. >> we will be reconvening as the building inspection commission in the next ten minutes, and there is a separate -- . >> clerk: october 21, 2020. this is a regular meeting of the building inspection commission. the first item on the agenda is roll call. [roll call] >> clerk: okay. we have a quorum, and the next item is item 2, president's announcement. >> good morning, everybody, and welcome to the b.i.c. for october 21, 2020. i apologize in advance if i miss anybody's names. once again, good morning, everybody. i am angus mccarthy, president of the building inspection commission, and i am joined with my colleagues, along with interim director patrick o'riordan, and staff. as everybody knows, we continue to face continuing health crises from the pandemic. last month, we were dealing with the worst local air quality in california history, but this month, california fire was able to obtain some containment over fire management, and therefore, our air kwult has improved. i ask the public to understand we need to abide by all the public health measures in place. i thank for d.b.i. staff

i'm president of the building inspection commission. and i'm joined by fellow commissioners and director, patrick o'riordan and staff. mayor breed of the public health

building inspection. it's been great to work with you, the commission, the staff. the different programs we've had, mandatory, accessible business entrance, accessory dwelling unit. now i have a better understanding how the building code works and the different things that i'm very proud of and i'm proud of the different work we've done over the years. thank you so much. it's definitely bittersweet. again, i'm actually leaving the city. i've been working for the city over 14 years. i joined about 14 years ago during thanksgiving week. and i'm leaving actually during thanksgiving week. which is kind poignant i guess. so it's going to be really interesting on my next adventure at the transbay joint powers authority and working on the transit center. but i thank you again. i thank everyone on staff and our different partners throughout the city and working together on d.b.i. and the initiatives and efforts. thank you so much. >> thank you, lily. and thank you, patrick, for that. and thank you fort certification. we're losing -- for my commissioners familiar -- we're lo

and i think that's more than just a building inspection commission, building department question. i think that really does play into sfpuc and cleanpowersf. it plays into a more integrated strategy to understand this complex problem which has a lot of interactions with different aspects of the way the city runs. and i urge you not to rush through a vault solution without understanding that it may react with, or interact with other solutions we need to move forward with the full electrification of san francisco's infrastructure. thank you. >> thank you, mr. wormer. does that conclude public comment, madam clerk? >> no, one more caller that popped up. >> no worries, that's great. next speaker, please. >> hi there, chris, i live in district three, supervisor peskin's district. i wanted to address this idea of further extending the exemption for restaurants. i want to be clear, this does not seem to me to be an exemption for restaurants. seems to be more a bail-out for developers. and the neighborhood i live in, there are countless vacancies that could be used for new restaurants so i

that could be placed on the agenda of the next meeting and other future meetings of the building inspection commission, and our next meeting will be on november 18. >> okay. commissioners, any questions before i get on this? >> i'm sorry. we had said that we wanted to do -- i forget the exact language, but something around abbo anticorruption language. i'm forgetting the language. we passed so much this year before the pandemic, but we said they wantwe wanted to do the end of the year, and it's coming up to the end of the year. >> sonya, if you could remind me. i know we agreed on the wording of it because it was important. i don't know, sonya, if we could look back on what the wording was. >> clerk: i can, but commissioner alexander-tut, are you regarding implicit bias training or is it regarding the racial resolution that was done? >> no, it was in resolution when the issues came up from the previous director, we had made some kind of statement about wanting -- i can't remember exactly. >> clerk: oh, okay. i can research it, though. i don't remember off the top of my head now. >> it would have had t

since then, the ordinance has been considered by the building inspection commission and the environmentmission as well as our on up land use and transportation committee has received the unanimous recommendation of all these bodies. and in addition, they layout the implementation process and procedures for issuing exceptions has been reviewed and approved over the course of several code advisory committee hearings anhearings for the allc requirement will be implemented so let's talk for a moment will restaurants. over the past year i've consulted with the golden gate association and the chamber of commerce, san francisco chamber and other representatives of our vital local restaurant industry about the impacts of this ordinance on that industry and i want to emphasize again this ordinance applies to new construction only and does not effect any existing buildings or business in san francisco and undergoing renovations or remodel. none the mess, i regular we're living through a time of uncertainty so we have two provisions to address concerns raised by restaurants and we have additional

we will have approximately five to ten minute recess and then we'll reconvene on the building inspection commission. thank you. >> commissioner jacobo: here. >> commissioner tam: present. we have a quorum. our item is item 2, president's announcements. >> president mccarthy: good morning, everybody. welcome to november 2020 b.i.c. commission,

helping young people that the resumes a it pulls them to the career opportunities and building inspection commission make sure they're prepared for those opportunity educational and in terms of their preparation skills by the time many of them leave they'll leave with jobs and new relationships building their network of the opportunity to thrive and i think i could focus and i check around the booths to see had is available i'm hoping to get a job but have employers you know employers give practice. >> i feel this will be a great way to look for jobs we can do this like you get paid. >> when our young people walk we capture their information so we can do follows up and we have a room that has a our computer lab an opportunity for them to do cover letters and talk about updating their profile and i think how you do things on the internet we help quam and they can update tare resume and can look in interviews and on the spot job officers we hire about one hundred young people today lee alone it is exciting out of that it is if they come through with one hundred walk out with a job. >> we'll rock and r

and i think that's more than just a building inspection commission, building department question. i think that really does play into sfpuc and cleanpowersf. it plays into a more integrated strategy to understand this complex problem which has a lot of interactions with different aspects of the way the city runs. and i urge you not to rush through a vault solution without understanding that it may react with, or interact with other solutions we need to move forward with the full electrification of san francisco's infrastructure. thank you. >> thank you, mr. wormer. does that conclude public comment, madam clerk? >> no, one more caller that popped up. >> no worries, that's great. next speaker, please. >> hi there, chris, i live in district three, supervisor peskin's district. i wanted to address this idea of further extending the exemption for restaurants. i want to be clear, this does not seem to me to be an exemption for restaurants. seems to be more a bail-out for developers. and the neighborhood i live in, there are countless vacancies that could be used for new restaurants so i

we will have approximately five to ten minute recess and then we'll reconvene on the building inspection commission. thank you. [♪] >> i really believe that art should be available to people for free, and it should be part of our world, you shouldn't just be something in museums, and i love that the people can just go there and it is there for everyone. [♪] >> i would say i am a multidimensional artist. i came out of painting, but have also really enjoyed tactile properties of artwork and tile work. i always have an interest in public art. i really believe that art should be available to people for free, and it should be part of our world. you shouldn't just be something in museums. i love that people can just go there, and it is there for everyone. public art is art with a job to do. it is a place where the architecture meets the public. where the artist takes the meaning of the site, and gives a voice to its. we commission culture, murals, mosaics, black pieces, cut to mental, different types of material. it is not just downtown, or the big sculptures you see, we are in the neighborhood. those ar

and i think that's more than just a building inspection commission, building department question.ay into sfpuc and cleanpowersf. it plays into a more integrated strategy to understand this complex problem which has a lot of interactions with different aspects of the way the city runs. and i urge you not to rush through a vault solution without understanding that it may react with, or interact with other solutions we need to move forward with the full electrification of san francisco's infrastructure. thank you. >> thank you, mr. wormer. does that conclude public comment, madam clerk? >> no, one more caller that popped up. >> no worries, that's great. next speaker, please. >> hi there, chris, i live in district three, supervisor peskin's district. i wanted to address this idea of further extending the exemption for restaurants. i want to be clear, this does not seem to me to be an exemption for restaurants. seems to be more a bail-out for developers. and the neighborhood i live in, there are countless vacancies that could be used for new restaurants so i don't think we have a lack

helping young people that the resumes a it pulls them to the career opportunities and building inspection commission they're prepared for those opportunity educational and in terms of their preparation skills by the time many of them leave they'll leave with jobs and new relationships building their network of the opportunity to thrive and i think i could focus and i check around the booths to see had is available i'm hoping to get a job but have employers you know employers give practice. >> i feel this will be a great way to look for jobs we can do this like you get paid. >> when our young people walk we capture their information so we can do follows up and we have a room that has a our computer lab an opportunity for them to do cover letters and talk about updating their profile and i think how you do things on the internet we help quam and they can update tare resume and can look in interviews and on the spot job officers we hire about one hundred young people today lee alone it is exciting out of that it is if they come through with one hundred walk out with a job. >> we'll rock and roll i gues

administrator's office, the department of public works, the department of building inspection, the public utilities commission, the planning department, the mayor's office of neighborhood services, the airport commission, and the department of public health. in the last two years, allegations, charges and indictments for public corruption, bribery or conflicts of interest have led to the ouster of four department heads, and implicated three city contractors, permit expediter, a billionaire developer and multiple appointed commissioners. now also an executive at recology. not one of these investigations came from the ethics commission, whose performance we will be discussing today. as public officials, we have a responsibility to earn and safeguard the trust of the public, as we've been discussing with respect to d.b.i. for the last hour plus. and we have a responsibility to hold power to account on behalf of our constituents. so as the chair of the government audit and oversight committee, this is the responsibility i take incredibly seriously. so i'm grateful to president yee for requesting this audit of the

administrator's office, the department of public works, the department of building inspection, the public utilities commission, the planning department, the mayor's office of neighborhood services, the airport commission, and the department of public health. in the last two years, allegations, charges and indictments for public corruption, bribery or conflicts of interest have led to the ouster of four department heads, and implicated three city contractors, permit expediter, a billionaire developer and multiple appointed commissioners. now also an executive at recology. not one of these investigations came from the ethics commission, whose performance we will be discussing today. as public officials, we have a responsibility to earn and safeguard the trust of the public, as we've been discussing with respect to d.b.i. for the last hour plus. and we have a responsibility to hold power to account on behalf of our constituents. so as the chair of the government audit and oversight committee, this is the responsibility i take incredibly seriously. so i'm grateful to president yee for requesting this audit of the

administrator's office, the department of public works, the department of building inspection, the public utilities commission, the planning department, the mayor's office of neighborhood services, the airport commission, and the department of public health. in the last two years, allegations, charges and indictments for public corruption, bribery or conflicts of interest have led to the ouster of four department heads, and implicated three city contractors, permit expediter, a billionaire developer and multiple appointed commissioners. now also an executive at recology. not one of these investigations came from the ethics commission, whose performance we will be discussing today. as public officials, we have a responsibility to earn and safeguard the trust of the public, as we've been discussing with respect to d.b.i. for the last hour plus. and we have a responsibility to hold power to account on behalf of our constituents. so as the chair of the government audit and oversight committee, this is the responsibility i take incredibly seriously. so i'm grateful to president yee for requesting this audit of the

administrator's office, the department of public works, the department of building inspection, the public utilities commission, the planning department, the mayor's office of neighborhood services, the airport commission, and the department of public health. in the last two years, allegations, charges and indictments for public corruption, bribery or conflicts of interest have led to the ouster of four department heads, and implicated three city contractors, permit expediter, a billionaire developer and multiple appointed commissioners. now also an executive at recology. not one of these investigations came from the ethics commission, whose performance we will be discussing today. as public officials, we have a responsibility to earn and safeguard the trust of the public, as we've been discussing with respect to d.b.i. for the last hour plus. and we have a responsibility to hold power to account on behalf of our constituents. so as the chair of the government audit and oversight committee, this is the responsibility i take incredibly seriously. so i'm grateful to president yee for requesting this audit of the

we are currently working with the office of building inspection, office of small business, department of public health, entertainment commission and others to implement these multiagency provision. if the city makes a significant error laid in the application process, we shall wave the review and reduce the fees associated with the additional review. public parklets may now be used to provide service to patrons of restaurants and limit restaurants. previously, no service was permitted in parklets, but parklets are still to remain open to people who are not patrons of these restaurants. once the three-year period has ended, any changes may be made. the initiative ordinance removes neighborhood notification requirements to principally permitted changes. previously, they required a [inaudible] all of the neighborhood commercial zoning district tables, except for the mission street m.c.t., the mission 24 street m.c.t., and the soma m.c.t., have been updated to relaxed use control. parks activities and nonprofit uses are now principally permitted on all floors in these districts. nonretail sales and service uses are now principally

we're currently working with the department of building inspection, the mayor's office of economic and workforce development, the small business commission, department of public health, small business commission, and others to i implement these new regulations. previously, meal service was permitted in public parklets, but they may also continue to be used by members of the public who are not a patron of the business. and within the first three years, this initiative ordinance can only be liberalized. one that period has ended, any changes may be made. so one of the big changes is that the initiative ordinance removes neighborhood notification requirements, so principlely permitted uses in neighborhood commercial districts, and for limited commercial uses, unlimited corner commercial uses. previously, many of these principlely permitted uses required a 30-day neighborhood notice. all -- principally permitted uses required a 30-day neighborhood notice. all of the commercial districts have been updated, except for the ones listed. otherwise, they've all been updated to relax controls. nonretail sales and service uses are now principally pe

we're currently working with the department of building inspection, the mayor's office of economic and workforce development, the small business commission, department of public health, small business commission, and others to i implement these new regulations. previously, meal service was permitted in public parklets, but they may also continue to be used by members of the public who are not a patron of the business. and within the first three years, this initiative ordinance can only be liberalized. one that period has ended, any changes may be made. so one of the big changes is that the initiative ordinance removes neighborhood notification requirements, so principlely permitted uses in neighborhood commercial districts, and for limited commercial uses, unlimited corner commercial uses. previously, many of these principlely permitted uses required a 30-day neighborhood notice. all -- principally permitted uses required a 30-day neighborhood notice. all of the commercial districts have been updated, except for the ones listed. otherwise, they've all been updated to relax controls. nonretail sales and service uses are now principally pe

-- certain reporting requirements from the commission, that they are complying with them, and that they're publicly reported. and then, the building inspection policy and procedures, and then, our final report, which will be a coup accumulation of all of what we have reported so far. >> thank you. i'm wondering if we should go to public comment before we go to comments and questions from the commissioners? >> commissioner, i had a question for mr. de la rosa. thank you to you and your team for doing all of this really important work. a question that i had, in one of your previous reports, better understanding the tone at the top and these different organizations, will your reports be diving into that or looking at what mechanisms might be in place to foster a culture of compliance? because i think it's not only good to strengthen the laws and rules and regulations, but that's just what's on paper. in the absence of a culture and norms that say that we have to do the right thing, and if i say someone who's not doing the right thing, then, i need to go and raise the flag or report it to someone. i think that in the absence of that component, i