dorsey dorsey i and supervisor in cardio and cardio i their attorneys without objection these motions are approved madam clerk will you please call item 19 item 19 this is a motion to appoint supervisor danny sadr to the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district board of directors term ending january 31st 2027 or the conclusion of his term as a member of the board of supervisors. >> colleagues can i have a motion to excuse supervisor sadr from voting on this matter moved by chen second by walton without objection the supervisor sadr is excused. >> and on the motion madam clerk, will you please call the roll on item 19 supervisor fielder fielder i.e. supervisor mahmoud mahmoud i supervisor randleman hi mendelson i supervisor melgar i melgar i supervisor cheryl cheryl i supervisor walton i walton i supervisor chan chin i supervisor chin chin eyes supervisor dorsey dorsey i and supervisor in cardio and cardio i there are ten eyes without objection the motion is approved madam clerk could you please call items 20 through 22 together items 20 through 22 are three motions that appoint supervisor matt dorsey to the outside boards or commissions for the four an alternate member to the san francisco bay conservation and development commission for an indefinite term item 21 to the reentry council term ending june 1st 2026 or the conclusion of his term as member of the board and for adam, 22, as a member to the association of bay area executive board term ending june 30th 2025 or the conclusion of his term as a member of the board. >> colleagues can i have a motion to excuse supervisor dorsey from voting on these matters moved by cheryl seconded by mahmoud without objection supervisor dorsey is excused. >> and on the motions madam clerk, will you please call the roll on items 20 through 22 supervisor fielder fielder eyes supervisor mahmoud mahmoud i sup

motion to continue this resolution to the march 19th meeting of this committee. >> vice chair dorsey dorsey i member in cardio and cardio i turchin i can i we have three eyes the motion passes thank you. >> and then with that mr. clerk please call item number nine. >> yes. item number nine is a hearing on the city and county of san francisco's five year financial plan update for fiscal year 2025 to 2026. through fiscal year 2029 the t30 and the mayor's budget instructions for fiscal year 2025 to 2026 and 2026 to 2027. >> madam chair, thank you, mr. clerk. and today we have the mayor's office mayor's budget office here and mr. ben mccloskey. >> the floor is yours. thank you, chair shannon supervisors benjamin mccloskey interim director of the mayor's budget office. the presentation that we'll be going through today is very similar in content to the instructions and information that were provided to departments and cfos in december as part of mayor breed's budget instructions and we've included some additional supplemental information about mayor lurie's additional instructions. first an over

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

roll call please. >> and on that motion to continue this hearing to the call the chair vice chair dorsey dorsey i remembering cardio and cardio i church can i can i we have three eyes the motion passes and mr. clerk do you have any other business before us today? and that concludes our business. thank you for the meeting stream >> 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 cente

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recommendation. >> vice chair mahmood vice chair mahmud i member salter member salter i chair dorsey chair dorsey i have three eyes. >> thank you madam clerk the motion passes. congratulations to the applicant madam clerk do we have any more items before us today? >> no. that completes our meeting agenda. thank you madam clerk. >> thank you all. we are adjourned [music] right here. then put it and pull it. [music] it is an important part of the work that mission cultural center for well tino arts does. steb in the 1977. as part of the graphic's department. >> mission graphica created block print. cut, screen printing, t-shirts to support social causes. and also the studio inhabited emerging and established artists from all over the world. [music] so the name of this exhibit this is installed at the hall is public voice. and the exhibition is in partnership with mission cultural center and archives. [music] this installation is 5 decades of the work that they have been doing since the upon upon 70s. it is a chronicle of san francisco's history. >> mission graphica part of latino image makers, educ

dorsey chair dorsey i have three eyes. >> thank you madam clerk the motion passes. congratulations to the applicant madam clerk do we have any more items before us today? >> no. that completes our meeting agenda. thank you madam clerk. >> thank you all. we are adjourned . all right. you all good? can you all hear me now? i'm supposed to look at the cameras but we got the whole crew over here. >> so forgive me as i look at them. i'm not trying to be rude, but thank you all for being here. i want to thank supervisor matt dorsey for being here. i want to thank district attorney brooke jenkins for being here. i want to thank police chief bill scott for being here and marissa rodriguez, the ceo of the union square alliance and scott rowe, its executive director of the year bob wayne a partnership. i want to thank the arts and culture sector that is represented over here to our right. the hospitality sector as well as jeff travel, alex bastian. i want to thank tyler florence for being here. i want to thank our seiu local 87 janitors for being here. really appreciate that. ufc w local five is also here and the building trades. i appreciate labor being in the house. thank you all very much. so good morning everyone and thank you. today we're gathered downtown a place that we can all admit is not what it used to be. anyone who grew up in san francisco remembers going to union square for holiday shopping or seeing the tourists lining up for the cable car. this was the face of our city and we are all still so proud o

. >> and from district six, matt dorsey, thanks to everybody. i'm supervisor matt dorsey and it has been my honor to serve this city 14 years of which in a san francisco city attorney's office that fought again and again successfully to uphold our city's sanctuary city policies. and for those who look at sanctuary three as an ideological issues, i want to just remind everybody about the important principles that underlie it. the federal government is responsible for immigration, not local governments. who said that? the founding fathers said it. where do they say it in the 10th amendment to the constitution and how long has it been there? since 1791. that is the principle upon which sanctuary city stands. and i'm proud to stand with my colleagues, policy makers, law enforcement professionals to do everything that we can do to protect the public safety of san franciscans irrespective of their citizenship status. no human being is illegal and i'm proud to stand with you for sanctuary. >> and that's it folks. that is your san francisco board of supervisors that although we d

dorsey, aye. >> commissioner engardio, aye. >> commissioner fielder, aye. >> commissioner mahmood, aye. >> chair mandelman, aye. >> commissioner dorsey, aye. >> commissioner sauter, aye. >> commissioner sherrill, aye. >> commissioner walton. >> there are 11 ayes the motion to vice chair melgar is approved. >> congratulations vice chair melgar. >> we're going to do some technical switching around. >> you let me know, which. >> okay. thank you colleagues very exciting. um, nominations are now in order for the office of vice chair. >> and i will take a moment to thank you for giving me the opportunity to do this and to nominate someone has expressed lots of interest in transportation and understand how crucial access to accessible and affordable transportation is to the climate to the equity our colleague commissioner fielder today i have a second? >> chair mandelman as segmented for commissioner sauter and i accept the nomination. >> okay. we now have to take public comment on that nomination. >> you have beautiful and now wasn't (unintelligible) recently honestly (unintelligible). >> you said she wants she - and now responsible for the transportation. seriously. okay. no way i'm going too sign off. >> what in which. >> a mayor your ancestors (unintelligible). >> automatic. okay. looks like advertise it and go to remote public comment. >> chair checking for remote public comment on this item. is no public comment. >> okay. with that, public comment is closed. (gavel) >> let's take a vote on the motion in favor of electing commissioner sauter for vice chair. >> apologizes for that commissioner chan, aye. >> commissioner chen, aye. >> commissioner dorsey> commissioner engardio, aye. >> commissioner fielder, aye. >> commissioner preston, aye. >> chair mandelman, aye. >> commissioner richards, aye. >> commissioner sauter, aye. >> commissioner sherrill, aye. >> commissioner walton. >> there are 11 i's the motion to elect commissioner sauter at vice chair is approved. >> congratulations. >> okay. madam clerk on to item 6 please. >> 5. election of chair and vice chair for 2025 — action. >> welcome executive director. >> thank you for leading the transportation authority commissioner dorsey and commissioner sauter it is lovely to and excited to work with you and the staff and special welcome and heart felt thank you to chair mandelman and others before him for the last four years we're privileged to have that during the time coming out of pandemic and our prop l authorization. thank you very much. and look forward to presenting the 2024 credit and thanks to our deputy the communications director. for the newer members of the board i want to

dorsey, aye. >> commissioner engardio, aye. >> commissioner fielder, aye. >> commissioner mahmood, aye. >> chair mandelman, aye. >> commissioner dorsey, aye. >> commissioner sauter, aye. >> commissioner sherrill, aye. >> commissioner walton. >> there are 11 ayes the motion to vice chair melgar is approved. >> congratulations vice chair melgar. >> we're going to do some technical switching around. >> you let me know, which. >> okay. thank you colleagues very exciting. um, nominations are now in order for the office of vice chair. >> and i will take a moment to thank you for giving me the opportunity to do this and to nominate someone has expressed lots of interest in transportation and understand how crucial access to accessible and affordable transportation is to the climate to the equity our colleague commissioner fielder today i have a second? >> chair mandelman as segmented for commissioner sauter and i accept the nomination. >> okay. we now have to take public comment on that nomination. >> you have beautiful and now wasn't (unintelligible) recently honestly (unintelligible). >> you said she wants she - and now responsible for the transportation. seriously. okay. no way i'm going too sign off. >> what in which. >> a mayor your ancestors (unintelligible). >> automatic. okay. looks like advertise it and go to remote public comment. >> chair checking for remote public comment on this item. is no public comment. >> okay. with that, public comment is closed. (gavel) >> let's take a vote on the motion in favor of electing commissioner sauter for vice chair. >> apologizes for that commissioner chan, aye. >> commissioner chen, aye. >> commissioner dorsey> chair mandelman, aye. >> commissioner richards, aye. >> commissioner sauter, aye. >> commissioner sherrill, aye. >> commissioner walton. >> there are 11 i's the motion to elect commissioner sauter at vice chair is approved. >> congratulations. >> okay. madam clerk on to item 6 please. >> 5. election of chair and vice chair for 2025 — action. >> welcome executive director. >> thank you for leading the transportation authority commissioner dorsey and commissioner sauter it is lovely to and excited to work with you and the staff and special welcome and heart felt thank you to chair mandelman and others before him for the last four years we're privileged to have that during the time coming out of pandemic and our prop l authorization. thank you very much. and look forward to presenting the 2024 credit and thanks to our deputy the communications director. for the newer members of the board i want to have statutory rules in the presentation of a policy startup we are your staff and in the

supervisor matt dorsey to the reentry council term ending june 1st, 2026 or the inclusion of his term as a member of the board of supervisor. item number 11 is motion appointing supervisor matt dorsey as a member of the association to be or your executive board term ending june 30th 2025 or the inclusion of his term as a member of the board of supervisors. >> thank you so much mr. clerk. seeing no comments or questions from colleagues, we will now call for public comment on the items. >> yes, members of the public who wish to speak may line up to speak at this time you will have two minutes. >> hi, my name's liam mckeever. i live in d six which is the supervisor for number ten. >> i don't know if i can say names anymore for the reentry council. >> the reentry council coordinator. it's local efforts to support justice involved in formerly incarcerated people. >> and just judging off of all the legislation and what my or the supervisor is enthused to impose on us via criminalization and incarceration and especially of homeless and people addicted to drugs, i question if he's a good fit for everyone who needs services from the reentry council or just seems pretty narrow minded and see

dorsey i'm not going to repeat all the things that the mayor gave but i just want to call out a few people. supervisor dorsey for your leadership. this has been something that you have been talking about for quite a while now. and i thank you for your partnership and support of mayor lurie's vision. our district attorney brooke jenkins who is an incredible law enforcement partner. we cannot do our work without her support and the work that she and her office does also supervisor sartor who hit the ground running and it's been an incredible first month for everything that you have brought to the table. >> so thank you. melissa rodriguez who we will hear from next. i want to thank you because you are an incredible partner and without the union square alliance. >> you know, we've we work through some very difficult challenges in union square and i am so optimistic about the future because of you and your work and the work of your team. >> so with that, let's get down to business and talk about talk a little bit about talk a little bit about what we're here for the hospitality zone task force. this is a vital initiative for us, the san francisco police department because we know how important this corridor is this area is to our city. it's important to our economy. it's important to the image of san francisco. these are some of the most traveled and the most visited streets and corridors in our city and it's very, very important vitally important that we are pristine 24 hours a day, seven days a week not just for conventions, not just for conferences, not just for the nba all stars but every day. and quite frankly, we've had some challenges trying to do that. i am extremely optimistic with this footprint of the hospitality zone task force because two things we will collaborate with all the work that we're doing and what mayor lori mentioned the demak work, the all the different components the sheriff's department who are here with this the probation department adult and juvenile, our federal partners all that work will be collaborated into this zone to make a difference and to keep our streets safe and clean and i think that is what we all want. so how will we do it? it will take multiple districts stations who will come together to do their work collaborative and we struggle with that in the past with this task force model will alleviate some of the silos that we've seen in the past. as the mayor mentioned, we're talking about multiple district stations but we haven't had this model before where we put those officers together to work side by side collaboratively with all the other agencies that you see here before you and that is the model that this task force will will will do every day. and this is going to be the basis of our success. a couple of other notes. the zone will be focused and i'll i'll read the streets out in a second but this zone will be focused for the areas where our hotels are our a lot of our shopping corridors are a lot of the tourists when they come to our city and enjoy san francisco, this is where they come. we want them to walk away with a beautiful experience. we want our residents who have struggled with street drug usage and drug dealers on the corner. that is no more that is no more . now i'm going to say this clearly we know that this work is not an overnight thing. we're not going to snap our fingers and all the problems that we have seen and endured will be gone tomorrow. but i can guarantee you this you will see a noticeable difference with this task force a note of a noticeable difference and you will see it very quickly. >> mayor lori has been very clear with the direction that he wants this to go in. the sense of urgency that we need to get this work done, the collaboration that he and the people of san francisco need to see in order to be successful. and we are we are crystal clear on that direction and we are crystal clear on our mission and we will get this done. we want people to feel safe. we have some of the lowest crime statistics that we've had in decades but that is not enough. is it evidence that we're doing some of the right things? yes, it is. but that is not enough. i don't know of a mayor during my term and you probably have to go way back in the records that has had his first month with zero homicides during his watch. now i'm going to say this very clearly we have a lot of work ahead of us but it's a great start. car break ins are down 70% even from where they were last year and last year was a record in reductions in car break ins. so we know we have momentum. >> this is one more thing that's going to add to that momentum to get us to where we want to be. >> so as i close, here is what you can expect to see. we will have our command band stationed in the hospitality zone area. you've seen it in union square. that will remain but some also is vitally important to our success. you will see resources. you will see uniformed officers. you will see honda motorcycle officers, you you won't see the plainclothes officers if we're doing our jobs right. but they will be out there making arrests. when drug dealers come to town we have a message for them. go back to where you came from because it's not happening here and that is so we have a lot of work to do and we are here for you. we want our city to thrive, not just survive and that is what we plan on doing. so thank you mayor lori. thank you for all of our partners in community the business community. >> and with that i'd like to call up to the mike. melissa rodriguez thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning everyone. my name is marissa rodriguez. i'm the ceo of the union square alliance. i first want to acknowledge those in this room. >> this is our lifeblood right here in san francisco and i want to thank all of you for showing up because you have continued to show up day after day after day to bring our city back. i see neiman marcus. i see macy's. i see you rodney from the chamber. i see as of travel i see bryan fenwick, our hotel community, our hilton, our largest hilton peter, i see you and i know that everyone is here. karen flood, i see you as well. these are the pillars of our community who have been holding us up through the hardest times . the pandemic was not kind to us. i see you tyler to thank you for bringing you back to union square to help us thrive. as i said, the pandemic was not an easy time for us and we have had a difficulty emerging especially with the negative narrative. but i'm going to tell you in this last few months i don't know maybe roughly around november things have changed. >> there is a feeling of optimism and i want to thank our mayor for being here to support us in 2022. >> the union square alliance did delivered its strategic plan for the district. >> we recognize the things that we knew we needed to see marriott, that we needed to really come out of this and come out strong. this was a new era, a shift in how people experience life. it was different and we needed to meet that moment. but first and foremost the way that we do that is clean and safe. that was clear. that was number one. that is why you have a former prosecutor in this role. >> right? second was economic development. but you can't have the economic development without the clean and safe. >> it has been a two and a half year journey getting here. >> however, within two months of his term not even that we are here and that is huge. >> and for that i think this mayor deserves a round of applause. >> thank you. >> san francisco and our neighborhoods cannot come back unless we have a thriving downtown and that is union square as well. >> this is the face we put forward. this is our iconic city center. this is where all of you come to work where everyone comes to work. we want to come here feeling dignified. we want to feel safe on public transportation. we want to feel safe when we come in on budget. we want to be able to walk to work and spend a day at work and not worry that a car is going to plow through the door. >> we want to make sure that everyone feels like this is our community that we can be proud of. we are a world class city. there is no place like san francisco so the cable car runs through union square. we are going to protect it and i thank you so much for your support and our convention center. scott it is our partnership. this is how we bring our city back. we cannot move our convention center west of twin peaks. it is here. it is here to stay and we are going to support it and together we are going to put our best foot forward so that people understand we are this city by the bay. we are the city that everyone loves because we're amazing and we're going to stay that way. let's work hard. let's do this together and thank you again and before i go on i want to welcome and recognize rda another partner that has helped us. thank you. it is not by accident that crime is down because our police chief and rda are working in tandem together to make that happen. this is incredible. this is an incredible time. let's keep the momentum going. we feel it. we came off a great holiday season. it was like the light switch went off. people came in. we came off jp morgan it was a success. we're going to go into the nba all-star game. it's going to be an even bigger success. we're going to have our lunar new year parade. >> maybe a statue. we'll talk about that later. my god. but we're going to make it happen because our city deserves it. thank you so much and welcome brooke jenkins. >> there is nothing better than having a former prosecutor be my partner in trying to turn union square around. i can say that she we understand each other's language. but no, i'm honored to be here today to express my thanks and my support for this new hospitality's own task force. for the last almost three years, chief scott and i in particular have worked so hard for our department to finally row in the same direction for the sake of our city. but to make sure that accountability and consequences were a common tone and theme across this city and not only in this city but across the world so that people understood we are not a city that is tolerant of lawlessness. we are not a city that allows anything to go on our streets but that we are going to get back to enforcing our laws in the way that they should be enforced which is across the board. all crime in san francisco is illegal and that has been the case for almost three years. >> but what we know is that it's not enough for that for us to see the data that crime is dropping. >> people have to feel safe and that's about your perception. and when streets are not clean, when they don't see police officers who they know are there to respond if something happens or to prevent something from happening that that data means nothing. and this hospitality task force is important and very significant not only because of where they will be placed in our city but because they will actually engage in foot patrols in these areas and that is significant to point out. this isn't just officers who are there to respond to calls. these are officers who are intended those who are not plainclothes of course to be visible and to be accessible to our tourists and our shoppers and our in our labor force who is coming to work here every day so that they see the presence of somebody who is there with one sole purpose and that's to keep them safe. because when we have that that aids in people saying okay, the data is one thing but now i can rest i don't have anxiety as i'm walking down the street i feel invited to come shop in union square because i'm not worried about my car being burglarized. i'm not worried about being robbed as i walk out of these designer stores with my bags. that is what is key. and so i just thank you, mayor, for working with the chief and the board to to make this happen. i know, chief, that this has been an uphill battle with the with the low staffing that you're that you're contending with. but that we have made this a priority so that we can get back to the point where we are fighting this narrative that's been painted of our city and where we are actually making positive experiences not only for those that visit but as i talk to labor all the time for those who work here and live here. that has to be the case because otherwise we'll continue to see store closures and we'll continue to see hotel vacancies and that is something we just cannot sit by and watch. and so thank you all for your partnership and i'll continue to do my job to make sure that we have consequences for those who don't get it right. and i will now turn it over to my district supervisor actually matt dorsey. >> thank you. thank you, everybody. and welcome to district six. this isn't just my district. this is part of my stomping ground and this is where i usually i'll point to the gym and say that's where i where i work out. >> but the reality lately is it's where i pay a membership and occasionally go my parish church of st patrick's my office, my office weekend offices, the grove. so you see me here a lot. so welcome everybody. and when you come to this neighborhood you really have to express a debt of gratitude to the soma filipinas cultural district and raquel rodan diaz . >> this is the heart of that district and i just want to say ,you know, when the history of this this time is written, you know, with all the economic struggles it was the cultural districts that really stepped up and carried us forward. and i really think soma filipinas is meant as much as any other in the city did that i want to express gratitude also to the house of labor and the people who are here from the jani

dorsey i'm not going to repeat all the things that the mayor gave but i just want to call out a few people. supervisor dorsey for your leadership. this has been something that you have been talking about for quite a while now. and i thank you for your partnership and support of mayor lurie's vision. our district attorney brooke jenkins who is an incredible law enforcement partner. we cannot do our work without her support and the work that she and her office does also supervisor sartor who hit the ground running and it's been an incredible first month for everything that you have brought to the table. >> so thank you. melissa rodriguez who we will hear from next. i want to thank you because you are an incredible partner and without the union square alliance. >> you know, we've we work through some very difficult challenges in union square and i am so optimistic about the future because of you and your work and the work of your team. >> so with that, let's get down to business and talk about talk a little bit about talk a little bit about what we're here for the hospitality zone task force. this is a vital initiative for us, the san francisco police department because we know how important this corridor is this area is to our city. it's important to our economy. it's important to the image of san francisco. these are some of the most traveled and the most visited streets and corridors in our city and it's very, very important vitally important that we are pristine 24 hours a day, seven days a week not just for conventions, not just for conferences, not just for the nba all stars but every day. and quite frankly, we've had some challenges trying to do that. i am extremely optimistic with this footprint of the hospitality zone task force because two things we will collaborate with all the work that we're doing and what mayor lori mentioned the demak work, the all the different components the sheriff's department who are here with this the probation department adult and juvenile, our federal partners all that work will be collaborated into this zone to make a difference and to keep our streets safe and clean and i think that is what we all want. so how will we do it? it will take multiple districts stations who will come together to do their work collaborative and we struggle with that in the past with this task force model will alleviate some of the silos that we've seen in the past. as the mayor mentioned, we're talking about multiple district stations but we haven't had this model before where we put those officers together to work side by side collaboratively with all the other agencies that you see here before you and that is the model that this task force will will will do every day. and this is going to be the basis of our success. a couple of other notes. the zone will be focused and i'll i'll read the streets out in a second but this zone will be focused for the areas where our hotels are our a lot of our shopping corridors are a lot of the tourists when they come to our city and enjoy san francisco, this is where they come. we want them to walk away with a beautiful experience. we want our residents who have struggled with street drug usage and drug dealers on the corner. that is no more that is no more . now i'm going to say this clearly we know that this work is not an overnight thing. we're not going to snap our fingers and all the problems that we have seen and endured will be gone tomorrow. but i can guarantee you this you will see a noticeable difference with this task force a note of a noticeable difference and you will see it very quickly. >> mayor lori has been very clear with the direction that he wants this to go in. the sense of urgency that we need to get this work done, the collaboration that he and the people of san francisco need to see in order to be successful. and we are we are crystal clear on that direction and we are crystal clear on our mission and we will get this done. we want people to feel safe. we have some of the lowest crime statistics that we've had in decades but that is not enough. is it evidence that we're doing some of the right things? yes, it is. but that is not enough. i don't know of a mayor during my term and you probably have to go way back in the records that has had his first month with zero homicides during his watch. now i'm going to say this very clearly we have a lot of work ahead of us but it's a great start. car break ins are down 70% even from where they were last year and last year was a record in reductions in car break ins. so we know we have momentum. >> this is one more thing that's going to add to that momentum to get us to where we want to be. >> so as i close, here is what you can expect to see. we will have our command band stationed in the hospitality zone area. you've seen it in union square. that will remain but some also is vitally important to our success. you will see resources. you will see uniformed officers. you will see honda motorcycle officers, you you won't see the plainclothes officers if we're doing our jobs right. but they will be out there making arrests. when drug dealers come to town we have a message for them. go back to where you came from because it's not happening here and that is so we have a lot of work to do and we are here for you. we want our city to thrive, not just survive and that is what we plan on doing. so thank you mayor lori. thank you for all of our partners in community the business community. >> and with that i'd like to call up to the mike. melissa rodriguez thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning everyone. my name is marissa rodriguez. i'm the ceo of the union square alliance. i first want to acknowledge those in this room. >> this is our lifeblood right here in san francisco and i want to thank all of you for showing up because you have continued to show up day after day after day to bring our city back. i see neiman marcus. i see macy's. i see you rodney from the chamber. i see as of travel i see bryan fenwick, our hotel community, our hilton, our largest hilton peter, i see you and i know that everyone is here. karen flood, i see you as well. these are the pillars of our community who have been holding us up through the hardest times . the pandemic was not kind to us. i see you tyler to thank you for bringing you back to union square to help us thrive. as i said, the pandemic was not an easy time for us and we have had a difficulty emerging especially with the negative narrative. but i'm going to tell you in this last few months i don't know maybe roughly around november things have changed. >> there is a feeling of optimism and i want to thank our mayor for being here to support us in 2022. >> the union square alliance did delivered its strategic plan for the district. >> we recognize the things that we knew we needed to see marriott, that we needed to really come out of this and come out strong. this was a new era, a shift in how people experience life. it was different and we needed to meet that moment. but first and foremost the way that we do that is clean and safe. that was clear. that was number one. that is why you have a former prosecutor in this role. >> right? second was economic development. but you can't have the economic development without the clean and safe. >> it has been a two and a half year journey getting here. >> however, within two months of his term not even that we are here and that is huge. >> and for that i think this mayor deserves a round of applause. >> thank you. >> san francisco and our neighborhoods cannot come back unless we have a thriving downtown and that is union square as well. >> this is the face we put forward. this is our iconic city center. this is where all of you come to work where everyone comes to work. we want to come here feeling dignified. we want to feel safe on public transportation. we want to feel safe when we come in on budget. we want to be able to walk to work and spend a day at work and not worry that a car is going to plow through the door. >> we want to make sure that everyone feels like this is our community that we can be proud of. we are a world class city. there is no place like san francisco so the cable car runs through union square. we are going to protect it and i thank you so much for your support and our convention center. scott it is our partnership. this is how we bring our city back. we cannot move our convention center west of twin peaks. it is here. it is here to stay and we are going to support it and together we are going to put our best foot forward so that people understand we are this city by the bay. we are the city that everyone loves because we're amazing and we're going to stay that way. let's work hard. let's do this together and thank you again and before i go on i want to welcome and recognize rda another partner that has helped us. thank you. it is not by accident that crime is down because our police chief and rda are working in tandem together to make that happen. this is incredible. this is an incredible time. let's keep the momentum going. we feel it. we came off a great holiday season. it was like the light switch went off. people came in. we came off jp morgan it was a success. we're going to go into the nba all-star game. it's going to be an even bigger success. we're going to have our lunar new year parade. >> maybe a statue. we'll talk about that later. my god. but we're going to make it happen because our city deserves it. thank you so much and welcome brooke jenkins. >> there is nothing better than having a former prosecutor be my partner in trying to turn union square around. i can say that she we understand each other's language. but no, i'm honored to be here today to express my thanks and my support for this new hospitality's own task force. for the last almost three years, chief scott and i in particular have worked so hard for our department to finally row in the same direction for the sake of our city. but to make sure that accountability and consequences were a common tone and theme across this city and not only in this city but across the world so that people understood we are not a city that is tolerant of lawlessness. we are not a city that allows anything to go on our streets but that we are going to get back to enforcing our laws in the way that they should be enforced which is across the board. all crime in san francisco is illegal and that has been the case for almost three years. >> but what we know is that it's not enough for that for us to see the data that crime is dropping. >> people have to feel safe and that's about your perception. and when streets are not clean, when they don't see police officers who they know are there to respond if something happens or to prevent something from happening that that data means nothing. and this hospitality task force is important and very significant not only because of where they will be placed in our city but because they will actually engage in foot patrols in these areas and that is significant to point out. this isn't just officers who are there to respond to calls. these are officers who are intended those who are not plainclothes of course to be visible and to be accessible to our tourists and our shoppers and our in our labor force who is coming to work here every day so that they see the presence of somebody who is there with one sole purpose and that's to keep them safe. because when we have that that aids in people saying okay, the data is one thing but now i can rest i don't have anxiety as i'm walking down the street i feel invited to come shop in union square because i'm not worried about my car being burglarized. i'm not worried about being robbed as i walk out of these designer stores with my bags. that is what is key. and so i just thank you, mayor, for working with the chief and the board to to make this happen. i know, chief, that this has been an uphill battle with the with the low staffing that you're that you're contending with. but that we have made this a priority so that we can get back to the point where we are fighting this narrative that's been painted of our city and where we are actually making positive experiences not only for those that visit but as i talk to labor all the time for those who work here and live here. that has to be the case because otherwise we'll continue to see store closures and we'll continue to see hotel vacancies and that is something we just cannot sit by and watch. and so thank you all for your partnership and i'll continue to do my job to make sure that we have consequences for those who don't get it right. and i will now turn it over to my district supervisor actually matt dorseyk you. thank you, everybody. and welcome to district six. this isn't just my district. this is part of my stomping ground and this is where i usually i'll point to the gym and say that's where i where i work out. >> but the reality lately is it's where i pay a membership and occasionally go my parish church of st patrick's my office, my office weekend offices, the grove. so you see me here a lot. so welcome everybody. and when you come to this neighborhood you really have to express a debt of gratitude to the soma filipinas cultural district and raquel rodan diaz . >> this is the heart of that district and i just want to say ,you know, when the history of this this time is written, you know, with all the economic struggles it was the cultural districts that really stepped up and carried us forward. and i really think soma filipinas is meant as much as any other in the city did that i want to express gratitude also to the house of labor and the people who are here from the janitors and

dorsey i'm not going to repeat all the things that the mayor gave but i just want to call out a few people. supervisor dorsey for your leadership. this has been something that you have been talking about for quite a while now. and i thank you for your partnership and support of mayor lurie's vision. our district attorney brooke jenkins who is an incredible law enforcement partner. we cannot do our work without her support and the work that she and her office does also supervisor sartor who hit the ground running and it's been an incredible first month for everything that you have brought to the table. >> so thank you. melissa rodriguez who we will hear from next. i want to thank you because you are an incredible partner and without the union square alliance. >> you know, we've we work through some very difficult challenges in union square and i am so optimistic about the future because of you and your work and the work of your team. >> so with that, let's get down to business and talk about talk a little bit about talk a little bit about what we're here for the hospitality zone task force. this is a vital initiative for us, the san francisco police department because we know how important this corridor is this area is to our city. it's important to our economy. it's important to the image of san francisco. these are some of the most traveled and the most visited streets and corridors in our city and it's very, very important vitally important that we are pristine 24 hours a day, seven days a week not just for conventions, not just for conferences, not just for the nba all stars but every day. and quite frankly, we've had some challenges trying to do that. i am extremely optimistic with this footprint of the hospitality zone task force because two things we will collaborate with all the work that we're doing and what mayor lori mentioned the demak work, the all the different components the sheriff's department who are here with this the probation department adult and juvenile, our federal partners all that work will be collaborated into this zone to make a difference and to keep our streets safe and clean and i think that is what we all want. so how will we do it? it will take multiple districts stations who will come together to do their work collaborative and we struggle with that in the past with this task force model will alleviate some of the silos that we've seen in the past. as the mayor mentioned, we're talking about multiple district stations but we haven't had this model before where we put those officers together to work side by side collaboratively with all the other agencies that you see here before you and that is the model that this task force will will will do every day. and this is going to be the basis of our success. a couple of other notes. the zone will be focused and i'll i'll read the streets out in a second but this zone will be focused for the areas where our hotels are our a lot of our shopping corridors are a lot of the tourists when they come to our city and enjoy san francisco, this is where they come. we want them to walk away with a beautiful experience. we want our residents who have struggled with street drug usage and drug dealers on the corner. that is no more that is no more . now i'm going to say this clearly we know that this work is not an overnight thing. we're not going to snap our fingers and all the problems that we have seen and endured will be gone tomorrow. but i can guarantee you this you will see a noticeable difference with this task force a note of a noticeable difference and you will see it very quickly. >> mayor lori has been very clear with the direction that he wants this to go in. the sense of urgency that we need to get this work done, the collaboration that he and the people of san francisco need to see in order to be successful. and we are we are crystal clear on that direction and we are crystal clear on our mission and we will get this done. we want people to feel safe. we have some of the lowest crime statistics that we've had in decades but that is not enough. is it evidence that we're doing some of the right things? yes, it is. but that is not enough. i don't know of a mayor during my term and you probably have to go way back in the records that has had his first month with zero homicides during his watch. now i'm going to say this very clearly we have a lot of work ahead of us but it's a great start. car break ins are down 70% even from where they were last year and last year was a record in reductions in car break ins. so we know we have momentum. >> this is one more thing that's going to add to that momentum to get us to where we want to be. >> so as i close, here is what you can expect to see. we will have our command band stationed in the hospitality zone area. you've seen it in union square. that will remain but some also is vitally important to our success. you will see resources. you will see uniformed officers. you will see honda motorcycle officers, you you won't see the plainclothes officers if we're doing our jobs right. but they will be out there making arrests. when drug dealers come to town we have a message for them. go back to where you came from because it's not happening here and that is so we have a lot of work to do and we are here for you. we want our city to thrive, not just survive and that is what we plan on doing. so thank you mayor lori. thank you for all of our partners in community the business community. >> and with that i'd like to call up to the mike. melissa rodriguez thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning everyone. my name is marissa rodriguez. i'm the ceo of the union square alliance. i first want to acknowledge those in this room. >> this is our lifeblood right here in san francisco and i want to thank all of you for showing up because you have continued to show up day after day after day to bring our city back. i see neiman marcus. i see macy's. i see you rodney from the chamber. i see as of travel i see bryan fenwick, our hotel community, our hilton, our largest hilton peter, i see you and i know that everyone is here. karen flood, i see you as well. these are the pillars of our community who have been holding us up through the hardest times . the pandemic was not kind to us. i see you tyler to thank you for bringing you back to union square to help us thrive. as i said, the pandemic was not an easy time for us and we have had a difficulty emerging especially with the negative narrative. but i'm going to tell you in this last few months i don't know maybe roughly around november things have changed. >> there is a feeling of optimism and i want to thank our mayor for being here to support us in 2022. >> the union square alliance did delivered its strategic plan for the district. >> we recognize the things that we knew we needed to see marriott, that we needed to really come out of this and come out strong. this was a new era, a shift in how people experience life. it was different and we needed to meet that moment. but first and foremost the way that we do that is clean and safe. that was clear. that was number one. that is why you have a former prosecutor in this role. >> right? second was economic development. but you can't have the economic development without the clean and safe. >> it has been a two and a half year journey getting here. >> however, within two months of his term not even that we are here and that is huge. >> and for that i think this mayor deserves a round of applause. >> thank you. >> san francisco and our neighborhoods cannot come back unless we have a thriving downtown and that is union square as well. >> this is the face we put forward. this is our iconic city center. this is where all of you come to work where everyone comes to work. we want to come here feeling dignified. we want to feel safe on public transportation. we want to feel safe when we come in on budget. we want to be able to walk to work and spend a day at work and not worry that a car is going to plow through the door. >> we want to make sure that everyone feels like this is our community that we can be proud of. we are a world class city. there is no place like san francisco so the cable car runs through union square. we are going to protect it and i thank you so much for your support and our convention center. scott it is our partnership. this is how we bring our city back. we cannot move our convention center west of twin peaks. it is here. it is here to stay and we are going to support it and together we are going to put our best foot forward so that people understand we are this city by the bay. we are the city that everyone loves because we're amazing and we're going to stay that way. let's work hard. let's do this together and thank you again and before i go on i want to welcome and recognize rda another partner that has helped us. thank you. it is not by accident that crime is down because our police chief and rda are working in tandem together to make that happen. this is incredible. this is an incredible time. let's keep the momentum going. we feel it. we came off a great holiday season. it was like the light switch went off. people came in. we came off jp morgan it was a success. we're going to go into the nba all-star game. it's going to be an even bigger success. we're going to have our lunar new year parade. >> maybe a statue. we'll talk about that later. my god. but we're going to make it happen because our city deserves it. thank you so much and welcome brooke jenkins. >> there is nothing better than having a former prosecutor be my partner in trying to turn union square around. i can say that she we understand each other's language. but no, i'm honored to be here today to express my thanks and my support for this new hospitality's own task force. for the last almost three years, chief scott and i in particular have worked so hard for our department to finally row in the same direction for the sake of our city. but to make sure that accountability and consequences were a common tone and theme across this city and not only in this city but across the world so that people understood we are not a city that is tolerant of lawlessness. we are not a city that allows anything to go on our streets but that we are going to get back to enforcing our laws in the way that they should be enforced which is across the board. all crime in san francisco is illegal and that has been the case for almost three years. >> but what we know is that it's not enough for that for us to see the data that crime is dropping. >> people have to feel safe and that's about your perception. and when streets are not clean, when they don't see police officers who they know are there to respond if something happens or to prevent something from happening that that data means nothing. and this hospitality task force is important and very significant not only because of where they will be placed in our city but because they will actually engage in foot patrols in these areas and that is significant to point out. this isn't just officers who are there to respond to calls. these are officers who are intended those who are not plainclothes of course to be visible and to be accessible to our tourists and our shoppers and our in our labor force who is coming to work here every day so that they see the presence of somebody who is there with one sole purpose and that's to keep them safe. because when we have that that aids in people saying okay, the data is one thing but now i can rest i don't have anxiety as i'm walking down the street i feel invited to come shop in union square because i'm not worried about my car being burglarized. i'm not worried about being robbed as i walk out of these designer stores with my bags. that is what is key. and so i just thank you, mayor, for working with the chief and the board to to make this happen. i know, chief, that this has been an uphill battle with the with the low staffing that you're that you're contending with. but that we have made this a priority so that we can get back to the point where we are fighting this narrative that's been painted of our city and where we are actually making positive experiences not only for those that visit but as i talk to labor all the time for those who work here and live here. that has to be the case because otherwise we'll continue to see store closures and we'll continue to see hotel vacancies and that is something we just cannot sit by and watch. and so thank you all for your partnership and i'll continue to do my job to make sure that we have consequences for those who don't get it right. and i will now turn it over to my district supervisor actually matt dorseyank you. thank you, everybody. and welcome to district six. this isn't just my district. this is part of my stomping ground and this is where i usually i'll point to the gym and say that's where i where i work out. >> but the reality lately is it's where i pay a membership and occasionally go my parish church of st patrick's my office, my office weekend offices, the grove. so you see me here a lot. so welcome everybody. and when you come to this neighborhood you really have to express a debt of gratitude to the soma filipinas cultural district and raquel rodan diaz . >> this is the heart of that district and i just want to say ,you know, when the history of this this time is written, you know, with all the economic struggles it was the cultural districts that really stepped up and carried us forward. and i really think soma filipinas is meant as much as any other in the city did that i want to express gratitude also to the house of labor and the people who are here from the janitors an

dorsey and again by supervisor sartor who are both co-sponsoring this item. so i will let supervisor dorsey have the floor first. >> go ahead. thank you so much chair melgar . colleagues, i am pleased to bring this item to you today. along with mayor lurie and supervisor sartor, we are all well aware that san francisco's downtown continues to face major challenges and this item is the latest step to address one of the key strategies for downtown and citywide economic recovery. converting vacant office and commercial spaces into much needed housing. now currently san francisco has an historically unprecedented 37% office vacancy rate that is about 32,000,000ft2 of vacant office space. and even the most optimistic projection projections suggest that it will take many, many years to get back to a healthy office market. meanwhile, as we all know, we also face a state mandated mandated arena target to facilitate the production of 82,000 units of housing by 2031 and the arena is the regional housing needs allocation. this is why office to housing conversions are a key element of our downtown recovery efforts. they not only contribute to our housing goals but also reduce the supply of vacant offices which helps to stabilize the office market and by extension our property and business tax base that supports everything we do in the city. however, we are not currently seeing those projects move forward at the scale or the pace that we need. from the beginning of my time here my office has worked with the office of economic and workforce development and the department of planning or planning department to identify policy options to support these projects and we have identified three main city imposed costs that are holding them back. the city's real estate transfer tax which was waived by proposition c last march. property taxes which the city can now begin to address under the recent state legislation ab 242 2488 by our own assemblymember ting. and the city's inclusionary housing requirements and impact fees which is what this ordinance seeks to address. this ordinance would help lower those costs by waiving impact fees including inclusionary housing requirements for downtown office to housing conversion project projects. i believe this waiver is appropriate for this targeted set of projects. commercial to residential conversions in the core downtown areas which is the c three and c two zoning districts because these projects address two of the city's most pressing needs housing production and economic recovery. and i believe it is a reasonable tradeoff to make when we are currently not getting any impact fee revenue or inclusionary units from all these projects that aren't getting built due to the high costs. this ordinance is about stimulating housing development in downtown. both these conversion projects and new housing projects downtown and citywide. so i would also like to propose a couple of non substantive amendments that my staff has circulated with you. they are clarifying the definition of gross floor area on page six line ten simplify ing the language concerning modifications for pipeline projects. this is striking language starting on page seven line seven and replacing it with new light language online six. and finally i'd like to amend the ordinance to include the planning commission's recommendation that this waiver be included in the inclusionary tax regular feasibility study of the inclusionary program. this would add a reporting requirement for planning to the inclusionary tack on page eight line 21. i want to thank supervisor mahmood for agreeing to move these amendments today in committee. we have from planning or we would and most read here for questions. so once again i want to thank you chair melgar and i look forward hopefully to passing this out of committing today. and thanks also to mayor lurie and supervisor sartor for your partnership on this. and before we hear from planning staff i know my colleague from district three and co-sponsor supervisor sartor would also like to say a few words to marcelo. chair melgar thank you and so presidency thank you for all your work on this and the collective work of this body to hopefully advance a vision of downtown as thriving and reimagined with more residents and more homes some of the most attractive buildings for conversion in our order office buildings many of which are sitting empty or underutilized and in district three as we speak. i want to stress that each conversion is significant. it will awaken a vacant spot, activate a block, generate a stream of foot traffic and economic activity. each one of these matters. and i believe that this legislation helps more of these become reality the conversions that are facilitated by this ordinance would be in areas that are already dense, close to transit and around commercial areas bringing more housing to these areas is good for small business, good for our transit systems and good for our environment. these buildings already exist. >> their footprints are there and for many they have already paid these fees when they were first constructed. we all understand the importance of inclusionary units for our supply of affordable housing but those who need affordable units are not being supported when no new units are being built as long as new units are economically infeasible. we will continue to have a housing crisis. the cost of inaction is too high. voting against this delaying this is saying that the status quo is fine but it is not our status quo of a sluggish recovery a hollowed out downtown and a continued housing crisis is not acceptable. >> thankfully this is avoidable with legislative action like that before us today. i want more san franciscans to have the opportunity to experience the magic of living in district three and district five in district six. so i hope you all join me in supporting this vision for the future of downtown and vote to move this bill forward today. thank you. thank you. and vice chair chen, if it's okay if we can have the presentation from the department first and then we can have discussion before we go to public comment if that's okay. okay. >> good afternoon chair melgar supervisors lily langlois planning department staff. i'll just give a quick update of the planning commission hearing that took place on december 12th. as supervisor darcy mentioned, this legislation would waive impact fees and the inclusionary housing requirement for certain adaptive reuse projects in downtown. >> the planning commission voted to recommend approval with the following modifications as first to modify the language for the calculation of space. >> so that is consistent with the gross floor area definition that currently exists in the planning code. >> the second is to extend the pipeline date from january 1st to april 1st to align with when the ordinance would be in effect. >> and the third is to recommend the inclusionary housing technical advisory committee, the tac to include this inclusionary housing requirement for adaptive reuse projects in their work program. >> the department has worked with the city attorney and supervisor dorsey on the additional clean up language related related to pipeline language and that concludes my update from the planning commission and happy to discuss anything broader around this legislation and the adaptive reuse work the city has been underway for the last year. thank you. thank you miss lengua. >> okay. i see your ten. yes. i think affordable housing is also very important especially in our community to make sure that we continue to have the financial capacity and then also continue to get the appropriate fee that it's from all this impact fee and inclusionary unit to make sure that we all community continue to have the resources to support especially in cultural district in district six and also the our city also had committed in part prior to this is to make sure that our equity geography are also being evaluated in this process. so i do want to have a concern and i know that we will all go to public comment and then i would like to have a motion after that too. >> okay. thanks

dorsey and again by supervisor sartor who are both co-sponsoring this item. so i will let supervisor dorsey have the floor first. >> go ahead. thank you so much chair melgar . colleagues, i am pleased to bring this item to you today. along with mayor lurie and supervisor sartor, we are all well aware that san francisco's downtown continues to face major challenges and this item is the latest step to address one of the key strategies for downtown and citywide economic recovery. converting vacant office and commercial spaces into much needed housing. now currently san francisco has an historically unprecedented 37% office vacancy rate that is about 32,000,000ft2 of vacant office space. and even the most optimistic projection projections suggest that it will take many, many years to get back to a healthy office market. meanwhile, as we all know, we also face a state mandated mandated arena target to facilitate the production of 82,000 units of housing by 2031 and the arena is the regional housing needs allocation. this is why office to housing conversions are a key element of our downtown recovery efforts. they not only contribute to our housing goals but also reduce the supply of vacant offices which helps to stabilize the office market and by extension our property and business tax base that supports everything we do in the city. however, we are not currently seeing those projects move forward at the scale or the pace that we need. from the beginning of my time here my office has worked with the office of economic and workforce development and the department of planning or planning department to identify policy options to support these projects and we have identified three main city imposed costs that are holding them back. the city's real estate transfer tax which was waived by proposition c last march. property taxes which the city can now begin to address under the recent state legislation ab 242 2488 by our own assemblymember ting. and the city's inclusionary housing requirements and impact fees which is what this ordinance seeks to address. this ordinance would help lower those costs by waiving impact fees including inclusionary housing requirements for downtown office to housing conversion project projects. i believe this waiver is appropriate for this targeted set of projects. commercial to residential conversions in the core downtown areas which is the c three and c two zoning districts because these projects address two of the city's most pressing needs housing production and economic recovery. and i believe it is a reasonable tradeoff to make when we are currently not getting any impact fee revenue or inclusionary units from all these projects that aren't getting built due to the high costs. this ordinance is about stimulating housing development in downtown. both these conversion projects and new housing projects downtown and citywide. so i would also like to propose a couple of non substantive amendments that my staff has circulated with you. they are clarifying the definition of gross floor area on page six line ten simplify ing the language concerning modifications for pipeline projects. this is striking language starting on page seven line seven and replacing it with new light language online six. and finally i'd like to amend the ordinance to include the planning commission's recommendation that this waiver be included in the inclusionary tax regular feasibility study of the inclusionary program. this would add a reporting requirement for planning to the inclusionary tack on page eight line 21. i want to thank supervisor mahmood for agreeing to move these amendments today in committee. we have from planning or we would and most read here for questions. so once again i want to thank you chair melgar and i look forward hopefully to passing this out of committing today. and thanks also to mayor lurie and supervisor sartor for your partnership on this. and before we hear from planning staff i know my colleague from district three and co-sponsor supervisor sartor would also like to say a few words to marcelo. chair melgar thank you and so presidency thank you for all your work on this and the collective work of this body to hopefully advance a vision of downtown as thriving and reimagined with more residents and more homes some of the most attractive buildings for conversion in our order office buildings many of which are sitting empty or underutilized and in district three as we speak. i want to stress that each conversion is significant. it will awaken a vacant spot, activate a block, generate a stream of foot traffic and economic activity. each one of these matters. and i believe that this legislation helps more of these become reality the conversions that are facilitated by this ordinance would be in areas that are already dense, close to transit and around commercial areas bringing more housing to these areas is good for small business, good for our transit systems and good for our environment. these buildings already exist. >> their footprints are there and for many they have already paid these fees when they were first constructed. we all understand the importance of inclusionary units for our supply of affordable housing but those who need affordable units are not being supported when no new units are being built as long as new units are economically infeasible. we will continue to have a housing crisis. the cost of inaction is too high. voting against this delaying this is saying that the status quo is fine but it is not our status quo of a sluggish recovery a hollowed out downtown and a continued housing crisis is not acceptable. >> thankfully this is avoidable with legislative action like that before us today. i want more san franciscans to have the opportunity to experience the magic of living in district three and district five in district six. so i hope you all join me in supporting this vision for the future of downtown and vote to move this bill forward today. thank you. thank you. and vice chair chen, if it's okay if we can have the presentation from the department first and then we can have discussion before we go to public comment if that's okay. okay. >> good afternoon chair melgar supervisors lily langlois planning department staff. i'll just give a quick update of the planning commission hearing that took place on december 12th. as supervisor darcy mentioned, this legislation would waive impact fees and the inclusionary housing requirement for certain adaptive reuse projects in downtown. >> the planning commission voted to recommend approval with the following modifications as first to modify the language for the calculation of space. >> so that is consistent with the gross floor area definition that currently exists in the planning code. >> the second is to extend the pipeline date from january 1st to april 1st to align with when the ordinance would be in effect. >> and the third is to recommend the inclusionary housing technical advisory committee, the tac to include this inclusionary housing requirement for adaptive reuse projects in their work program. >> the department has worked with the city attorney and supervisor dorsey on the additional clean up language related related to pipeline language and that concludes my update from the planning commission and happy to discuss anything broader around this legislation and the adaptive reuse work the city has been underway for the last year. thank you. thank you miss lengua. >> okay. i see your ten. yes. i think affordable housing is also very important especially in our community to make sure that we continue to have the financial capacity and then also continue to get the appropriate fee that it's from all this impact fee and inclusionary unit to make sure that we all community continue to have the resources to support especially in cultural district in district six and also the our city also had committed in part prior to this is to make sure that our equity geography are also being evaluated in this process. so i do want to have a concern and i know that we will all go to public comment and then i would like to have a motion after that too. >> okay. thanks

dorsey. >> madam clerk on the motion. >> yes. on the motion to approve item 26 and table 20 and 28 supervisor dorsey. >> aye. >> supervisor engardio. >> aye. >> supervisor fielder. >> ayech >> supervisor mahmood. >> aye. >> supervisor melgar. >> aye >> supervisor sauter. >> aye >> supervisor sherrill. >> aye. >> supervisor walton. >> aye. >> supervisor chan. >> aye. >> supervisor chen. >> aye >> there are 10 aye's >> thank you this motion passes without objection. item 26 is approved and sgen 28 are tabled. >> this concludes our 3 p.m. special order and i will hand the gavel back to president mandelman. >> thank you. president protim walton. >> well. thank you supervisor walton. okay. i believe we were in roll call? go back to roll call >> supervisor melgar you would be next to introduce new business. >> i did. >> supervisor sauter. >> submit. >> thank you >> supervisor sherrill. >> colleagues today i'm introducing two items to address large commercial vacancy in downtown and on major transit corridors. last week we were dealt a blow and bloomingdales announced the closure removing the last remaining major tenants. business came on the heels wall greens announcing closures across the city leaving residence denials to adjust prescription and drug store need its is distressing that this news is not at all enterprising. . we have had upon grown used to flag ships close nothing the most i conic shopping areas. having the learning vacant store front in trafficked corridors not only harms public perception e rhodeses our economic health. we see this in the slow post pandemic recovery of sales tax revenue make it easy to open a business and thrive in san francisco. i'm greatest for the work of supervisor engardio held a hearing on tax revenue of downtown vaccances helping the recommendifications of the problem now a hear to further this work. the hearing will pokous identifying ways we on the board with fill the vacant space analyzing barriers for tenants and strategyizing legislative solutions. . this work cannot wait. when our stoeshs leave the city we lose needed commercial activity and tax revenue we lose morale we must again become the city of yes withent preneuros and businesses succeed. must reestablish san francisco as a thriving forward thinking commercial hub. i want to thank supervisors sauter and dorseycosponsor should. this hearing william be a step furthering progress in the post pandemic recovery and look forward to working with all of you to impelement the policy changes that will catalyze our economic revitalization. in addition to the hearing. i'm introducing an ordinance that will permit form well retail on van necessary between redwood street and broadway. van ness exetch fies the type of opportunity we must have. too long we allowed the planning code full of restrictions now as we recover from the pandemic we need tong creative low how to inject flexibility and welcome more commercial activity. this is a response to the many stories we heard from property ordinance facing challenges in filling the space urn the existing cu requirements. currently, there is over 200,000 square feet of vacant retail pace in this section, lone. building owners told my office that properties remained vacant for long are than 5 years. this is in the only to their financial detriment to the whole