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. >> thank you, chair haney. i just noticed a couple people were sitting not where their name was. i just want to make sure they have the right name in front of them. thank you for calling this today i really appreciate this. i know there's a lot of people in the audience and others who have been waiting quite a while to have this conversation, so i want to think sfusd commissioners that engaged on this. thank you to the sfusd leadership for engaging on this and our city college trustees, and the community that was really involved in this conversation. i want to take a step back for a minute and let's just put what happened on the table. there was a young man, there was an incident at a high school. we all live in a new era, that new era these days, unfortunately has been influenced by individuals that have been involved in shootings at schools and it's very sad the lack of gun control in our country, the lack of innocent lives and children's lives that have been taken, and families that have been impacted by this. and so in many ways, it has impacted how we, as a society, now resp
. >> thank you, chair haney. i just noticed a couple people were sitting not where their name was. i just want to make sure they have the right name in front of them. thank you for calling this today i really appreciate this. i know there's a lot of people in the audience and others who have been waiting quite a while to have this conversation, so i want to think sfusd commissioners that engaged on this. thank you to the sfusd leadership for engaging on this and our city college trustees,...
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. >> chair fewer: supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you, chair fewer. i have a few questions in line with what supervisor mandelman was asking. in concern to these deliverables, are there -- i'm hard -- maybe i'm missing something here, but the number of case managers, ratios to patients, any type of results for the patients? how do you measure that this is an effective provider for these relief services that are central to our mental health system. >> so each contract has objectives that they have to meet, and so those are published on our website. but just, for example -- i'm just looking at the citywide focus. well, one was the cans ansa, the assessment that is done to measure where a person is in terms of strength stability. that's repeated, and so we want the score to get higher, reflecting stability. other objectives are no more -- i'm just going to read one example. >> supervisor haney: this is from the contract? >> sorry? >> supervisor haney: this is from the contract itself? >> so in the contract, they are required to meet measurable objectives
. >> chair fewer: supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you, chair fewer. i have a few questions in line with what supervisor mandelman was asking. in concern to these deliverables, are there -- i'm hard -- maybe i'm missing something here, but the number of case managers, ratios to patients, any type of results for the patients? how do you measure that this is an effective provider for these relief services that are central to our mental health system. >> so each...
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by contract. >> supervisor mandelman: and i would look forward to working with you, supervisor haney. >> chair fewer: okay. well, let's -- >> supervisor haney: well, i appreciate that. and i do think we should call a hearing. if it's okay, i'm still not going to vote for this contract just because i'm uncomfortable, considering how important this is, and how little i feel like i know about what they're actually doing. >> chair fewer: sure. >> supervisor haney: but i respect the wishes of the committee on this, if we could take a vote on that and then call a hearing. >> supervisor mandelman: i'll move we forward it with a positive recommendation to the full board. >> chair fewer: okay. call the vote. >> clerk: chair fewer, there are two ayes and one in the dissent. >> chair fewer: mr. clerk, can you please read item number 6. >> chair fewer: and miss rugals, we have you back. >> yes. so michelle rugals from the d.p.h. office. so this is a contract that we've had for many years. it's a contract providing behavioral health services to extend the contract. we -- as you will notice, there are a lot
by contract. >> supervisor mandelman: and i would look forward to working with you, supervisor haney. >> chair fewer: okay. well, let's -- >> supervisor haney: well, i appreciate that. and i do think we should call a hearing. if it's okay, i'm still not going to vote for this contract just because i'm uncomfortable, considering how important this is, and how little i feel like i know about what they're actually doing. >> chair fewer: sure. >> supervisor haney: but...
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chair haney. >> i wanted to announce that supervisor walton had to leave and supervisor safai will sub in for him officially. >> is there a motion to have supervisor walton for the remainder of the meeting? >> so moved. >> i need a second. >> second. >> thank you. >> okay, great. commander lazar. >> good morning, supervisors and commissioners and trustees, i'm commander david lazar with the san francisco police department community engagement division. the school resource officer program is within my division, so i'm joined here today by acting captain elonda williams who will co-present with me and i look forward to this presentation and also fielding any questions that you may have moving forward. in terms of my presentation today i'm going to talk about the m.o.u. status, some of the issues and concerns that we have and the work that we're doing moving forward and we'll talk about the school resource officer program and i know that there were questions about that. and give you an update about know your rights and we're proud of the work that we have done with both the school distric
chair haney. >> i wanted to announce that supervisor walton had to leave and supervisor safai will sub in for him officially. >> is there a motion to have supervisor walton for the remainder of the meeting? >> so moved. >> i need a second. >> second. >> thank you. >> okay, great. commander lazar. >> good morning, supervisors and commissioners and trustees, i'm commander david lazar with the san francisco police department community engagement...
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. >> chair peskin: okay. supervisor haney, any questions from miss toran? because i know we have a lot of public comment. >> supervisor safai: can i make one last comment? >> chair peskin: and i'm going to have to find a substitute for me because i have to leave in 28 minutes. >> supervisor safai: i have three minutes. you brought up price predictablity. i think it's not the airport in general, but it's a good conversation to have. it's one of those aspects that makes the taxi market less competitive, but also, it's the knowledge of which -- accessibility, so if you're in a more remote location, and you have the ability to track when and where you're going to be picked up, that's an asset. i just wanted to point that out. i know there's within some attempts in the past, like flywheel and all that, but if we're going to make an attempt and encourage this industry to thrive, there has to be a real step to ensure that it's not just price predictability, but it's accessibility. >> yeah. and i agree, getting on an app would be the first step. we have flywheel, bu
. >> chair peskin: okay. supervisor haney, any questions from miss toran? because i know we have a lot of public comment. >> supervisor safai: can i make one last comment? >> chair peskin: and i'm going to have to find a substitute for me because i have to leave in 28 minutes. >> supervisor safai: i have three minutes. you brought up price predictablity. i think it's not the airport in general, but it's a good conversation to have. it's one of those aspects that makes...
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i am the chair of this committee, aaron peskin, joined to my right by supervisor ahsha safai and sitting in for supervisor matt haneysupervisor gordon mar. miss clerk, do we have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read]. >> chair peskin: thank you, miss major. could you please call the first item. >> clerk: yes. would you like to make a motion to excuse supervisor haney in the meantime? >> chair peskin: i believe that supervisor haney is going to be joining us shortly. i can make a motion to excuse him for the first items until he gets here, so i will do that. i would like to make a motion to excuse supervisor haney until he arrives. that motion will be passed without objection. first item, please. >> clerk: item 1 is a motion initiating the process to install plaques at 3899 20th streets to commemorate them as the few working fire hydrants during the fire of 1906. >> chair peskin: thank you, miss major. i think this item is really cool. there are a handful of fire hydrants that unlike vanness, survive and continue to provide water to a number of engines, and as we deal with things like the eser bonds an
i am the chair of this committee, aaron peskin, joined to my right by supervisor ahsha safai and sitting in for supervisor matt haneysupervisor gordon mar. miss clerk, do we have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read]. >> chair peskin: thank you, miss major. could you please call the first item. >> clerk: yes. would you like to make a motion to excuse supervisor haney in the meantime? >> chair peskin: i believe that supervisor haney is going to be joining...
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chair. joined to the left, matt haney, and vice chair supervisor who will be sitting to my right.erica major. do you have any announcements? >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and come copies of documents should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon will appear on the june 4th, board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated
chair. joined to the left, matt haney, and vice chair supervisor who will be sitting to my right.erica major. do you have any announcements? >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and come copies of documents should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon will appear on the june 4th, board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated
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or shifts. >> supervisor haney: right. >> so it sounds like a lot, but they are not all working at one time. yeah, chair fewer's question, 43 officers. >> supervisor haney: i was going to reiterate that, does sound like a lot, but when you have 6:00 a.m. to midnight, multiple shifts, you're in a situation at any given time it's maybe six to eight, and it's a very large area. it includes west field mall and all of that area all along market. when you break it down like that -- but i want to understand whether this overtime would increase that number or is it to maintain it right now. >> that would be an enhancement, so we would be able to do more in the mid market area, because we have the transit hubs, and what we did, absorbed that as part of the general safety plan for the civic center plaza area, but that need is still there. people coming up from the muni platforms -- >> supervisor haney: seventh street, exactly, huge need there. i'm not at all suggesting we have -- >> correct, correct. so that -- that didn't totally go away, but when that funding ended, we didn't have that robust deployment while w
or shifts. >> supervisor haney: right. >> so it sounds like a lot, but they are not all working at one time. yeah, chair fewer's question, 43 officers. >> supervisor haney: i was going to reiterate that, does sound like a lot, but when you have 6:00 a.m. to midnight, multiple shifts, you're in a situation at any given time it's maybe six to eight, and it's a very large area. it includes west field mall and all of that area all along market. when you break it down like that --...
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chair of the local agency formation commission. i am joined by commissioners cynthia pollock, matt haney, and gordon mar. our clerk is miss alisa somera. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? [agenda item read]. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. madam clerk, will you please read item number two. >> clerk: item 2 is the approval of the lafco meeting from the meeting of april 19, 2019. >> chair fewer: any comments or question prosecut questions from my colleagues? let's open this up for public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: i make a motion to approve this item. seconded. okay. can you please call item number three. >> clerk: item number three is a community agregation activities report. >> chair fewer: i'd like to make a motion to continue this item to the next meeting of the lafco. >> clerk: after public comment? >> chair fewer: after public comment. is there any member of the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: i'd like to move this item to the next meeting of the lafco. can i hav
chair of the local agency formation commission. i am joined by commissioners cynthia pollock, matt haney, and gordon mar. our clerk is miss alisa somera. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? [agenda item read]. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. madam clerk, will you please read item number two. >> clerk: item 2 is the approval of the lafco meeting from the meeting of april 19, 2019. >> chair fewer: any comments or question prosecut questions from my colleagues? let's...
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chair. joined to the left, matt haney, and vice chair supervisor who will be sitting to my right. our clerk is erica major. do you have any announcements? >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and come copies of documents should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon will appear on the june 4th, board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you. please call the next item. >> item one is an ordinance amending the administrative code to acquire the department of homelessness and supportive housing, a.k.a. h.s.h. to establish a safe, overnight parking pilot program. require h.s.h. to collaborate with the m.c.a. to develop an ongoing parking citation and toe and storage fee abatement program, and affirming appropriate findings. >> okay. is there any public comment on item number 1? seeing none, public comment is closed. we are going to defer action on this until later in the agenda. madame clerk, please read item number 2. >> item number 2 is then ordinance amending the ministry of code to allow applications
chair. joined to the left, matt haney, and vice chair supervisor who will be sitting to my right. our clerk is erica major. do you have any announcements? >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and come copies of documents should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon will appear on the june 4th, board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you. please call the next item. >> item one is an ordinance...
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. >> thank you, chair tsen, supervisor haney, members of the board. i'd like to invite sherry williams to give an update on treasure island programs. >> good afternoon, with one treasure island. with the vertical development starting on ybi and anticipated the first affordable project happening in calendar year, 2020, we're going to be ramping up our construction training program. and hopefully we'll be getting a lot of people, low-income san franciscans into the trades and union work in developing these new housing units. so we're pretty excited about that for this coming up calendar year starting july 1. and then also we have our drivers education program which we are working with oewd as part of their driver-build program to increase the number of drivers that is woefully needed in san francisco. we are assisting them getting their class b licenses and one of our efforts is going to be to try to partner with the operating engineers so we can get folks into that union. so aside from that, we're also updating the family resource guide that we hope to
. >> thank you, chair tsen, supervisor haney, members of the board. i'd like to invite sherry williams to give an update on treasure island programs. >> good afternoon, with one treasure island. with the vertical development starting on ybi and anticipated the first affordable project happening in calendar year, 2020, we're going to be ramping up our construction training program. and hopefully we'll be getting a lot of people, low-income san franciscans into the trades and union...
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i am the chair, aaron peskin, joined by committee members supervisor matt haney to my left and shortlyvice-chair supervisor safai. >> thank you, mr. chair. silence your cellphones and completed speaker cards and documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted on the clerk. june 11th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you, could you please read the first item. >> agenda item number 1 ordinance the planning code to designate 524 union as a landmark under article 10 of the planning code. confirming the planning department under ceqa and making other relevant findings. >> supervisor haney: on behalf of the san francisco planning department and the historic preservation commission. >> good afternoon, supervisors. shannon first thing so fergusso. i'm here for a recommendation regarding landmark designation of the former paper doll bar at 524 union street in north beach. this say community sponsor landmark designation that was submitted by the property owner. the final draft of the landmark des i guess natiodesignation wae department in august of 20
i am the chair, aaron peskin, joined by committee members supervisor matt haney to my left and shortlyvice-chair supervisor safai. >> thank you, mr. chair. silence your cellphones and completed speaker cards and documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted on the clerk. june 11th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you, could you please read the first item. >> agenda item number 1 ordinance the planning code to designate 524 union...
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haney? >> thank you, chair fewer. and i can ask about general things? >> this is about item number 6. we are going to be discussing the budget after the committee takes a vote on this. okay, thank you very much. and seeing no comment from my colleagues let's open this up for public comment. mr. wright? >> that's pretty good, 1,300 permanent housing units. i hope that you're talking about the complexes and not navigation centers, because there's not enough to support all of the people of the homeless population of 8,011 people from the latest census count and here's an example where no one has a place to go. after police moved their encampment. here's another example of the homeless count by the census bureau and as you can see it constantly increases. and it's up by 17%. and by the same response, here's another example on how after 60 days that the people who are in the navigation center get put back on the street and another example why i believe that we need permanent housing, period. instead of temporariness. and by the same response we had two hearings this week where the manageme
haney? >> thank you, chair fewer. and i can ask about general things? >> this is about item number 6. we are going to be discussing the budget after the committee takes a vote on this. okay, thank you very much. and seeing no comment from my colleagues let's open this up for public comment. mr. wright? >> that's pretty good, 1,300 permanent housing units. i hope that you're talking about the complexes and not navigation centers, because there's not enough to support all of the...
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haney. >> thank you, chair peskin. thank you for this. my questions are on a couple of projects in item 8. so you said that for the 5th street quick-build improvement, that we're going to be funding part of it. but that may is funding the rest of it. are they funding the full requested amount? is there already confirmed? does it have impact on the timeline of the project? >> yes. we haven't finalized the exact source with them. but we have the option between general funds that are controlled by sfmta or they are welcome to request prop k funds. last fall when we adopted the five years of programming for prop k, we included some place holders for vision zero projects that might be a good fit for this project. but it would be an ongoing discussion with them. >> so we don't know yet? i mean, so we chose it much less than the full amount that was requested. so it's unclear whether they're going to be able to find other sources? >> we have discussed it with staff, with sfmta staff. and we feel confident that the project can be fully funded bet
haney. >> thank you, chair peskin. thank you for this. my questions are on a couple of projects in item 8. so you said that for the 5th street quick-build improvement, that we're going to be funding part of it. but that may is funding the rest of it. are they funding the full requested amount? is there already confirmed? does it have impact on the timeline of the project? >> yes. we haven't finalized the exact source with them. but we have the option between general funds that are...
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chair of the committee. my name is aaron peskin joined by sasha safai and matt haney.lerk. >> clerk: be sure to silence all electronic devices and produce items submit ford the file to the clerk and item will appear on the june 25th agenda. the clerk's office would like to thank supervisor peskin for his service to the city and wish him a happy birthday. >> commissioner: please your heart. thank you, madame clerk. colleagues, last week i warned you we'd have a super long land use committee today. it turns out that that is not the case for three items the subject of a continuance so as a matter of housekeeping madame clerk can you please read items 1, 5 and 6 together? >>reporter: item one a hearing to receiving a report from the puc on options for electric service through acquisition, construction or completion of public yutilities. item number 5 an ordinance to establish a legitimization program for a certain non-residential uses at 3150 18th street and affirming appropriate findings. item 6 requires building setbacks for building front being on narrow streets modifyi
chair of the committee. my name is aaron peskin joined by sasha safai and matt haney.lerk. >> clerk: be sure to silence all electronic devices and produce items submit ford the file to the clerk and item will appear on the june 25th agenda. the clerk's office would like to thank supervisor peskin for his service to the city and wish him a happy birthday. >> commissioner: please your heart. thank you, madame clerk. colleagues, last week i warned you we'd have a super long land use...
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haney: thank you, supervisor fewer. so we're going to continue this at the call of the chair. were able to get all the public comment in. i'm not sure what chair wants to do in terms of the hearing on his birthday. i appreciate supervisor fewer's comments. i had sounds to me like i understand the concern of $161 million purchasing them all back, but that would be purchasing every single one of them back at full $250,000, it seems like there may be other models so we can do right by these folks who really did put their savings and are paying a huge amount back in an industry that, as we recognize by everything we're trying to do, is having a tough time. obviously this continues to be -- this is new issue for me as a new board member, but i continue to be a bit perplexed and concerned about the situation we've put these folks in. and so i'm sure there will be further opportunities for you to keep us updated on what to do for them. i echo supervisor fewer's calls, if there is other types of things -- i don't think there is a belief that every single one for the $250,000 will be p
haney: thank you, supervisor fewer. so we're going to continue this at the call of the chair. were able to get all the public comment in. i'm not sure what chair wants to do in terms of the hearing on his birthday. i appreciate supervisor fewer's comments. i had sounds to me like i understand the concern of $161 million purchasing them all back, but that would be purchasing every single one of them back at full $250,000, it seems like there may be other models so we can do right by these folks...
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i am the chair of this committee, aaron peskin, joined to my right by supervisor ahsha safai and sitting in for supervisor matt haney
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chair fewer: okay. thank you very much. mr. controller, can you please take note of this committee's recommendation to accept the b.l.a. recommendation, please. thank you very much, mr. haney good to see you. okay. can we get the office of economic and workforce development, and i believe we have mr. joaquin torres here. can we hear the b.l.a.s report here. >> yes. the budget for this department is 26.7% more than the 2018-19 budget. the department's proposed $70,033,820 for fiscal year 20-21 is 17.3% less than the mayor's proposed fiscal 19-20 budget of $84,731,821. our recommended reductions to the proposed budget total $17,330 in fiscal year 19-20. of the $723,330, 251,594 are ongoing savings, and the rest are one-time savings. these reductions would still allow an increase of 16,539,007 or 24.5% of the department's fiscal year 19-20 budget. in addition, we recommend closing out prior unexpended encumbrances of $321,494. of this amount, $221,494 are derived from general funds for total savings of $100,000. we also have recommended reductions to the proposed fiscal year 2020-2021 budget, and that those total $298,793. all of that of recommended reductions in fiscal year
chair fewer: okay. thank you very much. mr. controller, can you please take note of this committee's recommendation to accept the b.l.a. recommendation, please. thank you very much, mr. haney good to see you. okay. can we get the office of economic and workforce development, and i believe we have mr. joaquin torres here. can we hear the b.l.a.s report here. >> yes. the budget for this department is 26.7% more than the 2018-19 budget. the department's proposed $70,033,820 for fiscal year...
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chair richard pond to create uniform healthcare data disclosures and parity and data reporting across the healthcare industry. >> supervisor mar? >> thank you. first i wanted to thank supervisors peskin, brown, haney , and ronen for cosponsoring this resolution. i would like to thank others for working with my office to draft a language, and finally, of like to acknowledge kaiser for reaching out and even being here to speak in public comment today about as. >> supervisor cohen: forty-three to explain the practical challenges they face as an integrated system in complying with the same cost reporting requirements as other health plans and hospitals in the state i was pleased to hear from kaiser that they are working with the bill sponsor on amendments that would create a cost reporting structure that complies with s.b. 343 and is workable for kaiser. i am hopeful that the end result will create a more uniform reporting structure that will allow the city and county of san francisco, other employers, workers, and consumers a fuller picture about healthcare cost while acknowledging kaiser's integrated model of healthcare. i look forward to seeing the end result of those negotiations, and i am happy t
chair richard pond to create uniform healthcare data disclosures and parity and data reporting across the healthcare industry. >> supervisor mar? >> thank you. first i wanted to thank supervisors peskin, brown, haney , and ronen for cosponsoring this resolution. i would like to thank others for working with my office to draft a language, and finally, of like to acknowledge kaiser for reaching out and even being here to speak in public comment today about as. >> supervisor...
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haney present. commissioner peskin? >> present. >> commissioner ronen? >> ronen present. commissioner stefani? >> present. >> stefani present. commissioner wallton? >> present. >> commissioner yee? yee absent. we have quorum. >> thank you, mr. quintanilla. with that we'll go to the chair's report. colleagues, this month we began with -- we begin with congratulations to the bay area rapid transit district, for its award last week of a long-awaited $300 million core capacity grant from the federal transit administration. this award is the first installment of what potentially could be $1.2 billion pursuant to a full funding grant agreement, to boost capacity on bart's trans-based service by over 30%, increasing the current 23 ten-car trains per hour to 30 trains per hour. i think we all agree this is good news for the 28,000 people that travel by bart across the bay during the peak. twice number who travel by car on the bay bridge. bart's program is extensive, consisting of 300 new rail cars, train control upgrade, and new maintenance facilities. this is what riders have been asking for and it's really something transformative for our regional transit system. our thanks go to our bay area congressional delegation, which advocated strongly for this grant, particularly spea
haney present. commissioner peskin? >> present. >> commissioner ronen? >> ronen present. commissioner stefani? >> present. >> stefani present. commissioner wallton? >> present. >> commissioner yee? yee absent. we have quorum. >> thank you, mr. quintanilla. with that we'll go to the chair's report. colleagues, this month we began with -- we begin with congratulations to the bay area rapid transit district, for its award last week of a long-awaited...