i wasn't trying to cut you off, mr. chair, but i wanted to jump in because that was the first time i heard they were provided meals at that cost. >> chair, is it okay if i continue? >> chairman: yes. >> i just wanted to say, yes, supervisor safai, i totally hear you. and we definitely do want to work to bring costs down. i think one of the issues that we see, and as i mentioned, we have a high acuity population here in these safe sleep sites, and so staff are really doing things like overdose prevention and response, and some behavioral health work, de-escalation, really trying to link people to services, and we do that in the nap center and shelters as well. the staff feels strongly there is more of an intervention needed here, and that means a little more staffing and a higher level of staffing. we can kind of control for the costs, but this is actually kind of a different system than the shelter system for us. but, just to go -- so, basically, the other thing that i didn't mention yet about controlling costs is we have --

mr. chair? >> thank you, mr. clerk. before we move to closed session, let's go ahead and open up public comment for the closed session item. >> thank you, mr. chair. for the last time today, michael is providing our assistance on the technology side for bringing public comment callers. for those who are watching our meeting on cable 26 or streaming link, who wish to speak on the item. i'm going to repeat the public call-in number this last time. 1-415-655-0001. today's meeting i.d. is 146 057 8563. press the pound symbol twice and then star followed by 3 to be entered into the queue to speak. mr. chair, i'm hearing we have no callers in the queue for the litigation agenda. >> thank you, mr. clerk. no callers, the public comment on these items is now closed. and on the motion to convene in closed session, mr. clerk, call the roll? >> clerk: on a motion to convene in closed session, vice chair chan? >> supervisor chan: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> supervisor preston: aye. >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes

and finally, mr. chair, items acted upon today are expected to appear on july 13th, 2021, unless otherwise stateded by motion. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. please call the first item. >> clerk: item number one is the accept and expend grant and amend the annual salary ordinance cal highway patrol for the cannabis tax fund grant program. to provide for the addition of one grant funded class 2403 forensic laboratory analyst and one granted class 2456 forensic toxicologist. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this ordinance should called public comment number. (415) 655-0001. today's meeting id is 146 057 8563. press pound and then star followed by the meeting idea to speak. mr. chair. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. and i believe we're joined by david serano and dr. luke roda. i will turn it over to either or both of them for their presentations. >> thank you, chairman and honorable members of the committee. i'm joined with my colleague, dr. roda. we always like to start with

mr. chair? >> thank you, mr. clerk. before we move to closed session, let's go ahead and open up public comment for the closed session item. >> thank you, mr. chair. for the last time today, michael is providing our assistance on the technology side for bringing public comment callers. for those who are watching our meeting on cable 26 or streaming link, who wish to speak on the item. i'm going to repeat the public call-in number this last time. 1-415-655-0001. today's meeting i.d. is 146 057 8563. press the pound symbol twice and then star followed by 3 to be entered into the queue to speak. mr. chair, i'm hearing we have no callers in the queue for the litigation agenda. >> thank you, mr. clerk. no callers, the public comment on these items is now closed. and on the motion to convene in closed session, mr. clerk, call the roll? >> clerk: on a motion to convene in closed session, vice chair chan? >> supervisor chan: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> supervisor preston: aye. >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes

mr. chair? >> chairman: thank you. lcome, mr. cardoza, from oewd. >> thank you. good morning, chair haney, supervisor safai, supervisor mar. my name is angel, and i'm with the office of the economic and workforce development. this morning we're requesting the committee's recommendation to expand the cares act recovery assistance loan fund of $550,000 from the department of commerce economic development and administration. the financial assistance award, executed by the e.d.a., and the office of economic and development, is awarded for purpose of establishing a loan fund. the purpose of this award is to capitalize the loan fund for severe economic dislocation caused by the covid-19 pandemic, to provide permanent resources to support economic resiliency and to further the long-term economic recovery of the city and county of san francisco. the use of these funds includes administrative and other activities that will help expedite lending, including advertising the availability of lending, processing loan applications, ori

>> clerk: yes, mr. chair. d.t. is checking to see if there are any callers in the kwee. members of the public who wish to provide public comment, press star, three to enter the queue. for those already in the queue, please wait until the system indicates your line has been unmuted. miss mendoza, could you let us know if there are any callers in the queue for item number 3? >> operator: we have one caller. >> clerk: thank you. please unmute the caller. >> thank you. esteemed members of the budget and finance committee, my name is sandra barton. i wish to protest the authorization of the tenderloin development neighborhood corporation -- >> chair haney: to clarify, this is item 3. it sounds like you're calling in for a different item. if you'll please wait until that item is up. >> okay. thank you. >> chair haney: yes, thank you. >> clerk: yes. miss mendoza, are there any other callers in the queue for item 3? >> operator: there's no other callers. >> clerk: thank you. >> chair haney: public comment is closed.

>> mr. chair, this is ben. i can just briefly report that the mayor's budget director delivered technical adjustments to each of your offices earlier today. that is required to enable the package that you're moving on today. >> chairman: great. fantastic. so with that, i want to make a motion to amend the appropriations ordinance and salary ordinance to reflect the committee's final changes as indicated in the summary entitled "board of supervisors' budget spending plan." amend item 1 to include the amendments attached to the budget spending plan, implement the committee's action to balance accounts and to update descript tiff corrodes contained in the spending plan, and forward items 1 and 2 on today's agenda, as amended, to the board of supervisors for the july 13th meeting with a positive recommendation. is there a second? >> second. >> chairman: seconded by president walton. ma'am clerk, can we have a roll call vote, please? >> clerk: yes. on that motion. [roll call taken] >> clerk: there are five agents. a

mr. chair? >> thank you, mr. clerk. before we move to closed session, let's go ahead and open up public comment for the closed session item. >> thank you, mr. chair. for the last time today, michael is providing our assistance on the technology side for bringing public comment callers. for those who are watching our meeting on cable 26 or streaming link, who wish to speak on the item. i'm going to repeat the public call-in number this last time. 1-415-655-0001. today's meeting i.d. is 146 057 8563. press the pound symbol twice and then star followed by 3 to be entered into the queue to speak. mr. chair, i'm hearing we have no callers in the queue for the litigation agenda. >> thank you, mr. clerk. no callers, the public comment on these items is now closed. and on the motion to convene in closed session, mr. clerk, call the roll? >> clerk: on a motion to convene in closed session, vice chair chan? >> supervisor chan: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> supervisor preston: aye. >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes

mr. chair? >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. so, first we're going to hear from the s.f.p.d. liaison units. we have officer salmonson here to present the report. >> good morning. okay. albi co inc has applied for a 21 license, and it would allow them to operate off-sale. we have zero letters of protest. zero letters of support. they are elected in plot 28, considered high crime, and considered high saturation. the northern station has no opposition, and the license is approved with the following condition: that the petitioner will actively monitor the area under their control in an effort to prevent the loitering on their premises (indiscernable) and as of february 5th, they had agreed to the condition. conditions. >> chairman: thank you, officer salmonson. why don't we go to the applicant. i believe we have a representative from the applicant here who would like to present. hi, mr. cafalin. >> thank you, supervisor mar. can you hear me? >> yes. >> john cafalin here on behalf of molly stones. it is a locally owned and operated g

mr. chair, i'm sorry to have to request this, we may have to take a very brief technical break, a very brief recess for two or so minutes. >> chairman: no problem. let's go ahead and recess, and we will be back >> chairman: thank you for your patience, everyone. we are back and have worked out, hopefully, some technical issues. mr. clerk, if you could continue with your announcements. >> clerk: thank you, mr. chair. public comment will be available on each item for today's agenda. the sfgovtv folks at channel 26 and sfgovtv.org are streaming the call-in number across the screen at this type. time. your opportunity to provide public comment is available to you via phone by dialing 415-655-0001. following that, you'll enter today's meeting i.d. the i.d. 1462004570. following that, you'll dial the pound symbol twice to connect to the meeting. when you're connected, you will hear the meeting discussions, but you're line will be in a listening mode only. your line will be muted. when you're item of

mr. chair? >> thank you. we have received a grant from the california office of emergency services to purchase supplies to assist our forensic testing efforts. our granter has requested a formal copy of a spend resolution and we're requesting the committee's recommendation for the acceptance of the grant. if there are any questions regarding this grant award, i would be happy to answer them. >> chair haney: is there a b.l.a. report? >> we do not have a report on this item. >> members of the public who wish to provide public comment, press star 3 to be added to the queue. for those on hold, please continue to wait until you've been unmuted. are there any callers? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> chair haney: public comment is now closed. i want to make a motion to move this item to the full board with a positive recommendation. can we have a roll call vote, please? >> on that motion, vice chair safai? >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> chair haney: aye. there are three ayes. can you c

mr. chair? >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. so, first we're going to hear from the s.f.p.d. liaison units. we have officer salmonson here to present the report. >> good morning. okay. albi co inc has applied for a 21 license, and it would allow them to operate off-sale. we have zero letters of protest. zero letters of support. they are elected in plot 28, considered high crime, and considered high saturation. the northern station has no opposition, and the license is approved with the following condition: that the petitioner will actively monitor the area under their control in an effort to prevent the loitering on their premises (indiscernable) and as of february 5th, they had agreed to the condition. conditions. >> chairman: thank you, officer salmonson. why don't we go to the applicant. i believe we have a representative from the applicant here who would like to present. hi, mr. cafalin. >> thank you, supervisor mar. can you hear me? >> yes. >> john cafalin here on behalf of molly stones. it is a locally owned and operated g

mr. chair, you're on mute. >> chair haney: looking forward to when that is no longer an issue [laughter]. can you please call item number 1? >> yes, item 1, ordinance waiving certain first year permit, license and business registration fees for businesses that either commence engaging in business within the city from november 1, 2021 through october 31, 2022, have shipmented first-year san francisco gross receipts of $2 million or less, have a registered business location that is ground floor commercial use and not formula retail use and have gross receipts in the next three tax years of $10 million or less, or open a new business location for ground floor commercial use and not formula retail use reported san francisco gross receipts of $2 million or less on the most recent return and have gross receipts in the next three tax years of $10 million or less and refunding any waived fees paid to the comment. any members of the public, who have public comment on this item call 1-415-655-0001. 146 7

>> clerk: yes, mr. chair. d.t. is checking to see if there are any callers in the kwee. members of the public who wish to provide public comment, press star, three to enter the queue. for those already in the queue, please wait until the system indicates your line has been unmuted. miss mendoza, could you let us know if there are any callers in the queue for item number 3? >> operator: we have one caller. >> clerk: thank you. please unmute the caller. >> thank you. esteemed members of the budget and finance committee, my name is sandra barton. i wish to protest the authorization of the tenderloin development neighborhood corporation -- >> chair haney: to clarify, this is item 3. it sounds like you're calling in for a different item. if you'll please wait until that item is up. >> okay. thank you. >> chair haney: yes, thank you. >> clerk: yes. miss mendoza, are there any other callers in the queue for item 3? >> operator: there's no other callers. >> clerk: thank you. >> chair haney: public comment is closed.

. >> mr. chair, on that additional amendment. >> on the additional amendment supervisor mar. >> safai. >> aye. >> mar. >> aye. >> chair haney. >> aye. >> three ayes. >> it is accepted. >> supervisor safai. >> mr. chair. thank you, supervisor mar, for all your hard work on this. mayor's office of housing staff pndc and engagement. i know this has been baptism by fire for you to go through this process. it hasn't been the most enjoyable thing to be accused of criticisms and all you are trying to do is bring an honest conversation for building affordable housing in the part of town as many have said that has produced 17 units over the course of its time. i say that from a place of experience. i represent part of san francisco excelsior, lake view that has the highest concentration of owner occupied single family homes. some of the longest standing generational families working families that are going through a very similar experience that the sunset district 4 have gone through where not that long ago

mr. chair? >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. so, first we're going to hear from the s.f.p.d. liaison units. we have officer salmonson here to present the report. >> good morning. okay. albi co inc has applied for a 21 license, and it would allow them to operate off-sale. we have zero letters of protest. zero letters of support. they are elected in plot 28, considered high crime, and considered high saturation. the northern station has no opposition, and the license is approved with the following condition: that the petitioner will actively monitor the area under their control in an effort to prevent the loitering on their premises (indiscernable) and as of february 5th, they had agreed to the condition. conditions. >> chairman: thank you, officer salmonson. why don't we go to the applicant. i believe we have a representative from the applicant here who would like to present. hi, mr. cafalin. >> thank you, supervisor mar. can you hear me? >> yes. >> john cafalin here on behalf of molly stones. it is a locally owned and operated g

>> mr. chair man, we are very well aware and mindful of monitoring every single day the economic impact of the travel restrictions. our greatest priority is the health and safety of the american people. just last week i spoke with my counterpart in canada. i was aware of the measure canada would take and we are watching the trajectory of the pandemic. the pandemic of the on vaccinated. we are watching the delta very and very carefully, and we will lift those restrictions in collaboration with the centers for disease control when the ark of the pandemic so warrants. this is a public health decision and we are mindful of the economic impacts and we urge the american people who've not yet been vaccinated to get their vaccines. this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated at this point. >> as you monitor the situation, mr. sec., is it possible the department will consider easing restrictions based on the type of travel across the border from canada? for example, will immediate relatives of u.s. citizens and

mr. chair? >> chair mar: great, thank you, mr. clerk. thanks, again, vice chair stefani, for bringing this other important legislation forward. i understand you have a motion you'd like to make? >> supervisor stefani: yes, thank you, chair mar, for scheduling this item. i'd like to introduce an amendment which i shared with your office this morning. and the amendment aligns with the reporting requirements with quarterly reporting requirements that already exist in the police code. after we take these amendments, i'd like to continue this item to the call of the chair. there are some important policy questions that i would like to get answers before this item is heard before the committee, but i would request that we continue it to the call of the chair, but we hear it as soon as possible. i introduced this legislation because i was hearing rumblings from the domestic violence community that cases were not being prosecuted. and rather than just going on anecdotal evidence, i got that evidence from the police department. they reported 131 d

mr. chair? >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. to hear from the s.f.p.d. liaison units. we have officer salmonson here to present the report. >> good morning. okay. albi co inc has applied for a 21 license, and it would allow them to operate off-sale. we have zero letters of protest. zero letters of support. they are elected in plot 28, considered high crime, and considered high saturation. the northern station has no opposition, and the license is approved with the following condition: that the petitioner will actively monitor the area under their control in an effort to prevent the loitering on their premises (indiscernable) and as of february 5th, they had agreed to the condition. conditions. >> chairman: thank you, officer salmonson. why don't we go to the applicant. i believe we have a representative from the applicant here who would like to present. hi, mr. cafalin. >> thank you, supervisor mar. can you hear me? >> yes. >> john cafalin here on behalf of molly stones. it is a locally owned and operated grocery, and also i sho

mr. chair? >> chair mar: great, thank you, mr. clerk. thanks, again, vice chair stefani, for bringing this other important legislation forward. i understand you have a motion you'd like to make? >> supervisor stefani: yes, thank you, chair mar, for scheduling this item. i'd like to introduce an amendment which i shared with your office this morning. and the amendment aligns with the reporting requirements with quarterly reporting requirements that already exist in the police code. after we take these amendments, i'd like to continue this item to the call of the chair. there are some important policy questions that i would like to get answers before this item is heard before the committee, but i would request that we continue it to the call of the chair, but we hear it as soon as possible. i introduced this legislation because i was hearing rumblings from the domestic violence community that cases were not being prosecuted. and rather than just going on anecdotal evidence, i got that evidence from the police department. they reported 131 d

mr. williams: i yield my time back. chair waters: the gentlewoman from ohio, mrs. beatty, who is also the chair of the subcommittee on diversity and inclusion, is now recognized for five minutes. mrs. beatty: thank you, madam chair. thank you to secretary fudge. let me start by simply saying the title of this hearing is, oversight on h.u.d. i'll cut it short. h.u.d. it is not oversight of h.u.d. and the united states treasury. and for the record, madam chair, i wanted to note i do not expect secretary fudge to be accountable for secretary yellen. i do not expect her to answer or speak for her, nor did i expect secretary carson to speak for secretary mnuchin. i know he couldn't. he could barely defend why he took 16.4% of h.u.d.'s budget before he got started. i would like to remind my colleagues that she has only been in this position for about six months. so let me educate my colleagues on those listening. she has crisscrossed the united states for housing. she came to the state of ohio and met with a bipartisan team of housing experts. let me also say to allocate

mr. chairman. thank you for holding today's hearings. the principles for investigating the origins of covid-19 but i want to commend chairman foster for the bipartisanship for the first official house committee in the epidemic i am very hopeful this can serve as an example how congress can work together to investigate the origins ofti what happened last year it is not a partisan issue. something we all different should work together on it's also an opportunity and the impact of the politicalization of scientific integrity hasas shed on efforts to investigate the origins of this terrible pandemic. but then the scientists have and then sometimes the legal conflict of interest call into question the impartiality of efforts undertaken to examine the origins of covid-19 including unfortunately those of the who. the shortcomings have made it much more difficult to have fair and discourse about these issues also troubling is the actions big tech and the fact checkers to compound the difficulty. during

mr. chair, you're on mute. >> chair haney: looking forward to when that is no longer an issue [laughter]. can you please call item number 1? >> yes, item 1, ordinance waiving certain first year permit, license and business registration fees for businesses that either commence engaging in business within the city from november 1, 2021 through october 31, 2022, have shipmented first-year san francisco gross receipts of $2 million or less, have a registered business location that is ground floor commercial use and not formula retail use and have gross receipts in the next three tax years of $10 million or less, or open a new business location for ground floor commercial use and not formula retail use reported san francisco gross receipts of $2 million or less on the most recent return and have gross receipts in the next three tax years of $10 million or less and refunding any waived fees paid to the comment. any members of the public, who have public comment on this item call 1-415-655-0001. 146 7

mr. chairman. and thank you for today's hearing. the principles for investigating the emergence of covid-19, before we begin i would like to comment to the chair man for his bipartisanship and willingness to hold this first official committee related to the origins of the epidemic. i'm hopeful the hearing can serve as an example how congress can work together to move forward on investigating the origins of what happened last year. this is not a partisan issue, and i think it is something we should work together on. it's also an opportunity to begin looking into the principles and standards by which the effective investigation into the origins should be conducted and perhaps more importantly, to reflect on some of the lessons we've learned over the past 18 months about scientific communications, the importance of the public discourse about scientific hypotheses and the impact that the media censorship and politicalization of science and possible lack of scientific integrity has had on efforts th

mr. chair, you're on mute. >> chair haney: looking forward to when that is no longer an issue [laughter]. can you please call item number 1? >> yes, item 1, ordinance waiving certain first year permit, license and business registration fees for businesses that either commence engaging in business within the city from november 1, 2021 through october 31, 2022, have shipmented first-year san francisco gross receipts of $2 million or less, have a registered business location that is ground floor commercial use and not formula retail use and have gross receipts in the next three tax years of $10 million or less, or open a new business location for ground floor commercial use and not formula retail use reported san francisco gross receipts of $2 million or less on the most recent return and have gross receipts in the next three tax years of $10 million or less and refunding any waived fees paid to the comment. any members of the public, who have public comment on this item call 1-415-655-0001. 146 7

thank you, mr. chair. >> thank you, senator padilla. senator johnson, you're recognized for your questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me start off by saying that under my championship, it was arare i didn't allow a second round of questions, the second time that the secretary appeared before this committee and we have serious issues to discuss and the second time that we won't be able to ask a second round of questions, i would hope the next time he appears and he will afford the committee the respect we deserve with responsibility. mr. secretary, have a short period of time so i've got a lot of questions and i hope you keep your answers short and suscinct. i appreciate the fact we had a phone conversation yesterday and went over some numbers, i just want to you confirm based on that conversation that the numbers i'm dealing with in terms of the extent of the crisis on the border are largely accurate. through six months, january through june, a total apprehensions are a little over 900,000, is that correct? >> i believe that is. i