with that, mr. safai. >> thank you, chair. to add on to that, i would like the see if we're not going to make the amendment right now on this the resolution would like the see s.h.s. and the strike team come back with a standardized criteria for its decision-making just for public transparency. i'm confident in the team. i want to appreciate the hard work that dan adams has done. he left the city and came back specifically for this work and we've been able to mobilize in a very quick way starting last fall and now coming into today. and i can't be stated enough. this opportunity in front of us, to buy hotels, to buy dormitories, to buy already built housing is a once in a lifetime opportunity. and the idea -- again, i can't state it enough -- the idea that we would be spending $800,000 or $900,000 per unit on the equivalent to house -- to create affordable housing when we can get it for almost less than half the cost. a little bit more in this case. when you add in the home key grant that we feel very confident that we will ge

mr. chair? >> chair haney: okay. supervisor safai, do you want to make this motion to continue it for one week? >> supervisor safai: sorry. i was on mute. yes, i'd like to continue this item for one week. >> chair haney: can we take a note on the motion to continue for one week? >> clerk: yes, chair haney. on the motion offered by vice chair safai that this matter be continued to the 10-17 budget meeting -- [roll call] >> clerk: we have three ayes. >> chair haney: great. this will be continued to next week. thank you again, mr. hyams. mr. clerk, can you please call item 8? >> clerk: yes, mr. chair. item number 8 is a hearing on the city's plan to transition those currently housed in shelter in place hotels into permanent supportive housing and requesting the department of homelessness and supportive housing to report. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2483-619-1631, then press pound twice. if you have not already done so, press star, three to lineup to speak a

safai: okay. great. thank you, mr. chair. sorry. i got you when you had food in your mouth. >> chair haney: supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: thank you. i guess i just wanted to say that i would like a fuller explanation from dcyf about, you know, this issue around the lack of bringing these clear -- these grant agreements, you know, for board approval forward and -- i mean, i guess it was -- it's significant enough that the original grant agreement for this one, the dcyf amount back in 2018 was never brought to the board for approval or the first amendment, but now, through the b.l.a.s work, there's an identification of others. and i appreciate the department's work with the city attorney to identify that additional contract that should have been brought, but yeah, it would help to have a fuller explanation from dcyf, and it sounds like this is something that you're probably going to be more conscious of, timely, yeah, bringing these contracts forward to the board, not retroactively. so i don't know if you want to explain that now

safai: okay. i'm willing to give mr. lynan more time, but if we need to postpone it, i'm fine with that request. >> clerk: just for clarification, the october 20 budget and finance committee meeting is going to be cancelled due to the legal holiday, so if this item was to be continued, it would have to go on the october 27 budget and finance committee agenda, so it would -- it would have to be continued for two weeks. >> chair haney: what holiday is on october 20? >> supervisor safai: it's the week of the indigenous peoples day, so we're not meeting that week. in any case -- >> chair haney: got it. >> supervisor safai: we'll return -- yeah. >> chair haney: madam clerk, if you could call item number 3. >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read]. >> clerk: members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2483-861-3621. press pound twice and then star, three to raise your hand, and wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. >> chair haney: mr. beck? >> thank you

safai: okay. i'm willing to give mr. lynan more time, but if we need to postpone it, i'm fine with that request. >> clerk: just for clarification, the october 20 budget and finance committee meeting is going to be cancelled due to the legal holiday, so if this item was to be continued, it would have to go on the october 27 budget and finance committee agenda, so it would -- it would have to be continued for two weeks. >> chair haney: what holiday is on october 20? >> supervisor safai: it's the week of the indigenous peoples day, so we're not meeting that week. in any case -- >> chair haney: got it. >> supervisor safai: we'll return -- yeah. >> chair haney: madam clerk, if you could call item number 3. >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read]. >> clerk: members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2483-861-3621. press pound twice and then star, three to raise your hand, and wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. >> chair haney: mr. beck? >> thank you

safai: okay. great. thank you, mr. chair. sorry. i got you when you had food in your mouth. >> chair haney: supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: thank you. i guess i just wanted to say that i would like a fuller explanation from dcyf about, you know, this issue around the lack of bringing these clear -- these grant agreements, you know, for board approval forward and -- i mean, i guess it was -- it's significant enough that the original grant agreement for this one, the dcyf amount back in 2018 was never brought to the board for approval or the first amendment, but now, through the b.l.a.s work, there's an identification of others. and i appreciate the department's work with the city attorney to identify that additional contract that should have been brought, but yeah, it would help to have a fuller explanation from dcyf, and it sounds like this is something that you're probably going to be more conscious of, timely, yeah, bringing these contracts forward to the board, not retroactively. so i don't know if you want to explain that now

i'm matt haney chair of the finance committee joined by aasha safai and mr. mar and a want to thank colina mendoza for broadcasting the meeting. do you have announcements? >> thank you,

>> supervisor safai: thank you, mr. chair. just wanted to make sure on the record that i was added as a cosponsor for this item, and just wants to underscore one last point that was made. one of the things about this model that's replicated is having on-site staffing 24 hours a day. it is something that we fought for, and when we negotiated for this in district 11, bob wells park station, there wasn't necessarily a full embracing of the ideas that the community was putting forward, and one of them was having 24-hour staffing and having it be staffed at the appropriate level. i know for this particular site, there will be multiple staff members 24 hours a day as president walton said, and then, they act as a liaison with the captain, as president walton underscored. with the security and the on-site staffing, people will see an improvement in the area for the services that are there. so that's what i was trying to say earlier. we had a site where there might be crime or things happening. in almost two years or a year and nine m

can you offer any suggestions to supervisor safai, mr. clerk? > clerk: for the time being, i can -- i'll directly forward the slide deck to supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: now, i can see it. >> chair ronen: oh, good. i just think a visual is incredibly important. >> supervisor safai: yeah. no, i just couldn't see it, but now, i can see it. >> chair ronen: okay. great. thank you. miss matamoros, please continue. >> mm-hmm. next slide. in addition to the electrical system being old, the pipes are old, too -- [inaudible] >> chair ronen: can you go back one? >> mm-hmm. mm-hmm. there you go. thank you. for example, in the server room, the average temperature is 90°, and then, that heat travels into the computer room? we've had students get rashes and eczema flare ups because of the heat on the first floor, the rooms that are above the boiler room? so our heating system is old, and temperature regulation doesn't exist. we have certain rooms that get really cold, and other rooms that you're seeing here, like the server room, that get extremely ho

can you offer any suggestions to supervisor safai, mr. clerk? > clerk: for the time being, i can -- i'll directly forward the slide deck to supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: now, i can see it. >> chair ronen: oh, good. i just think a visual is incredibly important. >> supervisor safai: yeah. no, i just couldn't see it, but now, i can see it. >> chair ronen: okay. great. thank you. miss matamoros, please continue. >> mm-hmm. next slide. in addition to the electrical system being old, the pipes are old, too -- [inaudible] >> chair ronen: can you go back one? >> mm-hmm. mm-hmm. there you go. thank you. for example, in the server room, the average temperature is 90°, and then, that heat travels into the computer room? we've had students get rashes and eczema flare ups because of the heat on the first floor, the rooms that are above the boiler room? so our heating system is old, and temperature regulation doesn't exist. we have certain rooms that get really cold, and other rooms that you're seeing here, like the server room, that get extremely ho

mr. president. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor safai, and we will now hear from our city attorney, dennis herrera. >> thank you, mr. president. please forgive my lack of formal attire today because i am moving, but i could not pass up the opportunity to speak on behalf of kate stacey. this is my last act as city attorney, and thank you, supervisor melgar, documenting miss stacey's career in the city attorney's office and before. you got to the essence of what is extraordinary about kate's career because we all know that perhaps the most difficult job in city hall is working on land use issues, and supervisor peskin knows that well. and there is no more politically fraught position in the city attorney's office, including the city attorney, than being head of the land use team. and to win your respect, to work on issues, to navigate through the lab of politics and policies that govern these 40-some-odd square miles takes a special attorney and a special person. you can be mad at our deputies one day and happy with them the next, but to make sure they have your respect is the most important

safai and wong. madame clerk, any announcements? >> yes, mr. chair, the participated in this remote meeting for video conference as physically present. access to city services is essential and provides participation in the following ways. public comment will be available on the items on this agenda. each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak unless otherwise stated. by calling 1-415-655-0001, meeting i.d., 2499 654 2342 # #. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussion, but you will be in listening mode only. when the item of interest comes up, dial star 3. best practices to dial from a quiet location and turn down our television or radio. you may provide public comment in the following ways, e-mail. it will be forwarded to supervisors and included as part of the official file. they may be sent via mail service to city hall. items are expected to be appear on the board of supervisors agenda of october 5. spanish, chinese and filipino interpretation services are available fort first part of the meeting. callers who need interpretation

supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: thank you, mr. president. i was just reminded by my son. i just wanted to add a couple things. he wanted me to remind on the record for this month, talk about some of the famous people that are dislexic. i want to start by one of his favorites which is muhammad ali and then his second favorite is albert einstein. steve jobs, motsart, governor wilson, all had dislexia and have found ways to get that. so i just wanted to get that on the record. also, another point to contrast that with, there are estimates at 30% to 40% of our prison population also suffers from dislexia. so it's two ends of the spectrum. those that have the support early on. those that have the family support and the early education support and those that don't in what that means in terms of early awareness and early intervention. i just wanted to get that on the record. there's also a tremendous number of people that are not diagnosed until later in their lives that are confronted with so many times they're told to try harder, work harder, apply themselves more, focus more

safai absent. >> president walton: there are 10 ayes. this motion passes unanimously. >> i like to rerefer that item back to rules committee. >> president walton: seconded by supervisor peskin. on the motion to rerefer. >> clerk: mr. president, refer it back to the rules committee where it came from. on the motion to refer item 31 to committee. [roll call vote]. supervisor safai is absent. this is a motion to send item 31 to the rules committee -- back to committee. there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: this motion passes unanimously. please call item number 32. >> clerk: a motion to appoint louisa mendoza and marc wilson to terms. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you. this motion is approved unanimously. please call item number 33. >> clerk: a motion to appoint christine knellson and john kauper, paul bellar. >> supervisor peskin: there's been few gunmans -- there's been a few developments. i would like to make some non-substantive amendments namely to strike so strike scott spertzel, he's withdrawn his request to be appointed. then to put mr. bellar back in that seat 8. strike paul bellar per his request and then to put ms. elizabeth zareh in seat number 5 leaving seat number 6 v

mr. president. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor safai, and we will now hear from our city attorney, dennis herrera. >> thank you, mr. president. please forgive my lack of formal attire today because i am moving, but i could not pass up the opportunity to speak on behalf of kate stacey. this is my last act as city attorney, and thank you, supervisor melgar, documenting miss stacey's career in the city attorney's office and before. you got to the essence of what is extraordinary about kate's career because we all know that perhaps the most difficult job in city hall is working on land use issues, and supervisor peskin knows that well. and there is no more politically fraught position in the city attorney's office, including the city attorney, than being head of the land use team. and to win your respect, to work on issues, to navigate through the lab of politics and policies that govern these 40-some-odd square miles takes a special attorney and a special person. you can be mad at our deputies one day and happy with them the next, but to make sure they have your respect is the most important

mr. president. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor safai. supervisor walton, mr. president? >> president walton: thank you, colleagues, and thank you for coming prepared to report on external boards and committees. just for the public, quarterly, we are making sure we present updates on what is happening on the outside boards that we all serve on today. i just have some updates on bay area air quality management districts and air quality san francisco and one in memoriam. on august 30, caltrain expanded service to 104 trains per week day while simultaneously providing more robust and attractive service at all areas of the day. i and monique mouda and steve heminger have been exploring caltrain governance changes which accompanied our resolution to put measure rr on the ballot. another j.p.b. governance special meeting is this thursday at 9:00 a.m. i do want to add that members of the sam trans board and leaders in san mateo county have been doing everything they can to undermine the process and demonstrated that they never wanted equity and participation in the j.p.b. counti

safai and wong. madame clerk, any announcements? >> yes, mr. chair, the participated in this remote

supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: thank you, mr. president. i was just reminded by my son. i just wanted to add a couple things. he wanted me to remind on the record for this month, talk about some of the famous people that are dislexic. i want to start by one of his favorites which is muhammad ali and then his second favorite is albert einstein. steve jobs, motsart, governor wilson, all had dislexia and have found ways to get that. so i just wanted to get that on the record. also, another point to contrast that with, there are estimates at 30% to 40% of our prison population also suffers from dislexia. so it's two ends of the spectrum. those that have the support early on. those that have the family support and the early education support and those that don't in what that means in terms of early awareness and early intervention. i just wanted to get that on the record. there's also a tremendous number of people that are not diagnosed until later in their lives that are confronted with so many times they're told to try harder, work harder, apply themselves more, focus more

. >> supervisor safai: thank you, mr. president. i, too, would like to be added to supervisor self-ny and the family for all their courage and thank you for prioritizing this. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor safai. >> supervisor melgar: i would like to be added as a co-sponsor as well, thank you. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor melgar. supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: thank you, president walton. i just want to thank my colleagues for adding their name as a co-sponsor to this very important resolution. i know it's going to mean a lot to the family. in committee, i had to amend the resolution to include 2000 more hate incidents involving asian americans and pacific islanders nationwide. so this is a problem that continues and doing something like this will help the family heal and it will definitely continue to call attention to the hate crimes we're experiencing and hopefully do everything we can to put a stop to that. thank you very much. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor preston? >> supervis

mr. ghandi. not arrived. commissioner held fond. >> present. >> commissioner safai. commissioner stansbury is not attending. >> is there any commissioner to make a motion regarding the closed session whether toditiono disclose or not. >> i move we do not disclose items from session a or b from the closed session. >> second. >> commissioner bridges and commissioner driscoll seconded. any discussion? if not call the roll, please. >> public comment? >> public comment go ahead. members of the comment who wish to comment on this item should call 415-655-0001. access code (146)491-7791. pound pound. if you have not done so please press star 3 to line up to speak. the prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. wait until you are unmuted to begin your comments. state your name and make your comment. you will have two minutes to comment. do we have callers on the line? >> there are no callers on the line. >> public comment is closed. >> thank you very much. item 5, please. roll call vote. >> roll call vote now. >> bridges. >> aye. >> driscoll. >> aye. >> ghandi. absent.

. >> supervisor safai: thank you, mr. president. i, too, would like to be added to supervisor self-ny and the family for all their courage and thank you for prioritizing this. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor safai. >> supervisor melgar: i would like to be added as a co-sponsor as well, thank you. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor melgar. supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: thank you, president walton. i just want to thank my colleagues for adding their name as a co-sponsor to this very important resolution. i know it's going to mean a lot to the family. in committee, i had to amend the resolution to include 2000 more hate incidents involving asian americans and pacific islanders nationwide. so this is a problem that continues and doing something like this will help the family heal and it will definitely continue to call attention to the hate crimes we're experiencing and hopefully do everything we can to put a stop to that. thank you very much. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor preston? >> supervis

mr. chair. >> chairman: thank you. public comment is now closed. supervisor safai, are you back on the roster there? >> supervisor safai: i am. thank you. so one other thing i wanted the committee to get on to the record is that the request of many of the projects at the p.u.c. are negotiated and have project labor agreements because this particular contract is not going to be building infrastructure that will be owned by the p.u.c., which falls under chapter 6, because this is a contract for energy although we're investing in with this company and we're building out that infrastructure and we are the sole i guess consumer of that renewable energy. even though we do not and because we do not own the infrastructure, we're not able to and p.u.c. is not able to mandate into their contract p.l.a. requirement as they are for similar projects that are improving the infrastructure that's owned by the p.u.c.. one of the things i talked to mr. haimes and the p.u.c. about is we do need to look at contracts. although this is not something that's ultimately owned by san francisco p.u.c., it's something that our

safai and wong. madame clerk, any announcements? >> yes, mr. chair, the participated in this remote meeting for video conference as physically present. access to city services is essential and provide

mr. chair. >> chairman: thank you. public comment is now closed. supervisor safai, are you back on the roster there? >> supervisor safai: i am. thank you. so one other thing i wanted the committee to get on to the record is that the request of many of the projects at the p.u.c. are negotiated and have project labor agreements because this particular contract is not going to be building infrastructure that will be owned by the p.u.c., which falls under chapter 6, because this is a contract for energy although we're investing in with this company and we're building out that infrastructure and we are the sole i guess consumer of that renewable energy. even though we do not and because we do not own the infrastructure, we're not able to and p.u.c. is not able to mandate into their contract p.l.a. requirement as they are for similar projects that are improving the infrastructure that's owned by the p.u.c.. one of the things i talked to mr. haimes and the p.u.c. about is we do need to look at contracts. although this is not something that's ultimately owned by san francisco p.u.c., it's something that our

safai? >> yes. i'm 100% fine with that. that is the same information. the emergency nature of this order is covered on the second 2.7 as mr. laman stated. so we're 100% fine with this moving forward. >> all right w. that, a motion to move item number 2 to the full board with the positive recommendation. could we have a roll call vote, please? >> mr. chair, could we have public comments on the item? >> oh. we had comment earlier. can we call public comment? >> yes. operations checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. members of the public who wish to provide comment, please press star 3 to be added to the queue. please let us know if there are any callers who wish to comment on item number two. operator: there are no callers in the queue. >> thank you. >> public comment is now closed. i want to make a motion to move item 2 to the full board with a positive recommend dalesing. could we have a roll call vote -- >> i think the b.o.a. recommended that this item be amended. >> i thought we did all of that before we went into it. ok. yeah. the b.l.a. had an amendment. do you want to -- mr. menard, do you want to sum

safai: i'm proud to be co-sponsoring this resolution with you today. thank you for your leadership on this. i want to say couple of words about mr. walker. charlie walker is an iconic name in the san francisco black community and hard knocks story resembles that millions black families. charlie walker is a man with only an eighth grade education. his name is synonymous with businessmen and now his legacy can live forgive in a community that has given life and raised his children. thank you mr. president. >> president walton: thank you so much for cosponsoring. this is one of the most pleasant parts of the job where we get an opportunity to honor someone with so much historic value and held with high regard. i'm excited about moving this forward. i want to thank the rules committee and i want to say to everyone, thank you so much for supporting this as we move forward. with that said, i don't see anyone else on the roster. we can take this item same house same call. this resolution is adapted unanimously. please call item 28. >> clerk: ordinance to amend the police code pertaining to cannabis regulation. >> president walton: thank you so