around. you went to the right. you went to. why? why were you literally tell me that right when we're walkingn after you for weeks. yeah okay. good morning everyone. this meeting will come to order. 22nd, 24th regular meeting of the rules committee. i'm i'm joined by vice chair, supervison peskin. theg. i'd also like to thank eugene labbadia atng this meeting. mr. clerk, do you morning, yes. public comment will be taken on each item on this aginterest comes up and public comment is called please linet public comment in writing in either of the follo the rules committee clerk at v-i-c-t-o-r-y o young at sfgov. org. if you submit public comment via email it will be forwarded to the

supervisors and included file. you may also send your written comments via us mail to doctor carleton place room 244, san 94102. please make sure to silenceectronic devices items acted upon the board of supervisors agenda on july 30th unless otherwise stated. that completes my initial announcements. thank you, mr. clerk. please call item number is a charter amendment. their draft to amend the charter ofsan francisco to change the age factor percentage for benefit calc have or will become members of the fire department on and 7th, 2012, reach a higher agecentage at an earlier age, lowered from 58 to 55. the retirement at which persons who have or will become members of the fire after january 7th, 2012, reached percentage and election to be held on november 5th, 2024, there was ae sent out as a committee report 100. i think there's any more presentations this morning. i think a lot of was in committee last week. i'm just going to for public comment. mr. clerk. yes, members of the public who wish line up to speak. at this time.

each speaker will be allooft chime when you have 30s left and a louder chime when you. what's the time a lot of time, folks. i want to talk to the happened here i'm here this morning to defend supervisor ronen, who made decision. i like to pause your time and interruptardon? any political activities are prohibited in this chamber. speak against any candidate or ballot measure. we are speaking but you cannot speak against a specific supervisor. durthe supervisor on the on this you can speak on the ballot measure an here. in your old age, the let me i would love to see the cops and firefighters get all kinds of money, and but the problem them to get it on the backs of they're doing here. they had a consultant came to them, and the consultant said, hey, what the hell do you want th because everybody's running for higher office or to hold on i'll get you, aaron. i'll get you the head of to support

this. i'll get you the most liberal asian to support this because they're running for something. and no. but again i'm all for giving more services, but not on the back of crippled, blind and crazy. then the cops said, we'll take the drop pro not make it five yearsirefighters said we want to retire three years early. he said, n you refigure our pensions, so that we only have to get invested for, for, for theget the money for that. no ove in three. you'll be the only one items are ridiculous on their face. and the fary much, victor. thank you. next speaker. good morning, floyd rollins. i'm president of the san frannt to just rise to say for all of the work that has been done on this, this is members and very important to what we have identified as theirefighters in this country killer of. so, you know, we thank you for all of the work and all

of the conversatio back and forth. you know, i can't express how important this is health and well-being of the fire service as a wholework does not go unnoticed. and rise to say thank you for all of the work that you city better and help make our jobs, better for t well-being of the workforce. thank you. thank you individuals want none public comment is closed, before i hand it oversident peskin, i just want to say that we haven't upda from the comptroller, given the current amendment that were made. and so in fiscal the first year, the impact of the first year of this charter amendment would be athis is something that started out o thank the firefighters local 798 office for their leadership on this. getting this to a point where it is $7 million a year. and one of the things that was left out of the conversation, i it, is the amount of money the city pays for claims that ar in for

cancer, and that's a so in some ways there's definitely going to be some savi as i said before, this is something that i aware of even being on this body for the eight cancer exposure being the number one leading cause of firefighters is unacceptable. and we need to be doing as they're putting themselves in harm's way. of this charter amendment. i think it'smoment when we're trying to save lives. and i can tell i couldn't imagine carrying around 50 pounds ning into a burning fire for another seven years. so i just want to say 55 seems about the retire and retire with dignity and have their bithout having to experience cancer. president peskin, thank you. safaí, you're you said prettywas going to say, but i wanted to actually thank the members of the rules committee, including super ronen, for doing precisely what the rules committee should do a piece of legislation, negotiate and compromise. and i think all of those amendments that this that.

and the product as supervisor safaí said, makes fiscal sense. it makes policy sense, it makes health care sense. believe in out years is actually going to save the city money. so with that, i to for this measure to the full board of superv me just say a word the board of supervisors and former boardpresident matt gonzalez called me the other day, it h long pattern and practtee the full board for the to decide they have comeof do not pass. they have come with recommendation they have come with no recommendation, but the sacred act of determining whether a obligation bond should go to the ballot is really an obligation of the full board of super up in committee. the committee is here toment, to make the amendments that this final decision as to put it on

the ballot to the full board of supervisors. and that's been the case as long as i've been around which is now pretty much a. so, i'm, i'm getting to the full board, as am i, but i got to bitee after your comment there because i had a charter amendment in can talk about later. anyway, if you can call the roll, mr. clark, and we want too the full board with a committee report. yes. on a as a committee report to the full board of walton walton i president. peskin i, peskin i i safaí i the motion passes without objection. please call number is a motion ordering submitted to the voters at an election to be 2024. an ordinance amending the administrative code to establish a first respon forgiveness fund for the purpose of paying outstanding related education educational and training expenses incurred while employed by the city sworn members of the police department, fire department,f's department. paramedics registered nurses or 911 dispatchers, supervisors orthank you,

mr. clark, this is my item. so i'm words real quick. first, i want to thank supervisor walton, being my lead co-sponsor on this item, this initiative ordinance would amend the administrative code responder student loan forgiveness and ongoing education fund. we all know the dire situation we face. we've talked about it a lot at the board of supervisors. positions, especially first responders.hers paramedics and emts, police officers, firefighters nurses and deputy sheriffs. and our care ecosystem are severely strained. because incentives to prevent a catastrophic breaking point and ensure that we can attract and retain excellent serve our city's public safety ecosystem. so this fund financial relief by covering students outstanding job related educational expenses for city employees of the police department, fire department, sheriff's department nurses and 911 dis coordinators. these are all the people we count day, and we must prioritize proper stawould need

to be hired into one january 1st in 2025, and work for at least is to build up this fund to forgive up employee. and so the must respond, first responders, and we must ers. and i think this is a positive step that we're taking to att retain that we need to get back to ensure that we have and, and i just want to say the reason ballot today is we've put forward other administrative code changes and funds, that the mayor has ignored. and i want to make sure that we have citizens of san francisco our residents of san francisco to weitly and declare this a mandate very similar to what we did similar to what we did with other ballot measure will would be that ws we would have a mandate to follow through.mayor will be, we would want them to make this a top prio passed the budget season. now so with that, supervisor peskin, thank you. supervisor safaí, so i am

prepared to offer this to the fullvote on, but i have, a long held policy that the ballot for things where the is required, where we don't have the ability to pass a law. so charter amendments needthe ballot because only the voters can change the charter. general bonds need to go to the ballot because o general obligation bond. but initiative here every day, and i support but we could pass it tomorrow at the board o doesn't need to go to the ballot. this is an the support to pass it here at the doesn't need to be an appendage to the ballot where we could ju supervisor walton chair safaí. and just want i am, excited to support this. i think that we government step up for a lot of residents anake sure that we could forgive student loan debt which keeps a lot of our our working

families from being able to g be successful. and so i the local level particularly for our first respon forwato supporting moving this to the ballot. thank you, mr. clark, can you open up this item for yes. members of the public who wish to speak on this ite speak at this time. each speaker will be allowed when you have seconds left and a louder chime when your timeembers of the public who would like to provide public comment on this any speakers at this time. close public comment miss supervisor, i would only add that a funding mechanism like proposition i, a funds, or with a set aside which would require a charter amendment, it would need to go to the ballot. but this a fund without a source of funding to fund that fund. so think this is something that we could do any tuesday supervisors. thank you supervisor peskin. i'll just add that we overload the ballot with any requests for additional funding charter amendments that are coming that have to do withators and nurses and

our firefighters and others, we any confusion in that regard and know be taken care of in the budget process mandate from the voters so i appreciate that. thank you, so i'd like to make a this item to the full board with positive, vice chair walton a walton i peskin. no you. safaí i the motion dissenting in committee. please call the next item. yes. item number three is a heapointing one member term ending november 30th, 2024 to th one applicant, pamela troy.? oh i don't one moment. let me double check. i request to extend. okay. i think

we're in somew in terms of time. maybe we can skip this item and call the next item. we'll come back to this anything about this? i do not, but i would say that insofar as the ith the ballot simplification, with the ballot simplification has to be a nominee of the national a that we don't really have choice, and we do have the ballot simplification committee coming up. so i don't think we should get in the way of know 100. i just wanted to give her an opportunity if sheo speak. so we can come back to this item, i. what did you if you can, please call. go. item number four. item numb four is a hearing to consider appointing five members. terms 2026 to the reentry council. we have five 18 applicants. thank you mr. think we give people the opportunity to come present can take it one you have

the order, yes. we can go by the list we can. if i can call taylor james hart i assume that the c to limit your comments to approximately two minutes. if possible. good morning. my name is tyler james hart senior. i amncarcerated individual and a productive and contributing member of my communityhe know the northernmost county in the san franci. i'm grateful to speak before this committee today t why i should be appointed to seat one of the reentry counsel california. i stment of corrections and rehabilitation from the age age of 29, for the crime of second degree attempted robbery. time offender at the time of my conviction, and have had noquent convictions since my release seven years ago. this september, i will i'm a survivor in life as a victim of violent crime, a i spent incarcerated in our state's prison system at the timerrest, i was a product of my poor judgment. of course, nd physical abuse, as well as substance abuse re

factors. most 19 year olds have no conception of. i know i certainly didn't at that time since my release, i a bachelor's degree in sociology with an emphasis in ethics justice and state university, chico, where i'm currently completing myare management. additionally, since my release, i have worked extensively, returningtrauma informed and evidence based reentry and rehabilitative ser local jail in juvenile hall in napa county, as cdcr at san quentin state prison, cmf and veson in ione california, and at solano state prison, also inhave developed and overseen multi-site service, enhanced homeless across napa, solano and sonoma counties. i have at risk youth funded by the napa county district currently sit on the juvenile justice coordinating council. subcommittee for napa county. my current role is the operations for an 80 bed behavioral health treatment facility the interest of time i will conclude by saying that i community and have helped hundreds of formerly incarcerated the same. i believe that the decisions made on affect the city and county of san francisco

also our entire state. i also believe that if is going to happen for our community and our society in justice reform space, this is where that will b. questions from. the project. thank you, next on the applicants list ivis. jeremiah davis, are you at this time? there is no on the list is rasheen thomas is tabora morris. tabora morris, and i'm going for seats two, three and four. thatt one, i he's more qualified than i am,, one of the things that i wanted to bring up is i like to thank thank you

guys for being given the on the reentry council, if given this opportunity, is an example of what has worked, what what also needs help. and since my, i've been from the my reentry back i and to me, basically that's when the first steps of reentry one of the things about living in san francisco versuege of, fortunately to have heard from others from other cities and the resources that they had available to them le in san francisco. and i was also able to various individuals based on the information that i had, i can attest to even that that we have to offer, there still are obstacles in certain that wasn't and currently are still not available through some of i have experienced personally, let's see, for seat two, i have an expertise in providing services fm by my sharing of resources and insonal knowledge and also research. and for individuals that iy that i actually know and others that i have cai was, i have been

recently released from in march of this year. so that makes me eligibl seat four. unfortunately, i've had multiple prison termsd that would be my qualifications for the fourth let's see. currently, i'm enrolled in the community health careprogram over at city college. and in that also i'm journalism two, i like toible that i can with this reentry council. and used for helping people i like to participate in an opportunity to do so. all. next on the list of charlton. i'm moving on to the next party. good morning, my name is anthony party. i am a returning doing, 11 years in so that qualifies me for, seat, i've been

incarcerated quite a few so i have experience with who are in and out of prison actually so i've also, during my with tools that would allow me to actually prosper in a manm now, i've been out of prison for about nine months and still know what the bunk feels like, and i still know w tastes like. and so therefore, i have a the those who have sufferedlar consequences that, of course they put on themselves, i am the president of barksdale incorporated publishing company, and we youm. and we work with inmates and those who incarcerated to give them tools andp them lead a better, one of the things that i specialize in is financial literacy, which is something that i teach. i have created aeve can be utilized on this committee prosper, i have also

worked with an organization called returning citizensfrancisco public library, i've done speaking engagements all over out, i've spoken at chico with job corps, helping the youth there elevate their themselves educationally. and so i i am definitely qualified with the information and i have to bring to this committee to ultimately help those return. thank youspeakers is billy hong lee. hi. good morning. excuse. hi. good morning everyone. my name is billy. i am and four. so for c one it asks, survivor of violence or crime. and yes, i do. forroviding services to individual individuals exiting the criminal justice system. so i've been out for two years during my twoero'ation, i have been pursuing my higher education. i amending san francisco state university, where i am a organization called

project rebound, where i seek to influence of higher education not only with recidivism butncarcerated reconnects back into society with loved may have to their community. looking beyond theinto the humans that the statistics represent, for cultiple incarcerated first at in 2008 when i first turned 18 term was in 2014, where i spent ten years in prison, since have worked veryg that the foundation to nota place to live. so i was able to intern at department of homelessness and supportive housing as a really, willie time, i learned so much, so much on help people not slip through the cracks. and i am alsoyview hunters point foundation for community improvement, where i'm working closely with people who are experiencing families, who are experiencing homelessness, i have a strong passion e reentering society. i believe that compassion ability equalsw, a lot of us were not taught the tools positive members of society. and now that i have gained those, especially during my incarceration, where i was part of the delancey street program

i lear society. i would like to help others transition bac society in a positive way. i have a very strong mind where i'm solution, solution solutions. no theree a lot of problems out here. and through the reentry council that's what i'm to figure out all the problems out here so that i could to help others who are transitioning back into society so that we really want to live positively and try to break the stigma thatnk you thank you. we'll call you back up if we have any questiothe next person. yes. next on the list is i. isaac lee crer is lorenzo juan castaneda. next nex morning. oh he's here. oh, good. i'm right h good. perfect, good morning y'all. how y'all doing? so, my name is lorenzo. first and fore i'm a native out here. i'm from, ramaytushkma ohlone. this is, my and, ever since i was, 8 or 9old. i've been

incarcerated, off and on. i got 17 years behind the wall. and i was in my addiction and criminality for a little over 29 years. so like to transition and to reenterin the community. i'm applying for seat one. seat two, and seat four. and, i, right now, i work in a detox, i'm working on a nonprofit for and i'm also, i going on three years now, so i discharged parole. i've been many institutions up and down california and consecutive, i've had to come. multiple terms, multiple exactly firsthand i have insight and really help the people. and i don't, my

i have aness against, harm it's not working right now. and what i table is something that works.. thank you cruz. is lucas cruz. i'm originally from berkeley california. i've been homeless on the streets of san francisco, addicted age of 16. i've been of jails and programs, some of which are. and after a long stride, i'm now a graduate. i've been sober for almost four currently attending the academy of art university, where i study fashion design currently employed by positive directions equals change, wherpush a really strong line of cohol across facilities that are stro reentry population. after w the reentry umbrella. i've c that when we provide resources for people and createe the natural world. i've learne only the justice

involved individuals, but also the surrounding context and community around them. i believes, not in an attempt to do the next thing, but simply doing what makes sense to us. we can facilitate a form of recovery for everyone and a sense of thank you speaker. next speaker is okay. hi. my name, and i am a formerly incarcerated student at uc berkeley. right one and four, i believe, andn i began my incarceration when i was how it began. and i was in and out for of trauma in my life and, some , and,of violent crime and witnessed family, until i left at the to san francisco prison term when i was 23, and my final prison term started

when i was 41, and that was eight. for eight for three years, and since i've been out i have, i'm close of california and homeless individuals, in a shelter family shelter. i have regained custody of my daughter. i was incarcerated. sorry. and,ecause i think that women haveey face in reentry. and i would like us to have a voice in this council.. also have a lot of experience with a successful have been out over three i'm still continuing to, advancet feel like i can contributis council. and i hope that i am selected. thank you. any questions from the? okay. please call the next person the jonah pulido. my name is joanna

pulido. i'm applyi for seats one, three and council. prior to incarceration, i held jobs in managerial roles. i also worked as an analyst public records for the state of california labor commissioner's office i also taught sundayngs took a turn for things took a turn afteras sexually assaulted by a family member formerly incarcerated at san of domestic violence and sexual i was just recently county last year the reentry services through castle, specifically, was the main source of support for my transition into the community for served multiple terms of incarceration over the course of approximately five years, two counties in california a state prison term in florida. currently, i work as a peer counselor with rams at the community justice service center. it is my firm belief the

that reentry behind the walls of incarceration. i hope thatil can help to put programs inaces at the right times, to help stop the re be a role, a voice for that are hidden behind the barrier of havingeen justice involved. thank you. thank you, next, speakers good morning. members of supervisors. my name is emilio bustamante, to honored to stand here and express my interest and qualifacming a member of the reentry council in as an incarcerated individual who's personally experienced t reintegrating into society, i believe i bring ae perspective and understanding to the table. my professional experience in specifically in creating equity within the criminal justice system, has further deepened my co to fair and just policies. i'm excited about working towards collaborative, creative, and successful reentry programs in know

that this county has served as a model for reentry in the changes first brought by adult realignment francisco county, i rent prison law office in berkeley, and i'm a organizations in the region. and i also san jose. i served nine years in custodyi've been out of custody for eight years. my academic bac public policy and a bachelor's in economicsed with my employment history, i'm well equipped necessary to analyze legislative issues and develop effective believe that by lever education and expertise, i can contribute meanderlying missions. i'm also collaborate with stakeholders and policymakers and community members to developr& promote rehabilitation and reduce recidivism think, is the limit. right. so thank you for your cons speaker is james lawrence logan jr.ogan, are you

present at today's meeting? moving on to speaker. erin mccall is unable speaker is jamie harrison. sutter. good morning. my namey sutter and i am seeking appointment to seat 2 or member of this community and a recovering addicted to crack cocaine and five year period. i ent 2021 and have since worked as a reentryfrancisco, and i've helped over 300 justicedividuals find viable employment here in san francisco. we're here today for several profound reasons. most importantly, we measurable outcomes for those exiting incarceration in an effort to reduce andrecidivism. recidivism is not an es more victims. it creates otherwise preventable additional casualties of addiction, property, crime, and violence reduce recidivism in our communities we have to finculturally responsive ways to empower those people most likely to me and other members that are seeking set appointment my first priority as a seated member of this council would be tochance policy in the city and c

ordinance effectively bans the box and pr's criminal history prior to a job offer, and f employers notify of a candidate of the right to action. there is no mandate made upon employers to acwithout this response. mandate. an appeal by a job candidate often does go ignored. the lack of a responsece as a candidate's right to appeal is moot that employer acknowledges, reads, considers, and replies in writing to any appeal made by a job candidate in a reasonable time frame. examples of a exist in legislation and policies adopted at other p county, employers are required to respond within candidate's appeal against a notice of adverse action mandate that provides a foundation for a dialog and an employer, greatly increasing the chance of a fair chance hiring, practice and reentry employment. i implore the city and to adopt an ordinance of similar integrity as we should be the beacon of reentryn our reputation as the world's most progressive and compassionate community. thank you. thank you, the next

, next on the speaker, david moroff. for having us herelf of seat six, which is not for me, but pretrial diversion project. we appreciate the board creating serve on the reentry council san francisco pretrialommunity based organization that serves people frarncisco county jail. we serve approximately 5000 people a year, through our judicial services, diversion case management, ande really excited to be part of this council to bring that involved, in addition to the work we do on for 50 years, we've really tried to transition our clients that are exiting the jail with like out of county treatment that are covered outside ofople support outside the environments and where they've been mental illness, stabilization housing so that when people do they have an opportunity to rest their heads an services. we have a team of peer navigators we've work in the streets in the community to help pe are

and get them connected to services, enhanced care management t person care through medi-cal billing, we've added additional also about to open a new office space, which we're calling and healing center, to provide more opportunities for our clients bring in new partners to the space. so we really consideration for our seat on the council.y the person will be serving when i'm not available is joanna hernandez, strategic partnerships, joanna has a loved one in the san francisco county jail and has also beears in working in this field. so thank you very much. thank you. are there any applicantstoday who have not yet spoken? applicant to this body who has not yet? i believe we have all of the listed a. any members of the public want? members of the public who wish to speak on this itemime, each speaker will be allowed two minutes. there does not appear to be any public commenters for this matter. peskin. thank you.

chairafaí and supervisor walton and particular thanks, all of whom i say this every time there's seats on the reentry council. i'm always impressed and touched by with lived experiences who want to serve ings better and advise on policy. and it's always a tough choice. and i always say, i want to poi having said that, we can only appoint five just wanted to share with my colleagues what my thoughts are, go about that. obviously, having diversity of gender, is part of is that i pref, if we can,ize and appoint folks who live in san so that i just want to throw that a bunch of tough choices but that's kind start thinking about this. and i'm happy to make suggestions, but we'll to my friends on this panel. supervisor walto much, chair safaí. andt to

thank everyone who submitted an application to serve, we wanting to step up. this is an just want to thank all of you for taking that step. obviously, we have some tough choices to i definitely like, hearing from all of you and hearing about your experiences and know and understand to, to be in these want you that if for some reason you' lot of opportunities to serve here in san francisco. so want to encourage you, of course, to continue.o continue to stay involved, because one day something might open up that is exactly for you, and the may be appropriate. and i also, am again pleased to see so many applicants and excited about the fact serve here in san francisco. but like supervisor peskiny, do show for several different reasons. but i just wanted to, that we appreciate all of you and decision to make. thank you. yeah i can only imagine it's not easyal

experiences, but when you do do, it makes the whole community stronger. so really want to your courage to coming out and sharing your personal stories. and as we could, we would put every singlen on the body, but we do have to defer to san that's part of our part of our task here. so i think based on what we've heard, given the breadth of experience and by the came here today, their lived experience turning themselves around, their education, has been. and i just want for that, so what i would like to do is i'd like to mov hong lee in seat seat number two, joe, pulido and seat number three. and number four. and then reappoint mr. david moroff. and to seat number six. again included, please don't take this in any way as a given the circumstances, it's just, we'rencisco residents first and keep coming

back and stay just want to say, for those ofthat talked about harm reduction versus abstinence based and the work some of the other organizations, i've had the good fortune of working with one of the loudest voices, along with my colleagueush forward some abstinence based sober living and recovery modelstee sentencing, so please keep advocating spectrum. harm reduction is important for those that that can't move toward abstinence based, and having the opportunity to get access to methadone, in a more effective wait. i know we're moving the assemblyman haney's mov access, which will we have to balance it out. andught here today. and please do keep doing theor if i can just to confirm the it will be with, billy lee to seat one. anthony joanna pulido to seat three. lorenzo to seat four. and david moroff to seat six. yes, on that motion, vice chair

walton a walton i president. peskin i, pe i chair safaí i safaí i that motion passes without objection. thank you can weitem number three, see if. yes. item implification committee. we have one seat, one applicant, pamela troy. yes she is. yay bye, everyone. thank you. thanksou wait one second. just let people file out. proceed. hi. my name is troy. i'm retired. i amg for appointment to the ballot simplification committee. i will my i have a background in writing that journalism, technical writing. i corporate and the nonprofit sphere writer who, you know with succinct and clear, i consider the first

duty of a writer keenly interested in the. i apologize for not being present because ie meeting and was very interested in what was g would like very much to serve. i do for election related, doing election related volunteer work. this includes, as far back as 2004, traveling to new orleans to work as a poll watcher during, and ily about the need for a cl lucid election process. great. any questions from committee members? enjoy yourself. it is a it is a lo. and i just want to sayunded with the history of learn about the mechanics institute. yes it's a wonderful institution. and it was for out ofinteresting. it's, you know, i strong so far. i hope it will continue. i do have i've retired, but

i've maintained myake space for some out of work supervisors. we would. we would welcome them. very definitely. all right. thank you. any memberscomment on this item? seeing none public comment is closed to send this to the full board with a the 170th anniversary of the mechanics institute. i support that there you to clarify, this is a motion to appo to seat one for the ballot simplification committee. there sent out as committee report? yes, as a committee report. seat number one recommende. vice chair. walton, a walton. i pesk i safaí i the motion passes. thank you. thank you for your service. thank you five. item number five is a mayor's nomination for the reappointment of jose lopez to board of appeals for a four year term. there is a request that this matter be sent out as a. great. so you have a couple minutes to say something about yourself. thank you. g jose lopez seeking

reappointment to the board of appeals san francisco in 2007, currently living in the outer richmond. before that, i liv several years in the bayview and the mission districts, as former of districts ten and nine, as a childmigrants, i have a deep value for accessible to folks from all backgrounds. that the board of appeals has been successful served including during difficult pandem, we've been able to to, to really get lot of public input to decide matters timely manner. so that folks can move their lives and their business, i'm currently serving as the of appeals, one of the initiatives that i've ta update our website to provide some more help to folks who appear before us without so i think that reflects that value for it would be a pleasure and a privilege to continue to serve, i'm here foror your consideration. thank you so

much. i don't see anyone on the roster for quelic comment on this item? i will just i'll just thank commissioner his service. i watched the board of appeals from time toboard is discharging its duties quasi judicial b been around and seen was politically charged a listening to their appointing authorities. but this isb doesn't seem to be subject to political influence on the merits and the law. and so lopez, for your work and your service. thank you. appreciate thate. i know it's a lot of hard work, with not a lot ofd acclaim and thanks. but this work for our city. so really appreciate your dedication. thank you, members of the public who wish too speak at this time each speaker will be allowed two mi good morning, good morning, supervisors. thank you for service. my name is rick swig. i serve with commiss of appeals. i'm just here to tell you that, commissioner lopez be

renewed, he doeson for our hearings, he to, all of the testimony, in favor? those not so, he is he listens very clearly to the presentations madefairly and, and attempts to make decisions based on the statutes which city of san francisco. he job of herding the cats. that's us fellow commissioners as he is taken on the presidency. leadership. we appreciate his participation. and i hope that you affirm his reappointment. thank you very any additional speakers for this matter? there a speakers at this time. great make a motion to positive recommendation, can we maybe we amend thisecting throughout the legislation? yes. and it as amended, as a committee that motion, vice chair walton a walton i president peskin i peskin i chair safaí motion passes

without objection. please call the next item n agenda is item number six. motion ton peskin. nomination for the williams to the building inspection commission for a two year term ending 2026. hi. good m name is kevin williams. i'm here to briefly about my application for reappointment to the building $ i'm an attorney with a practice focusing tenants, consumers and small businesses andall businesses here in san francisco, i've simpact of defective building and, dilapidated conditions and that impact that it can have on the resident, i've served a year on the building inspection commission and have approached my role and my serviof civilian oversight and advocacy san francisco. and i've taken that approach when reviewing department action, considering recommendations on legislationn abatement appeal. if reappointed. i hope to continue and expand that, if reappointed,

i i can to improve the department's, budgeting, transparency channels of department information a commission. and large in larger available to the public and ensure that all residents of san francisco services, i'm available for anyhank you for your consideration. if i may chair safaí, i just want toms. who is qualified not only because of his experience on the commission, but of his work as a tenant side lawyer, and i was to renominate him to the commission and hope that afford him to the full board with a positive recommendation. and again, thank h any other comments or questions from committee members? seeing none, let's open up to . yes. member of the public wish to speak on th at this time. each speaker will be allowed two minutes. are there like to comment on this matter? there are no public commenters on, thank

you, mr. williams f this is a two year term to julybeing the eyes and ears. i knowt you're paying special attention to building inspection issues as it relates to tenants, i visited an sro chinatown, and understanding that there were advocates there that, you know tenanty with the commission, in the past, there's mayor to cut the funding of that, those positions. i think it'srtant to have a voice, someone that can communicate with understand their cultural needs, and then sent back to department of building inspection all can make the right decisions in terms of oversight and effectiveness. so i having that voice on the commission and your commitment tolike to make a motion reappointment of mr. williams to the building inspection commission, and removing the word rejec this as a committee report as well? no. okay amend to delete rejecting throughout recommend, as

amended, on that motion walton i president peskin i safaí i that motion passes without objection. please call the next item. next on t item number seven. motion to approving rejecting the nomination for the appointment of sean mcgarry to the four year term ending july 1st,rry. good morning supervisors of the my name is sean mcgarry, and i'm honored to be nominee for san francisco planning commission. a little more in i'm a 30 year resident of san francisco i immigrated to san francisco in 1995. i'm a proud husband, a father of three. amazing. sfusd students. i'm fortunate enough to own a home here in san francisco. all of this has bee fact that i'm a 30 year 34 year age of 16, i traveled to london and became an app carpenter. one month after my 17th birthday. five years later out as a journeyperson carpenter. i immigrated to sanned the carpenters union in 1997. i've worked in

the construction industry as an apprentice carpenter, aenter, a foreman carpenter and i actually worked on the bank back in 2002. in 2007, after an i became a union organizer for the nor-cala field representative for carpenters local 22. in public sector field representative for carpenters local was offered the job of stative for carpenters local 22. in the private sector, my duty service all the membership of the carpenters union working in saer the conditions of the carpenters master agrnt and various project labor agreements in the public to negotiate and maintain various city and county of san francisco, san francisco district, university of california and the golden gate bridge highway and trust. i look forward to working with the planning serve san francisco as a planning commissioner, and i humbly this process. thank you for your time this morning and any questions, any questions from any com, i mean, i

this is an important appointment, so definitely com the skills. so appreciate you stepping forward. just want to talk a citywide planning. rezoning effort as it pertains to d and height. i want to give you a little moment to talk pertains to the housing element and how we're going to achieve that start somewhere, and we have a, we have a housing element already. it's been approved 11 to 1 by the board of supervisors. problem where 82,000 units, we've for over a year now. so that's only g we have to start by looking at transit the infrastructure to take extra dense density or basically, we have to take a closer look avenue, geary boulevard again, we have to start somewhere and we're actually starting to do that. but there's a l involved specifically there's been a conversationng about the transit corridors, as you said you think are the right heights for those commercial corrid as a planning commissioner? so

personal the i live in the richmond. so if you look at geary boulevard t maybe arguello, a good exageary, just shy of that, which would be the that's like a 6 or 7 story building that is tota but geary boulevard does have an awful buildings. it's got a big infrastructure lot of the ground floors are actually empty, so. but i we can create a series a positive ecosystem by having residential above commercial and existing exi preferential treatment as to getting those ground floor units. so are you saying 6 to 8 storeys is the is the right height? i don't see it as a p know, i don't it doesn't kill the skyline. and then w the 70,000 units in the pipeline? there's a lot of streamlining the planning seems as though that's been taken out of the city's hands now code compliant now, for planning, it's going to be 90 days depending upon the

size or 120 da that's been kind of taken out of the about the 70 plus thousand units in the pipeline. so it'sit's basically we hav 423 are basically has taken taken local do have is basically we'll have prevailingapprenticeship compliance, local hire helmetsrdhats. and what i and also people formerly incarcerated, of which w to, today, all of all of which would have allse people would have a place in the carpenters union or to actually build the price. they can actually afford to live in them so youre to the 70,000 units is in the pipeline to talk about thedifferent people.ight? no, 100. but i but i'm about what what is the planning department's role in helping to units? how are we going to get those out of the and start building them? besides opportunity, which i agree with you, is 100% important. we have at all levels, local government does have to the mayor's office of housing. i did, i believe is doing a gree in

federal could federal could come in, but i would have no i would seriously be looking at it all possibilit that can get built does get built, because we. i've got three children i've got a house that they'r grow up, they're going to move out. it'sjob as a parent to ensure that they always know it's a safe safe place to come back to. but they're going to meet their to live somewhere themselves and that 82,000 is just going to grow. okay. great. so my last questi is a lot of commissioners have different themselves available, in the planning process when people have questions in the community and they're, what will your approach be when residents of the community or organizations or associations or othe projects? how will you engage and how accessible will you be during the process? as a commissioner? i'm i'm a union representative at heart. i'm i'm totally accessible, i'm on the job site. if your i have to get down.

i have to sort that. sort out to i have to find a solution. there's always ten re you have to find that one. one reason to actually get past what the job done. that's just an inherent the will be totally available from on meeting the community to meeting developers, up together. if the community has for instance, i see opportunities here today. if the community has it, if they have formerly incarcerated, if they have l the community parts or any should have the right to actually work on the on the jo that are being built. no, that's good to hear. i know that when some on the planning commission, they turn their cell phones off, they're no longer accessible. they're no longer someone that the issues and they want to. oh, i'm reading the packet. i'm not anybody, but i think it's important, particularly when you're having impact neighborhoods to as a commissioner to make yourself available. so that's why i asked that question. so i'm glad to hear you say that. thaem, the membership i worked with in the field, they call me on my on my work phone. there you go. okay.

appreciate that, comm committee members? okay, great. thank you. we'll call up if we have any other questions. thank you, any members of the pub please come forward. yes. members of the public who wish to speak and this time. each speaker will be allowed two minutes. good morninrs. my name is j. anthony menjivar. i'm a proud 22, san francisco native, raised in the mission district. i met was going through my apprenticeship. sean was always helpful. he would alwaysand contact information. one thing that stuck with me was sean always telling me to learn my craft and master it. sean leaseb deep commitment to honesty transparency and accountability. his leadership and forward thinking approach ensuring that and valued. we are incredibly fortunate to have sean as a field representative at local 22. thank you for your time. hello. good morning. i'm standing in for charlie lavery,l three operating engineers. i'm a business agent. my name is ethan lester the san francisco building trades to

stand in strong support o mccrery for the city planning commission. his nomination by is a testament to his years of in serviceass san franciscans and has discernment in supportvelopment that benefits community businesses as sean has risen through the ranks of carpenters 22 to become senior field for a 4000 carpenters in san franciscohe has consistently advocated in improvement with living standards of his members his experiences bring a perspective to all that decisions of the city planning commission. for these confident that mr. mccreery will be an outstanding addition to the san francisco planning commission. thank you. a letter for the can leave it at the podium. i will pick it up. thank good

morning to be supervisors. joshua ahsha northern california laborers union, went nearly 30,000 memibers from central valley to oregon and francisco local, local 261 submitted a letter of support assupport the nomination of sean mcgarry to the planning mcgarry, we find someone who's not only committed to goals and aspirations to build the levels that's required by the housing element. but to do so with creating good union construction jobs supporting labor standards creating opportunities for local contractors, all of which helped support our in our communities, bolstering economic recovery, and having served city build in the past, i can say that mr. carpenters local 22, some of the earliest supporters local hire, mr. mcgarry himself was responsible for bringing in residents from city build, academy and communityion apprenticeship and their now su level, i

live in the mission district, got some kids often run into mr. mcgarry at the parks and baseb facilities. he's a really out there in the community, a family person raising his family and want that in. commissioner thanks. committee members, good morning. thank you opportunity. please proceed. committee members. goodu for allowing me the opportunity to speak today in support of sean pedro mendez. i am a field representative from carpenters lo years i've had the privilege of working closely with sean workers across both the private and public our aim is to provide workers by safeguarding their interestsir and. in our line of work, understaand the broader needs of theffectively advocating for the rights of workers. i. this representation, but also actively engagingf perspectives. listening carefully is crucial for making

informed decisions, fo collaboration, and building long lasting relationships to a civic forum. this what sean brings to the table. his extensive experience and him exceptionally well-suited for this role. i amrecommend sean who has truly been a great colleague and mentor. i respectfully ask that you approve the sean mcgarry to the planning commission. thank you. good morning, chair sa president peskin. my name is timothy representative with carpenters local 22. i'm here this morning to of the nomination of sean mcgarry to the san francisco planning sean 20 plus years ago as an apprenticean an interest in workers, you know, andthing i noticed back then. and as i went through my apprenticeshipim become a field rep his interest in workers workers and workers well-being is yououtstanding, i've had the privilege of working with him as now for nine plus years, and he's always when they come in.

and he sits and listens to them. i think sean will be a terrific asset to the planning commission, and he will be fully engaged. and i thinkvery. are there any additional speakers on this matter? there are no additional speakers. final comments or questions. colleagues seeing none. thank yo know that this is this is one of city that requires a significant amount of time. you don't need to. you don't need to come back up. it's okay.equires a significant amount of time.s real time commitment. the amount of magnitude, the amount of impact that the presented with. i think the level of experience construction industry is really important. it's important to under project get built from financing tostruction to completion, so i thinkerspective of working men and women, i think that's important. it's important to have a voice that understandsy prevailing

wage, why many of the things in these positions is important, and that's important represented. you'll have to juggle. i'm sure there's ng when your union comes and presents on an issue. and a daily basis in the city. attorneys will advise you as that presents if there's a particular job or project, you in the right way. and i'm sure that that's not a big deal that you're going to be on the committee and being a voice appreciate you stepping forward. and as also a city and understanding the city's future, andi'd like to say is the things that you talked about people opportunities that haven't had opportunities and thinking about that when it comes to theseobs and the impact that these jobs have on community, is really, really im i'm happy to support you today. thank you. and i you said you're going to have your cell phone on, because i d there for these jobs and all of acessible to the community. they need to be accessible, whether they like what they're not, and then ultimately can hold their vote and say, i make my decision based on the facts, but i'm going to come and listen and hear commissioners that i've worked

over the years from the planning commission, the ones thatelves accessible, or the ones that i think were the most successful. so a okay, so i think we need to send this, a motion, removing all the rejects, from this motion and send this item tohe full board with the positive recommendation. amend and recommend as amended walton i president peski i chair safaí i thank you i objection. please call the next. item number eight is a motion approving rejecting the mayoral nomination for the appointment of amy campbell to the planning four year term ending july 1st, 2028. good morning, chair safaíhair. walton. supervisor. peskin. my name is jessie minardi. i i am mayor breed's as i believe you, un, amy campbell, the mayor's nominee, is unavailable to be unable to be here today as she is on a pre-planned. and so, per an arrangement with the prior chair's office, miss campbell

has prepared on her behalf. before you read that canstion? of course. is she planning on coming back she three week vacation. oh, okay. she ication. go ahead and read her statement. i just, i don't know, whatever previousade, i personally feel like. and we've talked with amy before from her previous position. i know she comes qualifications, very similar to the last line of i did with, the previ think it's important to have those things on the record and have i personally feel like that's why i asked, is she coming back have a meeting, next week, but go ahead then i, we can talk amongst ourselves about how to how th is. sure. okay. and chair safaí, i was abbreviated version in the interest of time, butave the full version there. so, supervisor safaí. supervisor peskin, please accept my sincere apology for not being able to attend this important am currently overseas on a

pre-planned family vacation. i here today. the mayor's nomination to the planning honor for me and one i take very seriously. thank you for opportunity to have the statement read on my behalf. by way of amy campbell. i'm originally from the east coast but have l california for the past 20 years, 18 of which have been as a res francisco since 2011. i've called the castroe my husband and i are currently raising our two children. neighborhood, and i've learned that the neighborhoods of what helped to make this city so special. professionally, architect in the state of california and haves. much of my career has been focused on the bui finding ways that existing buildings can be reinvented and more relevant to meet today's needs. and architecture firm, where i also act as ator and practice area leader for building transformation and adaptive reuse. since the pandemic, i've grown extremely reimagining cities through the conversion of underutilized office buildings, and i've ha prominent voice in the local media discussion around what's next for downtown. i believe my professional experience can bring ato the work

of the commission. my expertise can help ens visual and functional enhancements to the city, while also reasonable and practical. in addition to offer an understanding of the real time challenges being faced by various stakeholders such as building owners, developers, and nonprofit org since november 2023, i've had the honor of serving on the on the commission has been deeply rewarding. i've learned thehearings prepared on each case how to listen objectivelye of providing thoughtful and explanatory feedbalog. when making my recommendations, i'm excited to take the knowledge and perspective i've gained on the hpc forward with me to help shape the city's growth while still safeguarding eac the unique sense of place. as i've learned on understand that many of the laws, rules and regulations a a particularly interesting time for the planning commission. and while weules of the road, we can certainly do our very best to understand the world impacts and make the most informed recommendations that we ca francisco needs to continue to grow and evolve. we also housing for all people. everyone in the city carries the. and i look forward to focusing on long ensuring

our efforts are directed towards creating meaningful and sust while also preventing socioeconomic and cultural diversity of our city. if to connecting with a wide range of people and dif broader perspectives and better understand their concerns, ambitions city. this will allow me to continue to make inform. this is a transformational time for the confident that i can helpt the planning commission. as an architect urbanist, resident, parent, andcares about the people. i hope you an honor for me to serve the cit as a planning commissioner and enhance the qualitythank you for your time and considerationk you, committee members, any comments questions? so as i was saying would be not to make a decision toda continue until she's back but unfortunately, she's out of two weeks and we have no more meetings scheduled say is, i do appreciate the have an opportunity to have a conversation with actually just pretty recently. it was within the

last, like, what 4 or 5 months six months took office in november. yeah. november. so you're having fun. so it was it recent, but i do remember an extensive and the thing that i appreciate, the conversa had specifically. and then she's talked about this before, was the focus on union square and from large commercial retail transforming that into more of a mixed us, i felt like it was a really thoughtful approach, and i think someone with her experience and backgrounda good, planning commission, so it's unfortunate that we were not able to her. i know she would have enjoyed that opportunity, as would i okay today with moving forward and putting commission, i don't know what other committee members extensively before she was. we co nomination to the historic preservation commission and wasimpressed and have no issues. right. okay

great. supervisor walton. okay will remove all, like, wait. we got to open up public comment. public wish to comment? oh, sorry. go ahead. are there any like to make public comment on this matter? not trying to steal i do not see any speakers on this matter. public comments closed, so a motion removing all the rejecting language fromem to the full board with a p motion to amend and recommend as amended, vice chair i president peskin i peskin i chair safaí i that motion passes without objection the. item nine is a rejecting the mayor's nomination for the appointment of mike chen to agency board of directors for a four year term 2025. mr. chen, please come forward, quic introductions good morning. chair safaí, vice chair, walton and board president mike chen. i've been nominated by the mayor to theortation replacing succeeding here because i

believe force between people. it connects san franciscans to jobs education, places of worship, andir family. and friends. i believe that transportation in san reliable, convenient affordable, climate friendly and equitable. a bit about me i am afrancisco and i currently rent with my boyfriend near divisadero and geary in a household every week i take transit, bike, walk and ri get around the city. i served on the sfmta for four years, and i chaired the body for two committee. i worked with my fellow council members to learn about different parts of the questions of staff craft recommendations and present those recommendat believe my lived experiences can bring an importantwhich currently lacks lgbtq andio advocate in both communities, i hope to give so that together we can ensure that transportation in san thank you for your time. and i look forward to your questions. many members. i have a few questions i'llse jump in. so the last time

we appointed someo the mta we had an extensive conversation valencia street, redesign andgive you an opportunity to talk problematic and what the mta. thank you for that opportunity2ñ. you know, with has has done it's been it's been a very tough to balance a lot of things. i think sure that people are safe as they get around san francisco, as part of the agency' and as well to make sure that merchants to customers access to the loading access and, and employees to get around. i think understandingg very closely, block by block with merchants, to, to for the next iteration of valencia, which it seems that most of the valencia merchants and bicycle advocates an all on board with which is a side runnineartened by the efforts that the agency is taking single block with every single merchant to look curb space, to maximizehants,

for parking, for loading for i think the challenge is that the agency very it's very hard the agency the center running bike lane was an effort to maximize as much merchants, that saidou know, staff staff are are fallible. they c i think we learned a lot from that to say well maximizing parking, it's also about access. it's about loading. it's about oother things. and what we're going. i hope is a great solution. and i hope that it will be installed as merchants requestoliday season in early 2025. yeah. i mean had a little bit of slightly different take. i the a. they started a protected bike lane around 14th and 15th and then they stoppedesented this as a pilot. a pilot is what anyone says. it's not two years. and the on businesses, i mean it's impact it's had it's had on even people that ride their bikesly no one is happy just the problem

that the biggest problem i have are extremely management heavy and they don't do a good job constantly having to clean up their mess. guess that's what i'm asking you to think aboutre. because yes, of course we want to have a protected bike lane. we want there to be a better flow of the way it's been completely mismanaged to the point where it's been detrimental actually to the what you can come and show me a the argument that it hasn't had any impact on the neighborhood, but it's the neighborhood. so that's that's my concern because taken to other parts of the city. and yes, we th peskin. and the work that he's done over the years removed of the political influence from the process, and give nonpolitical decision making authority to this then has played out no attempt to really full outreach. and i think, i think est problems that needs to be do mean, that's one. so i want to give

you an opportunity to talk that, because there's some other things about the agency that i want to talk about to that on my time on the citizens advisory counci public and also from my fellow council members about outreach. and board, i agree with y could do a lot more on outreach. there is obviously so, a disconnect. i think between where the agency is staffing, for example, chinese have for example and trying i think they're trying to trying to possible for outreach. but there is definitely a disconnect. and wher on the ground, for example, merchants. right. see is that is not enough. when if i were to be confirmed i to. one of my priorities will be to figure out how we can really make this process currently does not seem to be working. i'm glad you br because just recently nohe have a meeof proposallane howi the city, r7a indefensible. i t we did bike tooing a communi. n staff. you don't seee aat reprtar t the use they a lmaell reesented in that department. taken. i, predecessors, sharon ly anda. spent a lot of tim t to try to t

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