i'm supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. with me on the video conference is supervisor catherine. >> supervisor stefani: and we're joined this morning by supervisor shamann walton perform our clerk today is victor young and i would like to thank sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. before we get started, i'd like to ask that anybody that's not a member of the committee to temporarily turn off your camera, so your picture is not displayed while we're speaking on other items. today's announcements. due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, city employees and the public, the board of supervisors committee room and legislate -- i have to turn my camera on. my apologies. [laughter] the board of supervisors committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this precaution is taking pursuant to statewide stay-at-home order and all local, state and federal orders, declaration and directives. committee members wil

i'm supervisor hillary ronen, chair over the committee. with me on the video conference is vice chair supervisor catherine stefani and rules member gordon mar. i'd like to thank sfgovtv for the meeting. mr. clerk, any announcements? looks like you're on mute. >> apologies. due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, city employees and the public, the board of supervisors chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in a meeting remotely. many members will attend a meeting through video conference and attend to the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. public comment is available on each item on the agenda. we're streaming the number across the screen. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. again, that is (415) 655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 145, 418, 2406. again, that is 1454192406 and then press pound and pound again. when connected, you'll hear the meeting discussion, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when the issue comes up, dial

i'm supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee.ence is supervisor catherine. >> supervisor stefani: and we're joined this morning by supervisor shamann walton perform our clerk today is victor young and i would like to thank sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. before we get started, i'd like to ask that anybody that's not a member of the committee to temporarily turn off your camera, so your picture is not displayed while we're speaking on other items. today's announcements. due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, city employees and the public, the board of supervisors committee room and legislate -- i have to turn my camera on. my apologies. [laughter] the board of supervisors committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this precaution is taking pursuant to statewide stay-at-home order and all local, state and federal orders, declaration and directives. committee members will attend the meeting through

i'm supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. on the video conference is supervisor catherine. >> supervisor stefani: and we're joined this morning by supervisor shamann walton perform our clerk today is victor young and i would like to thank sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. before we get started, i'd like to ask that anybody that's not a member of the committee to temporarily turn off your camera, so your picture is not displayed while we're speaking on other items. today's announcements. due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, city employees and the public, the board of supervisors committee room and legislate -- i have to turn my camera on. my apologies. [laughter] the board of supervisors committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this precaution is taking pursuant to statewide stay-at-home order and all local, state and federal orders, declaration and directives. committee members will attend

i'm supervisor hillary ronen, chair over the committee. with me on the video conference is vice chair supervisor catherine stefani and rules member gordon mar. i'd like to thank sfgovtv for the meeting. mr. clerk, any announcements? looks like you're on mute. >> apologies. due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, city employees and the public, the board of supervisors chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in a meeting remotely. many members will attend a meeting through video conference and attend to the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. public comment is available on each item on the agenda. we're streaming the number across the screen. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. again, that is (415) 655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 145, 418, 2406. again, that is 1454192406 and then press pound and pound again. when connected, you'll hear the meeting discussion, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when the issue comes up, dial

i am supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee.with me on the video conference is rules committee vice chair supervisor catherine stefani and rules committee member supervisor gordon mar. our clerk today is victor young. and i'd like to thank sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. my apologies. due to the covid-19 health emergency, and to protect board members, city employees and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this precaution is tak

i'm supervisor hillary ronen, chair over the committee. with me on the video conference is vice chair supervisor catherine stefani and rules member gordon mar. i'd like to thank sfgovtv for the meeting. mr. clerk, any announcements? looks like you're on mute. >> apologies. due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, city employees and the public, the board of supervisors chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in a meeting remotely. many members will

matt haney and hillary ronen it calls for a ban on police using rubber bullets or flexible baton rounds. flash bangs and chemical agents as well as military vehicles and equipment in peaceful protests. supporters say people shouldn't be intimidated to protest, especially by the very same entity that they are vocalizing against a lot of times or of freedoms in. >>alright protests is this challenge and there are barriers that we want to make sure that the number of us. >>as we continue to move forward this is detrimental to free speech. and it is very bad when people are trying to peacefully protest and speak out against it just as a doctor in the meeting confirmed that the use of tear gas and rubber bullets heard people permanently and indiscriminately. >>increases the likelihood of injury and death. >>sponsor of the act supervisor ronen said that no one should be afraid to protest anywhere, especially in the united states. we're americans pride themselves for their first amendment right live in the newsroom. ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>thank you all a california lawmakers want to mak

are trying to set a standard by calling on a ban for these crowd control methods, matt haney and hillary ronen say peaceful protesters are getting hurt while exercising their first amendment right. that is one of several concerns including if there are educators provoking police the methods that are being used to control them can reach innocent bystanders and your doctor who studies demonstrations said in a meeting with them today, the police are trained to de-escalate first. these tactics should be used as a last resort and using these tools only makes its things worse for everyone. >>i do not know of any protests that i've studied where the use of crowd control weapons has actually d escalated tensions. and it often does quite the opposite. our research shows that when crowd control weapons are used unnecessarily disproportionately when they're misused we see more injuries, disabilities and even deaths among on armed civilians to why would we condone the use of military raid against her own citizens. >>who marched peacefully for justice. we need to tackle 3 to route out the second heavy-hand

matt haney and hillary ronen say that peaceful protesters are getting hurt as they exercise their first amendment right. it's one of several concerns that even if the agitators are provoking police that those methods used to control them can also hurt innocent bystanders. and the our doctor who studies demonstrations says the police are trained to de escalate first and that these tactics should be a last resort. >>our research shows that when crowd control weapons are used unnecessarily disproportionately when they're misused we see more injuries, disabilities and even deaths among on armed civilians so why would we condone the use of excessive military raid against their own citizens. >>who marched peacefully for justice. >>the right to protest safety act calls for a ban on police using rubber bullets or flexible but hans flashbangs chemical agents as well as military vehicles and equipment. supervisor haney is urging the governor not to wait for this act to be passed in the legislature and instead use an executive order to implement this across the state. >>and a developing story that

matt haney and hillary ronen it calls for a ban on police using rubber bullets or flexible baton rounds, flash bangs and chemical agents as well as military vehicles and equipment in peaceful protests. supporters say people shouldn't be intimidated to protest, especially by the very same entity that they are vocalizing against a lot of times or freedoms and. >>alright protests is this challenge and they're very to that we want to make sure that the number of us. >>as we continue to move forward. this is detrimental to free speech. it is very combative. when people are trying to peacefully protest and speak out against just as a doctor in the meeting confirmed that the use of tear gas and rubber bullets. >>heard people permanently and indiscriminately increases the likelihood of injury and death. >>co sponsor of the acsu provides around and said no one should be afraid to protest anywhere, but especially in the united states where americans pride themselves for their first amendment right in the newsroom. ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>san francisco is throwing a financial lifeline to fi

upset with the heing of supervisor stefani who misrepresented her positions and i'm thankful to hillary ronen, she made her admit that she was not supportive of the murderers of mare jo mario wood. this is the breaking point. this is what has brought us to this breaking point. and to hear white moderates that think that they're well intentioned and for the people who are desperate on the street and begging for change, and peacefully as they'v share shotr gas and then the riots start is incredible. people are pushed to the point for a reason. please, white women on this board, open up your hearts and see what is going on in this country. open your minds to what people are asking for. and (indiscernible) and he is the biggest road block and we can still change. please, do not support nancy tung and please do not support geoffrey gordon-creed. he does not have any history of working with the communities of color that are impacted by police brutality and by mass incarseration. he himself said that he does not understand the rules around these things but has not even been paying attention. and i d

i'm supervisor hillary ronen, the chair of the committee. with me on the video conference is rules committee vice-chair, supervisor catherine stefani and member supervisor gordon mar. we might have other supervisors joining us today and as they come online i'll introduce them. our clerk today is victor young and i'd like to also thank sfgov-tv for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: the city employees and the public, and the board of supervisors and the committee rooms are closed. the members will participate in the meeting remotely. this precaution is taken to the state-wide sta stay-at-home ord. members will participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on the agenda both on channel 26 and sfgovtv.org are streaming the number across the screen. each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. comments are opportunities to speak during public comment period and are available via phone, by calling 1-(415)-655-0001. again, 1-(

i'm joined by committee members, supervisor shamann walton, and rafael mandelman, hillary ronen and northerlienorman yee. >> clerk: yes, madam clerk. due to the health emergency and to protect board members, and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this caution is taken pursuant to the various local, state and federal orders, declaration and directives, committee members attending the meet through video conferencing and participate in the meeting to the same extend as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv.org. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments are an opportunity to speak during public comment period are available via phone call by calling (415)655-000 (4. again (415)655-0001. access code 145 736 9773. again 145 736 9773. you will hear the meeting discussion and you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the spea

i am supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. with me on the video conference is rules committee vice chair supervisor catherine stefani and rules committee member supervisor gordon mar. our clerk today is victor young. and i'd like to thank sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. my apologies. due to the covid-19 health emergency, and to protect board members, city employees and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this precaution is taken pursuant to the statewide stay-at-home order and all local, state, federal and declaration directives. committee meetings will attend the meeting through video conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv.org are streaming the number across the screen. each speaker will be allowed two minu

i live in district 3, and i want to thank supervisors matt haney, hillary ronen, and dean preston for speaking up. you all are asking the right questions and breaking down the conflicting statements from the chief, which i think are uncomfortable and unsettled. i think we need to defund the police and find ways to commit to investing in the black community. a competent police chief can speak to the numbers of people killed and what was happening and giving answers to the reports that they are reading. he says that the violence starts with the protesters abu violence, and that's not true. you can't have officers out there in full riot gear, and then tell us that you're scared of people. upwards of 40% people killed in s.f. in the last 45 years were black. we need you to be able to standup for your black community right now and not just put them out in the rain and pretend they don't exist because your property is on fire. matt haney asked it. why are you saying we can't have peaceful protests, but then, you're restricting their rights. do i have any time left? >> clerk: you have 30 sec

i would like to, before wrapping up, thank my cosponsors of the legislation, supervisors hillary ronen, matt haney, shamann walton, and aaron peskin. i would like to thank my legislative aid for his work, and aaron collins on the rent board who i understand is available to answer any questions that may come up. and finally, i'd like to thank the san francisco antidispla l antidisplacement coalition and its membership and leadership on this for all of their work to protect the most vulnerable san franciscans from displacement. thank you. you are muted, chair peskin. >> chair peskin: thank you, mr. preston. are there any questions for mr. collins? supervisor safai? seeing none, why don't we go -- >> supervisor safai: chair, i'm going to hold my questions and comments until after public comment. >> chair peskin: understood. okay. so why don't we go to public comment. madam clerk? >> clerk: mr. chair, operations is checking to see if there are any callers in queue. operations, please let us know if there are any callers already. if you have not already done so, please press star-three to b

i'm supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. and with me is vice-chair, catherine stefani and supervisor gordon mar. and our clerk today is victor young and i'd like to thank sfgov-tv terror staffin for stas meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >>> clerk: the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members are participating in the meeting today remotely. each member will attend through video conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on the agenda. both channel 26 and sfgov-tv.org are streaming the number across the stream. and each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. and the opportunity to speak during the public comment period are available by calling 1-(408)-418-9388. and, again, that is 1-(408)-418-9388. and the meeting i.d. is 146 661 0524. again, that is 146 661 0524. and then press pound and pound again. when connected you will hear the meeting discussion but you w

i am supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. with me on the video conference is rules committee vice chair supervisor catherine stefani and rules committee member supervisor gordon mar. our clerk today is victor young. and i'd like to thank sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. my apologies. due to the covid-19 health emergency, and to protect board members, city employees and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this precaution is taken pursuant to the statewide stay-at-home order and all local, state, federal and declaration directives. committee meetings will attend the meeting through

i would like to, before wrapping up, thank my cosponsors of the legislation, supervisors hillary ronen, matt haney, shamann walton, and aaron peskin. i would like to thank my legislative aid for his work, and aaron collins on the rent board who i understand is available to answer any questions that may come up. and finally, i'd like to thank the san francisco antidispla l antidisplacement coalition and its membership and leadership on this for all of their work to protect the most vulnerable san franciscans from displacement. thank you. you are muted, chair peskin. >> chair peskin: thank you, mr. preston. are there any questions for mr. collins? supervisor safai? seeing none, why don't we go -- >> supervisor safai: chair, i'm going to hold my questions and comments until after public comment. >> chair peskin: understood. okay. so why don't we go to public comment. madam clerk? >> clerk: mr. chair, operations is checking to see if there are any callers in queue. operations, please let us know if there are any callers already. if you have not already done so, please press star-three to b

i am supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. with me on the video conference is rules committee vice chair supervisor catherine stefani and rules committee member supervisor gordon mar. our clerk today is victor young. and i'd like to thank sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. my apologies. due to the covid-19 health emergency, and to protect board members, city employees and the public, the board of s

i'm supervisor hillary ronen, the chair of the committee.ith me on the video conference is rules committee vice-chair supervisor catherine stefani and member supervisor gordon mar. we might have other supervisors joining us today and as they come online i'll introduce them. our clerk today is victor young and i'd like to also thank

i'm supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee.with me is vice-chair, catherine stefani and supervisor gordon mar. and our clerk today is victor young and i'd like to thank sfgov-tv terror staffin for stas meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >>> clerk: the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members are participating in the meeting today remotely. each member will attend through video conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on the agenda. both

i'm joined by committee members, supervisor shamann walton, and rafael mandelman, hillary ronen and northerlienorman yee. >> clerk: yes, madam clerk. due to the health emergency and to protect board members, and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this caution is taken pursuant to the various local, state and federal orders, declaration and directives, committee members attending the meet through video conferencing and participate in the meeting to the same extend as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv.org. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments are an opportunity to speak during public comment period are available via phone call by calling (415)655-000 (4. again (415)655-0001. access code 145 736 9773. again 145 736 9773. you will hear the meeting discussion and you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the spea

i'm joined by committee members, supervisor shamann walton, and rafael mandelman, hillary ronen and northerlienorman yee. >> clerk: yes, madam clerk. due to the health emergency and to protect board members, and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this caution is taken pursuant to the various local, state and federal orders, declaration and directives, committee members attending the meet through video conferencing and participate in the meeting to the same extend as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv.org. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments are an opportunity to speak during public comment period are available via phone call by calling (415)655-000 (4. again (415)655-0001. access code 145 736 9773. again 145 736 9773. you will hear the meeting discussion and you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the spea

i live in district 3, and i want to thank supervisors matt haney, hillary ronen, and dean preston for speaking up. you all are asking the right questions and breaking down the conflicting statements from the chief, which i think are uncomfortable and unsettled. i think we need to defund the police and find ways to commit to investing in the black community. a competent police chief can speak to the numbers of people killed and what was happening and giving answers to the reports that they are reading. he says that the violence starts with the protesters abu violence, and that's not true. you can't have officers out there in full riot gear, and then tell us that you're scared of people. upwards of 40% people killed in s.f. in the last 45 years were black. we need you to be able to standup for your black community right now and not just put them out in the rain and pretend they don't exist because your property is on fire. matt haney asked it. why are you saying we can't have peaceful protests, but then, you're restricting their rights. do i have any time left? >> clerk: you have 30 sec

i'm joined by committee members, supervisor shamann walton, and rafael mandelman, hillary ronen and northerlienorman yee. >> clerk: yes, madam clerk. due to the health emergency and to protect board members, and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this caution is taken pursuant to the various local, state and federal orders, declaration and directives, committee members attending the meet through video conferencing and participate in the meeting to the same extend as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv.org. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments are an opportunity to speak during public comment period are available via phone call by calling (415)655-000 (4. again (415)655-0001. access code 145 736 9773. again 145 736 9773. you will hear the meeting discussion and you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the spea

i live in district 3, and i want to thank supervisors matt haney, hillary ronen, and dean preston forspeaking up. you all are asking the right questions and breaking down the conflicting statements from the chief, which i think are uncomfortable and unsettled. i think we need to defund the police and find ways to commit to investing in the black community. a competent police chief can speak to the numbers of people killed and what was happening and giving answers to the reports that they are reading. he says that the violence starts with the protesters abu violence, and that's not true. you can't have officers out there in full riot gear, and then tell us that you're scared of people. upwards of 40% people killed in s.f. in the last 45 years were black. we need you to be able to standup for your black community right now and not just put them out in the rain and pretend they don't exist because your property is on fire. matt haney asked it. why are you saying we can't have peaceful protests, but then, you're restricting their rights. do i have any time left? >> clerk: you have 30 seco

we've used our -- >> supervisor ronen: sorry. this is hillary. who's on the mental health team? >> these are people appointed to work on the team, appointed in 2019. supervisor, i ask that you allow me to continue, otherwise, i have to leave at 1:00 p.m. >> supervisor ronen: i'm just asking the names. >> i will be happy to provide that to you after the meeting. i'm sure that everyone realizes child care issues during covid-19. i have a one-year-old that won't wait. we have worked collaboratively within the department and with our stakeholders to set measures how we would impact the population. we had -- as mentioned by dr. hammer, the shares party pilot and -- shared party pilot and the wraparound services was initiated as a component of the mental health reform work as well as our city's first public facing bed treatment website. shortly before the enactment of the mental health legislation, we were advising on the department's development of our city's first sobering center. and i am happy to present the most recent work about analyzing our system's flow needs. i must emphasiz

we've used our -- >> supervisor ronen: sorry. this is hillary. who's on the mental health team? >> these are people appointed to work on the team, appointed in 2019. supervisor, i ask that you allow me to continue, otherwise, i have to leave at 1:00 p.m. >> supervisor ronen: i'm just asking the names. >> i will be happy to provide that to you after the meeting. i'm sure that everyone realizes child care issues during covid-19. i have a one-year-old that won't wait. we have worked collaboratively within the department and with our stakeholders to set measures how we would impact the population. we had -- as mentioned by dr. hammer, the shares party pilot and -- shared party pilot and the wraparound services was initiated as a component of the mental health reform work as well as our city's first public facing bed treatment website. shortly before the enactment of the mental health legislation, we were advising on the department's development of our city's first sobering center. and i am happy to present the most recent work about analyzing our system's flow needs. i must emphasiz

we've used our -- >> supervisor ronen: sorry. this is hillary. who's on the mental health team? >> these are people appointed to work on the team, appointed in 2019. supervisor, i ask that you allow me to continue, otherwise, i have to leave at 1:00 p.m. >> supervisor ronen: i'm just asking the names. >> i will be happy to provide that to you after the meeting. i'm sure that everyone realizes child care issues during covid-19. i have a one-year-old that won't wait. we have worked collaboratively within the department and with our stakeholders to set measures how we would impact the population. we had -- as mentioned by dr. hammer, the shares party pilot and -- shared party pilot and the wraparound services was initiated as a component of the mental health reform work as well as our city's first public facing bed treatment website. shortly before the enactment of the mental health legislation, we were advising on the department's development of our city's first sobering center. and i am happy to present the most recent work about analyzing our system's flow needs. i must emphasiz