i am the chair of the committee aaron peskin joined by supervisor rafael mandelman and supervisor connie chan and our clerk is mr. victor young. do you have any announcements, mr. clerk? >> clerk: the board recognizes that public access to city is service is essential in public participation in the following ways. public comment will be available on each item of the agenda on channel 26, 99 and sfgov is streaming the public call-in number across the screen. comments or opportunities to speak during public comment period via phone by calling (415) 655-0001. the meeting id is 24884868382 and then press pound and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussions and be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, dial star three to be added to the speaker line. speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. alternatively, you may submit public comment in the following ways, e-mail to the rules committee clerk at victor.young@sfgov.org. if you submit public comment via e-mail, it will be forwarded to the supervisors and be included

i'm aaron peskin the chair of the committee. mr. young, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: the minutes will reflect committee members participate through video conference in this remote meeting to the same extent as physically present and access to city is essential and invites public comment in the following ways, available on each item of the agenda. the streaming channels and online have the public call in number on the screen. each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. you can call 415-655-0001. the meeting id is 2480 307 9124. then press pound and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussions but be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, press star 3 to be added to the queue. turn down your television and radio, you may submit public comment e-mail to the rules committee clerk. it will be forwarded to the supervisors and included as part of the public file. or you can send physical letters to city hall. that completes initial comments. >> supervisor peskin: thank you mr. young. can you please read the fi

. >> reporter: supervisor aaron peskin remains skeptical of the voluntary retrofit. he has his eyes set on an upcoming second hearing about the towers fix. >> we are going to ask questions on thursday, january the sixth and if necessary, subpoena parties going forward if they don't want to talk. >> reporter: the tower is currently tilting two feet toward the corner of mission and fremont streets. >> the question i continue to ask is, is this really safe? what is the point of no return? what is the point -- the plan if and when we reach that point? >> reporter: in his letter to the city, hamburger says there is a potential the building could tilt another three inches, even with the 18 pile design. >> there should be a complete review of the situation in consideration of whether, at this stage, it is possible to implement some other, better, a longer-term solution. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the department of building inspection says they received hamburgers letter and are beginning their analysis. in san francisco, kpix 5. >>> still to come here at 7:00 and strea

i am the chair of the committee aaron peskin joined by supervisor rafael mandelman and supervisor connie chan and our clerk is mr. victor young. do you have any announcements, mr. clerk?

. >> reporter: supervisor aaron peskin. >> we wanted a third set of eyes and ears. it came before the board of supervisors. >> reporter: he says he'll take up the issue at a hearing set for january 6. jaxon van derbeken, nbc bay area news. >> meantime, san francisco's skyline may be getting a new addition. right now it is a two-story parking garage, but it would be replaced with this building, a tower of 800 apartments, one fifth of them affordable units. and the bottom floor a redwood forest. now the building, the same size that you saw in that rendering but is shorter by four feet. >>> how do we clean up the streets of san francisco? not just the streets but sidewalks and a lot of other places. the latest answer? a new department to clean out the trash and human waste. >> i've worked at the area. i've seen everything. >> reporter: but this isn't exactly what she wanted to see when she got to work recently. >> we were just trying to open the store, and voila. >> reporter: someone had turned the sidewalk into a bathroom right in front of the hayes valley store where

aaron peskin has introduced legislation to delay the deadline for businesses too. the up to code. of 2023 the legislation will go to the full board early next month. >> happening tomorrow convicted killer scott peterson is set to be re-sentenced and his defense attorney says that peterson will break his silence for the first time in 17 years. peterson was convicted and sentenced to death for murdering his pregnant wife lacey peterson and their unborn son. he was on death row at san quentin state prison for nearly 2 decades. but was recently moved to the san mateo county jail ahead of his re sentencing hearing. california supreme court overturned his death sentence last year. tomorrow, peterson will be re-sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. he will stay at the san mateo countg jail for a second hearing in march and that hearing will determine if peterson gets a new murder trial. >> alright turning our attention now to the forecast and come fly with but this view this is but for. yeah. are intrepid director mark burnett had the drone up today. just a beaut

. >> reporter: supervisor aaron peskin remains skeptical about the voluntary retrofit. he has his eyes set on an upcoming second hearing about the towers fix. >> we will ask questions on january the sixth and if necessary, subpoena parties going forward if they don't want to talk. >> reporter: the tower is currently tilting two feet toward the corner of mission and fremont streets. >> the number one question i continue to ask is, is this really safe? and, what is the point of no return? what is the plan, if and when we reach that point? >> reporter: in his letter to the city, he says there is potential the building could tilt another three inches, even with the 18 pile design. >> there should be a complete review of the situation, and consideration of the weather at this stage, it is possible to implement some other, better, longer term solution. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the department of building inspection says they have received his letter and are beginning their analysis. in san francisco, max darrow, kpix 5. >>> we have been looking into the issues with the

violation with threats of fines which fines are not authorized or until the middle of 2022 supervisor aaron peskin recently introduced legislation to delay this deadline until march of 2023. >> saying that the city needs to treat the small businesses better after what they've been through for the last nearly 2 years in san francisco taylor bisacky kron 4 news happening today, san francisco unified school district is expected to release a final draft of its plan to fix a 125 million dollar budget shortfall in order to avoid a state takeover. now the details are going to present during a special meeting this afternoon. initial plans called for 50 million dollars in cuts from funding to schools. 10 million for student services along with slashing 360 jobs. final decisions would take effect next school year. final plan must be submitted to the california department of public education by december 15th. and the city of pleasanton is considering restricting smoking in townhomes condos and buildings with 3 or more attached units under the new proposed restrictions. people would not be able to smoke in co

aaron peskin has introduced legislation to delay the deadline for businesses to be up to code until march of 2023 the legislation will go to the full board early next month. >> happening tomorrow in the east bay, family, friends and colleagues will honor the life and legacy of late alameda county supervisor wilma chan. she died in early november when she was hit by a driver while crossing the street in alameda. the community will highlight the community initiatives and programs that chan champion throughout her career. that event will be at the oakland museum of california garden at 02:00pm. >> tonight. the pleasanton city council is considering restricting smoking and townhouses condominiums and buildings with 3 or more attached units. one of the council's stated work plan goals is to address the health effects of secondhand smoke. the city is proposing a new chapter to its municipal code applied to both rentals and owner occupied units. earlier we talked to the city's vice mayor. she explained her own experiences with smoke coming into an apartment that she lived in a few years back. >>

notice the violation saying no, there are no more roofs allowed on park that's in cisco supervisor aaron peskin says the city needs to do a better job helping its restaurant and bar owners if changes need to be made to parklets. he wants the city to be on the same page the city must in should and will do better in coordinating the planning department either needs to actually fulfill its roles of coordinating agency or get out of the way as i i as i originally proposed. now we did reach out to shared spaces and we are waiting a reply the golden gate restaurant association told me most restaurants in the city will have to change their outdoor setup. they want the city to give them more time, especially with the uncertainty surrounding this new covid variant ryan curry abc 7 news. all right, ryan. thanks very much staying in san francisco drivers could be forced to slow down on several streets in the city. the city's municipal transportation agency is considering reducing the speed limit from 25 to 20 miles an hour. among the streets are 24th street through noe valley and the mission sections of f

notice the violation saying no, there are no more roofs allowed on park that's in cisco supervisor aaron peskinty needs to do a better job helping its restaurant and bar owners if changes need to be made to parklets. he wants the city to be on the same page the city must in should and will do better in coordinating the planning department either needs to actually fulfill its roles of coordinating agency or get out of the way as i i as i originally proposed. now we did reach out to shared spaces and we are waiting a reply the golden gate restaurant association told me most restaurants in the city will have to change their outdoor setup. they want the city to give them more time, especially with the uncertainty surrounding this new covid variant ryan curry abc 7 news. all right, ryan. thanks very much staying in san francisco drivers could be forced to slow down on several streets in the city. the city's municipal transportation agency is considering reducing the speed limit from 25 to 20 miles an hour. among the streets are 24th street through noe valley and the mission sections of fillmore in t

i'm aaron peskin the chair of the committee. mr. young, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: the minutes will reflect committee members participate through video conference in this remote meeting to the same extent as physically present and access to city is essential and invites public comment in the following ways, available on each item of the agenda. the streaming channels and online have the public call in number on the

colleagues, who have been doing this work, and i just want to note that our colleague, supervisor aaron peskin, who could not join us today, and part of his district in the tenderloin, will be introduced . >> president walton: supervisor chan? i believe that supervisor chan is frozen. if she isn't aware -- >> clerk: mr. president, i believe we have lost connection with supervisor chan at this point. >> president walton: so i believe we will call supervisor chan back at this point. i'm going to say a few words and then pass it to supervisor haney. and the first thing i really do just want to start off by, again, appreciating everyone for being here this evening. all of my colleagues, the clerk's office, department heads, you, director carroll, chief scott. i know the meeting did not have to take place during this time period, but no one is complaining, so i want to thank you all for being here. i've been around drug abuse, addiction, death, violence my entire life. i don't wish that on anyone, and i just want to start off by saying, if you sell drugs, you need to be held accountable. that is no

i'm aaron peskin the chair of the committee. mr. young, do you have any announcements?erk: the minutes will reflect committee members participate through video conference in this remote meeting to t

i am the chair of the committee aaron peskin joined by supervisor rafael mandelman and supervisor connie chan and our clerk is mr. victor young. do you have any announcements, mr. clerk? >> clerk: the board recognizes that public access to city is service is essential in public participation in the following ways. public comment will be available on each item of the agenda on channel 26, 99 and sfgov is

i am the chair of the committee supervisor aaron peskin joined by vice-chairman delman and committee member supervisor connie chan. our clerk is mr. young. >> committee members participate in this remote meeting through video as though physically present. we recognize that public access to city services is essential. public comment will be available on each item on the

aaron peskin has introduced some legislation to delay this deadline for businesses to be up to code untilarch of 2023 the legislation will go to the full board early next month. happening tonight, the city of pleasanton considering banning smoking in private homes such as town homes and condos kron four's. sarah stinson has those details. >> for years. people who live in town homes and condos in pleasanton have expressed concerns to the city about secondhand smoke coming from other units going into theirs. >> it is the severity. >> of smoke that comes in through light switches and electrical outlets and cracks in the walls. vice mayor julie testa hopes tonight, city council votes to help these families by passing a ban on smoking. >> inside condos and townhomes an effort to stop secondhand smoke from harming people and other units. the proposed ban would apply to renters and owners in 2017 city council approved similar restrictions for multi unit apartment complexes. this would be for town homes and condos with 3 or more attached units. vice mayor testa explained her own experience with s

violation with threats of fines which fines are not authorized or until the middle of 2022 supervisor aaron peskin recently introduced legislation to delay this deadline until march of 2023. >> saying that the city needs to treat these small businesses better after what they've been through for the last nearly 2 years. supervisor peskin says the legislation will go to the full board early next month. he's confident that it will pass a reason why the san francisco bar owner alliance is telling its members to hold off on making any decisions to the city comes together and there's a clear picture on what the rules are moving forward. for now live in the newsroom on tell exactly reporting kron 4 news taylor, thanks for breaking that down for us, former republican presidential candidate in world war 2 veteran bob dole passed away over the weekend at the age of 98. >> dole's accomplishments include helping to save social security. he was involved in immigration, right. he even led efforts to get a holiday for doctor. martin luther king. the body of the late senator will lie in state in the u.s. capitol

supervisor aaron peskin represents district three, including north beach, chinatown and fisherman's warf district i represent is ground zero for restaurants and bars, he says. restaurants have called his office to say they're getting notices of fines that aren't even included in the city's dining platform legislation. he says. it all adds up to a headache for restaurant owners. unfortunately the city bureaucracy has made that extremely difficult for restaurant tours, who are still recovering and still hanging on. and frankly, it's been. insulting what they've had to go through. it's adding insult to injury. the city says restaurants will have until at least june of next year to make any modifications to the dining platforms. the mayor attending a pop up shopping experience in san francisco city hall reaffirmed her commitment to getting rid of any red tape in the dining platform process and said she's working to make sure the platforms. are here to stay . we're here to work with the industry. my understanding is about 10% of some of the park. let's have some changes that need to be made.

violation with threats of fines which fines are not authorized or until the middle of 2022 supervisor aaron peskin recently introduced legislation to delay this deadline until march of 2023. >> saying that the city needs to treat these small businesses better after what they've been through for the last nearly 2 years in san francisco taylor bisacky kron 4 news. >> 7.10, is the time and be prepared if you're taking kids. 2 big events the next time in the bay area, there could be different to covid requirements. couple big event centers. first off, the chase center. they announced that kids 5 through 11 have to now show proof of vaccination or at least get a negative covid test. >> within 3 days of attending the event there at the arena. these changes actually went into effect yesterday and there are other requirements of for the kids who are 12 and older those are the same. so those are not new. it's the younger set that is affected. and then in san jose. >> they have new covid protocols. they take effect this week for kids who go to events at the sa peace starting guests aged 3 to 4 have to show

. >> aaron peskin has introduced legislation that would delay the deadline to give businesses more time to get up to code. until march of 2023 that legislation goes to the full board early next month. >> well, be prepared for some changes. thanks to covid requirements coming to 2 of the bay area's biggest arenas chase center being one of them where they announced that kids 5 to 11 now have to show proof of vaccination or at least a negative covid test a few days before the event in order to get inside. yeah. this is a new policy for the 5 to 11 year-olds that goes into effect. as of yesterday. >> the 12 year old and older it. they've always had the same rule. so that's changing. and then also san jose is changing its rules for big events over the s ap center. again aimed at the littler kids, kids that want to go that are the youngest starting on thursday. those that are 3 to 4 years old have to show proof of a negative test and then 5 to 11 year-olds have to be fully vaccinated or again show a negative covid test within 3 days of the event. >> there will be some free testing offered. so

aaron peskin has an idea he's introduced legislation to delay the deadline for when they have to meet the code until march of 2023 which would give them some more time. the legislation will go to the full board early next month. >> 9. '08, is the time and you're going want to be prepared for some changes to covid-19 requirements. the next time you visit 2 of the bay area's biggest arenas. the chase center being one of the yeah. before this. you didn't have to worry about the real little kids. if you want to take into a game or something. but now. >> age 5 to 11 children have to show proof of vaccination or have a negative covid test within 72 hours of whatever event they're going to down. the changes went into effect yesterday. other requirements for visitors are 12 and older. those are going to stay in place and no changes there. but then in san jose, we've got the u.s. ap center and the new covid protocols. there are going to go into effect this week for kids again to attend events. there. >> like the sharks game starting thursday guests 3 to 4 have to show proof of negative covid t

supervisor aaron peskin represents district three, including north beach, chinatown and fisherman's warfzero for restaurants and bars, he says. restaurants have called his office to say they're getting notices of fines. that aren't even included in the city's dining platform legislation, he says. it all adds up to a headache for restaurant owners. and fortunately, the city bureaucracy has made that extremely difficult for restaurant tours, who are still recovering and still hanging on. and frankly, it's been. insulting what they've had to go through. it's adding insult to injury. the city says restaurants will have until at least june of next year to make any modifications to the dining platforms. the mayor attending a pop up shopping experience in san francisco city hall reaffirmed her commitment to getting rid of any red tape in the dining platform process and said she's working to make sure the platforms are here to stay. we're here to work with the industry. my understanding is about 10% of some of the park. let's have some changes that need to be made. and so we're going to do every

aaron peskin recently introduced legislation to delay this deadline until march of 2023. >> saying the city needs to treat these small businesses better after what they've been through for the last nearly 2 years. >> supervisor peskin says the legislation will go to the full board early next month and he's confident it will pass. that's another reason why the san francisco bar owner alliance is telling its members to hold off on making any decisions until the city comes together and there's a clear picture on what the rules are moving forward live in the newsroom. i'm taylor the second reporting kron 4 news. thank you. taylor turning now to our covid coverage for the first time in 2 months. the u.s. is averaging more than. >> 100,000 new covid cases a day. the seven-day average now more than 121,000 with more than 1600 people dying every day. most of the infections are blamed on the delta variant, although omicron variant is present in 16 states including california. on the subject of the omicron variant as it does continue to spread across the globe. early reports suggest while it mig

i am the chair of the committee supervisor aaron peskin joined by vice-chairman delman and committee member supervisor connie chan. our clerk is mr. young. >> committee members participate in this remote meeting through video as though physically present. we recognize that public access to city services is essential. public comment will be available on each item on the agenda. channel 26, 78 or 99 and --governor rick scott are streaming on the screen. available by (415)655-0001. call from a quiet location, speak cloly and turn down your television or radio. you may submit public comment in either way. e-mail to the rules committee clerk at vic.yo un g at sfgovtv. if you submit it will be forwarded and included as part of the file. written comments will be sent to city hall room 244. san francisco california 94102. that completes my initial comments. >> thank you. could you please read the first item. >> item 1. campaign and governmental conduct code. permit consultants and to prohibit elected officials, department heads commissioners and designated employees from soliciting behested

so i'd like to thank my colleagues supervisor ronen, aaron peskin and dean preston for co-sponsoring this measure. i want to thank my legislative aide for all her hard work on this. we both have been in city government for a long time. we recognize there are many things that we can fix. and i think that this is not the only way to fix it, but this is definitely a fundamental way to change the culture and the structure of our city government. this charter amendment i am calling a good and clean government because it's going to do a couple of things. one, it's going to really create an independent city administrator who can focus on delivering city services free from political cronyism. and second is for us to share appointments to charter commission between executive and legislative branches. it's around delivering the basics, providing quality service. clean streets, public safety and reliable transit coordinating work between city departments and managing the city's public asset. the measure will also provide checks and balances and transparency for all city departments sharing appo

i am the chair of the committee supervisor aaron peskin joined by vice-chairman delman and committeeerk is mr. young. >> committee members participate in this remote meeting through video as though physically present. we recognize that public access to city services is essential. public comment will be available on each item on the agenda. channel 26, 78 or 99 and --governor rick scott are streaming on the screen. available by (415)655-0001. call from a quiet location, speak cloly and turn down your television or radio. you may submit public comment in either way. e-mail to the rules committee clerk at vic.yo un g at sfgovtv. if you submit it will be forwarded and included as part of the file. written comments will be sent to city hall room 244. san francisco california 94102. that completes my initial comments. >> thank you. could you please read the first item. >> item 1. campaign and governmental conduct code. permit consultants and to prohibit elected officials, department heads commissioners and designated employees from soliciting behested payments from interested parties. >> t

colleagues, who have been doing this work, and i just want to note that our colleague, supervisor aaron peskin, who could not join us today, and part of his district in the tenderloin, will be introduced . >> president walton: supervisor chan? i believe that supervisor chan is frozen. if she isn't aware -- >> clerk: mr. president, i believe we have lost connection with supervisor chan at this point. >> president walton: so i believe we will call supervisor chan back at this point. i'm going to say a few words and then pass it to supervisor haney. and the first thing i really do just want to start off by, again, appreciating everyone for being here this evening. all of my colleagues, the clerk's office, department heads, you, director carroll, chief scott. i know the meeting did not have to take place during this time period, but no one is complaining, so i want to thank you all for being here. i've been around drug abuse, addiction, death, violence my entire life. i don't wish that on anyone, and i just want to start off by saying, if you sell drugs, you need to be held accountable. that is no

so i'd like to thank my colleagues supervisor ronen, aaron peskin and dean preston for co-sponsoring this measure. i want to thank my legislative aide for all her hard work on this. we both have been in city government for a long time. we recognize there are many things that we can fix. and i think that this is not the only way to fix it, but this is definitely a fundamental way to change the culture and the structure of our city government. this charter amendment i am calling a good and clean government because it's going to do a couple of things. one, it's going to really create an independent city administrator who can focus on delivering city services free from political cronyism. and second is for us to share appointments to charter commission between executive and legislative branches. it's around delivering the basics, providing quality service. clean streets, public safety and reliable transit coordinating work between city departments and managing the city's public asset. the measure will also provide checks and balances and transparency for all city departments sharing appo

colleagues, who have been doing this work, and i just want to note that our colleague, supervisor aaron peskin, who could not join us today, and part of his district in the tenderloin, will be introduced . >> president walton: supervisor chan? i believe that supervisor chan is frozen. if she isn't aware -- >> clerk: mr. president, i believe we have lost connection with supervisor chan at this point. >> president walton: so i believe we will call supervisor chan back at this point. i'm going to say a few words and then pass it to supervisor haney. and the first thing i really do just want to start off by, again, appreciating everyone for being here this evening. all of my colleagues, the clerk's office, department heads, you, director carroll, chief scott. i know the meeting did not have to take place during this time period, but no one is complaining, so i want to thank you all for being here. i've been around drug abuse, addiction, death, violence my entire life. i don't wish that on anyone, and i just want to start off by saying, if you sell drugs, you need to be held accountable. that is no

colleagues, who have been doing this work, and i just want to note that our colleague, supervisor aaron peskin, who could not join us today, and part of his district in the tenderloin, will be introduced . >> president walton: supervisor chan? i believe that supervisor chan is frozen. if she isn't aware -- >> clerk: mr. president, i believe we have lost connection with supervisor chan at this point. >> president walton: so i believe we will call supervisor chan back at this point. i'm going to say a few words and then pass it to supervisor haney. and the first thing i really do just want to start off by, again, appreciating everyone for being here this evening. all of my colleagues, the clerk's office, department heads, you, director carroll, chief scott. i know the meeting did not have to take place during this time period, but no one is complaining, so i want to thank you all for being here. i've been around drug abuse, addiction, death, violence my entire life. i don't wish that on anyone, and i just want to start off by saying, if you sell drugs, you need to be held accountable. that is no

so i'd like to thank my colleagues supervisor ronen, aaron peskin and dean preston for co-sponsoring this measure. i want to thank my legislative aide for all her hard work on this. we both have been in city government for a long time. we recognize there are many things that we can fix. and i think that this is not the only way to fix it, but this is definitely a fundamental way to change the culture and the structure of our city government. this charter amendment i am calling a good and clean government because it's going to do a couple of things. one, it's going to really create an independent city administrator who can focus on delivering city services free from political cronyism. and second is for us to share appointments to charter commission between executive and legislative branches. it's around delivering the basics, providing quality service. clean streets, public safety and reliable transit coordinating work between city departments and managing the city's public asset. the measure will also provide checks and balances and transparency for all city departments sharing appo