preston. so, i am also prepared to support this resolution, i want to add a couple of things. since we're putting things on the record, i wholeheartedly agree with you in your comments about the city's lack of investment in affordable housing, our systems, our capacity, our coordination with other departments, and more importantly than anything else, our funding towards affordable housing, needs to be more robust and keep up with our talk for sure, i have spent most of my career in affordable housing and, you know, it is where i think our pain point is, as a city, where i will disagree with you is because i, represent district seven, it's the west side of the city, my district is the largest district geographically because it is so low density, i have west portal avenue, one of our very successful commercial corridors, which is zoned for 27ft height, and could support a lot of housing, as well, and i think that, you know, we have in the past made decisions that have concentrated both developme

member preston, yes. member walton , yes. chair williams, yes. >> the motion is approved unanimously. we'll now move to item 4. quorum requirements. is kate kimberlen here, deputy city attorney? >> good morning chair williams, vice chair d'antonio and members. nice to meet you in person. i think i'm available for any additional questions you have. i am not sure if there is a particular inquiry remaining whether we want to discus both the quorum issue and separate question of what the number of members is required for approval of action items. >> i think so. is there questions from the committee? >> well, i kind-i'll do publicly because i just asked her before. we have this situation where often times we have unfilled seats. it was very slow to get the body up and running because the mayor's office was slow filling seats and then we continued to have lengthy empty seats, and this really makes it very difficult for us to do the business we are charged with by the voters of san francisco, and so the question came to the city att

commissioner preston. >> thank you chair chan. i just wanted to express some optimism here and i have to do this because there's so many years of conflict and distrust at midtown. as much or more so then many other places and no need to rehash that history, but i will say and just want to commend lafco staff for going through the rfp process, picking fernando [indiscernible] and steve suzuki with the residents who have done i think what has often been missing in the midtown planning which is having tenants really be in the leadership and driving the decisions around midtown as a city owned property, it is wide open what can be done there, but obviously there are financial realties in terms how to finance whatever the ultimate plan is, but i think what is ground-breaking in midtown is how this approached now and i want to say i personally attended the first of those meetings. i got reports on the second of them and just the tone of the whole thing is so different then what's really been in some ways the last-probably going on a dec

the ordinance recommended as a committee report, vice chair preston, aye. member peskin, aye. chair melgar, aye. madam chair, there are three ayes. >> thank you, the motion passes. let's going to item 3. >> item number 3, ordinance amending the zoning map of the planning code to rezone assessor's parcel block no. 3144b, lot nos. 027a and 036a, known as 68 nantucket avenue, from public (p) district to residential-house, one family (rh-1) district; affirming the planning department's determination under the california environmental quality act; making findings of consistency with the general plan, and the eight priority policies of planning code, section 101.1; and making public necessity, convenience, and general welfare findings under planning code, section 302. >> okay, welcome. please tell us what we are doing and why. >> good afternoon supervisors. the item before you today is request for zoning map amendment to sectional map zn11 to rezone two parcels, block 3144b, lot 27a and 36a, also known as 68 nantucket from public to rh1 zoning district. the subje

[applause] >> thank you supervisor preston.eeply appreciative of the opportunity to have served the city county of san francisco for 16 years. it is privilege to improve the customer riding experience for hundreds of thousands of residents and visitors to our fine city. i am proud of my team that made it possible and easier to ride transit when you use muni, you use a app or see our signs, it is the work of our customer information system team. as supervisor preston mentioned we are the first in the country to digital signs so you can see where the vehicle position is in real time and you can see as it approaches your stop. i know we have a lot of issues still, but we made tremendous strides and proud to have lead the country in this effort of improved real time information systems. also, in my new role at the mtc, i look forward continuing to improve public transportation in san francisco from a regional perspective and through better coordination with the many transit systems that come to the city of san francisco. finally, i

[applause] >> thank you supervisor preston.eeply appreciative of the opportunity to have served the city county of san francisco for 16 years. it is privilege to improve the customer riding experience for hundreds of thousands of residents and visitors to our fine city. i am proud of my team that made it possible and easier to ride transit when you use muni, you use a app or see our signs, it is the work of our customer information system team. as supervisor preston mentioned we are the first in the country to digital signs so you can see where the vehicle position is in real time and you can see as it approaches your stop. i know we have a lot of issues still, but we made tremendous strides and proud to have lead the country in this effort of improved real time information systems. also, in my new role at the mtc, i look forward continuing to improve public transportation in san francisco from a regional perspective and through better coordination with the many transit systems that come to the city of san francisco. finally, i

chair preston and joined by member stefani and empowered. >> our committee clerk we want to thank you and sfgovtv madam clerk any announcements. >> public comment when your item 6 interest comes up please line up to speak on the right we have examine cards you can spit e-mail to the government audit & oversight committee clerk. at sfgov.org if you submit e-mails will be included as part of the the file and send sinned your written communications for and downtown support special use district like to be part of the file submit them before the end of the meeting and make sure that cell phones and other devices don't interrupt and finally those items will appear on the board of supervisors april 16, '24 unless otherwise stated. >> thank you madam clerk call item one waiver of permit item one waiver of permit item one waiver of permit item one waiver of permit projects on sfusd properties, with a total term of40 years from june 1, 2024, through june 30, 2064, pursuant to charter, section 9.118. >> thank you. we'll first hear from the water shed planner with the sfpuc and director of commun

member chan i chair preston, i chair preston, i. eyes with, vice chair stephanie excused. thank you, that motion passes, and. madam clerk, please call, the next item, item four is a resolution accepting the sheriff's office. military equipment use policy 2023 annual report and inventory and approving requests for purchase and use of additional equipment consistent with the criteria set forth in state law. thank you. and, welcome. thank you for your patience and a long hearing day, and i want to go ahead and turn the floor over. i thought, i don't know if, miss singer's presenting or you. but go right ahead, whoever you're not. okay my notes were wrong, but welcome , but i'm available. got it. the resolution or anything else? got it. thank you. thanks. thank you . okay. good afternoon, chairman preston and, committee, member chan, we are here today to present our first annual military, equipment report and inventory. we. so it's been a long journey since, our sheriff presented back in january last year to the rules committee and desc

>> moved by commissioner preston and commissioner dorsey call the roll, please. >> supervisor walton,ye. >> commissioner dorsey, aye. >> commissioner engardio, aye. >> chair mandelman, aye. >> xhishgd, aye. >> commissioner peskin, aye. >> commissioner ronen absent. >> commissioner mandelman absent and commissioner walton, aye. >> um, the minutes are approved. >> um, thank you, madam clerk and. >> call the next item. >> . >> 3. community advisory committee report — information* i think we have cac chair caesar kabul. >> good morning at the march 27th meeting the cac supported the commission of $1.6 million in pop up loans and allocate $2 million in the prop aa funds for the oak daily lighting we support the construction contract with the builders and the contract amendment (unintelligible) for the yerba linda island hillcrest project and adopted for the 2023-24 and focus to the discussion on the northbound geneva off-ramp a long and productive discussion with the participates with the committee members and strong disappoint that the r50e78dz were focused to protect the pedestrians in t

host: preston? guest: i think one thing the gentleman referred to is the fact that he was not necessarily able to get the jobs he was hoping for with the education that he had completed. he had some specific circumstances, but that is a problem that affects a lot of folks. there was a report from a month ago showing 52% of college graduates are underemployed, not working in a job that is traditionally requiring of a college degree. they often pay a salary penalty for that. i worry that by kind of you know, encouraging more people to accrue as many degrees as possible, to get masters degrees and advanced degrees, we end up in a situation where there are not necessarily enough jobs that require a graduate degree. people end up with a loan they cannot pay off. i don't think the solution is loan forgiveness. the issues is the whole higher education system has people getting degrees that aren't worth anything. host: columbia, pennsylvania, good morning. caller: yes. i have a quick question for both guys

moved by commissioner preston and seconded by commissioner dorsey. >> same house, same call.otion carries. and madam clerk, call our next item. >> 8. vision zero overview and quick-build program update - information. >> thank you i believe we romero and jan from sfmta. >> or maybe jeff? >> i think we do. >> (clearing throat) thank you, chair mandelman and members of the commission to invite me to talk about this highlighted by the traffic lives lost last week and our agency and our staff are deeply committed to the hard work to make sure all citizens in to are safe i know you all are well san francisco has national leader in advancing vision zero to do did additional work we still have to do and hard work to put safety at the three projects not just the streets but the other projects we do. there are many improvements we have made for safety san francisco san francisco and made san francisco save for pedestrians and cyclists and fatalities have been trending down in san francisco since 2013 traffic fatalities in the united states have shot up significantly over is last 5 year

chair preston and joined by member stefani and empowered. >> our committee clerk we want to thank you and sfgovtv madam clerk any announcements. >> public comment when your item 6 interest comes up please line up to speak on the right we have examine cards you can spit e-mail to the government audit & oversight committee clerk. at sfgov.org if you submit e-mails will be included as part of the the file and send sinned your written communications for and downtown support special use district like to be part of the file submit them before the end of the meeting and make sure that cell phones and other devices don't interrupt and finally those items will appear on the board of supervisors april 16, '24 unless otherwise stated. >> thank you madam clerk call item one waiver of permit item one waiver of permit item one waiver of permit item one waiver of permit projects on sfusd properties, with a total term of40 years from june 1, 2024, through june 30, 2064, pursuant to charter, section 9.118. >> thank you. we'll first hear from the water shed planner with the sfpuc and director of commun

and the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you supervisor preston. supervisor ronen. >> commit. >> clerk: thank you. supervisor safai. >> thank you, madam clerk. i just want to add some words on the press conference we had today but also on the issue with regard to changing out the turn out for firefighters. i want to appreciate president peskin and supervisor chan and all the firefighters that came out to participate. it's absolutely chock but not surprising that the number cause of death for firefighters is cancer. and much of that is preventable. we can change these turn outs, this cost that supervisor peskin referred to, over two years, 10 million dollars in many ways will diminish after we've replaced the first round because you're talking about a whole set of existing firefighters that are hearing cancerous uniforms or better known as turn outs. so this to me, seems like a moral obligation. we have the resources here in san francisco, we just have to make the difficult decisions. pfast was a thing to protect people but all it's done is bring ca

i'm elise preston, with a look at how much o.j.impson was worth and who gets access. >>> dear dilemma, the controversial plan to eliminate an inveigh seize species on catalina island with sharp shooters. >>> at the masters a tight race with tiger purring on the course. >> i'm omar villafranca at augusta national where tiger made history again. >>> and later, they are the real life rosies. eight decades later, a nation honors women on the home front who reshaped the work force. >> we can do it. ♪ this is the cbs weekend news from washington with adriana diaz. >> good evening, i'm weijia jiang in for adriana. a major new escalation until the middle east. tonight, air-raid sirens blared in jerusalem and other cities after iran sent a wave of drones and ballistic missiles toward israel. the aerial attack follows a deadly air strike on april 1st on the iranian embassy complex in damascus, syria. the united states has been helping israel tonight, shooting down some drones. an israeli military spokesperson called iran's actions a severe a

supervisor preston, present. supervisor ronan, present. supervisor safai, present. supervisor stefani, present. supervisor walton, present. mr. president, all members are present. >> thank you madam clerk. the san francisco supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. the san francisco supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula

the police say the 17-year-old preston preston lord because they thoughtthey he was wearinga d.gold chainen. they repeatedly kicked him, danced on him is what one of the kid said.lot he would one claims stumped on his head.r a lot of the cases focused on 19-year-old talan renner on that either the beating posted on snapchat quoting, accidentally killed a kid, i guess i'm too strong. another kid said i hit a kid, hl fell and died. in fact while he was leaving the scene, the police report said that talan renner said i mightey have hospitalized that kid because i hit him hard. that is part ohef the case, thee were hundreds of social media post, there are videos, text, where these people literally wrap themselves out and then the accusations talan renner's parents tried to cover up the crime by hiding him until his bruises went away. but preston lord, the 16- 16-year-old who was killed fromf apparently not the first victim police say these gilbert goons come as they call themselves the maturity of their kids at fast food restaurants, parkinge. lots, parties, leaving with school fractures and

elise preston reports. >> reporter: electric vehicle sales in the u.s. are sluggish. many shoppers say they want lower prices, batteries that last longer, and a reliable charging network. >> how long are you going to wait to be able to charge your car? >> to be honest, you don't really have a lot of choice. the infrastructure is not very good. >> reporter: nationwide, ev sales are down 7% so far this year, causing ford to delay production of the next-generation electric f-150 and a three-row suv. gm scaled down its 2024 ev sales projections by as much as half. >> what does this mean for the industry over the next five years? >> i'd say over the next five to seven years, we probably now have about 25%, 30% less potential ev buyers, and that's a big wake-up call for the industry. >> reporter: production problems caused tesla sales and stock to fall. reuters reported that the company canceled plans to build a $25,000 entry-level family sedan. >> competitors are coming from all angles. >> reporter: one of those competitors, volvo, just set a company sales record powered b

we have coast-to-coast coverage from michael george and elise preston. first, here's michael outside columbia university. >> reporter: good evening. protests here at columbia have been peaceful and quiet. organizers told us they wouldn't make any public statements but demonstrators said they won't leave until their demand is met that the school divest from companies that do business with israel. day 11 of the columbia protests students from no plans to leave this encampment. the president shafik under fire for her response from some on the left and right. among them, faculty including think professor. >> when the university called nypd in what did that do to the situation? >> it was disastrous. >> reporter: demonstrations spread across the country and at some universities protesters dealt with aggressively. >> for what reason? i'm just standing on the sidewalk! >> reporter: this morning over 100 arrested in boston. at ohio state three arrested as protesters clashed with police. >> give me a reason why you're doing this! >> reporter: in atlanta dozens arr

melgar preston and peskin. thank you so much for having us here today to hear about this very important project. again, i'm honored. roche, project manager with the sfpuc, who's the lead agency of this multi city agency project. i'm here today with monica scott, a project manager with rec and park, who will be pro, presenting with me, our partner agencies include sf planning, sfmta and public works. prior to being here today, this project has been approved by the sfpuc and rec and park, and the eir was unanimously certified by the san francisco planning commission. we are here today to seek approval to close the great highway extension, which will allow for the implementation of this project, which has been in development since 2012, when the ocean beach master plan was completed. so first, just a quick overview of the project location in this graphic represents ocean beach from the cliff house at the north and fort funston at the south, fort funston being on the left side of your graphic, the dash is on the le

preston lord the 16-year-old who was killed not the first victim.bert goons had been targeting other kids for months at fast food restaurants, parking lots, parties, leaving them with skull fractures and broken bones. it is an awful crime, to think, laura, there is a trunk load of evidence in this case really bad news for a lot of these kids all being charged as adults. >> >> laura: there was snapchat video and snapchat texts, which again, you tell all kids, everything you put online is forever. >> trace: right. >> laura: lo and behold the kids got these texts and there was a lot of admissions. a lot of admissions in them. trace, thank you so much. >> trace: you bet. >> laura: great to see you. ♪ if you are like most people, you are wondering hearing this and saying where are the parents? well, they might actually be part of the problem. the arizona republic spoke to an employee of travis renner, the father of that suspect that trace just mentioned, tallen renner. she says. as trace alluded to said travis took his son away to a cabin so that his han

. >> bill: 16-year-old preston lord beaten to death on halloween.d as adults. police say they're part of a youth gang dubbed the gilbert goons. some of the parents went to great lengths to try to cover up their kids' tracks. criminal defense attorney is here. a lot of our viewers aren't familiar with the story. the allegations are about the cover-up. one witness apparently telling police that one of the kids with the last name renner apatiently admitted to a friend he was the first one to punch the kid, the victim in the case, last name lord. renner's mom took the 16-year-old to a lawyer. renner's family allegedly transported him to their cabin three hours from their home in maricopa county. his attorney advised the family to allow his hands time to heal before bringing him home. that's according to police documents. is there responsibility on behalf of these parents? were they trying to cover up something or how would you as the defense attorney prove it? >> great to be back with you. this is clearly in my opinion what's called an accessory after t

people come in but leave to see is doc preston and noble. i had promised financial power cuts when he passed an energy little earlier this year. 3 months later, the power cuts are back. with no end in sight status, i will, i'll just see to present in preston lewis and i still do the silvers in columbia. to meet with the pricing, gustavo petro assigned corporation deals on fighting crime, hunger and human trafficking. i sondra room theater reports not from book into the 2 presidents may have to play in both on wednesday at a time. and which that region isn't golf in counseling, diplomatic and security crisis. and they've addressed some of those crisis in their meeting at the end of their meeting talking to the press, the president of columbia, it was have a 5th row, said that in particular they spoke about a b, and that they went to work to gather a to help find that democratic solution out of the security crisis, the if they also spoke about venezuela in the upcoming election saying that they have already proposed to the president of any. so

preston. in terms of how this is going to work, i imagine the us tells key of to employ these people on pay them. so in that way there's no direct link of washington sending them to fight. but at cutting this a legit plan flared up in to something bigger. there's a lot of elements that play here. well, i think you're right um, but i think it's a sign number one of, of the desperation that t as in now and the united states courting t as in western nations. they're in the final hours of their uh, flight. it appears and. busy controls in moscow for them to resort to using the criminal to protest, most criminal combatants from the united states that are foreigners here, but in jail is uh, i would say it's actually a genius move um it clears amount of our jails and megabytes and take a lot of our drug dealers that are home grown up and send them a key of but it's a desperate measures what it appears today. to me, do you think that is one of the issues of clear here that the us is helping fix the pr

and on a sunday kline an international attorney, bline preston live from nashville today. thank you. thank you. bye. now us congress also passed a $17000000000.00 aid package for israel. i'm us was quick to strongly condemn the move coming in with a devastating war in gas. it just hours out to the us, how i signed off on the bill is real bomb, the southern wisconsin city of a rough or killing at least $22.00 civilians. according to local officials, the 18 children are reportedly among the victims, the gas and the health ministry. so the idea of us killing more than 50 people just this weekend, the latest strikes slots in several residential buildings on the desk to expect it to rise as local sift through the rooms in search of politics is really gearing up for a full scale round and facing of rough or wherever, and one and a half 1000000 palestinians are show things. a shocking discovery was reportedly being made in the neighboring gallows instead of con units, some 200 bobbies. how being on earth in a mass grave. i set a hospital there according to local media. these real

cbs's elise preston is in los angeles and took a drive to find out what's happening there.lise. >> reporter: jericka, ev enthusiasm is fading. slumping sales and production delays make it clear that it's not quite full speed ahead to % america's all-electric future. electric vehicle sales in the % u.s. are sluggish. many shoppers say they want lower prices, batteries that last longer, and a reliable charging network. >> how long are you going to wait to be able to charge your career? >> to be honest, you don't have a lot of choice. the infrastucture is not very good. >> reporter: nationwide, ev sales are down 7% so far this year, causing ford to delay production of the next-generation electric f-150 and a three-row suv. gm scaled down its 2024 ev sales projections by as much as half. >> what does this mean for the industry over the next five years? >> i'd say over the next five to seven years, we probably now have about 25%, 30% less potential ev buyers, and that's a big wake-up call for the industry. >> reporter: production problems caused tesla sales and stock to fall. re

all are charged as adults in the death of preston lord.e died of brain injuries after the goons attacked him over a $ten gold chain at a party. the person you see here admitted throwing the first punch. texting i accidentally killed a kid. i guess i'm too strong. another one vote i hit a kid and he fell. the kid died. >> what has happened here today is a massive step forward in the quest for justice for preston. >> police say the gang targeted victims at fast food outlets, parking lots and parties leaving them with skull fractures, broken bones and missing teeth and posting the attacks on social media. 2,000 texts and 600 videos to build their case. >> the manner in which his life ended is heartbreaking to us. preston was a gentle and kind person and his last moments were filled with fear and pain. >> after lord's death the par interests tried to cover up the crime by sending their son away to hide injuries. another parent kept her son home from school to conceal bruises on his fists. another parent wanted to collect $10,000 reward money b

supervisor preston. >> thank you madam clerk.leagues, today i'm introducing the neighborhood grocery protection act. we have been working with the city attorney to finalize this and really want to thank deputy city attorney ann pierson for all her work on this and glad to be able to introduce it today. you recall back in january, we were joined by more then 200 people in the western addition to celebrate the organizing victory that lead to safeway postponing plans to abruptly close the webster street grocery store location. at that time and at that rally, i announced we would be requesting that the city attorney draft an updated version of a 1984 san francisco ordinance that passed by the board of supervisors at that time, but vetoed by the mayor at that time, and that law would have required notification and community involvement when neighborhood grocery stores closed as well as exploration of replacement stores. what safeway did in january announcing the sudden grocery store closure should never happened in the first place. ha

i'm supervisors melgar chair of the committee joined by aaron peskin and vice chair dean preston. the committee clerk is john caroll and i would like to acknowledge s--for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk. >> clerk: if you have any documents to include as part of today's files you should bring them to the rail i'll meet you at the front. public comment will be taken when your item of interest comes up, please line up to speak along your right hand side. ultimately you may submit public comment in writing. you may do so by writing your comment to me, or you may send your written comment to see our office in city hall. that is the clerk's office, one carleton san francisco california, 91402. and items acted upon today are expected ton the board of supervisors agenda on april 20th, 2024, unless otherwise stated. >> thank you, and i have an announcement before you call item number 1, before the deputy attorney shuts me down because it's not on the agenda, there is a blood drive tomorrow at the irish cultural center in district 4. a blood drive to support our dear colleague erika major

supervisor preston. >> thank you madam clerk. two items today.ues, first i'm introduces a resolution urging governor newsom and california state legislature to retain critical funding for the market match program. market match is a 15 year old program that provides dollar for dollar matching on farm direct fresh fruits and vegetables when purchased through cal fresh benefits. as a practical matter, this means that low income resident of the city who use cal fresh to buy healthy fresh food grown by california farmers and sold at farmer's markets can have the purchasing power dramatically expanded because of state funds and matching federal dollars. it is really crucial for low income residents and also for the survival of our farmer's markets in san francisco. since the beginning of the pandemic, cal fresh enrollment has grown significantly with californians struggling to afford food for their families. as a result, market match participation has more then tripled. in san francisco over 130 thousand residents in 104.500hold houses receive cal fres