>> chair melgar: good afternoon. welcome to the may 16, 2022 regular meeting of land use and transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. i am supervisor melgar, chair of the committee joined by vice chair supervisor preston and supervisor peskin. the committee clerk is erica major. i would like to acknowledge sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. any announcements? >> clerk: they are now convening hybrid meeting with remote accessoria telephone. the bowed recognizesna access is essential. we will take public comment as follows. on each item on the agenda. those in person are allowed to speak first. then those waiting on the telephone line for those watching channel 26, 78 or 99 and sfgovtv. the call-in number is on the screen. the number is 415-655-0001. meeting the id24920197812. follow it with pound and then pound again. you will hear the discussions and be muted in his listening mode only. line up to speak to the right and those on the telephone dial star 3. remember to turn down your televisi

well, thank you, supervisor melgar, for your work on these amendments. i think these really help to address some of my concerns around, you know, the legislation as it was originally drafted and really ensuring that our plan to expand shelter is really done in coordination and in close coordination with our plan to address homelessness in a long term permanent way through permanent supportive housing and affordable housing and services and then also that the key point around reimplementing a telephone registration system just to make it easier for folkses who are living in shelter to be able to get to request shelter. so i appreciate those. supervisor stefani. >> supervisor stefani: thank you, i just have a quick question, did supervisor chan move all three amendments together? >> chairman: supervisor chan moved to adopt supervisor melgar's amendments. >> supervisor stefani: okay. as we mentioned, i was find with the nonsubstantiative amendment and not with the other two. i don't think it's going to matter, but if anybody wanted to split that, i'd be fin

supervisor melgar and colleagues and everybody from the public. this will be continued. why don't we go back to -- we need to finish up item four. so deputy city attorney pierson, i know my office was in communication with you about an amendment to this that would allow us to keep this. >> i understand from the clerk that there actually is a little bit of room in the calendar to continue the item because the original is only at the mayor's office right now and there's 30 more days before it goes into effect. i understand it's okay to continue it with the intention of amending it at the next meeting. >> chairman: sounds good. i'll move that we continue item four to the call of the chair. madam clerk. >> clerk: on the motion to continue item number four to the call of the chair or may 26th? may 26th is the last opportunity. >> chairman: state that then. >> clerk: item number four will be continued to may 26th. [roll call] there are three ayes. >> chairman: great thank you. madam clerk, is there any further business? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> chair

. >> chair melgar: good afternoon. welcome to the may 16, 2022 regular meeting of land use and transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. i am supervisor melgar, chair of the committee joined by vice chair supervisor preston and supervisor peskin. the committee clerk is erica major. i would like to acknowledge sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. any announcements? >> clerk: they are now convening hybrid meeting with remote accessoria telephone. the bowed recognizesna access is essential. we will take public comment as follows. on each item on the agenda. those in person are allowed to speak first. then those waiting on the telephone line for those watching channel 26, 78 or 99 and sfgovtv. the call-in number is on the screen. the number is 415-655-0001. meeting the id24920197812. follow it with pound and then pound again. you will hear the discussions and be muted in his listening mode only. line up to speak to the right and those on the telephone dial star 3. remember to turn down your televisi

supervisor melgar said it perfectly.low barrier shelters in which people feel safe, trust the staff and other residents is the only way to go. many people do not want shelte because theirexperience was so horrific . quality of shelter absolutely matters . they can only be developed with the residents who live there. residentsneed agency . shelters should also be accessible to the folks who needed . therefore we need to go back to the pre- covid system of folks calling 311to get a waiting list . iq. >> thank you foryour comments. can we have the next speaker please ? >> my name is marknagel, cofounder of rescue sf . i originally came to support a place for all. people who are melgar need housing and we support efforts to make housing more affordable andprevent people from falling into homelessness . thanks to our city our home san francisco now has unprecedented resources to spend on permanent housing but we are under investing in shelter. more than 2000 two thirds of unhoused people in san francisco are also on houston a

i love my colleague, supervisor melgar very much as she knowses. i do want to respect supervisor mandelman's view of this legislation. i will be supporting the first part of the amendment this he articulated, but the other two that are subs substantiative, i will be supporting today. i believe this piece of legislation is ready to go out and that's where i stand and i want to thank you, supervisor mandelman for your thoughtfulness and bravery for bringing it back again in spite of some people not wanting you to. i hope we can all work together to find ways to deal with the encampments in a way that is respectful of all those that need housing and respectful of all those that continue to walk by the encampments in ways that aren't safe for many people as we discussed about the tenderloin when we had what seems like a 24 hour hearing on christmas eve for the tenderloin emergency order. there's obviously necessary things we need to address and i believe this legislation is a first step and, again, thank you, supervisor mandelman. >> chairman: thank yo

supervisor melgar said it perfectly.low barrier shelters in which people feel safe, trust the staff and other residents is the only way to go. many people do not want shelte because theirexperience was so horrific . quality of shelter absolutely matters . they can only be developed with the residents who live there. residentsneed agency . shelters should also be accessible to the folks who needed . therefore we need to go back to the pre- covid system of folks calling 311to get a waiting list . iq. >> thank you foryour comments. can we have the next speaker please ? >> my name is marknagel, cofounder of rescue sf . i originally came to support a place for all. people who are melgar need housing and we support efforts to make housing more affordable andprevent people from falling into homelessness . thanks to our city our home san francisco now has unprecedented resources to spend on permanent housing but we are under investing in shelter. more than 2000 two thirds of unhoused people in san francisco are also on houston a

supervisor melgar and colleagues and everybody from the public. this will be continued. why don't we go back to -- we need to finish up item four. so deputy city attorney pierson, i know my office was in communication with you about an amendment to this that would allow us to keep this. >> i understand from the clerk that there actually is a little bit of room in the calendar to continue the item because the original is only at the mayor's office right now and there's 30 more days before it goes into effect. i understand it's okay to continue it with the intention of amending it at the next meeting. >> chairman: sounds good. i'll move that we continue item four to the call of the chair. madam clerk. >> clerk: on the motion to continue item number four to the call of the chair or may 26th? may 26th is the last opportunity. >> chairman: state that then. >> clerk: item number four will be continued to may 26th. [roll call] there are three ayes. >> chairman: great thank you. madam clerk, is there any further business? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> chair

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supervisor melgar. >> supervisor melgar: thank you, chair preston. so, i wanted to ask about something completely different. in that it struck me in the presentation that there is a pretty big mismatch between what we say our goals are in the consolidated plan that we submit to hud and the geographic equity, and presentation chocked it up to the not availability of sites, i can tell you there is more toit, on the west side there is a lot of sites and open space and we have just not done it. in your presentation i did not see anything about capacity building and i know it's a very small cost compared to capital but i fear if we don't call it out and put it there we are recreating a system that is racially unequal and is not consistent with our consolidated plan goals. and so i know that it's not the city that builds the housing, it's non-profit partners and i see mr. avalos here and looking forward to what he has to say, but our non-profit partners good out there and identify the sites and bring those projects to the city. so without actual funding th

member melgar. melgar, aye. and chair mar. >> mar, aye. you have three ayes. >> great, thank you. madam clerk, please call item 2. >> item 2 is a resolution urging the california state legislature to pass state senate bills 929, 965, 970, 1035, 1154, 1227, 1238 and 1416 introduced by california senator susan eggman on legislation modernizing californias a behavioral health continuum. members may line up to speak now or joining remotely, call the public comment line at 415-655-0001. meeting i.d. 2393 3084663 and press pound twice. wasn't connected to the meeting, you will press star 3 to enter the speaking line and the system prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand. wait until it tells you that you have been unmuted and you can begin your comments. mr. chair. >> thank you. floor is yours. >> thank you, chair mar. and after the efforts to address mental health and the lack of success with the sb1045 program that i championed several years ago to be having a conversation about another round of efforts at the state level to address conservatorship more broadly. i introduce

chu. >> thank you, supervisor melgar. good afternoon, chair preston and vice chair and supervisor mandelman and members of the public. there is an update on the city's zero emission fleet. i will be kicking off the presentation by describing the importance of it. and the electric vehicles. i will be followed by the public utilities who will speak about departments increasing electric vehicle charging infrastructures. in the city administrator's office the efforts of the zero emissions fleet and summarize information from five departments who received the letter on police officering to electric vehicles. next slide please. >> article 38 of the san francisco health code required new construction in areas of poor air quality to install ventilation systems to protect residents from adverse health effects from breathing polluted air. the map on the left shows zone in 2014. the map on the right is updated in 2020. clearly exposure to air pollution is worsening. traffic emissions is a major traffic fur row fairs. the city has se

supervisor peskin. >> thank you, chair melgar and thank you to mr. bentless and supervisor mandelman. i am happy and would like to add my name as a co-sponsor and then i had one question as to the resolve, which is that -- this maybe is just a wordsmithing things and its we are requesting that the department, the planning department plan a landmark report that considers the full historical architecture and anesthetic interest of the castro that ther and it doesn't use the words including the interior. i assume by reference full includes interior but if it would be acceptable to the maker, i would suggest adding the words "including but not limited to the interior." thank you. for clarity were you suggesting town conclude that after the full historical architectural anesthetic and cultural interest comma, yeah. [laughter] including but not the interior. >> ok. >> and we will work with the clerk's office of city attorney to make it's includessed. >> i see city pearson nodding her head in confirmation of her understanding. >> that's right. that would no

i love my colleague supervisor melgar very much as she knowses. i do want to respect supervisor mandelman's view of this legislation. i will be supporting the first part of the amendment this he articulated but the other two that are subs substantiative, i will be supporting today. i believe this piece of legislation is ready to go out and that's where i stand and i want to thank you supervisor mandelman for your thoughtfulness and bravery for bringing it back again in spite of some people not wanting you to. i hope we can all work together to find ways to deal with the encampments in a way that is respectful of all those that need housing and respectful of all those that continue to walk by the encampments in ways that aren't safe for many people as we discussed about the tenderloin when we had what seems like a 24 hour hearing on christmas eve for the tenderloin emergency order. there's obviously necessary things we need to address and i believe this legislation is a first step and, again, thank you, supervisor mandelman. >> chairman: thank you,

supervisor melgar said it perfectly.low barrier shelters in which people feel safe, trust the staff and other residents is the only way to go. many people do not want shelte because theirexperience was so horrific . quality of shelter absolutely matters . they can only be developed with the residents who live there. residentsneed agency . shelters should also be accessible to the folks who needed . therefore we need to go back to the pre- covid system of folks calling 311to get a waiting list . iq. >> thank you foryour comments. can we have the next speaker please ? >> my name is marknagel, cofounder of rescue sf . i originally came to support a place for all. people who are melgar need housing and we support efforts to make housing more affordable andprevent people from falling into homelessness . thanks to our city our home san francisco now has unprecedented resources to spend on permanent housing but we are under investing in shelter. more than 2000 two thirds of unhoused people in san francisco are also on houston a

that's the reason why i am supportive of supervisor melgar's amendments. i was going to say that, you know, i would make the motion to ask for a continuance to may 26th, but in the event that we're not going to be able to continue with this. i'm going to make the second and lay out a second motion to truly move supervisor melgar's amendments. i wasn't -- i did not intend to move her amendments today thinking that there could be a chance for as more conversation to be frank to see where we could land on may 26th within committee. but now that knowing if there's no interest and must move this to the full board with positive recommendation, with only the amendments proposed by supervisor mandelman and supervisor safai that i will be perhaps a lone vote of 'no' to move this forward with positive recommendation to the full board today and that to say that i would like to make the motion to approve or amend the legislation with supervisor melgar's amendments and in the event that motion fails, perhaps we will make this attempt again in the full board in the cham

supervisor melgar? >> supervisor melgar: thank you, chair ronen. as you may remember, this was my world before i was elected to district 7 supervisor, and i think the pandemic really showed some cracks in our system. on the one hand, i'm incredibly supportive on anything that supports our youth and young people, but it showed supports that are lacking, one of the things is this sole source contract that's been around for some time. they subcontract, but there's no r.f.p.s, there's no transparency, and that's something that folks have talked about for quite a while. i would encourage folks to take the opportunity, now that we've increased the funding to build those reporting systems if they're not already there, and i think they are, but to enforce e-mail compliance and metrics so that everyone knows what is going on, what is being done, who is being served how, and also where the money's going, so thank you so much, chair ronen. >> chair ronen: thank you, and i believe the part of the reason why dcyf wasn't able to get all the information was becau

thank you chair melgar for your early co-sponsorship.o moses krat from planning for his presentation. i'm here today to highlight the mission cultural center significance as a cultural, for the latinx community. founded in 1977 in the midst of period when central american countries were experiencing major political conflict and families fleeing to san francisco greatly contributed to the latinx identify of the mission district and our chair melgar was among those families. creation of the cultural center tied to the rise of the san francisco most concentrated latinx enclave during the movement of the 1970s. the mission cultural center was then and is now a foundational component of the latinx heritage and mixture that have made the mission a place of home and sanctuary for residents and attraction for visitors from around the world. the bold mural that covers the facade titled "spirit of the arts" claims the space for latinx arts and culture, while the spaces inside made the cultural center an anchor for performance and community gatheri

and i'm very committed to working with you, supervisor melgar. i just can't figure out what the solution is and it's driving me crazy. fining the victim over and over again is hard to stomach. >> clerk: through the president to supervisor ronen 29 mission was remediated and removed from the list. good news. >> that's good. i didn't see it on the list and i was wondering about that but the point the owner made stayed the same and i very much agree with it. i'm hoping supervisor melgar finds the answer for us because i tried, i tried. i haven't found it yet. we have to figure something out. >> supervisor: thank you, supervisor ronen. i don't see anyone else on the roster. the hearing has been heard and filed as madame clerk started, if you have discrepancies and want a discussion with publishing works they can have a discussion with you in the hallway and we have dealt with item 23 and will come aback and possibly amend for item 24, if you are able to work out a solution. they'll discuss item 24 and possible amendments. with that said, madame clerk

ocean action plan is sponsored by commissioner melgar with commission from commissioner melgar with task force members working for the past half year to identify improvements for ocean avenue corridor fund santa fe. again, please reach out and sign up for updates and look for the survey as well. turning to some updates in that mobility. the commercial services expanding in san francisco. we have been tracking with partners at s.f.m.t.a. started fully autonomous vehicles last month. things are going smoothly. they are using their own employees pending the permit from the california p.u.c. to offer commercial services to members of the public. crews did receive the permit to offer driver less services for overnight in san francisco in february. recently extended free autonomous passenger services to over 70% of san francisco in terms of area in early may. they are seeking c p.u.c. commercial passenger services permit to allow to charge members of the public without a safety driver right now and they are seeking that and could be granted by the c p.u.c. as early as mid-june. seeking public

supervisor preston. >> thank you, chair melgar. to follow-up on your last comments, i appreciate your defense of planning disapproval of your ordinance. i'm just looking like we have plea ordnances around we're trying to make sense of them based on your last statements, i don't understand it seems like you're making an argument against your own ordinance. moving forward with supervisor mandelman's ordinance because you're basically making the argument it is inconsistent with the general plans because of the burdens that may impact feasibility. i'm trying to square that with the ordinance you have before us. >> i'm happy to respond to the chair. >> go ahead. >> the point i'm trying to make is if you constrain the retail price too much there's a difference between afford and and ami and if you constrain the ami levels too much you overly constrain the project that it becomes infeasible or there's little motivation. we have an additional option where you pay a fee and that's another compromise on our part. ultimately it's an option, i

. >> thank you, supervisor melgar. if there are no additional comments or questions from colleagues before public comment. let's open up the public comment line on item 7. >> members of the public to join us in person line up now. if you are in the virtual queue call 415-655-0001. meeting id 24887940994. press pound twice and then star 3 to enter the speaker line. you have heard the words you are unmuted begin your comment. one person is in the chambers. you may begin. >> i am tim striker. i live in san francisco. i teach a course on sustainability of landscape in cities at uc berkeley. i understand the climate crisis very well. i want to thank supervisor melgar for bringing this to the attention of the committee. electtrification is everywhere and now. that is essential. it is to avers the worse effects of climate change. just last month the most recent report of the u.n. inter government panel warned that humans and everything on the planet will face the consequences of unchecked climate change if they don't make dec

chu. >> thank you, supervisor melgar. good afternoon, chair preston and vice chair and supervisor mandelman and members of the public. there is an update on the city's zero emission fleet. i will be kicking off the presentation by describing the importance of it. and the electric vehicles. i will be followed by the public utilities who will speak about departments increasing electric vehicle charging infrastructures. in the city administrator's office the efforts of the zero emissions fleet and summarize information from five departments who received the letter on police officering to electric vehicles. next slide please. >> article 38 of the san francisco health code required new construction in areas of poor air quality to install ventilation systems to protect residents from adverse health effects from breathing polluted air. the map on the left shows zone in 2014. the map on the right is updated in 2020. clearly exposure to air pollution is worsening. traffic emissions is a major traffic fur row fairs. the city has se

supervisor melgar. >> thank you.eagues, we all saw last last night the draft opinion to overturn roe v. wade made my blood boil and i think all of us. i read the draft opinion as many of us did. i do think that this is an escalation of an agenda that we saw in full display last january at our capitol but that has include the rolling back of rights of minorities of voting rights, of the rights of women and the rights of immigrant of being able to be citizen when you're born in the united states. there's an agenda here and must do everything we can to make sure we preserve the hard-fought rights. are we not all entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? are we not all entitled to the equal protections under the law? are women's bodies not our own to choose and decide? we cannot wait. we need our federal legislature to act to codify reproductive rights for women and birthing people which is why today i'm submit resolution along with my colleagues to codify reproductive rights and asking the biden administra

thank you chair melgar for your early co-sponsorship. brief remarks and then over to moses krat from planning for his presentation. i'm here today to highlight the mission cultural center significance as a cultural, for the latinx community. founded in 1977 in the midst of period when central american countries were experiencing major political conflict and families fleeing to san francisco greatly contributed to the latinx identify of the mission district and our chair melgar was among those families. creation of the cultural center tied to the rise of the san francisco most concentrated latinx enclave during the movement of the 1970s. the mission cultural center was then and is now a foundational component of the latinx heritage and mixture that have made the mission a place of home and sanctuary for residents and attraction for visitors from around the world. the bold mural that covers the facade titled "spirit of the arts" claims the space for latinx arts and culture, while the spaces inside made the cultural center an anchor for per

thank you chair melgar for your early co-sponsorship. brief remarks and then over to moses krat from planning for his presentation. i'm here today to highlight the mission cultural center significance as a cultural, for the latinx community. founded in 1977 in the midst of period when central american countries were experiencing major political conflict and families fleeing to san francisco greatly contributed to the latinx identify of the mission district and our chair melgar was among those families. creation of the cultural center tied to the rise of the san francisco most concentrated latinx enclave during the movement of the 1970s. the mission cultural center was then and is now a foundational component of the latinx heritage and mixture that have made the mission a place of home and sanctuary for residents and attraction for visitors from around the world. the bold mural that covers the facade titled "spirit of the arts" claims the space for latinx arts and culture, while the spaces inside made the cultural center an anchor for per

supervisor melgar. >> thank you.we all saw last last night the draft opinion to overturn roe v. wade made my blood boil and i think all of us. i read the draft opinion as many of us did. i do think that this is an escalation of an agenda that we saw in full display last january at our capitol but that has include the rolling back of rights of minorities of voting rights, of the rights of women and the rights of immigrant of being able to be citizen when you're born in the united states. there's an agenda here and must do everything we can to make sure we preserve the hard-fought rights. are we not all entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? are we not all entitled to the equal protections under the law? are women's bodies not our own to choose and decide? we cannot wait. we need our federal legislature to act to codify reproductive rights for women and birthing people which is why today i'm submit resolution along with my colleagues to codify reproductive rights and asking the biden administration to

and i'm very committed to working with you, supervisor melgar. i just can't figure out what the solution is and it's driving me crazy. fining the victim over and over again is hard to stomach. >> clerk: through the president to supervisor ronen 29 mission was remediated and removed from the list. good news. >> that's good. i didn't see it on the list and i was wondering about that but the point the owner made stayed the same and i very much agree with it. i'm hoping supervisor melgar finds the answer for us because i tried, i tried. i haven't found it yet. we have to figure something out. >> supervisor: thank you, supervisor ronen. i don't see anyone else on the roster. the hearing has been heard and filed as madame clerk started, if you have discrepancies and want a discussion with publishing works they can have a discussion with you in the hallway and we have dealt with item 23 and will come aback and possibly amend for item 24, if you are able to work out a solution. they'll discuss item 24 and possible amendments. with that said, madame clerk