we've established tripartheid arbitration boards by charter, and where we cannot reach agreement, those boards do resolve negotiations through issue by issue decisions. the board -- the arbitration boards are compelled to take into account a number of factors, but they're generally well determined forms of wages, hours and benefits commonly found in public employment, typically, trying to create a balance between the employer's ability to pay and the conditions within the relevant labor markets and the cost of living. so given all that, we've -- by the numbers, we've probably -- we counted it up. we had nearly

we've established tripartheid arbitration boards by charter, and where we cannot reach agreement, those boards do resolve negotiations through issue by issue decisions. the board -- the arbitration boards are compelled to take into account a number of factors, but they're

approving rejecting the motion of dave washroom into the residential rent stabilization and arbitration board for a term ending august 1st, 2022. >> would you like to come up? >> good morning, welcome. >> i prepared a short statement if you would like me to read it. i would be happy to do so. >> please do. >> dear supervisors. first and foremost, thank you for giving me the opportunity to address you. supervisor ronen, thank you for your time last friday afternoon to meet and discuss the issues surrounding my reappointment to the rent board. as a preliminary matter, i have been a member since january of 2015 when the late mayor, ed lee, appointed me to the alternate landlord position. mayor breed reappointed me to the rent board last december when i replaced commissioner abbey as the voting commissioner i think some of you know what happened in the paperwork was not filed. nobody filed the paperwork from the mayor's office, hence i am here. allow me to address had on speculations that i believe are the reasons for this hearing. there was an s.f. weekly article about my participation in a matt

we've established tripartheid arbitration boards by charter, and where we cannot reach agreement, those boards do resolve negotiations through issue by issue decisions. the board -- the arbitration boards are compelled to take into account a number of factors, but they're generally well determined forms of wages, hours and benefits commonly found in public employment, typically, trying to create a balance between the employer's ability to pay and the conditions within the relevant labor markets and the cost of living. so given all that, we've -- by the numbers, we've probably -- we counted it up. we had nearly 400 bargaining sessions. we dealt with almost 2,000 proposals from all of the unions taken together, and through the process from the middle of january through may 15, we were able to resolve all outstanding matters either by agreement or in some instances, by award. we had 26 tables. seven of them were solved by negotiations, and through agreement, the remaining nine m.o.u.s were set by arbitration award. the generalization increases are covered in the controller's report. roughl

no more reconciliation and arbitration boards but labor courts. what can be stronger than labor courts? and on the enforcement can we -- within the context of usmca we have the dispute settlement mechanism. we just have to agree to the list of 30 arbiters for each country and to agree that we will immediately go to the dispute settlement mechanism in case of indifference, including labor and environment. and that is the main instrument, the main tool for enforcement. so maybe it's because there's not been enough dialogue, there has not been enough understood. but for us, the enforcement isn't there. so we hope that this working group was established by speaker pelosi and that we operate in close contact with them will be able to work with us can to work with canada, to work of course and specifically and fundamentally with ambassador lighthizer and his team who is been extremely efficient, and he has been really the force behind all these to allay the fears regarding these areas and regarding enforcement. and, of course, the best scenario situatio

items 15-18, these items adopt and implement the decisions of the arbitration board and establishes the mous fo us. for item 15, the location, for item 6, local 261 and item 17, the international brotherhood of electrical workers and local 6 6 -- for local 261, for item 17, the international brotherhood of electrical workers, local 6 to be effective july 1, 2019 through jube 2030. for the deputy probation officer's association, for the mou between the city and operating engineers, local 3 and item 20, the mou between the teamsters local 856, for items 21-23, for the mous between the city and the transport workers union of america, local 250-a, local 250a the multiunit and local 200, for item 24, this item adopts the dis an decision establishing the mou between the city and service employees local 10-1. for i'm 25, the supervising probation officer and for item 26, the san francisco city worker's united, item 27, the municipal executive's association. for item 27, for the international union of operating engineer's, stationery engineers, and item 29, between the city and the sheriff's ma

this is adopting and implementing the decision and award of the arbitration board, or adopting and implementing successor m.o.u. with service employees international union local 1021, t.w., 250-a for automotive works, one with the international association of machinists, one with transport union local 200, one with the international brotherhood of electrical workers and one with the municipal executive associations, all setting wages, benefits and working conditions for represented employees fort term july 2019 to july 2020. >> chair heinicke: 2022? through 2022? >> yes, through 2022. >> chair heinicke: i asked they all be called together because i get the sense there is no concern about these agreements at the board level, in fact, real happiness with the way this has all gone down. let me see if there is public comment on the contracts, seeing none, public comment is closed. director riskin, i assume it is your strong recommendation we adopt the contracts? okay. board members, any questions. >> please, just pardon the new guy a couple of questions. i must say i thought the formatting of this

a motion to approve the mayor's appointment of dave wasserman to the rent stabilization and arbitration board for a term ending august 21, 2022. >> president yee: can we take this same house same call? without objection, this motion is approved unanimously. >> clerk: roll call. peskin, you're first to introduce. >> re-refer please. >> supervisor ronen: today, i'm introducing two pieces of legislation that will help us address the crisis of people with mental illness on the streets of san francisco. the first is ordinance establishing a cooperative living program for people with mental illness. that will establish guidelines and procedures for city departments to work with nonprofit organizations to acquire apartments and single-family homes to create cooperative living opportunities for people with chronic mental illness. the second is urging mayor breed to prioritize this need and ensure we have an immediate source of funds to launch the program. every san franciscan i know is deeply troubled by the misery we see every day. during the committee hearings we've held recently to evaluate our re

that require them to overhaul their currently per system, replacing the structurally biased arbitration boards with labor courts, requiring agreements to be subject to personal vote by , forrs to fix the system union elections which are a subject of prolonged delays. the problem is enforcement. how do we know they are going to do these different things? this administration has said that in order to try to enforce these agreements, not by correcting some of the flaws from the first nafta, but they want to rely on the executive authorities under section 301 of the trade act. i find it hard to believe that after negotiating this monumental agreement, after going through all these efforts, making an agreement with other nations, we will open up an agreement because someone is violating a labor rule in a particular company. i don't think that's realistic. i think we need to have more stringent labor enforcement requirements. you said you could negotiate this in a half hour. >> half-day. ok. the labor advisory committee who work with you from different representatives have indicated there could be s

with the idea of arbitration because they are worried it could lead to higher medical cos down the line, it could cause some inflation in the industry. so everyone is trying to get on board and get on the same page right now, plus we are dealingof with a kin cramped legislative calendar. there is a lot oother stuff that has to happen this summer. this have to fund the government, raise the debt ceiling, presidential election season is about to start up, so all of these things arprably impediments or hurdles that could maybe slow down some of the bipartisan momentum but that being said, sator alexander who is the chair of one of the alth policy-making committees in the senate, he said that he has a proposal, and he nts it on the floor to be voted on by july. and hopefullyoat the president. >> thompson: great. rachel bluth, from keyser health news.h thank you so mor being with us. >> thanks. megan. >> >> thompson: between flushing e e toilet, bathing and washing dishes, the averrson in the united states generatesmo 100 gallons of wastewater each day. and dealing with that water requires a lot of resources. in fact, treating water-- including wage-- accounts for 3-4% of all