(gavel) [meeting adjourned]

>> [inaudible] >> this meeting will come to order. welcome to the monday november 6, 2023 meeting of rowels of san francisco board of supervisors. i'm supervisor dorsey chair. i'm joined by vice chair walton and safai. we would like to express our graft tude to victor young thanks to sfgovtv for broadcast

our meeting. >> public comment on each item on the agenda when your item come and up upon comment is called lineup to speak on your right. you misubmit it in writing e mail them to myself the rules clerk victor. young sfgov.org commit is e mail will be forward and include as part of the file. sends u.s. mail to city hall 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place room 244. san francisco, 94102. silence all electronic device. documents to be include should be committed to myself. items acted upon today will bear on the agenda on november 14 unless otherwise stated in

regards to meeting decorum i ask that any signs you are carrying not raised kept at chest level or lower and don't block views and with regards to a mruz we suggest that you limit your applause and give jazz hands to express support if you wish to. that completes my announcements. >> thank you. call item one. item 1 the motion approving rejecting the mayor's nomination for kent lim ending november third of 26 to the assessor agency commission known as the commission on community investment and infrastructure. >> thank you, mr. clerk. mr. lim is in person this morning. i want to note for everyone we have 4 items on the agenda a couple may be high interest and time consuming for appointments considered we ask presenters to

limit to 2 minutes. and be available for questions from myself and my colleagues. mr. lim welcome. and you can step up to either microphone to peek for a couple of minutes. good morning i'm kent lim and our family came to san francisco in may of 1963. i went to liefrngon high school and after i joined the sheet metal trade in july of 1969. i start my business in contract nothing 1985. and retired in 2014.

and my business at the peek hire over 100 workers. and i i'm proud of that i first workforce and was recognized by the department of labor. i serve on many boards in the upon communities such as chinese 4 affirmative action. mission hall. workforce investment san francisco. and so on. and -- i start my consulting business in 2014. >> and today i am here delighted to be nominated to the ocii commission. and i understand there are a bit

about the function of this commission. if approved, actions related to enforceable obligations. the 3 main enforceable obligations one is the hunter's point ship yard, mission bay and transbay. and it over cease the creation of affordable housing, infrastructure and parks. and also exercise the land use authority. and authorize financing of budget, community facility and bond for housing. and i also with my experience in contracting that my wishes to increase the contracting opportunity for the san francisco microlbe's. and also increase the local hiring from the community working on these oci projects.

and -- thank you. if you have questions for me? >> no questions i really appreciate your work. you know on this committee. 2 of us. vice chair walton and myself represent the districts most served by ocii and really i want to express my appreciation for your service to our city and service that included some of the seismic work we are in. thank you for serving our city. i don't see. supervisor safai. >> thank you, mr. lim. for the work you have done over the years with city build the work you have done to help upgrade many of our city's buildings like the war memorial building and the federal building in the area. and for your leadership in an industry not always supportive

and receptive to people of color. and asian americans and ap i. soing for being a lead and willing to step forward at this part in your career. many could walk off and enjoy when they are doing and free time but you are coming become to serve. thank you for stepping forward and look forward to working with you. i only have one request of you. so ocii is in charge of making sure that the project in front of the chase center that is a green space gets done example it lit irrelevant has sat undeveloped fenced off, for years. last year when we were in the finals the year before. had a shot of that the chase upon center was beautiful but the area was unfinished and undone. that's my request. make that a priority along with

the other things you carry and the things we talked about in the past. >> i have not stopped a job yet. [laughter]. thank you. thank you mr. lim. seeing no one on the roster mr. clerk open up to public comment. >> members of public who wish to speak should lineup now along the side by the windows. each be allowed 2 minutes that will be a soft chime when you have 30 seconds and louder when your time expired. i see members who wish to comment. >> thank you. public ment on this item is now closed i like to make a motion to strike reject and send this to will full board. >> the motion is to athlete word direct the legislation and recommend as amended the full board. on that motion vice chair walton.

>> aye >> supervisor safai. >> ayech >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> motion passes without objection. >> thank you, mr. clerk item 1 appointments kent lim is sent to the board amendd and approved. congratulations, mr. lim >> call item 2. >> item 2 an ordinance approving airport surveillance goning use of application based commercial support tech mology and electronic read and detection system for gunshot and other noises. >> thank you. we are joined this morning by airport staff guy clark as always with the items we have court director jillian johnson on stand by if there are further questions or technical question says. i mentioned before we got a packed agenda limit to a couple minutes. but this is basically fulfilling

the obinggations of technology ordinance. there are thoughts to the use of surveillance technology. take a few minutes to describe the item and your process, appreciate it. >> thank you. good morning. we had 3 surveillance technologies put through the approval process. the first is the application based commercial transport technology. that deals with the airport to manage our transportation network companies. uber, lyft and so on if a monitoring stand point agreements with them on p and pick up in certain yours that is part of the process. big part is the collection and billing of injoys voices for the city and the airport. they do pay a fee when they pick up like the way taxis do as

well. critical application. second policy was electronic tell readers using fast track. reads the license plates for people coming in and out of parking. from that stand point. we are able to charge using fast electronic and third technology is the gunshot detection solution. this is going to be pilot not in place the other 2 were in place. and lit really uses an algorithm to track loud noises. break of glass if somebody picked up a chair special through it against the windows in the terminals gunshots an algorithm is every gun can provide that via text. not does not sync with our cameras it is a sect that gets sunday to first responders so

they know what type of gun they walk to and provides our security center with the triangulation of where that shot came from they can tell the first respondeders how to best prop it to minimize risk to life from passengers or themselves as they responded. those other 3 technologies we put up. agreement thank you. i don't have questions i have gone through the filings i don't know if my colleagues have questions or comments. appreciate your time. >> thank you. mr. clerk. anything to add? or are we jooshgs good. >> if there are no questions and if there are follow ups e mail them and we will provide answers. gi appreciate your work >> thank you very much. >> great. mr. clerk can we open up to public comment? >> members of public who wish to

speak can line up at this time. each speaker allowed 2 minutes there will be a soft chime at 30 seconds left. if you like to make comment you can approach the podium at this time. i seal no public commenters. >> thank you, mr. clerk. public comment is closed. and i'd like to make a motion to send to the full board with period recommendation. a roll call. where on this motion vice chair walton. >> ayech >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> motion pass without objection. thank you, on a unanimous vote item 2 code prove of the airport surveillance technology policy sent forward with a positive recommendation. >> can we please call the next item 3 >> item 3 ordinance the code to reduce membership of behavioral health commission from 17 to 11 seats provided the board make

the appointments. require one seat be held by a veteran or advocate. reduce seats reserve said for consumers and families of consumers from 9 to 6. reset staggered terms for all seats and remove seat requirement for child advocates and certain mental health professionals. >> thank you, mr. clerk. we have some amendments for this item. they are not ready today. i think what i doll is make a motion to continue this item. i did want to give a bit of an explanation for the comp position behavioral health commission. this is a state mandated body. there are requirements the state law puts on and requirements we as a city and county add to that. and sometimes there are requirements that we have where the state is asking that a certain number designated and other stay requirements and when

can happen in a body like this is it can get big and unwield and he sometimes we don't make kwoer tum is complicated and there are too many people there. we have been working with public health and turn it back to something that is workable and not missing meetings because we are not making a quorum. because we don't have the amendments ready today and have people here for other thingsil make a motion to continue this to the call of the chair. mr. clerk. can we open to public comment. >> yes. members wishing to peek should lineup to speak at this time. each peeshg allowed 2 minutes there will be a soft chime at 30 seconds and louder chime when your time has expired. we have speaker at the podium. you may begin.

>> thank you. mr. clerk. i'm happy to hear the amendments are going to be proposed and i support continuance. back to you mr. clerk. there are other members who would like to comment at this time? i see no other speakers. thank you, public comment is closed. and i would like to make a motion to continue item 3 to the call of the chair. yes. on the motion to continue 3 to the call of the chair, vice chair walton. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> the motion passings without objection >> thank you on a unanimous vote item 3 comp position behavioral health commission is continued to the call of the chair. >> can you call the next item 4? >> item 4 a charter amendment third draft to amend the charter

to define officers for stake minimum staffing for sworn officers of the police department and upon controller certification a future tax measure passed by the voters generate additional ref now to funds the cost of the employing the duty sworn officers at minimum staffing levels and minimum amount necessary to implement police staffing fund. >> great. thank you, mr. clerk this is a round number 3 for the staffing charter amendment. which was gutted left week and advanced over my strong objection this is amendment began to deliver on the promise of a fully staffed police department given the historic crisis we face police under staff nothing san francisco and safety challenges we face in open air drug. theft and public disorder.

instead, the 11th hour hostile amendment turn third degree to a comp tax scheme postponed progress on police staffing unless voters pass a future tax to quote from the measure supervisor safai is the experience of minimum staffing levels for sworn recovers police department will be upon the controller certification of a future tax measure passed by the voters. in my view, this cop tax ploy cynically manipulates voters concerns about our public safety challenges to incentivize the court for new or modified tax to be enacted next year. i said, most upon san franciscans will be o fenldz by this ploy and i think most are already offended the original amendment would have allow the

voters whether or not to priorize their own existing tax dollars for a fully staffed police department. hijacked version denies them that agency unless voters approve a future tax for temperature if voters were to agree to a tax height or modification in the election full year from now this amended version will deny voters having a role to fix our police crisis for 18 months. if anyone needs a reminder about why voters need to fix this problem hijacking of this amendment should be proof why only voters can fix this problem with police under staff nothing san francisco and remind you of the gravity of the crisis by noting that in sfpd commander describe toed this board catastrophic. our police staffing crisis given the current pace of officer retirements a third of the police force we are supposed to have in san francisco is not

there. and with between 350 and 4 current police officers eligible for retirement now. we could look at a police force half the combaft if we fail to act prompt low. i will not support this hijacked version of the amendment and continue to fight against it. however far it migo. i'm grateful to cosponsors supervisors engardio and mandelman for with drawing their support. i want to express gratitude to the mayor for standing strong with me in opposition do supervisor safai's cop tax version and grateful to public safety advocates standing with me. i'm informd that near low 8,000e mills have been sent opposing the cop tax scheme. and the poison pill amendment. i say everybody thank you for participate and say that thank you to everybody on every side

of this. that you know participation in government wherever people may be is important to the process. we are all better served by temperature i am obviously not done fighting with this i want to hand it off to supervisor safai. thank you i think it takes time for supervisors to understand the legislative process. chair dorsey voted for this left week. sounded positive and later i of course he was told he should not have done that. he is still learning how to be a legislator. that's finey will give everyone the room to do that. using inflammatory language consistently as an extension of his old job having formerly part of the police department is taking him time to understand he is an elected official now. and no longer the spokes person

for the police department. i ask you all in the odd yents give him time we will learn how to be a legislator. but saying that, we are in a fiscal crisis. when i say crisis, i mean if you were part of the process left year, this mayor proposed cutting funding for childcare services in the city. this mayor cut funding for foodservice in thes city. that's last year. this was when we were facing less then and there a quarter billion dollars deficit. this year we are facing a 700 million dollars deficit and growing. the mayor just last week announced 3% budget cuts to every department including the police department. so this proposal although it

might sound nice without funding source it is a false promise. it is setting up police officers against 911 call operators. against emergency room nurses. against priorities, paramedics, sheriffs the people involved in public safety we need true public safety in san francisco now. i know the voters of san francisco will agree with that. 100%. okay. we have been waiting for true leadership this mayor had 6 years of what did we hear from the police chief last year a quarter of a million dollars dedicated to recruitment. under this mayor. i did in the hear one word of recruitment from the mayor last year during the budget process. nor supervisor dorsey, nor the police department.

where is the union that represents police officers on your measure, supervisor dorsey? they are not present than i are not in this recommend they have not come out in favor of your proposal. they are in favor of true public safety. at the end of the day i know they are. they don't want police officers pit against the true public safety net in this city. so, i'm going to realign from the controller an objective source sad to hear he is going to be leaving. he said, this proposal would have a significant impact on the cost of government. and would in the be viable without a funding source. so. i'm saying, at the end of the day, we have to be reasonable, we have to be fiscally responsible and i sat in the room when someone said we want a 50 million dollars take 50 million dollars out of our

reserve for the small site's program i no, to that too much you know why? i predicted where we are today i knew we were going to be in a fiscal crisis. we have to think about the city in the totality in service. you can continue to use inflammatory language hostage and hijack when i asked to you be respectful of my background and you continue to be this way i ask you respectfully again be more respectful and sensitive to what is happen negligent world now. this proposal, is thoughtful. i knowledge the voters of san francisco will go for it i'm sorry you chose to take your name off. i look forward to continue to working with you on it. and anyone else that wants to be a part of this i'm for minimum police staffing and moveing forward in a thoughtful way and believe the votereds will also agree we can't pit service against another.

i'm proud to move this forward and again i hope you come back around in and want to be a part of real true minimum staffing and true public safety >> thank you >> thank you. vice chair walton >> chair chair dorsey. i want to state that this charter amendment is a fallacy there is no way we can guarantee the level of staffing proposed in this charter amendment. and i think the original author knows and understands that. it will be writing a blank check and taking away resources from things we need to keep people safe in san francisco. i did want to thank supervisor safai for pointing out this amendment was supported unanimously at this very meeting a week ago. every last one of us voteed support and push this forward i

want to make sure everyone understands that's what happened here last week. >> i'm sorry want to add. thank you, supervisor walton and chair. i want to be claire cleaner the intention is to look at existing tax rough neil i feel strongly about had we have an opportunity to sit the the table and have true public safety and ensure this is funded properly. does not have to be a new tax i happened to under score that you look online 14 a modified tax passed by the voters. that means we take an existing tax and restructure it and dedicate it to this service of public safety in all functions i out lines. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor. before openingum to public comment i had a muscle memory yes to the amendment this i was not i did in the recognize until

after. i don't think anybody in san francisco is under any elusions where i stand on this. i think this is a cop tax scheme that takes a measure that could work because it follows a play book work nothing other counties throughout northern california that are aggressively competing for law enforcement officers and one of the most competitive environment for law enforcement personnel in modern history. i may be a now legislator butt reality is, this is a predictable crisis. we have known there is a disproportionally large cohort of police officers reaching retirement age. this building did in the do enough to fix the problem. today we are going off a cliff. in 2020 a charter amendment removed the minimum staffing level and put us in worse shape this intended do one thing to give voters, agency to make a

decision how they spends their particular dollars or not and this hostile amendment the cop tax scheme denies them agency in this decision. this is putting words on the ballot i appreciate people think this will not work but that raises the question if you don't think this is workable why would you put it on the ballot with a modification trigger? i think it indicates to me their is some workability here to gift department resources to compete with agencies. that are fixing their problems while san francisco is not. supervisor safai. i will end with, i said this last week had is something that can be done if the mayor torch come out and say this were a high priority she can prioritize this in her budget to make immediate action as we talked

about last week and the controller highlights that in their letter. says that the policy seeks a limit set asides reduce the general fund allocated by the mir and the board in the budget process. >> thank you, supervisor safai. i know there are people here today would like to express thoughts on this. because we have a number of people we'll do what we have done the last meetingos this and limit to a minute. mr. clerk. can we open this up to public comment >> for member his wish to speak lineup along side the window. each be allowed one minute. there will be a soft chime at 30 seconds left and louder when time has expired. you may begin. >> thank you. and good morning, everyone. i'm theresa i'm president of sciu1021. i'm here to ask we support

safai's amendment to id funding source for this public good. you know public safety means 911 dispatchers. affordable housing addiction treatment. care givers and so much more. we all want to make our city safe. but we need to be smart. we need to take buildable approach and supervisor dorsey, you voted your conscious left time continue to do this you did the right thing don't change your mind. stands up for the community and stand up for a wrap around complete service for san francisco. do not play politics. approach this the right way. do it with integrity. vote the way you voted the last

time. thank you. >> good morning i'm a san francisco resident and the president elect of local 21. i, too, here in support of the improved version of the sfpd full staffing act this . amended version calls for inclusion of new ref now streams which is a crucial shift from 200 million dollars budget set aside. we know that prove public safety encompasses nurse, 911 dispatchers, afford annual housing, addiction treatment and more. also the improved version of the sfpd full staffing act acknowledges policing alone will never be the all public safety concerns. residents know this as limp residents know that all the piece matter the safer coalition

polling shoes most want this comprehensive approach. and they support asking corporations to pay their fair share. thank you. >> good morning. david, 1021. will i'm here to peek in support of supervisor safai's amendment. because supervisor dori's charter amendment and set aside pits 911 dispatchers, facing a 40% vacancy rate. pits against police officers and pits police officers against mental health workers and it is divisive at a time when we are struggling to hire folks we have thousands of vacancies that the city is struggling to fill and so it is highly irresponsible also to add 200 million dollars on top of already existing

deficit that we are the measure is the responsible way to g. which is find one of existing taxes and -- reorganize a tax and so we can pay for -- all services that are necessary in the public safety puzzle. thank you. >> good morning. supervisors i'm aj thomas. i'm the san francisco back chair for local 21. i have been a residents for 15 years. i'm here to voice my strong support for improved version of full staffing act. now amended new revenue sources instead of 200 million dollars budget set aside. according to the control are. without additional funding our city face a projected 500 million dollars deficit by

fiscal 25-26. we need to rescue noise this police alone cannot fix our public safety issues we need nurse, 911 dispatchers, and more. and final low new poling shoes san franciscans understands if we want to expand the efforts that we need to assign an existing tax revenue source or new one to pay for it x. san franciscans are in support of a smarter, safer, san francisco. please support measure, thank you. >> good morning i'm annie li with chinese for affirmative action. provide services to monolingual chinese immigrants since 1969. not nearly the absence of harm

but presence of thriving communities. to create thriving community in every neighborhood, our city public funding must be directed increasing language access in all city services and revitalizing our shared public space. p, transit and schools we need to reinvestment in safety net so no one falls throughout crack we can't forward to spend public fundos policing. focus evidence based solutions that really keep us safe. transform lots to small businesses. tenants have safe, stable housing. make sure we support upon teach and ares childcare workers. city voters approved prop e. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to talk about true public safety.

>> hi. i'm claire wow with the chinese progressive association and we have served wing class chinese immigrants for 50 years. i'm a san francisco resident. talked to over a thousand community members and our community is concerned about safety and long lasting solutions prevention and address the root causes of crimeful that includes adequate responses from 911, police, medics, rehab providers, councilors, after school programs and protect tenants, work and families the city projected have half billion dollars deficit in fiscal twief-26 and headed mid year budget cuts we need to be smrt in funding for safety. any increase in police funding must not come at expense of so many other life saving

priorities. thank you. >> good morning. supervisor safai are you going to listen. not be on your phone. thank you. >> greetings to the committee. 2 weeks ago many san franciscans came up to express passport for matt dorsey's charter amendment for increased funding and staffing brought to voters to decide. the last monday poisonous change to the memo were presented in order to restore a police of full staffing votereds accept a new tax, forget it. no way. dorsey's charter amendment was sabotaged self serving political interests feel them in the room earlier. dump the poisoned safai charter amendment. we don't want it. scrap it. thank you. >> good morning i'm michelle a

compliance manager and voter. i live in the tenderloin. i see what is happen nothing my community and the city. i work for the health department. i represent local 21 as a health professional delegate and i, prove the amended version of this act. i served a police commissioner in another county. and it is important to recognize that this alone cannot fix our safety concern issues. i work for the city. i see had is happening i'm a compliance manager. i find out what is happening with the most vulnerable. and putting funds behind policing and not focusing on service that will help those that are in need will really affect our community. remember we are voters, too. and voices matter.

>> good morning i'm gloria dave and is i am the purchase chapter president for local 21. lived in the city most my life am active low all my life and one point represented the san francisco labor council at the d10 implementation committee. i am here in support. the improved vefrthz of sfpd full staffing act. as my son is also a police officer. this improved version is amended incorporate new revenue sources instead of the 200 million budget set aside. without additional funding our city according to the controller, already faces a projected 500 million dollars

deficit by fiscal 25-26. we also need to rescue noise police alone >> time elapsed. >> thank you. i live in the san francisco for 20 years i'm here in support of the improved version of the staffing act. it is important it recognize we will not police our way out of safety issues. this needs to be a full scale community approach to ensuring that the community is receiving the services they need. and it is responsible to physical policy to have a funding source when you are doing the set aside.

i appreciate this this has been amendd and in support. thank you very much. >> good morning. sf rising. don't pit services and programs against police. that is wrong. the mayor funded the police department yet they are under staffed. why? sfpd is one of the worse in theination in closing case. why? now sf population flunk waited why look ourselves in a number of police? we may go up. our down again. police don't keep us safe they come after the fact. invest in what keeps us safe is that the service and programs that have had 2 cut this is year. we need jobs, schools, affordable housings and more

service for people unhoused. thanks. good member rules i'm jackson i here to behalf of the chamber of commerce. the chamber opposes the amended police department full staffing act today. we support initial charter amendment intent fund crucial sfpd recruitment and retention from the city's general fund the amend version imploys that inference france agree to pay xr for a full staffed police department. critical to dem strit a commitment to public safety. more than ever we neat to combat open air drug markets and property crimes that affect accidents, residents and tourists the chamber of commerce does not support this public

safety is a critical function of public service and funds from the concern general fund. thank you for your time and consideration. >> i'm nina i lived in san francisco for more then and there 35 years i'm aville tear with san francisco rising. i'm opposed to increased funding for the police the expense of all other city work and service they provide. with the potential 700 million dollars deficit in the next 2 years other departments are asked for 3% cut this . is not fair. increased numbers of police don't increase public safety for residents. supervisors safai said left week public safety is created by a large ecosystem of support. 911 will emt. mental health. after school programs. tenant counciling caseworkers and more. why should we add more police if we get them to a department that

in the last quarter of 2022 used force on black people. 25 times as often on white people. this is not increased public safety. top of the morning. brandon dawkince [inaudible]. my hope is we are not here next monday sharing the same from last monday we are repeating today. increased police, staffing does not keep san francisco safe. what keeps san francisco safe is more funding for mental health service. homelessness serve service and other services that keep san francisco safer in the additional police officers not additional funding to the police department. therefore we are here in support of supervisor safai's amendment

to the resolution. thank you. >> good morning. i'm kristin heardy with 1021, san francisco native and roar. out of san francisco general hospital chapter. i'm here to support supervisor safai's amended proposal which no long are mandates a set aside from the general fund which serves all the service we work for. limited flexibility in budget allocation which is not something local 10 to 1 could spchlt public safety requires more not that police, supervisor dorse the original set aside drained 200 upon million over 5 years using services firefighters, nurse, 911 dispatchers. mental health, homeless services and additional services you once

used. we need new funding streams alining the safety policy rather then and there playing politics invest in our city and deliver for residents without shrinking vital public services i will make sure my voter in my county don't vote for this. >> good morning. i'm tatiana and i'm a community advocate with the asian law caucus. criminal justice reform program. on behalf of them we are o in opposition. supervisor safai's changes adopted left week will likely reduce financial impact over all proposal is troubling. it would shock the judgment of city leaders based on assumptions that complex public safety problems can be reduced with worn officers who are on

the payroll. the proposal does not credit a 5 year set aside the funds in section 16. 132 will continue until 2035. changes to the staffing planning and budgeting process will continue permanent low they threat tone convert the existing system of police and commission staffing plans to a [inaudible]. thank you. hello i'm the president offin are mission association. i oppose san francisco police staffing act as amended by supervisor safai and urge you to vote against temperature the supervisor's amendment public safety to unknown future tax. that voters must approve. the leaves dorsey's legislation without a funding source is to hold our safety hostage asking

varieties to raise taxes to get a fully staffed police department. staffing the sfpd is critical. we demand a fully staffed police department now. this is time for action. in the politics. supervisors safai is playing politics with our public safety. we need courage. we don't need the status kwoechl i have friends this are afrid to leave their house. please, don't vote for this amendment. thank you. >> good morning. supervisors i'm richard i'm 78 years old and livid my life in san francisco. and the pedestrian 2 meetings i represented the seniors and vet sxrans talked about how the criminal element is in the city preyed upon our community and

the asian community. today i'm representing the catholic alumni action community. it is a super pack. we raised 1.3 million dollars and we use that 1.3 million dollars to remind the voters how you voted today if you don't believe me ask supervisor dorsey how i helped him get lected left year. you remember all those times 7 o'clock, supervisor? when i commit to something, we follow general dorsey last year my people will follow this retired brigadier general next year and i never lost a battle in my 31 years in the u.s. army i'm not going to lose it one, either. can you take that thot bank. bye-bye.

thank you. good morning. rudy gonzalez san francisco building trades i representative the public employee committee of san francisco. one thing that we have to be careful b. is the word this is we use. but also the posturing because these are sick cal in nature and prosecute posing mandates without identifying funding and jenning update electorate around a new tax that is politically something this may favor some folks up for election is reckless an unfunded mandate without a collaborative scene to talk about existing particular ref now have you home ordinance worried someone will come after their taxes but we have corporations and businesses this are in need of recall bragz of tax reform. and you are jenning up an electorate that will not be favorable to you in the long

range. we have a deficit coming and appreciate supervisor safai's commitment to working families in san francisco and urge your support for the amendment. >> good morning i'm corey a representative with team sters 856 a resident in stan fran for 21 years i'm here to support the improved versions the full staffing act now amended incorporate new revenue sources. without additional funding our city already faces half billion dollars deficit next year. recognize police alone cannot fix all issues we need more nurses, 911, and more. new polling shoes supporting a safer and smarter sf. thank you.

>> good morning i'm harvey cantonese interpreter. [speaking cantonese]. hello i'm may-may i'm an ihss home care provide they're care for residents in the city of san francisco. hi. i'm also a vice president with

local 2015 the largest long-term care union and california a large labor union representing near low 450,000 nursing home work xirs home care providers. >> i'm here to express my full support of the version of the full staffing act. now incourt reporter rit new ref now sources instead of 200 million budget set, side.

without additional funding our city are calling to the controller already face a projected 500 million deficit by fiscal 25-26. we need to recognize the police cannot fix all of our public safety issues we need more nurses and emergency

dispatchers. paramedics. and mental health provide and more. thank you. i'm benny zinc i'm a staffer. staff in the our environment department. a rank and file member of local 21. i'm here to speak in support of supervisor safai's improved version of the sfpd full staffing act. i just hope this if there is a strong desire for opinion safety we think of our city holistic don't pit our staff against each other. all department in need of additional staffing and all of us working hard to make it a better and safer place for residents and don't pit us against each other by takeing portion of funds out of the

general fund and asking our other departments to do cuts staffing update police department. thank you. i'm a chapter president for local 21. and proud resident. under the support of supervisor safai's improved sfpd full staffing act incorporate new revenue source instead of 200 million set aside. without additional funding our city according to the controller faced a projected 500 million deficit by fiscal 25 and 26. we need to recognize this police alone cannot fix all of our public safety issue we need nurses, 911. paramedics and more in san francisco.

new polling show san franciscans want a comhencive approach. supporting a safer, smarter sf. thank you. >> hello i'm brendza i'm with 1021. out at san francisco general hospital. and i want to say what this is very important. because if the deciding the direction of san francisco. does san francisco want it become a police state. that's where it is headed with when you are talking b. you want more and more police and you thank you will be the solution to the problems. yet the under lying problems will still exist. so, when you are arresting the people where will you put them and closing the jails yoendz this and thank you supervisor safai. for coming with something logical and sensible to deal

with this problem. we need more police and everybodiment tologist be police staff i know we do at the hospital we want to be fully staffed, too we help the public, too. we go good notoriety public and sometimes we can't do everything we want because there are not enough people. keep this in minds. police. >> good morning i'm tonya a member of local 1021 a nurse at san francisco general. i support supervisor safai. i have been living in san francisco for 35 years. thank you. >> hello. incoming our faxes to solve the sfpd staffingly crisis isiff responsible. we pay taxes that should provide us basic public safety and fully staffed police department t. is unacceptable and a failure on your part to listen to your

constituents who pointed to public safety as their top prior. some of you who are for reelection in 24 know that the major of front franments safer streets and cars and simultaneous businesses not to get broken in to. multiple meetings connie chan voted defunds the pleas is demanding more police resources and officers all overnight district. surprising to see others of you running for office not getting the memo. so if she were here i would tell her that i'm asking as a d1 residents to oppose this measure or stop pretends to care in d 1. public safety is cornerstone to quality of life in san francisco. raising tax for basic service this ain't happening. get out of your clown sxars oppose this offensive charter mem.

>> the people san francisco are not the guinea pigs for the political gain of members of committee. we are tired of victims of crime this harms residentses and simultaneous and large businesses alike the dire staffing crisis of the police department affects all residents and workers. do your jobs and figure it out. and figure it out without adding a tax. it is imperative for san francisco recovery to fully staff sfpd. vote, no on this amendment we have a deficit as a direct result of visible increase in crime and exits of businesses. fix this and you will if i can your deficit. >> good morning. irresponsible we heard the word irresponsible from supervisor safai last week. and about dorsey's proposal. supervisor dorsey's proposal is not irresponsible when is

irresponsible this supervisors to the left and right of supervisor dorsey these supervisors took our city budget from the 7 or 8 billion the time they were electd and doubled it to the 15 billion it is today. these 2 supervisors. not dorsey. had no hands in this sf they defunded our police by within 20 million dollars in 2020. despite when we hear frutemperature is documented. dorse he no hand in that. supervisor dorsey make a motion to continue this item supervisor safai second that motion and continue this for the collaboration you say you want. you say you want collaboration. let's have temperature continue this item. thank you. >> hello i'm leah i live in d6. around market and 7th street. i am here to point out this

supervisor safai consistent low alined with entireses dorsey, ga engardio, mandelman on more police fund and power. i'm sure supervisor safai surprised his propolicing buds it i'm against this charter amendment especially if it gives more money to an already loaded sfpd budget. it rained yesterday. i handed out extra jackets i had to the people who are homeless had exposed out in the walk used of where i live and the first, thing a homeless woman said when i said i had jackets i'm broke now. and i found that shameful for us. stop focusing on funding sfpd and homes for the homeless and food for the hungry.

>> good morning i'm deb are the proud skwutive director of local 21. and i want to say i trust san francisco voters and i think if you trust san francisco voters you would also put this on the ballot. polling shows they support a martyr, safer, san francisco. san franciscans know when we need. i'm tired of hearing about our members who live in san francisco who are getting mugged every day and targets of hate crimes and i'm tired of you all playing politics and not having solutions i commends supervisor safai and walton who 90 percent of the time are on different sides of issue who came together to stand up for san francisco. and i think if you trust the voters of san francisco you would let them vote on this in march instead of playing politics.

>> good morning. 30 year resident of san francisco. went to middle, high school here i live in the mission and support the amendment that is more sustinable prop to the budget, we need more funding for 911. teachers, nurse and not full police. supervisor dorsey believe in public safety i would loch everlove to see more support for the legislation. [inaudible]. >> are there additional members for public comment. ? i don't see additional commenters. public comment is now closed. vice chair walton yoochl thank you, chair dorse. i want to thank the diverse amount speakers that came out today and provide public comment we appreciate you coming out.

i adopt to start my comments with i will be brief but it is a fact that the police department was not funded 120 million dollars in 2020. this is not manage this supervisor walton is making up i don't care what documentation people may want to believe ask the police chief and the mir that question can you go back and look at the budget for this year the police department was not defunded 120 million dollars. i adopt to reminds people what did help in 2020 the voters of the city overwhelmingly 71% voted to get rid of minimum staffing here in san francisco. because they knew -- that it was arbitrary and unachievable. well is no way can you guarantee a number of police officers. in any city. our city fluctuates in

population. resources need to go to the entire safety net in san francisco. and again like i said last time. we don't have a funged issue within the police department. we have an issue of folks not want to join the police department. not just here in san francisco. you can't throw monnet air and think that people ament to join the police force. officers. the police department, leadership of the city have to provide connections with community special police officers so that folks work together to build relationships andment to be officers. we don't have a police funding issue. so i want to make sure this when we have conversations we put out factual information in the community because this is an important issue here. in the city and make sure we are speaking with facts when we make statements. thank you. >> thank you.

vice chair walton. supervisor safai >> thank you, thank you supervisor walton and all the people that came out i appreciate the comment on both sides. listen i understand that there is a lot of anxiety in the city now. we all had people touched by this personal low most likely. i personally had my own car and home had my daughter's soccer there is a lot of stuff going on in the city now. that has not happened always. we have to talk about that. and we have to talk about it in an honest way. but guess when. when you pick up the phone, you pick up phone call 911. see if you get someone on the phone in a mandated time? you most likely will not. they are literally working 14-16 hour shifts. i went over there a couple months ago i was horrified. i would not to work in those

conscience but those people make sure our public safety net is working they are under paid and under appreciated and they are under staffed. go to the emergency room at general. see how quickly you see a nurse. you won't. you might sit in that emergency vehicle. until they make room. our emergency rooms are staffed. do we agree that is part of public safety in the city. if you call 911 and. this paramedic or that response team to show up, they are often not in a timely manner. so i know dorsey heart he know this is is part of the public safety net in this city and so men a couple years ago we would not have this debate. we are faced with a fiscal

crisis and a crisis in leadership. the mayor has been silent on this. might have put your name on your charter metropolitan but i have not heard her speak about recruit am and the public safety net in a thoughtful way. what is happening now people pitted against one another and i think what i heard from everybody is we all want to address public safety? a thoughtful way. so -- listen, i know we will not win over supervisor dorsey now i look forward to continuing the work with you on that. i think it is an important part of the process i invite to you be part of the budget process i don't say that in a condescending way i money it when i was elected i was not on the budget committee i came and spent hours with the committee to learn the enemy's and out what is it moneys to put a budget together in the city.

it is not easy. you have people in tierce saying i will not get service. this room was packed with twice the number of people with screaming babysit left year in the budget mittee because the mayor was going to cut funds to childcare. we have difficult decisions to make. public safety is a number one issue for many people. we have to do it in a responsible way that's why we made this amendment and i agree, with when i heard from the majority of people in the room. i think the voters care about this with you care about it in a responsible way for our public safety net. i would like to make a motion, chair, to sends this to the board without recommendation out of respect for your position. we can do it without recommendation and then we can take this matter up at the full board. when it is there. >> great. >> thank you, supervisor safai. i will close by i think it is --

good that there was some historical context mentioned about the charter amendment from november of 2020. the reason that is important is i think people need to remember this over the last 30 years, the city and county of san francisco has had a minimum full duty police staffing level for 27 of those years. and while san francisco you know came often did in the hit the minimum staffing level this staffing level kept the city honest about getting close. when we know about the 2020 charterer amendment, since this time our police full duty staffing levels gone off a cliff. voters you in have information about when happens when we have

no minimum staffing level in the charter we have been in this world for 3 years it is the worse police staffing crisis. we had in modern history. we had sfpd brass here describe it catastrophic. a third of the police department we are poseed have is not there. there is close to 400 populars eligible for retirement and looking at potential low a police department at half the level. this would restore minimum staffing and flexible way this the 1994 charter metropolitan diagram and give us a workable plan over 5 years it dig out of the hole and get there i'm absolutely going to participate in legislatively and other ways to make sure we are making progress on this. i will be the first to admit that police are not the sum total of public safety challenges we are faith but an important part of it. and i will continue to work on it.

vice chair walton >> thank you, chair dorsey i thank you for bring up on record this the minimum staffing level was not achieved when it was a policy in san francisco. because arbitrary and unachievable i want to thank you for pointing that out for everyone. >> okay. and we have a motion on the floor? yes. wondering if the dc has anything? nothing. okay. >> the motion to refer the matter to the board of supervisors without recommendation. vice chair walon >> aye >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> no. >> the motion passes with chair dorsey decent nothing committee.

>> thank you, mr. clerk item 4 charty amendment minimum police department staffing and 5 year funding requirement guess to the full board without a recommendation. >> mr. clerk, do we have further business? >> that completes our agenda for today. great. thanks everyone. we are adjourned. clear clear >> i'm connie chan district one

supervisor and welcome to the richmond. >> i'm an immigrant and came to san francisco china town when i was 13 years old with my mom and brother. my first job is at the community organizer for public safety with san francisco state. and land in the city hall and became a legislative aid to sophie maxwell. went through city departments when kamala harris was our district attorney i'm proud to represent the richmondad district supervisor.

[music] we have great neighborhood commercial corridors that need to be protected. the reason why we launched the neighborhood business for supporting the [inaudible] for 15 years special more. we have the legacy business program the business around for 30 years or more and thought, you know, we gotta make sure the next generation contains for generations to come. am i'm ruth the owner of hamburger haven we came back on july 11. we were opened in 1968 at that time i believe one of the owners of mestart today went through a guy named andy in the early 70s and my father took it mid 70s. >> originally was just a burger

joint. open late nights. then it changed over the years and became the breakfast staple. we specialize in breakfast, brunch come lunch now. i love this neighborhood. i grew up here. and it feels like home. i walk down the block and recognize people of people say hello. you say hello you talk and joke. has that familiar environment that is enjoyable and i have not experienced anywhere else. there are many things i would like to see improve ams the things we might see are making sure that our tenants stay housed our small business in tact and those are the solutions that will contain to push to make sure that you know our communities can take root, stay and thrive.

>> i'm proud of you know, welcoming folks to the richmond. everyone loch its we got farmer's market every sunday there. the you see really business at the noaa. ice cream at toy folks and going to chop for book like green apple. and that's when you like the deal is pizza place haall families love. you will see a lot of great chinese shops that is readily available for everyone. >> and that is just thein are richmond there is more to do in the richmond. what is love is the theatre. >> i mean adam and with my wife jamie, own little company called cinema sf we operate the balboa theatre. the vocabularying theatre on sacramento and soon the 4 star on clement. >> balboa theatre opened in 1926

and servicing this outer richmond neighborhood since then. and close on the heels the 4 star opens since 1913. >> when you come in to a movie theatre, the rest of the world has to be left behind. but you get e mersed in the world that is film makers made for you. that is a special experience to very much we can all think of the movies that we saw in the big screen of with everybody screaming or laughing or crying. it is a shared human experience that you get when you go in to places that are gatherings and artist presented to you. >> a shared experience is the most precious. and the popcorn. [laughter]. at the balboa especially, we stroif to have movies for people of every generation from the pop

corn palace movies on the weekend mornings, for families and kids. this is for everybody of all ages. >> what is great about the richmond is it is a neighborhood of the immigrants. belongs to immigrants not ap i immigrants you will see that there are also a huge population of rush wrans and ukrainian immigrants they stay united you am see that the support they lend to each other as a community. and cinderella bakery is another legacy business. if you go on the website it is known as a russian bakery. the first thing you see their pledge to support the ukrainian community. you will see the unity in the richmond i'm so proud of our immigrant community in the rich

monthed. >> my dad immigrate friday iran the reason he stayed was because of the restaurant. has more centamential value it is the reasonable we are in this country. when he had an opportunity to take over the instruct he stayed that is why we are here part of our legacy and san francisco history and like to keep it going for years to come. >> another moment i'm proud to be supporting the richmond and the only asian american woman elect in the office and as an immigrant that is not happen nothing 3 decades. you see it is my ability to represent especially the asian-american community. in my case the chinese speaking elders in our community that really can allow me to communicate with them directly.

i'm program director of adult day centers. i have been here for 7 years i love to help the communities and help and the people with disability. i foal a connection with them. i am anim grant i love helping our community and new immigrants and improvements. >> if you want nature, richmond is the neighborhood to go we are between ocean beach heights and golden gate park. >> i love the outer richmond. for me this is the single best neighborhood in san francisco. everybody knows each other. people have been living here forever. it is young and old. the ocean is really near by. and so there is that out doors ocean vibe to it.

there are places to seat golden gate bridge it is amazing. businesses are all small mom and pop businesses. houses get passed down generation to generation. it has a small town feel but you know you are in a big city at the same time. it's got a unique flavor i don't see in other neighborhoods j. it is about being inclusive we are inclusive and welcome the communities, anybody should feel welcome and belong here and shop local, eat local. we believe that with that support and that network it come in full circle. it is passing on kinds knows. that's when richmond is about that we are together at once. welcome to the richmond. [music] >>

>> shared spaces have transformed san francisco's streets and sidewalks. local business communities are more resilient and our neighborhood centers are more vibrant and lively. fire blocks and parking lanes can be for seating and merchandising and other community activities. we're counting on operators of shared spaces to ensure their sites are safe and accessible for all. when pair mets, firefighters and other first responders arrive at a scene, they need clear visual access to see the building entrances, exits and storefront windows from the street. that means parklets should be transfer in the areas above inches above the sidewalk level.

it's best if these areas are totally unobstructed by transparent materials may be okay. you can check with fire department staff to make sure your site meets visibility requirements. emergency response crews and their equipment need to be move easily between streets, sidewalks and buildings, especially when they are using medical gurneys, ladders and other fire fighting tools. that means that parklet structures need a three foot wide emergency feet every 20 feet and 3 feet from marked parking spaces and emergency access gaps need to be open to the sky, without obstructions, like canopies, roofs, or cables and should always be clear of tables, chairs, planters and other furnishings. emergency responders need to use ladders to reach windows and roofs to buildings and the ladders need unobstructed overhead clearance and room to be placed at a 72-degree angle against the building. clearances needed

around the ladders to move equipment and people safely up and down. so not all parklets can have roofs ask canopies depending on the width of the sidewalk in your area. please make sure that your electric cables are hung so they are out of the way and (indiscernible) to the structure, they can be pulled down by firefighters. cable connections need to be powered from an outdoor reciprocal in the building facade because hard wire connections are much more difficult to disconnect quickly. these updates to the shared spaces program will ensure safety and accessibility for everyone, so we can all enjoy these public spaces. more information is available at sf dot gov slash shared spaces.

[music] >> hi. thanks for coming today. really appreciate you coming out. this idea of a round table actually i have been wanting to do for many years especially it talk with fellow veterans. i'm excited for today. we get into it. if you guyings could introduce yourself to the group. and how you came to which