supervisor ronen, you laid it out well. we have some of the best support systems in our juvenile justice system. we have wonderful public defenders. what if our minors committed a crime because the district attorney of that particular county says, we're not going to transfer them back. they're not going to be -- they will not have the resources in their county. could this have a ripple effect? that's the last thing i wanted to put out there that concerns me a little bit. i would like to hear your response. >> supervisor ronen: our let our chief and d.a. respond first. please respond. >> chief miller? >> i will say. this has been a question i raised from a policy perspective. i do think it's worth us acknowledging that possibility. i will say, 99% of this is already happens the way it happens. just in san francisco last year, adjudicated and transferred out counties, pretty good number of cases of kids from other counties. we also received a number of kids back in our county system who were san francisco kids who committed c

. >> commissioner ronen. >> present. >> commissioner safai. absent. >> commissioner stefani. >> present. >> commissioner walton. >> present. >> we have a quorum. >> thank you. i want to note that commissioner chanwas excused. will you please call the next item. >> i will make an announcement about public comment. public comment will be available for each item on the agenda by calling 415-655-0001. access code (187)736-6351 of the pound pound. you will be able to be a participant. when the item is call press star 3. when it is your turn to speak you will hear a message and you will be allowed two minutes to speak. calls taken in the order received. speak slowly and clear down the volume of your television or radio. item 2. chair's report. information item. >> thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, i want to thank vice-chairman delman and commissioner ronen for serving on this committee. we will consider adoption of employer and worker affordability programs and funding strategies. thank you for your willingness to serve. the clean ferry system we

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supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you, supervisor walton. i just wanted to start off by thanking you for your thoughtful remarks. there's nothing worse as a supervisor than having to make a decision that your constituents disagree strongly on, especially when you care so much about those constituents and the area. i know how much you care and how much thought you put into it. i just want to speak to the constituents who are opposing the store, just to share my experience, because i think second to or on par with supervisor haney, there are the most cannabis stores in my district, and what i have found, you know, and i will say right around the block from my house, right near my house, there's four cannabis stores within a very short distance from one another. and i didn't know that that was going to happen, but it turns out those stores have been some of the best in the neighborhood. first of all, having a security guard out front of every one of those stores has made the neighborhood feel s

supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: yes. i just wanted to thank you supervisor preston for working so hard with the city attorney and to express my disappointment with the state for having potentially pre-empted our ability to protect tenants even further. we've just come out of the worldwide crisis of our lifetime. tenants have never been more vulnerable and it's pretty sad to me that the state struck a deal not allowing municipalities to protect our tenants as strongly as we wish to do so. so i just wanted to put that on the record. but thank you, supervisor preston, for all your work. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor ronen. madam clerk, will you please call the roll. >> clerk: on the motion to continue item 8 to september 7th, [roll call] >> clerk: there are eleven ayes. >> president walton: without objection, the motion to continue passes unanimously. madam clerk, would you please call new business items number 9 through 31. >> clerk: items 9 through 31 where the public requirement had been fulfilled and theref

supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you, supervisor walton. i just wanted to start off by thanking you for your thoughtful remarks. there's nothing worse as a supervisor than having to make a decision that your constituents disagree strongly on, especially when you care so much about those constituents and the area. i know how much you care and how much thought you put into it. i just want to speak to the constituents who are opposing the store, just to share my experience, because i think second to or on par with supervisor haney, there are the most cannabis stores in my district, and what i have found, you know, and i will say right around the block from my house, right near my house, there's four cannabis stores within a very short distance from one another. and i didn't know that that was going to happen, but it turns out those stores have been some of the best in the neighborhood. first of all, having a security guard out front of every one of those stores has made the neighborhood feel s

supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: thank you, chair haney. the first question about mascone incentives, what is the actual incentive to different conventions if you're saying that other cities are offering 100% free use of the facility, what are we offering in comparison? >> well, in the past i think ken has mentioned earlier, the san francisco travel would have additional funding to be able to provide offsets to rentals. let's say rental cost $10,000 to rent or whatever it may be to offset some of the expense associated with renting the actual physical facility. and so what we're seeing in other jurisdictions is that the rent is completely forgiven essentially not only they charge $10,000 or more, they charge nothing at all. >> supervisor ronen: so we're planning on the incentive covering about half of the cost is that? >> no. i was just giving you an example of how the rental incentive could work. the travel does provide rental incentives. but because we haven't seen tourism or any other kind of funding come through, that's not been somethi

supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: i'm with supervisor mandelman. i was completely confused by that as well. so is -- so and that public bench will be publicly accessible at all times and it's right next to the shared space. >> supervisor peskin: in the middle of the shared space. >> supervisor safai: part of. right. >> supervisor ronen: i would love to hear because i'm so confused. >> supervisor peskin: in the beginning, the mayor proposed during business operation hours there would be public accessibility. the committee tried to strike a balance and said there would be exclusive occupation during business hours, but during nonbusiness hours those benches would be there for the public to use and recreate on and smoke their cigarettes or rest their weary feet. what is being proposed now it sounds like with the removal on page 34 line 23 with the word "not" that in contra vent of the balance that the community tried to achieve in the interest of the restaurant association of small businesses that those will be occupiable by the way with sign adjust o

supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you, mr. president. question to the city attorney and in follow up to supervisor melgar's comments, is there any specific legislative item we need to put forward to have a closed session that not only deals with this settlement but deals with the overall investigation that led to this settlement because i'm very interested in, you know, articles that i've read in mission local, etc., that seem to indicate that mr. wong was not working alone, and we have not been briefed on the city attorney's investigation and, you know, what -- what all conconclusions they came to related to mr. wong and this case in general. is that something we can -- conclusions they came to relates to mr. wong and this case in general? is that something we can put forward here or is it something that we would be discussing in a scheduled closed session? >> deputy city attorney ann pearson. i don't think the brown act extends to a broader discussion, which goes to the discussion of this particular settlement. we'd have to determine w

supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: i just want to thank you, supervisor haney, for working on this. i can't stand the ones that are out there and agree that ironically they often make areas more dirty, not less, and i support the legislation that you helped facilitate. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor ronen. supervisor melgar? >> supervisor melgar: thank you, supervisor haney. i just want to say that i often saw you on top of this issue and answering our constituents that read that 20,000 price tag and were understandably alarmed. i just hope that we also pay attention to the picking up of the trash in those new, more attract tiff, and better designed cans -- attractive, and better designed cans. thank you. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor melgar. supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you, supervisors ronen and melgar. i do want to say that there will be 20-plus trash cans of the three that are being customed designed as well as in the budget committee, we really emphasiz

i'm joined by president walton, supervisors ronen, safai, and mar. i want to thank kaleena for broadcasting this meeting. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes, mr. chair. the minutes will reflect that committee members participated in this remote meeting to the extent as if publicly present. we invite public participation in the following ways. public comment was provided on the committee e

supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you. colleagues, today, i'm asking the biden administration allow all those seeking asylum in the country as they await that process. last year, the trump administration invoked title 42 to trap migrants at the border. the treatment of immigrants and refugees by the previous federal administration was brutal. in 2018, trump instituted a policy to separate migrant infants and children from their parents. title 42 was an extension of that policy whereby the border was completely closed, and those seeking asylum were forced to stay in mexico, making refugee camps along the border trapping thousands and forcing them to live in squalor amid a pandemic. this april, i along with president walton, supervisor haney, and staff with supervisor melgar's office went to the border to see what was going on. our worst fears were confirmed. the situation was as dire as has been warned. modifications will leave unaccompanied minors, transitional age youth, women, and transgender individuals open to violence

supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you. i want to thank our amazing president and his staff for organizing this. this was much needed and much appreciated because angela and your team -- i'm feeling teary. you guys worked nonstop with long meetings. it was hard. it was brand new and you always are so dignified and kind to everyone even when they're yelling and screaming at you. you treat them with respect and dignity and you're just an example for me and all of us. your staff is on top of everything at all times they are so cheery and kind to work with even when it's so hard and we're all so tired. you make us look good. we love you and appreciate you all so much and can't thank you enough. >> president walton: supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: totally fitting way to come back to this hall of chambers. i want to thank clerk. >> president walton: supervisor melgar. >> supervisor melgar: thank you to your staff for organizing this facilitying it tribute. madam clerk, i have known you for a long time. we were aides toge

current supervisor ronen? >> i just have a question for the budget and legislative analyst: did you suggest eliminating former supervisor compost's position? because that's what harvey would have done? >> it was intense negotiations. [laughter] >> i did tell harvey rose that even though we agreed with the recommendations, i still think his position should be eliminated. [laughter] >> chairman: all right. we'll take that into consideration. >> no more questions. thank you. >> chairman: colleagues, nothing more? all right. well, thank you so much, former supervisor chief-of-staff compost and mr. goncher. and we'll express our intention to accept the proposed recommendations from b.l.a. on the d.a.'s budget, and we thank you so much for your time and work and leadership, and please give our best to the district attorney. >> thank you. >> chairman: next up we have the sheriff's department. welcome sheriff niomoto, if he is here. do we have the sheriff with us, or should we go to the fire department? there he is. w

supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: hi. i am pleased to present legislation that will make it free to start a new small business in san francisco. i want to thank supervisors safai and haney for your sponsorship of this measure. for immigrants, women, people of color, and working class san franciscans, small businesses are often an alternative to minimum wage jobs and can be a unique path to building wealth for their families and their communities. however, we all know that this past year has been brutal on them. while most small businesses managed to stay afloat, there are many that did not make it. unfortunately during the pandemic, neighborhoods across this city were seeing a proliferation of empty storefronts. the budget and legislative analyst's report indicated that almost 20% of shops were behind on rent to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, far beyond what the city could backfill. we need a package of solutions that include assistance with lease renegotiation, activating the storefront vacancy tax and spee

supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you. colleagues, today, i'm asking the biden administration allow all those seeking asylum in the country as they await that process. last year, the trump administration invoked title 42 to trap migrants at the border. the treatment of immigrants and refugees by the previous federal administration was brutal. in 2018, trump instituted a policy to separate migrant infants and children from their parents. title 42 was an extension of that policy whereby the border was completely closed, and those seeking asylum were forced to stay in mexico, making refugee camps along the border trapping thousands and forcing them to live in squalor amid a pandemic. this april, i along with president walton, supervisor haney, and staff with supervisor melgar's office went to the border to see what was going on. our worst fears were confirmed. the situation was as dire as has been warned. modifications will leave unaccompanied minors, transitional age youth, women, and transgender individuals open to violence

supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you. i want to thank our amazing president and his staff for organizing this. this was much needed and much appreciated because angela and your team -- i'm feeling teary. you guys worked nonstop with long meetings. it was hard. it was brand new and you always are so dignified and kind to everyone even when they're yelling and screaming at you. you treat them with respect and dignity and you're just an example for me and all of us. your staff is on top of everything at all times they are so cheery and kind to work with even when it's so hard and we're all so tired. you make us look good. we love you and appreciate you all so much and can't thank you enough. >> president walton: supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: totally fitting way to come back to this hall of chambers. i want to thank clerk. >> president walton: supervisor melgar. >> supervisor melgar: thank you to your staff for organizing this facilitying it tribute. madam clerk, i have known you for a long time. we were aides toge

supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: yes.r preston for working so hard with the city attorney and to express my disappointment with the state for having potentially pre-empted our ability to protect tenants even further. we've just come out of the worldwide crisis of our lifetime. tenants have never been more vulnerable and it's pretty sad to me that the state struck a deal not allowing municipalities to protect our tenants as strongly as we wish to do so. so i just wanted to put that on the record. but thank you, supervisor preston, for all your work. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor ronen. madam clerk, will you please call the roll. >> clerk: on the motion to continue item 8 to september 7th, [roll call] >> clerk: there are eleven ayes. >> president walton: without objection, the motion to continue passes unanimously. madam clerk, would you please call new business items number 9 through 31. >> clerk: items 9 through 31 where the public requirement had been fulfilled and therefore there will be no further public c

on behalf of supervisor ronen for late mrs. elizabeth martinez. on behalf of supervisor stefani with supervisor peskin for the late mr. robert freeze. >> president walton: that bring us to the end of our agenda. do we have any more business for today? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> president walton: two brief quotes for today as we honored the clerk and her team today. i want to say in good organizations, leaders are treated with a sense of appreciation and respected by >> s. great organizations employees are treated with the same esteem by leaders. as we close out at -- pride month. we are each one color, together we make a rainbow. meeting is adjourned. >> good morning. welcome to the june 22 meeting of the treasure island mobility management committee. brittany milton is our clerk. please call the roll. >> commissioner chan. absent. >> haney. >> present. >> mandelman. >> present. >> commissioner mar. absent. >> melgar. absent. >> commissioner peskin. absent. >> commissioner preston. >> present. >> commissioner ronen. >> pre

[applause] >> supervisor ronen: thank you, everyone. it feels good, madam mayor, to keep coming to these ribbon cuttings. it's incredible. like sam said, after 10 years of not doing any of this, to be able to celebrate every couple months with, you know, the opening -- the ribbon cutting of a new affordable housing complex. and like our mayor said, this isn't about buildings, it's about people. and talking to the incredible families that are living in this building we've got to remember where those families were coming from. there are so many families in the mission that are living in tiny s.r.o. hotel rooms -- four people, five people, to a room. and if that wasn't -- that's always been unacceptable, but after this year of pandemic when we weren't allowed to leave those rooms, when kids had to open up their computers and sit on their bunkbeds and be in a tiny space for 24 hours a day, and weren't allowed to hang out in the hallway because they could get sick -- that is cruel it almost feels -- it makes your home feel like a jail. and t

supervisor ronen? >> i just wanted to concur with supervisor safai and thank him for his questioning. he is laughing because we've been in agreement more in this budget than we ever have in the past, so we're just -- >> i'm not laughing; i'm smiling. >> we're enjoying our agreement, our moment of agreement. but i do want to say that i think by the end of the day, we should figure out what that right number is. i, too, agree that we the safe sleep site as part of the system, especially during this transition year. and there are reasons why people experiencing homelessness prefer to the safe sleep sites to other options. i very much understand the role they play in the system. but i, again, cannot -- it just does make common sense that they cost the same as a shelter-in-place hotel. and we've got to get that number down. so let's figure that out as we're tying up the other outstanding issues in the budget. >> chairman: thank you, supervisor ronen. president walton, were you coming on camera for a comment

supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you, mr. president. question to the city attorney and in follow up to supervisor melgar's comments, is there any specific legislative item we need to put forward to have a closed session that not only deals with this settlement but deals with the overall investigation that led to this settlement because i'm very interested in, you know, articles that i've read in mission local, etc., that seem to indicate that mr. wong was not working alone, and we have not been briefed on the city attorney's investigation and, you know, what -- what all conconclusions they came to related to mr. wong and this case in general. is that something we can -- conclusions they came to relates to mr. wong and this case in general? is that something we can put forward here or is it something that we would be discussing in a scheduled closed session? >> deputy city attorney ann pearson. i don't think the brown act extends to a broader discussion, which goes to the discussion of this particular settlement. we'd have to determine w

supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: hi.d to present legislation that will make it free to start a new small business in san francisco. i want to thank supervisors safai and haney for your sponsorship of this measure. for immigrants, women, people of color, and working class san franciscans, small businesses are often an alternative to minimum wage jobs and can be a unique path to building wealth for their families and their communities. however, we all know that this past year has been brutal on them. while most small businesses managed to stay afloat, there are many that did not make it. unfortunately during the pandemic, neighborhoods across this city were seeing a proliferation of empty storefronts. the budget and legislative analyst's report indicated that almost 20% of shops were behind on rent to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, far beyond what the city could backfill. we need a package of solutions that include assistance with lease renegotiation, activating the storefront vacancy tax and speeding up the

>> supervisor ronen: so moved. ronen. >> chair mandelman: moved by ronen. thank you, commissioner ronen. is there a second? second by peskin. thank you, commissioner peskin. please call the roll. >> clerk: on item 7 -- [roll call] >> clerk: you have ten ayes. the item has approval on its first reading -- final approval on its first reading. >> chair mandelman: thank you, madam clerk. please call the item 8. >> clerk: clerk item 8 is adopt the district 4 mobility study. this is an action item, and i would like to note that we received approximately 70 public comments. >> chair mandelman: i would like to note that the district 4 mobility study report does not include the configuration of the great highway. so this is not a great highway item, and with that, i will invite commissioner mar to make remarks. >> supervisor mar: thank you so much, chair mandelman. and yeah, i just wanted to offer some brief opening remarks before the preparation on the district 4 mobility study. the district that i represent is among the most car dependent in san francisco, and thi

. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: 45 please. add me on. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor ronen. supervisor preston. >> supervisor preston: same here. cosponsor 45. >> president walton: thank you. and i don't see anyone wishing to sever any items. madam clerk, would you please call roll on 45 through 49. >> clerk: on items 45 through 49, [roll call] >> clerk: there are eleven ayes. >> president walton: without objection, the resolutions are adopted and the motions are approved unanimously. madam clerk, do we have any imperative agenda items. >> clerk: none to report, mr. president. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk. would you please present the in memoriums. >> clerk: on behalf of supervisor safai for the late mrs. rose fung chung, on behalf of supervisor walton for the late ramona "mona." shepherd. >> president walton: is there any further business for us today? >> clerk: that completes our business for today. >> president walton: in conclusion, i leave you with this brief quote. "alone we are a drop, but tog

supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you.r amazing president and his staff for organizing this. this was much needed and much appreciated because angela and your team -- i'm feeling teary. you guys worked nonstop with long meetings. it was hard. it was brand new and you always are so dignified and kind to everyone even when they're yelling and screaming at you. you treat them with respect and dignity and you're just an example for me and all of us. your staff is on top of everything at all times they are so cheery and kind to work with even when it's so hard and we're all so tired. you make us look good. we love you and appreciate you all so much and can't thank you enough. >> president walton: supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: totally fitting way to come back to this hall of chambers. i want to thank clerk. >> president walton: supervisor melgar. >> supervisor melgar: thank you to your staff for organizing this facilitying it tribute. madam clerk, i have known you for a long time. we were aides together when we were b