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mr. preston. mr. clerk call the roll. >> commissioner chan. >> aye. >> commissioner dorsey. >> aye. >> commissioner engardio. >> aye. >> chair mandelman. >> aye. >> commissioner supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> commissioner preston. >> aye. >> commissioner ronen. >> aye. >> commissioner safai. >> absent >> commissioner stefani. >> aye. >> commissioner walton. >> aye. there are 9 aye avenue on the consent agenda it it is approved. >> 6-9. >> thank you. call item 10. >> item 10 sept transportation capital project delivery study an action item. >> okay. in months this body at the board of supervisors has taken the important steps to improving capitol project deliver in prosecute board opted a civil grand jury recommendation the biggest construction protects don't do to less qualified bidders due to lowest bid. we took a step to improve contracting processes lowering costs up to 20% and saving tax payers millions a year. our work to [inaudible] on time and budget continues. today's report also come a critical

mr. preston pointed out. the housing element is not new t. has been around for 40 years the board supervisors is very well inform body the requirements. and yet it is now snivelling the state is in the funding the hougz. you need to keep the inclusionary requirements in place as well as the necessary development fees that provide for the amenities of open space. transportation and so on that are needed by people who live in the city. other than the wealth that he you are catering to with the proposals. thus, i strongly to urge you to vote down 5 and 6 and increase the inclusionary requirement to 20%. which is about still not enough. can't public low build the 46,000 units by 2030 you need to build to meet the state housing element. law. you do need to get with t. on the affordable housing. we don't need anymore market rate housing. fwhoo ed affordable how doing. thank you. >> thank you i'm john a representative local 38. stand with the san fran building trade and support of both items 5 and 6. thank you. thank you for sharing your comments. n

preston, aye. commissioner singh, aye. mr. chair pro tem, there is no opposition. >> thank you. that motion passes, and thank you everyone for the work on this. mr. clerk, let's go ahead and call item 6. >> item 6 is executive officer report. discussion and possible action item. >> thank you. executive officer pollack. >> thank you. i have just a brief update for you going to turn it over to our policy analyst to give a update on our public banking work. >> hello again commissioners. we have officially completed the work under the reinvestment working group ordinance on july 22 of this, we officially submitted all final plans from the working group to the board of supervisors and yesterday july 20, the chair of the working group, the consultant team for the working group and myself presented to the board of supervisors government audit and oversight committee. in addition, we have been presenting these final plans for the working group at july 12 town hall meeting organized by the public banking coalition. scheduled to do a briefing for puc staff august 11. multiple briefings fo

mr. president. supervisor chan. >> present. >> supervisor dorsey. >> present. >> supervisor engardio:supervisor mandelman. supervisor melgar. >> present. >> supervisor supervisor peskin. >> present. >> supervisor preston. >> present. wroo supervisor ronen? >> present. >> supervisor safai. >> present. >> supervisor stefani. >> present. >> and supervisor walton. >> present. >> mr. president all members are present. >> thank you, madam clerk the board of supervisors acknowledges we are on the unseed home lanltd of the ramaytush ohlone. the original inhabitants of the san francisco pel anyone slam as stewards of the land with their traditions the ramaytush ohlone never cd lost nor forgot their responsibilities as the care takers of this place as well as all peoples reside in their traditional translator. as guests we recognize we benefit from living and working on traditional home landful we wish to pay respects acknowledging then sesterce and irrelevant tifs of the recommend ram community and by afirming rights as first peoples. will you join me in the pledge. [pledge of allegiance] do we have communicationings. >> yes. this meeting is airing live on sfgovtv tv channel 26, you may view the live stream on

mr. president. supervisor preston. refer. supervisor ronen. >> thank you. colleagues. i will focus today with the introduction of a couple items on the other side of the drug epidemic this is facing san francisco on those that are suffering. from drug addiction disorder. today i'm introducing a resolution recognizing august 31 at international over dose awareness day a reminder of the over dose crisis in cities around the world. and the need for bold action to save lives and turn tide. >> in san francisco between january and june the office of the chief m e reported there have been 406 accident drug deaths. 101 accidental over dose deaths more than 30 five in the first half of 2022. as we know from the media coverage what is often called the doom spill roll there are schools of thought how to address this epidemic. we bombard by stories, mrauding homeless individuals suffering from disorders on streets. and other articles shameless low scapegoating populations to divert tension from failed policy fuelling the drug epidemic. the their tifs do nothing to explain life for

mr. president. supervisor chan. >> present. >> supervisor dorsey. >> present. >> supervisor engardio:supervisor mandelman. supervisor melgar. >> present. >> supervisor supervisor peskin. >> present. >> supervisor preston. >> present. wroo supervisor ronen? >> present. >> supervisor safai. >> present. >> supervisor stefani. >> present. >> and supervisor walton. >> present. >> mr. president all members are present. >> thank you, madam clerk the board of supervisors acknowledges we are on the unseed home lanltd of the ramaytush ohlone. the original inhabitants of the san francisco pel anyone slam as stewards of the land with their traditions the ramaytush ohlone never cd lost nor forgot their responsibilities as the care takers of this place as well as all peoples reside in their traditional translator. as guests we recognize we benefit from living and working on traditional home landful we wish to pay respects acknowledging then sesterce and irrelevant tifs of the recommend ram community and by afirming rights as first peoples. will you join me in the pledge. [pledge of allegiance] do we have communicationings. >> yes. this meeting is airing live on sfgovtv tv channel 26, you may view the live stream on

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mr. president. supervisor chan. >> present. >> supervisor dorsey. >> present. >> supervisor engardio:supervisor mandelman. supervisor melgar. >> present. >> supervisor supervisor peskin. >> present. >> supervisor prestonresent. wroo supervisor ronen? >> present. >> supervisor safai. >> present. >> supervisor stefani.

mr. barnes, the floor is yours. >> chair preston, members, thank you for hearing the item. in the interest of brevity let me thank the chair and staff working with us. this audit wouldn't begin until spring next year evefen we were able to get it organized so what we like to request today is continuance to the call of the chair and we'll continue to work with the chair office. i also note that coalition of environmental organizations submitted letter in support. we will continue to work with them on their policy issues separate and apart from the audit request and thank the committee for its help. >> thank you mr. barnes. we look forward continuing to work with supervisor safai and get the oversight i know he's seeking here, and why dont we go ahead and open this item or open-request for continuance for public comment. >> thank you. any members of the public here that would like to speak on the continuance of item number 4? those on the line dial star 3 to be added to the queue. please dial the call in number scrolling across the screen and enter the id. the system will ind

mr. president. supervisor chan. >> present. >> supervisor dorsey. >> present. >> supervisor engardio:supervisor mandelman. supervisor melgar. >> present. >> supervisor supervisor peskin. >> present. >> supervisor preston. >> present. wroo supervisor ronen? >> present. >> supervisor safai.