to my right is vice chair, supervisor norman yee. supervisor catherine stefani will not attend today's meeting and we will be joined later by supervisor rafael mandelman in her place.

we are also joined by norman yee who is the sponsor of item one. our clerk is john carroll, and i do want to thank the staff at sfgov tv for staffing today's meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >>clerk: yes. [agenda item read] >> supervisor kim: thank you so much. mr. clerk, can you please call item one. >>clerk: agenda item one is a hearing on the city's process for vetting safety records. >> supervisor kim: thank you very much. and i know we have members of public works, public utilities commission, and the san francisco m.t.a. supervisor yee is the sponsor of this hearing, and so i will turn it over to him. >> thank you, chair kim. colleagues, today, i'm holding this hearing on a citywide approach to construction safety in light of the tragic death of a worker in august, during the twin peaks tunnel construction project. the company that we had contracted with wasn't question, and i think what happened was the media brought this to our attention, that they discovered that the contractor had checked no in their application when ask

we are also joined by norman yee who is the sponsor of item one. our clerk is jo

i really am supervisor normandie and i will be the chair -- norman yee and i'm the chair of today's meetingi am joined by commissioner catherine stefani and commissioner aaron peskin informed me that he will not be able to come today. we have to do this excuse then, do weekly yes. ok. can i have a motion to excuse commissioner peskin? with no objection, the motion passes. the committee clerk is alberto. the committee would also like to acknowledge the staff of san francisco government television who recorded each of our meetings and make the transcripts available for the public online. mr clerk, do you have any announcements? >> members of the public, silence or turn off your cell phones. comments will be taken after each item. speakers will have two minutes each. >> before i called the first item, i want to recognize that the committee meets only quarterly. and i am sure commissioner stefani is committed -- we want to make sure that people do know we are committed to vision zero. we are dressed as you saw as vision zero and its three pillars education, enforcement and engineering. a simple

cohen had to leave but we have supervisor vallie brown, supervisor catherine stefani, supervisor norman yee, and others. thank you all so much for your support of this very important legislation. at this time, i will sign the legislation. [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: here we go. and today's date is? [cheers and applause] . >> i love that i was in four plus years a a rent control tenant, and it might be normal because the tenant will -- for the longest, i was applying for b.m.r. rental, but i would be in the lottery and never be like 307 or 310. i pretty much had kind of given up on that, and had to leave san francisco. i found out about the san francisco mayor's office of housing about two or three years ago, and i originally did home counseling with someone, but then, my certificate expired, and one of my friends jamie, she was actually interested in purchasing a unit. i told her about the housing program, the mayor's office, and i told her hey, you've got to do the six hour counseling and the 12 hour training. she said no, i want you to go with me. and then, the very next day tha

and thank supervisors jane kim and norman yee for their steadfast support of this legislation and early recognition of the atenable situation of the low wage workers. our agreement on the proposed amendments to the minimum compensation ordinance is a collective recognition of the critical situation these workers face. working for $15 an hour, they are on the edge of homelessness themselves while they care for our seniors, homeless youth and families in the community. in addition, nonprofits are having a very difficult time attracting and retaining people to these jobs. seeing large fast turnovers as well as vacancies. come probl our amendments, raise wages of ihss workers $3.75 an hour over four years, and non-profit $1.15 an hour will by no means give them a livable wage. even at 18.75 an hour, only making $39,000 annually. about but i am humbled and grateful to offer some relief to the workers. thank the labor council for being champions and holding the elected officials accountable. many thanks to mayor breed and her team for working diligently and closely with supervisor ronen and m

we are also joined by norman yee who is the sponsor of item one. our clerk is john carroll, and i do want to thank the staff at sfgov tv for staffing today's meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >>clerk: yes. [agenda item read]

. >> the family forum benefits throughout san francisco i'm supervisor norman yee representing district 7 people are homeowners fritter buyers and they don't thinks the planning. >> what you'll notice if you walk around today's activities multiple languages transactions available for people in the seminars and 101 counseling and the today, we not only have vendors that have come here the seminars where people are lining about important topics was of most unique pieces we have one-on-one free counseling for people so important that people understand about taxes and how you transfer your assets to our next generation because we do it wrong as you may know to lose much money. >> we did if grassroots on the radio and worked with all nonprofit and partners to get the word out we personally went to community meeting to tell people about this event we'll have a whole line of people that will wait to ask skews i'm thinking about passing on my property or so glad i can speak but i cannot speak english well we created in first every family forum and hope that will bring a lot of people good infor

supervisor norman yee, who has 12 districts, including st. francis wood, and, of course, the most populated areas, lakeside, lake shore, and park merced, and supersivisor safai s the southeast portion of the district. taraval station personnel. we have a total of 106 sworn members in the -- at our station. there are four p.s.a.s, police service aides, and police civilians. as a breakdown, we have four patrol lieutenants, 12 patrol sergeants, and 85 officers assigned to patrol, of which includes our s.r.o.s, our school resource officers, two homeless resources officers, and five beat officers, of which constantly patrol irving, ocean avenue, and west portal. and the other officers that are assigned to sector cars are also required to cover the other business districts, which include noreaga, noreaga, taraval, and also stones town. we have one acting lieutenant currently, four investigators that's assigned to him, and also a video retrieval officer, who is also responsible for assembling crime bulletins, videos, and his name is officer michael

they are caring for people like katey tang's mother and norman yee's sister. they are making $15 an hour annual wage, which is 31,000 a year. if they make $17 17 an hour, thl be making under $5,000 a year. -- $35,000 a year. i dare you to get up every day and work, changing people's diapers and feeding them. this is to me, an issue of moral compass. this is about -- this is -- we can find a way to pay for this. as we said, i didn't take -- i was on the budget committee last year. we didn't take a lot of the recommended cuts from the budget lemgs l legislative analyst that could have paid for this. i think it's -- i think it's great that people are willing to vote positive fore these amendments, but next week is where it counts. i think 20,000 home care workers are counting on us. as people know me, they know that i am very frugal. i save money for my own family, i save money for a rainy day. i am not a spendthrift. i weigh very carefully, and i have done that because i've seen these workers, i seen the work that they do, i've seen the data, and i've seen the s

to my right is vice chair, supervisor norman yee. supervisor catherine stefani will not attend today's meeting and we will be joined later by supervisor rafael mandelman in her place. supervisor yee, can entertain a motion to excuse supervisor stefani? >> i'll think about it. [laughter] no, i'll move it. >> so move. without objection. today our clerk is victor young and i'd like to thank michael and samuel from sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements before we begin? >> yes. please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the files should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the october 30 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> great. mr. clerk, please call item number one, unless there are any initial comments. >> item number one is motion approving and rejecting the president of the board of supervisors mali cohen's nomination of rachael tanner for appointment to the

yee, you're up first. supervisor brown? >> supervisor brown: yes. today, i'm sad to announce that last week, we lost a beloved member of our community, norman tanner. on friday, october 12, norman heartbreakingly fell victim to his injuries as a result of a hit and run collision. he passed away, surrounded by his dear friends and family. mr. tanner, known as stormin' norman to his friends touched the lives of hundreds of individuals and changed those lives for the better. in 1990, norman was diagnosed with h.i.v. and given six months to live. instead, he out ran doctors' prognosis and cofounded black brothers esteem, and the san francisco aids foundation. in a time of incredible stigma, norman founded a program for lgbtq men who are african american. norman also served many years on the ryan white care council, on the board of rams, and also serveds aa residential director of the haight-ashbury recovery program. norman also worked extensively with people recovering from addiction. earlier this years he celebrated 11 years of sobriety. he also mentored city jail inmates struggling with addiction and was a long time member of glide church. norman act