on that motion supervisor chan? >> aye. >> vice hair mandelman >> aye >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> motion passes without objection. item 7. >> yes. item 7 is a charter amendment second draft to amend the charter of the city and coincident of san francisco e eliminate sanitation and streets and transfer responsibility to the d. public works and remove questions of law ifkdzs for members of the sanitation and street's commission and public works commission and for the director of public works to lim the duties of sanitation commission reviewing data and setting anthropologists and election held on november 8, 22. >> thank you, mr. clerk. i want to thank and acknowledge the city controller for the statement that indicates this is put on the ballot and passed by voters would lead to significant cost savings. i would like to afford the director of public works the opportunity to say any additional words beyond thap which she expressed at our last meeting and mrs. a lonzy the resident expert if you want to say anything the

on that motion supervisor chan? >> aye. >> vice hair mandelman >> aye >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> motion passes without objection. item 7. >> yes. item 7 is a charter amendment second draft to amend the charter of the city and coincident of san francisco e eliminate sanitation and streets and transfer responsibility to the d. public works and remove questions of law ifkdzs for members of the sanitation and street's commission and public works commission and for the director of public works to lim the duties of sanitation commission reviewing data and setting anthropologists and election held on november 8, 22. >> thank you, mr. clerk. i want to thank and acknowledge the city controller for the statement that indicates this is put on the ballot and passed by voters would lead to significant cost savings. i would like to afford the director of public works the opportunity to say any additional words beyond thap which she expressed at our last meeting and mrs. a lonzy the resident expert if you want to say anything the

supervisor chan. >> present. >> supervisor dorsey. >> present. >> supervisor mandelman. >> present. >> supervisor mar. >> not present. >> supervisor melgar. >> present. >> supervisor peskin. >> present. >> supervisor precinct. >> present. >> supervisor ronen. >> present. >> supervisor safai. >> present >> stefani. >> present. >> walton, present. >> mr. president you have a quorum all members are present. >> thank you. the san francisco board of supervisors acknowledge we are on then cest ral home land. ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the stursd of this land, and in accordance with traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never seed, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as care takers of this place. as well as for all peoples who reside in there territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional home land. we wish to pay respects acknowledging the elders and relatives of the recommend ram community and b

supervisor chan. >> present. >> supervisor dorsey. >> present. >> supervisor mandelman. >> present. >> supervisor mar. >> not present. >> supervisor melgar. >> present. >> supervisor peskin. >> present. >> supervisor precinct. >> present. >> supervisor ronen. >> present. >> supervisor safai. >> present >> stefani. >> present. >> walton, present. >> mr. president you have a quorum all members are present. >> thank you. the san francisco board of supervisors acknowledge we are on then cest ral home land. ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the stursd of this land, and in accordance with traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never seed, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as care takers of this place. as well as for all peoples who reside in there territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional home land. we wish to pay respects acknowledging the elders and relatives of the recommend ram community and b

why aye >> member chan. why aye. >> chair ronen. >> aye. >> we have 4 aye's the member waltock excused y. that motion passes unanimously. mr. clerk are there other items. that completes our business this meeting is adjourned. >> i moved into my wonderful, beautiful, affordable housing march 7th. i have lived in san francisco since i was two-years-old. i've lived in hunters view for 23 to 24 years now. my name is vlady. i use titus and i am the resident commissioner for the san francisco housing facility. from the very beginning, this whole transition of public housing and affordable housing was a good idea. but many, many residents didn't think it would ever actually happen. it's been a life changing experience. and i'm truly grateful for the whole initiative and all those that work on the whole sf initiative. they've done a wonderful job accommodating the residents, who for many years have lived in delap tated housing. now they have quality housing. i was on a street where the living room and the kitchen an

chan, chan aye, supervisor doresee. supervisor mannedleman, aye, supervisor maraye, milgaard, aye, peskin, aye, preston aye, ro nen, and supervisor safai, aye, there are 11 ayes. >> item 63 passes as amended unanimously. madam clerk, call item 6 of. >> this is a motion to authorize written authorization and rebuttal battle arguments for the november 8, consolidated general election. >> thank you so much and i would make a motion to amend item 66 with the following and please bear with me, colleagues in the public it is a mouthful. proponent arguments item 22535 charter amendment homelessness oversight commission, page 2 line 1 to it designating superintendent safai, 22626 charter amendment library preservation fund, 7 through 9 designating mayor brie. 22631, charter amendment initiative ordinance and policy declaration affordable production act. itemed 220, additional density and height rent control page 3, line 14, through page 4 line three striking entire reference to the ballot measure. city election and even number

supervisor chan. >> supervisor chan: thank you, chair peskin and i want to first thank all of the publicmmenters for coming forward and having the comments and if i may just generally respond to all the public comments that provided today. you know, i think that having a choice for voters is not confusing. it's not "a poison pill." i take offense of that because you know, i think that you may -- in a democracy, having choices before voters is always a good thing, and i think that that is what we are doing here. so that's first. and i think also allows one to have choices, allows us to really have a conversation about affordability, and affordability, how is it being defined, and in this legislation. we are actually defining it as what has been defined in the san francisco standard which is at 120% of area median income, 160,000 for a household of four and that's considered as middle income housing standards. so i think let's really have an honest conversation about what is really affordable for the people, working families in san francisco. what can they really afford. and frankly, shame

. >> motion to amend supervisor chan? >> no audio. no audio. give me a moment. supervisor chan? she had no audio. . . yes. give us a mobile home we'll try to resolve that issue. keep lost >> if you don't mind we'll take a 5 minute recess. we be in recess until 2:07. >> we are live. all right. supervisor chan can you are you tiebl utter a word at this point? >> yes. and i can hear you now. sorry about earlier there was no audio. >> it was not your fault it was with microsoft issue we have corrected the problem. we are in the middle of the vote to amend the matter. on the motion to amend supervisor chan >> >> vice chair mandelman >> aye >> peskin. >> aye. >> and now make a motion to continue the item as amended to our meeting of monday july 7th. >> on that motion, supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. could you read item 11. >> yes. item 11 is a charter amendment first draft to amend the charter of the city to set forth city policy a requirement when the city amends the planning code it allow for

supervisor chan. >> supervisor chan: thank you, chair peskin. i want to thank commissioner walker. not just for her service right now as our commissioner on the arts commission for her work in the years past. that she is willing to step up and serve in a different capacity. regretfully i will not be able to support the appointment today. i see that at this moment of law enforcement in this city and especially around public safety issues we are in a critical juncture. i have been really wanting to see more candidates that really not only that they know the city and have the leadership skills like commissioner walker but having done the work in the years past. i think that work. i appreciate commissioner walker's leadership and experience especially in the community building and land use policy. at this moment i am seeking leaders that have been doing the work around criminal justice reform. there is a lot of policy issues and challenges we face as a city. it is putting the communities against each other. i need someone and would love to see more commissioners that have done the work

supervisor chan. >> aye. chan aye. dor zee. dor see no, mannedleman aye, supervisor march, mar, aye. milgaard. aye. milgaard aye. pesquinn. >> pes quinn. aye. supervisor preston, aye. and supervisor safai. >> sfai, 7 ayes and 4 nos, with supervisor stephanie and in the dissent. >> this ordinance is not approved of the mayor's veto by an 8 to 4 vote. >> it was a 7-4 vote. >> my apologies, by 7-4 vote. madam clerk, let's take us to our 2:30 p.m. recognition of common daysing. >> yes of service to the city of san francisco, we have two supervisors, supervisor milgaard and safai. >> today we have two special commondation. supervisor milgaard. >> thank you, president walton. today, i am thrilled to welcome the oropesa family to the chambers. on the occasion of their retirement. and to bring us decades of joyful memories. the board today will later vote on commendatory resolutions that i'm honored to present to them today. in 1963, ramon and his wife native of mexico began their journey in the great and diversity in san francisco whe

chan? >> thank you, chair preston. i really, again, am grateful to antonio diaz, people organizing for environmental and economic justice and jessica tovar for their presentation. i do think people ask what is the future and what does it hold for us if we must fight against climate crisis and we do have to fight against climate crisis. but i think that both mr. diaz and ms. tovar has shown us there's a way and a way that is including social economic and racial justice in this approach. and it is possible with this resolution as a first step in raising that awareness and let's start looking for golden state energy as a really an alternative that can be shaped into long-term sustainable power source for californians and not just san franciscans and i think it's a worthwhile cost we can stand by and that we need to continue with this fight, so colleagues, while this is a hearing for this resolution today, i only see this as a first step and i look forward to having your support on this resolut

chan? >> thank you, chair preston. i really, again, am grateful to antonio diaz, people organizing for environmental and economic justice and jessica tovar for their presentation. i do think people ask what is the future and what does it hold for us if we must fight against climate crisis and we do have to fight against climate crisis. but i think that both mr. diaz and ms. tovar has shown us there's a way and a way that is including social economic and racial justice in this approach. and it is possible with this resolution as a first step in raising that awareness and let's start looking for golden state energy as a really an alternative that can be shaped into long-term sustainable power source for californians and not just san franciscans and i think it's a worthwhile cost we can stand by and that we need to continue with this fight, so colleagues, while this is a hearing for this resolution today, i only see this as a first step and i look forward to having your support on this resolut

thank you. >> thank you supervisor chan. supervisor preston. >> thank you president walton, and want to echo a lot of comments that have been made. i really want to start by thanking you chair ronen and vice chair safai and the members of the budget committee for their incredibly long hours. a lot of folks show up and testify and experience half hour of the process or couple hours and dont realize how this is a month long marathon or sprint or whatever you want to call it, incredibly time consuming and just appreciate chair ronen your tireless work and leadership. your negotiations with the mayor's office over many weeks and i very much appreciate your diligence, your care, and your compassion in looking at what is funded through this budget as a statement of our values and balancing a lot of cometpooing demands and needs and including in the newly drawn districts to arrive at a budget. i think the board and the budget committee have a lot to be proud of in this budget. the budget proposed to the board to be had quite a bit

thank you. >> thank you supervisor chan. supervisor preston. >> thank you president walton, and want to echo a lot of comments that have been made. i really want to start by thanking you chair ronen and vice chair safai and the members of the budget committee for their incredibly long hours. a lot of folks show up and testify and experience half hour of the process or couple hours and dont realize how this is a month long marathon or sprint or whatever you want to call it, incredibly time consuming and just appreciate chair ronen your tireless work and leadership. your negotiations with the mayor's office over many weeks and i very much appreciate your diligence, your care, and your compassion in looking at what is funded through this budget as a statement of our values and balancing a lot of cometpooing demands and needs and including in the newly drawn districts to arrive at a budget. i think the board and the budget committee have a lot to be proud of in this budget. the budget proposed to the board to be had quite a bit

please. >> thank you, chair chan. thank you so much for this presentation i was excited see this at this meeting. seems like a ton of hard work over the years and the past year. so i appreciate it. and -- um -- wondering about the funding issues that is a huge one. is there an estimate for time line of when that funding will be done? and i understand hayou know prop a -- huge hurdle. what are the more intermediate steps or is there something like that in the future. so, i'm sorry. when i ended my presentation i logged off and just logod i missed the first part of your question could you minds repoe it for me. >> my question was -- is is there an estimate for time line when the funding the long-term funding study will be red? and then the second is -- are there other steps or will we be seeing something like that again. >> so for i can answer the questions the long-term funding we have a project consultant working with uc berkean civic makers and plan to have the first part of our long-term study out in assessment. and

please. >> thank you, chair chan. thank you so much for this presentation i was excited see this at this meeting. seems like a ton of hard work over the years and the past year. so i appreciate it. and -- um -- wondering about the funding issues that is a huge one. is there an estimate for time line of when that funding will be done? and i understand hayou know prop a -- huge hurdle. what are the more intermediate steps or is there something like that in the future. so, i'm sorry. when i ended my presentation i logged off and just logod i missed the first part of your question could you minds repoe it for me. >> my question was -- is is there an estimate for time line when the funding the long-term funding study will be red? and then the second is -- are there other steps or will we be seeing something like that again. >> so for i can answer the questions the long-term funding we have a project consultant working with uc berkeley and civic makers and plan to have the first part of our long-term study out in assessment

thank you. >> thank you supervisor chan. are there any members of the public who would like to testify- >> i believe chief scott is with us. >> absolutely, thank you for telling me that. chief scott, you made it. chief. >> hichair peskin. i am here actually and i can come in, but if you have any questions for me or our assistant we can answer questions. we are willing to have those convarsations as supervisor chan just laid out and look forward to doing that. >> thank you chief. the only question that i raise and we can certainly meet about it in the intervening week was really the role that the i think now hundreds of cameras that the community benefit districts and union square business improvement district have, which i believe but not hundred percent certain would fall under this policy. is that your understanding? this is a new- >> you are correct. >> i am correct. >> yes, sir, you are correct chair peskin. >> so, as i recall, those have a-they are much more sophisticated technology then that which many individual home

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supervisor chan! aye. >> mandelman. >> aye >> chair peskin >> aye >> the motion passes without objection. the next is item 2 ordinance amending the code to require board of supervisors approval for the funding and use of law enforcement equipment consistent with criteria set forth in state law. >> thank you, mr. young. as i said earlier, this is a very similar law 19 b but a luthat was enacted by the state legislator and signed by the governor bill -- 481. back at the end of september of last year. and this is the mayor's and department's initial team at compliance and a requirement going forward. i don't know if you want to make comments on behalf of the administration or wlo weather go to the department? your call. >> all right. thank you. i got it. thank you. . here to present about law enforcement equip use policy. pursuant to california bill 481 we will put up a presentation remotely. just a moment. looks like you received our hard copies. >> as supervisor mentions bill 481 went in affect in janu

supervisor chan. >> supervisor chan: thank you, chair peskin. i want to thank commissioner walker.s our commissioner on the arts commission for her work in the years past. that she is willing to step up and serve in a different capacity. regretfully i will not be able to support the appointment today. i see that at this moment of law enforcement in this city and especially around public safety issues we are in a critical juncture. i have been really wanting to see more candidates that really not only that they know the city and have the leadership skills like commissioner walker but having done the work in the years past. i think that work. i appreciate commissioner walker's leadership and experience especially in the community building and land use policy. at this moment i am seeking leaders that have been doing the work around criminal justice reform. there is a lot of policy issues and challenges we face as a city. it is putting the communities against each other. i need someone and would love to see more commissioners that have done the work and be able to speak on it and work

amy: sewell chan, we want to go back in time.er, the texas tribune, did an amazing video and it is about activism, not from today -- clearly, the local residents are getting very active and angry, but it goes back to robb elementary school, not the first time police were involved -- this is a video produced by the texas tribune about how uvalde used to be known for a 1970 hispanic student walkout featuring two people, walkout organizer and a retired spanish teacher who took part in the boycott. we want to play the whole thing. it is just about five minutes. i will read what is written on the screen. >> i was in the walkout. i was a junior ihigh school. it was april 1970. i was in my english class. we were already kind of waiting for the sign to walk out. i remember he opened the door and kind of nodded. and we knew. we knew it was time. amy: in 1970over 600 mexican-american studentsn uvalde walked out to protest, one of the large. >> this incident in robb is not going to be the first time public schools have been in the spotlight

director chan. >> thank you. on behalf of staff i want to appreciate you and thank you so much for being our longest serving cac chair at the transportation story there is a historical element to today. we all appreciate how thoughtfully and skillfully you handled all of the items we asked to you bring to the cac and accommodate your colleagues many requests for information item and balancing this with the work we felt we needed to get through the cac. i know the board relies upon your report every month and listens careful low and takes that in account and gives them great confident to act on their item when is they know it has gone through the cac under your leadership. and behalf of staff our chief deputy mariah and policy and programming you worked closely be, all of us, we are so grateful for your time and for your careful and thoughtful and again -- wonderful leadership. we will miss you very much >> likewise, thank you. >> thank you. director chan and i have done a certificate of recognition for you chair

cbs's lana zak. >> reporter: 97-year-old edward chan has loved the yankees since he was a kid.hat time, u.s. laws discriminated against chinese americans, but chan chose to serve when world war ii was raging. >> to me a person like hitler is somebody who is going to destroy democracy. >> reporter: the private first class served as medic. back home, replaced images of war with joy. military service largely forgotten until 2018 when lawmakers began honoring chinese american veterans with medal. >> normally he never asks for recognition or honor, but a chinese american award and such an important part of his life. >> reporter: this past weekend -- >> edward chan. >> reporter: chan's all-american team -- >> thank you for your sacrifice for the nation. >> reporter: cheering his role in american history. lana zak, cbs news, englishtown, new jersey. >> that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday, for some the news continues, others check back for "cbs mornings" or follow online at cbsnews.com, reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. >>> this is cbs news flash, i'm

>> reporter: 97-year-old edward chan has loved the yankees since he was a kid. at that time, u.s. laws discriminated against chinese-americans, but chan chose to serve while world war ii was raging. >> to me, a person like hitler is somebody that is going to destroy our democracy. >> reporter: the private first class served as a medic, and once back home, he replaced images of war with a life of joy, and his military service was largely forgotten-- until 2018, when lawmakers began honoring chinese-american veterans with the congressional gold medal. why did you want your father to have this? >> you know, normally, he never asks for any recognition or honor, but this is a chinese-american award, and i know that it's such an important part of his life. >> reporter: this past weekend... >> edward chan! >> reporter: ...chan's all- american team... >> the yankees saying thank you, semper fi, thanks for your service to our nation. >> thanks for your service! >> reporter: ...cheering his role in american history. ♪ ♪ ♪ ana zak, cbs news, englishtown, new jersey. ( cheers and applause ) >

commissioner chan. >> present. >> chan present. commissioner supervisor dorsey. >> present. >> commissioner mandelman -- excuse me chair mandelman. >> present. >> mandelman present. commissioner mar. >> present. >> commissioner melgar. >> present. >> commissioner preston. >> present. >> commissioner supervisor ronen. supervisor ronen absent. supervisor safai. >> present. >> commissioner stefani. absent. commissioner walton. >> present. >> thank you mr. clerk. and actually i am -- i have been requested to excuse commissioner stefani which i'm going to do. and i believe you have public comment announcements. >> i do thank you. for members of the public interested in participating in the meeting we welcome your attendance in presence in room 215 city hall or may watch capable channel depending on the provider or stream the meeting live at our website. for those wishing to make public comment remotely the best way is by dialing 415-655-0001 and when prompted entering the access code of access code 24810464075 and then pressing pound an

chan absent. >> supervisor chan: present. >> i'm sorry, chan is present. >> supervisor dorsey: present. >> supervisor mandelman: present. >> supervisor mar: present. ronen -- >> commissioner ronen: i'm present. >> ronen is present. safai is absent. >> commissioner stefani: present. >> commissioner walton: present. >> we have quorum. >> and i am excusing him and i believe you have a public comment announcement and i do want to thank jason kaleena at sfgovtv. >> yes, chair. one moment. for members of the public interested in participating in this board meeting, we welcome your attendance here in person in the legislative chamber, room 250 in city hall, or you may watch channel 26 or 99 depending on provider or stream the meeting live at www.sfgovtv.org. for those wishing to make public comment remotely, the best way to do so is by dialing 1-415-655-0001. and when prompted, entering access code 2488 127 9818 # #. you'll be able to listen to the meeting in realtime. when public comment is called for the item you wish to speak on, press star 3 to be added to the queue to speak. do not press

supervisor mandelman and supervisor chan. i'm going to open up briefly and then we will have special assistant steeves from the san francisco police department. go through the power point to go into high level details about what we are trying to accomplish with this ask to the rules committee and the board of supervisors. so over all, as you laid out, with the surveillance ordinance that was adopted on 2019, we have a number of technologies that we had to craft policies around. surveillance cameras are one of the technologies that we over -- since 2019, the past 3 years; freely that with thoughtful amendments we can enhance the public safety of our city. and mainly, there are instances and incident this is happened over the last few years. that really has brought the police department to this point. we had the incident in union square with the mass looting and private security cameras and unable to access because it did not meet the threshold that existed in the policy. it is a well known fact and -- there is pervasive flowns

chan, aye. walton, aye. chair ronen, aye. we have five ayes. >> supervisor: motion passes unanimously. before we asked the b.l.a. to report on the budget call items 10, 11 and 12. >> clerk: item 10 is a resolution concurring with the controller certification department services previously approved can be performed by a private contractor for a lower cost than city and county employee for the following services, budget and legislative analyst services for the board of supervisors, fleet security services, real estate division, custodial services, real estate division security services and convention facilities management for the general services agency, administrative services, main frame system support for the department of information technology, security services for the department of public works, security services for the homeless and supportive housing and security services for the human services agency and food services at county jails for the sheriff's department. assembly of vote by mail services for department of ele