number -- just so that we are clear, this is delegating authority pursuant to a charter section 9.1182 the s.f. p.u.c. general manager, which i have some reservations about, but in working with the

with a reporting requirement starting with the quarter beginning july 1st, 2019, the s.f. p.u.c. shall submit quarterly written reports to the clerk of the board summarizing all agreements the p.u.c. has entered into during the prior quarter. each grant shall be submitted no later than 30 days following the completion of the quarter that is the subject of the report, and see, a sunset date and delegation of authority provided under subsection 280 of these ordinances shall apply only to grant agreements and amendments or modifications executed before july 1st, 2020, and expire by operation of law on july 1st, 2020, and the reporting requirements provided for under subsection two b. of this ordinance shall expire by operation of law upon submission of the quarter report covering quarter ending june 30th, 2020 i would like to make that motion , which i think is a good government motion so that all of these grant agreements are public, they go before the p.u.c. commission and are reported to the board of supervisors, because we are being asked to delegate section 9.118 authority. >> o

from the s.f. p.u.c. the p.u.c., our response to the partial shutdown has followed our standard, what our standard customer service procedures for all customers who are having troubles paying their bills. generally, for our department, the instance of past-due accounts is a very small one, but it is existed, and i will go into some details on what that means. before i go into those details, i wanted to share a bit about the background on who our customers are, and what are those standard procedures that i mentioned. in terms of the service delivery , as a reminder, supervisors, we provide retail, water, consumer services to residents and businesses in san francisco. we also sell water to 27 water agencies down the peninsula and in the east bay. lastly, we provide retail power services to certain residences and businesses in redevelopment areas here in the city, as well as to our city family being our municipal power customers. that translates into about 175,000 water and sewer accounts, and about 3600 elec

. >> on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at s.f. gov t.v. who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. madame clerk, are there any communications class. >> i have none to report, mr president. >> colleagues, today we are approving the minutes from the december 4th, 2018, december 18th, 2018 board meetings. are there any changes to these minutes -- meeting minutes? seeing none, can i entertain a motion to approve the minutes as presented? motion made supervisor peskin. is there a second? and seconded by supervisor stefani. motion to approve -- okay. without any objection back the motion passes. madame clerk, can you please read the consent agenda. >> items one through eight are on consent, in these items are considered to be routine. if a member rejects, an idea maybe severed and considered separately. >> seeing none -- are you going to... colleagues would any of you like to sever any of the items from the consent? seeing none, can we have roll call of items one through eight. >> on items one through

but prop a also gives the s.f. p.u.c. its own source of revenue , so we need to remember that as we talk about funding and how will be allocated. we are seeking state grant funding to support the cannabis equity program. last fall, senator stephen bradford brought statewide recognition to local equity programs by drafting and passing fb 1294, the california cannabis equity act of 2018. this act recognizes that the collateral they -- collateral consequences of multigenerational, over policing of cannabis activity has left so many individuals lacking the resources they need to successfully enter the legal cannabis market, and allocate $10 million to the bureau of cannabis control to grant directly to local jurisdictions with equity programs. san francisco and one of a handful of jurisdictions in the state of california with an equity program that has begun alongside oakland, los angeles, sacramento, and long beach. this means our city is well positioned to compete for a large portion of the $10 million , and state grant fund

other russian cities have held an unauthorized rally in support of a detained russian activist and of the s.f. sankoh is placed under house arrest in january for activities where the political opposition are going to zation she's the first person to be charged under a controversial new law in russia that criminalizes taking part in undesirable organizations critics say the legislation is overly broad and used to silence the kremlin's political opponents. oh are you going. down with the police state is their rallying cry the protesters wear black hearts a symbol of anger and sadness in solidarity with the russian activist and others like her. on january twenty third and a stars here should go was put under house arrest for working for the pro-democracy initiative open russia. authorities later prevented her from seeing her critically ill seventeen year old daughter until just hours before her daughter died because it's so in your main like this if they had leisure stay with her daughter the child might have survived the missile not just on you their political prisoners here like in one nine hu

i would say the panhandle playground is a success in many of the let's play s.f. community relationships. and for those commissioners who have been helpful, i very much appreciate that. won the panhandle playground came to our attention, it was about midway of the let's go s.f. initiative, we are still about halfway through. one of the cautions i would go out there is to ensure that they continue to not just listen to the community as they did. haven't gone to the first meeting of the golden gate heights high ground as well, it was a welcome introduction to that playground, and offering all the different issues out there. i would urge the commission to poke pressure on management to ensure the playgrounds are being designed for the kids and for the people who are using them, and not just for operational costs, and to look pretty. a lot of the time when they are designed to look pretty, that is great for you and me as adults, but it doesn't necessary don't necessarily benefit our kids. i have young kids in san francisco and i was born and raised. not only do i have

we had a film series, the s.f. punk film series that i put together. were so appreciative that someone was bringing this for them. it is free. everything in the library is free. >> it it is also a film producer who has a film coming out. maybe in 2018 about crime. what is the title of it? >> it is called san francisco first and only rock 'n' roll movie. crime, 1978. [laughter] >> when i first went to the art institute before the adventures were formed in 77, i was going to be a painter. i did not know i would turn into a punk singer. i got back into painting and i mostly do portraiture and figurative painting. one of the things about this job here is i discovered some great resources for images for my painting. i was looking through these mug shot books that we have here that are from the 1920s. i did a whole series of a mug shot paintings from those books. they are in the san francisco history centre's s.f. police department records. there are so many different things that the library provides for san franciscans that i feel like a lot of people are l

projects at on the hope s.f. projects, resource the right amount. she has done this work without complaint, with a characteristic smile, and has been a real champion of the work. i want to thank them for all their great work. >> your way too kind. we could not do it without partners without mercy and leaders like mayor lundin breed, and our new supervisor stefani. so we are really thrilled with j.f.k. towers and 2698 california, and the other public housing high-rise buildings that are getting the improvements that they've needed for so long to preserve this wonderful resource for our residents. we are especially excited to see this crescent shaped midcentury modern j.f.k. towers rehabilitated with its primary colors, restored to its original appearance in the front, but with all kinds of improvements, the new community room, the new office space, and improvements to the residence's units. we are really excited about this pic i don't know if you know, but john bowles was the architect. he also designed other areas. we are preserving and keeping this

item 25, adopt a conditional finding of sur plas for sfpuc sewer and streetlight easeme easements in the s.f. project site. >> move approval. >> second. >> any public comment? all those in favor? [voting] >> opposed? motion carries. i would like to make an announcement before we go into closed session. we're going to read the closed session item and go to public comment, and then, we're going to take a ten-minute break. madam secretary? >> clerk: item 28 is an unlitigated claim antera investment and trading l.l.c. versus city and county of san francisco. [agenda item read] [agenda item read] [agenda item read] [agenda item read] [agenda item read] [agenda item read] [agenda item read]. >> is there any public comment on the items to be addressed in closed session? seeing none, may i have a motion whether to disclose? >> motion to assert. >> assert. >> second. >> all those in favor? [voting] >> opposed? the motion carrie >> the commission has reconvened into open session. the renouncement following closed session is item 28, settle items 29 through 36, no action. may i have a motion whether to

. >> i have a very special shout out that the s.f. tment department is here, especially the san francisco black firefighters. our president is also here. i just want to give a quick shout out. where did he go? these lights, they will trachea -- they will trick you. okay, we will keep things going. officer rodney friesen is going to give us some great entertainment. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much. >> we were just too colourful. brown and black. we joined up for fighting in the u.s.a., with the nation's garbage. we were sent to training camps, sent overseas, me and my brother , were happy as could be. we were fighting, it wiped away the stain, there was hate, give us the right that are yours and mine. they told us america would know no black or white, so we marched , happy to fight. last night in a dream, my brother came to me, out of his grave, back from the acres of crosses in france, and said to me, brother, i hope you are making good and doing fine, because when i was living, i didn't have money, black boys couldn't work

i want to turn the microphone over to laura who's going to talk a little bit about the processes and s.f. rising. >> good morning, supervisors. i think she said it all, but i'm going to elaborate on just a few things on the community organizing and the things that have enabled us to build the trust and relationships with our communities to ensure that they are part of the processes and that their voices are being heard and counted in this census work. my name is laura, and i'm a civic engagement organizer with poder, people organizing through demand and economic rights. i would like to share with you how our fund raising efforts have allowed us to build really strong relationships and trust in the people power that's needed to ensure that everyone gets counted. for 26 years, poder, in collaboration with the sister organizations such as c.a.a. has been able to work in the most impacted communities of san francisco, including the mission, excelsior, portola, visitacion valley, and many others. we are able to find community members who are often left out from important political processes t

now that decision led to the creation of hope s.f. which was a brand new approach to housing redevelopment because in many hope six projects across the nation. you know in the in the interests of creating a mixed income communities it meant the displacement of the existing residents and you know well-intentioned and some most hopefully cases. but you know take a voucher go somewhere lead it lead a new life now in san francisco we said no no. these are established communities we're not going down the wrong road of urban renewal that the mayor mentioned earlier a western edition fillmore etc. we are going to preserve that community displaced. no one. we're going to harness the value of that land to help pay for this ambitious endeavor by increasing some density and instead of sending the poor folks out to the higher income communities will allow those higher income households to come to hunters view. and invest in this community and create a new mixed income community what our master planning architect dan solomon calls a normative san f

if you pulled the s.f. rty information map, you can see that there's a big chunk that is extended past their -- of their building that is extended past the property line. so i respectfully disagree. thank you. >> commissioner honda: thank you. >> clerk: thank you. >> in the letter and the brief that was submitted by the appellant, all you will see photographs of all the windows that she complained about. those photographs was from. those photographs were put when the house was being sold at the time before my client had purchased it. so a lot of those window have been around for long time. they are lot of grandfather property line window in san francisco, and these are -- her complaint started when my client received a permit to use the side yard for parking, and she didn't like that, and that's how this whole complaint, one after another, started. >> commissioner honda: thank you. >> clerk: thank you. anything further, mr. duffy? we're getting our money worth. >> obtain a permit for previously installed fib

if asked waymark for the berlin international film festival our correspondents on the in s.f. and david leavitt's are standing by with details on the latest contenders for the top prize the golden bear. the competition is heating up at the berlin international film just we've got sneak peek for you up to world premieres will they make the cut. i'm sumi so much going to it's good to have you with us venezuela's opposition is renewing its push to bring in humanitarian aid from neighboring countries in defiance of the government and the military now the country is facing dire shortages of medicine and basic supplies and more than one hundred tons of u.s. aid is still waiting in the colombian border city. but president nicolas maduro has ordered the military to block the supplies from entering venezuela he. says this aide is a trojan horse and part of a u.s. plot to overthrow his government now the opposition leader and self-proclaimed president of venezuela one by dole has repeatedly called on the military to switch sides and he did so again in a one on one interview with news tho

when we have the same issue at the s.f. p.u.c., we all know that we are going to call him. i cannot, for the life of me, was has been a supervisor on and off the board for twenty years, know who your legislative liaison -- are not saying this to you as individuals, i'm saying this to you as an organization that has ten thousand employees, to hospitals, at a two billion dollar budget, i could not -- i don't think any of my colleagues, correct me if i'm wrong, you can tell the . person is for -- and i don't like to create new positions in government, but you might need one. generally when i see something like this, as i did today, i will have questions for you at the board of supervisors. today i called next i have questions for you. i don't like to blindside people. i don't know who to call in your department. that is not a good thing. maybe we can continue this item for a week, get some good answers and on the record next week. i would like to make a motion to continue this one week. i don't think there is any harm. >> there is a motion made by supervisor peskin and seconded

world president will meet with us and it's something that is it's really an initiative by the reporters are s.f. porter sense for two years. i think the technology platforms the social media platforms are forced to confront what they've created that what they've done now is allowed. evil networks to take over and that has actually had an impact on democracies around the world. so. it's going to interest. them. is a nice the scene get a question i'm going to have wife i think it's ok i will i will set up as i'll try to live stream for the event. if if if true one seven thank you. yes this is all. the details from just a little of them because you feel that the solution on the new. it sure you were trying. to do. you know it's horrible when that it will be contra life you know plus you see a doctor who walks needed to see if you just got twenty on this one just young you need to. go over. the system to get the speed limit was most put to the limit at our ball our how many choices. in the business is infamous too little money from the government they don't miss if. that's perfect. so i'm honored t

senior disabled, all of that with the s.f. r.p.d. >> it looks like you're getting a lot of agreement behind you. maybe after the meeting you can contact to get reassured they are doing a lot of this, and you can tell them how much they ought to be doing more of it. >> all rights. thank you very much. >> is there anyone else who would like to make public comment on this item, being none , public comment is closed. >> another very interesting report. thank you very much. i have one question. with the gardens, is a predominantly food that's being grown? >> it depends on the site and the individuals. a lot of people are growing flowers, but most of the gardens do have food. i can only think of one that is not primarily food growing. the farm grew 28,000 pounds of produce last year. it serves three different pantries. >> nice. >> we are growing a significant amount of food. there is a couple of other sites were garden members are definitely growing food to health with food security needs. >> thank you. >> commissioners, i just want

the headline does not say zuckerberg s.f. general, and that is really terrific. thank you. >> secretary: commissioners, i apologize, and you are now able to vote. >> president chow: we return to the calendar item, and i will call the roll for the voting on acceptance of the minutes. all those in favor? opposed? hearing none, before the next item, i want to take the opportunity to welcome dr. greg colfax as the new director of public health. i look forward to working with you again, we had a long relationship, a couple days ago, both in the a.e.'s office, so i'm appreciative of the fact that you're here, and i know you bring a great skill set to the department of public health, and i look forward to working with you again. [ applause ] >> secretary: and item three is the director's report. >> so thank you for that warm welcome. thank you, health commissioners. as you know, i've been in the job for about six hours, so i really want to express appreciation for a seamless and welcoming onboarding process, especially working with greg and his leadership, mark and look

volume of small -- emails from the pars and teachers and educators in my district along with the leaders from s.f. community school. my district has -- i fight quite often with supervisor walton about who has the most children under the age of 1 18 in the entire city. depends on who's making the count and where the lane is drawn. if families want to be able to survive and live and feel comfortable and welcome in san francisco, they're surviving in our districts. mine and supervisor walton. that doesn't exclude any other districtses that have children and families. we have the highest concentration. i hear from them every single day about what it means to be a working family and living if the city. we were presented with three really strong messages from the voters of san francisco. focus on educators and ensuring they have an ability to continue to grow and thrive. focus on early childhood educators. i want to point out, we last friday, president yee and some of us others went and sat on a panel. there were about 150 early childhood educators in the room. we have money to fill classrooms now. we

the only company that meets the requirements and mandated by s.f. shasha charger. taz is the only vendor awarded detailing contracts, all the others vendors being paid through prop q. authority. as vendors would violate city purchasing rules for contracts over $400,000. taz is the only vendor with a contract being excluded by the san francisco police department and other city departments through mar farley, the senior purchaser in o.c.a. office of contract administration, as well as brian young, his fpd fleet management. taz is the only qualified black car wash in san francisco that is being discriminated against. it has been discriminated against since 2014, to the present time. taz has filed a whistleblower complaint in 2,016, in 2016 for the same behavior, whereas essential shops forced taz to do horrible fittings, which is illegal. sergeant rick yee engaged in bid-rigging along with city purchasing departments. doing the bidding process for the carwash contract. we have been complaining about this since the award date. under written policy that the city departme

coalition is attempting to avoid taking full responsibility for the air strike according to the disputed report am s.f. as the group is also and had failed to inform the coalition that its cholera treatment center was a medical facility at therefore claims that the building was considered at the time to be a legitimate military target m.s.f. however says it had notified the side led coalition about the new field hospital at least twelve times and had its am displayed on the roof riyadh has since called the bombing an unintended era. m.s.f. is now demanding a new investigation and that the allegations against it be dropped rights activists are flounders told us that last rights on hospitals are totally unlawful. under international humanitarian law medical facilities are protected may not be targeted under any circumstances and it is responsibility of those carrying out the attack and not to the facility itself so even that argument is a hunt argue it's a complete fraud of course the bombing was carried out by saudi arabia and the quadroons had been given again and again as. since infante are explained