>> deputy city attorney ann pierson. so before you today is the proclamation which just declares there's an emergency the mayor automatically has the power to move personnel and resources and in addition to the proclamation and emergency, there are a number of actions that she is proposing to take pursuant to the declaration and those were numerated in the rockla maggie macneil and in the motion before you. there's nothing in the proclamation or in those four actions that purports to authorize the police to do anything beyond what they can normally do. the actions that are in the proclamation do not address police authority. >> supervisor preston: and one followup to that. we've heard the representation of mr. powers around agreement not to use or increase the allocation of funds to police under this order. is that the kind of thing that could be included in an emergency order if the board wanted to have something more enforceable? >> as we spent earlier, the mayor's hower to allocate resources and personnel are powers t

>> deputy city attorney, ann pierson, as part of the votes, the amounts were separated. the amount that goes to the department of elections was voted on first. that vote failed by a vote of 6-5, so the board did not approving money to go to the board of elections. it voted separately on the allocation to the school district. i don't know if you're still in the middle of that vote, to continue that item to january. but the result is as supervisor% pointed out, that has not been approved yet. >> president walton: correct. i want to make sure that was on the record per city attorney. >> supervisor ronen: so point of order, question, any supervisor can divide the file without a vote? is that correct? >> president walton: that is correct. >> supervisor ronen: so given that there is zero money being given to the department of elections, could we vote to combine the file? is that not allowed? >> president walton: i think what supervisor peskin is do here is keep us from doing this all night. i don't think you're going to get an eight-vote threshold. it think it makes -- >> supe

>> deputy city attorney, ann pierson, as part of the votes, the amounts were separated. the amount that goes to the department of elections was voted on first. that vote failed by a vote of 6-5, so the board did not approving money to go to the board of elections. it voted separately on the allocation to the school district. i don't know if you're still in the middle of that vote, to continue that item to january. but the result is as supervisor% pointed out, that has not been approved yet. >> president walton: correct. i want to make sure that was on the record per city attorney. >> supervisor ronen: so point of order, question, any supervisor can divide the file without a vote? is that correct? >> president walton: that is correct. >> supervisor ronen: so given that there is zero money being given to the department of elections, could we vote to combine the file? is that not allowed? >> president walton: i think what supervisor peskin is do here is keep us from doing this all night. i don't think you're going to get an eight-vote threshold. it think it makes -- >> supe