thank you chair chan. so, i did have a opportunity to speak to supervisor engardio who's district this is in and he did request that we not continue it. yes. so out of deference to him, because it is his district and he had specifically requested it, we do-it is not a agendized as a committee report so folks can still send us concerns. anyway, i just wanted to tell you that i did have that conversation. thank you. >> good to know. i think that as i indicated earler i, i personally do not have any concerns about it. this actually again we have done something very similar. the city is in-it is a technical pathway for private schools in san francisco to receive that assistance. we have done that for other schools already and it is concerning about the project itself. i think that is a different process of going through to talk to the school about it and figuring out different pathway, but i don't see this as a issue. at least for me to issue the revenue bonds. vice chair mandelman. >> thank you madam chair. i

chan, aye. we have 3 ayes. >> thank you the motion passes. mr. clerk, please call items 2 and 3 together. >> item 2 and 3. item 2, resolution authorizing the mayor's office of housing and community development to expend soma community stabilization fund dollars in the amount of $200,000 to address various impacts of destabilization on residents and businesses in soma for a term to commence effective upon approval of this resolution through june 30, 2026. item 3, resolution approving and authorizing 1) the execution of a first amendment to the amended and restated loan agreement with octavia rsu associates, l.p., a california limited partnership, to increase the loan amount by up to $8,559,766 for a new total loan amount not to exceed $35,306,233 to finance additional costs related to a 100% affordable, 63-unit multifamily rental housing development affordable to low-income households, including 32 units for transitional age youth who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness, and including up to 3,200 square feet of commercial space located at 78 h

chan, aye. we have 3 ayes. >> thank you the motion passes. mr. clerk, please call items 2 and 3 together. >> item 2 and 3. item 2, resolution authorizing the mayor's office of housing and community development to expend soma community stabilization fund dollars in the amount of $200,000 to address various impacts of destabilization on residents and businesses in soma for a term to commence effective upon approval of this resolution through june 30, 2026. item 3, resolution approving and authorizing 1) the execution of a first amendment to the amended and restated loan agreement with octavia rsu associates, l.p., a california limited partnership, to increase the loan amount by up to $8,559,766 for a new total loan amount not to exceed $35,306,233 to finance additional costs related to a 100% affordable, 63-unit multifamily rental housing development affordable to low-income households, including 32 units for transitional age youth who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness, and including up to 3,200 square feet of commercial space located at 78 h

and it up and supervisor chan and supervisor engardio and supervisor dorsey. thank you for inviting us today my name is is aaron the active commander and one our liaison and so i'm joined with assert jamie kim assigned to the special investigation unit an expert on hate crimes. and so we're going to share the presentation and i'm also joined by deanna with the chiefs office and you at this time i'm going to turn it over to accessibility tang. >> good morning. my name is changing with the special investigations and just really briefly that is 2.55 of the penal code the hate crimes are kriementd because ounces - and then if few see the cross 5 classification that's what you are perceived is someone perceives you to be this and that and if i were hanging out and castro and someone perceived i was gay and assaulted me believeing i was gay but the perpetrators his motivation that would be a hate crime one of the things that makes hate crimes difficult we have to prove the motivation so this must be the motivation for a hate crime the mere fact that sometimes might

supervisor chan and um, mr. i'm wondering if you could have any thoughts about the early renewal of cap and trade and bring that communication to the legislature. >> my observations i've been following this and the staff to monitor this closely and chasing down rumors at that point not seeing a will to introduce legislation to do. but i've noticed three there will be some hearing coming up in one or the other of that you don't i can't remember but the budget subcommittee to look at the cap and trade overview maybe that will be the starting point for discussions and more public disclose of what the rules may be 20 thirty is coming up rapidly i think without the assurance that comes with potential extension if is this are that were the will of legislation or governor to provide sufficient resources to provide for transformative transportation projects particle transit beyond 20 thirty and we'll be relying on the amount of revenue that comes from the t g r fund at this time i'm not seeing that action didn't mean it

i thank supervisor chan.s the most prevailing thing and safety of the firefighters and residents so if we are out of compliance what does that mean? do we fight it? it is a pragmatic question to really understand what you're voting on. i don't think that should be problematic to ask the question. thank you. >> supervisor melgar. >> thank you president peskin. i just wanted to chime in as i'm the chair of the land use committee and we heard this in committee. you may remember i was also the president of the planning commission and was on the building inspection commission and wanted to explain because i think this may come up with in the future as we are seeing a bunch of state legislation that effects our own code planning and building code that sb9 incorporates 4 foot rule by reference to the california building code. which is a stapdered for all cities in california. our own building code is based on that, but supersedes it because of the fire marshal explained we have unique building conditions in san fran

good morning chair chan. supervisor melgar and mandelman i'm margo hanford with the sfpuc on division manager for hetch hetchy water and power. the item buffer will authorize the gm of the puc to execute a memorandum of agreement with >> yosemite national park including trail maintenance, studies and revows of plan and projects and mutual security. the agreement will also authorize the general manager of the puc to enter in a separate nondisclosure agreement with the national park service to provide protection of sensitive security information that may be shared in connection with the agreement and/or implementation. the pbl puc approves the memorandum of agreement on january 23rd in the amount not to exceed 40, 958, 727 and a total term of 4 years. we request the board approval under chapter -- charter section 9.118. the puc is required about the federal and state safe water drinking act to demonstrate ordinance of the tuolumne the existence of watershed control program with yosemite with the tuolumne waters

thank you. >> thank you supervisor chan. with no other names on the roster why don't we take item 23, same house, same call. ordinance is passed on first reading and let's go to roll call for introductions. >> supervisor safai is up to introduce new business. >> thank you colleagues. today i am introducing a resolution in support of assemblyman phil ting's bill which he introduced yesterday in the california assembly. ab2359 doubles the number of type 87 liquor licenses, restaurant liquor licenses in particular in the outer mission excelsior and districts in the neighborhood of san francisco that are often harder for restaurant and businesses to start in, and the assemblyman previously introduced this in 2017 and capped it to five per commercial corridor. we're looking to expand that. it's been extremely successful helping businesses particularly up and coming chefs, women, people of color and those without access to capital because the actual license itself rather than being sold for a few hundred thousand dollars the type

supervisor chan and um, mr. i'm wondering if you could have any thoughts about the early renewal of cap and trade and bring that communication to the legislature. >> my observations i've been following this and the staff to monitor this closely and chasing down rumors at that point not seeing a will to introduce legislation to do. but i've noticed three there will be some hearing coming up in one or the other of that you don't i can't remember but the budget subcommittee to look at the cap and trade overview maybe that will be the starting point for discussions and more public disclose of what the rules may be 20 thirty is coming up rapidly i think without the assurance that comes with potential extension if is this are that were the will of legislation or governor to provide sufficient resources to provide for transformative transportation projects particle transit beyond 20 thirty and we'll be relying on the amount of revenue that comes from the t g r fund at this time i'm not seeing that action didn't mean it

thank you, supervisor chan.um, i'll go ahead and just dive into first a briefly, the one public comment we received, and then i'll spend time describing the recommended modification ones. so the department did receive one public comment from someone in the cannabis industry , and they had expressed concerns that the proposed ordinance would increase black market activity. um, i'll move on to the recommendation now. so staff recommends approval with modification of the ordinance. um, we really support that. this does align and respond to the environmental justice framework within the general plan. introduction. uh, requiring the ceo for the parcel delivery services could, could, could help ensure that these uses are and their impacts are more evenly dispersed, routed throughout the city through this public hearing process. yes. so um, going through the different recommended modifications, the first recommended modification is, is to eliminate the additional criteria and conditions as proposed under section 303, s

commissioner chan. chan absent. commissioner dorsey. >> [off mic]. >> present. >> commissioner engardino. >> present. >> present. >> chair mandelman. absent. vice chair melgar. >> present. >> vice chair present. commissioner peskin. >> present. >> commissioner preston. absent. commissioner ronen. >> [off mic]. >> present. commissioner safai, absent. commissioner stefani. present. commissioner walton. >> present. >> commissioner safai is now present. we have quorum. >> thank you so much madam clerk. i believe we have a public comment announcement. >> yes, i do. thank you. for members of the public interested in participating in this board meeting we welcome your attendance here in person in the legislative chamber in city hall or watch cable channel 26 or 99 depending on the provide eror 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 enter access code 2662-307-4053. and press pound and pound again. you will be able to

and that concludes my slides. >> thank you commissioner chan and want to thank alicia and others fromworking with shout out to my team working together like for the entire year and i am so grateful a layperson when it comes to especially traffic light finding and what are the option to make richmond more walking, biking, and on the short-term to get a fair to be less reliant open our cars and more really transit and how do we get around so, so but thanks to our expertise and really patience and trying to hear me out and hear out like our community and thinking how we can do that i'm so grateful plan that into considering what we can do on an interim term to make the richmond safer and to traffic on corridors and fulton and the boulevard and grateful that also to be thinking about, you know, meltdown from north and south connections to out of the district. >> what really people need for the people who live in the district but working outside the district and also really, really grateful to think about very invite ideas like the mobility hub and those locations bringing us to a safe whe

good morning share chan. i'm manager with office of contract administration and i'm here to present 3 and 4 together. the contract modification in front of you for buckle smith electric company and alameda electric company. both are citywide electric supplies and fixture contracts. it these are boths as needed contracts means the condition tractors not guaranteed money under the contracts the not to exceed values are a cap not a commitment but by the city to spend this amount. city departments purchase as needed. spending provided from each department's budget champion is approved in the budget process each year. it is next two slides show you the contract to date for each contract. along with a top 2 departments users. which in this case are the public utility's commission and the airport commission for both contracts. the amounts shown match when the data was pulled with a correct information oca should be requesting a mall amount more for each contract. we would like to leave them as they were submitted an

. >> reporter: jerry chan has run red's for nearly 15 years. the business on jackson street has been in his family for twice as long. locals call it the cheers of chinatown. it's the place to be when it comes to lunar new year festivities and fireworks. >> so this is ground zero. it's no hidden secret. it's always been a tradition going on for many, many years. my parents are no longer here. this tradition has been passed down to me, and it's only right for me to grow it each time. expect the unexpected. >> reporter: but chan never expected to see what he saw two weeks ago. >> frankly, the incident that occurred two weeks ago should not have unfolded. that's not chinatown. >> reporter: in witness video, you can see people in the group marking and spray painting the empty waymo. at some point after the windows were broken, someone threw a firework or fireworks into the car. >> i arrived around 9:00. as i was walking up the hill, i saw a pretty big fire that went off. i was like, whoa, what's going on? and people were running, screaming, yelling

thank you. >> thank you supervisor chan.t of us as well as a duplicated file where there is a motion and second to send it to committee, so can we do that without objection? the duplicated file is returned to committee and on item 22, madam clerk, a roll call, please. >> item 22, stefani, aye. walton, aye. chan, aye. dorsey, no. engardio, no. mandelman, aye. melgar, no. peskin, aye. preston, aye. ronan, aye. safai, aye. there are 8ier r areers and 3 noes with dorsey, engardio and melgar voting no. >> the ordinance passed first reading. >> item 23, ordinance amending the planning code to designate the grand theater, located at 2665 mission street, assessor's parcel block no. 3637, lot no. 023, as a landmark consistent with the standards set forth in article 10 of the planning code; affirming the planning department's determination under the california environmental quality act; and making public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under planning code, section 302, and findings of consistency with the general plan, an

thank you. >> thank you supervisor chan.front of us as well as a duplicated file where there is a motion and second to send it to committee, so can we do that without objection? the duplicated file is returned to committee and on item 22, madam clerk, a roll call, please. >> item 22, stefani, aye. walton, aye. chan, aye. dorsey, no. engardio, no. mandelman, aye. melgar, no. peskin, aye. preston, aye. ronan, aye. safai, aye. there are 8ier r areers and 3 noes with dorsey, engardio and melgar voting no. >> the ordinance passed first reading. >> item 23, ordinance amending the planning code to designate the grand theater, located at 2665 mission street, assessor's parcel block no. 3637, lot no. 023, as a landmark consistent with the standards set forth in article 10 of the planning code; affirming the planning department's determination under the california environmental quality act; and making public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under planning code, section 302, and findings of consistency with the general plan

i thank you supervisor chan glazesing. okay. [applause] finally, we are at our last yrkts please call mr. clerk. >> clerk: thank you, i'm catching up with my notes. >> number 11, thank you so much for the public who are here for this hearing for your patience. >> clerk: number 11 is a hearing to discuss the discuss the reoccurring power out rajz that impacted districts in district 7 and extended power outages that have lasted beyond 24 hours causing disruptions city wide. >> colleagues thank you so much for being present at this hearing. i called it today, because even prior to this storm, earlier this month, our neighbors have been dealing with reoccurring, power outages. so san francisco and west side residents have struggled with climate change and the changing weather patterns the last two years. and i feels what--so bit mount davidson, manner, sherwood forest, mark pieed and mira loma and park heights struggled through outages and we do have more storms coming this week. thank you for being with us. i'm interested from hear

here we discuss the wheel in the hello, i'm the noah chan. you are tuned into modus operandi in a run off election that's done to the world, a political novice and sub styled, and our co capital list rocketed to the highest office in this major south american country. just who is heavier mulay and what will his presidency mean for argentina as the bricks nation's brace for? fall out. alright, let's get into the m o the . he's rash wild and we'll be. he goes on tv and alicia is what many call maniacal tyree's. he's never help political office before, but somehow he managed to become president. most my think i'm referring to donald trump, but today we're talking about argentina's new president, heavier mulay, who by the way, also ran on the slogan of maga, make argentina great again. now, in what most around the world would describe as a political outside or who seemingly came out of nowhere malays done the political class around the globe with his decisive victory over a 2 party establishment in argentina and making himself the 1st self procla

paul chan will have some tough decisions to make.hub is expected to face a deficit of nearly $13 billion. my colleague monica miller sent this preview. hong kong is still feeling the malaise of a post—pandemic recovery and the impact of china's sluggish economy. its finance chief paul chan has described the delicate balance of boosting revenue and cutting spending. but he's already starting in the red, as public spending outstrips revenue. back in october, city officials said that the fiscal budget ending on the 1st of march could exceed almost $13 billion, the second consecutive year with a deficit. a couple of areas that could be prominent in the budget, one big sector is real estate. property prices in hong kong rank among the most expensive in the world. with the hong kong dollar pegged to the us dollar, interest rates are at a high level. housing prices have lost nearly 20% of their value over the last three years, and that's keeping the potential buyers at bay. a further relaxation of property stamp duties could bring in new sa

hong kong's financial chief, paul chan mo—po, has scheduled to give its annual budget address today.by a corresponding in mumbai. that's a lot of money for a company with financial problems, are investors interested? it's desperately needed for vodafone idea here in india, the network needs a desperate upgrade, they need to expand their 4g network as well and launch 5g where rival the larger rivals like reliance and the middle company owned has already launched 5g in the market and vodafone being the third largest is still not come into the market with 5g and they have been losing subscribers every month. every month, subscriber _ subscribers every month. every month, subscriber base - subscribers every month. every month, subscriber base data i month, subscriber base data shows that vodafone has been losing subscribers to its rivals, essentially for the reason that the network has not been upgraded, that has been a lot of complaints from the customers and that needs a fix. and for that, they need to have, the need to raise a kind of money because of the heavy debt on their books, ra

next we'll hear from hanley chan. >> good morning supervisors. my name is hanley chan. born and raised in san francisco. went to all the schools in san francisco got aa in city college of san francisco got ba in new college of california. that is located in san francisco. rest in peace to my mentor the harry brit. [indiscernible] my initial appointment collective efforts have significantly impacted the veteran community. over a 5 year span when i was in the commission we championed 5 pivotal laws underscoring dedication to empower of voterens. commitment to enhance veteran mental health lead to advocate for initiative as granting veterans free access to our parks. like [indiscernible] conserve tore of flowers. one of my new thing i'm working in collaboration with supervisor melgar, we are striving to create more inclusive opportunities for minorities and veteran owned small businesses by prioritizing them to city contract bids. last year despite a setback we couldn't secure enough support for the commission to urge the board of supervisors for a resolution backing sb58,

the hospital was renamed in chan's honor two years ago.he served in the state assembly and the alameda county board of supervisors, and during her time in office, her colleagues say she expanded health care access to all in the community. chan was hit and killed by a car two years ago while walking her dog in alameda. still to come, the face off between a michelin star restaurant in san francisco and an online store also a holiday strike for rideshare drivers. why they say they're walking off the job on valentine's day. >> up first in two minutes. a wanted felon leads police on a chase in solano county. coming up, the hundreds of dollars worth of toys he had in his possession is it possible to count on my internet like my customers count on me? it is with comcast business. keeping you up and running with 99.9% network reliability. and security that helps outsmart threats to your data. moaire dida twoo? your data, too. there's even round-the- clock customer support. so you can be there for your customers. hey billy, how you doin? with comca

chan, thank you so much for joining us.hilis cases on the rise, and should we be concerned abt this? >> syphilis, unfortunately, has been increasing for a couple of decades here in the u.s. has -- has largely gone unnoticed. it's increasing now, and circulating among the cisgender heterosexual population. and we just aren't testing enough, and we don't have the infrastructure needed to address this increase, not only in syphilis, but also other stis. ali: as you mentioned, cases are rising among cisgender people, particularly cisgender women and heterosexual people. why are we seeing the increases in those populations in particular? >> i think the syphilis has gotten a foothold in that population, and especially among polations that have been marginalized a little bit more, african-american, black, hispanic, latinx communities. and we're just seeing spread because we aren't testing enough. congenital syphilis, especially, is a huge concern. it can cause really significant complications for the unborn baby, up to and includi

frank chan and his wife, hope to never see again. >> i was shocked by this bill. >> chan was billed more than $2,200 after an e.r. visit led to an unnecessary ambulance ride. >> because i know so exactly how far the distance is. >> his wife amber, drove herself to the emergency department, was admitted, and then transferred to the mental health inpatient clinic, which happened to be the building next door to the e.r. approximately 100 yards away. amber wanted to walk, but says she was told an ambulance was required. then came the bill. >> i was so shocked, the chan said. >> they were stuck sorting this out for five days as both the hospital and the ambulance company went back and forth on who's responsible to pay it. >> i think it's very unfair, for this was a story we first brought you last year. >> since then, a new law passed pushing for more transparency in situations like this. assembly bill 716 went into effect in january and targets any surprise ambulance bills. see last year when you call 911, an ambulance would show up, but consumers didn't necessarily know whether it would be i

thank you. >> thank you supervisor chan. with no other names on the roster why don't we take item 23, same house, same call. ordinance is passed on first reading and let's go to roll call for introductions. >> supervisor safai is up to introduce new business. >> thank you colleagues. today i am introducing a resolution in support of assemblyman phil ting's bill which he introduced yesterday in the california assembly. ab2359 doubles the number of type 87 liquor licenses, restaurant liquor licenses in particular in the outer mission excelsior and districts in the neighborhood of san francisco that are often harder for restaurant and businesses to start in, and the assemblyman previously introduced this in 2017 and capped it to five per commercial corridor. we're looking to expand that. it's been extremely successful helping businesses particularly up and coming chefs, women, people of color and those without access to capital because the actual license itself rather than being sold for a few hundred thousand dollars the type

the demonstrators wave palestinian flags channing slogans calling for an end to the deadly onslot in gaza. they called in western powers to withdraw their support for israel. a funeral procession has been held in the iraq capital for the victims of recent us strikes on the country. the head of the popular mobilization units that's called. for the pull out of foreign forces from the country, urging the government to do whatever it can to protect your right sovereignty. the yemy army warns the us and uk that their strikes on yemen will not pass without a response and punishment. the army spokesman says that such attacks will not deter sana from supporting the palestinians in gaza through strikes and israely linked vessels in the red sea. it speaks with me, the saint of the soil, from the blood and the ashes, it's fixed with me the sound of the ring, from the back. oh power sign, i free you, with you, oh palestine, i free you. oh palestine, i free you, oh palestine, i free you, my every breath is a cry to my enemy, and i cry out, cry out, cry out to the evil enemy, the flame within my h

supervisor chan. >> thank you and i-tough act to follow with that. i just want to say that as the supervisors representing the area that actually is impacted by this precisely this legislation carving out our coast on the west side including the richmond, outer richmond, i think not just i, but my neighbors and my community are just horrified by ct that our own very own representative in the state legislature to decided that we will carve us out and remove the protection of the california coastal commission. i adamantly against that. i don't think there is any way you slice and dice with this bill that could actually excuse senator wiener and his intent of what he is trying to do in our coast and so for that i will not only strongly as a co sponsor of the legislation opposing this state bill, will continue to do everything that i can to make sure that we do not just protecting our coast in san francisco up and down the state of california, but also to really look at what has been happening to us with other bills that the senator wiener have put forwa

supervisor chan. >> thank you and i-tough act to follow with that. i just want to say that as the supervisors representing the area that actually is impacted by this precisely this legislation carving out our coast on the west side including the richmond, outer richmond, i think not just i, but my neighbors and my community are just horrified by the fact that our own very own representative in the state legislature to decided that we will carve us out and remove the protection of the california coastal commission. i adamantly against that. i don't think there is any way you slice and dice with this bill that could actually excuse senator wiener and his intent of what he is trying to do in our coast and so for that i will not only strongly as a co sponsor of the legislation opposing this state bill, will continue to do everything that i can to make sure that we do not just protecting our coast in san francisco up and down the state of california, but also to really look at what has been happening to us with other bills that the senator wiener have put