thank you, supervisor ronen. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. and i just have to say that you have been such a leader in our community, in the mission, serving so many latinx families. i just want to say how grateful i am for all of your work. thank you. >> no, thank you. thank you, supervisor. i'm grateful to you also for all of your support. and the other supervisors. thank you. >> chair ronen: thank you. and next we'll hear from celine kennelly. celine, are you here? >> i am. apologies. sorry. i had to figure out getting myself off of mute. >> chair ronen: no problem. good morning. how are you? it's good to hear from you. >> thank you. good morning. it's a pleasure to be with you all this morning. and, yes, i will echo new dawn, new day. and i think great relief, not only locally and nationally, but also globally. i can say with my hand on my heart that the entire eilis -- h -- they've watched the elections over the last week, as most of my family stayed up through the night following everything that was happening. so it is very exciting time

thank you, chair ronen. yes, i would like to move to approve the appointment of both mark dunlop and julia prochnik to the treasure island authority board board of directors and strike the rejecting language and move that forward to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> chair ronen: thank you. can we have a roll call vote on those motions? >> clerk: certainly. [roll call] >> clerk: the motion passes without objection. >> chair ronen: thank you so much, and thank you, miss prochnik for your willingness to lend your expertise in this way. we thank you. mr. clerk, can you please read item number 3. >> clerk: item number 3 is a hearing to consider appointing three members for an indefinite term, to the treasure island development authority citizens advisory board. >> chair ronen: thank you, and i believe that courtney mcdonald from supervisor haney's office will be joining us as 10:30 -- at 10:30 in case we have any questions from her, but in the meantime, let me hear from the applicants. is amalia l

i don't see my name, but -- >> chair ronen: we hear you. >> okay. >> chair ronen: thank you for being here. do you have any statement or comments for us? >> i am just really excited. i have been on both sides of the -- i have been a consumer of the services but i have also worked in disability advocacy, you know, about these services. and worked as a personal care attendant. so i get both sides of what's going on. [laughter] i'm excited. >> chair ronen: that's fantastic. thank you so much. and thank you for your willingness to apply and to serve in this really important capacity. we appreciate it very much. i want to make sure that none of my colleagues have any questions. thank you. that -- that is it for now. and i wanted to just see if miss bittner was able to join us? >> clerk: she is logged on with us but she is not responding at this point and it may be technical in nature. >> chair ronen: okay, okay, no worries. i'll just sta state for a momenn miss bittner's behalf, i don't know if she remembers me, but i remember her. she's worked a lot with the domestic worker coalition and

thank you, supervisor ronen. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. and i just have to say that you have been such a leader in our community, in the mission, serving so many latinx families. i just want to say how grateful i am for all of your work. thank you. >> no, thank you. thank you, supervisor. i'm grateful to you also for all of your support. and the other supervisors. thank you. >> chair ronen: thank you. and next we'll hear from celine kennelly. celine, are you here? >> i am. apologies. sorry. i had to figure out getting myself off of mute. >> chair ronen: no problem. good morning. how are you? it's good to hear from you. >> thank you. good morning. it's a pleasure to be with you all this morning. and, yes, i will echo new dawn, new day. and i think great relief, not only locally and nationally, but also globally. i can say with my hand on my heart that the entire eilis -- h -- they've watched the elections over the last week, as most of my family stayed up through the night following everything that was happening. so it is very exciting time

>> supervisor stefani: yes, chair ronen, yes. >> chair ronen: great.lease open this up for public comment. >> clerk: yes, the members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 1-(415)-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 1469652968. then press pound and pound again. if you haven't already done so, dial star 3 to line up to speak and the system prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand and please wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted and you may begin your comment. do we have any speakers at this time? >> yes, i currently have nine callers in the queue. i will queue the first caller. >> caller: hello? >> clerk: hi, we can hear you. please proceed. >> caller: my name is marilyn tesconi, the chair of the behavioral health commission. i have seen no value in the current relationship between the non-profit san francisco mental health education fund and the behaviorial health commission. during that time the effectiveness and credibility has declined but it's not too late to rectify that. separating the

i'm supervisor hillary ronen. with me on the video conference is vice chair supervisor catherine stefani and rules committee member supervisor gordon mar. our clerk today is victor young. i'd like to thank sfgov tv for staffing the meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members and employees and the public, the board of supervisors committee room are closed. committee members will attend the meeting through video conferencing and participate to the same extent as if they are physically present. public comment will be available on each item on the agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv.org are streaming the number across the screen. you can offer public comment by calling (415)655-0001. again that's (415)655-000 (415). the meeting i.d. is 146 045 2296. again that is 146 045 2296. then press pound and pound again. you will hear the meeting discussion and will be muted and in listening mode only. when the item of interest comes up, dial

supervisor ronen, i'm sorry. i didn't mean to cut you off. >> supervisor ronen: no, i appreciate that. i mean, i feel out of this, this is what this committee as a whole hearing is for, and so i don't -- we're basically being asked to take your word on it, you know? and, like, i -- we have had significant disagreements between this board and this administration on how to ad the homeless crisis during this pandemic, and taking your word for it is not something i'm willing to do. so i would think, at a committee of the whole, in front of the entire board of supervisors, that we'd have some meaty information to discuss, and i don't feel that i'm armed today with the information that i need, so maybe what i'm going to ask from you after this is over, president yee, and supervisor walton, is if we can continue this hearing and reschedule it for another day because, i mean, we can all pontificate here, and i don't have all the details before me today. >> supervisor walton: and we did ask for this to be presented tonigh

i don't see my name, but -- >> chair ronen: we hear you. >> okay. >> chair ronen: thank you for being any statement or comments for us? >> i am just really excited. i have been on both sides of the -- i have been a consumer of the services but i have also worked in disability advocacy, you know, about these services. and worked as a personal care attendant. so i get both sides of what's going on. [laughter] i'm excited. >> chair ronen: that's fantastic. thank you so much. and thank you for your willingness to apply and to serve in this really important capacity. we appreciate it very much. i want to make sure that none of my colleagues have any questions. thank you. that -- that is it for now. and i wanted to just see if miss bittner was able to join us? >> clerk: she is logged on with us but she is not responding at this point and it may be technical in nature. >> chair ronen: okay, okay, no worries. i'll just sta state for a momenn miss bittner's behalf, i don't know if she remembers me, but i remember her. she's worked a lot with the domestic worker coalition and with hand-in-hand,

supervisor ronen, are you here? >> supervisor ronen: i am. can you see and hear me? >> chair mar: we can see and hear you. >> supervisor ronen: great. well, thank you so much, chair mar, for hearing this item. i called for this hearing, along with my cosponsors, supervisors haney and peskin, who are here, as well, today, obviously as committee members, so we could understand the department of building inspection's roles of working with consultants, as well. today, i wanted to focus entirely on the d.b.i. permitting, and i let staff know that i was not expecting to hear from them today. the history of fraud, corruption, and malfeasance in our system is ugly. as times, it has been d.b.i. staff and management, and at other times, it's been the developers, contractors, and consultants who are seeking permit approvals. in 2001, a d.b.i. survey called for a culture of preferential treatment and called for an overhaul of the department. in 2004, marcus armstrong and a d.b.i. investigator plead guilty for taking bribes. in 2010, permit expediter jimmy jen was jailed on 232 f

supervisor ronen? rena >> supervisor ronen: thank you. i just wanted to thank you for including visitacion valley and the portola in that. i'm looking very forward to engaging in the planning effort. and then, i think my guess is that supervisor walton and chair peskin want to talk about the $200,000 for the curbside pick up. i could be wrong there, but i am not happy about that. so i will waive, as well, until that presentation happens, but i would chime in and say that that would not be my choice to fund that program. i don't understand why we're providing public space to private companies that isn't even treat their workers as the employees that they are. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you, commissioner ronen. well stated. we'll go back to you, mr. pi pickford. >> i will ask francesca from sfmta to make her presentation. >> chair peskin: great. please proceed. >> good morning. my name is francesca napolitan, and i'm here to present an overall adoption of our curb management strategies, as well as provide a proposal for a shared spac

supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: the reason i will be voting against approval today is because the department of human resources failed to achieve even minor agreements to police reform, one of the most important issues of our time. i find d.h.r.s procedure on negotiating for reform on the p.o.a.s m.o.u. quite trouble willing. carolyn eisen said when the board directed her to negotiate this, she attempted it "under duress." combine that with d.h.r.s insistence on holding meet-and-confers in my insistence that are wholly within the management's prerogative, and i have a major difference of opinion with d.h.r. on the appropriate scope of its work. i have such a difference of opinion with d.h.r. here that today, i announce legislation to create transparency over the closed door negotiations between d.h.r. and the p.o.a. in the future. i want to be clear about some of the reforms that could have been included as side agreements in this m.o.u. as you all know, a major component of mental health s.f. t

supervisor ronen, are you here? >> supervisor ronen: i am. can you see and hear me? >> chair mar: we can see and hear you. >> supervisor ronen: great. well, thank you so much, chair mar, for hearing this item. i called for this hearing, along with my cosponsors, supervisors haney and peskin, who are here, as well, today, obviously as committee members, so we could understand the department of building inspection's roles of working with consultants, as well. today, i wanted to focus entirely on the d.b.i. permitting, and i let staff know that i was not expecting to hear from them today. the history of fraud, corruption, and malfeasance in our system is ugly. as times, it has been d.b.i. staff and management, and at other times, it's been the developers, contractors, and consultants who are seeking permit approvals. in 2001, a d.b.i. survey called for a culture of preferential treatment and called for an overhaul of the department. in 2004, marcus armstrong and a d.b.i. investigator plead guilty for taking bribes. in 2010, permit expediter jimmy jen was jailed on 232 f

supervisor ronen, are you here? >> supervisor ronen: i am. can you see and hear me? >> chair mar: we can see and hear you. >> supervisor ronen: great. well, thank you so much, chair mar, for hearing this item. i called for this hearing, along with my cosponsors, supervisors haney and peskin, who are here, as well, today, obviously as committee members, so we could understand the department of building inspection's roles of working with consultants, as well. today, i wanted to focus entirely on the d.b.i. permitting, and i let staff know that i was not expecting to hear from them today. the history of fraud, corruption, and malfeasance in our system is ugly. as times, it has been d.b.i. staff and management, and at other times, it's been the developers, contractors, and consultants who are seeking permit approvals. in 2001, a d.b.i. survey called for a culture of preferential treatment and called for an overhaul of the department. in 2004, marcus armstrong and a d.b.i. investigator plead guilty for taking bribes. in 2010, permit expediter jimmy jen was jailed on 232 f

supervisor ronen? rena >> supervisor ronen: thank you. i just wanted to thank you for including visitacion valley and the portola in that. i'm looking very forward to engaging in the planning effort. and then, i think my guess is that supervisor walton and chair peskin want to talk about the $200,000 for the curbside pick up. i could be wrong there, but i am not happy about that. so i will waive, as well, until that presentation happens, but i would chime in and say that that would not be my choice to fund that program. i don't understand why we're providing public space to private companies that isn't even treat their workers as the employees that they are. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you, commissioner ronen. well stated. we'll go back to you, mr. pi pickford. >> i will ask francesca from sfmta to make her presentation. >> chair peskin: great. please proceed. >> good morning. my name is francesca napolitan, and i'm here to present an overall adoption of our curb management strategies, as well as provide a proposal for a shared spac

supervisor ronen? rena >> supervisor ronen: thank you. i just wanted to thank you for including visitacion valley and the portola in that. i'm looking very forward to engaging in the planning effort. and then, i think my guess is that supervisor walton and chair peskin want to talk about the $200,000 for the curbside pick up. i could be wrong there, but i am not happy about that. so i will waive, as well, until that presentation happens, but i would chime in and say that that would not be my choice to fund that program. i don't understand why we're providing public space to private companies that isn't even treat their workers as the employees that they are. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you, commissioner ronen. well stated. we'll go back to you, mr. pi pickford. >> i will ask francesca from sfmta to make her presentation. >> chair peskin: great. please proceed. >> good morning. my name is francesca napolitan, and i'm here to present an overall adoption of our curb management strategies, as well as provide a proposal for a shared spac

supervisor ronen, are you here? >> supervisor ronen: i am. can you see and hear me? >> chair mar: we can see and hear you. >> supervisor ronen: great. well, thank you so much, chair mar, for hearing this item. i called for this hearing, along with my cosponsors, supervisors haney and peskin, who are here, as well, today, obviously as committee members, so we could understand the department of building inspection's roles of working with consultants, as well. today, i wanted to focus entirely on the d.b.i. permitting, and i let staff know that i was not expecting to hear from them today. the history of fraud, corruption, and malfeasance in our system is ugly. as times, it has been d.b.i. staff and management, and at other times, it's been the developers, contractors, and consultants who are seeking permit approvals. in 2001, a d.b.i. survey called for a culture of preferential treatment and called for an overhaul of the department. in 2004, marcus armstrong and a d.b.i. investigator plead guilty for taking bribes. in 2010, permit expediter jimmy jen was jailed on 232 f

commissioner ronen. >> thank you. that was a fabulous and very concise explanation of the situation. i really appreciate you and my office for working so hard on this. we have a chance here of the m.t.a. to add our grace to mayor breed's and the mayor of san jose, to the business and racial and equity justice community who are all aligned on this strategy that it doesn't make sense for all of the reasons that you expressed. i hope that we can unanimously approve this and start working on alternative strategies that will be much more effective in reducing greenhouse gas emissions without the impact, negative impacts potentially to greenhouse gas emissions but also to the economy and equity that this poorly conceived strategy brings us. i hope we can support this. i am happy to answer any questions. >> thank you, commissioner. seeing no other members of the m.t.a. any members of the public to comment on item 9? >> yes, there are three quallers. >> first speaker, please. >> two minutes begins now. >> hello, caller. we wi

thank you ronen.t up is supervisor safai. >> superivsor safai: submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor. >> i would like to adjourn today's meeting in horn of a san franciscan who we lost too soon after a fight with aml leukemia and linda squires growy. she spent her life here. she grew up in richmond and attended elementary and presidio middle leading to earn bachelors and masters degrees from san jose state and to teach at hum bolt state. when linda returned to san francisco she started her career at city college where she began as a teacher and retired as dean of the department of health and physical education. linda knew than everyone starts off with the same advantages and that city college could open doors to opportunities that could change lives. she fought hard for her students throughout her career. she was also known for her incredible enthusiasm in the classroom, where she strived to help students with confidence. she was proud of her graduates working in local hospitals and clinics. linda a

commissioner ronen? >> supervisor ronen: yes, thank you so much. wanted to request that chair peskin agendize our next meeting a resolution that i'll submit in opposition to the metropolitan transportation commission's recent addition of the tele-commute mandate in the final group print of the planned day area 2050. i serve at the board's representative on m.t.c. and several weeks ago the m.t.c. commission approved the final blueprint of plan bay area 2050. at the last minute, m.t.c. staff added 7, a mandate that large employers, those with 24 or more employees, and the ability to do work remotely, will have at least 60% of their employees telecommute on any given day. the staff stated that the strategy is necessary to demonstrate how the region will meet its 19% greenhouse gas submission target for the year 2035. which the california air resource board requires. overall plan barrier 2050 is to result in an affordable connected, diverse and vibrant bay area for all. essential to that is the expanded well-functioning safe transportation system that

supervisor ronen? rena >> supervisor ronen: thank you. i just wanted to thank you for including visitacion valley and the portola in that. i'm looking very forward to engaging in the planning effort. and then, i think my guess is that supervisor walton and chair peskin want to talk about the $200,000 for the curbside pick up. i could be wrong there, but i am not happy about that. so i will waive, as well, until that presentation happens, but i would chime in and say that that would not be my choice to fund that program. i don't understand why we're providing public space to private companies that isn't even treat their workers as the employees that they are. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you, commissioner ronen. well stated. we'll go back to you, mr. pi pickford. >> i will ask francesca from sfmta to make her presentation. >> chair peskin: great. please proceed. >> good morning. my name is francesca napolitan, and i'm here to present an overall adoption of our curb management strategies, as well as provide a proposal for a shared spac

supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: i'm sorry. i submit. >> clerk: okay.supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: submit. >> clerk: okay. thank you. and supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, we have all seen the recent reporting in the chronicle outlining california's struggle with drug addiction and, quite frankly, we do not have to read it in the chronicle," we see it every day on the streets. and the city's failure to address this problem effectively. according to an article, between january 1-august 3 #, 468 people died of an overdose in san francisco. that means this year alone we have lost nearly two people to drug overdoses on our streets every single day. those suffering on our streets are someone's son or daughter, father, or mother or partner, or brother or sister. they are suffering from the disease of addiction, a disease so cunning and baffling and powerful that it takes some to depths of despair that are unfathomable to many. addictions does not discriminate and no one is immune. those sufferin suffering

thank you ronen. next up is supervisor safai. >> superivsor safai: submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor. >> i would like to adjourn today's meeting in horn of a san franciscan who we lost too soon after a fight with aml leukemia and linda squires growy. she spent her life here. she grew up in richmond and attended elementary and presidio middle leading to earn bachelors and masters degrees from san jose state and to teach at hum bolt state. when linda returned to san francisco she started her career at city college where she began as a teacher and retired as dean of the department of health and physical education. linda knew than everyone starts off with the same advantages and that city college could open doors to opportunities that could change lives. she fought hard for her students throughout her career. she was also known for her incredible enthusiasm in the classroom, where she strived to help students with confidence. she was proud of her graduates working in local hospitals and clinics. lin

. >> supervisor ronen. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> supervisor walton. >> aye. >> supervisor yee. >> aye. >> supervisor fewer. >> aye. there are 11 ayes. >> okay. that motion is approved unanimously. madam clerk. please read the memorials. >> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following be loved individuals. on behalf of supervisor mandelman for the late air diam. supervisor stafsupervisor stefa. >> that brings us to the end of the agenda. is there any further business before us today? i would remind everyone to get their flu shot, mr. president. >> don't forget i know a lot of you want to be in the meeting next tuesday. there is no meeting. since there is no further business, we are adjourned. lesb ri >> by the time the last show came, i was like whoa, whoa, whoa. i came in kicking and screaming and left out dancing. [♪] >> hello, friends. i'm the deputy superintendent of instruction at san francisco unified school district, but you can call me miss vickie. what you see over the next hour has been created and planned by our san f

supervisor ronen, are you here? >> supervisor ronen: i am. can you see and hear me? >> chair mar: we can see and hear you. >> supervisor ronen: great. well, thank you so much, chair mar, for hearing this item. i called for this hearing, along with my cosponsors, supervisors haney and peskin, who are here, as well, today, obviously as committee members, so we could understand the department of building inspection's roles of working with consultants, as well. today, i wanted to focus entirely on the d.b.i. permitting, and i let staff know that i was not expecting to hear from them today. the history of fraud,

supervisor ronen did that, provider preston did that, provider waltl -- supervisor preston did that, supervisor walton did that. the delta here to relative reimbursement is between the age of 60 and 65 if those people do not have underlyingtiunderlying conditions, and most of those people who ahave underlying conditions, so most of them are eligible for fema reimbursement. mr. rosenfield, i believe your protections go to the end of this fiscal year. is that correct, ben? >> that's correct, supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: and then, to miss stewart kahn, i have to say, i do agree that, at some point, there will be some need to trip people from s.i.p. hotels, and maybe now is the time that it should start, but you and i had a very candid conversation, and i apologize for divulging it publicly, but i believe that you said to me if you could have another month or another couple of three months to put together a more solid plan for that transition, you would -- you'd prefer that. is that true and correct? >> president yee: i think that's a question to the director. >> supervisor p

doctor ronen bergman, thank you very much.f farmers to enter the city to protest against new farm laws. the farmers say the reforms favour big companies, and all week they've have been converging on the city from neighbouring states of haryana and punjab. officers used water cannon and tear gas to try and hold them back but have now decided to escort them to a protest site. farmers unions say they are well prepared to hold the sit—in for weeks or even months. and delhi is already reeling from the pandemic. our correspondent in delhi, nitin srivastava, is at one of the protests on the outskirts the capital. almost all roads leading into india's capital delhi are heavily barricaded. there is massive police presence because protesting farmers are sitting here demanding their rights. we are outside delhi and all these farmers have been here since yesterday. they spent the night out here in the cold and say they will move only when their demands are met. india's farmers, especially in north india, are very upset with the government