i'm supervisor chan and joined by supervisor mandelman and supervisor melgar. our clerk is brent julipa. i like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting the meeting. >> thank you. to those in attendance silence cell phones and electronic devices not to nrpt rupt proceedings. should you have documents to be included as part of the file submit to myself the clerk. public comment will be taken on the hearing on this agenda. when public comment is called please line up to speak on the west sifed the chamber to your right my left along the curtains. we invite you to fill out a comment card and leave them on the tray by the television to your left by the doors. if you wish to be accurately recorded for the minutes. you may submit public comment in writing. e-mail them to myself the budget finance commitsy clerk at brent.julipa@sfgov.org. if you submit public comment via e-mail it will be forwarded to the board supervisors. you may send written comments to our office in city hall, 1 dr. carlton b goodlett place, room 244 san francisco california 94102. that concludes the ann

. >> i'm chair mandelman vice chair of the board and supervisor melgar and thank you, sfgov and our clerk is yvette madam clerk, call the roll. >> supervisor chan, aye. >> domineered supervisor dorsey present and supervisor engardio present chair mandelman present. >> supervisor melgar present. >> supervisor peskin present. >> supervisor preston present. >> supervisor ronen present. >> supervisor safai? is absent. >> a supervisor stefani absent. >> supervisor walton madam clerk use the mic please. i'm sorry. >> oh, i'm sorry a can you hear me now? >> supervisor walton is present and we have quorum. and thank you, madam clerk and i'll note that supervisor safai reached out to me will be delayed but i'm going to grant that request. could you please read the public comment. >> yes. >> yes. >> remote participation: members of the public may attend the meeting to observe and provide public comment at the physical meeting location listed above or may watch sf cable channel 26 or 99 (depending on your provider) or may visit the sfgovtv website(www.sfgovtv.org) to stream the live meeting or may w

our chair rafael mandelman is away on another civic duty today. thank you to jennette from sfgtv and our clerk today is yvette lopez-jessop. madam clerk could you please call the roll. >> yes. thank you. 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

chair mandelman. >> thank you supervisor peskin and supervisor ronen. >> thank you, chair.leagues my nominates couldn't be here but she is a decades-long district the resident with years experience with the communities of san francisco she's a social working and community organization bilingual in spanish and well-versed on the issues facing the residents especially in the low income and transit riders, aye. >> she brings a wealth of experience and looking forward to raising issues and colleagues he couldn't be more excited to make this appointment and i hope that i will have our support for her. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor ronen and let's open up for public comment if anyone in the chambers like to talk to us about item 4 please do and seeing none, anyone remotely. >> checking for remote public comment on item 4. >> hi caller. >> good morning, commissioners this is anastasia i echo supervisor preston great recommendation for the nomination or did reappointment of cat segal the president of cac gave a wonderful report this move on had happened there i was there last

good morning, chair chan special supervisors mandelman and melgar. claudia, deputy director of real estate division. san francisco administrative code provides that certified farmer markets shall accept forms of payment from participates in federal, state or city food assistance programs. over 20 years the al meny market under the jurisdiction of the real estate division has been accepting the food assistance programs. it pip in the u.s. department of agriculture foodservices food stamp benefit's programs, the electronic transfer project or ebt the market has to have and does have an ebt point of sale machine. the market accepts ebt debit cared provides al meny market tokens for use at the market. and received electronic fund transfers from the state of california reimbursement for payments. in 2005 the board and mayor approved a resolution authorizing an agreement with jp morgan financial services to facilitate the use of state issued debit carted machine at the market. 20018 the state changed the agreement to fif manages issuance of the benefits to

mandelman aye. melgar, aye. chan, aye. we have three ayes. >> thank you. the motion passes. mr. clerk, please call item number 2. >> item number 2, ordinance retroactively authorizing the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $165,978 from the governor's office of business and economic development to support the expansion of immigrant integration efforts, increase community trust, and enhance the organizational capacity to support immigrant populations; and amending ordinance no. 145-23 (annual salary ordinance file no. 230645 for fiscal years (fys) 2023-2024 and 2024-2025) to provide for the addition of one grant-funded temporary (1.0 fte) class 1822 administrative analyst for the period of october 1, 2023, through february 28, 2025. madam chair. >> thank you. today we are richard deputy director of office of civic engage and immigrant affairs. thank you and the floor is yours. >> i'll share a brief presentation about this accept and expend request. just

i'm supervisor chan and will be joined by supervisor mandelman and we have supervisor melgar. our clerk is brent julipa and i thank sfgovtv for broadcasting. >> please make sure to silence cell phones and electronic devices not interrupt proceedings. should you are documents included as part of the file they should be submitted to myself. public comment will be taken on each item. please line up to speak on the west side of the chamber along the curtains. not necessarily to provide public comment we invite you to fill out a comment card and leave on the tray by the television chair if you wish to be recorded for the minutes. you may submit public comment in writing to budget finance committee clerk at brent.julipa@sfgov.org if you submit public comment via e-mail it will be forwarded to the supervisors and included as part of the official file. you may send written comments u.s. postal service to city hall, 1 dr. carlton b goodlett place, room 244, san francisco california 94102. due to the president day holiday items acted upon today are expected to appear on the board of sup

supervisor mandelman on there? no.e of the adoption without committee reference calendar, we can take that same house same call, those resolutions are adopted and motion approved. madam clerk, please read item 42. >> item 42, this is a resolution to support california state assembly bill 2319 to strengthen the training protocols in the california dignity pregnancy child birth act of 2019 introducing penalties for non compliance from healthcare providers. >> supervisor stefani. >> thank you. colleagues this resolution is in support of ab2319 that [indiscernible] this black history month we asked to support policy action that addresses the pervasive racial bias. there state of maternal healthcare system in california is another glaring example of the realty. black women represent 5 percent of the pregnant population in california can and constitute 21 percent of the pregnancy related deaths. black women three times more likely then other women to die during or immediately after pregnancy. in 2019, the california state le

i'm supervisor chan and will be joined by supervisor mandelman and we have supervisor melgar. our clerk is brent julipa and i thank sfgovtv for broadcasting. >> please make sure to silence cell phones and electronic devices not interrupt proceedings. should you are documents included as part of the file they should be submitted to myself. public comment will be taken on each item. please line up to speak on the west side of the chamber along the curtains. not necessarily to provide public comment we invite you to fill out a comment card and leave on the tray by the television chair if you wish to be recorded for the minutes. you may submit public comment in writing to budget finance committee clerk at brent.julipa@sfgov.org if you submit public comment via e-mail it will be forwarded to the supervisors and included as part of the official file. you may send written comments u.s. postal service to city hall, 1 dr. carlton b goodlett place, room 244, san francisco california 94102. due to the president day holiday items acted upon today are expected to appear on the board of sup

second by supervisor mandelman. on that motion made and seconded. a roll call please. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> supervisor walton. >> aye. >> supervisor chan. >> aye. >> supervisor dorsey. >> aye. >> supervisor engardio. >> aye. >> supervisor mandelman. >> aye. >> supervisor melgar. >> aye. >> supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> supervisor preston. >> aye >> and supervisor ronen. >> aye. there are 11 ayes. >> that motion is approved. [gavel] >> madam clerk would you please call the consent agenda. >> items one and two are consent. they're routine and if a member objects maybe considered separately. >> seeing no names on the roster we will take those same house, same call. shall this ordinance be finally passed. [gavel] >> next item please. >> item three is an ordinance to prohibit the rec and park department and planning department to clean up and reconstruct the marina yacht harbor by extend it by 150 feet of the current boundaries. >> we need a motion to excuse supervisor stefani as stated last week. motion and secon

supervisor mandelman on there? no. the adoption without committee reference calendar, we can take that same house same call, those resolutions are adopted and motion approved. madam clerk, please read item 42. >> item 42, this is a resolution to support california state assembly bill 2319 to strengthen the training protocols in the california dignity pregnancy child birth act of 2019 introducing penalties for non compliance from healthcare providers. >> supervisor stefani. >> thank you. colleagues this resolution is in support of ab2319 that [indiscernible] this black history month we asked to support policy action that addresses the pervasive racial bias. there state of maternal healthcare system in california is another glaring example of the realty. black women represent 5 percent of the pregnant population in california can and constitute 21 percent of the pregnancy related deaths. black women three times more likely then other women to die during or immediately after pregnancy. in 2019, the california state legisl

vice chair mandelman. >> thank you madam chair. i think yeah, as you both suggested, this is pretty common type of resolution that we standardly approve without a lot of discussion, so unless there is a compelling reason to continue a week, i would be disinclined to do that. >> okay. why don't we go to public comment and see what we are hearing and then we can make the decision. with that, let's go to public comment. >> thank you madam chair. members of the public who joined today and wish to speak on the item number 3 and address this committee. madam chair, we have no speakers. >> thank you, public comment is now closed. supervisor melgar. >> i like to make a motion we send this item forward with a positive recommendation from this committee. >> thank you. with that, a roll call, please. >> on that motion by member melgar to forward resolution to full board with positive recommendation, mandelman, aye. melgar, aye. chan, aye. we have three ayes. >> thank you. the motion passes. with that, lets go to item number 4. >> item 4, reso

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mandelman aye. melgar, aye. peskin, aye. there are 11 ayes. >> the resolution is adopted as amended. next item, please. >> item 20, ordinance retroactively authorizing the office of the chief medical examiner to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $1,086,740.83 from the california department of public health, substance and addiction prevention branch; and amending ordinance no. 145-23 (annual salary ordinance for fiscal years (fys) 2023-2024 and 2024-2025) to provide for the addition of grant-funded class 2403 forensic laboratory analyst, class 2456 forensic toxicologist, and class 2457 forensic toxicologist supervisor positions, as required, for the period beginning december 1, 2023, through june 30, 2028. >> seeing no names on the roster, same house same call, the ordinance is passed first reading. next item, please. >> item 21, ordinance placing a total of $48,403,840 in various departments' budget appropriations specified in the mayor's fiscal year (fy) 2023-2024 mid-year budget reduction plan on board of supervis

supervisor mandelman. >> thank you. colleagues, on january 17uc optometrist across the state-i introduced the resolution last week to get on record in support of [indiscernible] the 9119 optometrist strike and urge the university of california administration to reach a fair agreement recognizing the labor for u.s. home to excellent eye care. uc eye care rely on doctors represented by the [indiscernible] [speaker speaking too fast] work with vulnerable population to insure they receive high quality treatment and care. optometrist voted to unionize and since the start of january 2023 they have been in bargaining with administration to secure a first contract. many issues are ones we see across the helt care system including under staffing and major patient back logs. the resolution request the administration reach agreement with [indiscernible] 9119 that recognizes and addresses the issues raised by uc optometrist and acknowledge the vital and significant vital contribution make to the health and wellbeing of the people o

supervisor mandelman. >> thank you. colleagues, on january 17uc optometrist across the state-i introduced the resolution last week to get on record in support of [indiscernible] the 9119 optometrist strike and urge the university of california administration to reach a fair agreement recognizing the labor for u.s. home to excellent eye care. uc eye care rely on doctors represented by the [indiscernible] [speaker speaking too fast] work with vulnerable population to insure they receive high quality treatment and care. optometrist voted to unionize and since the start of january 2023 they have been in bargaining with administration to secure a first contract. many issues are ones we see across the helt care system including under staffing and major patient back logs. the resolution request the administration reach agreement with [indiscernible] 9119 that recognizes and addresses the issues raised by uc optometrist and acknowledge the vital and significant vital contribution make to the health and wellbeing of the people o

second by supervisor mandelman. on that motion made and seconded. a roll call please. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> supervisor walton. >> aye. >> supervisor chan. >> aye. >> supervisor dorsey. >> aye. >> supervisor engardio. >> aye. >> supervisor mandelman. >> aye. >> supervisor melgar. >> aye. >> supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> supervisor preston. >> aye >> and supervisor ronen. >> aye. there are 11 ayes. >> that motion is approved. [gavel] >> madam clerk would you please call the consent agenda. >> items one and two are consent. they're routine and if a member objects maybe considered separately. >> seeing no names on the roster we will take those same house, same call. shall this ordinance be finally passed. [gavel] >> next item please. >> item three is an ordinance to prohibit the rec and park department and planning department to clean up and reconstruct the marina yacht harbor by extend it by 150 feet of the current boundaries. >> we need a motion to excuse supervisor stefani as stated last week. motion and secon

and joined by mandelman and supervisor melgar. our clerk is brent jalipa and like to thank sfgov.org james. do you have announcements. >>. yes. to those here silence devices so as to not interrupt. should you have documents to be include submitted to myself. public comment taken on each item on the agenda when your item come up and comment is called lineup to speak to your right. along the curtains and while not necessary provide comment we invite to you fill out a comment card and leave them by the television chair left. by the doors if you wish to be recorded for the minutes. you may submit public comment in rieth e mail them to myself the clerk at brent. jalipa sfgov.org. if you submit comment tell be forwarded to the supervisors and include part of the official time you misend them by postal service to city hall. 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place, room 244, san francisco, california 94102. items acted upon today are expected to appear on february 6. unless otherwise stated. >> thank you. mr. clerk. and before i call item one wou

um, supervisor raphael mandelman had this videotape. for months, and he did not release it. and i am greatly concerned that, um, the public should have seen this video. um as the supervisor obtained it back in september and. and, uh, it raises a lot of questions. what we see in this video, which was, um, part of an nbc bay area news story last week. i i, um, really think that there needs to be okay, back to me sf gov tv. um, i think there really needs to be questions asked of the supervisor for why he, um, uh, held on to this video for months and didn't share it with the public. um, the public records request that i filed showed that, um, the supervisor shared this video with commissioner cindy elias at a meeting in january three. uh, a question why? why? um, the president of the police commission didn't put this video out when she had access to it. there really needs to be accountability of mandelman for holding on to this tape for so long. um, i don't see that the, um, burglary in progress is on your agenda today. i hope that the chief will discuss it in his report. i thin

we have >> supervisor matt dorsey: and >> supervisor rafael mandelman: and amazing ally on the board of supervisors, >> supervisor myrna melgar: we have our city administrator carmen chu, the person that led us through the pandemic, dr. colfax. and the fire department, janine nicholson. and when everyone around this country attacked drag queen. who doesn't love drag queen? san francisco said we are going to create the first drag laureate in the world. thank you. [cheers and applause] she will be marrying some lucky couples today. i also want to welcome joaquin torres, and in charge of mta, and our hr director. thank you to the couple we have joining us here today, jeannie and pauly were denied the ability to get their marriage license after we were told by the court we had to stop in san francisco. we went from the 1960 summer of love to the 2000 winter of love. now as we celebrate pride this year, the theme for pride is beacon of love. [cheers and applause] and susan ford, the executive director for pride is here getting married again today. what is the common thread? with all of th

. >> chair mandelman, aye. >> supervisor melgar, aye. >> supervisor peskin, aye. >> supervisor prestone. >> supervisor ronen, aye. >> supervisor safai, aye. >> supervisor stefani, aye. >> there are 10 i's and the item is approved. >> thank you, madam clerk >> call our next approval] evaluate public employee performance and approve the executive director's performance objectives for 2024 — action* >> all right. so again, our personnel committee met on february 6th and recommended the fong store the executive director performance this year and adopted the proposed objectives for 24 that are included in the materials. and anyone like to go into closed session to discuss item 12 further that was an option but years anyone on the roster we'll do in this open session and any questions or comments? and then through this item was heard in personnel committee we didn't have and i don't think we have in the past for the 24 published prior to that and the public can weigh in on the 24 objective we should take public comment on item 12 anyone in the chamber like to address us about item 12 please

mandelman aye. melgar, aye. chan, aye. >> motion passes. do we have other business before us today? >> we need to return to item 8. >> item 8. are we ready to move the amendment? >> yes, chair chan. i understand you confirmed with ann pearson the intent is move the amendments you read into the record without reference to taraval. >> that's right. >> okay. in that case, it is fine to move. >> thank you. because they are not substantive, >> they are. >> increase of the amount? >> yes. >> with that, i like to make the motion to amend item number 8 as read outloud during the item hearing and like to continue the amended item to next week and with that, a roll call, please. >> on that motion to amend the ordinance in item 8 as stated during discussion earlier, and to continue this ordinance to the february 14 meeting of this committee as amended. mandelman aye. melgar, aye. chan aye. >> we have three ayes. >> the motion passes and then-do we have other business today? >> that completes our business. >> thank you, the

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supervisor mandelman wants the city to change its plan for treatment. >> beds. >> i think we need to own more of those buildings ourself and the need for treatment. >> beds in san francisco is increasing, and according to experts, the prevalence of mental illness among the homeless population across california is as high as 80. after today's committee meeting, supervisors are now planning to request a follow up with the department of public health for more clarity. luz pena, abc seven news. >> all right, luz, thank you so much. accusations of assault. today during a news conference on efforts to decrease violence in oakland. hey, good day. >> get this, get this, get this. >> recalled town protests clashed with some of the mayor's supporters as she announced a new grant to help improve public safety. the city will get $3.5 million in an ambassador safety program in chinatown. it's being run in collaboration with oakland based family bridges. mayor tao says the new funding is one way to tackle the violence. >> over the past year, we have invested in a robust police department and place

supervisor rafael mandelman organized the event. he represents the castro and noe valley and says the walgreens is in. those neighborhoods have been hit hard in recent months. >> it's very alarming for shoppers and it's very alarming for folks who work in these stores when, you know, six or a dozen folks come in and just start sweeping stuff out of the off the shelves, we have to change the supervisor. >> mandelman says the police department is under staffed and more officers are needed to help stop retail theft. last year, the board of supervisors approved an extra $25 million for police overtime in three. tech companies have pulled their conferences out of san francisco's moscone center. >> you know, the companies workday, samsung, young and twilio canceled plans to host conferences at san francisco's convention site this year. that's going to hurt hotels and restaurants that depend on the business of convention attendees . dreamforce, however, is still scheduled to hold its event in moscone center in september. >> country music l

. >> at city hall, san francisco supervisor rafael mandelman is in support of proposition one and the 11,000 people with mental health needs. it aims to help statewide, $6.5 billion for places for people with severe mental illness to be. >> and that could be, um, board and care facilities. it could be independent living with support. >> right now, san francisco has budgeted over $1.3 billion over two years to address homelessness. despite this number, supervisor mandelman says more funding is needed and we have drug treatment programs. >> we do have placements in county and out of county for people who need to be conserved, but we just don't have nearly enough to meet the need. it's the most significant thing i think we've done about the needs of this population since the hospitals started to being closed in the 60s and 70s, california has an estimated 21,000 psychiatric beds. >> if approved, this bond would add an estimated 6800 beds for people needing mental health care or addiction treatment, and over 4000 homeless housing units . >> it's actually going to build housing for people

if they chose to do that, we could then fill up harbor light. >> supervisor mandelman wants the city to change its plan for treatment beds. i think we need to own more of those buildings ourselves and the need for treatment. beds in san francisco is climbing, and according to experts, the prevalence of mental health illness among the unhoused population across california is as high as 80. now, after today's committee meeting, supervisors are planning to request a follow up with the department of public health for more clarity. luz pena, abc seven news a new plan to tackle homelessness and housing affordability. >> it's called the housing for all act, and it would give a boost to federal funding to existing housing programs. >> the act will invest in an array of programs that would support the development of affordable housing, provide immediate assistance to those experiencing homelessness, and support innovative local programs to help transition individuals to permanent housing . all counties are currently developing a comprehensive regional homelessness plans to coordinate and buil

people's mental health and recovery needs cost money at city hall, san francisco supervisor rafael mandelman is in support of proposition one and the 11,000 people with mental health needs. >> it aims to help statewide add $6.5 billion for places for people with severe mental illness to be, and that could be bored and care facilities. >> it could be independent. living with support right now, san francisco has budgeted over $1.3 billion over two years to address homelessness. >> despite this, number, supervisor mandelman says more funding is needed. >> we have drug treatment programs. we do have placements in county and out of county for people who need to be conserved, but we just don't have nearly enough to meet the need. it's the most significant thing i think we've done about the needs of this population. since the hospitals started to being closed in the 60s and 70s, california has an estimated 21,000 psychiatric beds. >> if approved, this bond would add an estimated 6800 beds for people needing mental health care or addiction treatment, and over 4000 homeless housing units. >> it's act

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and joined by mandelman and supervisor melgar. our clerk is brent jalipa and like to thank sfgov.org james. do you have announnt