i'm supervisor myrna melgar. we are also joined by supervisors connie chan and supervisor shsha safai. >> clerk: to the same extent as if they are physically present. the board recognizes that public access to city services is essential and invite public participation in the following ways. you can make public comment via phone. channel 29 are streaming the call-in number across the screen. comments or opportunities to speak during the public comment period may be made via phone by calling the number on the screen. that's (415) 655-0001. and the meeting i.d. is 146 916 4664. i'll repeat that. that's 146 916 4664 and then press pound and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussion, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, please dial star and then three to be added to the speaker line. best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. alternatively, you may submit public comment in e

>> exactly. >> sandra melgar stood to learn her fate. >> we the jury find the defendant sandra jean melgarpse into her chair, sobbing. liz, the on devastated, grasped for her mother as she was led away. >> it sucked the life out of me. i just felt the room spin. and i just felt like my world was collapsing. >> we just could not believe. it could not believe it was happening to her. >> to prosecutor barnett, this was justice. both for the state and for jamie melgar. >> she's committed a crime and they found her guilty. i'm glad. i've done my job. and justice has been served. >> the jury sentence sandra to 27 years in prison. her lawyers have begun the years long appellate process. from behind bars, sandra wrote us this letter saying she's at peace because she knows she's innocent. her family supports her, so, she's not giving up. analysts? well, she and her kids do their best to carry on without jamie or sandra. >> my daughter just loved her loved her nana so much. and it was too heartbreaking to tell her that nana wasn't coming home. >> what do you miss about your dad the most? >> every da

i'm supervisor myrna melgar. we are also joined by supervisors connie chan and supervisor shsha safai. >> clerk: to the same extent as if they are physically present. the board recognizes that public access to city services is essential and invite public participation in the following ways. you can make public comment via phone. channel 29 are streaming the call-in number across the screen. comments or opportunities to speak during the public comment period may be made via phone by calling the number on the screen. that's (415) 655-0001. and the meeting i.d. is 146 916 4664. i'll repeat that. that's 146 916 4664 and then press pound and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussion, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, please dial star and then three to be added to the speaker line. best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. alternatively, you may submit public comment in e

i'm supervisor myrna melgar.d by supervisors connie chan and supervisor shsha safai. >> clerk: to the same extent as if they are physically present. the board recognizes that public access to city services is essential and invite public participation in the following ways. you can make public comment via phone. channel 29 are streaming the call-in number across the screen. comments or opportunities to speak during the public comment period may be made via phone by calling the number on the screen. that's (415) 655-0001. and the meeting i.d. is 146 916 4664. i'll repeat that. that's 146 916 4664 and then press pound and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussion, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, please dial star and then three to be added to the speaker line. best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. alternatively, you may submit public comment in either of the follo

supervisor melgar? >> supervisor melgar: thank you, mr. speaker. colleagues, tonight i have three items. the first one is an accept and expend ordinance authorizing the office of cannabis to accept and expend a grant award of a million dollars from the board of state and community corrections from proposition 64 funds. this money will help our department of public health be able to have programs to mitigate the access and exposure to cannabis by public youth. programs are based on leadership development of youth and understandings the environmental and cultural impacts of substance use as children. it will create a new position at the office of cannabis that will ensure compliance of new cannabis businesses. it will increase inspection of applicants and operators and just, you know, add to our capacity to support this nascent industry. and also to be able to respond more quickly to cannabis-related complaints from the public. so, the second item that i am introducing is a resolution. there are many priorities that we have these days, but the climat

supervisor melgar? >> supervisor melgar: thank you, mr. speaker. colleagues, tonight i have three items. the first one is an accept and expend ordinance authorizing the office of cannabis to accept and expend a grant award of a million dollars from the board of state and community corrections from proposition 64 funds. this money will help our department of public health be able to have programs to mitigate the access and exposure to cannabis by public youth. programs are based on leadership development of youth and understandings the environmental and cultural impacts of substance use as children. it will create a new position at the office of cannabis that will ensure compliance of new cannabis businesses. it will increase inspection of applicants and operators and just, you know, add to our capacity to support this nascent industry. and also to be able to respond more quickly to cannabis-related complaints from the public. so, the second item that i am introducing is a resolution. there are many priorities that we have these days, but the climat

supervisor melgar. >> supervisor melgar: thank you so much, president walton. and, you know, i don't think i can say it better than you did. i really appreciate remarks and your thoughtfulness. you know, we as a city in all different communities, especially the communities that have seen sighting of first marijuana and then medical marijuana have been issues of regulation and also how to actually implement and make meaningful our equity program. and i actually think we're doing pretty well. at press walton remarked, this is one of the most regulated industries we have. compared to alcohol, tobacco, sugar, we've created an entire infrastructure of regulation and taxation. we're still waiting for the after school moneys to come from the taxes, but they're coming, supervisor ronen. i know that communities are struggling to make sure that it meets their needs, and also they can feel like there's ownership, too. the staff recommended approval to the commission. the commission was split 4-2 in denying it. think with the 190, that is the exception. we have a long way

commissioner melgar? >> supervisor melgar: thank you, commissioner mandelman. first, i want to thank commissioner mar for his vision and leadership. i think that we share, besides a very big border, we also share the same challenges and the same vision for connecting district 7, district 4, and district 1 to each other and also to the rest of the region. so i really appreciate your vision and leadership, and thank you for doing the study and pushing all these ideas forward, especially the b.a.r.t. on the west side, which i think is crucial to the future and sustainability of our neighborhood. i did have a question, though. i noticed many of the intersections that are high injury are right at the border between district 7 and 4 and also at the border of district 4 and 1, and so i am wondering, you know, you started by analyzing the trips from district 4 to other places in the city, and there were a few neighborhoods in the slide that i did not recognize, so i am wondering if you could talk about what they

chair and we have members of the board of supervisors and including supervisor and gordan mar, merna melgar and supervisor safai. clearly, your other colleagues went off somewhere, knows knows where they went and after all the hard work we did to get point, i will say that we all have a budget we can be proud of and and yes, we wish we had more resources. at the end of the day, we work together ask we should be proud about what we have been able to accomplish. in addition members of the board of supervisors, i want to thank our budget. thank you to ashley, and sophia kid ler, thank you for helping to facilitate this process because i know it wasn't easy and the budget annal cyst takess away my money and i appreciate the work they continue to do for the city. so thank you to them. thank you to all the legislative aids and so many people who work countless hours to many of the advocates who want san francisco to make the right investment. before i talk about those investments and signs and we can all go and total of and have a glass of apple cider with our glasses because we are not drinking

supervisor melgar? >> supervisor melgar: thank you very much, president walton. i would also support having a closed session on this item? i have the questions that were articulated by supervisor peskin, as well and additional questions because, you know, the activities of mr. wong over many, many years also requires the coordination and cooperation of folks within the city and in the field, and i'm wondering, you know, sort of accountability and repercussion for those folks, as well, and how it relates to the settlement. i also specifically have questions about the legislation that was introduced by my colleague, supervisor ronen, about, you know, a list of bad actors, and how that relates to this five years or a lifetime or whatever it is that's imposed. so i would hold off voting on this until we discuss with the city attorney how we got to this point. thank you. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor melgar. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: thank you, mr. president. i would just like to say, it sounded like from the city attorney, that current being

first of all, on behalf of the board of supervisors and i want to thank my colleagues, mar, melgar, chanident walton and supervisor ronen, we want to say thank you, mayor breed, for your leadership and for your steadfast commitment and to the health and well-being of our city and we had a budget process and a budget in front of us today and that our residents can be proud of and that prioritized the urgent meet of recovery and that prioritize the most urgent needs of health and safety and economic development and it's one that i think came about through a process that we can be proud of and this was a magical budget process and i'll let him speak to what he means by that but what i think he means and this is a time when our residents needed us and they have sacrificed so much over the last year and they have had to shut down in small business and stay away from their families and all to keep themselves and is our city safe. during this budget process, it's for us to honor those sacrifices and for us to focus on their needs and recovery, and for us to work together. and so i also want to

supervisor melgar? >> supervisor melgar: thank you very much, president walton. i would also support having a closed session on this item? i have the questions that were articulated by supervisor peskin, as well and additional questions because, you know, the activities of mr. wong over many, many years also requires the coordination and cooperation of folks within the city and in the field, and i'm wondering, you know, sort of accountability and repercussion for those folks, as well, and how it relates to the settlement. i also specifically have questions about the legislation that was introduced by my colleague, supervisor ronen, about, you know, a list of bad actors, and how that relates to this five years or a lifetime or whatever it is that's imposed. so i would hold off voting on this until we discuss with the city attorney how we got to this point. thank you. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor melgar. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: thank you, mr. president. i would just like to say, it sounded like from the city attorney, that current being

chair and we have members of the board of supervisors and including supervisor and gordan mar, merna melgar and supervisor safai. clearly, your other colleagues went off somewhere, knows knows where they went and after all the hard work we did to get point, i will say that we all have a budget we can be proud of and and yes, we wish we had more resources. at the end of the day, we work together ask we should be proud about what we have been able to accomplish. in addition members of the board of supervisors, i want to thank our budget. thank you to ashley, and sophia kid ler, thank you for helping to facilitate this process because i know it wasn't easy and the budget annal cyst takess away my money and i appreciate the work they continue to do for the city. so thank you to them. thank you to all the legislative aids and so many people who work countless hours to many of the advocates who want san francisco to make the right investment. before i talk about those investments and signs and we can all go and total of and have a glass of apple cider with our glasses because we are not drinking

i wanted to note that supervisor melgar will be late, and with that, please call the roll.

next, with supervisor melgar, my partner in all things, i'm sure supervisor chan will sign on as well. we are getting to the preliminary recommendations from the incredible s.f. rise work group that has been meeting for many, many months to develop a plan to address distance learning and increased in schools. we heard from the colleagues, supervisor stefani about the number of students who have fled our public system and the amount of money that will be lost as a result. including other major impacts. we have to reverse that. that reality. as well as enhance enrichment activities like arts and sports. the working group is charged with creating this plan and is made up from representatives from the superintendent, the educators unions working in sfusd schools, children and families and experts in the field of child health, philanthropy and out of school academic support programs. colleagues, i've been sitting in and watching almost every meeting of the sf rise working group and it's been one of the most incredible and most productive groups that i've seen in san francisco. it is -- it'

this was a decision made by the mayor, in consultation with supervisors melgar, mar and chan. motorists will be able to use the roadway from 6:00 a.m. on mondays until noon on friday, and then it will close for bicyclists over the weekend. on holidays, the great highway will also be closed to vehicular traffic. as i mentioned, these changes were announced aft last week by mayor breed, with support from supervisors chan and melgar, and will be in place until the board of supervisors considers legislation on the future of the highway beyond the pandemic closure. check out the mayor's website or sfrecpark.org. the historic san francisco open is returning to golden gate park during labor day weekend, from september 3rd to the 6th, at the lisa and doug goldenman tennis center. this year's tournament is hosted with funding from toby's philanthropy. it is the 120th anniversary of the tournament. no joke, 120 years. and for the first time in decades, the tournament will be offering a prize purse to attract top women and men college players, emerging and task professionals, as well as

i wanted to note that supervisor melgar will be late, and with that, please call the roll.

this was a decision made by the mayor, in consultation with supervisors melgar, mar and chan. motorists will be able to use the roadway from 6:00 a.m. on mondays until noon on friday, and then it will close for bicyclists over the weekend. on holidays, the great highway will also be closed to vehicular traffic. as i mentioned, these changes were announced aft last week by mayor breed, with support from supervisors chan and melgar, and will be in place until the board of supervisors considers legislation on the future of the highway beyond the pandemic closure. check out the mayor's website or sfrecpark.org. the historic san francisco open is returning to golden gate park during labor day weekend, from september 3rd to the 6th, at the lisa and doug goldenman tennis center. this year's tournament is hosted with funding from toby's philanthropy. it is the 120th anniversary of the tournament. no joke, 120 years. and for the first time in decades, the tournament will be offering a prize purse to attract top women and men college players, emerging and task professionals, as well as

i'm supervisor myrna melgar.upervisors connie chan and supervisor shsha safai. >> clerk: to the same extent if

first of all, on behalf of the board of supervisors and i want to thank my colleagues, mar, melgar, chanr breed, for your leadership and for your steadfast commitment and to the health and well-being of our city and we had a budget process and a budget in front of us today and that our residents can be proud of and that prioritized the urgent meet of recovery and that prioritize the most urgent needs of health and safety and economic development and it's one that i think came about through a process that we can be proud of and this was a magical budget process and i'll let him speak to what he means by that but what i think he means and this is a time when our residents needed us and they have sacrificed so much over the last year and they have had to shut down in small business and stay away from their families and all to keep themselves and is our city safe. during this budget process, it's for us to honor those sacrifices and for us to focus on their needs and recovery, and for us to work together. and so i also want to thank ashley, i want to thank sophia kitler, and the budget team

supervisor melgar said this was a difficult decision of the planning department given the 4-3 split, but ultimately this item should have been approved. there were two another hearings, one for 249 texas street, and that was continued to october 19, and an appeal for 5801 mission street, which was continued to september 21. the initiation of the two landmark designations, and the board is now in recess for the month of august. have a great hearing, and thank you very much. >> clerk: okay. commissioners, if there are no questions for mr. starr, we can move onto public comment. memory -- onto general public comment. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. when the number of speakers exceed the 15-minute limit, general public comment may b