i am here to support supervisors chiu and cohen's amendment.ook forward to a manageable and survival solution to the loophole. we have been going up around and around, and some of the solutions have been unsustainable for my business, and some have been unacceptable for the employees. i am happy to hear and see something we can live with. no solution presented prevents or mandates that an employee in san francisco joined healthy san francisco. they all can do it regardless of what might benefit is. i encourage any of my employees that i cannot give full-time health insurance to to join healthy san francisco. they can use their hra funds for that or not. that is their choice. i cannot make it happen. there is a perpetual conversation about a level playing field and the intent of the law. original intent was to provide health care access. i am in full favor of that. i do whatever i can. an unending pot of money that might pay for part of an appendectomy will not hurt as much -- will not help as much as an encouragement for employees that need it

i would like to applaud the intent of cohen chiu's legislation.re is a consumer fraud issue and a contribution issue. i do not think anyone disagrees that a restaurant is charging 4% for healthy sf that it should go to healthy sf or summer. i think you could pass that legislation with or without the contribution, so by all means, past the first period when dealing with a contribution issue, i agree with the intent of supervisor chiu and cohen's legislation. but i appreciate supervisor campos' position here in one word or two words that bothered me was irrevocably designated, which is a term in ira accounts. i feel like using that word is treading very close. the second part of my problem with this legislation is the alternative provision. if the meat and potatoes of the legislation is ruled unconstitutional, then the alternative provision, which businesses are against -- that bill comes into effect. i feel it is sorted disingenuous for this legislation to say, "look, accept this, but if this is wrong, we will give you something worse." thank you.

chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. >> there are 11 auye.s supervisor chiu: the ordinances are passed, the resolution adopted. >> item 3, changing the street name to correct a discrepancy in dole street names and eliminate confusion in delivering public services. supervisor chu: in 1913, this was part of the roadway considered great highway. signs were stolen and replaced with incorrect labels, which is reflected in our labels. we had heard of the problem when many of our residents were having their mail not delivered to their homes. we have since worked with the post office to make sure that mail was going to the addresses even if they were incorrect. but also make sure that the department of public safety, that there was no confusion with those agencies. we thought the problem was solved, but we continue to hear that there was continuing confusion, people not be able to get credit cards and other things. so we want to make sure it is proper the great neck -- properly named great highway, so i u

president chiu: colleagues, any questions? supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: know. president chiu: ok, why do we not go to those who want to speak on behalf of the project sponsor? >> mr. santiago, an executive director of support services. i am also on the faculty at san jose state university in the public health sciences department. we also provide services. in fact, we just recently received funds to provide kinships services as well as child interactions services where across the street at 201 leland, and this is 199. i just want to say that the evidence, the public health evidence, just does not support risk for either of my staff or the children or the families. the other thing that i want to say is that we are concerned about good service everywhere, because we want to be efficient and competitive, and we want to be able to access our patient data, our client files, electronically, through the ipad or other devices, and we are customers of at&t. this one it will be accessible through these data networks, and i again support anything that will allow us to have

chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. >> mr. president, we have 11 aye. president chiu: those are passed and resolutions are adopted. colleagues, we had countered items 11 through 13 until 4:00 p.m. today, if we can pass over those items until those time. i am sorry. items 11 through 13. >> item 14 adopts findings reversing the planning department determination that a project on sansome street is exempt from environmental review. president chiu: can i have a motion to continue item 14 for one week? without objection. to november 8. next item. >> item 15 is an ordinance amending the administrative code regarding the health care security ordinance. president chiu: thank you. on item 15, supervisor cohen. supervisor cohen: today, i am introducing a series of amendments to president chiu's legislation, the result of many months of conversations with many stakeholders -- labor groups, coalitions, business groups, small business groups, health access organizers, and community-based organizations. the amendment will do the following. it

president chiu's amendment is actually even farther right because it provides for less time that an employee can accumulate, so while i appreciate the fact that what supervisor cohenas done improve that legislation, it is simply not enough, which is why the coalition that brought this matter before this board respectfully today stands against this amendment. thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you. unless there are any other introductory comments, what we open this up to public comment? actually, before we do that, i would like to give an opportunity for city staff from our office of small businesses, if you would like, to say a few words about your office's work on this. >> thank you. earlier this year, as supervisor campos noted, we identified a flaw in the ordinance that provides a loophole for dishonest businesses. there have been varying opinions on recommendations and solutions on how to best remedy this loophole. as noted, we have had many meetings with stakeholders on all sides. the commission wants me to take an opportunity to thank supervisors campos and the labor counsel for raising the issue, for caring deeply about employees and their ability to access

chiu: aye. supervisor chu: no. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: no. >> and there are seven ayes and 4 nos. president chiu: that motion fails. at this time, do we need a motion to table? >> you will still need to dispose of items 11, 12, and 13, because the motion regarding them as failed. supervisor mar. supervisor mar: could you repeat what you just said? >> items 11, 12, and 13 have not been disposed so you will need some sort of a motion to dispense with those three items. supervisor mar: let me ask a question. can we rescind the vote and replace it with rejecting the appeal but on the condition that the study is done? >> and you can. i think that the board needs to elaborate what the study would be. does that mean the project is approved but the study needs to be conducted within a certain amount of time? what is the consequence for the project? who reviews the study? what is the criteria for the study? supervisor mar: because it seems complex, i will do my best to work with verizon to come back to the board with that propo

president chiu, supervisor cohen, and supervisor campos, for looking through this issue and taking the time to talk to many small businesses for it it has been a tough issue for many of us. especially when we talk about sensitive issues about job growth, which we know is an important part of the industry in san francisco. at the request of my colleague, i did come into this hearing with an open mind. i wanted to listen to the public comment from our workers and our business owners and many of the folks that wanted to speak on this issue. i do not think that the second legislation is ill-intentioned. i think it is very sincere. as i said before, and as is my conclusion today, in july or august, i did not see a compromise that could come forward out of this between the sides. i do prefer a compromise. i like it when we have something that all sides can live with even if everyone is not happy. in this scenario, i did not see a compromise and i do not view this legislation as a compromise. some of the key things the legislation tried to address, one a concern that we cannot mandate which s

chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. elsbernd aye. farrell aye. kim aye. mar aye. mirkarimi aye. wiener aye. avalos aye. campos aye. mr. president, there are 11 aye.s supervisor chiu: those resolutions are adopted and the motion approve. we have two items left before our 3:00 special order. i suggest we recessed temporarily until 3:00 p.m. sharp >> welcome back to the board of supervisors meeting. we are now at 3:00 special order. >> 1930, the board of supervisors pursuant to the motion that was approved 1111-4. the proposed resolution for the authorizing of the redevelopment agency. renne casanave apartments, for 75 years, to develop housing for low-income formerly homeless residents. >> this is the ground lease for 25 essex street. and there is a non-substantive agreement. >> i am the acting director at the developing agency, and we have the ground lease for 25 essex street. this is the first project in the redevelopment to move forward. this is on the corner of fulsome and essex street, with 120 units of supported housing, with the department of public health and the housing program. and t

chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. >> mr. president, we have 11 aye. president chiu: i have been reminded with item 15 that after the vote on the motion to continue, the chair did not state that item 15 will be continued to november 15. with that, that is what will happen with item 15. we can move to items 17, 18, and 19. >> item 17 amends the administrative code to adopt the binding financial policy providing that selected non- recurring revenues may only be spent on nonrecurring expenditures. item 18, he adopts the certificates of participation and commercial paper. item 19 updates budget rock -- budget procedures to accommodate two year budget cycles and five- year financial planning requirements and eliminate duplicate of reporting requirements. president chiu: can we take this same house, same call? supervisor avalos: could we think about two more weeks on item 17? i am not saying i will vote against it, but i want to consider that separately, with a little more time. i would like to see if we can have that heard on 15 no

supervisor mar: i would like to thank president chiu and supervisor cohen for making an effort to try to find some common ground and compromise. i also want to thank the chamber and the restaurant association and the small businesses that have spoken as well, especially on the struggle that many small businesses are going through in this current time. i am appreciative of supervisor campos' courage to improve access for the lowest income workers of the city. i am not willing to support the amendment at this point. i do appreciate the effort of supervisor cohen to find ways to improve the situation for our lowest wage workers carry it but the legislation simply does not closed the loophole. in fact, it is codifying and legitimizing the concept of the hra's that, as some said, is putting us in a position of taking a step back for our lowest paid workers. it is a bad concept to formalize. i realize some officers have to use that system. in the long term, it is moving away from the broader objectives of improving access to health care for everyone. i want to make one other point that heal

chiu: aye. supervisor chu: no. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: no. >> mr. president, we have eight ayes and three nos. president chiu: this resolution is adopted. [applause] >> thank you, thank you. president chiu: why don't we move to our next item, item 31? >> irresolution supporting regulated and safe patient access to medical cannabis in the city and county of san francisco. president chiu: if i could ask folks to leave quietly, we would greatly appreciate that as we conduct our city business. supervisor campos: i would like to thank the co-sponsors of this resolution, supervisors mar, avalusos, president chiu, supervisors mirkarimi, kim, and weiner. we are asking the federal government to do what they said they would do and support local law giving patience access to medication they need. -- patients access to medication they need. research has demonstrated therapeutic benefits to the use of cannabis. many in california have benefited from that. that is the reason in 1996 the voters in the state of california passed a law that allowed for the use of med

and the support to the work of supervisor cohen and president chiu. president o'brien: do you know what the legislation has, i am trying to remember, which would not be the first time. did we have anything to monitor the impact? i seem to recall there was something to do reporting to see how this affects things. >> correct. i brushed over what was new but in terms of the amendments, supervisor david chiu did have in his legislation for businesses to report on their expenditures. so, so that is still there. businesses will still be required in the amount of what they are making. the defined the details of what they will need to report on is still yet to, but the idea is to stay with your hra account, what are reimbursable expenses under your plan so that we can monitor and track that. we want to reiterate to the fact that the employee notification, the time of the employment and on a regular basis as also codified in the legislation. i want to thank the mayor as well because he brought forward his legislation and he convened many meetings to bring the

chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. >> there are 10 ayes. president chiu: those resolutions are adopted. >> item 24 urges the city to give preference to certified organic food vendors, and to urge the federal government to label and test genetically engineered foods, as well as to assign liability to the commercial developers of genetically engineered technology. supervisor mar: i want to thank the california biosafety alliance and food access advocates. i know it is already a policy of the city throughout former mayor newsom's administration, and supported by our food systems with in the city. i urge support from my colleagues. president chiu: supervisor elsbernd requests this be referred to committee. >> item 26 cancels the board meetings of january 3, january 17, february 21, may 29, october 9, november 13, and november 27, and cancelling all board and committee meetings through summer and winter breaks from august 1 through august 31 and december 12 through december 31. supervisor avalos: colleag

chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. elsbernd aye. farrell aye. kim aye. mar aye. mirkarimi aye. wiener aye. campos aye. mr. president, there are 11 aye.s supervisor chiu: those resolutions are adopted and the motion approve. we have two items left before our 3:00 special order. i suggest we recessed temporarily until 3:00 p.m. sharp, and then we will get going.

chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. ident chiu: these resolutions are approved and adopted. it is now 4:05. let's go back to items 11-13. >> item level is a motion approving the decisions of the planning commission approving the conditional use authorization at 4141 geary boulevard. item 12 is a disapproving planning commission decision related to the continual -- to the additional use authorization. item 13 is a preparation of findings related to the conditional use authorization. >> the top talents are many parents and those who live very close to the hospital building that is between fifth and sixth avenues and kiri -- and geary. i want to think the project sponsor for making independent offers for eight studies. i also wanted to get here -- you think the project sponsor for making sure that our office was given information whenever we had questions. i also want to thank jacqueline and the hundreds of neighbors that live within a 500-foot radius of the site. plus hundreds more that are on the edges that have significa

chiu? chu? elsbernd? cohen? kim? farrel? mar? mirkarimi, aye. avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. 11 ayes. >> the resolution is adopted as amended. can you read the in memoriam? >> we will adjourn at in the memory of the following individuals. janet swindler, and mr. jabbari allah. >> is there nay mor-- any more business? business? >> that wah! announcer: the smallest moments can have the biggest impact on a child's life. [laughs] announcer: take time to be a dad today. >> good afternoon. i have wanted to say this for some time. thank god for heroes. thank you very much. [applause] thank you for being here this afternoon to do something that is a great, great celebration for our city. last october 19, while driving her daughter to school very early in the morning, she saw a crash, a very horrible crash. she decided she would stop. she decided to take a look at what occurred. as she saw the flames and the truck overturned and noticed there was somebody in the street, she stopped her car and got out. she did not hesitate. she went out and pulled somebody out.