. >> clerk: item number one is a motion to appoint catherine stefani to the transportation board for a term ending june 30, 2021. >> chair ronen: and i will excuse supervisor stefani. and is there any public comment on item number one? seeing none, wupublic comment closed. is there a motion? >> yes. i move to appoint catherine stefani to the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district board. >> chair ronen: thank you and we can take that without objection. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: would you please read the next item? >> clerk: item 2 is a hearing to consider appointing one member, indefinite term, to the children and families first commission. >> good morning. miss armstrong brings a wealth of information overseeing our child health program, particularly for our african american families. in the coming years, we're hoping to bring other initiatives into even greater alignment. there's also several exciting opportunities coming down from the state in home visiting so we're hoping to explore those together, so really excited about the work ahead of us, and again, just really

seated to my right is rules committee vice chair catherine stefani, and seated to my left is supervisor gordon an mamar. i'd like to thank sfgovtv for airing the meeting. do you have any announcements, mr. clerk? thank you, and can you please read number one. >> clerk: agenda item number 1 an ordinance amending the city code to authorize the city administrator identifying those departments that would qualify as business entities or associates under hipaa and to require the city administrator to develop and maintain a citywide hipaa policy. >> chair ronen: great, and i understand there will be a brief presentation? great. >> good morning, chair ronen and committee members. we have emily cohen from the mayor's office, and i have a very brief presentation for you about our hipaa covered entity designation ordinance. i'm also joined by bill barnes from the city administrator's office who will present on their part of the ordinance. so as i'm sure as most folks are aware, hipaa is the federal law that's to protect personal information. it allows large cities or municipalities to declare them

seating to my left for supervisor catherine stefani is matt haney. our clerk is gordon an youyoun i'd like to thank sfgovtv. mr. clerk, do we have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. please silence all phones and electr electron electronic devices. items acted upon will appear on the board of supervisors agenda. >> chair rone >> chair ronen: thank you. can you please read item one. >> clerk: would you like to excuse supervisor stefani? >> chair ronen: thank you. yes. [gavel]. >> clerk: now would you please read item 1. [agenda item read]. >> chair ronen: and we have supervisor peskin. hello, supervisor peskin. would you like to make any opening comments? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, chair ronen, supervisor haney, and supervisor mar. as you're aware, the board of supervisors gives the board the power of subpoena which was seldom used but was used a couple of times in the millennium tower to subpoena a couple of individuals. it is a lengthy and cumbersome process where the testimony doesn't happen in real-time. by the time you send the subpoena to th

seated to my right is rules committee vice chair catherine stefani, and seated to my left is supervisor

seated to my right is rules committee vice chair catherine stefani, and seated to my left is supervisor gordon an mamar. i'd like to thank sfgovtv for airing the meeting. do you have any announcements, mr. clerk? thank you, and can you please read number one. >> clerk: agenda item number 1 an ordinance amending the city code to authorize the city administrator identifying those departments that would qualify as business entities or associates under hipaa and to require the city administrator to develop and maintain a citywide hipaa policy. >> chair ronen: great, and i understand there will be a brief presentation? great. >> good morning, chair ronen and committee members. we have emily cohen from the mayor's office, and i have a very brief presentation for you about our hipaa covered entity designation ordinance. i'm also joined by bill barnes from the city administrator's office who will present on their part of the ordinance. so as i'm sure as most folks are aware, hipaa is the federal law that's to protect personal information. it allows large cities or municipalities to declare them

i'm kathr i'm catherine stefani, supervisor for district 2. i just want to say happy new year, [speaking chinese language] >> supervisor stefani: and just a happy new year of the rat. thanks, everyone. >> hi. i'm dean preston, district 3 supervisor. i just want to echo what president yee said and all of the mayor's wonderful words. looking forward to the celebrations with you all and really looking forward to the unvailing of this, so thank you so much, and happy new year. >> commissioner lam: good evening, everyone. i serve on the san francisco board of education. and thank you, claudine, for your leadership and the asian american heritage association for your work. we are so excited to be able to launch the lunar new year. our students and teachers launched the new year. how amazing for the community to be able to celebrate with family, and we're really thrilled to be a part of the celebration, so thank you. [applause] [speaking native language] >> happy year of the rat. i don't think everyone needs to said other than that. please come to th

seating to my left for supervisor catherine stefani is matt haney.ur clerk is gordon an youyoun i'd like to thank sfgovtv. mr. clerk, do we have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. please silence all phones and electr electron electronic devices. items acted upon will appear on the board of supervisors agenda. >> chair rone >> chair ronen: thank you. can you please read item one. >> clerk: would you like to excuse supervisor stefani? >> chair ronen: thank you. yes. [gavel]. >> clerk: now would you please read item 1. [agenda item read]. >> chair ronen: and we have supervisor peskin. hello, supervisor peskin. would you like to make any opening comments? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, chair ronen, supervisor haney, and supervisor mar. as you're aware, the board of supervisors gives the board the power of subpoena which was seldom used but was used a couple of times in the millennium tower to subpoena a couple of individuals. it is a lengthy and cumbersome process where the testimony doesn't happen in real-time. by the time you send the subpoena to the

the presenters are daniel herzstein with supervisor catherine stefani's office. >> earlier this year, the state of california passed sb 83 which will extend the state's family paid leave program from six weeks to eight weeks. as you know, san francisco has our own parental paid leave program, and the state law has a conflict with our law, so the legislation before you today helps us close a small loophole that opened with the passage of the state law. just as some context, our currently policy only applies to businesses with 20 or more employees, so it applies to some small businesses, but not all of them. and currently in the law, there's an exemption that says if you provide equal family leave or more generous family san francis leave, our san francisco doesn't apply to you. it defines paid family leave as six weeks, and with the state law that extended family leave to eight weeks, it would allow us to do less than what the state asks. so the legislation before you today is just a small update to the family leave exemption from six weeks to eight weeks. i know that the office of lab

seated to my right is rules committee vice chair catherine stefani, and seated to my left is supervisor gordon an mamar. i'd like to thank sfgovtv for airing the meeting. do you have any

i'm kathr i'm catherine stefani, supervisor for district 2. t to say happy new year, [speaking chinese language] >> supervisor stefani: and just a happy new year of the rat. thanks, everyone. >> hi. i'm dean preston, district 3 supervisor. i just want to echo what president yee said and all of the mayor's wonderful words. looking forward to the celebrations with you all and really looking forward to the unvailing of this, so thank you so much, and happy new year. >> commissioner lam: good evening, everyone. i serve on the san francisco board of education. and thank you, claudine, for your leadership and the asian american heritage association for your work. we are so excited to be able to launch the lunar new year. our students and teachers launched the new year. how amazing for the community to be able to celebrate with family, and we're really thrilled to be a part of the celebration, so thank you. [applause] [speaking native language] >> happy year of the rat. i don't think everyone needs to said other than that. please come to the district

. >> item 11 is a motion to appoint supervisor catherine stefani to the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district term ending january 31st, 2021. >> supervisor yee: can we take -- do we have a motion to excuse supervisor stefani for this item? motion made by supervisor ronan and seconded by supervisor haney. without objection, supervisors stefani is excused. madam clerk, please call the roll on this item. [roll call] >> there are 10 ayes. this objection is approved unanimously. please ask her to come back in. madam clerk, go to the next item. item 12 is a motion to a alien arm strong to for a indefinite term. [roll call] there are 11 ayes. a motion to approve the president of the super norman yee's nomination i want to thank commissioner melgar this was tough to fill and i want to thank the committee for sending to community based work continually around land house and housing issues. maria terry a is familiar face in this chamber because she's dedicated to past decade to advocating for the residents most impacted by the housing we are not just a city of buildings and boxe

. >> item 11 is a motion to appoint supervisor catherine stefani to the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district term ending january 31st, 2021. >> supervisor yee: can we take -- do we have a motion to excuse supervisor stefani for this item? motion made by supervisor ronan and seconded by supervisor haney. without objection, supervisors stefani is excused. madam clerk, please call the roll on this item. [roll call] >> there are 10 ayes. this objection is approved unanimously. please ask her to come back in. madam clerk, go to the next item. item 12 is a motion to a alien arm strong to for a indefinite term. [roll call] there are 11 ayes. a motion to approve the president of the super norman yee's nomination i want to thank commissioner melgar this was tough to fill and i want to thank the committee for sending to community based work continually around land house and housing issues. maria terry a is familiar face in this chamber because she's dedicated to past decade to advocating for the residents most impacted by the housing we are not just a city of buildings and boxe

seated to my right is rules committee vice chair catherine stefani, and seated to my left is supervisor gordon an mamar. i'd like to thank sfgovtv for airing the meeting. do you have any

i'm kathr i'm catherine stefani, supervisor for district 2. i just want to say happy new year, [speaking chinese language] >> supervisor stefani: and just a happy new year of the rat. thanks, everyone. >> hi. i'm dean preston, district 3 supervisor. i just want to echo what president yee said and all of the mayor's wonderful words. looking forward to the celebrations with you all and really looking forward to the unvailing of this, so thank you so much, and happy new year. >> commissioner lam: good evening, everyone. i serve on the san francisco board of education. and thank you, claudine, for your leadership and the asian american heritage association for your work. we are so excited to be able to launch the lunar new year. our students and teachers launched the new year. how amazing for the community to be able to celebrate with family, and we're really thrilled to be a part of the celebration, so thank you. [applause] [speaking native language] >> happy year of the rat. i don't think everyone needs to said other than that. please come to th