the house. this is a fun way to do something. >> you get fresh air and you don't just stay in the house all day. it is a good way to exercise. >> the bicycle coalition has a bicycle program for every community in san francisco. it is connecting the young, older community. it is a wonderful outlet for the community to come together to have some good clean fun. it has opened to many doors to the young people that will usually might not have a bicycle. i have seen them and they are thankful and i am thankful for this program.

this is the april 27 special youth young adult and family's committee and the closing meeting of this committee. this is a very special day for many reasons. i'm hillary ronen chair of youth and young adult family committee joined by supervisor melgar substituting for supervisor engardio. and a founding member with me it is fitting we