mr. walton, for speaking on behalf of city college and everything. and i appreciate everybody that -- [off mic] >> thank you. next speaker. >> thank you, supervisors. i wanted to join others in taking a moment to thank supervisor vallie brown. it has been a privilege to work with her for quite some time now in getting the fillmore heritage center to the point where it's at. and she believed in a team with heart when nobody else did. and she has a lot of heart too. and so this friday, there will be an event -- i need to adjust that -- at the fillmore heritage center as one way to say thank you to supervisor brown. it's not nearly what she deserves. it's not nearly the thank you that we want to give her. but it's what we are able to give her. so, again, thank you supervisor brown, and thank you to the board. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi. my name is quinton sandburg. i'm a resident of district 5. in a world where who you know and what you do rules, i hope that's enough. i'm here to support a true leader of community in vallie brown. there's not muc

mr. walton. it is important with his role. the data was collected from at&t. they did not get it from the individuals. one of them may have turned over some records but at&t turned over records. walden said he thought that was unusual. there is not clear rule about whether or not the telecommunications companies have to turn over this data. there is a lot of debate over that. now you have congress angry about it. republicans are asking about it. the majority leader and the minority whip got into a debate on the house floor. steve scalise is accusing the democrats of spying on the republicans. that is a big word to use. it is a big accusation. it has really started something on capitol hill. you might see the partisanship really elevated and ratcheted host: -- ratcheted up. host: a story to watch, for sure. thank you both. >> today, joe biden is joined by john kerry, the former secretary of state at a campaign event. ats is mr. carrie posey first swing through new hampshire since he endorsed this to biden's campaign. live coverage begins at 11:15 a.m. eastern o

mr. walton passed prohibiting sales of ecigarettes that were not f.d.a. approved. when that came out, nobody was expecting that. this was an example where the innovative leadership comes out where you least expect it. i heard on monday this would be announced on tuesday and dr. colfax was talking with the city attorney and we had to mobilize and get behind this. so dr. colfax and myself coauthored an article for the medicine journal and we really went on the offense of really reshaping the narrative on how it's really important to support this ban in terms of f.d.a. approval. we have been so successful -- let me point out one thing, the next thing that happened was the epidemic of vaping lung injury. and so now we had the ordinance that just passed where san francisco was alone. we had an epidemic. lung injury happening in the country and all of a sudden, people are realizing that san francisco has it correct. the policy that we passed was the right way to go. and so effective that even at the national level, the ama, the american medical association recently is re

mr. walton, i want to tell you thank you. you are doing an awesome job. like she said i'm not going to go that far, but they are targeting us african-americans. and i just want to say this: the real reason they are targeting us, because we are intelligent, we are smart. they think we are stupid. but we are powerful. we are one of the most powerful races there is. that's why they want to get rid of us. but you know what? we are not going anywhere. you see? she rises with strength. >> i know that's right. >> we are not going anywhere. we are very powerful. and that's what they're scared of. but you know what? god bless you. we are powerful. and we are very intelligent. and keep up the awesome job you are doing. keep it up. that man that was trying to get rid of us for those apartments up there, he is gone, and i thank you so much. and everybody else that security and the people he hired is going to be gone also and i pray you help us get the next manager up in there that's going to treat us with respect and treat us right, and we'll treat them good. we are

mr. walton -- mr. walden, to put n the record that says no more 230 in future trade agreements. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the letter shall be submitted. the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts reserves, the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. brady: madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from ohio, mr. bearledson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. balderson: thank you, ranking member brady, thank you, madam speaker. i rise this afternoon with enthusiasm for a bipartisan agreement. the united states-mexico-canadian agreement or usmca. this trade deal between our country and our top two trading partners will be a major winner in buckeye state. ohio farmers and manufacturers already export nearly $28 billion worth of goods to canada and mexico every year. the usmca opens up america's markets of poultry and dairy so ohio farmers can trade these across international lines. in this digital era, many people's shopping is done online. people can shop small businesses and large alike, especially in the

mr. walton for his opening statement. >> thank you mr. chairman. good morning. good morning to the chairman and to the commissioners. thanks for your service to america. i know we have agreements on some of the policy issues but we appreciate the meetings the discussions we have had the service you are providing. i have talked about the need for broadband in rural america. as chairman pai so firsthand when he joined me too many oregonians lack access to broadband internet service. they are not alone. millions of americans living in rural america face the same sort of internet dead zones. thes at policy makers our primary goal is to ensure that federal resources are allocated responsibly. in that vein we have to have accurate broadband maps properly identifying these places we express that in different terms with different emotion. i started during the obama administration. so here we are an administration or so later or two -- anyway, this committee reebl passed two bipartisan mapping bills aimed at improving data collection and mapping efforts. but there are so

mr. walton -- mr. walden, to put n the record that says no more 230 in future trade agreements. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the letter shall be submitted. the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts reserves, the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. brady: madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from ohio, mr. bearledson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. balderson: thank you, ranking member brady, thank you, madam speaker. i rise this afternoon with enthusiasm for a bipartisan agreement. the united states-mexico-canadian agreement or usmca. this trade deal between our country and our top two trading partners will be a major winner in buckeye state. ohio farmers and manufacturers already export nearly $28 billion worth of goods to canada and mexico every year. the usmca opens up america's markets of poultry and dairy so ohio farmers can trade these across international lines. in this digital era, many people's shopping is done online. people can shop small businesses and large alike, especially in the

walton, seconded by commissioner ronen. we'll take the same house, same call. it is approved on the first reading. mr. clerk, could you please read the next item. >> reporter: approve the participatory budgeting program and the projects identified through the bayview community based transportation plainnesses. >> chair peskin: commissioner walton, the floor is yours. >> supervisor walton: before the presentation, i want to make some brief comments. we recently participated in a regional participatory budgeting pilot, which actually started before my election to this body. and i want to thank m.t.c. for awarding $600,000 and, of course, i wish it could be more. and lifeline transportation program funds to fund priorities from the bayview community-based transportation plan. participatory budgeting process. i would also like to thank everyone that advanced this effort, including the sfmta, the steering committee, the technical advisory committee, be magic, the transportation authority, m.t.c. and, of course, our bayview residents for engaging in this process by attending workshops, submitting project ide

mr. president. supervisor fewer? fewer not present. supervisor haney? haney present. supervisor mandelman? mandelman present. supervisor mar. mar present. supervisor peskin? peskin present. supervisor preston. preston present. ronen present. safai present. supervisor stefani present. supervisor walton present. supervisor yee? president. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> president yee: thank you. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> president yee: okay. on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv. lawrence and michael. who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. madame clerk, are there any communications? >> clerk: yes, we received and processed mayor breed's legislation declaring the results of the 2015 election and as required the certificate of election and oath of office has been provided to the newest member of the board of supervisors representing district 5, dean preston. lastly, pursuant to the administrative code, the surety bond requirements have been met for supervisor preston to conduct his official duties. >> p

mr. alberto quintanilla. if us please call the roll. >> commissioner brown? brown absent. commission fewer? >> present. >> commissioner haney? >> present. >> commissioner ronen? ronen absent. commissioner safai? safai absent. commissioner walton? >> present. >> commissioner yee? >> present. >> yee present. we have quorum. >> thank you, mr. quintanilla. could you please call the next item. >> clerk: item number. citizens' advisory report. >> commissioner stefani is amongst us. mr. larson. >> good morning, chair peskin, vice chair mandelman and commissioners. i'm here to report on the november 20th meeting of the c.a.c. starting with item 5, allocation of $3.3 million for better market street. critical to the success of the project. smta noted the project working group, which included business along market street and the planned turnaround. as well as coordinating with developers on large projects for mid-market. c.a.c. members also reacted favorably to the elimination of private vehicle traffic on all of market street, in the project area below 10th street. seeing this as an advantage to reducing congestion and moving transit in this crowded area. the c.a.c. recommended approval of this item. turning to item number 7 on your a

to my right is supervisor shamann walton, and supervisor gordon mar will shortly join me. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. please silence all phones and electronic devices. items acted on will appear on the december 19 board of supervisors agenda. >> chair ronen: just a quick note. i'm going to call items out of order, so i'll call item 1, and then 3 and 4, and end with 2 because it's our longest item of the day. mr. clerk, will you please call item 1. >> clerk: item 1 is a hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending march 31, 2020, to the commission on ageing advisory council. >> chair ronen: thank you. is mr. cooper here? >> my background, you have aha a recesume and summary to look over. i went to harvard, and my last clinical environment was with liver disease. i wasn't a full-time clinician, but liver -- liver disease. and about half of people are liver disease, about half on our transplant list had issues with substance abuse, and i often was tasked on having to give lectures on alcoholism and alcoholic liver disease, so i was familiar

to my right is supervisor shamann walton, and supervisor gordon mar will shortly join me. mr.ave any announcements? >> clerk: yes. please silence all phones and electronic devices. items acted

walton? >> aye. >> commissioner yee? >> aye. >> we have first approval. >> chair: thank you, mr. clerk. could you please items 9 and 10 together. >> item 9, accept the audit report for the fiscal year ended june 30th, 2019. action item. item number 10, approve the revised debt policy and ratifying the investment policy. also an action item. >> chair: ms. fong. >> deputy direct for finance and administration. i'm happy today to bring before this commission the results for the fiscal year 2019 financial audit. and the results from the single audit of the interchange project and bridge structure project. i'm going to call up the auditor in charge. here we have the audit partner. >> chair: thank you. >> good morning, commissioners. thank you for having me. this is the comprehensive annual financial report, the scope of the audit is to ensure the financial statements are fairly stated, it's a process in which we test the controls and confirm the balances reported on the financial statements. we confirm your sales tax, we confirm your cash and we perform tests of controls, that's to the manne

on behalf of supervisor walton, for all of the district 10 constituents murdered in 2019. and on behalf of supervisor peskin, for the late mr. mike english. and mr. sar kissian. >> so, colleagues, that brings us to the end of the agenda. is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes the business. >> president yee: have a wonderful safe holiday and i hope you guys come back all refreshed to roll up your sleeves for next year. thank you very much, we're adjourned. >> my son and i was living in my car. we was in and out of shelters in san francisco for almost about 3.5 years. i would take my son to school. we would use a public rest room just for him to brush his teeth and do a quick little wipe-off so it seemed he could take a shower every day. it was a very stressful time that i wish for no one. my name is mario, and i have lived in san francisco for almost 42 years. born here in hayes valley. i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery three times. my son and i were having to have a great -- happened to have a great lottery number because of the neighborhood preference. i moved into

walton. our clerk is john carroll. i want to think sentences who government tv for staffing the meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> ensure his silence your cell phones and oer

. >> clerk: so i hear a motion from supervisor walton to continue with the call of the chair. we can take that without objection. >> mr. clerk, please call our next item. kick a resolution declaring a public health crisis on drug overdoses and drug use and urging the department of public health to present a comprehensive plan on how to address the crisis. >> supervisor haney has joined us. supervisor haney, this is your hearing. >> supervisor haney: thank you. thank you, chair mandelman, and committee members. i'm going to just provide some introductory remarks to open the hearing and i'll pass it off to our friends from the department of public health. i want to also recognize and thank all of the folks in the room who are here for this hearing. and especially the people who are here from the organizations who are working on this issue every day and who are saving lives. i want to recognize the dope project, san francisco aids foundation, glide, st. anthony's, drug users' union, the drug policy alliance, r.t.i. international and health right 360. i want to thank again them for their partnership and all of the work th

walton. our clerk is john carroll. i want to think sentences who government tv for staffing the meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> ensure his silence your cell phones and other electronic devices. speaker cards that can be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk items acted upon today will appear on the january 7th, 2020 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise super -- stated >> thank you. >> number one is a hearing to consider the transfer of a type 20 off sale beer and wine liquor license. >> great. let's have our al you come up. >> good morning, members of the board. board. before you we have a piece for the india sue brett. this would allow them to sell off sale beer and wine. they are on plot 518 which is located in a low crime area. they're in a high saturation area. northern station has no opposition. we recommend approval with the following conditions. number one, sales service, and consumption of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. each day of the week. number two, petitioners shall actively monitor th

on behalf of supervisor walton, for all of the district 10 constituents murdered in 2019. and on behalf of supervisor peskin, for the late mr. mike english. and mr. sar kissian. >> so, colleagues, that brings us to the end of the agenda. is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes the business. >> president yee: have a wonderful safe holiday and i hope you guys come back all refreshed to roll up your sleeves for next year. thank you very much, we're adjourned. sustainability mission, even though the bikes are very minimal energy use. it still matters where the energy comes from and also part of the mission in sustainability is how we run everything, run our business. so having the lights come on with clean energy is important to us as well. we heard about cleanpowersf and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. it was super easy to sign up. our bookkeeper signed up online, it was like 15 minutes. nothing has changed, except now we have cleaner energy. it's an easy way to align your environmental proclivities and goals around climate change and it's so easy that it's hard to not

on behalf of supervisor walton, for all of the district 10 constituents murdered in 2019. and on behalf of supervisor peskin, for the late mr. mike english. and mr. sar kissian. >> so, colleagues, that brings us to the end of the agenda. is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes the business. >> president yee: have a wonderful safe holiday and i hope you guys come back all refreshed to roll up your sleeves for next year. thank you very much, we're adjourned. welcome to the epic did you know that many buildings in san francisco are not bolted to the foundation on today's episode we'll learn how the option to bolt our foundation in an earthquake. >> hi, everybody welcome to another episode of stay safe i'm the director of earthquake safety in the city and county of san francisco i'm joined by a friend matt. >> thank you thanks for being with us we're in a garage but at the el cap center south of market in san francisco what we've done a simulated the garage to show you what it is like to make the improvements and reduce the reflexes of earthquake we're looking at foundation bolts what do they do.