i know chair peskin, you're well aware of that.ed her on the port and i really appreciate your time this morning. so thank you very much. >> chairman: thank you, commissioner walker. next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is herman badget, i would just like to applaud ms. brandon on her leadership over the past two decades on the port and for all her efforts during covid and assisting a number of the smaller local business enterprises in the southeast sector. without her leadership, a lot more of the smaller businesses would have suffered and i just wanted to have the opportunity to applaud her and i look forward to her continued leadership as the president of the port. >> chairman: thank you, next speaker. >> hello, i work with small and micro-lbes in district 10 and i'm calling to show my support for the reappointment of commissioner brandon. i think she's done so much for the waterfront especially in the southeast and has done to represent the communities especially where a lot of the development is happenin

thank you, chair peskin. >> chairman: thank you, supervisor chan. before we open it up to public comment, i think your amendments are responsive to what we saw on the package to the small business commission which obviously is your prerogative as supervisor to take those suggestions or not. i'm glad you guys have had a collective collaboration. i would like to be added as a cosponsor. i don't see any names on the roster, so why don't we go to public comment. >> clerk: there are no callers in cue queue. >> chairman: okay. public comment is closed and supervisor chan, would you like to make a motion to amend? are you on the chat? >> supervisor mandelman: i am, but you're not seeing it, are you? >> i have john c. we still have a problem houston. you've got like three hours into this computer and we've tested it this morning and it's still not working. but this will be the sub theme of the pandemic for this chairperson. supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, chair peskin. and i want to thank su

committee of the san francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, may 24th, 2021, i am the chair, aaron peskin, joined by vice chair, supervisor raphael mandelman and connie chan. our clerk is mr. victor young. do you have any ?owments? >> clerk: yes. due to the covid-19 emergency, and to protect board members, city employees, and the public, the committee room and board of chambers room are closed. committee members will. attend the meeting through video conference to the same extent as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on the agenda, both on sfgovtv.org or on the number screening across the screen, you can call 415-655-0001, the meeting i.d. 1874896279, and then press ##. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussions, but you will be muted. when your item of interest comes up, dial *3. speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. alternatively, you may submit public comment by e-mail at vivtor.young@sfgov.org. it will be forwarded to the supervisors and be included as part of the official file. that completes the offici

. >> chair peskin, i would like to note that merchandise gray was an applicant. >> i did note that and she was an applicant for seat 5. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i was born and raised in san francisco, a black african-american. housing rights activist. a human rights activist. i want to thank you for putting together this committee. we need to do more in-depth exploration on how this money is going to be allocated. being on the committee, my major concern is the mental health and well-being of our city and how we're going to turn it around and get folks prepared to be homeowners and business owners and property owners. so i applaud your efforts. i too have applied for a seat on this committee. i thank you thank you guys. have a good day. also i want to applaud toni and freddy martin to put forth efforts to be on this committee. they are a valuable asset and i think you will be doing good business whether i'm going to be on that committee or not. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> clerk: we are circling back to one speaker who had an issue. >> okay. >> hell

joined by vice chair supervisor dean preston and and supervisor aaron peskin. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes, madam chair, the board of supervisors

thank you, madam chair. >> chairman: thank you, supervisor peskin. so, if there's no other comments or questions, madam clerk, let's go to public comment, please. >> clerk: yes, madam chair. if you have not done so already, please press star 3 to be added to the queue for item number 3. for those already on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. looks like we have 24 listeners, with 13 in queue to speak. jim, if you can unmute the first caller, please. >> good afternoon. jack lipkin in district 6. i'm a san francisco native and a walk sf member in support of this legislation. imagine if i walked down the street, went to the park, saw some city workers at work and i as a random citizen could tap them on the shoulder and make them down their tools and stop work for a month or two. the city projects have been a subject of multiple layers in view had to stop until hundreds of person hours were spent on an appeal simply because i said stop. anyone would think that's absurd. yet that's

i am the chair of the committee aaron peskin joined by supervisor mandelman and supervisor chan. >> clerk: due to protect city board members and the public, the board supervisors legislative chamber and committee art room are closed. members will be participate engine the meeting remotely. committee members will be attending the meeting through a video conference as if they were physically present. call (415) 655-0001 the meeted id is 187 450 8115 and then press pound and pound again. you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. best practices are to call from a quiet location. speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. you can submit public comment to myself at victor.young@sfgov.org. it will be included as part of the file. that completes my initial comment. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. can you please read the first item. >> clerk: yes. item number one packs advisory committee. >> chairman: thank you, mr. young. in this case, colleagues and you will recall that a couple of mont

thank you, chair peskin, supervisor chan, supervisor mandelman. i consider this a great opportunity. i grew up as experiencing homelessness living outside in my dodge neon. so i know first-hand the failings of public policy and the need for economic restorative justice. fortunately, i overcame being housed particularly black folk. i started out my process of working on the first iter rations of reading franchise formally encarson rated folks and so i have a feeling i have a good sense of what i was also fortunate to to investigate over 4,000 lynchings. working at the equal justice initiative. i helped design the national institution memorial. my segregation in america report which was published as well as a video who i helped through alabama and other southern states. so i know despite for a very long time. today i'm actually an attorney empowering and protecting. advocating for technological equity in redirecting educational capital as well as ensuring their intellectual property. and, so right now i'm working with professor dorothy brown on real

vice chair peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you chair mandelman. many of the questions i was going to ask were asked by commissioner haney. i'm really happy that we got rid of the committee system on this body and we're also actually meeting as one. in the old day, we had two committees and we would have never had this conversation as a full body. i'm kind of pleased with myself about that. but before going down that rabbit hole, i want to say, at the beginning, ms. kerrshbow, you identified two constraints, financial constraints and human resource constraints and we've been back and forth over the last number of questions that have been asked and answered. i think you still have financial constraints. i understand you have a bunch of one-time money and you don't want to go down the road of creating ongoing obligations with that one-time money. but i think you need to articulate what your financial constraints are and how you want this appropriative body and our other incarnation as the board of supervisors. i said, hey, here is all this newfound m

vice chair peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you chair mandelman. many of the questions i was going to ask were asked by commissioner haney. i'm really happy that we got rid of the committee system on this body and we're also actually meeting as one. in the old day, we had two committees and we would have never had this conversation as a full body. i'm kind of pleased with myself about that. but before going down that rabbit hole, i want to say, at the beginning, ms. kerrshbow, you identified two constraints, financial constraints and human resource constraints and we've been back and forth over the last number of questions that have been asked and answered. i think you still have financial constraints. i understand you have a bunch of one-time money and you don't want to go down the road of creating ongoing obligations with that one-time money. but i think you need to articulate what your financial constraints are and how you want this appropriative body and our other incarnation as the board of supervisors. i said, hey, here is all this newfound m

vice chair peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you chair mandelman. many of the questions i was going to ask were asked by commissioner haney. i'm really happy that we got rid of the committee system on this body and we're also actually meeting as one. in the old day, we had two committees and we would have never had this conversation as a full body. i'm kind of pleased with myself about that. but before going down that rabbit hole, i want to say, at the beginning, ms. kerrshbow, you identified two constraints, financial constraints and human resource constraints and we've been back and forth over the last number of questions that have been asked and answered. i think you still have financial constraints. i understand you have a bunch of one-time money and you don't want to go down the road of creating ongoing obligations with that one-time money. but i think you need to articulate what your financial constraints are and how you want this appropriative body and our other incarnation as the board of supervisors. i said, hey, here is all this newfound m

but the floor is yours. >> supervisor chan: thank you, chair peskin. i concur with vice chair mandelman. i do want to say i was most definitely just really impressed by both dr. corpman and his really his qualifications, but i am definitely very moved by the commitment, but mr. chittavong, just, you know, how he has done all these services leading up to this and really being committed to the work and that's really what i look to when and attending all the commission meetings and that's, you know, speaks volumes to the qualifications as well. i do see that, you know, during throughout the public comment, i think that's part of why we have public comment is that we learn about what is, you know, from the perspective of the community things that we haven't learned about and not be able to learn just from peoples' rÉsumÉs and their own testimony about why they're interested in the position and, with that, is the reason why i will be supporting that decision today reappointing, you know, mr. ishikata because mr. ishikata has thoroughly talked about the chall

thank you, madam chair. >> chairman: thank you, supervisor peskin. supervisor preston, did you have any further comments? >> supervisor preston: i do. thank you madam chair. you know, i think i'm going to share some thought as opposed to a lot z of back and forth and questions because i have a feeling we will be seeing there again in committee and i really just want to kind of lay out some of the issues that i'm hoping we can work on between now and then if that ends up being the preference of the -- of my fellow committee members to have this heard again. i do want to say this is a 75-page piece of legislation i would share supervisor peskin's positive words on to those who were involved in preparing this. i think it's a lot of work, a lot of thought, and a lot of things that were done well in here and there are still some things i think we need some work on. come to a land use committee it would be advanced on its first reading committee and so i just want to caution if folks who have made comments around how long the process has been to the board o

this is not good behavior. >> chair: thank you, supervisor peskin. madam clerk, would be call the roll on item 15. >> clerk: on item 15. [ roll call ] >> clerk: there are 11 eyes. >> chair: without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call item 16. >> clerk: item 16 is a resolution designating those agencies qualified to participate in the 2021 annual joint fundraising drive for officers and employees of the city and county of san francisco >> chair: thank you. madam clerk, please call the roll for item 16. >> clerk: on item 16. [ roll call ] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> chair: without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call items 16 and 17 together. >> clerk: item 17 and on are three resolution declaring the intent of the city and county of san francisco (“city”) to reimburse certain expenditures from proceeds of future bonded indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000; authorizing the director of the mayor's office of housing and community developm

this is not good behavior. >> chair: thank you, supervisor peskin. madam clerk, would be call the roll on item 15. >> clerk: on item 15. [ roll call ] >> clerk: there are 11 eyes. >> chair: without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call item 16. >> clerk: item 16 is a resolution designating those agencies qualified to participate in the 2021 annual joint fundraising drive for officers and employees of the city and county of san francisco >> chair: thank you. madam clerk, please call the roll for item 16. >> clerk: on item 16. [ roll call ] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> chair: without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call items 16 and 17 together. >> clerk: item 17 and on are three resolution declaring the intent of the city and county of san francisco (“city”) to reimburse certain expenditures from proceeds of future bonded indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000; authorizing the director of the mayor's office of housing and community developm

public comment is now closed. >> supervisor peskin: maybe i proceed, madam chair? > supervisor melgar: ." >> supervisor peskin: yes, so i sincerely want to appreciate what laurel invoked earlier which was a number of the actions that this board took. some of them at my behest. the delivery fee cap by, you know, uber eats and door dash, which we enacted as emergency legislation. and i look forward in the next few weeks to making permanent as we talk about permanence. and then in the same breath, i also want to thank her for acknowledging this board's action on our commercial eviction prevention legislation as well as our entire collective efforts on fee waivers and fee deferrals. and, look, let's be clear, there's no training manual for a pandemic, but i'm pretty proud of our government. i mean, we've invested over $70 million of local money in grants and loans for small businesses, and when you add all of this up on top of what's happened, it's a pretty incredible local effort, and this has been put through in incredible speed. i don't think that anyone said this du

joined by vice chair supervisor dean preston and and supervisor aaron peskin. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes, madam chair, the board of supervisors legislative chambers and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this precaution is taken pursuant to the statewide stay-at-home order. committee members will attend the meeting through video conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if you were physically present. public comment will be available on each item of this agenda channel 26 and sfgov.org are screening the public comment number across the screen. call the number on the phone that's (415) 655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 187 333 3238. again, that number is 187 333 3238 then press pound and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussion but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, please dial star and then 3 to be added to the speaker line. best practices are to call from a quiet location speak clearly

. >> clerk: chair peskin? >> chairman: aye. >> clerk: the motion to amend is adopted without objection. >> chairman: i would like to send the motion at amended with recommendation to the full board of supervisors. on that motion, a roll call, please. >> clerk: yes, on that motion, supervisor mandelman? >> aye. >> clerk: supervisor chan? >> aye. >> clerk: chair peskin? >> chairman: aye. >> clerk: the motion is adopted without objection. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. congratulations, julia, and colleagues, we are adjourned. >> thank you. >> clerk: (roll call) this is the recreation and park meeting of may 20th 2021. please note due to the covid-19 emergency and to protect city employees and public, the meeting rooms are closed. however, commissioners are here -- remotely. we ask for your patience if we experience technical issues. public comment will be available for each item on the agenda. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments or opportunities to speak during public comment are avail

joined by vice chair supervisor dean preston and and supervisor aaron peskin. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes, madam chair, the board of supervisors legislative chambers and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this precaution is taken pursuant to the statewide stay-at-home order. committee members will attend the meeting through video conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if you were physically present. public comment will be available on each item of this agenda channel 26 and sfgov.org are screening the public comment number across the screen. call the number on the phone that's (415) 655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 187 333 3238. again, that number is 187 333 3238 then press pound and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussion but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, please dial star and then 3 to be added to the speaker line. best practices are to call from a quiet location speak clearly

peskin .[roll call vote] you have 30 aye's. >> chair melgar: thank you. >> supervisor peskin: i like to make a motion to continue this itemone as amended >> chair melgar: do we have to vote on that motion ? i didn't hear you madam clerk. >> erica major: youare good madam chair . on the motion as stated by supervisor peskinto continue the item as amended, supervisor peskin .[roll call vote] you have 3 aye's. >> chair melgar: the motion passes. madam clerk, would youplease call item number two . >> erica major: item 2 is a move to amend the housing code and affirm appropriatefinding. members of the public whowish to provide public comment on item number two should call th item on the screen . extra 18 . the meeting id is 187 724 4053 . then press pound, pound. if you have not done so, please dial star 3 to lineup to speak for item number two. lookclosely for the seven system prop .when we get to public comment list and listen for the system to indicate tha you have been on muted and you maybe get thank you madam . thank you supervisor peskin for introducing this item. we are joined by john murr

vice chair peskin? >> john, through the chair, the various sources of funding that fund tenderloin safe passages, can you break those down for us? >> i can tell you that they get some funding from the safe routes school. i didn't spend a lot of time looking into the funding of them. but i did confirm with them they are not 100% funded in the safe passage work. because it helps not just that, but they support seniors and others as well throughout the day. >> and thank you for mentioning my chief-of-staff, who has been dogged on this and i know has been in recent contact -- actually, has been in contact with the safe routes folks and with the m.t.a. for the last couple of years around this issue. what i think we should do is take this off-line, get together with t.a. staff and m.t.a. staff, b.p.a. b.p.a.staff and try to figure out that funding package. i am pleased to report that the lower polk community district may be willing to house this effort. so there is progress there, but let's all get together a

>> supervisor peskin, through the chair. not saying that the cortese site issue was the moving issue for that project. i brought it up to illustrate the fact that project requires mitigation. therefore, that is the reason why that project requires a higher level of review, mitigating negative declaration as opposed to the other kinds of projects as i was providing as examples. that are ones that would qualify for a common sense exemption currently under the state law. >> i apologize if it distracted. >> supervisor peskin: if i may through the chair, this is not even apples and oranges. this is not even grapefruits or apples. the issue there was that your department decided that a 1970s era concrete building was historic like what are we talking about? >> again, through the chair, the issue that we're raising here today is projects that are very common, small home improvements, small tenant improvements that would be requiring us to prepare a negative declaration because of this bill. whereas, currently many of these are appr

vice chair peskin? >> john, through the chair, the various sources of funding that fund tenderloin safe passages, can you break those down for us? >> i can tell you that they get some funding from the safe routes school. i didn't spend a lot of time looking into the funding of them. but i did confirm with them they are not 100% funded in the safe passage work. because it helps not just that, but they support seniors and others as well throughout the day. >> and thank you for mentioning my chief-of-staff, who has been dogged on this and i know has been in recent contact -- actually, has been in contact with the safe routes folks and with the m.t.a. for the last couple of years around this issue. what i think we should do is take this off-line, get together with t.a. staff and m.t.a. staff, b.p.a. b.p.a.staff and try to figure out that funding package. i am pleased to report that the lower polk community district may be willing to house this effort. so there is progress there, but let's all get together a

>> supervisor peskin: sure. thank you chair melgar for scheduling this and supervisor preston for your collaboration, long before we were colleagues on the land use committee, this piece of legislation before us clarifies a key point in legislation that we passed earlier this year. that legislation created chapter 37-c of the administrative code that set forth some of the most significant and strongest protections for small businesses in the state during covid, which have since been emulated by other municipalities across the state. in one of the most significant parts of the legislation was to establish the right for a unilateral lease termination for the tenant for tier 1 tenants covered by the legislation, those who had under 10 employees and the amendments before us would clarify that such a termination would have the effect of relieving the small business of the obligation to continue paying rent under the remaining term of their lease if they chose to terminate it. while i think that was the -- that's what i think we all

thank you, madam chair. >> chairman: thank you, supervisor peskin. supervisor preston, did you have any further comments? >> supervisor preston: i do. thank you madam chair. you know, i think i'm going to share some thought as opposed to a lot z of back and forth and questions because i have a feeling we will be seeing there again in committee and i really just want to kind of lay out some of the issues that i'm hoping we can work on between now and then if that ends up being the preference of the -- of my fellow committee members to have this heard again. i do want to say this is a 75-page piece of legislation i would share supervisor peskin's positive words on to those who were involved in preparing this. i think it's a lot of work, a lot of thought, and a lot of things that were done well in here and there are still some things i think we need some work on. come to a land use committee it would be advanced on its first reading committee and so i just want to caution if folks who have made comments around how long the process has been to the board o

. >> supervisor chan: thank you, chair peskin. i concur with vice chair mandelman. i do want to say i was most definitely just really impressed by both dr. corpman and his really his qualifications, but i am definitely very moved by the commitment, but mr. chittavong, just, you know, how he has done all these services leading up to this and really being committed to the work and that's really what i look to when and attending all the commission meetings and that's, you know, speaks volumes to the qualifications as well. i do see that, you know, during throughout the public comment, i think that's part of why we have public comment is that we learn about what is, you know, from the perspective of the community things that we haven't learned about and not be able to learn just from peoples' rÉsumÉs and their own testimony about why they're interested in the position and, with that, is the reason why i will be supporting that decision today reappointing, you know, mr. ishikata because mr. ishikata has thoroughly talked about the challenges that face the commission and

our vice chair is ar peskin. madam clerk, will you please call the roll. >> clerk: commissioner chan? >> present. >> clerk: commissioner haney? >> present. >> clerk: commissioner mandelman? >> present. >> clerk: commissioner mar? >> present. >> clerk: mrs. melgar? present. >> clerk: commissioner preston? >> present. >> clerk: commissioner ronen? >> present. >> clerk: commissioner stefani? >> present. >> clerk: commissioner walton? >> present. >> clerk: we have quorum. [inaudible] >> chairman: please go ahead. >> clerk: thank you. public comment will be available for each item on this agenda via telephone by calling 415-655-0001, and entering access i.d. 1878754349. once you join, you'll be able to participate in the meeting. to make public comment, dial *3 to be added to the queue to speak. you'll hear a message saying that your line is unmuted. and you'll be allowed two minutes to speak. calls are taken in the order in which they are received. best practices are to speak slowly and clearly and turn down any tell

>> supervisor peskin, through the chair. i was not saying that the cortese site issue was the moving issue for that project. i brought it up to illustrate the fact that project requires mitigation. therefore, that is the reason why that project requires a higher level of review, mitigating negative declaration as opposed to the other kinds of projects as i was providing as examples. that are ones that would qualify for a common sense exemption currently under the state law. >> i apologize if it distracted. >> supervisor peskin: if i may through the chair, this is not even apples and oranges. this is not even grapefruits or apples. the issue there was that your department decided that a 1970s era concrete building was historic like what are we talking about? >> again, through the chair, the issue that we're raising here today is projects that are very common, small home improvements, small tenant improvements that would be requiring us to prepare a negative declaration because of this bill. whereas, currently many of these ar

so, thank you. >> chair haney: thank you. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, chair haney, and thank you too for that presentation. and you're the little itty-bitty department that does. i mean, obviously, you know, small department, a lot of technical assistance, business assistance center, but i wanted to -- insofar as this is the budget and appropriations committee and this is in advance of the submission of the budget -- and i want to call out the -- just the phenomenal success of the legacy business program, both on the -- well, actually, in many ways on the psychological side, on just the pride of having a legacy business. last saturday i had the pleasure of going to the art imports on the occasion of their 75th anniversary under their third ownership in the same location. and they're just so proud of the fact that, i mean, obviously, they are a legacy business, lower case "l," lower case "b," but hats off to my former colleague for forwarding this notion. and also on the monetary side, which is that it wasn't just a psych

thank you, chair peskin. >> chairman: thank you, supervisor chan. supervisor mandelman? [please stand by] >> the most obvious explanation and the reason your perjuries ps wouldn't change much, you will get more whistleblower complaints. my other question really has to do with new rules. one of them you touched on, i was curious how that episode had impacted whistleblower complaints going forward. it's reminding people that there is this ability and maybe obligation to report when something is wrong or seems wrong. that seems like a positive. the harder question that i would invite anyone to speculate on if they're willing to or feel comfortable doing it -- this looks and feels like shocking. to have this number of department heads going down. it creates -- this is unfair because most people in san francisco government are doing their jobs. they are corrupt. they are motivated to serve of public interest. to see this many department heads going down and other folks in these department implicated things that are fraudulent, makes one how this was able to go on for so long.

chair. moved by supervisor peskin. supervisor peskin. >> commissioner peskin:ize. >> clerk: supervisor preston. >> commissioner preston: aye. >> clerk: supervisor melgar. >> supervisor melgar: aye. >> clerk: you have three ayes. >> supervisor melgar: thank you, madam clerk. will you please call item number 2. >> clerk: yes. item number 2 is is a resolution urging the recreation and parks department and the municipal transportation agency, real estate division and public works to work collaboratively on a long-term recovery and revitalization plan involving immediate neighbors and community stakeholders to re-imagine twin peaks to improve cleanliness, environmental sustainability and the building to build upon a welcoming environment for residents and tourists alike. members of the public, who wish to provide public comment on item number 2, please call the number on the screen, (415)655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 187~942~8293. press pound and pound again. if you have not done so already, please press star 3 to line up t

committee of the san francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, may 24th, 2021, i am the chair, aaron peskin, joined by vice chair, supervisor raphael mandelman and connie chan. our clerk is mr. victor young. do you have any

. >> chair haney: supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, chair haney, and thank you to all of the members of the budget and finance committee as well as the budget and appropriations committee because i know that you have been doing this for seven hours. so i -- i don't want to go on for too much longer and thank you, of course, to miss wong and the clerk as well as all of the staff from oewd. and i think that we start at the beginning by acknowledging that this should be continued so that we can speak to the new director, but i want to -- i want to leave with a bunch of high level thoughts. i want to start by acknowledging that none of us have ever been to the covid pandemic rodeo before. and we are not using the tired old phrase much anymore, but we are used it at the beginning that we were building the plane as we were learning how to fly the plane. and we did that, and we learned from that, and i think that, you know, there's been an acknowledgement of those things and mr. tumlin, in last item, acknowledged some of those things. i, frankly, all -- writ large i'm proud o

committee of the san francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, may 24th, 2021, i am the chair, aaron peskinandelman and connie chan. our clerk is mr. victor young. do you have any ?owments? >> clerk: yes. due to the covid-19 emergency, and to protect board members, city employees, and the public, the committee room and board of chambers room are closed. committee members will. attend the meeting through video conference to the

>> supervisor peskin: sure. thank you chair melgar for scheduling this and supervisor preston for your collaboration, long before we were colleagues on the land use committee, this piece of legislation before us clarifies a key point in legislation that we passed earlier this year. that legislation created chapter 37-c of the administrative code that set forth some of the most significant and strongest protections for small businesses in the state during covid, which have since been emulated by other municipalities across the state. in one of the most significant parts of the legislation was to establish the right for a unilateral lease termination for the tenant for tier 1 tenants covered by the legislation, those who had under 10 employees and the amendments before us would clarify that such a termination would have the effect of relieving the small business of the obligation to continue paying rent under the remaining term of their lease if they chose to terminate it. while i think that was the -- that's what i think we all

joined by vice chair supervisor dean preston and and supervisor aaron peskin. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes, madam chair, the board of supervisors legislative chambers and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this precaution is taken pursuant to the statewide stay-at-home order. committee members will attend the meeting through video conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if you were physically present. public comment will be available on each item of this agenda channel 26 and sfgov.org are screening the public comment number across the screen. call the number on the phone that's (415) 655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 187 333 3238. again, that number is 187 333 3238 then press pound and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussion but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, please dial star and then 3 to be added to the speaker line. best practices are to call from a quiet location speak clearly

so, thank you. >> chair haney: thank you. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, chair haney, and thank you too for that presentation. and you're the little itty-bitty department that does. i mean, obviously, you know, small department, a lot of technical assistance, business assistance center, but i wanted to -- insofar as this is the budget and appropriations committee and this is in advance of the submission of the budget -- and i want to call out the -- just the phenomenal success of the legacy business program, both on the -- well, actually, in many ways on the psychological side, on just the pride of having a legacy business. last saturday i had the pleasure of going to the art imports on the occasion of their 75th anniversary under their third ownership in the same location. and they're just so proud of the fact that, i mean, obviously, they are a legacy business, lower case "l," lower case "b," but hats off to my former colleague for forwarding this notion. and also on the monetary side, which is that it wasn't just a psych

committee of the san francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, may 24th, 2021, i am the chair, aaron peskin, joined by vice chair, supervisor raphael mandelman and connie chan. our clerk is mr. victor young. do you have any ?owments? >> clerk: yes. due to the covid-19 emergency, and to protect board members, city employees, and the public, the committee room and board of chambers room are closed. committee members will. attend the meeting through video conference to the same extent as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on the agenda, both on sfgovtv.org or on the

>> supervisor peskin: sure. thank you chair melgar for scheduling this and supervisor preston for your collaboration, long before we were colleagues on the land use committee, this piece of legislation before us clarifies a key point in legislation that we passed earlier this year. that legislation created chapter 37-c of the administrative code that set forth some of the most significant and strongest protections for small businesses in the state during covid, which have since been emulated by other municipalities across the state. in one of the most significant parts of the legislation was to establish the right for a unilateral lease termination for the tenant for tier 1 tenants covered by the legislation, those who had under 10 employees and the amendments before us would clarify that such a termination would have the effect of relieving the small business of the obligation to continue paying rent under the remaining term of their lease if they chose to terminate it. while i think that was the -- that's what i think we all