>> yea. >> clerk: supervisor chan excused. chair peskin? >> chairman: yea. >> clerk: the motion passes, without objection, with supervisor chan being excused. >> chairman: okay. why don't we let supervisor chan back into the meeting. that item is passed. and then, mr. clerk, please read the next item. >> clerk: yes. i just want to -- supervisor chan, are you back in the room at this time? >> i am, thank you, victor. >> clerk: thank you. next item is item 3: "motion appointing supervisor hillary ronan, term ending june 30th, 2021, to the alternative member of the bay area executive board." >> chairman: once again, my computer is acting weirdly, but is ms. ronan here? i am not able to access the participant button. i don't see her. is there any public comment on this item? >> clerk: yes. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001, i.d. 1875186183. and press pound and pound again. you may press star 3 to be added to the cue to speak. mr. coe, do we have any members of the public for public comment on item

. >> supervisor chan.ck. >> supervisor haney. >> present. >> chanpresent. >> supervisor haney. >> present. >> mandelman. >> not present. >> supervisor mar. >> present. >> supervisor melgar. >> present. >> supervisor mess kin. >> present. >> -- supervisor preston. >> present. >> supervisor ronen. >> present. >> supervisor safai. >> present. >> supervisor stefani. >> present. >> supervisor walton. >> present. >> supervisor mandelman. not present. mr. president you have a quorum. >> thank you, madam clerk. the san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unseated homeland of the ramaytush ohlone, the original inhabitants. as the indigenous stewarts of this land and in accordance with their tradition, the ramaytush ohlone have never seated or forgotten their responsibilities as caretakers of this place. as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their homeland. we wish to pay respects by acknowle

. >> supervisor chan. we will come back. >> supervisor haney. >> present. >> chanpresent. >> supervisor haney. >> present. >> mandelman. >> not present. >> supervisor mar. >> present. >> supervisor melgar. >> present. >> supervisor mess kin. >> present. >> -- supervisor preston. >> present. >> supervisor ronen. >> present. >> supervisor safai. >> present. >> supervisor stefani. >> present. >> supervisor walton. >> present. >> supervisor mandelman. not present. mr. president you have a quorum. >> thank you, madam clerk. the san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unseated homeland of the ramaytush ohlone, the original inhabitants. as the indigenous stewarts of this land and in accordance with their tradition, the ramaytush ohlone have never seated or forgotten their responsibilities as caretakers of this place. as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their homeland. we wish to pay resp

haslinda: paul chan there. let's bring in stephen engle.tabilize the economy, help the burden on the people. what are the key takeaways? stephen: the key takeaways are he has painted a fairly rosy outlook for gdp growth coming off the record contraction in 2020 that he confirmed at 6.1% down. he is saying it will be 3.5% up to 5.5% up. the question is how they will get there when the economy is still under pandemic restrictions, border is not open and flights are extremely limited. confidence is fairly low. they are going to hand out 5000 hong kong dollar consumption coupons to be able to be used in restaurants and bars and retail shops. obviously retailers will like this. it is different than last year when they gave a blank check, $10,000 hong kong, 1300 dollars u.s. to do what they like with it. that did not necessarily go into the economy, it went into the bank account or stock market. they are taking a different approach. the other thing i am looking at, the story that went up on the hong kong economic times it was taken down that is a

chan: thank you, president koppel. i want to take a closer look to the project and thank you to the members of the public for your comments and especially for your concern for the library and assets. i have a few questions for planning staff. i'm wondering if the library has weighed in about the potential impacts? i don't know if that's a question mr. winslow could answer. >> it's not. not that i'm aware of. i'm going to ask our staff that are on this call of this meeting as well if they have had any input from the library? allison or jake, was there any input from the public library staff or administration with respect to this project? >> not that i'm aware of. >> commissioner chan: okay. thank you. i was curious. and i also wanted to clarify if staff has done a site visit? i think in the packet, a sponsor mentioned half the windows facing this property were already covered on the bottom half. i want to understand if this is something you observed and tie in about the potential impact from your site visit. >> yeah, th

thank you, director chan. i been digging into the nuts and bolts of establishing a permanent program, which i know is a topic of interest to many of us. it has been refreshing to see our local businesses out in the streets and on the sidewalks again, but we also know we have a long way to go, and that our economic recovery will have to include the return of transit service that has been severely limited during the pandemic. i want to thank commissioner melguard for her resolution, and i'm encouraged by the conversations our offices are having with m.t.a. on that front so far. and i want to thank commissioner chan for her recovery plans that we will look forward to next month at our second march meetingly. meeting. in the meantime, she and my staff is have been busy with the bart and capitol corridor announcement of the link 21 version of the bay area reginald air. it would promote equity, improving travel time, and benefiting the economy and environmentally -- benefiting the economy and environment significant

vice chair chan? chan aye. >> member mandelman? >> aye. >> chair preston? >> aye. >> mr. chair, there are three ayes on the amendment. >> chairman: thank you. and the motion to continue? >> on the motion to continue as amended to the next government audits and oversight committee, which will occur on march 4? vice chair chan? >> aye. >> member mandelman? >> aye. >> chair preston? >> aye. >> mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk and supervisor haney, we will see you on march 4th. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to have this conversation today. we have a list of speakers we have been working with from the mayor's office on housing, community development, controller's office and real estate and homeless and supportive housing as well a a cochair of our city our home committee. before the speakers speak, i want to frame the context and why we crafted this resolution. there is a lot of conversation and many members on the body and our board have pushed to utilize the opportunity to really take advantage in a lot of ways downturn in econo

vice chair chan? chan aye. >> member mandelman? >> aye. >> chair preston? >> aye. >> mr. chair, there are three ayes on the amendment. >> chairman: thank you. and the motion to continue? >> on the motion to continue as amended to the next government audits and oversight committee, which will occur on march 4? vice chair chan? >> aye. >> member mandelman? >> aye. >> chair preston? >> aye. >> mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk and supervisor haney, we will see you on march 4th. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to have this conversation today. we have a list of speakers we have been working with from the mayor's office on housing, community development, controller's office and real estate and homeless and supportive housing as well a a cochair of our city our home committee. before the speakers speak, i want to frame the context and why we crafted this resolution. there is a lot of conversation and many members on the body and our board have pushed to utilize the opportunity to really take advantage in a lot of ways downturn in econo

>> yea. >> clerk: supervisor chan excused. chair peskin? >> chairman: yea. >> clerk: the motion passes, without objection, with supervisor chan being excused. >> chairman: okay. why don't we let supervisor chan back into the meeting. that item is passed. and then, mr. clerk, please read the next item. >> clerk: yes. i just want to -- supervisor chan, are you back in the room at this time? >> i am, thank you, victor. >> clerk: thank you. next item is item 3: "motion appointing supervisor hillary ronan, term ending june 30th, 2021, to the alternative member of the bay area executive board." >> chairman: once again, my computer is acting weirdly, but is ms. ronan here? i am not able to access the participant button. i don't see her. is there any public comment on this item? >> clerk: yes. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001, i.d. 1875186183. and press pound and pound again. you may press star 3 to be added to the cue to speak. mr. coe, do we have any members of the public for public comment on item

. >> supervisor chan? >> aye. >> chair peskin? >> chairman: aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> and i would like to make a motion to send the item as amended, as a committee report for hearing tomorrow, the 23rdday of february 2021. on that motion, a rollout, please. >> clerk: yes. supervisor mandelman? >> aye. >> clerk: supervisor chan? >> aye. >> cher peskin? >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> chairman: next item, please. >> the hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending march 19, 2024, to the planning and advisory council. one seat, one applicant. >> chairman: thank you. colleagues, as i said now a number of times since i became chair of the rules committee at some point after we finish working this out with the clerk of the board of supervisors, the president of the board of supervisors, and the city attorney, these types of appointments, where one individual is appointed, in this case by this supervisor, pursuant to an ordinance -- this process is going to change. likely to be done on t

member chan? >> aye. >> chan, aye. >> chair peskin? >> aye. >> aye.tion passes without objection. >> thank you, mr. clerk. thank you, ms. jean-baptiste. good luck. i'll be calling you all the time as will tillie chang and the new chair of the county transportation authority, chair mandelman, and with that, mr. clerk, the next item please. >> clerk: item two is a motion confirming the mayoral appointment of carmen chu as city administrator for a five-year term beginning february 1, 2021, pursuant to chart sectioner 3.104. i believe there is a request to possibly consider this matter as a committee report. >> president: thank you, mr. young. colleagues, members of the public, this is one of the most important non-elected positions in the government of city and county of san francisco. this is something that happens quite rarely wherein a new city administrator is nominated by the mayor and confirmed by the board. this is a position that much like the controller is a neutral, nonpolitical position in government. as we know, naomi kelly, the former city a

, vice chair chan? >> yea. >> member mandelman? >> yea. >> chair preston? >> yea. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk, can you call the next item. agenda number three is a hearing on the progress and findings of investigations into public corruption. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001, and enter i.d. 1464694909, followed by pressing the poundsim poundsymbol. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. i will be turning this back over to supervisor mar. i first do want to thank you, supervisor mar, from all of your work as the chair of this committee, and since the day you took office is, in prioritizing anti-corruption measures, and i very much appreciate you being here in committee on this item today. so the floor is yours, supervisor mar. >> thank you, again, chair preston. and thank you for allowing this item to be heard today. we called this hearing back in march of 2020, when the concurrent investigations into public corruption by the city attorney's office and t

supervisor chan. >> supervisor chan: thank you, madam clerk.today i am submitting a request for the city attorney to draft legislation to create a working family relief program to give support to family this is summer when we're still going to be in recovery mode. the goal of this program is to support families with free cereal camp programs available for every public school student from kindergarten to eighth grade. as long as they've been enrolled in the san francisco unified school district for this school year. we're proposing to do this by expending san francisco's 2020-2021 this year summer camp programming to include an automatic eligibility for all currently enrolled students, again, from kindergarten through to eighth grade. and we're looking to expand the existing fee waiver program at the department of children, youth and their families, and the recreation and park departments to reduce barriers for participation for low-income and working families. and the goal really is to make sure that those who cannot pay will get assistance, bu

>> yea. >> clerk: supervisor chan excused. chair peskin? >> chairman: yea. >> clerk: the motion passes, without objection, with supervisor chan being excused. >> chairman: okay. why don't we let supervisor chan back into the meeting. that item is passed. and then, mr. clerk, please read the next item. >> clerk: yes. i just want to -- supervisor chan, are you back in the room at this time? >> i am, thank you, victor. >> clerk: thank you. next item is item 3: "motion appointing supervisor hillary ronan, term ending june 30th, 2021, to the alternative member of the bay area executive board." >> chairman: once again, my computer is acting weirdly, but is ms. ronan here? i am not able to access the participant button. i don't see her. is there any public comment on this item? >> clerk: yes. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001, i.d. 1875186183. and press pound and pound again. you may press star 3 to be added to the cue to speak. mr. coe, do we have any members of the public for public comment on item

chan: thank you, president koppel. i want to take a closer look to the project and thank you to the members of the public for your comments and especially for your concern for the library and assets. i have a few questions for planning staff. i'm wondering if the library has weighed in about the potential impacts? i don't know if that's a question mr. winslow could answer. >> it's not. not that i'm aware of. i'm going to ask our staff that are on this call of this meeting as well if they have had any input from the library? allison or jake, was there any input from the public library staff or administration with respect to this project? >> not that i'm aware of. >> commissioner chan: okay. thank you. i was curious. and i also wanted to clarify if staff has done a site visit? i think in the packet, a sponsor mentioned half the windows facing this property were already covered on the bottom half. i want to understand if this is something you observed and tie in about the potential impact from your site visit. >> yeah, th

. >> clerk: supervisor chan? >> yea. >> clerk: chair peskin? >> chairman: yea. >> clerk: the motion to amend passes without objection. >> chairman: and then i would like to make a motion to send the item, as amended, with recommendation to the full board. on that motion, a roll call please. >> clerk: on that motion, supervisor mandelman? >> yea. >> clerk: supervisor chan? >> yea. >> clerk: chair peskin? >> chairman: yea. >> clerk: the motion passes without objection. >> chairman: mr. clerk, read items six through nine together. >> item six is a motion appointing supervisor morguard, term ending june 30thn alternative to the bay area executive board. item seven is a motion appointing him to a term ending february 1, 2025. item eight is a motion appointing him to january. [inaudible] p. >> chairman: thank you, mr. young. i thought we should take these all together, because concerns the same supervisor have to augment the goldengate bridge board, and thank you, supervisor melgard for jumping in, into these various important regional rhodes. roles.

, vice chair chan? >> yea. >> member mandelman? >> yea. >> chair preston? >> yea. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk, can you call the next item. agenda number three is a hearing on the progress and findings of investigations into public corruption. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001, and enter i.d. 1464694909, followed by pressing the poundsim poundsymbol. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. i will be turning this back over to supervisor mar. i first do want to thank you, supervisor mar, from all of your work as the chair of this committee, and since the day you took office is, in prioritizing anti-corruption measures, and i very much appreciate you being here in committee on this item today. so the floor is yours, supervisor mar. >> thank you, again, chair preston. and thank you for allowing this item to be heard today. we called this hearing back in march of 2020, when the concurrent investigations into public corruption by the city attorney's office and t

>> yea. >> clerk: supervisor chan excused. chair peskin? >> chairman: yea. >> clerk: the motion passes, without objection, with supervisor chan being excused. >> chairman: okay. why don't we let supervisor chan back into the meeting. that item is passed. and then, mr. clerk, please read the next item. >> clerk: yes. i just want to -- supervisor chan, are you back in the room at this time? >> i am, thank you, victor. >> clerk: thank you. next item is item 3: "motion appointing supervisor hillary ronan, term ending june 30th, 2021, to the alternative member of the bay area executive board." >> chairman: once again, my computer is acting weirdly, but is ms. ronan here? i am not able to access the participant button. i don't see her. is there any public comment on this item? >> clerk: yes. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001, i.d. 1875186183. and press pound and pound again. you may press star 3 to be added to the cue to speak. mr. coe, do we have any members of the public for public comment on item

vice chair chan? chan aye. >> member mandelman? >> aye. >> chair preston? >> aye. >> mr. chair, there are three ayes on the amendment. >> chairman: thank you. and the motion to continue? >> on the motion to continue as amended to the next government audits and oversight committee, which will occur on march 4? vice chair chan? >> aye. >> member mandelman? >> aye. >> chair preston? >> aye. >> mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk and supervisor haney, we will see you on march 4th. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to have this conversation today. we have a list of speakers we have been working with from the mayor's office on housing, community development, controller's office and real estate and homeless and supportive housing as well a a cochair of our city our home committee. before the speakers speak, i want to frame the context and why we crafted this resolution. there is a lot of conversation and many members on the body and our board have pushed to utilize the opportunity to really take advantage in a lot of ways downturn in econo

vice chair chan? chan aye. >> member mandelman? >> aye. >> chair preston? >> aye. >> mr. chair, there are three ayes on the amendment. >> chairman: thank you. and the motion to continue? >> on the motion to continue as amended to the next government audits and oversight committee, which will occur on march 4? vice chair chan? >> aye. >> member mandelman? >> aye. >> chair preston? >> aye. >> mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk and supervisor haney, we will see you on march 4th. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to have this conversation today. we have a list of speakers we have been working with from the mayor's office on housing, community development, controller's office and real estate and homeless and supportive housing as well a a cochair of our city our home committee. before the speakers speak, i want to frame the context and why we crafted this resolution. there is a lot of conversation and many members on the body and our board have pushed to utilize the opportunity to really take advantage in a lot of ways downturn in econo

[speaking chinese language] >> supervisor chan: i wish you all a happy and healthy chinese lunar new we know if we continue to stay vigilant and celebrate virtually, then we better protect all family members and make sure that the year of the objection is happier and healthier than the year of the rat. thank you, everyone, and happy new year. >> supervisor mar: hello, everyone. i'm very proud to join with my city leaders for this virtual lunar new year celebration. like everyone, i wish we were starting the year of the ox with the annual festive event at city hall, but we've had to find creative ways to continue our cultural traditions during the pandemic. for many asians, lunar new year is the most important holiday of the year, and despite our continuing restrictions to protect public health, lunar new year traditions peel more important than ever. thank you for following our health guidance in finding new ways to gather and celebrate with family this year. happy year of the ox, everyone. i am now turning the program back to claudine chang to tell us more about this year's commemor

that motion to approve item 3 under consent calendar commissioner tanner. >> aye. >> commissioner chan. >> aye. >> commissioner diamond. >> aye. >> commissioner fung. >> aye. >> commissioner imperial. >> aye. >> commissioner moore. >> aye. >> commission president koppel. >> aye. >> so moved. that passes unanimously. that places us on commission matters. 4. consideration of adoption draft minutes january 21, 2021. we should take public comment. members of the public this is your opportunity to address the minutes. no members of the public to speak public comment is closed. minutes are now before you. >> commissioner diamond. >> move to approve the minutes. >> second. >> on that motion to adopt minutes from january 21, 2021 commissioner tanner. >> aye. >> commissioner chan. >> aye. >> commissioner diamond. >> aye. >> commissioner fung. >> aye. >> commissioner imperial. >> aye. >> commissioner moore. >> aye. >> commissioner president koppel. >> aye. >> so moved that motion passes unanimously 7-0. >> item 5. commission comments and questions. okay. moving right alongying no requests to spe

>>ucsf biochemistry professor jo durie c there's also co president of the chan zuckerberg hub. he says half of those testing positive. also had no symptoms which means people must remain vigilant. so this variant doesn't spark a new surge. >>it highlights the need to accelerate our vaccination process. because the more chances of virus has to spread the more chances for mutations and so on and it's not time to let our guard down it's not time to like throw away the masks yet we're not there yet. >>in the meantime another ucsf study on the same west coast ferry. it finds having it increases the odds of being admitted to the icu and dying. the study suggests this period should be designated of areas of concern. oren ting urging follow-up investigation. >>and this west coast period is believed to be spreading across california but researchers agree more study is needed. at ucsf dan kerman kron 4 news. >>all 9 bay area counties remain in the state's most restrictive purple tier, when it comes to businesses and activities that are allowed to be open. the governor newsome believe som

thank you. >> thank you, commissioner chan. director chang is nodding her head and looking forward to working on that hearing. >> thank you. commissioner melgar. >> thank you so much. colleagues, last week on february 3rd there was a fatal collision in front of lake merced in district 7 resulting in the untimely death of sherry. the 26-year-old who moved to san francisco 10 days earlier. it resulted also in pull tell injuries of the pile-up of 8 vehicles. it shows crack in the criminal justice system. also the physical realities that caused these vehicles at least 8 and actually more like 12 to be traveling at great speeds that led to injury and death. i think we need to make improvements all around to save lives. the boulevard and brotherhood way have continuously been used as highways and i would like to explore what we can do and what the stay sfmta is doing and what can be done in the future. in district 7 and around that area, we are planning on adding thousands of units of housing across the street both in park merced and

thank you. >> thank you, commissioner chan. director chang is nodding her head and looking forward to working on that hearing. >> thank you. commissioner melgar. >> thank you so much. colleagues, last week on february 3rd there was a fatal collision in front of lake merced in district 7 resulting in the untimely death of sherry. the 26-year-old who moved to san francisco 10 days earlier. it resulted also in pull tell injuries of the pile-up of 8 vehicles. it shows crack in the criminal justice system. also the physical realities that caused these vehicles at least 8 and actually more like 12 to be traveling at great speeds that led to injury and death. i think we need to make improvements all around to save lives. the boulevard and brotherhood way have continuously been used as highways and i would like to explore what we can do and what the stay sfmta is doing and what can be done in the future. in district 7 and around that area, we are planning on adding thousands of units of housing across the street both in park merced and

thank you, director chan. i been digging into the nuts and bolts of establishing a permanent program, which i know is a topic of interest to many of us. it has been refreshing to see our local businesses out in the streets and on the sidewalks again, but we also know we have a long way to go, and that our economic recovery will have to include the return of transit service that has been severely limited during the pandemic. i want to thank commissioner melguard for her resolution, and i'm encouraged by the conversations our offices are having with m.t.a. on that front so far. and i want to thank commissioner chan for her recovery plans that we will look forward to next month at our second march meetingly. meeting. in the meantime, she and my staff is have been busy with the bart and capitol corridor announcement of the link 21 version of the bay area reginald air. it would promote equity, improving travel time, and benefiting the economy and environmentally -- benefiting the economy and environment significant

thank you, vice-chair mandelman and supervisor chan for your consideration. i will also keep my comments brief. my name is amro radwan, pronouns he/him and i am [indiscernible] holding seat 5 on the immigrant rights commission. i have now served in my role since 2017 and on the executive committee since 2019. i'm reapplying to continue my service in this great city, where we are representing our various immigrant communities. today i plan to tell you a little bit about myself, my accomplishments, and goals should i become reappointed to this commission. as a muslim-american immigrant and father of two beautiful daughters, i see the challenges faced. the last year was extremely challenging for all of us, especially for the immigrant communities. during my tenure as a commissioner, i'm proud to have held several hearings, including a joint hearing on the economic recovery task force. or on important things like daca where we listen to many individuals from the immigrant communities. i was proud to work on a resolution condemning the powers of i.c.e. i currently

united states accused china of genocide >> genocide is committed against the uighurs. >> reporter: chan denies racial cleansing, and calling forced sterilization nonsense >> this mother is only allowed to see her daughter once a week. >> reporter: tell me that it is not brutal to take her daughter away from her when her father just died. >> she's been released and with her daughter she has a job. nbc news had not been able to verify that. >> reporter: rahan says her brother is no terrorists lester >>> a former ohio police officer charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed black man, andre hill. the video is disturbing rorter: the moment former officer, adam coy, shot and killed andre hill in a friend's garage the police veteran was charged with murder. today hill's family relieved but not fully satisfied. >> adam coy messed with the wrong family and his family is not backing down we are making sure all convictions happen >> reporter: the former officer is not guilty and coy and hill interacted what seen on the video without providing details. police were responding to a neighbor'

supervisor chan. >> thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, today i am introducing resolution celebrating lunar new year, the year of the ox and thank you for your co-sponsorship of this resolution. first chinese new year parade took place in san francisco chinatown in 1885 with the 15-day celebration and the block long golden dragon proceeded by the red pearl of potentialality. so over the years, the chinese chamber of commerce transformed the chinese new years parade into the largest parade celebrating chinese new year in the united states. celebration of chinese new years is san francisco has become the cultural significance and it's planned parade is a recognized civic pride event for everyone in our city. the annual parade and almost month long festivities a boost to our local economy beyond chinatown. so, while lunar new year be known as chinese new year, it's also celebrated in korean communities with the festival by the vietnamese community and in quebec. the lunar new year is a significant holiday for asian families that g

supervisor chan. >> thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, today i am introducing resolution celebrating lunar new year, the year of the ox and thank you for your co-sponsorship of this resolution. first chinese new year parade took place in san francisco chinatown in 1885 with the 15-day celebration and the block long golden dragon proceeded by the red pearl of potentialality. so over the years, the chinese chamber of commerce transformed the chinese new years parade into the largest parade celebrating chinese new year in the united states. celebration of chinese new years is san francisco has become the cultural significance and it's planned parade is a recognized civic pride event for everyone in our city. the annual parade and almost month long festivities a boost to our local economy beyond chinatown. so, while lunar new year be known as chinese new year, it's also celebrated in korean communities with the festival by the vietnamese community and in quebec. the lunar new year is a significant holiday for asian families that g

, vice chair chan?ea. >> member mandelman? >> yea. >> chair preston? >> yea. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk, can you call the next item. agenda number three is a hearing on the progress and findings of investigations into public corruption. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001, and enter i.d. 1464694909, followed by pressing the poundsim poundsymbol. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. i will be turning this back over to supervisor mar. i first do want to thank you, supervisor mar, from all of your work as the chair of this committee, and since the day you took office is, in prioritizing anti-corruption measures, and i very much appreciate you being here in committee on this item today. so the floor is yours, supervisor mar. >> thank you, again, chair preston. and thank you for allowing this item to be heard today. we called this hearing back in march of 2020, when the concurrent investigations into public corruption by the city attorney's office and the co

supervisor chan? >> commissioner chan: thank you, chair preston, and, i guess, good afternoon now. and i think my question is -- not too sure who can answer this question specifically. it is about capacity. i do understand the limitation of supplies that we've been facing, so it's kind of why we're in this pickle. i heard you. i know that the message is that we have the infrastructure there, it's ready to go, but it's really the supplies. so just in the spirits of trying to understand based on this legislation that we are trying to figure out, especially on page 7, lanes 15, talking about, you know, informations about the public that has been put forward and expectant dates that each community can expect to be vaccinated. according to your dashboard, you're thinking about 753,000 people, roughly, right, to be vaccinated in san francisco, but to date, you know, 75,000 have received the first dose, and only about 25,000 have received the two doses. so the question would be if we -- if our -- if our -- if our goal is, by june, that all these people will be vaccinated, at which point -

>> yea. >> clerk: supervisor chan excused. chair peskin? >> chairman: yea. >> clerk: the motion passes, without objection, with supervisor chan being excused. >> chairman: okay. why don't we let supervisor chan back into the meeting. that item is passed. and then, mr. clerk, please read the next item. >> clerk: yes. i just want to -- supervisor chan, are you back in the room at this time? >> i am, thank you, victor. >> clerk: thank you. next item is item 3: "motion appointing supervisor hillary ronan, term ending june 30th, 2021, to the alternative member of the bay area executive board." >> chairman: once again, my computer is acting weirdly, but is ms. ronan here? i am not able to access the participant button. i don't see her. is there any public comment on this item? >> clerk: yes. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001, i.d. 1875186183. and press pound and pound again. you may press star 3 to be added to the cue to speak. mr. coe, do we have any members of the public for public comment on item

chan: thank you, president koppel. i want to take a closer look to the project and thank you to the members of the public for your comments and especially for your concern for the library and assets. i have a few questions for planning staff. i'm wondering if the library has weighed in about the potential impacts? i don't know if that's a question mr. winslow could answer. >> it's not. not that i'm aware of. i'm going to ask our staff that are on this call of this meeting as well if they have had any input from the library? allison or jake, was there any input from the public library staff or administration with respect to this project? >> not that i'm aware of. >> commissioner chan: okay. thank you. i was curious. and i also wanted to clarify if staff has done a site visit? i think in the packet, a sponsor mentioned half the windows facing this property were already covered on the bottom half. i want to understand if this is something you observed and tie in about the potential impact from your site visit. >> yeah, th

. >> reporter: carl chan, president of the oakland chinatown chamber of commerce, says in the last few days chinatown has been quiet as fear takes over the community. the attacks against asians in the bay area, a growing trend. >> yesterday my mother was the victim of a robbery. >> rorter: smstore on nd street in sa. eir shattered. >> we're seeing countless elders in the asian american community being targeted, attacked and robbed throughout the bay area. >> reporter: as celebrations for the vietnamese new year as well as lunar new year approach, san jose councilman raul perales and police warn the asian community to be vigilant. kathy's mom was preparing for lunar new year when she was robbed. >> don't walk around with red envelopes in hand. >> those who wish to come here and commit crime against our asian american community or any community member of this community, we will relentlessly pursue you. >> reporter: chan is pleading for the violence to stop. >> please, we are all the same and we are the people of this community. >> reporter: carl plans to hand out whistles to residents. h

supervisor chan. >> supervisor chan: thank you madam clerk.today i am submitting a request for the city attorney to draft legislation to create a working family relief program to give support to family this is summer when we're still going to be in recovery mode. the goal of this program is to support families with free cereal camp programs available for every public school student from kindergarten to eighth grade. as long as they've been enrolled in the san francisco unified school district for this school year. we're proposing to do this by expending san francisco's 2020-2021 this year summer camp programming to include an automatic eligibility for all currently enrolled students, again, from kindergarten through to eighth grade. and we're looking to expand the existing fee waiver program at the department of children youth and their families and the recreation and park departments to reduce barriers for participation for low-income and working families. and the goal really is to make sure that those who cannot pay will get assistance but e

>>chan has been collecting videos of these crimes and says he's talked to at least 20 business owners in the past 2 weeks who have been targeted he is now calling on the city and county to bring in more foot patrols and security, especially as we approach the chinese new year. >>and we will do everything within our power and resources to put an end to it. >>a chef went on to say that within the next week she will be naming a new chief of police. the neighborhood crime prevention council will be distributing emergency whistles to local merchants and residents. but the goal of organizing their use in a coordinated effort to deter and prevent crime in chinatown there is major concern tonight about a covid-19 outbreak at san francisco public works facility. it comes after several employees. >>have tested positive for the virus or kron four's haaziq madyun reports the employees union is filing an imminent hazard complaint with the state. >>so there's been a 9 covid results in the last 2 and a half weeks one and workers hospitalized. they have not notify the employees of the outbreak they h

chan says they stole a couple of items and then the business owners chased after them. chan says one of the suspects threatened the business owner in nearly missed hitting the owner in their getaway car rob, the store. >>and then it beating up the east owner and unfortunately in when tried to run over one his own. i guess you know he was able to step back in just the day before. >>he suspects known to chinatown businesses robbed several shops, including chung chelsea market on franklin street, a main up this small businesses you people coming in and robbing the store and then also when customers are you money of the hands of its customers. >>and scaring off so many people chance as many suspects are also committing targeted robberies against elderly women in the neighborhood he's now calling on the city and county to bring in more foot patrols and security. >>especially as we approach the chinese new year in february many. >>because some of us will be coming shopping. and you know we want to be sure that you know they will be safe. and we want people enjoy coming to not

chan: thank you, president koppel. i want to take a closer look to the project and thank you to the members of the public for your comments and especially for your concern for the library and assets. i have a few questions for planning staff. i'm wondering if the library has weighed in about the potential impacts? i don't know if that's a question mr. winslow could answer. >> it's not. not that i'm aware of. i'm going to ask our staff that are on this call of this meeting as well if they have had any input from the library? allison or jake, was there any input from the public library staff or administration with respect to this project? >> not that i'm aware of. >> commissioner chan: okay. thank you. i was curious. and i also wanted to clarify if staff has done a site visit? i think in the packet, a sponsor mentioned half the windows facing this property were already covered on the bottom half. i want to understand if this is something you observed and tie in about the potential impact from your site visit. >> yeah, th

let's get the latest from rachel chan.ho's conclusions at the end of a highly publicized mission? >> they narrowed down the scenario of how the virus could have come into the human population to basically two routes, and animal and intermediary host, or frozen wildlife products sold in markets like the wuhan one, which was at the center of the outbreak last december. another finding that has been getting headlines is they have said they found no evidence of any large-scale outbreak in wuhan prior to december 2019. that is very much bolstering china's theory that it did not originate in china, but came in from somewhere else. haslinda: rachel, why are they controversial? >> the fact is the findings do align with things china has been saying for a long time. they do help encourage the idea that the virus did not come from china, but came from somewhere else. they also dismissed the lab theory, which we know people in the u.s. have talked about. it has become a very politicized situation. just because the findings are what ch