mr. chair, this completes the cue. >> public comment is now closed. colleagues, any final questions, comments, thoughts? i do not see any. thank you, again. we appreciate your work and we will be seeing you again in the coming weeks and months. i want to make a motion to file the hearing. is there a second? >> second, roman. >> seconded by ronen. madame clerk, will call vote, please. [roll call] mr. chair, there are four yeses. >> great. thank you. that motion will be filed. we appreciate it. >> thank you, supervisor. >> mr. chair, i think i heard something. would you like to redo the vote? [laughter] >> there are some connection issues. >> just a motion to file. >> can you hear me? can you hear me? >> we can hear you now, yes. all right. are there any other items before us? >> there are no other items. >> all right. the meeting is adjourned. >> chae march 24th, 2021, budget and finance committee meeting. i'm mat haney, chair. and i'm joined by ahsha safai and supervisor gordon mar. our clerk is ms. linda wong. i want to think kaleena for broadcasting

. >> clerk: mr. chair, due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, the board of supervisors committee room are closed, however, the members will be participating remotely. this is pursuant to the various local, state, and federal orders. the members will participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they are physically present. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments or opportunities to speak during the public comment period are available by calling 415-655-0001, i.d. 1876060436, and press ##. when you're item of interest comes up, dial *3 to line up to speak. best practices are to call from a quiet location and speak clearly slowly and turn down your television. and you can e-mail to myself, the budget and finance committee clerk. if you wish to make public comment via e-mail, it will be included as part of the official file. finally, items acted upon today are expected to appear of april 6th unless another wise state. mr. chair, that concludes my announcem

mr. chair. >> supervisor mar: thank you, mr. clerk. we're going to first hear from the san francisco a.d.c. liaison unit. officer sellenson you're here to report. >> yes i am. good morning. bar part time if it's approved this allows an on-sale beer and wine public premises. there are no letters of protest or letters of support. they're located in block 403 which is considered high crime. 202 is considered high saturation. alcohol liaison unit recommends with the following conditions that a petition shall actively monitor the area under their control in an effort to prevent the loitering persons adjacent to the property as depicted on the a.d.c. and no noise shall be audible at any nearby residence and as of february 3rd, the applicant had agreed to those above listed conditions. >> supervisor mar: great, thank you officer sell nenson for that. i would like to see if the applicants would like to make a remark. >> sure. justin dillal here. along with my colleague jeremy castillo here as well. we are extremely excited to be opening a bar

>> clerk: yes, mr. chair. the department of technology is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. members of the public would wish to call public comment on item number one, please press star, three to be added to the queue. for those already in the system, please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. are there any callers in the queue? >> operator: there are no callers in the queue. >> chair haney: great. public comment is closed. thank you for that. supervisor safai, was there anything more i know you wanted to hear? it sounds like at least for myself and supervisor mar, we're okay with the approach and amendments. i know we don't have any questions or concerns about these but there may be some in the future where we may want to have -- there may be some more questions that come up. >> supervisor safai: yeah, that's fine. i guess, because i know we have so many things ahead of us, and we always have very full agendas, there's value in reviewing on a case-by-case basis, but very

mr. chair. >> supervisor mar: thank you, mr. clerk. we're going to first hear from the san francisco a.d.c. liaison unit. officer sellenson you're here to report. >> yes i am. good morning. bar part time if it's approved this allows an on-sale beer and wine public premises. there are no letters of protest or letters of support. they're located in block 403 which is considered high crime. 202 is considered high saturation. alcohol liaison unit recommends with the following conditions that a petition shall actively monitor the area under their control in an effort to prevent the loitering persons adjacent to the property as depicted on the a.d.c. and no noise shall be audible at any nearby residence and as of february 3rd, the applicant had agreed to those above listed conditions. >> supervisor mar: great, thank you officer sell nenson for that. i would like to see if the applicants would like to make a remark. >> sure. justin dillal here. along with my colleague jeremy castillo here as well. we are extremely excited to be opening a bar

mr. chair, before we begin, if we could bring mr.chu back into the meeting for a moment so he can interpret the instructions. >> yes. thank you. [speaking chinese] number numbers>> chairman: grea. thank you, mr. chair. colleagues, thank you for the opportunity to hold this very important hearing today, which comes at an historic moment of reckoning on racism and violence against asian-americans and pacific islanders around the country. our communities remain traumatized and fearful following the hate and discrimination against us, fueled by president trump's racist rhetoric. like all people of color, our communities have struggled against racism throughout our history in this country, over 150 years, but the recent violence and racism directed at asian-americans has been shocking. and the escalation of violent assaults have made the especially difficult circumstances of covid-19, including mass unemployment, safety risks, even more painful. so much violence has happened since we first called this hearing. the eight people killed in t

>> clerk: yes, mr. chair. prior to that, i just wanted to note that supervisor mar has requested to speak? >> chair haney: supervisor mar. >> supervisor mar: thank you, chair haney. you know, i just wanted to thank supervisor safai for supervising this project and shepherding it through. it was nice to see that that community came together, you know, and with a really well designed project, you know, that's moving forward, and also thanks to mohcd and bridge housing for this. as you know, we're working on a somewhat similar and much needed affordable family housing project in my district, and we're in the middle of the community engagement process, and, you know, so there's discussion about a lot of issues about the project in my district, and i did have some questions. just learning from your experience on this outer mission project in the a.m.i. mix. it sounds like there's going to be the use of revenue from some units per moderate income households that's going to help subsidize the units for extremely low-i

mr. chair. >> supervisor mar: thank you, mr. clerk.ar from the san francisco a.d.c. liaison unit. officer sellenson you're here to report. >> yes i am. good morning. bar part time if it's approved this allows an on-sale beer and wine public premises. there are no letters of protest or letters of support. they're located in block 403 which is considered high crime. 202 is considered high saturation. alcohol liaison unit recommends with the following conditions that a petition shall actively monitor the area under their control in an effort to prevent the loitering persons adjacent to the property as depicted on the a.d.c. and no noise shall be audible at any nearby residence and as of february 3rd, the applicant had agreed to those above listed conditions. >> supervisor mar: great, thank you officer sell nenson for that. i would like to see if the applicants would like to make a remark. >> sure. justin dillal here. along with my colleague jeremy castillo here as well. we are extremely excited to be opening a bar in the mission in san fr

mr. vice chair. >> chairman: thank you, madam clerk. this item was previously amended on our meeting on march 22nd. and we're joined by mr. billlif from supervisor mandelman's staff. is there anything you would like to share? >> no. i'm available for any questions you have and just want to convey and thank supervisor mandelman's for those amendments and thank you for considering this item today. thank you. >> chairman: thank you. colleagues, if there are no comments or questions and seeing no one on the roster to speak, madam clerk, let's take public comment on item one. >> clerk: thank you, mr. chair. javier from b.t. has confirmed there are no listeners and no callers in queue. >> chairman: thank you. with no callers, public comment is now closed. colleagues, any comments or questions. >> supervisor peskin: mr. acting chair, this has been discussed a number of times and we have seen more data and i -- there's no question that this deserves an extension and permanent controls and i hope that planning department staff who have taken this

>> clerk: yes, mr. chair. prior to that, i just wanted to note that supervisor mar has requested to speak? >> chair haney: supervisor mar. >> supervisor mar: thank you, chair haney. you know, i just wanted to thank supervisor safai for supervising this project and shepherding it through. it was nice to see that that community came together, you know, and with a really well designed project, you know, that's moving forward, and also thanks to mohcd and bridge housing for this. as you know, we're working on a somewhat similar and much needed affordable family housing project in my district, and we're in the middle of the community engagement process, and, you know, so there's discussion about a lot of issues about the project in my district, and i did have some questions. just learning from your experience on this outer mission project in the a.m.i. mix. it sounds like there's going to be the use of revenue from some units per moderate income households that's going to help subsidize the units for extremely low-i

mr. chair? >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. first we'll hear from the abc liaison unit, and we have officer selmonson to present on the report. the floor is yours. >> you have before you a report for lucinda's deli and moore. this would allow them to operate an off-sale beer and wine premise. we have no letters of protest. no letters of support. they are in plot 642, which is considered high crime. they're in census track 164, which is considered high saturation. northern station ha no has nooption, but the petitioner should actively monitor their area in order to present the loitering. as of february 21st, the applicant had agreed to the above conditions. >> chairman: thank you, officer salmonson for that report. do we have anyone here from lucinda's deli who would like to make remarks? >> david luavalo. lucinda's an moore is a very popular neighborhood deli that has been around for a number of years. the owner has struggled dramatically trying to keep his doors open during covid, but with the community support he has been abl

>> clerk: yes, mr. chair. due to the covid outbreak, the board of supervisors and legislative room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. remotely. committee members will attend the meeting through a video conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they're physically present. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, channels 26, 78, 99, and sfgovtv.org. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments or opportunities to speak during public comment period are available via phone call by calling 415-655-0001, i.d. 1876709592, then ##. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussions, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, dial *3 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. you may submit public comment by e-mail. if you submit public comment via e-mail, it will be

speaking of, mr. chair, this hearing is a continuation of the quality conversation that was begun by the rules committee prior to the most recent state work period. of which i'm a member. as it majority leader schumer, minority leader mcconnell. and other leaders on this topic. i raise that because -- and that hearing, some of our republican colleagues raised the frame of working to make it easier to vote but harder to cheat. as if it's some sort of mantra or guiding value. it was referenced that was inspired by part in action on election reforms after the 2000 presidential administration, had seen and heard firsthand of secretaries of state in recent years use that mantra, easier to vote and harder to cheat. it seems like we've done a heck of a job on the second part. harder to cheat. investigation after investigation continues to document that voter fraud in america is exceedingly rare. the easier to vote part still requires a lot of work. i thank you, mr. chair, for prioritizing this topic for a hearing

mr. chair? >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. first we'll hear from the abc liaison unit, and we have officer selmonson to present on the report. the floor is yours. >> you have before you a report for lucinda's deli and moore. this would allow them to operate an off-sale beer and wine premise. we have no letters of protest. no letters of support. they are in plot 642, which is considered high crime. they're in census track 164, which is considered high saturation. northern station ha no has nooption, but the petitioner should actively monitor their area in order to present the loitering. as of february 21st, the applicant had agreed to the above conditions. >> chairman: thank you, officer salmonson for that report. do we have anyone here from lucinda's deli who would like to make remarks? >> david luavalo. lucinda's an moore is a very popular neighborhood deli that has been around for a number of years. the owner has struggled dramatically trying to keep his doors open during covid, but with the community support he has been abl

mr. chair? >> chair bustos: do we have anyone from the public who wish to provide comment? >> clerk: anything my -- at this time any member of the public who wish to provide comment. call 415-655-0001. enter the access code 187 349 8587. automated voice when let you know when it's your turn. if you are listening to us by phone and like to provide public comment. please press star 3 at this time. thank you. we'll pause for a few moments. at this time, there are no members of the public on the phone wishing to comment on this item. >> chair bustos: thank you. i will close public comment. i'll turn it my fellow commissioners. may i have a motion to approve the minutes? >> i move the minutes be accepted as read with any necessary corrections. >> chair bustos: thank you commissioner scott. second? >> i second the motion. >> chair bustos: thank you commissioner brackett. please take the roll. [roll call vote] the vote is five ayes. >> chair bustos: the motion carries. please call the next item. >> cl

mr. chair? >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. first we'll hear from the abc liaison unit, and we have officer selmonson to present on the report. the floor is yours. >> you have before you a report for lucinda's deli and moore. this would allow them to operate an off-sale beer and wine premise. we have no letters of protest. no letters of support. they are in plot 642, which is considered high crime. they're in census track 164, which is considered high saturation. northern station ha no has nooption, but the petitioner should actively monitor their area in order to present the loitering. as of february 21st, the applicant had agreed to the above conditions. >> chairman: thank you, officer salmonson for that report. do we have anyone here from lucinda's deli who would like to make remarks? >> david luavalo. lucinda's an moore is a very popular neighborhood deli that has been around for a number of years. the owner has struggled dramatically trying to keep his doors open during covid, but with the community support he has been abl

watts. >> thank you so much, mr. chair man. again, doctor fauci, i would like to thank you for your courage and your integrity. and i want to ask about a couple of friends that i have that i think have been considered or is being considered long haulers. they tell me about some of their symptoms. i think one has not gotten the taste and smell returned. the other one is having headaches and some other kinds of things. what can they expect? should they get booster shots? what can be done for the long haulers? >> that is a great question, congresswoman. we are studying very intensely now what is the real and unfortunate syndrome and that is a certain percentage of people, and we are collecting large cohorts now to find out exactly what that percentage is. it ranges in some observational studies from 10% to 20 to 25% of people who have varying levels of involvement. some are in the hospital, some are in the hospital seriously ill. some are taken care of at home and out of work or whatever but through the day, when they cleared the

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the chair recognizes mr. murphy for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chair. dr. fauci, the number one facebook paste -- post today about vaccines is tucker carlsen suggesting they don't work, going back to our exchange from before. there are calls now to take down his post by facebook because it has become the most engaged post and fueling the anti-vaxer movement online. it seems appropriate, given what they need to do to take down these claims and to take down tucker carlsen's facebook post. what do you think? dr. fauci: congressman, i am not expert enough -- >> dr. kessler, this is yours, vaccine hesitancy. if this is as serious as an anti-vaxer claim in getting the engagement it should, shouldn't we take down this facebook post? >> vaccines work. any suggestion that they don't would be false and misleading. and i would ask -- we have been sitting here -- i would just ask that all members of this committee reinforce that point to the american people. >> dr. fauci, with regard to facebook, chelsea clinton has now called for this facebook post to be taken down, a

thank you, mr. chair. mr. secretary, i want to following up encouraging nrcs for a composting conservation project. something that's a focus for mine for a while and i know that ncrs is moving forward with an interim conservation practice on soil carbon amendments, including compost and biocharge. can you give me an update to include these composting conservation programs? >> congresswoman, if you'll allow me to have my staff get back on that. i don't know the specifics of it. i would be surprised we're not using every opportunity to create ways for help and assistance to warmers and that may be one of them, but i don't know the answer that your question and i wouldn't want to try to fake it. >> that's okay. you've put in hours that i didn't want you to be on top of everything although compost is an important topic. let's go to a tough one. pfas, unfortunately my state of maine has been ahead of the curve to respond to the emerging threat of pfas. a small number of dairy farms in maine have identified pfas con

mr. chair. >> supervisor mar: thank you, mr. clerk.oing to first hear from the san francisco a.d.c. liaison unit. officer sellenson you're here to report. >> yes i am. good morning. bar part time if it's approved this allows an on-sale beer and wine public premises. there are no letters of protest or letters of support. they're located in block 403 which is considered high crime. 202 is considered high saturation. alcohol liaison unit recommends with the following conditions that a petition shall actively monitor the area under their control in an effort to prevent the loitering persons adjacent to the property as depicted on the a.d.c. and no noise shall be audible at any nearby residence and as of february 3rd, the applicant had agreed to those above listed conditions. >> supervisor mar: great, thank you officer sell nenson for that. i would like to see if the applicants would like to make a remark. >> sure. justin dillal here. along with my colleague jeremy castillo here as well. we are extremely excited to be opening a bar in the m

thank you mr. chair. i appreciably opportunity. i will yield back without even making fun of mr. aguilar. [laughter] rep. butterfield: thank you very much, mr. davis, for your kind words. in just a moment i will introduce today's panel, but before i do that, as a reminder to our witnesses, each of you will be recognized for five minutes. i think most of you have testified previously, so you know how this thing works, but you will be recognized for five minutes. there is a timer on your screen, so please make sure you can see the timer and are mindful of the five minute time limit. your entire written statements will be made part of the record, and the record will be open for at least five days for additional materials that may be submitted. so we welcome each of our witnesses joining us today. allison riggs with the seven coalition for social justice. we have sonja diaz, ucla school of public policy initiatives. we have marcia johnson-blanco, from the lawyers committee for civil rights under law, and i have always had problems pronouncing your name, sir, but welcome to our commit

(roll call) mr. chair are four ayes and one absent, supervisor ronen. >> supervisor haney: this will move to the full board today as a positive recommendation with a committee report. thank you supervisor preston. mr. clerk, can you call item 2? >> clerk: ordinance appropriating $104.9 million to provide relief for small businesses, including those property crime, arts, cultural centers, cultural equity and youth learning initiative, san francisco city school district, overdose prevention and support for family relief struggling as a result of covid-19 and placing $6,520,705 in general reserve. public comment on this item call 415-655-0001 and enter the id number and then press pound twice and then dial 3. this is a committee report like the previous item. >> supervisor haney: thank you mr. clerk. supervisor mar. >> i would like to be added as a co-sponsor to this and want to thank you chair haney for all of your work on -- with all of the committee members and other colleagues on discussing priorities and

mr. chair, that concludes my announcement. >> supervisor: thank you, madame clerk. >> clerk: item 1 is hearing on the financial condition and other issues. members of the public wishing to make a comment dial 1-415-655-0001 and conference number 187 606 0436 and please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. >> supervisor: thank you, madame clerk. i'll make a motion to continue the item to the call of the chair. before that, are there any members of the public who wish to speak on the item. >> clerk: we're checking to see if there's callers in the queue. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on item 1 press star 3 now to be added to the queue. for those on hold wait until the system indicates have been unmuted. there are no callers in the queue. >> supervisor: public comment is now closed. i want to make a motion to continue item 1 to the call of the chair. is there a second? >> second, safai. >> supervisor: seconded by safai. ma

if it takes too long, then that's fine. >> clerk: mr. chair, supervisor safai was absent on items 5 and 7. would you like to rescind those? >> i make a motion to rescind 5 and 7. roll call motion on 5 and 7. >> clerk: vice chair safai. >> aye. >> clerk: moore. >> aye. >> clerk: supervisor haney? >> aye. >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> supervisor: a motion to move items 5 and 7 with a positive recommendation. >> clerk: on the motion, vice chair safai. >> aye. >> clerk: member mar. >> aye. >> clerk: chair haney. >> aye. >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> supervisor: fine, 5 and 7 with a positive recommendation. any other items in front of us today, madame clerk. ja there are no other items mr. chair. >> supervisor: we'll convene in 15 minutes. sorry. >> clerk: mr. chair, can you please adjourn this meeting. >> supervisor: sure. meeting's adjourned. - >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their showing up and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the ne

mr. vice chair. >> chairman: thank you, madam clerk. this item was previously amended on our meeting on march 22nd. and we're joined by mr. billlif from supervisor mandelman's staff. is there anything you would like to share? >> no. i'm available for any questions you have and just want to convey and thank supervisor mandelman's for those amendments and thank you for considering this item today. thank you. >> chairman: thank you. colleagues, if there are no comments or questions and seeing no one on the roster to speak, madam clerk, let's take public comment on item one. >> clerk: thank you, mr. chair. javier from b.t. has confirmed there are no listeners and no callers in queue. >> chairman: thank you. with no callers, public comment is now closed. colleagues, any comments or questions. >> supervisor peskin: mr. acting chair, this has been discussed a number of times and we have seen more data and i -- there's no question that this deserves an extension and permanent controls and i hope that planning department staff who have taken this

process, so as soon as we get that guidance we will update you all on that. >> okay, thank you, mr. chair. >> the chair: thank you, and good questions. i also had some questions about some additional funds that may come in. let's see. the nine-month -- when we get the nine-month sort of updated projections in the next few weeks, will you then have to update the five-year again and sort of a new iteration of this? i mean, it could obviously affect what this looks like as well. >> yeah, that's a great question. so we typically do not update the five-year. in the past, so what typically happens, if there are additional dollars identified in the nine-month report, that will become fund balance for the city to appropriate in the upcoming budget. that's typically how we have treated any positive news in the nine-month report. >> gotcha. >> and it's just one-time fund balance, so it wouldn't affect the outer years, but it could affect the short-term budget year picture. >> got it. and then, you know, i know -- i think i asked you this -- a version of this question and put you on the spot on this

. >> clerk: mr. chair, supervisor safai was absent on items 5 and 7. would you like to rescind those? >> i make a motion to rescind 5 and 7. roll call motion on 5 and 7. >> clerk: vice chair safai. >> aye. >> clerk: moore. >> aye. >> clerk: supervisor haney? >> aye. >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> supervisor: a motion to move items 5 and 7 with a positive recommendation. >> clerk: on the motion, vice chair safai. >> aye. >> clerk: member mar. >> aye. >> clerk: chair haney. >> aye. >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> supervisor: fine, 5 and 7 with a positive recommendation. any other items in front of us today, madame clerk. ja there are no other items mr. chair. >> supervisor: we'll convene in 15 minutes. sorry. >> clerk: mr. chair, can you please adjourn this meeting. >> supervisor: sure. meeting's adjourned. >> right before the game starts, if i'm still on the field, i look around, and i just take a deep breath because it is so exciting and magical, not knowing what the season holds is very, very exciting. it was fast-paced, stressful, but the good

supervisor mandelman. >> i just want to thank you, mr. chair, for bringing this on and i thank mr. hener in your office for his work on this. as a member of this committee, i'm grateful for this report. >> chairman: thank you, vice chair mandelman. and part of the reason that it's going to the adoption without committee reference dall canada is not only so the public can know but so that the clerk can track these appointments in the report which will be tomorrow. i'll be introducing at the full board of supervisors a hearing in this committee with regard to how we use the state maddie act. and with that, can we please open this up to public comment. >> clerk: yes. members of the public that wish to comment on this item call (415) 655-0001 the meeting i.d. is 1878969131 press pound and then pound again. press star 3 to be entered to speak. please wait until the system tells you you have been unmuted and you may begin your comment. we have two in line to speak p. >> chairman: first speaker, please. >> can you hear me now? >> chairman: we can hear you now. mr. pillappeal, please. >> i

[roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are two ayes. >> supervisor mar: thank you. and i move that we continue this hearing to the call of the chair. >> clerk: on the motion offered by chair martha this item be continued to the call of the chair, vice chair stefani. [roll call] >> clerk: two ayes once again. >> supervisor mar: thank you, supervisor melgar. and all the presenters. we look forward to seeing you back at the following hearing. mr. clerk, can you please call item number 4. >> clerk: agenda number 4 is an ordinance amending the police code's require peace officers who request a temporary emergency gun violence restraining order. and to apply the california penal code pro vision penalizing violations of different types of restraining orders. parallel to gun violence restraining orders issued by an out-of-state jurisdiction. members who wish to provide public comment on this agenda item please call the public comment number. (41) 565-5001. i.d. number 1874560963 and press pound. >> supervisor mar: thank you, supervisor stefani, for your incredible leadership

again, thank you. >> thank you, mr. chair. have a good one. >> have a good rest of your meeting. >> thank you. with that, i'm going to proceed to item number 9 which is general public comment. that is not in today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. are there any comments? >> we have one person in queue in public comment. >> go ahead, caller. >> caller: hi, my name is zack. i just want to respond to the general public comment so i can talk about other items not on the agenda. i mentioned a number of times accessibility issues with these meetings. they're a lot less accessible during covid even though it's a phone line which is bizarre. it used to be you could call in and talk to a live person and they would help you. you could easily work with the department of technology to have a phone line that can patch through to someone to the secretary. and the excuse is zoom bombing to not give us the ability to have a chat function to ask for help is ridiculous. i hope that accessibility can be improved. i hope that i can

mr. outer hold. the chair recognizes preventative grace meaning for five minutes of questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to our witnesses for your work and for being here today. i wanted to follow up on the questioning about social media platforms like twitter and facebook have really played a central role in elevating conspiracy theories, hate, bigotry and while some of these companies have occasionally been banned from their platforms certain individuals or danger rhetoric there are still other social media apps like parler, telegraph or even signal and i just wanted to know what some of these companies can do and i know that i have heard that platforms like signal, for example, are even harder to sort of monitor so what can these companies do better and what can congress do and second part of this question are there any noticeable trends after the january 6 insurrection that you are seen without domestic right ring groups are using some of these platforms? >> thank you for the question for i wil

mr. chair. we are continuing to work with maria pena from the department of technology to bring in public commentors who wish to comment on this ordinance. for those watching our meeting on cable channel 26 or streaming through sfgovtv.org. call in (415) 655-0001 following that into the meeting i.d. of 1874560963. press the pound symbol twice and then press star followed by three to enter the cue to speak. while we're waiting for our first caller i'm going to note that supervisor haney returned to this meeting and has been here since 11:29. ms. pena, can you bring us our first caller? >> hi, my name is ruth bornestein. i'm part of a leadership team of the san francisco chapter of united against gun violence. we are very much supportive in gvros in general and these amendments in particular to enhance the process. so thank you, supervisor stefani, for bringing it and, supervisor mar, for now cosponsoring. i do want to add that it was really, as a brady member but also as a citizen of san francis

scanlon of pennsylvania, chair. mr. sherman of california. mr. jones of new york. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the chair lays before the house the following concurrent resolution. the clerk will read the resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 27. concurrent resolution permitting the remains of the late united states capitol police officer william f. evans to lie in honor in the rotunda of the capitol. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the concurrent resolution is agreed to. and a motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. without objection, the chair lays before the house the following concurrent resolution. the clerk will read the resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 28. concurrent resolution directing the architect of the capitol to transfer to the catapult situated in the capitol's visitor center to the rotunda of the capitol for use in connection with services conducted for united states capitol police officer william f. evans. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the concurrent resolution is agreed to,

mr. chair, are you giving me the gavel? >> i am back online. thank you so much for your questions. the chair will recognize -- let's see who is next on the list. recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, chairman. there was a bipartisan effort that had expanded access by allowing no mail-in voting for the first time. that law was passed as a bipartisan effort to modernize the election infrastructure long before the coronavirus instilled new procedures. increased participation over three quarters of the electorate turned out for the election. unfortunately, as the first, that was the 20 primary election. efforts to educate the public and multiple levels of security, to ensure valid integrity -- those efforts were undermined as they began to elect, with no proof that mail-in voting was subject to fraud. despite lawsuits, even a completely baseless objection to pennsylvania's electoral ballot on january sixth. no one produced any evidence that they were impacted. as the secretary noted, built by mail could require some fine-tuning. one of the issues is that they are not allowed to pro

mr. chair? >> thank you, mr. carroll. and thank you to the public for your patience as we move through these first items 2 through 4 and thank you to the city attorney for the request that we hear these initially. colleagues, i -- barring a request from supervisor mandelman or supervisor chan, do not believe -- and again subject to public comment -- that we will need to go into closed session on these items. the city attorney has fully briefed us on these items. i only had one comment that i wanted to make on item 2, which i am fully comfortable making in open session, which is just that that case raises, i think, some very significant issues around folks who are in custody and making sure that there is not interruption of their sleep and it's something that a lot of folks who are not in custody take for granted, but when you are in custody, having the peace and quiet to be able to actually get the sleep you need to stay healthy while incarcerated is a significant health -- mental health and physical health issue. so, app

mr. chair? >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. first we'll hear from the abc liaison unit, and we have officer selmonson to present on the report. the floor is yours. >> you have before you a report for lucinda's deli and moore. this would allow them to operate an off-sale beer and wine premise. we have no letters of protest. no letters of support. they are in plot 642, which is considered high crime. they're in census track 164, which is considered high saturation. northern station ha no has nooption, but the petitioner should actively monitor their area in order to present the loitering. as of february 21st, the applicant had agreed to the above conditions. >> chairman: thank you, officer salmonson for that report. do we have anyone here from lucinda's deli who would like to make remarks? >> david luavalo. lucinda's an moore is a very popular neighborhood deli that has been around for a number of years. the owner has struggled dramatically trying to keep his doors open during covid, but with the community support he has been abl

mr. chair, there are no callers in the cue. >> chairman: public comment is now closed. ms. pearson? >> yes, thank you. i've had a chance to find the assessments and review them, and they are not substantive. >> chairman: great. my understanding is they were sort of correcting some things that needed to be changed that were pretty simple within the resolution. colleagues, any other comments on questions? i think, obviously, we're happy to see us moving towards less emissions and more hybrid coaches and ones that work better for our city and our operators and generally replace ones that are aging or problematic in various ways. and, of course, doing it in a lower emissions way, while keeping our goal to get to zero emissions and accelerating that process. and i know supervisor melgar was going to be here with us. is she a sponsor? what is her involvement with that? i wasn't entirely clear? >> or is she just supporting? >> she is a sponsor, chair haney. >> chairman: okay. got it. great. all right. with that, any other questions or comments from colleagues? i am going to make a motion t

>> yes, mr. chair. checking to see if there are callers in the queue. members of the public who wish to provide comment, press star 3 to be added to the queue. for those on hold, wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. are there callers in the queue? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> thank you. >> chair: public comment is now closed. i want to make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. roll call vote, please. >> on the motion, vice chair safai? >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> chair: aye. there are three ayes. >> chair: great, thank you. this will go to the full board with a positive recommendation and thank you, ms. moran, for your work. >> thank you. >> chair: madame clerk, is -- let's do item 8 and then we can go back to item 2. can you please call item 8? >> item 8, resolution authorizing the establishment of a small business emergency financial relief program to be administered by the office of economic and workforce development, oewd, and authorizing the director of oewd t