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good morning. the meeting will come to order. welcome to the february 12th, 2025 meeting of the budget and finance committee. i'm supervisor connie chan, chair of the committee. i'm joined by vice chair supervisor matt dorsey and supervisor joyce gaudio. our clerk is brant halper. i would like to thank kaleena mendoza from sfo tv for broadcasting this meeting. >> mr. clerk, do you have any announcement? yes, madam chair. >> just a friendly reminder to those in attendance to please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices to prevent interruptions to our proceedings should you have any documents to be included as part of the file they should be submitted to myself. the clerk for public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda. when your item of interest comes up in public comment is

called. please line up to speak on the other side of the chamber to your right my left along those curtains. >> and while not required to provide public comment we do invite you to fill out a comment card and leave them on the tray by the television to your left by the doors if you wish to be accurately recorded for the minutes. alternatively you may submit public comment in writing in either of the following ways how e mail them to myself the budget and finance committee clerk had b r e.a. dot j l i pay at sfd of your g if you submit public comment via email it will be forwarded to the supervisors and also included as part of the official file. >> you may also send your written comments via u.s. postal service to our office at city hall at one dr. carlton because the place room 244 san francisco, california 94102. and finally due to our observance of presidents day, items acted upon today are expected to appear on the board of supervisors agenda of february 20th fifth unless otherwise stated. >> madam chair. thank you mr. clerk. and just a reminder for everyone that we typically

leave for the item that has that half budget and legislative analyst reports we would go to the department presentation then directly go to the budget and legislative analyst and then we will have question comments and then we will go to public comments. and with that, mr. clerk, please call item number one. >> yes. item number one is a resolution retroactively authorizing the department of public health to accept and expand the grant in the amount of approximately 829,000 from the u.s. department of justice. there is a san francisco general hospital foundation for participation in the program entitled children and adolescents support advocacy and resource center for the period of october 1st, 2020 for through september 30th, 2026. madam chair, thank you. >> and today we have the san francisco general hospital here . >> good morning chair chan vice chair and chair dorsey and supervisor and gaudio. my name's jason zook from san francisco. general hospital. >> we're asking for retroactive approval for this grant from

the department of justice to support the casework program at general hospital. that sorry the child and adolescent support advocacy and resource center. this is to build a new unit for the casework program at general hospital. enhancing accessibility and collaboration with the csf emergency department. the funder is the department of justice. and the amount is $829,025. the child and adolescent support advocacy and resource center offers trauma focused psychotherapy and educational training to diverse groups including community providers and youth. >> the build out of the casework unit will include secure tunnel access to the emergency department.

this secure tunnel access will facilitate improved patient care evidence, integrity and safety protocols for interactions involving law enforcement, strengthening overall service delivery. >> currently the casework unit is in the basement of building 80. this is a map of our campus. it would be moving to the building 20 where the arrow points which is much closer to the emergency department where most of the patient interaction occurs with the staff from casework. we are seeking retroactive authorization to accept this grant. sfd received notice of this grant after the predetermined project start date received the award letter in january eighth for a predetermined project start date of october 1st 2024. brought this item to the board of supervisors after going through the fiscal approval process including comptroller's office review and approval. in conclusion any questions?

>> thank you. just kind of a may i see the resolution here mentioning about the secure tunnel access specifically really is one of the reason why we're doing this. could you elaborate just a little bit more and what that means and why the relocation is necessary? >> well, currently the most of these patients are children and the basement of the building 80 is is circa 1930s. it's not a home environment. it's not welcoming and we're hoping to provide a much more welcoming environment for the children they serve. >> thank you. and my assumption is also that the secure tunnel access allows privacy allows protection, correct? >> yes. >> thank you and we appreciate the work. it's we appreciate also the

grant and to to be able to continue with this and so with that let's go to public comment on this item. >> thank you. yes. if we have any members of the public have joined us today who wish to address this committee regarding this item number one, now's your opportunity to approach the lectern. >> madam chair, we have no speakers. thank you, senior public comments public comment is now closed. and with that, mr. clerk, please call item number two. >> oh, sorry, i need to dispose the item. with that i would like to move this item to full board with recommendation and a roll call please. >> and on that motion to forward to the full board with a positive recommendation vice chair dorsey and dorsey i remember in cardio and cardio i chair and i janai we have three eyes thank you and the motion passes and mr. clerk please call item number two. >> yes. item number two is a resolution approving the ninth amendment to the contract between the municipal transportation agency and texaco llc for services related to the towing, storage and disposal of abandoned and illegally parked vehicles to

increase the contract amount by 15.3 million for a total contract amount not to exceed 136.7 million for the balance of the second year and the last three years of the five year extension with no changes to the term of april 1st 2016 through march 31st 2026 effective upon approval of this resolution. >> madam chair, thank you. and of course we have a to hear. yes, hi. good morning. >> my name is lorraine fukui. i'm a manager with the parking group. today's item before you is a tow contract amendment with texaco formerly known as order return requesting approval for an additional $15.3 million in spending authority so that we can finish out the last year of the towing and storage contract. this contract was approved in 2016 and will expire at the end

of march in 2026. last time you saw us was late 2022. >> we had requested spending authority for the last three years of the agreement the board gave us two years asked us to do a couple of things come back in the last year to update us on where we were on the rfp and also to sorry and also to provide information pardon me on real estate possibilities to see if we could bring down the cost of our leases. we did do that research. the report was submitted in march of 2023 and what we found is there were no leases in the immediate area for the amount of space that we needed that the current leases we had were actually below market rate and if we were to buy property the closest we could get would be

pittsburg, california which obviously wouldn't work real well in terms of people picking up their vehicles in a timely manner. >> next slide. >> so let's talk about some reasons to fund the last year of this contract. the current agreement does continue to limit contractor cost increases to cpi which is fairly low. >> contractor continues to perform at or above service levels daily deposits are always on time. we have a 93% on time arrival of towed vehicles upon request of a 78 picos or sfp pd and about 40% of our subcontracting is lba local business enterprise which are mainly the tow firms. texaco has also had several

successful negotiations with teamsters local 665 for collective bargaining agreements for the tow employees and most important even though it can sometimes be a challenge for folks, the towing program is absolutely vital to maintain transit transit reliability and traffic safety to remove vehicles from blocked driveway cars and to remove vehicles involved in crimes accidents and abandoned vehicles. >> next slide. so to give you some insight into the timeline for the rfp, we are finishing up development and expect to release the rfp by april 2025. >> there will be a competitive bid and evaluation process. we estimate that to take about six months which means we would be coming to see our mta board and your and you all sometime

between october and december. earlier the better and if the incumbent wins then we go on as usual. if there is a transition of contractors we would allow three months from january to march for that transition. >> let's see one thing that i did want to leave you all with is that the program is cost recovery. in a perfect world, however, because it is such an expensive program to many of our customers, we do have various waiver programs. the first one is what we call first time tow. since cost can be somewhere between six 700 when your vehicle is towed. so if it's the first time you get a 56% i'm sorry $56 reduction if you qualify for low income status then 555 $53

of the tow fee is waived. which means they only have to pay $104 and they also receive up to 15 days storage free which usually in some well in the lot of cases allow the person to prove their low income status so that they do in fact qualify for the reduction. for unhoused individuals or they get a complete one time waiver and storage fees are waived up to 30 days and which allows them again to qualify for status. and if for some reason they get towed again they would most likely get the low income fee which would be again $104. >> i should also note that we also waive fees when a vehicle

is stolen and and that a lot of vehicles that we tow are on behalf of sfpd. and the total when you add up all of those categories is 11.4 million and about 8.4 million of that is the actual waivers. >> let's see and i believe that's it. >> yes. unless you have further questions or will you would that be after the bailey? >> okay, great morning. >> nick barnard from the bailey . item two is a resolution that approves an amendment to s.f. mta as towing services contract with texaco. there's an existing agreement through march 2026. >> this is adding 15 point $3

million to the contract to provide spending authority through the remainder of that term. as department mentioned, they are preparing to re procure this service prior to the end of the term in march 2026. the contract has objectives in terms of meeting customer service response times and responding to calls for service and giving revenue to the mta on a monthly basis and they're meeting those standards. so i think the contractor is performing well. we show the budget for the towing program on page six of our report you'll see that the towing program this contract is a component of the total cost of the towing program which also includes rent for the parking facilities and the mta's own enforcement costs. the revenues that they collect which are net of the discounts are not do not fully recover the costs. >> they're projecting that this will cost the mta $8 million in

the last year of the contract. so i mean i think the contract makes sense. i think it's performing well. i think if you want to close that gap to reduce the amount of transit revenue that is basically subsidizing the towing program, you could reduce or modify the discounts that you could increase fees on people who don't get discounts. you could also work with mta and the police to increase enforcement of parking violations or somehow you could reduce costs at mta. but i think most of those costs are enforcement costs. but i do recommend approval of item two. >> thank you. i mean i think we have those ongoing conversations for a while now pertaining to this contract not so much of about really the contract itself but much more about towing policy in general. and we have these ongoing conversations including last december in the board at the board visor committee of the

whole that we had the towing policy discussion and i think that we have settled on a lot in defining towing policies citywide. i'm comfortable where we're at today and when it comes to towing policy and recognizing that towing in general is necessary just to keep our city functioning on many levels and frankly there are going to be moments that is necessary and and i actually as a 15 know for the richmond district i represent say we don't want towing the rest of the year with the exception of august when we have outside land. >> you know, so i think that as we know and i'm sure we all represent different districts and different pockets of the city have different concerns about when to tow, how to tell and who to tow for for for even for that. >> but it's very difficult to

legislate in a way that is being able to be equitable in and not to and to recognize that there are times which we're seeing right now that individuals will require waivers and will in need of support because you know they constitute as poverty tolls. it's difficult to expect our contractor to be able to understand that or be able to decide at the spots and to say who's low-income and who's not at the at the outset of that at the moment when you have to hold a vehicle. so we understand those challenges and so this kind of brings me to this question. i think if as a firm to is not facing the kind of budget deficits that it is facing today, i would say yes, let's keep with the waivers. i think this is more questions for the for i think the mayor's budget office right now is and the question is that seeing that some of these could be reimbursed and or constitute as

work orders from other city departments to staff mta is there a conversation, an active conversation to see what it is that we can do to support and reimburse s.f. mta in the toll in the event that the tolls is actually directed by other city agency including as apd? >> thank you supervisor chan. the mayor's office will get back to you on this question. thank you. that's what i'm looking for in this coming budget process and is to discuss work order reimbursement for mta to conduct this work if these tolls are actually ordered by city departments. i know that there are city departments not just as apd but other city departments also have requested tolls. and so i think again the question would be how do we

make sure that that as of mta is not the only city departments bearing that burden and and that we can help this one city department that is really facing that budget deficit at least $15 million as i've been told so so vice chair dorsey. >> thank you chair chan i have some questions. this is partly for my edification on the cost recovery. i don't know if this is something that would be better for the budget and legislative analyst or it's my understanding that in calif for local governments when we collect fees are restricted to actually the recovery of the cost of the program if we offer discounts for various reasons do is that something that we can do we have authorization under the i think is the it's a constitutional provision isn't it? do we have is that is that something that we have to eat as a city or could we raise the fees to accommodate that

through the chair versus i? >> i believe the city can it's an interesting question but i believe in this case because the city is providing discounts, they can raise the fees on everyone else to basically cover the cost because their program is not right now cost neutral. okay. but mta can correct me if that's mistaken please. >> hi. yes, we we do have the authority to raise fees hypothetically to make us whole. however, as i mentioned current fees are with citation around $700 and we have been asked over the years and i've been with the program in various aspects for about 20 of them that we need to do all that we can to keep costs as low as possible. so it really is it really is a policy decision for you know,

the powers that be, so to speak, to decide how expensive we want to make it. >> yeah, i understand is how much are we leave actually is that 8.25 million? >> what are we leaving on the table in terms of yeah it's i think it's about 8.3 in terms of waivers specific waivers and then there's an additional 3 million for vehicles towed for crime. so those are those requests come specifically from s.f. pd and again are necessary so. >> okay thanks. >> sure. thank you. and with that and i also kind of wanted to put out in context to knowing that as a mta is an enterprise agency you receive general fund support but is specifically coming through hotel tax. so again i think that the upcoming conversation is you know we have public comments yesterday. you know there are a lot of

people really worry about the budget deficit as have mta faces. so how do we tackle that piece and i think that it may very end up to be is is there a moment that we need to raise the fees or balance it out to and get reimbursements from from out of city departments raising fees for those who are not consider as low income and poverty tolls. >> so with that i don't see any other questions and i'm on roster so let's go to public comment on this item yes we now and by members of the public who wish to address this committee regarding this item number two that was your opportunity to approach the lectern and i'll start your time when you begin speaking. >> good morning supervisors. mark gleason here speaking on behalf of the executive board of teamsters 6654665 is representative these workers through tax co and at the impound yard now for well over two decades and the stability

of that worksite is of course of utmost importance to to those workers and so therefore we support the passage of this amendment today. >> thank you. thank you much, mark gleason and with them and chair the completes our q scene on public comments public comment is now close. and with that mr. clerk i would like to make the motion to move this item to full board with recommendation and a roll call. >> please know that motion to forward this resolution to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> vice chair dorsey dorsey i remember in cardio and cardio i chair chan i janai we have three. >> yes thank you. and the motion passes and with that mr. clerk please call item number three. >> yes. item number three is a resolution authorizing the office of the treasurer and tax collector to sell at public auction and sealed bid auction certain parcels of tax defaulted real property. >> madam chair, thank you.

>> and we have tax collectors office here and thank you or good morning chair chan supervisors eric manky with the office of the treasurer and tax collector. item three is a resolution authorizing the tax collector to sell tax defaulted properties at public in sealed bid auction just to provide a little background these auctions are governed by state law. property becomes eligible for auction when an owner fails to pay taxes for five years and we are required to sell properties at auction when they are delinquent for nine years. the 155 parcels listed for auction have all been delinquent for nine years. they are of course a tiny percentage of the 200 and 12,000 total parcels in the kitty the city and county of san francisco. >> of the 150 five parcels

there are nine parcels with structures 18 timeshares and the remainder are considered on buildable parcels such as small sliver lots or underwater lots. >> we have closely scrutinized each parcel before the board and provided each member of the board a memo outlining our process and detailing specific information about parcels of interest in your districts. we researched the physical characteristics and ownership history of each parcel and we have sent regular mailings to the property and any other related addresses on record for the entirety of the time that the parcel has been delinquent four parcels with no known contact information we go above and beyond what is required by the state including mailing notifications to contiguous parcels and to make them aware of the auction. we also take additional steps to bring all available resources to bear for any occupied property where there

could be an individual at risk of losing their home. sheriff deputies have already visited each occupied property to provide an in-person notification. we've also closely we've also worked closely with adult protective services, the mayor's office of housing and community development, homeownership, srf and hera to provide social services, financial counseling and any legal assistance that the owners can utilize once approved by the board of supervisors, the list of parcels subject to auction will be published in the newspaper of record and on our website and the public auction will take place on april 21st and the sealed bid auction will take place on may 15th. and with that i'm happy to take any questions. >> thank you vice chair dorsey this is just a several years ago we had an issue you may

recall i think it was the presidio terrace case where there was a sale and i know that the issue in that was involving whether there was sufficient notice. i think this board ultimately restored it. i don't know that the city attorney ever opined on whether this was whether the notice was sufficient, but i know that there was a case i think it's a 2006 supreme court case flowers that requires that when it's a constitutional taking it's it's a higher standard than just sending a tax bill that there has to be additional notification. >> are we doing that? yes. okay. so and especially after i wasn't here during the presidio presidio terrace when that occurred. but i know that all of our actions are related to that and we go above and beyond what is required by the state and any supreme court precedent at this point. so we overcommunicate. absolutely. okay. and then in addition as i talked about, we actually reach out to the occupied parcels to

connect them to city services as well. i appreciate it. i notice that my district six residents have all paid their taxes not a single not a single district so you just have a few sliver parcels? >> yes. thank you. i can attest to the really the effort to the tax collectors we did for a couple of years to go have an individual's living in seacliff fall places actually was back of like quite a bit of taxes and really appreciate not just you but also our chef department our chef coordinate coordinator in a really kind of fashion to approach the people who actually occupy in those building. but then clearly some of these like we know are vacant we meaning no one is occupying. >> yes, primarily they're vacant lots what we're doing and and so with that set though, i know that supervisor shyanne chen has requests the amendments to the defaulted property list to remove three in her district in district 11

that our residents occupy seems like and and you're welcome to confirm on the record and and one so i'm going to list them in in the order that was here 41 see or streets that is and 26 stanley street and 1123 capital avenue and these are the three that currently occupy by residents by individuals and that i will after public comments make the motion to remove these three properties off the list for for an opportunity so that district so that a supervisor can and can work with the tax collectors office similar like we have done to hope that we can find a solutions for these residents and property owners. and so with that we don't have any other questions. we'll go to public comment on this item. >> yes, we now invite members of the public who wish to address this committee regarding this item number three and those are opportunity

. >> madam chair, we have no speakers. thank you for seeing public comments. public comment is now closed and i would first like to make a motion to remove those three properties off the list for one series streets 26 stanley streets and 1123 capital avenue and a roll call please on that motion to remove and on that motion to strike the aforementioned properties from the public tax sale list vice chair dorsey dorsey i remember and gardy up and guardiola churchill i chennai we have three eyes the motion passes and now i would like to move this item as amended to full board which recommends motion and a roll call please and on the motion to forward this resolution to the full board with a positive recommendation with the modified public tax a list that vice chair dorsey

dorsey i remember in cardio and cardio i church in chennai we have three eyes the motion passes and with that mr. clerk please call item number four. >> yes i don't number four is a resolution authorizing the department of technology to enter into a first amendment to the enterprise agreement with speed data inc to purchase palo alto software products and to extend the term for three years from may 31st 2026 for a total term of june 1st 2023 through may 31st 2029 for a not to exceed amount of 40 million pursuant to the charter. >> madam chair, thank you. >> and today we had the department of technology here. >> thank you chair chen good morning supervisors and colleagues my name is house share strategic sourcing manager at the department of technology. >> i'm here to secure approval for the first amendment to the agreement with ssp data for

pilot for procurement palo alto network products, palo alto networks is an industry leader in cybersecurity protection. the existing agreement is used by the 80 to procure hardware software and maintenance from palo alto network the total not to exceed amount. it's about 4.4 million for two years at that the amendment the note the new total net tax amount will be 40 million over six years enabling not only t but also all other city departments to benefit from vendor discount. the increased cost is dividing total components first about 15.9 million to maintain the existing systems including about 1.3 million per year for t and 2.5 million per year for setting other departments and agencies second up to 19.7

million to replace aging system over the next 4.5 years by signing this amendment serving city departments and agency where immediately deals their hardware and software maintenance costs saving the city about one me over $1 million every year. in addition, if we do use this amendment to replace aging system we will say another $3 million per year on average beyond cost saving. this amendment will simplify procurement and contract management so the city will only need to manage one master agreement for the entire city and the move duplicated effort across the planning. last but not least this amendment will enhance visibility in city expenditure and enable more effective vendor management at the end i

would like to give a special thanks to my colleagues. nathan sinclair intern city chief information security officer for championing this amendment zola guinness and gentlemen may pull up for their analytical support. they are also here to help me answer any questions you may have. >> thank you. thank you. >> item four is a resolution that approves an amendment to dietz contract with ssp data. ssp is a reseller of palo alto products which primarily pertain to cybersecurity software. this amendment exercises the existing contracts option to extend the agreement from may 2026 to march 2029 and then increases the spending authority from 4.3 to $40 million. this we discuss on pages 11 and

12 of our report that one of the other things the amendment does is increase the discounts off the manufacturer's suggested price going forward. so the existing contract has discounts between 33 and 38% off the manufacturers price. >> the discounts now will be 40 to 70% on services and then to add an additional 20% on hardware products, the spending is primarily by the public utilities commission in the airport. those three departments account for two thirds of the spending we recommend approval of item four. >> thank you and i just wanted to thank the department of technology for your effort like all your recent effort be it from cell phone to now the cyber security protection to not only think about really a cost effective way to ensure that we deliver technology for

all city departments but to really consolidate it in a way that really makes sure that we leverage the city's purchasing power for the best deal for the city definitely i think in this case with the cybersecurity i concur with the budget and legislative analyst analysis that like this this is a good deal for us and being able to have one space to go to and one contractor that we can work with for cybersecurity for more city departments, majority of the city departments i really do appreciate that. >> supervisor and guardiola yeah, i also want to thank the department for doing this cost savings although the bulk of it you know won't go to the general fund it's for the enterprise departments. it's still appreciated that you're doing this effort in this tough budget year to do what you can to save. so i just hope all the other departments follow your example. thank you. thank you. supervisor and guardiola thank you. >> and with that let's go to public comment on this item. >> yes if we have any members of the public have joined us today who wish to address this

committee regarding this item number for now is your opportunity. >> madam chair we have no speakers seen on papa commons public comment is now close and colleagues i would like to move this item to full bore which recommends action and a roll call please and on the motion to forward to the full board with the positive recommendation vice chair dorsey dorsey i remember and guardrail and guardian i chair chan i tonight we have three eyes the motion passes and with that mr. clerk please call item number five. yes item number five is a resolution retroactively approving a contract agreement between the city and county acting by and through the sheriff's office. >> he and department of public health and the department of state hospitals for early access and stabilization services for a term of three years from january 1st, 2025 through december 31st, 2027 he and for a total not to exceed amount of approximately 3.3 million. madam chair, thank you. and today we have the sheriff's

department here. >> good morning church and supervisor dorsey supervisor and cardio. my name is patrick leung. i'm with the sheriff's office and the chief financial officer today we are requesting the committee is recommending seven for collaborative grant between the california department of state hospitals, the san francisco sheriff's office and the department of public health. >> the grant program is designed to provide early access and stabilization services to individuals who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial and for those who are in our custody goals for the program is to provide competency restoration treatment services for individuals deemed incompetent to stand trial with a felony charge other goals for the program include reducing wait times for a hospital bed, reducing delays in the legal processes, streamlining medical treatment services and also

reducing use of force incidents. this is a three year grant with a budget of approximately $3.3 million. approximately two thirds of the grant is for personnel services ,$1 million for pharmaceuticals and the remaining 48,000 is for other ancillary program costs. if any of the committee members has any questions, i'm joined by my colleagues at dps and also from our chief our chief deputy of our custody division. >> thank you. do you happen to know like the individuals that will a number of individuals can be served will be served through this contract and projection wise like within this contract approximately how many people will we be serving or how does that work? maybe that's not by the numbers of individuals but good

morning. we will serve all patients found incompetent to stand trial on a felony charge. >> those decisions are made by the court but on average we have around 40 a year so it's a small number of patients receiving a very high intensity level of service. >> and then typically is i think according to your presentation is that they are actually felony charges. so if there's any other lesser charges they will not be qualifying for this. is that correct? >> that's correct. if someone is found incompetent on a misdemeanor, they would not qualify for these services . >> will there be and help me because i do not understand the process and definitely from a very layperson perspective but i can also see you know, for anybody who would charged lesser crime may very well also i wouldn't say i don't again do not understand a legal process whether they can stand trial or not if there were to go to a

trial for a misdemeanor, how would that work like well then what do we do with those individuals? >> great question. >> so there have been a number of changes to the penal code to try to decriminalize people found incompetent to stand trial on a misdemeanor. >> so what the law requires is that those individuals be considered for mental health diversion if they do not qualify for mental health diversion. the next step is to consider a care court or conservatorship regarding whatever legal disposition is followed which is based on an assessment done by jail health services. it results in case dismissal and the law requires that. so either option whether it's felony estie getting these intensive services in jail or misdemeanor estie getting intensive services through the county, these patients will receive care sorry you use the term aot. >> could you could you help me

with understanding college duty acronyms assisted outpatient treatment? >> it's a law of that i'm not i have not an expert in it but it's a program that is run by county behavioral health and it's intensive services for people that typically decline or are resistant to receiving services. >> and i'm i apologize now i'm making you my tutor for this crash course of understanding to this really quick but just so that i can understand so for those actually charged with the misdemeanor but say for example they end up going to a trial if they were to and that they end up not found like not able to stand for trial then their options could be assessed an outpatient services or that they could go through care court. >> exactly and and they could also participate in mental health diversion which comes with whatever services the individual needs and also

charged dismissal although the law for the misdemeanor are competent to stand trial laws if you end up in mh d it's about a year maximum term of commitment versus if it's aoat care court or conservatorship. the law requires charge dismissal as soon as one of those other types of civil or legal pathways are pursued. the penal code requires immediate dismissal of the charges. >> so it's the effort is really to on the misdemeanor it's to link the person to care in the community and and the understanding is or the assumption is that the criminal behavior is related to an untreated serious and persistent mental illness. and so if you get these individuals linked to the appropriate level of care in the community and dismiss their charges, they will get care where where they needed rather

than further criminalizing the individual. and so that was the intent behind changes to the misdemeanor incompetent to stand trial penal code. >> thank you. i really appreciate it. thank you so much for the information and again also thank you so much for the work that you do and it's good to see you and partner. thank you. thank you. and with that, let's go to public comment on this item. >> yes, we invite members of the public who wish to address this committee regarding this item number five now has our opportunity to approach the lectern. >> madam chair, we have no speakers seeing no public comments public comment is now closed. >> i would like to move this item to full board with recommendation and a roll call please. >> and on that motion to forward to the full board with the positive recommendation and vice chair dorsey dorsey i remember regard you and guardian i church and i janai we have three eyes thank you the motion passes and mr. clerk please call item number six. >> yes item number six is an ordinance amending the administrative code to modify the waivers of specified contract related requirements

in the administrative of labor and employment and environment codes for electricity and related product transactions authorizing binding arbitration and increasing the annual expenditure limit for energy procurements from 200 million to 300 million and the revenue collection limit from 10 million to 300 million. >> madam chair, thank you. and i understand president mendelsohn's office would like to may introductory remark and we have henry duff stuff differently. >> sorry my apologies. thank you chair. my name is henry director and i'm a legislative assistant for president randleman. >> i'll be speaking on his behalf today before introducing the puc to speak on the item in more depth and answer questions in 2022 the board of supervisors established section 2143 of the administrative code to delegate authority to the general manager of the s.f. puc to purchase and sell electricity while also waiving contracting requirements that

are generally not applicable to power contracts. this was amended in 2023 to increase the annual expenditures or limit the space c must continually procure power from multiple suppliers in an expedited timeframe consistent with state regulatory deadlines. >> in order to meet these deadlines board approval of every power and related service contract is not practical or possible. >> the authority granted in section 2143 sunsets in june of this year. >> the ordinance before the committee today extends this essential authority through 2030 and raises the purchase and sale caps consistent with changes in the power market. >> the puc provides regular updates to the board of supervisors and continues to bring contracts before the board as time allows as they did with a large solar contract last year. i want to thank the puc excuse me the puc staff who have

worked on this including mike hyams, director of clean power, s.f. julia o'quinn, director of power origination and supply and jeremy spitz and his policy team. and i want to thank this committee for hearing the item and ask for your support. >> i'll now turn it over to julia to present and answer any questions you may have. >> thank you. >> good morning supervisors. my name is julia again. i am the director of origination and power supply and the power enterprise. i would like to thank president mandolin for sponsoring this item. >> today i i'm seeking your support to extend and increase the delegation of authority in section 2143 of the administrative code for the purchase and sale of electricity and related products. >> section 2140 three allows the san francisco parks power enterprise to acquire energy supplies we need at a commercial pace necessary in our highly competitive power markets. >> the power enterprise

operates to power utility services that provides power supply to customers. hitachi power the city's full service public power utility and clean power accept the city's community choice aggregation or cc program. >> in total our two programs supply more than 75% of the electricity consumed in san francisco today. to provide clean energy at the best possible value to our ratepayers, our hitachi power and clean power srf both purchase and sell electricity in the wholesale electricity markets. the wholesale electricity markets are dynamic and prices change constantly in response to the change in available supply and demand. >> international fuel prices state and regulatory state and federal regulatory requirements. geopolitical events and other factors. >> both power and clean power s.f. must follow clean energy policies established in the city and comply with state and federal law and the california

independent system operator market rules. this includes requirements to procure renewable energy energy storage and resource adequacy capacity to contribute to statewide grid reliability. as ccr clean power s.f. is subject to numerous additional energy procurement requirements under state law and the california public utility commission regulation. the power enterprise is a unique market position because both hetch hetchy power and clean power serve directly compete with many retail providers in california to require our supplies of electricity and electricity related products. in addition, bhattacharjee power and clean power srf compete for retail customers with pacific gas and electric company and private power providers allowed to supply large commercial customers under california's direct access program. this competitive environment in both our wholesale and retail markets heightens the needs to operate a commercial pace so that we can maintain

electricity rates that are competitive and affordable. >> the power enterprise conducts regular continuous procurement of power supplies to meet our regulatory requirements, secure the best possible prices and terms, keep rates affordable and competitive. fulfill the city's goal for a carbon free future and support equity in access to 100% renewable energy. as a result, we often simultaneously negotiate a mix short, medium and long term contracts for diverse supply of energy and energy related products with multiple suppliers all in an expedited time frame consistent with regulatory deadlines and commercial expectations. >> the commission and the board of supervisors recognized how important it is for the power enterprise to operate at a commercial pace required in our competitive power markets and approve the use of pro forma power purchase agreements and conditionally authorize the general manager to execute such power supply contracts. in 2021 the board of

supervisors adopted ordinance number 170 6-22 which created section 2143 of the administrative code section 2143 authorizes the use of pro forma power purchase agreements, waive certain city contract related requirement rights that do not apply or is unusual to the power industry and delegates authority to the general manager to execute purchase contracts in excess in excess of ten years or requiring expenditures of 10 million or more in sales contracts with revenues of 1 million or more. >> section 21 43 limits the puc use of delegated purchase authority to contracts that do not exceed 25 years in duration. it also limits the delegated purchase authority to total expenditures of 200 million per year and sales authority of revenues of 20 million per year. >> section 2143 also delegates authority to the general manager to execute power purchase agreements for certain

power products types with binding arbitration and provisions since an adoption. section 2143 has has been extremely valuable to the power enterprise efforts to acquire the power resources it needs to supply affordable and compliant clean energies to our customers unless it is extended by the board of supervisors and mayor. section 2143 will sunset at the end of this fiscal year to preserve its this important authorization and to help us compete and power markets at commercial pace. we are seeking to extend the delegated authority under 2143 until june 30th, 2030. >> we are also proposing to increase the expenditure limits for purchase contracts executed under this delegated authority from 200 million to 300 million per year. since 2143 was adopted, electricity prices have increased driving up our power procurement cost. these price increases are due to new procurement orders by state regulated ers and delays

to new energy facilities from supply chain disruption, increasing global demand and related permitting and grid interconnections. the increased expenditure limit with the with within our approved power purchase budgets and ten year financial plan projections which serves as guardrails for the guardrails for the use of the 2143 we are also seeking to increase the maximum annual revenue cap for contracts executed under the delegated authority for the sale of power and related products having anticipated revenues in excess of $1 million from 20 million to 300 million per year. this change will make the purchase and sales authority limits consistent increasing the annual revenue limits for sales contracts subject to 2143 will allow the power enterprise to optimize our power portfolio as needed to ensure compliance with state regulations and secure the best possible value to the ratepayers. finally, we are also seeking to

broaden the delegation authority to enter in contracts that require binding binding arbitration to include any party not just investor owned utilities but all electricity and related products rather than just resource adequacy adequacy capacity and renewable portfolio standard contracts within california invested owned utilities. binding arbitration is becoming more standard terms than power purchase contracts and this flexibility will allow us to ensure we can transact for the products we need to meet our compliance obligations, our affordability and carbon reduction goals. under the extended 2143 authority the power enterprise will continue to report on a quarterly basis to this commission and the board of supervisors regarding the duration product purchase and the cost of contracts entered into. pursuant to section 2143 that concludes my prepared remarks on this item. we ask that you recommend this proposed legislation to extend and increase the delegation of authority in this section 2143 of the administrative code to the full board.

thank you and i'm happy to answer any questions that you may have. >> item six is an ordinance that amend chapter 21.43 of the administrative code. it essentially extends the existing delegation of authority for the general manager of the puc to enter into power contracts. right now this spending limit per year on those contracts is at 200 million. this amendment would increase that annual expenditure limit from 200 million to 300 million and increase the revenue limit from 20 million to 300 million. it also extends this delegation of authority for power contracts in another five years through july 1st, 2030. >> we discuss the need for this delegation of authority on page 18 of our report. >> i think we worked with the psc to understand that contract that they've entered into over the past couple of years under

the delegated authority. and based on the information that they've provided it appears to me that they've used the existing delegation of authority judiciously and only for contracts that had quick execution timelines within a week or so that would not be suitable to bring through a legislative process. there was one contract that they could have brought that they could have entered into under the delegation of authority but then brought to the board because it had a longer procurement timeline. so i think that in combination with the fact that you know, these contracts are funded by power revenues, they're highly regulated under state law. they're not contribute in dailies directly to the general fund deficit. i think the power enterprise's well-managed so i think this delegation of authority feels less risky than the delegation of authority we talked about a couple of weeks ago. >> but it is removing power of the board of supervisors. for that reason we do consider

approval to be a policy matter for the board. one other point i want to make the $300 million revenue limit is not based on any real need in the way that the $300 million expenditure limit is like that is based on real spending that's going to happen at the puc based on their financial plan that we reviewed in may 2024 as part of the capital budget review. they're not going to spend anywhere near that or achieve anywhere near that on the revenue side but they're making their revenue limit equal to the power limit just to be consistent. but i think they're probably not going to exceed $30 million and power revenues. i concur with the budget and legislative analysts really view on this in a sense where again i want to express my appreciation to general manager dennis herrera and team that you have been you in good faith that you have shown that you

you really do not abuse this delegation. >> you have been submitting your quarterly report when you have made those purchases on time. you brought to us just very recently you know this year the energy purchase and which shown that you could have again i think like the budget and legislative analyst you could have purchase without and by using this delegation and yet you did not and and in good faith that you bought for us for review. i wish to say this has been a we had a lot of questions when this first came to us because it was the first time we have seen something like this. >> and through this process we really appreciate all your work . we understand the market is increasingly difficult and challenging. not to mention that i think again the trump administration has made renewable energy purchases and you know all that even more difficult even especially in the state of

california hence resulting even more competitor move for us to make sure that we can tap into those resources. so with that i am in support of that and i see that vice chair dorsey i'm going to be supporting this too and i think i've been around long enough to see the effort that was underway for this for the san francisco's public utility commission to expand its its service to residential customers and this has been a long process and i think it was probably inevitable that the agency would need to be more nimble with the energy market. so i'm going to support this but i think but i also appreciate as church and said, you know, the board is giving up power. so i think as long as i am convinced and satisfied that this department is going to report and make sure that we never regret this but i'll be supporting this. >> so thanks so much for your presentation. thank you. thank you. just make sure those quarterly

reports are on time. >> thank you. lately. yes, thank you. and with that let's go to public comment on this item. yes. if you have any members of the public have joined us today who wish to address this committee regarding this item number six, now's your opportunity. >> madam chair. we have no speakers seeing no public comments. >> public comment is now close. colleagues, i would like to move this item to a full board with recommendation and a roll call please. >> and on the motion to forward this ordinance to the full board with a positive recommendation, vice chair dorsey dorsey i member and cardio and cardio i church and i janai we have three eyes thank you. >> the motion passes and with that mr. clerk please call item number eight 0870 sorry. >> item number seven. yes, madam chair. item number seven is a resolution approving and authorizing the sale to the city of san bruno of approximately six 8000ft2 of real property. adopting findings declaring that the property is surplus land and exempt surplus land pursuant to the california surplus lands act adopting

findings under the administrative code that offering the property for sale through competitive bidding would be impractical and not in the public interest. >> affirming the city of san bruno's determination under the california environmental quality act adopting findings that the sale is consistent with the general plan of the eight priority policies of the planning code authorizing the public utilities commissions general manager and or city's director of property to execute documents, make certain modifications and take certain actions in furtherance of this resolution has the find and to authorize the puc general manager and or city's director of property to enter into any additions, amendments or other modifications to the sale agreement that do not materially decrease the benefits to the city with respect to the property nor materially increase the obligations nor liabilities of either the psc or the city and are necessary or advisable to complete the transaction contemplated in sale agreement to effectuate the purpose and intent of this resolution. madam chair, thank you. >> and we have srp you see

here. thank you church and supervisors. good morning. i will try to make this a quick as that long title was. this is a pretty straightforward transaction from our side so josh keene assistant real estate director of the pew see this is here for a proposal to sell surplus property remnant parcels that have no functional use for the space or operational purpose to the city of san bruno for continued public purpose. >> we acquired this property the puc through the city through the puc in 1944 and since 1999 it's been license to the city of san bruno for the purpose of roadway landscaping utilities. they approached us in 2020 and asked to include an expanded purpose of installing a bike track in their door lane which was accomplished through a license in 2023. that's under construction and i'm unsure if it's actually active yet but it will be within the next couple of months. so basically as i indicated, we do not have an operational purpose for this.

it's heavily encumbered with easements impacting the developer ability. it's actually a liability for the for the city in a lot of ways. we hired an appraiser for this even though it was not required because it was under $10,000 and determined it was $5,000 which the city's director of real estate also approved that determination as well. so upon your approval on this we would seek full board approval and then hope to close on the transaction next month as far as this goes. and if you have any questions about the approvals in the long title happy to give you those. >> otherwise i'm here to answer generally. >> thank you. how much is it per year that we spend on managing this land? >> we actually don't because it's under license so the license acts kind of as the management agreement even though it's the real estate agreement there and the license is issued to san mateo county and do we actually generate any type of revenue or we just basically we don't we do not we pass it over to the city of san bruno. >> so we actually basically have not been since 1999 that should generate any type of

revenue from this is correct. >> yeah. yeah and that's reflected in the appraised value why it's considered there was no inherent value there so that that the nominal determination got it and then so then now they're turning it into bike lane. >> it's already been turned into a bike lane effectively but that's under a license so it'll basically guarantee the long term use as that. so otherwise we would be the landlord under a bike lane owned and managed by san bruno so cleans up us getting out of that yeah thank you and then it's like you're welcome hamilton county here are some bike lanes for you. that sounds good. i appreciate it. and so in return the city is getting $5,000. >> that's correct. it's a nominal determination which is just a concession. >> yeah. thank you. and with that, let's go to public comment on this item. yes. if we have any members of the public wish to address this committee regarding this item number seven, now is your opportunity. >> madam chair, we have no speakers seen on public commons. public comment is now closed. colleagues i would like to send this item to full board with

recommendation and a roll call please. >> and on that motion to forward to the full board to the positive recommendation vice chair dorsey and dorsey i remember in cardio and cardio i church can i can i we have three eyes the motion passes and with that mr. clerk please call item number eight. >> yes. item number eight is a resolution approving the specialty retail minimum annual guarantee rent reduction program for certain specialty retail concession tenants allowing the airport to do a one time adjustment of the minimum annual guarantees due under the leases and changing the method for future adjustments of the minimum annual guarantees. >> madam chair, thank you. and we have several hours of airport here. good morning. >> diana bolick with san francisco international airport. the airport is seeking your approval to implement the specialty retail minimum annual guarantee or mag rent reduction program for 17 specialty retail concession tenants. the program would make three

changes. first reset the mag in calendar year 2025 to the lesser of the existing mag or 16% of gross revenues during calendar year 2023 for leases that allow to rent commencement date prior to january 1st 2023. second change the method for adjusting the mag from an annual cpi adjustment to the greater the existing mag or 85% of the prior year's base rent which is a more common practice in the industry. >> and third a one time reset of the mag for calendar year 2026 equal to the lesser of the mag or 16% of gross revenues during calendar year 2025 for a lease with a special tv hotel tenant that is still in its construction period, specialty retail is a category of concession leases that include stores that sell items such as confections local gifts and electronics merchandise. >> although comprising a small percentage of retail and food sales, the airport views these

stores, owners and employees as important because it provides amenities for customers and a diverse merchandise selection that adds interest and charm. in addition, 12 of the 17 leases are airport concessions disadvantaged business enterprises, enterprise partnership tenants and four are local business owners. >> the projected decrease of 1.2 million in rent in calendar year 2025 would equal an approximately 180,000 decrease in the annual service payment that has already been accounted for. however, the airport believes the program will also reduce the likelihood of tenants requesting an early termination on entering bankruptcy which would have a greater impact on airport revenues and the general fund. >> the blr has recommended approval and i'm happy to answer any questions with my colleagues for revenue development and management team. >> thank you for your time. thank you. thank you.

>> item eight is a resolution that pertains to 17 specialty concession leases. >> so these are leases at the airport where they have seen they sell single products like chocolate or sunglasses or perfume. and what the airport is proposing to do is essentially for its entire specialty retail lease portfolio is change lower the rent that that is due to the airport both starting in this calendar year and then for the remaining terms of these leases. i think that this is justified based on our review of the kind of profitability of these businesses. we looked at 16 out of the 17 we looked at 16 financial statements out of the 17 leases and on average there was -16% net income relative to revenues . and we discussed the change to the the fiscal impact to the

airport of lowering this lease revenue. on pages 24 and 25 of our report. we found that in this year the lower revenue will result in $1.2 million less going to the airport. that has an impact on the general fund because 15% of concession revenues go to the general fund. so that is about $180,000 in this calendar year. we extended the projection because the formula for lease adjustment rent adjustment changes in the second year of this program. and we found a kind of similar number that the airport impact is about $1.3 million in 2026 and $195,000 to the general fund in that year. >> the airport transfers about $55 million a year to the city's general fund. >> so this is i conferred with the airport budget staff this there's already a kind of a

contingency built into that budget so they don't expect that this will actually reduce the budgeted revenues to the city. we recommend approval of item eight. >> thank you. i have to say airport has succeeded at expectations for the last few fiscal years in terms of delivering the 15% to general fund. i do appreciate the airport and airport staff really has been working really hard and you know due diligence on almost everything that come before us. i would say and and this remains the same as well that we appreciate all the work. we understand that the difficulty and challenges in even with the reduction of rent if we don't it means that they will depart from several which means and we will have no rent at all in the some of these spaces. and so we recognize that hardship and i concur with the sentiments with budget and legislative analyst. and so with that let's go to public comment on this item.

>> yes. if we have any members of the public oyster justice committee regarding this item number eight now is our opportunity. >> madam chair, we have no speakers seen on public commons. public comment is now closed. and with that colleagues i would like to move this item to full board with recommendation and a roll call please. >> and on the motion to forward to the full board with a positive recommendation to vice chair dorsey dorsey i member and cardale and guardian i church and i janai we have three eyes the motion passes and with that mr. clerk please. >> item number nine yes item number nine is a resolution approving lease termination agreement for the harvey milk terminal one retail concession lease eight at sfo between men at suites travelers retreat sfo llc has tenant and the city and county of san francisco acting by and through its airport commission. >> madam chair, thank you. and we again have a vote here.

i should have just called those two items together in a sense where it kind of is connect it right now we don't reduce our rents here we are but go ahead again, diana bullock with san francisco international airport . the airport is seeking your approval of a lease termination agreement with minutes weitz travelers retreat sfo llc. the lease was awarded in march 17th 2020 to operate a nap room and spa concept. >> unfortunately the tenant never started construction or opened for business as a result of the covid 19 pandemic. the tenant has requested to terminate the lease due to a significantly diminished business climate in airports for spa services resulting from the pandemic. >> under the lease termination agreement the tenant is required to pay a termination fee of $75,000 which is equivalent to half of their mac which will compensate the airport for the loss of revenue it will staying until it can award a new contract. this did not rise to the threshold of a ballet report but we are happy to answer any questions regarding it. >> thank you. we appreciate you bringing this

forward. i do hope eventually we will have spas at several more of spas as sfo and so with that let's go to public comment on this item. >> yes, if we have any members of the public who wish to provide public comment regarding this item number nine now is your opportunity. >> madam chair. we have no speakers seen no public comments. public comment is now closed and with that and i would like to move this item to a full board with recommendation and a roll call please. >> and on the motion to forward to the full board with the positive recommendation vice chair dorsey and dorsey i remember in cardio and cardio i chair can i can i we have three eyes the motion passes. >> thank you so much. thank you. and with that mr. clerk, please call item number ten. >> yes. item number ten is a resolution retroactively authorizing the mayor's office of housing and community development on behalf of the city and county to execute and submit a certification of acceptance and allocation requirements to the california department of social services and take all actions in compliance with the

certification for a grant of 250,100 the special programs appropriated through the budget act of 2024 and authorizing the city to accept and expend the grant in the amount of 250,100 the special programs appropriated through the budget act of 2024 for the period of july 1st 2024 through june 30th 2027 for the purpose of providing supportive services and programing for the immigrant community in san francisco. >> madam chair, thank you. >> and today we have mayor's office of housing and community development here and the floor is yours. >> good morning chair chan committee members my name is julia sabri, director of community development at the mayor's office of housing and community development. and today i'm here to present and accept and expend resolution for a grant from the california department of social services. this grant was directed to the mayor's office of housing and community development through the advocacy of state senator scott wiener. >> through his advocacy the california department of social

services is making a one time grant of $250,000 to moe city for the center for immigrant protection to provide support services and programing for transgender immigrants. >> the lgbt asylum project within the center for immigrant protection is the only san francisco nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to providing accessible legal representation for lgbt asylum seekers who are fleeing persecution due to their sexual orientation, gender identity and or hiv status. >> most cd awards grants to a number of organizations that provide services to this community and is well positioned to move these funds to the cbo given the current environment, most cd is deeply appreciative of senator weiner's efforts to allocate state funds for transgender immigrants. i'm honored to ask today for your approval for this except

and expand and i'm available to answer any questions. >> thank you. i appreciate it and would like to be added as a co-sponsor to this grant and really appreciate the work. it's really timely and i'm just grateful for us senator wiener for being a champion this and allowing san francisco to have this unique grant and opportunity to serve as vice chair. >> dorsey thank you. and i would just echo those remarks and ask to be added as a co-sponsor to and express my appreciation to state senator scott wiener for his leadership on this at a time when we really need it and this is where california and san francisco have to show their values. thank you. so with that let's go to public comment on this item. >> yes. if we have any members of the public who wish to address this meeting regarding this item number ten and that was your opportunity. >> good morning supervisors and thank you for having us today. my name is keenan allen co-executive director for the center for immigrant protection home for the lgbt asylum project and provide bay area in

the castro district of san francisco as the center for immigrant protection. we provide 100% free legal services direct attorney representation for lgbtq asylum seekers and safe spaces for lgbtq plus immigrants through our community events, leadership cohorts and roundtable discussions we currently receive funds from the city of san francisco through mayor's office of housing and community development and office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs. and these vital funds help us keep our services free to, transgender, gender nonconforming and intersex asylum seekers in both legal representation and community services. additionally, thanks to the trans defensive grant provided by oca and our collaboration with la paratransit latinas, we are currently the only nonprofit organization providing 100% free legal representation dedicated to trans gender nonconforming and intersex defensive asylum cases at the immigration courts.

we're almost certain that we won't be getting any federal funding for our services for the next four years. therefore, having secured funds from the city of san francisco is vital to keep providing our services and keep them free of charge to our vulnerable community. and with the retroactive approval of this grant we will be able to maintain our steady growth. add one more attorney to our legal staff and explore and adapt expanding our services to a state level. becoming a resettlement program for lgbtq immigrants. thank you for your time in providing a platform for our voices and thank you much came in on and madam chair that completes our queue seeing no more public comments public common is now closed. >> thank you so much for your service and thank you so much for your work and with that i would like to move this item to a full board with recommendation and a roll call please and on the motion to forward to the full board with a positive recommendation vice chair dorsey dorsey i remember and gurdeep and guardian i

chair chan i can i have three eyes and the motion passes and with that mr. clerk please call item number 11. yes. item number 11 is a resolution approving amendment number six to a grant between the office of economic and workforce development and mid-market foundation for the management of the mid-market tenderloin community based safety program to increase the grant amount by 4 million for a total not to exceed amount of approximately 68.8 million for the period of july 1st 2022 through june 30th 2025 effective upon approval of this resolution and to authorize the executive director of the office of economic and workforce development to enter into amendments or modifications to the contract prior to its final execution by all parties that did not materially increase the obligations nor liabilities to the city and are necessary to effectuate the purposes of the contract. >> madam chair. thank you mr. clerk. and here we are office of economic workforce development here. >> thank you chair chan good

morning supervisors chris gorgas deputies director of the community economic development division of the office of economic and workforce development. with me today will be sam dodge, the director of the street response coordination team with the department of emergency management. this amendment is for an additional $4 million for total not to exceed $68 million $868,851,756. and this contract and procurement expires on june 30 of 2025. iwd india is currently working in close coordination with may mayor lurie's administration to determine options moving forward and we will brief the board as this is developed like the now pass this over to mr. dodge. board of supervisors team doj's department of emergency management the outcomes of this current year have shown some big developments some large increases in their work.

i do want to bring attention to the bottom part of this slide that we did an analysis of 911 calls citywide and we had a couple of newer rollouts with support from funding from other agencies. so the 600 block of ellis which is between parking and hyde and pre and post the roll out we saw a 35% reduction of 911 calls on the block. similarly on willow we saw a 49% reduction in pre post deployment of 911 calls and the 500 block of stephenson those are three places that with support of additional funding which of the right you know this expansion of the cap of the budget allows us to take in we see these kinds of results and this validates some of the findings that have previously for the this whole deployment

about large decreases in 911 calls for service at all hours not just while they're out there well this program is set to sunset. we do feel that the results have been very helpful and promising work in conjunction with cities, other efforts tackling open air drug markets and the fentanyl crisis. we've seen some reductions in overdose reversals and overdose deaths in the area which is promising sign but we still see very high numbers of you know, discarded and properly discarded needles collected you know, garbage collected and other of these interventions that kind of signal that the work is still there and very intense every day. >> so my role at the department of emergency management is to

help iwd with operational and contractual review support and improvement incident tracking and response management partnering coordination training and best practices in street response integration and just that last part is really important for all the teams working on the street for safety and effectiveness. it's good that they are wrapped into the other interventions whether they be ambulance and fire or pd or street outreach. so this part of our role with working with this program. and with that i'll hand it back to the board. >> thank you. item 11 is a resolution that approves an amendment to a grant agreement with the mid-market foundation and this is a six amendment to the agreement. it adds $4 million to the spending authority of their grant which ends june 30th,

2025. so there's no change to that term. this is essentially to maintain the existing ambassador staffing level on the tenderloin and market street through the end of the fiscal year. this is funded by the general fund and at our recommendation the department of emergency management did review the 911 calls and areas where there had been new ambassador deployments. the results are summarized by director dodge but you can see that there was a decrease in number one calls in the three months before and after those deployments. so i think that that is good. i do have concerns about the mid-market foundation capacity to manage this grant. as we noted in our past report, they had during the fiscal monitoring process they didn't

comply with over a dozen standards that the city has for nonprofit. it's some of they're not in conformance still with some of those standards and they're late in delivering reports to the city that are due every month about the activities of the sub grantees and in part for that reason the city has had to advance money on the contract to urban alchemy to maintain their payroll because again because under the contracts mid-market foundation can't get paid until they submit the activity report and they haven't done it for reports going back to for the past three months. so that that is concerning. so it's a mixed bag here and for that reason this is a policy matter for the board. >> thank you. i think that we have these extensive conversation about whether this contract actually works or doesn't work, whether it is necessary to have

mid-market foundation as a contract contractor to manage, you know, the deployments of ambassadors. can the city directly deploy the ambassadors and directly contract with these organizations so that we as a city can determine to deployment directly and also measure the success and i'm going to say today as i have said in the past, we're facing looming budget deficits of $1 billion and that is even before the trump administration came on board and create further chaos in our federal and state funding and grant we're facing multiple layers of challenges now to tackle our budget deficit more than what we thought even last you know compared to last year. >> if we have that very same we know that the mid-market

foundation contract roughly about $25 million per year and to date with this amendment to that with this amendment increase will more than $68 million since 2018. >> so for that $25 million and knowing that the that mayor breed has also decided to with how withhold roughly about $25 million worth. >> so the vote for the very same $25 million of spending instead of having ambassador staring down individuals on our streets suffering homelessness ,mental health crises or drug addiction, would that very same $25 million these are things that we could also fund is dental care health care at our public school size for our kids transitional age youth outpatient and behavioral how support workforce development

trainings and woman and victim services rental assisted and housing subsidies tenant counseling services violence intervention program again transitional aging of homeless youth like rental subsidies or just subsidies and pit stop program 24 hours in different locations and for that very same 25 million dollars i am questioning the cost effectiveness of that very same $25 million and how we're spending it as we're facing the budget deficit if we're saying that we need individuals, we need a public safety agency to patrol our streets to make sure that we reduce 911 calls and that we can feel safe walking on our streets. i think that seeing the effectiveness of our retired police ambassador and the cost effectiveness of it which mean

it may be a better spending of this very same dollars if that is our goal. thank you know knowing that for a 66 retired police ambassadors averaging at a 29 hours per week cost us for an entire year roughly about $3 million. again, you know i am looking at what is the most cost effective way to get to our goal here knowing that this very same $25 million it is competitive there there are a lot of people are competing for that very same dollars and it's it's this is a difficult moment and these are the difficult choices not only that this body has to make but the full board will have to make to be fair to some of my colleagues who are the co sponsors of this very same grant amendment, i think that i

will want to have that discussion and full bore as well. it is only fair for including supervisor mahmud and supervisor dorsey and being able to weigh in and but for also for all of those other supervisors that again also care about transition or age youth behavior, health and subsidies and rental subsidies. >> this is a moment of discussion as a board and for mayor lurie and an administration to really say if 25 million dollars is all we really have, how do we spend this and how do we make sure that we deliver for san franciscans in a most equitable, equitable term? >> i see my colleagues are on the roster so i'm going to you have already heard what i have to say not just now but also last december. but i also want to do this i want to also take this opportunity to recognize sam dodge and really your team at the department of emergency management. it is not easy to jump over the

hoops of technical and bureaucracy and and challenges but let alone to really challenge any type of political will in this town to get the job done. so i just want to recognize those efforts. >> it's not that i don't recognize them but it is a moment like this i must speak where i stand and really what i believe is the right thing to do and in a moment to really balance our needs of the entire city and not just one corner and recognizing that inherently some of the things that we could fund it's actually also be able to help solve the root cause of the problem of why we end up needing this contract of first place. so that's where i stand and with that vice chair dorsey thank you chair chan and i am a

co-sponsor of this and i know it is something that i feel that we need but like many of the things decisions we have made and i think chair chan and i discussed this that's how i feel often when we talk about things like a budget supplemental for for police overtime it's not an this is not perfect solution and this is something that i'm inclined and then feel very powerfully motivated to support because the alternative is unthinkable. >> it is it is a lot of money. i would note that that i believe that $11 million of this is from opioid settlement. so it's dollars so it isn't completely a hit to the general fund but some of the points that chair chan raised even if we're coming to a different conclusion on this i think i agree with and i think one of the issues that i think has really bedeviled this city and many cities that struggled with

the phenomenon of public disorder especially drug driven disorder is that we don't have great metrics for judging success over time. that's something that i'm going to be working with mayor lurie on. i think there's some things that we can do but it's it's the new york times did a really interesting study on this on the hidden politics of disorder and why it is that in cities like san francisco, new york and other cities we can see a decrease in the measurable categories of crime. but people are seeing and experiencing something in their day to day experience of the city and i see it in my neighborhood and we don't have a good measure of of whether it's getting better, whether it's moving, whether it's getting larger and we're relying on imperfect solutions i think sometimes because we have an understaffed police department, there's a lot of things that are happening all

at once. >> i represent a district where the complaints that i hear about urban alchemy are limited to not having urban alchemy. this is you know, i have said probably half kiddingly that this is ambassador programs are more popular than i am in my district and i think this is i'm aware of that and they are a well it is a well-regarded operation but i do think we have a duty to the taxpayers to show that we're this is accomplishing something and i do think we have to do a better job of working on metrics. i'm inclined and i believe and i've heard from folks at the dmcc that this is really essential to the progress that we're making on drug markets to hold space and maintain the public order that we're able to secure. i'm also just a believer you know, i on my as i walk to work

i greet the urban alchemy folks and appreciate them for being there. this is this is an operation and i think this is true of some of the other ambassador programs that i, i believe in anyway, so i'm going to i'm going to support this but i also do want to hear what chair chan has said about metrics and making sure that we're demonstrating to taxpayers the value of this. i think there is value in it. i just think we need to really do a better job of measuring it and communicating that. >> thanks. thank you. supervisory and cardio. thank you. yeah i just want to check in with director dodge at department emergency management and our budget legislative analyst offered some concerns about the um lack of compliance or there's like the the group the money is going to hasn't been um hasn't been doing all that well the concerns that we just heard earlier. so as you weigh that out like

if they're not perfectly adhering to what they need to do is i mean what's the cost benefit analysis of allowing them to finish out this is obviously the new mayor. we're going to figure out what to do after june. but how important is it to to finish out the next few months versus this concern about noncompliance? >> yes, i do want to address that. you know, my role is pretty much around the operations and measuring some of the effectiveness since you know, making sure the deployment is is being effective and you know, integration into the larger system. my partner said oh, he would, you know, help handle the financial part of it. but when we when they do there is it's a pretty complex contract with many, many deliverables and it does take time to get some of these and to put them all in order and to turn them in and then for the

city to turn them around and process them. but when you know when we and we do regularly audit and review all the deliverables that are submitted and various attempts to get it matrix whether it's intercept surveys of people you know living and working in the area and their impressions of the program or various you know, staffing hours and inputs and all that kind of stuff and they do check out very good. so it's when the when the deliverables are put in they you know passed audit really highly. so i think maybe can you you know some of the issues around some delayed deliverables coming in is the concern that was raised by the play is that right through the delayed deliverables and also just the overall financial condition and governance of the mid-market foundation, the city has

standards for all nonprofits for their financial condition, their governance. they have to have a board. it has to meet it has to discuss the budget. they have to have audited financial statements. they have to like have payrolls that are meaningful and track actual employees that are working there. so there are they're not complying with this grant but mid-market is also not fully complying with the standards that the city has set for the not for the nonprofit sector. right. so i think there are two concerns but they are related, right? because i think you could have a an organization that is not able to meet the basic standards of being a nonprofit and that is part of a larger it's a symptom of a larger issue where they cannot submit the deliverables that they need to submit to the city so that urban alchemy can get paid. and again they're being paid $850,000 a year.

that's their sole responsibility is to manage this grant. so i do have concerns that they're not doing what they need to do and got it. so maybe maybe we can ask uh, chris that or iwd because what i'm hearing is that there's concerns about this group is not able to do its basic function as far as city standards but we're only talking about the next 3 or 4 months and we're also hearing that there's been some benefit to lowering of 901 calls and all that. so and after 3 or 4 months maybe this group does not get a new grant the new mayor or we we can discuss all that. >> so i guess the question is how much damage can be done the next 3 or 4 months versus the benefit that we have been seeing on the street damage meeting like not complying with city standards like is. so i just want to get a sense of you know, that question thank you supervisor for the question. >> first in terms of delay, there is typically a 1 to 2

week list use 15 days delay between the end of the month when there is a reporting period and when that data is sent over from the sub grantee in this case urban alchemy to the mid-market foundation. so there is inherently a delay there. i believe mr. dodge spoke to that a little bit in there. some of this delay in terms of the months delay is an additional portion of this that was amended as part of the previous amendment in december . >> so yes, those reports are delayed but that and that amendment was just recently encumbered by a would i anticipate that would be turned in relatively quickly from the mid-market foundation. additionally any funding they have advance they owe us those deliverables for the deliverable does not go away. that is still a required deliverable and iwd has the right if they do not turn into deliverables to withhold for future funding. okay well thank you. i mean given this contract is ending in 3 or 4 months i'm

inclined to let this go to the full board for discussion but but it's important to really heed these concerns we're hearing especially if we're going to start anything new or go for more than just this final bit of the contract. >> thank you supervisor and guardian i concur was with visor in guardiola's perspective and in relate to the budget and legislative and was i mean look i mean if the mid-market foundation or mid-market business association as a as an entity is on their website is up to date you do have a board of directors that are like code tenderloin or tenderloin cbt that are also the contract or subcontractors to this very same contract you're having contractors as the board directors overseeing the foundation and who is managing this contract innately creates conflict of interest and and i think that's part of

what the budget and legislative analyst is indicating that you're the structural conflict of interest is problematic. it has not been resolved. no one seemed to flag it. >> that's part of that problem. and again we're tackling this budget deficits and as soon as it's available to us we also in the next couple of weeks will be looking at the overtime spent by our police department and shows department which the bills were come due and those are the bills that we must pay and and that we must also make sure that the police officers and the chairs that are doing this work are continuing this work and that they are actually first and foremost surely our first responder that the city deploy when there's life and death scenarios and again if we're in the budget deficit the

very same $25 million, where does it go? thank you. >> i don't want to belabor the point and with that let's go to public comment on this item. yes, we are now inviting members of the public have joined us today who wish to address this committee regarding this item number 11 and that was your opportunity to approach the lectern. >> madam chair. we have no speakers so no public comments. public comment is now close and i want to add one more things to this this conversation about the future and moving forward because i know that colleagues are mentioning about working with the new administration and what what to do with this. >> i think again with my colleagues and myself supported this the ordinance that mayor lurie has legislated and that we pass again 10 to 1 in a second reading yesterday this really gives the administration opportunity to really reconsider restructuring contracts, restructuring spending, restructuring

deployment in this very contacts and about coordination between ambassadors as well as our first responders and our law enforcement agency. >> so i look forward to seeing that plan coming before us hopefully sooner rather than later and and colleagues and because i have these questions i would like to make the motion and i'm open for discussion. i would like to make the motion to further forward this item to full bore without recommendation. >> so that would allow us to have a discussion but also this was really budget for 16 millions. it came to us twice in one fiscal year for a total of additional $7 million of spending to make it to a $25 million. >> so it's with that reason and the reason of again with the mid-market foundation having problematic reporting it's a reason why i would like to move this to full board without recommendation. i see heads nodding and so i like to roll call on that

motion and on that motion to forward this resolution to the full board without recommendation. >> vice chair dorsey dorsey i remember in cardio and cardio i church in high chennai we have three eyes the motion passes. >> thank you colleagues and with that let's call the i believe last item on the agenda which is item number 12. >> yes item over 12 is a hearing to consider the review and approval of the budget guidelines for the board of supervisors and clerk of the board. >> annual budget for fiscal years 2020 5 to 2026 and 2026 to 2027. >> madam chair. thank you mr. clerk and colleagues just like any other city departments they will propose their own budget and then for their commission for for discussion and approval and here we are and we're grateful to have madam clerk being here with us today proposing our board supervisors budget annual budget or two year's budget so that we can provide them their

feedback and direction and then so that hour so madam clerk can actually submit the budget to the mayor's budget office for review and process. >> and so with that the floor is yours. thank you. hello, members of the committee. hello. chair chan angela calvillo, clerk of the board of supervisors. i'm here today with the department's administrative deputy dr. edward diaz's who i am grateful to for prudently managing the department's financial data. i'm also here with the leadership in the office of the clerk of the board behind me as set forth in the board's rules of order. this hearing does kick off the committee providing its budget instructions for the department. we'll just touch briefly on some of the highlights in the current year's budget. describe the department's requests that we think will bring us closer to our residents as well as the residents to the public space policy discussions and helpful information for them. we'll also learn about any committees adjusted initiatives

not already captured and continue to meet with the members of the board to integrate any other suggested initiatives. we will be submitting what comes out of today's hearing to the comptroller and the mayor for their review and return to you in june with any changes or updates to the placeholder hours that we have from the from february submission. the committee and the board authorized approximately 23.6 million for the budgetary needs to accomplish the department's mission in the current year budget that is to promote the interests of the residents of the city and the offices of the board of supervisors as department number one, the department's budget for the current year was $5,000 higher than the department's prior year budget for 2324 budget year. essentially the department's total budget has remained flat

the fiscal year 2425 department budget included or includes i should say 154,000 of uac grant funding that will not be spent because the department's grant application to uac was not accepted. the department's general fund support in fiscal year 2425 actually declined by 442,000 compared to the prior year and 2324. we are grateful for the resources to conduct the work that you expect and to all of our staff who propeller department forward they are committed to each other and to the department's mission for delivering for the board and the public. >> i'll draw your attention to our slides. we do have 94 full time employees and 61 board appointed commissioners that comprise the ab d the sunshine ordinance task force, the youth commission and the lasco. half of the department's budget belongs to the district offices to pay salary and benefits for the 11 elected supervisors and

the 44 legislative staff. the department's share of the cost to engage an external auditor for the kaffir is 347,000. >> the memberships in c sac the national association of counties and the national league of cities also totals 120,025% of the department's budget belongs to the office of the clerk of the board. it's a small factory of individuals maintaining the legislative process, running committee and board meetings throughout the calendar year, maintaining the public space to for the public to meet the representatives to provide administrative operational and i.t support to the district offices and at this time training and support free of charge to all city departments to help them navigate the legislative process. the budget and legislative analyst services contract represents 14% of the department's budget. the remaining 10% of the department's budget mainly pays for salary and fringe for the

employees in the ab the youth commission sunshine lasco and to maintain the legacy assessment appeals board system. this pivot table shows the largest cost share at 77% of the total budget being salaries and benefits for each department position as established in the department of human resources mro use. the next largest category is non personnel services at 19% or 4.4 million. the budget and legislative analyst services contract in this category is 3.2 million materials and supplies and costs a for materials and supplies and city services and work orders. the city's services are growing but the materials and supplies has been relatively flat from year to year. >> speaking of the city departments that represents 600 616,000 or 2% of the department's overall budget. most of the budget is paid to

the department of technology for i.t infrastructure at 258,432 and 132,000 just about 133,000 to the office of contract administration. i just have maybe two more slides. slide three. these are the current year projects i have mentioned to all of you the legislative management system that we are building last year you provided $1 million for phase one to replace the legislature. we will be moving and we're just about finished with that probably in the next several weeks we will be able to have the back end of ledger star built phases two and three we are asking for in the budget year it will add the innovation that we all need which we've talked about before. >> the office of the clerk will own the software and the rights to sell the software licenses to other departments, to other city councils and boards of supervisors across the state.

we have been working to refresh the infrastructure in city hall and we really oh great thanks to our cao carmen chu for her and her department staff for a secondary backup site and to refresh here in the ante room as well the continue d of operations we've been working with the department of emergency management and i just want to say a word about the assessment appeals board. >> they are experiencing an onslaught just about just the last week i mentioned 8000 in a regular year. it's about two. >> we were at eight a week ago now we are at 11,000. so it is it is an emergency at the assessment appeals board and we are grateful to the appeals board staff and its administrator alister gibson who is here. >> you have any questions? we've been onboarding new district offices and maintaining this chamber, working with the city administrator on new curtains

and as well as maintaining these chairs. it's money that we don't typically have for that kind of work and we are grateful to the city administrator and her her staff to help us with these smaller projects in addition to the lefkow which i'll talk about in just a moment. >> just to slide four, our budget requests for the budget and the out year for the last 25 years the boards administrative functions have stayed relatively flat as this committee and the board as a whole have purposefully and prudently not grown at the same pace as other departments have grown even in good years for this city we've recognized the difficult current economic and fiscal condition of the city now but the board has always contemplated that another economic downturn is just over the horizon. so the committee has always been has been fiscally has been

fiscally very careful with what it puts in its own department and we're grateful to working with the committee chair and the board president in the current year and members of the committee to continue to help us remain flat and yet to meet our targets and have what we need as far as resources are concerned for the department for the last several decades. so i'll bring some budget request to this committee and i've only done so when they've been needed to support our essential operations. so here we are. >> i want to point out on line item one we are looking for 285,000 in fiscal year 2526 for two new senior clerks to assist with the processing of the assessment appeals board appeals. the volume as i mentioned is

expected to remain high indefinitely probably for the next couple of years and we are looking for two new staff to assist with the the appeals at the ap. we are looking to increase the board members stipends at the assessment appeals board as well. that would be a cost of 25,000 that would take us from 125 to 175 per session. we are looking for a one time $2 million for innovations for phases two and three for the new legislative management system that will bring us the legislative drafting tool and the heat map as i've described to you in your offices 90,000 for the other half of an existing 1492 committee clerk approximately ten years for this particular position it was completely funded by the general fund the pursuant to a ballot measure and us required to staff the puc revenue bond oversight committee. we asked the puc to fund half

of that position salary and benefits. now that the puc our bank has gone away and they have sunset, we need to come back on to the general fund with this with this position's half salary there is a 20 $5,000 request to host the california clerk of the board of supervisors association conference that happens every five or so years in san francisco in conjunction with the senate conference that's being hosted and all of the 58 counties do bring their clerks and their deputies to stay in our hotels. we are expected to host it this year. in previous years i have raised that fund for those funds for that conference in addition to i believe this committee giving me some money as well and then the budget and legislative analyst is asking for 146,000. that is the typical request for their cost of living adjustment that is that is commensurate with the increase in salary and benefits that local 21 is

providing to their employees and finally finally the lasco the minimum statutory requirement is a placeholder at $408,630 until the last call will actually be meeting i believe next month to tell us what amount they will need in their budget and i will bring to you that actual amount in june. >> so slide five shows you the complete request of the department if there are any further budget instructions from the committee and us crafting the proposed budget we are asking if the committee would approve the budget request so that we then can submit to the mayor and the comptroller and if you have any of the recommendations i'm happy to hear them. thank you very much for this time. >> thank you. thank you, madam clerk vice chair dorsey thank you madam

clerk. >> and i just i appreciate this presentation and also the briefing me on this as well. i thought it was interesting and and i want to just i will ask just so that you can show vote for the for the mayor's office here that it was interesting that that some of the money for the legislative system is actually something that we're going to be able to recover potentially. you know we're not usually thought of as an enterprise department here at the board of supervisors but there is going to be a possibility of that. i think that's a really important point that i i would like to give you the opportunity to just spell out thank you supervisor dorsey we are really excited about phases two and three because that will also allow us to create fire lanes for each of the 52 departments to have a license where they can draft their legislation, they can have their own maintained files in the system that's confidential where they can submit it amongst their staff to the city attorney's office to be approved as to form two board members as well and the license

will allow us to have a work order which for we have mentioned this to the comptroller's office previously and the mayor's office previous in the previous iteration of the mayor's office where we would be able to have the license would actually provide funding for us to maintain our system so that we wouldn't have to go to the general fund for maintenance of this system. so it would provide us some funding, it would provide the a citywide the city is using our legislative process today all of the departments do this would just give them a more efficient way to submit their legislation into through the committees into the board. thank you supervisor for the question that talk about thank you i want to say elon musk has nothing on you madam clerk that you know you truly are to the department of efficiency has

remained flat with the budget and even with inflation and all the increasing cost. >> i am personally grateful to you for the work that you and your team has done. >> there always been there for us even during late and then expect it late hours and then expect the times you always work with us even at times when we have to call for a special meeting whether they take place or not. >> i know that that's actually a lot of work go into what most people do not see at the public realm and so for that i again am very grateful. i don't see other questions and names on the roster. we're happy to have a public comments on this item when we do come back that means where make where moving the motion we're making the motion to authorize the clerk of the board to submit the budget as presented today. >> and with that let's go to public comment on this item. thank you members thank you,

madam chair. >> yes. if we have any members of the public here in the chamber who wish to address this committee regarding this item number 12 regarding the board's budget, now's your opportunity. >> madam chair. we have no speakers seeing no public comments. >> public comment is now close and with that colleagues i would like to make the motion to authorize the clerk of the board to submit the budget as presented and a roll call please. >> and on that motion to authorize the clerk the board to submit the budget as presented toward the department our for our department to the mayor's office and vice chair dorsey dorsey i member and cardio and guardiola chair chan i chant and controller and the controller and the controller yes of course. thank you madam clerk. hi can and i have three eyes the motion passes and mr. clerk do we have any other items before us today? >> madam chair, we just need to dispense with the the hearing. >> got it. and i'd like to make the motion

to file the hearing and with that a roll call please. >> and on that motion that this hearing be heard and filed if i start dorsey and dorsey i remember and gado and gado i church and i chennai we have three eyes the motion passes now do we have any other business before us? >> i madam chair that concludes our business the next week's meeting it's not going to take place because of the president's day and with that the meeting is adjourned

. >> and everyone. my name is kunal mody i'm mayor lori's chief of health homelessness and family services. thank you for joining us here today for this very exciting moment for our city. so without further ado i'd like to introduce mayor lori. >> thank you all. thank you all for being here. >> supervisors, thank you for being here. >> i appreciate it. i want to welcome although i don't see him so i'm not going to welcome our board president rafael mandolin. but if he was here, i would welcome him. uh, supervisor melgar. supervisor chan. supervisor chen. supervisor jackie fielder. supervisor matt dorsey.

one month in. >> thank you all for being here. this is a really, really important day for san francisco. about a month ago i was walking down sixth street when a group of police officers and firefighters arrived to respond to a corner with heavy drug use. one man named terry had been using fentanyl. when they arrived the officers instructed terry and the other men to gather their belongings and they offered a range of services. it seemed likely in that moment that terry might enter a treatment program. and when a reporter who was following me asked if he would you know what he said god willing i see interactions like that almost on a daily basis. i saw it with supervisor fielder in the mission last week and they make me hopeful

that we can tackle the drug crisis on our streets. on sixth street and across the tenderloin in soma in the mission. >> our neighbors need help. and every day officers and outreach workers offer that help. >> but what happens when someone says yes? for decades that person has been back out on the street using drugs a week. a month. a year later it is a new day in san francisco. we are going to be a national leader in public health in behavioral health treatment, addiction recovery and health care access. it's going to take creativity, compassion and collaboration. and that is exactly what danzhai brings to the table. and i am proud to appoint him as the new director of the

department of public health. >> dan's career has been defined by a deep commitment to public service and improving health outcomes for those most in need. he has nearly two decades of experience transforming health care systems at the state and national levels. most recently running the federal medicaid program where he helped enroll more people in health coverage than at any point in history. he led efforts to strengthen mental health and substance use care and make public health care systems more efficient and effective. before that, dan was the medicaid director in massachusetts leading reforms that improved access to care for millions of people. and before that he worked in the private sector designing and implementing innovative models to improve health care for all americans. he understands what it takes to

make a public health system work not just in theory but in practice. his experience is broad but his commitment to patient and communities is clear throughout. now he brings that expertise and dedication to san francisco . and in our last meeting i will say that he walked into city hall and i looked and i said can we go walking? and we got up and we walked through the tenderloin and seeing him and his compassion right then and there knew it. i knew that he was the right person to lead this department. the work ahead is urgent. and dan and i agree we cannot afford to let bureaucracy slow us down. but while behavioral health is critical, it is only part of the mandate we are going to bring a whole of government approach to supporting providers and the patients they

care for. we are going to build on s.f. general's reputation as a crown jewel of our country's health care system and we are going to be there for the frontline workers in our clinics like maria martinez clinic right here in san franciscans of all ages rely on the services we provide. and dan will work every day to improve all of those services. before i close, i want to thank dr. naveen baba who stepped up as the interim head. >> thank you, doctor. i appreciate it. >> thank you for your leadership. and thank you to all the professionals and the entire team at h. i'll end with this. government works best when every department works well together. i've seen it in my first month as mayor and i know kunal puts it in action every day as the chief of health, homelessness and family services services.

when you hear how dan's former colleagues talk about him as a person and a professional, it is clear that the spirit of collaboration is core to his work as well. the department of public health needs a leader who is ready to break down silos at decisive and offer innovative solutions that meet the challenges that we face. dan is that leader. with that i'm proud to announce introduce the new director of the department of public health dan simon. >> thank you. thank you mayor, for those very kind words. my wife kathy is here and my boys elliot and ali. hello, boys. elliot is six. >> allie is three. kathy has had to deal with ten years of around the clock public service already.

>> so here we go again. thank you. and to the board of supervisors i look forward. i don't have all the names down yet. i look forward to getting to know everybody and to to working and partnering together and getting some real common sense things done for the city. to commissioners of the health commission who grilled me for two hours in the evening. i enjoyed the discussion. i have to say it was thoughtful as provoking as it was it was great and i'm i'm excited i, i am beyond thrilled excited honored to be appointed by the mayor in this role to be joining this administration and to be joining the fantastic team at age and here in san francisco with really a stellar reputation across the country as the mayor said, i've spent my entire career trying to make health care better and to better serve people that would otherwise fall through the cracks.

and i've spent the past decade in public service at the national and state levels and this work excites me. it gets me up in the morning when the kids don't and i love moving. solving intractable problems with the great team but i also love being able to walk the streets and see people look people in the eye and understand the impact of what we do and the meaning of it. and i feel that same level of excitement i think as i look forward to working with the mayor and the whole team here in san francisco and i'm also excited that when i explain to my boys what i do for work for 410 years now i've just said daddy helps people make sure they can get access to a doctor when they need it or help whatever their life situation is. and i think the team here at h continues that. so i'm deeply excited. and one of my first meetings with the mayor that that walk that you mentioned with council as well where you outlined your

vision for the city and why a world class health care public health care and health care system is so vital to that. i also i asked you some pointed questions you answered them correctly. >> no, but i remember leaving that meeting feeling this tingling sense of excitement. i called cathy actually afterwards i was ready to roll up my sleeves and that's what i feel now and i'm very privileged and honored to be able to join the team here. san francisco has such a legacy in public health between the general that the sort of clinics like the one we're standing in now and staff that really are among the nation's finest. at the same time there's opportunity to build on that strength and that foundation with new approaches and we have i believe the opportunity to continue to build a world class premier health care delivery system right here in the city that delivers world class patient outcomes and an experience that every one of us

for ourselves, our kids, our family members we should want to get all of our care through the san francisco public health system. don't worry. i'm not saying everyone's going to be able to but that is the sort of bar you want the public health care system to be the finest. and we also are here in the bay area in silicon valley where there are so many startups trying to solve giant challenges and health care. many of them don't have the ability to focus on the safety net or do things at scale. when you look at what san francisco has in the public health care system, it is unique. it has all the elements we have the ability to build and pioneer and show both the city and the nation what we are capable of and that's deeply exciting and of course front and center right now is tackling together the opioid and homelessness crisis and making real tangible progress around that compassionately effectively helping the folks on the streets and in this community. there's so much to do there.

i'm ready to dig in and roll up our sleeves into the staff and i'm excited to get to know you all to partner together and with the community as well. so with that, thank you mayor, for this honor. thank you to all of you, kathy and the kids thank you as well. >> so i'm going to turn it back to the mayor. thank you. >> i happy to take a few questions in the media questions just raise your hand . so i want to i have a question for me so i think that this year is one of highest priorities of how we use your background as a federal director of public private partnerships that address this local crisis here i think i'm making progress on the fentanyl crisis is priority one, two, three and four and making clear common sense improvements, making sure people can get access to treatment that we have sufficient treatment

capacity. we have the ability to get people into a whole continuum of care and i think certainly having moved things at the federal and state level and seeing things as a systems level that is exciting and i think i bring some of that but the work ahead i would emphasize it's difficult and it's execution. it's putting one foot ahead of another and making sure we get the building blocks in place to get treatment in place and to get people connected to treatment. >> and let me just add this is where collaboration really is critical,. we need all of our departments working well together behavioral health, law enforcement everyone needs to be working well together and that's what he brings to the table. >> yeah i remember you mr. mayor. you know we talk about continuum of care that the issue of people getting back out onto the streets after going through this rehabilitation process. are there any models national

league or in other cities that you were looking to that have kind of a good success rate because it seems to be a problem that no one has been able to solve. >> so i think you're exactly right and from a federal standpoint, we spent a good portion of the past four years debating working with states and counties all across the country on exactly that. i think there are few things that are clear. number one, especially for fentanyl addiction, the path to treatment and recovery. >> it's not linear and so folks make forward progress make backward progress and the type of clinical capacity and supports we need need to be able to account for that and someone having being able to move forward and back around that. the second thing that i think that's very clear is generally speaking our health care system is good at dealing with someone when they are in immediate crisis let's say a detox or figuring out how to have someone stable housed maybe affordably housed once there's the right structure in place there's an entire middle piece

that i don't think anyone across the country has fully figured out. that's why this is both such an exciting but important and momentous challenge ahead of us that the mayor is really assist with. >> so thank you. and then mayor laurie with the approval of your fentanyl ordinance, have you started the process of soliciting donors to address issues like this? >> actually it hasn't been approved. it goes today i believe and so it'll hopefully be passed today. we have not approached because the law an ordinance has not been passed before people in mind for once that is approved . >> next question. yeah, go ahead in the back of this side, can you tell us a little bit more about your background and what did you probably i'm sure all right. i know you probably go to mama i'm sure my chinese name is

taiwan. um, so my daniel way hence i. i am let's see, i've got two kids oliver and elliot. i was originally born in new york. don't hold that against me. spent many years in massachusetts and i now live here in the bay area and so i'm really, really excited to be starting on this journey together. >> thank you. mayor you have obviously set ambitious goals to both expand behavioral and addiction treatment and expand shelter capacity as the process for finding locations for those services began. >> and where are we at with that because yeah kunal and i are going out and seeing sites existing shelter locations that could we could add capacity to and additional sites as well. we continue to do that in a number of places. kunal can get more into that in

details but we're excited to press play tomorrow once this is passed and start reaching out to those that want to support us outside of government. but i also want to really once again thank every single one of the supervisors here all working very well together including with supervisor chan on getting a ten one vote and it shows that we're all lying that this is a crisis. it demands us acting with urgency. dan understands that he's compassionate, he's tough and he's he knows how to get big things done and that's what we need to do here. this is a crisis the likes of which we have not seen before i mentioned before. but i want to say it again i walked with supervisor fielder in the mission last week. i went back to the same place to day that we walked just last week and it was not good. we have so much work to do. i am not going to give up you know i talk about this every

single day. what we are seeing on our streets is not dignified, it's not humane. we have to get people the help that they need. and dan, i can think of no better leader in this country to help lead the charge . this is, you know, a huge challenge for all of us and we have the we are getting the right people in place to attack it. >> so thank you, adam mr. president, for your photo

>> [music] >> this project is certainly the most significant of my career so far. the majority of my practice is portrait based. but thes is the first time i've represented someone so iconic. >> building a monument to maya angela discovering the civic art collection. former san francisco mayor and u.s. senator diane feinstein and nursing florence nightinggale. >> this begun in 2017 and

ordinance in 2018 that called for increased representation of women and public spaces. >> in october 2018, the board of supervisors approved the ordinance drafted by supervisor mark farrell and introduced by supervisor catherine stefani. >> item 26 is ordinance to direct the arts commission to erect work of art depicting maya angelou of depiction of women on city property and create a women public art funds. >> angelou attended washington high school and [indiscernible] at 16 years old the city first black female street car conductor. the san francisco arts commission began a nation wide search to find the right artist to capture the essence of the icon. >> the process for choosing public artists is very simple. it is a transparent open process where you have panels that are

determined which artist moves forward and panels of experts that know public art and understand it and know what to look for and how to judge quality. after that, their recommendations are taken to the visual arts committee and then approved and it goes forward to the full commission. >> this is the sample of the [indiscernible] >> from over 130 submissions, one artist, berkeley based artist [indiscernible] was chosen. >> the process began with research. reimursing in dr. angelou's work, her books, her poems, here performances, her interviews and then i looked at her art collection. maya angelou was a champion of black artist and she had worked by elizabeth catlet. especially portrayals of black

women. i was also inspired by [indiscernible] maya's life, which was commissioned by opera windfry. i looked at photographs of dr. angelou, i looked at public murals of dr. angelou and i looked how she was represented in sculptures and knew i didn't want to use a image of her already in the public consciousness. i was really drawn to her 1973 interview with bill moyers, so i used an image from that interview as the basis for the portrait. working in bronze was a completely different experience. design for the monument is based on a drawing. transformed into a 32 dimensional object which was then used to make 3d print, which were there cast in the

bronze, which were then welded together like a puzzle. it was actually the first time that the boundary created a portrait that is 8 feet tall and 6 feet wide. it was a innovative process which is fitting because maya angelou was a trail-blazer and innovator. >> called for the monument to be placed at the main library however there was discussion left for the art est to select sites they thought were the most appropriate sites for the arkwork. >> i chose the site instinctively. it was really organic the way i made the decision. i walked back and forth in front of the library and since we read from left to right, i decided to situate the monument to the left of the

opening. also, the portrait has eyes that follow you, and so i wanted her eyes to follow you as you approach the library steps, all the way until you enter the library. >> i can't think of a better place for this monument then here at our flag ship main library in the tenderloin neighborhood where maya angelou really gave so much of her time and energy trying to improve quality of life for the residents here. she was a long time member of the glide memorial church. she was part of the congregation. [singing] >> it is my pleasure to well come you to this monumental community celebration and unveiling of dr. maya angelou monument, portrait of

phenomenal woman. [cheers] >> let this serve as reminder of the importance of books and the acquisition of knowledge. my dear [indiscernible] has been in my life. always in my life. guiding and directing me towards my greatest expressions. as a woman, as a artist, as a teacher and a mother. >> from the sketches to final touches, the process has been a labor of love. each stage of the monument creation has been infused with the spirit of dr. angelou powerful words and and unwavering commitment to justice and equality. >> i feel we center have the spirit of

dr. maya angelou because they are both very committed to equality, women rights and to insuring that all voices are heard and people have the opportunity to articulate and express themselves in all their many forms. >> portrait of phenomenal woman the maya angelou monument. she is the first all woman of color that is being honored in that way with a monument. it is important moment for that and we are really excited. and we want to continue this. >> that ideal dr. angelou based her life on are as much as part of the monument as bronze and stone. she's eternally optimistic and hopeful and i think that that is a message that we can all benefit from. i think that the monument will

serve as an example for other cities to erect monuments to extraordinary women, because currently the majority of monuments in this country celebrate conquest, war and white men and that really needs to change. >> i rise from a past rooted in pain. i rise, a black ocean leaping and wide, welling and swelling i bear in the tide. leaving behind nights of tear and fear, i rise into a day break this wondrously clear. i rise bringing the gift my ancestors gave. i am the dream and the hope of the slave. i rise, i rise, i rise.

- >> we are doing is filipino and mexican cuzeen. the main component the filipino style meat originated. we grew up on that. the most popular items are burritos. we have really something for everybody. we have a salad, we have tacos, we are natcho s and-trying to create something quick and casual, something you can get

anything any time. for me i love food and didn't want to be a chef. i was in the business side of it and bring something special to san francisco so why i reached out to my business partner gil and he wanted to partner for food and we share a passion for food that comes from our parents cht it was a honor for us to be able to do this for ourselves and also for our parents and you know, our families. for us to have a business as thriving here in san francisco, such a honor and makes me feel proud of myself and of my city as well. just to be able to add to this city that is so special. we are just a speck of the specialness, but you know, to have any part that is just a honor. >> you know, i remember when i was a teenager, they did i

think it was on the grammys, boss scags narrated the san francisco scene and they did a spot on it and how it's evolved and convergence of multi culture and the emergence of gay community, lgbtq, it was not even called that then. >> so like any good listening back then, i played softball and a friend on the team said, the fire department is recruiting women. i took the test in 88 and 89 i got hired. and i always say this, it was like a perfect career, it was like social work, i love that connecting and helping people aspect and physical.

so i was like a social worker with an ax basically. and i just thought, this is like, this is it, i hit the jackpot. part of my story is, i grew up across the street from a fire station and as a young girl, i use today love going in there and would go in there whenever my parents voted, they the old fashion voting machines. sxifs in awe of the place but i never saw anybody that looked anything like me. it was all men, it was all white men and so, i never knew that i could do that. this was in the 70s. and i worked in several different things and i was at the pride parade in 1991. >> and the chief of the department, she i did give her courtesy card to come in, i remember it to this day, june

30th. the hand and hand together and i was with a friend of mine and fire fighter named anita prattly came up to me and we had a mutual friend and we didn't meet. and she came by the table and as soon as i looked at her, i said hi o to my friend, i could see she was super athletic. >> and she knew my friend and she said hey, do you want to be a fire fighter, here's an interest card, join us. >> there was something about her that could roll with the punches and also give a few punches. she would be great and i just knew it. i did give her the courtesy card. it was my greatest achievement. >> and it was something i saw myself, yeah, i love a good crisis. and i'm good in crisis and i'm

good on thinking on my feet. and i'm you know, super fit and physical, maybe i can do this awesome. >> but just in terms of pride in general, being able to go to pride and be who we are and be who i am, it's like the sense of digity and equality and inclusion. i was always incredibly proud to represent the community and to be doing service for the community, because that's what i love doing. >> coming to san francisco for me, was really key because i love the city. the city is so vibrant and diversity is really, it's one of its treasures. so being part of a department that represents diversity is huge and so important to me that we welcome everyone.

and not just face value, truly to integrate to have diversity, have representation not just on the fire fighter level but all levels in this department, all ranks up and down the chain of command. it's huge and it's, stepping in as a woman of color as part of the lgbtq community, means more than just myself, right. i represent more than just myself. but as a leader, other people in this department, other people in the community that are looking at me and seeing that there is space for them. and so that is really creating space for everyone. >> when i first joined the military, it was still under don't ask don't tell. i had to be super cautious about what i was doing.

i was still figuring out what i was doing. i joined when i was 19, i knew i was part of the community i was not accepting yet. my first duty station was officer guam and that's where i got to explore who i was. and being under the umbrella of don't ask don't tell, and having a friend being separated because he was gay. it was very rule. had you to make sure that you were following the rules you needed to do everything you need today do. i was fortunate to be there when don't ask don't tell was repealed. you find people who are making a big deal about it, the next day everybody went to work like nothing happened. we were accepted and nobody made a big deal about it. work performance was even better because you didn't have

to hide something and worry about hiding. the transition from that world into this one is basically the exact same. i was able to just jump in and just you know, not even test the waters. >> i grew up with firefighters, my uncle and cuss infor a volunteer department in canada. here it's quite different, bigger department, a lot of different people. you know, just working with san francisco i really enjoy having all the different personalities, background, experiences, i'm a pro lead rhyme now. i'm a year into my probation and i'm already finished. and i felt like everybody has brought me in and show me what they know. and regardless of my sexuality, my gender, my race, i was 28 when i decided to change my

career and go any different direction. i'm 35 now just starting out in a whole different field. >> san francisco has a large population of lgbtq community in general and our department is reflective on that. the one thing i love about the san francisco fire department, is we do look like the community we serve and we're making every strife to reflect that. so even in our out reach, recruitment efforts, we're trying to make sure that every single person including the lgbtq community has an opportunity to become a member of our department. soz a subpoena officer, it's important to make sure that i welcome my crew. that includes every single member that is on my apparatus, i feel we can do a better job. >> my dad was a football coach and he taught me to persevere

and be committed and i'm showing that i'm doing that. i'm very proud to say that i get to start my career off as a fire fighter for the san francisco fire department. and i'm proud to be who i am, proud to be all the colors that i represent, proud to be, you know, i love being a woman in the department and to feel comfortable with who i am and very secure and excited to come to work. >> you know, one thing my mom also en grained anything we set our heart to and anything we wanted to do, the only thing stopping us was us. it's my dream to be a fire department member and i'm here, being changed because of who i was and now being able to out and proud of who i am, it's, i feel it should mean something. >> it's important as a san

francisco fire fighter, that we understand the community that we serve. it's important that our department is made up of different genders, different ethnicities, different sexual orientations, because the community that we serve need to reflect the apparatus. >> i've seen, i've seen the evolution of this department, i've seen it change through the years. we're in a better place than we were many years ago. i think we continue to evolve. i'm really hopeful for this next generation of leaders who do smart, determined, lead with heart and i'm hopeful for our future for this department going forward. >> we're your department. we're here for you. we're you and that, and i really believe that san francisco really embodies that. i tell you, it was the greatest decision i ever made.

i kept thinking, my gosh if i didn't play softball i wonder if i would have heard about it. it's funny you plan in life and gu to college and you plan your next steps, but the most profound decision nz life, is how you meet people are random. i was meant to be i think and it was such a great fit being that social worker with the ax, that's it. >> so i see san francisco and san francisco leadership and government as a beacon for the entire country. because we are so up front about what we believe in, we're really up front about inclusivity and i know that, others look at us, many look to us. we've had other departments, contact us in terms of how do you, how do you do this?

how do you create a diverse equitable and inclusive workforce? and so, but i would be lying if i said that we don't have any problems in california or in san francisco or in the department. we are out liars, sure? are we doing our best again to address those things with implicit bias training? with changing the culture, our department has made huge huge leaps as has the city and i really feel like san francisco is part of the solution to moving forward in a better way. people are individuals, there are a lot of different types of people in this world and celebrating our differences is what pride is all about.

>> driver, bye. >> hi. i'm will b. mixture weltake a walk with me. >> i just love taking strolls in san francisco. they are so many cool and

exciting things to see. like -- what is that there? what is that for? hi. buddy. how are you. >> what is that for. >> i'm firefighter with the san francisco fire department havings a great day, thank you for asking. this is a dry sand pipe. dry sand pipes are multilevel building in san francisco and the world. they are a piping system to facilitate the fire engineaire ability to pump water in a buildings that is on fire. >> a fire truck shows up and does what? >> the fire engine will pull up to the upon front of the building do, spotting the building. you get an engine in the area that is safe. firefighters then take the hose lyoning line it a hydrant and that give us an endsless supply of water.

>> wow, cool. i don't see water, where does it come from and where does it go? >> the firefighters take a hose from the fire engine to the dry sand pipe and plug it in this inlet. they are able to adjust the pressure of water going in the inlet. to facilitate the pressure needed for any one of the floors on this building. firefighters take the hose bunked and he will take that homes upon bundle to the floor the fire is on. plug it into similar to this an outlet and they have water to put the fire out. it is a cool system that we see in a lot of buildings. i personal low use federal on multiple fires in san francisco to safely put a fire out. >> i thought that was a great question that is cool of you to ask. have a great day and nice

meeting you. >> thank you for letting us know what that is for. thanks, everybody for watching! bye! [music] >> i think a lot of times we get in adult lives we are afraid to follow our passions and think life can't be that easy. but i truly do believe i followed my heart this time in my journal in city government i did not know that is where my passion lied. i kept following it and ltd. to great opportunity to serve the city. [music]

>> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributes to san francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are

feeling with issues. our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. >> i was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. i wanted to being an olympic swimmer. and i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up. and i never anticipated entering in politics. this opportunity came along wh started working for former supervisor carmen chu and she became the district 4 sunset district supervisor. that was my firstent row in politics and government in a different level. and so when i was finishing up my time working for legislative aid i thought, i will go off and

do something else. may be explore opportunity outside of city government what was then approached by this opportunity to also serve as a district 4 supervisor. if not the traditional route that many people think of when you enter in politics. a lot know that is manage than i want to do and run for office. that was not part of my culture and upbringing with manage my parents were wondering why i wanted to go in that role this legislation and important because so many women when have it return to work after having a child feel embarrassed or don't feel comfortable asking their supervisor for will any lactation accommodations. i saw it as an opportunity you could use the position where you have tools creating legislation and pass laws and where people listen to to you help the

community and pass cause catharsis important to the city and individuals. my family immigrated to the united states from taiwan. and they came here in pronl probably late 20's almost 30. and so, they came also in the knowing english limp barely read or write but had to quickly understand english to i can't haveigate services and find a job in america. i grew up in the san francisco sunset district i spent most of my childed hoo up until i went off to college. so when i started working in city government, i think i had mixed reactions about my involvement working government because for some of our parents generation, there is i bit of distrust in government. i think there are questions about why i was entering in this field of work. i think you know when i went in

city government i thought about my parents like so many other who is have to navigate city services and resources english first language and help the individuals both navigate, intercept that is on an application approximate signage. it is fulfilling to mow to help people like my parent and feel like government is there to support them and not to harm them. my parents are happy that i retired early from politics and being a district 4 supervisor i could have continued on for a couple more years approximate decided to leave early. i think that over all they were able to see some of my work appear in the chinese newspaper. through that they were able to see i was able to help communities in a tangible way. >> the member of the board of supervisors. >> transportation authority. for the city and county of san

francisco. congratulations. >> i think about one importance when i was worn in as district 4 supervisor. years ago, and someone actually came up to me during the swear nothing ceremony and said, wow, i'm traveling here from canada, and i just i could not believe i saw an asian female worn in in this role a leadership role this meant so much that someone would say that and felt they were inspired by the scene. so -- i hope that as more people see people that look like them and more women coming in positions of leadership than i feel they can doing the same. person this inpyred me is carmen chu who is our city add administrator but also was district 4 supervisor when i worked with her as a legislative aid. at this point, i too, was

skeptical of going in politics. i saw someone who had herself never seen herself in politics. got thrown into it and put her heart and soul and dedication to serve people. and it gave me the confidence to pursue that same job and i honestly would not have either chosen or accepted or considered serving on the board of supervisors were not for carmen. >> if you want to make your business accessible. >> in my role in city government where i have seen the most challenge is people who don't know you and you are here to serve and help them that they classify you as our city government and here to hurt you. so, people will talk to you and -- and just you know treat you disrespectfully. and sometimes i noticed that they might do more to me as a female compared to my male colleagues. but you know i try to be

empathetic. one of the most significant barriers to female empowerment we feel like we have to be 100% meeting all of the qualifications before we think that we are qualified to do a job. if we look at a job description or an opportunity to come your way well is self doubt about whether you can fulfill the obligations of that role. i think that the confidence is huge and sometimes i think we make up for it by trying to gain more experience. more and more and more in whatever we can put under our belts we'll feel better. that may not be the case. we might be qualified with when we have already accomplished. i started rock climbing indoors a couple years ago as an activity to try to spends time

with my husband and also to try something new and i finds that rock climbing there are so many parallels to life. you know when i'm on the wall i'm concentrating and trying to make it to the next piece without falling. there are daying you think i'm not making progress. you come back and wow, i hit another level. and so i feel like in our daily lives and w we think we are not making enough of i change in the city. and sometimes we have to take out time to reflect every day as long as you try and give it your all and you look back you will have made a significant contribution there is no limit to where you go in terms of rock climbing. i want to reminds myself of that in terms of daily life. >> follow what it is you are

interested in, what makes you feel excited about wake up every day. you never know and be open to all the possibilities and opportunity. [music]

is this meeting will come to order. welcome to the february 13th 2025 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors public safety and neighborhood services committee. i'm supervisor matt dorsey,