(♪♪) >> this meeting will come to order. good morning and welcome to monday, july 17, 2023 meeting of the routes committee of the board of supervisors. i'm supervisor matt dorse chair. i'm joined by vice chair walton and visiting colleague supervisor connie chan. supervisor safai is on his way. on behalf of my colleagues i

want to express cameras. and to the announcement the board and committee are convening hybrid meetings in person public comment and renote comment via telephone. public comment will be taken on each item. those in person allowed to speak first and take those waitoth phone lionel. call in numbers streaming across the stream. you willear the discussion but muted and in listening mode only. when your item come up and public comment is caused those in person lineup and on the

phone dial star 3 toradded to the queue. if you are on your phone remember to turn down your television and other listening devices you maybe using. submit comment in writing. e mail them to myself victor. young @sfgov.org. you may send comments via mail city hall 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place room 244u san francisco, california, 94102. the items today are expected to be peer on the board supervisor agenda on july 25 unless otherwise stated. >> thank you. mr. clerk. call item one. >> item one is ordinance amending the campaign and conduct code to modify requirements for campaign advertise am to confirm to court order. thank you.

mr. clerk. supervisor chan is the sponsor of this item and joining us today. supervisor chan, welcome the floor is yours. >> thank you very much chair dorsey. colleagues this ordinance was introduced by former supervisor mar in november of 2022. and is a trailing legislation for sunlight on dark money, prop f passed by voter in november of 2019. prop f sunlights dark money strengthens campaign finance regulation and the strongest disclosure requirements in the country for dark monemcampaign ex pend tours. the prop f new requirementos campaign ads including a committee any committee disclose secondary be contributeors for independent expenditure committee and ballot measures. if the top 3 major contributors

of 5 thousand dollars or more as a commit eat disclaimer must disclose the top 2 contributors to the committee as well. however, a lawsuit challenging the ballot measure was file in the san fremantle i believe the plaintiff was david in february of 2020 judge briar rejected the legal challenge and keeping in place the new disclosure requirements. with exception of very small print ads or short audio or video of 30 seconds or less the purpose is to bring the proposition footwork finally, the sunlight on dark money requirements to codify in gover conduct code section 1.161. in line with the judge briar order. ethics commission approved this

ordinance by i vote of 4-0. unanimous vote. on december 9 of twoochl with this codification this will prevent future lawsuits especially like the one that was filed in february of 2020. with that, colleagues i look forward to having support given the fact that 2024 we'll have so many things on the ballot and many issues to discuss. i really look forward to having truly a -- election with integrity and he showing the voters who is behind those campaign dollars and that they can make informed decision. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor chan. i did my home work nice to be reading a judge briar opinionful

which was like my old job from the old days. i think this is straightforward and i appreciate the leadership you are bringing to the supervisor chan, to make sure our city is complying with the order. i see no questions from vice chair walton. seeing no one on the roster can we open up to public comment. >> members of the public who wish to speak in person lineup. for those remotely dial star 3 to enter the speaker line. those in the queue wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and begin your comments. no one in the room for comment. there is nobody on the phone line for public comment. >> next, mr. clerk. public comment is closed. and i would like it make a motion to sends this to the full board as a committee report with positive recommendation. >> can we have a roll call.

>> thank you. yes. the motion is to recommend this matter as a committee report. and on that motion. vice chair walton. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> absent. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> the motion passes with supervisor safai absent. >> thank you, mr. young without opposing vote item 1 campaign and conduct code campaign advertisement requirements go to the full board with positive recommendation. >> call item 2. >> yes. item 2 is approving surveillance technology policy of social media management software. >> thank you. mr. clerk. in compliance with code 19 b the

human service agency submitted this py to the city add administrator's office and discussed at 2 public meetings on information technology right. presents when legislation is introduced. for multiple department and leaves one off specific policies to the department. we'll hear from hsa i understand suzie smith is here planning and public affairs and theresa young virtually. >> are you on line in >>. s i'm online. can you hear me? >> yes. >> good morning, everyone and thank you per having me here. i'm theresa young the director of communication with the human services agency. today i'm joined by suzie smith. deputy direct of planning and public affairs. and clothes from hsa our cyber

security officer robert and our digital communication specialist. today we are presenting to you our adoption for our hs asocial -- surveillance technology policy for the use social media. to give you a bit of a background. hsa's communication division is responsible for informing san francisco and the public about critical public benefits program present thanksgiving in a timely and accessible manner. social media is essential to increasing awareness and understanding of the many hsa programs we reach a large are audience and digital space. social media is a 2 way street and the general public reach out quickly during an emergency when they need help or have concerns

or questions. >> as mentioned earlier, we have gone through several presentations with coit on august 11, 2022, hsa submitted to coit our surveillance impact report for social media management software. on august 26, 2022, and september 15 of 22 coit conducted a public hear to consider the impact of our policy. and on september 15, 2022, coit voted to recommend to the board of supervisors to adopt hsa technology policies for the use social media. we are here to present that to you all. hope to take questions. >> i have -- i have gone through it and appreciate the work, this can be -- can i ask what is the social media software?

>> we are looking. is it the beginning the process of doing an rfp? so, thank you for that question. we are currently using [inaudible] which we have been on a month-to-month subscription. we are seeking approval to purchase a new tool called [inaudible] social. has similar features that we have also vetted that tool with our cyber security officer and would want to make that switch. >> okay. great. i have no further questions. seeing no one on the roster. mr. clerk. public comment. >> members who wish to speak are joining person lineup to peek at this time. for those listening remote on the call in line press star 3. for those in the queue wait

until the system indicates you have been unmuted and then begin your comments. no persons in the room for public comment. there is nobody on the phone line for public comment. >> thank you, mr. clerk. public ment is closed. and i would like to make a motion to sends 2 to the board as a committee report with positive recommendation. can we have i roll call? >> yes. on the motion to recommend as a committee report. on this motion, vice chair walton. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> absent. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> the motion passes. without objection with supervisors safai absent. >> thank you, on a majority vote item 2 code surveillance technology policy social media software recommend as a committee report.

>> mr. clerk, call item 3 and 4 together. >> item 3 a motion approving rejecting nom fagz for reappointment of ben bleiman to the entertainment commission ending july 21st of 27 and item 4 a motion approving rejecting the nomination reappointment of cynthia wang to the entertainment commission. >> thank you. let's hear from ben bleiman for seat 5. represent interests of entertainment associations or groups. mr. bleiman, welcome. the floor is yours >> thank you very much >> thank you ben bleiman the president of the entertainment commission. i will make my comments brief i serve on the entertainment commission for 6 scombroers one of the most rewarding responsibleses i had in my life. i love night life in san francisco and small business.

being a part of a department that is seen as the gold standards for the interfacing with gentleman and law enforcement and neighbors the entertainment and sound communication especially. . is something i'm proud of and rhyme proud of the small contributions i made toward continuing the legacy there of the entertainment commission i have been on the commission for a while now. and there is going to be a day where my time is over. but i -- i am really -- excited and continuing is important we maintain continuity given the fact san francisco is going through a tough timism believe in my heart of hearts that night time entertainment and music and culture and performance is not just going to be a part of how we come back but one of the main driving force for putting us

back on the map as we done so many times in the past. that is all i have to say. i will seat rest of my comments, happy to answer questions >> thank you. i don't have questions but i will say i appreciate your willingness to continue it serve. as we have conversations about san francisco coming back and revitalizing our economy the things we do well will be important to the success story and entertainment and night life is something we do well as a city. because of people like you. the other thing i vect meaning to several months ago we had a conversation about some of the touched on drug policy and the idea of having drug check service for people may be going out may be users of recreational drugs.

that started a conversation between myself and state senator scott wiener. last week he announced he secured a 1 million dollars guarantee for drug checking services i think will will expand the harm reduction conversation this is for people who go to raves or night life everybody who uses drugs have access to no requests asked service and protect themselves from an unreliable drug supply. seeing no question it is or commentses from colleagues. i do have a. >> quick. happy to reappoint the 2 people. thanks for your great work for the small business community and the entertainment you promote. >> thank you. mr. bleiman. next up hear from sinnia wang reappointment for seat forrelated to urban planning. ms. wang, welcome.

the floor is yours. >> you are muted. >> hi. good morning. it has been an honor to serve on the entertainment commission during a challenging time for the night life and entertainment industry. i'm proud of the way we have been able to balance neighborhood occurrence versus

the industry ability to continue to operate. and i believe some of the program it is implemented like 500 music permits for out door music performances and the work doing to help transiti privilege to continue doing this work. to support the continued recovery of the industry. thank you. thank you. mrs. wang. you know it is interesting one of the things about being in this role you think you know someone until you look at résuée and application i'm impressed how well rounded you are bring experience public policy professional i know you because

motion vice chair walton. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> thank you, on a unanimous vote item 3 the mayor appointment entertainment commission ben bleiman and 4, mayoral reointment entertainment commission cynthia wang move to

the full burden. call item 5. >> item 5 a hear figure a member ending july first of 27 to the entertainment commission we have a seat and one applicant. >> great. >> thank you, we have one applicant for seat one. requirement of seat one is machine who represents city neighborhood associations or groups. we have theodorea caminong, welcome. the floor is yours. thank you for this opportunity to present for reappointment to the entertainment commission. i'm doory caminong borning in

san francisco on athens and eccellsior in the excelsior. thank you. supervisor. i was able to return to the district and all the place home. ip proud to be asian-pacific i landser and proud of my san francisco roots. when i think about my heritage what come to upon mind my family and honoring their stories. when i think about my rots what miss to minds a multicultural sprjs of flavors, rhythms. soundses and styles uniquely frisco what i call, frisco af. >> i watched my female member sings and watching parents take up dance floor. when i heard songs on the radio i [inaudible]. they performed all across the

bay at celebrations of birthdays, balls, weddings, baptisms, fiestas celebrated home towns and feast days of saints. performed at restaurantses, church. hotels. i was lucky to accompany my family and witness the proud immigrants in the community and kept the generation, traditions and connect to home land and cultural lives for themselves and generations who followed. serve fund raisers campaigns for projects and educational scholarships for youth here or there [reading fast]. the memories inform my passion to create experiences and events. today i lead community engagement strategies and communication strategies for the department of children, youth and families an agency powerful

investment in children, youth and families through the fund. today i serve as vice president of the entertainment commission. i was first appointed to the neighborhood seat by the board of supervisors in 2015. reappointmented in 16 and 19 i served the vice president in 2019 and currently serving my fourth term in this role. i experienced the leadership of former president audrey joseph and josalin cane. they were awe some trail blazers in the city's night life. i prudly continue our tradition of women in leadership with executive director maggie, deputy director kate and fellow commissioners will you evera thomas and sin wang i enjoyed working with dan and oh , ewd

analyst ben. ben bleiman. >> our city's night life and out door community events heart and soul san francisco. the people and culture secret sauce that makes our city world class. prepandemic night life generated 6 billion i year 3600 businesses employed 62,000 bringing 80 million in tax revenue and 1.sick billion on supply services.

conconvenience it work with our city agencies and night life community to create and develop strategies supports and solutions for issues facing restaurantses issue bars and other performance space from financial recovery in a landscape of costs and affordability changing consumer behaviors on going health and safety measures. staffing and labor shortages and issues ranging from crime to drug use the cost doing business in san francisco is complicated and requires strengths and grace. with that said san francisco night life is not a dying flame it is alive and pulsating with energy we're not on a

defibrillator or hospice care. time to say no to the negative narratives this surround our city depilot that there are bold and beautiful moments that leave a lasting impact on our lives. [inaudible] discoveryy telling is not marketing metrics and content it is our tradition, culture and survival rise boost noise and tell our night life stories. my recent experience my 48th birthday with friends and family with live music from giants and the best fried chick then san francisco in my opinion. this location is former 330 rich street my favorite night club of my 20's. i was that girl who watched and learn friday my community

created and climbed social paces and today i continue that as a public servant preserving the community institutions the fabric of our loved san francisco. thank you and i'm ready to answer questions. >> thank you. >> i appreciate your experience working in seat 6 with the filipino communities will be important, huge role to play. in the district i represent to react have a the spaces. between the commercial areas and the residential area in west soma and mid market area. this will be key i'm glad we have so much assets and glad you are a representative. supervisor safai and i 2 who have a large i think supervisor

represents more actual people filipino decent than i do. centers in district 6 and saint patrick's church i appreciate your willingness to serve. vice chair walton. >> thank you. chair dorsey i want to say thank you to commissioner caminong for highlighting the assets of san francisco. there are amazing things in the city and need to continue to inform communities inform everyone that our city is thriving regardless of irresponsible their tifs i thank you for that. >> supervisor safai. >> thank you. i wanted say a pleasure to work with you. commissioner. so proud you have been a strong voice from our community and your community. and all of san francisco.

keep up the great work. happy to support you and continue to work together on making san francisco night life and our city cultural scene thriving -- and grow. thank you. can we open up to public comment come thank you. >> member who is wish to speem in person line up to speak at this time. for those remote on the call in line press star 3 to enter the line.

public comment is now closed. i would like to recommend seat one of the entertainment commission and sends it to the full board. >> yes o that motion. vice chair walton. >> aye >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> thank you on the unanimous vote. caminong seat 1 of the entertainment commission and it moves to the full board >> item 6. >> motion approving the nomination for the appointment of shaddix to building inspection commission. you would like to welcome mr. shaddix up. welcome to the rules committee the floor is yours. >> thank you for your time. i want to thank then president walton appointing me to the seat on the dbi commission.

on dbi my experience the first and left the first meeting had a large group of public speakers advocating f comment exit will remember it also. no cuts should happen to the collaborative. i was in shock rest

of mr. eppler's term. i know your experience with activating spaces and love and commitment to the city and the fact you understand city processes will be valuable to the commission so i'm thankful for the mayor for putting your name forward. why thank you.

>> vehicle are vice chair walton. supervisor safai. >> thank you. i appreciate mr. shaddix you calling out the code enforcement. and calling the issues out. as ones you would have been in support of. and huimportant they are to the work that the department of building inspection does. it was a difficult experience for a lot of the people impacted by that. and we worked hard to ensure what they would be restored. appreciate you highlighting that. look forward to the work that you will continue to do on the commission. and ensure that really good lines of communication between our body and others here. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. supervisor safai i want to express my appreciation for your

willingness to serve on this commission this time as mayoral nominee. we had a great conversation and the appreciate the ideas you have about the department and the background you have member worked a lot in the neighborhood. i value your service and happy to support you today. >> seeing no one else. mr. clerk. can we open this up to public comment? >> thank you. >> members who wish to peek and joining in person lineup at this time. for those remotely press star 3 to enter the speaker line. >> okay. i'm jordan pronouns she, her, they, them. i was going to speak on another item this peeked my interest and i have no position on whether to

support mr. shaddix since the sro collaboratives came up i hope mr. shaddix takes a dive in the conflicts of interest like all the sro collaboratives are funded by dbi through land lorsd. >> which basicsally a knee cap to allow activism and run by tenderloin housing. and they are an e victor i hope he looks as we save the sro collaboratives look at the conflicts of interests and do deeper forms on them. thank you. double checking. nobody on the call in line for comment on this matter. >> thank you, public comment is now closed. motion to strike reject in the

motion and sends the appointment to the full board, mr. clerk a roll call on this motion? >> we like that as a committee report? strike rejecting throughout the motion. and recommended as a committee report. >> correct. on this motion. vice chair walton. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> thank you, mr. young an ums vote item 6 building inspection early shaddix moves as a committee report. >> mr. clerk call item 7.

>> motion approving rejecting nomination appointment of dena williams to the homelessness oversight commission ending mifirst of 2025. >> thank you, mr. clerk. mrs. williams welcome to rules committee. >> thank you very much. good morning, everyone and chair dorsey, vase chair walton and supervisor safai. good morning mr. young for keep nothing touch thank you and keeping everybody here this morning. >> my name is dena williams. iim gritted with my family 54 years ago from i republican to san francisco. i fell in love with the city. and love affair never ended. if i am elected to serve it ask out of that love i will be serving >> doing everything i can. to help this commission and the department.

problem with doing it off of the thing is this goes dark. [laughter]. spirit of volunteerism and the desire to make this place we call home a better place left by my parents and by the armenian community. if selected i fill the commissioner's pot is slitted for machine served in neighborhood associations and experienced in makered businesses. i have served for many years the delegate from my neighborhood to the west of twin peeks council vice president and president in 2021. 2022 serving parliament. i deserved director of hoa and board of mount davidson memory yell. i served at the san francisco association of realtors, governmental relations. committee for over a decade and as vice chair and chair in

2021-22. i have been an active volunteer and fundraiser for welcome home project. helping the homeless by different organizations i owned and operated restaurants, coffee shops. health clubs the journey manager of athletic clubs, royals staging business and royals business the left 20 years all in san francisco. as a community volunteer and realtor in this town i'm aware of the challenges facing our city at this time and the public and media perception. i know this is in the first time our city faced challenges. i lived here through the 70s and 80s. i lived here through the aids crisis when i lost many friendses to a disease the rest of the world did not care about. we over dame them all and

managed e merge a world class city. and i know we can do it again. why we are a city this sxars with a big heart that welcomes everyone. our city to be successful the department of homelessness and supportive housing has to be successful. >> and for san francisco to make it through this time. at this difficult issue we all have to pull together in the same direction. officials. nashgz associations, small businesses, service providers are trowel in this together. by the graves god and help of my family i never been housing insecure i have comapproximation for individuals and families and i do understand typeset is a complex issue that lands someone on streets. if voted yes by the committee and the board i will do my best

to work with the lest of the important commission and help to bring about the success everyone is concerned about. thank you. >> thank you miss williams. why vice chair walton wrochl thank you very much and thank you for being willing to serve. i have a few questions. the first is just what are your over all feelings about the unhoused community. i have to say that i a newby when it come to this issue. i will bring a beginner's mind if elected. and do my best to learn everything that i can about the causes, that lands someone on streets and the reasons people don't always want to go to shelters. and just try to learn as much as i can. i can't say that i'm educated on the subject. >> my next question touchod a

bit do you have experience working with unhoused population. only through welcome home project. >> and what do you think are solutions to addressing the issues around people experiencing homelessness? >> well. we are spending the money. so it is accountability. and i think this is why supervisor safai put this motion forth to strengthen prop c that passed a few years ago. he stated men times from 100 million to sick 80 million. and the public does not see the difference, the public feels more and more disconnected from the city. and from everyone here. that's the point of view i bring. i'm not an insider i never worked on the inside or city commissions and/or but i bring that perspective of knowing that

people are frustrated and they don't know what is going of even the successes i read some of the papers yesterday and you know put many people in permanent housing. i think the number is about 10,000 now you go out and ask the average person on the street, they don't know about that. so, something is broken in the communication. so accountability and making sure the money we spends which we are spending taxpayer money is efficient and effective. because the main thing is it help the person this has ended up on our streets. >> can you be more specific about solutions like do we need more affordable housing ore shelters? and you don't have to use those

an example of how to address. gi think both. i sell royals in this town i know how expensive it is. i think any avenue we get someone off the street and even if it is into lower inin homeownership programs. may be spends money wiser. >> into and all of it shelters, permanent housing safe sro's all of it. >> thank you. you didn't ask me the one you asked everybody else. >> i listen to some of the things yesterday or the last time. this committee came. that's okay i was prepared. >> thank you. >> supervisor safai. >> so, you mentioned a bit about the w this we did the pass

measure the creation of the oversight body and some of things you stated are exactly the reason why we did put the ballot measure forward and the driver was accountsability and oversight for the spending of the money and how effective the programs are. and how the money is being spent. and is it spent wisely that is an important perspective to bring to the oversight body. we worked with the mayor's office. when we were crafting this message measure initial low along with many members of the board of supervisors and professional and academics industry that work in this field. and one of the things that was asked for the perspective of neighborhood residents association and mall business importance. i think you bring i good perspective.

you mentioned briefly the welcome home initiate itch you want to talk about that and when this means to the work you have done? before do you this, want to say that even so00 autoimportance of the seat for my perspective is god have perspective of the people in the inside and good to have perspective of people that lived this experience but it is important to have the perspective of somebody that is out in the streets in the neighborhoods talking the mall businesses and to every day san franciscans so they can be this channel. one of the things that the civil grand jury found when auditing neighborhood out reach from the department and the way they communicated with neighborhood when is they were doing work. was lacking and needing

improvements. you are member out in the neighborhood have worked with neighborhood associations. you can be machine this holds the department accountable. want to give you an opportunity to talk about the welcome home initiative. i feel the neighborhood out reach and mall businesses and the average person in san francisco understanding when the city does is important. a let that all the departments do and everybody who works for the city december people don't than. my welcome home project as some of you know am the welcome home project was created by the san francisco association of realtors foundation to support neap when they get permanent housing they go in the house but have nothing. they have nothing in the apartment. they have no sheets no towels no

toothpaste, no clothes everything that microwaves. coffee maker. everything this just would make a house a home and usable than just space. welcome mary young welcome home prshthd startd that i supported her from the beginning the mir happy supportive of this program as many supervisors over the years. my role has been primarily as a funds raiser. i can't say i have been out there working in the trenches. with people. but i understand the concern. and i have done as much as i can. i do work full time of everything i do on the side is volunteer. and in my upon own private personal time so. >> how do you think data can help improve the work the department does?

well data is an important issue in this because so much is being done this is a huge issue and such a huge department and so many nonprofits are involved with it. and it is so intricate and involved many different aspects of just humanity. the data collected and communicates and transparently will help get the message across how much work is being done and how effective it has been. and where we need to spend the money. i think that is upon important and the data combined with communication with people that are getting the service and experiencing it is important. jot city does a lot of good work. i took muni today and had is the

first times where i taken muni to through united nation's plaza it is delightful. it is clean. beautiful day and kids playing in the play ground and tourists. you know this is not what people see on social media. communicate the work done to the at this times real. makes the work you do. if you were to be appointed and confirmed. would you be willing to go to the community meetings one of the things that i have seen wherewith 2 project in my district going with hsh to

community meetings. my sense is that the department could be a little better connected to neighborhood organization. it was interesting because before we talked, it was a context that was making me understand the wisdom. the fact this is a seat designate nitted for mall businesses and neighborhoods. i think it would be helpful i know this suspect heavy liftave commission anyway. would you be committed to going out if we will have a lot of community meetings about the 2 permanent supportive housing meeting in my district. i don't know if other supervisors would like that that will valuable if you did that. >> absolutely. of course. if apointed i will take it seriously and do what i can to 've help the city and the community. >> okay.

>> i think there was supervisor safai >> i'm sorry >> no. >> the prior rules meeting a question this voice chair walton had asked. give you the opportunity to i'm not sure. he is not asking it of me. >> was there a question that should have been. one of the questions that he asks specifically and said he is asking it to everyone was so i did think about temperature was there is a disproportionate amount can americans disproportionate to the population of san francisco experiencing homelessness. and primary low in the bay rue district.

and this is not as visible to people as let's say tenderloin in the center of the city. is and/or like united nation's plaza they are visible parts and the bayview is not it is further out. and i think that so he asked what would you do if as a commissioner to bring light to that? and may be bring attention to that. what i was going to share with supervisor is that i than even though i'm not african-american married to an african-american man 35 years until he passd and welcome in the large african-american extended family, and having the son who is mixed race and presents as black to the large community. this is not an issue that has been a side line issue for me or

something i have looked at as a you know immigrant to san francisco it is something i locked at closely. worried about my son bh he went out at night and out late. every time he went driving. you know am this is not a subject i'm unfamiliar i'm not the bacon but i have been the egg at the breakfast. my mother in luis 96 years olds and i'm in touch with her. and very much in touch with my african-american family. the prop that i would say that community needs in the bayview is -- very targeted approach. and twhoon cannot be left the faith based community there cannot be left out.

this is very important part of all the family reunions i have gone over the years. faith plays an important and strong part. and approaching those individuals that are experiencing homelessness may be sleeping in their cars very targeted by people they can trust and giving them a chance and giving them an opportunity to basically improve their lives. i read parts of your book from juvenile hall to the chamber and you believe in second chances and i believe in second, 40 and fifth chanceis believe everyone can start a new and we have the resources to help people that will take a targetd and specific approach and not a general approach hoping that communities will come to them.

one thing that happened being married a historian and a son as a historian, when i do know the history of the relationship of african-americans to the government has not always been pleasant and not an effective one. so there is a lot of distrust built there and it needs to be a specific targeted attentionified that. another thing i would like to see i like to see more african-american immigration to san francisco i don't know how that can be roached i think it can i don't mean people that might need help i mean people that can in and help us rebuild when we had and the error active communities this we had. whether through the you know heard from the entertainment commission from different things we could do to do that. and bring in basically the brain

trust that is now in the rest of the city the african-american brain trust and bring it to this city at this time and give attention. to this issue. >> so. thank you for asking the question. i prepared. >> thank you. >> i appreciate you. >> thank you. mrs. williams. >> thank you. >> mr. clerk? no further questions or comments open up to public comment? first in person speaker? >> good morning i'm jordan she, her, than i, them i oppose dena williams for the homelessness

over site commission. the primary reason for homelessness is the cost housing and real estate. she used to be the government a chair share of sf realtors directed the opposition to tenant rights and antidisplacement prevent homelessness and she is apointsed a commission dealing with solutions to homelessness. prevention and housing the homelessness. i see a fling of interest there. she opposed vehicle triage relying on [inaudible] she mention third degree on next door and also proposed harm reduction help prevent over dose and getting people in treatment and thursday on next door i sends screen shots. the faith base community discriminate against the lbgtq+. i opposed the homelessness over site commission not because i didn't want accountability merchant neighborhood association people like her not informed and i and others tried

to get that seat changed but the supervisors safai would not listen to us. i am a permanent housing tenant working on eviction issues with others. i'm retaliated against by management because of it. she will block us i will be hopping mad if she does and i don't appreciate the appointment is ran through quickly. only reason this going to committee report the mir does not want to scrutinize her and i don't care about her dei work if youar prove her she will have to deal with me in public comment i yield my time. >> i'm josh. sf native i'm support in the nomination of dena williams. homelessness oversight commission with confidence i say

that no one spent as much time on service to leading our neighborhoods associations on the west side of san francisco. as the president of west twin peeks council dena lead neighborhood associations through a difficult time during the pandemic. as a redents i'm inspired to see someone meet the needs of the community itch know she will bring qualities to homelessness oversight commission. support her today. thank you. i'm gabe shyer thank you for hold thanksgiving. i'm here in support of the nomination. and i think this she talked how san francisco cares but i think it is more fortunate say she specific low cares. there are a lot of people in the city that are not willing to sit down and learn have an open mind

and she is someone it is willing to do that and has a pulse on the community in the richmond and sunset in when we think we are not exposed to as much visible homelessness as other parts of the city. and there is a communication issue that she has a great mind in solving through her work with welcome home and neighborhood associations she has the contacts and communication expertise to irrelevant turn the page on this issue. and i would love to see her on this commission. thank you very much. can we have our first phone speaker? >> good morning i'm steven martin i'm the out going president of the twin peeks council. vet republican affair commissioner and firefighter for

san francisco over station 17 in the bayview. i'm here to talk in support of dena williams. for appointment to the homelessness oversight commission. i worked with her in various capacities throughout the last few years and tell you her dedication to san francisco be people and her community is unparalleled. she is a tireless volunteer for several groups. a thoughtful person. i have confidence she'll give her full attention to the homelessness commission and will make very provide a thoughtful and billionsed approach and -- as somebody involved in mall businesses and neighborhoods she is somebody that will be their voice on this commission and bring new ideas and representative the voices of the communities which have been

unrepresentatived in the discussion how homelessness affected our city. i hope this she will approve her notchination and irknow she'll be a great asset to the commission but our city. thank you. >> thank you. our next caller? >> i'm mike nor i'm out in the sunset. i typically attend 2 city community meetings a week. i regularly text and e mail joel almost weekly joel engardio. i put energy in the homelessness issue and i think with dena regularly with things i learned at the meetings. i have known dena for over 20 years hoo is well connected in the city. strong promoter of the city. strong leadership ability and involved in numerous

neighborhood associations. dena is passionate about san francisco. she is compassionate and wants when is best for the city and the people who live here. the city is the homeless community will be fortunate to have dena on their homelessness committee. thank you very much. >> thank you. . next speaker, please. >> i'm kim wong i have known dena for over 10 years and she whatever show does he match its and she is very kind and objective person. does not really do anything for herself. she does it for others and i know that with her presence special knowledge and compassion to would be i great asset to the commission. thanks. >> next caller, please.

mellow this is sarah short with home rise. i'm calling i'm concerned about this appointment. i'm concerned about how quickly it is pushed through without notice or information given to the public or the board of supervisors. in order i assume to avoid the controversy we saw happen last time. but the i could understand d about this candidate brought occurrence. we heard today already this she has absolutely no experience with issues of homelessness or upon the hsa itself. which is the organization she would be providing over site to. that is a concern. also her background with the board of realtors raises

questions about conflicts. the board of realers has contributed much to. increase in homelessness in our city. and with the exception of the welcome home program to buy things for residents when is they move in done little to be actively involved in addressing the issue. in finally. again from the little i know -- supervisor dorsey mentioned her support in out reaching neighborhood groups about supporting supportive housing projects. in their neighborhoods. from when i can tell this candidate has active low imposed low income housing. and such.

i would like to know more before having someone on the commission who had. >> speaker time elapsed. >> we are allocating to minutes per person that was the last speaker for public comment. >> thank you, mr. clerk. public comment on item 7 is closed. supervisor safai. >> thank you, chair, i want to say for everyone listening and everyone involved in the process. public. we made a very conscious effort to try to have an error balanced perspective on this oversight commission. we were pacific and something i care deeply b. one seat we really pushed hard for and a lot of push become on a lot for

youth and families. youth under age of 24 in particular or young are than that. in the country. finally we also.ed ensure we had someone that worked and had specific experience works widths homeless. the board side. the mayor's side again wanted to ensure we had someone with mental health when we are

talking about homelessness it is my opinion misnomer we are really talking about a constituency significance substance abuse over lapping with one another. important top have that and someone has been an advocate with the field.

we want someone with a fresh perspective. kind heart. open to learn and brings a small business or neighborhoods to the job. and i think dena does this. i think she would admit there is position in the past that she has grown and moved on from. park is one. safe p suggest something i care about we don't need to get deep into t. it is a strategy of success. start in the my district. supervisor walton done a tremendous job of fighting for that. and his district and intend to panned that. every neighborhood that has the ability to do that. should share in that experience. same with transitional housing. supportive housing. we need to look for this for all over the city. i had conversations about that

and i know this she is open to expanding and asked that on the record today. every neighborhood share in the that. so i feel comfortable today. in supporting her. and i'm happy we are filling the last seat and have a full compliment of members on this important oversight commission. the one thing i will say is that data should be a particular perspective for the work you do. instructor:and support dena itself. and sends to the full board with positive recommendation.

more than i realized. the first time we had hearingos this i now seen personally with the projects. the upon importance of working with hsh. >> if we are going to make the progress we need to make on everything we are doing with permanent supportive housing. you know i want to make sure hsh is doing the work of build being a rep with neighborhoods not just when well is a controversial project proposed on going through processes and coming become to other projects. seeing if things are right and making sure this department is winning the trust of neighborhoods. if it does not tell make

progress harder. i want to give a compliment to the policy makers there is wisdom in making this built neighborhoodses. rather than specific expertise on the policy when we mead is perspective on small business organization association and neighborhood merchantses. so i'm going to support this as well. seeing no one else on the roster. mr. clerk i roll call on the notion? >> yes. on the motion to amend rejecting throughout the motion and recommend as amended as a committee report. >> walton. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> thank you mr. young on an ums vote item 7 goes to the full board as a report >> call the next item.

>> item 8 is ordinance amending the park code to reduce number of seats on the park's recreation and open space committee provide for alternate members and allow members to serve for more than 4 terms applied for the appointment having experience with environmental justice. and stability issues and provide that in city hall. >> thank you. mr. clerk. supervisor safai duplicate third degree item we have heard recently so i will let him have the floor to discuss his amendments to the duplicated file >> supervisor safai. >> great. thank you, chair. i passed around amendments that we. made give you a bit of background why we are back today. where we heard this item i asked to be rereferred to offer amendments. the amendments are substandive a continuation will be required. the chair of the committee

requested 3 amendments that are in front of us today. and was zoined by my district 11 appointee i will go through quickly the changes. first the at large seat president one this come from multiple impacted community in environmental justice to have a broader impact and the ability to pull from a broader scope of community. this gives a chance the disability community which reached out to our office to apply for seats. and second. expect alternatives to attends and also authorize them to vote

and the primary member refuses an addition to which they condition attends x. we set a process to notify supervisors when a seat has been vacant for 30 days. if no action is taken the board president intervocabulary to a point a member this principle will ensure there can be more filled seats and should address the issues with quorum this group experiences and i have reason to believe if supervisors think the president will appointment there will be more motivated in the instances when they don't move quick enough. i'd like to make those amendment and ask continue it to july 24th. thank ann pierce an for her work and her teem. thank you and to my staff and all the prosac members for working with us to make the final changes. thank you, colleagues. >> thank you. supervisor safai. mr. clerk can we open up to public comment. why members who are joining in

person can line up to peek at this time. for those listening on public call in line. unmute exclude that will be your key to begin your comments. request we have our first phone caller. good morning. supervisors. my name is richard rossman i represent d1 on prosac. i support all the amendments. that i'm concerned about section 5 meet nothing city hall. a little history we prosac used to mote in city hall before we lost our room. and there was no room i was vice chair and we look exclude could in the find room that's why we

moved to mc claire i think park. i would like and the rec and park commission as meetings outside of the city hall. so i would like to see amended but to meet in city hall and other organizations good to have prosac recommend section 5 just include city hall in other locations and the community. thank you for listening to me. can we have our next caller. >>

>> thank you so much to president supervisor peskin and supervisor safai for working with us over the left couple of months and i appreciate supervisor safai sitting down to dispel the history of how this came about. and find solutions hee we had our meeting last week. and our numbers will -- >> much more oshg bliged to express the amendments. and members have interests and active the public see if they hold. and wanted to know if they were allowed keep it enengagings they would with the changes.

ef david pilpel. i think the amendments are workable i have not seen the language not made public yet to my knowledge. on the third amendment i'm assumes that the same in the events a seat is taken for 30 days from the supervisor doesn't appoint the president could. it sounds like the -- president could only appoint a member who is a resident of the district.

the seat i justmented read that careful low when it is available. as to richard the moment ago. i suggest possible low amending. regular meetings of prosac held at city hall the special meetings held else wrchl given proper notice in the event had they had a need or desire to meet, at mc clarin park or another play ground or the senior center in golden gate park they could do that as long as they are regular meetings at city hall and prior meetings were held in room 278 the board's meeting room in between your office and so i believe this could occur again or another meeting room in city

hall made available if a code requirement i'm surety steal find a way to house the meetings at city hall. if move on to the next caller. of >> good morning. supervisor this is is steven du possibility supervisor safai's in district 11 thank you for the amendments and i did everything when the argone alpha~ stated previously. thank you for the hearing and we look forward to moving forward

with prosac and the work we do. thank you. last caller for public comment. thank you public comment for item 9 is closed and supervisor safai would you like to make this motion. >> like to make a notion to sept items proposed and then continue this item to next monday. >> july 24. >> has to you believe they are substantive. correct. >> mr. clerk a roll call. >> yes. on the motion to amend the ordinance. and to continue the matter as amended to the 23 meeting of rules committee on this motion. vice chair walton. >> aye. >> supervisor safai.

>> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> motion passes without objection. >> thank you, mr. young item 9 prosac memberment continued to july 24 meeting of the rules committee. >> mr. clerk do we have further business? >> that completes the agenda for today. why thank you, mr. clerk we are adjourn d chlt

>> my name is patricia yuen and captain of the fire department of division of training. >> i was born as a child of 2 wonderful, dull this is decided to have 7 kids. they had 6 girl and one boy. a traditional family family immigrate in the 70 and mom owned a sewing fact row in china town. my dad worked 60 hours as a waiter. their hard work ethic trickled down to the family >> my journal tow becoming a firefighter happened when i was in college. my senior year had 2 friends that were firefighters. lieutenant rob wong who is still working and retired ricky hughy.

they would tell me about their advent urs. daily activities of being a firefighter. i think it was the unknown that sparked my interest and finding out more about the department. what it does. every day is different. that really made me want to work hard to get that job as a firefighter. when i got in the department in 1996. okay. asian firefighter association let me see what this is about. back then the main people what were in the organization, retired chief chan. retired chiefically. took he under their wing and said, you have to represent go out to the chinese new year parade. show up to events that are in item an town community and show an example to the community that our parents become doctors and lawyers, firefighting is a great job. you are helping others in the community. >> our program neighborhood

emergency response team training program, started after the quake in 1989 and 6 course program where you take all sick classes to teach how to rely on themselves help themselves and neighborhoods. started back in 1996 teaching. i'm an active instructor now in 2023. we train up to 2,000 people every year and really it is our best way to reach out to the community so we can inter~ act in case of disaster. representing myself in the fire department always thought of it as dot best job can i do. work hard so i earn the respect of all of my coworkers. i know that now that i have more time to go out to my community, i see moiz in a lot of people that would never envision themselves as firefighters. i think as years progress i saw how important it was to put myself out well and show them

this is a great job. show your best. shape the lives of people that did not think about theion here. i think it is just that progression of knowing how important it is to teach people more thing and seeing how important it it is as the years passed.

that today's meeting is being live cable cast on live tv and streamed live online at gov tv. org slash ethics live for public comment. members of the public may attend in person or may participate by phone or the web platform as explained in our agenda document. mr. can you please explain how the remote public comment will be handled today? thank you, madam chair. public comment may be available on each item on this agenda. each member of the public will be allowed three minutes to speak. for those attending in person opportunity to speak during the public comment period will be made available here in room 400 city hall. for those